Nebraska Newspapers

    TIIJ3 OJIA1TA DAITjY 1SET3: St'XT) Y. .TAKfAItY 18, 1001.
RITTIE WILKIN'S IS IN TOWS
Little Woman Who Knows a Thing cr Two
About Hones.
SHE COMES FROM WILD AND WOOLY WEST
3II Vi'llklli Combines DrairltiK
Itiioin (irncr with Kxicrt Ktnuvl
riltr f IIimv to llumlle 1 1 IK'U -Imk
Bronchos,
Miss Kittle Wllklns of Mountain Home,
Idaho. Is an Omaha visitor.
TbM reads llko an Item from the society
rolunin, but It Isn't, bb tho Interest In MUs
Wllklns visit Is found almost altogether
In tho fact that sho Is tho "horso queen"
of tho world.
No other woman ovns nnd manages a
ranch even a fractional fart iih largo as
tho vast Idaho ranges anil grazing lands
where Miss Wllklns raises nlnck for sale
In tho markets of tho east nnd the smith.
And veteran traders say that 'hern nre
few horsemen or rnttlomcn In the west
who can drlvo tho shrewd bargain In the
market places that havo characterized the
dealings of this extraordinary woman horse
trader In tho last ten years.
"What brings mc here?" said Miss Wll
klns. "Woll, t am on my way tn Kansas
City at tho request of Krwln & Orant. tho
commission men. who want mo to look over
tho market with a view to making ship
ments of stock there. There havo been
times when I havo sent as many as G.000
horses to the Missouri markets at tho same
lime. Whether any will ho shipped there
now will dopend on tho price quoted for
flno stock."
Miss Wllklns Is n vivacious brunette with
tho retfned nppcaranco of one whoso taste
Inclined to art nnd music rnthcr than rug
ged llfo on the mountains nnd plnlni. A
becoming kowu of black silk, a pretty coif
furo and an artistic glimmer of Jewels gave
her tho air of one who has spent most of
her llfo In tho drawing room Instead of
among tho corrals and roundups of the
ranges. Holding In place the scarf bow
there was a Jeweled nanny-leaf pin that
Is a marvel of tho gem makers' craft. It
must havo cost a thousand or two uounis
.Itint l.lUe Topsy.
"How did 1 come to bo n horsewoman?'
sho said. "Just IIUo Topsy camo to bo
Topsy. I growed so. A good many years
ago my family lived in wasningtou terri
tory, ob It was then. My father war n
Moekinnn In a small way. He madn a llttlo
money and sent mo to San Joso, Cal., to the
Convent of Notro ItHrac. After about five
years of school llfo I went with the rest
of the fnmlly to a ranch on tho Bruncnu
river In Idaho. My father continued In tho
Mock business. Wo were then a goon uib
lanco from any of tho horse markets nnd
ono tlmo shortly ufter our settling on the
ranch It was decided that father and I
.hotlltl take n llttlo bunch of horses and
cnttlo cast for rale. It happened that most
of tho trading fell to mc. Wo made money
and tho next year when thcro was stock to
take to tho market I was put In charge and
every year since then It has been my duty
to make all tho sales.
"Hiding and driving has always been n
passion with me. Hvcn when I was at
school an opportunity for a spin bohlnd a
fast roadster or on an oasy-rldlng nulmai
was never allowed to slip. Out nt tho ranch
1 havo my own Htables and iior.lcs and
horses. Kvcry summer I havo to ovorsco
tho roundups and tho branding. Father has
soon that I can manage tho business better
than any of tho rest of tho family, so ho has
turned things over entirely to me. It
scorns odd, doesn't 11, for a woman to su
perintend a ranch and ranges Including
more than 100,000 acres of land nnd 10,000
horses, to sny nothing of tho cattle, but
It Is possible, as you would sco If you were
thoro.
"Our ranches are many miles apart. What
wo call tho homo ranch Is twenty-two
miles from Mountain Homo and this town
Is about sixty miles from Ilolso City. Wo
havo tho finest fowls In tho wholo west.
Thero urn all varieties of chickens and
every other kind of domestic feathered
being turkeys, guinea hens, peacocks and
gecso. (Jo over tho entire cataloguo and
thero would still bo some."
"Yes, there Is Homcthlng fnsclnattng about
wostorn llfo. Ono tiros of theaters nnd
things and wants to get out whero thero
nro no fences or restrictions of nny kind.
1 llko nothing better than to tako ono of
my fastest homes, wenr a comfortablo bluo
cloth habit, a girl's sombrero to keep off
tho sun nnd canter over tho ranges. So
would anyono elso who had tho opportunity
Sometimes I go with tho men, but often I
rldo alone. Thoro Is no danger, although
It Is protty wild nut thero In tho Idaho
mountains for n woman. Of course In tho
caso of cmorgency I could protoct myself,
becnuso I carry pistols In tho saddle Imgs
Just on well as tho men. Yes, I oven keep
ono In my belt all the time.
