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"THE OMAIIA DAIIAT BEE : SUNDAY , AUCTST 13 , 18JM ) . 10 LOST. Tlltlrmlnybot with sold buckle , heart-shaped , on while 'catln rlbbbn Return - turn to 646 H. 30th St. Lost MSS7 13 14JST. between the Dee building , Omaha , nncl Council "Bluffs , notebook contallnnfc US 00 In * money nnd receipts , owner" name on/ back rtf book. Finder return aims tearoom C01 Hec liulldlnf ? and re- rcwnrcl. Lost-114 13 * 6T. BERNARD dos , ypllow , partly clipped tmlr ; wears new collnr. Return to ZSS3 v Burt street nnd receive reward. Lost-lOS 1S LOST , on Saturday , between 12:15 : and 1 p. In7. ono'lady's ' gold huntlnscnge watch , In Mjllnrd hotel or between there nnd Barker JiotM. Return to Hlmoe , Browning. King & Co.j anU receive rcq , aril. Lost IQj 18 * IK PARTY who picked up diver watch In ih * SioKet of-4th floor of Bee building will return"amo to room 420 he will be re warded ; valued ns an Ir" ' I H " I l10513. ! TYPBWIllTIJIH. TYPEWRITERS for rent. JI.OO per month. The Smith-Premier Typewriter CO. , IC2a Farnnm Bt. Telephone 128 < . 473 WC RTNT : and sell the best type-wrltert 'made ; JnrRfi t stock of supplies In Omnhn. UnUod Typewriter & Supply Co. , 1612 Pnr. lidnif . < < * REMINGTON Standard typewriter and sup- -r.nitat jju Farnam. . 4(5 ( THE Oliver -Typewriter , visible writing , .intfolder nnd cuts the stencil | see exhibit Liberal Arti bide- . , drertter America Exposition. Tel. 5270. J.S. Stewart , Special Agent , 318V4 9. fif teenth sUcet , Omaha. _ TI n'TVPEWRl.T13RS ) , secondhand. 1110 Fnrnam. t " v } - M"991 fl LADIES free , ImrmleBs monthly regulators ; ' cannot fall. Mrs. B. Rowan , Milwaukee , Win. M900 A 20 * CS. old Dr Hell's Cotton Root Pills , ' -tho-tnat ; safe- reliable ; take no other. Send' ' 4o tamn for particulars. Dr. Bell , Box'718 , St. Louis , Mo. M238 A26 * DR.NMAK8FIELD'S monthly regulator has -brdUBltt-'rirtpfMntss to hundreds' qf.nnxlom women ! have never had a singlei failure ; lonBPKt ORBM relieved1 in two" to five days * without fall ; no rain , no danger , no Inter ference with work : by mall or omqe , * 2 ; flll1' lettorn truthfully nnsWered. The JlfinsneW Remedy Co. . 167 Dearborn St. , ' 'Voom-C14 ; ChlcnffO , 111. - -377 1 LADIES , Chlchestcr's English Pennyroyal pills are the best ! safe , reliable ; take no , other ; send 4c , stamps , for particulars , "Relief forLadies'In letter bv return mat ! . At druprlst * . Chlchestor Chemical Co. . Philadelphia. Pa. tfOK FAHMS. FARMS near So. Omaha nnd Lincoln for sale. J. T. Clarke , Board of Tmde , Omaha , - 870 Befl-10 r ALL kinds plating. Om Plating Co.Bee bld i > i - 475 HOTELS. TRT the Henderson Hotel ; board , and room 14.00'por Week ; gas ; 'steam heat and baths. Ninth-nud Furnam Sts. 487 HKsoirrs. BASS and cropplo Ashing is now at its "best. The Langdon hotel offers sup rior accommodations ( o fishermen' and tran sient guests ! Reasonable rates. Frank F. Vogt-Langdon , Mo. M512 A29 SHORTHAND AflfD TYPEWRITING. . A. C. Van Sant's ' School. 717 N. T. Life. 488 AT OMAHA Bus. College , 16th & Douglas. 4S3 BOYLE'S school ; court reporter principal ; Bee Bldg. . ? 0 AUCIf ITECTS. THE undersigned having succeeded to the business of the latei O.O ? . Belndorft , archi tect , have removed from his former ofllco to 423 Bee building and will continue the business of architects and > superintendent. Patronngo of the public nnd Mr. Beln- dorff'B former customers respectfully so licited. R. W. Baker ; A. D. Baker. - ' 8epl MATTRESS RENOVATING. M. . B. WALKLIN , 3111 Cumlng. Tel. 1331. DRESSMAKING. IN families. Miss Sturdy , 2216 Davenport. , is ' < M-497 A29 I OSTEOPATHY. ' JOHNSON OSTEOPATHIC INSTITUTE , 615 N. Y. Llfo Bldg. , Alice Johnson , D. O. , ladles' depnitment. Old B. Johnson , Osteopath ! jt.t manager. ; M 6SG L E. DONOHUB D . O. . of Still school , KIrksvllle , Mo. , GQl Paxtoni blk.Tel. . 1367. v 4Q2 "AI1BTRACTS OP TITLE. / " * HARRIS Abstract Co. , 423 Boo Bulldlns. - ' * 4S3 LAUNDRY. OMAHA STEAM LAUNDRY , city towe supply ; shirts" , ' 8e : collars. 2c : 'cuffs , 4o ; 1 underwear , 6c. 1753 L avenworth. Tel. 517 1 M465 SepH * ! . , TICKET COT RATU railway and steamship tickets excursion tickets bought and sold. P. H Phllbln. new" locations 130ff and 1603 Far nam. < Est. 18S9. Member O. T. B. Assn. M-100 PAWNBROKERS. JEFFERSON Square Loan Office , 418 N. 16 4S1 EAGLE ! Loan Ofllce , reliable , accommodat- lnff | al | business contldentlal. 1301 Douglas MOVER. W. COr , located at 1716 St. Mary's Ave. 1r' 1 i TRUNIC FACTORY. SEE OUJl trunk traveling- bags , suit cases Trunk * repaired , Omaha Trunk factory } 209 Farnam. K AW ' ' ' 1' STAMMERING AND STUTTERING. . Julia Vaughan , 430 Ramge Bid * . 4 S3 \ WATER FILTERS. < , "STANDARD" Jn Machinery HaJI. expo grounds , or room 6 , Board of Trade bide t M7M 6ep-7 ( FOUND , a watch. 4. B. Tobbens. 351 : Leavenworth. Found.-104 13t RAILWAY TIMB CARD. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAIL road General Olllces and \ Ticket Offices Southeast Cor ner 14th and Doug-las Sts Telephone , 104. Depot , 15th and \V'ei > 3tcr Sets. Telephone ' . . , . Leave. Arrive. St. Lbuls-anKiias & Nob. Limited i .a 3:00 : pm a2:55 ! : pm K. C.-HU L. l xpreea.a 9:50 : i > m a 6:00 : am Nebraska Local via Weeplngv Watar b 6:00 : pin a 6:00 : am a Dally , -Dally except ( Sunday. W ABASH RAILROAD- Tlcket Otllce , 1415 Furimn Street. . Telephone , S92. De ot , Tenth and Mason trcets. Telpehone , 629. Leave. Arrive. St. "Louis "Oanon Ball" Express a 4:50 : pin a S:35 : am , . Dally * RAIUM'AY " FREMONT ELKHORN ft Ml - ouri Vhlley RMf. ro > id "The Northwestern . Une" aoneral Office * . t'nltcd Statts Nfttfomi Bunk Rldjr. . . Southwest _ Corner Twelfth nnd Frtr- nam 8trceti < . Ticket office , 1401 Fnrnam Street. Telephone. KJ Depot. 