THE Oai All A DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 4 , 185)7 )
fi t t"I T I AtT I T A f T A f 1 I I / * 1t M II
RIiBATL ON LIQUOR LICENSE
Novel Point in the Administration of the
Slocumb Law ,
SALOON KEEPER WANTS PAY FOR LOST TIME
lllft Mrctiftu llclil Up liy OliJFdorn for
IJnjN HP SUP * for
ance nnil U'litu
, Stpt. 3Special. ( . ) A case
which was tried In the dlnrlct court of
Ncmaha county and Is tnkcn to the supreme
couH on en or Involves some Intercstlnp
nolntH In the state liquor Ian. In this case.
John \V. Major , Jr , In May , 1894 , made
application ( or ,1 lliior | Hcrnso In the city o (
Auburn , and on the 10th ot the fame month
a remonstrance wan ( Hod nKalti't the Rrant-
InR "f the license The hearing wan held on
June 5 and the remonstrance was overrulul
Mayer paid $760 and took out Ills licence the
next day The remonstrants appealed the
CAM and made application to Judge Uusli , In
chambers , tor n writ of mandaniua to prc-
% ent Mi > cr htm fioltiR ahead with the husl-
ncce The writ was granted , and was served
on Jnb 28 , ordering the mayor and city coun
cil to revoke the license , and also requir
ing Mayer to stop Hclllnc liquor until the
case should be heard In district court. When
the case came up for trial. Ma > cr was found
to be entitled to a licence. A new une was
lik-jeil on October 25 , 1891 The aaloonman
had Init eightynineilajo , and prracntcd n bill
to the city council for the refunding of $131.0" )
llccn p money , and $60 CO occtipillin tax The
bill \\sta rejected , but In a trhl In countv
court was ordered txtlcl , The elty appealed
to the district court , and wa aRaln defeated
The ca e now conus to the supreme court tor
adjudlcatinn
CONVICTED HOUSB THini" AI'l'KALS.
Another ease recently filed Is IroiiRht up
on error by D\vlKht II Hurlbuit of Srotts
Illuff county who has been convicted of the
crime of stcjllng three horse * 'I he con
viction was had In the rtl trlc-t court of Scotts
IllulT county , on a complaint that chalgcd
llmlhurt with havliiR stolen the homes four
times The first count of the complaint
icads "Accused , on or About the 8th day of
Miy , 1896 htolo three nurses In IloItutte
county , Nebraska and carried them to Scotts
llluff county Nebraska , nnd there stole them
on June 10 , 18 % " The necond count charges
that he tolo three horses In Chcjcnnc
county on or about the Sth da } of Ma } 1S9G ,
nnd after having carried them Into Scotts
Bluff county stole them again on June 19 , The
Jury b ought In n gent-rat verdict of horcc
otcilliiK. and the prisoner was sentenced to
eighteen months In the penltentlar } Hrror
Is claimed beetle the court in that count }
had no Jurisdiction and nlso for the leason
that the prosecution nan not requited to elect
upon which count the prisoner was to be
trkil ' 1 ho claim Is made that tho-c le > a
repugnancy in the two counts that cannoi
iio reconciled The brief filed also fct ? foith
that no camplete record of the case waa kept
In the tilal court , the names of the Juiors
not having been made a part of the rccoul
For these and nnmcrouu other toaioiid a IE-
vereal la asked for.
LINCOLN NOTHS.
The executive committee of the prohibi
tion state committee met In Lincoln yester
day afternoon. D. L Whitney , aocretary of
the Heatrlce Chantamiui , was cho'en to nil
the vacancy on the state ticket for regent
of the University of Nebraska The com
mittee adopted a white rose a the emblem
to bo placed on olllclal tilatc ballotn this fall
This morning at a very early hour Special
Olllcer Curran of the Burlington road wat
arresting n drunken man at the passenger
dqpot when he was stabbed in the left elde
under the ribs The man gave his name as
James Murray. Curran's wound was found
not to be a serious ont
C L Holtz , lately of Waterloo , this state ,
was arrested here at noon today by Deput }
Sheriff Hill of Omaha and will be called on
to answer to the charge of embezzlement.
When bfarclicd here today Holtz had on his
person $ i.r > 08G He will Ibe taken to Omaha
tonight by Deputy Sheriff Hill.
1'ollco Sergeant Harr } Nightingale has ob
tained leave of absence and gone to Tort
Collins , Cole , to attend his own wedding ,
which occurs tomorrow.
Omaha people at the hotels : At the Lin-
dell II. C. Brome , J. C. Howe , W. H. Mul-
hall , C. C. Waterman , C. Holmes , J. Hauck
At the Lincoln J. P. Kallon , C. 0. Scott ,
II. S. Ford.
\VOMIJVS nTv AT run uni'Mov.
Ilrlli-f CoriiH tinMmiiN of Mtrnetlnpr
a Inrjo Altt'iiiliinrr.
SUTTON , Neb. , Sept. 3. ( Special. ) This
was Women's llollef corps day at the reunion
and there was the largest attendance on the
grounds of any day of the week Mrs. M. V.
Clark presided , and In Introducing the pro
gram delivered a pathetic address on the part
taken In the war by the women "those
bravo armv nurses who In camp and hospital
and near the red line of battle were found
doing their duty to the wounded and dying
soldiers , and caught the last messages of love
to bo sent to mother , sister or sweetheart ;
nnd another , larger , but not less heroic band
of mothers and sisters , whoso story will never
bo told ; whoso anguish can ne\er be meas
ured. "
The program for the day was as follows-
Pracr ; "America ; " recitation , Miss Nellie
Schwab ; solo , Miss Irene Hone } ; address , by
Mrs ridolla M , Huplper , Department Senior
Vlco President Howard ; volunteer speech by
Ilev. Larkln ; volunteer speech , Captain Cut
vcr of Mllford ; quartet , Mica Ada Gray , Mrs.
