TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; TUESDAY , OCTOBER 10 , 1800.
TO SMYTH NEEDED SMITH
Hot Quito Clear Whj Attorn y Ginert )
Galled in Help on Btrtlej Qua.
ASSISTANTS IN OFFICE NOT Y RY BUSY
> Olillmm I'ln.ln plcntr of Time to
Jl'crn mliiilnte A rim nil Ni
1 _ nnul llolfiter XIi > the Kn-
H , i. lou Ticket.
MNCOL.N , Oct. 9. ( Special. ) The recent
> lfowanco iiy Auditor Cornell of the claim ot
fcl P. Smlt h for $ G2i ! for services rendered
In the prco Jcutlon of the bondsmen ot ex-
trctworer Hartley recalls the teslmony
given by Attorney General Smyth last win
ter before the house committee on ways and
rnoAnir , Mr. Smyth asked the legislature
torafeo the i .alary of the deputy attorney
general and U > supply additional assistance
for his office , alleging that ho was over
worked and m'oded moro help. The ad
ditional acalfltat'co was supplied and In the
face of this Atti > rnoy General Smyth on his
own authority ci nployed lid 1 * . Smith to as
sist In the last trial ot the Uartley bonds
men nnd afterwards approved his claim for
JG23 for simply itsslstlng In the one cose.
Following Is a cop ; ' of the voucher filed with
Auditor Cornell by Ed P. Smith.
July 23 , 1SD3. The itatc of Nebraska to
Kd P. Smith , debtor , for scrvlcos ren
dered ami costs ex ponded in assisting
in the trial of tlia case of the State
nf Nebraska agnlmit Joseph 8. Bnrt-
Icy et nl , In the district court of Doug-
las' county during the months of June
nnd July , 1W - W2 >
The claim was approved by Governor
Poyntcr nnd Attorney General Smyth and
was allowed by Cornell in September. Un
der thcso circumstance/ ? Smith Is In
directly still an employe ot the state , not
withstanding the legislature allowed the at
torney general extra assistance to do away
with the necessity of employing outside legal
talent In the prosecution of ntato cases.
Following Is a portion of Attorney Gen-
Smyth's testimony before the committee
on ways and means , taken from the official
copy :
Question Are your men busy all the
tlmu ? I have been In there when they
stcmcd to h. . having a good time.
Answer There arc some difficulties you
would have to contend with In an office
situated as mine is , between the two-
Jiouses. It has annoyed mo very often
when work was pressing to Hnd my stenog
rapher talking to w > mo one.
Q. I notice your deputy eccms to take.
'fe ' very easy ?
V1 A. Ho tins not really got down to work
yet ; ho has only 'boen ' In the office a short
time. Ho simply has not got Into the har
ness yet. His desk Is loaded with work. I
have often worked this year from twelve
to fourteen 'hours a day.
Q. Do you have a private office besides
this ?
A. I have nn office In Omaha. In fact I
do most of my olllclal work there. Hero I
um Interrupted.
Q. Hnve you In the last two years been
engaged In uny trials In your private busl-
Jiess ?
A. I have probably spent an hour or two
in supreme court in cases that came up be
fore I wont Into the ofllce. I have arranged
that the deputy shall look after the criminal
work unless It Is an important case.
Ulilliiuu Not In HnrncHH Yet.
It Is plainly evident that Deputy Oldham
Is still engaged In itho task ot getting Into
the harness. Why Smith was employed In
the Bartley cose and why ho was paid $625
for the brief service nro questions -which
* liavo not boon explained by the reformers.
The failure of Silas A. Holcomb to make
| n proper s'ettlement with Joseph Bartley at
the end of the lattcr's first term as treas
urer suggests the case of the defunct Mer
chants' bank of this city , by which the
State lost $9,000 through the loose settle
mcnt of the governor. Cashier Crawford ; In
securing sureties on bis ( bond , Informed
prospective signers that ho would ottach bis
name to the Instrument. Alter the signa
tures were thus obtained Mr. Crawford prc-
eentod the bond to the governor and said
Ijo wnswilling to algn It h'lmsolf , ns he had
obtained the other signatures on that condi
tion. Governor Holcorab refused to allow
Crawford to sign the bond 'becauso ' ho
thought thcro would bo considerable crltl-
siani If lie would accept an officer of the
bank sis a. surety on the bond. Shortly
Ifterward the bank went Into the hands of
' * - / i receiver. A suit vua Instituted against
% Iho bondsmen to recover the amount lost.
The court released the bondsmen when It
w-as shown that their signatures were ob-
lalncd upon the condition that Mr , Crawford
Would sign with them.
The Board ot Public Lands .and Buildings
Hoday accepted the plans of C. M. Grant of
[ Beatrice for the now hospital building for
the State Instlluto for the Feeble Minded.
The thirty-second annual conclave of the
Nebraska Grand Lodge of the Knights of
1'ythlas will begin hero tomorrow morning.
