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TITE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TITUHSDAY. SEPTEMltETt 22. 1SOS. ENCLlSn VIEW OF IDE WAR Natal Attache Now Making Up His Eeport to His Government. POINTS OUT SOME MISTAKES MADE fern Trnnpiporlntlon of Truotm Simula lie I'mlcr Nnry Ulrvullon C n- nliliTM Ori ern1 * Dnnli r < iollnli nml Poorly Hxrcutcil. WASHINGTON. Sept. 21 Cnptaln Al fred I'agct , Hrltlsh naval attache , assigned to observe operations during the recent' ' campaign In the West Indies , Is engaged hero In assembling the largo mass of ma terial gathered In Cuba , and Is supple menting this with the official data now bolng supplied by the Navy department. Ho will spend most of the fall In getting together the material for his report to the Diltlsh admiralty , which will bo an ex haustive treatment of the naval branch of the campaign , with considerable attention to the military branch , owing to the joint operations of the two branches during several stages of the war , and particularly In the siege of Santiago. Speaking Informally today of his obser vations , Captain Paget said It had been Bhown qulto clearly that the naval branch of the ecrvlco should have complete control of all army transportation by sea. Ho points out that this is the practice the world over. In the British service all transports arc under the control of the admiralty. When troops are to be shipped , the war officials make known to the admi ralty the number of the men In the expedi tion , the divisions Into Infantry , cavalry and artillery , and the various requirements of the several divisions. It then becomes the duty of the naval branch to provide the transports , carry the troops , keeping the several divisions distinct and with their equipment and provide all supplies re quired for the trip. A naval officer , usually a lieutenant commander on the retired list , Is placed In command of each transport , It being Impossible to secure proper ecrvlce from merchant captains. The naval branch also conducts all loading and unloading of the troops and supplies , this being a branch In which naval officials are well versed It Is not until the troops are on land that the army authorities assume direction of affairs. This practice , In general operation with all the largo countries , particularly these having colonial possessions , could be adopted with advantage by this country , In Captain Paget's opinion , as much of the confusion In the transportation and landing of the army supplies was duo to the Inex- pcrlcnco of merchant captains of transports , and to the direction of all sea transporta tion by the army , rather than by the navy. Captain Paget's report will devote much attention to the destruction of Admiral Ccrvera's fleet , as this was the main naval Incident of the war. Ho Is securing from the Navy department complete reports of the gunnery of the American ships , with a vlow of showing the Importance of "tho man behind the gun. " Corrern'H IlnMi Tool lull. Captain Paget's personal view Is that Admiral Cervora'a sortie was a moat fool hardy venture , which cannot bo Justified by naval standards , oven though ordered by the admiral's superiors. According to Cap tain Paget's vlow , the most effective use Admiral Cervera , could have made of his equadron was to have dismantled them of all the lighter guns , particularly the qulck- tlrcs , and turned over guns and men to Gen eral Toral for uao In defending the city. These qulckfiro guns , some 100 or more , dis tributed along the entrenchments and handled by the trained men of the squadron , would have been able to sustain a deadly flro on the American advance. Captain Paget exprc-ses the belief that such a move would have made Santiago practically Im pregnable. He baa no doubt starvation and disease would have broken down the Span ish defense In time , but Cervcra's guns could have held the town from a defeat by assault. In case of a sortie from the harbor , Captain , Paget shares the view of American naval officers , that the sortlo should have been made at night. If attempted in day light the Spanish ships should have directed their attention to the American transports , as they furnished a vulnerable point where great havoc could have been wrought. In Know Him Report of Prof. Charles A. Doremus M. D. . , . . , Ph.D. Adjunct Professor of Chemistry , Toxlcol- OBJT and Medical Jurisprudence , Uellevue Hospital Medlcnl Colleffo ; Assistant Vro- fc-isor of Chemistry und Physics , College of the City of Now York ; formerly Professor ser at the medical department of tin. Uiilveislty of UufTalo , Chulr of Chemistry und Toxicology , Member of the American , Gorman and French Chemical Societies ; oJ the Society of Chemical Industry ; of the Medico-Legal Society ; of the New York Academy of Sciences , etc. Chemistry Laboratory of Dellovuo Hos pital Medical College , New York , Juno 7 , 1S97. Mr. James K. Anderson , President