Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 21, 1891, Page 3

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, WE SDAY, JANUARY 21, 1801 THE OMAHA BEE CCUNCIL BLUFFS, ICE, NO. 12 PEARL ST. r in any part of the Clty BMANAGER b gf U W, TILTO! HONES: Puginers Ofce, No. 1% Night Editor, No. 2. MANG I MENTION. Co.. coal. ) Sapp block. Mrs, S. B. Soyder, a Craft's ttel loans, Torn—To Mr. and nobo soclety will give n masquerade terson's hall on Febr 1 » plumbers of the city will give femple on the even ing of the a ball at 20th Fiuder will please return to C. Bosen, The Schuctzen-Verein club will third annual ball tomorrow Masonic Temple, Depositions were filed yesterday in district court in the much-tried case of tho Citizen's bank vs. J. C. Avbott. A case of diphtheria wus reported yester- day, Hanna Peterson, living at 1604~ South Ten'th street being the victm, ases of searlot tever wero reported 205 Sixth_avenuo, the victims and Ray Breedlove, nts' Retail Commercial agency will hold its regular bi-monthly mecting this evening at8:30 o'clock in the board of trade Tooms. 3. B, Johnson has been appointed stamp “Fferk in the postofl ace of F , whois trunsferred to the vy partment, The Ladies' Aid society of the Berean Baptist church will me ternoon at the residence of M Wiliow avenud In the district court yesterday the case of Turner vs Spel occupied most of the day. It is a contre s over cord wood, and an endeavor to get an accounting rs entered Dunn's stable on the cor- ghth avenue and Sixth street night before last and carriod away « saddle and bridle. The police are at work on the case, “Tho death of little Curry Maniban, who died Monday, aged sixteen months, will tak place from the residenee, corner Fourth ave- nue and Ninth steeot, at 10 o'clock this forn- give their evening at d Merkel was arrested yesterday on the charge of stealing somo blankets from a citi- Thestolen goods wero found at Tom s Junk shop and identified by the owner. A set of resolntions was passed by the O. B. Chapin fire compan ion, Ia., as a tribute to the laf ,and 4 copy was sent to friends of the deceased in this city yesterday. George Payiunlk, the barber who was rosted night ~bofore for threatening to Kill bis wife, was discharged by Justice Ham- mor yesterday on condition that he behave himself in the future. Hazel camp, Modern Woodmen of America, is making elaborato preparations for its fourth annual ball, which isto be given in Masonic_temple on the evening of February 5. The ladies’ auxiliary will furnish suppe Thomas Bowman received a draft for §10.: from Washington yesterday, the lns ent of his salary s postmaster, which w duein September, 880, 1t was accompanicd by o formal notice of the release of his bonds- L granted a divorce yestorday Witson from her husband, on. The ent to the penitentia vuder false pretenses, and consequently did not appear to fight the divorce suit. aQ consumption at the residence of his broth in-law, C. Spruit, 1100 Fifth avenue, The re- mains’ were taken to Osceola lust night, where they will bo taken in charge by the Knights of Pythias, of which order he wis a member, A west bound Omaha motor ran into a Main street car last night at the corner of Pear] streot and Broadway at 6:30. The front platform of the Omaha car was badly damaged. Feuben Roper was motorman on the Broadway car and. Georgo Eastman on the Main streéet. The Nonpareil company has filed an an- swer in the £0,000 libel suit brougnt against it by H. B. Parkinson and H. B. Pullen, Tho answer cites that the company does not bellevo that either has u_ paying busincss and claims that the circular which was issued by the plaintiffs was issued for the purpose of injuring the Nonpareil's business. 1t asks for a judgment for costs. Sheriff O'Neill loft for Davenport night be- foro last to bring the incurable insane pa- tients who are now receiving care in thestate institution at that place, Ho was accom- anied by his wife, Mis, Theodore Bray and Sister Superior of St. Bernard's hospital, be- sides several male assistants, It is expected that the patients will be brought back today OF tOMOrTow. The following oficers were clected Monday night by the Columbus Ruling No. 155, Fra- ternal Mystic Circle: Worthy ruler, . R. Dietrich} worthy vico ruler, 5. W. Béseley : chaplain, T. E. Cavin: worthy recorder, G M. Gould: wi T, Lefferts | worthy trea t: marshal, Charles Bock; warden, C. E. guard, J. Eckies; sentry, J. Lund; t J. Pattor son, T. B. Cavin and L. 0. I Prof. W. E. Chambers will give a masque- rade party to the members of hiz dancing class and ther friends at Royal Arcanum hall on the eveningof January 30, Muvs. T.E. Cavin will actas chaperoness. The follow ing committees have been appointed: Re- ception, James N, Bowman and Dr. H. A. Woodbury: door committes, T. E. Cavin and Louic ‘Zurnmeblen: floor committee, T D. Metealf, John Keating and E. H. Lougee. e Ciiavi-Moo-Gia, the great Indian blood remedy, for sale af DeHaven's, ¢ e e PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS, Smith McPherson of Red Oal was in the city yesterday. F. L. Davis of Missouri Valley was in the Blufts yesterday. 4 Marshal J. L. Templeton is in Nebraska on official business, Doputy Sheriff Campbell was here yesterday, Major J. S. Woods of Ottumwa, of the Burhington road, is in the city. Dr. T. B, Lacey went to Glenwood yoster- day to perform a surgical operation, Frank Oliver, one of Monona county’s prominents, was in the city yesterday. H. H. Roadifer and Almer Stearns of Logan were in attendance at court today. Lew Genung of Hastings, the new county attorney for Mills, visited the Bluffs yester- day. James Wisman, roadmaster of the Bur- lington, with headquarters at Cresion, is in the city of Mills county % C, L. Wells of Denver is in tne city on bus- i iness connected with the National Fraternal association. 