Nebraska Newspapers

    TITE OMJUIA DAIL.T BEE : ATGUST 11 , 189
DOUGLAS CODMY REUNION
Veterans' Association Soon Iiito Gamp Keai
Waterloo.
RUSTICATE ON BANKS OF THE ELKHORN
Sj > nl In knitted In Honor nf Com-
if iinilrr-lu-Chirf of , A. H. nnd
lUnujr nf Old Gnuril
ArtI'
CAVP CLA.HK90N trATKIlLOO. Neb. ,
Aug --fflj.pclal ) The fourth annual re-
tin.on ol the Itouplac County Vtitoraiit BI--
Delation it. In lull blast ana promi cE tt
< L Ijx e In pnlnt of attendance anj encamp
ment heretofore held under the lumplces ul
the ndnnctatlon In honor ol Oummandt-r-ln-
Chief " "larknoa o * the. Grtnd Aimy ol
tbp In-public tie camp bne IKM
chrlm tned "Camp Clnrl.Hcm ' The camp i <
nttinuid on the caitternborder of the towi
In B tool ntifl fihudy provp on ths hank * o !
tbp Etkhorn river The local committee !
nnd nietnihurs of tlie local Grutid Armj ol tbi
Kpipuhlii post in preparing tin camp ground *
itnurt'd neither lulinr nor expense
The tenth Hies w ure inaugurated thlp after.
tinon and from thifi time until Prlduj even-
liip ibi cmnp nruundtiwill be tbp ncene oi
much jilunnurt Thl afternoon the niemben
of the Mutts IUD Qruntl Arin > of tinHcimhlli
jmst nnd the mcnine-i , or tbe nnnoclutlui
who urr tpd eailj marched to the cani |
priiunui j\l jor Ntblt on ht-hulf of tin
citm-ns. a ) the town tuined tlip-etunp ground !
find lave of the pity over to the vpurnni
Jind tbclr pticMb In renpuiuit to the muj or i
addrofP 1-rewldent Gilmoie lei tbe uraucla-
tlou ut ipted the prone-red bospltullt } unt
admonished th - eitizoiih to lock their chlcket
IIOUHP doors in cuniiluhlon lomiude Gil-
murt ! lev it-wet ) brlLll } tbi > biHtnij ut the UH-
finrlailou , lie object , etc Following tin
pretilfleiit t , uddtc-xt , Chaplain Gore } praec
lurvintlj tor the good of tbe Old Guard ant
their EUi'-ts , a yuurtiit ol local Miigers 10
callred and then tht fueatninnent was It
full lnnt.i
Ivui.w HlmuuidltiK thib is the lirnt day of tin
reunion the numbui of member * , and v m
Horn fiom nbrond In large Cuptalu Chlttc-u
den ih litie from Ton Crook with compani
B , TWIMI } - Biotu ) lufantrj , and dallj during
the leunion for the edlllcatiou of the vislton
wtio tlul not imiell pcwdi-i durtnr the latt
tinple < t'tt. ! tnesrbe w ill put bit men throiigl
thu vai-irmi iiVfrnilKh driib , and nt. a npt-cla :
feature a lmm battle w 111 hi loupbt bj tin
The varinut ) aujwillarj InanUiw nf tin
Gnuit ) Armj uf the Ill-public ha\e headquar
tiTK ! on the Krounflfi atnoiii ; whltli an Shei
idau clirlL l idioH of the Grand Aral ) of th <
Jliipuhllc V.ateilno , George A Ctihtui
"Women B Reliuf eorjis Omaha , Garlleld ell
cle , LndlL' ol the Grand Arm } o ! the He
public On ulia , and John M Thuiiuon cump
Soiih of \ eteraiib
At tbe htibinetib nieotliiR held during tin
afteinonn Itttura were rLud fiom Com ailfi
"V\ AL.DWL. . General Mnndt.iloiil II. C
JtiiMtill and Judge Fuwcctt titatiug that o :
acuiuut of iaiportaut IIUI > IULM > uiattern * he ;
ViOUld be uuahle to attend the lULi'lug
The by-lLW ol the auBOLlatlon v\en
ttmendtd to rtad "that the oilli-erb ol ih <
uufiOLlation will be elecli d ( in the forejoai
of the ui'Luiid da } uf the u < milnn and In
ctalli'd on the afternoon of the IUHI ilui-
Heretolore the ofllLoits veie elected and 111
Htullod on the labt du > of eiiLauipmeut
. ? pen motion of Comrade AoXwlth Cap
t la Crlttenden. Twontj-noconil TJiiltei
Stati lufantrj. wufa eleottd an bnuoinrj
utumbor of Uie acioclatlon
A feature of tbe afternoon was an ad
drees 'by < Hon "W G "VVbitmore of Vallev
After Biippor I'resldeut Gllmore tunipd tin
alfalrb over to Comrade Hall , \\lio judsidui
at the campllre Culoiml Culver , paBt tie
partmcnt commander of tbe Grand Armv ii
the Rrpubllc , was tbe llrst Breaker ant"
fluced For the lienofit of tbe younger pee
pie preocnt , who were not In the ei vice , hi
explained lion dtur to the heart t f every oh
noldler IB the prJUlrge of jiartlclpatlns li
thewe meutln b and bulnK permitted 10 re
late portion * , of the unwrlttm hihtory of tin
war of the reliollion
A quartet from South Omaha whom Chair
man B.U1 Introduced as tbe "offBprmi ; of thi
Tioue of contention of the late v ai " eani
a number of eouthern nielodlefi , and af.p
thej had /espondi'd to a number of euiorc
were tbe rctiiplenUj of a puree of coodlj Jiro
portloui. , contributed lij the audience.
Comrade Hull took MB cue from ana teal
up tbe thread of the Ktorj "where itua
cbopiHrd off by Comrade Culver , and contributed
tributod he\erul imges to the Won ol th
war yet to bewritten Comrade Ilnran , 1 :
a number of well -written vereefa. told of tb
good decdK and ohortcomlngB of a nuinl > e
of tbe prominent Grand Army of the Itt
public men preiient.
Colonel It. L. Lhlngfitone wab the lar
npeaUer of tbe evening uud to the suliUer
of the regular army he paid a glowin
tribute.
The UHUal number of camp follows nr
ou the grounds and are being patronized III
eralli The chief attractions , however , heel
wliere dancing 4. i
to tie the pavilion ,
dulgcd in , the icu.rou .al and tbe "old arm
EUIMPEUIA1 , , Nnb. . Aug 10 ( Spi-ulal , ) Tb
Grand Arm } pout at this place bad an in
terebting meeting here last Saturdaj Thor
was a large attendance present the occi
Bleu being the Initiation of two new mom
bert Into tbe post. _
CAMHHATKS SHO\\ TJIE-tt.SEL-lTi : '
JVniilrnntH lur O lr - I l ) Ul > All O-
tintun - .
