THE OMATTA DAILY NEE : FHIDAY , JAXVATIY (5 ( , 1809.
THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY
i Progress of a Contest for Seduced Telephone
Bates in Washington ,
INDICTMENT FOLLOWS VIOLATION OF LAW
Nl < m Mnrcli of Modern C
ill London nice-trie Unlit *
Iliu l'rfiinl < lH Other Itc-
\clopiiu-ntfi.
The telephone company of the District ot
Columbia In bucking against a stiff proposi
tion In attempting to Ignore a law paused
by congress. Congress Is the law-making
power of the district and what It decrees Is
usually accepted by the local corporation
aftrr the customary kick against "paternal-
Ism. " Last jear congress In Its wisdom
concluded that $30 a month was a fair prlco
for telephone service and decreed that no
moro than JJO should bo collected. Uut It
didn't go with the telephonecompany. .
When thp law went Into effect the company
went Into the courts , It did not care much
nhout the reduction , but It rebelled against
the principle Involved In a law limiting Hi
charges. The company asked the courts to
declare the law unconstitutional. It did not
secure an Injunction suspending the law ot
the pleasure of the couit , nor did It exert
Itself to uecuro n decision. It contented
Itself with Ignoring the law and collecting
Its customary rates. Finally the attention
of tlio district grand Jury was called to the
action of the corporation violating the law
and an Indictment of the president of the
company was promptly forthcoming. This
brings to a focus the question whether tlio
tflophono company or COIIKTUSI , Is "the big
ger man" and the company Is watching the
outcome with Interest.
The Tcleiihoni' In London.
Several rather sensational articles have
lately appeared in England condemning the
manner In whltli the city of London Is
lighted and claiming moreover that It Is the
darkest capital In Europe. Whether this is
so or noc wo leave our technical contem
poraries on the other side to decide , as sev
Yt eral of them 'were apparently eager to pick
li up the gauntlet thrown down. What , liow-
ever , Is moro surprising to us , says Elec
tricity , U that the police department of Lon
don does not make use of the telephone. Ac
cording to ono of our English contempora
ries , there la not a police station In the whole
of that great metropolis equipped with an
instrument that has
become almost
as com
mon and aa necessary In New York
City as
U I the electric light. The absence of the 'phono
In ono of the most , If not the most , Impor
tant branches of the city's servlco is duo
so It Is alleged , not to any fault of the local
telephone company , but rather to an unusual
conservatism exhibited by the authorities ,
who have repeatedly declined to avail them
selves of the priv liege In this respect the
authorities of London are apparently showIng -
Ing the same spirit which prompted many
of the banking houses to decline to have a
telephone Installed on their promises on the
I I Ground that "It was not quite respectable. "
How the police department In a city , such
as London , can
get along without some
speedy method of communication
, such as
only the telephone , can supply. Is Incompre-
nonslblo to the ordinary mortal on this side
of the Atlantic. In New York City In the
event of a child's
becoming lost or a person
disappearing ovcry police station In the do-
rartment Is notified to that effect bv tele
phone in less than half an hour Trom the
tlmo the news Is received. We should like
to know how
this
sending out of a general
Sn ? , "n . d ° ? , Cflptlon " acc ° mPllshed n
Possibly a dozen messeng-rs are
dispatched to make the rounds of all tlie
stations , or the
telegraph la
" madp ueo or.
r nt co.n.tmt"to th ° methods adopted In
of our ° English " C ° mo us a 6urPriso to some
readers to learn that during
I mllUary pBradcs ln Now York
. .
city booths
are erected along the route the
procoHlon will follow to enable the chief of
police at headquarters to bo constantly Kent
informed as to the whereabouts of the
Parade or told of
any unusual disturbance.
E. . the police ' of ndon. m contrast
department
, has telephones In
OUSeS > but the " " "Wment
such . .
that when
a flro call Is sent by telo-
Pbono it is obliged to
pass through
several
± hT 'I , Cnta"lne "n'Mwnble loss o
valuable tlmo. Tnls objectionable feature
I . ? efomc ° by an expenditure of $50
? ' bUt SmB" ns
cost would bo It Is ,
apparently
considered by
° C * "lrul
maV cxtra
? 8 neo and
matters are left
as they nre. In New York
ton
B'gnnl ' oxE0 t com-
location n rynMtablls"od between the
of the flro
and headquarters.
llourcoful
Electrical Enwlnccr.
one of the offlcera
of the corps.
on ono of the
fortifications in the harbor. The men In
charge of getting the boiler "
down the bay"
iget n ° 6UlUbI ° llsht
ashore.
, , . so
? ? ! P ljLph'6BP(1 ' thc holes In the boiler.
d it
off
the pier , hitched
It to a tug
nnd towed It down the harbor , kept afloat
by the air Insldo It. The men who had to
take down the engine
and dvnamo managed -
aged to get their machines landed , but there
they waited , with apparently no prospect of
JTOlng farther. On the whole island there
MBS only one truck strong enough to carry
the machines from the dock to the fort , nnd
that was In charge of an Irishman in the
cmproy of the city of Boston , who doggedly
maintained that ho took no orders except
from the city ofllclals , and the authority of
the United States government was nothing
to him , It was already late In the after
noon and there was no possibility of reach
ing the office of the authorities In time to
eocuro the permit. The men simply took
the driver to their barracks , got him dead-
drunk nnd did their own driving. And the
farchllght shone down the bay that night
( lit * I'yrniuldx.
