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MAGAZINES FOR FEBRUARY
War 8teie ! * Still Maintain thfl L l in Many
PubHofttfonj ,
llST OF NEW BOOKS FOR THE WEEK
{ iVhni 'ill * . Writer * ot Fuel ntitl
Have < o Offer ( or Palilia Atnttxc-
men' and Infraction in the
t
Current
\Vhlie the magazine * for February r not
nearly" all at hand at present writing those
ithat have put Jn an appearance arc not ,
tijon ) the whole , quits up to the high average
of cxcelloneo shown by the January num
bers. There Is a. noticeable lack ot fresh
ness , a good many contenting themselves
with a continuation of features that are al
ready a little ( ale -with the generality of
rcedon , * uch as the rehash of the Spanish
war episodes. Still they contain much that
will b found Instructive. In ttie matter ot
fiction there is much to commend and read
ers who' are Interested In that kind ot
literature- will doubtlcu bo well pleased with
the current numbers.
In Harper's ' Magazine for February Ben *
Btor.Jlenry Cabot Lodge begins a history ot
the Spanish-American war. Illustrated by
Cnilton T , Chapman and from portraits. Dr.
John ; A. Wyoth contributes an article on a
famous Incident of the civil war , "Lieu ten
ant Colonel Forrest o-t Fort/Donelson , " pro
fusely Illustrated by T , do Thulstrup , A. C.
Redwood , Max F. Klepper , and W. A. Rog
ers. Among other features are "A Trekking
Trip In South Africa , " by A , C. Humbert ,
Illustrated with views ot , South African llto
and sport f "Anglo-Saxon Affinities. " by
Julian Ralph , and "Tho United States as a
> W < trIcI Power. " a. chapter of national ex
perience , by Prof. Albert Buahnell Hart.
' Pro ! . 0. A. Young discusses "The Astro
nomical Outlook , " . and C. C. Abbott con
tributes a. beautUui nature study under the
tltlo "Facing the North Star. "
Bcrlbner's Magazine for this month con-
italna articles bv Senator Hoar , Colonel
Itoosereli and others of somewhat lessor
tnote. Senator Hoar gives his remembrances
of the political events of tlio paat fifty
[ years , taking for the first number "Four
( National Conventions. ' * ' 'Aunt Sllnervy
Ann" begins her chronicles In this number.
Illustrated by A. Bl Frost. Colonel Roosevelt
velt leads the number with the events In
cident to the making ready the troops under
ibis care for participation In the war In
Cuba. The colonel's style la as fascinating
JBS the articles are frank and will please
even the moat critical lender. The second
series of the loiters of Robert Louis Steven-
con gives his Edinburgh Impressions , re
vealed in his letters of 1873 to 1875.
Kallaton Illustrates them. "Tho Lepers , "
.William Charles Scully ; "Rlordon's Last
Campaign , " Miss Anna O'Hagan ; " ' 'An
CDssay on Thackeray , " W. C. Bromwcll , end
"Aesthetics in Our Universities , " Henry
tltutgert Marshall , are some of the other
r ttrtlcleq ot the month. Zlr. Cable's serial ,
"Tha Entomologist , " Is continued. The
( frontispiece Is a portrait ot Senator Hoar.
St. Nicholas is alwaye good , so at least
Ithink Its youthful patrons , And they ought
to know. Among the more- Important fea
tures ot the current number are : "Ainntua's
Bailer , " "A Sleepy Llttlo Story , " "Mistress
Cinderella , " " 'Polaris' , and 'Cassiopeia' and
Other Boars , " "Pictures. " the 'Jungle Book'
In the jungle ; ' 'Tho Solo Survivors , " chap
ters VII , VIII , "The Story of Betty , " chap
ters ; tl , IV."An Invincible Horse Tamer , "
"Tho . Valentine " "
Intercepted. , verse ; "Bright
. „ Bides orHistcry" chapters VII , Till , 'and
xfrbV LatMt.Jg'evM. ' . ftEeuftlw Thrw-Wishes. "
Then-'there ' are' poems and pictures galore
' * fia 'w'llf app'feai to the \lttlo \ people1.
Among1he features ot Interest In the Feb
ruary number of the New Illustrated Maga
zine are : "Tho World's Bport , " "Venus and
, Mars as Fountains ot Honor , " "Tho Devil's
Own " "A Holocaust " " "
, Yangtze , "Reprisals ,
etoryof the Franco-Prussian , "Tho
Mouse , Club , " "In Confidence , " "Freckles , "
"M. P.'e and Their Fads , " "In * ho Public
" ' " , Stories About Horse "
Bye , "True Dealing ,
.the Play and Its story : "The Adventure ot
'
ad'y .Ursula . , " "Lady Barbarity , " a romantic
comedy , chapters III and IV-
The February Ladles' Homo Journal offers
moro than the expected variety ot literary
and pictorial features. It opens with on
article by Mrs. Ballinglon Booth , taking tbo
reader through state prisons , pointing1 out
the awfulness of prison , llfo and "the hope
lessness of a released prisoner's efforts to
Rain , " unaided , a place where ho can get
livelihood. Tie story touches the. heart
and will attract widespread interest. Mrs.
