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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMA1TA , THURSDAY IMOItNING , MAJtCH 3 , 1898 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. MARCH MAGAZINES ARE HERE Filled with Interesting Articles and Beautiful with Pictures. ONE MORE PUBLISH.D IN AMERICA rVVIirn ( irnnt Puiinil HeIIN nil Orntor _ . \ HOIIMIn I'omiiHI Mark Tivnlii oil \itnlrliiii 'I roulili'K . I > < inoiiilc CrlMlN > otiH. The appearance of the flrt > t number of the Pall Mall Magazine , printed and published In New York City , mirks the establishment of what Is practically another American magarlnc , although , as might be expected , the Pall Mall will continue to be thoroughly Eugl'di In Its character. But the Pall Mall t.'int Is printed In New York City is a hand- homer magazine than the ono that Is printed In London. American publishers have no rivals In the matter of putting before the pub Ic handsomely printed magazines. The March number of the Pall Mall Magazine Is n fine art work. The frontispiece Is a fine etching by Macbeth Racburn , entitled "A Harbour of Riot , " and there Is a novel col ored rage , representing a weird conceit , "March. " A poem , "To the River Dee , " Is i beautifully Illustrated and the pictures showIng - j Ing tbo famous Battle Abbey- which nccoin- ; pany an article on that relic of the past , are ' excellent , One of the most Interesting arti cles In the maga/lne Is ono In which Mrs. Army ( ago tells about the tareer of Jean , duchess of Gordon , describing how this re markable and beautllul woman , as the re sult of a wager , raised the famous regiment whose exploits ha\c become of worldwide renown. The somewhat lomantlc Interest In the duchess of Gordon has lately been re vived , when the ) brave deeds of the Gordon Highlanders have been so conspicuously brought before the notice of the public ; for it Is entirely owing to the loyal duchess' ac tivity that this regiment was originally raited. Another In the series of articles on hunting In the olden times gives an ac count of stag hunting In the days when such sport was not affected , but real. The best part of the article Is the Illustrations taken from nn old print showing Just how the hunting \uia done. The Pall Mall as an English and American magazine Is growing in popularity. General Grant wn an orator , but he did not discover the fact intil he had discovered In himself nearly all the other good quali ties , and when he discovered his power of speech lie made Immediately an utterance that will live 'n American History The oc casion was a reunion of the survivors of the Army of the TenncssEe. and at the campfirc J i DCS Molncs September 2' , 1S75 , Gencial Grant made that memorable speech In which ho spoke for education and free public echools , nnd urged that church nnd state be forever keep beparate. Tno speech vvo.s 'i surprise to General Shermin , who Intro duced the president , at.1 a greater surpitao to the American people who had not be fore known that Grant was capable ot mail Ing a speech. In the March Century , J. S Clarkson tells how that speech was written and described the circumstances of Ito do livery. It le a notable contribution to nis tory. Two e peclally timely articles In .li's ' magazine relate to the Klondike gold rush John S. Webb writes of "The River Tilp to the Klondike , " giving rnsi.y Illustrations from photographs. The Alcnka Commercial company made application for the cstabllih- faieot of a postal route along the Yuko i river and lait summer It sent Mr. Webb along the route to make the preliminary sur vey. His tour of Investigation Included meit of the coast of Alaska and ho Journeyed up the Yukon aa far as the Klondike. He de- Bcrlbco not only this famous creek but the ether tributaries to the Yukon as far aa the- Klondike. Eilwln S. Curtis writes In the same number ot the "The Rush to the Kl i' dike Over the Mountain Passes" and this article Is also well Illustrated. An aitclc en the Mammoth cave of Kentucky Is alro very Interesting. John BurrougrV article > tin the song of Amcrlcrn blrda Is Illustrated 1 and Is timely In view ot the approach of bird time. While the editors of some American news papers , so It U charged by their Jealous rivals , are trying to luduco reporters to pry Into secrets of the housenolds of living per sons * to secure scroatlonal gosilp with which to tickle the reading public , the editor of one * American magazine has had a reporter prying Into thesorcts ot a home vhlch ; has been burled nearly 2,000 years. The result t la a most enter.'ilnlng article In the March 1 Bcrlbner's on "A Pompellan Gentleman's Homo Life. " Some time ago excavators un covered a dwelling where existence had not been known In the rulra of the famous city and-now the whole home la open to Inspec tion. It was a magnificent home , perlmps ono of the finest In ancient Pompeii , evi dently the home of a rlth man much given to pk'JBiiiM and encouragement of the arts. ' The description 'by ' M'r Nevlllc-Tlolfe , the British consul at Naples , Is accompanied by illustrations from photographs. It Is one of the mont Interesting of the magazine articles of the mor..h. In the fame magazine "WykoH'a article on the workers deals with the author's experiences In seeking work In Chicago Just" before the Columbian exposi tion. His narrative differs from oil previous accounts of the slums and dumming because he actually lived the life for months on the uamu conditions aa the poorest. He raised himself from the vagabond class by the only- > door that U open to them the door of labor JIo entered Into their organizations labor unlona. socialist meetings , uml anarchist so cieties. Ho does not believe that we are on ( ho CVP of a "Social Revolution , " and this narrative will bo the best answer to ulanu- The general reader Is likely to turn to Mark Twain's article describing the "Stir ring Times in Austria" as the first thing to be read In the March Harper's. Kvery- i > ody knows that Mark Twain has been vis iting a number of Interesting spots in ( Europe In the past year and he was In Vienna when the Austrian Relchsrath en gaged In a prolonged wrangle which was ended on the dissolution of the body. Ho has described what he saw , getting it off with his ever ready wit , and yet ho has given a valuable picture of European politics aa prac ticed today. Another article In this num ber ot Harper'j by an eastern diplomat , un named. Is a fitting complement to tlu > skctcn contributed by the American humorist. The author , w < io has unusual historical knowl edge and an Intimate understanding ot Inner diplomatic circles , explains the principles 'which underlie Germany' ) ) attitude toward ( ho cast , and throws a flool of light on the discords which -ro threatening to rend Ann- 4rla In fvain. Franklin Matthews In tbit , came number describes an