Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 9, 1892, Page 5

. e G L - et 4 OMAHA DAILY BEE: POOR FOOD FOR INDIANS One Oase in Which an Army Officer Was Deceived. UNSOUND CORN ACCEPTED FOR ROSEBUD When Examined by a Civilian Agent the Ceronl Was at Once Rejectea as Al together Inferior to the Con= 518 Fourterstn STRERT, Wasnisaros, D. C., April 8, A good deal has been made out of the fact that an army officer acting as Indian agent at Pine Ridge, S. D., has recontly refused to receivo a lot of bacon which had been in- spected and passed by a civilian, and the inference had been drawn that it was be oause of the army officer’'s superior devotion to duty that the Indians ana the government tiad boon saved from imposition. In 1845 u lot of corn was purchased by con- tract to be delivered at the Rosebud agency fn South Dakots. The agent, & civillan, 8. F. Spencer, addressed the foilow fog admonitory note to the inspec- Wasnizotox Bureav or tne Bre, % tor: “I am edvised by Asel neyes that Park Bros. are his agents for the supply of corn for this agency. 1 respectfully in vite your attontion to the fact thut much un- sound corn was grown iu Nebraka this season, also that contract corn must weigh fifty-six pounds per busnel and be sound and well cleaned. Much corn grown 1n Nebraska will uot this year come up 1o the standard.” Not Up to Contract. When the corn _reached Valentine it was {nspected by W. L. Pitcher, first lioutenant, Eighth infantry, who accepted it as fully up to the requirements. When. however, it reached the agency the civilian agent, Mr. Spencer, refused to receivoe it, ana in his letter to the commissioner of Indian affairs under date of March 15, 1880, the agent calis attention to the condition of the corn and submits affidavits regarding 1t showing it was “light in weight, very dirty and poorly sacked.” Lieutenant Pitoher iu his letter to the department states that when be was invitea to the agency to examine the corn he found that it “certainly was not up 10 the terms of contract, it being light in weight and improperly cleaned,” and adds that “unfortunately 1 omitted to mark carefully cach sack as I inspected it at Val entine, and was consequently unable to identify tho sacks at Rosebud as those which pussed through my bands at Valentine.” Agent Speucer Say; 1 desire to add that he omitted to mark any sack and submit that af he has been careless in bis 1nspection her should bave the mauliness to acknowledge e This plain statoment of facts carries its own commeut. What It Cost to Clothe Solaiers. There has been much said of late as to the differonce between the clothing furnished soldiers in the regular army and that issued by the government to the Indians. It turns out that it costs to clothe 25,000 soldiers 1,800,000, while the appropriation for cloth- ing 22,000 Sioux Indians will be considerably short of §150.000. On page No. 2, book of es- timates for 1503, the following appears under “Clothing and camp and garrison equip- RS For cloth, woolens, materlals and for the manufacture of clothing for the army for issue and for sale, of tho cost price accord- ing to the army regulations, for altsring and fitting clothing and washing ond cleansing when necessary, for equipage and for ex- pense of packing and handling sod similar necessaries, provided that of the money hereby appropriated for clothing and equip- age of ti,e army there sball not be expended at the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, & sum iu excess of §125,000.” The Indian office estimates for clothing for 22,600 Sioux Indians the sum of $150,000. The houso reducea this to #125,000, the senate reduced this to 8115,000. The above s the reason why the Indians do not receive the same clothing as the army. Result of Rhode Island’s Election, For two days newspaper ocorrespondents bave been trying to find “‘Baby” Bryao, the free binding twine representative of N brasks, for the purpose of hearing him ox- lain the republican victory in Rhode sland. None of them have succeeded. Mr. Bryan is in hiding. He has not been scen since the polls closed in “Littie Rhody.” The fact is that Bryan fully expected to see iihode Istand casta :lurnln.y vote for the democratic ticket and ad prepared a nice Little speech to be de- Livered on the floor of the house, where he ‘was 10 make the announcoment of demo- cratic success. as he did the ousting of Gen- eral Thayer iu Nebraska