Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 30, 1889, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: INVESTORS, NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY! HHomeseekers, Now Is Your Time. Property Exclusively for Elegant Homes. No Business, No Nuisances. No saloons or livery stables. Nothing to detract from the pleasure and comfort of what a home should be. Absolute and pertect drainage which has been accomplished by the most skillful engineering. The air is so pure and healthful that one feels the invigorating effects almost immediately Dundee Place is entered. Dundee Place will really be a city of homes of a splendid class. Itis growing every day. The broad avenue which extends the entire length of the property will have here and there a drug store, a grocery, or something of the kind for the convenience of the residents. No where else in the entire limits will business of any kind be allowed. Another feature---All houses must have a slate roof. Think how rich and tasty that superb city ot homes will appear, every house being covered with a handsome slate roof. The price of the ground is lower NOW than it will ever be again. Many of our best citizens have availed them~ selves of the opportunity of going in on the ground floor. They will all make money by it, too. Price of Inside Lots, $25 per front foot; Corner Lots, $30 per front foot, Terms---One-third cash, balance 1, 2 and 3 Years as Desired. Building Loans made on the most liberal terms; where such loans are made we take second mortgage for the deferred payments on the ground. Call on us or write for any particulars desired. We will cheerfully show the property at any time. The Patrick Land Company, SOLE OWNERS A\ND SOLE AGENTS OF DUNDEE PLACE, Room 25 Chamber of Commerce. W. H. CRAIG, President. N. D. ALLEN, Vice-President. W. K. KURTZ, General Manager, OF A VERY DELICATE NATURE The Questions Mrs. McFarland Was Asked to Answer. HER GOOD ‘NAME ATTACKED. She Tostifies That Colonel Fletcher Abused His Wife, and His Attor- ney Inquires if Her Own Character 18 Pure. Trial of Colonel Fletcher. The dignified court-martial appointed to nvestigate the charges preferred against Colonel Flotcher convened at Fort Omaha yesterday morning pursuant to an adjourn- ment taken last Thursday, All members of the military tribunal were present, arrayed in all the paraphernalia of their rank, Captain Potter, the judge ad- vocate, and the accused, with his attornoy, Mr. Webster. Colonel Fletcher came in smilingly and, as far as outward appearances were concerned, had not a care in the world. He greeted the gentlemen of the court courteously and while awaiting the call to order spent the time in conversation with the gentlemen whose duty 1t will be finally to decide whether his con- duct has been becoming an honorable gentle- man and w soldier or that of a poltroon. It was after 10 o'clock when the president called the court to order, the roll was called and the proceedings of the session held last Thursday and then an adjournment was taken unws < o'olock 1 order that the judge advocate migut have an opportunity to inte view Mrs. McFarland, his priacipal witnes Mrs. McFarland a sister of Mrs. Fletcher, and the wife of a Philadelphia merchant. She visited her sister at the post last Juno and it was whilo there that she elaims to have becowe acquainted with the facts to which she teatified. She is a pretty, petite woman, with large blue eyes and & most Independent carriage. But she was badly flustered yesterday morning when fntroduced into court and her bosomr heaved with emotion. T would like" said Captain Potter, after adjournment, ‘to have tho court go into exccutive session during the taking of Mrs. McFarland's testimony, She, of course, is unused to being in court and it will be more embarrassing Lo her as some of thequestions 10 be asked are of a very delicate nature. I ssk that the spectators and reporters bo excused.” The captain's request was at once granted, Couneil Clapp agreeing on the part of the d fense, und the reporters and two or three others present were led out under the shade trocs, by an orderly, sufticiently far away as to preciude the faintest possibility of any word of the testimony being heard. About 12 o'clock a question relative to the admission of certain evidence arose, aud the counsel, defendunt and witnesses were ex- oused for a few minntes. Mrs. McFarland Joined a party of officers and ludies near the club house, and seemed to be greatly per- turbed. A quarter of an hour later sho was recalled and the taking of evidence was re- sumed. 