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TITE OTKAIIA DAILY BEE: SIT N DAT, APRIL 15, 1900. W. R. BENNETT COMPANY . Beauty, elegance, style and quality harmoniously combined, together with a prico lownoss absolutely unapproachable, makes our store the greatest in Omaha, New goods, the best the world produces, in every department. Pay no more than we ask for goods and your money is avcII spent ! BICYCLE 1 1 fOOT PIMPS ! 0 Nickel plated, detachable rubber tube, best pump made. A splendid article at a remarkable 1 Q g-t price JJ 0 C n 4-1 A r p lice litlle" wQIlCiy nees, which " h a b nindo our candy department famous, is really a Binall item toward the general attractiveness compared with the quality and purity of the goods of fered. AlwayB pure and wholesome. Angsl Food Taffy, lb. -4 Only liU llurnt Peanut, lb. -4 Only lC Yankoe Peanut, lb. -4 Only lAV Italian Chocolates, lb. Cream Caramels, lb. QAn Only OUL Salted Peanuts, lb. -4 g Only IOC na;b- 9c Stationery The moat artisti c line of stationery in tho city. Every thing sold at popular prices. Our name on tho package is a guarantee of the quality and it costs nothing extra. One pound package of f elegant Note Paper. Put I Q up expressly for us, pkge Crystal alas Paper - fm Weights, very handsome, IvJC Only Dessert spoons, per set, Only Table Spoons, per set, Only Jewelry I 3 I i L , select wedding or other gifts from the wonderful stock we lire now Hhowlng. Appropriate and In expensive. Tlirro Is no question nbont tin iiniillty when you buy here. No nils rcpr''ii t a t lon or deception and uvory tlilnc pnurantppd. No oilier Htorc In Omaha enn sell yon tin OKNIMNH KORKU NKChS. 18-17 Sllvprwaro as rhnap n we can. Tea Spoons, fancy pattern, -4 O Q per set 1 O O 2.48 2.70 1.38 .1.68 69c ...98c 1.98 ..98c ..88c .1.88 375 3.24 3.38 llcrry Spoons, any pattern, silver bowl, set Horry Spoons, any pattern, gold bowl, set Crcatn Ladles, In handsome sllk-llncd oox Gravy Ladles, In stlk-llncd box. Oyster ladles, In handsome sllk-llned box. Jolly Knife, In beautiful box Crockery tSSr special sale of china nnd glassware. Seldom do you have an opportunity to purchase poods at the price wo offer thom this weok. Wo have too many partial sets and samplo pieces. These we must sell. Every artlclo n gonulne bargain. TABLE A. Fine china pieces bright new goods your choloo of any article on tho table, 14c. Your cholco of any two articles for 26c. TAI1LB B. 8.1ectod lines and extra values In china, and glassware, Including the beautiful decorated opa lescent novelties your choice of any article, 10c. TABLE C The largo nnd swell linos of rustic de signsrainbow tinted novelty glassware Card Receiv ers, Candlesticks, Lily Pitchers, Hose Howls, Flower Vases, Celery Stands, Log Trays your cholco any ar ticle, 14c. TWENTIETH CENTURY LAMPS Solid colors high stnnd, complete, with shade, $1,15. A magnificent collection of Crystal and Emerald Vases, each Square nnd Emorald Sauco or llcrry Dishes, each Crystal and Colored Covered nutters, each Double, thick, clinch collar Stand Lamp, No. 2 Tablo Tumblers, 6 for Carpet Dept. Butter 90c 65c -Into 5c 5c 10c 35c 12c Are you Interested In carpets? Extraordinary In ducements for carpet buyers this week. Such car pets were never offered nt such prices before. To see our stock and learn our prices Is to buy. Wilton Velvets latest designs with or without border mado to sell at $1.25 per yard- on salo this week at Rest 10-wlra T.ipeistry, regular S5c goods this week ... A splendid array of Ingrains now patterns- nrrtvnls. Very host quality, all wool, handsome deslgnB, yd... Half wool filling, per yd, Only Straw Matting, complete assortment at 10c, 16c nnd up to 3." cents per yard. Our lino of Fibre Mattings Is complete 4f.c and 40c per yard. LINOLEUM When you clean your house you'll need Linoleum. Turn to us for quality nnd money