Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 22, 1890, Page 5

THE CLOSE. OF NEAL'S TRIAL | It is Obaracterized by Eloquent Speeches by s Counsel on Both Bides. HOW NEAL OOMMITTED THE CRIME \ @The Closing Effort of County Attoruey Mahoney — Judge Clarkson's Charge—In the Hands of the Jury. Packed and jammed to suffocation was the ‘big district court room yesterday morning for the last day of the ones mur- der trial The defendant came in between his guards and settled down into his seat with his face a atriking picture of one deeply engrossed in thought of the deepest, the soberest kind. A dull leaden look was in his face and partic- ularly the eyes. ~The sprightly interest in his surroundings was, for some unproven reason, entirely gone, and he sat almost motionless gazing toward a window. Deep, intense thought was evidenced in his every appear- ance. His tightly compressed lips told of a summoning of all the power at his command L “Before entering_on @ discussion of this cas Gurley, “I desire to thank you for the patient attention you, gentlemen of the jury, have given this case. T ask you to continue this same patience until the close of your duties. I shall not attempt to point out your the solemnity of the oath you have ) lic state has asked you to find this de- fondant guilty of that most awful, atrocious, and fiendish erime at the Pinney farm. The state had a right, perhaps, to charge thi defendant with that fearful ‘crime, but they had 1o right to ask you to find him guilty. 1 L usk you to forget the presence of another persou in this room while I am addressing you. “It is not necessary that T give all the do- tails conneeted with the Jones people going to the Pinney farm and their brief residence there. “Tho question for you to determine is not who committed that crime, but whether this ™ defendant committed If this defendant_ Qid commit it, I say him at the end of a rope—hang hifn until he is dead, dead, dead! Hanging will be too him—entircly too good for him. “But, gentlemen, I charge you as you value the horlor of your souls, tho safety of your souls, thut if you find by this testimony there is ashadow of a doubt as to this defendant’s guilt you must bid him go forth from this court room a free man.” After these opening sentences—pronounced with an intensity of feeling and rhetorical power that left th peaker almost breathless —he procoeded to review the testimony of little Henrietta Racek. Like his colleague Mr. Gurley mad great deal out of the girl's aiccounting for Neal’s presence so almost con- tinuously on February 8. He also_tried to convineé the jury that there might have been another man on the farm in addition to_the one whom Martin Reuther saw there—Neal And in this connection rung in the other fa of Reuther having seen Sherman out there Then, us during the taking of the testimon the speaker harped long and loud on this query “If Sherman has been arrested—and he has —for the murder of those —old peoplo, and_if it s now being asserted by the state that this defendant is the mur- derer, why dont they let Sherman go—why in the uame of God don't they let him go “The speaker then brought in a reference to Shellenberger as if to reply to auy argument advanced by the state. Mr. Mahoney rose and objected to any ref- o Shellenberger, iid that he was only replying agination indulged in by Mr. i Rt toa bit of im Shea, Thé court did not sce it so, and addressing Mr. Gurley, said “You cunnot proceed with any reference to Joo Shellenberger.” Very well, your honor,” returned Gurley, A “we will lot that part of it go.” iy Returning to his gencral lincof thought Mr. ( ey went on to say that he thought there was 10 doubt at all but that, the shots which one witness had testified to_hearing were the ones that killed the old_people. Ho drew a picture of the murder us it is supposed to have occurred, and then asked if there lived # man who ‘could return after committing such a bloody crime and steal the argued the speaker, “the man Qoesu't live who is capable of doing that. “Would not such a man have feared that with cattle running about the shallow sepul- chered bodies would have been revealed { “Yes, gentlemen of the jury; no man would ever do so careless, so utterly foolish a