THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; FBIDAY , DECEMBER 9 , 1898.
TIMELY AIDS TO EDUCATION
B cent Addhioni to the Long Roll of Bene *
factors of Schools.
TEN MILLIONS GIVEN IN A YEAR
InntracMie Point * on Ilic Cant of
Benillnir n Olrl to ColleKc Help *
fal llnnilH Ontntrcclicd
Edacntlonnl Kotos.
The year's roll of donors to the cause ot
education grows apace. There is no limit
to the amount of lasting good wealth can
do In this line , and people of means 'recog
nize the fact by adding their names to the
growing list of national benefactors. A few
weeks ago B. S. Cunningham of Cincinnati
Bavo $60,000 to the University of Cincinnati
for a building. Asa Van Wormcr of the
same city duplicated the gift , the money to
be used in the erection of a library build
ing for the university. Another donation of
great value to this Institution Is that of Wil
liam A. Proctor , also a Clnclnnallan , who
boa given a fine private library. The Trib
une says of the gift : "Of the money value
of the gift It la within the bounds of reason
to write that it exceeds $30,000 ; of its actual
value no figures could give rightful expres
sion ; it la as near perfection as perfection
can be attained ; It Is priceless because of
iho rarity of very many of the volumes and
of all the manuscripts ; It Is admirable In
its selection , for no author ot doubtful
reputation found place on the shelves ot
William 'A. Proctor , while of the gift Itself
it can and must be said that It waa timely ,
kindly , thoughtful , appropriate and splen
didly generous. "
Among the notable gifts of the year are
the following : The will of the late Colonel
Joseph M. Bennett , who during his life
time had mode generous gifts to the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania , leaves to the unl-
verelty property valued at $100,000. The
money la to bo used for the higher edu
cation ot women. Too late Rowland Hazard
ot Pcacedale , R. I. , has bequeathed $100,000
to Brown university. This sum Is not to be
paid for three yean , and if the estate
should depreciate In value the executors
are empowered to reduce the amount tenet
not less than $50,000.
Ex-Governor Drake of Iowa has recently
Riven Drake university In DCS Molnes $26-
000 , making his total benefactions to the
university about $100,000. Of this amount
just given $14,000 Is to complete an endow
ment for the Mary J. Drake chair , founded
In memory of the donor's wife.
The widow of the late I. N. Vaughan , a
tobacco merchant ot Richmond , has given
to Randolph-Macon college Ashland , Va. ,
the sum of $35,000 as a memorial to her
husband.
When College President Low , who ran for
mayor of Greater New York last year , offered
in 1805 to build and present a library build
ing to Columbia In honor ot his father ,
Ablel Abbot Low , he stipulated that he
would be responsible up to $1,000,000. Thsj
total cost of the building Is $100,000 In excess
of that amount and President Low has
agreed to be responsible for the entire
num. The following are the sums so far
pent on the new site : Cost ot land , $2,000-
000 ; legal expenses , $3,637 ; library , construc
tion , $1,100,542 ; equipment , $97,037 ; Sober-
mcrhorn hall , construction , $457,658 ; equip
ment , $35,786 ; Fayerweathor hall , construc
tion , $274,113 ; equipment , $14,645 ; Have-
tneyer hall , construction , $516,488 ; equip
ment , $63,474 ; engineering building , con
struction , $284,075 ; equipment , $20,325 ; uni
versity building , construction , $842,887 ;
equipment of power house and connections ,
* U5,5Jiii equtpmQnt.pfigymnaslum , $39,399 ; ,
vaults , east , $30,382 ; west , $37,316 ; repairs
ot west building , $10,252 ; repairs of college
hall , $5,113 ; Insurance , $3,754 ; outside street
work , $133,367 ; Improvements of grounds
nnd Incidentals , $403,373 ; expenses ot re
moval , $59,987 ; Interest , $339,812 ; grand total ,
$6,879.011.
To these donations should be added the
following of $100,000 and upwards which
have been made this year :
Cora J. Flood to University of Cali
fornia $2,250,000
Oliver II. Payne to CornMl college. . 1,500,000
Joseph P. Loubat to Columbia col
lege 1,100,00(1 (
George A. rillsbury to Plllsbury
academy 250,000
John D. Rockefeller to University
of ChlcaKO 200,000
J. M. Davis to Qartleld college 200OOU
Elizabeth H. Bates to University of
Michigan 135.XXl (
O. C. Marsh to Yale collage 100.0CXJ
Henry A. Little to Princeton college 100,000
Caroflne Croft to Harvard collfpo. . 100,000
Annie 8. Paten to Princeton college 100,000
Henry 8. Little to Princeton college 100,000
WalKlngton Duke to Trinity college. 100,000
C. T. wilder to Mount Holyoke
seminary 100,000
The Chicago Tribune estimates that total
donations made to colleges In the United
fitates this year to date amount to the large
urn of $10,861,152 , which Include * only
donations of $5,000 and upwards.