snvlng prices per squaro yard. fi3c, 68c and SMYRNA RUOS Nothing will add life to n rcom llko n bright rug. A large shipment of the best Smyrna Rugs will be placed on salo Monday at $1.25 to $3.98. RUFFLED ROntliNET CURTAINS The new drapery very swell nnd tho coat Is no more than for common curtnlns sco thom prices $2.76 up. LACE CURTAINS 60 Inches wide, 3V4 yards long, pair, $1.48. ,65c 29c 48C We want you to know about our butter supremacy. We want you to know that wo handle nothing but good but lerthe kind that's always i'ros h and sweet. Export Krndoix and unsurpassed facilities place our Imtter department pro-cinlnently In ndvnnoe of all other dealers. TKKMIiN DOl'S UHDI'CTION IN PHIOK. Fine Country Rutter, lb. Only Rennett's Capitol Butter, lb. Only The Rest Creamery, lb. Only Oltt Edge and Dladora, Particular butter for tasty people Pickles ..15c 20c 24c 25c 0 S 1 Have You Tried Our Telephone 1 prvif i? EPcrt P,era' " - "J - oughly familiar with prices, make it easy to order. Cake Fork, Only Jelly Knife and Cold Meat Fork Ico Cream Set, 6 spoons and 1 pie server Ilerry Sot, 6 berry forks and 1 berry spoon "1847" Knives and Forks, per set A MATCHI.KSS A R II AY OF Ntl.Vnit IM.A rHD TAULliJ WAIUS. Celery Dish, Crystal bswl Pickle Castor, Crystal bowl Rread Tray, Polished and fluted Bon-Ron Dish, Lined with gold Baking Dish, 6 half pints, porcelain lined Water Set, Pltoher, Boblet nnd 11-ln. tray .., Drugs S 1.98 .1.48 2.24 1.38 4.74 7.24 Not another drug store in Omaha will fill your prescrip tion with greater care and accuracy, nor use purer drugs and medicines than wo do. Not another drucr store in Omaha will do it for as small a price as we do. We will prepare, your household recipes complexion creams, etc., with the same severe ac curacy nnd the sumo careful manner that we do tho most Intricate prescription. KVKUY USER OK PKUKUMES WILL- KECOONIZK at once the standard quality of the Roods handled In this line of our drup department. lMntiuri's Quintessence, absolutely the finest pro duct of the perfumer's nrt sold the world over at n dollar and a quarter an ounce Wtp we sell It at a reasonable price per ounce Vinaud's Triple 13xt raer, an elegant perfume, In all the latest odors, per ounce ItUc .A Fall JLine of Colgate's, Eastman's, Reiser's Etc., Standard Perfumes. A TOOTH nUUSII Is a useful article, but Ret a good ono. It's a small thins;, but It may save a big bill from your dentist. AVe have good tooth brushes and can give you :i brush that WILL NOT 1IUUT YOl'R MOUTH. BENNETT'S M ALT WHISKEY is absolutely purr Th best tonic for tired mankind. Large ttlu 75c. W. R. BENNETT CO. 15th and Capitol Avenue Sour plcklss, dozen, Only Chow Chow, Only Sweet Pickles, quart, Only Largo Dill Pickles, doz. Only Preserves Turn Fruit, All flavors, 3-lbs. 25c, per lb. 6c 15c 18c 12c 9c Coffee It's all in the flavor. The re's a delicate, rich and appetizing flavor and a delicious aroma about our coffee that appeals to tho tasto of all lovers of good coffee. No other house In Omaha can sell you ai) good coffee so lw In prico as wo do. CfOod Broken Coffee, lb. Only Best Golden Klo, pound Bennett's Capitol Coffse. No other Coffee, so Rood; no other real good Coffee at such a price, 1-lb. packago Host Mocha and Java a triumph CSp In blended coffeo, pound Ou 3 pounds for $1,00. 