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I
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, tNAMA and CANAL ZONE, via New Or-
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malls is arranged on the Presumption of
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cept registered transpacific malls des
patched via Vancouver, Victoria, T aroma
or Seattle, which close f p. m. previous day)
close at the general poa10fi.ee. New York,
as follows:
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'Alameda.
HAWAII. JAPAN, KOREA, CHINA and
specially addressed mall for PHILIP
PINE ISLANDS, via Ban Francisco. Close
at 6 p, m, March 23 for despatch per a. s.
Chins.
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. dressed trail for PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
via Seattle, close at p. m., March 24 for
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HAWAII, via Nan Francisco, close at I
p. m. March 21 for despatch per s. s. Ne-
brasknn.
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West) and NEW CALEDONIA, via Van
couver and Victoria. B. C, close at I p.
m. March 26 for despatch per a. a.
Aoranat.
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San Francisco, close at 6 p. m. March St
for despatch per V. J. Transport.
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West), NEW CALEDONIA, SAMOA- HA
WAII and FIJI ISLANDS, via San Fran
cisco, close at p. m. April 1 for despatch
per s. a Sonoma. (If tha Cunard
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Zealand does not arrive in lime to connect
with this despatch, extra malls closing
st t:S0 a. m 90 a. in. and p. in.; Sun
days at 4:30 a. m., 9 a. m and ( p. m.
will be made up and forwarded until tha
arrival of the Cunard steamer.)
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. oreeaea man ior rtiiirrir & joiaimjm,
via eeauie, ciosa at a p. m. April i tor
dosDatch tier a. a. Kanaaawa Maru.
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ISLANDS, via San Fran
Cisco, close at 8 o. m. ADiil 1 for des
patch car a. a. Manchuria.
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ANDS, via Vancouver and Victoria, B. C,
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... a 1 present lurwaruea via nmia.
NOTE Unless otherwise addressed. West
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Zealand via San- Francisco and certain
aces in tha Chinese Province of Yunnan.
via British India the Quickest routes.
Philippines specially addressed "via Eu-
rope must be fully prepaid at the foreign
.rates. Hswail la forwarded via Ban Fran
cisco exclusively.
WILLIAM R. WILLCOX. Postmaster.
Postofflce, New York, N, Y., March 17,
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GOVERNMENT NOTICES.
CONSTRUCTING" . : QUARTERMASTER'S
Offlce, Omaha, Nebraska. March 16, 1906.
Sealed proposals,- In- triplicate, subject to
the usual" conditions, will be received here
until 10 o'clock: a. m.. central standard
time, March 26, 1905, for the Installation ot
electric wiring:, steam neating, plumping,
steel cells, etc., In the guard house at Fort
Omaha. Nebraska. Full Information fur
nished on application to this office, where
plans ana specifications nitty oe seen, fro
Dosals to be marked "Proposals ' for In
stallation, etc.," and addressed to Major
M. Gray zalinsKi, constructing; (quarter
master. Army Building, Omaha, Nebraska.
McniO-l-H-i-Hl-M
LEGAL NOTICES.
NOTICE.
Proposals for sealed bids for purchase of
water works bonds for village of Newcastle,
Neb., will be received until April 20. 1905.
Face of bonds, $6.(00; payable In twenty
years; optional ten years; coupon bonds;
six bonds 11.000. one bond 1600: Interest.
I per cent, payable semi-annually. Certi
fied check, two, to accompany bid. History
of bonds rurnisnea on application. Address,
W. R.,,Talboy, Chairman. M22dl0t
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COUNCIL BLUFFS
WITNESS IN ISYAllD CHAIR
Jtmes Veehtfi it Wheeled Into Court
During Doyle-Barns 8 ait.
IDENTIFIES LETTERS WRITTEN BY D0YIE
Refased to Tegtlfy at Farmer Hear
lag Owlig t a reading Deal
with Barns Which Failed
Materialise,
Lying In an Invalid's chair, James J.
Meehan of Empire. Colo., who has been
at Mercy hospital since his arrival In Coun
cil Bluffs, was wheeled Into the court room
yesterday morning to give his testimony
on behalf of the plaintiff In the Doyle
Burns suit. Meehan, who Is an old-time
miner, testified that he was In Cripple
Creek from March. ISM, to May, 1898, and
that In August, 1893, he was doing the
annual work upon a placer claim near the
tent occupied by Burns and Doyle and
that he was well acquainted with both.