Several hundred delegates are expected.
J. J. McCarthy of I'onca , vice chairman of
the republican state central committee , ar
rived In the city tonight and will hereafter
nsslst In tbo direction of the republican
campaign.
ATTOIIM3Y AIlTIIUIl CIVI3S I1OM1.
I'relliiilnnrlcH nt Tvkninnh ill tlie
OuUlaiiil Amen Cnno.
TEKAMAH , Nob. , Oct. 9. " ( Special. ) A
warrant wan scrved.today upon Attorney J.
O. Arthur cf Omaha upon an indictment re
turned by the grand jury charging him with
nrson and he appeared In court and was
reloaded upon furnishing ball In the sum ot
$1.000.
At Oakland. Nob. , Monday night , Febru
ary 22 , 1897 , lire uas discovered In the office
of the Independent and made such rapid
progrcfH that nothing of vnluo was envoJ
from the building , A building adjoining ,
occupied by ono Gustnfson for a harnccs
fihop , waa also consumed , with Its contents.
In thosecond otory of the Independent
building J , Q , Arthur bad n law ofllco and
his loss was alleged to include ofllco furnl-
turo and a law library valued at ? 1SGO , on
which there wan Insurance of $ SOO. Shortly
iftcr the flro Arthur removed to Omaha.
IilriiMllrit UN Dudley Ciilcmnii.
PL.ATTSMOUTH. Neb. , Oct. 0. ( Special. )
The dead body of the mun found In the
Burlington yards hero Thursday night , and
burled Saturday , was exhumed this mornIng -
Ing nnd Identified by Amou Colcman of Sew-
nrd as his eon Dudley. The Identification
wns corroborated by Jnmrs hartln and John
Korcuky , members of the Hlchtleld camp ,
Modern Woodmen of America , and by Ed-
Fuel for Force
Your body must have
force muscular
force , nervous ,
cular force , digestive force.
Fat is the fuel used to
supply this force. If you
arc weak in any of these
forces , use more fuel.
The cod-liver oil in Scott's
Emulsion is the best fuel
for this work. Your nerves
1 grow stronger , your muscu
lar power increases , and
your digestion improves ,
" * , joe. nd li.oc , tl drugUl .
SCOTT i SOWh't , Ctwmiiti , New Y ik.
1
ward MMoy. Colcman waa a member of the
camp and carried J 1,000 life Insurance In
the order. The body was taken to Sevsard
this afternoon for burial.
MfJHT AJfD WAY AVOHIC AT SOIIFOLK
fleet Snjrnr l < 'nctttry'm Prnilnct in Sold
Abend nf ltd Output.
NORFOLK , Neb. , Oct. 3. ( Special. ) The
ugar factory la now making about the
eveneat running average In Its history , workIng -
Ing 250 men In two ahltts ot twelve hours
each , thcro being no shutdown from the
tlmo the first beet Is sliced until the last
grata of sugar runs out of the granulator.
Last ivpck the average consumption of
raw material -wna about 350 tons each
twenty-four bourn , from which there were
produced dally from COO to 700 bags ot as
fine sugar as waa ever put on the market ,
The factory In sold ahead ot Its output.
MUle Hey Cniinrn Hlx .Slntcr'n Dentil.
WAKEFIELD. Neb. , Oct. 9. ( Special. )
Ycsttrday morning during the absence ot
tbclr parents , Lawrence , aged 5 , son of
Cnptaln J. H. Brown , while playing with
matches In the front yard , set flro to the
dress of bin sister Lucy , ngcd 2 , and Bhe
was fatally burned , dying this morning at
G o'clock. A. neighbor who heard her cries
smothered the names with his coot , but was
too late to E.IVO her life.
Hlilerly AVoiimii'N Anrrmy Bncnpe.
LYONS. Nob. , Oct. 9. ( Special. ) Last
night as Mrs. Marks , an elderly woman or ,
this town , was alighting from the Omaha ,
flyer ono of the train crow , thinking all ]
the passengers -\vcro off , signaled the en- '
glneor to-back the train , and she was thrown
\jnder the wheels nnd would probably have
been killed but for the engineer's promptness
In corrcxrtlnjt the mlttake. She escaped with
a few bruises.
Cnnnot Get UnoiiKlt Crcnm.
NORFOLK , , Neb. , Oct. 'J. ( Special. ) The
Harding Creamery company has added Im
provements to Its local plant amounting to
$2,000 and the output averages about 6,000
pounds of butter dally , representing cream
from twcnty-ono skimming stations within
100 miles of Norfolk. The company could
make UHO of much moro cream were It ob
tainable.
Feeding : Sheep In Curnficlilii.
SHELTON. Neb. , Oct. 9. ( Special. ) One
hundred cars of stock have been received
hero within the last seven days for feedIng -
Ing and many moro nro to arrlvo soon. Of
those received scvcnty-dlvo cars are sheep
and twenty-five cattle. A largo acrcago ot
corn haa been bought In the field by sheep
men and the eheep will bo pastured In this
way.
