THE OMAHA DAILT TSEE; TIirnSftAY, OCTOKET? 10. 1901.
5
LAD FINDS SPURIOUS COIN
Golittrfaittri' Ouch Discmrid bj a Eoj
WhiU Digging a Ot.it,
EIGHT HUNDRED BAD HALF DOLLARS
frncllitcs In Which the Mrlnl Una
Jtelted Also llroualit In l.lKhl
Jlourr Poorly Mude mill Would
Ilnvc Deceived Sn One.
Freddy Hartch, 4 years of age, 'discovered
f. email fortune In half-dollars while dig
ging a cave In a bank near his home at 3510
1'aclflc mrect Monday afternoon. When tho
clay was wushed from tho coins, however,
It was found that they were all counterfeit,
and further down In tho cache tho crucibles
in which tho metal had been melted were
unearthed.
. Ilogus halves to tho number of 815, or
$407.60, were found stowed nway but a few
inches below the surface of the earth. Their
appearance and tho Intrusted condition of
tho cruclblcr. Indicated thnl all . had been
burlcJ for at least u year and had not been
"disturbed during that time
Tho coltih are very linucrfect. helns lleht.
Uhln and poorly molded. All were made
Iroin one model, a half-dollar of the year
3877.. 1 hey are now' In the possession 'of
Special Operative Webb of the United
'States secret service, and ho says It .was
plainly the work of amateurs. Despite their
long burial In tho moist clay, tho money re
tains a luster, and this leads Mr. Webb to
Vellovo that tin tolder was mixed with lead
lh their composition.
Work lloiielrisly IIikI,
Not one of tho coins Is flnlehcd, none be
Jng trimmed or tinted on the edge. All
fcro hopelessly bad counterfeits and could
fcover bo passed anywhero. Mr. Webb sayo
tbo makers evidently knew this when they
juried them nnd, nuver Intended to get them
iligain. llo considers It a good Jokn on the
Counterfeiters that they kept on making the
knoney when tho first samples and all that
lollowed were so bad. Thin Is also, ho sayn,
R. proof of their greenness nt tho game. In
Addition to tliu Sin complete hnlf-dollarn
(hero wns one half section of another which
bad been cut In two.
Tho coins look very fragile. It took sev
eral hours for them to dry off nnd Mr.
."Webb has not yet washed the clay from
thorn. Ho will forward tho entire Hud,
broken crucibles and all, to Washington,
ffho molds wcro not found, but Mr. Webb
s of tho opinion that a cheap and almost
Useless cast mold was used, us ho does not
think that planter of parts frames could
bavo produced such poor work.
Tho cache was at tbo Intersection of
friilrty-slxth nnd Pacific streets, practically
in the right-of-way. Thirty-sixth street
U being opened up through tbcro and con
siderable grading has been necessary. A
flroall hill protruded Into tho right of way
UnX this wns cut out by tho graders, leaving
fc. clay bank at the side of the road.
TlKitiKht He llnil it Fortune.
Tho knives of tho machine Just missed
butting Into the cache, which was In this
hillock, and tho heavy rains of tho next
few days washed away tho bank and all
but laid buro the money. Tho water per
colated through to the hiding place and left
& hollow depression Just ovr tho cache.
Jn that holo Freddy thought ho hail found
n natural beginning for his projected cave,
fio ho started to work Monday nftcrnoon
'when all tho children of the neighborhood
were at school.
I A njlnuttulatori the boy eamo running-to
. fcls"mother wltti n'handfid of ' clay-coated
fens,., which gllstnued through tho cover
g In spots. An Investigation began and
tho entjro contents of tho cavho wero
fccooped Into n basket. Tuosday Mr.
Stealing
''The desert land net Is tho most Iniqui
tous piece of legislation ever placed upon
ho ntatute books," snld a prominent west
ern senator to a correspondent of tho Chi
ta go Hecord-Herald. "Without nny pcr
f.optlblo Increase In our farming population
Curing tho fiscal year ending Juno 30, over
&00.000 ncrcs of Montana's choice farm
lands wero paid for and receiver's receipts
Issued. It Is fnlr to assume that nt least
1 many moro acres wore taken up during
tho eamo period that havo not been paid
(or. How long, let mo ask, can this work
Jbt acquiring Innd largely for the benefit of
companies and corporations continue before
bur rich arid domain will pass beyond tho
cacb of settlers nnd home builders?
'In view of national aid In tho reclnlm-
Jng of our arid lands, tho first step should
la tho immediate repeal of some of our
'iV resent Innd laws and tho preservation of
.public, domain for actual settlers. If this
'cannot, be dnno, federal aid 'will only be a
flroarn. It can never bo a reality, for tho
Ration will not appropriate money except
it bn In the Interest of actual settlement.
IWhen tho desert land net is repealed and
the Issuing of scrip Is stopped, ns It should
.have been long ago, and the public lands
nro held for home builders, then, and not
Until then, will wo have laid tho foundation
tor the upbuilding of agriculture and for
an Industrial growth never surpassed in
ftny country.
