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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1899)
THE OMAHA DATJYV BUTE : THURSDAY , ATTG-UST 17 , 1809. SOLD THEIR BIRTHRIGHT Americans Who Ilava Sacrificed Their Citi zenship for Empty Titltii , MONARCHAL SMILES THE ATTRACTION There Were * cvcrnt Ilcforc Wnlllc An < or I'rlvlIcRp Impnlrril liy of Cltlrpimlili > In- C'nrccm , While there are not merely hundreds , but even thousands , of cases of European aris tocrats who have renounced titles of nobil ity In order to become- citizens of the United States , the Instances at Americana abandonIng - Ing the land of their birth , ai well as their citizenship of this country , In order to ac quire rank and dignity In the old world are very few and far between. In fact , writes Marqulso < le Fontenoy In the Globe-Demo crat , I can only recall the names of three men -who followed the example of Dencdlct Arnold not , It Is true , In betraying their country , but merely In deserting It to obtain , lllio him , a title abroad at the cost of their American citizenship. The three ; Individuals In Question are the Into sir Curtis Lampson , a native of New ' "York , who became an Englishman ; Marquis do la Valette , a native of Boston , who bcramo a Frenchman , and Frank Els- ton of Philadelphia , who became a Russian under the name of Count Soumarokoff , It la worth while recalling this fact In view of the assertions to the effect that William Waldorf Astor's extraordinary action In taking out letters of naturalization as an English citizen and forswearing his Ameri can nlloglnnce la prompted mainly by social aspirations and by the hopes of securing a tlOo. tlOo.Sir Sir Curtis Lampson , It may be remem bered , although born In New York , belonged to an old New England family. Ho was one "of the pioneers of the Atlantic cable en- 'terprlse , became naturalized with the object of qualifying himself for any reward given by the English government for his services in the matter , and after waiting for a num- ter of years eventually received a baron etcy In recognition of the part which ho 3iad played In securing telegraphic connec tion between the old world and the new. He dlod about twelve years ago , and the baronetcy Is now held by his son , Sir Gcorgo Curtis Lampson , who , llko William Waldorf Astor , Is a pronounced not to say a rabid lory. Marquis do la Valctto originally came' ' from Boston , where during hla youth ho bore the name of Welles. Ho acquired his T title , after becoming naturalized as a Frenchman , through adoption on the part of the childless and more or lass penniless Marquis do la. Valottc , to whom he was In nowlso related. The adoption was arranged according to the customary legal process In Franco , and , thanks to this , the young Bos- tonlan Inherited the title and the name of the old marquis at the lattor's death. The lAmorlcan-born marquis played a conspicuous social role at the court of Tullerles during tbo reign of 'Napoleon ' III , and married the ( laughter of that famous Bonapartlet states man and minister , Uouhcr , who used to go toy the name of the "Vice Emperor , " and who Is portrayed by Emllo Zola In one of Ills best novels under the name of "Son Excellence Eugene Rougon. " Fnlthfnl to the Lnnt. It Is pleasant to be able to rotate that tbo marquis was one of the few members of the imperial court who remained faithful after the overthrow of the empire to Empress Eugenie , who was not only the godmother of his wife , but likewise of his only son. The latter , a very gallant young follow , suc cumbed tofever whllo in command of 'a military expedition for which ho had volun teered on the went coast of Africa. A few days before the arrival of the news of bis .death his mother lost her life by fire at her Chateaux do Cavalerle , her dress having got alight through a burning cigarette which ehe had Inadventently dropped. The marquis , unable- bear up under this double bereave ment , In his turn succumbed a month later , BO that the American strain in the La Val ette family has come to an end. With regard to Frank Elston , the Phlladel- phlan whom I mentioned above as having become - como a Russan ( , he entered the military service of Russia , and rose to bo a general and an aide-de-camp of Emperor Nich olas I. On hla marrying the 'heiress of the old and Illustrious house of Soumarokoff , the czar conferred upon him the Utlo of Count Soumarokoff. His son in turn married tbo only daughter and heiress of the last Prince Yousoupoff , nnd was permitted by the late Emperor Alexander III to assume his wife's name and title. Consequently , ho Is known today as Prlnco Yousoupoff , and Is famous as the owner of the meet extensive and richest turquoise mines In the world. ur course , tnoro are many wuo argue that the names of Judoh Benjamin , secretary of utato to the confederacy , and who died as a queen's counselor ; of Sir Ashmead Bartlett , ot ox-Mayor Oakley Hall of Now York ; of Louis Jennings , formerly editor of tbo Now York Times , and who , after a career In Parliament in Westminster , became one of the leading officials of the Department of State for India under his friend Lord Ran dolph Churchill's administration ; ot Sir Henry Stanley , the former reporter of eoveral Now York newspapers , ought to be added to the list. But none of these namea have any bearing on the present case. For , in no instance , did they stand in need of letters of British naturalization , as cither