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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1899)
r 20 THE OMAHA DAII/V BE.T3 : STTXDAT , , TTLT 2 , 180 . MYSTIFIED BY FALSE TEETH 0 A. Baldwin Tells an Indian Story of the Early Days. FOUR INDIANS ARE TRIID FOR MURDER Chnli- hwnllown n Our of Thrnt lliMiiut Konrlppn Inolirn Ionn IXnniof < l nrlPl nnil 1 heir lloeniitiire. - I am 75 years old , " said C. A. Baldwin , to a yesterday Ue , * ell Known Httorncy , who erc Indulging small group of friends 111 ' Arr'thoBTyour own teeth ? " asked I ono admiring Mr. Hald- who was of the party , of masticators. in a nno urrny H "Yes Blr. 1 paid the dentist for them , eald he , "and by the way , that remind , mo of an Incident that occurred many years ago on the Pawnee Indian reservation , when I inj mined the Indians by takliiR out my teeth ami cleansing thorn. Hut It Is a tang story , in connection with other Incidents. ' "Never mind thr ImRth , " said another of thecoterie. . "go on and spin your yarn. ' "Somo of you may have heard of the trial of some Indians for the murder of a home- nlcndor named .McMurty. south of the 1'lalto near Columbus. In 1869. " said Mr. naldwln. -One mornlnR In May of that year McMurty loft homo to go to the railroad station across the river to pet a plow point sharpened. That was the last seen of him alive. In quiry was soon made and some person told of seeing Indians in that vicinity and hear ing reports of gun . A search was made nml the dead and mutilated body of Mc- Murly was found. Ho had evidently been mmdercd and suspicion at once rested upon the Indlatib. At that time that section was unorganized. There wrro no courts for the aircnt imd trial of the offenders. Very few people rated to undertake the task and had with. Some of the lltllo or no money to do It neighbors , however , camn to Omnhii. and. with Oenernl hn\lng an acquaintance O'llrli-n , then riving , consulted him. O'Hrlcn \\IIB I nllrd States commissioner and vested with power to Issue warrants for the arrest of parties charged with an offense against the lawH of the United States and give them a preliminary examination. O'lJrlen con- pulled with Judge Dundy and General Strick land , who was then United States attorney , nml It was agreed that O'Hrlcn should Issue n sort of blanket warrant commanding 1ho marshal to arrest John Doe , rt nl It was further arranged that I , at that time bolng the law partner of General O'Hrlcn. should aid In the Investigation of the parties and take charge of the prosecu tion. I accompanied Marshal I. T. Hello on the cars to Columbus. There , by appoint ment. wo met Major North , ono of Clod's noblemen , well acquainted with the Pawnee Indians , understanding and speaking their language as well ns though It had been his mother tongue. At Columbus Hello got a livery rig , and Hello , Major North and I went out to the Pawnee reservation , a dlo- tanco of twenty or twenty-five miles. Wo arrived there early In the evening. We dis covered that very day that the great body of the Indians , Indeed all but the old and feeble men , women and small children , had left the agency under n permit from the ngeut to go upon their annual buffalo hunt. We could accomplish nothing unless wo could call thorn back. The agent said that to do so was Impracticable. The head chief --I forget his name holding the position ns chief of the Pawnees by appointment , not by the Indians , but by the government , mas nt the reservation. Ho was too old to engage in the hunt. Ho insisted that the Indians should not lie called back , but Major North talked to him , and the rest of UK talked to the agent. Finally a courier was bent out to the Indians to have the leading members of the party return for a conference. They were In camp about ten miles from the reservation. The next mom- ing between fl and 10 o'clock the Indians began to put In an appearance nt the agency. They v.ero excited , they were mad and very demonstrative. They were full of talk and gesticulations. Major North did the talking for us and after an hour or two It was agreed that after dinner we should moot In the council chamber room , large enough to hofd five or six hundred people , and thorn come to some arrangement to bo followed out. lOflVi'l of Kiilnr Tpptlt. "Hollo , Major North and I stayed at the ngent'K house over night and took our meals there.Vo ale dinner before going over to the council chamber. It was at this tlmo that an incident occurred of more Impor- Kanco In connection with what followed than ono would naturally suppose. In the office roomjit the agency there was a water tank with xvash basins beneath the f.iucets. When I came out from dinner the room was oc cupied by n dozen or twenty Indians , mid I Flopped to the water tank , took the pinto to which Is attached my store teeth out of my mouth , turned the water from the faucet thereon