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TTTE OMAHA PATL.T Tnn nAv. 12 , 1890.
INTEREST IX THE INDIANS
BnrHnpUra Hood Looks Afwr the Welfare
of Three Kotiorn Tribes.
CHEYENNES AND CROWS WILL NOT MIX
to Tut Tliein on ( Inr Ilexrrt nil -
il to Scrloiik Com-
rnxliin of 'I lit'lr
.noil * tottfi-riiiMl.
WASHINGTON. Nov 11 < Sp c tl Tele-
fram t O iral Solicitor Manderwra at the
Slurllngton and Mr * , .M Bd rnon were In
"VVaenington today en route to Omaha after
c Hbort vlalt to N > York
General MsndwMm although In the city
tint four hours , availed hlnuwlf nf the op-
jiortuulty to call on tbe president In re-
to certain matter * affecting the Crow
reservation in Montana It he * be n the
of the Burlington road to open up
for MtUrment that country lylni ; west of
Sheridan and reaching altntxt to millnpB
Mont The rlght-of-vt BJ which the Hurling
ton retehed through the reservation WBB
incepted tcau c of the pnaklbllltlec which
tbe rnuntr } he-Id out to Intending M-'ttler *
arl > oitupaucy. hovever. of the re-serva-
t in in at prcnent large 1 > problematical , in
Mew -if tbe tlautte I liner ted In the liwt In-
diau appropriation bill providing for the
ti pcitutirt nt of a commhwlon jif three jterI
r iif by the secretary of the Interior who
ere authirlred to treat with the Crow and
J'latbead Indians in Montana for the ces-
II in of i nrtlone of their respective rese r-
Mitluno and to also treat with the Northern
Chi.vnncB end Crow 1mllatin for tbe removal
of tht Northern Cbe > enne * from their prts-
rnt nwervatlDO on the Hmebud Hlver at
Lame Herr Agcncj to the southern portion
of tbt Crow reservation This tlaime of the
Indian bill was entire ! ) overloole-d : until
quite rwcntlj when the Durlltigton people
reali7 d that Itmte-nd of treatlnc with fewer
ItidlHtit a tlii'j had fondly hoped on the
Crow reservation , the possibility of ha vine
to treat with more ludlanc Bfems more lll.e-
l.v and General MandcTHon came on to un
certain v hat could be claim to hold up the
removal of the war-like Che-yennes to the
tirrttory now occupied by the peaceful
Clown
IP the Indian department the bringing top -
p th r nf tbtce two northern Indian nations
Is nut Unikcd upon with any great decree
cf hat-efactton and anions ; army offlce-m
ho * foLRht thwir several trlbee In old
dm * the lime BHHorimlon , of the Northern
( iK'jniiieB and Crow * b re-garde > d with a
firlliiR tif conRlderable upprehe nglon While
Geturnl Matidernon could not outline any
di 'in ' le plan he laid ticfore tbe president
ront. o'ljertlone to the bill a * paused ve t-
IIIR tbe power of appointment of the eom-
jiilsniiti In the secretary of the interior nnd
levi. i-tl at length the hlRtorj of the Nortb-
rn rhrioruHf in connection v.lth certain
magnatre-s In which they had participated
along tbe Tongue river in Montana
St r-C'ESSOn TO Jt'DGE IH'NDY.
Incidentally General Mandcrson talked
about the appointment of a NebraKkan to
the poci'ion on the district bench made va-
< iait bv ihe death of the late C 5 Dundj
31e rtfened to the Btandlng of quite a num
ber of those whose names are prominently
mentioned for the place among them , in
utijltlnn to thosealreaclj Kent , that of
Charles S Offutt , who is being BUpported in
MB cat dldac ) by the serretnrj of the treas-
xitj John G Carlisle Judge Munger of Fre
mont and Judge Crawford of West Point
General Maudernon skid that he had no
locommendations to make ai > thin was a
democratic appointment and xo Informed the
president but as a luwjer he Intimated to
the president tertnin n&me-s of me-n who he
Jiellt-ved would bring to tbe district bench
of Nebrnnka judicial fltnesK and dlgult.but
the names Indicated to the president General
landeraon would not divulge
Private Sreretarj Tburber. In repl } tea
a queBtlon. staled In all probability there
would bo an appointment to the district
judghhlp in Nebraska before1 congre-KK rcap-
reinl'led He Kuld that the president vas
iiuxluiis to jirovide an ofHcor for holding
court In that district Judge M linger of Fre
mont if being urged quite extensively as IB
URO John H A in en of Lincoln and Frank
Irvine of Omaha District Attorney Sawver
Is beinr groomed for the place and may posh -
h blv 'eiehf the appointment but if BO it
* w 11 IIP Kinowhat of a hUiprinc to those who
ur ki eping tab on Nebraska political affairs
under the piepeut udniiulstratlon
T M Kllllan postmaster at Moulton , la
uho WCB arrested about three inonthB ago
on the t barge of opening private letters bus
licen reinstated bj the postmaste > r general
Killian was tutpcnded at the time. , pending
the outtoine of the invcKtlgation by the ) grand
3ur > That bed ) failed to indict him for
the offense
ChBiifcllor MacLcan of the UnlvorBlty of
UrafiVa is in the cltj
Oh ! ' Heel WBB today commissioned post
master at Moe. S D.
