Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 3, 1889, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. 1850. THE BRILLIANT SUCCESS OF @ DUNDEE PLACEWw Has attracted buyers and homeseekers from all parts of the city. Its beautiful location and wonderful development has acted as a magnet to draw the best citizens to select their homes within its limits. The improvements already made have been the talk of Omaha, and the low price at which ground in Dundee Place is sold has proved a lever to what is really outside property from being sold at an extortionate figure. Dundee Place to-day with all its present necessities and coming conveniences is the cheapest property in the United States. Dundee Place will make more money for the investor than any other property to be bought anywhere in this country. equals it Dundee Place will have the best homes and the best class of residents in this great and growing city of the northwest. Nothing in Omaha Dundee Place will be the home of hundreds of healthy and happy families, as health makes happiness and the pure air makes health. Dundee Place is restricted against nuisances as no other property has been. that is desirable to make a comfortable home. Things are fixed in such a way that the surroundings will be all Dundee Place will have no saloons to annoy and molest the quiet and home-like appearance of things generally in such a locality. Building loans made to parties who desire to bulld and don’t want to put in the entire amount at the start, Dundee Place is not the property alone for the wealthy, but for those who are able to pay a fair rent, which payment converted into payments would reach the amount required to pay for those who buy in Dundee Place. We will make the most reasonable terms to those who wish to buy and build. Call at our office for any particulars desired, we will show the property at any time. THE PATRICK LAND COMPANY, SOLE OWNERS OF DUNDEE PLACE, Office in Chamber oif Commerce Bld’g. W. H. CRAIG, President. N. D. ALLEN, Vice-President. W. K. KURTZ, General Manager. DUNDEK, PLAC DUNDEE ‘PLACE LABOR CONQUERS ALL THINGS 1t Overcame the Blements Leagued Against Its Holiday. THREE THOUSAND ARTISANS. . Celebrate the First Labor Day in Ne- braska With a Grand Parade and Picnic—Address of Sen- ator C. H. Van Wyok. Rain and Regalin, At90'clock yesterday morning the rain was falling in torrents, and the prospects of it ceasing were very remote. Ten thousand laboring men looked at -the gray clouds in disgust, while their wives and daughters put away their best clothes and, with a sigh, abandoned the idea of spending the day in pleasure, But their pleasure was not to be set aside, The clouds broke a little, the rain dimin- isbed and finally ceased to fal®. The fine togwery was resumed by the ladies, the children seized the lunch baskets, the men put on their badges, and all headed for Cap- itol avenue, where the parade was to form, There was a long delay here, and it was 11 o’clock when the procession moved. The line of march was along all the principal streets. The sid@valks on either side wero thronged with people. Pretty girls threw kisses to their sweethearts in line from sec- one story windows, and proud fathers and mothers watched their offspring as they marchod to the music of the bands. It was the laboringman’s day, and he wus out to enjoy it to the utwmost. The rain bad dampened his ardor some- what in the morning, but with the clearing weather his good spirits returned snd in- spired him througbaln the march. ‘The display, while by no means as large as had been “ms'm' ‘was of remarkable considering the circumstances, * about threa thousanda poople bein, appearance; the procession would have com- vared fuvorably wuh any simidar procession io the covatry. They marchea well, and when not.dressed n uniform, were attired in neat and bepomingapparel. The order maio- tained was excellent and redounded greatly t0 the men in line, Owing to the rain i1t was 11 o’clock before the order to march was given. At the head ‘l)!ll"h: columun rode the ehief marshal, M. T, ack. in line. In At the Park. ‘The precession movad along the following streets: Capitol avenue to Seventeenth, Cass, Sixteenth, Douglas, Eleventh, Farnam w Hascall's park. Aloug the line it was greatly admirod and was froquently grected with cheors and Hoally arrived at Haseall's The rain made matters at the park very disagreeaplo for a time, but atthe conclusion of Senator Vau Wyck’s speech conditions ‘were more favorable and those who had con- cluded that their day's enjoyment was