THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
ESTABLISHED JUNE JJ ) , 1871. OMAHA , TUESDAY MOUSING , JANUAHV 18 , 1 SOS-TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CI3NTS.
BIGGEST OF POKER POTS
Enzzlod tha Crowd Around a Table on a
Missouri River Steamtr.
BUT THE GAME DIDN'T ' END RIGHT
VJn rrVir * Nirt > IMnjiTM ntnl
HlK Mltilci'H XMicil tlir Ciuilulll
, \\'HH Culled 'Ilii-ro HIINIUM ! u
i Merlon * Iiilerriiiillon.
"H wn the biggest pot I ever saw on a
J > okor table In the early days of Mlrsourl
river st < mmbe > atln' , " remarked Hen Jewell ,
the retired Mls oprl river pilot , to a Chicago
Jntcr Ocean correspindcnl , "on * lh.1l U saln'
ft good deal , for the game of pakcr In them
ea > s was no penny-ante amusement. I have
seen a paszcngor slart up the river from
B'oux ' City or Yankton bound far Ulsinarck
ivlth a roll of bills like a city waler main ,
olid when hecached Ihe middle cf bin Jour
ney ho was a-mortgagln' of his good looks
end pertuaslve manners for the loin of n
Jltllo bll of chew In * lobacco or a nip of forty
rod ; and not because there wasn't plenty of
the m articles for sale on the boat , neither ,
liit bctaiiEU he had nlruck a cyclone o' poker
nnd been turned Inside out slrapped , sucktd ,
busted , skinned , and cleaned up and mini :
over the pilot whetl to dry. It was a glorUus
tainc ; In them da ) s the greal American
lioker.
"Tho game was aboard Iho steamboat
Nancy l.oc on her last trip up from Sioux
City lute In the fall. Ihe Nancy was a rot
ten hulk anywa ) and I didn't want lo pilot
her no more than 1 wanted to pilot a saw-
log down thn Mississippi In a freshel , bill
11 wan a case ) of lakln' her up the river or
losln * n steady sit with the compaii ) , and
I couldn'l afford lo Ihrow up Ihe Job.
A PJE'JKLUSIS ' CUSS.
"Tho engineer was a reckless cuss , who
filled up Ihe firebox every once In a while as
/till as a boy's stomach on Chrhtnias and
lei her wliceyo and llirob and slash through
the water like an ocean liner The smoke
poured out of her funnels like mai , and
many and many a nl ht I've sit In the
pilot hnuio wllh my hands on the wheel and
held my breath , cxpectln' to be blowed two
or three miles Into the state of Nebraska or
the tcrrltor ) of Dakota b ) the bustln' of a
boiler. Hut we had a streak of good luck
and the steamer held togolhcr llll wo
reached a wood ) ard a cojple of hundroJ
miles up from Sioux City and stopped to
take on a supply of fuel.
"When wo swung out In the streim ng\ln
It was bright nionnllpht , and I turned the
uheel over to the cub and went down Into
the caplaln's cabin. The night wro so clear
u baby could have managed the wheel , and I
wasn't nfralel of nothln' bill Ihcm cu spil
bollois. an' I totlldn't gel 'cm oft my mind
The caplaln's cabin was fill' and Ihe guests ,
were Just blttln' down to a gimo of poker
The caplaln was one of Iho nervlosl poke
fiends I ever saw , and Iho man who Irled t
run a bluff In on him was a busted spoke
Thei game mil along sort o' ejulet like for at
hour or two. There was a catllo b-nei fron
Sioux Cllj In U. a railroad contractor fron
Yankton , several pcculators , and the cap
tain. No bit ; hands had showed up and luel
was about an oven thing The trouble stnrtoe
jvllh a Jack pot , and how It ended I am abou
to tell you prebcnl'.y
THI3 CAPTAIN SUHMHO PLHASKD
"When the cards was dealt out the cap
tain skinned 'cm along Just enough to i >
a squint at his hand , and I saw by his looks
that ho had openers , nnd moderate1' ) stlf
ones , too Hut nrbody but mo could 'a' toll
from his face whether ho had a full iKtibp
or the tnoislea. Iho caplaln hid a funin
\\&y of twite bin' his mustache v.hc'i he hue
a gooel bite , as wo used to call It and I Jus
kept watch of his mustache , and I had him.
" 'I guess I'll tap her for abemt a bundled
Bis Iho captain , shovln' a slack over Inlo
Iho center of the table
"Iho cattle btior looked sludlous for a
minute ) and fingered over his checks bnrt o
nervous like , as If ho wanlod to come In
but needed a bracor. Finally , ho staved , and
the other fellows dropped In with a hun
dred apiece and the draw boson The tip
tain diew one card , and thai purrlcel 'em
Ho might 'a' been drawing to four of a kinder
or ho might 'a' had on'y ' ono pair or two
pair , or three of a kind , and dia.vln" one tc
fool 'cm The next man el row two , and the
lieijs had him sl/eel up lna _ _ minute as get
ting ready to bluff on a pair of ( jiit'ens
maybe. The other follows drew nil around
till Iho last miin , and ho said ho el slam
pal. Th ro was more trouble Seeln" a bun
elrcd dollar openln' nnd standln' pat was
sort o' ellsturbin' to the othcra
THi : CAPTAIN SCUMG1) AGITATED.
"Tho cap'cln bklnncd his care's back again
as If ID bo sure ho had what ho thought he
had , and made a bet of another hundred
Ihp second n.an &taej. and the other.
dropped In with a hundred until It came to
tl'o lasl ii'in , and ho followed up his pile of
a hundred with four more slacks of the baiiu
s /e. The II ttio fish began to ga.v. . The
captain chewed his mustache like a member
of an Aicllc expedition altackla' a rubber
beat , and swore aofll ) like lo hlnihclf. The
fel'ow had puzzled him
"Tho captain's nerve never failed him , bir
tro other fellow sat theie so ciia'cil quid am ]
EC.cno like lhal U seemed ho didn't have
tiolhin' ICES than four aces Then he bto < :
pat in Ihe II let place , and thai was \\orrjin'
n.atter , lee It was a ticklish situation The
captain didn't wint to run up against a mug
cspeclall ) fco close to the end of Iho Reason ,
with a cold w Viler ahead of him The other
fellows I could bee In u minute * , Intc-neled lo
drop oul. The current was too swift for 'cm
Hut the captain chewed and chow eel ami
chewed until his mustache was ragged as a
roiii-tatout's shirt and etlll he couldn'l mala
up his mind. And thai other cussed Icicle
fpt there and whittled like he was al a
church slruw berry festival or a lawn social
a > nd nothln' worried him but the wcathci.
AWFULIA * QUIKT
"Well. U was an oxcllln' sltuillon The )
sot theire fnr fifteen minutes and ) ou could
'a' hoard pins elroppin' nt nn ) time Klnall )
the captain reached down In his Inside pocket
( isel pulled out a long leather pocketbook and
fct-irtcd ( o unfasten tbo etrap about It Then
ve > looked for a squall , and a considerable
o.io too Whenever the caplaln wonl after
that poeXetbook It meant trouble for the
other fellow. There wcrei enough hundrod-
elollar bills In the hook to n.uke a thousand
even , and Iho captain pinned 'em Into the
middle ) of the table and walled Not a peraon
Bald a .word. The stranger unbuttoned his
coat and fished up a pocketbook from an In-
fcldo pocket It was as full of bills as a
legislative wsalcu Ho pulled out enough
tostack up with the captain's offer snel
jjhovr.J ; era out In the center of the table
" 'I call ) ou ' he said.
