Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 6, 1886, Page 2

I, T T e e T Ay { BURNED BEFORE CONPLETED The Now Barker Building Completely De- sttoyed by Fire Last Night. DAMAGE TO OTHER BUILDINGS the Davis and Ofices—The Notes Falling Walls Crush Ames Real Estate Loss and Insurance and Incidents The Barker Block Barn The most disastrous tire that has oc: ourred in Omaha for several years broke out in the new Barker buildi ng, just nearing completion, the corns of Iifteenth and Farnam streets at 730 o'clock lust even ing. At that lhour Mr. Frank Moores, the Wabash agent, who was sit ting in his office just across tie street, noticed a blaze m tho second story of the building and hurried to his telenhone to notify the fire depurtinent. At the same time, the patrol wagon was returning from u eall and the driver, Trim ble, in passing the building noticed the blaze and sct up of “fire,” which ard at the 1 by Jailor rt who promptly turned in at the corner of Six- m, T'he alarm from the and Mr. Moore’s telephone call hed the fire department most the George alarm from box 6 teenth and Farn box e instant. A general a wias sounded ealling 1l of the hose companies to do service at the f ‘This work oc cupied but a very few seconds but before the fivemen could reach the seene the building was all ablaze, the wood work of the interior burning like tinder, and sending flames nto the s The fir in a few seconds. compruics were on the ground Chief Galliy at their head and reah danger of the s on an im- mediate arrangement by which every member of the dopartment could be nsei to the w best advantage. Lines of hose laid from the hydrants at the cor- ner of Sixtecnth and Farnam, Fifteenth and Farnam, Fifteenth and Huarney, and Fifteenth ana Dougla nd in less than five minutes after the tivst tap of the fire bell was sounded, four streams of water were playing on the flames and o fifth was® adied later, The work of the firemen was apparently without effeet for some time. The peculiar con- struction of the buildings made it almost impossible to et a strewm of water upon the heart of The flames. The entirein- terior of the structure was one net work itions newly built, which on condition of the roof ingair in abundance, ame pi ceount of the opel nd windows adn burned hike tinder and spread the firc over the whole ~structur The firemen had no means of getting ne- cessto the flames, Every window and doorway was belching forth volumes of fire and smoke, making it necessavy to do (il all of the fig building WUINESSING THE CONFIAGRATION. ‘I'he flames inereased in volume with startling rapidity had no ad- vantage in this re; people who witng tap of the bell was the rush to th ene of The streets ut the time were All‘l']l ks from the S5 ng from the outside of the v the crowds of first them, "he the conflagi linéd with stores that just at obse closing hours we libert hundreds — of theater-goers were heading for the house, and the grea mas of people who throng the streets duri evening w 11 on hand forward to the f minutes after the 'm of five rnan street from Fourteenth to Sixteenth and Fifteenth from Douglas to Harney were packed with speetators to such an ex- tent that progress along th reets wWas accomplished, even | nen .unl olicemen, with the zreatesy Jen women and childven crowide near to the burning block as the he would allow and contested for s trom which the work of ould be observed to an_ad- Merehants’ hotel the Wa- ce and other window posi- observation especinlly gought for, while on the outside venturd some boys'even climbed upon telegraph 10 watch the progress of the flam The erowd was an unusually orderly one, most of the people standing with breath and open mouths, only spes i the eurly when the threatened of 4 v some espeenally startiing incident out n _cry or 1 stood silent and spe razed, ns many of them had ¢ sefore gazed “upon the spe sented by the biurnmg of th teal hotel, To the latter, the catastrophe was present in mind in its frightfulne Then, it w huild towering high above everything els around, with tinmes leaning tow heavens wiih demonineal fury, beyond the power of u fow impatient mortals with miserable npparatus o con- trol. Last night it was abuilding equ high, incapable of being reached * save from the stroams, but yet slowly consumed with flames whicit seemed fanned with the blast of hell, The comparison, too, might be extended, when the danger in which the i men worked was considered. The fier ness of the flames on the ground floor had estopved them from yenturing beyond the lower entrance and consequently the memorable loss of life which sig er horror, could not have memorable within the scething farnace But, come with toppling walls, ny moment nught sway froni - perpe r, 50 loneand anchor- thoy seemed, and descending to the earth bury bencath them the gullant fel :gulv. who'were