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ESTABLISHED JUNE 1J > , 1871. OMAHA , TUESDAY MORNING , MARCH 8 , 1808 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COl'Y ITtVE GENTS.
Eow Stock Raising Contributes to the
Prosperity of the West ,
RECENT CHANGES IN THE BUSINESS
fWculern t'rnlrlrn tlneiiunled n
I'eedltiK Ground Corn Converted
Into .Meat Trend of 1'itck-
s crlenVentnnrd. .
' Mr. Franklin Mattbewa , correspondent U
Harper's Weekly , In his fourth letter to that
journal , rightly contends that the cattle busi
ness for 1897 was a close second to wheat
an a contributor "to the prosperity of the
( West. The changes In the buslnee to meet
changed conditions , the value of tlio crop ,
( ceding stations cod the trend of meat pack-
erica to Uie source of supply , are treated
with considerable detail end lu an instructive
manner , as follows :
Not only was the year 1897 profitable to
most of these engaged In the cattle industry
In the wcat , but It served to fix what will
probably bo tne > permanent lines along which
that Industry will move and develop. The
cattle Industry of today Is not what It was
a dozen years ago , nor five years ago , nor
even one year ago. It haa been changing In
methods from year to year , but for the
last lialf-dozun yeara has been gradually as-
mimlng a form of apparent permanency.
That form means a development along the
lines of least resistance , like all other en
terprises. It means that the live stock lu-
dut.tiy Is concentrating gradually In what Id
known as the Missouri valley. On the
one hand the packing hou.ua are going there ,
nnd on the other hand the dealers In cat
tle and other animals for slaughter are
bringing their animals Into that region for
flnal feuding preparatory to killing.
Ttteru Is one good reason for this. It Is In
that region that the corn which gives flavor
and weight and fat to live stock Is raised.
It may not pay a farmer to lalso corn for
12 or 15 cents a bushel as corn , but If he
can get 30 centa a bushel for his corn by
transforming It Into additional weight on
cattle , It Is a paying enterprise. The
farmer can afford to pay transportation
charges on 30-cent corn In the form of live
Block.
The cattle ore being brought to where
the corn Is grown , and the packers , the
men who kill the animals for food , are
going to the name place , for the simple
reason that It costs less to tihlp meal dressed
than on the hoof. If this concentrallon of
the Industry marks ' & distinct advantage to
any one , It Is the farmer or the man who
lias a "small bunch" of cattle , say from
fifty to 200 , for sale year by year. H memo 1
that It other ciopa fall , his cattle crop 1
will probably keep thing * moving In his 1
business. Thl causes another decided step
In diversified farming , a slop necessary to
the promotion of successful agriculture In
the weal. The lean years ifrom 1892 to 1897
chewed the desirability ot keeping cattle , and
thousanda of farmers went Into It as much
for the sake of getting food for them-
elvcs and their families as In the hope
of making money out ot It.
THE OLD CATTLE TIIAIL.
Ten or fifteen years ago the great cattle
trail from south to north and east of the
Ilocky Mountalna was the scene of pictur
esque and profitable activity. Starting from
northern Texafl nnd contiguous territory ,
great drovea of cattle , numbering thousands
VPOn ' ( 'isands , were driven over a domain
i&at was na ifieo at air , and water to all ,
grazing as they went , and wk'.r.s uif fleeor
losing It , until In the north the outre-aching
arras of the railroad were met. The cattle
, wcro then loaded Into cars and chipped east ,
chiefly to Chicago , where they were killed.
Civilization moved west rapidly , and the
great cattle trail , with Its thousands of
cowboyti and hundreds of thousands ot cat
tle , disappeared as the era ot reapers and
toes" and other implements of agriculture
took their places. The eoothlng eonga of
the cowboys , as they calmed the restless cat
tle gave way to the bars a click and rattle
of farm machinery. The cattle Industry was
obliged to change form and business meth
ods. .
Then came the days of direct shipment to
eastern stockyards from the ranch where
the cattle were produced. Nearly one-half
of the cattle were killed at the stockyard , )
The rest were consigned , on direct pur
chase or other business terms , to farmers
who had corn and facilities to feed the
Block where they remained for several
months , until they were fit to kill , when
they were sent back to the atockyards to
become a food product. The farmer paid the
freight both ways In this stockyards opera
tion. Later there came legislation allowing
the cattle to bo dropped off at stations on
the way from ranch to stockyards , nnd
after being fattened for several weeks 01
months , to bo rcshlpped to their flnal des
tination , the stockyarda , on the same bill ol
lading on which they etarted on their food-
lupplylng journey to the eastward. This as
much as any other agency has brought aboul
a great revival In the Industry.
RECENT CHANGES.
It Is within two or three year * that tht
Industry has taken the fotm It now haa
Briefly elated , that form la the embodlmenl
of the following facts : The best breeding
pl.tcee for cittln are probably Texas , Ne
Mexico , Arizona , Oklahoma and the Indlai
FTerrltiry , where tl.e. climate Is mtU : Uie br
RftTzfmrVllCCa.loi-jcgtUe.ato .JlSntar'a. Wyb
mlns. wesltrn Kareas and weslevn Nebraska
the home of the natlva grasses ondlcu the
great herds of buffalo used to graze ; the
best feeding or fattening placed for cattle
nre ciatcrn Kansas , cacietn Nebraska , Mis
eouvl cod Iowa , where the corn that rlpeni
them Is grown ; th& best killing places fo <
cattle are nearest the feeding placea , when
the flnlrfilng prcrcesa In food preparation I1
put on , providing freight facilities are ade.
cjuate.
In a broad way this movctnent In thi
cattle Industry Is now followed. Vast hard
ore prexluced In the warmer regions to thi
couth of the middle weft. After rcneblin
a eultable. ago they are scut to the grea
civzl'.g grounds In the middle west groundi
apparently designed by nature for this pur
reach the for kllllni
pose' . When they age
tl-uy tre fecwarded again to feeding statlonfl
most of whleli are within 200 miles of thi
packing liouaw. and after a stay there ti
acquire flavor , weight and fat , they an
rla-gtitcre-1 nar the s.cck yardi. The grea
trains of cattle that followed the disuse o
the cattle trail are being duplicated today
but lu a different way. They are used ti
trancport tUo cottlo lo the grazing grounds
I met a stockman In Kansas who had made
In 1S97 , no Kfs than elx round trips t
Oregon , where he purchasjel native cattle
and , In special trains , dad sent them Int
Wyoming on the range. Hundieds of sue ]
noclal trains went eperdlng over p'aln n <
mountain In 1897 , as they had been dolni
for several years , and an they will cr.ntlnu
to do for many ye-ara to come.
HUSTLING FOH FEEDERS.
