Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
ESTABLISHED JUINE 10 , J871. OMAHA , TUESDAY MOHNJiNG , MAKC1I 1 , 1808-TWELVJ3 PAGES. SING LID COPY FIVE CENTS.
EDUCATION IN BOHEMIA
Hew Light on tbo Recent Trouble in
Austrian Parliament.
CZ-CHISH MOVEMENT GAINING STRENGTH
Voiilc Cntch lite Dinviinl Iin-
l > iilHe mid , Iipil ) ) > I'ntrlolH , 1) <
iiiiliul HeeoKtillloii for
'I heir IiiHdtiidoim.
Tlio Medical Journal In Its Issue of Febru
ary 19 has the following from Prague , under
datu of February 11
The German university opened Its doora
once more uftcr u lx weeks Interregnum
on January tu. Peace , at leant for thu time
being , stems to have nettled dawn over
J'rigue , und the two universities , the Ger-
mnn and the Hohernlmi , will continue their
pf'HlonH Hide by side us before. 1L la otll-
clally nnnoilneid tbiit n new C'ziuhl < h , or
Dohcmlnn , university H to be opened In Muh-
rui ( Mornvln ) before the end of the year
Though founded only In IKsl , nnd tbe med-
Iral ill pnrtmrnt only In U8I , the llobeml in
t'nlverslly of Prague ban nnv over i SM
Btmlt ills , of w'.iciin about 750 are engaged In
the study of medicine It lias this large num
ber , not because It hat attracted students
from the Ocnniin university , foi the number
of students at thu latter Institution lias only
decreased by about 300 , but rather because
the spirit of advance among the wakening
C/ccMsh people 'mis attracted numbers of
btudents to their university The Intellectual
i-nthusliMm so notable among tbe other
Slav peoples of northeastern Hurope haf
touohed the C/.tcbs too and with surpris
ing results Prom fie medical faculty of
the lioieml.ui university Ins come during
joctnt > ears a serlcH of sclcntlllu advances
which have attracted world-wide attention
1'iof , Illawa's name Is well known In
patholORlc anatomy , and from Prof. Hoi-
ln < ii-vvskl has' come some of the mast rtrlk-
Injr. work of later yeais In physiologic
chemistry. A ccrles of text books In Bo-
bomlati by Uio medical professors 'iiaa '
hcrvul to fix the status of tholansiUMMi.
MlJW3S&J ! !
iTuTu not have before.
Uohdmlanfa Inslvt that their language
filiull , fquullyvll"i Gtrnian , be the 1 in-
KIIIFC or thdi ( ourts jf law , of govern
ment lni lni s , nnd of tie ofllelnlslio
ranted the late unpUasantnesH The mi-ins
employed the riotous demoimttatlon , the
J * * Injury to the propeity of Germ in cltlzns ,
anil cf the German university , cannot be
iinlvcisilly decried , the movement Ifvlf a
tloinvml of tlulr language rlgnts for tie-
bake of their n itlonullly , can sc ireely fall
to elk-It M-mpatliy fiom all sides 'Iho ilot-
Inc w \ - t e work of the ignorant , the mo
bile vulqus , so hud to contiol whom a
dotriiifco lc prc had woikeil to a fn ny
bio two It seemed as thotiKh recent laws
i nne'ted In t'uir ' favor might be dcclircd
lijrilly Inaitlvc ' 1 he Oechlsh movement
Itself depends for Us vltalltv upon a wkk-lv
different class a thoroughly detei ruined ,
lllpilj Intellectual bodj of men who will
not cea-ie their indinvora until they h ive
uuinlml for their country the autonomy
vvilch Huniiry , onjoyt In the Austrian
cinple. |
Of thl1- body of educ-ited men amicil -
ous purloin in in ) aie piydilanwho have
been thf apostlis nt the movement to the
coimttj people I ! > h < mhi possesses a very
largo numhi i of iloclots , iminj of them
yomiK. About ll\o jirs ate , between tht
Boiemlan university with 1 MO medical stu
dents and the Gel nun unlvoisltv with JO )
tlure vvc.ru altogether . 'WO cnilujo doctors
coming Into exi-itince e leh yeir All of them
were pi ic-tlcally from Hohcmli all intend-
IIIR to practice within hei borders , and jet
l)3ii < mill lli but .1 small country It cm
readily be understood then what a large
and Inlluontlal body of patriots they m iko
An Inti nsting study In supply and dcm ind
Is I'll ) ijridunl reduction of the number of
mi-die il students at both universities , until
ncnv scaicely 1000 ire here The number
of law stuch ills has almost proportionately
lncicasi ! > ( ] nt both unlveibltlos.
J nvnri'sT r TIIUIKT.
Hint i"f tin * Ininioiixe Influence < > f
PublicliiNf riiodon.
An lrfitructl\e denitrbtrutlon of the habits
of thrift Inculcated by the public schools of
New England was hail at Springfield , Ma s ,
recently , li. Bc-orgc U Uawson , of thn IJiblo
Normal tcliool , fiiibmlttcil to the pupils of the
public schools the question "If vou had $ . " >
all your own what would you do with It ? "
Ansucis were icceUcd from 1307 pupils ,
Of thofio who pawed In ans\\cri > OUT were
boys and CIS were glilrf , their uge ranging
from 5 to If ! TJie tuswtrs were grouped
umlui nine general heads. Forty-four per
cuit would deposit the money In a bai.lt.
J3 8 per cent would buy c'othlng ' , ZZ per
cent would buy nomethlng to eat , 153 per
cent would buy toys and other means of
nimibeinent 2 1 per cent would buy jcwulry
and finery , s-lOtln of 1 per cent woulJ buy
firearms , 1 7 poi cent would spend It for
travel , 14 per cent would hpond It for others
and G ver cent would buy books , etc. It is
1 \ Intelcutlng to note the largo per cant who
C\IKES | a disposition to have. Ii Dauan
attributes this largely to the uuggcstablllty
of the chllilrcn. The results In this icspect
resemble theoe obtained In other llelda of
experiment. While the chlldien do not re
alize the full Hlfitjlllcuice of caving , the Idea
IIOH been er.'iaftcd upon their mlndo and IK
bouid to ha\e Its Inllucnee. Tbo fact that
this Idea of oavUg hus been thus foiclbly
on the munis of to many Is very
blgnlflcant and gives us a hlint of thu 1m-
jiu-liso Inlluenco of public Imtiuctlon.
In not'ng the per eont of those who would
buy clothing. * nyb I Spilugfleld Hepubll-
cn i , It ehunld bo ieinembe.rcil that many of
the children were1 In urgent nc-Dd of toino-
thlng hcttrr to wear The o who voted for
toinetbli to cat A ere mostly under 7 years
of age , In the eh a whu would piefer amiibo
liionts , tlu < glCb usually e-xprci e-d alih for
dolls anil doll carrlagm while the boys
inMtl ( ) ill-sired iilgi-d H rabbits or other
pots In regard to travel , the llgurre show
( hat. no children ginn older the ilcslie to
go out Into the world Incre'nseu rapidly
reaching Ha height at about tbe beginning of
adolceciuico , The drniiv shouti by IIOJH foi
ftrcaruib U an csprrbsion of the him'lng
Instlnut that uualiia when they art10 or
12 At that age boyb like to get hold of
books of limiting and aihentuic The ten
dency to buy boohs Increnstxt fteadllj as
the ( jhllilrni grow o'dcr This clars numbois
about twleo .m man ) girls as boys , The
class who manifest a feeling of altruism ahio
nuniborb more girls than bojn showing that
thu gienter generosity of women \ strikingly
manifest even at an early age.
