THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATtTHDAT , MARCH 0 , 1897. NEBRASRA8S AT WHITE 1IODSB Call to Pny Their RespocUs to the Ksw President , IfSENATOR THURSTON GUIDES THEM V ( MelClnley llccrlvra the IJrl- ti In IllH 1'rlviiU- on in nml Clintn I'lcimniid } ' Cnnrcriilne Current IJvciitn. WASHINGTON , March 5. ( Special Telo- gram. ) Residents of Nebraska and their friends sojourning in Washington were glv.'ti an opportunity to meet President McKluley today through the courtcyy of ScnatwThurs- ton , who conceived the Idea that an many of the sojotirnci-fi hero would be leaving for their homes tomorrow , It would be a gracious thing to Introduce them to the president. Accordingly A telegram was sent to the white house asking It the president would rccctvo the Nebraska delegation , and visiting friends at an hour to bo named by the executive. At 3:30 : o'clock n number of Ncbrasfeans , In cluding Church Howe , Attorney Atkinson of Lincoln , F. A , . Collins , Henry T. Oxnard , General U. J. Bills of Falrbury , L. L. Llndguy of Lincoln , and W. C. Peebles ot Ponder , with Senator Tlmrston ns chief ot the delegation , called upon the president and were presented to him In his private loom. Thcro was n cordial Interchange of courtesies and chat on current events , but no reference to NcbranknV change of heart from republican moorlnca. Senator Allen was Invited to attend with the party , but ho declined. Many of ths Nc- braaknns are already leaving for their homes nml by morning but few of the old cam- palgnorn will be left. General Bills , accompanied by Mra. Bills , loft for New York this afternoon on his way home. H. T. Clarke , Jim Allan and W. n. Geddcs of Grand Island have all started west. CAM. mil A III3PUIIMCAX CAUCUS. Prohnbly Tlicrc- Will Moo Opponent to Itceil for Shi'iiker. WASHINGTON , March G. The republicans of the house , anticipating the extra session of congrccs , have arranged to hold a caucus on the. evening of Saturday , March 13. The call was Issued this morning by Repre sentative Grosvenor , chairman of the caucus. The spoakershlp will be decided upon then and probably there will be no opposition to the re-clcctlon of Mr. Reed. The method of pnttlm ; the tariff bill through the house and possibly of organizing committees may be considered. There will bo no opposition whatever to the choice of Speaker Reed as the republican candidate for another term In that position , There has been mention ot Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio , and Mr. Hopkins of Illinois , as possible candidates , but neither gentleman dcolres to run. So well assured Is Mr. Reed's election that members are already present ing to him their request for committee as signments. FHIUT IIA1SKHS IX OOXVKXTIOX. IJlH'-iiNM Federal mid Slate for Their Ilonrllt. WASHINGTON , March G. The national convention of horticultural societies met to -r- day In the red parlor nt the Ebbitt house. - The call for the mooting was Issued by the Ohio State Horticultural society and as a re- Bull , fifty delegates , representing nearly all the states , were In attendance today. The purpose of the convention Is to consider ana recommend the most appropriate federal and etato legislation for preventing the Introduc tion or diffusion of noxious Insects and fungi In ( ho United States. In the session today oniccrs were chosen as follows : President , E. II. Cushman , presi dent of the Ohio Horticultural society ; vice president , J. H. Hall , president Connecticut Pumologlcal society ; secretary , Wesley Webb , Dover. Del. ; assistant secretary , Mr. Daniels , California. Papers were read by Profs. Gallaway and Ward of the Agricultural department. The convention will remain In session sev eral days. > W3I3 HOPES FOIL A SPI2I3DY TIUAL. Eflfortu In Helm If of AnierleniiH In Culm Ilenrliii ; Fruit. WASHINGTON , March 6. Secretary Olnoy today received the following cablegram : "HAVANA , March G. All quiet. No ex- cltemcnt hero now. I hope to secure prompt trial of all Americans imprisoned. Those found Innocent to bo released , and those guilty to bo sent out of the Island. LEE. " Kxlra AVorlf for ConKreNM. WASHINGTON , March G. The failure of President Cleveland to sign 'threo ' appropria tion bills the sundry civil , agricultural and Indian and the Inability of congress to agree upon the general deficiency bill will entail much unexpected work upon the extra ses sion of the now congress and possibly may delay to some extent the enactment of the now tariff law. The regular appropriations for government services and public works carried by all of thcso bills , except the de ficiency , are for the fiscal year beginning July 1 , so that to repair the failure of the billy It will ho necessary that they ho enacted before that time , or that resolutions bo iiataei ] continuing for a stated tlmo the allowances for the current year , Dinner nt While Ilouxe. WASHINGTON , March G. President anO Mrs. McKinley tonight entertained at dinner at the whlto house a number of the mem- bera ot the party who came with them In the special train from Canton. U was en tirely an Informal affair and