The sUtlMIci" of the ytnr * lnw * h t 90 ? pn
cattle wfe brought Into thla country frou
old Mrx'eo ' In response to this moveiwit. nni
u estimate- has been made by the rattl
experts ot Kansas City that In the same ye.it
1897 , no less than 925,000 cattle were hrough
Into Kansm to go uoon tbo prnzlng grounder
or to be fel for killing. A Djdge City cor
rwpcndetit of the New York Evenleii ? Pew
told. In an article publt.1-ed lo the middle o
December last , of the trlr of a wealthy youni
Knnwn to Tex s to buy cattle to place UDOI
the range. He took a cowboy band to Foe
/Worth / In a special Pullmtci ca
decoratc-d with cattle horns and b n
nor * . Ho bought 45,000 cattle. HI
band paraded tbo streets and made muili
typical of the return of good Mmes. The cor
respondent added :
"Ten trains brought the first Instalmen
of the berd northward , and the animals an
new eating Kansas grass. "
This movement takes place in great magnl
tudo when the national quarantine la lifted
ot Uie official * of tat Santa K rallroti
lu Topeka told mo that In the first seven
days after the quarantine was lifted that
railroad alone brought Into Kansas no less
than 35.000 head of cattle , and that the other
railroads brought in about the same number.
There cattle were distributed In all parts ot
the stale.
PRODUCERS' YEAR.
So much for the general movement that
takes place In the Industry. Last year was
what Is known os n producers' year. For
some reason there was a scarcity of cattle
ot a suitable age for killing. One theory
advanced for this was that during the hard
times Kansas and Nebraska farmera cold off
most of their cattle to get a little money for
the home. Another was that there had been
8 } little profit In the Industry that the stock ,
or supply , had diminished by a sort of gen- j
cral consent. At any rate , when the year |
opened prices began to go up. In a general
way It may bo said that where producers re
ceived $4 a hundred In 1896 they got $5 a
hundred In 1897. Catlle that were Intended
for feeding rcec In value from , say , $18 to
$25 a head. The failure the year before ot
the corn crops In Iowa and Nebraska had
thinned out the feeders In those stales , and
Iho crop failures In weslcrn Kansas , wllh tbe
diminishing population and Increasing In- ,
debtcdness , brought about new conditions j
there. The farmers , or the men with hoes , .
as It haa been put , had left the country. !
The lack of water In streams and the drouths
had made agrlcullure , as carried on In olher i
places , a failure. It seemed as If nature ,
driven to Impatience , had shaken the settlers
and sent them out as Invaders In a territory
that of all others In our great country was
fitted for the grazing of cattle. It requires
from ten lo fifteen acres of Ihe short native
bunch-grass to supply food for one steer.
Western Kansas Is not a place for corn or
wheat. Take some of the counties In that
country , and examine the population stalls-
lies. Haskell counly In 1888 had a popula
tion of 2,666 ; In 1894 the population was 831.
Grant county In 1880 had a population of
3,000 ; in 1894 Its people numbered 771. Mor
ton county's population In 1888 was 2,618 ; In
1S94 It was 467. The same thing was true
of a dozen other counties , as big as some
stales. In six of these western counties In
1894 the population amounted to only 4,454 ,
and there was a municipal Indebtedness
there of $967,949 , or a per capita Indebted
ness of $212 , an "achievement , " as State
Stallsllclan J. M. McForland of Ihe Depart
ment of Agriculture In Washington , remarks ,
"without parallel In the history of the race
since municipal bonds and scrip were first
Issued and sold. " In one county , Mr. Mej
Farland says , the "rate of taxation on the
selling value of the land" was 33.2 per cent.
Ho then adds :
NATURE'S FEEDING GROUND.
"Fifty years ago this region was a portion
ot the great pasture-field of the buffalo.
The buffalo has entirely disappeared , but the
land remains very much In the same condi
tion as the buffalo left It. Under present
conditions It was never Intended for any
thing else than what it has been used for
for ages a pasture for cattle. A great portion
tion of It can never be used for anything
else , under any conditions that can be
brought about. On those portions where
artificial Irrigation can be established , a dlf-
fcrenl dcsllny awalls Ihe land. "
Ex-Governor Click of Kansas-Is on record
as saying : "Neither the prairies nor the
pastures ( of Kansas ) are yet crowded with
catlle. Their numbers can be Increased ten
fold , and there will be no overstocking. "
It was the recognition of the fact that
western Kansas was destined to be used for
cattle-ranging that Inspired the legislature
cf that state to require owners of property
there to fill up abandoned wells , mines , and
other excavations , so that cattle might not
suffer Injury as they roamed about without
regard to the ownership of the land. In case
the owner neglecled to fill up these holes
In the ground the county commissioners were
authorized to do it , and the expense was
placed on the county books as a lien on the
property. It wu an official recognition , so to
speak , of & ' - ' * ' fact that a lesson had
been learned Trotn nature. Providence had
placed the buffalo and prairie chicken on
that land , and western Kansas now under
stands what nature was teaching.
Nor did the range cattlemen alone learn
the lesson of adapting enterprises to nature's
requirements. The small farmer on the bor
der of the short grass country found that
whllo other crops might fall , he could raise
cattle every year. He could also raise suf
ficient grain , even in bad years , to feed those
cattle until the time came to ship them to
the stock yards. He discovered that alfalfa
and Kaffir corn would withstand drouths ,
and he began to raise both of those crops.
lAs a result , many a man has had prosperity's ,
blessing In the last year. It Is a fair esti
mate that every farmer who bought catlle to
fatten and then to sell made fully $10 a head
last year. On sheep the profit wcs not less
than $1 a head. These figures are given tome
mo not by experts at stock yards , but by at
least a dozen farmers with whom I talked
In Kansas and Nebraska. Not every man
who went into feeding stock made mojiey
out of It , but those who understood it , those
who used scientific methods and did not neg
lect the hygiene Involved , cleared a hand
some profit. All over the middle west there
were small bunches of cattle on farms , and
It was these bunches that helped materially
In the return of prosperity.
Although the year was profitable to these
who produced cattle , it was not so profitable
to those who made a business exclusively of
feeding them. Nevertheless , it was a pay-
ingyearfor that branch of the Industry. Prices
were steady throughout the year , except at
the end , when there was a sharp drop of 50
cents a hundredweight. The Stockman of
South Omaha says that "it Is extremely
doubtful whether cattlemen ever had a more
satisfactory year than In 1897. " The Drover's
Telegram of Kansas City says "the year will
go Into history as the greatest the Industry
ever experienced.
, .Thc feeding stations are most Interesting
places.s The ealtle are brought there and
put on grain , and cared fc - " > it i. every re
quirement as to sanitation and hygiene.
