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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TTTUttSDAV , SEPTEMBER 7 , 1899.
Clothing-Store Clothes Women
Today , Thursday , Se
You are Invited to the
have long been preparing for its opening talent and money have ( been
We
' used unsparingly to accomplish whatever has been thought of to make the cloak
Ladios' Black Silk Taffeta Ladies' Underskirts in a
Waists stock collar , worth $4.00 and suit event here one of greater importance than the community has any record The good quality skirting deep ruillu
Vrf ? with cord full sweep regular
finest cloaks and suits have been collected here for your interest arid pleasure and for our $1.00 quality
legitimate profits. You shall have the best cloaks and suits at such prices as you are not
jCacties Waists used to. The agreement between this store and you is that at all times you shall find these
All colors fine quality taffe favors of price and style here. We wish to call your special attention to the make-up of Dressing iSacques
ta fancy white stitching plaited Ladies'
front and back flaring culE worth all cloaks , suits , etc , , in this department As in the manufacturing of clothing every detail fancy edge satin Dressing ribbon Sacques full line
$7.50 colors
$4 75 is carefully looked into , no relics , no old styles , no jobs , nobody s errors , nobody s mis-
Jits shall enter this department. What you find here is all new and this seasons produc
tions. With the opening of the new department here much of the cloak and suit humbu ° - -
Children's Cloaks jDress iSkfrts
ery will be knocked out much remains to be done we are going about it on a scale so
Children's School Reefers Ladies' black and blue storm
braid trimming box front 4 to 14 broad that the force of skillful treatment will lift up the Omaha cloak and suit business serge Dress Skirts full sweep lat
only est back worth $2.00
years here to a level where popular favor shall grow around it like color-glory that comes to the
$125 $125
--A autumn dale.
Ladies' Taffeta Silk Underskirts Ladies' Tailor-Made Suits
corded and deep ruffle dl / QO all wool cheviot silk 4j
. * * * lined fly front jacket 4
nil colors \vorth $5.50 one
piece skirt all coloro worth JtlO.OO
. .
here at our opening sale. here at our opening sale
mm FEW OF THEM LEFT
[ mil and Hemp Causa a Slump in the
Business of Train Robbing.
HARKED DECLINE OF THI INDUSTRY
Ill-collection , of Notable BnterprlncH
Carried Out by KnlKlitn of the
Itoad Fmnoun Chnractem
and Their Crime * .
It la held by railway men and expreca
gout8 whcso lines traverse the territory of
Arizona that the efficacy of a law affixing
' the death penalty to a crime against prop
'T erty hns been proved by the utter decadence
of the once thriving industry of train
robbery. There was a tlrao when It WUH
i common mode of making a living , relates
a correspondent of the New York Sun.
Within a year of the passage of the law
defining It as a capital offense It had
dwindled in Arizona by more than EO per
cent. In two years cases of train hold-ups
there have been
were raro. Slnco then
merely eporadlc cases. The men of the
road have gene back to robbing stage
coaches or take their chances in looting
detached express offices in small towns.
Ninety per cent of thorn think too much of
their necks to run them into almost certain
ooosos.
Eight yeans ago In Arizona there was a
train robbery a month , and thla Is a large
number when the comparatively few rail
roads in thla territory and the few trains
ro taken Into consideration , into such a
tondltlon of desuetude lias the pursuit do-
icendod that It has now been more than n
fear elnco anything llko a "decent hold-
np" has boon accomplished. That which la
true of Arizona In true also of California ,
In which state the law covers train-wreck
ing as well as 'train robbery. It Is also true
6f nearly all the states In which train robbery -
bory once nourished. Not all thcso states
have prescribed the death penalty for the
crime , but the robbers seem to think they
havo. The inactivity of their brethren In
the far southwestern etatca ban discouraged
them. In Texas , for Instance , there hon
boon no coup of this kind worthy of the
aamo for more than a year , yet in Texas
loss than ten years ago there wern five dls-
tlnot bands of robbers operating olmulta-
goously , U Ifl n tribute to the officers of
that etnto that very few of these men ure
low alive. Most of them were killed bo'orn
lho.ro was a chance to send them to the
pcuHontlary.
llrKliuiliilf of tlic ImliiNtr ) .
