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THE OMAHA 11A1LY JIEE: SUNDAY, FKBltUAHY 8. ISI03. K DANCE .NOT ALL MERRIMENT OntKinWb.,Thon,bt H mlf a Maaagtr ticdi in the Citj Jail. FRIE.ND iOOM COKE TO BAIL HIM OUT Cotntv rat tons ('( la Dn.rkri Otrr toe RnKLrMv f thr Mora ad Dead; Hall In relahtaa' ' Uralfr Block. Thar was sound of revelv-y br night. The Morantf dancing academy In the Crelgb. ton theetr block was crowded with fair Women who leaned upon brave men "with ronflrlear and both hands." while the band played everything from Strsuss to Wllllama sod Walker. Xnd even aa ther danced, one of t-bje who had made the occasion possi ble for thtm waa languishing in the city Jr., bruised In he;-!, wounded In pride and B0- at everything that ever happened. Hla name waa and atlll la William Jordan. t and he bad been taken to the atation bjr Bertram Hayes and Officer Leach because he ahowed aa Inclination to "atart thin" at the door of the Morand ball with J. J. Mera aa the other and unwilUng com batant. The bltterneaa between the two datea . back aeverat week and Ha cauae la par. tlally ahown In the dlatTlct court record. 8uch recorda make it appear that Jordan, Hyera, A, G. Olbaon, A. M. Gibson, George Newman and Henry. Ranmussen eutered Into ral month-to-month loose with W. R. Mo. rand for the privilege of conducting Satur day night dances at the hall, the rental to be 175 per month. Later, it la further shown, Myera returned to Morand the mem oranda which waa tie only tangible record of tha leaae, and secund a lease for him. elf at WO per month. The othera ob. Jected to thla and aecured an order of court reatralnlag Myer from using the ball and Morand from allowing him to use it. At the same time they asked that the new leaae be held to be their leaae, and this gave Myera a loophole through which At torney John O. Yelser subsequently Jerked him with great promptness and eclat. By aoceptlnf the new tosse aa their lease. Myera argues, they contracted to pay 'ISO per month rental, but rendered Morand only $78. Subsequently Myers bad Morand can. col thla lease an the ground of non-pay. ntent of full rent, and lease the hall to William McMillan of Council Bluffa at ISO per month. The others didn't know of thla and repaid Myera, bia ISO and permitted him ta withdraw frctn the enterprise entirely. -There waa slgnad, also, an agreement or stipulation dtsnjsing the ault agalnat him at plaintiffs' -joat. But McMUian la Myer'a friend and made Myera his -assistant manager." The two vent to tr dancing academy almost before dark last evening and took possesion, with Morand' comsont, it ! aaid. They tele phoned the police that they expected trouble from intruders and officers were ent, o 'be la readlneaa. About 7:30 the original and unsuspecting lesier arrived, with a, -ticket box under the arm of one . of ther i and a smile of anticipation on every face. When they found Myera at the tVior taking in the money they eaW a great light and realized what had hap- a pened. Jordan started In to tell what ha thought about It, and that'a when the offi cer a got him. Ha was balled out shortly afterward by frienda. Other friends kept roming to the atation for two hours after lie araa gone to perform tha same kindness for him. Meanwhile two policemen stayed at the dancing hall and Myera aeemed very willing that they should. ' . ... ... Tet JeS olt Dance. Bohemian Turners' halt was merry last ulaht with the masked and bedecked dancers of the Tel Jed Snknl. Prizes were awarded amounting In the aggregate to fi6 for the beat contumee. The first woman's rlze was awarded to the Misses Bvaclna, five in number,- imjr of whom masked sa mice dr?w. a allpper In which Cinderella sat. -MIhS Leopold. Stary Waa awarded second prlle aa a Moravian peasant girl. The. third award went to Mr. Mlroalav SURPRISE Whan Lookers at.. . llud how much cheaper they aell strictly high-grade Planoa than other housea do. they Invariably express the greateat sur prise. So will you, when you examine into our offers at our FEBRUARY P(AK0 SALE which includes the greateat world winners in the Piano Maker a art. Every Instrument Included In this sale. The new high-grades, the medium grade, and the Commercial Pianos. Here you will find the magnificent KNABB, the exquisite KRANICH BACH, the celebrated KIM BALL, the reliable, HALLKT DAVIS Piano, BTERUNO ' Planoa, NEEDHAM Pianos, KRBLL Pianos, SCHUMANN Planoa, WHITNEY Planoa. HOSPE Planoa, ROYAL Planoa. HINZB Planoa. BURTON Pianos, and many more of the beat Instru ments made. New Pianos, new designs, new esses, new veneers. Ycu will And Planoa that are nearly new some a little abop-worn, some from rent stock, some re-flnlahed at our shod, which look Ilka new, some alightly used, ethers high-grade secondhand. AH of them fully guaranteed, every one accompanied by. nne atool and ararf. Here Is your opportunity to Invest your monthly or weekly savings and In abort time owa a handsome Piano, for we ac cept email paymenta to ault the purcbaaer. The prioee are the surprises, the quality the essence? the security the sa'cjuard. 