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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1897)
mm THE OMAIFA DAILY 15KB : TUESDAY , SEPTEMHER 7. J8J)7. ) Ordinance Designed to Ecgulato it Serves as Protection to Operators. INCREASE IN LICENSED LAW BREAKING t\er Our HtinilriMl of Tlimp In IIiunolcHlcil OpcriiUnn In tlic IlllMltlCMH I'lirtlllll < > f .1 | tliu CM } . The reputable people of Omnhn who arc not addicted to Rambling have no Idea ot the growth of slot-machine gambling In this city since the licensing ordinance went Into effect. With the protection supposed to be afforded by the license Rambling machines liaVo sprung up In nearly o\cry saloon , cigar store , barber shop nnd many drug stores , and may be seen dally surrounded by a crowd of men and boys risking their money for n chance to win a prize \Vhcn the ordinance was passed the 11-uiBu Inspector ordered 100 tags to bo attached If ' tached to the licensed machines , but before the first month had passed the supply was exhausted and another 100 tags ordered There arc today In Omaha over 100 purely gambling machines that are licensed , prob ably a score that are not licensed , and as ininy more machines which operate games of chance which pretoml not to comu under the license ordinance. Thl means that thcro are several hun dred places In Omaha where gambling Is going on undisturbed day and night , week dajs ; nd Sundajs. This gambling goes on In defiance of the slate law which makes gambling and the keeping of gambling de vices a felony , and under the nose of the police , who arc sworn to enforce the law. Tlu exact oilgln of the slot machine or dinance Is not clear The ordinance was drawn In the city attorney's olllce at the rt quest of P. S. Urownlec , formerly clerk ot the Ore nnd police board , who took It and procured Its Introduction and passage through the council The ordinance pro viding for n license of $10 a year upon each slot machine , which does not glvo back to the pliycr a supposed equivalent to the money Invested. Some councllmon say Ihcj votfd for the ordinance aa a measure for revenue , others as a means of discouraging the Increase In the number of these ma chines , while Bllll others assort that the ordinance was pushed through before they Knew what It was bv outside parties inter ested In the machines dircctlj or Indirectly to give a semblance of legnlltv to their operation and prevent the arrest nf the owners or lessees under the gambling laws of the state H may have been one or all three of thise reasons , but the first and third are the ones which have borne fruit whllr the number has steadily Increased , and the prospects are good that inoic of them will bo placed In operation HISTORY OK Tlin MACHINES I ho hlsloiy of slot machine gambling In Omaha Is the old stoiy of the camel who put his nose under the Aiab's tent , then his hold then his hump ( hen staod up In the tent himself crowding out the Arab 0 Initially the slot machines wwe con structcd ostensibly to enable the opiiatoi to got an even return for his money In trade with Just enough of an opportunity to get more thin even value to make It an object for the public to try Its lurk. These were denominated trade s'imululors ' , and they were also Tcp-csentod to have the advantage of procuring a cash business , aa the device ivou'd ' not work on an I 0 U. Their novelty eventually were nff , however , and now al lurements were rcquhcd The next style to como Into general use was the machine , also a trade stlmulatoi In which there was more of chance. The win nings on these machines vve'e paid In the tiadc peculiar to the place where they wore located , but the chances of winning more than the value of the money ilsked were In creased , this being offset by a like number of opportunities for the player to lose his money entirely. The one chance of winning 23 cents' worth of trade for a nlrkel , against ton chinces of not winning any tiling , ap peared to be a strong allurement and these machines had a popular run for some time nut oven they became too tame , and were promptly supcrceded , as the cntoicement of the law became more Inx , hy machines based strictly upoi. the cash bjbteni. There aie many Kinds of thcbo machines hut the two which apparently ha\c the call are these with the cumulative pot and the big whfolb operated by electricity , wlinro stated returns arc Riven on certain colors The firmer have three cups Into which the nickels accumulate Hvery nickel dropped Into these machines goes Into one or the othei of these cups , e\cept the coin which luckily unlocks one. of the cups. That one L'oes Into the general exchequer of the house where the machine Is located The coin In the cups Is the prlzo for which the player risks his money , and It Is always In ( sight Sometimes the amount In these cup1 ? runs up to as high as $10 , and there have been cases whcno it was even more. Over each of these cups there Is a slot caiofully guarded by stool pegs When the coin ac- cltlcutally passes Into one or these slots the cup beneath opens , and whatever It contains belongs to the owner of the lunlcy coin Whllu the sight of so much money , which II is possible to obtain for a nickel , Is an almosl Irresistible temptttlon to the speculator , it Is also possible ! for one to drop nickels into one of these michlnes for hours at a time and never onon a cup IJIG mil CUNT AGAINST THK I'LAYCR In Ihr electric wheels the money Is placed on the ccm.18 There aic five colors offeTi ] for choice nnd each ot them will win more than the : mmov Invested If the right color erould bo ulled It takes a nickel to op- ornto the machine Two of the