Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 6, 1891, Page 3

P — THE OMAHA BEE. | COUNCIL BLUFF £: No. 12 PEARL STREET. | L"“ A by Carrier in wny purt of the City, BOCTILTON - - - MANAGER | TRLEPHON Pusliess ON N (‘. Night Editor. No. 23 i | N Y. P, Co, Council Bluffs Lumber Co., coal | Craft's chattel luans, 204 Sapp block, 1f you want water {n your yara or house K610 BISUE'S, U5 Mercim o) I'ho F 'h oague of the BroadWay M. A 1. church will entertain a sogial at tha ho of L. W. Tulloy, Thurgday evening, August 0. The Sunday Mothodist chu park today. Unity 1ild will meet tomorrow afternoon at 2330 o'clock with Mrs, school of the Kifth avenue oh will pienie in Fairmount in_regular session | Roberts on Voorhis street, A social willbe given this evening at the | residence of L. W. Tulleys on Park avenue, | under the auspices of the Epworth league of the Iirst Methodist church | he return eame of ball will b played be- | tween the Council Bluffs lawyers aud ihe | jillion farmers a week from next Fr { afternoon at Papillion | Regular mecting of Ivanhoe commandery | Kuights Templar No, 17 this evening. Iu- 3 stallation of ofticers, A full attendance is desirea. By order of the Eminent Comman- ttich y after- 19, ulle the state and Robeson commenced an ment suit in superior court yesterd noon against Peter J, Smith for ng that the defendant has left dward J is now a non-resident, About thirty young people of the First Baptist church met night before last and 1ce of the pastor, e snnm eded to the reside .. A, Hall, wnom thoy on him unexpectedly. The ev spent very plessantly by all, The fire department was called out yester. day morning wt 2 o'clock to estinguish a blaze at the house of o Peterson, on Fourth avenue between Thirty-fourth and Thirty- ifth streets. The house was the property of uy C. Baston of Omaha, It was almost entirely destroyed There will be & social tomorrow evening at the Fitth avenue Mcthodist church, for the venefit of the pastor, under the auspices of the ludies’ society. Supper will be served, including ice cream, for 25 cents, A phono- graph, and the colored quartette will be among the attractions. Prof. Kutter, a musician of great ability, will also be present and furnish @ part of the programme The following officers were electad by Calanthe assembiy No, 1, Pythian Sister- hood, at their lst meeting: 1. C., Mrs. O. Younkerman; C. C., Mrs. F. Lushaw: V. C Mus. E. J. Mottaz; prelate, Mrs. D, J. Gates : M. of ., Mrs. J. L. Smith; K. of R. &S, Mrs. C. A, Simpson; M. A., Mrs. J. Wesley, mssistant M. A., Mrs. A, . Mevers: inzor guard, Mrs, . J. Abvott; outer guard, Mrs R H. Carter: mystic one, Miss Hulda Lushaw. Willio Mason, tha boy who was arrested late Tuesday might on a charge of stealing a watch belonging to Emma Joseph, was found wuilty in police court. yesterday morning, and sentenced to a term of thirty days in the county jail. H. I". Hattenhauer was fined .60 for driving over tho fire hose. Olo Peterson was fined £10.10 for drunkenness. “The case of Iid Fegley, charged with com- mitting assault on his wife with inteat to do great bodily injury, was continued. Constable Evans invaded the residence of J. M. Shea, on Twenty-fivst street, uncar the corner of Fifth avenue, vesterday, armed with a search warrant, and lovied upon the household goods to pay u bill of 5 for rent, the claim being held by W. S. Stillman. For several months past Shen has not lived in the house, but had locked the door and gone nwi Bolts and bars were nowhere, however, and the door wus broken in and the goods taken by virtue of a chattle mortgage. Deputy City Clerk Hubbard and a couple of deputy marshals were busy all day yester- day making out informations to be filed agaiust the saloonkeepers of Council Bluffs, i accordance with the usual monthly pro- grame. Under the new ordinance which was passed by the city couucil a couple of weeks ago, the offenco with which they will here after be charged 15 disturbing the peace, and alot of new blank informations have been printed specially for the purpose. ~ All tech- nical dificulties will be avoided, it is said, by the new system, und thers will be no_mor danger of future prosecutions of city officiuls for conniving at the fracture of the ™ prohibi- tory law. by ealling ing was surprised Drs. Waoodbury, dentists, 80 Pearl stroet, noxt to Grand hotel. Telephone 145, High grade work a specialty. Tey Duquette & Co.’s Pomona cough tablets. They arc delicious. vart & Patty, veterinary sur- ourth street,Council Blulls, Ta. organs, C. B. Music Co., fruit Drs. Ste geons, 45 F Piano Broad — Hotel Goraon, most centrally located, fiist cluss house in city; steaight $2.00 a ay. eatest on Record. The ten days’ clearing sale at the Boston store, Council Bluffs, lu., is the greatest sule of dry goods ever held in the west, of course when one stops to think for o moment the reasons of suc- cess uro plain, everything is always to ve found ut the Boston store just as ad- vertised and even a little better. This sule is a wonder in itself, every article