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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ESTABLISHED JUNE 1J ) , 1871 , CXMAILA , TUESDAY MORNING , NOVEMBER 0 , 1897. SINGLE COPY PIVE CI3NTS. FICTION OUTDONE BY FACT Btrango Story Concerning an Escaped Nebraska Convict. MID TWO YEARS UNDER A SCHOOL H3U3E 3'i'cnrncc of ( lie Mini Hint Never II cell Suxicete < 1 Iilvvit I' ) ' 1'oriiKliifr lit MKht In SnrroiiiKl- | | IIIK Country. CHAMBEHLAIN , S. D. , Nor. 8. ( Special. ) In novels It Is nothing strange to read of heroes or outlaws , as the case may be , llvlug tor years without detection In caves In the In-art Of thickly settled communities , but buch cases In real life arc extremely rare. Therefore Interest \ added to the atory of Cyrus II , Miller , who escaped from the Lin coln , Neb. , penitentiary , and for two years lived under a school house In the most popu lous portion of Blue Earth county Minnesota , without detection. Ills strange rendezvous mould not liavo been discovered even then had he r.ot for a moment lest his customary nnrvc and given the matter away himself. A federal official and members of h\a \ faintly .who have returned here from a visit with relatives at Mankato , Minn. , furnish the writer the details of this most remarkable cano , which will come before the grand jury which convenes in that city on the 10th Insl. One day last summer while Sheriff D T. How-en of llluo Earth county was on his way to town from a business trip In the country , whllo crowing a bridge homo miles out , discovered a bicycle In some under growth ticar the road , Its position Indicating that an effort had been made to conceal It. Inquiry In town proved that the bicycle had been ntoen. : To discover the thief n watch vcs placed over It to see who would come to take It away. This resulted In the arrest of a man who gave his name as Cyrus Gray , but whoso correct name lies since bceu owertalc.cd to be Cyrus U. Mll.cr. When placed In the "sweat box" he told r. story that 8UrprlcXd ! the officers and which , when It became known throughout that re gion , uttiacted Intense Interest. His con fession was In substance to the effect that for a period of two jears he had secretly made his homo under a school house about eight miles from Mankito. Such a story wan dlincult of belief , and the authorities were Incredulous until the school' house was visited and It was seen that the man's story was Indeed correct. The structure Is one- etory In height and is constructed of brick. At the rear Is an old-fashioned brick chim ney , which , nj examination proved , was ol great value to Miller In successfully hiding and living for the period of two years under n public building In a thickly settled com munity. DISPLAYS GREAT CUNNING. The cunning dtrplajcd by him proves that ho Is ono of the shrewdest criminals with whom western olllcers have ever had to deal So nirlng access to the Interior of the schoo house after It had been deserted by the pupils and teacher , he hod skillfully removei a aectlou of the wainscoting on the Inside of the building directly opposite the chlm ney. The boards were sawed very carefull > just under the molding , along the top and rxcross the bottom on a level with the floor Then , by sawing downward along the grooves between the boards , a small door was formed which escaped detection by the pupils o other parties. The1 door had hooks on the Inside , with which to fasuti It and proven It being opened from Hit choo ! room side In the event that It was discovered while Miller was In the cavo. Ho then dug down Inside the lower part of the chimney and bj this means tunneled under tlio school house Hero ho excavated < i large room and th Ingenuity of this really remarkable mat was ng/iln demonstrated by the mothoi adopted to get rid of the dirt removed k order to form the room. The earth wa packed between the joists holding the flee and held by boards nailed on the under Bide , and thus made a receptacle for th surplus dirt , as well as formed a dead wa ! through which no sound could penetrate to glvo warning to those In the room above o the presence of the fugitive. MADE HOME-LIKE. The room was well finished on the sides celling and floor and had bocn neatly papered O i the walls were pasted a number o sketches made by Miller on ordinary whit iwper , dark strips of p-ilnt having been run around the edges to represent frames. A large stock of books and m-Jgazlnea wa found In this strange abode and the fac that they were all of first-class charade proved that Miller was a man of some educa tlon and refinement. A stove , bed and bed ding , table add other furniture and articles as well an a full supply of cooking utensils had been taken to the underground room t add to the camfart of the occupant. Smok from the stove was conveyed by a stov pipe to the chimney at the rear of the schoo house and was thus carried away wlthou exciting curiosity. The larger articles , sue as the bed stove , table , etc. , had been low ered Into the room through an opening fron the school room , which had been made fo tha express purpose. The stove In the echoo room sat a short distance In fruit of th platform upon which the teacher had be desk. The stove had under It a Kit go sheet o zinc. Tim boards forming the floor of th school re cm ran from the platform towan the stove. Miller sawed the boards off jus vndcr the edge of the platform and undo the edge of the zinc , then siwcd along th cracks at each end to connect with the forma cuts and by this means made a trap dee which during the two years escaped delec tlon. This was used solely for lowcrln jarse articles ! ate the cavern below am when not In use was securely fastened under nealh. T'IP ' opening lhrouh the waliibcotln served for ordinary usea , Probably the nifst HIII prised person wl-c the subterranean retreat was discovered wr. the young woman who filled the position o teacher In the tchool , Krequeu'ly she 10 niulnud nlono In the school room as late a G o'clock In the evening waiting for a teat to take her home , or to look over the les sons for the next day , and oltcn parsed th Interval playing nn the organ , little dream Ins of 'hi1 piosence cf a mi-anger within few feet of her. Dur.ng these times Mlllc could have ascended to n position just he hind at the door through the waltiKrotlu and listen unobserved to the music. HIS LIVING , Miller obtained food by prowling throng the Burioun.lliig farming country at nigh and robbing hcnrcaHU , taking vegetables am frullB from gardens and orchards ; by takln produce from wagons found hitched un > where In the vicinity , and by the man means which In a well settled and rlc running region makes It so easy for the pur son fa dltposcd to obtain largo quantities r provisions of various knis. ! Fre juentl farmers who hid at night hitched luol teams In front of eomo country store o other place would