Cost of Sending a. Girl to College.
A consideration which will cause serloua
thought , ays Harper's Bazar , Is the cost
ot the undertaking , and where means arc
limited this point has great weight. The
cost must not , however , be gauged by what
a boy spends In college : the comparison It
B unfair in this particular as in other
relative expense * . Bach college prospectus
states exactly the legitimate fees ; to thli
must bo added a sum sufficient for the pur
chase of bocks , and for the requirements ol
social life as represented in the clubs and
students' organizations ; beyond this the
matter of expense resolves Itself into pa
rental llberanty In pocket money. So fai
as dress is concerned no one need borrow
trouble. The woman's college inculcates a
plrtt of democracy ; character and bralna
count for more than sumptuous raiment ;
the one girl may wear purple and One linen ,
and the next one linsey-woolsey , and ycl
both -Kill stand on the same footing so fai
ea external's ore concerned. Last ot all In
weighing the arguments In favor of college
those features In which books play no parl
will bo perhaps the tat grains needed tc
turn the scale. And what are these fea
tures ? The advantages ot wide association ;
the life-long friendships which have here
their beginning ; the healthful friction ol
minds against minds ; the lessons ot selt
control and self-reliance ; the finding one'i
proper level , and then the Joy of Field daj
and Float day , tennis , golf , wheeling , and
feminine athletics generally.
The conclusion once reached that a girl
CASTOR IA
for Infants and Children.
Thi Kind You Hail Always Bought
Bean the
Signature of
Tbi Kind You HavtMwaisBoaeht
lh Kind YcuHifi ton BairN
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TWmndYoaHM Atort BoiiElil
Is to go to college , two things follow In
order choice ol college and the manner ol
preparation for entrance. In the matter ot
choice of college there Is little advice to be
given. The woman's college has not yet
reached the charm of tradition ; a girl hardly
yet chnows a particular Institution because
It was her mother's Alma Mater , and athlet
ic * are not sufficiently developed to exercise
positive Influence. Unless there Is a decided
predilection for co-education , euch u Cor
nell and Ann Arbor offer , Vaster , Wellciley
and Smith present equal facilities ; Dryn-
Mawr Is patterned more after the university
idea ; Barnard and Radcllffe appear perhaps
as appendages to men's colleges and though
their advantages are excellent they lack as
yet the full charm of student life. Besides
these colleges there are numerous smaller
Institutions offering good courses of study
leading to a degree.
Preparation for college should begin at an
early age and can be moat satisfactorily ac
complished at a good secondary school. This
docs not mean that such training can bo ob
tained nowhere else ; the high schools In
many states do excellent -work In this re
spect. But the peculiar advantages of the
secondary school lies In the fact that the
whole course of study is planned with one
object In view and that the pupil breathes
the college atmosphere from the very out
set. A further advantage and ono which ,
to Its credit , the secondary school uses spar *
Ingly , Is the privilege ot sending Us pupils
to college on certificate. To enter college
without the ordeal of examination Is not
an unmixed blessing any more than the
examination Itself Is an unmitigated evil ;
but the privilege just mentioned haa helped
many a nervous , self-distrustful girl , who
once inside the college doors , has never
again needed ven so slight a prop as that
Implied In "entrance on certificate. "
One final point college Ifl not exclusively
for those born with the traditional gold
spoon ; the candidate who needs a helping
hand will find It outstretched In many di
rections. There are students' aid associa
tions which lend money to struggling sla
ters ; there are college scholarships and al
umnae scholarships and , besides , many gen
erous friends whom the college president
alone knows. Them there are opportunities
to help one's self by tutoring , mending , as
sisting in the library or laboratory. So one
need not be cast down because circumstances
ar unequal ; the college doors open wltn
equal hospitality to all and bid welcome to
the happiest four years of life a girl can
spend.
Heads of Educational Institutions.
ST. PAUL , Dec. 8. The State Normal
board has elected Dr. J. F. Mlllspaugh ot
Salt Lake City , Utah , president of the Wl-
nona Normal school , to succeed President
Irwln Shepard , and Prof. Charles H. Cooper
of Carleton college , Northfleld , Minn. , pres
ident of the Mankato school to succeed the
late Dr. Edward Searing. Both election *
ar for the term ot one year from January
1. Prof. Mlllspaugh has been for a. number
of years superintendent of the city schools
of Salt Lake City , which he has brought tea
a high degree of efficiency.
University of Nebraska Notes.
A new university literary paper , chris
tened "Tho Lariat. " will be out by Christ
mas.
mas.The chapel address by Chancellor Mc
Cain ot the Iowa State university this week
on the subject. "How Shall the United
States Govern Its Annexed TerrHory ? " was
exceedingly Interesting ; .