MM1N ll\i > M Itl'ltlM- > STOItn.
Important H < - .iills In Culm Kiju-rHMl
In the N < -\l Three \ \ rcU. . .
V , AfcHIN'GTON , Nov 11 The renewed
orts that tbe Vnited States was about
to intervene in the Cuban conflict are not
confirmed In ofllclal quarters nor is there
uny eu.lence to Indicate that at the present
tlmt the I'nlted States bus under consid
eration 1.11 } change in Its policy The only
available Information reaching here Is that
the Spanish lullkarj operations begun early
In October are about to go "forward with
Kreuter cnerg } than at an } previous time
linpaitant rt suits are expected from this
forward moieim-nt within the next three
vecfc , There ure now ij.ooo more Spanish
troops e nroute for Cuba The } w ill lie dis
tributed ui the western provinteE It is
oxpecte > d that with these additional troops
Jn pcbi'ion the far vvchtcrn provinces will
lie comph tel } garrisoned end occupied et
i-ver } point b } the government troops ,
Tbe lull lu operations vilthln tbe last feu
das Is explained b } u circumstance not
licfore kiuwn Tbe lUHurgetit leader , Mac-eo ,
moved to tbe coast for tbe purpose of re > -
ceivlug a pneumatic diiumite gun , which
liad been landed with great difficulty. The
reports reaching here show that tbe trials
of the gun fulled to show It to be formidable ,
the shot carrying only 500 joids , or less
than the distance curried bv rifles t'ndcr
them' cln umstancrs Maceo bus retraced his
Eleps without the dnumite gun
Meanwhile the Spanish forces have been
divided into two mclj divisions , one In i
the south and the other in the north of tbe
Island The main puipose of the troops has
Jieeu to o cup ) the mountain passes , and
this has proceeded so rcpidl } that it is us-
t-erte'd here positive ! } tl.at ever } approach
end egress tei the mountain recesses is uo
commanded b } a heavj forte of Spanish
troops This plan of campaign is reliea
upon to force the insurgents to light in
the open couutr }
The civil afteirs of Cuba have also under
gone a chauge within recent dus By
ugretmeut between the leaders of the lib
eral couBorvatlvc and home rule parties
constituting all tbe loal elements the }
Jiuve been merged into one party , known
us the ' part } of common defense" Tbe
main fe-ature of the npre-unient Is the ter
mination tif the rebellion before nil ) plan
of autouoiu ) shall be put Into operation
HAVANA Nov 11 Captain General Wej-
ler according to a dispatch from the front
5u captured the insurgent strongholds in
the mountains of El Kubl in tbe prov luce of
3'ltmr del Hio A brigadier general , seven
officers and fort-seven soldiers were
T oundcd No further details were obtaina
ble when this message vvus font
_ The public trial of Julleu Sanguill } tbe
Vn nrlcan cltixen charged wi'h coiisptrac } inFer
For Infants and CMMren.
i i mi ; i as rimar.d < * t tffo * u lake
1
| tl - ( on N > Pnlwr il
i\rnn.
riilrf Ilnrf-n Hi-lion * on tlir1 enrV
HxiierleiiiT with ritoiil Tfllrr .
WASHINGTON' Nov 11 Wiltam P
Hkiten , chief of thr * rrei Mrvlpf twrwu of
the _ Trwmurr drtrartni'mt , In hi * nuu l re-
pnrt shown that thr amount of altered or
counterfeit no'.w c purrd durlnt tJi * ywtr
w : ; rsi of which jSWTse were I'nltwl
Stale * ot JKLW * were allw eminente *
aud K34 8J6 wore Canadian note * . The
amount of counterfeit coin raptured was til-
K7K. JMfttwn new twinter'flt note * were
placed in rlrrulBlton daring the 1a t year ,
which 1 * a material decrease from fo-mpr
yearn Chief Hineti pxpreiwt * the opinion
that thr dtcinctlvt paper la use It an aid
to the criminal rather than a protection to
tbe public because of the fact that a note j
printed di > on paper centalnlni ; rltk threads
( a number of the bent poant rfettg and
nil of tbe rujrd note * are ) In aet eirted In a
nidjnritj of Instance * without hesitation ,
owlne to the erroneous iroprenfion that the
paper 1 tided b ) the government IB manufactured -
1i
tured i by a spcret ftrocMC and cannot be
counterfeited HP ha * aluo bncnme ronvlnccd
that 1 the introduction of Bill : Into paper tends
to j lessen Its wearing qualities and Is there-
fnre responsible In a degree for Us short
iifo. j
OnVrn n ri-eniliini fur tinISxtriiHlv
Cultlviitliiii ofnnilln IMtititH.