find them missing. A da or two later they would to surprised by re reiving anonjmoim letters telling them tin K they would call at a certain place the could recover tholr team and wagon. Com jil la nee with the Instructions In thcto lot tnra always resulted In the recovery of th tnUsIng teams and wagons. Milter's pur jirno In thus temporarily confiscating th team * and wago'ig of formers was to haul t hly retreat articles which he had secured c lily foraging expeditions , but which were to large or bulky to bo carried by hlmsel Sacks of Hour and other provisions dUaj peared regularly from cellars and froi farmers' nugocu which had at night bee left uloDO for even a minute or two In th vicinity of Miller's abode. Fanners' cow- were found milked In the mornlne. bn these depredations were laid on the tramp constantly wandering through the countr and no one suspected for an lurtant tha there WHI a room under the school hous and that the occupant of the curious quar tern wan the party who writ the cause o all the earnest BW earing because of the dla ppcaranco o ! ertlchs , provisions and chick tM , tbt milking ol cowi and the numberlcs * her depredations which were committed early every night. KEPT VERY SHADY. During the day Miller remained quietly n his retreat , only emerging after nightfall , io careful was he In his movements that a armer and his family who lived only n short IsUnce away from the school house never observed anything out of the way there or noted any suspicious movements. The teacher of the school never noticed a track In the school house. Miller must have been very careful In entering his cave through the school , or going from It , for there was never a track or other mark In the vicinity of the rap door , or near the opening Into the chimney , that would arouse the slightest suspicion. After the confession of Miller all the people 'or miles around came to occ .ho wonderful underground home , 4mi > after a time , i-o In- cnse became- the curiosity of the people , ho officers of the school district determined to charge a small admission fee to those wishing to Inspect the ftrange retreat. Finally the crush of sightseers grew to cmch roportlons that the pohool olllcers decided o fill In and destroy all trace of the cave. Since Miller's arrest.lt has been ascertained : hat ho Is a fugitive 'from the Nebmka , au thorities , having made his escape from the penitentiary at Lincoln by climbing up .hrough a hollow wall by removing brick after brick as he proceeJed upward to 'reedom. Uo \ euld that for some days he lad saved a snall : portion of his ration : , and Ihese were carefully preserved to sustain lilm during his desperate , but patient effort to escape. Progress In the wall was neces sarily slow , and for three days after Ma disappearance from bib cell , while the sur rounding country was being searched for lilm , he was In the penitentiary wdll slowly working his way out. Ho Is certainly a remarkable man. The Nebraska authorities have been ad vised of his capture by the Minnesota offi cers , and have been ctrlvlng to secure cus tody of htm , but the Illuc Earth coumty authorities are not dlspos-ed to glvo him up , a : thcro are a total of fifteen different charges against him there. HIGH GOI.n ST1U1C1- : IMONTANA. . . Vnliiiililu ( limrtr. Turned lip liy Com mon IMOWN. CHICAGO , Nov. 8. A special to the Tribune from Dutte , Mont. , rays : A great old strike has been made on Upper Sago creek. A ledge extending for many mllss and the quartz running $100 to the ton has been dlscovcrc.l , and the people In that ivrt of the state arc wild with excitement. Tlie little town of Utlca has been almost d < sorted by the male Inh.ihltnPte. who hive staked ou ( the whole surroun lln country. It Is reported that from any part of 'ho jjreat ledge rock can be broken that r ins StCC and more tn the ton. Some of the cxit d piospectors have gone to work with plo\\s Hid scrapers to uncover the vein. Another icport of thj dlbcavaty of a r.'e ' ! , 'lacor ' wan brought from fllk Ciy , Idaho , where Judge Lindsay and other But'e pirt'Co hrve been Interested In mining. A $170 cleanup has been made and the deposits arc ichor than anything y\r. dlhcovured in that slate. HOLDS Till : 't-KXI'OSITION ' LIAUL.B. I'ny furVnluulile OoodH De- Hti-oyeil by KIre. CHICAGO , Nov. S. Judge Grooscup of the federal bench tftlhy'handed down an opinion holding the - . World's Columbian Exposition company responsible for the loss to the French republic and the French exhibitors by reason of the fire of the night of January 8 , 1894. The loss to the French republic consisted of some fine lieauvais and Gobelin tapestries , and' ' two magnificent Sevres vases ma.de for ornaments at the entrance to the Chamber of Deputies. The French republic claimed $50000 ; on Its direct loss and $10,000 moro by reason of delay and extra , expenses attending the fire. Half a dozen private ex hibitors from France had a loss of $15,000 combined. The court did not fix the amount of damages to 'be" paid by reason of the fact that It appeared that some of the private exhibitors had collected Insurance and the court desires It to appear that the suits were brought In the Interest of the 'insurance company and' be 'limited to the amount of Insurance. GIIAI.V EXPORTS COVI'l.MJU HEAVY. Twenty-Seven SliliiH Xoiv Chartered nt IMillmlrliililii. PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 8. There are twenty-seven steamships now In port or under charter to load grain for European ports. Most of the grain will 'be ' shipped during the next few weeks. These steamers will carry an. aggregate of C. 100,000 bushels of corn and wheat. I3o far this year the shipments of corn have aggregated nearly 22,000,000 bushels , as against less than 7.000,000 bushels In 1S9C ; and of wheat , 3,903,889 bushels , compared with 3,840C1G last year. The export petroleum trade was also unusually heavy last -week and today shows a gain of over 45,000,000 gallons over last year. llellef for lutlnnimVliiilcrn. . SAN FUANCISCO ; Nov. 8.