OMAHA , DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAIIA , SATURDAY MOJRNING , 13 , 1897 TWELVE PAG-ES. COPY P1VE CENTS. MURDERERS ARE EXECUTED Three Persons Pay t.ho Penalty for Slaying Their fell < wraen , ONE IS ELECTROCUTED , TWO ARE HANGED Arthur Mayhetv , ( SKtirvcn Matthcw.i 41 ml John I- : . Sullivan Ylelil Ul > Their Myen to Vliullcato OiitrnKcil Law. 8INO S1NO , March 12. Arthur Mayhew was electrocuted In the penitentiary hero at 11:10'J : o'clock a. m. today. A Mayhew was being nlrappcd Into the death chair , ho ejacula'cd "Jesus Christ have mercy on me , " and to the attending priests said that he was an innocent man and did not commit the murder for which ho was con demned. Mayhew added that the murderers were Frank Alfred and John Wayne. Al fred's name had not previously been con nected with the crime. Ho Is believed to bo i negro of Hcmpstcad , L. L Dr. Irvine , the prison physician , and the other doctors who tvltncflfcd the execution , pronounced Mayhew dead ono minute and nineteen seconds after the first current was turned on. The body was then removed from the death house to the dissecting room , where the autopsy was bold. bold.At At 12 o'clock the night ot March 7 , 1S08 , Stephen N. Powell , the 70-year-old superin tendent of the Hcmpstead , L. I. , gas works , closed his office and started homeward. It wa his custom to carry largo sums of money on hlH person. When ho had almost reached hit * house Arthur Mayhew , who had been hiding betrlml a trca waiting for the old man's coming , sprang out and hit him heav ily on the head with a blackjack. Powell fell to the ground and then Mayhew rilled his pockety , securing about $200. John Wayne meanwhile kept guard for Mayhew to prevent any Interference. For thla ho is now serving fifteen years In Sing Sing. Wayne confessed , Implicating his partner In the crime beyond all hope. Maybew was convicted and sentenced to death. His exe cution was postponed on account of a re traction by Wayne of his confession. How ever , Judge Keogh did not believe that Wayne hail parjured himself In the first In stance nnd refused to grant a new trial. LA PLATA , Mil. . March 12. George Matthews , the murderer of James J. Irwln , was hanged In the Jail yard here at 8:30 : today. Jamefl J. Irwln , a prosperous but rather Illiterate fanner , waa found dead In hli3 bed on the night of August 2 , 1890 , his brains having bedn blown out with a shot gun. Investigation disclosed guilty Intimacy bqtwccn the man's wife and George Matth ews. Embedded In the brain of the mur dered man waa s. ccrap of newspaper which had been used -.vadJlng for the load , and In Matthews' cabin was found the newspaper frjmi which It had been torn. Ills arrest and that of Mrs. Irwln followed. A verdict of murder In the first degree waa secured agoln.st Matthews. lie then made a confes sion Implicating Mrs. Irwln as an accessory. The woman secured a change of venue to Baltimore , but when she was put on trial Matthews refused to testify against her , ho being sentenced to death. There was no way to punish him for contempt and the woman's acquittal followed. A vlglanco ! committee was organized In Charles county iinil she was warned not to return to that locality , which warning ehc has thus far obeyed. Matthews was removed to Balti more for safe keeping. Ho has maintained a 'stolid' manner , and steadfastly refused to further lnipllcato thowomSri. ' " "i" * * " * * * * ? ! ST. JOHN. N. B. , March 12. John E. Sul livan was hanged today at Dorchester , N. B. Ills crime was the murder of Mrs. Eliza. Dutcher and her son , G years old , at Meadow- brook on the night of September 11 , 1806. Mrs. Dutcher kept a small tavern , but the only Inmates of the place at the tlmo were Herself , her Bon and her daughter 10 years old. Sullivan entered the place for the pur pose ot rjbbery. Mrs. Diitchcr was awakened by the nolso and made an outcry. The robber thereupon attacked her and killed her with an ax , after which ho as- eaultod the children , killing the boy anil badly Injuring the girl. Sullivan next fired the house and fled. The flames aroused the neighbors , and one was able to enter through n rear door and'rescued the little girl. The charred remains ot the other two were found in the ruins. The rescued child remained unconscious for ceveral weeks , but finally re covered. It wao her evidence that convicted Sullivan. IIAVI ! A MTTLI3 HOl'K FOR WAI.I.lXfi General Opinion There Will He No Cleineiiey fur .laeliNOii. FRANKFORT , Ky. , March 12. It was re ported that Governor Bradley would today announce his decision on the appeal of Scott Jackson for cxecuUvo clemency. Jackson ! t'ntonced to hang March 20 for murdering IVarl Bryan. The governor began considera tion of the appeal of Alonzo Walling today bcforo announcing his decision In Jackson'n case. It 1'J believed that Jackson's appeal hrus been defiled. Waiting's friends had hoped for commutation of sentence to life Imprisonment. They are .now seeking a re spite for ono day only , If It Is not possible to get n longer respite. They believe If Jack. eon IB hung first that ho will confess , so as to help Walling out. There Is a report that the two mon will not bo hung on the i-ame day , but nothing official Is announced or known. It la officially announced that Governor Bradley him refused Scott Jackson's appeal for executive clemency and unofficially an nounced that ho 1ms reprieved Alonzo WallIng - Ing to some unknown date. Walllng'n at torney. Colonel Washington , Is confident now that Walling will not be executed with Jack- Bon > - - WORST STORM OF THU SUASO.V. ICiillri'inilH Illoelimleil am ! CJrent Diuii- arve Done lo Ntoel > . MINNEAPOLIS , March 12 , Specials to the Journal from North and South Dakota and western Minnesota show that the snow of last night did more actual damage than any thin winter , ono that has never been equaled in the costs it has levied an railroads. Wednesday ot this week , after almost hercu lean etruBBlot' , several at the roads opened their lines and began moving freight to towns where food and fuel famines existed. By the tlmo these trains were well on their way. the utorm blockaded everything. Freights are stalled In all par In of the three BtatCH. .Scarcely a passenger train IE mov ing north of central South Dakota. Drifts in lira long and from ten to thirty feet deep oppose the roads , which have not yet begun work. Much Block on moving tralnw has been killed and thousands of head of cattle are reported dying in eastern South Dakota and northern Minnesota , Loggers are all forced out of tbo woods and work will ceaae. STI5TSOX WAS TOO MUCH MAHIIIKD. 