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THE OMAHA DAILY JVEE : THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 2J ) , 181)8. ) SMITH'S ' STATEMENTS FALSE Popocratio Deputy Attorney General Stoopa to Willful Falsehood I STUPID STORY ABOUT EBRIGHT CASE " F L" < . llnynnril Itv- i ( it MnUr .liiiluc oniillilr for Unlpllinii | 'iioU- of Smyth nntl JIuU ' < 1 tl K Committee. LINCOLN. Sept. as.-rspeclal. ) The pop- ocrnts were preparing to go on the stump with a story about Judge Hnyward and his connection with the Kbrlght case at Nebraska - braska City and Kd I' . Smith launched the story in his speech here last Monday night. Smith said that Hayward arlcd ns attorney for Ebrlght and for the stntn at the same time and that ho dismissed thn case against Ebright. This story was not true , and Dep uty Smith wns In a position to know that It was not true. The development of the matter and proof of the falsity of the chargco made by Smith , It Is believed , will net as a boomerang against the popocrnts. It seems now that the question most concerning the public la , why cither Smyth or Smith was not on hand to prosecute the ISbrlght case ? In fact It looks as If they tried to Involve Judge Hayward In the case In the first place with the hopes that It would embar rass him In hU candidacy. In order to got at the truth of the matter Judge Hayward wns Interviewed today In regard to the Smith Btory. JuilK * * lliiy nril'n Vrrnlnn. "I had nothing whatever to do with the case , " said Judge Hayward , "and was not present In the court room when It was tried. The original Information was'made cither by Paul Jessen , the county attorney of Otoe county , or by the attorney general. The cnso wn begun sometime last winter or spring and a continuance wag taken. In the meantime Jcssen rnllstcd and went to war , and myself and the other attorneys ol Nebraska C'lty volunteered to take care ot his business without charge during his ab sence. Before leaving. Mr. Jossen Instructed me not to have nnythlug to do with the Ebrlght case , saying the attorney general would attend to It. The county Judge ol Otoe county appointed me ns acting countj attorney , It being necessary to have some one to sign Informations In the absence ol Mr. Jcsson. It was my understanding thai the attorney general wns to coino to Ne braska City to take charge of the Kbrlghl case and I paid no attention to It. The day before It was set for hearing , however , Mr Jlutz telephoned me from Lincoln that he was coming and asked mo to get ready foi the trial. I answered him that I would nol try the cnso and that he must bring the attorney general or get some other attorney Mr. Mutz came to Nebraska City and caller me up , and Insisted that I take charge oi the case ; I again refused and wo hnd sorm words over the matter. It was amicably or ranged , however , and I tvcnt forV. . C Sloan , one of our ablest criminal lawyers introduced him to Mr. Mutz and Sloan tool charge of the case for the state. "It Is my understanding that the trla lasted during the entire day , and that I was dismissed by the county Judge. I wai not present In the court room at any tlmi during tbii trial. I was never nttorney foi Kbrlght In nny cnso In my life. Sometlmi about three years ago I , In conjunction wit ) four other attorneys , represented the slat. In a case affecting the status of the bllm asylum. " .ItnlKO .Joyce Deiiounot'N II , County Judgo- Joyce of OCoe county , li whoso court the Kbrlght case was heard was also Interviewed today. He had no hen itatton In branding t'ho Smith story as ai absolute falsehood. "Mr. Hayward had nothing to do will Bho trial of the Ebrlght case , " said Judgi Joyce. "Somo tlmo before the date of thi trial ho told mo that the attorney genera would come down to take charge ot tli trial , an ho had Informed Mr. Murz thn inch a course would bo necessary. Whci the attorney general failed to appear 01 the day of the trial Mr. Sloan , one of on local attorneys , took charge of the case 01 Sehalf of the state and Judge Hayward wa no8 present during the trial. After tli contest had proceeded for several hour Mr. Murphy , nttorney for Kbrlght , ntovci to dismiss the case for want of sulllclen evidence. I sustained the motion and tli case was dismissed , Mr. Mutz told mo Chn the attorney general never said anythlni to him about coming down to take charg of the trial. Ho could not tell why In aOtorney general did not come. " .Mart IliMve tin ( lip Warpath. For many years one of the promlneu workers among the populists and popocrat was Mart Howe , an old soldier. Althoug ho was no plnco hunter he wns recognize by Uio popocrnts at one tlmo by recclvln an appointment In the Soldiers' Home a Cirand Island. Ho lost this place becaus he exposed a cheap goods contract whcreb the old soldiers wore furnished with worm prunes and other stuff of the same clcsi Last year Mr. Howe was secretary of th populist ) state committee and did good serv Ice for his party. Ilut It seems there ar rome things Hint Mr. Howe will not boo In sllenco and one of them Is the recor of Land Commissioner Wolfe. The Uee few day * ago published nn abstract c WoTfo's record during the civil war and o Investigation Mr. Howe found the abstrac to bo correctly taken from the public ret ords of the Htato of Indiana. Ho has wrll ten an open letter to the old soldiers of fli ntnto commenting on this record , as foi lows : Comrades , what do you think of It ? Ft a quarter of a century I have been personal ! acquainted with "Undo" Jake. Every yet that ho ran for otnce In Lancaster count tlu > charge wan made by the old soldlei that he was a "copperhead" during the wr nml belonged to the "Knights of the Ooldc Circle , " and It wns vehemently denied I him and his friends. Since 18f > 0 I have bet in the reform movement In