15th nnd iVebster Streets. Telephone , 1453. I/aves Arrive. Black Hlllx , Dcndwood , Hot Springs . .i a 3:00 : pm , a 5:00 : pm Vyotnlnff , Casper nnd Douglia d 3:00 : pm d 5:00 : pm Instlnfcfl , York , DaMd City , superior , Geneva , Exeter and Hcward , , , b 3:00 : pm b 5:00 : pm Norfolk , Verdlgre nnd Fremont b 7:30 : am blOX : am Lincoln , Wahoo and Fremont b 7:30 : nm blO:2o : nm Vemont Loral c 7:30 : nm a. Dally , b Dally except Sunday , c Sun day only , tl Dally except Saturday. CHICAGO , ST. PAUL , Minneapolis & Omaha Railway "The North western Line" General Offices , Nebraska Divi sion , 15th ami Webster _ fits. City Ticket Office , 4ol Famnm St. Telephone , 661. Depot , ifith and Webster Sts. Leave. Arrive. Twin City Express ( for Sioux City. St. Paul & Minneapolis ) . . . .i.a 6:00 : am ) m/xha Passenger a 7:00 : pin Blair , Ernfcrson. Sioux City , Ponca , Hartlng- ton and Hloomlold..b ( 1:00 : pm b2:10 ! : pm Mo. 2 Twin City L't'd..a 5:55 : pm So , 1 Omaha Limited. . . a 9:00 : am , a Dally , b Dally except Sunday. SIOUX CITY & PACIFIC Railroad "The North western' Line" General Offices , United States National Bank Building , 8. W. Corner Twelfth nnd Farnnm Streets. Ticket Office , 1401 Farnam Street , Tclo- > honc661. . Depot , Tenth and Mason Streets. Telephone , 629. Leave. Arrive. Sioux City , Mankato & St. Paul , Minneapolis..a G.50 am a 8:40 : am St. Paul , Minneapolis , Mankato & Sioux Clty.n 6:23 : pm all:00 : pm Stoux City Local a 7:45 : am a 4:30 : pm a Dally. CHICAGO &f NORTHwestern - western- ' Railway "The Northwestern Line City Ticket Office , 1401 Farnam Street. Tele phone. HI. Depot , Tenth and Mason Streets. Telephone - phone , 029. Leave. Arrive. Daylight Chicago Spe cial . . . .a 6:40 : am aii:56 : Pm Carroll Local b 5:25 : pm blO:10 : am Eastern Express. Des Molnes , Marshnlltown , Cedar Rapids and Chicago cage i all:05 : am a 4:05 : pm Atlantic Flyer , Chicago and East > a 4:55 : pm a 4:00 : pm Fast Mall , Chicago to Omaha a 2:4o : pm Omaha-Chicago Special.a 7:25 : pm a 8:15 : nm Fast Mall 8:30 : am. a Dally , b Dally except Sunday. BURLINGTON & Mis souri River Railroad Burlington ! "The Burlington Route" General Olllces , N. W. Corner Teivtlh and Far- nam Streets. Ticket Office , 1602 Farnam Street. Telephone , 230. Depot Tenth and Mason Streets. Tele- phone 310. Leave. Arrive. Lincoln , Hastings and McCook a 8:40 : am a 7:40 : pm Lincoln , Denver , Colorado rado , Utah. Californla.a 4:25 : pm n 3B5 : pm Lincoln , Black Hills , Montuna > & Pugct Sound a 4:25 : pm. a 3:00 : pm Lincoln Local a7:00pm : alO:35 : am Lincoln Fast Mall a 3:00 : pm alO:35 : am Denver. Colorado , Utah > & California a 6:30 : am a Dolly. v KANSAS CITY , 6tJo 'Butliifeton.KANSAS Council Bluffs 'Butliifeton. Railroad "The Burling . ton Route" Ticket Onice , 1502 Far-mm Street , Telephone - phone , 250. Depot , Tenth and Mason Streets. Tele phone , 310.Leave. Leave. Arrive , Kansas City Day Ex . . .a 9:30 : am a 545 ; pm Kansas City Night Ex..alO:15 : pm a 6:30 : am St. Louis Flyer for St. Joseph and St. Louis..a 4:55 : pm all:15 : am a Dally. CHICAGO. .BURLINGTON & Qulncy Railroad "The Burlington Route" Ticket Ofllce , 1502 Farnajn St. Tel. 250. Depot Tenth & Mason Streets' . Tele phone , 310. Leave. , Arrive , Daylights-Chicago Specf clnl a 6:40 : am Chicago Ventbule4 Ex.a 5 05 pm a 8:06 : am Chicago Express . . ' a 9:30 : am a 4:05 : pm Chicago & St. U Ex..a 7:45 : pm a 8:05 : am Pacific Junction Local..alO:45 : am v Fast Mall . . . " a 2:45 : pm a Dally./ / UNION PACIFIC-"THEOVER- land Route" Gereral Offices , N. E. Cor. Ninth and Tarnam Streets. City Ticket Office , 1302 Farnnm Street. Telephone , 316. Depot , Tenth and Mason Streets. Telephone. 629. Leave.Arrive. . "Tho Overland Limited" for Utah. Idaho , Men- tana , California , Oregon gen nnd Washington points 7..a 8:40 : am a 4:35 : pm The Colorado Special for Denver nnd nil Colorado points.all:55 : pm a 6:30 : am Pacific t Express for Denver , Salt Lake , Pacific Coast and nil western points b 4:25 : pm a 6:30 : am Lincoln , Beatrice and Strom&burg Express , .b 4:25 : pm b 1:20 : pm Fremont , Columbus , Nor folk , Grand Island and North Pintle a 4:25 : pm b 4:35 : pm Columbus Local b 7:30 : rm b 9:30 : pm North Pintle Local a 120 ! pm South Omaha Local Pass. Leaves. 6:20 : a. m. ; 7:00 : a. m. ; 10110 a.mi. : 3:05 : p. m. Arrives , 10:45 : a. m. ; 3:16 : p. m. ; 5:25 : p. m. ; 6 p. m. . Council Bluffs Local Loaves , 5:20 : a. m. ; 6:40 : a m.6:50 ; _ : a. m. ; 7:35ia.mL : ; 930a. : _ m. ; 3 10:45 : a. m. ; 1:25 : p. m. : 2:10 : p. m.45 ; : p. m. ; 5. : K > p. m. ; 6:55 : p. m. ; 8:55 : p. m. ; 10:30 : p. m. Arrives , 6:20 : a. m. ; 7:20 : a , m. ; 8:15 n ; in. ; 8:45 : a. m. ; "H:30 : dT'm.V3:05'piTni. : ; 4:05 : p. m. ; 5.65 p. m. ; 6:30 : p. m ; 7:30 : p. m , ; 9:35 : p. m. ; 11:00 p. m ; 11:55 : p. m. a Dally , b Dally except Sunday , CHICAGO , MILWAUKEE & St. Paul Railway City Ticket Ofllce , 1504 Farnam Street. Telephone. 284. De pot , Tenth nnd Mason Bts , Telephone , C29 , _ Leave. Arrive. Chicago Limited Ex a 5:45 : pm a 8:20 : am Chicago & Omaha Ex.bll:00 : am b 3:55 : pm Sioux City t : Des Molnes Express , bll:00 : am b 3:55 : pm a Dally , b Dally except Sunday. OMAHA & ST. LOUIS RAILroad - road Omaha , Kansas Cltj & Eastern Railroad "The Qulncy Route" Tlckot of- flee , 1415 Farnam Ptreet Telephone , 322. Depot , Tenth and Mason Streets. Tele phone , C29.i . > i Leave. Arrive , St. Louis Cannon Ball Express a 4:50 : pm a 8:35 : am Kansas City and Qulncy Local a 6:50 : am a 9.35 pm a Dally. CHICAGO , ROCK I8L- Greil . and & . Pacific Railroad "The Great Rook Isl [ Rock Island and Route. " City Tick i et Oftlce , 132J Farnam Street. TeUphone. 