During the month of August, 1892. Doyle
and Burns cam to witness' tent and Doyle
brought with him a piece of rock which
he showed to tha witness and his partner.
Doyle In Burns' presence said: "Sea what
we have got." Witness asked them If It
was from their property on which they
were working and. both answered that It
was.
This testimony was In support, of Doyle's
claim to a share in the Tidal Wave stock,
It having been shown that during August,
IWl, he and Burns were working on the
Tidal Wave.
, On cross-examination Meehan admitted
that he had declined to testify for Doyle
at the former trial and letters written by
Meehan to Burns jwere Introduced In evi
dence by the defense. These letters showed
that the witness In 1901, after Doyto had
begun his snilt against Burns, was trying
to secure a lease from Burns on a certain
claim. . .' '
Sends Doyle's Letters.
Tha witness was asked by Mr. Thomas if
when writing to Burns about the lease he
did not Inclose the letters he had received
from Doyle.
"Yea, sir, I did; they were too rich to
keep."
The defense then offered In evidence one
of these letters from Doyle to Meehan In
which Doyle outlined tha evidence that
ha would like Meehan to give. The letter
when read caused considerable amusement
In court, owing to Doyle's allusions In It
to Burns.
Counsel for the defense then attempted to
show that the witness, having failed to
secure the leass he sought from Burns,
waa embittered against him and that this
had prompted him to come here and testify
for Doyle this time. The witness admitted
that he had felt somewhat sore at. Burns,
but denied that waa why ha had left the
hospital in Denver to come here and testify
for Doyle.
Defense Takes a Torn.
At the. close of Meehan's cross-examination,
the testimony of several witnesses
for the defense, as given at the former
trial, waa read. This testimony all tended
to show that Jamea F. Burns was the lo
cator of the mining claims now In con
troversy, and that Doyle frequently stated
ha had no Interest whatsoever in them.
F. C. Btraughn testified to seeing the
location stake on the Tidal Wave and that
It bofo the name of James F. Burns only
on it; .that while working on tha Tidal
Wave witness asked Doyle If the timbering
Of the" Shaft suited him, and Doyle said,
"I have nothing to do with this."
A. E. Mansfield, who with the. former
witness had a lease of the Tidal Wave,
testified to asking Doyle about the lease
and that Doyle told him h had nothing
to do with It, and he would have to see
Mr. Burns about It. The discovery stake
on the claim was signed "Jamea F.
Burns."
P. R. Cutshall testified to working on
tha Tidal Wave In August or September,
1898, and that Burns paid him for such
work. He saw the stakes on the Tidal
Wave and It had Burns' nama only on it.
When . questlonsd about the lease to
Btraughn and others, Doyle told witness
he had nothing to do with the Tidal
Wave.
Clement Williams testified that he was
in the Cripple Creek district in June, 1893,
and that he saw the Tidal Wave location
stake and that Burns' name was tha only
one on It.
R. G. Mullen testified that he was
deputy sheriff of El Paso cour.ty In 1892,
and lived at Cripple Creek, and that later
ha was sheriff. That he visited the Tidal
Wave claim In June, 1892, and saw the
location stake; that there waa no name
upon it other than Jamea F. Burns.
The deposition of E. C. Talbert, asaistant
cashier of tha Exchange National bank of
Colorado Springs, was read. This wltnesa
testified, that between the 10th of October,
1891, and the 16th day of May, 1892, that
James Doyle's nama did not appear either
as regular or a special depositor in the
bank. This testimony was offered because
of the testimony of Doyle on former trial
that he had 3160 on deposit in the bank at
that time.
place for the week beginning Wednesday.
June 7. Two special trains will be run
from Omaha to Missouri Valley to accom
modate the visitor
GETTING READY ftlk FIREMEN
Oyer Foar Tkoasaad Dollar Neces
sary to Meet Expenses.
At a meeting held yesterday afternoon
of the general committee having In charge
arrangement - for the Iowa State Fire
men's tournament,' to be held In this city
In June, E. W. Hart waa selected as chair,
man, E. H. Walters treasurer, Louis Zur
m tehlen, Jr., secretary, and Fire Chief
Nicholson, corresponding secretary. These
subcommittees were appointed: Ways and
means, E. II. Walters, Mayor Macrae,
Louis Zurmuehlen; publicity, B. M. Sar
gent, Jamea G. Bradley, Chief Nicholson.