was Intemlel mainly as an honor to the younger persons. Bathing the baby is one of the joys of votingmotherhood. . The mere sight and touch of the soft , sweet , cooing , crowing little creature in a solace for many sorrows. This liniipincsa is missed if cither mothei or cliild bo sickly , weak , nervous , cross. If cither is so , it the mother's fault. She lia.t failed to keep liert > clf well and strong during the period of gestation , and the neglect shows in her baby. All the peculiar ills of womankind are cured by Dr. 1'lcrce'a I'avotite Prescription. It relieves pain , allays inflammation , stops debilitatingdraiim , KtreiiRthcns and vitalizes the organs involved. U so perfectly pre pares a woman for the time of parturition that pain and danger are practically elim inated. Ily its use perfect health is assured for both mother and baby. It is the most tnarvelously efficient medicine ever devised for this purpose and the only one that may be absolutely depended upon. Mrs. Amnudti IIIIlKin.or No. jiooDoonvllleSt. , ( Station A ) , BprliiKtlcId , Mo. , writes : "I am ImppytosaythQt I lollowcj your advice and took your Favorite 1'rcscriptlou' before my fourth child was born , ami I cpt through all right. My fint three were Mill born. Your advice was to take the 'favorite Prescription' and I had much more ca y time than when my first child ren weie born. Now I ha\c two boys living and they arc us hue boys is there are In BpriuRlield. Wo. I am the happy mother of these two Coy . " Dr. Piercc'8 > co3 page book , Common Sense Medical Adviser it full of useful knowledge from title-page to finit. It may be had In paper covers for tuc bare cost of mailing. Bend si one-cent stamps to World's Dispensary - sary Medical Association , Buffalo , N. Y. For jo cents extra ( M cents in all ) , the book will be scut iu fine French cloUi binding , Mother McKinley ala was prercnt , and In Addition the following Mira May Harbor , Mtea Ida Harbor , M.ss Mabel McKinley , Mls draco McKinley. James McKinley. Mr. and Mrs. McWIIllam * . Miss Sarah Uuticun. Jamca Hnrbcr. Samuel Snxton , Mr. and Mr * . J. W. McClymonds and Mr. and Mr ? . 0. M. Husfpll. XCTV Clilff Jundco fur Snnion. WASHINGTON' , March R. William L. Chambers cf Alabama has been chosen by the tbrcfl patvcrs party to the Painoan agree ment at chief justice of r.amoa to succeed Mr. Idc ot Vcimont. Mr. Chambers was one of the land commissioners ot the Unltid States In settlement of Sam nan land titles. on ( Jorx Home. WASHINGTON , March C. Kx-VIco Presi dent Stcvrnf.on , accompanied by Mrs. Steven son , left the city on an early evening train tor Dlocmlugton , III. , vhoro Mr. Stevenson Will re MI in o the practice of law , which heave ave up when entering public life four years ago. South Omaha News . A few ilayi * ago Mayor Ensor caused to be printed In an Omaha paper a statement show. Ing the receipts from the gambling houses slnco ho has been In control here , T-lio rec ords , however , do not bear out the statement. The mayor's report shows that the sum of $1,250 has been collected from the gamblers ; this Is supposed to be for the past ten months. In tha treasurer's ofllco a record Is kept of all money paid to the city by proprietors of gambling IIOIIRCS and It shows that paymrnto \\cre made as follows : June , 1S9C , four houses , $200 ; In July the houses were sup posed to bo closed for three weeks ; August , three houses , $ lf > 0 ; September , three houses , $1CO ; October , ono house , $50 ; Novsmbcr , three houses , $150 ; December , ono house , $50 ; January , 4897 , two houses , $100 ; February , three houses , $1CO ; March , two houses , $100. ily makes a total of $1,100 Instead of $1,250. The report ROSS on to state that during the first year Mayor Johnston was In ofllco the gamblers paid In only $350. This Is an error , as the books show that In 1894 the gamblers paid Into the treasury the sum of $900. It was the second year that Johnston was In olllce that only $350 was collected from the gambler ? . Kvsn with $1.100 collected during the last cloven months , that la ICES than half of what the amount would be If all of the gambling resorts and poker rooms , Including the policy shop , were made to pay for the privilege of running. So far the proprietor of the policy shop has never paid a cent of money Into the city treasury. Arc Hflil for Illpnmy. Edward Hubble and the woman he re cently married In Iowa were tried before Judge Ghrlstmann yesterday afternoon on the charge of bigamy and both were held to the district court In the PUIH of $ GOO ball. The pair could not furnish the bonds required and were sent to the county Jail for eafe keeping. Mrs. Hubble No. 1 produced the records for her marrlarjo with Hubble , the record of his second marriage being already In the hands of the court. Hubble at first denied that the woman he Introduced to his wife ns hla aunt was the ono he was married to at Tama City , la. , but ho was unable to hold to this story on crom- cxamlnatlon. It appears that Hubble has beca living with tills Iowa woman for eome time , but managed to keep the fact a secret from his first wlfo until ho