IlcTvnrcl for n. Horse Thief.
TECUMSBH. Neb. , Oct. 3. ( Special. )
Johnson county has offered $50 lor the ap
prehension ot a thief who made away -with
a iorso and Kiddle , the property of Hal-
sted & Buffum , liverymen , last Saturday.
The thief hired the horse for a rldo In the
country and failed to return.
ChrlHtciincn Arson Cnnc Pnt Oil.
HASTINGS , Neb. , Oct. 9. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The case of the state against Chris
tian Chrlstensen , charged , with having set
flre to seven stacks ot grain belonging to
Mr. Knopf and burning a now steam thresh
ing outfit valued at ? 1,300 , was postponed to
day to October 13.
Short of Clcrnynien nt Trenton.
TRENTON , Neb. , Oct. 9. ( Special. )
Thcro being no minister In either of the
churches hero members of the Congrega
tional church conducted lay services Sunday.
At a special service In ihe Catholic church
yesterday a subscription was taken to pay
oft the debt.
Geti' tetter * from' "Il6b" ' UnrdcUe.
TUENTON , Neb. , Oct. 9. ( Special. )
Locke Burdetto Burton , a county school
teacher , Is a namesake of Bob Burdetto , the
humorist , and has received letters from him
and most ot Burdctto'a works. Burton in
tends ultimately to publish the letters In a
magazine.
Brcnkii n. Leg : In n IHn.
ST. EDWAUD , Neb. . Oct. 9. ( Special. )
A man named Gobbenson , employed by the
Omaha Elevator company , fell Into a bin
this morning , breaking his leg Just below
tba knee.
Typhoid Epidemic nt Gcncvn.
GENEVA , Nob. , Oct. 9. ( Special. ) There
ore ten or twelve cases of typhoid fever In
town , ono or two quite eerloua. County
Attorney Frank Sloan is convalescent.
Itnnd for Trenton.
TRENTON. Neb. , Oct. 9. ( Special. ) Tbo
young men of the town nro organizing a
brace band , with the assistance ot members
of the old band.
Intercut In XorfolU Hnceit.
NORFOLK , Neb. . October 9. ( Special. )
Much Interest is manifested In the races for
Wednesday and many outside horsemen will
como hero.
STAMP MAKERS GO TO TRIAL
Arraignment or 1/nncnMter , I'n , , Cltl-
CCIIM ClinrKeil with Counter-
fcltliis nnd Other CrlmoH.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 0. Interest In the
celebrated revenue stamp counterfeiting con
spiracy unearthed about six months ago by
the United States secret service , and which
resulted In the arrest of eight men , one a
government employe , and two formerly In
the porvlco of the United States , was rovlvei
today when "the " defendants were placed ot
trial before Judge McPhcrssn In the Unltci
States district court. The accused are ex
United States District Attorney 1 * . Inglmm
his law partner and former assistant ills
trlct attorney , Harvey K. Ncwltt ; Samuel M
Downey , deputy collector of Internal revonu
for the Lancaster district ; William M. Jacob
and William L. Kendlg , cigar manufacturer
of Lancaster ; I ) . S. Drcdell , machinist o
Camden , N. J. : Arthur S. Taylor , engrave
of 'this city , And James Uurns , a foreman It
Jacobs' cigar factory.
The discoveries cf the secret service bureau
roau In connection with the counterfeiting
plot first gained publicity on April 19 lasl
On that day Jactbs , Kendlg nod Durns wer
arrested. Jacobs and Kendlg were chargc.l
with the making of an Immoino quantity of
Internal revenue stamps , which they used
on tholr cigar boxes , and the counterfeit
Monroe head $100 silver certificate , the en
graving en which was eo perfect as to causa
the Treasury department to call In the entire -
tire IFSUO ot the note. Jacobs was held In
$45,000 and Kondlg In (25,000 ball. Duma
waa charged with aiding and abetting Jacobs
and Kendlg. Ho was committed In default
of $25,000. Samuel M. Downey was next np-
preboudcd , charged with accepting bribes
from Jacobs and Kendlg , Ills ball was $23-
000. Taylor and Dredell were arrested on
the charge of making the plates , counterfeit
money end stamps. Ono cccnplete nnd two
partly finished plates for $20 and $50 notes
were found In their workshops In this city ,
while the plato for the "Monroe head" note
and those from which the bogus etamrs wore
printed > \cre later found in the Jacobs Lan-
canter factory ,
Ingham and Nonlttero arrested on the
charge of attempting to bribe a United
States secret oervlce operative. Each furn
ished $10,000 ball.
District Attorney Deck asked that the bllU
of Indictment against Ingham and Newltt ba
consolidated and their coutucl , A. S , Shields ,
not objecting , tola waa done. Mr. Shield )
then entered a pica ot not guilty for hU
cllenta , plating that they were "charged only
with misdemeanors.
