Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 18, 1885, Page 8

s A ————— e T ———————— T — e T—T " T——— APOLITICAL CANARD EXPOSED The Story Conéerning Marshal Commings' Alleged Eribe-taking Proven Fal MORRIS SULLIVAN'S SPLEEN. Clear and Convincing Testimony Heath Brought Back Pleads Guilty- 1 of Honor, 1 Lovejoy glon of I uth of the rep and ques tioned about th pub lished in & morni iporary to the effect that he had ved money for the sase of Travis in December last whote story," hie replicd emphat wa lie from beginning to ond hat man Sulli canse | deposed ptain story heen concocted van, who is mad at me him from the utterly abomr of foundation to it th thing happe Travis came over here Blufly where he had tried on a forgzed eheck. Mars! Couleil Blufls, eam or th vis did, and te loc g for him, 1 was the corner of Twelfth strects tadking with Oficer when 1 osaw a man a few feet away rushed to the him under avrest shal Skinner eame up that's Travis, the man I'm looking for The fellow was taken up to jail, and a r was ealled in to dress his wound iner, however, went vy without filing 0 compluint’ agamst Travis. The next diy no one appeared from the complaint, and I te over for Skinner to appear aguinst but he did not come. 1 conldn’t prosecute the man. He had not violated any of the laws of the cit, 1 position of ¢ wi from to secur il Green, himeelt once ordered bbing Just v Wiy, use the man if the authorities of Council Blufls did not come for him in four days, Several times ©relephoned over to” Skinn and as he J..l not show up | Gen, O'Brien that he could take Travisto the hospital, he was badly in nees nd, ing, mind you, strictly in accor with Judge Beneke's orders. Instead of taking him to the hospital, O'Brien sent him out of town. [ could not have acted diterently from what 1 did, even if I h wanted to. 1 bad held him longer than the law provided, and, of course, I could not take the responsibility of prosecuting him for s erime committed in Council Blufts. Why, the whole story is so ridic ¢ sprung it. would they want to ofier me money i @ when the judge had ol tored me to let him go if th I Blufls authorities did not appear to tile the compla t the mant” Did Gen. O Brwe come to you and hint that 1f you would release his client, you would by well paid for the trouble “No, sir, never. Lo never hinted such a thing to me in any way, s or form 'l tell you. 'I'he whol has been concocted, as 1 said bef that man Sullivan, 'He's angry at meé because 1 deposed him from the position of eaptain, Yesterday morning we hwl a few hot Lasty words his going on a night beat. I s been on the Douglas street duy beatsince Cormick was madv captain, and a8 wo were two men short, I made up my mind to change him to night duty. He came to me yesterday morning and ked me about my iutontions with re- ‘I'intend to put you on 118, 1 |'u[nliul. ‘\t’rll‘ be never beenon a regular beat we been conneeted with the and I don’t want to go on now,’ I repeated my former state- ut, und he then said, **Marshal, I can make trouble for y I'm going to turn the talk on you, see if 1 don't."” And this g atched up. wspend himy Nothing of the kind. T shall demand an investigation, and give i Sullivan a chianee to prove what ays, Then he or I will get in trouble id I'm not very anxiouson my own account, eithe GEN TEMF B Gen. O'Brien expressed himself very pointedly on the subject of the alleg bribery.” f mings n singl Travi ning is a tissuo nore, I am not n the business of going about' and dvopping money i Travis released b Benoke ordered the marshal to froe him.” WHAT JUDGE BENT Judge Beneke when ask Travis case remembered the cireumstance quite well. 