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PTI13 OTMAITA DAILY ME : SUNDAY. XOVEMJUm 7. 1807 , BE "UP TO DATE ! " Have Yotir Garments Cttt to Order Nicoll the Tailor. Every We Garment employ carefully only fitted the1 best before skilled being Tailors of completed Omaha. Think of the advantage of having your garments cut to order , You malce your selection from a variety of woolens that comprises the latest and best fabrics from the woolen markets of the world , You have your garments cut and trimmed to suit your individual taste , and when com pleted you experience a satisfied feeling in wearing them. * Perhaps you fear the price ? Not at Nicoll's ! By our UP-TO-DATI : METHODS on a cash bc.sis we make it possible for you to dress well at a nominal cost. Ask the salesman to show you the $20.00 Suiting , SUITS $15-420425 tf30 S35 . . . TROUSERS $4-$5-$6-$7-$8-$9 OVERCOATS $15-$20-$25-$30 You can't afford to wear poorly fitting or inferior made garments whan such prices prevail. 209 and 211 KARBAGI1 So : 15fh. BLOCK. NEW SEAL TREATY SIGNED United States , Japan and Busaia , Attach Their Signatures. TEXT OF DOCUMENT NOT GIVEN OUT General Outline lln Alrnuly Hern ruI.llNlnMl IiitcrcMt CeiiterH on 1'riit iHliiiiH Aprnliist 1'i-lnBlc , Seiilliili. WASIIINOTON , Nov. C. A convention be tween the United States. IlUEsla and Japan looking lo the Joint protection of the seals was signed at the State department today at 12:15 : p. m. It will require the ratification of the senate to become effective Tlio signature of the treaty took p'ace In the largo diplomatic room at the State de partment and was attended by the usual formalities The delegates of the various governments assembled at least an hour eind a half before the hour appointed for the formal signature of the document and were met by General Foster. There were some preliminaries to bo disposed of before all was repcly for the signatures and life delegates were obliged to leave the department for short visits to their legations , In older to obtain seals and certain papers of authoriza tion that vvero necessary. Dually , at noon all was ready , aud , led toy General Tester , the delegates passcel Into the dlplonatlc room and took their placet ] at the long tables There weto for the United States Messrs. Poster , Hamlln and Jordan ; for Hussla , DeWolIanto , Potklne and Houtkovvsky , and for Japan , Charge Matsul Kujltl and Mltslkurl. Serro- taty Sheiman wan not present , as the govern ment was fully represented by Its delegates. The ciedentlals of the parties were read In tuin , and after the treaty had been carefully Inspected 'ha signature's vvero attached The ] first signatures were those of Messrs. Foster , Hamlln and Jordan , and the others were attached In order according to the particular copy of the document held by the delegates Thfrc wore three copies of this , ono for each I nation represented and the delegates of each I nation fclgncd their own copy first The seal.I ing of the documents was attended to by Mr. DeWollantc , the charge of the Russian gov- einmrnt , and William Gwynne , the latter be ing nn expert In this line , having sealed al most every treaty negotiated hero slnco the treaty of Washington , With the affixing of the seals In wax the formalities concluded and there was an ex change of congratulations over the consum mation of the work. The text of the treaty will not bo given out by the Siato department until final rati fications ore exchanged. As the document must go to the senate for Its approval , cus- .torn required that it bo withheld from pub lication In this manner. It Is said , however , by these concerned that the general pur poses of the treaty have already been outlined - i lined In the press , and It Is likely that all ' further I-itctcst that remains in the docu ment Is the enact nature of tha additional restrictions that are to bo Imposed upon pelagic sealing. Liter In the afternoon the delegates ngaln assembled at the State department and' ' formally signed the protocols , or records of , the various phases of the negotiations lead-1 Ing up to the final agreement. i It Is expected flat the meeting of llrltlslij nn I American exports will take place next week , according to the original program , un-i less there should bo Intervention from tha ] UltlsU foreign ofllco , which Is not antlcl- , l\iteil Meanwhile , the British expert , Prof Thompson , who is now in Washington , will bo acquainted with what has already been accomplished by the governments of the IJciitud States , Russia 'and Japan , and with the terms of the treaty. COMMJHMMt ASSliri/P OX 1IO11HS. . Ooiilli-iiuitloii IN Urn-It i > < ! nt I InNil. . ( loiiiiL < ? iitllnl. WASHINGTON. Nov. C. Unlled States Minister Conger at Rio his cabled the State department this brief confirmation of the re- poited assault upon the president of lirazll "llrazlllan holdicr attempted to assiujslnato president Hdiy , Minuter of war defending him was killed Great excitement , but not general alurm. " The Hrazillan legation has received the following cablegram from tbo minister of foreign relations at Rio : "Today , the Bin , the mlnUler of war was Ulltd vviillo defending lht > president of the republic against an assauiln. The president escaped unhurt. 