by a decision of the upremo court of the United States and the 1nstalling of Governor Boyd. The friends of Bryan had arranged for a serenads or dinner for him when his vice presidentisl boomlet, ‘which was prematurely sprung the other day, was to be fully launched. Bryan threw I of his personality with ex-President Sleveland into the Ihode Island campaign and be has, since Wednesday miduight, been dazed over the result. It completely took Bim off his feet. Much hus been said in Washington today about the effect the Rhode Island eiection will have on Mr. Cleveland's presidental chances. It is conceded that it is a very black eve tobim. Mr. Cleveland did all he could in the campaign and Rhode Islaud re- ublicans here say their majority has not Boen 50 large in many years and that if Mr. Cleveland bhad been auother week in the state the republican mi—‘l’ y would have been larger. Senstor Hill' was shrewd enough to foresee the result and stayed away from Rbode Island. His friends say has wore political perspecuity than has r. Cleveland, whose presidential boom is BOW WanIng. Federal Buildings for Nebraska. ‘The house committes on postoffices and post roads biave received from the Tressury snd Postoflice departments letters on the bills making appropriations for public build- ings at South Omabs and Plattsmouth. In relation to the Soutlr Omabha bill, Acting Supervising Architect Low informs the com- mittee thit the receipts of the office for the fiscal year ending JJune 10, 1891, 'vere $27,503. “The salary of the office is §2.000; clerk hire, $2,000; rent, Light aud fuel, $39; otber inci- dental expensos, $22; freo delivery, §2,908; total , $0,070; net postal revenue, 15,825, In addition to the ofboe bein f sustaining, Supervising Architect Low savs 1t yielded & net revenue of 07 per cent. He says B good site can be bought for $19,000 “und that & building 90x70 feet, one story, brick, can be put up for $114,000, making vhe cost of site and building $133,000. The per cent reut allowunce for South Omaha is §400 » year. A report from Postmaster Glasgow aocom- ies the letter as to space uoeded aud say- rn.: site oan be purchased for from $i2,000 10 $16,000. He says Le now noeds 3,000 sq uare foat of floor room, and will in ten years need 6,000 fest. Asto the Plattsmouth bill, Supervising Architeot Eabrooke writes that the receipts of the office for the fiscal year ending Juae B0, 1881, were $4,504, and for the fisoal year ending June 80, 1801, $6,551. The receipts last your were $4,051. There was but one emplove iu 1851 and now there is but one. Reut is §60 per year. He calls sttention to the growth of Plattsmouth and the general necessity of & government building. The oftice yiclas » uet profit of 62 per cent. Henry J. Streight, Plattamouth's Lmaster, con- STibutes & srong argument in favor of the bill. Both South Omsba sud Plattemouth are given a boost in the report received by the commitiee in both houses of congress. Miscellaneous. The ex-assistant postmaster general, J. §. Clarkson, chairman of the ublican uational committee, writes from Hot Spriogs, Ark., that be expeots 10 wrrive in this city sbout the 25rd inst. General Clarkson has been very ill with rheumalisw whiok savs has Leen coutrolled, and be is now on bis way to o permanent recovery. Thoe assistant seoretary of the interior has Mirmed the declsios of the commissioper 1n fhe homestead entry caso of Jobn H. Irvine, Jeminst the Northern Pacifio railway from Lewiston, 1daho, holding Irvine's eutry for ssnoelistion in favor of the company. . Posumasters appoiuted today: AR —J. M. Haufleld at Afion, Frontier county, ‘lm M. J. Bowman, deceased ; Leuox at pring Buuk, Dixon county, viee C. A. Stew- resigued. ldabo—E. J. M. Roodell at al, Kootenal county, vice E. M. Cole, resigned. Wyoming—B. H. Smauey st Goshen, Laramie county, vice H. M. Babbitt, removed. Tn reply to a Istter from Senator Mander #0n, the second assistant postmaster general says be will advertise for proposais for tri- woekly mail service from Gates, Custer county, to Wilvern via Genet. Tho Otoe and Missouri reservation bill in. troduced by Senator Paddock and reported favorably by the committee on Pacific lands th )enaments and sent 10 the commiittes on Inaian affairs has been sent to the com. missioner ot Indian affairs for his report. When the reply is received the committee on Indian affairs will take it up for final action. The delay