4.J3 Depot , Tenth & Maaon Streets. Telephone , 629 Leave. Arrive. Des Molnts Local a 7:06 : am bll:35 : am Chicago Kxprena bll15 ; am a 8:10 : am Chicago Fast nxprcss.a 6:00 : pm a 1:25 : pm Bt. Paul Fast Express.a 6:00 : pm bll:33 : r Lincoln , Colorado Spgs , , Denver , Pueblo and West . . , . .a 1:30 : pm a 4:25 : pm DCS Molnes. Rock Isl and and Chicago a 7:25 : pm a 6:35 : pm Colorado & Texas Flyer.a 6:4U : pm a 9:00 : am a Daily b Dally except Sunday. iOMOlOlOlOBOiOiOlOMOlOIOIOi Call up and a Bee Advertising Man will qall Qtt ypw fo get a WatiJ Ad era a Half Page. 'DECLARES ' WAR ON TRUSTS i I Attorney General Smyth Begins Action | Against Standard Oil Oomptny. 'ROPOSES ' TO DRIVE IT FROM NEBRASKA Sn > Action Jinn Ilreii DHnjeit on Ac- rnnui of Other Work , lint All Trnntn Will Now tie ' Iroccntcit The anti-trust law that has been operative n Nebraska since July 10 , 1897 , baa been nvokcd by Attorney General Smyth in a suit that he filed In the district court of ) ougtns county yesterday , In which he asks that the Standard Oil company of ndlftna bo restrained from doing business n this state. The petition Is a voluminous document that deals at length with the laturo nnd manner of organlratloh of the lefandant corporation nnd points out In detail the methods by which It Ib alleged 0 violate the law. U Include * a list of all the minor corporations that united to1 'orm the trust , a copy of the original .rust agreement and reproductions of various resolutions and amendments since adopted by the aggregated corporation. According to tbe showing thus recorded ho company was organized under the a\v3 of Indiana , June 18 , 1889. , Under Its article * * of Incorporation It was formed for ho purpose of manufacturing the products if crude petroleum , to transport and sell .ho same and to erect such buildings and construct such machinery as was neces sary1 to carry on this business. U la de clared that the company bos conducted this business In Nebraska for several years past as well as engaged In tbe literal pursuits on account of which the action Is brought. It is represented that Ui January , 1882 , the corporations , limited partnerships and othora Interested became parties to tlib .rust agreement In violation of law and have since acted under that agreement. The parties Interested in the agreement are enumerated at length In the body of the document , which provides that each corpo ration shall bo. known as the Standard Oil company of whatever state it was Incor porated in and that all the partnerships , business and property of each concern shall be transferred to the Standard Oil company 6f thai particular state. In con sideration for this transfer it Is provided that the central organization shall transfer to each party an amount of the capital stock of the Standard Oil company equal to the value of the property that' It has transferred to the trust. The affairs of the corporation are to be managed by a board of nine trustees to be elected for three years by the holders 6f trust certificates , The original board of trustees consisted of J. D. Rockefeller , 0. U. Payne , William Rockefeller , J. A. Boetwtck , H. ' M. Flagler , W. G. Warden , Charles Pratt , Benjamin Brewstor and John D. Archibald. Each trustee ' Is entitled to a salary of $25,000 a year' , and the president of the board may receive ? SO,000. lf In a subsequent agreement It Is sug gested that , since it docs not appear ad visable that all the companies should transfer ttfelr property to the trust at tn'at time , the trustees 'be given authority 'to ' exercise their discretion In the matter and that each subordinate company remain In existence until the trustees decided that It was expedient to recelro it into the trust. Plan "Was Carried Out. Continuing , the1 attorney general alleges that the Indiana concern that is , the de fondant1 in this casewas organized Under this trust agreement , that Its stock was transferred to tbo trust and that it received in return an equal amount In par valuV of the trust , certificates. Consequently the board ot trustees held and controlled the bulk of the stock ot the "Indiana company and was able to dictate tbe selection of its board of directors. The trustees"ttjso re ceived the dividends that were paid' on the stock held toy them * and from "the proceeds of dividends received from 'this and the other companies that belonged to the trust the dividends on the trust certificates were paid. ' ' ' The trust was managed In this manner until March 21 , 1898 , 'When' , at a-meeting of the board of trustees in New York , a resolu tion was passed that apparently contem plated the dissolution of'tho'trust. This , resolution provided that the affairs of tha organization should be wound up by the trustees and that till property held by the trust ; except stocks of corporations , should bo sold at private sale and the proceeds dis tributed to holdprs of stock certificates ac cording1 to their respective1 interests. The stocks were then to < be distributed among the holders of trust certificates by catling In the certificates and returning the stocks that had been originally turned in to form the trust. The attorney general asserts that this resolution elution was merely calculated to effect the purpose of preserving1 the trust under the guse | of liquidation in order to slave off litigation tending to have It declared illegal ; that-all the