WASHINGTON Nov 11 fnlted States
Consul ( O Hara at San Juan , Nicaragua , ret
poite j to the State department that the
Nlcaraguan government has Issued a decre-e
I
| granting ] to any person who shall cultivate i
1.000 or more vanilla plants on lands belonging -
longing to the- republic a premium of 10
tent * for each plant and the rlcht to take
up i 34C acres of national lands to be paid
for I with the proceeds of the pre-tnium Thc
law I U to remain in force ten years Com'j
mentlng on the fttatements of Hrltish trade
journals that contain articles ahserllng that
and show u "d In Nicaragua are tin-
worthy of duplication In England even for
the Nicarapuan trade the consul states that
lint enl > are the must vvorthlG shock t < old
in that couutrj of Ilrltisli manufactuie , but
that uoolen poo'ls claimed to be of
Brltibh make speed ! ! } lose their color.
for Hierin > .
WASHINGTON , Nov 11 ( Special Tele-
pram ) The following named officers are de
tailed at Willoiu Point N Y for instruc
tion in torpedo norviec durlnp the term com-
incnclnR December 1 Second Lieutenant
I'rank \ Wilt ox first Infantry. Second
Lieutenant William A Raj bourn , Fourth in-
fantry. Second Lieutenant Prank U. Me-
Henna. Fifteenth infantrv
Leave to Plrst Lieutenant Andrew G C
Qua > Third cat airy has been extended
t enty dajs
' linljlliircrlcnlturr. .
WASHINGTON. Nov 11 The second day
of the notion of tbe Aosocletlon of Ameri
can Agricultural Colleges ntid Experimental
Station * & & devoted to routine business
and tbe reception of reports of committees
on operial subjects the moet important pi
vhiil ) V.RB one relating to the courne of
instruction and Ktud > . the qttallflcatlons for
admlMilon to laud grant colleges Tomor-
rou the association will call on President
Cleveland
Orntul PutroiiM of IIn 1iiinilr ; .
WASHINGTON. Nov. 11 The thirtieth
national Kesslon of the Grand Patrons of
HiiRbandrj becau here todcy The first BCS-
Flon wnc devoted to prelimlnarj busInewK
An addrt s of welcome was delitered by
Ur John Trimble of Washington and a
response wni > made by William Sauuders
Both of them gentlemen wen among the
founders of the order
< i ron ALH.
t > iirflicrn I'liclHr Pro | > -
< > ! > In Hiiilil til Auction.
MILWAt KCE Not 11 The rolling stock ,
and properties of etery kind and
description of the Chicago . Northern Pa
cific Railroad company will be offered for
sale at public auction at the Harrison street
station corner of Fifth avenue , Chicago ,
next Tuesday If the plan * of the Wiscon
sin Central company hate not miscarried the
sale will mean inuth to that > strm It being
part of the reorganization , it is staled that
the Chicago Terminal propertj w ill become a
portion of the i-vstem The sale will be in
tharge of Henr > W Bishop special master
in chancery appointed bj Judge Jenkins , to
take charge of the Chitago & Northern Pa-
i Iflc property at Cblcjgo The purchase
price will be JlOOOOOOd unless the plan pro
posed to the Chicago & Northern Pacific
bondholders falls through and an attempt is
made to tecure the property by the people
back of the Wisconsin Central reorgan'zatlon
v Ithnut agreement of the bondholders The
purchasers will also have to assume two
mortgages which are preferential one run
ning in fat or of the cltj of Chicago , cotering
the btation proper \ pnrticulatl } for JC50.00D ,
and one for KM HOC in fat or of Ddw in A
Abbott and John A Stewart The sale o *
the road next Ttifdameans that the com
plicated muddle growing out of the trl-re-
celicrship ban been satisfactorily settled out
of tour *
ItitrlliiKlon Urrlnrro ti Dlt iilniil.
NEW YORK Not 11 The Chitago , Bur
lington & Quincy Railroad company has
declared a quaiterlj dividend of 1 per cent
Mi-el A * orlntl > ii ConnliliTu
lc Tomiril liilillfiiifii.
NEW VOIIK. Not11 The morning ses
sion of the Beusemer Steel association called
for 10 o'clock today ttae deferred until the
conference committee appointed jesterdaj
made its report Tbe committee went into
session HI 10 30 to consider the most impor
tant matters that hate come before the as
sociation at this quarterlj meeting While
it Is not definitely known JUM what were the
proposltons presented at the comprnmine
conference tcgterdat. it was stated posltitclt
toda ) that the negotiations thus far held
hate had nothing to do with rates. The fu
ture policy of the association toward mid
dlemen bas been tlit principal theme under
discusblon to far.