Lew Wallace ; writes of "Tho Murder of the
Modern Innocents , " a powerful and con
vlnclnjr protest against the over-education
of children. "Tho Story of Jfew York's
Bocial Life- " gives Interesting glimpses ot
Gotbaia society and "Tha largest Ranch la
the World" describes a Texas pasturage as
large as 'two states of our.unlon. Tfta three
eorlalB , ' . 'The Girls of Camp Arcady , " Miss
WlHUnu ' "The Jamesons in tlio Country' '
and. "The Minister ot Carthage" continue
With dash and a successful Interest. Two
pages of the February Journal are deyot-cl
\o pictures of "Tlio Prettiest Country Homes
in America' ' and two more to "Inside ot a
Score of Gardens. " Barton Cheyney tells
boys why and where they should learn
trades and , William Martin Johnson con
tinues his "House Practical" series ; ' 'Good
Furniture and Furnishing" are pictured ,
"Making a .Horno Aquarium " Is explained
and "Gowns ? for Unuaual Figures" ore
shown. Helen "Watterson Moody writes on
"What It Means to Bo Engaged , " Mrs. 8. T.
Rorer on "Food for Men aud Women Over
Fifty" and "Preparing and Cooking Shell
fish ! " 'while my home and family Interest
Is considered.
In the Engineering Magazine for Febru
ary Commodore Melville sets down his
"Readings from Experience < fn Naval En
gineering. " As englneer-ln-clilet of the
Untied States n vy ho Is fresh from study
ing the work of modern war vessels In
notion an experience never afforded fcere-
t of ore tp the naval authorities ot any civ-
Ulzed , country. Commodore Melville's
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paper da Ho , bo continued In March. Of
fu-lmq Importance , too , especially at ( his
time , Is Mr , W , ' Henry Hunter's royWw ot
the Panama , canal. TJio fine pictures aid
tn thawing- state of progress far in ad
vance ot that generally imagined , Sug
gestions of Industrial opportunity in newly
opening- countries are carried In Mr. Cox's
Recount of the "Mineral Resources of
Kodol
( Dyspepsia Cure.
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exhausted dltfeetlve or-
ln raUBAtattlo. No othw pr pftratloB
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r&KH4 by . C
Cub * " and fai tha review by SWOT I.luvera *
of Porto Rico and Its need ot electric tram
ways. Both * r feaiidsoiiwly Illustrated.
80 also 14 Mr. Parsers' dlcu * lon of ' 'Tho
TMI Building Under tlio Test ot Fire. "
Machine tool makers will flnd absorbing In
terest In Mr. Orcutt' * contract oJ European
and AiHerlein practice , in Mr. Norrks' paper
on cot keeping and in Mr , > Ingce's rires-
enlallon of German export methods.
Tha February number of What to Eat Is
most attractive , both in the matter of con
tends and I In artistic appearance. This
publication has been making rapid progress
Along Us special Una anil -worthy the at
tention ot every person interested In the
preparation of Rood things ( o cat. The
table ot contents for February contains
among other features : "Too ItYrult , " &
story ; "How to Be Nourished , " a poem ; "A.
Tea In Honor of St. Valentine , "
Boston and Minneapolis , " "Clara's
New Year's Winner , " "Selling 'Harlequins'
In Paris , " "Tho Colonel's ' Julep , " "W&y
Jones Didn't Like the Turkey , " "The Art
and Mystery of Cooking CanvasbaeTc
Clicks " " Decorations " ' '
, "About Table , 'A
Recherche Affair , " "Palmistry and Cook-
err , " "Tho Hot Water Cure. " "noformed
Proverbs , " "The Barbecue , " "How to
Live , " "The Women Who Think , " "Practi
cal Menus , " "Embalmed Beef , " "Dinner or
the Prlnco ot Wales. "
Since the revival of too Arena , under
Mr. Tyner's direction The Now Time of
Chicago , The Temple of Denver and The
Journal of Practical Metaphysics of Boston
hlxvo been consolidated -with. It , adding
largely to Its circulation. Delays Incident
to consolidation nd reorganization on a
bisls adequate .to the largely increased edi
tion caused the postponement Of the
January number uutll the loUer part of the
month. It l a. valuable number and con
tains much matter that -will bo found both
timely and Interesting.
The opening article or the February
Atlantic ' is upon. "Tho Colonial Expansion
-tho United States , " l > r Hon. A. Lawrence
Lowell. It is a brilliant art Id ft favoring
expansion. Prof. James begins "Talks to
Teachers on Psychology. " Jane Addams ,
superintendent of the Hull House , Chicago ,
discusses "The Subtle .Problems . of Charity. "
Prlnco Krapotkln gives his "
five years" ex
perience as a Russian military officer. The
reign of terror is Ttcallcd by J. O. Algor's
"Farewell Letters of the auUlotlned. " Mrs.