To MiiKc Your Home
Vie "Garland" Stoves and Range * .
NEVILLE'S ' AMBITIONS FAIL
Chairman of Congiestlonal Committee
Decline ! to Make Him a Candidate.
OFFICIAL CATCHES SCHEMERS IN THE ACT
I'roxlon in llntul to IMncc Neville on
the Ticket In Ilnrrliinloii'n Place
IVIicii lloylc ( ictn \ \ I ml of
the I'rocceilliiur ,
NORTH PLATTC , Neb. , Got. 9. ( Special
Telegram. ) An attempt was made hero to
day by Neville and the secretary of the
democratic congressional committee to get
Ncvlllo on the democratic ticket. The eec-
rotary , who lives hero , sent out nnd got
proxies of enough commlttcemcn for a
quorum , called his meeting for today and
was about to resolute Nevlllo Into the
vacancy made by the withdrawal ot Harring
ton , when Juan Uoyle , chairman of the cou-
gicsslonal committee , who chanced to hear
of the proceedings , dropped In onthe schem
ers and put a stop to them.
lloylo maintained the democratic con
vention did not authorize the committee to
fill vacancies and a legal meeting could not
be called by the secretary , The democratic
ticket will remain without a candidate for
congress.
BRYAN CALLED ON TO EXPLAIN
Wllllniu n. uijTuUcN the Free Silver
Orator to Tank on tlie IMill-
( lucNtloii.
LINCOLN , Oct. 9. An open letter to Wil
liam Jennings Bryan :
In your O'Neill speech you denounced
the present republican administration , is
BUilty of violating the letter nnd spirit of
tlio Declaration of Independence in nt-
tornptlng to coerce recognition of American
sovereignty In the Philippine Islands. Will
you condescend to drop epigram und
phrase-making for u moment and give the
people of your adopted state the logic by
which you arrive nt sucli a conclusion ?
An occasional resort to reasoning nnd ar
gument would he a pleasing relief from the
monotony of declamation.
By every rule ot Inw recognized by civ
ilized nations the Philippine Islands have
been under Spanish sovereignty , with ono
short Intermission , for the last 400 years.
Upon several occasions ono tribe , the Tng-
nlos , have attempted resistance , hut none
of these revolts has ever assumed greater
proportions than that of mere insurrec
tion. Success , the crucial test under such
conditions , when revolt rises to the dig
nity of revolution nnd sovereignty passes ,
has failed every time. So that the fact re
mains thnt these islands were Spanish
territory till February 7 last , when the
senate ratltled the treaty of Paris. Spain
bad an actual sovereignty there to transfer
and toy the terms of that treaty she did
transfer It to the United States.
It appears , then , that our legal title to the
archipelago is beyond possibility of uucs-
tlon.
tlon.By every tenet of International comity ,
therefore , the Philippine islands became
American territory immediately upon the
ratification of that treaty , upon the ono
condition thnt wo have the power to en
force our sovereignty ; for the ultimate
foundation upon which all sovereignty
rests is the power to enforce obedience.
This being accepted as a true statement
of the ease , will you explain how the prin
ciples of the Declaration ot Independence
become applicable to It at all in its' pres
ent stage of development ? It Is conceded
that , after Its establishment and recogni
tion , American sovereignty might bo so
prostituted us to contravene the declara
tion. Hut how is it possible to violate the
declaration In attempting to maintain
American sovereignty upon American soil ,
unless It can bo shown to bo of such a
character , per PC , as to be subversive of
the fundamental human rights ns enun
ciated in that Immortal instrument ?
But , In the present development ot the
situation , the character of the sovereignty
to bo enforced upon those islands is not
under consideration. 'JUie .position which
you nnd your coadjutors take is that
American sovereignty should not bo en
forced there nt all : thnt it cannot bo with
out violation of the declaration.
Without regard to any specific line of
policy toward these islands , which may or
may not bo In tbo mind of the president ,
we. have no right to assume otherwise than
thnt the spverelgnty ultimately to bo en
forced there will bo in alignment with es
tablished American Institutions.
