Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 28, 1892, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, MARCH 28 "PULSE OF WESTERN PROGRESS The Currents of Activity Springing Into Fresh, Vigorous Life, BHERIDAN SETS THE PACE IN WYOMING @austic Criticlam of Warren's Arid Land Bill-A Great Mineral Producer—A Kick on Rallrond Rates—News of the Northwest, Bneripax, Wyo.,, March 20.—[Corre- #pondence of Tue Ber.|—From present ap- pearances spring has come to stay, and farmers in this, the great agricultural por. tion of Wyoming, are preparing to planta much larger ares than has been their cus- 0, in anticipation of a better and more ex- tensive market for their products, which will be created by the advent of the Burling- to. railrond and the consequent influx of Bome consumers. Stockman from all parts of the county fave been interviewed within the past few ys, and report absolutely no loss at all t can be attributed to the severity of the inter, the heavy snows or lack of feed. The building season has opened earlior han usual. Eight new buildings, ranging {n size from a small residence to a four-story brick business house, are now in process of @roction, and several others aro delayed only #rom a lack of maverial. The snow in the mouuntains has prevented the dozen or more awmills from starting up as yet, and the weather is not sufficiently settled to permit #be commencement ot brick making In either ©of the three yards at this place. Somo very important discoveries have re- cently been made in the footnills and moun- san canyons west of Sheridan. The most important, perhaps, is that of a very excel- lent quality of extremely hard, fine-grained, rown building stone. It exists in unlimited uantities, is easy of access, and will compare £ fovorably with the stone used in the con- struction of many large buildings 1n Omaha, N Another is that of a very excellent quality of pure white sandstone of a silicious nature and pronounced by experts as suitable to énter into the composition of the finest qual- ity of F'reach plate giass. Samples of this and the building stoue have been forwarded 1o Omaha. Tho development of the Bald mountain Placer fields will be vigorously prosecuted as gmn as it is ible for teams with loadea agous to get into the camp. It is now cer- tain that the Fortunatus Mining and Milling company, composed of New York capitalists ‘and Shoriaan county claini owners, will have aBucyrus amalgamating plant on the ground rly in the season, while other companies ::vu wachinery purchased and ready for transportation. " A town site has been sur- veyed and platted, upon which about thirty builaings were erected last fail Sheridau is a formidable candidate for the location of the State Agricultural colloge, ‘which will be determined by a vote of the people at the next general eiection. Our low altitude, the richness of our soil, the abund- But and never-failing supply of water for irrigation purposes, and the climate, tem- pered by the ‘‘chinook” winds which follow the eastero base of the Big Horn mountains, ake it by far the most desirable point in he state for such an institution. A large amount of home and foreign cap- ftal will oo invested in the construction ot irrigating canals this year, which will ro- aim many thousand acres of our arid lands, 'he most prominent among these enterorises 18 the Northern Wyoming canal, which will be fifty-four miles long, thirty feet wide on the bottom, will reclaim from 75,000 to 100,- %flc&)eh of valuable land, and will cost vsr ,000. b CEDING ARID LANDS. Senator Warren’s bill providing for the gession-of arld lands in the west to the re- apective states and territories does not com- mand general approval. A recent corre- pondent of Tae Bee entered a vigorous rotest against the measure, claiming that it id not guard the interests of homesteaders, uton the contrary tended to promote land And water monopoiies. Several Wyoming pewspapers attack tho bill and insist that it hould be radically amended beforo passage. he Kvanston Register analyzes the pro- isions of the bill in detail and points out what it claims are fatal defects. The first Jondition provides that each such state or rritory shall proceed, without unnecessary gelay, to divide its area into irrigation dis iricts and to provide for the distribution of ublic waters among those entitled to their !gu in distriots and, further, to engage in the r\u-l work of reclaiming said lands by con- lucting water thereon, by thae construc- lon of requisite can reservoirs ana other ecessary irrization works, so as to accom- lish actual and succassful production of cultural products, so far as such lands tny be capable of reclam: sufficient ater supply ; and each of aid states and itories s continuously engage, in good ith, according to its ability, in work of rec- amation until the whole area