thing. The fact that Neal, on the day after he is supposed to have committed the inurder, took a little babe up in his arms and played with it showed, - the speaker said, that he had o great, bright spark of God-given kindness in his heart. Mr. Gurley paid his compliments to Wit- ness Davis, the detective who spent ten days s cage. In doing so derision was used as the air, he fact that the great state of Nebraska will get down to such a resort as the evidence of that detective aled, is cortainly as de- plorable as anything that I can imagine,” aid tho speaker. After all, lemen of the ji y didn’t this detective tell you more of wh had transpired while he was in that cell with this defendant? *If this defendant was the murderer he is ged with being don't you think that in the still nours of the night that detective would have heard Neal murmuring m his 4 tako the straw from there! Don't, for God's sake, don't step on that pile of manure ! If that detective had heard any such re- m't you think he would have testi- them? Certainly he would. He heard Leaving the subject of the detective, the speaker turned to- consider the ring testi- mony. “ven if they had proven beyond all doubt that that old gold ring belonged to the mur- dered woman, there wus* no proof that Neal took it from her finger. “Aguin, I want to call your attention to the fact that this man’ staid in South Omaha three days after the date on which the state supposes he killed those old people, and that then and upon every occasion thereafter he gave the same name—Ed D. Neal “Iu closing my argument, gentlemen of the jury, | warn ,you ugainst’ allowing it to be flashed all over this country that suspicion isall that is required to hang uman in Ne- braska." M. Mahoney followed immediately for the state, smsoms ] fool somewhat disposed to congratulate you thut you are near the end of this trial," b4 in this case occupied over 800 pages of typewriting—an umount almost scedented. WVlen we opened this case and made o ement of the facts we expacted to prove, punsel for defense said they would go to simply on_their plea of not guilty, wondered what they would rely on as a the awful testimony produced against thy Lam willing to concede that the evidence against this _dofendant must be that which leaves no doubt iuyour minds as to his guilt “You have sat here since 8 o'clock Tues- day listening to the ingenious argu the defense, and, like myself, you waiting to hear the defense make ment consistent with explaining E sabouts at the time this murder oc 1, The fact that no reasonable explana tion hus been offered is sufticient proof that it does not exist 1 learned what the hope of the defense was when I heard both_attorueys beg of this {ur_\' to stay out until the moon turned to blood —until the last moment of time. “Tpropose to argue this case from the facts as 1 kuow them; from tho tostimony as 1 have heard it 1 shall not attempt to coorce any man on * this jury, for I would have each one act as his own conscience dictat Ir. Estello has tried to make you think that I have put a number of aliases upon the buck of the information against Neal, and so to order to prejudice this jury against him. 1 aw surprised to hear such an inference f the man that Estel ¥ ands 1o be. povped very low iu his despair over the case- Ho stooped lower than Thad any idea was possible for him 1o stoop." The speaker made @ passing reference to Neal's being hrought back and Estelle objected on th pund that there was nothing in the evid nbout how Neal was brought back The court sustained the objection “By charging me with unfairness by en- dorsing these names on this information Mr. Estelle has sought to draw me off from the main_ point ‘of attack. How, if 1 had fol wed, would he have laughed at his little use—his Jittle ignis fatuus! Mr. Estelle is a much older man, a much_ older lawyer than I am, but I am too old a bird to be caught by such’ chaff, And you, gentiemen of this jury, are too intelligent to let this man felle blind your 0s to this case by kicking up a great dust regarding whether Mr. Shea or myself has acted hou estly or reasonably in this matter. Neither of us is on trial here. “Mr. Gurley says it is unreasonable to sup- se that if Neal had killed those