in action by the commissioner of the general 1and office upon the Boya county sobool land matter is due to tho press of busi- ness from congress which is boing urged upon the commissioner. A decision 1s ex pected soon. Edgar Harrison of Paola, Orange county, Florida, 18 in the city, the guest of hs oid time Iowa friend, iR, H. Sylvester. Many yeara ago thoy published a newspaver at the cavital of the Hawkoye state. Subsequently Harrison removed to Kansas and finally to Florida, where he has resided for the last seventeen years basking in the shade of & profitabie orange grove which he considers a very happy exchange for Kansas and lowa volitics. He has been very fortunate in his Florida ‘nvestments and is comfortably settled for life. James A, Finley of Pine Ridge, S. D., the National Upon the rrcommendation of Senator Paddock the commissioner on Indian affairs today confirmea the appointment of Mr. Koper of Pawnee county as farmer at the Santee Indian agency. The confirmation had been withheld upou a technicality. lu the homostead case of Alien Yost against J. F. McKenzie, (H. D. Upton, trans- ferce) from Watertown, 5. )., the assistant cecretary of the interior today afirmed the decision of the commissioner against the en- tryman on the ground of residence. P. S H s One of the largest retail drug houses in the west, H. C. Arnold, at Kansas City, Mo., says Bradycrotiue is the greatest boon to humanity in the worid. It cures every form of headache. ie at s STRANGE STORY OF A NOTE. An Apparently Iarmless Piece of Paper Greatly Annoys Two Men. Mr. E. A. Cobb of this city got wind of & littlo trausaction the other day in which a note purporting to have been signed by him figured prominently. Sidney Smith, the architect, offerad the paver for sale to J. C. Barnard. Mr. Smith claims 1o have bean the innocant purchaser of the note. Whether or not he was duped is a matter of speculation. When Mr. Smith tried to negoti- ate for the sale of the note o Mr. Barpara the latter thought it quoer that Mr. Cobb's paper was veing dis- counted. The note was for $200 and Mr. Smith offered to transfer 1t to Mr. Barnurd for §235. It was u three months’ note, matur- ing i April. Mr. Barnard went to ses Mr. Cobb and askea him about the note. The latter was very much surprised and at once pronounced it a forgery. It was made pay- ablo 10 one Stephens. Mr. Cobb immediately went to Mr. Smith and asked him how he hac come into possession of it. The archi- tect iuformod Mr. Cobb that he had gotten the note from Stophens on & deal for a piano. Mr. Smith cluimed that Stephens, in tran- ferring the note, vaid that Mr. Coub had given him (Stephens) the paper in payment on account of building aud contracting houses. Mr. Cobb asked permission to see thoe note, but Smith told him that he had just lost it while going o0 the bank with other papers. He claimed to have placed 1t in & bank pass- book which he put in his overcoat pocket. In coing down the street Mr. Smith, accord- ing to the story told Mr. Cobb, threw his carelessly ov er his arm, and the papers v have fallen out of the pocket. his is the last that has been seen or heard of the note. Mr. Barnard, to whom Mr. Smith tried to sell the note, left for Califor- uia Tuesday. The man named Stepheus is w0t known to reside in Omaba. Mr. Cobb said yesterday that he did not bolieve the note would ever bob up again. He thinks it has been destroyed. Mr. Smith was seen today at his office, and said that he did not want the matter made public, as he was trying tofiud the isn named Stephens or Stevens. “The fellow,”” smd the architoct. ‘s a total stranger tome. He came to me in response 10 an advertisement 1 had in Tue Bre for the sale of a piano. 1 valued the instrument at $600 and he offered me the $260 note, & South Omaha lot valued st £300 and $40 1 cash for the piano. I took the note, thinking it was perfectly good, on Mr. Cobb. 1 never guestionod it as Stevens—I believe his initials were f1. A. or H. J.—represented 10 e that Mr. Gobb had given him tne note 1n paymeut for repairiog or building houses in South Omahs. 1 made no inguiries about the note until I tried to negotiate a trade with Mr. Barnard, who spoko to Mr. Cobb aboutit. 