Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 22, 1893, Page 5

) i END OF AN ILL-SPENT. LIFE Jomie Adams Oommits Suicide in a Dis reputable Lincoln House. BHE SWALLOWED A DOSE OF POISON ¥ aattamouth Electrio Street. Rallway Com- pany Troubles Aired in & Lancaster County Court—Judgment Secared Agninst Dr. Mercor, Lixcor®, June 21.—[Special to Tne Ber.} ~Josse Adams, aged 23, an inmate of the house of ill-fame at 210 South Ninth street, presided over by Kittie Paxton, was found dead in her bod this afternoon by the cham- bermaid who went to awaken her. Close by her bod onfa buresu was found an empty bottle that had contained some kind of drug, and near by a broken glass. [t is supposed that the girl swallowed some kind ot poison. She has been at the place about a year, and was affiicted with about the worst 1lls that fall to peoplo of her class, It is thought that in her desperation at het ill health she con- cluded to end itall. The girl's parents live &t some smail town in the stato not yet dis- covered, and her vight name is Louisa Meyers. Sho hias o sister llv|nf at Stein- aver, Neb,, to whom she left a letter. Cor- oner’ Crim will hold an inguest tomorrow. Plattemonth Rallway In Court. The troubles of the Plastsmouth Electric Street Railway company were h in Judge Hall's "court this morning. Ail objections to the jursdiction of the court proceeded. were withdrawn and the trial The Sprague Electric Motor respectively. The chief aim of the suit ap- ared to be to catch Dr.S. D. Mercer of wha for the balance due on his subscrip- tion of stock to the enterprise. The court found that the amounts named were due the laintiffs; that Dr. Mercer had subseribed $16,000 stock and was now the holder of $9,750 stock in par value; that he had been assessed for the remainder of said stock, 55 per cent thereon, but had refused to pay it; ‘:ldgmam. was thereforo entered up against im for the 55 per cent, or §.814.52. Uity i Brief. Governor Crounse returned today from his trip to the World’s fair and relieved the Hon. Erasmus Correll of the arduous labors nfgumhm the helm of state. . W. Tracy, a hackman who drove a drunken passenger into a dark alley and robbed hum, was given seven years in the penitentiary by Judge Strode this afternoon. Johu Gilbert, who held up and slugged For- st Houlette, got five years. The Twrner will case was finally ended and given to the jury in Judge Tibbett's court this afternoon. The mayoralty contest was still in progress in county court today. but while the count is steadily going on but little changes have been madc. Some ninety votes, most of them for Weir, have been, lad aside_as disputed, to be passed upofi by the court late®on.’ Tho count so far shows a gain of but twenty for Graham to overcome n ma- Jority of 137, with ten out of twenty-seven precincts to be counted. Michael E. Cowan and Miss Ethel Hop- kins of Tecumseh, and Samuel . Hagy and Miss Estella Hushizer of Dewitt, were li- censed to marry today. ALLEN AT HASTINGS. Adams County Independents Opened the Campalgn with a Rush. HastiNGs, June 21.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.|—United States Senator Allen this afternoon discussed interesting political sub- jects in addressing an audience of about 800 citizens of Adams county. Germania hall was pretty well filled when the speaking begun at 2 o'clock, John M. Ragan being chairman. He showed himself an uncom- promising independent, and almost in his opening stated that he considered tariff far {nferior to the silver quest Then he fol- lowed with a lengthy exposition of the pop- ulists Views of the free silver question, giv- ing his reasons for his belief. J. M. Devi f Schuyler followed with an address on political economy in general. Coungressman W. A. McKeighan had, in the meantime, walked up toa seaton the plat- form, ana'in response to calls for a_ speech, spoke for a foew minutes. Practically these three addresses will open the political cam- paign in Adams county. Dotected by the Shorifl’s Wifo, BeATRICE, June 21.—[Special to Tar BEE.]—An attempt to break jail by the seven prisoners therein confined was frus- trated this afternoon by Mrs. Kyd, wife of the sheriff, who discovered them just as they were about to take French leave by the skylight. p ifor the past three days the weather has n excessively warm and business almost ata standstill. The farmers are beginning o complain that rain is wanted. Although the corn and grass is looking well the wheat and oats crop will undoubtedly ve very short. Sunday the attendance at the Chautauqua ‘was very encouraging. Since then, however, the crowds have not been as large, although the excellent program has been carried out in full. "Chere is some talk of continuing over Sunday instead of closing on Friday as advertised, ‘The fire department members are meeting ‘with much encouragement in their efforts to make the Fourth of July celebration a success, and if the day is pleasant the larg- est crowd cver seen in Beatrice will be present. Small burglaries are becoming more fre- quent. They seem to be the work of an or- ganized gang, butas yet no arrests have been made and noclew obtained as to who the thieves are or where they come from. ‘The marringe of A. T. Cole and Minuie Bibb, two prominent society people, is an- nounced to take place Thursday, June 22, Judge Babeock handed down his decision this afternoon sustaining the remoustrance against issuing a saloon license to George Ferguson by the village of Odell, That town therefore will have no saloon for the coming year, To Celebrate the Fourth, SrockviLLe, Neb, June 21.