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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1897)
r TI113 OMAHA DAILY HEIC : M ' \L > , llV , JAXFAin' 18 , 1807 , COUNCIL BLUFFS- V .MlVOIt MK.NTIO.V. Clark ft WclTcl , I. 0. .0. P. blk. , nrt par- a. . Protracted meeting will he holil In nearly all of the churches earh night this week. They hail not met fo. years. "You have channel ! . " * lie munnurod. "Yea , " said Algernon , " 1 now send all my work to the Kaglo laun.lry , 721 Hroadway. " The "Humpty Uumpty" show Is not com- plcto without the presence of a clown and tomorrow evening at Dnlmny's theater the Frtinch clrwnt Mons. N'lblo , will appear. The company IK a strong 0110 and Manager Ilowcn Is congratulating himself that ho will ho v able to Rlvo his patrons the full worth of their money. Charlefl Soar , aged fit years , died at hlfl home on Kant Ilroadway , at 7 o'clock last evening after an Illness of three weeks. Mr. Soar was ono of the early pioneers of Coun cil Hlntf * . Ha CMtno hero In ISfiS , and aw the city grow tram the old hamlet of Mormon cahlns Into Us present piuportlnn.i. Dur ing the early part of liU llv'o ho wan one of the most prosperous merchants la the town , and linH alwo > a led an active huslness life until old ago made It necessary for him to retire. Ho lids hccn a widower for a number of years , but leaves a number of children , who passed Into old ago thcmnclvca. Ho wns n member of the Second Prcsuy- tcrlan church. The funeral will occur from the resilience on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Kcv. Mr. Mthcrland will officiate. C. D. Vlavl Co. , fuiimle remedy. Medical consultation free Wednesdays. Health book furnished , 309 Mcrrlam block. N. Y. I'lumhliig company. Tel. 2RO. 1V1I.I , .1CAOITV IMll.M'I.W ; Illl.I.S. Reform In the .Methods of Dolimllux - IIICMM IniiienilN nl I'reHenl. As a sequel to the Injunction suit brought against the county board for the manner In which they let the contract for the printIng - Ing supplies of the court , an effort will bo maile to have the city printing let In an economical manner at the meeting ot the council this evening. In\estimations have been made by several members of the coun cil which lime resulted In disclosing the fact that little regard was paid to the In terests of the taxpayers In this matter of expense , and that many of the stationery supplies were crowded upon the city for ycaro In advance. It was also learned that no bids were nikcd , and aside from the voting of one of the local papers as the of ficial organ no further action Is taken In the matter of letting the work of furnishing these supplied. As there Is no ordinance covering this inpttcr , an effort will bo made In the near future to have this deficiency rectified. In looking over the bills for the printIng - Ing the members of the council discovered that It was the custom for each head ot the various departments to order supplies ami then place his endorsement on the bill when It was brought In. The printer's own prices are allowed , cs no bhls whatever are asked for. The prlcea a keil by the other printing establishment that has hail charge of the work are taken as a precedent In most cases. It was also learned that the brads of the departments were solicited and urged to pur chase supplies their party loyalty being used as n lever to make the order as large as pcsslfct ! > . Thla state of affairs hns existed since the organization at the city and several of the nUcrmcn believe that It Is time to have a stop put to It. While there Is a prlnt- Ing and supplies committee of tlie council , they have little to do except to "O. K. " the bills when handed In. The Intent of the measure to be presented this evening Is to have this committee act and have charge of the supplies ami printing. Accordingly they will be asked to confer with all the heads of departments as to the pevsalblc number of blanks needed , and after a Hat has been gotten up bids will he advertised for , and . the work let In a business like manner. The contract for these supplies runs up Into the thousands of dollars. Fine livery for parties nnd dances. Ogden Livery , 168 Broadway. Telephone S3. Hoffmayr's fancy patent flour makes the l > cst and most bread. Ask your groecr for It. Jlny Hnve 11 Hnwnr Kiielory. A number of citizens , Including members of the Merchants and Manufacturers' asso ciation , are corresponding with St. Loulu parties concerning the feasibility of estab lishing beet sugar and chicory works lit Council BIuffB. Ono St. Loula firm , whose Eelf-liitcrest may make It n little bit over enthusiastic , as It Is engaged In the manu facture of beet sugar and chicory-making machinery , Is prsltlve from the Information It has received that the soil In the Missouri river bottoms surrounding Council Bluffs 13 especially adapted to the production of the best quality of sugar beets and chlcorj plants , Propositions have been made to the firm to put In the necessary machinery upon the guaranty that somebody up hero will furnish the vegetables , and while this was treated lightly at first , there la now a possl hlllty that something tangible may come from the negotiations. The St. Louis men L are anxious to have local capitalists furnish r"SllHclent money to procure the site and erect ' nultablo buildings , nnd they agree to equip the plant with the proper machinery. AVe have had placed