Another outcome expected from the dis
cussion now going on is a butter understand
ing regarding proJuctlon Sectional confer
ences hati been btld Inforninllj at whi'b
rcpreiicntatltes from tarltiui. portions of the
counto hate expressed therapeltes upon this
important point. So far the members have
setmed to look fatorahl } upon a general
agreement which shall be elastic enough to
admit of expuusion at points when ; local
demandF Justify a more liberal arrangement
Most of the mcmburs express the belief that
the hCKhioiiR will be further prolonged and
that business ma > keep tL < members here all
the week
PITik PIKE iA l HIfiv HOTEL.
( t Porced In EKIIIIHThriiuuh * h >
1Vlinlo . in TUflr Mclil Clulln-K.
TRAVERSE CITY Mich Not 11 Four-
tteu buildii gB in tbe huglncbs portion of
the city were destroted b.t fire last night ,
entailing a Ions of * M ) 000 partially In-
Hured Eu Newberrj porter In the Front
Str et hotel was tiuniod to death , and it la
rumored that others lost their lltea , but
no other bodies have been recotered The
thlrtt guekts tif the hotel etcaped through
the windowK in their nltht clothing
Klllh n Mini fur No Viiitrfiit IlfiiNon.
TACOMA Wash Nov 11 Samuel S.
Tucker , a painter mot r > r James Winter-
mute on the street todaj and euddenlj drew
a retoltcr shooting Wintermute through the
bodj Tucker then turned the tvtolter on
InmneU shuutlur himself through the head ,
blonlng hit brains out and djlng itifctui tly
\ \ Interinute before he died profcceed uot to
knu\\ the cause of the shooting
I'roiiiliii-nt ] ' > illnilrlihlii > iiVil. .
PHILADELPHIA Nov 11 This morning
the wealth and fuHhiou of Philadulphla were
croudi > d into St. Lukt-h EpUcopal church to
witness tbe wedding of MUs Ellen Nixon
llarriw > u. dauchtor of Cburlvi C. Ilarnaon ,
i nd Campbell Emory McMlohael.
TtliHK Harrison Is one of the popular girls
in Phlladclphta' exclusive ret
For rheumatism and neuralgia > ou can-
uot get * butter rcuicdj thui Saltation Oil
URGES MORE COAST DEFENSE
Gcnoral Miles BnVimlts His Annual
Eoport on the Army.
ESTIMATES FOR NEW YEAR'S ' WORK
DlMliiculklicil Milillcr I'olntft Out tlmt
.Moilern Api'Hii'irrt. Are \ut n
Me n nee. lint ti Mifpcimril to
LuliorliiK CliiKkeh.
WASHINGTON Nov 11la his annual re-
.
j' , ' > ort to the secretar ) of war Major General
M lira commanding the arm ) , recommends
i a liberal appropriation for replacing the prev
ent decreasing and antiquated | st buildings
'and i tiiiiectelly these on what woe former ! )
i the Indian frontier , with new and eanltar )
i
" tructures General Mllw believer that the
fre.edom of tbe country of late from Indian
outbreaks IE to be ascribed to the fact that
J the Indians nov receive better treatment
| tram the government , that they are impressed
.
pressed with the power of the army to
j ;
punish them , and that their affairs are in
many cases managed bv competent arm )
I officers Therefore he recommends that this
same [ volley as to the Indian * be continued
General Miles again devote * n large po"-
tlon of his report to the considerations of
coast defense and renews forcibl.v all of tbe
recomme-udatlons on that BUbjee-t made in
former reKirts ] It is recommended that
liberal appropriations be made for the manu
facture of guijs their emplacements quar
ters t and barracks The estimate that Gen
eral Mile * makes for the next } ear for the
work of the ordnance , engineers and quar
termaster's department at the different coast
' 'points include * the following Mobile. Ala
' rioOOOO , New Orleans MSMOft , Galteston.
