Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 5, 1892, Page 5

rh - 7 o« HE WILL TAKE A VACATION P esident Harrison Arranging for a Snipe Bunt. MUCH BROKEN DOWN BY HARD WORK Kot Prepared to Enjoy Necessary Rest Until the Bering Sem Controversy is Settled in Detall - Washington Miscel- Inneous Gossip Wasniserox Brreav or Tae Bew, | 518 FoURTEENTR STREET, Wasnizaros, D. C., April 4. ) President Harrison intends to go suipe Shooting some time tuis week. 1t was bis purpose to leave Washington for & little tion sud recrestion tomorrow, but the Bering sea controversy has pot been fully de- termined and he does not want to leave the city until the modus viveudi hus beeu re mewed or something equivalent to it has been agroed upon, which will be about Thursday The president will probably go down on the North Caroliua coast, where 1t is suid suipe abound ut this time of the yesr, and he ex pects to be absent three or four days. The departure of the president upon his guuning expedition can b taken as an indi- | oution that the controversy with Lord Salis. bury hias been brought to an end The president is enjoving spleudid bealth worked now but be has been very heavily during the present session of When the Beriug sea controver: seal tishery disputes were not bearing upon | himn and demanding his attention and ume the muuy importaut questions before cou- gress and the large number of appointments which he has had to muke have drawn upon his mental and physical resourc Almost | auy other constitution would have been racked by the work which has performed during ihe pust four or five months, but | aside from being & little fatigued now and then one would not think the president had been subjected to extra duties. Senator Warren's Pet Measure. Senntor Warren of Wyoming said todsy that he hoped to get his bill providing for the cession of arid lunds to the western states | before b iate st au early any. The bill | hias veen discussed thoroughily iuthe commit- | teesnda vurivus of its members are preparing | 10 present the different phases of the subject ‘ to the senute when the matter is taken up for consideration. Senator Warreu said that | ke was not at all lade-bound in his ndvocacy o1 any particular clause of the measure, and would readily yiela 1o such modifications ns might seem necessary for the passage of the bill, provided they did ot interfere with the principle or defeat the great object for which the measure was drafted. He looks for prac tically a unauimous suppert of the western members ou the measure und thiuks it will become a luw ut this session still Working for the Indian Service Senator Fetiigrew said this afternoon that ke believed he would yet suceeed in striking out of the Indian appropriation bill the pro vision which was iuseried by the house suthoriziug the president to detail army offi- cers to act us Indian ageuts, The senator intends to have & motion entered to recon sider’ibe vote by which last week the sensto refusea to strike out the provision, The mo- tion to strike out last week failed by a ma jority of nve. Seuator Peutigrew has se- curea promises from three senator who were not with him in his first effort to strike the provision out of the bill, to vote with him sod pow if ull the senators who voted last we.k stand by their position the provis- jou will be stricken out. A great deal of in- terest hus been taken in this subject and cousiderable feeliug has been worked up in oertain quarters. Good ‘tune of u Nebraskan, Sevntor Manderson has submitted to the senate bis report from the militury commitee upon the bill to pay C. L. Coder of Nebraska 8 claim for military services. Cooer was eurolied in company H, First Nevraska volunteer cavalry, for three years, Juiy &, 1861, and served until October 12, 1562, when he was admitted to & hospital witn fever, where he remained until December, 1561, when be is alieged to have descried. He wvas arrested August 4, 1864, and restored 10 duty without trial, but with loss of pay snd allow- mnces to Sepiember 1, 1564, and he served after such restoration until discharged Nov- ewber 4, 1565, Because of such restoration with loss of pay and allowances the War de- periment bolas that it has 1o power under the law in this case. Such act being a legal bar and o final disposition of the case una there 1s 1o provision permitting the War de- partmeut to recpen the case. Coder, when convaiescent 1 the hospital, obtaived verbal leave to be nosent a few duvs, acting upon which be left for Rulo, Neb., where he suf- fered u relupse, and be nsserts ihat he re ported every thirty days. of which latter statement, however, there 1s no no record but hospital evidence. The committee believe Coder should be paid. Nebraska Petitions Presented. Senator Paddock toduy presented petitions from Nebrasks as follows From Fullmoon alliance No. 2,0 of Gothenburg, officially \sicnod, urging the passage of the socalled Washburn-Hatch anti-option bills; from B H. Londis and twenty-two other citizens of Lancaster county aud Jawes B. Jones and seventy other citizens of Custer county, urging the passage of the auti-option oills from M. F. Vaine snd filty-thrae other mem bers of the regular army and navy union of Fort Niobrara, urging toe passage of bills to incrense the efficiency of nou-commissioned ofticers, retirement nfter tweuty-five years' service of non-commissioned ofiicers, prefer- erce 1o soldiers and sailors for civil oftice. pension iu e for soldiers and sailors and the measure known an “Hinghum's naval re- tirement bill,"" ulso favoring the eulisted men in nav Ho Was in the Last Sioux Campaign. The Evering Star_has