capable thereof 1l have been reclaimed for the purnose #foresaid. The second condition provides that the {Jnited States may canccl tho grant at any me within ton years if the states or terri- ries fail to do their part. ‘The third condition permits the mortgaging g conditional sale of the lands to raise the uisite funds for reclamation. lhese conditions, the Register maintains, ¢annot be complied with in Wyoming. *“The rivilege given the state of pledging, mort- ihlvlng or conditionally selling, whatever at last cluuse may mean, is the loop-hole through which the speculators hope to, and will gain, not only control, but absolute ownership, of the best lands in the state, d would-be settlers must buy them or go omeless.”” ‘“T'ne bill provides,” says the Register, ~AMor the most gigantio land steal ever known in the bistory of the world, and should it become a law 1t would deprive hun- dreds of thousaunds of the privilege of obtain- ing bumes on the public domain, and retard the growth and development of the entire ml. A united effort should be made to de- it S peaking on this subject the San Fran- oisco Chronicle says: ‘“Special aispatohes to the Chronicle from Washington muke it very &ln that behind the apparert demand that United States be generous to the atates and territories in the matter of the cession of the arid publio lands there Is a gigantic job which would result, if carriea out, in endow- m land ring with the very best of the ids in question, 1Itis made to appesr by Euuas and biased reports that the United tates has already done all it suould for these lands, when the fact is that practically noth- ing has been done aud but very little money spent on thom. . “If the United States should make this oession of the arid lands some of the new states would flnd themselves with an ele- ut on their hands. They would be about @s well off as an individual without any ney who should be given a section of ebrush land and required to reclaim apd 5;: tivate it. All he could do would e to “ind some moneyed man wbo would heip him for the lion's share of the land, and that is guuy what a8 number of the states would corapelled to do.” Thrilling Wolf Drive. In the hills fifteen miles east of Boise Ciy, Tdaho, 1ast week 100 miners and stockmen en- g8ged in a wolf hunt. It was a thrilling con- test between men and beasts, eleven wolves Relng killed and nine men more or loss sori- pusly injured. The wolves werein one pack, sougly ensconced in a small cave. They were driven out by nhounds sent into tneir rel but they killed B ey e Tt e ot dog3 w wild with fear ana gaunt with huoger, and several old mountaineers advised the Buuters to shoot them first, but thelr ad- Wice was ot heeded, sud the chase was in- urated. Th s00n caught one of the male. They dragged nim he shook him off and dashed wards the wen. J. Herdy was in path and it sprang at bis throst and badly jured bim. The shooting of the wolf saved ardy’s life, A few minutes later the dogs led two of the wolves, l.housl not before ill Spreckels, lown, but L 1o huated animals bad bitten lfl 0?&0:7 nd’ Qfll Anderson. The A Pack of wolves was a big black wi fangs. Thedogs cornered it aud Henk Marston ind named Pleffer ran up to shoot it 'he wolf sprang over the heads of the dogs, fastenoed its teeth in Marston's arm and nearly bit that member off. A second later it 1eft Marston and attacked Pleffer, who had Tanaged to got in a shot whilo the beast was biting Marston. The wolf badly lacerated Pleffer's right breast before he succumbed. The men now became more wary, but the dogs were as savage as ever. A wolf blinded one hound and by mistake the dog bit a boy named Dolan. Before tne remaining wolves were killed two othor men wers slightly wounded by the wolves, who seemed to pre- for fighting to running. Of the men bitten by the wolves and the dogs all will recover unless hydrophobiaresults, The miners and stockmen will hunt no more wolves, No Legal Escape. Charles Miller, the boy murderer, is doomed to hang April 22, unless, meanwhile, he succeeds in escaping from the Cheyenne Jail. Governor Barber of Wyoming declines to interfero in the sentence of the court. 