Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 26, 1890, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 926, 1800.~SIXTEEN PAGES. f- EM BR ID IE On Monday morning we will piace on sale the largest and finest stock of Embroideries, ever brought O ER S. to this city. Remember, that ;}}ese goods have just arrived and are new. (& LINENS. ILast week of our Great Linen. Sale. Ladies wh~ " ~--e not purchased this year’s linen should visit our Linen department at once. Special bargains in ' able Jamasks, with napkins to match towels & crash. BLLACK DRESS GOODS. = C lExtraordinary purchase of Black Brilliantines. On Monday morning we shall place on sale a full line of genuine English Brilliantines, at popular prices. New goods, just opened. o ——————————————————————— I On Monday morning, we will offer our entire stock of Plush Sacques and Wraps, at just one half of the originai price. Ladies, we mean just what we say. Call and see. N ewmarkets,all wool goods,$7.50. LOAKS. ¢« UNDERWEAR. v S ———— = — B (@ GLOVES. OOKS,BOOKS Sacrifice Sale of Underwear for ladies and still lower. dispose of. Sacrifice Sale of Kid Gloves. On Mon either button or lace, at 25¢ to 97c¢. heard of prices. e ——————————————————— Our Book Department positively closes January 31st. Only 5 days more to get standard works at un- gentlemen. On Monday We have a very fine and complete stock of this The sale of Muslin and Silk Underwear continues until T s ——— T morning we will reduce the prices underwear, which we desire to January 31st. Call and see it. e ——— e R day we will sell Foster's, Jouvin and other standard makes, THE IRISH NATIONAL LEACUE An Auditing Ccmmittee to Meet in Detroit January 28. MADE UP OF PROMINENT MEN. Omaha’s Mayor Will Take a Stand in the ' Investigation — Covington's Complaint Dismisked ~Help ¥or South Dakota. irish National |League Investigation. LaxcoLN, Neb, Jan. 25.—{Special to Tur Bre. |—Preswlent Fitzgerald of the Irish National League of America makes the following . announcemont regarding the auditing committee re- cently mentioned in Tus Bee: The committee will meet in Detroit, Mich,, January 20, 1890, and will then begin its work . of auditing the accounts of the league from 1ts organization to the present time. The following are the gentlemen who will act on the committeo: . Hon, John J. O'Conuor, a prominent capitalist and citizen of Elmira, N. Y.; Hon. R. C. Cushing, mayor of Omaha; O'Brien J. Atkinson of Port Huron, a leading Michigan lawyer and one of the most respected citizens of. that state; Pilip McCabll, a pructical sccountant ana well known citizen of St. Louis, Mo., who will also uct as representative of the Post-Dis- iteh, which journal raised $5,000 for the rish ' _couse lust spring; Hon. J. W. Fitzgernld, formerly’ of Ci Marys, Kan. cinnati, but now of 3 Hon. Thomas Trute, city treasurer of De- troit, ich.; William J. Gleason, a profes- sional acoountant and a well known citizen of Clevelana O. Canada's ropresentatives will be the Hon, John Hearn, s member of the legislative council of Quebec province and one of the wealthlest Irishmen, as well as oue of the lest citizens of Quebec; Felix Carfray, ex-member of parliament for Quebec, west, avd one of the most pro.winent merchunts of that ci Mr. Carbray was the mover of the anti-coercion resolutions passed by the Quebec legisinture; Martin Bawtle, collector of inlaud revenue, Ottawa, and one of the most esteomed Citizens of the Dominion capital, The following gentiemen were also invited, but for various reasons were unable to attend: Rev. Dr, T, J, Conaty, Worcester, Mase.; Hon. John J. Douvovan, Lowell, Mass.; Hon. James Moouey, Buffalo, N, Q.; Hugh McCaftrey, Philadel ml. Pa., vice president of the league; Roderick J, Kennedy, treusurer of the league, New York; Hon. T V. Powderly, rand master workman of tho Knights of bor, Scrauton, Pa.: Hon, Patrick Poland, Cincinuati, O,; Hon, John A. McShaue, Omaha, Hon, John Fitzgerald ana Hon. Jobn P, Sutton of this oity leave at 1o'clock to- wmorrow for Detroit, They expect o be jolned av Omaba by Mayor Cushing. TIE COVINGTON