1'ubllc order U maintained. " To < liiiiHt > Annexation. WASHINGTON , Nov. C. Word lus been received here that the delegation of Ha- walUns who will como here to oppose an nexation U made of 1'rinc up * Dayia Ka- Rl.7JSi.Jus. wauanakea , James K. Kaulla , Dav Id Kala- laUakalanl and J. M Kaucakua. The prince will pay his own expenses , but that of the remaining delegates will be met by a sub- scuptlon among the natives , the amount to bo raised being $4,500. JCKb rou ULI : > UHLICA > S. Mile ' \e1ii IIMKMIIN Vre Heineinliered lit ( lie UlNtrlltutlnii. WASHINGTON , Nov. 0 ( Special Tele gram ) Slnco the election Nebraska has been receiving the attention of the fourth assistant postmaster general to an unusual extent , some twenty appointments having been made in the last three dajs. The following fourth class offices In Nebraska were changed today : Devvecfco , Clay couutj , Benjamin II. Rojce , vlco H. J. Brandenburg , resigned ; Franklin Tranklln county , Thomas Sturgeon , vlco M. Peery , resigned ; Hampton , Hamilton county , Edson L higalls , vice W. T. Kraute , re moved ; Hubbard , Dakota county , Jonathan . Frederick , vlco A. C. Adalr , icslgned ; I Juniata , Adams county , Isaac H Rlckel , vice 1 W. T. Shiver , resigned ; Laura , Cedar county | John M Mills , vice F. Phllbrick , removed ; Leigh , Colfox county , George W. Klbler , vice G. A. Price , removed ; Naponee , Franklin county , John S Ray , vlco C. S. Woodrow , lomoved ; Waco , York county , Frank M. Cox , vlco W. H. Bradley , resigned Iowa Troy , Davis county H. R. Weyer. South Dakota Creston , Pennlngton county , Owen Y. Swlnehart , vice J. V. DeWltt , re moved ; Rcevvcll , Miller county , A. H. Davis , vlco G. H. Patton , removed nrnst Mueller has been appointed as a la borer In the Dubuiue , la , customs house at $540 per annum The following appraisers of abandoned mil itary reservations at salaries of $5 per diem were appointed today : Seth Woods and John Hart of South Dakota , for the Fort Randall reservation In South Dakota ; Ira O. Mlddaugh and John Hunter of Wyoming for the Fort Laramle reservation In AVyomlng ; Thomas D Bebb and John R. Brown of Wyoming for the Fort McKlnnoy reservation In AVyomlng. John Grlnstcad of Iowa has been promoted from the $1,400 to the $1,600 class In the pen- alon ofllco. Captain Thomas Cruse , assistant quarter master , has heen relieved from duty at Fort Washington , Md. , and ordered to Key West , Fla , for duty. Lieutenant James L Wilson , Fourth artillery , has been relieved from duty at Fort Delaware and ordered to Join his battery. Leaves of Absence Captain Julius W. Mac- Murray. First artillery , two months ; Captain David D. Mitchell , Fifteenth Infantry , two months ; Captain William S. Blddle , Jr. , Four teenth Infantry four months , with permis sion to go abroad. A postodlco has been established nt Illlng- eon , Ouster county , S , D. , with Edward A. Orlllln as postmaster. SAM'S AVAR OIOTTUIUES. . \VorIc of tinI'HNtiilllco Di n IK ! UN SueeexH. WASHINGTON , Nov. tf. General James Tyner , assistant attorney general for the Poutofllco department , In his annual report to Postmaster General Gary , urges that the management of the prosecution for offenses against the vestal laws should devolve on the ofllco of the assistant attorney general for the Postotlico department , Instead of on the Department of Justice , as at present During the present year 244 fraud orders , under the amended lottery law , were Issued. SKty-four vvero subsequently revoked. The courts have construed the lottery laws btrlctly and have hold them all to bo con stitutional , thus sustaining the department In every way. " < So fortified , " the report Bajs , "such vigorous war was waged agulnst toll lottery concerns as Jocause theli dls- bandment and abandonment. They weio suc ceeded liy a ciop of ether scheme denomi nated 'bond Investment , ' 'mutual investment , ' 'guarantee stock Investment , ' 'debenture company' and other busiiie.sliko titles , for eign to the lottery Idea , all shrewdly concealing - coaling the elements of chance or lot they embodied and the description of operations , which when analyzed stamped them as fraudulent schemes , -upon tno aeceaso or the Louisiana Iotter > In this country It reappeared In a rehabili tated form In Hondurasanil conducteda feeble business mainly b ) the aid of evprets com panies , Other kindred concerns , operating under the ranctlco of the law In their re spective countries of domicile , have attempted the experiment of doing business hero through the International malls nnd have succeeded to ft lamentable extent. The Ulngloy act , In prohibiting the Importation of lottery tickets , and the r-atiiastcr gen eral's regulations as to t.acs ortatlon In the malls seemed to supply the only icraalnlng means to prevent the spioad of the lottery evil from other countries to this , " I > nll > TrriiMiir ; Mileiii.