to rlnso It , and put It back Into my mouth. Turning nrmmd , I noticed ttlat ( ho Indians hcgan to gather around mo and Jabber and gesticulate , 'but ' 1 could not un derstand what was up. They came close up < o me and looked mo sharply In the face. I ibegnn to think they were about to cut oft my chin whiskers for a ecalp lock. 1 quietly /hacked / Into the dining room. A few min utes Inter iMaJor North came to me and P.ild : 'Baldwin , what have you been doing ? You have got the Indlanx excited. ' I told Mm I hadn't Von' doing anything hadn't eatd nnylhlng. Ho then called up nn Indian nearby and talked with him , nnd then said : It Is something about your face , Daldwln. What 1 It ? ' The Indian pointed to my face nnd then to the water tank , and I nt once hiispectod what 'tho ' trouble was. The Indian liad hccn mo remove my toothplnto nnd re turn It to its place , and ho thought thnt I liud taken nut the roof of my month and re- etorcd It at will. It was something that he could not understand. They gave mo nt Hint time n nnmo , I cnn't remember It now J thought thnt I would but It wns something connected with the ( Irent Spirit ; nnd after ( hat Iho Pawnee Indians pnld n good deal of respect to what I said and did. .SiiNiit'c-lN Art * SiirriMiilprril. "Wo went over to the council chamber at ( bo appointed tlmo. The room wns tilled iwlth Indlanu ; thcro wns the old head chief. The Pawnee nation at thnt time wns made up of thri'o dlilcrent tribes , each having a head chief , nnd they all were- there , to- pother with their leading men and police jori'o , Major North , Holla nnd myself. The old hcnd chief got up and made a talk. ffhrrn was no demonstration , but occasslon- nlly In different parts of the room there wan tittered n heavy KUttural grunt , repented by another and another. When the head chief Flopped talking 1 was to follow him , and whnt I said was to be translated by an In terpreter. I loniember very little of what I said. I know well what I didn't say- LookIng - Ing into the faces of thcoe f > 00 Indians , the expression of every countenance being ea- tanlc , and painted nt that , you can rest as sured that I didn't threaten them , but I told ( hem In substance that the 'great father' at Washington had sent us there to get the Indians that had killed the man below the tf'latte ; that It wns some of their number , nnd the 'grcnt father' had the means of determining which ones they were , and he would do It. What wewanted then was that without any further trouble they should turn over to us the guilty ones for exami nation by the officers of the 'great father. ' 1 talked a little while In that nay. and was followed by the sub-head chlefi , one or two of whom spoke most violently , calling out demount rat Ions and applause from the Indians from dllferent parts of the room. { This talk woj kept up ( or two or three hour * and , after a consultation , they agreed to deliver to us a dor.cn Indians , and If the 'great father" knew which the Riillty ones were ho could make the selection from that dozen , for I had told them that the 'great father' would not punish anyone that was Innocent of the offense charged. That was satisfactory to us. We took the old head chief , ton or a dozen of the Indians so turned over to us , loaded them Into wagons and brought them to Omaha , put them In Jail nnd soon after commenced their pre liminary examination b fore General O'Brien. It WH a most dinicult task , one that never could have been accomplished without the aid of Major North. Wo were a good many days making the Invcetlgatlon , and , ns a re sult , the commissioner held four of the In dians for the murder of MeMurty. I don't now recollect the long Indian names , but I do recollect the English of the Indian names of the ones that were held. One wns Yellow Sun , another The Man That Steals Horses , another wns Blue Hawk and the other was Little Wolf. When court con- voncd at the next term the matter went before - fore a gmnd Jury and I prepared the Indict ment charging each ono of the Indians ns principal nnd the other three as aiding and abetting In a separate count with the killing of McMurty by shooting with a pun , by shooting with a , bow and arrow and by the use of a tomahawk. Using the long Indian names and the English alias , It was a long drawn out Indictment to which the Jury returned a true bill. At the November term following the Indians were put upon their trial. Colonel Chase , who In those days wns an active member of the bar , attracted the attention of tbo Indians and , having no counsel , at their request he was appointed to defend them. A long and tedious trial followed. Dr. Miller , one of Omaha's best men , In the columns of the Herald each day pitched Into the prosecution. For some reason the doctor thought that the Indians were being unfairly tried. The trial went on , however , and resulted In a