Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 27, 1892, Page 5

! — | ~- TRIAL OF GREEN GRAVELY (Murdemr of Charles Thomas Distriet Court. Before the HOW THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED, It Ortginate: One She Wo Over a Game of W s K News Noygs. tent to Do the Other Lincoln Lixcovy, Neb., Sept pecial to Tue Bee.)—Tho trial of Groen S. Gravely for the murder of Charies Thomas cormmenced in district court before Judge Tibbotts this morning. The entire forenoon was taken up with the work of securinga jury, and the work was finaily satisfactorily completed after forty talesmen had been examined. District Attorney Snell appeared for the prosecution, white the court appointed E. M. Lamb and W B. Prico to defend tho pris- | oner. Testimony of the Witnesses, Tue witnesses examined by the state this afternoon were Bon Corneal, W, N. Corneal, Bob Mix and Dick Johnson, ail colored men. W. N. Corneal's testimony was to the etect that at the time of the shooting he was in the saloon belo . Upon hearing the row up- su.irs he ran up and saw his brother trying to shove Gravely out of the door. Gravely had a gun in tus aand and the witness or- dered tim to drop it. Gravely dropped the gun to his side and then raisea it quickly and fired, when Tnomas reeled. The wit- ness stepped up 1o him and asked him if he was hurt. Thomas made no reply, but fell to the floor und died. Ben Corneal was the man over whose shoulder Gravely firea the fatal shot. He testified substantially that be saw Thomas enter thie billiard room, walk up to Gravely and say: “You're the man who drew the gtn on my woman, ain’t you?"' Gravely replied: *“You keep off of me, Thomas,” or words to that effect. Gravely got up, and as Thomas advanced toward bim the witness stepped between them, say- ing that they must not fight in the house, 8t the same time pushing Gravely against the door case. Gravely firea over bis shoulder. The testimony of the other witnosses was simply corroborative. The examination of the witnesses proceeded very tediously, At- thriey Lamb cross-examining all of tho wit- nesses very minutely. One Witness Missing. Une witness whose testimony would be valuable to the defense seems to 6 missing. He is Pete Jobnsou, and it is claimea that he is the man who took the pair of brass knuckles from tho haud of Thomas after the latter had been killed. At the preliminary examination last sprine all of the wituesses testificd positively to the fact that when Thomas entered the billiard ball and during his altercation with Gravely he wore a pair of brass kouckles. Two of the witnesses alio swore that Pete Johuson also removed the knuckles after Thomas bad been killed. Johuson bas disappeared and is sad to be out of the state. During the progress of the trial the jurymen were escorted from the court nouse 1o the billiard hall in which the shooting took place, where they took a view of the location of the furniture, billiard tables, etc., as they wero placed on the night ‘of the murder. Ihe state stiil has several witnesses 1o piace on the stand. Before the defense presents 1ts caso the sttorueys for the prisover will attempt to make a cuse of self defense. Officers Carna- han and McWilliams were aiso put on the stand his afternoon to prove the facts relat- ing to the capture of Gravely in the loft of Hurlbut's barn and tne efforts of Dan Cashian to aid him 1n concealiog himself. The crime for which Gravely is being trisd_was committed in the billiard room over Ivison’s saloon in this city on Saturday night, August 28, The shootine creaied con- siderablo excitement and the comment was perhaps more reneral from the fact thatit was the sccond murder comwitted in Lincoln that week, the shooting of C. E. Moutzomery having taken pluce but two days before. T Qunrreled Over & Game of Craps. The shooting was the direct outerowth of a quarrel over a game of “craps,”’ In which ravely had threatenad to take the life of Clara Thomas, the wife of his victim. Gravely and a companion had gone to the Thomas residence the night before tbe shoot- icg and engaged it a game of “craps” with Mrs. Thomas. He won several dollars from her, whereupon she commenced a quarrel, Gravely drew a revolver and threatened to kill ber. After ber husband haa returnea Mrs. Thomas told the story. The following evening Gravely was seated in tho billiard room over the saloon referred to when Charlie Thomas entered, evidently in search of him. Thomas had & pair, of brass knuckles on his right hand, and was kuown to be a desperate man. Walking up to Gravely he exciaimed: “You're the man who pulled a gun on my woman, yon black Gravely