"Wo can readily understand why capital
ists In Chicago, Hoston nnd New York, men
iln nowloo identified with tho upbuilding of
tho western states, who hnve Invested
Money In cattle, sheep, water fronts and
.favored places commanding wide ranges,
should look with dlffavor upon all meas
ures that tend to settlement nnd growth,
but It Is not easy to understand how men
living In the western states nnd taking
pride In their achievements should be In
different to theso subjects. W'lth what
Xiroprloty can we ask the federal govern
ment to expend millions of dollars In tho
construction of reservoirs nnd Irrigating
canals nfter all the Jands tributary to thrm
have been appropriated by a few men and
A few companies? In ninety cases out of
h hundred the provisions of the desert Innd
act hnve not been compiled with In securing
title. In fact, tho provisions of thn Inw
Jinvo been flagrnptly violated nnd tltlo hns
been secured by thn rankest perjury."
This' tenator but expressed the general
fciew of thoso who hayo Investigated the
Workings of tho desert land law, continues
the correspondent, writing from Helenn,
fclont. This law orlglnnted in 1875, whon
a big rattle company In California, desiring
lo secure tltlo to a largo tract of land,
secured the passage by congress of an act
Whereby It was able to accomplish its pur
yoso by a pretense of reclamation of gov
ernment domain. The process was so easy
that the demand for a similar law became
general and In 1877 the desert land net,
iractlcally as It now stands, was placed
iPn tho statute book. Since 1877 thero
fcave been 36,!51 original desert fillings
Ijunder this law In the arid states, covering
'QUA 1f l.ll- 1 a ..
urna 01 puuuc luiiu. ui an mesa
! tilings made but 10,912 have been proved up
'ion and tltlo conveyed by the government.
theso nnnl proofs covering 2.674.605 nnres.
, Jurlng each year there are between 2,500
and 3,000 desert filings made and between
600 and 300 final proofs accomplished nnd
'it is conservative to estimate that fully 95
per cent 0: the final proofs made on desert
Webb was notified and he brought the haul
to his ofnee
Freddy Harseh Is the son of William J,
Harsch, a laborer. The family Is highly
respected In the neighborhood. Mr, Harsch
was nt a loss nt first to know to what au
thorities to report tho discovery of hli
child, which explains the lapse of time be
fore tho matter came to the knowledge of
the secret service operative.
Just south of the spot where the money
was found is a grove of trees, which Is
very dense during the season of bloom.
It Is supposed that the counterfeiters did
their work In this copv? by night. Tho
length of time which has elapsed since the
coins were burled precludes nil chanqe of
their apprehension, Bave by somo accident
or a confession.
INSPECTING WEATHER BUREAU
Henry .1, Tin, Hrml of tin t'htcnKO
Station, lull (In; Office f
I'oreoiister Wclh,
For the first time In seven years the
United States weather bureau and station
In Omaha Is now being Inspected. Henry J.
Cox, professor of meteorology nnd head of
tho weather bureau at Chicago, Is spending
two days with Mr. Welsh at tho local .head
quarters. "
These Inspections nro schodulod 'to occur
nt least onro in two years, and hereafter
will come at about that Interval, as tho
system has been recently altered, Heads of
the department such as Prof. Cox now do
tho work, while formerly thero was a trav
eling Inspector who was at it all the time.
On other occasions when tho Inspector
has been In this part of the rountry and
headed this way sudden calls have turned
him orf In some other direction, nnd Mr.
Welsh wns glad to get Mr. Cox here at last.
The visitor has tho power of destroying
worn out nnd obsolete government property
nnd also makes nil recommendations ns to
supplies of which n station may stand In
need, so It Is most pleasing nnd beneficial
to a weather man to hnve the Inspector
come around, that is, If his station In In
good shape, ns Is the case with tho local
bureau. ,
Mr. Cox talks most Interestingly of his
work. Ho said:
"Director Willis Moore of our service and
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, In whoso
department we arc, work hand In hand for
tho benefit of tho weather bureau, nnd they
have done a great deal for It.
"The matter which Is engrossing most
nttentlon Just now Is the distribution of the
dally weather forecast among the farmers
by means of tho rural free delivery service.
It Is acknowledged everywhere that It would
bo a wonderful thing for the farmers if
they could receive at noon each day tho
forecast for tho following day.
"This, In fact, has sprung Into great
prominence as one of the most Important
feature of the rural free delivery. Super
intendent Menchnm of that service has
taken it up with a will nnd Is aiding us so
that wo nlready have the system In good
working order In many places. Mr. Hill of
Chicago, who Is In charge of the farmers'
forecastH in this section, tells mu thnt the
farmers await much morn eagerly the little
card bearing the prediction than they do
their mall, and that they place great value
on tho convenience, which they could not
havo secured a few yearB ago had they not
been living close to large cities.
