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    MERCER CETS A HARD BLOW
Color! Voter. Ad.pt feaolntioni Deaoun
cinj Hit Carter in Congress.
HIS DUritCITY TOWARD DR. RICKETTS
Maa Meeting; at Washlncton Hall
Largely Attended ana laaalmon
ia It Rebake to the Non
resident ((itunia,
A rousing rally of tbs colored republican
voters of Douglas county at Washington
hall last night was addressed by E. J.
Cornish, J. P. Brcto and Nelson C. Pratt,
eandldatea for congress; by Edward Roue
water, Robert Fink, candidate for the
legislature from the Sixth ward, and A. If.
Willis. Congressman D. H. Mercer had
been tnrlted, formally, aa were the other
congressional aspirant, but did not deign
to honor the colored men with his time and
sent Victor B. Walker to apeak for htm.
This the assembly took as a slight and re
sented by paining, with only seven dis
senting votes In a room nearly full, the
following resolution;
Whereaa, As David H. Mercer has spent
ten years In congress and has never shown
any disposition to recognise the colored
voters of the district which he represents,
notwithstanding the fact that the colored
people voted with the party as a unit In
11 of his campaigns In the paat. and
Whereas, Aa we have sufficient evidence
to prove that when a committee of col
ored men went to him to ask the appoint
ment of Dr. M. O. Rlcketts. a representa
tive of our rare, they were not only re
fused, but were not asked to have seats
In hi dice, and
Whereaa. It being the wishes of the
majority of the beet class of colored clt
Iservs of the district to have this man
appointed In recognition of our loyalty to
the party, Ml. Mercer expressed himself
In plain language that he would' not ap
point a negro, and
Whereaa, As he has apent ten years In
congress without paying any heed to the
negro plea for recognition until near the
close of the last congress, when he realises
his growing unpopularity with his own
people, he hastens to give one colored man
a Janitor's Job for a few months, which
we look upon aa an open Insult to our
people, therefore, be it
Resolved, That we, the colored voters
f Douglas county, do hereby urae the re
publicans of this district to nominate a
canaiaate wno is Known to tx sincere in
rmnathv with our Deonle and will rec
ognise their right to their due share of
republican patronage: be It further
Resolved, That a copy of these resolu
tions be published In the leading papers
of Douglap county.
Walker Hot Among Friends.
Victor B. Walker and John Long, a
Mercer ally, ateempted to block the pas
sago of the resolution, hut were received
la coldness until the former said: "Now,
nr friends, I wish "
"Don't call me your friend, shouted a
colored man In the back of the room.
"No, nor me!" echoed another.
"Nor met" chimed half a dosen others.
nd Walker gave up In deapair.
The reaolution waa drawn up by J. G
Pegg and signed by W. M. Cannon, Rev.
J. H. Cluke. W. H. Houaley, S. H. Baxter.
C. M. Johnson and T. P. Mahammltt Others
wished to sign, but more namea were con
sidered superfluous in view of the prac
tice.!!y tlBSElnse?!! fiction of the assembly.
A vary pleaaant feature of the evening
waa the singing of a quartet compoaed of
Jesse Greene, tenor; Prank Chllda, second
tenor; . Walter Bell, baritone, and Rufus
Anderson, bass. They shared with the
apeakera an aplause that was invariably
hearty and cordial.
The meeting waa called to order by J
O. Pegg, who explained that It had been
called for the purpoae of giving the candi
dates opportunity to address the re pub
llcan voters at one time and place, and in
t reduced T. P. Mahammltt. editor of the
Enterprise, as chairman. Mr. Mahammltt
at once Introduced Mr. Cornish, who had
other meetings to address later, but who,
unlike Mr. Mercer, had found time to attend
this one.
Cornish on Real Friendship.
Mr. Cornlah deprecated the Idea of buy
ing the colored man's favor with tips and
debasing gratuities in a campaign, but as
serted that the only real friend was the
constant , friend. He read extracts from
apeeches made to various white audtencea
years before he became a candidate for
office In which he had made constant plea
la the negro's behalf. He aaid:
"I want no privileges of government that
are not the privileges of all. I have been
aylng this for eighteen years and I feel
that I am entitled to your aupport."
Mr. Breen, next called upon, said that
he had supported Mr. Mercer in previous
eampalgna with donatlona of money and
with hla voice when asked to, but that In
return Mr. Mercer waa now aending over
the county contemptible cartoons showing
his congressional figure off to the beat ad
vantage and picturing him (Breen) and
other candidate aa little cure barking at
hla heels.
Merrer I'ses Hla Frank.
"I had not." Mr. Breen said, "Intended
to speak of these cartoons again, but I
have learned today that Mercer la abusing
his franking privilege as a congressman.
Hs sent a full box of these cartoons to ths
.postmistress at Arlington aa government
bualneaa. If hs were going to attempt to
defam and belittle me and thla before I
had ever aaid one word la criticism of him
he might at leaat have had the courteay
to pay the poatags on them. But the
AMJuNCmvJS;
of his winning; a race, but a question of
being able only to keep afloat Tbe man
whole suffering from malnutrition is like
the fettered swimmer. Hi stomach and
its allied orrans of
digestion and nutri
tion are diseased.
It is not a question
with him of winning
in the race for bust
neas but of simply,
keeping up under
any circumstance.
Whenever disease
affects tbe stomach
it is affecting also
tbe blood and tbe
health of every or-
fan of tbe body,
or blood ia only
food converted into
nutrition and nutri
tion ia tbe life of
tbe body and every
organ of it.
Doctor Pieree'a
Golden Medical
Discovery cures diseases of tbe stomach
: and other organ of digestion and nutri
tion. It purine tbe blood and enables
tbe perfect nutrition of tbe body which
means perfect health.
