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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
ESTABLISHED JUJTE 19 , 187J. OMAHA , JPIUDAY MOK2TING , JANUA11Y 21 , 1898 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY MVJH CENTS ,
Enclted a Btraipht Plush with Fonr Ace
and Lost His Pilci
KNEW A FEW THINGS ABOUT CARDS
Ilnf In tnrl < liiK Tlii-m HP Onio HIP
llniul < o n Hl-ml mill
lit ( tip Sunday
.School Kunilx ,
"No two men , I Imagine , play tokcr alike. "
Mid the gray-haired , young-looking man , to
the Phllade'nhlft Tlmei man at the club
smoking room. "Certainly some men seem
Jo tiavo fair success at the gimo and to bo
occoieited good players who govern their
play by culta that others would laugh to
fcrn. And the others are good pla > ers , too.
I remember reading nn Interview with Gen
eral Benjamin P. Butler a good many ) tars
ngo , In which lie was reported as hiylng
that ho would ncvec 'go In' with less than
n pair of tights In his hands before the
draw. It occurred < .o mo trat he must * ja\o
been mlsreportcd , or else ho spoke < uro-
lessly. for , of course , such a rule would
prevent him from trying to fill a straight or
a. fltwh , and that seems to mo to bo a highly
desirable play on occasions But. waiving
that point , the remark sscms to Indicate
tlat lie was merely a type of many playets
wlm am cautious to a degree , and who
would not dream of taking what other men
would call ordinary chtocea Yel t'icso tame
careful ones arc as frequent biers as more
liberal plaecs. I remember playing a far
mcTo open game thin that on ono occasion
and I pllt a pair of kings and a LViitltt
Sunday school spare In two In the last de.il
ot the game.
"Wo were to Ing to build up the town as
well as wo could , to compete with another
ouc-horso settlement about seven miles be
low us. In southern Illinois , and among the
expedients to which wo resorted \\SR hiring
ono ot thoio boy preachers to go abaut the
countiy Inbtlgatlng revivals Don't lai.iglne
that I am bpeaklng dltiespcctfully of gcnu-
Ino religion I hcpc I urn not otpable of that.
Bul what wo got wns u long way oft ortho
doxy. Wo had oo right to complain about
that , though , for It was unhappll ) true that
the whole thing was purely n business spacu-
latlon on thn oart of half a dozen of us
, -who put to tlic accessary money , but who. I
am ghd to say , took no other part In lug
proceedings.
"Tho fact was wo had town lots to sell.
If It had been twenty ) ears later I suppose
I could say wo nad town lots to bum Any
how , the only chance we could seeof ever
being able to get away from the place was
by Inducing other people to come there end
Kettle. And ns the burning ambition of every
Intelligent person In town was to ncqulro a
residence elsewhere , wo were Industriously
gunning for scttlccs.
RHVIVALS FOR BUSINESS.
"The Idea of the revival v.is sprung on us
by the postmaster one night after we hal
stopped plavlng end were enjolng a sochl
gloss Cue after another tolJ a Etory , and
finally Bob Flnley sprung ono tl at Is old
enough now to bo new again. It WBP about
the man who laid out a town site on a tract
of land that ho owned nnd got everla-nlngl )
rich selling town lots. As he grew richer
he grew more enterpilslng and more liberal
and ho put up several public buildings at b's
own expense , such as a library and a town
hall rnd a church. And one da ) a trave'lng
clergyman , Inquiring about the place , ex
pressed great "delight at the condition of af-
faliv , and asked him It he belonged to the
church. And the man salJ : 'N-no Not
exactly. In fact , the blamed thing bclecigs
to me. '
"We all laughed and somebody was about
to spin another yarn , when the postmaster
smote lito thigh and exclaimed'By gravy
that fcl'ow had a good Idea We haven't
got any church here , and those fellows over
In D'cilas haven't got any , either. Now It
wo want to get good solid citizens In here ,
with money , we must have a church ard a
" Cjnday bcnnol for their wives and children '
"It was voted a good Idea , and we took
up i sulscrlptlon rn the spot aid ra'iied ' four
hundred dollars for piellmirary expenses ,
besides appointing Jack Whlttaker a com
mittee of one to set the ball rolling. Jank
was i harum-scarum oort of a felow , who
had started In business as a roil cat.ite agent
ard wns likely to starve to death socn unless
wo could manage to attract new settlcis. for
there wasn't 11 man In town who would bu >
land it any price Wo all wanted to oell.
"It wan no trouble at all for Jack to get a
donatlrti of a good corner lot foi a church
site , and after two or thiee dts of hustling
he succeeded In getting enough money to be
gin building i modest little chapel , which ,
though It was sirall enough , was a long way
ahead of an ) thn ? else of the kind In our sec.
tlon ot the state.
" 'You see , all wo have to do Is to make a
good flhovv of beglnn'cig , ' said Jack , with n
grin , 'I can mortgage the whole-outfit with
eoine one ot m > companies to flnlfh her up
la good st'e. ' For he was an Insurcnco
agent albo and icprtsentcd every company
that cared to do buslne.'S down our way.
"So far ever ) thing seemed entirely satlsfae-
tor ) , and wo bcgsai to think mote highly of
Jack than we bud but when ho reported
toward the end of the week that he bad
hired a traveling evangelist to come and
hold a scries of meetings wo wcro Inclined
to think perhaps he Ind gone- too fast , es
pecially as ho acl-ciovvlrdped that ho knew
nothing aout ! the preacher and bid never
even fiecn him.
" 'How did > ou get hold of him ? ' asked
the blacksmith , wlio was , In more eem < es
than one , a solid citizen and a man of great
Influence Ho rould hit a harder blow with
hie fist than any other amateur I ever saw
and ho played an excellent hand at poket.
Besides that , ho had mrne ) In bank , In ad
dition to his real estate ho'dluga.
" 'I advertised for him , of course , ' said
Jack , 'You don't suppose. I havn a wide
enough acquaintance with professional cler-
gjnien to enablemo to pick out a rapa-
ulo man from among my personal friends ,
do you'1
"We all disclaimed that Idea ptomptly nnd
lie went on1 put an ad In the Chicago pi
pers for a first-class revlvalUt who would
guarantee to gel uj > a llvol ) public Interest
In religious matters Inside ot a week. I .laid
lie must bo a. hustler , and that If succcsifnl
lie might get. n permanent cngigement. Thin
fellowanswered. . 11 s name Is Ruggles.
And I engaged him by n-turr mall at a bun
drrd for the week cud expenses , and he will
bo hero S-atiirdnv night. ' |
"After that , of course , there wus nothing1
to da but to wait for the Nov. Uuggles and
hope for the bcit. Ho arrived In good order
and was iccclved hospitably by a committee
of tluec , who took him to the hotel and
made him comfortable for the night before-
coming around to our tegular Saturday night
reunion Their repmt WJB not very encour-
R&InK , though Jack , who wa.i ono of the
three , tiled to make the iK-st. of It.