Krrf l.i-mlliiu ; Idlirnrli'H.
The regents of the New York State unl-
vi'islty have tsrued a report , showing the
growth of free lending libraries under state
EiipervlHlon. Since 189J , when the Ust unl-
verblty law was enacted , tin-set libraries have-
not ouly lncrea > e < l In number year by year ,
but In the lint three years the * percentage
of circulation to volumes has shown a
mnrkt-d advance , rising from "SO per cent
to 344 per cent. In the fail that only ap
proved books aie added to these libraries
is a guaranty of the good quality of the
reading for which ( hern is such a largo de
mand. The report states that If there Is
Bildod to the libraries lucorporated by or
admitted to the university those free libra
ries which came * under Its supervision by
registry on condition of maintaining proper
standard * , and also those belonging to teach
ing Iratltutlona which offer their books to
< ho public for frn ) circulation , It U found
that of 375 free lending libraries In the state
339 are now under state supervision , that
< hey Contain 1.03S.CIS volumes and circu
lated 4,003,0.l ! the last year It also appcara
tl at the proportion of circulation to books
uai 3S5 for each 100 , while amctig the lU
brarlcs not under this t'lii'cnlelon ' the pro
portion was i.Ti for each 100. From statis
tics giving tlieseItenu for the lait the years
a continued Increase * Is shown from > rar to
} rar , but in no jear lias the advance be cii
6d great ai In tlio last.
Nothing is laid aa to the /red / travcll'.iK
libraries , tt-nt out from the Stale llbruiy to
various localities , hut the mcr-ess of that
y ltin baa been nio t Riattfylng ,
littlU'llllllMIlt NllU'M.
It U said by her friends that the * chief
reason for Mil * Helm lCpar'i | ) ' withdrawal
IL. from tbe Glluita School ( or. Qlrl lu Cam-
bridge , where she was fitting for nadcllffe ,
was rUalry for the honor of Instructing her
between Mlsa Sullivan , who has had clurKe
of her education for the last eleven ) ear %
and Arthur Oilman , master of the school
Chicago eshool teachers have succeeded
In their struggle for Increased wages With
the beginning of the next school year $1,000
per annum will be the minimum wage of a
teacher In the public schoo's of that city.
The victory was achieved In the state legis
lature , which passed a bill enabling the
tcliool hoard to Increase taxation for school
purposes.
At the commemoration day exorcises of
Johns Hopkins university on Tuesday ttii
John Marshall prize , one of the highest ban *
ors in the gift of the university , was
awarded to Dr Charles U Hizen , IXiit-
mouth , ' 89 , Jobno Hopkins university. I'h.
D , ' 03 , now professor of history In Smith
college , for hlr treatise upon "Contsmpex-
ancous American Opinion of the French
Hcvolutlon "
The New York State Hoard of Health
warmly commends th'e newly adopted plan
of testing the eyes of school chlldien under
Its supervision. Results already obtained
arc especially gratifying. Tests of visual or
gans arc made by cxperleuced oculUU.
Where defects arc slight care Is taken to
group the children In rooms suitably
lighted. AVhrn professional treatment is
necessary parents are notified.
The School of Oriental Languages In Parts
has recently added to Its faculty a now
professor , Oda Yorodzoit , who will occupy a
chair of Japanese. Ills entrance Into the
school makes the number of native profes
sors there five. The others are Mahtnoml
About Nasr , professor of vulgar Arabic ;
Kilpnkjlan , of Teirklsh ; Ramslray , of Mala-
gache , and Lien Young , of Chinese. The
last named Is the only one whj wears the
costume of his native country.
T'ie ' trustees of Cornell university recently
elected Charles De Girmo , president ot
Sttaittimoro college , to the proftarnrshlp o { ,
the science and art "of education K'tt
by the recent resignation of Prof. S.
Hams , nd Prof Herbert WHiloiriJfrjari |
the University ofMJ aft - Jectcj Uu-
l engineering
U YnTways and principal of the grnduite
school of railway mpehinlcal engineering
Prof De Garnio studied In the Illinois State
Normal school and the Unlvctsity of Jena
and Halle In Germany , where he took the
Ph. D degree In 1SSG Ho is nt present presi
dent of the National Council of Education ,
of whl ( i he has been a member slice 1S01
Speaking ot Charles Eliot Norton who his
just resigned his professorship In Harvard ,
the Boston Tianscrlpt says "From the days
of his contribution on 'Pro-HarJnelltlsm' to
the first number Of the Atlantic Monthly iml
the following cdli9r hlp , with Lowell of the
iiuiiu jiLitunutii jee-view , cei inrougn lony
yearn , his teaching 'Has ' .teen pretty constant , .
and It stands for'dn ' Influence whose power j
for eeflnement and elevation In our ru Ultig
American life , no man cpn mt'surc Uttei-
Ing hlcj ccavlalons and Intnltlcns to col-
leglans must often have seemed like the
traditional casting of pearls But therehave
always been students who na-v at Ircst the
glimmer of tlie , light he has held up so
faithfully for the last" two ami-twenty yeirs
and upon such gnduaten of Harvard ic 'I'v
cspaiJal respoiMlbllity toward ervlro of the
Until of beauty In this vvorkiday woild"
\vnsinitN VITIII \ > s.
SIIIM Ivors i > f litiVnr UciiK-niln-rocl
IlV IJflKTIll < .ll\ > l IIIIK-lll.
