Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 11, 1890, Page 5

P V4 b. < v 4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1890. FICHTING FOR HAPPY HOMES, The Citizens of Omabha Who Are Sued by Helfenstein, HISTORY OF THE CELEBRATED CASE. Opening of the November Term of the United States Cirounit Court— Anticipated Appearance of Judge Caldwell. ¢ November term of the United States t court opened yesterday morning. The room was crowded with well-known attorneys from all parts of the state, Judge Dundy announced that Judge Cald- well had not arrived, but would probably reach tho city some time this week and would hold court in the small court room on the second floor, He also announced that the Helfenstein knses wonld be taken upas soon as the jury was ompanelled and sugeested that as many of the defendants as had not already done so, combine and have il the cases tried at once n order to dispose of thom. “If this is not done,” remarked the judge dryly, “uo one living at the present time can tell how long it will take to try them.” ntiff's counsel said the plaintift ling to make any arrange- ment f and cited au- thorities for making test o where the {ssues involved were identical. Another of the counsel for the plaintiff informed tho eourt that arrangemer o try two or threo ca rol hold in all the other cases, and a stipu- ation to that effect woula be filed. The court then announced that it would Alsten to motions in cases on the docket, In the ease of Burnham, T against 1, K. Valentine, judgeme tered for plaintift by default. This was caso of foreclosure on propertyin West Point, the amount involved being about $1,500. The dofendent had set up the plea of non-jurisdic- tion because the amount involved was less than £2,000, but the court decided that it had uris lon ana cited, asauthority for this rul- ng, the decision of the late Justice Miller in a similar case, Judge Dundy said this was contrary to his judgement of the matter, but as the supreme judge of this cirewit had so decided he feit bound to abide by that decis- 100 until his ruling was sot aside h{ the su- preme court. The defendant was allowed an np;wul to the supreme court. n the case of the Newport savings bank sgainst McBride et al., involving property in Charles L. Burr was appointed ro- r and ordered to report each month, s plaintiff in the caso of Lynch against n Pacific railw: ny for $1,000 jnal damages, asked leave to increase ouut prayed for to §10,000. Leave ng matte for por the. an The case of the Union Pacific railway com- pany agaiust the West Korney improvement asuit in cjectment, was dismissed t without reason. ase of Schell, administrator, against nion Pucifio railway company judg- faent was entered by consent for plaintiff in the sum of §750 and costs. In the case of Ferdinand Streitz et al., against the Union Pacific company,the plain; ifY was given leave to fils an amended peti- ion, making the city a party defendant. his is a suit'to prevent the closing of Nine- teenth street by the railway company, the latter claiming that no crossing exists at that point. The city declined to become a party with the plaintiffs and they propose to make it a defendant. Judgments by default were entered in the following cases: Miner vs Goff; Miles et al vs Bissell; Lowery vs Hamer et al; Squire, trustee. vs Bensoil et al, against the d s, Henry B, Clark, H. B, Utloy. . Squire, Oscar Howard and Hussey & Day Co.; Plano Manufacturing company vs Hengen ct al. It is oxpected that the injunction case agaiust the Nebraska City bridge bonds will come up toda HELFENSTEIN'S CASE, Its History and the Names of the People Affected by It. As appears from above, there is a prospect that the Helfenstein caso will be at length reached in the United States court. The case is regarded by some ascom- plicated, but is set forth plainly in the follow- ing statement by one of the oldest citizens and one of the best informed gentlemen on the subject in Omaha: : “Tho so-called Helfenstein claim dates back to the year 1857. It origiuatedin a of Helfenstein, Gore & Co., a wholesale vy houso of St. Louis, against Robert Eields. Shields built the store building on street now occupied by John Caul- fleld, and did business there. Ho owed Hol fonstein,Gore & Co.,a small amount for good: @ was sued by the latter in 1857, who ob- tained a judgment against him in 1858, Ex- ecution was issued on the undivided half of 160 acres of land in the north part of the city, lying between Sherman avenue on the east and Saunders street on the west,Shields haying rreviously sold the other undivided balf. ‘rhe interest levied upon by Helfen- stelis, Gore & Co. was sold at sherif’s salo in saly, 1858, and bought in by that firm