Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 8, 1887, Page 8

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1887, WBONNIES" AND BLACK EYES.! Luly, Like Sam, Seems to Have a Capuacity for Whisky. THE STEVENSON ASSAULT CASE. The Whisky Trust Sighs Willow Springs Distillery Off the Dun ~Other City News. For the Put Sam's Crim>, Interest in the Stevenson unabated and the district been packed with cu opening day. At 5 Tuesduy after- noon the state rested its casc. The court then ordered thegefense to call their wite nesses, The first one was Dick Hi of a road house near the lake, that when Stevenson his house that she got out, between cight and ten ¢ s of whisky; that she played on the piano and sang songs, The cross-ex ion brought out the dis- reputable ¢ ter of the place. Hill was then asked what he knew of Miss reputation for chastity. This bro asharp passage at arms between the at torneys. The state held that no one but the accused could testify as to the girl's Before the wrguments were con trial continues court room has ators since the ame in and dr; forth In the morning such testimony was ruled out as that the defense offered.to prove by Hill The first witness was 1es Mc ire, tender at Hill's road house. He swore the first time Steverson und Miss drove up that he was on the porch Stever She rep) brought her it Then she paper. Sl hiskey and him for > somcthing o drove off te half hour they came bac k Dick Hill, and she sat while the me got in the & she borrowed a i The wit the road the lady a bedroom and ren hour. She drank two more 1 went aw He nu(ulll that \lw»\ *s left eye was blucked oss examination completely knocked the witness out of time, us the pugilists says. They got him to admit that he knew it w Stevenson and Miss v singing, by enson's v and then tangled that he swore he didn't know Stevenson's voice aud didn’t know who was singing at all. William Webb, of ment, t - that utation was thatof a | On cross-examination he admitted that thut was his own personal opinion. He considercd prize-fighters and pugilists law-abing men because he was fond of the sport himself. A number of other witnesses were called to establish Stevenson's grood reputation, but each witness could only speak of his own opinion, Stevenson was then placed on the stand in his own behatf. He gave his evidence with the bravado of a tough. His testimony was unimportant until he came to the point W the couple reached the open ficld. They h; been quarreling, he stated, the quarrel bei brought on by her jealousy of other whom she accused him of waiting on. denied it, and she called him a liar and struck him with Ler fist. - She also abused him and after they reached the field and got out, she threw dirt in his f; He struck he shoved her and she against the buggy wheel up. At this point Steve court, jury and attorncys by de she then voluntarily allowed hin he chose, This evidence created a profound sensati and in the murmur of astonishment it w plain to be scen that ne considered that Ste the, Omaba fire depart- aring th to do wh had convicted His next statement made his con on seem the surcr. He said that this was the only time they had ever been guilty of eriminal intimicy On cross examination Stevensc tgreatly rattled and contradicted him several r Own request, was re- tate to correct misstatemen published in the newsy ild not * room with William J. Kingsberry « of the Republican book binde }JnYt ¢ was once employe a clerk in the Union Puciti and Mr. Rose to cellent cha b Mrs. Ane that Miss Espey of liquor w she_returncd home on th memorable night. - Furthermore Miss Expe; did not play a tune on the piano for the v son_that she cannot pl he Witness v positive that Miss Espsy was at home the Saturday night previous to the assault. She stayed home, as she had a boil on her arm, Mus, Flatts was recalled and said t Miss Espey was not intoxicated when she came home on the night in question. Mrs. Ander- 801 has no piano in her hou At 4 0'clock the taking of evidence was de- clared closed and the judge adjourned court until 9 o’clock this morning, when the cuse will be presented to the jury. 1 oHesty. and testified r the influence The Whisky Trust Endeayoring