Will Itriniiln Shinto.
"Don'.t I uver want to glvo up tho life J
am now living and hnvc a homo of my own?
Ho married, I suppose you mean. Well
you see, I havo a home of my own. I
don't think I am different thnn other women
when it comes to tho llttlo heart longings,
but 1 don't think I will over marry. I don't
know why. Not long ago thoro was a long
arn In. tho St. Louis newspapers about
my engagement to a prominent contractor
thoro. It was Just yarn. No truth. Wo
worn good friends nnd wero togethor a good
deal, but as far as marrlago Is concerned
1 uover thought of It.
"Of coureo, 1 havo known many men who
rather covotcd tho ranches and Intimated
oa much Indirectly; I guess thoro never was
a woman with money that did not hivn
Cvtres
Night Colds
How will your cough be to
night? Worse, probably.
You can stop it any time.
Then stop it tonight. You
will cough less and sleep better,
and by tomorrow at this time
you will be greatly improver.
Ayers
Cherry
Pectoral
cures night coughs, day coughs,
all kinds of coughs. Help
Nature a little and sec what
she will do for you.
Three sites : 25c, 50c., $1.00.
If your druggUt cannot supply you, send
us J I. oo nud we will exprcM a Urge bottle
to you, all charge prepaid. He sure and
fflvc u your ncaret ept ef office.
, J. C. Aviiii Co., Lowell, M.
a few such experience, unlesn sho wero
positively ugly, nnd I havo known a few
men who would even have sacrifl-od leok
for tho gold. I nm going to Kansas City
and Hi. IjouIs Monday night. On tho way
back I Khali attend tho annual meeting of
the National I.lvo Stock association at Fait
Like and I guess I'll be about tho only
woman delegate "
AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL
Altnriiey Herrlim Will I'rnr Contempt
Action Montlny Morn-Iiir.
Carl V.. Herring, attorney for tho Hoard
of Education, add roused the lioard hrlelly
at a special meeting last night concerning
tho $lf!'.000 which 'tho city owps to the
reboot fund. Ho explained that tho council
men havo failed to comply with Judge Kaw
i ell's order nnd that on Monday he will
appear before tho board and (ink that tho
city officials bo required to show cause
why they have not paid the claim. In tho
attorney's opinion tho order of the court
will bo modified and tho council will tnako
arrangements for tho payment of nt least
n portion of tho clnlm during tho present
year.
Principal A. II. Waterhouso of tho High
school was authorized td employ an assist
ant librarian at n salary of (20 per month.
Tho homl .tubmltted by the Kmplre I-Mrc-
proofing company, tho company which was
nwarded the contract for llreprooflng tho
High school building, wns rejected and tho
company was granted two weeks additional
tlmo In which to submit a satisfactory
bond.
Teachers who held the following numbers
In tho holiday examinations wero granted
certificates: 1'rlmnry and grammar grades,
2, :i, 6. 7, S, 10, 13; kindergarten. 14, II:
High school, IS; physics, lfi; commercial
com sc. 17.
President llnywnrd announced the stand
ing committees for the year.
Frank Johnson wns selected as page to
tho hoard vlco J. Clydo Moore, who served
last year.
Tho board refused to grant tho Cadet
Ofllcrrs club tho use of tho assembly room
In tho city hnll for a musical entertain
ment. Investigation proved that tho club Is
to give a concert for the purpose of raising
funds for a dancing party, nnd several mem
bers objected to having nnythlng to do with
such an entertainment.
H. McKlwIn wns engaged to mako 300
square yards of artificial slate blackboard
In various school buildings.
CITY WINS TAX LITIGATION
Decision of .Indue I'imvocM Will lie
I'foiuptly TeMeil liy Appenl In
HlKlier Court.
Another decision to tho effect that per
sons nro estopped from contesting the
validity of taxes by which they havo
profited was handed down this morning by
Judgo I'awcctt In tho caso of tho Equitable
Loan and Trust company against tho City
of Omaha. The company brought action
to Invnlldato $3,000 worth of special nnd
regular taxes upon a row of flats located
at tho. corner of Eleventh nnd l'lcrco
Btrcets.
Tho paving and curbing taxes on both
Plcrco and Eleventh streets wero to bo
contested by tho company. James II
dams, assistant city nttorney, raised tho
point that tho plaintiff was estopped from
questioning tho validity of tho tax be
cause tho property was bought In nt fore
closure Bale nnd tho paving taxes nnd de
llnquent regular tuxes wero deducted from
tho price aot bytho appraisers. This point
wns sustnlned by tho court, who did not.
oven allow tho plaintiff to Introduco an
testimony concerning tho validity of tho
taxes.