10 prove by her sufficient to comvict the ac- cused. She testitied that she had heard Colone! Fletcher accuse his wife of infidel- ity, and had known him to abuse her. She gy ber military brother-in-law partioular 18, aud, if her story is true, he is anything but the gallant soldier that ono naturally for among the ofticers of Uncle Sam's srmy. Tho defense attempted to llfhun the woight of the testimony by casting reflec- tions Ilson the moral character of Mrs. Me- . She was bluatly ssked if sho had Bot met certain prominent Omaha men at bours and in improper places and for lmproper purposes. The little lady de- nled these uspersions and resented them with vehemence. ho testimony is said to have lbounds;l with :.hul;\u. dotail = OMeors of the fort who are acquainted with Mrs. McFuriand are very ind'gnant at this attempt to blacken her character. She is generally spoken ¢f by themn in the highest terms of respect. The officers at the fort and their wives show tho greatest delicacy in the matter,and s0 far none of them have visited the court room out of idle curiosity. An adjournment for lunch was taken at 1 o'clock, and at 2 the court reconvened, and Miss Migkey was placed upon the stand and examinal by the judge advocate and the counsel for the defense, Hor testimony was nearly entirely corroborative of the evi- dence given by Mrs. McFarland, and but few new facts were disclosed. Her exami- nation was also conducted with closed doors, and all vhat the reporters could do in the meantime was to lie out under the trees, and chew grass and denounce star chambor ses- sions. The examination of Miss Miskey bemng completed, the court adjourned until 9 o'clock this morning, when other witnosses for the prosecution will be introduced. Mrs. McFarland bad recovered from her perturbation of the morning, and during the examination of Miss Misiey, chatted pleas- antly with a half dozen officers in front of the club. When approached by a reporter, however, she declined to be interviewed. Dyspepsia Makes the lives of many people miser- able, and often leads to self-destruction. We know of no remedy for dyspepsia more successful than Hood’s Sarsapa- rilla. It acts gently, yet surely and efficiently, tones the stomach and other organs, removes the ‘faint (ccling, cre- ates a good appetite, cures headache, and refreshes the burdened mind. Give Hood’s Sursaparilla a fair trial. It will do you good. O'MALLEY'S MEANDER. It Leads Him Into the Unforbidden Apartment of a Neighbor. Malcom O'Malley, & laborer employed in the smelting works, has been arrested on the charge of rape. The circumstances under which the crime is alleged to have been committed are peou- liar in the extreme. The complainant is Mrs,Gertrude Welstar- longor, whose husband is also employed 1n the smelting works. Mrs. Woeistarlonger states that at 3 o'clock yestorday morn- ing she was awakenod ond found Malcom O'Malley attempting liberties with her. She screamed and aroused her busband, who ~was asleep in the same apartment, An officer was called and O'Malley pluced under arrest. The lat- ter gained access to the room by chimbing through a window, six feet above the ground. O'Mally was arraigned before Judge Berka yestorday afternoon. The testimony devel- oped the fucts given above, and ho was bound over to the district court in the sum of 1,500, A Very Porclvle Kick. A number of respectable citizens protest against a lot of hoodlums who congregate on West Cuming street on Sunday afternoons to play ball and drink beer and make the lives of persons living In that viclnity any- thing but pleasant. Last Sunday about forty congregatea on the hill just outside the city limits, played au alleged game of ball and consumed two kegs of beer, cursing and swoariug at almo st every breath, their noise attracting the attention and 'disturbing the people living anywhere within five blocks. After the disgraceful exhibition, they wound up with several fights in which one man was quite seriously hurt. Some of these young men are the sons of respectable parents, aud they aro Fiven fair warning by the residents that it is about time to call & halt. The people of that nelghborhood say they do not propose to be imposed upon any longer. An Absolute Oure. ‘The ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINTMENT is only put up in large two-ource tin boxes, and