Tun most ) Intenw event of university his
tory the last week baa been the censure
of the university foot ball management for
Its conduct during the recent trip to Den
ver. The censure passed by the associa
tion Is eevere and strikes some of the fa
vorites of university athletics.
Inspector of High Schools Crabtree has
recently sent out the university county
scholarships for the present year. These
scholarships relieve the holders ot ny lab
oratory dues , or other incidental payments
connected with university work. The fol
lowing are thoeo winning them for the
present year : May Agee , Friend. ' Saline
county ; Edo Spafford , Aurora , Hamilton
county ; Arthur Fenlow , David City , Butler
county ; Ralph Ray , North Platte , Lincoln
county ; D. L. Smith. O'Neill. Holt county ;
Alice Sparks Central City , Merrick county.
At the twelfth annual convention ot the
Association of American Agricultural Col
leges and Experiment Stations , held In
Washington last month , a strong address
upon "Horticulture in the Field of Educa
tion" was read by Prof. F. W. Card , now
ot Rhode Island , formerly of the University
of Nebraska , Most of the work covered by
the address was done in the university
here. An article on "Entomology in Agri
cultural Colleges , " by Prof. Lawrence Bru-
ner ot the Nebraska State university , waa
read , Prof. Bruner not being able to be
present in person.
Educational Notes.
The amount appropriated by our govern
ment for Indian sebeol purpOMs for : > je
prcerat year is $2,638,390.
A nephew of President Dole of the Ha
waiian Islands , Mr. W. H. iolo , bas juit
won a $2,000 fellowship 'a architecture in
Cotnell university.
Philadelphia complains because there are
at least 10,000 children of school ase In that
olty whoso only education to the training of
the street. Besides , there are 9.000 children
In school who can attend on half time only
and this number has increased at the annual
rate'of 1,000 for six years. Many school
buildings are overcrowded , ill-vcntllated ,
unsanitary and utterly unated for a civilized
community.
There was an Increase tf over 250,000 of
tchool pupils In the United States for the
ftsr\l \ year 1896-97 ov r th3 previous on * ,
according to the annual report of Secretary
Bliss of the Interior department. However ,
the total average amount ot schooling per
Individual for the whole Unliei States , meas
ured by the present standard , docs not quite
equal fire years ot 200 days each , for each
inhabitant.
The average land lubber will wonder how
U 1 * that there Is at Cornell unl > ersltv , In
central Now York , 'iho greatest school ol
naval architecture in America. But such IK
th unquestioned fact. Tno school has uea
running seven years and men trained In it
are employed in all the great shipyards ol
the country and have helped to design and
construct the Massachusetts , BrooUlyn , Ala
bama , Iowa , Kearsage , Kentucky , Illinois
and In fact in all Uncle Sam's recently built
ships , besides hundreds of merchant vessels
ply tag .upon the Great Lakes and upon all
the oceans.
The Cornell University College of Agrl'
culture continues to demonstrate the won'
derful possibilities of potato culture. Thti
year it has raised an average of 298 busbeli
to the acre on indifferent to poor land
which has been under continuous oultlvatloi
for five years without fertiliser. Directed
Roberts says sugar beets can't possibly b <
made to pay as well as potatoes that an
properly cared for. To be sure the propel
care Is the difficulty. The average yield ol
potatoes in New York state is only one-
third that obtained by the Cornell experi
ments.
Frencli Will Go to low * .
B. C. French was turned over to consta
ble' Hlnes of Cfarlnda , la. , by the police , at
It was believed the Iowa officers had a bettei
case against him than that of Prances 8 ,
Dunn. French Is the man wl o was arrested
at supper with his wife In the Paxton hotel
the other night on the charge ot passing a
forged check for 110 on the Hlllsdale hotel ,
He had several check * on his person when
arrested. He Is wanted In a number ol
places where be has operated. In Beatrice
he was known as Paul C. Mooney. He says
be l not guilty of forgery ; that he simply
overdrew his account. He Is a dapper lookIng -
Ing little fellow and makes a good appear
ance. He was married only ten days ago.
Lost Money and Overcoat.
J. M. Htlson. a sewlnx machine agent ,
reported to the police that he had been
the victim ot misplaced confidence. He be
came acquainted with a man on their way
Into town and leaned htm some money ,
Then the new friend borrowed his overcoat
to vlst his sister for the purpose of getting
some money with whch to repay him. That
a * the la t appearance ot both overcoat
nnd friend.
IDENTIFYING CASH ENTRIES
Progress in th Bechel Oase is on the Beoordt
of the Express Office ,
CASHIER -WOLCOTT ON THE STAND
Witness Tentlncs to Varlon * Charted
In tlie Ilooks Over Which He Pre
sides and Admit * that He
Knows Nothing of the Money.