" 'He's a grcasv-looking chap , " slid lua
l > ostmattcr , 'and I'll tnvtar I smellnl gin on
his breath , but ho certainly has a mo6t
nnmzlng gift of gab. Ho didn't give us a
rhanco to ray much , and I'll be jiggered If
ho said anything that 1 can remember all
tbi > . ! " * he talking , '
"However , the people seemed to bo
Kieaily Imprtviiod with his cloiuenco next
day , for ho certainly was eloquent In the
ordinary , camp meeting fashion. There
were more people at the evening meeting
than were out In thn morning , and by the'
middle ot the week ho really had what
seemed like un old-fashioned revival In full
fwlng. Some of the women folks were reallj-
religious and they , of course , had welcomed
his coming and helped him all they eould ,
HUSTLING roil CONVERTS.
"There wai a number of men , vva-iicn and
children who professed to find rellg 'on , and
RugKlc * was certainly a hustler , for ho
r.ctiully organized .1 church mid a Sunday
ichool before the week wa < out , and ne who
were paying for It all agreed to chip In for
the permanent rent of the hall till thu
chapel should bo finished and for a few
other necessary expense * to keep the thing
going.
"We til expected that llugelea would wako
a plav for a call as permanent pastor of Iho
church , so It was halt In jest and half In
earnest that the blacksmith made the propo
sition ho did while the postmaster -was
shufillng for the first deal Saturday n-.ght.
" 'I suppose , ' he said , 'that our crowd will
have to put up most of the money to keep
this new racket going , ami for one I don't
object. I think It's an excellent speculation
and I hear those fellows In Dlnkus are talkIng -
Ing about trying the same thing. It's lucky
we get In first. It's going to cost consider
able , though , am ? I don't know but It would
bo a good Idea to start a kitty. 'Sposlngt wo
put In a bluet ch'.p for Utlgglcs on two
pilrs or better. That's a pretty stiff kitty ,
but It'll ' bo the easiest way to raise the
money.1
"Just then the deer opened , and In came
lluggles and Jack Whlttaker. The first sight
of the donrlnle was a sufficient surprise , but
before we had fairly recovered .ourselves
wo saw that Jack , though he had the grace
to bo half-ashamed of his company , was
almost bursting with laughter. Then wo
saw that HugglcB had been drinking.
" Gentlemen , ' said Jack wi th mock sol
emnity , 'our beloved pastor Is about toleavo
us , and as he did not like to go without sayIng -
Ing- goodbye to > ou all. bcl Instated on com
ing around here. I told him It was not a
piaycr meeting , but ho said that made no
difference. I'm afraid he said It didn't make
a d it bit of difference. "
"lUiggleis looked around gravely whllo
Jack was talking , and a slow smile came on
his fat face at the last sentence.
" To'slbly I did say that , gentlemen , ' he
said still smiling. 'The ? truth Is that I find
my professional labors so onerous that I
feel compelled to unbend at times That Is
In truth , the reason why I feel compelled
to fceck a new field of usefulness. Your
town Is all right In some respects , and I
don't know but it's equal to any other place
In this God-fomken part of the world , but
It's too ilnfcrnally slow for me. I trust ,
however , ' and here his face grew serious. 'I
trust that I have given satisfaction while
I have been here. '
AVOIDING SCANDAL.
"Thlfi was too much for our gravity , and
wo all laughed , long and loudly. Then the
blacksmith said very seriously : 'I am bound
to say , Mr. Uuggles , iat > our public efforts
have becm all we. could ask for. I'm afraid ,
though , that this kind of a blowout at the
ttid of a week's preaching Is going to spoil
the game. ' v
" 'Don't bo alarmed about that , ' said Hug-
glcs , easily. 'I am cautious about my bc-
havlcc In public I si-otted our ) oung
friend , Brother Whlttaker , as a desirable
companion and I have not Indulged in any
frivolity excepting with him. We had a few-
drinks together In my room nt the hotel
and In answer to my complaint tliot the
town was slow tic proposed bringing me
around lip e , but I would not consent to come
till he assured me there would be no scandal. '
" 'I own tp,1 said Jack. 'That's the way
It was. ' And wo all laughed agiln , for wo
saw only the funny side of It , then.
"A tound of drinks was ordered for Mi.
lluggles' benefit and then ho Invited himself
to join In our poker game. Nobody ob
jected and tbe pasteboards vvete soon filng
atound.
"W i placd a $2 limit , to which Mr.
lUiggles rather objected when ho held n full
hand tu the fourth or fift'.i deal , and wanted
to whoop It up. We would not consent to a
change , though , and he submitted gracefully
enough , Mylng , with la laugh : 'I supjoso I
can lese my week's salary quickly enough
at this.1
"I was watching tbe rascal pretty closely ,
however , and I did not think he had amv
Intention of lodng. In the first place I did
not think 1io was nearly as much affected by
liquor as ho appeared to be , and then I was
suspicious of the way he InndleJ the cards.
I thought ho wns pretending to bo clumsy
with the Intention of plalng crooked.
"The game went on , though , for some time
without atnth'ng to justify my suspicions
I did notice that Jack was the worse for
liquor , but he was not In a condition to
justify Interference , for ho plajcd steadll )
enough and showed his exhilaration only by
boisterous talk.
"Tho longer I watched nupglos , the more
suspicious I became but I could not be cer
tain of anthing for a Icxig time. Ho plajed
along about even , losing and winning In
turn- but I felt fciire he would break on *
after a time. At length I was pos the he
wus slacking the cards , though I admit that
ho feigned clumslnees r-o well that I could
not swear to It at first.
"It wns a jack-pot , and Whlttaker opened
It. He had , as we afterward learned , three
sevens I sat next , and , Mv-log a ralr of
kings , I came In P.ugglca raised It UK
limit. The postmaster and the black-mlth
dropped out , and AVhlttakci raised Lack. I
looked at my cardo again , though I really
Intended to throw them down , for I didn't
suspect either iran of bluffing An I looked ,
however , I siw that one of my kings was a
spade , and that I h-id the queen , ten and
n'oo of spades also
"I saw , ot course , that I had just one
clianco In the draw of filling ! kl"g high
sti.ilght flui--h and the thought flashed on
me that if I hud been right In thlnk'ng that
nugglcs lad stacked the cards , and If I
should bo lucky enough to draw the right
Jack , I might have some fun. So , I stood
the double raise.
"The moment I put up my chips I felt sure
I bad been right , for lluggles looked at mr
In surprise , and I taw that he had expected
me to drop out. He evidently thought I vv.ib
going to draw wild , however , tad ho saw-
' nofurther attention tome
Jack's rale , paying no-
me"Jack drew two cards , nnd I Judged from
h'e ' face that he had filled fours , n-s Ruggles
had Intended he should do. I drew one
and let it lie on tho. tablo. lluggles drew
three , helping himself to two more aces.
Ills face told nothing , but by this time I
was so convinced that ho was cheating that
I would have bet heavily on his holding big
ger fours than Whlttaker
TATTCNING THE POT
"Wilttaker was excited , and showeJ It.
Hu bet thu limit , ot course , and 1 came in ,
still without looking at my card. I wanted
lluggles 'to think 1 was blulfing and he did
think so. Ho raised and Jack mired , anl
I came In agiln.