9 Sol Bloom, a former Blufite, now of Dead- wood, 8. D., is in the city, the guest of Jonu | T. Stewart. Hon. W. H. Anderson of the Mills county National bavk, and D. b Glenwood are in the city, Harvy Burrows of Chicagois in_ the city, the guest of Mrs. G, C. Brown. He is on s way to his large stock ranch in Idaho. Mrs. H. E. DeKay and son Earle returned yesterday from an extonded visit with rela- tives in Atlantic. tomorrow evening, L With the cleanest stock of groceries in j us. Bell & Son. The Trunk Found. drunkenness Mouday aund flued ih the police court yesterday morning, made a full con- fossion to the police yesterday in the matter of the trunk which he stole from William Lewis’ stable one night last week, He said the missing stuff was all at his mother's house, at 1516 Eighth avenue, und an nyesti- gotion proved thut he told the truth, Every- unn.{ was recovered excopt a fow articles of small value, and returned to the owner, the ex-head cook at the Ogden. It is sad tho cnso will mot be prosecuted against bhim fastuer, A three-year old Jorsey cow, with a | L. Heinsheimer of They leave for Chicago Couneil Bluffs we allow no one to undersell Jumes O'Brien, who was arrested for THE NEWS IV THE BLUEES. Oolthard Files Quit Olaims to the Jar:ison County Land, ANOTHER LEVEE COMPLICATION, The Union Depot Committee Loft Without a Head-Found tho Trank—Oiher News Notes and Personals, The land swindling in Harrlson county, which has so clouded the title of a large tract and perploxed so many proverty owners, is being cleared up somowhat and owners will breathe easier, Of courso the forged deeds and fraudulent documents could not stand in court, but being matters of rocord they huve to that extent been a cload on titles aod o great cause of uneasinnss From a talk with Me. F. L. Davis of Mis- sourl Valley 1t was learned yesterday that Wills first brought Colthard into the office of Almer Sterns of Logan, whero inquiry was made as to the description of land owned by William Galy. Wills talked as if be was to secure a deed for the land, and a little suspicious ot Wills, st “he wanted to know he had'a deed when he got one.” Hemeant by this to put Colthard on his guard, but from subscquent conversu- tions it appears that the warning was not un- derstood Last woek Davis, representing Colthard, cume to Sterns and requested him to muke 1l the owners of land described inthe spurious deeds made by Willis, mrs. Co'thard ons signed and ac- kuowledged all thest quit_ claim_deeds ond thoy are ready for the partics concerned to accept. The making of the deeds and the recording of the same is paid for by Col- thard. To this extent Colthard Las done what he could to relieve himself of the difficulty into which he has fallen by mixing in the machi- nations of Willis, He has by the quit claims placed the titl Of property in the same condi- tion that it vefore Willis hegan his crookedness, and thus removad the clouds and eauses of annoyance, Thero were twenty three transfers necessary to make the wrong right. Colthard still that he was a vietim of Wil- lis, and that he had no intent to defraud any one. al hundred dol the deals, and is still in the woods, the ¢ nal proceeding against him being yet to be determined. J.C. ginee e Bixby, steam heating, sanitary en- 202 Merriam block, Council Blults The best F'rench cook in western lowa is at the Hotel Gordon, Council Bluffs. ——— Great success, Reliable goods, Fair dealing. Bottom prices, At C. B, Jacquemin & Co., No.27 A Slight Error Discovered. Chairman Wood of the tinance committee in the city council was engaged yestorday in trying to reconcile some differences between the city engineer's original and final esti- mates of the work done on the old levee and the amount of warrants issued in payment for the work. The original estimate shows over tweuty-five thousund yards of carth would be required for the baunk, and the final estimates agreed with it to the fraction of a ‘cubit foot. The city records show that warrants te the amount of $1,115.83 were is- sued to Contractor Moore in full pay- ment for the work done, and this sum agrees exactly with the engineer’s original estimato of the cost of tho bank. The warrant regis- ter shows that this exact sum was covered by the warrants issued to the contractor upon final settlement. While looking up the mat- terof the &,100 of outstanding warrants drawa against the fund that was ereated by a special tax to pay for the levee the commit- tee made the discovery that warrants to tho amount of §785 had been issued for the work Main street in excess of the amount of the engineer's original and final esti- mates. A larga portion of the day was spent inhunting through the records before the entries of the warrant register could bo explained, The register showed that warrants to the amount of €300 had been od to N. Merriam. $200 to J, W. Paul £135to T. J. Evans and £150 to C.J. Colby The sum of these amounts just_cqual the ex- cess spoken of. After a good deal of scarch- ing an explanation was discovered in the city clerk’s minutes of 4 meeting of the council in January 1838, when Mr. Kvans presented a petition asking for the issuance of warrants 1o the amount of &% to reimburse him for moiey advanced to the contractor who built” the levee, The records show hut the petition was referred to the finan committco, composed of Luclus Wells