on account of the locality of their birth , or by reason of their parentage , they word British citizens. It Is unlikely In the extreme that Mr. As- tor'B social aspirations in Rngland will bo In nny wise advanced or promoted by his tak ing out letters of naturalization and , In vlow ot the endeavors which are now being made throughout Grout Britain to prove for polit ical and cconomlo purposes that English and Americans are members of the same race , and ot the same family , that Americans are not looked upon ns foreigners In England , but as klnfolk , It must be confessed that the action ot Mr. Astor Is singularly Ill-timed. As such , the step which ho has just taken Is certain to bo viewed with displeasure by both the queen and the prince of Wales , a fact which will go far to prevent bis ever getting any English title , be It even a mere knighthood. KccentrlclHcK of Anor. As an American possessed of boundless wealth , be was , in spite of his eccentricities and of his mannerisms , a personage , being accepted on a footing of social equality by the highest nobles In the land. Through sur rendering hta American citizenship be loses oil that 'Prestlco and status , and becomes merely an English commoner , a member ot the British middle classes , ono of those new rich , whose wealth , tolerated in a foreigner , or in ( jn American , becomes odious to the English aristocracy when In tha possession of one ot their fellow-citizens who baa neither birth , ancestry nor breeding to pall ) , ate the offense of being In their eyes too rich. There are all sorts of oddities on the part of Mr. Astor that were smiled at good- humoredly as long as he was a foreigner , but which will become a subject of no end of hostile comment now that he is a mere middle-class Englishman , and It remains to be seen whether , after bifvlng abandoned the United States on the alleged ground ot his Inability to submit any longer to hit treatment by the American press , he will not , now that he Is no longer In the privi leged position of an American In England , come In for the same amount of ridicule and abuse on the part of the British news papers as they have been wont to lavish upon Hooley , Barney Barnato , "Colonel" North , the nltr U king ; Sir Blundle Maple , the millionaire retail furniture dealer of f Tottenhan Court road , and other plebeian plutocrats of the same class. For ft plebeian Mr. Aator will remain In the eyes of his new fellow-citizens , now that he has conned to be nn American , As long as he waa an American ho was looked upon n a gentleman , Irrespective ot the question of ancestry , For , providing an American Is well bred , clever And amusing , no one dreams on yonder side of the water of taking any Interest about his parentage , questions of lineage being regarded as being In flagrant contradiction with the republican Institutions. But In thc/asc of an English , man this IA entirely different. The fact that he has German peasant blood In hie veins will now bo recalled nnd ho will bo subject from now on to distinctions of class nnd caste which were Ignored while he was a citizen of the United States. There are Iota of houses , lots of places , lots of clubs , etc. , that are closed forevnr to Englishmen of the middle classes , whllo open to Ameri can visitors and even to American residents , merely because they were well-bred and clever , put up In London swagger clubs , to which , had they been Englishmen of anal ogous birth and elation , would have been closed to them without any hope of ever be ing opened. In fact , I cannot sufficiently Impress upon my readers that from a social point of view the American gentleman la an altogether privileged personage , not alone In England , but also on the continent. Mr. Astor has not realized this and will nnd his social position terribly Impaired Instead of Im proved by his English citizenship. Of course , no ono ever took his preten sions to bo descended from the Spanish As- torgas seriously nnd It may bo recalled that I pointed out In these columns nt the tlmo when the claim wan made over his signature In the Pall Mall Gazette that It certainly would bo repudiated by the marquis of As- torga , on of the only two Spanish grandeea who have preserved the direct male filiation and descent alnco the days when Emperor Charles V. first created the Spanish gran- dczza. ARRANGING DEWEY PROGRAM Army nnil Xnvy to Participate In Ilc- ccptloii to Ailmlrnl nt Sfftvr York. NEW YORK , Aug. 16. A special to the Herald from Washington says : Orders have been issued by Acting Secretary Allen to Captain Robley D. Evans , who commanded the battleship Iowa during the war with Spain , directing him to confer with the Dewey reception committee of New York and Rear Admiral Sampson respecting the navy's participation In ceremonies Incidental to the homecoming of Admiral Dewey. Rear Admiral Sampson has been directed to prepare n program for the ships of his squadron In the reception of the admiral , which will be formally approved by the de partment. Admiral Sampson is also expected to confer with the reception commlttee of Now York so that there may bo no con fusion. It Is expected that the War department will assign a military officer to arrange with the New York committee for the participa tion of the army In the cerebration. Up to this time no selection has been made. Antl-Trunt Window < ; inmi Plant. DETROIT , Aug. 1C. A spontaneous move ment looking to the establishment of a wlu- dow glass manufacturing plant sprang up today in the convention of the Society of American Florists and Hortlculturallsts here. Different members declared that the window glass trust was charging exorbitant prices and when E. d. Hill of Indiana made a proposal that the society organize a win dow glass manufacturing corporation It was heartily taken up. A committee was ap pointed to formulate a plan and report to the convention. Present plans contemplate a company with from $12,000 to $20,000 cap ital. , Itnllwny Ilrotherhooil OIHclnla Meet. SPRINGFIELD. 