Tha rlie and fall of this Industry , If com
pletely and sensibly written , would make a
took more thrilling than the work known
IH the "Vllllautes of Montano , " a paper-
lovcrcil volume compiled by n preacher ,
i-Iilch ouce had the distinguished honor of
lommcndatlon at the hands of Charles Dick-
ins. So far as records extend , and they are
M'llevoil to bo reasonably complete , the varl-
lus railways and express companies having
kept a rareful account of their lomos In this
ft ay , as well at of their numerous rncoun-
irra , the first train-robbery In the United
Itates occurred In Indiana. The year was
ikCO One night In September an express
in the Ohio & MUsIulppl road slowed up
it Browustowu. This place Is ninety miles
test of Cincinnati. Two men climbed on tha
M- ocomotlvc , covered the engineer and fire-
nan with revolver * and conversed pleasantly.
They were heavily masked. Aa they talked ,
lielr companions uncoupled the express car
md the engineer was forced to haul It flvo
nlles down the road.
Here the car * ai fntere.l , the mennenger
( bilged to unlock the safe and 112,000 wat
pken. Th affair rtuicd a fever of ex *
Itement all through tbe country and the
railway people saw nt once that a new and
terrible war had begun agalnui them. For
this crlmo the members of a family named
Reno were held to be responsible , but there
was no evidence of tholr guilt and they -were
not molested.
A few months later two boys inspired by
the flro of imitation held up a train on tbo
i same road and near the same point. They
were taken in hand by their parents , who de
livered them to the authorities along with
the $3,000 they had eto'nn. ' No particular
punishment was given thorn. This was thb
second train robbery. A year lattr three
fteno brothers , Frank , Jesse and Sim. along
with a relative named Anderson , captured
a train on the Indianapolis , Madison &
Jcfforsonvlllo road at Seymour , which was
their home. They threw the oxprces mes
senger out of the car , broke open tbo safe
and got J135.000 , with which they fled to
Canada. In that country , after a long chase ,
they were overtaken and forced to surrender.
Long extradition proceedings followed.
I'reniiitnrc FuneniH.
While these were in progress six young
fellows of Seymour organized a band for
the purpose of robbing trains. They pro-
pored to go Into the buslnoss thoroughly
and on a largo scale. Their plans were
perfected to the extent of selecting their
hiding places and means of escape , when
they were betrayed by an outsldo confederate -
ate , who was to shore lu the plunder ,
though bo had not been asked to do any
of the work. They stopped a train and
found themselves face to face with a reso
lute force of armed detectives. They were
captured without trouble and locked up.
At daybreak next morning a hundred citi
zens of Seymour took them from their cells
and hanged them to a tree a ratio west of the
town. Soon after this lynching the three
Renos and Anderson were brought back
from Canada. They were lodged In the
Jail at Now Albany , Ind. , for safe keeping ,
the temper of the Seymour folk making It
unhealthy for train robbers in their neigh
borhood. The event showed that the pre
caution was useless. The trouble with
New Albany was that It was not far
cnougU away. A lynching party which bad
been formed at Seymour for the reception
of tbo Renos went to Now Albany a thou
sand strong , battered down tbo Jalf door
And made their way to the eel fa occupied
by tbo men. The cells wore DO small that
not many of the mob could got at the
prisoners and they did not want to shoot
them , The unarmed but undaunted ruffians
fought with all their strength and It was
halt an hour before , battered from head to
heels and covered with blood , they were
dragged out and banged.