American tinny maneuver , tor which lllustratlors lave > bean prepared by Zoibaum and RernliiKtcn. A leading feature of this number Is the second part of un article by the late George du Maurice- "Social Pictorial Satire" In Eng land. Mr. du Maurler epeaks with Intimate personal knowledg ) of his friend diaries Keene , thu rirost nrttatlc of all the Punc'i patlrlt'ts ' , and con ludcs the paper with a fuiilllar and unaffected account of hla own work. The illustrations are drawings from 1'unch , and portraits of Charles Ke no and George du Mau'ler. An article that will be Appreciated by ( houghtful readers everywhere la that In the March inimber of the Atlantic Mcnthly by J. N , Larned on "England's Economic and Political Crisis. " Mr. Larr > d dlocuuei the causes of the apparent decline In the suprem acy of British commerce and Industry and Incidentally pays a high compliment to the American worKVgmen for the part they , have played In juahns American Industries to the front. The ICusllsh people have not i bem willing to learn from others , they have been content with their old ways and the result li that In Industrial life they are fall- fcg behind. Mr. Qodkin , la tb. tame nuiu- bcr , discusses the only democracy In the world that can be compared at alt to the American democracy. The main difference In method Is that the American cyutom IH what he calls the presidential , In which can didates are elected under a written constitu tion for fixed terms of office , before the ex piration ot which no charges can be made ; while the Ailitralltn Is the cabltist Ejstein , with no fixed constitution , and under It leg islative mijorltles and executive otllcr-ui may be changed at any time. A historical art'clc ' gives an account of a firat performance of a play In Shakcapcar'cs time as It might have been described by a contemporaneous writer. A portrait of young Llcutcryrit Merrltt of Rel Oak , la. , tne of the ofilccra who went do n with the Maine In Havana harbor appears In the March number of the Mid land Monthly. A handsomely Illustrated ar ticle Is that on "Some Ladlts of the New Admlnlttrattcn. " The Instalment of the story of General Grant's life describes In vivid manner the battle of Helmci't and gives the Ir.alde history of that engagement. Prof. James R. Hanna has an essiy 0,1 , the ele- ire'.rts cf a natlcnal literature and In social economics J. K. Mra-omber vigorously polr.it ) out the obstacles to munleiml leform nnd the way to meet them. The.-e are por'ralts of President Dole and Madame de Lome Among descriptive articles there la one on "A Rocky Mountain Adventure on Sno.v- shoea , " and tnother dtacrlblni' New Oile.uis homes. The leading articles of the March num ber of the American Moifthly Review of Rovlowu relate to the troubles through whlc.i lYanco Ins been passing. Thece are three1 Important Intel views concernleig the antl- Jewish crucade In France The first with M. Drumont , the head and front of the anti- Semitic agitatlan In fian e , Is it-ported by Valerian Grilayedoff , the well known Russian Jourrallst ted artltt , fornuely of New Yc.'k Robert II. Sheraid leports conversations with Dr. Max Norlau , the author of "Degenera tion , " and with M. Zola ; these , of courne. gl\e \ the Jews' side of the btory. The whole nerlcs , taken tosethc- , throws much lighten on uh.it to the Anglo-Saxon mind seeins no lncomprehe < nflble the real animus of French antl-Scmltlsm , and especially Its bearing on the Dreyfus case and Zola's trial la Paris A strictly American article l tdat en south ern lynchlngs. In which Rev Dr. G. L. Pell tells of epidemics of lynchings ttid how to remedy them The article is written from tt ? stri dpolnt of a southern white and deals with lynchliiRfl feirlcssly and candidly There Is a Klondike article In the American Monthly and the iuu.il dlscutjion of current topics. Two articles of especial literary value are In the .March number of I.lpplncott's. One has lo do with literary nomenclature and the autt'or takes one n plcerunt journev among the book titles on the efielf The ethic tells of the "Archaeology of Nursery Clanslcs" and here the writer has given us the results of a great deal of itscarch among the old nursery rhymed. There Is a complete novel In the number , "An AinerKini Aspirant , " by- Jennie Hallacd Wateibury and i number of other good stories and poems , Selections from the writings of the late "LewH Carroll" afford a good otart for the good things In the .March < numb ° r of Cm rent Literature The venerable pcet , R. H. Stod- ( laid , wtiose pcct'.nlt forms the magizlneV frontispiece , la the "American Post of Today" disci sscd and quoted by F. M. Hopkins In ine present Installment of these characteristic papers , and other "features" ure a page ot cxqulMto sennets by the new poet , Lloyd Mimin. whnee verse bin met with such warm aprreciatlon In Dnglciid as well as In thh country ; readings from two recent romances "The Juggler , " by Charles ligbert Craddock and "Tbo History of the Lady Detty Stair , " by Molly nillott Scwall ; end a very Interest ing sociological btudy In the gulsq of fiction , entitled "The Reclamation of Little Brother" by Caroline H. Pembcrton. That newest of the little magazines , the Kioto , published by the English club of the University of Nebraska , bids fair to out strip all theothern. . The second number just out , U in attractive little book. A few von-es. ' en "Wild white eyes and a tavage whlno" by Annlo Prey start It off well. There are- two stories "An Idyl of Brain Weight" by H. B. Alexander , a college story ; and "Ashley , " a story of the time of the World's fair In Chicago , by Harry Graves Shedd In the department of "Sundry Llt- tlu Yelps" there Is a fine batch of comment and gossip. The Kioto la welcome. Ono of the most valuable of the review ar ticles of the month Is that by Sir William Howard Rursell giving his recollectlony of the civil war In the United States. Ho was sent over from London as a correspondent of p Lordcn newspaper and had exceptional op- portnnlty for witnessing the most Interest- Ing features of the war. He made notes and has a good memory of men und events and he uses all thin to good advantage In his ar.'tcle He gives reports of Interviews with leading statesmen and soldiers and throws Interc&t- Ini ; light en many subjects. It Is In the Xorth American Review for March and there are to be other articles by the eamc author. i It Is a pleasure to learn that there la a bright tide to life In Siberia , a side that U really attractive , and this Is described in the March number of the Ladles' Home Journal. Thomcs G. Allen , who traveled across the Siberian plains on a bicycle , points out that we hold many erroncuua Ideas about Siberia and the people there. Thcie are fashions and fashionable people even In that country that h > out of the world and he met fame