of the Waukesha Water Company : Sir I have submitted 1JOIIO-LITHIA WATI3K to analysis and flnd It to correspond spend with the Wuukcsha Natural Spring Water In the character of Ita salts. I flnO that It uluo contains llthlu and boric acid TIieHo substances are added , the Ilthla ac carbonate , the boric acid In the free state , The lithium c.irbonato'la held In complete solution In both the still and effervescent vvutcr. The water thus becomes an 13X- CEtiLKNT VEHICLE FOU CAUUYINQ TO TUG SYSTEM A L1TIHA SALT OF ALKALINIJ HUACT1ON , the form mosl desired by phvBlclans. My analysis shows these substances to be present In the follow lug amounts per U. ' 8. callon Lithium Carbonate 14 SI grains. Uorlo ucld 7SI grains. The public is welt Informed upon th 6 merits of Ilthla when actually present Ir table or medicinal waters Horlc acid also possesses many of these. The Natural Wiiukeulm Hyglea Sprint ! Water Is a remarkable pure water ol agreeable taste and without odor , nnd thui offers advantage for treatment which ever distilled water does not on account of un > preventable contaminations. This agreeable tanta U not Impaired be cause of the skillful way lu which th < boric acid , which IB tasteless , and the lltli' turn rarbonnte are blended. Doric acid In u mild acid , the borates ar < slightly alkaline ; both are voided by the khlne > B and net as SOLVKNTS for UIUC ACID Tha borlo acid thus SUPI'Li : ' MRNTS the action of Llthla. H nrreiti fi'j-inentlvo iiroctKHOg , and thus prevents ui well as cures abnormal conditions Helng most palatable and healthful , lloro Llthla Water Is especially well adapted t < table use Yours respectfully , Charles A. Doremus , M. D , Ph. D. Horo.Uthhi Wutcrsold lit Oittalu in Sherman &McConnell DrugCt 1513 Dodge. Middle of Hlock. 100 Uluds Mineral Wntcn any event , whether transports or our war I ships wcro attacked , Cnptaln Pnget main tains that the Spanish policy should have been to rush our ships , taking them un aware , before steam could bo got up , and taking the risk of loss , so long as some damage was Inflicted. Had this plan been adopted , he thinks It might have resulted In the ramming and sinking of one or more of our ships. Captain Paget speaks highly of our new battleships nnd cruisers , par ticularly those now on the stocks , which he has examined critically through the plans and spccincatlons. He Bays foreign naval experts long recognized that first-class war ships could bo built In the United States , though ho does not admit that our ships jet excel , or even equal , those of Ilrltlsh build. In this connection , a prominent American naval officer recently told Captain Paget that , the now cruiser Now Orleans , bought In England during the early stages of the war , was a revelation to the authorities here , Insofar as Its guns and armament are con cerned. EUSTON TALKS HOPEFULLY ( lint the l.liiNcrd Oil Couipnny in Salt cut Only MiukN Opcr- C'lipltnl , ST. LOUIS , Sept 21 The agreement adopted last night at a meeting of stock holders in this city of the National Linseed Oil company , and made public today , re quires that the Block hold by each shall be deposited with the committee appointed to Investigate the affairs of the company nnd protect the rights of St. Louis stockholders. This committee Is given full authority to proceed with the Investigation , nnd attend all meetings of the company , voting these surrendered shares of stock upon all ques tions that may come up. President Huston In an Interview said to day : "I stated In the meeting that the assets of the company at present amount to $6,000,000 over and above liabilities of ull kinds. The books will prove this. I pro duced figures to show that during a period of eight years , from 1S90 to 1S97 , Inclusive , the gross earnings were $13,800,000. The operating expenses during the same time wcro $9,000,000 , exclusive of Interest. This left ? 1 , 800,000 applicable to Interest and dlvl- I dends. "A great many erroneous statements In regard to the company's affairs have been circulated recently. Its condition Is In no way worse than It was In 1803. Since the panic In that ) ear the banks have gradually grown less Inclined to lend money on notes without collateral security. This Is the key note of the desire to bring about a reor ganization. It Is dangerous for a manufac turing concern to depend on borrowed money. "Of the company's present capitalization of $18,000,000 , $0,000,000 represents money actually put In and $12,000,000 represents good will. The purpose of the reorganiza tion movement Is to replace borrowed money with capital. We expect to enlist $6,000,000 of now capital. I cannot make an accurate forecast of the plan which will ho adopted , but I think you will flnd that the capital stock will bo reduced to $15,000,000. The preferred stock will repre sent money actually put In nnd the common stock will he based on a fair valuation of the present assets , with a