Now , Mr. Bryan , If you will show that
that sovereignty is of such a nature , per se ,
as to bo subversive of the fundamental
rights of the Islanders "to life , liberty and
the pursuit of happiness. " it you will prove
that our government of them will not be
"Instituted for the maintenance of these
rights , " and the Filipinos having been
granted a voice In the government , if you
will demonstrate that It will not "derive
Its just powers from the consent ot the
governed" wo will all agree1 that your con
tention Is well grounded. The proof of all
this Is the burden which your denunciation
Imposes upon your shoulders. If you are
In possession of all the necessary facts to
support it , well nnd good.- But unlcFS you
do produce the facts to prove your con
tention the universal verdict of tlie Ameri
can people nnd of the civilized world will
bo that you nnd your coadjutors nro "an
evil brood that fouls Its own nest. "
But If you will study the declaration
you will discover that it contains no ref
erence whatever to the right of accuptancc
or rejection of sovereignty , per si > . It
deals exclusively with that abuse ot sov
ereign power by which It becomes de
structive to the fundamental human rights ,
"to life , liberty nnd the pursuit of happi
ness" and the cognate right to a voice In
the government whose enactments are the
supreme law by which one's social Inter
relations are to bo regulated. Its declara
tion Is that when the sovereign power is
so exercised ns to become subversive ot
these rights it forfeits all Just claim to
It is frcoly admitted that Spanish sov
ereignty WIIH destructive to these rights ,
and hence thnt It violated the principled
enunciated In the Declaration of Inde
pendence. The. Filipinos were justified ,
therefore. In their resistance to It , But
the republican administration lit attempt
ing to enforce American sovereignty , not
Kpanlhh. And , Mr. Uryan , nro you ready
to go on record na giving your assent to
the doctrine that American sovereignty
over American territory is such that it
violates the Declaration of Independence ?
If you are not it is of paramount importance
tanceto / your reputation as a patriotic
citizen of this republic nnd to the pnrty
you represent thnt yon qualify your Inn-
Kungo and explain your position moro fully
than appears in any of your speeches.
WILLIAM 13. KLV.
TAKK THE C1HI/S ItOOM AT AVIS.M1II
I'roNirrlty Nriirly O'rowriN lloleonib
mill I'ortvr Out of licit T lie re.
WISNER , Neb. , Oct. 9. ( Special. ) Ex-
Governor Holcomb and Secretary ot State
I'ortcr at their meeting here made tholr
customary speeches , but thcro being n wtrong
foreign born population hero they bore down
on militarism a little stronger. The most
noticeable thing wns the contrast with Hoi-
comb's triumphal entry hero In IS96 , At
that time thcro were not streets enough In
the town to hold the procession. Tlilu tlmo
the opera house held the crowd comfortably ,
and a majority were republicans. On Hoi-
comb's former visit accommodation at the
Winner hotel were ample and to spare ; this
time the hotel was brimful and the pro
prietor had to roust out the hired girls at
i midnight and the ex-governor nnd secretary
of Btato occupied their bed ,
After the speaking bad progressed a for
mer rustling democratic worker retired , sayIng -
Ing his business required too much hard
work to lose sleep listening to such talk ,
Holcomb and his followers misled the people
ple hero ao badly with their calamity pre
dictions In 1S9G that they are not now In
clined to take them too seriously.
Cl.iiiiliiln Mnlll.nt Humlioldt.
HUMIIOLDT. Neb. , Oct. 9. ( Special. )
Chaplain .Maillcy rpoko hero from the band
stand In the city park to a crowd of several
hundred fanners and business men , who
listened with Interest , He threw conelder-
able light on the Philippine situation nnd
nany ; cf 'tho opponents of the administra
tion confessed after the speech that they
had never seen tbo matter In that light be-
fcre.
} lullli' > ' to Speak nt Si-huyler.
SOHUVLBR , NC'J. , Oct. 9. ( Special. ) The
republicans of Colfax county will be ml-
drcvssoj by Chaplain Mallloy at Uohman'a
opera Uou3o Tuesday ulght , the meeting
opening the local campaign.
MEETS FOREIGf DELEGATES
PrcRldcnt SIcKlnlcy Ofrtelnlly lie *
celven HutrenrnlntlTui of
Mexico nnit Cnnntliu
CHICAGO , Oct. 9. Through their official
representatives the three great countries of
North America were Introduced to one nn-
othcr hero today. The Mexican delegation ,
headed by Vlco President Marlscal And the
Canadian , under the leadership ot Premier
Laurler , were received by President McKln-
ley In the Auditorium Annex. The president
arcee nt 8 o'clock and , as he has dona elnco
being here , took breakfast with Mrs. Me-
Klnlcy and Miss Barber.
The Mexican delegation was accorded the
flrst reception. The party Included Vice
President Marlscal , Dr. La Vista , Congress
man Ucnlto Juarez , Congressman Thomas
Moran , Alonzo Marlscal , Dr. Gogorza , Dnl-
blno Dnvaloa and Captain Cucllcr , military
attache of the Mexican embassy at Wash
ington , Senor Marlscal was presented by
Ambassador d'Aspcroz ot Mexico , who In
turn presented the other members of his
party.
President McKlnley and the representa
tives of the chief executive of Mexico ex
changed compliments , talking for some time.
Senor Marlscnl expressed his appreciation
of the welcome that hud been extended the
delegation from the sister republic , not only
olllclally , but spontaneously by the Ameri
cans throughout the states through which
they had passed. Ho conveyed the regrets
of President Diaz that the latter could not
bo present In person and spoke hopefully
of the pleasant relations existing between
Mexico and the United States. President
McKlnley spoke In the same strain and In
quired about the health of Mrs. Diaz , whose
Illness prevented President Diaz from com
ing to Chicago. Mrs. McKlnley , the presi
dent eald , was not In very good health.