colois ic- turn ID rents to the Invostoi , one 25 cents , erie 50 runts and one $ t , pi ov hied , of com so that Ihf plavur Is lucky enough to pick oui the colci whirh is going to win It has Docun.o populii to play al ! five at once In this nuniKi 2 i cents will bo loqulrod but t'io ' opei ito1 IE bum to win back 10 cents on ut leabt ci o of two of the colors , am ho then hat , a fliiuuo of winning hick OVCMI money or ol catching fiO cents or $1 Tin wheel Is stilpod In colois to match the upon which the money Is wagered. Thmet are but two stilpes on opposite sides of the whret which win $1 , four at the quaiteis which win ! JO cents , eight which win 2r cents , and thity-elght | which win 10 cents This will enable the reader to make hi1 nun calculations as to the chances of boatIng - Ing the machlno by playing all the colois nt onn time. Up to ( Into there aio twenty-two of those tilg machines In operation In tha city Thcso arc singled out from the otheis be tansa they poem to have the call on the popularity with the sporting public Just now. There Is hnidly one of tbenn machines but that Is surrounded by a crowd In tin moiling , to say nothing of the Intounltlenl pluylug during tlio day. Men who wouli not think of playing a roulette wheel or ImcKIng faro stand luifnin these llcensoi pmlillun slot indrhineii and play by the hour , nheie the pnrcentago against thorn Is tluoe time * what It Is In elthei of the other tvjo games. Tliosg machines nro owned by nm-u'sl- A warded Highest Honors World's Fair , Gold Medal , Midwinter Fair. A Pure Grape Cream ol Tartar Powder. 40 YE/iRS THE STANDARD , dents. C U. niodgctt has fourteen of them looted In different parts of the city , and Ch rlen Protzman has eight Thcso men represent different companies , although their machines are practically alike. They put them up In a saloon , cigar store , hotel or other place frequented hy men , on a per centage plan , the proprietor of the house receiving lutlf of the net receipts of each day's business , the owner of the machine paying for the license. The owner of the machines say their purpose Is to eventually sell the apparatus to the proprietor of the place where It Is temporarily located , but as the price asked Is over $200 , while the prospective purchaser gets a comfortable akc-off wlthou any Investment of capital under the present sjstem , It Isn't reasonable o expect that any sales will bo made. n.VORMOUS PROFITS TO OWNBKS The machines are placed In such loca tions In thu heart of the city where the trafllc Is heaviest. It Is said to be neces sary to the success of the "business" that some one should be plavlng nil the time , even If the agent Is forced to act as a leader. Onu man plijlng will always attract others , and the moro there are waiting to play , the moro there will bo who Itch to huvo nn op- lortunlty to "break" the treasury of the ap. laratus ; end us In all other gambling games the longer the machine runn without a big winning the moro eager Is the plajcr to continue to strike the lucky color Men who have watched the operation ot the de vice sa > It Is no uncommon thing for the owner to take out $10 a day as a return for his Investment. Tills Is particularly true In a few of the saloons which nro known as the resort for men of the green cloth. All the money going to the proprietor of the machines , amounting to several thousand ilollars a day , Is practically taken out ot Omaha and sent away. The only money that the machine owner spends hero Is that liut up for the license tags , and the salary three or four men who go around and koeip thu machines In order and take up the winnings The proprietor of one ot the leading sa loons In the city , In speaking of these ma chines , said"I : kept them out of my place as long as I could , but finally had to put ono In ns a business necessity. Strange as t may appear , there was n call for It. fattens of mlno who couldn't bo Induced to go Into a gambling room asked why I didn't liavc a machlno , thnt It furnished them dl- votslon and didn't cost very much. It does beoin like a trivial expense to put n nickel In one of the machines , hut It doesn't stop there1 One nickel almost Invariably leads to another nnd dollars follow dimes In quick succession , "lit the demand for the ma chine bpcamo so great that I was compelled to put one In , and there It Is H Is true that It Is the source of some piollt to me , an [ got a good per cent on what It makes with out any outlay on my part but I would nther not have the machine In the place My profit , however. Is largely apparent , be cause the money which goes Into It and Which I have to divide with the owner would for the meat part come to me an > way In pajmont for goods which I sell Then too , It makes me run the risk of arrest for keeping a machine In my plice I shall be glad If they stop the whole business , though so long ns they are permitted I shall have to keep them to ptevent my trade from going to other places " Another man In the city , who Is reputed to have considerable knowledge of all kinds of gambling devices said "It beats nnj outfit over found in a regular gambling room In the peicontage to the owner. A profes sional gimblor will not bo caught bj them to any large amount , for he wants at least some small chance of winning , which Is not given by these machines These things citch the Inexperienced and the > oung men , largel > because of Its Innocent appealancc hut It cultivates the desire for playing chince games In roulette the operator hab onlj the single and double ' 0' In his favor , and In faio the dealer has the advantage of the 'split , ' but in these machines there