-nt. WASHINGTON. Nov , G.-ToJay'n statement ° .f 'he condition of the treasury shows Available ca h balance , J204.437.390 : gold reserve. $154.541,601. IMuuu for Hunter , WASHINGTON , Nov. C-Senator Debae and Ur. Godfrey Hunter of Kentucky saw the president today and It was agreed that E T. Frank should be appointed collector of Internal revenue for the Ov.cnsboro district Dr. Hunter expects to be appointed minister to Guatemala In a few days. THIVIj OF T1II2 COMPUPITOIl Will OptMi lU-forp Court-Martini nt 1 1 a MI ii u To ila. > . WASHINGTON , Nov. 0 A telegram came to the State department today from Acting United States Consul General Springer at Havana as follows : "Trial by court-martial of Competitor pris oners will be held Monday next. Will at tend " There are flvo of these prisoners Alfred Laborde , William Glldea , Ona Melton , Charles ( Barnett and William Leavitt. They were arrested on the Competitor April 25 , 1S9G , on a charge of landing .arms for the In surgents , and have been held In close con finement over since May 8. 1S9C. they were tried by a naval court-martial and sentenced to death Only the most energetic action by tlio United States government prevented the Immediate execution of this sentence and after negotiations with Madrid , Weylcr hav ing proved repentant an order was secured for a new trial , the Madrid judicial review ing authorities having found the proceeding Informal. The contention of our government has been that these men were properly subject to the protection afforded by the Gushing protocol and entitled to counsel and to be confronted with witnesses and all the guarantees of a fair trial. The Spanish position Is that the men having taken arms and not on land are not entitled to the benefit of the protocol. The news that they are again to be tiled by court-marthl is not reassuring , as It amounts to an insistence by the Spanish that if car ried out will , as expected , lead to the re- Imposltlon of the death penalty , though clem ency may bo extended by General Blanco " " "c"n > \nniis. . Important Deelnloii liy Supreme Court or AIKIIIINIIN. LITTLE ROCK , Ak. , Nov. 6 The supreme premo court of Arkansas today handed dovn a decision which Is of the greatest Interest to the public In general , as well as to the Brotherhood of Locbmotlvo Engineers In par ticular. It Is well known that the locomo tive engineers are all employed under a con tract by which seniority of age gives priority of right to employment , so that when s'aclc- ness of business de-nnnds that one or more engineers shall bo discharged , the last en gineer employed shall bo the llrst dismissed Ono of the senior cnglneeis having been dls charged brought suit on the ground that he was discharged without cause and In viola tion of his contract of emplojment. It was conceded that his contract gave him the right to quit at pleasure , and the coint de nied his right to recover on the ground that no contract can bo valid that gives only ono party thereto the right to terminate It The ourt holds that the right to rescind or terminate a contract must bo mutual. The decision Is far-reaching , affecting , as it dons , organized labor of all classes working under contract agieemcnts. STATmilJVr HV II VVMS \VI.OH. . SII > \iliiiliilNriitlon IN Not IteNponxi- , lile for IliN \eN. ( WASHINGTON , Nov C Hannls Taylor , ex-minister to Spain , tonight made the fol lowing statement : "To the Associated Press : As certain Journals have deemed It necessity to asscu that the present administration is In nowise lerponslblo for my acts us n pilvato citizen , I desm It my duty to ratify Mat statement The recent publications signed by mo and based upon data aco-sslblo to evprybod ) were made upon my solo lesponslblllty from a grove sense of public duty which I cannot doubt is fully appreciated by the people aj a whole , who were entitled to my testi mony. I am sure that the present odmln Irtratlon Is do'ng ' its entire patriotic dntj and I have for It no adverse criticism \vlnt. ever. On the other hand , I cannot believe any ( no authorised to speak for It has ven tured to criticise me In any particular , as all know that I have dlsclniged over ) ooll gallon due to It , whether personal or official , with punctilious fullness "HANNIS TAYLOR , " 1'liiu for MiiNKiin HelleC. WASHINGON , Nov l.