"Thoie was $5.000 or $0000 on the table
In the pot , and I tell ) ou It looked to a poor
devil like me , a the revival of prosperity If
the caplaln won ho had a stake to keep
lilm a whole ecason In clover ao l nary a
trip We all held our breaths The cap.
tain started to place his hand face up on Iho
table when Dr-r-r-r-i-o-o o-o in-m-m-m'
Talk aboul the eruption of Vesuvius or the
lilggest caitheuiako that ever quaked ! There
was a tear and a crash , end a rattle like the
noliea of a hundred c ) clones and eaith-
quakes and volcanoes all goln' at ouco : the
ulr was fillcel with fillng ) tables Umbers ,
arms , legs , pieces of Iron , ropp. dlshoi and n
Imiidrt-d other things , thick clouds of steam
nnd smoke cnvc-red ever ) thing from sight ,
and It seemed as thoiiBh the end of the
world bad sneaked on us anJ Jammed evury-
thlujj on earth all up In a pile while we
wus a eltlln' there watculu' that noUer
camp.
AN UPWARD TENDENCY.
"I felt myself llyln' through the air llko
n cherub or something of that tort. iMw
like a bird 'way out of Bight , and finally I
ram a down , splash , M the middle of the
muddy Missouri and the water colder than
lee , The Btrlklo' of the cold water -was
ivbat saved mo , ( or it brought me to my
Bcnscs , and I had gumption enough to grab
a plank that riino llo.itln' down the river.
A heavy cloud of stevtm and smoke hung
oven iho water where the Xancy Lee had
been scootln" along a few minutes before ,
and the Lorel knows where her pa'sergcrs
were , for I couldn't see a soul In any direc
tion "Tho Nancy Lcc * had blowcl up In mid-
stream. Just as I had feared ever since we
left Sioux City , and of the persons on thl
boat nt the time about a dozen turned up
afterward There wcien't many passengers ,
nrd several of the crew was never hrard
from The whole business went Into the
air was filled with flying tables , timbers ,
lain and Ihe fellow who haJ just called
him And the worst of It was the captain
anl the other fellow never turned up ant'
nobod ) knows to this da ) who would have
won ihe pot. A good man > who saw the
game think the other fellow vvea bluflln' and
that the captain had him skinned but I
have my doubts Dul It was tounh that the
biggest pot I ever * aw. and I believe the
biggest single pot ever played In a poker
game should have been blown to smith-
en-ens , and nobody know who won It and
what kind of a hand It was won v.llh , and
whether the other fellow was hlufiln' or had
the cards to rake Ini thn long green "
AIIIUTIIATOIIS ' 10 SIVI'l'lii : Cl , VIM ,
Hud of n IiOiiK I'onilliiK ) | | ( | . In
SlKht.
NCW YORK , Jon. 17 The Osnm.in bridge
conlrovrrsy bclwccii Iho United State , ) and
Fan Domingo Is in a fair way of being
settled by arbitration , according to the
Wash ngton corre > spondciil of Ihe Herald
The State department has rofeircel lo
Mini ter Powell , the diplomatic Jeprej-enla-
llvo of the governmesit , the elratt of a pro
tocol negotiated recently by Consul Grlmko ,
nt San. Domingo Cll ) , with Pro'llont Hc-
rcaux of the San Domingo government nnd
while Consul Grlmkc Is not clothed with
illplonntlc powers , ho has discussed the
bridge claim with the San Domingo au
thorities President Hereatix acreod to i-uy
the claim which Nathaniel .MrKav. a rtsl-
dent of this city , declatedi ho suffered ns a
lesult of the failure of Ihe Pan Dnmln n
government to compl ) vIth the t rnn of
the contract he hael entered Into with them ,
and to purchase the bridge , the prlco to be
paid In full cttllomont of the ? damagesetc
to bo determined b ) a comm'bslo'n ' com-
pi od of two cngl'iecro , ono appslntod hv
himself and the other b ) Mr MoKiv The
matter was not to bo governmental how
ever In any sense Mr Grlmko thought
the proposition a fair one and dro.v up L-
protocol cmbollng the suggestions of PresIdent
Idont Hoioiux and referred It to the Slit
department. In transmitllng Ihe drafl lo
HID mlnlsler Ihe department suggested tin
ho urge upon President Hercaux the nc
co'sit ) of some Important modifications
One of these required the San Da-nlngo
government to be responsible * for the nvvnr
iniele by Ihe tommlsslon Another cpc-rlflrs
lhat in case of disagreement betwoe-n the
rcprccient.ntlvcs of Mr McKav anl Presllon
Hcreiux Iho Unllcd Slales shall be empow
eiod lo appoint o Ihlrel commissioner
whoso dlspo illon will be finil Tne thin
modification limits the lime of iho arbllra
lion proceedings
ounr.it MKNOCVII ! J nn : rou THI\I.
Outlineof U'iinl IMu Treilialilo ! > < -
ftiisi.VIM lte > .
NEW YORK Jan. 17 A special to Ihe
Tribune frnm Washlnglon saS The Nav )
department has nt last opened communlca
tlon with Civil Engineer Monocal , who has
just reached Managua , Nlcaiagua , and wll
now be hurried homo for court-marllal
taking the quickest method of reaching the
United Slales. which mav be by San Fran
rlsco or b ) Now Orleans Hy ellher roiilc
ho should nol conbiime more than two
ivoexs to the Judge advocate pene-al wll
at once prepare foi the court to meet aboul
Pebiuary 1 Perhaps Colonel Hal is , tin.
aimy member of the NIcaraguan canal com
mission , will accompany Menocal home , as
he will be wanttd before the Carter court-
marllal al Savannah as a witness for the
government.
Under Ihcso circumstances the commission
on the Isthmus will be greatly hampered , al
though survc- ) may continue until thete
two men , whose p esence Is consl c"cd so
essential are able lo relurn Mr Menocal
when he first heard of the scrloub charges
against his professional ahllltj and pels na
prabil ) . struck the kcynolc of what the
naval administration has all along suspeclci
would bo his line of defense and It Is ap
parently precisely what they would bo pre-
paiing to meet He is reported ns salng
"I have no doubt as to the outcome I was
supervisor , but had several assistants ane
could not personally supervise all the work
day and night. "
\\IPIJ itirriii\s
llrothcTlll I'riilialil ) lie I'ro
TIMHiootlitK al HIT.
CHICAGO , Jan 17. A special from Vallcv
View , Ky. , sas Dora Ulchaidson Chy , he-
fpatteicd wllh mud , her hair disheveled and
c-carcely able lo stand , has returned lo
Whitehall. She was met at the yard gate
by Jim Llttrcll , who lei her In. Llllroll
sas Iho old man held his wft > In close em
brace for several rataules and lhe > n led her
Inlo Ihe house. Ho Ihlnks General Cl3)
will not allow Dora to leave Whltehil1 again
It Is generally believed lhal Ihe general will
lave Clem Richardson arrested for shooting
it Dora and will prosecute him to the fullest
o\tcnl of Iho law
Ta > lor Vnvloiix for ll'ln > .