this state an "Uncle. " Jake has been put forward as oi champion from this county and hns boon oi nomlneo nearly every year for some pln ( P- on the stnto ticket. This same charge has been sprung on hi each tlmo and was combated with equ. . l force by myself and other old soldiers In th county. "Uncle" Jnko said , "It wns S niter tor Wolfe , who hag no connection with hln and Hint ho supported every war measure I the leglHlnture. " I took his word and bi lleved his statement to bo true. Hut let's have the sequel. The ofllco of commissioner of public lain and buildings has always been u "soldiers' office. No time slnco Us creation In 1S75 hi there been less than one-halt of It en ployes ex-Union soldiers. The Janitors I and around the building have all , with bi ono -exception , been soldier * . There are tc employes in Wolfe's offlce six males at : four females , and not nn ex-Union boldlc Ho will say he has one : It's not true , man that was drafted February 2 $ . ISC wns no soldier. There are seven Janitor engineers , etc. , employed byVolfo. . but or f > ldler In the outfit. Wo have over 250 ex-Union soldiers I Lincoln nml thousands In the Kate , wl voted for thU old "copperhead. " I hn\ great respect for the man or men who fougl us In the front from ' 61 to 'fir > . Th < thought they were right. They wei whipped and accepted the results graceful nnd today the ox-Union soldier can Ul them by the hand and honor them. II what can be said of the cowardly whe who stayed at homo and did everything his power to assist the south ? Who was sympathy with that clan of fiends who o Konlzed and drove old Union men out of tl country , ravished their daughters , poisom their wells of water , killed Union soldle who were home on furloughs' * This was tl Of Mien J , V. Wolfe trained with southern Indiana from 'fit to 'Gil. Soldiers of Nebraska , can you endorse tuch a record ? There nro 20,000 ex-t'nlnn wldlers In this Mate. Wo are becoming old nnd feeble. If wo do not defend ourselves , no ono will hflp us. Let's "rally" together once morn. Who knows better our sufferings nnd needs than nn old comrade. Stand together , boys , ns solid ns the "rock of Chlckntunuga. " tic rue to yourselves nnd your comrades and all will end well. MAUT HOWB. Company I ) , Thirty-fourth Ohio volunteers. Mill-din Ioraliilcx , Omaha people at the hotelsAt the Lin- lell Charles W. I'earsell , Miss Mullen , V. 3. Wilson , .1. r. Pelden. At the Lincoln 2. V. Venquest , James Klchards. John C. Cowln. H. li. Chapman. The October term of the fedcrnl court at Jncoln will begin next Monday. The most 'mportant criminal cases to be handled arc hose of offenders ngalnst the United States postal lawn If the court Is still In session t will adjourn on October 11 to allow the members of the court , the attorneys nnd the urymen to attend the Jubilee congress nt Jmnhn. The Lancaster county fair , which IB now n progress. Is mnklng nn excellent show- ng nnd while the attendance has not grown o -very large dimensions It Is believed that .ho gate receipts will bo equal or more than .hoso of last year. The parade of the school children was the feature of today. It took ilnco In the city and on the street leading : o the fair grounds. About fifteen country schools were represented and the city school children were out In force , making a very attractive parade. The wind and dust In- erfcred with the program of races for to- lay , but It Is expected that with good weather tomorrow the speed program will attract a good crowd. COLONEL GIFFIN ON THE CAMP Sururon In Cliai-RC of KtornhcrK llon- Iiltal Dcfi-nilN the Natural Con- illtloiin nt ( 'lilokainaiiKU. LINCOLN , Sept. 28. ( Special. ) Colonel It. B. ( Jlflln of this city , surgeon In charge of the Sternberg hospital at Chlckamaugn , is In Lincoln on a short furlough. Ho take ? Issue with the sensational statements made In n portion of the press upon the unhealthy conditions prevailing at the park. He says It Is one ot the healthiest places In the country which could have been chosen for a great military encampment. All the condi tions , he says , nro conducive to good health , and that the troops which have been en camped there would certainly have enjoyed good health If the proper care nnd precau tions had been taken to preserve health. The sickness has been caused , ho says , by the Improper and negligent manner In which the sanitary regulations recommended by the army surgeons have been enforced. The colonel speaks hlThlv of the condi tion of the camp of the Second Nebraska nnd says the sickness In that reclment Is duo largely to thp laxity of the com manders of other regiments. It was this condition which caused the colonel to rec ommend to the War department to separate the regiments into camps several miles apart , that those who cared for themselves should not bo caused to suffer from the neglect of others. The secretary of war adopted the recommendation , but was forced to swerve from his purpose by the demands of thu people that the soldiers be sent tc their respective states , which action the colonel thinks was unwlso. Colonel Gltlln nlso denies the statement of lack of supplies In his department foi the care of the sick. Ho says there was an abundance , that ho was furnished wltti everything he asked for , and that the Wai department asked no questions as to ex pense In the handling of his department. "VVorKliiK < > ii < > T 'l < - , > lioiie IInc. COLUMHUS. Neb. , Sept. 2S. ( Speclal.