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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 29, 1896)
THE OMAHA DAILY JU3E ; &llTUKDAY , JFJOBRTJATIY 20 , 1SOG. - J COUNCIL BLUFFS. MI.NOII .i Try Moore & Mils' "Sultana" 10 , ' . cigar. The Ileo omce , No. ifi North M.tlii itrect. The Oiand hotel , Council n'.iiffs. High class In tr/cry respect. Hales , $2.t > 0 per day and upward , n. F. Clarke , proprietor , J3d TlaylP , arreslod fcY being Intoxicated polled $10 for hu pii'-ar.ince , but falllnt , to come to lime , lil * inoiicy was forteltei1. A large nud ( imlultini'tlc ' mocllnr ; wjs heh last evening In t'nn tmulifrn * part of the city. A number ol I IIP republican candidate were prcwnl an I r.ia-Jo nddrcR-e * . Joe Proctor , chared with b lng a fugitive from Justice , was takrn to Omaha yesterday Proctnr Is wonted for simplicity In robbing some fre'.ght raw near Cut-Off Islanl. People who have neglected to register , o llio'o who have changed their residence fron ono ward to another nnco ! the elrctlon las fall , tnuH register today or lore their voles The city dork wa.i fitrnls-hc'l with the usual quota of simple ballots yeitrrday. They nro a bright yellow , and wherever ported up suggest a smallpox or scarlet fever warn Ing. Ing.A change of vrnuc has been taken In the casa of II. P. Kerns , charged with assaultIng - Ing Jesslo Pierce , to .Itutlco Cook's court. Ho will havea hearing this morning nt 9 o'clock. Lloyd niackmorp , recently ! > entcnced to a Jail term of fifteen days , was released on the promt that ho would leave the city. " FalliiR to do w , he was locked up , and IB now scrvlnc out his time. Chicken thieve * were operating In the vicinity of Manowa Thursday night. Yes tcrday morning Dave Line dlsco\cred that largo nmnlcr of liU finest buff cochins wen miming. The thieves hail emptied the cnop that happened to contain his most valuable fowl * . There were no viicanl wals at the new Dohanoy last night and standing room was again at a premium. Tonight thn bill wll bo "Pawn Ticket No. 210 , " the play that made little Lottlo famous. At the matlnsa this afternoon "The Midnight Wnlch" will be repeated. J. J. Fralney haw returned to the city after an extended trip throughout the Plato giving Shakespearean rccllalsi. Mr. Fralney will leave next Turs.lay. appe.irlnK nt Horning March I. Ho has dnlui until April 10 , when ho will f-peak at Webster City under the auspices of the Rlko. He sajs ho came home to vote. Stella Thompson , the woman arrested for her linguistic accomplishments , which sha cxorcleed upon the otllccrs who arrested .Too Proctor at Cut Off , was given a fine of $15 by Judge McOco yesterday. The charge ogatn.it the woman for vagrancy. She could not control her tongue or her temper when arraigned In the pollca court , and the re marks made nt the tlmo helped to Increase her punishment. The bootlegger who never reads and never learni wa. In hla customary trouble with the federal revenue officers yesterday. There were two of thorn before Commissioner Stoadman during tbo afternoon. One was Cass Townscnd of Hamburg , and the other was George Dynl of Atlantic. Dyrd was released under n nominal bond , but Town- rend wao shown to be a Berlous violator of the revenue laws and was held under $200 bondo , after waiving examination. Moore & nills' "Corner , " best Be cigar. Wonted , good farm loans In western Iowa at lowebt rates. Money loaned for local In vestors on best ot security netting 0 per cent. Fire Insurance written In reliable companies. Lof gee & Tcwlc , 235 Pearl street. Corporate The fc-ult of John Tobln against the town of Lake Manawa ws called In the superior court yesterday and continued by agreement until this morning. In thla action Tob'.n ' socles to have the Incorporation of the town of Lake Manawa pel au.de and declared mill and void on the ground that the law was not compiled with In the steps necessary to Incorporate the town. ' Whllo the question of the town's right to a name Is In litigation the inhabitants thereof are going right along with big preparations for the hottest kind of nn election , that Is booked for next Monday. The two factions that have been at swords' points slnco the place was Incorporated are going to have another fight , and It promises to 'be to a finish this time. Kach side accuses the other of trying to colonize voters mid there Is a chance that further litiga tion may como of the deal before ths pres ent ease Is settled by the tedious process of the courts. I.iivt Wci-lt ! ! FrnincH nt Half Price. Only a few dayp left In whlnh to buy your frames at half price. Sole closes March 1 , II. L. Smith & Co. _ Dr. Cleaver's office moved to GOO Broadway. I'otlcr'N HIM. Representative Potter of Pottawattamle county Is the father of a bill which has been recommended by the house committee Jor passage , placing the cxprew companies under the control of the State Hanking board. The bill la conceded to be an out growth of an attempt on the part of the country bankers of the state to punish the express companies for their action two months ago In advancing the rates for the transmission of currency between different points. The bill , as It will bo reported from the committee. , provides that the express companies shall bo tmbject In all respects to the laws governing banks and bankers , and shall bo required to keep and maintain at torno point In each county of the state an amount of capital equal to at least $5,000 , which shall be subject to taxation. Only two weeks more remain of the great furniture cnle of the Durfee Furniture com pany. All of Hio stock of the Council Bluffs Furniture company must be closed out by March 1. _ Davis , only drug store with registered clerk. Si-linnl llojH Give n I ) 1 1 > HIT. A very oleasant social event occurred at the Grand hotel last evening. A number of tlio members of the High school gave a class dinner , to which on equal number of the High school girls were Invited. The dinner was served In a private dining room In the usual faultless manner of Landlord Clark. Prof. Gcllenbcck's Banjo club cf Omaha furnished the music. The affair was agreeably new and Interesting. Toasts were proposed and responded to after the last courses were served , and the healths of the young women were pledged In glasses of strong lemonade. Stcphan Bros , for plumbing and hsatlng ; Uo fins line of gis fixtures. of Jiilin Mcli-alf , The funeral of the late John K. Metcalf took place yesterday afternoon under the auspices of the Grand army men and the members ot the. . Union Veteran Legion. Bth organizations tuft nt the upper end of Broad way and maiched to the residence In a body , The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Simpson , rector of Grace Episcopal church. The body was burled In Walnut Hill cemetery. The funeral cortece was n long cue. The body was burled with mili tary honors. _ Have you seen the new gaa heating stoves at the company's office ? 1'oiir of n. Klnil , Four foreclosure suits were commenced In the district court yesterday. The parties In terested are : W. 8. Oalo against C. W. White nud other ; $4,275 ; Omaha Loan & Trust com pany against F. 0 , IVeymuller , $1,5G2.SO ; John Rick against Ruth and J. W. Rick , ll.CCC ; K. a Hart Ob-alnrt Q. L. Martin , $100. _ Columbia bicycles. Highest of all high grades , Cul | and see them at Cole & Cole. H' Coiivuutlon Coni'linlnl , OBDAR RAPIDS , Ftb. 28. The big con vention of the buttcrmakers of America was practically brought to a close this after noon. Papers were read during the day's eeeslon. Many of the members have de parted for their homes , and tomorrow will see the last ot them go. ' I. U. O , V. While Iloso ledge No. 2S4. I ) , cf 11. . will give a grand musical prcerim thU evening In U O. O. P. hall. All frleuds luvlted. AU- julnaiou , 10 cenUt GET ANOTHER BOY FIRE BUf Police Ailtl a Second Ackennan to the Col lection Under Arrest , OPERATIONS Of THE GANG EXPLAINED lMlllHT.M Give Dl'tllllM Of ( tlP M of KntcrliiH anil KlrliiK HIUIICH ninl Then Milking Tlivlr A fifth boy wai Implicated with the gang of four young firebugs arrested Thursda ; night for burning a dwelling' house on Flttl avenue. The boy Is Albert Ackcrmati , an older brother of Harry Ackermsn. He wis otrostcd yesterday upon an Information porn to by Chief Tcmplelon of tbo lire de partmcnt , charging him with settlrc nro tea a vacant duelling at 2131 Fifth avenue 01 the night of January 30. Tbo older Acker man boy Is about IS years of age , a few months younger thin the Betliers boy. The police officers and Chief Templeton felt sat Isflcd that the building was fired by some ot these bays , but no positive evidence was secured until yeUerday , when the younger Ackorman boy confessed that his brother and Jake Bothers had set the building afire by procuring oil waste from car axle boxes aid putting It back ot the lath In a closet nftcr kicking off the plastering. The boys said It generally took About fifteen minutes for the lire to show from the outside after they applied the match , when they were care ful to close ths coct ! door. This wouh give them ample time to get cut of the house nt'd amy from the neighborhood before - fore thp tin , \nuM ba noticed. All flv < ot the boys , Jake Betliers. Harrj and Albert Ackermnn , Fred Truax and George