W XSHINRTO.V , Tcft 2S ( Sperial ) Pen
sions have been Issued as follov.s :
IS'-UD of Tebm iry 10-
NebrasiicT Original James II. Davenport ,
Cedai IllulTs , $ S , Woodforil F McAdanis ,
DivenpDit , $0 ; James M Keniper , Kalr-
mount , $ S , Slhis E Wlall , Omaha , t : George
W. Smith Alforil. JC
Iowa : Origin il Nicholas Wrcht , lioono-
ville. $0 : Houry W. 1'ape Mount Sterling $ i ;
Homer H Phclps Covlnfton , $ j , Junes Mc
Afee , Des -Molncs $0 , John lils'iop Noi v
Sprints , fG , John M Staibuck , Cherokee , JO ;
IhirniH J Yeoman , KlngsU-y , jio. Join U
Dimgaii , rturllnulon js George II Dubols ,
Mnnehester , } C , John T I'env'hlte
Him , JO Additional Hdwnrd C Thompson ,
Agency , { d to $10 Hi-newal and Increase---
Chailes Cade. Do Sola , $2 tri $ S Inciease
Thomas rindley. Slbley J ( . to % M
Colorado : Original Henry JlcChcsney ,
Denver. $ < i ; Uobert .McC.eo , Leaiivllle , $ S ;
John Irwln , Colorado Spring' ' . $ S T'lorms
I'rpper , I'l icervilli \ Iner.ase John Heed ,
Greeley , W to $12
Ihbue of rebru\ry \ 11 :
Nebraska : Oilglnal-John \ \ * nrltlith ,
Tobias IS ; Fredi-ilck Witts , HdKon. SS ;
Grain Hie Ognn , Dodge $0 , William H
Atwood , Llmoln , fG Basil 11 Albaugh , Ne-
bi iska City $ ) ; Samuel Petrels Onuhi $6
Iowa. Orlplnul Stephen Hulllngei. Silver
City , $ S ; ICInsy ' AVacer , liiirliiigtan , > G ,
Theodore V Kendall l > ivenpoit Ju , Jumes
Tracy , I arehwood , $ d ; John I ! Crooks ,
CravvfordHvIlle ? fi ; Charles Hltiheock , Des
Molne1 * , $ G , Edwin Oanetson , Mnrlon , $ S
Increase-Ezra McDunn , Des Molnes J17 to
$ . ! ! , Giorge McMlllen , Glenvvood $ G to ? S
Original. Widows , e tc Ell/abcth Wlgton ,
Wall lake , $ S ; Cifncrlne Cl.uk , Afton JS
South Dikota : OrlKlnal-George W Mc-
Cold , Sturgls $12 ; Otis W Smith. Leail City ,
$3 Restoration and Ilelssuo-Pilnce Colt ,
deceased , Georgetown , $13 Inorei e John
DarUes. Hot Springs , $ b to $ U , Edwin P
LTke Soldiers' Home Full River } b to fi
Original. Widows etc Minor of Leonard
Kuilol , Wabond i $1-1.
Montana. Original Flovana L Stetllng ,
Helena. $12
North Dakota : Orltlnal Jud Morrow ,
Tni go , { G.
MR IT I.NM'ECTIOV I , IV INVVI.II ) ,
IViliTnl .IiulKi' Di-olili-n ( bo Point In n
Crlinliiiil CIIMC.
KANSAS CITY , Tob 2S The entire sys
tem of govcxnine'lU Inspection of meat ,
tti'llcb lir.r been established In the lackIng -
Ing houses of ihc United States was dc
clarcd to bu unconstliutlonali Ineffective nnd
void In the opinion handed down In the
Dulled States district court today by Judge
John P UogorH , federal Judge at Fort
Smith Alk , who Is sitting for Judge Phil
lips An Indictment agimst Hairy Hey or ,
foreman of the fresh meat department of
the Jacob Uolb Fucking Comptny claigcd
with nttcmptliiig to bilbo a Kinornment meat
inspcrtor , was qiualicd on the ground that
congress had no power to cre-ato the onicc
at meat inspector , so that even If Boycr hid
ottemptcd to bribe an liispoctcn , as wan
charged In the Indictment , ho dl 1 not com
mit an offcnnn against the govciumcnt Un
der the decision of Judge Ilogers packer *
may dlticgard the meat Inspectc's withqul
fear of a sucee&iful pro-locution bfcauso the
law by which the Inspe-ctlou was crrated baa
been elec'ared Invalid
St n t liiM'ii Ihiiv I I'ortintt' .
OAKLAND. C.il , Feb. 2S Tie death of
Heniy Odenkerchen , who was for mnny
ye.UH almoHt n rcclut-t * In tie lonely hills
of Altamont has revealed n story of lost
foituncK and devqtlon to a dead Vtlfo'K
memory Thirty-five ycam ago he VMIH one
of tbo wealthiest Inhabitants of New Hnve-n ,
Conn He was Identified with the Winches
ter Armn company. having manv luge con-
traets with thnt corporation Hi lost bin
fortune through a chlpwreck , which car
ried to the bottom n rargo of ammunition
, iml arms In which he vvaH henvlly Inter-
cstcd Ileforu he > came to Pallfornla his
wife illtil. Her remilns were Inicntd In n
New Haven cemetery. As the city grew It
OIK ompanHcd her re Htlng pi ire A short
tlmo before his detith the nunlmml ro'ubed
to iiccrpt $ lo,0ii ( ) for the plot HeWIIH post
master and e'xpiet" agent nt Altnmont but
his bublness ventures In tills state did not
prove * successful.
MnrilcriMl It ) u Itohbrr.
CINCINNATI , F b 2S John Aberzell ? r
aged 61 , was murdered In bin roam on Ann
street. Nevvpoit , Ky. , early tcday. Imvlnp
been previously robbed of a pur > > ( < of $ uOO
He had evidently strugKled wlh | the tbltf
The noise of in nltereili n nimi > oJ I-'red
Duetzi r , who occuplol mi ndiolnlng loom
lie > In ird a pistol H'HOI. Hustiini ; to Alter-
loom. IIP f.iw James Itiljran In tin
doorway with a revolver Uitbin escaped ,
i CilfUiiH ( Ma1. - n . "nlr Sj-ort ,
SYDNEY. N SV. . . Feb IS The vlbltliirf
K'uin of crklatrrw lu the 11 in Mm iimli-h
vvhlri II KUII on SUtirday bctwe'en C'uptnln
Sto.Ulat"8 lliia Nh frjfi < i toib and tbo Ausf-
trullajis vv re till ou > In their llrst Innlnga
t day for snj ruim. A ; tin thisof play on
Satimluy they bad scored SOI runs lot II ui
wickets dona-
EIGHT HOURS A DAY'S ' WORK
Resolution to that Effect Adopted by
County Commissioners ,
TWEN1Y CENTS AN HOUR TO BE PAID
llonril Alftn Onlrr.s ixionillliire ot
lit niulliiK l'a-\-
on Cnt < -r uud
-Slre-ctx.
At the meeting of the Board of County
Canmlasloners , held yesterday afternoon ,
the members Intended to take up the mat
ter of the appointment of superintendents
for tbe Douglas county exhibits at tbe ex
position , but the work was too laborious , a < \ -
Ing to the great number of applicants , and
action was deferred until name subsequent
meeting- . After the meeting , however , the
commissioners , in committee of the whole ,
considered the claims of the applicants.
Ucforo yesterday afternoon's meeting was
celled to order John C. Wharton and T. S.
ClarKson of the exposition held a session
with the commissioners for the purpose of
trying to Induce them to turn over to the
exposition $25,000 of the proceeds of the
bond sale Nothing , Oowcver , was done by
the county cociimlaslonere , except to request
the county attorney to furnish an ophiloo
as lo the legality of the right to niako ti& | .
transfer. . _ _ * *
/3Tffo weeka ago , after the eale of the ex-
Sosltlon bands , the commissioners approprl-
cited. $50,000 , a portion of the proceeds of thi
I tale , retaining $25,000 , with the undcr-
1 standing that It would be held until the
I buildings had reached a certain stage ot
, their construction. Tula was the mcacy that
i the exposition committee asked to bo turned
I over 9 While the commissioners vvcie
willing to make the transfer they quest ifcied
1 their legal right to do so , owing to the ac
tion formerly Uiken. Now the whole rna'tet
has been referred to the county attorney
and if he ta satisfied that thu commissioners
have a right to transfer the money It Is
likely that It will be done at the next meetIng -
Ing of ( fie board.