—(Special to Tag Brk.]—Stockvillo is arranging for o grand colebration on tho Fourth of July. The committees appointed some days since to earry out plans are hard at work and re- port that indications all point toward suc- cess in their efforts. Synacuse, Neb., June 21.—[Special to Tur Brz.]—The patriotism of Syracuse is again manifested this year in the shape of ar- rangements for the Fourth of July velebra- tion, Syracuso citizens have secured Hon. J. F. Saylor, president of the Lincoln Normal uulmrullf' for orator of the day. The afternoon will b devoted Lo the various amusements appropriste to the occasion, A shooting tournament of live birds and targets. under the management of the Silsby Gun_club, will bo 10 progress during the day. The magnificent display of fire- works ut night aud the ball atthe opera zoul will conelude the festivities of the ay. From Sta Pipe. FREMONT, June 21.—[Special to Tue Beg.| ~The contract for the,construction of a new steel stand pipe in this city has been awarded to J. H. Davenport of this city. It Is to be fifteen feet in diameter, 105 feot high, rest on a concrete foundation and have 8 capacity of 182,000 gallons. It is to be bullt in the park just north of the old one, which has a capacity of 20,000 gallons. It is 0 be comploted by the first of next Septem- ber. ‘The two will give the city of Fremont 8n abundance of pure cold water. To Boautify Mlair Parks. Bram, June 21.—[Special to Tus Bee.]— At the last council weeting that body ir- structed the committee on parks. acting with the mayor, to purchase & large spray fountain. with basin, etc., to beautify the eity parks. Blair has three fine parks and the city expects to put gravel walks in and make other necessary improvements. Water Supply Gett GRAND [sLAND, June 21, —[Special to Tus Bk )—Grand Island’s water supply is at Ppresent so very weak that business 1s some- Wwhat affeci Klevators refuse to move lm. and office meén who are located on the unper of business blocks are growing ex- tromely warm under the collar. The can- ning factory is serlously harrassed by a lack of water and the consumers who run their Iawn sprinklors all night against the ordi- nances of the city have a good deal more to ansswer for than the city government Ex-Spenker Elder in Court. SurToN, June 21.—[Special to ‘e Bre.)— Hou. S. M. Elder, oxspeaker of the house of representatives, is made defendant in an action to recover quito a sum o1 money claimed by Hon. William M. Clark, as at- torney's fees for services said to have been rendered in the last contest proceedings be- fore the supreme court. The case comes up before Justice McGill next Friday and is at- tracting considerable attention on account of the prominence of the parties fuvolved. Married Eigin. Brory, Neb., June 21.—[Special to Tre Ber.|--The marriage ceremony of J. H. Blotter of Albion and Mabel H' Letson of Elgin was solemnized at the home of the bride's parents today. Mr. Blotter is deputy county eclerk of Boone county and Miss Lotson is the accomplished daughter of Isaac Lotson, one of the prominent merchants of Elgin. ' The happy couple loft this morning for Aibion, their future home. Narrowly Escaped Doath. Graxp Tstaxn, June 21.—([Special to Tre Bere.] ~While James Fuller, a carpenter at work on the Koehler hotel, was handling a dorrick on top of the building, & rope broke and the derrick fell to the und below. In falling it knocked Fuller off the roof, but he got his hands on_two joists and held him- self with his body dangling in the air until his felfow workmen arrived and pulled him out of his dangerous position. P! KeAnNzy, Juno 21.—[Special Telegram to Tux Ber.] —F\ S, Beedleson, the one-legged bicyelist who loft San Francisco May 15 for New York City, passed through Kearney at 9 o'clock this morning. He started out to make the trip in 100 days, but thinks now nio will make it in eighty-five. He 1 in good health and spirits, but his clothing ana whool show signs of hard usage. Visiting the Falr. StockviiLe, Neb., June 21.—[Special to Tue Bee.)—A party started from here for the World’s fair today, consisting of Dr. Franklin La Rue and family, County Supe intendent N. H. Jones and family, and Misses Schell, Libbie Grammill and Ella Ward. Sentenced nn Embezzler. Nenraska Ciry, June 21.