1n bis letter the governor says that Miller is not atall insane, and has had a fair trial. The executive is a physician, and has made a per- sonal study of the case, Milter killed Ross F. Fishbaugh and Charles Emorson in & pox car of a moving freight train about forty miles east of Cheyenne. The trial was had at the Novem- ber, 1800, term, and his conviction was spoedy. He haa confessed to his brother in l!):nnu, having fled to that state. His at- torney urged insanity and infancy, he boing but i5. It was clearly shown that he had shot his companions as they slept and rob- bed them, !el:llrlng about §70 and a waten, Emerson and Fishbaugh were well con- nected at St. Joe. They had never tramped before, and were going to Denver for employ- ment. Miller was born at Rochester, N. Y. His father committed suicide with paris green and he was in an orphan asylum a couple of vears. Miller has never shown that he considered his crime anything out of the ordinary. ‘There were two jail breaks in four months bere, and Miller went both times. Oa the second occasion, December 31 last, he was nearly frozen to death. The hanging will be the first in Laramie county in twenty year: Utah and the Railroads. The transportation bureau of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce has filed a complaint against all the railroaas entering Utah. The complaint alleges that tho railroads are vio- lating sections 1 and 4 of the act to regulate commerce. One of the allogations is that the railroads are charging from thres to nine times the actual cost of the movement of freight, and that these charges are unlawful because they are unjust and unreasonable, Another allegation is that the rosds charge more from Missouri river common points into Utah than they charge from the Missouri river to California terminals. The issue is an important one, involving largesums of meney. The brief of the bureau is forceful and to the point. The complainant prays that the defendants be brought before the bar and un- loss they show good and sufficient reasons that they be compelled to *‘desist from charg- ing a greater sum in the aggrogate for the shorter distance than for the longer distance over the same line in the same direction, and to restrain said defendants from violating any of the provisions of the ‘Act to Regulate Commerce,’ and for such other and further reliof as the commission may deem necessary in the premises.’ A Wonderful Mine, The great Homestake property in the Black Hills is one of the greatest mineral producers io the country, 1f not in the world. It has just announced its 184th dividend of 10 cents per share, or a total of $12,500, mak- ing the aggregate profits divided to date $1,818,750. A miner in the employ of the cowpany informed a representative of the Deadwood Times that there is twenty vears supply of orein sightin the mine, A little calculation will be sufficient to show what an immense mine this is, if the statement is true, and thers is every reason to believe it is. The Homestake agaregation is dropping 700 stamps, each crushing an average of four tons of ore per day, or a grand total of 84,000 tons for the 700 stamps a month. In twenty years there are 240 months, and to keep these stamps operating that length of time no less than 11,160,000 tons of ore will he required. These mines, according to the last report of State Mine Inspecior Corkhill, have already vielded upwards of $40,000,000. but who can estimate, with such a vast quantity of ore in sight, what will be their product for the twenty years to come? Sugar Beet in Wyoming. Prof. Dice McLaren of the Wyoming uni- versity has issued a circular to farmers urg- ing experiments in the cultivation of sugar boets. The object is to test their growth in all sections of the state and determine their adaptability as a root crop as well as their value as sugar producers. ln 1891 trial flelds ‘were grown on the six experiment farms of the station. Seventy analyses yielded an average of 15.79 per cent of sugar, with a maximum of 22,18 per cent. Justified by such encouraging results the station wishes to supplement its experiments of 15801 with extensive co-operative fleld tmals of sugar beets for 1892, fn all parts of Wyom- ing, and urgently requests that farmers plant sugar beets under its direction and ro- port results, to be sent in with sample beets which wilt be analyzed free. Prof. B. E. Slosson, who analyzed tue beets of 1801, has kindly propared the form and directions to be followed. All persons senaing sugar beets will receive results of their analysis in a bulletin containing full reports of the Field experiments of 1892, Taxing Indian Lunds, Senator Manderson has prepared a bill of great importance to all the states naving witbin them Indian lands. It provides that the lands which have been allotted to any Indians in severalty under the provisions of any law or treaty, in which the lands are to be beld 1n trust by the United States, or are to be exempt from taxation, or which may hereafter be so allotted, shall be subject to state and local assessment and taxation, the same as any other lands similarly located 1n such states. Sales of land for taxes is pro- hibited, but such delinquent taxes, if not paid by the owners of the land, shall be paid by the treasury of the United States to the authorized office of the respective coun- tics or municipalities. No taxes shall be leviea for a perioa of fivo years after such allotment. The bill makes a continuous ap- propriation to meet the taxes and assessments authorized. Resuming