to Control Omaha’s Production. There has been a great deal said in the papers about & number of so-called trusts which, during the last year, lave sprung into existence, but comparatively little has been published about what is known as the “whisky trust.” In the mmount of money invested, though not in the eutial nature of tho commodity sought 1o be controlled, this combination equals that of any of the other trusts which have been organiz this country for the monopokization of g In fact the “whisky sof these, and,, like its predecessors, hus been established with the sole view of controlling the manufacture of corn juice, and then in turn dictating the price at which this luxury umfl be sold gigantic simply mov Illmh' by whisky distiller their business as to make hey thought they required out of it failure resulted from w is known as the 3 The pool was a combination of Wt to lunit the production of whisky by paying a certain number of distillers to close up their distilleries, thus throwing the making of the rosy into the hands of a foy comparatively speaking, the production of whose houses was more in ing with the con sumption of the we inthe country, But the pool wus a failurve. It worked well and poorly at intermittent inter Mer who lo-duy mded in pulling along the gigantic ve hicle to-morrow would jump the traces. Pay ing distillers to close up their pl Was ul certain gnd expensive busioss, and one of the men to realize this was I, E. Tler of this city, who was compelled to pay thousands anntally for the closing up of threc or four distilleries in this scction of the country, As & econsequence the pool was abandoned and ) the “‘whisky trust,” which to Al\"«' du\\n every e oil oil g the pmprumnnnlm “istills” u price temporurily cease distilling but to buy the olant outright. The “‘trust” has a ecapitol tariously estimated. at from §40,000,00 to pa,ow 000, nud u.u: far ) bus, succeeded. in closing by buying nearly every impo diatiliery. n the countey. - The. only. Catile” now running are in Peoria where the life of the “trust’ exists with one in_St. Lonis, an- other in Cincinnati and the third, Tler's in Omahia, These ot remain to be gobbled Dy the trust, and it s felt that it should not be long before at least er's will succumb to the pressure. Kgents of the trust came here Tuesday, and yes- terday went fo the Willow Springs distil- lery, under the conduct of Peter and Joseph 1ler, and remained there until after dinner. These agents were Adolph Woolner and J. B. Greenhut, of Peoria. They examined the machinery, inquired into the capacity and viewed the condition of the place, as the pre- liminaries of a later and more detailed con sidor: with a view to making a pur of the distillery, with the purposes above outlined Willow 'rn, and nd 1t s its present price from the th (l not likely that it will he sold by owners without ul “trust,” When it 1 the other two distil incinnati and St. Louis are con- the whisky trust, no one may teil what price bibulous mor y have to pa for their dripks. PuT THE DUMMY. Why Mre. Albert C. Luke Did Not Pay Twice For a Ride, Onlast Monday Albert . Luke, one of the attaches of the Union Freight company of South Omalia was put off the 10:05 @, m. dummy, at Sheely's by Conductor Wilcox under circumstances which demand atten- tion. He had purchased his ticket, ond when the conductor came around to collect handed it to him, but that ofiicial reached to the inside of the seat to gt a ticket from the party who sat with Mr. Luke. Some delay was occasioned by the act, and as the car was crowded, and to avoid both delay and possibility of mistake by being given the Wron ticket in return, Mr, Luke detaehed s Coupon tickgt to South alhia, handed thelatter to the was promptly refused, th that the ticket was v showed that that legend was printed on th cardboard itself. Mr. Luke's act was wit nessed by Mr. Barnell, of the Howell Lum- ber company, and Mr. Jumes - Biliot, u_live stock commission man of South Omaha. uml the saw that his idea wus 1o time, that the conductor b seen ticket intact. The ofti exoruble and demanded fare of Mr. Lk that he leave the car, which he did, walking the place ab mentioned, to South 1. Mr. Luke 