—[Special Telo- gram to Tk Bee.]—A. J. Rigby was sen- tenced to one year in the penitentiary at hard labor and taken to Lincoln today. Rigby pleaded guilty to cmbezzloment. et WENT TO THE WALL, Sloan, Johnson & Co., Wholesale Grocers, Have Falled for a Lurge Sum., The wholesale grocery firm of Sloan, John- son & Co., located at Ninth and Jones streets, and the fourth largest concern of the kind in the city, failed iast night, and this morning is in the bands of the mort- gagees and the creditors. Owing to tho depression in the money market this firm has been compelled to bor- row more orless money of late, and being unable to renew the paper, a failure in bus- iness was inovitable, though it has been staved off for some time. Just after bus- iness hours the members of the firm gavo amortgage on the stock tothe First Na- tional bank of this city to secure a claim of $49,000, and a second mortgage to tho Colorado National bank of Denver, Colo., to secure another claim of $30,000. The mort- gages were atonce filed, and at the same time the mortgagees took possession of the stock. Immediately following the giving of the mortgages, attachments were filea by the following firms and for the following amounts: Gedney Pickle company, 8§209.87; Paxton, Gallagher & Co., $420.89; American Biscuit company, $439, and Allen Bros., $209. The Dun Commercial agency, which gave the first intimation of the failure, said last night that the firm carried a stock of groceries and cigars that aggregated $150,- 000, and that the individual assets of the members of the firm would amount to fully $125,000. In addition to this there were book accounts and bills receivablo to the amount of $150,000, while the indebtedness would not reach anything like that amount. The manager of the agency was of the opinion that the firm would be able to pay off the indebtedness and still have sufiicient capital to engage in business again, provid- ing that the affairs were managed properly and in a businesslike manner. Mr. Sloan was scen at his residence last night and said that he was unable to give the amount of the liabilities, though he said that he was positive that there was o great dcal more than enough property to pay off the indebtedness. The failure, he said, was an honest one and he hoped that every one of the creditors would be paid in full.” Re- garding the cause of ithe suspension, it was brought on simply because he could not make collections rapidly enough to pay the claims as they matured. Ralph W. Breckenridge, the attorney for the firm, said that the failure was due wholly to the cramped condition of th» money market and the slowness of colle tions. In order to stock up for the spring and to be ablo to carry the country erchants, tho firm had been obliged to borrow considerable money. These loans were made at 4 aud 4!¢ per cent. When the notes matured interest rates had gone up and 1 most instances it was impossible to borrow money at any rate, even upon gilt-edged security. The im- mediate cause of the failure was due to the inability of the firm to meet a draft of $5,000, which came due yesterday. Seeing that there was no way of tiding the matter over, the members of the firm gave the mortgages to the banks which had been carrying them during the past few months, Could they have had 25,000 tn cash they could have paid the most pressing claims and run until after the summer trade was over, when they could have made their oellections and got upon their feet. The members of the firm, W. G. Sloan and J. P. Johnson, came to this city from Peoria, TiL, in the fall of 1880 and at’ once engaged in business, securing a good business from the very start. During the first year thav they were here their sales aggregated 8500, 000, incroasing at a rapid date until last year, when they reached in round numbers the sum of §1,500,000, So far this year their trade has been even better, the sales having been 25 per cent groater than during the period of 1802, ‘T'ho trade covered this state, South Dakota, western Jowa and a portion of Kansas. To Vindieate Hix Honor, Last fall when the Bank of Ainsworth, located at Ainsworth, Brown county, went to the wall, there were any number of ugly rumors afioat to the effect vhat the failure was a dishonest one and that the officers of the bank received deposits for some time after they knew that the coucern was in- solvent. Atthe time of the failure, Frank B. Tif- fany, now of this city, was president of the bank, as well as bewg judge of the Fifteenth Judicial district, which included Tirown county and did all that ho could to tide over the affairs of the bank. Infact, it is claimed that ho put in the greater part of his private capital that the disaster might be averted. These rumors having been current for so a period, Mr. Tiffany concluded that he it as well settle them for all time wo come, and with this object in view, he left for Ainsworth last night, where he will re- main until his