In our hands for sale some great bargains In cottages , farms and acre property ; also some choice business property ; first mortgages bought and sold. lay & HVPS. AViilter Smith H.iilly Hurt. Walter Smith , living five miles out on the Crescent City road , met with a serious acci dent yesterday morning , which resulted In breaking his leg and badly bruising him. " "Ho was riding homo on horseback when , his Imrso fell on the slippery load. The acci dent occurred about n mlle from homo , near the Kmnrlno place. His cries attracted the attention of the Euiarlnes , and they went to his rescue. Last Saturday joung Smith and his mother1 came Into town to do some marketing. During the afternoon they calle < i at the homo of Mrs. Smith at 72S First avenue , where they hitched tlielr horse and buggy. While they were within , one ot the Carbon Coal company's teams ran away and came daehlng down the street. The wngon col- . lliled with the buggy and demolished It com pletely. Mrs. Smith ami her son were com pelled to stay In town Saturday night and yesterday morning the young man started to ride homo on horuchack to get another con veyance to take his mother home , when the accident overtook him. The Durfco Furniture company bas re moved to 203 and 205 Broadway. R1LEY LOCKED UP IN JAIL Man Who Shot Nick O'Brien ' is in Oustsdy at Last. LAUGHS AT THE CHARGE AGAINST HIM ! HnN He Can Prove Hint the n\-leint > - Sheriff IN Mlntnken In Ills AnNer- ilon Unit HN | ANHiillant IM Ciumlit. Sheriff Morgan returned- from Pennsyl vania yesterday with J. Hllcy. the man who Is accused ot having shot Deputy Sheriff Nick O'Brien two years ago , after O'Brien bad placed him under nrrest upon the charge of robbing the Grlswold bank. Illloy was seen at the county jail yesterday nnd talked quite freely of his lite and expe riences , but solemnly averred that while he might have been guilty ot numerous efforts to extract money from people without their knowledge while plying liU vocation as a professional pickpocket and sneak thief , he positively wns never guilty of attempting to take human life or rob a bank. He swenra that iio never was In Council Bluffs , except when passing through the city a num ber of years ago. He says ho was never In Grlswold In his life , and never heard of the place until after he was accused of rob bing the bank there. He smiled when his attention wao called to his positive Identifica tion by O'Brien as the man who ahot him , and says ho will bo able to convince O'Brien and a Jury ot Council Uluffs citizens that the ex-deputy sheriff Is mistaken. When Sheriff Morgan reached Chicago , and showed his prLioner to the follco , they at once rci-ognize.l him as a profc slonal sneak thief and pickpocket , who Is known there as "Hussy. " They said Bufsy's reputation was bail , but that he had never been I'lentl- ' fled with hank robbers , and was not looked upon ns a dangerous man. The Ulley tboy hud In their minds and had been looking tor at the request of the lo n officers was an entirely different sort of a man , a fellow who followed bank robbing , anil who would shoot on the slightest provocation. They were quite positive In their statements to Sheriff Morgan thao his man wcs not the Individual wanted at Council Bluffs. "Ilimsy , " or Hllcy. admits that he Is well acquainted with the man who shot O'Brien , anil familiarly re fers to him as "Hob-Nnlled Rlley. " The man In the county Jail is a fine lookIng - Ing fellow , with a bright , Intelligent face , a good di'esser , and has apparently been a good liver. Ho complained of the long ride from Plttsburg , and said It was pretty roughen on him , for the reason that he was accus tomed to occupying a berth In a sleeping car when ho hail a trip of such magnitude before him. He professed to be very anxious to meet O'Brien anil have another talk with him. He says If he docs not have to re main In Jail too long , he-will nnkc no effort to secui-e n call bond , but If his case should be delayed , ho will call upon bis friends In the east to get him out of Jail. Ho will bo held uuilcr the Indictment returned by the grand Jury .wo years ago , and will be ar raigned In the district court at the present term. TO co.vri.vuia A LI. riiisvnnic. . HoNton Store Illtr .Iniiunry Clearing Sale. Every dollar's worth of surplus stock r.ml all winter merchandise have been marked at a price that will clcse them out quick. We must turn the surplus stock Into cash before our annual stocktaking. Tremendous reductions In winter drejs goo'Is. SOc and 09c dress goods at 37'ic. 75c dress goods at 50c. S9c and 95e dress goods at 59c. $1.00 dress goods , SOc. $1.50 dress goods , 9oc. $1.75 to $2.7fi dress goods at 9Sc. Cloaks In ininy Instances less than half price. $3.00 Jackets at $2.95 each. $7.50 Jackets at $ I.GD each. $10.0i ) Jackets at $5.75. $15.00 , $19.00 and $22.00 Jackets to clcsc at $0.98 each. DOMESTICS. Heavy unbleached muslin , 3' c. 7e bleached muslin. Do n yard. S',4c bleached muslin , 6c a yard. 2'/i yards wide sheet ing , 12' c a yard. Heavy white shaker flan nel , 39ic. 2Gc whlto wool flannel , 17c a yard. Good cotton crash , 3c a yard. All linen crash , 5c n yard. Me table linen at 37' .c a yard. 02' c white blankets , 45c pair. $1.00 fancy colored blankets , C9c pair. Underwear and hosiery on sale at manufaturcrs' prices. BOSTON STORE. Council Bluffs. M\V CITV OIUII.