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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY , DECEMBER 9 , 1898. BELLEVUE MINTERS ON TRIAL Ouo AgaJnrt John McOarty and John Brown Oalled for Hearing FEDERAL COURT BUSY ON COUNTERFEITERS Conviction of flobea Followed Imme diately l > r Effort * to Cinch the Men Connected with IlrancU Hint of Barpy Countr. Counterfeiters and alleged counterfeiters are having the call In the criminal section of the United States court. Hardly had Judge Mungrr and Assistant United States Attorney Rush disposed of the cane against llosos Roben , the veteran counterfeiter , be fore they took Up the trial of the case Against John McCarty and John Drown of Bellcvuc. All of the time of the morning esslon was taken up In securing a Jury tnd at noon there were several challenges left to each Bide. . Before the trial commenced the attorney for the two men moved for separate trials. This was combattcd by Assistant United States Attorney Rush , who urged that , hav ing been Indicted together and charged with the commission of the sarao crime , there was no reason why they should not stand trial together. Judge Munger listened to the arguments along the line suggested by the two atorneys and then held with Rush. For years the McCartys have been sus pected of making and floating bad coin from their haunts in the woods , lust south of Bellevue. For years they have been shad- awed , but during all of this time not enough evidence has been secured to justify an arrest and prosecution. La'st fall , how- ver , a special agent of the government was put upon the trail of the men , and after working a few days , went before a United States commissioner and swore out war rants for the arrest of John McCarty and > pal , John Brown. They appeared and after a hearing were held. When the grand jury convened the members of that body took up the cate and after sifting the evi dence , returned an Indictment. Some days ago the men were arraigned and both pleaded- not guilty , though at that time It was believed that Brown would turn staters evidence and confess everything , Implicating McCarty and a number of others. ' When court convened yesterday morning , McCarthy , accompanied by his wife , his rela tives and a whole lot of friends , appeared. McCarty has all of the appearance of a man who has come In contact with the business nd of a sausage making machine. His head Is swathed In bandages and cuts and bruUes are visible beneath the clothes. His version to that several nights ago when he was on his way home from South Omaha , he was attacked by two footpads , who tried to rob him of a watch and money. People who know John McCarty have a different version. They say that It was a fight among partners and that 'McCarty got the worst of If. Story of the Detective. At the afternoon session of court , Austin V. Burk , a secret service employe , was called and was continued on the stand dur ing the balance of the day on direct ex amlnatlon. Burk explained that he had been a crayon , artist , hotel clerk and cowboy In his time. He came hero early last May and at once went to work upon the Mc Carty case. After getting bla assignment , he Visited Bellevue , whore he met John and Jess McCarty. From these parties he made inquiries concerning Brown , stating that he knew , a man named Please , who was serving a term In the Missouri penitentiary and that this party had sent a message to Brown. While Burk did not meet Brown on the rst ; visit jh Bellevue , be found him upon : subsequent , trlp.Y and ( after delivering the message sent by Please , relative to some counterfeit money , he was taken Into full fellowship. After that Burk visited Bellevue - vue quite frequently and finally suggested that he would like to handle some counter- felt coin If he could get hold of a kind that would bear Inspection. This was the wedge used to gain the confidence of the Me Cartys and Brown , who fell Into the trap. During the latter part of last May Burk made his first purchase of counterfeit money. At that time he got seven half dollars with the understanding that he should pass them and > turn In bait of the proceeds. Instead of shoving them , he turned them over to another secret service officer and a few days later when he met John McCarty paid him for the stuff. From the date of the first purchase , everything was easy for Burk , and day after day , according to his testimony , he purchased counterfeit coin from either McCarty or Brown. Sometimes the deliveries were made at Bellevue , but more frequently In 'South Omaha , some out of the way place being selected for the transfer. In all , witness purchased some thing like } 100 In counterfeit dollars and halve * . Burk's appearance upon the stand yester day afternoon was a complete surprise to both , McCarty and Brown , for not until then did they suspect that he was the man who had turned them up to the officers here. Th y followed hla testimony closely and eeemcd to talie a decided Interest in his Identification of the coin that he alleged that he had bought