Operations, The Mine Owners association of Cceur d'Alene, at a meeting in Wallace, Idaho, de- cided to resume work all through that sec- tion. The Coeur d’Alene products are a fae- tor in fixing the prices of load aud silver, and whea the mines closed a few months ago smelters all over the country were at a loss to find enoagh wet ores to run their plants. ‘The railroads restored the old rates on ora shipments to the east, being a reduction of $#2aton. Work will be resumed about the 1st of April if enough miuvers can be had, The operators have decided to reduce wages from $3.50 to 83 per day, The Miners uniou will resist the reduction and a bitter labor fight is probable. “Nebraska, Table Rock Methodists bave paid off their church debt. Fillmore county republicans will hold their convention at Geneva April 9, St. Edward citizens have raised a bonus of $1,000 and thus secured a plow factory. The farm house of Alexauder Sullivan near Schuyler was eatirely destroyed by tire. ‘The Colfax County Teacher's association held an interesting meeting at Howells Sat- urday, Bertrand suffered from a coal famine for "7 d'- 8 last weok and cobs furmsbed the only A farmer near Norden, Keya Paba rounty, killed » bald eagle which measured nine feet from tip to tip, EI'I C. 5'.!11)‘.“ [ t?vl:l:l mnbl:ld hi * " 8 rom the L at i \lv‘mPlu his samples. P R Iev. J. E. Brereton, for nearly six years la'r-nil‘,:;l:.:l A‘lnnllndcon.n(nhnll anuroh} ™ accept tne appolutment field secretary of Doane college. i Harry Simpson, a Pender painter, went down 10 Bancroft” au drew a aueek Tor'st sigoing M. Emmiogton's uame toit. He :I‘x::‘n poeared and hasu't been heard from A bull that disappeared from near Gothen- burg last fall was found on a “‘towhead” island in the Piatte the other day, having wintered with no food or shelter beyond that fforded by the grass and underbrush on the nd. Tho Fairmont Signal issued an excelleat special edition last week containing an at- tractive review of the commercial interests of that thriving city. The Signal is one of the brightest and most progressive weeklies in Nebraska. Dr. Lewis, a practitioner of Burr, has been lodged in the Otos county jail at the instance of his bondsmen. The doctor’s trouble com menced about a month ago when ho pre- sonted a bill for professional services to one McNutt, a citizen of Burr, Hot words fol- lowed and in his anger the doctor shot at his former patient. In the justice’s trial that fol- lowed Lewis was bound over (o the district court in the sum of §300. He roadily obtained the bondsmen at the time, but récently his actions have caused the bondsmen to think that he would be among tho missing when the trial was called, and accordingly sur- rendered him over to tho sheriff. John Bryantis at Brewster, Diaine county, in a very deplorabie condition. Ho has boen an object of charity, wanderiug among the inhavitants of Kdith precinet for some time past. Last week ho was taken with fits and 50 scarad the peopie with whom he was stay- Ing that the attention of Justice Scott was called to his condition. Before the latter gentleman arrived, however, Bryant left the house and wandered about amcng the hills for two days before he was found. His feet, hands ana face were badly frozen. The au- thorities have taken charge of him and will endeavor to fiud the county of his legal habi- tation or some relatives who will interest themselves enough to take charge of him. It is gradually being demonsirated thatthe days of tue “bad man are over in Nebraska. ‘I'he latest proof comes from Jefferson county. Jack Moore thought he would break up the singing school in Frank Swift's district, and with a wild abandon but without foar of the law, he proceeded to interrupt the regular proceedings by warbling in a high falsetto voice that soulstirring relic of the cow punchers’ era: Wild and woolly, and fail of fleas; “I'never was curried below the knees. But Jack had counted without his host, for a host of singers fell upon him and caused him to be incarcerated. He was tried last week 1n the district court .at Fairbury and was fined $10 and costs, amounting toover $100. As he hadn’t the mouey to settle, Jack languishes in jail and feels us if he had been curried all ovel ta, Half interest in the Anna group of mincs brought §12,200. The electric light plant at Rapid City will be ready for operatioo this weok. According to the latest reliable advices, the biz hotel at Deadwood is now a lead-pipe cineh, The nex! state encumpment of tho Graud Army will be neld atChamberlain in May or June, 1893. Edward Owen and Miller McKenzie were crushed to death under a mass of rock in the Highland mino. Placer miners on Castle creek, ana in Rockerville and Hayward districts, areabout ready to commence sluicing. A company of Russians have decided to erect a $16,000 grist mill at Parkston and work on the