\A\CIS. Counters , I'rlnterN ami I'atent Meill- eliie Men Under Scrutiny. At the meeting of uio city council tonight two , and perhaps three , new ordinances will be Introduced and urged for passage. One that already has tlio approval of a majority of the aldermen will regulate the coasters. The propcaed ordinance will designate a number of streets suitable for the purpo.se where the flying sledges will not cross other busy thoroughfares and where the sport will lerat interfere with the convenience ami comfort ot the many who do not coast. It will prevent coasting on Oakland nnd Wil low avenues , where the presence of legions of sleds of all degrees and characters monopolize the street pavements and the sidewalks. The second ordinance Is Intended to settle the vexed question as to who shall have the city printing , making It obligatory upon the council to advertise for bids and award the contracts for all city printing to the lowest bidders. The ordinance has been ; drawn and submitted to competent legal criticism and Is declared to cover all the points In volved. It will have at least one warm ad vocate , who will press Us Importance and passage. The third ordinance Is In an Indefinite form at the present time and may not be ready for Introduction at the meeting to night It will attempt to regulate and largely prevent the rounds of the sample package fiend. Scarcely a day passes that samples of patent medicine are not thrown Into the homes of the people. Tlio children ot the families often find them first and , not knowIng - Ing their dangerous character , swallow them , Two cases of nearly fatal poisoning were re ported a few days ago. Both were children under 4 years of age. One swallowed a number of patent pills and was thrown Into violent convulsions. The other swallowed a sample package ot tooth paste and nearly died before the family ph > utclan could be procured. $5,000.00 to loan on real estate security. E. II. Shcafe & Co. , Baldwin block. INVHSTMJATIO.V OF Till : SIJAI. . HrlllNli CoiiiinlKHlonerM ( Jo on it Tour of Innprellon. IX1NDON , Jan. 17. Mr. UornM Harrclt Hamilton , one of the British commissioner. ] nppolntcd to Investigate seal life In Bering sea , has recently returned to London on the conclusion of his mission. Leaving Iximloii lust suiiimcr with Prof. Darcy Thomraon , Mr. Hamilton proceeded via Now York and Ssn Francisco to the north of Japan. Thtnco ho was conveyed on board H. M. S. Spartan to Itobbln Island , near Saghnllen , where thcro Is n small rookery. Prof. Thompson went In- dopcmk'iitly to the Prlbyloff group. The In- vesMKftilnn was made In conasquencc of the statement that HIP seal herd was bolng wined out by pelagic scaling. After &u , .l- Ine six montt's on Commander Islands and Melting Itobbln Island. Mr , Hamilton Joined Prof. Thompson on the Prlbyloffa. There ths commission remained until the end of October. Ths Canadian and United Statcn cummtivlauora , Mcsrs. McCoun and Clarke , were also on the Prlbyioft Islands at the time. The British commissioner. ! say they re ceived most friendly trcutmcnt from thn Americans , who behaved in a fair way. Owing to the exceptional powers given lethe the American commissioners by their gov ernment tbcv were able to do n.oro Mian has previously been accomplished. Among other things a census of every seal on tbn Island wns taken. This showed that them were 143,000 seals on the Prlbyloffa tnd proved that the American estimates of orn- ! vlous years were much btlow the mark. I Another Important pleco ot work wns counting dead pups , the Americans clalml ig that owing to the killing at sea of breeding females vast numbers of pups were left to starve on the Island they r-ald as many an 30,009 pcrUhod In this way. H was there fore highly Important to know exactly how many dead pups were there. There were a large number of dead about 11,000 thit It was proved had been kllied by overcrowd ing before the commencement of pelagic scal ing ; about 10.000 had elltel later In the sea son. The results of ths Investigation on , the spot have tended to prove to the minds j of the commissioners that , although It has I been said the sealing Industry would col lapse In two years , there Is no fear of such an early extinction of the fur seal. No doubt ' Is entertained that now that the question has been approached In such an amleablo way some measures of preserving the seal | i will bo adopted. Tne great decrease of the , catch this year Is partly due to bad weather prevailing the early part ot August. It doss not necessarily Indicate a decrease In the number of seals. On this point opinion is divided. The Canadians say the seals on the Prlbyjoff Islands have increased In number , while the Americana cltim they haVe de creased. The British commissioners are now pre paring their reports and they will probably bo In the hands of the foreign office In the spring. In nil probability a fresh commis sion will be sent this year In order to per ceive any change as compared with last year's condition. IXTI3IIXATIOXAI. CHAI.IjI3XSC CUP. Trophy rrexenleil for Competition liy VnelitH on tlie < ! rent l.tikex. TORONTO , Jan. 17. The owners of the yacht Canada , which beat the Venceilor in the Intel-national race at TokMo last year , have given the beau'lful silver cup , which wrs won on that occasion to the Royal Canadian Yacht club of Toronto , to be held In trust as a perpetual International c'ml- lenge cup for