For si loag year I suffered with Indlge
tioa sad my liver snd kidneys, which hsflltd l .s
' best doctors in our country. writes E L. Rso
sll. Ksq . of Woolsey, Prince William Co.. Vs.
1 suflered with my stomach and back for a loug
tint, and after taking a 'cart load ' of meu-iua
from three doctors I grew so bad I could hardly
do a day's work. Would ha death-like pain
in the side, and blind spells. 1 began Ukiua
Pr. Fierce' Golden Medical Discovery and
'Pleaaant Pellet.' hesW had tskc half of
the aconnd boul I organ to feci relieved. I got
ia more bottles sod used then, sad ant happy
la any I owe my hie to IXv Pierce.
Accept no substitute for "Golden, Med
ical Discovery." There ia notbiag "just
as good" for diseases of tbe stotnacU,
blood and lungs.
The Common Sense Medical Adviser,
lento large pages, iu paper coven, is sent
frt on receipt of tl one-cent sumo to
pay expense of mailing nly. Address)
, Dr. Bm V. fierce, Buffalo, N. V
method la In keeping with the character
of a man who would father aucb aa attack
on former friends merely because they as
pire to the office be holds. As for Mr.
Rorewater, who la pictured aa another of
the dogs, you know yourselvea that he ia
amply able to take care of himself. I am
neither his close frlead nor his enemy, but
I will ay that he does more in a single
year for the laboring men of Omaha than
David H. Mercer haa done In his ten years
in congress and, the buildings Rosewater
gets for Omaha ara paid for from hla own
pocket, not the government's.
"8omebody haa aaid that I am a sort of
free lance In this campaign and that I
don't car a d d whether I am or am
not elected. I do care, but let me sav that
when you vote for a congressman von m
be voting to auatatn or change the policy
of the nation, and If you consider some
other candidate stronger than I vote for
him."
Mr. Pratt spoke very briefly, emnhaalnir
the record of the party and Its work In be
half of colored men.
Mr. Rosewater was called for and In re
sponse to msny repetitions of the Invita
tion walked out of the audience to the
chairman's side and spoke a few minutes,
interrupted constantly by applause and
laughter. Ha aaid In part:
Helped Colored Men to Vote.
Nebraska went Into the union with
"Equality Before the Law" written on Its
ahleld. but at first there .were some who
were inclined to deny the negro full prlvl
legea. There were those who ventured to
declare that 'no nigger should vote unless
ne rought his way to the polls.' I waa one
of several white men who formed a com
pany and went out against the crowd to
Insure the negro his privilege. We formed
a guard and made it possible for th col
ored men to come In squads and exercise
tneir franchise. I lived In Tennessee for
some years snd I don't believe any man
present has been witness to more of human
slavery than I. I was a friend then and I
am a friend now. John M. Langston was
the first lawyer I ever employed.
"Now, a man must bo ludaed bv what h
does by what he has done. It doesn't mat
ter what hla grandfather did. I believe In
helping the negro as much after election as
before. Don't rely upon a man who takea
you up onto tha mountain and shows you the
premised land afar off. Neither rely on a
man who gives no attention until election
time and then makes dazzling promisee for
the future. Beautiful promises don't buy
groceries.
"Congressman Mercer Is the public's ser
vant, not the public's master, and If you
wished him hero tonight to give an account
of hla stewardship he should have been here.
Ho should make himself available for the
men whoae votes he expects. We do not.
as he Implies, ask him to bo her all the
time. When be has buslneas In Washington
that Is the place for him, but we do object
to hla taking long tours about the world,
'deadhead or at government expense,' when
the people of hla district wish to see him
We do not approve of tha sentiment that hla
family ahould have nothing In common with
Omaha neighbors. If this la hla home, why
baa Mrs. Mercer been resident elsewhere
ever since Ave days after his return to
Omaha a few weeks ago?"
Duplicity of Mercer.
Mr. Rosewater also again explained the
fallacy of the old story about the army
neaaqusrtera and the quartermaster's de
pot. He recalled the time, too, when Mercer
aspired to be speaker of the house Instead
of Henderson of Iowa, and how, when ha re
alized the utter hopelessness of It, pretended
to have been "with" Henderson all along
thla to Mr. Rosewater, who had In his
drawer at that time a letter from Hender
son not three days old asking him what
Mer:er meant by hla attitude and request
ing Mr. Rosewater to take car of the un
certain congressman. s
"Go out anywhere in thla district and you
will find ten men who can testify to Mer
cer's faithlessness. There are twenty-flve In
south Omaha who still wonder why their
promised appointments aa postmaater never
materialised. The paramount Issue with you
voters Is: 'Do you want for the future a man
who haa served you as this one has In the
past?'"
An emphatic "No!" cam from a dozen
mouths at one.
Mr. Fink almply announced hla candidacy
for ths legislature and Invited the support
of the colored voters of his ward, tb Sixth.
Because of the lateness of ths hour A. H.
Willis confined himself to a few remarka on
the abuse of the negro's constitutional
rights. M. F. Slagletop waa slated to speak,
but declined to longer detain the audience.
FIFTH IS AGAINST MERCER
Ward Clnh I'nanlmoaalF Votes In
Favor of Anti-Mercer Dele,
station.
At a meeting which completely filled
Toung's hall. Sixteenth and Corby streets,
last night the member of the Fifth Ward
Republican club unanimously decided that
they did not desire ths nomination of David
H. Mercer for congress.
Joseph Redman moved that It be the
sens of the Fifth Ward Republican club
that an anti-Mercer delegation be sent to
tbe congressional convention, for the rea
son that Mr. Mercer haa entirely Ignored
ths club, although Invited many tlmea to
attend It meetings. The motion waa unani
mously adopted. Tb club will meet again
next Wednesday night.
