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11 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 10 , 1871. OMAHA , PBIDAY MOUNTING , FEBRUARY 25 , 381)8 ) TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY IftVE CENTS. FAMOUS VESSELS BLOWN DP Palo of the Maine Recalls Mysterious Tragedies of the Deep. 1HL TORPEDO IN MODERN WARFARE ContiinritlUcIInMltin Iflcnnl Craft Miutlcr of tin * ( irmtcHt Shin DcNtriicflvc Force of Hllliinnrllic .Mine" , In the "pnrt of mls lng ships. " and only tbpic , will bo found the key lo Ihe myslerles wllli which Ihe nnnals of Ihe spa are so replete , relates the New York Herald , l.lun- dreds of vessels nnd thousands of lives have licen sacrificed In this century alone , and , out of the ocsan no hint or whisper of the determining causes has "beenouchsafcd " or ever will bo. Wrecks .by hurricane , by suddrn burst of iquall , by collision In the open wllh other hips , with wreckage or Ice masses , by leaks no pumps could keep under these end many others are matters of annual record. But what of Ihc olhor caused , which no human agency may solve ? Boiler explosions , fire , sponlancous com- husllun In coal or cargo , and what sailors are pleased lo call "nil underwriters' job , " where ships have been scnl lo sea wllh lu- firnal machines secreted among the stores erIn In the hidden recesses of their holds who may enumerate the missing ships losl from some one of Ihese causes , which In the ship ping records of old wcie tabulated as by "thu act of God. " No navy Is free from sad slorlcs of ex plosions In Its powder and nimruinltloii magazines , and since the beginning of our clyfj war the number of vessels dcslroyed by toip docs In some form , or by submarine mines , makes a grewsome list. Is It gen- cinlly known , for example , thai In the re- bqlon ( | seven mon\'ors and eleven wooden vessels of war wei > totally destroyed by submarine mines' . ' Had the southerners possessed Ihe same knowledge al Ihe begin ning of Ihe war Ihe struggle would 1mvc been , at tl'C ' leasl , much prolonged , and Ihe dl astpr lo life and lonnage been greally In creased. Diirl'ig our early struggles several vessels were .blown up , notably the Randolph , of Im mortal memory , bul Hie most 'memorable case , and surely ono of the mojt pathetic , wa the destruction of the Intiepld , commanded iiy Ihe gallant Somors. She was fitted out as a floating mine , and on the night of Septem ber 1 , 1801. started from off shore under sail for the Inner harbor of Tripoli. Anxious eyes watched her from Ihe blockading fleet and at 10 o'clock a thunderous report waa heurd , a column of flame was seen vibrating In Ihe skies , and then Ihe tour of hundreds of guns mounted ashore. No ono came back to tell the story , but It Is believed thai Somers kept hl3 word not to'be taken alive by the enemy , and blew up the ship to escape capture. It was learned that the Inliopld had grounded on Ihe north ledge of thehaibor , nnd thai she had been attacked by three gunbnals. H was surmised , but never known , thai , to prevent the valuable tnipply of ammunition falling inlo Ihc hands of ; he enemy , Somers Jlrcrd her , destroying his own people and the Trlpolltaiis swarming oul of Uielr boats Into the hapless Ameri can lender. In Juno , 1820 , th. ' wooden ship Fulton , then station ] " ! ji u the receiving whip off _ _ j -r-u , , nitj u u ' fi'jjn causes never re- zlno twenty-live tons.ive persons were killed _ t'io ' sides were ; ji .y were wounded. Tradition "an AbsiU'"vIo ! 1 > ' a romantic , many an Im- FTit $10K ; , M about this dltasler. One yarn tony ribs lOgly how a gumier's mate bad boon'/ ! "I" " icd as ho thought unjustly , and In ievci&i destroyed the ship. In so doing he lost his own life , but failed In killing the object of hlft hatred , an officer who had left the ship qulclly a short lime before the commission of the crime. The- real story ecems to be lhat a fuddjcd gnnner'u mate by some error made his way Into the magazine with nn exposed lighted candle , stumbled Into the powder band of Ihc period and thus blew the ship skyward. THE AWH ION'S DESTRUCTION. In Iho Kngllsh service thuie have been u number of notable cases of explosion , but mainly In action. One well known In lime ot peace was Iho dcalructlon of Ihe frigate Amphlon , , Captain Israel Pcllew comnianJ- ing , off Plymouth , England. Here. loo. n gunner's male appears us Ihe god in the nu.i iiK ( for , apocryphal or not , it Is be- llovcd lo this day lhat the seaman In ques tion went with a lighted lamp Into the mag azine to steal po iler , which then had a ready market. Several hundred people were dimroyed. among them prominent olllclals and citizens of the town who were dining on board. Among other crimes laid so unjustly to .Irish sympathizers by the English prcp-i and pcoplo was the dcslructlon of the Drltleh cHiiitboat Dotterel In the Strulls of Magellan. She arrived oft Punta Arenas about II a , m. on April 26 , 1881. The captain went ashore , spoil nflcr to pay hlu official call , and about rjjp a. m. two terrible explosions were heard , end nn Immense cloud of nmoko was Been hovering over thc'shlp In the perfect calm of tlii morning. Project lira of all kinds , masses of human beings , ot ship equipage and of general wreckage were dis covered Hying through the air , and the .water . for a quarter of a mile around the ehIp was Uttered with dcbrta , Boats put off from the shore , and out of thn whole chip's company of over 160 soulo only eight were saved. Fenlfii plots were held to bo the cause of Die disaster , and South America and Australia were the scenes ' of police Inquiry for months. It to now be lieved thai the explosion was duo to the spontaneous Ignition of n pjlnt then used in Ihe Brlllsh navy. Thl , mider deteriora tion or when exposed to heat , was fowid to give off a highly Inflammable gas , and nn thu first explosion occurred In the neigh borhood of Ihe paint locker , this plausible theory U now accept- . During the last twenty jcars Iwo other cases have occurred one , when In 1880 a Sptnlsh gunboal was blown up In the harbor of Santiago de- Cuba , and the other In 1893 , when a man damaging and distressing explwlon occurred on board of Ihe German armored ship Baden , Ibcn al anchor off Kiel. Of Ihe war inventions employed lo destroy i Hnlps by submarine or aerial projectiles or by mines the number Is legion. Wo were amen ; the earliest lo employ these , and our contributions lo the history of torpedo war fare have been very many and very notable. The famous : "Battle of the Kegs" has been ming Ui mock heroic verso , and the Phlla. delplilan of 1777 had many a merry Jest over tin valorous attack made by the British gren. adlers upon three Iraocuaui barrels , Caplalti David Buahnell of Ceraoetlcut was ono of Iho curliest experimenters with torpedoes , though Robert Fultcn was the first to call a magazine of powder Intended for use wider walcr by Ihla name. This