The following resolution was offered by
Chairman Kleratead and adopted by a
unanimous vote :
j Whereas , Heretofore common laborers
employed by Douglas county hive , been
I ] > ild $1 To pel diy , ten hours constituting a.
day's work ; and ,
Whereas , This board believes that no
nnn should be compelled to work at hard
labor ten hours per day , therefore , be It
Hcsolvcd , Tint hereafter eight hours
shill constitute , a. d ly's liboi and JO e-ents
per bout Mrall be paid bald laborer for his
w ork.
The final fee report of P. E Elsaiver , ex-
regihtcr of deeds , for hU term , ending Jan
uary 5 , 189S , was accepted. It showed a sur
plus of $3,0'0 50 , for the four year.5 encum-
bceicy. The sum of $44 19 was refunded , II
beine ; shown that Elsas.er had paid Into the
county tieasury this sum of money which
he should have rettineJ.
The lost quarterly rei ort of M. II. Red-
field , ex-county clerk , showed a surplus of
$22 OD.
County Treasurer Helmrod's last quarterly
report shaved that fees aggregating $ .P.3j 50
weie collected
All of tue foregoing reports were accepted.
Some time ago T H. McCaguc , receive )
of thu German Savings bank , asked for a
refund of taxey paid on certain lands and
lots in Omaha and Douglas county , pur
chased at tax sale. By icsolution the com
missioners decided to return to LMcCaguo
the $13117 county tax , but so far as the
city tax was concerned they held that they
could do nothing , as In belling the prop
erty in question the county treasurer at
the tax bale simply acted as the agent for
the ciiy.
By resolution it was decided to expend
$10,273 01 of the permanent road fund on the
Center street road and $5,083 90 on West
Dodge street In extending the pavement on
the Uvo loads The clerk Is Instructed to
advertlbc for bids on macadam and ftone.
It is the intention of the commissioners to
get to work em these roads at the earliest
possible date and push the paving , so that as
much a" postlble of It may be completed
beroro the opening of the exposition.
The board accepted an invitation to meet
the eltv Advisory b ard in the city hall at
2 o'clock on Match J.
the official bond of Henry S. McDonald ,
deputy sheriff , In the sum ot $10,000 , was
presented and approved.
G. W Hervey asked to bo appointed secretary -
rotary of the Douglas county exhibit at the
exposition. NumeroLb other partle'3 asked to
bo appointed to minor positions Ml of
the application were placed on ( lie
State ? Treasurer Meson o notl'led the board
that ho refused to pay the sum of $452 30
balance claimed by the county on the sale
of the exposition bonds. The communication
was referred.
County Attorney Baldrlge announced that
he had appointed Frank Heacock bailiff In
the crlrni al court. He will a.-ulst In looking
up evidence In crlm'nal ' cases
The county treasurer was Instructed to
transfer $2,173.11 special funds to the gen
eral fund.
The deputy In the county clerk's office
was put on the regular salary 1'st , Instead of
being paid out of the fees of the office , as
heretofore has been the custom.
The report of the committee of the whole.
; sa amended f < id the salary of the recorder
In the county Judge's offlce was fixed at
$50 li-stead of $45 per month
Alfred Thompson , who weighs coal at thi >
cour/y hospital , was allowed $25 in pay
ment for scivices performed
The silaiy appropriation sheet for the
month of February , aggregating $1,72985 ,
wa < > lead and pa aed and the warrants 01-
deicd drawn
I he i ext meeting ot the board will beheld
held on March 5 at 10 o'clock a. m
usi : rou TIM : oi-n
Tri'iiKiii'j lli-iini'lniiMit Ollle-lnlN (
Into VI n re | ( IM > I > I > ( [ iinrlrrN.
A veiy pertilstent minor lo. lloafd aoout
the coirldoia of the old pos'alll'-e that the
quartetii Just left b ) ttie po < tofllo depart
ment were to be transformed Into a govern
ment broiled warehouseInvertlsatlco de
velops that thp i oport ! based upon very
slight foundation
The rumct probably arose aa H result of ' 'ib '
arrhnl In this city of Agent V'jylcs of thu
Treasury department fro-n Washington , hla
mission being connected with I bo linked
waiehou o lie will go back to Wasb'rgton ,
however , with recommeiili'lon 'mt ' the
gov eminent re-lea o the iloor .n the iUish
niun building at Tenth street and the L'n.on
Pacific tracks which has been n lee as a
bonded warehouto for aomo time I'udir
the rules of the Treasury depar'ment the
leate must be renenej each yc > ir
The otllcers of the customs port sec many
advantages In having the wrrehouse In the
pcstotllctt building but the great disadvan
tage , which U insurmountable , Is that there
Is no trackage , Many articles which pas
through the port come in carload lots and It
is absolutely necessary In order to take
care of these that the warehouse shall bo lo
cated on railroad tracks , Smaller articles
might be stored In theposiofllce building ,
but plenty of room U found for everything
In the quartern in the Ilufihman building
Tl-ei government pays a rental of $400 a
ycai for these quartern , which Include an
entire flooi The owner of the building is
allowed to charge and collect storage fees
The olllcea of the customs port , however ,
ftrc U > by removed from their present lo'-i-
tlou on the third floor of the building to the.
Mm floor lu thr suite formerly occupied b >
tlin postmastei and hi * atsUtant. The new
rooms gtvr more epace and atf moro cx-
cuLilblo to tliu public Tl.ey are now being
cleaned. The removal Is expected to take
place In a week or so
It has become the opinion ot the federal
department tbat sluco additional room baa
been given In the building by the removal
ot the postofllce the weather bureau and the
internal revenue office , now located In the
McCaguo ( building acrosi the street , will be
moved Into the old building. This change
could be made In the Interests ot economy ,
since the rent now paid for the offices would
be saved. The officials have , not been given
an Intimation , however , that they will be
moved.
The janitors ot the old building arc en
gaged In removing the furniture which was
left behind by the portofTke department.
Desks , chairs and cases which were discarded
In all the offices are being removed to the
lavement , where they will bo stored until
the government sends Instructions as to their
disposal Some ot thlsc ( drskn and chairs
have been In use for twrnfy-three years and
yet they need but little , repairing to put
them In first class condltjon. XJ
riMn II I < \UOlt\\ .
JtulKO < ; < > rill > ll'M Dccjnl 011 In dip Cnxc
l.nthrop.
Gavin Jamlreon was fjiuhd entity in prllce
court ot petty larceny and rued JM and
coats by Judge Gordoni The attorney who
appeared as counsel for the defendant gave
notice of an- appeal to the district court ,
The prosecution ot Mr > Jamlcson was the
outcome of a difficulty ho had with Mrs.
Louisa Lathrop of U25 South Nineteenth
street nnd several other women ki the de
partment store nhrru he is employed , over
a few ort'cles ' nt stolen goods. Mrs. Lath
rep secured hi. " arrest and the case was
tried JMt Fatn .flay.
It was ilmyUport by the testimony of the
- -
complalnlai
by othtrs , * J f ilrsr Latbrop wont to tub
store on ( v' dNMn afternoon * about ten days
ago 'toEUrchatie ' suit ot Tolotht-s , for har 13-
TiTar-old fouler eon , who accompanied nor.
In the store she met her s'eter-ln-Iaw ' and
two other women , who' ' aiu her neighbors.