an sriicle by an army officer upon Lieutenant Phillip A. Bettens, jr., of the Ninth United States o slry, who died in Arizona the other o from which this is taken: *The services rendered by him io the last Sioux campaign were meritorious, bis eficiency as a guarte: master guning for bim high encomnums. Oue march was espocially noteworiny. Late on the evening of December b, 18, orders were issucd 1o break camp. At 1 o'clock the pext morning Lieutenaut Bettens had his . wagon train—thirty-six mule wagons— st Harney Springs, @ distance of pearly sixty miles from the starting polot, Such 8 march in such o country was by o mesns mn ordinary mchievement. Lieutenant Bettens was born iv Switzerland couuty, Indiana, gradusted from the militery academy in 1855 and served continuously ewith his regiment uoul s failing bealth compeiled him 1o leave Fort Rovinson, Nev., for the warmer climate of southern Avizons. He was nu officer of “K" troop, now sta tioved &t Fort Myer, Va., but he wes noi ordered there. His wife—the only deughter of Mejor Thomas B. Deweese, late of the Ninth cavalry—survives him." Miscelluneous. Representative Perkins today recom- mended to Secretary Rusk the appointment of Joun Graut and Thomas Cowgill s tag gers for whe Sioux Cily meat iuspection plant. It is expected they will be appointed very soon The senate cowmittee on public lands to- day sgreed Lo report adversely the Marder- 80n bill extending the coallaws of the United States over the district of Alaska. J. Winney was today appoiuted postmisster st Race Track, Deer Lodge county, Mont. The decision of the bawestead ontry con- test of Peter Bough agsinst Myrue V. Owen, formerly Myrtie V. Axtell from Mitehell, 5. )., 18 confirmed by the assisiant ::xuu\ry of the interior, diswissing the_con- L On Jenuery 14, 1801, the commissioner of the geoeral lana office beld for collection, the preewpiion entry of William H. Carter, in the Bozemau, Mont., land district, o the | grouud thut the section bad been selected by the director of the geologion! survey s & wite for s reservoir. The ssistant secretary of the interior 1oday reversed ihe decision wnd di- rected the eutry of Carter 1o stand as 1f the reservation for reservoir purposes had not been mave. In the preemption contest cash entry case | of Williaw F. Edwards agaiust Lionel Cam- | pique from North Plaite, Assistaut Sevre- tary Cbavdier today aftirmed the decision of the comwissioner, alsmissing the u}:flefl. . 8. H., Western Wasuisorox, D. C Telegram w Tux Bex of pensions granted is reported by Tur Bre and Examiver Bureau of Claims Nebrasks Origioal — Porter Heage, James M. Taylor, Laishle Shepberd, Jonatban Landis, Andrew J. Ballinger, Andrew J. Downer, Alvin Denning, Theo- dore Kipp, Aibert G. Dole, James C. Toliver, Mchendree Demotte, Franklin Boyer. Thomas M. Marshall, Warren Ruseo, Fred- erick_Hoiden, Lewss £, Lyberger. Nanoieon C. Foyr. Increase—dohn M. Hoyl. John Hooderson, James Rolie, Dasiel J. Lee, Voluey B, Setzer, William Alien Jows: Original—Charies H. Havward, jr., George R. Moore, Alfred Russell, John T, Snyder, Witliam Eady, John W. Garland Peter Seweilie, Henry H. Simmone, Francis H. Adamson, Ephraim L. Curtis, Chester Vickery, Bertus Wepel, John Mackay, Jacob B. Tregoe, Allen A. Noan, William ' Copo- land, Thomas O'Brien, Bertram Stauffer William J. Carlisie, __ Rollin Ajexander Younkin, = Newell Cornelius Twomey, Jobn S. . Lingrel Additional—Noat k. Palmer, George W Newocombh, William H. Young, F Beer bower, William Straun, Kugg iticks - plemental—Miles U. Stanwood. Increase. Brayton A. Campbell, Theodore H. Jennings, NELSON PEOPLE ASK AID Nebraska Oitizane Officially Requested to Assist Btorm Sufferers. | FOOD AND BUILDING MATERIAL NEEDED Subserd to Be Oprened sts Expected of Trade and Other Or- Eanization Help the Cy- clone Vietims, tion 1 by Bonrds to Lisoots, Neb., April 4.—[Special to Tre Bre. |—This afternoon Governor Boyd issued 8 prociamation calling upon the state for aid | for the crclone stricken people of Nelson whose homes were destroved by the terrible storm of last Thursday evening. Tbe | proclamation is as follows | o ats, Photes W ievenaon, Netsan b, | , Wherous. It has come o1y knowledge that Summers, Albert 5. Russell, Elliott Wetbor. | B, GEvasitns oo nee O much. aostis | bee, dohu R. Martin, George W. Madden, El- | tution in the town of Neison, Nuckolls | liott P. Taylor, Robert Runyard, Willism | county, Nebraskn, on the evening of March Payton, Gilbert W. Norton, Thomas Evaus. | ¥l 1N renderiuz homeless mnuy of the | Reissue—Benjamin 1), Wicks. Original | People und causing great want anijsufferin g: | widows, etc.—Minors of Asa Whitiock, Jane Haight, Mary M. Hutzell. North Dakota: Orizinal—Leroy Robert J. Mitchell, Charles Stearns. South Dakota: Original—Adsm C. Tor rens, George W. Smith, Leander W. Coliins, Reissue—Harvey 1. Rawson. A Close Call , an_extensive real estate Weller, sMr. 4. P. Bl deuler in this city, narrowly escaped one of | the severest attacks of poeumouin while in get warm, and iuside of au bour after his re- turn he was threatened with a severe case of pneumonia, or long fever. Mr. Blaize seat 10 the nearest arug store and got a botue of the nortbern part of the state during the ro- | cities, commerelul orcunzutions bords of | cent blizzard, Mr. Biaize had occasion to | trade etc. to further the good work |y opens | arive several miles during the storm and was | [U€ subscription lists wud the recoivine of | 80 thoroughly chilied that he was unable to | 1, contribute. | | { Chamberimu’s Cough Remedy, of which be bad often beard, and took & nimber of larce doses. He says the effoct was wonderful and thot in a short time he was oreuthing quite easily. He kept on taking the modicine and the day was able to come to Des Momnes. Mr. Biaize r rds hbis cure as sim ply wonderful, and says he will uever travel | again without a bottle of Chamberlain's report of the Nebraska Cough Remedy he (Des Moiues, lows. u was received | Saturdar Review. 