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sT in , isn. CXMA1IA , Fill PA V MORNING , OCTOUI5R to , 1SJ > 7 TW.ELVJ2 PAGES. LIS OOl'V 1TIVE OIJTXTS.
IS NOT ENTITLED TO PAY
Attorney for Railroad Commission Cannot
Cot Uis Retainer.
CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISO IN THE WAY
Attorney ncnurnl ofSouth Dnl.-otn
UcclilcM AKiilnM tinIllll of U.
S. 1'iiliiicr for Sti | > tlul ! i
| 1/fUiil Service * . |
B. D. . Oct. 14. ( Special. )
'fho legislative session of last winter , which
| < iKScd the present railroad law , provided for
the employment of attorneys hy the railroad
commission to take charge of cases which
would arlso under the new law , and | i-ovlilcd
an appropriation ot M.&OO out or which to
jay ) the expenses ot such litigation. Hon.
C. 8 , 1'almor , who was a member of the
ecnatc nnd one ot the chief advocates of the
tilt being rnssed just as it was presented ,
without a single change , was selected as one
of the attorneys to act for the commission
In suits which might come ti { > , and on the
presentation ot his first bill for services to
the state auditor that oIllclM submitted to
the attorney general the question of 1'almer's
right to iliviw RUch money under provisions
of section ] 2 , article 3 , of thu constitution.
Attorney General Grlgsby , In his opinion ,
which has been filed with the auditor , llrst
cites the fact of the request from the auditor
nnd a copy ot the hill presented by Palmer
and qualm the section In question as follows :
"No inembnr of the leulsl.iturn "hull. dur
ing the term for which he wn cici'Ud. lie
npp' ' luted or ulecU'il to nny civil olllce in
the hlnte which sliull have been created , or
tinoinuliinii nix ( if whirl ) shall hnve been
inm-nsi 1 during th.1 tonn for which he wns
elected , ror snnli any member reie'vo ' any-
civil ni > iKilninii-nt fruin the Kovornor , the
l'i vrnor mil R"iinlo , cr fioin the legislature
fl'jrirp i hitctm for which IIP sOi.ill have
liocn 1'Ttpii , IUK'I a ! ! "iio' < . appointments
nnrl all volts given for any cuch member
for nny meh olllci ; or appjlnlmcnt Hliull bu
f find upnti Investlantlon thnt this
provision It fnund In the constitutions of
thesliit > " of Mlchlpun.Vrtit Virginia " Xl
well found In our own con-
Texa * . < > < < us
Htltut.nn. The Kciieril rule of eoiTUructl'in '
of HtUtitiomil provisions Intenderl fnr
jirotc'i ti n of HIP peopl" of u ttate n l to
jireve-nl jobbery by leplMiitlon Is that they
lie ( Mil < My construed In thu Interests < f , " 1
people1.
C'h.-iptpr 110 , Hesslun IS ! ? , relating to 'rjie
coiiiinlsxlnn , provides In section 4' : " 8if.il
commlsfi'oners nrp hereby alco authorize I ,
when In lliclr opinion It 1' n n etis'-y ' ir
tiroK'i' | . to employ any and all > . < iJ { ion.V.
'
U'P il counsel to assist them In ' .he dl-.elr'trKe
of tni'lr duties nnd to poiulupt and
prosecute any an.l all sultx they may
( Uttrmlne to bring under the provisions t ;
tli s " 't or nny law uf this Plate , or I
ti is ! the attorney general In the prosecu
tion of the same. " .
The gi-m-ral appropriation bill for the
piimo sp-slon , In appropriation for railroad
emm'.sslon. ' . section 31 , chapter 10 , eon-
tdln > - : "For litigation fund for biennial
! Hod of ISU7 and IMl.X. Jl.SW ) . " It Ii ag.ilnst
this fund that you are requested to draw a
warrant for this bill ot C. S. Palmer.
AH Mr. Palmer wan a member of the
le-glMiturc that provided that the mllroud
commls Ion cou'd contract for legil
fiervUe. , and provided n fund out of wnli'h
Biic-li services could be paid , It seems to me
clear that the payment of thl.s bill would
be fiqu.iroly In violation of the constitution
above quoted. As I understand the nwnn-
Itiq of that provision It was put In the
constitution to prevent members of the
leglji'.ntute creating Job.-t for Utenv-elvcH.
r\VII.I. Ill MIMSTUU UKSnitVOIlt.
Tl'nlcr Will Cover nil A roil > f .Six
TlioiiMiiiiil AcrcN.
CHBVRNNE , Wyo. . Oct. II. ( Special. )
The Wyoming Development company , owner
of the Whcatland colony lands , has secured
n reservoir site for the construction of one
of the largest reservoirs In the west. The
reservoir will be on the Big Laramle river
near the McGlll bridge , ab-iit forty miles
Jrom Larnmle. It Is estimated the cost of
construction will be $76,000 and that the
reservoir will cover an area of 0,000 acres
to the depth of twelve fe ? ! . Impounding
sufficient water to Irrigate CO.OOO acres of
land during an entire season. The Interior
department has withdrawn the lands cov
ered bv the reservoir from settlement , and
the Swan Land and Cattle company , which
11. owns some of the lands , has entered Into
\ 11.d contracts to sm render Its rights. During
tha present season the farmers on the
Wheatland tract have suffered from lack of
water , and It Is to provide an ample supply
in nil seasons thai Ihe present enterprise
of the company Is undertaken.
llcccpllnii nl l-'orl II. A. IliiNHcll.
It CHKVKNN-B , Wyo. , Oct. H. ( Special. )
iMni. Merchants and Miss Merchants of Den
ver and Miss Albers of L'S Angeles , who
ore the guests of Lieutenant H. H. Mer
chants of the Klghth United States Infantry ,
were tendered a pleasant reception last
evening by the officers and women of the
Fort D. A. Husscll garrison. The recep
tion was held at Ihe bachelor quarteis of
Lieutenant Merchants , which were hand
somely decorated for the occasion whli
plants and flowers. The post orchestra
was In attendance and rendered a program
of dance selections during the evening. He-
frcshmcnts ot salads. lcc& and coffee wore
served by the bachelor friends of Lieutenant
Merchants. The guests from Cheyenne-
I wcro Mr. and Mrs. Kirk , .Miss Dtibrldge ,
Mr. nnd Mrs. Abbott. Mrs. VanTasscll. Dr.
Harbor and Mr. Hrcckons. From the p-st
I. were Colonel and Airs. Vanllorn , Captain
. T rrltt , Lieutenant and Mrs. Perkins , Lieu
tenant and Mrs. Stafford. Mrs. Walker. Mlsi
Territt Miss Vanllorn , Lieutenant ami Mrs.
J ne Major Carson. Captain Ames. Cap
tain Hubert , Lleulcnanls Soy-burn , Simons ,
Urlppa. Collins and Llndsey.
llurlcil I'mlcr llenvy Timber * .
LRAD. S. D. , Oct. 14. ( Special. ) The
hugeness of the cave-In at the Honiestako
mine , which killed the three men last week.