old people he would afterward go back to the farm! Well, tlemen, somebody killed old man Jones! " Somebody buried his body, and so skillfully that it was not found for ton days! “Tell me, is it in human nature that some- body should have gone out there and slaugh- tered those old people—shot them down in blood, rndishness ! “No, gentlemen, that is anything but hu- man nature! “Whoever committed this crime, whoever slew old Mr. and Mrs. Jones is not to be judged by the ordinary rules of human na- ture. No, no, no! “Is there anything wi in it that would perpetrate such a crime “You are not to expect in & man who would perpetrate such a crime, a particle of human natur Ir. Gurle h a particle of human y says its remarkable th stayed in South Omaha so long after c ting that crime. If I remember correctly Neal got out of South Omaha just as guick as he could after securing the price of the stolen stock. You, gentlemen of the jury, judging by the mass of clear evidence on Neal's great haste and hurry to get away from South Omaha, can but see how foolish was Gurley's refercnce to this part of the cas “Murder will out! The assertion was made ]‘rm ago by a brighter mind than is hero to- da, ‘It is a part of every criminal case, that, at some time, counsel says that if his client had done so and o it would stamp him idiot. The statement is old—almost as old as the hills themselves, but, for all that, Estelle rung it in, T notice, and he did so as if it were new aud would bear a particle of weight in this case.” . The noon adjournment, was here taken, In the Aft “What I said to you this morning was for the purpose of brushing away a species of driftwood which had been pushed into my way by counsel for defendant,” resumed Mr. Mahoney in the afternoon. “I now wish to go over the most important facts in counection witly this case. There is hardly a sentence in the entire record of this case over which there is any dispute unless it is regarding a small part of the testimony of Martin Reuther and Miss Racek. “There can be no doubt but that at the time Ed Neal was at the livery barn in South Omaha with that little black horse, and when he had old Mr. Jones' overcoat on his back— at that very time old Mr. Jones was mur- dered and in his horrible tomb. Ed Neal had been at the Pinney farm before he was at Carpenter’s livery barn. Gentlemen of this 3 urv, there is no doubt but that it was on the 4th instead of the oth of February that Neal killed Mr. Jones, 1f it was ou the3d, as coun- sel for defense maintains, how happened it that Neal was able to tell where the farm was located t “How did Neal know that the farm was owned by a doctor in Council Bluffs; that it was known as a_Pinney farm? Remember, gentlemen, the testimony of A. B. Cadwal- Iader, who said that he * (Cadwallader) had told 'old man Jones "all about who owned the farm! Remember again that Neal came into South Omaha riding old Mr. Jones’ little black horse and wearing old Mr. Joues’ 00! :n on that place only since January. knew none of the neighbors n I wake it clearer! Ts it possible for mortal man to make it plainer—that Neal got his information from old Mr. Jones ! “Tuesday night Neal wi s mot there for supper. Why! Because shortly before supper he rode inio Carpe ter's livery stable on the little’ black _hor: and we that old ovel Where had he He had been to the place where hie got that little black horse and that old overcoat, and that information about the farm. not seen. He s a butcher. If T had wanted al’s occupation I would have said occupa- tion, “I didn't ask the witness anything about Neal's occupation. I don’t find it necessary to translate any word that has been spoken here into any other meaning but its own. “Neal probably spoke just as truly to Jerry Dec about his béing a butcher as he did when he told Deche had been ‘baching’ on the farm. “Counsel for defense says that it is against human nature that Neal should have taken Mott and Dee to the farm after the peop had been murdered and buried. Before Neal and Dee went down into the fleld after the cattle everything had been arranged for the start, and Mott was left employed in holding the team. All the stock was down in the field—none of them were in danger of tramp- ing about where