They are Bluffed scientifically , bo that on an
average they gain from a pound to a pound
and one-half a day. One of these etatlons Is
kept by the Standard Cattle company at
Ames , Neb. In 1896-97 the number of cattle
marketed by thla company was D.454. The
number of days on which Ihe callle were
fed was 215. The average welghl of calllo
when received was 1,066 pounds , and when
faltcned for market was 1,304 a gain of
238 pounds , or only a lltlle more than a
pound a day.
If the catllo feeders made money this year
It was due probably to the reduced cost In
the feeding. According to the tables of the
Standard company , the cost per head of feed-
lug cattle for the season of 1894-95 was $27.34
for 152 dajs. For the season of 1895-96 It
was $17.74. For the season of 1896-97 It was
only $15.07 for 216 days. That Is the lowest
it cost which that company has experienced lu
feeding cattle In ten years. In 1890-91 It
cost $32.29 a head to feed catlle. The re
duced cost last year was due lo the large
crop of corn that Nebraska raised , and the
reduced price of all kinds of grain that were
used In feeding the catlle. It Is slgnlflcanl
also that more corn Is being used year by
year In feeding the stock. The Standard
company used , in 1894-95 , 28.3 bushels ot
corn a head in feeding. The next season It
used 40.7 bushels , and last season It used
69.1 bushels.
The cattle at the feeding stations are kept
In what are called feed lots , there being from
150 to 200 In each lot. Of course there are
largo barns and other buildings necessary
for a plant such as this , and the outgo for J
labor and feed , whether the feed Is raised on
the feeding elation or purchased. Is enor
mous. The margin of profit is small , and
were It not for the fact that the bog feeding
Industry It practically part of the cattle-
feedlng Industry , It ii doubtful If It would
pay to lock up a large amount of capital In
the business. Although it costs on an aver
age only from 60 to 75 cents a year to keep
cattle on the range. It requires capital to
operate a feeding plant , where the cost for
Eevcn months , even In the cheap year ol 1
1897 , was more than $15 a head.
IMPORTUJtOE OF THE BUSINESS.
The necessity ot having feeding stations ,
or of feeding cattle with grain Instead ol
selling them as they come direct
from the range or pasture field , la shown by
the fact that probably not 50. per cent ot
range cattle are Ot to enter directly into
beet consumption. Tbe cattle are kept on
the range while they are growing. Boon aftei
tbejr reach tit * ag at j } * ri , * utU
more , they are brought to the feeding sta
tions , and kept for several months.
It IB agreed generally that the best
ago for killing Is about three
years , for then what Is known as the
"rap" In cattle Is running freely , and the
flavor Is most attractive.
The extent to which this feeding Is carried
on ! ft shown by the fact that Texan wae prac
tically stripped of calves and yearlings last
year. The buyers had to pay for calves that
formerly were thrown In with the mothers.
Although the Increase In the number of
eatllo at the four largest markets In the
country was only 277,189 head , the Increase
In the number of cattle cent from the stock
yards In Omaha to fee-ding stations was no
Jefis than 172,000. The Increase In cattle
sent to such stations from Kansas City wai ,
12,000. ( ! These figures make a significant
fOowlng. They prove that although the re
ceipts of cattle at the various stock yards
were greater than In 1896 there were fewer
cattle killed for meat consumptlcn.
MOVING WESTWARD.
Mention has been inado ot the fact that
the tendency of the packers la to move to
ward the west and near to the feeding
grounds. The receipts of live etock at the
various centers of the Induatry show that.
It Is Within tie memory of even young pcr-
scrs when Cincinnati was the center of the
hog Industry of the country. TUat ccntcc1
wcs moved to Chicago , where It atlll remain1) ,
' killing more tf.an all the othe-r centers com-
( blued. The same thing Is true &s to the
killings In the sheep Industry , but It Is not ]
true as to cattle. Year afler year , In the ,
mailer of packing sheep and hogs , Chi- i
i cago's Indtis'ry has grown sleadlly and nor-
I really. No. In len ycara , howevev , has lhat
1 city had any decided Increase In the cattle
, Industry. In 1888 the number of cattle re
ceived at the stock yards In Hilcago was
2rll,543. In 1897 the number waa 2r,5 ,924.
That was a decrease of 60,000 In round num
bers. But that was a small decrease a < *
coirrired with the year 1S92 , Chicago's ban-
ntr year In the catlle Induslry. lu that
j i year the stock yards there recelvcJ 3,571.796
catllo and the receipts have been dlmlulan-
tng gradually since.
Note now how the I ml u try nt Kansas City
has Incretrcd. In 1883 the receipts of cattlfr
al Kewas Clly were 1,036,086 head. In 1897
Ifje recelpls wcro 1,817,526. From 1888 le >
1897 lite Incrcafle lias been normal and steady ,
| only once , In 1891 , dropping erlously behind
) the figures of the previous > eir. That was a
j loss of 200,000. Omaha has a similar story
to tell. The recelpls of callle In Omaha In
1SSS were 35523. In 1S97 they were 810.94' .
and the Increase , llko that at Kanras City ,
was steady and almost ccnstanl. St. Louis
has a similar story to tell. The receipts
j of cattle In that city In 1S8S were 453,918.
I In 1S97 the receipts were 787,678 , a steady
, rise marking the Increase. These figure
rhcw Itat In cattle at least the trend of
bustarrs Is sUalght toward the middle w"st.
The big paoklng establishments tare enlarg
ing their scope constantly , especially In the
M"r.iourl valliy. Within a fe > v m utiifl a bin
cntabllshme.nt has been started at Sioux City ,
la. , the place that probably suffered mcnt In
all Iho boom wrecks In Ihe United Stales.
Tliero are Iremetclous esNibllohmcnls at St.
Joseph and other places , and the tendency un-
mlclakably la toward concentcatlcn , lowar.l
the"places where the cnttle rt
In the best cceidltlcci for killing
the states wheres. the corn la grown
and the fee'llng elationaboueid. . The reason
why Chicago has probably held lls own In
j sheep and hogs Is that It Is easier < io ship
them than cattle , and , therefore , the es
tablishment of new plants U a matter of
longer growth.
We are now reidy lo consider some of Ihe
figures showing Ihe business ot the year In
live atock and cattle , especially In Kansas
City and Omaha , as Illustrating the share
In the prosperity It had 'In those atates. It
was the most prosperous year that Kansas
City has ever had In live stock. The In
crease In valuation In the receipts there was
$7.118,305. The Increase In the number of
head of stock received was 972,734. There
'wuv , gain In the number of cattle received
of 102,994 , and of hogs the tremendous gain
of 745,000. The sheep Increased In number
141,110. The price per head of cattle was
$42 , against $45 the year before. Prices of
hogs dropped from $8 a head to $7.50. Sheep
also dropped a dollar a head. Nevertheless ,
the year was regarded as the most profitable
In the history of the Industry. The receipts
of cattle were not so large as In 1890 , 1892 ,
1893 , 1894 , and the prices were not as high
as In some years , yet the profits were larger
to the raiser of cattle , and also to the
I feeder of cattle , owing probably to the fact
that the Industry had run down , and re
vived In magnitude with the general revival
of business.