was foolish enough to take her to his home hero and In troduce her as his aunt. Klrt- mill Wiitrr Kiinil F.ililiiiMtcil. The Ore ) and water fund Is practically ex hausted , a balance of only $40 icmalnlng In the fund at the present time. Chief Smith will , It Is understood , bo paid out of the salary fund from , now on , but other ex penses of the department will bo mot with warrants on a fund which will not hare any money In It until the middle of August. Last year the firemen were compelled to discount their pay warrants 9 and 10 per cent and It will be the same this year. The city ofllclals talked of making an effort to hayo the legislature- , change the law so that moro than 3 mills c'oUld bo levied for lire and water purposes , but nothing was done about the matter , although Ilepresentatlve Curtis announced himself as In favor of the Increase some tlmo ago. AVII1 Hi-pair tlie Vliuluct. Bids for repairing the east piers under the Q street viaduct will bo received at the office of the city clerk until noon on Monday next. A bond of $3,500 will bo exacted from the contractor who Is given the work , as there Is considerable danger In making the repairs. Blocks will bo placed under the bridge and the end raised enough to allow the taking down of the worthless piers. Whllo the work Is going on the viaduct will bo closed to teams and street cars , but foot passengers will bo allowed to pass over the same as now. Engineer Deal estimates that the work will coat $800. Cashier Morlarty of the Packers' National bank has agreed to loan the city this amount ot money in case it Is decided to borrow. Ilciullllir Olreltrrourrmn. . The Epworth League Reading Circle will hold an open meeting In the parlors of the First Methodist church this evening , when the following program will bo rendered : Music , autoharp duct , Bessie Martin and Gortlo Smith ; character sketch of Prof. Ely , Mrs. J , A. Beck ; review of "Social Law of Service , " chapters 1 and 111 , MIs3 Gertrude Ellison ; chapters Iv to vl , Miss Maud Thomas ; chapters vll to Ix , Miss Hottle Moore ; chapters x to xll , J. A. Beck ; chap ter xlll , J. Hosen ; reading , "Tho Legend of the Beautiful , " from Longfellow's "Tales of a Wayside Inn , " Mrs. Vlra Wlnshlp ; mu sic , trio , Mrs. O. P. Lorn tier , Miss Hattlo Ingersoll , Miss Lena Wlushlp ; league bus iness meeting , Money ( ioc-x Iliiiililly. The street repair fund Is exhausted , but City Treasurer Broadwoll expects to get about $500 from the county for this fund before long. This money will -most likely bo used In making the usual spring emer gency repairs. On Saturday last the treas urer received $1,000 from the county for the school fund and nearly all of that sum has been drawn out already. City COHNI , J. F. Newell , a Bralnard , Neb. , business man was In the city ycetcrday , John Flynn went to Albany , Mo. , yester day to attend to some biwlnoiu. The downtown street crossings were given a much needed cleaning yesterday. J , Li. Maklover , Kcarnsy , was here yester day looking after property Interests , Miss Alice Grffllth has gone to Sioux City to ecu her brother , who Is quite rick. A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Fay O. Dunham , Twcntylxth and P streets. "Is Godliness Profitable" Is the topic at the Christian church services this evening. A eon has been born tq Mr. and Mrs. Jamcu Kane , Twenty-iClghth and II streets , A mask ball will bo given by the Platt- dutschcr vcrcln at Sanger hall this evening. Mrs. W. S. Wltten will entertain the Homo Circle High Flvo club at her home this oven. Ing. Ing.Tho The Union Veterans' Republican club holds a masting tonight at the ofllco of G. W , Howe , J. Anderson was at the yards yesterday with two caw of cattle , shipped from Or chard , Colo. T. W. Tallafcrro , manager of the Omaha Packing company , returned yesterday from a trip to New Orleans. A special meeting of Phil Kearney post , No , 2 , Grand Army of the Hi-publlc , will be held this evening at the olllco of Judge Howe , Walter Slate has Issued a call for a meet * Ing of the republican city central committee this evening at th ? office of the South Omaha Coal and Ice company. A special meeting of the South Omaha Live Stock exchange will bo held this after noon , when tjomo action will bo taken on th' new constitution and by-laws. Henry Whetmore , II. T , Wlnalow and L. Shambaufih were at the yards yesterday with a train of cattle from Magdalen , Mont. It was their flret shipment to this market and tbo high prices paid made them greatly pleased with the experiment and staunch frlenda of the South Omaha market. SOME PERPLEXING PROBLEMS McKinley and His Cabinet Will Have Knotty Questions to Solve. TROUBLES BESET NEW ADMINISTRATION Socrolnrj- Stnlc na AVoll n the Hcnil of the Trenmiry Department linn n I.rKiicy I < cM Iiy lllx I'rcrtcccimor III OHlce. WASHINGTON , March B. Probably never before In American history has an ad ministration been obliged to face at the very beginning of Its assumption to power so many and Important questions affecting the foreign relations ot the United States as confront President McKinley and his premier. All