the bodies were concealed. Not until Neal was on his horse ready togive the word to start were the cattle allowed to come into a road that even adjoined the lots where the bodies were buried.” Again, and_for the last time, Mr. Mahoney drew a startlingly vivid picture of ‘the millot stack incident; D i this stack alongside of which was bu body of old Mrs. Jones, and Neal’s crying out “Oh, dow't take hay from that siack—it's too good It was all outlined ¢learly and fully Then, when they reached South Omaha Neal’s talk to Tom Hector about the little mare was mentioned® fully, as showing what Neal knew about the horses he was selling. cry one of the incidents about Neal being in South Omaha was dwelt upon with great fervor. id that Ed D. Neal did that crime alone, as counsel for defense would have you belfeve. I also promised to prove thut Ed D. Neal reaped all the reward of this crime, and I now ask you, gentlemen of this jury, 1 T have not fulfilled my promisei If the fact that Sherman was se on the high- way near the Pinney farm throws any doubt on your mind as to Sherman’s guilt 1t cannot throw a doubt of Neal's guilt, but onl; “ donbt whether he did it~ alone or had an. assistant. Did Neal do i one, or was he assisted! For the purposes of this case I care not which. 0w we are to that part of the story we find Neat has gotten the money for On the very next day after the murder wo find him buying jeweley —hand- some jow and the speaker held the glit- tering stuff up before the jury, “Neal paid for ail that_jewelry in cash but 50 cents. In payment of that remaining 50 cents Neal gives the jeweler a little old ring. What does the son say about this old gold ving(—1 think it s my mother's -What does the grandson of old Mrs. Jones say looks exactly like my grandmothe Atter dwelling upon the ring for se minutes, the developments roported in the juil at Kunsas City were expatiated upon. In this connection the speaker paid Mr. O'Brien of Tur Bre a very fine compliment for his vigilonce as & newspaper man. As to the fact of putting a detective in the oll with Neal, the speaker sald that the city of Omaha employed detectives and paid them with the money which came from the 3 payers. It was a properly legitimate busi- 58, and resulted iu the trapping of many a man 'whom fatescemed-now and then to favor for a short time. Among the speaker wero these “Neal never went back to that house on th, taking Mott and Dee with him, with- knowing o & certainty that there would be no old people there to hinder him in taking the stock. Ho koew that old man Joues would not be there to claim his overcoat. He knew that old Mrs. Jones would not be thero to peop across her bog nd see him coming u-»n\ul If Neal had been found with nothing else but one of the horses I would have prosecuted him but for horse stealin But 1 find him driving off ten horses and every horn of cat- tle on a farm, saying they are his own; I find bim wearing the coat of his vietim; find him trading off the ring of another of his victims for a mere bauble; 1 find these things and uauy more that I have mentioned, and I have whe the cattle. concluding sentences of the the out Al Y ) shown them to you clearly doubt. The responsibility of the case now shifts frofn our shoulders to yours. I in my power to show ‘you every particle of fact in connection with this case. “In the name of the blood of that was spilled upon the Pinr which now cries out for justic of that blood I ask that you do your complete duty in this mat Tt was just 4 o'clock when closed his argument, he having more than three hours The Instr: tions in a very earnest manner. 