1s indignant’ over his ment and the arbitrary and unjust man n which the company” malkes vietims of itrons. SPRING LAKE PARK. The Name of the New Pleasure Near South Omaha, The South Omaha Land com annual meeting yost 7. was formerly known as the Syndicate, tesort y held its This coporation South Omaha here were quite o number of present, among them being ton, Tler, B. F. Smith of Boston. Josler of Carliste,Pa., Milton Rogers and A 1o who is now and other stockliolders were by proxies. fected, W. A1 J. Bos ' B. F. Smith, Herman Kountze, Woolworth, Nels Moiris and Jolin Al then met and clected the fol lowing officers: W, A ton, president; J. Bosler, vie lor secretavy and John' A, ¢ The subject of disposing of the tract of land surounding the lakes in the company's property near South Omaha was introduced. 1t was decided that the same. should be im- ns of Joscph ndscape engineer of Cincin- who has made very beautiful plansl intended for the transformation of the property in question into one of the most beautiful parks west of the Mississippi. The place will be known as Sp Lake park. 1ts natural beauties were ried n fow > improvements : stands, boat boudoirs, sy walk,s o and lakes, .the estimates of the cost of which are £30,000. When these ure. completed th RH'))(‘I or transfe n antic h[hlhnnul thiis, th dopted a r Ton call ssion 0f property for sale park purposes, - Orders have been issucd by the oftices and the ground will put into condition to begin the work of improvement the spring. Other Corporations, 3 was a wmeeti sekyards company,at whic ane was clected president, W, vice president, and Coloncl Sharp, and treasurer, THE OGALALLA CATTLE €O, Thege was a mecting of this well and powerful company yesterday i its rooms over the x of the nong them being Messrs. rd, Nugle, PPaxton, Joseph Frank of The business of the company was transacted with_closed doors, and ay ion of ofticers would not, it was thoughit, be reached before 3 o'clock in the afternogu. W. A. Cahill's Defender. Mr. J. W. Foster, of the real estate firm of Kraus & Foster, desires the, BEe to publish the facts concerning W. A. Cahill, the young man who has been figuring so conspicuously in the police court and daily papers of late. Mr. Foster states that he K| V' hill all h wealthy futhe lent reputatio vest some mon with twon a “sucker They plied th he did not know w Toste that to Cahill was never in the stato of Maryland and hence the charge of committing a murder in that-state, at least, is nonsensical, youn: Cahill comes from an excellent family and, never a word en uttered against him before, He departed for home last night. Bosler, W \\I esides havin sborue an ex Ay : fellow with liguor until he was doing. M. personal knowledgo Seidenberg’s Fi cigar for Max Moy ro, the only 10c¢ Ask your dealer for them, & Co., wholesale depot. - Our exhibition of Oriental art will commence to-day under the super vision of Sahag Courian, of Const nople, who is the importc Don’t fail to call and examine this beautiful col- lection of rare and antique rugs and embroidered work of every variety, he- fore selecting your holiday presents. Remember all articles will be sold at exceedingly low p A, ORCIHARD, corner Farnam and 15th sts, aiLAl Public, Auy one knowing the wie i o, who left Dec. \bouts of his home at 3 \ull confer a A Lost H. C. Lefler, of Spri Neb;, was in the ity yestorday in search of George Preston the fifteen year old son of J. B. Preston, of Springficld. The boy disuppeared some days und every effort to secure a clue to his cabouts has proved futile. - The father s and has ol i liberal reward for wny information coneerning him, “Pellet the original ted)—cure stomach John Coleman and Carsden D. Humann left last night for the townsite of | thic Puget Sound Co-operative colony. They | re wembers of the Omaha branch of the y und will make their futyre home there, makes seventecn members who went gut from s city, Continental Clothing House. The contract for completing our building named September 15 as the time when we could occupy it by unforseen delays wo were compelled to post pone our opening until November 19th. We'had a stock of $125,000 worth of goods ready pn September 