\ Tcx IiriT.Cu. ! San Diego Cal IGODOOO , San
Francisco. $ i 0i S50 ; Mouth of Columbia
tltcr. $ r.CC.32Si Puget Sound J7C4.0,0
General Miles say * "An unwise argument
Ii has I been made against the construction of
modern II appliances of war on the tbeor } that
it I IK a danger and a menace to the laboring
claHsefc In some Inetanccs marked pro
tests lime been made against uch
j f > a na
tional pollcj The argument * seem heart el }
worth } -consideration. . } et it Is deemed
proper to call attention to the fact that these
national fiafeguatds are in no senae a men
ace to any class of our citizens not etcn
to the humblest individual , but on the other i
I hand 1 , the ) ale a protection to the life and
j propert 1 ) of all classes from the highest to
the ' lowe-st Thev protect not enl ) the com-
Imerclal ports with their accumulations of I
I' | public ' buildings and private dwellings com '
merce and shipards but the factor ) the |
foundr ) , the wort.Bhop and ulBO the savings
banks and the cottages In fact the de
struction of our great commercial and manu
facturing cities would l > e a national disaster
far more serious and appalling to the great
masse * or the laboring population than It
would be to any other claw ; of our people'
General Miles renews his former recom
mendations for an increase of the arm ) on
the ground that it has not kept puce with
the increased wealth of publlt and private
interests nnd be suggests that the cnlitied
strength of the arm ) be fixed at one sol
dier to every 2000 of population , as , a mini
mum the maximum btreugth not to exceed
cue soldier for ever ) 1000 population , the
strength to be determined within the e limits
by the president , according to the necessi
ties and requirements of the nation He
points out the Importance of having at least
two stations east of the Rocky mountains
and one west suitable for the accommoda
tion of one ivplmeut of cevalr ) end renews
the recommendations made last ) car con
cerning tbe use of blccles tnd motor wagons
and the promotion of competent enlisted men
to the grade o' < > ecoud lieutenants after
five } e-ars' service
BAPTIST * . CONBIDEIl P VP
ProblemK of tinCoiinlrj Clinreli I ln-
( nxheil from Ki ITJ Mile.
NASHVILLE , Tenn . Nov 11 The Amer
ican BaptUt congress met in adjourned ses
sion this afternoon and resumed the consid
eration of papers on common topics The
program of the afternoon exercises included
papers on "The Problems of the Couutr )
Churth " The subject was divided as fol
lows "Finances , " L B Lake I ) D . t'ppor-
vllle. Va . ' Pabtoral Leadership. " Rev W
L Muuger. IJclding Mich , "Modern Meth
ods of Work , " W Felix D D , Lexington
Ky The speakers appointed to lead the
discussion we.ro B H Pitt. D D. , Richmond
mend Va and Rev J H lloldridge , Lane -
o ster , S C
The night scsEion was held with a VCD
large attendance , J T Henderson presiding
The topic for consideration was. "Is God
the Father of All Men" " Written papers
were presented by F M Rowley D D Oak
Park Chicago and George C Baldwin , D
I ) Springfield Mass Among the speaker *
who took part in the discussion were Pres
ident W Pope Yeuman. D D . of Grand
River college MiBi-ouri George D Horr. Jr. ,
editor of the Watchman Buston. C S Gard
ner Greenville S C , and Thomas D Ander
son. Providence R I i
The congress , decided to meet next year In
Chicago accenting tbe invitation of the Chicago
cage uuiversit ) and tbe Baptist ministers of
Chicago
POH IUJPCNM ! OP < 0t 'IIIElt.COVT >
PJorJilii't. fiiii rriiiir Cullfc n Coin fu
ll on to Meet lit Tnmini.
TALLAHASSEE. Fla . I\ov. 11 Goternor
Mitchell has addiessed the followinc letter
to goternors of tarious states , calling a
harbor meeting to convene at Tampa
"In tietv of the dangers which threaten tbe
defenseless gulf and south Atlantic ports of
the I'nlted Statet. we hate deemed It
proper to issue a call for a contention in the
interest of the southern and couth Atlantic
harbors and their defense
"The object of thit. contention , which will
assemble at Tampa Fla . January 20 , 18t" ,
if to dlscuts methods for tbe proper defense
of southern harbors As loyal c'tlreus of
this republic it imhootus us to heed the
admonitions of wisdom and endcator to
speedily place our defenseless southern
ports in a condition to protect us from pos
sible peril from foreign intasion
"In tlew of the dungeis which threaten the
portant subject we respectfully request } our
exeellenc } to honor this convention with
} our prrfecnce and also to appoint dele-
pates from } our commonwealth to attend
the tame Kind ! } forward tbe names of
such delegate * ; uhen appointed b } } our ex-
cellenc } to H J Cooper secretary of the
Board of Trade , Tampa , Fla "
PE1N PTOT1
This is underwear weather nud wo are
tindtirwear people underwear for win
ter at 50c a guriueut up tt > the best all
kludh of underwear at price * , that won't
be forgotten that's one tcabon v\e have
such a big trade on underwear pexiple
are constantly llndlUR it out then we
Unow when w here nud how to buy and
that helps to ueep our jirlctis the lowiM
as well as our qualities the best.