great Inventor made many experiments , and the partisans and opponent ! of the now tyn- tern filled the Journals ot thai day wllh acrl. monloua dl curfsl m. The failure of torpe does In the war of 1812 and the general feel ing against this mode of warfare as Inhu man and barbarous caused , however , Its practical abandonment ( or many yeari , THE CONFEDERATE TOIU'KDOBS. Submarine boafs had been generally cm- p1a > ed In all experiments up in Ihe beglnnlr1 of the civil war , and II was reall > no' until 1803 lhat mo\uble or fixed Uulate.l torpixlopt wore broughl Into general uu > . The confed erate torpedoes were usually made of popper an'l filled with ponder , \arylng In weights , according to circumstances of employment. ( torn fifty to 150 pounds. These wore cnr- rli d on spar * att > oheJ to shlpi or I * iats. werc anchored on ( ho bottom or were Kent drifting 'ngly ' or in r-tlrs connected by long llnrs down tide stream ? . The fuses fitted WPJO generally ot Ihc i > rocaslon type and fulmi nate ot mercury entered largely Into iiit4r composition , "ho HouMaloplc was destroyed oy a .ub- mnrlne boat , but the Albemarlo wji blowj tip by Cushlng with a torpedo , carried 0.1 the end ot a spar. This torpedo w s made of a stout cylindrical copper case , rti.oa w th powder and filled wllh a hollow lujj , which carried al Its botlom a fulminate c.ip. A small sized grape shol , secured wllh n pin , wns held at Iho lop , and by rclt.ie.iiR this at the eventful moment dishing destroyed the Albemarlo nnd his own boat nt Iho fa.ni tlmo and then made one ot the moat daring and romanllc escapes In Ihe annals ul uav/il / history. Many Improved s ) lcms were employed nnd much Ingenully was drlplaycd , Iho mofl In- vcnllvo of all experimenters belnrf A ecu- federate officer , who previous to Iho war bad been a well known dancing mutter. HANDLING TORPEDOES. For a season lowing lorrcdocH were In urent favor. These were handled from lha ship , end by certain dextrous thlfllngs df Iho con- nccllng lines were carried off each qiiantr at a safe angle and made to dive at Ibo desired - , sired moment. They proved to be diingnr- I ou , however , and all effort waa thereafter I directed to Ihe dirigible or Ihe aulomobllo I lorpedo. Generally described Iho dlrlplble lorpcdo 1a ono lhal contains Its own propel ling mechanisms and Is piloted from the shore by means of electric cables , which function the machinery , The automoblie torpedo Is a weapon lhat la shot , from a tube , generally called a torpedo gun and takes up Its line of progress toy machinery contained In Its body. There are many forms ot Ihesc , like Iho IIowoll and Ihc Whltchcad. for example , and some extraor dinary results have been obtained with both. The Whllelicad Is discharged from Ihn tune by steam or powder , and Just as It leaves the mtirzlo a lock automatically opened release * ) the comprp. s d nlr carried In a flask nnd sets In motion the machinery. Three things must bi > done by It. It must go Ibrough Ihc water al a high speed , preserving Its llrxiar direc tion ; It must lloal nl a constant depth , and on slrlklng It must explode. The Ingenuity and sin.pllclty of the mechanlrra which cffpctt these three things arc really marvellous. The Ifowell torpedo Is based upon the well known principle of the gyroscope. Us speed and surety of direction are given by the func tioning of an Inner wheel , which Is relatively very heavy on the prelphcry , and revolve * with such velocity and In such a constant plane that high speed nnd great stralghtncss of trajcclory nre secured. There are many other forms , bul Ihese two are employed In our service , and the Whltehead is used by nearly all the navies of the world. HOW A TORPEDO WORKS. The lasl lime the power of the torpedo was trstcd In aclual warfare was about two yctrs ago , wben Japanese torpedo boats at tacked and sank the Chinese battleship. Til g-Yuen In the fortified harbor of Wel- Ilcl-Wel. j-qr Only meagpr information ns to this ex ploit has ever bpen published , but a much 'baiter ' kr.owa nn/1 mpre significant achieve ment of the kind was the sinking of the famous Insurgent battleship Aquldaban , In Santa Catallna. .bay. . Brazil , on April 1 ( > , 1S4 ' , by thelorpedo flotilla of the govern ment. After the collapse of the monarchist lovoit. under the pressure of a powerful United States squadron , commanded by Admiral iBcnham , the Aquldaban took refuge at Santa Catalina , nnd here she was as sailed early on the morning of April 16 by a Brazilian nuval force , made up chiefly ot swift merchant vessels , which had been purchased In this country by Brazil and fittpd oul at New York with guns and am- Iho sinking of the ( Aiquldaban , as re lated by nn Amcilcau olficei01 tuc Brazilian flagship Nlchthcroy , wns a smart and dar.iig piece of work. The torpedo boats dashed In on the anchored armorclad , under cover of a drizzling rain nnd black darkness. They were perceived , however , and the light guns ot the battleship began lo flash all along her broadside , riddling her small assailants Ihiough and through , but touching no vital part of their machinery. The Sampalo , larg est and fastest of the boats , ran within 100 fe'et of Iho Insurgent'e great hull and fired a torpedo. It missed Its mark. Quickly circling around thu stern of the Aquldaban , in u hail storm of bullets and small shells , Ihe Sampalo fired anolhcr. This struck the battleship on the port now , and , exploding , opened a great rent In her steel plating. The bow roao out of the water before the force of the concussion , and then , with a quiver and a plunge , the great ship went straight to the bottom. Fortunately for her crew , the magazines did not Ignlto when the torpedo burst bcsldo them , or few , would have lived to loll Iho slory. The iiAquldabau was Ilot fatally In jured. She was , raised and repaired , and Is now said to bo In the Brazilian service. It was found lhat the torpedo had struck between the first and second compartments , tearing the twoilntaipne , smashing a great hole In Iho sldo clghlqen or twenty feet long and four or five 'eet broad , and crack ing Iho plates above clear to the water line. SUBMARINE MINES. The term "submarine mine" Is applied to defensive mines or to those which would be used to obslruct the channels of a river or estuary , or the approaches to a fortified or unprotected seaport. Colonel Samuel Colt , the Inventor of Iho American revolver , flrsl demonstrated the practlcablllly of blowing up vessels by submarines mince fired by electricity. In 1812 ho blew up the old gun boat Boxer , and In 1813 he dcslioyed a brig In Ihe Potomac river while Iho vessel was under way , sailing al Iho rale of five miles an hour. Many forms of mined wore used hero and abroad , nnd Ihcy were successfully employed against us In the civil war. Every sybtem ot coast defense concerns Itself with their distribution nnd use , and every well known harbor of the world Is al Ihls day so mapped out thai Ibo planting of Iheso mines maybe bo done on a plan which promises the great est utlllly. Somrt of these are constant depth mines that Is , such ns will float always at a curtain depth below Ihe Burfneo , no mailer what may bo the state of the lido ; some are fitted lo uxplodo on contact , and most are so arranged that they may bo exploded at will by observers stationed at points of refuge , in bomb proof and lookout stations ashore. 