THE OMAHA DAILY BEEi THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1901.
BOIS PICK' UP ,k FORTUNE
Eurl Thotund Dollars In Ornnbuoki
lent in Chip il.
BILLS ARE foutTY AND STAINED WITH AGE
Seal of the' First rational Bank la
Fonad Near Paclflo Express Com
panr Will Attempt io Bolre
MrsterrTheoriea Afloat.
A small boy, while picking tip chips In a
lumber jurd at Ninth and Farnum streets
Wednesday, forenoo. found three packages
of money containing an aggregate of between
$3,000 and $6,000. The exact amount cannot
bo determined, because the tills are so in
crustiM with mold "that, thcr crumble at the
slightest touch'. Btlll, the money Is redeem
able, and hen .ownership Is determined It
will be'sont to Washington for, this purpose.
News of the windfall spread through the
ctty like the proverbial "wild fire." In an
Incredibly short ttmo lC seemed that every
person on the streets knew, of It and 'was
talking of lUi Fortune hunters sprsng up
at every hand and sped hot foot to the lum
ber yard In tho hope of Soiling' another
cache of woaUli. Dy A o'clock; In the after
noon these.became so numerous that It was
necessary to .detail a squad of police 'to tho
scene to prevent them overtuni)ag the piles
of lumber.' ' The yard was unde'r police sur
veillance alt, night. "
The name; of. the fortunate boy' Is Joha
Btltts. He Is 11 years old, and lives with
his parents at 204 North Tenthstreet. They
are poor, but It-la, not likely they will be
able to rcallio much on their son's pickup,
as a probable oWner' has already appeared
with a welt 'established cjaisa; However; It
Is likely theywlll get a handsome reward.
Young Stilts' had. no mpre than caught
sight of the ttoney'wben tWo little colored
boys, also engaged la picking up chips, ap
proached ihlm, and tho three surveyed the
heap of crumbling green paper1 with languid
Interest The a pleer of. charity, belonging
to the Bt'Traaels order at Lincoln, ap
peared. They called h'er -altentlon to tho
stuff and gave her a handful of It.
Not realizing; the, value of his find, and
thinking that because It, was rotten it was of
no account, Johnnie started up the street
with It showing It to acquaintances and In
aome caaea giving parts pf.lt away. For
tunately dee of the persons who saw the
money soon, after It was found was Thomas
F. Lee, an attorney; Ho asked for and re
celved'a'part of It, whloh-he took at osieo
onlthe First .'National bank,, and the batok,
In (turn,, notified the, police department, M
The money Is now In three,packages. 'One
is, in possession 01 me ponce ana iwo oin-
ers are' in a' safe at toe First, National oatx,
Ownership " 1b Uoabl.
beep 'impossible thus far to deter
vneranlp of1 the money. ..The only
It has
mine owners
mean if Identifying it Is by a .red' wax seal,
.befrlnk the words '"First National bank,
SlmtJ X-U 1 ' ' ,
tjbahd bf paper, which evidently had been
usecl fas a wrapper for one of the packages,
but the bank denies that It ever lost a pack
age of money, so the police are compelled
to look further for an owner.
There la one theory which seems tenable.
according to which the money will be
claimed by the Paclflc Express company.
About three years ago Oeora Archibald.
la driver for this company, was robbed of
package .containing 93,000, The money
was taken from his wago'a while in transit,
to the union 'depot: and ha sever been
found or accounted for. This package wa
"from the First National, hank, consigned' to
a small country bank in the' Interior of the
state, .which fact may account for the pres
ence of the red war seal. The Pacific Ex-
ores 'company made good the ios to ?th:,
. i t- 1. 1 t -1 a . i , t m . - a T 1
'the'.MBk. wal concerned.
Chief, BakMs. Theory,
Chief Donahue hellevt, that, the money
was stolen 'and hlddea'py' someone who,
Immediately afterward Was "entenced to
the penitentiary on another charge
which .accounts for ! the rbllls be
ing left In a damp place until
they wet' decomposed. "It Is known.'
said lio,K"that the jnoriey has boen In
the lumber" yard but a lew days. Within
the last' week that portion of the lumber
yard has undergone a thorough overhaul
lng aud If the' package. had been there
they would have" beett'Muecl. My opinion
Is ihatbW m,!U' tlilef ' was released
from, MaiUatkryifjfcstv 9 i-'Jttellponey
Bnci;rC'faVtkatw4;iay-'u
did not, dara . to.( pass It, frlnthat It
wouiu -iraaio aii.wrm, una .inai no agaia
hid It, this time 'In ther lumber yard, until
such'time'at-he'could safely dispose of 'it.'
