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TTTTU fVNfATTA TJATT/V JJ"PT ? ' ! o THE OMAHA DAILY TCEE : .PTUDAY , SEPTEMBER 30 , 1808. oliMJAI oUlUUL \ Attendanca and Offering the Subject of I/ / | Morning Conference. SCHOOLS SHOULD S'JPPORT ' THEMSELVES nn to HIMT to Olitnln ( lit * Attendance nuil .Sretiro ( In.Men UN ( or ( hi ; MiiliilPiinni'c of the I if A "quiet hour" was the flrat thing on the program of the TrnnBinlBslnslppI Sunday School congrctfl when It commenced its third day's proceedings In the First Metho dist Kpiscop.il church. This was Its form of devotional exercises with which to begin the work. The second of Dr. Merrill's scries of Mblo studies on the "I'lcturo of Jesus" followed. Ho sol. before his audience the "Artbit'fl Ideal. " From Matthew's gospel he found the Ideal of Christ as the Son of David and King of Israel , from Mark's as the Bon of Uod , from Luke's as the mani festation of God to man and of man to Clod and from John's as the eternal word , ever with Oed and by Whom and through Whom All tblugn were created. An Interesting feature of the morning's Cession was the singing of No.II of Prof. Exocll'd book of uucrcd Bongs. The author of U. Dr. 15. T. Casael of Hastings , Neb. , was present and was called to the rostrum lo Join Prof. Kxcell In leading the singing. Ho received something of an ovation. Its title IB "Loyalty to Christ" Th u came the conferences. The first was a general one on attendance and offer ings. W. J. Scmelroth gave a continuation of his views on "Homo Study. " Ho Bug- Rested various mcthoda promising greater proficiency , such as the self-study method , the social method , the literary method ( the class being segregated Into biographers , historians , explorers and theologians ) , the public recognition method to encourage faithfulness and the bible class plan. He called attention also to the roll of honor plan of J. 3. Kberhart of Chicago. From the ainllcncd came testimonies as to the efficiency of various methods of Insuring Rood attendance , such as the Loyal Army plan , public recognition and conferring ol badges , and , particularly to bring out the young men , homo study , putting them In the normal classes , up-to-dato teachers and so cial features to conclude the class meetings , ( liicntloii of OITcrliiRH. State Secretary Marlon Lawrence of Ohlc devoted fifteen mlnutee to 'tho question ol Sunday school offerings. Ho considered "offerings" a better word than "collections , ' nnd also regarded that feature as a form o worship. Various plans to Increase th < offerings were enumerated by him , and hi alluded to a New York Sunday school of 40 ( Rcholars , until lately superintended by Franl Ferris , which gave $1,000 a year to forelgt mission's nlono , every scholar giving some' thing at every meeting for months wlthoui emu omission. The plan of his own school hi outlined. Ho would have the Sunday schoo endeavor to support Itself nnd also pay par of the cxpcnso of Us meeting In the church such as the cost of fuel. Ho dli not favor the Idea of the church bearing nil the burden of the school's support nnii then have the school's offerings all go to th < benevolent fund. Three-fourths of the sun of the offerings might go to the benevolenl fund. The scholars should always bo full ] Informed of what the specific object of theli benevolence was to be , such as supportlnt a llttlo girl In India at a mission school for instance , or maintenance of one of th JIcCoul missions In Franco. Tho'next speaker of this conference was Prof. H. M. Hamlll of Jacksonville , III. one of the , International field workers. H < arrived during the morning. A Cbautauquc salute of handkerchief waving greeted hlrr cis It had the day previous when n. P. Jacobs appeared. Prof. Hamlll's subject was "Appliances nnd Their Uses. " He wai rather Inclined toward simple and straight forward methods. An old colored preachei 'of his boyhood days was wont to slmplj spread out n table nnd net a basket upon It and have the mcmbori of hlR flock come forward am deposit their mite. According to the phllo Bophy of this dusky servant of the Lori H was mandatory to give to the Lord "the ; had been foreordained to give something. ' Prof. Hamlll did not bellovo this plan couli be Improved upon. Three Conference * . The congress divided Itself Into three sec tlons , ono being a primary conference , an other a conference of senior and Intermedl ate departments and the third being a fleli workers' meeting. Mies Mabel Hall of Chicago cage , Mrs. U. B. Prouszncr of Lawrence Kan. , and Mrs. J. E. Winchester of Lincoln Neb. , addressed the first on various topics IJ. F. Jacobs and Marlon Lawrauco the second end , and Prof. Hamlll and Hugh Cork o Minneapolis the third. Prof. Hamlll deal with state , county and township organlzn tlon , and Mr. Cork discussed organtzatloi Jn cities and towns , the subject of organlza tlon being that In which the field worker arc particularly interested. The exposition and recreation of varlou kinds again engaged the attention of th visitors during the afternoon. This evenlm E. B. Stevenson of Cedar Rapids , la. , am Prof. Hamlll will speak. The congress \vll conclude tomorrow with a business meetln ; of the Nebraska State association , and sev eral brief addresses from prominent Sunda ; school workers. * Work I'rnctlcnlly KlnlHlied. Two addresics last evening practical ! : concluded the work of the Tranamlsslsslpp congress. These were by B. H. Stevensoi of Cedar Haplds , la. , on "Tho Sunda School as a Pioneer Agency" and Prof. II M. Hamlll on "The Bible and the Child. " This morning will be given up purlieu larly to Nebraska state association wort the state convention to bo held at 1 o'clock. Ur. Merrill of Chicago wllr finis his Beries of blbla studies on "Tho Plctur of Jesus. " There Is also-to bo a meetln of the primary and other teachers of th c4ty for the purpoyo of forming a prlmar teachers' union here. It will bo conducte by Mrs. Preuaznor and Miss Hall. Mr. Stevenson's address was full of sta tUtlcs to show what has been done In Sun day school work , more especially by th American Sunday School union , nnd wba yet remains to be done. It was nccom panled by * number of charts , a map beln also suspended In front of the organ to she > the percentage of Sunday school children t the population In the various mates , wblc was given as 17.4. Nebraska's rt > rcentag runs above the average , it U 19 per cen of the population. The figures of .Mr. Ste venson's map were. Population of th United States in 1896. 