Lighting tlio Pyramids of Egypt with
electricity and the Installation of a 23.000
horse power plant , to cent some $100,000 , Is
a plan now under consideration by the Brit
ish government , and the Wcstlnghousa Elcc-
trlo and M inufacturlng company of Pitts-
burg. Pa , , is reported as likely to receive
the contract , says the Engineering News.
Aa outlined , the plan Includes the genera
tion of electric power at the Assouan Tails ,
on the NHo river , and Its transmission a
dlfitanco of 100 miles through the cotton-
growing districts , where , it Is believed , the
cheap power will permit the building of
cotton factories. It is planned to use the
power to Illuminate the Interior corridors ot
the pyramids and arso operate pumping ma
chinery for Irrigating large areas ot desert
long tiie Nile.
llurnluir n Steel llnnk Vnull.
Back In the GOe a bank In Cincinnati
ordered a vault that would defy not only
flr * but the attack of every known device of
th burglar's art. Such a receptacle for the
valuables of the bank was constructed by a
well known mechanical engineer of that
day , who when he had finished his task
Informed his employer that the only wa >
they would ever get rid of the vault would
bo by burying It. Nothing had ever been
era like U to the United States. It was
[ > ultt ot steel , two * nd one-half inches
.hick ; the plate * were screwed together and
.ho screws were then cut off and chilled.
There were but two openings , and these
were door * fitted with combination locks
and bolts of consummate Ingenuity. It Is
tild that during the war this vault con
tained a large part ot the valuables In Cin
cinnati. After a while the bank officials
needed the apace occupied by the steel
chamber , but they found It was much easier
: o have It built than to Ket rid of It. Con
tractors were told that they could have the
steel If they would only remove It , but they
decided that the only way to solve the
problem was to blow up the vault. If that
were done the building would go too.
Finally a man who knows something ot
what the enormous he-it generated by the
electric arc Is capable has confidently taken
the Job In hand. When asked by the bank
officials how he proposed to do it he In
formed them ho was going to burn out the
vault. By the terms of his contract he was
not to remove all the metal walls , but leave
enough to be used by the bank BS a safe for
Its books. The beginning ot the task was
watched with intense Interest. An arc light
wire wan tapped , and a rubber-handled tool
carrying an arc light carbon was attached
to the circuit. An electrician made the
ueceisary connections and equipped with a
pair of heavy colored goggles , turned the
snitch and started to work. In less than a
minute molten metal wa running In a
stream down the side ot the steel wall from
a hole halt an Inch deep And four Inches In
diameter. Before long the hole had been
burned clean through the steel plate , and
the success of the experiment was apparent.
rail * ' IMnntn.
Great agitation recently has befallen the
commissioners for the preservation ot
Niagara at the effect which the development
of electrical and manufacturing enterprises
will have upon the future of Niagara falls.
In their official report the commissioners
fear that national Indifference may lead tea
a diminution of the value of the cataract
and Its defacement as a world-famous
epectacle. In their dilemma they have op-
pealed to the governments of the United
States and Great Britain to provide somes
absolutely sure protection. " These fears
arc apparently groundless. It appears that
the concessions which have been granted
provide for the tapping of the river above
the falls to the extent of only 500,000 horse
power , of which not moro than 60,000 horse
power has been converted. The general
estimate puts the total horse power of the
falls at 6,760,000. Even when the whole of
the 600,000 horse power has been developed
the thickness of the sheet at the Horseshoe
now sixteen fcot will be only one and
one-quarter feet thinner. In view of the
fact that the falls are being broken up Into
a series ot elopes and rapids Under the
weight of theater , It Is a scientific propo
sition whether the diversion of a consider
able portion of this mass some 100,000,000
tons an hour may not help to preserve the
tails In their present majesty and beauty.
PROGRESS OF ICE HARVEST
Cold Weather Glvea 1'roiiilnc of nn
Ah mi limit IlnrtCMt Without Any
Itcdnctloii lu 1'rlee.
The cold snap of the past few dajs has
been a great boon to the Ice men of the
city , and they are Jubilant , the prospect for
a full crop being favorable. This means
about 350,000 tons ot ice.
In spite of the expected plenitude , most
of the local dealers agree that there v > lll
bo but llttlo drop in the price. They say
the prlco of Ice next summer -will be regu
lated by the cost ot putting It up this
winter.
The first crop has about all been put up.
This Is Ice of an interior grade , though
very good for packing house purposes. That
packed for the retail trade was planed down ,
as much as seven Inches of snow being
shaved off. Very little has yet been done
with the second crop , which has reached a
tblcknces ot from nlno to twelve Inches.