'P." WhKe." agent for1 tbVT-acIflo' 'ti
prs7v cJinny,' ald that . Jtne matter
wouldjjitVlOokaa up and, if there, twas res-
sona.ttl ,caie, to warrant It, h,lk,,coucern
would enter a' claim, for the moneys satisfy
ing the hoys who fonad It within reasonable
An expert whb examined "the h'llfl es
erday''Wl,thati'frpjH1al. appearances 'they
have hesa'jburled 'k the .earth' for several
ycars'tnd'Hnat the perl6n who purled them
didn't' tak'the, k'roub'l, make of ,theni a
waterproof packaged 'in most icasea about
one'thlr'd df'he bMJ Is rotted wyi , and
they-astu'cX together lsoagrmsjsesof
mold. Qreenhack' and silver cerMAcates In
denominations oV fives; tens and- twenties
seem to -ha raoejnumerpua. v
9oy. Telia Ilia Story,
John' 8MW, 7 years old, living at. 104
North Tenth jitreet. told Police, Captain Her
yeaterdny how he found the money,
was-In the .lumber, yard with my, little
wagon Picking, up chips," said ho, "when I
came across a "pile of green paper under
some scraps of shlngles and la'th thought
It looked, like money, nut It .wsk so rotten
I thought It. W no good, Just as was
picking It up two coloreJ boys 'named
Houton came up and1 ared me te let them
Bee Iho stuff. 4
"Then the three of us ( started uptown
with the green paper. ye met suveral peo
pie on the way and showed it to them. I
let the r.olorsd i boy have1 some of tho
money. Several .other persons that I don'
know got ,(ome of 4L Then I met an old
man who told me It wos real money and
that the 'police ought to know, about It. He
aid It I would let htm havo It he would
take It to (he police, and. o I gave all of
mine to mm. The cotoied boya gave tneira
to another man and that's all I know about
It."
Carries Money te) Bank.
The old man referred to by young Stltt
Was J. . D. Montnmirv Kn?n Pin atreat
who, seeing- tho wax seal with the name of
the First National bank on It. took th
package to that Institution and left It there,
The man who received the money from
the two colored boys was Attorney Thomas
F. Lee, who made a similar disposition of
his portion. About this time the police
began to take an Interest In the case. The
package left at the bank by Mr. Mont
gomery was taken to the office of Chief
Donahue In the hope that It would furnish
a clew to some robbery In the past.
"The PacIHc Express company has lost
two packages of money within tho last six
years," said a representative of that con
cern yesterday, "and both were Irom
the First National bank, bearing the bank's
seal. One contained $3,000, and was the
one of which Ueorge Archibald, our driver,
was robbed. The other contained $6,000
and was lost about six years ago, the cir
cumstances of which are as follows:
"We had a night watchmnn hero of the
name of Henry Thomas. One morning
when we checked up our' cash on hand It
was learned that wo wore $6,000 short. An.
investigation was set on foot, which dis
closed the fact that tho package must have
been left outside the safe tSe night before
by our money clerk.
Tell-Tale Death Message'.
This was all wo were able to learn of
the matter until about two years later,
when Thomas, who had been retained In
our employ all this time, committed sui
cide, leaving a note to the effect that he
had stolen tho $0,000, and that nil that
remained of It could be found on a beam
of an old frame barn at Fifteenth and
Howard atreets. We went there, looked
in, the ptaoe indicated, and found .$4,800 of
the. original $6,000. The remaining $1,200
has never been accounted for, though, bt
course, in the two years (hat elapsed be
tween the robbery and autclde Thomas may
havo spent it
"I would think that, the money found
this morning might be this $1,200, but It
seems that the aum picked up by Iho boys
Is considerably In excess of that amount."
During tho afternoon the sister of char-.
Ity called on the chief of police with the
money sho had received from Johnnie'
Btltts. There was $1,015 of It.
'I didn't know It was real money," she
said. "I thought they were confederate
bills or something like that and took these
as a souvenir."
There Is now In the chief's possession
about $1,600 of tho mutilated money.
'Besides being rotted from being kept
In a damp place," said he, "it has been
gnawed by rats or mice. You know rodents
have a great mania for gnawing paper
money, particularly If It's been carried In
the pocket for any length of time. I pre
sume It' the salt from the persplratton
that whets their appetites.