I'lEUCE , Nub. , Aug 10 ( Spuclal. ) Tal
about camllflateb lor tbn county oflicen i
now heard by tbt > leadurt of the politic :
parties County Treanurer NicliVecKer v\i
lie nmomluated without oppoaltlon II 1
Tawney. oouutj cleiL , wTio has held th :
position for Blx jiars , will not be a eonfl
date for lenuuilnatlnu on the populist tick-
Somw of tbe popull t liaideis say Hunn
Turner now t-ount ) superintendent , v\ill 1
the niimtiiHD for countj c-larU , and frleni
of Cliailee E Stalej say he denerves it , i
he bus been Mr Tuwney's efllElent dojiut
while a * .in- } held the ofllce Last wee
It wae annoumed that II E Foreman woul
IIP tliu p < ipullst tiomlnni for count } Judgi
Mr rurumau has boeii in the general mei
chundlHtliuhlneee at Osmond until recent ! :
Vi' V Kirk of I'lalnview was ine-nHone
lu t w - k for the oltlo of sheriff. Aiuitti-
caudldato for hberlff k 11 G 11 amor of Of
muiid. He wafi thu populIU candidate tn
jearE and was the third man In tbe raci
The democrat * are Btlll angry with tli
liojiuliHtB for not fuHlng with them The
havu called their oouut ) convention on tli
tuimi da } an the popullBtb August "S Tb
democratb will i-crtalnl } renomluate E <
Ilusb for iiherllt end William H Mclhmal
for count } judge Harrj Tullen of O (
mtinfl and Charlen F Huhike of Hadur wi
lie cundldateE for count } clerk. H. I
Nortbup , thti free tillver orotur of I'iori
rount } wanu to tit * nominated for count
bhetltr Thr republlcani. Imvc not con
tnenc-ed to talk much about county ottlcen
Only one man hub announcud blmuelf fi
olllce. and that lt > Charles Uohrburg of Oi
iiiond , who i\aiiU to 1m candidate for hhe
iff Them will l > plenty of good tiuilH
for thti part } to ciioust from ,
HAUIUKON Neb. . Aug 10 ( Special > -
The republican count ] central commltttn : i
Bloux euuut } met here today and deuldi
to hold on ) } one count } convention tint yea
and fixed lt date for September 1C. .
btralght i-ouut } ticket will be put up , wit
fair proupeetc for it uoi-eas u the Jualc
HObume of tbe pojiullstc , democrats and si
ver republicitnt U not going to lie ae ha :
uiouloub ab dct > lred b } Ht > promotorE. Sevtiri
of the leadiiig jiopulltUi are known to I
Sl'IUNGVIDW. Neb. , Aug. 10 ( Bpecli
Tulegram. ) The popullut county central con
mlttec ban ibfltHid & call for a county cunici
tl a for baturdiy , August 1 , and thu uiiui
crut have called a musb count } couveutia
OD that day This IE apparently un attenu
on thu part of the democrats to force U
luipullat * to tune w 1th them ou local mutter
Tbe iwpullbte have a good etzt > d majority 1
the county and do not uttsd tbe democrat
lusalatauce ID order to elect A lively time
ftuticluatrd
r.ouui >
BL.OOMINGTON. Neb AUB 10 { Spoclal
. Franklin County Institute commeuoe
liur yuiUrdxy imd will cuutiuuu cut wee
ntdrr * nr mahagcmct ' of Rupprlntcnfltnl
S T Hortl There wrrc 300 tcnchM * rn-
rnlled tbti flint &iIt bni brco ciuUmmrr
to mRke thi limtlttitp & wi-ek of rerlewlns
of Htudlee on which the cxnmlnatloc wan
taNtn Tble Trill not bo done thin year The
firenentntlnn of tbe vort by Inistructnri will
be hlphlj natlnfurto-r to tbe tea chert cnn-
Hlrtlnp oxcltmlvob of mcthoOK of teaching
tht- various branches Tbe teachere ar pre
I arefl for thin t > y barlnp attenflpu th - sum
mer school Lecture * and entertainments
have been arranged for the whole week
HU\ Pint ! , OtT 71112 lilt T HMITS.
Pnll tVln-rr Tlier 1 >
Viml CJixnl to Guru mid Pnnlnn-K ,
SOHfYLEIl. Neb. , Aug. 10 ( Special >
Late jentrrflaj afternoon this Immediate
vlclnHy rccptvefl a copious faH of rain the
total fall being 1 DC Inches Scbuylw seemed
*
to havibfcn tin erncr of thp HDP of a heavy
cloud that travrrKpfl tht county from nortb-
en t to iuth cBt the northwrptrrn nnfl
HOUthmMere jiortlour not getting rain at all
The lint of travel of the cloud wa well
Bi-li-t-ti-d an the immeftiate vicinity ot Schu-
lor and a ntrlp extending northeuHt from here
have been very much rnlw.ed by rain clouds'
of grtat connpqucnce of late Corn was th"
principal vegetation that nei-dcd It but it
bat proven very beneficial to lanius. pastures
and trew
CHAPJ'RTjti Neb Aug 10 ( Special >
This wic-tion of the couutrj bus beeu lavored
with rain ivory rtav for the lat t wick Corn
and gra * are In excellenf condition Heal
estate In biglnnlng tp mo\e and newromers
an coinlnj ; to Iscbrabka , nbert the ] "ipli )
arp ptosperoui.
IMPCIIIAL , Nib Aug in ( Special )
riia/c pountj v a i viHlted last night bv another -
| other rplcnflld lain Troni all over the
I count } rejiortfc arc coming in tlmt tin fall
wan about two to thrt'f luche * . The lagoon * .
and low landx are full nf water and the
cornfieldB atbnrotiRhly , aturatpd A
I marked dlflcrenrc In tbt npn.-aranci | of tbe
corr. . millet pant and grjbE crojii > can be
oMorved and thp * < f crops will l - much
hpmlrr than vas eMImntpd trn davR ago
rTRTJS Neb Aug 10 ( Special Tclf-
gram ) A niaKiiilli-ent vihcat bam-st is Just
beginning to IIBSB through thi thraBhlng ma-
chlnuB. eho\vlng a rcbulting vleld of fiom
twenty-live tu fortv-llve luihbi-ls pui Hcrt
A four-dav B' rain has just ci asi-d , glv Ing
tin PC Indies of water in the government
gauge , thus Ilnallv and Ic-rver setting tit
rest all dnirhu touiermiiK tin Immensr
corn crop no lav KM } spattered broadcast
over tills prolific FPCtiou of Nerhanl.a
FnrtinT Ofx liilo Ili for
AITI-JI mill I * A TIliniiMt Cli'ur.
M'COOlJCNCniON. . Neb . Aug 10 ( Spe
cial ) John Stellar a fanner living west of
here bought ou tlmp an eight-acre farm on
which he gave mortgagee for nearl } all of
the rurehnse priie amounting to about $ lf > 00
Last week he llnthhcd thrashing winter vvheat
whlc-h he raided on this land and hi thiat > ncd
out 200 buobHB of the finest ciualitj of wIn
ter wheat for which he will iHccivt CO cents
per biihhel returning him 51HOO This is
on ) } one of man } caset in York count } Man }
i nnd main a Held of winter wheat is return
ing tin- farmer Jin to Sl per acre oC land
that is offered at $20 to $ 3 per acre
wn.il IIAVK A rioi'n MILL.
I'lunt to Ui ItriKli for IltihliifNM Alinul
No t-iiilii-r 1trHt.
E\VING. Neb. Aug 10 ( Special. ) Ev\ing
is to have a Hour mill Arrangements have
been made 1) } Baunders Brothers of Badger
Holt count } , to erect and operate a iluut
mill having a capacity of lift } barrels per
day The mill will l > e run by water power
and -work has begun and will be pushed
rupldl } It lb expected to have the mill in
working condition within uluet } dafc This
will be a 'boom ' for Dwing
Cro ] * are looking Bplendld In thi vicinity
and business is brightening up.
FARMERS IUH111CU 111 SHELL GAniK.
n - Itliin lit Tullt. Citj Urojik Two
Umulrcil DullnrH.
PALLS CITY Nub Aug 10 ( Special. )
Hummel , Hamilton & Co B circus exhibited
Monday About show time It began to rain
and thu attendance wut , small , but tbe cir
cus made a big haul here through the con
fidence men. Citlzenb dropped from $10 to
$200 on the "sure thing1 shell game. One
old church member In particular saw the
game , came up town , drew SlidO from tbe
bank , which he lost in less time than it
took him to tell it. B } the aid of the au-
thorltle * ) he recovered
ArrKt III Koriuer I2mj > loj r.