15th for this Omaha store; in consequence of this delay, we now find it necessary to dispose of some surplus lots of our PINEST OVERCOATS AND SUITS AT A GR,EAT SACRIFICE. The stock manufactured for this store is the finest ever produced in our factory since wi tailor made Overcoats. Commencing Tuesday, Nov wo have been in business, and especially so in the highest grade of We now propose to close out this stock of Overcoats at LOWER PRICES THAN WERE EVER BEFORE NAMED EITHER EAST OR WEST FOR GOODS OF EQUAL d'&ALITY AND MERIT. It was our misfortune to suffer this delay of two months in the completion of our store, made for'it at about one half the early prices this season. Lot. No. 1100 of the finest hlpmn Beaver Overcoats made this season, goods from the famous Middlesex Mills, of Thix is an opportunity of a life time, do not miss it. It will be your good fortune to purchase some of the finest goods ), we shall offer: Lowell, Mass, full indago blue, wool dyed goods that will not fade, lined thronghout with the finest qu.lhtv of Wm. Skinner's sating, the richest and most elegant goods made in this country. regular sizes, f) m 35 to 44, at the extra linary low price of 316 Each. These Overcoats were made to sell for 330 each, and are worth that price today, but for the reasons above stated, we offer them to cloge now in We believe ‘this to be the most attractive bargain in a fine overcoat ever offered west of New York city. We will send a sample overcoat fromghis lot by express C. O. D. to any address in the west or north-west with the understanding that it is worth fully $30, and to be returned at our expense 1f your ]ud-rlmut does not <or1‘mpnml with oura. Overcoat that cost $30 in September. Lot No, 2—We offer a_bargain of equal importance, Deing 400 of the very finest quality London Seal Brown Kersey Overcoats, (goods made by thefamous Worumbo Mills, of Maine, a mill that has no rival in this country in the manufacture of Kersey Overcoatings.) are the new shade of London brown, which is so fashionable with young gentlemen everywhere. front, and lined with' the same quality of Win. Skinner's satin thrnughont body and sleeves, the be have these Overe ats in all sizes, from 33 to 44, and offer them at thie same extr umlnmn]y low price as the Middlesex, vi We could not make a better one if you should gi coat in our stock at any price. LOT NO. 3. meres in New England anywhere $2.50, $3 and samples and prices in every department. Send for Men's Suits. Send for Boy’s Suits. Send for Overcoats. Send for Ulsters. Send for Pantaloons. Send for Samples of Custom Goods. Giving a list of over sixteen hundred different articles we sell. and you can be fitted just as well at home as here in our store. money » breasted sack ¢ all sizes, and we offe They $30 cach. oth made by the famous SAWYER WOOLEN CO., of Dover, New Ilrnn\nhiw the best manufacturer of fine, soabs, ave new regular goods 20 per suit, and they are worth that priec toe reductions upon many, other lots of fine s department, we are offering very reliable cassimere suits for boys’, 4 to 12 years old, at 3.50 per suit. Suits which early this season were sold at an average of 50 per cent more. Furmshmg Goods Department, and in ouit Hatand Cap Pepartment we are offering equally attractive bargains. Send for Shirts Send for Underwear. Send for Hosiery. Send for Gloves. Send for Fur Caps. Send for our Catalogue Seind for our rules for self measurement r them nu\\ at the extraordinarally low price of $12 per suit. Send for a sample sttit by express and you will nnf regret it oods in our overcoat stock, Remember the price, only $16 now fnl‘ These goods are made with lapped seams, cut single breasted, fly= st satin made in the world anywhere for service. : $20 We have no e us $30 for it, neither could we use better materials or better trimmings, and we do not believe that these Kersey Overcoats, lined with satin, can be purchas d oatside of our store for less than $30 cach. garment by express, to be returned at our expense, if you do not consider them worth We ofter 150 pure, all wool cassimere suits, 4 o i ll‘.u quh .?a':]m ade in sing! u\\mwun- or the same suits in September of this year was e have