for §05, ' There was only one house on the land at that time, and that was whero Shields lived, That identical house is still standing or wis a year or two ago, on the west side of Eighteeuth streot, near Grace, and is owned by John W. Givin, the contractor. “Shiclds entered this land, that is, pur- chased it from the government under the provisions of the pre-emption law, which gareto the first bona-fide settler the rights 0 buy the land at $1.25 per acre. “About 1859-00, the land had increased in value to such an extent as to bring on litiga- tion by parties who thought they saw o chance to get it away from Shiclds, His entry was attacked. He was charged with fraud, etc., and his entry was cancelled and the land ordered by the commissioner of the hl,.l:nll land office to be sold to the highest or. It was accordingly sold at auction. E. V. Bmith bought the eighty scres comprised in his addition to the city, and Gilbert C. Monell the other eighty dcres, As the land eased in value the Litigation increased. Tt seems that the uncertainties of the law . were as great then as now. The purchases of E. V. Smith and Monell were cancelled and ho Shields entry relnstated, Then the case went into _the United States circuit court where the Shields entry was again cancell: d the entries of Smith and Monell rein- ted. An appeal was then taken to the supreme court of the United States, pending which the whole matter was settled per- manently. “Helfonsteln was a party to the suit and bis claim was adjusted with the others. This was nearly thirty years ago. It was consid- ered a final settlement by all parties, The land was then laid out in additions to the eity. The lots sold and improved and the en- tire tract is now nearly covered with build- ings. The Helfenstein suits commenced within the last year or two have not the slightest foundation in justice or equity but throw a cloud over tho titlo to the present owners, and a large price, proportionate to the ability or credulity’ of the owner is charged for a release or cancellation of the protended claim, It is a very profitable busi- ness for Helfenstein or his lawyers and will =~ Qoubtless continue to be until the cases can - be reached in court, One owner paid $3,000 for a release some time since, being forced to do it to complete a sale." The Interested Ones, The property owners against whose undi- vided halt holdings Helfenstein has com- menced suit are as follows : E. V. Smith's Addition—Clavin D. Schultz, nna Leppert, Champion S. Chase, Barbara . Clark, Johin Cosgrave, Henry' J. Davis, Helena Bunke, J. 8, Lytle, Victor Spanberg, Guitiuie Wug, Elias Svenson, Albert Hoyt, Heury Copley, Joseph Sohiller, Lucia G. Lee Johu B, Angell, Lars H. Husdale, John M’ Garvgy, Mary “J.Ludlow, Jehiel " P. Bam¥w, Patrick J. Price, Charles H. Puls, "Edwina Chadwick, Joseph M. Haskell, Gustavus A, Streitz, Christen Hansen, George K. Gibson, James Ritchie James 'Lills, Thomas F. Barry, Frank A. B. Benolken, John D, Elis, Will: {am Henderson, Hanna M. Hartman, Thomas F. Mulligan, Alfred R. Dufrene, Thomas F. MeNamee, Cyras D. Bell, Joseph Miller, Cale- donia Phillips, Otto E. Geigler, John Lutzel- man, Mary Lutzelwan, William White, An- drew Rosewater, Anna H, Sims, George Will- jam Peck, Jobn' Liddlé, Martha Morton, Georgs E. Bertrand, Alonzo P, Tukey, Jeunie ©" Wiison, Estella Dayis, William Karbach, Katey Clark, Maria 'Ittner, Jeremiah O'Hearn, Michael Swift, Martin T, Murphy, Gustave B, Hengen, Delos Thomas, Henry Teeder, Orson Stevenson, Nicholas M. Rum- mel, James U, Gridle; James A, Dalzell, Henry Jones, Elling Amston, Samuel Nelson, Frank H. Spencer, Deliia 8. Sunderland, John W, Paul, Alden B. Walker, William Rause, Thomas H. Morton, John Ruef, James E. Ritey, William F\. Allen, Hurr;"('nllmo:\‘. Tsaae Kaufman, Charles IKarbach, Josoph ille, Christian Wuethrich, Alfred Ram- sey, Sarah McGuire, John B. Reeve, Henry Hali, David A. Thomas, Timothy _Moriarity, Emma 1>, Annin, Thomas Evans, Ira T. Has- kell, Alexander F. Wilkins, James Hodges, Johann E. Amston, Anna Johnson Moe, Maggie Cunningham, Charles P. Metcalf, John L. Spolin, William Hill, John W. Gwin, John D, Smith, Jennio Smith, Francis E, A! Woleott, Peter §, Johnson, Fuller R. Smith, Ingred Johnson, David Knox, Mary M. Den- nis, Mary A. Marnell, Cornelius Smith, Nel- son Martin, Jacob Kaufman, Chris G. Rapp, Clara U, J, Helin, Charles Gardner, Benja- min F. Barker, George W. Loomis, Keziah Teasdle, John P, Healy, Charles W, Gar- mong, Karen Hansen Timothy Ryan, Mary llingwood, Omaha National bank, Charles us, Emma Wadsworth, Jeremish Kane, Jahn, Noah S. Clatk, John A, Wirth, A, Wilson, Lizzie ©. Brown Michael Foley, Jane Thomas, Andrew O. Busk, Mary Keeves, Anna_M. Krebs, Edgar