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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: Fill DAY, JULY 3, 1003.
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WE CLOSE ALL DAY ON THE FOURTH-It's a holiday with us for man and beast. Saturday wagon deliver
ies must be made Friday aud Friday must be our regular Saturday.
STORE OPEN FRIDAY EVENING TILL 10 O'CLOCK.
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SALE 'OF
pen
FURDITIIBE
THIRD
FLOOR
To close Out all we have left
we make great reductions in
prices.
f 1.38 birch chair with woven
rattan Beat, nt 95 C
f 1.25 maple rocker in red, rat
tan seat, at 85c
2.50 maple arm easy rocker,
rattan seat, at ,75
Same thing In chair, reduced
from 92.18 to ,59
f3.15 hardwood slat seat and
back, weather finish, bolted
chair, suitable for lawn
'use 2.50
$4.00 seat to match chair,
at 325
$3.00 maple frame with woven
rattan seat and back, large
arm rocker . .. . ...... 2.25
96.00 settee to match rocker,
at .......4,75
92.75 maple arm . chair, uphol
stered in fiber seat cloth,
very serviceable ,50
3-foot settee with rockers, re
duced from 93.00 to ..-2.20
3-foot settee, without rockers,
from 92.60 to 2.00
LAWN AND
PORCH SWINGS
All the latest and easi
est working styles of
swings for porch & lawn.
Simple, perfect)' inexpensive.
Enjoy , the luxury and abandon
of a garden or lawn swing!
Cost' is minimum. Comfort all
you desire. " See them. See our
prices. They'll please!
Second Floor.
Clothing f
or the
Fourth
ioc a button-DUTCHESS TROUSERS a riP-
Wool trousers 92, 92.50, 93.00, 93.50, $i,00 and 95.00.
Cotton trousers 91.75, 91.50, 91.25 and 91-00.
Special odd lots of trousers, worth up to 96, Q flfl
to close at'. . , QiUU
Friday only -10 io. 11 o'clock all of our Knee, Eftf
Trousers, worth 91.50, at OUU
SHIRTS All of he best known brands for FridayOO
U3U
only values up to 91-50 at...
UNION MADE SUSPENDERS Special for FridajQCft
only that are worth 50c, at hUu
For Pen and Young Pen
A Well Dressed Man is Always Admired.
100 suits just received, made up by Union Label Houses,
made to retail at 925.00 special 4th of July 11 "TP
prices . . . i I" I O
200 suits just received, made up by Union 'Label house,
made to retail at 922.50 special 4th of July II "If?
prices Hi I W
500 suits just' received, made up by Union Label house,
made to retail at 918.00 special 4th of July JQ QQ
300 suits just received, made up by Union Label house,
made to retail at 915.00 special 4th of July T Eft
prices f 0 U
Flags Flags
Flags
Small Hand Flag up from
doaon. ............ . . .i..... . OC
Large Stamped Flag; ' 0
1Sx28, each SG
Red White and Dla Banting, (J.
per yard QC
Bargain Square Children's Wash Suits
LADIES, HURRY,
IF YOU NEED -A 4TH OF
JULY OUTING SUIT!
Sizes 3 to 10 yeara.
38c, worth double. .
48c, worth double.
78c, worth double.
98c, worth double.
Complete line of summer coats and trousers home
spuns, outing flannels, blue serges and any other kind of
4th of July coat and vest hat you may want.
. You may need underwear. Our stock is one of the
most complete in the city both single garments and union
suits special 4t"h of July prices.
-..GRO.CCIERV-
Jelly glasses with tin covers, each i ...... lc
100-piece decorated porcelain dinner sets 3 s 88
Thin lead blown banded table tumblers, each. .. . .-.V. 4c
1-gallon stone jars Qq
Haviland decorated cup and saucers, each 26 C
Large English porcelain platters, each 20c
See our line, of water filters, coolers, etc.
illinery
FOR THE FOURTH
Every Trimmed Hat In the Millinery
department will be -sold at OOc on
the dollar all arood, clean stock
none reserved.