1. The defendant is informed against by the county attorney in manner and form as required by law and charged with murder in in the county of Douglas, the first degree by state of Nebraskil ary, Jones, The information consists of the first of which it that the shooting and killing w on the dth a pistol; in the second of which it is alleged, in substance, that the shootin were by means of & gun. In both counts the shooting and killing are alloged to have been done by lawfully, his deliberate and with the intent feloniously, and medited malice Allen Jonc premeditate unlawfully, of his delibe to kill and 2. o the information_and both courts of it the defendant has pleaded not plea puts in legation in each and both c you can couvict under either satisfled from tho evidence t! terial allegation of such count has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt. The statute defining mury degree is as folloys: “Ifan purposely and of delibe walice, or in the perpetration Porpetrate any rape, arson, another, every” person so_offer deemed’ guilty of g death,” The statute defining mur degree is as follows: “If w purposely and maliciously, liberation or premeditation, eyery such person shall be deel mu tion thereof, shall be imp tentiary not less than life in the ai 5, The statute of defining an as follows: “If any person sh kill another without malice, sudden quarrel, or unintention; slayer is in the egmmission of act, ever of manslaughter, and, upon co of, shall be imprisoned in th not more than ten years nor year. " The ‘jury are instructed that to constitute murder in the first degree the: been an unlawful killing done felonious and of deliberate tated malice, To do an an act do it designedly, intentionally, Deliberatemeans with a cool nurpose after having weighed and considered the mode and means by which such purpose shall fected, and premeditated mear pose ot desiign to Kill must hia before the act death is produced: it means to volve in the mind beforchand, purpose must be formed to kil is with the Intention that the shall have the effect of taking human boing, and some space of time, it mat- how short, must intervene ters not, though, between the formation of the sign to kill and its exccution. 7. The jury are instructed t tute the crime of murder in the second degree there must be au unlawful killing done pur- 3 maliciously, without deliberation and premeditation. De- liberation and premeditation are not essential cond degree, but malice is posely, feloniously and to murder in the s an essential clement. 8. Malice is a wiclked and pose, which chara s wrongful or injurious mitted without ju: 9. Neither pr nor malice i th sential to the aughter, if the killing be done unlawfully either upon a sudden quarrel, and feloniously. or unintentionally while the mmission of some unlawful o smplete. 10. Under this informtion it fou,if in your opinionthe evi and wi dant guilty of man5liught 11. Should evidence beyond a reasonable fendant is_guilty of murder i gree, you should acquit him of Should you not be satisfied fron beyond “a reasonable doubt th of murder in the second degrd quit him of th first de; Should from the evidence bey that the defendant is guilty of you should acquit him_altoget] ou you do not find him guilty of murderin either degree. 12, If you find from the evidence beyond rea- sonable doubt that defendant._on or about the 4th day of February, 1890, in Douglas county, Nebraska, shot_+nd 'killed said Allen Jones, t such shooting and killing were doné and thi by defendant unlawfully, pur tously aud of deliberate’ aud malice and in manner and form either count of the information intent unlawfully, purposely, eloniously and tated malice to kill of deliberate and ' preme and murder said Allen Jones, the defendant guilty of mu A& degree and state in count of the information. 13. If you find from the evid reasonable doubt. th the 4th day of Ful county, Nebraska, shot and kil Jones, ‘und that such_ shootin were 'done by defendant uul posely, feloniously and ctions. Judge Clarkson read the follow 1500, shooting and killing one Allen is alleged in subst purposely and_felonjously and of sue each and every material al s unts, and before ount you must be te and premeditated murder in the first de- , and,upon conviction thereof shall suffer der in the second degree, and, on conv ten years, or during stion of the court. such person shall be deemed guilt, is_performed by mischievous pur- i meditation, nor deliberation, rant_yourso doing, to find the either of murder in the first der in the secoud degree, or i not bo satisfied from the t crime and of murder in the not be satisfied | ond a reasonable doubt our verdict under which t defendant on or about 1890, ) lonious malaciously, without deliberation and premeditation, and in manuer and form as charged in either count of tife informatioh wnd with intent un- lawfully, purposely, Tloniously and ma- liciously'to kill and” murder said Allen Jones, you should find_defendsasant guilty of mur- der in the second degree, and in your verdict specify under what count of the information 14. 