H. Scott, Mary Krenzer, M.lr{ ‘Ann Vapor, Perry M. Heckham, Jonn L. McCague, Au- stus Abendroth, Mary Weiner, John B. Furay, C. W, Carison, Frederick Christian- sen, Alexander Richardson, Charles William _ Spetleaber Caroline An Kate A. Bassett, Ge » C. Brown, Mary A. Saffelden, Mary Knecht, Wiliam C, Thomas, James Reev The Omaha real estate and trust o pany, Willlam S, Emery, Sidney Allen, lulglfll‘d W. Montross, Gerhard 8. Benaws, Georze Dickinson, George A. Vawten, Michael T. Golden, Charles Ogden, Anarew Olsen, Homer P. Lewis, I'ved T, Andrews. Idlewild Addition—Thomas C. William H. Vinegar, Carl Hendryx, William B, Riddell, Lizzie B. Samson, George A. Hoagland, FredericksSounenschein, John B, Rowley, Charles W. Coukling, Reed's Fourth Addrtion—James H. Me- Shane, Charles C. Williams, Sarah A. Glenn, Mary Houclk, Anna O'Boyle, Patrick Mostyn, Joseph B. Southard, Edwin H. Sher- wood, Axford’s Addition—TLulu_ J, E. Houck, Josiah W. Axford, Eliezer C. Axford, Ca fctacus Axford, Charles W. Hays,* Wil- liam Siovers, J, I, Wilhelny, John T. Mu phy. Poun T, Paulsen's Addition—Honry D. Frost, Walter C. Kelley, Kate Walfer, Willidm S, Bishop, Danicl F\. Kelley, August Weiss, Clementine Weiss, Neliie Holmes, L. 0. Hall, P, Devries, Carlos, D. Woodworth Chiarles Schiank, Solomon Prince, Annie M Bride, Maggie McKenna, J. F.' Wilhelmy, Willism_Siovers, Edmund Paulsen, J. k. McClurkin. Foster's Addition—Aleck Riddell, Charles E. Shaw, T. F. Ward, John M. or John H. Harberg, Gottlieb Elasser, Maurice Hengen, Glen 8. Hengen, Lewis Heiser, Frank W. Hills, Julius A. Roeder, Anna M. McCague, Amos Phillips, Benjamin I, Fuiler, Kdwin F. Park, Amos J, T. Joslin, David D, Miller, George Hammond, James Donnelly, Martha Ball, Martha W. West, William V. Benson, Joseph Z. Briscoe, Jumes Carter, Adelide Irene Hoyt, Carlos' D, Joncs, Kiusley C. More- house Mary Louise Manstield, James Mahler, Augustus Kountze, Gustave B. Hen- ven, Frank D. Mitchell, Ge Luclk, oh L. May, William M, Foster. Denise’s - Addition—Goorge McKenzle, sr., George McKonzio jr., Lewls V. Crum, Elijah A, Jenkins, Luetld . Hamiin, An: drew J. Hunt, Alexander I. Young, Charles A. Wagner, Calvin H. Irederick, Alfred R. Dufrene, George M. Evans, Anna FL Thorne, Luther A. _Harmon, Olive L. Mec- Conley, George C. Ward, Lydia . Morton, Jane I’ Righter, Charles D. Bibbins, Ellen N. Pierco, Mozello_ Morehouse, & Mari- otta I 'Gibson, Jacob C. ' Denise, Christian B. Johnson, Arthur P. Wood, Brigita Johnson, John M. Wilson, Niels Madsen, _Elizaboth H. Clarlton, Rovert Wilson, James Andcrson, Jennio Platz, Emily Angell, J, ‘T, Cussman, Charles B. Ott, Charles’ §. Ades, I'rancis Butterfield, Charlos . Reed, John P. Lord, Elizabeth, Taylor, John B, Kuony, John M. Congleton, John J. Tomas, Julia Nestlebush, the Mutual trust company, Loyal S, ' Mole, H. M. Mole, Margaret W. Kimmel,John Nelson, Johanno'Jacobson, Julia Ketchmark, Elinora i Willard B. Millard, Lemuel J. Par- Caleb J. Gregg, G. Hensmann, M. n, Theodore P. Cartright, Maty D. Luther C. Toney. Last_January two suits were filed by Mujor O. F. Guthrie, attorney in fact for Helfenstein, notice of which was overlooked by the press; meution of which may be of interest ot this date, They were as follows : Against Wilhelmina Baumann, . widow of Joseph Baumann, brewer, for the undivided halfof a tract of land 7084 feet, in width by 547 feet in length, oft of the north side of reserve, block 1, in K. V. Smith’s addition to_tho city of Omaha, and against Marthena Saunders, wife of ex: United States Senator Saunders, for the un- divided half of the south 20.10 'feet of said reserve, block 1, in E. V. Smith's addition to the city of Omsha. e HEREDITY OF CRIME. Curious Phases and the Direful Re- sults of Inherited Disease. Doubtless crime is often committed from the mere love of it. The identity of ‘Jack, the Ripper" remains undiscovered, so we do not know what im- pelled him to'the commission of his atrocious crimes, Little doubt he was insane, his actions controlled by an abnormal condition of the mind; it iy plain none of the ordinar; reasons for orime preyailed inhis case. Ho was, pothaps, a vietim of some hereditary taint, which drove him to acts agaivst which his will revolted and from which, in his rational moments, his soul recoiled in horror. A French novelist of realism makes the hero of a late novel of such a character. He was a locomotave enginecr, a _thorougly com- petent and veliable man; but if he chanced to behold the white throat of a woman, a wild phrenzy seized him; he could not con- trol a desire to plungo a knife into it. He was aware of his infirmity, fought it with stubborn will, denied himself the so- clety of women, and for years controlled himself, At