spoiled returned to participate in the fes- tivities, In the afternoon there was a game of ball played, with men from the K. of L. and the trades unions as the contestants. The K. of L. won by a score of 18 to 16, The dancing platform was well patronized during the entire afternoon. Benator Van Wyck's Speech. Whea the purade reached the park the ‘various organizations disbanded und gathered sround the speakers, stand. Mr. Dan O'Keeffe, in a few well-chosen words, intro- duged Senator Van Wyck, who spoke in sub- stance as follows: “'Mr. chairman, fellow citizens, ladies and geutlemen, 1am plased to note that on this ®ceasion labor, as is 1ts custom, faiters not atany difioulty that may present itself. ‘Tho) the storm clouds lower, and for a time the Drosbects are thas this, as in many other oooutunn. nmnu may elude you, wath deterwination you have boldly ‘achi all difticultios, surmouuted ali but only on achieving the well- earned sucoess awaits you, ana 1 see in this day's. work the events of the past centuries rise before me like a dream. Irecall those old days when labor first lifted its head to assert it— self, and I see again the storms of opposition thrown across its pathway by capital in the hands of unscrupulous men who sought to crush the toiling masses. And as you bravely marched on I noted the rifts in the clouds and the occasional rays of sunshine which ever and anon gave evidence of the halo of glory that was to follow, and now standing here on this plat- form I see an illustration of the grand ulti- mate which labor may expect before the heads of the young men present are streaked with the silver of age. “‘Members of the trades unions, it is but meet that 1 should call to your memories the struggles and triumphs which have marked the steady progressive advancement of the theories upon which your organizations are How in the old days. of tyranny these 1deas were frowned upon, when the poor clad who dared assert his rights was persecuted and not until fears of revolution and loss of ail property compelled the rulers to grant some measures of reliel.” Here the speaker related the istory of the labor movement in England and the action of parhament in 1824 in acknowledging that laboring men had a right to ive. This was ! followed by labor’s history in America up to the present time. *“Thomas Jefferson once said that if God were just, he trembled for his country’s safety. The man who would make on asser- tion of that ilk to-day would be classed as a demagogue, and why! Is it notas applicable now as then? Jefflerson’s meaning is plan and can not be misunderstood. Since his tune we bave had many s called roforms and many real retorms. the real have met with ereat and obstinate opposition. The striking of the shackles from the millions of boings was attended with terrible results. Kvery movement of labor has been rigidiy opposed. One judge in chargng a jury said that no body of men nad the right to say for what amount they suould work and how long, but the jury saw fit to differ, und said they had. Every forward step labor has taken has been op- posed. When other means failed they called up the orthodox ministers to raise a hue and ery to tho effect that it was an infidel move- ment. But that failed. Then they imported the Pinkertons and raised militia but their power has waned before the educational methods of labor. And the day is uwot far distant when labor will ne longer be asked ~to bow the knee and give thanks thut it is allcwed tolive. Buton the contrary the man of toil can walk erect in his own land free and in- dependent. No longer will the pale, sad- faced woman toil for her miserable pittance, no longer will the littie bollow cheeked child ‘waste its young life in drudgery, but all will oceupy that station in society to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them,” The speech was greeted with great applause, and when he bad finished he was the subject of many bearty congratulations. S —— LABOK DAY, Where It Originated and Where 1t is Now Ce ted. Ten thousand men of brain ana muscle united yesterday in celebrating the first Labor day in the ory ot Nebraska. 1t was but u fow years ago that Labor day was inuugurated in New York state. 