7093,321 ; chlldre and youth , G to IS years of age , 20.365,377 number of Sunday schools In the tnuntrj 132.639 ; total attendance of Sunday sthoofi 12,286.600 ; children and youth , 5 to IS year of age. In the Sunday schools. 8.U.067 ) } children and youth ranging between thcs ages not In the Sunday schools. 12 6H 31' H also communicated thu Information th UOO.OOO Is needed by the American Sunda School union annually to jcach the million not | n the Sunday cchools. The speake elaborated upon the success of the four denominational method of cstabllshln schools , particularly among the foreign ete menu and the mountain whites. _ Unmlir * Tribute lo Clillilhcm.l. i3iBy--r-tm irn if1 ii LT I Included under the sweeping ban of total depravity by mere hcrcd- I y. On the other hand , he de murred to the assumption that the child Is vested with n sort of organic religion by simply having been born of Christian parents. In this connection the speaker considered the belief that all that Is nw- cssary to Insure the highest religious status of the child Is to give It proper rducatlonat environment , a kind of "reflnM Confucian ism. " Nevertheless he made much of mem ory nnd memorization and put In a good word for the Presbyterian denomination for Its plan of enjoining thr memorization of the "shorter catechism. " He himself , he paid , In answer to a question , In not a mem ber of that church ; ho simply looked at things from a phllo-ophlral tolnt of view. The conclusion of his address wus a most artistic piece of word painting to the ex altation of the children , "for , " quoting the Master , "of such Is the kingdom of heaven. " Before the doxology n rising vote of thanltH and a Chautauqua salute were given to President Wallace for his work of promoting meting the congress. The motion was made by Prof. Hnmlll. Another "Oninliii" DIIMI-C. The cool breeze thnt nwrpt In from the northwest last nigh'1- made 'the ' Indians feel as antic as a lot of colts released from winter - tor confinement. They were peeled down to the skin , which was painted all of the colors of Urn rainbow. The paint glistened and sparkled In the rays of Ore electric light and the dancers set a pace that would have been hard for any paleface 'to have followed. The dance was designated as an Omaha , function and was participated in by about 100 of the braves. Poultry Mliorr Clour * . The poultry show closed last evening. The exhibitors will begin to move their entries this morning and by tomorrow night the last of the feathered tribe will bo cone. Although there have not been as many re sponses to the call for exhibits ns was ex pected , the quality of the entries has rarely been surpassed. In nil there have been 500 birds on exhibition , coming from Nebraska , Iowa , Missouri nnd Kansas. MACCABEES HOLD SESSION Iloth KiilRlitH mill Imile * \clirnnkii Attend to HlectliiK Stiitu UflluerH. The convention of the Knights of the Maccabees met In Labor hall yesterday morning , with a complete representation of. delegates from Nebraska and all tlto supremo" officials In attendance. It was a secret ses sion , called for the purpose of choosing two representatives to the supreme tent , which will meet at Port Huron , Mich. , July 1 , 1899. Other matters of business were trans acted , but they were Incidental to the choice of supreme representatives , for In this elec tion the interest of the convention centered. The order of the Maccabees Is governed by the supreme officers , together with a su preme tent composed of seventy-live repre sentatives. The sir knights who won the distinction and honor of places In this body were W. A. Hammond , Lexington tent. No. 5 , Lexington , Neb. , and H. H. Heed , Blair tent No. 73 , Blair , Neb. State Commander W. W. Hubbard called the meeting to order at 10 o'clock. Supreme Kecord Keeper N. S. Boynton , who Is an ex-mayor of Port Huron , Mich. , and ono of the founders of the society , delivered an ad- drres which was warmly applauded both by the sir knights and the Ladles of the Mac cabees , who came In a body to hear this particular speech. The other business of the convention was an election of state officials , which resulted as follows : A. Dowltt , Grand Island , past commander ; F. M. Flansburg , Trenton , lieutenant com mander ; W. H. Smith ; Omaha , record keeper ; J. C. Hudson , Omaha , chaplain ; W. K. Lotighrldge , Pleasant Dale , sergeant ; D. L. Dlsher , Dorchester , master-at-arms ; Peter Jacobs , Hooper , finance keeper ; E. A. Andrews , Omaha , S. H. McFarland , Nor folk , first nnd second master guards ; H. D. Reed , Blair , sentinel ; H. D. Osborne , Be atrice , picket. The first annual state convention of the Ladles of the Maccabees was called to order yesterday morning In Myrtle hall , Conti nental block , by Mrs. Louie M. Bouk , who Introduced as chairman the supreme commander of the order , Mrs. Lillian Holllster of Detroit , Mich. The business of the convention consisted of the appointment of committees and the election of state ofllcials and a representative to the supreme hive. Mrs. Louie M. Bouk was the choice for the latter position end the ballot for state officials resulted as follows : State chaplain , Mrs. Mary Ladd , Mlzpah hive No. 2. Albion ; state sergeant , Sussana S. Stevens. Island Treasure hive No. 3 , ( irand Island : state sentinel , Ella Heed , Blair hive No. 18 , Blair ; state picket. Laura'M. Reid , South Omaha hlvo No. 13. South Omaha. Members of committees were : Credentials committee Pink Jones , North Platte ; A. B. Palmer , Omaha ; Rlla G. Balne , Seward. Committee on resolutions Anna Crawford. Omaha ; Agnes L. Brown , Arborvllle. Com mittee on new business Fannie L. Wilson , Lexington ; Elolse Hachten. Grand Island ; Christian A. Bentley. For alternate representative to the su- J prerao hlvo Sussana S. Stevens was chosen. Suit . \KnlnM SluekliolilerN. A suit has been brought in the district court by the Hamilton National bank against the stockholders of the American Loan and Trust company , which went Into the hands of a receiver at Ashland In Slay , 1894 , to obtain a Judgment for $7,293.78 , which amount , the plaintiff alleges , was Judicially determined In the United States circuit court last February to bo due It. More specifically , i It asks that a receiver bo appointed for the I Rogers estate In Massachusetts. The Rogers estate had $49.200 worth of stofk In the company , and under the Massachusetts law the two years for the filing of claims against the ematu will expire next month. The main purpose of the suit Is , therefore , to got this claim In against the Rogers estate In time. To make matters doubly sure the appointment of a receiver for the stockhold ers generally Is asked for , in case It may be necessary to protect the plaintiff's claim. Vote * from tinDoeUet * . ! hni7Ulii ° f Hestcr & McCas " ncnlnst Kimball Bros , to recover J925 on a staff and Plaster sub-contract on the Nebraska state building at the exposition is on trial before County Judge Baxter Ida May Cole has Bued thp Farmers- Mutual Insurance company for J725 Insur- , nnco on a barn and outbulldlnns on her farm iu I-lorenco precinct. The barn was ' struck by lightning nnd partly burned Juno S last. ( Mlli'ldo In Sen ( lie. SEATTLE , Wash. . Sept. ' . . C. McClure committed suicide today In a lodging IOUBI ' by means of laudanum. McClur.e came fron ! Butte. Mont. , where he claimed to havi been engaged In the newspaper buslnesb He leaves wife In Mobsrlr. Mo. Despond cut over failure to find employment Is glvei , as the cause. I'onir.icIt'll i\cnrNloiitt. to ball Lake City will leave Omaha , Oc'cber 4 , Via ( ho UNION PACIFIC on the "OVERLAND LJMJTED" 8:50 : a. in. ThU excm'Ion ' xylll be In charge of W W Bryan , nnd will arrive In Salt Lake. October C , in lime for the G9th peml-unnu.il conference Church of Jenus Christ , of Latter Day Saints , National Eisteddfod of the Inter-Mountain country. THOSE WHO ARE UP ON BOOKS rransmissisaippi Library Congress Opens with Good Attendance. ADDRESSED BY DISTINGUISHED VISITORS Men Who Have l.nliored Your * In tlir I'rnfcNNlon ( iiiniillinetit Oinnlin oil UN MiiKiilHi'i'iit l.lliriirj- nil I'ay Tribute lo K.\iiONltlon. The Tronfmlsslsslppl Library congress was opened most auspiciously at an Informal session held lit the Omaha public library last evening. A meeting of about an hour In the lecture , room of the library was fol lowed by a delightful social In the spacious rooms on the third floor. Distinguished librarians from other cities and a number of lending citizens of Omaha became quite well acquainted and a season of friendly Intercourse was followed by the serving of refreshments. The lecture room was well filled when Dr. Victor Rosewater , chairman of the local committee on arrangements , called the meet ing to order and after a brief address of welcome to the visiting librarians and nn Invitation to all to attend the sessions of the congress , Introduced W. II. Brett of Cleveland. O. The latter paid a high com pliment to the Omaha public library , espe cially praising the city on Its library buildIng - Ing and the admirable arrangement of It. He spoke of the good results bound to be achieved from an excellent library so well housed. Captain W. H. Johnston of Fort Dodge , la. , and president of the Iowa Library asso ciation , followed , speaking of the growth of the library Idea. He said the library mi crobe was getting very numerous nnd no where more so than In Iowa. He expressed his pleasure at seeing so many of the bltf library microbes present and antlclpatad much pleasure and profit from the meetings of the congress. Kroni Amcrlea'n Olilent Library. President Lane of the American Library association , also librarian at Cambridge , was Introduced as one of the biggest library microbes present. Among other things IIB said : "The library microbe struck me Just before I left college and It has been working In me ever since. I do not know that the Massachusetts variety Is different from any other ; It's all very good. I am glad to bring to the librarians of the transmlsslsslppl rog.lon of our country the greetings of the oldest library In the United States. It was founded at Cambridge in 1G38 and Is In n flourishing condition. I also take pleasure in presenting the greetings of the American Library -association. This association Is well represented all over the United States. It has held Us meetings from the Islands oft Now Hampshire to California , in the north and in the south. Next year we meet at Atlanta and expect a good attendance from this part of