Julia "Ward Howe's Reminiscences sparkle
with anecdote and Interest Dr. George
Dlrd Qrlnnell writes on the "Indian on the
Reservation. " Among others are Miss
Jowett and Charles O. D. Roberts , who
wrtto attractive fiction.
The February Cosmopolitan , is In many
ways an Interesting number. Its frontis
piece , "It Was a Spanish Galleon , " Is very
aitractlve. The number is profusely Il
lustrated. Some of the most noteworthy
articles are ! "The Emperor William in
the Holy Land " "After
, the Capture o
( Manila , " "Her Guardian Angel , " by Lloyd
Osbourne. "Tho New Organ , " ' 'Mr. Cor
nelius Johnson , Ofllco Seeker , " "Among the
Dyaks , " "The Trek-Bokke of Capo Colony , "
"City Subways for Pipes and Wires , " "The
Haven of Dead Ships" and "How on Empire
Was Built Part I. , Mchammed. "
The midwinter Fi'ank ' Leslie's ' Popular
Monthly is bright , crisp and picturesque. It
IS to some- extent a Spanish-American num
ber , embracing among its leading illustrated
articles : "West-Indlaward , Hot" In which
Champion Blssell gives some valuable In
formation and advice to citizens of the
United States who contemplate settling In
Cuba or Porto Rico ; "To Hake a Spanish
Holiday , " by Mrs- Frank Leslie. Inwhich
occurs one of the most vivid descriptions ot
a bull ' flghl , fcyerf $ ennedA supplemented by ,
the-'splendid drawings. ot".F. jjuia Mora ; ' , "An
Old Spanish-American Colony , " by F. Will
iamson , giving a beautifully illustrated ac
count of a journey up the great Magdalena
river of South America , and a ride over the
Andes to the Colombian capital , 'Bogota ; and
'General Gomez * Tactics , and Cuban Law
and Order , " by Thomas R. Dawley , Jr. , the
famoua war correspondent. Furthermore
the number contains a paper upon "Ice
Yachting. " by Wilt P. Pond ; a. "Sketch of
the Founding ot the American Patriotic
Hercdltary oclety , " by the founder general ,
Mrs. Flora Adams Darling ; and "Ice , Snow' '
and Frost , " an entertaining popular , science
paper , by Dr. George N. Johnson. Egerton
Castle's story. "April Bloom , " Is charmingly
Illustrated by Wenzell ; and Bret Harte's
"Jack Hamltn's Mediation , " has a. striking
full page picture by Werner. The complete
short stories Include : "The Thornbourno
Tragedy , " by Edgar Fawcett ; "A Mexican
Conjugation ot the Verb , to Love , " by Bour
don Wilson ; and : "Rlfaclmcnto , " by M. E.
Foster-Comegys. There are poems by Julio
BI. Llppmann , Madison Caweln and Henry
Tyrrell , and "Marginalia" contributions by
R. K. Munklttrick , Charles Bat tell Lorn Is ,
Martha. B. Washington and others.
The complete novel in the February issue
of. Llpplncott's Is "For tbo French Lilies , "
by Isabel Nixon Wblteloy. Its action is
chiefly in Italy in 1611-12 , and in this re
mote period the author shows herself at
home. Wardoa Allan Curtla tells "The
Tulo ot the Doubtful Grandfather. " nni a
moat extraordinary < tale It is , such as surely
was never told before. In "A Night in
Devil's Gully , " Owen Hall records an Aus
tralian experience of a kind now happily
rare. Austin Blcrbower , In "A Dlpromatlo
Forecast , " predicts that the leading and
predominant powers will soon bo England ,
Russia and tbo United States , with Oer-
many as a bad fourth unless she attacks and
overcomes Russia before the layer has car
ried out her 'Asiatic plans. ' 'Cyrano ' do
Bergerae , " the play now so much taked ) of ,
Is the subject of an article by Lionel
Straohey , H. B , , Warner inquires , ' 'Will
Poetry Disappear ? " and Inclines to think It
will. "Lambeth Palace" | a briefly de
scribed by O , V , Burnley , D. 0 , Kellogg
writes ot "James Wilson and His Times , "
and James M. Scovel supplies some "Recol
lections of Lincoln , * ' The poetry of the
number la by Viola Roseboro , Dora Read
Goodale , Clarence Urmy and Harrison S.
Morris.
The Home Magazine ( Now York ) for Feb
ruary contains what promises to tea one of
the most remarkable magazlno articles of
tba year , on Keeley and tlio Keeley motor ,
The author , William Mill Butler , lias bad
Bccesa to tlio Innermost secrets of Keoley's
workshop and , also to the records ot the
Keeiey company. The result Is the flrat
authentic published account of what Keeley
really accomplished. Keeley , it will bo re
membered. was the man who claimed be
could develop enough energy out of a few
4drops ot water to run ( ho machinery of the
world for a , century , He experimented
twenty-five years , made 160 different ma
chines , spent Ualf a million dollars , and just
before his death last November completed
a -working model of aq engine which ho
aid was the realization of all his dreams.