from them. His Identifica tion of this coin was complete , each coin being marked with the date of receipt and with the stuff were notee , detailing the amount received , the amount paid , where delivery and payment were made and other data relating to the transaction. Honey Will Be Tried. It seems that there was some mistake about the statement that the cose of the United States against Frank Dorsey , cashier of the National Bank of Ponca , had been indefinitely postponed. Judge Munger of the United States court says that the case has been postponed until January 3 , next , when It will bo called before Judge Garland , who will bo here at that time. Assistant United States Attorney Rush ays that all of the witnesses In the case against Frank Dorsey have been subpoeaned to be on hand on January 3 and at that Umo a most vigorous prosecution will bo Don't lose sleep. Take Aifer's Chcrrg Pectoral and lose that cough. Instituted , with the hope of securing a con viction under the charge of violating the banking laws of the United States , Itullan * I'lead Unlltr * Three of the Omaha Indians , James Bird , John Lincoln and John Priest , are safely boused for the winter. These three men were charged with supplying their red brothers with an assortment of liquor not long neo. Yesterday they appeared before Judge Munger and pleaded guilty to Intro ducing liquor into Indian Territory. Judge Munger Informed them that In each caas the minimum penalty would be a fine of $100 and sixty days in jail. Notwithstand ing this , they declared that they would stand upon their plea of guilty , which was entered against them. They wore remanded to the county jail to await sentence. More Indian Wtnee * . Deputy United States Marshal Allen has returned fromthe _ Wlnnebago reservation , bringing with' him John Priest , Joe Bird and John Lincoln , three Indians who have been Indicted on the charge of Introducing liquor upon an Indian reservation and also with selling the stuff to Indians , All three of the Indians were members of the Indian congress during the exposition and cut quite a figure , as they were always the principals in the scalping acts , posing as the parties whose hair was lifted upon numerous oc casions. Pontal Clerk Plead * Guilty. Carlysle F. Dripps , a young roan Indicted by the grand jury , was called before Judge Munger and entered a plea of guilty to the charge of extracting and destroying a regis tered letter , containing the eum of $2SO. The Imposing of sentence was deferred. The young man was a postal clerk running be tween Edgar , Nob. and Sterling , Colo. , on the Burlington. Last Juno ho extracted a registered letter containing $280 and which was mailed from Bladen and addressed to Hastings. Petition * In Bankruptcy. Fred Mauss of Omaha has asked to he de clared a bankrupt. He alleges in his pe tition that his debts aggregate $3,700 and that bis possessions consist of some wearing apparel and a little household furniture. H. Franklin Cook of Beatrice would be a bankrupt. He has Died a petition with this end in view. He alleges that his debts ex ceed $2,000 and that his personal property , all told , li less than $500. Grand Jury' * Final Report. The United States grand jury completed its labors yesterday , made Its final report and adjourned without a date. Since beginning Its work a few weeks ago the grand jury has returned 108 Indictments. As yet only the minor portion of them have been made public , as a majority of the parties against whom they run have not been arrested. From now on arrests will be made as rap idly as the parties can be apprehended. Federal niillillng Note * . Oo account of the McCarty cose in the United States court being of considerable length , all of the Jurors not engaged In the hearing have been excused until next Mon day morning. Superintendent of Construction Latcnser of the new government building Is prepar- ng the specifications for file cases for the ifflce of the clerk of the United States court. Yesterday was a busy day at the customs house. The shipments consisted of 160,000 pounds of lead to New York and a carload -f - exposition exhibits to France. These were at ithe exposition and were unsold. They were valued at $12,000. The receipts con sisted of a carload of liquor for one of the Omaha firms. Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup will not make new lungs , but it will cure Incipient con- umptlon and lung affections. Price 25c. ATTACKS THE MORMON CHURCH Preibyterian Mllonary froajt Utah " "Sa i * ' info the FollOTrcr of President Woodruff. ' , , About 100 people , gathered in the lecture oem of the Kountze Memorial Lutheran hurch last night to hear Rev. J. A. Wlshard , resbyterlan synodlcal missionary from Salt , ake , talk on "The Mormon Menace. " The motive of the lecture was to create a senti ment which would result in a petition to congress to deny a seat to B. H. Roberts , congressman-elect from Utah , who is al- eged by Mr. Wlshard to be a self-confessed polygamlst. Another purpose , although sec ondary , Is to have congress define a