DAKOTA CITY Neb. , Aug 10 ( Special. )
A reward of S10 hut. been odered b } Sherlft
Borowsky for the arrest of Olive Olllr , who
is suspected of robbing the residence of
Frank Heeney near Huhhard on Friday
evening , while the famll } was aw a } from
home Olllr toad been In the employ of
Heeney on hie farm , but woe discharged
about a week ago , and when he wab paid
off , located Henney'e po < * 5 slone About ! 0
in cash and a bunch of valuable papers were
secured , the latter afterward being found
near tbe
] * , < < iriiiu Pirnnrf OJtj.
PATVNEECITT Neb. Aug 10 ( Special. )
The funeral of Ho } Martin , who died Sat-
urda } afternoon of typhoid fever , was held
from the Methodist EplBcopal church Suuda }
afternoon
The Pawnee County fab ? . September 1C , 1C
and 17 , is being boomed extensive ! }
The Wonian'p Christian Temporanre union
district rouventiou of the First district will
be hold Jn the Presbyterian church August
17 Ik and 1 ! ) A good program has been ar
ranged
Mrn. .In inIvlij it. DlKiiilHHril.
TCCUMSEH. Neb. , Aug 1U ( Special )
Th casr agaliiht Mrs June Ka } in police
court here for running a hoube of Ill-repute
was dismissed labt evening The case oc
cupied tbe attention of Judge Dlnsmore for
tin tu dab and numerous witnesses were ex
amined
1-urt-Mi-Il 1'nrtj nt thliliiml.
ASHLAND. Nub , Aug 10 < Bp cial ) A
farewell jxirty was Riven at Hotel Selma
thiB pvetilug In honor of Miss Carrie Noyen
and Mlse Anna Noeh , who will HOOII leave
w 1th their parentb for Sheridan , Wj o. About
thirt } young wouiunwore jirche-nt to upend
the evening with them
TrnTIIji JrnIlN from n Trulii.
OHAITIBL.il , Nob. . Aug 10 ( Special. )
A tramp fell off a freight train last night
and In falling hurt his back He lay on the
ground lor several hours until -picked up
tiy paBsert-b ) He is being taken care of
by tbe county at present
NriT Ac - l nt T orU.
TOIIK , Neb , , Aug 10 ( Spooiul. ) TV H
Davis the local agent for thp Burlington
railroad , has been transferred from the York
ollice to some other not } et made known
J F Barnes ot Ub&aes has assumed charge
of tblc office.
STATE EPWORTH ASSEMBLY
Cloning Session of the Camper * Devoted to
Business and
FORT CROOK BAND SCORES A KNOCKOUT
P -iij > Je rirnwrfl Hint tinConrrrt
liiKti-nd of n Irf-ctnrc
lcMTK for Nxl Irnr
1.INCOL.N , Aug. 10 ( Special. ) The last
day of the Epworth assembly wan the best
flir In point of w rather at least OI cnurne
there were many who -were mr-ely disap
pointed at the failure of Sam .IonPS to put
In an nprcarance , but very Jew complahto
were beard , and in thr opinion of a great
many the break In the program was more
than made up b } the music furnished by
thr Twenty-necnnd Keglniert band TVhllc
It wae certain that Rome tailed to ettcnfl
because June * would not speak othc-s came
to hear the baud whom Jones would not
have attracted During tup afternoon and
evening concerts the amphitheater was
packed and nil the available npncp around
tt wa filled by people who brought chalre
and by ppnplp who stood up Thry wen
said to IH- two of the largest audiences ever
assembled In the clt } The appearance of
the band In the stand wa * grecttd with
great applause , and each selpotlon on tin-
program was enthubiattlcall } applauded
During the afternmn concert the band
responded to a number of en core" , and at
thr i lone Its conductor I'rot E Ke-lchardt
rei-elv pd an ovation from the leaguers
The league at It * buslnens meotlng toda }
elected tht following oHloer * tor the cnmlug
year President , L 0 Jones Lincoln , vlpe
president. C E Sandermm Lincoln , corresponding
spending secretary Elmer E Lesb York ,
rppordlng wcretarv Charlotte Meade But
ton treauurer , Iva M Howard. Edgar ,
Junior Le-agup BUpcrltvtendent Mrs G W
Ictimm Hastings secretan Christian Citi
zenship league. R A llarnps Cedar IllutlB
spcretarv mission work Hattie Moulton
Vi-ejing "Water The directors eltcted wer-
Beatrice district Ilev C S Dudle } Has--
ItiRs district Rev O "W Flfer Lincoln dli
trlpt Rpv C M Shepherd Nebraska Cltv
aistrlct Rev J R Woodrock , York district
Rev W J Calfee.
At thf meeting the question of location
fur the next aEHCtnbl } came up and after n
dlsruoblon tbe matter way left to the hoard
and tbe ofllrers for Bettlcment It bolnp
loiind advlba'ile to figure pomewhat on terms ,
and expenses before tbe location was dan
nltelv selected The business meeting wat
enthusiastic and full of good feeling on ur-
count ot the great suc-ws of thr imscmblv
and thp ofllcials now have a determination
to make the next abaumbly the largest in
tbe fulled States
ResoUitlnns of thanks were adopted and
one as follows
Reiolvefl , That we renueit the executive
pommlttee to arrange In the program npxt
yenr for a Kiiater number of i-v angellut'
und pentecontu He-rvices and that there bt
provided proper facilities for altur service
CVPTrilK VWU IlAJlMShfr THIEVES.
niiixii < - and Cult 111 Ilinni in .lull mill
Dlnrli Pliimli-r It I-IMM * r4l. .
TEIvAMAH Neb . Aug 10 Cspeclal )
About four weeks ago Sheriff Langford of
this county captured a wagouload of har
ness stolen from the viclnlt } of Le-mart. la
Mr Langford got trace of the outfit and pur
sued them soclosuly that the } deserted the
wagon , leaving one home The wagon con
tained thirteen t of harness four saddles
eight nets of flj uete and a kit of carpim
tur toolh all of which were reclaimed 0) }
citizens about Lernart. After leaving the
plunder the thieves made north on to the
reservation Thu uhoriff Iiudiugwhere the }
stopped en route loarued that the } -were
Eugene and Calvin Hls eox , the latter being
one of those arrested and tried here last
fall for the murder of Fred L Sellers at
Oakland Shadowing them close ] } , Sheriff
Langford succeeded in effecting their arrest
at Yankton , S D. , and bi ought them to
Tekaniah last night to await the arrival of
the Iowa authorities From evidence devel
oped by thp sheriff It isplain that these
two men are desperate cniokt. of considerable
Importance ( He found that near Crawftou
Neb they have wecreted seventeen bead ol
horses uud a large amount of plunder con
sibling large ! } of harness and baddies Tht
horses weie near ! } all , If not all traded foi
w ith stolen harness and It wae the intention
of the Hlsc-oxs to ship thp ho-ses south and
dlspow ; of them thifc fall Citizens of Crawf
ton say that the two hoys camped In a tent
there several weeks and traded harness al
the time The } went heavily armed all tbe
time as though determined .to resist arrest
if officers found them Calvin Hlscox giv-tE
evidence of being a desperate criminal , al
though his gentleman. ! } demeanor during lilt
long imprisonment in the jail here , while
awaiting trial for the Sellerb murder , gained
him omo sympathy A conrin Grunt His-
cox. who remained behind in Iowa , Is con
nected with the gang .He wats alee one ol
the defcndan'-K In the- Sellers case , ae wae
also Calvin HJHCOX'S ' sister , who was mis
tress of the murdered man
AT 1VAVVE TTOUMAl. , .