Swift and Company , whoso bouso is at
Cut Off lake , will put up the greatest
amount. The house has a capacity ot 125-
000 tons , 62,000 tons of which has been put
up. This was the first crop , the second
not being considered yet ready for the har
vest. All this Ice will be used for packing
house purposes , the second crop only being
used -to supply the retail trade. Two hun
dred men and seventeen teams were required
to pack this amount. The next packer Is
the Hammond company. The house has a
capacity of 65,000 tons. It has all Its Ice
up , 132 men and sixteen teams haviug bein
employed.
The Arctic Ice company gets Its ice from
the Florence and Walnut Hill reservoirs and
Cut Off lake. About half a crop has been
packed. Tlie company can take care ot
50,000 tons. Seymour Lake Ice company ,
whoso ice U made from artesian water , has
harvested some 30,000 tons. This Is all
second crop ice. It employs 100 men and
expects to have all Its Ice up in a few days.
DAVIS CHILDREN ARE MISSING
Snptionetl to Hu > e Ileen Stolen from
the Iloomi of tlie Child
SavInK Institute.
Agnes Davis and her sister Dickie , aged
11 and 9 years respectively , were taken away
from the Child Saving institute about 9
o'clock Tuesday night by unknown per
rons. Suspicion points to their sister , Liz
zie Starts , and her husband , as they dis
appeared from their rooms at Seventeenth
and St. Mary's avenue , on the same day.
The children were turned over to the
superintendent of the Institute about a
month ago , all right being waived to their
guardianship , so that they might bo
adopted by persons who would give them
good homes. . Tbo superintendent wrote to
Homo rich relatives of the children residing
In the east and asked it they would give his
wards a home. It is supposed that instead
of addressing him in return , they tient their
letter to Llzzlo Starts , as she Is known
to have received a remittance lately.
The children retired about S o'clock on
the night of their disappearance. Their
nurse found the door of their room open
and all their things gone on hour later. It
Is supposed Starts entered the room by the
stairway at the back and carried them oft ,
as he was seen to go to his home on St.
Mary's avenue with his arms tilled with
clothing and tojs.
A letter has been received from another
sister In Oklahoma offering the children a
good home. The children spent last sum
mer at the exposition , where they worked
with some kind ot a show.
GETTING READY FOR WORK
Commlttcr of firentrr America Bxin-
Itlnn 1'rtMinri'M fur n Canlinn of
the Cltj- for Siil > ncrl | > tloiiN ,
The executive committee ot the Greater
America Exposition held a session last
night and the time was given over to talkIng -
Ing on tbe methods ot procedure In building
the exposition.
The finance committee met yesterday
afternoon and organized by electing Rome
Miller chairman. Plans for canvassing the
city were considered. C. M. Wllhelm was
Instructed to appear before the executive
committee with a proposition empowering
the finance committee to engage men to con
duct the canvass for a small stipend , tbo
committee to have personal supervision of
the work.
Mr . Homier 1'umrn Awny.
Mrs , John Banner , wife ot John Ilonncr
of The Bee couiuosiiiR room , died at 6
o'clock jcfterday morning at her home , Fif
teenth and Castellar streets. She was 111
about tbreo weeks.
BANK OFFICIALS ARE CALLED1
Give Testimony in the Oasa Against Frank
M , Doraay *
,
NOTES ' OF PONCA BANK PUT IN EVIDENCE
of 1'iiprr Drclnrp Hull
' 1 hc > - Arc Still Iiooklnir for Some
of the Mm Amnlnxt Whom
They ItoiiKht Clnlini.
The evidence on which the attorneys for
the government expect to convict Frank M.
Dorscy of fraudulent banking consists very
largely ot a huge bundle of notes which arc
marked "paid" on the books of the bank ,
but which the prosecution U endeavoring to
show where Issued for re-discount. These
notea were scattered all over this part of
the country and during the next four or live
das the \\ltnessc3 will consist almost exclu
sively ot the officials of various banks who
have bei % called In to Identify such as they
handled In tlio course of their business ,
The evidence In each case is almost ex
actly Mmllar , the only riiffcrpti.e being the
amounts of the various notes to which ref
erence is made. The prosecution Is handi
capped by the fact that , as ifho notes arp
about six jears old , the witnesses are com
pelled to testify largely from memoranda
which they bave made from the books of
their banks. To this the defense vigorously
objects and a large amount of this sort ot
testimony Is being ruled out because the
witnesses are unable to testify from their
personal recollections.
Note * Without' Connlilcrntton.
Some comparatively sensational testimony
wns Introduced through W. n. Holmes of
Cedar Ilaplds , la. , who testified that he
was employed as private secretary for Frank
M. Doreey In the Pacific Townslto company
and a cuttle company of which Dorsey was
general manager. He Idonflflpd a number of
notes for sums ranging from $500 to $1.600 ,
which he admitted ho hid signed. These
notes were given without consideration and
some of them were drawn by Dorscy himself
and signed by the witness.
The prosecution also brought out the
statement that notes for comparatively large
amounts were signed by horse wipers and
other employes who were getting $30 and $15
a month and were apparently entirely with
out other resources. Holmes Identified a
number of these notes , which were offered
In evidence , and was questioned at length
In regard to the habits and general finan
cial standing of the employes who slgnJ
them. The cross-examination was brief and
did not shake the testimony further than to
secure an admission that In two or three
Instances the witness could not swear posi
tively that the notes were written by Douey.