engaged i the unequal ight, “I'he spectacle presented by the five with the building was one to be ‘remembored, The intevior was filled with combustible T al. This the flames enshrouded volume and embraced with a ness abnost beyond comprohension. food they fod upon was 1 from i nd - the m was how so robust mons conld suryive upon hidden support “I'hey darvted nerther to the vight or left, but straightway shot to the heavens, in vyramids and fantastic shapes which rose highabove the fnted structure, From the vasious openings on both sides the poured in torrents, but at had ely passed the entraces, before it :lx“nI\nl inomst, With it with the burning material, tho flwmes sported, and by degrees eharred tragments ot in i\ terior supports, fell in almost regular order to the ronring furnace beneath One by one the bay windows on the front and sides, sucenmbed. Finslly the flames enclosed the pagoda-ike orna moent which stooa on the sumwit of the corner, aml it too, like a Gowing balloon, doseonded 1o the ground 3 these mingled with ruin, the erowd, with uy; turned fuees, recogmized the loss and grooted each with a long exelamation of mingled regret and fear, which was not remoyed until it was found that the 1 boen unattended with loss cither of life or limb. — Shortly after the commencement of the five, st fuonde 1o which n of the \'u\nmr oor section of the e attached aseet Wis y sound A there was dull grating o everybod With slive, and apprehonsion the erowd heaved a sigh, knowing that a wall had started to the oarth. “And soat had. The west wall toppled with destructive foree upon the 18 Luiiding, sh.eg - the root foll with'a mufled yot dead! fow-minutes late sound, andibl | and nitterly destroying the first story of the strueture. Four minutes later another seetion of the wall fell, and soon_after, the superincumbent weight f rubbish into which the Davis builaing d been transformed, relieved itself by Jlling upon and feaving nothing but th front wall of Amcs' real estate standing. The people were then put be hind a lifie and Ko pt beyond the reaca of d mes, meanwhile, continued re- lentless in their fury, and though not visible from a distance, yet sent millions of souvenirs in glowing sparks into the heavens, The effect of these, from tance was entraacing. Th ci hither and thither in the arrents, now forming a veil of most delicate tex ure flecked with glistening geins, and -a> n massing in conntless thousands of tiny globutes,” until the eftect wae that of amornivg mist, tipped with the golden effalgence of the orh of day. Thonsands of peopie from a distance gazed upon this scene with rapture and the pleasure was destroyed only by the knowledge that the entrancing spectaclo was o duced by the destruction of property which kad originally been intended for other purposes. PROTECTING OTHER BUILDINGS, The hieat from the burning bloek was intense and soon began to atfect the ad jacent buildings. ~ After the fire had boen in progress about fifteen minutes and was at its loight, the awnings on the west side of the Paxton bunilding canght fire making it necessary to take stream from the main fire to protect this block he windows of the club room, the Orcha tore and the ofli were cracked by the h and the interior of the rooms more of less dainaged by the water used in_protecting the building. For a few rinutes it seemed thot the building would certai be destroyed, and this would doubtless have been the ease 1 the highwind of Thursday night pre- vailed When the danger was most im minent the work of removing the Orehard stock was commenced. By the effective work of the compuny detailed to protect one this building the ger was averted, though not until considerable damage had been done. The roof of th frame building oceupied by Drexel & Maul was cov- ered several times by showers of sparks and required constant watching. A fire wall prey the flames sproading to the old ek on the south of the new building. The glass in the Wabash ticket office. windows was eracked by ||u heat. A stream of wat s kept ing upon the flames from the roof of the Redick bloek which was saved from the danger by this protection TIE LOSS AND INSURANCE. The total loss to the Burker ouilding and the other structures near the fire will closely yproximate $36.000. Mr. Joseph Barker says that he has tinto the building atready $10,000. The loss on that strue : will be complete. Then the damae to the building immediately south of thie new structure is considerable. The three story Davis building, just west, coxt $10,000 and was damaged 10 the ex: tent of about half that amount. Mr. O F. Davis stated to a veporter iast night that h would probably be tully he hus $5,000 insur: A. Fowler, who ocenvies the lost about ¥1,500 worth of - furniture and miscells . He has $450 worth of insurs covere Architedt I3 third story, strument