The Pacific Express company seems to
have a good claim on the money and un
less this claim Is contested It will bo turned
over to that concern. Though, of course,
It will have to be properly Identified first."
The chief thinks, ho has gathered in all
the money now. except one batch, the
value of, which Is, not known, which was
. ; . ... ... . , . . t.
given to a man oy uie noya peiuru ui iiu
llce went to work on the case. The Iden
tity of this man is Known and detectives
are now searching for him.-
He Knows
Consult yourvr4bctor. If
he says take AyerV Cherry
Pectoral for your cough, then
do as he saysMlf he tells
you not to taketriwnlioii't
take it, He knows. Leave
it with him. We are willing.
Ik., Me, fl.W. J. C AVK C9.V UwE,IUs.
Story of Archibald Robbery.
Next Saturday It will have been exactly
three years since the disappearance of the
money package from the Pacinc Express
company's wagon driven by George W.
Archibald. On August 31, 1898, Archibald
left tho express office with the $3,000
package la an Iron safe In his wagon, it
being his duty to deliver It to the depot at
once. It had been consigned by the First
National bank of this city to a bank at
St. Paul. Neb. On his way to the depot
Archibald stopped at the rear entrance of a
Howard street commission house, leaving
hi wagon tor a few minutes to talk with
a commission man who wanted to ship some
goods by express. When the driver re
turned to the wagon ne aiscoverea mai mo
Iron safe had been opened and tho $3,000
package had disappeared. Archibald gave
the alarm immediately and the whole
neighborhood was arqus'ed to search for the
iniei.
Later the express company omciais sus
pected that Archibald had taken the money
himself and they caused his arrest. He
waa tried before Judge Baker In the dis
trict court and found not guilty by the
Jury. His trial lasted, an entire week, put
k AvMnce against ntm was purely cir
cumstantial. After his acquittal Archibald
sued the express company for $25,000 dam
ages for false Imprisonment and malicious
prosecution, but upon the trial of the case
laat winter Judge Keysor directed a verdict
for the defendant, because there waa no
evidence to show any mallco on the part
of the prosecution.
What a Tale 'It Tell
If' thaV mirror of yours shows a wretched,
allow complexion, a Jaundiced look, moth
Ba'tchViYn'd'b Wn liver
trouble; but Dr.,Klng;s ,New Life JJllls regu
lato the-Jlver; . purity-the Mood, give 'clear
aicin, rosy cuae&B, riuu lajiuyiuAiuu.i tyuij
RED LETTER DFOrCArlRifeRS
Poatcmee Employes ani rampuea
VIII Half T,fjer, jBleyen Aaawal
Ploale' at Km Park. -
Tbt Omaii letter-carriers will h'old;thelr
alftVenih annual i(eriio'' today at Kfua bark.
rve inousana;ie.aeiB nnyo uceu iut;uu
it is expected that oho. of the largest gather
ings of merrymakers, of the. season will be
Present to enjoy the big program that the
ommlltee and Manager uoie nam arraagea.
Extra cars Will be nut on the Walnut Hill
line early In the day and will run untll.lato
at night In order to handle tne crQwas.
Concerts by the Lorens band, tno ue t,iair-
Titles, famous aeronauts, the Passion Play
and Chamber's Celestial choir will be among
the free attractions on me dim,
Tho program of games and coutostr'for
which prises will be offered nae neen ar
ranged as follows;
nunnlng hop, step and Jump; First prise.
morena:
wniHKy
second prize! one quart best
umbrell
V. I .. 1. . .
ninny,
Ilunnitiir lone lumn: first nrlxe.Tinlr of
shoes; second prize.' one nuurt rve.
One hundred-yard race for boys under 15
years; First prize, pair of shoes; second
prize, pmr oi gniu unit mmoiis.
Flftvivsn' laritc-s' nice: First nrlse. hand
some lamp; second prise, special blue tea
kettle.
Fifty-yard sack race First prize, pair of
shoes; second wlze, pair BUSDehders,
Fifty-yard fat mim's race: First prize,
dox cigars; neconp prise,-one Dome or, rye.
Vlftv-vilril miv-fnr alrlji unflfr IK JVfnm
First prise, fancy fan; second prize, bottle.
oi periumo.
Flfty-vard race for wives of iiostoftlco em
ployesi Flrat prize, stiver fruit dish; second
prise, pair kid gloves; third prize,, .sack of
nour.