TUlrlj-Tliri-r Griuluutt-H Will Go
Forfli from tinCollrKf. .
WAYNE. Neb . Ang 10 ( Special Tele
gram ) The sixth annual commencement ex
ercises of the Normal college of thin Kit }
ate now In progress Thirty-three btudonu
will graduate thirty-one from the tcacbcis
department and two from the scientific de
partnie-nt
The exercises began Friday August fi
"with a literar } program b } the Pbiloiuatliton
society of the lollpge followed on Satuiday
< v oulng w ith another b } the Ci eseetit Llter-
ur } socii-t } Tbe baccalaureate sermon was
in cached on Bunda } by Rev H J Haper-
mun of Dakota City Monday and toda } an
devoted to the teachprK' department , AVcdncs-
day to the ronaervatory department , Thuri-
tlay to the bcientlflc department and Satur
day w ill be the day of the collpge uluinnl
banquet
] * > iiiiiiii rjiniint
ASHLAND , Neb. . Aug 10 ( Spncial ) Tbe
Knights nf Pythias lodges of this rlt } held
their first annual picnic at De } Street park
today. M n bom of lodge from Havelock.
Waverl } and I'lattsmouth were present A
ball game wat , played flietwt-en the hffme
ttam and the team tram Havelock , which
resulted IS to G , In favor ot tbe Auhland
team Tbe Havclock baud was present and
dispersed mublc throughout the da } Tbe
town "was thronged v\lth ppople
John M. Stnlil nt tlir riiniitnii jun.
SALEM Neb. , Aug 10 ( Special Tele
gram ) Thf cnthusIaHin at tbe intorstat'1
cbautauqua if > uuubuted Tbe cmvf't , htlll
came and Rev. Sam Small , a platform man
ager , keeps tbe program moving and the peo.
I Blitionmn nays this JB thp way
t-vt'ryliotly limUt. after Uit-y luive uttt-ndcd
our Uiii hlitie cU'uriiuee hiilt und it Isn't
iiuy wuiiflcr for iit-ver vote Miuh
Iveu in tan- shot * No hjiccittll
tun Kbw-b for u tuu t.luK elt'iuuiift ?
but our rt-sulnr lines tueu us w
l et'U wlllns all humnier just liurjrnin
jirlci-h like these Filter ludies' f4 taue
at ? 1.48 ladle-h' tail oxford * . , tin(2 Uiiid
lit 4St liiitwi-b * W tunt , jpl i. cliild'B
? l tiT UIUH ut $ l ir. uteiiV $ K Uouuau
tuns for ? Jt.4S This Is mi ojijtiirrunity
for jou to tuu the vvliole family at nl-
the jirii-e uf one jmii tkib t > ale
last ulwayp vvlipti these ure gone
v\u'll huvo full bhoes tu hlitvv jou.
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
1410 Furnam Street.
pip Imppr Hon John 01 B ah ! of hfagn
lncturt > d to thp farinrre.1.in Ibf forenoon nnd
A TV Hatrka of Bsnlmnrp Mfl In ibc
nftprnonn convulnHD MM audlpnrp hrougli
hl Inpturp on "SunBhlnt"i A tutocrllaneoim
conpprt of wbh-h thp Slayijuu Jubllep stngprn
wrrp the Ipadltig nttrncttfali cloned a ue-
ccmtul day
I2AU1.1 3IOUMG 1'JIJIt AT MNCOIA.
Fulli-rlon llrotlirrt. * Gri - Tj Morr 1111
O Strrrt i * llurnril.
LINCOLN. Aug 'n ( Special Tolp-
grnm ) TbP trame ' building at the
eornrr ot Thirteenth unfl 0 strnotB
occupied by Fullopton IlrothcrB. ' gro
cer } store , caught . .flrc . this morning
shortly after 1 o'clock. Thp upper etor }
was burnnd out Tbe building ! ie longpd to
tbe George Tucker estate and was consid
ered a fire trap Fulle-ton Ilrothcrs carried
ahout fl.BOO stock of groceries which Is
badly damaged b } flrp and water Georgt
N TbompTOti jpwelpr. and Sadlp I'uckett.
milliner in 'an adjoining building Buffer
ome damage Irani watet The Couglio
Fruit company hue a Email loss
So far &e lenrnod at thin hour mine of the
parties except Cougllo cat-ifd Itifluratipp
Tliosn who flret saw the fire bo } thpy heard
two explosions and then thp blaze flared up
In the tipper htorj. Which was n < < ed as a
Btore room The flro is suppcnpd to IIBVP
been incendiary
I-JVB 1H01" > * AD A HIS KXPUCTKll.
Moilt-rn AV ooilincii AMI ] UnitIliuiKtrr
I'lrnJi- Anj iir.
" \VAYKE Ndi Aug 1ft ( Sprrlal TPP- !
gram ) Thp second annual jilcnlc of tbe
Northeastern Nebraska Log Rolling BBMIPI-
atlon Modern "VVondmi-n of America will be
held here Thursdav of this weik nud the I
business mrn und local \ \ imdmeu arp making |
arrangements for a hie , time Nearl.v ever } ,
town in Northeastern Nihraska will have
large dilepa-Ions' here us eM-urslons will be
run on all branch lines of tb" railway It
is expected that Ii t'OO ' penple w 111 be p'resent
and man } bandh Lloutenant Governor
Northpote of Illinois will deliver tlip jirlucl-
pal address There w 111 \ > t all kinds of
amusements Decoration of the business
liousuB IB already In progress Ahout fort }
lodge v.111 take part in thr picnic to which
ev erybnd } if iuv bed j
I'rimU Mlti-ln II Spi-ur Hull. I
YORIC Neb Aug 10 ( Special ) Frank I
Mitchell recently arrcstid bv thp deput } !
'
Vulted States marshal for Illegal ! } selling
liquor at thta placp has KPeured bond for i
Jl.OOO and has returned from Lincoln to !
await the action of the grand Jur } this fall
Sioua Coiin1 > Pnlr Dnlt-K.
HARRISON Neb Aug 10 ( Special. )
The Sioux Count j Agi ii-ultural noclet } met j
todn > and arranged for holding a pount } i
fair this fall Tlie datei. arp September 14 i
15 and 10 Siou\ count } will also send an '
exhibit to the State fair j
B _ _ i
l , < -iii it. tin- Old Toun fur niv. .
ASHL-VNiD , Nib , Aup 10 ( Special )
Colonel T B Pickstt left for Greenwood to
day , where be v.111 btart a npw paper He i
has bppn In the nrwBpapcr hustne&G for a
number of } car& In tblfc city
AI-TT I'i Ini-iim ] nt Fiilltrtoii.
FTLLEUTON Nub. Aug (10 ( Sjieclal )
At a meeting of the school board last even
ing Mr E S Nlckerson.of Grctna Nph , was
elected p-lnclial ] of tbe Jullyrton schools for
the ensuing year , /
SHOTS TAIL or THEin. pritirosE.
Vliton MiirtliK-1. . IlriNi-K ! K AVlfi- mill
Tlirii Tri -H ti > ronimlt iili-lilo.
