rp HE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MW3HDAY , SEPTItSMHEK 21 , 1897.
STATE BOARD STANDS OUT
Not Ir.c'irotl to Join in the Exposition
Association's ' Flans.
THINKS OMAHA GETS THE ONLY BENEFIT
Jlllllt MlCllllMT Of ( llC Ktl-l'tllltV COIII-
inltli'c of UKn \ | iill Ion mill
Hit * .Ni'liriisUii Coiiiiulioliiii
ItcMlltH 111 .NlltlllllU.
Th fli-st joint meeting of the N'ebrntkA Hi-
position connnlsslon and the management ot
thu Transiiiltiblisliii > t exposition was held at
Hie hc-adijiidilcrg uf the state commission last
night. AH tnu members of thu state boaid
wore present and tlio exposition management
wns rcptiiuitcMl b > the executive committee ,
nil tlii ; mc-nibc-tn but Manager Heed being
present
Ttic si salon Lontlntii.il until 10 30 p. in , but
nothing was nci.omplisheil. 'Die tlrst lialf
hour was ap nl In a dcsiiltorj talk about ex
position maticT.H In gencial , during which
the discussion drifted around to the subject
of the state commission bujlng thu product ! )
required to uuliu a state- exhibit The niem-
burs of thu c-xc-cutlve committee expressed
surprise that It should bo necessary foi the
commission to pi > the product.- for every
thing toqiiliui to make a display of tbo
Btato a resources , and the opinion was frtely
oxpicSHc-d that It would bu a lasting disgrace
upon the name of thu state If It became-
known that the people ot Nebraska were not
jutilotu nough to contribute the fruit , giuin
anil othur things ic-quitc-d to show the prod
ucts o-T the atatu , hut iisuud to bo paid for
allowing the exposition to buucllt them.
\ \ IK n thu discussion had reached ilils point
Chairman Utiilsey of the uvccuthu committee-
aimed .Mr. Itubeuater , maiiagci ol thu Le-
l > ailinciu of Publicity , to npc-ak on this bub-
Ject. Mi. Host-water reviewed thu act of the
IcgliiUtuio In making the appioprlatlou of
? luuoui ) and the Incidents loading up to this
upproniiatloii. He said that ufter paying foi
the building vhlch had been selected by the
commission and dc-ductlug the amount nee s
saiy foi expenses , there would be left about
170,000 , and the question was , how should
this nionoy bu expended to Hap the best re
sult ? As an aiiswu to this question .Ml
lloaowate-i called attuntlon to the plain Intent
ot thu IcgiHlutuiu as uxpresbcd In tliu bill ,
which piuvided that the state commission
should act In conjunction with thu exposi
tion iiHnasem-ni. " llo as > s rted that the
evident Intention of the legislature wa that
the state appioprlalion should be expended
In stiili a way as to heiic-llt the- exposition as
much as bcfoic- and ho asked the members
of the state commission to take u bioadluw
of the situation and not allow their best
judgment to bu waiped by appeals fiom all
iiuaitcis tot a slice ot thu uppioprlatlon. He-
expressed the opinion that the bulk of the
Btato iippioptlitlon should be expended In
collecting exhibits , but he said hu did not
believe that thu people ol the state tx-
peUc'd to be paid foi the material
wedud for exhibition He also called atten
tion to thu fact that It would bu impossible
to nuk county exhibits , as tin- amount ol
available space would not allow this to bu
domOu thu contrary , ho suld , It would be
necessaiy to reduce the exhibit to the smallest
touipasa and make an exhibit of the re
sources of the state as a whole HP said he
doubted 1C u very largo quantity ot matorl il
would hu required , and ho questioned It It
would bo nece-ssaiy to uppinprlatu * U,000 foi
a hoitlcultiiral exhibit and ? 1.UUO ! foi an ag
ricultui.it exhibit , with other products In
proportion.
TAKES A PECUMAH VIJ3W.
In reply to the remaiks of Mr lloiawatcr
the state commission called ui > on its super
intendent of horticulture , I'utei Vcmngc-rs of
Geneva , who spoke nt some length. Ml
Youngers adhered firmly to the tbeor > that
the TransnilHsl slppl Imposition h to be an
Omaha affair exclusively , and ihat the people
ple of the state arc not to bo benolited in
the slightest degree by the holding of the
exposition , consequently , thej must get a
whack at the state appropti.itlon In order to
get anthing out of the affair. Ho went Into
great detail rpgtiding tin- selection of fruit
for exhibit and the earo nf it before and tintIng -
Ing the show and ridiculed the Idea that the
growers would glvo their best fruit foi ex
hibition "unless thcro is something In It. '
In the course of his remaiks Mr. Youngers
became rather personal In his reference to
members of the executive committee
The discussion ended wherp It began , hut
in conclusion thu members of the state board
halt ! that the ) had made no decision regard
ing the disposition of the state funds and
that they would consider the situation care
lully before taking action They also ex
tended an Invitation to the executive com
mittee to meet with them frequently and
the meeting dissolved with many expressions
of good will on both sides.
The members of the state commission In
formally discussed a set of amended plans
for the State building , after the formal
mooting hail adjourned A modified plan
was submitted by Craddock & . McDonald ,
showing scvcial radical changes In the general
oral design of the building The central
dome was raised several feet , giving It u
much morn pleasing appearance , and a fiat
dome was shown onach of the four corners
of the edifice. The pediments which had
appeared on i-hch end of the oilglnal design
uero eliminated and the whole general effect
was much Improved. These plans wore ex
amined by the commissioners and wore In
formally approved , It being stated that the
change in design would not make any In
crease In the cost ot construction.
The board will meet on the State fair
grounds at 9 o'clock this morning , when It
will transact regular business.