There woe another Reno brother named
Jack , who bad been concerned In their last
robbery. He was not captured at the time
the four ran away to Canada , but was
token afterward and sentenced to a term
in the penitentiary. One day , years after
the lynching , bo walked Into the Chicago
office of the Adams Express company ,
asked for the manager and announced that
ho won Jack R no , the last of the gang , say-
lug also that bo had Juet been pardoned , Ho
asked the company's representative what he
Intended to do against him , as there were
other charges pending. Ho produced a
"marWe bible , " which he bad made when
a convict , and laid it on the desk as an
evidence of his good intentions , The ex-
prtui manager told blm to go home. Jack
remarked that the business did not pay
enough to equalize the punishment it Fit-
tailed , went ba-k to Seymour and set-
tl 4 down to work. He Is there now , a
respected , taxpaying citizen.
Two Notable llaldn.
The lynching of these ten men in Indian *
appears to have discouraged prospective rob-
t > or for a little while. They broke out
again , hiwe\er In 1ST3 On July 21 of that
year eight men tore up the track of the
Chicago , Rock lelaud & Pacific road near
Council Blufff , la. The train was derailed ,
the engineer via killed and more tban a
dozen passengers were badly Injured. As the
crash came the outlaws rushed frcm hiding
places near the roadbed , robbed tbalr
wounded and terrified victims and took to.OOO
from the express car. This was known as
the "Council Bluffs outrage" and the dally
papers of the time were tremendously
wrought up over It. Thirty thousand dollars
was offered as a reward for the capture ,
dead or nllvo , of the perpetrators , but they
got clear with tholr booty. The Council
Bluffs affair was reasonably successful from
the criminal point of view , yet , strangely
enough. It was followed by n long stagna
tion In the business. It was 1875 before the
country waj startled by an attempt to rob a
Vandalla line express car at Long Point , 111.
The bandits shot and killed the engineer ,
Mlle Eamos , uncoupled the express car from
the remainder of the train and ran It two
miles down the track. The express mes
senger refuted to open up the safe and
fought like a tiger. They were Btlll battling
with him and apparently as far from success
as ever , when they were frightened away
by the approach of the train conductor , who
headed a party of armed passengers. These
robbers were not the genuine article and had
llittlo nerve. They throw away not only
their weapons In the flight , but at various
places on their headlong stampede they
throw away body suits of mall which they
j had worn under their clothing. An offered
reward of $ 10,000 failed to land any of them
ic Jail.
JohB of the Junto * Iloy .
In this year the James boys , who were
genuine all through , came to the front as
train robbers. They had been previously
merely raiders of banks and stage coachca.
They forced the station agent at Oadshlll ,
Mo. , on the Iron Mountain road , to Hag a
passenger train , which they held up with
little trouble. Their booty was J12.000 ,
taken from passengers and express messen
gers alike. A year later , at Ottervlllo , Kan. ,
they robbed a Missouri Paclllc train of
$15,000. On October 7 , 1877 , the Jaraea and
Younger boys took { 35,000 from a Chicago &
Alton train at Glendale , Mo. Their biggest
haul was made at Muncle , Kan. , In Decem
ber , 1878 , when they held up a Kansas Pa
cific train , obtaining $55,000 , and fled into
the Indian Territory. They reappeared as
train robbers in 1881. At Winston , Mo. ,
they boarded a Rock Island train. Con
ductor Westfall , who made some show of
resistance , was shot dead by Jcaso James ,
A passenger named McMillan was killed hv
a random bullet. They got only $5,000 on
this raid. Two months later they went
through a Chicago & Alton train at Glendale -
dale and rode away with 120,000 In money
and Jewels. This was the last train robbing
exploit of the James brothers , Jessa was
ahot by the Ford brothers next year , and
Frank fled Into Tennessee , subsequently
standing trial , getting an acquittal , and set
tling down to a quiet life. He Is now the
doorkeeper of a flash theater In St. Louis.