of these are Important , and , while some of them may bo for a time kept In the background , others and those of the utmost gravity are likely to force themselves upon the a'tcntlon of the now administra tion In mich a persistent manner that they must be met promptly. In the list of open diplomatic Issues arc some old veterans , questions that were running along In diplo matic , time-killing fashion when President Harrison turned over the helm of the ship of state to President Cleveland , but the latter. In his time , and with the best of Intentions and In splto of the most heroic efforts , was obliged to admit to the list and n ake new Issues of his own that ho was unable to bring to a conclusion , when he In turn gave way to President McKinley. Foremost and of the greatest Interest to the people ot the United States because of the strife that Is being waged under their very eyes Is the subject of war In Cuba. For nearly two years the struggle on that fateful Isle has gene on , and from the confusion of reports that reach the Depart ment of State It Is not possible to accurately and surely ascertain the exact conditions of this struggle , which aspect Cleveland has stated In his message to congress has In volved Interests of enormous value to citizens of the United States. NO HASTY ACTION. It Is understood to be the policy of the new administration to deal with this matter deliberately , and not to undertake to depart from the policy with which It has BO far been treated , until our more Important Internal financial affairs are adjusted. But the subject Is of an explosive nature , and It Is not safe to predict that through eomo overt and outrageous act ot a subordinate among either the Spanish forces or In the Insurgent lines ( something like the Vlrglnlus affair , for Instance ) the administration will not bo forced to depart from Its plans and direct attention at short notice to this dangerous subject. Ono of the Issues that was carried over from the Harrison administration , but which now stands In very different shape from that which It held then , Is the subject of Hawaiian annexation. The citizens of the little Island republic have como to look upon the republicans ns their friends and were making ready In advarce for the Inauguration of President McKinley. They have begun a carefully prepared agitation to further their ends In Washington. They will seek , with the aid of powerful friends In and out of congress , to Induce the United States to negotiate a new annexation treaty at the earliest possible moment , and , while the desired annexation may be attained In short order , If the president so arranges the details of the transaction as to avoid raising unpleasant Issues with Ore it Britain and Japan and losing all reputation for con sistency , It will require the exhibition of diplomacy of a high order. OPEN QUESTIONS WITH ENGLAND. With the mother country , England , our relations arc so founded on reasonable and mutual consideration that there Is no ground for apprehension that the subjects pressing for consideration of the diplomatic agencies will not yield In the end to the usual methods of treatment. This Is fortunate for the welfare of both countries , aa some of these questions are ot the greatest Im portance and are easily capable , If treated In a harsh and uncompromising spirit , of becoming the source of open rupture. Of such Is the Alaskan boundary question and the proposed means for protection of seals In Boring sea , In the former of which a treaty has been negotiated for the location of the 141st meridian , but leaving the most difficult phase , drawing of the boundary line In the southeast , still a sub ject of negotiation , on which some progress has been made. Concerning the protection of seal life In Bering sea there are signs of unrest that Indicate a necessity of early and decided action on the part of the State department. Backed by the highest kind of expert authority , Secretary Olney said at the close of his administration of the State de partment : "Tho fur seal herd Is threat ened with utter ruin unless some changes are speedily made In the regulations. " Yet ho was unable to Induce the British govern- nieno to make these , Influenced as It was by a fear of the adverse effect upon the politi cal status of British Columbia , the homo of the seal pirates. As a senator , Mr. Sherman has clearly In dicated his wish for the ratification of the Bone.