-St erotnry Alger today sent to W. S Mason , president of the Chamber of Commerce of Portland , Ore , the following telegram concerning the re ported destitution In Alnfkn " * oiir illf-ji ten of the 4th concerning Aliibkun null' r M ri > - cilvcd , Nothing r.in be done by tt-t ile- rurtnient without eongresbloimj uiub .rlty , but I suggest > ou get nil the partlcuintH and the department will ulso get what fuc ts It can for a plan of relief. You will huva my co-operation UH soon aa conureta makca tin appropriation , which , If found necessary , will bo urj.nl " You can't afford lo risk jcur life by nl. low In ga cold tl > develop Uiin pneumonia or consumption. Instant relief and a certain cure are afforded by One Minute Cough Curu. REPORT OX UNION PACIFIC I V Qovornmont Directors Qlvo Account of ThoiHlowardship , PHYSICAL CONDfllftl OF ROAD IS GOOD I'orUon from Oiiiiilin In ( Irnml Inlnnil OiuttturtM I\iT < > ralil > with Any lInMerii I Illtail CiimnienU 011 jtoont Sale. I ' I 1 WASHINGTON , Nov. 0 The report of the government directors of the Union Pacific Hallway company tdi1 the year Just ended has just been submitted to Secretary Bliss. A summary follows- The ph ) steal condition of the road con tinues to show marked Improvement , both In the character of the roadbeds and In the condition of the equipment. During the > ear 1S96-97 , 7,500 tons of new steel mils have bent added to the track , and during the cur rent ) ear. 1897 , 17,000 additional tons have been purchased and are now being placed upon the roadbed The eastern portion of the Union Pacific division Is being thoroughly ballasted , and the property from Omartn to the neighborhood ol' Giand Island , 174 miles , will compare favorably with many of the first- class eastern railroads. The earnings and expenses for the Union 1'aclflc railway proper (1,822,29 ( miles ) for the twelve months ended Juno 30 , 1897 , and 1S1G , respectively , follow Gloss earnings , $11,944,477 for 1S97. increase , $861,129 ; operating expenses , $9,443,155 for 1897 , In crease , $077,213 ; surplus , $5,501,321 for 1897 , Increase , $183.915 : taxes , $573,640 for 1897 , decrease , JS.OS9 ; surplus earnings , $4,927CS1 for 1897 ; $4,735,637 for 1890 , Increase , $192,005. The report goes Into details of the pro- ceodtngs that led to the recent sale of fore closure under date of September 4 , and sajs from the then expected realization Horn the foreclosure sale of the railroad property and of the sinking fund of $45,504,509 , It would follow that the loss of the United States will bo about $25,000. APPUOVfi OP SALE. The government directors repeat their ap proval of the course of the Department of Justice In accepting the proposition of the reorganization committee and In the fore closure proceedings The directors have al ways been firmly convinced tint the owner- shlp of these railroads by the government would bo most Injurious to the people , would result In grois Inequalities and dis criminations In favor of the territory served by them and would be a prolific source of corruption. They find themselves unable to consider the subject from the pointot 'view * of government ownership , the report being addressed to the single question of realizing the best financial return to the ; government for the Investment. It Is doubtless true , the report sajs , that the reorganization commit tee and the depositors of bond securities un- deil this p'an will realize a largo profit aud larger than was expected by the original proposition. The report concludes. FORECLOSURE SUITS. "Wo deem It our duty to call attention to the fact that foreclosure suits have been Instituted for iho sjle of the securities un der the three collateral trust mortgages made by the Union Pacific Hallway company In view of the remarkable adv-Eiace in the mar ket value of many of the collaterals Included in these mortgages It is quite possible that the foreclosures'will leave surpluses appli cable to the part payment of the general debts of the Union Pacific Railway company. It Is , therefore , to the interest of the United States to secure to the Union Pacific Railway company all such assets as shall result from the foreclosure of the collateral trusts , and the rropert > of every form which la not covered bj the mortgages of the compinj , to the end that the general assets resultlclg- the company may form the largest possible ! fund for part rflynnint of Its general cred itors. C ELLEUY ANDERSON. rj. W. DOANE JOHN SHERIDAN. WILLIAM J COOMBES. , JOHN T DHESSLER MniKKlo for Colorado Iliisliie.s * . CHICAGO , Nov. 6 The western roads are from now on to make a struggle for their business from Colorado They claim that the low rates mode by the southwestern roids have taken from them to the gulf points a largo amount of traffic and the reductions made yesterday are but the first of a seri'-s , If they find it necessary to make deeper cuts , for the purpose of keeping their business up to the amount that it was before the southwestern roads began to cut it by mcins of their low rates in connection with the steamship line" from the gulf ports to New York. American l/\dy COIMIS art , ihe Best. IlCIltllNI Of II Ill > . OSCEOLA , Neb , Nov. 6 ( Special. ) An other veteran of the war has passed away. Hon. Moigan James , who had lived in this city and near Lincoln since 1882 , wns burled a few days ago at Knightstown , Ind. Mr. James and wife left here on August 21 last for a visit at his old homo in New Castle , Ind. , and was