20 and 50 cent bottles for Yie printer and binder today and is sale by druggists. S =y . issued by the state rinted on & LIFE AT THE FEDERAL BUILDING. | gqod uality of paper and handsomely bound R in gearlet cloth. 1t forms a marked contrast How Attorney Baker Practices When Heds | 4o Snany of the cheaply printed volumus R L turned out for the stat It coutmins 128 Unitea States Prosecuting Attorney Baker | pages of matter, corsisting of the rules o is not @ matural born humorist, wag nor | practice in proceediugs before the board, re- practical joker, but he hopes o be sc aud to that end is practicing as the callers at his office Deputy Uwited States Marshal dropped in 1o see duy, duously on Jackson ) yestorday morning, to aiscuss the upprosching execution of is the portiou devoted 1o the stutistics of derer Dixon, which is boo.ed for April 22, | Nebraska ronds. These comprise detaus of and at which the deputy is destined 1o piay | mileage, characteristics of rosds, equipmeut, an important part, though much ugainst his | comparative tablo of mssets, comparative own inclination. table of habilities, pross earnincs {rom oper- “Hello, Jack, 1he door opened. for you. Baker's salutation as T've gou some good news Dixon’s sentence has been o com- mu What do I get for the iuformation !’ “I'm mighty gind of it,”” responded Jack son. *‘Havea cigar,” and he Landed over vile looking weea, which the prosecutor carefully laid awsy in & drawer 10 await the coming of Postmaster Clarkson. Jackson then became guite jubilant and ssid that he bad felt sure all along that news of the com mutatiou would be received, ns be had ui- ways been very lucky in getting out of work that be cidn't want io do. As Jacksou procecded a change stole over Baker's countenance. He opened bis face, the aperture extending from the center o ward, but he succeeded in stoppiug it before it had amputated the upper portion of his head, and slowly said: “Jackson, 1 was only jokiug. I'm sorry 1 fooled you, out the Tuct is that the president bas refused to inter- fere and, on the contrary, has suortened the timeso that the haneing will take place on April 15. Here is the letier,” and he heid up an enveiope bearing in bix letters the stamp of the legal department at Washing- ton. The deputy swallowed that, too, though it was oo unpalatable dose, and he st 0own in a corner and brooded over it for some min utes, until Bakser acain broke the silence by~ saying that he bad ouly sprung anovter joke and that be bud reelly not heurd a word “Boisser,” suid Jackson, carefully weighing each word 10 see that it went s;xtéen ounces 10 the pound, “there are some artists ic the feaeral service, but you are the d—dest prevaricator in the goverament employ When you do tell the truth & man can’t help thinking that you are lying, and when you lie is the only time Lhat what you say has the slightest appourance of candor, renson or truthfulness.” The sitoruey was not given an opportunity to reply, for & reporter ou whom Baker tried to spring the same production #s an April fool story turee days ago grabbsd Jackson by the arm aud took hun out and bought kim & big sack of tobacco aud the finest cob pipe in the merket. He would bLave douc even more, but he only hod a_week’s salury in his pocket, and as 1t was Jackson professed to foel sausfied. e Fifty cents buys a boule of Bradycrotine, a bottle of Bradycrotine will cure four bead- aches. ————— MET A GUN. Startling Experience of & United S Deputy Marshal, Unitea States Marshul Slaughter and Deputy Juckson left yesterdny for Pullerton Tuelatter will there racover from a shock to bis uervous system sustained on & wrip to the western part of the state from which he had justreturned. He went to Marsland to serve asubpeens on & young man who is vanted here #s & witness. The latter lives iu the counlry about eight miles from Marsiand, and e deputy proceeded thither, ienoraut of the fact thatan uged relstive resides with the family. The relative aforesaid is an old soldier und draws u pension of §24 & montk, sud 1t seems thet eitbher because of this or sume other reasos there has bean much ill-feeling eugeudered beiween the various f(awilies of bhis blood relations in thet section by the struggle for possession of his body sud pension. Of course, Jack- son did not know this, veitbor did he know that the old man bhad beon warned Lo keep bimsolf aloof from every caller, as all they waunted was tus money. Thus it was that when Jackson stepped inside the door the neediessly alarmed velersn pulled aguu 8 foot and a half long, with which be covered ihe intruder and said, “Now, you git right out of here.’ The deputy was afraid 10 run snd, stepping forward, toid the demoustrative ola gentie 1WA 10 pul down bis weapon or Le (Jackson) would fill his stomaeb full of teeth. 