Is now Fecn as the work of clearing up pro
gresses. Nearly 300 ets of timbers gave
awny , which broke like so many straws un
der the Immense weight. Bch set of timbers
is six feet square and Is built In Hers. Two
heavy shols had been fired In the roof whore
the unfortunate men were working , hut with
no result , nnd It 'Ui supposed that the men
vent to examine their work , when the thou
sands ot tons broke loose anil burled them.
noultlc TriiKCilj- n Dunce.
LANDKH , Wyo. . Oct. II. News ot a
double shooting which occurred on the even
ing of the 12th at the ranch of Hobert Here
ford on the Wind Illvur reservation , twenty-
five miles north of Lander , bos Just reached
jicre , It seems that at a dance In progress
at Mr. Hereford's a Mexican who had too
much whisky aboard tried to fchoot cut the
lights , but missed them and shot the wife of
Mr. Heieford , fatally Injuring her. Mr.
Hereford then shot the Mexican , but the
extend of his Injuries Is not known.
KlKli ! Over ii llniicli I.CIIMC ,
U2AD. S. n. , Oct. H. ( Special. ) Cliarllo
Miller wne brutally assaulted Sunday by
Baniucl llatuford , both parties residing In
Custer county. A dlepute arose over the
leasing of a ranch. Miller was badly lacer
ated about the head and arms and It la feared
his Injuries will result fatally , llatefard
was arrested and will bo held until the seri
ousness of the crime Is ascertained.
Foil ml Demi In IIU lied.
HKLLB FOUHCHB. S. D. . Oct. 14. ( Spa-
rial.John ) Ilurke , a well known rancher ,
living near this city , was found de-ail
In bis bed yesterday morning. The cause
of hla death IH not known , but nothing of a
criminal nature Is apprehended , Thu deceased
was'an old soldier and leaves no reatlves
except a ulster In New York.
New Smith DiiUulii Coriiorntlnii ,
IMKItHU , S. . , Oct. 14. ( Special. )
'Articles of Incorporation have been tiled for
the Golden Crest Mining coiuoauy , with a
capital of $ .r > 00.000.The tnalh office Is ut
Doidwood , wllh el branch office at Chicago ,
The Incoi-porators arc : I-'rank Weber , Deadwood -
wood ; James DraiUum , Chicago ; Bdwln
Henderson , Detroit. ; .
c. F. \VII.IIH ; Koit iMt
\Vlnilcsnle DriiKUlxilf , Do Honor In n
rltlrcli of Oilinliil.
RICHMOND , Va. , Oct. 14. At the meeting
of wholesale druggists here the nominating
committee rscommomled Iho following offi
cers , all of whom ore expected to bo elected
today :
President , Charles K. WellcV , Omaha ; first
vice president , Thomas C. Prck Macon ; second
end vice president. James Mr-Cord. LaCrosse ;
third vice president. A. W. Claflln , Provi
dence ; fourth vice president , Charles A. Ger
man , Milwaukee ; fifth vice president , George
A. Kelly , Jr. , Plttsbtirg ; secretary , A. H.
Merrlam , Minneapolis ; treasurer , K. ' L.
Strong , Cleveland ; Hoard of Control , W. J.
Walker , Albany ; J. It. Owen , Chicago ; I.
Solomon , Savannah ; W. J. Waldlng Toledo ;
C. V. Shoemaker , Philadelphia.
The Hoard of Conttol offered the following
tCRolutlon , which was adopted :
Hi solved , That the National Wholesale
Druggists' nH'OPlntlon , recognizing the
growing Importance of the trade , commerce
nnd manufacturing of thl country , favors
the , foundation of ft lUpnrtineiil of government -
ment whlh snnll hnve nil mutters of trade ,
commerce nnd manufactures under lts > H > e-
elal care.
Thp report of the committee on fire Insur
ance declared against the excessive rnUtidrilff-
] gists are made to piy for fire Insurance. At
! the meeting of the proprietary association It
wan ngrecd to recommend and Indorse Sen
ator Cullom'u bill to regulate classifications
under Ihe Interstate commerce laws.
The committee- trade Interests rcporte'd
on the evil of cut prices , nBserllng that ultl-
malcly Iheso cu.sj rebound lo Ihe injury of
tbo manufacturer.
SIIKIIIKK MAIDS CI'I'V OK IIAHHO.VD.
I'roiiilnciit Cltlr.ciiN Arrcvlcil on Scrl-
CHICAGO , Oct. 14. ShorlT Hayes of Lake
county , Indlnna , made n raid In IJnmnioml
ychlerday , nllh warrnAls swcrn eut ns the
le-sult of last wtck'r. grand Jury's true
bllla. When ho hf/ rounded up all the
citizens hu wns nftcr , the following were
listed as under ariest for the charges speci
fied :
Ma.'us M. To'v'.e. president of Iho Hammond
mend National bank nnd fotimle-r of the city ;
renting buildings toi' Improper purposes ; two
counts.
Henry Crawford , justice of the pei e ; alter
ing public records nnd tmbezzI'Miients ; two
counts.
Frederick V. Krlodley , jr tlce of the peace ,
embezzlement.
Oeorgo Ha.T.lolph , al.er'nan ! Second ward ;
compounding a misdemeanor.
Henry Hurge , township constable ; euffcr-
Inf ; a prisoner to escape.
Mix. V. Crawford , deputy city marshal ;
nllerlng the public records.
Other arrests of citizens were made for
minor offense's.
I'l M'.UAI , nilll'U.'TOIlS AltU COMIXC5.
Decide to Holil Tliclr I MIS Convention
III Oiniiliii.
MILWAUKEE , Oct. 14. The morning ses
sion cf the National Funeral Directors' as-
scclallon was lakcil up wilh the readkig of a
paper by Dr. U. 0. B. Wlngatc , secretary
of the Wisconsin State Board of Health , on
"Helattcn of the Profession of Undertaking
to Hoards ot Health.-
The I'ollowlng oltlcers for the ensuing year
were elected : President , J. H. Sharer , Al
liance , O. ; secretary , Charles W. Naully ,
Philadelphia , Pa. ; treasurer , Charles A. Mil
ler , Cincinnati , O. ; executive committee , W.
P. Hohenscmih , Iowa City , la. ; Franklin C.
( I'raliam , Hyde Park , Mass. ; Frank W. Flan-
nu : , Indianapolis , Iml.
Omaha was chosen as the place for meet
ing next year on the second Wednesday In
October. In conne-ctlon with the ncxl con-
venllon a side trip to Yellowstone National
i.tark and the Pacific coast was agreed upon.
Tlie convention adjourned sine die.
XO At'TIIOIUTy TO \ltltV MAIL.
Street Cur Cimiiiniilcs Snlil In He VIo-
IntliiK Tliclr Charters.