-A determined effort Is being mmlo td aid the SCO whnlers now Imprisoned by Ice In the Arctic. All the California representatives In congress have appealed to the secretary of the navy asking that the 'government at once send a relief ship to tlulr rescue. The Call hnu offered to provision the vessel and $5,000 In cash has been promised by the Examiner and the managers of the b.isu ball tourna ment. If no goveinmeilt vessel Is available It Is possible that a private steamer may be chartered. Many experienced men are of the opinion that a relief ship wHl not he able to get within several hundred miles of the suffering men , but ll Is hoped that provisions may bo taKeii by reindeer over land to I'olnt Biuiow. The Bucceiw of this project will dep'end largely on the weather , though It Is thought to be feasible. The Chnmbfr of commerce favors ) Immediate relief , and the Indications aie that Rome plan of Huucor will soon be carried Into effect. Ueiiiiind IteepKiilllon of Ilnuie Iiiilnir ' CHICAGO , Nov. 8. As the result of a con. fereneo between National Secretary James F. McIIiigh of tlifl Stonecutters , ' union and the heads of nil iho central bodies of Ctue.iKO , Including the Buildings Trade * council and thu Chicago Federation o Labor and many prominent local labor lead ers , It has been dj-.elded to formulate i demand In the name of urbanized labor that u clause bo Inserted In all contract * am smb-rontmctH for cut Htono work for the new po&totllco requiring tlut the Etono In cut In Chicago. The amount involved wll bo (1 , X.000. It is urged that this wll prevent conlraeloi-K from having the stone cut by cheap labor uud hlpgo 1 hero In com petition with union .wages , Should the elc maml bo succersful , the pl.iu i.illl bo ex tended to keep If possible ' , he entire ffovcrn ment expenditure , amounting to about $ V COO.OiO , In Chicago. Mliu-rH Will Continue the SlriKr. SI'HING VALLUY , III. , Nov. S.-Steps have been taken at a mass meeting o mlneis held at MnrQiictto to continue the coal strike through the winter by creating a xub-dlHtrlrt board consisting of minera from Sprlnu Valley. La Salle , I'eru , Ladd Seatonvllln and Marquctte. The manage ment of the strike Ix tn be put In their hands. Tne mcutliiKwas largely nttendei by miners from all these plitcoa. Devlin's mines at Marquette and Cahlll's at Peru ore the only mines working In .this dl.i trlct and they are pitying the scale , CruUer Will lli-i-iin-Puti- . HOT SI'UINGS. Ya. , Nov. 8.-Hlchard Croker , Uudolph Pub'Kentitlmer. Thomas V Unidy , Asa Illnl Gardner and Miles O'Urlen , Icadeis In Tammy hall , arilved here Sunday , Mr , Croker looks well , notwithstanding - withstanding- recent Illiu-ss , but wll muke an extended visit at Hot Spring Ir order to fully restore his health. His family will join him during the t-otnlnt ; week. Shoot * Kntlier and Son. IH3LTON , Mo. , Nov. S. At noon yesterday nine miles east jof here , Arthur W.-Igh killed John Hets and shot the latter' * fa'her William S. Hess , at their home. All tno * Involved are farmers , but no reason Is slvei for the tihootlnir. The murderer passed here tfil * afternoon and Is malting hla way south Rt d "Slnm Palo" la ( be Suudtv 13 eo , WONG aim FOO HAS PLANS Jaking Final Arrontjcmants for His Great Oriental Display. CHINESE EXH.BIT AT THE EXPOSITION IteNourcen niul I'roceNNeM \ortlierti China Intcnili-d to AMOIIHI | | VUI- tom Who Come to the Great Omaha Show. Wong Chin Fee , Chinese commissioner of : ho Transmleftlsslppl Exposition , la In the city making ( lie final arangcments tor the exhibit which ho proposes to Install In a pagoda to be crccteJ on the bluff tract. He spent the morning In constitution with Superintendent Hardt of liie Department of Exhibits and C. F. Uelndorff , the architect who has designed the pagoda tn which the Unlneso exhibit will be boused. The general plan of the pagoda was agreed upon and It was decided that It should be a two-fltory building , 02x80 feet In size , with the grace fully sloping roof characteristic of the archi tecture of the Flowery kingdom. The tall pavilion which will adorn the building will be filled with a chime of Chinese bells. Mr. Fee Is a naturalized citizen of tbo United States , tiavlng come to this country from ncrtncrn China twenty-four years ago. He Is thoroughly Americanized and Imbued with a love for American Institutions that Is rather unusual In natives of China. Ho prom Ises that the Chinese exhibit shall be an In- stiuctlvo lesson to Americans , showing the wonlerful resources of the northern districts of China nnd 'Introducing to the American public a source of supply which has , here tororc , been altogether neglected. HeIs most enthusiastic over the outlook for an exhibit nnd has organised a company , known as the North China Trading and Manufac turing company , and agents are alieady In the field In China , selecting the people and | Mraphen.alh which will make up the ex hibit showing the resources of this part of the world. NOIITHEHN CHINA'S UESOUUCES. "Tho principal Industries of northern China , " says Commissioner Fee , "arc the making of silk and the growing of tea. The agricultural resources of the country will be sutprising to many Americans and our methods of manufacturing food products for Immediate consumption , as well as for pre servation , are , in many respects , far superior to the methods In use In this country. I shall have a section of the Chinese exhibit showing the manufacture of silk In all Its stanes , and I shall also Illustrate the tea li'dustry > by having a huge tan.k . In which will be brewed a kind of tea which has never been Imported Into this country. It Is superior to anything here In the usual course of trade and possesses properties which are entirely new to lea drinkers In America. Tills tea will "be " given away. It Is quite high la price and the entire crop Is usually con sumed In China. "In the agricultural section I shall have Implements for tilling the soil which will be a revelation to farmers and manufacturers of agricultural Implements In this country. The people of America are very proud of the cereal they call 'Indian corn , ' but In my country we cultivated this same corn 2,000 years before England waa discovered. We make a great many dishes of corn in various forms which people In this country never heard of. Wo also have methods for pre paring other food which are conceded by gourmets to be far superior to the methods practiced by any other nation. In the various manufacturing lines , the Chinese exhibit will bo comprehensive. We have methods of manufacturing which produce results which have never been reached In thla country. It Is true we have no labor-saving chlnery , nor do wo want any , as our Immense population must be kept employed , but the methods of manufacture , which would bo ut terly Impracticable 1m this country , result In the production of articles of all kinds which are very desirable In America and here , again , the commercial aspect of the matter Is presented. "I can assure the people Interested In the exposition , " eald Fee , In conclusion , "that the Chinese exhibit will bo one of the most satisfactory of any on the grounds. " CALL KOIl A KIS1II3HV COXGHESS. fSovc-rnor of Klorldii IitvIteM Ilele- Kiitex to ANNriiilile nt Tiimjia. A call for a national fishery congress has been Issued 'by ' Governor W. D. Dloxham of Florida , the congress to be held at Tampa , Fla. , commencing January 19 1S98. At the same tlmo an exposition will be held at Tampa , designed to show all varltlcs of food fishes , their propagation and ipreserva- tlno. In his call for the congress , Governor Dloxham states that It Is called for the purpose of considering the Importance ol propagating