Anton Martlue'k , a qiip-lepged hhonuakfr
of Gibson _ concluded a v eek'noutid of
disblpation yelstarday moml.ig b } severnly
boating 'hb ? .wife Tbe v-omau was repeal-
edl } knocked down her fai badi } cut , and
one eye closed As soon is the fould get
away -from her drunken Uiu ; band hhe hur
ried to this c > t } and Svrorc out warrant
for bis an at Hearing iffthe issuatice of
the wnrrrnnt Martinet : j qri. that hj v. ould
never be takpu allv e and 'going into at > old
bureau drawer brought fo'th a ru t ? gun
v\hlch has not Been aervit * for } e r As
his wife appeared In tht dnoivav xipon her
return Martlnekwho vvas in waifng , thot
at hei 'hut the hall missed lu , mnik Tli"
woman ran tcrtamlng from the bouse and
aroused the neighbors Ditrin.- her absence
her hushand turned the pun upon himself
and Hied Tht bullet posi a through his
hod } about an Inch abe e the let. nipple ,
mulcting a painful but not nscwi-uill } mor
tal wound
Sbortl } after the shooting tool : place Oll- !
tors Barnes and Baldwin wlio wtjre detailed
to serve the warrant , arrivsd upcu the Bcene
and found Martinek lying on the floor where
he had fallen As thp otncs entered he
arose and eeatlng himself In a cluir coolly
filled hib pii > e and began to rnnokr The lo'i
of blood hovever which he had buffered
rendered him weak and be It'll In a swoon
He was later removed lu the patiol wagon
to St Joseph's hospital lie v 111 r"bJ-
bly recover.
l-ItlUMli. CALL 0 > JOHN JE\KI\f. .
rnreTTdl VlnH Hjiou HI inrtur -
for Mm Suliufliir.
John Jenkiiifi. the new 1 } appointed consul
of the TUiited States foi San Salvador WCP
tendBied a ver } pleasant surprise at his
resldencB on Sherman avenue last evening
hi a lew of his friends , jniembrrs of Nebraska
lodge No 1. lAnclent Free aufl Accepted
Masons , prior to his departure for that coun-
Mr Jenkins spoke in a brief manner of
the new field In which he Ih about to enter ,
Interesting description of the
giving a aer }
inhabitant * and their mode of living etc ,
and said that IIP proposed to do Ul m his
power to merit the confidence reposed In him
b } tbe appointment to the position usslgtu-d
John D Howe madea few remarks in
whiib lit alluded to the fact that Mr JenUnt
would he miEsed very much b } his friends , .
nud alter a few hour * , spent ID hocial con
vocation tbp part } hade tbe consul gnod-
> 5Mr Jenkins leaves Omaha Thursday of this
week. His famll } will J amain In Omaha for
the piesent. _ _
AHC tinI'ollir for Proti-rtloii.
Mrs. "Bertha Graham , living nt-a- Tenth
and Chicago wtieetb. applied at the prllto
btation la .t night tor protection against her
hurihand She elated that he cami home
about U o'clock and after nt-ntins her th-eat-
miHd to hboot her If she did nit keen imt
of the howie Tbe matter will lie investi
gated by the police today
Police null ! AVJiM Iloomh.
Tlie pollee nmcle uni ffnrt lant night to
round up the nmii } wine rooms of tbe cit }
Five women giving tfre' rtime-b of Alice
Claris Bottlia Golden. Fji > lieverp Emma
Dutu-an und Lizzie Muhdn vi'pri taken from
the wine IOOIIIH oiiurutixl b } IS11I } Huston
on lower Furnam Ktrei-U a"d from the
Kuliion of Ike Gulll wi North Sliteeuth
Btreet. The police unite VUe.5 will continue
the work until the jinKtliiof the w onion
vlHltlng the plutt-H IH
i i ij
If yon weie Mi'fc jvin vouldu't pro to
ahorwe doctor foi uca yiVjit , would youV
If you read u iieiv | } > er naturally
you \\unt the bust y ur" < lihardly ( exjiuct
to get all the uewh Trjjrg a ncwhjuijiei
that made u Ki > iuiul itiff ( rt to funiiHli
it to you The lleti nof onlj iimkct. tlie
effori hut it doeb ftinilfili all the newp
Tlie lUte'B news Kervict-JB uot apjirouched
hy any paper hi tlie iTrnuHmiKMBMppI
] CrjOhItlHi ( Mates tnnrti hemp news
more Ktate ue H mote foreign uewb
and more peueral ue\v K than any of them
Delh ered here in the city for 15 cunts
nev u days a AveeL If joure * frolng
away it'll be mailed von for 70 cuum a
mouth.
The Omaha Daily Bee
Circulation Department
17th and FainaoL Bee Building
FOSTER'S COURSE DEFENDED
3tate Deportment Anrwors the Ohargce
Made ty Prof , Hliott.
MS BEEN SAILING UNDER FALSE COLORS
Ill * Ili-jiiirt on tlir Si-nl luliiiiilK } < t >
rrrJndJpi-il thnl Si-cri-tnrj lIVuliip
Ui-t-lliii-il lt > 1'rcm-ul it
to ConiirMti. .
WASHINGTON , AtlR 10 Tbp Statp dp-
lartment hatmodp antncr to thp charpcs
; irofcrrod apaln John W. Foster by Pro !
*
EJenr } J Elliott In hlo letter to Aultttaut
Secretary Ia } . Thp State department BU } .
"Pro ! Elliott IK not nov nor ban IIP brent
: nr upvpral } ears connected vs-lth Um Smltb-
lonlan Inotltullou or any other department
if the pov crnnipnt In IS'iO hp mndp a ri > -
nirt on tbp ccal Islande nt. an nrent of thi
freasurj department , but It w-ue BO full of
inaccuratp ntatemrntn In-trn\ltip witch a want
if RClentlllr Liiowlpdpe wnc no hostile to thr
imprests of the United Statee and VVBK writ
ten In mien o prejudlred Rjilrlt that SPC'P-
tar } lllali e dpcllned to send U to cotip-cs *
r cllovr it to bp p-lntpd From that da i
Prof Elliott penned to hnvp nnv conncrtlon
with thp Rovenimciit nnd tbp ollirlalu av
he has lost no opportunlt } to attack even
step token l > v It on tinHtibjurt nnd to alntup
ill pcmotm hnvlnc an ] ofliflnl relation w 1th
senlltiK nmttoiB His tcpnrt wnb puntrd b }
the llrltlsh Rovernnipnt nnd wus strotiRl } r *
llpd upon b } thr B'ltlsh roun'ol holtirp tin
LrlbiitKil to overthrovv the position of thr
United Stati * "
LilKIH MtO\VS A GAIV.
li-K 'Notiii n IIIIIIIIMC-
Tin-lit Aiiiuitu nrl.luir CliiKxi-K.
\VASHINGTOK , Aup 10 Compamtlv P
liEitres cumplled b } the Departmrnt of Labor
In the form of iledurtlous from tin- last
CPIKUI ; statistics relntlnp to workers at
izaluful ocpuprtlanr , jiolnt to tbp fact that
IIOIVOUB at work , especially femnlen hnvp
Inrreasod ver } much fnstei than the popula
tion at large As a result tbp ntutement
shows that proportion of workcrr relative
to the tota' population and to tl-e whole
uumbeof people of 4he rcspectlvp ujei
\vus con lderakl } Rreuter in Ih'lO ' than at
the prpiedlnc ernsuE periods , nnd that thit
Inei " ifl > il jiroportlon i& apparent for each
nf tin preat elusnefa of occupationE. except
ngrji-ulturo fi'honep and mlnltip All this
the fitut'-niPiu Bets out Bhowe the Int-rejia
Inq Oiclncllt atlon of our population to fol
low agricultural pursuits This demotiHtratc'
that the ircreafce-d jitirtinn of workers it
found generall } in the hipher walltB of
htibiuctis life and lu tho-t * oi pupations which
call for okllled labor The coniluhlon If
accordlnpl } hlrted to he Inevitable that thi
Croat hod } of workers has ue a whole
prrtre nc'd and risen percejitlbl } in the ho-
clal . " = ale of life
TO THE GOLD -EliiCEKS :
Si-iTi-lurj IlllNH Stn Out tinCoiull -
tlouH in VliiHKn.
