THE OMAHA DAILY II EH: THURSDAY, SEPTEMHER 24, 1903.
.CHICAGO'S CENTURY UFYEARS
ronniin; of Old Tort Dearborn to B Cele
brated la Prodigal Manner.
FESTIVITIES SUITED TO THE OCCASION
regressive) History of the City, !
Hardship n Iwrllcti of Plowee
Days aaa the Trlaraphs of
Later Year.
During the next tan days Chicago will
burn considerable fireworks and at least
1100,000 of publlo money In honor of the
centennial of the first settlement on the
alto of the city. Fireworks are but the
flashing frills of the celebration, which be
gins Buturday and continues through the
following week: Kvery loyal Chloagoan Is
expected to wear Sunday clothes through
out tho festivities. There will be feasting
and drinking,' many social functions and
receptions, banquets and balls, various pa
radea and memorial tablets on historical
sites unveiled. A comprehensive program
has been completed for an extended observ
ance of what constitutes an epoch in the
settlement and development of the central
weat.
The story of Chicago's one hundred years
Is one oft repeated to a lesser degree In the
history of most western cities. It Is best
told by that-enthusiastic Chicagoan, John
R. Rathom, In the Record-Herald, from
which the following exerpts are taken:
In the Chicago of a hundred years ago
there was a little log fort Inclosed by a
double fence of heavy pickets, a cheap log
hut where the first settler lived, a stream
gently flowing among . the rushes to Its
placid Junction with Lake Michigan,
handful of white soldiers and a. band of
curious and watchful Indiana.
In the Chicago of today there are over
two millions of men, women and children,
gathered from every part of the globe, en
gaged In every channel of activity known
' to mankind, living In palacea and hovels
building great office structures, pounding
at the door of fortune, incessantly spread
ing the limits of their city out through an
ever Increasing radius and making It otie
of the greatest centers of human unrest
that the world has ever known.
It Is a marvelous contrast, and to the
great majority of us who have no link
of memory with the earliest days of Chi
cago's history, an almost Impossible thing
to encompass in its entiety, '
Here by the waters of Lake Michigan,
the one thing of all our surroundings that
has remained changeless during the long
century of time, have been wrought some
of the wonders of the world. Other centers
marveling at her growth, called her an
overgrown village, and she planted her feet
on the ladder and became a city. Then
they said she had reached her limit c
achievement, and she. answered by making
the greatest strides In population and ac
quisition of wealth that has ever been re
corded In modern hlstorv. Then thev de
ctared that she was the head and center
and culmination of coarse materialisms
without an atom of high Inspiration, and
her reply In the building of the wonderful
White City startled and thrilled the peo
pie of every nation on earth and silenced
her detractors. Today they are saying that
we are sordid, and are not striving for the
' ' better things of life.
And Chicago, In her own way, steadily
and bravely' mounts an eminence and shows
signs, In a hundred different paths, that
her people have not lost sight of these
' higher alms and that they are determined
to make their beloved city as graceful as
she Is powerful, as noble as she Is big, and
to put her on a lofty plane of cjvlq honor
and civic" beauty. -
1 .. Honor te Pioneers.
And the Inspiration she has for these
Ideals in her great heritage will become a
. powerful factor In the work. The men who
built the first log cabin and who died by
the tomahawk of the treacherous Indian,
the women who cared for their babies In
our pioneer dnys-and cheerfully suffered
. unnumbered privations, the citizens who
found all their accumulations of . tolling
years swept away In a night are not for
gotten. It Is when we turn back to these
things and honor the memory of these
earlier settlers that we grasp the germ of
better, things to be.
It Is hardly giving the Wonder City full
credit for Its marvelous record of progress
to consider the time of Its existence as hav
ing been spread over a century. As a mat
ter of fact, the centennial celebration of
Fort Dearborn can hardly be called the cen
tennial of Chicago at all, for Chicago was
not Incorporated as a town till thirty years
after that event, and was not even nom
inally a city till 1837. And even then It was
a very little, struggling, Insignificant center
to receive such a tjtle. fur the population
was only a lit, tit over 4.000.
