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THE OMAHA DAILY BE * ) ! SATrHDAV V133UUTAKY 11 18 ! ) ! ) . A MAN'S A MAN. ! By ARTHUR COLTON , ( Copyright , 1S ! , by Arthur Cotton ) Company \ -\v-ns cut up at Antlolam so that there MAS not enough of 11 left for use ful purposes and Deason Andrew Terrell became a member of a certain Company 0 , which nicknamed him " ' ! hulllncss. " Company A came from DuleheM county. Thcro was a llttlowhite church In the vil lage ot Drowsier and n llltlo white house with a mcagro porch wboro that good woman , Mrs. Terrell , had stood nnd shed several tears as the deacon walked away down the street , looking extraordinary In hlg regimentals. She dried her eyes , settled down to her sowing In that quiet south win dow and hoped ho would remember to keep hU feet dry and not lose the coufib drops That part of Dutches ! county was a bit o * New England spilled over. Now Kngland has been spilling over these mnny years The deacon took the cough drops regu larly , bo kept his gray chin beard trimmed with a pair of domestic sclflsors and drilling never persuaded him to move his largo frame with other than the same self-con scious restraint ; his sallow face had the same Bet lines. Thcro Is something in the Saxon'e blood that will not let him alter with circumstances nnd It In by virtue ot It that ho conquers In the end. But no doorkeeper In the house of Oed the deacon's service In the meeting house at II re water who should como perforce to dwell In the tents of wickedness would pre tend to Ilko It. Bcsldrs , Company Q had no tents. It came from the lower wards of tbo great city ; and It you lake Dinkey Colt , for Instance , that thln-leggod , stunted , Imp- faced , hardened iltllo Bowery sprout , he put his left list In the deacon's ' eye the first day ot their acquaintance and Bworo for several minutes In tlio ploasantcst man ner possible. And the deacon cuffed him because lie bad been n schoolmaster in his day and did not understand how he would be desplfad for knocking Dinkey down In that amateur fashion , and the lieutenant gave them both guard duty for fighting In the ranks. The deacon declared "that young man Cott hadn't no moral Ideas , " nnd did his guard duty In bitterness nnd strict con- eclenco to the last minute ot it Dinkey put Ills thumb to his nose and offered to show the lieutenant how the thing should have lx > cn done and the iblg man laughed and both forgot about the guard duty. Dinkey had no acnso whatever wf per- conal dignity , which was partly what the- dcacfltt meant by "moral Ideas , " nor rev erence for anything abovq or beneath. Ho did not harbor any special tin ger cither , and only enough malice to point his finger nt the elder man whenever ho saw him and unlckcr loudly , to the entertainment of Com pany G. Dinkey's early recollections had to do with the cobblestones of Mulberry Bcrcd and bootblacklng on Piarl street. Deacon Ter rell's began with a. lonely farm "where there were too many potato hills to hoe , a little echoolhousowhere arithmetic was taught with a ferrule , n white meeting house where the wrath of God was preached with en thusiasm ; both seemed far enough away fiom , 'the weary tramp , 'tramp ' , the picket duty nnd , the camp at last one misty night In thick' woods on the- Stafford hills , look ing over the Ilaprahunnock to the town of Frederlcksburg. What happened there was not clear to Company G. There seemed to bo a deal of nolso and hurrying about , cannon smoke in < the valley nnd cannon smoke on the ter races across the valley. Somebody was building pontoon bridges , therefore It Beemc'd likely ewnebody wanted to get across. They vvero. having hard luck with the brulg , . TljstwoqfproJjabJy , tUo aemj : . on thojridgo beyond. There seemed to be ' no end t'o him anyway ; up and down the valloy. mtlo beyond mile , the same line of wooded heights and drifting sraoko. And ' ( ho regiment found Itself crossing a shaky pontoon bridge on a Saturday morn ing Inthe mist uud climbing the bank Into a most battered and tired-looking llttlo town , which was smoldering sulkily with burning buildings and thrilling with enormous noise. There they