and Josiah Danforth, und that it was reported favorably by the council and the warants ordered issued to Mr. Evans. The reason for the issuance of these warrants is puzzling the present makes the cost of the lovee $4,900, of #,115,13, as shown by the engineer’s esti- mates, In looking up the matter yesterday thoy discovered that the money was advanced by the ens named, and that the warrants were issued to them in repayment at the in- stance of Mr. Evans, The levee problem’ is & more intricate puz- 210 to the members of the present council than the “pigs in the clover’ puzzle ever was to the dullest juvenile mind, and now, when they are even unable totell lic v much the old’ baul cost, they are still more deoply troubled. —— To make room for spring stock we offer great_ inducements in_furniture, oil cloths, carpets, stoves, hanging lamps, dinner a:d teasets and toilet sets. We sell for cash, or on casy payments. Mandel & Klein, 820 Broadway, Council Bluffs. Horse blankets and lap rooes at cost at Theo. Beckman's, 227 Main street, Buy your coal and wood of C. B, Fuel Co., 540 Brondway. Telephone 136, ot il Wright and Pusey Resign. W. H. M. Puscy and George F. Wright the committee appointed a long time ago to hold in trust the stock and other property belonging to the Union depot company until such time as the railroads should see fit to take it off their hands, have been the subject of much adverse criticism lately on account of the lack of Interest which it has been claimed they have shown in tho aepot affairs. They were appointed to act as goneral managers of the company, and, in fact, ulmost all that has been done iu the furtherance of the scheme has been either w0t done at all. done by them or ‘or a long time past nothing at all hLas been heard of the depot and the public has been wondering where in the world that contract was which was entered futo by all the roads and the depot company in accordance with whicl work was to be begun within sixfy days past. When about it the gentlemen who were en- gineering the depot scheme have invariably replied that they were moving beaven and earth in a mild sort of way aud that the d«'Jnrt was coming all right, The petition which was signed by the city council last week for p; tion to the rail- way commissioners,usking them to take such steps as might be 1 to compel the couipanies to fulfill their partof the contract, oevidently brought things to a crisis, as the following open letter snows : Couscit Buoers, la., Jan. Stockholders of th 0, 1891.—To the Jifon Dopot and Rail- way Company—Geutlemen: [t is rumored that the lowa railway commissioners will soon be usked by the clty council and others to require the railroad companies to build separate passenger depots in the city in- stead of all Joining in @ union depot. That policy has always been advocated by those who would not expend any of thelr mouey in curing a union_depot, but was abandoned when you coutrivuted your §25,000 toward that end. It is well kuown that is- such a plication is made, the railway compantes will simply reply, we' cannot build separate de- pots, unless we are first relieved from our contract with the uvion dopot and rail- Way company o Duild a union depot in Councli Bluffs. Aud they also can then roply to tho union depot company, that the people of Council Blufs aro now séekin 10 compel us o bmid separate depots, an hence do not want a union depot built. Hetweeu the two claims we shall get no depots of any kind. The best plan for you to adopt s, I the present dopot commitiee is not pushing the matter as vigorously as it ougtit, to have o mecting of the stockholders cailed, and & new corgnitice appointed. Very respecttully, W. H. M. Pusey, Gronie F. W Trustees Union Depot and Railw GOOD FOR 10 DAYS, ANNUAL CLEARING SALE AT THE BOSTON STORE, COUNCIL BLUFFS, TODAY, % O'CLOCK SHARP. Read the following carofully, The prices speak for themselves, The greatest of s ever held in the west. Below is only a par- tial list of the thousands of bargaits to be offered at this sale Yard wid ched muslin, do. Ovr bleached and half bieached muslin sold for fic to go at 7'gc. Hr, y Co. SECOND op. 42 in. unbleached muslin 8¢, bleached 9e. i w W g, e fort “ 4G o 10-4 “ “ “ BLANKETS Owingto the mild weather we are over- on stocked place on wool blankets, which we will o at extremely low prices. 11-4 heavy white blankets sold for §3.00, at £2.00 pair 11-4 all wool and union blankets sold for £5.00 and .75, to go during sale, $4,00, At £5,00 we show our complete line of 3,00, and §7.00, all in one lot for 8.00. wool blankts sold $.00, during sanitary wool blankets at special os: £.00 blankets for 3 00 for £3.78, and oxtra large size sold for §7.00, re- duced to #. 'OMFORTABLES. Having over 50 bales of comforte: weare determined to reduce our vious to inventory. Note the prices Our 7ic comforters for 5c. Special value regular $1.80 comforter for #1.00. Comforters sold from $2. one lot, to go at £2.00 dur Comforters sold .00 to & $2.10, Our finest quality sateen comforters, sold for $.50 to #4.50, to go at 6 canton flanne! s on hand tock pro- following 5 to §.75 all in , all in ono lot lineh, sold at e and 67e, during Wash buttons 5¢ acard (halt g o Stewart's liuen thread kal pri or Brooks machine cotton (standard make) le spool. Couts and Clarks spool cotton 4c spool. Children’s hose supporters fc, misses 7e, ladies’ belt for 15 Al silk ribbon, satin edge, at manufactur- ces, No. 7 sold for fl, sale price be; . 9 sold for 12!