the country. At some later data we hope to come out to Iowa , There Is ono thing that Impressed me while looking over the program arranged for this conference. Nearly all of the subjects on the program concern the developments of library work. They are subjects not considered when our association was first formed. All of the subjects are library subjects and K anyone asks us any questions while we are here our reply will always be 'Libraries , libraries. ' " Henry J. Carr , librarian public library at Scranton , Pa. , and secretary of 1he Ameri can Library association , was presented as a representative of the Keystone state and a former resident of the transmlsslsslppl section of the country. ' Ho sold , In''part : "Several months ago some ono pinned on my coat lapel this pretty exposition button , I had then no liopo of seeing the exposition , But later I began to receive letters urging me to attend this congress , and I'm glad 1 came. You have a great exposition and a line library. I know that the congress will be a great success. " < > ii < ( trowu of Kdiieatloa. Chairman Rosewntcr introduced Superin tendent Poarse of the Omaha schools as the representative of a profession very closely connected with that of the librarian * . Mr , Prarse responded In a short but most ft- IlcUous speech , saying , among other things : "Fifty years ago a meeting of librarians and school superintendents would have been im possible. The one class then no more ex isted than the other. Both professions have been developed within recent years. Tin librarian is the outgrowth of the booh worm. The school superintendent Is the outgrowth of the schoolmaster. Both art Hit. . outgrowth of the sumo movement i public Interest In educational affairs. Bott formerly existed only In the home. The children were itaught by the fireside and foi many years later the home library con tained nearly all the books the family could procure. What a great change for the bet ter there has been In both spheres. We Ir the schools cannot but notice thu Improve ment amoug the pupils as the libraries Im prove. The boys read better books as bettei books are placed about them. The school appreciates the help of the library and the good 'the boys and girls derive from reading there for research and for recreation. Sc far as I have been able to observe here 1 ; a case where the supply creates the demand The more good books that are placed aboul the scholars the moro of such works will they read. " Miss M. E. Ahern , editor of Public Libraries at Chicago , responded to a call She paid a tribute to the memory of MlBi Jessie Alfen , former librarian here , with whom she had been associated. She compli mented Omaha on Its fine library and said she had watched the growth of the sys tem hero with much Interest. She also said that the exposition compared most favorably with the World's fair. Rev. Newton Mann , Introduced as one ol the most appreciative patrons of the Omalin Public library , said ho was very fond of o good library and ho could not possibly.live in a city where a good public library \vas not maintained. Hu praised the librarian ! and said It would be Impossible to find n more faithful , a more Intelligent or a more patient class of workers. Ho confessed Joklngry that It was often a question with him whether ho went to the library to read the books or to see the fair attendant ; there. llevfloiiinent of the SyMleni. Rutherford P. Hayes , a. former member of the Ohio Library commission , spoke n few good words for the exposition. He said It was all right so far as he hod Inspected it and ho hod not seen all the shows along the Midway. He said ho was greatly In terested in library work , having spent fif teen years on a state board. Ho was one of those life trustees , few of whom dl < and none resign. Ho said that during re cent years many valuable developments ol tha public library system had been worked out. notably the sending out of pictures more attention to children's reading women's club work and traveling libraries The latter he cordially endorsed for th < west and paid the questions relating to th < subject would be air.ong the most Interestlnt considered at the congress. After the meeting the visitors were re ceived o'n the floor above by a nurneroui rereptlon .committee , which Included the di rectors of the Omaha library , Mrs. W. W Kej-Eor , Mies Edith Toliltt , Mr . J. H. Me Intoxb , Mies Kate .McHush. Mies Margaret chestra prayed charming music throughout the evening and the refreshments concluded a pleasant program. The first regular session will be held at the Public library , Harney and Nineteenth streets , this morning at 9 o'clock. The two principal subjects for consideration are : "Library Legislation arid Library Commis sions" and "Library Extension. " The next session will .bo this evening at 8 o'clock. The public is Invited to attend these meetIngs - Ings , which promise to be most interesting and Instructive- . RECEIVER FOR COAL COMPANY WlillulircnNt Fuel Company nnd Al lied Corporation In Default on UN IloniU. CHICAGO. Sept. 29. Judge Showalter ot the United States circuit court heard argu ments today favnrlng the appointment of a receiver for the Whltcbreast Fuel company and the Iowa nnd Illinois Coal company , against which corporations proceedings to foreclose two trust deeds of $600,000 each were begun a few days ago by the Atlantic Trust company of New York. Judge She w-alter will decide the matter tomorrow , decision being reserved to cnabln him to satisfy himself of the court's Jurisdiction. H Is understood , that the receiver ap pointed by Judge Showalter would control the property and plant which the companies own In Bureau county , III. The Iowa courts would have to be appealed to In regard to mining property In that state. H Is sought to foreclose the trust deed given as a guaran tee on the grounds that the majority of the bonds have matured , that no interest has been paid and no sinking fund was provided according to agreement. Both the White- breast Fuel company and the lown and Illi nois Coal company are Iowa corporations. TALE OF TEXAS SAVAGERY Olio llarincN , n Farmer , Horribly Mur dered hy IIIN Wife nnd Ncitlicir , Aflcrnnrd Cremating llody. FORT WORTH. Tex. . Sept. M.