JMIth Clark , Mr. C. H. Gray. Dr. Clark. Mlsa
llcrtha Carney recited "A Tale of Old New
England , " followed In clewing by Iho Everett
quartet.
At the campflre Colonel Gage , Captain Cul
ver and others spoke.
MMmintsii.i. . in : I : > TIHT\IMI >
I ) mi ( < . Hc < -i > tloiiN mul
Durliitc ( lit * iiirnniiiiu'ii | ( VV'ci-k.
DAVID CITV , Neb , Sept. 3. { Special ) In
respanso to the efforts mndo by the officers
jjid niPinbers of company 13 to secure a bat
ftillon encampment bcrc , companies of In
funtry and a troop of cavalry will go Into
camp at the fair grounds on tbo Ilth and re
main In camp until tbo 14th. To eliow the
members of tbo camp tbat tlio cltl/eim of this
Vlclnlt } appreciate tlio favor , ( lie citizens
committee lias arranged a program of exer
clsi-3 for tbe entertainment of those who favo
tlio rncamiiment by tbelr presence. Monday
September 13 , lias been chosen as cltlzenn
day ( .lovcrnor Holcomb and tlio visiting
officers of tbe camp will tie tendered a recep
tlon at tbo opera bouso on that evening by
tlio cltlretiH of Divld City and Duller county
followed b ) a military ball In honor of tli
troops at Camp Custer. A grand pyrotecbnl
din play on tbo public square has been nr
ranged for on one evening of the encamp
went.
NI3WSPIM3liWITH A HlvroilV
Klolirurii 1'loiii-i-r Ci-lf-liriitrn KM
T i nil j'I lilril Annl > i-mur ) .
NIOI1HAHA , Neb. , Sept. 3. ( peclal. ) Tlia
l Iobraia I'loncer under tbe management of
Its founder , 13d A. Pry , will cclebrato Its
twentj-third anniversary today by giving a
brief blito'y ot tbe editor and ( several local
attractions. It Is tbo flr.it aud oldrat ncwu-
pa | > er In Knox county ,
OlinrKt-il iv Illi IluriiliiK .lull l'ni'r ( > .
HASTINGS , Neb. , Sept. 3. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Henry Koch , who was arrested two
weeks ago ( or tu-lllng liquor at llolsteln
without a license , was up before County
'Judgo llalley today , charged with burning
quilts , plllowb and books , all property ot
'Adam county , whtlo In jail two weeks ago ,
] Io was bound over to tbe district court In
tbo sum of 1200.
Cnumlcrw Conul ) -iiililli-iin TlrUi-t ,
\VAIIOO \ , Nc-b. , Sept. 3. ( Special Tele-
Bram ) The republican county conventloo
met hero today and nominated candidates
lor county oftlcru. Kor treasurer , I'ctcr An-
dcrion of tli to place ; county judge , L. 1-3 ,
Qruver , preeent Incumbent ; county clerk , C.
'AVeDStrmid , preeent Incumbent ; county
uptrluietnlcnt , Eliuir H / ol Aihland ;
sheriff. O A Iluck , prt nt Incumbent , reg-
later of deeds , John W. Moon of Ashland ,
Mirvojor , WV Alt pr cnt Incumbent J
coroner , Dr. Ira Slonc of Mead ; cotnmlfAloner
F ret district , H. K , Marcy present Incum
bent The convention was budneoillke from
the beginning anil only a thort time was
consumed In making nominations The
ticket IK A good one and It Is expected that
a winning fight will be made , notwithstand
ing the fact that fus on 1 to be contended
with. The convention was enthusiastic nnd
perfect harmony prevailed
IIOIIHOU' MONK * TO III , V UATTI.H.
Pnrinrrn n < tiniiini * 'I I HIP Vrp I'nj tntx
Off 'Iliflr I'll nil MnrtUMUrn.
OSCHOLA , Neb , Sept 3. ( Special ) The
farmers of Polk county during August de
creased the Indebtedness on their farms by
over $5500 , and borrowed over $20000 above
the amount of chattel mortgages released
for the purpose of buying cattle to cat up
thu laige crop of corn In addition to thin
excellent allowing of prosperity a $1000 ell }
moitgagc was released Here Is the mort
gage record for the month Karm mortgagee"
filed , twelve , amounting to $7,003 , released ,
sixteen , amounting to $12,533 , city mortgage
released , one. amounting to $1,000 ; chattel
mortgages filed , seventy-eight , amounting to
1S,7S1 ! , released , twent-three , amounting
o $ T99G.
1'ONCA , Neb. , Sept. 3 ( Special ) The
lortgago record of Dlxon county
or August shows a large Increase
n c-lintU'l mortgages , due to farmers
mrrowlng money to buy cattle teat
at their torn Farm mortgages continue to
ccrcasc. The record for the month Is as
oltowB 1'arm mortgages filed , sixteen ,
mounting to $11,379 ; released , twenty-one ,
mounting to $15,491 ; town mortgagee ? filed ,
our , .amounting to $878 ; released , four ,
mounting to $8C > 2 ; chattel mortgages filed ,
01 , amounting to $4r.C29 ; released , fortj-
ilnr , amounting to $17,359
wr.iti : M > T so MYM , Arrnii AM. .
.Incnlli lliilflH Illilii't ( Ji-l tinCriiTvilH
Ili-i < ir < * ( t I'ri'Hfiit.