Mr. Adams then made a motion for Judg
tnent on tho pleadings nnd his motion was
sustnlned by tho court. The amount of
money Involved In this case Is larger than
In nny of the preceding enses of tho samo
naturo and tho plaintiff has signified in
tentlon of cnrrylng tho caso to tho higher
court at onco. Judgo l''awcett and tho
city legal department nro anxious to havo
a decision from tho supremo court nnd
will do nil In their power to havo tho caso
advanced ns speedily as possible.
MANDAMUS IS AUTHORIZED
John T.
1,11 11 ) Munt Deliver Wooil-
ill oil of the World
Iteenrili.
Judgo Keysor has authorized a writ of
mandamus compelling John R Lnlly
formerly clerk of Alpha camp No. 1. Wood
men of tho World, to deliver books, rec
oids nnd money alleged to bo tho property
of the camp, which he Is withholding from
tho olllceis of tho sovereign camp.
i no petition recites that Lnlly was
charged with Irregularities in his account
and that charges wero preferred it gains
him In tho manner provided for In th
constitution of tho organization, resulting
in his discharge on January 10, 1901. Charles
Mather. Ills successor, matin a demand fo
tho books. Michael Kelscr, the banker.
asked for tho money in Lolly's possession
and John T. atcs, the sovereign clerk, ro
quested Lnlly to turn over to him fund
payable In his name. All three demand
Lnlly Is said to have refused to comply
with.
Tho writ ordereil by tho Judgo bids Lnlly
to appear In court on January its to shov
cuuso why ho should not comply with th
requests of tho ramp officers. Lnlly I
churned with having collected nsscssmonts
from tho members of Alpha camp and nog
lecting to turn them over to tho proper
ofllcers. A committee of three consisting
of Oeorgo S. Mock. Charles Unlit and W.
T. Hnlbhaus, Investigated Lnlly's accounts
In accordance with tho provlsloi.s of the
constitution and preferred charges against
him.
MERRY MASQUERADERS DANCE
Tlilrt) -Sixth A ii n n ii I Hnll of the
Diiriuil IIiino ('nin
priuy, ,
The thirty-sixth annual masquerade ball
of Durant Hoso company, tho volunteer
organization of Are-flghters maintained nt
tho Union Pacific shops, crowded Washing
ton hall last night with a merry crowd.
Tho dancing floor was tilled until u lato
hour, whllo tho balconies contained nu
merous onlookers. I'nlquo costumes wero
much In evidence, sotno of tho best of them
representing Tho Omaha Ilea and being
worn by Misses Nottlo Fay, Mary Cody and
Uthrl Smith and Mrs. W. U. Wilson. Tho
stago was tastily deenruted with hos.i and
hydrant and various trophies of tho com
pany, whllo tho uniformed members acted
an 11 floor and reception couimlttoo. tlucsta
vcro present from llrnnd Island, North
Plat to and other points. Tho arrangements
committee was composed of John lleed, Kd
Marnoll. William tirleb, Frank U'olner,
John Herrlgan, Hugh MrGnn and C. Schuit.
O11111I111 Ten i her llenr i( illrils,
At tho meeting of tho Nclu-.lku Ornlth
olngists' union In tho public Mbrarv lmildlm;
Saturday Prof. Charles Fordyco of the Ne
bt.iskii Wesley.m unlvertlty presented .1
paper on tho value of birds as object of
study In the gr.ides Many Omaha teach,
cm were In attendance at t tin meeting ni-d
secured heluful suggcMloii from tU
paper Prof limner of the C'ltvertdty of
Nebraska read a paper on blnW tb.i' nt.n
In Nebraska and A. It. Graves dlicus.icd
th birds of western Nebraska.
Miss Hlizaiietli Van S.mt, Frank Shoe
maker, M. A. Carrlker, I. S. Tro-ilcr, J. R
Hunter. A- It Gruvei, M. II. SwonU ami 11.
II. Wolcntt presented to tho union observa
tions which they havo made of various
species of tho feathered trlbo since the last
annual meeting
No choice was made as to tho loartlnn i'f
the next iinnnul meeting mat being a mat
lor whli h will bo wttlcd later.
EYELESS EDEN M)R MEN ONLY
Stag Hotels Where Woman's Gentle. Hnd
is Abient.
INTERESTING FEATURE OF CITY LIFE
IMnce Where Men Have t'mllsptited
Sttnj, I nfetlercd lir the Snli
ilnliiK Influence of Femininity
tlueer Types of llniiiniilt J .