12c 26c 28c 1 MLVtk VIMW t 1 TEASPOONS Pcr set 1 9c Fancy pat- terns and heavy plate fsctofsix IQC only x s w f 0 D Hardware Warm spring days turn your thoughts toward garden work. Tho best manufactur ers in Aniorica contribute to make our stock of garden tools completo and there's a saving to you in overy article purchased here. Garden Kako, A well made AtHit Garden Hoe, OIlr Only 417 Garden Trowel, Handy tool Ovs Hand Weeder Indispensable In E? p a flower garden Child's Garden Set, Qp up from Z?' Garden lloso, '1 p per foot JL 2 KVKIIYOAY HOUSBHOLD NKUUS. Cakn Spoons, -4 fn Only lvft Hotary Illscutt Cutter for pastry work un cxcellod for fast and neat work ftp each 0- ROTARY VKGBTABLH SLICBR tho latsst nnd best sllcor Just out outs a-U kloda of meat and vegetables ns fast afl you caa feed Into the machln ndJusU -4 AfS ablo see It work prteo Ii40 Ice Cream Freezers Did you know that sotno Ico Cream BVeez trs freozo very slow. IT'S ALL IN THE MOTION. Our froczora aro tho vory best mnda. Wo havo them 1b all sizes and tho prices sj very low. $1.24 up. 1TEA DEPARTMENT I -Tea Talk I It's All In the Flavir. I Our 78c Ceylon Ta the s finest in the world will be served free Monday in our tea department. Try it. OPEN ARMS M Exonraion Ktnrinp from th Pcifio Ooait it Quit of Oitj. MAYOR MOORES WELCOMES THE VISITORS Kcvr York Hnglnesrs TaUlnic nni.lrt tinrvr ot Wet Arc Shown .Voluble SlBlitn o' Oiiiitlni-l,,un Mutism Also Inspected. In the name of the city of Omaha Mayor Mooros presented a hugo pair of elided keys .io tn hn Now York Ordor of the llrotherhood of liCcomotlve Knmneers. The party, numbering 160, nrrlvel Krlday nlBht. The oxcurolnnlsts are the Kuo3t of tho or der In this city, tho reception committee conslstlnR of 13. It, Kouda, chulrman; T. U LlvlnRRton and Frank Ooodsoll. A larse number of Omana etiKineera wu rn guests gathered at the union depot in the morning preparatory to a day of elgut- BCAftor greetlnR the visitors Informally Mayor Moores extended to them the bos vitality of tho city yvlth the courtesy which lidded to the pleaauro of hundreds of thou sands during the exposition years. The mayor's welcome was responded to by Mar tin Cahill of the oxecutlvo committee of the Now York brotherhood, both speakers being vigorously npplaudexl. The mayor and the local commltteo then accompanied the en clneors to South Omaha on u special train, where the stock yards and packing houses woro Insppctcnl. At I o'clock the visitors were entertained at lunch nt Swift's pack ing house under the auspices of tho South Omaha Commercial club. At 2 o'olock tho party returned to Omaha, tho train passing through tho Union l'aclllo yards to the smolter. Tho operation of retary of State Hay for his diplomacy In smelting and refining ore In tho largest I ptrnK from the powers crants to tho smelter In the world was pointed out and the visitors then proceeded to Tbo neo building, likewise foremost among Its kind. American renuest to onen the treaty norts and tarrltorles of China obtained by them to the trade of American merchants. INSURGENTS AGAIN ACTIVE Tho linotypes and presses wore Inspected and the nfternoon was concluded with a brief visit to Llnlnger's art gallery. In tho evening tho engineers and their wives were entertained nt tho Orpheum theater. Raster Sunday will bo spent In formally, tho guests attending tho churches of their cholco or driving about the city. Tho engineers will leave for tho east at 4 p. in. over the Northwostorn road, and oxpoct to reach Iluffalo next Saturday, com pleting a trip of nearly 8,000 miles slnco . , nn nM.A ...., ...na ; " XT but were easily repulsed L..".'. "wjr stacked Captain Goldman plae Th 7p a train Is made up of the JTr oTr.0' rt'"Mn rullman sleepers "Calcutta." "Calera" and , ?r'0,n.'r 1flI,lnK two Americans. "Navarln" and the Now York Central dining Goran the" " i " . car "400." The train left Denver on Friday Th tranfi,pol Tt"ma8 b8 tomorrow, tak- mornlng over tho Gulf line to Julcsburg and otuu aaa qib- Make Sereral Attncks Upon American Forces nnd Are Easily Ilepalsed. IIAWILA, April 14. The Insurgents, sup posedly under Mnscado's command, are again active about the Marlvales mountains acroen tbo bay from Manila. A forco estimated nt 300 attacked Balatiga, where three companies of the Thlrty-socond Infantry are stationed, CHICAGO MILLIONAIRE SHOT .Strangle with n Womnn for Posses sion of a t'lstol