-Wonl has just been received here of an atrocious mur- dur recently committed on Porter's creek , " < ; ar El Camp , Tex. The murdered man was Otto Harmes , an old German farmer , who. it Is claimed , was murdered by his wife and Julius Harnres , his nephew. The Information comes that Julius became infatuated with Mrs. Harmes and they decided to put the old farmer out of the way. It Is sold Julius hit him on the head with an axe one night when ho was sleeping nnd assisted by Mrs. Harmes dragged the body to a cornfield , piled brush over It and started a fire. The story further ays that Julius nnd Mrs. Harmes returned the next mornlnc to find the fire had gone out and Harmes was alive but unconscious and that they thdn piled cornstalks over him and burned him to a crisp , after which they burled his remains. Both have since been arrested. Hue lo Her Oirn Ciirrlenmiei * . Coroner N. P. Swanson Impaneled a Jury yesterday afternoon and held an Inquest to Inquire Into the circumstances which re sulted In the death of Mrs. Rosa Cress , the old lady who was struck by n motor at the corner of SlxUeuth and Jones streets on Wednesday afternoon. Several witnesses who wers present when the accident occurrad wore examined and their evidence showed that Mrs. Cress" death was duo to the care lessness of no one but herself. The testi mony showed that the motorman had exer cised due care in ringing his gong , and was not running at a high rate of speed , while Mrs. Cross , whose hearing was slightly af fected , wore a sunbonnet pulled down over her ears. Impeding both hearing and sight. H was the opinion of the jury that the ac cident might have been avoided bad Mrs. Cress been more alert and the verdict was that death was due to an accident for which neither the street railway company nor its employes were In the least to blame. llllrwlnr IllRhliiiiiRli Arrented. Ed Hlghhatigh , a persistent burglar , wan arrested yesterday fresh from the robbery of Mrs. H. Llvc ey's residence , 2808 Capitol avenue. Hlghbaugh is a young colored man 20 years of age and was arrested for a sim ilar offense on Capitol Hill a few months ago. On this occasion Hlghbaugh was seen to enter the house by r. number of small boys who were playing In the neighborhood and who raised an alarm. When the burp.lar attempted to escape ho was courageously at tacked by the boys , who clung to his coattails - tails In a heroic fashion. Hlghbaugh shook them off and ran west on Capitol avenue , pursued by a train of Email boyg. The patrol wagon responded at n hurry call gait ard under direction * from the boys traced Hlgh baugh to Thirtieth and California street ? , where he was overhauled. He will l > o charged with burglary. Nothing of value was obtained from Mrs. Llvesey's house. Divorce Siiltn , Three divorce suits were commenced In the district court yesterday. Mrs. D. M. Goodyear brought one against C. E. Good year on the ground of desertion. They were married in Holt county In 1891 , and she charges him with deserting her In 1S93. They have one child , a daughter , Cassle , 7 years old. Maria C. Anderson also sues Erlck Anderson for the same reason. Their marriage was solemnized In this city In September , 1890 , and her husband's abandon ment , according to her complaint , occurred also Just two years later. The third suit was by Pauline Kelley against John Kelley , to whom she was married In January , 1893. Her reasons are drunkenness and failure to provide. % He Saw u Spirit. John Svcstka. n Bahamian living at 2327 South Nineteenth street , was seized with a peculiar mental disorder laat night which necessitated his removal to the police sta- tldn. He received the Impression that there was an evil spirit about his premises , which ho must overtake and destroy. He raced madly , about the house , driving the family out of doors , and finally threw all the furni ture out of a window over the brink of a high bank. The spirit ftlll eluded him. however , and seizing an ax Svctska attacked an apple tree In the front yard , felling It In the hope of finding his enemy concealed at the center. Ho was finally overpowered and placed under arrest. Criiliiini IdeiitlllcN None. William Jones , arrested with others on sus picion that he was the accomplice of Dick Wardlow , In the holdup and shooting of Druggist H. C. Graham Monday night last , yesterday after was released from custody noon. , Druggist Graham called at the station and was shown Jones and the other suspects. Ho unhesitatingly declared that Jones waa 1 not with Wardlow on the night of the holdup. Ho failed to Identify any of the other sus pects. They , however , will bo held for n time. They are Lowell Adalr , W. Dixon , alals South , and W. Hart. ArruiiKliiK AU-Snr-Hcn'n Hall. There was a full attendance of the floor committee selected for the Ak-Sar-Ben state and coronation ball at a meetlnc at the Omaha club last evening. Chairman Edward P. Peck outlined the plan of the ball and Instructed his thirty assistants In their duties for the evening. There will be a re hearsal ot the grand march and coronation ceremonies at the Den on Monday evening next. Hiirllnutoii Hunting * . CHICAGO , Sept. 29. The net earnings of the Burlington road for the month of August were $882,293 , an Increase of $73,996 over the net earnings of the same month last year. For the months of July and August the net earnings show a decrease of $109,439 from those of tha same period last year. LOCAL BREVITIES. Henry Cllppal , alleged to have broken the seals of a Ilurllngton freight car and stolen from It a quantity of potatoes , was arrested ytsterday miming. Tbo Omaha Loan and Trust compstoy haa transferred to the Boston Safe Deposit and Truct ctmpany about JUO.OOO worth , of real .ntate mgrtgngflfl. qtid fnomplIi , lr \-u- SCHOOL HOUSE NOff A PRISON Metamorphosis of the Old Dodge Building Dow Almost Complete. CITY JAIL MOVES INTO ITS NEW QUARTERS Trnii fer Jlnile YcMcrilny anil Klrnt Senxloii of the Police Court Held In the Neiv Itooiu During the Afternoon. When the transformation of the old Dodge BChool building Into a police headquarters Is completed Omaha can boast of having the most convenient nnd best appointed police administration building In the west. In planning the Interior alterations of the building the architect was guided by the needs of the department and obecrvatlons of various police headquarters about the coun try. The only Inconvenience found In the arrangement of the various rooms by the police yesterday on their Inking possession of the building was In the situation of the court room , which is on the second story of the building and reached by a long ( light of stairs , which makes bad the handling of prisoners. The building throughout Is heated by steam supplied from a plant wlt- uatcd In the basement of the patrol barn built on the south wing and le lighted by electricity. A perfect system of sewerage has been put In. An innovation Is bath tubs for the benefit of prisoners. Two other very necessary additions arc seen In the largo airy room on the second floor to bo fitted up as an emergency hospi tal nnd the well equipped surgeons' operat ing room. This latter room Is situated on the main floor to the right of the main en trance. The cell room occupies the entire rear half of the main floor of the building. It contains twelve exceptionally spacious steel cells fitted with modern sanitary appliances. The cells stand In the center of the room , six In a row , back to back , with a corridor running nil around ithem. I > * ir Women nnil Children. The cells for the women and Juvenile of fenders nro in the matron's room In the northwest corner of the second story. They are simply wooden partitions with Iron barred doors. Three cells have been set apart for women nnd two will be known afc the "boys' " cells. Across the hall from the matron's room Is itho court room , which occupies one-quar ter of the space of the second floor. K Is arranged with the clerk's ofllco opening oil behind the Judge's desk and ithe city pros ecutor's office opening from U In the rear. The emergency hospital , bath rooms , closets and a spacious "squad" room , or as sembly room , for otllcers and detectives oc cupy the rear of itho second floor. In the basement , In the space where the boating apparatus formerly was , a complete kitchen has been established. A two-story brick patrol barn to accommodate twelve horaee and several wagons Is situated on < the south side of the building , with the main en-trance fronting on Eleventh street. The desk of the sergeant's and Jnller'i office Is on the south sldo of the building and directly across the hall from the en trance to the cell room. Reporters on duty at the station have desk room with the Jailer's. The captain's main and prlvati offices occupy three-fourths of the nortt half of the main floor of the building. Work Yet to He Uoiie. The building is still in a state of Inco'm- pletlon. Its entire interior has to be painted as yet and the outaldo windows of the cell rooms have to bo barred , besides a great many smaller details yet to be attended to , As yet the building has no telephone or electric light connections , but these neces sities will be attended to today. Court was held in the new room at 3 o'clock yester day afternoon and the decision in the flrsl case was a dismissal of the defendant. The case was against Grace Barstow , who was charged with the larceny of $10 from au Assyrian named All Babn , Directly behind Judge Gordon's desk this legend In chalk , written In the chl- rography of a child , stood out plainly on the blackboard , which also bore chalk pictures and auras of figures done by school children the day the school was closed : "Educated , and may be sentenced In the same room. " Several of the prisoners born In the neigh borhood and at one time pupils in the build ing saw In the legend a truism. GO OUT ffljHE GALE ( Continued from First Page. ) expected to call. During the evening a man dolin orchestra will furnish the music al the state building. From 8:30 : until 11 o'clock there will be a reception , at whlct light refreshments will bo served. To thl ; reception Major and Mrs. Hambleton In vite all of the Omaha people and those ol other cities and states now here and con. nected with the exposition. For this occaslor the parlors of the Illinois building have beer tastily decorated under the direction ol Mrs. Harableton , until they have a vcrj rich as well as homelike appearance. Pic. tures of Lincoln , Grant and McKlnley havi been hung upon the walls. Rugs have beer laid over the rich carpets and oiled floors while cut flowers and potted plants huv < been placed upon the tables , In the nlchec and corners of the rooms. The front of thf building has been decorated with flags , glv- Ing It a moat patriotic appearance. I'HIJIT MHX I'HHI'AHi : KOIl fllOWIlS