CHICAGO , Oct. 14. Street car companies
have no authority to carry Uncle Sam's
mall If Corporation Counsel Thornton Is
right. * He Ktnt an opinion on the iiuesllon
te > the city council last night and from his
standpoint the companies are operating un
der franchises which specifically prohibit
the transportation of anything but passen
gers , Mr. Thornton believes that the au
thority granted Ihe car companies by Ihe
United States is not sulllclenl to pel-nil L Ihe
hauling of mall cars. He siys the cur-
rlago of mall , therefore , Is a direct viola
tion of the provisions under which the roads
aiu operating. v
MUCKS A KKiHT I'OII HIS MIIIMITY.
StiiKC llnlihcr SliontH To OlllccrN mill
IN IIIniNcir Mortally "Wounded.
DELTA , Cal. , Oct. 11. William Harald of
'hla place and Sheriff Hadford of SIsklyou
county -vcre shot and killed and Deputy
Sheriff Stewart seriously wounded this morn
ing while the olllcers were attempting to ar
rest Harald for complicity In the robbery of
Iho Yreka and Fort Jones sine" en Septem
ber 2G last The slolen money was traced
by Detectives Tbacker nnd J. Jennings of
Wella , Fargo & Co. , to this place , and the
Sisklyou county ofllcero , In accordance with
Instructions , came down from Vrcka last
night for the purpose of arresting Harald
and inking him lo lhat place.
LINCOLN TiilUITOKV I'HO.inCTKD.
IM'oniiHiil lo Cnl II .Slice OIT ( lie Vnrlli-
crn I'orlliin of AlaxUii ,
SAN FHANCISCO. Oct. 14. Spce-lal corre
spondence of the Call from Alaska brought
by thn revenue cutter Thomas Corwln via
St. Michaels conveys the news that It Is
proposed to eblablteh a new territory to
be known as Lincoln out ot the north
western part ot Alaska. Its boundaries have
not yet been fully decided upon , bill It will
Include the Yukon river country and ex
tend north to the Arctic ocean.
.tinny IiiNitmncc ConinanlcH llnrreil.
LANSING , Mich. . Oct. 14.-.MIIo D. Camp
bell , stnto commlfBloner of Insurance , today
Issued u clrcul.ir which n.Hicrts thiil clt'z'.TH
of Michigan are being swindled by worth
less lire Insurance companies which hnve
no legal Htnndlng in the Hate. Hu HUIIIPH
twenty-two eompnn'es , whli-h , he ay . hnve
no authority to ilo business In Mtfhlg.m ,
nnd promlwii to make public others nn ou
tlined. The commissioner today guve out
it reply to ullcgallons mnile by otllrr.i < of a
llri ) company nt Saglimw In a petition for
hl removal. The iiutltloiler * clmi-geil him
with maliciously , deliberately nnd dltfhon-
uitly attt'mptliiK to wie < 'k tlu-lr biiBlncw ,
nil of which Mr. Campbell dt-nlps and nn-
nouncea Ills intention of mnkli-g further ox-
nmlnatlon of Ihe companies In question.
Acclilent < < > Denver Fireman.
DKNVKH , Oct. 14.- While driving down a
steep grade on the , wuy to a fire this morn
ing Lee Hottom , . driver of a steamer of the
clly lire department , wa thrown from his
seat. The engine passed over his ftomach.
Instantly killing him. W. It. Morley , a
llremun , WIIB also thrown from the engine
nnd fUMtalned Injuries Unit ur < * likely to
prove fatal. Lee llottom WUB n brother of
John T. llottom , the well known attorney
and democrat lo i > olttlclnii. Morley was for-
nurly engineer of the fcd-r.il building , but
wiui re-moved , pn the ground thnt he col
lected funds from federal employes for the
llrynn democratic campaign fund.
nUclinrKcil Sulillcr Citiiiinllh Suicide.
CHICAGO , Oct. 14-Nlchola * C. Huibink. :
n 1'nlted States H.iMirr recently honorntily
ellsclmrgvd from Fort 8h.crld.ui , committed -
ted suicide today liy . ( hooting hlms If. It In
believed that Hut bank hud IK-CM dlxglp.itliif ;
since his recent ilUchurKO uud kill it him
self lus the llnale to nprolcinsedpnp. . Ilur-
bank hud t-iwnt most of his I'fe Ii. the gov
ernment * 'rvlee an n coldkr H nidro ins
Fort Sheridan illschmRf tuners. h"noni jo
iii ! papers from Fort llllcy , Firt
Leuvenwortli nnd Fort Scctt wcru found
unions hU papers. <
BACK ON THE OLD BASIS
Warring Bailroads Are About to Eosumo
Tlieir Tormer Bolations.
"OVERLAND" AND SIIDRT LINE NOW AGREE
ArrntiKcmciitM for a Throiiuli Tariff
Arc I.IUcly (11 ( ll - PcrJcclcil
Intimation IIM to I be Ob
ject of tinTrouble. .
There IB every reason to believe that
through traffic arrangements between the
Union I-aclflc and the Oregon Hallway and
Nnvlgallon company will be perfected at
once. Advices received from the New
York ofllco of the Union 1'aclflc receivers nl
xthc local headquarters of the latlcr line are
to that effect , although nothing definite re
garding the matter has yrt been obtained
from the olllcers of the Oregon Short Line ,
through whom nil dcala with the Oregon
Hallway nnd Navigation company musl neces
sarily pass. This Is probably duo lo Iho
fact that President Cnrr of the Short Line
did not arrive In Salt Lake City until
Wcdnejdny and lias not yet had an oppor
tunity for discussing the slluatlon wllh his
Iratllc managers.
In speaking ot the resumption of traffic
relations with the Hues once controlled hy
the Union Pacific , General Manager Dickin
son ot the Union 1'acldc yesterday said :
"We have completed traffic arrangements
with the Oregon Short Line. Thai Is Ihe
line lhat connects with the Union 1'aclllc
and whatever arrangements are made with
the Oregon Hallway and Navigation com
pany will be made by the Oregon Short Line
and not by us. I understand , however , that
arrangements for thiough trafllc service with
the Oregon Hallway nnd Navigation com
pany will be completed either today or to
morrow. Wo are already running through
service with the Short Line and expect that
line to make ariangcments for through serv
ice with the O-cgon Hallway and Navigation
company In a short time. "
Freight Traffic Manager Mtinroo Bald traf
fic arrangements with the Oregon Hallway
and Navigation company would be made by
the Oregon Short Line and not by the Union
Pacific. - This he thought would be done
shortly. lie slid that although the Union
Pacific had flrsl pulled oul Us through larlfts
wlh : the Oregon Hallway and Navigation
company on September 23 , nnd later those
wllh the Short Line , on Octobsr 1 , In re
storing the through tariffs the Union Pa
cific w.uld restore only those with the Short
Line and allow the litter railroad to deal
with the Oregon Hallway and Navigation
company.
PUllPOSE OF TUB FJGHT.
When through service between Omaha
nnd Portland is again established via the
Union Pacific , the Oregon Short Line and
the Oregon Hallway & Navigation company ,
there will have ended one of the most pe
culiar railroad wars the west has ever seen.
Soon after the separation of 'the Short Line
from Iho Union Pacific in March the trouble
began. The Union Pacific refused to allow
Ihe Short Line tlie constructive mileage it
had allowed It when the Short Line was
a part of the Union IViciflc system. The
Short Line opened the Ogden gateway nnd
did business with other lines cast thereof.