waited for something else to happen , The deacon felt a lump In his throat , stopping his breath. "Git'out o' mo tracks ! " snickered Dinkey Cott behind him , "I'll step on yer. " Dinkey had never seemed more Impish , unholy and Incongruous. They seemed tc stand , itlicro a long time. The alicJl kepi howlhig and w-hlzzlng around ; they howled till they , , burst , nnd then , they whizzed. Anil now and then someone would cry out and fall. It was l > Jd for the nerves. The men were growling. "Aw , cap , glvo us a. chance ! " "It ain't my fault , boys. I got towall for orders , same as you. " Dinkey poked the deacon's legs with llu butt ot his rifle. "Say , it's rotten , ain't It ? Say , cully , mj ma don't lll o me full o' holes. How'i yours ? " The other gripped his rlflo tight am ! thought of nothing In particular. Was It live hours thut pnteud , or twenty or ono ? Them they started , nnd the towr wns gene behind 'their ' hurrying feet. Ci a Ktccp slope to a titrated of broken level rush nnd tramp nnd gasping for breath ; \ fences otid rocks ahead , clumps of tree ; and gorges ; ground gronlng rougher am steeper , but that was nothing. If there > \n ; anything In the way you went nt it and let it behind. You plunged up a hill and dldn' "notice " ; It. You dove Into a gnlley and 1 wnMi't there , Tlmo was a llnr , obstacle ! were scared and ran awoy. Zut half vva ; up tbo lit.t ran a turnpike , with a Htom wall In front that uplt lire cud rnmo nearci nnd nearer. It seemed cie-eplng down vl olouslv to meet you , Up , up , till tha pow der of the guns almost burned tbo doacon'i face and tha smoke \\tis so thick ho couli only BOO Uio red flashes. And then suddenly ho was alone. A least there was noting In sight , for th smoke wan very thick , Company 0 all ilcm or fallen and gene back. Therewas'a cjum ; of brambles to his left. He dropped to th ground , crept behind 'It ' and lay still. Th roar went on , the smoke rolled down o\e him and sometimes a biiflot would cllj through the brambles , but after a tlmo tb small lire dropped off little by little , thougl tha cannon still boomed on. Ills legs wcro numb and his heart beatlni his sides like a drum. The moke was blow Ing away down the slope. Ho lifted hi head nnd peered through the brambles there was the stone wall not five rods away oil lined along the 'top ' wUh grimy faces A thousand rifles within as many yard wanting nothing better than to dig a round hole in him. lie dropped hla head anj closed his eyes , Hlg thoughts wcro no stunned that the stowly lessening cannonade aecmed like * a dream , and he hardly noticed when It had ceased nnd ho began to hear voices , cries ot wounded men all down the slope and other men talking up above. There -vaa a clump of trees to the- right and two or three crows In the treetops cawing familiarly. An hour or two must have passed , for the sun was down and the river mist creeping up the sfope. He lay on his 'back , staring blankly at the palo sky and shivering a lit tle with the chill. A group of men came down and stood 'ii the rocks above. They could probably see him , hut a man on his back with his , oes up was nothing particular there. They talked -with a soft drawl , "Doggonedcst clean up I over saw. " "They hadn't no business to como up heah , yuh linow. They come- some distance , now. " "Shuah ! Wo ain't huntln' rabbits. Whnt'd ' yuh suppose ? " Then they went on. The mist came up whlto and cold and covered it nil over. Ho could not ro the wall nny longer , though ho could hear the Nolces. He turned on his face and crawled nlong the low brambles and rocks to where the clump of trees stood with n deep hollow below them. They were chestnut trees , The dencon did not eeo he was hit He Ald to hlniHclt "I ain't no call to spoil 'la luck , If he Is country , ' ' Ho blinked a moment , then nodded and whispered honrae-ly : "Go on. " The de-aeon crept away Into the mist. Dinkey loaned back feebly and closed his eyes. "Wished I'J die quick. It's rotten luck. Wished I could see Pete. " The deacon crept down about 200 yards , then stopped and vailed for the young man Cott. The night was closing In fast. A cry In the darkness made him