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ESTABLISHED JtIXE 10 , OMAHA , TUESDAY MORNING- , OCTOBER 12 , 185)7 ) TWELVE PAGES. OOl\ E CENTS.
CANNOT GET IN WITH CATTLE
t Impossible for Stock to Beach the Alaskan
} Gold Fields ,
SN.DW COVERS THE ROAD TO KLONDIKE
l-'onr I In ml rod mid Sovpiity-Oiic
Vt the Trull Where Xo Fond
I for Stock In to He
I | , , Found. ;
SKAdWAY ( via Victoria , B. C. ) , Oct. 11.
Several parties who have arrived on the
Dalton trait from the Klondike repeat the
Btory of scarcity of provisions and possible
hunger ami starvation with many there this
winter. James Clark and C. A. Brown , who
had brcn mining on Birch creek , having
left Daweon Oity September 16 at noon , poled
tip the river to fifteen miles above Polly river
and there bought a horse and came In over
the supposed Dalton trail , making the trip
In twenty-six days to Halnes Mission , getting
there on Sunday , They passed the Thorp
party on the summit with cattle. Most of the
party were discouraged and wanting to turn
back. Brown and Clark told them they had
gone 'through 100 miles ot snow , where no
food could bo got for their stock , and It would
bo utterly Impossible for them to get' their
Block through alive. Thorp had already lost
fifteen pack horses on the trail , and part of
bis original party had turned back two days
before , but he was stubborn and would not
consent to turn back himself.
About twenty-five persons came out over
the Dalton trail the put week. They say
there are a good many tallowing them , all
bearing the same rc < pcrt , that there Is no
actual trail and that It 'Is171 mites long.
Summits have to be crossed , 'Innumerable
streams' forded and It Is impossible to find
one's way without Indian guides , oven Thorp
having to employ Indians. The biggest party
to come out together was eleven persons.
Pat Galvln and wife , George C. Bounds and
wife , Cbarles Thebo , John F. Loiioy and
Frank Beck of Jtineau ; Harry Homalnc , I'M
Armstrong , " .Mush" llosenstcln and "Little
AVIlllo" Mistier of Sail Francisco. This party
brought out a little gold dust , but arc retl-
aiU as to the amount. "Little
Willie" MCniicr brought out about fifteen
pounds , Pat Galvln as much or more and
George C. Bounds fifty , but most ot the dust
Is deposited with the two principal com
panies ami drafts taken on Chicago and San
Francisco.
Bounds Is the man who took In the first
beef cattle ever taken Into the Yukon re
gion. He sta'rted In at Mission wiht forty-
llvo head In June , 1S9G , had to make h'.s
own trail , built a rait below Five Fingers
on the Yukon , and started. Intending to take
them to Circle City. Ho got frozen In at
the moiitht the Klondike and could not
move either way. Then came the stam-
fide to Bonanza and Eldorado , and he sold
out every pound , probably Eavlng the lives
of many and saving himself from financial
ruin. He sold out $13,000 worth of beef
entirely on credit to miners and did not lor.c
a dollar , they making a small clean-up so
na to allow him to leave February 22 last.
He came out at that time over the Chllkoot
trail to Dyoa His wife went In on the
first trip of the Kxcclslor last June. Bounds
Is Interested with George McCormack In the
Discovery claim on the Bonanza , and had
Interests ID " 3 A" as well as three other
claims , and h.isold all his 'Interests out
right , except Discovery , and has bonded U.
Ho will make one more trial next May to
Kettle up.
Among the passengers on the steamer City
of Seattle from Dyea were George C. Sands
and wlfo and William Mlsener of San Francisco
cisco- , who left Dawson before Brown and
Clark , coming out with the Galvln party ,
which arrived hero on Saturday. The amount
of gold will not exceed $ G,000.
According to a story brought down by one
of the Seattle's passengers , , there Is much
Indignation at Skagwny over the alleged ef
fort of Bernard Moore to throw the town-
slto In'o the possession of Canada by con
veying It to the British Yukon company.
Moore , It Is alleged , Is a British subject ,
but In his application to the United States
land office at Sltka to makn final proof and
entry he alleged the fact that he Is a citizen
of the United Stateo. The Americans at
Skagway have employed an attorney to look
after their Interests ,
CoiM-r | | lllvi'l' Itlcli In ; < > lil.
SAN FRANCISrO , Oct. ll.-Captaln O. .7.
Humphrey , superintendent of the Pacific
Steam Whaling company , having his head
quarters on Prlnct- Williams Bound , but who
ppends most of his tlmo In the Copper river
country , IH In the city. ITo declares that
the Whole' region Is rich , but that food Is
very scarce. Before leaving Alaska
Captain Humphrey took a. party of
llflpen from San Diego , with PX-
Rherlff O'.N'cll of San LuisObnpo ! at their
head , to the Copper river. Ho left them
ubout ten mill's up the stream. Ho pays
that they were well equipped , but he does
not rxpec.t that they will succeed In getting
much further up the river , at least for
eomctlmc to come.
Croruo ShiMvInu" I'M ' Strong.
NHW YOUK , Oct. II. The NeYnrker
Harold and the Now Ydrk Herald have to-
KCther made n canvass of the 173,00) German
voters as to tht-lr preferences for mayor.
Henry George. Jefferson democrat , Is ( ho
choice of 4,2M German voter * ; Beth Low ,
citizens' union , -IS.2S2 ; Van Wyck , Tammany ,
44,0.13 ! General Tnii y , republican. 2IS7 ;
1'alrlek Glennon , Independent , . ' .flto. The
Jounml and Advertiser's poll ot lS8,3"iO vorr.i ;
of Greater New York KT.OWS : Van Wyrk ,
CI,6 ! : Henry ( icorpe. fil.llfi ; Hell ) Low , 41-
400 ; General Tracy , Jurl.
Outi'N < ) r nnl/.lim Win * mill Null TriiHt.
CLKVULAND , O. , Oct. II. It l rumored
nmonc Iron and steel men hero that John
AV. Gates will soon resign thn presidency ol
the Illinois Steel company to become the
head of the Consoll'latcd Steel and Wire
company , with plan's In various cltlcn. Mr
Oati'M Ii also credited with being tlm li-ndt-r
of the movement to bring about a combina
tion' of > the 'vlru and nail manufacturer * for
thu m vi tu ul proleetlon nf their Interes's.
\Vi-nllliy Di'lroll Mini Killed liy a Cur.
DKTUO1T , Mich. , Oct. 11. Thomas llc-
Gnuv. an ngrd Detroit capitalist and owner
of the Mcflrnw building , was struck by a
Woodward iivonuo electric car near bin n'Hl-
denre , tsiiHtatnlng Injuries iron : -.vnlch
lie cannot recover. Mr. McGraw had Jus
iillshtcd from tin upenr and was crofhrn
the track toward bin. homo when thn down-
e-ar struck him , knocking tolm down am
crushing Ills skull , He Is 73 years of age ,
Mflvlulry Will Vli.ll MlnMiiurl.