COMPLAINT. The following recommendation of the secretaries in the complaint of the Citizens of Covington vs the Chicago, St. Paul, Minne- spolis & Omaha, was adopted by the state board of transportation this morning: The case of the Citizens of Covington, com- piainants vs the Chicago, St. Paul, Minne- -apolis & Omaha Railway company, respond- ent. This complaint was o agaiust the respond iway cowmpany to compel the company to give train servioe to the citizens of the village of Covington, Dakota gounty, ‘When this company first put the raiftvay in fluntlon from Sioux City, In,, to Omaba, eb., it made the transfer across the Mis- souririver by transfer boats and kept and maintived & dopot at Covington, where nRers wis hm-nl and leavo its trains. he trausfer of the railwey trains of the re- spondent mm;-uniy by transfer bosts was at~ tended, necessarily, with great expense and inconvenience to” the company, and many vexatious sud dawmaging delays occurred to gl: patrons of the road. ‘I'o avoid this the \ Ral cago, St. Faul, Minneapols & Omaha liway cow, y coustructed a bridge “cross the Missourl river at a voint some Lwo miles below the village of- Covington, and a8 800n as the same was cumpleted, abandoned the former practice of transferring trains ncross the Missouri river by boats, and pro- ceedod to run its trains across the bridge, and 80 made n_new station about ono and one-half miles below 1ts former station, and pmcllcn‘l,g, 80 far as the passenger traffic is concerned, abandoned its depot at the village of Covington. This company purchased the Bioux City & Nebraska Railway company’s francise. It was with the Sioux City & Nebraska that the agroement was made, if at all, and that company sold its franchise to the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha. Secrotaries Gilnison and \ilchrist visited Covington and made a personal eéxamination of the matter complained of, not only at Covington but of the surrounding country as well, and camo to the conclusion that under the prosant arrangewent of said respondent company the people of Dakota county are better and more efficiently accommodated than thev were uader the former condition when the transferring was done by boats and the station was maintained av Coving- ton. Tbat the citizens of Covington are puv 0 some inconvenience by this new arrange- ment will ve aamitted, but on the other hand, it is thought that a much larger nums ber of the citizens of Dakata county would be put to a greater inconvemence by the cbange of trains from South Sioux City, and certainly the traveling public have some rights to consideration in the adjustment of this questiof. In tho matter of the legal rights of the citizens of Covington to enforce @ contract against the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha made with the Sfoux City & Nebraska, there are 'numorous authorities cited 10 show that this company cannot be held to fulflll the promises maae by the Sioux City & Northern to the village of Covington. = The complaint was dis- m , BYATE HOUSE GOSSIP. Av a meeting of the State Board of Educa- tional Lands and Funds held this mnrnlnfi,’ Land Commissioner Steen was instructed locate the 41,409 acres indemnity of school lands which are yet due the state from the goneral government. The stato has already located 115,000 acres. Sometime ugo 9,105 acres were located in Cheyenne county, buy sottlers rushed in on it wnd made eutries under the homestead, timber culture and pre-emption acts, and the state subsequently abandoned its claim. These lands will be selected in the northwestern part of the state. It will be eigheen months yet, how- ever, before they are ready to be leased. The case of William Davis vs. the stato; error from Greeoloy county, was filed in the suprewe court today. Davis was convicted of a criminal assaulv on Pearl Mitchell, who wus under fifteon years of age, in the dis- trict court of Greeloy county, October 93, 1889, and sentenced o two vears in the peni- tentiary, ‘The following insurance companies doiug business in Nebraska flled their annual statements today : Premium. Losses. Eagle of New York. . .