"Again they both ralccd , end I looked a
my eard not carln 'to ' gj further In what
would be an actual bluff and a h peleas ono
If I dd not caught the rlglit card. Some
how I felt ronftJent that It WIB the right
one , and 'the corfdence helped mo to keep
my face Imrcrslvo when I aw'.hat ' It really
was the Jack of spades.
"After that , of COUI&P , It was plain lull-
Ing. Tney raised each other back and forth ,
nnd I Kept on making good. I knew neither
of them would otop till lib mcuey gave out ,
and I bad considerable la my pocket.
"Jack presently called for a st > sw tor his
money , hut iwt until ho had naked the
privilege of going shy. I refused to allow
h , citing our strict rule , -for I didn't want
Jack's money , and , In fact , dad meant from
the flrpt to give It Ixick to him privately ,
lu aiso I tJiculi find that the ganu < was
real ! ; ' crooked.
"As soon as ho was out ot It I raised Rug-
gles , and ho was so eura that I was bluffing
that ho smiled and plajcd on. Wo M-lsed
each other until ho was forced to call , hav
ing no mere money , and 'throwing down bis
four aces he reached fqr Bhe pot
"When he saw my hand I thought for a
moment bu would faint , but ho wan good
grit , and rlting he eald with a forced laugh :
'Well , I'm lucky to have my return tlcke-t
to ClJlcago left.1 Then hq tald gold night
and left the room , though not befoto I had
e l3 "o him very ejffnlficuntly : 'I don't think
you'll p > iy with us again , ' and ho had re
plied ; ' 1 certainly chall not if you cro In
tbe party'
"Jack looked on a K dazed when ho m.v
MB four sevens beaten , anil presently with
out a word he left the room. I thought It
would bo better to xee him next da > , o I
told the rctt of thu party v.bat I bad fctia-
pected , nnd after conajdfn.ble talk we sup-
arated for the night. ' '
"Next day Jack v as maUiK ! , ami after
tv little wo found out that be iv < id playel
In all ho had left of tlio church and Sunday
school funds , nnl na afraid to face- the
music. The women carrlCil on the church
for auiallo , bu thu Suudaj school never had
. meeting , ut Uxwt while I was -jn the t'twn ,
Nor did I over know unytbluc mcie of Hiu-
sic * or al Wblttaker. "
A1LWAY POSTAL CLE
Memorial to Congress on the Subject of
Their Condition.
SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR SERV.CES
tii Sct'iirc HcclnnNtllcutluii
CntlM Out .Illicit liifiiriiintloti Coii-
I'lrnliiKtin - U'urk rorforiiii'd
l y TtivKC t'lilillt :
The railway postal clerks In alt sections
of the United States ore energetically at
work to secure the reclasslflcatlon of this dc- ,
parlmcnt of the postal service. Much In-
'
tcrrct Is being aroused In the cause of the
railway postal clerks and much support gath
ered for iho bill Introduced Into the house
of representatives by Hon. I ) , n. Henderson
of Iowa. The Hallway Postal Clerks' asso
ciation of Lincoln , Xcb. , Is the latest to put
Itcolf on record In favor of the bill and In
a memorial Just sent to Senator Allen and
Congressman Strode many facts and figures
ore given to emphasize the need of a reclassification -
classification of this branch ot the I'ostofllcc
dcpattmcnt of tne government. In the me
morial the railway postal clerks say : |
Wo bellevo the existing classillcntlon of
this brunch of the J'ostotllce department la
Inadequate to the demands , nnd th-it the
good of the- service nnd Justice to tie em
ployes require A rcclnsslllcntlon. The.
present classification of the employes In the
railway mall service wns made on August
1 , 1W ! . The number of pieces of oulltury
ir.-ill matter handled by the railway postal
clerks for the. ' > % ear ending June .19 1 < S2. .vns
S.rM.olG.USO. The number of pieces of ordl- ]
nary mall mutter handled by railway postal '
clcrlm for the vour ending June UO , IV.IT , was |
11,571 , 510.CSO The number of clerks In- the i
service In IStJ was 3,570. The number of i
clerks In the service on July 1 , 1S37. was 7tXJ. )
this shows an Increase In fie amount of'
ordinary mall mutter handled for 1S'J7 over
that ot 1SS2 of 311 per cent and an Increase
In the number of clerks for the same period
of 112.9 per cent.
UXTKNT OP Till ! SKUVICU.
At the time the present ctap'lllcatlon
made service was performed on 10&.93310
miles of railroad. On June " 0. 1S07 , the miles
of rnllrotiU covered by ervlce was lil.22 i.07 ,
of electric nnd c.iblo lines , S'O.bS ' ; of steam
boat lines , 7.453.52 ; total , 101,9SS 27. During
all tbcsci jeiirs of progress and rennrkablc
Increase In the volume of business and num
ber of clerks , the salaries have tern line 1 the
same. The expansion nml gr&wlh of the
railway postal service has made It more and
more complicated nnd c-xactlng , and has
necessarily In ought about a conespondlng
Increase In the responsibility of tie clerks.
The piesentnlarlts to postal clerks nte
nw follows : Class l , J 00 ; class 2 , tWJ ; class
3 , $1,000 ; class 4. J1.150 ; clard G , $1,300 ; chief
clcik In ch irse of one or more lines. $1,400
per annum. These salaries do not represent
the net amount received by the clerks , for
out of these amounts m.ust come their ex
penses when absent from home attending
to their woik. on the rullroiXK In this expense
pense- there IS no uniformity. The expenses
Involved depend on no Importance of the
route , the length of the run. the schedule
ard similar circumstances.
For the jear ending Juno SO , 1897 , there
wcro 19CSC cases of examination of perrra-
nent clerks. The average per cent made was
OS 40. The average per cent made In nil case
examinations for 1882 was 77 03. The crcsent
requirement for promotion Is 95 per cent.
These figures , obtained from oHlcial reports
and from personal letteio of Gcneial Superin
tendent White of the railway postal service ,
shiw that the schoarsh't ! > , ability and gen
eral proficiency of the clerks have conslder-
aby Increased In the last fifteen > ears.
That the position of a railway postal clerk
Is really hazardous Is shown by the state
ment that during the last ten years there
have been seventy-six postal clerks killed
and 571 seriously Injured. The dangers en
countered by this class of public servants are
greater than commonly known. The postal
car la Invariably olaced 'n ' the most danger
ous position In a twin , bclu located be
tween the locomotive and the passenger
coicbcG. la bead-end collisions the postal
car Is the objective paint of two great
battering rams , the ono Is driven biclcward
by the force of the tmln vvthi | hlcfi It comes
into contact , while the other'18'lmpcllcd ' for
ward by Its own weight and momentum Into
the rear of the postal car.
WHAT A CLERK HAS TO DO.
There Is something more to the work of a
railway postal clerk than the.actual , distri
bution and dispatch ot malls In the cars.
The number of cat da bandied by permanent
clerks In the examination for the year endIng -
Ing June 30 , lS97. "was 22,007,380 , making an
cvetago of a fraction less than 1,118 cards
In each examination and atrine over two
examinations for each clerk In one jear.