denied the imputa- tion aud warned Thomas to leave bim alone. Thomas advanced toward bim and e backed away, all the time ordering Ttomas to keep ay. Wiien near the center of tho room Gravely ulled a revolver from his pocket, but before Es attempted to fige it the proprietor of the place stepped between the two men und tried 10 push Gravely out of the door. As Gravely reacted the threshold he reached over the provrietor’s head and fired a shot at Thomas, ‘who was leaning ¢ser the corner of a billiard taple three or four feet away Died W e Fell, But one shot was fired. Thomaus fell to the tloor and was dead when the bystanders reached him. He died without & word. As Gravely fired the fatal shot nhe bounded down tue stairs and disappeared in the dark- ness. At the coroner's wnquest it was found that the butlet had entered the fleshy part of Thomas' right shoulder and after passing throagh the pectoral muscles and under the collar bone severed the jugular vein. The bullet then struck the spinal column and bounded back and lodged in the right side of the peck. The first breath drawn by the wounded man filled the pleural cavity with blood. The officers at once began to scour the city in search of the murderer but he success- fully baflled all pursuit until Monday after- noon, when he was found secreted under a ile of hay in the loft of Hurlbut's barn at 704 D street. Ho was arraigued before Polico Judge Waters on_Tuesdsy afternoon, May 81, and by that official bound over to the district court. Dan Cashian, the colored conchman in the employ of Hurlbat, was rrested and charged with aidiog in the escape of 8 man kuown to have committed a murder. Cashian was also beld as an acces- sory but was released on bail. Several weeks ago he was arrested ou the charge of burglary but was afterwards aischarged for lack of evidence to convict. He is being tried with Gravely, Gosslp at the State House. Alexsander Schlagel chief draughtsman ln the oftice of coumissicner.of pubho lands ana buildings, bas just completed two in- dexed diagrams of the state field aotes, which will be of great value to the ment. ‘'he field notes comprise upwi 1,000 volumes aud they are now for t time completely indexed. Some of the vol- umes were compiled fifty years agound in spite of their constant use they are still in fine coudition. Mr. Schiagel has been con- nected with the state laad department since T and naturally takes pride in the records iu bis care. The secretaries of the State Board of Transportation are today sendine out urgent requests W the rairoad managers of the state 10 burey up the sanusl raports wkich they are required 0 make 10 the board. Three roads have already compiicd, but the others bave nol, and the work of cowpiling up the next unuusl report is belug deluyed by the neglect of the others. The case of W, J, Broatch agsiost R A > Al rsL supreme court. unLy. Another caso filed in the supreme court ~today was thatof W. 1. Carson sgaiust Cassie A. Stevens, trom Fillmore county. Squstter’ Governor Pearman callea upon Goveroor Boyd this morniog, 1t come frowm Douglas Renewed Activity i Rallroad Centers. Vice President Parker and W. K. Mo¥" Rock Island wre back in Liucoln toduy giving their personal sutention to the details of construction of the mew line through the cily. Euzeue Woeraer was today uotified ,‘llm.ll- Q- for e areotioa of Lue new pas- ‘ senger depot haa been ackepted and te will “Crapyt= | Moore bas been filed with the elerk of the | The suprewe court will sit again tomorrow. | land, superiutendent of construction, of the | SOME SHORT 0N FRESH AIR commence work on the excavation tomorrow morning. Peter (irass was awarded the contract for all the bridge masoury from Lincoin to Jansen, while O'Shee | & Nevilio of this city have secured the con- tract for the bridge superstructures along | the line, The longest briage will be the span | 8eross Salt_crock, near the village of Ja- maica. Work is well under way and is being pusned as rapidly as possivle. The plans for tha new freight devot are complste and the Heating and Ventilating Plants Put Into the City €chools Prove Failures i RESULTS OF A QUIET INVESTIGATION | contract wiil doubtiess be let this week. The " | building will be erected at the corner of Nineteenth and R streets and will_be 50 by | Chalrman Smyth Turns in an Interest 190 feet in size and two sturies high q Report—Contractors Must Give Bonds | General ofticers of the Eikhorn and Mil- with Loeat Sureties Wants Its Mone The 1 Back, ard | waukeo systems will b8 in Lincoln this week to confer with itock Isiand ofticials now on ound with reference to the joint occu- of the