BrasKo. were arraigned beforb Judge McGea yesterday morning. They wcrfr questioned by the Jude.o at sime length. Each was ready and willing to cnnfces for the other liny-i and taught to phlft the responsibility for dropping the lighted mctch Into the wisps of hay , but all admitted parrying the hay and helping to phre It back of the plas tering. After getting n portion of their stories the further hearing of the cases was postponed until today Chief Templeton thinks that the two houses which the boys have , admitted they have burned ware not the only ones , and that Bethcrs was the real leader in all of the crimes. At almost every fire In that portion of the town where these boys live , where the origin of the flnmcs was such a mystcry- thnt It pointed to incendiarism , young Beth crs wns always the first person to meet the chief at the scene and was always ready with a story abrut steins somebody run from the building a few minutes before the fire broke out. It may be Impossible to con nect the boys with any other acts of Incen diarism , but the belief Is atrong that there are rcvcral other cases. Several months ago a dwelling house belonging to Mrs. Noack and occupied by her at the time caught fire In a closet. Jake Bothers was on hand : \lth a lot of Information which he cheerfully gave the chlof , which , In the light of the present revelations , creates a strong sus picion that Bcthers did the work by getting Into the house without attracting attention. GIIOWS OUT OP THE 1IIG FIIIR. IiMT < - . Wells .t Co. Flic n Suit the MllttmiUri ? Hallway Company. The petitions were filed In the United Stnlos district court yesterday by Deere , Wells & Co. in the threatened big damage suit against the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway company for the destruction of their t > Ig Implement warehouse by fire last December. The amount sued for reaches the handsome sum of $125,129.38 , and I ? the total loss sustained by the Implement people at the time of the fire. The petition recites that the defendant railway company , after negligently permit ting the weeds and grass to grow upon Its right of way , which caused the destruction of the Implement building and Its contents liy permitting Its employes to set fire to some papers and other litter which It was desired to destroy , and that the fire was built on the property of the railroad com pany , which approaches very close to the warehouses of the plaintiff , and that through the negligence of the employes the fire was nermltteil in irnt hpvnml Iliplr control and tie communicated to the buildings , which were totally destroyed on December 13. Thrro are two counts in the petition and 3olh recite the foregoing facts. In both the presumption Is that the fire was first com- nunlcated to the warehouse and factory of : he Combination Fence company , located on the west side of the street , and that the lamw reached the Deere , Wells & Co. bulld- ng by crossing the street. Hut IK-il Snail. Wo have 1,000 hot bed sash which wo are ; olng to , clc.se out. They won't last long. flow many do you want ? Wo will make you a price that can't be duplicated. C. B. faint. Oil and Glass company , Masonic Tem ple , Council Bluffs. _ For PolU IV o I IN' 1'tirilon. The IIOUM committee on pardons has unan- mously voted to recommend the pardon of Polk Wells , who Is serving a llfo Esntenee n the penitentiary at Fort Madison for the murder of Fitzgerald , a guard. Wells was orglnally n member of tbo Jesse James gang and way captured In Wisconsin n 1883 by Dan Ferrell , then sheriff of Mills : ounty. He was convicted on tbo charge of nnk robbery and was sentenced to twelve . oara In the penitentiary. Just after tile .erm of Imprisonment began ho made hla es cape with other convictr , and In doing so hlcroformol Guard Fitzgerald , who died from the effects of the poloon. Wells was re captured and t'sntenced ' to llfo In the pcn- tentlary. Since his recapture ho has been an exemplary prisoner and the application for ila pardon has met with the approval of all he prliian oHlclnlv. Friends of Polk Wells have promised that f ho la pardoned he will not write a book and will not go on the lecture platform , but Ull pettlo down nt Fort Madison , where he ms a sister living , and will spend the rest ot his days In that town. Don't miss our special calo of aluminum ware for the next ten days. Cole & Cole. H 'Ciif < % il Tlirlr Final I'IIIMTH. Judge McGee held a rpeclal session of the superior court last nlfrht for the purpose of ssulng final naturalization papers to tmch applicants as could establish their claims to hem. The follow Ing persons were given final papers