- ) The Nebraska Telephone company have o largo force of men at work building a line from Scward to this city. This , when com pleted , will glvs this part of the state dl- rect communication with Lincoln and the south. It Is the Intention , ns soon as the line reaches this city , to build on west tc Grnnd Island via Genoa and Fullcrton This will establish several new telephom exchanges nnd will make Columbus quite n central point. It is expected that tin work will bo completed In two months. A traveling representative of a St. Louis commission house , who has been prcttj thoroughly over this part of the state tin last ten days , says he thinks the corr crop hero will bo the large end of half ! crop. There nro many who think that h < has estimated too low. He was througl n largo part of the Irrigated district am was very enthusiastic over what he saw. The Hoard of Supervisors are In scsslot and It quite probable that negotiations wll bo closed at this meeting for the purchasi of a tract of land near the new wager bridge on the Loup river which will gtvo tlu county a chance to build a protection. Tlu river has been threatening the bridge foi some timo. HIMV Annum < > llclnln. ! BEATRICE , Neb. . Sept. 28. ( Specln Telegram. ) Today as ono of the Liberty sa loon cases was about to be called In countj court. Constable Richards of that place served a warrant upon Attorney L. M. Pom- berton and endeavored to carry him fron the court house with the Intention of taklnj him to Liberty. Several court house at taches Interfered nnd after an exciting tussle slo Peuiborton was released. Sheriff Nel son served papers upon the constable It a writ of habeas corpus nnd Pemberton wai allowed to proceed with the cat > s In court The complaint upon which Pemberton wni r.rroatcd Is based upon the sensational oc currences nt Liberty several weeks ago when Pemberton was assaulted by the vll lnTO ? marshal while In the progress of i hearing bcforo the village board and ac ciued Pembcrton of resisting an officer The constable secured the names of several eral who took part In today's melee , Includ Ing J. C. Emery and Walter Noel , clerk In the ofllces of district and county clerk and says ho will swear out warrants to their arrest for Interfering with an office In the performance of his duty. llrniiluii nt Mi-Cook. ' M'COOK. Neb. , Sept. 28. ( Special Tele gram. ) The reunion today gives promts of being a satisfactory success. The at tendance Is increasing and the next tw days will see n great gathering. Governo Holcomb arrived In the city on the earl morning train and this afternoon dcllvere 5 | an appreciated address to the school chll dren , who nttended In a body , marchin with flags Hying to Camp Merrltt , 70 strong. The afternoon program was take by the Woman's Relief corps .and they con eluded with a. reception of most attractIve Ivo particulars , refreshments , music , etc This evening a concert by the brigade ban nnd an Interesting campflre filled up day the most promising In the life ot th leunlon. Governor Holcomb also addresse the campflre this evening. Tomorrow \ L. Hayward. C. E. Adams , W. P. McCrenr and other well Known Nebraskans will ad dress the veterans and a concert and camp nre will conclude the day's program. Snlillcr I.iilil to Urn ! . WILCOX. Nob. . Sept. 28. ( Speclnl. ) Th remains of 1'rlvato A. 0. Athes , Company I Third Nebraska regiment , arrived hero toda from Jacksonville. They were taken I charge by the members of the local lods of the Modern Woodmen of America , c which order he wns a member , and Interre according to tbo ritualistic work of thn order. Out of six young men who wen from this place Athes was the strongest an o | largest , but was the first to be taken awa ] ' Ills death was caused by typhoid fever. Sillloll lUMlllloll , SUTTON. Neb. , Sept. 28. ( Speclal.- ) This town Is In holiday nttln business places and residences ar profusely decorated with the na tlonal colors. Citizens and visitors alike ar tilled with patriotism , There is already largo crowd on the ground nnd before the close of the week a larger crowd than has been at the preceding encampments Is ex pected. Last evening the city band serenaded thojo in camp. ThU afternoon the mayor welcomed the visitors nnd turned the city over to the Grand Army of the Republic. Ho spoke words of commenda tion to the veterans of ' 61. Captain W. P. Henry responded In nn enthusiastic manner. Pcmbelton's band gave n concert after the program. Prof. Saylor of Lincoln speaks at the camp flro this evening. si.v oiTiiTJ sncoMi's SICK stux. I. eft nt riilfliimiaiiKM tn He Si-nt Home at Onc'o. LINCOLN , Sept. 28. ( Special. ) Night be- ere last General Harry received a message rom the surgeon In charge of the hospital at Chlckamaugn saying that six members of the Second Nebraska there could bo sent lome If the authorities of this state would provide the necessary transportation for the medical attendants. Arrangements looking o this end are being made nt the present ime. In reply toan Inquiry sent by Gen eral Harry the following message was re- elved today : CHICKAMAUGA , Sept. 28. Route ever any lines you wish. Will wire time of ar- Ival In Omaha. The men are Douglas , < * nll , Melnke , Taylor , West and Purnell. All need hospital or doctor temporarily. B. C. CARTER. It Is hoped that the transportation can ic arranged so that the men will be started lome tomorrow. Unity. TRENTON. Neb. . Sept. 28. ( Special. ) "or weeks this town and the surrounding county has been flooded by circulars ndvor- Islng a rally for today. A great effort was made to Interest the. people and get out a. largo crowd , but to no avail. The big crowd failed to materialize. Only nn ordi nary' crowd wore present nt 1 o'clock when ho principal speaker. Senator W. V. Allen , was Introduced ntnld a few feeble cheers. Us speech was a rehash of speeches he has ) een making for the last three years with i little war talk Infused Into It. Ho was ollowed by Congresman R. I ) . Sutherland and J. F. Cornell and others. From a boom standpoint the meeting was a flat failure and the populists nro correspondingly de pressed. Hn > N for ( lie .Slnlf Senate. NORFOLK , Neb. , Sept. 28. ( Special Tele gram. ) The Eleventh district senatorial convention was held at the Oxnard hotel parlors In this city this afternoon. After an Informal ballot Hon. John R. Hays of Norfolk was nominated unanimously by ac clamation. Mr. Hays did not seek the nomi nation and was out of the city today. H Is understood , though , that he will accept the nomlnntlon so unanimously tendered him. As ho Is an Ideal candidate , ho will make a strong race and will undoubted ! " elected. The convention was fully repre sentative and entirely harmonious. HriieliiK rp n Weak Cniiillilntv. EMERSON , Neb. , Sept. 28. ( Special. ) The democratic nnd populist senatorial central commltfees mot here today to try to per suade W. H. Morgan , who received the plum September 2 nt the convention , but after ward resigned , to reconsider his resignation as a candidate. Many telegrams were sent and Mr. Morgan appeared on the grounds nnd n pence Jubilee was had and then din ner and another jubilee and much talk. Morgan flnalry promised to try to make the race. Old SfttltTH' IMuulc. WEST POINT , Neb. , Sept. 28. ( Special. ) The old settlers' picnic at Deemer In this county yesterday was -well attended. A large delegation attended from West Point and surrounding towns. Political candidates were very numerous. Among the most nota ble ot the strangers present was Judge Nor- rls of Wayne , candidate for congress. The Judge , by his suavity and urbane manner , mndo hosts of friends among the people present. IlniiKcd lllnihelf. AURORA , Neb. , Sept. 28. ( Special. ) Valentino Farney , an old resident of this county , committed suicide last night by hanging himself to n tree. Mr. Farney had teen mentally unbalanced for some time past , but of late had appeared rational. Ho was 63 years of age , highly re spected by all who knew him and In fairly good circumstances. Ho leaves a widow , two sons and two daughters. DenifiorntH lOniloi-ne n I'opnllHt. HEMINGFORD , Neb. . Sept. 28. ( Special Telegram. ) The democratic county conven tion was held hero today. W. M. lodeuce , populist candidate for county attorney , was nominated by the democrats. F. H. Smith , P. Collins , M. Shrlnek , W. J. Bean and T. J. O'Kcefe were elected delegates to attend the democratic congressional conven tion at Broken Bow on September 30. .lolniHoii CountFnlr. . TECUMSEH , Neb. , Sept. 28. ( Special.- ) The annual Johnson county fair opened hcrt yesterday. The entries are numerous and meritorious. A good speed program Is be ing carried out. Today was children's rtaj and about all the school children of the county were in attendance. Wmit theHOJIH Sent Home. GENEVA , Neb. , Sept 28. ( Special. ) The mothers and wives of the boys of Company 0 , First regiment , sent n telegram to Pres ident McKlnley yesterday evening , petition ing him to return the First regiment If the quota of Nebraska volunteers Is to be low- ered. IteruiulliiK ItonilN Sold. HASTINGS , Neb. , Sept. 23. ( Speclal.- ) The city council met In a special session lasl night and sold the refunding bonds of Hast ings , amounting to $225,000 , to Spltzcr & Co. of Toledo , O. , at 4"6 per cent par , less commission of $35,000. KnrmiN County Fnlr. BEAVER CITY , Neb. . Sept. 28. ( Specia ! Telegram. ) This Is the first day of tht Furnas county fair. The exhibition Is firs class. Prof. J. F. Saylor of Lincoln ad dressed a largo audience on the grounds thl ! afternoon. To Work nn OH Vein , HOMER. Nob. . Sept. 28.-Speclal. ( ) Tin oil run which was recently sunk here It the bluffs wilt bo worked. A stock com pany has been Incorporated and preparation ! to sink some wells will be begun immedi ately. flironle Ulnrrliofii Cured , This Is to certify that I have had chronii diarrhoea over since the war. I got so weal I could hardly walk or do anything. Oni bottle of Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera am Diarrhoea Remedy cured me sound nn' well. J. R. Glbbs. Flncastle. Va. XIMV YorUi-rn , Attention ! Native New Yorkers , resident In Ne braskn- Your attention Is directed to th fact that Saturday , October 8 , will be Nev York day at the exposition. Some of tlv most prominent men from the Emtilro Rtat will be present. A meeting vill be held a the Commercial club rooms on Friday , Sep tember 30 , at 1 p. m. , to arrange for thf-l proper reception and enterfilnmont nnd tli organization of a state society. R > * tdcn Now Yorkers willing to Join In this courtos ; will report at above time nnd place. It I expected addresses will be made by Chauu cey M. Depew and other New Yorkurn rt i banquet to I be given on the rxposltloi grounds. Sheep .Man l > lnppenr . Inquiry has been made in this city for i consignment of 2,000 sheep sent to Cox Jones & Cox , commission dealers at Soutl Omaha , by Otto Brown of Corona , Cede Brown has mysteriously dlstppearcd otid I Is believed by his friends that he hat beci robbed and murdered , _ . 'I1 ST , LOUIS' ' AWFUL HOLOCAUST One Person Dead , Another Missing and Others Are Fatally Injured. EXPLOSION IN SPORTING GOODS STORE I'lrcnirn nml VnaaprnltjAinonu Suf- ferern Hurt Iiy I'ljlnir Dclirln ( Irln Coinppllril to .lump fur Life. ST. LOUIS , Sept. 28. An explosion of powder In the rear of the four story building at 410 North Fourth street , occupied by C. & W. McClaln , fishing tackle and sporting goods , set the store on nro and caused Us destruction and resulted in the injury of u number ol people. The dead : 1'AULINK IinUDEK , fatally hurt la Jumping from upper story window ; died without recovering consciousness. Missing : Virginia Ilcderford , believed to have per ished. Fatally Injured : Florence Hlgby , In a dying condition at city hospital. List of injured : Tom Gorman , salvage corps ; cut by glass. Joe Angelo , englno company No. 15 ; cut by glass. Joe Uetler , engine company