The first business transacted waa the en
dorsement of th candidacy of George Red
man for member of tbe legislature and Wit
Ham Arnold for county commissioner. Tb
motion to endor Mr. Redman waa made
by W. I. Klerstead and that to endorse Mr.
Arnold by George Redman.
C. W. DeLamater waa present for th
first Urn since hi return from a visit to
Ohio. He spoke encouragingly of th pros
pects of the party In Ohio and predicted
republican success all along th line. He
made hla Initial remark aa a candidate for
nomination for the office of county attor
ney and aaid that be waa la the fight to
win.
W. R. Homan. candidate for nomination
on the legislative ticket, made a ehort talk.
aaylng that while the congressional cam
paign haa been attracting considerable at
tention. It la Important to Omsha to secure
good member of th legislature, aa Omaha
mutt have th right to local aelf-govern
ment.
At th conclusion of Mr. Homan'a re
marks tha club adjourned subject to tb
call of th chair and a caucus waa or
ganised for th purpose of selecting
delegate ticket to be submitted to th
county primaries September 19.
Upon motion th following ticket waa
unanimously chosen: Bryc Crawford, W.
B. Block bam. Tony . Donaho, Thomaa
Whyter, Charles Johnaon, O. F. Shepard.
B. H. Keith, Albert Bamuelaon, Harry
Asber and J. C. Holt. The petition to hav
th names p'acsd on tb ballot waa then
signed snd tb caucus waa adjourned and
th club meeting waa resumed.
Hot daya followed by cool nights will
breed malaria In tb body that la bil'ous
or eostlvs. Prickly Ash Hitters Is very
valuable at thla time for keeping tb
stomach, liver aad bowel well regulated.
Covort Lg No. It, A. F. and A. M.
Th brethren are requested to meet . at
their hall on Thursday. September 11,
Jv02, at 1:M p. an., to attend the funeral
of Past Master Washington I. Baker.
FREMONT C CRA1Q. W. M.
At last: EBEN K. LONG, Secretary.
THE OMAHA DAILY
MEMBERS CALL FOR MEETING
County Executive. OommiUss Will Convene
Friday Afternoon.
DEMOCRATS WANT MERCER NOMINATED
They Figaro that Nomination of the
Nonresident Candidate .Will
Barely Win Their Bets
on Hitchcock.
Chairman Charles A. Gss has called a
meeting of the republican county executive
committee for Friday afternoon, Septem
ber 12, at 2 o'clock. This call haa been
Issued as the result of a request handed to
Mr. Goss Tuesday night and signed by a
majority of the members. The request
waa for a meeting Thursday afternoon, but
Chairman Goss said that he made. It a day
later In order to give the two country mem
bers an opportunity to be preoent.
The committee la to meet for the purpose
of checking up and verifying the registra
tion lists, which proved defective at tbe last
primary election, and to transact such other
business aa may be necessary In connection
with the arrangements for the primary
election cf next week.
Political apeculators of tbe democratic
persuasion are getting ready to make a
great demonstration by offering all kinds
of mcney on tbe election of their candldri
for congress, O. M. Hitchcock. Said one
of thla class:
"We think we have a chance to make easy
money by putting up our coin on Hitchcock
this time. Of course we prefer to have the
republicans nominate Mercer, for that would
give a dead cinch. He couldn't be elected
now even If The Bee, the city administra
tion and all the other machinery of the re
publican party ahould turn In to help him.
The Bee has shown htm up In great shape
and knocked holea In hla pretensions that
can never be patched up. What Tbe Bee
haa been aaylng about Mercer cannot be
unsaid and now that the eyea of the people
have been opened to the graft Mercer has
been working they cannot be closed or
blinded by anything that might, be aaid for
him In the future. That Mercer la owned,
b'.dy, toul and breeches, by the railroads
has been proved beyond contradiction. Hla
hostility to organized labor can no longer
be concealed and the working men are wait
ing to get a chance at him. We figure that
If Mercer Is turned down the Mercer men
would refuse to aupport any other republican
nominee. They are telling ua that already,
and I think they mean It. At any rate I'm
willing to put up my money on that chance
when the time comes. The fettowa who are
backing Mercer hav not been voting repub
lican ttcketa for years, except so far as
members of their gang were on It, and they
won't hesitate to knife the ticket again It
Mercer Is not landed."
The Mercer contingent haa shown It
band In tb Sixth ward and N. C. Pratt,
candidate for congress, who Uvea In that
ward haa been given a practical Illustra
tion of th fact that many political prom
ise can be made without thought of their
fulfillment. When Mr Pratt announced
hi candidacy a few montha ago one of the
firat to offer htm promise of support was
John McDonald, Broatch'a business part
ner, chief of th faction which aeeks to
dominate the ward at any coat. Mr. Pratt
accepted tbe proffered aid and until re
cently considered that upon hla candidacy
at leaat there waa no opposition In his
home ward, all of the contending Interests
being united upon blm. From time to
time his personal friends told him that
McDonald was trying to "give him the
double, cross," but he was steadfast In bis
trust to the word of the former sheriff.
Tbe protestations of good faith on tb part
of McDonald were so strong a to deceive
soma who were aware of his true char
acter, and many of them believed that he
would, for one at leaat, stand up for a
homo man without seeing some chance for
peraonal aggrandisement In hla action.
The belief of these trusting mortals and
of th Sixth ward candidate for congress
waa rudely ahattered this week when It
waa dlaeovered that McDonald had almply
been working a little harder at his uaual
practice, and that while proteasing loyalty
to Pratt he waa assisting Dare Mercer'
campaign. Thla was discovered Sunday
when McDonald and Mercer apent ths
greater part of th day together election
eering. They visited places In the Sixth
ward where it waa believed work could be
done for the non-resident candidate and
then wont to the Second ward to repair
fencea. It la aaid that since that time Mc
Donald and Mercer have UUed country
precinct for th purpose of "getting the
boys In line," and that the campaign haa
been aomewhat of a disappointment.