expected to return In a few days. He had been a member of the legisla ture of his former state and was a soldier of the war from bczlnnlnc to end. He was born August 20 , 1818 ; married Miss Cllen N. rcntreln in March , 18C5 Hu was married twice and from the first marriage there were born tlirej children. Mr. James was one of the directors in the Osceola bank. TECUMSEH , Neb , Nov. 0 ( Special. ) Mrs E M. Gregory died at the homo of her son , George Gregory , In this city this morning at 6 JO o'clock , of a complication of dlsojyes , aged 77 years. The funeral will be held tomorrow. MILKOItD , Neb , Nov. C ( Special. ) J. R Adams , the first Inmate of the Soldiers' home at this place , died last night. Ho was one of the principal mall carriers for the Army of the Cumberland during the war. He went to Lincoln In 1SG7 and was the flrat fruit mer chant of that city , occupying a store adjoining that of Major Trlckey near the Walsh & Put nam block on Eleventh street. Mr. Adams came to the Soldiers' home In July , 1895 , in a very feeble condition and expected to live but a few weeks. He made all arrangements with the commandant at that time for h's funeral and the final disposition of his prop erty. After being at the home awhile , he rovlved and got so that ho could walk around and the second time went to the springs , the waters from which , ho recently remarked , had kept him alive. The body will bo sent to Lincoln today aud laid away in WyuKa cem etery PARIS , Nov 6. The death of Eduoard Marie Del Valr. the well known composer of operas and lulleta , Is announced. TECUMSBH , Nebj , Nov. 6 ( Special Tele gram ) News rqachad here today of the death of Albert \\ilte | cf Johnson at a hos pital in St. Joseph yesterday The cause of ills death wan an opeiatlon on a tumor. He In d been a sufiRrc'r , from It for years. Mr. White had resided in Nebraska since 1856 , drove a stage coach west out of Ounra In the fiOs and was a volunteer from this state In t'ho union army. j.Ie had lived In this city many years and has relatives here He leaves a vvifo ahrt , three grown sons. The funeral will be lit Id In Johnson tomorrow aiJ the Irtermcnt will bo made in the To poinplerv JACKSON. Mll-h I Nov -Hon James C Wood , n will known Jackson attorney and politician , died Ham night , aged 8) .Mr Wood vv.ii JacK-jon'u Hrbt mayor mid after ward .1 membertjof the k-glsl tturcor bov- tr.il terms IK.is active * UK a. vv.u demo crat during the rebellion OXKOHD. Ga , Nov 6 Mrs Oeorgle Klcklcr Caltaway , wife of Dr Morgan Call- away , vice president of Umory college , died tolay after a month's Illueis Mrs Calt away was one of the best Known women in the state and was the mother of ojveral chil dren , among whom Is Dr Moigan Caltaway , Jr. , president of the University of Texas , lliiiul ) nude from I'nrlN , NKW YOHK. Nov C Major Moses P Handy , spec-la ) commissioner from the United States to the Paris exposition of 19JO , returned today on the Paris , He was accompanied by Mrs Hnndy They-will re main in the city until Monday and then go to ChlcnKO. Lieutenant A t' linker , who was detailed by iho secretary of atato to accompany Mr. Handy , was 1110 a pabsen- jrer on the Paris Upon fcU arrival lie left for Princeton , N. J. i\norm < > rou Mtts. MVYIIIUCIC. i\lilrnily Ve/rr / t.lulo Hope * it SciMtr- Incr Hrr Helmut. CHIOAOO , Nor. 6. fh campaign- Iho Interest of Mrc. .Maybrlfk Is being pushed In this city. 'Mrs. Helen Densmorc , lately arrived from London , to an Associated Press reporter today made the follow Ing statement , "When President > McKlulcy n few months since addrctftod a note to tbo English go\ > ornment through Ambassador Hay , requestIng - Ing Mrs , Mnyhrlck's relensc an matter of International courtesy , I had great hops. The question of Mrs Maybrlok'a Innoccues or Kiillt was entirely Ignored ; her release was asked as a reciprocal favor. John Drlght once asled President Lincoln for n reprieve for a convict whose guilt wns unquestioned a man -who had plotted conspiracy against both llfo and property during the late civil war Mr. Lincoln cheerfully granted the request. I have been Informed that President Cleveland granted like fn\or during his second term. The English gov ernment refused the request and replied that they had no reason to open the case of Mrs. Maybllck. President McKlnloy did not ask tint the case bo reopened ; ho simply re quested her release on the ground of Inter national courtesy. Notwithstanding nil pre- vlous publications In thla connection the facts toiay arc. that iMrs Maybrlck's case Is no nearer a solution , so far as a release Is concerned by the British government , than It hns been nt any time , and I hope that President McKlnlcy will follow this matter up by explaining to the British ROV- rrnniFiit that he did not osk to have the case rcopined ; that ho simply asked the favor of an Intel national reciprocal courtesy , and that he will Insist upon specific an swer to a specific request. " COMMiniS TVYI.OU'8ST