1'KXSIOXS KOII W15STHII.V VKTUHAXS SHIM Ivor * of I.ntc Wnr Iti-iiii-iulnTcil hy Hiicninil ! ( Jovcrnnii-nl. WASHINGTON , Fob. 24 , ( Special. ) Pen- sloufl have been Issued as follows : Issue of February 8 ; Nebraska : Original Thomas Smllh , Ho mer , $12. Addlllonal John G , Parish , Cedar Rapids , $2 lo fS. Supplemental Edward J. Smith , Edgar , $8. Rcstorallon and Reltssuo Christopher C. Demary , St. Leborg , $12. Oilglnal Widows , etc , Mary A. Illlllngton , Lushton , 18. Iowa : Original Charles T. Hlgglns , Weal Union , 10 ; Henry R. Sprague , Ottumwa , $ G ; Michael Schutthcls. Clinton , $0 ; William E , Smith , Clinton , J8 ; John M. Johnson , Pan- era , JG , Increase Charles a. Palmer , $8 lo $11' . Uclasuo Herbert D. Peck , Wall Lake , $17 , Reissue and Increase George Patrick , Chlckasaw. $17 to $24 ; William T. Plckclt , Den Molties , $ C to $12. Original Widows , etc. Hntlle B. Welch , Avoca , $8. Colorado ; Original William II. Hyatt , Denver , ( C ; Sutherland H. Scadln , Carbon- dole , $ S. Supplemental John R. Holllbaugh , Denver , $6. $ Ilcatorjlbn Horace W. Co-tton , Denver , $6. Original Widows , elc. Rose To wns end , Saquache , $8 , to Chinese MlNwIoli Plt'lil. NEW YORK , Feb. 24. Among Ihe passen gers who iirrived today on board Ihe steamer Truve from Hrernen nnd Southamp ton was Hlshon J. 1) . von Auser. whoso reports on the German mission suulons In C'hliiii luivo attracted considerable , ultpntion. lllahop von Auscr Is passing through this country to nsvume charge ot his work at Bhnn Tung , C'hlmi. It Is In this section that the Kl.io Cluiu bay Is situated , ut which p'acethe Herman forces are In contro1. IliinU llohhtTN { let Very I.I U If , . ST. LOt'IS. Feb. 2L A spot-lnl to Die Port- Ol'l'atrh from Pana , III , says that , the \iuiU of the Shi mini n l > ank was today II'OAU nph by rolibera , whu npcd nltro-glyeer'ne. The robbers only obtained 110 In pennies us Iliey were scared mv'ay' before belnfenble ti Im-uk Into the Inner siccl safe , which contulnc4 thousands of dollura GOES HARD WITH BONDSMEN Deois'ons on Suggested Instructions Turn Against the Dofcnso. JUDGE POWELL'S ' RULINGS FAVOR STATE IJITV I'olntn Involved In the Hurl Icy Suit All Deelileil In Ktivor of the reoilrCloNliiK the Cn HI- . Before. Judge Powell finally adjourns court today the cult against the borxlsmcn of cx- State Treasurer Hartley will be In the hands of the Jury. The- final argumenta to the twelve men who are to award the 1500,000 prize which lo hanging In the balance were begun , yesterday afternoon. Before the day lo over the final discussions will be con cluded , the Instructions will be given by the court and the Jury will r tlro to deliber ate uptn. a verdict , Judge Powell Is deter mined that the cass ahall bo ended by to night and because of this he has confined each party In the suit to a four hours' ar gument. The stale has scored first blood In the con- tcct. On every question of law the ; ourt has held against the bondsmen. All the morning was spent In discussing them hrletly. Judge Powell Insisted that the arguments should be short , Inasmuch as the questions were entered Into exhaustively In the first trial. They were not formally presented , but came up In the shape of instructions whl.-h were offered to the court for presentation to the jury- Just before - noon Judge Powell gave an Intimation of what his Instructions would bo and in all of these he holds agtlnst the bondsmen and for the state. One of the moat Important questions that entered Into the defeiwo was over the validity of the bond. It Is contended that sufficient proof was Introduced to show that the bond had mot been Illcd on January 3 , 1S95 , the first day of Hartley's second term. It Is held also that the statute Is absolutely mandatory that the filing ehall take place on that date and If It does not the olllce becomes vacant end It becomes the duty of the governor to nil It by appointment. Consequently the de fense holds that Hartley , not having filed his bond cm the date fixed by the statutes , was never legal state treasurer , and there fore the bond was void and the bondsmen are not liable for hla shortcomings. Judge Pow ell ruled aga'nst this position. BARRETT SCOTT CASE A PRECEDENT. The court eald that In the Barrett Scott case tde bupremo court had held that the ap proval of a bond by specified time Is an Immaterial matter and does not render the bond as a ponlract void. The statutes place the filing and approval of a bond on the eamo footing , In fact make the approval a prior act , slnc& It says that a bond cannot bo filed before approved. If the supreme court holds that the approval Is Immaterial , then cer tainly the filing must bo Just as Immaterial as the approval. This supreme court decision Is based on the principle th < u the statute is not In existence for the benefit of the sure- tics , but of the public. Consequently ttie sureties can have no concern whether or not Its provisions are followed out. The defense was also knocked out In con nection with Its contention that a portion of the shortage sued for occurred during the first toim , and that theboudsmen should not bo hold liable for that. Judge Powell said that he would permit the jury to consider such figures ns would enable It to determine the sum 'Bartley ' did not account for out of the amounts he received during his second term. This Instruction , In connection with ono regarding the certificates of deposit , will support the contention of the state that at the 'beginning ' of his second term Bartley accounted for all Uie money with which ho was chargeable , and consequently that ho turned over to himself what ho should have turned over. For on the matter of the certificates of de posit the court has also held against the defense. Judge Powell said that ho would Instruct the Jury that If at the end of his first term and the beginning of Ills second term Bartley turned over to himself cer tificates of deposit as so much money , ho and his bondsemn were bound as If these certificates had been In reality money. ON THE WARRANT QUESTION' . Judge Powell did not say pcaltlvnly , but Intimated that ho would also hold against the defense on the matter of the warrant which passed through the Omaha National bank. The bondsmen contended that they were not liable for the sum realized on this warrant &omo $201,000 under the statute which says that sureties of the state treas urer shall not be held liable for moneys del - l > cnlted In depository