"Tho standard of tho Weather department
personnel and stnff grows higher each year.
In fact, I think It the superior of that in
any other department of the civil service.
We no longer uncover any of tho rottenness,
the inefficiency and general debility on the
part of employes that were onco familiar to
Inspectors. Inspections nre no longer con
sidered In the light of being still hunts
nftor such unhealthy or crliulunl condi
tions." If lt n "tinrlnnd"
Thnt's all you need to know about a
stovo or range
Arid Land
lands nre of nn entirely fraudulent nnture.
As the Inw now stnnds nny citizen of the
United States can take up 320 acres of arid
innd by making n deposit nt tho time of
filing of 25 cents per ncru nnd paying ?t an
ncre muru when title passes from tho gov
ernment. Tho law requires thnt before se
curing ,tltlo tho settlers shall prove the
ownership of sufficient water to Irrigate
this entire tract of land, shall prove that
ho has expended nt least II per ncro por
year In Improving tho Innd and that he
has actually irrigated within threo years
from tho tlmn of filing every legal subdi
vision of the claim, The proof of Irriga
tion Is the nctunl ownership of water, tho
construction of the necessary canals and
ditches nnil presence of water upon the Innd
In Hufllrlent quantities to produce a crop,
as shown by the testimony of tho witness.
To' honestly enrry out tho requirements
Imposed by tho law n man must have an
unquestioned wnter right of sufficient vol
umo nnd, ns experience hns proved, make
nn expenditure of nt least J10 an aero to
put this water upon the land In sulUulent
quantities to ralso n crop of somo kind
which would not otherwise have grown upon
his claim. It Is a notorious fact that
thousands of desert claims are filed where
there la no potability of securing tho
nocessnry water, it Is an equally notori
ous fact that the law is used in nearly
overy lnstnni'0 to prevent others from set
tling upon tho laud, to Bccurp monopoly of
Uvo Htook ranges or to monop'niuo water
holes and watc,r frontB ln'Biich a way ns
to prevent others from using tho public
rango In thnt vicinity. ,
The matter In which many of the final
proofB are made upon these desert claims
Is almokt Incredible. In numerous In
stances no nttempt Is mndo to water tho
Innd at nil, tho principal effort being ex
pended In tho securing of witnesses who
will Bwenr to a statement of alleged facti
required by tho land office befoni patent
Issues. To case the consciences of some of
these witnesses men have kbeen known to
take a pall of wnter nnd In their presenco
pour It upon tho land so tho statement
can bo uiado that they have seen wator
running upon the claim. The building of
ditches sworn to In the final proof gener
ally means tho plowing of single furrows
ncross ea:h forty acres, so hh to comply
with tho law In regnrd to enrh legal sub
division, n forty bolng thr smallest tract
recognized In the surveys of the public
land.
In other well-known ani now populous
valleys of Colorado, Wyoming, Montona,
New Moxlco, Arizona, and, In fact. In all
the arid states, enough water to Irrlgnto
forty ncres has been used to obtain tltlo to
thousands of ncres, ' Each claim has been
- proved up by tho use of this tiny stream,
the stream being diverted from one claim
to another In succ'slou, ns demanded bv
the witnesse.i who wero to swear as to tlv
reclamation of tho land. It may bo stated
without exaggeration thnt nearly all IU
large land holdings or ranches In tho
arid west havo been built up by fraudulent
aee of tho Innd laws, and notnbly by th'
fraudulent use of tho desert laud act. In
the first few years of its operation each
claimant was allowed 640 acres, and undiv
this law great valleys and plains wcro ab
sorbed on block by Individuals and corpo
rations, who employed people to uso their
Vsert land rights, nil for the benefit of th
single establishment. Tho amount of land
which can be taken under (he desert land
law bus since been reduced to 320 aqres,
iut the lanio niothod Is btlll belag pursued
RATE WAR COMES TO AN END
Prettj Fight Between Reek Island and Elk
bora fr MiineapolU Travel.
FOOT BALL CONTEST It THE CAUSE
Scrlntmnice llrtnren Passenger Of
ficial In Almost n Mtrty ns It
s Will lie Hrtvfrrn the
Pigskin Punchers.
The rate war on transportation from Lin
coln to Minneapolis, occasioned by tho Nebraska-Minnesota
foot ball game Saturday
afternoon, has ended. After the North
western nnd Hock Island had each an
nounced a rato of 13 for the round trip the
Hock Island withdrew. The Northwestern
Immediately announced that the rate of $3
was still In force and anyone who wants
to go can do so for $3. Tho Northwest
ern runs over its own tracks from Lincoln
to Minneapolis nnd has been chosen as the
official train by the foot ball team, The
special train will leave Lincoln at 6.30
o'clock Friday evening and returning will
leave Minneapolis at 7 o'clock Sunday morn
ing. It is thought thnt moro than 1,000
people will attend the game.
Some feeling has been engendered bo
tween Elkhorn nnd Hock Island officials
because of tho action of tbo latter In
Inaugurating a J5 rate at the very start.