LINCOLN , Sept. 3. ( Spcclil Telegram. )
The slzo of the crowd In the city to attend
ho popocrallc conventions hns been so wildly
xaggciated In the eastern press that pains
lave been talun to find how man } of the
Mtors stopped at the hotel < > On Tuesday
ho hotel reglntcrs of the elty showed less
ban 500 names , which Included a number of
cgular boarders On Wednesday nnd
VcdnenUy night B2ri people registered Some
of them howevci , had their names on the
books the day before On Thursday there
\oro not a hundred now arrivals at the hotels
on account of the conventions
On many other occasions the rush has
> ecn greater , both at the hotels and at the
> oardlng houbcs
W J. Hrjnn left for Iowa on the G o'clock
rain this evening to spend a few das He
tas ananged to speak In St. Louis on Labor
lay.
111 itii.\it < 4 AT woiiic IN A nni'or.
I'rj it ) OIM-II the Siifo l li l > i M n 111 lie ,
lull I lie PIISIPnllM Tin-in.
SPIUNOriELU , Neb , Sept. 3 ( Special
Telegram. ) Hurglars made an attempt to
crack the naft > In the Mihsourl Paclllo depot
at this place last night The handle of the
safe was forced off with a large fishplate
and a charge of diiamlte pouted Into the
hole. A fuse was inserted and lit , but tailed
to explode and the binned fuse was found
sticking In the safe- this morning by Agent
J C. Gclb. There Is no clew except a bra-s
strap from a locomotive which could enl } be
obtained from an engine or hhops The
vvould-be robbers arc supposed to have come
in on the 10 30 train last night. The ticket
lack was pried open but nothing taken.
Scvtial pieces of baggage- were cut open and
a breastpin taken from a satchel.
lnm-iiNt T Counts Similar SrlinnlN.
IlKN'NnTT , Neb , Sept 3. ( Special ) The
Lancaster county bible school annual con
vention closed a two das' fCRslon last night.
Only a small number of the Sunday school *
of the county were represented Hcv. W. H.
Hlndman of the First Presbterlan church ,
Lincoln , spoke Wednesday evening on "The
Book We Study" His address was well ap-
nrccbted. Thursday evening Ilev. II. C
Myers of Lincoln spoke on "Christ , the
Model Teacher. " The following officers were
lected for the ensuing } ear : Hev. A. A.
M Van Dulne of Holland , prc'ldent ; Rov.
W. H. Hlndman of Lincoln , vice president ;
Mrs Jesalo Winchester of Lincoln , secretarj ;
George II. Etley of Yankee Hill , treasurer.
It was decided to hold next } car's convention
at the FIrft Presbyterian church , Lincoln ,
beginning May 25
filrl Vi'i-liU'iilnllj Shot.
OSMOND , Neb , Sept. 3 ( Special ) Miss
Anna Nelson , a domestic In the home of
Arthur Drown of this place , was seriously
shot by the accidental discharge of a gun
today. A young man by the name of Aug
Dcdlow was fooling with the gun when It
went off , the charge lodging In the girl's
leg , which was badly lacerated.
Telephone Iti-iiuliCH Mirlloil.
SHCLTON , Neb , Sept. 3. ( Special. ) The
Nebraska Telephone company today made the
connection which gives Shelton communica
tion with the outside world. The headquar
ters of the telephone company have been lo
cated In the- now building to be occupied by
A. H. Mori Is as a drug store.
MMii > Cattle Will He Pi-tL
NIOIIKARA. Neb , Sept. 3. ( Special. )
There will bo more cattle fed In this county
this season than ever before In Its history.
Already hundreds of head that have been
ranging on the reservations west of hero are
being driven to farms for feeding old corn
to make way for the new civip.
MmiiHon TiilUM from tin * Triilii.
TECUMS13H , Neb , Sept 3. ( Spec ! I ) One
hundred and fifty perbons listened to a flvc-
mlnuto ppeech from a car platform nt the
depot hero } csterday by Jerry SImpbon of
Kansas. Mr. Slmifon was en route homo
from the conventions at Lincoln.
It Isn't everybody tlmt can toll nil
the ( 'ood ami bad qualities of the dif
ferent makes of pianos when you can
buy a piano that all the gioatest musi
cians of the VAoild consider the acme
In piano building a piano that a dealer
has handled continually for twenty-live
ycais and can still lecoinmend and
( juaiantee It looks as though that
would lie a ptetty tfood piano to tie to ,
don't It ? Well , the Kiniball Is that
piano you don't need to know any
thing about pianos when jou buy ti
Klmball The teims mo easy the pi ice
Is low the i > luuolilgh grade.
A. HOSPE.
Music ana Art. 1513 Douglas.
HOLTZ IS UNDER ARREST
Embezzling Farm Hand is Caught at
Lincoln Easily.
LOVE FOR A GI3L CAUSES HIS CAPTURE
Iluek to Waterloo to Induce
School Olrl to Kliipc nltli
Him mill PrU-iulx lletrii }
111in.
WATBULOO , Neb , Sept 3 ( Special ) It
has Just developed that Ucrt Holtz , the farm
hand who fleeced Mrs Mary Kcnneway out
of icvcral hundred dollar : , the proceeds ot a
carload of stock sold some time ago on the
South Omaha market , as exclusively recorded
at the time In The IJee was In this vicinity
during the greater part of two das the fore
part of the week Ho came here for the pur
pose of Inducing a school girl , with whom ho
Is deeply Infatuated , to accompany him on
his flight. At first the girl consented to go
with him , but when the time set for their
departure arrived the girl changed her mind
and refused to go. During his stay here
Holtz hid In a bun on the outskirts ot the
town. Ho communicated with the girl
through two "friends , " residents of Waterloo.