same will be begun at once. Ed Thurlow and Alfred Carroll indulged 1n a game of seven-up 1 Centennial. A diffi- culty arose which Thurlow settied by making a pass at Carroll, insertiug a knite blade in his shoulder. Carroll died. Subcontractors on the B. & M. extension from Englewood are collecting their outfits and commencing work as fast as possible, Most of the survey has been cross sectioned and the large cut across the Clinton com- pany’s ground has been commencod. The cut will be 600 feet iong und 40 feet the greatest depth, nearly solid rock clear torough. Wyoming. The Cheyenns Iron company, $50,000, has been incorporated. Evaaston bas raisea 815,000 fora flouring mill snd now wunts a woolen mill. Postmaster Calbhoun of Big Peney ex- chacged postage stamps for drinks and was arrested. Evanstonians are passiag the nat for con- tributions to sustain the public school tiil the close of the term. A number of Union Pacific employes in Cheyenne were caught with company prop- erty in their possession. Creditors of the defunct Cheyenne Na- tional bank have received checks for tho first dividend, 25 per cent. ‘Wyoming has 3,080 irrigation ditches, 6,414 miles long and watering 2,172,731 acres of land. The ditches represent an outlay of 83,464,260, Colonel S, W. Downey is too busy to give & thought to publio office. He would not ac- copt the republican nomination for govornor if tendered. The body of Matthew B. Dawson, the Lara- mie baoker who was drowned in Hutton lake 1sst October, was discovered by hunters on the edge of the lake last weok, Tho family spont $15,000 searching for the'body during the full and winter. Montana., Tne advance in_the freight rate on Rock Springs coal to Butte is looked upon as & saueeze on the smelters. A sample of ore from the 300-level of the Josephine shows galena and iron pyrites and also distinctive streaks of gray coprer, and assays upwards of $150 a tou in gold and silver. The federal authorities in Mortana will prosecute the mansgers of the Great Falls & Cauada railroad for violation of the labor laws. It is charged that tho company brought cheap labor from Canada. The President of the Northern Pacific Kallway company, while in Helena last week, said the long talked of refinery at Three TForks would boe put in at once h{ the Ana- conda company as all difterences between the companies had been satisfactorily adjusted. A general assay of specimens of copper ore from the Arizona, in Park Cano near Rutts, returned 25 per ceut copper. These wero taken from & cross-cut only thirty-seven feet deep. At the bottom of the shaft, which 18 sixty foot from the surface, the lead is four and one-half feet in width. Bad luck seems to hard on the Ana- conds. On Wednesday evening the main shaft in the Anaconda was again in position and work resumed. Everything proceeded in the usuai manner until 9 o'clock Thursday oyening, whon the shaft was found to be brokean in the same place, which necessitated the shutting down of the mines until a new shaft could be procured from Philadelphia, Tduno, Caldwell has an electric light plant 1 op- oration. Jack Pratt, a notorious Wyoming robber, was arrestea in Boise. Liveral lubxcrlllllans are being ward the $25,000 Worl ’s fair fund. Boise 18 to try the novel experiment of heaung the city with natural hot water from adjacent springs, Last woek & nugget weighing tlirty-five ounces was found on the Milier claim, uear tf}yrlle. It netted the owners a little over capital made to- F. C. Mandell,a Boise civil eogineer, is making & survey aud laying out water ditches for the famous Bouanza Bar placer mino near Bliss, This miue was receatly purchased by Hailey capitalists for a large sum of money, A rich strike 1s reported in the Treasuro Vault mine, situated on the west fork of ne Mile creek about five miles north of Wallace. While soveral men wero engaged in the aevelopment work receutly they sud- denly struck a vein of soiid galéna ore three feet in depth. Along t Port Townsend's $32,000, Walla Walia's eloctrio lighu plant, now un- der way, will cost 60,000, The visible result of the cracker trust is the close of two cracker factories in Tacoma. Firteen Umalilla braves in Oregon varied a firewater feast by kidnaping a8 Chivaman and dousing bim 10 the river. Mr. Mills, land agent of the Southern Pa- cific company, is uegotiating for the 10,000~ acre Wilson ranche near Corniug, in Tebama county, Cal., which will be dividea inio small fruit farms and sold ou the install- went plan. A Tbe raiu this season appears to be ar- ranged exactly Lo suit the r-‘r'mer and froit grower. Crop roports from Southern Cali- fornia, the only doubtful section of the state, sbows that all the fruit trees except oranges and peaches promise large yleids. Oue pe- Coa vew city bail cost culiar feature is that, tideh thousan fruit troes have been pls d, the acre of wheat