Whllo she was looking at the clothes nna
trying to get the clerk to come down on
their price , her sister-in-law slipped under
her shawl a pair of bays' trousers , the value
ot which was 20 cents.
A few minutes later Mr. Jamlcson and the
store detective walked kip to Mrs. Lathrop
and accused her of stealing. In the mean
time they had detected the woman's Blster-
In-law at shoplifting , qnd had taken away
from her two pairs' of youth's trousers and
a pair of suspenders , which she had con
cealed under her Jacket. Mrs. Lathrop de
nied that she had taken' any thing , and when
Mr. Jamleeon demanded to know what she
bad under her shawl , the Immediately pro
duced the trousers that her sister-in-law had
given to her. Mi. Jamlcson then took her
and the boy who was with her Into his office
In the rear of the storfe nnd again accused
her with stealing the pants , as well as a gold
ring , valued at $25. Mrs. Lathi op vehe
mently denied the charges and said
that so far as the trousers
were concerned if they had been stolen she
did not want them , She- knew nothing about
the ring she way charged with having
stolcsi , but Mr. Jamlcson ivaa not satisfied
with this and seeing tn the wonnn's hand a
purse ho demanded of her that he be per
mitted to search it for the ring.
The woman handed thu purse over to him
and ho looked through It , but did not find
the ling In the put Be , however , theie was
a $10 gold piece , and this Jamleson confis
cated , with the remark that ho would keep
It for the trousers and other goods which ho
know the woman had stolen from the store
Mrs Lathrop protested against this treat-
meat , and demanded her mon y back , but
ho refused to give it to her.
Tl'e testimony of the slster-ln-law and the
other witnesses for the state wan in accord
with that of the pro'outlng witness no far
as her possession of the trousers was con
cerned , acid Mrs , Lathrpp's foster con sup
ported her evidence. I
Mr. Jainleson's dcfemVi wan that ho did
pot take the $10 gold pjce awdy from tier ,
although ho practically toriflrmed Mrs. Lath-
rop'a story as to what , transpired in the
store Mr. Jamieson slid that whcm he go >
the won.an in the office'he told her that she
would have to pay him$10 ( for the trousers
she trad stolen and forf .other goods he was
confident she had pllferpd. He denied thnt
he had taken her puifio out of her hand
When he demanded thoanoney from her the
boy sild : "You had Ijetter give him the
money , " and she hande l it over to him.
In pastil 3 judgment ( the court held that
It was apparent the defendant had under
taken to take the lawt ID his own hands.
It he was satisfied tiiut the woman wca
guilty of theft ho had recourse to law for
rcdrcas , but It did not la > within his prov
ince to take her money , Judge Gordon eald
ho was satisfied that the defendant would
appeal from his decision , but In a higher
court H was altogether HI eity that the charge
would be of a giaver nature
MIVM , HECIC 1 Tim V Mil)1 * .
SuinutliliiK f n SuitiHlmit Oec'iirx In
UK- fin It- Il > .
J. M Taylor , a fireman In the employ of
the Union Paolfic railroad , was seriously in
jured ; a Uuloii Pacific locomotive was do-
lalled and damaged ; three Burlington
freight cars had theli IJes knocked In , and
a portion of the trark In the lower switch
yards was torn up In a collision between
switching trains of the Union Pacific and of
the Burlington rallroa'ds on Sunday morn-
Ing.
Ing.A Union Pacific train of nine freight cars ,
drawn by ic-comotivo 1180 and In charge of
Engineer AVeeks and Fireman Slmms , was
backing down In the yardy from the Union
Pacific's local fieight > house when the col
lision occurred It Is said that the train WEO
going at a fair rate of speed but not any
far.ter than swl chins trains are usually run.
Aa thu Union Pacific train was approaching
the point where the Union Pacific tiacks are
crossed by those of t'JO ! Burlington a Bur-
Ilngtcn freight train Of about the same w < to
was ranldly making for the eamo crossing.
The crcrelnj ; Is locatell J'-at around a curve
and tlio presence ot a tall pile of lumber
iradu It Impossible for the engineer of one
train to ECO the othcp train In tlmo tn re-
\eisn his engine and avoid thet accident.
The Burlington tislu rcucned the crossing
fkfit , but before It tia'd entlroly passed over
the Junction puieit the 1'llon Pacific loco-
moth o ran into It' . .Both Engineer Weeks
and Fireman Taylorof ] the Union Pacific
train rerrulned at thflr posta , though each
r-jd a chance to Jump. Their locomotlvb
\\c.t entirely derailed , and partly tipped ovei
toward Its left aide. After the accident It
stood nearly parallel with the Burlington
tracks and at right apgles with the track It
had Inft. Engineer Weeks crawled out of
the cab pretty Ladly shaken up , but was not
Injured Fireman Taylor did not come out
of 1(10 ( mnash-iip so 'well Ho had several
ribs broken and received painful Injuries
about tbe back , and T.aw at once eont to St.
Jcfieph's hospital The attendant physician
and uirrte report that Taj lor Is out of danger
and doing as well aos could be expected.
None of thp Burlington train hnnd.i were
hurt , as that train lia < J almou passed over
the cros Ing before the Union Pacific train
struck it Thrco , freight cars of the Burling
ton had holey torn In their bides , and two
of them were thrown toff the track by the
collision Sonio of tiif rails ot the track
were broken and thr crccslng frog of the
rack was badly damaged. The Union
Pacific locomotive's stops were knocked off ;
the tank car was knopkfd off and the en
gine partly toppled over. The track was
cleared on Sunday aJraon ( ( , The rcsponsl-
blll.y for the accldqnt h s not been fixed ,
but will remain to be shqwn by an Investi
gations soon to be made by each company
Interested '
\iw Tiiii iio\u 'COMIMM ' MOVES.
Will .Ink the ( To Uoiiiifll for an
Omiilin rriuu-blMi- ,
When the cllv council meets Tuesday next
It will be asked by 4 < ie local reprcaentatlvt-ri
-t the Hublngor telephone people to pass
iho ordinance granting the new company a
franchise to do buslntta In Omaha.
Mr. Hubloger was granted a francuUo by
the city council of Minneapolis on Saturday
nlf.df , after a long fight with the opposition ,
He expects to meet much oppoaltlcn in
Omaha , but h's rcpre < entatvfa | say they are
hero fcr business au(3 ( will put In a plant if
they con pet the authority necessary.
FOUR PER CENT BONDS SOLD
Oity of Otnahi BOOMS Another rinanci&l
Victor.
HANDSOME P3EM1UM IS REAL'ZED '
II of 11 tut I u IT iNKttc of ffftOO.OOn Rom for
-Accrued IntcrcNt itnil n IIomit
of fy12.S57.1O < o n .New
York ririu.
The City ot On.nlia scored another financhl
triumph at noon yesterday when It demon
strated its ability to sell 4 per cent
bonds at a premium that exceeds
the figures that were received a
few years ago for G and 6 per
cent bonds. The Issue of $300,000 ot refund
Ing bonds will probably be sold to Thomas
II. McCaguc , representing Bernard , Thurman
& Co. of New York , on their bid of rar and
accrued Interest and a premium ot $12,857.10 ,
or .042S57 per cent. This effectually uottles
the question whether the city can float 4 per
cent baids and this rate will undoubtedly
rule on future long time pond Issues ,
Nine bids wcte opened In the olllce of City
Treasurer Kdwnrda at noon , of which two
Tvere. dropped ns not cOii'trmlng to the ad-
erihomcnt. The other bivl * were the foi-
loutur , accrued Interest being included , ( - <
ept Jo the bid of Spltzer & Co.vhlch was
itat : ,
Estnbrook & Cot UoBtom.