friendly competition between sailing yachts , representative of yacht clubs of the two great nations bordering on the Orcat Ibices. Matches for the cup are to be limited to yachts belonging to the - > 2 , 37 and 32-foot class ot the yacht racing union of the Great Lakes , and are to lo sailed under the rules of that union. Ten months' notice Is required for the acceptance of a challenge , and no raccn are to be sailed , be tween September 15 and Juno 13. Xeiv Can n din n Hiillronil I'rojeet. OTTAWA , Jan. 17. The official Gazette gives notice that application will bo made next Saturday for an act to Incorporate a British Pacific railway company from Vic toria , B. C. , to Winnipeg , via Butte Inlet , Cariboo , Edmonton and Prince Albert , with a branch line to a port on Hudson's bay and a branch down the valleys of the Canoe , Columbia nnd Kootenal rivers to the forty- ninth parallel of latitude with power to pur chase , lease , amalgamate or make running arrangements with existing roads on the line of the proposed railway. NY\v Kind of HoentKeii Itny. LONDON. Jan. 17. A dispatch from Vi enna to the Chronicle says : Prof. Frcidcrlch ot Killing has notified the Vienna academy of his discovery of a new kind of Roentgen rays , which will Infallibly determine In a subject whether death or catalepsy lias In tervened. Fmiiliie ConilltloiiH. LONDON. Jan. 17. The Dally Mall'o cor respondent at Bombay says : In the Banda district the famine conditions arc harrowing. The whole population Ij without food and the people are dying In the roads rather than accept the government relief. fierniiuiy'H Census l'M rnreN. BERLIN , Jan. 17. The official figures of the census just completed show the total population of the empire In December , 1S9C , to have been 02,079.901. The total popula tion of Prussia at this time was 31,855,123. Harry anil Ilniiloii Matched. TORONTO. Jon. 17. News has just been received hero that Barry ot Newcastle has arranged a match between Edward Hanlon and Barry. Hanlon will leave for England In April. Kehooiier AVreeUeil Off Trliililiul. HALIFAX. N. S. , Jan. 17. A dispatch re ceived hero reports the Lunnbcrg schooner Molcga n total wreck off Trinidad. Hedinoiiil IiilereNteil In 1'rlxonn. LYNN , Mass , , Jan. 17. Hon. John E. Redmond , leader of the Parnelllto wing of tlio homo rulers in the British House of Commons , spent today In this city. In the afternoon he was tendered a reception by the Clover club , composed of the leading IrUh-Amcrlcans , and addressed the organiza tion , Instituting a comparison between the English and American prison systems. Mr. Redmond says that when he returns to Eng land ho will bring the matter of the prison system of Great Britain ocfore Parliament and make an effort to have It Improved and made more humane. Hnry One of ConiinoiIore'M VlellniN. SALEM , Mass. , Jan. 17. The remains of the late William Alexander Hlgglns , who met his death with many others at the foundering of the Cuban filibustering steamer Commodore , off the Florida coast , January U , arrived this morning. His funeral was held at the undertaking rooms , and was attended by a large crowd. TO CONTROL ClUlJflACI8G ? Owners of Bioyolo Tracks Holff Ji'Obnfcronco in New York. THEY COMPLETE AN Iili-a In to Iti-Kiilnlc All MiHFF Itclat- liiK to HncfH. llolh 1'roVcM 'lonal anil Amateur , niul Yii'U'e- lle\f the 1. . A. ( { ' . NEW YORK , Jnn. 17. The mooting of the bicycle race track owners at the Everett house Saturday night did not adjourn until early this morning. Nearly all tlio larger tracks In the United States we.ro repre sented. The new organization , which la to have full control of aflalrs pertaining to blcjclo racing , both professional ami ama teur wns ( successfully launched. No name hag yet been given to the association. W. C. Corcoran of lioston , who Is the head and front of the new movement , Is very Ban- ! gulno that It will work great good both to ] the riders nnd track owners , as a moro equit able arrangements of purses will bo made. A good Jeal of business was transacted , most of which was of n private nature. II. 13. Duckcr of Doston , I , . 13. Adams of Spring- Hold. Mass. , and L. M. Ulch of Ilrltlgcport. Conn. , were appointed a committee to draw up a set of rules nnd regulations to govern the new organization. After a deal of discussion , the delegates agreed that they would make no dates for race meets until after the report of the committee on rules had been receive. ! . TiU committee must report at the meeting which will bo held at the Everett on January 30. Mr Corcoran says the association , when In full working order , will relieve thu I.enguo of American Wheelmen of a great deal of work with which It Is now overburdened. CIIIJSS IM.AYIJHS AUK AISITAT1JI1. Hunt of Liverpool UcfiiNCM lo I'nrJIcl- tmte In the Intrrnntlonal MnU-li. LONDON , Jan. 17.