Wrlle the railway postal clerks are not
actually at work In the railway postofflces
tliey are preparing for examination , making
reports of work done , checking up records
of registered matter handled , correcting
schemes of dlsttlbutlon studying connections
and preparing supplies for the next trip
on the road. Tno frequent change of time
cards by the ralltoada , the establishment
and abandonment of various postolllces , the
change lit service at different points , all
require a clerk to keep studying much of
his time , and it is not surprising that he
has but llttlo leisure. The time In transit
between Initial and terminal points of runs
In no case represents the actual houra on
duty , for the clerks , In order to complete
the distribution on time , commence work
from ono to nlno hours before the trains are
duo to depart , according to the Importance
of the run and the amount of mall handled
on It.
In 1S33 there was no railway pcotal line
having more thso five men In ono crew.
There are now crows that number from
twenty to twentj-flvo men , and sometimes
there are -ii many as alx postal cars In ono
railroad train Nearly one-third of the mall
of the country Ls d'strlbjtoj In these pcxital
cits , Ily the exttr.ila.i of thU branch of the
service many dU ? rlbutlng ofllces have been
done away with. Now mails are Uken up
and delivered without stops , they are sorted
and put In the postal cars , BO that there Is
but little i.ecd of their going to a distrib
uting ofllce.
Re-classification of the railway postal mall
tervlco has been recommended by the 1'cc.t-
olfleo department to congress every > ear
slnco 1889 , hut the reclssslflMtlon so groitly
desired has not been obtained , Several
previous measures relating to thla sub
ject have been Introduced Into congrcs.7 , and
bills similar to the ono now proposed pacncd
the senate In the Fifty-second , Ira the Fifty-
third ana 'In the Klfty-fourth eeselcns of con
gress. Ex-1'rcsldea Harrison and a number
of other distinguished statesmen uro In favor
of the measure pe-ndlng.
III.OUICS THIS OAVADIAX PACIFIC.
Kate of .Si'iittlf & InliTiinlloniil Komi
1 Dci-lcli'il.
NEW YORK , Jan , 20. The Herald wya :
The fflto of the Seattle & International road
has been decided by the announcement that
a sufllclent number of Seattle , Lake Shore &
Eastern beads , through which the road is
controlled , "had been acquired by Mcflsra.
Moore & Scbley on behalf of the Northern
I'aclflo company to upset -tfio plans ot the
Canadian Pacific. Agents of the Canadian
Pacific had been on a. still bunt for several
weeks among the owners of the bonds , with
the object of securUig a lease of the Seattle
road In exchange for an Interest in the guar
antee ftnd a each -payment of $30 a bond ,
with an option of purchase at 77'/4. They
had cecured ( he amnt of a largo number ot
owners before the Northern Pacific beoatna
aware of what was going : n and It was only
last Saturday that active measures were be
gun to checkmate I tie movement of 1ho
Canadian Pacific.
The interest of the Northern Pacific In
the matter la someurat greater tban has
hitherto appeared on 1be surface It will be
recalled that before th Northern Pacific went
Into the liamls of receivers It guaranteed the
bonds of the Seattle , I/ike Shore & Eostexn
and that when t'ao Northern Pacific became
insolvent thu guarantee woa nuppoied to
have lapsed. The hMdrrs of the bonds , how
ever , contest thin principle and the matter
Is Rtlll unsettled. '
There were * also other claims against the
Northern Pacific which vtcre troublcsime anJ
therefore under thceo Conditions the North
ern Pacific director * were Informed that
should the road r iM IM ° the hands of the
Canadian Pacific the cMlnw might be pushed
w.th unpleasant energy , and with < i grave
possibility that they might be collected. This
would mean Jin cnTftree expenditure of eev-
cral million dollars' for which the company
would receive nothing. Furthermore It wen
recognized that thd Scnttltr company had val
uable terminals both at Seattle and Spokane.
Altogether , therefore , the rtosons for con
trolling the property } us de entlrel ) from the
desirability of kceplnfe- t from the hnnJs of
a competitor , was ; sttffldcntly urgent to
Justify prompt action , "ho question of price
was really of secondary Importance , but It Is
quite certain that th figures paid were not
excessive when all th * benefit to bo derived
by the Northern IMclUcj IP considered ,
The directors of thfr Northern Pacific met
yesterday and It Is ( inJerotood ratified the
purchase of the bondc In their behalf by
Messrs Moore & Schley. An ofTlclal an-
nottaccmcnt of what ra been done was not
made , but It was learned that the directors
were well satisfied with the result. The
fight for the control has been one of the
brlcfcot cad sharpest In the history of Wall
street.
n Dpflclrupy JnilKinent.
LEAVENWORTH , Jan. 20 Ex-Uiiltcd
States Manual Neelcy nnd deputies started
In today to levy on the real estate of the
LtAvcnwortli , Kansas & Western railroad ,
formerly t\io old Kansas Central read , to
satisfy a deficiency judgment held when the
rolling fitock and roadbed wcro sold In No
vember Irst to * atWy the mortgage of the
Union Tritbt comrauy of New York. It did
not bring within $1,500,000 of the amount
held against It. Marshal Ncclcy Is serving
the papers as1 unfinished business before his
successor takes charge of the office and ho
has levied on the depots , real estate and town
loU In Garrison , Mlltonvalc , Grecu , Olsburg ,
Losnardvlllo an-l other places along1 the line
and It will soon be sold at auction.
-\VuluiNli ConU-iuiiliKvM > u
ST. LOUIS , Jan. 20 , Vice President and
General Manager Ramsay of the Wabash
Mja today that there Is no truth In the
statement that the Wabasli Intends to build
an Independent line : nto Toledo , or to make
that city a side track , cs has been reported.
"Toledo Is ono of o' r most Irroortant tcr-
mlmls , " said Mr. Ramsey , "and all thla talk
about making It a side track is ridiculous
and foolish. " ,
ny N'otcH mill I'fi'HiiniilM.
John A. Munroe , freight traffic manager of
the Union Pacific , arrived in New York to
join the conference of ofllo als of the com
rauy th ro jestcrday morning.
For the meeting of the Nat'eaal Creamery
and Butter Makers' rsaoclatlon at Topel'-i ,
Ivin. , on February 19-24 , the railroads from
hero will make a one-faro rate for the round
trip. The return portion of the tickets will
be limited to February 2S.
A freight tialn en the n & M. was
wrecked at Eolcm , Neb. , on Monday night
by the breaking of a car jouinal. Seven cars
loaded with grain and merchandise were
piled up In a heap and several of them
smashed. No one vvn& Injured.
F. M. Lucore has been appointed acting car
accountant of the n. & M. railroad , with
headquarters at Llncora , vice Frank W.
Smith , deceased. Mr. Lucore his for coma
time past been the chief clerk In the car
service department of the B. & M railroad.
For two weeks painters and cleaners have
been busy at v. ork wltfcln the Union Pacific
headquarters building , renovating It for tho'
new owners of the railroad. All the wood
work has been varnished , the walls ealcl-
mlned and In many t > ( the offices new oil
cloth flooring laid. The general freight of
fices are the latest to undergo the work of
renovation and they are now so bright and
clean that the clerks scarcely feel at home.