One hundred-yard race for nostofflce em
ployesi First prise, $S mirror; second prize,
box of claara.
Ftfty-yurd nice for letter carriers of GO
yeurs or oiaer: nrm prize, pair oi snoes,
second prise, bottle of excellent rye.
Howling contest bet wen the Omahas and
I 1 . -., , . T.l ... .1 V .
II llllliuu Irani. viiai i.iic, t,nno u. ucn ,
second prise, highest Individual score, box
or cigars.
Ladles' bowling contest: First nrlse, cen
lr table: second. ' sold shirtwaist sot.
Bov'Hng contest for postofltce employes
for KTch two prizes will be awarded.
L Kamo (or ono wait tent
Amusementi
Norrls Howe's trained animal show,
which opened a four days' engagement
Tuesday at Eighteenth and Douglas strevtt,
Is gaining In popularity, because (be public
Is nndlng'out the real merit of the perform
ance.. Each' performance brings a larger
crowd than the preceding one. 'Messrs. Nor
V' now6 state .that, hereafter'they expect
to visit- Omaha annually: T.wo.performanei
are given dally and there It a street .parade
tacn lorenoon;
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Ntw Btndi Mut Taks th Flao of Old
OriM Declared Iltiggl.
CLERKS ARE BUSY C0MPILINS IATA
Cltlsen Examine the Honda of Police
Officer City Treaaarer Bhlpa
Money to New York-
Male City New.
One of the Important features to be con
sidered by the city fathers within the next
few weeks Is tho Issuing of a batch of
bonds to take up bonds declared Illegal by
tho courts. Several days have been spent
by clerks In compiling data for this Issue
and tho end Is not yet. Under tho present
charter these bonds will 'draw not more
than 4 per cent Interest and cannot be
sold for less than par. night here Is
whero the trouble Is going to commence.
FJond buyers and bankers assert that tho
city cannot at this time sell 4 per cent
securities, especially as- the bonds to be
refunded are now drawing C per cent In
terest. in speaking of this matter yesterday
Mayor Kelly said that he was so glad to
get rid of the' $50,000 Issue, which caused
so much trouble, that he did not feel like
Jumping Into another .bond proposition'
right away. However,, when the data Is
completed he will, he said) use every en
deavor' to float the bonds at tho interest
allowed by law.
The mayor thinks that possibly the hold
era of the present bonds will be satisfied
to exchange them for the new Issue, es
pecially as the original Issue' has been
declared Illegal. Oy making such an ex
change holders would lose 2 .per cent In
terest, but the new bonds will, It Is as
serted be legal In every respeeb Of course
It will bo a great deal of work to communi
cate, with the holders' of the original bonds
and ascertain their Ideas of an exchange,
but It Is thought that this can be accom
plished through the aid of the state fiscal
agency.
Policemen' Honda.
V
Since mention was made In the newspa
pers a few days ago regarding the worth-
lessness of former Officer Robinson's bond
a dozen or more people havo called at tho
city clerk's office and asked permission to
examine the bonds of some of1 the members
of the force. According to the new charter
all policemen are required to give bond In
a surety company and a majority of these
were not approved by the city council until
August 12. Therefore no bonds . Were in
force for about four months. Robinson s
bond Is, of cburae, worthless, for the rea
son that his assault upon Carlisle was com
mitted on August J and his bond was not
approved' by the mayor and council until
August 12.
Delinquent Tax I.lat.
Although Deputy Tax ' Commissioner
Frank Durnes was on the slcft list yester
day, the "work of compiling tho delinquent
tax list went on Just the 'same. Tax Com
missioner Fitzgerald called In an extra
clerk and It Is expected now that the list
will be completed and totaled by Saturday
night. These books are to be delivered to
the county treasurer on Sunday, it possi
ble, in order to expedlate the compiling of
the records at the courthouse. Mr. Fitz
gerald expects to have the total of de
linquent taxes ready to give to the press
some time Saturday.
Koataky Senala Money.
Yesterday City Treasurer Keutsky sent to
the state" fiscal 'agency In, New York the sum
of $60,780 as the proceeds, of the refunding
bond Issue authorized June 1. The city re
ceived' a premium of $313 for these bonds. ,
The accrued Interest from the date of the'
transfer df the bonds to September 1 will
eat up all of the premium except $65. This
latter sum Is clear profit to 'the "city... The
money was 'sent by draft through the Pack
ers' National bank.
Mayor May Vote.