honor is vindicated. — He Knew Its Worth, Dr. M. 3. Davis is & prominent physician of Lowis, Cass county, lowa, and has beeu actively engaged in the ' practice of mediciao at that place for the past thirty-five years. On the 26th of May, while in Des Moines, enroute to Chicago, be was suddenly taken with an attack of diarrhoea. Having sold Chamberlain’s Colie, Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy for the past seventeen years, and knowing its reliability, he procured a 25 cent bottle, two doses of which completely cured him, The excitement and change of water and diet incides to traveling often produce a diarrhoea. Every one should pre ;uml bottle of thuis remedy before leaving 9 ¥ THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TIURSDAY, JUNE 22. 1893. REDUCED RATES REQUESTED Wyoming Shippers Want a Oheaper Haul on Lubricating 0il. SUGAR RATES TO OMAHA SWEETENED Local Assoolation of Passenger Agents to e Formed—News of lnterest to Rail- way Men In Partloular and the Pabile in General. The oil men of Wyoming are making an effort to secure roduced rates to the east on consignments of native lubricating oil. One company claims to have 600 barrels which would be shipped within the next thirty days if the rates were not prohibitive. A reporter of Tnr Bee interviewea Gen- eral Freight Agent Moorehouse of the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missourl Valley rail- wayv yesterday on the subjoct. Mr. Moore- house was shown rates quoted by a Casper, Wyo., shipper agamnst which a protest has been made. It was stated by the Wyoming man that whilo the rate on a carof cattle from Casper to Chicago was but $110, the rate on lubricating oll was more than three times that rate. Mr. Moorehouse sald with some show of displeasure that these tigures were not cor- rect, a weakness he attributed to mosthews- paper rate makers. The Elkhorn tariff sheet makes the rato on a carload of_cattle from Casper to Chi- cago $105. On a carload of oil, 20,000 pounds maximum, the rate from Casper to Chicago is £258 or §120 per 100 pounds, On sacked wool the rate on a carload, maximum 10,000 pounds, 1s $195, or to New York, §243.50, tho tariff being $2.43'; per 100 pounds, Judge McCalmont of the Pennsylvania Oil company, which has large holdings in Wyoming, in & recent interview, said re- garding the rates on the Elkhorn: ‘“We want to ship,” said he, “but find the present rates to Chicago prohibitive. On less than carload lots the rate is $7.63 and on carload lots $5.16 per barrel. Add to this the expense of hauling by wagon from the wells here and there is nothing loft but a deficit. Our company has put £60,000 into und out there and are satistied with 0 far as nature is concerned, and if vhe railroad would give them a chance they would have a dozen more wells down before next winter. We cau commence by shipping 600 barrels per month, and this amount would soon be very largely increased. ‘We are very anxious to get back our mone) Some have reported that we are ‘in with the Standard Oil company. Those who know the ofticers of our company would, of course, laugh at such anidea as that. Mr. Shannon, as well as_ other prominent mem- bersof the company, have been and are leaders in several of the producers organi- zations which have fought the Standard peo- ple all along the line. The only way we can get any money back is to put our oil on the market. There are plenty of people who want it. It is acknowledged by all who use it to be the best in the world. ~But we can do nothing until we got rates.” A Burlington official said that so far as his road was concerned it had never had a sin- > request for tank cars or oil cars to trans- port oil from that country. ‘‘My own opinion is" said he, ‘‘that the Standard Oil people are most largely interested in the Wyoming fields and until the Pennsylvania flelds become exhausted the development of o1l wells in Wyoming will b very slow busi- ness.” FOR A LOCAL ASSOCIATION. Omaha Passenger Agents Meet Today to J Issues—Kall Notes. In conformity with the recent agreement adopted by the Western Passenger associa- tion which provides for a local passenger as sociation, General J. R. Buchanan of the Elk- horn, at the suggestion of Chairman Cald- well, has issucd a call for the formation of the local association today at 2 o'clock in the general passenger agent's ofice of the Elkhorn. The roads that will have representatives present are: Union Pacific, Burlington & Missouri _river, - Chicago, Burlington & Quiney, sas City, St. Joe & Council Bluffs, ' Chicago, St.” Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, Missouri Pacific, Chicago. Milwau- kee & St. Paul, Chicago & Northwestern, Wabash and Omaha St. Louis railroads The agreement calls for an association of Omaha and Council Blufts local agents, its purposes being to secure the maintenance of agreed rates from Omaha and Council Bluffs toall points covered by the Western Pas- senger association agreement and to such additional pointsas may be agreed upon by lines parties to the agreement. The officers of tho association shall: be a chair- man, a secretary and an_auditing committee composed of three members. The secretary must receive the unanimous vote of tho lines represented. This is the uvard featuro of tho agreement, as a half dozen candidates developed strength this morning when the call was issued, but were knocked clean out of he box when they read rule 3, stating how ofticers aro to be elected. ' As itis Messrs. James, Watsou Munn of the Eikhorn, William Hop- kins Murray of the Union Pacific and Chris- topher Richter Davidson of the Burlington have their lightning rods in the air. There are thirty-five rules to the local agreement and penalties of boiling oil and melted lead are proscribed for any violation of the provisions. CHEAP FREIGHT RATES, New Schedule of tho Great Northern to Various Western Foints, CmicaGh, June 21.—The Great Northern has announced that, beginning Juna 24, it will put into effect a new froight schedule from Chicago to Spokane, Washington and Idaho common points. The reduced rates are all on commodities, and are from 10 to 15 cents less than the tarifft now over the lines of the Western Freight association. ] atter lines will soon hold a meeting to decide upon a course of action in the matter. Some of the Western pussenger agents are vreparing circulars which will soon be scat- tered all over the country, urging people to come to the fair before the roads are so over- whelmed with passengers that not all of them can be provided with sleeping car ac- commodations. “August and September," declares the circular, “may be too late for those who can come before that time.” In- cidentally, there will be no cheap excursions on the western roads before August 1, and the circulars urgoe overybody to come before that time. The attempt to reorganize the old -South- western Freight association is progressing steadily and satisfactorily. There yet re- mains about sixteen articles of the proposed agreement to be adopted. Sugar Rates from New Orl At last western lines have taken decided action ou the loug delayed question of sugar rates from Now Orleans to Missouri river points. They have agreed to enforce the following rates: To Kansas City, Atchison, Leavenworth and St Joseph, 80 cents; Omaha snd Council Bluffs, 33 cents; Sioux City, 85 cents, and Sioux Falls, conts. This basis gives the regular mileage differ- ential to the nearer points and removes the previous flat rates to all points, which h kept interested roads in hot water for President Morey of the New Orleans Trafiic association has been notified by Chairman Mldgul{]lhmb Western Freight association lines will refuse to honor any other rates. Southern Roads Make a Cut. Sr. Louis, June 21.—The St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern, the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, the Cotton Belt and Santa Fe made a reduction of rates from southern points to St. Louis and Chicago of nearly 10 per cent of the present rate for the round trip. All of the roads claim the honor of the reduction, but the Missouri, Kansas & Texas first made the reduction shortly after the uta Fe had announced its intention of doing 80 on the 14th inst. Seeing that the cut iu rates from Texas and Arkansas points would be made by the “Katic and Santa Fo the other roads followed On the Maximum Kete W, At the meeting of the presidents Tuesduy iu Chicago upou the maxi norate bill v was decided to have the geueral freight agonts check up the tailif with comparative statomonts showing the, increase and de- crease on oach ) Yostorday the rate 'fiakers n the work of checking up thé‘rates, which will take them in the neiglfborhood of three woeks. The work is purely oféiléal, the law defin- ing in all cases what tHi&PFates shall be, the only thing left the roacd Yeing to put them in force, Of course chera are many discrep- encies constantly appeating shich requires the interpretation of '¥ committee, but beyond this it is clear sfiling, although the work is almost lnwrmlp;é‘:‘. After the tariffs are cofpleted they will bo submitted to the (president for final action, the work of the,freight agonts termi- nating at the time the [jst Tiguro is made. Transmissoarl ‘nger Assoclation. Dexven, June 21.