shiver. He hod D < rv r Imagined anything could bo BO dcso- late and Mid , He thought he had .hotter . zee \\-h \ t was the matter with Dinkey. H never could make out ottenrnrd why It had seemoi necessary to look after Dlnk y. There Tvero hundreds of Vettcr men on the slopes. Dinkey might .havo passed htm , ! t did not seem wry tcnslblo business to go bade after that worthless llttlo limb of Sa/tnn. / The deacon uev-er thought the nd- venture a credit to his judgment. But ho went back , guiding himself by the d-arkcr gloom < rf the trees against the nky , and groped his way down the hollow , nnd heard Dlnkoy muttering And babbling things without sense. It made the deacon mad to have to do- with Irresponsible people ple , suci as go to sleep under the enemy's rllles and talk. aJoud In dreams. He pulled him roughly by the boots and ho fell over , babbling and mutt rlng. Then It came upon the deacon that It was not sleep , but fever. Ho guessed the young man was hit some where. The Johnnies must have- out n picket line somewhere. Ho slipped hts hands under Dinkey and got up. He tried to climb out quietly , but fell against the bank. Someone took n shot nt the noise and spattered the dirt under his nose , lie lifted Dinkey higher and went oh. Dinkey's muttcrlngs ceased. He made no sound nt all for a. while , and at last said huskily : "Wot's up ? " " ' . " "It's me. "Hully gee ! Wet yer doln' ? " His voice was weak and thin now. He felt tit If he were being pulled In two in ! tbo middle. "Say , ol1 man , I won't Jolly yer. Les' find Pete. There's a minnie ball messed up mo stomlck awful. " " 'Tain't far , Dinkey , " said the deacon gently. And ho thought of Pete Murphy's red , fleshy face and black , oily mustache. It occurred to him that he had noticed most men in Company G , If they fell Into trouble , wanted to find Pete. Ho thought ho ahould want to hlmsolf , though ho could not tell i why. If ho happened to be killed any where , he thought , he should Ilko Pete Mur phy to tell his wife about It. Dinkey lay limp and heavy in his arms. The wet blackness seemed like something pressed against his face. He could not realize that he wns walking , though in the night , down the same slope to a river called the Rappabannock and a town called Fred- orlcksburg. It was strange business for him. Deacon Terrell of Brewster to be In , stumbling ; down the battlefield in the pitch darkness , with a godless little brat like Dinkey Cott in his arms. And yet why godless , If the same dark ness Is around us all , and the same light , while we live , will como to all in the morning ? It wae borne upon the deacon that there Is no man elected to the salva tion of the sun or condemned to the night apart from other men. It had never ap peared to him that way before. Ono ot those hours came to him which como rarely to most when the doors of that neighboring existence open ; where , entered , it appears that space does not depend on the eye nor time on the clock , and that the worth ot life is an unknown thing. So that the deacon never could recall the details of his night's Journey , except that ho fell down more than once and ran against stone walls in the dark ; and as for direction , ho kept In mind that he was to go down hill , It seemed to him that ho had gene through an unknown , supernatural country. Din/toy lay BO quiet that ho thought he might be dead , but ho could not make up his mind to leave him. Ho wished he could And Pete Murphy. Pete would tell him if Dinkey wns dead. It was yory well to remember to walk down hill , but there itwas down hill In many directions , so uneven was the slope. Ho walked not one mile , but several , In th& blind night. Dinkey had long been a limp weight. The last thing he said was "Tea" nnd Pete ; " and that was long before. At last the deacon eaw a little glow In the darkness , and , coming near , found a djlng campflre with a few llamea only flick ering and besldo It two men asleep , He might have heard the ripple of the Rappa- hannoclt , but , being BO worn and dull In his mind , ho laid Dinkey flown by the flro and fell heavily to sleep himself before he knew It. When he woke Pete Murphy stood