NASHYILLE , Tctin. , Jan 17-A call vvns
Issue-d lalo. Iu > .t iilght for u caucus of dem-
otintlo members of the legislature to lit
hold tonlghl to consider the minlniitlon of
a mndlelntP for Iho United Stule > s s'nator-
shlp The friends of Senator Turli ) and
Coiifc-rosHinan Mc.Mlllln favor our y eicllon
but the friends of Cloveinor Tny.or want
an adjournment for several dava In view
of the foot llml fJovjrnor Tnybr did not
iinnounco his canilidaey until lust Satur
day evening , und they wish to thoroughly
prepare for the contest The legislature mel
in oxlru session at noon nnd Governor Tay-
loi's metri.ipe vvnn read
III ltl IlllNllK-HH SIvM-KIlP IcHI-H
C'L.iViiND , Jan. 17-Trum in H. Handy
of this ell- , probably the ohlcst banker In
the t'nlted Stutea actively tngagivl in bus ) .
nets , eelebr.ited hla ill&t blrthdty at the
home of bis daughter , Mrs. Novvbeiry , in
Detroit , whither ho wonl a day or iwo
since. Mr. Handy , who sllll retains good
lieiltli nnd Is physically and mtnlally alert ,
has been engaged In the bulking buslneHi
hero slnro 1S32 , being nt plowent n dtiet-lor
of Iho Mercnnlllu National bank A loan of
f.r,00 b ) Mr Hniidv to John U , Rockefeller ,
It i said , enabled tha latter lo gain his
atari In business.
Ciiiiiini-iiiM * UK * Ite-rrj Trial ,
CHICAGO , Jan. n.-Tho trial of Christo
pher Meiry and James Smith , the peddlers
: hnified with thg murder of Merry's vvlfo
IVUH begun In Jiidgo Horton's cjurt today
I'he cotut room WIIH packed anil liunilreda
iv ore lurneel nvvay. The crowd oulHlde vvaa
is great ns any time during the llrst trial
3f the alleged wife nniidcror , I.ueLgtrl
Marshal McNult of Kddyvllle. Ky , , nnd
Marshal Wilson of Princeton , Ky , , vvho nr-
rcsiod Merry and Smith , were lu court nnd
iv111 bo among thu tlrst witnesses for the
itate.
Ton Much lllc > clc KlilliiK' .
FORT SCOTT , Kan. . Jan. 17.-The largest
woman bicycle rider In the world , MIPS Mar-
; aret Clare of Cincinnati Is 111 , probably bc-
, end recovery , In this clly , nnd her plosl-
Ian attributes the cause of her ullllctlon to
ho riding of ahcJ ? ! . Miss Clare welglis 12
) ounela , nnd for twelve beanons lm > > trivcled
.vlth . HID largest circuses In the country t'lv-
ng exhibitions of trick riding ,
Jllllloiiiilrn Tramp Ilt-u.
CINCINNATI , Jan. 17. A Paducuh ( Ky. )
pcclal to the Times-Star says that James
: Berry , the so-called "millionaire tramp , "
lied today from the effects of a fall ex-
lerlcnccel three weeks ago. Ho ovvntd con-
Iderublo property , but It fell much below
i million dollars. Flvo hundred dollars In
: a h was on hi psrspu wb a b <
PMP/inniPPn TIM oninAi n
LNCODRAGES THE StIIOOLS
Action of Nebraska Eoacls is Welcome tc
ttato Educator ? .
tXUNSION OF COURTESY BY RAILROADS
Prre 'rriiiinMii-liitlon | of n lillil < N Of-
fort-el Siipcrln Iciiitt-nt .InokKiiii ,
\Vlut UIIH rnriiiiilaloel n Plan
fur tlio I
The list of articles for exhibition at the
cxpcaltlcn which iho ralkoads of Nebraska
hnvo agreed lo Irancport to and from poln's
In thn stale without making any charge
Iherefor has beeti Inwciscd by Iho addition
of all educational exhibits which are uneLr
Iho direction of State Suptilntcndenl Jack
son This U regarded by Ihoso 'javlng luo
matter In charge as a meat IHV orltiit
conccF lon and U la believed tl at it
will oEsuro an exhibit of Nclfaska's
educational resource : : which could ba
I
secured In no other way Marag r
Habcock of the Transportalloi eU'pariment
I and Ats'etant Secretary Dtarlng of the No-
i br.ika Exposition comn.lsslcn have bcei
bending ever ) encrg ) to secure this toncn-
slan from the Nebraka roads aid the an-
nounrtmenl from railway healeiuarttr ! tbil
the rends had agreed lo add lha cduta-
llcrnl exhlblls lo llic llsl wa.i received with
great rejoicing The roads agreed some
time ago to transpl : all agricultural aael
horticultural exhibits lo and from all points
In the slale to the exposition wllhoul mak ng
an > chargt and Hie concess nn no , , iradu
pracllcall ) covert * tvtrj thl g that wll b2 ex
hibited by Nojrcskcnn except live B'O ; ' <
With this InirotiiB Superlnlendcnl .iT-kson
r\procsesn the greatest comldcnco tint Xo-
braska will stand In the front ran'c In the
educational department , as there Is no rea
son why every ellstricl In the statj shoi-ld
nol bo reprcranlcd by its very best wo-k.
Wl'h ' free spice and free Iranortnt on
iiothlng remains lo bo done by Ihe r hoo's '
of Ihe stale but to prepare their exhi'ol's ,
mid this work Ib already well advanced
The plan formulatol by Supcrln'ainlcnl
J > .ckaon provldca llnl the hchoali in rach
cojnty mucl scril exhibits lo llielr county
supcrlrten-'cnt al Ihe o ira y roil. From
lho-o all t'ho ' exhibits of cich county will be
bent direct to Oaiahu v\hcre the force under
the dlroitbn of Suoeilnlcndeat Jackson will
take them In t'hargo and ceo to holr placing
T c gcner olt ) of the railroads 'is especially
gr.itlftag to the -cfllclils of the Unlvernlt )
of Ne'bn . "ka , as Iho exhlbll lo be made b )
lhat Itiatitullon is ejul'o cv e-islvo and Iho
co-it of irausportatlon lai I'cen a mest ecrlcus
conblderatl n wll-h Chitv-cllrr MacLoan With
Uils embargo removed the unlversit ) will bo
oniblcd to make a hh wlng which will bs
highly gratlfine ; to Ihoto cwicerned.
usn or STIIII" roiiI > VIIITISI\ .
Il\io4l | 1 lull DorliH ( trout \nteirlol >
'I lirntiKrIi < lu > I'l-oiiosoil IMMIO.
The amount of advci Using the exposition
Is iccolvlng from the tpetial pcstugo slarrp
lo bo Issued by iho federal government Is
alread ) reaching colossal proportlci-p Every
newspape' in Iho counlr ) Vas pub'lshed ono
e5i m ro arlicles regard/ns / il in Its lo'esraph
columtif , and ncarl ) all of Ihcm have com
mented on It edltcTldlly The Assoc'ated '
Press has sent references to the stamps all
ever the countty from line to lime , and a
full dcscrlotlcn of them was tent out In th's
way as soon as Iho d narlmonl decided on
the designs Some of Iho papers have ci-
p sed Ihe idea of a speciil3iie | , but Ihls
has donu no iarm to Iho exposition Sllll
olheT rave carlcatuied ttio Issue , among the
'atler ' being Iho ChlcugD Nevs which de-
votcia full page o. ' o recenl Issue lo illus-
tratlng each of Iho elgiil stamps Each
sfamp was shuvvn In a cut about Sx7 inches ,
with alleged humorous sketches showing
somei supposed event 'ct Uansmlsslsslp i his
tory.
