TJIE OMAItA DATT/T SUNDAY , SEPTEMBER 5 , 1807.
LOVE LETTERS OF LUETCERT
Qchtlo Missives Dictated by the Burly
Sausage Manufacturer !
BUNDLE OF THEM PRODUCED AT THE TRIAL
VMnnr Fpldt SitrltiK" n Surprint on
tlir Dcf-'nnn mill ( Slvcn DnniiiK-
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CHICAGO. Sept. 4. Curiosity eeekers who
Attempted to gain admlrslon today to Judge
TuthlU'o court , where the Luctgert murder
trial Is being held , found themselves Inter
cepted at the main entrance to the criminal
court building on Michigan street. Thcro
a cordnu of officers had been established and
only those known to have business In the
building were permitted to enter. Hundreds
\vnrc turned away and the crowd In the
court room was kept within bounds success-
fully.
The headlong rush of people anxious to I
hear the Luelgcrt trial almoat resulted In a
tragedy today. On account of the crowds
which have been gathering in the criminal
court building all week the clcvatom have
been forbidden to stop at the second floor.
Today the floor near the elevator shaft was
packed with people , who hail Juat been de
nied passage up the stairway to the court
room , and , oxaspcratcd by the dimness of
the big deputlts , they made a rush just as
nn elevator was passing. iAs the car nllppcd
by the lt > vcl of the floor the heavy Iron door
ffll Into the elevator with a crash , carrying
woveral people with It. The elevator con
ductor stopped the car with a jerk and the
would-be pasecngcrs , nil badly reared and
moro or less bruised , were picked up. Had
the car ascended a few feet farther , some fa-
talkie * would undoubtedly have resulted.
When the trial wan resumed additional wit-
imiscH appeared lu Identify the rings found
In the vat. Lnctgert consulted frequently
with his counsel and once rase up In his
tilaco diiil carefully examined the ring with
I ho Initials "L. L. " In the Inside , and which ,
accenting to the wllncirsra for the state , was
MM. I.uetgort' wedding ring.
Frieda Mueller , a nclco of Mm. Luetgert ,
was the first witness. She raid the rings
were the onea which MM. Luetgert wore
habitually.
Mrs. Christina Pearce of C5G Clybourn ave
nue followed. She ald she had known Mrs.
'Luetgert slnco she ( the witness ) was a small
Klrl. Mrn. Luetgert , before her marriage to
the sausage maker , lived at the house of
wUncKj' mother. She said that at a picnic
a year ago which Mrs. Luetgert attended
the wedding ring wan the subpect of a con
versation , in which It was remarked that
Mrs. Luctgert wore no other jewelry except
her wedding ring. On cross-examination wit
ness said shu had novcr seen the wedding
ring off Mrs. Luetgert's hand , knew nothing
of the Initial. ? In It , but IdentltlcJ It from
Us size and general appearance.
Mrs. Anna Gcls er of Chicago Heights was
n servant In the Luutgcrt household up to
the fall of 1889. She Identified the wedding
ring anil the small guard ring worn with It
positively. The witness produced a photo
graph of herself taken In 1SS8 , when she
wore tno two rings. Mrs. Luctgert , she
said , offered her the rings to have her
picture taKen.
WIDOW CAUSES A SENSATION.
There waa a sensation when Mrs. Chris
tine Fcldt of 151 Clybourn avenue was called
as a witness for the state. Mrs. Fcldt is the
widow whose name has occn so often men
tioned In connection with the case. It was
believed Bho would bo ouo of the main
wltncHses for the defense , but she had not
bean before the jury two minutes when It
became apparent thnt she had gone over to
the prosecution. She produced a bundle of
letters written to her by Luetgert In his
cell In the Jail , and carried to her home by
Luetgert's son Arnold. The letters were
llllcd with endearing terms. They began
"llcloved , Dear Christine , " or "Beloved
Christine , " and In them Luetgert told of
sufferings ho was enduring as an Innocent
prisoner III the jail. Inspector Schaack and
his ofllccrs were refered to as the "gang"
that was after him , and the pollco were
frequently referred to aa "dogs. " Luetgert
over and over again assured his correspond-
out that hi ) would overcome the police and
"Ilo with her again , a free man. "
Mrs. Fcldt testified that Luotgert told her
months ago that ho cared more for Mary
Simmering , the servant , than he did for hie
wife. She Bald t'he visited his house- May
C and auked .Mary Simmering where Mrs.
Luetgert was. Mary replied that she had
gonu down town and would bo back shortly.
Ttie witness then asked Luetgert about It
ami lie told her that Mary had lied to her
and that his wife had disappeared. Luet-
Kert said his wlfo had on former occasions
left him for several days without any expla
nation and ho did not know where she had
gone. Hi ; then made the statement that ho
cared moro for Mary than he did for his
wife. The wltnesu told of a visit to Luet-
gfrt at thu Jail. The prisoner sent her a
request through Judge Vincent , his attorney ,
to come to the Jail. He then endeavored to
pcrsuado her to loan him money to pay for
Ills defense. He asked her , she said , to
put a mortgage on her house In order to
ralso the money.
Mrs , Fcldt said eho told Luotgert to apply
to hi ? other friends for money , and he told
her ho had been unable to find anyone who
would help' him. "If you go back on me , "
lie said , "I will take my life. " The witness
raid he ought to be ashamed to talk that
way on account of his children , and ho re
plied that oven hla children did not care for
111 * life. She said Bho then lutt him.