CUOAL1A , Mo. , Oct. U. Colonel Hentj
I ) . Shelton of llUKliesvllle , PettU county
Is In rccl-lpt of n letter from President Mf-
-Ivfnloy.'Mn which 1m consents to visit Pel-
tlu county foino ltm6 next month , the ex-
net ilnto to bo ilxcd later. Colonel Shcltoi
I S ul the head of the sugar making In
dustry. which. Is to be formally Inaugurate !
In tentr.tl Missouri on the occasion of the
' oprwldrnt's vit > lt.
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I'rrimrril for tin * \ortlicrii OriilHO.
SAN FRANCISCO , Oct. U. The uunboa
.Marietta , detailed lo relieve the Concon
In Alaskan waters , has been specially flttei
out for Its northern crude. Deck houses
Jiave- been built over the hatches , and u
ho l constructed of steel , the Mnrletti
) idM been ciiulpped with additional heat
tr , anticipatory of cold wcnther. She wll
.pati for Hhka In the morning.
MnnU-riT ICIIIi-il b > - n Moll.
1IKNHAM. Tex. . Oct. ll.-Bob Carler. a
negro , killed. James liurch In a saloon IIIB
ulutit and then nont to the Jail and pur
rendered. Today his body was found rlddlei
With bullets and buckshot , lying about 100
yards back of tbo j.ill , A mob of unknown
had pursued and killed him.
TriiluiH Fvvvr lit San FrmicUuo.
BAN FRANCISCO , Oct. ll.-Accordlng t
Dr. Williamson of the San Franclso Board
ot Health , the llrnt rune of real typhus re
conlvd on the Pacific coast hns been din
covered nt St. Luke's hospital in this city
Tile lutlent , Ii 11. Miller , uged 23 yeurtt
has bc n taken to the pestbouae.
I.M2I > HIIATIO.OF Il.UMIOAD OllllliltS.
MrotlnRT for Til I ft I'uriioNo tn Itc Held
nt Prorln. .
PEOHIA , Oct. ll. 0nc of the most Im
portant conferences In the history of unions
Is lo bo held In this city Tuesday , at which
n plan to negotiate a federation will be con
sidered and adopted. Four International con-
vcntlono have declared for closer federation
of the railroad brotherhoods. The one broth
erhood not Included is the Brotherhood of
Engineers. Fully 100.000 men In the United
States , Canada and Mexico will he affected ,
The meeting will be called by F. P. Sargent ,
gland master of the locomotive Firemen ,
who will bo chairman , anil the following are
the representatives of the different orders
that will he In at'cndnncc : Order of Hall
way Conductors , E. S. Clark , grand chief ;
C. H. Wllklns , assistant grand chief , and
A. 11. Garrctson-grand ' senior conductor ;
Brotherhood of Hallway Trainmen , P. H.
Morrlssy , grand master ; John Harvey of
ledge No. 137 Salamanca , N. Y. , and Frank
FCIIII of lodgo-No. 32 , Pueblo , Colo. ; Order
of Hallway Tolcmphe s W. V. Po veil , g and
chief ; ChnrU-N Daniel , chairman executive
ommlttcc , Atlanta , Ga. , r.nd II. B. Perham ,
rand secretary and treasurer ; Brotherhood
f Locomotive Firemen , F. P. Sargent , grand
nnstcr ; T. V , Vcnncr of lodge No. 3 , Jersey
3lty , N. J. ; James Burke of lo.lgo No , 33 ,
tratford , Ont , , and Asa Dillon ot lodge No.
1 Atchlson , Kan.
I.VVI3 Ml I.tlCIC WITH TillXVII.VI.KS. .
Inly Ont < llont In tinl < "lci > t HUH .Made
n Kill Till * SeiiHOll.
SAN FRANCISCO , Oct. 11. The whalers
hat wintered In the Arctic last year are hav-
ng hard luck this poison. Only one of them
ucccodcd In killing a whale this summer
nd the licet that will return this fall will
irlng only a small revenue to their owners.
'lie ships were late In getting oft their
vlnter quarters on account of the Ice pack-
tig to the eastward , owing to prevailing
vcsterly and southwesterly winds. The Ice ,
oo , closed In early about the wintering sta-
lon at Hcrschel Island nnd the Mary llumo
vas the only one to 'reach the bay close tu
ho Island. The others , the Jesse Freeman ,
ho Newport and the Feirless , wcro caught
n the Ice when about thirty miles from the
tatlon , and they w re compelled to remain
here all the winter , , their crows being un
able to reach Ihei'lind and enjoy the com-
orts of the hduECs/on the Island that went
reeled by the haling companies a few
cars ago. , .M ,
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TO PAY.
ttnto Him Wall oil .Hrvcii Montlm nnd In
SHUVulUinr. .
CHARLESTON. W. Va. , Oct. 11. When
Secretary of State Chtlton retired from of-
co on the 4th of Mnrch last , he owed the
tatc somewhere between $15,000 and ? 20,000 ,
vhlch he hod collected ns taxes on charters ,
tc. Ho Informed tbo Incoming state ad-
iilnlstratlon of the fact at the time , and
sked for a reasonable tlmo In which to
iettle. Seven montha have elapsed and he
ms not paid the amount due , and an effort
s now being made to force him to settle.
Ic says the matter will be arranged within
a few days. There Is no effort being made
o press him hard , state officers believing
hat ho will pay every cent without un-
easonablo delay , '
Ml'HI ) 1C II IX A M'A'ATIC ASYMI.M.
'oiir AttcnilmitH Full to Save I'utieiit
from IiiNiinir TMiill'N Cliitohc'H.
AUSTIN , Tex. , Oct.'ll. J. B. West , who
ms been attending the law class of ( he
State university , became violently insane
yesterday , thinking he was a g'cat populist
cader and was goln to be Texas' next gov
ernor. Ho wes confined In the lunatic asy-
um In a cell with another lunatic named
Thomas C. Donge. At an early hour this
nornlng he choked , Denge to death , notwith
standing the fact that four attendants were
trying to f.ear him looo.
1C I lie it nt'n Clinreli Iunr.
WINSTON , N. C. , Oct. ll.-A most dfs-
n-sslng tragedy occurred nt Union Ridge
church , near here , last night. About 7
o'clock E. P. Hitntman , with his wife drove
up to the chitrch In a wagon to attend a
Junker meeting whlo'i has been 1n progress
ie.ro about three weeks. As Mrs. Iluntmun
vas alighting a bolt of lightning struck a
rce , giving her such n severe fhock that
she died an hour afterwards. Many others
were seriously Injured. Several women
fainted and the jieoplc were In a high state
of excitement all night.
.Mini.Ytiiilla'n Trlul Trip.
ASTORIA , Ore. , Oct. 11. The trial trip
of the lighthouse .tended , Manxanlla , which
has been 'uhd.ergMhg registration at the
Astoria Iron works for the past five
monthfi , was fairly , successful , nnd thu ves
sel was accepted by the board of United
States officials. ' ' ' 'Without forcad draught
she attained a"vpf > i'd fllfjhtly In exccs-i of
eleven knots , about one knot more than
Bho was capable of making before the re
pairs were made.