Mayor Kelly said yestorday that he pro
posed going over the numerous resolutions
passed by the city council Monday night
ordering street repair and apply the pruning
knife wherover possible. There remains In
the street repair fund only $2,174. This
sum must, last the city until the next levy
Is available, eleven months hence. In the
opinion of the chief executive some of the
repairs ordered can bo postponed until there
Is 'more, money on hand, 1
, ' t Carryalls to frerryi
Commencing' Sunday, Ed Burke' will run.
carryalls every hour from. Twenty-fourth
and,-N streets ;to the ferry landing at the
foot of Missouri avenue. In this way the
trip aoross the river 'can.be. made In. a abort,
time.1 The city has appropriated s&u ,ior me
purpose or shaving oft the top of .the Twelfth
street hill and It is expected that this work
will 'bo completed by Sunday. Bjr taking
off about five feet .from the top of the hill
and spreading the dirt along the roadway It
1 thought that a passable road can ne con
structed! Colonel Jack Watklns, the secre
tary of the ferry company, ald yesterday
that he .expected" a large crowd of picnickers
at Ferry par, opounaay.
MaKle City Oossla.
The public schools will open oh Septem
ber 9. ,., , r
'.. Several c4se; of .diphtheria are reported
In the city.
Mrs. J. A. Johnson , returned, yesterday
from California.. ,..
Dr. James Kelly has gone to Arkansas,
u;i u iiuiiwiiB mi'. i .
Zaclc CUtldlngton Is confined to hl rooms
with a severe attack or malaria.
Bneak thieves entered the home of. A. J,
CauaheV Tuosday .and stole two watches.
The property at the northeast -p orncr of
Twenty-fifth and, L streets Is being graded.
Councilman and Mrs. .Joseph Dworak nro
expected home today from Atkinson, Neb.
nmi iinnnnn la hnullnc material for his
hew residence at Twenty-fifth and F
streets.
Xs ' fast as removed the old rails on
Twenty-fourth street are being hauled to
Omaha.
The Union Paclno Is laying a third track
from the southern, limits of the city to
nfr v A. Aenrfw. Twentv-thlrd and N
street has returned from Iowa, where she
vlsiteil rrienub,
fine rnmlnta here show an increase of
135, Iiemi a:) compared with the nitrn
dutn lust vear.
John Olllln, charged with asajiuHlng
Anna 'AVblsenMrK. la to nave a neur.ns
in police court today.
Miss Lulu Ward has resumed her dutlei
as stenographer In Mayor Kelly's office
alter a six weens vacation.
Another carlond of pipe waa received by
tho Omaha Gas company yesterday to be
used In extending the mains.
lltds for the laying of wooden sidewalks
will be received by tho city clerk until
noon on nionaay, Beptcmoer Z.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dunham entertained
a numuer or menus at their home, (Twenty'
sixth and l streets, Tuesday evening.
Dlds for the construction of the pro
posed High school will be received by the
Board of Education until 8 p. m, Monday,
nepiemoer i.
It Is reported that restaurant .lceerers
here are talking of forming a combine to
control prices on account or the advance
In provisions,
Kffurts were being made yesterday to
secure a bond for vounir Pat nrrui,.rii.v.
who hau been held to the district, coiirc
fur vii.muai HBonuii.
Members of the city council are being
Urged by their constituents to pioceed' at
once to the locating of a number of add!-
iiiuiui wnivr nyuraiiiB.
Eugene Meyers, a well known young man
nero ana an employe ni Armours, his
been promoted to the position of-aaxUirt
manager at. the wholesale house of the
cumpany in inwi)n,
.Chairman .Loechqer of the .committee on
auppuea oi ipe noara oi t,aucnlcn I ad
vertising for bids for coal to h iurnii.i
the schools during the winter. Eight differ
ent tunas oi ceai arc ajiccineu, j
FIRST OF ORGAN RECITALS
'Dr. Minor C. Hnlilwln, National Or-a-nnlat,
Mnkea Ilia Appenranee
nt Trinity Cathedral.
The first of the scries of organ recitals
this week at Trinity cathedral by Dr. Minor
C. Baldwin, was given last night to an ap
preciative audience.
Tho program was arranged to bring out
the strong points of tho organist in the best
manner und every number was better than
the one which preceded It. Tho first num
ber waa the "Great Toccata," pedal solo,
by Bach. It was one tempestuous round.