small allowance for good will. Probably $0,000,000 of preferred stock and $9,000,000 of common stock will bo Issued. It rests with the stockholders whether they will put In the necessary additional capital. If they will not do so , others will. The necessary money Is ready In the east. After the- re organization the outstanding bonds will be token up The company's bonded indebted- ncs is $1,500,000 and the amount boriowcd by the company outsldo of the bonded debt Is $3,500,000. This is represented by book accounts , cash , material and finished pro duct. These nearly Cover thb Indebtedness. With a slight rise In prices , they will moro than cover It. " SOLDIERS WELL CARED FOR Lieutenant Mortlmr Dcnlt'N Sensu- tlonnl StorlvN of UniiCL'cnHnry I'rlwttloiiN. ABERDEEN , s. D. , sept. 21. ( Special ) Lieutenant John McArthur and wife arrived flora Camp Douglass , Wls. , Sunday morn- Ing. Ho has been appointed to muster out the Wisconsin volunteers. As most of the volunteers are absent on furloughs he took advantage of the opportunity to visit his parents In this city. Speaking of the reports that have been published In the yellow Jour nals Lieutenant McArthur says they were almost without exception pure fabrications gotten up by correspondents to satisfy a craving for the sensational or to make political capital against the administration. "All this talk of the lack of food at Santi ago Is bosh , " said Lieutenant McArthur. "It Is true that from the morning of the 1st , when the fighting began , * until the morning of the 2d , we had no food. Wo had made n quick march In tbo intense heat and most of the bojs had thrown away their haversacks and dad nothing with them. No matter how much w o had had wo w ould have bad no tlmo to eat It , and I question if any of the boys would have gene back to eat if the opportunity had been afforded. After that twenty-four hours there was grub for cverjbody. "The fact that there was but a single trail over which to bring In troops and pack in the Immense quantities of amunl- tlon , rations and the other necessities makes It remarkable that there was no dearth of food. As soon as tbo city surrendered we had fresh beef , fresh bread and good food In plenty. Some volunteers did not faro qulto so well as regulars at first because the officers did not understand how to get their rations to the men , but these who got out and rustled for their men wcro well cup- piled. " Speaking of complaints from Montauk Point ho said "Thero were Immense quantities of food , thousands of cords ol wood with which to cook , and if any troops did not got their rations It was no fault ol anjbody but their own officers. The Second , end regiment had plenty of food , fuel and good beds to sleep on the night after we arrived. When all the facts are known and the sensational fabrications are sifted to the bottom It will bo found that the men were icmarkably well taken care of , and the con duct of this war will go down In history a : ono redounding to the glory of the adminis tration. " I.lke Olil ItuK Tray. ABERDEEN , S. D , Sept. 21. ( Speclal.- ) John Hanley , who went to North DakoU with a team to work during harvest , am : who has been reported missing , has beer found. He fell In with some toughs , vvhc committed a crime and then took Hanlcy'i team and left the country. Hanley wai arrested as an accessory to the crime ama placed In Jail. Friends here have gone ball but bo will have to stand trial , though It 1 thought he will have no difficulty In provln his Innocence , He Is out bis team and vvagoc and also loses his time. Hello * from ABERDEEN , S. D. , Sept. 21. ( Spoclal.- ) E. J , Holmbach of this , city la the reclplen of two trophies of the battlefield of Santtagc Ono Is an old Spanish dol'ar of the year o a 1623 , the other Is a dag"er secured on th < battlefield. tin Ainerlunit Muileiit. STANFORD UNIVERSITY , Cal. , Sept. 2) ) Perry 0. Symonds , a university studcnl baa been selected by the British museum t make a thorough zoological collecting tou of South America from Ecuador to th Straits of Magellan and he will leave Septem her 28 to begin his duties. He will bo accom panted on the trip by his brother , Luther 1 6/mondi , and a Mexican lad of 11 yean whom ho will pick up on the journey eoutl MIRE HARRESON ON TRIAL Hearing of the Onso in Which'Justice White Charges Corruption , TESTIMONY TAKEN FOR THE STATE Coniplnlnlni ; AVItnruN Tel In 111 * Story nml ( In311n Wlio Otcrlirnril the Conv ( 'million ( Jlic'IIirlr Vcr- I it it of ( lie Aflalr. The preliminary hearing of Mike Mtrke- son. the South Omaha ealoon keeper charged by Justice of the Peace Albert S. White with bribery , began In County Judge Bax ter's court jestcrday afternoon. It proceeded as far as getting alt the evidence of the prosecution In when the hour for adjourn ment came nnd a continuance until this morning was unavoidable. White , Henry C. Richmond , a newspaper reporter , and Ed ward J. Pierce , a deputy constable for Jus tice White , were all the witnesses offered by County Attorney Baldrlge. The crime alleged to ha\o been committed by Matkeson was thu giving to Justice White $15 on August 20. with the under standing as charged that Whtto would bo "easy" on Joseph Thomas , then under a charge of keeping a gambling device , and exercise judicial leniency in gambling cases generally , the consideration thenceforth to bo $15 per week nnd Markeson being sup posed to bo acting for the gambling element. Richmond and Pierce had been closeted In an adjoining hall or ante room by Justice White In anticipation of Markcson's visit during the noon hour of that day with the Intention , ns White says , of entrapping Markeson , for they were put In a position to hear the material points of the conversa tion which it was expected would take place between Markeson nnd the Justice. The first Instalment of the alleged corrup tion price , a $10 bill and a $5 bill , were offered In evidence. This money White tes tified to having received from , Markcsou and the other two witnesses corroborated t'lls , saying they practically saw Markeson give over the cash. JiiMllcu AVliiti ! ' * Murj. Justice White was the first to take the stand , as ho had been the complaining wit ness. Ho described the Incident , detailed the conversation between himself and Mar- kcaon nnd Identified the money. The cor ruption was to have been for the purposes of "protection" ho said , quoting Markeson , and "as to future " cases" ( those to come up after the Thomas case ) Markeson , the justice testified , told him In the first person plural that they "would let him know what they wanted done. " On cross-examination by J. B. Kolkcnney , who Is Markeson's attorney , White brought Henry C. Murphy into the matter by stating that the Initiatory negotiations leading up to the Markeson episode had been made by Murphy. White had designated the hour for Markcson's visit and admitted having set a trap for him by having the two other men concealed In the hall adjoining his office. The receiving of the money , he said , was quite unexpected though. Klchmond did not manifest aery clear memory on the stand and was very careful about his statements. He said he had not heard all the conversation , anyway only1 disconnected parts of sentences hero and there. But what he had heard amounted to this : After a reference to the weathtr being superlatively hot , something was said by Markeson about "doing business" "this fellow" "being easy" "money by mall" "my God ! wo must protect ourselves" "Oh , there's nothing 4n this for us ; there's too many in It" "we'll be on the square with iou. " He also Bald he had heard White ask with a rlslns Inflection "What , only $15 ? " Ho heard White object to money being sent to him by mail. White has admitted In his evidence hav ing made a remark about his having been led to expect a great deal more than $15 , and also opposing the method proposed of sending the money by mail. Ilofrcnhcn Ilix Memory. Mr. Baldrlgo seemed somewhat piqued over Richmond's Inability to recall dis tinctly all that Richmond had stated to him over a month ago , shortly after Marlt- tson's arrest. Of that statement he had had a stenographic report made at the time and ho was anxious to have the wit ness' memory refreshed from this statement , which Judge Baxter allowed provided no loading questions were put. Then Richmond could recollect better. Edward J. Pierce substantiated all that Richmond had sworn to and corroborated Richmond's evidence as to seeing Marko- son pay over the money. Pierce was more positive than Richmond on this point. Pierce heard the following words " $15 a week. " An Intimation from Mr. Kclkenney that a defense might be waived at that particular time caused the judge to Inform htm that with such testimony as had been presented by the prosecution left uncontestcd he would have to find probable cause and bind Markeson over to the district court. In his opening Mr. Kelkenncy bad said the defense would show that the charge was a trumped up one and that White had en deavored to procure money from Maikeson. SHOW THEMA GOOD TIME _ _ AVlint tlip I'xiionltloii Miningem 1"- licet to Do with the Gnllnnt Tu entSecond Koot. As announced by The Bee on Tuesday , the gallant Twenty-second Infantry will spend Friday of this week at the exposition grounds as guests of the exposition man agement. General Manager Clarkson of the exposition this afternoon announced that the officers of the regiment have accepted for the soldiers the Invitation of the e\- . position for the day. The offer of the Mis souri Pacific railway to transport the soldiers from Fort Crook to the exposition grounds and return free of charge has Q also been accepted. e The regiment will bo brought up on a special train arriving hero at 9.30 o'clock on Friday morning. The returned warriors will enter the grounds nt the north gate , and march directly to