1 took the note from Stepens, ulthough the trade for the piano was not con’ summated.”” “How was 1t that & stranger would turn over a note Lo you without some surety that the trade would be made?’ asked tue re- perter. “Well, I supposed he knew me and I wanted to see whether or not the note was good. 1knew there was no.question about the standing of Mr. Cobb, but as well as [ remember the signature was Emery Cobb or a similar first name. However, the signature might be another Cobb. There are Cobbs in Sarpy county. Mrs. L. R. Patton, Rockford, IlL., writes: “From personal exporience cau rocommend DeWitt's Sarsaparilla, & cure for impure blood and general debility.” L Dr. Birnoy, nose and throat. Bee bldg ) IN THE COURTS. Cases That Are Occupying the Attention of Judges und Juries. With a full quota of jurors, the courts were sllenabled to transact business yesteraay, :nfl as a resultthe judges had their hands il In Judge Ferguson’s court the trial ot the case of Edward F. Trapp against Norman Trapp 1s a man who rated repu- nothing but a money judg- the sum of $5,000 will heal. He is in serious troubleand upon the wit. ness stand was ready ana auxioas to prove that he was a reputable citizen with an un- olemished character prior to September B, 1890. On that day, with malice aforethought, Kuhn swore out a war- ravt 1o police court, charging that Trapn had entered s dwelling in Creighton Heights d stolen therefrom & quanlity of lumber ano hardware. For seven asys Trapp avers that he reposed in jail, where he was brought into public disgrace; thst on the seveath day ho was released from custody. The criminal court is wrestling with the cnse of the siate against H. P. Muggins, a South Omaha chon house waiter, who is oharged with having taken the sum of §90 from the person of Nels Olsen, on or about November 25, 1801. The prosecuting wituess in the ocase, Olsen, had just arrived from the rural districts, and ubhesitatingly sckuowledged that the odor of the farm Lingered about his person. He was green and anxious to acquire cily airs, When he met Muggins be was an easy victim to pluck. he verdict of tue jury in the case of Harry Goldsteln agaiost” William Hay was for the defendaut. Goldstein started out to prove that he was terribly beaten and bruised y_Hay snd was slso entitled to #1500 du?_'u-m Hay aduwitted tbat he whipped oldstein, sendiug bhim to bed for several weeks, and at the same Lime con- vinced the jury that wbile he fought, he fought for self-protection. The case of Jobu Rowden against John ©O'Connell resulted in & verdict for the plain- uff snd the return of thé monoy, $250. Rowden went to O'Conpell's hotel 10 sieep. When he reured the movey was in his pocket, but when he arose it was missing. O'Couuell was arresiod sud the money was found upon his person, though & trial io the police court resulted iu his release. A civil suit was then brought which terminsted as wbove stated. County Attorney Mahoney bas euntered nolle 1n the case of the state against Thowas F. McNamee. lu this case the aefendent was charged with having been iustrumental in the death of Elsie Williamson, & womas of the lown. McNamee will lea for the mountains, where he will spend the summer seoking o regeiu bis health, which as cousiderably impaired by bis year's coufnement iu the counly jail. —— Dr, Biroey curascavarrn, Bas ollz FORTY STATE BANKS CLOSED Reports of Receivers Favorable to the Present Banking Law. SOME BAD FAILURES IN THE LIST Sevoral Cases Funds of Legitimate De- positors Hind Been Used in a Manner Not Conten the Logis- incoln News. plated b Inture— Lixcors, Neb., April 5.—[Special to Tar Ber. | —The reports from the receivers of the various state banks which have besn closed under the banking act, are beginning to come in. Without a single exception they prove that the law was one of tho wisest provisions ever made by the legisiatures the state Sinee it went into effect about forty banks bave been closed and their affairs wound up by receivers appointed by the supreme court In the case of the Commercial and Savings bank reported yesterday, the vaults have been compietely gutted. In the bank re. ferred to yesterday the receiver found but $20 in casb, while the books showed that tue bank bad held deposits to the amount of £54,000 and over. Among the roports filed todav were those of George Goodell, receiver for the banking house of Kioman & Arnola of Creighton, the Farmers and Merchants bauk of Auseimo and the vanking firm of J. D.and A. J. Me- Carn. The claims filed against the banking hous of Kioman & Arnold amount to €7,505.66, ot which amount (8.0 have been proved and $1,330.67 have been sub. mitted to the courts. To pav the provod claims there 18 in the receiver's hands and available for that purpose not to exceed the sum of 500, leaviug the sum of §5,600 to be met from the balance of the asscts now in the recoiver's hands. Of these assets there vet remain bilis receivable to the amount of #14,550.04, all of which are from three months to two vears past due. The supreme court will be asked for an order permitting the re- ceiver to dispose of these assets to the hich- est bidder for cash. The affmirs of the defunct Farmers and Morchants back at Anselmo are in some. what better shape, The liabilities amount to nbout §5,000 and receiver (Goodell bas on baud about §2,000. Aun order was issued by the supreme court directing bim to deciare a 49 per cent dividend in favor of the bona fide creaitors of the bank. Thera will still be a v of about 1,400 and in order to his the court directs nim to sell lot 15 in bluck 12, in the town of Anselmo, owned by the banik, in an endeavor to make up the amount. The remuining ussets consist of notes in the amount of .46, all past due. In the case of the banking firm of J. D. and A. J. McCarn R r Goodell sks permission to pass h: final dividend of the funds in his hands Must Receive Freight at Somerset. Some weoks ago the citizens of the little town of Somerset, in Lincoln county, made compimunt to the State Board of Transporta- tion that their depot on the liue of the B. & M. had been avandoned, thereby causing thew great incouvenieuce snd annoyance The board has decided that the company snall instruct its freight conductors to re. ceive all freight offered by the Somerset peo ple aud receipt for the same, and also thay the company be required to furnish weigh bills to parties desiring to ship goods from that point. The matter of reopening the depot was deferred until next August for the purpose of more fully ascertainirg the futura prospects of that country. Of Interest to Educators, Superintendent of Public Infruction Goudy today rendered two decisions of in- terest and importance to all educators of the state. A query was aadressed to him from the county superintendent of Saunders county asking him: “Ina voteona bond proposition who are competent, all who vote yes or no, or all who vote on school officers * Superintendent Goudy gave it as his opiu- fon that, “in & vote on the question of issuing district bonds only those voting on the bond question are considered in deter- mining whether the question was carried.” The other guery came from Peru and was as to whether a wife could vote at & school meeting when she had no children or prop- erty standing in her own nawe, although her busband had real estate owned by them jointly standing in his name. Superintend- ent Goudy replied that “Superintendent Lane had decided that the payment of taxes on real estate by either huspand or wife cousti- tuted both husband and wife voters ata school meeting by virtue of the rights that each has in the xeal property of the other, but that the payment of taxes on personal property by eitber only affects the one in whose name the said property is held.’” Grain Inspection Reports, The reports of the grain wspection depart- ments of Omaha aud Lincoln were filed with the secretaries of the State Board ot Trans- portation today. Both departments show a falling off i graiu_shipments, explamed by the fact that farmers are just now paying more attention to the work of pianting a new orop than 1n selling the old. At Omaha the chief inspector reports that during the month of March he inspected 651 -cars of grain, re- ceiving therefor the sum o He still has a deficiency of $602.11, but under the more economical methods of con- ducting his department he hopes Lo wipe this ont within a short time. Uncer the adminis- tration of Mr. Blanchard the inspection de- partment at Omahba was conducted at o monthly expense of $i46.60. Inspector Thompson has reduced the monthly expense to $174.60. During the month of March Weighmaster Tavlor weighed 465 cars of grain at Omaha, his fees amountivg to 1! In Lincoln forty-three cars were weighed and seventy-four inspected. The inspection fees smounted to )0 and the weighing fees to $10.75. The Lincoln inspecior does his own weighing, thus avoiding the expense of a weighmaster. Mortgage Indebteduess Statist The buresu of industrial statistics has this week received a large number of couuty