The W. F. Bechel embezzlement case has
not reached the stage at which It offers any
material attraction to the lobby. Yester
day's proceedings were tedious and entirely
devoid of Interest. Th day was entirely
occupied by the Introduction.of records and
Interminable squabbles between the attor
neys over questions or evidence. The * f-
forts ot the state were directed towards
nnklng a voluminous record of expense en
velopes , pay-roll * , cs cks and other routine
documents and fortifying them by exhaust
ive Identifications of signatures. Thcsa
were to show that Bechel had drawn the
various amounts ot money * nd to rebut the
contention of the defense that the amounts
represented advances In salary by showing
that Dcchel had drawn his salary In full at
the end of each month. The latter object
was not entirely reached on account of the
failure of the state to ehow that the checks
were Issued on account of salary.
Cashier Wolcotfa Testimony.
The decidedly monotonous testimony of A.
B. Wolcott , cashier at the local
office of the express company , was
continued yesterday morning. The ob
ject of his examination was to identify
fifty-four distinct Items on his cash book
which were alleged to represent amounts ad
vanced to Mr. Bechel on account of the ex
pense envelopes previously offered in evi
dence. As the same foundation was laid
In each case and the county attorney Insisted
on showing each Item separately to each
member of the Jury the evidence consisted
of fifty-four distinct repetitions of a scries
of questions and explanations. In each
case the objections of the defense were over
ruled and exceptions noted. Each cash
book entry consisted of the Inscription "Ex.
A. J. Hunt , W. P. B. ( " followed by the
amount which the witness Interpreted as
showing that onthat date he had paid the
amount specified to W. F. Bechel on an ex
pense envelope directed to A. J. Hunt.
On cross-examination Mr. Connell brought
out the fact that there wore three distinct
permanent records ot each ot these trans
actions , one on the expense envelope , one
on the cash book and another on the deliv
ery book. At no time had Mr. Bechel at
tempted to Influence the witness In regard
to the manner In which the records should
be made. Thece Items became charges On
A. J. Hunt mnd for every dollar that had
been paid out he had been duly reimbursed
by Hunt at the end ot each week. The wit
ness admitted that Hunt and not Beohel
was accountable for these Items and that
he had no personal knowledge of what they
represented. They might have covered ad
vances ot salary to Bechel or money ex
pended for political purposes.
The testimony of Ole Larsen , who was
the first witness of the afternoon , was a
continuation of the same line of evidence.
Larsen was money clerk at the local 'office
and ho testified to the delivery of the ex
pense envelopes to the auditor's department.
As each delivery waa specified and corrob
orated by the signature in the delivery book
It required 0ome time to complete the list.
Explain * the Office Hank.
E. M. Morsman , formerly president of the
express company , was Interrogated relative
to th creation of the office bank and'Its
purpose. He said It was designed to permit
caching expense orders without maintain-
In ? an open account against the auditor.
The bank was allowed $45,000 and it was
reimbursed for the amounts paid out on
expense orders by drafts on the treasury
ot the company. Hunt bad returned the
amount In the bank to him before he left
the service of the company.
On cross-examination Mr. Connell asked
the witness it It was not true that these
expense letters might properly result from
expenditures for political or legislative pur
poses. This was vigorously combated by
the elate , but the objection was overruled
and the question < was answered In the af
firmative. Hewas then asked If he had
not himself instructed Bechel to expend
$2EO or S300 on account of T. K. Sudbor-
ough's campaign for the state senate. The
question led to a prolonged controversy In
regard to Its admission. It was ruled out
In several forms and the information sought
for was not obtained.
Luther H. Tate , paying teller at the Com
mercial bank , Identified A. J. Hunt's sig
nature on a number of checks drawn against
'
his personal account.
F. M. Powers waa recalled and identified
Bechel's endorsement on three of these
checks which were drawn In favor of Bechel
by Hunt for $272.20. $300 and S250. re
spectively. The same course was followed
with the remainder of the checks and the
payrolls were then offered in evidence In
connection with the checks for the oatensl-
bio purpose of showing that the defendant
had drawn his salary during the period in
which the alleged embezzlements occurred ,
To this Mr. Connell objected vigorously on
the ground that It had not been shown thai
these checks' had any connection with sal
ary. The only way they could show this
he contended , was to put Hunt on the stand
and this they were evidently afraid to do
The court finally sustained the objection , ai
far as the checks were concerned , until th (
state could show that the checks were !
sued on account of salary.
DAISY IIAYMOMD'S DIAMONDS
Effort ! to Heoovfk' the Pledged Stonei
by Iteplevln Drags Along.