Albert Cahn ,
1322 Farnam
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.Major Crorco IriiiMrtmc ; Die * t III *
Home In ThU CM > . f
George Arnifctrong ope , of tbe oldest res
idents of Omaha died at his home. 1114
North T ent-fourtb street , in this cit } , jes-
terday afternoon The deceased bad been in
poor health for the past two jears , but the
Blckncss which was the immediate cause of
death was of enl } about three weeks' dura
tion
George Armstrong was born In Baltimore
Md , August 1 1819 , and removed to Ohio
with bU psreute when a small boy. He
learned the printer's trade and in 1S13
started a paper called tbe True Democrat at
Chllllcothe He continued the publication
of the paper until 1F34 when he sold out and
moved west coming to Omaha in 1835. and
In partnership w itb George C Bone } started
In business us a builder They built the old
capital the Pioneer block and other prin
cipal buildings of earl } Omaha
He sened as a member of the third and
fourth sessions of the territorial legislature
and also us \olunteer against the Pawnee
Indians He was muor of Omaha during a
portion of 18C1 and 1SC2 when he resigned
to enter tbe arm } and was commissioned
major of the Second Nebraska ca\alr } Thib
regiment served only nine months and he
then raised n companto scnc during the
war and was commissioned captain after
wards being promoted to major , was brev-
ctted lieutenant colonel end colonel
He held heveral other offices among them
being clerk of the district court clerV nf .the
supreme court and cashier in the rc\cnue
collectors office In IdSC he erected a Irrgc
warehouse on Izard street and In partner
ship with his son entered the agricultural
Implement business He retired from
all acme business in IbSl
Mr Armstrong was married in 1S44 to Miss
Julia A En ing. who sunives him , together
with two sons and one daughter E L
Armstrong of Salt Lake Utah George n
Armstrong of the Quartermaster's depart
ment this city and Mrs George S Gould
of Bellewood , Neb
Sen T nrkert. lo nnlrrtnln ClnrUKon.
Invitations are out announcing a recep
tion to Hon Tbaddeus S Clarki-on of this
city , eommundtr-ln-chlc'f of - the Grand
Army of the Hepubllc. and his staff and
to Hon James S. Grahnm commander of
the department of New York , and htaft.
at Masonic hall. New York City , on Friday
evening. No\ember 20 at b o'clock. Tbe
rtveption will be gl\en by Lafavette post
No 140 department of New York , and
the Imltatlo-s art issutd o\er tbe Msnn-
ture of Kiclmrd W Meudt commander of
that post The affulr IB already recciUng
ronnldernbli attention in the east , and
promises lo In of a brilliant character , hult-
uble to the paHltlon of the veterans who
will IK honored on this occasion by their
oomiades in New York -Qlty.
IS THE COMPANY
That Does the Most
IN TWO GENERATIONS 1843-1896
The Mutual Life Insurance Co. , of New York ,
has paid $246,000,000 to its living members.
Has been the benefactor of women and children
to the extent of $165,000,000.
Has paid its members in all over $4iEG8QQQ9 ,
Fl
ron
IOWA arid. NEBRASKA.
FIRST KA110XAL I1AXK IIC1LDIHG , SIXTH AND LOCUST STREETS ,
OMAHA. DES MOINES.
VCcintGcL 211 IZver Count.
H. S. WINSTON , Special Representative , Omaha.
l.\KM COM"E " ! > TOI HI !
I'ortlon of tlie Molt-n Propert } round
In HI" Itnoiii.
Gus Larm a lad who had until latel )
clerked for the Nebraska Clothing compan ) . j
and who WOE arrested jesterdny for mealing
on complaint of the proprietors , was sub-1
Jt'cted to the "BW eating" process by the
|
police and information elicited which led to
the recover ) of the articles stolen The j
goadE which are valued at about T150 were .
found in its room at 2315 South Twelfth
street Packed in a large trunk v ere four
suits of clothes a new overcoat valued at I
J1S > sill : handkerchiefs underwear and a
Quantitv of jewelrv ruch as is sold b > fur- |
nlfihing store * Tne articles were removed ,
to the police station.
Larm has been working at the bundle
counter for about a year and a half He
told the police that he had experienced no
difficulty in tecuring the stuff as the pro
prietors had always thought him honest and
had never placed a watch upon him until
lately The ; overcoat and some of the suite
he had won out of the store direct ! ) under
the eyes of the floor walker He stated
that the * clothing found was not all of the
goods he had taken A friend of hie once
asked him to secure an inside figure on a
suit of clothes Larm told him to keep aw a )
from tbe store and be would get him one at
cost He then ttole a suit and sold it to bin
friend for a small amount This was re
peated at different times and in this way
the thefts of Larm will probabl ) foot up
a goodl ) figure when they have all been
bitted down b ) the police
L.I\V1S GCT.S A HKAIUMl 1OIMY.
Aliened Slnj IT of MrGuIrr I'niililito
Glir Ilomli. .