Te states that his loss eannot be mieas- ured by figures, as he has lost all his plans, D Ayres occupies with D Moures offices on the sccond story. e ) worth — of in struments, books and turniture. His insurance will cover about one-nalf of this amount. Dr. Moore was fortunate nough to resene a valuable case of in- struments. The other oceupants of the building were, for the most part, lawyers, who lost considerably. Among the vero Messes. Haller and Keller, both of vhom lost theiv libraries. The one-story Ames buildi rushed in by the falling wils of the er building, v damaged to the it of about #8 )l\ Ihis is but partially by insurance. C. B Mayne, who has his office on the first floor of the new building, lost abont_$500 worth of furniture and fixtures Most of the oflice books and fortunately w in lost about which his thy ernl clerks were in the ofl] the fire started and before they left they took the precaution to lock up the books and va ments Mr. Mayne has no insurance. ‘The insuranee on the new building the ul«l three-story —struetu Total.. . L Part of this was placed with Murph Lovett, and part of it witn R. K. Rin, walt. The insurance on the building, which was being erceted, was $14,000. As already mentioned, the loss was over $40,000 on this strueture, 50 that the in- surance will cover only one third of the e wrly all the panes in the west side of Paxton building re broken, and the loss in this way will be at the least culution $1,000. This does not in- clude the loss to the club rooms, which is about 300, which is covered by $3000 insurance in the Willinmsburg, and German-American companics of Pennsylvania, In addition to these losess Fruehauf's book ste Barker water, $1,000. An old insurance man who was on the ground lnst night and took in the situa- on the first floor of the old block was slightly dunged by Loss probably not over $500 or tion pretty thoronghly, made the follow- ing estimate of tne los: uding damage to buildings, farniture every description: New Barker building Old Barker block and property of ) building and contents R R Paxton building. Omaha clut property. “Felophons company niat Orehard Miscallaneous. ... (wlu ul. \\AI ver rious los over 25,002 of this total is covered by insuranee. ORIGIN O The origin of the fi is a matter of a mystery. The flames weve first noticed i entral part of the soconl story of t w portion of the block, and sproad b the building ion that some 1, on leaving the build- look dropped n cigar stub iu s, Phen there is a possibility that some ewbers of a five used by the unners or cornice workers might b caused the conflagration. Lhor to be no reason a belief that was the work of an incendiary THE FIRE OU) AtS8 o'clock the fircmen had gained seme control over the tluwes: ¥o wueh so that there was no further danger of the fire connecting yvith the other buildings The work after that time wa ] ) thit o i ker bl the wtantly thro tis of the of one of the workn tng at 6 o' the shiavi apponrs 1‘: fire to b At 9 o'clock rains were bluek but stili smocking, vie company stood guard over them consumed. until nearly daylignt, to be case of unothor break out. AND INCIDENTS. L thousand on hand in peonle witnussed the fire. ko performance at boyd's opera house was deluyed over half an hour, o8, but ain’t it a dajsy,” murmu one small boy as he gazed on the fire. here 1& not a perfect window on the Athtroot sido of the Paston. build- ft flowed in A as far as he water from the fire stream down Farnam street I'welfth, Chris. Specht expects to lose abont £3,000 on the cormee work of the de- stroyed building The oftices on the top floor of the Pax. | ton building sustained no damage beyond | aslight wetting For the first time jn & number of v in the eity, the old-style aunoyance, hose burst, was twice experienced The fire Tast night was the most de structive since the memorable distillery and packing honse conflagrations. The telephone wires were greatly in the vy of the firemen, and a number of s them had to be cat i the rush of the mo- went Last night the fire 1 not been sub- ducd before the telephone and telegraph companies undertook to repair t lines. A number of the bachelor occupants of Redick’s block skipped ont with all their movables, and left their furmtuee behind them he members of Salsbury company in all their paint, powder and costume watehed the fite from the stage windows on the west side of the opera house. The police did effective work in keep. ing back the ecrowds. Unfortnnately ropes were notstretehed until the ve last moment, when the five was nearly over, “The telephone conipany had intended 1o occupy the top 8L of the Barker building about January 1, but of course will now be compelled’ to modify it plans, The running of strect cars past the corner of Fifteenth and Farnam was sus- pended during the progress of the fire on account —of the dense ecrovids which thronged the vicinity. The foundation for the Barker building 1 just winter, and active o, ve contined since spring. ly for oe- that the structure One insur- ves that the fire was the work of an incendiary, who must have used coal oil to accomplish his purpose. The eleetrie light and telephone wires in the vicinity of enth and Farnam ere badly dumaeed. The eloctric lamps on the circuit in that vicinity were cut out, by order of the manazers of the com pany. Many of the phone circuits were broken, Sparks by the thousands dropped upon Drexel & Maul's and thougi the firm and employes used their buckets, the honse would have been destroved f the hose from the ton hotel had not been used with exc t upon it and all the fent e intervening buildings, Fire Chief Galligan deserves the test praise for the. manner in which s his men, But for his level- headed and vapid work the surroundir buildings would undoubtedly have taken All of the firemen, in fact, worked tike beavers, and on more than one oc casion riskedd thew lives in trying to stay the progressof the flam “Inever saw abulding fire rapidly in my life,” said Fire Chief ( lizan to a reporfer after the worst s over. “Ihe companies got here within two minutes after the alarm w turned in, but we found that the whole building iz mass of flamo. from the top e basement. Against such twas impossible to s: up mor terr arles § OOMS, W \ 4 passing by the Paxton building duving.the five, when he was struck by a heavy roll of earpet thrown ! out of Orchard’s store r n the sec- ond stor, He was kne nseless to the sidewalk, and sustained a broken leg nd severe internal injuries, He was r nmoved to Cheney & Olsen’s drug stor where his wounds were attended to by Dr. Keogh. He was then taked to his home where, at an early hour this morn- eported to havi When the fire broke out George Can- i rushed to Orehard’s stor id in the ce of that gentleman impelled the 5 elerks to elear his windows of the rts, curtains and portieres there displayed. e knew would soon break the plate and thns enable the flames to ex- to inte He did the same thing in the upper wd while stund- ing at the window the pane_shot upward and narrowly escaped infuring him. oceurred, fic Table was spread for supper in the club rooms, and a number of d assembled to wke of their ming meal. One of the streams from the hose shot through the window and swept every dish from the table to the oor. B ok eseaped one of the purst- ing windows by nnarrow margin, ‘Tne m the st ading rooms dly wot, and that in the former renoy The latter will be eared for to-da About half vast 8, the club members who were present broke all the cked windows with biltiard cue: Wants Her Goods Back. In the county court yesterday Cora A. Lueas commenced an action in replevin o sceure vossession of a quantity of goods valued at §256, which she stored with Cowan & (0. some time ago, and which, she alleges, they wrongfully hold The trial of John Wilson, accused of swindled Grant Linrance by bogus cheek upon him, was 1 before Judge Neville yestor. 8, o1 the Northwestern Live Journal, Cheyenne, isin the city. - Russian Work in Buigaria, Soria, Nov. fi--General Kaulbars has de- munded the dismissal trom office of the pre- fect who expeiled in Nebalzin 8 Russin subject from the Sotin eouncil chamber. “Ihe prefect offerod to resign in order to teliove the government of ‘the ditheulty, but Kuul burs insists that he be dismissed. IT ANNOYS o ¥ EveRYBopY PROWRE " A EOTTLE OF ALLENS {unG BA(LSAM al any DRUGSTORE TAKE IT FAITH= FULLY, AND You W:LMBE + Convi: mv THAT THERE ($ Bur one Remee YFOR COUGHS & COLDS JIND THAT 15 AllenS(uNgBalsam Solo BY. AU DRUGGISTS i ar 25 50¢ n $‘ooi’er e l JN Harmss Co (SRSP Scm. Gureo THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, !w'\ WASHINGTON MATTERS, News and Gossip From the National Capital. W aAgTtx oy, Nov, b.—|Special Telogram to the Brg.]—W.J. Gannon, of Dubuque, Tn., ehl®d at the postoflice department ty-day to see Colonel Bates, chiief of the froe deliv- c ll\\\kl'r!’ state, whith to-morthw, Mr. Gan work, probably cha rhe went to vote, till Wi is hiere for political s in lowa postmaster ohin Canut, Co Fifteentlh 0nths foe- ), trom Fort Buford, pny K. lough from November Dak, | Lieatenant William F. B ant Nicholas Finn: feenth infantry, | ot Randall, Da y D. ve been ordered froni to Fort Leavenworth, s a witness before a Roby is e L rtial t H, Odfey, nanding his Lientenant — Colonel enteenth infantry ent and the | ort David A, evenne, as Colonel Alexander Chambers, who is present at the post, 1§ on the sick s Army |eaves Granted ptain Selden AL Day, Fitth artillery, Fort Hamilton, New York iiarbor, fitteen days: Captain Owen Sweet, ‘Iwenty-itth ummm. rt"Snellin Minn., First Lientenant, A s Twelth tutantry, Madison N. Y. one mont Berkely bareacks, First Lieutenant . assiftant sarg ( |np|'u|vl1n Rive seventeen days: ntenant W . lyun, Kighth ealy )] Texis, o months. from November 15 with' per: mission to ) nth extension, PUPLIC M NT SCANDAT, _ Tt has alinost come to a pass. that no bublic improvement can be made in Washington without a real o imacinary scandal at some stage of it TRo latest is the proposed e tension of Massachusetts avenue, 1 his il oghtare rans through the northern portion of the city, mostly, and traverses the entire length of the aristocratic neighborhood. [t be-ins in the southeastorn part of the city and ends away up beyond the Blaine man- sion in Cthe Cdirection of - Pretty L, the country lome of the ] nt. It falls short of this snot, however, by from two o three mile Massachisetts avenue is broad, and faee with fine residene Almost its entire length, It 15 built of asphalt. and is be popilar residence thoroughfare a favorite place to drive. Lots oututits end are worth from oneto six dollars a square foot. 1t is now proposed to open and extend this avenne about two mile ay out in the intry so near Pretiy Prospect that 1t will e the route faken for that point—wway out o creeks, pastu through corn- fis woottiands. There would 1ot be s objection to the improvenent, as it would makeahoom i the whole city lving that way, ware it not_for the fact that the land alon ity whole leneth is in the hands of real estate speeulators, and the cost of 1he exten- sion, fustead of coming from the property- T Mo iilian owners,/as would be tne ease in ail other cities, ‘would come half from the gov ernment and hall the eity treasury, e sements, as meits, ete., as in other places. The en- eral government pays for the property taken, grading, asphalting, ete. People who oppose this spaéulation will carry it to congress this winter when the petition toopen the avenue comes i, and the fight will be 1t is diseoved that the bulk of thereal estate along the proposed extension is in the hands of th syndicafo that deeded Pretty Prospect to fthe president, and if 1t could get the extension would siake 1000 per cent on the investment. There isa good deal of agitation among prop- vers throughout the city about the AL DFFICERS TO RE INVESTIGATED. An inquiry Is being made into the eharge that eertain nuval officials have been partics ling in s the speciiiations to Lo alleged years azo, There is little prospeei of Deing proven el Tn connection withthis inquiry itis not im- probable that the use of the consular and diplomatic mails will be looked into. ‘I'nese e wp at the consular and diplomatic L to the department itis jewel L for the families of the' officers and thieir friends, in some instances, have peen sent for vears through the mails! T SION BUILDING. Althouzh the pension ofl building was 'mmlp]\lwlull L4, 1835, as to be used for the inaugu n ball, it is yet in a state of incompletion and the worst sort of Only about half of the space can ped, and the tinishing touches have n given those rooms. The stairways are all improvised. The heating apparatus is not what it is intended to be. The gr court or corridor, occunying all of the eenic space and around which are located ~the oflices and where the inaugural ball was held, is plled full of butlding material and debris, ‘I'he approaches to the building are not vet made, and it is veached on the south side by climbing mud, sand, brick and Inmber 1e: It seemns that the architectire the ture will prove, too, as antieipated, a tailure, - Another Haddock Witness, ovx Crry, I, Nov. si—[Special Tele- N tothe BER. [—Another new witness to Haddoek murder, a Dane named Peter son, has been secured, and his story isin possession of the officers, Peterson is the party learned of at Norfolk, Neb,, some days since, and referred to in these dispatches, He came to Sioux City without a requisition ‘I'he tirst story réported as coming from him did rot corroborate any of the others known to the public and fixed the cerime upon. some unknown man, e wag specific in his state ments. Since being brought to this city he maodities his ements —eon- siderably, —explaining that he did not understandwany of the questions put to him by the attorney that accompanied the officers to make his arrest rom the intel est the attornoys for the defense and Arens. dorf himsell are taking in this witness, it is believed here that they hope Lo miich by his testimony, erson, Bismarek and the officers hive been closeted together to-duy, but what was developed eannot be learned. A Leading attorney for the prosecution was see to-duy, and s confident there is nothing in Peterson’s statement that will disturb their tneory, When Peterson was taken down to the scene of the murder y his description of the position of the murc and their vietim wis very unsatisfactory. Many are inclined to believe that Nis slory has been nateliod upforeffoet. The future can only decide, - Earthguake Shocks. AUaasTA, G, Nov, B-At 12:26 this after- noon there was the severest shock of earth- quake kiee Auzust 51, whicn lasted twenty- tive sedohds, No damage. ClARLESTOY, N Phiere was a light but marked carthgquake folt here about 1 P, . damage reported, nor interrupu of business. |\\|v|u| N Nov, 5.