in the store being sold at actual cost price for ten days, something never heard of befors in the history of the dry goods trade, from a card of " hooks and eyes to the finest silk dress patterns you will find a reduction on, This may seem like o story to a great many newspaper readers, but to wf putrons of the Boston Store the above are known to be fucts. Reader, if you are not a patron of the Boston Store, Conncil Biulls, Ta., delay no longer. make huy while the sun shines This groat sale only lasts a few days longer. Monday, August 10, is the last day. Come c'n‘l\' Come one, come all belore the cholcest bargains are gon BOSTON STORE, otheringham, Whitelaw & Co., Council Blufts, Ia. PELSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Colonel J. S, Tam of Stuart was in the city yestorday Vernie avd Ethel Witter ave on a vacation, Jumes Herold and wifo ave spending a fow days in Colfax in Woodbine Mr. and Mrs, A, C. Grabaw left for Oko- boji last evening. Mrs. W. A. Maurer and son are visiting fricnds in Ihnols, Hon. Spencer Smith returned Tuesday from a trip to Spirit Loke, Miss Murgaret Britton has goue to Wa- mego, Kun., 10 visit friends. Mr. and Mrs. L. Kirscht loft yesterday for a couple of weoks! Mrs. €. A. Dobi Connell ond Miss Eurcka Springs, , to spend a month L. I, Potter of Oakland, yesterday, started on an extended western trip, wteuding to visit various point of interest on the Pacific coast, John G. Lowry and wife of Penusylvania are visitiug nere a fow day the guest of their nephow J. M. Gursier. They express speciul tay at Colfax Mrs. Jennie Mac- Burke have gone to surpriso and admiration at finding = such builds as the Grand hotel aad the Baldwin block. The C, M St. P ticket office has ) removed from 506 Broadway into clegant new quarters in the new Baldwin block, 5 Pearl street. Union Park races, Omaha and Coun- il Bluffs, September 8-11, $6,500; Oc- tober 20 $4,000. For programmes address Nut Brows, Merchants hotel, Uluuhlb. NEWS FROM COUNCIL BLUEFS, Enterprising Citiz:ns Arranging to Secure the 8melting Works, OFFICIALS INVESTIGAT NG. Omaha's Gigantic Industry Finds Many #idders in Other Cities—- W hat the Capitalists Think About the Matter, COMPANY The intellig nce that the Omaha smelting slv be woved from Omaba | Blufts | T < aan WOrKs may | in the near future, capitalists on th an offort s to be made to on this side of tho river, in case tention of the owners hem at all, Some regard Mr. Barton's | statements as more of & blulf than anything else, while others are of the ovinion | has set Councll lert for developments, and | have them located | it is the in- i to move | | that hie means what he says. At all events it can do no harm to investigate, so certain representatives of the board of trade nave [N-'H doty 4 lulh\(wn.'mgv Q}uuf nee will be nad tols aftéfacon with Mr. Barton snee wiil decide the future policy of the board. A prominent momber of tho board of trade said yosterday ‘1 Barton Wants to move his smelting works T am sure 800,000 can be raised anong Council Bluffs business men to offer as an in- ducement. The land which the works now occupy is verv valuable, ana i all probavitity itcould be sold for enough to enavle the change to'be made without loss, nud there might be an actual gain, 1f we can_ get the works here it will be the bizgest thing we have ever had. It is hardly likely that Omaba will let thom go without a struggle, but there can be no harm in trying, even if we city yesterday and or the western part of the city with J. W. Paul with a_view to what resources Council Bluffs speet to locations for the smelting works. Mr, Paul has od him a tract of forty ac in the northwestern part of the city, and Leonard Iiverett has offered one of e west of the Union Pacific bridge approach. “Two prominent citizens have announced their willingness to subscribe £,000 eacn toward a bonus to induce tho company to move its works to this side of the river, and it is cer- tain tha if all the company wants 18 encour- agewent it cun have it by the cart lod. Don’t woar a heavy, ill-fitting suit when you cun get elegant summer suits stern prices at Reiter’s, the tailor, 310 Broadway. e Those Appealed Cases. The article published in yesterday's Brr in regard the Maher-Carroll case raised s SUFT breeze in certain quarters, and promises to produce good results. ‘ounty Attorney Organ very naturally protests against some of the statements made by one of the ity officials in discusing the case. As he has been very vigorous and suc- cessful in the prosecutior: of cases placed in in company finding out has with | Osceola county. | And ma his hands, any intimation or insinuation to the contrary very hatcrally appears as a wross injustic Ho challenges in- vostigation of the records to sub- stantiate tne fact that the failures to convict, if such these be, aredue to no fault in his oftice, and tho cause must be sought else- where. In somo eriminal cases much trouble has veen causea by tho absence of prose- cuting witnesses, and other cases bavo fallen by the way