-Amos Hum , the Liv erpool chess player , who , according to In formation received nt the British Chess club has refused to play Inthe proposed cable match between llrltnln nnd Amer ica , February 12 and 13 , hns been very severely criticised In London and provin cial-chess circles. Inasmuch as Hums has always posed as nn amateur , it Is nil the Incomprehensible why he would not support more the Britishers in the coming much Ho Played on tc second board beaten by ; Sho- last year , when ho was waltcr. lilackbnrn has already nromlseil to play on hoard No. 1 against 1'llsbury this year. It was thought llurn would consider It his duty to try to regain his lost laurels against Showaltcr this yc.ir. Anyhody versed In matters pertaining to chess knows what n difference It makes to n whole team when n strong player like Uurn refuses to play , nnd It Is. there fore , generally expcvted Unit the Liver pool man will be morally compelled to take his place on thu team beliten , partly by the defeat administered to him last year by Shownlter. It will be- nil the more dis astrous. as neither lilrd. Tllsley or Leo nro thought strong enough for players on the teams , and , as thlng stand for the present , they have only out- lone player of . really nrst-class International BtiindltiB , namely Blackburn. Mills. Trenclmrd. Jn- 1 cobs , Atkins , Hlnke , Jackson and others i who will have to play ar < t am.itenrs and I lank only secondary to men qf Intcrnn- i tlonal fame , and It Is , therefore , believed ! the Britishers will scarcely be able to i light with success ngalnstM'lllshury , Sho- wnltcr , Harry. Hnrrhlll , Hodges , Hymea ' and the rest of the ntrong American team. Sir George Newncs , the president of the British Chess club , Is said to bo very much Interested In the match and getting up the team , and will second all cffqrts toward securing Uurn. Whether or not he will succeed Is the one question , now-unuer dis cussion nt tb.c British Chess club. Cnrbett IjiiKiiKeN a Xeiv Trainer. ST. LOUIS , Jan. 17. James J. Corbctt has turned up In St. Louis , the picture of health. He will quit thu road after his Kansas City nnd Chicago engagements nnd go Into active trainings Ho hns en gaged Charles White. Kltzslmmons' old trainer , to help John McVey prepare him for the light. Of the coming light ho said : "Although I have no olllclal Informa tion , I nm Inclined to think the battle will take place In Nevada' . If It dees , I'll train In 'Frisco. On the other hand , should Stuart ortler us to get ready for n go In the south Mexico I will do my training in the vicinity of 121 Paso. " Foot Hall Me ii IHxclplliifil. COLUMBIA , Mo. , Jan. 17. Frank M. Pat terson , the Yale coach who came hero from the east to coach the Missouri uni versity foot1 ball team , and Tom Shawhan , Its captain , have been denied the privi lege of playing with the eleven In the future , nnd George English , whose father Is n prominent Kansas City lawyer and manager of the team , Is to be definitely suspended from the unlvorqlty. The pun ishment Is assessed for running1 away and playing a game ngalnst the direct orders of the president. HIIHC Hall MiiKiintex Confer. CLEVELAND. Jan. 17. Base Ball Mag nates Brush , Byrne nnd Abel held n mys terious conference ) with President Robin son of the Cleveland club at the hist named Kcntleman's residence thU evening. Mr. lloblnson refused to tell what pubject was under discussion , nnd his visitors were equally uncommunicative. Corbi-U-PHr.xliiiiiionN Fight. CORPUS CHHISTI , Tex. , Jnn. 17. It Is n well known fact among certain parties hero that while Dan Stuart was In Corpus Clirlstl last May he held several consulta tions with a leading Brownsville nttorney , the result of which was the lease of nn Island In the Hlo Grande river from the Mexican government. Several knowing ones hero assert the probabilities nre that the Corbett-KItzslmmons light will be pulled off on the Island , which Is about ten miles from Brownsville. , IVeHtern Hnllmiy. ST. PETERSBURG , Jnn. 17. The Chi nese Eastern Railway company , which has been formed by the Russo-Chlneso bank , under the terms of the treaty between the Chlneso government nnd that hank to con struct nnd worlc the railway from the west ern frontier of Ilel Lung Chiang to the eastern frontier of Klrln , In Manchuria , to connect with branches of the Siberian railway , will be permitted to Import Into China , free of duty. corn , feed stuffs and railway materials. The following have been elected directors of thu railway : M. Ro manoff , director of tlio chancellor of the minister of finance ; M. Kqthsteln. director of the International bank , ami Prince Uchtomskl , n Chlneso m , n.aurln. Who is to be appointed president or tlio railroad has not been made known. ' Tne vice presi dent , who. It is said , will ho th real chief of the enterprise , Is M. Krrpoa ; a Russian councillor of slrtto. The first meetli-R of the board of directors gave authority to commence work nt once. The Northwestern Stockman , published at Rsplil City , S. I ) . , In HE Issue of January II , Pi hits nn account of how a Black llllt.i nowi-pnper man buncoed the live stock com mission men at this place nnd Chicago. Some months ago , according to the story. the publisher of a little country weekly paper visited the oxilmime here and exhib ited a copy of his paper , which contained two or more pngcn of cuts of stock brands. These brands. It was represented to the commission men , were ownc.l by extensive stock raisers , and a circulation of 2.00J copies of the paper per week was guaran teed. Upon these representations advertis ing contracts to the amount of several hundred dollars were secured. After .returning homo , the owner of the country weekly opened up n lively corres pondence with commission men at South Omaha. Letters from "stockmen" from every postolTlcc within a radius ot 150 miles' ' of the newspaper olllco poured In upon the commission dealers. The owners ot cattle