§ 4,400.67 $ 9,170.05 280, 25,646 Hartford of Hartford. ... 30,280.83 25,646.04 Union of Philadelphia,.. 1,033.46 17.90 Jersey City of Jersey City 1,980.78 ———u lmperial of Loudon..., . 880772 7.718.98 Central Nebraska Live Stock of Kearney, 2,809.10 2,527.25 A. E. Arlatory, treasurer of Chase county, made settiement with the auditor today and &-Aod“lx;: the state troasury the sum of THE LANCASTER BAK ASSOCIATION, At the bar meetiug held last night at the Lincolv law school, in the Burr block, the following ofticers were elected for the en- suing year: President. H. H. Wiison: vice preaidents, Judge Allen W. Field and A, R. Talbot; urer, N, L. Snell; recording secretary, 5. 8, Geisthardt; corresponding secretary, Judge H. J. Whitmore: executive committee, H. H, Wilson, ex-officio, E. P. Holmes, F. A. Chapman, It was decided to hold the dedicatory ex- ercises on the opening of the mew court bouse oun February 10, with the following Bpcaug Court, O1d Style ning Cou - W. . {hjor A. G. Hastin, Aadresscs Judges Chupmun wud Field Call of the Docket.....Judge Alles W, Field History of the New Court House........ virapenansns dudge J. R Webster History of the Lancaster County Har.. .. sriiienieine seeess HOB Lo W, Billingsley 3“'1“"” g:ulan .'.dflon. G. L. Lambertson nicg o Reoord....... \ivvsesinies " 8{ Members of the Bar It was decided to bold & banquet on the evening of February 19 for members of the association and invited guests, ond Messrs. Holmes, Parker, Whedon, Billingsley and Talbot were appointed @ cofimittes on ar- rangements. —Tho ussociation will meet again on Friday evening, January 31, to fur- ther consider the dodicatory exercises. IN THE FEDERAL COURT. The jury in tho case of A. J. Potter va the Unitea States brought in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for §1,850. The citation in the Grandpa Burrus case was placed i tho® hands of Marshal Slaughter and s deputy is scouring the country for the old gentleman. The citation is made returnable three days after service is had. SUCCOR FOR SGUTH DAKOTA. The board of trade is arrangiug to send a car of provisions to the sufferers of South Dakots, which the Elkhorn agrees to carry free of ‘charge. GOVERNUR'S RECEPTION POSTPONED. On account of Mrs. Thayer's illness the recoption intended to be giveu the citizens of Lincoln next Munday evsning by the gov- ernor und Mrs. Thayer has been postponed. Due announcement will be given later on. The remainsof Mrs. Al E. Ewan were taken to Talmuge today, where the funeral twok place at 2;30 this afternoon. Rev. New- man of the First Christian church of this city mccompanied the mourners and con- ducted the funeral services. The pall bear- ers 1o this_city were from Avollo lodge, Knuights of Pythias, of which Mr. Ewan 1s a member, 2 Ben F. Wise, formerly of Lincoln but now of Cinciuati, is in the city over Sunday. Miss Fannio Doughty of Craig, Mo, visiting with the family of W. M. Benton. There will be quarterly meeting services 8t the Trinity M. E. church Sunday fore- noon. Dr. Miller preaches in the morning sod evening. Sacrament av the close of the morning service. At the Sunday ovemn%urvme of the Flirst. Christian church Elder Newmun will preach on the subject: *Is the Old Testament Our Law Book!” At the St. Paul M. E, church the tor, Dr. Stein, will preach in the morning on ““The rProgressive Power of the (Gospel.” At the evening service on *'A Candid Inquiry." The ladies interested in prison reform work beid a sovial Friday eveniog at the residence of Mra, Augie I. Newman, 1724 L street. A short programme was given and refresh- ments served. ‘The proceeds will be used n purchasing bibles for the Jails aud prisons. The infant daughter of Lottie W, Hall died of pneumonia last even- ing. ne Yorke club held pleasant party at Temple hall lust evening, which was well attended. 