Mrs. Feldt was not croqs-oxamlncd , for the
reason that translations 'of the letters had
not been verified , and the letters could not
bo read to the , jury at once. They would be
Klvi'n to the Jury , and iwjxt week the wit
ness will bo recalled for cross-examination.
The letters of Luetgort contained many re-
fliu-ats for money , Intorspersinl with words of
nffectlon. Through them all ho protested
that ho was on Innocent and persecuted
man.
man.STATE MAKING A STRONG CASE.
The next witness 'was llttlo Guttlleko
Schrlmpko. She Is 14 years old and her
testimony was that on the night of May 1 ,
Bhortly after II o'clock , she and bur sister
Annie , returning from a dance on Uelmont
aviiauo , passed the Luetgisrt house. Her
own homo IH opposite the Tasch Mloon , and
Is close to the sausage factory. The girl
mid she suw I.uotgort anil his wlfo walk
around the corner of the factory Into the
nlloy In the icar of the factory. This vt-
lenco sustains the theory of the state that
LutHgert took bin wlfo Into the factory by
way of the fiirnaco room In the absence
of the watchman , whom ho had sent to the
ilrug storo. Wullo being cross-examined the
ilrl ; became hysterical and had to
lie removed from the witness chair.
After her composure had been restored the
cross-examination proceeded and she Bald
Bho was taken nway from her homo by the
pollco and locked up as a witness. She
pointed out Pollco Captain Schucttler aa the
olllcer who told her she would bo paid money
If she remained with the police. This was
. when she cried and wanted to go homo. The
Klrl paid she knew nothing about the Luet-
Kert case except what the olllcors told her.
Then the court took her In hand and she
Ha Id ulio did not swear that she did not see
Luetgert and his wlfo. Subsequently she
aald It was her ulster , 20 years o'-l. ' who saw
Jlr , and Aim. Luctgert that nlb.it and tola
lier mother about It ,
The stuto put lu evidence ) a statement In
writing purporting to have been made by the
Easily , Quickly , Permanently Restored
Weakness , Nervousness , DoMllty ,
a Hi I the train of elllt
( loin rail ; error * or Ul > r
tictMi the reiulu of
ovr ork , iicVnrn , wer-
ry , ntc. Full tr pjlh ,
\ deT ltfi > meDt nuil tun *
.letvrn to * Trjr organ
| * od portion of the bod/ .
I Simple , natural iulhod * .
' Immediate IraproMintnl
( ten. Failure IrapoailU * .
2.OJO refirtuooa. Book ,
iplanallon and prooU
mailed U alil ) ( roc.
ERIE MEDICAL CO , ,
Kltl , Another document an agreement Iby
vrhlch the Klrl bound herself to rcmittr with
Mrs. Raima Kurth as A servant ( or $2 per
week and not return to her home , was put
lii evidence.
The court then adjourned to > next Tues
day morning. Judge Tuthlll salil that Mon
day being a legal holiday he would not hold
court.
The letters ot Luctgert to Mrs. Kcldt
were not read to the jury , but this will
bo done Tuesday morning.
PIIOSECL'TION PREPARING A SURPRISE.
State's Attorney Dcncen has a sensation to
spring on the defense In tbo Luctgert trial
next wrck , which will , ho believes , clinch
the fate ot the accused sausage maker. It
Is nothing less than a portion of a skull , a
number ot teeth and the first Joint of what
Is believed to be the left Index finger ot
a hmntn hand , which It Is claimed were
fotlnil In the vat In Iho basement of the
sausage factory. Already testimony has been
Introduced to show that there wore particles
of flesh found In and around the vat by the
pollco and others appearing as state wit
nesses , but so far there has been a doubt
as to the ability of the state to prove that
these were particles of human flesh. Gruesome -
some and Important as thcso small particles
of bcne arc , It Is believed by the attorneys
for the state that they will bo convincing
when Introduced an evidence along with the
export testimony of 1'rofs. Dclafontalno and
Hayncs that they are human. These two
experts , as a result of experiments recently
conducted , will. It Is said , state positively
that it IB possible under the circumstances
under which it is alleged by the state that
Luelgcrt worked to destroy and disintegrate
n human body. If , as Is stated by a man
closely associated with the prosecution , a
portion of a'skull Is Introduced and the ex
ports testify that It Is human , It will bo
hard for the defense to shako the effect
It will have on the Jury. It Is known that
a part of a frtlso tooth was found near the
vat In the sausage factory during the search
by the pollco. This was Introduced tn evi
dence at thu habeas corpus proceedings be-
fnre Judge Gibbons. U was shown by the
witnesses that Mrs. Luotgert had such a
tooth. A lot ot flakes and small particles
ol ibono were Introduced by Mr. Delafontalno.
The police collected them In a gunnysack
when they flushed the vat , but the experts
could not say they were human. These
leave a doubt , but when the prosecution in
troduces , as It Is claimed It will , a portion
of a skull , some natural teeth or pieces of
tooth , together with the testimony of the
experts that there Is no doubt they came
from a human skull. It will go a long way
toward supplying tbo link now missing In
the corpus dcllcto , the Inference being thai
ar human body was destroyed In the vat
w'hcro these portions ot bcmo wore found.