L'riMrilN at MrH. A f UiiiNon'N Trial.
GLRNVILLR , W'Vn. ; . , Oct. 11. The' trial
of Mrs. George W1. ' Atkinson Is still altraot-
ng great attention and the streets and corridors
riders ere filled wltli groups of rne'n dls-
closing the evidence. Governor Atkinson Is
saying nothing- for publication and Mr * .
Atkinson Is likewise silent. The woman Is
the first lady of the state of West Virginia.
The testimony for the defense was resumed
this morning , the witnesses largely cor
roborating thoeo of Saturday.
llorNi-slioorN * Co ii veil 1 1 on ,
ST. LOUIS , Oat. ll.-One hundred and
forty-one cities dust of the Mississippi river
uid twenty-two west were represented at
the sixth annual convention of tin1 National
Hoiveshoers' Protective Association of
America , which mot here today. All the
national olllccrs wc.ro present * Mayor Xleg-
onheln made an address of welcome whlo'i
was responded to , after -Milch the time was
taken up wlih the appointment of commit
tees and rcportB. The convention will be in
st-sslon several days.
.Ship UII'IIHNliori * In u -"UK- - .
NORFOLK , Va , . Oct. 11-Tho steamship
Hc. perlde l.i ashore on Outer Diamond
o'ilw , oft Cape Ilattcras , and the vessel
will bo a total loss with Ha cargo of pig
Iron. It was bound from Cuba to Baltimore
and struck the shoals during a dense fR" ,
which hung about Hie coast so thick Wnt
the c.row IAUS not taken oft until yesterday
afternoon. Tiiera If , no hope of saving the
rhlp , although , tutrrf-uwilt nt tempi the task.
Schouiit-r ( Jot'H . .AnlionIn : i FOK ,
SAVANNAH. , pn , . ) pot. . Jl.-Tlu ; schooner
Funny Artbuiv.C.ipttltiPctiela ( : , fiom New
Orleans , bound for-Povt Royal. 8 , C. , with
u cnrco of niola.su" * . went ashuiu and filled
on Warsaw beach , twenty miles south of
Tybec , yesterday. In a heavy lop. Two
tugs with wrecking pumif and crew have
gone to attempt to lloat her
1'li'iily of Inillc'tmiMitH < i >
MEMPHIS , Tcnn. , Ocu II. After a delay
of more than eighteen months A. K , Ward ,
who Is under ninety-six Indictments oharg'
Ing forgery and "embezzlement , securing
thereby * 2C,0OiWva , , placed on trliil thl ?
morning In the criminal court of Shelby
'
county. .
from ( "ITci'lx of Mnrplilne.
NEW YORK , Oct. U.--MISH Florence who
was for two ternm postmistress at Eliza-
bethtown , Ky. , and nhp la said to have been
the daughter of Ex-Governor Helm of Ken
tucky , died todiy from the effects of nior-
phlno taken last week with suicidal Intent.
Nurd leu llflurim I'riini IJuroii * .
NEW YORK , Oet , 11. Among the passen
gers on Ihe French liner La Urctagno which
arrived today from Havre were Mine.
Nordlca , the prlma. donna ; Mrno. Si-alclil ,
who tilngs In Nordlca'Bicompany , und Clara
Barton , president otjrtho American Red
Cross society. *
llollovr AiiiilvvrHiir } ' .
NEW YORK. Oct. 1U Tn * 200th anniver
sary of the old Dutch church of Sleepy
Hollow , made famous by Washington
Irving , and near which he ls burled , was
celebrated In the famous old building-
Turrytown yujterday.
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RAIN VISITS ENTIRE WEST
Welcome Moisture fem tha Skies Cheers
the Farmer's Heart.
BREAKS AN UNPRECEDENTED DRY SPELL
Full I'liMvlnjr linn Hi-en
mill Winter Whi'iit AcrcitKt * Cut
Short Wntvr Supply Htinn
Short In .Many SectlotiH.
CHICAGO , Oct. 11. Ilaln Is falling gener
ally today throughout the parched belt of
the western states and the long disastrous
drouth haa at last been broken , Rjporls from
Kansas , Nebraska , Iowa , Illinois , Missouri
Arkansas and Minnesota show quite gen-
ral rains are still falling with Indications of
outlnulng during the next twenty-four
lOttfs. The rain In Nebraska Is the first of
ny consequence that han fallen In that state
or six weeks , while Kansas Is receiving Its
rst wetting for two months. According to
ho weather bureau , an unusually extensive
areu. of low barometer extends from the
lock } ' mountains eastward over the Mlssls-
Ippl and Ohio vallcyo and the lake region.
iVlthln that area nlnco Saturday morning
general showers have fallen. The heaviest
rainfall reported Is at Wichita , where 2.8S
nchcs were registered. The temperature Is
above the normal In nearly oil sections ex
cept the southwest.
The drouth just broken has for severity
and wide area of country affected never been
equaled In the period covered by authorlta-
Ive record In this country. Crops have
suffered , fruit has been blasted , fires have
oapcd up as If from spontaneous combustion
n field and woodland , and every moment of
ho time since the middle of August has
been crowded with danger to cities. Farm
ers have been hauling water for their stock
even buying the fluid In many sections of
ho country. Many small towns throughout
tha country have suffered severely from fire.
Conservative estimates place the rcductlrn
n acreage of winter wheat at 25 per ceni.
rijoiibands of acres throughout the affected
llstrlcts have not even been ploughed , the
ground being In such a condition as to
rniiler farm work next to Impossible. To
stock raisers the rain Is a godsend. Pastures
vhich have been dried up for weeks will be
available once more.
Weather bureau officials said this after
noon that Indications pointed to a con-
Inuance of the rainfall for thirty-six hours
more.
DALLAS , Tox. , Oct. 11. The drouth of the
net eight weeks , which has cut short the
otton crop over all north Texas , dried up the
matures and put a stop to nearly all farm
vork , has been broken by hard rains that
lave ( alien over fully half the state during
the last twenty-four hours. The rain belt
extends from the Brazes valley to the Ued
river , and from Abilene , In West Toxaa , and
Wichita Kails In the panhandle to the Louis-
ana line. The drouth had damaged the corn
crop , lessened the state's cotton crop 750 000
rnles , and greatly retarded preparations
for fall planting. Creeks and ponds through
out central , western and northwest Texas
lave been dry for two weeks , and a water
amlne was threatened. Preparations for
seeding a big area of wheat will now begin.
KANSAS CITY , Oct. 11. Specials from
3kluhoma and Indian territories state a
icavy downpour of rain occurred over that
part of the southwest yesterday and Idst
light. At some places In the Indian tcrri-
ory tbo rain comes too late , It Is feared , to
save fall crops.
SDKS OI.I > WATER WOHICS COMPANY.
\CTV EiiRlniiil Coiiiiinny WnntH ( luiirtcr
nf n Million IIoIInrH.