Omaha showed a record of profit and Increase -
crease In buslr.es.3 similar to that of Kan
sas City. The Increase In cattle there
amounted to 224,371 , In hogs to 394,611 , and
In sheep to 269.155. Of the Increase In cattle
tlo only about 70,000 had their origin In the
state. That share of the Increase was'worth
nearly $3,000,000 lo Nebraska raisers. The
value of the Increase In catlle , considering
the entire number received , was nearly $10-
000,000. The Increase In the total value ot
the other kinds of live stock was even
more notable than In cattle , and all this
tells a story of prosperity to the farmera
and others of that state , entirely Inde
pendent of the prosperity that came through
the gialn crops. It Is noteworthy also. In
considering the statistics ot the year , that
In sheep Chicago , St. Louis , Omaha and
Kansas City each had a banner year , the
receipts being the largest In the history of
the stockyards at those places. In hogs
Kansas City and St. Louis broke the
records , Omaha's largest year having been
1894 , and Chicago's having been 1891. In
cattle , Kansas City alone broke the record
as to receipts , St. Louis' record year having
been 1896 ; Omaha's , 1S93 ; Chicago's. 1892 ,
Kansas City , therefore , had a record-break
ing year In sheep , hogs and cattle. Chl-
cage bad one In sheep , O.T.alu had one In
sheep and St. Lould had one in sheep and
hogs.
THE OUTLOOK.
As to 'the prcupects for the present year , 1
am at liberty to quote the following , from
the manager ot one of the biggest cattle
companies In the west , In a letler to me ,
dated January 5 , 1898 :
"It appears that the Idea which prevailed
a month ago that a very excessive number of
cittle were on feed for early slaughter Is
probably not true , and that the number on
feed Is not much , If any , larger than last
year. It Is also probable that all the fat
cattle sold between now and July 1 prob
ably 1,600,000 head will not weigh as much
i as Icet year , or , at any rate , as much as
11 for the two years preceding that. The de-
11 mand promises to be so good that the out-
11 come of the season to cattle fecdere promises
I to bo better than was feared a few weeks
ago. The price of feeders that Is , cattle
j to be fed last fall was extremely high be-
{ cause of a scarcity of the cattle themselves
In the corn stales and trom the very active
| demand caused by a surplus of corn left
from the crop of 1896 , and a large crop for
1. ' 1897 , and the low price of com. It ap-
peared very likely that farmers would make
heavy losses In feeding , especially large
numbers of farmers new at the business.
At present tbo outlook Is better , and al-
Ihough there may not be much profit In feed-
. Ing to many feedero , It is hoped that the
, j price of fat cattle will be high enough to
j prevent loss. "
A connoisseur In beef can tell at once
whether ho is eating cornfed or grassfed
beef.
beef.The
The difference la that cornfed beef U
smoother , richer and better In flavor to
i such an extent that It Is worth at least $1
! a hundred more than the griFnfed article.
t And that a dollar a hundredweight represents
| the corn crop of the middle west turned Into
r' ' beef , and is responsible for the feeding
station * , 'the movement of the pick
ers toward the feeding grounds ,
and the stoppage ! of trains laden
with cattle on their way east , 10 that the
cattle mar be taken off , fattened and started
on ig-aln on their Journey to tbe kitchens '
ot the people a stoppage hbat has revived
the industry , brought money to farmera and
cattlemen and dividends to railroads. Tbe
cattle industry ceemi now Ho be on an en-
durlnr baaU , especially M to buelneu
method * , i *
CITY COUNCIL WIliL HELP IT
Committee Decides to Make & Popular Plan
SUPPORT FOR THE CENTRAL BOULEVARD
-T
MntiVr Will norclrp , Ifreognltlon
Unllnnnce TonlKhf Help for City
Clerk mill HrnlUi Cummlii-
luticr t'nder Conilderntlon.
At the general committee meeting yesterday
nttcttiuon the city council decided to pass the
ordinance * carrying the Central bnutevarl
Bchemo Into effect. This Is tbo Idea sug
gested by the members of the Heard of Park
Commissioners some time ago and which
contemplates a parked drive from IJemls park
southwest to Hanscom end thence east to
Rlvervlow. The general outlines of the Im
provement ( lave been frequently discussed
and the discussion before the committee was
largely limited to the legal complications
Itiat have been suggested as porslblo , obsta
cles to the plan. The ordinances will be
passed tonight and appraisers will be ap
pointed at once to assess the damages end
benefits on account of the condemnation of
the property required.
The council disposed of a # uestlcn that has
been a continual source of trouble to the city
clerk by deciding to amend the dog ordi
nance to make the fee for all dog licensee )
$1 per year. The present ordinance dis
criminates against the female sex by assccs.
Ing them $2. Each and every applicant tot
license- Insists , as a matter of couroc , that
hlit dog la not a female.
The request of 1he health commissioner
that the cost of removing dead animals be
paid out of the general fund resulted In an
agreement to have an ordinance drawn up
which will provide for the appointment of nn
assistant milk Inspector. It will be the duty
of this official to sec to the collection of
the feee for removing < lead animals from
do owners In addition to assisting the milk
.nspeclor and the councilmen believe that he
can save his salary In reduced dead animal
bills.
I.OOKI.VO in * IICK\SE M.ATTKHS.
Ilonril of Kdiicntloii ( Committee In
Actively lit Work.
The special committee of the Board
of Educaticn that wa appointed to
secure evidence of vlqlatler.s of the
statutes , on account of which the board doen
not secure Its customary profit In the \va >
of license , Is actively at work , but the result
of Ita Investigations will Lot bo made known
for a couple of months. The committee has
employed an experience detective , who is en <
gaged In collecting the evidence to back up
the disclosures that the iotnmitteo la ox-
pecttd to make , but Utol Identity w only
known to the members o' tnc committee.
He la expected to secure evidence against all
resects \\tiere liquor Is eold-without a license
and also against those vrhjch sell from t o
or more bars on one license.
It Is also understood thotjln the same con
nection the committee will make ah cfforl
to Induce the city council to make a new
adjiv-tment of the minor llcenic fees. Undci
the present system all fecit that ace referred
to as licenses' ' go to the { school fund ant
those which art called 4 > irtnlta' . .goto the
general fund. In many casjs tbtf tnly 'eTrffer-
cnce In 'the nature of the fees Is In'the name
and tbo members of the'board contend that
they should all DO placed Icf the license class
For Instance , the tax levied on hacks Is
called a license and revert * to the schoo
fund. The tax aioc'sceJ ui the drivers U
called a permit and goes to the general fund
The license fees paid by secondhand dealers
belongs to the echool fund and Uie fees
levied for Junk dealers' permits go to the
general fund. Police court fin en are turned
Into the school fund , while the costs go to
tile general fund. DrugglctV permits to sell
liquor pay a revenue to the general fund ,
while caloon llctrees are paid on account ot
the school fund.