people- who were as well drowsed as any of the people to be met wl'h In Europe. His pictorial articles on this subject will bo valu- ubleA very pretty con-eptlcni Is that of Clifton Johnson , who has plctureU an en tire day In a country school by means of the camera. The departments In the Journal are always up to date and full of goad things A good western article In the Overland for March Is that by Major Hen C. Truman on "Early Stage Driver ? , " In which ho tellf ID nut utorlcs of stirring Incidents of the old limes It Is graphically Illustrated and will recall to many a traveler the days that were lull of danger. The Overland Is not all west ern There Is an appreciative sketch of the memoirs of Tennyson and a continuation of "The Whispering Gallery" by Rrwslter Johnson , who lo subtle , patriotic and original In his treatment of subjects. An article on Tacoma by S. 12. Rothery gives a good Idea of that lively western city. There Is a Klondike article describing ono. of the routes to the Yukon river over the land. The Homo Magazine has some very good tnlngs this month There Is a hanc'nomc picture - turo of the Maine and on article of great Interest on the late Captnln Phllo N Me- Glllln , who became famous during th * wai between China and Japan Captain McGlftln lived a few years on a farm In Iowa before entering the navy Therels > fiction and poetry by the bcMt of authors In the Home Magazine , Including Clinton Rosa , Richard Henry Savase , Clinton Scollard , John Vance Cheney , Robert J Uurdette , Madeline S Prlilges , Madlton Cawcln Reglna Armstrong Billiard. Zoo Anderson Norris , F. W. Gun- caulus , Elizabeth Harman , Charles liattell Loomls , William IM. Clemens and many others. Mlt-rarj" > nnil > < IIN. A Klondike article In the American Monthly Is Illustrated with a large number of photographs. Richard Le Galllenno l < i said to please his American audiences , which are mostly com posed of women. L'cutenant Prarys1 book on explorations In the Polar seas has not been published , but It Is promised next month. A new magazine U to be Parted In Lon don In October next to bo called Ian Mac- lareo's Magazine , of which Rev. John Watson la to be the editor. Lwlle'd Weekly comes out with a special number devoted toho Milne Incident In wtilch there are reproductbn from the pbotograptis taken at Havana. In an admirable article In the March Harp er's Julian Ralph describes his experiences M a war corrcepondftat In the wake ot the Greco-Turklah war. The article Is Illustrated from sketches made on the spot by Lcetcr Ralph , who accompanied his father. The news comes from London that Alfred Austin , the poet laureate , has severed hli connection with the Standard , i which journal he was a writer , In order to devote tils entire time to poelTy , An article of Interest to farmers Is that In Llpplncott'u for March In which George E. Walah wrlteti Instinctively of "The Status of American Agrlcultur ? , " and Its trctisltlon from erudo to scientific methods. Laura E. Richards luix written n charming Idyll of the Maine ccast entitled "Lovend Rocks , " which Estes & Laurlet will publish this month. Her "Captain January" has been sold to the extent of 100,000 copies. The last unpublished poem ot II , C. Bunner "Lutetla" with contributions from J. Rueaell Taylor , Rosamund Marriott Wat son , Mrs. Sangitcr and othcm , gives great variety to the verse ot the March Scrlbner. Mrs. Ellen MacKubln , author of "Tho King of the Town , " whose name Is pleasantly familiar to readers of the Atlantic Monthly and other magazines , will contribute to one of the March numbers of the Youth's Com- ranlcn a short story entitled , "A Game of Bluff. " The Literary Review offers a most at tractive program for the coming vcar. Prominent among Its Interesting features will be a scries devoted to the histories of "Famous Printing Establishments , " nnd an other telling of the "Manufacttue ot Hooks. " Then . there will be a number of articles In Its scries on "American Book Clubs , " and eeveral appreciations of leading "Boole Decoraton. " .ii\i , < iisv ) OK THU ASTOHS. t Crum Out In Attempt In ClmtiKc Hio A u mi" of n Mr rr ( . NEW YORK , March 2. A peculiar rcfiolu- on pending In the municipal assembly Is the lutcomc of a remarkable rivalry between ohn Jacob Awtor and Ills cousin William A'aldorf Abtor. Over on the east eldo ot Twenty-third ward John Jacob Astor owns a argo piece of lend otul the laud lylmj 1m- neJIately north Is owned by Wliiiim Waldorf \stor A Btroet known as Waldorf Place tins through the land of John Jacob Astor rom Exterlev street to Cromwell avenue at Jast Oil" Hundred nd Fifty-first street. Icnry B. Ely , one of the trustees of the iroperty of John Jacob Aster , has sent a ictltlon to the loco' ' board of public Im provements of the Twenty-first and Twenty- cctnd dliitrlcts , asking that the name of A'aldoif Plico be changed to Kenncllff Place , n his petition Mr. Ely says' "The street In Hicstlon Is located entirely on land owned by the trustees of John Jacob Astor. The and to the north of this U owned by William Waldorf Astor. It In therefore somcwhit 'cnftifilng to have the name 'Waldorf given , o the street ( wh'ch Is not yet opened ) on noperty owned by John Jacob Aster and gives the Impression that tbo ownership Is other than It Is Ferncllff Is the name of ohn Jacob Aster's country teat and Is identi fied with him. The local beard approved the ictltlon , but to make the change the legls- atlve branch of ( tie government must pa : I.e resolution , the mavor must approve It ind even them the board of public Improve- nents cannot make the change , provided the coriioratlon council finds leal objection. : incivs Kitiinii : i > CUITKII CASH ( o n Firm 111 Which He Wnn NEW YORK , March 2. The court-martial cctivoked to try Captain 0. M. Carter , U. S. A. , on charges of conspiracy , embezzlement and conduct unbecoming an officer , convened n the army bulldlnp ; here toJay. Colonel Thcmas F. Earr , assistant Judge advocate general , stated that he would olTer In evl- lenco vouchers and checks given by Captain Carter in payment for work done from Janu ary to June , 1893 , In the Improvement of Cumberland sovnd , Georgia , and othe. ' towns. Conrad N. Jordan , cx-mtbtreasurcr o.f the United States In this city , Identified a large number of checks drawn by Captain Carter rn the subtreasurjr to the order of subcon tractors employed In doing the work of Im provement In Savannah harbor and at Cum berland sound , Georgia. Some of these checks were drawn to the order of Ansom M Bangs , but a greater number to the order of John F. Gaynor , president , or Edward H. Gaynor , trea&urcr , ot the Atlantic ContractIng - Ing company. The pertinence of this testi mony lays In the fact that Captain Carter in accused of having held stock in the Empire Construction company , which was subse quently