banks. Judge Powell said , however , that this statute was not In tended to shield 'bondsmen ' from liability If the state treasurer stale or embezzled money on deposit , but was only Intended to pro tect them against the weakness of the banks , They could take ndvantago of the utatulo only In cane the depository bank failed. In regard to the special defense of Mary Fitzgerald , the court said ho would permit the Jury to detcrmlno the question of her sanity or insanity when eho signed the bond. These questions and the argument over them took up almost the entire morning. When court convened the last witness In the case was called , and ho occupied the bland but n few moments. He was II. S. Freeman , former assistant cashier of the First Na- llonal bank of Lincoln. "Wcro any certificates of .deposit Issued out of the First National bank of Lincoln , 'n favor of J. S. Bartley , state treasurer , on January 8 , 18a5 , " General Cowln naked. The slate objected to the question. ltd purpose wns to conlradlct Governor Holcomb In his testimony that among the certificates of deposit were some on the First National bruk amouatlus to come $200,000 , olgned by N. S. Ilarnood as president , who Is ono of the defending bondsmen. The state con tended that the wilncas could only testify from personal knowledge or from the booKa , As he could not do the former and as the books of the bank were uol In court the wit- 11 eta was excused , * ED SMITH'S ARGUMENT. T'io ' arguments lo the Jury were begun Immediately after the noon rcceta. The IIMl was made by Deputy Attorney General Smith on behalf of the state. He first went Into the trn'sactlon by which' Bartley em bezzled the proceeds of the $180,000 warrant ordered drawn by an act of the legislature on the general fund to relrabun the sinkIng - Ing fund for the amour. ' , lost through the failure of the Capital Natlcnal bank. Ho said Iho Ink with which the governor's tlg- naluro was attached wns hardly dry pn the warnill In April , 1835 , before Hartley had disposed of 11 , Ir.skml of pulling the pro ceeds In the sinking fund he put them In his pocket. Yet when ho took up the war rant , which , with Interest , amounted to some $201,000 $ , bo used Iho state's mrney llmi woo on deposit In the Omaha National bank. The attorney told that this embezzlement of $200,000 at ono fell swoop would gp down In the history of this stale as the mcst gigan tic eteal on record. Mention was also made of the oVcrdeposlts la the suspended banKu al Alma nnd Orlecns , which , being In viola tion of law , were chargeable to the bonds- raer , Allorney Smllh dwelt upon the embezzle ment of $335.878 out of Iho permanent school funds. This , lie ttatcd , was one of the mow Infamous thefts on reord , might bo called treason , Ho then Indicated how Ibis shortage was rat'lly computed from Die evidence in the case from Bartley's own books and his final atatemcnl. In tbcso hartley admitted that be was chargeable with $1,530,000 ; yet ho accounted for only $1,04C.OOO In depository banku and $153,000 In cash. WHEN IT WAS TAKEN , The ultornpy spoke of the contention made by the defenio that a largo portion of the tnortago sued for existed at the end of the Hm term. Ho said that the evidence of ( ho governor wan that Hartley accounted for every dollar ho was Accountable ( or by means of deposits In depository banks , mcncy and certificates of deposit. He pointed oul , too , that there is no evidence that Ihcso certificates were not good. On the contrary , It had been proved through the governor that at least $200,000of these certificates were genuine that the Aioney was on do- poi'lt ' In the First National bank ot Lincoln and that the certificates 'sho\vlriK lhl fact was certified to by X. S. uarwood , the pres ident. The attorney taldimuch stress upon Ihls. He eald that th "bondsmen were con tending that the $400000 ; of certificates of deposit were fraudulent Ami that they rep resented so much shortage. Attorney Smith also } pointed out that these certificates ? of epalt had been car ried forward by BartJcyJ aa money for at least six months after ) life beginning of hla second term , In coreliUlcn the attorney aigued against the sp&Udl defence ot Mary FlUgerald lhat eho was Insane al Iho lima she signed Ihc bond. J ) UL.VMES THE JPSOPLM. Allorney Ransom foj the defense began his argument by staling1 that aa endeavor was being made by the stale lo "crucify" seven or clghl men because one man had gene wrong men who haa In the flrat place been misled Into signing the bond by < hc pcoplo of the state electing Barlley lo a second Icrm. The attorney first turned his attention lo Ihc mailer of the certificates. of deposit ca covering up a shortage at the end of the first term. He particularly re ferred to Iho parl laken by Governor Hol comb In the accounting In which the certi ficates of deposit figured. Allorney Ransom Insisted lhal Hie $449 , 000 of cerllficalcs of deposits could not be accepted as money that they really covered up a shorlago , which had Increased to $555- 000 by the end of the secrnd term , As to the warrant for $180,000 , Attorney Ransom said thai 11 vras In Ihe first place a Irap lo catch 'Barlley , for Iho leglalalure might jusl as well have ordered Iho trans fer of the amount of money from the general to the sinking fund through a mere act of bookkeeping. Ho also argued that the warrant was never legal , since It was drawn to J. S. Hartley Individually and not ao state treasurer. According to this view the payment of the warrant by the Omaha Na tional bank from the state moneys deposited there waa Illegal and as a matter of law the money Is still In the bank. In conclusion Attorney Ransom Insisted that the bondsmen should bo considered a preferred class , because the elate would not bo able to carry on its business If there were not such men. onlcrprlslng enough lo slsa Iho bonds of Its olllccrs. The arguments of thi defense will continue this morning and the attorney general Is expected to close In the afternoon. Nott'N from the Courts. The suit broughl by Horace G. Candco against Francis C. arable has bean settled and dismissed. Sometime ago Candcc sued for $440 , alleging thai Grable was Indebted to him In that sum for services In eximl- nlng titles and preparing abstracts. Clarence Woolman , a minor , > by bis next friend. Will B. Cowln , has sued the Omaha and Grant Smelting company in an action to recover the sum of $21.000 alleged dam ages. The plaintiff alleges lhat he was em ployed by the defendant and that on Novem ber ,13 last , while wheeling a load of bars of lead , the barrow tipped over , Ihe lead falling upon and crushing him , thus crippling him for life. The suit of the Commonwealth Real Estate company against William Snyder la being heard before County Judge Baxter , the plaintiff asking lhat the defendant be ejected from the premises , 1320-24 Harney atreel. The defendant objects to moving out , con tending that