No. 6 ; hit by falling wall. Fred Bohlcd , engine company No. 10 ; cut by fallllng bricks and hurt in runaway of hose reel. Herman Janscn , struck by flying glass. Caleb T. Stone , cut by glass while pass ing the store. A. Tagolls , knocked down by runaway hose led. Annlu Koblnsky , seriously Injured by falling class and debris. W. A. McKenzIe , both wrists sprained. J. Fratz , truck No. 6 ; cut by glass. Lewis Moll , aged 15 ; right hand burned. KIcnard Winters , employed at McClatn's ; arm cut by glass. J. A. Vail , son-ln-lav.p of J. H. Crane , badly hurt while trying to Intercept the fall of .Miss Hlgby. Kobert Russell , engine company No. 6 ; wrist cut. John Divine , englno company No. 3 ; head cut by glass. Virginia Kcdcrfonl , n stenographer In the McClaln office. Is missing and It Is believed that she perished In the flames. The first explosion occurred In the base ment of the McClaln building , where a quantity of powder and shells had been stnrod. lu net fire to the building and shat tered the glass fronts for some distance along Fourth street. On the third floor of the McClaln building four young women were at work. Magglo DInkel , ono of the women , escaped by walking along a nar row ledge in front ro the next building south. Kate Weldon , Kate Gaull nnd Flor ence Hlgby were unable to do this. They anxiously waited for thu firemen to put up ladders and take them away from their position , which became more perilous every moment ) from the spreading names. The firemen took out ono of the women , but by some mischance they dropped her to the pavement. The other two , cut by glass and burned by the flames that were nearly con suming them , Jumped to the pavement and were taken to the city hospital In a critical condition. A second explosion sent bricks and glass flying among athe firemen , In juring flvo of them. Two , It Is re ported , cannot live. This explosion frightened a team hitched to a reel and tlu horses ran away , Injuring one fireman ami a citizen. Less than an hour after the fire started the walls ot rho McCliln bulldlnp fell. The loss will probably aggregate mart than $100,000 , partially Insured. The build ing is owned by a resident ot New Hamp shire and nothing can be learned about II here. McClnln & Co. , carried J59.000 Insur ance on their stock and fixtures. It Is nol known how the explosion was caused. Haley AKilii Uiitlor Arrpnt. T. C. Haley , n young man from Kansas City , was detected , It Is alleged , taking a diamond set watch from a trav at the fctort of Coombs & Co. yesterday afternoon. One of the proprietors. E. O. Furen , caught Haley ns he was leaving the store and held htm until an officer was summoned. The watch. It Is alleged , was found In the young man's pocket. Furcn says that Haley entered the store and asked to sec some ladles' cold watches and n tray was shown him. His action ? were so suspicious , Mr. Furon said , that he watched him and saw him t.ike n watch , after which ho turned nway with the re mark that ho would not purclrisc ono then , but would later. Hastily placing his trny Furen ran from behind the counter and caught Haley as ho was about to leave. Haley Is the youth who was tomovecha ago nrrested for the alleged' theft of ? 20C from the trunk of n woman roomer In tht building at Thirteenth and Hownrd streets , Of this charge ho was exonerated. TODAY'S WEATHER FORECAST Iiullnii Summer SUIeH Are ( n He Kol. lowed Now liy Tlirentenlnir Hle- iiKMttn mill FrlvoIotiH Wind * . WASHINGTON , Sept. 28. Forecast foi Thursday. For South Dakota Partly cloudy weather ; cooler , raster ! : ' winds. For Iowa Threatening weather ; roolcr : variable winds. For Missouri Threatening weather ant showers ; cooler Thursday night ; varlabli winds. For Kansas Threatening weather anc showers In eastern portion ; cooler , varlabli winds , becoming northerly. For Nebraska Threatening weather cooler In eastern portion ; variable winds. For Wyoming Threatening weather ; va riable winds. I.oonl Heeoril. OFFICE OF WEATHER HURBAt' OMAHA , Sept. 2S. Omahu record of tern pernture and rainfall compared with thi corresponding1 day of the lust three yenrs 1S9S. 1S97. ISM. 189J Maximum temperature . . ni 90 C.1 I Minimum tempernture . . . C3 Cfi 40 4 I Average tempernturo 8 ( ( "S M D ' Rainfall 00 .00 .00 .0 Record of temperature nnd preclnltatloi nt Omaha for this day and since March 1 U'JS : Normal for the day r. Kxcess for the day 'i Accumulated excess since March 1 32 Normal rainfall for the day 03 Incl 'Deficiency ' for the day 09 Incl i Total rainfall .slneo March 1 22.50 Inche Deficiency since March 1 2.99 inche ; Deficiency corresp'fj period 1S97. . 9.31 Inche Kxcess corresp'K period ! S9i5 3.M Inche from StutloiiN lit S p. in. Omaha , clear i X5i HI .0 North Plntte. clear G 76 ] o | Salt Unko , cloudy C2 fa , .11 Cheyenne , part cloudy . . till H .u Rapid City , part cloudy. 00 , ( A .0 Huron , clenr ci ; T I ,0 \Vllllston. clenr SO , G ) .u Chicago , elenr 74 , 7C 0 St. Louis , elenr . . . \ XI , 90' . ( St. I'aul , part cloudy , 71 ; , i ) | .0 i Davenport , clear | M , bo > . ( > Helena , cloudy , 44 , 4s , . ( i , KansuH City , clear ! S2i 92 | ,0 ' Havre , cloudy i 52) ) 56 , C Hismurck , elear &s 6ti , , ( > Calveston. clear . | 7b | , | .0 J . A. WKISU. Jx > rai Forecast Oilrial. ) FOR THE LIBRARY CONGRESS ( ii Hie Con vention tr < * A I rnul jArrUInu 1'ronrnin for OI < * IIIIK Srnnliin. The Omaha public library la astir with preparations ( or the reception of delegates to the Transmlffllsslppl Library confess , which begins Ita sessions tonight. About fifty delegates , nil of whom nro either librarians or library experts , will arrive dur ing the day , not only from the transmls.Ms- sippt tcction , but from the east and south. Several arrived yesterday and will spend the Interval visiting the