111. , Aug. 16. Grand Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers ; F. P. Sargent , grand master of Railway Firemen ; E. E. Clark , grand chief of the Order of Railway conductors ; P. H Morrlssey , grand master of the Order of Railway Trainmen , and B. F. Dolphin , rep resenting the Railway Telegraphers , and about 250 other railway rcpresontatlves , met hero today. The sessions were held behind closed doors. ICnninH Note * nnd Comment. Heavy rains have fallen along the Central branch. Dodge City has raised $2,000 to fit up a public park. A wheat field near Concordla yielded sixty- five bushels per acre. Texas fever is spreading among the cattle In the vicinity of Plttsburg. The county seat war between Atwood and Blakeman , Rawllns county , Is at an end Atwood won out , A McPherson county farmer lia-j sold his corn just as it stands in the fleW now at 12'/i cents a bushel. Superintendent Nelson says that the salaries of Kansas teachers will grade from 6 to 20 per cent higher next year than ever before. The Masonlo lodge at Independence , Kan. will build a $20,000 tempi * . It ran ge plenty of burning sands from the bed of the Verdigris river. Stanton is the smallest county In the state , having a population of but 204 pee ple. Wyandotte Is the largest , with a pop ulatlon of 65,663. The Anti-Horse Thief association ought to bo getting in a little missionary work around Coffeyvlllc. Within a week five horses were stolen In and near that town. Joe Patchon , John R. Gentry and an auto moblfo will bo the attractions at the Wichita street fair. The odds are 10 to 1 that cltho of the horses can distance the "horseless. " A petition has been presented to the Hum boldt council asking that a special election be called to vote on the proposition to issue bonds to the amount of $3,500 for the pur pose of prospecting for gas. According to the figures of E. W. Way nnnt , freight agent of the Missouri Pacific a Leftvenworth , It would require the entln equipment of any western railroad two jear to move this year's corn crop out of th state of Kansas , Kansas populists will soon begin to view Labor Commissioner Johnson with alarm In bis report he says that It there ore on idle men In Kansas now It Is because the do not want to work , as there Is plenty o work to do and at good wages. Among the requests for the pardon o Willie Sells received by the bushel by Gov ernor Stanley is one from a Fort Scott girl who eays in her Tetter that a great man years ago Willie was bitten by a rattlesnak and since then whenever the moon was fill Sells has been irresponsible Kansas farmers are sowing wheat again This will give the state something t "worry" about. This year's crop is now being throbbed , and the corn crop is as surfd. Unless wheat IB sown Immediate ! there wllf be nothing In the state worth th "worry" which Is generally on deck. There Is a diminutive Sandow out in Oaborne county. His name Is W. H. Far and he Is a prodigy In strength. Recently on a wager of $30 , be carried 150 pounds o flour on bU back three miles without eet ting It down or resting , and then offered t bet $100 that he could carry it back eve the same route. On a wager of $5 he shout dered a 300-pound barrel of salt and carrle it 100 feet with apparent ease. All corn records have been broken thl year , even the fourteen-lnch car , A. T llalnes of Sedgwlck baa an oar measurtn fourteen and three-quarter inches In length a sixteenth row ear containing over 1.001 grains. 0. W. Sicker of Neely has on ex hlbltlon a stark of corn on which nine car are growing. Seventeen feet high stulks ar common. And speaking of records , Dr. A 0. Lewis of Qlrard has a pea vine elgh feet long , and Dr , Pratt of Hiawatha has twig eight inched long with twcnty-tw apples on It , and another twig twenty-fou Inches long and holding thirty apples is o exhibition at Topeka. Watermelon , pumpkl nnd aweet potato returns are not all In ye but some surprising results are expected. IARD TO PICK A CANDIDATE 'nslon Nomination for Supreme Jndge Still Hanga in the Air. RYAN'S POLITICAL FUTURE IS AT STAKE * of Xrtirnnkn Would Menu n llnrit IlliMV for Him fur lUDll Will n npnpcrntc 1'lnht to Snic Illlii. The annual three-ring performance of the Nebraska fuslonlsts will occur in Omaha ext Tuesday , when the state conventions t the three parties will convene to select candidate for supreme Judge. The dem ocrats will meet In the Crelchton theater , ho populists In Crclghton hall and the sli er republicans In Morand's halt across the trcct. This arrangement will facilitate thu pcrnambulatlons of the committees that may bo designated to transport the various repositions from one convention to another or endorsement and a demonstration of tthcr approval or Indignation In one camp may bo distinctly audible In the other two. t Is expected that this plan will bo a de cided Improvement on the arrangements of previous years , as the steering