are thlitelght elianccs to lose to six to win , with eight chances for the player to quit oven A gambling house with such a lajout would bo termed a cut-throat concern and would probably , and Justly , too , be pulled b > the ofllcors before It had been In business verj long. " Cook's Imperial Champagne reaches the spot Cook's Imperial Champagne is alwajsgood Cook's Imperial Champagne makes you > oung. V ( iiiiiil Onlrr. The \rabian Coffee and Spice company of this city has Just received an order for n carload of 24,000 pounds of its coffee , to be shipped to Portland , Ore , and some people still contend that prosperity Is not return ing. elevator for Sale or Lease Tlio Woodman , Ritchie gialn elevator , on Missouri Pacific railway track , 18th and lizard streets : best elevator west ot Chicago ; capacity , COO.OOO bushels Applj to W. T Graham , Dee bldg \ Isltlnu'urNCs lluKc n Hiiisc. The Visiting Nurses , one of the greatest charity oiganlzatlons In thecltj , ran things to suit themselves at Shnrman & McConneirj di UK store Saturday. A Hoc man made sevoial unsuccessful attempts to get Into this "middle of the block' ding stoie during the daj , but the crowds were so den&c as to bo just sho"t of a crush. The "Visiting Nurses" are hlghli elated over the financial outcome Sheiman & McConnell Drug Co donated the entlro pioccods of the boda fountain to the association , and It Is safe to nay that no other stoio could have obtained to large o fund for them. The gieat "middle of the block" storo- ovcry foot of Its 132 foot In length Is filled with the purest and bcht drugs and medi cines obtainable. So complete Is their stock that phjslcIaiiH rely upon them to fill an > and all prckcrlptloiis they may ptcscilbe. And thu "middle of the block" store alwajs ( ills them day or night. Cut 'ihiH nut : Round trip tickets will be on sale , by the MISSOURI PAC1PIC RAILWAY , to the fol lowing polntf , nt greatly reduced rates Honv SeekcM-fi' Kuxurslons , Sept 7th aud 2Nt Indianapolis. Ind. , Sept.,7th and Sth St Louis Mo Tuesdays and Trldayt , In Septcmbei and October. Atihtson. Kan , September 22d and 23d. Kiimx City , Mo , October 3d to 9th , In clusive * . Per fuither Information call at city aftlces , IKII thwst corner 13th and raruam , or depot , lf > th and Webster Btrc'etH. J O PHILLIPPI , A. G F. S. P. A T I' GODPlinV , P. t T , A , run MJU' MM : OIM\ . Oiiinliu , KIIIIHIIN Clt } A KiiKti'rn Ilull- rniiil Oiiiulia .1 ht , Ioul Itaili oinl. Tha QUINCY ROUTH with thiotigh traliih to Trenton , Kliksvllto and Qtilncy , Connec- tluim east and kouthcast. For rntea time tables and all Information , cull ai QUINCY HOUTU ofilce , 1115 Farnam street ( Paxton Hotel Ulork ) , 01 write , OHO , N. CLYTON , Agent. SUMMUIl r.XCl'USIOSa. ' \ In UlilciiKO , MllnauKc'o A. St. 1'uiil llnllttii } . A long libt of excursion points to which round tilp tickets will bo sold at cHrntl > 10- duced latea. The conditions foi i-uminc'i lomlhta were never more liberal than thoEC for thla BPSBOII For full Information as to routes latcti , limits selling dates , etc. , up- pi ) at the city ticket olllce , 1GQ4 rarnam et T A NASH , General Western Agent. Union Piicllli' . ' "Ihe Ovcrlnnd Limited" The most SUPURHLY HQUIPPED ( lain neat of MUbourl River. Tueho hours quicker thin nnj other train to Pacific ConHt Call at Ticket Olllce .1302 Tomani St. llnnirxi C'l.orh' 1'xciirHloMln IliirlliiK'- tiin Itniitr , September "th thu Durllngton will sell round trip tickets at one fare , plus $2. in points in XttbrHfcka , Kansas W > omlng , Cole , ladri I tab ArKnnnab , Indian Territory , Okla homa and IVuiB , and in ceitain points In Louibiaiu. Mlajoml and Niw Mexico , Full Informutlon tegardlng llniia. MopoveiH , etc , at ticket olllco , 1502 Farnam nt . or hy tul- drc'satnc J Francis , Gen'l I'ass'r Agent , Omaha , Neb TJio I niun 1'iiHii.i. U tunning Pullman Palace Sleeping Car da I ) , Omaha to Colorado Springs , Colo. , leav ing Omaha rm fast mall 4:05 : p , m. , arriving Colorado Springe next morning 11:10. : Tor reienations and full Information call at City Ticket ofllct , 1302 Ifcrnam St , SOIL YIELDS UP RICHNESS Mother Earth Generously Howards the Husbandman for His Summer's ' Toil , ' PROVES A MINT TO NEBRASKA FARMERS Croim In All Hindu of ( Irnln , tilth Top I'rlecK , ItrliiMTN Uni-x- niiililcil Wealth ( o the I 1'roituccrn. , The good news In regard to the wonderful crops raised In Nebraska this year seems to get better as w Inter approaches , and these who were In any way Inclined to feel that the estimate previously published were over drawn will have sufllclent evidence before long that Nebraska Is the granary of the nation , and that the wealth yielded by mother earth to the farmer Is even moro than nnyono had estimated. Ono of the leading grain men of Omahn , and ono who Is considered better posted on these subjects than anyone elser In the state , has just returned from a trip through the state , during which ho personally visited fifty -nine counties , and ho makes no effort to conceal the enthusiasm ho feels over the unprecedented outlook. He pronounces this year's crop the greatest general yield ever known In the state. Ho says while It Is true that the present heated spell Is Injuring the late corn to seine extent In some localities , enough corn has already been pushed past the danger point to place the state In the front rank of corn producers ; and that If a good rain conies within a few davs the little Injury which has bwn done will bo largely overcome. ONE ; COUNTY'S PRODUCT. As a straw Indicating the condition In nearly every county In Nebraska he says tint In Nuckolls county , on the south line