That $1,000 diamond suit of Daisy Raymond >
mend wilt not down. Louts J. Plattl Is nov
hot on the trail of Silas Cobb. A motloi
has been presented by Plattl to Judgi
Dickinson asking for a formal demand t <
be made on Cobb for the diamond llran
and other unique productions of the lapl
dary's skill. Cobb refused point blank t (
give them up , stated Plattl in a neat vertl
cal style ot writing , although they hat
been turned over to him as the attornej
of record for the defendants in the case
Plattl further asserted that Cobb had thi
Jewelry in his pocket.
As soon as the motion can be convenient ! ]
heard it la expected that a direct and posl <
tlve order will Issue upon Cobb , and then
In the event of continued refusal , attach
ment for contempt may follow.
The Prlesman cate has gene over untl
Monday , so as to allow time for the Gobi
matter.
Mr. Cobb stated in open court during thi
day that he had the diamonds in his posies
slon and did not Intend to give them U ]
until the Prlesman case was disposed of
The following list will give an Idea of thi
sparkling treasure ot which he Is the tem
porary custodian : One diamond brooct
( eighteen diamonds ) , one diamond bracelel
( fifteen stones ) , one lizard breastpin , diamonds
mends and emeralds ; one pair of earrings ,
diamonds and turquoise ; one marquise ring ,
diamonds and turquoise ; two diamond clus
ter rings , one diamond ring with two em
eralds.
Sues on Indemnity Bonds.
Three suits have be n brought In the dlt
trlct court by John 8. Caulfleld , who wai
one of Sheriff William Coburn's bondsmen
to recover on Indemnity bonds given to thi
sheriff in attachment suits brought In 188 !
b/ the Omaha Carpet company , William U
Hall and B. Yeuman against the New York
Storage and Loan company for various
amounts.
Hall executed & bond to protect the sheriff
In the sum of $1,9:6 , with E , A. Benson
and H. E. Cole as sureties ; the Omaha
Carpet company likewise gave one for $620
and E. Youman one for $300. Subsequently
John L. Watson , who was one of the de
fendants In the Youman case , brought suit
against the sheriff and obtained a judg
ment for the value of the goods attached.
Proceedings In error followed and the case
was twlco appealed to the supreme court ,
eventually resulting in affirming a judg
ment against Coburn for $3,895. Ultimately
Coburn paid to Watson $5,416 , which
amount Included the Interest.
ABOUT SPECIAL FUKD WAIUIANTS.
Oltr Not Llnute In Cased Where the
Tnc Hare Not Been Pnlil.
A decision that will affect the standing
of city warrants considerably , especially
those which have been assigned , has just
been rendered by County Judge Baxter In
the case of Adam S. Stlger against the city.
Stlgcr'a action was brought to recover $300
on a grading warrant Issued to Ed , Phalen
In October , 1893. The decision was against
the plaintiff , the case being dismissed at his
cost.
cost.The
The court decided practically that an as
signee could not recover. In Stlger's suit
It was represented that when the warrant
was paid to Ed. Phalen for work on Leaven-
worth street the agreement with the city
waa that a special fund would bo cre
ated. This the city had neglected to pro
vide though five years had elapsed. How
ever , the question of laches on the part of
the city was not gone into by Judge Baxter ;
ho simply hold that so far as the assignee
was concerned he could not recover on the
mere face of the warrant. Had Phalen ,
himself , been the plaintiff the whole ques
tion of the city's liability on Its contract
would have been raised , although , says
Judge Baxter , the authorities are not uni
form even on that point. The warrant was
not assigned by Phalen directly to Stlger ,
but had gone through several hands.
Under this decision the holder of a city
warrant for which the special fund prom
ised has not been provided can not re
cover , if ho be a mere assignee , but If he
hold the warrant as a direct party to the
contract with the city ho may raise the
point of the city's obligation to compensate
for services performed just as any other
debtor would bo obligated.
So far aa this decision' goes , It affects
a great many people holding warrants as
assignees. A number of oases are now
pending In the district court , and several
have been started recently. One Important
ca Q Is now awaiting decision by Judge
Dickinson. It U probable that Stlger will
take an appeal to the district court also.
LINTON CASE APPEARS AGAIN.
Fawcott Hears New Argu
ment * In an Old Matter.
The old Llnton mortgage suit has come up
before Judge Fawcett on a remand from
the supreme court and the afternoon was
devoted to argument by the attorneys for
and against a foreclosure decree , being ren
dered in accordance with the action of the
supreme court reversing the judgment ren
dered by Judge Ferguson.
The parties are residents of England and
the suit involves the title to a considerable
tract ot land west ot Hanscom park , said
to be about fifty acres. The original suit
was brought by Phoebe B. B. E. Llnton
and Adolphus Llnton against John W.
Cooper and Brown , Jansen & Co. , bankers
of London , to quiet title to the property.
A counter claim was made by Cooper and
the banking concern , In which a mortgage
was said to have been uexecuted by the
Llntons in the latter parjjof 1889 to the
bank for 10,000 and foreclosure ot the
mortgage was demanded. q * .