ITnMHM' ! Hi-port of AIIPKtMl liitPf trvr with Spnor riiNtplnr. NEW YORK. Nov. 6 The Herald an nounces that A. 11. do Guervlllo corroborates the statements already made by ex-Mlnlstcr Hannls Taylor. Mr. do Guervlllo had ex plained the Cuban situation to Senor Cas- telar from the Cuban and the American view. Said Senbr Castelar"You are right and we arc wrong. It Is our fault It Cuba Is In revolution. Wo have governed the Island with the sword In the most sel fish , brutal and dishonest manner Men cannot live without freedom or liberty any more than the bird can llvo without air , or the flsh without water. We must glvo the Cubans liberty and freedom. " "Do you mean to say that If today you were governing Spain you would give Cuba Its liberty ? " was asked. "Yes , but by liberty I mean an absolute autonomy ; they would be as free as Canada or Australia " "Hut suppose the Cubans refuse that au tonomy and keep on fighting for absolute in dependence , what would you do ? " "Oh , then fight ; fight to the bitter end. Fight , as wo all say. till the last cent and the last man has gone You see , my friend , with us It Is a question of honor we can not give It up. To save our honor It is urgent to give Cuba Its autonomy , because I Know wo cannot save Cuba by force of arms Hut wo cannot give it up so we must bather dlo as a nation " COt HT HOLDS Till : I1OMJ VVMI ) . CIINP luvnltlnK a NoU-il Decided. ST. LOUIS , Nov. 6 In the circuit court today Judge Klein decided against the plaintiff , In the case of Clara Church Collins , wife of a Philadelphia picture dealer , against Charles Clark of this city , the "granite mountain" millionaire. Judge Klein decided against Mrs Collins on every point and wont to the extent of saying that her conduct and that of Mr. Collins was rather peculiar for Innocent persons , as they claim to be. Tins case arose over the sale by Collins to Clark of a sketch In oil represented to be on original study by J. L < E. Mclssioner of his great painting , in the Luxembourg , of Napoleon III at Solferlno In exchange Mr. Clark gave several valuable pictures and a check for $3.740 , In all aggregating $0,800 Fiudliig that the picture was not what it purported to bo Mr. Clark demanded restltu tion Mr Collins was insolvent , but he said his wife had money and would be surety for his debt. It was agreed that they buy the picture back for $8,000 , and a bond was drawn up and signed by Collins and his wife , acknowledging a debt of that amount to Mr. Clark The present trill as brought to have the bond annulled M VWITH MOM2Y 1IIS VPIM3 Uli > . i'lleinlM Ilelleic llv HIIH llcfii VI11 I' ll.-rcil 111 ClllCIIKO. CHICAGO , Nov. 0 George H. Drown , a prominent citizen of Knox , Ind. , who has been missing from his home since October 17 , is believed to have been robbed and mur dered In Chicago Brown had $200 in cash and $8.000 worth of negothble paper in his possession at the time he left homo. He added $5fiOO In cash to this sum later , as he collected $3,500 from a firm In Urbana and $2,100 from a firm In Newman , 111 Hro\vn came to Chicago about October 21 from Champaign , 111. , since which time no trace of him has been found. At the time of his disappearance nrown was being badly pushed for a loan of $10,000 he had made on some of his real estate holdings , and It was to raise money to piy off this obligation that caused him to take a trip through Illi nois Ttoe mloslng man was very prominent In Stark county. He was one of the lirgest stock growers and real estate dealers In the county. cut's ' \nnits STvirr roit Seven riirlNUmiH Who Will Triimp Vcro.NM tinContinent. . NEW YOHK , Nov. G A farew ell reception was tendered tonight at the Bowery Mission to a , band of seven Christian crusaders , who intend to start Monday morning for the Klondike gold fields to establish among the miners a permanent mission. Under the leadership of Alexander DeSota , who originated the idea , the missionary band will travel on foot all the way from this city to Denver , passing en route through Now Jersey , Pennsylvania , Maryland , the District of Columbia , Virginia , Ohio , Indiana , Illinois , Missouri , Kansas , Nebraska and Colorado. Gospel services will be held along the route. Prom Denver the missionaries will piob- ably make their way through the southwest to the Pacific coast. WII\MHS Mi'i'in IN TIII : ICK. T > o , IIunilriMl PiTNoiiH I'Vo/cn Iii Ai-ar I'olnl HnriiMt. SAN FRANCISCO , Nov. 0 The fact that eight whaling vessels are nipped In the Ice at Point Harrow , with nearly 200 souls on board , Is creating widespread feeling of ap prehension along the coast , and particularly among merchants engaged In the whaling > business and among sailors and their fam ilies. The anxiety ban become so great tint the trustees of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce have determined to hold a mooting Immediately for the purpose of formulating a telegiaphlc dispatch to be sent to the president of the United Statis urging him to dispatch