metamorphosed Into the Atlantic Contracting coupany , which by or through Captain Carter was awarded the contracts for nearly all the $7,000,000 worth of work done under his supervision during tbo last ten yeans. MJVVATKH IKIUTi : OllfiM7.ED. . Ciiniinii | > Will ConfineIlxHf I'vclu- xl\rl > to Kri-lKht TriiiiNiiorlatliin. NEW YORK , March 2. The Tribune says : The Atlantic Transportation company , re cently organized under the laws of the state of New Jersey to carry on a water transpor tation business , has just established head quarters In this city. The company , accordIng - Ing to the statement of Its promoters. In tends to do business on a large scale , and Is gathering together one of the largest barge fleets In the world. Capital to the amount of $3,000,000 has already been paid In. It In said. The company has already obtained twenty-two large seagoing baiges , and six others are Hearing completion at Hath , Me. They will operate all along the Atlantic coast , but principally between this city and Newport News. In addition to the large towing and general transportation business which the company proposes to open it will establish and conduct a number of coaling stations In the southern waters and the West Indies. It Is understood that the company has received a contract from the Chesape-ake & Ohio Railroad company for the trans portation of 2,000,000 tons of coal a year for a period of five years. The company will confine Itself solely to the transportation of freight. No attempt willl bo made to enter the passenger transportation field , Hunt Our Mnnufiii'lnri-i-x Comlilnc. TOLEDO , O. . March 2. The As.soclatlon of Heat Oar Manufacturers of the Tnlted States Is the name of un organization per fected at a meeting held here of representa tives of Ilrms controlling that Imlustiy The firms are : Moirnan Hros. , Haton House , La. , and Caiey , O , Striker Manuf.ietuilng company , Stryker , O. : West Unity Manu facturing company , West Unity O ; Na tional Heat Oir company , Chattanooga , Tfim , T I' Wells company , Duvali'd Hlufr , Ark , and F H. Wells company of Claren don , Ark. The olllcers me : J. S Moorman , Toledo , president ; William Fltzglhbons. Siranac. Mich. , vice president , and George H. Fevd. Hurton. O. , sscretary The ob ject of the association Is to do away with competition and to establish uniform prices , An Increase In price will be rnade owlns to the scarcity of ash timber nnd Increased cost of manufacturing. Increase Ciiiiiltj of I'OMilcrorln. . SAN 1'A CIlUZ. C.ll , Mareh 2. At the powder works near hcr inen.uru busy night and day. Four new presses have Just been received for the rmnufucture of smokeless powder. These are being put Into shape for In mediate operation. The'se new presses menu nn additional output eif < 00 tons of smokeless powder da'ly' . Th capicIty'Df the works Is now two and one half tons of government powder dally and nine tons of black powder. It is said fiat th y will Boon be In condition to double their present capacity. I , ) nch n Mtirili'rrr , MEMPHIS. Tcnn. Mirch . 2-Pred Moore , the murderer of Tom Andmon , w 3 taken from the county Jail at Senetobin , Miss. , at 2:30 : o'clock this morning and .shot to death Iiv a mob of fifty persons. Anderson and Moore had quarreled about some * trivial matter. Moore foil wed his man and nhot him live times , nftcpAurd placing the body on the railroad trac'x to hide the. crime. There were several witnesses , however , and teen Moore was behind the bars. The lynch- Inb" caused little excitement. Question of Oaring for 11ndigent Sick Finally A'cljustcd , V i < BIG HOSPITAL , WIIL BE USED BY BOTH llonril nnil i\ctianuc VI - M nnil Unnlly Co mi1 lo 11 Conoluolini < iu Hie The controversy between the city and county officials relative to the care of Indi gent sick nnd Injured patients , which has been a source of anne > ance for years , was apparently brought to a harmonious conclu sion at the regular meeting of the Advisory t Hoard yesterday. The entire Board of County Commissioners was present and the session was entirely occupied with a Joint dlscubslon of this and other matters In which the city and county were equally In terested. Health Commissioner Spildlng stated the trouble In icgard to the care of public pa tients substantially as he stated It to the oard at the preceding meeting. Ho called I ttcntlon to the fact that there Is no money . j n { the hivUth fund to pay for sending all | icsc patients to private hospitals and con- t emir d that Iu view of the approach of the ixposltlcm when an extraordinary number of ases Is to bo expected. It Is Important that licrc should be some understanding between lie two bodies by which harmonious action lay be secured. Commssloncr Hnrto said that he had been ml Is still willing to send all patients to the county hospital en tire certificate of the Ity physician that they a c In a condition to o moved. In the course of mutual c\plan- ? ) tlons U developed that the statements of he commissioner had been misrepresented y some of the people who had been sent o him by the city physician , and that the nlsiinderstandlng between the two govern- nents was not so serious as might bo maglncd. Commissioner Klerstead , stated that it Is ory largely a question of finance and of the npaclty of the county hospital. He ro- nlnded the city authorities that the county on Id only levy 9 mills for the general fund jut of which the public chailtles and the expenses of the district court must bo paid , as well as other expense- ? . There are 152 Mtlents In the hospital npw. Every room s full and the commissioners have been compelled to place cots In the halls. Ho Ib eady , however , to havp patients taken hero at any time the city or county physi cian certifies that they can be moved. Commissioner Ostroni alsa spoke briefly and after some general < UbCUfisicm It was mutually agreed that there Is no reason why hero should be any further trouble as the commissioners are willing to accept the certificate of the city physician as well as that of the county phyaldao. The officials present tiilofly discussed the ircbablo demand that will occur for med- .cal and surgical attendance during the e.