A large machine Is now being constructed
from > -thls model , anq with ii Keeley's suc
cessors expect to'ieyolutlonlxe the Industrial
world. Tbo article ( s illustrated from over
a doien photographs of Keeley 'a different
ma&hlBtt , none of which has ever before
bean published. >
'New books 'r'acelved ;
' 'Wtttdyhdugh , " a noye ! by Qrabam Trav-
ers , , ApplMon & Co. . Hew York ! ' Cloth ,
* "
. .
"A 'Writer ot B oka. " by Qoefge Fasten.
AMriatefi & Co ; N w yorlt , Cloth , ? l.OO.
"Tt * Iwtpvkrt Republic , " by Jaww 0.
Fernald , Funk' & WagnulU Co , , N w York ,
" 0 * Uon Myths of PrmRlvAmMloa | , " In
r Utlon lo tba r ) ! sloui bUtory and ui < wt l
H * \
> ft 3
i
development ot mankind , by Jeremiah Cur-
tin. Little , Brown & Co. , Boston.
"A Complete- Latin Or m r , " by Albert
H rknci. American Book company ,
"Intimations of Heaven , and Other
Poems , " by Horace Eaton Walker. George
t , Putnam Co. , Ckremont , N , 1 ! .
"nights and Duties of American CUIzon-
ship , " by W. W. Wllloughby. Americas
Book company , Chicago.
"A Primary Arithmetic , " by A. n. Horn-
brook. American Book company , Chicago ,
"Clements of Grammar and Composition , "
by B. Oram Lyte , American Book company ,
Chicago.
"Elementary English , " by B. Oram Lyle.
American Book company , Chicago.
"The Open Question , " by Elizabeth Roblna
( C. E. Ralmona ) , Harper & Brothers , New
York. Cloth , J1.80.
"Alphonso Baudot , " by Leon Daudet ,
translated by Charles DeKay. Little , Brown
& Co. , Boston.
"Notes on the Nicaragua Canal , " by Henry
I. Sheldon. A. C. McClurg & Co.\\Chlcngo.
"Tho Forest Vtrtrt. " by MnuVlee Hew
lett nd "Tho L'/e of Shakespeari , " by Sid
ney Lee were two zi the three/book * , pub
lished durlnp : 1808. which fiavocen crowned
by the London "AcndciuyVy thU month.
The MaeMHlan company /announces a
children's number ot the "otodern Reader's
Bible , " which Is edited with Introduction
and brief mates by Richard G. Moulton , pro
fessor I of literature In English at the Uni
versity of Chicago. Its title will be "Bible
-Stories" and it xvlll bo In two volume *
Volume t , the Old Testament ; Volume II.
< he New Testament.
"European History , an Outline of Its De
velop went" Is the 11110 of a book by Prof ,
George B. Adams of Yale university to bo
published very shortly by The JIocMlllnn
company. Tie aim of this book Is to con
struct for the use of hlch schools and tome
college classes an outline of the history of
rtho European states from nnclont to mod-
era times. It is brief In compass and yet full
enough to present all the most Important
facts BO clearly In their relation to one an
other as a part of the continuous movement
of history that they will bo easy to hold
in mind.
"The Roman History ot Applnn ot Alexan
dria" has bccni translated from the Greek
by Horace White. M , A. , LL. D. . and -will
be published In two- volumes carlr in the
eprlng by The MacMIllan company. The
works ot Applan of Alexandria constitute an
indispensable part of Roman history. The
portion which has eomo down to inodorn
times embraces the Spanish , Hannlballc ,
Punic , lllyrlnn , Syrian nnd Mlthrldatlo wars
and tbo civil -wars of Rome besides , a con
siderable number of selections nnd frae-
ments preserved In "the writings and com
pilations ot others. In general , Applan.'s
lilatory forms & continuation of that ot Llvy.
Mrs. Rosa Bliss of Omaha has blossomed
out ns a full-fledged pootrcss , a. book ot
verso from her pea having recently been
Issued by F. Tennyson Neeley. the publisher ,
known as "Labor's Daughter. " It Is a book
of some ninety pages end devoted almost
exclusively to upholding the dlgnltr of labor
and po far as Is known is the first work ot
ita kind that catered directly to the laboring
classes. Considerable originality and Indi
viduality are sh * > wij In several of the poems ,
notably in the "Bachelor's Rovcria" and the
"Returning Army , " which Is a pothfttlo
picture of the horrors of war. While some
ot the pooraa are amateurish , they all
breathe of a. deep sympathy for rtho oo-
pre-sscd. '
The "History of JapaiffiesOj Literature ! "
which Mr , W. G. Aston has written as the
sixth volume la the series that Mr. Grosse
Is editing for D. Applaton & Company differs
from those which have preceded It in the
faot that two-thirds of It Is translation and
only one-third narrative or criticism. This ,
It is believed , will greatly * dd to the pleas
ure and amusement ot the general reader.
The Japanese "have cultivated a voluminous
literature for more than twelve centuries ,
but forty years ago no English speaking
man had read one page of a Japanese book.