'If I am not mistuken.” he it i as held here four or five and none of the Council Bluits au- ies uppeared agamst him. Marshal Cummings came to me and asked me what he should do with the man. He told me that he had telegraphed over to the Blufls but the police authoritics there to come over and appe: I th told him that i they didn't come o tend to th® prosecution, he could rele y er. Inthe afternoon of that day member vightly, Marshal Cumimings r leased the man. No, 1 do not think tl the marshal conld be induced to take a bribe. I have known him for a long time and be has always uppeared to be ai hon est, reiiable ) X CAPT. 5L IVAN WON'T TALK. When appronched this morning with regard to |5u> truth of the statement he is alloged to have made, ex.C ised to talk, “1 haye nothing to say now about this matter,” ho lied 1o the reporter’s leading interrog statements 1 may m'nprr!im-(-umu ien 1 prefer say nothing. No, 1 have not seen th morning paper, and don’t know whe T was reported correctly or not. The truth is, there has been too much s the pipers about Marshal Cammings myself, and I am getting sick of it investigation take place, and I will pre anything 1 may bavoe said, The police court and jail ‘records will show up the details of the case.” “But jhose records won't show whether ) (‘ummiulgu actually took vis'release,” suggze or, hoping to draw out th bout the apt. Sullivan eaptain. ut Mr. Sullivan refused to talk any heg exeept to reiterate that he would talk when the proper time cg It will be seent from th eontained in the above those who were most intim ed with the eiretmstances case scout o ararslinl Cuiiimings re tent for the relewse of the man. up the testimony in a few wonds, B d i quest of Mar Blufis, for a ) committed in gnlcuy. and as no one uppeared to pre- prossions hs that v churges against him he wis reloased, i nccordance with the instructions of Julge Beneke, after being held i custody a proper length of thue. Hot Words. At roll-eall st evening Mavshal Cam mings and the ex-captain et in the police dount Foom, “sullivan,” began the marshal, in Brwly hupressive tones, 1 think it was | ha | not believe it _at | would then be bound to mvest mighty mean of you to start that damna- ble story on me, which you know is false, witer all 1 have done for yous You are a low-lived — Lrimly d you're w d— liat that I've ever said anything if you say about you or any other man that is not true Youl el Ma \ n's acted like a snake," con hal Cummings, hardly not rejoinder Last n s as you parted with m 1 Wl to sce lice foree in g 1o m Ly« miserable lying me retorted Sullivan, | turned to jar Tl suspocted that there w hing dark on my record. 1 told the United Statea maral what 1 was wanted for. This he did and when he came back and told me 1 went nd gaye my P . Iwas ik in juil then for about two weeks until the deputy started for Omaba with me Heatli's pecalations run up into the harged, s carried e until he st v letter 2 500 when the postmaster was sued for th amount and in turn accused his assistant of its theft Heath was arraigned before Judge Dundy at 11 ¢ i mo and 1 t 1t, after T 1s and it is ¢ Wi containing recovers € vhich he wa LOVEJOY PLEADS GUILTY The Embezzling Recelver Owns Up on One Count. ¥ ve itand yon kr ply, “delive You' miscrabl ), you ) 1 to the cor yourself Vhy, all the time T was_doin, on you were working ig and tryine to do me up. 1 ean of 600 ¢i nswho have com #nid, ‘You ought to drop that man Sulli van, he's schoming azainst yon.' I did the tine, but [sec it ul hont your diseiplining Wiy, if I had followed nd done s you wan s wouldn't have bee foree to-dny ble would have suit your will (pointing ~ to you suid, he was in the drank! 1 looked the nd he was a faithful, « and T didn't diseha him That's the way you acted abont every policeman again<t whom you have agridge. And 1 want to say that Tam on prove every word n me.”? ALl right, rephied Sullivan, if you san make it hot for me, go whead and do ith warin en r you 1o de man T bounced A man Donovs chiarg habit of matter up ticient ofli t Marshal Cumming: nonneed last evening that he would suspead Captain Sullivin from the foree this morning. He stated that his reasons for so doing were that he could thus prefer charges gainst Sullivan, and the city council te them. He Fonnd Her. a colored detectiv eame to Omaha rarch of his runaws whom he believed to hy entered upon a life of shame in this ety He carried letters of introduction from well known people in Kansas City to the police here, and made application for assistance in his scarch, King tinally found the