t\hltiltn III Hie Horticultural llnllil- \HK \ I'ut Into next of Condition. A number of large additions were made to the fruit exhibits in the Horticulture building yesterday , new fruit taking th < place of that already upon the tables. Thi changes were made In order to have every thing In present. . condition for the In spection of the big crowds of today and tomorrow. Nebraska proposes to show the visitor ! that the state Is the home of the apple ant with Ibis Idea In view large quantities o : the fruit has been placed upon the shelves The coloring of the fruit U excellent thli year and the flavor fine , though the apple ! are not so largo as in the past. This Ii presumed to bo due to the dry weather Ir August , which in a measure retarded tui growth of the fruit. Douglas county keeps up the pace that i set when the exposition opened and Super intendent Walker keeps his tables supplier with the best grown In the orchards am vineyards. Ho IB showing grapes In cnor mous quantities and numerous varieties while the tables are loaded down with thi apples , plums , peaches and pears grown Ir the county , a greater portion of wblct comes from within a few miles of the city. In the Missouri exhibit Superintendent Nelson has made a change tht Is creatlj appreciated by tbo visitors to the building When the exhibit was first Installed a lo of stunted cedar trees were placed In tub : and located around amons the tables , ob etructlng the view and preventing peopli from seeing the fruit unless they clamborcc ' among the thorny branches of the llttli evergreens. Now ho has consigned the co I dars to the dump pile , thus greatly tm | Proving the appearance of. the Mlssour showing. The varieties nro numerous nnd the quantity of the fruit is excellent. The Idaho. Colorado nnd Oregon exhibits are suffering a great deal on account of the people at homo falling on sufficient fruit to kei-p them In good condition. The superin tendents In charge- have written tlmo nnd again , but for pome unexplained reason thw fruit falls to put In an appearance. Wisconsin's apple exhibit continues to lie the best In the building , which Is due to the fact that the crop In thn < state IR the best In forty years. There Is any quantity of fruit on exhibition and nil of It Is very fine , showing that It has been selected with great care. The exhibit from Illinois Is being put Into excellent shape , Assistant Superintend ent Harriett saying that he wonts to con- vlnca the Chicago visitors when they como : omorrow that they llvo In the greatest 'rult producing state In the union. Iron I2i O'N Widow. Mary LaFle-schf , known among the In dians by the narno of "The-Ono-Womnn , " carne down from Jhe Omaha agency yester day to visit the Indian oamp nnd renew old acquaintances. She Is 75 years of ago and Is the widow of Joseph LaFlesche. whose Indian name was Iron Eye and who was several years her senior. Joseph LaFlesche's father was a Canadian Frenchman nnd his mother was a Ponca. In early days ho oper ated a ferry boat between Florence and the Iowa sldo of the river. It was on his boat that most of the Mormons crossed the river when they were emigrating to Salt Lake City. Mary I iFlcBcho Is an Interesting old woman. She was bonr In the vicinity efFort Fort Colhouu and remembers this country when It was the home of the buffalo anil when thcro was not a white person In west ern Iowa or western Nebraska with the ' \ - ccptlon of soldiers nt some of the posts. Her father WOH an army officer nnd died on a steamboat while coming up the river from St. Louis. Her father's homo was In Connec ticut and he married her mother while his regiment wus stationed nt some post ever In Iowa , but Just where she docs not know. Ono of her sons , Joseph LaFlcscho , Is now In the Indian bureau tit Washington , and her daughter , Suslo LaFlesche , or Bright Eyes , is well known ns an entertaining writer onIndian matters. Sheis a resident of Lincoln , having many years ago married T. H. Tibbies. ArrniiKlnK for the 1'renldeiifM Trlii. Arrangements for the western trip of the president and his party are neurlng com pletion. Those who will come from Wash ington will do so In two trains. President McKlnley and his cabinet will travel over the Baltimore & Ohio to Chicago , thence to Omaha over the Chlcaso , Milwaukee & St. Paul. General Miles and his staff and the diplomatic corps will occupy a special train over the Pennsylvania line to Chicago and arrive in Omaha over the Northwest ern. Returning , the party will travel over the Burlington line to Burlington , la. , thence to St. Louis , where a. short stop will be made. Acceptances are coming into the office of President Wattles every day. The latest to signify their willingness to be present ore the ministers from Cuba and Corea and the mayor of Baltimore. From an Indications the day will see * the greatest congregation of notables for many years. Still Applylnu for Simee. Though there remains but one more month during which the exposition will run , exhibitors continue to file their applications for space. Yesterday L. L. Olds of Wis consin filed his application for fifty feet of space In the Horticultural building In which to make a potato exhibit. He IB said to bo nn expert In raising these vege tables and his friends say he will put up a very Interesting exhibit. Idaho even at this late day proposes to como In and make an agricultural exhibit , The application for 100 feet of space in the Agricultural building was filed yester day. The space ha * been located In the southeast corner of the building , the con tract providing that It shall be covered by October 1. The exhibit will show the for estry and agricultural resource * of the