1 aad the terms the trade brlngera. ' Think of buying a new full else Plane, with duet music deak. Boston fall-board, full Iron plate, bushed pins, handsomely carved trusses, three pedal, upright Instru ment for only $137. on IS monthly payments Why pay double' thla amount elsewhere. Then again a One veneered caae upright, up-todate piano, any wood, good grade, only 1117, ea little paymenta. You can't get - this one tor Ifsa than 1225 elsewhere. We have high-grade Pianos marked down to 1225. same thing coat tSOO. Easy pay ments. Used Ui right planoa for I'JG. $115. $1IJ and up. according to grade. Paymenta easy te suit customer. Grand aquare planoa. from fSS te $55, terms IS cash. 3 per month Organs, (used). $11. $15. $26. $25. aew or. gana. $11. $40, $43. $3, $58 and up Etcol and book Included Piano stools, piano beochea, erg a a stools. plaae scarfs aad cavers, at half prices. A. HOSPv 1IIJ-19IS Douftaa U I.etovky. with a paper drees repreeentlns; tho !nkrk Xamrtu. Of the mm Hramrk and Michael ,n first prlae with hHr ennt-o-mnhllet otto Muall an a Bohemian f-himney rp took eecond. and Toinmrk bnthera ,n Bohemian carpenter were awarded third. Hpclal prises were eMven Mr. f,crk and Mr. IMac-rk as Klondike miner- Misses Hohnrek and Sramek aa fenr'ift girls and Mrar John Meydurk and l'raska as rlowne. Joseph Mlk acted master of ceremonies kr Joseph K'Ricik. nton Knoll, rharla Kautskv, AUlrlch .icien ami Joacpn Mlk were the floor com mittee. The Hohemuin union orchestra furnished the muelc. PRESIDENT SENDS RECOMMEND Kndoreea Kew York Pollreman Mho in District Attorney Condemned for Inspertorahlp. NEW YORK. Feb. 7. Police Captain Schmlttberger, who recently passed an ex am luatlon for promotion to an Inspector, hip and who has been denounced by Dis trict Attorney Jerome aa unfit to hold office In consequcjire of revelations made during the Lexow Investigation, made public the following letter tonight: WHITE MOfRP:. WISHivnTnv II. Wri. My peer Blr: In reply to your letter of the .nth Inst., the president di rects me to say that he will be delighted to have you refer to him for your entire service during the period he was a member or me ponce commission or New York. OEORUB B. CORTELYOIT, Beer; tary to the President. TINY CRAFT TO EVOLUTE Torpedo Boats aad Sabsnarlnes Have Special Maneuver Arranged t for Them. NEWPORT, R. I., Feb. 7. Extensive maneuvcra for the torpedo fleet, aa well at aeveral of the new submarine naval ' ves sels, will take place oft this port during i the spring. The torpedo fleet will Include practically all the boats In commission on the At lantic coast, while among the submarines will be Holland, Moccasin and Adder. For the first few weeka the flotilla will engage in individual ship drills, but the exercises will conclude with fleet ma neuvers. BLOW SAFE TO TINY ATOMS Crarkamem Invade New York Tender loin and Kacape with Two Thenaand Dollars. NEW YORK, Feb. 7. Expert cracksmen visited the Tenderloin district early today and opened two safes, one by aklllfu.1 drilling and the other by a charge of nitro glycerine that shattered the massive steel box Into bits no bigger than one's hand. Hughes Bros., contractor, on West Twenty-seventh atreet, and the Knicker bocker auction rooms 'on West. Twenty e'ghth street were the victims, who be tween them lost nearly $2,000 in money and silverware. FAMILY DUEL ONE-SIDED Father Takes Son's Shots WHhoat Firing; Even Once la Response. CARBONDALE, 111., Feb. 7. Investiga tion today of the shooting affray yesterday at . Desoto, In which City Marshal Silas Farmer waa killed by his son Alonio, fends to show that Alonso ahot himself. It is said that when the aon'a wounds were pronounced not fatal by Dr. Beason Alonio tried to kill himself. It is now be lieved that Alonso Farmer shot his father and himaelf and that .the father did not Are a shot. CHILD LAB0R PROHIBITED Sonth Carolina Legislature Passes Law Raising; Ac Limit for Workers. COLUMBIA, S. C. Feb. 7. The house of representatives today pasaed the bill al ready approved by the senate prohttltlng child labor in textile manufactories and mlnea. After May 1 the age limit is to be 10 yeara; for the year following 11 and after May, 1905, 12. j PLENTY OF COAL AVAILABLE Readlna; Company Claims to Have Finally Lifted Famine for Thla Winter. READINO, Pa.. Feb. 7. The officials of the Reading railroad announce tonight tha( they have the coal situation ao well In band tht all danger from a further fuel famine for this winter is over. The towns along the branch roads are now bring aupplled and the company ex pects shortly to. begin larger western ship ments. Mrs, Poor Throws Money In Stove. Mrs. Charles Poor has aaaln created a eenaatlon by throwing her money Into the car eiove wnne traveling in tne atate of Washington. Mrs. Poor'a mind was af fected by the unfortunate tragedy In which her h i b band lost his life here in Omaha a number of years airo. In recent years she haa had a mania for traveling and often during theeo trtue become violent and it has been necessary to restrain her. LOCAL BREVITIES. Arthur H. Allen and Miss Mary A. De laney were married Friday evening at the home of Rev. C. W. Savldge, the ceremony having been performed ly Hev. C. W. Harned. O. A. Stoddard, a email boy, was arrested last nlaht at Fourteenth and DoiikIss streets, and charged with being drunk and disorderly by ualng loud and profane language on the streets. A. L. Imon was pinched by Officer Home yesterday afternoon and charged with being drunk and disorderly. Union tave the name of John Doe. lie waa re eased test night on. ball. Sherman