legal marriage in the constitution of the country hat the federal courts may have jurisdiction over polygamy cases. The speaker gave a history of the organ- zatlon of the Mormon church , saying it Is a combination of Buddhism , Confucianism and Free Masonry , "with all the cunning of Jesuitism. " But polygamy , he said , was not the most dangerous thing in Utah. What he considered the most dreadful and most tyrannical is the condition where one man can think for and control an entire commu nity , as Is the case under Mormon govern ment , where the people are taught to be lleve that to disobey the head of the church is to disobey God. He gave a history of the steps leading up to statehood and the situation In the state today as compared to the promises made previous to statehood. When the govern ment began its vigorous prosecution of polygamlsts President Woodruff had a rev elation from God commanding that the or dinance of polygamy be suspended hence forth. This was published and President Woodruff sent a communication to Presldenl Harrison asking amnesty for those who had been deprived of their franchise , which was granted. After Utah was admitted , said the speaker , new party lines were formed and the Mor mon church was divided between democrats and republicans with tbo result that the Mormons control nearly every office In the state today. At the late election both par ties nominated Mormons for congress , the republican candidate , according to the speaker , being a monogamist , and the dem ocratic candidate a polygamlst. The latter was elected , and so long as he had admitted openly he was a polygamlst the lecturer de sired that congress bo petitioned to keep him out of his seat. He bad a map of the United States on the wall behind him showing the strength ol the Mormons in this country. A shaded oval , Indicating the "proscribed" district covered all of Utah , half of Nevada , Arizona. New Mexico , Wyoming and Colorado and part of California. Every other state ant territory In the union except six had shadet spots which showed where the church hac rts missionaries at work. The speaker sale six United States senators owed their elec tion to Mormon votes , with their accompany ing quota of congressmen , and that 1,700 missionaries were in the field teaching the doctrine of Mormonlsm. Reception to President Donnelly. Preparations have about been complete ! In this city to give a rousing reception to President Sam B. Donnelly of the Interna tional Typographical union by the loca typographical union of this city , assisted by the other local unions which belong to the Allied Printing trades. Council Bluffs am South Omaha will also furnish their quota Estimating the active members who wll participate , together with the honorary members and invited guests. It is calculated that some 350 or 400 people will be present , AntUlmperlalUm Petition * . Petitions drawn up by the Anti-Imperial Ism league of Boston , which protest agalna the extension of the sovereignty of th United States over the Philippine islands are being circulated In the city and a large number of slsnatures are being secured When this petition sheets are filled they wll b forwarded to the Antl-ImperlalUm leagu at WashlnKton. Similar petitions ore being circulated all over the country and th monster petition that will result U to b presented to congress. AIL AND COURT HOUSE IDEAS bunty Commissioner * Working Out Plant for Needed Improvement * . EVERAL ESTIMATES OF PROBABLE COST nnllilern 'Who Want to Construct Another Story Under the County Ilnlldln * Tnlk of a quarter of * Million. Commissioners Harte and Oetrom do not deny that In their trip to St. Louis they were not unmindful of the need of a new jail. The difficulty with the new Jail ld a Is that t le always saddled with a proposition to mve Improvements made to the court house , which would mean an additional outlay of about * 2DO,000. Estimates have been submitted from time o time on what the cost of excavating under he present court house and the construction of an additional sixteen-foot story would > e. Messrs. Harte and Ostrom were talk- ng the matter over with James P , Connolly nelly , the commissioner-elect , yesterday and t was stated that these Improvements would closely approximate $250,000. Among the estimates which have been made one has come from John F , Coots , the builder of be court house. The figure given le his. Thomas Shaw not so very long ago drew up a sketch for a row of offices along the east side of the squar * on a line with Sevcn- eenlh street , to connect -with the main structure. This would not cost so much. Then the offices of the register of deeds , he treasurer and the county clerk could 10 moved Into the new building , where hey would bo more accessible to the pub ic and the once at present occupied could M3 used for court rooms , according to the dea of Mr. Shaw. The court house and jail committee has refused to go to much further outlay In he plumbing of the jail. Mr. Harte says that to put In the plumbing fixtures re quired would bo like doing BO much patch work. It would cost all of $1,600 to properly equip the jail In this respect. The present pipes are badly corroded. Many of them un beneath the cement floors and leaks are frequent. Whenever a leak occurs the floors become demoralized and holes result either from the water soaking through or 'rora ' the necessity for digging down through the floor to ascertain where the leak hap pens to be. Mr. 