\- i-bltlon and City Engineer Ilosewater sug gested the advisability ct taking up the Iticstlon ot building a jail building to bo occupied Jointly by the county and city. No action was taken on this' , however , and when the question of the bills for feeding city prisoners was broached the hoard hastened ; o adjourn before the harmony of the pro ceedings was disrupted. . uses rou .1 CITY City niiKliirer'M PInn f r TritlliiK I'll-vliill Material Ciimiiiciiiled. The suggestion of a laboratory in connec tion with the city engineering department for the purpose of testing all asphalt con struction Is pretty generally commended by city ofllclals. In his recommendation to the council City Engineer Uosewater estimates the cost of the laboratory at $400 , and ho contends that It " .ill eventually save the city many times that amount , besides fur nishing an accurate record by which the city can at all times ascertain exactly what sort of material Is being put In the pave ments. Mr. Uosowater says that one of the most valuable purposes will 'be ' eerved In connec tion with the asphalt repairs. The city now pays out about $23,000 annually for this pur pose and the amount Will continually In crease as the guarantee period expires on ad ditional streets. Under the present system Jaoro I < i no guarantee on repairs. The con tractors are paid a certain price for repairIng - Ing the pavements , and It does not matter whether the new surface wears ten years or ten months. As soon ag It wears out the city must pay for repairing It again , and that Is all there Is to It. There Is absolutely no check by which the contractor can be pre vented from putting In poor material In or der that ho may get paid for doing the job over again EB soon as possible. If Mr. Rosewator's recommendation Is fol lowed by the council It Is proposed that samples shall be taken every day from all 1 asphalt laid In the city. Each sample will 1)9 numbered , and the man who docs the laboratory work will notilnow where It came from or by what contractor It was laid An accurate record will be kept of the result of each test , and It will then be possible to ascertain exactly what' ' proportions of In gredients give the best results. After th < ? sjbtem Is once established the department will be able to very closely approximate the wearing qualities of every yard of asphalt that Ls laid in the city , and Insists thu none but the best shall be put down > Mr. Rosowatcr believes that the cost of the laboratory will be eaved many timed over In the- reduction of the test of repairs alone , aslle from the benefit that will result from the ability to secure- nothing but the btst material iu all new pavements. Mortality .slntlxllri. The following births and deaths were re ported at the health office during the twcntv-four hours endlfig iu noon yesterday Hlrths Joseph 1) . Bluinm. 830 South Twenty-tccond street , Jboj ; William Wolff , 2147 Harney , girl ; Frtijk Helling , 2023 Pln/ > , girl ; Ernest Alexander } liOl North Twenty - fourth , girl ; Fred a. AYolson , 703' Noith Sixteenth , boy ; Hugri MJdrath , 1307 Cali fornia , boy ; Thomas . Cronln , 1318 South Sixteenth , boy / \ DeattM-Chrlfctlne tundpren , 78. 2S40 Cast old age , Forest Lavrn ; B. M. Corbln , 53 , Ele\tnth and Mason1 paralysis Mount Hope , Reuben Schoensted , H , 1S11 Cumlnt' , hear ! failure , Russian cemwlery/ \VllUiin to Cnllj nii It Is expected that the request of the iMls- slwlppl Valley Telephone company that a special election be called ( o submit the prop osition to grant a franchise to the company will bo .granted by the city council wlthoul objection , If the company to willing to pui up the money to pay for the election os provided by the charter , The councllmcn express themecUes as v ry well satlsflec that the new charter relieves them of any rcfpewslbillty. They arfe required to call the election on the deposit 'of ' the expenses one the applicant1 rnuH depend on the favor o the \otcrs to secure their franchise. V ii n ill n if HoiiilM It rnily for IIi-lli < > r > The refunding bonds hive , all been blgnei : and the- pacers have been forwarded to the purciasers In NefVortt to te submitted to their attorneys. It lanot expected that cny legal objection will ba suggested asalnsl the bond * , and the cl'y treajimv U assum that the purchasers are ready to tsko ( hem as mon as the advice of their attorneys In secured. Treasurer Edward * received a telegram this morning from W. J. Hayes & Sui o Cleveland offering to take the entire Issue at the price blJ1 by the New York firm In case the latter should decline to accept then ) , Oil } Illlll > OtON. The Inspector of weights nnd measures col lected J50.SO In fees during February. The permits for the temporary depot and baggage room of the Union Pacific railroad were Issued by Building Inepector Ilutler this t ; morning. The estimated cost of the building * Is $5,000 each. bt Ott IIIA AMnilltA5ICA 3IISTOUV. . that Itreiill Incident * nnil liullv liliinlx l'rti < rviil. I At the public library a very Interesting 1 collection of articles which recall matters ' . and men connected with the early history I ot the state and Its metropolis Is shown In connection with the 'Bryon ' Reed collection. These were largely gathered by Mr. Reed , but some have been added since his demise. The current issue of the Library Ilulletln has the following In this connection : It has recently been suggested that n collection of autographs , books , curios , etc , of local Interest should bo stinted In the1 library. There Is ahoady a good fotinda- tton for this In the Byron Heed room. Mr. Heed , during his long1 residence here , had abundant opportunities for accumulating relics of early days of Omaha and NcI braska. territory. His collection of auto- giaphs of Omaha's mayors lacks only the present olllclnl nnd his ptedecessor , and an old resilient has Intimated his Intention of giving his complete set of portraits of the mayors. ( There me several , but a by no means complete list , of the autographs of the governors of the state nnd also of many of Nebi.iska's piomlnent men. Of F H. Hurt , the llrst governor , who died so soon after reaching here1 , wo have no autograph , but there Is ono of T. H. Cumlngs , vvno was appointed secretary and became acting governor on Mr. Hurt's death Tne mayoi's docket containing the minutes of Hon. A. J. Poppleton and CJcorpe Armstrong , mayors of Omaha , from April , IS * , to rebiuary , \ \ fl. occupies less than h ilf of a Mimll ledger. Another ledper of the same size contains the Hist oidlnnnco passed by tne city of Omaha , In 1S37 , when Jesse I.owe was mayor. An old book which would Inteicstl' most old settlers Is the Hfiiton House regls. ter from June , IWi , to March 1S.17 In look ing over It one sees many famlllir names. T. H Cumins * , L. Miller , Hlclmnl Klmujlt and others. Of the llrst Omaha paper we have piob- ably the most complete set In existence , one number only Is lacking. It was culled the Omaha Arrow and appeared In July , ISM. The editors , Johnson and Pattlson. lived In Council Hlufts and the paper was really published there. This "family news paper , devoted to the nrt . sciences , general lltor.itute , agriculture and politics , " was a foul-page weekly with sK columns to tne page , and twelve numbers only weie Kxued. The next newspaper venture we have Is the Nebiasklun In IS" , and still later the Timed and Independent. There are also several views of the city tit different times. The earliest Is from a piotograph taken In 1S19 from Capitol Hill. Another bhows the city as It appealed In ISuS and two weie taken In 1S7G One of the latter was Issued as a Mipplcment by The Ilee In January , ISTfi. and announces that It was taken from H. Kountze's residence , South Omaha. A complete Ille of the Journals of the Ne- > rnsk i legislature fioni the tlrst stsMon In . & " . " , and the laws of Nebraska from the -ame time , are here , and several histories of Nebiaska and Om ih.i. Besides all these , which were pirt of the icqtiest of Mr. Heed , we have received at varloiiH times glftH from dlffeient No- jraskans Among tiese the most Intercst- 'np aio the land piteiu granted by James [ inch.man to Jesse Lowe , mayor of Omaha , .n 1SW ) , iind presented by Hon. C. F. Man- ler.