—At the moeting today of the Transmissourl Passenger association the forces of railroad men were augmented by the general agents and passenger agents of the different lines at Colorado common ?olms. who have been called into conference for the purpose of organizing local rates at the different points to botter protect the in- terest of lines doing business in Colorado. At 10 o'clock the meeting was called to order by Chairman Caldwell. The entire mornln,}» session was devoted to the arrange- ment of detalls of common points as pub- lished at Denver, Colorado Springs and Trinidad. In the afternoon P. J. Winn of Denver was elected secretary of the Colorado local asso- ciations. Mr. Winn is_at present commis- sioner of the Colorado-Utah Traffic associa- tion and Rio Grande, Denver, Texas and Fort Worth local Utah association, and chairman of the Colorado Passenget association. His headquarters will be in this city. J. 8. McCullough, formerly secre- tary for tho Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad, was elected secrotary of the Transmissouri association, with head- quarters at Kansas City. Mr. McCullough has not yet accepted the position, but will undoubtedly do so. Tomorrow the day will b deyoted to the ratification of the Colorado and Utah local association agreement. Short Kuns. General Manager Dickinson has roturned from Chicago. General Superintendent Sanborn and Poter Hallenbock, superintendent of the Towa division of the Northwestern, were in the city yesterday. PREAIEE T IS BEGINS THIS EVENING. Fighth Blennial Conventlon of the Lutheran Woman's Misslonary Society. One of the most notable religious conven- tions of the present summer and one of the largest gatherings of women ever booked for Omaha will convene in the Kountze Memorial Lutheran church this evening and will continue until Monday. It will be the cighth biennial convention of the Woman's Home and Foreign .lissionary society of the Evangelical Lutheran church in the United States, This is one of the loading auxiliary soci- eties of the Lutheran church in this’ coun- try and daring the fourteen years of its ex- isience it has met with a remarkable gro; Those interested in the mecting anticipato an_attendance of something 1i 250 members, The growth of the organiza- as been quite remarkable. In 1891 the 1 secretary reported a membership of xiliary societies having a membership 7, who had paid ‘i’ during the year .98 for tho support of missions. It is ed that the repoct.that will be read next week will show a membership of not less than twice as manyand double as much money contributed for home missions during the past year. Following will be folind a list of the dele- gates and_the houses whero they will be entertained while in Omaha: Rev. M. W. Hamman, D. D., and wife, Baltl- more, Md., with Mrs. W-Bauman, 1520 North Sixteenth strect. iy Mrs. W, I. James, Miss Sallle Protzman, Bal- tinio; d., with' Mrs! Fred Drexel, 1248 South Tenth'street. Miss Mary Hay Morrfs, Miss Annio H. Mor- ris, Baltimore, Md., with Mrs, W. F. Lorensen, 623 South Sevonteonth street. Mrs. A. V. Hunter, Colymbla Clty, Mis. E. 8. Prince, Springfield, O.;' A Belmer, Mrs. L anss, Miss Ida Miss Mine Bocker, ginnatl, 0., Ind.; rs. H. Mrs. W. . Adams, A stert, J. Allen, 2623 and Mrs. H. 8. Lark, Peabody, Kan,, N. K. Billow, 1711 Dodge s Mrs. John Schuetz, Lincoln, Nyckum, Mount Carroll, 1ll., with Engler, 1110 North Eighteonth street ). K. Wunderlich, Chambersburg, Pa., M Breckenridge, Springtield, 0., 'with Mrs. odman, 1605 South Tenth'streot. Lena Marié Frerichs, Auburn, Neb., with Mrs. Honry Harte, 1713 Mason streot. s, M. Traver, West .‘lm:(l] 11“ 3 N. Y. th Mr: LY., Mrs, D. Harpster, Neb., Miss Mys. J. 3. Jar- ond streot. rs, J. 1L Reamer, Springfield, 0., Mrs. feheirhldy, St Louls, Mo., with Mrs."Henry Meyor, 2202 Howard. Mrs.'S C. Kapp, Rlchmond, Ind., Mrs. Elmer Wood, Auburn, 'Neb., with Mrs. Theodore Olsen, 8112 Woolworth avenue. Rov. and Mrs. . Deifendorf, Borne, N. Y., with Mrs. Thomas Pelle, 1112 South Eleventi: stree J. W. Lake, Ghent, N. Y., 402 North Four Mrs. W. J. Ki Kate Moser, Altoon: dine, 103Bouth Thirty-se §. D. Riddle, Mrs. W. D. McClellan, Lincoln, Neb., with Mrs. Lida Boyer, 4300 Cuming stroet. Mrs. W. 8. Hoskinson and son, Sacrame 842 South Mrs. W. Bingham, J. . Shaffer, Dolaware, 0., raig, Ninetoenth and Grace Six pot, Rev. and M with Mrs. streots. Miss Olive Kimmel, Miss Katlo Maclay, Tokamah, Neb. with Dr. N. J. Carriker, 930 North Twenty-third street. Mrs. George H. Schnu Mrs. N. W. Charles, 1608 Novada, Ia., with North Nineteenth ) Shaner, Atchlson, Kan., Miss Belle Albright, r'reeport, 111, with Mrs. J. W. Enlow, 1112 South Ninth stry Mrs. J. 8. Simon, New Philadelphia, O., Miss 3. AlL )0, Springtield, 0. with'Mrs. D. G, Rhondy, 411 North Ninoteonth streot, r5. M. E. Culp, Pittsburg, Pa., Mrs. Ella O, Beogle, Atchison, Kan., with Mrs. Sue Keigle, 1217 South Twenty-cizhth streot. Mrs. Carrle A, Brubich, Pittsburg, Pa., Mrs. J. N, . Kansas City, Mo., with' Mrs, Thomas Tuttle, 316 North Tiventivth street. rs, H. E. Olark, M H, Martin, Stella, with Mrs. J. Treltschke, 909 South Twen- thoth street. Mrs. O. J. Potors, Abilene, Kan., Mrs. Ed Juel, Auburn, Neb.,'with Mrs, John' Wigman, with Mrs. Al- and Mason choch, Selinsgrove, T nnedy, Thirty-se streets. Mr.und Mrs. L. A. Briggs, Kansas City, Mo. at the Paxton hotel. Dr. and Mrs, 8. B, Barnitz, Miss Barnitz, Miss Sue Barnitz, Des Moines, [a., with Mrs. P, J. Nichols, 2015 Calltornia streot. . Badgloy, Middlebuezh, N. H. Melchox, "Rév, I."G. Griffith; Sprin; Pa., with Mrs, Ji'F, Wilhelmy, 1626 North Twenty-second strept. Rev. and Mrs, H. A, l)n,a Freeport, 111 Mrs. John Gretzinger, 25, . Mrs. K. . Montort, Mrs! Shoep, Yutan, Neb, with Mrs. T. L. Benzon, 1421 North Nineteenth streot. ) ra. J. Bolshan, Wood . Y. Mrs, 0. , with Soward streot. Linddln, Neb., Mrs. J. L. kamnh, Neb, wigh Mrs. ¥. H. Cornoll, 2109 Grant streot. Mrs. John Hoffa, Potts_grove, Pa., Mrs. O. Fiekl ew Bloomflield, Pa., with Rev. O, Huber, Nineteenth and Rinnoy. 