mis- sing woman last evening working in a Dougla cet restaurant, which, the po- lice sy, is only used as a blind 1o co I nature of the business transact i of prostitution. W! ranspired between the two is unknown, ut later Mrs, King entered a complaint against her husband for i shoot Lier, and he was placed under ar- rest. Alleged Breach of Contract. The trouble about the Buckingham the- ater propert w0t yot ended, it scems. Some fow days ago Mr. A, D. Jones, th owner of these lots on the southeast col nor of Twelfth and Dodge s made ngements through his agent, Edwin s, to sell the property to 1. Brown and John Merritt for the gum of $15,000. The negotiations had progressed so that the intending purchases had tn moncy ready for the tivst payment, when Mr. Jones concluded not to sell. The ne- gotiations were then broken off! own and Merritt determined Jones for breach of contract, but have concluded not to do so. r. Davis, however, ys he will sue My for the commission he would ceived upon the transfer of the propert which sum amounts to §100. Concluded to Flee, Ben Hart, who gave hiwself up in lattsmouth while drunk and besought his friends to secure his imprisonment as a deserter from the regular army, so that he could keep away from liquor, appears to have resolved upon the reconsider: tion of the subject when he became fully sober. Tuesday he was taken out and put to work by ‘the cit sawing wood for the council c! He was provided with a saw for the purpose, and when night appeared Ben and the saw were both gone. There is no oue in Plattsmouth who eares to pursue him,and the case will be dropped. from several ots, Pricon rraigned. R. L. Powell, the Florence shootist, was brought into court yesterday and pleaded not guilty to the charge of mur- n the fivst d He was taken < to jail. oll, who shot Tom MeClainey and missed killing him, “plead and was reledsed on $1,600 Broke His Arm. gz at the | Cowin A. G, Absher, a carpenter, 1 corner of South Twentieth and Vinton streets, while going home Wednes- day night, slipped on the icy walk of Scventeenth strect near the nail works and in falling broke and aislocated his right arm. Dr. Pea- body was called in attendance, ‘The Abortion Case. Yesterday the girl Lillie Hayes, who is the victim of the abortion caso already alluded toin these columns, was reported i ously ill und not liable to re- CALLED BACK, Heath, the Kearney Postal Embezzler, Broughe in Yesterday. Erwin B, assistant postmaster at Ko rd yesterday morning in of Deputy United States M Donovian, of Arizona. ho twain breakfasted at the Millard, and then walked to the county jail where Heath was inear- cerated. A reporter called upon him at the jail, and Heath, without tho least hesitancy, told his story. ainst me is that of tters in is not it. 1 custody postoflice, but thero wst foundation of truth in that suspivion ag grew ot tha drank, spent” my money vt and had & good time gen- erally. Now, te£how you that when 1 left " Kearney I no i n fear of law, [} i pick you e’ Tt was on the | 4 uny of August inst i simred, | went first to Plum Creek and there took the train for Omaha, reaching here the evening of the yth, Istwd here two days and then went to Kansas City where I spent two weeks. From there I went to W the conr | Ctea Albuquerque, N. M., where I fooled away y wore, untill I got & job from a ranchman and went with b \ wneisco oW e ™ P el _am g0 1 ,] ot sick Y > for medical Great- fugt, Thoro i with o fellow and oMed oont hiy store for meveral days. e day 1 shav: o him a gold ving T we with my full yamg engraved on the in- sido Of g ad. The fellow wokod surpriged me that the Uniteri States “wuthorities wanted # man of iy nwe, - Up to that thwe I had never since. Abou and went to Pt The United States district menced yesterday morning Howard 8. Lovejoy, th .