Acrimonious feelings were stirred up on
both bides and October 1 the affair culmi
nated In the withdrawal of all through tariffs
via Iho Union Pacific and the Oregon Short
Line. Doth parlies lo the dispute claim lo
have won the fight nnd further develop
ments will show which side gained that for
which It wao conlendlng.
It is generally believed In railway circles
hero ilut the Ogden gateway , now lhat It
has been opened to other railroads , will never
again be closed. Presldenl Carr of the Short
Line told The Bee last week that he did
net believe the Union Pacific would close
the Ogden gateway If It could , intimating
that the Ogden gateway would never be
closed. '
There are men In railroad circles , and other
shrewd observers , who have maintained from
the start of the trouble belwcen the Union
Pacific and the Short Line that the fight was
not a real one , but was concocted for HIP
purpose of dcpreclnllng Ihe properly of Ihe
Union Pacific just before Its foreclosure pale.
An ofilclal of the Short Line recently said to
The Hee : "ThereIs no use of the subordi
nate olllcers of the Unlo.i Pacific hero getting
mad because the Short Line Is looking after
Its own Interests. The two general managers
understand each other perfectly on thltj mat-
tr and there Is no 111 feeling between them. "
The belief that the fight between the two
railroads was brought about for the purpose
of Influencing Iho sale Is not generally be
lieved , however , nnd Iho most conservative
Judges of railway affalra in Omaha nre of the
opinion that the difficulty was caused merely
by the desire of the Short Line officials to
make the greatest possible earnings for their
property. Uy opening the Ogclen gateway to
other railroads they have undoubtedly In
creased Ihelr earnings handsomely , as the
monthly reports of the Short Line since Its
segregation from the Union Pacific abund
antly prove.
s oTTHU rxiox PACIFIC.
StlltclllCIlt of MlC IlllslllCNM IloilC Illlf-
Illji AllKUMt.
The receivers of the Union Pacific have
Just I&Micd the ftntcniunt of the earnings anil
expenses of Ihe system for the months of
August , 1837 and 1S9G. The Increased earn-
Inga show business lo have Increased
splendidly during Ihe first eight months of
the present year.
The gross earnings of tlie entire system for
tlio flrsl eight months of IS37 amounted to
$11.603,001.03 , an mertabo of S1.G43.C19.S1) ) over
the earnings of the llrst eight months of
1S30. The total expenses , excluding taxes ,
amounted to $7,718,712.27 for the llrst eight
months of 1SU7. an Increase of $931CD1.CQ
over the expenses of the corresponding
p-rlod of ISflO. During the flrsl eight months
of this year the earnings of the Union
Pacific system were greater than the ex
penses by ? 3S90,889.3ii. During the cor
responding period of 1S9C the t > urplus of
earnings and- expenses was but $3,278,801.02.
Thu Increase In the surplus amounts to
VU2.0SS.34.
During the month of August this year the
earnings were $ lU05fi90.09 , against $ ln07.
EIJO.G3 In Augusl18'Jti , an Jncreibo of $157-
845.40. The expenses during August. 1S97 ,
were $1,182,721.20 , against ? 908.170.9i ex
pended In August , 1S9G , showing an Increase
In expenditures during the month of Au
gust of $214.550.20. There was also an In
crease In the surplus of earnings over ex
penses during the month of $243,295.20 , In
August , 1897 , the earnings exceeded Iho ex
penses by $782,974.89 , and in August , 1890 ,
by $539C79.C9.
HKST011ATIOV Ol' ' * TIIAIX SKIlVlfH.
MIxHOiirl I'liclllc Clvc * SuliiirliniiltcN
n Cliiuicc to Conic lo TIMVII ,
On Sunday next , October 17 , the Missouri
Pacillc will restore to service a couple nf
Nebraska local trains that were taken off
when times began lo grow harii. Train No.
301 will arrive In Omaha each morning at
3:45 : o'clock. It will do the local work be
tween Auburn and thla city , running via the
Talmage branch. The return train. No. 302 ,
will leave thin city at 4:30 : o'clock In the
afU'rncon returning to Auburn via the Tal-
magp. branch. This train when In tcrvlco
before left hero at L':15 : o'clock , and the fac :
that It Is now held till 4:30 : p. m. will ba
welcome news to the Omhu tradesfolk who
are Interested In having Die people from the
( .QUtlu-avtern part of the stite upend the'en-
tire day In this city.
On Funu'ay the Mlsso-irl Pacific will also
. chang * tip aniving time of Its c'jcpnss from
St. Loi-U. tralu No 1. , On rnd after Sunday
n x | ii mil srri-e hrre at C a. m . Instead
of at C.SOa. P' . It will hereafter be run via
Planouih Ir.B'i'nd o. ' via Weeping Water.
j Train No. 2 , leaving h re at 3:30 : p. m. , will
also be run via Plattain.mh Instead ot via
Weeping Water , although Its time of de
parture will not be chanxed. The travel to
and from Weeping Water will hereafter be
accommodated on the new local ( rains.
COMHTION OK THU TlTlAMI TllfNK.
Sciul-Aiiiitiiil Mrctln of SlncUltolilcrn
IIclil In l.oinloii.
LONDON" , Ocl. 14. At tlio semi-annual
meeting of the stockholtl n of the Grand
Trunk railroad of Canada ( cxlay the atlend-
anco was Urge and harmonious. Sir Charles
Hlvcns'llson , prerldmi of the road , con
gratulated the stockholders on the announce
ment that the accounts thawed a surplus of
$1.1.540. He Rild the prospccls of the road
\\trc brighter than for'fnurjrars pist. and ,
while Iho pEcscnger traffle had greatly de
creased , owing to cotnnxjrcl.il depression , the
revenue therefrom hsd 'decreased but lltlle
bctouso of Ihe greater caretaken ; in collectIng -
Ing tickets. The president expressed the
hope that his proporal to the Central Vcr- '
mcnt bondholders would be accepted and
t > it a pernuncnt alliance with the Wabash '
railroad would be effected. The president
praised Iho management f the Grand Trunk '
railroad and emphasized the Importance of
encouraging factories along the line. '
Mr , Uaker , a shareholder , attacked the J
bond of directors , saying they dlJ not show
any special qualifications for managing an '
American railroad. The condition of the
Grand Trunk , ho said , wns due to the reckj j
less ncejitUltlon of subsidiary lines. He was
surprised at the president presenting so 'In- j
complete a statement , and denounced the |
appolnlmet.t of an American , Charles M. .
Hayes , as general manager , as he claimed i
Iho management of American railways was I
notoriously rotten.
President Wilson warmly praised Mr.
Hayes , saying thai the Grand Trunk had too
few ( Amerlcins In Its employ , but those the
road had were a legion In themselves. The j
report was adopted without opposition.
HOXOIIS KOU AxnTnTw TUAYXOII.
Chosen PrcMliti-nt of AMnoclittlou of
lliiU'Knu-c AKciils.