and protecting the fish la the waters of tbo United States , and the necessity of devising iways and means anO formulating methods to save from total extinction many varlties of valuable food fish. The governors of etatcs and the fibh commissions of the same are requested to appoint delegates to the congress. The United States Fish commission Is tak ing an active Interest In this congress and In a clicular eent out by the government com mission occurs the following paragraph : This congress Is called In the Interest ol earth's highest civilization , believing that uvcry elTort made to Inoteaso the food sup ply of mankind and to suggest new Holds for labor and new Industries Bhould be com mended , hence the object and aim of this National Fishery congress will be to discuss and formulate plans for the propagation and preservation of fish and all i.vater products * of comcmtclal value. It Is also designed to have an exhibit of samu. I'.ir- tles thus Interested are requested to make exhibit * of diicd and canned llsh , turtles crust , aet'ans ) , fponges , oymerti , oils , sklna and ail appliances fur catching and curing hamc ; al.su nets , rod 3 , hooks , etc. A mod ern , commodious and attractive exposition building will be arranged far this exhibi tion No charge 'Will ' be made for space Exhibitors are required to prepay frelgn cliarii u and mark packages. A , FICHE Fishery Exhibition , Tampa. Florida. No rchpoiiblbllty will be assumed by manage ment for exhibits other than watchful care Invitations have been extended by the na tional government to all the civilized govern ments of the world and a reply has been re ceived from Japan Indicating a purpose to bo protein. It Is proposed to organize on International Fishery tUEocUtlon at the rlcso of tbo congress , to hold a session at I'aris during the exposition and probably at Omaha during the exposition next year. \i-hriiKkn 'omiiilNxlonot 'x. Members of the Nebraska Exposition com mission will meet with the members of the executive committee of the exposition a dinner at the Mlllard hotel tonight. The gathering will bo purely social In Us charac ter. ter.Some Some of the members of the commltulor will attend the meeting of the Commercla club tonight , where Chairman Neville If billed Tor a response to a ( cast , It Is probable that the commission wll hold a business session tomorrow , that belug the regular day lor the rcinl-monthly meet ing. It Is expected that the secretary wl ! be directed to advertise for bids for the etaf work and the roofing of tin- Nebraska build Ing , . . WlllluniN Cue * to Utah. George T. Williams of Ida Grove , la. , has been appointed commercial agent to reprt-sen the DcpaitmcntB of Exhibits and Conceruloiu In Utah , and Is In the city today In consulta tion with the managers of these departments before leaving for hla field ot labor among the people of Utah. Mr , Williams Is tlif editor of tl.e Ida County I'lonter , one of thj repertcntatlvc newspapers of that * section. Ho has been the active manager , as well cs proprietor , of the I'loneer for the last twenty- four yearn , and during that tlmo boo at tracted considerable attention by hla iiustllug ability and his brilliant descriptive articles. Io will visit the manufa6turers , farmers and rult growers of Utah antl uld the Utah com mission In Increasing the Interest of the peo- ) lo of that section In the Transmlsslsslppl Exposition. Tencher * ShoXV MueliIntrrixt. . The list ot Nebraska * teachers who are willing to become members of the National Educational ossociitlon on condition tci.it the next annual convention .Is [ held In Omaha U constantly growing. It has..been Increased by the signatures of thoaranl Island teach ers , about forty In number , , a plmllar number trom Fremont nnd 'iboijt a ; ozen from St. Paul. The entire list ( now , numbers over COO teuchcrs and the return , frhm Iowa and most of the Nebraska cltlci , hfive- not been re ceived. ( I Women Cniiic , jo-Omulin. Mrs. F. M. Ford , secret ry > of the Woman's Board of Managers of the. Exposition , has re ceived offlclnl confirmation ot the news that the National Council ofi\Vomen , recently In scsalon In Nashville hah sejocicd Omaha 'is the place for the meqllng-ot the body In 1898. This confirmation comes In the shape of a letter from May Wright Scwcll , president of the council , announcing the action ot the jody. This congress ! e composed of de'ng.ucs from all the national bodice ot women , and Is .tsually attended by 1,000 or l.JOO delegates. Note * of the KM > OHOII. J. Chrysander of New York has applied for space In the Swedish nectlon. The Sclle Gear company of Akron , 0. has applied for 200 feet of space for an exhibit of wagon gears. Malson Chopard of Paris , France , has ap plied for 260 feet of space for an exhibit of iilgh class Jewelry. The exhibit of the Singer Manufacturing company will bo operated by motors made by the Dlcht Electric company. Prof. Albert Dcshcr , comnilEsloncr of the exposition to Belgium , has opened odlccs In Ghent on the Hue DCS Foulons. The Peccs Valley Hallway company has ap plied for r. space of 2.GOO Bquaro feet In both the Agriculture and Horticulture buildings. The Woman's college of Baltimore lias written to Secretary Ford of the Woman's beard to make Inquiry regarding the rules which will govern the educatlctial exhibits In the exposition. Ctptaln Henry C. Ward of the Sixteenth Infantry , U. S. A. , the representative of the War detriment of the government boird of control for the TransmlsMsslppl Exposition , haa notified President Wattles of Ills appoint ment and also ot his Instructions from the War department to proceed to Omaha as soon as may bo deemed necessary in order to take charge of the exhibit. . The captain writes to Piesldc-nt Wattles from Nashville and his letter leaves the impression that bo will arrive In Omaha very shortly. CAUSE OF JIM Til 13 VA OU'S EXI ) . K Olt of ll Well Knoviit Ex- Flremnit I'mvoltex Inquiry. There Is considerable mystery surrounding the death of James Traynor , who died sud denly In the county jail Sunday morning , which may lead to an Inquest being held by Coroner Burket. Traynor was picked up by the police In a hallway at 311 South Twelfth street about 8 o'clock Saturday morning. When taken to the city jail ho was found to be suffering from severe nerv ous prostration , 'being then In a state of collapse. Ho was charged with being drunk , but his condition waa so furious be was sent to the county Jail that ho might recuperate. Jailer George Slurid gives the following version of what happened at the county Jail : ' 'Traynor was exceedingly nervous and asked ma. for some nervlno braQo-liiin upI handed him a tmall dose of.tho medicine , and as ho took It through thObars ( he keeled over backward to the hardBtone pavement. Wo picked him up , but the fall seemed to have Injured him quite ladly. .He recovered