4o N, Lenker, Denver, Colo., with Mrs. - Alexa 2530 Plerce streot., Mrs, Vogley, Witkinsburg, Harpster, Canton, "0., with Mrs. man, Twenty-fourth v h did, 'o"km..u.' Mrs. Katlé Miller, Miss“A. A. Miller, Millor- Mrs, J. 4 Smith, 1307 South av " venue. Mrs. B, F. Pugh, Subetiss, Kan. Starns, Beatrice, Neb., with Mry miun, 543 Park avenue.’ | Mrs, Anna Roynolds, Moines, Ia., with (l'up:;‘llu J. Swobe,, Twenty-ninth’ snd Pacific, Miss Adn Young, Oakland, Nob.; Miss Myra Harwl, Atchison, 'Kau., with Mrs. E. Krébs, outh Twenty-ifth avenue. Miss Lizzie Orissman, Smicksburg, G. M. Schnure, sr.. Yuian, Neb., . D, South Twonty-elghth street. A Lizzlo “Hasso, Miss Lilile ‘Walters. Dakots City, Neb., with Mrs. W. F. Fahs, 1108 Bouth Twenty-ninth stroet. Miss Lydla Bender, Yutan, Neb., with Mrs. HL O, Compton, 1845 South Elghtototh street. Mrs. G A, Orannell, Tekamah, Nob.; Mrs. B M. Hutield, Yutan, Neb. with Mrs. Joun Compton, 1305 South Tieniy-fifth avenus, Mrs. Jonnlo . G. Leh- Mrs. W. W. Witmer, Des Molnos, Ia., with Mrs. B Koculg, Thirty-sixth and ~ farney streo Mrs. J. M. Lyday, Newton, Ta., with Mrs. L. Wistorman, 1340 Soduh Twontysixth. ( Mrs. Jacob Hart, Cedar Rapids, 1a., Mrs. J. Stovor, Des Moines, la., Mrs. kobort Wynn ton, L., with Kev, G. W Snyder, Council 1o Whitmore, Mrs. W. J. Fulmer, Mrs. Goorge Wober, Mrs. Thomsen, Lincoln, Neb., with Mrs. . Rable, Gouucil Biafts. . N. ‘K. Eastorday, Lincolu, Neb., with Miss Jennle Weldensall, Council Bluffs. HILL WINS THE FIRST ROUND Friends of the Ex-State Treasurer Pleased with a Judioial Decision. ACTION STARTED IN THE WRONG COURT Judge Davis Rales on the Case Commenced Againat the Ex-State Treasurer for the Recuvery of Fands Lost in Mosher's Bank. Oneof the early morning trains yester- day brought a number of Lincoln at- torneys to the ocity, that they might be present when Judge Davis ren- dered his decision in the case of the state ex rel against John E. Hill. the ex- treasurer, and his bondsmen, af v to the Jurisdiction of the courts of Douglas county to hear aud determine the facts. When these same legal gentiemen ro- turned to their homes they did so well pleased, for the court had held that the bringing of the case in this county was an error and that if the state wanted o recover any portion of the §230,000 which disap- peared when the Mosher bank went to the wall, the action woula have to be commenced in Lancaster county and would have to be tried by a Lancaster county jury. The case wos commonced by ex-Judge Wakelay, who had been omployed by the state, he being of the opinion that the in- terests of the people of the state would be Detter subsered by having the trial as far away from Lincoln as possible. Immedi- ately upon the filing of the petition, the at- torneys for Hill and his bondsmen demurred, setting up the claim that owing to the fact that the cause of action having arisen in Lancaster county there was tho proper place for the trial, and that the courts of this county were without jurisdiction. ‘I'ho origin of the suit ie well known to the majority of the people of the state. John E. Hill was the state treasurer, his term of office expiring during January, 1803, About the middlie of the month Treasurer Bartley took possession, and among other things turned over there was cash and certif! of deposit aggregating something like §1.: 000, including 236,000 which was in the Cap- ital National bank of Lincoln. Almost iden- tically with the transfer of the affairs of the offico the bank went to the wall and shortly afterwards the suit was brought, the peti- tioners relying upon the provisions of the statutes and holding that where the state was the party to a suit that suit could be com- ed in the courts of any of the counties within the state. Question of Jurlsdiction. Some time ago the question of jurisdiction was argued and submnited and yesterday in passing upon the point Judge D “The objections to the petition a fails to state that the cause of action aroso in this county. There is a law which says that any action in which the stato is a party may be commenced in any county in the state, but 1 cannot agroe with the proposi- tion, and I bolieve that the section is uncon- stitutional, as the code provides in most ex- plicit terms that all suits must be brought in tho county in which the cause of action arose. “If any of the causes of action mentioned in the petition arose in this county, then the courts of Douglas county would have