Itesults In Trsgeily Affair Wrunpeil In Mystery. Hammond was wanted nt onco in tho room Dakota today presented to President Mc occupled by Mrs. Ittrldg Tho clork sent Klnley tho name of Hev. W. O. Clevenger for Dr. Hammond and tho doctor found of their ntato for a chaplaincy In tho rcg Wright lying on tho bed Buffering from a I ular army should tho reorganization bill wound In his neck. Tho bullet had entered on tho left side and had lodged In tho right shoulder as far ns could bo ascertained. Ho attempted to probo for tho bullet, but decided It too dangerous an operation when ho found It lmposslblo to locnte it. When Dr. Hammond took tho revolver with which the ohootlng wns done Mrs. CHICAGO, April 14. UufU3 Wright, a millionaire and treasurer of tho firm of Morgan & Wright, hlcyclo tiro manufac turers, la lying nt tho point of death In a roam of tho Leland hotel, shot through I the neck by a bullet from a revolver In the Lottrldgo attempted to tnko It from him hands of Mrs. Louisa Lottrldgo of raw raw, ana wtrucit mm several limes in me- lace. Mich. Tho condition of Wright at midnight was Tho shooting occurred In the apartments i critical and tho physicians wero unable to occunled bv the woman and both sho and , predict the outcome. Dr. Hammond ex the victim doclaro It was accidental. Tho thenco via the Union Pacific to Omaha. Tho trip from Denver was made at a rapid nace and tho watches of tho passcngors reg istered eighty mllos an hour nt several plactM along the route. H. Clark. Chauncey, Ga., oays DsWltt'a Witch Hazal Salvo cured him ot piles that had afflicted him for twenty years. It Is also a speedy cure for skin diseases. Dewaro ol dangerous counterfeits. R0TEST AGAINST CRUELTY Appeal In llcljnlf of IMKrons. Which Arc ol I'rolrcti-d by Any OMAHA, April 14. To tho Kdltor of The NO PAIN, TRIFLING KXIMSNSB. A Simple, llnmiless Itcnicily for the Dure of Piles. A person contracts a cold, pneumonia, ,.,n,im and Dlcurlsy from exposure; ..m.nala and llvor troubles from dietary errors and tho causes of most diseases aro easily traceable, but although piles and jectal troubles ure as common as any of these, tho cause Is obscure. Violent exertion, ns lu lifting, sometimes rn.inri. ihrai and a sedentury occupation Is by some supposed to be a predisposing cause, but as a rule piles nud rectal troubles appear without apparent provocation. Tbero aro many pllo Balves and olntmonfs which glvo temporary relief and when three fill, thn nntlnnt. If he can attord the ex- penso and Is willing to take tho risk, has resourco to a surgical operation. Uut thero Is ono remedy which gives Immedlato relief nud the regular uso of which will bring about a permanent cure, and that Is tho well known Pyramid Pile Curo In long standing rases the Pyramid ha.s jirovcn to be the only cure, except a nan cerous and exceedingly painful surgical op erntlon and Its advantages over nny kind of operation are many, as It Is palnlws. causes no Interference with dally occupation, and helng In tho form of suppository Is always convenient and ready for use. The Pyramid Pile Cure Is an effective Combination of soothing oils and nntlseptlc acids. It contains no cocaine nor nerve destroying opiates nnd, unlike most pllo salvca, contains no bl-chlnrlde of mercury nor any polsonoiiH, Injurious drugs of any kind. All druggist sell the Pyramid Pllo Curo nt CO cents for a complete treatment of tho eupposltorlre. A llttlo book on cause and cure of pllea will bo mailed free by nddrrvslug Pyramid Drug Co., Marshall, Mich. charged and sick soldiers. .Incksonliin Cluh. At Saturday night's meeting of the Jack sonlnn club considerable tlmo wns con sumed In a discussion of the best methods of preventing republican landslides in the " bird ward, nnd It seemed to pass current for opinion that u new gubernatorial fire and police commission would about till tho bill. Forty-two wero admlttod to member ship and seven applications were referred, Dr. S. P. Wilson wns appointed to rend n paper nt the meeting two weeks honce nnd a committee was appointed to nrrnnge for music. The commltteo on the Kansas City excursion reported that a siding in thnt city had been engaged for tho train nnd thut many nre preparing to Join the club to accompany tho party. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Paul, Neb., is at the Kansas City Is at the Holder of St. Joseph Is at the 1'. W. Glllett nf Cednr Ttnnlria Is at t!i Alurrny. Charles II. Pickens Is spending a few days at West linden, Ind. J. H Westcott of Genoa. Neb., reels- pollco wero not apprlsod of tho tragedy until two hours after It had occurred, and when Detective Sergeant Uurns arrived at tho hotel he found Mrs. Lottrldgo there. He at onco placed her under arrest nnd sho Is being detained nt tho Harrison street police station. A friend who had spent sev eral hours with hor previous to the shoot ing was also arrested. Sho gives her nnmo as Mrs. Ida Koss. Much mystery attaches to the shooting as both tho victim nnd Mrs. Lottrldge per sist In saying It was accidental, whllo tbo police hold that from tho location of the wound there is doubt as to the truth of tho pressed tho opinion, however, that the wound would prove mortal. URGES THE CLAIMS OF POST Senator Thurston I'uslies the brnskuti for u Position Under the Porto It Ion n XI 1 1 1 . WASHINGTON. April 14. (Special Tele- gram.) Senator Thurston today presented to tho president tho name of Hon. A. M. 1'ot.t for a Judicial position in Porto Itlco under the bill recently passed by congress, or becomo a law, Mr. Clevenger was chaplain of Grlgsby's Rough KIdeTR. Senator and Mrs. Thurston leave for Ne braska on Tuesday, COST OF WAR IN LIVES Wnr ncpnrtment linn Prrpnred nil Kx hnuNtlrc Stnteinent Itefcardlni; .Mortality KlKiires. WASHINGTON, April 14. The War de partment 1ms prepared an instructive state ment, comparing tho mortality flgureH In tho Spanish-American war with those of the first six months of the present South African war, the purpose being to show that the casualties suffered by tho American troops at tho tlmo of their occurrence (which nre regarded In somo quarters as excesnlve, and tho basis of much criticism), were actually vory much le.s In number proportionately than thoso suffered by tho British nrmy up to date. As to tho British showing, the state ment cover tho returns from October 11 to Anrll 7. nearly six months. There wero 309 officers and 3,944 men killed In action, slnco tho promlso was made and It has not yet been fulfilled and the question presents Itself, what nctlon will tills government take to enforce Its observance. Meanwhile, tho president has rofuacd to accept tho res ignation of Minister Strnusa and has In definitely extended his loave of absence Promotions for President's Secratarlen WASHINGTON, April II. Tho promotion yostordoy of Assistant Seoretary Cortelyou to be secretary to the president was an nounced, followed today by tho announce ment from tho executlvo mansion of two other promotions, namely, Benjamin h Barnes of Pennsylvania, to be assistant sec retary to tho president; Hudolph Forster of Virginia, to bo executlvo clerk to the presi dent, j7jiim J. T. Carson, Prothonotary, Washington, Pa., says: "I have found ICodol Dyspepsia Cure an excellent remedy In case of stomach troublo and havo derived groat benellt from Its use." It digests what you eat and oau- not (all to cure. declaration. Captain Collcran, the chief of provided for in the Alaskan bill. Judge Post If not In Porto Itlco thon a place on the Judicial bench In AhiBka, three Judges being by accjcnt or by wounds and disease. Thero detectives, says the stories of tho two, whllo they tally as regards the cause of tho sbootlngi differ In detail. Tho story told