committee vlll be able to keep In touch with the sltua- lon and apply pressure with exact knowl edge of the spot whore It Is required. With his advantage In sight the committee does not fhcsltato to express Us supreme confi dence ! In Its ability to manipulate the dele gates In a manner that will make fusion a certainty. In view of the admitted Importance of the campaign from a fusion standpoint , there Is a good deal of hesitancy on the part of the cadcrs In entering Into a combination In favor of any candidate. H Is generally con ceded that republican success Is something hat must bo considered. The vote of last year and the continued prosperity that Ne braska enjoys point to the conclusion that , even with a union of all the fusion elements , t will bo no easy matter to elect a supreme udge. It Is admitted with equal freedom hat a defeat In Nebraska this year means he eclipse of Bryan's ambition to bo the presidential nominee In 1900. With the In sistent revolt of the eastern democrats a certain clement In the next national convention , Bryan's friends realize that a republican victory this fall would be seized upon as an effective argument In favor of a new leader. Bryan's prestige would vanish and his deposition from the notional leader ship would bo a probable result. Scarcity of Available Timber. This largely explains why the party lead ers are exercising the greatest caution In ho selection of their candidate. The de cided opposition to Holcomb In Uouglao county robs his candidacy of strength and many prominent fuslonlsts of both factions drclaro that his nomination , oven It It can 10 effected , would mean the loss of the election. Senator Allen persistently re- 'uees to permit his name to be considered. Ho regards a nomination as supreme Judge as a virtual shelving of his ambition to re turn to the United States senate. His friends reason that If the next legislature should be fusion and the republicans should elect a governor party policy would prevent his election as senator , because it would give the governor an opportunity to appoint a republican Judge. On the other hand , they figure that It Allen keeps free of entangling alliances for a year or two and the next leg islature should have a fusion majority , ho would succeed Senator Thurston almost be yond possibility of doubt. Consequently Al len Is out of the question , Holcomb cannot command the united support of either dem ocrats or populists and Neville is also set down as being possessed of elements , , of weakness. The leaders find themselves In a puzzling position and on almost the eve of the convention no one Is willing to even guess who will be the candidate. , If the identity of the candidate Is still In the air there Is no doubt , however. In re gard to the preparation of the fuslonlsts for a desperate fight In the campaign. It Is well known that Bryan realizes that this Is a fight for self-preservation for himself and that ho will make his personality count to the limit. He has already made a number of speeches In the state and It Is announced that ho will be on t'ae stump through the entire campaign. The party leaders are also expecting that the national committee will take n. hand in the contest and they have received assurances that all the best speak ers of the party will be thrown Into Ne braska to help stem the advancing tide of republicanism. They assert that the result in Nebraska this year will have a tremendous deus significance in the presidential cam paign. They are In their last ditch and neither money nor oratory will be lacking to infuse vigor into the campaign. WILLY SAUXDKUS' SMOOTH PLAN. Secure * Kuilomeineiit by n Snap Meet ing of Fifth Wnrd Clnlt. An alleged meeting of the Fifth Ward Re publican club was held Tuesday evening. Secretary - rotary Hess took enap Judgment by giving only three hours' notice by publication of the call , and as a result there were in at tendance only about thirty legitimate mem bers of the club and about 100 others who bad been rounded up for the occasion. This gathering endorsed AV. A. Saunders for county Judge and J. C. Holt for county com missioner. It was sought to tack an amend ment to this motion endorsing E. D. Cox for assessor and Brlce Crawford for justice of the peace , 'but It did not succeed. The candidacies of Stewart and Klnkead tor as sessor and Justice respectively were dis cussed In this connection , and It was finally decided that the question should go to the primaries , the delegation io support la the county convention whomever the voters In dicated. The executive committee , of which Saun ders Is head ringmaster , was Instructed to name the delegation. This arrangement Is not at all satisfactory to Holt , who declares that he sees no chance for himself on a ticket made up In that way. GUTS III3ADY FOR THU CAMPAIGN. Wnril Hciiiililleiiu Club Klccl * Onieerx nnil Hram Cniullilnti-a. The republicans of the Eighth ward met Tuesday night to reorganize with a view to actlvo participation In the coming campaign. Officers ivere elected , and then the members listened to a number of rousing speeecbea In which republican success in the county and state was confidently predicted. The election of officers resulted In the selection of the same leaders who controlled the affairs of the organlzatlca a year ago. n , 0. Rowley was elected president , C. M. Tracy vice president , W. F. Cowger secre tary and C. J. Anderson treasurer. Speeches ! were made by Charles Pederaon , v\bo asked the support of the ward In his candidacy for sheriff ; H. L. Burket , Fred S. Bryant , D. M. Vlnsonhaler , E. C. Wolcott , E. J. Bod- well and several others. llent Out of mi Incrrune In IIU 1'ennlon A Mexican war veteran and prominent editor writes , "Seeing the advertisement of Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy I am reminded that as a loldter In Mexico In ' 47 and ' 48 I contracted Mexican diarrhoea and this remedy has kept me from getting an Increase in my pension , for on every renewal a dose of It restores me. ' It Is unequalled es a quick euro for diarrhoea and Is pleasant and safe to take. C'lilune Doctor Arrenteil , The county authorities are somewhat puz zled to account for the appearance of a Chi nese physician who appeared In county court as Dr. C. Gee Wo and gave bonds In the sum of $300 to appear for trial September 6 on a charge of Illegal practice of medicine. It Is batd that Dr. C Oee Wo Is In Chicago , and that the man who bad charge of his business after he went away has just re turned from jjtrlp to China. But the Chi * nese have put up a man who answers to the name of the doctor against whom the In formation has been fifed , and he evidently proposes to go to trial In the person of his principal. SOLD HIS RELATIVES' FARMS Wnytrnnl Youth from lonn * \ntiirn of ( irniutfnttirr nnil ( Jounlii , .SrciirhiK if I. r 00. A. K. Banks , sheriff of Boonc county , Iowa , accompanied by Judge McCarthy of Ames , attorney for J. A. Fltzpatrlck , ar rived In the city1 yesterday to take Frank Zenor back to Iowa. Zcnor consented to go without requisition papers and his young wife plucklly decided to accompany him. Zenor Is wanted at Ames for several for geries , the two most Important ones having netted him $1,500. Hla methods of operating are unique. Zcnor's early homo was near Ames. He has many relatives and Is thor oughly acquainted with the locality. Lnit Thursday he appeared at the real estate and loan office of J. A. Fltzpatrlck In Ames and applied for a loan , representing himself to be W. H. Zcnor , a cousin who owns nn eighty-acre farm fifteen miles from town. Fltzpatrlck told Zenor the loan could be arranged It the title to the land was clear. Ho told him to call the following Monday and the money asked for would bo given him upon signing the proper papers. In the meantime Fltzpatrlck received assur ances that the land was unlncumbcred and worth $50 an acre , so when Zenor called at the appointed time ho was paid the money , $1,000. Afterward the real estate agent became - came suspicious and , visiting the farm , found from the real owner that he had been duped. Zcnor worked the same game last Febru ary , when by Impersonating his grandfather ho borrowed $550 , giving as security the farm on which he was born and raised. The Imposition was not discovered until the last transactlrn was brought to light. Sheriff Banks said that Zetior began his career of crlmo when he was a young lad. He robbed the postomco at Ontario or $150 , but was not prosecuted because of hla family. Zcnor married a prominent young woman of Marysvllle , Mo. , two months ago. Ho had worked for the young woman's uncle. His parents llvo In Blue Springs , Neb. , where they own a largo farm. TROUBLES OF MRS , WEBBER Snvcil from Her Attempt Upon llrr Ouu Life Unlifutiilncnn the Cniihc. The troubles between her husband and Hans Albert , which led to the arrest of both a day or two ago , have found their sequel In the attempt of Mrs. Anton Web ber to commit suicide. She lies seriously 111 at her homo. 1903 Leavenworth street , slowly recovering from the effects of a dose of laudanum which she took Tuesday even ing. ing.Mrs. Mrs. Wohber , her husband says , was the pupil of Hans Albert , teacher of music. As her husband believes , she was with her teacher more than was necessary for the study of music alone. The husband's objec- Llons , however , did not deter the artist and he came to the house with the same fre quency as before. A week ago Webber , so he claims , over heard Albert threaten to thrash him when they met , and he Immediately made a violent lent attack upon Albert Both were ar rested and their hearing has yet to come oft in police court. Monday Mrs. Webber wrote to a friend in Council Bluffs bidding her coodbyo nnd saying that she was go ing to leave home for good. The friend wrote back to her that she should not think of such a thing. It for no other reason than that she had a duty to her children. This mode Mrs. Webber so unhappy that Tuesday she made the attempt on her life. But friends of Mrs. Webber , who live close by , say that Webber's story about the music lessons Is untrue , that Albert had been [ warding at the Webber home and had never been ordered away. They say It Is a matter of Eoneral knowledge In the neighborhood that all the trouble arises from Webber's love for strong drink. IlucUlcn'R Arnica Snlve. The best safve In the world for cuts , bruises , sores , ulcers , salt rheum , fever sores , tetter , chapped bands , chilblains , corns , and all skin eruptions , nnd positively cures piles , or no pay required. It Is guar anteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Kuhn & Co. Relic of the Patterson Fire. Susie A. Allen has flled a suit for $10,350 against the Omaha Water company on ac count of injuries alleged to have been sus tained at the fire In the Bressler-Patterson block last spring. She sets up the name con tention that has been submitted In previous suits and asserts that the fire was caused by a lighted match thrown down by Inspector Knrr of the water company. She says that she was severely burned about the head , hands and face and that her eyes were per manently affected. One Minute Cough Cure quicKiy cures on- ntlnato summer coughs and colds. "I con sider It a most wonderful medicine quick and eafo. " W. W. Mertop. Maynew. Wls mortality Stutlntlc * . The following births and deaths have been reported to the office of the health commis sioner during the past twenty-four hours : Births Campbell , glrf ; Herman Mollen- stadt , 1720 South Sixth street , boy. Deaths-Charlotte K. Poppleton , 10o6 Eouth Twenty-ninth street. 