re- ports in regard to the record of mortzage in- depteaness. The reader will be struck with the number of counties in which the amount of mortgages reloased excoed those filed. This is not the general rule, of course, but s glance at the little table below will show that rarmers of Nebraska are still paying off their mortgages at a rapid rate. The follow- ing counties have reported so far this month County, ased. Aduins 40,074 Antelope Box Butte Boone ... Buftalo Clay Custer Dawson, Fu Harian Holt Howard Kearney Kimball Lozan Loup Nuckoli Merrick Pawnoe. Polk 7 Rod Willow Richardson Soward Shermun Valley Whoeler || Webstor Tota = 86,92 B0 Many of the county clerks made marginal notations upon their reports 1o the effect Lhat most of Lue mortgages given wera for part of the purchase mouey. In Clay couuty, for instance, Lhe amount released exceeds the amount filed by nearly $2,000, and yeu of the total amount filed the county clerk reports that $40,346—over halt—was for purcuase money. Gossip ut the State House. The Columbian Accident compaoy of (bi cago today made application for a certificate 10 enable Lbew L0 LrausAOL &1 LUSUTAU0E LU ness iu this state. The Farmers snd Merchant ba k of Holstewn, Adams county, was incorporated a The Elkborn Valley bauk of O'Neill was incorporated Loday wita 8 capital of §5),000. The case of Mary A. Burse agaiost M. k Gandy and J. L. Gandy was filod with the clerk of the suprows court Liis wfteraoon | Tue case of Poter Larses against Charies ATURDAY, APRIL 9. 1892 40 wn muis Shmres s w [RAH WY ENPLOYES O Secretary Dilworth of the Boara of Trans portation went to Hestings this moruing. Aceldent to n Hitirond Man A. W. Grifing, & wetl’known B. & M. em ploye, running on freight train No. 30, bad the misfortune to brewk his leg at Havelock this morning soon after leaving Lincoln. He attempted to board the #ars and missed his £rasp, narrowly escApisg the wheels. He wm thrown to the ground with such foroe that his right lee Wwas troken below the kneo. Ho has no family and is being cared for at the Merchants hotel by B, F. Mor- ledge, his fellow brakeman. E. V. Wood of MicKee's Rocks, Allogheny county, Pa., in speakine to a traveling man of Chamberlain's medicines said: “I recom- mena them above all others. 1 have used them myself and know them to bo relinbie. Talwavs guarantee them to my customers and have never hiad & bottle returned.” Mr. Wood had hardly finished speaking, whon a little girl came in the store with an empty bottle. 1t was labeled, “C rlain's Pain Bolm.” The traveisr was sted, as there was certsinly & bottle ] back, but waited to hear what the litle mrl said. It was as follows “Mamma wants another bottle of 1hat medicine: she savs It 1s the bost medicine for rheumatism she ever used.’ B0-ceat bottles for sale by droggists. - PLEASED WITH THE OPINION. pmissioners See How Condemna- 1 Rights Will Prove of Benefit. From the consensus of opinion as expressed by members of the Board of Park Commis sioners it may bo fair to predict that the board will not offer serious opnosition to the opinion of City Attorney Conusll on the right of the city to ¢ondemn grounds for park purposes. “Yes, | have read the opinion of the city attorney in the matter of condemnation of grounds for park purposes,” said Hon. George W. Lininger, a member of the Board of Park Commissioners, “At the time the charter provision con cerning parks went into effoct, Judgo Lake and myself being on the judiciary committee, were clearly of the opinion, and the board that time was clearly of the opinion that it had tho power of eminent domain, as sot forth in section 108 of the charter. We acted under that 1impression for some time and ordered survoys made for a boulevard mnorthward and an other leadiug from Bemis park 1o Hanscom park up the hollow throagh the Turner tract and Iedick’s grove, This work was stopped by the decision of City Attorney Poppleton. When this aecision was renaered there was no other alternative tuan to secure park grounds by purchmse. We, theretore, oficited bids and recommended the be: tracts we could under those bids, But it very ovident in wy mind thatif we could have | of Minneapohs, unation | procended under the right of con: that different sites might havo beea selocted and boulevards run in places where they would pave been more advantageous to the citv. We had to take just such property as was offered. With power to couaemr