-on , and some early Nebraska b ink bills presented by Mr. U. F. Hutherford. AGAINST < ; . \Miu.ins. Count v Attorney Pile * Cliurwcx nnil Will I'riixccittc Dlninonil OivnprN. Informations on file In police court charge N. S. Harding , F. J. Doyd and G. H. Deltrlch with keeping gaming fixtures and operating a gambling house. The cases were begun bv Assistant rounty Attorney Jefferls on behalf of the state and they are set for hearing on next Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Attorneys have been retained by the defendants who will fight the cases on the ground that the state law governing ruicti cnsca Is unconstitutloral. All thrco of the defendants are alleged to bo Interested In the Diamond gambling liouse , which was raided by the police Mon day night. They were rearre&ted on war rants following the Informations and pleaded not guitly to the charges preferred against them. The money that the police confiscated In the raid , amounting to more than $1,100 , Is held as a cash bond for the appearance of the men at their trial. The other twenty men uho were arrested In the raid on a charge if being inmates of a gambling hous'o have all been released on their own recognizance with the understand ing that should Harding. Hoyd and Dcltrlch be held on the charges against them and the police wish to pu < 3h the ca rs against the other parties , they would appear for trial. It Is understood , however , that the author ities are not cncllned to force a trial In these cases and the probabilities are that even If the principals are held the prosecu tion of the alleged Inmates will not be forced. MN TO DIIIVIU ii in , . Sunday I'ntroiiN of tinI'dHtofllcc Will Ilr llcttrr .Si-rvfil. The new system of Sunday postofllco de- livery which was tried last Sunday with small success has been relegated to the past and on next Sunday the old system In vogue at the other building will be once more put Into effect. Some changes have been made , however , which will enable the deliv ery to be made quicker than In the past. The ten carrier windows at the houth end of the postofllco screen will all be In use , the territory covered by the carriers belrifi divided Into ten districts , and each window will be numbered. During the week the carriers will notify their patrons at which window they ate to call for their moll. The delivery will commence at 12 o'clock , as It Is Impossible to sort the mall before that hour. The main change In the plan Is that all the mall In each district will be laid out on a table or desk at the windows. At the old pOHtofilco when an address was given the clerk at the window called It out and T carrier brought the mall. Next Sunday the clerk will find the mall In the bunch at his elbow. This will do away with the yelling and confusion that prevailed at the oh ; postomco and It Is believed will result in a quicker delivery. .KVI'MJU C < MiCTIl.\ : ( > < ' r fViil nr < * ni > r Tluui Iurlilll.iiMt Year. February was another mcnth of substantlu increase In the collections of the Intcrna revenue office at this point. The collections amounted to $179.799.50 , as against $100C38.70 for the Mine month lest year. The Increase Is $79,160.86 or about 79 per cent. The In crease In the second smallest In the- amount of money alnce Internal Collector Houtz as sumed office , but the percentage Is high. The present fi > cal v , < ai promises to be a record breaker In th > history of the local office. Although but elp'it months have passed , the collections for that period are ahcady $366,815.40 higher than fcr the entire last fiscal year llnfT "MH-M Hlx lnndlonl. Oiistav U. Shukert , the furrier at 401 South Fifteenth street , and two men who are doing a Job of work for him , vvhoje names are not contained In the Information on n e In po lice court , will bo tried on i charjft ! of tres pass preferred by S. G. Hoff who conducts a coal oltlcc at .in South Klfti tilth street. According to Hoff's htory the furrier at tempted to eject him from his fuel olllce without giving him proper notice to quit , the former leasing hU bu-lnens quarters fr m Shuktrt Hoff refused to vacate- , whereupon Shuktrt set thiothtr men at work , to repair the room. They tore away thu door nnd proceeded to .strip the plaster from the wall * . Hoff asserts that he has vloliti-d none of the conditions of the telnet tinier w hlch he rented hit' ottlco from Bhu- kert , end that If the latter wanted him to vacate he should have given the proper no- tlce of at least thirty days , IlllXIIVMrX APPHAI , TO I1 Hill,1C' . Cull on .411 I'rlciulK at Irrlntul to llonr John llaly , O.MA1IA , Fc b. , S7. To the Friends of Irc- lind : We , the mcmlbcrs of the executive committee of the Garryowcn and Sarsfield Lady clubs of Omaha and South Omaha , Is sue the following address to our Irish- American fellow citizens , and every Ameri can , no matter from what race descended , who loves human liberty and whose sym pathies arc with a struggling people to bo flee , to attend the lecture * that Is to be given by one of the felons of old Ireland on nevt St. Patrick's night. In our appeal wo believe It Is the duty ot every nationalist cif It j tali birth or descent to rally all their friends to hear John Daly on that historic night. The day Is of historical significance' In this country by reason of the fact that It was on the 17th of March , 1770 , after u siege of nine months , that Washington drove the BrltKli from Boston. The father of this county was net unmindful of the * character of the ' day , on which he achieved so great a mlll- , tary success , as Is shown by 111 in selecting ; , "St. Patrick" as the countersign on tint 1 day. Fellow countrymen , we earnestly re- quist of you to ho as mindful ot the character - , acter of the day as Washington was nnJ at. I | ttml the celebration and not icmilti away , I desecrating the day that should represent . the religion of ! ! . Patrick and the pitrlot- } j I ' Ism ' of Emmet. The women will surely lend ] | the dignity of their presence ; wo have al | ways done It on every patriotic occasion I when It was necessary even in the ca e of ! danger. c History teaches