last he meets his fate; finds pleasuro in her society, with no return ‘of his old longing for blood, until he flatters him- self heissafe. But one night she meets him with_gleaming throat baro; the uncon- trollable impulse seizes himj; he cannot ‘re- sist; as she throws her lov|nfI arms _about him he thrusts the knife into her neck, and {;T\?:J. victim to the maduess of tainted Fortunately for the victims of ordinary forms of inherited disease, they may protect themselves before it obtains dominance in tho system, Inheritea Kidney disease is especially dangerous, but may be success- fully resisted. “In 1843 I was 50 near death’s door with a inherited and complicated ease of Bright's disease,” writes James H. Dove, 217 Baldwin St., Alpena, Mich,, August 11, 1500, which had baftied all remedies and med- ical assistance obtainable, that I was given up by friends and physicians, as beyound all recovery. In this extremity 1 was induced to try Warner's Safe Cure, which very s00n gave me relief, and led mé to perseyere inits use, until 1 agan became ablo to at- tend to my business. My case is well known in this community, and” [ feol fully war- rauted in recommending Warner’s Safe Cure in cases of kilney disease, knowing full well that I would long since have been in my grave, had it not been for the use of this romedy. Men aud women iuherit genius, talent, all mental and physical qualities; and it is now well established that all phases of physical as well as mental discase are transmissible, R Yesterday Afternoon's Fire. An alarm of fire was rung in from engine house No. b at 3:30 yesterday afternoon. The five was in the cellar of a residence at 2618 St. Mary’s avenue in which Jacob Harris, of Zunder & Harris, thoshoo dealers, resides, The five had complete possession of the base- ment, but was soon extingaished by the use of the chemical Mylue. Whethor the fire orginated from defective furnace plsxal or from a lighted mateh being thrown into a heap of wasjo pa- v and excelsior could not be determined. 'he house was filled with smoke and the car- pets were considerably damaged in the room above the fire. The entire damage will not ex- ceod $300 aud is covered by insurance. - Both air and water abound in microbes, or germs of disease, ready to infect he debili- tated system, To impart thatstrength and yigor necessary to resist the effect of theso pernicious atoms, no tonie blood purifier equals Ayer' Sarsapar SKELETON OF A RIGHT HAND. Strange Discovery of a Bt. Lounis Man in a Montana Forest. STILL OLUTCHED THE FLINT LOCK. The Search of Two Men for the Lost Devil's Hoof Mine and the Tragic Btory Connected There- ‘with. Henry Gormley, at present boarding at No. 221 south Main street, hasin his possession a map and travelers’ guide of the United States printed in the year 1832, The relicis doubtless worth con- siderable money not only on account of its age, but because of the thrilling story linked to it, says the St. Louis Globe- Democrat. Mr. Gromley has had the map framed for preservation, and considering the number of years that have cast their rust upon it it is remarkably well kept. The paper of statistice and directions found with it, however, has not fared so well. Freat blotches of brown are strown over its surface, and in many of the folds time has eaten the fiber com- pletely away. The map is styled “*Mitchell’s Travelers’ Guide Through the United States: A map of the roads, distances, steamboau and canal routes, by J. H. Young—S. Augustus Mitchell, Philadelpnia, 1832.” It is in two colors, green and red, the latter being the body of the plat and the former the state lines. At once the examiner uncon- sciously looks for the western half of the map. Butit isof the United States as they were then and not as they are known now., Missouri isthe far west. ‘West of Missouri is ablank marked neither with river, county lines nor state divisions, and, from the north- ern boundary of Mexico (which rises as high as Texas does now), to the unknown wastes of Great Britains possessions, it is named the territory of Missouri, Ar- kansas is a territory and Nebraska, Indian territory and Kansas have no place upon the map., Almost the whole of Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin arobarren of distinguished landmarks, and tho buttle grounds of 1812-'14 are down in bold black type upon the irreg- ular outline of Louisiana. St. Louis, Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Paul and Cincinnati are mere hamlets, as indi- cated by their insignificant dots, and the largest cities are New York, Phila- delphia, Boston, Baltimore and Charles- ton. Crossing and recrossing the map's surface, especially in the eastern states, are the public toll