is an absolute cure for old sores, burns, wouuds, chappad hands, and all skin erup. tions, - Will Bositively cure all kinds of pilcs: Ask for the ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINT- MENT. Sold by Goosdman Drug cempauy at 2 couts por box—by mail 30 cents. A DAY IN COMPETITION. The Kirst Day of the Great Dapart- mental Rifle Shoot. Yo day was the first day of the rifle competition of the Department of the Platte at the Bellevue range. Known aistance firing was the order of the day. The weather was simply delightful, but during the after- noon & fish-tail wina blew down the range, interfering with very fine work. Good scores were made nevertheless. The interim between the morning and afternoon shooting was passed by the of” rs and men in recuperating for the ' longor dis- tance firing. Under the grateful shade of a little clump of trees in front of the officers’ quarters, the commissioned marksmen sat and discussed the outcome of the competition, read their letters and puffed their cigars. The enlisted men lounged about their quar- ters reaaing, chatting and playing quoits until the buie called them to dinner, Luncheon at the officers’ mess was a jolly feature. Lieutenant Tyler has the making of a great ball player in him, as evidenced by the man- ner in which he deprived Licutenant Hutch- eson of an apple. Mr. Hutcheson is a good catcher, but Mr. Tyler is a_trifle the swifter. Lieutenant Buck is said to be the heavy sporting man of the camp, and is a terror to the misguided individuals who invest in pools. Licutenant Gregg is known to be the hand- somest man n camp. He is a clever, oblie- ing gentleman, and, although an infantry ofticer, is an acknowledged equestrian, Captain Coolidge arrived at the range yes- terday morning, and will command the team when the competition is over. Licutenant Buck is considered the best all-around skirmisher in the army. Licutenant Paler suys he would rather bave codfish balls than asword for good range shooting. There wero few visitors at the range yes- terday, which is due, it is alleged, to the poor train service from Omaha. A more de- ightful place to spend an afternoon is not near the aity. Miss Henry, Mrs, Captan Coolidge and Mrs. Chambors were in the grand stand dur- ing the afternoon. It is thought, however, thut » special party will be organized to visit the range on the day when the medals are awarded. During the 500 and 600 yards competition in the afternoon the wind was decidedly ‘un- favorable, and some of the best marksmen had difficulty in keeping up their record. Of the postures affected by the marks- men in Jong distance shooting the favorite is the “Texas grip.”’ In this position the sol- dier lieson his back with the strap of the rifle around his left leg, the loft hand passed behind the head grasping the rifle stock, while the thumb of the right hand pulls the trigger; the recoil comes principally upon the leg’ Lieutenants Muir and Buck, Ser- geant Saladin and in fact all the ‘crack” shots use this position, which is a favorite rifiemen. The ‘“saw-buck,” the and & prone position each has its distinguished advocates. To-duy there will be a skirmish run in the morning and known distance fiving in the afternoon. "I'he scores of the twelve leaders made yes- terday are as follows: Albert Saladiv, 1st sergt., T, 8th infautr, . I Grumley, 1st It., 17th infantry C. H. Muir, % It, 17th infantry Gustave Olirenberg, private, A, 2 inft. Jus. W. s, corporal, B, 16th infantr, John , private, band, 17th infantr; Charles Elwell, sergt., C, 2d infautry Patricle Morean, sergt., (), 7th fantry John H. Mayhen, private, F, 2d infantry . C. H. Cochran, 2d It., 7h infantry. . Albert Sauor, sergt., K, 2d infantry.. . W, J. Schoembrood, private, G, 2d inft. 156 Peurs’ is the purest and best soap ever made. e Asphalt Men Strike. Sixty concrete men, working for the Bar ber Asphalt compagy,struck yestorday morn- ing. They had been receiving $1.50 per day. They wanted 5, which ten of the men, graders, captaivs of the boards and tampers were recelving. Ten of the men returned to work. ‘I'wenty new bands were given places at 10 o’cloc! nd av 1 o'clock a full Torce bad again becu secured. The men also asked for ome hour which they lost last week owing to the de lay in the arrival of cement. COULDN'T MARRY THEM BOTH Why Young and Handsome Mr. Davis Has Disappeared. DAN CUPID IN A DILEMMA, It Was Hard to Be Off With the Old Love, But Hoe Was Bound to Be On With the New. Two