Indeed It was not till 1B46, with a popula
tion of. HO00, that. Chicago ean be consid
ered as having received a fair start on Its
way to prosperity. And this daa was a full
two years before the people of the town saw
a railroad line anywhere near the bound
aries. To get the true story of the Immense
strides that have been made since that time
the simplest and roost convincing thing to
do Is to bote how s population of 2H.2HS In
JR50 had. grown In 170 tn over J00.000, In 180
to a few less than 61.000. In 1890 to over a
million. In 19ns to over 5,C00,0f and In 1WS
to t.21.rV.
But, If the later years saw the Inaugura
tlon of some of the greatest enterprises
ever started by man and enormous addl
tlons to the number of residents, it Is In
the earlier periods that we will find presage
of the beginning of these things, made In
romantlo settings with sturdy pioneers as
actor and hostile Indians, rough and wild
Country, wars, and massacres and murders
as a background.
Te Original lit.
The site of Chicago, long before Fort
Eearborn was built, had been rendesvous
BTOMACH
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There la uo medicine in
the world 10 good for
weak or delicate women a
Hoettter'. Storatch Bit
ter. It acta as a tonic and
regulator, thereby curing
Pain in tho Hack.
Crnmp,Vomitin2 Ner
vous Headache, In
aotania. Dyspepsia
nnd Indigestion. We
urge all tdckly women to
try it.
for years for fur hunters and the Indians, j
who sold them skins, but It was Its position
at the junction of the stream and lake that
caused its selection for the building of a
stockade by a company of United States
regulars In August, 180. These troops ar
rived here from Detroit, and as soon ss
their palisade was erected and ready for
occupancy they named It Fort Dearborn
after the then secretary of war, Henry
Dearborn.
Though the garrison only numbered sev
enty men, with three small cannon, the fort
was a rather pretentious structure, and
contained. In addition to the soldiers' and
officers' quarters, a hospital, store, guard
house, well and a msgaztne built of ma
sonry. Its principal blockhouse stood on
the spot now occupied by W. M. Hoyt &
Co.'s establishment. In the heart of the
wholesale district, facing the Rush street
bridge. e
In these esrly years of the fort there
was very little to disturb the lives of the
soldiers or even to give them more than a
passing Interest In what was going on out
side of their own dally duties. In the year
after the building of the fort John Klnsle,
wjth his wife and child, the first civilian
settlers of the place, came and established
themselves In a log cabin under the pro
tecting walls of the fort and gradually
other families settled within a radius of a
few miles.
These people traded furs with the Potta-
watomles, fished and hunted, met one an
other at rare intervals and cleared their
land, well content with their life and undls-
turbed by the vague rumors current at
times of the gathering together of hostile
Indians.
Fort Dearborn Massacre.
This condition of fancied security, how
ever, did not last long. Two muraers
of whites In 1S11 within a very few miles of
the fort brought warnings of what was
afterward to happen, and In the following
year came Chicago's first tragedy and one
of her saddest the massacre of Fort Dear
born. After the beginning of the war with
England and the fall of Maclnac the posi
tion of the little garrison and the few set
tlers that depended on It for protection be
came very precarious, and the commanding
officer was ordered to evacuate the fort
and prooeed to Detroit by land.
Though John Klnzie and other settlers
begged Captain Heald to put no faith lu
the promises of the Indians to permit ths
party to go unmolested and urged the re
tention and defense of the fort, it was 'de
cided to leave. On the 15th of August 104
men, women and children started off along
the trail on the shore of Lake Michigan
escorted by a band of professedly friendly
Indians.