4 Goldwater's cowplaint against Officer Ma- lone failed to connect, Victor Erickson, aged thirty-five, angd Mrs, Augusta Samuelson, twaenty-seven, both of Davy, were married this morning by Judge Stewart. The city attorney begun suit today to re- cover for the city’s possession a strip of land, veing that part of Nineteenth street between the south Lme of K street and the vorth line of J street. The defendants are J. H. McMurtry, A. E. McMurtry, William H. Van Horn, John 8. (regory and Charles ¥, Wilwon, Bank examiner Brivk is in the eity. Ed Bignall, the new superiotendent of the worthern division of the Burlington, will take his place about February 1. The will of Jobn Bishop was adwmitted to probate today, Edwin Post, the young Waverly farmer who went erazy the other day, was sent to the asylum tod: is Late A?Nlll.‘ Frank Collius, Charles Swan and Ed. Commings were among the arrests made last night for larceny. One of these stole a pair of shoes, another some cloth, and the third a lady's muff, Officer O'Gorman made a clever arrest last night. He gathered in one A. N, Botts, Wwho is wanted as a fugitive from justice at Dakota City, this state. Botis broke jail while aoing uinety days for larceny, Word bus been ived by the local authorities ff at Dakota City will arrive uer at once. ke . loses 1ts grip when (.).!‘n(mh‘srhln'u Cough Remedy is freely en. La Grippe_ soon George V. and [ THE COUNTY: (OMMISSIONERS More Reports on the Plumbing in the New County Hospital ATTORNEY MAHONEY'S OPINION. List of the Petit Jurors for the Com- ing Terw of the District Court —The Roche Defioci- ency Matter. That Plumbing Job. Superintendent Coots yesterday transmit- ted the report of Assistant Superintendent McEkron and Eogioeer Russell on the plumbing in the now county hospital to the county commissioners. The report specified a large number of deficiencies in the sizes of pipes as compared with the plans and speci- fications, as published in Tur Bee a week ago. The superintendent reported that he had remonstrated with the contractors from ume to time, but this had no effect on them, ‘The high and low pressure steam mains are not according to specifications. Where tho plans call for fifteen-inch mains, twelve-inch mans have peen snbstituted, ten-inch pives have been used where twelye-inch pipes are called for, and 80 on down the list. The soil pipes are improperly caulked and unfit for the use for which they were designed. In the freah nir shafts a heating surface of seventy-five fect hus been put in, whon the specitications call for 600 feet. The Omaha Fair and Exposition associa- tion sen} in a communication asking if that portion of the poor farm lying west of the Belu line track could be leased for a loug term of years for fair and exposition pur- poses. - It was referred to the judicisry com- mittee with instructions to confer with the county attorney. ‘The county attorney returned the report of the superintendent of the hospital on the de- fective plumbing with the opinian that if the work performed by the contractors is° not in accordance with the specifications the board should refuse to vay for the same until they are made to conform to the contract. If the contractors neglect or delay for an uareasonable tune to perform their contract of putting in the steam heating or plumbiag the board should havo the »same puv in by other parties upon the best terms which the couuty can secure, and charge the contrac- tors and their bondsmen with whatever ad- ditional cost is made 19;the county by reason of tuking such step. ‘The following is'the list of petit jurors as drawn by the clerk ofthe district court re- ported to the commissioners. Peter Mangold, V. H. Thomas James, Allen, Fred Moultou, Gilvert. Rustin, John H. Parrait, A. Steerey Tom Hart, P, F. Barrett, M. Bolin, hglkq Carr, George Carr, CLff Rouser, Joseph Michal, John Ennis, George W, Church, William 'W, Duncan, H, L. Russell, Nichotas® Wetzel, Jumes C. Hruner, lliam , P MeDevitt, ‘Thomus Burke, 0. C. Ludlow, P. J, Maoning, Mike Touer, Joseph Reédman, Kd Corrigan, Thomas Ryan, Pat Hoctor, Charles Tag- H. M. Hunt, Adam Stenghue, J. A, Pierce Ryau, l’l‘!’