after ward to some extent , and he wao placed on a cot to the general cell. Joseph Kastner and Frank B. Gee , who Is a physician , at tended him during Saturday night , and up to the time of his deaih , which occurred about 5 o'clock Sunday morning. I was told by Dr. BIythln. the county physlc'an. that Traynor died of alcoholism. It Is possible , however , that that fall hj received may have had something to do with his death. " When taken to the moj-gue Traynor's body was closely examined. The right eye of the deceased was found to be. badly dis colored , as If from the qffects of a powerful blow. The back of his head , which should have been badly contused according to the statements made -by thoilnmates of the Jail , was found free from aoj' bruise. It was the opinion of , the coroner that .Traynor's death might have been caueo ] by a blood clot duo to some blow. George Shand , Frsoik 0. Gee and Louis Kastner all deny that Traynor was struck by any one whllo ho was In the Jail. They , however , glvo no resfions for the discolora tion of the deceased eye , except tint the fall to the stone pavement may have caused It. Dr. BIythln cald this 'morning that It was possible that the discoloration resulted from a rupture of a blood vessel In the skull , the blood flowing , after rigor mortis had set In , to the eye. Traynor left the fire department , after several years' service , about nlno months ago. Since- their he has been employed ! as n hackman. The dead man was very strong physically , and his friends discredit the Idea that the amount ot liquor ho was. known to lave drzak cause-1 Ills dt > ath. Traynor's father and uncle , who are employed by the Uulon Pacific Hallway company , will Interest themselves In finding out the cause of death Traynor's funeral will take place from St , Phllomcna's church tomorrow morning at S Phllomcna's church this morning at 9 o'clock with Interment In Holy -pnlcher cemetery Hl'llKIST ACCKI'TS IT AS . Corniier'H InveHtluriitloii. of the Death oT .JiinteN i.N'lcholN. The Identity of the Heater found by Fish erman Stmms on a sandbar near Gibson sta tion Thursday night has been cleared up. As conjectured at the tlmo of the finding , he Is kno vn now to have been James Nlcho ! , a colored man from Ifimburg'la. Coroner Burket located an old acquaintance' ' of Nich ols' yesterday In the person of Caleb Sykes , a negro porter for Tom Hock. Sykes says that Nichols boardi'd with him for about a month at 2028 Fariium street. This was last September. Nichols told Sykes that he formerly lived In Hamburg , and that he was the proprietor of a Efnall etoro there. He did not appear to haye much money and. . did odd Jobs around the city. Sykes says that shortly before the state fair opened Nichols Btoje _ ? 7 from his wife's ; trunk and that \vpsth'cn at their house , Previous to this occurrence Nichols was known to have gamble Ills money away as s-on as ho earnedtlt , and also to have been addicted to the use o ( opium and laudanum. At ono time ho attemf led to take a large dose of laudunum , but was prevented from so doing by Sykes. . IchoU- had often re marked to both Syket \ nil hln wife that life was , not wcrth living ' n4 that he wan not afraid to die. It Is ih ? opinion of Sykes that Nichols commuted eulcldo by jumpjns In the river. SykeaV-Bljory was orrobovaV'd by Fred Jackson , another negi , who" llved with him. Coroner Bujket also came tp.the " conclusion that Nlcbolf came to his death" from suicide by drownifg. \etv Coiuilerfiiltote Out. A new counterfeit HO bill has made its appearance In the northwest and the secret service authorities nre krylng to run It dc-an to its origin. A number of the notes have D en put In circulation In Chicago and Efimr have appeared In-the nortJ1 * nnd west. So far an known , nolle have been paused yet In this city , but tjiey qro ep ctd , Tnu bill In a photographic , copy well exe cuted , rcqulrlnK rome examination to de- t-ct lt worth'ensneMJ The original color of the photograph , hpwewr , can be dlH- rorned beneath the applied colors on the numbers and the weal.Hie lurk of the bill U n blue print , over yvblch sri-en Ink hau been poorly npolled ivlth n hruMh , leaving some places uncovered. The bill Is made of two pieces of thin bond paper pasted together gether- The silk fiber Is Imitated by means dt plnlc and blue Ink lines. BIG BONUS FOR CITY BONDS Omaha Securities Fetch a Higher Price Than Expected. NEARLY SEVEN PER CENT PREMIUM IS PAID Interxeotlon T vonty-Yenr Four niul One-Half Per Cent IKNIU * Toint . the Ilocoril for I/i > cnl I SnleM. ' The sale of the $2C,030 Intersection and 106,000 special street Improvement bonds In ho office of City Treasurer Edv.irds at noon yesterday was the most remarkable : raneactlon of the kind that has occurred In Omaha In years. It Is doubtful whether such irlces have been ever previously offered icro on similar bonds and the competition was sharper than ordinary. Whn the re cent Issdc ot renewal bonds sold at a pre mium of over 3 per cent the figure wus con sidered remarkable , but today there worn half n. dozen bids on the Intersection bonds which approximated doubt that figure. These ionds run for twenty years and draw In terest at the rate ofHi per cent. The highest bid was par and accrued Interest and a premium of $0.6432 , or $1COS , , an there were a number ot other bids that nearly reached the ) tame figure. The offers for the 560,000 special district 'jonds ' were almost as satisfactory when the character of the bonds Is considered. These bonds run only from ono to nlno years nt 4Ms per cent arid are usually almost un salable at a premium. Several offers of moro than 1 per cent premium were received In this case , however , and the city authorltlee are more than satisfied with the prospect for an advantageous sale. Thcro were nearly twenty bids on the two blocks of bonds and among the bidders were several big establishments that have never previously appeared ns buyers of Omaha bonda. The following are tha bids In full : Intersection Bonds W. J. Hayes & Son , Cleveland , $1,407 ; Adams & Co. , Boston , $1.0591 , or $1,477.50 ; Blake , Bruce & Co. , Boston , S1.0585. or $1,402.50 ; Estabrooke & Co. , Boston , $1.0577 , or $1,442.50 ; H. L. Dey & Co. , Boston , $1.00059 , or $1,511.75 ; J. W. LoiiKstreet & Co. , Braton , $1.0325 , or $812.50 ; Mason , Lewis & Co. , Chicago , $013.87 ; Splt- zer & Co. , Toledo , $1.0325. or $ l,312.EO ; Omaha National bank. $887.50 ; N. W. Harris & Co. , Chicago , $1.00432 , or $1,608. Special District Bonds Adams & Co. , Bos ton , $1.0105 , or $093 ; Blake , Bruce & Co. , Boston , $1.081 , or $1,194.60 ; It. L. Dey & Co. , Boston , $1.01397 , or $992,02 ; S. A. Kcene & Co. , Chicago , $1.0000 , or $3UG ; J. W. Long- street & Co. , Boston , $1.0070 , or $501.60 ; Splt- zer & Co. , Toledo , $1.0113 , cr $607.43 ; Omaha National bank , $100. IIOMl