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6 THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1002. FROM OMAHA TO OLD MEXICO ' Anderson Describe a Portion of His Winter Holiday. CONTRASTS SECTIONS OF COUNTRY oatbern llllnola, Tiirrt, Missis Ippl, f.anlalana and Trass Crossed Before Reaehlaa; President Dlas's Capital. ' v . MEXICO CITT, Feb. 11. To the Editor of tile Bee: January 21, accompanied by my trlfe acd grsndson. Walter Fcnner, I left South Omebatfor a tour of Mexico, Cuba Md the southern state. Our clrcultoua tout waa ao timed aa to allow ua enjoyable layllght ride between our many atopplog place. Wblla riding over the llllnola Central through that portion of llllnola commonly tailed "Egypt," and Bearing the city of Cairo, I waa forcibly reminded of a mem orable trip I made fifty yeara ago abroad an Ohio river packet from Pittsburg to Natchet. At that time the south was still bound In slavery and yet a stranger to the railroad. Cairo waa an Insignificant hamlet lying In a strip of swamp at the Juuctlon of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, while all the country for miles about was a waste f low swamp land covered with dense tim ber and base! brush. The modern Cairo has grown into a large city of considerable tommerclal Importance, the railroad com pletely circling the municipality in Its ap proach to the great Iron bridge, two and a half miles In length, spanning the Ohio, tnd connecting. the great states of Illinois tnd Kentucky. While paaaing - through the old slave Itates of Tennessee and Mlsalaalppl the thange In scenery waa marked, low, stag nant, marshy, decaying timber land, tumble (own, dilapidated buildings and squatty egro huts always In sight. In New Or leans we found the population to be a mix ture of French, Spanish, Creoles, Italians Ind negroes. Here we took advantage of the oppor tunity to rlslt the historical battlefield, fa mous In the war of 1812, where General Jackson's army, protected behind a wall If cotton bales, successfully repulsed the redcoats under Packenham. I have often beard my father, who served under "Old Hickory," relate with much gusto the story f the famous eommand: "Don't fire until sou can aee the whites of their eyes, boys, tnd then give them h 1." New Orleans aad Teia : Scenes. On 8t. Charlea atreot we Tlewed with Considerable, interest the large brown stone mansion occupied by General Ben Butler while In command of the union forces gar risoning New Orleans during the times of the military government. It waa in this building that the celebrated silver spoon tase occurred, In which the confederate house owner charged the general with con fiscating his silverware. We Journeyed from New Orleans to the Mexican border aver the Southern Pacific, passing some of the largest sugar plantations In Louisiana, rhere, looking from the car windows, we tould count long . processions of nineteen tnd twenty plow teams in one field, while totton and rich plantations flew by In a Variegated panorama all day long. We passed Beaumont and Its oilfields In the lark, and were therefore forced to be con tent with the gushers we encountered on the train, from whom we heard fabulous tlorle of oil finds. We stopped for a week at Houston, where fourteen railways meet, a city, of 45,000, ne of the most morally corrupt cities I iver visited, whose principal Industry ts the baling and shipping of cotton. It being the second largest cotton market In the world. Here politicians and hoboes seem to control the government, and -notwlth Itanding that the community recetvea Its hare of the general prosperity brought ibout by the republican party and Its beneficent policies,, yet these people, are to blinded In political prejudice that they ever vote anything but the one brand oL what they conceive to be the stralghtout lemocratlo ticket v Bide Trip to Galveston. A side trip to Galveston surprised us In the manner In which the' city hss recov red from the effects of the hurricane, "although the effects of that dread calamity prill be felt there for many yeara to come, incidentally, I might 'mention that many ihtploads of potatoea have recently been ihlpped to this port from Germany for less Boney than our northern product can be de Ivered on account of the high freight rates. Through Texas we passed miles and miles f stock ranges before rolling across the border and making our first acquaintance fcrtth the citizens of Mexico In the persons f customs officials at Culdad Porfila Dlas, ho examined our baggage very carefully, while at the same time treating us with rvery courtesy. Ons young fellow In our tar was compelled to pay IT gold for the privilege of bringing bis American bicycle Into this country. For 600 miles before ua stretched tbeH Mexican desert, where we saw nothing but the everlasting sagebruah and the ubiquit ous cactus, while at every railroad a tat Ion there waa always the Idling, half -clad peon, his one gorgeous article of wearing ap parel belug the high crowned, broad brimmed, unalgbtly sombrero, with here and there women and children naked aa Cupid. Now and then we aaw a acrawny fighting rooalor or a half atarved pig lariated before the doorway of the huts we passed.. Nearer the capital we aaw sev tral teama In the fielda plowing with the Sid fashioned wooden plows, such as might have been seen among the hills of northern Pennsylvania sixty-Ore yeara ago. Pulque, the national drink, la manufactured from the maguey plant which ts extensively cul tivated and returns a big profit on the cap ital and labor Invested, aa it grows out of the very rock In the poorest soil. Out on he arid plains we aaw many irrigation tttchea and reaervolra for the conservation af water. Mexico