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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
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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 ) ,
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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
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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.
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JB TUKOM.Y
SPECIALIST
WHO TIIKArt Alt
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AMERICAN CONSERVATORY ,
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mluu. lntlfaiitnn'L forllit Muily
l all hiuiif ni nl hull innriitnl mill
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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
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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
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Hllvor rilllni " , ! . . We-
Pine Gold I'll.liiKH . .51 up
Set Tuth $ " 00
I test Tic 111 $7 i'i '
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Lad ) attendant
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