After the girl refined to fly with him Holtz
contracted with another citizen of Waterloo
to haul him ( Holtz ) oveiDand to Lincoln. SUicc
his departure for Lincoln Holtz's friends
here have worked hard trlng to Induce the
girl to join Holt7 at Lincoln. In the moin-
tlmo the two friends learned that Mrs. Ken-
neway had received an Inkling of what was
transpiring and had decided to place the case
In the hands of an Omaha detective agency.
Foreseeing that Holtz would bo run to earth
teen after a detective struck his trail here ,
the two friends In order to win out a few dollars
lars proposed to Mrs. Kennoway that they
would make known to her his whereabouts
for $50 Mrs. Kcnneway agreed to the hold
up The $50 , however , will not be paid to
the informants unless Holtz Is landed on the
strength of their Information.
A deput } sheriff went to Lincoln this mornIng -
Ing after Holtz and succeeded In locating him
nt the place' designated. Ho had on his per
son $375 of the stolen money. He was taken
to Omaha yesterday evening and will prob
ably be brought here tomorrow for prelimi
nary hearing.
Ill-lllllllMlM ICIIIllllllllll. .
HUUUnLL , Neb , Sept. 3 ( Special Tele
gram ) The closing night of the revival of
Ilubbcll was opened by an inspiring address
by Ilev. Mr. Ucale. Mr. Redding told with
much humor and dramatic effect the story of
his love and his life his hardships , .lespond-
ency reformation an'd conversion Thestor } ,
especially the lova fetory , told with all deli
cacy and pathos , touched his hearers to ten
derness and tears. He held to the close the
absorbed attention of an Immense audience.
\VorUiiii-u I'lcnic nl Allilon.
AL11ION , Neb , Sept. 3 ( Special. ) The
Workmen held their annual picnic here to
day and a large c'owd attended. A mam
moth procession was formed , which Included
a number of appropriate floats After dinner
at the grove , east of town , the gathering w
addressed by the grand master workman of
the state and the deput } , W L I'uttuey
This waa one of the most successful gather
ings In the hlstor } of the county.
Slioi- More IN CluNi'il I'll.
CRCm Neb . Sept. 3 ( Special. ) The boot
and shoe store of Fo d Creston was closed
this morning under chattel mortgages.
COI.OHno Hii'Liiiic\N CONVENTION
xi' tinMfKIiilcj Administration
mul Compliment Wolcott.
Sept. 2. The republican state
convention to nominate a candidate for Judge
of the supreme court met Im this city today.
The attendance was small , net much Interest
being taken In the campaign this jcar. State
Chairman .1 L Hodges , In calling the con
vention to order , congratulated the delegates
on the restoration of prosperity under a re
publican administration He referred to the
efforts of the administration to bring about
an International bimetallic agreement and
said the republican party always had dis
played a "friendly Interest 4n silver. "
A. L. Humphrey of Colorado Springs was
elected temporary chairman and Senator
Drake of Pueblo temporary secretary. Mr.
Humphrey contrasted the situation of the
worklngmen today with their condition previ
ous to the passage of the Dlngley law. Com
mittees were appointed and a recces taken
until 2 30 p. in.
At the afternoon session Judge George
Allen was elected permanent chairman.
Hon. Charles D. Hat , Justice of the supreme
premo court , was renomlnated by acclama
tion. Ho ' 3 a silver republican , and Is In
attendance at the silver republican state
convention at Glenwood Springs , seeking a
renomlnatlon.
The platform congratulates "the people
on the majestic Industrial march to na
tional prosperity already commencec
under the banners Inscribed with the
principles of our national platform of 18 % ,
vindicated by victory at the polls , by pros
perity In our fields and workshops and the
approach of universal business j-evlval. " It
also contains the following :
Ilesolvcd , That the republican party ol
Colorado unqualifiedly endorses the deter
mination of the national republican party
to restore the value of sliver bullion and
secure permanent bimetallism by appoint
ing a monetary commission to secure nn
Intel national agreement. That in appoint
ing Senator Wolcott at the he.ul of sale
commission nnd backing the efforts of
said commission by the whole diplomatic
power of the administration , President Me-
Klnley Is entitled to the unanimous sup
port of all cltl/ens of Colorado who desire
the restoration of silver.
Wo earnestly commend the efforts ol
Senator Wolcott In his active prosecution
If u policeman was to pull your tooth
It vvonlil piolmuly hurt Our way of ilo-
Intf It IH absolutely palnk-HS no bail
after effects beeatisu we use no jjas Ha
fiOi ! a tooth After vve'vo ot the teeth
out we'll fuinlsh you a t > ct of our thin
elastle plate teeth for $ l-they ( ) look
well wear well anil are comfoi table
You can pay $ tr > lor a bet that are not
near so nooil while you will pay $10
for thu Name teeth that we will fmulish
for $ , - > No cheap vvoiK but guaranteed
work at a cheap pilce 'riieie'H a big
( lin'eienee that It will pay you to con-
Hkler Ltuly attendant. |
BAILEY ,
THE DENTIST ,
13 Yeur * Uil riuor I'uxton II1U ,
I zverlcuc < 10(1 * MHI ! fHrnnut *
of the onlv rational attempt that 1ms
iltherto been mnclp to jeturc t-ndurlriK
ilmctnlllom , and we dcnoun e n Infamous
he calumny Hint hns botn liMped upon
ilm tiy democratic nnd nopulist pre < < 3.