before reaching hia office, but Mr. Orgzan is content to rest upon the record us a complote justification of his actions us prosecuting attoruey. This record is re- ferred 10 ns a completo refutation of tha claim that dozens of such cases have been dismissed in the district court by the county avtorney. Au examination was made into the records yesterday, which showed that not a case hud been entered on the criminal docket of the district court on_an appeal from the superior court for over a year and a half. 1t 1s a well kunown fact that there nuve been notices of appeal given in numerous cases, and the fact that noue of them materializea led to an investigation, It is learned that Colonel K. C. Hubbard has been simply following the exam- ple set him by his predecessors, and has failed to certify the cases up to the district court when appealed. This failure was not willful, but resulted from a mistaken_idea of his duty. He considered it to the city’s ad- vautage to bave the cases settled in the lowor court, aud 50 he didn’t think it was his business to see thay the proper preliminaries were gone through with to insure _the cases comng up for trial v the proper time in the court above. It was the business of the criminal himself to look after that, he thought, and if he failed to do so within a reasonable time, the city had the power to bring proceedings for the satisfaction of tho judgment already against him. ‘Ihe criminals have never taken the pains to see that they were given a sccond trial, and the city has never taken the pains to see thet they suffered the original penalty, and the result has been that in these cases 10 punishment has followed convietion, As a result of the airing which this subject has had, there will be a large number of criminal ' suits certitied up to the district court, and all_these fellows who have been running at lagre while their appeal bonds lay rotting in the city clerk’s safe, will be called upon to serve thelr terms according to the sentences that_were passed upon them, or to forfeit their appeal boud. In eithor case it will cause a rattling among the dry bones, County Attorney Organ is ex- onerated from all responsibility in the mat- ter and the blame seems to rest upon a sort of general misunderstanding, It will not be s0 ensy hereafter for convicted criminals to escapo tho results of their wrong doings by taking an appeal. Gasoline and oil; cob wood and coal; prompt delivery. L. G. Knotts, 27 Main; telephone 203. —— Swanson music company, 335 Broad- way. Getting at Assets, It is almost impossible to get an accurate or dotailed statement concerning the finan- cial condition of the Kimball-Champ invest- ment compuny. Assignee Rohrer is very reticont, and declines making any statement until he complotes his inventory. It is loarned from other sources that there aro notes and bonds to a large wmount in the hands of eastern agents and not iu the possession of the ussignce. There are others in judgment or in the hands of agents acd at torneys in Nebraska or put up as collateral These notes and mortgages will probubly amount to 5,000, which is in tue nands of tho assignee. there are notes and bills on baud, ov pape coupons paid by the company to protect its guurantees, stocks ana bonds, tax certificates, furniture and fixtures, iting n face value of probably 3117,000. In adaition there aro items of real estate, sheriff deeds and sheriff certificatos, which will amount to per- haps $100,000. 1t' is predicted that the fixed liabilities ' will not exceed §100,- 000, The contingent liabilities @ the guaranteed mortguges and cannot bo esti- mated. Muci of the piper sent for colle tion and bearing the guarantee of the com- pany they paid. Over &,000 of such paper has been paid within a few days, so that it apnears the loans are mueh better than many foared they would prove. ho above facts are believed to not Then approxi- matoly correet, being gathored from those well versed in ‘the financial circles in which the iuvestment conipany hus been so promi- unent a factor. Buy your furniture, carpets, stoves and hovsehold goods of Mandel & K Council Bluffs.” Prices very low; freight prepaid to your city, Parallel of Cut O, J. R McPherson of Red Ouak, one of the shining legal lights of the state, was in the city yesterday afternoon closeted with At- torney General Stone. The subject of the couferenco-was @ lawsuit in which he is re- tained as attorney for the Chicago, Burling- tou & Quiney rallway company aud which is THE ()\IAHA ])AII\ now yn-n:llul in the district court of Fremont county, A thousand acres of laud near Ne- braska City are involved in the controversy, and the points are substantially the same #s those in the Cut-Off island case. The land which {s the subject of the dis pute was formerly in Nebraska, but by a change in the bed of the Missouri river, it was thrown on this side of the stroam. The Burlington has been using the land %o transferred as its own property for scveral years, and its right to do has never been questioned until the bringing