by tho woman Is that Wright, who had spent two hour3 In tho company of Mrs. Lottrldge, tried to tako n Is endorsed by leading republicans of Ne btnska for ono of the pcnltlons. Senator Morgan took advantage of tho smnll attendance In tho senate Just after tho noon hour today nnd without as much as a question being raised passed his resolution lice On my way to my office this morning j u. O. Slielby of St. I sa-r some mon and boys harrying a rat Millard, with a dog, yelling with delight at tho antlis A. B talker of of tho terrified rat. I passed tnrougn me . A group nnd finished his agony witn my neei , Millard. and was almost mobbed Dy mo oynmuucrn for my trouble. This was nt 8 ociock. At 10 o'clock the automatic egg opened on DoukIbs street and hundrcdo of men. women and children appeared to find pleas- .-',! sn,IP,,nv n. ihr. nriir ure In the bewilderment and suffering ot the George Samuels. In advance for "His Bet- plgo-ns, some of which wero clubbed to ter Half company, l at tho Barker, death, or so crippled that death would havo W. C. Kelly and wife nnd W. It. been a merciful release. Tho so-called Murphy of Boston are guests of the Mur- lllndoo would not regard such a performance i wittl.im MoEiw r r-ninmi,i. n., as funny, iind Judgtng from the behavior auditor for the Union Pacific, 'is at tho ot the birds It wan no Joke to them. Ainnuy. Calling the attention of the Humane so- I y '""0" Vlml2,I,l?nnat Dfin ;all(,d to clety to this matter I learned that they had JJjJ 'fte . uy no ,ne,s or a police offlcer In attendance to make tne c n jvursall, deputy United States best of tho situation, but that tho Nebraska nmrHliul. tins gono to tirund Island to visit statutes protect nil birds except pigeons, i few ''' No doubt the pigeon wns purposely left out ;ln ' nnYowV ,,,ir,'", revolver from her which sho had taken from ; ot Inquiry addressed to the attorney gen- her satchel with a view to getting his oral asking for a reason why tb government opinion on it. In tho strugglo which followed should havo paid $4,000,000 and tho Union for the potsewlon of tho weapon It was ills- i Pacific loss than $800,000 In settlement of charced and tho bullet lodced In tho left ' the government claim against that property. side of Wright's neck. Tho shot was not I It is doubtful if there would have been nny . ...... - ! LI I I.n.t .- I ........ heard by anyono In tho hotel and tho first known of the occurrenco wns when Mrs. Lottrldge called Hugh Willis, a bellboy, and told him to notify Dr. J. D. Hammond, objection made had every senator been pros out, as it is understood tho nttomey gen eral was quite prepared to answer tho In terrogatory In view of tho fact that tho tho houso physician, of the shooting. Tho wholo subject Is old straw that baa been doctor hurried to tho room where tho . threshed over many tlmeu bofore. wounded man lay and whllo ho worked over Kffectlvo July 1, tho Columbus (Neb.) him .Mrs. lottrldgo stood, by nnd watched pestotneo will receive nn allowance of 4UU the cffortB to save the llfo of tho wounded man. Mrs. Lottrldgo was found In a room next to that In which the wounded man lay when tho detectives arrived. Sho nppenred to bo under the Influenco of wine and mado no resistance when Detective Burns told her sho was under arrest. She simply said tho por annum for clerk hire Instead ot $300 as at present. H. M. Bowers, postmaster of Buby, Neb., has resigned. His succrseor has not been decided upon. Governor Merrlam, director of the census, will on Monday send out a lurgo number of general letters to ennmdntes for post Mrs. Harry T. Jones, wlfo of the nresl. dent of the Jones National bank of Seward, is ui win uuriii)- by tho men behind the guns, who find sport t10 uarker. In shooting them from traps. I am satisfied that what I havo seen today comes, not I ... . . 