and about hilf way across the state , the yield of corn will be 13,000.000 bushels. This Is one of the counties which has for many years been tonsldeied In almost the midst of the and portion of the state , and for that rcaton the condition there can safely be taken as an average upon which to base the condition In othe- counties In the state. IJut that Is not necessary , for the man wno has Ju t undo this Investigation visited enough coun ties In all parts of Nebraska to glvo him an Intelligent Idea of the crop In the state as a whole As the result of this trip and the Investiga tions made figures have been prepared which show that there are 100,000,000 bushels ot old corn vet In the hinds of the faimers of the state 50,000,000 bushnls of old corn In cribs In the state , 250,000,000 bushels of the new corn bafe from bad weather or frost and as sured to the producer whatever may happen to the late corn ; from 50,000,000 to 75,000,000 bushels of late corn which has been Injured to some extent by the late hot weather , much of which , how eve will be saved If ra n comes to the state within a few day a , and 75,000,000 bushels of wheat , lye , oats , barley and flax This makes a total of 600,000,000 bushels of Kialn raised by the farmers of Nebraska this year , allowing for 25,000.000 bushels of late corn to be saved out of the total acreage. RAILROADS GET A SHAKE. It ib estimated further that of this crop there will be consumed In Nebraska , fed by the farmers and used In the mills , 150,000,000 bushels , leaving 350000,000 bushels to be shipped out of the state during the next twelve months. To ship this amount of grain it will require 500,000 cars at 40000 pounds to the car , > vhlch is using the larger sire , arid the protlt to the railroads at the rate of $20 per car will be $4,000,000. The average price of the grain shipped. out of the state Is put at 30 cents a bushel for all kinds , and makes a total value ( to the farmer of $105,000,000. The 150,000,000 bushels fed to stock and sold to millers Is estimated to be worth to the farmer GO cents a bushel , making a total of $90,000,000 This makes the average value of the season's crop of grain , according to this grain man's estimate , $195,000,000. This does not Include an estimate of 20,000 000 acres of grass used for gra/Ing purposes , and 5,000,000 teas of hayAside Aside fiom the grain product , figures have been obtained on the sugar beet crop which add another large Installment to the wealth to the Nebraska farmer. There are 15,000 acre's of sugar beets in this state , which ore said to average fifteen tons to the acre , making a total of 150,000 tons in the state From tests made at the Grand Island fac tory the beets used show 12 per cent sugar and SO pei cent purity. The fact Is the avciage was a trifle over this per cent , but ( hit is the standard required to make the beets sell at $4 a ton , and as the year has been unusually favoiable for this crop It is estimated that nearly ull of the crop will make this average of saccharine matter , and bring the same price. This will make the uceiptb for the beet crop $000,000 In ad dition to the raw beets the farmei has the benefit of the tops and bottoms of the beet for feeding purposes , which equal In feeding ing value to twenty-five bushels of corn to the aero The manufacture of the beets yields sK-tcnths of a ton of pulp to a ton of beets , making 90,000 tons of the pulp which has no superior as a feed foi stocK and which is sold at 50 cents a ton. Then there Is the chicory crop , The Amer ican Chicory company says It has not yet made an examination of Its fields of beets , but will do so next week. An oflicer of the company , however , says It Is safe to say that the 1,500 acres of beets which the com pany has under contiact will yield eight tons to the acre , which will bring to the producer $7.50 n ton , making neirly $10',000 for the crop Then there Is. , a company at Schuyler which has some contracts , but no onu he-re knows to what extent that company has engaged in the business this year. CHICORY A WEALTH PRODUCER While these chicory figures repiebcnt the ciop this year , the outlook foi the futurn of this crop Is said to bo moro than favorable , owing to the now tariff law. Under the old law nearly all importations of chicory es caped duty as the clatibe covcilng this point applied to Imitation coffee , and the chlcoiy Itself was not held to be Imitation coffco , The new law fixcb a duty of ! ! ' , & cenls a pound on prepared chicory and 1 cent a pound on lite raw root This will force the eastcin factories to ship their dried root from Nebraska , or pay a higher pilco by continuing to Impoit It thereby being unable to compete with western factories In the homo market. There are fifty factories In the country , nearly all of them bolng louitcd on the Atlantic noaboard. Thcso castcin factories have heretofore used the Imported beet , and the now tailff law practically shuts them out unlebs they arrange to use the native boot. As they found a profitable maiket foi their product In the pabt chicory I men bay they will continue the manufacture ' by shipping lu the western be-eU When It i Is considered that the total acreage of these ) 1 be-ets In Nebraska this year Is something over 1,500 acicB , and that In the little country of Ilolglum alone they raise 25,000 acres annu ally , bomo Idea of the possible dimensions of the chicory business may be obtained , and NcbiasXa beets are pronounced every bit as good as these raised across the water When all these figures on the products of the boll In Nebraska are considered , those of an Investigating turn of mind may