The reception of the Canadian party took
but a few moments. General Chamber Mc-
Klbbon presented Premier Laurler and the
latter Introduced the remainder of his party ,
which Included II. R. Dobell , Sir Atphonso
Pelletler , M. P. McMuIlen , L. O. David , J. L.
Wlllyson of the Toronto Globe , Raymond
Prefontnln , mayor of Montreal ; John Shaw ,
mayor of Toronto.
Premier Laurler and the president merely
exchanged formal compliments , expressing
pleasure at meeting each other.
The Omaha delegation , headed by Mayor
Moores and Edward Rosowatcr of The Omaha
Dee , were received following the Canadians.
In answer to their Invitation to bo In Omaha
October 16 to receive the returning volun
teers the president declared that he would
endeavor to change his dates In Milwaukee
and Ohio In order to accept the Invitation ,
but expressed his fear that the matter could
not bo arranged.
The president was a few minutes late In
starting for the government building , the
laying of the cornerstone of which was
scheduled as the principal event ot the day.
The president was accompanied In his car-
rlago by Governor Tanner of Illinois and
Mayor Harrison of Chicago. Following In
carriages came members ot the cabinet , the
Canadian representation and the delegation
from Mexico.
The skyscrapers along the route were
alive with people cheering from windows
and In Imminent danger of falling from
roofs. Showers of flowers descended on the
pavement. The president and the foreign
guests , who were objects of the floral bom
bardment , bowed their acknowledgments
repeatedly. David B. Henderson of Iowa ,
the next speaker of the house , was vocif
erously applauded as ho appeared and ehook
hands with the president.
FIRE RECORD ,
llnd Fire nt Hnmnoldt.
HUMBOLDT. Neb. , Oct. 9. ( Special. )
Flro broke out in the general merchandise
store ofV. . T. Gore , In the center of the
business part of town , and for a short time
a general conflagration seemed Imminent.
The flro was caused by a large Rochester
lamp falling into a mass of paper trim
mings In a show window. The blazing oil
was thrown all over that part of the store
and almost Instantly the Interior was a mass
of Oames. The flro companies responded
promptly and soon had two streams playing
on the tire , getting It under control In a few
minutes. The stock was Insured for $5,500
and Is practically a total loss , while the
building , which Is owned by the Rousok estate -
tate , was damaged $750 , fully covered by In
surance.
Fnlln Cltr Ueer StornRC Holme.
FALLS CITY , Neb. . Oct. 9. ( Special. )
'At ' noon today the beer storage house
of E. K. Kontner near the Missouri
Pacific depot was found to "bo on fire. A
high wind -was blowing and In a few mo
menta the high grass for several hundred
yards In each direction was ablaze and the
fire was gaining great headway toward the
houses close hy when checked by the. flro-
men , whoso work undoubtedly saved
Mauset's elevator , the stock yards. Standard
oil tanks and many box cars on the tracks.
The storage house and contents were entirely
destroyed. Previous to the flro section men
were burning weeds along the railway track
and It Is thought the flro communicated to
the building.
FORECAST OF THE WEATHER
Shower * mill Cooler Tnrxlny with
1'roliuble Unli Wednesdny In
lYcbrnHkn.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 9. Weather forecast :
For Nebraska nnd Kansaa Showers und
cooler Tuesday ; prc/bably rain Wednesday ;
northerly winds.
For Iowa Showers nnd cooler Tuesday ;
Wednesday fair ; lirlak , northerly winds.
For Missouri Cooler , with showers In
western portion ; fair in southern portion
Tueaday ; Wednesday , showers ; southerly ,
shitting .to . northwesterly winds.
For South Dakota Fair Tuesday and
Wednesday ; cooler In eastern portion Tues
day ; northeasterly winds.
For Wyoming Partly cloudy and contin
ued cool Tuesday and Wednesday , with snow
flurries In the mountain districts ; north to
northeast winds.
I.m-iil lU'coril.
OFFICE OF THK WKATHEH BUREAU ,
OMAHA. Oct. a. Omaha record of temper-
i nturn and precipitation compared with the
I corresponding day of the lust three yenm ;
I ISM. 1SDS. 1S97. 1895.