1t you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt thatefondant on or about the 4th day of Februmry, 150, in Douglas county, Nebraska, shot and killed said Allen ,'and that such . shooting and Kkilling re done by defendant i v and felon- fously, but witkout malice, either ipon a su den quarrel or uninterftionally while the de- fendant was in the commission of some un- lawful act, and in manner and form as charged in either count,of the information, you should find him guilty of mansiaughter, and in your verdi y under which count 15. To sustain the chirge against the fendant the state relies ‘upon circumstantial evidence, not_claiming to have any direct proof of the shooting and killing. 16. Where circumstances are rolied upon ta secure a con they must be of such & character th taken togothor they are of 80 conclusive a nature and tendency as to lead to a satisfac conclusion and produce in effect @ reasonavle and moral certaint that the accused and 1o one el committed the offense charged. It is not suf- ficient that the circumstances produce a prob- ability, though a strong onc. It is essential that the circumstan; s a whole and giving them their reaso: nd just wei and no more, should to e clude every other hypothesis the guilt-of the accused. 17. Where the proof is by circumstantia evidence, it is not necessary that every fact relied_upon by the tion should be proved beyond'a doubt. If thero are facts and ¢ relied upon and not pr tian, beyond a reasonnl altogether diregarded and thore s and cireum the evidence to convin reasonable doubt of defe should convict. Every fact « lish guilt should be shown | beyond a reaso vict, 18. Tt is presumed that every man charged with crime is innocent, and in this case the defendant is entitled to the presumption of his innocence as a matte mee, and this presumption continucs to weigh in his favor until overcome by competent evidence and beyond a reasonable de 19, A reasonuble doubt, as applied to all th evidence in the case, is that state of the cas which, after_the entire comparison and con- sideration of all the evideuce leaves the minds of the jury in that condition that they cannot say they feel an abiding conviction to a moral certainty of the truth of the charge, A reasonable doubt as applied to the the essential, material facts to be’ proved is that state of proof with refe to an fact as leaves the minds of the jury condition that they cannot s abiding conviction to a moral truth of such fact. The doubt as to the whole case | particular factis not a® imaginary faneiful | doubt, one sought after or conjured up, and | if after the entire comparison and consider; tion of all the evidence you can say you feol an abiding conviction to'n moral certainty of | the guilt of the defendant, you should con- | victof suc the three crimes hereto- fore deser i * ovinions the evi- dence justifie If you have a reasonablo doubt of his wuilt as fo all three i ou should aequit him abso- and without a have done all old Mr. Jones ney farm, and in the name your full and Mr, Mahoney spoken alittle ng instrue- day of Fobru: two counts, in nce ere done with ig and killing jefendant un- od malice, and purposely and rate and pre- murder said guilty, which may y yet remain ances as shown you beyond a lant's guilt, n sential to estab- the evidence e doubt or you cauuot cou- hat every ma- der in the first ny person shall or attempt to robbery, kil iding shall be erin thesecond y shall thout de- Kill another, med guilty of 1in the peni- anslaughter is hall unlawfully cither upon a ally, while the some unlawful it uviction the e o penitentiar less than one re must have purposely and and premedi- | purposely is to | with a” will. be ef: that the pur- > been formed which the | think and re- A_desig_or 1 wilfully, that act to be done the u are the sole judgos of the credibils ity of witnesses, and the weight of the evi- dénc Wherever in_ these fnistructions allusion is ] made to facts and circumstances, in ov life of a | caso such facts and circumstances