exposition. Among these nro : Wllllnm H. Hrott. former presi dent of the American Library nssorlntlon nnd llbr.irl.in of the public library nt Cleve land , O. ; 0. H. Mcleney of the Library bureau nt Chicago , nnd Miss Klectra C. Dorcn , librarian of the public library nt Dayton , 0. They have taken quarters at the Her Orand hotel , which will bo the head quarters of the visiting delegates. Most of the delegates to the Iowa State Library as sociation. to the number of thirty , will ar rive during the day , nnd their sessions will to Identical with those of the congress. The openliiR program tonight will consist of short addresses , followed by nn Informal reception. Welcoming remnrks will bo made by members of the library board and others , nnd there will be responses by William H. Urott nnd other visitors. No Invitations to the reception have been sent out , as It Is expected thnt the public will be In attendance without this formality. The regular sessions begin on Friday morning at 9 o'clock , nnd It should be understood that they have been planned so ns to be of gen eral , rather than of technical , Interest. NO POPULISTS NEED APPLY DcinocrntN .Make I p n Si'liool Hoard Tlekel Without CoiiMiiltliiK' Tlielr 1'itrtnern. ' Omaha populists have received another jolt of democratic efforts for hnrmonv In the nomination last night by the latter party of flvo candidates for positions on the Hoard of Education , no one of whom claims nlllllatlon with the populist party. Thn slight is aggravated In this case by the fact that the silver republicans secure two out o' the flvo places. The convention wns called on twelve hours' notice nnd the at tendance was necessarily small. The ses sion was brief nnd full of saccharine , the slate going through without sufficient op position to develop even passive Interest. Dr. A. H. Hippie wns made chairman of the convention nnd D. L. Shanahan secre tary. Nominations of candidates being called for , the names of Dr. J. C. Whin- nery , John D. Wr.ro nnd Charles Wilson , democrnts , nnd Dr. S. R. Towno nnd W. C. Turner , silver republicans , were pre sented. There being no others these five were chosen by acclamation and the con vention adjourned. I'M rut NelirnwUa Unlit * ; Well. OMAHA. Sept. 2S. To the Editor of The Bee : Seeing the enclosed In the Herald In duces mo to say that the dissatisfaction in the Thurston Rifles and the reft of 'he First Nebraska nt Manila Is a myth pure nnd simple. Members of my family re ceived a letter from one of the boys. Clinics Anderson , and Mrs. Solomon received three letters from her son Guy ( which came by the same steamer as did General Greene ) , and they both say that they are perfectly con tented and have plenty to ent and n gocxl plnco to sleep and as for standing guard forty-eight hours It Is a lie on the fac'e. They nro guarding the custom house and arc having a good tlmo ( to use their own words ) . And still the yellow dog howls. It Is t-'o ' bad the dogcntchcr Is ordered to cense bis work , as ho might rea ? n harvest down at the Fakcry. Respectfully , J. S. BENNETT. for tin ; Mlepn. The senior nnd Junior classes of tin Omaha High school began yesterday tlicl annual struggle for supremacy. The wes steps have been termed the "Senior bteps' and are claimed by that class as one o their special perquisites. At noon the Ju nlors charged In force in on cndenvor to dls lodge their opponents , who were establish ! at the top of the flight. After n short bu violent engagement the Juniors were re pulsed nnd fell back with slight loss. Tin damage was confined to several bumpei hends nnd rent jackets. Principal Lev Iston nnd Janitor Fitzgerald arrived nftei the first charge nnd prevented n second at tnck. The juniors sny that the end Is no yet. ns they are backed not onlv by superloi weight nnd numbers , but ns they claim , bj superior skill. LOCAL BREVITIES. A testimonial benefit will be given tr. John H. Murphy , "tho old wnrhorse , " nt the Oormnn village tonight. This will ho "visitors' night" nt the Hrlt- Ifh nml Canadian-American club. The pro gram will boKln at S o'clock. In addition to Its regular trains the Rock Island Is going to run two special trains from Chicago to Omaha on account of the travel for Chicago day nt the exposition. S. R. Cnllaway has taken out building permits to erect three two-story frame cot tages nrar Thirty-fifth nnd Cnllfotnln rtro-ts. Two nre to cost $1.200 and tin other $1,000. Uert Davis , a homeless colored boy In thf employ of Noah Thomas , 111 South Four teenth street , was taken seilouslv ill with lung fever yestordav ind rrmovcd to HIP Clarkpon Memorial ho ltal. All Habn , nn Assyrian camel driver , swoir out n warrant for one of the employee whose name ho did not know of the SlreeU of Cairo. Ho charges the unknown with having stolen $10 from hl pockets while ho slept. Charles T. Clark , a candy "butcher"'or Union Pacific passenger train No. ! , was arrested when the train arrived nt th < depot from the west on the chnrgc o ! larceny. Clark Is alleged to have stolen $ : from ono of the train's passengers. The hearing before Judge Scott on tht attempted mandamuslng of the city by Join O. Yelper , to compel the submission of tin Initiative tind referendum proposition to th < voters at the coming election , has been con tinued over until Friday morning. The Interior furnishingy of the city Jnl are being torn out preparatory to the re moval to the new quarters , which will oc cur today. A largo amount of wire m-reeii- Ing , together with a wagon load of lockers desks , etc. , has been carted to the nev building and the regular occupancy of I will begin tonight. Tbo suit begun last August by Kltcher Brothers against P. A. Phllbln to recovci J100 rent duo for the month of July on t store space In the Paxton hotel block win up before Justice W. A. Foster yesterday A Jury . was struck , but excepting tin appointment of a day for trial no other ac tion was token. The cose will come ui again for trial October 10. "For lr ycuru Ivimu victim ofdy- pcpBla In Us worst form I itmld cat nothlne but mllli touut , uml at times my btomuch would not retain and digest ctcn that. Lust March I began taklci ; CAbCARKTS and ulnco tlien I have Hteidllv Improved until I am cs well as I ever was in my life. DAVID II Munrur. Newark. O. PleiMnt. Palatable , Potent Ta te Good , no Good , Muroraicken Weaken orOrlpe. I0c 2JC.OUC. . . . CURE CONSTIPATION. . . . Sllrll.t tti 4 } C.