Tho Klkhorn people say that such a big
cut nt the get-away was unwarranted. They
retaliated Tuesday by announcing a $1
fare. Tho Rock Island immediately met
this. Then the Klkhorn executed what
was Intended to be a final coup by giving
out a rato of $3.
ThlB looked like rock bottom, but tho
Hock Island promptly met the cut yester
day. onit'lulH Hold Conference.
Officials of each road held a conference
yesterday, or nttemptcd to do so, but
the meeting was productivo only of
much blue fire. Tho Intent had been for each
to abandon Its 3 rate by agreement, and
for both then to establish somo faro less
extreme and stick to it. Nothing was ac
complished, however. Tho Elkhorn repre
sentatives declared that the proper way for
tho Hock Island to begin the cut would have
been to do ns the Illinois Central did from
Minneapolis down to Lincoln last Thnnks
giving day, drop first to $8, then descend a
competition between the roads compelled
It to do. Instead of making such a radical
break at tho stort. The conversation at tho
conference hinged on this one bone of con
tention. Tbo Elkhorn trains from Lincoln will not
touch Omahn, running to Fremont and
thence to Missouri Valley, where they will
be transferred to tho Northwestern lino and
carried thence by that road straight up to
Minneapolis.
Tho Hock Inland route will be through
Omaha and as far as Valley Junction, In.,
five miles west of Dcs Moines, on tho main
lino to Chicago, 193 miles in all from Lin
coln. At that station the train goes north
to Angus, thirty-three miles, nnd then
transfers to tho Minneapolis ft St. Louts
railway tracks, using that road for the re
maining ICO miles.
WRECK ON NORTHWESTERN
Mail mill KiprfM Train Hun Off
Track r (.'renrrnl and Pnntnl
Clerks Arr Injured.
At 7:50 Wednesday morning the Chicago
& Northwestern mall and express train No.
9 ran off the track at Crescent, la., about
five miles east of Council muffs, owing to
a broken flango In one of the car trucks.
Operations of Land Grabbers
in the West.
In monopolizing the ranges and fraudu
lently acquiring title to the public domain.
The agricultural population of tho arid
states Is not increasing in nearly the ratio
with which the government Is dlsDosins ot
Its estnte, thus showing that the big live
stock companies are extending their opera
tions In the land business, a process which
will result In time In te entire absorption
of land which Ib now looked upon as avail
ablo for settlement by an Increased popu
lation. Many of tho men who have availed them
selves of these possibilities are of high
standing nnd would indignantly resent
the Idea that they wero dishonest in nnv
particular. It has bocomo the custom for a
man who desired to secure a lot of land to
let it be understood that such land was
worth bo much per acre to him ns soon ns
tltlo could bo conveyed. The result of Biich
nn announcement Is to bring In a lot of
irresponsible people, who file upon tho tract
which the rancher desires to secure, borrow
from him tho money to prove up, and after
title Is completed convey the land for a
small consideration nbove tho indebtedness
to tho man desiring the large landholdlng.
Tho exlstonce of land laws which can be
evaded by n form of perjury apparently re
garded as legitimate has a generally de
teriorating effect upon tho public morals.
It hns como to such a pass that fow men
seem to hesitate to.straln their consciences
to cover a government land transaction,
This perjury Is open, avowed and notorious.
When the Innd office attempts to Investigate
a claim to tltlo before title Is allowed to
pnss tne Investigation docs not seem to pro-
imro any rem results, ror apparently nnv
number of witnesses can be secured who
wm swear to nn unlimited number of false
hoods when a government Innd transaction
is to uo matie.
If the desert land act wns resulting In
the building up of homes upon tho arid
domain of the United States a certain olo
mont of fraud might bo overlooked In view
of greater benefits derived, nut the law
as It stands today is simply an agency for
1 ne monopoly of tho rountry By powerful
Industrial and political combinations, and
should bo removed from the statute' books
without delay. Not only should this be
done, but If necessary special legislation
should be enacted whereby all land now
held under the desert act should be In
spected as to the possibilities of making
final proof and the good Intentions of those
who are holding it. with the view of re
storing the came to the public domain In
case theso are found defective,
To take the place of the desert act It Is
possible to so amend tho homestead law
which Is now Inapplicable to desert lands
so that thero would be a possibility of a
homesteader Becurlng title to desert lands
in connection with his homestead by honest
reclamation. The purpose of the govern
ment is to hold the public lands for the
actual Bettler. To make a country of homes
and not of great landholdlngs has been tho
real bplrlt and Intention of all land login
lntlon. A tremendous stride toward cor
rectlng existing errors could be made by
repealing the desert land act and enacting
in Its place a desert land privilege, to be
secured only by bona fide homestead set
tiers. Congress will be asked this winter
to consider this matter at length and In
detail, and those who are working seriously
and honestly for the development of the
western states are hoping for intelligent
ud oonwt lefloUtlon In tbo prtmlic.