WASHINGTON. Aup 10 Secretar } Bllw
has taken copnizance of the rtibh to see tht
Klondike pnld heldb and Alaska , and has
Issued the follow lug warnlup to the general
public
In view of information received nt this de
partment that 3,000 persons with " 000 tons
of huRpuRe and freiptit uie novwaltlns at
tin- entrance to White Pass , In Alaska for
an opportunlt } to crosh the niimntulns to the
Yukon river , and that man } more an pri-
paUnp to join the-m I deem It p-oper to pall
the attention of all who eonttmplute muk-
inp that trip to the exposure privation suf-
ferlnp und dumber Incident thereto at this
advanced period of the season , even If they
Khould tnitceed In prosslnp the mountains
To renph Daw son Clt > w hen over thp pass
70 > miles of dillliult nnvlputlon will btll he
beftnp them and It doubtful If the } our-
IIPV ean In completed before the river IF
cloned bICP
1 am moved to draw public notice to these
i-oi dltlnii" bv the crnvlt } of the possible
t oiiBeiiupiit-e - to penple detained In thp moun
tuinouB wlltlernestdurinp five or six ninnthr-
of an arctic winter where 110 relief can
reach them however great the need
C N BLISS ,
Secretar } of the Interior.
AUK GETTING WOWS TO UIISlNESiS.
\riii i.r I'liiliCoiiiinlKKlon l.ooUinc :
Over Evlili-ni-f on Hand.
WASHINGTON Aup 10 The naval
armor heard was in se &lon again todav In
the Ordnance Bureau offices devoting nearly
all of thp time to a , tud } of tbe accirmu-
latpd Informntion in the Navy department
he-arlag on tbe subject of their iuveatipatlon
Of this tiere is a pi eat more , including the
great mart , of data collpcted for the 'h ' nefit
of Secretary 'Herbert when "he " reported to
congreis upon the coat -production of
armor and aUto the material collected in
pursuance of the inv estigation into the de
fective armor supplied some years ago by
one of the firms Tlie heard has arranged
lor a visit to Buthlehem and also to Cartie-
ple e armor works 'Bethlehem ' will be ve
iled Momla } morning Ju t 'hov long a eta }
will he nndp thrre bus not } et been Hot-
tied , hut from there the hoard w 111 po to
Oarntpie'fi plant near PittBburp Both of the
nrnioi muUt-rF havp volunteered t& admit
the nipmbero of thp board individual ! } to
the interior of their establKhmentp and to
fitmihli all -proper information culltd for.
which lemovEe an expected obstacle ao the
ItiveeilRution
GOOD 01 T1,0 ( K roil CO-1 TON CIHIP.
Slllltlll I-JI Stlltl-H It < - | > 01111 IlK-rfllNC
lu % ti-i-iicr ; roiiilJtlon.
WASHINGTON Aup 10 The letunm for
cotton to tbe Department of Apiiculture in-
tlieati an average tondltiou of 8C 8 on
Auciibt 1 BP-compared with Sfi 0 on .luly 1.
an increase of nlue-tentht , f 1 point Thp
average condition Anpust 1 IbMC v-ns kO.l
and thp average condition on August 1 for
the last ten } cans is HG 1 There has bi-en a
decided improvraie-irt in Georgia North
Carolina and South Carolina wherr thecon -
illtioiih have advanced ID T und C jmluU ;
rcjpp.ctlvt-1 } In tbe lower MiohiMtlppI valle )
the Improvcnipnt is much lees marked and In
Texuh there it. a decline of 10 polnti ; The
average * of thp etateb are us follow K Vir
ginia ii'J Lnulmana HO , North Carolina , 1)7 ) ;
South Carolina. ! ) " , Georgia U5 , PJorlda US.
Alubunm , 88 WlK le lppl 85 , lexnt. , 76 , Ar-
kiUL-ian , 0 Tennessee M ; Mibnourt , 85 , In
dian Terrltor } . U4. Oklahoma. J > G
I'olilliIliitiiM of Iwiirotir.
WASHINGTON Aug 10 Some factb ae
to thp coi duct of public imiht , in Eurojie
urp given in tlie current mnnthlj bulletin
of tbe Bfpurtment of Laboi 3 < i.howi ,
that the movement to provide bathe and
wash house facilities which originated In
England In IMl ! bun spread vvldi-1 } 4n Great
Britain and on the continent It notes
that the establishment of public wuhh houoeti
In connection with bath house * of the com-
rwlmmlnB end clcftnllne r tvpp in tint
no common KB In thp parly TPftrn ot thp
jnornmcnt Thp cuncpew of tbp movement
In Gprmany in r t bll hlnp worklngmen'n
baths of th nhpwor bath typp In cttpd
pvldpncp that thp nlmpler nnfl IPMB ex
pensive forms can be Jntmt protltalrty In
troduced by American ortle * in their first
attempts to ) irovldp working clawiec with
adequate baths for demising and rofretth-
uieut
or
Giijitnln Wllniiii T iilUn lu AVn
of C-i i > | ii > Out AV i-xt.
WASHINGTON AttR 10 ( Sppclal TclP-
pram ) Aotltip CommleBioner of Internal
Ilevenur Wllwin hns rpppntl } rrturund from
an exlennlit * trip throuph the west , and
brlnw a personal rrjmrt ronftrmatory of In-
rrcaslnc Imnltipss HP said thut throughout
Nebrauka Iowa and Kutisns signs of pros
perity atntnip the ppoplt arp lipoomlnp dnlly
mon v islble At OtnHlm onp of HIP larppirt
dlstllllnc firms In thp west report pd an In
rrrnnp of SO per pnnt in its business last
month Cuptalu Wilson v lulled thp great
packing hotms and found them nil tuisj
OtnIlrm ri-porled that Itis uhlpmrntc avpi-
agpd fortr-llvp cnrlondc a clay and ou thp
flav Cnptuln Wllhon was then spvent } car-
loadn went out Wln-at , porn und oatf. crops
lu tin western nlates lire thp largest thr }
hnvp had for } rars and prlrtti are Bteadll }
rising
Thp pomptroller of tlie rurrpncy tndnv
madp publlr an abstract of thp reports from
th tour national bntiks at PPS Molnps la. ,
of thplr condition Julj i ; , It nhowe total
rpsouicps of $4 nsri. .is. loans and dlscountn
ngprppatlon of $2 n5 .i8S , and noorve on
hand and Opposttpfl w 1th rearrv-p ncpnts. $1.-
It'SnjK of which SllClltt wns gold DP-
juvlts amount to Jl 441P,2 ! ) and the ovcrnpp
resejvc held was : :7.70 : jipt tent
W H Ctarv of Omuho IR in thp cltv In
nn Interv lew In a local pappr IIP Is predlted
v 1th nominating W J Ill-van for ronpre'w
und Is clawed among the leading dcmocratB
of thu stnto.
C C Woodwotth of Omnlir. IB In town
It lb cjipprtid at tin Stute department tlmt
Judge Oshotne , the newly appointed cotu.ul
genural to Apia , will quallf } nomc time next
w oek
AIM-LIES T < l AL.L HOMEVT13AUEHS.
l.tiTi Iiifi-nilril I'lu-.v sluiulil Hut iu
Ctiinrti-r Vi-i-tloii of Lnitil.