‘ ¢ money entered a plea of not nd Hall were t the jury hud been dr: testimony was about te joy suddenly ¢ ha tered a plea of not denositing connt of court com the trial of embe at Niobra wilty and M lefend him wn, and the ta be begun, Love red s mind and hilty to “embezzlin, Fhercupon the the indictment was dism ver of pu se is one with wi ka public was thoroug the 1884 fall States court, when bondsmen were held amount of his defa was appointed receiver at Niobrara in 1881 by buat for come reason he v until th pring of a dissipated man i bad when he ente hs ofliee. in his trust were too much for him, and it is said that he was frequently seen roll ing about the streets of the town, drunk, and with tens of thonsands of dollars on his person. At last afiuirs came to a crisis and he was compelled fo fly in fear of the consequences of his purloined funds, This was along in the early summer of '83, and for many months nothing was heard from him. Meanwhile the government his securities and recoved its losses, spring the discovery was made that Love joy had located in Chigago, and there he wis eaptured in a free lunch saloon where with other whisky wrecks he made his headquarters. He was brought here and placed in the county jail, where he has since remuined. His continement has proved of vast benefit to him. Kept from iquor he has largely conquered his B sion and has much “improved in appe: ance. He is an intelligent man and being very docile he has been given the Keeping of the jail books as some slight means of oc cupation, and this he has done most satis factorily. VETERAN OFPVICERS, the N¢ y aequainted sion of the United Lovejoy's official for 12, wions., Le the land _oflic lent Hayes, instailed the follow who had lly went to th he funds I’ 18 not Formation of the Legion of Honor and Installation of Officers. The establishment of a commandery of the Legion of Honor in thiscity made yes- terday one of particularly pleasurable in- number of gentlemen in ton hotel presented all day ascene of lively activity, The rotund. was full of gentlemen each ar- rviving train from th and west hrought in fresh in Head- qui vere posted in - room No. 1 on the parlor floor, and there Major Brown, the recorder, supervised the roll making and constituted himself a most excellent distributing point of information. Mean- the following gentlemen on corm- of management and reception were busy greetine : Gen, Frederick, Lieut Dudley, Gen. S. Breek, Capt. C. E. Squircs, Maj. I, Lud- ington At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the secret session began in which the Omaha com- mandery was formed and brought into the legion. al Arthur C. Du inted, as the representa- Hancock, the commander in_chief of the Legion, and the following ro installed Col. James W. Savage. Senior Vice-Commander—Capt. W, J. Broatch. Junior Viee-Commander—Byt. Gen, Am Cobb Recorder—Major J. Morris Brown, Registrar—Capt. W, 1L Tjums, Treasure 9 . Willimm Wallace. ancellor—Cupt. F. E. Moor i . S, Dudley, C: OFlL s ., Capt. Chuyeh Howe, 1 1, Capt. G. M. Huniphre iz is the complete enroll- ment of the commandery: Gen. Brig. Gen. Samucl 2 n. MeBride, ' Major L 'Wilson, Capt. Willian J. ien. Dandy, Pred- Wul Col. o, m R. Bowen, v Joseph 1, Peabody, Col. R. H. Major Horace Ludington, Lieut. Lient. Charles H. Townsend, on the night of the 11th, i which Messrs 11, Shelby Stebbins and \posed W danger. The ning tha officials was on | epecial car | the train and '!“‘ the rear uob leave wae in the and went down with the wreck turned topsy turvy until larded trucks | up, but fortunately without injury to any | one. One man in the day co: who tempted to jump out of a window under the car wnd w tantly K | Beyond a few cuts uises received by keveral of the pas ars this was the alty that attended the wreck ROYAL ARCH MASONS. Annual M Oficers The annual ¢ vogular sleeper, however, His car Their ting Concluded Elected. nvention of the Grand Chapter of N gal Arch Masons was Y « erday Ma © hall, corner of Sixte h street and A large amount of b nature was transacted nd in the aft ection of officers was d s follows Pric Jolin in | e Ca n tol avenue «s of a secret during the the annual which resul Grand High Moor Grand [<land Grand High Priest—1. T morning, held, D Ben jamin Grand King: Grand Seribe mont Grand Sutton Grand Omaha Grand Hebron irand Lecturer Enoch B Carter, Omaha Lucius D, Richards, T'reasurer—John Dinsm R Van Seeretary—Wm Chaplain-P. 