One of the most Interesting features of
llfo In a city Is the stag hotel. This rather
Inelegant but expressive name means a
hotel which enters to men only, and where
the handiwork of gentle woman Is an un
known qunntlty llko tho algebraic "X."
In mnny of tho lnrger. cities there arc
Mag hotels whero fancy prices arc main
tained, ami these Kvelcss Kdens nro for
woggcr young men about town antl some
old or.eJ, too who know not the bliss of
omestlc environments and who Mke tho
conviviality that Is always on tap In such
plnccs. Thcro they havo their billiards,
heir cards, their buffet nnd their clgaM,
with never n woman to Interpose an ob
jection. The high-class stng hotel hos becu
weighed In tho Omaha balance and was
found wanting; In other words, It didn't
pan out financially. But the cheap stag
hotel Is a booming success.
Men who toll nil day are too tired nt
nightfall to "spruce up" sufficiently to ap
pear to advantage nt tho table of tho cus
tomary boarding house, consequently they
prefer tho lodging places whero tho bccIii-
lon of their fellow men can bo enjoyed,
and untidy wearing apparel nnd unkempt
hnlr and beards will bo endured without
even so much ns n word of criticism.
There nro mnny men who hnvn been tin
used to the society of any snvn their own
sex from boyhood. They llko tho nolso of
the city, tho lights at night, Iho stir nnd
the bustle, and In tho quieter localities
whero it Is usual to find table board and
rooms to rent they would bo ill nt case,
For theso tho stag hotel Is a paradise.
Thero Is still nnothcr class of living quar
ters like this and a still different kind of
patrons. In tho parlance of tho streets
thoy aro known ns tho "cheap lodging
house," nnd the men who find homes thero
aro mentioned In a record of tho city's
Inhabitants ns "transients."
Omttlin Men Are Domestic.
It has been found by experience that n
pretentious stag hotel for tho bettor class
of young men will not pay here. In Omnha
It has been learned that wealth and reflno
mcnt Inspire social aspiration and un Insti
tution with a foundation not In accord with
this condition Is doomed to failure. Hut
this Is not true of stag hotels of tho cheaper
class. They havo thrived from humble be
ginnings until there nre a dozon such
plnccs of abode In different parts of the
city which mako profltablo returns on tho
capital Invested.
It Is usually tho cheaper retreats that
havo the most Interest for tho unltlated, ns
It Is horo that tho oddest and most pic
turesque characters aro to bo found.
There aro men who never had homes and
who havo reached tho stago whero they
never want them. A room full of guests of
hostclrles of this kind Is tho samo tho
world over. Tho ofllces whero they congro-
gato night nftcr night- may bo In different
parts of the city, or even In different titles,
but invariably tho ntmosphero and general
environments nro Identical. Ono Is pretty
apt to And a small room with a counter-
llko desk nt ono end, on the top ot which
lies n register with dirt nnd Ink-smeared
pages whero tho guests scrawl their names
In tho queerest chlrography possible.
On tho wall thcro Is suro to bo a dingy.
round-faced clock with a pendulum that
can hardly be distinguished behind a dusty
glass. Ilcneath It a Blgn or two relieves
tho bare spaces. The Inscriptions nro such
as these: "(luests must register here."
No smoking in tho bedrooms;" "Laundry
must bo paid for when delivered;" "Leave
your valuables with tho clerk."
Pending from tho soiled and cobwchticd
colling thcro Is an old and oily brass lamp
or two with hugo green shndes. Tho stoves
aro Invnrlably mammoth cffnlrs that extend
nbovo a man's head and tho rickety plpo Is
hold In plnco by numerous wires fastened
to tho celling nnd walls. Tho only other
articles of furnlturo nro hugo wooden nrm
chairs nnd square wood cuBpldores filled
with sawdust.
CiiNimiiinlltnn AKitrruntloii.
The guests aro queer types. If you ask
the clerk about them perhaps ho will point
out over in tho corner an Individual out
at the knees and the elbows with rusty
shoeB und threadbare garments, "lie's Just
back from tho Klondike." hoil tell you.
"Ho went up there two years ago with $1,
200. Ho nearly starved to death tho first
winter and caught tho smallpox tho next.
Ho had a good Job before ho left, but now
ho hasn't recuperated enough to work
again.
"Tho man over thoro with the upturned
collar, tho small hat tipped over ono car,
hands In his pockets and tho passionate
shirt bosom plays tho races when tho
season's on. In winter he comes back home
and loafs. Ho runs In debt all winter for
his board, but In tho summer when ho
lays up n llttlo pllo ho always remits and
ho has dono this so often for a larger sum
each tlmo that wo havo come to trust hlra
Implicitly."