8en atlonal TeHllinony In thu Ailn Itlehniiinil l/'iixe. - BOSTON ) March 12.-tSensatlonal testi mony was Introduced In the Stetson will case early today. The first wltnesu waa A. P. Mason , the- former foreman In the printIng - Ing office of which John Stetson wan pro prietor , Ho stated that In December , 1870 , Mr. Stetson desired to have BomethltiB writ ten to appear in hia paper to convey the Impu'kislon that ho and Ada Richmond were married and yet not to make II appear aa a fact. Mr. Stetson explained its necessity by saying that there was tea much talk about bis living with Ada and that he had to have a sham marriage. "Ami you know , " nald he , "I'm marrleti too much already. " Marc McAulufT , ft domestic , testified that Minn Richmond told her on ono occasion that the bad a liuiband In Now York. CHAIVKOUD'S AVATBll IlIOHT FIOHT. One of tlic InirrcMtviI I'artlox Stnten III * Vcrnlon of tlie Cane. CIUWFOtlD , Neb. , March 10. To ths Ed itor of The Bco : In your issue of March there appeared a special 'from this place under the obovo heading which Is eo mis leading in intny polnte that I beg leave to reply through your valuable columns. The writer of the article referred to would have the public bcllevo that the Crawford company Is a public benefactor , while I am preventing the town from having a suffi cient supply of water and a hindrance to public welfare. It Is tiuo that we do not have a sufficient supply of water during the months when a largo amount Is needed for lawns , but the claim that "tho White river Is the only available source of supply" has no foundation. Wo now have a gravity syntcm throughout , the supply being from a well In a canyon , from which the water flows through a pipe Into the reservoir , sit uated at an elevation of about 105 feet above the town. It has been estimated by those who arc In as good n position to know as any that fully as much water goes down the canyon past the sl < U > s of the welt as In now obtained , and as It Is only a few feet to bedrock the saving of this water Is per fectly feasible , There ore also two other canyons which have springs from which our supply could bo Increased twenty or thirty fold. The water from these canyons Is at an elevation high enough above the present reservoir to permit It to flow In through pipes. The utilizing of these sources was a part of the plan when the system was put In , It being Intended that when the growth of the town demanded the waters from these sources would bo Used. By obtaining the additional supply needed from these sources wo would have 'urc , cool spring water , while the water proposed to be furnish * d by the Crawford com ) any from White river gets the bene fit of the dralmigo of all the barnyards for many miles above the point of tllver- nlou and Is then carried through an open ditch a distance of fourteen miles before reaching the proposal reservoir. The vil lage of Crawford has the power and can obtain a sulllclcnt supply of pure water and lay .ill needed extensions for $1,500 to $2,000. or about one-fifth of the cost of the Crawford company's plan. No opposition whatever was Interposed by mo to Influence the vote , many of my best friends and strongesl supporters not voting at all. The exceedingly largo vote can bo accounted for by fhc fact that the Crawford company had a large force of men at work nearby. One very serious objection to the proposed sale Is that the company docs not propose to pay off the bonds , and .relieve us of the Indebtedness , but docs propose to leave the bonds outstanding some fourteen years. In other words , the proposition amounts to about this ; The company asks the people to lend It the system of water works for fourteen years , give It all the revenue to be derived therefrom , pay It anywhere from $800 to $1,200 a year for hydrant rent , and when the bonds become due ( If the Invesl- mont does not prove to bo a good one ) the company will let us keep the system and pay off our own bonds. The proposed sale would , Instead ef reducing the burden of taxation , greatly Increase It. The collection of water rentals at present amounts to $850 per annum. The Interest on the bonda amounts to $1,020 per innum , leaving $370 to be raised by taxes , whereas If the sale be made we would bo compelled to raise by taxation at least $750 , and there Is no assurance that It would not b3 twice that amount. The fact Is that the levy of $750 which would have lo be paid to the com pany , added to the revenue received at pres ent , would If applied thereto pay off the bonds together with the Interest thereon within thirty years. Flgu-lng the proposi tion from any standpoint , It Is nothing more nor less than a game of "heads , the com pany wins ; tails , the town loses. " Again , the law does not give villages authority to , sell. water works belonging thereto , nnd any attempt to purchase"or sell the same Is In violation of law. This opinion from the best authorities In the state is supported by decisions by the su preme courts of several states. But after all this has been said we have not yet reached the real question at Issue. In the year 1S85 , long before Crawford was dreamed of , the writer built a mill on White river to l > o operated by water power , and has ever elnco maintained and oper ated It unmolested until about ono year ago , when the water was cut off by means of the Crawford company's ditch. There Is also a mill at Whitney , which has been operated by the water from White river for many years. Besides this there arc over forty farmers wluj have filings for water on White river nnd Its tributaries for ir rigation purposes. Nearly all of the above claimants had filings before the Crawford company had an existence. It has been the wish of these claimants that the Stnto Board of Irrigation measure the water and apportion It according to law , but for come reason the Crawford , company objtcted lo and enjoined all the parties ( forty-three or forty-four In number ) who made any claim to Ihe walers of White river or Its tribu taries. Under the cover of this suit the company during the past summer diverted the water and permitted It to waste away In Its ditch and reservoirs , doing no one any good , and thus depriving the mills of power and the farmers of water with which to Irrigate their crops , which were ruined for lack thereof. In this suit brought by the Crawford company I filed a demurrer , which was ar gued at the December term of the district court , at which time , seeing that they had no foundation for such salt , thn company'n attorneys adopted dilatory measures to give them time to bolster up