When th matter waa mentioned to Mr.
Pratt he aaid: "I refused to believe that
McDonald waa trying to throw roe until I
was convinced of Its truth. He had given
me every assurance that h waa my friend
but now I ae that he waa deceiving m
all th time."
Today la th day set for the prima
ries of tha populist party In thla county,
but even the chairman of th "pop" com
mute doesn't know where the polling
placea are. The "call," which waa Issued
several weeks ago, merely named th day
and let It go at that. Such little details
ss the selection of Judges and clerka and
tha deaignation of polling placea do not
seem to hang very heavy on the pop ma
chine. Th object of today's primaries
la to elect delegatea to a county conven
tion, and the object of the county conven
tion, although not officially stated. Is to
put tbe local pops" In line for conference
with the democrats a to tbe division of
the spoils In ess any democrat lands an
office.
Although nobody knows where these
primaries are to be held there will appear
from tbem a sufficient number of delegatea
to make up a county and a congressional
convention next Saturday. Aa a matter
of fact the dalegatlona will be mad up
privately by the aeveral gentlemen who
make It their business to draw salaries
from county office by being member of
tb people's Independent party.
Th democrat io Judicial convention will
probably b called for a day early In Octo
ber. Thla statement waa made yesterday
morning by Ed P. Smith, chairman of th
Judicial commute, who added:
"Before tbe resignation of Judge Keysor
and at tha time tb delegatea to the Judl
clal convention wer choaen It aeemed tbe
general purpose of th democrat to endorse
th candidacy of Judge Read, but now that
ther ar to ba two vacancies, th demo
crata may wlah to nominal a man of their
ewn fall or possibly two men. I shall call
the commute together aocn and then if
some of our men want the nomlnatoa they
probably can get It easily. For myself, I
am aomewhat Inclined to favor endorsing
co:h tb republican Judicial nominee thla
year If they be good men and then next
year holding an early democratic convention
and nominating th four present republican
Judge who ar xpeetd to run again and
three democrats In th top of having tb
democrats endorsed by tb republican aad
thua electing a nonpartisan, or rather a bi
partisan Judiciary. Th bench ahould b
nonpartisan In It makeup and thla seems
to m a atep In that direction. However, I
won't know what will be desired until w
get th commltt together."
As yet ther seem no abundance of dem-
ecrata aspiring tor ths plac, but E. C. Page
and Lysis Atbott hav both been mentioned
HKEt TIUTKSPAY, SKPTKMnElt 11, 1002.
FIRST AND SECOND UNITE
Rrpahllraa Voter of Two Wards Hold
Waa Meeting; and Cheer
Sneaker.
Deafening applause from hundreds of re
publican of the First and Second warda
greeted Edward Rosewater when he ap
peared to address th Joint meeting at Thir
teenth and William streets last night It
was one of the biggest republican meetings
cf the campaign, those of the Second ward
having met In their hall at Sixteenth and
William streets and come over In a body to
Join their neighboring brethren. Mr. Rose
water was the principal speaker of the even
ing. He eald. In part:
"This Is not the first time I he-vs ad
dressed you republicans of the First ward
In thla hall; It wi'.l not be the last; yet' I
wish you to heed my words tonight as If
they were the last I were ever to utter on
thla earth. I appear before you tonight aa.
first, an American citizen; second, a a re
publican; aa an American because I am en
dowed aa the rest of you ar with all the
privileges and rlghta of free apeech and ac
tion; as a republican, because that party
waa founded to protect those very princi
ple, and Is maintained along the aame line.
But It Is better far that the freedom of
American be maintained than the integrity
of any party.
"I come her not as a candidate for any
office, but with a wish to awaken the con
sciences of voters. I shall dwell on princi
ples that go to the bedrock of free govern
ment. So let me assert that the man who
hires himself out to an employer doea not
thereby aell hla conscience nor his right to
vote aa he will. No employer can demand
this. I hav never done It, yet I have apent
millions of dollars In wages among you. In
those years I have employed hundred of
democrats, but not one waa ever coerced In
hla vote. I consider that there are Juat two
places on earth where the poor and rich are
exactly alike, one .at the ballot box, the
other In the grave.
"Now I am told that the attorney for a
certain great corporation have insinuated
here that tbe republicans of this ward must
vote for a certain candidate for the congres
sional nomination, under penalty of losing
your Joba If you do not. Thla la monstrous.
Only cowardice and fear will prompt any
man to allow such espionage to be exerted
ever him. A man who would permit It de
serves to be disfranchised forever. I shall
fight such methods to the last. Omahans
should resent this Interference with their
elections. We want cltisens, not slaves.
''The candidate for wbom thla effort la be
ing made has represented you In congress
for ten years. If you wast him to go there
again ycu have a right to have him. But
he has no right to force hla way there
through corporation Influence. I trust that
every voter of the First and Second ward
will exercise wide freedom of conscience In
thla matter, and allow no man to dictate a
course."
Among the candidates for different offices
whi were present and heard wer Judge
Blair, A. C. Troop and Judges Holmes for
district Judge; J. L. Kaley and W. A. De
Bord for county attorney; Nelson C. Pratt
and E. J. Cornish for congress. The latter
was In his own borne territory and waa
given an ovation when he arrived, which
was late. He offered a strenuous appeal for
the support of his own neighbors, and waa
assured it with cheers upon cheers. He di
lated especially upon! the proposition that
the republlcana should nominate a man who
can be elected, and asked "Why do the
World-Herald and the three democratic pa
pers In Sarpy county all boost Meroer If It
Is not thst they know Hitchcock can beat
him?"