DKXVEH , Oct. 14. The American As
sociation of General Hnggage Agents , In
session here , has adopted the rules for Ihe
Iraiisportctlon ot dead bodies recommended
by the Joint conference of health otllccrs ,
funeral directors and general baggage agents
nt Cleveland , O. , Juno , 9. 1S37 , and corrected
nnd approved by the national conference of
Stito Hoards of Health at Nashville , August
19 , 1M17 , and has appointed committees to
confer with state and provincial health
olllcers nnd to ascertain what measures uro
necessary in such states and provinces to
give effect to tlie rules.
The convention decided to eliminate as far
as possible C. O. D. collections. The ques
tion of checking bicycles as free baggage
was touched upon , the sentiment being that
bicycles should not bu carried absolutely
without charge fron\ local points.
A letter was laid before the convention by
President Zlpple from the first assistant
postmaster general ruling that railroads
could carry return baggage checks In seale.l
envelopes without being liable lor postage.
Olllcers were elected as follows : Piesl-
denl , Andrc-w Tr..ynor , Council muffs , gen
eral .baggage agent of the Union Pacific ; vice
president , W. 1C. iMaxwell , Parsons , Kan. ,
general baggage agent of the Missouri. Kan
sas & Texas road ; secretary nnd treasurer ,
J. II. Quick , general baggage agent-it Grand
Trunk Hailroad System ; executive commit
tee , II. P. Denrlng , general baggage agent of
the 'Michigan ' Central , chairman ; 13. C. Kn-
sign , general baggage agent of the Erie rail
road , and John T. MoKee , general baggage
agent of the Nickel Plata.
The next meeting will bc held tlie third
(
Wednesday In July next al Detroit'Mich.
AH13 LOOK fvo T1IK SYSTE.11OVJ3H.
HiKHOiirl 1'iiclllc OlllcliilH Out Hvrr tlie
I.lll.-H.
W. D. Dodclrldge , general manager ; . A. G.
Cochran , general sllcltor , and H. G. Clark ,
general superintendent o ? the -Missouri Pa
cific Hallway sjslcm , .were In the city
Wednesday and for1 a short while yesterday.
They came In on a special train Wednesday
sborlly before 8 o'clock and lefl yesterday
evening. They ore taking a trip of Inspect
spect- ! over the line. '
General Manager Doddrldge said that he
was well pleased with the condition of the
road and 'business ' over Its several branches.
He declared thai recent'reports showed a
great Increase * In both freight ami passenger
traffic. The party looked pvnr the exposition
grounds and the location of the Missouri
Pacific tracks. They expressed themselves
as well pleased with the progress of the ex
position.
I'lilliiiuii Coiii ] > ini-'N Aniiunl.
CHICAGO , Oct. 1-1. The annual meeting
of the slockholders of the Pullman Palace
Car Company was held loflay. Over $24.000.-
000 of the capllal stock was rcpresentc-d. Di
rectors George 'SI. ' Pullman , 'Marshall Field ,
J. W. Doane , Normin Williams and O. b. A.
Sprague of Chicago. Henry C. Hulbert of
N'ew York find Henry H. Heed of llcston
wete re-elected. The quarterly dividend of
$2 per share , payable November 15 , was de
clared. The Income of the company from
earnings of cars was t7,743,344. Income
from olbcr sources swelled Hie total re
ceipts of the company during the last fiscal
Sear to ? 8,974.S88. The" disbursements for
this year , including $2,800,000 paid 'In divi
dends , weru $7.204,037 , leivlng a surplus for
the year of $1,770,851.
rimiiKCH on Xorllicrn 1'iiclllc ,
ST. PAUL , Minn. , Oct. 14. A change In
the office of Ireasinor of Ihe Northern Pa
cific lias been made to t-ave boqkkeoplng. In
place of Charles F. Coney , former secretary ,
George H. Karle , heretofore treasurer , and
located In Now York , has been onpolnte.1
secretary and assistant treasurer and will
icmaln In New York. C. A. Clark , hereto
fore assistant treafiiiicr , becomes Ireasurer
and will remain In Ibis el\y. \
XorllitrcNlcrii Through Cur Service.
CHICAGO , Oct. 14. Owing to the resump
tion of bu Bin ess between the Union Pacific
and the Oregon Short Line , the Northwest
ern road today announced thai U had re
sumed Iho running of through cars U Salt
Lake City , which It had been compelled to
stop after a fight betwedn the other roads
broke out.
1 . .
( ircnt .Northern , Annual .Meeting- .
ST. PAUL , Minn. , Ocf. 14. The annual
meetings of the Great Northern , the Kastern
Minnesota and the St. Paul , Minneapolis &
Manitoba railways began at the general of
fices In this city today , but final business will
not bo reached for several days , the annual
reports not yet having been printed.
Hiilliviiy XolcM anil 1'crnoiinlN.
The Ilaltlmoro' & Ohio has Just complcled
the $100,000 lmprovejner.i to Its passenger
Motion at Haltlmore. , >
The members of "Under The Hed Hobo"
company left for San Frapcteco yesterday
in a special car attached lo tlie Union
Pacific's "Overland Limited" train.
II. J. Hill , general superintendent ; W. M.
Hobbs , superintendent of the Iowa division ,
and A. W. Kelso , asslhtant superintendent of
the Chicago , HoclO.lEland & Pacific , were In
the city yesterday , ,
Geoige F. McKay , general manager of the
Erie Dispatch , 1ms announced the appoint'
ment of F. A. T'dd ' , agent of the line here ,
vice Frank Colley , resigned to tnler olher
business , as published in The Dee a week
ago.
ago.An ofticlal of the Cblca'go & Northwestern
Is now in Schrnectady. N. Y. , studying the
third-rail electric system- Thin fact Is taken
as an Indication that the Chicago & North-
wt'Ktcrn will Home -tlnui eciulp lt suburban
trains with electricity.
The recent homc&eckeiH' excursions to
western lotall.Us were no uucccosful that the
rallroaiU lia\u cesscd talking ubo.u alundon-
Ing them. On the other hand four more
hoiucEtt'kers' uxcuielout bavo just been an
nounced. They will bn given on three dates :
November 2 and 1C , and December 7 and 21.
For thei.i excursions there will be a rale of
one faro plus $2 to all polntH In Nebraska ,
Kansas , South Dakota and Wyoming to ap
ply from all MUsourl river points and points
east thereof.
PI tin T1TP Illf1 P tTf > P PI HCMM\
rIND HIE BIG GATliS CLOSbD
Public Will Bo Prevented from Inspecting
tha Work Boiiig Dono.
BAR VISITORS FROM EXPOSITION GROUNDS
SlulitxccrN Xot AHimcil lit Vlxlt the
Scene of | lic ( ircnl Sltniv With
out 1'criuUnloti from Ulon
People who went up to the exposition
grounds yesterday to sec how Ihe work was
progressing and to show their friends the
sights , found the entrances to the Kountzo
tract all barred and locked. The two en
trances on Sherman avenue were each
guarded by A man , who admitted no one
without a pass from the Department of
llulldlngs and Grounds. It the applicant was
persistent , be was referred to Dion Gcraldlnc ,
and whciL ho visited the olhce of this man
In Iho Paxton block , he found Hint his pas-
rage was barred by a stout Iron screen parti
tion extending entirely across the outer
office , the door through It being guarded by
a clerk employed for that purpose. All
further progress wna prevented and ho was
told that Geraldlne was too busy to be
It tcrruptcd.