It was decided to publish a "booklet"
containing the rules and regulations gov
erning tha tournament, the program and
all matter and Information possible per
talnlng to the tournament.
The committee decided that It would be
necessary to raise about 34,600 to defray
the expense of the tournament, but It la
expected that a considerable portion of
this amount can be derived from the gate
receipts. .'"'.
The tournament will be held at the Union
Driving park, which will be put In proper
condition, and the grandstand repaired.
Theae comprise the general committee:
E. W. Hart, B. M. Sargent. Loula Zur
muehlen. Alderman . Thomaa Maloney,
Mayor Macrae, Fire Chief Nicholson, James
O. Bradley, Charles Banlher and E. II
Walters.
- Retailers Oppose Two 'Pfcoaee.
At the regular meeting of the Council
Bluffs Retail Grocer' and Butcher' as
sociation the Independent telephone fran
chise question was discussed at length.
The association unanimously decided to
oppose the granting of the franchise and
every member present pledged himself to
cast hla vote against the proposition next
Monday.
High Seheel Cadets Eaeaaapnceat.
. MISSOURI VALLEY. I., March 33-(Bpe-olal.)
Captain Btogedel and Oeorge F.
Weat, Omaha city ticket agent of the Chi
cago A Northwestern Railway company,
were In Missouri Valley yesterday and
made arrangement for the encampment of
the Omaha High school cadets at this
FOOD STUFFS ADULTERATED
Dr. Daffleld Insists Little si the
Market Is Free froaa
the Evil.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, March .-8peclal.) In a
paper read before the superintendent of
the state Institutions on the adulteration
of foods. Dr. Hamilton P. Duflleld of the
Marshalltown Soldiers' home, stated Iowa
I continuing to eat and drink everything
that is offered for sale without any pre
tense at an effort to get only pure food.
Among other" thing he stated that "Ver
mont maple syrup" Is being made at Dav
enport, la., of cheap yellow sugar and hick
ory bark; that ground coffee Is nearly al
ways two-thirds chicory; that peanut shells
re ground up with spices; that most of tho
beer contains salicylic acid, which Impairs
the digestion and breaks down the health.
The law gives the State xtoard of Health
authority to recommend prosecutions to the
state' Attorney, but thus rar the board has
done nothing. He states that investigation
shows that no article of food has been free
from adulteration or deterioration, and
especially condemns cheap soda water as
containing poison. Sugar and the con
densed milk put up by the larger factories
he finds are usually pure.
The big 36,000 Interlocking switch at Rock
well City has been approved by the state
railroad commlslsoners. The switch Is used
by the Newton A Northwes em, the Illi
nois Central and the Milwaukee.
At the meeting of the executive council
today a committee consisting of the secre
tary of rtate and treasurer was- appointed
to Investigate the entire problem of light
ing the etatehouse. Electric lights have
been put Into the building. A proposition
has been made by firm to buy the gas
fixtures. The grounds are still lighted with
gas. The committee will Investigate the
problem of whether the gas connections
shall be cut off entirely or kept.
Brick laying, stone masonry, plastering,
harness making, stenography and teleg
raphy have been added by the Board of
Control to the trades taught at the El
do?" Industrial School for Boys. One
teacher has been employed to teach brick
and stone laying and plastering. It Is pro
posed to make all the harness for the in
stitution and for some of the other Institu
tions at the school. The new printing plant
Is now In operation and the monthly bulle
tin of the Board of Control is being printed
there.
James Blee, who shot down Isaac Sailer,
his half brother, was bound over to the
grand jury under bonds of 110,000 at the
.preliminary hearing yesterday In Swan
It Is said that his father will go on his
bond.-
C. B. Williams, who has been the super
intendent at the tearing down of the Iowa
building at St. Louis, has been named by
the Board of Control to superintend the
erection of the 3200,000 building at Council
Bluffs for the School for the Deaf and
Dumb.
Members of the Southwest Editors' asso
ciation who with their wives are In the city
this afternoon as the guests of the Des
Moines newspaper men were escorted about
the city and taken to Fort Des Moines,
where there was a review of the troops
In their especial honor. Tonight there
will be a theater party In their honor at
Foster's. The eleotlon of officer will come
tomorrow. .
The Fenlon-Wlckham Coal " company of
Council Bluffs, jobbers of blacksmith, forge
and anthracite coals, have completed ar
rangements for the opening of a Jobbing
branch of their business . In Des Moines
to be In charge of Mr. Fenlon, the Junior
member of the Arm, who le now a resident
of Dea Moines.