a place set apart for the stacking of their guns They will then bo left free to enjoy the exposition as they choose. There will bo no formal ceremonies , no speech mak ing or Indoor exercises , as the soldiers prefer to have the time for sight-seeing At noon they will bo served a banquet bj the exposition management at Market's cafe , and after that they will follow theli own pleasure until 9 30 o'clock In the evenIng - Ing , when they will board their special trait and return to Fort Crook. SiH'CriNOr to ( ieiu-rill C | i | > liiKrr. It la currently reported In army clrclei that General John C. Bates will soon 1) appointed to command the * Department o the Missouri , U S A. with headquarter In this city. This department'is now con Jointly commanded with the Department o the Colorado by General Sumncr. The return of General Sumncr to Drnve to look after the Department of the C.olo rado has been anticipated over since th close of the war Should General Bates b sent here to command the Department o the Missouri ho will be cordially welromei by Omabans. He Is plexsantly rcmcmbcrei hero as the colonel of the Second regimen of United States Infantry at Fort Omah from 1890 to l ne. I'rlee of IIU runt. A eult has been brought against Che Omah Elevator company by Frank Hozmnjzl t B. ' recover $10.000 damages , and $2SO on . surgical bill , on account of Injuries to on b. of his feet last April necessitating It amputation. Rozmajzl , In his petition , states than his Injuries were caused through a green helper at the steam shovel while en gaged In unloading grain from the cars Into the clevntor. that white he wa * repairing a pullcv rope the helper started the stcnm shovel going and the rope became tangled up nnd Itozmajzl's foot was caught In a loop and crushed Hgalnsn the framework of the shovel CHARGES AGAINST M'INTYRE Ailvoenle denernl MnUr I'nb- Ilc ( lie hiirclflfttloiiN ( lit * C WASHINGTON , Supt. 21. The attention of Judge Advocate General Lemley being directed to the complaint of Chaplain Me- Intjro that ho had not been informed of the charges upon which he Is to be tried by court-martial nt Denver , on the 2Sth Inst , the ofllcer very promptly furnished the papers In the case for publication. | The chaplain Is to bo tried upon three charges , all growing out of a lecture de livered by him In the Trinity Methodist Episcopal church In Denver , on August C last , referring to the battle of July 3. The flrtt charge Is "scnndnlotm conduct , ending to the destruction of good mor.Us. " Micro are 'threa ' specifications under this hargo. In brief , thnt he referred to Admiral Sampson as reporting himself within four mllus of the Colon when It struck Us colors u order to get his share of prize money , second , ho charged > tliat In the chase after .ho Colon the Oregon met the Iowa going o the rear , and that "Fighting Dob" took ho lovva to the rear and kept It there during .ho battle. Ihird , that eastcrii-mado ships 'ailed to come up to expectations because .ho builders got their orders < thtough pollt- cal pull and "didn't care how much they cheated the government " The second charge Is "conduct to the irejudlco of good order and discipline. " It recites the three specifications of the ill at charge with an additional ono based on the chaplain's "public aud contemptuous" refcreuco to Captain Evans as "Fighting Bob. " The third charge IB "conduct uubc- eamltic an olllcor of the navy , " and reUics the same specifications. OR , DEPEW IS COMING WEST Will Loolc Into llnllrond I' Trouble * nt St. IouN mul VUlt tin * O in ah a i\iiiKllloii. | NEW YORK , Sept. 21. The Times says : The rate situation In St. Louis territory Is causing deep concern among railroad men both east and west. The attention of the Joint Traffic association has been called to the threatened trouble in a number of ways , nr.d efforts are bring made in the direction of harmony. Conditions have assumed so serious an aspect In St. Louis territory , however , that President Chaunccy M. Do- pew , of the Joint Traffic association is going out there early next month for the purpose of Investigation and mediation If possible. Hu will look Into the causes of the present llsagreement and will confer with the lead ing officials of the St. Louis roads with a vlow of inducing them to adjust their dif ferences and keep freight rates on a stable basis. Mr. Depew remarked that ho did not believe any one of the roads engaged In rate cuttlug was profiting by the operation. Ho thought "pure cusscdness" was at the Ijottom of the trouble. Mr. Dcpew will start for the west Immedi ately after the meeting of New York Central stockholders on October 5. His trip Is ex pected to take in a wide territory , In order ( lint ho may familiarize himself with busi ness conditions and prospects in the west. Ho will go as far as Omaha , and will bo present at the Transmtsslsslppl Exposition , October 8 Now York da > on which oc- waslon , as president of