HIM ) AM ) RAG A WIIOI.U PAMII.V.
It llicrH ill Ohio Arc "Vot Almslied
l y "NitfmborH.
LIMA , O. , Jan. 20. Yesterday morning five
masked ir.cn entered the residence of Mrs.
Anna Gratz , two miles east of Beaver Dam ,
this courty , and at the T > olnt of a revolver
ooucd and gagged every member of the
household , consisting ofMrs. . Gratz , a
daughter , three sons , aged from 10 to 19
) ears , and two farm hands , John llamen-
steln and Adolph Follott.
Leaving one of their ijumber to guard their
victims , the remaining four robbers then
looted the house , securing about JjO In
money , two gold watches nnd some Jewelry ,
after which they -repaired to the kitchen
and cooked themselves a breakfast. After
eating a hearty meal they departed , leaving
the family still bound.
About an hour later ono of the family suc
ceeded In getting free and gave the alarm.
llrjiui ami I'ulnicr Aplicnr nt nit 3III-
IION Murilor Trliil.
JACKSONVILLE , III. , Jan. 20. William J.
Bryan has ma3o his appearance a.s a witness
In the Draper murder trial. Upon Mr. Brjan's
entrance the audience became excited and It
wijs with great dimculty that order could be
rmlnl alned. The preserve of two of the
presidential candidates of the last campaign ,
General Palmer and l\ir. Bryan , woo too much
for the spectators Counsel frequently ap
pealed to the court to prevent the demonstra
tions of the audience , but hla honor was un
able 'o ' keep then ) In control. Mr. Bryan
testified that ho was In the same ofllco with
Draper for four ) cars and that ho knew bin
reputation for honcoty and Integrity to bo
god. On cross-examination the witness ad
mitted 'ibat ' Draper had n violent temper
which was easily provoked.
Cnniliictfirs' MfiliiHiirnnc'i * .Society.
ST. LOUIS , Jan. ZO.-Delepates to the
thirty-third annual convention of the Old
Hcllnblo Conductors Life Insurance as
sociation whlc/i has been In session dur
ing1 the post two ilaya , left hero today on
a special train ovar the Missouri , Kansas
& Texas for u tour of Old Mexico. Before
adjourning- , the followingolllcers were
elected ; W. O , Beckley , St. Louis , Wn-
l > ash , presldfnt : Ward Nichols , New Haven ,
Conn , , New York , New Haven & Hurt-
ford , first vice prewldent ; W , B. Chlslot ,
PIttsburgPa. . second vice president : W.
N. Billings , Nashville , Louisville & Nash
ville , thlid vice preoldent : J. W. Kim ; . St.
Louis , Missouri Pacific , fourth vlca presi
dent ; T. H. Haley , St. Jaseph. Oilengo
Great Western , orator ; U. Morroll , Colum
bus , O. , I'lttHbuiw , Cleveland , Cincinnati &
St. Louis , grand secretary nnd treasurer.
MIIXOIIH lii Voi > oil Hlulil-IIonr Day.
PRORIA , III. , Jan. M. At the session of
the Bricklayers1 and faBon8' International
union this morning1 , ' | l rcnoHitlon wna
adopted providing that some time during the
year , to be fixed by the < exccutlvo board , the
secretary filial ! call fpr a vote from subor
dinate unions , for or against the oitabllth-
rrent of a unlversil eight-hour worlc day ,
starting Jlay 1 , WJ , return.of vott to , ho
mndo not later than November 1 , ll > 9S , It
was voted to purchafw a banner to present
to th Peorla union In appreciation of Its
entertainment. Salaries of olllcers wcro
Jlxiil at the same amounts as now.
The convention will elfct ofllcer.s this
afternoon and remain in continuous session
until It adjourns sine die , after meeting for
ten days , '
Killed While lU-ttirnliur Home.
FOHT SCOTT , Jan , ' 20 , A horrible futo
today Intercepted W. C. Hoge of Nevada ,
Mo , , on hla Journey homo to meet his wfe ( ,
with whom he ' * aa about to become rec
onciled. He fell und r a Memphis freight
train at Fulton and his underclothes and
portions of hl body were found at Lib
eral. .Mo. , three miles distant. He was
badly mutilated , but was Identified ' > > an
affectionate letter from Mis wife plemllnir
wl'.h him to stop hl dissipation and re
turn to her urder promlsj that H O vvnild
dlimlfcs a pending divorce cult. Ho would
have Joined her today. AH much of the
body as could bo gathered In a basket has
been sent to 'Ms wife nt Nevada.
EDUCATION'S ' COST IS OMAHA
Expenditure For Scholar and Its Eolation to
Probable Tax Levy.
SUPERINTENDENT PSEPAttS F.GU1ES
Mr. 1'rnrnc KxtH'eti to Slum the Coun-
fll ( lint tlio Omulm SoltonlN i.v-
IM'llil I , OHM Mime ) ' 1'vr
Scholar Than Many.
While the Hoard ot Education has sched
uled an extra meeting ( Monday night for the
purpose of discussing what amount the coun
cil shall bo asked to levy for school pur-
pcses this > car It Is not anticipated that
there will bo any material difference of opin
ion on the subject among- the members of
the board. They are substantially agreed
that the board cannot net along with less
tban $160,000 and that this Is the amount
that should be required. But as the councilmen -
men and any other Interested citizens have
been requested to be present , It Is not un
likely that the discussion will be largely be
tween the members of the board and the
councllmen who want to cut down the school
levy to 2 or 3 mills.
The question whether mandamus proceed
ings shall be resorted to In the event that
the council shall refuse to levy the full
amount has not been raised. The members
of the beard still assert their belief that a
majority of the council will stay by them
and levy the 5 mills required.
In this connection Superintendent Pearso
had prepared conparntlve figures to show
the ccst of education In Omaha , as compared
with that In other cities of the same class.
Ho has received retuins from twctity-ftmr
cltlcc , covering nearly every part ot the
United States , aad iaja that the showing Is
very favorable to Omaha. Ho finds that a
similar table ( published by a St Paul paper
some time ago Is not reliable , as In this case
the average cost per pnpll as calculated by
the officials of each city was utcd without
regard to the manner In which It was com
piled. Tor Instance , the table made the
average coot per pi.pil In Omaha several
dollars higher tnau In Minneapolis < uid St.
Paul. The average was reckoned In Omaha
cu the cmmber of pupils In dally atcndance ,
whiles In St. Pdfll it was figured on the
total enrollment./ When both averagco are
figured on tbo 's/me basis tlio average cost
In Omaha Is fouMl-to bo lower than InSUIn-
neapolls tAnd slltjhtly higher than In St.
Paul. TUero are jflumcrous other variations
' .n the compilations which operate to the
dlsadvantagoyV/Omahvt. In many cities the
books are i. aid for by the pupils , while hero
they are. all furnished by the school district
and assist to ewell the cost of education In
some cities , notably Aillwaukco , the salaries
of officers are uot Included In the coat ot
the schools. Injprepnrlng his statement Mr.