trust stock- that was not required to take up these certificates still remains In the hands of tbe trustees and that the stock was transferred back to the defendant com pany on 'its ' books , again passed into the hands of the trust by assignments of legal title and the trust still controls the affairs of the company. Who Comiioe tlie Trust. On this' showing" it is contended that the affalro of tbe Standard Oil company of In diana are still dominated by a trust and that this trust will continue to Illegalry control them. Tbo trust Is composed of the follow ing separate and distinct concerns , each ot which Is under the management of the board of trustees practically as contemplated in the original trust agreement:1 Anglo-Ameri can Oil company , limited ; Atlantic Refining company , Buckeye Pipe Line -company , Dureka Pipe Line company , Forest 0)1 ) com pany , Indiana Pipe Line company , National Transit company , New York Traqfltt com pany , Northern Pipe Line company , North western Ohio Natural Gas company , Ohio Oil company , Solar Refining company , South ern Pipe Line company , South Penn 0(1 ( com pany , Union Tank Line company and the Standard Oil companies , respectively of In diana , Kentucky , New Jersey , New York and Ohio. The further contention of the state is that tbe purpose of this trust is to create and carry out restrictions In trade'to Increa'vo or diminish the price ot petroleum and Its products'and to prpvent compaction ) n the manufacture , nale and purchase of the com modity. It U alleged that'the .defendant company Is bound by its trust agreement not to self tbo product below a certain figure and that It Is engaged In 'a conspiracy against trade and business in violation ot the ( aws'of ' ' ' ' ' Nebraska. ' It is asked that service may be bad on , any other ot the companle * concerned In the trust and that they , aswell as the detend- ant'company , be prohibited from doing busi ness in Nebraska. Will Kljtht Other Trim ! * . Attorney General Smyth fcald this morning that he propoies to carry tbe prosecution ag-atnat every trust that does business In Nebraska it bvldence can be secured. "If there 4 a trust doing builnees in this state when I go out of this office It won't be my * fault . I have found , however , that in eonlo ccses it Is almost impossible to lecure the evidence on whlqh to bring an action. There are several concern * that I believe to bo trusts' , but I have been unaljle to get bold ot tbe evidence that will eoUbllsh the fact. 1 wish that every citizen of Nebraska 'who knows of any evidence against' any trust would \ tmo know ot It t race. " In reply to a question Mr , Smyth declared that the * bringing of the action at thin time has not the slightest connection with the approaching political campaign. "I ha5 < 5 malted until this time , " he Asserted , "be1 cauno t ba\o been so constantly occupied with other matter * that It was impossible for me to spare the time * nd attention ne'ces ' * sary for this. I have had a Urge numbbr of very Important cases to attend to. The Hartley canes In Douglas and Lancaster counties , tor Instance , bsre bccuplcd mo exclusively since May 1. I h d expected t6 bo able to reach the Insurance case , In uhlch the nlldlty ot the anti-trust law Is fairly nt Issue , In Juno , but the delay In the trial prevented U. l no * hripoa bo able to proceed With the hearing ot both the in * surnnce nnd the stock yards cases on their merlin nt the October term of Untied States court nt Lincoln. " ' AFFER FOStOJ-flpE R00BERS Government 11 on ml to llreak Dp tlfv fill UK On'crntinK lit .Sonti | llnUoln. SIOUX FALLS , 8. D. , Aug. 12-MSpeclal Telegram. ) The federal authorities hero were ndvlfed today that the parties who were arrested at Huron yesterday on nus- plclon ot having been Implicated In the rob bery ot the poatofllce at Artesian Ust Mon day night have been released , as they con clusively proved their Innocence. Secret Service Agent Woods arrived here today from Washington and will spend some time In South Dakota , endeavoring to capture nnd break up the organized band , which , during the lost few weeks , has robbed n large number of postofficca In this stato. Christopher Chrlstlanson , a life prisoner In the Stoux Falls penitentiary , today made a desperate effort to cbmralt suicide. Ho had obtained a piece of window cord , and when the 'other prisoners filed out ot their rooms for dinner ho hung hlmscTf. He was al- mcst Immediately mlscd and discovered b'o- fore life , was wholly extinct. The state supreme court granted a writ of error and probable cause In the case ot John Hellcckson , a prominent stockman of Lyman county , who wns recently con victed of cattle stealing and sentenced to a term of two years and thrco months In the Sioux Falls penitentiary , and Hellcckson woa today released nnd taken back to county for a new trial. RpwortU Aumi-iiililr Teninernitrc IHy. HURON , S. D. , AUg. 12. (3p ( lal. ) The program of the Epworth assembly yesterday was of n temperance character , that subject receiving special attention. In the afternoon similar exercises' were hold , among the attractions being a concert by the lady quarl tet. These concerts ore very popular and attract great crowds. At night , following a song service , led by Prof. Excell , a plat form temperance meeting was held. Among the speakers were Dr. Hager , Dr. Mlchell and Dr. Thomas of New York. The latter represents the National Anti-Saloon organi zation and is one of the most eloquent and logical temperance lecturers that has ever Visited this city. < Ho won much applause and put new life and energy Into advocates