LETTERS MADE PUHLIC.
Several letters alleged to have been wrlttci
by Luetgert to Mrs. Christine Feldt were
made public tonight and will , tbo proae
cutlon announces , bt > submitted to the Jury
Monday. They abound In such endearing
terms as "nclovcd Christine , " "My IJeloved ,
Dear Christine , " and the like , and were
written at various times since Luetgert's
arrest. Ho frequently asserts his Innocence
and his belief that there Is no evidence to
convict him , severely condemns Attorney
Trlpp. who was formerly his counsel and
urges Mrs. Fcldt to assist him in raising
money for lawyer's fees. He several times
declares that ho will soon be free , "and
with you , " and says "wo will then have all
tho'money we want. "
To one letter ho adds this postscript :
"What you are doing now you will be proud
of hereafter , that you have fulfilled my
wishes , for your faithfulness will be recog
nized by your loving Louis when wo need
nnh thinlf of this tlmo any loncer. Your
Louis. "
In another is a mixture ot sentiment and
thrlftlness. "But now , beloved Christine ,
one thing is in the play , and that is the need
of money , and much money , and all 'the
money I have Is In your possession. I be
lieve It Is Just as good In your hands as
In mine. Now , Christine , plcaso bo com
forted. The factory Is closed ; that docs not
matter. We have got fifteen months' time
to keep possession of the same , consequently ,
time enough to make money out of It.
"I have two people on hand who want to
buy the place for $150,000. The entire debts
amount to $75,000. Certainly , they only want
the himlnnss. I should run It lor them. This
will leave us a nice surplus. Now , my be
loved friend , these two attorneys are blood
suckers. What do you think about It. If
you and Arnold would make a contract with
Vincent or some other good attorney and
pay so much down and the balance when 1
am freed ? "
The state claims that the ietters are of the
highest importance as establishing beyond
question the motive for the alleged murder ot
Mrs. Luetgert.
DEFENSE IS CONFIDENT.
For the second tlmo the defense In the
Leutgert case has demonstrated to Its own
satisfaction that the theory of the state Is
wrong concerning the fate of Mrs. Leutgert.
Granting oven that she is dead , the at
torneys for the big sausage maker are now
more confident than ever of their ability to
prove that her remains never were dissolved
by the aid of heat and chemicals In the
basement of the sausage factory. The
cadaver of a man weighing about the same
In life as tlio missing woman was used In
the second experiment tonight.
The attorneys for the defense refused to
talk much about the result of the exper
iment , but said that potash would not de
stroy a body.
[ , 'IUi : IA MATTHKSS FACTORY.
FlniiK'N Do IlniuiiKn < l't > Amount of
About $ i : : , < M)0. )
. The L. G. Doup mattress factory. Thir
teenth and Nicholas streets , caught flro from
defective electric wiring shortly after 10:30 :
last night , and both stock and building will
provo almost a total loss. The plant and
content ! ! were Insured under the 80 per cent
clause. The building , which was owned by
the Union Investment company , was valued
at about $4,000. It was seventy-five feet In
frontage on Nicholas street by 132 In depth ,
thrco stories in height , and almost entirely
of frame construction , the first story or
basement being of brick. The stock was
variously estimated In value from $5,700 to
$6,500. A small salvage may bo secured
from the stock , but the building is a com
plete wreck.
Much dlfllculty was found by the firemen
In getting their streams upon the building.
The hydrant at Thirteenth and Nicholas
threw a feeble stream which scarcely
mounted to tbo oaves. A long line of hose
was run from another hydrant on Sixteenth
street and three moro were coupled to the
engines from a block below the factory ami
from the rear. As soon as the engines goi
to working they did excellent service , and
n largo quantity of water was thrown Into
'the building from ladders placed outside the
windows. The flames , however , went ahead
with a dogged determination not to bo van
quished , and In a very short space ot tlmo
the entire structure was enveloped.
Across the street the frame plant of the
Omaha .IJeddlng company began to smoke
from the heat , and another line of hose was
directed upon the building. Around tbo mat
tress factory the firemen were having an
exciting tlmo , as Iho flimsy walls begun to
sway and the supports gave way. Companj
No. 5 , working In the alley , had a narrow
escape when a large section of the upper
wall gave way and fell to tbo pavcmen
amid a shower of fiery timbers , None was
Injured. The olllco of the factory was no
Invaded by the lire , and the books and papers
of the firm , which were locked up In the
safe vlll probably bo found Intact. The
llarm-a had practically burned themselves
out by midnight.
Mr. Doup left last evening for Shenan
doah , la. , but Is expected home today. I
Is probable that he will continue In business
us soon us the flru losses are adjusted.
rmi.iMir.v T T.TY WITH MATCIIISS
KJi-o Hint I'ulloiVH li > Htro-N n Uorm
mill n Hum.
A horse belonging to Wolf llros. was burne
to death In a barn in the rear of 833 South
Twenty-third street at 11:30 : yesterday
mottling. Another lioreo was slightly burned
Tlio barn and contents were completely de
stroyed , The contents belonged to Welt Ilrca
and the structure to Mattlo D , Ilardln. Ti !
total lots U In tbo neighborhood ot $700 , will
partial Insurance.