Even now no history ot Japanese prose
.nd poetry exists in any European lan
guage and Mr. Aston , whoso life has been
given to this subject , has a freci fle-ld. It is
believed that U e richness and variety of
the ancient prose literature ot Japan will
astonish American reader * , tn --'trr '
IS A HARD PROBLEM TO SOLVE
( Vacation of Keeping Down aud Ilai -
Injf Money to Meet Exi > ennes Is
Annoying City Officials.
The 1899 tax levy still remains the premier
problem that Is clamoring for solution at
the hands ot the city council. A number of
meetings have been held by the city fathers
to determine it , but no definite conclusion
has .been reached by them. The property
owners are to bo given a chance to express
their -views ata. meeting to be held next
Friday evening. Some definite conclusion
must soon , be readied for the levy must be
made , according to the charter , at the next
meeting , on next Tuesday night.
The only thing that the councllmen seem
to have determined Is that the levy must be
under SO mills. Some councllmen , Stunt for
instance , say that It must not exceed the 24
mills of last year. But iip to date the ma
jority of the city fathers do not appear to
boable , to figure that the city government ,
exclusive of the school district , can be run
for a much smaller amount than can be
netted from 24 mills , even though that mll-
lage will result In a taxation greater than
last year because of the $1,000,900 Increase
in the assessment roll. Consequently , -when
the C mills and more asked for by the school
board Is considered the levy under considera
tion approximates SO mills very closely ,
"The 24 mills of last year was too loyv to
produce enough money with which to run the
government , " Mayor Moores declares , "con
sequently , some of the funds show overlaps.
Thla year the city should not only make up
these overlaps , but also provide that none
shall exist at the end'of the year. "
Even to cut the levy down to 29 mills the
council Is being forced-ftp prune many of
the estimates made by the city departments
of the money that will be needed this year.
For the departments with but one or two ex
ceptions have asked for the full limit al
lowed by the charter , nnd if they were all
to ba allowed , together with the levy asked
for by the school district , the total levy
would bo between 35 and 3C mills.
In the efforts to apportion the levy among
the various funds and departments the mills
may again bo divided into fortieths , as was
done last year. Reduced to fortieths , the
levy , If made to satisfy all funds without
overstepping the yralts allowed by tha char
ter , would amount to 34 38-40 mllle. This
would result In a taxation of $1,217,389.04.
This would be about ; equivalent to < i levy of
fjt mills on tbo assessment of last year ,
BURGLARS KEEPING BUSY
Pretty Fair Huul Made at the
Residence of John
IlllMll ,
A thief entered the home of John Rush ,
Fourteenth and Martha streets , Wednesday
evening , while tbo family was at supper , and
succeeded In getting atwy with $70 worth of
Jewelry , He took two lady's ' gold watches ,
two gold crosses , one pair gold eyeglasses
and one black pocketbook containing $15
from Gertrude Wash's room. The intruder
reached the second story by climbing a
porch and forcing A window.
William Lyons add Max Fogel. SOT South
Seventeenth street , bad thieo pairs of ohoea
and a pair of trousers taken from tbelr rooms
by a burglar -who entered the sldo door wltb
B. kty. *
TwJ men entered Bam Mortenson's place ,
404 N0rh | Sixteenth street , and while oqe
engaged the proprietor iln conversation tbo
second carried off tv > o and one-half yarda
' '
of gray English cloth' ,
R. A , Kolls , U0 Harney street , had &
long ulster overcoat stolen from bis office. "
Horrible rgouy la Doused by piles , burns
and skin dhwawip Thesearc ! Immediately
relieved and quickly cured by De Witt's
Witch-Hazel Salve. Beware pf worthless
imitations.
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CADET TAYLOR'S ' BAD RECORD
Career of 1he BacfWi-oker Nominated for
Collector of Customs.
RELATIONS WITH BOLIN AND BARTUY
Illntorr ot ihe N'oiorlons Ilnbltlc Tlnttk
nna Other Dtncrei1Knlilc Trnim-
noilonn for WMch Tnylor I *
to lie Ifoiv Ilcvrnrdctt.
The Announcement of ; the nomination of
CniUt Taylor to l > o surveyor of customs at
the port of Omaha , although rumored tor
some time , ha proved a surprise to every
body familiar with his unsavory record and
questionable standing In the community. The
selection of a notorious bank wrecker for
this responsible position naturally recalls
the many disreputable affairs with which bo
has been connected since ho cnmo to Omaha ,
Cndtt Taylor vris projected Into this city
shortly after the odvont ot drover Cleveland
to the presidency , by whom lo was dis
lodged from a Ucratlv * portion In < ho gov
ernment printing office at Washington. Tay
lor had been mndo cblof clerk At the govern
ment printing office under S. I" . Hounds , who
had been appointed public printer through
the influencA of tha Illinois delegation in
congress , from' which stnto Taylor also
balled.
Government Printing Ofllco Julm.