conviction. I.ltllp W lf Svrnllovr * Clinlr-ltnuml. "Ono morning during the trial the news was circulated thnt ono of the defendant Indians had become a "good Indian" that ho was dead. Wo went into the Jail , under the old court house nnd In rtiarge of Sheriff Henry Grebe , and there Little Wolf lay stretched out on the stone floor on his back apparently dead. lr. ) Tllden , who nt that lime was a sort of court doctor , wns eum- monod. Being of the old school of practice , following the three cardlnnl rules , which nro , llrst , feel the pulse ; second , look nt the tongue ; third , bleed ; the. doctor felt for the pulse of the Indian. There was not much show there. He next wanted the Indian to open ills mouth ; the Indian assumed death , and a dead Indian can't open his mouth. A llttto talk by Major North about the 'Happy Hunting Ground' in the hearing of the would-be dead Indian Induced him to open his mouth and protrude his tongue a little so that the doctor could examine It. But the doctor looked beyond hie tongue , nnd to his great surprise saw somethng that was not a part of the humnn system. Ho saw the end of a stick. Calling for his pinchers or forceps , he put them Into the mouth of the Indian nnd pulled out the lower round of a common kitchen chair twelve or fourteen Inches long that the Indian had thrust down his throat so far that he could shut his mouth. The doctor wan considera bly excited by his discovery. It was ncar- Ing court tlmo and Judge Dundy was callIng - Ing on us to como on and proceed with the trial. After the chair round wag taken from the Indian's throat ho got up and moved nround , and tire-re wns no further Investiga tion by the doctor to determine whether or not the rest of that chair wan In the In dian's stomach. That Is a question that has never yet been settled. Conviction nncl Eni'npr of tlir Iiidlnnn. "The trial ended and the Jury was charged late In the afternoon. About 10 o'clock nt night it agreed upon a verdict and the prisoners were brought Into the court room to listen to the findings. It was a dark , chilly , snowy , sleety night ; there were but few persons present besides the Indians and a half dozen or more guards , the marshal , the clerk of the court nnd counsel. Colonel Wateon B. Smith read the verdict In the usual form , and when Judge Dundy ordered the prisoners back to the jail It was neces sary to go down a flight of Blairs out doors. The entrance to the Jail was at the land ing outside of the building. When the In dians and tholr guard had got out of doors nil , at.ono time , evidently a preconcerted plan , flung their blankets and made an effort to escape. There was nothing when their blankets were off that n guard could catch hold of. It was dark , and the guards dare not shoot lest they might lilt some Innocent person. Three of the Indians , Blue Hawk , Lltllo Wolf nnd Horse Thief , got away. Old Yellow Sun was captured. The. marshal with his force and the police Instlluled search for the fugitives. Two or three hours later the Jailer heard a rap at the door. Opening the door he saw Horse Stealcr slandlng before him. Ho had como bnck after his blanket. The Jailer let him In and locking the door , kept him there. The Indian demurred. Ho claimed that he had run the gauntlet , had secured his freedom by a desperate effort and at the risk of his life , and was entitled to his freedom , but that was not according to United States law , nnd he was hold. Lllllo Wolf was found Ihe next day midway between Omaha and flellevue. Blue Hawk got back to the reservation nnd re fused to return , and It was thought that the tribe would protect him. Indian HiiirnrKr. "It Is a remarkable fact that the Indians , nTthough unable to understand a word of English , know that they were convicted the moment the verdict was read and they Immediately , In tbulr sign language , then nnd there planned their escape. It was a mystery to mo how they know the result so quickly. 1 had the major Investigate the mystery and ho told me In a few days that the Indians read the verdict In my fu-co , which was overspread with a smllo of satis faction at the result of the trial. The In dians said 'I laughed with my eyes. ' "A month afterward a lot of Indians were out on a sort of hunting expedition nnd Blue Hawk wns with them. Marshal Hello , learning of the fact , went up to Fort Me- I'herson , and , securing n company of cavalry , overtook the Indiana for the purpose of ar resting Blue Hawk. The cavnlry drew up In nno and dismounted about 100 rods from where the Indians were massed. Hello and tbo interpreters took a white flag nnd beck oned the Indians to meet them on the middle ground. A parley ensued for n fow-moments. Hello Insisted that they must give up Blue Hawk nnd the Indians declared thnt they would not , Finally out of the band of In dians Blue Hawk emerged. Throwing away his blanket and gesticulating