near him with a corporal and a guard. They were Joking for the places ot Company G , "Dead , ain't he ? " said Pete , Tha deacon got up and brushed his clothes. The two men who were sleeping woke also and they all stood around looking at Dinkey in awkward i Hence. "Who's his folks:11 "Him ! " uld the big lieutenant. "Ho ain't got any folks. Tell you what , ol'man , I eeo a regiment drummer somewhere a minute ago. He'U do a roll over Dinkey Jus1 for luck , sure ! " They put Dinkey's coat over his face and burled him on the bank of the Rappa- hannock and the drummer beat a roll over him , Then they sat down on the bank and waited for the next thing. The troops were moving back now acroM llic bridges hurriedly. Tompnny 0 had to Uke its turn. The deacon felt In his pockets and found the cough drops and Mr Ter rell's scissors. So ho < ok a cough drop and fell to trimming his beard. FORMOSAN REBELS GIVING UP Itpport * linllontr the ( Ifuilnul Suhjtiuntlott f I'liuul In CMilun , TACOMA , Feb. 10. News from official Japanese sources received by the steamer Empress of Japan Is to the effect that thu Formosa rebellion Is practically ended. Seven rebel chieftains surrendered to the Japanese troups In January and two othois wore killed. Several bodies of nrmeil rebels laid down their arms on condition that they would be pardoned. In middle Formosa Natetsu la the only rebel lender who sur vives. Chinman Hatsu nnd other minor leaders have been killed. There has been severe flgutlng In southern Formosa since January 7. with losses on both eldoi. The rebels were beaten nnd many ot them surrendered. A large num ber ot rebels captured In northern Formosa have been Imtjrlsoned nt Talpch. Some were pardoneJ , having agreed to recog nize and uphold Japan's governniout. Uarly In January fifty-six rebels were taken out of prison and shot , nil having refused to submit to the Japanese authorities. The plague has broken out In southern Formosa. There have ben several deaths In the city of Tainan , wheio It is spreading fast. fast.Sovoral Several Catholic priests and over 1,000 native Christians have reached Ichang from Chang Ynug and Llchuan , where tholt chnpcla were burned down nnd the houses "I AM GOING DOWN , " HE WHISPERED , "COMB ON. " Sbme'ono wna sitting In the hollow with fila back against the roots. Dm ing the rush up the slopes and terraces Dinkey Cott fairly enjojed hlmsolt. The sporting blood In him sang In his ears an old song that the leopard knows. It may be , waiting in the mottled shadow , that the j rider knows on the race course , the hun'.or in the snow ; the song of a craving that only excitement satisfies. The smoke blew down the hill in his face. He went down a hollow and up the other side. Then something hot and sudden came Into the middle of him and ho rolled back against the roots of a great tree. "Hully gee ! I'm plunked ! " he grumbled , disgustedly. For the tlmo ho felt no pain , but his blood ceased to sing In his cars. Every thing seemed to settle down around him , blank nnd dull and angry. He felt aa If either the army of the north or the army ot the south had not treated him rightly. It they had given him a minute more he mlgnt have clubbed something worth while. He sat up against n tree , wondered what his chance wns to pull through , thought It poor and thought ho would sell it for a drink. The tiring dropped elf llttlo by little and the mist wns coming up. Dinkey began to see sights. His face and hands were hot and things seemed to to rlproarlng In side him generally. The mist was full of Illckcilng Tights , which presently seemed to bo street lamps down the Bowery , The front windows of Ilcllly's saloon were glar ing and opposite was Gottsteln'a Jewelry store , where W happened that he lilt one Hnlllgau In the eye for saying Ilabby Hcllly was his girl and not Dlnkej's ; and ho bought llabby n 90 cent gold ring of Gottsteln , which proved Halllgan to be a liar. The cop saw him hit Halllgau , too , and said nothing , bcVug his friend. And HaHigan enlisted In Company O with the rest of the boys and was keeled over In the dark one night on picket duty , somewhere up country , All the gang went Into Company