of the cause by bis 'forceful ' lecture arid splendid presentation ot the need of better civil government nnd Christian 'education. ' The applause that followed many 'bursts of eloquence Indicated that the sentiment ot the'audience' was In the speaker's favor. Arrangements for a great time-on Sunday are being made ; it will be the day ot the assembly. Bishop Bowman , Dr. Mitchell , Bishop Nlnde and others am on the program. Doom nt Ccntcrvlllc. CBNTERVILLE. S. D. , Aug. 12. ( Spe cial. ) Centcrvlile Is doing quite a good deal of work In the building line this season. N. Noble , one of the pioneers of this county , rts having a fine store building put up and It is nearly completed. The building wlI ) be 25x80 feet , two stories high. It Is joined to n building of the same'size , built by the1 Odd Fellows , with a store room belajr and hall above. It > ls ( built of brlckt with plate glass front , costing about J10.000. Mr. Noble also expects to start another brick 25x70 feet , one story high , in a short time. The Commercial hotel will again open1 up nn > jr anew ' management about'August 20. F. S. Hergey Intends building 'a ' hew brick for his meat market and tnere has been quite a number of new dwelling houses built this season. The wheat crop In this section will not bo near as good as expected , some p'laclng < the yield at about eight bushels per acre , but for corn , If the prospects hold out , It will bo the banner year. ' AnneMiinieiit on Ilnllronila Italnril. PIERRE , S. D. , Aug. 12. ( Special Tele gram. ) The state assessment board practi cally completed Its work this afternoon , bu ( It-will be several days before definite figures can be secured. No footings have been made. The Western Uuloo Telegraph com pany has been given a raise of 25 per cent frdm $ GO to $75 per mile and the telephone companies are given the same treatment as the other property. The highest raise per mile on any railroad in the state was $1,000 per mile'on the Sioux Clty' & Northern. The total raise'on the Chicago & 'Northwestern was over $500,000. To Meet South Dakota TroonN. PIERRE , S. D. , Aug. 12. ( Special Tele gram. ) Mayor Albright has called a meet- Ing'ot citizens to'meet Monday , fho 14lh , to"solect delegates to the meeting at'lluron to devise means to send a delegation to San Francisco to meet the South Dakota troops on their arrival and to formulate a plan If possible to bring them home without cx- ponse" to' the boys. South Dnkoto. Nerrxoten , The new Odd Fellows' block at Gettysburg will bo completed and ready for occupancy August 15. Charles Tobln has secured a site and has commenced work on the1 construction 'of a new grain elevator at Longford. The Milwaukee Railroad company , not to bo1 outdone , is'painting ' and otherwise. 1m- ( provlng is } depots in South Dakota. Henry Enke of Lake Benton was awarded the contract for building a new brick bank block at Elkton , and has the building in course of construction. < Fort Pierra boasts of being the only town 'in the United States which is not in fested every summer with tramps , the town , fortunateTy , being entirely off their regular route. Thus far this season Parker implement dealers have sold sixty-one hinders and thirty-five mowers. Local dealers have also sold a total ot 105,000 , pounds of Mud- Ing twine. The great demand for South Dakota form Jands still continues. Edward Gotthtlf , a Turner county farmer , who last spring pur chased a farm for $ ,2,300 , uoM It a few days ago for $3,000 $ , Wolves have again become so numerous In the region around the forks of the Wh"e river that tbe stockmen in the vicinity have organised and offer a bounty of $7"for every gray woK killed In that territory , Slsseton wll | finally secure tbe good hotel It has long desired. Mr. Talrchlld , of the firm of Falrehlld & Mehegnn of Mtlltmnk , has purchased ground there and Will con struct a new forty-room hotel to cqst $16,009. Tbe building will be three stories bleh' . From July 1,1898 , to July 1 , 1809 , 200 car. loads of wheat , fiO carloads ot hogs , Id carloads of sheep , 5 of woof , 40 pr cattle , 2 ot horses , and 10 cars of flour were shipped from Planklnton. Fifty carloads of cattle were shipped to Planklntpn for dis tribution among tbe farmers In that vicinity during the period stated. Chlc-aifo & Alton. Director * . CHICAGO , Aug. 12. Routine business was transacted by the directors of the Chicago & Alton today , their time being chlelly occu pied in drawing up the mortgage to secure the Issue of bonds to the amount ° ? H ° 'v 000,000 , which Is expected to bo made at the meeting of tbe stockholders September 7. President Harrlman and over two-thirds of the directors were present. Tbe mortgage drawn up today wlir be submitted for' the aDDroval of tbe stockholders. 4 STORY OF MStf ARCHIVES Early Litigation us Inscribs on the Records ' of th Territorial Oonrs. : ' _ _ ' FIRST. INJUNCTION GRANTED IN 1855 Some of the liitrrrnllnK Cnncs Mint AYrre Ailjutllcnteil lt > Uie Tcrrl- tnrlnt Court InT > era of ' flip V.t\T\r \ Pur. ' ' Among \oluinlnoufl records that nil the big vault Just back ot iho ofllco of the clerk of the district court there nro three or four small volumes that are rapidly acquiring historical Interest. These contain the record of iho first proceedings of the district court 6f the territory of Nebraska and although It Is bnly forty-four years since Ihp Ink wns Spread on their pages the events that they chronicle nro sufficiently remote to savor tit antiquity to the people Mho visit the com modious building where they arc now depos ited. ited.As As they rest In one of the compartments of the