> < > < < * < > ( i\iMisiiinn. .
The Chase I'ump & . Manufacturing com
pany of Columbus , O , has applied for -100
fuel of space for nn exhibit of pumps , etc.
W. L. Clark of Santa Ilarliara , Cal , has ap
piled for 100 squaio fcut of spate for an
exhibit of Indian , Mexican and California
cuilos
Manager Klrkcndall of the Department of
Dulldlrigs and Grounds has returned from an
extended eastern trip , and all the members
of the executive committee nro mow bi the
city for the first time In several mouths
The Department of 1'ubllclty and I'romo-
tlon has opened headquarters In the HortI-
cure building on the State fair grounds
and visitors to the fair arc supplied with
literature and Informatlm regarding the ex
position which Is to open In Omaha , Juno 1 ,
1S98Kern
Kern county , California , U making prepv
ratlonu to glvo the other California counties
a close race In thu way of an exhibit and It
lias opened up negotiations with thu DC
pertinent of Inhibits regarding n spaoo of
1,000 square fee-t for a couity exhibit of
frnllB atid other products.
Gone-rat Agent 1'hlllippl of the Missouri
rnclfle Hallway company notified the Depart
ment of Hulldlngs and Grounds yester
day that his road was ready to proceed at
once with laying the tracks on the exposition
grounds In accordance with the contract re-
ctmtly mtered Into Ho sa > s the material U
all on the grounds and that track laying will
be commenced at once
SOKINM > \ M.ucns coon HIS I
Mllll WlllllOll III Olllllllll Jlllll | > N HlH
Hull In Mliiiirxotn ,
II , M. Sorensen , wanted In this city for
grand larceny as bailee and who was re
cently arrested. InVliioiia , Minn. , has again
escaped from custody. About a month ago
Sorensen left Iho city and with him he took
a horse , buggy ami u tewing machine , an
outfit loaned to him by 1'eter FloJinan , In
whoso employ Sorensen was as ( salesman
No trace could bo found of the man until
about a week ago when Ma family , which
had been left behind , shipped the house-hold
goods toVliiona , Minn. On thu clew thus
given , Sorensen was located In that city and
by request of tbo authorities ot ( his city
vns arrested.
Last week Acting Captain Slgwart went to
Wlnona to get his man Although the oill.
cor had the proper requisition papers , the
prisoner succeeded In obtaining his liberty
by habeas corpus proceedings Ho was re
leased on bands. According to a telegram
received Chief of 1'ollco
by UulhsUvr Soreu-
on kai jumped hli bond * .
ntm\viii : , WAtvni UXAMIVVTIOV.
Alleged Mnrrirrrr of Hn > ro flop * < o
tinDlntrlct Court.
Yesterday Prank Hum ell , the alleged mur
derer of Kasson Ilojco waived examina
tion In police court and was held to the
dUtrtct court by Police Judge Gordon on
the charge of manslaughter Ills bond was
fixed nt $1,500 , In default of which ho VMS
remanded to the county Jail. His trial will
occur ot the September term of the district
court
It was Intended that Jlurwoll should have
a preliminary hearing but owing to the ab
sence of some witnesses for the state , the
defense agreed to waive the examination.
It IK understood that the police will not
prosecute the case very strongly , they hav
ing said that they would be eatlsflcd with
a light sentence In view of the clicumstaucps
undei which the affray occurred
South Omaha News .
Arrangements for tonight's parade have
ticen completed by Marshal Cheek and hla
aides. All organizations participating will
mcot at the corner of Twenty-fourth and N
streets at C 45 o'clock to take special motor
oils for Omaln The South Omaha division
will form at Sixteenth and Izard streets It
Is expected that there will be fully 350 men
In the division from this city. Considerable
Interest appears to ho taken In the allalr
and no doubt the Magic City will bo cred
itably represented The Hquostrlan club
will meet nt a point already designated by
Colonel Iott and ride to the point of forma
tion , at riving thcro about the time the
other organizations do
Si-liiiol MlNtrli-l Trunlil.-H Hndcd.
The troubles In the Avery school district
wcro settled yesterday by Principal McCoId ,
who was Installed by thu old board , accepting
pay for his services up to date and stepping
down and out Yesterday afternoon every
bclmolhouBO In the district , with the ex
ception of one , was In charge of the new
board and It was expected to reach a set
tlement with the teacher at this one place
before night. The new hoard will now pro
ceed to Install the teachers elected some
tlmu ago and start on the work of the term.
Owing to the disturbed condition of affairs ,
a number of scholars have refralccd from
attending school , but It Is expected now that
the enrollment will materially Increase.
Mnulo ( , ! ( > ( .iiHslp.
i : . C. Dennett left last night for his cattle
ranch In Iowa.
Miss illa : Kcll of Plttsburg , Pa , Is here
visiting lelatlves
H. H Jenness nnd wife of O'Nell are In
the city visiting filends.
J K. McKiuney of Alliance was a business
\lsltot In the city yesterday.
Gus Acklowe Is putting up a line cottage
at Ihlrty-fourth and G scrcuts.
J. W Selden ot Hlalr Is here attending
the fair and vlsltug ! relatives.
Mrs C C. Allhery of llattlc Creek Is the
guest of Mr and Mrs. Ulchard Allbery.
D J. Slmixion of the Armour company is
expected to return from Chicago today.
A daughter has been Loin to Mr. and
Mrs J Nert , Twenty-fourth and I streets.
Henry Wlcliinan of Cumberland , la. , spent
yostc'iday In the city , the guest of C , A.
Mc-Ichcr. ,
MrsV. . A. Terry , ralrmont , Neb. Is
here- , the guest of her parents , Mr. and Mrs.