Tullls. rooming In the Elkhorn Valley house, waa arrested on general principles last night by Ottlcera Hullivaa find King. Tullls la a former convict, hav ing ben sentenced for burglary. isaao Yohannan, the Persian missionary, will preach at the Swedish Lutheran church. Twenty-third and Vinton aireeta at 7. SO tonight. He will appear In the Per sian costume and talk of the life of the people of hla country. Hon. Donal Weir, one of the largest land owners and live stock raisers of northeast ern Nebtjku. brought diwn a tralnload of fat cattle fir the South Omahu market. He owna one of the largeat and beat u.ulppd stock farma in Wayne county, where he haa lived for many years. Sam Alexander, a negro who claims South Omaha as hla home, waa arm ted aat night by Patrolman Kyan in tha saloon at Fourteenth and Howard atreeta. The prlaoner haa been staying about the saloon for five or eix days and refused to leave w hen ordered to do eo by the proprietor. Alfred Hruner, a 14-montha-old child of' Mrs. Hruner. living at UM California street, was burned on the face laat nltcht with creosote. Lr. Vane waa summoned from the pollee atation and alleviated the In iant'a Buffering. The burna are not aerioue. The bottle waa on a table and If 1 1 r Alfred climbed up and got It. In raising the bottle above hla head the cork came out and the liquid poured on hla face. W. Stevens, living In the Dodge hotel and one of the proprletore at a saloon at the corner of Ninth street and Capitol avenue, waa arrested last night and charged with assault and battery. John HUe of Sj7 South Thirteenth street, waa arrested and will answer to being drunk. It la said that rtite. with several companions, were In the saloon mooching dnnka and refused to pay for the same Stevens then hit him with a bear mug. cutting a auperfWlaJ artery on tha left aide of I ha peek, Dear UUa Jugular vela aud eUtUpf his ear. . " COMMERCE OF PAST YEAR Comparative Figures n Liv Etock Be- ceipti at Principal Markets. i INCREASE OF TONNAGE ON THE LAKES Mast Noticeable Feat are ef the Year Waa the Decrease In tiraln Re celpts at Seaboard Polata. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. (Special.) The main currents of Internal commerce for 1902, so far as they have been made the subject of statistical reports, are presented in the December summary of Internal com merce. Issued by the Tressury Bureau of Statistics. According to these reports the receipts of rattle at the five leading stock markets of Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, St. Louis and St. Joseph during the past year numbered 7,710,559 head, compared with 7.243.469 head In 1901, and $.602,735 bead In 1900. The number of hogs re ceived In 1902 Is given at 15,614,129 head. In contrast with the much higher number of IS. 764, 014 head in 1901, as well as with 17,239,621 head In 1900. The average weight of the 7.895,238 hogs received at Chicago In 1902 was 220 pound., compared with 226 pounds for twelve months of 1901. At Kan sas City the average "weight of hogs re ceived in 1902 waa 200 pounds and 197 pound" In 1901. At Chicago the demands for city use and local consumption for the year 1902 were 12,589,717 head of all claises of stork, compared with 12,439,207 head In 1901. At Kansas City a somewhat different ten dency was shown In lighter requirements for local consumption and heavier demands for feeders shipped and driven to the country. In 1902 local consumption took 4.180,297 head and In 1901 5.572.930 head. The feeder movement In 1902 reached the extraordinary total of 1,112.067 head, in comparison with 768,045 head in 1901. At St. Joseph a similar condition prevailed throughout the year, resulting In a reduc tion In local consumption from 2,758.110 head In 1901 to 2.419.635 head In 1902. while the number of feeders shipped and driven to the country Increased from 67,926 head in 1901 to 152.198 head In 1902. The contribution of livestock to rail way traffic at these five markets In 1902 amounted to 583.245 cars, compared with 622,352 cars In 1901 and 582,257 cars in 1900. It would thua seem that the high tide of livestock traffic was reached In 1901 and that the last year has returned to the level of activity Indicated by the figures of 1900. The stock of cut meats at the five mar kets of Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, St. Louis and Milwaukee on December 31, 1901, amounted to 269,137,147 pounds. On the corresponding date of 1902. the stocks were 179,029,100 pounds. There was thus a shrinkage of 90,108,047 pounds, or 33.48 per cent, in the course of a year. Commerce on the Great lakes between domestic ports for the entire calendar year resulted In freight receipts amounting to 54.074,729 net tons, compared with 45,079, 019 net tons for 1901. Iron ore and min erals constitute approximately half of this freight tonnage. In 02 there were 27, 898,424 gross tone of ore and minerals re ceived at lake ports from domestic sources. In 1901 20,770,447 gross tons. Coal con. trlbuted 8,256.117 net tons to the receipts of 1902 and 9,205,764 net tons In 1901. Totals of Lake Traffic. The final figures for arrivals and clear ances of vessels In the coasting trade on the Omar lakes for 1902 give, In pet regis tration arrivals of 74,609,251 tons and clear ance of 74,807.718 tons. The maximum movement occurred In August, when ar rivals