1 dwin R. Richardson, Crete Grand Captain Imes, Tecumseh incipal Sojourner ost—Chy mk H Captain—Benjamin Charles B Ross Gam- Veil-Albert W, | L. Miller, Red Norfolk. J. Third Veil an, Columbus ud Master Second Veil ble, Kearne: srand Master Firsy Crites, Plattsmouth e he William Stillr Sentinel Mount . Late in the afternoon the meeting ad i;uu'nl‘\l_ to meet next year at Omaha vearly all the visiting members left Just evening for their homes. KEMPLE, THE BUZZARD. The Pope, the Vice-President and a Deputy all in One. A hatehet-faced, lantern-jawed individ- ual, with a little tuft of dyed hair on his lower lip, invaded the United States marshal's office yesterday. “1 am Leonard Kemple, the Buz zard,” he announced as he ealmly strode behind the railing where the marshal and a crowd of deputies talking. *1 Bowen, Fieet, | 1IE OMAHA DAILY BEE, FRIDAY DECEMBER 18, 1835, H | { would prove a am from Stewart, and if I ain't the best depnty marshal and the slickest detective in Nebraska then 1 want to re sign from living With this he tossed his grip sack into & corner, thrust both ands in his pockets, spread s le { cod oftily about th than that, I am pope and my headguarters ington. 1 just o he produced o Western Union blank upon which some one had written in Jead pencil, “Mr. Buzzard. Go to Washington and pope. Signed, Leo.” “And that's what 1 am doing as fast as I can. 1 know I shall be pope or fill Hendricks' vacancy, Now this concern here owes e two as deputy marshal the money pretty the nman he grew annc nial that the sinddenly.” this dec nd replied to ment owed him an, thing by storming about the room jos! ling everyone and insisting upon_having his claim. At last one of the depu save hiv ip of paper upon whicl written, bearer what the govern- ment owes him.” He was instructed to take this note and make collection upon at ever, o in the city, This met his fancy and taking the order and his bag- gage hastened out, Thi a1y explain to many merchants how happened to be “bothered by the wions of a crank who demanded moncys which were his dues. “Old Buzzard" came in on the 1 train yesterday and raised such s turbance that ‘the train men threatened to cject him. “1'd like to eee you put Old Buzzard | off,” yelled that indi n‘m\l. “Why, I'd | stop the old train and make you all wi I'm United States marshaland the biggest | detectivein the state. Stand back, slaves, and keep your train a humping till you get to Omaha,” Aud so the train men desisted and the “Iynx-eyed detect've’ remained on bourd | until ke reached his destination, 1coln A Word to Ice-Packers, Editor of the Bre: The Missouri again covered with its old-style winter sheet, and Mr. Frost is doing his best to- wards mak ng that erystaline rinent 4§ strong as possible, That the enterprising is Manchester, Licut, John 8. Licut. William F. Beehel, Capt Moores, Captain William H. 1j; C. l\l.’hrn-fll‘ eut.-Commande B. Rumsey, Cupt. Ch % Licut. Sin Josselyn, Capt [ it. Dudley, ' Capt G 3 Gen. Cobb, Licut Palmer, Major D Capt. ll\unlrhn-\' Gen. Morrow, Ewi ) Howe, Major el, Gen. Livingston, ien. Montgomery, Major ' r Pierce, Lieat. [Tarwood, McCiay, Lieut. Thomas, 1 It Major ilall, Licut. Be n. Carlin, Dr. Wercer, Burrel). Capt & mt from oil Squires, John J. France, 30 Cla Capt rinm, ar « Licut it The guests pre munderi Gen. Arthur C and Capt. Adams, Hlinois cammandery; Col. Chirles King, Wisconsin commanil’ eryi Gen, 8. P. Joimison, Cupt. A, Case o oot aarr o S 1 Charles 8. Kettleson and Capt Braden, Minnesota command Howard and Major Ellis, Missouri com- mandery; Lieut. E. St. John Greble, New York c Tt is und banquet was given at the Paxton last evening. Railroad Notes and Personals. C W. traveling passenger agent of the Kankakee line is in the city J. Van Dusen, northwestern passenger agent for the Pan Hundle at Chicago, is in the eity. General F & M, ght Agent Miller, of the R returned yesteraay 1rom Avebds Bradford, formerly a condactor of the Union Pacitie, and now in the em- the Northern Pagific tn a similar Ly, visiting friends ently Union Pacitic nt at Lost k, has been transferred . Paul, Minn, Berry ursion party