1 In.nn, Kit, f.Am lhnll,l.tlAcannDJ. I ....... ... .. . r. , a. Kellenberger. selling s ks, and F. P. and I hope to live to see all such things HortoIli selling Jewelry, both from New put away; when such murder as must bo York, nro at the Millard, dono will bo done with the least porslblo I Mnrk A. Polack. now a resident of Ha torture to animals and birds. ?r"aind M?.AIoTick.n,f h'8 PnrC"t'', i Doieve ui.- Hl. ...... , M K Sn0(lffrngs of wisner, II. C. Bus- tll-mui an...,. - sell Ol nnnuyirr lui.l juiucw u. ubkc oi l.lll- I ,,. ,,,, ,..ih ohnii, isr. nnnita Whnt and should not pats unnoticed. I believe coin wero nate guests at tho Iter ornnd fect ull and weighs about 18o pounds, lmt ni mm when kiiuine. in r.vorv Saturday. Uttlo she said was elicited from hor by Cap- shooting was occidental nnd expressed her llonB lu tho census department who have willingness to accompany tho officer to Jail, passeo. exuinuiaiions caning uron mem 10 in At tho Central pollco station sho positively refused to talk of tho shooting. The woman registered at tho hotel April 11, when sho arrived In company with Mrs. Ida Kow, who was arrested after the shoot ing. Mrs. Koss spent every night with her friend and loft her yesterday only n few minutes before Wright arrived at tho hotel In answer to a note from Mrs. Lottrldgo. Mrs, Lottrldge Is a widow of not very pro- possessing appearance. Sho Is nearly six living creature will be regarded In our schools more important than arithmetic nnd George V. Comer, wife, son und duuehter of Pino ltldgo S. D., are guests of tho Murray. .Mr. bonier is a prominent ranctier sho had been acquainted with Wright for overy man. woman and child will be a pro- 1 of Pine Bldge. the last tnree years ami mat on every ono tector ot the defenseless beast and bird. Frank Waldero Kelleher. until recently I "f her visits to Chicago ho had called on her. ALFKRD MILLARD. accept appointment and rrert ut a time specified. Tho work to which theso people aro to ho assigned cannot bfi delayed and unless they will bo ablo to enter upon duty at tho dato named It will be necessary to appoint somcono else. All appointors will bo given n fair opportunity to show their fitness for tho work and only theso will bo retained whoso services aro satis factory and only so long ns a re-aonablo degroo of efficiency shall bo maintained. Tho sonato conferees today on the Indian tain Coloran. Sho told tho chief of detectives appropriation bill receded from their amend- mend providing for cession or unallotted lands In Gregory county. South Dakota, and negotlatn through nn Inspector with the In wero set down a-s missing and as prisoners 180 officers nnd 3,722 men and 288 officers and 4,034 men wero invalldeel home, making the total British lct, exclusive of sick and wounded In tho hospital In South Africa, 7C5 officers and 12,000 men. It Is estimated that nearly 10,000 officers and men are sick and wounded In the hospitals, showing a less In effective strength since tho beginning of tho war of about 23,000 men. Tho num ber of wounded Is not stated. During tho war with Spain, the American army lent by doath 107 officers and 2,803 men. There was wounded 113 officers and 1,401 men. Only 12 per cent of tho Amerl can death rate resulted from wounds or occurred In battle, Wbllo tho corresponding rate for tho British army was 63.13 per cent. NEW FOREST RESERVE POLICY SHOT DOWN BY SALOON MAN Chicago Politician Killed as Iteanlt ot Uunrrel IMmIoI Wlelder iAIno Wound IIIh Hon In .Skirmish. CHICAGO, April 14. Patrick Carey, n ocal politician, brother of Alderman Thomas Carey of tho Tenty-nlnth ward, was fa tally shot tonight by William Maxwell, a saloon keeper, and the pollco claim tho shooting was dono lu cold blood when Carey was offering to shako hands with the man who shot him. Maxwell provoked n quarrel with Carey and ordered him out of the placo, Carey treated tho matter ns n Joke and when ho refused to go Maxwell bc?an to threaten him. Henry Maxwell, a 13-year-old son of thu saloon proprietor, endeavored to restrnln lilt) father and In tho scuffle was shot In tho groin by his father. Caroy, according to -witnesses, was trying to calm tho excited siloon keeper when tha latter shot him down. Carey died In five minutes, Maxwell was arrested without offering nny resistance. I, mill Ollloc CoiniiilRKloiicr Make n .N.'