totalled 10,598,176 tons and clear ances 10,848,384 tons. Freight traffic through the Sault Ste. Marie canals (.mounted to 35,961,146 net tons In 1902, 28,403,065 tons in 1901 and 25,643.073 tone In 1900. Freight tonnage passing through the Portage lake ship canals waa 2,682,189 tons. At the north Atlantic 'seaboard receipts of grain and flour reduced to bushels were 228,117,884 b'uBhels at the four ports of Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Balti more, compared with 822,488,394 bushels In 1901, a loss in 1902 of 29.3 per cent. It is estimated that shipments of grain and flour alone from these four ports represented a shrinkage of about 3,000,000 . net tons In ocean freight. Receipts of grain, Including flour, reduced to bushels, at New York dur ing the past year were 114,926,823 bushels, in comparison with 136,783,7bl bushels in 1901, a decreaae of 16.12 per cent. The re duction In grain receipts at Boston was from 62,434,920 bushels In 1901 to 81,674,313 bushels in 1902, or 39.6 per cent. At Phila delphia 50,966.395 bushels were reported as received In 1901 and In 1902 38,008,306 bush els, a loss of 25.4 per cent. At Baltimore veceiots of grain and flour reduced to bush els amounted in 1901 to 75.991.178 bushelu. In contrast with 40,773,785 boahela In 1902, a decrease of 46. S4 per cent. Receipts of grain at Portland, Mc., In 1902 amounted to 12,151,840 bUBbels,- those of flour to 28.226 barrels, making a grand total of 12,278,857 bushels, including flour reduced to bushel. Of grain only, not In cluding flour, 2,979,463 bushels came from American sources and 9,172,377 bushels from Canada. Of the quantity derived from American eources 2,890.614 bushels were wheat and 88,849 bushels were corn. On the Atlantic and gulf coaats promi nent features of trade are the shipments of coal by water from New York, Philadel phia, Baltimore and Newport New3. Nine coal companies reporting shipments over their docks at tide water give 14.205,600 tons as the quantity carried from these ports to coastwise destinations from January 1 to November 30, 1902. Coal receipts at Bos ton for the calendar jear 1902 were 4,280, 209 tona, compared with 4,812.419 tons In 1901. Of this latter quantity 2.164,558 tons were anthracite and 2,648.861 tons bitumi nous. For 1902 anthracite amounted to 1.064,170 tons and bituminous to 8,226,039 tons. Receipts of cotton In sight for the first four months of the season to December 11, 1902, amounted to 6,773,598 bales. Of this total 4.934.177 balea were received at sea board ports. . Southern mills took 820.500 bales. In net overland ahlpments thre has been a steady decreaae to 649,060 balea In 1902 from 697,930 balea In 1901 and 704,464 balea In 1900. A total of 10,838.842 bushels of wheat was shipped from Galveston In 1902. South western yellow pine shipments for ths eleven months ending November, 1902, are given as 2,381.838 thousand feet. In com parison with 1.992.C01 thousand feet in 1901 and 1,719,728 thousand feet In the equal period of 1900. Receipt of coal at San Franclaco for 1902 amounted to 1,445.698 gross tons, being smaller than during any of the preceding three years. 61 per cent coming from for eign sources. The Pacl3c coast salmon pack for 1902 is reported as amounting to 4,224.750 cases of tour doien one-pound cans each, to which Alaska contribute 2,638,439 ease. Arbltratora Are Comlaar. James M. Lynch, president of the Inter national Typographical union, and Edward tTegaard, secretary of the National Typo thrtue. will arrive in Omaha during the coming week to act aa arbltratora in the settlement of the differences existing be tween the job prli.tera and their employers. "Mr. Lynch has bo- n selected by the Omaha Typographical unio tnd Mr. Kregaaro by the employers, and th two will select the third inemher tt Uu j.Ulualiou bwaxd. MILITARY GAME OF EUCHRE Proaresalve Hlah Five and Whist Thrown In the Shade hy the Sew So la I Fad. Military euchre has taken a great hold on New York and several evening of each week are devoted to It In the Aetor gal lery of the Waldorf-Astoria, always In aid of some worthy public cause. The man who invented It. and has had It patented, says a New York letter, makes a business of taking charge of these combats with the Mrria. He furnlshea all the anna. r rat us, and chargea $1 per table for his service and the use of his outfit. As be requires but three assistants, and as there are often from sixty to 100 tsbles in one game, he Is not losing money. In this game, each table Is a fort, held by four people, who play In the Interests of each other, and never against each other. While one couple are at their fort, holding it against two outsiders, the other two are out somewhere In the room making ao at tack upon another fort. Each game won by the four, whether at the home table or the one visited, secures a small colored flag, which Is hung above tho fort. The one over which the largest number of flags hang at the end of the evening is the win ner, and each of the four receives a prize. There is one pleasant thing about the game these four who begin together In the be ginning of the evening are never pitted against each other, but each gentleman le always sure of having one of the two women as his partner. The thing works out In practice after this manner: The table are set for (our players, as