something on which to stand , and the stupendous effort to get permission to supply water to the village of Crawford Is mainly for the purpose of enabling them to win this otherwise hope less suit. The claim that I have been offered more than my rights are worth Is a great mo- ! toko. The only offer ever made mo was $5,000 , but this Included an Irrigation ditch which cost about $4fiOO to build , HO It would leave me nothing for the privilege of taking all the water out In the company's ditch and leaving my mill without power. But oven If the company had ollered mo moro than my water rights were worth , that would bo no relief to the other defendants whose Interests would be Interfered with. Ilespcctfully , LEHOV HALL. TO IMIOSHCUTU TIIKATHICAI. MKX. Weatlior Ilnremi < ! etw After Tliein for I'liKlnur Out Kletltlotitt ST , LOUIS , March 12. Dr. Frankenflfld , observer of the local weather bureau , has received orders from the Washington officials to prosecute all persona engaged In the distribution of the fictitious but alarming "tornado warnings" that were posted throughout the city early In the week , to call attention to a melodrama to appear at a theater here. Dr. Frankc-nfleld called at the four courts today and usk-d the city attorney to Issue summons against the offenders , charging them with disturbing the peace. The city attorney asked the co-operation of I'ollce Captain O'Malley and the latter ID- etructed his olllcers to learn the names of all the men who distributed the signs. As soon ai < these names have been handed to the city attorney he will summon them be fore Judge IVabcdy , Ever since May 27 , 1SDC , when the terrible tornado killed HO many people and wrought such extensive damage In thin vicinity , thu people have been very nervous at the approach of a storm , and the potting of these advertisements caused great alarm and apprehension among them. ItevlKiintloiiH Kolluiv liivt'HtlKatloiiN , LEAVBNWOKTH , March 12. The board of managers of the soldiers' homo has been called to moot In special session at Wash ington , on March 23 , when the report of the congressional committee which recently In vestigated thu home will be acted upon. Major W. I ) . Sboekloy , treasurer of the Lcavcnworth home , ban tendered his reslgna. lion , and il In uald that the resignation of Governor A. J. Smith will be tendered. Colonel U. B. Poarsall of Fort Scott la u candidate for appoluttuuat u governor to lucceed Smith. . ASK FOR LOWER CORN RATES Grain Must Bo Shipped Within a Pew Days or Bo a Dead Loss. DEMAND NOW MADE UPON THE IOWA LINES Itnllrnnil Coninilnxloiicrn of State VTKC that an K nml thai Relief In Nccdcil. Though the general managers of the Iowa railroads hive declined to grant reduced rates for corn , or even place an emergency rate for the month ot 'March , the Iowa Board ot Railroad Commissioners Is still making an active fight for some concession. The following Is the text ot a letter re cently sent by C. L. Davidson , chairman uf the board , to the presidents and general managers of all Iowa lines : "Tho situation In Iowa Is very serious , especially In relation to the corn crop of last year. After careful investigation I am con vinced that not more than 25 per cent of the corn crop of 1S9G can bo saved beyond the coming of warm weather and that whatever Is done with it , shipping , etc. , must bo done before that time. In addition to this con dition of things the number of stock animals In Iowa to be fed Is not sufficient to consume beyond a small iicrccntago of this grain , in amount not , I think , to exceed 20 per cent of the corn " crop. "If I "am correct In the estimates made this leaves at least 00 per cent of the crop on hand , which must bo shipped within say , five weeks , or be > a loss to the farmuiu and the freight a less to the transportation companies. With this situation confronting the people and the transportation lines , I write to suggest nnd urge the necessity of such an emergency rate tor , say , the month of March , as will carry this corn to a market , and also to ask that you glvo the subject that early and earnest consideration which the extreme gravity ot the situation de- manda. " The officials of the Iowa lines , like those of the Nebraska roads , contend that emer gency rates would not help the corn growers ono whit. They cite many cases where re duced rates have been put In before to help the farmers and that such cuts have always been followed by corresponding falls In the market , the grain market never falling to take up the slack. They Insist , therefore , that they simply lose the amount they re duce the rates and the farmer gains nothing. Despite the fact that three great corn- growing states , Nebraska , Iowa and Kansas , have united In beseeching the railroads to grant lower rates In order to move some of the great corn crop of the past season , none of the roads In these staters have yet como down In their rates. Men who watch railroad affairs closely say there is no prob ability of any reduction thlb spring , even though the three governors and the three boards of transportation should continue to pound the railroads on the back. Assistant General Frelsht Agent Wood of the Union Pacific was down to Lincoln during the first part of the week and had a conference with the Nebr.-fika State Board of Transportation , but no radical changes came out of .that meeting. WESTEIIN UMOX .MOST INTEUBSTED. _ Union I'llcllieut Aiixloim to Operate Separate Telewraiili System. General Solicitor Kelly of the Union Pa- clfic la still at St. Louis , and nothing further has been done relative to the segregation of the telegraph deparlme'rit of the' ' railroad from the Western Union Telegraph'company. . It appears now that the latter corporation la the ono mo.3t vitally interested In thu mat ter. Not only Is there bound to bo a great expense to the Western Union by the separa tion of the lines , but it Is feared that the Postal Telegraph company may slip in and occupy a few places heretofore closed to it. On the other hand , the Union Pacific Is not at all anxious to see the decree of the court ordering a a¶tlon of the lines. In addi tion to the expense of putting In separate In struments Ir. place of those of the Western Union now used , a most liberal arrangement regarding the transmission of the company's niEssagea would bo terminated. At present the contract between the two companies allows the Union Pacific to transmit a cer tain number of million words free r > vtry year. This privilege Is good over the entire Western Union system. Business along Its own lines Is handled by the Union Pacific telegraph