In addlton lo this kind of advertl in the
sale of these htamps piomis"S to bo tre
mendous Orders nro already heirs place 1
for them and some of these are bant through
the Department of Publicity and Prouotlcn
The large/t of those latter Is thai of Mont-
fci-ner ) Ward S , Co of Chicago , a firM
which does a largo mall order business
Thin firm has made iceiulMton for 8,000 ol
Ihe 1-rcnt slamprj and wanls them as soon
as possible , wllh promlbo of moro In the
near future Other lirgo firms are placing
ordtrs for tho-o stamps al Ih's e > arly eliy
and Iho name of the Transmbsls ippl a-id
International Exposition will boon bo In
everybody's mouth
tv IIIIIMJ THU N\Ti(7 > \i , ci\iin. : ;
Viljiilnnt < > t > iii > ral Ilierrj IIcipt-H l < i
Hulil ( In * Kiii-niniini'-iil In Oiuiilia.
Adjutant Gene-al P II. Harry Is seeking to
have the Nebraska National guard hold Its
annual encampment In Omaha during the
o < po3lllon and form one of Iho allrac-
llons The adjulanl general has wrillen lo
Prcsidonl Wattles regarding his plan and
has asked the exposition management to fur
nish certain of the camp equipage and pro
vide some of the paraphernalia for Ihe com
missary department.
A formal presentation by Chancellor
MacLean the suggestion was made that the
cadets of the University of Nebraska hold
tholr annual encampment at Omaha this year
on the dates provided by the regulations of Ihe
uplverblly , Juno 2 , j and ( .
Thei chancellor suggested thai Iho
ballallnn come to Omaha Juno 1 and take
parl In Ihe opening day exorcises and parade ,
and Ihen go Into camp at the place provided
for them He refers lo Iho fact that the
grounds of old Kort Omaha will probably
bo placed In charge of the exposition man
agement by the War department , and sis
this would form an exce lent place for the
camp of the cadets Ho encloses a letter
from Lieutenant Stollensburg , commandant
of the cadets , who details the paraphernalia
and equipment which would bo reejulred for
a camp , Including the equipment of a full-
Hedged commissary department to fted cadets
while here.
These matters will bo taken up at once
by President Watllcs and o course of ocllon
determined on It is cirobihlo that the course
adopted by ttio management of the Nashville
exposition In handling Its military contin
gent will bo adapted to the requirements
In connecllon wllh Iho coming exposillon
so far as Ihcy will apply.
OnilNNleiu Coxttt Him i'lfl ) Deillarw.
The tlly of Omaha Is ahead upward of
J50 and an amateur warrant broker Is out
the same amount. The Individual In ques
tion received a rcmltlauto from an out-of-
lo.vn friend , which he was Inslrucled lo
Invcsl In ( ichoo ! fund warrants. He suc
ceeded In placing the money and went away
satisfied lhal ho had made a good Invesl-
mcnt. The oilier day the warrants were
called In and he called at the city treasv
urer's office to get his money with the In-
terect , which amounted lo over ffiO addl.
tlonal. Ho gel iho principal , but no allow
ance for Interest. He kicked vigorously ,
but the clerk went over the records again
and declared that no such warrants had
jeen registered. The broker had omitted to
mvo Ihe warrants registered when ho
joughl them and consequently they did nol
; ear a cent of Interest. Habad to dig
lown In his pocket and make up tbo amount
n bis client and take It for granted that he
bad had ? 50 worth of experience.
K1 Heine * In Oinnliii
City Engineer Itoscwatcr is preparing an
jxhausllve review of the grading tbt has
icon done lu Omaha which will be'a feature
if bid annual report. Too figures show that
wore than 10,000,000 cubic yards of rortli
lave been moved In street grading alone ,
'his would bu equal to taking a sllco ten
cot thick from a equaro mile of territory
ind making a fill of the eomo dcptb. on
HO.UUQ rnilvi tnio actual
amount expended In 1hU work was fl.fiOO-
000 As the grading of prlviite property has
pr bably amounted to twice as much more , It
la apparent Dial the people of Omaha have
expended nearly $5 000,000 In leveling down
tha hllSti ai el filling up tbb gulches In order
to irako the development bf a big cl y
practicable If O.T &i had been built or
comparatively level ground the city would
have savel cn-ugii In grading taxes to put In
a complete water worku j-atcm and build a
eliy hall.
Mnrlnllly Sjnllx'ttfN.
The follo.vlng blrlhs and deaths were re
ported at the loalth office during the twen y-
four hauls ending < .t nouyesterday (
Births-Charles I. . ( Mcfand , 3218 Pritt
street , girl , Thomas OraSvford , 406 North
Seventeenth , boy ; Krancl * Tiala , 171S South
Eighth , boy , Alfred Ilrlslunc , 217 North
Twenty-fif n , boy. .
Deaths Alice J MrOlure , 19 , 1132 North
T.vc-ntlcth. tubcrculore. Iforcsl L.iwn ; Mi y
I J McDonald , S m-nlhd , 1009 Norlh Seven
teenth , Holy Sepulchcr.I '
Protoitw Atr.lllixt AsKCHNlin'tlfN.
The members of the city council begun yes
terday mcrn'ng lhi tasV of determining Ihe
equliy c * the * numerous protcsta against 133X
tixes vvhlfh lave been filed since they h ° gtn
st ting 3 o. board of equalization a week a"0
Over 103 coroliln'H are uowon fi'c onrl einly
r 1'slf dozen of th m wcc dUpa&ed of I'j'n
forenorn A numhei of Iho mete I mi orlinl
ciss re nalu lo bp heard anJ U Is not i n-
llkcly that the sessions cf the board will
-c.Ti.lnue 101 nic'H a couple of days ongtr.
Will Clean Down Teiuii Slriit .
Clly Engineer Hosewalcr had arrargcel lo
' have a gang of men put at work ycs'cr-
, eay ! cleaning up some of the principal street" ,
1 but the 'all of snow vetoed the pUn. Some
I o. ' the down town streets haveaocumulettel
so much rcfus- * that (1-oV ( are in t.ialmo \ t
Impassable condition In eoft wtatlit'- end
stch tflortb wl'l bo made to ciian th ° m up
as Iho condition of the funds , vlll admit.
Cl > Hall NoU-i.
riiy TrcasJ-oi1 EeLvardo tailed In anoficr
bntcl * of Echool wet rants ycsterJay morning.
Th's ' stops Interest on $13,000 In warrant11
This li e\aml atloT week In the public
nchools i nd the ocoislon on vviilch the scml-
annjal avcrat'ts are undo up T'ie bulk of
the week 's devoted to the c\amlratlons In
all the sch olb and especially In Iho High
sohcol.
on.iicr TO TIM : i\\v
\Vi > rkx I'reililliKloii of Imiiorlins Atllilc
I j > UariiiontN *
NEW YORK , Jan 17 M. Grunewald , Ihe
well known Iurrlc. % Inlervlewcd In Paris list
night by a Herald correspondent , said "So
Irlsomo are the provisions of the American
aealskln law thai 1 hear on the highest
authority thai the United Stales govcrnmenl
has appointed a spc-lal commissioner to vlall
Europe lo find Ihe best way of protecting
the United State1 * ' Intcrosls with the least
possible annovanco to the potnessors
of these vn'uablc furs The claubo I par-
tlculnrl ) object to IP section 4 This section
roads 'All art'clcs ' manufactured In v hole
or In pail from fur sealskins and Imporled
Inlo Ihe Unl od Stales shall have Iho linings
Ihercof so arranged that the foil of the skin
o.sk \mdcrr-ata shall be expisod for
examination ' When you think of the wa ) a
sealskin Jacket ! s made , nainelv , In several
poi lions sc.vn logclhcr , Iho dlfilcull ) , If not
the Impossibility of ascertaining where , nnd
how the seal vvns killed , becomes apparent
to anore How can ) ou tell whether ceV
lain portions of a garment are not the skins
of seals Id led on land and other portions of
It Ihoso 1.tiled In the sea.