Later resolutions wer adopted endora-
ng Mr. Cornish, and another pertaining to
home rule, which read:
Resolved, That republican principles sane
tlon home ruler that tbe citizen of a mu
niclDalltv should be allowed to choose the
omcers tnat rule over mem; mat a siaie
commission appointed to govern a munici
pality against the will of It Inhabitants la
un-American and contrary to the principles
upon which our government la loundea.
At the meeting of tbe Second ward re
publlcana early In the evening It waa de
elded to bold no caucus, but that all who
wished to serve a delegatea should submit
their names on petition. A. C. Troop was
accorded th privilege of naming his own
delegation to th judlclan convention from
this ward.
FIXING AN ELEPHANT'S FEET
On of the Delicate hot necessary
Indertaklaga In Connection
with a Menagrerl.
Elephant hav tender feet. Their toe
nail hav to be pared and treated con
stantly or they will grow Inches of hang
nails. They are terribly sensitive about
tbelr extremities, and at tlmea will get
craiy mad If touched with a knife or aaw.
A horse haa to have hla feet trlmmod
when he goes to a smith and an elephant
wears down his toes, but they do not get
enough exercise for that here, so their feet
get tremendous corns, which hsve to ba
pared.
When an elephant has gone through the
operation a few time, with tb Intelli
gence of hla kind be senses It aa for hla
good and will submit readily. The hang
nails are clipped with a big pair of abears
and then th toes are worked upon with a
raap especially made for the purpose for
an hour or two. Then cornea the ticklish
part. A large drawknlf Is used to cut a
couple Inchea off the sol of each foot.
When It ia cut down pretty fin th rasp
Is used. Every little while th surface is
pressed bard with the thumb and when tbe
elephant wlncea th quick I known to be
near and tbe work ia atopped. A single
raap on the quick and ths elephant Is kill
ing mad.
Ther la one elephant In the Rlngllng
herd so tender on her feet snd so nervous
that, ao far. It haa been Impossible to
treat her feet. It was tried a week ago
and ahe nearly killed the chiropodist at
the first rasp. She needa attention badly,
but ahe doesn't appreciate the fin point
of pedicure and tblnka It la up to her to
kill all who try her. 8he will not II
down when told and wilt not stay down
when she Is put ther. 8h utterly refuse
to put her feet on the block and ah gets
frightened to death when tied. Her keeper
say that he will Bx her next week and
cut her corna and brush and rasp her natla
If he baa to call out the militia and her
howla are herd In Honolulu.
After the corna are cat and nalla pared
tbe feet are soaked In hot water and then
softened with oil. After that they feel is
comioriaDie aa tnouga wearing carpet
slippers. But the feet must not be oil 3d
except In warm weather. Elephant get
cold eaally. They have rheumatism, too,
th worst way, and It ' takea Untment by
me barrel to rub tbelr lam muscles.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Dr. Parker haa returned from a ten daya
outing at Kannard, Neb.
Mr. and Mr. M. H. Collin left last
nignt lor Kansas city and Chicago.
Mis Winifred Rmlth of Denver Is In
vroana visiting rnenaa for a few daya.
Superintendent Horton and Manager But
ler of th western Union at Denver were
in vmana yosieroay on business.
Judge H. D. Holsmsn. mayor of Guthrl
center, la., who Is attending the conven
tion at Council Bluffs, waa in tha rliv laat
night, th guest of Jullu 8. Cooley. Judge
nuisman waa a resident or umana for a
number oc year.
Mr. and Mra W. N. Bahrork of Chi
rago ware In the rtty yesterday and last
evofilna". air. Babcock comln to &ttnl tha
luncheon' given the execuUce committee of
me. i ranamisaisaippi exposition directory
, They return to CbJcagu thla morning.
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Taxpayer Prop Ftviig en If Street in
front of fosteffice.
COST TO BE COVERED IY BOND ISSUE
Dr. J. A. Kelly vVIn Damage Salt
Asralaat City Bltamlnon Coal
Price to Be Hednced by
tMal Dealer.
"While the city Is voting th bonds pro
posed." said a taxpayer last night to a
Bee reporter, "It might a wll Include the
cost of paving M atreet from Twenty
fourth to Twenty-fifth atreela. This street
would have been paved long ago had It not
been that It was Impossible to obtain the
consent of the government. When Hon.
David Anderson took the matter up some
tiros ago and wrote to Congressman Mer
cer he received a reply to th effect that
th government had erected a building In
South Omaha and that It did not propose
to buy any pavement. It will, therefor,
be necessary for the city. If It desires the
street paved, to vote bonds In order to pay
for tb portion of the street on which the
government building ha a south front."
It haa been suggested that a portion of
the sum proposed for bonds for the psvlng
of Railroad avenue b directed to the pav
ing of M street. Thla may be done, pro- j
vldlng that the lnue Is submitted to the
people.
So far there haa been little or no com
ment on the proposed Issue, but when the
people understand what Is on foot there
may be aome lntereat taken In the matter.
Aa for th paving of M atreet It la badly
needed, but It cannot be done unless the
municipality assists the property owners
In the payment of the costs.
Dahl floe Back.
Detective J. H. Noel arrived In the city
yeaterday for the purpose of taking back
Albert Dahl who waa arrested here some
daya ago for violating hla parole. Tbo
officer presented his credentials to Chief
Brlgga and Dahl was turned over to him.
Th pair left last night for Chics go.
Kelly Win Ont.
Dr. Jame A. Kelly filed a claim some
time ago with the city council for 113!),
alleging injuries to himself, his horse and
his driver on account of the wretched con
dition of Thirty-sixth avenue. City At
torney Murdoch offered to settle the case
for $35, but Ir. Kelly, through hie attor
ney, Henry C. Murphy, refused. 8ult
against the city waa brought in Justice
Caldwell's court snd Judgment tor $180 was
rendered. City Attorney M unlock and hla
assistant, Mr. Cohn, were present at the
trial, but offered no defense. It is under
stood that the city will take an appeal
and apend more money than the original
claim amounts to in fighting the case.