department. Every official of any rank has a frank on the Western Union. An account Is kept of the number of words sent on account of these franks , and at the end of the year there Is a reckoning , the total number of wordo sent being compared with the number of words agreed to be trans mitted free of charge by the Western Union. All mcssage-a above this limit are paid for at reduced rates. UKCOIIU-HHISAICI.VG TUA1XS A FAD. llo.nton .11 n ii Fullowx Uxamiilc Set by Mayliniii. The Burlington's record-breaking travn be tween Chicago and Denver last month to carry a father to the bedside of his dying eon seems to have started a now custom In railroad circles that wl'l now doubtless bo In vogue In all such emergencies where the interested parties con pay for the expense of such a train. On Wdnesday Robert T. Paine , a well known Boston millionaire , was hurried from Washington to Boston In a spe cial train to reach his wlfo before her death. Ho chartered a train over the Pennsylvania road , the terms of the contract calling for $2 for every minute of the trip , and a big bonus for every mlnuto chopped off the record time between the two cities. The distance of 135 miles between Washlngt'n and Philadelphia was covered In 132 minutes. New Jerney was crossed at about the same rate of speed ami a new record was established between Now York City and Boston , The cost of thu ccrvlco for the special iraln was $500 , or about half what the Burlington received for Ita special. Like the trip Mr. Mayham , that of Mr. Pa'lno ' was In vain , as hia wlfo died bcforo he reached Boston. ADOI'I'H SU'l'HO ISSUICH A.V ADDRESS. W DeiiiiinilM Foreclosure on the Central 1M ellle. Adolph Sutro has Issued an Impassioned addrcsu to the papers of the country urging the foreclosure of the government's mortgage on the Central Pacific. Among other things the circular eaytt : "To havs a commission to settle the Cen tral Pacific Indebtedness would bo moro dan gerous than refunding. What has the United States to Bottle with Mr. Huntlngton , a debt or a crime ? that Is the question. Plain law , housstly applied , through foreclosure , will dy. | cover the whereabout ! ) of the looted security , leatoro it to Its rightful owner , and thus collect the debt. What then la there to settle ? Does congress through this com mission propose to usrarp the functions of the courts ? If not , what Is there for that body In to do ? Wo criminally punish the compromises - promises of felonies. Doey congress Intend to compromise fraud ? There is nothing else to compromise. Let foreclosure go on. The a debt Is Eood. " to UOMI I\TKIIIMUIS : WITH womc. In ExeavatliiK f r lite llnrlliiKton'M v Depot I'roeceilH. There were not the bustling scenes of activity about Tenth and Mason streets yes terday that there have been for the past o few days. It was tco cold to continue tbo A work of dismantling tbo old brick pile that was once Intended for a union depot. A few men worked within the structure reraov- of Ing Ironwork , but none ventured on tcj > to or work in the cold wind to tear down the brick be work. The work of destruction baa DOW proceeded somewhat below the .level of the first floor. . v Two gangs of Unskilled ilaborern are at work preparing for the ImproTea'cnts con templated by the Burlington. Ono gang Is digging away embankment Just couth of the I present depot shed , on which , rested the old storage tracks. Sotith Nlnth street Is tt being t continued northward from Pacific In orJer tt that vehicles may .have accers to the temporary t depot after the removal of the old Incline. 1 East of the present depot shed other men are at work preparing the ground for the construction cI of temporary express ofllccs anl a baggage room. The present baggage room will j soon give- place to a pasjcngcr waiting room and the temporary baggage room and express offices will bo east thereof. The tt tracks t between the present depot shed and the t Implement house on 'tho south , which have 1 long been used by the Burlington for storing cars not in use , have been torn up. Hereafter the cars will bo kept on newly laid storage tracks at Sixth street. AM.MMI , UEl'OUT Ol * OMAHA llOAl ) . Shown Xct nnrnliiKN of 'Over Three Million Dollar * . ST. PAUL , March 12. Th.6f ilseal year of the Chicago. St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha Is also the calendar year. The annual re port of the Omaha for 1806 has been sent to j the directors by the printer and copies of it were sent to officers In New York and officials In St. Paul by Comptroller Scott. It mall , $212,5CC.90 ; miscellaneous , $106,950 ; net earnings were $3,019,1I53 , ' nnd surplus , $340,901.36. 5c 5 The mileage remained un 5C changed. being 1,422.64 for the Omaha and 69.59 for the leased lines. Thjn report U one of the most Important In Itself and one of the ' moat gratifying In the northwest that has appeared In this country ; 'Die past year. * * XoteH anil 1'erNOiinln. A. J. Van Kuran , local treasurer of the Oregon Short Line , left for1 Salt , Lake City yesterday. There is a project on fool ; to revive the Transcontinental Freight - association. A meeting of the freight oniclalifof transconti nental llncti Is scheduled lor next week In Chicago. It Is said the Union Pacific haa not yet agreed to the conditions proposed for the formation of the now , association. Superintendent Cnlvcrt of the B. & M. has ordered the construction ot an elevator on the east side of the Tenth 'street ' viaduct to facilitate the handling of the mall pouches between the street cars and the railway trains below. The contract. It U oald , 1ms been given to the Churchllll-Crano company of this city. The psssenger department' of the Burling ton & Northern road has Issued Instructions to Us conductors providing far their obtain ing the signatures of every passenger trav eling on an annual or time pass. The sig nature , with a description oft the person , M to be sent to the auditor of ticket accounts with the conductor's dally report. Chicago live-stock shippers ipropose to gst even v/Ith the Illinois roada > for defeating them In their efforts to have-'tho 42 switching charge abolished. The supreme court having decided that the railroads can 'legally impose the switching charge , the ' phippers have changed their tactics , and'Hows propose to bring about a general reduction , In the live stock rates , on the ground that present rates are exorbitant. I Effective Saturday , MarcV 20 , the rate on salt In car loads to Ojnaha. Council Bluffs and Nebraska Cltjv"from Chicago , Milwaukee and Duluth wlltlbe 10 cents per 100 pounds. Tills Is the settlement of a fight