also made startli ing suits, in our Boys’ and Children We better over- We will gend a sample all wool cnss Tll\‘ in our Men's stock of In our Gent’s Send for Send to us and see how much_ you can save from ordinary local retail prices. CONTINENTAL CLOTHING -HOUSE, FREELAND, LOOMIS & COMPANY, Proorietors, Corner of Douglas and 15th Streets, Omaha, Neb.. The Largest Wholesale and Retail Clothing House West of nei‘mssas ipni River Omaha Boston NeW York Dus Momes Chronometer, iperintendent of the euflared at lay A L. the hands of to the 1d charm, y are putting in the boil Merehart's banlk building, and ¢ ¢ the foremuy sent M ng compa SOME S thief extent o at the n in the o having with one the trouble made it nec to crawl inside of the doing so, he took oft his ov his watch and chain in th of them ughgut the artment where L with the job i he slipped on his overc to sce if his valuables ceedaed to the hotel to w had been o The de- ¥ X upon the case, but with little prospeet of recovering the ticker. re all xw!v! Here he Prickly Ash Bitters warm up and in- vigorate' the stomach, improves und strengthens the digestive organs, opens the pores, promotes prespiration, and equalizes the cireulation. As a corree- tor of disordered system theve is noth- ing to equal it, ——— Diebold Safes. 11 and see the large stock Meagher en’l. Agt's. hgve on hund at am st., Omaha. - y Ma Charles B. Schroth, living at 4815 Pine street, near Boyd's packing house, has re- ceiv picce of zood news from the father- land. Some time ago he invested in th B ||\fi\\lll( (-l'lll ny lottery ulul I||~l|\~ ( Coughs and_ Colds. Those who are uffering from Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat c, shonld try Browx's BroNcuial Trocues. Sgld only in BROWN-Of diphtheria, oungest da E. Brown, December Funeral at the hous ents, 2417 Seward st . m. Thursday, [ Urline and J. Norma o HL S, o of the par- a, at 2o'clock POWDER Absolutely Pure. A wardel of puri- More, econom- nd cannot be jultitude of low powders. "This powder never varies, ty, strenuth and wholesomene'ss. ical than the ordinary® kind s0ld in competition with the cost, short welght alum or |ulh»rlmu< Hhhl only incans. Royal Dak! Wall 5t, New York, i Vovder Con | N. W. Cernar 13th and Dodge Streets, 1O THE TREATMENT OF ALL Chronic And Suoaioal Diseasss | oy Braces. Anuliauce§ @cfvrnflties & Trusses and remedies for o of disease requiring Me Farydis. Epiopy: Kianey und Blood, und wil Sunsieat Ope Discases of Woman a Specialty. BOOK ON DISEASES OF WOMEN FRER. ONLY RELIABLE MEDICAL INSTITUTE MAKING A SPECIALTY OF PRIVA’I‘E DI EASE;' 1ta murks to indlca orview profrre consult ot youn Lund we will send in plain wrapper, our inl 1% Diseifses, Tmpo- et wnd Varicocelo. Address, Omaha Medical and Surgical Institute, or Dr. McMenamy, Cor, 13th and Dodge St., MAHA, NEBRASKA. « DREXEL & MAUL, (Successors to Johu G. Jacobs.) Undertakers and. Embamers At the old stand, 1407 Farnam 8t, Orders by tele. graph solic] and prompily attendad to. ‘phone No. Our stock has teen soth individual mer LN ness, ((m\lllwmn« Fits, “Headache, N ND Biea R faca -(.u‘ (e for Hysie Nervous vous Froftr use of aleonol or tobacco, W Depression. Softening Insanity and leading to Premature Old Age, Ba in either se orrhaa cau abuse or ¢ one month’ for 5.0, s¢ nu.y matl Wk Toeure aj us for si send the tund the a cur M Omalia Neb. ( Druggisi, Sol Involintary Loss y and death, of power and Spermat- om, of the bran self- Each box contu ns treatment, $1.00a bOX. 0 SiX hoxes puideon receipt of price, TARANTLEE SIX BOXES With each order ante 1 with ten zua ment does only by €. fom elved hy we will e to "ot oract 1. GOOD- 110 Farnam: St., Propn'cm Omaha Business College, *IN WHICH I8 TAUGHT Nebraska Nat fianal Bark, | Book-Keeping, Penmanship, Commercial Law, Shorthand, 'I’olcgrmlnn TU. 5. DEPOSITORY, OMAEA, NEB. Paid Up Capuu], $280,000 Surplus, - - = B0,000 H W. Yares, President. . REED, Vice-Presiderit. 22 Vice-President. S, Huanes, Cashier Banking Office— THE IRON BANK 2th and Farnam Sts, uking Business Transacted 1 prent-rlh! and ful 1 adele Ti €3 'aa the ‘only Upeciac for {h Certain care of this disease. 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