Ilepoivecl. Tlmt we conlnflr welcome to
our rank * those republican/.who tempo
rarily stepped outalilethepkrty to vote
for the free nnd unlimited wilnnKe of ll-
er , but who now believe that only throuch
he republican parly can blmctntllMn be
established nnd maintained
The platform declares orutfMon to a K > S-
cm "that builds up an official class , ee-
icclaVly a life tenure. In almost all branches
of the civil service. "
SIJTII I.OVCCii'TS. . V4MI1NTIOV. .
lllc * Illn SVIIIIiiKiu-ipi < n Ili-comc
the Clllrrn t'nloii 4'nmllilnti- .
NORTH EAST HARDOR. Ie. , Sept. 3
Seth ] jo\v has algnined his ftccujitnncc ot the
nomination as major of Greater New York ,
endcred him by the borough committees of
ho citizens' union
Mr Low was odlclally notified of his nom-
nation by J C Clarke , a npeclnl mc cngcr
> f the Citizens' union Mr Low , after the
otter ot nolQcatlon was read , announced that
10 would accept.
In my v lew , " lie eald , "the nomination
las been virtually made by the people. No
patriot , under Hitch circumstances , could cle-
cllno to stand unless ho wore prepared to
llocoitragc even In local matters , all npon-
ancotis movementfl by the people outside- the
Imitations of the party. There seems to bean
an Importantco attaching to thn order or
lamination nt this juncture on the part of
hoao apparently Inclined to be controlled
by thli expression of the popular deslio tint ,
peisonally , I fall fully to understand. "
Mr Low said ho thought his nomination
neant that the people are deeply moved by
he desire that , when the great city bcpluo
ts ncu career , It chall do so w Ith u mandate
'rom the voters to the oinclals ot the city
hat the welfare of the city , not of ony pirt } ,
a to be their first concern. "For that prin
cipal I chall contend In the coming cam-
lalgn with Eiich alltrs ns time may bring ,
nit for It J shill ptand , be my friends fewer
or many. "
Cnlornilii Slli or Itcimlillciiii * .
GLIJN'WOOI ) Sprits , Cole Sept. 3 To
da's convention i * Colorado silver re
publicans will be one of the most enthusias
tic and Interesting political conventions ever
liold In Colorado The train with the Arapa-
lioe county delegation Is about three hours
lato. and conscciuc-ntly the eonventlon will
bo late In convening. It Is cold that Sena
tor Teller will address the convention.
At 10 30 State Chairman Ilroad called the
convention to older There was a large at
tendance. Chairman Ilroad stated that owing
: o dclav In the arrival of hrge delcgitlons
it was deemed best to defer action bevoml the
selection ot tpmporarj otHeers Geneial
Blooinfleld of Montevlsta was chosen unani
mously as temporarj chairman , and J U
Wilson of Canon City as secretarj
Committees were appointed and a recees
was taken until 2'SO p' m
% t- It-inlK-i-K.
The Third Ward Central Republican
club held Its bccond meeting at 705
North Sixteenth street last night to
complete lUi niganlzatlon and ndopt
rn'es ard bj-lavvs There was a good
attendance and thlrtj-two new members were
signed , which makes now a membership of
seventj-fivc
AVciit ( ii Ili-iir TIIVIK- .
The rcgulai season of the Central Labor
union was adjourned lat-t rjlght In order that
the members of the bodj * might attend the
silver meeting at the Hojft theater anii iear
the speech delivered b > Cgngre&'jmaH Toxvne
vvoiisr TIIVN ivioMiKi : itncio
Colorado Vlan I -N of Hal ilslilps I
lUTlciici'il In .Sontil Aincrlfii.
DUNVI2R Sept 3 George W. Ada ins of
Crlpplo Creek arrived In this cit > today from
the gold fields of South America. Kouitcen
months ago Adams left thte city to try his
fo-tunes In South American mines He went
to the gold fields , 300 railed from George
town. In company with eight Americans , re
maining there eleven months. Of the entire
party of niijo ho alone escaped death from
the fatal fever. One b > one he t-aw his com-
oanlons die from the terrlbld disease ; saw a
hole scooped In the ground and tlielr bodies ,
twisted from pain , covered with earth ; w
attacked twice himself with the malady and
all but died , and flnall } , after seeing the
last ot the eight die In agony , ho became
ter'or-fltrlcken and fled from th - country , n
country from which , he says , not one out of
seventj-flvo white men ever rctuin alive.
No basket lunches necessarj no luggage
no worry Just bring yourself Labor Day
excursion to Ashland 75 cents for lound
trip.
Theio me a great many featuies about
the "Jewel Steel Range" that are in-
teiestlng to piospeclive i.uigo buyeih
its compact and is opeiated entirely
fiom in fiont no giate f > .lines to wmp
or bieak linings heavy and durable-
ventilated ovens that are unexcelled foi
i casting top cast in sections win isinted
not to ciaek an all round absolutely
high grade steel i.inge a steel range
that we aio unable to say too much fern
n steel tango on which the manufac-
tuicis will back up anything that we
can say We have them for is'JI fiom
that up The Jewell Cook is of the same
high older Jj-lB and up.
A. C. RAYMER ,
BUILDERS' HARDWARE HERE
1514 Farnam St.
Before and after election you'll
want to know what's going on
every voter owes It to himself and
his sUite to keep posted on the Is
sues of the day The Dally lice is
the only medium that will Rive it
all to you If jou'ie not a politician
bear In mind that The Bee's geneial
news service wlilch Is acknowl
edged by all to be the best will
always be up to ( he Htandaid you
can't get It all unless you icail The
Ilec Daily and Sunday by mail
$8.00 a year Sunday only ifli.OO
Weekly < r.e . The Weekly is just the
paper to take if you haven't time to
icad the Dally.