passed through for "San Francisco last night in two emigrant sleepers. A. M. Lederle hus been appointed to succced Mr. Parkhurst, engineer on the new Union Paelfic bridge,” who was in- ice men have already been seen to venture out thercon to stake out their elaims, and they are getting quite popular with the laboring people just now, who are trying to get solid for a job. v ull of a certain elass of luborers are out of employment now, and as work an agreement made among all the men who intend to work on the ico not to go to work for less than the above mentioned wages. As but few are working these yvs, no valuable time would be thrown ting at some place on the riv k, to take the matter under con- gide , and come to a conclusion. Yours very truly, AN OLp ICE PACKER. aw 60 to 75 per cent loaned on improved roperty. See ad isement of Mr. Komedys, of Now York City, 6th page, 1st colummn. The Salt Lake Situation. One of the officers on Gen. Howard’s uT'reecived a letter yesterday from a mi man stationed in Salt Lake City, which conveys information that while af fairs in Salt Lake Cityare still qu is really n great suppressed excitement Thewriter says the Mormons are ready to spring to arms at nt tice, and are gathered toge very short time, by the peculinr s of signs used by their leaders, whenever there is any excitement in the br 1t is his opinion that the erisis is not passod yet, action of the authoritics in the troops there was a wise A Regl Estate Muddle. James E. ley and H. J. Davenport commenced suit in the district court Wed nesduy against Morse & Branner, the real estate men, to sceure the payment of $2,500. According to the petition fi a non-resident property owner placed @ n city lotgin the hands of Gurley & ne, to” be "sold by them at a given . He also plaged the property in the nds of Morse & Brunne The plain- allege that they bought this property tify ) yluuh-, the first of Gurley & Doane, and hias not been so very plenty this last year, most of them are without means to carry | them through the winter, This, of cours the rce men know well, and, as the jority of them were not any morve liberal | with wages 1 ar than they were | forced to be, it seems natural to presume | that they will t svery advan of the poor laboring men's veduced cireum- stances this winter, and put the seale of wages even lower than ever. The con- uence will b none D lly those with fawilies, can | anything aside from their ¢ ings, and thus when the harvest is o will be just as empty-handed as hefore jt started. " Then what will we live on the rest of the wintery On hope, I suppose, for what? For betlor times next sum- mer, and that ice will be cheep beeause it wis stored up eh That kind of diet may look quite palateable, but I for my part \\uulnllllrvar somethdng a little o substantial.” And look here, fellow lubo ers! I think we ought to have a httle b to say in this ice businesd, [ am sureit is | our own fault if we don't, If we all stick | together and make the dee men under- stand that we will not werk for less than $1.75 per day eant sce how they will manhge to out of oymg it even if they should fry 0 sturye us OUl. 5 guess we et stand the sie 15 long as they can know experience that 5 handicr to get ice round anaut New Yo than later on in in@ year. [ suppose @ome think that $1.75 per days rather high wages in Whiter. They would not thik s0 though if they just tried to pack fow day s, working terrible hardand being wet all over with sweat and slush all the time: 1think they would call it just if the ice consumer hul to pay a centor two more for a hundred pounds of ice and the taborers got the benetit of it, thus enabling them to earn & little more than fured a fow nights sinee Wlile coasting on Dodge street. My, Parkhurst's L ko leg is fast mending and he w ill be abroad in & short time. Mr. Froderick cifie mining engi in the ity Wednesday wasen the Utah & Northe ?, Chissolm, Union Pa rat Denver, wevived t. My, Chissolm o train wreeked fust from hand to wouth while the work 18 going on. 1 ImHu- that the majority of the liberal-mindec fault with us, when we try o ge sonable compensation for our ha chilly work 1 should like to s ~nm5-l«n|\ sowething concerning this subj el Y | matrons of the W. C people will fud” no | and | tate flem nlu- rty of the (!