The flro aUo communicated ( P the dwell
Ing In front , to a etieJ In the rear ot S3
South Twenty-third street and to a. bam It
the rear of 835 South Twenty-third. Non
of the structures , however , were aerloiuly
damaged. The origin of the blaze U a
mytijery , but It la supposed to hove been ec
by kotnu children playing with uiatcuen abou
on * of the itructuret , . .
DOUGLAS ADDITION CLAIMS
Oonnty May Vote Eonds with Which to Pay
These Obligations.
COMMISSIONERS CONSIDER THE SUBJECT
Clnliuniit * Innlnt nil llntliiK Tliflr
Money mill lliiiul I'riipoMllnii
May lie Suliiulttril nt
Full nicvtlon.
The peopla of Douglas county are to be
Riven an opportunity to vote on a proposition
lo Issue bondsto pay the claims now out
standing against the county on account of the
attempted sale of lota In the old poor farm
addition. Thla action was decided upon at
tlic meeting of the Hoard of County Com
missioners held yesterday , at which a
resolution was adopted Instructing the special
attorney employed by the board In the poor
farm cases to draw up a proposition to be
submitted to a vote of the people at the com
ing election.
This resolution was Introduced by Commis
sioner Kleratcad , who made a short talk In
support of the resolution , reviewing the his
tory of the transaction , which 1ms bccotno
very familiar to the people of this county.
Briefly stated , the circumstances leading
up to this resolution arc these : In 1887 a
proposition was submitted to the voters of
Douglas county to empower tne county com-
nilsstoncM to pint the old poor farm Into city
lots and sell them , the proceeds to be used
In the erection of a new county liospttnl.
The commissioners wont ahead on the theory
that the proposition had been legally carried
by a vote of the people and sold a large
number of lots , some of them bringing
fabulous prices. A few years afterward the
title given by the commissioners to pur
chasers of this property was called Into
question and the matter was fought through
the courts , the supreme court finally de
ciding that the title was not good and that
the original proposition had .lot carried.
The purchasers of lots who had brought
the suits In which thle opinion was ren
dered , were given Judgments against the
county. The other purchasers who had not
brought suits were held back by an agree
ment entered Into between them and mem
bers of one of the old boards of commis
sioners , iby which their claims were to stander
or fall by the decision of the supreme court.
The case has now been passed upon by the
court of last resort and the county has been
worsted. It Is to pay these Judgments anil
lalms that the resolution Introduced by Mr.
Clerstead proposee to Issue bonds.
ONLY SOLUTION OF PROBLEM.
In addition to outlining the status of the
case , Mr. Klcrstead said the matter had now
reached a point where these claims and
udgmenls must bo paid at once. He said
he owners of judgments had served notice
on the commissioners that If action was
lot taken very soon holders of the judgments
would commence mandamus proceedings to
compel the board to takg , action. Mr. Kler-
etead said If the board was mandamuscd , a
special levy would have to be made to pay
he Judgments. This special levy would
) o payable at once and Mr. Klerstead said
t would bo a considerable burden upon the
: axpayers of Douglas county to have such
a levy made Just at this time. He said
: he board would have no alternative and the
only remedy that seemed available was the
Issuing of bonds to pay these Judgments and
claims. The amount that would bo neces
sary would be about $200,000 and bonds for
: hls amount , bearing1 6 per cent Interest , to
run for twenty years , could be sold at a
premium , which would reduce the not Inter
est to about 4 per cent. Ho advocated this
solution of the difficulty as being the easiest
way out of a difficulty which had caused
the commissioners considerable trouble In
the past and promised to be a constant bug
bear In the future unless some such remedy
was adopted.
The resolution was adopted and the propo
sition will be submitted to the board at Its
next meeting for consideration.
Another resolution by Mr. Klerstead was
also adopted. It provided that Leavenworth
-street from the city limits to the fair grounds
wto and the other roads In that vicinity
should be put in good condition before the
opening of the fair. Mr. Klerstead called at
tention to the fact that Center street will not
lie available for travel during the fair , os It
will bo In thfi hands of the pavers and will be
Impassable , BO that all the traffic will have
to be by way of Leavenworth street.
No other business of Importance was trans
acted by the board , the remainder of the
session being devoted to the consideration
jf routine matters.
No man or woman can enjoy lite or ac
complish much in this world while suffering
from a torpid liver. DeWitt's Little Early
Risers , the pills that cleanse that orgza.
quickly.
1'i.AXMXfj FOII im : ' mrii.m.vGS.
CnliNd-Uflliiiv of II I.nrue Ainrtim-ii t
House Hi'liiK CoiiMliIi-rril.
Building Inspector Butler says that there
are indications of another Increase in build
ing operations during the fall.
Plans have been drawn for a big apart
ment house In the northern part of the city.
This will be a three-story 'brick ' building ,
C0xt32 feet In size , amd equipped with all
modern Improvements. Negotiations are also
progressing for the erection of another big
business block near the center of the city.
The matter has been under consideration
for some time , and It Is now stated that
the arrangements have berri nearly completed
and that the enterprise will be made public
before the end of the month.
1M3HSO.VAI * I'AHAUIIAIMIS.
J. M. Wall Is at the Barker.
M. J. Llmburuer of Buffalo Is at the Mil-
lard.
lard.Joe
Joe Dlllenberg or Baltimore Is at the Mil-
lard.
11. W. Baldwin of Now York Is at the
Mlllard. '
A. OoWItt Adams of Cincinnati Is a guest
at the Mlllard.