G. The captain was ono of the bojs and so was Pete Mur phy , the big lieutenant. Ho was a sort of ward sub-boss , was Pete. "Ilcllly , ho's toured on me , Pete. I dunne wot's got the ol' man. " The lights seemed to grow thick , till everything was ablaze. "AW , tome elf ! Dis ain't do Bowery , " he muttered , and started nnd rubbed his cyea. The mist wna cold and white all around him , ghostly and still , except that there was a flow , continued mutter of voices above and now and then a s&ft moan rose up from somewhere. And It seemed natural enough that ft ghost should come creeping out ot the ghostly mlht , oven that It should creep near to him ami leer Into his face , a tjhost with u sray chin beard and hag- gam c > ca. "I'm going down , " It whispered , "Come on. Don't inako any noise. " "Hully gee ! " thought Dinkey , "It's the pope ! " A number of things occurred to him In as gs ggsaaa gi ga aaiaasaii ssiaaBgaaaas is the first warning to the " hi liver. " The free use of \ i prevent the development of anything more serious - rious , and be the greatest possible aid to digestion. i , CinlliiKlicr A- < - ' < > . . UUIrlbu torx , Suld l > > - bkvruiuu k JUcCouuvll Utug Co. , Uuiuliiu o the native Chrlstfaua attacked and de stroyed. The perpetrators of these outrages carry the flag of the nrch rebel , Yumantze. In both Zechucn and Shanal provinces the Yumantzo rebels have offered a reward ol 120 taels for the head of every male foreigner who is killed nnd 100 taels for every woman or child. The British gunboat Esk ie at Ichang. The viceroy Is endeavoring to pro tect the Christian refugees who are there. The empress of. China proposes to sur round PcJdn with a quarter of n million foreign equipped troops , who are to oppose any invasion from Manchuria or the Gull of .Po Chi LI. The empress has named for this vast Shan-Hai-Kuan as headquarters force , which is to be mobilized as rapidly ns possible In corps of 20,000 men each. Iitureimu In < ieriiinn Artillery , BERLIN , Feb. 10. The budget committee of the Reichstag today , by a vote ol 11 to 10 , agreed to Increase the strength of the G&rman artillery by sixty-nine howitzer batteries , and also to Increase the strength of the foot artillery. Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup Is a necessity where there are children. It cures croup and whooping cough without fail , Price , 25c , TO MANILA IN SAIL BOAT CniKitlii Krlctuli Will Attempt tc CruNM tliu 1'itolllu Ucvuu In u r nil I Craft. CHICAGO , Feb. 10. A tilp from Sar Francisco to Manila across the Pacific ocean nlono In an open sail boat , will bo attempted by Captain Adolph Frletch In the neai future. Captain Frletch , who Is a navlgatoi from Milwaukee , wna in Chicago todny mak ing arrangements for the proposed expo * dltlon. The captain has a record for open boal sailing tliat assures the possible success o : his adventure across the Paclflc. in 1S'J ; lie crobscd the Atlantic In thirty-four day : and three hours , making the (5,000 ( mlloi alone In the schooner "Nina , " only fortj feet on the water lino. In the Pacific trip Frletch expects to read Honolulu after twenty-one days' Balling fron San Francisco , nnd will endeavor to covci the distance from Honolulu to Manila it forty-two days. The boat that Frletch vvll use will be twenty-four feet on the watei line , flat bottomed , with a heavy center' ' board. The captain Balled on the Paclfli ocean when n boy , and is well acqunlntet with different trade winds that will bo en countered on the Journey. What IB commonly known as heart disease - ease la frequently nn aggravated form o ; dyspepsia. Like all other diseases resultlnt from indigestion , It can be cured by Kodo Dyflpepala Cure , It cures the worst formi of dyspepsia. It digests what you ca.t. ONE POINT IN J101SE CASE Judge Scott Holds that the Protest Was Not riled In Tims , SOME OF THE RECORDS ARE RULED OUT Court llvrliten tliat One Iilccnxr "Will Xut Cover Two or 31orr > Snlooim In DltTcronl I.ncntloiin lu Hie City. Ttic formal protest of Chief of Police Martin White to the Fire and I'ollcc com mission against the Issuance ot a liquor license to "Walter Molse & Co.vns not ad mitted