Ciut't rinil Mlcliiui.
Thursday afternoon H. Meyer , national
bank examiner for Iowa , but who was for
merly cashier of the First National bank of
Elkader , Identified a bundle of notes which
ho said he had received from Dorsey s bank
for ro-dlscount. They were guaranteed by
the Ponca bank. His evidence was rejected
on account of the faot that ho was com
pelled to depend on his memoranda for the
facts.
James T. Toy , president of the Farmers'
Loan and Trust bank of Sioux City , testi
fied that November 5 , 1892 , Dorscy brought
him a note for $4,200 , signed by Oliver
Mlchan. It was dated October 14 of the
same year and was due the following
April. Dorsey endorsed the note and It was
bought at the usual discount. Toy ia etlll
holding the note. Ho haa tried to find
Mlchan , but can discover no Indication
that such a man over existed.
C. M. Voss , cashier of the German Sav
ings' , bank , of Davenport , la. , Identified a
number of notes which he accepted at re
discount from the Ponca bank. One for
$2,300 was signed by J. E. Barker , a bar
ber , and ono lor $2,000 by C. Victor and one
for $250 by O. Hlchards. One small no'e
for $16.50 had been paid.
It will require several days longer in
which to complete the Identification of the
notes which the prosecution alleges were
entered as paid and then re-discounted.
HIM INTO llAMCItUPTCY.
Crc.Iltorn Flic Their Ai.pllcntlon * | n
tlie United Stntcx Court.
The first Involuntary binkruptcy case that
has been brought In this district since the
law went Into effect hns been filed in United
States court. It was brought by the Krause
company of Davenport , la , Z. T. Llndsey of
Omaha and others , who ask that George
Tourtolo' of Plattsmouth bo declared a.
bankrupt.
Tourtolot was the proprietor of a general
store at Plattsmouth and the petitioners al
lege that on the night of December 18 ho
assigned his property to W. W. Coates tot
$1.600. They declare that this was n rldlcu.
lously Inadequate consideration and that
the transfer was made far the purpose ot
defeating his legitimate creditors.
Pottharst & Co. , proprietors of stores at
Lincoln and Talmaee , asked to be declared
bankrupts. Their schedule Indicates an in.
debtedness of nearly $30,000. Thcfr stock at
Lincoln is alleged to bo worth $9,000 and
that at Talmage ? 10,000 , besides $2,600 in
book accounts and other property.
I roatofllt'e Ilnblier CnnKht.
Two of the men who are alleged to have
robbed the postofflce at Cedar Bluffa , Neb ,
about ten days ago have been arrested In
Arkansas and are on their way to this city
in charge ot Postofflco Inspector Albert 0.
Swift. The office was supposed to have
been robbed by three men near Valley , who
had been husking corn and doing odd Jobs.
They got n lot of stamps and about | 15 in
money. Then they broke Into a Jewelry
store and stole about J150 worth of plunder.
The postofflce authorities got on their trali
through a letter that they wrote home and
Inspector Swift started on the hunt. He
has wired Marshal Thuramel , sa > lng that
he has two of the men and will land them
In Omaha at once.
Juror * Kxenned for.tlie
. Term.
Judge Munger discharged the entire petit
Jury > esterday afternoon with the exception
of those who nre serving on the Dorsey case.
During the day he referred a number of
bankruptcy casce to referees and denied the
motion to set aside the execution and sale
of certain property In Lancaster county In
the case ot J. W. Mcponald , receiver of the
Capital National bank , against A P ' s
'
Stuart and others.
Turn * on the fin * .
Harry Churchill , a 17-year-old boy boaid
tag at 1618 Harney street , was almost
asphyxiated Wednesday night. When ho re
tired ho failed to properly turn off the gas
and tula mornliiK he
was found in nn un
conscious condition. Ho will recover.
GROCERY CLERKS' SMOKER
YOUIIK Men of Hetnll
Store * Iline uil
Kteiilnic of tirent I3n-
JO ) Illl-nt.
Omaha council , No. C , Retail Grocery
Clerks' National association , gave a smoker
In the Ro > al Arcanum hall , 213 North Six
teenth street , last evening , which did more
1o bring the members of the organization
into closer touch with each other than any.
thing they have done In the last year. They
had plenty of appetizing edlblci , punch and
aorno good cigars , which aided them mute ,
rlally In passing a very pleasant evening.
They talked over the prospects of their com.
Ing annual ball and promised to make it a
greater success than last year.
Although this organization la less than a
year old it has elghty-flve members and a
score of applications awaiting action. Mem.
bcrs have leased the Arcanum hall for the *
!
coming jear and will meet every Thursday
night. On the fourth Thursday of each
month they will have n social gathering , re
sembling that .of last night. Hetall grocery
clerks will be welcomed to all meetings and
the members of the council are looking for
ward to the time when their membership
will be nearer 200 than It Is now to the cen
tury mark.