'Harte ' Is of the opinion that the cost of a new jail would exceed 1100,000 , but Mr. Connolly , who Is a practical builder , said he believed he could put up a new one with all modern Improvements at an outlay of $76,000 or less. Many of the pres ent cages , said he , could be saved for minor offenders. The present chairman of th board , Mr. Klerstead , eay he Is In favor of a new jail , but his Idea Is to build one on some other site , reserving the entire court house block for a completely new court house whenever .he people get ready for one. All the commissioners talked with say they are of the opinion that a new jail is an imperative necessity , but they do not be lieve the public. Is ready for much of an expenditure for court house Improvements. A Jail proposition might go through , but it was doubtful If anything else would be lavored by the voters. SOUTH OMAHA NEWS. A report of1 the conditions of the differ ent funds waa Issued by City1 Clerk Carpen- er al the close of business yesterday. The > alances In the funds follows : General und , exhausted ; salary , $3,830 ; street re- mi r , $284 ; special license tax , 41,182 ; police , 12.699 ; dog , $112 ; milk , $6 ; emergency$33 ; nterest , $9,692 ; public light , $3,211 ; judg ment , $ C91 ; engineer , $775 ; water , $4,107 ; iark , $1,232 ; special witness , $11. Theio tgures show that the council baa expended $66,384.98 of the 1S98 levy , which became available last August , leaving a balance of only J27.540.29 to run the city from the present date until the next levy la avalla- . As the figures show , the general fund s exhausted , the appropriations made at the last meeting having drained It of every cent. The street repair fund la down to almost nothing and where the money U to come from for the repair of streets In the spring Is a question which Is already occu pying the minds of the thinking member * of the council. With the best of manage ment the salary fund will fall short one month , leaving an overlap In this fund of $558. At the rate expenditures have been going and the demands which will be made upon the street department In the spring the street repair fund will be at least $2,000 abort. The police fund will fall short of payIng - Ing Ita bills by over $3,000 and the flrn fund will be shy nearly $5,000 , with a number of Important bills still unpaid. At the present time there remains In the fire fund only $111. The expenses of the department average $600 per month and It Is an easy matter to figure out a deficit of $4,800. Some bills for hose and other Items should come out of this fund In addition to the monthly expense of $600 , eo that $5,000 will hardly cover the shortage. Another overlap will occur In the public lighting fund , It being estimated now that the shortage will amount to atleast $1SOO. The Increase In the number of arc lights Installed at street Intersections Is the cause of the extraordinary drain on this fund. Residents In all ports of the city have been petitioning for lights and the mayor and council have granted these requests only after strong talke were made. At one time Mayor Ensor bad under consideration Vin vetoing of a. resolution ordering In a number of street lights , but when the sub ject was mentioned In the newspapers the residents In the locations affected visited the mayor la bunches and Induced him to withdraw his veto. From this time on It will be necessary for the. . heads of departments and the othr city officials to exercise the utmost econ omy In order that the overlap may not bo any larger than really necessary. With the Idea of Impressing this fact upon the city officials Mayor Ensor yester day celled a meeting of the heads of de partments and delivered a short lecture on economy. Every officer was Impressed with the necessity for being as saving as he pos sibly could In order that the anticipated overlap might bo reduced to the lowest posslblo figure. The levy for fire and po lice purposes has always ( wen too low and an overlap In these funds Is expected , bul In other departments the funds generally last until along In the spring. The rapid growth of the city has caused unusual ex penditures and In some cases the city of ficials are not to blame , but In a majority of Instances the council could have cut down expenses If It bad desired to do so. Shipper * Urged ( n lie Careful. The packers and commission men are uniting In sending out notices to shippers to use great care In the loading of hogs and cattle. It Is asserted that through the carelessness of loaders hogs and cattle reach this market In a bruised condition The effects of prod poles are not discerni ble on the hides of the