Antelope valloy. The pros- rthe carly advent of the Milwaukeo o0 Lincoln are excellent After waiting for nearly an hour last might and telephoning for several absent members the Board of Bducation fiaally secured a quorum and took up the business of the rezu- lar bi-mouthly session. ¢ The committee on judiciary reported that Messrs, Holbrook & Kane had submitted a bond signed by L. Gould & Co. and Marx Brothers, of Chicago, #s sureties for the ful- filiment of the coutract for the heating appar- atus for the Hartman, Central and Walnut Hill butlaings. The suretios were foreign rcoln 1o Briel A man named Bothers was arrested this afternoon on the charge of stealing a coat, but the evidence azainst him was so light that ho was discharged The preliminary hearing of Henry Harri son, tne colored man who stabbed Amos | Conrad with a pocket knife, has been con tinued until noxt Saturday. As Conrad is tting along all right it is probable that the e of assauit with intent to kill against Harrison will be withdrawn and he will be | aliowed to plead guilty to simple assault and | and the committes therefore referrod the attery. : 4 | Mra: Betle C. Botts was this afternoon | MAtter to the board for final disposition. The P+ | report was accented but no aotion was taken * | at that moment upon the matter. The same committeo reported upon the de- linquent special thxes upon the Hizh school, 10 which the city treasurer recently calied actention. The committee advised the board not to pay the taxes and let the matter RO to the courts for settiement; adopted. The same committes recommended that the claim of Fred Mengedoht for §734 be paid pro rata to Mr, Drexel, Fred Reumpine and Himebaugh & Tavlor; adooted. given a divorce from her husband, G Betts, on the ground of failure to supnort, Articles of incorporation of the Platts- deutschenunterstuetzungsvereins were filed | with the county clerk this aftarnoon, Distriet Court at O'Nefll, O'Nrini, Neb, Sept. 20.—[Specisl to Tne Bre]—District court convened here last Thursday with Hoo. M. P. Kinkaid on the bench aud continued without a jury until this moraing, when the trial of jury | The board decided to rejoct the proposed B T e e T oY | contract with the Chaffes Lumber comvany gun. et - ana authorized the secretary 10 reaavertise | tains a large number of civil and | - bids for lumber. twenty criminal cases. More than ffty s . The committee on bulldings and property recommended the placing of the Jonnson beating apparatus in the Lothrop school at a cost of 740, Adopted. o Plumbing and Heating Apparatus, The board ook up the Walnut Hill plumb- ing question and instructed the superintena- eut of buildings to make necessary changes aod repairs to insure the comfort and health of the pupils and teachers. Mr. Smyth, from the committee on heat- ing and ventilution, reported upon the new Fuller & Warren heating and ventilating plant in the Leavenworth building. Hesaid that while the apoaratus appeared to be in pretty good condition, yet 1t did not furnish anyihing like thirty cubio feet of fresh air civil and criminal cases have been set down for actual trial by jury. Among the more important of which are the suits agaiost A. J. Meals, ex-counly treasurer, and his bonds- men for two terms as treasurer of this county for alieged deficiencies aggregating $16,000, and two important damage suits against the Eikhorn company. The term will last four weeks, Narrowly Avoided » Panic. McCooxk, Neb., Sept. 26.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee|—During @ circus per- formance hero today the fire bell commenced ringing and it was with difficulty that a tor- rible panic was averied,as the mammoth tents were filled to their utmost. The people were prevailed upon to keep their seats wheu as- | PeF minute for each pupil, as guaranteed sured that the fire was under control. T.N. |10 the contract. ~inssmuch s the Young's haraware storo was the only build- | Foller & = Warren company haa ing damaged. The loss will not exceed | been ~ awarded the contract for $1,000. Cause unknown; full insurance, foroishing the heating and ventilating ap- ScnvyLer. Neb. ! 