The entire train was derailed. One car
was tipped over nnd the steps torn from
two or three other ears. Three of the
mall clerks were Injured. J. P. McMahon
had his back wrenched and Mnll Clerks
Purely and II. W. Miller were Injured about
their hands. Traffic, both east nnd west
bound, wns delayed several hours by the
wreck. The morning local. No. 74, to
Sioux City was run around by way of lllalr
nnd the Hlalr bridge, nnd No. 11, the west
bound passenger, wns delayed three hours.
PLANNING AUDITORIUM WORK
NtiRueitlon In Hellevp Directors'
Hoard of .Mnrli of (he It i 11 1 1 11 e
llnsltirs.
The committee appointed at the last
meeting of the auditorium board to assist
the president In arranging tho different
committees for tho coming year Is discuss
ing a plan to relievo tho majority of the
members from much of' tho routine work
and to give them an opportunity to devote
more time to raising funds.
It has been suggested that nn executive
committee of nine bo selected from tho
wcnty-flvc directors, nnd that routine mat
ers bo passed upon by this committee,
which will hold meetings every other day.
This plan, it Is believed by Its promoters.
will Increase the effectiveness of tho work,
as during the Inst year It was found Impos
sible nt tlmcB to gel nut n quorum of the
board for tbo transaction of business which
was of n pressing nnture.
W, O. Armstrong, recently employed ns
collector, Is meeting with fair success In
collecting the funds due on thn first stock
assessment. The second assessment will
probably bo levied at the time work !s
started on the construction of the build-
nc nnd then assessments will come more
rapidly as that work advances. The
amount of the second nssessment will lie
decided upon nt a future meeting of the
board, nnd collections on thnt will probably
bo pressed closer than upon the first, ns It
will be necessary to havo more funds on
hand during tho construction of the build-
nx.
Tho announcement of the Intention of tho
board of directors to havo the basement
completed for the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ilen
Initiation work In May was hailed with
pleasure by tho governors, as they were
at 11 loss to know where they will be lo
cated for tho coming year. It is said that
hey will havo to give up possession of the
old Coliseum nt the beginning of the year.
COURT TAKES A DAY OFF
Indue Miiimer mid Other I'edrnil Ottl-
cern In Oinnhn on llrlef ltPNtt
from OHlilnl Cirlnd.
Judge Munger nnd other federal court
officials spent yesterday In Omaha, returning
o Lincoln Inst night. The Jury appears
there today and tho court has set probably
four cases for trial this week nnd next.
Ono of these will be the old matter of
Emma Walker against John Mosher, a sa-
oon keeper of Ashland, Neb.. In which Mrs.
Walker bucs for heavy dnmages an recom
pense to her for tho loss of her husband,
spoliated and killed, as she alleges, by liq
uor from Mosber's saloon. This case wob
tried here during tho May term, but the
ury hung It up, standing 11 to 1.
While nt Lincoln tho United States dls
rlct court hns received il transcript of a
enso from Dixon county, 111 which Josephine
O. Johnson sues tho Chicago, St. Paul, Min
neapolis & Omaha road for $5,000 for loss
of support, her husband Having been killed
n an accident nn that railroad.
Cook's Imperial Extra . Dry Champagne
1b tho wine for American. Jts purity nnd
boquet commends It to them.
SCHWEIZER STILL IN JAIL
Cnnnlr Allnrnoy Want lo Kxniiilne
Another Witness llefore nls
iiiIknIhk Hie 'ne.
At irnat one dnv moro of confinement
awnlts Fred Schwelzer, who hna been In
the city Jail slnco Sunday, pending tho ln-
vpstlirnt on of o rcumstances attending mo
death of Nells Hcrtclsen, hlfl former land
lnr.i. Tnpsilav a coroner's Jury returned
a verdict to tho effect that ncrtelsen come
r. hl rieiith nfl tho result of "hyperacmla
of tho brain, cnused by undue excitement
In nn nltcrcation with Fred bcnweizor.
Further than this the Jury placed no re,
nonslhl lit v uiion Schwelzer. nut l.ysio 1.
Abbott, assistant county attorney, who has
hrnl chnrso of tho case, is not sntlsflcd to
drop the prosecution Just yet.
"I will not know what I nm going to do
with this rnso'beforo Thursday forenoon,"
said Mr. Abbott, "ns I want to examine ono
moro witness. The story this witness tells
will finally determine the matter."
munition for llrnveo.
Wnnl reaches ub of a small band of sol
diers who held nt bay a largo number of
Filipinos for over two hourB until assist
ance arrived, theroby Bavlng nn Importnnt
nnint frnin p.mture. For their bravery
they were all given promotion. To ho
brave It is necessary to have strong nerves
nd a cood dlccst on. If your stomncn is
unnk and you Buffer from Indigestion,
hinrthnrn. belchlnc. nervousness or In
somnia, you should try Hostctter'B Stomach
flitters. It will cure you.