J I ) , nrlon.
J \Vatklns has takcm out a permit to
erect a $ ,500 residence at Twenty-sixth and
C stieets
P. Pequler will build a residence In Cor-
ligtn place , the building permit having been
Issued yesterday.
The public schools will uo closed today ,
In order that the teachers and pupils may
attend the State fair.
C. 12. Kunklc of Wayneshurg , Mo , arrived
In the city yestetday and has taken a posi
tion an the Sun.
Frank O Nelaou came down from Wake-
field yestoiday and will put n the week at
tending the fair and visiting relatives
A permit has been granted to Hosa Har-
beck to make repairs amounting to $1,000 to
her piopoity at Nineteenth ami Q streets
Kev. Jordan Alki , pastor of the Afilcan
Methodist church , leaves today for Leaven-
worth , Kan , to attunl the annual confer
ence
Mrs John Sllngor and Mrs. John JInlloy
of Wakeiicld , Neb , aie here , the guests of
Mis. 1' . iiloodheait , Twenty-fourth and J
streets
II. C. Williams of Milwaukee Is hero
superintending the placing In position of the
gas-making machineiy for C A. Mclcher.
The machine will furnish fifty lights for
Mclchcr's store The IJeo ofilco Is to bo
lighted with gas supplied by this machine.
Petitions are in circulation requesting the
county commlsiftoners to submit the propo
sition tovoto $100,000 In bonds for the
Transmlsslsslppl Exposition. These peti
tions were being largely signed yesterday
a largo number of voters appearing to favor
the scheme.
According to the monthly report of City
Treasuicr llroadwell there was a balance In
thu ticasury nt the closu of business August
31 of $ uh,5J4 IS , divided among the different
funds as follows Police , $917 1C , fire and
wattr , $85552 ; public light , $52390 , Interest ,
$ iOS14 ! ) , street icpair , $7S1 fil ; salaiy ,
$17.1 OS , engineer , $254 70 , judgment , $2,12b 19
Attorney J. II. VanOusen , leprcsentlng the
purchasers , was engaged yesterday afternoon
In looking up the history of the new funding
bonds , tlio Issue of which was recently an-
thoil/ed by the city council. These bonds
will run for live years and are to take up
bonds and coupons on special grading , pav
ing , sewer and curbing districts the total
amount being In the neighborhood of $30,000
The bonds sold at par besides a piumlum
amounting to $100.
The senate Investigating committee , com
posed of Senators Pritchard , Chllton and
Harris , was to arrive today to look into tlia
lumovals of some olllclals of thu Bureau of
Animal Industry here. As nothing has been
hoard from the committee , It Is Inferred that
thu trip has been abandoned Owing to thu
lucent decisions ot the courts cabinet oillcers
have a perfect right to remove those holding
positions under the Civil Service , so that now
there Is nothing to investigate. '
Acting under Instructions from the city
council , City Electrician Holland yesterday
commenced the Inspection of the motor poles
on Twenty-fourth street. Only thirty-six
poles were inspected and of this number ,
Ilollti d condemned ten. H Is understood
that the Inspection will bo continued today *
and that a report will bo made to the council
this evening. Measures are to be taken , sil
It Is stated , to compel the motor company tu
replace all decayed poles at once.
In order to allow the mc-m'bers ' of the
council to attend the parade In Omaha to
night the regular council meeting will beheld
held at 5 o'clock this afternoon. Dlds for
grading Twenty-fifth street will bo received
at the ofllco of tbo city clerk until noon to
day and U Is expected that the contract
will bo awarded at the meeting this after
noon Mayor Knsor's veto of the fire hall
resolution will most likely bo read and It
Is thought will be sustained A number of
other matters of lesser Importance will come
up for disposal.
Ii cx Jj. ShooiiKiu 6U.VH that vvlillo
.vou'io ImiiK'Iiitf on , it might hutll for
you tu hunt ; on to a pair of ilio o im-n'H
box : calf ifli.OO shot's of outh liuls with
the heavy extension donhlu sole's In hull
clotf or coin too Thi'ro are lots of shoes
ndvi'i'tlsiMl us hex calf hut In this hhoo
you net tin. genuine \ \ calf with solid
oak hottoius a hhoo that has more value
to It than any ? : ( K ) shoo you over had
a chancD to huy hc'foie they are1 woith
looking utlotiro your biiKgago with us
wo check it flee you'll htno all you
can do to get on a stiout car \\lthuiit
Drexel Shoe Co , ,
1410 Faruain Strict
Object of the New Law in Howard to Tchools
and Pupils.
WILL SAVE MONEY FOR THE TAXPAYERS
Children In Spin-.i-l- Sctllcil DUtrlctn
Cnn Hotter lie CoiiccutritU-il
Tliim ( iUvn liiMriK-llou
Cloit ! nt Homo.
LlN'COWf , Neb , Sept. 20. ( Special. ) The
law passed by the last legislature empower
ing school boards to provide transportation
for pupils to another school In the same
i district whenever the distance to the school
, U Impracticable for the pupils to attend
without transportation. Is being taken ad
vantage of by several districts of the state.
In Lincoln It has been decided to abandon
one of the schools In the edge of the town
and transport the pupils by street cars to
one of the other graded schools. It Is es
timated that by this the expense of provid
ing nn education for these pupils will bo
reduced 45 per cent. In Fremont mid Ne
braska City the school hoards are also preparing -
paring to try the new system.
In many of the western counties there
ore districts In which the average attend
ance of pupils la less than live. In some It
runs as low as one pupil to the school. In
1,700 districts the average attendance Is below -
low ten p'iplU ' to the school Should dis
tricts of this sou agree among themselves
and trannport the pupils of one district over
to the school tun by another district , there
would bo a saving of fully SO per cent In
the furnishing of an education for the
pupils.