S. K. T. I'rlmo of Chicago , editor of
Prime's Crop Heports , arrived in Omaha last
evening , Ho has been In the state since
Tuesday looking Into the crop condition : ) .
In speaking ot the results ot his observa
tions ho said :
"In talking with railroad men , merchants ,
shippers and farmers , In connection with
what I have myself seen , I am satlaficd that
the corn crop of 1S9S in Nebraska is much
smaller than has been expected , The farm
ers have been so bujy with their wheat crop
that they have paid llttlo attention to the
corn and were not aware of Its poor condi
tion , However , everywhere I have been 1
have been struck with the prosperity of the
farmer. Ho holds the key to the situation
so far as future prices of corn are concerned.
There Is no new corn at the railroad stations
this > ear , but the cribs'arc full from the
crop of 1897. There Is llttlo of this corn
moving. There Is a strong demand for corn
to go west , but llttlo is going cast. Thirty
per cent of the 1898 crop has not been gath.
ered.
"Farmers nre not marketing their new-
corn at all and It looks as though the re
ceipts from the farmer would bo light all
winter. Nebraska and Iowa have moro surplus -
plus corn than all the other corn states to
gether. Kansas and Missouri are short and
are Importing largely. Except In a few lo
calities in Illinois that state will have little
corn to ship this season. "
Mayor Graham , who has been connected
wtlh the quartermaster's department of the
United States army , left last night for his
homo In New York , having been called upon
by the government to enter the servlco in
Cuba.
I'lTnonnl I'nrfiKriiplii.
W. J. Miller of Hastings is at the Her
Grand.
E. P. I'raker ot St. Paul Is at the Her
Grand.
E. C. Voolldge , Cincinnati , 0. , Is at the
Her Grand.
J. r. Hamilton of Kansas City Is stopping
at the Her Grand.
Philip Mesny , with the Hammond Packing
compnny of Chicago , is at the Her Grand.
W. E. Pierce and John W. Stull , connected
with Armour & Co. ot Chicago , are at the
Her Grand.
At the Murray : Charles S. Mcacham ,
Chicago ; Gojrgo Yocum , Reading , Pa ;
James D. Draper , Marlon ; M. O. Caldwcll ,
Chicago ; T. H. Miller. Crete ; W. H. Wal-
lan , Exeter ; John W. Warde , New York ; J.
P. Ames. Blair ; A. H. Ames. Blair ; John C.
Hlgby , Beatrice : D. H. Snyder , Chicago ; R.
A. Grimes. St. Louis ; R. Carter , N. F. Da
mon. Hastings ; C. A. Tyler , St. Paul ; J.
C. Miller. Norfolk ; M. C. Wallace. Omiha ;
J. N. Dryden , Kearney ; G. Valentine , Chi
cago.
At the Mlllard : W. W. Robblns. No-
nouth , Kan. ; Charles W. Shivel , St. Louis ;
H. N. Dunn , Wyoming ; 0. L. Ballow , Le
Grange , Ind. ; E. D. Crawley , Le Grange ,
Ind. ; George II. Thummel , Grand Island ;
Martin Harfleld. Chicago : A. E. HIM , H. P.
Colgrove , Chicago ; P. B. Greor , Ashland ;
W. A. Michaels. Atlantic ; W. C. Vanklrk ,
Chicago ; C. C. Campbell. York ; W. W. Rob
bing. Norwich ; W. Collins , Wahoo ; S. S.
Curtis , Omaha : F. H. Krlesmann. St. Louis ;
G. G. Williams , Beatrice ; J. J. Johnson ,
Wahoo.
Nebraskans at the hotels : R. J. Scare
and S. S. Scare , Auburn ; August Kroll , Fair-
bury ; J. W. Wneff. Blair ; C. M. Schrocder ,
Tekaman : George O. 'Washburn , Beatrice ;
F. Currlc , Whitney : r. E.'Will. Brownlco ;
B. E. Sturdcvant. Atkinson ; O. H. Ransom ,
Bancroft : W. M. lodence , Hemlngford : F.
C. Klnsc. Douglas ; L E. Holmes , Wahoo ;
William Adams. Stanlford ; Mr. and Mrs.
W. O. Comstock. Chadron : R. J. Man > h ,
Attlebopj ; 0. M. Johnson. Beatrice ; D. O.
RIsley , Beatrice : J. C. Lemon , Greenwood ;
P. Pettlnger. Adam Brown , Cumberland ; R.
H. Harms , Hooper : Fred Schrlcber , Wlsncr.
EXPLAINING AWAY THE CLAIMS
Judue Dickinson Still LliitenliiK to
the Gohcl Cnne Wllllnnm Con.
trmlletit
The Gobcl case Is still on trial before
Judge Dickinson. Christian Specht testified
that ho received $3,000 on the loan made by
Rev. John Williams to him Instead of $4-
000 claimed , but E. W. Slmeral took the
stand to explain ttiat In addition to the $ V
000 paid to him in a lump , $800 was paid to
clear oft a lien , $100 to clean up some other
debts and the balance was paid to Specht
In another check.