in evidence by Judge Scott In the continued licnrltig of tlio peremptory man damus cneo jestcrdny. It wns held1 thnt It bad not teen filed within the legal time limit. One Important declaration was mailo by the court , the effect oChlcli vUH bo tu prevent Molse & Co. from running a whole sale establishment at 214 South Fourteenth street niul a saloon at 216 South Fourteenth Direct under tlio same license and the court hntl Stenographer Hendcison take Ms words do\\n \ so that thoj' might become a part of the record. "It la something , " the court said , "which the supreme court 1ms not passed upon cither by dicta or In any other way. It was no\er the Intention of tlio legislature tu allow ono concern to run a wholesale busi ness and a saloon under ono license in two different places , else tlicro would bo in limit to tha thing , for a wholesaler could then run as many saloons as lie \\nnled under his license. " This declaration means the payment of nil additional ? 1,000 by Molso & Co , 1C the concern proposes to go on ntul run Its saloon adjunct its it has been doing up to dato. On the other hand the court stated that a wholesaler can conduct his business under the same license tu t\\o \ or more places , provided It Is distinctively a wholesale business , although , ho was not clear as to whether a wholesaler can sell drinks and email quantities or not In his place. Ho rather Inclined to the Idea that be can , 'but ' not In the shape of a saloon separated by partition and entirely distinct from his other business , as has been the casu with the Norton saloon. HtilcN Out the HvoonlH. "How about breweries ? " asked Deputy County Attorney Dunn , who is assisting Carroll C. Wright In prosecuting the per- cmtory mandamus granted by Judge Scott to JIolso & Co. on the mcio affidavit of the relater , Jlolse. Judge Scott eald the query as to breweries was\not \ In the cuso ; all his declaration had for Its purpose was to eliminate the saloon feature entirely from the case and bar out all evidence pertain ing to Jack Norton , alias J. Lowcnsteln. Mr. Wright made ft statement to the effect that It Is the Intention of 'Molso ' & Co. to run only a wholesale business at the two places mentioned and this statement the court considered binding , as Molso was sit ting behind , his counsel and sanctioned it by his acquiescence. City Attorney Council said that ho did not believe that counsel for the other side had the power to carry out 1 their statement anil that the only way the Board of Fire and Police CommlsslonerH ould Judge as to the future Is by their ex perience with the Molse & Co. concern in the past. Clerk Davis of the Board ot Fire and Police Commissioners on the etand all the afternoon , but Judge Scott would not al low any of the board's , records to bo put In evidence. All that Mr. Conncll was able to do was to offer them and then except when the court sustained Mr. Wright's ob jections , so that they eould be got into tha record In that shape for the purpose of an appeal to the supreme court. Mr. Wright's objections were Invariably the technical ones that the complaints and objections to Molse & Co.'a license .had not been pre sented to the board within the two weeks' time specified , by the law , according to Judge Scott's construction of the law. Among the other offers made by Mr. Connell - nell was n communication from Chief of Police Martin White , filed with the board January 5 , to which wcro attached several complaints reflecting upon the character of the saloon conducted the last year by Nor ton under the Molse license. They were of an Incriminating nature and a photograph was Included in the papers , the purpose of which was to show that the Norton saloon was not the kind of a place which should be licensed If the law Is to bo compiled with. Kecords in the old Peter Kaiser case suf fered the same fate and then came the pro test and remonstrance filed by Chief White with the board on February 0. This protest particularized carefully as to the names said to have been forged on the Molse pe tition ; also as to the Insufficiency of the bond , ono of the sureties not being compe tent to qualify , according to