At the expiration of his term ns public
printer the late Mr. Rounds acquired tbo
now defunct Omaha. Republican and brought
Cadet Taylor to Omaha with him to assist
In the management of that paper. During ,
the- closing years ot Its bushwhacking career
Cadet Taylor operated oa Its manager until
ho succeeded In unloading the wrecked In
stitution upon the uufortunaU parties In
whoso hands It went to pieces la 1801. While
still In control of this paper Taylor was exposed -
posed In his shady methods In a moat scath
ing arraignment in the editorial columns of
the Omaha Herald , then owned by Hon.
John A. McShane. In thU article the results
of the congressional Investigation Into the
ofllco of Public Printer Rounds wcro made
public , disclosing the fact lhat Taylor as
chief clerk had used the government office
and materials for private work , sold valu
able machinery ns old Junk and wantonly
destroyed public property without excuse.
Taylor , -vindicate himself , brought suit
with a great flourish of trumpets for $50,000
damages to his injured rcputntlon , but ns
soon ns the attorneys for the defense bognn
to take the deposition * substantiating the
charges ho dismissed the suit at his own
COSt. ' ' :
Bilk * the Courts Out of Conin.
An tatorestlng featureof the case Is the
fact ttat the sheriff's fe < v bill for $6.2 $ was
returned December 6 , 1894 , without execu
tion "as nftor diligent search no goods and
chattels or lands and tenements ot the
within named Cadet Taylor ore found in
Douglas county , Nebraska. " The testimony
taken In "the congressional Investigation so
damaging to Mr. Taylor's reputation maybe
bo found In louse document report 3,300 ,
fiftieth congress , first session.
After unloading its tottering newspaper
Taylor Inveigled a number ot friends an&
capitalists Into forming a bank -for him to
manage. The bank , was Incorporated under
the state , laws In iho yeir 1890 , under the
title of the Globe- an and Trust company ,
and later evolved a savings department
under the name of * bo Globe Savings bank.
As its chief factotum Taylor was constantly
devising Ingenious schemes to gull the- pub
lic through this b nk for the pecuniary
benefit of hlmself , < uid bis associates.
HvorkB School .CUHdrcn tor Pcnnlc .
One of his most sufeeessful grafts was
worked upon 4h& school children In * ' the
public schools , Taylor procured through
the Board of Education permission to Insti
tute trances ot Ills savings bank in. the
different school buildings In which poor
children , could deposit their pennies , wtloh
were collected periodically by agents of
the bank. Once within Taylor's grasp the
school children's pennies were practically
beyond recovery ot their owners. When the
children tried -to draw out their deposits ,
no matter "how " small the amount , they
wore notified1 thai lha bank would take
advantage of itho slsty-day rule and tbat
they ould not haVe , their money without
the full notice permitted by law. An
exposure of these questionable methods by
The Bee brought a speedy closa to. the
plan of public stfhool children's deposits and
brought the Taylor tank sharply to time
In the early part of 1893.
Profit * by Colin Embezzlement.
In the meanwhile Taylor had been , con
stantly mixing In politics until finally in the
fall of 1894 ho secured on election to the | (
city council from the Eighth ward upon the
republican ticket. 'As councilman n new
opening appeared for profitable political
financiering. Henry Bolln was then trendt
urer of the city and became the ready ns"c
dompllce of Taylor. Although the bank
was never a city depository , Bolln had pre-
vlously had an account with the Qlobo bank ,
In which ho had made unlawful deposits
ot the public funds. The account had boon
opened July 12 , 1802 , when JIO.OOO of the
public money was placed there to accommo
date Taylor and draw Interest for the private
purse of the treasurer. This deposit reached
its maximum December 31 , 1892 , when It
stood at 115,000. ' It was gradually reduced - (
duced from time to tlmo until January 1 ,
1895 , when there was , only $236.25 of , city
money In the possession of Taylor's banl
On that date Cadet Taylor took his seat in
the city council , and just thrco days later'
the embezzling city ireasurer had placed
an additional deposit of $3,000 $ with the
bank , One week later Taylor was made
chairman of the finance committee , wltb
especial overflight over the City money , In
deference -to this additional prestlgo an
other block of $3,000 was Illegally deposited
in his bank February 7 , and not a. dollar
was drawn out until after the embezzlement
of the treasurer was discovered.
Una a Ilue Oat with Hartley ,
Naturally Taylor was one of the councilmen -
men whotnad / strenuous efforts to bayc
nolln regained In cfilco after his defalca
tion , notwithstanding bis admission of guilt ,
and not until after Treasurer Dumont was
Inaugurated as bis euccessor was Taylor I
compelled to disgorge the last cent ot the I
funds unlawfully deposited In his bank , i
Taylor set up the claim at the tlmo that
the $9,0,00 and more found In his bank wben
Bolln was deposed waa > school money which
Bollu had a right to use as he saw fit , but
the record * ot the city -treasurer' * office flls-
oifrd the fact tlut there WM ho money
whatever In tab school fund , which bad been
completely exhausted , anil that the money
In Taylor's bnnk was not only 6lty money
embezzled br Bolln , "bul should have been
known to bo such br Taylor as chairman
of the finance committee.