in other games. Each Is num. bered, from one up. On each side of the table and clamped to It is a tall staff. Cords run from the one to the other, and upon them the small brass rings, to which the captured flags are to be hung. Sur mounting the staffs are larger flags, which give a martial air to the room. As each four come In they are given badges specifying the table at .which they are to be seated. Those of the gentlemen are numbered 1 and 3; thdse of the women, 2 and 4. When the game is ready, the sig nal Is given by the entrance of a drummer and a flfer, who make the circuit of the room, playing loudly. After' that, the com. mencement of each game is announced by the roll of the drum. Changes in position from table to table are in answer to a blast from a bugle. The opening of the evening Is announced by a pistol shot. Thus the affair takes on a military air throughout. The old method of progression from table to table la eliminated entirely. The man who manages the affair sends to each ta ble a small card, at the end of each game. Indicating the arrangement for the next game. Thus at table No. 7 there will be a card which says. "1 and 2 to table No. 16." That means that the gentleman num bered 1, and the woman numbered 2, at table No. 7 go to table No. 16 and play one game. If they win It, they carry the flag which an attendant has hung up for that purpose. back to their own table, where It remains. If they lose it. It remains as a trophy for the table or fort they have thus vainly attempted to storm. In either case, they return to their own fort after this one game to await further orders. Meanwhile, their partners have remained at home, defending their fort against an assault from some other table. In the next game, there comes another order, sending a couple from their table to attack another fort. There is no reg ularity about these attacks one may storm No. 2 In one ghme. No. 10 In another and No. 15 In a third. When there are a Urge number of tables the room is divided Into several sections, and changes from table to table are made only within a given section. But the players are playing during the ev ening again'.! the entire room, and the prlzea "e distributed accordingly. It looks a little puzzling at first, hut is easy enough when one gets the hang of it. The game Is exciting the roll of the drum, the shrill bugle, the flags over the tables, the carrying home of the trophies of war, or the returning empty handed. One of the most attractive features Is found In the fact that me does not know where he Is to be sent, but he always knowa where he la a-oins tralght to the home fort, car rying his sheavea with him. PUT KIPLINGJJN THE STAGE London Aetor Produce Dramatised Version of Light that Failed to Enchanted Andlenee. LONDON, Feb. 7. George Fleming's adaptation of Rudyard Kipling' "The Light That Failed" waa produced at the Lyric theater tonight with decided suc cess. Forbes Robertson as Dick Holder and Gertrude Eliott as Malsle brought out the pathoa and human interest of the novel, the plot of which was followed faithfully throughout the three act. At the end of the play the audience gave the actora an ovation and called for the authors. Mr. Robertson responded. SEEK CANNIBALKING'S CASH Helra at White Chief of Caroline Islanders Bend Lawyer to Find Estate. SAVANNAH, Feb. 7. Colonel' W. O. Hartrldge, a lawyer of Savannah, left today for Hong Kong and the Caroline Islands to look after the estate of Captain David O'Keefe, long known aa "King O'Keefe of Yap," on behalf of O'Kee'fe'a heirs. Twenty-five years age O'Keefe was wrecked on Yap, an island of the Caroline group, v and became chief of the natives. He Is supposed to have left an estate of about $2,000,000. MUST PROSECUTE OR DIE Sob of Poisoned Womaa Threntened with Arsenle In HI Coffee. LOUISVILLE. Ky., Feb. 7. Al Birch, son of Mrs. Nacy Birch, who, with five othera, waa poisoned by having arsenic put In the coffee, has received an anony mous letter stating that It be does not prosecute the person who did the poisoning he will be the next victim. SEEK BAIL FOR TILLMAN Attorney Serve Notice of Anpllra. tloa to t'oart to Bo Made oa Thursday. CHARLESTON, 8. C. Feb. 7. Tillman's attorneys Still ask next Thursday that he be releaaed on ball pending his trial for killing N. G. Gonzales. The served notice of their action on Attorney General Gunter and Solicitor Thurmond this evening. RAIN FLOODS FRISC0 STREETS Delete Bnslnes Men' Cellar aad Railway. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7. Late this afternoon the wind suddenly sprung up from the northwest, bringing with a it a hailstorm and a deluge of rain. The atreeta were converted Into river a. In the business district cellars were flooded and In the suburbs there was an Interrup tion of street car traffic. HUSTLED TO THE ROCK "PILE A pnrlon Lord Who Married a Mlasoarl Girl ent Over the Rond, The self-styled "Colonel F. Seymour Bar rlngton of London. S. W., and Hla Majesty's Horso Guard." who married Miss WUhel mina Crace Cochraivn of Kansas City, Kas., a week ago, after a courtship of but three weeks, was fined $500 by Judge Tracy In tho police court In St. Louis last Monday. The charge was "disturbing the peace" of James F. Cochrane, hie brother-in-law. The "colonel" haa no money, and must go to the workhouse. It will require one