They had not gone a mile before a
thousand savages were Inside the fort,
demolishing It and carrying away every
thing of value that had been left. When
they reached ;,e spot that Is now thl
Junction of Eighteenth street and the lake
the escort seemed to fade away and (
moment later hundreds of red men at
tacked them from the thick brush on both
sides of the trail and the slaughter began
It was all over very soon. A resistance
was attempted, but overwhelmed by su
perior numbers, the whites who were not
killed or wounded fled to a neighboring
sand hill, and soon afterward surrendered
on the promise that their lives would be
spared. The next day the fort was burned
to the ground and the prisoners were sent
out among various tribes and scattered
through the lake territory, The survivors
numbered thirty-six, of whom eleven were
women and ehlldren.
Then for four years the- little settlement
was deserted by all save wandering bands
of Indians, the bodies of the slain lying
and rotting where they fell.
fit Reoceopled.
In 181, after ( the declaration of -peace
with Great Britain It was decided that tho
alte should again be occupied by soldiers
and two companies of Infantry, under Cap
tain Hezeklah Bradley, were sent here, a
new and stronger fort being Immediately
afterward built.
Then, after years of cruel privations,
came back the intrepid Klnsle with his
family and on the ruins of his former
home he built himself a cottage. A few
months later more white settlors arrived
friendly chiefs came round again and set
up their tepees on the lake shore and the
village at the beginning at 1S17 at last began
to show signs of stability.
Cnder the protection of the fort the place
grew steadily. Occasional vessels came for
furs and bartered with the Inhabitants, and
log cabins were put up along the river bank
by new settlers, till. In Vi2. there were 180
people her, exclusive o fthe soldiers.
In that year, the frontier line having
moved westward to the Mississippi, the fort
was abandoned and waa not garrisoned till
five years later. Meanwhile the village
lifted Its head and Imagined Itself a town,
able to proudly figure up Its population
of over 400 poople to celebrate Its first
baptism and marriage ,to Install Its first
constable, for whose services we are told
"there was mighty little need, except for
Indians, with their Indulgence In fire water
to excess."
In 1KJ6 the town had a gubernational and
congressional election, eighteen votes being
cast, and In 182? a slaughter house was built
on the north branch of the river the first
move, of on industry that before another
half century had passed waa to make Chi
cago the greatest dressed beef market In
the world.
With the second regarrlsonlng of the fort
came a still further growth, and In the fol
lowing year ClUcago's first hotel wits
erected at the forks of the Chicago river.
It was palled "Wolf Tavern." Almost at
the same time another tavern, known as
the 'Miller Inn," after Its proprietor, was
erected on the other side of the stream,
War and Pestlleaee.
The coming of 1U3, the year of the Black
hawk war. brought with It at the earns time
General Pcott's army and a fatal epidemic
of Asiatlo cholera. It waa a year of great
turmoil and distress. Several murders were
committed In the earlier months by bands
of Indians, and when word of the Black
hawk fighting came to the settlers they
crowded Into Fort Dearborn from a wide
area, of country. At one time these refu
gees numbered WO.
It, was among conditions like these that
the first Sabbath school was started In the
little town, to be succeeded month later
by the first cf a series of temperance meet
liib-s. these latter brought forth by the
prevalence of the drinking habit both
among the friendly natives and the white
settlers. Four companies of men from the
town went off to the Blackhawk campaign.
and when they returned from the front
many of the volunteers found that ttu-tr
wives and babies had died, victims of the
cholera scourge.
From this time on the settlement con
tinued to move steadily forward, and In
I&Si Chicago had a poatonVe of Its own
log hut with letter pigeonholes setually
made out of the tops of rubber boots nailed
side by side on the wooden walls. When
In the following year the town was In
corporated, welcomed Its first little newspa
per and secured Its first spuroprlatlon-
ta.OJO for harbor improvements, several pf
the residents began to dream of the future
greatness of the settlement, and we find I
the records of the Chicago Historical so
clety all sorts of prophecies about its fu
ture growth.
In lsM the last wild bear ever seen in the
city was killed In a thicket at the spot
where Randolph and Dearborn streets now
meet, arter an exciting chsse, In which th
jweler, launrdiman and lesJlng baksr o
the town participated.