¢¢, sale price 7c; Nos, 12 and 16 sola for 15¢ and (e, sale price 10c. Ladies' natural knit' underskirts 3c, worth ¢ or two Childs’ plush, surah and sold for 80c, $1.00 and &1, cashmoro all at 50c. HokroN Sronk) 401, 403 and 405 Broadway, Council Bluffs, Ia. New Yorlk ofice, 47 Leonard street. The leading grocers on upper Broadway are Kelley & Youkerman. New. location, 04, caps L Three Hundrod Gotters a Minute, Did it ever occur to you that the time could como when it would be necessary for men to rack their brains, inventor to tax their genius, to devise means of more rapidly mail- ing letters than tho old way of licking the gummed edgges of the envelopes and pound- ingthemon the top of your desk! The re- cipient of the epistles of the love-sick youth who used to write his darling every hour in the day imagmed she had a task to perform when she had to tear the wrappers from the letters and read their contents. They both belicved they were cruelly taxing the facilities of the United States muil. The business man, who, with the aid of the type- writer and shorthaud amanuensis, consigns several hundred letters to the daily mail {mngines that hio hs accomplishod o blg job, “but what you think of being compelled to address and” mail 4,000 letters in a singlo day?" inquired W. J. Jameson, secretary of the UnitedStates Masonic Benevolent asso- fation of Council Bluffs yesterday afternoon as a reporter for Tii: BEE was chatting with him in bis office, “We mailed that number of letters in o smgle day uot long ago, aud our dailly mail is so large that we have oeen compelled to resort to mechanical means of seali1g and keeping account of the letters. We use just 10,000 stamped envelopes a month, a1d “we kaow that everyone of those lettcr: et into t1e mails, and hore's how we acce mplish it." And then he took the reporter into an ad jo'niug room and showed bim a novel device i mailing machine that ¢opies the addresses, s uls the envelopes an 1 deposits th of Uncle Sam’s m il boxcs at the rate of A minute, . 1t is an ingenious rangement that was busy br.n of the secretary to sur mount what was fast becoming an insur- mountable dificalty. The machine is loe in the second floor of the Masonic temple and immediately beneath it on the outside of the building the postoliice ofticials have placed u public mail box of the largest size. A gal- vanizea won spout runs from the mailing ma- chine through the floor and into this box. Every revolution of th ank copies the ad- dresses, seals and drops into this mail box three letters, and as both ends of the schute are protected by government mail locks no letter can be lost. This little invention indicates the marvel- ous growth of the Masonic Benevolent asso- D, And when the plan of the associu- examined its marvelous growth and minal success is not be wondered at. Pirst and primarily iv is financially stromz. Ithas a guaranteo fundof $127,000 for the payment of cach assessment. This assures the beneficiary the full amount of his insur- ance. The intereston this fund reduces the cost of fnsurance annually, This is illustrated by the fact that the association, which is ouly four years old, paid one death benefit 1n 1888, two in 1550, ana three in 1890 from the interest on this guar antee fund. When a member lapses he leaves his guarantee fund for the benefit of the per- sistent memibers, The fact that this fund is constantly increasing enables the association to make good its claim that it can furnish cheaper and better insurance in ten years thun any other Masonic insurance in the world, It is straight Masonic, and Masons siould investigate the plans and financial stauding, and insure in this reliable associa- It is giit edged, incorporated and com- lies with the strict insurance laws of Iowa, this state having the strictest laws governing assessment associatlons of all the states in the union. The fact that the association is growing so rapidly that it oc- cupies a large portion of the second floor of the great Masonic temple is substantial ey dence that it meets more fully the require- ments of & benevolenc assoeiation than any other in the order, e ——— To be sure that your children have pure candy, buy for them the Pomona brand fruiy luice tablets. Pomona stamed on each tab- et. The trade supplied by Duguette & Co. Evans' Laundry Co., Pearl street, Telephone the A auiet but happy event occurred at 8 o'clock last evening av the residence of Mrs, A. J. Bump on Stutsman strect. A party of the intimate fricnds of Mr. Vane Lane and Miss Mamie Martin assembled to witness the ceremony that united the two youug people as husbaud and wife. Miss Martin has been chief operator in the Council Bluffs telephone exchange, and Mr. Laue is manager of the Omaba exchaoge. When Mr. Lane had charge of the Council Bluffs ofice Miss Martin was one of the first young ladies he appointed to a position, and she rapidly won her way to the highest place in the office, Sheis one of the handsomust and most popular young ladies in the city, and it was quite natural that the snares that Cupid set should . catch Mr. Lane. The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev., G. W Crofts. Immediately after its conelusion Mr. and Mrs. Lane escaped the congratulations of their fricuds for the time being by taking & motor tralu for Owaba aud koing direct to the handsome little home that Mr. Lane had provided at 111 Twenty-sixth stre where the young people will begin life carnest with the hearty #0nd wishes of hun- dreds of friends in both aities. The American District Telegraph Co. has been reorganized and is naw prepared to give prompt service, Special tttention to expres and parcel delivery e — WAREHOUSE. THE BONDE Its Workings Fally Explained by