Pearso has' secured all the Items of expense
cad confuted all jhe averages en a similar
basis. He asserts that the result Is en
tirely to tbo credit 6T Omal-a Ncwaik Is
found to bo the only other city where t'.ie
number of pupils per teacher Is as great as
In Omaha. Consequently the superintendent
takes the -view that while there may have
been Items ot extravagance in some features
of the school management the actual teach
ing is done on a very economical basis.
I MtiUiiK- tin * llullillim : Ordinance.
Some time ago the council granted a spe
cial permit for the crectloi of a corrugated
Iron structure on Doughs street between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth. The plans and
specifications have now been filed In the
building Irspcctor's office and they show that
the ftructure will be practically a frame
building. It will be 22x75 feet In extent , the
rafters will be of wood and the entire Interior
will bo celled over with wood. The only Iron
In the building will be the corrugated cover
ing. The plans Indicate that the builders arc
woiklng wltji avlew tea permanent building.
as It Is evidently designed to be used 'ri cold
weather as well as during the summer.
The lot qt ; which this building Is to bo
erected offers a striking Illustration of the
manner lu Which the building ordinance Is
sometimes evauflfl. The front of the lot wao
first adorned with a big billboard to which
there was rae apparent objection. But after
awhile openings appeared In the beard which
giadtiall ) took the shape of doors and win
dows. Then some more tlnibew were raised
and presently the lot W.JH partially covered
by a frame structure of which the primal Ily
billboard was the. front elevation.
Ilonril of Ciliirntlon Out of Delil.
For \ho flist. time binco a year ago the
Board of Education Is out of debt. The
Inflow of money on account of saloon
licenses wipes out the deficit In January of
each year and for a few brief weeks the
school fund luxuriates In a net balance.
The total reglsterpd warrants outstanding
January 1 was $1G7,000. There was a balance
of $30,000 Jn the fund which lias slnco been
swelled by $144,000 on account of saloon
licenses and the January state apportion
ment , which was $20,310.91. The last of the
outstanding warrants were called In by
Treasurer Edwards yesterday , and there
will bo a sufficient balance after these are
ro.lc-cmed to take up all warrants that nro
outstanding , but not registered.
The state apportionment Is about $10,000
In excess of the Januaiy apportionment a
year ago. Last , jear the first apportionment
was JlC.fiOO In round numbers and the
second apportionment $17,500 , making $ .11-
000 in all. This jear the total apportion
ment will probably exceed $50,000.
Mortality Hecord.
The following births and deaths wcro re
ported at the health otllco during the twenty.
four hours ending at noon ) csterday :
Births James E. Nelson. 2C03 Dodge
street , girl ; Frank Freeman , Fifteenth and
Corby , boyV. . G. Llndgrcn , 1513 North Nine
teenth , girl ; W. K. Wielding. 1811 North
Twent-scventh , girl ; F. C. Pevek. 1310
South Fifteenth , boy ; John Lorenc 1412 Wil
liams , loy ; Stanislaus Gellnek , Fourteenth
and Martha , boy ; Matt Kaiser , 1917 Center.
girl ; John Chelack , Twenteighth and Cen
ter , boy ; August Holman , 2328',4 ' South
Twentieth , girl ; Frank Dewey , 3138 Harney ,
boy ,
Deaths Stanislaus Stahntkl , 1 month , 1919
South Twenty-eighth , colic , German Catholic
cemetery ; John Adama , GO , 511 Mason , pncu-
monli , Forest Lawn ; Ella G. Otis , 35 , 210.
Lothrop , heart failure , Forest Lawn.
.II in Kliiimery In Hie It ) . like.
It WBS reported around town a few wccka
ago that Jim Flannery , formerly street com-
mli.'jloncr and well known about town , had
been fraron on the trail leading to the Klon
dike gold fields. This turns out to be a mU-
take , for Mrs. FJannery has received a letter
from her absent husbsud which btatce that
ho not only arrived safely at his destination ,
but Is rapidly acquiring a store of the > elow !
metal. He said tbit he had $2,000 In gold In
his Irfc'ido pocket already , a claim that prom.
Ued unlimited addltlora to his pile and Is
putting In his extra time at $1 75 an hour ,
He wants Mrs. Flannery to eel ! out at once
and join him.
( or i\iioKltlan. :
Mayor Moores Is already receiving
numerous applications for positions as ex
position guards. As the matter of exposi
tion pollco ban nut been adjudicated , the
applications aru pUcod on file for future
reference. U U definitely nettled , how
ever , that any olllcerx that may bo ap
pointed on account of tbo exposition will be
scheduled merely as specials , 09 that they
may bo dlmnUscd when the necessity for
their bcrvlcca has paBs&d , If they were
cddcd to the regular force they would bo
eternal fixtures under the decision of the
district court. .
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To A CTO ill in oil lit i * Ciientx.
The owners of a number of ( be largo unoc.
ctiplod bul dings uroucd tbo city are mak'ng '
arrangements to turn them Into lodging
bouotd ( or the exposition. Tbo Mcadlmbcr
building it Sixteenth and Chicago streets has
been overhauled aud transformed Into an
apartment house and It U elated that the
Meyer building at Eleventh and F.irnam
streets will converted to the same use.
inrs ins TT.ITII : HACK ARVIV.
Olit Conllriunti from Chlenuo Able ( o
"Cut ! " nl ( lie Tnlilp.
Ticket Agent Lucau for the Pullman com
pany at the Union depot was mimcwhat
startlejcstcrday ! by the demand of ft Jovhl
Individual who leaned against his window
ledge nnd raid "You've get my < co It In
thcro nml J guess you better hand over.
"You see I'm an old man wild a. joung
wife , " continued the visitor , "and I have to
keep up appearances. I can't cut much Ice
without my teeth. " He gave proof of the
lack of his personal property by a mulle
"Wo hftv > no teeth In hero for anj-body , "
replied the agent , mvstlflcd ,
"Well , If you haven't then the porter mutt
bo wearing them , "replied the sUanger and
he still continued to smllo. "Just look round
a bit and eec If > ou havn't a package there
for Wllllim Sooy Smith. "
Compllng with the request the- agent
finally dug up one which had just arrived
from Grand Island ra Union Paclflc.No. 2.
"Ah , tLank jou , " euld Mr. Smith , as ho
quickly opened the pacKnge. It revealed a
pair of teeth , and thrusting them Into place
the urbino old gentleman left the station
still emlllng. It was afterward learned by
the agent that Mr. Sooy Smith hid arrived
that morning from Chicago on the North-
vvcstcrn-Unlo.i Pacific train No. I , that he
had left his berth hurriedly , leaving behind
his teeth. On going up town the loss was
discovered , but as the train had left It wai
Impossible to recover them. The city agent
for the Pullman company Immediately tile-
graphed to Qmnd Island and Intercepted the
wcL'tbound ' train The porter hiving charge
of the car. acting under Instructions of Con
ductor Kcene , sent the articles back on the
fiist return train , thua making their owner
happy ,
iiii.ivt i : WINTS THU JIONHV.