It la learned by consulting the records at
the olllco of the state superintendent that In
one district the expense of maintaining a
school from February 2 , 1SD1 , to October S ,
1S92 , was J1.3S9C5 , although the average at-
tmdanco during that time wan shown to bo
two pupils The teacher was paid $40 per
month and the directors got the balance.
In another district the report shows that In
1S')2 ) the school house was 14x14 feet In sl/o ,
and was fitted out with nine single seats
The average dally atttcidanco for that year
was three The expense account , aside from
the teacher's salary , shows that $30 was ex
pended for a map , and that $508 09 was drawn
by the three directors In various amounts of
from $20 to $75 , the vouchers showing that
the money was drawn to pay1 for "attending1
meetings , work , and visiting schools. " The
same district In 1893 contained thirteen
pupils of school ago , of whom sK attended
school The average attendance was three ,
as on the previous year. The levy for the
year was IS mills The expenditures were
as follows. Teacher , $360 ; repairs and fuel ,
$7375 ; maps and charts , $4140 ; books and
supplies , $1330 ; well and windmill , $29445 ,
Janitor work , kindling and carrying water ,
$100 ; other purposes , $90.76 In 1894 the dis
trict contained eleven pupils of school age ,
and the average dally attendance was four.
The directors paid the teacher $120 ; now
school house , $466 10 ; repairs and fuel , $28 ;
books , maiis , etc , $6073 ; books and supplies ,
$20 ; janitor and furnishing water , $90 ; In
surance , $1750 ; all other purposes , $18322.
A report of the Peru Normal school , Just
made to the state superintendent shows that
the total enrollment of the school nt the
end of the first week Is larger than the en
rollment at the end of the term of last ycir.
The enrollment last Friday evening was 57J
in the normal tml preparatory departments
U. C. Noleman , attorney from Dox llutte
county , Is in the city era business connected
with a case to come up In supreme court to
morrow. Mr Noleman says that prosperity
has struck his locality , and that the price
of wheat has not done It , as no wheat Is
raised there He says that cattle In that
part of the state are selling at $40 and $50"
per head , anfi $16 apiece can readily be re
ceived for spring calves. One of his neigh
bors had Just sold fifty head at that price
while In borne other cases $17 a head had
hern paid.
rt&iov TICICIT IN noncsi : COITNTV.
Yfler Son-nil Hours Wri
I'urllcH fip Toiri-l IICT.
, Sept 20 ( Special Telegram )
The democrats and populists each held
their conventions here today. Chairman Hol-
lenbeck called the democratic convention to
order In the district court room. About
100 delegates were present. S S. Vanllorn
of Cvcietl was chosen chairman and I ) . V.
Stephens of rremont , secretary. After ap
pointing a committee of nvo to confer with
the populists the convention adjourned until
after dinner.
The populists met at the county court
room and forty-eight delegates wore present
when Chairman Howe called them , to order.
Thomas Fowler of North Hend was elected
chairman and E. How oof Cotterel , secretary
A committee was appointed to confer with
the democrats and obtain a division of
officers on the county ticket.
The committees met after dinner and had
a long and excited session. The populists
wanted clerk and county superintendent ; the
democrats were willing to give them clerk ,
but drew the line on superintendent. Tlio
committee finally came to an agreement giv
ing the populists clerk , surveyor nnd coroner ,
the latter two in place of superintendent.
The report of the committee was adopted
without opposition. The report was also
satisfactory to the populists and they adopted
It unanimously.
The populists then filled their part of the
ticket as follows. Clerk , Hugh Robertson ,
North Demi ; coroner , Dr. M D. Croll , Fre
mont , Eiirvoyor , John S. Delhi , Nlckcrsou
It took the democrats s omo time to fill
their part of the ticket. John Heeso of
nidgeloy was nominated for sheriff on the
third ballot and the other places were filled
as follows Waldo Wli.tersteen of Fremont ,
for county Judge ; George Looschen , Fremont ,
for register of deeds ; \VIllIam Busier , Hooper ,
for treasurer , and Conrad lioo of Cotterel ,
for county superintendent.
DAKOTA CITY , Neb. , Sept. 20 ( Special )
The democrats of thlj county met In dele
gate convention at this place Saturday and
placed In nomination for county officers the
same set of men as they themselves nom
inated August 31 under the disguise of a
"bimetallic club" nominees , n , B , Wilbur
presided over the democratic convention
yesterday and he also pieslded over the
meeting of the Bimetallic club at Ita nom
inating meeting , The nominees of yesterday
are Judge , Joseph I' . Carney ; clerk , Herman
Stoltz ; sheriff , N R. Braslleld ; treasurer.
John C. Grlbhle , superintendent , II. J Hope-
man ; coroner , Frank Woodcock ; clerk of the
courts , James \V Beacom. Not more than
twenty delegates were present. Too alliance
between the democrat * ) and populists of this
county U fast weakening and the guise under
which the democrats hopu to again gain con
trol of Dakota county will bu of no avail
The local situation In this county now sUnds
citizens and republicans against democrat ! ,
and two years ago the cltl/ens , under similar
circumstances , gained all the county olllcors
by majoiltles ranging from 50 to 300.
] ) rmfriini SiirriiiiiulliiK Tim UN.