Col« lector Alexander, Collector Alexander s greatly pleased over the success that is in store ror the bonded warehouse recently located ih this city, Yes- terday he said: “Its effort is already be- ginning to be felt, and almost daily I am in receipt of letters from Sioux City, Ia., Lin- coln, Plattsmouth, Nebroska City and other points in this state, asking when it will be realy to receive go: Itis ready now, but as tiie general public may not anderstand its workings, T will explain, “Certain lines of goods may be cheap in Loundon, Paris and other foreign markets. The dealers here at home want to take ad- vantage of this and at once place their orders, The shipments are made and the goods come in bond to Omaba, consigned to me as col- lector. My duty is 0 sce that the import duties are paid and the goods turned over to the consignee. But if the consignee for any reason does not want to pay the duties, he makes an arrangement with the warciouseman and the goods are 1, possibly for thirty days and perhaps for six months. The imports duties attach to the goods and need uot be paid until they aro taken out of the warehouse. b you can see that the merchants will thus 2nabled to take advantage of the fluctun- tions of the foreign market and profit thereby. I regard to the warehouseman, he is ap- pointed at my suggestion, and while he is not directly an official of the government, he is bonded ‘to receive and care for all of the koods in the house He fixes his own charges, hut should they ve exhorbitant [ have authority to step in and regulate. It been thought by some that he will have access to the storeroom, but this is a mistake. When a car comes in bond it cannot be opened by any other person than myself orone of my in- spectors, The goods are then put into” the warehouse and checked by the storekeeper, a government oficial, who carries the only ki to the store room, the warchouse man having only the key to the outer door of the build- ing. So you see the goods are under United States protection from the time they are bonded until received by the consignee.s Tho prospect for a_bonded warchouse for the exclusive use of tne Omaha and Grant smelting works is another subject that is re- ceiving considerable favorable comment around customs headquarters. The ofcials there believe that it wili be located, and at an early date. If this location should be made, it will be the only bonded warehouse of its kind in the world: Heretofore ores from Mexico and British America have come to the United States line, where the duties have been paid and the consignment forwarded. With this ware- honse, the ores will be bought in the regular way and come in bond direct to Omaha, v the assayist will fix the value and t the amount of dutics to be paid. As ase of merchaudise, the ores will be arrive in the under the coutrol of a warchouse man and a storekeeper and the import duties will be d, nov when the orcs are received, but when they are taken out by the smelter com- PR RN MARHLE ME! They Will Hold Their Annual Con- vention in Omaha Today. Although not known to the general public. the third annual conventiou of the Marble and Granite Dealers’ association will convene in Owahaat 2 o'clock this afternoon. The association not only includcs the retail deal- ers of this state, but it numbers as members the wholesale dealers of the United States. The convention has for its object the general improvement and_elovation of the marble trade in all of its departments and the pro- motion of friendly intercourse all along the lines of trade, The conyention will continue during the week, with all of the sessions in the parlors of the Hotel Casey. The president of the association, Charles Neidhart of Beatrice, stated last night {hat at least fifty delegates will be iu_ attendance. The delegates who arrived lnst night are as follows: M, C. Robinson of Chicago, repro- senting the Ver rble company; C. B Nason of Bagley & Nason, Chicago; J. K Stewart of Cincinuati, O., representing the Bl Ridge marble companys W G, Crozer of Peoria, I1L., represeuting D. H. Dickinson Goodall, representing the Peoria e works! 5, B, Tayor of Grant, Breese & Co,, Milwaukee, und W. M. Footé of St. Louis, representing Brodbury & Jones. Tn addition to trausacting the regular busi- the aunual clection of officers will bo 1E e — INJURED BY A OAVE-IN. Workmen Completely Under a Bank of ©h Some workimen wero engaged in excavat- ing at the rear of Brownell hall yesterday afternoon when the bank caved in, burying a colored man named John Eliis entirely out of sight aud a white man named Frank Se- nela was partially covered by the falling earth, They were extricated as_spoedily as possi- ble and were found to be quite seriously in- jured. Senela complained of injuries in the breast and shoulders and KEilis seemed to have received o very severe sprain of the back and also complained of injury to an arm and leg. They were taken home in the patrol wagon and medical assistance sammoned. Sencla lives on South Twenty-second street near Center, and Kilis lives at 518 Castellar street, Theo eseape of Ellis from doath was quite re- markable, as he was completely covered up for about'ten minut, Two Buried SRR The Borenstein Inquest. The inquest over the remains of Nathau Borenstein, who was burned to death in the five at Klein &Spiegle's saloon Suuday night, was held yesterday at Gring's undertaking rooms, commencing at 8 o'clock and continu- ing until midnight, when an adjournment was talten until 2 p. m, today. A large number of witnesses was examined and a mass of conflicting testimony adduced. In brief, the