In the latter pan of the ' 703 train robbing
was in a flourishing condition In many parts
of the south and west. It was in 1877 that
one of the most successful Jobs of this kind
ever planned was put Into execution. Out
at Big Springs , Neb. , a party of six Texas
cowmen , headed by Hank MoDonald , bearded
an overland train on the Union Pacific
without attracting especial attention , got
Into the express car and helped themselves
to $110,000 , A long pursuit followed , three
of the robbers were killed and $40,000 of
the money recovered. The rest of it and the
men who had It , with one exception , were
never heard of again. The afterward famous
Sam Bass was a member of this gang. Ho
got back to his own state , organized a band ,
and for some years terrorized a large extent
of country , He was killed by rangers In a
running fight In the eastern part of the
state.
From Sam Bas to Rube Burrows
Btratched a long line of knlgbta of the
road , erase of them showing great ability
nnd others not. In general they were rea-
eonably successful , making much raor
money tban they could hive earned in legiti
pursuits and , BO long as they kept
clear of murder , there waa nothing worse
ahead of them tban a sentence to the peni
tentiary , provided alwajs that they did not
resist posses attempting their arrest. In
such cases they were invariably killed.
Opcrntlonn of "Cajituln Dick. "
Ono of the most celebrated of them was
Brack Cornett , also of Texas , bettor known
as "Captain Dick. " The Southern Pacific
railway waa his special prey. He robbed Its
trains five times in a year , alwajs obtain
ing a respoctabfe booty. On one occasion
he cut off the ears of an express messen
ger who had resisted him , and subsequently
mailed them to his victim. After holding
up a train eust of Del Rio , he kept in
duresa for an hour an aged maiden echool
teacher and compelled her to dance upon
the prairie to lewd cowboy ditties , accom
panying himself on a guitar. "Captain
Dick" was killed across a camp fire by
Alfred Alice , who shot him through the
heart for a reward of $2,500. Rube Bur
rows affected the Texas & Pacific road ,
but occasionally switched to the Illinois
Central. On a train of this railway In 1888
he kl/led Chester Hughca , a passenger , who
resisted , and thereafter fled fast from the
gah'ows. Ho was captured finally In Ala
bama and killed while endeavoring to es
cape.
Of all the bloody men of the road , In-
I dubltably the shrewdest and one of the
I boldest was John Sontag of California. Ho
' was trapped and shot In the Sierra Nevada ,
but not until he hod sent four detectives to
their long account. Ho seemed to have a
genius for delecting detectives and liked
i to kill them. His passing left but ono band
I of organized train robbers In the country.
Tills gang was composed mrstly of the
famous Dalton brothers , a family of dead
shots , which had the peculiarity of shooting
rifles always with the rlflo butt below the
hip. Holding a gun In this way , Bill Dalton
i would account for three men in ten sec-
i ends at a distance of 200 yards. Ho was
nothing less than phenomenal , and only a
Bhado better than his kinsmen.
Tbo Daltona began their career near
Tulare , Cal. , where they held up an ex
press train and forced the engineer to break
open the safe for them. They got $10,000.
Their most noted exploit was stopping and
i robbing n train which carried an armed
guard of twenty men. This was done near
Adalr , I. T. The robbers kept euch
n fusillade that the guards did not
dfiro to show a head until the express car
had been gutted. One passenger waa killed
and several wounded by the flying bullets ,
After their celebrated raid upon the bank
In Coffeyvllle , Kan , when they fought an
entire town , Bill Dalton was the only one
of the brothers left alive , the other two
having fallen then. Ho wan HHed In the
southern part of Indian territory not a
great while afterward , In single combat , by
a man much bis inferior in quickness and
accuracy ,
The Ione Iloliher ,
U was ten years after train robbery be
came a common enough crime before the
lone robber made bis appearance. The first
Instance of the kind was the braining of
Express Messenger Nichols on a RocU
Island & Pacific train near Jollet , III. Hie
aa&allant was captured , but for coma reason
waa not hanged. He Is now doing time In
the .penitentiary. Some time afterward ,
near Pacific , Mo. , one man bound and
gagged an express mceoenger named Fotb-
erlngham and took from the safe $100,000 ,
This individual's name was Wlttrock , but
ho was much better krown as "Jim Cum-
mlngs , " under which alias be wrote many
letters to the newspapers while evading ar-
rwrt. He was finally captured and served
a term in the penitentiary , Almcot all of
the money was recovered , Wlttrock bavins
been kept too busy dolglng to spend much
of it. Equally daring was the exploit of
Oliver Curtis Perry , who gained entrance
to a New York Central express car at Byr .