Society for Savings , Cleveland
' For llrat J100000 { IMWIOO
For second $100,000 101,71003
For third J100000 103 SOO 00
Total J10009300
Deltz Dennlson & 1'rvor , Cleve
land JT0117V
I nmbrecht Hrob , Cleveland. . . . P01 140(0 (
W J. Hayes i Sons. Cleveland. . . . "Cfl.lCO 00
Splts-er K. Co , Toledo lOJ.SOSOO
Bernaid , Thurmnn & Co , New
York 312S17.10
lllir i > iiml I'ulillu lli'tillli.
Health Comnilst'loner ' SpaldUig has ar
ranged with the Public Library board that
the board sha'I be notified of all cases of con
tagious diseases that occur within the city
limits Thlu grows out of the suggestion
offered by Dr. Spauldlng sometime ago that
some provision should be made to pass all
books through a disinfecting room au they
are received. Ho contends that the cir
culation of the books is one of the most con
venient vehicles for the spread of con-
ttglcti. In most cases as soon asa patient
is able to read books arc Immediately
secured from the library to while away the
tedium of convalcis-enco and It has been
thoroughly demonstrated that the germs of
dlt-easo cin bo cairlcd from this to other
families. If the library authorities are
notified of every case of contagious disease
any books that are sent into the Infected
family can be thoroughly dltlnfected before
they are again issued.
\Vork oil Now Mil
The flcM work on the now sidewalk record
has been nearly completed by the engineer
ing department. It will require about two
months longer to complete the clerical work
and then the engineering department will
have a record that will show the condition
and ownership of ovcry piece of sidewalk
hi the city. This will save a vast amount
of trouble In making sidewalk assessments
and once completed It can be kept up with
ijBry ! Utlo effort. The field men will gui
through in a couple of days and then they
will be set at work nt once on the Improve
ments that arc under contract for the early
spring. Stakes will be set for the proposed
paving and curbing In order that the con
tractors may have no excuse for not begin
ning work as soon as the weather will per
mit.
Mordillti Stiitlsllfx.
The following births nnd deaths were re
ported at the health otllce during the twenty-
four houra ending at noon yesterday :
Births William Hanold , 2230 South
Twenty-seventh street , boy : Joseph Stafford ,
2225 Lcavenworth , girl ; Janrcb E Malloy ,
021 Williams street , boy ; Louis Lumlblum ,
5110 North Fourteenth street , girl ; Fred
Walley , 1422 North Twenty-eighth street ,
boy ; Charles A. Aloxandereon , 1911 Center
street , boy.
Deaths Harry Browcr , aged 54 years , 1230
North Eighteenth street. Prospect Hill ; L.
Zeisberg , cgcd 34 year1) , Ninth and Howard
streets , Laurel Hill.
Tax CominlhHloiK-r'H TaU
Tax Commissioner Sackett has begun the
tabk of relisting the city lots In order to
perfect the record of ownership which has
bren largely neglected for years In some
cases propcity remains on the tax list in
the names of people who have been dead for
thirty years and the Intention is to thor
oughly overhaul the record and bring It up
to date. When this Is once accomplished
the list will bo kept to conform to the rec
ords of the register of deeds and the real
owner of any piece of city property can
bo ascertained at a glance.
CollcdH < > C'llllol StllllHtlCH.
Superintendent C. G. Pearso of this city
has beeti made chairman of a special com
mittee of beven superintendents to prepare
a statistical report of the financial , and
general condition of the schools In the
various cities of the United States and re
port at the next annual meeting of the de
partment of superintendence of the National
Educational association.
imu , nsTvrij IITIMJIJ > iRiTi > n.
Oiniihii Mri-ctH C'oiiiiIn for a I.IIIKU
Minnof CrKli-lNiii ,
A good portion of the tegular meeting ot
the Heal Estate exchcrigc yesterday waa
spent In dlbcusslng the condition of Onialu''i
streets The matter came up In 'he report
of W , H , Green , who was chairman of the
party of bufllnevs men who reeniSy toured
llio south lu the Intcicatii ot the exposltlii
Mr Green stated that Omaha compared fa
vorably with other rltles , with the exceptIjn
of the condition of Its streets
The matter was thoroughly talked over ,
the Impression being that steps should at
once bo taken to clean the ntreets before
the arrival of exposition visitors , Action
on the matter , however , was postponed tir
a week or two ,
The exchange alao decided upoci a form
of the ttiree-ilay notice to he served on ten
ants to vacate for non-payment of rent. In
the past every real estate dealer has hal
Ills own form of notice
lloliliril llu * I'oHtliiiixU-r.
The olllclals of the postofllce have been
congratulating themeslve that despite the
blK crowds which have thronged the corri
dors ami olllces of the new building since
the removal took place no thcftu have oc
curred. This feellni ; has been Hornewhat
dampened from the fact that on last fi.it-
urduy the otlice of the postmaster were
robbed of $12
Tne theft occurred In the ollleo occupied
by Assistant 1'oitmaster Woodard Th
money had been paid in as rent for powtal
boxes during the day and had been plartd
In the drawer of one of the desks Whi n
an accounting was tp bu made thu till
vvii3 found to be empty and no other con
clusion to be reached except that the money
had been stolen.
No trace to the thief has been found and
the olllclals ure not vangulne of finding uny.
It Is believed that the money was Htolcn
at a moment when no one was In the olllce
by some one of thu many people who huvo
come In to look around.
Modicr HrimiiN lli-i-Mt-lf iiml Child ,
BENTON HAHBOlt , Mch | , Fcb 2S Mrs )
George Davldnon , age-d 2S , left her homo at
St , Jcrcph last midnight , clad In u night
dresa , with her two-wrrkn-old babe In her
arms. The woman , with the child , JumpeJ
Into the river. The woman's body wan re
covered at daybreuk. The body of the babe
vus carried out to the luke , Ineaul'y
caused the deed ,
COM PI. VINT or A riiriT nnvi.nn.
! „ ilc nrnrlooiilil Mice ( o ( io ( Until
ofV. . II. ( Jooilvvlii.
Complaint has been laid at the police court
by the L 'do Grazlo Fruit company , doing
business at 1207 Howard street , against a
man who Is known to the concern as W.
II. Goodwin. Ho is accused of having
swindled the company out of $134 and the
police nre aeked to secure his arrest
Mr do Grnzlo told the authorities that
on last Tuesday Goodwin called nt the
company's store and asked for a position to
sell fruit on the road for commissions He
said that ho had formerly traveled for a
Chicago fruit house and nho for an Omaha
coffee company So favorably did he Im
press Mr dc Grailo that without further
Investlgatlrn Into the man's career ho en
tered into an agreement with him and the
next day sent Goodwin to Nebraska City to
solicit business from many customers of the
company.