.?’r McCaftrey, Leopold gart, Fry, Doll. The county surveyoo:was allowed a araw- ing table aad repairs nficm- for properly storing maps, plats, ete, “The flnancs committee reported on Sherift Coburn’s bills for Degember and eight days in January, recommending that the smount of 8 for commuting city prisoners be de- ducted, and the balance, §58, ailowed. The report was adopted. he finance committee also reported on the report of County Clerk Roche for the last quarter. The report shows that the {ees of the oftice were not sufficient to pi the clerks in the office gnd the county clerk's regular salary by $45.6). The report of the county clerk made this deficiency $61.60, but the finance committee thinks Mr. Roche should turn into the treasury the 816 he re- esived for work'in toe canvassing board. Ex-Bheriff Coburn's bill 1or boardis isoners during Decewmver and eight days in wouary was reduced ¥325.6), the amount chared for boarding city prisoners and for | the use of the jail. The reports of the com- mittee were adopted. ‘The committee on judiciary reported ad- versely on the application of Messrs, Mori- arty and Shea for an incroase of salary to $150 per month. The report stated that ac- cording to the statutes it is illegal to pay assistant county attorneys except in special felony casos, and then ouly under the direc- tion of the district court. ‘The committee on _bridges recommended that the petition for a viaduct over the Belt line on Leavenworth street be piaced on file. Dr. Peabody mage application for a position on the medical staff of the new hospital. Chairman Auderson n‘ignod the application of James Barker for mission to the sol- diers’ home on the recommendation of Major T. 8. Clarkson. J.G. Knight_ was appointed as justice of the peace of Union precinct. The justice elected at the last election failed to qualify, thereby creating a vacancy. Mr. Knight 'Wwas the justice last yoar. LOCAL SPOKTING GOSSIP, Billy Meyer and His Backer. Billy Meyer, the famous light-weight pugilist of Streator, Ill,, and Lee Cheney of Bloomington, Meyer's backer, will arrive here this evening from Chicago, en route to San Francisco. Jimmey Lindsay received o letter from Cheney yesterday snying they would stop off here over Sunday for the pur- pose of a conference with the officers of the Gate City Athletic ciub with the view of a wmatoh some timoe early in the spring between Meyer and Liudsay. ~ Of course 1t is not known what sort of a purse Cheney will de- mand for such a match, but it wili undoubt- edly be of very respectable dimes The Gate City club, however, will strain a point to arrange the match, as they havo unlim- ited conhidence in Lindsay’s wvilities to cope with such 8 notable opponent, aud realize that there would be money in such a match for the club, even if they are compelled to havg up 8 wood stiff purse. Lindsay is more thaa willing vo tuke his chances, and will abide by whatever arrangements the club sees proper w make. Mr. Fallon of Ken » Wis, Patsy Fallon, formerly of this city, now of K.enl}hl. Wis., will arrive in the city this evening with the Billy Meyer party, bound for 'Frisco. Fallon has written ahead that no opportunity should be iguored to makea match with Meyer for Lindsay, as in opinion the Omaha boy can best him in a fin 18h contest, Fallon further says that the Kenosha authorities, after heariog of Lind- sav's easy conquests over Griftin, expross the belief that he is as good & man, if not boiter, than Denny Needbam, aud a likely opponent for either Meyer or McAuliffee, Kallon, when in 'Frisco, will endeavor to arranke matters for Liudsay's debut on the coast, and it i8' quite likely that within the next six months Jimmy will have met the best talent in nis class in the country, anxious for this o be brought about promises not to disapvoint nis frien have 50 long stood by him here und cumstances of the most unsatisfactory char- acter, Four Games tor Haif a Dollar. The Omaha base ball clubs have made a contract with the Western Union telegraph company for a report by innings of all the wamos pluyed 1n the Weslern association the comiug seuson. ‘These will be bulletined on the grounds during the progress of gam being played here, aud thus the local patrons, while