we ould have selected such tracts as were really needed and no more. “While the bids received may be high in some cases they are low eunough in others, The prices could be equalized by appraise- ment and damages and benefits could be assessed alike. That would be just to all purties concerned, for a park would be of ad- vautage to aputting propert; *1 think that fully oue-trd more land couid be had for park purposes under con- demnation proceedings. Take, for instance the Eimwood tract. Bids on that ground ranged from $600 to $000 uu acre. The Curtis bid on this tract, being on land cioser to the city and better for park purposes, was ouly £000 an acre, while $400 was asked for the balance lying farther out. Take these figures for & basis and the appraisers would either have to lower tho $600 bid or raise the 3600 bid.” ‘When asked about City Attorney Conneil's recent opinion, that the ‘eity may concemn grounds for park purposes, Dr. Georgo L. Miller, chairman of the board, said he pro- ferred mot to bavs' his opinion quoted be- cause it might be construed as committing the board. “But you may say,” he added, '“that what the board bas done has been in'the line of duty as 1ts members understood it and has been based upon the ovinion of Judge Pop- pleton riven when he was city atlorney. The action of the board has been ratitied a vote of the people and by a unanimous vote of the council on two separate occasions."’ Mr. Alfred Millard, anotber member of the board, had no positive views, but thougnt he would be governed by Judge Lake's opiuion, which he regarded as good as Mr. Con- nell’s. “The matter of park sites was taken out of our hands by the city council, but on re- advertising there iwere no new offerings of land,” he continued, *“I think that the board's selections were asg>) | and as cheap s could be gotten when all things are con- sidered.” **Mr, Counell’s opinion coincides with my own first impressions,” said Judge Lake. “I called on Judge Poppleton year or more 8go and pointed out the very sections quoted by Mr. Ceunell, but Mr. Poppietoon took the otber view of the matter. He was the city attorney at the time, and of course the coun- cil and the park commissioners accented his opinioa and acted in accord with it. 1am in favor of exercising the right of eminent do- main, believing therg is nothing to lose and that it will not delay our work. 1 regard the prices placed upon the Bemis and the Par- ker tracts as reasonable, but the Distin tract is bheld at what sesms to me to be an exorbitant figure. Condemnatiun procesd- ings would propably effect & considerable saving in this case. —— CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REMEDY. Superior to Any Other., Mr. W.J, Mowrey of Jarvisville, W. Va., ince we have Leen handline Cham berlain’s Cough Remedy we have suld it on a strict guaranteo and_ found that every bottle did good service. We have usoed it ourselves and thik it superior to auy other propars- tion we inow of. 25 and 50 centvottles for sale by druggists, | secret; | John Penmington, \TE State Organisation of Their Association Effected at a Reoent Meeting. NATIONAL CONVENTION NEXT MONTH The Clubs Destin: thes 1to Cata Figure in Poll. f Leghsintion They Will Oppose—~Rallway Notes and sonals. Hrand An orpanization was perfocted at a quiet meeting just held 1n Omaba that may have an important bearing upon the polities of the state. For spme time past the railrosa employes at division points have beeu or ganizing into local olubs, and these nave now been gathered under the banner of a state organization The ovject of this movoment is 1o oppose legislation harmful to the intorests of ral road employes, and the members of the or. der are pledged to drop party afiliations whenever their class is threatened, and to men and measures kunown 1o be , the state organizor, esti- s the railroad employes of Nebraska at 00 and he says that nearly one-fourth of them are already enlisted in the movement. The Omaba club alone has a membership of about 600. The railroad men have organiza tious in Nebraska, Minnesota, lowa, Kunsas and North Dakota, and & convention will be neld in May for_the formation of a national organization. The head of the movement is n Minpeapolis, but there is a strong pros- pect of having the May convention beld in Omaba, The Nebraska state board has becn argan- 176d with the following officers: President, W. W. Couklin, Omaha; vice presiaents, Daviel O'Shea of Wymore, W. Craft of Nor folk, W. C. Millicau of Lincoln, L. C. Sharp of Plattsmouth, J. Alexander of Long Pin: v, O. . Coombs, Omaha; treasurer, G. B. Maltby, Omahs: exccutive committoe, Honry Knodell of Omaha, Robert McAllis- terof Columbus, J. A. Willey of Platts- mouth, W. W. Couklin and O. E. Coombs of Omaba. The following delegates were present , H. Knodell, E W. Burroughs, D. L. ir. C. L.Smith, O.'E. Coombs, E. B. . W. W. Conklin, H. M. Murray W. Craft, H. Crotiy: Columbus, S. W. Wilson, Robert McAdlister; Wymore, John McQuin: incolu, Milligan, T. A. H. Berkey. George attsmouth, L. C. Sharp, D. Foster, Cassidy. 