Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 5, 1893, Page 2

2 system similar to Nebraska Dorgn dled the Casl “Who pald your salary as superintendent? asked Mr. Lambertson “The contractor,” answered the witness “Who did you apply to for the €001 The Board of Public Lands and ings.” “Who paid you the money? “Mr. Dorgan “if Mr. Dorgan was paying your salary and you got the £00 from him, why did you not apply to him for the money he witness did not know and became somewhat rattled. He said that at the time when the trip was made it was thought the buitding would be completed the following fall. While he had not made any close esti- mate, the witness thought that in rebuilding the wall about one-fourth of the stone was new material Regarding the cost of stone, Hopkins con tinued Dorgan's contract, buying stone at his prices and putting it into 'the wall with out reference to its value. Witness inquired of the foreman, Mr. Veisler, who told him that the stoue v worth the mon He had also talked with Dorgan, who told him the same thing. Not having been a practical stone man, witness could not tell how he got 400 cubie feet of stone weighing 140 pounds per cubic foot upon one car. He had never thought 400 cubic feet of store would weigh 56,000 pounds, To have these stone bills verified witness submtited them to Foreman Veis! and a convict who prior to his incarcera tion had some experience in handling sto ttle Rake O owner of the Cedar Creek stone quarries and the man who fur. nished the Johnson. Auburn and Cedar Creek stone, testitied to having 1 stone to Dorgan. Atwood first t I in during the early part of May, 1501, and the next day made the contract. ‘The meeting was in Omana and the contract, a_verbal one, was made at Cedar Creek The stone for the towers was laree and irregular shaped and sold at 16 cents per foot on a bu 100 pounds per foot. The stone plugged to sizo was sold at # conts per foot. Cedar Creek stone, witness testificd, weighed 160 pounds to the cubic foot and Nemuha county stone 140 pounds dressed stone was put f. 0. b, Creek at 10 cents per 100 if stone was bought by the 100 pounds and billed the same way, estimating 100 pounds to the foot. Witness could not remember what he paid Zook for the Cedar Creek stone. nor could he remember of having tes tified before the committee that he the stone at #16 and sold it to Doran at the rate of §64 per car. “What is the least price at which you turned this stone to Dorgan “We object,” put in Mr. Webs “We want'to know all about spondea Justice Maxwell. S withdraw the objection, Webster. Answering the question, the witness testi fied that he bought the stone plugged to size at 10 cents and sold it to Dorgan at 85 cents per cubic foot Wil Take o 1 At the opening of the the court announced that morrow a recess woulil o'clock next Monday Upon going back into the witness box, Mr. Atwood testiied that the dimension stone for Dorgan shipped from Cedar Creck was billed out us rubble thus saving the contractor one-half cent per 100 pounds. Some of the rubble was billed at 6 cents, and some of the footin stone at 8 cents per 100 pounds. A lavge quantity of the stone which wic ness had sold to Dorgan was bought from other partics. In all such instances Atwood got double what he paid. For instance, what stone he bought from Cedar Creek at 4 cents was sold to Dorgan at 10 cents per 100 pounds, while dimension stone, plugzed to size, was bought at 1> cents per 100 pounds actual weight and sold to Dorgan at 3 cents per cubic foot, figuring 100 pounds to the foot. There were fifty cars of dimen sion and rubble stoue bought and sold these prives. All of the way bills of the cars were produced and identificd. The state was well satistied with the testimony, the attorne claiming that it proved conclusively t even if Dorgan was honest, he was paying twice as much as the stone was worth in the market. They also claim that it established the fact thub the Bonrd of Public Lands and Building sut silently by and audited Dorgan's bills without ever attempting to_learn what w the market value of the material, Certainly M: On cross-examination the witness testified that when he bought the stone at the low prices and sold it on theadvance, he thought that he had struck a suap. The stone, Mr. Atwood declared, he bought much less than it was worth. This was owing to the fact that it was winter and the men worked at much lower wages than they would at any other season of the year. When witn made the contract with Dorgan he thoug he was dealing with Mosher. Ina most positive manuer Atwood testified that neither Dorgan nor any of the respondents received any benefits out of the stone deal Upon redirect examination Mr. Atwood again raised his prices and thought that the dimension stone plugged to size was 40 cents per cubic foot. It also came out that At- wood got Zook's stone at a low price, owing to the fact that he would open an opposition quarry if the right figures were not made. In order to get the stone from Van Court at a low price witness told him that he could get the stone from other parties at low prices, when Van Court dropped and made tho same offer, which was accepted. What Stone Should € E. D. Van Court of Omaha, the owner of three quarrics, testified that the stone would weigh 180 pounds to the foot and was equal in quality to the Cedar Creek stone. He sold stone to Atwood at 4!, cents per 100 pounds, while dimension stone, plugged to si: W sold at 10 cents per foot measured. At the time of the making of the sale the fair market value of the dimension stone was brought, as it was winter and there was not much sale for any kind of stone. That was the regular pri loaded on the cars. 1n Ma 1501 dimension stone, plugged to size, was worth 1n cents per cubie foot and rough rubble was worth 515 cents per 100 pounds. At Codar rough rubble was worth cents per 100 pounds. Witness had never heard of dimen siou stone, plugged to size, having been sold for move than 15 cents per