and are now full-fledgej citizens and entitled to vote at the election on Mon- lay : Jacc. ' > C. Jensen , J. C. Jensen , Andrew C , Christiansen. Louis Knglund , Peter Nel son , John C , Nelson , Chris Johnson , An- row Droderx , Lars NelUon , Louis Fcblo- vltz. John Wallace , Richard Wallace , Pete Walllnc. Eric Erlckson , Carl Gustav Ander son , S. Matscn , J. H. S-havcr. Wo offer you only clean , crisp , snow white aundry work and b-st delivery service at laudry , 721 Uradway. Telephone 157. l n SorlallHt Si'i'lliin. "Gonera ! " Kelly and a number ot speakers from Omaha latt night concluded the series ot meetings that have been held at Danne- ire hall during the week. At the clopa of c meeting a socialistic section was orgulzed vlth n iiu'inbertlilp of sixty , "General" Kelly will meet Dr , Ferrln next Wednesday night In a debate on the ubjcct of Eocl.illsm against populism , and n Sunday night , March 8 , Mr. and Mm. ( clly will speak at the DeLang mission. Ulrctrli ; lllltcrM. Electric Bitters U a medicine suited for any scacon , but perhaps more generally needed In the t < prlngwhen the languid exhausted feel- ins prevail ! , when the liver la torpid and sluKglfh and the need of a tonic and altera- Ivo U felt , A prompt "re ot thla medicine ms often averted long and perhaps fatal blllouj fevers. Ko medicine will act more urely In counteracting and freeing the yrtem from the malarial poison. Headache , ndlgeMlon. constipation , dlzzlnew yield to Jlectrlo Dlttera. Only fifty cents per bottle at Kuho & Co.'a drug ilore , Yoitic's M\V iiiuuoii Itnlnr * I\CMC 1IIII Will Hnftllr 1'nnn 4 lir Semite. ALBANY , Feb. 28. In a senate repub lican caucus tt was shown that the Itnlncs excise bill nns sure of thirty-two votes In the senate , which Insures Us passage by that body today. The principal features of the measure arc ! Abolition of alt local excise boards on April 30 , 1S96. Termination of all excise licenses Juno 30 , next. Ctcatlon of n state excise commissioner nt a salary of $5,000 , deputy at $1,000 ; three special Inspectors at $4,000 , | 3,000 nntl $2- , 000 ; lxty Inspectors' nt largo nt $1,200 and expenses for all. A bureau at Albany with clerical help. First class license for saloons , clubs and hotels , at $800 In NcW York , $6BO In Ilrook- lyn , $500 In Buffalo and second class cities , and graded according to population In others. Olvcs one-third of the net revenues col lected to the state and \\o-Uilrds to the counties. Allows county treasurers except In counties containing cities of the first class , fees ranging from 1 per cent to 3 per cent , the latter In country districts. Prohibits nll-nlglit licenses and the sale of liquor on Sunday , except In hotels With meals. This prohibition extends to clubs. Fine for violation of law la flxcd at not less than twice the amount of license. Alloua local option In towns only and not In cltlc3. Compels posting of liquor licenses In windows dews of saloons. Prohibits saloons within ZOO feet of a church or school. Allows com Is to review applications for llcfrse , also petitions for rcvccatlon of licenses. SHUT IN I'L.von m ? HIS KUIEND. Sory from MlHwourl that Sinnoli * of lie Iiiittrnlialilr. CHICAGO. Feb. 28. A .tpeclal dlapatoh from EprltiEflsld , Mo. , soys : President Horr.or T. Fuller of Drury college announces that ho has received a singular proposition from a wealthy Massachusetts man , whose Identity ho would not disclose. The man offers Drury a large sum of money If he will verify the truth of a war Incident which Is allcgoJ to have laUen place In Missouri , and which , If true , the Massachusetts man thinks equals the story of Damon and Pythias. The presi dent announced that the college would ac cept the offer , and ho requests the students to help him secure positive evidence If such a thing really did occur. The story Is that In the early part of the war a detachment of confederate troops In Missouri took about 400 union prisoners. Twelve of these prisoners were lined up and shot without provocation by the confederate oIMccrs. Upon hearing of this act the com mander of the federal regiment drafted twelve confederate prisoners to bs shot In retaliation. As the line was being formed , a young man , named William Lear , stepped forward and asked permission to take the place of one of the condemned men , who was his friend. The request was granted , and Lear was shot In place of his friend. 