98.00 White Flats . 4.00
96.00 Black Uats 3.Q0
94.00 Hat's, in all colors.. 2,00
Trimmed Children's Flats. . 49c
An assortment of Pique and
Duck Hats from 93.75
down to Qgg
The new Sailors from 92.00
down to 50c
ALL LADIES AND GIRLS
SHOULD HAVE A SAILOR TO BE
13 STYLE.
Fly IM Sole
THIS 6?7 THIS
WEEK wPyH WEEK
ONLY. ' ' lJ t MLY'
A H5AVT BLAC
BIXTT LASH
FINE BAR
TEAM NET-FOB..........
jCOTTON CORD
LS .33
FLT NETS All Kind. H'MMEIl LAP
ROBES, HORSE' HATS Everything
tor Horae and Horaemea.
' All prices specially . low for the Fourth.
Io You Uant a Press for iiic Fourth?
Ready to put on so you can enjoy the holiday. If you do, come Friday. They are all
ready aud the prices are less than the cost of making.
Percale
Suits
Madras Suits
Dimity Suits
98c
1.19
Madras Suits I
Dimity Suits j
Shan Tung
Suits
1.75
.90
3.25
White Suits.
lace trimmings
Chambray Suits A Z
Linen Suits f CSaV3
Linen Skirts 65c Duck Skirts $1.10. Denim Skirts $1.19.
Picque Skirts $2.90. Wash Waists fond..iec?rrrdomh0U- 48c, 69c, 98c and $1.45
Natural Linen Skirts $3.95.
Children's Wash Dresses
Ages from S month to 14 years they are nil piled on our' MAln
Bargain Center, main floor prion, 98c, IIOc. 9c, Ha, 26o and
up to the choicest garment all are very cheap.
Corns and Get a Live Bargain Friday.
Wash Goods Dept.
100 pieces extra fine Imported Madras all pretty ,new styles
32 Inches wide very stylish for shirt waists always
sells at 16c yard Friday special v ash uoods UC
aisle per yard
Bleached Muslin
One case 36-Inch Bleached Muslin cheap today at 7
yard Friday Domestic Counter
per yard
5c
Bed Pillows
Harney Street
Bargain Circle
100 extra fine Bed Pillows full t pounds a quality '" "ff
that always brings 11.15 see them Friday at I SIC
es.cn w
Porch and Hammock Pillows
At 19c each Another big lot of pretty Porch and Htm-
mocK miows moss nuea all ready to use covered Its
with denims, cretonnes and burlap cheap at 35c IJIfi
Harney Street Bargain Circle
Another case of Buckshead Brown Sheeting 10 to
20 yards In each piece the 8 1-So quality Harney
Street Bargain Circle yard
One hundred dozen Turkish Wash Rags
Harney Street Bargain Circle-each
4c
Ic
BO dozen extra heavy double warp Turkish Towels
45x24 this quality Is cheap at 30c will go on sale In
our Towel Department at each
10c
ool Shoes for the Fourth
Men's Cool Linen Shoes, worth
$1,50, for--.
Boys' Cool Linen Shoes, worth
$1,25, for
Little Gent's Cool Linen Shoes,
worth $1.00. for-" .
,(:'-
Ladies' 4th of July Oxfords and
Sandals, worth $L50, for--
Misses' and Child's 4th of July
Slippers--
Woodemvare
Fiber Water Cooler
Wood Plates per dozen
Paper Plates -per dozen
Lunch Baskets-
3E
CHINA AT THE ST. LOUIS FAIR
Imperial Vios Commissioner Goes Through
Omaha to Hii Post.
PLANS TO MAKE A TYPICAL EXHIBIT
Will Show Resources of Oriental Em
pire Under Best of Conditions
ad Hopes to Pleas Wast- '
er Investigators.
HI excellency, Wong Kal Kah, imperial
vice commissioner for China to the St.