IMIOI'OSITIOXS 1IOT1I CAIIUY. .WajorltleH Overwhelmingly in Favor of the IHMIICX. The county commUsloners figure that both the bond propositions submitted at the recent election carried by good majorities. The men appointed to canvass the returns completed their labors , so far as the bond propositions are concerned , nnd submitted their figures yesterday afternoon. With the Sixth precinct of the Ninth ward missing , the result Is as follows : For the exposition bonds , 12,081 ; against , 3,680. For the refunding bonds , 11- 79 ; Against , 3,728 , ' The total vote cast at the reccrit election aggregated 18,762 , of which the commission ers figure 10,512 would Co the necessary two-thirds to carry the bond propositions. The books of the Sixth precinct of the Ninth ward have been returned , but they do not show that there wore any votes cast for or against the bond propositions. The Judges and clerks of election of this precinct hive been sent for that the canvassers may ascertain just what the facts are In the premises. This afternoon the canvassers will complete the work of canvassing the returns on the vote cast for state , county and township officers , but It Is certain that there will be little change In the figures as heretofore published in The Bee. IIOXCAIl IH IKil.AHS UASIbV CAUGHT. 1'nlr Wan ted In Io\in Arrenteil nt the I'oHtoillee. n. II. Williamson and Charles Harvey were arrested by the police yesterday while asking for some mall at the postofficc. The men are supposed to bo wanted at Alton , la. , for the robbery of a Nor'.hweitern car of about $100 worth of dry goods and notions. From instructions sent out by the Alton authorities the police looitcd a box of no'lons In a local express olllco. which was consigned to Williamson. The men deny t'uit tln > y arc the persons wanted for the job. and assert that they ore peddlers on their way west and Hint the goods w < rc ptiishuiid in Chicago. The case will bo Investigated. .Silent COHIIIOH Clnh. The Silent Cosmos club met at the resi dence of C. E. Comp , 4COO Boulevard avenue , lost Friday evening. Mr. Comp's discourse on the origin of Thanksgiving day was In teresting as well as a revelation , as few of the members had any clear Idea of the pre liminary events of the first Thanksgiving day. An hour was devoted to discussing the leading question of the world , The members , especially the women , who cither had no tlmo or fondness for newspaper reading , were greatly enlightened by thciie talks. They showed understanding and Interest by the nature of the questions they asked. Tlio next question taken ty w-au the "National Convention of the Deaf. " The club is very desirous of securing It for next summer. It hau about 500 members , Stops will Immedi ately tavn ! to secure it. The club meets at the homo of Miss Ella Cornish , 348 North Thirty-eighth street , on November 19. "Romeo and Juliet" and "Cuba" will be the Interesting topics for the next meeting. Oltjeet to Alternating Circuit MulitH. There Is some doubt whether the new alternating- current arc light will bo adopted in this city. One of the lamps has been In use at Thirteenth and Farnam streets for some time , but while It gives exee-llent satisfaction In borne respects. It Is found unsatisfactory m others. The new light Klvr n much more steady nnd satisfactory illumination than the o'd as far IIH It goes. There Is none of tlio flickering and occas ional Kolnn out that constitutes the chief difficulty with the old-fashioned lamp , but the volume of Illumination Is not equal to that of the lamps now In use. This IH largely duo tn the fact that In order to co- cure tno steady fight the furbois are I ) iinol In what Is utmost a vnccum. This requites two globes , and as fully 1C per cent of the light Is neutralized by a single cle-ar glabs plebe , the effect of the double globe Is to Hhut off a conbldrrable proportion of the light. The fusion of the careens alto create ! ) a deposit of carbonic oxide on the inside of t'he ' Interior globe , which also detracts from the Illumination. _ _ _ _ _ ToiiKliH ANHdiilt nil Ollleer. Vincent McQuillan and Arthur Smith , a couple of North Omaha toughs , together with a , gang of several of their kind , were In the act of "rushing the growler" In the rear of Nelion's saloon , Sixteenth and Chicago streets , Sunday afternoon , when Officer Han- ney sought to dUperno them. McQuillan struck the ofll.cer and knocked him down , while Smith took his part In the fracas by hammering the prostrate policeman with his ftvtt ; , The men were each given thirty daya In the county jail by Judge Gordon yesterday morning for the part they took In the fes tivities for n Wextern Clfrprynian. KANSAS CITY , Nov 8 Very Hev. Dean Duffy has re'lsncd the rertorshlp of St. ho will accept either QIC or t e other of the PUU''H Uplscopal church. Kansas City , Kan. , and in considering calls from New York City and Drooklyn. It Is very probable that caoicrn charges , KKDKHAl , niSTIIICT COUItT TI3HM. Formal Opening I'onliioncil niul 1nrj Kxciixeil One Week. The November term ct the United States district court , which was to have commenced yesterday morning , will not bo In formal ses sion until Monday. The opening waa nec essarily postponed , since Iho court Is now tn session In Lincoln , and will not probably wind up the business of the October term thcro until the end of till * week. Judge Mungcr Is In the city and was on the b'cnch In the federal court room. Judge Wcolson oP Iowa Is In charge ot the Lincoln docket and Is presiding over the Dorsaj ease. Judge Mungor not caring to try It , ns he was acquainted with the parties In the suit. As soon as the October term In Lin coln Is finished by the c.ncluMon ot this case the November term can be opened In this city. Judge Munger listened to motions and dc- nurrcrs In pending caecs and he will bo en gaged In such business only during the greater part ot the week , This afternoon , he called the docket nnd unsigned the cases. He may go to lown for a couple of days this week to preside over Judge Woolson's locket. The petit Jury which was empanelled eomc weeks ago and which was to have reported for duty Wednesday has been excused until next Monday. The Jury list Is made up of < he follow In ? : Mlko Bauer , Nebraska City ; Frank 0. Alvcrtson. Omaha ; Timothy C , Cronln , Spauldlng ; John Edelmalcr. Hooper , K. S. Hun > on , Divld City ; A. J. Sexton , Arapahoe ; Hugh E. Boyd , Falls City ; M. A. Brown , Kearney ; Frank Hclvoy , Nebraska City ; J. B. Wood. David City ; A. 13. Cole , Lexington ; Thomas P. Chapman. Plaits- mouth ; Hugh C. Mlntilx , Holstoln ; T. U Fen- ton , David City ; Charles Hoblnson. Mldvalc ; James Klrby , David City ; Jchn W. Wcrtz. Stuart ; Frank Smith. Halglcrj William Sam son , Republican City ; George Colling. Has tings ; Levy Hetzel , Nelson ! Joseph McCalg , WAlash ; 1-M Bexton , Hastlngb ; D. S. C. Alex