Drexel's Specials
Have you neon thorn His men Hie-
lulu at $:i.."0? There's iiotlilni; In tills
town thnt will IickIii to i-omparo with
them for vnltirs no iiinttiT what tlio
nniiio nmy lt-It's tho vnliic thnt counts
-this Is tho host ?:t.."0 shoe vnltie over
shown In n limit's shoe-new shnpes this
fnll-tho fnelory nmy have iniitlo a
tnlstake In the piiee to ns-lf they did
yon set the bencllt of It -for we bought
tlietn to sell nt ?:i.r.O-and that's what
they will bell nt you never saw any
thing lllto them In your life before.
N. 11. An airship with every pair ot
boys' nnd girls' shoes for $l.rU or more.
Drexel Shoe Co..
Omaha's Hp-lo-dn(e Shoe Mouse.
141H I'AIINAM STHUKT,
New Fall Catnlonne .Vow Itendy.
Do You Know
That Ilospe Is selling n mighty fine lit
tle piano for only .?--" this week? It
Is well worth $27.'i of anybody's money
will last a lifetime good tone well
constructed action and handsome double
veneered case-In either geiinlno ma
hogany, Kugllsh oak or real walnut.
Then, besides, we tlx the terms with you
so yon can pay a little each month In
a short time yon have It all paid for
without hardly realizing It and have had
the use of an elegant piano all this
time. Isn't this a better plan than to
keep putting off buying until you havo
all tho cm. sir.'
A. HOSPE
Music and Art. 1513-1515 Douglas
,Vt do artistic tuning. Phone 183.
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Ripiblican Famally Open tht Campaign
with Goad Mittior.
CANDIDATES ALL PRESENT THEIR CLAIMS
.Many llrnsoni (liven Why the I'nrly
Should Hnve the Support ot the
Voters nt (he Tolls
Thin Full.
The fnll campaign was opened by the
republicans last night with a meeting at
Woodman hall. As the meeting had been
well ndvertlscd the nttendnnco was good
nnd much enthusiasm wiib manifest. Ilruco
McCullorh noted ns chairman of the meet
ing. Tho rally was held by tho two re
publican clubs of South Omaha, for tho
purposo of ratifying tho action ot tho
county convention.
County Judge Vlnsonhaler wna tho first
speaker. Tho Judge thnnked tho South
Omaha delegation to the convention for
Its support.
Charles I'nltt. candidate for county clerk,
spoko ut some length, urging that tho en
tire republlcnn ticket be elected thin fnll.
W. J. Hunter, nominee for county treas
urer, said when cnlled upon thnt ho was
a plain, every-day business man and that
If he was elected ho would do the best ho
knew how to make a good county official.
Thomns Crocker, candidate for recorder
of deeds, pointed to his record ns a fnlth
ful official, who had turned in moro money
Into tho county during his term of office
thnn any of his predecessors. For this
renson ho thought hp deserved re-election
at the hands of his party.
Superintendent Hodwell, K. F. Hralley,
cnndldntn for coroner; (leorgo Mcllrldo,
Fred Dlentsblcr, candidate for county com
missioner from the Fourth district;
Charles Alstadt, candidate for police Judge,
and II. S. Duko, a candidate for Justice of
thn peace, also spoko briefly and were
well received.
Selionl llonrd Mntler.
At tho present tlmo cloven rented rooms
nro being occupied by pupils of the public
schools. Superintendent J. A. Mclean
stated lat evening thnt ho thought there
would not bo any necessity for renting any
moro outside rooms for n time.
Tho bcIiooI house being erected nt Forty
second nnd L streets is nearly completed
and It l expected that this new two-room
building will be ready for occupancy within
one week. When school Is opened west of
tho tracks the room of Mrs. Moore nt Uw
ell will be greatly relieved, ns she now hns
ninety-four pupils. Two morn teachers who
are now on tho arslgned list will be em
ployed to teach in this new bcIiooI. which
has uot yet been named.
Superintendent McLean has changed the
old order of teachers' reports. Now such ro
pnrte will bo made at the close of each
school month and not nt the cud of tho cal
endar month.
In compliance with tho law. a comparison
between the school census nnd tho enroll
ment Is now being mnde. This work will
occupy the time of the help In the superin
tendent's office for about n month, ns tho
names must first bo arranged In alphabetical
order. When tho result between tho census
nnd tho enrollment Is found a list will be
furnished to Truant Officer Jnckmnn, who
will proceed to locnto all children who nro
not attending the schools nt this time.
As for the corps of teachers, Superintend
ent McLcnn said that tho teachers were all
hard at work rnil wero giving very general
satisfaction.
C'lnli Itrei'iit Ion.