Louis exposition, a very warm and travel
weary high man of the Oriental empire,
sat In hla Pullman on Union Pacific train
No. 6. which rolled Into the Union station
yesterday evening, and looked rather list
lessly at the hustling and unceremonious
western crowd, meanwhile holding his
youngest heaven-born son, 6-year-old Wong
Weng Tatng, who boldly waved a folder
of the Overland through the window at
the rather tame foreign devils.
The traveling party of thirty-six which
his excellency bring to. the exposition In
cludes Madam Wong and their children
Wong Veng Loong, aged 15 years; Miss
Wong Jlng Yin. aged 11; Miss Wong Jlng
Yug, aged S, and the bright-eyed Wong
Weng Tslng. Bar Foh Kylun, a son-in-law.
Is aifco with the party. Tong Suh Yu, Chong
Yaw Tong. LI Foh Hung and Yu Kit Men
are attaches to the commissioner, and with
him are two students of old and wealthy
families, Yang Ylng Tsung and Tong Pau
Tong, who, though traveling on their own
passports, are under his care and are to
go to Washington where in the legation
they are to receive an education In the
ways of the great republic. LI Kit Hslen
and Ma Kang Yu are artists. The rest of
the party Is composed of artisans of the
first grade of skill, carvers, decorators and
builders. There are also a' cook, barber
and horticulturist.
Shortly after No. drew Into the station
a minion of Cathay hastily loft the Pull
man car wild dlsnpprnred along the viaduct,
to return shortly with something shrouded
In a napkin which looked Ilka a pair of
binoculars, und which had a cool appear
ance and proclaimed the commissioner's
thorough familiarity with the Inner life
of the Occident., Tar excellent Wong Kal
Kah greeted the tmlsiiary of the press with
his benignant official amilehe well knows
the drtn-and began In English which was
only odd by being bet'.ar than the ordinary
street article.
What II Proposes to Do, 1
, "Prince Pu Luh,' the nephew of tho em
peror will not come to this country until
srly next year," said he. "I go before
to superintend the construction of our
building, which will be mode-lied after the
prince's pslace. I think that it will be a
credit to our country when It Is finished.
Of course American work.nen will do the
grester part of the construction, but while
I appreciate their cleverness, the work
men here could not do the carving, nor
could Uiey do the, painting, and they would
fa)l short In the deoorstlve ornamentation
required In carrying out the architecture of
aba royal palace. I have with me skilled
artisans who will do the final coloring and
put in place the ornamental birds, flowers
and dragons which will adorn It. The
building, I am sure, will please those who
visit the fair. I have the plana now In
one of my trunks and they will imme
diately be sent to Mr. Francis for ap
proval. We have arranged to have an ex
hibit which will amply represent China's
wonderful mineral resources. We ahull
have a splendid exhibit of gold ' quarts.
Our whole exhibit will be brougHt over
this winter and ye placed in advance so
as to be ready at the time of opening. I
understand that your exhibits are often
slow In being placed and we Intend to set
you an example." ' '
Wong Kal Kah Is a graduate of Yale.
He first came to this country at the age
of 12 years and remained In the care of
David Barrett In Hartford, Conn. Since
his graduation he had held many posts of
honor and was a member of the corona
tion embassy to England.
TOOK TOO BIG AD0SE OF DOPE
Coslrmed Morphia Fiend Succumbs
to the Drag;' of Which He
Was So road.
An overdose of morphine resulted fa
tally to Charles Flohr, a laborer who re-'
sided at -313 North Twenty-fourth street,
Tuesday afternoon.
Flohr's wife told Dr. Rlx, who attended
him, that her husband was In the habit of
taking morphine, and that he had. taken
a dose Tuesday morning early. Dr. Rlx
was not summoned until about 11 o'clock,
and when he arrived Flohr was beyond
help. All Jhe usual emergency remedies
were applied, but they did no good and the
man died f arly In the afternoon.
Coroner Bralley was called In and after
Investigating the case decided that no In
quest was nccesssry. Flohr s wife ssys
that while her husband took morphine oc
casionally he was not a confirmed ''fiend."
lloy Serlon.ly Wounded.