animals brough here for slaughter , but when the carcass la trlmmod at the abattoir * , bruises are frequently noticed and these detract from the value of the animal.s far as Is known there Is no cruelty practiced at the stock yard * , most of the yard employes acd com mission men using whips , so It Is Inferred f hat the bruises are received at the loading tatlon. All shipper * will bo requested to se caution In loading animals hereafter In rdcr to insure to the consumer a better uallty of meat Chnrter HevUlon. The meeting of the charter revision com mittee hilled for last night was declared ff late yesterday afternoon on account of he Inability of the attorneys to prepare he bill for submission. It was expected hat City Attorney Montgomery and Sena- or-clect Van Dusen would have the bill ontalnlng the amendments ready to submit t the time originally agreed upon , but late estcrday afternoon Mr. VnnDuscn tele- ihoned Mayor Ensor and Clerk Carpenter hat ho had been unable to complete his work and therefore there would be no ne- csslty for a meeting. It Is thought that hero will he a meeting of the whole com- nltteo and as many citizens as care to at- end some evening next week. At this meeting the bill will be read and discussed. Money for Charity. During the month of November the city f South Omaha expended something like 130 for charity. The coal delivered to in- Igcnt persons cost $67.00 , while groceries est $27. To this amount must be added the um paid monthly to the South Omaha hos- Ital $25 which makes $119.50. In addition o this the bill for medicines runs from $10 o $15 a month , BO that It Is scarcely proba ble that the total will be lower than the amount first mentioned , with a probability if Its being above that sum. Dills for char- ty are paid out of the general fund , and aa hat Is now exhausted It Is hard to tell < rhere the money to keep up this expense to come from. A. U. U. W. Officer * . * South Omaha lodge , No. 66 , Ancient Or- ler of United Workmen , has elected the fol- owlng officersH. . J. Shupp , post master workman ; James H. Hopkins , master work- " * .lames Lorance , foreman ; Ed F. Mc- Cormlck , overseer ; William J. Newton , 5ulde ; Ueorgo W. Howe , recorder : f ! . M. itch , financier ; C. W. Miller , receiver ; J-eorge B. Flair , Insldo watch ; George doley , outside watch ; J. C. Graham , chair man of trustees ; W. H. Slabaugh , W. Berry and W. S. White , medical examiners. . Offl- ccic will be Installed the first Tuesday In January. Drunken Cripple Make * Trouble. Olayton Scott , a onj-lcrged nian , caused ; wo police officers any amount of trouble resterday. Officer Deters arrested Scott on owcr N street for being drunk and disor derly. Scott refused to go to jail and broke ils crutch , so that he could not navigate. Officer Burson happened along about this : lme and helped Deters carry the drunken man. The load became heavy and a sled be longing to a boy was appropriated by the officer * and Scott was hauled to prison. School Hoard Meeting- . An adjourned meeting of the Board of Ed ucation Is on the books for tonight. It Is expected that Beared bids for some of the school district property will be received. At : ho regular session last Monday night the bidding for the two lots on Twenty-seventh street was quite spirited and It Is expected that the board will realize a very good price for the property In case It Is sold. Fitting * for Council Chamber. Hillings for the new council chamber have arrived and It Is expected that they will be placed In position within a few days. A ; reat deal of work Is yet to be done about he city offices and It will devolve upon the city or the new landlord foot the bills , ilnce the promoter of the'scheme sold out Before the city officials were comfortably settled. Magic City. Gonnlp. The Eastern Star moelaSaturday ; night. George Hennlngs hasvbought out Pols- ey's market on Twenty-fourth street. The "Bugle Call" Is th'e sub'Ject of the sermon at the Baptist church tonight. A daughter was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Schelling , Thirty-second and I streets. H. W. Pope and Miss Ethel Stevenson were married Wednesday evening by Rev. Dr. Wheeler. It was too cold for out-of-door work yes terday and but a few men .worked on top of Armour's new buildings. Miss Grace Maxwell , one of the operators it the telephone exchange , has returned from a month's vacation. Mrs. F. A. Aenew. Twenty-third and N streets bos returned from a two weeks' visit with relatives at Dee Molnes and Stu art , la. By special request Dr. Wheeler will re peat his sermon on "The Inheritance of Womankind" on next Sunday evening at the First Presbyterian church. The stock yards fire department will give a ball at the Exchange tonight Colonel J. L. Paxton , general superintendent of the company , will be master of ceremonies. The Eons of Veterans have elected Harry L. Dennis captain. Alfred Eastman first lieutenant and O. E. Harding second lieu tenant. The came will have aoven votes at the next sate encampment. List night added another segment to the