Most of tho stag hotels In Omaha nro
on lower Knrnam .street In the vicinity of
the employment agencies. Men who aro
looking for work with tho grading gangs
on the railroads mako their homes there
for wccltH at a tlmo when Jobs aro scarce
Mon who Journey from all parts of tho west
and tho south tn Minnesota lo get work In
tho harvest fields stop In theso hotels on
their way. A few years ago thoro was hut
a single stag hotel In Omnha; now thcro nro
nine and each does a thriving business.
MECCA hOR MERRY SKATERS
Afternoon nud Hvenlnw .lolly Cnnvils
SUIni Hie lee nt Cut OIT
l.iiUr.
Cut Off lake Is tho Mecca of skaters
Any afternoon or evenings hundreds of
merrymakers may bo seen tddmrnlng over
tho fine Ico which covers tho lints below
tho Bluff tract. Tho smaller ponda tn tho
parks havo been deserted for tho moro ln
vltlng body of water In North Omaha tind
residents of that portion of tho city nro
calling attention to tho many advantages
ottered by tho lake.
The imitation concerning tho proposed
park along tho edge of the Bluff tract ha3
been renewed nnd tho attention of tho pub
lic Is being called to tho beautiful drlvo
which could bo inudo along the edgo of the
bluff nnd connected by 11 viaduct with an
other tract adjoining Cut Oft lake.
It Is maintained that Cut Off lakn Is a
morn dctilrablo body of water than Manawa
and that It should bo Incorporated Into
tho park system of the city. Land on tho
flats surrounding tho lake ran bo pur
chased for $100 an acre, while park land In
any other portion of lho city would cost
mnny times that sum.
Park Commissioner 13. J. Cornish has long
been cf tho opinion that a park should be
secured near tho lake and says that tho
addition of a good body of water Is tho
0110 thing which Is needed to complete tho
park (Bystem.
( Inn i- DuKe In Trim!,
TBBNTON, N, J , Jan. The American
Clgnr company, capital $l0,(),(juo, was in
corporated here today James H. Duko Is
among the Incorporators,
exposition to be winner
Inillcntlnnn Denote 'Flint Auditorium !
1'uint Will llreelve III
lloimti
Indications are (hat the exposition to
be given In tho early spring for the benefit
of tho auditorium fund will attain a far
greater magnltudo than was at first ex
pected by Its promoters. K. E. Andrews,
who as chairman of the committee of pro
motion, has charge of tho arrangements for
the exposition, has already received let
ters from over 100 eastern manufacturers
who promise to donate attrncthe and valu
able exhibits.
Tho exhibits, which will Include nearly
every article made In the United States,
will bo donated absolutely to the Audi
torium company to bo disposed of as the
managers of the exposition desire. It Is
probable that every admission ticket will
have n numbered coupon representing a i
chance In a general drawing to take place
at the close of tho exposition, with a long
ui .... mme urwcies u.e prizes. t
large number of tho exhibits will bo ills
tinu.nl rt Kt fnflln nn.l ntti.ira .till l. ..I.I !
,.u..v.. .i . uj .n.ii, (in,, 111,1 111; DUD.
ut auction.
The; following out-of-town firms have nl
reaily written that they will donato ex
hibits: Heiibow-Hriiminrr Manufacturing com
pany, St. IaiuIs; Itcnth-Qulmb.v eomponv.
Minneapolis. Diamond Mutch company, St.
Louis; Andrews Wire nnd Iron works,
Hockford. 111.; Kngel A- Co. Chicago; A.
H. Ilelsoy Co., Newark. O.: It. T. tooth
company, Illmeii. N. Y. : Munyon s House
hold Homeopathic Hemcdy company, New
York: Itarlow, Rogers, & Co.. lllnghamton.
N. Y. : IlumDhrevsvllle Manufacturing nun.
puny. Seymour. Conn.; Snell Mnnufncttiring
company. Klskdale, Mass.; Tike Mnnufnc-
,t!lr.ln.'; company. Hot Springs. Ark ; Wilcox
.WIUIllllll'lUI 1IIK COIllUmi). .MUM! 11, Willi. I
ington d Cooley Manufacturing company,
.lacKKun. .Mien ; wouucii eomiianv. Antrim.
N. H.: John Hummer's Son, Newark, N. J.;
HIs.kcII Cornet Sweeper cotnpanv. Grand
HupliK Mich ; Henry Dlsslou St Suns. I'hll
uiletphln; Wnrren Ax nnd Tool company,
Wnrreii. Pa ; Atnberg Fllo und Index com
pany. Chleitao; Lamb & Hltchle, Cam
lirlilgeport. Mass : William Wilcox Manu
facturing company. Mlddlotown. Conn.;
Supnlcn Ilnrdwtuo company, Philadelphia;
K. C. Atkins & Co., Indianapolis; Snyder ife
linker Stovo works, Hellcvllle. Ill ; Nntlnmtl
Sewing Mnchlno company. Helvldere. 111. ;
Lime llros. compnnv, Potighkeepsle. N. S. ;
Iviiapp .t Cowies Manufacturing company,
Bridgeport, Conn.; Animal Trau company.