-al arbitration treaty , and President Mc- Klnlcy's Inaugural address leaves no room for doubt of the administration's policy. Mr. Sherman's senate record leaves no room to doubt that ho will bo found resisting sturdily all efforts to surrender our charge of Samoa under the tripartite alilanco , which It Is certainly the wish of the Germans , but not of Great Britain , to terminate. TARIFF MAY MAKE TROUBLE. Theflnal enactment of the new tariff bill may put a severe strain upon our relations with tome of the great European powers , and first of all with Germany. It Is under stood to In- the Intention of congress to pro vide for active retaliation upon the nations that have so unjustly barred American pork and cattle , and among thcso Germany Is the chief offender. Complaints of the unwhole- souienes'3 ' of our meats have been replied to by the United States by the establishment of the most rigid Inspection system , and our challenges to produce evidence of the charges have resulted In miserable failure on the part of the tradueers to make their charges good. A long series of consular reports make clear the fact that thcso charges are but subterfuges and that the real purpose Is not only to exclude American meats , but any and all American products that threaten to compete with German and French , Belgian and Dutch agricultural or Industrial orod- ucls. ucls.Wero Were this sought to bo accomplished only by a high tariff to exclude the products , the United States could not complain , for It might respond In kind , but as now applied the prohibitive rules are clearly unjust and discriminating. Secretary Olncy also left to his successor as an unpleasant legacy the negotiations looking to an abatement of the restrictive regulations which have choked the life out of the American Insurance companies seeking to continue the profitable business they had built up. What Secretary Sherman will do In this matter cannot bo told. With the French the administration starts unencumbered by diplomatic Ituues of moment excepting so far as It may be involved with Germany In the settlement of the nuat exclusion question. If. however , the general arbitration treaty with Great Britain should bo concluded , it is confidently expected that Francs will EOOII after seek to enter Into a similar arrangement with the United States , which can bo consummated only with great dlfllculty , owing to the radical differences between the judicial systems ot the two countries. The conditions in Turkey are euch aa to require the greatest vigilance and circum spection. Heretofore our efforts have been confined strictly to guarding the Interests of American citizens In that country , and It IB safe to predict that this policy will be continued , so that there is little prospect of a serious disagreement unless resistance la met to demands for reasonable Indemnity for the pecuniary , losses suffered by Amer icans during the Armenian uprising , OIiVKIiAM'S IAS'l' DAY IOI'TICK. . lllilH nooilhy < i > I In- While HOIIBO nml SlnrlH on u KlNlilnur Online. WASHINGTON , March G. President Cleve land eat at hlu desk until after 1 o'clock yeuterday morning carefully reading bills that cams to him from congress , and now and then appending hla signature. Among the bills which the president approved during the night were the following. "Making ap propriations for fortincAtlOBol and other works of defense , etc. " "DcflnlnK the Juris diction of the- United Stated circuit courtu In patent cases. " Among the bills -he allowed to become laws without his sltfnitore were the following private pension blllo : Eliza C. Hackman , Julia J. Duncan , Jnnjvlt. Vander- veer , J. J. Copley , John Seller * . Francis M. Ross , Isaac N. Williams , CliarJ 9 W. Scnt- man , Je ae Durncll , Greenvlye Wckett , Ellhu Jones , Lcvl T. E. Johnson , .Joslah P. Brad bury , Harrison Wagner , W. O. , tjuck , Captain J. W. Kountz. Ho alro slcnil , the follow- In * : District of Columbji ppproprlatlon bill , postofllcc appropriation nnd bills amend ing the copyright and navigation lawe. In performing the couft sls's. duo to his micccssor Mr. Cleveland has assisted by Mrs. Cleveland , who came OT trim Princeton for the purpose. She had Arranged a lunch- con for the wife , mother And personal party of the president-elect In the white house Just prior to the review of the parade and In the public homo shs was about to Icavo awaited their coming about 2 o'clock , The McKinley party left the capital cere monies ahead ot the procession and ot the two presidents. They were greeted In the blue parlor by Mrfl. Cleveland , Secretary Lament and Colonel Wilson and escorted to the family dining room. The tables were exquisitely adonu-d with roses , palma and ferns. As soon BB Mrs. Cleveland hod greeted her guests she entered Secretary Lamont's car riage , which had been waiting at the south front , and was escorted by tha secretary to his P street residence , where Ihey were shortly Joined nt lunch by Mr. Thtirbcr and the members of the outgoing cabinet and thslr ladles. Some time afterwards Mra. Cleveland and Mr. Thurber were driven to the Pennsylvania depot , where they took President Thompson's private car for Princeton - ton , the ex-president's future homo. It was a little after 3 o'clock when the new president and Mr. Cleveland reached the whlto house. In the blue room Mr. Ctevc- land took formal leave ot hla successor , and bidding goodby to all who were present , left the mansion , and , In company with Captain Rohley D. Evans of the army , drove to the Seventh strsot wharf to take the llghthoupo tender Maple for a ten days' fishing trip In the Carolina" sounds. Thcro waa an absolute lack of show or ceremony about the de parture. Captain Evans wns the only one with him In the closed carriage , and only a single coachman sat on the box behind