direct tholr attention to the value of the live stock which ban been raised In the state during the year and which yet remains to be mar keted Win1 n this Ib done It Is very probable that some idea may be obtained of the wealth which has come , to the Nebraska farmei this year and that which Is yet lu stoic foi him ( HiJiTliMl to Coiiiiirlltloii , I.ouls Lukowltz , a newsboy , was arrested again yesterday for fighting Louis haunts the corner of Fifteenth and rani am streets and whenever any other boy attempts to conduct buslncsb on his territory he gctb thrashed Yesterday several small boys du- tei mined to break up Louis' monopoly and weio greeted with a club In the hands of ' the ynuug Napoleon In news circles Louis . wab charged with assault and battery by one of tin ) boy i' . TONK < > I | llrli-U * 'I lirmiKli u VVIn < Io\v. Cnirlo Hart and KJltli rKivl * , tu-atures from the Third vvurd , attended a p'cnli out ul Tletz'8 path Sund.iy afternoon and inci dentally diank considerable beer I 'pan their way home In the- evening they mew humorous nnd bhlvd bcvt-ral bricks through the window a of a tinner's shop at Twen tieth and Pojppleton avenue. The women were arrested tor malicious destruction ot property , I MinitTAKnit iini.ns Tin : nonv. Ilrnrj Mnirntii-rSi lliiiinlnn Hold While HKtnicMl * llolnaSettled. . Henry Llngoner , flivho lived lu the vi cinity of Fifty-iccoriil and Hickory streets , died on September lk nnd If the program , as at present arranged Is carried out , tils remains will be lain away next Sunday , twelve days after the demise , This delay In the funeral Is "entirely due to the fact that when Llngonardied his affairs were In bad shape and the undertaker who has the body In charge wants to be certain that the funeral expensed twill bo paid before he releases his grasp on ithc dead man , Llngoncr's estate Is not a very extensive one , as the deceased was engaged In the dairy business on a inmll scale nt his place of residence. The assets consist of several head of cattle and a few articles of house hold and other character. The liabilities against the estate ore said to be consider ably greater than the amount that can be raised from the sale ot this property. The chief claimant against the estate Is the dead man's fortnc'r wife. Shortly before Llngoner departed this world the wife In-j I stltuted divorce proceedings against him , , charging cruelty , and on this charge se- J cuicd n decree. She- was granted alimony In the sum ot $100 and Llngoner was also ordered to pay the fees of the attorney who managed the case for the woman. I Immediately after the death , the ox-wlfo | I filed papers lei the county court to bo appointed - I pointed administratrix ot the estate In a I very short tlmo afterward a man put In ai I application to bo appointed administrator , I i The latter appears In behalf of the creditors I of the estate. It Is said that the claims will cat up the estate. In the meanwhile the body of the dead man was sent to an undertaker and the funeral was to have occurred Sunday Orders for It had been given by the wife. The undertaker , however - over , had received notice of the many claims that were pending against the estate and he- wanted to BOO where his pay was coming from. No cJne would advance the expenses , and as he saw ao very cheering prospect that ho would get them out ot the estate , ho called the funeral off. "If the wlfo was appointed administratrix I would bo all right , " he explained , "but suppose that the man was put In charge of the estate. Then I would have no claim asilnst the property. ' The fnneral has now been scheduled for next Sunday as It Is believed that -by that tlmo the administrator will bo appointed and the undertaker v 111 know where he Is at. In the meantime he has se'zed the op portunity given him and Is experimenting on the body with a new embalming fluid. The experiment Is so successful that the body Is In excellent condition and the un dertaker maintains that It will icmatn so for a year , nnd he can hang onto the body- tor that length of time If U takes that long to settle the affairs of the estate. in iici , vut VT v CMITIIIMJ Hitter Tltroiireli \\liulim mill Cnrr\ \-wny Sum | > 1 e-H. Last Satuiday night burglars entered and robbed the store room and olllce of Voorhees , Miller & Co , at Eleventh and Harney streets entrance being obtained by smashing the heavy plate glass of the front door The glass Is almost half an Inch thick and must have nolbe that resulted must have been consider able , but no one has yet been found who heard It. When Inside , the thieves thor oughly overhauled the stock of fine clothing stored In the omcc as samples They se lected articles of the best quillty and took them away. The loss to the company Is somowheie between $100 and $200 The onlv clue the crooks left behind consists of some spsts of blood on the sidewalk In front of the olllce. One ot the crooks probably v.as cut when he crawled either lu or out of the hole In the window. i The police yesterday arrested Pat Itallcy and Jerry Collins , who are supposed to have had a hand In the robbeiy ' OfTlcer McDowell met the two men neai Twenty-second street and Poppleton avenue , and halted them because Collins was wearing i a new overcoat. Collins Is crippled and wis | easily captuied , but Bailey htat d Ao run McDowell took up the chase aud after n long pursuit captured the man. When the men were brought to the police station the overcoat worn by Collins was Identified as one of those stolen The pils- oners were clo'ely questioned and Collins finally weakened , he not only admitted tint he and Bailey had a hand In the robbery , but albo gave the police ether info"matlon. He also led ofiicers to the Chicago Lumber com pany's yaids and brought to light more of the clothing The property had been concealed undei a pile of beards iis VIOIM.S , i \ . , One Pure for Hoiniil Tilp , September 8 to IS , via Rock Island Route. Call at city ticket office , n23 Farnam street. WM. C. GOSS COAL Tel 1307 Office and ards llth & Nicholas lloiinSi' 'K rN' i\c-tiPHloiix. Via 1HK MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY on Tuesdava , September 7th and 21st. to points in Arkansas , Kansas , southwest Ml - souri. Oklahoma , Texa * , Louisiana , also to ccivaln poln's In Virginia , Temies ee , Ken tucky. Alabama , Mississippi , etc Fm fur- t icr Information call at city ofllces , northeast ro-ner nth and Farnam streets J O PHILLIPPI , A. G K. & P. A. T. F. GODFREY , P. & T. A. TIII : UNION I'vrinc. 'I InOnl > 1)1 iii UK finItniitt * . OMAHA TO PACIFIC COAST. THE UNION PACIFIIC. U Is the only direct line to San Francisco , and makes 12 HOURS QUICKER TIME to San Francisco than any other line. Call at city ticket olllce , ,1302 Farnam et. IllllllllllllloIlN , llHt. On September 7th and 8th , account National Meeting of Sons of Veterans , the MISSOURI P \CIFIC RAILWAY will sell round trip tickets at one fare For fuither Information call at company's offices , noi theast corner 13th and Farnam Sts. J O PHILLIPPI , A. G F & P. A. T F GODFREY. P. < S. T. A. \iioflu-r Hot SIM-IIIKH nvciu nlnn. 'Ihf liif. $10 40. Omaha to Hot Springs and return , September 10 , liurllngton route. $16 10 for 1 100 miles of travel and a month's exemption from heat and dust mid wind ISN'T It cheap' Tickets at 1503 Farnam $17 40 , Indianapolis und return , via Rock Island Route. lllHtl Illllllon Of I'llllllH , Superintendent Penrso of the city schools announces Unit eighth grade pupils whew w < ro promoted to the tlghth li nt the close of hist yc.ir will uttind nchool as follows * 'Those who vvoro Intthe LVnli.il , Miibon .ind Park schools will report on Tuovday moui- Inn ut the Mason school ; thobe who vvoie In the Kellom. Loni ? ami Lothrop schools will report on TiiiBdity morning nt the Long i school ; thoxo who vrc > In the Walnut Illlt I and Central Piuk sohpols will repoit on i Tuesday morning at the Walnut Hill school I Other eighth li pupils will re-main vvheici they were lust yearmntll they uru further notlllcd. i Uncovering a Deal Between the Democrats and the Silver Republicans. POLTICAL FUSION LEAVES SORE SPOTS i'ni > tilli < N llrRln < < > llonllro Mint \\orc Solit ( lilt \\hen tlic Mute AY UK Made Up l.UHl , ' Wvek. While It is asserted that the nomination of Judge Sullivan will come as near to uniting the fusion elements as was possible , In view of the bitter fight at Lincoln , the contest has loft a number ot sere spots which ro begin ning to appear In cv Idcnco. Ono or these con cerns that element In the local populist and silver republican parties which was most closely allied to the candidacy ot Cunningham R. Scott Since they 1me had a llttlo tlmo In which to mcdltato on the occurrences ot last Thursday they think they begin to bee that the silver republican endorsement of Sullivan was a part ot a deal consumnntcd come tlmo before aud they do not hesitate to declare that tlirlr candidate was sold out hy those supposed to be his main supporters. It Is now asserted that It wis agreed from the beginning that thu silver republican vole should be turned over to Sullivan when the right tlmo came , and there vveie n number of occurrences during trie convention that seem to bear out this theory. Frank Ransom Is the ludlvlduil charged In these quarter * ) with bolng mainly responsible for the consumma tion ot the deal. Ransom went down to Lin coln as Scott's right bower , but was observed very early lu the contest frequently In con ference with some of the democratic manipu lators who would not have Scott undci any chciimstaiiccs. A number of Scott's fi lends wo"e a little suspicions of Ransom , und to them Scott Etatod that ho was not altogether sure himself thai his lieutenant was acting entirely In his Interests. Hut the deal was worked so well that when the final maneuver was sprung It was too late to nrevent It and the Sullivan boom was biotight to an Issue before Its opponents could get together. ' NOT IN TUB DEAL. It Is now pretty well understood that when the plan that each convention should proceed to ballot , and that the candidate who bhould Hist be endorsed by two conventions bhouid bo the nominee was recommended by the confeicuco committee , theio was an undei- standlng between the dcmocnts and silvci re-publicans that the populists should bo left out In the cold aud that the other two con ventions should name the candidate- It Is now allc > sc'd that it was equally Avcll understood on thepait of Ransom and other republican leaders that the man should bo a demociat when the right time came The populists buspected such an arrangement at the time and on that account a considerable portion of the delegatcb weio vigorously op posed to the report of the conference com mittee. But Sullivan's managers had also woiKed up a considerable boom among the populists and after wrangling until nearly ir.oiniiig a majoilty of the populist conven tion banctloned the deal What adds more partlculaily to the wrath of the Scott crowd is the fact that they believe that their candidate would have bcnn the nominee If ho had not been betrayed They declare that the Douglas county popu list delegation was ready to gho Scott 120 votes on the next ballot and that Gage Custer and other counties had promised to follow suit But Just at this