City, the capital and metropalla 6f this ' republic of seventeen states. pith Its population of 600,000 souls, ts ons f the cleanest, beat policed and moet In' lereattng cities I have ever visited. Blessed rtth an Ideal climate the year round, tt ts a beautiful place In which to spend the winter. There are 10,000 people here speaking the English language. The buildings are all constructed of atone and brlok, from two to three stories In height, aKh wide courts, stone floors and apaclous galleries. In msny plsces there are build gigs that cover whole blocks. Street Scenes In ta Capital. Police and soldiers are stationed at every lorner to preserve order and prevent accl tents. Many street oars are double-decked ind hauled by mules, a novel spectacle to ths ' American. One caa find amusement tor hours In simply standing upon the Itreet ccrners watching ths peons carrying huge loads upon their backs, taking the place of our expreaa and dray wagoaa. . A peon toted our trunk, weighing 200 pounds, on his back all the way from the depot to the hotel for the pittance of 16 cents. Sunday we visited the old cathedral, op posits the plaaa. This Immense structure ef ancient design was erected soms I'O pears ago by the Spaniards. All of St. Agnes church might be set Inside and not fill more than half the building. We also It tended service at Quadalupe where tra litis) say the .Yirgl appeared one to a peasant boy. This church Is artistically estgned without, while the altar within Is of silver, weighing In the bulk twenty- six tons. Galde from Sontk Omaha. Our young 8outh Omaha cltlien) aad old friend, Germain Towle, accompanied na In our peregrinations about the capital, his knowledge of the language and familiarity with the city and the ways of the people being of great advantage to our party. This Is a beautiful city and a. healthful llmate, but the expenses of living are astonishingly high, values all being based upon the price of silver bullion. Today I changed $30, American gold dollars, and received $66 In Mexican silver, a nice lit tle bulk to pack around In your pocket. W. J. Bryan and Coin Harvey's fslse the ory of free silver Is fully demonstrated here, and the more the Mexicans learn of the science of American finances the less they think of their free silver currency. The time is cot far distant when our sis ter republic will , adopt the American method of finance. Strawberries are abundant and fresh vegetables are served at every meal. Sightseeing In this country Is very Inter esting, but I must close. DAVID ANDERSON. ANOTHER OLD MINSTREL DIES Billy Emerson, Fasaoaa Balladlst and Jim Dancer, Passes Away la Boston Hotel. BOSTON. Feb. 23. William Emerson Richmond or, as he was familiarly knows, wuiy Emerson, the famous minstrel, died last night at Dlman'a hotel on Eliot street, where be lived several m oaths past. Death waa due to a complication of diseases re sulting In consumption. He was M years old and a native of Belfast, Ireland, com ing to this country when a year old. His first stage appearance waa In 1867, with Joe Sweeney's minstrels as a ballad lst and Jig dancer. In the latter part of hla career he la ssld to have received the highest salary paid to any Individual per former In minstrelsy. His widow lives In San Francisco, and a son by his first mar riage resides in New Tork. . Henry F. Mitchell of Hickman. HICKMAN, Neb., Feb. 23. (Special Tele gram.) Henry F. Mitchell, an old settler and well known farmer, five miles west of Hickman, died Friday night of pneumonia. Mr. Mitchell waa 67 years old, and a wife and two eons survive him. Funeral services were held today at the Methodist Episcopal church at Roca, conducted by the Knlghta of Pythias. The burial was In Roca ceme tery. Dr. Enyeart of University preached the funeral sermon, assisted by Mrs. Naomi K. Easterday. A number of knlghta from Lincoln attended. t Famovs Black Hills Woman. DEADWOOD, 8. D., Feb. 23. Special.) Mrs. Nettle Ammerman, wife of Dr. A. S. Ammorman of Rochford, died at her home of dropsy. She had resided In the Black Hilla since 1877 and for many yeara was noted for her striking beauty and charming qualities, being considered the most beauti ful woman In the Black Hills. She came here as the wife of Stephen J. Scrlber, from whom she was divorced In 1884. She was born In Elmira, N. T., forty-five years ago. A daughter, Mrs. Bunnell, resides at Rochford. Mrs. T. L Aekermaa. STANTON, Neb.. Feb. 23. (Special.) Mrs. T. L. Ackerman of this city, wife of formery Deputy United States Marshal T. L. Acksrman, died early yesterday morn ing at the family home, after a lingering' illness. The funeral took place this after noon and burial was In the Odd Fellows' cemetery. The deceased leaves a husband and four daughters. FJ. C. Marnay, Railroad Maa. ' CHICAGO. Feb. 23. E. C. Murphy, one time superintendent of the Iowa division of the Chicago, Burlington ft Qulncy rail road, died here today of heart failure. Ex citement over a burglary . which occurred at his residence Is said to have been the cause of hla heart failure. Jada-e W. H. Dewolf. VINCENNES, Ind., Feb. 23. Judge W. H. Dewolf, aged 70 yeara, died suddenly today at his home here of grip. He was past noble grand of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows of Indiana, and was many years atttorney for the Baltimore ft Ohio Railroad company. Rev, Brother Clement. ST. LOUIS. Feb. 23. Rev. Brother Clem ent, who has been a member of the Order of Christian Brothers for the last thir ty-five years, died today of pneumonia. Brother Clement was born In Germany In 1833 and stood high as an' educator. First White Woman la Wisconsin. PRAIRIE DU CHIEN. Wis., Feb. 23. Mrs. Louisa da Champ, the first