cubic foot. Then Mr, Webs ok up the cross-ex amination aud asked: “Mr. Van_Court, what do you get for the stone which ‘you are placiug in the foundation of the new post oftice at Omaha " “Thirty-cight to 48 cents, but we did all of the cutting, besides paying the freight Some of this stone is rough faced and ashler- finished, which makes the price much more." +Did you not furnish some stone for the foundation of Tik Bee building “No, sir.” Coutinuing, Mr. Van Court testified that in May, 1801, rubble stone at Cedar Creek was worth 3 cents per 100 pounds. In redirect examination Mr. Van Court explained the high price of the stone in the Omaha postoftice. ‘I'ne stone used there not only had to be finished, but had to be dreased to o thickness of twelveinches, with a waste of six inches, each one to fit ticular place. Besides this the freight, 8 centa per 100 pounds, was paid. Dorgun Owes Him Wages. Henry Holtz, a stone mason with twenty- five years experience, had worked for Dor- gan at tho penitentiary, luying stone on the cell house. There were only two citizens working with the witness, though there were a number of convicts, “How much does Dorgan still owe you?" Eighty-tive dollars." the one in operation in Buitd Atwood's 1 S. H. Atwood, the at Cedar this," re interposed Mr. afternoon 1t 5 o'clock be taken until session to One. Upon the question of the value of stone in | Lincoin, witness testifled that ra was worth from 8§ to b ce Dimension stone was worth from 16 to 35 cents per cubic foot, the value of the stone depending upon the size ~——— Returned to Wife and Haby, F. E. Lavin, who was injured Wednesday evening by a cable car on the Tenth street viaduct, was able to return to his home yes- terday afternoon. He had been brought be- fore Judge Berks and sentenced to a fine of 810 and costs for drunkenness. The sentence was jmposed merely to assure his receiving gropar attention for a few days, but upon I8 statement that he had in the city a wife and baby, who knew nothing of his where. abouts nor of his misfortune, he was released and taken home, nge rubble ts per 100 poun: INplaNaPOLIS, Ind., May 4. -The waiters at the Batos and Grand hotels are on strike Zor as advance iu wages, that | he dimension | pounds, | bought | at | Creek | OMAHA THE YOy CApklvrs'PET}MEASERE{ von Huene should give his support to the army bill on the conditions that the peace effective should be increased at once by only 50,000 men and that the new batteries of ar- tillery should have four, instead of six guns Fate of the German Army Bill Will Soon Be Decided. THEY LOST THEIR TEMPERS, Another Exciting Meeting of the British W s Tempern Assoctation. | VON HUENE'S COMPROMISE DISCUSSED | 1,0y, May The meeting of the | British Women's Temperance association today was of a very exciting character, and | attended by evidence of temper and even ebul litions of passion. The delogates hardly able to control their feelings and their tongues and a feverish feeling seemed to pervade the assembl 1t is expocted that, owing to the vote of yesterday, elect i Lady Somerset as president, and therehy virtually endorsing__her proposition to bring in politics, 175 branches of the association will ‘secede from the usso clation. It is sald the secretary of the couvention, feeling that she has becn in sulted, has gone home in a passion. Two hundre of the delegate to the present watfering will, it is reported, meet tonght in Rev. Dr. Parker's temple, refusing to as semble again under the same roof with the Somerset party,” as they call the majority that re-elected Lady Somerset N, i Ger Prospects Ploased at Tts s Organized Its Its O for a Vigorous Opposition Outlook, seemed | Pres { | Beruy, May 4 -The discussion of the | army bill was continued in the Reichstag to | day. Herr Richter, s of the Deutsche | freisinnige party, declared that the party | would not accept the compromise agreed upon by von Heune, the chief objection be ing that the concession of the two years' active service limit would be subjected to the good will of the govern- nt, which would be enabled, after a period of five years. to demand a new increase of | the army and thereby to compel additional on the part of the Reichst Herr Richter vigorously assailed Chancellor | Caprivi for as Herr Richter described it, to tyrannize over the Reichstag by parading the opinions of tary | If, Herr Richte ued military were et in Madrid, The news received her that the chiet Cubal roceived relief in Spanish today cent. Omcial | ropresent the completely cheeked. The ress censires the conduct of the Uni wtes authorities in wing Cuban exi o mike a demonstration in Florida, The authorities in Cuba will continue to obscrve every precaution for checking any renewal of hostitities from Key West or San Domingo.where the exiles are still blustering and threatening Gave The Mabkin, May 4 from Havana yesterda ered of financial rallied continue to concessions 4 attempring, rebels had surrer with politi funds have and Cuibs aispatehes vement has been expressions o and o %il . profound 1 1 reles. per orts ar, the 'ts iews 9 cent of opinions tended to override th by members of the Reichstag mentary representation would be The theory of the imperial chancellor, said | trere Richter, to the effeet that the military strength of Germany should be as great as | the population of Ciermany permitted, was | untenable. It meant a doubling of the mili | tary forces of Germany and it meant the putting of the empire on the high road to | being militarized, as Prussia alveady was Loud applaus “Yot Prussia,” continued Iferf Richter, “is unable to provide a few hundred thou | sand for educational and scientific purposes, | | while the military swallows a mnilion | Here the speaker was again interrupted | by loud applause on the part of theop { ponents of the army bill, accompanied by uproarious cries of dissent from its support ers. Facing those who dissented from his | utterances, Herr Richter exclaimed: ~What | | is the use of