wildly , he came up to Ilolle nnd gave himself up , sayIng - Ing that he was ready to die then. But they brought him to Omaha. "A motion In arrest of Judgment had been made l > y Colonel Chase nnd a consideration of the motion was continued until the next term. It was argued from time to time be fore Judge nundy. United States Attorney Strickland and niytelf gave our view of the law and Colonel Chase his , but the question was not determined at that term. Judge Dundy had meantime been appointed cir cuit Judge , nnd at the next terra appeared and took charge of the criminal docket. The case for murder was on the circuit court docket. When he called the case he was told the condition of affairs that there had been a motion filed in arrest of Judgment ; that Colonel Chase had withdrawn bis mo tion for arrest , and the state demanded an order for the execution of the Judgment. The question was one of Jurisdiction. Colonel Chtue urged upon the court that It wan bet ter for his clients to bo sentenced to death and rely upon executive clemency for com mutation of the esnten'e , for If turned loose the people would hang them. Judge Dundy did not take well to that ftuggpatlon. He took the case under advisement until the next term , and I quote a nassnRC from the decision rendered 'Tho present attitude of this case Is not a llttlo nlngular. The ono parly aske , nnd the other party , acting 1 under the ndvlco of skillful counsel , does not resist a Judgment which Is the highest I that human law or a human tribunal can Inflict. It Is the court alone which hesi tates and deliberates. ' rinnllj IlpKnln Thplr Illtcr ( > - . "After a most learned nnd exhaustive ex amination of the case the court held that It had not Jurisdiction to try and punish the defendants and they were turned over to the state courts and were taken to Lin coln and kept In the pcnltonllary for a year or more nnd then given their freedom. There was not money enough or other prop erty In the county where the crime was com- milted to pay one-half of the expense of a trial. "This Is , In substance , a statement of the leading facts In the case * . A few evenings before Judge Dundy'a last Illness , and the last tlmo 1 heard his voice , going homo on Iho slreet cars he sold to mo : 'Baldwin , you ought to writeup Iho fads In that Indian trial and In the Gordon case ; soon there will bo no one left to do It. ' Look now at the list of names of the active participants In that trial and you find Judge Dundy , be fore whom the trial was had ; Watson B. Smith , clerk of the court ; General Strlck- Innd , United States attorney ; J. T. Hello , United States marshal , who made the arrest ; General O'Hrlcn , United States commis sioner ; Colonel Chnse , who defended the In- dlnns ; Major North , who brought to light the facts ; Henry Grebe , sheriff and Jailer , who , during their Imprisonment fed and cnred for the Indiana , all of them dead and gone , and I am tbo only one left to tell the lory as J now give It to you. " IIAIIIMZ.SS NOTAI1M3S , D. 0. Mills has no hair. Phil Armour is as bald as the American eagre. Hoswcll P. Flower had only a middle seam of hair. David B. Hill Is nearly bereft of natural head covering. Great speculators nre seldom bald , though James II. Kecne is one of the hairless va riety. No ono doubts that Uncle Coflls Pacific Huntlngton has brains , yet he lias only a fringe of hair. In the navy , Captain Chadwlck Is famous for baldness , while General Schofleld is the bare pate pf the arjny. Do Wolf Hopper sleeps In his wig. Hop per Is said to be the only man In town vho has not at least one hair. Isldor Wormscr , the Napoleon III. of Wall atreel , couM count his few remaining hairs without great trouble. Henry Clews and Senator Chauncoy M. Depew are barefooted all the way around as far down as the wing of the ear. Henry O. Havemeyer , the brains of the Sugar trust notwithstanding Searles , has less hair than a hen has teeth. Colonel Bob Ingcrsoll hasn't hair enough to part with a towel , and he has made a fortune out of agnosticism and Iconoclosm. Ex-President Cleveland , who did not poach , Is growing bald on the sides of a narrow strip of hair running down the mid dle of the head. W. H. Vanderbirt and Rufus Hatch , whcsa heads were the same shape and same size , were bald as far back as their bumps of reverence. In his extreme old age Commodore Van- derbllt lost nearly all of his topknot , and oven Jay Gould was slightly inclining toward a bare pate. President McKlnley's hair is thin , but there arc slight Indications of approaching baldness. Mr. Hobart's forehead Is spread ing backward with great rapidity. ' The fast disappearing locks of J. Flcr- pont Morgan may be seen through the wire screen that parity conceals his person from the Broad street rabble as ho works nt his desk In the Mills building. Journalists , as a rule , arc not bald. Charles