5 mong others presont were W. E. Perry general seoretary: E. R. Bristol of Minuoapolie, gencral organizer; L. C. Steadmau of Les Moines, chairman of the Towa board. New Tock Island Trains. Ar additions! passenger train each way will be put on Monday by the Rock Island between this city and Beatrice, It willleave Omabaat 9:00 a. m., arriving in Beatrice at 12:25 p. m. Returniug will leave Beatrice at 3:00 o'clock, reaching Omaba at 630 W. C. Smitn; Jod The iron bas Pacific arrived for the Missouri ge at Plattsmouth. General Manaeer Burt of tho Elkhorn and party have returned from their tour of Mexico and California. G. W. Becker of Kansas City, commercial agent of tne lllmois Central, and Soyder Hall of Cincinnati, general manager of the Kanawha Dispatch, are in the city. Eastern papers sneak of F'rederick Ames of Boston as the coming president of the Union Pacitic. Mr. Ames 1s the largest individual stockbolder in the compnuy, but be is sad to have refused the presidency several times be- fore. A party of Burlington men passed through Omaha yesterday on & honting trip 1o Alliance, Among them were O. F. Wood of Chicago, superintendent of the diniug car service, Conductor Edward Butcher of Cres- ton and Dining Car Conductor Riter. Joseph Nichols, assistant record clerk of the Union Pacific system, has just published a book, entitled *History of the Coastruc- tion of the Union Pacific Railway.” It con- tains much jnterestiug information gathered from ofticial sources, including such matters as lists of early employes, the first time card, the first passenger tariff, etc. General Passonger Agent Lomax of the Union Pacific was quoted by a Denver paper s saying that he visited that city to study the situation with & view to puiting on & fast train 10 compete with the new fiyer pro- jected by the Burlington. Mr. Lomax has reached the conclusion that tue Union Pa- cific service is already adequate for the busi- ness. The Union Pacific has_another switoning charge agitation on its hands, this time at Denver. ~ Formerly its cuarge ' to the suburb called Manchester was £ per car, On ship- iments from Missour: river points it is now aiming 18 per cent of the throngh rate, which makes a cbarge of 327 on & 20,000 pound car of fifth class goods for the four miie baul between Denver and Manchester. Overland is in the ssme fix. The Union Pacific claims the right to do this because the Transmissouri association has made those places common Colorado points. _—_— Mr. Charles A. 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Widows and Children of persons rendering servie2 in the regular army and navy Since the War are Entitled to Pension. if the death ofthesc to his servics, or oc he was in the service. Parentsof Soldiers & Sailors dying in the United States ser- vice since the War of the Rebel- 1ion, 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 iabor for suppert, whether thes soldier ever contributed o 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 ——TH R —— iBee Bureau of Claims ROOM 220, BEE BUILDING, INDIAN DEPREDATION GLAIMS Persous who haye lost property from Indlun raids should file their eiaims under tho Indian Depre tation Act of March , 84 The tine is Uniited, wn ! the clab wre tuken up by the courtin fhe order in which they ure rezeived. Tuke Notice thatall contracts entered iuto with uttorneys prior to the Aot are mals null and void. Information given and all clalws promptly attended Lo by the BEE BUREAU OF CLAIMS 220 Bee Suilding. OMAHA, NEBRASKA ¥ This Omaha Bes. the Plouser Francisco Exumiuer dier wasdue rred while Buresu I8 gusrantesd by the Press and the San | PeivRGVAL FiLLs nd 1 Mad s b Dius rivbon. e Dia ‘Beeiaiiie’ Tuke - i il 3 Okt thamier Chemtonl CosModizon b o by o Lo Dirgginis. R