white woman bora in Wisconsin, died here to day. She was 104 years old. FIRE RECORD. Dlalna- Room Table Pleat. FINDLAT, O., Feb. 23. Fire originating from an unknown cauae destroysd ths en tire plant of the Flndlay Table Manufact uring company this morning, causing a loss of $76,000, with insurance of $50,000. The company . manufactured fine dining- room tables exclusively, and waa one of the largest industries of Its kind in thr country. As a result of the fire 100 mea are thrown out of employment. Bnalness Seetlna ( Martarvllle. NASHVILLE, Tena.. Feb. 24. A tele phone message from Hartsville, Tean., at l.M o'clock this morning aays the entire south side of the business portion of Mala street has been, destroyed by fire and ths north slds is threatened. Hartsville baa no fire department and the flames are being fought by bucket brigades. At t o'clock the Ore was reported under control, and the loss was estimated at $50,000. Bloek at Fortlaad, Ore. PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 23. Fire today destroyed every building, except two, on the block bounded by Front. Mala and Madison streets and the Willamette river. The docks facing the liver between Mala aad Madiaon streets were also burned. Ths loss is $70,000. principally to the flour Ing mill of Albers ft Schneider. Una Steel Plant. LIMA, O.. Feb. 23. Fire tonight de stroysd the Lima Steel Casting company's plant. The loss is $50,000; insurance, $26,. 000. RAINfALL VISITS NEBRASKA Gronnd te Well- Moistened aad Farm ers Rejoice Over Prospect at Cood Crania. TRENTON, Nsb., Feb. 23. (Special Tele gram.) A warm rata began falling hare this evening at i o'clock and eontlaued for aa hour. The ground waa well moistened and farmers are rejoicing and anticipating a good crop next year. Spring weather has beea pre veil lo- far week. , . if , SHOTS AT OMAHA SHOOTERS FMiliaritls of Hss Wht Fsllsw Trip Cams Jut for Lev. THEY DtN'T LOOK ALIW AT ANY POINT Gann- of Espert Who llnve Set Their Record ltlB la World of Sport Show Mark Variation la ladlTldaal Methode. No two bowlers ever rolled a ball alike. It hss never been possible for any golfer to Imitate perfectly the swing, full, half or even quarter, of another. Tennia players also have all their points of differences In action. In fact, form is a mat ter of Individuality to such a great extent that It ts no more 'possible to find two athletes in any line of sport who are pat tern players, one for the other, than it is to discover two men whose minds and Im pulses work exactly in the same channels. Even In foot ball, which of all games Is the one of the machine, the system, this still holds true. Foot ball coaches have been no torloualy grieved over their Inability to teach their forwards all to charge alike, all to crouch the same, all to spring just ac cording to Hoyle. In no sport Is this differentiation of Indi vidual form more marked than in shooting. Every man who ever faced a trap or fol lowed a dog has a certain scrunch or shrug of the shoulders, a peculiar stance or posi tion of the feet, a definite degree of lean forward or tip backward, a novel grip of the gun, which will never be seen copied by another shot scatterer. And nowhere are the trigger artists more marked for dis similarity in methods than in Omaha. Of the many enthusiasts here the styles they affect range from the ridiculous to the sublime, from the statuesque to the pic turesque. They Doa't Look Alike. ' In other respects local gunners are widely different. As far as site goes and general build, you could hardly match up single respectable looking team out of the bunch. . A modern clothing store could sasily find models for every style of gar ment among the shooters, for there are tails and shorts and fats and slims" In both varieties. 1 Differences In -the weapons used are as marked as those in the men who handle them. The build of guns depends usually upon the physical proportions and charac teristics of the men who handle them, while the ecentrlcltles of shooters as to. style can be laid to no especial entity, save that of their own mental atrlbutea. Some shooters prefer a short barrel, others a long one, some a short stock, others vice versa, some big drop to their stock, others a weapon lmoet straight along its entire length. some a heavy gun, others a featherweight. Modern regulations, however, have ar ranged matters so that the differences In the sixes of the guns cannot be so extreme as they once weTe. Now every gun must weigh not nlore than eight pounds, and seven and three-quarters pounds Is counted standard. A barrel thirty inches long Is about the regular thing and a stock with a drop ranging from two Inches and a halt to three-quarters. Points They Aarree Oa. In sixe of bore there is no variation in the preferences of Omaha gunners. Six teen gauge is their favorite, and not a halt doxen in the city nse anything else. In ammunition, too, they are very uniform. Smokeless powder is foregone conclusion, and while the loads may vary the sbellj are all hand-loaded. . ' , In one more particular local shots are Imllar. That is in respect to their facial hirsute adornments. Not an Omaha gunner has whiskers, only two are smooth ahavsn, all the rest wear mustache. Whether their favorite sport has anything to do with this or not Is an open question, but the truth remains that. these men wear mustaches and have done so for years back, while the only reason that the two exceptions, Frank Fogg and Fred Goodrich, do not follow suit, is that physical limitations have forbidden them the pleasure. A frequent remark is one concerning the exorbitant expense Involved in playing golf. Eiu lards, too. Is called a costly sport, and bowlers complain that