The town gradually began to extend It
post roads, notably the old Green Bay road
through Milwaukee, to perfect Its little fire
department, to establish tanks and go
through all the lears and hopes of Its first
land erase. Its outside commerce slowly
Increased and In spite of a fire In IKS, with
property loss of 170.000, a serious calam
ity Indeed for those days Its people con
tinued to prosper, extended their trade with
the residents of other places, built small
sailing vessels and by the close of the de
cade were able to welcome the first trad
log steamers Into the harbor.
The Gradual settling up of the land both
north and east brought entire peace from
Indian troublee and permitted the citizens
to go ahead In their work of Improving
themselves and their town which they did
vMth all the fcrver that their descendants
have since exhibited in the same direction.
Kporh of Progress.
The great harbor convention of 1S47, one
of the moat Important gatherings ever held
in America, called the attention of the
whole country to the claims of Chicago
as a port and a center of western trade,
and its results materially broadened her
Influence and aided In her rapidly Increas
ing growth. In this year her population
was nearly 17,000. Two years later came
succession of calamities a great storm
and flood, doing lncaluable damage to
property and merchandise; a big fire that
destroyed the old Tremont house ana a
number of other buildings, and a cholera
epidemic.
Th-a next year, however, saw the etty
emerging from the cloud. Its first gas light
ing plant was Installed, and It had ehurches
of every leading denomination holding reg
ular services and beginning to Inaugurate
those delightful social reunions that did
much to brighten the lives of the settlers
throughout the earlier years of the city's
history.
Beginning with 1SS5 efforts to Improve the
leading thoroughfures took on tangible
shape, and Instead of remaining spasmodic
were conducted with great vigor and the
work soon began to show substantial re
suits. Together with these changes came
more enlightened efforts on the part of the
city's administrations In all directions.
quickening of the mental and moral forces
of tho community and a distinct advance
along commercial lines.
Strides In Later Tears.
The gap of fifty years from 1853 to 1S93
covers nearly the whole story of Chicago's
wonderful strides Into the front rank of
the cities of the world, a rise so marvelous
In every channel of endeavor that none of
the printed stories of Its history extant
voluminous though they are, have been
able to record the half of It. Out of the
years, however, stand prominently two
things, that demand Immediate attention
in any review of the city's progress,
These are the preat fire of 1871 and the
World's fa'r of 1893. I mention them to
gether because one bears a very close re
lation to the other. The spirit, chastened
oy calamity anu ueaw., ui .v... 1...
one was the spirit that conceived and car-
rled the other to a successful execution.
Seventy-three miles of street frontage
burned, a loss of property smountlng to
over $300,000,000, nearly 18,000 buildings
wiped out and 100,000 persons homeless
these are the bald figures. But it is only
by going beyond them and Into the details
of the tragedy that we realise the true ex-
tent of the calamity. Nothing that has ever
been written about It. or that still remain J- Morlarity, cashier of the Packers' Na
to be written, will equal the facts as we I tlonal bank, was dragged before the Judge
thsm disclosed In conies of letters
from survivors and eye-witnesses, many I
of them penned before the ruins had ceased
to smoulder.
In these letters appear In all their vivid
really the true details of those three ter-
rlble days, the cruel vandalism and bru-
tallty, the wrecking of hopes, the universal
pauperism, the heart breaking and useless
battle against flames, a battle fought In a
thousand different places at once by organ-
lsed firemen and little bands of men,
women and children.
But if 'the calamity was appalling the
recovery from it was little short of glor
ious. The brotherhood of man became
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weeks after the fire, not only within the
Hmlts of the ruined city, but In every part
of the civilised world, for the story of the
disaster stirred the people of every nation
and brought them together In one com
mon effort to bind Chicago's wounds.
Then the new city sprang Into llfs on
the ruins of the old. Many of the victims
of the fire, -advanced In years when the I
calamity came, gave up the struggle to
regain their lost fortunes and for the bal-
ance of their lives tasted the most bitter
poverty, though In all cases generous help
was at hand If they had desired to accept
it. The majority, starting from the bot-
torn again, were Imbued with the deter-
mlnatlon to make a better and a greater
city on the ruins of the old, and now,
thirty-two years sfter that time, we see the
result of their efforts.