The Llntons clalmeJ thut-the mortgage
had not been executed According ' to law.
ItrS2 usse'rted that'the'docum'ent had been
stolen and that on the whole the transac
tion had been shady. Judge Ferguson
found for the Llntons and' an appeal was
taken by Cooper and the bank to the su
preme court. Cooper is a' partner In the
banking company. The supreme court re
versed the judgment and remanded the case
to the district court for a decree , favoring
the counter claim , fixing the rate ot in
terest at 6 per cent. In the opinion ot the
supreme court the mortgage had been le
gally executed and delivered.
Adding the Interest to the principal the
total amount Involved would now be al
most $75,000.
Suit ot a. St. Louis Mao.
The effort of W. A. Darling of St. Louis
to make the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben pay to
him certain rents said to have been owed
to him by the Barls of Electra of that city
has been fully aired In Judge Baker's court
and the case taken under advisement.
The Earls of Blectra bad a career la the
Missouri metropolis which was full of all
kinds of vicissitudes. Its aim was to give
to the people there such magnificent street
pageants , electric and otherwise , as the
Knights ef Ak-Sar-Ben have produced here.
It hoped to ecllpte the Veiled Prophets ana
the Priests of Pallas. But somehow it had
the bitterest struggle for an existence and
eventually expired.
It happened that upon Its death being
learned In this city certain bargains In the
way of floats were suggested as being too
gcod to miss. Accordingly , Walter S. Jar-
dlno , as the chairman of the parade com- '
mlttee and representing the Board of Gov
ernors , went to St. Louis and purchased from
Charles J. Dunnerman , several floats tor
$700 , ten a freight bill running up to about
$175. This was In May lost. Dunnerman
was the president or manager of the Earls ,
but the transaction was with Dunnerman
personally and not with the organization ,
for that was then defunct ,
Dunnerman seemed to bo the proprietor ot
the floats and had the key to the place
* rhere they were kept. In time nn action was
brought by Darling against the Earls for
rents , he s ldi had not been paid him , and
garnishment proceedings were commenced
against the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben to get
hold of the balance said to be due Dunner
man on the float bin.
The fact ot Mr. Jardlne's purchase direct
from Dunnerman were presented In an affi
davit to Judge Baker this morning and other
evidence was offered on both sides. Dar
ling's attorney contended that as Dunnerman
waa acting as a representative of the Earls
the transaction was with that organisation
and not a personal one.
Witnesses Agnlimt GnntblerH.
Witnesses In the Jack Norton gambling
case have been subpoenaed to appear on
the 12th In Judge Slabaugh'a court , but It
Is doubtful If the Bechel case may be
finished In time to allow the Norton case
to be called on that date. Pracclpes were
Issued yesterday for the following : James
Phillips , the "pin game" operator ; John
Hanscn , employed by Phillips ; Larry
Mourning , trom whom the place on Six
teenth street was rented : License Inspector
Thomas McVlttlo and his deputy , George
L. Hurst ; Holly B. Allen , the blacksmith
who occupied part ot the premises at 310
North Sixteenth street , where the "pin
game" was run ; Deputy Sheriff John Lewis
and Miles M. Mitchell.
Boesen's Cause of Action.
The old suit ot John Boesen against the
Omaha Brewing association and John Buck
Is on trial In Judge Dickinson's court. In
the present case Bocacn sues for $5,000
damages. In two former actions brought
by him and in which he failed to get a
Judgment the amounts were much smaller.
The basis of his suit is that after an agree
ment between htm and the defendants to
take the saloon at Sixteenth and William
streets off the hands ot John Buck for the
year 1897 , Buck and the Brewing associa
tion took the place away from him , though
he had paid the license.
City Asks a. Ne\r Trial.
Ezra Doty's verdict ot $1,000 against the
city , awarded by a jury in Judge Keysor's
court , will be contested by City Attorney
Connell. A motion for a new trial was
filed by Mr. Connell yesterday. Ho sets
forth as his grounds that the verdict was
excessive and that the court erred In his
Instructions to the jury. Doty's suit arose
out of his running up against a barrel near
the Sherman avenue track when alighting
from a street car at the time that thorough
fare was being paved , his leg being broken
by the contact with the obstruction.
Injunction In Neiy Light.
Injunction proceedings have been started
against the Automatic Qas Lamp company.
The plaintiff Is the Rtley-Hubbard company.
An application was made yesterday for an
order restraining ; the defendants from dis
posing of certain territory to other parties ,
the plaintiff claiming to hold the right to
the territory In question , namely , the cities
of Omaha and South Omaha. William E.
Yarton , Allen n. Kelly , Frank A. Broad-
well and James A. Yarton are made codefendants -
defendants with the Gas Lamp company.