TAI1M3 HOCK , Neb , Sept 20 ( Special )
About 1,000 persons attended the revival
service here last night conducted by Uvan-
goll ts Hpill nnd UoddliiK The people
camp In from surroumllpg towns , many of
them traveling nfleeti or twenty miles
About 100 came forward to txpresi tholr In-
tontlon to bpcomo Chrlstlnns The meetings
will continue for another week
inMJj HNS \ "msv
lri of the -tlioillMl ( Mmroll In
\HtrinUn fop" life Imnt V > nr <
YOIIK , Neb , Sept. 20 > ( Speclal ) The conference -
ferenco session this morning was the busiest
of any yet held. The 9Qinmlttec on educa
tion gave ills report. In | t recommendations
were made for the appointment of Hev T.
M. Kstabrooko as financial agent of the uni
versity anil for the apportionment of $3,000
by the Nebraska conference to this school.
Chancellor Hlllnwood resigned as treasurer
of the Institution , r M Kstabrooko and
Rov. IMr Dean wore recommended for places
on the board of trustees to succeed L 0
Jones and T. M Wlmberly , rosignetl C. 6
Dudley nnd J. W Stewart were recommemlcil
for appointment as the visiting committee foi-
the conference. The organization of n
preachers' aid society was proposed. Action
was taken by the conference looking to that
end The conference voted to amend the
discipline in reference to the apportionment
of delegates to the general conference bv
making the representation on the basis of
1 to 60 instead of 1 to every 46 members of
the conference
Hev II. C Harmon of Nebraska City was
transferred from this conference to the Black
Hills conference with a charge nt Lead. S 1)
The advisory committee ot the State Kp-
worth league held a session this morn
ing , with 1'rcsldcnt L O Jones In Iho chair
The principal object of the meeting was to
arrange for the next Upworth assembly. The
one held this year was so successful that
It has been definitely dccldeJ to hold such
meetings every year. Arrangements are
already under way to Incorpoiato the assem
bly This morning at the conference meetIng -
Ing President Jones stated that the advisory
committee had decided to takeonetenth or
the proceeds from the last assembly and
donate It to the hoard of stewards for this
conference The sum Is $150. Iho confer
ence tendered a vote of thanks for the wel
come donation.
The- statistical secretary of the conference
has furnished The Bee representative with
the church statistics of this conference Thu
collections are as follows Missions , $3,301 ;
church extension , $642 ; Sunday school union ,
$106 ; tract society , $92 ; rreedman Aid , $600 ,
public education , $1,70S ; children's fund ,
$ lr 2 ; American Bible society $136 , woman's
foreign missions , $1,242 ; woman s homo mis
sions , $1,773 ; other benevolences , $600 ,
general conference expenses , $1 , conference
claimants , $721 ; total. $13 532. The statistics
of church property show the number of
churches to bo 237 , with an estimated valu
ation of $6.19,500. In the conference district
there are 106 parsonages with an estimated
valuation of $91,150 The amount paid foi
building and liupiovement of chinch property
during the last year has been $11 428 The
amount paid on all Indebtedness Is $21.783.
The present Indebtedness Is $76,113. The-
church membership report shows the num
ber of probationers at 1,536 , which Is a de
crease from last year of 37. * The full mem
bership Is 21 120 , which Is an Increase or
C86 The Sunday school scholars number
24,841 The Inciease o\er last year Is DCo
The salary statistics for the year are as fol
lows Pastors' salaries , $86,713 , an Increase
of $1,30S ; presiding elders' salaries , $6,234 ,
Increase , $618 ; bishops' salaries , $140 ; In
crease , $212.
The Jury in the J'erry church trial w.is
out until nearly three o'clock Sunday moin-
Ing. They finally found the defendant , Rov.
A. M. Perry of Nelson , guilty of one speci
fication In the charges filed against him ,
which allege Imptopcr relations with a
young woman of his congregation. Miss For-
rlatall. This morning the committee which
had charge of the trial made Its report
to the conference. The report in substance
Is :
We , jour commlttao of thirteen appointed
to Investigate the charges a Ulnst Hev. A.
M Perry of Nelson , tind after due deliber
ation nnd investigation that the defendant
Is guilty of Impiopei and unmlnUterlal con
duct and we recommend that lie bo tus-
pemled from Ills mlnlsteilal duties for the
term of outj ear -
The report Is signed by the thirteen mem
bers of the committee. Their names are as
followsG II. MoUlton , C. S Dudley , N. C.
Smith , A. 1) Whltmer , William Worley , C.
M. Sh.op.ird , J. A. Nichols , J. W. Swan , J.
G. Stanmd , J. A. Barker J. K Maxfield , II.
G. Clay comb , James Mailey and G. M.
Morcy. J. T. Roberts and \V. J. Scott were
the assistant secretaries who iccorded the
trial. D. D. Lake and Asa Slecth and J. II.
N. Cobb were counsel for the church. J. W.
Seabrook has been appointed to succeed
Rev. Mr. Perry at Nelson.
SIVIIY
Iilltlc Oiif Dli-s from 11 lloso of " ! > iil-
pliurlcilil Mlxluro.
COLUMBUS , Neb , Sept. 20 ( Special Tel
egram. ) A 2-year-old child of James Grady
died very suddenly this evening under pe
culiar and distressing circumstances Grady
is a watchman In the Union Pacific yards
and a few days ago was given a bottle of
stuff by a stranger for polishing metal.
Ho left the 1)01110 In his coat , where It
was found by the little one , who drank
part of the contentu. Dr. Martyn was
called , but could do nothing. The bottle
contained sulphuric acid. '
Die * from iiYi-cM : of Strong Drllllc ,
FORT CALHOUN Neb. , Sept. 20 ( Spe
cial. ) Henry Jachke , a German who has
been living for some time at the county
poor farm at Blair and ran away from thcro
about a week ago , died here this morning
from the effects of heavy drinking. Ho slept
last night in Hans Schwagcr's barn and died
soon after leaving the barn this morning.
The coroner took the remains to Blair for
burial.