their athletic ac counts run up high every week. Well, shooting has them all lathed to the mast In this regard. In fact, it 11 far and away the most expensive Indulgence In its Una known In Omaha. Even yachting. In the embryonic manner in which people go into It on neighboring waters. Is cheaper than shooting with the elite. Expense Attnched to Sport. ' This will be better understood when It Is stated that there are single guns in Omaha which cost $600 and more. Very few of the shooters, meanwhile, us a. weapon valued at less than $100, and a high grade at $260 is a common thing. Then a good shooting equipment, clothes. gun case, ammunition and game receptaoles. loading apparatus, etc., will tally up a good lao more, while a man who Intends to do field work will think nothing of duplicating tnat sum lor a first-class dog. This is merely a starter. All that money does is to put a man In good shape te snoot, so the msn who spends $25 for a golf bag full of clubs, with balls enoush to last him a season, and thinks himself abused, has no kick coming. . The shooting itself is very expensive. Omitting all items of transportation and time. It costs a good deal to go out for a mere afternoon at the traps. Every nana-ioaaea shell you explode means 8 cents, or a little less. Every pigeon loosed la ( cents more. If you are using clays. It Is cheaper, but still rather a luxury. Aa enthusiastic shot will null from 60 to 200 imes in a aay s sport, and the total ex pense is a large one. But the gunners do not begrudge money. Moreover, like Ade'a druggist, they know how to get even oa the day. The local bevy of trigger mea is an Unusually skillful bunch. They can shoot with any of them and when there U a tournament within reach it generally paya Omahan to visit it and shoot through the events, for they have a habit of getting within the money. In fact, there are men holding responsible positions in various walks of life and busi ness here who could make good livings merely traveling about and. playing "high gun moat ot the time. Oldest aad Yonnseat. Colonel J. J. Dickey is the oldest shot In Omaha today. The colonel carries his well known martial demeanor and bearing Into his fsvorit sport. Hs stands very erect and holds his gun freely, with the loose grace of atrength and long practice. He uaes a Parker gun and favors his first barrel somewhat, although he ia not at all back ward with his second If it is needed. Paul Gallagher furnishes ths colonel's op posite, being the youngest gunner ot them all. He is not more than 1 years of age, but Is nevertheless a good shot and hs handles ons of the finest weapona In the city. It is an Imported gun which Gallagher brought with him from Europe last year and it coat $600. Panl ia a very earnest shooter, who works hard every minute aad plays his gun with a tight grip. He relies almost altogether on hla first barrel to make bis ilrd. "Billy" Townsend. the old veteran, ts ths smallest gunner la the bunch. 'Billy' may weigh more than a hundred pounds, but he does not look It, and he is also ths shortest maa whs follow the xplolv sport. Despite this fact, Townsend uses a light gun with a heavy load and this hss necessitated the adoption by htm of a tense position. He leans well forward, with his feet well apart, for If he did not every recoil would lay him out on his back. Then he takes a firm hold of his weapon. squeexlng it tight and hard to his shoulder, and come forward against It on the dis charge. "Billy" is fond of making hla first barrel do the work, but it it does not it makes no difference, since his second ts exceptionally certain and quick. He uses a Parker gun with a thirty-Inch barrel, while the drop of the stock Is two and a bajf Inches. When this little man's friends aee him put three and a half drachms ot smoke less powder into a shell for that seven-and- half-pound gun they look him over and marvel at his fine scores, for It would seem that he would shoot tap In the air most of ths time. Townsend Is very merry at the traps; In fact, he is the biggest Jollier of the bunch when shooting and It only makes him do all the better for the boys to make passes at htm, which they accordingly do with a will. Blarcest Omaha Shooter. Townsend'a sntonym Is Fred Goodrich, who tkkes pride In 280 pounds ot man which he carries with him. . This weight compels Fred to be unique In his shooting Iron. He uses a cast-off of half an Inch and he la the only man who does. This means that the stock of his gun, beside dropping, turns to the right from the barrel, thus throwing the latter nearer Fred's head. He is so broad-shouldered that h cannot get hla head over far enough with a straight gun. Fred's bulk also com pel him to use a very short stock, thirteen inches, for it make his arms too short to reach out farther. He la a new shooter and One of the two left-handed gunners In Omaha, but he la a crackerjack Just the same and is picked by many as the 'comer." He favor neither barrel. Quickest aad Slowest. ''Dick" Kimball Is the quickest shot In Omaha. He always throws his first barrel the Instant the bird leaves the ground, so that the pigeon ts never more than three feet from the trap before that first shower of pellets Is upon it. Most shooters loosen up when the bird hss gone anywhere from ten to twenty feet. This same instantane ous first barrel causea Kimball to rely very largely upon his second, which Is good, and with which he Is more careful. Dick drops his gun just before saying "Pull!" He lghts It up first, lowers It as much as an Inch, gives the signal and then raises It, covering his bird at the same time, so as to be sure and get that first shot In on the dot. Most shooters hold it up there tight all the