On Friday night tho South Omaha club
will glvo a reception to Its members. W
H. Cheek nnd W. S. King will look nftor the
refreshments while Colonel J. n. Watklns,
II. S. Hall, P. A. Wells and J. II. Ilrady
will act as n reception committee. Iiruco
McCulloch and J. H. Ilrady constitute tho
entertainment committee. Tho hours for
tho reception are from 8 p. m. until mid
night. Kntrorlh I.enKiie (Kllcom,
Theso officers have beon elected by the
Kpworth league: J. E. Lush, president; Kl
don M. Smith, first vlco president; Mrs, II.
n. Fleharly, second vlco president; Miss
Anna Rnrst, third vice president; Miss
Maud Smith, fourth vice president; Miss
Fanny Ilrown, fifth vice president; Horace
Ilrnss, treasurer; Klroy Tlbblts, secretary;
Miss Martha Wlildls, chorister,
XorvrrKlnn Clnh Kleeli Oflleera.
Tho Norwegian Republican club met last
night nt Francis's hall and elected those
officers: O, J. Johnson, president; Ed
ward Erwirk, vlco president ; (Jeorgo John
son. Bceretnry; O. O. Egclan, treasurer.
After tho election of officers a number of
addresses wcro made by the memborB,
mainly on the toplen of the day and then
resolutions on the denth of President Mc
Klnley wero unanimously passed.
Senil-Aiiiinnl Meethm.
Tho semi-annual meeting of the Joint
Car Inspection association was held yos
terday at the South Omahn Live Stock
exchange President M. K. Ilarnum occu
pied tho chair. Reports of officers wore
read, showing that the organization Is en-
':' .i.t
orf your stomach, and if you are constipated,
then the whole trouble is with your liver.
What you need is a good liver pill, a purely
vegetable liver pill. You need a box of Ayer's
Pills, that's what you need. These pills cure
constipation, biliousness, dyspepsia, and sick
headache.
" I always keep a box of Ayer's Pills on hand. There Is no pill their equal for
a liver regulator. Long ago they cured me of liver complaint and chronic con
stipation." S. L. Si'ELLMAN, Columbus, Ohio.
.Jcaboi. All dnittiti.
tlrcly satisfactory to the railroads Inter
estod. Tho Omaha &. St. I.oula railroad
was admitted to membership in the noso
elation. W. II. Cressey, general foreman
of tho association at Houth Omaha, nan
commended for his excellent services dur
ing the last six month. The next meet
lug of the association ulll he held In April,
1002, at the I.lvo Stock exchauge.
Chilli urn nl Ciidnhy',
A number of changes In tho working
force at Cudahy's were made yesterday.
V. J. Ilrcnnan, who has been paymaster at
this plant for about six yenrs, has heen
promoted to tho position of superintendent,
William Watson, nnother old-time employe,
has also been made n superintendent. In
tho division of tho work Mr. Ilrcnnan will
havo chargo of tho hanihotiBc, tho lard re
finery, tin shop, heefhoueo, soap factory
and tho box factory. Mr. WnlBon's dutlos
will he confined to tho superintendence
of tho hoghousc, the cor shops, tho glue
factory and the porkhouse. lloth of these
new superintendents will report to Gen
eral Superintendent Patrick Shcehy.
I'rcnldeiit Itotililim Hon-.
President Hohhlns of tho Omaha Pack
ing compnny and r number of tho promi
nent officials of the company spent a por
tion of yesterday afternoon In the city.
They visited tho stock yards and the
Omaha plant as the guests of General Man
ager llenu. While no definite Information
was given out, tho Impression prevails
that tho Omaha Packing company will pro
cced at onco to erect a packing house In
Kansas City.
AIiikIc City Ctonslp.
Complaint Is made, to tho authorities that
X street east of Twenty-third street Is in
11 filthy condition.
Senator Millard und his seeretnrv, J. H.
Ilnyties, wero In tho city yesterday and
called nt the government building.
Houtli Omaha hlvo No. IS, Ladles of the
Maccabees, will gtve a dance at Mnsoulc
hn.ll on Thursday rVenlng, October 17.
A meeting of the Wpman's ltellef corps
will bo held at the home of Mrs. .1. W.
Cress, Wifl North Nineteenth street, this
afternoon.
J. r. Hcnnett left hist night for Illinois,
where he will nttend u reunion of bis old
regiment, tho Ono Hundred and Twelfth
Illinois volunteers.
A son of Henry Koll fell from n scaffold
at Ht. Mary's church. Thirty-sixth nnd Q
streets, yesterday and brnko his left arm.
Ho was attended by Or. Sclilndel.
SETTLE IT OUT OF COURT
Mrs. rishrr'n Ctiilm to nn Interest In
the Kulnlr of J. 12.
Iljors,
Mrs. Marie I., fisher's application to tho
rountv court to bo annolnted administratrix
of the estato of tho late J. K. flyers has been
withdrawn. Mrs. fisher claimed an Inter
est In tho estato on the strength of having
The Pleasure
Wo tnke particular prlilo show Ing all visitors through OMAHA'S
FINEST SHOK STOIIK, Whether vou buy or not tho pleasuro Is ours
you will como In touch with 8HOI3 FASHIONS that nppcal to all who
admlro style, comfort, durability and economy wo want you to soo TUB
NRW SHOIC f lorodora box calf, matt kid top, perforated vamp a
neat TOCKET for tho shoo strings, nowest heels and toes prlco S2.r,0.