Maidens Olaimed Him. Mr. Drake, manager of the Nebraska Tel- ephone exchange, has returned from Koar- ney, whither he was called by the sudden disappearance of C. W. Davis, manager of tho telephone exchange of that place. Mr. Drake says that Davis disappeared on the evening of the 15th. He was seen in the vicinity of the depot about thirty minutes before train time, and that was the last that can be learned concerning him, During the day he had given it out that he was going to Omaha to attend to some business relating to the telephone exchange, and his disappearance created no concern at first. After being absent four or five days, inquiry was made concerning him at the general office, when it was learned that the mnanagers had seen nothing of bim A few days since Manager Drake left for Kearney to examine Davis's books and try to ferret out the mystery surrounding his disappearance, The books were found to have been carefully kept and balanced on the day of Davis's disappearance, and the amount to the credit of the telephone compa- ny was found on deposit in one of the Kear- ney banks. It was also ascertained that Da- vis had paid close attention to business and was well liked for his business ability snd admired for his manly attributes. As o 18 & young man of but twenty-two, it Was presumed that probably a woman was at the bottom of his disappearance, and an investigation of his correspondence showed that there were two of them, It appears that two years azo Davis lived in Kingston, N. Y., where be loved and was loved in retirn by a sweet maid of eighteen. There was also 8 yoyng woman of about twenty-five in the same,_ city who was deeply in love with young Davis, who, by the way, is a very fascinating ‘young fellow, but he failed to reciprocate her affection. When he left to come west both young ladies asked the privilege of correspopding with uim and he consented. - A number of letters nrul!d between him and the two_girls, until the younger one, with whom he was “enwmored, went on a visit. The letters betwoen the two then miscarried and in the course of # few months as Davis did not hear from his beloved he made up his mind that she had forgotten him. The correspondeiiee between him and the elder lady contimued until he was tinally overcome with the wealth of affection breathed in her letiars and consented to marry her. A few days later heheard from the other young lady and learngd then for the first time that she had been writing constantly to him and wondered at his silence, All the affection for his first love was rekindled and he resolved to have ner at all hazards, Although the day of his wedding to the other young lady was set two or three times, yot he managed to postpoue it each time, The lust date erou on was August 1. Meanwhile Davis learned that the father of the girl t» whom he was unwillingly en- axed Lo be married, was iusolvent and too ecrepit for longer business life; that the mother was insane and o great expense tothe family and that when the duughter was mar- ried her parents would have to come to live with ner bringing also a brother of about ten years who would also have to be provided for. As the young woman, who is five years Martn's senior, would not consent to break- ing the engagement, it is thought that Mar- tin has found that the only way out of the difficulty was to purposely lose himself. Cushman's Mentuol innaler, cures catarrh, headuche, nouraigin, wsthus, bay. Fovor! Trial free at your druggist. Price 50 cents, ADDITIONAL TRACKAGE, It is Demanded on Territory Now Held by quatters. The crusade against the squatters on the Union Pacific lands is being pushed with vigor. Superintendent Ressegue in speak- ing of the matter said: *'We need some of the ground at present for trackauge. We have decided to re-arrange the system of switch tracks lesding to the smelting works, which means the construction of additional lines. These tracks will extend along the river from the smelting works, and will re- quire the land now occupied by squatters be- tween Davenport street and the main line. ‘‘We bave also talked over the matter of constructing an additional line to the ice houses at Cut-Off lake. This will require the removal of alarge number of squatters who have located along the present ‘Mine lendinr to the lake. When we built the other line to the lake we were actually com- pelled to make corves in our road so as to get around _ the houses of the squatters. It was in the fall of