Abingdon. 111.; champion Steel Hnngo com
pany. Cleveland. O.; 11. M. Myers company,
nenver raus, rn.j Miner lock comnnnv,
Philadelphia; F. K. Myers ft Hros . Ashland,
O. ; Noern Manufacturing compnny, Wuter
bury. Conn.: F. H. Kohler & Co.. Canton,
O. ; Penn Hardware comuany. Heading, Pa.;
Sclirelber & Conclmr Manufacturing com
pany. Oubunuc, la.; Oliver Iron and Steel
compunv. Plttsbilre; Haker-Vawter com
puny. Chicago; William K. Pratt Manufac
turing compnny, Chicago; lllalr Husking
Olove comuany, IJucyrus, O. , llurdltt &
Williams, Hoston; H. F. Hrammer Manu
facturing company, Davenport, la.; Sun
MaiiuJiicturin? company, urecniieni, o.;
Olienr-Nei'tor Glass company. St. Louis;
William T. Mann, Cleveland. O. : Nebrnska
City Canning company, Nehrnska City,
Neb.; Hellevlllo Tack works, Hellevllle. III.;
John Lucas & Co., Chicago: Gcrmanla
Knitting works, New York: Zcnner Disin
fectant company, Detroit, Mich.; American
Lawn Mower company, ltlchmond, tnd.;
Goldschmldt llros, compnny. New York; 8.
V. & K. P. Scudder. Urooklyn; Mechnnlcal
Kubber company. Cleveland, O. ; Atlas Man
ufacturing company. New Haven, Conn.;
Proximity Manufacturing company, Greens
boro. N. C. ; Homo Manufacturing company,
Home, N. Y. ; Handy Things company. Chi
cago; S. II. Wetmore compunv. New York;
American Cyclo compunv. Chicago; Wil
liam H. Warner & Co., Philadelphia: Gar
den City Stationery company, Klkhnrdt,
Ind. ; Puck's Soap company. Columbus
Junction, la,: Borden's Condensed Milk
company. Now York; G. W. Meredith & Co,,
East Liverpool, O. : Welch Grnpc Juice
company, Wcstfleld, N. Y. ; Potter &
Wrlghtlnghnm. Hoston: II. G. Itamsperger
Si Co.. New York; Hall Bros. Glass Manu
facturing compnny. Muncle, Ind.: Italian
Macaroni nnd Vermicelli compnny. St. Paul;
Ashtabula Tool company, Ashtabuln. O. ;
Flefsch Neckwear company. New York; K.
Ii. McLnln Manufacturing company. Green
field, O. ; Massachusetts Screw company,
Holyoke, Jlass. ; Blulr Manufacturing com
nnnv. Snrluufleld. Mass.: American "K. C."
and Schultze Gunpowder company, New-
York; Morse Twist Drill nnd Machine com
nnnv. Now Bedford. Mass Heller Bros.
eomnanv. Newark. N. J.: Black Silk Stove
Polish works, Sterling, 111.. Ausnblo Horse
Nail company, New York; AVhltman &
Bnrnes Manufacturing compnny, Akron, O.;
unv id win swort 1 son. Annum. v.:
Colo Manufacturing comnnnv. Chicago: I).
W. Bos ley company. ( wcuo: Kiinournc ;
Jacobs Manufacturing company, Columbus,
O. ; Cleveland Stono company, Cleveland,
O. ; Stuber fc Knelt, I'eorin. 111.; iJlllnn-tJriB
wold compnny, Sterling, HI.; Illinois Zinc
company, Peru, ill.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Miss T.vnn Curtis will have nn exhibition
ot miniatures al wiiiimoro s next wcck.
The OmahiL Boo has been designated by
the council as ono ot tho ofllclal papers of
tho city.
A. If. Henderson lias been granted n
building permit for 11 $n00 addition to be
built nt 18 South Fourteenth street.
Small ilamace xvtm done to thn roof of
lCcsMlcrV danco hall. 1214 South Thirteenth
street, last night by flro resulting from .v
ilcrccllvo tine.
Mrs. K. J. Crvmhle reports to tho pollen
that some one broke Into her looms nt 2017
Leavenworth street Friday nnd stolo u Doit
or uress gooils.
Michael AValenz. nronrlrtor of tho
Wnlenz hotel. 1318 Leavenworth Btreet. wns
arrested Saturday on a chnrgo of selling
liquor without a license.