Charles II Helfonsteln of'Detroit Is stop
ping at the Mlllard.
M. C. Von Ruhden of North Bend Is reg
istered at the Barker.
George Olllett and wlfo of Hastings are
stopping at the Barker.
L. G. Doup loft last night for Shcnamloah.
! . . on -short business trip.
Judge Post of the Nebraska supreme court
Is spending the day In the city.
Henry Ferguson and wife of Lincoln are
spending Sunday at the Barker.
W. R. I'ancako of South Omaha left for
Chicago last night to bo gene a week.
IMward Oloor , H. Spirks and C. N. Kelly
are St. Louis arrivals at the Mlllard.
C. G. Bosch and W. M. Cornwall of
Davenport , la. , arc stopping at the IJarker.
J. G. Taylor of the Burlington company
loft yesterday to pass Sunday In Chicago.
A. Baker left yesterday for Clacks , Nob. ,
where he will visit friends for a short
period.
P. D. Campbell. I3J Goldberg , J. T. Shary
II. Sling and M. Llppott are registered at the
Mlllard from Chicago.
Miss Margaret II. Read returned last evenIng
Ing after a month's vacation passed at Chicago
cage and Buffalo , N. Y.
C. W. HorrlgJn of Hastings was In the
city yesterday. Ho left for Chicago and
the cast In the ovenlnc.
Mr. and Mr * . James Allen and Mltss Carrie
FulrcliHJ have returned from a few days'
outing at Lake Qulnnebaugh.
W. M. Parson of Salt Lake City has been
In the city for a short tlmu on a visit wlt'i
friends. Ho luft yesterday for Chicago.
Miss Virginia Fair and her ulster , Mm.
Aldrlch of New York , passed through Omaha
yesterday while en route to Sun Francisco.
Ncbraskaiis at the hotels : Charles S.
Flutter , Wahoo ; O. C , Anderson , West Point ;
Charles E. Hutchlnson. Grand Island ; E.
Potteys , Slielby ; II. K. Cox , North I'latte.
M , C. Peters , manager of the liemls Omaha
Bag company , who lias just returned from a
three weeks' business trip to California ,
leave * this atteriioou for a few day * lii St.
LouU.
Is
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If you were1 to coniajnto our store most
nny tiny you'd bo Imprcvwml with the
number of people' ! ! / ) nrc buying Klin-
'
bnll plnnos you'd uilnk there wns
only one jtlnno on 'onrth and tlmt wns
the Klmbnll-do otf know thnt'.s Just
whnt nil the jjrent UJijjdclnns of the world
think and lots of 'Jli m hurt * .never been
In our store but they've used the Kim-
bull piano and nijy uniber of others -
hut of tlii'in nil the sw.oot toned Klmball
Is their choice If you-know a good
you'll buy the KlinliriU If you don't you
take the wjoril of those tlmt do
our easy terms are an Incentive for you.
to buy now.
now.A.
A. HOSPE ,
Music and Art 1513 Douglas
The guarantee we Rive Is < * oinuthliiK
more than a blank we have been den-
tlsterliiRso long thirteen years that we
know what we can do wo maku a thin
elastic iilate that we recommend on ac
count of Its lightness durability and
perfect lit no matter bow unsatisfactory
your plates have been yon will llnd this
thin elastic plate a contentment giver
they can only be had from us but we're
only asking $10.00 for a set the ordinary
teeth and plates ? 5.00 that's always
been our regular price we guarantee
them to be the best of the class made-
lady attendant. > ,
BAILEY ,
THE DENTIST ,
in Year * 3d Fluor rnxtnii ( Ilk.
Experience. lUtli and Fur mi in.
A gasrtllne solve Is the proper stove for
hot summer days but they're hardly
the stove for the cold winter mornings
a steel range Is what you want the
Jewell has many advantages over some
so-called steel ranges made of the high
est grade cold rolled steel not sheet
Iron with steel bake ovens that bake
with a minimum amount of fuel duplex
grate for either hard or soft coal-
special grate linings for wood and wood
feed door extension lire box and many
other features tlint'.von ' won't llnd with
other ranges prides1 are from $2-1.00 and
ni > the same high class work on all the
Jewell HangosJ > gjtu'i.vantee them.
A. C. RAYMER
BUILDERS' HARDWARE HERE
1514 Fartiam St.
Spectacles eye. ) helps if right eye
hurter.s and heaijaclje : maker's if they
are wrong who js. to know in time to
lot you Nklp the mistakes ? Xot the av
erage spectacle fiellei hls mission seems
to bo to get your nose harnessed with a
pair that strikes your fancy and draws
your cash If our skilled optician see.s
that uvon don't need glasses he wouldn't
sell them to you for love or money but
we have a complete shop for making the
lenses if you do need them If your
glasses are skewed or inclined to pinch
let us adjust them for you no charge for
little comforts like that If there's a
break we'll only charge fairly for the
work.
Columbian Optical Co
AUTISTIC. SCIKXTII'-IO AXIJ 1'HAC-
TIAIj OI'CTICIA.VS ,
niSNVKll. OMAHA , KA.VSAS CITV ,
1649 Champa. 211 S. IGtli St. 915 Main.
i ! IDS iron MIIUA.SIC.V : nuiu > i\ < ; .