upon a thousand hills hod sctn their a'- ' Ivcrtlsemcnt In the "Weekly Waller , " nml I they wanted some advice about shipping. Live stock dealers here prepared to handle largo shipments , and scanned their mall for bills of lading , etc. The stock did not come , but courteous replies to their lettera to the stockmen did , and \\cro endorsed , "No such person lecclvcs mall at this of- flce. " Investigation led to the discovery that all the letters from the "atdckmen" had been written by two or three persons ; that a large number of the owners of the Manila printed In the paper never owned over half a dozen head of cattle , and that the paper never had any circulation to speak of. New Fire Alarm System. At tonight's council meeting , Councilman Franck of the Second ward will recommend as chairman of the fire ami water committee , that n now lire and police alarm system be placed In service , nt an annual cost of $175. Franck proposes to have five street booths erected at different points about the city , each to be provided with a long distance telephone , and connected with the central olllco ot the Nebraska Telephone company ! by a metallic circuit. These telephones are J to be used by patrolmen , who may thus re- 1 port to hcndquartcrn every hour , and rc- I celvc Instructions , and for fire alarm pur- I poses. A special switchboard and operator i Is to bo provided nt the exchange , and fire I alarms can be Instantly turned over to the department by the touching of a button. Three keys to each of these booths are to bo distributed to responsible citizens In the neighborhood , no that no time will be lost In sounding an alarm cither of flic or for the police. , . The regular flre alarm boxes In use cost the city $125 each. Then the expense of wire poles , labor , etc. , runs the cost of each box up to something like J1GO. Under Franek's new scheme the city would be ac quiring flvo new alarm boxes at n very low rate. Should the council adopt tlio sug gestion , the cost of the Improvement will bo borne by the telephone company , and the rent for the five boxes Is to be not more than $175 per year. Three boothswill be lociiletl at Thirty-third and L on Q street , one streets , and one nt Twenty-fourth anil J streets. Coniiilnlnt of the llolormnii. There is any amount of complaint In regard made by the connections gard to the poor motor on the Q street line , with the trains on the main line. A passenger has to be a good sprinter as well as the possessor of a stout pair of lungs. If he makes the at tempt to transfer In the time allowed by the company. As soon as the main line tra ns alack up for the awltcli at the north side of N street , the engineer on the Q street motor pulls out , and It takes a good deal of yelling and swearing to get him to stop for the passengers he U supposed to wait for. It Is not as had making connections from the south , for , as a rule , the conductors of the main line trains look to ecu If the Blub Is In eight before pulling out. During the bad weather lost week there was a good deal of grumbling on account of the seeming carelessness ot the motorman on the stub car In starting off before giv ing the parscngers a chance to transfer. Many of the natrons of the new line are clerks , employed at the packing houses , nnd the missing of one car In the morning makra them from fifteen to twenty minutes late to their work. A large number ot tlicfce clerks ore women , who cannot run or at tract the attention of the motorman , and are compelled to seek shelter and wait for the next car. \ w IIlKli Solioiil WnntiMl. There Is to bo a special meeting of the Hoard of Education this evening to discuss the advisability of voting bonds for the erec tion of a new High school building. A spe cial Invitation has been made by the board to the taxpayers , as It la the desire of the membeiu to discuss the question with prop erty owners and ascertain the feeling in the matter. There can bo no denying the fact that the schools are overcrowded , the attend ance Increasing every term , and very likely It will be decided tonight whether It Is best to submit the bond election to the people or not. This school district Is well off financially , not having at the present time any bomlt'd Indebtedness. In caao It Is not deemed advisable to purchase land for a now school house , the suggestion to cn- largn some of the overcrowded school buildIngs - Ings will bo brought up. In order to niako any Improvement of this nature It will be necessary for bonds to bo Issued , as the resources of the board will not permit the expenditure of any money for such a pur pose. Taxpayers are becoming Interested In the question , and no doubt thcro will bo a largo attendance at the meeting tonight. ArrcNt n Violent Woman. Sirs. Watson Sutherland of Albright was arrested late Saturday night , upon complaint of her husband , for beating her son over the head with a lamp. The father of the boy protca'cd against such a mode of punish ment , but the woman refused to stop , and an offlcer had to bo called. Mrs. Sutherland spent the night In Jail and made life miser able for the Jailor by crying and yelling. Last evening Sutherland called at police headquarters and withdrew the complaint against his wife , and upon the woman's promlao to behave heraclf she was released , RiiNpol MfcdiiKx fur it Wrck. Commencing this evening gospel meetings will bo held at the