the Now York com mission , ho will deliver an address on "Com mercial Union Between the East nml West. " IDENTIFIED AS EMMA GILL IlriilKeport Sttntery MUely to He bol\ ( ( ! ( ; I rl'n I.OACT I'luceil liidur niUDGnPORT , Conn. , Sept. 21. A now development In the Yellow Mill pond mys tery was made known today with the an nouncement of the arrest lu Hartford of Walter C. Foster. The police have reached the conclusion that the young woman whose dismembered corpse was found In the pond last week was Emma Gill , daushtcr of Harry Gill of Southlngton. Young Foster Is accused of being an accomplice In the murder of Miss Gill. Miss Gill was 21 jcars old and had been employed as a domestic In the family of James II. Pratt of South lngton. Her brother described a mole upon her neck and a similar mark was found on the corpse. The brother told how his sister started on a. vacation. At the end of two weeks she returned homo , but announced to Mr. Pratt that she was ill and was going away again. To her parents eho stated that her suitor , Wal ter Poster of Hartford , had a sister living In Stratford and that ho had Invited her to go there. Two letters that the parents sent to their daughter were answered , but a third one , with directions on the outsldo to the- postmaster to return within three najs if not called for , was received today unopened. ilmirnntlnc Anal" " ! Ne Orlcnim. NHW OrtLEANS. Sept. 21. News reached the Southern Pacific today that as a result of the announcement of four cases of fever hero Texas has slapped on an absolutely Held quarantine against all freight from and Texas Pacific New Orleans. Both Southern cific roads are affected. PIRATE BARBERS UNCHECKED Buccaneer * of the Lather Brush Will Not Bo Hampered in Omaha. COUNCIL WILL NOT REGULATE PRICES Men Who Clmrjtc Illitli niul l.nw Arc to lie Allowed to 1'umur What ever Course Tlie > Will with Tliclr Ctmtomern. The barbers' ordinance , which was pri marily Intended to put a stop to the high * wajmcn methods with which certain ton * sorlal artists are bilking strangers by charg ing them extortionate prices for their work , has raUcd such a rumpus amongst the bar ters in the city that it is quite likely that It will never be passed. The purpose of the ordinance was to fix a scale of prices and to make it a mlsde- ncanor punlslnblc by fine to charge custom ers more. Tor some reason till * was note : o the liking of BOUIO of the councllmen , who assorted that the ordinance would not . e legal , yet in the next breath were willing that it should bo passed U a minimum as well as a maximum scale of prices was In corporated in the ordinance. To satisfy them the minimum scale was put in , and at Uiu last meeting of the council the ordinance was presented for passage with the follow ing maximum and minimum prices fixed for the various kinds of tonsotlal work : Shave , not moro than 15 cents nor less than 10 cents , hair cut , 25 and 15 cents ; hair since , 35 and 15 cents ; hair tonic , 15 and ! > cents ; bca foam , ID and 5 cents , shampoo , 85 nnd 15 cents ; d > clng a head of hair , $5 and $2 , dyeing moustache , 35 and 20 cents ; curllne moustache , shaving to trim a hair cut , steaming face with hot towels , not more than D cents and a head rub or dry shampoo not moro than 10 cunts. Tt la uretty generally admitted that the Introduction of the minimum scale was for thr- purpose of preventing harbor colleges from doing business. The owners of barber shops have been on the war path after the colleges for some time , as they assert the latter arc cutting prices for the purpose of securing people upon whom the students of the Institution can opciate. There Is no lew that will prevent people from be coming subjects if they v ant to. and the barber shop owners , therefore , allege as a icason for getting the colleges * out of the way that their employes are being paid scab wages. It was on this ground that councilmen - men urged the incorporation of the minimum scale. When the ordinance en me up for passage ono of the proprietors of a barber college protested vigorously against It. Ho In sisted that the minimum scale Is directed solely against the colleges. In answer to an Inquiry as to the wages that were paid In barber colleges , ho Insisted that the full union scale Is being paid and some times In excess of it. In support of this statement ho bad on hand his whole force of teachers to testify to the wages they were getting. The city attorney contends that the city has the right to regulate prices for barber work for the purpose of preventing ex tortionate charging , on the same principle that hackmen are allowed to charge only specified fares for their work. But he maintains that a barber as well as anybody else can do his work for nothing if he wants to , and that consequently the minimum scale would certainly bo declared unconstitutional by the courts. Therefore the only effect of the Introduction Of the ordinance will be that