1he object of the workingmen was uot ac- complished without considerable difficulty in that state, but finally a bili was inwoduced iuto the legislature making the 24 of Sept- ember a legal holiday, to be known and ob- served as “Labor day.” The day became so popular in New York and worked states adopted it, until it is now observed in eight different states in the union. This is the first year it has been observed in Nebraska. The bill mullnf the day & lagal boliday was iutroduced Into the state legislature by Mr. Frank Ransom, of Ne- oraska City, aud vassed both houses without any opposition, was sigued by the goveruor and became a law. Extensive preparations were made for the observance of the day throughous the state, and particularly in Omaha, where the Inbor unions have beon busy for weeks ar- rangiog & suitable programme for the day. The success which lmsndud their efforts was attested the yesterday, Notwnluund- 80 satisfactorily that other | ing the earty storm, the enthusiasm of the participants was unabated. They marched with the consciousness of men and mechanics proud of their calling. They marched as living exponents of the dignity of iabor,a principle which they aim to suj port and extend by the increase of intet. gence and the practice of industry, sobriety and virtue. Notes. The ladies from the South Omaha K. of L. assembly 8616, were in line as the guests of the woman’s ‘assembly of the K of L. of Omaha. The six young Iadies who struck at Gib- son, Kichardson & Miller's failed to put m an appearance, The Patriarch’s Militant. Oddfellows band appeared in new uniforms of red and black, @ most beautiful one indeed. Eight hour banners were a conspicuous feature of the parade. The letter carriers were reprsented by only two men. Shortly before the procession movea, it seemed for a timeas if the rignt of tha lino wus to be without a band. Finally somebody said that the place belonged to the A. Accordingly, a marshal ordered them 10 thio front, taking the place with a Lancer-like movement which did them credit. They had scarcely come to a halt, however, be- fore ihe band of the Omaha Guards made their appearance and convinced everybody that the place belonged to them. The Hibernians then rewrned to their former position, playing a lugubrious air as they proceeded thither. They had jnst about reached their place when the Guards' band struck up an Irish medley, which the winds tenderly and sympathetically wafted to the ears of the Irishmen positions, places had been reversed. Many of the Mercer motor cars are deco- rulei(l with flags, bunting and ribbons for the wee Albert Lucker, a bricklayer, was deprived the pleasure of taking part with bis union brothers in the festivities by falling from a scaffold on Saturday and breaking one of his legs. A liliputian specimen of the colored race, carrying @ shoe-blacking outfit almost as large as himself attracted considerable at- tention along the line of march. The arch at the corner of the Tenth and Jackson streets collapsed yesterday and delayed the niovement of stréet cars, as well as traflic, noarly an hour, It had been heavily decorated with flags and bunting, which, bein soauked with the rain, became 50 heavy that tho gas pipes could not with- stand tho weight. Accordingly the traus- verse arches foll into the street. A force of workmen cleared away the wreck as quickly as possible and will re-erect the arch. Ir WON'T BAKE BREAD.—In other worgls, Hood’s sarsaparilli won’t do im- possibilities. Its proprietors tell plainly what it bas doune, submit pro from sources of unquestioned reliability, and ask you franklyif you are suffering from any disense or affection eauscd or promoted by impure blood or low state of the system, to try Hood’s sarsaparillu. ‘The experience of others is sullicient assurance that you will not be disap- poiated in the result. A Gang of Hoodlnms. It is reported that a gangof young men have been in the habit of congregating in Sullivan's barn near the corner of Twelfth and Pierce strects, and tapping & kee of beer every day. They also induee little ohil- dren to come into the barn and muke thuvm drink beer. Yesterday the little boy of Mrs, Haley, who lives in the neighborhood was being coaxed into the bara by the men when Mrs. Haley interfered and started away with the boy. One of the men, J. J. Sullivan, son of the owner of the barn, commenced swearing at the lady and, run- niag after her, caught her by the arm mod slapped her in the face several tiwes. A large crowd gathered, but no one offered to interfere. A policeman was sent for and ar- rested Sullivan, John Hall, D. D., LL. D., says the Amevican supplement o the Encyelo- pedia Britanuvica is a necessary and ) very uselul supplement. DEATH OF PETER RUSER. Sunday Night's Shoooting Affair Ends in a Tragedy. THE MURDERER'S SURRENDER. Coroner Holds an Inquest and a Verdict is Returned That the Shooting Was With Felon- ious