and barley is wopplecodented. At Hopland, Ual,, recently Armstrong McCabe was shot and kitisa in_ his saloon by some unknown person. Last July ho mar ried Mrs, Heonry Willard;"a full-bloodea Tn- dian, and the widow of @& ‘white man. She brought him $50,000. The great Alta irrigatiow system of canals under the Wright law has beer. completed and is ranning full of water, practically irri- gating 130,000 acres of lafid 'in the vicinity of Travers, Cal. This result has been orought about by the residents 6f! tha district pur- chasing the bonds themselves. Five hun dred miles of canals and distributing ditches are in oporation. Dave Hill, the Indian poiiceman on the Klamath reservation who was killed by anothier Indian while taking an Indian pris- oner to the agency, was oneof the best known Indian characters in Oregon. Dur- ing the Modoe war he acted as interpreter aud scout for the whites, and at the close of the war went to Washington with General Meacham and Captain D. C. Applegate, where bo was such a great prize thor kid- napers stolo him from his protectors. Tho Lick observatory, on the summit of Mount Hamilton and abdut 4,000 feet above the sea, had 1,350 acres of land granted to it by cougroess in 1876, and 1915 acres were afterwoards added by purchase. The oitizens of San Jose speut §75,000 in building & mag. nificent wagon road to_this hitherto almost inaccessible spot. But the observatory wants more land undar its control so that it can stop hunters from building camp fires ana starting forest fires with their clouds of smoke. The prosent congress has therefora passed a bill adding 008 acros to the reserva- tion and the United States senate will donbt- less ulso coneur. S - A glass factory tn tho state of Now Jersoy s said to be engaged in little else but tho manufacture of botules for Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, price 25c. 1 have been suffering the past three mouths with rheumatism. Ono bottle of Salvation oil gave entire relicf. Frank O'Brien, Balti- mord, Mu. SouTH OMAHA, Repairing tho Storm's Wrock, 'he destruction caused by Saturday’s storm was partialiy repaired yesterduy. The fire alarm system is still disorgunized. The damago was greater than was first supposed. It was impossible to get the wires in working order yesterday and it will take at least today to establish communication with the fire alarm boxes throush the city. The dan- ger from fire is not so rreat as it was Satur- day night, because tne telophones are in working order and still alaris can be turned in if necessary. The electric licht system was also almost completely wrecked. The comvany bad its wmen at work all day, but it was impossible to repair all the damage. 1t will probably re- quire three days to complete the repairs. Tho telephone company and the American District Telegraph ccmpany were more for- tunate. Their wires were lighter and better protected from tho storm. A hard day's work was sufficient to put them in nearly as good condition as before. It will require considerabie work to repair the dawmage at the stock yards. Eizht pens were more or less broken up, and some of them were entirely wrecked by the weight of wet snow. The roof of owo fell in upon a lot of hogs, killing fifty-fiveand crippling nearly as many more. The loss to the stock yards company will aggregate ‘82,000 to 3,000, The streets arc in)"their usual passable condition after a storm. No effort was made yesterday to even clean off the cross walis{ and pedestrians resembled a mud fence after they had walked a couple of blocks. South Omsha mud is rapidly becoming famousand the city au- thorities aro evidently determined that none of it shall be wasted. The Election, [istricts, The boundaries of the election districts of the various wards in this city as defined in the mayor’s prociamatidn are as folloss: FIRST WARD, First preciact 13 boundéd on west by Union Pacific railway tracks, on'the south by N streot, on the uorth by L street and MiSsouri avenue, on tho east by the Missouri river. Second preciuct is bounded on the west by Union Pacific railway tracks, on the south by L stroet, on the north by the eity limits, on the cast by Twenty-fourth strect. Third precinct is bounded on the west hy Tweuty-fourth street, on the soutn by L street and Missouri avenue, ou the north” by the city lmits, on tho oarl by tho Missouri river, im- SECOND WARD. First _precinct 1s bounded on the wast by Union Pacific railway, on the north by N streot, on the east by Missouri river, on the south by Q street. Second pracinct is bounded on the west by Union Pacific railroad, on the north by Q street, on the south by Armour stroet, on tho cast by Missouri river. Third precinct is bounded on the west by Union Pacifi> railroad, on .the porth by Armour street, on the south by city limits, on tho east bty the Missour! river. THIRD