ho has a verbal lease of the property. This Is dented by Ihc plaintiff. The buildings upon lh $ lots are a number of one-slory frame stzuctures which have been condemned by thes cltjvauthgrltles. HEAIJYTO ETtlK.VfO 1IISR IIUSIIAM ) CoiiiitfiN IIiis KiiiniKh of for1 , n Uvliii ; . ST. LOUIS , Feb. 24. The Post-Dispatch today says that Cotmleps iMarle de Plasso , wife of Dr. Comto Lquls do Plasso , the Belgian nobleman of 2D East Twenty-sevenlh street , New York City , 'who ' has been , mys- lerlously missing from her fashionable eastern homo for a year , hao been located In St. Louis by one oT Cjhlcf Desmond's men She Is nt St. John ? hospital. The first trace of hep was secured at the residence of ( Mr. Wlckham , 27 Vandoventer Place , where she wag employed as , n dress maker. From Ihero she was sent lo the female hospital and leaving Iheio a week ago she wenl to St. Johny , whcro she Is waiting until she can5 secure a situation. She wai > known at the city Institution and at Mrs. Wlckham's as Alice IMurrls. The countess told the mother superior that If her husband would send for her now she might return and this Information has been forwardf'i to New York. The mother su perior t'peaks well of ( he countess. The countess says that she left home be- cauoj of a quarrel with' her husband , due to her appetite for morphine. Her husband , she eald , was to blame for this habit. IllNliop Wortlilnjujrloii'M AmilviTNiiry. Wednesday Iho feast of St.Mathlas in re ligious circles , was a day of Btieclal Interest to the dignity of the episcopate In the dlo- clly nnd also marked Iho thlrlcenth anniver sary of Hlshop Worthlngton's consecration lo the dignity of the Eplsuop.itc In the diocese cese of Nebraska. Religious services were he'd In the different ohurche over which the bishop's jurislletlori e-xtemls. and prayers were offered for his spiritual nnd temyoral welfare. The bishop , after ftttondlni ? service nt St. Mnthlas church , spen ( most ot tbo day nt his olllce , where u largo mimljiir of his clergy nnd other friends called to present their compliments imd best wishes. Held on KiiNil | ( > ii. Thomas Jeffersop , n negro. Is locked up nt the city jail as a suspicious character. About 3 n. m' . yesterday ho was discov ered by a policeman secreted In a luilhvay nl 1522 Donslft.s strc.sU A bunch of door keys was found In h ! possession nnd he will bo held for further Investigation. The au thorities are trvlntf to connect him a lib tover.il crimes of houstjIirealtlriK' which have occurred within the last six Ao ° kM and the perpetrators of which nrc unknown. lilNprl'tor I'rillNt'H Iho Ilnllillnu' , Since the opening of the new postolllce W. F. Teets , 11 government Inspector from Washington , ha been Inspecting the furni ture and fixtures. 11 % said to a Bee reporter thai ho had found evrylhlnB In very wood comllllon. Mr. Teets say.s there Is no liner trovcrnment bulldlnir In the country than the Omaha bul'dlne nnd lie Is In doubt whether there Is ono nmonff the bulldlnga now com- rileto so strictly modern In all respccto. Mr. Teels return * to Washington Ihls afternoon , l.lnciiinii li Trmilili1. Thomas Durkln , nn cleotrlo wire lineman , has been nrrcattd on n warrant worn out In police court by Cy ! | Electrician 15 , F. Sdhurlfr. charging lilio with violating the city ordinances by etilnglnK wires In a cer- lain hold without n dlce-nse. The ptmnlty for this misdemeanor 9 n fine In nny sum nol less Uian $20 nor more than $200. or Im prisonment nor e-xceefilnj ? thirty days , or both fine und Imprisonment nt the discretion of the court. I2Uiiilliir TliPlr Ofllc'L-N , Slnco the postolllce bus moved out of the old federal bulldlnir tjiere nre to bo some- changes In olIlceH W > C , A'nndcrvoort , di vision superintendent of malls , will occupy the room formerly ocr-upled by Miss Coflln of the Civil Bervlce'commission , nnd United States Mnrshal Thummel will hrive the room formerly used by the registry department In addition to the offices he now has. H \\Vnk nil War Scnrr. CHICAGO , Feb. 24.-Tloth the grain nnd provision and stock inirketu ( word very weak today , reflecllnR fir sharp bieak In stocks In New York , which Jind a decidedly tie- morallzlrp rffccl on bulls. The Increasing gravity of the reports from Havana , which ciufceil the Wul ! street decline , wait re- ppansllilu In t'lt- ' main for quite free llqutda- I lion of long wheat. The market wns weak all daY und closed At 'declines of ; > , cents for May und 1V4 cents for July In 'bo slock market dccllif * of ns much ns four puinta were recordi.d in aouie of the more active necurlUoa. CLOSE OF THE KASTNER CASE Evidence Has .All Boon Given to the Twolv Good Men. ARGUMENT WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING tMinp Urnlx on nn Alllil with n Side Ixxui ? flint TlrilfMiiniL Dleil from Morphine I'olnonliiK. So for as Iho lenllmony Is concerned , the case of Iho State Against August Kasttier Is closed. The last witness lefl the stand nt 5:30 : o'clock lasf night , at which lime bolh the prosecution and the defense announced lhat they had no more evidence to offer. At about 2:30 : o'clock on the morning of Juno 9 lasl n call was lurned In to Iho police station , announcing that thcro was fiomo- Ihlng wrong at the Nelson saloon , Thir tieth nnd Spauldlng streets. The patrol wagon with Driver Oaborn and Officer Dati Tlcdeman was tent out. Officer Glover being picked up out en North Twenty-fourth street. After reaching the saloon , Osborn was left In charpc of Ihe wagon and the two policemen proceeded to the front ot the pa- loon and looked In. Xot seeing anybody In side they proceeded to the rear ot the buildIng - Ing nnd , passing through a nmall beer gar den , proceeded to a vacant lot bcyon.l , through which they saw three men running. The officers opened fire , which wns returned by the fitolng men. Officer Tledcmau was shot In the stomach and died at Clarkson hcsjiltnl during the day. Olllccr Olou-r was shot through the nose , the ball lodging In the sldo of his head. He also received a charge of bird shot In the hip. The mur derers escaped. An e.xamlnnllon of the saloon , made dur ing the day , developed the fact that the place had been robbed , but that the burglars had left their booty behind. The detectives and police were etnrled at work on the case and during the following few days arrested numerous parlies , Including Iho three Kast- ners , Joseph , the father , and August and Louis , his sons. After their arresl Ihelr premises were searched and numerous ropes and sacks found , many of which. 