eu{uylnu the suwuggles of their owa team, will be kept posted as to the progress of the games in other cities. A new bulletin board much larger th the old one will be PUL up Bl & conspicuous point ou the grounds in tune for tbe inaugural contests. The Middleweight Contest. The amateur miadleweight contest for the championship of Nebrasku and a handsome gold medal offered by the Atheneum club will open au the club rooms of the above club tomorrow uight. There are six eotries and some imLerosting sport is suticipated. Signs of the Approaching Season. Manager Leonard of the Omaba ball team writes that be will report in this ejty on March 1 and be ready 1o in hustling for the season. The plulllhl:fll all be notitled 1o report'on or about March 15, THERE ARE 100 MANY COOES, Because the Remalns of the Suloide Oannot Be Identifisd. HE IS NOT OF OKLAHOMA, The Mystery Surrounding the Young Man's Death Bgill Remains Impenetrable—Proapects of a Bequel. Post Mortem Tales. In regard to the man Cook,who committed suicide at the Millard hotel in this oity Thursday uight, the following additional particulars have been obtained: A Ber reporter found Mre. Cook, the wife of H. H. Cook, the -suicide, at the home of Mrs. Houston, near the Elkhorn tracks, east of Twenty-fourth street, She is a small, fairly good-looking, in- teiligent woman of twenty-five yearsiof age snd has three .children aged respectively six years, three yosrs and thres months, ‘When asked to give tne facts of her life with Cook, sbe readily complied and made the following statement : “Iam not sure that the man who killed himself,” she said, ‘‘was my husbaud, His hair, height and size correspond but his face was 80 badly discolored with' blood that I cannot say positively: whether he was my husband or not, **My husband’s name was Harry H. Cook, and I was married to him i Toronto in 1852, in All Saints church, My father's name is Langton. He lives in Toronto, and I have a brother and an uncle who aro in that city counected with the big publishing bouse of Hunter, Rose & Co, We came to Omaha flve years ngo, and my husbaad weut to work for Loyal L. Smith and stayed with him until the failure. Mr, Cook then began going through the conntry buying up butter and eggs and paying for them iu goods which he bought at the wholessle stores here. He made money right along, und we were doing nicely, A couple of years ago I bought one and a half acres of ground n West Side from Fred Kosdyke, and we uilt a small bhouse on it. Last svring, whilo 1 was sick, my husband mude the last pay ment on my place and had the deed made in is name, In March the house was burned.” Your husband is charged with having burned the place, Mrs, ‘Cook." “‘That is & mistake aud [ want Tae Bre to correct it. No, the houss was burned oy & prairie fire which was sot by sparks from an Elkhorn engine, Cook got the insurance on the place and went with thé crush to Oklahoma, where he secured several lots in Kingfisner and a homestead clsim.© He came back in AquIII'. but soon returned to Oklahoma and I did not see kim alive again, lllhou‘;h he was here in September and sgain in November." “What avout the other woman in the case!” Mrs, Cook hesitated a moment and then said; '*Yes, there was unother woman in case and she is responsible for the whole trouble. Harry was always good to me until ‘he met that woman,” Who is she, and where did he meet her?" Her name is Nichoisen, and her parents live near Eikhorn village. Harry meuv her when he was seliing goods through the coun- try. After that she used to come to the nouse aud inquire for him,saying she wanted to see um on busives, I suspected nothing wrong and did not until he went to Okla- boma and she followed bim. Then I found out that he had been llvlnx @t ber home and had told her that he would marry her as soon as he could get a divorce from me. Waen he came back from Oklabhoma in May he stayed at her place, and I went there aad found all of my dresses and silverware ana goods that thought had beeu burned in the fire. The woman had slmost destroyed my dresges, which I had wheo I was