roads, taking the place of the present network of rail- roads, and marked in jagged lines on the waterways in and about the states are the stesmship routes from place to place. The statistical record of the bygone days iseven more interesting to study than the map. The union had then, it asserts, 12,852,858 persons living within its borders. In this population there wore 078 white males; 6,170,154 white females; 153,443 free male black; 166,133 free female blacks; 1,012,822 le slaves and 996,228 female slaves. Missouri had 140,074 peoplo then as against 56,586 in the year 1820; 19,783 %in 1810, and none in 1800, Jeflerson City is the only town of prominence, and seems confending for supremacy with thriving Cape Girardeau. Who the original owner of the guide was and how he came to leave itin the wilds of Montana_(where Mr, Gormley ound 1it) is a subject for speculation. Mr. Gormley, however, believes, that he can trace it to an unfortunate miner who died back in tha early 505 while en- gaged in a frenzied hunt for a lost mine, In personal appearance Mr, Gormley is above the medium height, sandy haired and bearded, and indicates in his every movemont the possossion of sinews of steel. He talks fluently, uses good lan- guage, and owing to a peculiar ernest- ness of manner impresses one with im- plicit belief in all his statements. Yes- terday afternoon he told the following interesting story of the “find” and the tragic death of Horace Thompson: “It was last May,” began Mr. Gorm- 1(?, “and U was chopping timber in Chouteau county, Montana. We had moved our camp several times during the spring, each tine passing deeper into the pine woods and getting farther and farther away from ocivilization. Ontheday I made this discovery we must have been at least twenty-five miles from a house, The weather was beautiful. Just sharp enough to send the blood singing through your veins and adding enough strength to your arms to send the axean inch deeper into thoe bark than on a mile afternoon. I was alone, but away off in the woods to the right and left of me the faint chuck, chuck, chuck of the other boys’ axes could be heard, searcely louder than the tapping of a woodpecker. “1 had started on my third tree since dinner, It was a pine, like all the others, and something over four feet through. As Istepped up and scanned it I failed to notice that it was hollow, but at the first stroke found that out. But the reverberation given out was so dull that I judged the hollow to be very small and of no consequence. I struck it again, and as the axe-blade bedded itself in the wood a fat squirrel leaped out of the trunk through an aperature about as big as o good-sized biscuit. ‘A nest!' I exclaimed beneath my breath; ‘we'll sce to that!’ and I at once set to work wid- ening the cavity, meanwhile keeping a bright eye out for whatever might at- tempt to escape. “I'he chips flew lively and the hole grew large enough to ‘introduce one’s nead. I noticed then thatthe wood cut off was nothing but bark grown inward with the agingof the tree, which doubtless would have completely covered the hole if given years enough. Suddenly I drop- ed my axe to the ground and thrust my Knnd into the hollow. There, lyingat the bottom, on a soft bed of decaying wood, was a sheet of paper neatly folded, Init was tho map and guide, exactly as you see it now, and they had surely been in that tree forty or fifty years, But the aner: were not the only articles locked n that natural safe, “Leaning against the wall, muzzle up, as though placed their by its owner, was an old fintlock musket, such as our grandfathers sighted at New Orleans, And clinging to the barrel was some- thing whiter than the papers. This ob- ject rattled as I grasp the gun and slid down the iron tube until it fell over my fingers, "It was the skeleton of a right hand! “I didn’t do much more work that af- ternoon. 1 bore my treasures off to camp and there examined them, You see for yourself whet the wavelers’ guide is, and as for the musket, it did not differ materially from thousands of other old shooting irons. However, filed into the barrel, not many inches from the muzzle, were the letters H, E. T., evi- dontly the initials of the owner. Poor fellow! His right Hand had gripped that weapon unto death, Even d‘:wnh was powerless to wrench that musket from him, He meant to take it with him Into that strang® lind unknown to us and protect his spirlt with it there. At least forty, and probably fifty years that head, gun and guide had lain in the tree. I am sure of that, for the ingrow- ing bark that covered the hole must have taken that length of time to become as I found it. ““And 1 believe I know the unfortu- nate who lost his handi As 1 told of