circle of good musical events programmed for this season and like all preceding occa sions the audience was more enthusiastic than large. However , even social functions of a somewhat elaborate nature were not sufficiently attractive to keep some "well known notables of tbo smart set from doing homage to the great Zelsler and Mr. and Mrs. Martin Cahn. Mme. Bloomfleld Zelsler commanded the respect and admiration of the audience by her wonderful rapidity of execution , her power and delicacy of technique , her vivid Interpretations and especially her unusual gift of repression. The sonata of Beethoven woa wonderfully well received , considering that a largo part of the audience was un doubtedly unfamiliar with the Inner depths of the great composition. Noticeable was the warmth of recognition which greeted the presentation of the Liszt transcription of Schubert's "Hark ! Hark ! The Lark ! " and "Erl-Klng , " duo largely to the fact that a good translation of the latter and Shakespeare's lines of the former occupied a prominent place on the program. The audi ence was thereby able to follow with In telligence the beauties developed by the artist. Mrs. Martin Cahn was not In as good voice as usual. Her selections were care fully made and 'pleasantly sung. Mrs. Cahn will be missed sorely In musical circles and her voice , which has never failed to please , will bo sure to attract attention In a field which will give more opportunities for de velopment. A Itace Asrulint Fire. After ten days' flKht to avoid death , the crew of a steamer from Spain recently ar rived In Baltimore. In mldocean It was dis covered that flames were raging In the ves sel's hold. For ten long days the crew bravely fought the flames. If men would fight as persistently against disorders of the stomach and digestive organs , there would be fewer premature deaths. The best weapon for such a fight Is Hosteller's Stomach Hit ters. U Is the greatest of tonics and the best of remedies for kidney , liver , bladder ana blood disorders. Gld. E. and Alice- Johnson , osteopaths. Suite 515 , N. Y. Life BUg. Die OUeu Wa * Duly Playful. Ole Olsen appeared before Judge Gordon yesterday afternoon to answer to the charge of being drunk , and likewise disorderly. He Informed the ludge that he wan a laboring man with a eood lob and was discharged. Olsen was arrested for breaking some windows dews In the front of Him ? Lee's laundry at 1317 Dodge street while on a spree. | Omaba People will Have Little Beaten to Go Thirsty Next Year , BRISK COMPETITION BETWEEN BREWERS Himtle to Sell llecr Increase * the > 'nm- bcr of Llccnucil Drinking IMaou * Ileyond the Actual lloqtilro- xnent * of Local Trade. The number of applications for liquor licenses that have so far been filed Is 112. U is expected that this number wilt be moro than doubled before the expiration of the week which the saloon keepers yet have to file their applications. It Is not thought that the number of saloons will fall for behind this year. Charles Metz Is ouo of those who Is of this opinion. Ho says : "On account of the exposition there were an unusually large number of saloons , the number being 260. I look for as many as 240 next year. All the saloon keepers expected to make piles of money through the exposition , and as they failed to do this , the big majority will stay In business for another year In the hope that enough will drop out of the ranks to glvo them a chance to do good buslncos. There Is still another reason why the number of saloons will keep up. There never was so much competition among breweries In Omaha as there Is at present If a brew ery establishes a new saloon In any local ity , two or three other breweries Imme diately put in places In the Immediate neigh borhood to get a ehare of the custom. The consequence is that there are about 100 too many saloons In Omaha , Year after next , however , I look for a considerable decrease in the number. " Mortality Stntlntlc * . The following births and deaths were re ported to the health commissioner during the twenty-four hours ending at noon yes- tenjay : Births Theodore H. Hansen , 4426 Decatur street , boy ; Etgard Doves , 2523 Poppleton avenue , girl ; M. Kalclk , 1261 South Four teenth , boy ; Henry Nelson , 4526 Burdetto ; Thomas Laudale , 4032 Seward , boy ; A. Duffy , 816 North Fifteenth , girl ; Rudolf Bear , 3536 Hamilton , boy ; George W. Sprague , 4350 Charles , girl ; Joseph P. Hawley - ley , 4107 Charles , boy. Deaths Joseph Hensman , 946 North Twenty-eighth avenue , 75 years ; Charles ' Clement , 1318 South Sixth , 68 ; John M. Brauer , 4505 Woolworth , 58 ; Mrs. R. Fred rick , 1117 North Twenty-fourth , 42 ; Mrs. J. D. Jones , 419 South Twentieth , 36 ; Paul ine Strickland , 29. City Hnll Note * . The building Inspector and the boiler Inspector specter collected respectively $53.50 and $221 In fees during the month of November , ac cording to reports to the Board of Public Works. The Board of Public Works Is taking steps to condemn an old frame building lo cated at 1024 Douglas street. A hearing will bo given the