I'ropoHulH for KnrnlMliln .Ifiitorlnl lo
IIIInvited. .
The Nebraska Exposition commission will
hold a special meeting Tuesday at next
week for the purpose ot taking action on
the erection of the Nebraska building on
the exposition grounds. Superintendent of
Construction Blake has prepared nn esti
mate of the amount of material which will
bo required for the erection of this building
and It is expected that bids for supplying
thla material will como before the board at
this meeting.
There will bs a number of other matters
which will como before the commission. '
Among them will be the application from
the Nebraska State Millers' asicelatlon for
600 feet of npaco In HID Agriculture build
ing In which to mnko a display of the re
sources of Nebraska In the way of milling
products. This application Is made to the
commission by Secretary O. C. Holmes for
the millers , who statco that the association
desires to erect a booth formed of different
kinds of grain grown In Nebraska , showIng -
Ing the grain In glass jars.
Among the communications of various
sorts which have been received by Assistant
Secretary Darlng and which will bo laid
before the commission Is a letter from Wil
liam George Sheppard , tlu > leader of a band
at Indlanola , Neb. , who aslm If _ ntato bands
arc to "bo given any show" at' playing at
the exposition , or whether all the work Is
to be given to "tho great eastern bands. "
Ho says ho has a band of thirty men and
Intimates that an ciiKagemcnt covering all
or a part of the ijeripd of the oxpofltlon
would not be objeqtloiiable. It is thought
possible ) that the cqmniixslon will make ar
rangements to have music In the state
building all the tliio | by engaging the prin
cipal bauds of tlio , Ktuto , for short periods
during the exposition ,
\V. II. Sutherlln ot ty'hlto Sulphur Springs.
'
Mont. , vlco president 'of the exposition for
Montana , has written- Assistant Secretary
Dearlng to ask for pill co room In the No-
brnska building forphufMontana Kxpnsltlon
commission. Ho says the Montana appro
priation Is so small thnt no building can bo
erected , but that the Htnto will bo on hand
with a creditable exhibit.
I'IAKOIl T1IK I'KH Hit A i. lir
Ciov > riiini-n < I'rrimrrx lit Huili UN
lOxiioHllliiiomf. ! .
The Government buid ! lng for the Traaimla-
Hlsslppl Kxpajltlon Is making good progress ,
acco-dlng to a letter received yester
day by Walker & Klmball , supervising archl-
teots of the exposition , from 12. A. Crane of
tliR otllco of the supervising architect of the
Treasury department , who has direct chu'go
of the designing o ( the government' build
ing. Mr. Crane wrltra that the Interior plan
of the building and the drawings allowing
the elevations will bo sent to Omaha to as to
reach here early next week. AH has been
stated heretofore , thla building wlU bo tno
largest structure on the exposition grounds.
It will etand at the west end of the main
court , facing the lagoon. The statue of
liberty which will surmount the central Uomu
will rest on a pedestal 150 feet above the
ground and will bo the hlRbett point on the
entire exposition ground * .
It U the Intention of the federal authorises
X
to have the Government building under roof
before enow flies , and to make the orna
mental stucco work Inside the building dur
ing the cold weather ready to be put In
position early In the tjprlng. It is said by
those who know that the government has
always been on time with its building at
every exposition and that the same will
iie the case with the Omaha building. As
ho Government building at the Tennessee
'jxpoflltlon ' required but six weeks In Its
construction from ntart to finish , It Is not
difficult to realize that the work will pro
ceed very rapidly after It Is once started.
\OlfN Of till * ICxpllHldoM.
The Singer Manufacturing company has
made application for 1,000 feet of space for
an exhibit of sewing machines.
Hong Sling , the concessionaire for the
Chinese village , Is In the city In consultation
with the Department of Concessions.
A. Do Cave of Naples , Italy , has made ap
plication for 500 foot of space for an exhibit
of tortoise shell goods , marbles , bronzes ,
mosaics and cameos.
Hereafter the Women's Hoard of Managers
will have a special letterhead , on which ap
pear only the names of the women compos
ing the olllcors and executive committee of
the board.
The second application for space In the
educational exhibit comes from the public
schools of West I'olnt , Neb. , the superin
tendent of those schools sending In an ap-
plluUlon for 100 feet of Moor space and
twenty-four foot of wall space.
It. F. Hodglns , assistant mmmlsslonr-r for
Ohio , has iiont to the Department of Exhibits
an application for space for the Drown Cable
Kanco company of Norwa.k , O. , of 200 feet ,
in which to exhibit n fence. Ho also en
closes an application by Wood & Darnes of
Wllllamsport , O. , for 10 feet In which to
exhibit a patent roller-bearing axle , which
Is designed to supplant the ball-bearing axle.
ii } iiu'ii at Work.
Highwaymen wtio busty lust night on
\Ve.st Lonvenworth street. About 120 : : ! , us
Charles HoHtwick was on bin wny home
ward , bo was held up near 'the corner of
Twentieth and Ueavcmvorth by thn'e men ,
who placed revolvers to his bond. Hn save
them nil the money ho had , $ ! . ' ) , and then
reported the matter to the police. Half an
hour later Nick Klnglor , who resides near
Twenty-ninth nnd Kciivcnworth , WIIH held
up , evidently by thn fame trio , within a
block of ) IH ! house. In the second liiHtancf
tbn lobbei'H obtained nothing. KlngU'r ' > ' : IK
able to give nn accurate description of the
imsii to the police am ) u number of olllcern
were sent out In an attempt to capture
them.