11 la con- lended. correspond with ropes and sacks left behind by the persons who robbed Ihe sa loon. A charge of murder was filed aga'nst the Kastners cr.d they were held without bor-ls to appear at the last September term of Iho dislrlcl court. At that term Ihe case was called and cont'nucd until the prcocnt term , when It was taken up and August Kastner was placed o trial charged with murder. KASTNER'S DEFENSE. The evidence adduced against Knstner hap been cnllrcly circumstantial , though Officer Glover tcsllfiod lhal although it was dark and raining on the morning of the shooting , ho recognized August Kastner at a distance of several feet as the man who fired naJ wounded him. The defense rests mainly on nn alibi , several - eral witnesses swearing that all of the Kaot- ncrs were at homo and In bed during the night ot Juno 8 and the morning of June 9. They have alpo shown by several wit- nrp ies that they were not the owners of any shotguns or revolvers at the time of the muiacr , and In fact had not owned nny such firearms for months previous to the time of the commission of the crime. Lart night when court adjourned , Judge Slabaugh announced thot the arguments would begin promptly at 9 o'clock this mornIng - Ing nnd that each sldo would be given Ihreo hours. If Ihls order made by Ihe court Is followed Ihe case -will bo submitted to the jury before the adjournment of courl lo- nlght. Yesterday morning the defense offered some testimony tending to show that the death of Officer Tledeman was not the result of the gunshot wounds received , but Instead , was due to ncglccl and Ihe administration of morphine. Thlo evidence was brought out by questioning Dr. Coffman on rebutlal and also by propounding lo him a hypo thetical question , describing Tledcman's wounds , hl condition immediately following the shooting and the subsequent treatment that he received. Dr. Coffman was recalled and tesllfied lhal when he saw Tledeman al Iho en- glno house at 4 o'clock on the morning of Juno 9 , 1897 , ho gave no evidence of liavlin ! the dangerous symptoms following a gun shot wound , at least such as would ncjea- earlly prove fata' ' . Cross-examined , Dr. Coffman said lhat the fad that Tledeman vomited whllo at the en gine house was no evidence of a Miock or that Iho shot had penetrated ICio intestines. If the shot had penetrated Ihc Intejjlnes , aa described by County Atlorney Baldrlge , the doctor eald Ibat there naturally would have been a shock , but necessarily the nhock would not have been attended by death unlcea II continued. On redirect examination ur. uonman said that a shock would follow Immediately after a wound such as was described as having been sustained by Tledeman. WCien the doc tor saw Tledeman ho said that ho had a good circulation and pulse and that there was a complete absence of any nhock. Had the shot peTictraled the Intestine * ? a nhock would have followed Immediately and death would soon after have been a natural consequence. Shown Iho vest worn by Tledeman , the doctor examined It and then testified that If the shot marks on tde garment Indicated the place where Iho leaden pellets struck the officer , llioy enlersd the stomach end not the Intcslincs. Second Hand Dealer Alplrn said thai dur ing the month of March , 1897 , ho bought a shotgun and a revolver from Mrs. Joseph Knottier. When cross-examined the witness could not rememlJer whether the phot gun had ono or two barrels. He could remember nothing about the revolver. Bolh weapon. . ! ho cold lo Joe Laveno a day or two after they were purchased from Mrs , Koslncr. Joe Lavenc had been subpoenaed , bill ho did not respond. It was announced lhal ho had diphtheria In his IIOUPO and Judge Sla baugh concluded la Icl Ihe catio go on with out his testimony. MOTHER ON THE STAND. Through an Interpreter Mrs. Joseph Kasl- ner testified that on Juno 8 , 1897 , August helped to move Mrs. Hamilton , returning lianie at about 9 o'clock In the evening. When August returned the husband of the witness and her son Louis had gene to bed , They retired , Ihe witness said , teen offer supper. None of them left their room during tbo night of Juno 8 , but slept there until the next morning , when they aroae and ale "breakfast. Witness remembered lhal somcllme ago her husband owned a ehot gun and a re volver , bul sold both la a second-hand dealer In March , 1897. Slnco then witness slid lhat there had been no firearms In he house aeldo from a rifle. Cross-examined , the witness said that she had resided In Omaha twenly years and had not learned the English language. Gor man , she said , was the language spoken In her homo. Referring to the return of Au gust Kastner from the Hamlltons on the evening of June 8 , witness was positive thai 'I ' wan at about 9 o'clock. She oould not re member at what hour she bad supper thai nlghl , County Attorney Baldrldge attempted lo find out when supper was served al Iho Kant- ner home , but the witness skillfully avoided the qucsllon by anawerlng "When supper Is ready wo eal. " The peculiarity of the memory of Iho witness was on uross-examliiatlon some thing that slruck Ibe spectators moit forci ble. She could remember when her husband and sons went to bed and when they arone , but touching other mailers her memory was a complete blank. She could nol remember ever having dlscunaed tbo murder of Tlede man or Iho wounding of Glover ; shu bad not oven talked to anyone relative to the arrest of tbo members of her family and their In carceration In Iho county jail , { When the Kastncrs .were arrested , the witness said : "We did not have gun or revolver about the house. " "When was the last time that you had n gun about Iho house ? " "Last March , when we sold Ihem , " an swered the witness. 'Slnco lhal lime wo have nol owned R gun or A revolver. There was never a double barrel gun In Iho house. " IDENTIFYING A GUN. Aimusl Kastner , bcliij recalled , Idonllftcd an old musket ot Ihc model of 1850 nnd said that It wns the gun told lo Alpern In March , 1SR7. Cross-examined , Ihe wllneva said lhal all he knew about the gun having beer. , sold \\M what he was told by his mother. On redirect witness said thai al the time of Ihe sale of Ihc musket there was no other cun In the house. Second Hand Dealer Alpern Identified the musket mil said that It looked like the gun that he bought from Mrs , Kastner. Poultry Dealer Rldlken wna called tr.d looked nt the musket. He eal.l that U w.i3 a gun lhat ho bought from Joe Lcvenc , who eald that he had bought It from Alpern. Asked If he knew the Kastners , witness said that he never flaw Ihum. Correcting bis testimony witness said that he bought Iho gun from Alpern. luslchd of from Jcc Lcvenc , as he had previously Blaled. Alperr. being recalled , ! i sUted that he bought the gun from Mrs. Kastncr and sold It to Joe Levtne. As the test wttuces left the. sland Die de fense announced : "Your honor , wo rest. " After cctisultlng a few raonior.to County At- loncy Bnldrlge nnd AfslstaiV. County At lorney Jcfferls dlnrtixl on rebuttal bj c.ill- ' Ing Mrs. Elizabeth Palmlog lo Ihc otand. I She aald Ibat dur.ug May last ahc wan at I Gunsmith Shtilts' shop In Ihls city nnd saw ! Iwo men looking over gun flocks and locks. I Attorney Ritchie objected to the witness giving nny more lesllmony , contending that her evidence was not along