The allowed harper represented to the
merchants upon whom ho called that he
was Mr. dc Grazlo hlnicclf nnd as a result
ho secured n number of orders , which ho In
variably took on condition that they were to
bo paid for upon delivery. Ho sent the
orders to the company hero and they were
promptly filled , with the exception of about
four. When Iho goods were received In Ne
braska City , it is alleged that Goodwin col
lected ttu > money duo on them , and decamped
for parts unknown Mr de Grazlo's Informa
tion about the man is so meagre that there
h little hope of locating him , OR It Is thought'
Goodwin has had plenty of time to get far
away from the state.
STOIIZ HKTS HIS
Another nlnon Keener Can \ovv Sell
Without Penr ,
The action of the Board of Fire and Police
Commissioners In granting a license to
Gottlieb Storz to operate a saloon at Ninth
and Pacific streets , over the protest of resi
dents In the vicinity , has been sustained by
Judge Slabaugh
Some weeks ago the residents In the vicin
ity of Ninth nnd Pacific streets protested
agilim having a Eileen in that neighbor
hood , giving as their reasons that It was
proposed to locate the saloon in close pro\-
Imltv to the Pacific Street school and also
because It was in a resident Instead of a
business district. In passing upon the case ,
the Judge said tnat the second objection
could not hold go id , ni the saloon was
amnni ; business houses , only a very few
dwellinc : hot-ses being anywhere In tint
vicinity. Taking up the objection ial el 01
account ot the saloon being close to the
school , the judge stated that * ho had undo
T porsoml examination of the school and
the suiroumllngs , and while he found that
the saloon was not ° * far fronr the scluol , It
was on the other tlilo of a bjuft nnd not In
sight of the school building. This being
tine , he did not think tint this pnitlr-nlai
saloon could be conducive to the Injury of
the morals of the youth in that vlclnliy any
more than s-ores of other stloons where the
board haJ granted licences for the sale of
liquor.
Cliliicxc U IIIH III Court.
Joe Chung , a Chinaman , and Charles Hor-
ncr , an American , met In the legal aienn
before County Judge Baxter , where the
former beared a complete victory ovei the
latter.
Joe Chung operates a laundry- out on Cum-
Ing sticct and leases the entire building.
Sometime ago he discovered that ho did clot
need the whole of the building for the con
duct of his business He sub-let u portion
to Horrcr , who agreed to pay a populated
sum each month Three months passed and
Homer did not settle Chuag pleaded and
threatened , but this did not bring the peat
due rent Then he started a forcible entry
and detainer suit. This was tried before
Judge Baxter , who decided In favor of Chung
and Homer was given ten days In which
to vacate.
Court In WiiHhliiKtoii Count j.
Judge Powell has gone to Blair , where ho
will convene the regular Februajy term of
the district court In and for Washington
county. Just when Judge Po'well will retmn
Is not certain , as the docket Is a large one
nnd If all of the cases arc tried considerable
time will be consumed. The most Important
c" e on the docket Is that of the State against
Knight , who Is charged with aroon This
ease was tried at the last term of court , but
the jury failed to agree. The defendant is
charged with bottlaig iVo to several buildings
In Atlington The lire was set on a morning
several montls ago and i Mimed In the do
structlon of a greater J-art of the business
portion of Itio town , /
Interfere nidi nil l2 iler | rlHe.
August Bock , Andrew ' 'Hitman ' nnd Wil
liam F. Spear have secured a temporary
order , restraining the lit. Ix > uls-Baltlmore
Hair and Bristle company from locating a
hail field In their neighborhood , seven miles
west of Pouth Omaha , on Q street. In ap
plying for the order , the plaintiffs allege thnt
the defendant has secured a lease on a large
tract of land and that thereon It proposes
to spread hair an3 bilstles secured from the
packing houses They further allege that
the odor arising from such hair nnd bristles
would be offennlvc and a great nuisance , im
pairing the health of the people residing in
the vicinity of said hair field.
\\II1 Anlc n Nevt Trliil ,
Attorney General Smyth will file a motion
for a new trial in the case of the State
against the Bnrtlcy bondbincn. It Is more
than likely tdat It will be filed today. He
will allege that the vordlct returned by the
jury was contrary to law and the evidence
In addition to this ho will allege misconduct
of the jury The attorney general will
charge that ono of the JnrctJ , James Hyland
f.uined and exrrobscd an opinion bcfwo bsltig
called Into the Jury box
Vliolbrr llnheiiH CorpiiNMliil. .
Heairy Bancroft n resident of Sarpy county ,
alleges that Sheriff McDonald is Illegally
dota'nlng ' him In the Douglas county jail
Ho haft sued out n writ of habeas corpus
asking thnt he bo released , thnt ho may go
hence and pursue his chosen calling. Ban
croft vvns brought up hero from Sarpy
county , where he had been charged with
Holllnc- ; liquor without having first taken
out a license. Cin this charge ho was held
to answer ,
I'IIKC ,
The adultery case against Lyman A
Page H monopolizing the attention of Judge
Slabaugh and n jury. No ono seems
to know just what part the woman
proposes tn take In the suit , though It Is
Inferred tl'at she will testify In behalf of
Page , as she cccuplra a scat near the at
torneys for the defense and on the same
Bldo of tbo table.
> OCH from die ConrlH ,
County Judge Baxter has appointed D M
Vlnsoihalcr administrator nnd Carl E. Her
ring ( 'uardlan ud lltcm In the matter of the
estate of Smih Woodworth , deceased.
Judge ICeyaor has gone to Sarpy county
to take up tfio business of the February
term of couu In Sarpy county. The dockcc
Is not a heavy one and the judge expects lo
clear it up during the corning week ,
Judge Baker wax to have gone to Butt
county yesterday to hold court , hut as few
of the eases up there were ready for trial ,
the term waa adjourned two weeka , The
attorneyi wanted three weeks , but the judge
thought thnt they could get their cance
ready 'n ' two weeks.
TIcKi-t 'I liter Sent lo .lull ,
R A Hopkins pleaded dtullty in police
court to the luict-ny of n lallroad tick ) t
from a Mlus Humphrey , who was en route
from Tekatmih. Neb. to Huron I ml , nnd
Judge Gordon lined him { 100 and cent lir-
liiK uiuib'v to pay the line , Hopklrm Mill b-
ronllned In Hm county Jill for about thirty-
flvo eliyf. Speolal Agi > nt J tin He I.OIIK of
the MIHourl Pac-ldc Hallioid company nt
AtehUon , Kan , , over whoso line the woman
was ticketed , wan present tn court to uppwu
against Hopklno ,
HARRISON'S ' MONEY IS GOOD
Ohnr o of Fassinj ; Counterfeit Bills Tnlls to
tbo Q round ,
GROCERY CLERKS NOT EXPERT DETECTORS
CIIIINC die Arrcil of n Mini M'lio
IIIN | | > Proven dint He IH Not lu
die llitxIncNM of IMondnir
.Spurious Coin ,
Yesterday Charles Harrl on wns arrested
on the charge of parsing counterfeit
mmioy. Harrison 1s n young fellow who
lives at 20r > Farnam ttreet nnd gives his
business as that of a book agent.