testimony went to show that Borenstein wasa frequenier of the saloon kent by Klein & Spiegle and had rep that hé had loaned Speigel $180, Tl ment Spiegle denied poitt blank, It was also stated by’ Spizle & Klein that the key which was foutid on the dead man had been Jost ubout the latter part of Decem- ber, but no effort. had been made to find it or change the locl 3 The proprietors testitied that they had fu- creased their insurance over £,000 during December, although they had only increased their stock by about §3,000 worth during that month. The evidenco was very conflicting concern- ing the whereabouts of 4 chum of Boren- stein’s, named Reiman, during the fire, Rei- man himself, and in’ fact all the witnesses who knew an¥thing about him, had sudaenly goue into the country op pressing business immediately after the fie, At midnightan adjournment was taken to secure additional evidence. ———er The Ladi=s' Social. The ladies’ social givén under the auspiges of the Omana lodge of Elks lust evening in the lodge room quite surpassed all previous efforts of the local organization, The musical programme which preceded the dancing was Jarticipated iu by Mrs. Moetlor, Miss B iss, Mr. Derrick, the mandoliu club, the Hayden quartette club, Prof. * Baetous, Prof, Paderson, while Miss Lydia Russell recited “The Chariot Race" from “Ben Hur."” After the short prelude supper was served in the dining room of the club, after which dancing was participated in by all the guests preseut, Boyd's opera house orchestra fur- nishing'the music, Y Stole a . inmond. A man named John Hastings, who says he lives at Aurora, complained to the police last night that he had been robbed of a diamond pin worth #125 while callug on a woman vamed Mirnie Gireen at 812 Doage street Ofticer Wulker went to the house and made & seich for the missing property, but , Omaha, | could not find it. The officer finally bocame convinced that Al Delbridge, who froquents the place, had the sparkler and he followed him to Saloon near by and placed him under arvest, Delbridge qualled under the grip of the law, and, taking the diamond from his mouth, handed it to Oficer Walker, remark- ing that he did not wish to get {nto trouble er tho matter, Dolbridge and the woman rero taken to Jail @1 tho diamond was put In the safe to wwalt tho hearing before Judge ol DRANK CARBOLIC ACID, Listressing Accident by Which a Little Child Loses Its Life, A very distressing occident occurred at the residence of Mes, Emily McClure, 2717 De- catur streot, last Suriday afternoon, by which an innocent little two-year-old boy lost his life. The mother of the child, Mrs, John Taylor, who rosides at the corner of Twent cighth’ and Corby stroets, is ill and Mrs, McClure had kindly taken tho little one over to her house in order to relieye the sick wo- man and her husband of that much care, While playing about the house the child ac cidentally got hold of a bottle of carbolio acid and ‘attompted to drink some of it. The liquid which the little one took {iuto its mouth got part way down its throat and tho fearful worl it wronght may well bo imag- ined. The mouth and throat of tae child were terribly burned, aud it was evident that death must prove the only relief for the littlo orer. he child survived until_yesterday morn- ing, when death relioved its fitiable suffer- ing, Mrs, McClure feels very much distressed over the matter and the sympathy of the neighbors is extended to her and the sorrow- ing parents. Tho child will be buried today A from the McClare residence. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, List of Jurors for the February Term of the Distriet Court. The county commissioners held a short ses- slon yesterday afternoon. The second estimate of the county surveyor on the Thirteenth strect culvert, amounting to $1,035.45, was allowed and ordered placed on the next appropriation sheet of the bridge fund, Mr. Corrigan offered a resolution that the county clerk be instructed to notify the sev- eral county officers that their respective ro ports for the quarter ending December 31, 1800, will be required to be rendered to the board, in accordance with law, not later than Saturday, the $lst inst. Adopted. A-recess was then taken to complete the list of jurors for the February term of the district court. The list is as follow First ward —Imil Augstadt, T. William ~ Maroney, John Roon Ruane, John Jodeit. Jensen, , Thomas Second Ward—Anton Virtous, Joe Murph Mike Manning, Ormsby, John ¢ Third R. D. O'Donnell, W snan, McMahon, J. L. M s, Thomas Conuolly, James E.Rob at Cavanaugh, ward —M. ourth ward—B. IR. Tebault, James Wise- A, McClure, John W.' Butler, T. F. Agnew, H. B. Myers. Fifth Ward—John Gorman, James Clan- v, Peter Schmidt, W. E. Hurlbut, J. W. 1o, Sixth Ward—H. W. McDermott, F. W. Manyille, Thomas Johnson, W. F. Flynn, G. W. Patton, th Ward—William Farr, T. W. Smith, R. Mc h. ighth Ward—-W, Haxthausen, Joseph Thompson, P, Wemmuller, John Diffle Niuth Ward—Frank Daugherty, Terrence A, Weir, Joseph Mille South Omaha—Lawrence O'Keeffe, James Pollard, 8. K. Krigbaum, H. S. Vasberg. ence—John Lewin, Uniom—William Olmstead. MeArdl Thomas Ryan. Valley—John Zics. Waterloo—J. C. Robinson. West Omaha—G. W. Roberts, Jefferson—Barnard Sievers. Chicago—John Quinn. Millard—Henry Cenrf. Elkhorn—George Frost. Douglas—William Bridges, Clontarf—Joha Hayes. Sast Omahia—William Kent. The board adjourned to 2 o'clock today. Dty A PERFECT SPREAD. Newspaper Men Royally Entertained by Messrs. Nessine & Renurd. Representatives of the press of Omaha were last evening the guests of Messrs, H. Messine and L. Renard, proprictors