To bolster up bis fllobo bank Taylor had
had his Institution made a state depository
by flllnj a straw bond , with himself nml
other officers of the bank us sureties. Ills
close connection -with the Into embezzling
state ' treasurer , Battler , enabled him to
procure A deposit ot the state funds In the
sum of $12,000 , which , with Interest , ns- .
gKgaling 4l2.892.G4 , Is to. this day held In
1be suspended account ot the state treasury ,
a total loss to the Uxpayors.
Fine Jol > of Hank WrcokltiR.
In June , 1S98 , the Olobo Ix > aa and Trust
Company's bank went Into bankruptcy , with
largo liabilities , Including $37,000 of poor
people's deposits and practically no assets.
The cash on hand when It closed Its doora
had completely disappeared. Taking advantage -
vantage of a law newly enacted , permitting
Insolvent banks to retain the assets under
certain conditions without receivership , Tay
lor filed another straw bond with tbo state
officers , signed by himself and other officers
ot lha failed bank , by which ho retained
possession ot not only the bank's assets , but
also ot Us books , records and papers. To
this day , although nearly thrco years haVe
elapsed since Us Insolvency was declared , no
visible effort has been made to pay oft the
creditors , nor Is it known that any depositor
has received back a cent of his money.
Notwithstanding nil thosa questionable
transactions , Cadet Taylor audaciously pre
sented himself In the fall ot 1896 for n > >
nomination on the republican ticket for the
city council. Beaten at "the " republican
primaries ( n his own ward by Thomas
Crocker , at present register of deeds , Taylor
sought revenge by running ns an indcccndcut
candidate against the republican nominee
with the Idea that ho ralgh thus elect tha
democratic candidate. As was to have been
expected he was snowed under at the polls
and Crocker , the republican nominee , was
emphatically endorsed by the pgoplo ot the
ward.
Fraudulent Loan Trnnnnctiona.
Since -his exit from the council Taylor has
been pretending to < lo a real estate and
loan business as a. remnant of his broken
bank. He has had his hands kept full
chiefly dodging or straightening out fraudu
lent transactions growing -out ot the bank's
business with which he has been connected
for years past. Only a few < weeks ego the
nominal president of the tank , who had
been used by Taylor as an Intermediary ,
was arrrated on the charge ot embezzlement
of trust funds collected in the name
ot the trust company. While the prose
cution failed It was not before Taylor
had made strenuous efforts to keep all men
tion of It out of ithe newspapers.A large
number 'of lawyers and law firms through
out the city have similar claims in their
hands for collection at the present time.
In most Instances they represent city war
rants and other. Investments which have
been forwarded to the Taylor concern for
collection and which bavo been cashed , by Its
managers , but not accounted for. In some
cases Tailor has even represented that the
money represented by the -warrants could
not bo collected , when the records in the
elty treasurer's office ehow that they had
been presented , paid And receipted for by
Taylor or people connected with bis bank.
In others ho collected money on mortgage
payments without turning it over to the
owner for whom he wa * acting as agent ,
and ho has been repeatedly brought to an
accounting only by threats of criminal
prosecution.
Among the numerous pending claims In-
volvlnc , fraud perpetrated upon clients by
Cadet ( Baylor is' manager ofthq defunct
Globe ( Loan and Trust company are the fol
lowing , :
National Bank of Commerce , New London ,
Conn. , $1,285 ; warrants collected and not
remitted for. Claim now In the hands of
Edgar Morsman , attorney.
J. H. Kendall , Watertown , Mass. , a claim
of J1.000 for rente and c'lty warrants col
lected and not accounted for. Claim In the
hands of McCoy & Olmsted , attorneys ,
Omaha.
First National bank of Barnestown , 0. ,
claim for $1,100 school warrants collected
and not remitted for.
Randolph Savings bank , Randolph , Vt , can
neither get Its warrants nor the proceeds.
Amount not stated.
Mr. Ailolvhun Dimcli
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For eomo rtlme post the- business of the
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with a , vlew to the probable transfer of the
office at an early date and the office is
ready f to turn over at any minute. It is
not expected , however , that the now in
cumbent will bo ready to assume control
before I March 1. His appointment must first
be J confirmed which sometimes Involvea con
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Another Injunction suit h&s been begun
to keep the Omaha Bridge end Terminal
company from crossing Webster and Cali
fornia , streets at Thirteenth and Twelfth
streets. This one iaa been tirought by
Thojnas Swift , the owner of lot 5 , ibloclc 7 ,
on the northeast corner of California and
Fourteenth etreets. Judge Dickinson al
lowed a restraining order to Issue , return
able before him iMonday morning ; .
Swift's contention is thai he hao five small
dwelling houses on his lot , netting him a
total monthly rental ot ? 85 , and that his
property would be Impaired if the new rail
road should be allowed to BO on and grade
California and Webster street. A similar
contention is made by Anton Oteantner ,
whoso case was to have been
heard yesterday morning. His property
is nearer to < th& pi-oposed right
of , way , though , than Swift's ' by a block ,
being on the northwest corner ot Thirteenth
and California streets. As neither of the
parties in the'Osantner case was ready , that
matter was passed1 over until some date 'yet
to be agreed upon.