Bltosnlnone Coal Cheaper.
Notice waa received yeaterday by local
coal dealers that the price of bituminous
coal wa to be reduced. In accordance
with the arrangement made between the
dealera and the transportation lln.S Rock
Springs coal waa put down to $6.50 per ton
and Hanna nut to per ton. Ttis is a
reduction of $1 in each of the coals men
tioned. As aoon as the public became
aware of the fact that there waa a drop In
coal orders commenced to pour in. Deal
era say that there will be a largo amount
of soft coal used here thla winter.
Three Inspector Go.
After a conference with the commis
sioned officers of the cavalry troop yeater
day at Lincoln, Governor Savage decided
that It waa not advlsabl at this' time to
march th troop overland In order that It
might participate In th maneuver at
Fort Riley. Inetead, It was deemed best
for tha governor to commission Captain
Holland and Lieutenants McCullOHh and
Tagg aa Inspectors. This will be dune and
It la presumed that these officer will go
to inspect tbe maneuver as representatives
of the Nebraaka National guard frow South
Omaha.
Oanntbn Line Proposed.
It is understood that tb Burlington offi
cials are looking for bids for a 1i-us Un
to operate between tbe central portion of
the city and tbe depot at Thirty-sixth and
L streets. Thla line haa been contem
plated for some time, but It looks now as
If something would be done, aa blda have
been asked for. There Is considerable
travel at the depot mentioned and there
la no means of transportation to or from
the depot th company now propoaeii to put
on a line of 'busses to meet tho trains
which stop at tbe little station.
If Vladaot Prospect.
Railroad officials glv no hopes of a via
duct across th tracks this year. It appears
that there la a hitch aome place and that,
while the appropriation has been made,
no effort will be mad this year to build
the bridge. Some of tb city eouncllmen
ar diffident about granting the conceasions
desired by tbe railroads and th railroad
officials are Juat aa diffident, ao It was given
out yeaterday that there would be no via
duct this year.
Ilyaanl Carnival.
Yesterday H. Clin of Hyannla was a
visitor in th city. He said that all prep
arations had been mad for a big tlm at
Hyannla during tbe cowboy carnival. Mr.
Cllne aaid: "There will be roping, racing,
shooting and other amusements. We ex
pect a big crowd." In addition to ths
sports there will be a reproduction of th
holdup of the Deadwood stag coach mad
famoua by Buffalo Bill.
Maarle City Gossip.
Councilman Mike Smith Is back from a
trip to Denver.
Mrs. Frsldland of Crete. Nob., la here.
in gueat of Mra. J. ts. welkins.
The Boutn umana nooiai cluo rave a
very enjoyaoie aancing party at ine troop
armory last nignt.
Relative of A. R. Kellv look for him
home today. He ha been at hi Wyoming
mines tor aome time.
Julia, daughter of Mr. and Mra. L. Law-
son, 111 North Twenty-second street, I
leported to b sick with carlt fever.
Mra. W. B. Cook will entertain tha Magic
City Klnga Daughter thl afternoon at
her home, lis Worth Twenty-second street.
CITY CONTRACTS FOR COAL
ear A nth me It at f 11. BO Per Ton
aaa Soft Coal at D1 AT re at
Price.
Tb Advisory board yesterday awarded
contracta for fuel for city ua during th
coming winter, accepting th bid of Cou
tant de Squire to furnish anthracite coal
for $1L60 per ton. It I catlmated that tbe
quantity to be purchased throughout tb
sntlr winter will not exceed twenty-five
ton. Th contract to furnish tha various
kinds of soft coal, which Includes about
1.500 tons to bs used for steam purposes
fifty tons for the election booth and 225
tona for uae at the engine houses, waa
awarded to th Nebraaka Fuel company.
One Locomotive In Japan.
American locomotivea hav found favor
with th Japanese railroad officials, because
they ar cheaper and batter than those mad
la England, which I another very Important
victory for American producta. In medicine,
w also hav tb beat remedy for stomach
liver and bowel complalnta that aclence haa
aver been able to produce, namely, Hoa-
tetter's Stomach Bitters. It will cur any
one suffering from dyspepala, lndigeatlon,
belching, Inaomnia. nervousness, or malaria
fvr and ague. A trial will convince you.
ACTIVITY 0NPICKET LINE
Striker Kspect tlot Koaanlea Men
Will Mnh Tronble Sear
hops.
Vnususl activity was manifest along the
strikers' picket line surrounding th Vnioa
raclfle shops last night. A large number of
picket wer on duty and every man waa
wrought up to a high tension In view of a
rumor which waa said to hav emanated
from the shops during th day that some of
the nonunion employee, who wer paid off
yesterday, intended to make a trip "over to
town" at night and while out of tbe shops
"round up the pickets." What truth tbe
report contained waa not known, but It was
evident that the strikers gave It considera
ble credence, for they were manifestly pre
pared for emergencies, aa a visit to tbe
haunts disclosed. I'p to a Iste hour In the
night no trouble had occurred and the men,
who drew their regular monthly envelopea
during the day, were still on the Inside of
the yards.
It Is believed that If such a threat waa
made by any of the men In the ahopa It came
from some injudicious parson and did not
represent the majority sentiment, for the
"scabs," as the strlkera term thoae who
bave supplanted them, have thus far shown
very little aggressiveness or disposition to
"pick a row" with the strikers, whom they
sre said to regard as rstber a formidable
lot.