of the present suit. The suit is one between private individuals, but it is prov abin that Attorney General Stone will com- mence another in which the boundary be- tween the states at the same point will be the subject of controversy, Question of Criminal Law, Attornoy General Stone rendered a do- fision yesterday of n mattgy presented to by W Lister, county attornéy or The question was as fol- lows: Whon a man is charged with a crime, waives examination, is held to bail, is re- leased and goes out of the state, can he bo sent for and procured by request of his bail! Is ho a fugitive from jistice before his bond is forfeitedt The reply of the attoruey ge eral is, in substance, that the criminal ought to be exiradited at the request of his bail He may be given up at any time by his bail, b roarrosted atany time ol request If he leayes the state he renders it impossi- gle foy bim to ve given up on demand of his -4t (Lereforg p fugitive from ondsman, 5 justico As bis bondsman announces him G. ana as soon his intention of giving him up. Rush Jobh Peinting Couneil done Or regular work for Omah: Blufrs or else, parties, or anyone promptly and properly’ at Pryors’ Beo job office, 12 Pearl stréet, Couneil Blufls. Prices ave always as low us is consistent with good work Hurt by a ht Car. A tramp attempted to board an outgoing freight train last evening ut 6:15 o'clock, but missed his footing and was thrown to tho ground with great force. He was picked up, but a great deal of telephoning back and forth was done between the depot and the polic station, to find out where he shonld be taken, He was finally carried to the Women's Christian ation hospital. His injuries were not serious. He gave his name ns Johin Mualon: and was on his way to South \here he was going to get work. Picnic at Manhattan beach. Round trip tickots from Omaha, including hoat ride, 50¢; on sale at news stands at Mil- lard and Murray hotels. Hilditch is A1l Rtight. Editor of Tie Beg: In the issuc of August 4 1 see the announcement that 1 had sult against B Hilditeh to col- voll-tax. 1 wish to say that Mr. Hil- ditel was not the person who was intended to be sued. He is a man of unquestionable char- r and he showed his honesty by scttling To the commie loct Collector. Candlelight Social, There will be a novel entertainment this evening, August 6, in the par- lors of the I'irst Presbyterian chuveh in the shape of a candlelight social under the auspices of the King’s Duughte Among the attractions will ben fine musical programme, which will include voeal selections by Miss Kate Pusey, Mer. Porall and Mr. Officer, a_ piano solo by Miss Laura Couch, music by the Man- dolin_club and others. Ices will be served during the evening. A good time isassured all who attend. The proceeds will be devoted to furnishing room in the Woman’s Christian Temper- ance union hospital. i T esbach’s pavilion bund will give coneert at Fairmont parlk this even- —_———— MINE CONVENTION, Object of the Gathering to be Held in Septemb -r. C. G. Coutant, secretary of the state board of mines of Wyoming, arrived in this city Jst evening from Cheyenne to consult with tho railroad officials of this city in regard to rates for the Wvoming mining convention which will bo beld at Cheyenne September 7 10 12. Mr. Coutant says that groat prepurations aro being made to make the convention a suc- WYOMING cess. There will be a aisplay of ores from every mining camp in the stato. The already famous Gold Hill camp will make a fine showing, as well s Atlantic City, Bald Mountain, Silver Crown and many other iocalities. The object of the convention is to make known the resources of the state as regards its minerals and w take such action as will result in the early development of the many rich mines that havo been discovered. The people of Wy oming invite capital to come to them and gold, min offer in return the best they have in silver, copper, eoul, iron, oi! or other crals.” Thoso people, Mr. Coutant s looking for Omaha to take a m terest 1n the new state of W have the wealth of un emire in b tains and their population is vapidly increas ing. Tho trade of that scction must eithe come to Omaha or go to Denver. It is o question which city will secure it. s Hebrews Cannot 1" e-Enter Russia. Loxnox Aug. 5.—The Times correspondent at Berlin says: A most pertinent illustration of the falsity of the reported statements that the czar bad decided to alleviate the condition of the Jews on the ropre- seutations from America which have never boen made is found 1n o Warsaw telegram, which declares that the Russian frontier ofticials have been instructed to strictly for- bid and prevent so far as pessible the return of all Jewish emicrants who wish to re-onter Russia of their own free will or are forced to do 50 by Germany or other foreign officials. All petitions under this head are to be ignored and unanswered. —————— Attempted Suicide by Morphine, Ollie Stanton, a fallen woman living at 821 Dodge street, grew despondent last eveniug and took a dose of morphine with suicidal