the year, and we did not like to dis- turb them. But this time we will putin a straight track, if any, regardless of the squatters. “It matters not, however, whother we de- sire the land for trackage purposes or not. ‘The laud is ours and we are the only tenants that can legally occupy it. If we desire to clear our land of such incumbrances we have au undisputed right to do so.” Railroad Notes. A train consisting of twenty-five cars of California fruit passed east yesterday. Thomas F. Godfrey, city passenger agent of the Missouri Pacific, has returned from St. Louis. ‘W. J. Carroll, chlef clerk in tho legal de- partment of the Union Pacific, has roturned from an extended tour of the system. J. Francis, general passenger agent of the Burlington, has gone to Chicago to attend a meeting of the trans-continental association. Pred B. Whitney, general agent of the passenger department and_assistant general freight agent of the Union Pacific at Kansas City is in Omaha. John W, Scott, recently appointed passen- ger agent in charge of the Kansas divis:on of the Union Pacifio at Kansas City, will leave for his new fleld of labor Wednesday. Messrs. Canfleld & Fleming, of this city, have received the contract for building the branch of the C., B. & Q. road from Tabor to Malvern, Iowa. Work is to be commenced immediately. There was & large number of bidders for the work. The Omaha roads have been notified that the Trans-Continental association has estab- lished a rate of one fare for the round trip from Pacific coast pomts to the Knight ‘Templars' conclave at Washington and the G. A. R. encampment and Milwaukee, Excursion to Ogden, Utah, Round trip $30. On August 20th an excursion run by the Inter-State Land and Town Co., will leave Missouri river points for Og- den, Utah. The rate will be 830 for the round trip. Tickets good to return up to Sept. 19th. Passengers can have choice of routes. Ogden is now the most prosperous city in the country and money invested there at present prices will surely return a lasge profit, Ad- dress, INTER-STATE LAND & TowN Co., 1807 Larimie St., Denver Col. R COAL LICENSE. Certain Dealers Pay It Mr. Wiley, of Wiiey & Williams, coal dealers at Fortieth and Leavenworth streets, and C. P. White, & dealor at Twenty-ninth avenue and Leavenworth streets, called at Tre Bre office to file protest in the name of probably twenty-five other small dealers whom they claim are being frozen out by ti ordinance compelling each coal doaler to pay an annual license of $100, 1t is an outrage, pure and simple, and we want to get the ordinance revoked,” said Mr. Wiley, “The tax isn't levied becau Why Refuse to the city needs the income. It was simply a scheme of the big dealers to freeze out the little fellows. The big dealers, among whor are Jeft Bedford,Coutant & Squires, Howell & Co., J. J. Johnson & Co., Nebraska Fuel Co., Omaha Coal, Coke and Lime Co., Neal & Conrad, and nearly all the firms that do much busiuess down in the centre of the city, held a meeting some time early last svring. after tho winter coal trade was over, and got up this ordinance. Then they had it rushed througn in a hurry, and I remember it was said at the time that councilmen couldn’t tell what they had been voting on but supposed it was all right because Jeft Bedford said it was. “None of us, the small dealers, and the big ones 1f they happen to be locuted some distance out, were glven notice of the meeting. **Now here's the rcason why the ordinance was gotten up: Before the small yards were started on the outskirts, the big feilows down town had a double hold on the consumer who lived off the main streets. They covld set their own price on coal and then put on an extra charge for hauling it more than a cer- tain number of blocks. “‘Suppose they hauled aload out to Augusta avenue, that was fifteen cents; a few blocks further, twenty-five cents, and if they hauled it out to where our yards are situated theextra charge of seventy-five cents, all of which was saved the consumer when 8 vard was started within a block or two of his back door, **Most of the men affected by the robbing ordinance—they number about twenty-five— can’t afford to pay the license, and will have to go out of business. Then the down town combine will slap on extra charge again. Fourteen of us have refused to pay the license, and will fight it in the courts. Wo don't think it constitutional to single out one class of men in this way. but we want the ordinance revoked because they might prove it legal.” - Tousley's Ring. The case against pretty Mary Rasmussen, charged in the police court with grand lar- ceny, is attracting much as attention smong the Fort Omatia officials as the Fletcher- Henderson court-martial. Miss Rasmusssn was arrested charged with the larceny of a diamond ring from Lieutenant Tousley in whose serviceshe was employed. Lieuten- ant Arasmith and General Wheaton have os- poused the girl's cause and claim that “Pousley's prosecution is & persecution, and that tho ring was never stolen, New Paxton Management. 