Intent. Ruser's Murder. Peter Ruser died at10o'clock yesterday morning;at his father's house, out at Ruser's park, from the effect of u pistol shot fired by George Sewell. THe tragedy occurred ata few minutes before 7 o'clock Sunday evening. Ruser has a park and keeps & saloon in one part of his residence, and as a result the young men of the neighborhood are accus- tomed to gather at the place on Sunday even- ings and enjoy their games and refreshments. There was the usual gathering Sunday afternoon, and among them was George Sewell, a farm hand who lived near by, and who is respousible for the death of young Ruser. A few minutes before 7 o'clock Fletcher Wagner, Peter and Rudolf Ruser and Sewell were in front of the saloon when ~ Wagner seized Sewell’s hat ana refused to return it to him. This angered Sewell and he pulled a big 38 calibre revolver from bis pocket and fired two shots, one at Wagner and one at Peter Ruser. The shot fired at Wagner struck him at the point of the tifth rib on the right side and glanced off, inflicting but a slight flesh wounnd, The shot aumed at Peter Ruser found its mark and the young man received a mortal wound. After firing the two shots Sewell turned and ran west. from the park and got out of sight be- tore the bystanders had sufficiently recov- ered from their surprise and fright to organ- ize a pursuit, There were a number of eye witnesses to the tragedy, One of them was Rudolf Ruser, a brother of the victim, who came near being also. H1 was Aing at ove side of the door,” he stit.' 0 & reporter yesterday, “und Peter near me and Wagner ‘was on uer side of the door. Several were stuldiug uear and were all joking. Wagner had been teasing Sewell and had his hat, I think, Sewell had a revolver, which be had just bought, aud’ he walked a few steps, not more than ten. feet away, drew his revolver and said to Wagner, ‘T'll just fix you right now,’ and fired. He then pointed the revolver at me. 1 ;fl;nmn 10 oune side, when be turned it to my brother Peter and flrud and he nu, Sewell then ran awa; "Hud there been lll gparrel!” was asked. “Not a word. oo laughing: and joking each other lll arblind but there was 1o quarreling and no hard words,” Any swearing ! 'Not an oath was uttered, I don't think, either before or after th lhuuuu[ None of us ever had any trouble: with Sewell. He worked for us six or lewyndunn #go and bas worked in the neighboriibod ever since. He drinks considerably sodl’ is rather quarrel- some aud always telling'what he would do if he had & gun.” “Was he drunk Sunday eveningi" “He had been drinking, but was not drunk and was not uearly so talkalive as usual. This is"Rudolf Ruser's statement of the affair, and it Is corroborated by Fletcher Wagner, Charley Hays, and_several others who witucssed the afldr. The father of the murdered boy lay s bed, where he has been wnflued for the past six weeks, and heard the conversation that preceeded the tragedy, and heard the shot that robbed hiw of a son. He says there was ne quarrelling whatever, and that when the shots where firea he thought the boys were shooting at & wark, and knew nothing different uutil some one raised the cry that Peter had been shot. He then raised up in his bed and, looking through the window, u' the murderer o?hu son running down l ‘n {.n:d carrying the yet smoking revolver Medical attention was seoured st uace after tho shooting and every effort made to save the life of the wounded poy. The task was hopeless. The bullet had entered the left side between the sixth and seventh ribs and passed through tae stomach, touching both the left kidney and a lobe of the liver. The poor lad lay unconscious until 10 o’clock yesterday meorning, when death ended his sufferings. At9 oclock yesterday morning George Sewell, the slayer of young Ruser, walked into the police station and ~surren- dered himself, He is s man of forty-two years of age, and served a number of years in the army and was discharged at Fort Omaha in 1877, He is a single man and has no relatives west of New York city. He is strange in his behavior and showed not a particle of concern when informed that young Ruser was dead. “I fired both shots at Wagner,” said Sewell, ‘'and didn’t aim at Ruser at all.” “Why did you shoot. at Wagneri” “Oh, he's one of these feilows that is al- ways fighting, and he was after me. He kept coming toward me and I shot at him.” “Did you ever have any trouble with him before?” “He was al'ways abusing me, and at one time he slapped me in the mouth. He com- menced on me yesterday and I shot him.’ Sewell purchased the revolver with which he did the shooting from John Weaver, u farmer for whom he was working It appears that he is a monomaniac on the sub- jeet of revolvers, and has always been trying t buy one and telling what he would do if he had one. All who were acquainted with him have refused to sell him a gun, and the one bought from Weaver is the only one he has ownea since he left the army. Sewell was yesterday arraigned before Judge Berka and the case continued until the 10th inst. The Inquest, The coroner went to Ruser’s park yester day afternoon to hold an inquest on the body of the murdered boy. Henry Ruser, the father, is almost prostrated with grief and was found in bed. He has been under the attendance of a physician for some time, and was on his sick bed when his boy was shot. The jury chosen was as fdllows: G. F. Brucker, John Packard, Cnarles Parker, W, Richardson, W. R. Barton and William Ryan. Henry Ruser entered the jury room sup- ported on either side, and sank into a chair, Prosecuting Atiorney Mahotey conducted the examination of witnesses. The first witness called was Dr. E. W, Lee, who testified that he was sent for Sunday night to attend the deceased. “Ifound him, he said, ‘‘with a pistol wound in his breast. The point of entrance of the bullet was on a line drawn from the nivple to the umbilicus, nearer the latter than the former. The wound was undoubtedly fatal. The bullet penetrated the stomach, uver and upper part of the udneys. I sevored several arteries and vessels n its course, whioh caused the hemor- rhage occasionings the death. The con- toata of thestomach were thrown into the bdominal cavity through the opening left by bullet.” l"lewn Wagner, the young man who re- ceived the other bullet from the fatal re- volver, testitied as follows : *We were standing in front of the saloon, and [ tdbk Sewelt's hat in ajoking wuy aud started off with it, but came back and told him I would give it to him if he would treat. 1 asked hum playfully if he had & gun with bim, und be replied, “Yes, how would you like to hear the ring of it?” I paid no atten- tion to it, but a few mowents later he pulled a revolver out of his right hand pants' pocket sud shot at me. The bullet struck me, and I ran to the corner of the house. As 1 ran 1 heard another shot, but did not stoj 10 see whom 1% hit. Peter lluser was stan ing in the open door of the saloon, and l stood two feet south of him, After the sec- ond shot I saw Sewell run north, and foi- lowed bim to the end of the grove, where I lost sight of him in the weods.” “‘When he shot at me the revolver was not @ foot from wo. He was not druak at the time that 1 eould Boe, but I know that be had been drinking 0 some extent. 1 had known him wo v:urr¥ “ #un for some time, and had heard of his threatening to shoot people before. I had & quarrel with Sewell some time ao, but it Wwas not mentioned or thought of, as far asy I was congerned, on this occasion.” W. R. Fisher, an eye witaess of the shoot ing. was the next to testify. He said: *‘I have known Sewell for three years. I was present and saw the boys joking with him, Fletch asked him to buy u glass of beer for him, which he refused to do. Fletch then asked him if he had a gun, and, when he said he had, Fletch said, ‘Oh, you won't shoot.” Sewell told me last Sunday that 1if anyone crowded him he would put a hole in him. He bought the revolver of & man named Weaver, for whom he worked. He drank during the day about thirty or forty glasses of whisky, beer and gin and black- berry, but was not drunk. He told them to quit fooling with him. He was av the other saloon during the afternoon, and cawe near gnnmg into a row there, and being fired out. While at the other saloon he had his hand on his pocket all the time. I was going to tell him to gut , away, but was afraid he would shoot me,” Ernest Herkellman was then called, and said: “I was avbout fivo or six feet from Peter Ruser when he was shot.”” His testimony with regard to the dotails of the shooting was about the same as that given by Fisher. He said thav after Wagner was shot Sewell moved the gun towards his direction, and he ran, Sewell bad nformed witness a few days previous that the boys had been *‘cod- ding" him, and that he bad bought himself a self-acting revolver to protect hinself. 