that has beenvwaged by thc7 > llnes In. the Western Freight assoclatitk jdaCft.4..l3flL December. It was brought ) about by the competition of the Missouri Pacific on salt from Kansas , .t , . n. hltchfe , general agwit-of the Nort " western system on the Pacific c'oist nnd formerly of 'this city , In a letter regarding The Beo's elaborate announcement nf the Northwestern's subscription of $30OUO to the oxposgitlon Bays : "A magnificent gift and a creditable article In reference thereto. The Omaha people have reason to feel elated. Hope the exposition will proyo , a grand suc cess. Everything running Smoothly on the coast. " It Is reported that no appointment will be made to the position of assistant ) general freight agent , Union Pacific , at Salt Lake City , which will bo 'made vacant on Monday when S. W. Ecclcs becomes general freight agent of the Oregon Short Lino. With the loss of the Short Line and all tin territory Involved It Is thought that a gen eral agent ot the freight dqpartmcnt , two traveling freight agents and a live-stock agent , stationed at Salt Lake. City , will bo sufficient. IIAMKAX SUDDENLY DISAPPEARS. Relative * * Fear ( hut Hn linn Ilceii Foully Dealt With. C. D. Hanlfan , an unmarried man 26 years of ago and residing at 81G Sopth Nineteenth street , has not been scon by any of his friends or relatives since last Wednesday night. For fear that some accident or foul play may have befallen hl'mHlic assistance- the police has been called In in ] a search for ' him. , Hanifan had been living \ Jth 1/ls brother- In-Iaw , Jack Daley , a fireman , and had been driving an express wagon for the latter. Ills stand had been on North Fifteenth street. Ho was seen near his wagon .Just before the usual hour of leaving the stand , 6 o'clock. Shortly after that the horse , \vlth the empty wagon , way caught IOOE& on Douglas street and taken to the police station. As Hanlfan did not cnmo homo Fireman Daley visited the police station Wednesday night. Since that time ho has made an .anxious search for his brothcr-ln-law , but has failed abso lutely In finding any clue us to hia where abouts. ' It Is stated that Hanlfan' ' trover drank and was of good habits. Ho left his home Wednes day morning as usual , lin his working clothing , and took no mouejMwlth him. His relatives therefore think that his disappear ance is not voluntary. j MORIS MOX13V FOR TUB pKI'OSlTORS. $ Reeelver of Ainerleaii HavliiKH Ilanlt rromlNCH Allot hen IHvldeiiil. Receiver J. W. Thomas-of the American Savings bank siys a dividend , of 15 per cent will very probably bo paid to the de positors some time next week This , he says , Is In pursuance of the prcjuilse made by Judge Scott a week ago , when depositors were before- him , and thattrj : order for the dividend will bo Issued early in the week. After the payment of this ,15per cent It will leave a balance of about id per cent still nnpaU and the receiver Is confident that It will all bo cared for within a reasonable length of time. Ho says If ; is'anxlous now to close up the affairs of 'tho bank , as bo Is getting tired ot the receivership. KolillerN * Monument at.KurcMt I.uivii , The Women's Itcllof corps of General Crook pcot , Grand Army of the Republic , of this city , took action Thurfduy lookingto the erection of a monument In the soldiers' lot Forest Lawn cemetery , -Crook post , of which the corps js its Auxiliary , took up the matter , and In a short tlmo ths members who were present ouboarlbed quite a aum as starter. The pest appomttd a committee act with the women ? The 'co-operation of the other Grand Army .potts add Relief Corps the city will be aakc ( ] , that the matter of may be pushed to a successful Issue , to Colil Stoiiu Street CIvanliiK. The change in temperature bas put a stop the opeiatloni of the xtreet cleaning gang. Miiall force worked yesterday picking up he heaps of refuse that wpre swcpt up Thurs day , but no moro cleaning ; will be done until the weather moderates , f A large extent pavement wa cleaned.Thursday and twa three moro days of. open ( weather would EUUlcleut to put the at recta in irc eitsl-lo for condition , GIVES 1IDNKO MUCH TROUBLE Ho Scorns to Have a Double with Very Unscrupulous Tendencies. PARTIES WHO USE AN OMAHA MAN'S ' NAME Clinlriiinii iif llonril of 1'tttillcVorlJN Invited to I'n3" lllllH lie Aovor Cini- trneteil iiml blurry n Woman He Hun Xevcr Met. The existence of a double sometimes be- com03 embarrassing to n man who Is held accountable for the actions of tlio mnn who looks like him. And when the double per sists In beating hotel bills , playing confi dence ganica on susceptible widows and otherwise raising several kinds of Cain on the responsibility of his silent partner , the consequences to the latter become particu larly odious. Chairman George Munro of the Board of Public Works has the misfortune to bo afflicted with a particularly exasperat ing cnsa of this sort , and ho would glvo a largo slice of Ills salary to be able to lay hands 011 the Individual who Is responsible for his troubles. For a long time past Munro has been re ceiving various communications that were written by people of whom he had never heard and which seemed to relate to matters of which he wao equally Ignorant. For a while ho simply throw the letters Into the waste basket without troubling hlniBo'f as to their Import , but more recently ho has become convinced that some unscrupulous Individual Ls having a whole lot of run at his expense. One sample of the way In wli'lch ' the double Is getting In his work came In the shape of n board bill from the Windsor hotel In Den ver. Munro had usually stopped at that hcatelry while In that city , but as he had paid his bills and had not been there within six months of the time for which the bill waa rendered ho paid no attention to It. 13ut other letters followed and at length one came from a collection agency. Ho still neg lected to answer , and the agency sent him a missive that fairly raised his hair. He was called a dcadbcat In several languages and was vigorously Informed that If he did not settle that bill by return mall , measures would bo taken to let the people of Omaha know what r.ort of olllcla's they had In their city hall. The chairman wrote a reply that was n model of. terse and sulphuric English and he received another letter from the hotel managers which contained a profuse apology and the Information thai It had been dis covered that , the man who had evaded the payment of his. board bill was another Indi vidual , although ho had registered as 'George Munro , 'Omaha. " But this little experience was not a cir cumstance to another which followed soon after. It seems that the spurious Munro had been operating extensively , for the next letter came from a tinall city In southern California , which the real Munro had never seen. It was written in a delicate feminine hand , and the closely written sheets were heavy with the odor of violets. But then were no violets about the contents. The writer demanded to know why he had neg lected her for the past two months. She thought It was decidedly peculiar that a man should spend all one summer in professing unalterable love and then disappear without a word when the wedding 'day approached. If it was on account of the money that t'lie had lent him from time to time , he need not worry. Sbc.