"Thciso provisions or ( he present law are
really useless. What Is M hlndpr-a'vvonnn
doalarlng that her EcalsHn Jacket before
leaving America , is zn Amorlcan-mado ar
ticle , and then buying another In Europe ,
answering the general description of Ihe one
lefl In Air-erica' There is a remedy , and I
thi" ! ' It a reasonable one , anJ llml Is to have
tl'o establishment of a furrier open at all
t'mcs lo United States E0 * ° rnment official
vists ard to accept his certificate tint the
garments ccnl lo America , are not subject to
confiscation This should bos'illlclcnt to sat
isfy ctictoms officials
"I hope that the law will be repealed nt
once , or as much of tt as wlH allow bono
fide firms to profll by legitimate commeice "
i\.ii M'IION fie STO : A
Novel Ac-linn Ilrimtclit liy Sniilli
CHICAGO , Jan 17. A tpcclal lo Iho
Chronicle from Kulm. S. D says Marriage
by InJuncUon Is Ihe lalest feature of South
Dakota jurisprudence Mr and Mrs Michael
Pru'sncr ' , well-to-do Itubsians near here- , re
cently ananpcd to rrcrry their daughter
Lcra to Nicholas Eataslta , a neighboring
farmer Bui Miss Pruto-or loved anolher
Alexander Hellln From s fallhless friend of
Hcllln's Iho Prulsners loamed Itiat the
former Intended to elope with the r daughter
oc the cvo of Ihe wedding da ) . The aid of
a nclgnborlng Justice of the peace was In
voked , an injunction secured against the
elopemeint a copy of the writ served on
Hellln and an otllcer stationed on the Pruls-
ner premises to arrest him should he pre
sume to set Ihe law at defiance As was
antlt'raled ' , he came desplle Iho InJuncUon ,
and was duly laken Into custody -'nd locked
up Before ho could secure a bond Leru
was married to the man she did not lovo. *
IIVTTUU 1JOW N DOOIl VMI U&CVI'R.
.Nod'd 'IVrrltorj lU-Kjii-rado CnliiH HIM
SILOAM SPHINOS. Ark .Jan. 17. Through
n wholesale Jail delivery at Bentcovlllo lasl
n'ght a doien prisoners gained their liberty
Among them was the notorious nick Brandt ,
supposed tralen jobber , burglar , horse thief
and murderer. Ho Is wanted In Texas are !
IndUri Territory. Two other prisoners wllh
criminal records wcro Jim Merrill nnd Lum
Carter. The ) battered elo.vn one of the
prison doors and made good their escape
Brandt stole1 a horao Ju t outside the town
limits and made for the Indian Territory
Ho la a desperate man and Is supposed lo
belong lo a gang of territory train robbers
Officers are In pursuit.
No Malt at Him son City ,
TACOMA , Jan. 17. Dawson City hns ro-
cedvcd no regular mall sines last August ,
Both American und Canadian miners be
lieve their respective governments have for.
gotltn them so far as mall facilities arc
concerned Many of the miners have paid
Jl per letter nt m\vi.on to have mall
brought out lo relatives and friends. Gen-
eially this hns bo > n carried through to
the sound elites , though ono or two purtlos
report that Home of this mall wan dis
carded by the carriers and Is to be found
stattertd along the upper Yukon and lakes ,
Moro Ilntrli'H fir Siiliiirliiin
NEW YOHK. Jan. 17-Tho Brighton
Jockey club has lecelvod three additional
entries for Ihe suburban handicap , namely :
H. It , Franks' Sennlor Bland , 5 yenrsj A.
J Slemler & Co' rjeur do Us , 4 yenis ;
C. T. Bools' The Woman , 4 years. The tolaj
lumber of enlrles for tlio Suburban Is foriy-
illno Adellllonal entries Jmvej also been re
ceived for tno Juno stakes Great Trial
ilnkes and Ihe Daublr Event The total
"umber of entries for the eighteen events
loheduleel Is 9S3 , ns compared with fc09 lam
rear.
Klllril HlH Kamlly anil Uliii-Hf.
NEW YOniC , Jan. 17.-A case of whni ap.
Beared to be triple murder , and Dm suicide
jf Iho murderer , 'was discovered today when
the bodies of John Matthews , his wife nnd
two children , a boy of 10 years and a girl
) f 12 years , wcro found dead In the Mat-
ihews homo on Columbus avenue It In
supposed that MatlhuVvit .murdered bis wife
ind children nnd then committed suicide by
ihootlng. Matthews ivvas 35 years old , und
ils vvlfo SO ,
I < > nrliem ( o lie Inillt-toil ,
GENOA , Nev , . Jan , 17 , Indlctmcnls will
jo found against thu lynchers of Adam
Jber Judge. Mack Eays the number Indicted
ivlll be six or seven , and DUlrlct A.ltoincy
Virgin concurs vvltli the judge.
RUASE REFUSES TO GIVE UP
His Poislslonoy Eotbera the BoarJ of Oonnty
Commissioners.
DOIS NOT PROPOSE TO TAKE A "FIRL "
IIHTcciiuntnnt : UlinilNNfil TM lor
\VKtiln Tun DII JN from tin1
Svrtlvt * Hcolliici
to l.fiivf tin * I'liu'f.
James Kiiano , who for a > oar or more has
been employed by the countj as an expert
accountant , knowe a good tiling when he
sees It. Bcoldca loeiwlng a good thing ,
KLCUU proposes to hing onto that Identical
gco.l thing vhllo It ta In his grasp.
At the meeting of the county commis
sioners , held a week ago , James Hiianc was
discharged , the tame to take effect Imme
diate ! } upon the adjournment of the meet-
1.1K Hu.no was officially notincd of the ac
tion of theboirJ. . but trcitcd the notification
with si cnt contempt. lie told h's frleneY
tiiit he did not proposeto stop working for
the county , the actloa of the comiuLssloiicis
to the contrary nolwlthstfridlng. lie conj -
j II ucd at his disk , doing such work as came
1 hli way , and lu the meantime spent his time
In It' ling. Tele coiini ssla crn policed thin ,
t 'ind st the inciting held last alurda ) the )
thoURht that th y would spike Utianc's guns
effc-tiially Commlss oner llarte Introduced
.1 risolution providing ( or Huanco discharge
tn'tar.Ur. acd the oppolntmont of a man
to fill Iho vacatic ) . The resoltitlcu v za
adopted hy a unanimous vote a ic It wa'
licught l > > the commissioners that the ) lud
I Ited a load of trouble from their mlmls
nnd nt the simc Hire lad sque chtd Mr.
Ktiaco In tils , however they seem to ha\o
been sorely dlsappo nted , for Kuanclll not
dow n
T'cro Is a nie ! nt the court house that all
cci-nty cmplo > cs must report for duly each
mo-nlng Some of Jhc cmplojcs amctlmcs
\lolnto this ivle , bni yesterday there was
one man who observe ! It and that man WIH
James Ruane. When Uie Janitors showed up
on the'r ' sec. rid round t lortlj after 7 o'clock ,
Ilujtio was on hand and as soon as the d cr
to the olP.co of the tax departmmt wan un
locked he entered aiil seated hlmcelf at
the desk that ho occupied while drawing a
sa'arj OI icr men of the department irrivod
later and expressed sarprlse at seeing Iluaiio
at hla accustomed place. Knotting that ho
had bten discharged twice within ten dajs
Asked why ho WES en dutj , Uuanc smile 1
anJ Informed his former co-i.crhera t iat hu
wis onto Ula Joe and knew what he was do-
Ing.The
The commlssbnors know tin t Ruino Is
pretending to wrk for the countj , but they
are In a < ii.anJ.ir/ to wJiat to do wl h him
Tncy knov tnat ho has been discharged and
tint li'a ' p.y has been stopped , but the ) can't
understand how they are to prevent aim from
sitting at nls old desk and pretending per-
foru the vvxrk fcrmerly belonged to his dc-
pirtment.
m : vi > .itsr > ii.vr : OK THI : & \ivmis
boiiu * Uon 11 t.i IJiiipliM os SVIMII-C hiili-
KlniiUal liiurrnsfs.