The solo rcasra tor HnrrUon'a arrest was
that ho was the im-eesBOr of a $2 bill and
thnt ho nude energetic clTorts to have It
changed on North Twenty-fourth street yes
terday morning. The combination wa com
pleted when George Undlo iind Howard
Wntstn , two well known city Kalcsmcn ,
appeared on the xceno whllo young Hnr
rl.'on wns trying to get his chingo.
It will be remembered that during the
Inttei part of January of this ye-nr some
very good counterfeit $ J bills were lloite'd
In the city They were so veiy good that
pcoplo pcsltlvely failed lo dttect them ami
It wns only when they reached the banks
tint they were dli5i-ove-re > d Perhaps fifty
bills werei reported to the secret scrvleo
department. Consequently Omaha citizens
have become somewhat leaty of JJ bills
H-uil-un fioatel Into a North Twenty-
fourth street grocerv store , where Kudlo
and Watson were trying to do some busi
ness , and wanted to get his $ . ! bill changed ,
Iho proprlctoi took the bill nnd showing It
to the salesmen inado some remarks about
tin , counterfeit ? 2 bills which had been clr-
culitcd In the city llanl-son snjs thla
made him mad Anyway he grabbed his
banknote and left the store
DOING IETiCTIVK WOUK
Iludlo nnd Watson at once Jumped to thu
conclusion that the young follow was trying
to pass a hid bill end determined to do a
little amateur detective work They threw
then solves into the lck > i with all the ubaru
don of old sleuths , however They nhadoweil
Hanlson to another grocery btcee- and after
ho dad gene , they entered and found that
ho had succeeded in getting his bill change ) .
This settled .ho matter In their minds Go
ing out on the strict they caught sliht of
young HatrlYwn and followed him until they
met n policeman. They le-'atcd theli Htory
to the luabs buttoned guardhn of the pe < ice
and rtevnlled upon him to take H irrlnon
Into custody Ttio young follow was taken
back to the last stoto he Ind vlslUd nnd wu
compelled to give up the two ullver dollirs
he obtained In exchange foi his bill. Tlio
pollcomin w it , Impressed with the talk th
jounK fellow mive nnd wanted to lit him
go , but Hiidlo nnd Wnlbrn Insisted that ho
should bo kept In custody
Harilsan wa-- matched down the street nnd
was taken to the federal btill.Hi > - ; , whole lie
was turned o\er to the government au
thorities. A warrant wai filed against him
and while the document waj being prepared
ho was put thiough a lei g course of cicvis-
questlonlng. He maintained his Innocence ,
said he did not know the bill was counter
feit and sweat stood upon his brow as ho
endeavored to remember whcro he got It.
All this was veiy suspicious
There WES no delay In the case. Harrison
risen was at nsoe airalgned before United
States Commissioner Anderson nnd vvna
given a hearing All the suspicious circum
stances In the ease were recited , Harrison
had his say acid everything \vna pi oven ex
cept that the bill wns counterfeit , Olllcer
Her clla of the secret ( -x-ivlco was hastily
summoned ( a give this linportmt testimony.
When he appeared the bill vvns handed to
him nnd he examined It
"That Is no counterfeit , " he declared , and
to show that there \vaa no doubt about It ,
ho gave Harrison two silver dollars for the
billThe
The hearing proceeded no farther. Harrison
risen was discharged ar.l thcae who had
figured In the case dlsappcaied rather phcep-
'fihly.
Hull n Iiml ( oln ,
Joe Pleasant , the clgai dealer , has been
arrested on the charge of passing counter-
felt money , but the case docs not promise
to be very serious The complainant Is Cor
oner Swnnson , who asserts thnt Pleasant
gave him a counterfoil lulf dollar In change.
Pleasant was as positive thnt ho did not
glvo him the bad coin , nnd refused to taka
It back. The coroner cot vvnim over the
matter and caused the warrant to bo Is
sued Pleasant pleaded not guilty bcforo
United States Commissioner Anderson nnd
his hearing wns set for tomorrow aftci-
nocn.
\\ICKII.\U Mivitcii or jus wirn.
Sioux Cltv MUM \Kx I'olli-e ( o Toe-iie (
HIM Hecreiuit SpoiiNe.
W n Wlckham of Sioux City , accompa
nied by his attorney , J. T. Wlllett ot Oto , la. .
called at the city Jail yesterday moinlngnnd
asked the authorities to awalst him In locat-
Irhis ! wife , whom , he alleges , has derj.-rted
him and taken with her their two boys , elop
ing with Miles Parsons of Swan Lake , In.
Wlckhnm hays ho him every reason to be-
llevo that the couple have either arrived in
Omaha or that they will be hero within a ,
day or two He furnished lo the police pho
tographs of all the pnrlii-H concerned In the-
alleged elopement , mil will return to Soux
City nnd ( lie Information , apalnnt his vvlfo
and her alleged paramour
Until n few months , ate Wlckhnm resided
nt Oto with bis family The man wbo la
accused breaking up lilt homo wan
fonntrly cinplojul In n government oupply
store nt Sniti Antonio , Tex , but entire north
[ < d took up his rct > ldonco with his mother
ut Swan Lake. Business called him to Oto
nrd there It was , Wlckham alleges whllo
the latter WHO in Sioux City looking for em
ployment , that Pars'os foi met ! the acquaint
ance of his wife Although the VYIckhnrni
had been married foi eleven years there hud
been numerous iiuarroli In the family , ynt
Wlckham says that never for a moment had
ho suspected that his wlfo would de-girt
him
In Jnnmry ho ronlnvcl his family to Sioux
City nr/1 located It In a cozy home Pawocrt
Is alleged to have appeared upon tlio i'ccm >
then * about February 'i and the next dtiy
Wlckham was MirvrUed to find upon his re
turn from work that his homo was deserted
Ho eays Parsons and the woman disappeared
with all of his household offer's leaving
him not HO much even on n bed upcii which
to rest his he-ad They simply ciinnod out
the house Wlckham laitltulcd an Investi
gation immediately and says ho has learned
thul thi < en u pit- started south with the chil
dren and furniture overlaid In a wagon *
Ho traced the-in into Nebiaska and tn Oe-
catur , whcro they remn'ned about ( wo week ?
From there they started in the direction of
Omaha , where Parsons la mild to have told
several persons that he Inter.did to go to
work at the exposition ground * . Wlckham
thinks the couple are headed for Texas and
ho de-Hired. 'o apprehend them before they
get too far away Ho says hu wants to get
of din bom
t II AUIlllINt Mllllell IllNllllMNOll ,
Police Judge Gordon hiH dlxmlgi'Cd the
case ngaliiHt M Mullen , ehaigod with main
taining a disorderly hoiim. nrxl discharged
the di fendant Ho also milm I the dls-
( haigo of llio twenty-four mm und vv men
uuiiud of hi ti InmitCH of n disorderly
hou e , who wennrriHiiel In the raid upon
MulUn'H ph'i- one woik ago lint Hiturday
night Tie tourt held lluit the evldenoei In
thft n Tfc'alnst Mu'lni ' VVHH not strong
e-iouyh * o lonvli ! Mullin H iilxo nt-c-usoil
of v I1 n ' Inuor In hl ( unct-rt hall without
u iltv ) ! ( nsu nnd the arguments In thU
cat own I h made next Thursday ,