-8tlll loved him , and Iflie would only come back all would bo forgiven. There were half a dozen sheets of It , and GCjprge was , up a stump until the fair writer "s'po'he of the happy hours that' they had 'spent together while she sat besldo him and ran her flngcrs through his "beautiful brown hair. " Tnat let' him out , and ho hastened to assure the unknown admirer that she must have encountered his double , for the couldn't run her flngcrs very far through his hair , as he was bald-headed. And now Munro Is wondering what will turn up next. AHIIEST RAISES A I.EOAI , POINT. City Kinnloye'H ItlKht t < Drive Over hill CM vn Ik ( liieHtloiieil. While Captain King of the police force was nlttlng at a window In the police station Thursday he saw a man drive a horse and team over the sidewalk on Jackson street , between Fifteenth and Sixteenth. The cap tain at once rushed Into police court , caused a warrant to be Issued for the driver on the charge of driving on a sidewalk , and had him arrested. At the hearing yester day It developed that the yrlsoner was Wil liam Hutton , who had been employed In the sewer department of the city for the past ten years. He explained that men were engaged In repairing a sewer In the alley In the rear of Jackson street , and in order to get to It ho was ? compelled to cross the sidewalk. Captain King Insisted , however , that the city employe had violated the city ordinance. Ho wanted the ordinance en forced to the letter In order to show that the police department was playing no favor ites' . Ho held that a city employe had no more right than a private citizen to drive over a sidewalk. "How about the fire department In coso of a fire ? " suggested Hutton. The court did not coincide with Captain King's view , but withheld decision until this morning. IMIISOXI3R HAS XOTIIIXO TO SAY. fl Vim Ni'NN Ilefuxex to AtiknowIcilRC ( that He IH Cinllty. * Charles Van Ness was arraigned In police court yesterday on the charge of breaking Into the residence of Charles White on Harney street some time last winter and stealing a couple of hundred dollars worth of property. Van Nets was the man who was caught climbing over a fence a couple of nights ago with a pair of the stolen trousers In his possession. He pleaded nut guilty and the preliminary hearing was. tct for next Thursday morning. His bond was fixed at $1.000. The police have not succeeded In finding lo any more of the stolen goods , although a half dozen search warranta for suspicions places have been Issued. Van Ness has posi tively refused to give any Information re garding the case or to in alto any confession. of The police , however , think that one Charles Crick WEE Implicated In tno burglary and a complaint has been filed against him. Crick on has not yet been located. msiiiTiit TIIUSS OF HIS I.IIIIWTV. nil Ollleer mill AHH ! to Hi ; Arrexteil , According to Charles Schneider , the lot of a United States army deserter Is beast with many thorns. He has therefore como to ( ho conclusion that ho would rather be In the guard houie , serving out a tentenco for de- tertlcn and drawing three square meals a day , than to be knocking around the country with nothing to cat. It was because cf this philosophical conclusion that Schneider approached preached a police ofllccr yesterday , an nounced that he was a deserter ani requested that ho bo returned to hia past forthwith. Schneider Informed the police authorities IS that he decided to try liberty about six weeks' ' o\ \ ago and therefore deserted from Fort Logan , ei Utah. Ho has been all over the west bineo'Ci ' that tlmo and has failed to secure any kind tt employment. A telegram was forwarded the army officers at Fort Logan of the do- zsrler'g presence In this city. C'mly I'leniU .Not fJnllty. ofc ! William IK Cady pleaded not guilty In lag police court yesterday to tbo charge of obtaining goods under false pretenses. The cape was set for hearing next Wednesday , Twamley & Sons allege that oomo weeks ago the Cady secured from them several loads of grain on representation that he would pay It in the near future. They further affirm that ho failed to pay for tbo property , Cady was at ono time engaged In the com mission business at Fourteenth And Harney streets. I.noklnjr for llrr Relative * . Seventy-two-year-old Mrs. Amelia Parker of St. Joseph Is looking for Henry Klrk- pntrlck and wife , her son-in-law and daughter. Tiio old woman Is In destitute circumstances and requires assistance. Kirk- Patrick and family cnmo to this city five years ago , and havs not been heard from elnce. They arc the only relatives Mrs. 1'arker has. XKW Tl'RX ' IX THI3 IDA XOTSOX CASH. Juror AVIthilratvii nml tlic Trial IlrotiKht to n Clone. The suit of John Uusli , administrator of the estate of Mrs. Ida 11. Notson. against the National Heserve association to recover $2,000 on a beneficiary certificate came to a sudden stop n Judge Fawcotl's court , the plaintiff withdrawing a juror , thereby leaving the case as it was before the trial was com menced. This course was taken after n motion had been made to dismiss the case for the reason that the administrator had no standing In court , and also because the certificate had been allowed to lapse by the non-payment of assessments. It was argiied by the defend ant's counsel that by the articles of Incor poration under which It operated the pro ceeds of the beneficiary certificate , after Its validity should bo established , were payable only to the next of kin In cases where the beneficiary did not survive the Insured. It was also stated that the laws of Missouri , under which the defendant was Incorporated , provided the line to be followed In dctcrmln- Ing the next of kin , making the husband the next In order after the beneficiary , then the nearest relatives of the Insured , which would bo the mother of Mrs. Notaon , In this case. The point that the certificate- had lapsed by non-payment