Rev. Williams was on the stand part ot the
afternoon himself. Ho flatly contradicted
the testimony ot the Cranes and joung Go
bcl. It was stated that Mrs. Crane and her
brother had given to their guardian a re
ceipt in tull on June 3 , 1897.
Suit AgRlimt Swift.
An old damage suit came to the surface
again in the form ot an amended petition
In tbc action to recover $15,000 from Swift
& Company , brought by Frank Holoubek
through his mother , Mrs. Mary Hopp. Hol
oubek , when 14 years old , was employed
at a sausage machine iu the establishment
of the defendant and ho charges that
through the machine not being property
shielded and tbe floor being slippery he had
ono ot his hands torn and crushed.
McKemoii Auk * Uumnuei.
A $5,000 damage suit was commenced by
Oliver P. McKesson yesterday against the
Kroll Implement company for the reason ,
as ho alleges , that after he had purchased
In August last of the defendant its Fair-
bury business for $1,000 , In a deal Involving
land and money , the company started up
again in October within two blocks of his
store. The defendant concern's resumption
of business , ho alleges , was in violation of
the agreement between them.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The history section of the Unity club will
meet at the Mcrrlam hotel tomorrow nl.ght.
County JudRO Baxter turned over to the
county yesterday $ S3C 29 , being an excess ot
fees over the running expenses of his office
for 1808.
H. E Cole , who has been confined to his
bed with pneumonia for the last three weeks ,
Is slowly recovering. Ills mother , Mrs.
James Cole of Bushnell , 111. , Is attending
him.
FIGURE TO SAVE THE ASSETS
Depositors of Defunct German Savings Bank
Hoar Attorney's ' Beport ,
EXPENSES ARE EATING UP THE PROPERTY
Kruolittloim Adopted Aftkluir Hint
ttvcr > thliiK HemiilnliiK II * Miilil nuil
Suit Commenced AKiilnM Mtot'k-
holilem fur llulnuce.
Depositors of the defunct German Sav
ings bank met Thursday night to talk over
measures which they deem ndvlnablo to
pursue In settling up the affairs of the In
stitution. Attorney Strlckler made a report
which showed that the Income from the
assets Is being eaten up by the expenses.
Ho reported the cost of the iccelvershlp
last jear to have been $14,052. The senti
ment of the depositors present was In favor
of terminating he receivership as quickly
as possible and thereby save the assets. A
committee consisting of H. n. Trcdrlckson
nnd Julius Adler was appointed to draft
resolutions , requesting the court to take
definite action very won to effect this re
sult. These resolutions -were signed by the
chairman , Charles C. Wludcs , and the
secretary , S. S. Trostler , and will bo pre
sented to the court for its consideration , as
It Is understood that Judge 1'awcett will
take up the matter tomorrow.
The resolutions roclto that tlio receivership
i
ship commenced July 26 , 1S90 , Thomas H.
MoCague being appointed to look after the
pioperty of the bank. The expenses to
January 1 , 1898 , amounted to nearly $20,000 ,
not Including the taxes that accumulated
or the expensed that were Incurred on the
foreclosure of certain tax certificates and
mortgages. During the same time the re
ceiver w s allowed "the sum of $3-
739'JG ' for fees , whllo the attorney drew
$3G35. The expenses for 189S exclusive of
taxes and court costs are estimated at $10-
000.
IlliliiuU I.enn Thnii I\IICIIHOM.
At the time t > 3 bank closed , Its indebted
ness Is said to have been $308,000 , and It Is
estimated that Inercst Amounting to $30,000
has accumulated since. Four dividends
amounting to 25 per cent have been paid to
depositors. The aggregate sum. of thcso
dividends Is less ithan the amount actually
expended by the receiver for expenses and
the Interest that has accumulated during
his term of office.
The resolutions further relate that the re
ceiver does not realize enough actual money
fiom the assets to pay the expenses of the
lu.ki.nauiimo taxes on bank property
and the Interest upon the indebtedness. It
is recited that the stockholders have re
fused to pay back the money lotit by de
positors and that It Is their intention not to
pay the creditors of the said bank , unless
compelled to do BO.
It Is stated in the resolutions that whllo
the officers claimed the capital of the bank
was $500,00t , It was in reality $100,000 , as
only 20 cents on the dollar had been paid
In. Xo suit can be commenced against
them o long as any asssts remain In the
hands of the receiver. It Is ( therefore
urged that the bank's assets shall be sold ,
the proceds applied to the payment of the
debts and suit be commenced against the
stockholders and prosecuted until the debts
are paid.
It Is urged further that the continuation
of the receivership Is destructive lo the
rights of the creditors and solely In 'the ' In
terests of the stockholders. Attorney
Strlckler Is thcreforo empowered to take
yich steps aa may bo necessary to bring
the exact situation of the bank to the at
tention of the court and to urge the court
to order the sale ot 'the ' assets after they
have been advertised for thirty davs After
the sale Mr. Strlckler Is authorized to com
mence suit against the stockholders.
DOTY IS BEATEN AND ROBBED
Attack the Driver of
a Delivery Wiigoii nnd Itcllete
Him of III * Wealth.