of the Restaurant Francais just opened in Tur Bee building, with entrance on Seventeenth street, There have been many scemingly perfect spreads in Omaha, but none have been more perfect in every detail as that to which the gentlemen of the press found themselves bid- den to last evening. Long have the elite cir- cles of the city looked forward to the time when there should be opened just such a one of those charming little places in which the vicinity of the Boisde Boulogue, in Paris, abounds; a quiet, very elegant hittle place where perfect cooking, perfect service, and wellbred freedom prevails, and goes to make of a luncheon or elaborate dinner something worth looking forward to in the best sense of the term* Just such a place was last night thrown open for the fivst time in Omaha, with the members of the press as first guests. The exquisiteness of the details form too much of a delightful surprise to be deseribed ine and Renard have t line with in print. Messrs, Nes prepared something in the restaur. that may be returned to over and o increasing instead of diminishing inte The mena cards were the hand paintin Mr. Nessine, anda more clever display never been seon in the city. They were so very novel in design as to make of them raro souvenirs 0 the guests in_ attendance, The card roads as follows : Oreme d' usper; Hors d' oeu vres. Sauclsson, Leurre, olives, saraines. Entrem Omlette aurhum, Roti. Callles si nupe. Desserts: Fruits, roquefort. ing Block 86, There is a probabilit; that ere many days the old firetraps that have disgraced the new postofiice site, better known as block 86 will be removed. In respouse to permission granted by the department at Washingtou, Custodian Alex- ander will to all of the tenants that they must vacate the frame shanties by Feb- ruary 9. This ovder is imperativo, and me; that at 10 o'clock & m. on February 10 the buildings will be sold at auction, the terms of sale being one-third cash and 'the balance when the buildings are removed, which must be within thirty day from the date of the sale. The party or parties purchasing will be required not only to take away the buildings, but will also have to remove the foundatioug fill up the cellars and smooth off the grounds, At the present time Mr. Alexander has thirteen tenants, most of whom are poor foreigners, who pay all the way from $1 to $10 per montli for the rooms they oceup, No disposition will be made of the bric buildings and the frame cesidences on Seven- teenth street at pesent, though early in the spring the old stable on Capitol avenue will have togo. The other buildings will remain until the now postofice is well under way, the scheme now being to use the chureh for an architect’s ofiice aud the flats on Capitol avenue for a boarding houso where the workmen upon the new building way be housed e Shicar Oharged With Manslaughter, John Shicar, who drove a team and wagon over Willie Daniels, will be tried for man. slaughter, County Attorney Mahoney has already filed a complaint of that kind against bim, bt An ¥ evator B y's enr. Last night Fred Halstad, an clevator boy at the Paxton block, tried the experiment o GOING LIKE What is ? Best in the market. early and av To Soft Coal Consumers. HOT CAKES. Our Celebrated Jackson, Illinois, COAL AT $4.50. Nothing like it. Order oid the rush. - A. T. Thatcher, Telephone 48. secing how close to the edge of the ascending car he could place his foot. 'The experiment was a success and now Fred is at home, 2105 Miami street, where he mourns the loss of WO toos, il Wantd for For, Chief Scavey received a telegram from Lexington yesterday afternoon statine that aman named Frank Doo haa left that place and was wanted for passing worthless checks. Detective Horrigan went to the depot when the train came in aud found Mr. Doe, He had a ticket for Minneapolis and was very comfortably scated by the side of a lad friend when Horrigan accosted him, Mr Doe says he was a member of the firm of Hedges, Larkin & Doe, contractors, and has lived at Lexington for' six months, Hois a man about thirty years old, rather tall, and wears a light colored moust: - Marriage Lacenses. Tho following marriazo liconsos were is- suedby Jadgo Shiolls yostesday: Name and add § Osear Plefro T Annie Koster § Lewls Catlett 1Jennle Rien {Johin Valenta, Omah 1 Katle M. Krander. Council Blufrs Omaha. — - for Pullman, uit of the Pull- man palace car comps Inst the Wagner sleeping car company, James A. Webb and the Lake Shore and Michigan Central roads for an injunction restraining the de- fendants from using the ‘‘vestibule’ patent, was decided b am_and Blod: gett today. The application of Pullman for Cnicaco, the 1njun Ratified the Agreement. Cnicago, Jan. 20.—The world's fair direc- tors tonight formally ratifica the agreement to put five of tho exposition buildings on the lake front. close to the center of the city. MELD.” Bishop Taylor Tells Why There Are No Beggars in Atrica, One African custom observed by Bishop Taylor has not been mentioned by other travelers, and shows the savago in such a favorable light that discription of it will bear repetition in his own words, He says: *I noticed that every village had set apart a field for the use of strangers, The chief wife of the tribal king culti- vated this field and stored away the pro- duct in the upper half of her hut. No man of the tribe was permitted to touch of the food thus stored. The king's wife had her share of this and made her liv- ing out of it, but all over and above the amount actually consumed must beset apart and preserved. “*This field is known as the ‘stranger’s