A. restraining order is expected today.
Lorens Sites Street Railway Company
The collision between an electric car and
a peddler's wagon at Tenth and Howard
streets on November 2 has resulted In a
suit for $5,200 damages by one ot the occu
pants of the wagon , Karl Lorenz , against
the street railway company. Lorenz al
leges that the car ran into his rig while he
and Lewis Fronn were .driving across the' '
street and that he waa thrown out of his
wagon and badly bruised up.
Echoes of a Long Ago Failure.
The Hamilton National bank case against
the defunct American Loan and Trust com
pany to fasten a claim for several thousand
dollars on a New England estate and pave
the way for other suits against the stock
holders of the company may cone up be
fore Judge Fawcett Saturday. A notice was
filed yesterday by the bank's attorney to
the effect that all the demurrers would then
be called up for disposition.
Verdict for the Bank.
In the suit of the American National bank
against Henry P. Stoddard to recover $1,704
on a balance due , Judge Dickinson in
structed the jury for the plaintiff and a
verdict was returned accordingly.
Including the interest , the total amount of
the judgment against Stoddard Is $2,288.
REV. S. A. DONAHOE.
Testifies to the Good Qualities of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
"On the 10th of December. 1897 , " says Rev
S. A. Donahoe. Pastor M. B. Church , South'
ft/leasant ; , W. Va. , "I contracted a severe
i < nld which
was attended from the beginning
by violent coughing. After resorting to a
number of so-called 'specifics , ' usually kept
In the house , to no purpose , I purchased a
bWt ° ' Chamberlain's Cough Remed
which acted like charm. I most cheerfully
r commend It to the public. "
Robbed by His G ldes.
J. E. Tracy of Decatur , Neb. , was held up
and robbed Wednesday about 11 o'clock p. m
In the vicinity ot Eighteenth and Leaven-
worth streets. He mot a couple of roughly
dressed men In a saloon and they started to
show him where a friend lived. When they
approached a dark place the men went
through his pockets , taking $15 In cash.
What You Pay Us-
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empty for our prices are such that you
got all the wear you are entitled to or
expect There Is our calf skin shoe for
the missus nothing could be more ap
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keeps the feet warm and dry these In
misses 'sizes only $1.50 In child's sizes
$1.25 We recommend this shoo for
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rubbers No shoe we have ever sold can
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SUPPLIES FOR ARMY POSTS
Captain Baxter Let * Several Contracts for
Forage and Fuel.
CONTINGENT ON THE TROOPS' REMOVAL
In Case of Posts Being Vacated the
Contracts Become Void Herr tlie
OfUcers View the Armr lie *
organisation Illll.
Captain John Baxter , Jr. , chief quarter
master of the Department of the Missouri ,
haa just closed contracts for supplies ot
coal , wood and feed for the posts In the
department , which are supposed to be suffi
cient to meet the wants of the posts
until June 30 , 1899. The contracts are so
drawn that If the troops are removed at
any time before the contracts am fulfilled ,
the contract becomes void. The following
shows the quantities ordered and the
names of the contractors :
Fort Reno : C. H. Scaring , Arkansas
City , Kan. , 100,000 pounds of corn ; Clar
ence R. Brown , Union City , I. T. , 400,000
pound of baled hay and 100,000 pounds of
bedding.
Fort Logon H. Roots : J. B. Batcman ,
Little Rock , Ark. , wood and coal ; O. B.
Wood , Little Rock , . Ark. , Arkansas hard
coal ; Fred Cramer , Little Rock , corn , bran ,
hay and straw ; C. H. Searing , Arkansas
City , Kan. , oats.
Fort Rlley : William Busby , Parsons , Kan. ,
4,000,000 pounds of coal ; Sweeting & Peck ,
Junction City , Kan. , 130,000 pounds of bran ;
A. Wangerlen , Vlnlng , Kan. , 1,100,000
pounds of oats.
Fort Leavenworth : George W. Klorstead ,
Leavenworth , 6,000,000 pounds of soft coal ,
1.600,000 pounds of hard coal ; Henry A.
Kostcr. Platte City , Mo. . 96,000 pounds of
oats , 100,000 pounds of shelled com ; B. M.
Whltchalr. Junction Cltv. Kan. , 285,000
pounds of baled hay , 75,00' pounds of straw.
Jefferson Barracks : Edwin Conrades , St.
Louis , 7,000,000 pounds of soft coal ; J , Henry
Bobrlng , St. Louis , 675,000 pounds of oata ;
Bdwln J. Paul , St. Louts , 700.000 pounds of
baled hay , 200,000 pounds of straw ; William
Ruprecht , St. Loulv , 850 cords of hard wood.
Fort Nlobrara : J. W. BurleUh , Simeon.
Neb. , 60.000 pounds of corn ; Melville B.
Doty , Valentine , Neb. , 60,000 pounds of baled
hey , 60,000 pounds of bedding ; Chalmers A.