in- tont. It was a half hour or so afterwards that the inmates of the house became aware of her condition. Oficer Walker was callod and hastily summoned Dr. Slowan, who worked hard for several hours to save his pationt. About 10 o’clock the physician sid that the woman's chances of life iere reason- ably fair and that she would pr - Blazing Wall Paper. F. Lehmano's wall paper establishment, 1818 South Sixteenth street, was discovered to bo on fire about 2 o'clock this morning. An alarm was pulled in from box 25 and the down town department responded. lLoh- wau had only a small stock on hand an 1 car. ried an iusurance of 00, Mis. Emma Volande ) lived next door, owned tne buildine. The loss is ouly about double that awmount, B Mr. Dobbs in Limbo. Robert Dobbs, the colored pug who made such o gamo fight with Aaron Sherroy ut South Omaba some three weeks since, wis arrested at Lincoln Tuesday on a reguisition from the governor of Colorado, charged with violating the statutes of that state by engag ing 10 & prize fight near Pucblo last Muy for u purse of $100, SICK HEADACHE) CARTERS)| ‘i sy these Little Piils, ITTLE They nlso relieve Dis- tress from Dyspepsta, In- PILLS. digestion and Too Hearty! tng, t rem- for DIz ausea, Drowsiness, Bad Tastel in the Mouth, Coated| ‘Tongue, Pain tn the Stde,| TORPID LIVER. They| regulato the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRIC! BEE, THHRSDAY WIND AND ( LOUDS. The Platte MarksmisnContest Agninst Them at Belevue, The third day of e ‘wompetitive rifle practicd of the solilers '0f the department of | the Platte, at Bellevie, yesterdny was characterized by cloudy skies in the morning and strong winds in the afterncon. These did not conduce to good shooting and yet the men took a groat deal of pains o overcome these elemontal disturbances, Notwith standing, the scores did/mot attain the figures anticipated but, all things considered, they arc as creditablo a8 0ol have been ex- pected. The score is as [ollows THE scone, NAMES Tyt Davidson G, 1tfi orp. Dran Spt. M Corp. 8 Corp, Ol Pret. 1L G “ Corp. Wilkon. A, 160 Prot. Jenson, 1, 7th Corp. Merrill, ¥, 17t Lt. Chynoweth. K. 1ith Corp. Laughiin, C.17th Pret.Drexior CI0th Sgt. MeCaitros. it Musictan Pelton, B 1ith Prvt liizek, 116t Prt 2nd But o Tth Lt Brown. | Corp. Sneil, €, 20 Pryt. Wileok, G, &t Sut. isnrkor, B, Toth Sgt Bluck. C 418t Corp. Kilgore, A, sth Lieut. Lyon, {7th St Orlich, 1115t Vet Kearney, It 2nd Corp. Rtiley. ¥ 16th Corp. Shuitis, D, 1700 Prot Weay, 11 Corp. Furge, B, 17th Corp. Smith, ¥, Sth Corp. Palmer, 11, Sth Corp. Casey, €, 7 Prvt Bosd. G Corp. Dicks Prot. Hoertzell, b 11, 2nd Shirloek, A ANt i, 18,5t s, 2., Corp. Engell. b, $th Meonley, 1, Tt DISTINGUISITED MATKSNEN S Kiwell. ¢ ¥ Corp. Llovi, G. i carb ot ¢ ith st Davls, B 10t 18t Sut. Deits, ¥, 17 The Seventee v still_is in tho lead with respect to the nimber of men now aving a faiv chance to sccure a place upon the department team. On Tuesday, the reg- iment had five men among the first ten, but yesterday it dropped one, Corporal Laugh- lin, who fell to the eleventh place, Lieuten- ant Chynowith also fell a fow files, taking the tenth place, while Corporal Wilson of the Sixteenth jumped up to the seventh from the ecleventh plue The Sixteenth now has three men wmoug the leading ten and some of its members say that today, which will deeide the fight, will see four men on the team. "hey also take pride in the fact that whilo the Seventeenth Is numerically stronger in the team the marksmen of the Sixtéenth have scored more points than have those of the Seventeenth. The contest between these rivals today will be warm and interesting and in it the *ais- tinguished marks of both regiments will take a hand. _Corporal Ohrenburg still represents the Second among the ten leaders having on terday jumped up a couple of files from seventh to fifth place. Privates Jensen and Hill still hold their places among the leaders in behalf of the Seventh, Today the competition will be brought to a close by grand skirmish_firing, both 1n the mornig and afternoon. The shooting in the morning begins at 8 o'clock and in_the alter- noon at 1 o'clock, The last shot will be fired about 3:30 o'clock. The scores will then be added and afterward the medals will be pre- sented to the ten soldiers who have earnad pluces on the department team. The presentation will be made by Colonel M. V. Sheridan, adjutant general of the de- partment. Iucidental to this act an interest- ing programme _set forth in an order issued by Captain Coolidze, camp commander, yes- teraay, will bo carried out. The baud of the Secoud infantry at Fort Omaha will be in attendance, For the accommodation of those who de- sirc to witness the closing of the slarmish firing, as also the presentation, a special train on the B. & M. will leave the union devot at 1 p. m. today for the range. It will return after the exercises. The fare for the round trip is only 35 cents. The public will bo welcome, men - EX-PRISONERS MEET, hey Discuss Increased Pensions--- Other