The third number was tho "Pilgrim's
Chorus" from "Tannhauscr." Under tho
hands of Dr. Baldwin on the organ It de
veloped all of the matchless power and
melody of a typical Waguprlan selection,
the audience at times torgottlng tho organ
and Imagining that It heard a full orchestra.
Following this J. F. Barton, accompanied
by Mr. Butler, sang "Los Itamcaux," In his
usually acceptable manner.
The overturo from the "Poot and
Peasant," an arrangement by Or. Baldwin,
was then given and followed by a numbor
containing two radically different composi
tions, a preludo by Bach, soft and swcot,
and a canzouetta by Lemalre, Handel's
"Largo" followed nnd tho Intermezzo by
Olof, the only Scandanavlan composer pre
sented last, night.
Accompanied by Mr. Butler, Mr. Barton
sang "Tho Holy City," and then came the
principal number of tho evening, a descrip
tive piece,. ''The Storm In tho. Mountains,"
by Baldwin. "The Shepherd's Evening
gong" was tho first theme, and tho, tones
of the organ portrayed the song of tho
Swjss shepherd with Its answering strains
from another cliff. Then camo tho storm,
with Its rolling thunder, snapping wind and
pouring rain. As It died away In the dis
tance could be heard the hymu of thanks
giving sung by tho mountaineers, followed j
by an Invocation.
The laat number was a march. "Corona
tion," by Meyerbeer.
The concerts, will continue Thursday and
Friday evenings, with a change of program
each night. Tonight the soloist will be
Mrs. Llowollyn Jonos. Friday night Mr.
Jules Lumbord and Mr. Dan Wheeler will
sing.
The following musical selections will ' bo
rendered tonight at Trinity cathedral by Dr.
Minor C. Baldwin, solo organist, assisted
by Mrs. Llewellyn Jones, nnd Prof. Butler,
accompanist:
Toccata nnd Fukuc J. S. Bach
Chanron do Prlntemps ....Mendelssohn
(a.) Hosanna , Wnch
ih.) Pastorale ii...... .Wuchs
ocai Hoio .ii...
Mrs. I.lewellvn Jones.
Concerto Handel
(a.i Larghetto.
ib.) Allegro,
c.) Alia Slcillann. . .
d.) Presto.
Overture
(a.) Slow movement from "Serenade '
,-. Volkmanfi
(b.'l Intermezzo Oounod
Vocal Solo i
Mrs. Jones.
Fantasle Theme from "Krcutzer, So
nata," opus. 42 Beethoven
QUEST OF HUSBAND'S SLAYER
Mrs. Nellie Poor and' Sons Fonnd De
mented and Hnlf-8tnrved In'
the Woods.
Dr. Nellie Poor, whose husband was mur
dered In Omaha eleven years ago, and who
of late years has made her home In Chtcago,
was found ragged, dirty and hungry Tuesday
afternoon, wandering In the woods three
miles south of Corning, N. Y. With her
were her two sons, Robert and Henry, who
were In little .hotter condition than their
mother. , , ., .
' They 'had been wandering In: the v woods
aiuce me jjropeuiujt. r f luajj'anii,- -warn, ivunu
were (n a pitiable staWi.(.',Tney had,, two
small bundlesand a tlnpMr; .which had'eyl
dently been used for eooklng'pilrposes. Ea'ch
of the ooys 'Carried a heavy iron railroad
bolt a foot 16ngT The mother "and. sons, all
apparently jn an unbalanced mental con
dition, were placed under tho care, of Will
iam H. Chamberlain of Kanona, N. Y., who
Is 'Mrs, Poor's couslnand who had led In
the search for them since they disappeared
from Corning last Friday.
They could give no account of why they
ran away, but It is supposed that tho woman
is still engaged In a search for her hus
band's murderer, for which quest she has
for years manifested a mania: i
Recently her mono-mania has taken a
more 'violent form. Several times' she' has
leaped from moving trains, screaming that
she was being pursued by enemtes A week
ago Mrs. Poor, armed with a Urge knife and
accompanied by her sons, created a sensa
tion by rushing through the coaches of an
Erie passenger train, all fighting an Imag
inary fpe whom they wildly declared had
been trying to drug them.
Slnco the murder of her husband Mrs".
Poor has taken a complete course In med
icine at a Chicago' institution, 'and was au
thorized to 'practice, but she has not done
so for some time.
Keep the body healthy at this season by
using Prickly Ash Bitters. It is a neces
sary condition to successfully- resist ma
larial germs.