96, —[Spacial Tele. | Paratus for the new Franklin school, but gram to Tne Bie | -Boys plaging with | had refused to sign the contract, Mr. Smyth matches ignited a barn of C. Bailey in | Oved thattbe matter be heid open fora North Schuvler today. The barn aud con- | Week or two until the board could give this tents were consumed. Loss $300; no iosur- | Fuller & Warren system amore thorough investigation. The only Faller & Warren piantin use in the Omaha schools is that in the Leaven- worth building. Mr. Smyth sala that the test which had been made showed that from tweive to nineteen cubic feet of air per minute was the best the apparatus could do. In testing the Smeaa system at the Kellom school the committee found that the mir was changed very slowly, but at the Wainut Hill school he said the Holbrook system furnished over 2,000 cubic feet of fresh air per hour for each pupii. In this counection it is neo- essary toremark that the veatilation at the Walput Hill school appears to be all rizht, but the closets that nave been constructed for the spocial use of the teachers are in bad shape. This defect will becorrected ut once, The committee askod for another weok to compiete the investigation of the different systems and the request was granted. Must Give Local Suretles. Mr. Euclid Martin scared up a fox in the shape of & motion to notify Mr. Holbrook that the board would require” local sureties ou his bond. Mr. Martin said that this mat- ter had drifted along from week to week. Holbrook had completed one job, the Walnut Hill, and had been drawing money on it, and yet be had furnisbed notning but foreign sureties on the bonds be had submitted. The matter had gone far enougn and the bosrd sbould set its foot down in & manner that would cause Mr. Holbrook to awaken to the actual demands of the board with regard to bonas. Mer. Martin's motion was adopted. Mr. Coryell wanted the board to give the Walnut Hill buillding sanitation another whirl. He offered a resolution to instruct the superintendent of buildings to make a careful investigation aud report at the next weeting. He read a communication bearing on the subject from Dr. Somers and the res- olution was adopted. Tne boara ullowed claims on estimates amoontiog to over $5,000 in favor of Richard | Smith, W. W. Mace und E. H. Mahoney & Co. Mr. Powell and Mr. Webrer induiged in an oratorical kncckout over a resolution Lo sod a portion ot the Dodge school grounds. Mr. Powell pleaded for the adoptioa of the resolution for the especial benefit of the poor children of the Third ward, who scarcely ever caught a& ghmpse of green sward, but Major Wehrer interrupied by growling: *‘Cinders—cinders 1s good enough for other schools and ciaders is good enough for the Dodge school.”” Mr. Powell’s resolution died with the gaisies 1t might have planted around the Dodge school. Waats 1ts Money k. Mr. Powell was not discouraged. He vulled another resolution from his pocket, It met with favor. This resolution provided for making & aemand upon the city council for the return to the board of the §20,4U5 paid out of the school fuud to assist in the erectiou of the city hall. The resolvtion de- clared that the contract entered into by and and betweeun the city council and Board of Educativn at the time the board agreed to pay tbis money iuto the city ball fund had never been fulfilled on the part of the | council and that the board as & matter of justice und right should demand that the mouey be refanded. Adopted. The commitee on teachers recommended the election of the following eighth grage teachers: Mary D. Ballenuine, Clara Elder, Nellie Bennett, Emma Carnev, Mary Suears, Susie Eveieth, Emma Wheatley, E. 8° Leighty, Martha S. Powell, Clara B. Duval, Virkinla Keonedy, Matiida Evans and Ella A. Carhisle. Adopted. At the close of the meeting Mr. J. J. Points handed 1n his resignation as 8 mem- ver of the Board of Education. it was ac- cepted with regret by seven members of the poard, but as it requires eight to make & quoruiwn Mr. Points is not yet out of the board. After the adjournment Mr, Polnts said that he bad made up his mind to resign on account of the fact that he was running for the legislature and his time would be fully occupied in his professionsl work and in political hustling betweeu now and Novem- ber s, His term of office in the Board of Education wili expire 10 December and he thought it would "be advisable tostep out now and enter the campaign without any oficial weights haoging to bim. " ———— Be sure and use Mrs. Winslows Soothlng Syrup for your children while teething, 25 ceats a bottle, ance, y Thioves. TrcUMSER, pecial Tele- gram to Tut Bee.]—The advent of Ringling Bros.’ circus brought to this piace a gang of sneak thieves and pickpockets. During the parade ond circus a number of nouses were entered and the losses as follows: Mrs. Waterw ,rth, notes, checks and money to the vaiue of #1,070; Matt Swan and Haughton, watctes, chams and other jewelry; C. E. Curran, $. Mrs, Best, Mrs. Halloway and Mrs. Dorsey had their 'pockets pickea and lost small sums. A number of other small losses were reported to the authorities. The B. & M. depot was entered but nothing secured. Six arrests have been made. A ess Transacted. Nenraska City. Neb., Seot. 20.