patriotism toa man with noth ing to eat | entof the Standard says: *Only a miracle Upon the conclusion of Herr Richter's at- | can now savo the army bill, since the Alsa tack upon the army bill Chancellor von Ca- | ST et ot e | privi. who had listened calmly to the freisin- | :I‘I:I“‘,“I_’l‘l'l"m . ki) ety H‘ a calm and unpassimate veply HigkEEEE opponent. The chancellor declared that the increase in the peace effectiv upo was absolutely essential to ard the empire I'he vernment, he said, would adopt the proposalof Freiherer von Huenc | and would necept itasa plank in its elec toral platform should the dissolution of the Reichstag become unavoudable. Af the devate the Reichst journed and numerous party e held, Chancellor Caprivi went | the in good humor from freisinnice party to vote with Lreiherer von wd if he can secure twelve from the cente the chancellor counts uvon a small majority for the bill. On the other hand, the Alsatian deputies have avrived full force, vowing that they will vote against | the bill. The Rewchland of Alsace-Lorraine [ is ropresented in the Reichstag by fifteen deputics At the meeting of eral council, today, Chancellor Caprivi an nounced that the emperor had signed the reseript dissolving the Reichstag and was only awaiting the passage of the army bill to | promulgate the reseript Count von Preysiz Lichtenegg Moos has resigned the leadership of the clericals, to which he was clected yesterday after the resignation of von Ballestrom.” His reason is that he feels unequal to the task of guid ing the clericals through the present crisis Count Alfred von Hompesch, member for the Fourth Aachen district, has been clected i his place. The caucus was exceedingly stormy. The supporters of Freiherer vou Huend spoke strongly against the attitude of the majority. It is sald that twelye members of the party are ready to vote for the compromise, The result of the bye election in Dort- mund today in considered ominous of what may be expected from a general election The social-democratic — candidate — polled 15,000, or 5,000 wore than _were polled by the | social-democratic candidate in 1890, The national liberal candidate received 14,000 | votes. As neither one hasa majority over all, another ballot will be necessary oxpe in entertained s then parlia " a farce LY Police. The union dock laborers ne out on a strike against the employment of nonunion luborers, and the shipping trade is blocked through the lack of men to load and unload vessels. The striking d s and the police had several encounters, Half a dozen dockers were ar- sted Thinks the 1l Will e Defented Losno, May 5.—The London correspond- Striking Dock Buistorn, May | | of this city have ) Schooner Sunk by a Steamer. | Mabrin, May 4. The steamer City of | Khios reports that it ran into an unknown schooner last night, which probably sank with all on board, as it quickly disappeared safe and no answer was made to repeated signals. ———— OMAHA HONORED. was ad- awiy o defferson Pu the Columbus ¥ Many Omaha people recent engagement at the Boyd \house, Joe Jefforson, the veteran Rip | Van Winkle, charmed them with his wonder- ful ability and masterful interpretations of ‘ the characterso famous inlegendary history. During his stay in the city the vopular actor was the recipient of many kind attentions and took oceasion to visit many of the places | of intevest about the city. On one of these trips Mr. Boyd intro- | duced him to Mr. Edwards, the manager of | the Columbus Buggy company, und Mr. Jet- | ferson accepted an invitation to visit the | ware rooms of the company and inspect | theirnew building and the many new and original aesigns 1 vehicles which they had in stock. The actor expressed much sur- prise to find so great 4 variety of styles and 50 superior workmanship in a western city, and remarked that there wasno carriage house in the east that offered such induce- ments as those he saw in the ware rooms of the Omaha compan, N Mr. Jefferson spent some time in admiring the variety of styles in stock and declared that the style and finish of many of the vehicles surpassed anything he had ever seen on the fashionable voulevards of larger citios. Before leaving he placed his order with the Columbus Buggy company for three of their carriages which he ordered shipped to Buzzards Bay where he makes his sum- mer home and where he will entertain Presi- dent and Mrs. Cleveland during the month of August The Columbus Buggy company has dupli cates of the vehicles shipped to Buzzards Bay which are on exhibition at their opening this week - NATIONAL LEAGUE ¢ nsed His Carri gy Company will ges of sessio the continued | Hucene. votes | remember how, during a opel | the Bundesrath, or fed COUDERT'S ARGUMENT, o United States Ie Paris Court of Arbiteation. Pants, May 4.—Mr. F. R. Coudert con- tinued his avgument in behalf of the United States before the Bering sea tribunal of | arbitration. Mr. Coudert analyzed the joint report of the commissioners appointed by Great Britain and the United States to ascertain the facts in relation to seal-life Bering sea and the measures necessary for its protection and prevention. Mr. Coudert wiged that the pelagic sealers, in killing a | gravid female, destroyed three animals and then frgquently did not obtain a skin as the result of this slaughter, the creature that the scalers slew often sinking into the sca, thus escaping them. Mr. Coudert proceeded to prove that there could be no commingling of the seal herds of Alaska with those of Asiatic Russia. Fur- riers easily distinguished the Alaskan from the Russian skins and charged higher prices Alaskan udert read afidavits in support of assertions, He enlarzed upon the ol history of the seal, roplying with ad- mirable readiness to a series of questions ad- | dressed to him_ by the members of the of arbitration. In response to a | question by Baron de Courcel, Mr. Coudert said that Copper island secals caught by the | pelagic s ame o the market as hay ing been caught iu Japa ‘e British