us nnd ti.id It Ion | 11 I tells us that the monument on the banks of ; j i the Shannon Is to the valor of Irish women. I , In , ' the darkest hour of the penal dayii , when j "In far foreign fields from Dunkirk to Belgrade - grade f lay the soldiers and chiefs of the Irish brigade , " the women of li eland Kept allvo the smouldering fires of Irish nationalism. And If the time should e\er como when Irishmen , unmindful of the glorious tra ditions , and of the cause and the principles I i j for , which their fathers died , "for which i I Owen ' fought and Sarsfield nobly ble > d , " i should bend tli/ > Knee to false gods and ac- ept the dot-trine of the IndlskOlu'ble ' unity of Great Britain and Ireland , the Irish vomcn would arise to lead the true way to latlonal In jepcmlcnec Wo believe' It lo our duty to nuke this ap- leal as patriotic as we can to see If wo can al oiiso the stagnant blood In the veins of some of our countrymen. We have no need of appealing to the elite of our race nor lethe the men who are faithful and true and have vtr been to , but how truthfully our nu- : lonal poet wrote : trnprlc < l are her .sons till they've le irned to" betray ; Undistinguished they live , If they shame not 'heir sires , And the torch tint would light tin-in through dignity's way Must be caught from the pile wheie their country txpiiL" . The gentlemen wo refer to would both betray their country and slnnio their sires , and If you would ipproach I lie in on any sub ject relating to Ireland tne answer would 1)0 , What do they care for Ireland they .ire Americans. We say here- that the better the Irishman the better the \merlcan Is a truth that will be recognized and appie- tbtcd with the advance of knowlcJpoiiil to quote the words of a late president of the United States , General lionjumlti Ilar- iLson , addressing an Irish-American audi ence at Indianapolis , said "If you could for get Ireland , If you could be unmoved by her minstrelsy , untouched by the appeak of her splendid orators , unsympathetic with her heroes and martyrs , 1 should fear tint the bonds of your now citizenship would have no power over the hearts so cold and consciences so dead. " The women of our respective clubs are separatlonlsts. N'o golden Ilnki < for connec tion with our ancient enemy , but an army and a navy of Its own for Ireland U our motto ; but If the policy of procraallnalCon Is much longer continued by the conversa tional revolutionists here and In Ireland we are seriously considering of petitioning our president to annex Ireland to America , and believe the time Ls appropriate for slich a move , being the centcnnhl anniversary of the president's Illuttrjous namesake naerlllc- Ing his life for the cause of Ireland. Our president Is a direct descendant c > f a ' 98 man and If we go to a more remote pedigree his ancestor were In Ireland be fore St. Patrick went there. In concluilon wo earnestly request of you all to attend the celebration and while we celebrate re member the foe that's uiiToi given. Go.l pave Ireland. MRS. T. O'imiCN. President. MRS. F. KETCHMARK. Treasurer. MAGGIE SOANLON. Secretary. MRS. W. J. M'CRANN. President. MRS.V. . 0. DnNTLRY , Treasurer. GATHERING CASSIDV , t-'ecrt'tary. I'IIISOMK n > I\-HOI.III : orricnu. llns n Criminal Itrcuril lie-Mini Him for All That. CHICAGO , March 2. George H. Jacks , who last night led the police a long chase down Prak-Ie avenue and who was captured after several shots had been fired at him. Is sild to be the ex-chief of the Muskegon Mich , police force- , and who ten years ago was sent to the Michigan penitentiary on n charge of burglary. According to the Chicago cage police. Jacks a ffcw moithfl ago vvtii arrested charged with being a hold-up man. and "Jumped" his ball A lead pipe tightly- wound with cotton cloth was picked up lurst night where It Is alleged to have been dropped by Jacks during his ( light. In Prairie avenue , near the fcene of the ex citing chase and fusillade , are homes of a number of millionaires. One of the taptors of ex-Chief Jacks Is J. Toomcy , watchman for P. D. Armour. ST. ( i \l llTTvS MOVI' > TO KHIIOl'i : . KIIIIHIIIH S ( > ulitnrliniuIoiiM | Ills .NiM York Stinllo. NCW YORK , 'March ' 2. Augustus St Gaudens has deserted America for Europe His htudlo In thlf city , which ho his oc cupied for eighteen years , Is for rent nnd In the future the famoiis sculptor will make his homo In Paris. Mr St Gauden * has done much notable work In this country. Among his works are the FarraKiit statue In Madlsrn Spuarc , the Diana that surmounts the tower of the Madison Square garden , the Peter Cooper statue In front of Cooler Union , the 1/ogan equestrian statue In Chicago , the Shaw memorial In Doiton a statue of Hia watha belonging to E I ) Morgan and the famous Lincoln monument In Lincoln park , Chicago. HrvUlll. The revival meetings at the Walnut I 111 Methodist church seem to l > e Increasing It Interest. Every night brings m-w converts to the Christian life and the membership of the church Is becoming thoroughly nvvak- I encrt to the responsibility and go den oppor. tunltlis of the hour llev Haiu-y of I'll nols preached last night , but left today for home. The- meeting ? are under the super vision of Ilcv C N DIWSDII and the mem bers of the church fiel that his cxcoptlomi ability 1" revival work makeIt entirely unnecessary to have the services of u trav- cllng tvnnBellsl. Something like a cepro o peop'o have hmm n Christian life slnre the present series of meetings began at Walnu Hill The meetings will continue , every night except Siturday until further notice. WnrUiiM'iilii ' . Vrlillriilliin. DirrllOlT March The State Hoard o Arbitration met heiu today and review e < the testimony taken In the matter of the strlkn of the riveters employed In Whet- & Co , ' * shipyard at Hay City The boi- verdict Is that theU'J7 rate be paid to all l' ' employee and the rlvef rs' and setters' > ' wages to be 12 W for a ten-lrur dny. The rate offered by the compiny was U23 hut both sides had agreed to stand by the result of the arbitration. ItuliiK Snt < tln > Cr | i . SAN FHANCISCO , Mar-h 2. The feiirs of drouth nnd failure of crops which had given u gloomy coloring to reports from the In terior during the latter end of the winter have tx-en , In nreul inrl , dlspcllul by t.ie i recent rains. Ko oppoitune wire they that now , far from feeling apprehension , tint agriculturist * of California anIn u mont optimistic frame of mind and tmvu In H few localities are plcusca with the outlook. SPIRITS ON WITNESS STAND OdBo Against Page Brings Out Other World Features. SPOOKS MINGLE IN YAGER'S ' AFFAIRS Medium Cor * on tin- Mil nil to Tell HIM * the Iliul spirit * Vliulillc nnil ( , < * lii it l.lllle Mlxi-.l. Mediums , spirits of dead people and other such uncanny things figured In ( lu > Yager- P.igei suit on til.il In criminal court , where