11 AX AWAY WITH HIS GIUL COUSIX. llnnU Itolilior Lynched In Texan Had nn IIiiHiivory Ilccnril. NEOSHO , Mo. , Feb. 28. The news of the bank robbery at Wichita Falls , Tex. , In which Elmer Lett Is , formerly of this place , as Implicated and for which he was lynched , has Just reached this city. Lswls was a son of James Lewis , and had always lived hero until about a year ago when ho went to the territory. Later he returned and left last fall , taking wltn him his cousin , Miss Lula Hunter. He was never known to be engaged in lawlessness of any consequence , but always wanted to convey the idea pf being a bad man , and the nens caused no great surprise. The father Is master me chanic In the Neosho founury at this place and for a number of years has been leading a quiet life , although he was implicated In a highway robbery In this county a number of years ago , for which ho served a sentence In the penitentiary. The authorities of Wich ita Falls have been authorized by the father to give htm a decent burial , stating that he would pay all expenses. Nothing Is known of the whereabouts of the young woman he took from here with him. NO PARADE OP 11LUE AND GRAY. Prominent Grnuil Army Lcnilci-H On- IIOHCII to the Iilea. WILMINGTON , Del. . Feb. 28. National Commander Walker , who attended the ses sion of the Grand Army of the Republic at Newark , thlo state , has freely expressed him self on the proposed meeting of the blue and the gray In New York. He aald : "Thero ID not a loyal union soldier who would ap prove of such a thing. Loyalty deserves Its reward and treason and treachery should al ways be punished. There is a broad distinc tion between union soldiers and confederates and eo long an I am the head of the Grand Army of the Republic this distinction shall be observed no far as this organization la con cerned. I would not for a minute favor any suggestion that would offer to place union and confederate soldiers sldo by side In parade , wearing blue and gray uniforms , oven hough they both marched under the flag ot the United States. " Not a few who read what Mr. Robert Rowls , of Hollands , Va. , has to say below , will re member their own experience under like cir cumstance : : "Last winter I had la grippe which left me In a lew state of health. I tried numerous remedies , none of which did mo any good , until I was Induced to try a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The llrst bottle of It so far relieved me that I was enabled to attend to my work , and the second bottle effected a cure. " For sale al 25 and CO cents per bottle bv druggists. AWKUL HEATH OP A MECIIAMC. Sioux City Man Cauprlit In ShnftliiK mid Torn to I'lrem. SIOUX CITY , Feb. 28. ( Special Tele gram. ) Amos Wymans , head carpenter hero or the Cudahy Packing company , caught his coat this morning In the shafting near thereof roof cf the cutting room In the company's Sioux City plant wh'.lo ' making repairs upon he machinery and was whipped around the teel shaft at the rate of 120 revolutions per minute , until life was beaten from his body. Jcforo the machinery could bo stopped , Wy- nans was completely denuded of clothing , both legs below the knees and ono hand orn off and nearly every bono in his body > roken. The room was absolutely drenched vlth h's ' blood , and fragments of bono and flesh were found at a distance of fifty feet rom the spot where the accident occurred. Miiilcal Evi-iit nt MlNHnnrl Valley. MISSOURI VALLEY , la ; , Feb. 28. ( Spe- lal. ) The Frank Harris benefit entertain- ncnt was a brilliant social and musical event , having been planned as a manlfcsta- lon cf his friends' approval of his detcrmlna Ion to excel as a pianist , and In honor of its return from Germany , where for the last two years he has been a student of lerr Prof , Jedllcsky of Berlin. Mr. Harris \as assisted by Mesdamea Hill and McKay , lies niakcalae and Meojrs. Mlddleton. The irogram wan composed of popular class'cs rom Uhppin , Schuman , Itubcnsteln and then masters. To say that Mr. Harris' per- ormances surprised and delighted his friends 3 stating It mildly. He will return to Qer- nany after a brief vacation. Iiiillctfil a Him It CiiHlili'r. SIOUX CITY , Feb. 28. ( Special Tele- rnm. ) Four Indictments , charging fraudu lent banking and the exhibition of falsa as sets to the bank examiner , were returned today against Cashier A. K. Thompson cf the cfuncl Maurice State bank. Some time be fore the bank's failure the examiner listed 7,500 of notes , which failed to show up when the receiver took charge. In their ilace was Thompson's personal note for a ke amount. It Is charged that the original idea were forgeries , and that when failure ecamo Imminent Thompson destroyed them and snbstltucd bin own. Many merchants are aware that their CUB- omers arc their best friends and take pleas ure in supplying them with the best goods ob- ulnable. As an Instance