8. A, Kitteridge, one of the New Paxton house proprietors,arrived yesterday with his family and is prepared to take charge next Thursday. One very important innovation will be the opening immediately of a cafe which Mr. Kitchen had already prepared for in the old Herald building annex adjoining the hotel on the we An elegant dining room has been fitted up on the second floor and Mr. Kitteridge says he proposes to fit it up in keeping with the baiance of the hotel -{m serve his customers on the Kuropean plan, FROSECUTION DID NOT APPEAR. Impeachment Proceedings Against Justice Levy Collapse. Here are some of the charges preferred against Jacob Levy, a South Omaha justica of the peace. Levy was arraigned for im- peachment before the board of county’ coms missioners yesterday morning: Gross partiality in refusing to file afidavits of plaintiff in the case of Calleghan agsinst Modare; for rendering judgment in favor of plaintiff and unlawfully assessing two-thirds of the accrued costs to plaintiff instead of one-third; like offenses in the case ot E. H. Doud and M. Randall against George L. Cbnord; of gross frauds in stating to citizons of South Omaha that if they would bring suits before him they would not loss any=- tning, because he would render his deoisions in their favor regardless of either facts or the 1aw; of oppression in issuing warrants and causing the arrest of a person charged with gambling and refusing to accept such bail as would keep hun from going to j guilty of wilful mal-administration in ‘office; guilty of having purchased judgments re- corded on his docket, and forcing collection of them; guilty of corruption in ofiice, Iv is charged that husaction in the first case, an attachment suit, was the result of malice towards & notary public, wio swears to a motion filed with him to have the at- tachment dissolved, aud forced Calleghan, the plaintiff, to pay him _thirty cents in feos for filing one paper which contained three aflidavits, In the plaintift’s absence he changed the entry of costs from one to two-thirds, When Assistant County Attorney Doud demanded execution of a iudement in the case of Doud and Rumsey, the allega- tion states that Levy would not issuo the papers unioss tho foos wore advanced, say- ng that h d to get even with Doud for some previous act Iu the bigamy . H. Stair is the name of the de Randall's accusa- tion states that Levy demanded $500 from him to dismiss thé criminal proceedimgs. By refusing to comply, Levy threateningly in- formea the gontleman that unless he settied the matter the court would cause him to be sent to the penitentiary. The case was then taken on change of venue to another justice, ‘The charges of maladministration ‘are to the effect that Levy maliciously refused to lot Randall, an attorney, examiue the trial docket in bis office; that he demanded and received more fees than the law allows him, and many other aggravating accusations, Mr. Levy and his attorneys wore on hand promptly at 10 o'clock, and Chairman Mount called the board to order. There being no nne present then to appear for the prosecu- tion County Attorney Moriarity, who sat as the board’s law-giver, suggesied a recess until 11 o'clock to give the accuser an op- portunity. On fajlure of any person to show up, the fact then developed that Rundall has left Douglas county, and the case was dis~ missod. Mr. Levy was given a char ce, however, to make & showing of his docket' and papers and give an oxplanation iu refutation to the charges against him. PAINLESS CHA :rrmmAl OGS P“LS‘}?::!.S For Weak Stgfgafll’—nlgpafld" llgasflon—fllsordsred Liver, PRICE 25 CENTS PER BOX Prepar;,d. onll,y' byflfl% %flggl{ ‘é M, 8t. Helens, Lancashire, England, FOR UNITED STATES, 365 & 367 CANAL & Who (if your druggist does not keep them) will 0., Sole Agents » NEW YORK, mail Beecham's Pills on receipt of price—but inguire first, (Please mention this paper.)