A bun linn P. Adams of Hastlncs. with as
sets of $." and liabilities of $3.M!.07. asks to
bo relieved of Ills obligations through tho
operation of tho bankruptcy law.
A resolution wnti pnssed by the eltv
council yesterday which provides that
Omaha shall become 11 member of the
League of American Jluiilcipailllct.
W l. (Inrkn eltv market masfr. re
ports that the Income for his ilenartment
in 1!)T0 was JI.i7ti.7ii. or kikum tnnro iniiii
the same department yielded 111 itvj.
tlmtrv l.'nhrpiiWriiir lmn hroUIMlt HUH for
duningo to roiiiitutloii agaliist Huns Sleh
lie asKS lor a.-v). men is Hiiegeu 10 nave
made remarks derogatory 10 nis cniracier.
Tom Stiibon. Twenty-ninth nnd Wool
worth avenue, complains to the pollco that
a pearl-handled razor and nn old .18-cnllber
revolver havo been stolen from his house.
Sergcnnt Fair, who a year ago was ar
rested for shooting nn escaping prisoner at
Fort Crook and whoso application for n
writ or linbetiH corpus, heard by Judge
Munger, created considerable Interest nt the
time, was in the city yesterday on his way
to Fort HobliiKnii.
Tho frame burn In Hie tear of 2 ISO South
Thlrlv-thlrd street was badly dumaged by
lire late yesterday afternoon nnd tho con
tents, a horse, a cow and a surrey, were ilf
st roved. The loss Is J30O 011 the barn and
$200 on the content Alma Jackson nnd
David II. Traill aro the owner.
Alvln A. Sheard. who was arrested Thurs
day on a charuo of forgery, was discharged
Saturday, as the county uttorney, after In
vestigating bis case, found there was no
evidence upon which he could bo convicted.
Ho will appear at police court Monday
morning for formnl dlsmlssnl from custody.
A private letter from New York states
that Fred Nyo is seriously 111 with hemor
rhage of tho lungs and thnt his recovery Is
doubtful. Mr. Nye mado bis first appear
ance ln the newspaper field In Omaha,
where ho started the Hvenlng News. Later
ho was with tho Hepubllcan. Ho went from
Omaha to Chicago mid later to Now York.
Drex L. Shooman
Like every other innn In thn world,
ntlmlres a pretty fonr-Slioos mnde to
conform with nature's model nro the
kind that liave the most claim to ar
tistic beauty -The new woman's shoe
with the extra high Spanish nrcli. set
on the trim military lieel-wlth a sole
extended just enough to keep the foot
dry and jtlvo it that natural and uu
cramped appearance comes as near
lielnn the Ideal woman's shoo of any
we have ever soltl-heautlful, soft, thin
calf, genuine viol kid or the new patent
ideal kid -the three popular leather!"
The tittliiK of shoes Is an art that we
have ncipilred.
Drexel Shoe Co.,
CnfnloKiio Sent Tree for the AkKIiik.
Oiunlin'a l'li-to-dnte hline llnuaa,
1410 1UINAM STUKDT.
LAWYERS COME TO BLOWS
W. J. Connell nd 0. 8. Montgomery Pull
00" a Mill.
JUDGE DICKINSON'S COURT THE SCENE
Montgomery Construe n llfiiinrk if
Coimrll tn He nit Aceimntlou
A mil nut Ills Vernelty nnd
Time is Culled.
An unexpected Incident at the Saturday
morning session of court compelled Judge
Dickinson to add to bis duties of handing
down decisions thnt of rcfereelng n flstlc
bout between two attorneys.
tt f ....11 r t! f nnt (.nrnfrv TVftrn
h bclBCrcntg. The rourt preserved his
( , b nol ,ntcrfcrlnB ln tho combat,
wMc,h ,astC(, BCVrra, mlnllleB. There was a
fjercc exchange of blows and then lawyers
In tho room rushed to separate the fighters.
After It was all over tho Judgo called tho
attorneys before him nnd delivered a severe
reprimand, but In conclusion said that ho
would not Impose lines for contempt.
Tho encounter grew out of nn Insinuation
regarding Montgomery's veracity. The at
torneys were arguing a motion In the ense
of Adler & Sons against Hclman. Mont
gomery had Introduced affidavits and Con-
ncll desired tlmo to fllo affidavits In dental
of tho facta alleged ln hit rival's docu
ments. Montgomery Otijeets to Delny.
Attnrnev Mnntsftmrrv wns anxious to pro-
r(,0(, wllh lho lrli, "Thcro Is no use
n,1..n " .l,l in
court, "I cannot hear It now, but will set n
hearing for Thursday."
The attorneys turned to go. Mr. Connell
snt down to put on his overshoes. Mr.