Vault there Is nothing In the appearance - anco of these old tolumncs to cllsttngulsii them from those that hn\e been filed away during the last term ot court. They Jiave recently been encased In new codings of white oanvfts , and ns It has been years sluco most ot them have been opened their a e Is In ho respect apparent. But Insldo the spick nnd span covers the pages are sere nnd yellowed with the mark of nearly halt a cfiitury. The records of the various cases are meager As compared with the complete details that are sumiriarizcd in these days of typewriters and nlmhlo fingered o'peratbrs , and the old-fashioned s's and the cramped and quavering chlrogrnphy ot two genera tions ago are In striking contrast to the neat nnd regular Inscriptions that nil the later dockets. The Ink , however , has held Its age remarkably well and While there are pagca thai hn\e almost disintegrated In the close atmosphere ot the vault the writing Is thor- oug hlj legible. Tlie journals and dockets nro far better preserved tlinn the pleadlngo that are nicd In idnbther part of tho' vault1. Many of these have never been preserved nnd in many of the early cases nothing remains but nn exe- cutlop , an nllli'lavit , pr some other meager nilng that fails to throw any light on the nature of the case. The- oldest record In the vault Is the nrst Journal of the district of the First Judi cial district \\hlch comprehends the Interval between March 12 , 1855 , and October 24 , 1S57. This represents the very beginning of the dispensation of Justice under the organisa tion of the territory ol Nebraska. In pursUance - sUanco of the 'act creating the territory , which was approved May 30 , 1854 , President Pierce appointed Fcnner Ferguson of Michi gan chief Justice , " James Bradley of Indiana and Edward R. Hardln JflBsoclate Justices , Mark W. Izard of Arkansas marshal , and Experience Estabrook district attorney , nnd on March 12 , In the following year , the nrst Judicial session was held in Omaha. The complete record of the Initial session Is comprehended In a single inscription on the nrst page of the Journal as follows : ' ' "Be it remembered that"af'a term of the district court in and for the First Judicial district of ttio territory of Nebraska , begun and held in pursuance of an executive pro clamation at Bellevue City , in Douglas county , on Monday , the 12th day of March , A. D. 1855 , present the Honorable Fenner Ferguson , chief justice of the supreme court , and Judge of said district court , being opened in duo " form of law the following proceedings were" had : " 'Ordered that by virtue of the power vested Jn the honorable judge , Silas A. Strlikland Is1 hereby appointed clerk of said court until the further order1 of snld'court.1 "The oath of ofllco was then administered to Silas A. Strickland by the'Honorab'le , Judge Ferguson and ( ho.officlal oath duly filed. "No other business appearing , the court adjourned to Tuesday the 12th day of April next. " " Court Hail nu Kuny Time. ( Apparently litigation was scarce in those days , for when the court assembled a month Jater there was still no case to be adjudi cated. It was not until the'folio wing Octo ber that the newly appointed chief justice actually began to exercise his judicial func tions. The court'convened ' October 16'a the journal IndlcatesUhat there were pi"es- " ent , besides the judge , Experience Esta brook , district attorney ; J > W- Paddock , deputy marshal , nnd George Armstrong , dep uty clerk. At the Instance of Mr. Estabrook a venlro was Issued for a pnited States grand Jury , to be returnable a week later , and then D. H. Solomon secured the honor of being the first lawyer admitted to practice. Mr. Solomon immedaltoly appeared for the prosecuting attorney and on his motion an other grand Jury was ordered for Douglas county. The court then appointed Messrs. Estabrook , Solomon and A. 'J. Popploton a committee to examine candidates for ad mission to the bar and adjourned until the following Monday. * At the next session the flrst grand Jury for Douglas county was brought in by Sheriff P. G. Peterson. It consisted of R. Hogebom , I. P , Halleck , Sylvanus Dodge , Jesse'Lowe , A. Davis , J. F. Klmball , H. Johnson , A.V. . Trumble , L. Drlskall.'J. 0. Reeves'J. Sail ing , P. Cassady , W. H. Smith , H. H. Smith and I. E. Alden. The court designated Jesse Lowe as foreman and the grand Jury was sworn and sent out to deliberate. The United States grand jury was sworn on tbe follow ing day , but oftcr threedays' deliberation both juries adjourned without finding a bill. In the meantime Allen Root , Oliver P. Mason , William E. 'Moore ' , Charles Grant. B. B. Chapman1 , Silos A : Strickland , D. W. Price , J , M. Thayer , C. T. Holloway , L. L. Bowen and L. M , CIoss were admitted to practice and tbe court considered its firs ! case , which was a small suit brought by William Whltmore against Almlron Lock- wood. The defense put in a demurrer , which was sustained , and thus ended the nrst piece of litigation In the district court of Ne braska. A special term was called In November and a grand jury empanneled for the express purpose of securing an indlctmept against Charles A. Henry for some offense that the records do not disclose. In any case thf jury refused to Indict. The Jury was dis charged and' court was adjourned to the fol lowing March. Henry wad arrested for kill ing George Holllstor , whom he' shot , at Bellevue , in a' quarrel arising from a dis pute over a boundary line. This was the first murder in Nebraska. The first' case filed on the appearance docket ot the district court was a transcript from