WARD. First precinct is bounded on the north by Q street, on the south by city limits, on the east by Union Pacific tracks, on the west by Thirtieth street. Second precinct is bounded on tho north by Q street, on the south by city limits, on the east by Thirtieth street, on the west by city limits, The Fourth ward constitutes a single dis- trict, The places of registration are as follows: FIRST WALD. First Precinct—Sipe's scalooffice, Twenty- sixth street, between N and M streats, Second Precinct—Polsley’s feed storo, Tywenty-fourth street, between I and L sueets, Third Precinct—Store room corner of Twentieth und L streets. SECOND WARD, First Precinct—Conner’s stororoom, Twen- ty-sixth street, between N nad O streots, Secornd Precinet—School house on Twen- tieth und Brown streets, Third Precinct—Gleason store room T'wen- ty-third street and Railway avenue. THIRD WARD, First Precinct—Kuaufhold’s hotel, Q strect near Twenty-oighth streat, Second Precinct—Kiro hall, Thirtieth and R streets. FOURTI WAND, Missouri Pacific office near Exchange building. Some of the Magie City it was for a time tho rendezvous of the tough gentry of all descriptions, Footpads were numerous and & night in which some belated pedestrian was not held up was a ravity. A determined effort on tho ‘part of the police ridded the city of visitors of this class and during the last two years South Omaha has been comparatively fres from these unde- sirable visitors, D At tho presert timo,”however, the ban against lawbreakers seqms to bave beon re- moved and they flourish, unmolested by the guardians of the luwl 'The tough elément toat formerly frequented the back streets and the rougher class of Suloons has given place to a better dressed, ‘but not moro de- sirablo class who sauutdé up and down the priocipal thoroughfares with the nouchalant assuravce of men \\’llp‘ ave perfect confi- dence in their *“pull” The footpads and “fim-flam" workers of 14é past have beon succoedod by the burglags and confidonce men who can be recognimd on the streets al- most any day. evil Until within a week #Well known crook, who goes by the namo qfi“xm" Lane, and is wanted in half & dozen fithces, was a regular frequenter of the gambling houses iv the city. Heis an all-around burglar who can do almost anything from “'crackiug” a bauk vault to puridining jewelry and plate. One of his latest exploits was a big burgiary at Hillsdale, Mo. He was slightly disguised v.bile in town in & rough slouch hat and ill- fitting clothes, but when his cuffs slipped back they showed tho sleeves of silk under- shu'ts of the most expepsive quality. He Was 1n town three weeks and hh‘i not suspected by tho police. Anotber man whose reputation asa confi- denco mau is knowu in wlmost every part of the west, was in \he city threo Juys lest | week. Another of almost equal suc-oss in thoseme ilue of work is 1a tow: at preseut Lime. He wears the attire of & we to-do ranchman who has just sold u o ment of stock. His metbod is to represent bimself us 4 stockman to shippars + o hite sold their stock aud are willluz 102 outard see the town. An i + 1 formed and the genuine ov per is easily plucked by cick in dentity was | | disguise. been taken in by this man d his friends. After the bird is plooked he is taken to the depot and shipped back home, too much intoxicated to realize what has hap pened until after he is well eut of town. ‘ben ho usually prefers to stand his _loss to giving publicity to the matter by informing tha police, There are a number of men about town who are familiar with a dozen such in- stances as those stated and are wondering whether spectacles should not be added to the regulation police uniform 1s. Miss An 1, who has been seriously i1l with scarlet fever, is convalescent. Communion services were held at Presvyterian church yesterday morning. Rev. James Leonard of Gibbon, Neb,, 18 in thecity the guest of his son, C. J. Leonard. M. L. Rich of Omaha has accented a posi- tion in the chemical department of the Cud ahy Packing compauny. Rev. C. N, Dawson preached on “Radical ism' to a large audienco at the t'irst Metho- dist church last night. Martin Sullivan, who was arrested Friday night for stabbing a Union Pacific brake man, was releascd yesterday. The Union Pacific detectives decided that he was not the man. Kaward Larsen died at the residence of his parents, Thirtieth and R streets, yeosterday morning of diphtheria. The interment will Lo at St. Mary’s cemetery at 2 o'clock this afternoon, Councilman James Dougherty has filed a petition announcing himself as an independ- ent candidate for re-election. His action was the rosult of pressure brought. to bear by his friends who approved of nis previous record as a city ofcial, The funeral of Dr. William Brown, who died last week at Park City, Utab, was heid at the Presbyterian church at 3 p. m. yoster- day. Tho locul Odd Fellows attended ina the The funeral sermon was preached by | . Robert L. Wheeler, - Not So Bad After All E. V. Wood of McKee's Rocks, Allegheny county, Pa., in speaking to a traveling man of Chamberlain’s medicines said: *I recom- mend them above all others. 