ander , Octavla ; OrlglHon Morris , Humboldt : E. H. DMand , Nclaon ; Art Huffman , Lunar , J. N. Colcman , Nclleii ; U. F. Williams , St. Edwards ; J. W. Faddcn , HarrlBburg ; Frunz Adelmann , Omaha ; F. Culner , Boone ; Wll- Him H. Adalr. Omaha ; U. P. Craig. Flor ence ; Andiew Nelson , Florence ; H. C. llaz- lett , Lincoln. Among the motions presented ycsterdaj was one by City Attorney Council In the Klngman ease , asking a contlmi&ucc of thirty days. It Is practically , pet tied that the continuance will Io granted , although Judge Munger entered no order to that effect since the court Is not In sciiwlbn. In this case K'jngman ' & Co. brine action against the city for damages for grading the alley In the rear of their building In order to build the roadway to the new depot. , X13\V IMtOIII.KM IX i\GI.VKHIM\li. IteiaarUiihle Growth of llootH Tiikeii from n Server. City Engineer Hosowater has a curiosity which Is Intcicitlng as an Indication of one of the freaks of nature. It Is an example of the remarkable growth of the mots of shade trees which constitutes a serious problem In sewer work In cities that nre extensively shaded. This particular freak was secured by Sewer Inspector Mike Leof.'fiom the four- Inch sewer which connects with , the Jacobs residence at Twenty-first strtot and St. Mary's avenue. From a tiny root scarcely one-eighth ol an Inch In , diameterlias , s prung a solid mass of smaller rootsUi4t"lllled the sewer as solidly as though they' ' had been tamped In with a bar. The roots seek moisture underground just as the foliage seeks the sustenance of the sun and rain. This particular root found Its way Into the sewer through a slight imperfection in one of the joints. U was nourished by the sewerage - ago ana sht > t out hundreds of tiny out growths wfilch developed In luxuriant pro fusion. The sewer was finally stepped and all efforts to flush It out were unavailing. When It was opened It was found that the Immense number of Inflnteslmal roots had packed It from ono end to the other. The pipe had to be broken In order to get the roots out and when they were removed they remained In a solid roll equal to'Uhe Inside diameter of the sewer. , Byenhe Junctions were exactly reproduced aml.'tlie ' roots were so tightly pocked together tllat they could " not bo separated except bj ? tearing them apart piecemeal. They looke'ji almost like a roll of asbestos and this > Wflof under ground vegetation was depenaWit on the sin gle root that had crept through the Joint In the sewer. Inspector Lee says that there are a number of ulrnllar oises In the s > ewers In the heavily shaded districts In the north ern part of the city and It is.only a question of a thort time when several pieces of main sewer will have to bo taken up to free them from these rank growths. This Is the first trouble of the sort that has occurred In Omaha , but in the older eabt- ern cities It Is of frequent occurrence. Wash ington Is one of the most heavily shaded cities in the Un-itcd States anj there all sewers arc constructed with a particular view to shutting out tiio roots. The lengtns of pipe are not only cemented together , but the joints are completely encased In a solid ho..p of cement , which leaves no aperture through which the roots con enter. At the meeUng of the American Society of Municipal Im provements which was held In Chicago In 1890 a pnotograph was whown of u mass cf roots about eight feet long which hud solidly filled a twelve-Inch main power. Suit on ii llrlelc Contract. Park & Burness , who have the eontiact for doing the brick work on the Armour plant at South Omaha , have brought suit against Krltenbrlnk Brothers to recover alleged dam- agco aggregating $1,125. In the petition filed In the district court the plaintiffs allege that they entered Into a contract with the de fendants , by which the latter were to furnish 1,600,000 brick at a stipulated price ; that they furnished 203,000 and then quit. The plain tiffs now seek to recover the difference be tween the contract and the present price of brick , the price having adianced since the contract was made. Soli ! lilipinr tn InilliiiiN. Deputy United States Marshal Ackermaii has brought to the city Jacob Hunus anil John Cramer from Nlobrara for trial on the charge of sellliij. : liquor to Indians. The boor the men are charged with giving to the rcdbklus so aroused their savage quali ties that one badly silacht-d the other. The men were bound over by United States Commissioner H.ize of Niobium after a preliminary hearing. Cramer Is In tno county Jill , but Ilomi.s biiccecedcd In giv ing bonds. The men will have a , trial at this term of the federal court. White Ragle , a bravo from the Wlnnobago agency , has been brought to the city by Deputy United Hlales Marshal Allan for trial on tbo charge of Introducing and Hell- Ing liquor on tlni agency. Ho 1st a partner of the Indian , I'rlcswho i\as brought to thla city Saturday on the fame charge. Sixty Da ) for HlleliLMK-K. Mrs. llansen , who lives nt 1910 Pierce street , suffered the loss of u boarder on November C. He left in a veiy impulsive way nnd took with him several souvenir4 , coiiHleuliig of n pair of UoUM-rn , a suit ot undent car nnd a pocket hook containing } 7 10. HU mi mo IH Ace Hitchcock and In stead of bMumilng tind&ail pant ha was yesterday recognized by Officer Flynn not far from hl previous quarters. In police court It wast found that Hitchcock was upparcleil In the stolen garments , but that he had Invented the money In pleasures that PUSH away. Ho w.is Identified by Mrs IlKtiKcn and madei no denial of his guilt. Accordingly ho received a term of t-wenty days in t'ho county jail on each of three counts. KnilorMCMehiHNliii IIH a hunar State , H. T. Fuehrman , consulting engineer and architect of the American H * t Sugar Fac tory Construction company , was a visitor in Omaha yesterday , Mr. Fuehrman lm been making a tour of Inspection through Nebraska In the Intrie-st of tils company , which 1 located In CbluiiKO Ho reports that the fac'orks at Norfolk nnd Grand Island are In a moat nitUfactory condition and are doing a large and profitable bust- neHH. From an expedience of twenty years In beet sugar conditions he states that the foil of Nebraska IH < tpeclally unite 1 to beet culture. Mr. Fuchrman'a company i considering sidering- location for the establishment of another plant , Head "Simon Dale" in The Sunday Bee. If y u don't Uke it. subscribe now , ON COMMON LAW MARRIAGES Now Ruling on a Point Which May Modify Popular Opinion. JUDGE KtYSOR HOLDS HUM TO BE VAL'D ' DeclNloti In Unto * AKiiltiNt McGnoJfln Turn * OH Thin Point isolate ol GnrrlKim Involve * 11 Slnillnr I NX lie. According to the terms of a decision handed down by Judge Koysor there cnn bo no question about tlio legality of n marrlago nl common law. This question was passed upon In the case of Elizabeth ,11. Bates