time Snd spend their time industriously hunting for the bird so a to cover. As the opposite ot Kimball, W. B. Bur gess Is most striking. He Is ths most de liberate shot of them all. He stands very straight as he handles his thlrty-two-lnch Cash more imported pet and his long suit is constantly changing something about the weapon, which Is a beauty. Every time he shoots Burgess has done something to alter hi gun. He has either cut It down or built It up, shortened it or lengthened It, padded it up or sawed it off. HI friends always wonder what he will do next. Burgess' cool manner and deliberation make his first barrel something to be feared. This Pair Shoots for Faa. Charles Lewis Is the most ontbuslaatlo shot In Omaha. He is a regular old war horse for the smell ot powder and he will shoot a 22-callber rifle or aa eight-gauge shotgun with equal- pleasure. Just for the fun of hearing the noise. Charley Is a pioneer at the game her and Is a safe shot. As regards barrels, he doesn't car much which. t . Billy Brewer is perhaps the most non chalant one of the gunners. He stand at the mark In a very easy and graceful posi tion, handles hla Parker Tory loose and free and drops it a little before he say a a word. HI lethargic methods make a good second barrel an imperious necessity and Brewer's 1 probably the best around here. It is the star part of his gaiae. Doable P. Bnrke'a Style. The most earnest man ot the crowd Is a new shooter, P. P. Burke. Although a re cent addition to the fold ot sportsmen, Burke is one of the crack llv bird shots. Thst is not the chief feature ot his work, however. His main interest as an attrac tion is his style in shooting, which is ex treme. P. P. trie so hard that hi fellow shooters always claim that hs gets two yards nearer the trap than anyone else, for he straddles his legs very wide and then leans, tensely, stratnlngly, away out over the chalkllne toward the trap, his run to his shoulder. As the others see that mux lie reaching out further, and see that Burke's feet are nevertheless still on th mark, they lose heart because of th ad vantage which he gains. Burke tries very bard. His whole soul 1 in every cartridge. But he has still another' unusual character lstlc, and that is his gun. This Is an old Lefevre, and tt came out of the ark. Burke aays that th reason he gets hi bird so handsomely and so Invariably with his first barrel Is that it scatter the shot all the way from on trap to the next and there la no show for th pigeon. Frank Fogg is Burke' opposite. Hut long suit is levity. He will Jolly when he Is high, and Just aa much when he la low man. If it la the laat bird ot a bitter raoe and one that decldea the money or the medal, Frank doe not forbear flinging a sally at some bystander, and one In return does not put him off edge In the least, When he shoots, however, he pulls together and Is very tense, with his feet well spread. Hla first barrel is on of considerable re nown. Jim Smead's Peculiarity. Jamea Smead has th edg over them all in style, for in this he i th most unique. James is not content to set his Parker evenly up to hla shoulder the way it was built to be, but he always twists it in, so ttat the left barrel 1 considerably hlghsr tban th right one, while th stock lie over on a slant. Smead has a very easy position at bat, however, and does th bust ness. He is another strong first barrel man. G. W. Loomla is another shooter whose chief characteristic is great enthusiasm. Loomis is in tbs game for lor of it, and maybe this Is on reason why b is such a leader at the sport. He stands very erect aad hold hla gun loosely, caressingly Whenever he approaches th line, however. hi opponents remember how he was runner up for the cup In th Grand American handi cap two yeara ago. There was a field of 230 men on that particular occasion and in ths run-up Loomis shot forty-seven straight birds from ths start. He drops his gun a little after sighting It. Never Lead Hie Bird. W. P. McFarland enjoys the distinction of being the only man who never leads em. Shooters usually get the direction of their quarry and then aim from alx to tea feet ahead ot It, shooting them from a sta tionary gun, ao that ths charge will meet the pigeon at the Junction ot the two lines of flight. Not so McFarland. Hs keeps his gun always oa ths bird and thus shoots from a moving mussla, and kills, too. His system la a pussl t others, for no on la caa do It successfully. So widely known has this charactsristle become that at many shoots McFarland is registered up as "Never Lead 'Em, and hi nam appears thus in ths prints. He ha aa easy posl tloa and la one of the best game ahots here, with two good barrels always at command Tom Kimball la th scientific shooter of th bevy, u has reduced -wTsry J eaiur he sport to a study, th Otght of the bird. the action of explosives, the carrying and scstterlng of shot under different condi tions. So his work is all on the basis cf resesrch and study. Hs often shoot as Grant," because of th imported Grant gun he use. Thl weapon has the enviable record of having once won the Grand Prix at Monte Carlo. Tom grips the treasure very tight, leans forward well and drops the gun a little before giving the signal. Hnry McDonald Is another shooter with a style that Is a very radlcsl departure from anything else In use around Omaha. Henry doe not lower his gun an Inch before letting her go. He take it clear down, and raises It to his shoulder again after the bird Is on the wing. This would be suicidal to results with moet shots, but McDonald caa make more kills thst way than by keeping the gun up, and he Is one of the best target shots in Omaha. He uses a short gun, thirty-Inch barrel, and a light