counsel “That is quite wrong!" Mr. Coudert answered: “We have ar proof that itis true. We have proof that three-fourths of the total numb skius sold are those of males. He read evi dence to support this statement Recurring to the question of the territorial limits within which the seals were caught, | | Mr. Coudert contradicted the statements of | a British sealing captain, to the effect that the animals were never found ten miles from land, with the evidence of another British witness, to the efect that he had found seals at distances of between ten and 150 miles from the ¢ Hiy Eforts ore the MES. Jonahs Drag Out Another Vietory Through Hard satting. Lovisviiee, Ky, May 4. —Pittsburg de- feated Louisville today by the score of 6 to The Colonels could not hit Kiilen, while the men from Pittsburg batted Hemming all over the tield. Score: Loulsvi L00 Pittsbu 1 Hits: T 200000 0-2 0005000 *-§ Pittsburz, 6. Errors Louisvill Pitishu 1. “Earned runs: Lonisvill Pittshurg, Butte rington and Hemming; Miller and Killon. Louisviile, 1 Seuators Swipe the Giants. Wasuixarox, D. C., May 4 and several bad errors contributed New York's defeat. Weather cold Washington 2 01508001 New York L0 0100 Hits: W m, Washinztor New Y Washington, 1 New York Batte rell and Meekin; Doyle and Payne Willie MeGill's Day. Creverasn, O, May 4.—Five thousand people saw the opening game here today | tween Chicago and Cleveland, The Colts batted Young hard and opportunely, and celobrated a victory. Weather clear. Score: Clevelund .. [ 207770000 Chicago. 1 100200 Hits: Clevela Chicago, 10. Errors: Cleveland, X runs pveland, Young and Zin Careclessness today to Score: 0 8 4 0 0 irrors: runs: Far- shin sxclaimed in chorus % 1 Clilc Chiien MeGilt hmitt Was Easy. BALTIMORE, Md., May 4.—The Boston club made its first_appearance here today and | defeated the Orioles by timely batting and brilliant fielding. Attendance, %42, Score Baltimore 0080200 (T Boston 3905873 0y 1-12 Hits: Baltimore, Boston, 11, Errors: Wtinore, 7; Boston, 4. ned runs: Bultl wre, 4 Boston, 2. Bt Schmitt and Iark; Stivetts and Ganzel BrookLyy, N, Y., May 4.— Brooklyn-Phila- delphia game postponed on account of wet weather. oy I | D AT SEA. | Loss of the British Steamer Khiva Lo with Piigrims, Avix, May 4. The destruction is reported | of the British steamship Khiva, off the | Arabian coast, probably with an appalling | loss of life, The Khiva sailed from Bombay {on April 12, carrying o large number of Mohammedans, bound as pilgrims to Me The pilgrims were so numerous that the crowded the vessel, taking up all the avail- | able room. It is learned that the Khiva was burned off Ras (cape) Marbet, on the coast of Arabia. Of the great number on board 900 ave said to have been saved, the others perishing in the sea of flames, which con | sumed the vessel. The dotails of the event | are yet lackiug. Later reports state that no lives were lost through the burning of the ship. dod Standing of the Tea W 037 ‘ 511 PO 8.0 Clnelunati 667 Brooklyn 60,0/ 1 80,0/ Pit St Louls. hington eland. New York Hoston Chie i 3 2 7 Relay Riders Sixteen Hours PrevoNt, O, May 4.—The relay bicyclers passed herc at 6 this morning. The 1oads are improving ana some of the lost timo may be made up. Torkno, O., May 4 reachicd Perrysburg at ate. | | The relay ver sixt riders | 4 n hours g Pl The Death Rell. ManRas, May 4.—Sir James Charlemagno Dormer, commander of the British forces in Madras, is dead St. Jouns, N. ¥\, May 4 —Captain Rich Pike, master of the sealing steamer which carried the Peary expedition north for the past two years, died today from a cancer. e was 59 vears old and on of the best known Arctic navigators in New Foundlana. Monetary Couference Called Agal [Copyrighted 1893 by James Gordon Bennett,) Brussens, May 4.—[New York Herald | Cable—Special to Tur Bes.]—At the re | quest of the United States, the Beigian government has sent out invitations for the reassembling of the mouetary confer- | ence here on May 30. Wil Oppose the Army Bill BExLIN, May 4.—The Vossische Zeitung states that at & meeting yesteraay of the Deutsche Freisinnige party it was resolved tooffer a solid opposition to ithe compro- mise entered into between Chancellor : house and containing #40 in money and sev- Caprivi and Freiher von Huene, the = eral railroad passos. Oficer Fdgehill made clerical leader, by which it was agreed that | the arrest. rd Kite, party - Robbed His Koommate. George Davis was arrested yesterday for stealing and wearing off a pair of pantaloons belonging to Joo McGraw of Lincoln, a room- mate of his at the Traveler's Home lodging |COULDTELL A STORY HIMSELE | had | bu DAILY BEE: T An Adventuroug “Larn Spun by the Tele- graph Editor. SPICED WITH CUNSIDERABLE GUN PLAY A Sean Kindly Bred 18 Out- With Jesse James Whic Feoling for the Is An a Lon Siation 1 "Worth Missourh w Eplsode at “Speaking of t robbers and out- laws," said the litor of the Cineinnati ( he settled buek in his chair, placed his feet in an- other, and drew 11 aws over toward him, I have a most wholesome vespect for those gentlemen, and a much highe opinion of their bravery and than most people. [ will admit, how- ever, that my idea in this regard may be due entively to an eaceptional experi- ence, which has perhaps binsed my judg- ment and led me astray, but not without reason. Besides, 1 have no right to as- sume that all train robbers and outlaw are like s Jumes, that king of the voad, whose exploits Cla Duval and Dick Turpin as far in the shadc the Minneapolis convention did candidates for the presidency. “However, with all due respect to our moral teachers, and those who leg the laws that conviet, imprison and lian those who disobey then, many a yood lesson in ity, justice and bravery could be taug life of James.” \in squarencss islate from the “Perhaps you ave right,” veplied the | religious editor, he wint julep und blew the perfecto into little halos o spot on his head. T have inmy missirn work™ H he W rudely interrupted by the crowd, and