First Presbyterian church every night except Saturday , by Rev. Fred Tongc. The topics are : Monday evening , "A Now Year's Friendly Interrogation ; " Tuesday ovenlng , "A Disappointed God ; " Wednesday ovenlng , "Tho Last Question ; " Thursday evening , "Tho Woman Who Looked Back ; " Friday evening , "Under , the Juniper Tree" ServlcM will commence nt 7 30 o'clock. MiiKle Cllj < : nixli. | UPV. ! " . L. lloscllo will conduct a iiprcl.il revival ( ervlce nt the Flr t Baptist church this evening , Morrta Vest Is to be tried In police cotirt today for rrnl.MIng ConMnblo J. A. John * son while In the discharge ot hln duly , A meeting of tlir I'hll Kearney | u t. Grand Army ot the Republic , and the Woman's Itellef corps , will be held this evening. The city rmmcll will meet ns a boaul nf equalization thli morning to equalize the tax on new Mdcualks nml Hldcnalk rrp.\lrn. Klghty numbers of the Young Men's Christian association are selling tickets to the minstrel show , which Is to be given on the oveiilng of January 20. for the bcnellt of tinInstitution. . A meeting ot the South Omaha Hospital association will be held at the olllco of Mayor Kranr Tuesday afternoon , to receive a icuort fron. the committee appointed some time ago to solicit fiiniU for the Institution. A now laundry has been opened for busi ness hero and lias cut the prices way below the figures of the Chinamen who are oper ating wash houses. The new concern agrees to wash shirts for 5 cents , cuffs 2 cents and collars t cent. IIAII.HOAD IIIJI.PS Till : I'AH.MIIIIS. Millies n Liberal Hate for Slilmm-nt nf Feeders of All Sorts , F011T DOUai ! , la. , Jan. 17. ( Special. ) The Mason City & Fort Dodge railroad lias devUctl a plan for assisting In the consump tion of the unsaleable corn crop , growing out of the big yield , poor quality and scarcity of stock hereabouts. Hereafter , all shipments In the Hue of stock cattle or feeders or cahen , also stock hogs and sheep , will take 50 per cent of the fnt stock rate. This glua onucrs a big advantage In send ing stock here to be fattened on the cheap grain nnd will bo of great bum-tit to the farmers. If other railroads offer the same privilege It will save Iowa from a great disaster , for this year's corn crop for the most part will not kcei < and cannot be sold for that reahon. Dentists of Snnllmestern Iintn. CUU3TON. la. , Jan. 17. ( Special. ) The Southwestern Iowa Dental association was organized here last week , a number of the dentists from different parts of the district assembling at the Summit house and effect- Ins a permanent organization. 11. 11. Gnntz of llnmeston was made president ; J. W. Mankcr of Kcd Oak , vice president ; M. F. Stcvcr of Criston , secretary , ami J. A. Hess of Osceola , assistant secretary. The first meeting of the society will bo licld at Hcd Oak , Juno 2. CIIMN County Fair Dtitcx. ATLANTIC , la. , Jan. 17. ( Special Tele gram. ) The Cass County Fair association met here yesterday and decided upon the Cth , 7th , Sth and 9th days of September as the time for holding the Caes county fair. OUT OF T1IK OHDIXAHY. According to the naturalists there arc 3CC , . COO distinct species of animals living at the present time. The mammals number 200 , birds 12,500 , flslics 12,000 , molluscs 50,000 , and Insects 230,000. The great bell of St. Paul' , ? cathedral , London , never tolls except upon the death of a member of the royal family , the Bishop of London , or a lord mayor who dies In ofllce. It weighs about five tons and has a diameter of nine feet. Mrs. Catherine Hooblcr , who dleil recently at her homo In German township , Harrison county , Ohio , was 102 ytars , 2 months and 2S days of age , uclng the oldest person In eastern Ohio. Her malder > name was Schultz and she was horn near Harper's Ferry on October S. 1794 , and moved to Ohio with her I parents In 1801. I It Is n fact that women live longer than men. Out of 213 centenarians In the year 1S9G , 147 were women. The London census of 1891 gave twcnty-onb centenarians , of whom sixteen were women. An Engllnh statistician found sixty-six pcrso'ns ' who worn moro than 100 years of age , forty-three of whom were women. In and near Bedford , Ind. , llvo eight broth ers named Short , wiioo combined weight Is 1,581 poundo. William weighs 217 pounds , Theodore 215 , Morris 205 , Homer 185 , Bart 198 , Malcom 1S5 , Oscar 198 , and John 178. The brothers are all farmers , with the ex ception of two , who are residents of Bed ford. ford.Ono Ono of the most curious watches ever made was fashioned by an Illiterate peasant In the Lime of Catherine II of Russia. It was a musical repeater about the size nnd shape of a common hen egg. Inside of It was a representation of the tomb of Christ guarded by sentinels. By pressing a spring a mock stone would roll back , the sentinels would fall down , the angels would appear and the holy women enter the Bepulcher , Thla queer timepiece Is still on exhibition In the great mosque of St. Sophia. It's Cold , Ami you need fuel. There la one place In town where you can get the famous CCNTUIl- V1IIIJ COAU nothing bents It , J3.7 ! per ton. CINCINNATI1 ! UIJOCK 75 STIIRATOn I1I.OCK 375 HAMILTON HCItnnNUD LUMP 323 liS MOINHS LUMP 323 CO WAX NUT SOU COM < \\X CHIISTNUT 273 COUS Jl.OO per load. All onlcrH promptly Illleil. WM. WE1LOH , No. 8 MAIN , Tel. 128. YARD G15 SO. .MAIN STREET , Tel. 03. j i A Timely Topic , Wlmt lltr I. rn