32 years. Lord Coleridge writes : "Send me fifteen dozen Cook's Imperial Extra Dry Wlno. I tried It while hero and find it superior. ' PROBING A MURDER MYSTERY Coroner Begins an Investigation of the Kill ing of James Smith EXPERT WITNESSES DESCRIBE THE WOUND ln , the Comimtiloii of the llftnllii thp Tour .Mn < lo Ahout ( lie I'll ) ' Knrly l.nnl Similar Mornlnp. The coroner's Jury called to Investigate | the killing of James Smith met yesterday morning and the taking of the tcnttmony of i witnesses was commenced. It will bo remembered that Smith died In | the corridor of the city Jail at an early hour | | last Sunday morning soon after having been , placed under arrest by Officer Inda , who was subsequently arrested , charged with murder ( and who Is being held pending the outcome of the Inquest , I The Jurors In the case are : Thomas Hull , W. H. Larkln , Henry Hartmnn , 1' . J. Carroll - roll , S. J. Uergstrom and J. C. Pierce. Officer Inda Is an Interested spectator at ; the Investigation and Is represented by At torney Connoll. The stuffy little ofilce In which the Investigation Is being hold Is crowded to suffocation , most of those present f being colored people , friends of the deceased , Dr. Spaldlng , the. first witness , was present' ' flt the autopsy and assisted In tracing the wound In the head. He said that there waa a wound on the point of the nose and by probing It was ascertained that It extended through the tissues of the nasal organs and penetrated to the sphenoid bone. It termi nated at this bone , producing a fracture , around which there was a clot of blood. The doctor regarded the wound as mortal ( and undoubtedly produced death. He could not tell what produced the wound , though It had the appearance of having been caused by a bullet. A search or tno neaa ana stomach was made , but no bullet was found. The doctor was of the opinion that such a wound might have been Inflicted and the wounded person lived for some time. The blow struck by Inda at the city Jail might have started the flow of blood and brought on Instant death , assuming that there had been a wound In the head of the man. Woiinil DcNcrlliciI. Dr. John C. Davis , who witnessed the nu- topsy and assisted to some extent , described the wound In Smith's head and added that there was a slight abrasion on the upper lip. The wound In the head expended from the point of noae to the sphenoid bone , the lower covering of the brain. Through thereof roof of the mouth there was a jagged fur row In which an ordinary lead pencil wourd lie. There was no discoloration of the bone , such as would likely bo caused by n , leaded bullet. In taking the autopsy the doctor found nothing to Indicate a bullet wound. Primarily the wound was the cause of death , yet secondarily It might have been pro duced by a shock. The doctor thought , how ever , that a pointed Instrument would not have Indicted such a wound. Dr. Parnell , who assisted at the postmor tem , could throw no light upon the cause of the death of Smith. In his examination , he found the same conditions as testified to by the witnesses preceding him. At the eurfaco the wound appeared to have been made by a buHot , yet he was of the opinion that It could have been made by some instrument. Thomas Lewis , who was with Smith during the greater portion of Sunday night and until his arrest Monday morning declared that there were no rows during the time , nor were there any pistols fired at any of the places which they visited. Witness had known Smith seven or eight years and had alwaja found him n quiet fellow except when under the Influence of liquor. Then he was noisy , but not quarrelsome. During Sunday morning witness met Smith at the Midway saloon shortly after 3 o'clock. They had a number of drinks and then went to other saloons. At Goldsmith's they were denied admission , but there was no row. At one place witness had eome words with another colored man over dice , but Smith did not take any part. During the night and mornIng - Ing Smith hud a revolver , but ho did not take It out of hU pocket , except to turn It over to witness. Lewis described the arrest made by Inda. The officer found the two men on Dodge , be tween Ninth and Tenth streets , and escorted them to the jail. After entering the build ing , witness went ahead and into the cage where prisoners are searched. Ho did not sea any blows struck nor weapons used by Inda or any other person. Iniln'n Line of Action. During the Inquiry of the afternoon the theories the attorneys nro trying to prove became evident. Officer Inda's lawyer di rected all bis efforts to tnako the testi mony show that Smith must have been fchot bcforo he was brought to the station , If at all , and that the wound on the nose , It anything more than a scratch at that tlmo , was received several hours pre viously. Reliable witnesses said In answer to his attorney's queries that nothing apparently more serious than a scratch could be seen on Smith's nose as he lay dying at the police station ; that blood did not flow from this scratch , and that it had the appear ance of an old scar. Ho elicited from Dr. Ralph the opinion that Smith might have received such a wound as ho bore and lived several hours ; that tbo bullet , If one caused the fracture , might have fallen back In the throat and been spit out. Mr , Frederick Hatter Wants to call your attention to a hat today not a Manila hat such as the Filipinos wear hut a straw hat Hint every young man in Omaha is proud to wear the rough straw hat you can t get them only at Frederick's but wo haven't raised the price for that on the contrary wo are selling all our straw hats at reduced prices \vi > have them at itfc , OOc , 7."c , $1.00'and $1.00 n now fall hat In steel , pearl nnd white shades with polka dot bands nt JJl.fiO is sure to prove a great winner with the young men. FREDERICK The Hatter , The Loading lint Mnn of the West. 120 South 15th Street. have all the makes J. C. and sizes at just Manufacturing Optician , the right priCeS. Kadnl , C mcra 1020 nonsclai St. ad Bappllc * . i The county attorney devoted his attention to chow-Ing that the wound penetrating Smith's nose to the sphenoid bone wn * caused , not by a bullet , but by nn ln tru- mcnt or weapon similar In shapeto a lend pencil. Ho tried to make It appear that the wound was received In the station hall way and not prior lo the tlmo Smith wai brought there. There was no testimony of a flcnsatlonnl nature but there was a time or two when unusual developments were expected. When Tony Vnnous staled In raply to queries that one chamber of Inda's revolver was empty when taken from his pocket a hush ot expectancy settled over those present the attorney asked wbother the empty' cham ber contained an empty shell. The patrol conductor caused disappointment by answer ing that there was not an empty shell and that omcers frequently left ono chamber of their pistols unloaded as a precautionary measure against accidental discharge , Lewis was the first witness examined at the afternoon session. Inda's attorney par ticularly emphasized the part ot his testi mony relating to a quarrel during the night with n colored man named Asa Graham. This quarrel , It was shown , was the cause of Smith's having gone homo lo get the re\olver , which was afterwards taken from him by Lewis. The fact of his having an ticipated trouble was made prominent to show that the dlnlculty may have occurred and the wound received during Smith's ab sence on the errand , this half hour being the single period of time during which hlft actions cannot be accounted for by wit nesses. InclilcnlN nt thr Station , Vanous corroborated the statements of other witnesses as regarding the Incidents at the station. Ho said that when Officer Inda entered with the two prisoners his atten tion was attracted by the founds of scuf fling In the hallway. Ho stepped Into the hall and relieved Indn of Lewis. Smith WHS lying at that time on the floor. After taking Lewis to the jailor's desk he ngaln glanced at Smith and saw Officer Inda bendIng - Ing over him. His duties calling him elsewhere , ho did not see Smith again until the officers carried him Insldo the wire fence. v Under crces-cxamluatlon Vanous said that the pools of blood from Smith's wound were not largo. Had a revolver boon discharged In the hall , ho said , ho would have heard tbo shot. As a proof ho cited nn Instance dur ing the week when a dog was shot near the entrance to the hall nnd half a hundred fiooplo came running into the Jail to see what had happened. Assistant City Physician Ralph's state ments were in the nature of expert testi mony. Ho was questioned closely regarding the wound and Its pro-bable caused. Ho said that Smith bled considerably , but the blood came from the nostrils and not from the wound on the nose. A small fracture of the sphenoid bone was found , the doctor ex plained , and death was due , he believed , tea a hemorrhage at tho" base of the brain caused by the blood filtering through the fracture. The process may bavo required ono hour , or several , ho could not tell which. The doctor could not say positively whether a leaden bullet would , have dis colored the white bone In striking It or not. The -weapon wfalch made the wound , ho stated , left a alight scratch on the foone. bul there were no dlscoloratlons , still he could not say that this fact might bo taken as an Indication that the wound was not made by said that the Instrument a bullet. Dr. Ralph ment which penetrated the 'head caused a bulging of the rim of the bone. Ho ex pressed the opinion that death was duo to the wound. , William H. Storey , the turnkey , testified that blood did not flow from the cut on Smith's none. The cut had the appearance he eald , of an old scar. He did not examine H with a probe , but 'he ' thought It only a slight cut. . Ho elated that It was not pos sible for SmlBh to have received the cut while lying In the prisoners' reception room , for the reason that 'he ' was near him all the time. Inda's attorney questioned Storey to show that his client and all the officers are not known to carry any weapon that could have caused the wound. Probed Wound wltli Hairpin. The matron at the Jail , Mrs. Kate ft. Ryan , said that the injury to Smith's