ItlM'OVtTN 1,0X1 IIC-.VI-1 | < - ,
John II. Krye lost a bicycle lust Wedne-
duy night , which was stolen from In front
of the Douglas block while luivits cng gi'd
Inclde. Last night he wiw bin wheel stand
ing In front of the Continental bulldlni : and
lay In wait for Urn man wlio bud left It
there. In u few minutes be appeared an I
1'Vyo caused his arrest. The pen-on gave
ihe name of Frank Valentine ami stated
that be bad purchased the wheel from a
second-hand mnp named Hull , who con-
iluctH u store at 1513 Capitol avenue.
I'ri'Nlilt'iil lo Spi-inl Siinilny at Clinton.
COM'.MHUH , O. . Sept. 4.-I'wMpnt n-l
Mrs. MeKlnley breakfao'fsl ' with Majnr and
Mrs. W. K. Goodspecd nnd then called upon
Governor Iluaiuiell at the wtatu houte and
left for Canton , to lenuttn over Sunday.
Drex L. Shoomnn unys of nil the bi
cycle shoes he has ever tried our Sprocket
shoe beats them all It's n dark brown
Httssla hand sowed--flexible sole that's
Just as good for street as bicycle wear
$3.00 recommends them so do we our
ladles' ? II.OO bicycle shoe Is n pretty
thing and very serviceable wo have bi
cycle boots In all sorts of jirleea up to
$5.50 wo are the only shoe house In
Omaha that carries a complete line of
bicycle needs boots leggings nnd shoes
hi nil stylus colors and prices.
Drexel Shoe Co.
Ml ! ) Fa rim in Stixet
Do I look ns tho' I end be bet ? Some
fellers see.ni ter link jls beeose my dart's
"live-cent Stoceker clsnr" cnn be hot nt
nil de denlers tlat dey cnn buy me as
easy why , I Jls hnve ter keep my linn *
behln' me nil de time pvishen de fellers
nway furst tins I no dey will wanter
buy my close den what will dad's llttlo
kid do ? If dey don't quit It I'm jjoln
ter buy a little machine of my own an'
run tlnp ? Jist as I want ter regardless
of de fellers wat smoke some odder
cigars dan my dad's llavaner tilled Sa-
manihas' wrapper live-cent Stoceker
cigar.
1404 DOUGLAS.
A little early to talk carpets but per
sons contemplating changing and those
furnishing new houses arc beginning to
look and inquire where they can be suited
the best as to price quality and up-to-
date goods to all such we extend a cor
dial Invitation to Inspect our ne\\ stock
which is now In consisting of velvets-
body llrussells tapestries and Ingrains
all wool suitable for the parlor li
brary dining room bed room hall and
stairs the patterns are beautiful and
exclusively our own and can be appre
ciated only by being seen the wearing
will prove the quality. , ,
Omaha Carpet Co
(1515 ( Dodge St.
It's hardly right that the boys and girls
going away to school should receive only
the news of homo that yon write In
your letters they are as anxious to know
what's going on at homo as yon are
The Sunday lice covers the Held pretty
thoroughly all coming social events
as well as those that are past are. chron
icled In the Sunday paper a review of
the week's progress at the exposition
grounds as well as all the latest tele
graphic and cable news you should In
sist upon your parents having the Sun
day paper mailed you it's only .fU.OO a
year the AVeekly ( we u year.
The Omaha Daily Bee
Circulation Department
17th and Farnain. Bee Building
1 AMUSEMENTS.
"Ilosemary That's for Hemembranco"
the much praised play from the joint pens of
Louis N. Parker and Murray Carson will bo
presentoi by John Drew and his company at
Iloyd's theater Monday and Tuesday evenings ,
September 13 and 14.
Mr. Drew Is now in his sixth year as
Charles Frobrnan's star , and each season ho
has met with a very great measure of suc
cess In one or moro plays ; but never , it Is
declared , has ho had a play so fraught with
the elements of enduring popularity as "Ilose
mary , " or a part so well calculated to show
his skill as an actor as that of Sir Jasper
Thorndyko. The play ran for five months at
the Empire theater , New York , and has bee\i
extraordinarily successful In the other cities
so far Inclrded In Mr. Drew's tour. Mr ,
Charles Wyndham played it for over a year
In Ills London theater , the Criterion.
The play opens amidst the excltemoiit In
cident to the coronation of Queen Victoria and
closes on tlio day tbut the golden Jubilee of
her reign Is being celebrated. In the first
Hired acts Mr. Drew Is seen as an Hngllsh
country gentleman , good tempered , courtly
mann'ered , a book worm and a bachelor. Ho
Is about middle age , and IsIn love with a
dainty , curl dangling maiden who bis not
seen half his years. For honor's sake he
keeps the secret of his passion from the girl
and resigns her to a younger lover. The cir
cumstances surrounding this fact make the
story of the piny.
Fifty years after wo find Sir Jasper Thorn
dyke fondling the girl's parting gift , a sprig
of rosemary , and mumbling over "what might
have bcon. " This situation Is said to bo a
finely artistic finish to u most romantic an ]
delightful play a play which all men will
like and all women will rave aver. John
Drew as the nonagenarian will provo ai :
agreeable * surprise to bis admirers anil will
shnw them a new lnsa of his art.