cuia , Intimidated the menenser , abstracted
$26,000 from the safe , pulled the bell cord ,
and , when the train slowed , Jumped off Into
the darkness.
The first successful attempt with dynamlto
was made in 1889 near Glendale , Mo. Four
1 maKlip en h i n , . 11 ami '
got $50,000. $ Two of them , Hedgepetb and j
Slye , were arrested and convicted. So effec
tive was the use of the explosive upon thla
occasion that It may bo said to be the parent
of all subsequent dynamite robberies. In
two years a stick of it became as much a
part of the robber's outfit as his pistol.
Probably tbo most unsuccessful attempt at
train robbing In all the annals of the craft
occurred at a water tank five miles south
east of El Paso , Tex. , In 1888. The eastbound -
bound Southern Pacific paesenger train stop
ped there ono night to fill the boiler. The
large door of the express car stood wide open
and Inside was a messenger known to as
sociates as "Windy" Smith. His lamp was
unllghtcd. To the door csrno two men , evi
dently new to the business , who stood on the
prairie , peered into the dark interior and
called upon whom ever might be there to
throw up his hands. Smith , being totally In-
vlslblo to them , picked up a shot gun , poked
It within three feet of them and calmly killed
them both.
BABY WINS ROUGH MAN
Imliorer Attracted by Chlld'a Cute
M'nyx Stenln Mttlc One and IJnoort *
Her to IMeumire lleHorti.
Tom Carter , a laborer , was arrested by the
police Tuesday night for having in his
custody the 3-year-old child of Mrs. Luther
Brown , 1117 Jones street. Carter had taken
Uio little ono with him to several saloons
and music halls , telliiis thoao who made
Inquiries that the child was his own ,
The baby Is a sweat little girl , with a
wealth cf blonde hair and cunning ways
which attracted the attention of all who
saw her. Carter was uncouth In appear
ance. Ills clcthes were ragged nnd hl hair
unkempt. The contrast between the two
aroused the suspicions of some of the young
women who sing In the Nebraska music hall
and they telephoned to the police.
Dotoctlvci found Carter In the music hall
drinking beer. The baby was amusing some
of the young women and spectators and she
was left there while Carter was taken to
Jail. He finally admitted the baby was not
als , etatlnc bo found bor on the street and
was jittiacted by her cute ways. An in
vestigation wns made and the mother waa
found. Mrs. Brown told the police that
nolgbbrvra had seen a man who appeared to
be a tramp leading the child down the street
early In the evening. She bad been searchIng -
Ing for her lost baby for several hours. She
expressed the Intention of filing a complaint
against Carter this afternoon.
Another great discovery has been made ,
and that , too , by a lady In thU country
"Dlseuse fastened Its clutches noon her and
for seven years she withstood its severest
tests , but her vital organs were undermined
' and death seemed Imminent. For three
months she coughed Incessantly and could
not sleep. She finally discovered a way to
recovery by purchasing of us a bottle of Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consumption , and
was so much relleeci on taking first dose
that she slept all nlRbt. and with two
bottles has been absolutely cured. Her name
Is Mrs. Luther Lutz. " Thus writes W. C.