Objeels to ( he KHtiihllNliineiit of a
Seliool DUtrlet nl Kort Crook.
Judge Kesor was on the bench yesterday
hearing a case that comes up _ from Sarpy
couity for argument and decision. The legal
contention grows out of an effort to establish
a school district In the vicinity of Port Croak ,
residents of Bellevue being the objecting
parties.
Some time ago parties residing In the Im-
medlato vicinity of Fort Crook made an effort
to eccuic the creation of a school district ,
ma'ntalnlng that thcro were the necessary
number of children to justify them In mak
ing the application. Residents ot Bellevue
fought the proposition for the reason that the
creation of a new district would take away
some of their territory and also $2,000 $ of
their revenue for school purposes.
There are no saloons In Bcllovue , the town
council icfuslng to grant licenses. Out at
Fort Crook , however , there arc four saloons
which crntrlbuto $500 each to the mainte
nance of the Bellevue school. If the new-
district Is created this $2,000 will be lost to
Bcllevuo and at the same time will go to the
school that It Is propoacd to establish at Fort
Crook
( ; HOCEHS M IM
Tli Hi.AnxocliKlon Not I.llcely ( o
Merp.e nltli HilsIiu'NH Meii'N ,
When asked jcsterday If there was any
probability of the Omaha Business Men's as
sociation and the Omaha Retail Grocers' as
sociation being merged Into one organiza
tion , President George F , Munro of the
Business Men's association said : "Thcro Is
no possibility of such a thing coming to pass , .
While It ' ! s true that the combining of the
two might muke a more powerful body. It Is
not feasible. Tno grocers have Interests
which are peculiar to their lines of business
and which could not be properly handled by
on association covering all lines. Then , too ,
the Business Men's association meets but
once . - > month , while the grocers hold weekly
srssons If the grocers Joined with the
others It would soon be a case of the tall
wagging the dog. As It Is , however , the
majority of the giocers belong to the Bubl-
ncss Men's organisation and further Its In-
tcrc-sts as much as Is In their power. "
V < ; IH.S OK woou > iciiiici.i : .
n\eenI\e ( Council of ( he Supreme
Forest ' (111 ( In ' eHslou.
Tlio members of the executive council of
the supreme forest , Woodmen Circle , which
Is holding an annual meeting In tbo city
at the present fine , wcro tendered a lecep-
tlon Wednesday night at the residence of Mrs.
Mary J. Huse , supreme guardian , Twent-
fourth and ManderHon streets. The affair
wus attended by a largo number of tlio mem
bers of the circle In the city nnd among
the guests were alho the olllcers of the
boverelgn camp of the Woodmen of the
World. The evening was spent with music
and In dancing. A dinner was served
Wednesday afternoon the council occupied
Itself In the tiansactlon of routine business
Yesterday morning tlm maingeis went over
the records Id tfio olllco of the supreme of
ficers , and In the afternoon the rcgu'ar worlc
of the meeting was again taken up.
Stone \ \Vnni- for AxHfiiill.
A warrant has been Issued In police court
for Oscar Stone , on a charge of us * mil and
battery , lodged by J. U. Henderson. Hen
derson asserts that ho never saw Stone he-
foio In his life until Wednesday. He now has
occasion to remember him. He Hiys that
ho was standing near tbo lunch wagon nt
Ninth and Capitol avenue last night , oiitlni ;
a. sandwich , when , without any provoca
tion , Stone came up to him nml struck him
In thn eye with a pair of briiBM knuckles.
Henderson' * fuce was badly cut up In con
sequence.
( Jives l'i | ( lie ArloHlnii Men.
The Omaha Street Itallwny company has
abandoned the Idea of locating nn artesian
well nt HH power house at Twentieth nnd
Nicholas Btrccts. The outfit fiat bus betn
boring there for bflveral months haH taken
down Its machinery and moved away. The
well Is duwn iomo ] ,2(0 ( feet and Mown about
thirty gilloiiH per minute. The- flow , how-
rvor. Is not biillklent to bo of any practical
benefit.
_
Helleie * AVIil teuriinVfiM I'olHoned ,
UMPOIUA , Kan , , Jan. 20 , On the claim
of a filtnd that John A , Whltccruft , who
was yesterday bulled by this Giand Army
of the Republic , WUH poisoned. Whlteciafi'H
bodv will bo exhumed Whltect tft , who
lived with Horace Stnmllrtli nt Kami IB City ,
Kan. , died , according to the latter'H Htnle-
inent. of blood poisoning- which started by
the deceased iiiiinlntr a Hpllnter Into hla
thumb a week ago The body will bo ex
humed at the lequcitt of John Logan , a life
time friend of the dead man , < md vvno us-
bcrU that vVhltccraft'H deuth oceured un
der peculiar circumstances. Whltccruft left
property valued at $7,000 $ ,
llrlulitMeteor Seen In
SAN JOSI3 , Gal , , Jan. 20. The following
iiieHnocio has been received by Director
Selmeberlo of Lick observatory : "Tho unit-
nnl phenomenon of a bright meteor In broad
duyllttht was observed "he-re " by K. K. Cod-
dlngton , fellaw In astronomy nt the ob
servatory. U was seen In the vve-st shortly
after 11 o'clock , un elevation of about eight
degrees above , moving ; rapidly toward tint
north In a path xllKntly Inclined toward
the earth. It Increuned In brlghtm-xti along
Its co u rue arid disappeared suddenly In a
clear eky wltnout any explosion being
heard. "
_
Still More Tronhle for 'HulellnV.
NHW YORK , Jan , 20 , rdvuinl : J. llutcllffe
the actor , wa nrr.ilgned In jiollco court to
day on the o'mrge of perjury , On the appli
cation of Axslst.mt District Attorney Lloyd ,
nnd despite the objection * of Rate-llfft-'H
couiml , an adjournment wan taken until
Saturday mornlnu. Hall WIIH llxed nt $3.OJQ
and ItitcllfTo was taken bark to thn Tomb * .
Hud Uttc-llffe furnlt-hcd hill he would have
been at onef re irrcntcd an there win a
detective In court with u bench warrant , IH.
micd yesterday , charging Jtulellfte with
bigamy ,
SON OF THE DESERT A TIIIEP
Late Subject of the Sultnn Who OoveU
Others' ' Propsrty ,
SYRIAN WHO STEALS IS IN LIMBO
\ < fiiliS ComitrjiiM-ii
Him of HolililimTliiiii of Several
CoiiNliU'tnliUMini * of Moncyi
inrucil : ! > >
The police station was thronged with *
crowd of amry ; niul cvclted Sjrlaiw jrstcrday
morning who demanded the Instant nrrcst
of one of ( help number who ROCS under the >
name of Ocorgo Ascph. There were threa
contptaltianta against Ascph , In the persona
of Clmrlcs Abdu , Abraham AbiUi and J , Hedy.
The men allege that lie robbed them.