Nell Thomson, about 14 years of age, and
Clarence Hrodherg were snooting St a tar
get yesterday in the v.jinlty uf the dog
pound, near Sixth and Webster streets.
Thomson went up to flx the target and
while lii was arranging It preparatory to
taking another shot the gun In the hands
of Uiodljerg was arcidently discharged and
the bhll passed through Thomson's left
le l'low the knee. The small bone of the
leg was broken by the bullet. The wounded
boy wss removed to the police station in
the patrol wagon, where the fracture was
reduced snd the wound diessed by Police
8uige ns McDiurmid and Schleier. Thom
son wss then tnken to his home In the
patrol wsgon. Dr. McDlarmid expressed
the opinion that the wound might result
seriously ,aa It Is a compound fracture.
Hrodberg wss arrested and held at the
poliru station, chargtd with discharging
i.reuruis in the city.
Marrlaa-e Licenses.
The following marriage licenses
been granted:
Name and Residence.
Jacob A. Anderson, Omahl
F.llen Julln, Omaha
Conrad 8. Stegner, Omaha
trim E. Maxneld. Cillowsy..
Samuel Jacobeon, Omaha
t'elle Keranncy, Omaha
John J. Millar. Lincoln
Mirie IV Kastle, Uncoln
Robert Olrthoffer. South Omaha
Joal Kaapal. ooulh Omaha...
have
Age
... .8
... J
... 11
... i)
... 30
... 3)
... Tl
... IS
... II
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AFFAIRS AT SOUTn OMAHA
Late Board of Eetiew Rebuked by Court
for Reducing Corporation Assessment.
TAX COMMISSIONER'S FIGURES TO STAND
Judge Estelle Roles that Board Mast
Finish Labors June 24 Repairs
to Street Viaduct Mrs.
Jones Lives.
In a decision handed down by Judge
Estelle In the district . court Thursday
afternoon the 8outh Omaha Board of Re
view is given a mild censure and the figures
of valuation as originally returned by the
city tax commissioner will stand. A few
exceptions are made, therein the board
acted upon small complaints prior to the
closing day. .
It will be remembered that the Board
of Review closed Its public session at 6 p.
m. on June 25. That night the board was
in executive session until 3:30 a. in. Dur
ing this night session the valuation of the
property of the four packing houses in
active operation here and the property of
the Nebraska Telephone company was
raised 15 pes cent. This raise made an in
crease In the valuation as returned by the
tax commissioner of 3544.775, making the
total valuation nearly S19,Ou0,GG0.
After this Information regarding the in
crease In the corporations mentioned had
been made public the board went Into
executive session and at the conclusion of
Its labors at 5 p. m. June 26 the three mem
bers announced to the press that the reso
lution raising the packers and the tele
phone company had been reconsidered and
that the old figures had been allowed to
stand. In addition to this, decreases had
been made in ' the assessment of certain
live stock commission firms. The totula
showed that the valuation for 1903 vould
be (17.8O0.O0O.
Joseph Koutsky, who had made a pro
test against what he considered a low
valuation of thirteen corporations, filed a
complaint with Judge Bkabaugh and se
cured, through his attorney, W. C. Lam
bert, a writ of mandamus causing the
members of the Board of Review to appear
before Judge Estelle and show cause why
the Increased valuation placed on the five
corporations should not. he held as binding.
In the trial Commissioner Fitzgerald was
represented by Attorney T. J. Nolan, while
the affairs of Bchulti & Hedges were
looked after by General Cowln and T. J.
Ma honey.
One Important feature brought out. and.
In fact, the one upon which the decision
of the court hinges, was the Interpretation
of section 121 of the city charter. This
section reads that it shall be the duty of
the Board of Review, between the 15th
day of June and the 25th day of June to
review the assessments of sll real und
personal property as returned by the com
missioner and his deputies. It was shown
that the board did not commence its ses
sions until June H and did not conclude
until the afternoon of June 2".