Hamnlck & Co. of Ghelbv N. C. Trial
bottles free at K'lbn & Co.'i drusr store.
1 Regular size 60o nnd $1.00. Every bottle
guaranteed.
Mortality Stutlntlri.
The following births have been reported
to the office of the heaftb commissioner ;
Prank C. Howe , 937 North Twenty-fifth
street , girl ; Charles Merle , 414 North
Eighteenth street , boy ; John Adam , 1407
Williams street , girl ; John Oodrk , 1408
South Fifteenth street , hay ; Albert Clark ,
2208 DouKlM * tre t , boy ; A. L. Hudson ,
3104 Beward itret , | lrl.
HEMMING GETS OFF EASY
County Attorney Unable to Find Charge
Covering His Oaso.
MONtYOBTAINED NOT BY FALSE PRETENSES
KC Cordon DCIMUM It Cnnc of "Vnluc
Itocelved"Vhcii Mrn. Hohh Paid
Acnnpaper 31 nil Jf'O for Snii-
prennloa of Ietter.
On the motion of the attorneys for the
defense , the case against E. II. Hemming ,
the World-Herald reporter charged with
obtaining money under fa lee pretenses , was
dismissed Wednesday afternoon in police
court. Judge Gordon deciding that there wan
not sufficient evidence to convict the de
fendant on the charge specified.
No witnesses were examined at the after
noon session , the hearing of testimony hav
ing been completed during the morning.'The
arguments of the attorneys after the motion
to dismiss occupied the entire time. Attorney
Strlckler protested that the state had failed
to show the money received by Hemming
from Mrs. Robb was obtained by falee repre
sentations. In the charges there were two
counts , he said , under the nccond of these
even the state conceded there had been no
money obtained by false representations , for
the rcaaon that when Mrs. Robb paid Hem
ming money she knew It was to trap him.
Then , be said , the Judge's decision depended
on the first count.
Hemming , the attorney said , called on Mrs.
Hobb the first time in pursuit of duties con
nected with the newspaper for which he
worked. He perceived that Mrs. Robb waa
excited and could not talk In tbo store , so he
made an appointment with her at the hou e
where ebe lived. He wished to get for his
paper her statement regarding the suicide.
At the Interview In the house be promised
to find out the contend * of the letter and let
Mrs. Robb know what they were.
Mrs. Robb and her husband formerly lived
In South Omaha and she waa exceedingly
anxious that the letter loft by Sampson
ehould not be published In the papers there.
Hemming agreed to try to prevent the publi
cation. In neither of these Instanced waa
there a false misrepresentation.
City Prosecutor Miller was the first to
argue for tb'o state. He said there was no
law in Nebraska for the punishment of extor
tion , but It there were , there would be no
question that Hemming could be convicted
under It. Hemming had made false repre
sentations , the city prosecutor said , bo prom
ised to go and gag the South Omaha papers ,
and the fact of the matter Is that ho never
went near them , "He threatened two
women by describing a letter he never taw.
Is that newspaper ethlca ? " the attorney de
manded ,
"Ho took money from thoae two women
pretending to buy off South Omaha news
papers and didn't go to ece anybody con *
nectcd with the papers. Is that the state's
Idea of a reporter's duties ? "
The arguments which followed wore on
technical polnto and when flnlahed Judge
Gordon announced bis decision almost Imme
diately , He said that on the evidence pre
sented there was only one course for him
to follow and that was to dismiss the case ,
He euld that to find a person guilty under
the charge specified It woo necessary to
show that the person falsely represented cer
tain facts with the Intention to deceive ; that
the party defrauded relied on the representa-
tlon and was defrauded because of that re
liance. Thl , the Judge said , had not been
shown In the case before him.