1o old fellow wilted, aud the guu was laid on the table. When Juckson revoaled bis identity ibe aged pensioner was frightened hulfl to death, snd begged not 10 be brought to Omabs aud locked up. Jackson was leujent, Lut bis nerves were still cousiderably suaken when be reached home. — ¥or Pure Frimarios. At the last meeting of tue Lincolu club the following was unanimously adopted Resolved, That the thunks of the Lincoln o be extended 1o the county und city cextral oommittoes for action Jooking 1owurd o reform iu the wode of conducting primury elections and the udoption of Lhe most C8soL- tinl foatures of the Australian bullof systow o such elections us fur us npplicable. In acknowledging the receipts of & copy of the resolutions Chairman D. H. Mercer of the county ceulral commiilee ex pressed his sentiments s follows : As for myself. | hive ulways boen an advo- cute of the Austruiian baullot law in eiections, und I certainly shull weicome the day with & grent deal of pleasure when the Nobruska egisluture will huss & law governing primary eloctions which suallbe us strict and coneli- sive us I8 the law upon our statute books 1oday governing eloctions. It is bigh tiue in this republican forn: of governuent that ability should Lave sowe chan wenltn. Heretofore money hus dominated 100 muny elections, both on eloction duys and in the primuries Tho thue is past Here- atter At the legisluture does ity duty. the buwblest citizen of the state will bive an equal showlng lu whe primury clectious with the most prowineni and the richest. — DeWitt's Sarsaparilla destroys suct poi sous us sorofuls, skiu disease, €czoma, rheu matism. Jts timely use saves mweny Lives. — Dr. Birnoy, nose and throat. Bee bldg 1 publican and, Wheres of that ative puople overnor of Ne a proclumuation ealiint upon th his state for aid in their dist therefore. LJames I, Boyd, governor | city huve upy 2o fesue zons of © of Nebraska, 0 issue prociam wtion requesting of the people of Ne out of the fullness of their store, to contribute | such_aid, money in subscription, clothinz, | furniture, lumber and building materil, ote., | us 18 in thelr power to wwellorute the cons dition of thelr stricken feliow citizens | " And Idoecail upon mayors i the various lines of trangporta for such reduction of rutes or froe currying of muterial ue the exi- gencies of the case do warrant This procianintion to go into effect sod be in force on wnd after this 4th day of April, 1802 In testimony whereof | have hereunto set my hund and cuused to be afixed |, Avd I do further respectful all upon the | the creut senl of the stute i Done ut Lincoln this 4th day of April, 1802, by the £overnor Janes E. BOvD. JHN C. ALLEN, Secretury of Stute. Board of Transportation Report. volume ev vond question the handsomes® It is wel ports aud decisions of the board, tabul statements the Nebraska roads, report of secretaries on freight rates, forms of pract of the officers and directors of roudse The most valuable part of the Pport ation: account, [ statistics of freipht aud passenger traffic sud report of accidents, rating expenses, income Gossip at the State House, State bank of Oxford was stock of The Commercial incorporated today with & capital $5,000. The Board of Public Lands and Buildings held its monthly meeung today. The only business trausucted by the bourd was the examination of bills and allowing of montaly claims of the several state institutions. The bsank of Elein was incorporated today with o capital of $,000. The Pickering Bangiug company of Pickeriug flled srticles of incorporation today Dr. W. G. Bell of New York City trans- acted business at the state honse todav. J. B. McDonald of Omaha is the new rec- ord clerk in the governor's oftice. Willinm Winegar in Court. Willism Winegar, the gentleman who hes been for some time under arrest charged with stealing a horse and enticing & number of young girls from home for immoral pur- poses, had his trial today. He proved that be haa & legal claim upon the borse and consequeutly was discharged upon that count. He was then arraigned upou the charge of enticing Kose and Lillie Lobaugh uway from home. The testi mony in this case was highly interesting to the crowd of men who galbhered to listen to the details of & savory morsel of moral r tenness. The story told by all the parties would hardiy look well in privt. After uil the testimony had been taken County Attor ney Snell concluded that he couldn’t make oul a case before the district court, and there- fore Winegar wus released. The fmther of ihe girls was prosent during the trial and as soon 8s Winegar had been declared & free man be became exceedingly indiguant and made a number of sanguinary tureats against the life and persou of the fellow. Rock Island Afluirs, The right of way matter along Nineteenth street, betwoen O ana R streets, and the goneral situstion bas changed but little within the pest two or three days, as far as securing waiver of damages in consequence of the proposition recently made by tne Rock Island to close P sireet for a distance of 100 feet west of Nineteentn. Although in ested property holders, with but few excep- tions, bave registered their consent by sign- ing the proposition, noneof the optious given bave been closed. Of the few who object to signing pesrly all adinit that their property would not suffer in value by the adoption of the proposition, They are simply objecting and ask further lime to consider the matter. No money has as yet been paid out on con- tracts for property south of R street. 0dds and Ends, Petitions are veing circulated in Lincoln todny usking Govornor Boyd to pardon Cap- tain Yocum. The petitions are veing largely signea, There are just forty-one divorce cases on the aistrict court dockets. W. A. Paxton of Omabs was a Lincoln vis- itor this afternoon The case brought against F. W. Lattle by the First Nationsl bunk of Chicago was dis- missed today. e — Mrs, Annie M. Starr, 5 Brewer streot. New London, Coun., writes: *1 bave used your medicine for a number of months and find it a ‘sure cure.’ 1 huve suffered since & chuld with neuralgic beadache and Lave spent dol- lars upon dollars ou medicines for this troubie slone, without any benefit until 1 got your Bradyerotine. 