year's labor on the rork-illo to liquidate his fine. The charge and his hasty trial and speedy conclusion of the court shocked the colonel, who had little to aay. He was dressed with scrupulous care. His clothes, which are of very ordinary texture, seem to have been selected with a view of being aa foppish aa possible. He prizes them hlhly. ma over coat, which he carried with him from his cell, was purchased at a Broadway clothing house. It Is of the $10 variety. All hla clothes are very new. His hat Is one that probably would cost not more than $1.35. His suit Is of ordinary make. A mock dia mond adorns a blue tie, which the "colonel" never gets tired of adjusting. On the ring linger of the left hand a circlet, with In itials, la worn. He Is proud of It, too, and always holds It so It can be seen. After the case was closed Barrlngton waa led to the holdover, and If no one comes to his rescue within a few hours he will be placed In the Black Maria and begin hla journey to the workhouse. The charge against Barrlngton grew out of his tight with Cochrane. At the conclu sion of the evidence Judge Tracy said, ad. dressing Barrlngton: "Under ordinary circumstances It Is not regarded the province of a police magis trate to say much when passing sentence on persons brought before him. This, how ever, is an unusual case. It la certainly a sad commentary on our times and customa that educated, cultured American girl fall ao easy a prey to the wilea and tinkling cymbals of foreign titles. "Under the Information, Barrlngton and Cochrane are charged with conduct tending to produce a breach of the peace. "When Cochrane interviewed thla man Barrlngton and learned how the pseudo lord had won his sister by playing the Claude Melnotte role. It was conduct calculated to cause him to strike the wretch who had not only wrecked hla slater's life, but humili ated his family's rjame.. He ought to have Eiruca Harrington ana wouia nave oeeu a poltroon and a coward had he not done so. Many itsan would have ended the affair with a bullet. "Barrlngton, you may congratulate your self that you have a brother-in-law con servative enough to allow you to escape to the. calaboose with a whole skin. You were very lucky for the damage you have done that Innocent girl through your masquerad ing Is almost Irreparable. "Your conduct comes within the province of the ordinance, even If you did not resist whet) your brother-in-law struck you. I fine you the maximum sentence in my power, $500. Cochrane, you are discharged and you have my congratulations for the way you defended your sister's honor." HELPS MEN WH0L0SE RICHES Aa Association of Men Devoted to a 1'nlqae aad I'noatentatlons Well-Dolngr. More than a century and a half ago, re lates the Philadelphia North American, Alexander Pope wrote of "Humble Allen," who "with conscious shame, did good by stealth, and blushed to And It fame." Mod ern bards could not easily find Inspiration In such a theme. "Humble Aliens" are not many nowadays. Charity haa become an Institution, and, like murder. It will out. Philanthropists are sorely distressed to avoid publicity for their benefactlona and one cannot endow a refuge for orphans or indigent cats without a noisy flourish, from the housetops. It Is curious and somewhat startling, then, to And that right here in Philadelphia has existed for nearly fifty years, without the knowledge of more than a few persons, an association of men devoted to a unique and unostentatious well-doing. Public ig norance of their enterprise Is all the more remarkable from the fact that among these men are some of the wealthiest, most In fluential and best known citizens in the community. Included in the membership list are auch names as Jay Cooke, N. Parker Shortrldge, Lincoln Godfrey,- Joel J. Bally, Justus C. Strawbrldge, Isaao H. Clothier, John H. Converse, Richard Wood and others of equal standing. But It la the unusual character of their beneficence that attracta Interest. All tbeae men are wealthy some beyond the dreams of avarice but their purpose has nothing to do with the amelioration of the condition of the pauper. On the contrary, theirs is a socletey for the rescue of the decayed millionaire. 1 They call It the Merchants' Fund associa tion and the forty-ninth annual meeting waa held the other day in a little old room In South Fourth street, away from the clamors of the more pretentioua virtues. In a word, the plan of these kindly old gentlemen Is to relieve eace wealthy com panions of their early daya, who have since lost their fortune or In other ways suffered the vicissitudes of time. The act of Incorporation, dated 1854, says that the object Is "to furnish relief to Indi gent merchants of Philadelphia, and eape dally those who are aged and infirm," and there la a commentary on the ironic whims of circumstance In the fact that since that time 1300,000 hav- been paid out in benefits. In that first year seven merchants were aided at an expenditure of $1,100, while in the year Just passed forty-three oene flclarles were on the roll and $10,200 were disbursed. Comparison of these figures might afford matter for interesting specu lation. I Is the merchant of today more reckless than he of a half century ago, or Is it that the number of merchants has increaaed, and, therefore, of courae, the number of unsuccessful merchants. Mora