In Its opinion the court held that the
board's power expired at midnight June
21. All action taken thereafter, with the
exception of the mere matter of entering
records on the books and completing the
proceedings of the record were Illegal. The
Judge therefore held that the assessment
as returned by the tax commission should
stand, with the exception of the changes
made in complaints prior to midnight June
24.
After delivering his opinion Judge Estelle
said that the resolution of the board in
creasing the assessment of the five cor
porations mentioned in the Koutsky com
plaint was In good form and that he would
regard with suspicion any acts of the
board taken thereafter to reduce aald as
sessment unless proper notice had been
given.
The result of the Koutsky protest will
mean the restoring of the valuation to
practically where It was when Fitzgerald
made his returns. As the reconsideration
of the assessment of commission firms at
.the Live Stock exchange occurred while
the board was In. secret session on Friday
the lowering of this assessment Is consid
ered Invalid and the commission men will
be compelled to pay taxes on what the com
missioner valued their business at when
the assessment was made. This means an
Increase of not less than 32,000 In taxes.
In talking of the law regulating the
Board of Review Tax Commissioner Fitz
gerald said that the attention of the last
legislature was called to the fact that the
regulations governing the sittings of the
board wero not explicit enough, especially
as regards the time limit. Now that the
court has held that the life of the board
as an official body ceases at midnight on
June 24 it Is expected that next year there
will not be so much trouble In the filing
and hearing of protests and no necessity
for protracted secret sessions.
Kontsky Loses His Case.
Judge Estelle, Thursday afternoon; de
cided the case of Koutsky against Tax
Commissioner Fitzgerald and the Board of
Review of South Omaha In favor of the
'espondents, and the board will not be re
quired to change the assessments from the
figures decided upon by the bsard as an
afterthought,, subsequent to an agreement
with Mr. Koutsky that the figures woull
not be Inserted upon the rMu until aftor
the legal points involve! In the contro
versy could be decided by some Judge of
the district court.
The case was before the court for the
greater part of two days and evidence was
taken showing the action of the b jard, the
more important parts of which were not
In question, being agreed upon by both
parties. There was only one point de
cided by the Judge, and that was that the
board had no Jurisdiction over the assess
ment after the nl;ht of June 26. and that
it would have no power to Consider the
assessment sfter that date. At the same
time the court held that the fict that the
, figures Were placed upon the records June
2 would not Invalidate the assessment for
j the reason that the entering of the assess
i nient Is clerical work which could be done
at any time after the figures had been de
I ter mined upon before the close of Juno t'.
Open August 1.
Chief Engineer King of the Union Stock
Yards company, who Is In charge of the
repairs to the Q street viaduct, said last
night that the bridge would be closed to
street car trafflo for at least three weeks.
Work on the concrete abutment at the
west end of the bridge is not quite com
pleted, but will be soon. In relaying the
tloor Engineer .King said that the street
car company had provided "T" rails and
that the rails would be laid flush with the
floor surface. This was the idea a couple
of years ago when repairs were made, but
for some reason the street car company
could not secure the rails and the old pat
tern of rails was relald. In addition to
the flooring and the abutment at the west
end the entire bridge will be given' a thor
ough overhauling, and when the work is
completed It Is expected that the bridge
will be nearly as good as new.
Mrs. Jones Still Alive.
Mrs. Perry Jones, who shot herself at
her apartments early Thursday morning,
was still alive last night The physicians
In attendance do not hold out any great
hopes of recovery. The Intense heat is
considered to be against the rapid healing
of the wound and gangrene Is feared. Mrs.
Mary Frost, mother xf Mrs. Jones, arrived
from Kearney last night, where she had
been visiting, and Is now with her daugh
ter at the hospital.
PostotBee Affaire.
During the month of June the stamp sales
at the South Omaha postofflce amounted to
S7.479.S9. This is about the same as the
sales of June, 1902.
Postmaster Etter stated yesterday that
he had been compelled to extend the time
for closing bids on repairs to the post
office building until July 16. The original
notice called for bids to be In not later
than 3 o'clock on the afternoon of July 1.