—[Special Telegram to Tae Bre.|—The Methodist con- forence adjournea about 2 o’clock this after- noon. Much important work has been ac- complished. Bistop Warren said it was the most successful conference ever held. Dele- gates are loud in their praises of Nebrasia City’s hospitality. The success of the con- ference 1s entirely due to Rev. G. H. Moul- ton of this city, who alone provided for dele- gates’ entertainment and arranged the thou- sand and one detaiis. Tired of Domestic WiLser, Neb,, Sept. 26.—[Special to Tne Bee.]—George Badsman, u carventer by trade, committed suicide at Dewitt Satur- day uight by takigg laudavum. For some time past he has been staying at Chester, but returned to Dewitt on Thursday alternoon. Since then he nas been drinking heavily. Domestic unhappiness aod o much drink was the cause of his act. Ho had attempted suicide before, but the druggist to whom ho had gpplica for poison fixed bim up an inno cent dose. happiness. Sued Kearney Saloonkeepers. KEeARNEY, Neb., Sept. 26.—[Special Tele- gram to Tur Brr.]—Last week judgments amounting to $7.500 were obtained from two saloonkeepers oz damage suits brought by women whose husbands drank too much. Today Jack Dwyer, who was refused a license last spring, was found guilty of sell- ing hiquor without a license. No fine has yeu been iposed by Judge Holcomb. A few bondsmen of the indicted saloonkeepers are embarrassed over the affair. Corly—snafiuer. Cuankoy, Neb., Sept. 20.—[Special to Tuz Bek.|—Last evening Miss Ada Shaffner and Mr. D. M. Corly were married at the resi- dence of the bride. The bride 1s a daughter of Heory Shaffner, a rominent employe of the Elkhorn. The groom is depuly post- master and oue of the promisiug young men of the town. MORE TROUBLE IN VENEZUELA. The Arrival of wn American Ves ayra Causes Excitemer New Yonrk, Sept. 26.—The World prints the following: L Guarra, Venezuela (via Colon), Sept. 25.—T'bere is intense excitement in this eity over the arrival of the Red D line steamer Caracas, from New York by way of Puerto Cabello, an insurgent port. Captain Edwin ‘White,ino command of the United States crui- ser Concord, expecting dificuity, advised the captain of the Caracas not to deliver the steamer’'s papers at the custom house here. Furthermore, 1n order to keep the papers from falliog 1nto the bands of the local cus- toms oficials, Commander White sent a boat with & force of armed men, who received the documents from the stemwer’s captain and conveyed them to the Concord’s commander for preservation until the Caracas shouid be ready to sul. Two Venezuelaos were tbrust iato prison on langing for baving taken passage on the Caracas from Puerto Cabello. ‘I'he custows officials at first refused to grént the Caracas permission W discharge her cargo, but after- wards consented to allow ber to unloaa freight consigned to this port. United States Minister Sornggs seat a formal deand to the Venezueian capital for the return of the six refugees taken from the Caracas some Lime ago, and BOW in the haos ! Genersl Urasneia. He also demanded a salute to the American flag and the payment of personal damaces to the refugees. But there was no regular goveromzat 1o reply to | these demands for reparation, as the capital is 1o & state of anarchy. Foreign merchanis are imprisoned uniess they give money to the army. Minister | Scruggs has advised Americans not to pay | suytbing for such a purpose. Villegas Pui- | 1ado. who has assumea the role of president, bas taken an army of 4,000 men and started 1 at La e The Nemaha County Squabble, “The harmonious convention which Tue ‘BrE told about 1n Aubura on Ssturday is by | Do means according o the facts,” smd Mr. C. P. Edwards, apo attorney of Nemaha county. “There was & row in the couuty couveution which will come very uear de- THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1892 THE FACT foating the men nominated. [n order that l the position may be undei4food the follow- ing facts seem necessar¥i' Dr. Stewart, who was a candidate for the st te senate, Was waited upon by Church Howe and asked to | support him in his candidacy for the United l States senate, Dr. Stewdrt was notin & s pria » vosition to pledge bis sapport and so .