than $400,000 are now In the In vested fund of the organization, and It la almost constantly receiving accretions, so that there la plenty left wherewith to pro vide for unfortunate plutocrats of the fu ture, if the supply of unfortunate pluto crats holds out. MORMON SWEDES AID HUNGRY Rale Cash la Oaroen to Help Saf ferer from Scandinavian Famine. OODEN. Utah. Feb. 7. A committee of Ogden Swede is circulating subscription lists for the relief of famine sufferers in northern Sweden. Since last evening $300 has been raised. The committee claims that It will be able to send $3,000, many prominent men having promised large donation. Tha sub scriber are all Swedish members of the Mormon church. Indiana' Largest Woman. Mrs. Mary Clin, wtdow of Frederick Cltoe, the largeat woman la Indiana, died LADY ON EDITORIAL STAFF OF LEADING . RELIGIOUS WEEKLY Sends the Following Grand Testimonial the Merits of Cutlcura Remedies In the Treatment of Humours of the Blood, Skin and Scalp. "I wish to pive my testimony to the efficiency of the Cutlcura Reme dies in what seems to me two some what remarkable cava. I had a number of akin tumours small ones on my arms which had never fiven me serious trouble ; but about two years ajro one came TSn my throat. At first it waa only about as larjfe as a pinhead, but, aa it was in a position where ny collar, if not Inst right, would irritate it, it soon became very sensitive and befan to (rrow rapidly. Last aprintr it waa as lartre, if not larrer, than a bean. A little unusual irritation of my collar atarted it to a welling-, and la 4 day or two it was aa late aa half an orange, I waa very much alarmed, and waa at a loss to de termine whether it u a carbuncle or a malignant tumor. " My friends tried to persuade me to consult my physician j but dread ing that he would inslat on using the knife, I would not consent to go. Instead I got a email bottle of Cuticura Resolvent and a box of Cu ticura Ointment. I took the former according to directions, and spread a thick layer of the Ointment on a linen cloth and placed it on the swelling. On renewing it I would bathe my neck in very watm water and Cuticura Soap. In a few daya the Cutlcura Ointment had drawn the swelling to a head, when it broke. Every morning it waa opened with a large sterilised needle, squeezed and bathed, and fresh Ointment put on. Pus and blood, and a yellow, cheesy, tumorous matter came out. In about three or four weeks' time this treatment completely eliminated boil and tumor. The aorenesa that had ex CUTICURA REMEDIES an sold tLrautioat the eivlUsM world. MICKS: Cutlaur Rssolvsnt, KM. par oul (In the form ef OhooolaM Coated Pills, S6c par vial of SOI, Cutlcura Ointment, KM. r box, and CnUenra Soap Me. per ak Brad for in pat work, Humour of th Blood, Skin and Scalp, and How to Cur Them," S4 Par. Dhruaa, with Illustration, Testimonials, and Direction In all Unguasas, Including Japan and Chines. BrttUh Depot, !7-a CharterhouM Bq., London, E. C. rrrnch Depot. Rn do la rata. Part. Auatniliaa Depot, R. Town Co., Srdaay. Pottsb Dsn Caiaioal, CoaroaiTios, Bel Proprietor. Beaton, U. S. A. at her home In Corydon January 24. She wns 70 years old, weighed 450 pounds, and was six and one-half feet tall. There was not a coffin In the town of sufficient alzo to hold the body. Death was due to a can cer. BRAVE BILL ANTHONY'S GRAVE Remains of the Maine Hero Bnrled la Historic) Oronnd oa Lonsjr Islano. Visitors to the Cemetery of the Ever greens, In Brooklyn, who are students of American history and who have given par ticular study to the Incidents and detail of the battle of Long Island, In the days of the revolution! have made the Interesting discovery that the last resting place of "Brave Bill" Anthony la in historic ground. This hero of the tragedy In Havana har bor, which hastened the conflict between the United States and Spain, relates the New York- Times, lies in the very path followed by the British under Lord Howe when they stole around to the rear of the American forces In the battle of Long Island, and, surprising the patriots, effected their defeat. The grave of Anthony Is on a gentle slope dipping down Into a little valley near that part of the century called Beacon hill. In the days of the revolution this vale was kopwn as Jamaica pass. Prom the Jamaica road, as It was then known, at a point which Is now Jamaica avenue and Fulton street. East New York, this pass, today given over to resting places of Jhe dead, wound through the hills to the northward, twisting and turning until It became a lane, which was known as Rockaway path, and which led Into the Jamaica road, some dis tance to the westward. . When Lord Howe, with his redcoats and Hessians, crossed from the British camp cn Staten Island to Long Island, and pre pared to move from the shore of New York bay upon the Americans Intrenched lu Brooklyn, he found that there were four routes by which the important positions established by. the patriots could be ap proached In force. These were the Coast road, Fla'bush pass, Bedford paas, and. In the rear of the Americans, Jamaica pass. Leaving half of bis forces to engage the American on the south, Howe, with Blr Henry Clinton commanding his advance guard, made a wide detour through Flat lands and what Is now East New York, with the Idea of taklDg the Americans In the rear. The