Members of the strike committee who were
on the grounds Wednesday afternoon were
ordered oft by Contraclor Hamilton , who
told them he had been Instructed by Mana
ger Klrkcmlall to order all strikers off the
ground. The strikers left .at once and made
no further attempt to go loslde.
The strikers state most emphatically that
they have never niolcslcd any of Ihe men
employed on Ihe grounds while they were
working , but have Invariably waited until
the men quit before speaking to them. They
freely admit that they have talked to the
men afcr : working hours and hsve used
every argument to Induce them to Join the
union. They say they intend to pursue thla
course , regardlestf of whether they are de
barred from going Inside the grounds. Su
perintendent Tamm Is authority for the
statement that the strikers behaved them
selves In Ihe mosl becoming manner nnd
made no Irouble whatever. He says the
strikers nctctl like men and made no at
tempt to molest the worklngmoa In any way.
( illOTM ) FOIL .XHHHAMCA III'11,1)I\ < : .
State CoiiinilNNliui Holds Uncle oil UN
The Nebraska Exposition commission has
not yet paid for the space for the Nebraska
building , although the warrant for the money
has been In Secretary Hearing's hands for
some time. The commlHslon Is trying to In
duce the exposition management to donate
to the stale a slrlp of ground thirty-six feet
in width surrounding the State building ,
while the exposition management Is not dis
posed to donate anything. In computing the
amount of space which would bo required
for the Slale building , afler securing special
rates , very much below those which have
been paid by all other stales , Ihe Nebraska
commission asked for an amount of space
which Its members knew was very
much less than would bo actually covered by
tlio building without allowing for steps but-
tre'sscs , of other projections. When Ihe ex
position management objected and suggcste.l
that tnoro space would bo required , putting
the 'total , nilioucit several feet Inside the
actual measurement of the building- shown
by the plans , the state commission consented
to Increase Iho amount asked for , althotiRli
no member of the commission , architects of
the State building nor the superintendent of
construction employed by the stale commis
sion could figure the space down to the
figures named by the exposition management.
Tlio oi.glleatlon was then modified by In
creasing the number of feel to the amount
named by Iho exposition people and a war
rant ordered drawn In payment for this
amount of space.
It was after this performance that Dion
Geraldlne nssumed the authority to tell the
representatives of the state commission that
the state could have all the land surrounding
the Stale building , about five acres In all , and
could embellish It an the commission saw
fit , as the exposition bad no use for It.
It would appear that the state commis
sion did n.t place much reliance on Mr.
Geraldine's ability to carry out his offer of
exposition property and application was
mode to the management for the space about
Ihe State building , but no offer to remuner
ate the management In any way for this ad
ditional space. No action has yet been
taken by Iho exposition authorities on this
demand on the part of the state1 commission
and the warrant for the original space Is
being withheld.
I'XIO.V IAllOlt SCOHUS A VICTOHV.
Citnii'iictor Slreliloiv AurccN to Con
form to I'liloii IlnlcN.
The striking carpenters on the exposlllon
grounds scored victory No. 1 yesterday
when Contractor Strehlow capitulated and
agreed lo employ only union men and ob
serve Iho union rules regarding working
eight hours and paying 30 cenls per hour
lo carpcnlers. The strikers regard this nt
only one step In the rlgbl direction and their
attention will next bo turned to Hamilton
Ilros. . and Contractor Parrlsh , who ban the
Liberal Arts bluldlng. When these men
agree to ll > e union's terms. Contractor Gol-
dlo will follow suit and the attention of the
btrlkers will then be turned to Smith &
Eastman , Iho stuff contractors.
A verbal agreement was reached with
Strohlow yeslcrday and a written agree
ment will bu presented to him for slgnalure.
All of the union men who struck were taken
back by Strealow and Ihe Manufaclurcs
building presented a busy scene with an In-
croancd force of men.
This victory was accomnllslipd largely
through the Influence of Strehlow's foiemail ,
Saundcrs , upon whom Strehlow was almost
entirely dependent for the proper carrying
on of the work of erecting Iho building.
Saundcrs struck with the other men and
Strehlow could not carry on the work with
out him and was nnablu to replace him with
any other man. Being unable lo proceed
Slrehlow was forced to give In.
No change has taken place In connection
with tbo Machinery building. Contractor
Hamilton has a small force of men at work ,
hut Is still waiting for more plies.
FOIt HI.HCTHICALHttCMII VTIOXS.
KiiKluccr SllcrliiKcr It duly In
I'rcunrliiK I'laiiN.
Luther M. Stlcrlnger , who 1ms been en
gaged as electrical consulting engineer for
the exposition , siys he Intcnda to return to
tli ( i east at once and make the preliminary
plans for the electilcal effects to be attained
on the exposition grounds.
Mr. Stlerlngcr has been In the city about a
week , studying the general plans of the ex
position , the arrangement of the buildings
and ptber thlnga uecrwtary to know In order
to decide upon .the electrical work. Ho Is
most enthusiastic regarding the general ar
rangement of the exposition grounds and pro.
nounccs the effect BE most artistic. The main
court is especlaly complimented and Mr.
Stlerlnger says It will form a setting for
electrical effects which Is far eupcrlor to
anything ever before furnished In any ex
position. He saji ; be will outline plans for
electrical decoration which will secure re
sults never before attainable In any exposi
tion for the rcrson that such an apportunlly
for magnificent effects was never offered any
t-lec'rlclan before. These outline' plans will
bo submitted for approval In a few weeks
anil more- details can then be stated.
HcKiirilliiK < l' < i MiiNlcal Illrccliir.
The mimmend-itlon of Minai-er Llndsey
that A. Homincll of Mwini I'lrasi t , la. , be
appointed musical ellrcc .or of the cxposlilori
has raised a perfect tempest la a teapot
among the local miislclnns. Too day before
the appointment wns nmrlc n protest ngalnst
It wns filed which was signed by nearly nil
the musicians and music trachcrs In Omaha.
Some netlvo log rolling has bc.cu carried on
by cerlnln of the musicians of Omahiv during
the pasl Iwo months to secure the appoint-
in nit of nn Omaha man. The recommenda
tion of Mr. Llndsey will ba considered at the
meeting of the' executive committee today
nnil In the meantime parties nrp actively
pursuing the members of the committee to
secure the defeat of Mr. Hommoll.
Finn-nil Director * Nc\t Vciir ,
The National Funeral Directors' associa
tion , now In session In Milwaukee , has de
cided to make Omaha the place for holding
the annual convention next year. I * . C.
llcafcy o ! this city l allciuUuK the meeting
nnd sent a telegram lo The Dee yesterday
making this announcement.
Xolcn of Ilic IIxiioxllloii.