—A slight shock e, short in duration, hut quite of ea Dorcennble: was felt here ut 12:2 1his atter- noon, it 1 5 SAVANNAH, Nov, 5, G, A shiarp earth- quike mhock was fell here just at 12 to-day, Iasting. thirty seeonds, preceeded by loiid vumblil Shocks were also felt at Lacon Riclmond, Va., Chestertield, 8. . and aboit the same tine, A slight shoc The Leanox Will N The will of the late Ihurlum A. Lenuox, disposing of $10,000,000 worth of property, was offered for proba to-day. After giving the bulk of her fortune s, she leaves Lonnox library a piece on_ Seventieth street .and $100,000; gn missions and board nrch of Awerica $50.000 vach: American Bible soel- ety $25,000, and several ofher charities $10,000 and less suws - “The Brook." The fire interfered somewhat with the performanee last night, and the curtain did not. rise till half an hour past the usuul time, but when it did begin the fun was tast and inecssant. Perpetual motion of land the bourd of fu home missions of the Preshyterian \Colonel Bates wiil not return from tho | wh inn | but his ability does consists Salsbury as a matter of conrso earriea SRt the honors, but tho other members of the company John | We shipsyapd is unable to tell what steack the Hsen . . contributed & large share toward the damorrAtic party in his state on Tuesday Iast, | (Ciii e deminment, Nellie Metlonry Fared, Dak., was to-day declared 10 o en- | i Miss Bockel bein ey happy in titted 6 mail free delivery by a report fust |l songs received showing the receints of that offiee | +“The Brook” will be repeated this after- No ofti¢ial action has yet been taken, how- [ noon and evening ever. - ARMY AFFAIRS, ALONE IN OMAHA, General Sheridan has ordered that he re- n Woman Looking aftor paymasters must wear undress uni- | For Her Husband. torws when paying troops on the nuster | tendeney of husbands to leave | rolls, i ato | & their wives in other s and come to wptiinteorze M. Downey and James A, | (it withs T other cltis s eomo Huughey, Twenty-iirst infantry, are at Fort | [N Jor e plrpose of AEINE o Neb., under medleal troatment (IiRyIent wus l1nKLraloc yoste tioi work in this eity. cat wa wi fro ban dou 1 i sib by por anc be 1 sons that induced mo to have aren) sent to Atlantie City in the way of a nost- | ofli exy e ho wh cor ne It ont dey 1 a A0 box do he o bill It an S0 aski the anc his cas Lells affords plentiful opportunity for the in- troduction of specialtios, and it is in the hundance ing in a singularly pa man Peorin, came to this city about a letter, at this pint, and determination to had a littie mone, the hotels, but h 10 require ¢ She 1 oflice tention of coming | the check to her i che tion may be placed and that ous gove sire to help a str you draw it out at another. The man at the desk will ask you who sent it, vroviding you are’ a nger to Im, und “when vou ve replied that the sender s John Smith, vour brother you withont suspicion, he will hund it over withont a doubt that you are the person for whom it was intended. It's a nice, easy way, you see, and the bunk tellers and express s are awfully put out beeause they ean no longer bindl | strapped strangers, “1 have a litter I said to the monoy-order clerk I went back into John Doe, of Detroit." es—--am! Youwll have to beidenti- | fied !¢ | “Why 02 Haven't T told you who it | was sent by ‘If this isn't my name how do I get the Tetters addressed to ity If 1 am somebody else what right have you to hand n 1 other person’s mail “Lknow, but you must be ident “But there isn’t a person he knows me, end I am dead-broke and far from !n-m- ‘Well, 1 “But s en he this man’s name, “Well, tru [ “*Yes, he believed th son the post oflice, shoved the note through | the window and nsked Well, what do you think of that:" The ele looked™ at the signature, Haifay is Boggs?’ heard of Boggs Something was said about some one getting lic ked if he would come out doors, But he wouldu’t come. 1 went back und wld Boggs the result, and he looked at me in a vasant way and replied Me not Boggs ell, he may vght. We can't no Chunces b Next day 1 went down for the n having \Jl-v.vrminml to |"|. the mwlnr itself. There w ing me to call *Who sent you that ord “Oh—ah. 1 you'll have to g cross the wa, “You may or may not b, but we'll cash it He gave me an order on th ik, and I skipped aceoss and handed it to the paying teller. 3 5 he said as be seized i, “you'll ve (o be identitied, Whatl “Haye to he identificd!™ i S“PU be durned if Ldo! T just got that owder from the money ¢lork, who kept we out of it three aud 1 don’t pro nose to fool awa e time!