state. Mexican Ilillln ConllHoiiled. KANSAS CITY. Sept. 29. ( Special Tele gram. ) Today A. H. Dean , chief of tht Bureau of Animal Industry at the stock yard : ) , confiscated a railroad cur containing four wild and fierce looking Mexican bulls , supposed to be the property of E. Mattox. The beasts came from Nirevo Leon , state ol Monterey , Old Mexico , and were admitted Into the United States at Laredo "for Imme diate slaughter. " They were billed to Omaha. Slnco passing the border of Mexico , the government agents received Information that the animals were to be used for exhi bition purposes at the exposition and nol for slaughter. When the car arrived at Kan. sas City , Colonel Dean ordered It quaran tined , as the bulls were covered with the famous southern tick. A Mexican accom panied the car and claimed he had a permit to take the animals to Omaha , but he can not produce it. Oklahoma Iteapliiir Direct Ilenellt. The members of the Oklahoma Exposition commission have discovered that the exposi tion has already repaid the territory many fold for the money Invested In making the exhibit. The exhibit U In the Agricultural bulldlug and Is visited by thousands of people ple dally. It Is purely of nn agricultural character nnd consequently Interests the farmers Intensely. Only a couple of weeks ago Commlsslonci Rlley took down a train load of people wire purchased lands or located claims upon the public domain , all as a result of the ex hibit which the territory has made. Nexl Tuesday Commissioner Rlley and Superin tendent Whltche-ad will start with a party ol 300 persons , who have been convinced thai the territory Is a desirable place Jn which to reside. NcliriiHkn CoiiinilNHlon'M Work. The September meeting of the Ncbraskc Exposition commission closed yesterday , after the members having been In session 'or a couple of. hours. Little aside from routine business came up for consideration Before adjournment It was decided to have mother Nebraska day uit the exposition ind the president and secretary were In structed to formulate nnd report a plan for bo observance of the occasion , together with a date. The sum of $00 was appropriated for dec orating the state building for Ak-Sar-Ben -.voek , the work to be done under the direc tion of the commissioner in charge. The decorations will bo In the colors of the knlglcts , red , yellow and green. Wo in a n 'H Nliouliler Ilroken , While standing In the west entrance al the Agriculture building yesterday after noon an exposition visitor , n woman frorr Seattle , Wash. , was struck by one of the heavy doors as It blew shut. She wai knocked down and her shoulder broken. Shi was taken to the Emergency hospital , whore the broken bonea werp set by Drs Campbell and Strader. the physicians Ir : charge. In setting itho bones It was tounC ntcestiary to place the woman Under the In- Iluenco of anaesthetics and at a Into hour Ins night xho had not awakened , no that it wai ImposBiblo to learn ber name. Another woman who wan with her was knocked dnwt and slightly Injured. , J ' Ntuck U Exhibitors of llve their entrle on ev be In except ihoso which have hern nt the various fair * . A KITH ! many of tha exhibitors now have ( heir stock at Spring' field. These , however , will arrive In time for the first showing bcforo the Judges. Too Much Wind for llnlloon. The wind of ycdtorday up.M't all of Cup- tain Ynncey'H plans and instead of trying to fly the war balloon hi' BUI mound Ills qrmrtcrs and dlscusse-d the weather condi tions In a most forclblo manner. It was ths Intention to send the balloon up , but noun of the men connected with the signal service cared to risk their lives off the earth In a wind blowing along at the rate of twenty- llvo miles per hour. If the conditions r favorable this afternoon mi attempt will be made to send the balloon out on an exhibi tion trip. rSolCN of the i\IMlxltloii. : H. C. Gunn of Flora. 111. , Iran been np- pointed register clerk at the Illinois state bulldtUKHo will continue In the position until the cloeo of the exposition. The members of the Southwest Missouri Editorial association arrived In the olt.v yesterday afternoon nnd visited the exposi tion during tire uvonlng. There nro about 100 persons In the party. They will remain until Sunday. Yesterday afternoon Colonel Richardson ol the Department of Publicity and Miss Nnlll Dot Ranche of the Department of Cookery In the Boys' nnd Girls' building tendered th working members of the prow and Major Clarksou , Superintendent Taylor nnd Super intendent Mcuaiit ) of the exposition n din ner In the Boys' and Girls' building. Plates were laid for ten utul the meal was curved In four courses. The occasion WIIH u most enjoyable ono and was highly appreciated. An attractive feature has been added to the Oklahoma exhibit li : thn Agriculture building. It Is designated n "MIsH El Reno of Oklahoma , " and IB constructed entirely of the grains mid grasses of the territory. The robes of the young women nro ar ranged In a most urtlstle manner , Ihe hernia of the wheat , oats , rye nnd barley biMns put on like thatch upon the roof. Her hair Is of corn Hlk and the head In surmounted by u crown of grain , with red berries set In us Jewels. In her right hand she supports a staff of cornstalk , covered with cotton. SINGULAR STATEMENT. From Mrs. Rank to Mrs. Plnkhnra. The following loiter to Mm. Pink- ham from Mrs. M. RANK , No. 2,3.1-1 Knst Susqucharrna Ave. , I'hilmlclphia , Pa. , is a rernarUablo Ktalumunt o re lief from utter discouragement. She says : " I never can find words with which to thank you for what L-ydia IS. Pink- ham's Vegetable Compound lias done for me. 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