'I'he revolver, as the witness remembered, was a short-barrelled revolver called the Batlard Eugene Henseman, a milkman living in the vicinity, was called and his was virtually the same as gi others, Rudolph Ruser, a brother of the deceased, said: ‘*My brother was seventeen years of age. 1was by his bedside when he died. ‘The boys were out in front of the saloon boxing hats. My brother wok George's hat off and passed it to Flotch Wagner, who took it away and brought it back. George's shirt was open in the front and the boys pulled it further open in fun. George then said, ‘You want to et up on that' Fletch then asked him if he had a gun, and he replied substantially as staled before. Sewell had the gun in his right-hand side pocket, and put his hand on it. Finally, he arose from his chair and fired two shots in quick succession, one at Iletch and one at my brother, swerving the muzzle of the gun not more than sixteen to eighteen inches. The muzzle of the gun was not over eight inches from my brother when ho was shot. Sewell then turned the gun on me and I ran around the housc and into the barn. Sewell bad a fight in the other sa- loon last Sunday, snd when I met inm on Thursday 1 said: ‘I hear a follow ran you all over the place last Sunday.’ He replied, but Iam fixed for him now,’ at the ? time showing me the revolver with hich the killing was done.” The jury returned the following verdi “We, the jury, find tnat Peter Ruser came to his death through hemorrhago, caused by & bullet wound, said bullet belng'fired froum a revolver in the hands of one George Sewell, with felonious and premeditated in- tent.” The evidence throughout tho inquest failed to show the slightost motive for the murder. The murdered boy was a favorite with cveryone, and was on good terms with Sewell. Sewell has had a babit of telling everyone what a bad man he was, and what he would do if he bad a gun. He was known as a “bluffer,” and ttle attention was paid to his threats. Henry Kuser. the father of the dead boy, is broken down by the blow, as he placed great rellance on his son and looked upon him as an advisor and director in his business. Ruser’s park, whero the tragedy occurred, 8 a picuic ground and Sunday resort on the Belt line. 1t 18 patronized chiefly by Ger- mans, who go there to spead Sunday, em- ploying tasir tume in rifle shooting, ten pins and kindred sports. The garden has always had the reputation of being an orderly place, and has neyer been the scene of sccious dis~ turbauce. NEGLECTED BOYS. How Colonel Hogeland I8 Endeavoi ing to Improve Their Condition, Alexander Hogeland, president of the Boys' and Girls’ National Employment ussociation, delivered an address Sunday, night atthe First Congregational church before a large and intelligent audience of represeutative citizens upon crime and destitution among the youth. Rev. Dr. Duryea, pastor of the church, in- troduced the speaker in terms highly compli- mentary, and for over an hour the large au- dience gave breathless attention toa recital of the personal experience of President Hoag- land in his mdividual work among the neg- lected youth in over three hundred of the principal citiesof the country. Reference was made to the national asso- ciation and the meeting of three national conventions and a fourth tobe held in Wash- ington, October 14, 15 und 16. He referred to the association being the only one that had ever formulated laws on truancy, tranp- ing, vagrancy, and running off among minors, and presenting the same to the legis- lugures of the country for legal enuctment. One of the laws provides for the opening of county telligence offices in each county of overy state, for the purpose of hunting homes and employment for neglected youth. A second law provides for the free open- ing und maintainaoce of night schools for apprentice boys. Also & law requiring the imprisonment of minors sep- arate and apart from oid and hardened crim- inals, Many incidents—some of them highly dramatic in their character—were related by the colonel as coming up under his own per- sonal experience, Reference was made to the army of 70,000 couvicts in our peniten- tiaries; that their conviction and mam- tenauce cost the taxpayers §2,000 each; they were recruited pewly every two years, half of thewn under twenty-one years of age, and 45 per cent went 'back a second time. The speaker said that in the motto of the naticnal association prevention was better than cure. Scores of cases wero cited where boys had been taken out of the streets, uud even from jail, and carried to farms, and had developed into use- ful civizens or business men, MEDILINE For llllnl and Nervor fi. This ia no fiction. wled, fiwhl Won BEECH. “Pl LLSW‘"-‘L"»§ Dia snd Swating et et Weals, n Sl enm-. nu- .flm&u rous and Trambiay Senset u:'."'"'" 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