| That AYER'S Sarsaparilla currs formed the boss of Nemaha countv. Then | oriERe of Scrofulous Diseases, Mr. Howe began a fight against Dr. Stew- & F . g Eruptions, Boils, Eczema, Liver anc art's candidacy, crrvig ibto the fioor of | Eruptions, Boils, Eczema, Liver and convention. Mr. Stull and others openly Kidney Diseases, Dyspepsia, Rhen- chareed Mr. Howe with bribery and other | matism, and Catarch should be co- dishonest practices, atd R wordy war en- it 5 g etersd g sued, quite two-thirds. of the delogation | VINCing that the same course of withdrawing bofore the resulution instruct- | treatment WILL CURE YOU All ing the delezation to vote for was passed, the vote standing 1 ugainst, out of a total of 60 yotes. Ten years ago thero was a ticket nominated under like circumstances and defeated at the polls by a large majority.” Chureh Howe | eb Wowe | that has been said of the cures effected by the use wonder of . AYERS Sarsaparilla i o T ang | uring the past 50 years, trathfully . o ne L M ML IR 2 | applies today. 1t i3, inevery sense, hallowed by patriotie associaticns is idly | | buffeting the coreoaing tooth of time in the | The Superior Medici Its cura- Union Pacific railroad vards at North Platte | tive properties, strength, effect, and Neb. The car was buMt for and used by | flavor are always the same; and for Presideut Lincolo during the war. It scems whatever blood diseases AYER'S strange and inexplicable that the car, ren- | Sarsaparilla is taken, they yield to this treatment. When you ask for dered historic by association with the AYER'S martyred president, should be allowed to - Sarsaparilla decay. Efforts should be made to secure don't be induced to purchase any of and preserve it. In a note to tho North Platte Tribune the worthless substitutes, which are mostly mixtures of the cheapest in- ——— LINCOLN'S PRIVATE CAR. Strange History of a Retired Relic of the War. Assistant_Superiotendent Park gives an in- teresting nistory of the oar. It was built at the United States military car shops at Alexandria, Va., in 1864 by B. P, Lamason, master car repairer, expressiy for President Lincolo, who used it on lhe Orange & Alexundria railroad to go to and from the “front" during the war. The car was clad with 1ron on the inside AL ooty 0 S i of the frame aud padded on the iron with gredients, contain no sarsaparilla, hair. This was covered with rich corded have no uniform standard of ap- crimson silk. The car was fortv-two fest long ana eight feot six inches wide, divided into three compartments; dcor was in corner of car ou platform, opening into a passage- way extenain® the entire length of the car; from this passageway doors opened into each of the private rooms. The room on one ena was much larger than the others, furnisned with two sofas and ahairs; the smaller rooms were provided with sofas: the backs of all the sofas wers so arranged as to lift up and form beds both above and below. The coat ofarms of each state in theunion at that time was painted between the windows of pearance, flavor, or effect, are blood- purifiers in name only, and are of- fered to you because there is more profit in selling them, Take YER'S Sarsaparilla the car. The car was considered very heavy 2 ¥ and was mounted on four four-wheeled Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, M trucks. Bold by all Druggists; Price §1; xix botlles, $6. After the death of President Lincoin bis remains were taken from Washington to Spriugfield, IIL, ia the car. Shortly there- after the car was purchased by T. C. Durant, then at the head of Union Pacific affairs, It was used by the officials as a private car and a special buiiding was put up at Omaba, in which it was housed while there.. This was known as “Lincoln shed.” Snortly after the road was completed the car was sidocracked at Evanston and used for living purposes by Superintendents Given and Earie, From there it was taken to the Colorado Central railroad, the iuterior taken out and seats substituted and the car placed on that road as a day coach. After it bo- came unfitted for such use by reason of gen- eral disintegration 1t drifted into other service. The car was brought to North Platte in 1801 by order ot President Dillon with some 1dea of taking it to the World's fair. A number of souvenirs have been made from the woodwork in thashape of napkin rings, paper koives, etc. These, with the furniture and painted Shields, are scattered about among those who' wefe intimately lo- terested in its history. PORTENTIOUS SIGNS. Meteoroligical Cures others, will cure you KIRK' Phenemens Indicate Mild Winter. ‘There are already meteorojogical signs of a mila winter hereabouts, says the New York Sun. Snipa the tellers Inthe congress of weather birds, have beéen seen to fly south. Swallows staged north three weeks after their regular time to leaveand that is re- garded as another sign of a0 open winter. 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So much for the birds. 