Our ftedfern is what hrlngs tho fashionable folks hero prlco $3l00.
The novelties of tho season men's and women's now Poleghonlc,
box nnd hob nail stitch In nil leath ers price from 3.00 to $7.00.
Our bargain basement special arranged sale from our recent mom- '
moth purchase of cancelled orders from 8 leading shoemakers In tjte
cast at about half prico on sale Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The Rochester Shoe Co., 15'5 street
There's Satisfaction
In selling, n nino llkr- the Mnjostlc
Steel ItitiiKP whoro wo bnrrlly r.ver
hoard n complnlnt after Hie stile. To
overy pnrtimser wo sny, "Let ns know
the nilnnte there's nny trouble with tills
rntiKP." Hut since we seldom benr from
tliein we've u right to draw this conclu
sion there's no trouble with tlie Ma
jestic Steel HntiKPS. Then we have, the
Favorite Steel Hange from $.'1.1 np-nntl
thn Favorlto Hnse Burner from $20 up.
Don't put ofl tntylng a stovo till cold
weather como In now nnd look over tho
best stoves made.
A. C. Raymer
Builders Hurihvure and Tools.
1514 Fat tiam St.
We're RightOn Hats-
The size of your bank account makes
no difference at this store we're light
on hats If you want n Diinlap you will
hnve to see us- If you want n Stetson
we enn fit you out If you want a popu
lar prico bat-new, stylish, right up-to-date
and best quality in town for the
money-?2,00, $2..() mid .f.'l.oo-soft hats
or derbyH black hats or light this Is
tho place1. AVo never bad such a nobby,
dressy linn nt this price. Better sen
them before you mako a selection you
will agree with us wo'ro right on hats.
C. H. Frederick,
The. Leading lint Man of (lie West.
I'M SOUTH FlFTEK.NTH ST.
You Look
Sick
What makes you'look
that way? What's the
trouble?
If your tongue-is
coated, if you arc bilious,
if your head aches, if
your food rests heavy
J. C. AYCR CO., Until. Mat.
been the common law wife of tho deceased,
It Is understood that the relatives of Mr.
IlyeM havo made a settlement with Mrs.
fisher by paying her J10.000 In rash anil
nllowlng her to retain possession of thn
diamonds and the residence on Park ave
nue, this city, given to her hyMr, Myers
in his lifetime, Mr. Dyers was In the lb"
stock commission buslnss In Chicago and
South Omaha ami lived In this city.
Stepped Into l.lte Coats.
"When a child I burned my foot fright
fully," writes W. 11. Kads of JohcMillo,
Va., "which caused horrible leg sores for
30 years, but Ilucklen's Arnica Salvo
wholly cured mo after everything else
foiled." Infallible for burns, scalds, cuts,
eores, bruises nnd piles, Sold by Kuhn &
Co.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
If. K. Owen mill A. IV Honrs nt N'nrfnlU.
M. It. Wilson of Pnpllllcm. O. A. Rhnu- of
Kremont. Ham Chestnut of AltiHWorth and
C I.. Mlllen of Wnhoo nre. stnto Kjucstn nt
tne .Murray.
Attorney Julius 8. Coolev has returned
from n trln to Denver, whern lie won railed
on legal business, stopping on his way bmic
at HustlUKS, where ho spent Hiindny, "Tbo
snue. win run up u Hpiumiiu repniiucan
majority this fnll," said he. "1 found Judgn
Hedgwielt to be very popular and every
ono seemed to uuprccluti! tils nuallttes an u
learned and conservative Jurist "
Nebraska!! ut tile Merchants. Mr, and
Mth. W. IJ. Piitton. Hloomlleld: II. M. Fox.
J. 11. Olcklsou. 111k Springs; (1. V. I hum,
William nenn, jiowciih. . I,, wiii'e,
Vork: W. N. l.nmoreux. SnrlnKvlOw: .1. II.
Urldgowood, I'nxtnn; W. S. linker. Oretn.i,
u. I., snenereu. i-eiersnurg; wiiunm coi
ton York: II. D. Sherwood. North Mend:
.1. C. Clelaml, Fremont; .1. W. Kerns, Al
burn; C. A. Whlppen, Pender; ,Mr. unit
Mrs, W. A. Wells, bnvld City: 5. J. KolT.
Cwiid; T. II. Whlppen. OnWItt.
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For face ateamln and face mnnsasn.
Useful In Asthma, Croup and Whoop.
Inr Cough. The only perfeot vnpor
Iter and perfumer. Price, $1.50 each.
THE H. J. PENFOLD CO,
144)8 Karnnnt fit.
Omahn, ISeb,
is Ours