R. Miller is drifting into Ihc region of Ihe hairless , and Charles A. Dana was one of its brainiest Inhabitants. The maga zine editors have quantities of hair. LAI10II AND INDUSTRY. Fforlda has 340 turpentine distilleries. At Haverhill , N. H. , hay costs $20 a ton. Chicago Is about to spend Jll.000,000 on streel Improvements. In Tasmania the trade In axes and saws bus been almost entirely monopolized by the Americans. The Japanese government steel works , which Is under course of erection , is being Jjullt lp demonstrate the practicability of manufacturing steel plates In Japan , At present there are only twenty-three cities In the United States and Canada In which carpenters work ten hours per day. Ono hundred and flvo have the eight-hour rule , and 424 work nine hours a day. Ono of the North Carolina cotton mlfls , snys the Wilmington Messenger , mnde 38 per cent profit last year ; another 28 per cent , nnd it Is claimed that many mills made 20 per cent , whllo ono mill la said to have paid for itself In two yenrs. Another triumph for skilled labor In the United States Is the award by the Vene zuelan government to n Philadelphia llrm for the pfans and construction of nn armory nnd barracks near Caracas. The cost will be about $200,000 , but the amount Is not so significant as Is the fact that the award was won In competition with both Vene zuelan and European engineers. In Great Britain during March between 3,000 nnd 4,000 workmen In thii building trades secured advances in wages usually amounting to 1 cent per hour. Over 200,000 minors nnd quarrymen received Increases of from 25 to 60 cents per week , mainly under the ruling of the various local sliding scales. Under similar scales 25.000 men in different branches of the Iron and steel manufacturing Industries hnvo been blessed with advances proportionate to the rlso In the price of the manufactured articles , An Important decision In regard to the alien law has been handed down by the United .States circuit court of appeals at ( Mil. waiikoo. The decision Interprets the Jnw BO ns to npply solely to common laborers , exempting clerks and all clnscs of skilled artlsiins. Judges Woods , Jenkins and Drown , I'oiiutlntntlng Iho entire court , concur In the decision , which further holds It was the Intent of congress > > olcly to hhut out the Importation of common laborers under con tract to work In mini * ; , In lumbar camps and on railroads. Grnrgo II. Gay of In- dlnnapollH ibrought n clerk from Scotland under contract and the above decision wns rendered In his case. Iliirldln'N Arnlt'it Sulvc. THE BEST SALVE in the world for Cuts , Bruises , Sores. Ulcers , Salt Rheum , Fever Sores , Totter , Chapped Hands , Chilblains , Corns nnd all Skin Eruptions , and positively cures Pllos. or no pay required. It Is guar anteed to give perfect untlHfnctlon or money refunded. Prlco 25 cents per box , For ealo by Kuhn & Co. Struck I lie HlKlit I'ortlnml for Him. The other day Colonel Blcckluy , the Mis souri Pacilic agent hero , relates the Wich ita Eagre , received n letter from n gentle man lit Portland , Ore. , thanking him for n. favor performed by Colonel Hlccklcy over ten yearn ago. The man's name Is withheld. He had played the Wichita boom. ! Ia had won. But It fascinated him and ho knew he must get away with his money or ho would not got away at all. So , under In spiration , ho rushed Into Colonel Blcckley's olllce ono morning and bald sharply : "Give me a ticket to Portfnnd , " 1 Colonel Hlccklcy looked nt him coolly and asked : "Maine or Oregon ? " "I don't glvo n darn which. " Colonel lllei-kloy reflected , Ills commis sion on a ticket to Portland , Ore. , was J'.GO moro than his commlstiluii nn a ticket to Portland , Me. He eald to the man- "I get mote for n ticket to Portland , Ore , , nnd I'll Fend you to Oregon. " "Go ahead , " uald the man. So that man got nwny from the boom an. ) went to Portland. Ore. Out ( hero he vent Into huBlneHB nnd now ouns ono of the big cstabllshincnli * of Unit city HP aucrlSM Ills lucky HtrIKu to Colonel Illceklry and hl recent letter was one of gratitude that ho bad not kcnt him to Portland , Mo , CRAFTOiN OFFENDS BILLINGS So the Doctor Refuses ft Charity He Was About to Bestow , FORMER NEBRASKAN INHERITS A FORTUNE Our nt III * llookVlltn1rnvrn from tin Ornflon Piihllc lll rnr > , Which Aft Ion ( lie Doctur Cull * II IK "Icy. Dr. Krnnk S. Billings , formerly a well known Nobrasknn nnd nt the head of the United Slates experiment station at Lin coln , has como Into many thousands of dollars lars slnco his departure from this state nnd on account of this nnd other things has bccoino an interesting figure In the Massa chusetts community of which ho Is now n member. The latest action of his to bring uls name to public attention IB his decision j not to endow the town of Grnfton , Mass. , I ' with a J100.000 cdticntlonnl fund , ns ho