warried, sod I onlfi #ot part of my silverware. ‘Ihat woman Lue cause of all the trouble.” Cook is not 1"’ sstisfied that the dead wan is ber busband sud is suxiously waiting the arrival of & brother of ber busbaud who lives at Brockton, Mass,, and who has been telegraphed for. . Who is 1ths Dead Man? The remains of Cook, the suicide, still lie in Heafoy & Heafey's undertaking rooms on Fourteenth streen. Yesterday they were viewed by a numoer of peovle, & number of whom claimed to have koown H. H. Cook when he livea in this city, So fag at leust as those who viewed the remains and claimed that they knew the “‘Oklahoma” Cook, there is little or no reason to be- lieve that the body of the suis clde is thet of the man, who some time nzf“ sought his fortune In tho newly opened country. ‘I'he county attorney is in possession of & photograph pf H, H. or “Okiahoma” Cook. ‘Che picture was brought to the undormklllg roomns and the features were compared wit those of the suicide. Tho comparison was made by several people who were present, There: was noticed a_slight similarity be. tween the picturo and the deceased 1 the cheek boues and the nose, but that was all, In the photograph, the forenead was low and the hair dropped over that feature, while the brow of the dead man was both high and broad and on eitner side of the median lino of the frontal the hair had disappeared for a couple of iuches beyond that marked on the photograph. 5 Among the visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Houston. With these Mrs, H. H. Cooke 1s now living, They were accompanied by a young lady, whose name was not ascertained, and 3 woman who gave the name of Mrs. Hoffmester, They were all shown the remains. Mr. and Mra. Houston had known H, H, Cook well, but both claimed that the deceased was not the Oklaboma man. Mrs, Hoffmeister claimed to H. Cook two months ago and t him well. S0 far us knawn, she It who saw tho Oklakoma man last. She stated positively that he was oot the man who had committed suicide. The party left the rooms and in about half an hour returned with & Dr. Ward and de- sired to again view the remains. The white covering was remoyed sud Mr. Houston ox- claimed that the body was that of the Okla- ham: mun, aud the next minuto vhat it was not he. Dr, Ward, however, was positive that it was ho becauss ho had attended Cook' family and knew H. H, Cook well. The lat- ter had two moles upon his back. The back of the doceased was exposed no moles could bo found. Theldiscovery satisfied the doctor that the suicide bad never been his patient. One of the ladie id that sho could iden- tify the wan by his shoes. She was shown those of the deceased aud exclaimed thatthe suicide was not H, H. Cook. The latter wore a big shoe, throe aizes larger than those of the dead man, ond those of tho deceased were soft while those of the Oklahoms wan were very rough, ‘These facts coupled with the failure of the wife to identify the remains of the dead man as ihose of her husband leaves the mystery still unraveled. ‘There is o doubt now that o story re- mains to be told of the young man who se rocklessly took his lite on F'riday last. ——— BREVITIES. The Theosophical society mects at room 205, Sheely block, uvur{vb'undlv at 4 . m, Everyvody welcome, ednesduy and urday evenings the library is open 10 the vublie, At a meeting of the Central Labor union Friday night George Kleffuer was elected vrosident and William Sebring recordiag sooretary. The morning services at the First Baptist churgh, corner of Fifteenth and Daveuport streels, will be conducted by the pastor, Kev. A W. Lamar. - Mr, Cullis, the o gelist, will preach in the evening. Union Pacific council of the Royal Arca- pum will give its first musicale and recovtion tomorrow evening in the Elks' hail, Conti- nental building, Tohe committee having the musicale and reception in charge is com- posed of E. C. Buyder, J. E. Preston, J, B, Sheldon, Sidney Smith and Wiliiam Gy, Madrigal club will furnish the mus Programme and the Musical Union orchestra the dance music, ‘L'he event promises 1o be very delightful.