Whllo the county pay roll Is substantial ! )
the same as last ) ear , there aic several
employes who are drawing larger salirles
than heretofore. Sitting ns a committee of
the \.hole , the county commlsslceicra per
formed the work of readjusting salaries , and
last Saturday the report was presented and
adopted by a unanimous vote.
lu the cfflcc of the county treasurer the
< Uput } was pn'd ' $133 per month last ) ear and
tli r , ) car ho iccelveG $150 One bookkeeper
who was paid $80 per month last ) ear Ib
ial = cd to $100 nnd a $76 per month clerk
now receives $90. The salar ) of the night
jii or has been Increased $5 per month , that
individual now receiving SC5
In the office of the county court the now
schedule raises the pay of three clerks. List
) tar the chlaf clerk received $90 per month
and this ) ear he will draw $100. One clerk
v l-o was fornierl ) paid $53 per ino'itl1 10-
cclves $60 per month under the new order of
hlrgs. A. other clerk who was paid $70 per
month last ) car no.v receives $73 for per
forming the same work.
One of the outs that effects the saving anJ
helps to reduce the aggtegate to that of
last year comes in the olllce of county
clerK. Heretofore the deput ) In that olllee
has been paid at the rate of $1,000 per
) car , but now ho Is put on a monthly salary
of $90 Another saving is In the p or de
partment. Last year there weie two assist
ants In that department who worked unuei
the direction of the superintendent Each of
these men received $50 per month , but this
yar their services are done away with ,
though If there bhould bo a rush in the
business at the charity store assistants , may
he put on temporarily
In the offices not heretofore mentioned the
salaries roiraln the same and the number of
employes tt o same.
U't'lUll INJl NOTION IS I'UT OVRIl.
I'Ollllll'IOIl'H SlllfKIllllN < | llf Cltl
Co u II ii u fil I'nlll Nv Ti i.
The case of Wl Ham S. I'oppleton against
the cl.v ( , wherein ho teeks to prevent an
extension of the franchise of the Omaha
Water compaii ) . was called In Judge Scott's
court ) cetcrday and continued until the
first da ) of the February term , , the tern-
porar ) restraining order continuing In forte
When the case wia called the attorne ) for
the defendant ald that he was ready to go
on with the arguments Assistant City At
torncy Scott said that Clt ) Attorney Council
had not returned from Washington and that
ho did not fuel like going 01 with the hear
ing. He askid for a cont'nuanco ' of a few
daS , whereupon JuiiRe Scott remarked that
If the attornes were not rwdy the cast-
would po over until the next term of eouit
The case of 1) S Cairaway against Florlln
& Haley of South Omaha hail been appealed
to the dlstilct court.
In this case , which was tried In the
county court , and where Judgment for $187
was rendered In favor of the plaintiff , Car-
raw ay alleged that ho visited a gambling
house In South Omaha operated hy the de
fendants and while flitting In a game of
poker , lost a sum of money aggregating
the amount for which he sued. He also
alleged that the game was run In violation
of the stntiitcH of the state On thli showing
ho secured his Judgment.
IIAVI3 THi ; AILS.V CH VI ( } S1VVM3S.
Mciulirrx of ( In- Omaha Curling Club
ArtVII Si > l l'i.
The members of the Omaha Curling club
ire taklig great prldo In the fact that the
curling etoncs with which they will toy
from now on are genuine Allra Craig gtoaes ,
chipped from I'add's Milestone , the bugo
rock In the middle of the Firth of Cdo !
Allsa Craig etoncs are curling stonrs par
excellence lu the opinion of curling experts
[ 'add's Milestone , from Mhlch ( hey arc ob-
alncil , Is a huge * rock of granite which stamUi
In the channel between Scotland and the
Hmcrald Island , elx miles away from any
and. The granite Is of a peculiar char-
ictcr , which permits of exceptional pol'sh ' and
imoothnesfi. The stones are shipped to all
iart of tl)9 ) world where curling lu Indulged
riicro ara/qthcr curling stones , but thu >
: annot comrare with the Allaa Cnlg bprclrn
Thrco pairs of the atones were received
att week from Canada and two moro pair
iru coming On l t Saturday the local
: urler8-'tfactict'd with them , and they went
utn ucbtaslei over tholr qualities. From now
HI every one of the members of the club
vlll want to have a nhlrl vvltli the stones
tnd curling will receive now life. I'ructlco
iccurs on tha lagoon In the exposition
[ rounds all day every Saturday.
Secretary Lindsay of the curling club U
rylng to arrange a match with o team from
] ran.d Island , to take place during ttio
: orag * carnival. ' v _ J
ru'Kt.n TWO w.vmi
I'nliui Doclupn n Icni1
that llaj Hour Trult
Themlnlrterlal union hold Its regular meet
ing at Kountto Memorial Lutheran eitiurch
jfstcrdcy Ilcv Alexander Qllchrlst t'ro-
siding The commit eo headed by Hcv V. A ,
Warllcld , selected to Invwtlgwie the subjecl
of Sunday clewing at the exposition grouivls ,
made > v report In which It was stated that
nothing had beeti accomplished. U vva > i cald
that the pxpcol'lon directory ibad dcellnrtl tc
confer w th the connilttec at the prc-cnt time
but might be led to eonrltkir tbo subject liter
on.
on.The hand ng In of the rtfort provoked tt
discussion of the matter hy nearly everyone
ono orcsent The majcrlt } of the speakers
wcro In favoiof the union declaring Itself
at once with alevv of cendouialng the
couieo of the exposition. ofilclnlH Hev T J
Macka ) , however , w\\s not In favot of taking
such sweeping notion Ho slid that n great
man ) people would bo brought to the city
by the railroads on Sunday , and that ho
could see no objections to ttiolr cnjol ig
thn sights of tht big show , provided the
Mldwa ) and marhlurry wcro shut down , ns
It was at the World's Columb'an Kxposlllcn.
Ho said It was a well known fact that tha
two thcatetR of the 'Uyvoro allowed to
run Smul.i\F , also many beer gardens and
other resorta of leM reputable charade.
He did 'ol undorstnnd whv the Mlnistttlal
union should make a spcc'at ' fight rn the
exp sltlon vvhilo the grcitor evils wcro al
low el to go unmolested , Various motlins
fo. ' t'.to body to take action In the matter
were lost , and a motion to continue the
committee , with dire' lions to Investigate the
subject iiuiro thoioughl ) , was parsed
At this point Ii S Wright Duller ro o
to take exceptions to reports made In the
local papers as to the ntt'ludo ' ho took In
cr-inrctlon : with u greased pig contest , which
wis to have taken place upon a Sundaj at
thn uxpoalMon Rioum's ' Ho sold he hid
been nilsrcpronMiteil and inlsquntcd nn the
subject , and Hint he thought the liberty of
the press tliould be curtailed EO fnr as ad
mittance to the sessions of the Mlnlsteilil
union In cmceitiod Ho waa eeconded In
a short speech h ) Hev J. K 1'aulson , v\ho
thought thn meetings of the body should be
private llsv J O Staples was of the opin
ion that m ulsters In general owed much to
the courtesy of the press In publishing their
various proceedings , notices and sermons ,
and lhat the motion might bo constated In
the light of an Insult if carried ! . On vote ,
the motion was turned down.