ZION CHURCH CONDEMNED
Temple of Worship for Calored Bap.
tuts and Other Buildings Pro
nonoced In safe.
Zlon Baptist church, an ancient and
weather-beaten temple where colored peo.
pie worship, is to be removea rrom 1110 of tne brld6 on Wednesday afternoon, Sep
path of progress If Building Inspector tember 80. After a short trip the couple
Withnell and the advisory board have their wii ttke up their residence at 1704 Missouri
way. The edince is trame ana tne in-
spector considers It unsafe. otlce nss
been given to the board of trustees that
srvices in me cnurcn musi i uiihu
wiin ana 11 musi um uuuccuinvu uum vun-
trary orders are issued. Two weeks' time
is given to members of tne congregation
to show reason why the church shall
stand.
The building Inspector Is continuing his
crusade against buUdlngs that have lost
their youth and pristine strength. Yester-
day upon his recommsudatlon ths board
ordered these structures removed:
Old frame dwelling known as 1131 South
Seventeenth, R. 8. Hall, owner; old frame
dwelling known as 14S3 South Seventeenth,
R. 8. Hall, owner; old brick barn rear HI
South Twelfth, Brown Realty and Invest-
ment company, agents; old frame, anapi
dated and decayed one story building
known as No. 306 North Nineteenth, S. A.
Broadwell, agent; old frame one-story
house at or near 1811 Manderson, 8. A,
Broadwel'.. agent; old frame house about
1610 Manderson, Charles R. Lee, owner.
The building inspector has recommended
that these buildings be ordered torn down
and the board has the matter under ad
visement: . ,
Old- frame shack rear No. 1307 Cass, old
decayed fruit stand on northeast corner
Seventeenth and Harney, Joseph Morano,
owner; old frame one-ana-a-nau-siory
store known as No. 1320 Douglas. W. Fsr-
nam Smith Co., agents; old frame one-
story Iron-covered building known as No.
1311 Douglas. Isaac E. Congdon, agent; old
frame dwelling known as U3 Dodge street.
TABLE BALE Orchard Wilhelin Car
pet Co.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
l-4-T-ll-Waltlng all want you.
Some hoys Lrcke the glass and pulled the
fire alarm box at Twentieth and Ohio etreeis
about 11 30 o clock last night, which cauet-d
the nremen to make a run to the place.
The meeting of the Prospect Hill Im
provement club lust evening was poorly at-
tenaea ana was adjourned whnuui being
called to order. The few faithful present
gave notice that (ley Intendr-d having a
rousing meeting for next Wednesday night.
If It's a "Oarland" that s all yovt (teed to
know about a Btove er Range.
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Board of Education Accept! Plant for a
High Bobool Building.
WILL START WORK ON CONSTRUCTION NOW
Archlteet Jvaa l.etenser e( Omaha is
Awarded the I'rlse and Will Look
After the Balldlnar Magle
City Gossip.
Last night the Board of Education met
and opened bids for the construction of a
hlglj school building at Twenty-third and
K streets. The plana of John Latenser of
Omaha were accepted. The building is to
cost 175,000, and Architect Latenser will re
ceive a commission of 4 per cent for super
intending the work.
Secretary Laverty was Instructed to ad
vertise for bids for the grading at once. As
for ths other plans submitted, the board
deferred action on giving the premiums off
ered until the next meeting. It is not ex
pected that the proposed building can be
constructed so as to be of service this year.
There Is 1100,000 at the command of the
school board for the erection of the high
school building, but only 176,000 will be
spent at this time. The balance of the
money will go Into furnishings and ma
terial for the chemical department.
Five architects submitted plans on the
competitive basis, but those of Latenser
seemed to meet the views of the majority
of the board. When the Hoctor site was
purchased L. A. Davis was directed to draw
plans for ths high school and these plana
were accepted. The school district paid
Davis $1,900 for the plans, but the present
board decided that Davis' plans were not
wanted. The school district Is out Just
Sl.SOO on this deal, as Davis has been paid.