of assessment was also argued. These arguments were contested by the nt- torncys for tlu < administrator , and the court rather Intimated that It was Inclined to lean toward the arguments advanced by the other nldc. The plaintiff's attorneys then asked leave to withdraw a Juror , and thla was done. It was stated that the petition would either be amended to conform to the showing made or the case would be dismissed and a new proceeding commenced. CRIMINAL CASKS AUK DISMISS ! ? ! ) . Comity Attorney ICvpahiH Ills Aulloii to tin * t'nnrt. County Attorney Baldrlge dismissed a num ber of cases yesterday which have been pending for some time. He explained to the court that in the more serious cases the principal witnesses had gone beyond the Jurisdiction of the court and It would be useless to proceed without them. In the cases of Incorrlglblllty he explained that In most cases the boys charged have reformed and the necessity for procecdlngj against them has pasted. The cases which were dismissed were as follows : George Evans and Guy Collier , burglary ; James Koeack , horse stealing ; W. H. Carter and William Donnelly , keeping gambling davlees ; Andrew F. Kaufmanu , per jury ; Henry Bridewell and Uusscll Rucf , nirglary and grand larceny ; Mary Taylor , lar ceny ; Fred I'arks , aasault with intent to inflict great bodily Injury ; Jennie Lament , luiceny from the person ; Kittle Owens and Hans Tlmin : Levana I'arada , alias Lcono 1'crrl , shooting with intent to wound ; Clar- cnco Andrew Smith , 13d Olsen , Fred Olson , Herman Alexander , George Carter imd Harry Glover , Incorrlglblllty. COXT1XUI3D TIM , THK MAY TISHM. | Case AgaliiNt llol ! 'n IIoiiilNine.il IH 'Tho caao' against the bondsmen of Henry Bolln was set for trial yesterday morning , foiit"T. J/Mahoneyr roprusentlns-tho-ibonda- men , asked that , the cape be continued until the next term of court on account of the serious Illnces of Expert Lembeck , who was employed by the bondsmen to examine- the books In the treasurer's office. Mr. Mahoney said Mr. Lembeck had been very 111 at his homo In Cleveland , but that a relative who was In Omaha within the past few days Jo stated that Lembeck was recovering and would probably bo able to appear 'In Omaha early In the spring , W. J. Council opposed the delay unlers It was understood that. In the event Lembeck should not bo able to appear as a wllnesM , steps would bo taken to have his p'aco sup plied by others when the case comes up at M the next term of court. cli Judge Slabaugh concurred In this view and Mr. Mahoney signified his assent to thla un fo derstanding and the case was then allowed sihe to go over until the May term. he pcb COXOIiUDK TO IHJLAY ACTIOX. a 1'ollee. CnimiilNHloii Tint Inclined to Appoint a Matron. by The applicants for the position of police ir matron , left vacant by the resignation of $3Di Mrs. Cummlngs , nro likely to bo kept In Di Ih suspense for some time. Tbo Board of FIre la and Police Commissioner has practically fn concluded not to make any appointment for oc couple of weeks , at least. This will bo ocF bad news to about a dozen women who are after the job. no It was staled by a prominent police official nom yesterday that this delay In the appoint thOi ment was duo to the uncertainty regarding Oi the continued existence of the present police ca commission. On account of the measures nc pending In the legislature , the members of ncOi the board are not sure where they are at. ab , In the meantime the department Is getting along with the services of I'ollce Matron Ben an nett. ! Her hours have again been changed. heat She Is now on duty all the day and Is sum at moned to the police elation In the night na time when her services are required. Thla In Inw was the system In vogue when there was Insy only one police malron on the force. sy be IIL11.MCI ) IIV Till : 1IIA7.IOil ) , . sti to ClmrlrM Sehaefer MeetM with a Serloim th Aerlilent. ov Thur day night Charles II. Schacfer , the nil druggist at Sixteenth and Chicago streets , th was filling a prescription that had been dc brought to the store , Ho found tt necessary have name hot water and turning on-the , I'l kerosene in a stove , applied the match. There S was something wrong with the apparatus , and the oil Immediately blazed up In a uliset ' flame. t The situation was a decidedly embarrassing fai one. There were all kinds of volatile fluid * lit the shelves about the stove , Consequently to there was nothing to do but to extinguish Is the blaze as quickly as possible. Schacfer Isqil qil picked up the slovo , throw It on the floor otl and attempted to put out the fire. The blaze bu [ was not extinguished until the druggist's . coi hand was very severely burned , A physician was summoned and tha wound a In wao dressed. It will bo several weeks before InTil Schacfer will bo able to use hia right hand. dn VK.V.WJIl COM US INKlTo.1I IIOSTOX. CO ; SIIJN He Clinic Simply to Talk with He nil HlH Attorney. an 0. II. Venner of Boston Is In the clly. Ho at says that his visit at this tlnus has no con an nection with the dispute between the city ind council and the water worka company. Ho tin on his way to Denver and ( .Imply Mopped t over to consult with hU attorney with refer : ence to the case now In the United Stuten Court of Appeals , whlrh la an appeal frcm the decision of Judge Shlras , awarding the water works property to tbi now Omaha ev Water company. It is expected tint Mila evMi appeal will bo juuud upon early In May. Miwn Other than this ona matter Mr Venner and wnHi attorney az art the preient visit his nolh- Or [ to do with local mac.f-rs. foi inc MI N Tobllt Iho In Miss IC < llth Tobltt , who ban bocn attending < Library Training school at I'ralt Insti HIM tute , Brooklyn , has accepted a position thera da CO and offered her resignation to the Omaha COwe library board us librarian's assistant , from th which position the was abeent on leavo. po [ \NOiNYMOUS \ DODGER APPEARS It is Generously Circulated Among Buslnosa Men and Around Headquarters. THREAT AGAINST EXPOSITION MOVEMENT Author of the Clreulnr Declare * that If n CliniiKe of Site In Maile Dire DUiiNter Will Follow. An anonymous circular was circulated vcrj generally yesterday about the business ' portions of the city and especially about the exposition headquarters In the Paxton block and In localities where the members ot tha Board of Directors of the exposition have their places of business. The effusion wao printed In the form of a small dodger and was as follows : "No exposition ! That Is the general opinion currently expressed by men of sound mind. If the directors attempt to re-locate