my find in camp that night one of the boys, who had been in Montann several yoars, gave the history of two men’s search for the lost Devil's Hoof mine: *“‘Few knew of the existence of this nugget pocket, and as the early years of the gold times passed away, the people possessing the secret died one by one until o patriarchal Indian was the last loft. He died,and in dying gave the birch-bark map of his location to a young trapver who watched at his deathbed. This trapper was Horace Thompson, who had come to the sunset land, like many others, for fame and fortune from the east. @** *As soon as the old red man was de- cently buried Thompson took a friend into his confidence, and together thoy sot out to find Devil's Hoof mine. But the confidence that Thompson gave his companion was but partial. He steadily refused to nllow the other n sight of the map, and in_other than general terms spoke not of the mine’s whereabouts. *““They left mankind far tb the south and .westward and rode on for many days, Thompson’s friend grow suspie- fous ns they neaved their destination, and at length resolved to get the mul). He feared that when the gold was really found that Thompson would desert him and allow him to die inthe wilderness. They had an altercation, but Thom pson got the better of the mutineer. Fired for revenge, the other held his pence for somo days until his chance should come. It came at last. ““‘Ona evening Horace announced their journay about completed, As there was an extra gun and a number of other useless articles in their packs, they de- cided to hide them away for the time being, and perhaps get them on their return trip. A hollow tree was found, and Thompson, on_his hands and knees, received the articles from his comrade and placed them, one by one,in the hole. As he took the musket and was setting it inside, the traitor raised a pick in the air and brought it down with terrific force upon the doomed Thompson, The great spike was driven through skull and brain, and Horace died. “‘Hastily gathering their belongings into one pack, the false friend set off, after robbing the kneceling dead of the bireh-bark map. ““‘But the murderer never found Devil's Hoof mine. Ho was set unon by o gang of white and red outlaws and kil But before dying he confessed his me to one of the Indians, who in turn told the story to a trader. The mine has never been discovered yet.” “That is the yarn,” concluded Mr, Gromlgy. “Iam confident that H. K. T. stands for Horace K. Thompson. If they do, then, of course, the guide be- longed to him,as well as did the musket. I disposed of the gun before coming east, but expect to keep the papers.” s MORIUARY, Denth of Fred Walter. Mr, Fred Walter, the local agent of the Auheuser-Busch brewig association, died in his thirty-fourth year at his late residence, 1617 Wirt street, Sunday morning about ¥ o'clock, He had been sick for less than a week, and, though a nuwber of his friends knew that he was seriously indisposed, tho announcement of his death gave them a shock such as they never experienced before. In- deed, when the news circulated through the city, there was not an individual who had known the deceased in life who did not at first _doubt the authenticity of the rumor, The deceased had been S0 stout. strong, hearty and indeed so much the picture of health that it @ould not be beReved that he had been stricken so suddenly. And yet the information was well founded. The poor fellow passed away in agony at the time mentioned, his death bed being surrounded at the time with his wife, family and sym- pathetic friends, The cavse of Mr. Walter's death was a cold contracted last Saturday a week. He drove to Papillion, thence to Spring- field, thence to Gretna and finally home, a distance of about seventy miles, A chilling breeze arose toward evening. Mr. Walter had no heavy covering and when he reached his residence he complained of abdominat pains, These increased, causing him exces- sive pain which was relieved only by death. Mr. Walter was born in St. Louis where his parents and several brothers and sisters still reside. He had been long connected with the wholesaling and manufacture of candies and, at the solicitation of Mr. George Krug the general agent of the Anheuser-Busch brewing association of St. Louis came to this city to act as local man ager for that corporation, The headquarters of the company were then located on the south-east corner of Capitol avenue and Ninth street, Shortly after Mr, Walter's ‘arrival, a site was selected at the corner of Thirteenth and Jones streets, upon which larger buildings and warehouses were subsequently erected. Under his administration the interests of the corporation have greatly extended and in