I.iMliiK llrlt-K. nt llif
HASTINGS , Sept. 20 ( Special ) Although
the concrete work at the asylum for the
building of a new wing Is not quite finished
the laying of brick was commenced this
morning. A largo force of bricklayers is at
work and from this on e-vciy thing will bo
pushed ,
Ni-lirilHUn Ni'\v > iit 'M.
A number of cases of scarlet fever are re
ported at Wood River.
A wolf was recently killed by a pack of
hounds almost In the center of the town of
Holdrcgo.
Henry McPhcrson of Albion was kicked
In the abdomen by a hot so and fears are
entertained that the Injury will provo fatal
Charley Warrell , a C-year-old boy , living
near Tallin postofilce , Ouster county , was
bitten by a rattlesnake about ten dayfi ago ,
and died from the reptile's poison two days
after.
Prod Townsend of. Clay county was bitten
by a rattlwnako , but prpmpt action on his
own part and a lively drive to a doctor saved
him from any dangerous effects ,
Engineers of the State Hoard of Irrigation
have been measuring thp water courses of
Dawcs and Sheridan counties for the pur-
pcoo of determining priority of water rights
whore there are more claimants than -water
A petition from th southwest part of Cus-
ter county containing BOO names for the divi
sion of the county Win filed with the county
board Tuesday mornlnp This completes the
petitions providing for an election to divide
the county Into four.
You'll be looking ql.llie . chickens , sheep
nnd LMttli > all day o when you're down
ades just taUcLM'JIook'ht ' n stove that will
ades list take n look nt n nlovo that will
cook them to perfection We'll bhovv you
this { 'iaudcst display of iook stores and
hteu'l ranges you'vo over been Invited to
look at they u > nil .Jewells , too-Jowells
lu name JoweHs in jioifoiiimnco the
hteel ranges have u sectional bottom
oven with UIUIKO edfjes riveted together
that pi events the oven fioin waijiliiK
burn either wood , hard or boft e-oal ? " 1
and up that's as cheap as some
that don't know what hteel IH.
A. C.
DUILDKKS * IIAKDWAKU HER1J
1514 Famam St.
MOORE ASKS A COSTISOANCK
? eoks to Uavo His Hearing Put Over Until
Novcmbor-
EX-AUDITOR NOT READY FOR TRIAL NOW
III * \ttornoj * Mo.liultse Corntxh for
rurllir-r Time \ \ lint the Cimc
IN Cnlli-it In tlir DU-
trtct Court.
LINCOLN , Sept. 20. ( Special Telegram )
The case against Hugcno Moore , ex-state
auditor , was called in district court this aft
ernoon before Judge Coinlsh. The attorneys
for Moore asked for further time to prepare
their defense , alleging that ho could not bo
glvon a fair and Impartial trial If the case
| I was heard now. A continuance was asked
j
for until after the first week In November
County Attorney Hunger and Attorney Gen
eral Smyth objected to the granting of a con
tinuance Mr. Munger argued that the fact
that a campaign was on hand was not good
grounds for a delay In the trial. After con
sideration , Judge Cornish gave the defense
two hours in which to make a knowing why
they were not ready for trial. The time was
later extended to tomorrow morning , when
the arguments on the motion to continue will
bo heard.
In the mointlmo the state presented the
following list of witnesses for the prosecu
tion : 0 C. Wccsnor , . Mann , W. U. Price ,
R L. Mary , Samuel Patterson , Otto W. Hol-
blg , Robert iM. Taylor , R 13. Johnson , J. II.
Wright , Margirot Ungllsh , J. H. Hill , n. A
Becker , D E. Thompson , W C Miller , John
Taylor. W. L Dayton , C. J. West , W P
Biadbury , J. A Abbott , C. C. Pool. C J
Smyth , Kd P. Smith , T C. Munger , Silas A
Holcomb Bcnton Maret , Samuel Llchty , W
M Gcddes , D M Morrell The attorneys for
Moore objected to the additional witnesses
for the reason that they had had no notice
that they were to bo called
Tonight a. meeting between the attorneys
on both sides of thu case was held 'to ' sou If
a form of Information could not be agreed
upon , charging Moore with the emberrle-
ment of the money received from Insur
ance companies and on which hi- would be
willing to plead guilty. The confe-rcnce ad
journed with Indefinite results , as Moore's
attorneys desired to take until tomorrow
to consider the proposition. The new in
formation , If It Is drawn as proposed , will
I differ from the old ono In that it will spec
ify In what department of olllco the shortage -
ago occurred.
icni v PVHV ur.i-imi.ic vTictirr. .
Nonilni-i-K OIMIOSC I lie TOM n ItliiK Clin-
llllllllf Of I llC I'llNloillNlH.
SPRINGVinW Neb , Sept. 20. ( Special )
The republican county convention for Keya
I'ftlu county was held at this place Saturday
Every precinct was well repiesented. The
convention was in enthusiastic ono , and
cheered the name of McICInlcy whenever 1 !
W83 mentioned. Thcro was only one notice
able peculiarity about the convention , and
that was Us shortage of office seekers Per
fect harmony irevailed throughout , and the
ticket , as nominated , Is as follloivs : Treas
urer , S. Amspaker of Holt precinct ; clerk
W. K. Lusk of Simpson precinct ; shorter , J
P. Wood of Key a Palia precinct ; Judge , O. B
Hollenheck of Pine precinct ; superintendent
E Cuff of McGuIre precinct ; coroner. Dr. r
B. March ot Custer ; suiveyor , T R. Evans of
McGulie ; comm'esloner , Hast district , P , P
Hangen of Simpson ; commissioner , West dis
trict , to fill vacancy , J. II. Chapman , Nor
den ,
The ticket Is composed of farmers and
stockmen , and is against the town ring tlcke !
pliced In nomination by the fusion element.