The New England Water Works company
of Connecticut has begun an action In the
United States court for this district against
the American Water Works company to re
cover a judgment for $2G5,000. The plaln-
tlft hopes to reach money belonging to the
lofendant still In the hands of the receivers
and In the hands of the master who sold the
property.
The Omaha Water company Is made a party
lefendant because In the agreement for pur
chase this company Is to IssUe shares of
stock to stockholders In the American Water
Works company and the plaintiff will seek
to get hold of that stock.
MrH. ninillxli Mini 11 Key.
In October , 1891 , William Gladlsh alleged
that his box In the safety deposit vaults ol
the Omaha National bank had been robbed of
$1G31 , and brought suit in the district court
to recover. The bank secured an order that
Gladlsh should set out 'Whether nay one
else besides himself had a key to the box.
Anbwcr has been made that besides himself ,
Mrs. Gladlsh had a key. The bank will ad
vance the defense that the money might
haw been taken by the wife.
I.ooUlnpr Tor u I/iiNt IIiiNliiinil.
Mrs. John Serkln , an Armenian from
Telllo , Wash. , called at the police station
yesterday and said she was looking for
her husband. About a month ago the
father , a minister by profession , left for
this city , stating that lie was going to
answer the call of a local parish. He font
a small amount ofl money to his wife after
arriving here , and told her to meet him
here. Nothing has been heard of the
man Flnce. The woman IB In destitute
circumstances.
Comiuiii ) ' Nlrlki'H Wulcr.
The smelting company has completed Its
artesian well , and Is well satis/led / with
the experiment. The well Is 1,650 feet deep
and Hews KOO gallons n minute. Klght anil
ten-Inch piping 1ms been used. The water
Is clear , but there Is considerable ( illne
matter In It. The company has not per
fected plann for utilizingthe1 water , but
there nro under consideration , at the pres
ent time ,
Throw nnil Struck n Tcneliur.
During the noon recess lit the Lake Street
school yesterday one of the pupils picked up
n stone and threw It. It 'ntruck MJss
Clara Blackburn , a teacher , In the center
of the forehead between the eye ? . A pain
ful but not serious wound won caused.
The throwing of the stone Is ? ald to have
been accidental. School \t'as" delayed for
a half hour while Miss 'Blackburn ' ha-J her
Injuries attended.
Tliero are others. but none "just as good'
* x Dr. Davla' Anti-Headache.
IIU-li .Mineral lit Si-iliiUii.
SRDALIA , Mo. , Oct. 11. At the Judge J
N. Dalby lead mine In northwest Bcdulla a
nine-Inch vein of rare ore mixed with sliver
lias been struck at u depth of leas than
fifteen feetFortynine thousand pounds
of ore have been taken out with picks nm
shovels since the mine was' opened a feu
weeks ago on a prospect , and holders o
realty In that portion of ti'ie city are con
slderably worked up. many of them be
llevlng that Sedalla la destined to become
a second Joplln. .
Itolilieil mill Shot hy KoolpnilM.
CHICAGO , Oct. ll.-P otpads thlsm.rnlnt
held up Frank Ilrunnaleln , a , newspaper car
rlcr CO years old , and after struggling will
him for a few pennies and nickels , amount
Ing to (1.80 , Eliot the old man and made
their escape. Brunnstcln died shortly after
wards.
ShoolH Illn Wife mid HIM
CINCINNATI , Oct. 11 Frank I3 rly
colored , ftiot and killed his wife toduy , from
whom he hud been separated six ye.r > , th < n
thot and mortally wounded his mistress ,
Nnnnlo Frey , He then gave himself up
to the police ,
lit- 1 urn a { HI ( flier
HA'// TON I-a , Oct. ll.-T e I.eh gn and
Wilkt'f hut IT breaker hands 'A III return to
work on Tuesday. They * ere promised an
advance in wuyvs and will probably go
back.
tMJI flf - *
OI.ICH GO IIHFOHK .It'lHJi : SCOTT.
) tMIMnil ; Hint TlirjHo ItrlnMntril hr
I lip Hoard.
Yesterday eleven of < he tlxtccn police
men who were dropped by-tho Board of Fire
nd I'ollco Commissioners from the police do-
lartmcnt on September 30 secured from
udgo Scott an alternative writ of mandamus
0 compel the board to rttiiatato them on the
orco with nil "their rights , privileges and
emoluments. * ' The eleven- policemen who
have begun thcso legal proceedings are :
Hufus \ \ ' . Chamberlain ami F. D. Mitchell ,
who were sergeants ; Claudius Dlbbern , turn
key and surgeon ; William U. Shoop. special
detective ; Robert A. Wllbqr-James II. Kirk ,
ohn C. Luke , Samuel 0 , lloff , Mike Dol-
ard , Lewis GodoU and ( Archer I ! . Ilurr ,
patrolmen. j
Tlio Instrument was drawn up by McCoy
& Olmstcd , the same attorneys who have
managed Chief of Dctectivrs Cox' case. It
rccltrs that the discharged men are tax
payers of the city andjhavo been members
of the force for years. | Allt the proceedings
of the board which led up to the discharge
are set forth. Emphasis Is laid on the fact
hat In obedience - the order of discharge
ho men handed over their stars under pro-
cfct and that they tlledi a written notice
upon the board that It acted IllcgnllyNinil
demanding that they bo Vclnstated. The dis
charges arc declared to have been Illegal ,
t Is stated that the men had all been In
god standing In the department and that
hey had been dropped without having been
; lvcn notice , without having been given a
tearing and In the face of the fact th.it no
: harges had been preferred against them
icforo 'the ' board.
The position of the baard that the men
vcrc .dropped because of the condition df the
police fund , In which there would have' been
1 deficit If the sixteen meh had been retained
on the force. Is considered at length and Is
lecla'ed to bo unsoundi It Is Insisted that
he levy made by the council to maintain the
lollce department would have been sufficient
or that purpose and tbo discharged men
could have been retained on the force It the
joard had not made other appointments. It
s alleged that the board , knowing that It
was thereby creating a possibility of a
leflclt , appointed a now chief of police and
wolVo additional officers. This Is declared
o have been an Illegal divergence of the
police fund.
X(5S OP THE CITY COUNCIL.
Illoj-cle I.limit Ordinance -\Kiiln MtiUcn
ItH Aiipeiiriiiicf.
The city council commltteo meeting yester
day afternoon wns almost entirely occupied
by a discussion of the bicycle lamp ordi
nance , which was supposed to be dead , but
has been resurrected by Interested parties.
J. W. Parish , who has been the principal sup
porter of the measure , was present with a
stack of letters from chiefs of police of vari
ous cities In which the bicycle lamp was en
dorsed. D. J. O'iBrlen , Jchn E. Howe , F. W.
Fitch , John Butler , JohuN. , AVcstberg , and
others , expressed the opposition of the wheel
men of the city to the measure , which was
firally referred to the Judiciary committee
andjdty attorney. v
At C o'clock the council met in special ses
sion to receive the petition for rcpavlnfe
Twenty-fourth street , from Patrick avcnud
to Lake street. The petition was submitted
together with the certificate of the city engi
neer that It represented a raaporlty of the
front footage , and the ordinance ordering the
Improvement was Introduced and referred.