do- clarcs ho nnd his wife had Intended to do , The reason for his change of attitude Is a slight put upon him by the town library In withdrawing ono of his books from circula tion. tion.By By the will of Robert C. Billings of Boston - ton , nn unolo of the doctor , the latter In herits 4100,000 , his wife $10,000 nnd his daughter $60,000. Several other relatives of the Boston millionaire were similarly remembered and the balance of his cstato was bequeathed to Tarlous charltablo and educational Institutions , one of the latter being Harvard university. Kov. Edward Everett Hale U among the Individual beno- ilclarles of the same will. Dr. lillllncs lives on Worcester street In Grafton. The will by which his family Is to bo enriched to the extent of $160,000 wns probated In the Suffolk court the last week. It Is not the first of such Inheritances to come to the doctor , though It Is believed to be the most valuable. The doctor has now given It out that he and his wlfo had fully intended to establish nn educational fund for the benefit ° f orphan girls and daughters of parents ot limited means living In Grafton , -who , by Its aid , were to secure an education far beyond anything they could have obtained without It. A condition which was to have been attached to the use of this memorial fund was that the bene ficiaries were to have shown capabilities above the average high school student and should maintain a good standing nt college. H was also to be required that the young women assisted bo free thinkers or the daughters of free thinkers. They were , however , not to ho bound by any require ment as to religious or ethical belief. Thus Dr. and Mrs. Billings had intended to dis pose of their superfluous thousands nnd show their appreciation of the town in which they live. But the doctor is now- convinced thnt he was about to misplace his generosity nnd waste his means trying to enlighten n community unfitted to receive the light for generations to come. And the truth was revealed to him by the man ner in which the library trustees treated one of tils books. PoenllnrUIc * of ( he Doctor. Dr. Billings Is a man of scholarly attain ments and real scientific ability , as all who were acquainted with his work In this state admit. Ho claims to have been tlio origi nator of the method of combating hog cholera which Is now being developed in all sections of the country , though on that point there Is a difference of onlnion. the workers of today In the field of animal pathology claiming that they Jiavo discarded much or nil of Billings' method. Bo that as It may , It was not bo-cause of incompetency on his part that his work In Nebraska wns brought to a termination , but rather to his extreme peculiarities and his disposition to work too much at bis own pleasure and out of har mony with his associates. It cannot be said that he suffered from lack of appreciation whllo here , although that was this belief. IMiiilnlicM Town of ( Irnftoii. Dr. Billings Is the author of several books , not all confined to technical scientific sub jects. When writing , as when speaking , lie Insists upon exercising absolute freedom of the pen , and his style Is marked by a vigor and frankness of expression , that has preju diced against him those with whom he hap pens to disagree. Instead of accepting his many challenges to meet him In dlscusblou and refute his assertions wild reasoning ho claims they have adopted unfair aud un derhanded means of checking the spread of his fame nnd his doctrines. It Is certain , at least , that ono of his books , "How Shall the Rich Escape ? " was withdrawn from the Grafton library after It had been admitted and placed In circulation. Kor tills action , which ho characterizes as a pleco of the narrowest bigotry , the doctor has determined to deprive the town of the $108,000 which it would otherwise have re ceived at his hands , preferring to sow the seed of free thought where It bus moro prqmlso of receiving careful cultivation. llln Uiielc'n Vn ( Fortune- . Tlia character and the Interests of the uncle , who left nn estate worth $2,000,000 , may bo judged from the number of his bo- q'uests nnd the nature of the Institutions re ceiving them. In addition to those men tioned abova the following were mndo : To Harvard university , $100,000 ; to Massa chusetts Institution of Technology , $100,000 ; to Massachusetts Institute of Technology , to found the "Hillings student fund , " with the understanding thnt any student receiving benefit from the fund Is expected to abstain from the IIBO of alcohol or tobacco In any of their varied forms , $50,000 ; to the Museum of Kino Art , Boston , $100,000 ; to .Massachu setts Gwiornl hospital , $ , " 0,000 ; to New Eng land Hospital for Women and Children , Rox- bury , $50,000 ; to Massachusetts Charitable. Eye and Ear Inllrmnry of Iloeton , $50,000 ; to Perkins Institute and MnHbachusotts