said slto It will bo at a loss ot thousands of dollars to the city of Omaha In the way of permanent Improvements. .Men that have taken stok will refuse to pay any moro on said stock and disaster will stare you In the face. Como , gentlemen ( , don't 'play horse , ' but get down to business and set the ball to rolling , eo that the men of toll can go to work. " Inquiry among the representatives ot or ganized labor developed the fact that none of them knew anything about the Issuing ot the circular , and one and all denied that It represented the sentiment of the laboring people. One ot the men who Is regarded na being fully In touch with thu labor clement said that the general sentiment among the laboring men wast In favor ofl tbo change of slto which has been cniggestod. "Wo would rather have the exposition lo cated on Sherman avcm'e , " said this man , "than to have It at Ml ler park , because a laboring man would cither have to spend 10 cents every day In car fare or walk several ml'.es ' to work In Hit ) morning and walk the same distance at night after a hard day's work If no change 'la made , but If It Is lo cated at the old fair grounds site the men can easily walk both ways , and a saving of GO cents each week I * a very important Item to a working man. A'l wo want Is work , and wo are not , so particular whcro It la lo cated , but whim It comes to a choice between tliC'SO two places we are In favor of the ono nearest to town. " Ono ot the directors , who has taken an interest in the proposed change of site and who has looked Into the matter very care fully Elnco the change was suggested , said today that it was not true that the city would lose anything In the way of permanent Im- irovcmonts it the rhango suggested wss made. He said that Herman Kountzo had already agiecd to donate a parcel of land to the city as a site for a permanent building and a pub lic park and this would enable the Board of Park Commissioners to devote the pro ceeds of the levy madii for park purposes to the improvement ot this tiart of the city , ex actly the same as was proposed In connection with the Miller park site. Manager Klrkcndall of the Department of Buildings and Grounds and Dion Gcraldlno , superintendent of construction under Mr. Klrkendall , Imvo been getting ready to com- mcnco work whenever the question of loca tion Is definitely settled. Mr. KIrltemlall saya ic will commence throwing dirt Manila/ morning Jf definite action Is taken by the Board of Directors. The first thing to bo done will bo thij erection of a high board fence Ground the 'grounds In order to keep out the psople who will undoubtedly congregate about.the. place. Preliminary steps have bo'erf taken lri' thls natte"rfandfuss&6ij'as' the location question Is settled the material for the fence will bo ordered and the work' will then commence ) In earnest and bo pushed with a rapidity which will produce tangible rc&ulta In a very short tlmo. The dloord of Directors met yesterday aft ernoon , but as no quorum was present ad journment was taken till -I o'clock this after noon. SVRIAXS 1M.ACI3I ) IIXDKR ARHKST. Charge. Their Troilile to a Fellow Countryman. Two Syrians , Assad Syoor and Kattar Mondlcr < , were arrested yesterday on the charge of being fugitives from Justice. The former runs a notion shop at Norfolk , thla state , while the other makes the place his headquarters , although he Is In Omaha a portion of the time. Both men have been on peddling trip through the state. The complaint against the men was filed > Joe Darooge , at present ot Toledo , O. He alleges that Borne time ago lie shipped $395 worth of goods to the men In South Dakota , but never received any money from them. He therefore charges them with ob taining the goods by means of false and fraudulent representations. The transaction occurred while Darooge waa in business in Fort Wayne , Ind. The two prisoners say that they know nothing whatover-nbout the casa. They have made a statement that they never received the goods nnd never lived In South Dakota. the other hand , they maintain that they came to Nebraska direct from Syria , and have novcr been outside of the date's borders. Ono has been hero three years and the other about ono year , Syoor knew Darooge in Syria , and he gives explanation of the arrest. Ho nays that and Daroogo omo ten years ago wcro In attendance at a dance and a wedding In their native land , All th ; young men took turns singing to the Impplncra of the newly- wedded couple. In this contest Darooge and Syoor came out ahead , but In the struggle between the two , Syoor won Gyoor now states that at the time Daroogo threatened get even with him , and that he hau taken the present method to do BO. As a further evidence of thlo , ho saya that Darooge haa already had one man arrested for receiving goods without paying for them , and was defeated In the case. I'HAOTIOAL I.KSSOX O.V SII.VI3K. Heeretary Holmex Milken 11 Sale at the Smelter. ! Secretary Holmoa of the Nebraska Manu facture. ' and Consumers' association had a little experience Thursday which Indicates hia mini ! tjiat silver as a currency medium not what ItIs cracked up to bt > In certain iiuartrrs. Mr , 'Holmes wan at Beatrice the nthcr day , whcro a residence had Just been inrued. A mass of partially melted silver oln was found In the delirla and ho accepted commission to bring It to Omaha , turn It at the smaller and remit the proceeds , rhero was quite a bunch of the ullver , three Inllars. a halt dollar and several smaller olni being readily dlitlngulahed , the aggro- icte amount being something over $3 , The silver was turned over to the smelter and Holmes received In return a statement at the amount of ellver which It contained , which CO cents an ounce brought $1.50. That imount was remitted to the owner In silver now Mr. Holmes Is figuring how much original chunck of nllver would bo worth the proceeds had been melted up and as- ayed a couple of times moro. Not \Vaiiteil In Mllmmlcee. Chief Blgwnrt received n tcl ( ram last venlng from Milwaukee Htatlng that Teddy MiicIIold , now under arrest In Hloux City , VIIH not wanted ut tlm former plucu. Mac- Hold at ono tlmo worked In n hotel In Jmuho , nnd won nrrestoil hero luut fall Bolnjf through the vullHca of u travel- man In Milwaukee , having a portion of stolen property upon him when taken chiirKo by the Omiihu pollen. Ho wiw cnt to Milwaukee line ! given n ulx months ii-nlenco. which wan completed but u few lays ago. It win thought that ha was onnccted with u recent robbery In Mil- .vuuUeu nnd liu wutf urrented ut Bloux C'lly Ihrougli description * given by the local iiollco.