are meant as are shown by the evidence adduced in court, and all others, if any there be, which may have come to_your knowledge, are to be disregarded in orrivingat your verdict, You are to take into careful consideration all facts and circumstances as_shown by the adduced in court and be governed and di- rected solely by them. 22, 1f you find the defendant guilty you will specify in your verdict mder L count of > information and of what ¢ if you find him not guilty, it will be sufticient, for return a generul verdict of not guilty. purpose or de- hat to consti- but, > doing of a e i After the Instructions. After reading all the instructions Judge Clarkson said that the defendant had asked for two instructions which were not given owing to a misstatement of the law con- nected therewith, Then the usual blank verdicts were handed to the jury, and th e court announced that th Jurv would be in charge of Bailiffs ( crime of man- layer is in the act, the crime is permi dence w ible 11 jus- dicf time up to 10 o'clock at n The twelve men with whom rested the life or death sentence of Idward D. Neal then filed out and were locked up in the jury room a few feet distant from and on- the same floor as the court chamber where the trial had taken place. Less than a third of the immense throng sked the great white room showed any isposition to o tion riveted u Neal, who had risen to his feet as the journment of court wi ced, and for everal mtinutes stood facing the field of faces and chatting and smilin ff Boyd ol 0 his bright and werry as a May morning, while scores of people who looked into his face us he passed along were heard to remark “How can he smile now! He don’t seem to realize his fearful position a particle ! “Phe crowds hung about the court room _for more than an hour and a half after the jury left it, which was at 4:30. A particularly no- ticeable fact in this connoetion was that full a hundred women were among those. who rd mained so long, and in this number was Mrs. Cadwallader, daughter of the murdered couple. Indéed, ull the Cadwalladers stayed until the last. At 5:45 p. m. the court room was cleared to give the janitors a chance to clean up. The attorneys in the case were the last to go to supper. 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Ay age [liquid mokes 5 gallons. EVERY BOTTLE Guaranteed. No Trouble. Kasily Made. Try It Askyour Druggist or r for it and tuke o other. See thav you get HHIRES'. Do You Know d of stul physictans the Uni {that he s located at corner 16th st s all cuses of VOUS DEBILITY o whistevir 1 suce Sinons 15 i sp No' person sing troub- d physician ithout the ry ahowk im. He will d you plainly w Call on him a Como and bo buppy. mail. THE ONLY GENUINE., DR, SIMONS Made by C. E. HIRES. Phtladelphia. Penn. NO RIBBON Permancnt Alignment SPEED, Strength. Sold Under a POSITIVE GUAR- ANTEE, GEO. H. SMITH & CO,, Goneral Agents Nobraska and Towa. 810 S. 16th St., Omaha DR.E.C. WEST'S NERVE AND BRAIN TREATMENT. Boyd’s Opera House Block. VE LATEST| CAHHJA S n E umrtmh.!u:nrex ,.,r ) purchasor tment (ails o A only by 3 CO. Omaha, Neb, v oub DEDATTS! eakness of Body and Mind, Effects irrore or Exoe: in Old or Youn o AR el e s o i i WO TAEATAENT 4 seislay, s T AT Dessriplive Books +1planstion and ‘malied (sealed ik ERIE MEDIOAL 0., BUFFALO: N. Vs '\ suffering from effes MEN 8™ Fint sl And Dis f Men cin bo cured permanently and p; ¥ OuF Sexunl Bont by mall for §1 i (soalod) for . Modical any, 157 Washiogton MAN DRU : 1110 Farnam Street, Yo Can be cured in 20 to 60 days by use of the marvelous Muglc @ caso 1t will not cure. CAL dy. Write or cull on r ) t, Omaha, Nebrn ‘ | "The laryest Joslyn 'FEMALE BEANS suficloat. Addros L N Bold by GOODMAN DRUG CO. BLANGARD'S PILLS I0DIDE OF IRON. Bpccially, recommgndod by the' Academy of | odicine o or the cure o | SCROFULA KING'S-EVIL, CONSTITUTIONAL | WEAKNESS, CONSUMPTION (IN ITS EAKLY | | STAGES); POORNESS OF THE BLOOD, and for regulating ita periodic course. None genuine upleas slenad “BLANCAKD, 40 Fiie parie, Paria” BOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTH | | 3 ougera & CouN. Y. Agentafor the U. 8. l GOODRICH, treo; many states. Lawye y i rs 0 publicity sty Lal fucllivies iu ) 1809 Your fare saved by buying