their furtherance Mr. Walter came into con- tact with hundreds of peoplo of this city with whom he immediately became most popular, He had a eracious and kindly disposition, which attracted everybody to him and which always led him to be sought afier in convival gatherings, As a business man he was studiously de- voted to the association which he represented and his word was as good as the most solemu of promises. His heart was centered in his family, and every comfort, which he could supply was provided for them. His parting from them almost at the moment of death, because he retamed consciousness upto that time, was most affecting, Mr. Walter eaves a widow and four chil- dren—Emil, Stella, Fred and August. He was amember of the Knights of Honor, the Royal Arcanum, the Modern Woodmen. the American Legion of Honor, inall of which he carried life insurance, His life was also insured in several regular companies, so that a fair legacy will beleft to his bereaved ones. His father is expected from St. Louis,to which place thé témains will be con- veyed today for intermént, George Krug, the general agent for An- heuser-Busch, has been telegraphed for, and will arrive ' today to superintend’ the funeral. ———ip— Leading Druggists and Grocers Sell the Excelsior Springs, Mo., waters, Always sold in bottles, never in bulk. T SOUTH OMAHA. A Custer Maw In' Trouble. Thomas Wilkinson of Broken Bow, Custer county, is in the city jatlwaiting for friends to g0 on his bond for §1,500 for his appear- anco before Judge King December 10,. The commission firm of Parkhurst, Hopper & Parker filed a complaint before the judge chargin, Wilkig- son, on November 7, 1800, with obtain- ing $1,000 under 1alse pretenses, representing that be had a herd of horses on Lis place in Custer county, on which he gave @ chattel l‘n’urwn to thecommission firm and received 000, Mr, Wilkinson said to Tue Ber representa- tive, “That when he gave the:mortgage he owned the sixteen horses and had them just where he had represented them to be; that the firm gave him permission to sell them as they had done in the other cases before and that he had offered to turn over thie results of the sale to the ulnl‘ilnilmu!n or let them go and take the horses.”” He (Wil- kinson) denies that he has done anything that is not honorable and as he was author- ized to do, Manchester Martyrs. A preliminary meeting, to make arrange- @@ 8 REASONS. 1309 W HY WE SUCCEED IN OURENTERPRISE. 1. Because we do as we advertise. 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It isan excellent flesh-former, fif#y per cent. greater Van HouTewn's Cocoa “"BEST & GOES FARTHEST." 3~ VAN HOUTEN'S COCOA (“‘oneo tried, always used") isthe original, pure, soluble Oocoa, Invented, mude and patented in Iolland more soluble than any of the numertus imito and 18 to-dny better and In fact, it it generally admit- ted all over Europofand a comparative test willeasily provelthat noother Cocos equals th is Enventor’s in solubility, agreeable taste and nutritive qualitios. ** Largost sslo in the world." Ask for VaN HOUTEN'S AND TAKE NO OTHER, ments for tho proper obscrvance of the twenty-third auniversary of the exccation of Allan, Laikin and_O'Brien, the Manchester martyrs, was held in St. Agnes’ hall Sunday evening, man and T, it hold suitable memorial exercises on Sunday, No- eccutive committee was a f Mossrs. H. Montgom , Judge King, Jeremiah Ho: ph J. Breen, B, S. Adams,Mi . 0'Connor, Timothy Maloney, Richard Swift, T. J. ONeill, John' Burns, Robert Parks and Thomas Dowling, Judge King, T J. O'Neill and Morgan Heafey wore i a committee on printing. cutive committee will meet in Judge Breen's oftice, N and Twenty-sixth strects, Wednesday evening. Chila Baldly Sealded. A young child of Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Perry, Albright, Sunday afternoon fell into a pan of hot water and was badly scalded. Prompt ald was secured to allevi- ate the little one's sufferings. Notes About the City. Alfred M. Keenan has gone to Yellow- stone, Wy. There will bo & Presbytsrian Congrega- tional meating in the cliurch avs o'clock The North Star Scandinavian socety will give n dance and reception in the Nagional hall Saturday evening, the 20th, Eggers & Bock, who have received the con- tract to build the new building on ‘N street, cast of Twenty-fourth street, for the J. H. Evans laundry company, will commence work tomorrow. Henry Michel, proprietor of the Brown park hotel, states that the persons who com- mitted the outrage on Mr. and Mrs. Benson, on Twenty-fourth street, were not at his hotel. Mr. Benson coufirms Mr. Michel and states that the parties came from a house on Q street. National hall was the scene, Saturday even- ing, of a Bohemian