New Cuniplxlnt Klled ,
A complaint was filed against W. Lukowltt
and H. Echo n&tedt charting them with at
tempting to Bet fire to a building. The com
plainant Is B. Cohen , who says hp Is trying
to find a way to rrobccute the two men for
trying , as he alleges , to eet fire o his dwell
ing the night of August 21. Lukowitz and
Schoenstedt were arrested before on n com
plaint alleging assault. There Is no law In
M'hiaslm uRalnst attempted arson , nnd the
prosecutor is having H hard time trying in
Imd u charge on which the two men can ha
tiled.
JOHN SHANAHAN AT LIBERTY
KIMor of Tire Men IN KelciiNrd oil
HoiulH In the .S 11 in 11 f Fifteen
TlioiiNiuiil DoIIurM.
John Shauahan , who shot and killed Uoyco
and Cullahan In South Omaha about Blx
weeks nzo , had been released from the
county jail on two bonds for 7,1)00 ) each ,
approved bv Judge Baker. Rich ml Swift ,
MMiael Donovan , Patrick How ley , Peter
Lenagh , Patrick Drosnlhan , Mary Kelly and
Bridget Slnnnfian arc the securities on ono
bond and Peter Lonaeh , Richard Swift ,
George W. Tlerney , Michael Donovan. Mary
Kelly and Bridget Shanahan are the securi
ties on the second ,
Bridget Snanahan Is the wife of the ac
cused , Michael Donovan runs a pnlnt store
In South Omaha. Peter Lonnqh Is garbage
master for South Omaha , Patrick Brosnlhan
was a saloon keeper In the Third ward , Rich
ard Swift la foreman of the call cellar of
the Cudohy Packing company and George W.
Tlerney la manager of the Omaha Brewing
company ,
\Viin I to Hi * huiiervlftorN ,
Applicants for positions on the hoards of
reglstratlrn for the fall elections have bo-
Kun to bother the employes of the city
clerk's office At Tuesday evening's mootIng -
Ing of tbo council a motion wns passed In-
vltlt.g applicants to leave their names , ad
dresses and a statement of their politics
with the city clerk , eo that the council
will lia\o material to work with when It
comes tlmt to make the appointments. As
a result , the application have been coming
In rapidly Only a short time ago It reeked
as though tlicro would bo a Bcarclty of men
for the places.
A trial of Dent's Tootlmcho Gum con
vinces you of Its excellence. Druggists , IGc.
Him ( ) > r by it
J. H. Walburn , a laborer living at Eighth
and Nicholas streets , \sns run over Tucwdny
right at Fourteenth and Wchslur streets by
a buggy and painfully bruised about the left
leg , The two men who were In the vehlcln
drove on wlhriit paying any attention to the
< llm of t' P ocdrtonl
Walburn was crossing tlio street going
toward homo when ho wn struck. Ho nays
the men were driving at a very fattt pace
and he could not get nut of the way. Wul-
burn was rarrled horne In the patrol wagon
and was attended to by the city physician
llrlclmHecrlter * llln < 'lu > r fr < l.
An order has been filed 111 the oftlco of
the clerk of the United Slati-a circuit court
discharging Oliver W. Mink. H Briery
Anderson. John W. Doatin and 1'iedem It
Ooudnrt as receivers of that portion of the
Union Pacific road known as the Omith.i
Bridge property. The report and findings
of } { . S. Abbott , special master In chancery ,
have been approved by Judge Snnb'irn who
accordingly dlsmlusel the rccelvum of tbo
property.
Wind 1'nlli Don ii uii A
The high wind ripped off one end of the
large awning In front o [ the store of tha
People's Carpet and Furniture company ,
which , In descending , struck u woman en
the bead. Shu wai not Injured. The iron
work of tbu awning unrrowly misled a
large plate glass front.
The favorite whiskey of famous men Is
Harper. Because of its smooth , exquisite
flavor , because of Its matchless purity , be
cause of Its mellow age. No wonder It's
the favorite. Every drop sterling. Har
per Whiskey.