J. F. Doty , driver for a tea and coffee
company , complained to the police that he
was held up and robbed of $2 at Twenty-first
and Blnney streets Wednesday night about
7.30 o'clock. When passing that point two
men stopped his vehicle. One held the
horse whllo the second jerked him off the
scat and kicked and beat him.
Paxton & Gallagher reported that flvo
butts of tobacco were stolen from their plat *
form late Wednesday afternoon. They value
the tobacco at $36.
George McGregor was arrested by Officers
Mitchell and Drummy while trying to pawn
two pairs of trousers , which were identified
later as the property of the W. R. Bennett
company. McGregor was discharged
Wednesday afternoon by Judge Gordon and
ordered to leave the city.
A. F. Hoppe is in the city Jail on the
charge of stealing a lot of empty shells
from Mrs. Preston , 2568 St. Mary's avenue.
The articles were recovered.
John Cox Is In the city jail on suspicion
of having robbed some saloon. He had u
quart bottle of whisky , a box of cigars and
some wine glasses on his person when ap
prehended.
Judge Gordon listened to the case in
which R. B. Guild accuses Reed Yate ot
having stolen a sealskin cap from his overcoat -
coat pocket. As Guild had his overcoat on
when ho lost his cap it is likely that the
complaint of larceny will bo quashed and amore
moro serious charge of larceny from ths
person preferred. Votes says he found the
cap down stairs at the Crclghton hall. I
James 11. Houston Informed the police
that he waa robbed of | 6 50 and an open- ,
faced silver watch whllo occupying a room
in a lodging house at 1519 Burt street.
HnlneM TukcM I'omentilon.
S. Halnes has been arrested for invading
the parlor of the boarding house at 1609
Douglas street and mistaking It for his
own property. Halnes entered the house ,
found his way to the front parlor and
entered H as If ho really possessed a right
to occupy it. When the police responded
to the frightened call of the distressed
landlady , they found him Ijlng on the bed ,
fully dressed , his boots making sad havoo
with the white spread.
Stolen I'ropert ) Seenreil.
Sheriff Melnke of Washington county and
Harry Scltz were at the pollco station
Thursday afternoon picking up a lot of
The Point About
Our piano helling Is that wo give you
the largest line of high grade pianos to
select from that has ever been brought
to Omaha that we ran save you from
? r > 0 to ? 100 on every piano purchase-
that we guaianteo every Instrument to
be Just as represented that our reli
ability hns been proven by over a
quarter of a century of business In the
same location tlmt we are lepre.senta-
lives of the Knabe Klmball Kranlch
& Bach Ilallet & Davis Hospe-and
others that you can't afford to buy any
where else.
else.A.
A. HOSPE ,
Music and Art. 1513 Douglas.
The Shrewd
Advertiser
Sizes up the newspaper situation of
Omaha nt a glance , and placed
his ads where he knows he will
get the best results.
Did you ever notice that The Bee
printed over a third more ads than
any other paper in these parts ?
That's the result of the shrewd ad
vertiser who spends his money
where it will do the most good.
V Shrewd Men Telephone 238.
stolen goods found in the house at Forty-
sixth and Cass streets , occupied by Geppner
and Von Haller , after they had vacated It
at the request ot flvo officers who desired
to search It. The articles , which consisted
of tobacco , brushes , butcher knives , patent
medicines and matches filled two large
boxes. They were stolen from the store of
Mr. Seltz in Do Solo on the night of No
vember 13. Chief of Police Whlto turned
them over to the Washington county slier-
riff after an Inventory had been taken , In
order that ho might return them to their
rightful owner.
DEATH RECORD.
Three VletlniN of I'lieiiiiinnln.
NORTH IJEND , Neb , Jan. B. ( Special. )
Patrick Hrogati , a successful farmer ot
Dodge county , died here today of pneumonia
after a short Illness. Ono week ago h
burled his daughter , who died from the
same disease.
The sad news was received here today that
Alex W. Chlslhomo , who left here a few
weeks ago to make his homo In the south ,
was dead from pneumonia. Mr. Chlslhomo
was an old soldier and a pioneer in Dodge
county. He was the stepfather of J. W.
Keith , the claim agent of the Union Pacific ,
and William Keith , general agent of the St.
Paul , located at Jacksonville , Fla.
FIKH RECORD.
I.l ery Darn.
ST. PAUL , Neb. , Jan. C. ( Special. ) The
large building known ay the checkered barn
belonging to n. P. Calkins was consumed
by fire about 11 o'clock last night. All the
horses vvoro gotten out. Mr. Calkins had
no Inmirauco and 'the ' loss amounts to Jl.GOO.
The causa of the fire Is not known.
IteMlilciice nt l-'nlrliury.
FAinnURY. Neb , Jan. C. ( Special. )
Tire caused by a defective flue nearly de
stroyed the house occupied by Henry Axtei
this morning. Hln household goods were
saved. The loss on tbo building is about
1300 , with no insurance.
HYMENEAL.
llnldt > In-Crniio.
BURLINGTON , la. , Jan. 5. ( Special Tel
egram. ) Martin Baldwin , son of Hon. W.