"Rosemary" will" receive a most conscien
tious and aduiiato ( | presentation In costuming
and scenlu environment , and the supporting
.company should bo found cijual to all reiulri | < -
; incuts. In llui cast uro Isabel Irving , Harry
Harwood , Arthur Hyron , Daniel Harkiim ,
Frank K. Lamb , Griliamu HendorHon. Vlotor
Mooro. Mrs. Aimlu Adams , Mrs. Deloss King
and Sarah Converse.
This evening Ihnro will como to lloy.l's
theater the miicb-talkcd-of plctui.-a of the
i FUzslmmons-Corbott fight. The verlscopo Is
the Invention of Knocb Hector , an American
I electrician and photographer , nnd IK a lingo
affa-lr , Its total weight exceeding two toin. :
The mechanism , however , la in parts as dcli-
cjto es the works of a watch. Tno film ,
which In mtdo of propuied celluloid , nuasuren
10,780 foot precisely , or nearly two in I lea and
' nne-thlrd , anil on It are printed 143,007 posi
tive i/lctures , made from ( ho negatives > vldc'i
1 Mr. Hector secured at Curtou City at the
ringside on the day of the battle. The pic
tures pass befora the lenses at thu rate of
forty to the second , 2,400 to the minute , 7'JOO
to the round , 0 COO to the round and thu Inter
val , Ivacli picture when It appears upon the
ucreon la magnified 11,009 times , lit tbo cltlts
of tbo country where the pictures have been
1 exhibited It has been especially notlccablo
that the audiences have been madu up of the
very best class of theater goers , and that at
each performance there have been many
women , fully one-third of the Immense audi
ences occupying seats. The pictures are un
der the management of Duncan 'II. Harrison
and form a complete evening's entertainment.
The engagement of the verlscopo and the pic
tures is limited to one week , and there will
bo a matlnco performance dally after today.
The Woodward Theater company nt the
Crolghton opened Its ninth week today wltu
an elaborate production of "The Sea of Ice. "
The excellent business continues with no sign
of abating In the leqst , In fact , the attendance
Increases each week. Messrs. Fuchs anil
Fuebs have been at work for several weeks
on the scenery for today's production , and
Theodore Llebcn will furnish tbo costumes.
Mr. Woodward promises the best production
of the engagement. Dean and Jose , two
clever specialty artists , direct from Ilammor-
stoln's theater , Now York City , will bo the
special attraction , opening at the matlnco
today ,
"Tho Two Orphans" will bo produced on
Wednesday next. Sunday the five-act drama ,
"Tho Wages of Sin , " with I'ost and Clinton
as the vaudeville attraction. The company
will close on the ISth the most successful
uumwor season In the history of Omaha
amusements. It would bo hard to csllmato
the busliiL-ss this company eould do In regu
lar season , with the weather ut < i reasonable
point , and somewhere below tlio SO degri'ii
maik , where It has bcon during most at
their present stay.
Dally matinees will bn given during the
balance of thn engagement.
If you have dvrr seen a little child In a
imroxyum of whooping cough , or If you have
been annoyed by a romdant tickling In tlui
throat , you can appreclato the value of Onu
Mlnuto Cough Cure , which given quick relief.
VnnyVnnl Ilnxlrr'H I'lni'c.
The rl-gular meeting of the Blxtb Wunl
lit publican club was curlallcil * Homuwb.it
, last night by the faet that tin- room usually
i oi-cilplcil by lhi > Huh bail burn re n led diirlnif
! tbo week , and ttin notice given tbo club
was too Mini-t tn allow another room to Im
1 M-uurcd. The iiu'vthiK WIIH then-fore held
1 In u lodge room ailjolnlng. but It was an-
I noiin-eil that Willis hall , at Twcmy-foiirtU
, and Sprurc streets , bail bei-ii Hccuicil for tbu
i club , and that from now until after election
I reijuliir meetings would be bi-.il ' < ; vt-ry
ButurU.iy nltMit.
Last night was county Judiiu'H night. II.
L. la > , .Joseph Crow. F. W. Flu-h iiml W. I ) ,
T < nKyek announced their candidacy for that
ollleiami askcil Uic- support uf thuOHTH of
the Sixth uard.
Iliihi-iiilnn Iti-iinlillciin ( 'lull.
There W.IH a largo and entbiiHlastlc meetIng -
' Ing of the Douglas Comity llobumlan He-
publican i-liib at Fifteenth and Wllll'iinit
street lakt night , I'n-fldtmt Fiank Francl
ptc-slillng. Thu principal address of Ilin
i-vcnliii , ' was by MorlU Kri'ltzmt-yw , who
Hpoku upon party pilnclplex and emphasized
tbu need of i-ntrKOtlo i-fTortH to curry Ne.
br.iHku for tbo party III tbo cumins cam
paign. I'rc-sldent Franc-l made a short iieech
i along the name linen. The mui'lliiK illHt-loxcd
i the fact that tbo new club IH a BtroiiK erie
( In lloliemlan cln-b'H. Morltz KrcltBim-yer
demonstrated that bt > IH a good speaker , and
the clul ) bus engaged him to xpeitk bofor *
the liohemlanx every Saturday nlyht froia
now until cluctluu.