There Is a rumor current abong the butter
and egg merf of the city that the Illinois
Central ha declared war on the private
car lines and will cut the rate from New
York and Missouri river points from $1.10
a hundred to 744 cents.
General Thrift and the four colonels of
the guard today decided that each regi
ment shall have, eight days' encampment
on the stats grounds this year, beginning
July with the Fifty-sixth, from the
northwestern comer of the state.
TENANTS 81 K FOR FIRE LOSSES
Pelletler Dry Gooda Company la Made
Defendant.
SIOUX CITY, la., March 23. (Special Tel
egram.) The aftermath of the big fire came
today wMn thirty-three fire sufferers
brought suit against the Pelletler Dry
Goods company, F. M. Pelletler and the
Masaachosetts Real Estate company for
sum aggregating $48,231.30 a damages for
personal losses in the fire. Thirty tenants
in the building owned by the Massachu
setts Real Estate company of Boston, in
whlck the fire started, have combined,
bringing three suits. In these suits only
the Pelletler Dry Goods company and F.
M. Pelletler personally are sued. Three
Other suits were brought, these Including
the Massachusetts Real Estate company.
W. A. Watson, administrator for the estate
of Genoa B. Brockway, the only victim of
the fire, bringing one of them for $10,000.
The other two are by tenants of other
buildings.
Phrenologist Wants Debate.
IOWA CITY, la., March J3.-(BpeclaI Tel
egram.) Prof. R. J. Black of Vinton, a
phrenologist, has challeneged any professor
In the State University of lows to a de
bate on the subject of phrenology for a
purse of $200 a side. The challenge comes
to an anawer to a published ' Interview
with C. W. Seashore, professor of physi
ology of Iowa university, In which he
branda phrenology as a fake.
Cracksmen at Marshalltown.
MARSHALLTOWN. Ia., March 23. (Spe
cial.) Last night the coal ofllcea of C. R.
Brown and Anson A Co. were entered by
cracksmen and, while they did not secure
much booty, they forced open both safes.
From C. R. Brown they rfot $9.38 and from
the Anson company nothing but a supply
of sumps. No clew was left and It 1
thought they were professional
Gieawood Republican Ticket.
GLENWOOD, Ia., March 23. (Special.)
The republican city convention last night
named the following candidates, whose
lection la assured: Mayor, Dr. C. H. De
Wht; recorder, L. Bcott Robinson; treas
urer, C. E. Shay; assessor, T. M. Carter;
marshal, George McMillan ; aldermen. First
ward, J. L. Waterman; Second, L. M. Lord;
Third. A. J. Oettler.
School Superintendent Will Realga.
MARSHALLTOWN, la. March 33.-(Bpe-cial
) At the end of the current school
year Superintendent W. I. Crane will close
his connection with Marshalltown publlo
school A decision to this effect was
handed to the school board recently.
Left Teams Vatlea.
War la being mad by the r-ollce depart,
mcnt on people who leave their teams un
tied on the streets. Three men A. Kettle
man, R. P. Klrchner and C. W. Blech
wera tried Jn police court Thursday for
thia effenae. They were found guilty and
were each fined 81 and coet.
Three ether persona were arrested in the
afternoon fur tha same offense and Cap
tain Hase eaye arrests will be made every
time the ordinance on the subject la
broken.
APPLE SUPPLY OF COUNTRY
Statistic Skew that laameaae Stock
I Rapidly Disappearing Down
the Pwkllo Throat.
One of the busiest businesses In the
world is the estlng of apples. The United
States had apples In store February 1 of
this year to the amount of 2.393,038 bar
rels. At the first of the present month
there were only 1,668.133 barrel a, or a de
crease In twenty-eight day of K 898 bar
rels. Fortunately, none of these apples
were green, of the population of the coun
try would have become complicated with
Infant mortality. The total Supply of ap
ples In Canada decreased 46,800 barrels
during the month, leaving only 74,150 bar
rels. Nova Scotia suffered blight on Its
apple reserve for the same period ot 36,000
barrels, leaving 60,000. These rvgures are not
as bad as they seem, for there are more
apples now than there were a year ago,
although at the rate they are going it
would seem few could be left by May.
In the United States there are about 81,987
barrels more than at this time last year;
In Canada the increase Is 7,650. Nova
Scotia Is all to the bad with 25,000 barrels
less than It ought to have at this time.