the court of JusticeLorln Miller , In which Isaac Parker secured a judgmen against Benjamin Leonard , for $77.25 , This was recorded In the writing of J. W. Pad dock , and at tbe bottom of the page appears this entry , made July 18 , } 8G7 , nearly two years after the other entries : "James M , Woolworth has this day fllei In this ofllco a book entitled 'Omaha City the Capital ot Nebraska , its Growth , His tory , Commercial and Other Advantages ant Future Proipects. ' " " Milne I'lom- Attnrne ) , This docket Includes all cases that wore fcd ) | prior to May IB , 1858 , together with the names of tbe opposing attorcojs. These Include a number of names < hat ha.ve since become famous in the profession and many others that will bo remembered only by a few of the pioneers of Omaha. The name of 'A. ' J , Poppjeton appears In connection with four out of five cases filed during tbe first year , J. M. Woolworth also appears frequently as counsel , and the names o George B. Lake , J N , H. Patrick , A. J , Hanscom and Experience Estabrook appear with more or less frequency. Redlck Harris , James 0 , Chapman , Macon Bros , and JoTin H. Sflhler were evidently among the pUlar attorneys of that dnte and among hose whoso named appear less frequently were J. M , N. Lnthnm , O. 1) . Illchardson , A. C. Ford , Jonas Soely , O. E. Stone , C. T < Halloway , J. M. Thajor , P. W. Hitchcock , William A. Little , Albert 0. ClarUe , 1) . 1) . Belileh , R. U louglas , II. * N. Matthew * , I ) H , Solomon , J. \ \ ' . Van N'ostrind , 15. P. BroWster , J. n. Meredith , George 1. Gilbert , Allen Hoot , T. II. Lemon , A. Marsh , George S. Chlpmnn , 1) . 1) . Dlldcr nnd H. A. Howard. Crlinlnnl Cnnox. The criminal calendar of those days la comprised In n very tew psges fthd the In cidental records that accompany these are \ery limited. Owing to a change In the system of the olllco most of the filings In the earliest cases are packed away In a mass of old papers and cannot now be reached with out a protracted search. The first crlihlnnl case was entitled "The Territory of Ne braska agalcst William Hlggs , " but there Is nothing to show for what offense Hlggs was compelled to answer. The Journal entry merely Indicates that the case wan nulled by the district attorney and < i similar dis posal was made of a number of the cases that follow It on the rccorc } The first criminal case In which n con viction was secured was that of the territory against William Hampton nnd Phillip Emmctt , who were conUctcd of stealing two horses from W. U. Brown. They wore pcntenccd to eight months each In { lift penitentiary. Hampton was alto .sen'cnccd to another olghl-monthi' term for stealing a horse from the sheriff of the county , J. C. Ilecvcs. At that early day there was one Indlc'mcnt found agalnut Louis BooUe for keeping a gambling IIOUBC. The rccoid Indicates that the case was handled much as similar ca c3 have been dlspcscd of In more recent years. The docket shows that It vrn continued until the next term of court and there Is nothing to Indicate that It was ever resurrected. Associate Justice Samuel Wl Black U'ncd the first writ of Injunction that was over served from a Nebraska court. This wns In the spring of 1855 , and It referred to n con troversy over the right to the exclusive use of one of the ferries over iho Elkhorn river. By an not passed by the Icglsfattlro In March , 1855 , Taylor 0. Goodwill wap glenn n charter which granted the exclusive ferry privilege nt all points not covered by charters previously given. Ho assigned hh franchise to the Elkhorn Loup Fork Bridge nnd Ferry company nnd the same company purchased n franchise previously gl\cn to Jonathan Shlnn to run n ferry nt Mormon's Crc&slug. In April this company built a boat nnd established It at what was knann as the Bridgeport Crossing , where It did a considerable business In transporting pas scngers and freight across the river. Competition t'nmr Uulck. Soon after S. N. Flfield and William Nichols concluded that the ferry business was a good thing and they afeo built a boat and entered Into competition with the old company. Then the Loup Fork concern ap plied for the writ of Injunction , which was granted by Justice Black at the Instnncc of their attorney , James G. Chapnkn. The original writ , In the handwriting of Justice Black , Is still on file , as well as the rctur/l / of Sheriff Reeves and an order of attach ment for contempt for alleged violation of the Injunction. The defendants were finally brought Into couYl , where they disclaimed any Intention of violating the writ and put up a $500 bond , to bo forfeited In case of further offense. The first decree of divorce was granted by Justice Ferguson In 1856 and the case was the eighth that was filed In the territorial court. The parties were Susan and George Enhelmer and the petition that wns filed by Susan tells n etory of marital Infelicity that scarcely varies In any detail from hundreds of si similar nature that have since ! been spread on the record. She declares that her husband treated her with great brutality and was unfaithful to his marriage vows. The husband made no defense nnd the decree was granted. ' One -of the Interesting cases that are re corded on docket A Is an information filed by the territory through Jesse Lowe * as relater , in which the court Is asked to enjoin 'J. N. H. Patrick" , Llojd Smith , James Stewart Matthewson , F. Patrick and William S. Walker from doing a banking buslnesss In Omaha as the Saratoga bank. This was a cflpo In which the bankers contended that they had a right to do business under the general code of January 25 , 