Nick Yager seeks to i mulct layman A. Page of the crlmo of being too Intimate with hli wife. Louisa 'Yager. Many of the alleged escapades of PJTO and Mrs. Yager 1me been detailed , but the teaching of the climax has been left to Mrs. Ada Karley , who boasts th.it she Is ono of the stiongest spiritual mediums of the profession. The woman has been on the witness Htand testifying for the prosecution , nnd hau astonished the court nnd jury by announcing that when she deslrea she can conniunlcate with spirits of past generations and . If necessary Induce them to Impirt any , Information that she desires concerning the past , pie.icnt or futuio. When Medium Karley llrst went upon the wltnecH stand , thete were roim- people Iu the j court room MI skeptical that they wore Inclined to believe that the wonun could not lift the veil and look Into the fiituii- , but she did not keep them long Iu suapoiuie , for after cutting and ohullllng her eaids iihu Kllbly f talked of tlu < spirits that continlliM her ' actions nnd thea she got down to de tailing j the facts r.3 they were Imparted to her by jplilts who had been hovering over the Yagers and the Pages There were spir its good and bad , ventured Medium Kaney , and accoidlns to hei version the bad nnta were the ones that hud been playing havoc with the partlrii to the suit on trial Attorney Cornish who Is conducting the deftree in the ease docs not tnkt- much stock Iti mediums and spirits of men and womui who died ccntmles ago an 1 so Informed llm woman After Ilia , he got the worst of the Argument and never again will ho scoff at peoples who make It their business to be-oft at iplnts. " \\huro did you first si-o Page and MM. luger' " asked Mr. CotnUli "At the State hotel , ' promptly nnstterel- he > medium , as oheclcoel hei eyes and iivsterlously looked toward the ccllUig of the oem "What were you doing there' " asked the attorney "Cillcd to see a friend. " replied the nedlum as she contlmun to ga/e- toward thu ceiling I3y this time tlie court , the Jurors and all of ho Kpectatora wen directing their gaze award the spot at which the medium was ooklni ? , apparently expecting that they wcru ; oing to be given a gliiujse of a leaf spirit. They were dlsippolntcd however for the icxt qut'ttlon of Mr Cornish attwc-ed the attci tlon of Mrs Karle to niaterlil thltiKs of the earth and If she ! ud a spHt located In the celling , she lest It * location wluln she was allowing hcieclf to become angered it tl e attorney. "Was yom friend CM whom you called u , t.'lrlt , or wBh It a real live icrhon ? " uakesl the attorney. The me Hum expressed the opinion that . 'io dlil not have to iinsAer the question , but the court coiivlncid her that her opinion was not good , whereupon ohe declared that It was a mortal , one "who had flesh with blood running through the vehis. " "Man or woman ? " questioned the attoiney. Right here the mr-dlum grew moie angry and declared that being a decent woman and a married one at ihit. she would not answer the question which she designate. ! as Impertinent. Agnlii the court had to take n hand nnd Inform the witness that It was dealing with earthly things and that an answer would Imve to be forthcoming. The medium finally admitted that her frlii d was a man , but net her lunband. "Did the spl > Ita ever direct you to wrlto a letter to Mrs Yager and advise her lo call on you , and that by so doing nho could save tierso'f a great deal of trouble ? " nskcd Mr. Cornlah. "My eplrlts are not that kin I , " excitedly atwweicd the medium , cud before another question could be asked , the noon rectLa of the comt was ordered Suit \KiilnM n s , | , , ( ( , . , . . Judgfl Fawcett Is hearing the case of the Hant Omaha Land company against Alfred Olson , who la alleged to be a squatter and holds land aggregating thirty acres , In viola tion of law and without any title to the same. The plaintiff alleges that It l.i the owner of the land and that It has been pos- hesseil of the tame for manv year1. Olscn contends that the 'iract Is his by reason of the fart that when ho took posiuaslon It wus KOVeminent land , formed by accretion and changes In the channel of the Mlsaourl river. IMi'Liiril nnil OIIKTNiiNivcr , Th legal troubles of the Douglas County Agricultural society lave been given unotficr turn In the courts O J. Plckard and others answerlnt ; G. R Williams ted others , who brought unit to have tleclarcd void the elec tion held on December I , 189(1. ( The answerIng - Ing dt'fendantn deny the cbirge of fraud and allege that the election wes conducted with the utmost fairness anil that they weto elected to the olllccii of the association almply because they bccured a irajo.lty of ttic votes cast. \M ! < K for n ( iiurillan. Carrie Gunim aged U years , lies peti tioned the county court to appoint George W Forbes her guardian mil Judge Iluxter hen set the hearing for Ma"ch 14. nt 9 o'clock a in The petitioner a leg.a that her father , William Gumm died n unmber of years ago am ! that some time sln'-e , her mothe- . ' , Nellie Gumm comnin ced to unlawfully live with ono Smith Coffffee Mnrtlii I.IIKCM HU Clillil , County Judge Jlaxter found that Levl Mar tin was not a suitable perun to have the care and custody of Goldlo Miirtn , his C- y car-old daughter , and entered an order , appointing - pointing Mr anl Mru wi Mam H. Stephens guardians of the child. \iitrn from I InCiiiirlM. . John DeCoto asks to bo divorced from hli wife , Mary DeCoto. Ho alleges desertion. Anna Ilaker lias fiUd < j s.ilt In which Kim E-iks to be divorced from her husband , Harry L'aker. She alleged failure to oupport In the case of Georgia McCowlei agakmt Lo-nard McCawln , Jmlj.- " Scott lius granted u decrcn of divorce , giving the children Into the custody of the moth T. Sixty additional jn'orw have been drawn lor the pre-scnt three week.i of the Fcbiiiury term of the dls'rlu ro'trt. This action wan made ne-iessiry by reason of a largo num- hieof Jurors prevlotaly fxvlri ; been drawn falling to repoit. Ilrntli to Clir-lf Drinking. J. II A very wai tiken to thu city Jail be- i-ausf he made the round * of cvtral drujf HtorcH down town and trlc l to purchase polsrn 'Alth ' which he said ho wanted to mil hln life. At the central station Avcry told the atithorltl < s that ho was weary of life iHcaiistt tic could riot withstand liquor , Sevini ! days ago he bint h's family from low i to a town In the wtstern part of Ne braska , wheret they are located , and ho on his way to join them when ho Flopped off at Omaha and went on a drunk. Ho could not brucei ui > and decided that the ben wny out of ) IH | trouble v..in to commit nul- ride. In n memorandum hoiOr taken iivMijr from him at thu central station wus tlio fol lowing entry. "If I am found dead p'casn notify my father. F. N. Avery , who IB well off , at lA-on , la. " Avery lit on the vnr * ot delirium trcuon *