This brings the total for the apple continent
down to a paltry S4.837 barrel more than It
had at about this time last year. With a
little closer application the school children
ought to be able to bring the situation
around to normal In a few weeka.
The large number of exiles In this coun
try from New York will be pleased to
learn that In the app's census the Empire
state still leads. At latest report there
werre 457,300 barrels of apples In cold
storage and 290,800 In common storage. Illi
nois I the second apple state, in storage
if not in production. There were at the
first of this month 177,220 barrels In cold
storage there. Thla is a terrible slump
from 1904, when there were 213,600 barrels
on the Ice. Missouri comes third In the
apple reserves, having 81,600 barrels, and
Maine fourth with 60,000. Pennsylvania is
a close fifth with 78,800, but loses out on
the . Immense annual production there of
apple butter. Iowa has a reserve of 7,660
barrels, Kansas 7,450, South Dakota 1,600,
Minneaota 23,250, and Colorado 33,600 bar
rels. Nebraska, being a young state, has
not learned to control Its deslr to eat its
apples right away, so that It has now
only 8,000 barrels on the shelf. Last year
there were 12,600 barrels In a cool place.
ANOTHER GOVERNOR RESIGNS
C. M. Wllhelm Asks to Bo Relieved
'from Doty on Ak-Sar-Ben
Governors.
C. M. Wllhelm of the board of governors
of Ak-Sar-Ben has handed in his resigna
tion as a member of that august body, but
the resignation has not been accepted yet.
There Is a rumor also that Walter Jardlne
has asked to be relieved from his duties in
that connection, but II. J. Fenfold denies
this.
"There Is absolutely nothing In the resig
nations of Mr. Fry and Mr. Wllhelm except
that they feel they have given more time In
the past to the knights of Ak-Sar-Ben than
they can afford to give in the future. Mr.
Fry has been talking of resigning for a year
and a half and has, done so. Mr. Jardlne
did talk of retiring last fall, but I have
heard nothing of it el nee then, and he now
ha In no resignation before the board. The
governors will meet Monday evening and
will probably All the vacancy caused by the
withdrawal of Mr. Fry and may act on Mr.
Wllhelm' request."
"No, Indeed," said Mr. Wllhelm in regard
to his resignation, "there Is no trouble
among the board of governors. We have
been working In the. greatest harmony.
I did not know., thatn Mr. Fry intended
to resign until I saw jit In the papers.
The reason for my own request to the
governors 1 that I feel I cannot give the
time and attention to -the knights that I
would l'ke to do. I have been a member
of the board for three years and would
not be able to go through the work this
year that I did last year. The reason
for my action at this time Is that this Is
the proper time to leave the board if one
Intends to do so. The season has not
begun yet, but to resign later In the
year when the work la well under way
would not be fair to the other members
of the board."
WARRANTS WAIT FOR SOME ONE
Cooaty Aodltor and Connty Treasurer
Are Anxious to Clear I'p
the Records,
A wrong Impression has been given cir
culation with regard to the steps being
taken by County Auditor 8mlth to clear
up a bunch of old warrants In the county
treasurer's office. These warrants are of
the kind where a man having a claim
against Douglas county, his personal taxes
are withheld from the amount due. After
this has been done sometimes it Is a diffi
cult matter to Identify persons who claim
the balance. The county treasurer, of
course, cannot pay out money on guess
work; hence there has Accumulated in his
office a large number of theee warrants,
mostly for small amounts,
Mont of the accumulatlnn'grew up under
the administrations of Mr. Fink's predeces
sors and he has been a anxious to get
them off his hands and . off hi booka as
anyone. It Is a matter which la difficult to
handle by the treasurer, for the reason
that the people to whom the warrants are
due have not taken steps to secure them
or have overlooked them entirely.
The auditor's offlce Is anxious to get the
warrants out of the way and Into the
proper hands because In checking up de
linquent taxes they are continually bobbing
up, some two or three times, Knowing a
certain amount has been held out on some
person or corporation who had a bill
against Douglas county. The peculiar law
governing the matter seems to be at the
bottom of the condition as It exist. Treas
urer Fink has no interest whatever in it
pther than that he desires to have a way
found to clear the warrants off hla books.