one, weighing but seven and a quarter pounds. Frank Parmelee ia the other left-handed man. Besides his being Invincible, there are aeveral peculiarities about his work. He alone use a hammer gun, a Parker. The weapon has only a two-Inch drop to the stock, and that Is not because Frank's neck is so short, either, for It Is not. But be cause ot a peculiar hunch which he gets on bis shoulders bis hesd is scrunched away down between them, and he lays hla Jaw conveniently on the gun that Is almost a straight lln from end to end. Parmelee Is tho tallest shooter, and Is . also very heavy, weighing close to 260 pounds. He shoots with a fourteen-and-a-quarter-inch stock and a thlrty-twoinch. barrel, and grip th gun very tight. His second load ia hla long, strong suit, though there have been many birds which would hav re joiced la th absence of th first one. How Dan Bray Win. Dan Bray's shooting friends assert tba ho has great advantage over them In gun ning because he lias only one eye and does not have to shut the other one. Bray use a light load In his first barrel, which is his strongest With It he is deliberate, and yet very quick. In other words, he always covers hi bird exactly, but does this very rapidly, so that the discharge Is Immediate. Dan leans well forward and freeses hard to his gun. Frank Beard Is a shooter with a title. 'B 27" Is his shooting name, and he has been known under this ever since an inci dent which occurred out west many years ago. Frank waa shooting at a meet where there were several other Beards. It was a bitter cold dsy, and everyone was anxious to stay In by the lire as much a he could. Every few minutes the announcer would yell tor Beard, and Frank would respond, only to find that it was some other Beard's turn.' Finally hs flew into a mock passion and demanded that he be called "B 27." It has been that alnce then. Frank handle hi gun easily, stands straight and uses a medium light load. His first barrel Is gen erally the only one needed, for he Is de liberate with it and always centers It on the bird. Conrad Young Is a gunner who tends to very quick action. He use a light gun, with a light load, and make his first barrel count most of the time, Young shoots mostly at targets, but Is good also at live birds. He grips tightly and Is a tense shooter. Fred Montmorency believes in an . easy life, and approaches the mark with all composure and nonchalance. He holds his Parksr easily, and nevertheless his first barrel ia his long suit, and he makes it go most of the time. KILLS HERSELFBY HANGING Salcld of a Farmer' Wife Near '. Hooper, While Mind Is Tern- porarlly. Unbalanced. HOOPER, Neb.-, Feb. 23. (Special.) Mrs. Fredertcka Albrecht, wife of a . reltred farmer living west of this place,- com mitted suicide yesterday by hanging her self. She hsd been In poor health for some time and she was about the house Saturday 'forenoon and appeared to be In her, usual mental condition. After dinner she left the house and waa discovered about 1 o'clock hanging by the neck In an outbuilding. She was cut down and removed, to the house, but life waa ex tinct. Laat evening Coroner Brown held an Inquest on ber remains and the Verdict of the Jury was that her death was caused by hanging while suffering from temporary Insanity. She was 65 years old. a Prominent Boers Escape. LONDON, Feb. 24. Acting President Schalkburger and other members of th Boer government were in the laager cap tured at Neeltgedacht, in the Tranavaal, by a detachment of mounted National scouts under Colonel Park, but succeeded In es caping capturs. . ' SUPREME COURT SYLLABI. iK7. Unit aa-atnat Anderann. Anneal from. Hamilton. Keversea. Hastings, l... divi sion NO. l. Keportea. 1. Recovery must In all case b secundum allegata et probata. 2. Allxntlnna of a renlv are to be con sidered in connection with the petition, and If the whole taken togetner is inconsistent with the findings of the trial court the latter cannot be sustained. Paragraph 8 of syllabus to former opinion in this caa so lar mocinea. I. Where a contract . for the sale of a famllv homaataad la not acknowledged by the vendors it 1 not enforcible specifically against them, and, consequently, cannot, while It remains In that condition, be en forced specincaily against tne otner party. 07 u Pnrhln aaralnat Knoebel. ADDeal from 'Antelope. Affirmed. Klrkpatrlck, C, division No. 1. Reported. l wttMra one. nurcnasins a now consti tute his assignor, who Is the original payee named thvreln, his agent for the collection r.f hnth Interest and Drlnclnal. and such agent, In ths exercise of such authority. tiemm collect DOln interest ana unm-iua-i. the holder cannot, after his agent's failure to account, repudiate such agency, atand upon hla rights as a bona fide holder for value ana collect n ivcuna mus 1 1 win nw maker, although the latter has paid the agent in the belief that he waa a till the hnlHaii nf thA note. 1. II tne Bluer par oinoa- inu in ngni ful owner of the note he can not rely on tmi-tm unknown to him and not Influenelna hls action as an extoppai: out ii tne munry ), nuhMl the hands of an acent author ised to collect for the holder, such payment will be held a aatlafactlon of the debt. 3. Held, that tne nnaing oi tne mai coun that i ho maker Dalit to th authorised agent of the holder la sustained by the evi dence. . 