the chief's rep resentations. It also went Into details as to the class of persons harbored by Jack Norton and of which his saloon was a sort of headquarters. Wliite'H ProtCBt Docnn't Count. To meet Mr. Wright's objections Mr. Connell - nell explained that there has been some 240 applications for license before the board and it has been a physical Impossibility to reach them nil In the tlmo insisted upon by the court. They have had to bo taken up In their proper order and ould only be acted upon when they were reached. The court did not consider this explanation satisfac tory. Chief White's formal protest was offered. The court regarded It as merely an arraign ment of Jack Norton for acts done In the past and ruled it out. Mr. Connell did hie utmost to convVnco the court of its import ant bearing on the case. "I propose to show , " said Mr. Connclf , "that Molse & Co. are engaged In ono of the I greatest of conspiracies to stand up gamblen and compel them to pay tribute. Your per- cmptory writ , " ho continued , "orders us tc grant a license to Molse & Co. for boll places. Is it your honors idea that the license IE to bo limited to a wholesale busi ness ? " "That Is for Molsq & Co. to elect , " was the court's answer , llttlo heed being pale to Mr. Connell's charge. "You are not tc say , It's for Molso & Co. to eny whethei j they will do a wholesale or a retail1 busi ness under this license. They can't do both ; that Is , so far iw this court is concerned Nor can anybody else. " JUgo Scott fur ther qualified his delaratlon by Baying thai ono license cannot cover a bublncss If It li conducted In separate rooms. The point of good faith on the part of the board came up among other things. Mr A Beautiful Piano- In muhogany n strictly np-lo-duto in strument which would bo a bargain at ? "JO more than wo shall nsl ; for it Sat urday and wo have others but why I go on enumerating ? The many bar- I gains Hospe will offer Saturday are j surprising , not only In price , but qual- i Uy , and the intending purchaser can now satisfy his desires that of obtaining - ing n handsome parlor onuuuont , a iiho- ful , durable plnno nt n ilguio never before - fore made , and on terms which cannot fall but innkp the sale in every in stance. A. HOSPE , Music and Art. 1513 Douglas. Different grade ! different pfices you pay only for rnateml and vorkminship Tfic-Tigos" Thf'laida" CLUET'T , PEABODY 6 Co. ( Sublessors to CUett , Coon 6 Co. ) Makers Council wanted to know It the counsel for the other side wouU admit that the board had acted In good faith. All the satisfac tion IKI could get waethat the other side "had not jot offered nny evidence against the good faith of the board. " Mr. Wright would not mnk any square admission. Another continuance was taken until 9 'clock this morning. WAVPS TO THV IT A ) 'f ml cil Oiicc , lit * llrlnu AiuitluT Suit AKiilnit tinCIIN Compnii > . Another effort to enjoin the Omaha Gas -Manufacturing company from using Us gas nnk at the southeast corner of Twentieth and Center streets Is being made by Fred rick Schlemme , who owns the lot adjoining on "Center street. Schlemmo has three louses , two < ot them small ones , on his lot , and ho values 'them ' ot between $5,000 and G.OOO and the lot Itsclt at about ? o.OOO. Ho ays that the reservoir has damaged him to ho amount of ? 1,000 , for which ho sues In ils petition for a permanent Injunction. Schlemme first began his suit against the ff.aj company n year ago , and his present totltlon is n supplemental one. IIo then wked for a restraining order and temporary njunctlon. Pending- hearing , an order vas allowed , but eventually Judge Scott sot t aside and overruled the motion for a tem- > orary injunction. The matter was con- inucd by stipulation until the September rm , and In that condition it has ever since remained. When Schlemmo first commenced his nc- lon the reservoir was In process of con struction. Contractor George J. Roberts vas then made a party defendant as ho Is now , some finishing touches being yet needed by the tank. Schlemme sot up the same contention as ho now does that the reservoir would result In damage to his property by icason of the