W. Baldwin ot Burlington , and Miss Edith
Crape , daughter of Hon. P. M. Crape , were
united 1u marriage tonight at the home of
the bride's parents on Sixth street. A small
company of relatives and friends , Including
guests from DCS Molnes , Chicago and St.
Louis , were present.
Clinrtced nltli Killing III * Father.
MINNEAPOLIS. Jan. 5. A special from
Howard Lake BAYS that Joseph Boxell was
arrested late last night at bis home for
the murder of his father. Thomas Boxoll ,
and his wife. Lydla , on May 15 , 1897. Other
arrests are expected , as the detectives who
have been working en the coso for a year
and a half are supposed to have Incriminat
ing evidence. Boxell Is 33 years of ago
and has a famllv.
Hn FranelNeii Will lime nil Exno.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 5. At a meeting
of citizens todav It was decided to hold an
International exposition in San Francisco I
in 1901 , opening In Juno. Appropriations
will be asked for from the city , state and
nation. It is expected to lay the corner- '
slonc of the administration building on Scp- I i
temtor 9. 1900. '
MARTIN JOHNSON IS LOCATED
Mystery Surrounding a Disappearance is
Finally Solved.
MAN NOT DEAD , BUT IS TO BE MARRIED
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llorrow * Money nnd Roen to Illliiuli ,
K HI" rrlciidn to Think
tlmt Ho linn lleea ,
Murdered ,
The mysterious disappearance In Feb
ruary , 1896 , of Mai tin M. Johnson , a Swed
ish farmer nnd milkman who was supposed
to have been murdered , has at last been
solved. P. A. Frold of Mollne , 111. , whoso
daughter , Ellen , Johnson Is about to marry ,
h&s sworn to an affidavit stating that nttcl
Johnson left Omaha he appeared In Mollne ,
where ho has some relatives , and he , Frold ,
had a conversation with him in October ,
18D8. Prold had known Johnson for twenty
years.
Johnson had a tow acres ot ground near
Elmwood park. His homo was a hut about
a inllo west of the new fair grounds. A
( rlend , John Nordrtrom , had a farm near
Seymour park and Johnson occasionally did
work for him. Eventually Nordstrom moved
onto a farm In Saunders county near WaJioo
and Johnson induced Nordstrom to go Ills
Becurlty for $1,000 on a loan he obtained ,
from a Mrs. Dene ! .
. When all tha arrangements were complete
I tor Johnson to move onto his new place and
be had eucceoJcd in collecting several hun
dred dollars of debU to disappeared. Ha
had also the $1,000 borrowed from Mrs.
Deuel. It vvai suppoied ho had been mur
dered and there was some suspicion ot Nerd
Btrom. The sheriff , the county commission *
era and the governor were all Interested la
the caao and a reward was offered.
Relatives In Mollue were communicated
with , but they pretended to know nothlni
of Johnson's whereabouts. Hev. C. E. EN
vlng , editor of the Svenska Journalcn ol
thin city , sent a man eventually to Molina
to make a personal Investigation , with tha
result that affidavits were secured from
both Frold and his daughter declaring that
Johnson had been in that city after ho left
Omaha.
Frold will not tell where Johnson Is. Tha
reason for keeping this a secret Is that ha
fears ho will have to pay the (1,000 bor
rowed from Mrs. Deuel. She some tlmo ago
released Nordstrom from the obligation.
Johnson stayed at Trold's home over ntgbl
when bo was In Mollne.
Makem of Iron lledn Combine.
CHICAGO , Jan. 6. Manufacturers of Iron
beds met 'here ' today from a dozen western
stales to effect an organization for the
purpose of Increasing the prices nnd to
prevent small manufacturers from sclllne
below the schedule rates. L. V. Palmer ,
president of the Eastern Iron Ued Manu
facturers' association , was uiesent to assist
in formulating plans for the western or-
panlzatlon. The eastcin men want the west
ern manufacturers to form on organization
so that the two mav combine nnd coutrol
the output of the country. The western as-
Eoclatlon Is to cmbrnco all manufacturers
west of Plttsburg.
No Where on Earth
Gun yon llml such a flue line of women's
hliocs as Urox L. Slioomnn filiocs In the
tlitTcicnt Hniinu styles Ilnnnn 1ms al
ways been the leader hi men's shoes-
hut these women's shoes are beyond
realization until you see them The new
patent Uhl the patent calf the Rlaze
kid , with the outward swinging last so
popular with the women on account o
Its nmnlsh appearance genuine welt
bolos- Ideal shoo In every respect
Ask to see the Iliuuin styles.
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
Omuhn'i Uiitolnt Shoe Home.
U10 l-'ARNAM STREET.
Optical Goods
We have the bent equipped optical
dcpaitmeut iji the west-Nothing that
will help us In rectifying any age de
fects Is lacking-even to tlio grinding of
our own lens All In charge of com-
Iii'lent graduate optician of jeuih of
actual experience We test cjes free ot
charge and have a specially large line
of gold frames and other optical goods
Our eye glasses aio eye helps In every
sense of the woid ,
TheAloe&PenfoldCo
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