10188. Halter against union moin irus National Bank, ferror irom uougiaa. At' Pound. C division No. 2. l if a defendant claima that the court has acquired no Jurisdiction over hla person hw puuin nr oerecLa or irreauiaxiuea in ine process or servloe thereon, hla courae Is fcy apeciil appearance and objections to the Jurisdiction, and If he goea further and enters a general appearance or Invokes the powers of the court for any other purpose than .quashing the pretended proceas or service tnereoi, tne aeiecia are waivea. i Rut where for soms reason the defend ant ts prevlleaed from suit in ths county where or at the time when he Is sued, be ma v act uo want of Jurisdiction of hla person by answer, along with any other defences ne may have, without first mak ing a special appearancs or preliminary objections. x. In such case he must Dlrad the want of Jurisdiction a soon aa called upon to answer. If he answers without ao doing he cannot afterwarda make the detenae in an amended answer. i, That a promlaory note was executed hv ws.v of accommodation Is a aood de fense as against ths psyee, but not as against ths indorsee rrom wnora monay was obtained by virtue thereof, even though he had notice of the relation of the ru. rt f ia sutrJl other. L Where money is advanced upon ths representation and In the expectation that a person named will sign a note given therefor and he afterward does so there is aufltrlent consideration aa to ths Utter. a tUatemanta of one ot the uartle to a Joint enterprise made while borrowing monev to be used and whl h waa uaed in euna enterprise are admissible acainat l.ae oUiar pantos thereto, so far a Lhy, form part b( jut transaction. FREEDOM OF NEW YORK CITY Origin of the Custom That ii Observed in Honor of the Prinoe. LONDON FUNCTION BORROWED 10NI AS0 Mea Entlaeat la World' Affair Who Hay Beea Taa Honor on Oc casion of VlaltlnsT Amer ica's Metropolis. Among the 'honors which are Prlnc Henry's In Ner Tork City, says th New Tork Tribune, Is the honorary freedom ot the city, which Is presented to him by the municipal authorities. In tsktng this course New Tork follow the example of London, where noteworthy men bare been honored In that way for many year. In London this distinction was once looked upon as a "solid power." It carried the right to trade within the city. No man not holding1 a document showing that he had the freedom ot the city could keep a shop. All vehicles for the transportation of merchandise were marked' "free." If owned bj freemen, and all those not branded In that 'way had to pay toll on entering the city bounds. In I486 the custom of giving thl honorary privilege to distinguished men wa Introduced, but th member of th common council seemed to regret having bestowed so important a gift on "foreigners", without naming any restriction, and seven year later tney passed a law to th effect that freemen must buy goods only from other freemen. In 16S6 Henry VIII and th queen recom mended two persons a honorary freemen, but th oltlsen refused to admit them be cause they feared that om of th re quirements would not be fulfilled. But when the right and privileges of freemen became modified and cltlsena of London outside of the guild and corpora tions, were not restricted as to trade ad vantages, the freedom ot the city became purely an honorary matter and It I re garded so at thl time. A book 1 kept at th guild hall in wnicn th name of th person thus honored are recorded and this roll of honor contains the name of many distinguished men. The first woman to receive this distinction was the Baroness Burdett-Coutts, who was hon-. ored with the freedom of the city of Lon don on .January 18, 1872. The freedom of the city of London Is presented in th form of a document engrqased and illuminated on parchment bearing the great seal ot the municipality and th signature of the mayor. This document was considered suf ficient in the early day ot the custom, but in the last century tt has become a sec ondary consideration, the prime feature be ing the casket In which the document I Inclosed. These caskets are usually elabo rately carved and engraved gold boxes and in many Instances have been made addi tionally valuable by being decorated with gem. Among the artistic caskets pre sented with the freedom of the city of Lon don were those given to Henry M. Stanley and to General Grant Not Always Appreciated. While tb freedom of the city ha always been considered a 'great honor there are In stance in which "freemen" hav failed to appreciate a distinction having no Intrinsic value. In answer to a query George Ellis .wrote to. a friend: "In 185 I was pre sented with th freedom of th city. What I bad done to merit thl distinction I never knew, and suppose I never shall know, any more than I hav ever been able to ascer tain what earthly advantage It confer. It Is true I paid nothing for it, but that, ao far as I am capable of Judging, la its full value." The custom, which at first had a great commercial value, and later became an empty but much coveted honor, wa fol lowed by other eltlea In th British em pire, and now, although the cities are free for all, the "freedom" la conferred when ever persons of distinction visit them. Oa hi recent' trip to Australia and America the prince of Wale made -a considerable collection of gold and silver casket in which the freedom of many cities came to the young prince and his consort. v Andrew Carnegie also has a shelf full ot fancy boxes la which he has received the freedom of English and Scotch cities. There has been much criticism ot the custom by which on receives with much pomp and ceremony a useless privilege. But, on the other hand, tt U urged that the presentation 'of the freedom ot the city la the only way la which a municipality may convince a visitor that he is welcome and that the latch string is out for him. Early SlanlUcaac. The bestowal of the freedom of the olty of New Tork was once In th power of the mayor and four or more aldermen on pay ment of a fee not exceeding 6 "to th use of the corporation." It waa considered not only an honor, but