\% Mor: y had also sold the property to another ‘purchaser, and for . lurger pric 1 thus induced the original owner to retenet his contract with the plaintits. The latter elaim that » & Brunner have never sold the suid property, and that their action is simply for ihe purpose of for plaintifts to purchase the land of (Morse & Brunne nd thus s mage. They, therefore ainst the defendants for the v payment there the re Torming the ow ol | prived, # A Correction. Eprron Darey Bee: The statement that employment had been found for 70 girls by the matron of the Buckingham Lunch Rooms, and about as many more by the T. U, 15th street rooms, was omitted in the report of the work done at the Buckinglmm, which ap- peared in last cvening's BEE MEDICAL. DOCTOR McMENAMY PIOFRIETOR OF TIL Omaha Medica} and 5 Surgical DRITSTITVTE, CORNER 18tu 8T, AND CAPITOL AV rapaATe ALL Chroniec and Surgical Diseases. 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MAX MEYER & BRO DIAMONDS, PEARLS, AND OTHER PRECIOUS JEWELS IN OMAHAL An tuspection by connofsscuts or others contemplating puicha that they can save from 10 to besides having by far the larg Our direet imporfations of GLASSES, Ete., a GOODS ceed th mbined stock: Our stock of WATCH 1his elty In point of elegance and vaiety 5 per cent. by RENCH CLOCKS, F rom PAR all other Omaha Jewelers, , JEWELRY, SILVE and all at will convines thew making their pur from Importars ock in th NZIES, MUSIC BOXES, OPERA VIENNA, and other leading markets, ox WARE, Ete,, stands without a xival in ALL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES. Be inspecting out stock before purchasing. An Early Inspection Invited. Mall and Tel hie Orders Will ieceive Prompt sute to consult your intevest by Attention MAX MEYER & BRO,, C Saratoga Chips. SArATOGA, Dece, 17.~The t meeting of the ogn Lite buting kocicty was held in the house last evening. This socicty, in the twenticth year of its existc hus o world-wide reputation, and its decisions on important toy fously mwaited by an expeetant pubiic After a short and somewhat ener T literary programme was listened fo, subject of governmental ownership control of railronds debated in a pir jted and scholarly manner. After dne deliberation the judges decided thut the government should not own and control the railroads of the Unitod Stutes “The question for next Wednes ning is, Resolved, That the dead be eremated. I would remark i ele that though the discussion w £rave is re involved. sehool The Omuha Fair. S ary Wheeler, of the Fair as tion, said to a reporter for the BEE yes terday that o committee of prominent citizens had been appointed to inspeet the books and accounts of the association and to recommend a time for holding the fair next year. This committee will meet next week, and their report will be acted upon at the annual session of the &toc k holders and directors in January. of the opinion,” said Mr. Wheeler, our fair next year will be held in conne tion with those of St Joe, Kunsas City and Marysville, on some sort of & clrenit arrungement,” cii The Calhoun Fair. A fair and festival for the benefit of hn's church began st Callioun shington county, Wednesday, and will To neconmodiate ple who o of St W close Saturday night. a large number of Omaha pe have purcha tickets the nxeming the fair have arranged for an exeursion to run from Omaha o Calhioun Saturday evenin, The train will leawve the Omuhia depot 4t 780 and retirn nbout n: duight avy and De- | es of the times are unx- | or. 11th and Farnam Sts., Omalha, Neb hudours, sod their season ‘om, Dick and The house was not large and not strikingly meri- torious shury is always clover and took the lead in " fun making. The <5 of liberty dress, eut pring fraine, with 1lizabethin ruche an wide slit up the skirt which exposes the Lady's lower bones from the heol up to the hip joint, ought to be suppressed. The fals The Tro 1o phospinte po vders. onty in onis Hoyal Haklug Powder 00 | Wallalevet N F