we ment'on Perry i Cameron , prominent drugg uU ot Flushing , Michigan , They Eay ; "We have no heslta- Ion In recommending Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to our customers , as It U the bust cough medicine wo have ever cold , and always gives tatlefuctlon , " For gale at 25 and 60 cents a bottle by druggists. l'OI < tl.STOHIES. Scvcrnl Itininii H' ' mrn of tlip I'cr- fruit le1'of l.nok. "Poker ? I've play pi poker all my life. " cald a gamester fo A reporter of the New York Recorder. ' , * "I've gone Into a game with a $3 slack and cashed In Ufa. ,1'vo , gone In with $100 and bavo left the table without cashing In anything. I've , Jhiavie phenomenal draws ; been beat out on four kings ; I've stocd paten on a pair of Jackg ant ) 1'vo stood pal on four ot n kind. , "l'\o been flu h and been broke , but the worst move of my , life was when I caught ono of the best poker players In Syracuse. " 1 rolled Into Syracuse frem Rochester after a most unsatisfactory week at the table. I am a professional , of course. 1 don't make any bones about It. I make. my living by It , and I have to take my chances against the best men In the business. "They did me In Rochester , hans 'em ; took my heart , almost. But , heart ! That's everything In poker. The man without heart or nerve , whatever you like t call It , Is no use In a poker game. "I had my heart when I landed In Syra cuse , and about CO cents. I went to the hotel , got a meal and a cocktail , and as I leaned up against the clerk's desk wondering how soon It wouiri e before I would got hungry again , a drummer appeared who had known mo In Rochester. "He cave me the glad hand , and after he had registered asked mo If there was any chance to get In a game at night. "I said , 'Of course , ' and he said that If I could get one man ho had two salesmen ac quaintances who wanted to play a little while , and If wo could meet privately In lib room at 8 o'clock , we might spend the even ing pleasantly. I agreed , but where I was going to get my wherewith was a quandary. "I had about made tip my mind to strike the clerk for a loan 'until my firm should tend a check , ' when my eye lighted on a paper weight which lay on the desk. It was a sample tram a steel house , and It was made in Imitation ct a pile of halt dollars , making in all a stack that looked like $20. "There ! I was heeled. "When the clerk wasn't looking I captured It. I procured a pleco ot paper from the clerk's pad , and , going Into the coat room , t wrapped up Mr. Paperweight until ho looked so natural that any bank clerk that ever i'vcd would have bought It for $18 and smiled at his bargain. "At 8 o'clock I was on hand. There was a fellow I supposed was a young drummer In the party , who paid ho was nuking his first trip out. My drummer friend had brought him along ao a 'snap. ' "Ho didn't know me , but I supposed , of course , that ho was all right , or his friend would not have Invited him In the game. So when we were seated about a little round table ho said , 'Let Lew , ' meaning me , 'bo banker. ' "No one erer kicks against a suggestion of that kind , and I was made banker. "I set up niy roll of steel and took $20 worth of chips , and everybody else took $10. I put their money , and my roll on a chair and wo began playing. "I lost on every hand I played , and my $20 worth was soon gone. I took another stack , and remarked that the clerk would make mo good. 'Then ' luck changed I won. The green drummer was the only other lucky man In the'party. . He was a hard man for me to buck .against. . Ho beat me every time. "Finally , I stood to" win $50 If I cashed In , s'.eol roll and all , anil I was Inclined to com plain of cold feet ai\d quit , but I took one more hand. "Four sevcnsl'Sevens ! The very hand that a man told meoncoMo play until I died. " "He that Rllm , green uninitiated drum mer , took one card. , , He. raised it a dollar , when I bet a chip , and all that' other gang stayed out. We : banged away at on ? an other for some time. I looked at him closely , and somehow lib seamed to have changed. "Ho didn't look like , the weak-backed drum mer. Ho had the steely eye , thei marble heart of a professional. "I said , exasperated : 'I'd like to bet a little more than Jhe llnlt. ; ' " 'Well , ' raid ( ic , and I thought be trem bled , ( I might take one. bis bet ; ' H. . "I reached over and picked up a $20 bill which lay on the'ctialr. . 