Ilev C N Daw son said that It was time
the union took some action In regard to
evangelical work during the holding of tlio
exposillon Sp3ak'ng ' on this subject Ilev
A W Clark ta'd he- had received a donation
of $50 from IJwIght L Moody , the gu'it
evangelist , to be used In the purchase of an
evangelical wagon which should be r quipped
with several apeahcM and used In the lower
portion of the city It was also stated that
stations won d boairangcd for In the "bad"
s-ctions of the cltv which should also be
v 'sited ' by Oil. ? wagrn To thorough ! ) In
vestigate the matter a-d p'nce ' It In shape for
future action a committee , composed of Rev
\ . W. Clark , Rev C N Dawson and Rev.
J D Kerr was appointed with power to act
and was directed to nake a report at the
ne\t meeting of Ihe unlo.n
The csslcnidjour. . el with the Introduction
to the members of Rev A. C. Drown of the
Knox Fresh ) terlan rhrucu
iiiti < i > T\'ii3 i\cn iM > u IMCTION.
Olitfcrs CoiitltiuiMl In Their I'lavcH fur
\ iicithrrciir. .
The annual meeting of tbo Real I > late
exchange , held at the Commercial club rooms
) csterday , wee ono of the most successful
meetings held in the hlsury of the club. The
full membership was represented end the
meeting was a moil congenial affair
The old officers of the club were re-elected
for a'other ) car. the enl ) clange In tlio
ro-ter being the substllutlon of W Panam
Smith js chalimnn of the executive com
mittee Instead of A L Reed , who has been
in able lo attend to the duties of the poil-
tion on account of the prens of business in
his department of the exposition. The list
of officers Is ns follows. 13 A. Donson , prcs-
I'ent ; O. C Oeoigc , vice president ; W G.
Shrlver. sccretar ) ; G G Wallace , treasurer ,
W Parnam Smith , W L. Selby and J. J.
Glbsca , pxc-cullvc committee.
The committee appointed lo prepare a
form of listing property for silo whMi
would confo-m lo the new law on that sub
ject presented a form it had prcparoJ for
this purpose , which was adopted b ) the
exchange
A committee consisting of J J Gllvon. W
H Russell and J 11 1'airotte was appointed
to prepare n. plan for making a list of people
who make a practice of not paying lioute
rent and also to prepare a form of notice to
vawte lo be served on tilth persons
A resolullon was adoplcd expressing the
thanks of the exchange to President A U
Stilwell and hi ? associates of the Port Ar
thur route for the bonefils whirh have ac
crued and which promise lo Increase , to
thlb section by reman of the tomplc lion of
that route and Iho announcement of low
rates of transportation for the grain and
packing house producls produced In this
vlclnlly.
N vituou nscvri : KOII IIVNS Ai.iicur
Oti-riltiHV of MorpMiii' MIIION ! Pr < i\i'H
I'adil < i > Him
Hans Albert , the lalontcd violinist , had a
narrow escape from death } esterday on ac
count of an overdose of morphine Fortu
nately ho discoveied his condition In lime to
telephone for relief and ho Is now recovering
at the homo of his inothci-ln-law , Mis. Shcr-
raden of Council Illuffs.
Mr Albert la said to have recently resorted
to small doses of morphine as a remedy for
his extrcmo nervousness Ho has never been
able to play In public as ho tn-lluvcd ho
rould If he could conquer the nervousness that
itsalled him before every apptaramo ,
and this fact has worried W-n ox-ecllngl )
Saturday night ho pla ) d before the Orphcra
German coelety and Sunilaj morning ho again
complained to tonic of his friends that ho
could not do hlm&clf JUK lee. At tb I time do
told JoM ph Gahm , who Is ono of nls most
Inllmalo friends , lhat ho would have U > take
some morphine and then ho would he iilmsclf
again A short itlmo after ho lelcp oneil lo
Mr Gahn lo conio to him at once and whtn
ho arrived ho found him unconscious A
p < h } lctan was called and ufter a couple of
hours hard work ho paitlally recovered and
was taken to Council Illuffs.
wn.i , A 1.1. ( io I.N AS ONI : cvsi : .
1'riititttnK < IIIK | Iilijiiiir I , I ceil HI- \ji-
llllClllloilN SllllllllllCll 111 Olll'l * .
Tha tedious ( iroce-edlng of liearlng the evi
dence In all the protests wliIJi had been
filed by U Roscwatcr against applications
for licenses was avoided jtsterday by an
agreement bctwcrci the attorneys to submit
Iho remaining eaten on the cvldento that
had been submitted in tlio canes already
trle-d This will ( xovont the repetition of
the ovldcnco and the Issue can bo taken to
the higher coart without unwcwtary 'luluy.
riini-riil of llanl.cr I.a i ice ) .
John A. McShano nnd John M. Dauth-
; rly have gene to Hutto , Mont , w litre thu
Tuneral of Ihe lulu Patrick A , Mrgty wan
it-Id yesteiday. John A , Crclghton was
jxpccled to go hut VM H uniivoidahly de-
tnlntil In Omu.hu. J. V. C'rtltliton of 1'oit-
und , Ore. , and Htlltrs Largcy , son of the
nu rile ml hanker , nuve charge of the dead
mill's affairs.
The funeral VMIB held from 8t Pntrltk'H
: hurcli , Ilutle , of vvhlth Mi. Lirgty In hla
Ifellmc ! wan n rnemlior and to which he
, vts always n liberal conlillmtor A reitilcin |
ilKh rnnsit vvau enld , after wlilth thu body
, \aa taken to Ihe Calhollc c-motury , where
ntermunt took place.
Information has been filed ngalnst Itllty
> y the county attorney charging him vvltli
nurilcr In the llrst decree. It la th ? Inttn-
.Ion lo Imvei Iho trial not fir Home date
n the near future. ' . It xeems to bo tip pen *
.ral Impression that though n lynching
ivould not be advisable , legal Justice Hhoiihl
; p meted out to thu perptiralor of BO duH-
ardly a < ; rljjv ) } vU ) ( B liulv aelay 00 pos-
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Mnn Who Made Off with Others' Cash Tolla
His Experience.
CONSCIENCE MADE IIM A COWARD
Slnlcti Mom * ) llrliiKN Onl.x Minero >
Iho 12\-l axlilrr nf Ihcincrlenu
Monv Cllj.