AVA HINGTON Aug 10KiliUunt At-
tonipy QpneralBtidevntrier of the Interior
deportment bus prepaiefl nnd Aitlnp Secri--
tury Rvnu todn } approved of a ilt'ciclou
which will be of PomUlei able Intercut to
thp public land tUntet ,
Section ( i of tin act of March " 18S9 au
thorised tbohi who had partial ! } e\erci ed
their boniBPtind pilvllegp to maktan addi
tional etutr } of juililu- laud MO as to make
a full quota of IfiO ucips lleretofoip this
tuictinu has been coiibtiued in , uiplvln ] enl }
to UIOM who hud iiartlall } exercUetl ihrlr
homestead iirivilept hufore the piibhape ol
the act Tin decision iih that U waa the
evident Intrutlou of congress to jirovlde n
means wheroh } ever } liiimtBteader might uc-
qulrp title to IfiO nctes of land notwith
standing n jirlnr partial exercise of the
hoinetucud right
\i-- n lor tinriin. .
WASHINGTON. lAug 10 ( Special Tole-
pram I Lieutenant Colonel Traucib E Lace } ,
Third Infantry bos been placed on thp re-
tlied list
Captain Jllllnrd T Waits- Twelfth Infantry ,
has been relieved from dut } at the Alcmiihit ,
( Tenn ) iu&tltuti
Leaves , of absence Captain Augustus T
Blockhou Sixth cnvalrv , forty-five dayH.
Lii'Utenant Arthur Thnjer. Third cavalr } .
four months. , Lieutenant Prank Tompkins
Seventh cnvalr } fort } dab , with permlflBiiin
to appl } for thirt } da > e' extension , Lipu-
teimnt Willis Uliue Eleventh liifantr } , ex
tended twtnty-four dnvt
I'rivute Harr } L Trowhrldpe compauy G.
Tv.entjecaud Infantry Port Clook , hub been
transferred to tht hospital corps ub u priv
ate
lui olt IK n MOP .
WASHINGTON Aup 10 The State de
partment has not jet received the application
from tht British pov eminent for permission
to run a telegraph lint through the United
States terrltor } connictinp the pold lleldt
of the Klondike with the outer world It
IB Bald that the appllcctlon will raise a
new question onJy pomparablt to that which
was involved In the establishment of tht
mixed mail route in Alaska , which pavt
rise RO much talk
-\ol l > i-Ktlm-il for Cnlin.
WASHINGTON. Aug 10 The government
will order tbe release of tlie schooner Blanchi
Morgan , now detained at B-idgeport , Conn. ,
as a suspected illlhuhter Captain Vcrry
rcp-Dsectlng the E crnment at the Bridge
port ammunition works , wan at the depart
ment today and stated that the ammunition
found on the Morgan 'belonged ' to tbe pov.
eminent and was being shipped to New
York
Jul ? Import * of P
WASHINGTON , Aug 10 The treasur }
elUcmcnt of Imports of cugnr chows that tht
July Importations at the six principal ports ,
Baltimore Botrton N-rw Orleans NPW York ,
Philadelphia and San Francisco , aggregated
178.004.0CO pounds valued at ? 4.in .245 01
tlus amount 4R 009.112 pounds lalurd at
? 1.242afi3 camp In free tinder tbe reciproeltj
treaty with HEW all
WASHINGTON. Aug 10 .Todavs state
ment of the condition of thp treasurj shows
Available cash balance , $22B.l)70,3S7 ) , gold reserve
serve 140,705 414
IIiirltoi-H n Vli-liitiH I > oir.
Tlobprt Houpbton. o teamrter living at
? 02S Burdette Btreet hns been arrested for
maintaining n vicious flop Tin t omiilalnt
was Bwoin out li } u ntighbor vho alleges
thut tbe canine In cjucRtlon eMriu-led a
large Ber-tlon of bis tiousors vhlle lie
wasn't looking He IB of tin opinion thut
the dog ought to be nhot _
r-orlVlHne HI * 1'nroli- .
Howard Ilanmiond. ullap ChurfeB Cad-
vvoad , was jiicl.ed up b } the police In the
lowoi section of thp town last night und
locked up us u suspicious churui'ter Cudweed -
wood In u paroled e-onvli-t und hup fulled
to n-port ut Lincoln ut proper Interv urn
HeWHB urre-Hted on request of tin fitutp
uutborttles
THE JIBILTV MA1UCET.
INSTRI fENTS placed on ncord Tucstdu } ,
August JO IB'l"
WAJWtANTT DEEDS
Mpjrwnll A. F Co to B A und J H.
Kritimbrlnl : . lot 14 , block 1 , Maxwell
t P add . J 4.V
M S Lawrence to John Pox , lot C ,
block n-1 South Omaha 1,001
Pet or HUIIBPII to J 1 * .lut-ohBon. lot 1C ,
Iilock 1 Hlmt-bnuph t I' p sub . IK
W J Mount and wife to M J Trulund ,
p 50 feet lob G block 5. Heed's lut 101
Druid Hii : Building As oclutlon to
ClirlPtlna Iledcll et al , lot 17 block 2
Uruid Hill . 1.7W
BEEDS
Sheriff to E It MuthlH , w ffi fuet of
nV lot 2. Uuull'b BUb . . . 1.00 :
Sam'e to ChrlHt Selknr , nk lot 1 and
t 15 feet of nV. lot 2 burnt ! l.COJ
Total amount of trancfern ' t G.ori
REFORM ft CIVIL SERVICE
Dr Hale Delivers tin Address oa tbe SubJDot
Before Soioiitists.
SENTIMENT GROWING IN THIS COUNTRY
Governor llltii-U nf Nrn 1 orU 1 * 111U
tfrlr Di-iimuii-fil HluiiK of tlit
Ttuiro 1'iilnt to M
DETROIT Atip 10 Mrmlipre of thr Amo
Iran Association for thp Advanrcmnnt ot
Solencp v\ore Brtll nrrlvlnp v\hpn thp flaj- '
Bcsclon lipgnn The peneral council after
ithurt ninriiUiR ReMloti adjournpd until tn-
iilpat vvhen it U c-xpectnd that candidates for
ofllcp and thu nevt place of uipetlnc vlll b *
ToiJn1 * ppupral vpmlon watt b-lcf and wa
oocuplfd mainly 1n annottnt-pmentR Tbe
bntnnlt-fil b-atich met thin morning and
olnctcd olllreri ! to III I the vacancies. J J.
Davis of llnulne , Wls , being named as proul-
detit and P lr Wnodb of Washington. Hocrp-
tar } Permanent onicon. . worp elected tncm-
bcrs
Members of HIP Amprlcnn Ctipmlcul so
ciety arp visiting thp IH-trolt labnratorlra nnd
nianulnrtorlcs toflu } Thp prngranib of sclcn-
tillc nddrcBBce and fllgcusslous bufurp the rn-v-
oral hoctians of the association thin alternoun
wore extensive and for the most part laigolr
attended MOB ! of the pHpcrs read vvprp by
iiiptlalistb | dintlnpulshed In their respective
lines
KEPOIIM IN CIVIL SERVICE
Propprdlnps were inllvened bv n criticism
of Governor Ulntk of New Yoik b } William U.