School for the Blind. $ ' . ' 5,000 ; to the Kin dergarten for the Hllud nt Jamaica Plain , Boston , $10,000 ; to Ameri can Unitarian ahaoclntion , Boston , $25,000 ; to the "Grlndall Il } in < > lds" fund of the sumo association , $10,000 ; to the Boston Young Men's Christian association , 18 Doyls- ton street , Boston , $25,000 ; to the Homo for Aged Men , West .Springfield street , Boston , $25,000 ; Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute , Hampton , Va. , $25,000 ; Taiskcgco Normal school1 , Tuslicgee , Ala. , $10,000 ; At lanta university , Atr.inta , Gn. , $10,000 ; Mass , nchusetts Society for Aiding Discharged Con victs , Boston , $10,000 ; Boston Asylum nnd Karra School for Indigent Children , Thomp son's Island , $10,000 ; Chlldien's Mission for Children of Destitute Parents , Trcmont street , Boston , $10.000 ; Boston Lying-in hos pital , $10,000 ; Morton hospital , Tnunton , $10 , . 000 ; Benevolent Fraternity of Churches , Hos. ton , $10.000 ; Homo for the Aged , Walnut avenue , Hoxbury , $10,000 : Boston Homo for Incurables , $10,000 ; WnHliingtonlan Home , Walt ha in street , Boston , $10.000 ; Massachu setts Infant asylum , Jamaica Plain , $10,000 ; trustees of the Eliot school , Eliot street , Jamal.a Plain , $10,000 , Unitarian church , Corey btreet and Center street , West Rox- bury , to bo Invested in a secure mortgage for the benefit of the church , save that the church la to care for the Ebcn Hillings' tomb , $10.000 ; Sailors' Snug Harbor , Qulncy , $5,000 ; Boston Pllolb' Relief nsboclatlon , Boston , $25,000 ; Boston dispensary , Bcuuet street , $10,000 , Jamaica Plain dispensary , $25,000 , Absolutely pure and delightful to the taste Is Cook's Imperial Champagne Extra Dry. Dr. Edward Everett Hale has been the pnhtor of the South Unitarian church , Bos ton , for foriy-thrco year * . His congregation preferred not to act-opt his recent resigna tion , but to provide him with uu assistant. We are daily receiving SUMAIER DRE SUITS and WASH SKIRTS. In Pique , Duck , Linen and all the known now fabrics. Colored Petticoats Dress Skirts. for Summer Linen crash dross skirls , $10 Gingham , Linen , Kalian cloth , Im GOc , SI. 10 , S1up to. . . . . . ported Satinet , plain or with deep Linen dress skirts , S3 , $5 ruffle 60c , $1 , $1.40 and 7.50 SI.76 , $2 to j Blue denim dress skirts trimmed White Pique drees skirts with white straps , $1.10 , SI.60 , $2 , up to. . $1 , $1.25 , SI.65 to Man Tailored Suits. Will take measures nnd make tlio latest styles nnd guarantee perfect fit. Also , n frr linve on hand u large assortment nf tailor made suits , in homespuns , coverts - ' " ' FOR ? 16SUITS - verts , Venetians , broadcloths and cheviots , of French gray , tan , brown , blue i c' rn V0lt * ° ' 00 SUITS plum and black colors , all si/.es. In the swell Kton.'tight lilting and fly front , dJ ( FOR $21.00 SUITS nearly all being lined throughout with ilia best grade of lalTeta silks , rangIng - 18.50 KOH $28.00 SUITS Ing In prices from . 'J2.50 FOR $38.00 SUITS Just received , n new line of Cloth Silk Petticoats , a big assortment , Walking Skirts , ? l.00 ) to $4.00 , $0.00 7.50 f and up. Silk Capes , lil to L'S inches long , Also n full line of Silk Waists , In trimmed at neck with lace and taffeta and Japanese silk , ranging ribbon , ? 4.00 , $0.00 and up to in prlco from { 2.90 up to $25 321 South 15th Street. BETWEEN fARNAM AND HARNEY. TELEPHONE 2288. BUILDING ASSOCIATION NOTES ComlnR Convention , of tlir N'ntlonnI l.eiiKtii MiiUorw of Locnl und General Intercut. Officers of the United States League of Local Loan and Building Associations hnvo complete * ! arrangements for the seventh an nual convention at Niagara Falls , July 26 and 27. At the convention hold In Omaha last year the chief topic of discussion was postal savings banks. Judge Sterns of Chicago tak ing the alllrmativo and Judge Dexter ot Klmlra , N. Y. , the negative. This year the question of fatato supervision Is scheduled for discussion between Hon. V. D. Kilburn , su perintendent of the banking department of New York state , and lion. William Bruce of Chicago. Seven additional papers on various features of the homo owning movement are on the program , among them being "Ne braska Stale Law nnd Its League , " by Judge C. J. Phelps of Schiiylcr. The Nebraska delegation to the conven tion consists of 'Hon. ' C. F. nentley of C.rand Island , G. M. Naltlnger , D. II. Christie nnd T. J. FUzmorrls of Omaha. In Chicago last Thursday the last act In a conspiracy against reputable , bolvcnt buildIng - Ing and loan associations wns brought to n. close In Iho criminal court. Lust October Udward Owings Towno and John L. Mowalt were convicted of conspiracy to wreck the Lumberman's association. The Jury fixed their punishment at Imprisonment In the penitentiary and a fine of $2,000 for the former and a line of $1,000 for the