On the other uand members of 'the city
council are In-dined - to the , , oplnion tnat the
board Is getting more .than It Is entitled to
already. In several cases the city is com
pelled to pay a'l the expenses of conducting
the office. Including the talary of 'the ' Inspector
specter , while all the tees collected are
turned over to the Board of Education. The
fees collected by the milk Inspector , the
license Inspector and other officials would
bo sufficient to pay the entire expense of
maintaining the office if .they were retained
by the city , but under the present system
the city is compelled to pay the expense
whllo the Board of Education appropriates
the profits.
CI.EA.MXO DOWN TOWX STREETS.
Limited 'Xiiinlirr of Men nnil TCIIIIIH
I'ut to Work.
The annual street cleaning has begun and
there is a general disposition on the part of
members of the council to provide sufficient
funds to give the streets one thorough cleanIng -
Ing before pursuing the policy of economy
any further. Only twenty men were at work
this morning on account of the scarcity of
teams. ThU is duo 'to tne fact that City
Engineer Ilcsewater Insists that every man
who putu a team at work on the streets
shall have a wagon box that will carry a
full load. Moat ot the wagons are pro
vided with boxes that , hold about three-
quarters of a yard at the most and as
these are peremptorily barred the supply of
teams Is limited. A large additional force
will bo started tomorrow and the bulk of the
debris will be cleaned off the down town
streets In a few days.
Two gangs are at work , one on South
Tenth street and the other on Farnam. On
most of the streeluthe gutter Is filled with
Ice flush with the curb and this has to be
broken up and hauled away , . In places where
the sun has had a chance to > .mclt the Ice the
gutter Is filled with an odorous and un
wholesome mess of refuse'which Is suffi
ciently menacing to the pbblc { health to con
vince the authorities thai It must be hauled
away ot once. j *
No action has been tatei } toward putting
the sweeping machines abw > rk , as the coun
cil has refused to sanction tietr rental. The
work la being done In the o ! d fashlonej way
and the bulk of the rotten'd ' accumulation Is
swept up with hand broans , leaving the
cracks and. Interstices packed full of similar
material.
Mortality MBtlnlloit
The following blrJtW/nul / dealt : were re
ported at the health office dicing the twenty-
four hours ending at noon'jeetor.Jay :
Births H. C. Johnson , WU North Twenty-
fifth street , girl ; Anton Mdran , 1141 North
Seventeenth , girl ; James ' 'W. Vogan , 1107
North Elghteenlh , boy.
Deaths Christina Legcr , C5 , 2912 South
Seventeenth , lung disease. Mount Hope ; Wil
liam J. Ford , 35 , St. Joseph' * hospital , Holy
Sepulcher.
I'ark Communion rinntlnw Treen.
The Board of Park CommUilaners has D
gang of men at work planting trees on the
exposition grounds and'this feature of the
exterior decorations will soon lie completed.
The board will meet some time/ this week to
decide whether It will take any 'action toward
the erection of the Arch of States or to
Offllst In the paving and other Improvements
on tbe grounds.
Itolllnur the Illcrcle 1'ntli.
The present open weather offers the wheel
men every Inducement to take ibori rldei
I out In the country/but about the only route
that is passable at this icason ii closed be
cause tbe Board of Public Works baa not
rolled the cinder path to Florence. City
Engineer Roiewater explains that this can
not be done until tbe ccuncil acts on tbe
recommendation of the Ooard of Public
Worki ( or tbe purcbue gt a rollw and other
machinery needed In street work. The
recommendation was made several weeks
ago , but for some reason the council has
seen fit to pigeonhole the matter and the
board to powerless to move.
City IlitllilliiK Uecorntlon * .
DiilMlng Inspector Butler has prepared the
Fpeclflcatlons for redecorating the Interior
of the city hall. They will be submitted to
the council tonight. The specifica
tions provide for a coat ot pure lead and
oil aver all the plaster work In the corridors
and rotunda as well as the Interiors of the
offlecs. This will bo covered by a coat of
white glue sizing and this will be followed
by two additional coats of lead and oil , the
last coat to be tinted as directed by the
superintendent of the building.
City Hall .Vole * .
The asphalt contractors began repairing
: he pavement on North Sixteenth street yes
terday morning- .
A permit has been Issued to the Pabst
Urewlng company for the erection of a hand
some summer theater on the Midway at the
exposition grounds. The plans flled with
the building Inspector Indicate a very hand
some building , the design of the front eleva
tion being exceptionally attractive. The cost
of the building Is estimated at $5,000.
A permit has been granted to iMrs. C. N.
! ) . Adams for the erection of a frame busi
ness building at 4121 North Twenty-fourth
street , at a cost of $1,000. Tills Is one of
the structures that are being put up Inside
the fire limits and In violation of the
ordinances by special favor of the city
council.
SLOT MACHI.VKS XOT MOI.ESTKM.
Chief ttnlliiKlier > "t Yet Itenily to
Stnrt Another Crimmle.
Chief of Police Gallagher said to The Bee
yesterday that unless the Board of Fife
and Police Commissioners Issued an order to
the contrary , ho would not 'begin another
crusade agalnat the nlckel-ln-the-slot nuis
ance. Ho thinks Judge Gordon's decision Ihit
all these machines are lotteries will stand
In the higher courts , but before ho again
takes the matter In hand ho will make sure
that ho will be supported In the crusade.
"In my opinion Judge Gordon has clearly
shown that the maintenance of these ma
chines ! s In violation of the state laws , but
there Is no use In my going single-handed
Into the fight against these lotteries without
needed support fiald the chief. "I tried
once and failed. Under the direc
tion of the mayor and commis
sioners , acting on an ordinance passed
by the city council , within half an hour I
cleaned up every nlckel-ln-the-slot machine
In Omaha , the mechanical venders of mer
chandise Included. This brought out an
awful howl , Including a protect from the
Woman's Christian association , and the au
thorities fluked ; all of these machines classed
as 'mechanical venders of merchandise' were
ordered by the mayor and commissioners to
be returned to the places where they were
confiscated , and the police were beaten.