The oidlnance odrerlng Thirty-third street
paved , from 'Mason ' to Leavenworth streets ,
was passed.
A resolution directing the city clerk to ad
vertise the notice of the boundaries of the ,
election precincts and the"'places.oj reKlsJjr.B * ;
'
tlou-ns required by , lavwas deie'atea 'by a
tlo vlte. ' ' . . ' j
Although manyremcdltsi ore. pushed.Into-
the market by splcynjjdvertlseme'nts , Dr.
Bull's Cough Syrup still-tikes the lead.
, j
Op I il ill SinoUtTH . UlniHiKMtiI.
Yesterday nfternooni i Henry ; Lea and
George. Collln. the men jwho were arrested
In the Aetna hotel for' ' ijelng Inmates of a
disorderly house , lA'ere Brought before Judge
Gordon. After Vhe charges had been read
to the men Lee responded In a low voice :
"We were on our way from Denver to
Chicago , your honor , and'stopped over a day
to rest up. We are bc&h opium smokers
und went to the Aetna ! house In order to
Indulge our habit wltlipnt , being disturbed.
We asked the 'proprietor , Henry Ithode , If
he had any objection to pur smoking In bis
house , -and he said ho bad not. We were
Just enjoying a quiet plp.e when the- officers
broke In. "
As the men had about $ TO between them
Judge Gordon dlsinlssed'ilhem. While they
were getting their packages from the Jailer
a now complaint cnarging me men wun oe-
ing Inmates of an opium joint was Illed by
City Prosecutor IMiller , and they were re-
nrrestecU *
An Information baa nBo been Illed against
Henry Hhodc , proprietor of the Aetna house ,
for running an opium Joint , t
American Lady Corsets , are the Best.
Wlri-H Get
Sunday night , shortly after 10 , while
a performance was goingon at the Boyd
theater , the electric wiring In the box olllcc
set lire to the wood work and a still alarm
wan turned In. Instead ot making the
run with the apparatus , the chief , took a
squad of Tils men trom No. 3 qn Ino houfe ,
and wth | oxen and han'd chemicals made
short work of the blaze. The lire was
found to have been caused by the crossing
of a Postal Telegraph company wire and
the trolley wire of the Omaha , Street Hall
way company. In some manner the cur
rent was sliunted Into the lighting fystem
of the theater. The small lighting wlro
gave way under the heavy current and
thus Ignatcd the wood work.
l with .Wife llt-iilliiK.
An Information has been filed In police
court charging WlllUyn Jacobowsky , Mho
lives near Fourteenth and Cass streets , with
wlfo beating. Jnoobowxky has 7i little shoe
repair chop at 101 .North Sixteenth street.
Ho also has n , wlfo and four children. The
wife Is an Invalid , Last Thursday night
It Is alleged ; the shoemaKcr went homo
drunk and cruelly beat hU wife until she
was covered with cuts and bruises from
head to foot. Neighbors heard the noise
and upon Investigation reported the matter
to the police. The shoemaker Is said to
have beaten his helplefs wife several times
before.
For X TVOIIHVomi'ii
lloi-Nfordx' Ac-Id I
Dr. J. B. Alexander , Charlotte , N. C. ,
says : "It Is pleasant to the taste , and
ranks among the best of nerve tonics for
nervous females. " , '
_
Over ii Nfiv Itoutp.
Beginning thl morning the Omaha
Street Hallway company will run Its South
Omaha trains over the Thirteenth street
line. This Is' done -to enable the company
to rebuild Its , trackn on South Sixteenth
street without Interruption. The long ,
heavy rails which havq1 been used In other
parts of the city this yp r will nlro be utoi
In this section of the. city. The South
Omuhu trains will flwltch to the Thirteenth
street line at "Seventeenth and Cumins
streets , and reach South Omaha via Vlntni
street. The Walnut Hill line will con
tinue to be operatcti-ltsifull length us here
tofore. r
_
When you want sparkling wine get Cook's
Imperial Extra Dry Champagne. Its purity
sad delicious flavor commends It.
IlpturiiM from Ximlivlllr.
City Engineer Hosewater has returned
from Nashville , where ho attended the nn-
nua | meeting of the American Soclet >
Municipal Improvements , and Incidentally
visited the NaFhvllla' cxpotltlon. He pays
that the- exposition In unquestionably 'a
i gnat show , and le said to be larger nm
liette rthan thu Centennial at Philadelphia
Neliras.Ua has no exbltile there , but I'lal
and other western Btatea are represented
Tlio buildings ure very buperior from an
architectural ntandpolnt and the charac
ttr of the exhibit la uniformly good.
Aiilicimer-IliiKcIi ItretTlui ? AHKII' .
| recommends the use of the greatest of all
: tonlru , "Malt Nutrlne , " and guarantccB the
I merits claimed for U. For ale by all drug.
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II
DEFENSE SHOWS ITS HAND
Shortage to Bo hewn to llavo Occurred
During the First Term.
CONTENTION OF TIU BARIUY BONDIMEN
\rRiio Hint Portion of Dcfnlcntlon IN
Covcrcil by Ci-rtlllcnlcH of li'p < i lt"
of llmikii Other Tliiin ' 1'luiNp DCN- .
iKnntviI nu IrpoKltorIcn.
A portion of the alleged shortage which
ho bondsmen of ex-State Treasurer Hartley
re contending existed In the treasury at
he conclusion of Hartley's first term Is
llcgcd by the state to bo fully covered by I
crilficales of' deposits on banks other than I
hwc legally designated as state depository
units , in pits way the state Is endeavor-
ng to offset the point that the boodsmcn
ro trying to make that the shortage not only
xlsti-d , but that It was known to Governor
lolcomb at tha time that he approved the , ,
bond upon which they are being sued to :
ecover Bartley's defalcation of $300,000.
When court convened yesterday the
defendants sot to work to prove the allega- !
lon they have niadj regarding the shortage
at the end of Hartley's first term. They suc
ceeded In so far as to show that when the
accc-untlng was made at the end of the first
erni Bartley had In cash and in depository
wnks nearly J460.000 less than he should
lave had. They contend that all of this Is
in actual shortage. , The state on the ether
und succeeded In showing that at least a
lortlon of this alleged shortage consisted of
noney which was placed In other than de-
losltory banks by Bartley and for which ho
lad certificates of doposlt. It maintains that
hose certificates were equivalent to cash.
The question of law Involved In this matter
las not bsen decldoj by the court.
In making up their defense on thh lice , the
londsnicn assert that they are but following
out the plan -adopted by the state In showing
111 Hflrtlov1 * illArl lrn nl Mi , nn,1 nf llta
second term. The state proved the amount
of money rjartloy should have had In cash
ind In depository banks and concluded that
its shortage consisted of the difference be-
: wecn the sum total and the real amount ho
; urned over o Treasurer Meserve. In the
same way th e defense alleges that It can
show what Bartley should have had on hand
in caEh and In depository banks at the end
of hlg first term and allege that the difference
between this and the real amount he turned
over to himself was a shortage. As ho could
not 'invest state money In securities the
money represented by the certificates of de
posit was In his own name and therefore
the money In the banks shown by these
certificates was hs | own and not the state's.