The most excited man In the group was
Nicholas Zouhlro , who conducts a store and ,
boarding house nt 14CO South Thirteenth
street. As soon as Asoph havli been arrested
nt his room , 1218 Williams street , Zouhlro
told the iKillce a. long talu of misplaced con
fidence , base Ingratitude ami other thing *
equally bad wli-ch he had suffered nt the
hands of Aseph. To begin with he sajs ho
knew Ascph In fijrla , where he resided In a
molest tent In a detert. After Xouhlrc came
to America he sa > s he received letters fttim
the old countrj In which bad stories weio
told of ABcph. Ills faith , however remained
unshaken In his old filend , until one day ho
was startled to hear that Aneph bad made
a ra.d upon n friend's valuables and , belns
caught In the act , was run out of the coun
try.In
In spite of these stories , however , Zouhlro
still believed that his Irlend could not behalf
half as bid us painted , BO when Aaeph
showed up at his store one bright morning
last summer ho Immediate ! ) took him In tiad
plajed the part of a geol host Ho gave
Afiiiih employment for a coutilo of months
and then set him up In the peddling bus
iness. The exile appealed grateful for the
help given hint ami prospered. In return for
the kindness shown he bought hU good ? of
Zouhlro and In so doing became acquainted
with a large number o ! Syrians , who a so
purchased of his old benefactor.
It Is the custom of man ) of the Ssrluru
who follow the peddling buolness so Zouhlio
sas , to gather at his s'ore Immediately upca
returning to the clt ) from a trip and at thcao
times the ) frequent ! } have l.irgo sums pt
inoney upon their persons. Ancph , so ho
c.is , became ac-iualntcd with this fact and
Wednesday night availed himself of
It. After the two , Abdu mil
Hedy , hud retired , Aseph proceeded
to take up a collection , and according'
to the stories of his \ittlms. fared quite well.
Ch.irlcs Abdu has ho lost ? 57 fiO , Abraham
Abdu $57 and Hedy , who IH tci aged cripple ,
$ 1.50. Each of these amounts were kept In
pockctbooks. When eeaichcil at the station
yesterday flvn pochetboohs were found In
the possession of Ascph , one of which wa
positively Iden tilled b ) Clmilcs ALdu as the.
one which had been stolen from him. Th
other pocketbooks have riot as jut been Iden
tified , but are supposed to bo three belonging ;
to others lodging at Zouhlre's place.
Aecph denies tl nt he has taken any prop
erty belonging to hlh friends and avarts the-
pockctbooks foimcd a portion of his stock In
trade. An Information charging grand lar
ceny will be Illod against tht prisoner.
An information charging burglary an-Jv
grand larceny was ( lied against George A soph.
and he was arn.lgned upon these charges.
late In the afternoon ami pleaded not guilty.
The caf-o was set for tcday at 2 o'clock.
Aseph asbcrts that his arrest Is duo to a.
light which has been waged In the Syrian
< 1uters for some time past. He sajs that.
other arrests will follow and that It will bo-
found that he. had nothing to do with the
theft of the money.
s'i < i\i.iMi KHCMI THI : STI HUNTS.
tM'liooI llo.vN Suffer .Si-i-loii *
I , < INN < -K TlirilUKll Slll'llU'TllICA I'M.
Thlcveiy at the Illgli school continues.
and BO far as surface Indications are con-
ceincil no effort Is helng made to stop It.
The attention of the superintendent , the
pilnclpal and the 'Hoard ' of education haa
been called to the matter , but notwithstand
ing this , the petty thieves keep right on
plying their vocation undisturbed.
A few dajs ago an ovcruoat belonging to
George Ilocrner was stolen from the study
room while he was absent for a few minutes
In the iccltallon room. Yesterda ) an over
coat , the -piopcrty of Young Ilorvey , was
stolen whllo he was In the recitation room
and at the same time two caps and half a.
dozen lunches went. The matter wra Im
mediately called to the attention of the
principal , who said that ho would try to
locate the miming property. During the
past two weeks lunches , mittens and gloves
have disappeared by the wholesale , but up to
this date the culnrlt or culprits have not been
located. Some of the boys who have lost
property arc. strongly In favor of taking the-
matter In their own luMidfl. They say that
a meeting foas been held and that an organ
ization something in the nature of a vlgl'anco '
committee will be formed It the school mi-
tlioiltles do not take some action. They
proiKiso to net a watch over the cloak and
the study looms and the first person caught
stealing will bu treated to a ccut of tar and :
fcutl.crs.
There bus alwas been more or loss steal
ing at the High school , but this year the
work Is carried on along more systematic
lines than ever. Tuo bos say t'.iat hereto
fore It ban been the eulnlon that the stcallnr
was by outsldere , but now they are convlnct
that the thievery Is committed by pupils
the school.
TIIIISVKS IM-'UVP l.VX | I HIT
1'iiMHi'iiKi'i-H Contltiiv mill ( itiltiK Suli
from riiUi | < > < 'l. 'lB niul Ollicrx.
Confidence men and pickpockets arc i
Ing the union depot their rendezvous r
and a couple of mcce'sful thcffe havr
perpetrated during thy laut two daS.
Tuesday night a young woman who
on Walnut Hill boaided the car of Conduct
Itlchard TroKtler of the Dodge street line. A
moment previous to til's n well drewed young-
man had alfo stopped upon the platform and
was asking qucntlon.s as to the various lima
whea the feminine p sengcr got on , A a the
car started up the ) oung man bruabed hla
way past the } oung woman and Jumped from
the car. Alincst > U the Mme time the younsr
woman missed her pockctbook , whlcli crn-
tulncil } ir , . She raTed to the thief to utop ,
but Instead ho ran tapldly to the south until
ho turned Into a flirt treot and disappeared.
Ivait night a fanner , whose name could
not ho Icaincd , who was enrotite from Denver
to his homo In Wlncontln , alighted for a tcvr
mlnutoa on the platform ot the depot ami
made the acquaintance of a couple of Htnoot'j-
talklng strangers They irpreflented them
selves an 11 KC n l.i for Iho Iturllcigton company
and managed to get hold of $11 RO belonging
to him. Au torn as ho had patted with his
inoney ho began to regret his action , and ,
hailing OIHter Cummlngs , pointed out Ilio
tlilbvcs Olllccr CummlngB nwdo an In
effectual rprlnt after the men , but failed to
Uag them. The latt seut of the fugitives
was on board an outgoing train Several
other flinall robberlea have taken p'aco at
Kio station which liavo not been made public.
Ollirn v > liiKi r l l llcml.
Many Omiiba jicoplo will remember Ms
Oliver Maggnrd , who nlmost lilted one 06
Cila own huge furnlturci vnitB , Kor several
yenro ho nvrnnt nml imvtmBfd the SIiufKJrd
Vnn nnd fitorngo romps ny here. Introducing
to Omaha the big tlirre-borno vehicles
which aru eunrantted to hold the content !
of n Htveit-room house at n loud About
four ) torH ago 'nn left Omulm , I'cstciduy
hl lirotht-r , John MuntJrd of Bouth Omahn ,
got a teltKiam from MlniienpollP , tellliif
him that th funeral of Oliver Mafsurd
vould be held on Krlday , No ( Utallo of th
death areulvc.ii. . John M.iBirird left liwi
n IK lit for MinnibpolU to attend the funira *