ill UK I'niHTN Snv Almni tinirtnt llmiKcr tit 'I'licno Dnya. Thti lemlliiR question of the Any nmotift jtrlriitlfle men , niul In the londlnp pattern , Is ilic nlitntilnr ; lucrcnun of pucnimonla , ttm ilenlh into Khowlni ; nn Increase of over KIVI : uuN'DituD VKH CUNT , within Hio last few yonra. Dr. CSouvcrnoxir t , HinlCi , In nn article In tlio Xleillriil Hcconl , pays Hint while nu'tllcnl nrt 1ms advanced of recent yonra In ninny direction * , "BO fur us tnu'innonln Is concerned yclonco has shrlveleil. " Tlio Now Yoik Sun writing on tills subject fnyn : "The Kreat IncreiiHo In the fntnllty of pneumonia IK very alarming. pMpcilnlly ns the illoonwc curries off so ninny In the fullness of life mid henlth. " Tlio Nuvv York llcrnlil says : "Oonslderlnpr the lin | > cmlltiK weather change * , this dread dls- rnsu ociis ) Its cninpnlKi ) very vlRotously. " ( JeiH'riil .Moore of the nnny , In ma annual report says : "The pilnclpnl cnuso of death In the army N pneumonia. " Thcro Is one thine that every doctor , every surgeon , and eveiy nurse does upon the llrst appearance of pneumonia , anil | i that I * to stlmlilato the system. The llfo Is weakened and must ho stimulated to throw olT this terrlhle dlse.iso. I'uro rnlr- Its do thl'i ; Impure spirits do not. The itmoinu of Putty's I'uro Malt \Vltlskey used liy tlie doctors nnd nurses In the land , In < - < iso of pncnmonla , Is enormous" . Orcat c.iro should bo exercised In secnrluK ttio genuine , nnd reat promptness In tuklnR It on the approach of the first : symptoms. INTRHNAIj AND HXTEIlNAk USB. cums AND Coliln , Cntiulm , Sum Throat , lulliiriirn , llrourliltlN , I'niMiniiiiilii , HUTlllnjf of ( he Joints , I.uiiibiiKU , Iti- Ilitiiintlon. IllicunmtlHiii , XourulKln , front lit I OH , ClillbliiltiK , llcnilnolip , Toothache , ANttuiia , 1JIFK1CUI.T UHlJATIUXn. CURES THR WORST TAINS In from one to twenty minutes. NOT ONI ) HOUR after rend- In p tills nJ\crllscnicnt ncca nny one BUFl'En IliulMnY'it' ilenily Itrllcf Is n Sure Car * for LJvi-ry 1'nln , Sprain * , llrulNcx , ratlin lit the Uncle , Client or I.lintiN. It nun Hie llrxt anil IH tlu > only PAIN HHMHUV Thnt Instnntly ttopa the most cxcrututlnf pains , allays linlnmmatlon anil cures conceatloni , whether or the Limes , Htonmch , Hands or other elands or organs , by one application. A half to a tciuiioonful In half a tumbler of water will In a few minutes cure Cramps , Snnenis , SlteplemncM. Sick Headache. Diarrhea , Py nlcry. Colic , flatulency and all Internal There Is not a remedial agent In the world that will cure Kc\er nnd ARUO and nil othsr ilalnrlom. Hlllous and oth'r fevers , aided by H.vmVAY'S 1'lljl.M. o quitkly as HAD- WAY'S HEADY HIJMliK. DOe Dcr bottle. Solil by DrnusUt * . Berries 8s Searles , SPECIALISTS IN Nervons , Chronio nnd Private Diseases. srxiAtu. II Private nd lllsordcrsof Men Treatment by Ban -CoiiMiiltntlott frca. SYPHILIS Cured for life and the poison thoroughly , cleansed from the system. PILI3S. FISTULA and HECTAL ULCEH9 , HYDHOCELE9 and VAIUCOCELE permcncntly and suc cessfully cured. Method now and-unfalllntt STRICTURE AND GLEETaV&d. By new method without pain or cutting. Call on or address with stamp , Dr. Searlcs&Ssarlcs. " Sfc . . "J&Wu EVERY WOMAN Sometimes ncc'ut a rcllabU monthly regulating nutllclcp DR. PEAL'S PENNYROYAL pILLSj Are prompt , safe and certain lu result Thoccnui fao CUr. IVnl'iri n vprdsaDi ! > oiiit Kencnnrwhera Jl.OO Sherman & McConnnel Drug Co. , 1513 Dodge Street. Omaha. NCE. Council Bluffs , Iowa. CAPITAL. . . . $100,000 \VI2 SOLICIT YOtm UUSIMSS9. WE UUSinU YOUH COLLECTIONS. ONE : onTIIC OLDISST HANKS IN IOWA , a PISH O13NT PAID ON TIMU IIK1 > OS1T& ARD EBB PB OH. WHITE. DOHANEY THEATER. One Mfilit Only , Monilny , .limitary 18. Nlblo .Spectacular Humpty Dumpty Cumpuny 1'reaentlnif HUMPTY DUMPTY Supported by strong specialty artl > tn. 1'ilccs 10 , V iiinl 20 cents. Seats now on talc nt Sellim * drug store. _ B OH ANY THEATER One. XlKlit , TliiirNtlny , Jim. Ul , MR. FRANK LEA SHORT nnd his playcm In I "NANCE OLDFIELD" and "THE BELLS.1 Under the ausplcui of-Unlty Qullil of Graca church. Incidental music nrrnnKOil for the occasion by the Imperial Mandolin club. I'rlccK We. 35c nnd 2Cc. Seats now on sale at Sellers' drug store. GENTS. Hundreds of remcillca are put up euaraii * 1 Do not trifle with tccd to euro lost manhood , but they don't tl" | stopped Manhood C.-insnlou ra menstruation butecnal 1U TurkUli Lout i , warranted and rviurncd for cat I money every for box Turkish Tansy and doea of Wcalt Memory Loul rtralo I ' I'lllo to It not cum , I'oniiyroyal mire Ilin day. bald only bill 1'owcr , Lost Manhood , Nil/lit Knilsaluin' ' . \ I ll ANN'S I'HAUMAOY WcaUiH'Bh of Ilcproductlrei urinnn , canard , by youthful error * . Ulvnuyou new llo. Bom I IBlli and Furn.im Streets , ' ' . 18th and far- only by HAIIN'Sl'IIAHMACV. farf f mall. Omaha , Nob. ly uani SIB. , Omaha , Nob. Sl.OO box by mall. | Do yeti want Everybody knows what Shoes Cheap for Cash. Sargent's Sale means- They If you do , go to don't come often Twice a year January and "July We cut the life out of prices on Shoes Nothing is kept back , everything goes , at a price If yeti think you have Bought Shoes Cheap before Go to Sargent's now. This includes all the new Columbia and Twentieth Century Toe , Misses' Ladies' and Children's Look for the Bear. _ TEN DAYS ONLY AT SARGENT'S " . . Good Shoes our Trade Mark.