a relief expedition t" > their rescue at the rarllest possible moment IllneU i : > en nl n Hull. A number of the mas-ked dincern , < who at tended the Mil or the Met7. Urothpis' luso bill nine I mt nls it liec-ame engaged In a KHiicrnl melee in the owrldor of CrclKliton hall They hail deseemli < 1 to the lower Moor to visit Iho rflfrpHhment vi4 and ihn illffi. cully aroHo at the foot of the stnlrs As many ui thirty young mm mingled In the friy and the hall was filled with struggling form" A voice at the onset HhouUcl , "Hit \ory hiad von Fee" and the direction wsia fully carried out When t'io police arrived thu crowd scattered and only ono prisoner , William Smith wns secured No Injuries further than bruises nnd blackened eyes 'were reixirted I'lre In n Shln'H llnlil , NORFOLK , Vn , Nov G-The Merchants1 and Miners' nhlp Gloucester , from Hoston , arrived this morning with part of MB cargo on lire * In the hold under the forward Imte'i Thu lire wnti discovered off Long iHlumt about 1 o'clock thla morning , and wns ex tinguished lifter the \eHsel'n arrival In port l > y the city llr department. The JOBS will probibly lo lnrgt' . tin a great many cases of uliofs nnd rolls of leather were buincd nnd scores of bales of excelsior Thcrci wiru thlrty-onn passengers ulioaid , Imt they knew nothing of the lire until the Glouces ter reached Norfolk , Opening Tisher's cigar tore , K > 05 raruatu t. , Tutbday evening , November v , , .A SOCIETY EPOCH ! j | ' The APPEAR AT 's ' Opera HODS MONDAY AFTEB/KTQOST At 2 In a Demonstrated and Illustrated Uecture Subject : The Yale System. . , / XNXVXXX \ f Tickets Free Now ready at box office of theater. YOUR PICKETS EARLY IN ADVANCE AS Ladies , VoU Arc Corcliniy ) To attend Mme. Yale's entertainment. A Grand Musical Program. Doors , open at 1 o'clock Children and gentlemen not admitted. Ae Mme. Yale's Lec ture is given compllmentay , In honor of the ladles of Omaha , all who attend are respectfully requested to be seated promptly at 2 o'clock , so as mot to disturb the lecture. SOUVENIRS Every lady attending Mme. Yale's lecture will ro- ccho Mine. Yale's two books ono entitled "WOMAN'S WISDOM , " the other , "BOOK TO BEAUTY , " and ulso a ticket entitling them to A DAINTY TOILET ARTICLEMme. . Yale's Phenomenal Beauty Is the highest possible tribute to/ / her methods and d'Lcovcries. Read the following newspaper clippings : Newsnaner Endorsements of Prime. Yate's BeauSv : ( Chicago Herald , April 10 1S95) ) ) Not even Gabriel'1) trumpet could shatter the cerements of the grivo so completely and ho quickly us Mine. Yule with hci announcement of the search for beauty achieved All suc cess to this llttlo woman's work , fay I , If by her efforts ho H going to redeem her sex from the bondage to which tight lacing. Infrequent and Insufllclont battling and dlrosard of all rules of h > glene have brought her. AMBHR. ( New York World , April 23 , 1897. ) Tne Hdle-J of New York , or ut least ns nnny of them as could llnd seats In the lUroadway theatei , were treated to a rare entertainment by a marvelous who combines ous beautiful woman , bines tact , refinement , intellectu ality and pretty fc-mlnlno elo quence with a rare and radiant beauty to sucth fcood effect that those who see and her can but become worshippers' at her shrine , devotees of the art presei v.itlvo of be ally's charms , of wnlcJi hhe Is the oilglnator , the prophetess and the high priestess There Is no use wast ing vvouls In an effort to describe Mine. Yale She Is a beauty , and a hunt through the quotation books , after two hours before her shrine , 10- veali th.it no poet In all the .igos > has found woids to define beauty or de- sciIbu a beauty. Mme. Yale'H pcer- le s beauty Is not confined to one fea ture or a group of features , but ex tends to her every feature. Nature was lavish with her when who be stowed the gift of beauty upon her , for along with It she endow id her with a mind and a noul that , combined with tier natlvo beauty , generated a pis- slon 'to ' preserve Unit beauty , and then , -when the secret of lasting beauty was found , an ambition and a desire to impart what Hhe had learned to hc-r sister pIlgrlniB through the world. To tny that slio Is a charming woman Is but .stopping at the thioshold She Is beautiful of face , beautiful of figure , and this beauty IH enhanced by u mignotlsm that Is he ) and description. ( Boston Herald , A'prll ' 1.1 , 1817) To doscrlbo Mme. Yale IH tin attempt to describe theindescrlb ible Ono i.inot put Into I inguago the bciuty of the flower , nor paint the Krandoui of thn i-oul Iliimun loveliness lies not alone In physical perfection ; It Is th it Indefinable something which results when tile sum of all the virtues Is com bined with grace any Hymmetiy lo-nuly of ( harm , of contour and ami- nlilllt ) of expression Tne tjpo of a perfect i oman IH ono In whom there IH a perfect dpvr lopmcnt of the body and the mind Heauty Is truth In Its full- st expiopslon Mme Yale repiesents truth , Hers Is the development of nature ( Sin Francisco Examiner , Jan 13 , H9"i ) If xhtt IB not iho mo.