Omaha Daily Bee
Circulation Department ,
17th anil Farnam. Bit Building-
Some felleis IH bound to wear cinpo
after tie votens done but It wont he
me 1 don't link Cose I'm do lied brave
In do Tameny push nnd , . my dart's tlu
lied push In do vlgar lil/.ncsH of Omnhti
HO'H de feller wat makes de "FI\e
Cent Stoecker Cigar" and , pells dem to
do dealeis fur a little moieii ( ley pay fur
eny odder live-center but ( ley aio glad
ter have dem tor Hell at a nickel lur
everybody what has ever HinoKcd de
"Stoecker" won't tmioke no odder brand
If you're goln1 ter keep up wld1 de kid
an' tin Stoecker cigar jou'll have ter
trot a hot pace this fall.
1404 DOUGLAS.
COOK SHOT BY NIGHT CLERK
Fight in n Kearney Hotel That Will
Probably End Fatally ,
REVOLVER AND OTHER WEAPONS U3ED
Woiinileil Man. Wlio Pormrrly HP-
( illicit In Oninliii , Mmlc Itlinxelf
Quite DUnurienlilit'ulilli !
Hjnnmlli ) Mlth Clerk.
KEARNEY , Neb. , Sept 3 ( Special Telegram -
gram ) Oscar Jones , the colored cook at
the Midway hotel , was Miot nnd probably
mortally wounded b > John CJtbbcns , night
clerk , about 6 o'clock this evening
Jones was a little late In getting supper
ready and Gibbons went out In the kllchen
to sec what the trouble was Jones Imme
diately ordered him out and commenced
throwing dishes at him This ho followed
up by grabbing a big butcher knife and
starting after Gibbons , salng "I'll cut
jour heart out " Gibbons started toward the
olUce and when near the center of the dlu-
lng room Jones struck him In the face with
the knife , Inflicting a slight wound. Gib-
bans pulled his gun and flred to drive him
back , but Intentionally missed him. Jones
raised his cleaver and Gibbons fired again ,
the "ball " striking about an Inch below the
heart. The wounded man was Immediately
taken to the hospital and'Gibbons gave him
self up to the police
The phslclan sas Jones carnet recover ,
as he Is bleeding Internally nnd nlll prob
ably die before morning. Ho came from
Omaha about three months ago and , while
not known to bo a drinking man , has been
very disagreeable , driving the waiters from
the room on two or three occasions Public
opinion Is In sympathy with Gibbons The
two men had ndvcr had any trouble before
and Gibbons cannot understand wh > Jones
should have acted as he did , unless he be
came suddenly Insane
1'ltn VC1II2HVII.1. . ( JO TO KI.ONIllKn.
OlilciiKO lHvliuHiiioimciH ( InClntli
to ! ) ! for ( iolil.
CIIIO\GO , Sept 3. "I have been frorcn
out of the Prcsbtcrlan chinch and starved
out of the People's church , all in one. year ,
and I nm. through with preaching , " said
Ilev. Frank U Vrooman , co-pastor of the
People's church. "I am going to the Klon
dike "
Mr. Vrooman. who has been associated
with Dr. II W Thomas In the pulpit of
the fashionable People's church for some
time , lias turned hl back on the pulpit
for good , and has partlv organl/cd on a
largo fecalo a mining company for the Klon
dike region.
"This scheme originated with mo. " he
said , "but Is backed b } my brother In St
Louis Our company has not been Incor
porated nor named } ct , but It will be on
full } as laige a scale as the Cudahy-Wearc
enterprise , nnd will be capitalized at $10-
000,000 We thought at first that we- would
enl } need $30,000 to start with. Hut having
decided to provide our own boats , wo raw
that $100,000 would be needed and the whole
of that amount is already In sight.
"I came In today on the Manltou from n
eruise extending from Mackinaw down below
Haibor Springs , and have aold $50.000 worth
of stock almost without an effort , and my
brother has probably sold as much In St.
Louis.
"I am going to Alaska to work In ( lit
mines for a living. The People's church
pas mo nothing and I am getting Into a
necessitous condition "
iiri mil PIIOM covniiNOii nit vnv.
AliiHUii'n Uxi-outU Si-iiilM n rcrnounl
KplHtlc to Srrri-tmy HIlNK.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 3 John G. Urad } ,
governor of Alaska , hat s ° nt to Sccrctar }
Dllss R personal letter In which he gives
some Interesting facts about the rush for
the Klondike region. Governor Drady has
been identified with Alaskan Interests most
of his lifetime and Is known to be very
conservative In his opinions. Writing from
Juneau , ho sas : "Steamships are passing
dally for Dea and Skagway , loaded to the
utmost with patsengsrs and supplies The
news Just out ot Klondike by reliable men
Is calculated to raise the excitement to a
higher pitch. The shipment of dust by the
mouth of the Yukon will be all of two- and
one-half tons Rich finds have been made
well up In tbo sides of the mountains and
I & * ' &
the old raying that. 'Gold la where yon find
It ftnd silver runs In veins' * ccms to be
emphasized In that district. A conserva
tive estimate U that there arc fi.OOO men tit
Skagnay and along the trail on the White
pass , nut a few enl > have gone over thN
p s with their supplied and only ft small
per cent of the number can get acrow Sonic
l > * rtl * are dividing up and will try to send
ono over with supplies while the others will
go Into camp until eprlng The men who
arc coming are fine fcllowe and I greatly
admlro them "
UIVU.S TllTj icToMHKU lll'SII. '
I'coiilp In U-knniiiM Miniulnit VA orK
to Iliiitl for 1't-nrln.