1 have used them myself and know them to be reliable. I always guarantee them to iy customers and have never had a bottle returned.” Mr. Wood had hardly finished speaking, when a iittle girl came in the store with an empty bottle, It was labeled, “Chamberlain’s Pain Balm.” The traveler was interested, as thero was certainly a Lottle coming back, but waited to hear what the hitle girl said. [t was as follows: ‘“‘Mamma wunts another bottle of that medicine; she savs it 1s the best medicine for rheumatism sheever used.” 50-ceat bottles for sale by druggists, PETER HARTMAN SHARP. Funeral of an Omaha Plonecer from Late Home Yesterday. The funeral of the late Peter Hartman Sharp took place yeSterday afternoon at 3 o'clock and was attended by a large gather- 1ng of representative and old time citizens of Omana. The deccased and his family had a large circle of friends in the city. The parlors of the family residence on Douglas street, near Nincteenth, were fragrant with the sweet odors of many choice garlands sect by rela- tives and friends. At tho nead of the casket upon a small table lay a beautiful pillow of roses with the words, ‘At Rest,” wrought with heliotropes and smilax and across the lid of the casket lay a large bouquet of roses and lilies. The ser- vices were coudueted by Rev. W. J. Harsha, D.D., pastor of the First Presbyterian chureh, of which the deceased had long been a faithful icember. The singiug was done by Mr. and Mrs. Welch and Mrs Day. The remains were interred in Prospect Hill ceme- tery and were followed to their final resting place by a leng procession of carriages. Following were the pall-bearers: Howard Benvedy, W. G. Maul, A. P. Wood, Dr. Denise, J. L. Kennedy, Clark McLean, . A. Darrow and C. K. Coutant. £ Petor Hartman Sharp was born June 2, 1814, at Claverick, N. He came to Omaha in 1866 and his family came the next year. For several years Mr. Sharp was engaged in the leather aud shoe findiags business as a member of the firm of Huntington, Sharp & Co. Later on the firm became P. H. Sharp & Co. Two years ago ho retired from busi- ness. He lest a wife and one son, Mr, Henry C. Sharp, and one daughter, Mrs. Schemer- horn. ‘I'ne deceased was very highly re- spected as a straightforward, steady going business man, and his many friends were sorely grieved by his unexpected demise. o A veritable family medicine box, Beecham's ills. His e B Dr. Birney cures catarrn. BEE bldg Doos Farming in Nebraska Pay? In 8 recont issue Tus Bee published over 8 page of interviews with prosperous farm- ers in various portions of Nebraska, each of whem gave his peraonal experienco i tilling the soil, in stock raising, 1 fruit culture, etc. The showing was a revelation. 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KANSAS CITY,MO. e BAKING POWDER C Army and Navy PENSIONS: Soldiers in the Regular Avmy and Sailors, Seamen and Mar- ines in the United States Navy, since the War of the Rebellion, who have been discharged from the service on account of « abilities incurred therein while in the line of duty, are Entitled to Pension at the same rates and under the same conditions as persons ren- dering the same service during the War of the Rebellion, except that they are not entitled under the new law or act of June 27, 1890. Such personsre also entitle d t> pension whether discharged from the service on account of disability or by reason of expir- ation of term of service, if, while in the service and line of duty, they incurred any wound, injury or disease which still disables them for mannal labor. Widows and Childre n of persons rendering service in the regular army and navy Stnce the War are Entitled to Pension. ifthe death ofthesoldier wasdue to his service, or occurred while he was in the service. Parents of Soldiers & Sailors dying in the United States ser- vice since the War of the Rebel- lion, or after discharge from the service, from a cause originat- ing therein, leaving no widow or child under the age of sixteen years, are entitled to pension if now dependent upon their own labor for suppor whether the soldier ever contributed to their support or they were dependent upon him at the time of his death or not. FOR INFORMATION OR ADVICH As to title to pension, ADDRESS =T I |\ e Bee Bureau of Claims L l{‘UOl}l 2?{{. ]}_lil;} ,I‘LUH“,“,N“‘_ pes NEBRASKA National Bank. U, S. DEPOSITORY. . OMAHA, $400,000 6,51 Oficars noDiroctary Honry W. Yatos, prosidant s president. . 8. Mautle, W. V 0 8. Collins, J. N. M. Patrick. Lawls A THE TRON BANK, Corner 12th and Farnam Sts. 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