BARGAINS IN REAL ESTATE
Coaaty Treasaror Flak Is Offering
. Some Cut Rates on Really
Good Property, s
County Treasurer Fink is rushing things
to clesn up the balance of the scavenger
tax aal this month. To that end his men
In that department have been selling 300 to
400 lota a day, and from now on until the
end of. the month the sale will be In
progress from In tb morning until 4 In
the afternoon.
' "Tb people do not realise," said Mr.
Fink, "that we are offering at this auction
some of the greatest real estate bargains
aver given. There Is not a day but what
there are all kinds of opportunities here to
get property at ridiculously low figures.
Br me of It Is bound to become very valuable
t no distant day. Everybody Is on an ab
solutely equal footing in this bidding, and
w do not play any favorites. One man has
Invested for himself snd other about
$75,000 to date. . H 1 a well posted man.
too. and there are others who have In
vested large sums. Wa are bound to clear
It all out thia month, so as to be ready to
advertise the new sal In April."
' Hart Gat His Chance.
Ed Hart a husky young fellow who lives
on the east side, became involved In a
quarrel with the bartender at the White
Front saloon on Farnam street over the
amount of change be should have received
aXur paying fur a glaae el whisky. Xh
nuarr! rhanrrd Into a fleht In which Hart
got the worst of it all around. He re
ceived a couple of cuts on the hesd. that
were dressed by Police Surgeon .Kennedy,
snd was locked up on a charge ot being
drunk.
HOLD DECISION OVER A DAY
Jadges Listen to Argument on Jary
Motion Presented by Inter
ested Attoraeya.
Decision has been reserved until Friday
morning on the motion of Attorneys
Weaver and Oilier to quash the Jury list
for 1906.
All of Thursday morning was taken up
by the four law Judges In listening to ar
guments of counsel for and against the
motion. Messrs. Weaver, Oilier. Pattella
and Dunn were heard In favor of the mo
tion to quash. Judge Holmes and County
Attorney Slahaugh argued against the mo
tion. Both slds presented numerous au
thorities In support of their Ideas, espe
cially so in the argument against the va
lidity of the Jury.
At t o'clock Judge Day took his seat on
the criminal bench and announced to the
county attorney and all concerned that he
was ready to proceed In any case In which
the motion to quaih would be waived. In
his court room Judge Estelle proceeded
with the Bemls damage esse, as there was
no disposition among the attorneys engaged
to raise any question against the Jury.
Whatever the decision may be. the Judges
had evidently agreed that, since the county
Is under a heavy expense for the Jurymen,
they will proceed with sny cases In which
the same point Is not raised as was sprung
in Judge Kennedy's court.
SLACK RATES ON NUT COAL
Railroads Will Contlnne? Present Con
ditions Indefinitely and Omaha
Will Benefit.
It Is announced by railroad freight men
that tha application of slack coal rates on
nut coal from Iowa and Kansas mines
will continue for a while at least. Just
how long these rates will oetaln Is a ques
tion that the local officials are not at
present In a position to answer. Amend
ments were recently Issued to the Febru
ary tariffs restoring the nut coal rates to
the old basis, but the amendments were
soon rescinded, which leaves nut and slack
rates still on the same carrying basis. Un
til the situation changes lack and nut
will be hauled to Omaha and other points
In this territory for the same rate, while
lump will be on the basis It was before
the change In February. The amount In
volved Is 25 cents per ton on the freight to
Omaha from the Cherokee district on the
Missouri Pacific and a number of other
coal points In the same territory.
For Violating Postal Law.
Arthur A. Hoffman, -employed by a local
ding company, was arrested Thursday aft
ernoon by Deputy United States Marshal
Homan on the charge of causing to be
mailed In the United States postofflce at
Omaha certain printed notices giving In
formation where and how certain lewd
and lascivious pictures can be obtained.
One of the notices was addressed to a party
at Crawfordsvllle, Ind. Hoffman was not
readv for arraignment and was bound over
by United States Commissioner Anderson
in the sum of $600 for his appearance at 2
o'clock this afternoon.
Mortality Statistics.
The following births and deaths have been
reported to the Board of Health during
the twenty-four hours ending at noon
Thursday:
Births John Rlesohel, 1813 William, boy;
O. Feterman, 151!9 North Twentieth, boy;
John Donahue, 1102 South Thirteenth, girl;
George H. Berry, 8413 Burt, boy; William
Obllnger, 2618 Seward, girl.