WITNESSES FOR DEFENSE.
The first witness called by the defense
was ex-Deputy State Treasurer Bartlett un
der Bartley. According to the figures given
jy the ex-deputy State Treasurer Bartley
liad at the close of business on January 2 ,
1805 , the last day of his first term of office ,
a total of $511,585.59 , of which $164,110.59
was In depository banks and the remaining
(47,000 ( In cash.The latter figure was given
ay Bartlett from memory. On January 3 ,
1895 , the first dayi of his second term , Bart-
lebt testified Bartley had $461,585.59 In de
pository banks and about $47,000 In cash , era
a total of $508,585.59.
The -contention ) of the- defense Is that
.Hartley/ tad no. authority to Inve'st st'ato
monty in other than depository banks. TJie
jomlHmcn therefore maintain that the dif
ference between this , $308.583.59 , and the
amount of money the records show Bartley
should have had on hand , $958,008.75 , rep
resents the alleged shortage at the conclusion
of the first term. The difference Is $149-
483.10. In h s offering last week General Cowln
stated that be would show that the alleged
shortage was $350,000 , but a further ex
amination of the books brought out a dif
ference of $100,000 more.
In answer lo this the state will maintain
that the difference or alleged shortage was
invested In certificates of deposit , drafts and
other securities. This line of rebuttal was
brought out on the cross-examination of the
ex-deputy state treasurer. "What was the
amount represented by certificates of de
posit In banks other than depository banks
In the treasury on January 2. 1895 ? " asked
Examining Assistant Attorney General
Smith.
Smith.OBJECT
OBJECT TO THE TESTIMONY.
The bondsmen objected to testimony of
this character on the grounds of Immateri
ality , maintaining that the state treasurer
could not legally Invest state money In cer
tificates of deposit and therefore It made no
difference how much money he had In cer
tificates of deposit. Such mouey. It was
held , was deposited Individually on his own
risk. Judge Powell allowed the question lo
be answered.
The witness stated that he did not know
the exact amount represented In certificates
ot deposit , but be testified that a portion of
the funds was represented In such manner
of security.
ON MRS. FITZGERALD'S SANITY.
In the afternoon the defense made by
Mary Fitzgerald that she was In no mental
condition to algn the bond legally because
she was mentally unbalanced from grief
over her husband's death was begun. This
defense will not affect the liability of the
other bondsmen. The first witness called
was Dr. R. E. Glffen of governor's staff ,
who went to Nashville , hut who returned la
answer to a summons to be In court yester
day morning.
Dr. Glffen gave It as hs ! opinion that Mary
Fitzgerald was of unsound mind between De
cember 30 , 1S94 , and January 16 , 1895 , In
which Interval her signature was secured to
-the bond. This condition was Induced by
various causes. She herself was In poor
health on account of a complaint. She wor
ried over the disappearance of a son , E. J.
Fitzgerald , who was supposed to bo dead.
She was worn by nurdng a nephew , Ed C.
Fitzgerald , through a fatal Illness and nurs
ing a , daughter , Lillian. Finally she was
broken down by the long-continued lllnofs
of her husband , John Fitzgerald , who would
not allow her to leave him and whom she
attended for four or five days at a time with
out removing her clothing. Fitzgerald died
on December 30 , 1894 , He was a contractor
and was considered a woilthy man , the phy
sician testified , but was harassed by many
creditors.
The physician was put through a rigorous
cross-examination on his qualifications as an
Insanity expert and also on the reasons that
led him to conclude Mra. Fitzgerald was un
balanced. Regarding the latter he related a
number of Incidents. On December , 1894 ,
ho found her staring wildly. She refused lo
answer questions and resisted when an at
tempt was made to put her to bed. She
asked repeatedly where her won was. Again ,
on the night of her husband's death , she
spoke Incoherently and appeared to have In
mind to do away \vlth herself , as nho said
that eho bad no money with which to pay
bills and therefore she might as well die.
Finally the physician stated thit on the
day of the funeral he believed the woman's
mind was an absolute blank. It was on this
day she la tald by the defense to have signed
the bond , The witness raid she spoke In
coherently , wandered about nlmlesily , ap
parently knew no one and was constantly
watched.
watched.FAILED
FAILED TO RECOGNIZE HIM.
Dr. W. L. Dayton of Lincoln , a next-door
neighbor ot the Fitzgeralds , attended KQIIK
of the members of the Jamlly du'lng IK'JI
and vlilled them socially almost every day.
Ho testified that be had seen Mrs. Fitzger
ald every day between her husband's death
and the 'funeral and she failed to recognize
him , although abe had always treated hln
cordially before. During this time her eyes
were vacant. The same demeanor was ob
served for same time afte- the funeral. U
was hU ctilnlon that the woman wan tem
porarily of unbuild mind.
Upon cross-examination the phyn'clan. after
considerable hesitation , Mid that the was In
lila opinion devoid of the power of reason
, on any subject , baaing this conclusion on the |
manner In which she treated him. The
physician > was put through A long cross-ex-
utilisation , touching uv > on h | recollection of
the nets of Mrs. Fitzgerald And just In what
manner and on wlist Incidents he bused his
conclusions regarding her EonUy.
During the examination ot the last physi
cian Mrs. Fitzgerald caniovtlito the court
room nnd listened to a portion of the evi
dence regarding her own sanity during the
tlmr. She remained but a short time , being
compelled to leave by a fainting attack.
Mrs. Mary Kelly of Greenwood , Neb. , a
sister-in-law of Mrs. Fitzgerald , was called
to the stand. The withers displayed the
usual rcluctnnco of women to tell their ages ,
the deposition being brought out when she
was asked how long she had lived In Ne
braska. She hesitated < iud tthon nn wcrcd :
"It's been a long whllo. I was born In
Nebraska. "
" 0. 1 beg your pardon fM--aaklng such a
pointed question , " qulckl&V\T spomlcd the
questioning counsel , and h' titter ran through
the coutt room.
OBLIVIOUS TO SURROUNDINGS.
Mrs. Kelly testified that she had visited
Mrs. Fitzgerald on the d y of the death of
John Fitzgerald. Mrs. Fitzgerald's features
were haggard and drawn , her eyes wcro va
cant , and she apparcnty know nothing of
what was going on about her , A few dajo
afterward a letter was received from Edward
Fitzgerald , the son who had disappeared , and
over whom Mrs. Fitzgerald had worried for
months. Although the letter was the first
one received from the wandering son , and
Mrs. Fitzgerald wns told what It was she
did not read It and did not listen when It
was read aloud. On these and , following days
she snlil nothing , not even when she was
shown a catalogue from which her husband's
casket was to bo selected. On the day of the
, funeral she wandered about aimlessly and
would say nothing. She betrayed no emotion
at hearing ot the dangerous Illness ot her
father. Mrs. Kelly was of the opinion that
Mrs. Fitzgerald was of unsound mind.