C. H. Dp55ovalloR. president of the com
pany which operates the giant see-saw nl
the Nashville cxposlllon , Is In Iho clly ne-
Kotlatlng with 'Manager ' Heed of the Dc-
pirlmenl of Concessions for the privilege of
opcrallug Ihe sec-saw on Iho Transmls-
elsslppl Imposition grounds.
C. Howard Walker of the firm ot Walker
& Klmball. supervising architects of the ex
position , arrived In the city Wgtocsday from
lioston and has taken up Iho "HBof making
Iho drawings for the hrldg < > jHpducts and
olher miscellaneous nccossjrt r which are
needed to complete the cxpCfl n embellish
ment.
Homer Moorp has filed with the secretary
of the exposition n second outline of his
pi in for the musical work of the exposition.
Ho states that he filed a similar plan several
months ago , but fceirs It may have been
mislaid and he renews his uppllcatloln for
the privilege of carrying out his plan In
care It should be adopted ,
SKIHOrS KIIIK AT SMKI.TI.VK WOSIICS.
Morses nnd MulcN nnil Oilier I'rtipcrty
lluriicil ,
A spark from a locomotive caused nearly
$4,000 damage lo the plant of the Omaha it
Grant Smelting works yesterday aftu noon.
A few minutes after 3 o'clock ono of the em
ploye's ' of the coir.uaiiy discovered Humes
bursting from the coiner nf a frame building
used as stables. The fire department was Im-
meJIatoly notified but before * it arrived the
building was completely envelrped In fire.
Just north of the stables and connected
with them was another frame building used
ns a carpenter shop and pattern making room.
The ( lames wn rapidly along the rosf of the
stables ami In a very few minutes this buildIng -
Ing alto was ablaze from top to bottom : In
the stable portion of the structure about a
doyen mules and horses were kept. An ef
fort was made by those first on the ground
to release the ciazcd animals , bill.tills proved
futile. Seven of the dumb brutes were burned
to a crlrp.
When hose was attached to the hydrants
nearby the p'essure proved sufficient to
throw streams barely to the top of the one-
story buildings. The firemen were thus badly
handicapped until a couple of steamers were
put Into ope ation. after which good ' -work was
done. At 1 o'clock the buildings were In
ruins.
Superintendent Page stated that tlio loss
would be in the neighborhood of $1,000.
Tlio buildings were the only ones upon
tlio ground constructed of wood. They
were 30.\.r > 0 , 30x75 and 00x80 feet
In dimensions. They were valued nt about
$1,000 ; the animals at nearly $500. The rest
ot the loss sustained was In a large quantity
of patterns which were kept stored In one
of the buildings. The loss lo the company
Is entirely covered by Insurance. The buildIngs -
Ings will be Immediately rebuilt of Iron and
brick.
In addition to the loss at the company the
carpenter topis belonging lo Wllllnm Nccp
and William Uabcock , valued at about $51) )
each , were destroyed. No Insurance. The end
of one of the refining buildings was scorched
to the extent of $50.
ATVOHIC ii-ox ; TIII : ASSISSS.MISXT.
Xcarly All of ( lie Itenl Property IN
l.lNleil.
Half of the period allowed for making Ihe
1S97 assessmenl of municipal properly has
expired and Tax Commissioner Sackctt says
that the rolls will be completed and ready
to turn over to the Hoard of Review' promplly
at Ihe lime provided , which is November
IB.
IB.The
The real eslate assessment Is already nearly
completed. All the real eslnlo north of Far-
nain sticet Is now assessed and a large portion
tion of the south side. .The assesbors who
are at work on personal property are not
gelling along as rapidly and arc still ut
work on the north side. H will probably
bo necessary to Increase the force In this
department In order to be through by Ihe
date designated.
Tax Commissioner Sackett expects to be
able to' give the aggregate assessment of
ical estate by November Ifi , but the totals
on personal property will not be ready until
nearly a month later. The footing are mip-
prsed to bo made while the Hoard ot He-
view Is In sesblon , from November 15 to
December in. but an effort will be made to
tabulate Ihe real estate figures at once , as
there Is a good deal of curiosity to discover
how the nggrcgulo will compare with Dial
under Ihe old sjetem.
TWO VOr.VCi MIJX SHXT To JAM , .
lltililTVlii nnil Crccii Arc Cum Iclcil of
ANKllllll.
Charles Baldwin , alias Charles Hills , and
Peter Green , n couple of tough boys who
llvo In the north part ot the city , were given
ten days on tlio street yesterday by Judge
Gordon.
Green and lialdwln waylaid a smaller bay ,
Oscar Mills , near the corner of Thirtieth
Ktreel and Grand avenue Tuesday nlghl nnd
nssaulled him. The boy was ( | iilto badly
Injured. No reason was given for the as
sault except that Mills was suspected by
the boys of stealing some ponnle'H of them ,
lialdwln has a bad record. Three years ago
he and another boy of about ills own age
visited the shop of a second hand man near
Tenth and Dodge strcts and asked for some
thing to eat. T.ii'y 'were ' rcfuse.l. Ualdwln
assaulted the dealer with a piece of Iron ,
knocking him down. The boys then pro
ceeded to ride tlio store. A small amount
of money was secured and a fuw article's of
small value. The bo > s were arrested and
bound over to the district court , but nn ac
count of their youth were allowed to go
free.
Salvntlnn Oil , Iho people's liniment , Is
guaranteed the best. It will cure you.
St. I'll III > V Uiilulli.
ST. PAUL. Minn. . Oct. U. The annual
mooting ot the stockholders of Iho St. Paul
& Duliitli railroad was held today at the
office of the road In this city. William H.
Men-lam of St. Paul and Thomas Denny of
New York were re-elected directors for a
term of three years. The directors mel Im
mediately afterward and elected the old list
of officers. The annual report of Iho year
ending Juno 30 shows : Gross earnings ,
flSGI,104.42 ; operating expenses , $1,117-
G3.C4 ; surplus earnings , $410.140.70. Pas
senger earnings decreased $41,021 ; freight
earnings Increased $17,881.
WiirKnii'M Dcnlli Wnx I'nliilcNH.
Drs. H. W. Leo and John H. Suinmi-rf ,
jr. . who were the ofllclul physicians nt the-
execution of Ge'orse Morgan , Ijave cprtlflc 1
to Sheriff McDonald thai Iho do.vh of the
condemned mini was InHtnntaricouK and
theieforenbsolutely pnlnles.- ) . There wan
not the xllghteHt Indication of muscular
action or any sign * of respiration after the
drop. Upon examination of the body after
It hail been cu : < lo n no evidence of
strangulation was found , di'.ith being caused
nolely liy frucuire of the vertliri. Ihus
severing Ihe Hpliml corJ. This HutUf.intory
manner In vhlch tin- execution resulte-d In
said by tlui phyhleliuiH to bo due 'o tin-
fact that the hnnginun'H knot wan properly
a-ljuMcil and that the- death trap -worked
with pcifee-tlon.
Small I'll. ' < tfe i Hi. best Mil. Do Will's
LUtlu Early Hikers cure biliousness , consti
pation , tick headache.