The preliminary bearing of Foster Lewis
named as Campbell's companion In the kill
ing of James McGuire , will occur this after
noon at 3 o clock It was set for
tins morning at 9 30 o'clock but the
postponement was taken to give more time
Campbell has so far failed to obtain bonde
for his release pending his trial in the dls
trict court Hlfc attorney in police court
attempted to have tbe bail fixed at the low
figure of Jl.-OO but Judge Gordon made it
tl.IiOO an amount that Campbell hat , not
been able to obtain Both he and Lewis arc
In the count ) Jail
MnrriiiKt * I lroiini > > .
Permits to wed ha\e been issued to the
following parties by tbe county Judge'
Name and Address Age
Joe Etkcr Omaha . . . 44
Mrs Anna Thchlda Omaha . . . . _ _ .2S
Peter P. StoufTer Salt Lake City Utah. . S >
Mrs Mar ) n Emmery Lanark. Ill 50
Itobert A Blackburn L > onlphan W
niranor W Royce. Omaha 33
Charlie Pulmerausa. . Neb iC
Augusta L Oak , Omaha -J
III : V-l\ i Till : AV.OHIvl'NG POIlt 12.
\V IIIiMv firlncx OlKilIliTj I'rrpnrcf
lo Ktilnrce It * Output.
Reports of renewed p'ofperity and oc-
tivit } in Omaha buBinwt circles are of
dull } occurrence P E Her. chief owner
of the Willow Springs distillery , said } cs-
terday that his concern had not been able
to keep up with ite orders Bincr the elec
tion of the republican candidate For a long
time the works were closed entirely Last
summer thev were reopened by Mr Her ,
who employed but a small operative force
About a week ago the force was Increased
end at the present has a capacit } of 3,000
bushels of grain per da } but 1ms up until
late ] } been consumiug but 1,000 bushels
An increase of 50 bushels per da } was
made a few davs ago and it te the lutcu-
t on of the management to shortly expand
this to C30 bushels more TlUmatrl } , if
the demand continues for its product , the
works will be run to their full capacit }
Mr Her stated that ertenstve repairs were
ct present being made to the plant , new
boilers ore being added nnd tbe other ma-
chlner } is being thoroughly overhauled in
p-eparation for the increased demands made
upon the company When the plunt has
been placed in perfect working order tbe
number of operatives will be Increased until
a full force is secured
I.OCAI. mt n-ins.
Yesterday was the coldest of the season at
Omaha , the mercury not getting above the
freezing point all day long
Misses Fitzpatrick and Schlcrstcln w ill en
tertain their friends at a leap } ear part )
to be given at iMorand'fi tonight
Tucrday a quantity of clothing wet
stolen from a clothesline on the premises of
Mrs N Wright 422 South Tenth street
The pilice have received notification of
the rohberv of tht postoffice at Sturgis Neb ,
on November C The burglars biew ope'n he
safe and departed with $90 in money and
stamps The crooks are supposed to be a
couple of strangers who arrived In Sturgls
the day befoie the burglar } end were mitr
ing the nest dav
Article * of incorporation have boon filed
b ) the Omaha Air acale company 7'ne
incorpo-ators are Charles Kaufmann H J
Wiuterlich Charles Kiug E F Augustat ,
A J Short Nicholas J Uck Thomas E
Micke.1 and Thomas Ring of Omaha and
William Schuckmann of Milwaukee , Wis
The capital stock is $1,000,000
A young girl giving the name of Annie
Smith a resident of Council Bluffs , came to
this cit } Tuesda } night for a gaud time and
was arrested on a change of drunkenness She
made such un earnest plea for mercy , tulng
that if she did not return to her home } es-
terda } her parents would learn of her es
capade and she would he disgraced , that
Judge Gordon discharged her
ARE
if H
i \ * > t U
How much will your admin
istrator have to sacrifice your
estate to force quick assets ?
An Installment Policy for
$100,000 will leave your family
$5,000 yearly income for 20
years , in any event , and if your
stated beneficiary is then living
he or she will be paid $5,000
yearly during life.
A 5 per cent Debenture for
$100,000 will leave your wife
$5,000 yearly income cither for
20 years or until her death if
prior thereto ; then $100,000 will
be paid in one sum. A possible
return of $200,000.
510 D ii to in fk on
111 ( Of llf Wl
ten ?
The true business man acts
promptly. Get our rates at once
lint iir-noN rou THIS MW msc-Ttm.
Itci. I. - > -ll < - INitti-r anil 'tt Iff Mnilu
\ \ clfoiuiin Oniiiliii.