Speaking of the two "cases , John R. Web
ster , the vice president and general manager
of the Bridge and Terminal company , said :
Webster Exnreaaea Hl View * .
"Wo dq not run within , a Hock of Osant-
rer's place and are two blocks from wlft's.
It is the same old story. Whenever any
body attempts to do anything for Iho com
munity , anything that will add to the gen
eral prosperity and convenience , there are
always such obstacles to bo met wltb. It
looks as though some powerful element were
behind all this , eomo one which is very
much interested in working against tbo
Bridge and Terminal company.
"Tho fact ot the matter Is that our road | s
to run in a southeasterly direction alongside
of the tracks of the Chicago , St. Faul , Minne
apolis & Omaha , railroad , just to the west ot
them. It will not obstruct the thorough
fares more than they are already obstructed.
Thirteenth street is already closed at Web
ster street by the tracks ot the railroad
mentioned , and at the Intersection at Cali
fornia and Twelfth , right at the very crossIng -
Ing , there was a squatter whom we had to
buy out. Then , also , the Missouri Pacific
tracks run along California street. But we _
do not go anywhere near the property of
these two men. Wo cross Webster street
a llttloto the east of the Thirteenth street
Intersection and California etreot at 'the
Twelfth street Intersection , whlcti Is al
ready closed , both California , and Twelfth
streets , just as Thirteenth street IB at W h-
ster. "
The Swift restraining order was served
upon both General Manager Webster and .
Superintendent Nichols. It prevents them j i
from doing anything in the track laying J
line or moving cars over the portion ot
the right ot way In question.
31nkca a New Slate *
Another tack is belnc tried by the Omaha
Bridge and Terminal company to got around
the obstacle interposed to its progress by
the injunction suit brought by John A.
Scott , trustee for the Omaha National bank *
and the Omaha. ( Loan , and Trust company ,
over the forty loot strip through the Hor-
bach property.
This strip runs < at an obtusennglo Ina
southerly -direction , slightly to Iho cast-
ward , to Fourteenth street , where it Inter-
socta Nicholas street. The 'bank ' and iht
loan and trust company own the plcco , 125
feet wide east and west and 300 feet lone
north and south , whl&h John A. Horbnch
turned over to the Marshalls for their wireworks -
works enterprise. It lies to i'hs west of the
forty foot strip. The north halt Is owned
by the bank and iho south halt by the
loan and trust company. Mr. Scott holds It
in trust for them. iA piece to the Oa3t of
the strip was obtained by General Manager
Webster of the Bridge and Terminal com
pany from &Ir > . Burke. Mr. Webster
claimed possession of the forty foot strip
by vlrtUe of the Burke conveyance. Judge-
Fawcett has allowed to Mr , Scotl a tem
porary injunction against the Bridge and
Terminal company pending tbo final hearing
of tha controversy durlng the coming term.
Condemnation proceedings have now
been brought by the Bridge and Terminal
company to get possession ot the piece rep
resented by Mr , Scott Mr. Webster was
aekcd if these proceedings indicated an
abandonment of the flght against the John
A , Scott injunction. He said :
'for ' ' l
rinhiK l'o eMl6ny'
"No ; wo will B , .on nd "flftht for lha
possession of the forty t&ot strip all iho
same , as we believe we own it by virtue of
the deed -from Mrs , Burke- , but wo need the
Scott property anyway. Wo bavo i pleca
125 feet sauaro tothe north of it and other
property to the eolith and wo need Mr.
Scott's property for tbo purpose of switch
tracks. This is why wo have asked for it
to bo condemned. "
Some sixty acres ot land 'near by was
bought by Horatio F-owkca of Now York for
the Crexel interest in tbo Bridge and
Terminal company and It is over this ibat
a suit on appeal from the county court Is
now pending as to tbo obligation of about
$280.000 worth of motes given to the Reeds ,
from whom the property 71 as purchased and
which Iho Drexela ore now fighting.
In the , sa'no petition for condemnation
several other pieces are enumerated. They
are as follows : Lot 5 , block 37. northeast
corner of Chicago and Eleventh streets ;
lot 4 , block 38 , southeast corner Cass and
Twelfth streets ; lots G , 7 and 81 block 33 ,
north sld0 of Chicago , -westward from
Eleventh ; lot 1. block 01 , southwest corner
Chicago and Eleventh streets ; lots 3 and' 4 ,
block Cl , sOtith side Chicago , eastward from
Twelfth ; lota C and. C , block 61 , north slda
rfavenport , eastward from Twelfth : lots 3
and 4 , block 63 , south ildo Chicago , east
ward from Eleventh.
This , said Mr. Wcbttor , would practically
complete the company's right of way to
Davenport street cast of Twelfth street.
8. A , Orchard baa resigned as one of the
.Bridge and Terminal appraisers appointed
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