-it bt uitlful woman In the -world , hn H nt least as handsome ns the law allow.s Bin Is an ihlo ar the most during picture ever p tinted In diai old Pareo. ( San 1-Y.imlsco Chronicle , Teh 15 , 1ST ) Ninon ! 1'EncloH w.m not moro gifted than this ladlant < yponent of the art of beauty and physical culture ( Indianapolis NH.VH , Jan Ifl , 1817 If 110 angels are any fairer than Mme Yule , then It got H beyond human power to conceive of tholr bounty , for no artist' * Idia of what the angels Hhould look ll'xo ha ever jet oquallfd the divine beaut ) of Mine. Yalu As Helen of Troy I tan think of nothing cleo that dcxtrlboH her so well an a human gem of da/zllng brilliancy , on- tlcned vvlth all the htautles tint the hand of heaven could bestow ( Kntu.iH City World , Jan 5 , 1SOO ) Mme Yule , the world-famed disciple of Vcnu * , and hltf ? prleHtcx.s of u now cult having physical perfection for Its goal , IP 'Hired ) csterdtiy afternoon at the Auditorium to the ladles of Kan- naw City on the twin subjects "Tho Religion of Ueauty , " and "The Sin of t'Kllnesa" When the curtain rang down Itiwas mfe to assume- that everyone ono present had no word of blnmo for I'uilrt , even If his raHh act did bring about ) a ten > ears' war , that 13 , as suming that Helen ( possessed all the charms nnd seductiveness portrayed by Mme Yale ( Columbus Dispatch , Jim 9 , 1S97. ) Her posing us Helen of Troy was BII- ppib It broutfit directly to mind that heiolno of legendary times and gxvo all ptesent a vUld likeness of a woman whoso name Is cnibilmc'd In history. When she appeared as the Goddess Dl- nni shci give to the lndl fl an excellent oppor unity of observing her beautiful foim , a form that Is hard to desciibo , unless we simply say It Is perfect. ( Detroit Free Press , Oct 2fi , 1891) ) Mine Ynle , the famous Irfturer and complexlonlst , adressed n. largo aitdl- enco of Indies jcHterday in the Dotiolt Opera House , illustrating hci lecture with her own lemirkablo beauty , which stood the test of tfte strong elcc- trlet lights without revelling a single blemish , There Is no extravagance In haling that Mme. Yale IH ono of the most beautiful nv omen In the world , nor h is there been any ono to reaenn- blo her since the d ) s of Lola Monies : , the beautiful countess of Landslleld. ( St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Oct. 2,1 , ISO ) Yesterday a crowd of ladles was seat ed in Iho auditorium of the Olympic thexitei by 2 o'clock , all anxlouH to be hold and hear the famous Mme. Yale , the high priestess of beauty , whowi fame ) inn ttpnad over the civilized world Dazzling was the vision which jreoted them as the curtain rolled up inJ d s losed the n.ost beautiful woman of this day posingas Helen besldo the ruins of Troy-n perfect figure with Iho soft outlines of onlldhood. ( Nashville Banner. Mnrch 19 , IS'll ) The curtain nlowly lose nnd Mme , i ale , In all her lovellneHs , appeared be. fore he > r admiring' audience. To t ay that Hho IH leively gives but a' faint Idea of her beauty Her bright eyes flash with the brilliancy and lire of genius and of early youth ( Mcmphli Appeal-Avalanehc , March l' ' , 1K' ) | . ) There wns a brftht sparkle In her eyes and her comely , Koldpn liciiil nonctl In guirrful acknowledgment of the upplitUHi * with which nho wns re ef Ivcd It wan admitted bv nil who had thlx cjppoi Utility te > aelinlro her perfect llgtiio that she was fatlltlcas. ( IlilrTaliiTlme'H , Kcb , 28 , ] gl | ) All agreed tint nho VVUH certainly the most immollouH woman known to thu cartli since lle-leii of 'Jioy drove men mad vvlth her charms. ( Cleveland I'lnlndcnler , Prb. 27 , JS | , ) Enthiislists lutvi ) likened hci to the renowned figure ejf Vmui dl Mllo. Grace abounds In iner ev ly movement , ( Atlanta Constitution , Mnre-h fl , 1S34. ) ilei IK nil IK well Bliupcd nnel vvll poised upon n jicifpct throat Ilei fuc i IIUH the ionium of a child's a form divinely moulded , neck and anna ui peifeet us a Oieelail Htatue. ( Chlcaito Tribune , Jan 10 , 191) ) vIIPII Alum. Yale initdo her nppiar- aiice. on i ho Htngo a flutter went through the nudlcnic ( New Orleans Plciyuno , March 11 , M'P. ° , Xale l4 " " 1'oautlful as It la possible fet n woman to be. ( Boston Olobe. Al i ) ' 21 , 1vn ) I or bo It known Wine Yn : IH n. beiutlful woman ( Ht Louis Ii public , Mirch R , lnO. ) Mine Value would e.T-ll ) JMCH fet IS , and her beauty would attiuct atten tion In a fathering of v.omen hi lected for their beauty ( KutiHiH f-lly Sjar , MurOi 11 , 1 90. ) Her curly /olden / hulr Hluomli n perfect lueivv of alubastci Jin blcln la aa pink and ve Ive ty UH a babe'B ( Chicago Inter Oee-nn Ap II 10 , 1S93) ) Aline Ynlo never tool , ur ( dor t > riii jeHtirday Thu Hwect fie urn. . d DP hud upon It more than laithly I entity Tin nppluuHB waa an thong1) u tcmpeat Hvvept the place , Womin uccoidPti to the cjucc-n ol beauty th meed of wor- felilp