gas leaking out ot It and permeating the atmosphere In that vicinity. Aflldavlts are Died in support of its claim , among them ono from Anton isantncr In which Mr. Gsantner , referring to ils course of study In phjslcs nt the Munich , Germany , polytechnic institute , swore that It is a scientific fact that Iron and steel arc porous. The purpose of this was to show that the gas would escape ihrough the metal. Another man , Helnrlch Schroeder , said he had moved away because bo would not risk his inmHy to the danger of explosion. Severn ! persons made nffldavit to the effect that In other cities where they bad lived , Council Bluffs , for ojie , they had smelled the gad wuenfiver they passed by a tank of this character. The gas company showed that It had had a similar reservoir on the northwest corner of , Twentieth and Center streets , diagonally opposite , for ten yeais , and the court ruled against the plaintiff. Woi-Ic Tor .Inline Kcywor. The Burt county term will bo continued for a while , owing to the continued illness of County Attorney Sears at Tckamah , and Judge Kcysor will hold court here for an other week , at leust. Judge Keygor will call JudgeFawcett's docket Saturday morning. Ho will also render his decision m the three mandamus cases brought by ex-Po licemen Will White , Nlckolas Dargasawsky nnd S. lj. Morris to compel the Fire and Po lice board to reinstate them on the force. The Judge has Intimated that he is in favor of ordering the men put back , hut ho was disposed to regard as backed up by good logic the contention of Attorney Scott of the board that the mea virtually defaulted In their claims to their salaries for the time they have been off the force through not making nny effort to get back within any reasonable time. TnilllHTlllJC > ltl IllllllUKI. YANKTON , S. D. , Feb. 10 , ( Special , ) Indian Inspector Arthur N , Tinker Is here Investigating charges preferred 'by Charles S. Kelsey , cattleman on the Yankton Indian reservation , against Indian Agent John W. Harding. The chniges are that Harding baa been unlavv fully Impounding cattle for al leged trespasaing on Indian lands. Kclsey has been in the habit ot leaning lands directly from Indians without recognizing the authority of the agent , complaint being made that the agent Imposed a flno upon him. The question arises whether an Indian who has all the rights of citizenship , Includ ing suffrage , has a right to mnko contracts concerning lousing ot his allotments. BETTERMENT OF THE MILITIA Cinivciitlun tit Ail > unco tnlci-onti of Arut > llonerv * * Coiiclmle * ! fttnloii lit Tniupn. TAMPA , Fin. , Feb. 10. A discussion of resolutions cmbinclng the views ot the dele gates on the necessary congressional action for tlio betterment of the mtlltla , nrmy nnd naval loaorvus. last night practically closed the work f the national military congress , At this morning's session , after extending a vole of thanks to Governor Bloxham , and others whoto efforts had done so much tq- ward brlnglulg about the successful termina tion ot the congress , the body ndjourned subject to call of General Huttcrfleld , who will call another meeting to the held in Now York , should the necessity arise. Governor Bloxham , while agreeing in the principal points with the action of the con vention , believes that the general govern ment should ! allow suitable quarterly com pensation to state troops sulllclent to secure good material for nn efficient reserve force to bo used by the government In general , as well ns a guaranty for law and order In the states. Miuiy of the delegates -will leave tonight for their homes. Sonic go to Cuba nnd others will spend some tlmo here , and nt other resorts In the state , the winter tourists * season now being at Its height. ltuhliv < \ tlic ( Srnvp * A startling Incident , of which Mr. John Oliver of Philadelphia wns the subject. Is nnirated by him as follows : "I was in a most dreadful condition. My skin was al most yellow , eyes sunken , tongue coated , pain continually In back and sides , no ap- L petite gradually growing weaker day by I day. Threu physicians had given me up. 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