Not a single bid was presented, and so the
postmaster Is extending the time. The re
pair to be made will cost In the neighbor
hood of $5,000.
Friends Provide BurlaL
Thursday afternoon old friends of John
Roche fort, who was found dead In the rear
of Barney Cogen s," on Q street, late
Wednesday night, made up a purse and will
see that the remains are decently Interred.
Those, who knew him here say that for
about twenty years he has been a wanderer
and drifted from one grading camp to an
other. At one time, years ago, he was
quite well known in South Omshs. Lately
he has been In falling health and as fir
as known leaves no relatives. As Investi
gation made by ChlefT Briggs convinced
Coroner Bralley that there was no n
cesslty for holding an Inquest.
Magle City Gossip.
Miss Lorena M. Johnson left last n'Kht
for Boston. Mass., and other eastern points
A. O. Cres of Manhattan. Kan., is here
for a few days the guest of his biotner,
Msjer J. W. Cress.
Christie Bros, are building two good
sized warehouses at their ceal yard. Twenty-seventh
and J streets.
Mlns Fannie filahaugh, sister of Dr. W.
II. rilnbnugh, has gone to her home at
Randolph, O.. t- spend the summer.
Mrs. R. M. Blrg and son. Karle, rli North
Twenty-eighth street, leave etatuMay for
a visit with friends at Btoneham, Miss.
The weeds along the sidewalks on Twenty-fourth
street are In neel of a cutting,
but this season city prisoners sr not avail
able for the work.
A lirge nv. "her of friends of Mr. and
Mrs. Patrick Ford attended the funeral of
their daughter, Anna, yesterday afternoon.
I The Interment was at BL Mary's cemetery.
AT THE PLAYHOUSES
dollar find -hot he spent it for a revolver
and started out early to celebrate tne
Fourth.
Ferris Stock Company at the Boyd.
Quite appropriate to the season is the
piece selected for the mid-week change of
bill by- the Ferris Bummer Btock company.
"At Valley Forge" Is a firecracker play of
the veriest type, with a fusee in every
sentence Snd a popper In every paragraph.
It Is corruscated with patriotic seme, and
in spots is simply irrldescent vlth Free
dom's holy light. The hero is, of course, a
Briton born, who has espoused the cause of i
the colonies, arid he is heroic to fuYther
orders, while the villain Is an American
who has taken up arms for the king, and
If his truo character had been known to
them It Is doubtful if even the phlegmatic
Hessians would care to meet on familiar
terms' with so despicable a poltroon and
miscreant And between this i-alr the poor
heroine is torn for three acts, to be finally
given over to her true lover and loyal
champion in the fourth. The play Is remin
iscent of every book and every play that
has been written of that period, which Is
to say that It varies so slightly from any
or all that It may well have been made In
the same mold. The bill Is silent as to Its
genesis, but that omission does not detract
In any fiegree from its merits.
Mr. Scott Blddons mskes Captain Wllford
Fairfax as fine an officer, as brave a man,
as true a lover and as honorable a gentle
man as ever offered his life in freedom's
cause or staked his honor on the word of
the woman he loved. And Mr. Cecil Owen
make Major Lord Henry Carleton exactly
the antithesis of Fairfax, so that the scenes
between this pair, and those in which they
and Miss Pavey, as Virginia Preston, are
concerned, go with much snap and elicit
enthusiastic applause, Carl Caldwell as
Dr. Obedlah Wlllard snd John Myli as
Hanby fill In the comedy very successfully.
The' piece Is excellently staged and ap
propriately dressed, so that ths atmosphere
of the days when Fourth of July wss a
youngster is well preserved. It will con
tinue until after Saturday night.
Omaha Dramatic Club's Bow.
The Omaha Dramatic club presented
"Woman's Influence." a comedy drama In
four acts, at the Thurston Rifles' armory
last evening to a highly delighted audience.