the methods of the swindling barbers will receive the semi official sanction of the city council. The ordinance was recommitted. Mil } ' ft fit 1'iiNH Council. It Is rather doubtful whe'Iier ' the ordinance Introduced In the council , providing for the submission to the people at the coming elec tion of a proposition to vote $200,000 bonds for the erection of a market house , will be passed by the city council. Members of the body are not decided about the matter , but there seems to bo a sentiment that this is not the tlmo when the city should Increabe its bonded indebtedness. According to the provisions of the ordl- nanco the money will bo used in purchasing outright a block of land nnd erecting the market house. The bonds are to run twenty years and will draw 4 per cent Interest. Moriiility The follow ins births and deaths were reported to the health commissioner dur ing the twenty-four hours ending at noon i yesterday : i Births Prcd Perkins , Twenty-fifth and Sprague , boy ; William Rhoades , 3828 Franklin , girl ; W. C. Adklns , Forty-eighth and Burdette , boy ; P. M. Snow , 430S Grant , gill. gill.Detth Detth Mrs. .T. I. White , Belle Fouchs , 4C years. 3Nev > Street Cur Iliirn. The Omaha Street Railway company has secured a building permit to erect a car barn at Twenty-fourth street and Ames avenue to cost $22,000. The work on the stiucturo has already commenced. It Is located on the land upon which the company some time ago erected an enclosure for cars. The building Is to bo of brick. HoroKL-opc l < 'liiull > Adjuntccl. John Byers of Butte , Mont. , entered the Write it in Red- Tlmt in all Ills "tore experience Urex . Shooman. bus never been able to offer a better or Immlsomer shoe for tlie men folk tlmn tbo new Ilnnan fc Sons Double Sole lUucber tills year Its only fo.OO-labt year inul all tbe years beloie tills Hunan sboe lias never fold for lem tlmn ? 000 , u clear savins now of $1.00 nnd tbe best i00 ( ! sboe ever iiiude lor only $5.00 requires no bieakinln tor it is u foot form sboe Unit Hts trom tbe start MH Is tbe best winter tan shoo value in Oinalm. Drexel Shoe Co. , Omnlia'i Up-lo-ilnte Slioe Ilouie. 1410 FAKNAM STIIISE ! ' . Now We Are Ready All of our iiew full stock or the fa mous "Jewel" btoves nio hero nnd on display you know we didn't carry a "Jewel" over trom last year Unit tbe.su have all tbo Improvements aud "new llxtures" of 1SUS Tlio "Jewel" oaks with hot blast attachment new tills full for t-oft coal , Mait at * 7 aud on up to the real largo slsso the Jj-7 stove U the bljiccst * " wottb > ou ever biivv The " .low el" Huso Hurnorn siait nt $2U and KO to $13 the "Jewel" aio ? ' _ ' ! for tbo l-bole sUe with an oven Mx20xl2rniitl > the ( i-liolo hUe at ? ! ! 0 with n noven lOx'JOsl'JJi Our store Is full of stoves. A. RAYMER , WE Dnuvnu yorii 1514 Farnam St. FREE FOR WEAK "THREE CLASSES OF MEN" is the title of a little pocket volume 1 have just issued , showing the effects of early abuse , or later excesses. Every weak man , single , married , young or old , should read it and get the benefit of my thirty years' experience as a specialist in the scientific treatment of Drains , Losses , Itnpotency , Lame Backf Varicoccle and Undcvelopment. MEDICINES WILL NOT CURE. I know the action of every drug that was ever pre n ibctl , but let me say as physician to patient , as man to man , medicines at bebt will but stimulate. They do not tone. What we must employ is nature's own gift. We need go no further. Why not use that potent force which she so bountifully bestows upon Ub ? The one clement most important to life in man or beast ELECTRIC ITY With my latest Improved Galvanic Body Battery and Sup porting Suspensory I combine a self-treatment which is positive and lasting. On my professional ivord / make this statement : Toyeak men , young , middle-aged or old , who may have the least foundation left to build upon , I promise a positive and permanent cure by the judicious use of my Electric Belt. More than 5,000 attested to this last year. O c/j" cj"O t/3 O Dr. Sanden's r & ELECTRIC BELT t/i 4-1 41O n > C3 Crq IT STOPS THE DRAIN IN THIRTY DAYS , and causing a free circulation of blood to and through the parts , gives development and speedily cures ICOCELE. I publish in my "Health World" ( sent free , scaled with book ) more than four hundred sworn voluntary testimonials now every I month. I forfeit $5,000fif the currents from my Belt are not felt immc * dialcly upon applying to the body. You wear it at night. IT CURES YOU WHILE YOU SLEEP. If possible , call and consult me free of charge , or probably you have a friend near by who would examine the belt for you. Write to-day for pamphlet and particulars. DR. A. R. SAN DUN , 826 I ro dway , New York , N. Y. concession of Prof. Zanzlg , the palmist and mind reader , on the grounds Monday to have his horoscope cast. Not liking some of the questions one of Zanzlg's aides named L. Jorgensen asked him , he assaulted