After the contract had been let to Laten
ser last night there was some talk of go
ing Into court and restraining the board
from building, for the reason that plans by
Davis had already been approved, accepted
and paid for. Some of the South Omaha
architects who submitted plans are out of
sorts on account of the work going to an
Omaha man.
Charles Jones Shot.
Charles Jones, colored, was shot in the
leg yesterday afternoon by Duff McCune.
Jones and McCune were playing a game of
chance at the colored club rooms In the
basement of the Plvonka block, Twenty
sixth and N streets. There was some
charge mads about the play being not fair
and McCune pulled a revolver and fired two
shots. The first shot took effect in Jones'
leg. while tho second went wild. McCune
made a break and ran faster than the po
liceman who chased him. He is still at
large. Jones Is at the Souh Omaha hos-
p(a, VMef Brlg(ri went to the club last
n,Knt an(, c,ow(, the pl(ice Hg Bay that
h w. t ,t vA ,
Jnagre 1 owers supreme.
"judge- rowers, who has charge of the
kangaroo court at the Workmen cnrnlval
grounds, Is considered to be the head works
of the entire show. Last night the Judge
sent out his patrol wagon and broupht In
a couple of dozen prominent citizens. Frank
ana nnca Tor taking other people's money.
Frank Coad of the same bank was locked
UP nJ pent a half hour behind the bars.
" nnea &i ana costs. Harry Miller
nl ln utn umaha National bank and
nmney mount or tne same institution vere
brought up nnd fined . the limit. Mayor
Koutsky was taken In and given a hearing,
WM "ned- Bo w Koutsky. J- F-
McReynolds Dr gatip and Dr. Delanney
" " seme,
er" wa" crowd present and the at-
uKuumii an paiu weit.
In the temple there was a vaudeville
show, while upstairs there was a dance
which wag well attended. The members of
the order are well satisfied with the attend-
no an1 ePe to clear enough money to
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pay tho outstanding Indobtedness on the
building. The fair will continue the bal
ance of the week.
Bersrqnlat Files Complaint.
A. I Bergquist. secretary of the Fire and
Police board, filed complaint yesterday aft-
ernoon against L. A. 8cott nnd one John
Doe charging them with being vagrants,
The complaint goes on to say that Bcott
and his partner were running a game of
chance at the Ancient Order of United
Workmen carnival. In the filing of the
complaints Bergquist ' waa bached by his
friend Horace T, Brass, Members of the
order are Indignant and C. W. Miller, presl-
ani or tne building committee, gave or-
ners last night that neither Bergquist or
rass were to De admitted to the grounds,
Botn ar members of tho Ancient Order of
united workmen, but Miller said that ha
would not stand for any knockers. B-rott
has not been arrested, as Police Judge
King mislaid the warrant.
Gastafaon-Petersoa.
invitations were Issued yesterday to
friends In Boulh Omaha for the marriage
of Rrnest L. Oustafaon nnd Mlaa Kmmu
Josephine Peterson of Bradshaw. Neb. The
ceremony will be performed at the home
avenue.
Mr, Gustafson Is deputy city treasurer
nere ana fc n0,t of frend, wno wUI
greet him on his return from his wedding
tour.
Taxes Coming Due,
The 1903 taxes are due on October I and
become delinquent on January 1. City Tax
Commissioner Fitzgerald has completed
his list and the books are now In the hands
of the city treasurer. Owing to a change
In the charter all city taxes become do
I llnquent on January I, and only one pay-
ment will be accepted. Last year the peo-
I pie were allowed to make payments on
January 1 and on April 1. The change in
I the law will decrease the work of the city
I treasurer's department and will help out
the funds to a great extent.
Crowe Is Released.
Wednesday afternoon James J. Crowe,
123 North Twenty-fourth street. South
Omaha, who was held by the police on
suspicion of being the man who held up
the Oeat saloon, was released. Last Sun
day Oest identified Crowe as the man who
Thoughts rule the world "
Emerson
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piece of
thought in every
Gorham
Silver
as also grace of design and
excellent workmanship.