Lafayette A. Garner , superintendent of th
American Exprtw company , icturncd ti >
O malm yesterday from Sioux C'lty , whera
ho look ficorge M. Adainj , the defaulting
cashier of Ihe compiny al lhal place. Ho
confirmed the account of the capture of
Adatrs nt Philadelphia as told In The Bco
of Salurday morning. Adims Is now In Jill
al Sioux Clt ) . Ho was given a hearing yes-
tcrelay lu the district courl and yielded
guilty to the embezzlement of $3000 from
the American Express c-n.piny on or about
May 20. 1S97. Ho will bo sentenced on
Thurselay , and will likely get three yexirs
Adaum' story of his Illght from homo
aftix ho had taken t'.io mono ) Is Ilia pathetic
slory of n Jioait-brohen man. who miffereil
Iho worst tortures of conscience , with a
( misled condition of his notves , and In
journeying from town to town tint onlyi
failed to get any enjoyment oui of his stolen
money , but all the time limgined thai people -
plo whom ho niol wcro about , to arrest him.
and In his sleep was bus ) fighting oft
sheriffs with wairanU for his ntrmt
According to Adams his theft of the $1.000
was lut ( Hcmedlt.Uod , and too took the money
for no definite object I i some nmueiei he-
Lad allowtd his mouey drivvcr to got $101
behind hlj cajli book Ho declares thai ho
had not svonl Iho mono ) , hill was afraid lo
report the shortage lo tno officers of tin com-
pui ) . for fear thai some of his pasl acts
woJld leid to the bollof thai ho had hern
[ ( lending the cumpaio's mono ) In fast living
S3 ' .lei dccldcel to dcpnit mid take along ei
bigger amount. This ho did on Paturela ) ,
Mil ) 20 , 1897 Ho cimo lex Onnlm , and spoilt
Sunday. On Memd.i ) ho was reported miss
ing and the officers Imincdlatoly began to
vvoik on Ihc case , Piom hero ho went to
Kans is City , anil from the to bewail a strau o
tour through the southern states IIu wont
t > Mobile , Ala , and tluci roughed It through
Georgia He put up at the cheapest lodging
hoiists and lived in the tnoiest miiiner.
PEAKED EVEItYriHNO
When asked why hi ] did not stop at first-
class hotels , buy new clothes and enjoy him
self In luxuiv , ho said that ho was i'j torilbly
anald of being atribtid thai he feared Iho
moment ho began to oijo , the stolen monty
Jn Ihil vva ) ho would bo cipturcd He wua
so In mortal dtejil of eel rent that ho would
freeiicntl | ) got off a ral reid tialn nl Iho
nou ttatlon nflcr getting on merely be-
t'liiso ho baw home people looking nl him.
Several times ho bought ilekets to rldo to tha
teim'inal stations of fouthrru nallioids but
was scared oft bee-iuso the conductor or
some one of the * pa uongers looked at him
prott ) keenly One die ) lit got oft a tiain
and spent a whole day and night tramping
lluough a swamp In ( leorg.i because a i > irty
of four men had bcon o/oing him closely
Prum Juno until Septombcr ho roamed
thiough the southeaslein pail of llic totin-
try , living in aiithl ig hut an enjoablo man
ner. In the meantime the best detectives of
the countr ) were soarehing for him , but
Adams wat nol to be ftund In the early
autumn Adams tame this way as far an Kan
sas City wllh the detoiinitiation of coming
to Omaha to siirrcni'oi ' himself lo Superin-
lendcnl Garner. When ho i cached Kansaa
Clt ) his heart failed him , and he took a
tralu on the Memphis iruto anil wont as far
as Emmet Mo It WPS whl'o ' he was In
Missouri lhal Ihc first leal tlew to Ihe miss
ing man was struck S C Spcct , marshal ,
"chief of delctllves , " and pncilially Iho
whole polite forte of Springfield Mo , hid
been looking for Adams for some
lime. ( Ho had been after the
wrong man once but armed wl/.i a clrcu-
lai' bearing a likeness and dohirlntlon of
Adams ho kept everlasting ! ) al It until hemet
met with HUttchs Spon * learned of the ar
rival of a stratigei at the house of a fanner
nol far awa ) from Springfield I.alci ho
hoird lint thn stranger beiro a rcBomblan o
to the plcluio on the drculat Pncoi con
stantly kept with hi.n Ho toddled his horbo
to call on thei strangoc but thu latter had
gene before ho airlvod there Spoei learn il
Milt tlu > slnnnger had written that he would
send foi his trunk The Irndwcltlcig In thU
loiter vvao stnl lo Iho company s office in
Ibis clly and corresponded to that on tlio
repcrts of Adams Sei It wns derided to
watch foi Iho strangei when he rhould cull
for hh trunk It was sent lo Philadelphia
111 tate of the Adams E > ureas ccmnany.
WAS COOKING IN DELAWARE
But thu trunk lay In the olllco In the
Quaker City for a long time before Its owner
called for It Adams , during all this time ,
was working JH took In a th p-hoiiso at
Wllmlngcn , Del , fortv miles below Pdilla-
dcljvili. on the Deli ware rlvor Pinally ho
concluded to gel his trunk , and on lasl Mon-
da ) piircharcel a round-trip ticket lo Phlla-
dolp. . la Ho never used Ihe return portion
of iho llckel Ho eart ho know that It was
all over with him as teen as > ho asked foi tha
trunk , beeauso liie cxpies. ? cleik mined palo ,
and ( y.eld hu hellevul there was nucti a trunk
there , bill I'Jial it would lake homo few
mlnulta to look 11 up Adamn was kept
looking over old liunlto hi the Htoiago rcom
until iho ni rival of the nlllccrs and was Ihcn
shown the circular be > iri-ig h's ' description.
Hiu llrst ho had stun On Thurs
day Superlntt-nderl Garner arrived
thtro with reeiulsl Ion papus from the gover
nor of Iowa and Ilia. LIIIIC i-vonlng Marled
butk to Sioux Clly wllh bin nun Ho ar
rived Ihero on Satuidiy , having wa'ehol
Adams without a wink of sleep all the way
from Philadelphia
Supoilntonelcnt Garner this morning rnld
that alirast Iho cnllro e-rodll for the capture
of Adams was due to y C Speer the * tn'or- '
prlilng sleuth of Sprlncjflold Mo Though
mi 'iiccessful ' at first , ho kept after Iho man
winlcd until ho stiutk a tra'l ' that I'd to
Adams' arrest The olllctrn of the Amerl an
Express reimpany have wil'ttn to Spcer ,
congratiihllng him upon his suce-ofiiful wirlc
eind ashiirlni ; him that tluy will call on hliu
again.
ouiiivs m vr ieu viu.i : v. IVTIIIII. : :
lllll > llllllKC of 'I'rlliiK'l llllll i > Vi'iy
\nrion llllll DII.VM Vlllll.
Omaha ( jouplei have nu tlghl to kick on
the weather Ihey have be'n having so far
this ) car II has bcon neither too hot nor
too cold , und fostlu titan all , the tompcra-
turei has been very unlfoun All uroiind
Omaha has been gelling vciy ununual Jun i-
iry wtalhci' , for the < n iilh Is pitivtrbmliy
the coldest nf the jear.
The eoldeat day of I lie montli was Iho lot ,
when the * mean te > mpe'rtture > was 17 dcgrccu
Slnco that date however. Ho mercury has
ktpl wllh'ci ' a very re.uoiahlo wnge The
mean average temperature during the f > 1
lowing fiftecui d.is wa betweei 28 and .IS
degrees Occasional ! ) It has drnpped down
lo 23 , and onto II aroxp lei 14 but H Int
generally remained about : i\ \ and 3G
The remarkable thing U the great ex < er B
: ) f ternpcraluro over the average for the *
past twcal.seven years Thin excess h eij
been p'llng ' up at the rate of an average of
thirteen degrees n eliy until the amount haa
reached 207 derct ; .
I'roUMliinalHHl CoiiNlrrH.
A. T. nogers , living at 241J Indiana av-
nne , has tiled nn Infoi million iiKiilntu Hovv-
inl Mannlni ; Clnrtnce Hat , Hey IIa > Gus
' 3'Ntll and May O'Nell , fharKlng Hum vvllii
jnlavvfully coantlng elcnvn the Ktr et upon
ivhlcll his roHldtriro faces It Jgein HI ; > H that
.hu juvtnlle bund , altliouuli vvarne-el by thn
Jllleer upon thu In at , JK minted In onjoylntf
: hemuelves In their own fashion and In su
Jolmr keeping awake the rcslelonts of that
tfctlon ol the city until all homo of tb
morning.