™ him of the difliculty, and he 4 » NOVEMBER 6 smbodied in frisky Nellie MeHenry, ose coquettish charms suffer no dim ition. Nate Salsbury is always clever, not find its de: rd “Brook."" The picce e in the frothy * of musie, dancimg and gen hash that its success 1 prof shstor, F. B, Blair and Marie Bockel nful manner. A m O'Brien, forerly of wmonth | ,leaving his wife in the city men- ned, while he claimed to have tound His wife was in s de and upon receipt of his out two weeks ago, w ot him, informing him of her desi como 1o this city intention and on ed in Omuha. She and stopped at one of condition wus such as nsiderate attention and sl s compelled to go to the poor hous e inquiries, however, atthe post- and found that the letter she had tten her husband, telling of her in ¢ had been taken m the postoflice, but where her hua- nd fias gone she hias not the remotest tbt, h. aggravate her misfortune, trunk, together with a amed Wil o contition, ied out he ¥ nigh of shoes, was stolen from her ise and she has now no means of re ning her wardrobe, with the pos- ity that it has already been elaimed | tiic party who robbed her of her ck. ‘There 18 only one ward in th her condi- is now full, r house wh people in {aceordingly some effort will have to fc by County Superintendent ¢ or else the poor woman will 3 - A Postoftice N dotroit Free Press: ey Order One of the r remitt A the fact that the yress company or bank would dem:and sonal adentifieation. Almost ey ly is certain of his own identit, cn it comes to some one else being tain the ease assumes a diflerent as specially if a sum of money is con- llmuwu this great and glori rnment, in its praiscworthy de- | nger in land | of a bad box, will permit a friend «.y} posit money 1 one postoflice and let | ce money order ned law and oo fellow general- i that heen expecting the er for two days, andt the folks und the hotel ean no longer look upon dous he he o repl me? Vo was it sent by wd didn’t L reciive itin this nd deposited in a dirceted which I v Yes, but Can't help that,” And you won’t pay Not unless you are identified.” went back 1o the hotel and asked the k if he would identity me. don’t know you, you sce.’ 'L 1 registerc nd haven't I several days s, but you might have you sce. People nd look ssumed O, often th: come up Look at these half doy Goask my wife who | but you must excuse u|~l.u||h L you know I _owe you #i0; Either help me it eashed or 1L walk oft” with your unpaid.’ Ie concluded to identify me. He wrote ote 10 the postmaster (6 tie effict it t the bearer s the per named in the order, und Ireturned to over my ‘m_envel- s me nk. It's 1880. or outside the got the board ot directors out and a crowd around the door some one camo in who identitied Boggs, I‘nr;y identi fied me, the teller handed over moneo, and the postmaster, whom I met at the door, paralyzed everybody by call- ing ent “Hello! Mr. King, did money all Fight?" Boggs almost fainted away, and the tel- ler shouted for me to retuen, but I slip- ped into the erewd and got safely away Catarrh Cured Catarth s a very prevalent disease, with distrossing and offensive symptoms, Hood's Sarsaparilla glves ready of and speedy cure, from the faet it acts throngh the Llood, and (s renches every part of the system, red with catarrh fifteen years. Took nd 1 am not troubled any eral liealth is much bstal Clerk Chic you get that better.” 8 & St Louts Raitroad, 1 suffered with eatarrh 6 or 8 years ; s many wonderful cures, nhalers, etc., spende ingznoarly one hundred dollars withont benefit, 1 tried Ho arsaparills greatly improved.” M. A. ALBEY, Worcester, Mass, fed Mood's Sarsaparilla is charactorized by Ahice peeullarities : 1st, the combination of remedial agents; 8d, the proportion; 3d, the process Of securing tho active medicinal qualitics, The result is a medicino of unusual strength, effecting cures hitherto unknown, Send for book eontaining additional evidence, “Hood's S'lru“vlrll! a tones up my system, purifies my blood, sharpens m, etite, and S0mS 1o Make Wi ove HOMISON, Rogister of Deeds, Lowell, M 8. Hood's Sarsaparilla beats all others, and 18 wortly its weight in i T BARKINGTON, 150 Bauk Street, New York City, Hood’s Sarsaparilla Bold by all drugeists. 81 six for 85, Made only by C. 1. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass, 100 Doses One Dollar. NUseR, 1 n new and nEAFNEss sue stul CURKE ut you wn Nome by vie who was deaf twenty elght yenrs. Tronted by most of the noted spocial fsts without benclit; cured huneelt in three imee then hundreds of otlers o uppl ention. T No. 41 Westdist St., New York Cit raG! NEAK. hFR‘JOUB PEOPLI TR TNVENTG. 