P. Nelhus , a prominent stockman , and quite
a politician , bet $100 against $10 Saturday
night , that Amspakor , thu republican candi
date for treasurer , would be elected Nelhus ,
however , hai before been a strong democrat
but forfeited his allegiance to misrule and
joined the forces of prosperity last fall , be-
for the presidential election. Ills wager , of
course , is not a sure thing , as the free silver
element carried the county last fall by 10' )
majority , ou ot 50S votes cast , yet he-offered
to wager mere nt the same odds and could
not find takers. The high prices and general
prosperity have stamped the forces of tin-
opposition , and they are unable to meet thi-Ii
host. The republican ptrty has undoubtedly
gained btrength In the county , but to what ex
tent , Is hard to ascertain , as there are a
number of Influential populists who have
heretofore been active woikers , that are keepIng -
Ing perfeHly cjuiet this fall , and no one can
toll how they wlK vote
I.OCAIi MVTTnilS AT COMHIIIUS.
brptrmlit'i' Term of'Court IOK Tax
% Wilier CoiuiiilNitlniier.
COLUMBUS , Neb , Sept 20 ( Sipcclal. )
Judge Sullivan will open a two weeks' term
of the district court of Palte county tomor
row The docket is quite a largo one , con
taining over 150 civil cases , and about a
dozen criminal cases. The criminal docket ,
hnun\r-r t-nntalns no verv i ill Dor taut cases.
and will bo quickly disposed of.
At the last meeting of the city council held
Friday evening , the dog tax ordinance w.-u
read for the second time , and w 111 , it Is
thought , be adopted a ? t'm ' next regular
meeting. It provides for a tax of $1 per
head for curs , and Instructs the pollco jc.
partmont to kill off all untaggcd dogs aftci
a certain time
At the aime mooting , L r. Phillips wa *
appointed as water commissioner to fill the
unoYiplrotl term of Carl Schubert , resigned
The appointment was unanimously confirmed
by the council , and the now commissioner
will enter upon his duties at once.
The residence of A. Bcrger , In the Third
waid , has been placed under quarantine , a
< ane of diphtheria having been reported by
thi Board of Health. It Is Mid to bo of a
very mild typo and no fears are entertained
of contagion. The other cases in that
nclghboihood aie all doing very nicely ,
Councilman Echol's son , whom It was thought
could not live. Is now reported out of dan
ger.
ger.G. . W. Phillips , the fusion candidate for
county clerk , is confined at his homo with
a suvera case of erysipelas. It will bo u
week 01 so before he can bo out and attend
to his fences.
Senator John M Gondrlng and II. P J
Hockonbergcr ore each celebrating the ad
vent of a new daughter at their homes this
week.
Iti-IiiilillruiiH .SiniKiilne In OnKe ,
BEATRICE. Neb , Sept 20 ( Special Tele
gram ) The newly chosen republican central
coinmltteu met at tbo Paddock hotel to look
THERE IS A GLASS OF PEOPLE
Who are Injured by the use of coffee He-
cently theie- him bi" > n phice-d In ull tsroce-ry
stores u new pn-paratlon eallul GHAIN'-O ,
made of puio gralns , that taken the plaro
of coffee Trto most delicate- stomach re-
celvi-B It without illstrc H , and but few can
tell It from coffee It does not cost over \'t
ns much Children mav drink It with great
bent-lit 15c nnd 25c per package. Try It.
Ask for OKAIN-O
/ / - sm1
/ - -
I4I4-I4I6-I < 1I3 Douglas St.
200 Rugs to sell this week
that are big enough to carpet
almost any size room As
we've made them up from car
pet remnants you can buy
them for about half what a
carpet would cost you ,
Large Size Rugs Made Up Rugs
Our assortment of Oriental
Brussels Rug .
8-3x10-3 $11.00
and American Rugs , in large Brussels Rug 8-3x12 $15.00
sizes , consists of the latest Velvet Ruo8
3x10-6 $17 oo
productions. Best Body Brussels Rug ,
Japanese , 12x9 feet , $13.00 , 8-3x11-0 , $16.50.
$ to.oo and $7.20 , Moquettc Rug 8-3x10-6 ,
Byzantine , 12x9 feet , $18.00. $16.50.
Kensington Art Squares , 12 Biclow Axminsler Rug ,
n
xg feet , $9 60. 8-3X12
German Saxony Rugs , 10- Wilton Velvet Rug 106x12 ,
ioxS-8 feet , $2400. $22.50.
Smyrna Revcroiblc Rug , 12 Best Body Brussels Rug ,
xg feet , $27.50. 9x1 2 , $18.00.
Imperial Reversib'e Rug , 12 Wilton Velvet Rug , to-6x
xg feet , $37. 50. 12-3 , $17.00.
Wilton ( genuine ) Rugs , 12 *
9 feet , $40 oo. Parlor Furniture
Axminster Rug , 12x9 feet , Its all right in suits this sea
$27.50. son , either 3 pieces or 5 pieces
New Carpets , to match. Prices start at
$ . for suits and
$25.00 3 piece
sale
Special Ingrain Carpet
$30.00 for 5 piece suits.
before
bought
50 patterns
Odd Upholstered Chairs at
advance , at 500 yard.
$4.50 and upwards.
Body Brussels
No advance of price while
this early lot lasts. Best Amer
ican and English makes of
goods at $1.00 , Si.io , $1.15 ,
$1.25 and $ i 35. You will pay
20 per cent more hereafter.
1,000 samples Brussels , Mo-
quettc and Axminster Carpets
iroin i to i.\ yards , suitable for
Rugs , at 400. 6oc , 75C and $ i
each. Ingrain Samples , i yd , ,
150 each.