.v ItuIliiK IlrKiirdliiwr the lle- I n n 1 1 ii nr of Denuded Portlonx. WASHINGTON, April 14. Tho commie slonor of the general Innd offico haB In nuguratcd a new policy In regard to forest reserves by Invtructlng tho superintendent nt Los AngcloH, Cal., to replant tho portions of forest resrves within hla Jurisdiction vhfth havo been denuded of trees. Seeds of several varieties have been sent him, hut he has been instructed to uso only tho sorts Indigenous to tho soil. Tho forest rangers will perform tho work of replanting tho deforested areas, If this experiment Is suc cessful tho romo plans will bo pursued In otbor portions of tho country. Pntrlotlc l.ensrne Meeting. Tho Putrlntlo league last evening was ad dressed hv I. S. Ilascall, John L. Kennedy, J. 11 Van Dusen. John L. Webster und Senator Van Dusen. "State Issues" was the subject of Senator Van Dusen, who dwelt especially on the necessity of strong union nf fnrfc to redeem Nebraska. A state which had been born nnd nurtured under republican administrations, he said, should be otii'o more placed lu the eoliimu of republicanism, lie cited the good laws pi.Hse.1 by the last republican legislature. I Besides explaining tho need for n united front niralnst tho hybrid foe Mr. Webster i dwelt upon tile good results of the national I policy of expansion, lie compllmtntcd Sec- third clerk of tho Midland hotel, Kansas City, entered tne employ or tliu Millard hotel yesterday He will be night clerk. President Burt, Tralllo Manager Munroe nnd General Passenger Agent Lomax of the Union Pacific are In Salt Lake conferring with K. H. Harrlman, president of tho executlvo board. Weuthnr Forecaster L. A. Welsh has re. turned from a trip to Sioux City, whero ho went ns special examiner of the civil serv Ice department to exumtno nn applicant for promotion In the Weather bureau. Nebrasknns nt the Merchants Saturday: rMiiirle L. Kdd of Nebraska Cltv. J. W. llouder of Columbus, II. W. Avland of . an bour after that tho bell AHhlnnd, S. C. lant:worthy. Jr., of Sewurd, ., ,iirrll to the desk of W. C. Wilson of Tekamnh and W. JI. ,l8' h ur,r.i u,.? r.t!JL r Vro oi incom. tho shooting, declares that sho nnd Mrs Lottrldge bad several drinks In thu room of tho latter and when Mrs. Koss was about to leave tbo room Mrs. Lottrldgo announced that sho Intended to sond for Mr. Wright. According to tho statement ot Manager Dabb of tho hotel, orders for wlno were plentiful after the arrival of Wright. Sev eral coolers, In which tho bottles were sent to tho room, were found by Detectlvo Burns. The ordcrn ceased about 2 o'clock and half bellboy, Hugh Wll- the hotel offico and notified Chief Clerk O'Brien that Dr. dlans of Rosebud agency, believing that thero waa a general law which provided for such action. Tho houBo conferees re ceded from their opposition against the construction of a tclephono line from Cham berlain, S. D.. to Crow Creek, Lower Brule agency and Graco Mirslnn, which Insure Its retention in the bill. Comptroller Dawes today approved tho organization nf the First National bank ot Greenfiold, la., with a capital ot $25,000. A. P. Littleton, L. Llnobarger, John A. Story, II. N. Uncharge!- and Vera C. Lit tleton, shareholders. SULTAN OF TURKEY TO PAY Ncuotlntloim for Indemnity for De struction of Properly of Ainerlcnn -ill in I nn uric Coin il etc. WASHINGTON, April 14. 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