These differentiate it from
the mediocrities of anony
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held him up, but later said he might be
mistaken. No further evidence being found
which would indicate that Crowe waa the
real party, and on the word of Oeat that
he might possibly be mistaken, Chief Don
ahue decided not to detain him at the
station longer.
Magle City Gossip.
A daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs.
M. Oogglns, Thirty-fourth and (J sireeU.
Dr. William Henry Ixwchner waa mar
ried last night to Miss Lena M. Benger of
Ashland.
Harvey D. Mosely hns been appointed to
a clerkship in the offices at the Union
Stock yards.
Frank Rakay, who Uvea at Twenty-first
and W streets, fell yesterday at the Omaha
fucking plant and broke his left leg.
The Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
IxmiIs Jordan, Twenty-ninth and W streets,
died yesterday. Funeral services will be
held this afternoon. Interment at Laurel
Hill cemetery.
MRS. KIRSCHNER IS CLEAR
Acquitted of Charge of Beating; Child
ana Her Lawyers Will Sao
Constable.
Mrs. Lillie Kirschner, wife of D. H.
Klrschner, postmaster at Bennington, was
found not guilty of assaulting her 14-ysar-old
step-daughter, Etta, by Justice Kubat
yesterday. Only four of the thirteen wit
nesses subpoenaed by ' the plaintiffs were
placed on the stand, and the Justice found
no evidence to sustain the charge that Mrs.
Kirschner had abused the little girl. Etta
herself denied In court that her mother had
mistreated her. The parents admitted that
they had punished the child, but not In ex
treme measure, as was reported last sum
mer when Mrs. Kirschner was arrested,
harged with beating Etta In a frightful
manner. Mrs. Kirscnner was arresiea upon
complaint of Nicholas Wltte, a brother of
the girl's dead mother, and brought to
Omaha and arraigned before Justice Alt-
stadt.
In connection with the case Mrs. Klrsch-
ner"s attorneys, Jeffrls, Howell A Bhotwell,
say they Intend to file charges of collecting
Illegal fees and adding names to a sub
poena against Constable Henry Schneider
f Bennington with the county board. Their
object will be to impeach the constable and
oust him from office, claiming that the
names of three witnesses were written In by
him after the subpoena had left ths hands
of Justice Altstadt, for the purpose of swell
Ing tho charges in order to make a change
of venue more costly, the stipulation being
that nil sccrued charges must be paid be
fore the rase Is taken before another Jus
tice.
FIX TITLES JTO OIL LAND
Basin City Man Goes East to Perfect
Right to New Terri
tory. W. 8. Collins of Basin City, Wyo.. is in
Omaha on his way to Washington, where
he expects to have the title to certain desert
lands under ths ditch of the Basin Canal
company straightened out. Mr. Collins
brings excellent reports from the Big Horn
basin oil fields. Ths reports made by Mr,
Galley of Pittsburg and other eastern men
who have visited the field within the last
two months have attracted a great deal of
attention in the east, even as far east as
Wall street, New York City, and an in
flux -of eastern men and capital la antlcl
pa ted.
Z. F. Little, president or ths Iloosler OH
company, la In ths city In connection with
wells now being drilled by his company In
the Big Hora basin oil field. He expresses
himself perfectly well satisfied with the re
sults of the work so far done, and states
that his company will go right ahead drll
ling more wells. Ths oil Is of highest grade
Illuminating.
TODD FINDS JTROUBLE EARLY
Iowa Man Fancies Himself Robbed
aad Gets Locked Ip for
His Fains.
Walter Todd of Davenport. Ia., was pass
ing through the city lust night and stopped
off for a short time to take a look about
him. He now Iks in a cell at the city Jail
charged with being an Inmate of a dis
orderly house. It all came about through
an error made by Mr. Todd. He was vis
iting the resorts on Ninth street, and while
In one of them suddenly discovered that hit
money, amounting to was missing. He
grabbed the woman nearest to htm when he
made the discovery and held her while he
cried out lustily. His crleg brought a po
liceman, who toog Todd and two of the In
mates of the place to the police station.