LITTLE noCK , Ark. , Sept. S \ special
from Helena. Ark. . aas The pearl hunting
Industry , which has been exciting the whole
country , Is spreading all over thU end of the-
state The St Kr.incls river from the
mouth of the river to JeffersonvIlle Is lined
with white peoplennd negroes , all engaged
In unearthing ami prjlng open the richly
laden mussel shells. One } OUIIR niin
brought n small bottle of pearls from Helena
taken from Phillips ba.voil , a tributary of the
St Francis They arc- darker In color than
the ordinary jicirls of commerce , but are
handsomer shaped and nf good size All of
the. chain of lakes In the hitherto Impene
trable St Praiicla liver bottoms ate full of
these penrl-bcarlng mup-sols , nnd If they
should prove to be valuable the whole coun
try will be engaged In the business to the
detriment of crop gatbcilng. One planter
Mid yesterday that he expected to have
dlniculty In securing hands to rick his cot
ton crop on account of the pearl excite
ment.
3 I3M' inltUII3lt I'lCP.ON.
\Voril Itri-olvril nt NIM > Ili-parliiu-nt
from North VlliintliSqiuuli on ,
WASHING-TON , Sept. 3 A metsage b }
carrier pigeon was received from Admiral
Slcara , on the flagship Now York of the
North Atlintlc squadron , at the Norfolk tia\y
> aid at 8 o'clock this motnlng. A copy
was Immediately telegraphed to Acting Sec-
"tary Hooscvelt at the Navy department
The message wa.s ns follows "Position 10
legrces B N 13. , Cape Chares lightship ,
llstant , sixty-five miles. The sqmdron , con
sisting of the New York , Ilrookbn Iowa ,
ilaErachusetts , Indhna , Tcvas and Maine ,
is approaching the southern drill ground
ind will probably anchor about S o'clock
Will dispatch anchorage later. Purltixn Is In
sight "
At the Navy department this Is said to
De the first Instance In our naval h .story ofl
ho successful use of earlier pigeons as a
neans of communication between naval ves
sels atloat and the shore stations
of ii l > n > .
BUFFALO , W > o , Sept. 3 ( Special ) The
> ody of Aaron Mers. an old-time citizen of
his place , was biought from the National
> ark Tuesday tor burial. Mr. Mers left
icro a week ago Tuesday with a party of
rlends to make a trip through the park
While camped near the Upper Gejsor basin
IB was stricken with pnalsls He was rc-
noved to the hospital at Mammoth Hot
Springs , where ho died the following Sunda } .
Tlio deceased was C5 } ears of ago He came
o Johnson count } In the earl } dajs of Its
settlement and worked at h's ' tiade as a
ilacksmith until ho had accumulated funds
o bu } cattle He cont'nued ' In the cattle
business until ho became well-to-do
HASTINGS. Neb. , Sept. . ) ( Special )
Mrs John Folc } died of typhoid fever vester.
lay morning. The funeral wab held todav
'rom the family residence.
MmplcVnj ( o SU-rlll/i * Wnli-r.
Prof , nilsllk Fas that v\ater ma } be
sterlllml In five minutes by adding to It
iroinlne , and that bromine may bo then
icutrallzed b } adding ammonia The river
water of Berlin has been tected 200 times
After being treated with bromine nnd am-
nonla. all germs of disease were dcstroed ,
ncluding those of cholera and tphold A
gallon ot v\ater , it Is said , may be sterll-
zcd aa follows : First add to It three drops
if the following solution : water 100 parts ,
jromlne , 20 parts , potassium bromide , 21)
parts , and then after five minutes add three
drops of a 3 per cent solution of ammonia.
This process Is recommended ns a rapid ,
: heap and effective way to sterilize drink
ing water for armies on board of ship In
unhealth } localities and for medlcul and
surgical puipoees.
Complete Itrsrt.
Washington Star : "I suppose jou are
making the most of your vacation , " said
Senator Sorghum's phslclan
"I'm tring to , " was the reply.
"You must get your mind as far from
the cares of } our position as possible. "
"That's what I'm doing. I haven't looked
to see what the price of sugar was for
three weeks. "
PIUMC IHNnlUlSIIKU TO DP.ATII
Pntnt Aoohtcnt to P-inployp nt < lict
Frank nunpan , tuIng ch rg of on of the
large elncks at the Omnliu * nd Orant Smelt
ing works , was killed In the plant yecter- '
day afternoon , somewhere near the hour of
3.30. There wts no one present at the tlmo
of the accident and hl remain * were not
found until after 7 o'clock. Dungtm entered
oneof the ore crushing rooms with bl-
ocle cluln which ho Intended to oil. The oil
was In a barrel and after reaching Into It
ho evldejitlj stepped backward nnd on.
countered a rapldl } moving belt. The belt
caught his clothing and before ho could.
extricate himself ho was hurled Into romo'
ponderous wheels , which mangled hl body
almost bejond recognition. The body waa
found b } one of the night shift and the
coroner was telephoned An Inquest will beheld
held at the mot gup toda } at 10 o'clock.
DunRati was 2' ' ) } rar of age and was un
married Ho 'lived ' at 171" Cuts stteet HH
relatives live at Auburn , Neb atuT Imvo.
been notified The remains will be shipped
to that point toda } at 3 o'clock
Don't make any datts tor Laboi Dty , Go
to Ashland cheaper than slicing at home-s
To cents round trip
I'll 1 1 nl to ( ii-l HIM \Vnrrniit.
The light for supre'iincy ns chief of dori
tcctlves MIDI has Its Intel ostlng features.