custom that afforded toa large number of the people of wlity. To celobrate the event of their marriage Charles Becoar and Miss An- tonio Strueh iuvited their friends to a_feast and dance, A pleasanter evening could not have been desired by the nowly wedded pair or their friend: e Waste no money. Buy Salvation Oil. It kilis all pain. Price twenty-five cents a bot- tle. Catherine Lewis fainted one night in “Oli- verte,” but it didn't cause aripple in the lay. "Twas only acough and they had & tile of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup on hand, of course. e e 2 ) County Court. Tho Merchants National bank has brought suit in the county court to recover 8408 on a promissory note, executed by Morris Morri- son. Judgments were renderod as follows: The J.'W. Butier paper compauy vs J. C. Wilcox, $002; Muir & Gaylord vs Johw Mulverhill, §1,000; Smith vs Smith, $10. T The Omaha lumber company has sued E. E. Lynn et al for the foreclosure of a mort- O8O given to sccure o note of %86, The uote was given in payment of a bill of lumber. ““THIS 15 AN AGE OF APOLLINARIS WATER.” Waller Besant, Apollinars “THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS® NOTICE. THE WELL-KNOWN YZLLOW LABELS OF ZTHE APOLLINARIS COMPANY, LIM- ITED, ARE PROTECTED BY PERPETUAL INJUNCIIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. b= = 0 Nopay til cured DIt JATETRENS, GRAY'S SPECIFIC MEDICINE, Ginue e THE GREAT ¢irue smnnk ENGLISH REM EDY. An unfal Ing cure for Sem: Int e quence of Sol abuse; as Lo Patnin the Back, Dimness of Vision, Premature 014 Age, and many other diseases that lead to nsanity or consumption and a premature grave. E®icull purticulars {hour pamphlet, which we de- sireto rend frea iy mallto every ono. §2-Tho Spe- #lfic Medicine Is #old at FI_per packnge, or slx pack wges for §5, or will be seut free by mull on receipt of the money, by addressing THE GOODMAN DRUG CO., 1110 FARNAM STREET, OMAHA, NEB. On nocount of counterfeits we have sdopted the yollow wrapper, the only genuine. flnel\/Made Marvellous’in Toneg (OATALOGUE EROM BOSTON OFFICE 4] 5 A N S C. L. Ericson, Local Agt, 206 N. 16th St 5. Positively cured by these Little Pills, in the Mouth, Coated) Tongue, Paln 1n the S, TORPID LIVER, They| regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable, SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE, DR. RICHARDS Practice Limited to g Diseases of the Lungs and Nervous System. 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FEMALE DISEASES and neuralgln, nervousness and diseases of the yiom- ach cured. 11 “Home Treatment' for Indles {8 pronc 0 have used it, to bo the most comp ete and convenlent remedy ever of- fered for the treatment of femalo discases. 1tis truly o wonderful remedy. No Instruments; no puin, HLOULS FOR LADIES ¥ROM 270 & ONLY. DR. McGREW’S marvel which r army of patients renches from the Atiantic to th fie. Tho Doctor 1s # g GULAR' d careful exp spec spondency above disenses, ¥IEE. Office, 14th and Farnam Sts Eutrance on either streot. THL FIGUKE 9. The fAigure 0 in our dates will mako a long stay, No man ot woman now living will ever date a Jdocument without using the figure 9. It stands In the third place in 1800, where it will remain ten years and then move up to second placs in 1900, where it will rest for one hundred years. ‘There is another 9" which has also come to stay, Tt is unlike the figure 9 in our dates In the respoeck that It has already moved up to first place, whors it will permanently remain. It is called the **No. 9" High Arm Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine, “The *“No. 9" was endorsed for first place by the experts of Europe at the Paris Exposition of 185, ‘where, after a severe coutest with the leading ma: chines of the world, it was awarded the only Grand Prize given to family sewing machines, all others on exhibit having received lower awards of gold medais, ote. The French Government 8180 recognized its superiority by thedecorationof Mr. Nathaniel Wheeler, President of the company, ‘with the Cross of the Legion of Houor. Tho *“No. 9" 1s not an old machine improved uyon, but 1s an entirely new machine, and the Grand Prize at Pans was awarded It as the grand: estadvance in sewing machine mechanism of the -nge. Those who buy It can rest assured, thete fore, of having the very latest and beet. 'WHEELER & WILSON M'F'G CO., 185 and 187 Wabash Ave., Chicago. E. P. FLOODMAN, 220 North Sixteonth Strest. Children always SCOTT'S EMULSION of pure Cod Liver Oll with Hypo- phosphites of LI Soda PRODUCER It Is Indeed, @nd the 1o lade and lassies who take cold y, may be fortified agalnet a that might prove serious, by Emulsion after thelr Boware of substitutions and bnitations,