Bed Room Furniture.
Folding Beds , $14.00 , $16.25 ,
25,00 , $29.00 ,
over the field and map out a campaign for
the coming election. There was a full at
tendance and most encouraging reports came
from every quarter. At the district super
visors convention held In this city this
evening , the republicans named Captain
Samuel Dlvons by acclamation as their nom-
meo for supervisor. Mr. Blvens ils a man of
lirgo experience iln public affairs , will bo
elected and will prove a valuable member ot
the board.
I'lrn-M'il A\Hli Ihrvv Trnln.
ORD , Neb , Sept 20 ( Special ) Cltbens
of Ord are pleased with the announcement
that a dally passenger train will be run on
the B. & M. from Aurora to Burwell , com
mencing today. This will place the Omaha
papers in Ord at 4 p. m on the day of publi
cation , and will bring Iho mall In at the same
hour.
John Rogers , living seven miles southwest
of Ord , finished thrashing Friday evening
and ho had 0,700 bushels of wheat.
John Williams , a thrifty farmer living
three and a half miles southwest of Ord ,
thrashed 2,400 bushels of wheat from 100
acres
The hardware and Implement firm of Beran
Brothers has sold Us htock to J. C. Hayes ,
who Intends to open up business in Ord.
Tno ! ) ( > > Hob n OiiNh Dravter.
SILVER CREEK , Neb , Sept. 20. ( Spe
cial. ) Saturday Henry Slltt , butcher , dis
covered that his money diawer had boon
robbed of $4 50. The matter was kept quiet
In hopes of discovering the culprits It has
developed that the money was taken by two
hoys , Gcnio and Hddlo McQueen , residents
of this place , while ono of the Slltt boy ,
who was In charge of the shop , was out.
Most of the money has been recovered.
JOIIIIH ! ( < } nolci IH Poem ! Ciiilll- .
GRAND ISLAND , Neb , Sept 20 ( Spe
cial ) A Jury In the district court has found
Jonas Reynold guilty of concealing stolen
property , 'but ' sentence has not as yet been
pronounced. The penalty Is from ono to
seven years Reynold was arrested last
spring after Sheriff Dean cud Special Ofllcor
Joseph Smith had seaichcd hln prumlbcs aim !
found a lot of dry goodn hidden under lh
floor In a hole In the ground The goods , It
was proved , were tlio property of Mr Zlska ,
a dealer at E\eter.
nilllor Kiiil Siii | ( > rlii < i > ii < 1riit
LINCOLN. ? cpt 20 ( Special Telegram. )
Tioiible has been brewing for some time bo
tvvccn Editor L H Austin of the Evening
Call and Supei Intendcnt Siylor of the city-
schools. The Call had severely ciltlclsed
Baylor , and this evening the superintendent
assaulted the editor in the rooms of the
Board of Education Secretaiy Hackney In-
tcrfeicd 'In ' the fight before elthei had dona
any great damage.
TRDMONT , Sept 20 ( Special ) There was
n light frost hero list night , the first of the
season. The hot weather had so dried the
corn that It was beyond all damage and tha
frost was not havy enough to affect bcetg
or chicory. The corn ciop of Dodge county
will not be as good In quality or as largo
us was expected.
I'OPUM&Tb 01'1'Ot.ni10 KUSIOIf ,
Propose to Put H TlrKi-1 In UK- Field
mill TeHl Purl ) StrriiKllt.
The populist county contra ! committee mot
In Knights of Lnbor hall Saturday afternoon
nnd decided to hold the primaries for tha
county convention Wednesday evening of this
week , from 7 till & o'clock , and Iho count ?
convention at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon
of this week at Knights of Labor hall. Ther
was n bare quorum of the committee prosem
end there was llttlo discussion regarding tha
convention , Thoto present were decidedly
mixed on the question ot fusion with tha
other wings of the dre-lbiiud , but no action
was taken
The nil'ldlc-of-thc-raid populists
nro do-
cldcdly opposed to any more fusion , and say
they will be first in the field with n full
ticket , which the other wings may cndorso
or not , as they sou nt , hut thu straight-outs
say the Douglas county dog Is going to wag
Iho caudal appendage this time or got along
without that offensive member.
Any policeman In Omaha can toll you
where thc gioatcst mimic stoie In Omaliii
U whine thoio Is a * i > i > d.il piano halo
all week of the highest Krade jilanoK
and organs at pi Ices that aiu far holow
any you ever heiml of for cash and
the easiest kind of payments such
pianos as the Knabo Klmhall , the world
fninoiiH Ilallut Ac D.ivlH Kianlr-h &
Hoch Whltey IJonzo , and othein not HO
well known but hlfjh fitade Jnwt the
saino Our Kiimaiiteu f'oe > .s v\llh evciy In-
stinmcnt and Omaha people Know that
our Kiiaranteo IH tollable Como In and
look buy if you want or list look.
A. HOSPE ,
MUSIC OndIf / ! . 1513 Douglas
Just take a look at your fellow men In
HID fjiout ciovvd.s .Notice how many of
them an- leading The Bee mo.st of them
have tiled other papois but they know
t > .ey can't jjet all the news iinh-hs they
load The Daily Ueo the peer of them
You can keep posted whllo In the city
If you buy ono every day Mojjy , the
1 * > HK of Ilio newsboys , hells them on Iho
btreet If you want to see. a piixo winner
that won't be on exhibition you'll have
to bunt him up befoie ( 'oiiiK or after returning -
turning from the fair fjioiin < ls You can
leave your order for the Dally or Weekly
at the Kalr grounds or our olllco In the
Hoc building.
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Circulation Department
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