It would nppeii Unit o\-Clilcf of Detectlvea
or Spcc'liil Ollleer Ilrr.i HemmlliR will have
to MIC theUtv In onlcio get liln iiilnrvt
Hemming was the tit it In line the early
pail of the nionl'i in got his nnrrnnt. but
the mtleh-pilzed tllji of piper wni not forth.
coming Mavoi Moorpo , In lonformanco
with the decl-don b uidod iloxvn by Judge
Soott In the ease of Cox itK.ilnst the city of
Ornnh.t , ilodliieil to | KII the vvitrr.mt an
imido out to the alleged ! cutli Ho not only
tllil this , but wtoto "onne-elled" aero s Iho
Htub , whlcli might othorvvHe have been
i hurled up to the city o\pen < e account.
Sin n 11 lllnro.
Flic from nn unknowti onusp broke out
enrl } thl < moiiilng in the ding store of
r.im llnlil , 10r. South Totitli xtieet. It wan
ovtlnsulshod with a lo- < of about $10.
Night attack on Kt Sumler Ashland.
Sept f Hound tilp tickets 75 cent * , at
1502 Farnam and 150,1 Fainam.
POHP.CVST 01. ' 'IODV\'S \ \ i : vTiunu
Ct-ncriill ) r lr , Conlor , \V liula
ShlUliiu \ortlMK-M. .
WASHINGTON , Sc-pt 3-roreca t for
Siiturdiv
Tor NobiiiHknCcni'i.illv f.ilr ; cooler ;
south vvlndi. becoming northwesterly
\Vvomlng-r.ih , cuolei , noitbwest
vv inds
I'oi South Dikuta 1'ulr , except shavvvn
In ( \ treimnoittioin poitlon much cooler ;
southwest wlmK btcomlni ; nnrtlivvi-it
Tor loxva CUiUMiill ) lull , soiitli winds ;
-shifting to noithv\o < t , and coolei Sunday
night
Per MN ourl rah , ( onlliuied blph tcm- '
peiatuic S.itiiidaj , pinlmlilv eooler In the
moiiiliii ; , ooutheimteil } vvhiiH shlftliiB to
noitliwcst.
Toi Kmsi Pali , cuolei Hattndn } night :
outb vxliuK liecomlm ; not lll \ ( . tcrl .
l.ocnl Hi-cm il.
orrici : or run \vi3ATinu runi3Ai > .
OMAHA , Sipt . ! Omiih.i iccoid of i ilnfall
and tempcraluucompnicd with coircMpoiul-
Ini ; dav of tbcpa t lliieicii - !
1V17 K't 1ST ,
Mnxlinuin tcmpeiitiiic 'II ill ss
Minimum tL-mpciatuie 71S. 70 CS
A\ei igc tompii unit- S. ! 77
Italnf.ill 00 .tw .01
Jtecoid of Icmpoi.mili ) and pioclpltatlon at
Omiili i for tliNiliv ami ulnccMuich 1 , U97-
Not mil foi the dav 70
I2\ce M foi the dav . . . 12
Accumulated e\ce > ss "luceMauh 1 z
Nounal lalnfill fm ilic da > . .10 Inch
IXIUIcno foi tbed iv 10 Ineli
'Intiil i ilnfnliiliup Much 1 . II Oil Indies
Delli Iciu v since .M.ntli 1 . . S-10 Inchea
i\ce--s for coi peilod iv 2 11 Inches
leilclciie-y foi coi peilod ISO . . . 54- , Inches
Iti'I'oi ( M Iriini SiadiiiiH ill s p. in , "
Seintilftli meridian time
A. WlILbH , Local rorecast Official.
Kveiythlnp and cvciybody In town-
net aiding to the uen bpapcib m u veiy
vile and Dicx I * . Shooman thinks he
will gather up his dug nnd shun all
companions but the little folks and In
onler to get acquainted he will offer
the bovs ono of the giaiulest shoes ever
put on little feet all for $1.50 they'ie
In blacK > only diffcient toes all .sis-es
and vvidthb a shoe that for bchool wear
cannot be boat better than any ? l.ri < )
shoo we've ever sold and we've nlvvavn
sold the best Sl.fiO boys' fihoe ever sold
In Omaha We know these- shoes will
out wear any two pair at the same pi Ice
Initially as good as most $ li.50 bhoes.
Drexel Shoe Co.
1419 FARNAM STKIvHl' .
Send for Illustrated catalogue , fiee.
That thed feeling about the eyes dull
aehes and pains In the head etui bo
easily remedied by having glasses piop-
eily lilted we have bad jeais of e.\-
peiicnce as inanul'aetuiing opticians and
I eel Justllled In guaiaiileelng all of our
\\oilt-\\o have never yet found a pair
of ejes that we couldn't help If glasses
vveio needed We make it tlioiougli
scientific1 examination fiee and If
trlasM'.s won't help jou we'll say so at
once If the.v will we'll tell you what
they'll cost and gimi.mtcc icsults to he
satisfactory -taken In time eye defeeln
aio easily iciiiedled.
Columbian Optical Co
AUTISTIC , sciKvririn AM > I'HAC-
'I'lM , ( IITTHJINS ,
i rNviit , miu i , KA\S is orrv ,
1C49 Oiatnpa 211 K Kill St , 915 Main ,
A little to emly , peilinpH , to buy tlmt
new ciupet hut you can enjoy looking
tit those new fall designs we aio show
ing , just the same We've never had
such n beautiful ahsoitment before
while the quality Is all you could axk
for Our patterns In fall caipetlng aic
exclusively our own for being whole-
hiileih as well as ictalleis when wo
find a patteui that's attiactive , and It's
got the quality to It , we take it all
that gives lib thu lowest pi Ice possible
then we aio able to bell good caipets
nt the ubual price of the Infeilor grades
I'eoplo v > lm have bought caipets heio
bay our pi Ices are light.
Omaha Car pet Co
1515 Dodge St.