Lovejoy , Valentine , Neb. , 200,000 pounds ot
haj , 75,000 pounds of bedding ; J. F. Twam-
ley & Bon , Omaha , 260,000 pounds of hay.
Fort Robinson : Fred P. Hampton. Tllford ,
S. D. , 160,000 pounds of oats , 100,000 pounds
of shelled corn ; Michael J. Jordan , Arabia ,
Neb. , 260,000 pounds ot hay ; B. C. Mc
Dowell , Crawford , Neb. , 100,000 pounds of
straw.
Fort Crook : John T. Clarke Omaha , 260
cords of soft wood ; Coutant & Squires ,
Omaha 250 cords of kindling wood ; George
Patterson , Omaha , 1,200,000 pounds of hard
coal. 4,600,000 pounds of soft coal ; V'llll i
Husenetter , Llnwood , Neb. , 250,000 pounds of
baled hay , 60.000 pounds of bedding ; J. F.
Twamley & Son , Omaha , 20,000 pounds of
bran
Fort Sill : Samuel O , Slgman , Marlow , I.
T. , 20,000 pounds of baled hay , 100,000
pounds of shelled corn ; C. II. Scaring1 ,
Arkansas City , Kan. , 800,000 pounds of oats ;
John Bull , Marlow , I. T. , 600,000 pounds of
hay ; John W. Clanton , Marlow. I. T. , 250,000
pounds baled hay , 150,000 pounds of straw.
Omaha depot : J. F. Twamley & Son , 20,000
pounds of shelled corn ,
Intercut In the IlrorKanlsntlon.
The officers at army headquarters ar
greatly Interested just now In the reorga
nization bills which have been Introduced
In congress , and there Is not a great deal
of enthusiasm among them over the meas
ures. The Hull bill particularly Is far from
pleasing owing to what Is termed its op
portunities for political graft. Staff officers
look upon this bill as a discrimination
against their branch of the crvlce. They
say If It shall become a law a junior officer
of the line will be promoted over his seniors
who are on the staff. The new staff posi
tions provided for In the Hull bill are to be
filled by promotion of line officers , and no
provision Is made for the protection or ad
vancement of officers now serving on the
staff positions. Line officers , on the other
hand , do not find so much fault with the
provisions , and the shape of the measure on
Its final passage may depend upon which
division of the army can produce the
strongest pull on congress. These objec
tions are also raised to the Miles bill , but
they do not apply with eo much force. It
Is said that both measures leave a wldo
leeway for the appointment of civilians to
high places regardless of the rights or mer
its of the regular army officer who has spent
yeara In service. The progress of the bills
In congress will be watched with consider
able Interest by all army officers.
Captain Baxter says ho Is looking for In
structions almost any day to prepare th
Twentieth Infantry , now at Fort Leaven-
worth , for being moved to Manila. He has
no official tip on this matter other
than what he has seen In the newspapers ,
but thinks there must bo some ground for
the published reports or they would not base
so general. In this connection a statement
has been published that the Second Infantry ,
formerly stationed at this post , would bo
sent to Manila , but this Is hardly considered
probable , as this regiment Is now quartered
at Annlston , Ala. , and only recently a de
tachment of the regiment left at Fort Keogh
was ordered to Annlston to rejoin the regi
ment , which would not Indicate that the
War department contemplated sending this
regiment across the Pacific.
Major B. A. Ko.-rpcr , chief surgeon ot thta
department , tcurned yesterday morning rrom
Fort Leavenworth , where bo sat as presi
dent of an examining board.
Lieutenant ( junior grade ) R. B. Howell ot
this city has been honorably discharged
from the navy. He recently returned to
Omaha after service on one of the auxiliary
cruisers.
About forty members of the Second Ne
braska volunteers remain to be mustered
out.
noltliem line Dynamite.
CHICAGO , Dec. S. The safe In the Bank
of Antloch , 111 , , about forty miles from Chicago
cage , has been blown opco with dynamite * .
The loss Is $5,000 In cash and some valuable
papers. The rrbhors , fno young men , es
caped on a handcar.
We're ' Open Evenings
And until after Christmas you can
find us at the store till to p. m. every
day except Sundays \\-o liave a few of
those exposition stools left that we ure
closing out nt 10 cents , 15 cents , 3
cents nnd up no use using nn old tool
when you can get one of these nt this
price our Christinas piano showing Is
better than ever before you can have
your choice of a dozen different makes
Including the Knnbo , Klmball , Kra-
nlch t Bach , Hallet & Davla and Hospe
easy terms.
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MUSIC ODd AH 1513 Douglas
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Nothing could bo nicer or more useful
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glasses or spectacles you can make ,
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guaranteeing satisfaction what could Spectacles
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mother wo are thoroughly equipped lu
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all of which is under the direction of a
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