Veterans' Organizations. Deriorr, Mich., Aug. 5. —The natioual con- vention of ex-prisoners of war met in this city today. Mayor Pingreo, an ex-prisouer, welcomed the ox-prisoners to the cit Presidont E. H. Williams of Tndianapolis road his address. He urged the importance of the claim of ex-prisoners to increased pen- sious on the attention of the members. Ex-Senator T. M. Palmer, prosident of the world’s fair, presided at the picnic this after- noon. After a brief address of welcome to the assembled veterans, Senator Palmer in- troduced tho following gentlemen, all of whom made speechos during the course of the afternoon: Mavor Piugreo of Dotcoit; Congessman A, . Allen, Ypsilantiz ( eral Henderson of lown; General Alecr, Sen- utor Manderson of Nobraska; General Miles und Chaplan-in-Chief Loser. his evening a grand disvlay of firoworks arranged by H. B, Thearl & Co., took place ou the lower end of Belle Isle. 'The display ended with & representation of Perry’s vie- tory on Lake Erie. The maimed soldier league hcld a re- union in this city today, several hun- dred members being in aticndance, Every soldier of the war who Jostan arm or log beloug to the league. There are 8,000 mem- bers in all and saac R, Martindell of Phila- delphia, the president, presided at todav's meeting. The meeting was purely a social oneand was devoted to reminiscences and o discussion of the pension rate, “silent Army sucts Business. Dernoir Mich,, Aug. 5.—A national con- vention which has not had its parallel in the bistory of nations met in this city today. It was the annual convention of the “Silent Army.” While there was no shouting, no pounding on the table, no oratorical speeches aad no cheering, 8 groat deal of busiuess was transacted It wus the first reynion of the silent army of deaf and dumb soldiers, sailors and marines. ‘The silentarmy decided to lay the matter of its pension: claims before the pen- sion committee of the Grand Army of the Republic, but the prigeipal ovject of the re- union was to give these men a chance to get some soelal enjoyment out of an affair that would b very unintsresting to them under ordinary civcumstanees. Hardly one in ten is able” to do auything for nis own support and yet the pension rato for total deafuess is loss than one half what it is for the loss of both arms or bothwbegs, An effort will be made for larger petsjons for total deafaess, The nationul ussociation of naval veterans elected officers toddy. Balumore was se- lected us the place of Meeting next year, the week preceding thé Grand Army of the Re- public encampment at Washington Color Question Create Deriorr, Mich., Aug. 5. tion still re by the encaupu matter is tempory special committeo understood tonight Uiscussion, The race ques- mains unsolved but will be settled nt tomorrow. The whole v in the handsof the pointed today and it is thut a mujority of this committeo will oppose the relegation of the colored comrades 10 separate departments be leuding Grand Army of the Republio men of Louisana and Mississippl still iusist the Graud Army of the Republie, so tar the whites are concerned, will go to piec the south unless this is doue; whilo on the other haud, Ex-Congressman Smalls of South Carolina, Colouel Lewis of Louisiana and other leading colored men say they will tear off the oudgas wua forever renource the Grand Army of the Republic unless the colored comrades in every state aro nd- mitted to full membership without race dis- tinction or social isolation, AUGUST 6, | CHECKMATING THE Thay Oan No Loager Rob Olaimants the Government. 1891. H\Rh THE BEE'S GREAT BUREAU OF CLAIMS, It Befriends Scttiers, Patentees, Widows, Orphans and Soldicrs and is Commended by the Highest Auth ity Men who have had claims against wov ernment and employed professional agents to represent them before the departments in Washiugton, tell strango stories of tricks and rascality tg which they wore subjocted at the hands of these croatures The of course, these agents; but there ar notoriously corrupt, that possible for a clatmant, unless ho be divect- od by a well-informed individual, to fiud one in whom he can place implicit confidonce. merciloss some honest men amon g 5o many that are it is almost im- Tur Bee has received bundreds of com- plaints from soloiers and otho who had advanced money when so desired and Who waited for yoars aud yet failed to recoive any information as regards what the sharks hag done with either money or claim. Tue Berhas also boen requestod to recom mend reliable agentiv nd has, in this wa served to protect the people from fraud an robbery, But that did no good to the peopld who had fallen into the hands of sharks. As rapidly as the latter were shown up, new ones with new tricks and rascality wok their placos © was but one means left and that was to establish a great bureau of claims. This idea was suggosted to a number of poople but was put into practice first by the San Fran- cisco Exawin With the Examiner, Tie B has co-o ted n the great work of affording relief worthy claimants The Washington correspondent of the | aminer, Mr. Jolin Wedderburn, who has also cted as privite secretary to Senator Hoarst, was detailed to_organize and take charge of the bureau, His long service m Washing in both these capacities had given him a large acquaintance with government ofticials and government methods. Knowing the men ana the proper procedure to follow, he w. thosen as well qualified to pust claims chrough in the shortest time if they were ustly due. The best lawyers to be had were then em- gaged and o fuil clorical force put into the bureau. [n every instance the men were chosen for their kuowledge of tho work to be done. Congress was not less anxious to protect claimants from robbery. The same kind of complaints had coze to Tie Bek and gone to the members of congress as well. Tho co mittees that had the Indian depredations bill under consideration investigated the opera- tions of the claim_agents and attorneys in connection with the Indian depredations cluims. They found that the claim agents had demanded 3315 to 30 percont from the men holdiug the claims, and in hundreds of cases held contructs at these fizures. While tho bill was still in congress, with little ap- parent chance of passage, they were able, by metnods dangerously ucar the line of false protenses. to induce the claimants to sign tho exorbitant demands. “Thore appeared o be only one way to tectthe claimants. That was to cancel all contracts by law and limit the that at- torncys might collect. The claimants would thus be enabied to choose another agent if the one they had first engaged had attompted to dofraud them, and tno contracts could not demand more than the specified rate. Tho ninth section oL the v was _thus drawn to anuul “all sales, transfers or signments of claims’ and “all contracts here- tofore made.” The maximum fec to be al- lowed was put at 15 per cent of the amount collected except in ease of claims under %0 or where unusual work had to be doue, when 20 per cent might be allowed. “fhe amount_ of business received imme- diately after the opening of the bureau is a proof of the coufidence in which tho people hold it and of the distrust which tho ordi- nary claim agent has uroused. In the six weeks, from April | to May 15, clais to the amoun't of #,905,541.6515 wero filed with the O S B claims alone. Al these go to the court o claims under the act and aro in various stages of preparation and prosecution. He- sides tho claims under the Indian_depreda- tion act there had been filed at that date treasury claims to the amount of $233,604; French spoilation claims to che amount of £285,558: lund claims, $280,350; aud patent and other claims to u large amount, Since that date some §2,000,000 of claims have been filed with the bureau, snd it is now attending over $5,000,000 of claims, “The need for the bureau may well be seen by the fact that it now has on hand more ¢laims than all of the claim attorneys of Washington combinea. “The efforts of cougress and the establish- went of the burcau was not appreciated by the claim agonts. They wanted to continue to thrive in themr busiuess of fleecing the needy claimant, They accordingly denounced the government aud the bureau. They held that the former could not cancel the contracts pro- they had made with their victims., But the ellation was made in the interest and name of the people. And it reed not be doubted that the eminent constitutional law- vears who framed the act 1 question did not do so without knowing what thoy wero doing. The threats of the sharks undoubted. had an_effcet upon some men who desired to mako new contracts und securo the services of some other attoruey, but this effect will § soon be destroyed and the emancipation of the claimant from the vyranny of tho shark will be complete. The amount of money that will be saved to tho people by this work of Tuk BEE Buiat or Cratvs, may not becaleulated, It will cer- e vass requisite stamps jforgroply. No information coucerning any particular elaim will be im ted until the applicant has bocome o mein e of Ty Bee Bureau assoctation, o desiving information should addres, i BeeBurenu of Claims, 600 Bre buildin Omaha, Neb,, the mavager of which is - ward P, Roggon, - A vory small pill, but a very good ¢ DeWitt's Little Barly Risers e SHAKKS ARE SCARED, How They Feel Over the Bu of Claims Work., During the past mouth the Exam bureau of claims has been in rocoipt numbor of letters from clients threatening and argamentative circulars from attorneys formerly employed, and ask i f the assertions therein made were true, “The said clients are parties who, having been previously robbea by claim agents, eagerly grasped the opportunity for relief oy trans- ferring their cases to this burcau when con 1 the door Bre of a enclosing gress vy anuulling previous contracts, Now, the aforesaid claim agent cormorants, fearitig they may be balked of the prey they have so loui entangled in their meshes. have begun to flood the country with civeular letters in which they constantly harp on two thomes, viz. : congress hus 1o power to annul privato