Now , until I know that I will have backing
In any future effort to bring thla business
to an end In Omaha , I will not act. The
mayor and commissioners must bo with mo
In the fight. "
Slrco Judge Gordon'o decision en Saturday
nlckel-ln-the-fllct machines have been re
moved from many wiloons and cigar stands
In the city for fear that prosecutions will
begin and canto trouble. In many older
places , however , the machines may be played
just the came * < s of yore , there apparently
being little fear of trouble. But , while the
police have not been ordered to confiscate *
machines and make arrests. It Is given out
that the patrolmen are quietly collecting
evidence * against all stands where machines
are maintained for future use.
Rcnl Kxtnte ExclinnKo Miittcm.
An exceptionally ; well attended meeting of
the Real Estate exchange was held at noon
In the Commercial club. Beckwlth Brothers
of Minneapolis submitted a proposition to
the exchange offering to furnish credit ratIngs -
Ings on tenants through the Trust Bock
company. A similar proposition was made
by the Commercial Credit company , and
both wore referred to a committee consisting
of "Messrs " George , Payne and Wcad.
The exchange decided to request the
county commissioners to plant trees along
the paved boulevards In the north and wesi
part of the city and a committee consisting
of Messrs Selby , Parrotte and Tukey was
delegated to lay the matter before the com
missioners.
Olit IMnn lilvpM SntlNfuctlnn.
The old system of Sunday postofllce mal
delivery wns put Into use again yesterday
nnd proved to be such a. ipleaslng contrast
to the plan used the preceding Sunday that
It wl 1 probably be permanently employee ! .
Mall was called for by not more tnnn hal
the number that crowded the corrlJors on
the Sunday before , but they were accommo
elateel proportionately In much less time
The ten carriers' windows were thrown
open at noon and everybody was nccommo
dmtcd before 1 o'clock. On the Sunday
before * the delivery was commenced at 1
o'clock nnd was not completed until after 2
Assistant Postmaster Woodnrd said tha
there was not one complaint. He statee
that the plan -would consequently be con
tinucel In the. future.
Other * Due IIaim * ' Anme.
NKW YORK , March 7. At fie opening
of today's session of the court-martial hear
ing charges against Captain O. M. Carter
Judge Advocate Barr Bald that he had re
ceived a letter from Joseph T. Brown re
questing that he and the other otllcluls o
the Knickerbocker Trust company be given
until Wednesday to answer the questions
put by the court. The request was granted
David N. Curvalho. the expert In hand
writing , was the first witness today. Tno
judge advocate offered In evidence a bit
and voucher for $20.000 for work done In
Cumberland harbor In June , 1&95. The bit
was approved by Captain Carter and the
receipt was signed Anson M. Bangs. Mr
Carvalho Raid that the signatures on both
the bill and voucher were In the hundwrlt
Ing of Michael A. Connelly. A check for
JEI.OOO. signed by Captain Carter , dated Aprl
5 , 1S93 , was shown to Mr. Carvalho and he
mild that the endorsement of the signature
of Anson M. Bangs on the buck was In the
handwriting of IJ. D. Greene.
Arrent Three Counterfeiter ! ! .
ST. LOUIS. March " . Secret service olll
cers and deputy United States marshal ,
have arrested at Do Soto , Mo. , Joscpl
Cature , William Button and William Muflitt
on a charge cf making and circulating coun
torfelt money. They are now locked uj
at the Four Courts , nnd tomorrow will b
given a hearing before United Stales Com
mlssloner Gray. Oncj of the men , Joseph
Cature , was night engineer nt the De Soto
Klectrlc Light works. Ho wan cuptum
whllo making the spurious coin , and will
him was taken molds , metnl.s , crucibles an <
150 In coin. William Button la 32 ye-ara old am
comes from Indiana , whllo William Mallltt
who Is but 23 years ) of uge. Is said to hnl
from Nashville , Tenn. These two men have
been staying In and about De Soto for two
months. The circulation of spurious coin
has been going on for several months.
Trill I lip Ttvo MurilererH.
CHICAGO. March 7. The police wer
notified toiay of the arrest nt New Orlean
of Salvndoro Guffro and Michael Pnluma
uho are wanted hero for the murder o
Salvadoro Poppa , Janitor of an apartmen
building. Poppa was found one night a
year ngo with his skull fractured. Ho re
fused to tell the names of his assailant
nnd lled shortly after. Poppa -was cup
posed to have had a large Hum of money
In his room. The crime > was apparent !
fastened on Guffre ami Paluma and th
men were chased through several states
being finally arrested In New OrleanH.
llurneil While lit Hrr Prnycr * .
CLKVKLAND. March 7. Margaret Maloney -
loney , aged SI. living ulone In a small house
In Smallwood , a miburlj. wan literally
roasted to death today whllo kneeling In
prayer. Neighbor * discovered the tittle cot
tage wrapped In flame * . The charred remains -
mains of the woman laere found In a kneel
ing position by the Bide of the bed. An
Ivory crucifix man tightly clasped In the
withered hand * , and the lips , though
ncorched by the deadly fire , sevincd mill to
be uttering t > ra ? r . ,
SYMPATHY C5OP.S OUT TO AM. .
Irlxh Wrtl AVInlien In Those Who
SlriiRKle for Mlierly.
DCNVCH , March 7. The biggest gJthcr-
Ing of Itleh-Aincrlcan citizens over i -
pombled In this city filled Uic Broadway
theater , the occasion being the celebration
of the centennial anniversary ot the Irish
rebellion of 179S. The orators were Hov. T.
II. Malone , S. J. Donlevny , national vice
president of the Centennial Association of
America. T. M. Patterson and P. J. Shcrl-
djn. Father Malone's aililiras was n criti
cal and hlstorlexil review of the movement
of the United Irishmen. Incidentally he al-
udcd to the recent speech of Father \Vcber
ot New York. "As Irishmen and Irlah-
\mcrlcans , " said Father Malone , "our cor-
Hal sympathy goes out to all people strug
gling for freedom. As Irish Catholics , wo
: annot too severely condemn the words of
hat misguided priest In New York , who said
t was the duty of Catholics to support
Spain In a conflict with this country. We
stand for America against every other coun-
ry on earth , and the prompt disclaimer of
ho archbishop of New York for responsl-
illlty for his priest's utterances brings a
response from the Catholics of 'the ' west. "
These sentiments were loudly cheered.
S. J. Oonlevny's declaration that Irish
latlonallsm was neither Catholicism nor
Protestantism was enthusiastically ap-
> laudcd. The speaker received an ovation
is he declared for an "Irish republic , a
're.o people , free land and a nation self-
reliant In all essentials. "
The addresses of Messrs , Patterson and
Sheridan were also well received. Dele
gates were present from all the Irish-
American organizations In "the " state.