a grant of sub stantial benefit. By making a person a freeman ot the city he beoam entitled to all its municipal privileges, and, among others, to "the right of voting for and ot being elected to corporate office," which, according to th old charter, belonged only to "freemen and freeholder." Th person who became a "freeman" had to take oath to be "obelaant and obedient to the mayor and other minister or peace officers." The first person honored in tnis way was Viscount Oornbury. December L 1702. Earl Lovelace received the freedom ot the city ot New Tork in 1709. Governor William Hunter in 1710 and Governor William Bur net in 1720. Captain Peter Solgard re ceived the honor as a reward for capturing a private vessel in 1723 and nv year later Captain Corll Mayna, who had driven pirates away from th New England coast, received th honor. The list after that tlm Include Gov ernor William. Cosby. Lord Augustus Fits Roy. Major Alexander Cosby, Thoma Free man, Captala Matbew Morris. Captain Rob ert Long, Andrew Hamilton t Philadel phia, Daniel Horsmanden, Governor Oeorge Clinton, Captain John Burgt. Wllllsm Shirley, Sir Danvers Osborn, Sir Charles Hardy. General Jeffrey Amherst, Oovernor Robert Monckton, Governor Henry Moore, William Davis, tor having presented a por trait f William Pitt to th common ooun cll; th earl of Dunmor. Oovrnor William Try on. General Thomas Gage, th Marquis d Lafayette. Oeorge Clinton, John Jay and Baron Steuben. Waaklagtes Oa th Roll. On December 2. 1784. Oeorge Washington received the freedom of th eity "for most Illustrious service." Th document was inclosed In a gold box, aad spoke of the late commander-in-chief aa "entitled to the re spect, gratitude and applaus of every heart which 1 truly American." Five year later Pierre Charlea L'Enfant, who came to this country with Lafayette and served as an engineer la the American army and later drew the -plan of th city of Washington, waa mad a freemaa. ' Th other names'' on th list are Horatio Oates, Alexander Hamilton. Roberf Fulton, Isaac Hull. Jacob Jones, Stephen Decatur, William Balnbiidge. Jamea Lawrence, Com modore Oliver H. Perry. Thoma McDon ough, Jacob Brown, Alexander Macomb, Charles Stem art, Andrew Jackson. George Washington, Marquis ds Lafayette, Martin Van Buren, Daniel T. Paterson, General Wlnfleld Scotg Eacbary Taylor, Matthew C. Perry, Frederick Jerome, a common sea man, who had displayed great heroism in a shin wreck and satsd many, live; Pat 14 Cook. Robert Crelghton, Edwin J. Lew, sea captala, "who had saved many ship wrecked people at sea;" Major Robert An derson. Thurlow Weed. Admiral Farragut and Andrew Johnson. Th record In the city hall show that In 1848 th Board of Aldermen voted to pre sent to Lewis Cass the freedom at th city, but the resolution waa vetoed by Mayor W. F. Havemeyer aad the dlstlngulahed cltl sen, who had been a soldier, a rsblnet offi cer, superintendent of Indian affair, who suppressed the Black Hawk war, served as minister to France and United Btatea sena tor and was a candidate for the presidency on the democratic ticket, failed to secure the "freedom" of th city of New Tork. Th last person to be honored with th gift of the freedom of thl city wa the Duke de Veragus, who received th docu ment la a gold case at the hands of Mayor Gllroy In 1893. FOLLOW MARCONI AT SEA Wireless Message May Saeooed la ReaehlasT Him Clear Aeross Atlaatlc. (Copyright. 1!K2, by Press Publishing Co.) FALMOUTH. Kno-Un lf.h v.. Tork World Cablegram Special Telegram.) iuur correspondent baa Just returned here from a visit to Slg. Marconi's sta tion at Poldu, Cornwall, where operators hav been constantly engaged In sending messages to Slg. Marconi, who Is on board the Amsrlcan line steamshln Phlladelnhts bound for New York. Mr. Entwistle, Marconi' chief assistant, aald: "W have been sending messages to Marconi from the moment Philadelphia left Southampton. The disUnc from here to Southampton Is 220 miles, yet we hav learned that ail our messages were re ceived. At the present moment we cal culate that the steanvhlp la 250 mile west ward, but the last message received waa from a distance of 150 miles. We shall keep signaling, day and night, and shall be much surprised If we do not succeed In maintaining communication until the vessel actually arrives In New York." Breweries Start l"p After Strike. CINCINNATI. Feb. 23.-Whlle the strike of 2.R00 employes of the breweries of Cin cinnati, Covington and Newport has been complete, it Is announced tonight that the Germanla will run tomorrow with a. full force, three others with more than half their usual force and possibly others with small force,. All of the engineers of the Oermanln n greed to stand by the eontmct of the Engineer's union with the pro- Crletors and disregard the demands of the nlted Brewery Workmen. Ir. Lyon' s PERFECT Tooth Powder AN ELEQANT TOILET LUXURY. TJeed'by people of refinement for over a quarter of a oenttivy. JOBBERS & MANUFACTURERS OF OMAHA. DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS. CARSON PIRIE SCOTT & CO WHOLEBALB DRY GOODS, CHICAGO. E. L. HICKS, General Salesman. OMAHA SALESROOM, 1BOB raraasa treat. - J. E.H0WE, ftesldent Salesman. WHEN IN THE CITY , Visit Byrne-Hammer Dry Goods Co. , Wholesale Dry Goods. 1117 Howard St. - ' 1 MACHINERY AND FOUNDRY. Davis & Cowglll Iron Works. MAJTUr ACTUM S AKPOBBBM - OF UA.CHIN1DRT. flBXBItAL KBFAntDta A BTKCIXUTX atON AND BRASS FOUND JEM, IMI, ISM an S jMksM Omaha, . ! aafl. U. BaarUlrte. Aaot. J. B, Ora-gBL Jtg rnntiE co, Maamfaewrera aad Jabber f Steam and Water Supplies Of All Kind. 114 aa 11 DO COLAS ST. ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. 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