1S56 , without hJctirlhg A special chitHcr from the legU- luturc. Apparently the matter was arranged out of court , for tnfc record merely heM that the defendants did not appear and that Judgment was rendered by defauh. u I'.N en or SHOUT sum ins , Some needful repair * In the library of the. supreme court In the capltol nt Washington recently rccallM 16 the venerable ex-senator EdmundJ hU first visit to that library , many jcnrs before ho entered the senate , rejnte Youth's Companion. Mr. Mmimd * had been orderei } pooith for his health , and , stop ping nt Washington , secured pemilMlon , M n young lawyer , to browse In the court li brary. Ho had Just taken down n book at random' ' when Webster nnd Chonte , In carncat dis cussion , entered the room , The > onng man could not but hear. With lightning tr l > < turned over the pages of his book , and lay ing his finger upon a certain paragraph , Mlppc-d the1 volume Into Webster's hanll. The Rreat man read , and exclaimed tri umphantly ; " 1 nm right ! Here In the very authority. Young man , I nm greatly obliged " * ' to you "Young man , " echoed Chyate , "I am not nt all obliged to you. " But hid tmllo m de the words A cbnipllment IPS * therlsHed than those of hl < great opponent In In * la- null. In 1S64 a regiment of confederates from South Carolina wan marching north to Join Lee. Whllo In North Carolina they rjimped orto day on two opposite hllH , between wtifdh ft read ran. It happened that an old Methn- dli-t - prenehcr. a strong" unionist , lived In thhtlelnlt > " Early tile nexttnornlhe the prVachcr mounted hla nnllo nnd trotted "down the reid , meaning to past through 'the cnmp to show > contempt for thft "rebel * . " He wns a very old min. with h'etcrn face and long , white beard , which , tAKMi with 'hln ' white hnlr , 'ga\o ' him nil nppcnrnnco decidedly ' ' ' patriarchal. " "Hullo , fellows , hero comes Father Abra ham1 ! " called ono'Boldler to rt comrade on the opposite hill as the old man rode between " ' ' them. "No , ho Isn't , " shouted back the other ; "no's Father1 Jalob1' ! ' ' The old parson stopped nnd shook the finger of scorri nt the lauglilhg soldlcrn. > 'I am neither Father Abraham nor Father Jacob ! " ho cried. A knot of soldiers gath ered about him. ' ' ' "Well , Who nro you , then ? " persisted his tormentor. "It Is no udo for you to deny jlou era out of the Old Testament somewhere. " The old man rose In ht stirrups nnd waved his hand toward the camp In compre hensive contempt. "Yes , I nm out of the Old Testament sure nnough , " be roared. "I'm Saul , the son ol Klsh , looking for his father's as cfl , nnd 1'vi found them.1' ' When the late W. E. Gladstone wns chan cellor of the exchequer ono day ho was in the shipping department 'of the government oltlco getting some Information nhd figures for the coming budget. Whllo thus engaged a Sunderland shipowner called to see 'Mr. Llndsey , the then member for Sundorland. ' Whllo waiting for Mr. Llndeey to'corns In the shipowner cot his eye on Mr. Glad stone nnd was watching'him closely. After doing so a little whllo fee thus 'addressed ' him : * "Thou seems a good writer nnd clever a.t figures. I'll give thou 100 a year , and that's an offer thbu'll not'got everyday. " Mr. Gladstone thanked him and said he would see Mr. Ltttdsey. Just then Mr. Llndsoy entered. Then Mr. Gladstone told Mr. Llndsoy of the offer hi * friend hod made him. * * Mr. Llndsey said It was a very good offer , but 'ho did not know If Mr. Gladstone could be spared. Anyway he had better Introduce them. Turning ? to'hls'frlend , the shipowner , he Bald : "Allow me'to introduce you to W. E. Gladstone , chancellor of the exchequer Mr. , So-nnd-So , Sunderland. ' " The' amaze ment of the shipowner cannot bo described. The grand old man laughed Immoderately. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . , , | C Ol > eu Time to Aiiponl. SEATTLE , Wash. , Aug. 12. W lum Armstrong - strong , who 'Is wanted In Cplcago on < a charge of jury bribing , was remanded to an agent of Illinois today by'Judge'Jacobs of the superior court. ' ArniBtrongwhs' given ten days to perfect nn appeal' to the stato. supreme court , pending which he wllh-re main In the custody oft the sheriff of aounty. MASTIC CUOTII WALKING COSTUMB PROM HARPER'S A late gown of mastic cloth is made with a plain sheath skirt and slashed peplura , ornamented only by rows of close stitching ; this tyono In' unbleftcticd thread , The bodice Is a tight-fitting Eton , seamed in the back and worn over a deep belt "of polo brown taffeta. The front of the Eton Is fitted to the figure by one deep dart and' closed down the center of the front by two rows of brown sllk'-covt-rcd buttons' . Th wldo rovers are made of mastic cloth of so palo a shade as to bo hardly dlstlngulghfcb'j * from white. Thesu are stitched wltlf row * of silk , brown as the buttons that'trim , the front. The yoke is of cream taffeta , and Is covered by a. deep emplacement ? of rich yellow guipure. The high collar Is mode upon a similar foundation , tbe ehaps being preserved by thn ) white silk-covered wire , whch | also Outlines tbe wde | lace ( laps that ornament the collar at the sides. The eieovea follow the general forpi of present-day sjeeves In fitting closely to tbo arm with ony ) a Blight gathering a ( . the elbow afthe inside seam. This results in a sacque-lke ) fuln | < tts which admits of free movement of the arm. The insldo scam of tbe sleeve Is left open almost to the elbow , the edgea being finished by rows of stitching that servo to stay tht button * and buttonholes that secure the sleeve from this point toHhe'Xuff. ' ' .