STOCK IIIIUKKIIS < ; ET A sc.vm : .
iiimorn of Wnr Send StoeliN Down In
n Hurry. *
NE\V YORK , March 7. Traders sold stocks
oday not only on the complications between
he United States and Spain , but on appre-
icnslons of trouble between England , France ,
[ lussla and Spain , and a general embroil
ment of all the powers. The scene on the
floor was an exciting cne , but while It lasted
t lacked a suggestion of a panic. There was
wary watching for the magical moment to
my at the cheapest , ? K well as to sell at the
> Est. ss was shown by the swift rebound after
ho first slump. Quotations for Americans In
London were looked far as an Index of
values , but the markets there were suffering
as acutely from the war cloud In the far
east as from the Cuban question.
The second thought of traders hero evi
dently was that war In the far cast would
not bo likely to hurt them and that Lon
don's opening of values was too extreme on
the part of depression. Evidently also a
large amount of selling on Friday and Satur
day ( reported to be for Washington account )
still remained uncovered , and the large short
Interest promptly covered at the decline. As
a consequence the first prices were the
lowest , but the opening break was very
violent and dislodged a toirent ot offerings ,
which were sold for anything that was
offered.
Metropolitan Street railway dropped eight
points llko a plummet and prices In Sugar
were all the way down to 5' points below
Saturday. Losses ot 2 to 3 per cent were
shown throughout the llet , bonds being as
much affected as stocks.
BX OK PICKPOCKETS KIM.KU. .
Shot Durlnir a How In Her lliiNlinnil'N
Nnloott.
SAN FRANCISCO , March 7. Mabel Keat
ing , known from New York to San Fran
cisco as 'the ' "queen of pickpockets , " has
been shot and fatally wounded by Jerry
Sullivan , a city ball janitor , In the saloon
of her husband , who also received a bullc
from the same pistol. Sullivan entered
Keatlng's saloon on the corner of Grant
avenue and Moi'.on street and called for a
drink. Before serving him Keating de
manded payment of a bill alleged to bo due.
Sullivan made an Insulting reply , which
brought Mrs. Keating to the front. Her
remarks enraged Sullivan , who drew a re
volver and shot her In the left breast , In
flicting a wound declared to be mortal. Then
Sullivan turned his revolver on Keating and
sent a bullet through the back of his neck
The wound Is nett considered dangerous
though It caused the janitor's victim to fal
to the floor. Sullivan was arrested am.
locked up In the city prison. Ho Is said to
bo an opium fiend. Ho a'ttcmptcd ' to kll
his sister several months ago. Mabel Keat
Ing Is stated by the police to bo a notorious
confidence operator , and Is reported to have
cleared over 180,000 by disreputable prac
'tlces ' at the World's fair In Chicago.
CHAItGE JACKS WITH 'A MUltnEIt
Aeeoinpllce MnUen n CoiifcNNlon to
ChlciiKO Pollee.
CHICAGO , March 7. The police believe
they have to custody the men responsible for
the death of aged Andrew McGee , who was
found murdered and robbed about ten dajs
ago. One of the supposed murderers Is
George H. Jackn , who was arrested near P. .
D. Armour's home a few days ago for sand
bagging and given an Indeterminate sen
tence. Jackn Is said to be ex-chief of police
of Musklngum , Mich , , from which place ho
was sent to priscn for robbery. His alleged
accomplice In the McGee murder ! William
J. Willows , a Janitor. Willows has made a
confceslon In which he charges Jacks with
the murder and also Implicates a woman anil
two other men In the murder. Willows a'so '
nay. . ! that Jacks Is a hypnotist. Jacks says
Willows' statement Is a lie throughout.
PEXHIOXS KOH WKSTEHX VKTHIIAXS.
Survivor * of I.nte Wnr Ilememliereil
by the fienernl floveriintent.
WASHINGTON , March 7. ( Special. )
Pensions have been Issued as follows :
Issue of February IS :
Nebraska : Original John Keinmer. Vcr-
don , $8 ; Alexander W. liuc'.iunati ' , Soldlerx'
home , Hall , M : Allen Brown , Omaha , JO ;
EmcrBon E. Bellamy. O'Neill , J10. Increase
William H. Cogll. Central City , * fi to JS ;
Marquis De Lafayette Fauvcr , Lynch , { G to
S ; William P. Fullmer , Daykln , $16 to J17 ;
Victor Tracy , Elk Creek. J17 to $24. Original
widows , etc. Luclnda C. Hotchklss , Seward -
ard , JS.
Iowa : Original Andrew S. Babcouk.
Elilora , $12. Increase Anthony A. Rabell ,
Davanport , $16 to $24 : George Gllchrlst ,
Oskalooxu. IS to $12 ; Alphous II. Cndy , Sloan
$0 to $8. Reissue John E. McCllntlc , Mur
ray , $ G. Original widows , etc. Kebccca
Mudgett , Garden Grove , $20 ; Dora Ulunch ,
DelphoH , $3.
South Dakota : Increase John J. Con-
over. Valley Spring. $ .S to $12. Original wid
ows , etc. ( vpeclal , February 21) ) Llbblo
Smith , Groton. $8.
Wyoming : . Increase-Samuel P. Holland ,
Cheyenne , $ S to $10.
North Dakota : Original widow , etc.
Xlclma Harmer , Tower City , $8.
! 'I nil Tliroiiu'i the lee ,
Deputy United State * Marnhal Homnn and
Gus Henny spent Sunday at Onttwa fishIng -
Ing through the Ice. They caught fine
ntrlng of bass. flv > of which weighed be
tween two and one-half nnd five pounds
Several ducks were also shot. The two
Ilchprme-n and liuntern bring back word
that there IK plenty of wild foA'l nltout
Ottawa , but that they keep near the Mis-
sourl river.
llevlvnl MeetliiKx.
The revival meetings of the Walnut Hill
Methodist Episcopal church are to bo con-
tlnued through this week. The Interest
shown by the members and others make
this duty very clear , The pastor Is to bo
assisted thin week by S. ! > ! Brown , a Rlng-
Ing evangelist. Mr. Brown will Hinta solo
each evening.
Vletlm of n Family Feiul.
CHATTANOOGA , Tnn. . March 7. T , N.
Sherman , a farmer , was killed today by his
cousin , Tom Sherman , In a law ofllcc. In
Athens. Tenn. The killing WUH the out
come of a family feud which has existed for
peveral yeara , and In which a number of
fiherrruina have lost their live * . The slayer
g ve himself ufit ,
NEW FACTORIES FOR OMAHA
Several Instltn lions Within Ensy Roach of
City's ' Grasp ,
SECRETARY UTT SHOWS SOWIN SIGHf
Wlllliiu : to Come Here If
Cilven n l.lttle l.oeiil AxM
Are ( iettltiK Needed
Kneonriiueiiieii t.