181 WARASH AV GHiRerc, POV WOTK, . Vi /nmnu JREATHENT MARSTON REMEDY €0, 19 Park Place, New Yorks Ment.on Omnha Be The wl{ Darfact substitute for Motherrs mili, In Voluable in Ghole fantum “pisogcas: and’ Feoding of infants, maitd fos. DelimiR. dSonaLE & Gb. Boston, Moss “THI,]S“EB USEDIN ALL TR 200000 e PANISOF THE so LD "WORLD *@' fifiéém”? %00 Pricas on application. Vst S age R Heniern 7 CINCINN all i WOODBRIDGE BRO'S,, State Agents DRCKER BRUS, PLANOS Omaha, Neb. DREXEL & MAUL, Suceessors to Jno. G, Jacobs, ailing, and after we had the WHY IS IT That rleumatism and neara valent? This question has no factorily answered, but it s these diseases are not only | ful but among the most commo member of nearly every family is the victim of one of these dre tors. Ladics seem to be pec to neuralgic attacks, which, in neuralgic headache, pain in t k nervous pains are of constant ¢ Not until the discovery of A ad any remedy been found vheumatism, neuralgia or nervou and they were generally conced | curable, but Athlophoros has oo 1o be not only a certain cure fo seases in all the remedy. Ifin the use of Athl bowels are kept freely open, its suce certain, and to aid this Athlophoros P are recommended, which while fhe necessar v eathartic will be tougg | a valuableaid to the action of the i | Athlophoros is no experiment, it has ! tested and has proved its woandorful effic varied forms he Athlophoros Pills were original prepared as a remedy for use in connectic with Athlophoros, for rheamatisin neuralgia and kindred complaints, Used conncction with that remedy they ar certain cure for cither of these very e mon and distressing diseases. They h also been found to be an invaluable remd forany and all diseases arising from tiated blood or general debility, They cepecially valuable for uervous debil blood poisoning, dyspepsia, distress cating, headache, constipation, foss of 4 petite, and all stomach or liver troub For diseases of women they are invalua! These pills are perfectly harmless wnd Gl be_safely used by adults or children Tsstimonials of those who have b cured will be sent free on application. very druggist should keep Athlop! ros and Athfophoros Pills, but w they cannot be bought of the dru 1 st., age paid £1 v for the” Athtophoros Co., 1 York, will send either, ¢ ' ipt of regular vrice, which i< bottle for Atloptioros and. a0 Yills. Cure withont cine. Patentol bor it 1378 One box_will oy the most obtinate caso in four days ot loss. Allan'tSolubleMedicatedtou No nausoous do<es of_eubobs, conniva o o srndaiwood thit ain (0 produce i tho oo of L <1 St by il risty ot mailed feo, Tor furthor particnines on meny Octo e ccoiptof | torciveular. P, 0, Box 131, J. C. ALL.AaN oo, tJohnst. New York. i tos-tb-entiying | W or rertel il Uiuos’ and 1607 Howerd §t, Omaha, Neb. Cowmerejai Nattonal Bank, Omabia: § Hayward Bro! Reteroncy RISHON & CONSTOCK, Genl, Insurance Agents hant's National Bank Building, Cor. X room | up-stairs Omuha, Nebrasku. Far felcphone No. neei ‘ondon, 1 (s \ Philudeiphia o w York, N, ¥ 1 ock Butunl ' Lite Josto 0. F. DAVIS & CO. Nebraska Land Agency General dealers in tate mortuag:s, 1 Nebraska, J. H. EDONSTRA, 809 North 16th Street LRAL VILLISCA Creamcry Butter Whoelesale FRANK D, HEAD, v| Garpenter and Builder, FINE CABINET WORK ASPECIALTY Telephone 660. 209 South Sixteenth Streeot, OFFICE AND RESIDENCE ~ Roowm 17, Arliggton Block, st Builving Wost of i, O “Yolephous No, 866 Jobn 1 e and real es I arnam st., Om AGENT FOR Oriders Solicited, tehed Soizizs, of Lhe Gilsey House? is head and mused od do," e back. he coolly replied s he b wy that 1 Vio in Prhaps you want him dentified?” 1 tl ‘Can’t i Whon L showed up tho ¢ Jolin Do oes he live? all vight, but ney atthe bank 'y the man ey O St Can't | \\1H 1p it ou come out doors? ! Wil you let me in there ‘No, sir!" wis going out, leaving the in lands, whin Boges came in. 1 told 1 1o the hi It's all right —I know him But 1 dout’t kuow you!" rephed the UNDERTAKER AND EWBALUERS, ! Atthe oldstand 1407 Furnam st by telogranh so,icited and tended to, Telenhome No. =) 21,029,850 iea | Tansill's Punch Cigars *| were shipyod during the vast ok, WitHonL o dritte iy, No other worli o Sont (donior il wanfod it o ch Ui v 8010 0Y LEADING Do Orders omptly at- 5. u by glven 1 a tap she Know ivdige of 4 i narmiess, and will effic cure. F e palin NN Wieek. TL lins been §Iven In thow et undd A0 every instngae s 2erfoo cure usa followed never faits I i onow 4013 nemd . Testiniuniae € ons acalnent 1.5 FlEllGll IIDSI'ITAL TIIEATMENT er g3 then ollired W light Lim luside | OFFICE MOURS— Hto D, and11:30 to 12 & o v 2004, n0d 7 (0 8 p. m, Sundays, 1240 1p, o, F R SALE. Gan‘pw.o Banking Fixtures an Business. seand lot; on g noin Central N sell togethor o separa chauge for Omala property. % o partienlars eali on orddy TR S. D. PIKE, 608 fouth Oth £t #=0, Also ! nice t od yailrg or | WSS ATIA PORTER, SOP Toucher of Weie Culture and ing i Al Its Branckes aeok and Juk ) 5 Nary's Aveave Conce g o p \ etz Rusa 3 ‘ V -~ } } K fy % ) - n >