'I'll bet this. ' "Blast him , he went down In his sock and raised me $20. There was Just $40 left on ths chair and my roll of steel. " Til raise you $20 , ' said I. " 'I'll raise you1 ; said ho. "He wasn't scared. I could see that , and my four sevens were small. I felt confident that he had made a full house , and the money was mine , and I called him , simply because there were no more paper-weights In eight. " 'I've got a small two pair , ' said he. "I knew he had two pairs of one kind , and I remarked : 'Minn are sevens. ' " 'Four eights , ' said he. " 'I'm broke , gentlemen , ' raid I , and I picked up my overcoat and left before ho could open the roll of steel. "I went downstairs and told the clerk that I was going out to make a borrow. I got out of town on the 'cannot ball' at 1 o'clock , and I got off at Onelda because that was the first stop , and the * conductor rather Insisted on It. " This may pound a little fishy , but every poker player In Syracuse knows of It. It In on the fame plan as the famous "Charley" Perkins' story. Perkins was a Rochester man. Ho played poker In Denver or In New York wherever he was. Ono occasion found him aboard a Mississippi steamer loaded with corn. There was a party playing poker with corn red corn ; there wao no white corn In the west at that time. Perkins tat In and wont broke. Ho ex cused himself for a , moment and wont out went down Into the hold and felt among the cars In the dark. He got ono and shelled a lot of kernels. When ho came back bo found a jack-pot had Just etarted. Ho remarked that ho would " 6tay. " Ho throw In some kernels , and blest If they were not nil white. Ho was called down "for fair , " as the boys say , and ho had to quit. The next morning he went down In the hold and looked around , and there was not another white car of corn In the whole 10,000 bushels stored there. TOWING A 'MILE-LONG ' HAFT. TIic I'liNHiifrc from Xorlli Carolina ( o IMillailclnliln .Ifiulu In Six WeoliN. A raft of COO yellow pine logs for use as piling In the construction of some of the now Delaware river piers , says the Philadelphia Record , has Just arrived hero from the coast of North Carolina and the transportation of this huga , unwieldy mass of timber through waters exposed to storms was no iimall feat , This la said to bo.iii , ( | drat raft ever brought from North CaroHfm to Philadelphia , and the logs arc the largest. sticks of timber ever seen In this market , ! Some of the plies are ninety-five feet lon , ( and the average length for the whole Jota \ eighty-two feet. The utlcks meayuro from twelve to twenty-two Inches In diameter 'at the cutt and eight Inches and upward _ a the email end. It required foun .tugboats to tow this raft from the starting point to this port. It was very tedious work towing a long raft through the rlveru and canals In North Carolina , and required six weeks' ' * 'time to get It to this city. The raft rvaput up In chains , each pllo having two Iron : rafting dogs to hold It In the chains , Flffccri ' pllea were placed tide by ede ! and fastened together , making one action , of which there wore forty-two in the raft. When them forty-two tedious of tim ber were fastened1 " "together they reached nearly a mlle lii.Jiofeth. ' On the way up' the Chesapeake bay a storm came up and the logn and raft bad to put Into harbor until the storm was over. TowIng - Ing the raft over the North Carolina wunds wag risky work. There eounds are very broad , uhallow bodies of water , and when any wina mows u KICKS up a cnoppy vca which would tear a raft to pieces In a short' ' time. The dangers In towing rafta are such that It U Impossible to have a raft Insured In any reliable Insurance company at the present time. This b'g raft was brought hero by .Charles Frarcr , who has had considerable experience In handling piling. He was present when the first trio \vaw cut for this raft and remained on the ground until the whole lot wan rafted. Then ho came up with It on'the tug , and It proved a very pleasant trip , Several dealers In timber and piling were doubtful about the success of the attempt to handle such a masi of logs , especially at a time of the year when high winds and florins are cf frequent occurrence , but the tafo ar rival of the great raft has demonstrated the complete practicability of tbo scheme. TRUE STORIES FROM REAL LIFE. PHOM WASHIXGTO.V. In bpcaklng of Iho many sudden deaths that have lately taken place In public life , Congressman Daniel Lock wood said : "Our gtondfathcrs had family remedies which seemed to preserve health and prolong life , and It would appear as If some modern scientific preparation should bo found that v.tu'ld answer the same purpose. Now , I think that If there Is such a remedy It cer tainly Is Warner's Safe Cure. 1 know ot a great many people who use It constantly , and I have In mind one gentleman connected with the Government