4 Female A coon tragped o s corafleld the otner , night was as poor as a crow, and that is i S, he?d to mean that mal wn;:-r will be so We. kness, mild that he will be able to be out every duy, instead of having (o hibernate, as was the Catarrh ot case last winter. ~ At this time last year the Rheumatssm, coons were as fat 8s pigs, and they lived on 7 ) the fat while tuey were cooped up in bollow = Chronic, trees on account of the biting weather. Tois = 1) winter the coons won’t haye to lie dormant Nervous or and bears will roam over the scrub oak 2 ridges from Christmas to Easter. The fur Private of woodchucks is much thinner than usual, and thay is a sure indication of an open Diseases, winter. Moreover, rattiesnakes are crawling in the huckleberry patches as lively as they were in midsurumer, and that is acother sure sign of midwinter mildness. Biacksnakes Bre as numerous as they were two months #go. Last year they took prompily to their dens on the first of September. The testi- mooy of the animals and the reptiles appears :o .be. complementary to that of tbe biras. While, therefore, we cannot aaduce the in- Articulate testimony of robins, raccoons, suipe. blacksnakes, swallows ana wood- chuciss in support of the declaratior, we be lieve that this1s going to be a hot autumu, politically speaking. e T0 SEND IF 80, CALL ON Dr. Searles & Searles Consultation Free. Acknowledged to b the most succesful spaclaliat in Il PRIVATE, BLOOD, NERVOUS, SKIN AND URIN- ARY DISEASE: in from 3 10 & days. reury. All stages for life. 5 URE permanently cured. plete, withont cutting. caustic or dilatation. 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It is not as yet known whut British cruiser is to be sent to Siberia, but it will probably be one now at the Cbili station, Judeing by what can be learned here, Russia not responding readily to the British governmeut's demand for the punishment of the Russian oflicers who made uhe seizures and for the restoration of the confiscated property, the British government has taken @ more forciole and decisive course to bring about & satisfactory explanation and adjust- ment of the insult to the Briuish flag. officia high up in parliamentary cirel that he fears before the matier is settled RVOUS DE- i WEAKNESS it i 1all. §1 per box 6 forés; sent by mall. Why suffer from there willbe & ccllision bolween Engisud | thisterrible diseass when a writisn guarants Is and Russia, D0sItively glven With G boxas oF rofund thamonoy i - e noteured Sond stamp for free Sample. Guarantes Arrested a Conmtable, iasued by Kuho & Co.. 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Lewls druggisi, sulo soutbeast corner Jithand Farnam sts. Owmabs Shot Hinself Wikle Lnsaue. JacksoxviLLe, Fla., Sepwi26.—At Lees- burg, io Lake county, PHonias Summers of Louisviile, Ky., shot and ‘instantly killed mmselt. He went to- Eebsburg for his beaith a short time "but sickuess is thought tohave made bitfu lasane. | to attack General Crespo at La Teouas. A | rigid censorstip has been established throughout Venezuela. Trouble is appre- bended when the steamer Caracas under- | takes o leave port. Think Scruggs is Al R W swixaron, D. C., Sept. 26 —$8 | Foster says there 15 mo 10 believe that Minister }h not as free s | lations veiween the United States ana Vene- zuela. The secretary said the department had been in communication with Scruggs sioce Saturday aud had received uo uews of auy uppleasantoess. Rl ——— DeWitt's Sarsapariia s reuaoie Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report. 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Costumes by Bian- chiui of Paris and Van Horneof Philudelphia. Armorund properties by Gutperte of Parls. Advancesale opens Wednesday. BOYD’S 15 Ter |2 al A Palpable Hit! Omaha People Like It! NIOBE Abbott & Teal's Comedy Compiny scored an Instantancous Success at Boyd's Theater Jast night o the bewutiful comedy of NIOBE Only Two More Nights of Fun. Just Two Performances, TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT. KISON, revivals of Thursday. Friday and Saturday Saturday Matine R Don't mise it. Usual price, FARNAN 8. THEATER Four nights commencing Sunday Matinee Sept THE SUCCESS OF LANT SEASON A. W. FREMONT, 10 bis sensational comedy drama entitled, 7 SV Matinee Wedncsday, WONDERILAND BIJOU THEATER, aSontibuous show from i ta 11 b M. Tortizeialtr Ol s 2e—General Ad Of Pliysical Traluing for Women. 8L CAMBRIDGE, MASS., will Open its Twelfth Ses sion on October Wb lustesd of November 1 ) Leretofore. GRANDFATHER'S | LA TORCH. Patent applied for. 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