NEW JURORS FOR THE COURTS
Selecting Nnincs f.'om List Prepared by
Commissioners Two Years Agot
DIFFICULTY IN FINDING MEN TO SERVE
Snmc of Tliitmi'Vlu > Are Selcclcil Have
Left tin1 ( "imm.v , nr Have
, llceii Demi Tbcsc Many ( i
, I , Yi-nri. \
Yesterday thu sppond venire of Jnry-
IIIDH for the present term of the district court
was drawn for service during the coming
three weeks , commencing with next Mon
day. It Is not at alt unlikely that n special
venire may be drawn , as was done when the
term opened. At that time 125 men were
tummoned as Jurors , but only some llfty
served , Ihe remainder being excused or not
appearing In answer to iho tmtnmons. In
order to gel the ncccs.iiry number of Jury
men to keep the courts running a special
venire was drawn.
The dllllculty Is that the jurymen arc being
drawn from a list that was taken off the
county poll books two years ago lasl January
and many of Ihoui- arc dead , have removed
from the city or have changed their resi
dences , It Is the belief that according to
UIL law the list should be made up I Janu
ary of each year by the county comiuls-
rlonors , but a couple of years ago the county
attorney gave an opinion thnt the same
list should be used until exhausted. In ac
cordance with this opinion , the llst Belccted
at that time Is still being drawn upon. It
IH feinted that a considerable bit of needless
expense Is telcig Incurred as a result of this
method of doing business. The sheriff :
draws his tecs for each man that Is drawn ,
as he must makean effort to find him , even
if he Is dead or gonu. Upon every sum
mons that Is brought back with n return
that the Juryman crmiol bo found the
county sustalr.a a less of the amount of the
fees.
I.ITTI.i : KOIl flll > ll > \l , COI'IIT TO DO.
.InilKc Ititkvr llaiililly ClpnrliiK l'l >
Ills I ) . ! < ! ; , . ( .
"Tho criminal docket Is very light thlt
term of court , " remarked Judge Uakor yea-
terday. "In three weeks 1 could clean It
up. "
This explains why Judge linker will hold
court at Dlalr next w.ek to picsldo over the
Washington county d'ekut In place of Jmigo
Slabaugli , who wns assigned to It. He will
be gone two or tlirro weeks , until the docket
Is cleared. During this time the criminal
court will .be . out of business. Thu court
rcom will bo occupied by Judge Slabaugh ,
who will only attend to Ins own docket.
Jmlge linker agree 1 to relieve Judge Sla-
baush because the latter has a great amount
ot 'business ' befoiv him. He Is anxious to
dispose of all the faces possible on his
docket before he reaches the city's cnso
against Ilolln' . ' * hotulsmi-n , which will como
up for tri.il during tin' latter part of next
month and which will probably consume
a considerable length of time.
S < > ckliiK ii Divorce.
Wednesday the district court broke even.
In the divorce business , one case being dis
missed and another being begun. The mis-
mated couple comprises Anna Campbell and
Thomas' Campbell. The former sues for a.
decree on Mt grounds of non-support , cruelty
and Infidelity. Application la also inada for
alimony , as Campbell Is reputed to be worth
$3,000 and the wife alleges thai she Is Unable -
able lo support hem'lf as a result of his
alniKC. The rate of John R C. Dlanck
against Margaret Illanck has been dismissed J
for want of prosecution , the costs being paid
by the plaintiff. >
Mm. YIIKIT Killers o Dciilnl.
Mrs. I.nul a Yager , from whom N'lcholas
Yager wants to be divorced on the grounds
of infidelity , has made an emphatic denial
of the allegatlonthat _ she has at any tlmo
been unfaithful slncp she was married to
Yager. This denial Is contained In an an
swer which WHS filed Wednesday. Mr * . Yager
sajs that the charge Is absolutely untrue.
She further states that her husband ha
often accused her of inlldelHv to him , and
she has told him always that It was nol so.
Suit . \Kiilost mi Olllccr.
It will 'take $5,000 to heal the Injured
feelings of Faille Samlon , who alleges that
on September 2 ot this year she went to Ihe
South Omaha police station to see n femi
nine friend who was In jail. When she ar
rived there hc alleges that Policeman Mo
Donough Instilled her grossly In the pres
ence of divers persons. She rays that the
purpose of the Insult was to prevent her
from assisting her friend.
TO CURB A COM ) IN ONI3 DAY.
Take Laxative Ilromo Quinine Tablets. Alt
druggists refund the money If its fallsto
euro. 2&c.
> n ST itn < ; i.sTit : oitmon TO VOTK.
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The new registration ot voters was begun
yesterday , but during the forenoon II wns
very light. This WCB paitlally on account
of the Idea thai prevails thai tills la merely
a revision ot registration , and that voters
who have not changed their residence do
not need to register. This Is an error , na
this Is a now registration , nnd those who
fall to have their names placed upon Uis
books will not be allowed to vote nt Ihu
coming elpcllon , except by going through
the troublesome formula of obtaining a cer
tificate from the city cJprk on election day.
As only thirty-six of the booth.s were In
place Wednesday , the mayor , with the In
formal approval of the city council , Becurcil
foity tents and had them net up In the pre
cliuts where no bootht ; bad been provided.
The tents were used ycstrrday and the con-
tractorn promise that the remainder of Iho i
booths will be moved In time for the next - \
day of registration , which Is next Friday.
1,1 CIC 01. . ' A KOIMIKU Ull.lll.l M.Y.V.
llni'vcy Mof.rcivpiioliilcil lli'Klxli'r of
I , mill Olllcc nl SnI I I , nkc C'lty.
Harvey N. McGrow , who was formerly a
well known Omaha nowppipcr man , baa been
appointed register of the land olllco at Salt
lnko City by President McKlnloy. Ills ap
pointment was a tremendous surprise to the
other candidates for the Job , HOIIHI of whom
were not even aware of lilo Identity ,
Mr , McGrow divides his time between
Utah and Arizona and this fact , was Ilia
catibo of a tremendous howl from his de
feated rivals , who alleged that ho was not
even a citizen of tlu < slate. Hut his well
known hustling abilities won him the plum
which carries u Falary of (3,000 a year ami
hit will enter on the d Indian.of bin otllclal
duties In a fuw days.
You can't euro consumption but you can
avoid It and euro every otner form of th'oat
or lung tioublo by the use of One Minute
Cough Cure.
CliiirKil ullliVlfr l
A warrant has been Issued for ( ho arrest
of Madison Mllburn on a charge of wlfo
bcitlng. Mllburn lives near Thirty-eighth
and California streets. A few nights ago
lie became Intoxicated airl upon going homo
took a plcco of firewood anil beat his wlfo
most shamefully with It. The woman baa
been confined to her bed ever hlrice ns a ro- f
suit of the assault. Neighbor ) ! got wind of + - \
the affray and r p-rted U lo the police. Mil-
burn got wind ot thu trouble brcwlug for
him and cecaped.
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There are others but none "Juit HB
EU Lr , Davis' AutMlcadacbe.