Maximum temperature , . . CO 07 CO S2
I Minimum temperature. . . . BO 43 3S 5 >
i Average temperature 61 S 49 CS
Precipitation 00 .02 .00 .11
I Record of temperature and precipitation
nt Omaha for this day and since March 1 ,
, 1S9J :
Normal for the day C7
Kxcess for the day 4
Accumulated deficiency since March 1..118
Normal rainfall for the day , 09 Inch
I Dellelency for the day 09 inch
l Total rainfall since March 1. . . ,21,12 Inches
Deficiency elnce March 1 S.3G Inches
Deficiency for cor , period , 1B93 , . , 3t > 5 inches
Deficiency for cor , period , 1897. . . 10,43 Inches
Koport * Front Slntlon * at H I > . M ,
TATIONB AND BTAT1
CF WEATHER ,
Omaha , cloudy , , , .00
North IMatte. cloudy .00T
Salt Luke , cloudy. . T
Cheyenne , enowlng .03
Rapid City , partly cloudy , .01
Huron , partly cloudy. , , , , , . .0) )
WllliHton , cloudy , . . . .00
Chicago , cloudy . (0
St. I uls , clear , , .00
St. I'aul , partly cloudy .01
Davenport , clear . . , , , , , . , . . . .
Helena , cloudy
Kansas City , clear ! oc
Havre , partly cloudy .01
lilsmurck , clear . , .00
Galvegton , raining .10
PARK ON EXPOSITION SITE
North Omaha Improvement Club Indulges
in Prolonged Discuulon.
NUMEROUS ENTHUSIASTIC SPEECHES
Committee Appointed to Conduct Prc-
llmlnnryOKot intloim nml lU-port
to tlie Club Another Meeting
Next .Aliimill.Night ,
The North Omaha Improvement club was
In session until 10 o'clock Monday night
discussing ways and means for making n
permanent park ot the exposition grounds
and the land known as the Hluft tract.
It was the sense ot the meeting thnt the
park must be had , but how to meet the finan
cial requirements was a somewhat perplex
ing question. Members of the club stated |
that the park commissioners arc Inclined j
to bcltcvo North Omaha has had Us share
of public expenditure.
After lengthy discussion George W. Hol-
lirook moved that the matter be referred
to the club's park committee. Further dis
cussion resulted In a substitute motion thnt
a special committee bo appointed , Its du
ties being to ascertain upon what terras
the Bluff tract can bo purchased for park
purposes.
This committee was named as follows :
George W. Holbrook , \V. T. Nclfon , J. K.
Wlgmnn nnd It. W. Richardson. This com-
mlttco will begin work nt once to obtain
figures from property owners nnd will makn
a report next Monday night , when the club
will hold another meeting.
The club will try to make that meeting
general. All North Omnha la urged to bo
present and n special Invitation Js extended
to the park commissioners , the city council
and other municipal authorities.
At least a dozen enthusiastic speeches
were made and In each the park proposition
was warmly endorsed ,
The question of agitating' the erection
of a brick school house In Monmouth park
was also brought up. Thin was referred
to a committee composed of George \V.
McCoy. William F. Johnson nnd S. R. Qulg-
ley. Mr. McCoy made a opeccli , In which
ho characterized the present school building
as a "foot freezer. "
A proposition waa sprung looking to the
reorganization of the club that Is , the elec
tion of now officers and the appointment
of now committees throughout. It will betaken
taken up later. Councilman Carr of the
north end came in near the close of the
meeting nnd asked how many "kicks" the
club had to register with him. Among other
things , ho promised In the near future to
have an electric light placed at Twenty-
fourth street and Ames avenue.
It waa expected the club would discuss
the question ot ward boundaries , but the
subject did not como up. Mr. Johnson ,
the recent Board of Education nominee , was
a central figure In the meeting and received
many congratulations.
SIIIS. SLO'JOUISICY WAXTS DIVOItCE.
She Fllen Suit In the Ulntrlct Court
ChiirKcN Cruelty.
If Beatrice Slobodlsky sticks to facts In the
divorce petition she filed in the district
court Monday against Louts Slobodlsky , she
has had a short but tempestuous voyage on
the matrimonial sea.
The petitioner alleges that she was married
to Slobodlsky in Council Bluffs , October 23 ,
lost year. The bridal pair \ven ( , to Hvo at
2622 Wlrt street , Omaha , a pretentious res
idence and grounds owned by'tho defendant.
Mrs. Slobodlsky alleges that within a few
months after their marriage her husband
became unduly Jealous. Ho accused her
wrongfully , she avers , and carried his
crusade so far as to lock her out of the
house one evening. The honeymoon faded
nnd in February of this vear , so the peti
tioner relates , Slobodlsky became unusually
angry and whittled his wife's clothing Into
shreds. In her petition she estimates thnt
ho destroyed $150 worth of dresses. She left
him , but was Induced to return , she declares.
On August 2G last she determined never to
Hvo with him again.
The concluding paragraphs of the petition
assert that Slobodlsky Is wealthy that ho
has an Income of $5 per day from tenement
rentals and that the Wlrt street residence
is worth $5.000. The petitioner prays the
court to grant her such financial relief as
may bo decreed proper. She albo asks for
tTio restoration of her maiden name , Beatrice
Hunter.
Physicians are the frlenda of the family.
Harper's whisky Is the friend of the physi
cians. A most valuable assistant aud one
that can bo trusted.