the line of rebuttal - , buttal , but Instead was evidence thai should have been broughl oul In Ihe case In chief. The objecllon was sustained and the wit ness was excused. II. C. Miller said thai he had seen the Kastncra nnJ was at their house when they lived al Thirty-eighth and Hoyd streets. That waa In 1895. Wltnens was a ked If ho saw a double barreled shotgun when there. Attorneys for the defendant objeclcd , nr- Jgttlng lhal the testimony of Miller should ' . have 'been adduced In chief. The objection was overruled , the court holding lhat In defense August Knstner had denied having owned a double barreled gun. Witness feald thai when at Knstner's In lS9.'i he saw a shotgun hanging on ono of the Inner walls of the house. Again , when they lived at Thirty-second nnd Emmctt streets , witness was at their house and there and then saw a double tmrelcd shotgun. Cross-examined , witness could not remem ber the date when ho vlsltad the Kastncr house the second time , but { bought that It was during cold weather , some tlmo during the jcar 1897. B. D. Stein tesllfied that In 1S9C ho vis ited the Kastner house on Hoyd street and saw a fchclgun Ihere. At Hie lime he said he was there wllh H. O. Miller , -who testi fied lhal It was In 1S ! > 5 that ho was al Kast- ncr's and saw the shotgun. HEMMING AND THE DARN. E. H. Hemming , being recalled by the state , told of an examination of the Knntner bain , made laat Tuesday , at which tlmo ho found that several change , * had been made In the interior of the structure since his ex- amli.atlrn last June. On June 9 the roof wns tlcht nnd Intact. Last Tuesday there were bcvcral holes In ( tic roof , directly over whcro the clothing was hanging on Juno 9. Asked to provo his statement , Hemming brought kilo 'court ' several sections of thereof roof , all of which showed hales In them. These holes , or nt least egme of them , had the appearance of having been made re cently , as the shingles about Uicm were not discolored by exposure , or olhcrwlse. Whcm ill Iho Kastncr born on June 9f wit ness said that the flour beneath the loot was close and Intact , except a hole for throwing down lay. Last Tuesday when witness was at the barn much of Ihla floor. ' had been removed , especially over Ihe point whcro the clothing was hanging on June 9. On crofls-oxamlratlon , Hemming' testified that on June 9 ho did not go onto the roof to oxctnlno Into Its condition. Witness was not at the barn after Juno 12 until last Tuesday. Detective * Dunn testified to having visited the Kastncr barn last Wednesday lo assist In taking away perilous of Ihe roof. On June 9 , 1897 , wllncse said that thcro were no holes In the roof. Conlractor iMurphy examined Iho section of roof from the Kastner barn. He was the man who cut thr- pieces out of 7)10 ) roof. In his opinion the roof was wj\tor \ tight , with the exception of the licdco. Mrs. Elllotl. called by the/jStalc , said lhal on Ihe morning of Juno fj she saw Mrs. Kastner at 5 o'clock going from HIP house to the barn. AVItness on Jniic 9 lived Iwo doorn west of the Kaslncr b'nrn. Again thp state rested and the defense called Llzzlo Kastner , who testified that she and her family moved from Thirty-second and Emmclt streets pn November 20 , last. ' This ended the teall'mony and Judge Sln- baugh announced that arguments would be gin this morning. Jimoits FOR Fii : > iitA ; [ , COUHT. CninntlNHlniirr Tllilrn nnil CIprIc IIIIIlN II'llw the Siiccllll Term Mi'n. A special session of Iho Untied States dis trict and United States circuit courts has been called lo convene In Omaha , commenc ing Monday , March 14. The following pellt jurors have been drawn for that tieiwlon of the dlstrlcl court by George Tllden , Jury commissioner , anl Oscar B. Hlllls. clerk of Iho United Stales district court : Charles E. Walto , Llncoloj Chris Hosteller , Central City ; W. E. Ewlng , Franklin ; J. II. Thomp son , West Point ; Patrick Sullivan , Barnston ; E. C. Rogers , Lincoln ; G. W. Ciimmlnga. Madison ; Thoma/i GuliHforth , Holdrvgo ; K. N. Pnrtcrfiold , Kearney ; John Snndnll , York ; Join Malzncher , Oakdaln ; John DoWoody , Alnsworth : James Whitened. L'ncoln ; George Redman , Irvingion : A. P. Myeis , Orleans ; Charles H. Howard , Omaha ; A. R. Nlchola , Rrac'ahaw ; S. II. Atwood , Platloinoulh ; W. L. Berry , Madlscci ; John Evans , .South Bend ; J. D. McFarlaivJ , Lincoln ; William McMalmn. MadlFon ; B , F. Stouffer , Fremont ; J. W An drews. Lushlon ; C. M. Ball , David City ; D. W. Iloyt , Waco ; Jamca A. A EC. aw , Omaha ; John J. T xel , Bruno ; S , S. Wortz , Summer ; Lcvl Colvln , Waterloo ; Lou to J. Bernard , Ough ; Henry Rice , Wllsonvlllo ; James W. Montgomery , Troy poitofilce ; Stephen Jcnaes , Madison ; David Gotf , Nebraska City ; J , S. Ray , Noponeo , The law Ifl such that u special Eefslcm of the United States circuit court al which all Id miry of caeca can bo tried cannot be called uithout an act of congress. An effort waa made to get .such a measure through ccn- giras in order to have the special erpslnn here , beginning March 11 , but In eomo way this act failed to pass , to the circuit judge hoe taken advantage nf the only nltenmtlvc left hlm.and called a npeclal session at which only cases not requiring a Jury can bo tried , The fpeclal cession of Iho district Is called for all kinds of cases , n there In no statute preventing a judge from cenvonlnx this court whenever ho sees fit. IlliiiiiliinlloiiH for Ali-Sur-llcn , City Electrician Schurlg Is beginning to make plans for the street Illuminations dur ing the Ak-Sar-Ilen festivities and with tbo experience lhat has been acquired In previ ous years ho expects to make eomo material Improvements on Iho previous efforts. Ho says that what has been done In previous years were very well for a beginning , but In his opinion It Is tlmo that the public was treated lo some now effects , Just what these will to has not been definitely decided , but It Is very likely thai are lights will bo moro prominent In the decorations than heretofore , .tnnlhrr HchllU HiilldliiK. A penult has been Issued to Iho Hchlltz Brewing company to build a handsome store building on the northwest corner of Sherman avenue and Mandurson street. The structure ) will be of brick with two ut'-rleu and a bane mcnt and will cost $5,000. The tfatliu company has a permit to expend $1.000 In Improve ments on ill building at C23 Pacific street. ASSETS OF MAYOR MOORES Testimony ns to What Ho Owned Wbon H Went Out of Office , HIS SCHEDULE FILED IN EVIDENCE llcnrlnu ; of llu < Tcxltinmiy In < h llriinloli line Wnrrnndi CIINI < > llc- nuitu * < l 1lcfor < > tin * Ilpforce lit the CM } Hull. | _ The hearing of the evidence In the Droatch-Moorrs rase was resumed bcforo Rpferco Clements yesterday In the office of Major .Moores In the city hull. The mayor wan co the stand nil the forenoon nnd his cm-u-cxamlnatlcii was resumed after the re cces Mayor Moores was rnllcil to the stand to testify In regard to the asc-els that ho pos- sensed at the time when ho turned ever the oincu of clerk of the district court to hla successor. Ho submitted n schedule of his property nnd other assets n follo\\a \ : 1'Ves ' due from county $ M,97fl.S3 Fees due from litigants and listed. , 1S.4P0.70 I-ei's not listed 0,000,00 Ortlllcute.s ' of deposit l,1.fiM.OO ! I'nsh 2.M17.SH Notes , mortgages and due Mils 24.431.Ctl Fees due from city of Onmlu 3W2.31 ! 