the telegraph editor was called upon to o ahead, Drawing a long draught of ozone through the two straws he had guided affectionately to his mouth, he began: “In the winter of 1880-81 I was ap- nted by Superintendent Swift of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad, night telegraph operator at Princeton, Mo., a little town up in the northwestern corner of the state. At the time 1 had never been farth, west than Chic and was all anxicty to see border lif its pristine beauty and simplicity Naturally T felt very much elate having my desive gratified, and the fac that I was going to a part of the country made famous by » notorious James hoys, who were at the time in the zenith of their glory, did notlessen my p ure. Larrived at my destination to tind much to my disappointment—that Princeton, to all outward appearances, diff By litele from any quie pretty down ¢ast village, but a better acquaintance, attained after a ! s slowly sipped a smoke of his round the bald often 1l K's residence, convineed me of a difference S0 10 ced that I had serious doubts as to the advisability of remaining. A pre- disposition on ~ the part of the inhabitants to use & ‘gun’ both for mmnusement and argu- ment, caused many unpleasant moments, and though [ cscaped being party to any airs wh this very handy weapon une into play it did not add to the peace of mind which good health and a large appetite should bring. T alw with me the fear.that some da night a masked gentleman would present himself at the dgpot, as he had dene at the station hove and below, and, be- foro I had time to pseape, cover me.vith his six-shooter and ‘request the contents of the money drawer. However, as the days passed ‘on and nothing transpived further than an occasional duel between natives, that sometimes resulted in a funeral and sometimes did not, my fears subsided, and I became so accustomed to the simple, outspoken ways ot the peo- ple that T even carried a ‘gun’ and really went so far as to pieture myself shool- ing it at the masked highwayman, “A rude awakening was in store for me. This peacefulness and serenity was only the calm before a storm that broke with all the fierceness and suddenness of a Kansas cyelone and destroyed, hope- lossly destroyed, all my youthful yearn- ing for the unostentatious simplicity and frankness of Missouri society. On the evening of April 16, 1881, T reported at the office at the usual hour of Tp. m. It was one of those warm, close evenings when we are almost anxious to retire from the further responsibility of an existence doubly burdened by spring feve and the vicious attacks of mosquitoes and gnats. Reaching the depat I found the usual relay of hangers-on, smoking, chewing and discussing the latest ‘scrap’ which sent ‘Long Jim' Pike to join the silent majority, and St. Joe Bill to an impro- vised hospital in the back room of the Golden Sun saloon, with his carcass full of knife wounds. The weather, how- ever, was evidently not encouraging for diseussions that required an effort, and this one grew lifeless and uninteresting till one by one my companions droppe: out and I was left alone. “The night passed slowly, its quict disturbed only by the singing of the mosquitoes; the humming of myriads and the arrival of an occasional ight train that came inout of the ptian darkn likoe some huge dragon, pufting and snorting and shrick- ing as if looking for something to de- vour, then passed with a rumble and roar of anger at its defeat and disap- peared into the blackness from whence it came. “*At half-past we fi in the morning a through passenger train was due from the north, and its arrival was the one pleasant relief from the monotony of the long hours, for there was aiways more or less of excitement in the hurry and bustle of the coming and going of vas- songers. About an hour before train | time, the arrival of which I was alveady anticipating, there éntered into the one waiting room of thedepot a man ahout medinm height, dressed in the rough fashion of the country and slouch hat that well shaded his face and left one to guess at the character of the wearer. “Ticket to. Cameron’ was all he suid, as he stepped to the window and receiving his piece of cardboard retired to a dark corner of the room, where he sut down. | urged t “I might have ppid a lttle more atten- | tion to his appearance had he not been | shortly followed, fioat by a party of six or seven rather hard looking customers, who were evidentl¥under the influence of ‘Missouri lighthing,' and a moment later by three or foug ladies with escorts, It took but a few moments to supply the required tickets, and [ stepped outside of the office to pay my respects to one of the ladi whom [k I hardly reached her side when one of the gang of roughs commenced using lan- guage that was more expressivo than elegant, and | had no other ¢ urse but to go over and remonstrate with him. Somehow, as | stepped across the room the feeling came over me that [ was to | have trouble, and a little tremor of fear passed up and down the seams of my waisteoat, “However, I kept bravely on, and in | a gentle and gentlemanly way reminded him of the fact that there were ladies present, and it was necessary for him to | modify his language. His friends sided | with me, and attempted to keep him | quiet, but without avail, and they finally wrose aud went out on the platform, ex- FRIDAY, MAY found | of | wearing a | had | | Qeden 5, 18 | peeting, of course, that he would follow With drunken porverseness, however, he remained, and his talk wing more and more vulgar, I forgot my fear, bo- came mad, and walking to the tough seized him by the collar, and before he had time to offer any rosis- tance had thrown him out of the door and on to the platform, where 1 left him in the hands of his friends “Returning to the waitir what ‘Nustered’ nd of breath [ walked over to the ticket window and, leaning on the shelf outside, endeavored to compose myself, This [ had hardly | accomplished when glancing toward