1 cannot live without 1t now.” il 1S SHE INSANE P Story of @ Womsn Who is Coufined in the County Juil, Mrs. Murray of 420 West Twenty-sixth street, New Y(ra, has telegraphed Chief of Police Seavey for information of ber sister, Mrs. Mabou of San Francisco. Mrs. Mabon is 1n tbe county jail Last Mounaay she was taken from the Union Pucific overiand train ui the request of Cou ductor Wilcox as iusane. She wus respeotably dressed and evideutly & woman of refine- meut, bul inlensely nervous snd bot-tem- pered. She had a through ticket to New York, which sbe tore up in s fi of excite meut. She also bad 851 i money with ber, Since bring iu the county jail ste bas kept up 8B Blmost coutinuous wppeal to the crowd which collects in tue alley between the court house and tue jail “Assistance, please. peoble release me. What i Please wake these Wby s 1 kept bere! the charge ageinst me! What have 1 done! They bave kepl me here now for six duys. Wouv can 1 nol go on W mwy sister in New York?' 1u ber guieter moments she tells the in- mates Lhat she is murnied 1o & brother-in-law | of the chief of police of Sau Fraveisco, who | has oruelly misused ber, &nd that she only wanis 1o continue ber journey to New York. The autboritios do not feel like trusting her on the trip wilkout an escort, aud will 50 voufy the sister, Mrs. Murray. | : —— | DeWiw's Sarsapariua cieanses the blood, incressesthe Gppelite aud Lnes up Lue sys- tew. It has benefitled mary psople who have suffered from blood disorders. It will | hepyou. B Hecetvod & Heavy Shock. There came uear being & case of eleetrocu- tion iui he clelm departwent st the Union Pacific headguarters yestordsy sfternoon T'ne oftice is supplied wilk incandeseent elec- trie lights avd ono of the wires supporting 8 desk 1amp run througik the was fix tures above the desk occupied by W, C. Hucbes, & clerk The licht was workifie poorly and idr Hughes stepped up owdle desk 1o a-certuin the cause. He took hoki of the emnall iron chain connected with the cas fixtures with one hand and with 188 other grasped the electric light wire. 16 moment he was in & heap on the aesk. Inhis fall be broke the chain to the gas fixtures, thus probavly sav ing bis life. As it was ¥is bands were ter- nhiy bur the piung mau Ws S0 so- ¥ shocked by the slectric current that & s servioes w required. It 18 that the indauaescent wire was crossed with the wireof-an arc light pithahi il CURRENT TOPIC CLUB ' 1ts Members Discussed Assessors and Taxes | At Last Night's Meeting. The Current Topic club moeting the Young Men's Christian ussociation was verv ivteresting last night, although the atte auce was not §0 large us In the absence of the young man who bad boen assigned the work of preseuting the lendiug events of the week, Dr. Duryes, the chairman, spoke of several of the more im- portant events of the past weck. Among otber events he mentioned the death of Walt Whitman and that called up the discussion that has recently apveared in, newspapers and magazines upon the merits and demerits of Whitman's postry. Dr, Duryes suid that he thought Whitman uad written some of the very best things ever produced iu t couniry. sl “Whitman was & man of genius,” suid Dr. | Durvea, **he was & plain minded man, aud & genuiue lover of mankind. Things thst ap pear to be impure in his Xork were only the results of Whitman's iransparont purity. He 00k the world to be real whereas much that | ought to be real is urnficial aud sbac Whitman treated matters of lifein a stricly naiural muuuer, whereus the averago customed to @ very unuatural wethod of trenting & preat many subjects, | ond Whitn writings therefor seem out of pluce." | The topic for discussion was then tuken up. 1t was stated thu Would it be de- | sirable Lo have one reliable vonded assessor | elected for the entire county instend of hay ing one assessor 107 each ward uua preciuct as at present!’ The afirmative side of the question was | taken by Mr ther. e read & carefully © in whic held that the p system of muking ments was vici aud v He N i was pracucally impossivle for forty | USSEEBOrS L0 muKC ASSESLments that would oe equal and faur to all ¥ | city. Every assessor wbout the value of pr reason there could 0o no such ke as uble ussessments while the preseut prevuiled. He velieved that the re: bility of making equal and fair asses all over the city should be placea upon one man. The speak reforred to several | iustan ocuts of Omaha the negative was He heid that the placing of the responsibil aud B ority of making the entire assessment of 1he county iu oue mau's bands would be likely o encourage corruption. It would be easior, ue said, for tax shirkers to influence one mau than to in- fluence forty men. i'be bonded ussessor would be obliged to hireassistants, and those assistants, being interasted only in their wages, would Do more than likely o show & grout deal of partiafity Mr. Zimmerman took up the debate for the afirmative, holdiug that e great reform could be inauguraied by the elootion of one county assessor imstend of one for eve: ward and_precinct. Mr. J. M. Gillan thovght that the election of one county nssessor tn lieu of the assessors now elected in each ward and precincl would be & step backward ratber thau forward. He believed that the presont method 0f electing an ussessor for each ward und precinet was good so far as it went, but there should be One Supervising @ssessor elected to superintend and direct all the ward &nd Drecict assessors and see hat do their work sysiematically and with me sort of uniformity, Dr. Cram was asked 10 speak’ and offered some very pointed remarks upon the practice of tux shirking, He claimed that & great many wealthy peovle evade their just share of the taxes £na some method oughit to be de- vised by which every man should be com- pelled 10 bear his share of the lezitimate ex- of the city aua state. e matter of laxing property beld vy re- ligious Podies aud not actually used for ctiurch purposes was brougnt in as & side issue and some v pertinent remarks wero made upon Lhe various phiases of ine subject under discussion by Dr. Durvea. The subject for_discussion next Monday night will be: “Wouid 11 be desiratle to have o larger wilitary establishinent iu the United States?’ Iu about 1wo weeks the club will open session to close the work of BOARD OF HEALTH. bold an he yenr. Monthly Report of Vital Statistics—Some Koutine Work, The regular meeting of the Board of Hezlth was beld 1n the oftice of the city physician with Mavor Bewis iu the chair and the full board in attendance. Thedivision of the city into districls for garbage purposes as previ- ously repurted was approved, The montbly report was presented as fol- lows: Deuntns, males, 63; females, 50. Of § these 2 were married and (single; 87 white aud b colored; 26 were under 1 veur of ape and 1 was over 80 vears. The towsl number of births reported was 113, of which 110 were white and 8 colored; 5) were males and b females. The sununl death rate per 1,000 was 7.9, »Of the deatls 14 were from con- sumption snd & from @iphtberia. Count Polaski bhad & commupication which be claimod §1 each for shooting dc under the order of the police judge. The poard decided that it was not a matter forits 1uterieronce. The complaint of the resinents of Gibson over the dumpiug of garoage in that locality came up again under » communicstion from Superintendent Holdrege of thy B. & M., saying be would see that there should be no furiner csuse for complaiut. He had not done s0, bowever, and the matter was re- ferred to the city sttorney. The complaint of cilizens soa taxpayers as 1o cattie corrals on Cuming street were con- sidered and the nuisances will be abated. 11 was decided Lo proceed 1o the arrest of parties who refused to obey the ordinunces forbidding the oumping of refuse ou vacant lots, etc. This will toucti some people who are mwply ble 10 pay their fines, There were three desths from croup re- ported during the mouthi, but no cases of the disease. Hereafter failure 10 report asuny coutagious disease will result in ihe prosecu- tion of the delinguaut physician by the poard. The mutier was brought up by Chief Seavey who considered \he mausgement of contugious discuses wmong Lue mOst inpor- 14t duties of the board Meat Inspector Besert called the board's at- tention to several picces of diseased meat which be had tekeu’'from 8 butcher shop kept by Frank Krainbert, Twenty-second und Pierce sireets. The betwker claimed be bhad bought the meat trom. s man named Levy Upou learning this Lhe \uspector investigated aud founa vhet Levy bad been 1 the habit of buying dead und” didensoa cattle Bt tbe stock yards, cutting the mest up sud se.ing it daily 10 sowe of therpsorer cluss of butehor shops. The boerd sspected ibe west sud found that it was absglutely rotien. Chief Seavey said that he would have Levy ar- restec this MOrning. New Garbage Districts, At 8 special meetwg of the Bozrd of Health beld last week tne city was divided inlo seven garbage districts, o each of which OD® garbage wan waus assigned wilb instruc- tions 10 visit the boleis therein d v and every private vesidence st leest ouce 8 woek or ofterer if required 10 do so by the board The garbage aulers were also recom wended when possible 1o make mouthly contracis Witk the residents of the district. . Tuo garvage men appoiuted were Charles Wesiergard. Oie Frodrickson er.. N. N. Day, Heury Combs, H. Clarke. Jouu Travers snd Cusries Preston. Tuese men sre eack re 5pousiulo for their own district sng ere not aliowed outside of it in their business. Tlis srrangament does ol io muy way ioterfere with the ordiganee governing fees 10 be charged. The council was requested L0 can. ocel the licenses of Mrs. Travers & Son, Ole Fredrickson jr. aud Dalton, whose occups. tion, by this division, 1s gone. T Dr, Biruey cures cawsrrn. Bgk v'dg THE OMAHA DAILY BEE:!MUESDAY APRII ] | Droves of Onttle Drifted Into the River by | PERISHED IN THE PLATTE Rheumatism. Symptoms. — High fever, bounding pulse, swelling of the the Btorm. y |\?xxls with great tenderness and severe pain, especially if T the patient attempts to move ; and on moving after res LOSS TO FARMERS WILL BE GREAT | in one position, lameness, stifiness, and severe pain, | Rheumatism is a blood disease, and must be so Hundreds of Telegraph Yoles Down | treated. There is only one preparation of which it Throughout the State— ge nt Bloe Springs Believed to Be Considerable —Communication Cut O OGALALLA Nob, Ap! Spocial to Tue Ber|—Tbe big Thursday mient drifted n droves 1 Plet river, where muny cb w« The loss will be heavr communica tion has been cut day. A large force of men are at work ropairing the wires, Miles of telegraph oles are the ground ying on FAST RUSHING WINDS s and Missouri Visited by Dostroctive Storme Kaxsas Crry, Mo, Aprild great {ntensity prevailed late Kansas anf western which are only A storm of last night 10 the detals of be re- Missouri, just beginming to ceived. So far as present aav:ses indicate, the storm was not 8o severe as that of last week, but the telegraph Loos in botn states have boen serious)y dawnged and ro ure obtainable from all points where the . known to have razed. It way be, therefore, that later dispatches may sbow that m lives were lost ang wore damage done than is now apparent. The storm was of a different character in almost every place heurd from. At Cherry vule, Kan., 1t was a tornado. One mile east of the town the wind destroyec six houses ana two people were killed. 