1-ees ilut > from South Om.ihii , WM.tO Heal e'luto 51,350.00 Total . . $182,417.51 The mayor wrs cross-examined nt length by Attorney Wright with the niparent | In tention of discrediting tlie assets scheduled In the direct examination. A particular effort wns made to bring out admissions Hint a part of the fees that had lioon Included as assrf.'s were uncollectible. An Item of over $700 against the German Savings bank wns inodo the principal subject of attack , but the mayor testified that the claim hail been paid In full previous to the Insolvency of the hank. The ccrtlllcntes of depoblt were nlpo made the subject of close scrutiny nnd at this point mi adjournment wns taken. In the afternoon the cross-examination was rc \\ed , referring especially to the real oi'tate , which formed a part of the Hchcdulo of assets. The afternoon srrulon was almost entirely occupied by the further crrca-exnmlnatlon of Mn > or Moored. Ho was questioned 'n detail 'D regard to the real estate which ho had Included In h's schedule , the morlgngca which covered a small percentage of It and the manner In which his valuations had been computed. This brought out nothing new except a variety of unimportant Information mation In icgard to the prlvnte affaire of the witness. lie was then questioned In re gard to the notes nnd mortgages referred to In the schedule and ho gnvo the names and amounts , with the exception of one or two motes. In regard to which he declined to an swer , stating that the confidences of third parlies were Involved which had 1,0 refer ence to the case In lesuo. Deputy Clerk Hurrh of the district court wns recalled by the nttornoy for Mr. Hroatch , but his testimony was unimportant. It Is expected that the case will bo Mulshed today. IMMHIHATK "VKlin OK A 1M ST JIOUSK. . Health CoiiinilHsloiiiT IMNHH | ( cm tlin Council Millvlnn Sunn * I'nivlNliiii. The decided epidemic of smallpox In some of the southern stairs in causing the health department of the city to make an extra ordinary effort to secure sonic action on the part of the city council that will provide the city with an Isolate. ! hospital. The last government icports show that there are over .100 cases of the disease In Alabama and 1GO In Georgia. During the last two weeks the disease ban been working towards the north , and fourteen cases have Just been reported In Tennessee. As n large number of pcoplo are coining to Omnhi from the Infected lo calities , Health Commissioner Spaldlng de clares that the city should bo prepared for an emergency as soon ax possible. Ho say that a case of smallpox Is likely to develop hero at any time and then It will bo too. late for the authorities to act with the nccui- sary promptitude. If some- old building can be secured and located on a corner of the county poor farm the expense will be Incon siderable , and If the disease breaks out con tagion can bo easily prevented. Dr. SpaldIng - Ing has already called the attention of the council to the Hltuatlon and the Advisory Hoard has recommended that immediate uc tlon "be taken. The matter Is In the hands of a committee of the council and a report may bo submitted at the next meeting. ( iri'iit DiMiinml fur l.lcoilNcN. City Clerk Hlgby Is fairly overwhelmed with applications for licenses for the coming- summer. The demand for licenses Is already- far beyond any that has ever liocn experi enced In Omaha anil the vast number of Imiulrlen that are received from persons who want licensee later on Indicate that the scnooi fund will ho swelled far beyond ex pectations by Iho lime the exposition Is fairly under way , Although the rush can scarcely bo nald to. have begun Iho city clerk ban been com pelled to set aside a counter for the exclu sive use of Iho license clerk , and ono man Is kept busy all the time answering Inquiries and making oul licenses. During the mlddlo of the day It requires two men to attend lo Iho counter , and Ihero Is scarcely a inlnuto in Ihc day when Ihero are nol half a du/.en applicants In lino. Mortnllty The following births nnd deaths were re potted at the health olflce dur'ng fho twci.ty- four hours ending at noon yesterday : Births F. II. Brown. 415 North Nine teenth streel , boy ; J. A. Rylon , 2C13 Parker , boy ; John Darda , 2010 South Thirtieth , hey ; Hans Larsen , 1432 Chcatorfield avenue , girl ; James Graham , 2814 Harney , boy. Deaths H. H. Jaacktj , 01 , Forty-sixth nnd Valley , tuberculosis , Slbley , la. ; Romanus Szczcpanlk , 13 days , 2C28 South Txunly- slxlh , croup , German Catholic : cemetery ; Ll < - zlo Fidelia Roundn , 23 , 4335 Franklin , aplnal fovcr , Mount Hope ; Charlotte Anderson , C2 , Seventeenth and Davenport , dropsy , Forest Lawn ; Pleasant Green , 85 , 810 North Twen- ty-Hecond , Forest Lawn ; Mrs , Annie Ilriihn , 31. 2718 Douglas , Forest Lawn ; Fritz Pln- zerisham , 56 , 1710 South Ttnth , bronchial pneumonia , Laurel Hill ; Willie Wilson , 1 , 1824 North Twcntloth , grippe , Forest Lawn. ( < mirilloii | for ( InllonilH , There iti every Indication that the $300,000 of 4 per cent refunding bonds about to bo sold by the city u'lll be disposed of at a handsome premium , City Treasurer ' Ed- wardu has already received toilers from half e. dozen of the largest bond buying firms In the country and they are all anxious to se cure the entire Issue. Among these are two big ratabllshmenls lhal have nevcr bid for Oirnha bonds and a lively competition Is al ready assured. This Is especially gratifying1 In vlow of the fact lhal thin Is Die flrut tlmo the city ban tried to float bowlH bearing only 4 pur cent. It was thought at first that It would bo sufficiently satisfactory If Iho brnda could tie Hold al par wllh accrued Interest , but now It seems certain lhat a good pre mium will bo offered , U'luil .Sliihl ilnifil Al. Councilman Utuht says thai hi * resolution by which Iho Board of Public Works wau ordered nol to make any arrangements for street sweeping machine * before obtain ing Iho conwnt of Ihe council dote not necessarily Involve any antagonlmn lo Iho board , Ho nays that lid merely acted un the opinion that before the board look any ac > lla-4 of that kind Iho council had a rlKhl lo know how much Die machines would coat and this waa Ihe only purpose of thu reso lution. M i or llnrrlkon Will U'rllin Hook , CHICAGO , Feb. -Mayor Curler II. llurrl ; 'ii niiuounceH Unit hf > will write n c ok "n th- free sl'ver qu'fltjon to prove his d vcil'iii to Ihe whlln metal. The book will bo IsfU'd within six month * . *