FIGHT DUEL WITH BURGLARS
Tvro Policemen Wounded nml a
Ilurglnr IN J'ntnlly Sliot In u
Conflict ut Alumcilu.
ALAMBDA , Cal. , Oct. 9. At midnight
last night Chief of Police Conrado shot and
killed 0110 ot thrco burglars who wc.ru at
tempting to rob tup Jewelry store of A. O.
Gott. When the men were dlspovered at
their work they began shooting at the offi
cers , Policeman Hndley , who first reached
the scene , receiving a bullet In the hnnJ.
No other M. D. hns so many cures to
his credit. No other M. D. has made so
many wonderful cures. So-called "hope
less" cases , chronic cases , "incurable"
cases have all been cured , not once or
twice , but thousands of times , by the
use of that remarkable remedy
Dr. Pierce's
Golden Hedical
Discovery.
"My liusband had been coughing for years
nnd people frankly told me that he would go
into cotiiiuuntioii.1' write * Mrs. John Sliircnmn ,
of No. 265 Jjstli 1'lace , Cliicjfo. Ills. "In the
Miring ° f i he took measles. lie caught cold ,
the mctslen tlieu settling on Ills lung , causing
Mich terrible coughing epclls , we not only crew
much alarmed , but looked for the burstiutfof a
blood vessel or a hcmorrhugc at almost any
time. After three days' coughing he was too
weak too cross the room. The doctor who lived
with ut on the nine floor did him no good , I
went to the other end of the town and stated the
case to a drurgist , who theu handed me a bottle
of Or , l'ierccTs fioldcn Medical Discovery. My
huibatid's tf covery was remarkable in its Hpecd ,
In three days nfter lie began utlng Dr. Fierce' *
Golden Medical Discovery he was up find around
and in two more days hcvrciit to work. Two
bottles cured him. "
Sick people arc invited to consult Dr.
Pierce by letter absolutely free of charge.
Every letter is treated as strictly private
and sacredly confidential. All answers
ere sent in plain envelopes without any
printing ujx tlirm. Audress Dr. R. V.
Pierce , Buffalo , N. V.
Chief Conrado was shot through the neck ,
but quickly returned the fire , killing ono ot
the men Inet.intly. One of the others wa *
captured with a set of burglar' * toola In hl
possession. The third e ? ipcd.
Conicdlnii llrlilixl the llnrn.
John T. Cody , a comedian with the "Clay
roney Island" company , . \MIS broupht to
the city Jnll Monday evening MlRhtly un
der thu lulluonco of liquor Me was nt the
llnrker hott-1 nnd wns uMnij InuRunso fur
worn picturesque than pollto when Hetoct-
Ivcs Drtinitny uiul Mitchell arrived upon
tinseem1. . The presence of the ollleer
recmeil to Intensify rnthcr thnti lesson
the comcdlnn'H ilcdro to show oft nnd heM
\M > finally luinliored to the station In iho
patrol \\uKnn. When lie arrived there ho
tuve several ppcclmvns of hli comedy , but
the humor wns rnthor forced. Ho itsknl
for n lied with a li.ith , liut the Jailer wna
just out of thru sort of ncrointnoilntlons
nml ho was Riven u plain room.
1'o'letWill } > < Uip Opera.
The olllcors on the night side nt the po-
llro Htntlrm left for their respective bpnH
Monday night wreathed In happy smile * .
Just before KOlliK out. Cnptaln Donnhuo
broke the news uontly to them tlitit Mau-
nijor role of the Trocnilero hml invited
them nil to HOO his " 1'lrutrs of 1'unr.nner"
Wednesday nftornoou , nml tlicy were to
bring their wlvoi aud be perfectly at
home. The day olllcers were similarly re
membered nnd will see > the show on that
evening. The courtesy extended wim
warmly appreciated by the ollleors nnd
they will ho. at the house on Wednesday
In a body to enjoy the opera.
Arinrittc * * .
Mnjor Daldwln. Inspector gciiernl. lfc nil
n tour. Inspecting Hie new volunteer regi
ments. Mo was at Kort Crook on Friday
and Saturday.
The Thirty-ninth regiment , stationed nt
Fort Crook , is under orders to leave for
Vancouver barracks. It will sail from
that i > ort for Manila.
Alexander Mllluf and Otis T. Cartrlriht.
clerks In the army headquarters , Depart
ment of the Missouri , me under orders
that will tnko them to Munila in thu near
futuic.
' Clnytoii'H llrothrr CmitrMN AVI11.
DKNVEU. Oct. ! i Notleo of a contest
of tlie will of the late George Washington
Clayton , win bequeathed moro thnn
Jl.000,000 for the establishment In Denver
of an orphans' collect * , patterned after
Olraril college , Plillmlvlnhln , was Illed In
the county court today on behalf of Thomas
Clayton , a brother of the dccenseil.
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Eacli month prints several popular selections
of sheet music worth from 80 cent to $1.20.
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