the two sorrel horses. Dr. Leonard A. Wood , a Boston physician and an old friend of the Cleveland ? , had arrived In the city early , and two hours before the ex-president's arrival drove down to the wharf In a buggy and Joined Mr. Lambcrteon , Inspector ot the lighthouse service , who was also aboard. There was an utter absence of life along the river front when the party departed. The Maple will proceed directly to Ports mouth , near Norfolk. There the lighthouse tender Violet Is In waiting and the party will bo tranbferrcd to her and the start mads for the shooting fields In Albermarlo and Plmllco sounds. I'ntentM for WpHtern. Invc-iilors. WASHINGTON , March G. ( Special. ) Pat ents have been Issued ] as follows : Nebraska William A. and S. Whltcsell , Sumncr , cultivator. South Dakotai Jdhn L. Harris , Webster , cuspidor ; Thomas Jefferson , Spearflsh , blcyclo support. Iowa John C. Bauer , Rcmfca , lubricator ; Lars E. Giving , Otho , currycomb ; Reuben G. Fay. Harlan , dcvlco ton watering stock ; Franklin E. Humphreys , Mason City , flre - placc. c. Itnnlf for KilKeinont , S. D. WASHINGTON , March G _ The comptroller of the currency has given authority for the organization of the First National bank of Edgomont , S. D. Capital , ? 50Q00. 1 r. i Dully Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON , March 5. Today's state ment of the condition of the treasury shows : Available cash balance , $212,725,207 ; gold reserve , $150,693,630. A lloily Iilcittlllcil Tliroilr a Wntcli. One of the saddest deatijp.'reported In the newspapers last week was.thaiof ; , ilrvln W.- Adams , a young manof Providence , who has been employed.by J 'B.iBarnaby & Co. , of that city. When the coroner's Inquest was held it was found that1 almost every pre caution had been used to prevent recognition , even a flro having been built where his papers were destroyed. Upon the body of Mr. Adams was found a Ducber-Hampden watch. On the mornIng - Ing of January 25 , the Hampden Watch Co. , of Canton , O. , received a telegram from the coroner of Alton , III. , stating , in substance , that a body had been found there with a Hampden watch upon same , giving the number of the movement , and asking for identification , If possible. The Hampden Co. , through the complete system of records kept by them of all watches sold , was able to glvo the name of the Jobber to whom they sold the watch who was J. C. Sawyer , wholesale dealer In watches , 60 Summer street , Boston , Mass. Also , through the Hampden Co.'s rebate voucher system , which voucher contains the name of the retail watch dealer and the name of the party 'buying tha watch , In all Instances and which Is now so popular with all retail watch dealers It was ascertained that tha watch In question was sold by Mr. Sawyer to G. R. Alexander , retail Jeweler , 45 Dorrance street , Providence , R. I. , and by him sold to Irvla W. Adams , of Providence. Thus establishing the Identity of the body found at Alton , 111 , Had It not been for the system of records of watches sold , kept by the Hampden Welch Co. , and their unrivaled system ot rebate vouchers , for the use and protection of parties selling their watches , the Identity of Mr. Adams might never have been es tablished. East Greenwich ( R. I. ) Pendu lum , DcntliM of n Dny. p QUINCY , 111. , March 5. State Senator Al bert Wells , chairman of the democratic can- cua and steering committee and leader of his party at Springfield , died this morning of liver troubles , aged Sti years. CLINTON , la. . March 5. Mrs. Chauncoy Lamb , wife of Clinton's millionaire lumber man and mother of the Lamb family , died today , aged 77. She was a native of Now York state and the daughter of a revolu tionary soldier. CENTRAL CITY. Neb. , March G. ( Special Telegram. ) Mrs. Louis Wcterer died this afternoon of pneumonia. She leaves four small children. Her husband died August 20. She was the junior member of the firm ot Saltier & Wcterer. The remains will betaken taken to Columbus for burial. MADISON , Neb. , March C. ( Special. ) John Pleffcr , probably the oldeU man In Madison county , died at his homo In this city early this morning , , lights 89th year. Ho was a natlvo of Germany , and had lived hero twenty years. Ho died pt old ago. NEBRASKA CITY , MarchG. , ( Special. ) The remains of the late Najthan L. Simpson arrived In the city this /popilng / anil were burled this afternoon. The deceased was ono of the pioneer settlers of , , tjil/i / county. Ho removed to Sherman couijyuKanias ) , a few years ago , where his death.ocjcmred on March 2. Ho was a brother of W. . | TB. Simpson of thlo city. J SAN FRANCISCO. Marpb E. Asa Flsk , a noted character of this city , died today , aged 80 years. Flak came hero thirty years ago from Boston , and engaged In business as a money lender. He qhajcgcd high rates of Interest and frequently when be sued to recover money on notes ( ho Interest , was found to greatly exceed tho' principal. 'He loaves a fortune valued at ? 