BANKERS WILL SEETHE SIGHTS
Preparations Under Way for Enter
tainment ot Financiers Dor Ins
the Fall ' Carnival;
i
Preparations for the. entertainment of the
bankers of the state of Nebraska during
the week of the Ak-Har-Bcn festivities are
In progress. At that time tho annual con
ventlon of the State Bankers' association
Will be held In this cty, with representa
tives from almost every bank. In the state,
Tho program of tho meeting Is not com
plete, but the committee having It In charge
is preparing a number of subjects which
will be discussed by the brightest minds in
the state and In addition ttf this it hopes
to have some of the leading financiers of
the country at the meeting to deliver ad
dresses upon timely topics.
While the' papers and discussions will
mainly touch directly upon banking, the
other material Interests of the state will
not be disregarded at soma attention will
be given to the discussion of such subjects
as irrigation and the cultivation of the soil,
the Importance of tho grazing' Interests ot
the west and kindred matters. It Is said
In this connection that It was before an as
soclatlon of bankers that the first plans to
ward securing Irrigation upon a large scale
In the west wero presented and discussed
and that at this meeting the matter was
brought to public attention for the first
time.
MATCH MACHINES ARE COMING
Charles GrenulK l Chlcasro Aitrnillnir
Testa of Apiinratna to Be Uaet!
Here.
Charles Qreunlg Is In 'Chicago, where a
test ot the machines which will be used In
the Omaha match factory Is being made.
The completion ot tho machines has been
delayed since July 1, the time whan under
the contract' they should have' been de
llvered, by strikes In the trades In Chi
cago, but they will be Installed In Omaha
by October ir the present tests prove sue
cessful, These machines are not compll
cated, but they perform more Work than
any other machines known. In addition
to forming the match and dipping It they
print the cardboard boxes, form them, plact
the matches In the .box: and slip them int
their outer covering; - .
HEROES OF PEKIN ENROUTE
Third Battalioi. Fourteenth Inftnt7
Taiiu Through Omiha.
THREE YEARS OF FOREIGN SERVICE
Uncle Snm'a Boy from Chlnn and the
Philippines on Their Wny to
Forta Porter nnd Mnanra
Stnra and Stripes In China.
Tho Third battalion ot the famous Four
teenth United States Infantry, tho regiment
which has tho honor of having first sent d
tho walls of Pckln nnd planted the tl rs
and-stripes thereon, passed through Omah.i
yesterday, enrouto to New York, after threj
years of foreign service. ,
The battalion Is composed of I, L. K and
M companies and Is under command of Ma
jor Mann Tho first two companies have
been ordered to Fort Porter and the others
to Fort Niagara. Tho total number In the
battalion Is twelve officers and 319 men nnd
they occupied a special train ot tourle n
Pullmans. The men enjoyed n fine t.lp
from the coast ever tho Central Pacific,
Denver & Rio Grande and the Rock Island.
At Council Bluffs tho train was delivered
to the Chicago, Milwaukee fe St. Paul,
which will take It as far as' Chicago.
Tho Fourteenth Infantry left the United
States three' years ago last June, nnd has
since seen service in both tho Philippines
nnd China. After two years of fighting' In
the Philippines the regiment was ordered
to tako a part In the' Unplcasantncts In
China, and acquitted Itself with great
credit.
The boys of the Fourteenth left Manltt
on July 14, 1900, and spent over .tour months
on Chlneso soli. They took a prominent
part In the battle ot Yang Sung on August
6, which was the second In which they wcra
engaged with the Chinese, Brigaded wl'h
the two battalions of the Fourteenth ua
a battalion of English Fuslleers, a battal
ion of tho Fifth United States artillery nnd
a battalion of the Bengal Lnncers. Op
posed to this smalt force were 30.000 Chi
nese, who had twenty-throo rnpld-flro guns.
The battle began at 9 o'clock In the morn
ing and raged furiously until 12:30, when
tho Chinese fled In disorder,- unablo. tu
withstand the onslaught of tho International
forces. Tho Fourteenth captured thltto n
ot the Chlneso guns, but lost sixty-five of
Its men. The two battalions then campol
on tho battlefield for the rest of the day to
bury their dead, breaking camp at 4 o'clock
the following morning and starting for
Pckln. They arrived In the capital ctty on
August 14, where H company had the glory
of being tho first to scale the walls and
raise tho American flag.- The next day (hi
Fourteenth assisted In tho capture. of the
Imperial or Inner city, L nnd M companies
entering first and losing ten men. The
battalion went Into quarters at tho Temple
of Heaven, which was anything but heav
enly, remaining, there until October 21,
when they were ordered back to tho Phil
ippines. They established a recqrd by
marching tho, ninety miles from Pekln to
Yang Sung In thirty-seven hours.