Deaths Mathlas Pfeffer, 8708 8outh Thir
teenth, 1; Mrs. Irene Foran, 6119 North
Thirty-second. 18; Lulu C. Reed, 150 North
Eelghteenth, 33; Dr. Alexander White, 1524
Dodge, 38. "
Took Coal from Car,
That Joseph Krlgler and Albert Hallberg
were coerced Into -carrying coal away from
a car by the officer who arrested them was
the contention of Judge Haskell, attorney
for Krlgler, in police court Thursday. It
did not stick and Krlgler and Hallberg were
both found guilty of daylight breaking and
entering. Sentence was suspended for Hall
berg because he Is only 16 years of age and
for Krlgler because he has seven children
to support. The coal was taken March 20
from a car on the Burlington track at
Gibson.
Poplar Grove's New Hall.
Poplar Grove No. 61, of the Woodmen
circle, dedicated their new hall last even
ing. A moBt enjoyable program was ren
dered by members of PoDlar Grove. There
were about thirty guests from across the
river and U. S. Camp No. 229, Woodmen
of the World was also entertained. iThe
new hall is located at 106 South Four
teenth street, and has been entirely re
modeled to suit the tastes of the Poplar
Grove.
Husband Will Be Heard.
On April 1. Judge Sutton will grant a
hearing to Henry E. Armstrong on his
wife's petition for an injunction against
selling or disposing of certain property,
pending decision of a divorce ault. A tem
porary restraining order Is made In the
matter to prevent the husband from
mortgaging or encumbering the furniture
in the European hotel at 414 North Twenty
sixth street. South Omaha.
Motion Argned Before Manger.
A motion to remand back to the state
courts, In the $6,000 damage case of Lena
Connelley and Henry Murphy, as admin
istrators of the estate of 11. D. Connelley,
deceased, against the Union Pacific Rail
way and Northwestern Railway companies,
waa argued before Judge Munger In the
United States circuit court Thursday morn
ing. Judge Munger has taken the case
under advisement.
McKlnney Merely Drank.
Frank McKlnney rushed Into the police
station at 2 o'clock Wednesday night and
said that he had been robbed ana beaten
by a negro on the walk In front of 409
North Fourteenth street. The officers In
vestigated and in a talk with two women
who had been walking with McKlnney,
learned that the story waa the product of
the man'a Imagination. He wa locked up
on the charge of being drunk.
Lecture by Chancellor Andrews,
Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews of the
University of Nebraska will lecture at the
First Congregational church tonight on the
subject, "Tha Problems of Greater Amer
ica.'' Railway Notes and Personals.
R. B. Schneider of Fremont returned
from Washington. D. C, yesterday.
W. W. Johnson, commercial agent at
Burlington headquarters, Is taking a trip
over the line.
D. O. Ives, general freight agent of the
B. A M., has gone to Bale Lake City and
other western points.
C. E. Perkins of Burlington, Ia., chair
man of the advisory board of the Burling
ton system, traveled through Omaha yes
terday on hla way home from the west.
Mr. perkina waa In hla private car.
NEWS FOR THE ARMY.
Major B. D. Slaughter, paymaster. United
States army, returned Wednesday evening
from Kansaj City, where he has been on
special duty as disbursing paymaster (or
three months past.
Major John W. Sigworth, paymaster,
United States srmy, has resumed the duly
of disbursing paymaster at Kansas City,
lellevlng Major H. D. Slaughter, temporar
ily assigned to that duty.
Bids were onened at the office of Con
structing Quartermaster Major M. Gray
Zallnvkl for miscellaneous supplies for the
work now In progress at Fort Omaha. The
binders were all Omaha parties
Tha Armour Packlna eornnanv at Booth
Omaha has been awarded the contract for
10, IM) pounds of gelatins covered hams for
use of the United Slates srmy In the Philip
pines. The contract was let through tha
office of the purchasing commissary, Cap.
tain T. B. Hacker, United Siatea army.
The hams are now being packed for the
purpose and will be ahlpped In a few days.
Adjutant Little of the Thirtieth Infantry
ha completed hla task of passing over the
route between Forts Crook and Des Moines,
over which two battalions of the Thirtieth
Infantry will march in April to participate
In the annual army target practice near
Fort Des Moines. The first battalion will
start on Its march April i and will return
by rail. The march will occupy about
twelve days. The flrst camp wlll.be made
st Council muffs, the next at Weston, then
Neola. A voc a. Mania, Wlota The camps
will be about fourteen miles apart.
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