tlmo Hansom bprung the Sullivan endoisemoiit on the silver republicans und by a vigorous effort succeeded in cirry Ing It through \ud the enthusiastic comments of democratic leadeni on the manner In which Ransom had carried out his part of the agreement were not altogether lost on some of the populist and silver republican delegates by whom they were ) overheatd V. 0 Stiickler is also nllego l to have gone down to Lincoln In Scott's Interest and to have assisted In dumping him over board when the opportunity arrived In fact Strlckler nnd John 0. Yeis < ? r were only pro \cnted from coming to blows on the pioposl- tion hy the interference of mutual friends Strlckler met Yoiser In one of the corridors of the Lincoln hotel last Wednesday fore noon and Yelsor accused him of bad faith ? Stilcklcr then proceeded to read the riot act and In return Yclser accused him of being a traitor. "You are a good thing to give me a cer tificate of populism , " declaied Yoiser , "v.hen you came down here for the loin companies labt winter to lobby against our foieclosuro bill " Yeiser also accused Strlckler of having al ter ded a pievlous legislative session and worked with Vamlcrvooit and others to assist In the election of John M. Thuiston ab United States sei ator. By this time ( jultc a crowd had gathered and clwiges of boodleiy weie pasbed back and foith until Strickler drew a Knife and went after Yoiser with a tlneat that ho would cut his heal t out Then A A Peny nnd others interfeic-d and the contes'nnts were beparated. I iiloii I'ncllle. Only Line Running TWO TRAINS iJAILY to Colorado , Wyoming , Utah and all Western Points. Call at ticket office. 1302 Farnam street uovcit nnsnvrs Tun ACTIJS VTION. DeiilcH tliut Ho IK n Thief mill CEoew \ ! ' ( < ! a U'niTlliil. "I ain't a thafo , but you're a liar , " was the retort that Patrick Roach let lly at Thomas Fisher Sunday. Roach siyb that Fisher then chased him with a knife The row resulted in the Issuance of a warrant for the arrest of Fisher on the ( hargo of assault with Intent to do great bodily In Jury , Roach alleges that he was looking after his corn on his o MI lot at Twenty-third stieet and Larlmoro avenue when Fibber whom ho never saw before , pasted by Fisher accused him of trying to lob the corn patch , and Roach answeicd to the effect that the speaker was pievarlcatlng H was then that Roach says Fisher stalled uftei him with a knlfo and did not let up on the pursuit until he had sought shelter ) In a neighbor s house Skin mi liiFiirniu'c Mini , "Pet" Webb and "Dot" Taylor , negro women living In nil old shack at 1121 Daven port , induced G T. Anderson , an liiMiiancc man from Denver , to go Into their den and deliberately proceeded to Ilecco him of $12 As soon as Anderson found out his lo&s he- started to call n policeman The women he- coming alaimcd gave back ull the money hut $2 , which they claimed had been paid out foi heel. It was too lute , however , to Htuvo off tho. policeman , so Anderson went to Jail with his colored fHondo Jt Is a dear iano of laiceny fiom the person , and an Anderson Is complaining witness and a stiangor In the city ho will probably have a chame to ex perience life behind the bars for several GOLD DUST , ThetRoad to Klondike is a long and hard one. It'.s much easier to get from } 'otir grocer. Sold every- \vhere and cleans everything JIADU ONLY uv THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY , Chicago. fit. Louln. New York. Uotton. I'hlludelplalft. Uee , Sept. C , 1S97 , We ought to sell all of the school suits that will be sold in Omaha this fall. But we won't. Some people are too proud to patronize "The Nebraska" and some are such poor judges of value that they would pay $1.37 for a suit that is all shoddy rather than to pay $1.50 for the same pattern in all wool. These people's trade wo won't get We will get the trade of people who like to make sure of whit they arc buying. Who arc good judges. Who don't want job lots , Who are not too proud to save money when they can. We arc better prepared than ever to serve such people and \ve will sell them school suits cheaper than ever before. Nearly the whole of our second floor is now devoted to boys' clothing and our stock is twice as large and twice as attractive as it has ever been before , In our corner window today you can see samples of some of our of ferings. They will give you an idea of what we are doing. Notice the knee pant suits at Si 50. And the long pant suits at $3.50 , , They are for sale as well as for show , " 'UiKgrcfttVe-Bclnlilo - - Vluillzi rthcBrcserl | ) > tlon of n fauiouaTrench physicianwill quickly uno vou of ull nir. \oiis or illsiasia of the uciierntlvo tirpaiu , nucli us JuslMunliil. Jnwmma , nilnsln tlio Jlack.tkmliml Jmissions Ni r\mn Ddililti rimple % Unntness to Harry , Lxlmiiulni : Drains Vnrlcm elo nnd C'onstlnitlon. It atom till lo sos liv-ilny or ills' u INpvmts iiiih k- nrssof dhclmnre , wlilchlf notcliM-kcrl lonclntd.sppriiintcirrliauniitl nil tlio horrors odrnpotpnoy. ' ' . BEFORE Nn flPTm nri'UlKM'.rleaiisrathollver , the BUl-OHt AND - xm , , , . . , , , , ! tll ( > irtnnry , orcnnsol nil Impurities. OUI'iniWIJ Ktrensthennnnd restoresRrrmll vvenk orpAM , The rcison Mifkrpn nro not cured bj' Doctors li bpcauso ninety per cent nro trouble * * wilh Prontallll * . rDPIDHNUIs the-only known rpmuly to cnroulilioiumuipi rntlon V < > | < silmnnl- nls. A wrlt'en KHMmtili CRI PII nnd ninncv returned If six hnxrs dops not cUccl a iicrmiuiciHcure. ( LOOnboi.BlifnrtSOJliv mall , f enclfor mcKclrcklnrand testimonials , Address IlAVOHi MKSdCIJiK ' . , I'.O. J3oi J070.Sanrn > ncl..coCnL fbrBalelni MYERS-DILLON Dl'.UG CO , S. Li 16ril AND VJ.IIN.AM SinEEfS. OMAHA. NED. "EAST , WEST , HOME IS BEST , " IF KEPT GLEAN WITH rV i SCI1O OI.S. fM TPJIO AfF * " * nrnctlcnl IrtPiin priettcil education Is ncccs- taa i ISiO MiiSC W"J tolm.uroiinicuh fulMK.Iiiliir liuFlni-'sllfo . ' " Jr. * ' - . . . .i . " . fnrjouril-nu'liti ri Inick-ctiniMinlioollK.iucfor hoi rre it c ire frliould I o exi relied , Itir In inan > eu oIt ! * tlin fijrinnth o pcrluil nnil tlio liuLircoxlmm italned nt tills tnnu liilUiencu her fuHiro hfo. AND ! la li nhool In cv ery way worthy the imtromiEoof p u enti 1th daughters toeducnlu. HMiKatulin mldo ilH'Ot ' , o K i f Ihuinott he iHliful III the vu t-t. nnd IIP i * * > < tf aiu'pp. ItcomhliioMnctcn lu inner IhomUnntaircn of alipiy : | , < lirisll in liuiijoilh tho-i'or hlj-h Kriclnl' ( > lli > i. ( | . A CM ) i'ltnonnnnlediitthoMj ) cnnlp tln Mnsleilppirtimnt. o llrtfrrrlojar- eul < uiter lciliacda tluat > tlhilrchildren. AJUrmiUIS.f , T. MOOUI l'ru OLDEST , LARGEST AND BEST APPOINTED IN Ma ) . SANDrORD SCLLnRS.Supt. 1.1 MMll lMil. . I OJIJIIl CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC 7 " ° Mlo | OB branches are tanght by a thoroiiRh corps of ten hers Piano , Volco , Violin , Organ , Harp Mandolin , Guitar , Tlu to , Clarinet , Uasboon Comet Harmony aiid Composition , Elocution , Shakespeare Drama tlf Art. Holbarto and Pruslc.il Onltuie. Ad- n. M. .IOM : ; . . iiours 'i unvrnit. ( MVIII : , MJH. I'bc Sherman's Catauh Jelly. run ui n1:11 : , Sherman's Cucaljptus Catanh Jelly. \vin : % ot it 111 : vuins COM ) . Use Shoi man's Hucaljptus Calairh Jelly u iinN A or CVNNOT mtcvinn 'IIIKOIHill NISI ) , Use Sherman's Catarrh Jell ) . If you have never used It , call and get free sample. You will know then that its the bfJl catarrh and cold medicine made1. Made and sold by Sherman & clonnefl OrugGo 1.11:1 : DHiHii : STIIIIT. . . . OM\II\ . MIDDM : or HI , one. DUFFY'S PURE MALT WHISKEY All Druggists Mollifi-Nt MntliriKH Mol | MT ; : ; Mrs Wlnslou'K Soothing Brup IIUH lioin ut > ul for over 10 sfnr liy millions of mother * tor Itielr children while lerililnK wlt'i perfect mt- ceea It cootllOB the child enftriiK I lip Kum alla > s all puln cures wind collu , and Is the best remedy foi I-Hiirhota Sold ) j > Unionists In cvcrs pnrt of the wcrll Iln nunnnd nsk for "iMs V Inflow' * fioolhlnE Bvrup nnd talte no oilier Und. M cenls u iiotlle LADIES DO YOU KNOW DR. FELIX LE DRUM'S Steel p Pennyroyal Treatment isthooriBinnl nndonly FUKNCH cnfa nnd rohablo muo cm tlio mar ket. 1'rlco , $1 1)0 ) ; tout by mail. Oouuino Bold only by M > eis Dillon llrae Co E U Cor IGth and Tar- I , an MititH ( Jnulia . ' , eb SVIADE ME A > xgx AJAX TAHUJTSIOHniM'LV C'Olll LJ ' \ Al.h > rio /J/ tir I-nlllnn .Mo.i vQ 31 ory. Impotent ) , Sliiiie ! u i'fc , etc .t nw > * rl hj Ahtire Mid otlmr 1 icruhtu anil jintf cietfonn / ArtrtlV / , / ( / rllirl Aim/ iu lor lf ( V Unlit ; In nl I or ) "un < n < 111 a niun for ntutl ) Ijiihlnni. * or ntnrf : ug > u-r , , 4 1'iftytmt Inynrifo mil < x > naumiion | | > token In lima Tlioir n " hewn lmm nit Improv lumil unil eitorti u OUKUvhuro nil otbora lull 1 Mil ui'Oil ) IHVIU | HID i , nulim AJui. Tabloid Tl.i Unfa ruiul tliotmnmlmn I will turn } nti Uo air * l > oiltlt wrll'm I'inirnnlio lo r-tlccl T cure In eiich ru or jefund lltu money I'rHufiO CUIIIH i r iirckitno t U package ! ( full trralmeut ) for C.1SI. lly nmll I i.luiii wniinr " "on rnielitot irict. ( Irrulur frtr AJAX REMEDY CO. , "V,1 , ' ; : ; " " ' I ui tale In Omaha by Jaiiieu Foinylh , V > i K. ICth ttrcel Kutin & Co 15th and DuiulnB "Ireete. DR. RflcGREW JB TUKOM.Y SPECIALIST WHO TIIKArt Alt Private Diseases Wet coi l HUordiF of ftTEM ONLY Book 1-r.jo. I'onnnltiv tloiil'roe , HoxTW.oi Hta nad Fmua Bti , OMAHA , KKO. AMERICAN CONSERVATORY , ilHI I IHll , 'IIIUIahlo , ( blr.ji mluu. lntlfaiitnn'L forllit Muily l all hiuiif ni nl hull innriitnl mill Vntal VIiulc llnrlliii I mi ) Illi 11 Ilinmullt Alt.Mu cntlon Dc'Iharlc I ill n null in ll.n.l , t.ri [ a Ulna trutr 1 iHtuln n. in i Hi I i I UN l U TTSTAKIIT llr. ) a Clor ou3 Tr.ing SS ! I'oi ciiuv to him. a tooth < > \tt.uleii wlthuut opiriLiu Inn pain Olll nietlind Is lO-iIUVHIA l'AINliS : . Our jj lu for ilcliiB ll Just one h.ilf vv i it othem chnrge Rend jour children lo us and conu jourfelirt VNi'll Mive sou iiione ) and MHiuintci ) iuficl bjtls I faction I . \l ) ollll-ly P.illlle-S Hx- traellnn , . , , Kr Hllvor rilllni " , ! . . We- Pine Gold I'll.liiKH . .51 up Set Tuth $ " 00 I test Tic 111 $7 i'i ' No chinKP foi cMimlimtlrm Lad ) attendant NLW VORKDHNTALrO OIIUo In Uuslimiin u lllorli lot ) mil I ) iihlim wer t'liiwrlbln hoe filoie nu n P\IMI i' M i GCLlLGDnn LOO , p n ( VI Vltllll , lllC'llllllllH tillIIONIt [ ' I G niifl < III cm I I'lllki lllllKN , NlOMI- I 1 ni'Ii , IxMti'ls mill Klilii < ) N. HUH- | ! J = -J n flil'i' , I'llcK , Njirc'lnl INI > IIHI > N of | | D turn mill "Oini'ii. Cull or ttrlli * , [ " | l.tirUI'Mf llllll'IH III Illl1 IfrNt , I " c lili'C'IrlclM rur nil fnrins of ill * . L i-iiNts ( ' ( UiNiiKnlli'ii fic-c. Tel- [ < -ilioii | < - I lilN. I ( i SHRPARD MEDIC \ INSTITUTE ill 31 ! .11 N \ Mi * UMir Tel 11S3 I I TRADFMARK POCANTICO It can be glun nllliunl I InItmm ItlK I of | | n > iiiillitnl in cilTu tut or urtlclen of feud nill ifrcct u ii'nmuiint nnd tpiedy cuie- whether the i/.m-nc s n IIIO'TUIV ' drinker or uu uleuholli Hint. UooK of j.iiiikuloi * fiee to lie hail of 1C ll till A Co. , l lh i'.f. ' UoeiKlut Onul'U Krl ) ( lOi.iiiiN si'icirio : co , ( riiiciiiiinti , i ) . Write for their "Hook cp Morphine Hubll. . mailed ( IK Who Value A refined complexion mutt uuo J'ozzonl's Pow der. It producca a eolt and beautiful eUn