The scene was laid In and about a mining
camp In the Sierra Nevada mountains, and
the parts were almost wholly character
parts. In which the embryo actors and
actresses aequlttrd themselves In fitting
manner.
Meg, the pet of. Golden Gulch, and a
wild, delightful girl, was ths hit of the
evening as played by Miss Helen Trevolr,
while Bob Smith, as Hamilton Ham. the
detective In disguise, stirred the audience
Into peals of laughter. From Jirrk Moycl,
who headed the program as BUI Msson, to j
Elizabeth Kelpln as Sirs. Tlbbe, the pastor s
wife, they all played their parts with good
grace.
NEW CLOTH ESJVIAKE TROUBLE
Two Men In Jail inspected of Mora,
lnry Because- They Were
Well Dressed. -
Detective Savage arrested Charley Jo;t)
nnd C. O. Compton, both of St. Louis, yes
terday ;orenoon. ijls attention wu at
tracted to them because they wcro bjt.i
attired In brand new suits of clothes fro .i
top to toe. When he entered Into conver
sation with them they could not give a
satisfactory account of how the c.tme bv
the clothes and lie locked their. Lae.
In the day a report was recelvi that twi
large bag of new clothing were In tin
weeas at Fifteenth fctfeat and Sherwovd
avenue. The patrol wagon woe dlspatchej
to that point and brought In about llfieui
suits, a dozen neckties, evorul suits of
underwear and some other wear.ng ap
parel. When the clothing which was worn
by Jones and Compton was compared with
that found In the weeds It was foun I 1 1
correspond exactly.
During the forenoon a card giving the
description of a quantity of clothing stolen
from the store of Ohlson it Lights of Car
roll, la., June 80, was received and the de
scription of these goods wss also found to
correspond with the clothing found. Almost
all ths goods described In the circular
were recovered. The card states that there
will be a liberal reward paid for the ar
rest of the thieves.
When Jones was questioned by Captain
Mostyn he said he had been traveling with
a carnival company in Iowa for some time,
but that ha resigned his position soma
days sgo and arrived in Omaha yesterdsy
morning. Compton was more reticent and
refused to give an account of himself.
Notes from Army Headquarters.
Major D. H. Brush, chief Inspector. De
partment of the Missouri, depsrted Wednes
day evening for Kansas City on a tour of
inspection.
The manual for pitching and striking
tents, prepared by a board of officers of
which Oeorgs H. Cameron of the Fourtli
cavalry Is a member, hss completed Its
labors at Fort Riley. The manual will
bring about uniformity In this important
branch of the military service. The man
ual will be published for the guidance of the
troops In this department In a few days.
Msjor Robert 8. Bmlth, paymaster, was
In the city Wednesday enroute from Den
ver to Chicago, where he has been teni
porsrily sHeUned to duty with the Depart- "
ment of the Lakes. Major Hmlth enlisted
In one of ths New York regiments In lfctS
and served less than a fortnight as a pri
vate, when he was promoted to major
Ha wss Ister msde a captain In the Vnlted
States volunteers and wss In Tebrusry lasts 1
promoted to the rsnk of major In the pay-S -A
master's department. ' r
Says He Was Robbed.
Celebration Eaas la Jail,
FIU Pugh. residing at 817 North Twenty
third street, complained to the police yes
terday that some one hud stolen 11 from
her. Albert McVey of 1T North Twenty,
third street wss arrested for discharging
firearms Inside the city limits. The police
I believe that he Is the party who got the
Max Sweeney of Neola, Is, landed In
Omaha yesterday. He had 36 to spend see
ing th sights. About the fust section of
tho city he visited wss the "red light" dis
trict. There he fell in with Mary Hell snd
Franklu Williams, two colored denizens
and when he called at the station shortly
after making their acquaintance he al
leged that they had 32 of his money. He
had the other 11 tucked safely away In met J
Inside rxicket and expressed the belief thsi T
If they hjd known he had it it would have -been
gone, too. He was sdvised to spend
the night under the eyes of the polloe. but
failed to tske the advice The two women
were found and locked up.
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