him and started a gencrnt melee. Byera was arrested. In pollco court last evening ho was fined $10. CAPTURESAPICKPOCKET MUftourl Man ( Jot the Ooe Who Itobhcd Him , lint ftot the Money lie IjONl. Ami H. Spade of Moberly , Mo. , after spending a week hero visiting the exposition , went to the Tenth street depot last night lo take a train for his home. Whllo passing Into the depot entrance he felt a tugging at his trousers pocket and turned around to catch John Hanson , a pickpocket , In the act of withdrawing his hand from his pocket. In his hand Hanson held Spado's purse , con taining $19. Spade attempted to grapple with Hanson , but ho evaded his grasp and paealng the purse to a companion , started on a run In ono direction , while his companion ran in another. Spade gave pursuit and ran the thief Into the arms of Officer Kernel ! . The other man got away. Hanson offered his captor $20 for his release. This made the officer angry and ho resented the Insult by rapping Hanson over the head with his billy. When you call for UoWHt's Witch Hazel Salvo , the great pile cure , don't accept any thing else. Don't bo talked Into accepting u substitute , for piles , for sores , for bruises. ItecltleHH Driver Arrenleil. Charles Ellis has been arrested for reckless driving on complaint of Fred Fisher , whoso buggy was badly wrecked by Ellis' carelessness. Mrs. 1'isher was seated In the buggy , which was tied at the { curb whin Ellis drove by with a heavy I wagon. Ho did not observe that Fisher's horse was tied and ho shouted to the woman to drive up so that he could pass clear of the car track. This direction was disre garded and the wagon crashed into the buggy , overturning It and throwing Mrs , Fisher to the ground. She escaped , how ever , without Injury. Took IllH Mimry. Joseph Hlnz of Aukenncy , la , , lout $20 tea a sucak thief , who snatched It from hit' liar ' as hu was purchasing a rlcket at the ' wlii-ow of ono of the Midway concessions' ' jcsterday. ' Hlnz was tendering the bill In paymcuty for his ticket wlion the sneak crept up bc-1 hind him and grabbed It. Several of the exposition guards who onjr the thief running sought to capture h/ i but were unable to do so. ' Injured l > > a KaHliifc Cram- . P1TTSBUHG , Sept. 21. Five men wcro in jured at tbo new government dam at Ne- vlllo Island , near Coiaopolls , Pa. , by the breaking of a largo traveling crane. Two cf the men are In a critical condition and may die. Their names nro M Evans , Mon- tour Junction , Noah Stanley , Evansvliro , Ind. , Martin Beck , Wellsburg. W. Va . John Young , Uvansvlllp , Ind , William White , Plttsburg. Evans and Stanley aio Injured Internally nnd aru not expected to recover. The accident was caused by the breaking of a steel guy line of the crane , which precipi tated a largo derrick sixty feet above the crane to the ground. In Its descent the derrick tore away the supports of the crane , which crashed down upon the workmen. A huge block of stone , which was bring raised when the guy line broke , fell a illbUnce of forty-live , feet among a group of workmen , but fortunately the men ran for their lives and all but fho escaped Injury. Unprovoked KANSAS CITY , Sept. 21. A special to the Star from Yuokon , Okl. , says' A cold-blooded , unprovoked murder wa committed today ono mlle west of this place. A Choctaw , Oklnhoma & Gulf section crow had lifted Us hnndcar from the track to give the right of way to a passenger t'rain , when a man named Draper , emerging unnoticed fiom some brush , deliberately stabbed James Davis , one of tbo section men , to the heart. Draper U 00 years old , a bachelor , and for many years has lived the lifeof a hermit Davis leavei a large family of children. No motive for the crlmo Is known. Olllcers are pursuing Draper. This Special Organ Sale Is proving n success simply because the bargains aie beie an wo advertise thorn New organs at ? JC ) , SSli , ? 0(1 ( , * 7is and .fStt-ifO cash and ? 5 n month not old second-hand organs but bright , new ones , light from tbe factory with the gloss of the finishing touches hardly dry this ? H1 organ Is a beauty s-oltd oalc antique llnlsh 10 Mops 1 knee swells hand carved high back bevel pinto minor and mouse pi oof no such organ opportunity has ever piesented itseir before. A. HOSPE , Itt 00 ! ) AH l513 Douglas Take it by Flash Light- Any one can take tl.iHh light inclines If they will Just follow tbo direction ) ! In n little book entitled "Pictures by I'liish LlKht , " It's not Midi u lur e boolc but tbtit jon r-un learn everything In It -ho\v to KL-t It will yon go to tbo cor ner of Ifith und Knuinm nnd no cast lo 110S , on the bomb hide of rarnani and ask for It It's frew for the coining alter and you'd bo glad to ji.iy Me lor It after you have leaincd all that is be tween tbe ( overn It's a boolc lor betflti' eii > It tcachea them how TheAloe&PenfoldCo Amatear I'holo 8opi > " Motile. HM Ktrnum Street. OocxMltt Puton Hotel , .