against Daniel McGucktn and others nnd was brought up In a mortgage foreclosure. Daniel Mcauckln Is the owner of "property " In South Omaha. Including a hotel , upon which , some years ago ho secured n loan from the Ilatcs'Smlth company of this city. He defaulted In his payments and some tlmo ago foreclosure proceedings were Instituted by Elizabeth II. Dates , to whom the mortgage had boon assigned. Shortly after the commencement of the suit. , * lrs. Mo Uitvkln Illed an answer to the suit , alleging that she was the common law wife of Daniel .Mcauckln and that the mortgage for $3,000 upon the hotel property had been secured without her knowledge or consent. She also alleged that whlln no marrl.igo ceremony had over been performed , she had lived with Mutluckln as his wife for years and that the property which the plaintiff was seeking to secure was a homestead In which she had an Intel est. Issues were joined and the case went to trial , but the decision was not handed down until now. In pafcslng upon the case , Judge Koysor held that the fact that the couple had lived together for \cars and that thcro wc.ro children who were the Issue , there v an an Implied marriage contract , and that the wife had an Interest In the homestead. The mortgage was held Invalid. The case will be appealed , as It Is the- desire oftho plaintiff to secure a ruling of the supreme court upon this question. FIGHT KOIl GAHHIOAN'S ESTATE , The contest for the possession of the prop erty of George W. Garrlgan , deceased , Is the cause of some Interesting litigation In the county court. Garrl Gii died April 7 , 189(5 ( , leaving property of the value of $4,500 , a portion tion of which was cash. Shortly after his death Susan Blades , a sister , and Emma Klch.irdfion , a niece , Instituted proceedings In , tlio county court , alleging that they were the only hclrs-at-law and cnnbcqucntly were entitled to the iwoporty. Soon afterVPafl Elbabeth Coyle Hied her petition In the county court , alleging that she was the laughter of Garvlqan , with whom her mother , Cora Garrigan. had lived for some twenty odd years without the formality of n nurrlago cctoniony having been observed. Cora Oarrigan , the motl.cr In the case , alleges that the facts bet out In the petition filed by Elizabeth uio true of her own knowl edge and In addition eh" says that for moro than twenty years she lived with Garrigan as hla wife , SL'paiating flam him sonic flva yearn ago , after which he legally married a wife who Is now dead. The sister and nleco of Garrlgan allege that Elizabeth Coylc Ix an Illegitimate child ana Is not entitled to share In the property that Is the subject of the litigation. .11 Oil 10 I'AVIMVOIUC IS I \.TI.\EU. .IninI-M Coiiolly Stojis tin * Iiiiiirnv.cment uii South Sixteenth .Street. The South Sixteenth street repaying baa been tied up In the courts and It la con sidered doubtful whether the street will bo Improved this fall , as was contemplated by the city council some time ago when the contract was awarded to Hugh Murphy. Yesterday afternoon James Conolly , a South , Sixteenth street property owner , appeared In Judge Ke > sor's court and secured n tem porary restraining order to prevent the con tinuance of the work that had just been started. The hearing on the order was set for November 15 , at 8:15 : a. in. In his petition for an 'injunction Conolly alleges that the petition for rcpavlng Is not signed by a majority of the street frontage and that It Is so late In the Beacon that/ the work cannot bo completed before winter seta In. Ho further alleges tint to pavti the street now would be detrimental to the Interests of the property owners , as the cold wcalfacr would cause the pavement to crack , thug shortening Us life. Kliinnunii liih ( Vim Ktteii. In Judge Dickinson's court the time-honored case of John and Julia Flanagan against David a.nd Emma Van Etlen Is on trial , hav ing como back from the supreme court , wbcra the judgment In favor of the defendants for $592 wah affirmed. Ity some legal proceedings the plaintiffs succeeded In getting the case back Into the district court and the trial la running a'ong with a prospect of continuing for some days , at least. The Flanagans , who are colored people , allege that they arc Illiterate and un able to read or write. They charge that some years ago they owed Jrilui W. Howcll $100 , and In settlement of the claim gave what they supposed was a note for $100 , secured by a mortgage on a lot In Uoyd'a addition. They also allege that In duo course of tlmo tlio note became due and that then and for the ( list tlmo they leained that the encum brance was for $500 , or $100 more than they owed. They clurgo that the Von Ettens manipulated the deal by which the debt wn Increased. .Inline llnUcr n ( rnplllliiii. Judge Baker of the criminal section of the district court went to I'lollllan yesterday to convene the fall teim for Sarpy county , which Is likely to be In tcbslon for at least two weeks , as thcro uro a number of Important cases that are cited for trial. In the mean time few , If any , criminal canon will b6 tried In this county. Before starting for Sarpy county Judge Halter had an understanding with Judge nickliihon by which the latter will try the state COBU against cx-lleputy City Treasurer Coulter , who Is charged with defalcation , committed whllo he was In the olllco with Henry Holln , who wa city treasurer , who was accused , tried and convicted of stealing over $115,000 of city funds , Whllo the Coul ter rase may not como on for trial at thla time , It Is probab'o that It will ho called next week , as the notices of trial have been nerved and the Ihsucs joined. JVnteN front tin ; CoiirtH. 0 , Hormanco has secured judgment for $191 05 against Dennis Cunningham , A new jury to tcrvo during the ensuing three weeks of the present term of court wua called today. W. ! ' . Uurley has been appointed guardian ad lltom of the minor children of A. C. Powell , deceased , John A. Crclghton has Instituted suit In the district court to recover on a note ( or $1,000 , executed by Patrick Ford. Owing to the fuel of u new jury being ; called today no law cases were put on trial In the district court yesterday. In the oM divorce nano of Cocoran against Cocoran , that has been on the court dockets for a number of eara , a decree has been granted , signed and filed. Minnie K. Powell has aiked to be appointed administratrix of the ratuto of A. 0 , Powell , deceased , November 23 him been aet cs tbo date for healing the allocation. Aflldavlts showing that W , S. Sebrlng waa a member at the World Mutual Ileneflt asso- . clatlonSWfee tlmo of hU death ] myo been filed. Thoacfemlant alleges tuor3 died Bcbrlng was behind In tnmo ecaimenti , w There l no feed of little children tortured by sold head , eczema and eruptions. Do Witt's Witch Hazel t lvea Instant relief And cures peraaneutl.