the door I saw what caused every ticula hair of my head to stand on end and drove the blood from my heart in one tremendous beat, leaving me utterly powerless for the moment to either move orspeak. L was unarmed, with not even a weapon in reach, and there stood the man whom but a moment before | had thrown out ready to shoot. “Were you ever under fire? Do you know what it is to sture h in the and realize that within the next se bullet will plowing through ) body and but tho tick of a watch Separates you from eternity? In a mo. ment | thought of every incident in my life, and closed my eyes to receive th den thit wonld send me fully unprepared the geeat un known. Almost v two shots rang out, sounding like ports of in that L felt a sharp twinge in my right knee, and then all the animal in my nature was aroused, | and 1 thivst for Wi 18 ways kept revolver money drawer, and with lunge through tickot thed it and turned to k the man who had flredat me. T was too late, He lay on the Hoor elutehing at his b t from which the blood was tlowing in | erimson stream. His vovolver lay Iy side him. Over in the corner sat the | man with the slonch hat, revoly in over FOOM S0Mme- out fix | ond go messen e nstant } s wom o in i the “ lick window I r the A8 I 3 | hand, butnot moving s muscle or giving 1 8ig 1 1 this at y I guessed the [ two shots T had heavd. Fov perhaps fif- teen seconds not a sound disturbed the awful silence except the groaning of the | man on the floor, then all was excite- J ment and confusion. *The friends of the | man rushed in, and nee, and as ning of the e quick] me wpparently dyin seeing me standing [ with a revolver in my hand reached | for theirs to avenge their companion At the movement a quick, sharp | voice rang out from under the hat in the corner in no undeci “The man th pulls™ and the words we the elick of the two the part A et slouch A tones, ul man.' emphasized with guns that 3 one pi but they | looked sullenly at the man who had | dared singlehanded to eall them down e meantime T had rvealized that it life o death t s and with my revolver also covering the men who sought my life I prepared to sell it as dearly as Suddenly one of th | wounded man’s friends took” a half step | forward and stared more closely at the anger. Only for a moment “did the tiny last, when suddenly step- ping back he exclaimed in awe, se James, by G—d!" It was cuough. That | name carried with it a power to subaue | fiereer, more blood thirsty and braver men than those in front of me. “Carcfully they picked wounded man, and” as they cavried him | out, ugain was heard, and this time it said: “The man that us that lad will answer to | “Afew minutes later the train for which we had been waiting camo rum- bling into the station, and the famous | outlaw, whose quick eye, ready hand | and manly sense of fairness had saved my life, had departed. “My wound was only a slight one, | and the man who had attempted to kill me finally recovered. Two days later a | train was robbed on the same railroad only a few hours ride from Princeton, at the little hamlet of Winston. "I'wo men lost their lives because they resisted, and yet I somehow find a very tender spot in my heart when I think of Jesse James.” covered up the as e Buy 58 Troubl LEBANON, O., May 4.—The National Nor- mal university has made an assignment. Liubilities, from 75,000 to $100,000; asse | nominally the same. The institution is an old one and the first of its kind in the United States. It is now fullot pupils. The failure isthe result of the maturing of old obliga tions, - Mrs. Chauncoy Depew's Condition New Youk, May 4.—Mrs. Depew'swondition is slightly improved bt 2 T 8 PERSONAL PARAGRAP RS, A. E. Barnes of Ponca is in town P. Mortenson of Ord registered in the city yesterday. Al Newman left tion in Chil Mr. Charles E. Harvey and family went to the World's fair last evening. Mr. James C. Ish of this eity will in the lumber business at Lincoln County Clerk Sacke sturned from a month’s outing on the lope. Mr. Jerome Kaufman leaves today Chicago to make his future home ther Mr. and Mrs. Bristol of Herman have b guests of Mr. H. A. Allison, 1606 Kiner str Mr. Curtiss C. Turner, a gentleman who is interested in the good road movewent, is in the city. Rome Miller, [ houses on the ¥ | | | ast nizht to taks a posi engage for superintendent of eating emont, Klkhorn & Missouri Valley railway, was in Omaha yesterday €. D. Firestone of Columbus, O., one of the proprietors of the Columbus Buggy company is in the city attending the opening of their new building H. C. Staver of Chicago, president ot the Staver & Abbott Manufacturing company, is in the city attending the opening of the | Columbus Buggy compiny Colonel W. H. Parl torney of Deadwood, S. D, is in the city He reports times good in his locality and | development in mining matters quite active railroads t.a prominent at Since the advent of the woed's future has become, if anything promising. the cheap and rapid” trau tion of ores being just what the city greatly in need of. Colonel Wilson, president of the First Na. tional bank of Nebraska City, was in Omaha today. e is one of the enterprising citizens of his town who believes in home industry Ho pald 4 visit to the ofice of the Board of Public Works in the interest of the paving | brick manufactured by o Nebraska City com | pany, and while not “interested pecuniarily some of them be used i Omuha Major Furay inspected the samy and 1n formed Colonel Wilson that if the company | could turn them out by the million in quality | as good as the sample the people would tum- ble over each other to ses them Dead wore rta stood DANAGE Combination of the Which Swept Engl the Enst Flood News Other ¥ New Nrew Youk, May 4 of last nignt at a for | | wid this morninj cast y-oight-mile gate dicate that it has 1 ft Toxas an unpl It start ind | ward al rou it attended breaking the drouth in mov fury v inc Its wils easiig in its : was along by in he and the Carolinas over New York rave Now