Montgomery walked to tho rear of the room
to get his hat. As ho left tho court en
closure ho turned to Attorney Council nnd
said; "Thero Is no uso ln this deluy, Im
willing to admit tho man you want
nffldavlts from will swear to anything."
"Yes," retorted Connell, "and I'm Just as
willing to admit that your witnesses, In
eluding yourself, will swear to Just as much
as ho will."
Montgomery rushod back to tho enclosure
lust ns Connell straightened up from a
stooping posturo nud clutched him by tho
hroat. "You toko that back," ho mut
tcrcd.
Connell Stniuln l'nt.
"Not for you," wns tho reply. At tho
samo tlmo Connell drew- bnck and let fly
what Is known In pugilistic parlance as a
full arm swing on tho Jaw. Montgomery
tightened his clutch on the throat. Thcro
was another swing on Montgomery's check
followed by uppcrcuts and short arm Jolts
tn profusion, Indicating that the city at
torney numbers pugilistic skill among his
other accomplishments. Blood was stream
ing from a cut on Montgomery's forehead,
nnd so fast and furious hud been tho en
counter that tho lawyers who first re
garded tho exchango of words as a Joko
nud wero wreathed In smiles had not tlmo
to roallzo tho gravity of tho situation.
After tho men wero drawn npart tho court
called them back and bald that tho en
counter wns tho most disgraceful nffalr
that ever took place In tho court room
Both attorneys apologized to tho court, but
wero careful not to say anything by wny of
apology to each other.
Tm.MtS HP, IS ItAII.HOAI) MAGXATI'
Inaane Man nt County Jnll Mnkra Ap
point mciitii Freely.
Deputy Sheriffs Jones and Flynn took
Into custody at tho Depot hotel last night
an lnsnnc man who believes ho Is tho prcsl
dent of the Union Pacific railroad system
Ho Informed tho deputies that ho had been
a general In tho English army ln tho Crl
mean wars nnd was a personal friend of
Queen Victoria. During tho tlmo ho has
been In the Jail awaiting examination by
tho Insane commissioners ho has scattered
appointments to positions on tho railroad
broadcast, havo mado Deputy Jones gcnoral
manager of tho line, and having given
prisoners nt the Jail positions varying from
section boss to vlco president.
SUITS SUTTL13H WITHOl'T HRAltlNG
All Cases ltelntlnw tu Sixteenth St rec
Vlnilnet Adjusted.
All of tho suits brought by property
owners along tho Sixteenth street vladuc
to collect damages from tho city on ac
count of tho construction of tho now via
duct havo been settled out of court, stlpu
latlons to that effect having been fllei
with Judgo Baxter today. Neurly 120,000
was Involved In theso cases, ln ono thero
wns a decision last month In favor of th
eltv. but tho verdict of tho court was so
asldo and tho sumo settlement was mado
In all the cases.
Court .Notes.
Kiln. Wlttlir has commenced suit for n. d
vorco from Henry Wlttlg, a'leglng abandon
meiit and cruelty. Tho Wit tigs wero mar
lied 111 Chicago April 'J. 1WJ.
Kimball Bros.- of Council Bluffs have po
t t oned tho ! str ct court for Judgment 1
tho sum of J4(io from, W. T. .Seaman, alleg
loir that tho defendant Is Insolvent and ask
lng that a receiver bo appointed. The
iilalntlffH allcgo that they furnished
Worm elevator to tho defendants, which
lias not been entirely pant tor.
Eyes are
Accommodating
They'll tee maybe quite well,
through a pair of glasses you
pick from a basket but na
ture beata a sheriff tn fore
lnc a collection of her debts
and flttlng one's self to glasses
la risky terribly rlaky tho
usurance that we glvo you
. it. . 1. u
v. luiiuoiiinK mo )i , u 11 d 1 r
glosses places you beyond all I
risk Frco eye eiamlnatton.
THE ALOE & PENF0LD CO.,
LvndlBir Sulentlfla Optician.
1108 Fnrnam. OMAHA.
orrOSITE I'AXTON HOTEL.
YOU SHOULD NOT
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jlia!
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More About Parlies & Receptions
There are hundreds of delicious things
which wo furnjsli for weddings, par
ties and receptions -nnd, perhaps, 11
few suggestions of this kind will assist
.vtHi In making your selection; puttie
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all kinds; frozen lees of all lntls, eg
nogs, Individual Ire creams, a liundrt
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fancy cakes, appropriate for all occa
lons--Xo order too small or too Inn.
for our capacity. Let us talk with yi
about your next reception.
W. S. Balduff,
1520 Fartium St.
Stock Reducing Art Sale
On Monthly A. Ilospe offers you tho
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