On the homeward trip tho Third battalion
left Manila on July 20 and came by tho way
ot Nagasaki and Yokohama, arriving nt
San Francisco August 19. They commenced
the trail trip August 24.
The men of the Fourteenth are the b:'t
disciplined and most orderly lot of soldiers,
either volunteer or regular, that has passed
through Omaha since the outbreak ot tfce
Spanish-American war. They wero clean
and neat In appearance. ,
Aatoanded the lid I tor.
Editor. 8i A.- Brown of Bennettsvllle,. 8. C.,
(was onca' Immensely . surprised, VThrpugh
"my wife was greatly run down. She bad
no strength or Vigor and suffered great dis
tress from her stomach, but she tried
Electric Bitters, which helped her at once
and, after using four bottles, she Is en
tirely well, can eat anything. It's a grand
tonic, yand Its gentle laxative qualities are
splendid for torpid liver." For Indlgea-
tjon, Loss ot Appetite, Stomach and Liver
troubles It s a positive, guaranteed cure
Only GOc at Kuhn & Co., corner ,15th and
Douglas streets.
ANYTHING BUT SOUR GRAPES.
ncaulta of Vineyard Eziierlmenta by
Henry W. Yatea at Hla
Home.
One oi the most complete experimental
vineyards In the stale Is that planted by
Henry W. Yates at his home. In Omaha a
few years ago. This season the vines have
reached lull development and tho display
of grapes Is said to bo one ot the best ever
made In America. There aro about ten
varieties In the collection, some of which
have been considered unsuited for, this
climate, but, as shown by the experiment
of Mr. Yates, all of them are perfectly
hardy end good bearers under ordinary con
dltlons
Among- the vines are spoolmens ot the
following -grapes: Worden, Niagara,,- Dela
ware, Catawba, Brighton,. Salem, New
York State, and, one or twq varieties ot
Roger's hybrid, whose names have been
lost'. This season every "variety Is perfect;
The Wordens and .Brlghtons . are ripe and
have been. harvested to save them, from the
birds, whfeh. flock to the vlnoyard and play
havoc with the ripe fruit. Several of the
vinos will be, protected by netting from the
ravages ot tho birds, but as It would re
quire sixty-four bolts, ot netting to cover
the vineyard Mr. Yates and the birds will
run a race for the larger part of the
grapes. Mr. Yates said:-
"I was totally Ignorant on the subject
of vines when' I set these out and simply
took the matter up for recreation. Ex
perienced 'men laughed at me -tor planting
certain varieties, but I was a fool and with
a. fool's luck have demon8tiated the fact'
that the beat varieties of grapes can bo
grown In Nebraska. I believe hat the
Niagara Is the grape for this state, for It
bears abundantly and the" bunches 'are
closer set and 'ripen more evenly than those
of any other variety.
"The birds In that vineyard would de
light tho heart ot any ornithologist, for
every variety that evor fluttered wing In
Nebraska air Is there at some hour of the
day. Since the grapes began to ripen I
have become acquainted with more birds
than I ever before knew existed In the
state. The other day I heard a peculiar
cry from a tree and on getting out a com
paratively large bird uttering this note
flew away slowly. When I saw It again a per
son with me, who knows about these things,
Identified It as an Australian cuckoo. This
Is an exceedingly rare bird In this climate,
but It can make Its work seen In a vine
yard, as I have since discovered."
In addition to his vineyard Mr., Yates has
had considerable success with fruit, having
In bearing at this time several varieties
which havo been declared, unsuited for the
state
Ilond Toq Had to Mnnaare.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 28. General
Manager Frank Patterson of the Pittsburg,
Johnstown, Ebensburg & Eastern 'railroad,
has resigned his office and traffic on the
road has been suspended, pending the ap
pointment ot his successor. In resigning,
the general manager said he ceil .,
take the responsibility for running trains,
An accident occurred on the. road last
week resulting from spreading rails and
.this is. tald J.6 be the cause ot Mr. Patter
son' resignation.
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DOCTOR
Searles & Searles
Dat. A. 13. SF3Ani.ES.
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Spectacular Daylight Parade, September 18, .
Grand Electrical Pageant, September 19.
Court Ball at the Den, September 20.
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