owner on next Wednesday afternoon. Chairman Burmcster expects to call a meeting of the council committee on fire , water and police to investigate Joe Dan bauni , who supplies city prisoners with meals under contract , In a couple of days. "There's a peach of a chance for me , " mused Officer John Smith of the "dog watch" squad of the night police depart ment , "If the" right thing would only hap pen.4 During this soliloquy the policeman stood sheltered in the doorway of a building on Thirteenth street near the tracks and gazed longingly at a hotel looming darkly a blocker or two down end across tbo way. Occasion ally bleak gusts pcr.etrated the doorway nnd seat the tails of the officer's heavy ulster flapping between this legs , impeding the pounding ho kept up with his feet in en deavors < to warm those heavily booted but chilled members. "Hero It Is 4 o'clock In the morning and not a soul In sight but me. Freezing cold , srow and the wind blowing a gale. What a peach of a time for a fire. Over there is a five-story hotel , full of people , only one light to be seen and that Is In the office and turned low , everybody asleep , even the bell boy. 'Spose the house should take flro. " The chances such a contingency would place In the way of an active , energetic lifesaver - saver llko himself rendered Officer Smith for the moment Incapable of thought. "Pretty women parilyzed with fright would beg mete to rescue them , and I'd do It , too , and carry out llttlo children. Somebody is sure to get caught in the building and t3mt means a living ladder with John Smith the principal round. Like as not I would be overcome with the smoke and ruin my uniform , but that's nothing ; look at the glory , promotion and all about It In the newspapers. I can hear the chief now saying to me : 'Officer Smith , you're a hero and ' " On the roof of the hotel appeared a dull , red glare. It traveled with the wind and seemed to grow with every second as the bulging eyes of the patrolman were fastened upon the spectacle. The glorious opportunity of his life had arrived. In three bounds Patrolman Smith reached the flro box and turned In an alarm. Then Into the office ol the hotel and up the stairway he dashed , shouting "Fire" at every Jump and banging at the doors with his boots and club until he reached the top floor. Into the halls scrambled the guests , men , women anO children , to the number of thirty or forty , and on bis downward trip the valiant and heroic policeman proceeded to save life In \vbolesalo lots. "Keep cool ; rely on me and you'll all bo rescued ! " the life-saver yelled encouragingly to the stampeded community. As most of the guests had turned out in their habiliments of night it was an easy matter to keep cool physically , but men- itally their warmth amounted to frenzy. Of ficer Smith was everywhere endeavoring until ho wat black in the face to thwart the raging holocaust. Ho ran Into the street with his arms full of children , dumped them In the snow and then ran back after more. By the time the department arrived , the white-robed guests of the hotel stood shiverIng - Ing barefooted In the enow , watching the lurid glare against the pitch dark sky and grateful to be alive. Happy with the thanks of the crowd , Porteeman Smith led the brigade to the roof , a line of hoee having been laid through the hotel corridors "There It Is , " he shouted , pointing to the flames that still swayed and flickered In the breeze behind a ledge of the roof , "douso It. ' With dne Icy jet from the hose the con- ( lagratlon was completely extinguished and then from the darkness of the lower roe came an acknowledgment that made even the firemen shudder , "What In blazes arc you Idiots trying to do ? Who are you any way ? " "Who are you ? " was the hesitating response of an amazed fireman. "The porter , " who'd you 'sposo ? " In reply , an attempted laugh accompanied the words , "Well , we're the fire department , but wha are you doing down there and what was the fire ? " "Covering the water pipes to kee | them from freezing In the cold spell , ' answered the porter , as assisted by the strong arras of the firemen he crarabered over the ledge , "and thl Is the flre , " ho added , producing an extinguished and drip ping campaign torch which he dragged be hind him. When the group reached tbo street the ohlverlng guests , whose llvee bad so gal lantly been saved anxiously Inquired If the I fire were out , "Fire ? there wasn't Done , ' CLOfTHING ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE OF and ULSTiiS Begins Saturday Morning , Dec. 10th. Every Overcoat and Ulster Reduced in Price for This Sale. This sale is 30 clays ahead of time this year , but we have reduced prices as much as we ever did at any January sale. Not a Last Season's Garment Offered at this Sale. Great CASH Opportunity To buy honest , stylish , up-to-date Clothing without paying any profit. OVERCOATS. ULSTERS. Overcoats , Overcoats , Overcoats , Overcoats , Overcoats , Overcoats , Overcoats , Qvercpats , , A On some of S 10.00 , on others of eight dollars , on some you only save 5 dollars , and on no garment less than 2.50. The most important bona fide clothing offer ever made in Omaha. 