In view of the reported threat every gate
at the yards was kept under cloee guard last
night. Tbe police fores still haa a man at
each entrance day and night and the officers
were In evidence last night aa uaual. None
of the policemen had heard directly th re
port, but they ore constantly on the lookout
for such things and especially on pay day
nights, when there Is a restlessness among
the men Inside to get over In the city and
t locae some of their earning.
Aside from watching for the rumor to ma
terialize strikers looked for a serious de
fection In the ranka of the nonunion em
ployes last night aa a result of pay day, but
In this they were partially deceived, though
not entirely. If reporta given out laat night
were correct. It was aaid by those who had
been at the galea throughout the day that
fifteen men quit the ahops up to aundown.
No new onea went In.
Strlkera are encouraged over the financial
prospects which confront them. They de
clare that their resource are greater now
than they have been at any time since the
trouble began and that with returns from
plana recently laid they will have ample
means for carrying on the fight and supply
ing their demanda for the entire winter.
President McNeil of the boiler makers
said yesterday that his organization had
levied a tax of tl per capita on the entire
membership throughout the country and
that this when met would net $25,000 to
the strikers' fund for the boiler makers
alone. Other organisations involved In the
fight are exerting similar efforts. Presi
dent McNeil addressed the boiler makcra
yesterday, during which he assured them
of the undivided and ceoaeless aid of the
International body and expressed great
favor with the manner In which the men
had been conducting their affairs. He
thought continued progress had been made
since the Inception of the struggle and
saw no caune lur lu icail avypieueuSiun
aa to the ultimate outcome; In fact, he
waa certain the undaunted attitude of the
strikers wa a good omen of aucceas nd
saw no reason why the company could not
be defeated.
First Vice President P. J. Conton of the
machlnlata talked to the local members of
his craft at Labor temple yeaterday and
spoke along lines similar to thoae pursued
by Mr. McNeil In addressing the boiler
roakera. The machinist and boiler mak
er are encouraged over the presence of
their leadera, who are here to give per
sonal attention to thi promotion of tho
strike. '
CAUGHT WITH STOLEN PLUNDER
ne of Borarlar Break Away front
Patrolman, hat the Other
Is Landed.
Loaded down with plunder, two men war
captured at the Fourteenth street opening
of the alley between Farnam and Douglas
streets laat night aa they wer teaitfig
away from tb seen of their bouie-break-Ing
th Dunning Hardware company, 1405
Douglaa atreet. One of the pair escaped
at the patrol box at Fourteenth and Doug
laa, but the other, giving hla name aa
Cbarlea Cavanaugh of Sioux Falls, 8. D.,
was landed in the atatlon. Officer Flynn,
who made the arrest, came to tbo alley
Just aa the men came out carrying two large
bundle. Ha ordered them to com with
him, which they did, but at the patrol box,
aa he was calling tor the wagon, they mad
a determined effort to escape. Flynn man
aged to hold Cavanaugh and keep tho
stolen property, but tbe other man wrenched
loose and ran north on Fourteenth atreet
to the alley. A description of thla burglar
haa been aent to Council Bluffs and other
points. At the station the bundlea were
found to contain rasors, knives, scissor and
similar artlclea and In the pocket of the
prisoner were four rasors and $10.11, taken
from the cash register, and a loaded re
volver. Cavanaugh aaid that he had become
acquainted with tbe other man during the
afternoon in a barber shop and they had
drank and eaten together. They then
planned tho crime and examined the prem
lses. They made an entrance by climbing tb
fir escape at th rear of Cliff Cole's aa
loon, crossing on tha roofs and going
through a skylight Thay came out tbe
aame way. Tha prisoner ia a atranger hare.
In the patrol wagon he tried to get at hla
revolver, whether to shoot or only to throw
It away. Is not known.
MISS PETERSEN BARELY ALIVE
Sargeons Rnrprised at Her Vitality,
Recovery.
Mary Petersen showed no sign of cbsngs
at St. Joeeph'a hospital laat night. At 1:80
those In charge could not say whether or
not she would live until morning. Th vi
tality shown by th young woman la aur
prising as such a wound aa aba received Is
usually considered fatal In a few hours. No
attempt haa been made to locat th bullet,
but Dr. Olsh consider that It Is probsbly
lodged In the muscles of the back.
Up to this time ths police hsve made lit
tle progress in the pursuit of Peter Olsen
Captain Moatyn haa heard from the erewa
of th Missouri Pacific tralna Which passed
the Junction near Ruser's Park at 11:60 and
6:60 o'clock on thf night of the shooting,
and they aay that thay did not carry an
auch peraoo. Thee two are th only tralna
which atopped at the crossing that night
It Is potalble that the fugitive may hav
crawled under a car unobaerved and ridden
on a truck, getting away at som stop msde
before daylight. The report that Olsen was
seen near thla Junction haa been found ,to
hav originated In tb Imperfect English of
a Polish section hand. This man heard that
Olsen bad been aeen at Ruser's sad tried to
tell ths section, boss sbout It and waa mis
understood by th latter, who Informed th
police that the workman had aeen Olsen near
tha Junction. If the man Intended to eacapa
th police think It odd that h did not col
lect th money due him for work from Nell
son and for railroad work. Hia appearance
at Ruser's Is also hard to explain. It has
been ascertained that he had two friends
living near Fremont, aad in eaa he may
have gon ther th authorities of that city
hav been asked t Investigate,
NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENTS
What Is ?apra Say lUgtrdinf- lailroad
Taiatioi Question.
WORTH READING, WO'TH REMEMBERING
Interesting Extract Prom Papers
flepresentlns; the Dif
ferent Political
Parties.
(lasued I'nder Authority tif the Rnllroads
of Nebraaka.)
Numerous comments have been made by
the press of Nebrsska over th question of
taxation, which haa been agitated the laat
few months by some parties of thla state.