1t has been im | possible 1o learn vumes. The uews of the disuster was aghit to Wic i by passengers on the mo: 10 o'clocis tonigkt it has b and the purticulars of the leurned srmous Huil Storms, Kan broker t trees anc turbance took ndreds of wir At Burlington the form of a hay w lights were was dobe to crops generally. bail stones incues in circum 10 nud the which they mude raofs of houses was alarmivg poria, Kax., buil also neh and a halt vailed 10 the countr: cinity of Emporia ond as € 10 fruit trees and crops the stones dinmeter. districts did great At Fort Scott © storm was the se verest that ev ited the city. Many roof were blown y. stables demolished aud outhouses blown down. Several win dovs 10 &3 many store rooms were smashed 1 and aitogether the dumage is very consid: erable. There was no loss of life, altbough DETTOW ESCRDES Were humerous. Garland, near Fort Scott, 8 town of about 400 ichabitants, was visited by the same storm. The hail smashed evary window in the town and did great damage lo crops in tbe strrounding coun’ Houses Demolishod. At Bosworth, Mo., the storm was seen ap- proacting Bnd the people, naturally nervous after the terrible experionces of their Kan- sas neighvors last weck, sought safety iu their cellurs. The storm came on with terri ble swiftuess, but as it seemea about %0 strike the town it veered suadenly to the northeast. In that direction is a thickly set tled farming region. SIx houses in the puth of the storm were demolished. Farris dis was badly hurt by fiying Wrizht, the wife of & furmer, was less ser: ously injured and several others were sligntly nart The storm, besides veing similar toruado, was sccompatied by o water s which _flooded all the creeks. Waukunda croek is out of ite banks and msing rapidiy. The creek is just cast of the high rock road The road is inundated sud the fields for miles down the creek are under water. The crovs there huve been entircly washed out and the farners will be obliged to replunt their ucres. to 8 out, High Weter at Dentrice, Brarmice, Neb., April necial Tele gram to Tue Bre |—Indian creek, whicn courses through the northera part of the is today on its anaual spriug boom. It has flooded the boitoms. Obe or two small bridges have had their abuttments under- mined by the flood, aud & continunnce of the rise would resalt in ihe complete isolation of Gleuover, Waiden snd Beck's additions. No special damage bus yet resulted otber than 10 the small bridres. The Blue river is also rapidiy rising at this powt. Storm Dumage at Bluc Spriugs. Brre Seuixas, Neb., April 4.—|Special to Tue Bek. |—In addition to the generel havoc whe wind storm of d this rday, flooding the whole coun- try. The bridge oo the Union Pacific rail- roud st Mud creck, between here and Holmesville, was waslied out nud trains can- not pess. Farm work is entirely suspendea. and dismay coused by April 1 a heavy rain and bail vi section yest Severe Storm at Surprise, Sturmise, Neb., April 4.—[Special to Tne Rek.|—During s heavy thunder storm tnis morning ligltning struck a farm house on the furm of Abe Towner, one-half mile enst of Surprise, teuring the end of the barn open from the roof to the foundation and killing & very valuable t-year-old bhorse. The storm was bout 1he heaviest of the seuson. Much rein fell which will delay the farmers from their SPring wWork. ————— DROWNED THE INDICATIONS. Peouliar Expericnce of the Men Who Were Sinking an (1l Well, The boring for oil in the vatley of the Lit tle Papio has been sbandoned aud the chianoes nOW &re that the ol compavy will g0 out of business and coutinue 1o purchase its oil from one of the tank line compunies Wild rumors are afiost to the effect that somebody monkeyed with the drillers. A gentlemun who has had considerable ex- perionce iu o1l matters said yesterday Uiat tne band of the Stundara Oif COmpaDY Was visi- bie in the abandoument of the bLole Some person convected with this cowpany had bought up tho drillers o the first place, be seid, the drillors struck the oil sand, but instead of stoppiug there, they went on 1nto the rock, where they struck 8 beavy flow of water, woiok drove tbe oil back into the crevices, This was just what the Standard people wanted sud having accomplished their object, it was &n euasy matter for them to huve Lhe drillers report thal there were uo ingicatious of il o “Late 10 bed and early to rise will st the road 1o your home in the skies. orten But early to bed and 8 “Little Karly Hiser,” the pill that mekes Lfe longer ano better and wiser, —————— C. D. Woodworth & Co., successors to Welty & Guy, 1316 Farnam stroet, man- ufucturers and dealers in hurness, sad- dles, ete Complying with general re- quest, BEECHAM'S PILLS will in future for the United States be covered with A Tasteless and Soluble Coating, completely disguising the taste of the Pill withoutinany g pway impairing its efficacy.g Price 25 cents @ Bex. New Vork Depot 26; Canal Street. can be said that no not try this N to the human ature race, | | FREEMAN STRATTON, East Fairfield, V. fier being sick many months with most_of the time confined in brd, try Kickapoo [ndian Sagwe it cured me. | have not been b have no sympathy for any one who matism ang don 't try Sagwa &l Al Kickapoo Indian Worm Ki Nature's remedy for + guaranteed. 