15th and Douglas Streets. responded the disgusted members of the flro department. "Show us the cop that rescued us ; where Is he ? " howled the guests. But Policeman Joseph Smith , llfesaver , had made his exit via thn rear flro escape , It Is said , and now he Is dodging the congratula tions of bis friends. Memories of that remarkable closing night of the Transmlsslsslppl Exposition are re called ever and anon , when two or three i ' friends who atcnded the big Hallowe'en party get together. Somehow or other the discussion generally Includes a few storlea on the subject , "How we closed the Mid way. " A party of men at the Omaha club bad covered the field for the fiftieth tlmo the other evening , for the benefit of an out- of-town guest , when a railroad official paid : "Well , do you know I've been sere ever since that night. I knew our crowd would be out there late , eo I got one of the boys who was going down town to order a car riage to come out for us. He paid for It and saw the order given the driver. It waste to meet us at the Twenty-fourth street exit. We depended on It and let all the cars go down town. Then we had to walk homo after all and a jaunt to Hanscom park at that hour In the morning was no fun. " On the other side of the group were two men laughing as though their sides would split and they were pounding each other's ribs for keeps. The little one ristcncd to the tale of woo and then remarked : "Well , that's hard luck. Do you know there were Just four of us who missed the last cur that night and started to walk down town. We had only gene a , little way njhen I saw a carriage coming up. We stopped It and the driver said he was engaged. I ald : 'Jh , I that Is alf right , I'm tie man who sent I down town for you. We were afraid you weren't coming , so we had concluded to walk , ' Well , ho took every ono of us home , making four stops between Eighteenth and Davenport and Fortieth and Farnam streets , and it never con us a cent. When I got out at my house and asked him what the bill was ho whipped up and ealil , 'All right , sir , all paid for. The man that reft the order settled the bill. Good night. ' " i'erional Paragraph * . Judge Haraer of Kearney is in the city at the Mlllard. J. W , Deweese , en attorney of Lincoln , is In the city. Pauline Hall and maid and Mrs. A. Bar- rere nro at tbo Mlllard , Nebraskans at the hotels : D. H. Fltrera , Seward ; E. B. Warner , North Platte ; E. 0. Simmons , Central City ; J. W. Withered , Su perior ; L. A. Williams , Blair ; E. E. Thomp son , Grand Island. Mrs. Fanny Bloomfleld-Slelslcr and secre tary , Miss Ada Howc-11 Soper , are at the Mlllard. Ex-Govprnnr D. F. Richards and slater , Mrs. K. Q. Turner of Wyoming , are at the Mlllard. Mrs. Edward Dickinson and Miss Jessie Dickinson returned from Chicago on Thurs day evening. Miss Maude Miller left last evening for a visit' with friends In Canton , O. She went east with Mrs. D. R. Close , who is going for a sojcurn about Springfield , Mass. At the Mlllard : H. F. Moellcr of Chicago , Burt Sparks of St. Louis , D. E. Palmer of Topeka , Kan. , H. Klmball cf Kansas City , John Neuschnlder of New York , J. Hlardon of St. Paul , D. II. Porter of Creator ) , la. . C. W. Grant of Troy , N. Y. , C. F. Berkey of Ravenna , Neb. Beatrice Moreland , the famous society ac tress , late 'with Sol Smith Russell , arrived In tlio city last night , accompanied by eight trunks , a valet , maid and pot dog. Her com ing caused a flutter of excitement about the hotel where she has engaged a sulto of rcoms. Miss Moroland came from San Fran cisco. Mrs. C. H. Towneemi and Miss Begslo Townscml left the city for Savannah last evening to join Captain Charles H. Townsend - send of the Department of the Missouri , who is at present stationed In that city. Captain Townscnd Is likely to be detailed to duty in Cuba. In such case Mrs. Townsend and Mlis Townuend will accompany him. The sooner a cough or cold Is cured with out harm to the sufferer the better. One Minute Cough Cure qulcklv cures. > Vhy suf fer when such a cough cure Is within reach ? It is pleasant to the taste. Manevly Hay * lie Wan Holdied. John Maneely of Lucas , la. , Informed tha police yesterday afternoon that ho had been robbed of $70 In cash In Red Johnson's sa loon. Ho entered the salron In the after noon with a white woman named MarnU Thompson and discovered bis loss whllo they wore drinking there. In telling the pollco of the occurrence afterward be said the woman had taken his pockctbook , which contained the coab , once before during the afternoon and ho was positive she had It. Several colored fellows who were in the sa loon at the tlmo were arrested with the white woman , Ilt > env * . County Judge Baxter issued the following marriage licenses yesterday ; Nome and Address. Age. Ileman W. PODO. Hruth Omaha . , . . 24 Ethel Stevenson. South Omaha . 22 Oacar C. Hodeen , South Omaha . 21 Kate Whltten. South Omaha . U