-pii ; , tkkiio , M..lr.ll , JS.w Terl. Jit Bold n < l p'nr ni * d bj alldruc. ( iiuto clruEToutw Uabit. ' .OWBSg . SOUTH OMAHA NEWS. I A u-MMcn nsklnc tliii steps be tnken to have t''o . } street car llr.p extended to Thlf- ty-nlnta street has been ur dented to thr cltv oinu.ilA and it | j possible that tbo street car vcottle mav be requested to ex tend tie lino. At the p rnent tlmo the stub line etops at Thirty-third street. Forty- flvo : > ronerty owners who live west of Thirty-sixth strret have signed this peti tion and It Is asserted that fully 2f > 0 fam ilies would be benefited by the extension. When thi' change In the main line Is made theC } street cnr would stop at the east end of the Q street viaduct , thus making the run a very short one. On this account it Is thought likely that the ofllccrs of the street car company will see their way clonr to make the Improvement requested. Considerable opposition to the new main line project has developed within the last week or two. Business men near the cor ner of Twenty-fourth nnd N streets assert that their trade will bo greatly reduced It the motor trains run down N street to Twenty-sixth street , Instead of stopping where they now do. On the other hand , patrons of the cars , who nre employed nt the yards and packing houses , urge the extension , as it will do away with trans fers and land passengers very close to three of the big packing plants nnd the stock yards. The city council has given the street car company the right to make the extension and It la expected that work will com mence as soon ns the rush of travel Is over. Aliout Itond Maeliliiery. The council commlttco on viaducts , streets nnd alleys will Investigate the cost of n good road scraper nnd make a rojMrt nt the next mooting. The need of such ; v piece of machinery la ndmlttcd by nil nnd It Is prob able Hint a selection will bo mado. Street Commissioner Ross thinks that with a good team nnd s > ernper nnd a couple of men ho cnn keep the majority of the unpaved strcrts In peed condition for at least sfvcn months In 'tho ' year. It is estimated that the expense of a 'team ' and n scraper will not amount to over $500. IndlniiN liiMpeet Arinoiir'n. Yesterday noon Hill Llddlard , assistant su perintendent of the Indian congress , brought down n bunch of thirty-five Apaches and Arnpahoes. Among the notables In the pnrty wns Geronlmo , the old Apache chief , and Naitchl , tils lieutenant. The Indlnns were taken through the Armour plant nnd wore greatly Interested In the killing of cattle nnd hogs. When Geronlmo saw the rapidity with which hogs were killed ho remarked to In terpreter Stevens that thertwns no danger of thu whlto people running short of lard. . Milk IM llelter. Since the heavy rains of n couple of weeks ago the qunllty of milk to consumers In this city has greatly Improved. Out of ninety samples tested recently by Inspector Carroll every one was found to contain the requisite quantity of butter fat. Pas tures which were about dried out were re vived by the rains nnd the cows fared bet ter. Most all of the dairymen in this vi cinity have been compelled to feed grain at least once a day on account of short pasture. Itcceptloii to I'rof. Mnnro. An Informal and public reception will be tendered Prof. A. A , Munro nnd wife at the First PrpBbyterlnn church -this evening by the teachers of the public schools and other friends. A short program , consisting of vocal and Instrumental music , has been arranged and will bo rendered under the direction of Miss Jenn Hoyd Mullen. Rev. R. L. Wheeler , Rev. Irving P. Johnson , Prof. Wolfe nnd others will deliver addresses. A cordial in vitation Is extended to the public generally. Coiieornn tin * I.mailer Oolllriiet. Action on Mnyor EnSor'H veto of the lum ber contract. whMi was awarded some time ago , will most llkdy bo tnken at Friday night's meeting of the city council. In his veto the mayor sold .that 4hr contract was not awarded In acrordnnen with the bids re ceived nnd not to the lowest , bidder. Further than 'this ' the mayor asserts that in his opin ion all bids were too high. irnriiN u Dnrii. A houRo and barn belonging to John O'Rourko located just south of Jotter's brew ery cnught flro .yesterday afternoon. The barn was totally destroyed , but the flro In the house was extingulEhod before any great dniungn hnd boon done. Both hose rompni.les responded , but ns the nearest fire hydrant was some distance nway very llt.tlo service could bo rendered by 'the ' firemen. The loss is covered by Insurance. City ( ioNNlp , Rev. J. A. Johnson is reported to be quite sick. sick.Miss Miss Mary Flynn of Hastings Is hero visiting friends. The King's Daughters' will meet with Mrs. Allberry this afternoon. Colonel S. P. Decker of Ccresco was n visitor at the yards yesterday. The receipts of llvo stock nt the yards yesterday numbered 19,982 bend. Charles R. Unre nml wlfo of Ansley , Neb. , nre visiting frlond in the rlty. Mrs. F. R. Khepard nnd daughter Tempo nnd Misn Lizzie Lenta of Chicago are here vIsltliiB frlonds. A. Green of Atlantic City , No ) ) , , Is spend ing n few day.s in the city , the gus-st of 11. A. Carpenter. Mr. Greuu U on his way tc England , where ho will upend the winter with relatives. J. W. Stull of Armour's office force , Chi cago. Is spending a day or two here looking over the new plant. Mrs. E. S. Dimtnock returned last evenIng - Ing from n two months' stay nt the Kvauc hotel , Hot Springs , 8. I ) . The Onmlm authorities nre making soran Improvements to Twentv-thlrd street b - twren Vlnton nnd A street ? . J. J. Barnes , who has been chief of th flro department nt Armour's slnco the plant opened , has resigned to accept n better po sition. It was reported on the niroets y terday that P. J. Barrett , prtaldenl of the city council , would succeed Thomas Brcnnan as chief of police. Mlin Emma Pcrrlne of Chicago and Mrs. Mary Roberts of Ashland are the guest * uf Mr. nnd Mrs. T. I ) . Perrlne nt Twonty- fourth nnd E streets. The members of the Board ot Replst-n'.bn appointed nt the recent mooting of the coui- ell will be officially tmtlllod of their ap pointment today by the city dor * . It Is stated that "Red" Hroderlck. who IB supposed to have shot Jack Delvnrncy nt Trapp'a hall last Saturday night , Is In the city. Friends of Broderlck nswrt thnt ho did not run away nfter the shooting , as was reported. The Woman's Missionary society of the First Prenbytorlan church will mot thli afternoon with Mrs. Joseph M. Roberts , 1017 North Twenty-first street. The topic I * "Educational Work. " The meeting will la addressed by Mrs. R. L. Whorler , Mrs. Anna Murdock nnd Mrs. C. M. Rich. OpponliiK u I'nvInw Tn\ . The property owners along Webster street between Sixteenth ami Twenty-second , In cluding the trustees of the African Methodist Episcopal church , have begun suit In the district court against the city to contest the payment of the paving nnd curbing taxes for thnt portion of the street. It ban been paved with nsphaltum. They say no petition from n majority of the real property owners was ever presented to the city council and that the parties who signed the names S. G. Daman , Eliza P. Evans and Frank Chrysler to the petition that wns presented had no right to do so. The paving was ordered In 1SS9 , the cost t > elng limited to J2.CS per yard. The total assessment for that district ( No. 141) ) amounted to f22,73S.SI , which Included nn In spector's salary of JB-I.53 nnd other Items amounting to over $1,000 more than the actual cost of the Job. according to the statements of the complaint filed , The plaintiffs also charge thnt no engineer's esti mate wns over submitted. They therefore nsk thnt the ordinance bo annulled and the assessment set aside. SultN for IHvoree. In the district court yesterday Cathrlna Folcy brought n divorce suit against Junien Foley , alleging drunkenness nnd cruelty , and asking thnt her husband bo enjoined from molesting her at her homo , 2409 South Elnhtccnth street. They were married lu this city last April , She was a widow nnd has n daughter 11 yenrs old. Judge Scott Issued a temporary order of restraint ncalnst her husband pending the trial ot the case , Thomas Anthony has alee petitioned for a divorce from Mnbel Anthony. Ho chnrgea her with Infidelity , Their marriage oc curred In this city three years ago. They have an Infant boy , for the custody ol which ho nsks. Itching So Severe Could Not Keep From Scratching. Physician's Remedies No Benefit. Cured By Half Box Cuticura. At the tlmo that I sent fbr your book , I was ftuffcrinf ; from Kcznma on the right car. I could hardly keep my hands off the afflicted surf oe , the Itching was eo nerure. Kvcry time I would touch my car small liulililes would open emitting a watcry-llko substance , np- parontly poisonous , asvh n It was cnmniun * icatod to other parts of the bed ; it would produce tbo same irritation. One of the lead- in p doctors hero treated mo for a rrhilu nnd fcpplled the usual physician's remedies without - , out bcnoflt. My brother was using CtTlcuitA nt the time and recommended that I try It. ' houghtaboxof CUTicrniointm ( < intand ) had thesatlsfactlonof scoitiKlmmedlate progress. The first application < ca fonthivy , and bc fore the box wnamfonc / . the itiiease hnd ilit. nipraroami I am pleased to say that tbcro has never been any recurrrnco of the trouble. II. O 1IAUNET , CU Race St. , Cluii. , O. Tcb 2,1S3. I wish to ndvlso you of my appreciation of t'UTirriiA SOAP , and the marvellous tH > neHs ! I have derived by Its use. Heforo using Cirri' c nn Ser , my face and hands wern Just a rough at they could IIP , nnd my faro was aV covered with pimples , I was unfit to look at , but nf tor using CtrnocuA SOAP three weeks my face was equal to velrrt. Feb. , 18-J8. PAUL nri'JIE , dialer , La. BrrrnTCnittTsiATiniiTninEvKitrKiKriornioon iHDfr'ci-f llriioR. Warm l > ntti with Cr-Hrrr * fov , crntle inobtinii vllh Ctmcrii , purnl ot cmnlilfnl kin fi"- , and mllil dnri of CrTiei-iti KIIOLTIBT , srrtteit nf blowl purtflrr * in l humor cnrti , rhnotlhfTorlil. HOTTM DRICI AMnCniy , Con r. , dole Prop * . , notion. "How loCurr Kcitnu"lr * . l ! We have just received a carload oi' thsi very popular and useful combination bookcases , of solid oak , highly polished and carved piece , with French bevel pattern mirror , side bracket , adjustable shelves and cabinet , price § 11. HO. Slrt.nO f > r larger ona in imitation mahogany or oak , highly polished , 2 funny side brackets ant. largo I-Vetich bt-vol mirror , up to the vorv cho'co ' pleven at $17 , S18.RO to $ ! ll ) . ( ) in hullil mahogany. Thin elegant parlor stand , highly polished , in mahogany , bird's eye maple or quartered oak , 10-in patent topprice only 95 cents , Sideboards. Haiulhomo solid onk Hidubourdu , dou ble top , cast brass trimmings , largo French bevel mirror 17xIW InolicH , ni/o of top'J4xlS. Polished and carved. Host of value , $18.00 Others ranging from $0.25 , $10.00 , $12.75 up. 1414-16-10 Douglas Sf. * * _ ,