ever recorded burean at York 8 o'clock the the e nd lowe New ¥ i 15 over thy 1 | inches ) v hes in 10 o'clock this me nd 1 Beports from Ma vainf The the nded into oxt o ile I ning forty-eight mil two. The New York v and all | | banks whole t 1 18 i by th streams | At ifort I Hudson rives is two feot water mark of spring fr both places are unable 1o v At Whitehall, the north the water up the takes and flooded and Wood crock twelve miles south. Se the line of the krie ca the long level between is threatencd I'he feeders are swollen flowing their banks The storm raged vamia. The town of nand excited by the discovery tod cracks in the largest of the f ated above the 2y colli the town. T e ern par the town wer the forenoon to the hills, The 1 the men e swollen 1G tward a al Utica streanm rmous| throughc W their goods an N collieries alot Heavs in | n Johin ! in ra this Di this morr From Will nsport ho 15,000,000 fe break and are pa inmsport: Section 0 broke this aft sing down the Vessels Wreek s From Atlantic City, N. J terrific wind storm sent sel off the th ramasted schooner labe miles off the station signaled fo but the sea was so high that it ble for the life-saving crew to Before any help could be render viLtc still flying, showing above nd also felt the ste men on the Pitchburg road Bardswell and Shellburne Fall ] down and no trains ha inizht From schooner; supposed to be fsle, Me , went ashorc about milé north of Knob's life sa Bluw island, today. The lite weni off duty May 1, and _nob: wreek except Captain Stey thaniel Watson, who wer there. They ot two men and them, and suceecded in getting on board the craft. A heavy s ewbnr 1 who were in the seen that they woere doomed spars fell and with them four n; supposed to be all there w “The wreek is completely b From Rutland, V't severe a wind hus not prev twenty years. The roofs of a hotel were taken off and hardly house escaped injury MINNESOTA'S The heavy Georgia T'he conter was dir e BY WIND AND RAIY | Much Destruction Caused in tho East by a | WRECKS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST | cert last evening, the Boyd being filled wit$ Two Vossels Go Down In the Furlous Gale and rain storm has passed off n, but | v | from surrounding sections of the country in easant od nor as i he cod Avy A this morning | st recorded awns. the int he v vth of he 1 above thi L i 1 1 Sy and an ly it b is dny i dam aned d have g the n oun rwic Loon thry river w was 't out ed th orr report les and four washouts on the road bet Uhe w run A two Av me-third island last the Ssist imposst mark rtheast t came ast and raintalls Iabama Iy barometer weather 30,19 ng 1 ve cast rain th wal high i shets, and mills at wind has driven the docks ar its for e along particularly on racuse L their 1 over Pennsy| it f ry northwest residing in the wes leave and immediatel out and tiave hoisted the night into of [ Cocoalice cr Wil About wh the This morning down anoth treacherous Brigantine shoals. ing about thr s ves A A boat vessel nt down suddenly in about six fathows of . nothing but her mast, with the c the water. Train eleven 'n since masted f Deer of a station saving crew dy ns boy t 4 sh ' ien, on thi ailed si w the | and stopping Na o help how swopt the rope out of the hands of the « rigging, and it was then on af - the ho are o boat n to picces Old residents say here in factory and ad welling XPERIENCE, t that State Out of Their A Sull Ris Minn, May 4 night from central Min that the south tlow rising higher than ever known before and mill at Hanover wel terday afternoon and the mills ¢ Wright county, were about o'clock. AU St Paul, the Mississippi vise steadily all day, The St works had to suspend work the lower part of the Diamond . house and ail goods were carrie per side of the building in further encroachments. of the Wilwaukee railroad been invaded by the Mississ was nothing stored the exc of lime. Private touses f the river, and clos have been temporarily abandor Hundreds of peovle siood on street bridge watehing the s and pitying the infortunates triven from their homes and are, many of them, about ha T'he West Side Hats below th most completely under water a ters ave paddling around in bon save some of their property it their movements are not himy tlood in v ling country spots riv as the few remainin standing on the highest part of is not likely that they will move out. The main current lias begun to cut into the clay and this is causing soma uneasi sults of the Koser Lewistos, O, May 4. ~The river wurce in the Le the The t of the W rush long_covered below. Soon another fifty feet weir broke and in ro tin country for thre s inundated for a distance of wide, Colonel Perkius, chief en ( has and its voir b broke away nd carried ins ot rd fe gr wi ost fir 100 the away 1 sh to repair the It Lumage My, F. G, Byles, one of the proprietors of | | the Bradford (England) Observer, who came to this country with a party of knglish jour- | nalists to visit the World's ~fair, “was | in the city yesterday. Having seen the opening ceremonics of the At exposi- | | tion, he is taking in the western country and will return to Chicago in about a couple of months, by which time he expects to find | the exhibits at the fair io better ovder. ~ Mr Byles was taken through Tue Bee building and expressed great admiration for the ofices. Mr. Percy Aldea of London, who is traveling with him, left for Denver yester day evening, and Mr. Byles will follow this morning, stopping over at Lincoln for o few hours egroute. ‘Lhe two visitors were g at the Shriner ou South Tiwenty sixth street | yesterday At the Mercer—Ci I. Pomeroy, Chicago N. P. Curtice Hrinck, Fremont; Frank Island; J. A. Morris, Portlaud; M. R. Elliott, Philadeiphia; M. A Root, Benning ton, VE.; William R. White, Chicago: D. W Ogden, Topeka; W. I Baruheissl, Kearney ; . Tuttle and wife, Watsonville, Cal asts | rge Lewis, New York Dr (! A Canfield Lincoln; Earl C. Baughuian, R | the the reservoir ) loss to Logan and washed alol river (] ater is still the o around Lewist 5 reached the ind pe Lawe watchi has been loss will be county in roads # losa fe disp out 0,00 n riv Si W loss of life is anti W anxi nted Along the Seioto Riy Porrsyovrs, O, May 4.1 the Scioto river has reached its at Davis, seven miles ab this morning. ‘The extent brok uge is unk Floods In Alabama Brenuxouas, Ala, May 4 Tuscaloosa reports a rise of se the Warrior giver corn and cottou. already up, ar In Munitoba. WiNNieEG, Man., May 4.