1,000,000. CORBETT IS AT IT AGAIN Resumes His Active Training , How that His Wife Has Gone. SLAMS HIS TRAINERS AROUND AT WILL Hob Kll , lminoiin Clinncn n lUmnvrny In < hc SIIKC ItruxU ( or .Mllew nntl Cm > - turcN the Anliunl. CAUSON , Ncv. , March 5. Mrs. Corbelt re turned to San Francisco last night , and Jim put In all sorts of hard work during the morning and afternoon. In the morning ho decided to make a call at Empire , ten miles away , where his namesake , "Young Corbett , " and Dal Hawkins are In training. He and Al Hampton drove. , over to Empire In ft buggy and after a short visit they started on the return trip , Hawkins taking the road with the buggy , Corbett giving him Instructions to make good time. Then Jim started across the country on foot , with the determination to beat Hawkins Into Shaw's Springs. Corbctt's route was shorter than the road by possibly one and a half miles , but this was moro than equalized by thoroughness roughness of the road which ho traveled. The race ended In a tie , the two meeting Just a short distance out from the training quarters. After a short rest and a rub down , Corbott ate his dinner and loafed until about 3 o'clock , when ho started upon the work of the day. He began by using the wrist ma chine , which ho twisted back and forth for fully ten minutes. Ho then went at the punching bag for an oven twenty mlnutea by the watch , the work being fust and furious , without the slighted Intermission. As he finished the bag Charlie White throw a bath robe over Corbott's shoulders anil with a hop and skip Corbett left the shed for the handball court. Hero he went six teen thrcc-mlnuto rounds , four of them with each ono of four men , vithout any rest of any kind. He began by boxing a round with Jeffries , then took on Edgrcn for an other fast round and then'came McVey , with whom ho wrestled and tugged back and forth across the court. McVcy put forth all his strength , but Corbott slammed him up against the wall again and again , and thcro was no mistake about the slamming , cither. U was good hard work , and McVcy's head hit the wall with resounding thumps whenever Jim rushed him. After McVcy , panting and perspiring , had retired to the dressing room , Ullly Woods , looking like an Esquimau ! ! In his pneumatic attire , pranced out for his turn. Corbott went at him hard and about all the wind thcro was about Woods when the round closed was locked up In his pneumatic headpiece and chest protector. Then Joe Corbett , who Is a fast and clover boxer himself , came on for the wlndup. This round wag hot and fast and Jim went at his brother In a fashion that nt times promised to create a vacant chair In the house of Corbett. This over , Al Hamp ton came out for two games of handball , and these finished , Corbott's work for the day was concluded. His color has greatly Improved slnco ho began tovdo outdoor work , and his pallor has In a largo measure departed.FITZ FITZ WRESTLES A HOG. Bob Fitzslramons this morning secured an addition to his force of trainers. Ho came upon the now article while on the way to town from his 'training quarters. Dan Hlckoy and Fltz made the start from the house about D o'clock , Hlckoy In a buggy and Fltz on foot , the latter acting as pacemaker. After going about one mlle Fltz overtook a largo colored man leadIng - Ing a large hog of about the same ebony hue ns himself. Hlckey came up while Fitz was exchanging remarks with the colored man , and the horse took a violent dislike to the hog. Ho began to dance all over the road and 'tho ' hog , being moro than will ing to give Hlckoy and his crazy horse the right of way. gave a frantic squeal and bolted away In the sago brush. The negro and Fltz went after him In hot pursuit. The former gave up the race early , but Fltz and the hog kept at It. For about two miles back iind forth through the brush , the hog sprinted as fast as a hog ever does sprint , with Fltz close at Tils heels. Finally Fltz worked up to within a foot of the hog and thoaght the time had come for a touchdown. Ho made a spring , landing fair and square on hoggy's back and bore him to the ground. Then came the real tussel , the hog mak ing frantic efforts to eocapo , while Fitz as frantically tried to keep him pinned down. The two rolled over and over , the hog giv ing vent to all the variety of squeals he had over known , and Fltz pouring out a succession of remarks In disparagement of the Intellgenco of hogs in general. The hog finally became exhausted In all things save his squealing apparatus and gave up the flght , whllo Fitz , with a triumphant grin and his breath com ing short and quick , held him fast. In a few minutes the owner of the hos came wheezing up and accused Fitz of trying to steal the animal. It took fully ten minutes of earnest conversation on the part of Fltz to con vince him that ho was rolling hogs in the sago brush just for the fun of the thing , and that thcro was nothing In It for him eave exorcise. As an evidence of good faith , ho restored the hog and continued on his way to town. THREE WE13ICS OP IIICYCM3 ItACI.VC. All the CrnukN IC.