contracts, and thnt their powers of attorney arve irrevocable be- cause coupled with an iuterest, namely,s contingent fee. We do not bropose at the present time to advertise the names of these parties Who now masquerade under the cognomen of attor neys, though strongiy tempted to give them celebrity their quast-literat y-legal en- Oue in particular rves special recognition, by a maudlin communication of eight pajzes in which he Jumbles useless facts with funciful theories, Judicial decisions, and so inextricabl entaneles his words that in many instances the closing part of his sentences have no ap parent counection with the beginning. To any one versed in the law of the land such idiotic letters are a matter only of ridi- cule aud amusement. But when we consider that the average claimant in the west is nee- essarily ignorant of the law governing the prosecution of elaims in the city of Washing ton, we are prone to treat the matter more seriously. "The question of extent to which congress may go iu its interference with private con- tracts, is undoubtediy one on which some of the most eminent legal minds have diffored, and it wore easy to write a volume on_ cither side. However, the philosophical and politi- cal urguments pro ana cou are something with which we at present have no concern. We contine ourselves to the cold, hard logic of facts. That the last coug did speeiti- cally cancel and annul all existing contracts between claimants and attornoys i the I dian de| ation act of March 3, 1301, s a fact which not even the squirming claim agents deny, and which anyone interested may read for himself by applying to us fo. a copy of the law. Possibly the eminent con- stitutional lawyers and jurists in_the senate and house of represeutatives should have consulted the: bscure claim nts before passing the act _whicl seriously curtailed their Shylock but we apprehend that more reliance has placed upon the recent decision of the U.S. supremo court, case of Mitchell as clerk, reported in 110 U. S. reports, page 633 where in the highest tribunal in "the land asserts “no provision of the constitution prohibits congress from interfering with the validity of contracts.’” T'he second legal problem involved of revocation of powers of attorney. When and under what eircumstances the” claimant can recall an existing power and employ another attorney. Our eight page friend leads off with due solemity by quoting Judge Storey: “When an authority or power is coupled with an interest itis from its own nature aud character in contemplation of law irvevocable: then proceeds to argue that the retaining of y on a contingent fee is equi supling ~ the power with an_intes This is absolutely false from a legal standpoint, s an assertion well caleulated to mislena inary read- er. What is really meant by an “interest’ is an interest or right in the thing itself. Thus, if an estate is conveyed ton trustee. with power to seil. this powor cannot b rovoked beeause the trustee has an interest in the es- tateitself: he holds the egul right to the property. 50 propensities. s that e Constipation poisons the blood; ttle Ioarly Risers eure constivation. DeWitt's The tawly be very great. The work will be done as_ near actual cost as possible. Some of it will_not cost more than 5 per cent, whil much of it can be done within the 15'and 20 per cont allowed by law. In some cases the 20 por cent may be required, 1t is the inten- tion, however, to give the claimant the beno- fitof tho lowest charges that will cover the expenses of the service, i Bee Bureau will prosecute claims in the supreme court of the United States, tho court of claims, theseveral courts of the Dis- trict of Columbia, before the committees of congress and the exceutive departments. It will seeuro the payment of just Indian dopro. ms, lana claims, pension claims, -emption and homestoad cases and obtain patents at minimum cost and the greatest despateh, There ava thousands yet who aro eatitled to pensions. ‘These should write immedi- ately to tho bureau. There are thousands of heirs, widows, minor childron, dependent motners, fathers and minor dependents, brothers and sisters who are entitled to pen- sions andshould write to ik Brr bu concerning them, Under recent logislatio liberal increase 1n_pensions has been allowed and those who are entitled to this should write to Tie Ber Burean Claim association. All lotters will bo promptly answered and all information concerning form of applica tions for claims, terms, ete , will given withas littie delay as practicable. No letter will be answered unless the sender encloses The Turning Point Jany & man 15 somo_ trivi L of K e il Bpeakl whibrever It lis been tried thérehave always be Roud results. 8. 5.8, o 1 and Skin Discases malled BLoon Pots ¥ TUE SEIN, TLCERS AND SORESs ALL BKIX DISEASKS, on Pl ation. Druggists Sell It SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawes 8. dtlanta, Ga, treatis itk 01 uppL [ Teruis, 1 cause removed, the discase is gone. 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