The cross-examination of the witness will
be begun ths : morning.
i Just before adjourning Dr. Glffen was re-
I called to the stand by the state. In his
previous testimony he hud stated that during
| the latter part ot her husband's Illness and
i for some time after his death Mrs. Fitz
gerald was allllctcd with nervous prostration ,
Atton-ijy General Smyth asked If a symptom
ot this was not a trembling nervouancjs of
the hands and arms , but the physician
answered that It was not In the case of Mrs.
Fitzgerald. The question was propounded
: teeauso Mrs. iFltzgerald's signature on the
bond was not In wavering handwriting.
MUST STAX1I IIY T1I12 AMUISEMKXT.
( Minimum Culilwell IKMUL'H ; ll Maiil-
fento to Hi'N Molni-N Atiir.oIinntN.
There la war between the merchants of
Dos Molncs and Chairman Caldwell of the
Western Passenger association , and It looks
as though It would be carried to the extreme
limit , The DCS Molncs people wore envloua
of the success obtained In the two excursions
tut Omaha last month under the direction ot
the Mercantile bureau of the Omaha Com
mercial club because GO many Iowa buyers
were attracted here. The DCS Molncs mer
chants applied to Chairman Caldwc.ll for the
same rate. After conferring with/the rail
roads , the chalrnran granted the request , giv
ing a rate of one and one-third regular faro
to all who desired to visit Dea .Molnes on
corta'ci days , providing there should be at
least 100 persons take advantage of the rate ,
the same provision Insisted upon at Omaha
and other points.
This rate and the foregoing conditions
were accepted by the tradesfolk of DCS
Molncs. The local secretary stamped the
certificates of the visiting merchants , en
titling them to a one/thtrd rate returning
ta their respective homes. Hovaa .confident
there' would bo isiich1"'certlflcates , Ji'ut
when the last merchant presented his certifi
cate U was discovered that only fifty-eight
certificates had been stamped. Chairman
Caldwell called on the DCS Molncs merchants
to make good the deficit. Insisting that forty-
two merchants were lacking ami calling at
tention to the agreement that 10d certificates
were to be received before any one was to
have the advantage of the one-third rate.
The merchants of Iowa's capital promptly
told Mr. Caldwell that they would make
good no losses to the ralltoads. But the
chairman says he will laugh last , and gives
It out that Des Molncs will never secure the
benefit of another reduced rate until the
fares of the forty-two missing merchants are
paid.
KI-i'.VVI\J OK C.VIMTOL AVI3XUI3.
IMnii for SeeiirliiK the Iiniirnvt.'mviit of
n 'riioroiiKlifnre.
At yesterday aftornqon.'s meeting of the
Omaha Real Estate exchange It was deter
mined to make an energetic effort to Rccuro
the repaying of Capitol avenue between Six
teenth and Twentieth streets. As nearly
all the property holders bet &n Sixteenth
and Eighteenth streets have'sl uert the peti
tion for repaying , while tbosaVJictwccn Eigh
teenth and Twentieth streets hold out against
It , It la proposed to havc onq puvlng district
made of the section batwee'n/Elxteenth and
Twentieth streets , Instead . ( jf/'two. In that
way the property holders between Sixteenth
and Eighteenth aul the few between Eigh
teenth and Twentieth streets who favor re-
paving , will , It Is thought , bo sufficient to
secure the repaying of the istrlp that Is now
an eyesore to the public. '
FAITIIFL'I , VISITOR TO OMAHA.
Farmer I'eti-rxoii HUH Xot MMMCI | ! Snt-
iirday Trip In Thirty-Five Warn.
Ferdinand Peterson of Portal has resided
on. . his Sarpy county homestead since the
spring of 1857 and one day recently ho sat
down and did a little figuring. The figures
Indicated that during his residence In Ne
braska he has been at Omalw 1,820 consecu
tive Saturdays. In 1SC2 he commenced his
regular weekly visits to the metropolis and
during the entcrvonltig thirty-five years ho
has not missed being at Omaha on Satur
day. From 1&62 to 1870 the Journey waE
made behind an ox trom. During the next
ten jearn he drove horses or mules. Sine ?
ISltU ho has made the pilgrimage by rail.
( 'ornlNh ComliiK to Oninhii.
Judge William D. Cornish , master-In-
chancery of the Union Pacific ; receivership
and the special master appointed by the.
federal court to tell Iho Unlco Pacific am :
the Kansas Pacific rellroaas , will leave New
the Kansas Pacific railroads , left New York
City for Omaha yesterday. With hln
will como his chluf clerk , -Herbert Tay
lor , son of Cadet Taylorof this city. The
work of the master In 'tlio Union Pacific
foreclosure canes hen boon completed , anil
everything Is- now In readiness for the sak
ot the Union , Paclda here on November 1
and 'i , and for the sale of the I-uiniu.s Pacific
at Topeka ca November 3.
Disfigurement for llfo by burns or scald
may bo avoided by using Do Witt's Wild
Hazel Salve , the great remedy for piles and
for all klnda ot sores and kln troubles.
Worlc for Another Convention ,
Conner H. K. Burkct left last evening
for Milwaukee , where ho goes as a delegate
of the Nebraska Undertakers' association to
attend tin- annual convention of the Nations
Funeral Directors' association. Mr. Burke
In onci of a committee composed of P. ileafcy
of Ornuba ; Jo.men Sc-aton , Lincoln , and Juhn
Bell of Norfolk , who will cnde-avor to have
the ipxt annual meeting of Iho body held In
thlj city during the exposition , The or-
gai'.llon ! numbers about 500 members , The
procpectu for Omaha getting the next con
vontlnn are said to be excellent.
CotiiinlMHlonvr fur Mnr > liiml ,
Mrn. Fannie Daily Markland of Oakland
MO. , has been Appointed by ( lovcrno
Lowndci as commissioner for the rtato o
Maryland to the TranuralgslsHlppl und Inter
national Exposition , und tiaa taken , up the
work of xcelng that the Halo Is creditably
represented at the exposition ,
Mm. Markland In a ulster ot the wife of Ihe
late General George A , Crook and rcsldei
In this rlty a number of years when the
general waa In command of the peyjitmcn
I of the I'latte.
PRESIDENT CLARK RETURNS
Reports His Health t3 Bo Bettor than foi
Many Years.
HE TALKS OF TilU HON PACIFIC SALE
Spprulndon nit to U'lin Will Occupy
tinINiRUIiiii of Pri-NldiMi o (
tin"Ovcrlntul" After llonr-
K" ii I > u ( I on In CoinpU-lod.
Discussion of the future of Iho Union
Pacific railway after Its reorganization still
continues to agitate railway circles. U wan
somewhat accentuated yesterday by the
return to Omaha of S. H. It. Clark , re
ceiver and president of the Union Pacific ,
after n absence of nearly halt n year.