-vjici-tcil tit I'nrtlvl- Iinte In tinICveiilM. . SAN FRANCISCO , March 5. Preparations arc being made In this city to hold three weeks of Indoor racing at the Mechanics pavilion , to commence March 20 and to end April 10. There will be races for amateur and the professionals. The first week will bo devoted to short distance , the second to middle and long distances , and the last week will bo devoted to a six-day race In which all the best long-distance men lntho , country will bo asked to appear. A line eight-lap track will be built and everything will bo done to maks the affair the greatest cycling event that has ever taken place In the United States. All the crack riders In the country will bo hero , Including Dald , Cooper , KImble , Eaton , Starbuck. Banger. Loughhead , Stevens , Ingraham , Klser and the prlnco of foreign riders. James Michael , who has made his way to this coast to train for the national circuit. Of the long distance men who will ride In the six-day race the following will bo the stars : Schlnner , Halo , AsblngciY Lawson , Waller and Glmm. The management of this gigantic meet has been put Into the hands of Dave Shafer , the noted team manager and trainer. Mr. Sliafer has received a telegram from a Chicago tire firm stating that Its entire team will be sent to the coast Immediately to rldo at this meet and to train for the na tional circuit which opens on this coast about April 1C. Ten thousand dollars has been set aside for prlzo money. That sum will bo added to If the success of the tournament warrants It , ADVISIITIHIXG THH JU.VIS SII3ICT , Ilurxciucii 1'rcillrt u I/iirm > HlrliiK of D. T. Mount of the Omaha Fair and Speed association has received a letter from the racing association of Holton , Kan. , which states that that town will accept the dates assigned to It In the racing circuit and take the place vacated by the flunk of Sioux City , Mr. Mount has written to six of the lead ing horse papers for advertising terms , and ' -PERFECTION PHICE , IW1HG mm POWDER so coon ( ho local association will begin advertising the June meetings about the lurt of this month. These advertisements am designed merely to reach the horsemen ami bring out a big field ot horses , anil not with any ex pectation that they will affect the attend ance. 1'I.XI.KV AMI MOCKUTT HKSrOMl. Arc Cnllril on for n Itnrc nml Turn n Unit Mile , By far the largest crowd of the week at tended the bicycle show last evening , the as- scmblago verging almost on the jam. The Union Pacific Wheel club was everywhere In evidence , wearing yellow badges bearing the monogram ot the club. The feminine portion of the population also turned out well and everybody seemed well pleased with the entertainment offered. The fact Is , the people appear to bo Just learning that the show Is north seeing , as the attendance has been steadily Increasing since the first night. Like other entertainments , too , the attrac tions always appear best when Uicro Is a largo crowd , and whllo the display of wheels has not changed since the opening night , It presents a much better appearance when the aisles of the big building are crowded with people , as they have been for the past three nights. Tlio racing attracted the usual number of people , and at the close ot the run the score stood : Proulx , 43.5 ; Holton , 40.G , and Hclnr.- mnn , 2G.5. Hall dropped out entirely. Proulx won the special prize fur the best run for the evening. The total score for the week , throwing out Thursday night's run , Is : I'roulx , 153.3 ; Holton , 152.7i and Hclnz- uian , 133.4. While the score wnrf being taken from the cyclometers , the audtenco demanded that Mockett and 1'lxluy glvo n race. The boys were In full circus , but nothing dnunted , they rolled up their trousers and made a spuit of half a tulle , which was declared to be n dead heat. heat.Another Another feature ot the evening was an ex hibition of trick riding 1 > > n couple of boys living In this city , In which they demon strated wonderful skill In the manipulation of their wheels. This wns the source ot much pleasure to the spectators , and they showed their appreciation by liberal applause. Tonight will bo set asldo tor all the wheel men of the city , regard Ices of club organiza tion , and It is expected that there will bo a larger attendance than lias yet been at the show. In all the world Uicro Is no other treatment so pure , so scet , HO safe , BO speedy , for pro * servingpurlfylngnnil boautlftlng the skin , scalp , and hair , anil eradicating every hu mor , ns warm batlii with CUTICUII.V SOAP , and gentle anointings with CimcunA ( oint ment ) , the great skin euro. lo'd ' throiifhnut the world. 1'OIIIB Ri'nft G IE . CORP. , Nile rropn. , Uotton. tar" .111 About tin Skin , Scalp , anil llalr"frce. "KY FRY Krom nmpir. i < > s li 7 LLl . . * i. c.rrt , , „ ; evurrrA. THE CREIGHTON - Mjrt. SftSUn Matlneo tomorrow. Scats on * iilc 25c , Wo , 76c , $1.00. MntlnovU0 nml We. March -CI r KlltctrnlJ. Creiglitoii Music Hall , nVHHY MO1IT KIIOM 8 TO la. Hxctpt Smulny , HIGH - GLASS - VAUDEVILLE. Hyrfortl SIMfrs , direct from Ko tcr & HIM' * , New York ! Carmen SIMers. from Tuny I'nMor'tl Mnud l > n > ton , May Klltnorth , The llnrtm ns , Harry llrown , i'rof. Jncobs , Unit llriicc. 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