35 ) 0 bottle druggists | | g | WHITE RUSSIAN SOAP Specially Adapted for Use in Hard Water DUSKY DIAHOND TER SOAP. For Farmers, Miners and Mechanics. Cures Chepped Hands, Wounds, Burns, Ftc. A Delightfui Shampoo. DREC WEIT'S NES MENT, & spocific for Hysieris, Dizziness, Fits, Nou ralgin, Headucue, Nervous Prostration caused by al ObOI Or Lobaeoo, Wakefulness. 0 13lon, Sofient wisery decny, dearh, e, Lo of Power in gither 1! Fomale Weaknonsos, 1nvoluniars Lowses S orrhioen coused by over-exortion of the brain elf-nbuse, over-lnduigence. A month's trestment 1,6 for £, by maill We Guaraniee six bnxes to cure. Each order for 6 hoxos, with$s will send wrl i ten guaran: und If not carod. Guurantes 'y Schroter, Druggiet, kole agents, S. 1 cor. Jith und Farowm ste, Omaki, Ne AND BRAINTREAT- ency, 1ouc A new sul Compiete Trontment, cousisting of Suppositories, Olntment in Cupsules ulso 1B B0x nnd Pills; » Positive Cure for Kxtornal, luternal eding ltobing, Chronic, iecent or siies.” This Kemedy hus Dever been known 1o tail. & per box.0 for £ sent by mnil, Why suffer rom this terrible dissus> whon writ 160 punraniee 1§ PosILIvely given with o boxes or refundthe money If not oured. Sond swmy 1or freo Smmple. Guaranteo iwsued by K & Co Agouts, corner 1oth mud .lluun us )PIUM(Z',?E,":”;:."S;!.‘; S Wapes tilicured. DR J STEPEENS Labass Doctors disagree, They have to. There are differ- ences of opinion among the best; there will be so long as knowledge is incomplete. But there is one subjéct on which all physicians are completely in accord, and that is the value of cod-liver oil in consumption and scro- fula, and many other condi- tions in which the loss of fat is involved. And cod-liver oil has its greatest usefulness in Scott's Emulsion, There is an interesting book onthe subject; sent free. Scorr & Bowne, Chemists, 132 South sth Avenue, New Vork. Your druggist keops Scor's Exaulsion of cod-lives llmall druggists everywhere do. §: THE NE TRROE f© W COLLA s PEQUOT ORDINANCE NO. 2996 An ordinunce repeavng Ordinance No. 2061, orderinz the prading of Lake sirect from 45d SEroct Lo 4oLk stroet Be it orduinied by tho eity counoll of e oty of O Beetion 1. That Ord the gradinz of Loke s | streets be and thie suuie Soction . That this ord effect uud be ln force fr ance No 2061, ordering frow 434 1o 4ith by s repesled unve shail tuke w und after its puss ot uze | Pussed Marcn 22d, 489, | JUBN GROVES, City Clerk E P. DAVIS, | sident of the Olty Gouaci | Approved March 2tk dwz | GEO. ¥. BEMIS, | Mayor instance Rheumatism or any blood disorder has ever been recorded; and that preparation is furnished, not by science, but by Nature — a harmless ve pound of herbs, roots, and Kickapoo Indian Sagwa If you are rheumatic, and lessing s blessing you responsible for what you suffer. Here is a person who had faith deciares Rineum I was iducee o / tooh three bot et since. | re with Rheu= tler| of a failure to cure getable com- barks, called do are es, and PRINCESS KICKAPOD. * Pure Blood, Perfect Health." 2992V VLVLITLZITVLITIT LT RGY BAKING . POWDER §0zs.For25¢ ABSOLUTELY PURE - JUSTTRY IT. FRJAQUES & CO. KANSAS CITY, KIRK'S PATENTS For Inventions PROCURFED BY THE Bee Burean of Claims OMAHA, NEB Fqual with the 1n ngnlnst thegovernm rest of thow ni 18 that of IN' often los 6 the Ineompe:ones or 1natiention of th empioved 1o obini thelr patents. Too m eannot be exersisel ruliable solic ora 1o J of & patont d spends goat eare nnd skill of the attorns Withthe view of protesting JoKx OF CAroless KELOPDOTS, B0 10ns ure wall protacied by valll patent BUREAU hus ratainad counsel exjart practice; and i+ thurefors prepared &y GUtain pat £ wBsing Liatia TAE 829 W pagas o Conduet interferences, Make special examination Froscente rejected cases, Register trade mar Be and coryrigut dey opimions astoscope and valid- ity of patents ivowcente and defend infringemes THE BEE BUREAU OF CLAIMS 220 Bee Bulldinz, Omahy, Neb. C2"This Buresu Is rantesd by the Otiuha Bea, the Pioneer Press anl the Siu Francisco Exuminer Cua this out and send it with quiry. THE SHORTEST LINE TO CHICAGD is via the Chicago, Milwaunkez & St. Paul R'y, as represented on this map. yoar ia CHicaga ggAco - #CEDAR RAPIDS [OA 501 51411 DS MOTN Electric Lighted, Steam Heat- ed Vestibuled trains leave Omaha daily at 6:20 p. m,, ar- riving at Chicago at 9:30 a. m. City Ticket Office: 1501 Far- nam St., Omaha. F. A. Nasn, Gen'l Agent. C. C. LincoLn, Pass. Agent, P hesiest, Shd Fiseal to.ihe Werls BEW YORK. LONDONDERRY AND GLASBOW. Yorery Saturday, NEW YORE, G11:RALTER and NAPLES, At SALODN, SECD! uLon 0B lowest torms Lo snd Trom tho prisciple BOUTOE, ENOLITE, IRISE & ALL CONTINENTAL POINTS. Excursion tiokets avaiiubi Lo vithr tho pio- or Nuples & Gilrultur ¢ Lowest Baiek, £eNts OF L0 Chicugo, IL Apply 10 uny of our o HENDERSON BHEOTHERS. Privats Emropsan Parils; Underthe putronnge of Mrs. M. D. FRAZAR, 70 and 71 Globe Bldr., Boston Tour of 80 duys. $500; Tour of 50 days, #400; Tour of 60 duys, 8675; Tour of 45 duys, 0. All iraveling. hotel ind sighisecing expenses i cinded Fartion 1o satl with Mrs. Frazar, July % iy SCYTILA. Cunnrd Line. Bostos. NORTH CAPE PAGTY o satl done 13 by steswm- iy FAVONLA Trom Hoston 1o Ghys. $i1) Applications must be wade al Ouce for this Lour and for circular wnd relerouce Or, Bailzy, $[° The Leading Dentist P xton Blose 16ih and Farnum Sts, wicam Third ¥ioo Telephone 1085, A full st of Loeth o rubbeffor b 1eriec WALOUL pletes OF FEWOYAL © 1104 VO Tho thing 101 mingers GrpuUie se peabers, bet TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN. Al Bling w1 reascnsbie FeLes,sll work warisule Cut this out f0r u guids