After the women were safely housed Cap
tain Mostyn thought It might be well to
examine the man who lost the money, so he
was called Into his office end put through a
cnuree of Questioning. Ills replies were al
that could be expected, and as a last resort
THE CHILDREN ENJOY
Life out of doors and out of the patties which thejr play and the enjoy
ment which they receive and the efforts which they make, cornea the
greater part of that healthful development which ia ao essential to their
happiness when grown. When a' laxative is needed the remedy which is
given to them to cleanse and aweeten and strengthen the internal organa
cn which it acts, should be such as physicians would sanction, because its
component parts are known to be wholesome and the remedy itself free from
every objectionable quality. The one remedy which physicians and parents,
well-informed, approve and recommend and which the little ones enjoy,
because of its pleasant flavor, its gentle action and its beneficial effects, is
Syrup of Figs-and for the same reason It ia tho only laiative which ahottld
be used by fathers and mothera.
Syrup of Figs U tne only remedy which acts gently, pleasantly and
naturally without griping, irritating, or nauseating and which cleanses the
system effectually, without producing that constipated habit which result
from the use of the old-time cathartics and modern imitations, and against
which the children should be so carefully guarded. If you would have them
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them medicines, when medicines are not needed, and when nature needs
assistance in the way of a laxative, give them only the simple, pleasant and
gentle Syrup cf Figs.
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also to our original method of manufacture and as you value the health of
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the captain searched the prisoner's clothes
to see If the money had not been overlooked
In the excitement. In the second pocket ex
amined it came to light. It was In a nice
tight little roll and had slipped down be
hind the lining. The two women were dis
charged and the man waa locked up.
OR SOLDIERS MONUMENT FUND
Association Arranges for Carnival
and Drill Contest toDe Held
at Coliseum,
Tho Woman's Veterans' Monument as
sociation held a meeting In the city hall
last night, at which It was decided to
hold a drill contest and carnival In the
Coliseum at some date to be llxed In the
future. In which all the military organisa
tions of this city, South Omaha and Coun
cil Bluffs will be asked to participate.
James H. Kyner addressed Vie meeting
nd outlined a plan which will be followed
In giving the entertainment. Committees
which will have In charge the various de
partments were arranged for and will be
appointed by the president of the associa
tion, Mrs. Anna Uhl, and the executive
committee of the association. The 00m
mlttees will be as follows: Hall, light and
heat, music, military, finance, decoration,
program and advertising and reception an1
refreshments. Each committee will con
sist of three members, and the announce
ment of those selected will be made at
the next meeting of the association to ba
held in the city hall next Wednesday even
ing. The object of the proposed entertainment
Is to raise funds to bo added to those al
ready collected for the building of a mon
ument to the Douglas county soldier dead
In Forest Iawn oemetery. The Cemetery
association has set apart one of the finest
plots of ground in the cemetery which will
be donated to the association when the
erection of the monument has been ar
ranged for.
Mr. Kyner was appointed as a oommlttee
of one to visit the local military organisa
tions on their regular meeting nights and
address them In the Interest of the associa
tion and ask their co-operation In the car
nival. The treasurer reported Sl,0U3a(now
in the fund.
Almost all the money so far raised has
been subscribed by old soldiers, and the
association Is desirous that cltlsens take
an Interest In the project and subscribe. .
Work of Burglars.
Burglars entered the house of Peter Holt.
916 Dominion street, some time yesterday
and secured a mackintosh, revolver and a
silver watch. An entrance was gained
through a rear door which was evidently
unlocked witn a skeleton Key. una nt tne
side windows was first tried, but could not
be raised. Hans August, living at Twelfth
nd Kavan streets, and Fronk Zemanek.
4011 South Eleventh, were arrested late last
night. They are held at the police station
as suspicious characters and the police be
lieve tney ere me men wno ata tne work.
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