Hale. Ph U of Brnokl } n. before the wet Inn
of social and u-onnmir sclent o Dr llule'n
nubjtict wiib "Civil Service Itelorm" He
bald in part
Last \ear nt Buffalo 1 pieBPtittd to the
siiclutioii u Gist us'iioii of the currency
quL-stlun. und lutei 1 liud the satisfaction
that tht people of the Vulted Status , bun
emphatic vote , udopled tin view lor which
] then coirii'iided At thut tlnu u preut
political pait } , lioltllnp w hut 1 ic.utd ( ua
sound v leu s on thin question w UP coin plied
to noinliiute u tundldali foi the ofllpe uf
povcrnoi of tin Ktuti of New Yotk , and
Biili-cted for thut nlllct u } ounp nmn This
man Pi unl. S Him k un alien to thp stuto
h } huth. was denlned to 1111 the thief ex
ecutive olllic und to liei-otne tin nuiht bitter
and foiinlilnlilt- opponent thut tht merit rjH-
tein t'v r met
Pol xevein.1 tlt-cudc" thirt has been gindu-
ullv prowlnp up In Enplund und Anierl a a
sKtctn nf testing In eonipi'tltlve examina
tion" tin fltnpKB or pttHonu to In appointed
to publli nllues nesults have been in tha
main sntlsfm toiv to tuxpu.ver and dltt-
tabtoful imlv to pioresolnnul politicians who
look tin pulillt unites us spoils und mum
ta\pnver . UN lit subjects to plutuler Thti
Bstem VVUB adopted to u limited extent by
'lie Mute of New Yoik In 1SS : > lunc bi-fore
tin udvent of llluck within our liniuerj and
Bltudllv liipie-u'ed In i-tllcltncv and In luvor
v\ith tin- people Governut Bin k ftlpnal-
Ire-d his in cession to ofllpe ov embodying in
his umnml muhsiige to tin legislature u
rei-nmniGiidution thut luplHlntlon lip hud
which would untliurln the uppoltiinient ot
emjilovtB In the ilvll Be"vlee ut the foot
of the list lirnt which Is evldeiitl } foibid
den bv the constitution The legislature )
hud not the temeiltv to earn out 'his
uuducious "ugreMtloii , but ntur the clo- nf
the nt" slon It passed a bill w hlch the
povernor pieiiured. providllip that examlnu-
tlon for merit Hhnuld lie held I ) } the Civil
Service commission und should eouirt only
f > 0 per e"iit , und Unit exumlnntlons for tlt-
ncBh hhould lie held bv pel sons holding tha
power to make appointments and miould
uLso pount BO per cent und the total p r-
centure of pen-oils exunilm d should be UB-
certnliied b } adding the n suits of both ex
aminations The ruli-B when llnntly
udopt < * d hnfl bpen BO inodlfied at Governor
Bluc ) > p RtiggeftlDii KB tu assist BpoIIsmcn
to the full ezti-nt permitted b } tbe consti
tution. If not moie
Referrlnp to the relatlon-'hlp of civil
son ice reform to thp question of htate and
municipal ownership of quusi-jiublic works.
Dr Hale bald
Thpre are man } obvious advuntages In
I having a responsible government control
and operate n.11 franchises * which usp pul -
Hc hlphv\uvs and "iipplv jiulilic necesltlcB. .
It is well thut thp tomfoit und canvenletica
of the piojile who me supplied hy thesa
monopolies lit iimile the purumount t onslder-
utlon Strikes and bovctitu , . the bane nl
street rullwuv tjmeniH , would thus be
averted or minimized 1 believe this coun-
trj is on the evi of nvast exletiHlon of
municipal owneruhlp ittid contro of systems
to buppl } light , heat , transportation , etc ,
i Perhaps thei t is dunger of too sudden and
i exploblv * a movement In this direction.
Work of this kind lequlres skill. Industry
men Tht hBtem of jefornn-d civil Bervleo
which alms to ppcure und to a lurce extent
Biii-pLpdp In HI curintr the be-Bt men for Qm
performnncf of public duties nflordB the
only economical and thereforp , thp only
ptuetlcai so utlon of the prohlem of pov-
ernniemul adnilnlBtratlou of tliuse natural
monopolies for the jiublic
MoriTronlili - Itri-w IHK lit GUlmtlown.
SAN niANCISCO Auc 10 Warning no
tices evidently directed upulntU the ChlnuiMJ
Societ } for EiiBllHh Education , huvr been
jjoMpd on the deud wullp of Chinatown.
\Vlthout belnf ; nanii d. the Boclet } IB poinled
at an huvliiR levied blacUmull on women
of Ill-repute Imported Irom China- The jios-
tei BUVH "Ijlvin have linen OBt befote for
[ inch little UiiiiRd and the } may be Unit
again " It IB hlpned "Mook Chlng Society. "
It ban cau" d coiiBidcrulile coiiRternutlon.
The pollrt who huvt torn down thp notices ,
tn ut the matter serioii" ! } and think there
will fiton be more murders in the Cliineiio
quarter
liiu < i-A UlN Hull } nrollit-r.
PITTSBUKG. Aus 10 Mre Georce Ruth-
man of Beaver Tallh heurd n jtocullur
nolue tin the buck pori h of ber residence.
She found that her Him , act d 7. had Innurted
Un tubt of u bicycle pump in the mouth
nf ber 3-veai-old lie } und WUH HllliiB him
full of wind as fuBt tin IIP t-ould work tb
jiump liundla. The Inlunl UUB uncotiBclauu
and its llrtle Htimiuch was induted like u.
liullotm Tin mother pulled the tulip Irom
the cblld'h mouth and the ulr followed with
u Bhurp Hiiund like the i-xliuuHt of un ulr-
lirake on a rnllvsu } train Tinbuny re-
cov ered consciousness
Iliiiiort. Ili-iiilNllloii. .
BPKINGFIELD , Ilk , Auc 10 Governor
Tanner bus honored the lequlBltlon nf tbe
poitirnor of South Dakota for tin- return of
Henry E Balle } wantid In PennliiBton
county , South I1iilotu : churc'-d with em-
Iie27.lt ment as UKfilimce of the f undB of thu
Hupld A'ulley Hiirne Hunch enmpuii } Ttie
money of the t ompuii } , umountltiF to $19,000.
V.UB depoBltud In the biinl.ini ; IIOUHC of
I'.ullej . Co Bv order of tht oourt It wan
ul ! paid out on deliiH est ept a certain HUIII
which rt-nialned when the banl : failed lu
Ibs Bulle } IB now curryinp on an liiHur-
unce liualnusb in Chlcuca.
- rroi-n < > rflcri-il tii
CLAVTON N M AUB 10 Notices have
been conhplcuouHl } jioHted about town w urn-
inn all internes to It uvi before AUEUHI 1& .
Nearly all the neuroe-H beie are preparing to
go away
Hurl , from Ni-tlit-rlnmlh. .
NEW TOIIK AUB 1C-AVIlliam E Qulnby
of Detroit late X'tilfd States minister to
the NetherluiidB , urrlve-d toduy on board
the J.teumer Wenu.-n.und trom Antwerp
"O'e me tnuUiiiR rspccinl low jirlccB on
the Klmlmll jiiiuio JUKI now low jiilr8
for cithh lo\v iirli-ct. . ou tlif CIIP.V tcrnm
wb annotttd foi it don't itmLi * nuy
fliffi'icDTO how low wp nmli' tin * price
ou tbe Kiiiilmll or lioint . \ \se niuki *
the UTiiih tht Klmlmll ii. the mnuii ul-
wu > h no cht'iip , ttnii-liulilc lustruini'iit
hut the sunnKimlml ! tlmt tinfiitat
muHlulunh of tht' woild eudornc the
piano Unit IIUK ail nlmolutu iitirnnlce
of thp inuUfr uufl wllt-r jittm-hi-d to each
luhtrumt-ut tliat'B the Ultid of a phuio
yon -wuut , Isn't it 'i When tlie price JH
the lowest of anj high tnude iiiHtiinnttiit
iimdp at low at Btmie that ui i > not high
grade ,
A. HOSPE.
iliisic and Art. 1513 Douglas.