latter. Towno Is a lawyer and Mowalt an ac countant. They formed a partnerehlp for the purpose of throwing associations In the hands of receivers and wrecking them. Their plan of procedure was to circulate falbo re ports about the condition of an association , thus frightening a Rufllclont number of timid shareholders Into signing an application for a receiver. If a court granted tlio request .Mowalt . usually became- receiver anil naturally appointed Towno fl attorney. In a number of Instances the conspirators ex- | tortcd money from associations on threats of receivership. Hut they tackled the wrong crowd when they went against the managers of the Lumberman's association. The lat ter halted the hook , drew from them a de mand of $1,000 hush money , and with -written evidence caused their arrcht and prosecu tion , resulting In conviction after a trial lasting thrco weeks. Sentence nas passed last Thursday. The euccessful prosecution of the con spirators was n splendid victory for Illinois associations. It puts an end to the looting of associations under the cloak of law and furnishes an example of unbending back bone for other managers to follow when as sailed. The remarkable activity of homo buildIng - Ing In Omalu Is evidenced In a striking manner by the report of the Omaha associa tion for the last six months. At the begin ning of the year tlio association had a cash turprus of $13,000 , which was liicreaaed to $20,000 before the building season opened. All that has been absorbed , as well as the receipts slneo then , In loans on homes , and u majority of the loans were for the con struction of homes. In six months the as sets of the Omaha grew from $237,741 to $2fi2,5ll ; net earnings , from ? S,43t to $9,4SS ; Increase In shares , 971 , making the number DOR' In force 6,744. Out of the net earnings $ ,400 was taken for a 3 per cent semiannual nual dividend and $1,200 waa credited to the surplus fund. The Haltering condition of the Omaha reflects the prosperity of other associations In this city and In the state and marks In a decisive way their strides to the heights of Kabjstreet. . "Slnco building nnd loan associations were first organised In the United States In Phil- ndelphla , " says the Public Ledger of 4hat city , "It ls estimated that at least $1,600- 000,000 has been returned to members In matured and withdrawn shares. H Is quite sure that > ery little of this vast mm of money can be recorded as having been wasted H Is certain that a large percent age of this moaey has gone Into property Divine Healer 1O DAYS ONLY. Commencing today , July 2 , till Tuesday , July 11. Free meetings daily at 2 and 8 p. m. FREEMASON'S HALL , 16th and Capitol Avenue. ENTRANCE ON CAPITOL AYR SPECIAL FEATURES j Colonial People , Hirdn , Animals , Products , Homes Pain's Fireworks Art Kxhibit ; Me. chiinlcal Kxhibitl The Midway ; Godfrey's Hritiuli Military Hand , OPENS AT OMAHA , NEBRASKA , JULY 1st , CLOSES NOVEMBER 1 , 1890. I7 Everything New Except the Buildings. Will Eclipse Last Year , ! President , Ocorgo L. Jtlllrr. Secretary. Dudley Smith Treasurer , Frank Murphr. . . , , Chairman I' . . Her , . . KXHCUTIVK COMMITTUIS C. J. Smyth ; R. Wm. Haydani H. J. I'pnfold , J. II. Kltrhen. AIJVIBOKY COMMITTEE , Frank Murphy , Herman Kountze , Etnll Urandelo , J , IL Mlllard , II. K. Palmer. , -All ( that has yielded a profit return for the fafat fifty-eight years. iMuch wo Know has gene to buy a few feet of earth where many a loved ono rests or sleeps. It dries not generally represent the rattle of dollars that bay adieu , \\lth all the regret behind them , but rather the rattle of the pennies that prodnco the miifclo keeping step to which the Individual marches Into a home of his own. " Aililril liiHiill , Chicago Tribune : Colonel Ilankthunder called at the office of the local paper to rx- press his mind concerning a typographical error that had appeared In a notice brought In by the coloner himself for publication. The club with which he was connected had decided to glvo on entertainment nt u public hall for some benevolent purpose , and the notice announcing It closed with the significant wordw "admission fee. " Hut the printer * had unaccountably made It read "admission free " "It spoils the whole object of the festiv ity , " eaid the Irate colonel , pointing at the offending "r. " "but I don't mind that half bo much an thn fact that what has knocked us out Is a lettah that han no legitimate r > x- 1st euro , by cud , eah , la the Eujjlleb lan guage ! " I Call for CASCADE WHISKEY 14 YRAH 01,1) SOI'll MASH U'HISICEY A : i3I ) IN WOOD Don't Jet them pa I in oft other goods on you. ! ! oo "Cascade' * brand on bat tle , Dealers order through I'-KKII T. CU.MMIIVH , Gem-rul A\cnum Ascent , JMioiuITIII. . .1011 Knrlmub Jllook. BOIOIOBOMOHOBOBOIOIOMOIOIO g The Bee g Represents the West. Q Mail it 3 to your friends. OBOBOMOBOHOECBOBOlOttoa