Rev Leslie F Potter tht new rector of
St MKtihus Protestant Episcopal chun b
and Mrs Potter were formally welcomed to
Omaha last evening vhen a reception was
tendered them in the parish rooms of the
church by the members of the congregation
Bishop Worthlngton and Mrs Worthlnpton
asEisted in receiving tbe guests , and pre-
rruted them to the new rector and bis w ift
The rooms were prettily decorated with pot
ted plat'tB and cut flowers a fine dliplnv of
rhr > SLUthcuiums being noticeable among the
latter
Between the hours of 8 and 10 a large pro
portion of the congregation , miuy of thf
JOUUE women pupils of Drownell hall an 1
n number of other residents of that stu tl in
of the cit } culled to greet the nrwcomert
and to assure them uf their loyitl ouppori
Refreshments wore sened late in the cvei-
Ing and several musical selections were ren
dered
Mr and Mr * Potter come * to Omaha from
Mexico Mo The } have already made a num
ber of friends in this city , especially amuns
the young folk of wbom they ere n part
They have taken up their home at i.202 South
Eleventh street where the } will bo glad to
receive their friends and parlsbnncr *
MAM" A AGIIANT * AKII I'l'T 'I \VOIIIC
HT < irt > to Drive tlic Trumps Oat of
'low n.
Another Jot of vagrants were nrrceted by
the police Tuesday night When th. 5
were arraigned In police court } cstonU >
morning1 they invariabl } pleaded not guilt v
The } ore being arrested in pursuance of a
policy of the police who , believing that
the } have committed much of the p < "t }
crlmce late ) } reported , intend to drive them
out of the cit }
Out of the big grist whlth was arrcetod on
Monday and Monda } night , over a domi
were seutemed to the Btiect gang fur
terms averdging fifteen days. It is be
lieved that with this prospect of labor in
sight many of the floating population will
leave the cit }
Vnnlilr 111 Iocnl - Ills Son.
W. O Crum. un old man from the Sol
dier's home ut Grand Island , WBB found
lust night sitting on the curb at Sixteenth
and Farnam Htrcets He wax in a belplt-Mi
condition and vus taken to the Htiitlun
Tnere he Mated be bad come to Onmb < t
in order to visit a noli i.anjed IJarry
Crum who former ! } lived at 111 Nor h
Seventeenth stnet When lie cjlled nt
the above number he discovered that his
uon had moved , and he was unablt to
ascertain his jireste nt address The o J
man IB partial ) } purjlyzed and IB M ry
feeble He was H.IU to the Presbytc rli > u
hospltul until his relatives can be located
PLEASANTLY AND POINTEDLY PUT.
Tr.v It ou once you can try to do with
out sjifctucU'f hut you'll l > c trying the
htwuirtu of your eyt-t. to uu ulannliiK ta
lent tin * htrouK < > jc of tlu tiude may
he yours If you will tuLe the trouble to
olitiiln tliih stii'iJt'th tin1 t'jes never hurt'
u rucatlon no u-nl nu > t let tit. HW If j
they uwd it oui ojihtlmhnobcojiic tt-t-t '
will tell to n certainty If you need
pluses.
Aloe & Penfold Co
sig 1408 Farnam
L.IU in frutiu
Don't bother .vour ln-ad about wlilclj
piano lo buy we've done nil tliutV nec-
c .sar.v In tinJnn > xtlvntliiK line to nettle
Hint tiw-ahin we' * o devoted a lifetime
to tlit Btudy of plnnos und we Imve In
our MilfM'ootns new the world's bust
pintio valUL-o und tiuli-Hs you are auxloiiH j
to nmke It n lifenudj ali-o you'd jirollt |
by tiiKlnc tun ord fm It-we wll Klinj j
balls Hitllet i. DavU. Kruulcli k. liaeb ,
and titliers.
A. Hospe. Jr.
Music and Art 1513
Waiting till byo-and-bye to mnliolioine
vary ineuitn thru you never Intend to-
right now IK the time lo enjoy the good
things of life otheis do why not you ?
It's our business to supply those two
features of house deeoratlon that make
lionibs hajijiy ciirpi-ts and curtiilns v.\e
me constantly on Die alert lor the new-
tst nnd iniiKt genteel fashions and If
tuio aie lt lit- hud tliej iue lo lie had
here and moht linportaiii we quote the
lowest prlcen
Omaha Carpet Co.
1515 Dodge
This high nrt iilctmo cnlls ottcntlon to
the Intlh'h' wet \veathyr Blioue we'll men
tion those cork Jlllcil solo > , llsht puci-
ful not H MiKKt tlou of clum IiifHh
they'll keep the feet dry no rulihiTH
nci-es.siry : no coldb-no dmnjt feei-
thc.v'io in hi tot IiiMh new Coliiinliiu or
pointed tout ttll nix.ch vAldllih AAA to
K-thice jirlw J-'i.K ) S 'l..r.i ( $ .00 wo
coinuiend them to.uiut fimsideiatlou.
Drexei Shoe Co.
Farnam