a pair of those $6.88 merchant tailor made pants, made for $13, at Misfit Parlors, 1309 Farnam street, Your fare saved by buying that $16 merchant tailor made suit, made for $38 Your fare saved by buying that $20 custom made suit, made for $48, at the Your faresaved by buying that elegant $28 custom made suit, made for $50 Your fare saved by buying that $18 custom made suit, made for $40 at the Misfit Parlors. Your fare saved by buying that $28 custom made Prince Albers suit, made for $68 at the Misfit Clothing Parlors. ng that $28 custom made 8-button cutae 2 at the Misfit Clothing Parlors. Your fare saved by buying that $30 custom made suit, made for $78 at Misfit Clothing Parlors. In sack and frock coats, variety in sizgs and styles of goods, at prices that astonish the natives, at the Pantaloons in do= Original Misfit Clothing Parlors, Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska. All alterations done free of charge to insure a perfect fit. 1309 THE FIGURE “9." The figure 0 in our dates will mako a long stay, No man or woman now living will ever date a document without using tho figure 0. It stands in the third placo in 1890, whero it will remain ten years and then move up to second placs fn 1900, where it will rest for one hundred years, There Is another 9" which has also come to stay. It is unlike the figure 0 in our dates in the respect that it has atready moved up to first place, where 1t will pormanently remafn. It is called the “No. 9" High Arm Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine. Tho “No. 9" was endorsed for first place by the experts of Europe at the Paris Exposition of 1850, where, after a severocontost with the leading ma ohines of the world, it was nwarded tho only Grand Prize given to family sewing muchines, all others on exhibit having received lower awards of gold medals, ete. The French Government also recognized its superiority by thedecoration ot Mr. Nathanicl Whecler, Presidentof the company, with the Cross of the Legion of Honor. Tho “No. 9" is not an old machine improved wpon, but 18 an entirely new machine, und the Grand Prize at Paris was nwardod it as the grand: estadyance in sewing machine mechanism of the age. Thoso who buy it can rest assured, thero fore, of having the very latest and best. WHEELER & WILSON M'F'G CO,, * 180 and 187 Wabnsh Ave., Chicago. FLODMAN & CO, 0 North 16th Street The Lurgeat, Fi hssenger e HEW YORK. LONDONDERRY A NESSIA May 20 | CLRCASSIA, ) May dl | ANCHORI ork, Queenstown and T he Celebratod May ¥ OF RO June 25th SALOON, SECOI rates on'low 60 and from ¢ IRISH ARD ALL CONT c ‘availablo ver Mersey, North or Ircland_Nap ar. RCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT AND DRAFTS Towest current rates. _Apply to_any of our loeal agents, or to HENDERSON BROS., Chicago. Local Agents at Omahas Har Moore, Charles Bank, Otto age to and from Great Britain and an *" Montreal-Liverpool route, by the waters of St. Lawrence, shortest ofall. Glasgow to Boaton, to Philadolphia, Liverpool to and from Baltimore. Thirty Steamers. Class excelsior. Accommodations unsurpasred. Weekly sailings. ALLAN & CO., Gon. West, A'ts. ©. ). Sundell, Manager, 112 La Sallc St., Chicago, Ll STATE LINE. GLASGOW, LONDONDERRY, BELFAST DUBLIN, LIVERPOOL & LOKDON. FROM NEW YORK BVERY THURSDAY. Cabin Passago $35 to §50, accordiny to location of stateroom. Excursion §65 {0 $95. Bteorage to and trom Kurope at Lowest ltates. AUSTIN BALDWIN & €O, General Agents, 63 Broadway, NEW YORK. Tno. *Blegen. General Wes r 164 ndolph Street, Chicago. Moores, Thos Canne. e (MPHOVED HONKY, WELT and luspensary mancaily Cored (b (hree Moa ELEQTRIOCO., 160 LaSalla 8., ELECTRIC BELT AT 0N SO X - PATENTED Ao, 16, 1887, IMPRovED JuLy 30, 1889, \ (,- DR, OWEN'S ELEOTI Lf;, GALVARICBODY BELT +AND BUSPENSORY v uio All Rheumatio Coia laints, Lumbago, General nd No vous Debilit uis\Bren ENicAdD. L, baustion, ' Wasting of easen caused by Indiscretions in Married or Bingle Life. e p o o'baye 1 ELECTRIC INSOLES g1 v virm. trio Truns and Belt Combined. e for vaas 10110 book, 204 pages, whieh will n 3 o Muniion (h1s papur, AdAress OWEN ELECTRIC BELT & AFPLIANGE CO. 806 North Brosdway, BT LOULS, MO, 690 Broadway, NEW YORK OITY. ESS CURED by PeckPat, E A '.'f S oA Cus