Printing Office hero who , together with his wife , has had occa sion to be exceedingly grateful for the ro- stoicd health and strength gained by the use of Warner's Safe Cure. " Similar opinions arc being constantly given by prominent men , and they are Words of Wisdom , ST , BERNARD'S ' HOSPITAL AND RETREAT FOR INSANE , In charge of the SISTERS OF This widely known Institution has been doubled In size during the past summer and made one of the most modern and model institutions of its character In the west. The new additions will be ready for occu pancy by the first of the year. When fully completed , accommodations will be > afforded for 300 patients. It is beautifully situated , overlooking the city of Council Bluffs. 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By Iho UHO of Ilcmorrhoidino. n liunnlctH compound Unit can bo used for an eye ointment , yet pospepHinj ; finch healing power tlmt when applied in roc- till ( lipeaso it immediately gi TS ii'licf and a euro is the pure recult < > f its con tinued ioo ; It in also u Ciuo for Consti pation. Prii'o $ ! . CO I-'or Hdo ; by JiuaaisT8. : Will Iw Font from the factory on reci'ipt of price , fiend for ( cntimoni- nlHtoTin : FOHTKKMKO. co. C. Bin OH , In. THE NEW DOHANY THEATER 15LL1OTT ALTON Mnnnger. TONIGHT THE PARTNERS. . ( Iy vpeclnl rcquent. ) AiliuUHlun JO Ci-iitn. .Sl'EOlAL SOTIU13S COUNCIL ULlll'TH. ' LOST , HKT\ViiN : NOHTIIWKSTIJIIN JJIM'OT nn < l Miiln street , note book , contulnlnn 3 notrn favor Oliln Cultivator Co. , nud other vutiulilo papers. J. L. lUkcr. Ileturn to Hcu ulllcoor reward. Trlil to Sulclil ; In .lull , NEW YORK , Keb. 28. John Mackln , tlio murderer of bis wlfo and motlier-ln-law , tried to kill lilmeelt In ( lie jail In Jcrufy City today. In eearclilng Mini at the station lat-t night the police bad overlooked a razor which Mackln had concealed somewhere about hlu permit. With tlile weapon he cut his throat , and would have noon bled to death had not a jail attendant hoard a gurgllnc Hound proceeding from the murderer's cull. Mackln was removed to the hospital , Hlu recovery U doubtful. Morris Connors , the father of Mrs. .Mackln , whom Mackln shot when he killed hU wife and Mrs. Connors , Is very low. The bullet la lodged In the throat of the old man In tmch a way that It Is almost Impossible to rcmovu It without causing the putlent'a deatU. TAKE noon \micK. Hero nro the words of Mrs. II. 1 * . (1. Cnrr.ps , ono nt the ln'st Utiown ladles In ntitlcr , Pa. , which arc given for the benefit of all Indies. "For eight years I wan n con- st&nt nuffcrcr from fcmnla weaknesses In Iho most nKRMvated form , .Medicine did mo no good , nud nt time * I full Dial death would bo n welcome rsllcf. Hut Warner's Safe Cure was recommended lo me by my druggist and I was persuade 1 lo Iry It. I wns astonished nt Ihc marvelous chatigo it made , even before I hull flnlRh < nl ono bottle. I am now feeling well and strong Ami am able to attend lo all my domestic duties. " This Is only one case nmong thousands , bul It Is sufllclcnl to prove thai this grt'tt remedy can always bo relied upon lo relieve nml cure. That Is why It Is so universally recognized as f Woman's ' Best Friend. iii'i\ni\i TIIH KI.ACJ. Sonic Interesting facts regarding the Naval Service were recently given by n prominent official. 1) . A. Grosvenor says : "Somo years ago I .received an Injury to the kid neys. At the tlmo I .wait barely able to get about , suffered great pain , and at tlmca passed blood with my urine. I got better , but for three or four yenrM I. had trouble at litres.Vhcnecr 1 took cold 1 felt too trouble , and very often I suffered sevcrolyi and was troubled In passlns water. I was fit ally persuaded to try Warner's Safe Cure , which effected u complete cure , and slnco that time I have had no trouble or weakness whatever In the region of the kidneys. I am n well , sound man today. " This great remedy has never ones failed ] In fighting these complaints. Ha effect * me unequalled and It Always Wins. It's the WELLINGTON , The Highest Grade Medium-Priced Wheel in the World. IT TAKES years to build a wheel , and until this year no wheel on the market had as many seliing points , riding ! points , wearing points and points of general satisfaction tcf' ' dealer and rider as this wheel , the result of the best skill and the product of the best of everything. It's the fellow and com * panion of our HAl II TO3Sr , the leader of all wheels this' season. It's designed and built by expert men from choicest material , and aided by latest improved machinery. Not gotten up and thrown together. 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