juris- diction, but it is apparent that they did not, and I 'think that the supreme court has passed upon this point often enough so that there can be no question, “It is true that thero is an allogation that a portion of the stato money was deposited in some of the Omaha banks, but the prayer in the petition simply asks for judgment for the amount which was in the Capital Na- tional bank of Lincoln, and no more, and which is the exact amount which it is alloged was not accounted for when the transfer of funds was made. Constitutional Requirement, ““The constitution provides that the troas- urer shall maintain his ofice in the city of Lincoln, in the county of Lancasterand that he'shall do_the business of he state in that city, so if-there was any conversion of the funds, it must have been there instead of in this’ county “The law provides that the funds of the state shall be kept in the vaults of the treas- urer's office, which makes 1t the duty of that to keep the money in Lincoln, and any removal from therois a conversion. Themo- ment when he delivered any of the money to the express company, or when he put any of the funds into his pocket for the purposé of removing them, then there was a conver- sion; when he bought a draft and deposited it in the mails, thero was o conversion, but that conversion was committed in Lancas- terand not in Douglas county. Tho wrong was committed in Lancaster county, the place where, by law, the state funds were ro- quired to bo kept, and the objections to the petitions are well taken and will be sus- tained.” The decision was a short lived victory for Hill and his bondsmen and, realizing it as such, the legal gentlemen who appeared for that side of the house arose and shook hands, congratulating one another. Judge Waukeley asked for and was given fifteen days from the rising of the court, in which to prepare his bill of exceptions, ' In speaking of the case he said that he had not made up his mind as to just what course he would pursue. He would, however, do one of two things, either apveal to the supreme court, or bring tho case in the courts of Lan- caster county. Atter the Missing Monoy. The o of A. U. Wyman, receiver of the defunct Towa and Nebras! Mire [nsurance company, against the National Bank of Commerce and the stockholders of the com- pany is on trial in Judge Walton's court toddy, where the receiver is sceking to recover a judgment for $35,000. The claim is made that when the insur- ance company failed there was about #3,- 000 of company money on deposit in the bank, and that the officers owed the bank about that amount on their personal notes. About, the time of the failure, tho secretary checked this money ouv and turned it over to the bank to liquidate the indebted- ness. Now the receiver claims that as the company was insolvent at the time, the cor- poration had no right to use the funds of the company to pay off the individual debts of the ofticers. R “When pain and_anguish wring the brow ‘A ministering angel thou"—Bromo-Seltzor o Nt bl Captalo Poters Protests, *1 wish the public to understand,” said Captain Poters of the revenue oftico yester- day morning to a BEe reporter, “that Mr. Jumes E. North's present address is Colum- bus, Neb., and not Omaha. This offico is now receiving a good deal of mail matter addressed to Mr. North. A few of Beyond All Question Dr. Price’s Delicious Flavor. ing Extracts, Vanilla, Lemon, Nectarine, etc., are beyond all question the best and most perfect of any flavors in the market, The are the purest and most economical. They are of the highest strength— and the saving in this direc- tion is no small item. If something pure and rich is wanted to flavor cakes, pies, puddings, sauces, frostings or creams, get from your grocer 1. Price’s Delicious Flavors | thess communications Intended avidently for Mr. North have been addressod simply to the revenue collector and, of course, have been oponed. These invariably roavealed the anxious to nccept positions in the various capacitios in which it is nocossary to employ people in conducting this office. 1 have for- warded these communications to their proper destination, thinking perhaps that Mr. North might be in necd of a few moro assistants and was J-r}mnhly anxious to got all the lacos fill Pplaces fille At PAT. Four People Known to Threo More Missing. Dutvr, Minn., Juno 21.—The five-s Bunnell building, containing four stores, two saloons, two nowspaper plants, with living rooms above containing about tiwenty peo- ple, burned after midnight. Four dead bodies have already boen taken out. Itis believed three more are in tho ruins. The dead aro: MARY FORD. ROBERT FORD. BulZABETH MAYHER. ILIA MAYHER. The money loss is 40,000, W. A. Summer, one of the cmployes of the dyoing establishment, was badly burned by gasoline. Ho said that he was filling a stove and stepped on a parlor match, which caused the explosion. 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