Accompanied by his wlfo and son , President
Clark cAiiio to Omaha Sunday from
Waukesha , WIs. . wbcro ho had been sojournIng -
Ing for some tlmo. Ho Is cnrouto to his
home at St. Louis , where ho will proceed the
latter part of this week.
In an Interview yesterday. President
ClaiMc said ; "At the coming sale of the
Union Pacific. I believe the property will b
purchased by Iho reorganisation committee.
Everything points that way now. Of course ,
It's possible that some cnu else may step la
at that tlmo with a higher bid , and -If ihojr
do , they will get the road , but It looks now
as though the Union Pacific would bo bid In
by the reorganisation committee. "
Concerning the presidency of the Union
Pacific after Its rorK.in7..itlon ! , Its future man
agement and operation , President Clark de
clined to express any cotillon. Ho slated
that he knew nbthlng dollnlto about tha
future of the great system. Ho also said
that as ho had been awny for so long tin
\vns not In a position to speak about muttora
of the road at present. Ho Inquired rar-
tlculnrly after the Increase In business In
Omaha , the occupation of vacant houses and
the progress of the T atimnlsslsslppl Exposi
tion. Ho remarked that western railroads
generally showed splendid Increases In busi
ness and ho hoped that Omaha was enjoying
a similar revival In trade.
APTKU r
President Clark said that he was now In
better health than ho had been for some
time , although he remarked that ho had Just
had a p-ctty hard siege of It. His oppcar-
anco corroborated his wordsKor several
months past ho has been In III health. When
the hot summer weather struck St. Louis
lie was removed to Uctrolt City , Minn.
There he spent several weeks and latur wont
to Helena , Mont. At that iiolnt the air
seemed to agrto with him much more favor
ably. Then ho took a t Ip through Wyoming
and .Montana and later returned to Detroit
City , Minn. He went back to St. Louis
several weeks ago and then went to
Waukeolm , WIs. Yrs'.erdny morning ho
walked down from the .Mlllard hotel tb his
office In the Union Pacific headquarters and
received a number o [ callers. To all ho sadd
that ho was feeling much better than ho had
for some time.
It Is practically conceded among the best
Informed railroad men that S. H. H. Clark
will bo president of the reorganized Union
Pacific railway If his health will permit.
If ho should not take the place there arc
four men from among whom his successor
will undoubtedly he chosen. They are Wil
liam II. Truesdale , second vlcq president of
Iho Chicago , Hoclc Island & Pacific rallwayf
Kdwln W. Winter , formerly president of-tho
Northern Pacific railroad ; ' ' Edwa'rd nickln-- *
aaii , general manager of the Union Pacific ;
and Oliver W. Mink , second vlco president
ind comptroller of the Union Pacific. All
of till-so names have been previously pub
lished except that of General Manager.
Trui'sdale of the Hock island. Ills name
is the latest talk In Chicago railroad circles ,
and it Is conceded that no more competent
man for the position could possibly bo
found. Ho was a candidate for thu Union
Pacific presidency at the time of the elec
tion , of S. H. II. Clark , and It Is frcelyi said
that the latter Is the only man who could
have defeated him for the place , and ho had
to resign the presidency of the Missouri
Pacific to do It. As Sir. Trncsdnlo was
recently pfomotod to the nccnnd vlco presi
dency of the Hoelc Island It Is doubted by
many that ho would now consider an offer of
th ? Union Pacific presidency. The same cou-
Jec-turo obtains In thu case of Mr. Winter.
Messrs. Dickinson and Mink have both gonn
on record as saying that Mr. Clark will cer
tainly bo the president of the reorganized
Union Pacific , and thu loyalty of each to the
present executive Is unquestioned. Still ,
should Mr. Clark not ho the president It Ii
believed that neither Mr. Dickinson nor Mr.
Mink would 'throw an cffcr of the position
over his shoulder.
HAII.HOAD MAV STIIIICKS IT IlICII.
Former li'nloii I'lirllU' Kiiiploye HUH n.
n < iil ! Mlm * .
C. N. Doollttlc , a former employe of the
Union Pacific In this city and ej son of Wil
liam V. Doollttlc , a plnncor at the Union
Pacific f.uops here , . Ins Just leaped into
prominence as the dUcovcrer of one of tbo
richest gold Ktrlkps over ttiada In the state
of Washington. The quartz that ho haa
struck has nssaycd $9,000 a ton. Doollttlo
Is at present an engineer In the employ of
the Seattle & International railway , but It
Is not Improbable tint ho will glvo up hla
position In order to follow up hla lucky ,
strike.
The ore has Just been discovered In What-
com county , Woiihliigton , at the base of
Mount Baker , thirty miles cast of Sumas.
Residents nf Simian and other small towna
uro already piovlng toward the place where
the valuable free milling ore was obtained.
Competent naujyera of Seattle have pro
nounced the orn worth fli.OOO u ton , and It
1 &ald there Is a grrat quantity of the yel
low metal near uhure Dnollttlo has just
mailci his Ktrl ! { < ) .
\ VlilliItlillnu HID ItriiUiOiriint * .
A most peculiar accident Sunday bup-
pen cd to 0. K. Kfti'lco , a cowboy of Schuylcr ,
Neb. , who was stealing a ride underneath a
Union Pacific freight car. Ho UT.H rhU'tig
along on tlm tnivs rnd lielciw a fruit car at
tached to an east boil ml font freight train
contented to think ho was traveling frea of
charge and almost nu rapidly an any passen
ger truln could carry him. As thu train approached
preached Sidney he lt d lo move his position
somewhat In order to rett one of his lower
limbs , which wss getting Miff from the
cramped position it wasi forced to occupy.
In moving his revolver ( dipped out of hln
hip pocket and ati It etrttrk the ground It dis
charged the ball straight toward Far IPO , Ho
couldn't dodge and thu ball struck h.l left
breast , glanced upward and entered lila left
tdioulder. Although differing great pain ho
hung on to tun trurn rod until the IIrut stop
was reached. Ho than fell oft * and was taken
care of by the train crew. Ills condition wan
found to bo critical , end he WUK Immediately
sent to Jultsburg , where' ho received medical
attention.
.Votc-M mill I'rrNiiniilx.
There was a rpgu'ar monthly meeting ot
the local paegengcr asio.ljiilcn yesterday at
the association rooni In the liurkcr block.
Routine. buElnres wan transacted , but no
roars wcro presented ,
J. H , Morgan , t1. conductor on the North
western road running Into Council Jlluflu ,
reported to tin. * polli > thlH morning the loan
of a grip containing a quantity of railroad
tickets. The conductor left hla grip In the
smoking car Just en the train was entering
the Bluffs.
Sheriff McDonald yesterday nerved on
PrvBldciit S. H. H. Clark of the Union Pa
cific summoiiBfa In the null brought In the
dUtrlut court of Arapahoe county , Colorado ,
by the ICvans' heirs to restrain the valet nt
the road. Similar tuntmorc.cs will later bo
served on Judge William IT , Cornliu. tits
master appointed by Judgn. Sar.iburn ot tti
federal court to uell the rallrwul ,