British commander found that all of the passes mentioned, with the exception, of Jamaica pasa, were strongly guarded against attack. The patriots, ap parently expecting no move from that quarter, had neglected to properly guard and patrol Jamaica pass, to which Howe marched atealthily In the night. When Clinton In the van reached Howard's Halt way tavern, which stood near the entrance to the paas at which Is now the junction of Jamaica avenue, Broadway and Fulton street. East New York, ba compelled the young eon of Major Howard, the Innkeeper, to guide blm and bis men through tbs pasa and along the Rockaway path. The British came out again upon the Jamaica road, near what Is now the Bedford district of Brook lyn, taking the Americans by surprise in the morning and compelling them to re treat upon Now York. In thla historic ground, where oa that sight la th days that were making for to tended down Into my chest was all gone, and mv neck now aeema to be perfectly well. " About five or six years ago my slater had a similar experience. She had two large lumps come under her right arm, the result of a sprain. They grew rapidly, and our physi cian wanted to cut them out. I would not listen to it, and che tried the Cuticura Remedies (aa I did a few months ago) with magical effect. In six weeks' time the lumps had entirely disappeared, and have never returned. ' 1 have great faith la the Cutlcura Remedies, and I believe they might be an efficacious in similar case with other people, and thus save much suffering, and perhaps life. I have derived so much benefit from the use of them myself that 1 am constantly advising others to use them. Re cently I recommended them to an office boy for his father, who waa dis abled with salt rheum. The man' feet were swollen to an enormous alze, and he had not worked for aix wecka. Two bottles of Cuticura Resolvent and two boxes of Cuticura Ointment worked a perfect cure.. You never saw a more) grateful man in your life. ' I am very much in terested in another case where I have recom mended Cuticura just now. My housemaid's mother has a goitrs which had reached a very dangerous point. 1 The doctors tola her that nothing could be done ; that she could live only two or three weeks, anil that she would die of strangulation. She waa confined to her bed. aud was unable to apeak, when her daughter, at my suggestion, tried the effect of the Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Resolvent. Strange to say, ahe was very shortly relieved of the most distressing symptoms. The swelling seemed to be exteriorised, and she is now able to.be around her house, and can talk as well aa ever. "It seems to me that I have pretty good grounds for believing that Cuticura Remedies will prove suc cessful in the most distressing forms of blood and skin humours, and if you wish to. rise my testimonial aa herein indicated, I am willing that you should do ao, with the further , privilege of revealing my name and address to suoh persons aa may wish to substantiate the above state ments by personal letter to me." Chicago, Not. 18, 1802. sramPMCDuin SAYS "WHAT TO BAT la highly inter eating and Instructive, w wish all ar rdr wr acquainted lth this worthy publlostlaa. 1hre weule be healihler and risplr hems la eur land." PUBLISHKliEVEKY MONTH. Sliigi ouple 10 caul. Subscription prto II. 00 a penr. tiii riKsre rriLMius eeinn, 171-17J WhtntoaBUirt, Chlco,ln, MEN AND WOMEN. I'm Bis tor unnatural riHKharfM.lnOniutlon, IrrltaUon or ulceration of roue on minbrM. STmVtMUHtMICMUtl. f.ut or pol.unou. ECRfCMf Tf a-aj B-iOjLia)M h Ef IVPOYAL PILLS . .,TlrVaArB. . r.ll.n., I.aaios u Drarrl 'HM;tlKMl KK'.H l MKI .04 ilolrl a... HkblMrlbbos. Tk.aM.. BrM lar. SakinUaa u laIM ". UrHiii,n m . la frl..l. taSMibli tm4 "K.IWf for Ix :, M)r, ra Imrm ataii. 1 0.uue TwIkhim. I'm"" tkl,ku,rki,tw raui.. re the creation of the great republic, tbs long, silent column of redcoats wound stealthily through the hills to deal a heavy blow to the patriot cause, sleeps "Brave Bill" Anthony, hero of another conspicuous day In American history. Rome Relief Already. "And you think the subway will relieve the congestion on the surface and elevated roads, do you?" the visitor asked of th New Yorker. "Oh, yes; It Is doing that already." "Why, no part of it is in runniog order yet, is it?" "No; but a lot of people are being killed in It who might otherwise add to the con gestion." Brooklyn Eagle. Hla Decorative Soaseatloa. "And let's have plenty of palms." said Hr. Cumrox. "That Is a very good suggestion," an swered bis wife. "I'm glad to aee that your taste is so good. I'm very fond of palma." "Yes; they're useful as well as orna mental. There's nothing handler than a good big bunch of palms to go to sleep be hind during a musicals." Washington Star. Rosea a $500,000 .Manaloa. J. M. IO rig-year, who W aeveral times a millionaire, haa ordered his costly r-sl denre in Marquette, Mich., raxed. The family haa Unidcol to resMe In future at Mruokllne, near ltoston. The great value of th mansion niakea It virtually unsal able and th Idea of renting It la abhorrent to tha owner. It la estimated that the mansioh aud Its grounds coat clue to ll,t4,l M , 6imM 1J ST a M4 I Mrtotvr. It. 0 P""l ol oratfiata, 1 or nt In plain wrapper, 1 br prM, tirimd, fuf pT ti m. r.r I bottlx ti Tl. V m Circular mui o riat. Msaakat