In the matter of the payment of taxea. It
must be considered that thla Is a form ol
aerifies which Is made for the public good,
and It la evident that corporations having
property that la known and whoso value
la easily ascertained, ar naturally th first
class of property which sttrscts attention
In such Instances.
We give below aome extracts from news
papers of different political complexion,
showing their view cf the question wblcb
has been presented.
The following from the Clay County
Patriot:
"Th Juat taxation of corporation prop
erty Is tbe paramount. Issue In the state
election this year, the republicans generally
contending that railroad and other corpora
tion asaessments are now high enough or
too high, while the fuslonlst demand a
higher valuation of thla class of property.
The discussion ao far haa been confined
chiefly to this phase of tbe question, but
gradually It will broaden out until th
whole problem of taxation of all property
win do consiaereu.
'Thla Important matter ahould receive
the undivided attention of the people of
the atate and of the next legislature until
It la adjuated In an equitable manner. Tho
railroad are not tbe only tax dodgers by
any means, in this county, sna prooeoiy
In other aa well, there are men who apend
tbelr entire time at lelaur and at eaae,
never working a day ao far as anybody
knowa, and are reputed to have thousand
of dollars In bank and at lntereat, yet tbelr
aasessment schedule show them to be
worth only $12 to $15, and that Invested In
household furniture. What thess leacbel
live on la a deep mystery, but perhsps
the balmy air of Nebraaka or the feaat of
glory from paat honor la sufficient to keep
them and their farolllea alive.
'Tha taxation question should be care
fully atudled by all. Those who pay the
most taxes ara the ones who should be roost
deeply Interested, as an equitable, taxation
of all property will result In lessening the
taxea of those who already glvo a lull ana
complete report of their property to tho
assessor."
The Minden Gazette publishes the fol
lowing:
Tha disturbance being created by too
Omaba Bee over the assessment of rail
roads In Nebrsska Is, In the opinion of
the Oasette, something of a grandstand
play, but It haa been the means of aome In
vestigations aa to the assessment In our
own county. People kick, or aome of them
do, about the aasessment of the railroads.
yet the rallroada are prompt In the pay
ment of thetr taxea and we know of In
atancea in this county where school dis
tricts have had to wait until the railroads
paid their taxes before the district could
pay their bills or have achool. Thla Is
not, however, what we started out to aay.
'Take the assessment for this year on ,
the farma of Kearney county. The highest
assessments on lands Is In Mirage aed
Hayes townahlps, at $2.75 per acre. On
March IS tbe aaseasora, and all bat on or
two of tbem are farmers, met and fixed a
baala of valuea for real and personal prop
erty. Land in Hayea and Mirage town
ships was fixed at $3 per acre. " Peraonal
property, outalde of grain and certain kind
of live stock, wss to be aaaessed at One
fourth value. The county board changed
some of this. Now does any sensible msn
think that $2.75 per acre tor . (arms In
Mirage or Hayea townships represents one-
fourth, one-sixth or one-tenth evn of th
value of almost any farm In either of those
townships? Is there a farmer In either of
them or In any other township In the
county who will com In and aay that ha
haan't been aaseaed high enough? Would
any farmer In the county aell hla farm tor
four, alx or ten tlmea per acre what It
haa been assessed for?
"The railroad aaaessment per mile has
been fixed at $4.79. Now as compared
with the aeaesament of farm lands in
Kearney county, and of personal property
too, lan't ths thing about aa near equit
able a you could get It under th present
laws? You couldn't buy th Bee property
nor the railroad property, nor the property
of the people of Kearney county at four.
alx or ten tlmea the assessed valuation of
It, and all thla stir of ths Omaha Bee la
simply a piece of buncombe on the part of
Mr. Rosewater to pose before tbs people
aa their champion, when, aa a matter of
fact, It Is simply done to further the polit
ical lntcresta of tbe aame R&aewater.
There la absolutely nothing In it further
than tbe cold-blooded, selfish ambition of
the man, and the motive Is so plain that
the dulteat man outside of an aaylum for
th weak minded ought to aee and under
stand It."
From ths Nebraska State Journal of Au
gust 24th:
"The Omaha World-Herald la trying to
rattle the farming community by showing
from the records of fsr western counties
that during th past ten yeara or ae the
aaaeasments of farm and other property
bava Increased, while the assesamenta on
rallroada hav decreased. Thl Is natural
enough. Notwithstanding th Increase in
ths valu of th real estate and other
property in Nebraska by almost 100 per
cent during the lsst ten years, as shown
In the census reports, th aaaessed valu
haa actually decreased. However, In tha
counties In th west where there wa noth
ing particularly to assess because th
landa had not been taken up or Improved
ten years ago tbe Increaa In the value
has been so great that the assessments
aggregate mora than they did then, but
th baata of th assessment haa been low
ered ther th earn a In tb older coun
ties. Tbe phenomenon to
which tbe World-Herald calls attention
with ao much loudneaa ia very common
place. xhe baala of aasess
ment of 'other property' established last
year by the county assessor is , lower
than that established for railroad property
by tha State Board of Equalization, ae la
conclusively shown. jo
matter how It la figured, tbe result la
about th aame providing the census re
ports are to be taken as approximately
accurate. All pretenses to tb contrary
ar pure demagogury."
t relation' Foot Ball Team.
Th students of Crelghton university held
an enthusiastic meeting In th reading
rcom yesterday afternoon. Manager rlis
gerald of th foot ball team prealded and
endeavored to arouse the student body to
an active aupport of the braves on tho
gridiron. Dan Hurley mad a rojelng
speech and called forth great applause.
Coach Elllck Joined th speakers and asked
for more of the heavy men to oppose his
regular team.
The Thief mt na:er.
Old sores, ulcers, piles, fistula snd Ilk
stubborn zcsladlea sooa yield to Buckltn's
Arnica Saiva or no pay. 25c.