nose appeared to be a mere scratch wihen she ob served It , as the man lay on the cot In the medical.room. The doctor when ho noticed It turned the noeo from side to side by way of examination , but no blood was visible. She did not think the tut wan the aperture of a pitssagc thr iphynlclnns afterward * found. The Information given by C. II. Baker , the coroner's nralrlnnt , aroused n great deal ot Inlrrcet. He told how Coroner Swanson first noticed the cut on Smith's nose nnd probed It with R woman's hair i > ln. The coroner found that ( he cut wan at Irnst nn Inch deep. Baker ; ald ho then took the hair pin , nnd bending It ttralght , probed until the bono wn. ' reached , n distance of four Inches. The reasnn he did the probing , he said , WRB be cause It appeared to him to bo a bullet hole. He had rccn many wounds made by biilfcts nnd wns sure that this had been made In the esme flay. linker said he concluded whrn the bullet was not found that n sharp Instrument hnil been used , but that the only fact which had Influenced him to change his mind was the Failure to find the bullet. To the best of hla boJIef the wound wfli made by n i2-callhsr bullet , nnd It could not have been mad6 by the probe. The Inquest wns adjourned until this morn- Ins at 0 o'clock. lied CriiMN Will .Ho nil Them Home. LOS ANOKLHS , Cnl , , Aug. 16. The Hoi Crass hero will send to their homes I'rlvntps Andrew Smith , Company I , First California Infantry , * ho lives In PlttsburK , nnd Pri vate CharlcR T. Mclntvro of the Twelfth regulars , who was In the Cuban cnmp.tlKti nnd lived In Chicago. Doth have recently returned from Manila and arc suffering from the results of exposure. Strniiicr VlRltanrln In Hno. NKW YORK. A B. 16. Wnrd line officials received n dispatch today paying the steamer Vlftllancla , of that line had been sighted off Jupiter Inlet , on the cast coast of Florida. It reports an well. The Vlgllnncla wns duo In Havana on Saturday last , but had ilot been sighted until today. It carried about fifty of tlic Far W - l. Montana reports a great scarcity of labor- cm. cm.The The starting up of the smellers has caused a revival in mining In Colorado. The great choir ot the Salt' Lake tM.cr- nacle Is preparing for an eastern tour. Heavy rains In the mountains of Idaho have been of great value to placer lulnerx. The first carload of Idaho green trull to bo shipped this season left Boise Saturday for Chicago , Colorado , Utah nnd Idaho nro nil making good progress raising money to provide frco transportation for their returning soldiers. Mrs. Sylvnnus Dudil , who lives near Boulder , Colo. , committed suicide by saturating her clothing with oil nnd eottlng fire to It. Settlers In western Colorado nro alarmed over the action of the southern Ute Indians , who nro restless nnd some of the yoUng bucks threaten to Jnako trouble. Miss Kate Bush of Butto. Mont. , wns BO enraged because Mrs. Hogarth , whom nho had accused of Inrceny. wns acquitted that she threw vitriol In Mrs. Hogarth's face , burning her severely. Eugene Cuninnm , nn nged plarer m'nor who lived alone In n cnbln In Peer Ledge county , was recently murdered by unknown parties. It Is supposed the murderer secured a large sum of money nnd gold dust. Contractors on the Unlott Pnclfle cutoff In Wyoming are having difficulty in secur ing a sufficient number of laborers. Hench men also make the same complaint nnd fear they wllf bo unable to put up all the hay desired on that account. SYRINGES of air descriptions. A complete stock at very low prices. This Instrument , with two hard rubber pipes , BOc postage , lOc. THE ALOE PCNFOLD CO. , Deformity Drnce Slannfnotnreri. lOOSFarnum OMAHA. Op. Paxton Hotel. If you were to buy A cigar equal to the Little Barrister that had been made in Manila It would cost you just 30 cents good American money but 80 cents will buy six of the genuine American made Little Barris ters that tire acknowledged by every smoker who has tried them to be the best 5-cent smoke over produced made like the 10-cent Barrister by the same factory from the same tobacco they the whole difference are bound to be right ference is in the size every first class dealer sells the Little Barrister and you can get them single or in quantities from us. WinF. . Stoecker Cigar Co- THE BARRISTER AGENT , 1404 Douglas. This Month it Ends- Not a day after August SI will wo continue our special clearing sale ot pianos on the extremely easy payment plan of $5.00 a month-think what that means-nothing more than rent , and the piano yours hundreds of families have promised themselves a piano when they could afford it now Is the opportunity twenty different makes to select from 100 first class pianos- guaranteed to be just as we tell you they are you should come In now while this sale lasts. A. HOSPE , W * celebrate our 3(5 ( Ih bailneM Ml r Oot. S3rd , Music and Alt' 1513 Dougln * . See that Price-$3,50 ? It is the most popular price ever put on a man's shoe and the shoe that Drex I * Shooman has priced at that IH the most popular shoe In Omaha- tan and black light and medium Holes- box willow and Iinssla calf and vlcl kit ! over } ' desirable leather every de sirable shape a shoe good enough for any one to wear Innet , the equal of any ? 4.00 shoe sold outside this store nnd hotter than some at $4.f > 0-don't take our word for It look around and compnio this shoo with others wo know where you will buy. Drexel Shoe Co. * Dumbo. ' * Up-to-data Shoe HowHa 1410 FA UN AM STREET.
