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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-
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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
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Gingham , Linen , Kalian cloth , Im GOc , SI. 10 , S1up to. . . . . .
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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 ,
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Will take measures nnd make tlio latest styles nnd guarantee perfect fit. Also , n frr
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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
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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 ! "
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