Secretary Utt la authority for ( lie state
ment that there are a half dozen good bueU
ness enterprises seeking location In this city
If a certain amount of local capital can bo * '
Induced to Invest In them. Ho has In
vestigated these business propositions and has
found them to bo on a good foundation. Ho
Is now working hard to Induce Home of the
loca' capitalists to Interest tucmsclvcs In
the matter. With this object In view ( te
has mailed the following circular to mctnbet *
of the Commercial club and the moneyed
men of the city :
Do you kna.v of jinnies cither In or out cf
the city that > nould. under favorable condi
tion * . Invest In ntiiniifacturln or Jobbing
business In Omnha7 If you know1 oC sui'li
parties , ndvlru this s-et-retary of this olub.
There ) are several excellent enterprises seeU.
Ing additional Invstmc-nt. Our cltlztms shou d
make great progress ulciig the-se line" this
year. The exposition aids the ) opportunities * .
The most Important of these projects which
Is seeking establishment here Is n big flour
ing and cereal mill , with a capacity of 2,000
barrels dally. This has already secured t
suttitantlal start. The promoter of the
scheme requires $60,000. Of thta amount he
has secured subscriptions cf $3r > ,000 and Is
now trying to get the remainder. If the fac
tory , as contemplated , Is built , It will be one
of the biggest In this section of the coun
try. Secretary Utt considers this an tin-
usually cod business proposition , from the
fact that a flour mill in Sioux City , In which
a prominent Omaha man Is Interested , paid
25 per cent dividends lost year. The con- .
tcmplotcd factory will put Into operation a
sjstem by which 25 per cent of Its flour will
be made from the white pnrtlon of corn. It
will also manufacture corn grits , one carload
of which Is used dally by local brewers , and
which Is now obtained from Nebraska City.
The mill Is also to manufacture pearl barley ,
k-hlch Is sold largely by Omaha jobbers.
Another project for which HOIIIC sub.crlp-
lena have already been secured Is a starch
actory. Nebraska City and Onmlia already
radically form the starch center of the
UnlteJ States. That this district has Homo
advantages for the manufacture of starch Id
provcti by the fact that lar.tmonth a Ne
braska City starch mill sold SOO tons of
starch In England ! ci competition with tha
starch factories of this country and Europe.
Other establishments that may bo secured
are factories for sleel ranges , windmills ,
patent furnaces and two beet sugar propool-
lorn.
"I have Investigate : ! all these Investment *
end I consider them good , " said Secvotary
Utt In talking about the matter. "I have.
Issued the circular to Interest our local men
with means and also thcvjc who arc ac
quainted with men who want to Invest. I
think It would be a goad plan for our bus-
Ineai men. to keep the matter In mind and
it they hear of a man , say 'n Massachusetts ,
ivlio has meacy to put In some enterprise ,
to call his attention to some of these prop
ositions. "
CiOHIlON SIFTS TJ1M SCGttP.
Police Judire IllNiioHen of the Flint
lluteh of SiiNpeotn.
A cot-glomerate crowd of vagrants ant
'nusplclouc characters" was herded into
police court yesterday from the city jail
n a bunch , but if "the long man and the
short man" were among the long list ot
offenders their Identity was not disclosed.
This was 'the result of Chief Gallagher's in
structions to round up the Idle characters.
In one saloon the police gathered in twenty-
live prisoners.
Ninety-five breakfasts at 12'/4 cents apiece
were served at the jail about an liour before
Judge Gordon began to grin. } out his grist ,
breaking the record of any one meal that
has been fed to prisoners there during the
"ast ten years. Policemen who have been
eng In the service said It reminded them of
the good old days when Omaha was "wldo
open" all along the line.
Judge Gordon was occupied until noon dis
posing of the cases , about seventy-three of
them being based on the charge of vagrancy
and suspicion. Drunks and disorderlies com
posed the other 'twenty-two , among whom
were several women. The vagrants were
arraigned In bunches of three and four ,
pleading guilty to the charge In most in
stances. The court permitted each prisoner
to briefly tell his story and then he disposed
of them summarily. Probably fifteen of the
offenders were sentenced to jail for from five
to fifteen days , all of. whom were proved to
-beggars and regular night lodgers at the
central statlcn. A few prisoners were dis
charged for lack of evidence against them ,
and all of the others were ordered to leave
the city within an hour. These fellows the
court warned not to show themsc-lvca before
him again under pain of going to the county
jail for thirty dajs on bread and water. All
morning long the policemen In court and
the detectives who were present to "turn
up" old offcnderB scrutinized each prisoner
as ho stepped up to the bar , but the long
man and the shert man were not found.
They may have been In the crowd , however -
over , because nearly every character of
doubtful appearance whom the police could
find In the city ItaJ been gathered In. The
police are still looking for the mysterloua
pair , the long man and the short man.
Held for Shoollnir n IlraUemnii.
Herbert Williamson , a vagrant. Is held nt
the city Jail as n fugitive from justice. On
the night of Febtunry 28 , at Mill Station ,
la. , Pearl Jonhune , a HurlliiMon brakeman
ejected n tramp from a passenger train.
The latter resented by drawing u revolver
and shooting the trainman throush the arm
and face , fracturing his Jaw. Williamson
Hnawors the description of the man who
did the shooting and he carried upon Ills
face wounds which he admits lie obtained
by being thrown oft a train on the night
tic ahootliiK of the brakeman occurred , only
the prlnoner claims that his trouble wns at
a station In northern Iowa. Special Agent
Illnchardt of the liurllnpton road at Creston -
ton , In. , IH enroute hero to Iilc-ntlfy William
son If possible.
For Miifllnir OliHeene I.el tern.
United States Commissioner Anderson has
held W. C. Newman of Ashton to the fed
eral grand Jury In the sum of $ MO to
answer to the charge of tending obscene
matter through the. mulls. Tltu recipient
was Mary Wa le > U'Sky ' , who recently re
moved from Ashtoti to South Omaha. New
man reflected on her character In letters.
He wrote the letters because she had rev-
fused to consider him In the light of a
lover.
( ieriiuin NnvliiKx HniiU Dividend.
Receiver MeCaguei cf the German Savings
bank IH disbursing the proceeds of a & JK.T
cent dividend that ho has Just declared.
There are about 2.MO creditors nnd they
are coming In at the rate of about forty
per day to receive their money. When the
former dividends were declared the credit
ors reported for their money at the rate of
300 per day. The re-cel\eT says that to his
mind the mariner In which people come In.
te get their money Is one of the beat evi
dences of the return of prosperity.
Ilnten for Civil Sertlec Kxninliintlon.
The dates on which n\lll bo held the
regular spring civil service examination
have been announced to Secretary Coflln of
the local civil service board. The examina
tions for cnrrh'iK and cleika In the post
ofllce will be held on M irch 1C. and for
position ! ) In the Internal revenue department
on March/ / . It IH not yet decided whern
thn examinations will bo held. A large ,
room -will bo required , as ithe number of ap
plicants ( or the examination in largo *