field.” Whenever a stranger comes into the village he makes known his want to the king and he is immediutely re- lieved. The best hut in the village is set apart for him: he eats ot the food of the strangers’ field and the best wife of the king prepares the food with her own hand. He remains a week ora month or any reasonable length of time and his departure is never hastened. Some- times he tarries long enough’ to be- come a member of the tribe and he mar- ries into the king's family. “*An amusing feature of this custom i the fact that indigent members of tho tribe sometimes leave their village and 20 to other villages and become strang- ers, so that very often wnen a familiar face has been missed from a certain vil- and I 1 asked where So-and-So and what became of him, some one has gravely informed me that So- and-So had grown poor and become a stranger. ubsequently I have run across lazy So-and-So in a distant vil- lage living” on the fat of theland asa stranger and hoing treated to royal hos- pitality, There are no beggars in Africa. When man or woman becomes too poor to get along comfortably, he or she makes the circuit of ad nt vil- lages us a stranger.” polladshan, A Gritty Tramp, Samuel Russell died at the eity hospi- the St. Louis Post Dispatch. se is a remarkahbleone, illustrat- ing as it does the dogged determination of the American tramp, On the after- noon of Junuary 1 Russell was picked up by a police ofticer in the union depot, who found him sitting helpless on the platform. The fellow was taken to the dispensary, where an examination showed the horrible condition of his feet. Both weve literally covered with ulegrs, Russell said that three months ago he made up his_mind to come to St. Louis. He wus in Denver at the time, and was. bantered by one of his com: panions to walls the entire distance. The two started out togethes other man soon vo it up a bad job, but Russell was gamo and pushed on. His feet were half frozen u dozen times, and several opportunities were afforded him along the route for light employ- ment for the entire winte He had a. rived in St. Louis the day before he was found, At the city hospital the right leg was amputated at the knee. The unfortunate fellow was too weak to rally and died. The hospital record gives his age as twenty-six years, single, and a native of Michigan — LA What Made a Judgo Insane. Judge George Stipp of Princeton, who has baen on the bench of the Joliet, 111., cireuit for twenty years, and who re- cently presided at the trial of the mur- Ford at Ottawa, has become insane ver thinking of the necessity of passing nce. He imagines everybody is him seeking his life. He presided at the trial of Moons the brute who stabbed his cell mate to death in the Joliet prison, was never hung, althou, the evidence was damning, His scruples arise, it is said, from the fact that a velative of his was hung in Indiana some time ago and alterwards was proven innocent. The judge, who is over seventy years of g was one of the leading criminal lawyers of the state before going on the ich, He has been placed in a sanitarium at Batavia, The and Moone h — - Adam Walski, aged sixty-four yes died at St. Joseph's hospital yesterday, Funeral today, at 10 a.w., from Healy & Healy s 8, 114 Main Street SPECIAL NOTICES. COUNCIL BLUFFS. Fni( SALE-Household furniturc; everye thing first-class, Crll 200 North sth streot, Cauncil Blutrs ORY 1t to got one acre or more for anice home, and where you can girs den and raise small frait and pouliry. or if You want ten or twenty neres or a large farm n lo we n sult you. Call and us, Johnston & Van Patten, Everett block, Coune cll Bluirs, PO LADIES ent for su Also aud guuran: Bluffs and Oranha ogly 1258, 18t st and Mrs avenworth'st., Omaha., OXCHANGE bublo Paisloy s takon from Ro; night of Decem? ephenson, 143 W leir own OR SALE or Ront—Gardon land, wit bouses, by J. R. Kise. 10 Maln st Jounol Blufts 1t you w s homo troats 08, 8 nlld and pistiios: painlos o 1n Counol A. Smith, * Wiggins, i1d Try Dr. Miller fomale dis Mitlor's pi th Mistuko—A now wl with dark center reanum hall ut party 1800, Rot to Mrs, \ngton avenue, and COUNCIL BLUEFS STEAM DYE WORKS All kinds of Dying and 1z done tn th fighest Style of tho Art, Faded and Fubrics mide to lookad good 15 new. promptly dongand deliverod i ali the country. Send for price list. 5 NorLhwestern 1015 Broadway, . Electric Trusses, Belts, Chest Protectors, Ete, AGENTS WANTED. ~ DR.C. B. JUDD. 6806 Broadway, Council Bluffs, Ia TELEPHONES, OFFICE, 0. _ RESIDINO® 3 CITIZENS STATE BANK Or Council Bluffs. 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Brown Bullding, Council Bluffay Tow This k the N museo is presente ing a fine list attractions, Eclipse quart ngers are wi of Th o bt a0y aadiutlied 5 hout a peer. These clariol voiced singers ¢ mnot fail to amuse all with their comie, sentimental and plane tation songs, The mid get cattle in thg curio hall are the special feature, The, cannot be deseribed; they must be seol to be appreciated. The police court was crowded yesters day afternoon when the case againsh Mrs, Nodika and sevoral other Bohe miun women charged with shoplifting was called. Sevel of the clecks from Hayden Bros.” store were called as wit nesses to identify the goods found a§ Mvrs, Vodika's house. The case will be continued today - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O Omaha attending the funeral of Colon by, returned yesterday to San Antoni Mr, Ore was fol rly chief clerk Mr, Kimball of the Union Pacific, , who were Saaad o A, L. Foote has returned from & mouth's visit to Kausas City and Emporia, Kao.