~ T'he are full and the water is still I Repor ls T'he Crow river has gone to a Tho »swept away Roc At to fal contin Paul Water w; Jo line it i \ urther wed v tho i who huve be W & b ridg nid ts tr possi 1 cupy the comm of the in the Bre ireat weir br waste of bridg: of the 10 tho south three r the scene, doing everything that can be d is estimated that seed ) J and or or. ha flo imit of th river rising ien Rob: the by in the today 1K uw Do Graf and for the re ts last ta points indieato teadily point bri yes 1 at 6 ued to Stove in ware the up: inticipation The basement floor warchouse has, but thoer quantit down to the edge of the break tlood n houses 1 i flat ing to ble, if the low and it to 1 river " Miami reser which took weir water o just waate entire miles is on Wl the hrid erops. over 18 v ol in the A special from | feet Many thousand acres of in ed banks | The | river fronts are all submerged here there are sevoral ice tracts of inundated country have left their homes and taken thoir stock with them —_— IMUSEMENTS, South o jams and larg! he farmer in many o Conoert at the Hoyd ib prave nincteenth Apoile Clu The Apollo ¢ its o wn audience that emphatically expressed it Appreciation of one of the most enjoyabla programs over presented by the Apollos I'here were only three choral numbers, and in each the choir did good work. In inter proting th of Handel and Mo delssohn the choir perhaps hearsy ut 18 best. Mr rrens' sense ol how oratorio should b sung is Kee ind necurate, and he has brought hi choir up to a praiseworthy exeellence in i work. The opening selections from “dudas Maceabieus” were quite satisfactorily de livered Sed the Conquering Her Comes!" from the same work lacked someal what of esprit, and it would scom that moree volume and vim could be ot out of such ng numerous chorus, but the rendition way, nevertholess praisewortny; it merely ¢ short of being great, The chorus from Paul” which closed the | livered with full power The Apollo's male quarc Preynor, W. B, Wilkins, W. Lo Thickstun- sang two little songsg| flawlessly. It has never done anytiing s well before as its rendering of w livtle lul ush ! by Neidliger, 1t in rimed by fine sympathy, perfoct phrasing and as an example of part simging it wa B \most iticism. The quarter'<g she Was But Seven, Tl st i what the audis and it will remain one of the! wind satisfactory memories of E) as num’ ighted t, and ne in y. His No, 3, Robin Lauck could of th nizth and sweet | horuses program, was de., Mossrs. 1. M 10, Pennell and admirable vas also Tying answoer Hush to the hearty saut ncert le Musin and his_conee ed the Apollos, filling ten of the rogram, Mr. Musin d His reputation is g deservedly so. His violin is a very | steument "and his playiog is master first number was his own Cavric | on - Seottish lodie Auld | G and s Nao | Aboot the Hoose™), and nothing [ be much finer than his management | fiest melody, its blended st its tetder ainor tone of resigmation above the grand swell of tragic passion sinstrument here assumed a ve | was eloquent. The lightsome 1 melody s ‘broidered beautifully, sing the e to enthusiasm over brilliant, flutelike rvipple. In - ve- nse to the encore, Mr. Musin play horini's Minuet it has selaom, if boen heard in Omaha, ‘Lhe aclicacy lainty piquancy of the work v presented, and it was the work last evening. In the Musin played the *Evening Star “Lannhauser 1 Mazurka of his composition vesponding o the cncore ho jrave two fragments from own Caprice No. 1, built_on original themes. His wholo work earned the highest praise Mr, t company nes sssed W reond from own and and kit si Jubl his Edward Scharf's movement from Grieg's Wedding suite and Lubinstein's Ftude, op, 3. No. 2, well known s the “Dance of the Gnomes,” both notable ex ises, and Mr. Seharf's execution wis adedqun The vocal mimbers were in the care of Mrs. | Annic Louise Tapner-Musin, Miss Inez Par me rand Mr. Pier Delasco. Mr. Delasco's voice went back on him In his first number he sang flat, seemed unable to read his notes | and Iater had to give upin the middle of | “lofelice. | Mrs. Musin's work was fairly satisfactory | her bost performance being her singing of | 1o the encore of which iine rendering of fiti's *T'he Daisy,” «d with a char that rarve Scottish song, “Within a Mile Miss Parmeter's servie | o was heard to advantag in three numbers. The Musin Concert | company is a boay of musicianly artists, | whose worlk will bear comparison with that of most coneert companies traveling toda, - NEW BUILDING .OPENED. piano solo was a Norwegian Country Company's Opening Was ed Last Evening. building of the Colum- | bus Buggy company on Harney street was, formally thrown open to the public lastd cvening. Invitations had been sent to ¢ | zens mviting them to call and look over the | new ware rooms and inspect the many new, | styles and novelties in the way of vehicles | that were there displayed, and sev 1 hundred took advantage of the | opportunity. Allof last evening their spa | cious ware rooms were crowded with people who adwired 1o the utmost the array of tasty and attractive equinages which filled| | the building. A band discoursed music dur | ing the evening and the ware rooms were artistically decorated in honor of the occa sion. The building will be thrown open tol the public again tonizht and Saturday night and every one will have on opportunity to examine one of the most complete and | stylish collection of venicles ever seen in the | west. 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