Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 16, 1893, Page 7

< PROPHECY AS A PROFESSION § Fakesof Portuno Tellors that Would Mako Elijah Weep. RECENT EXPERIENCE OF AN OMAHA LADY Beorets Retalled on a Cash Basis—Gl Evidence of Inncourmey—Dark Me: and Clouds of Tronble—Din- monds d Glugham, ing 4 “ThesSeeker” always had a devouring curiosity as to the people who advertised themselves as “clairvoyants,” “dead trance claievoyants,” “the seventh daughter of a sevonth danghter,” ote. Now that she has seen them her curiosity s not only satisfied, but satiated. One might forgive a clever humbug, but the rank nonsense that is palmed oft as forvuno telling by the “profes- slon” in Omaha 18 wearisomo and dis- gusting, Down on South Fifteenth street lives Mme, Eccles. Tho Beeker wound her way up a couple of fligbts of stalrs and rang a bell which was anawered by a nice looking girl with yellow hatr. Did the Secker want to have her fortune told! She did. Then she went into a room with two trunks and a few other things and sat down. A pleture on the wall representing a woman with her finger raised cautioningly seemed very appropriate for the place and the victims. Mme, Jiccles entered. She did not look at alllike a dealer i futures, but rather it the . present had been too much for hor. She looked at the Seoker with two tired blue eves and in a business like tone réquested her to ‘‘cross m*hnml with a dollar and make a wish.” 'he Secker did so, wishing that she could got the-dollar back as easily as it went. ‘Then she heard many things about dark men and women who were trying to foil her, about her own success in various kinds of busitess ventures which she had never imagined even and that she was to be mar- ried twice, ““Twice more!” she ejaculated. ‘Yes," impresaively, “'twico more; you're not happy now—you don’t l1ove your husband.” Now the Seeker is a spinster. She admitted that this latter was true; she also admitted thav many of the other things were true. Then Mme. Eccles, in answerin, various questions put by the Seeker, something like thoe following: That her business was the “biggest” of L d # the kiud in Omaha; b That she bad her reg'lar customers, to whom sho gnve such complote satisfaction that thay eame as often as onco a weelc; That business men wera her chief custom- ers and she procceded to namo them, Thoro's ros., the lawyers, and Mr. the big real ostate man, and Mr. then there was Miss | the milliner, who came often and sent cus: tomers; “there's a lady waiting now that she sent me."” Mistaken for a Medium, The Seeker peing asked if she knew Miss , the milliner, after raflecting, was able o say that sho had read the naine on the sign. ‘Then therc's tho —— sisters, aressmak- ers; they’re good customers of mine. The Seeker by this time looked thoroughly impressed and Mme, Eccles completed the impression by saying: “You're s ‘speratual mejum’ yourself.” A *Oh, 1 it possible?” The Seeker endeav- ored to look pale, and hoped thatat least she looked scared. “Yes—there's a great many sperits hoy- erin’ uround you, and it will be a good thing for you to follow your own judgmont, for the sporits will always tell you right.” : Hereuvon the Seeker inquired if it would bepossible by any labor on her part to be: come'a trance medium. - * “Would you like the bisiness?” intilired madam. 3 *“Oh! very much, indeed. Could' you' give, me any instructioni” y ‘Well—yes—in five lessons, which would cost 85, the Seeker, because she was espo- cially gifted, might make a full-fledged trance medium; and besides Mmo. Eocles ‘would like to sell out onaccount of ill health, ‘which reason she also gave for her appear- ance in a vory slouchy costume. The Seeker took leave, promising to call again and being affectionately urged to do so by, madam, who addressed her as “‘my dear” and “my child.” Another Queen of Prophecy. Mrs, Dr. Legrave, 417 South Eleventh stroet, next came on the list. The Seoker again mounted a flight of stairs in her efforts 0 dip into the future. When Mrs. Dr. Legrave hove in sight she was accompaniod by a fat, tan-colored dog ‘which she addressed as **Daisy,” and which barked haspitably at the Secker. Mrs, Dr. Legravo is a heavily built woman with a masculiue looking ne:k and head. She wears her hair in short curling-iron curls and her gown 1vas & cotton one of some croamy color, made with somo eye to pictur- \\e effect, )A aisy. was put out of the room and the seeross bafiln by .requesting # in advance for revealing the futuve. The Seeker de- murred somewhat, She wished to seo the sceross in o dead trance, and nothing but could bring about thut result. Being unablo to obtain a dead trance in- terviow for less than &5, the Seeker asked for $2 worth of thing, which the secress roceeded fo give with a pack of cards, She ad informed the Seeker that she was always in 8 Stato of ‘“simmy- trance,” and the ‘odor of alcoholic stimulant emanating from her breath fully corroborated this statement. She took er's hand in a brown bony one and told he: to mako & wish. The Seeker again ‘wished that she had the menoy in her purse and the mystic rite proceeded. The seeress looked grave, manipulated the cards with the Seeker's assistance and shook her head lugubriously, +'Clouds of misery tioatin’ over you—clouds of misery—oh, I don’t want to tell it but here's trouble, trouble " That Dark Mun Chestnut, Then followed a description of the woes and journeys of & dark man, finally torminat- ing in his death *‘when you'll be freo,” saia the Seeress, ceasing to shuko her head and fixing her glance on the Seekor, who was simuluting an awe-stricken glancoe, “Do you kuow who that is?” sho asked, ovidently noting that she had mprossed the Béeker, The Seckev s in a hollow tone, and the dark mun ca) for another round, “Hg thinks the world of you, madam; yes, he thinks the world of you, but you don't think the worla of him,” ‘The Secker admitted this to bo true and hesitatingly usked the sceress how she could tell such things, and the Jutter nrd- estly informed her that sho kuow overy- thing. ‘Then sho resumed her predictions of woe Lo the Seeker, und after this had contiuuod some time sho offercd to place upon her mo object which would turn ber enemies (and vheir name was legion) into friends and make her successful where sho was now un- suoccessful, The Seeker evineed an ardent desire to havo this magical object, but it would cost #3 more and she had just paid out all the monoy in her purse, Poor woman ! said Mrs, Dr. Legrave, “I pity you. God help you; but ou ook Hon- est, and {f you give me a dollar more you can haye it e Y d yes 10 i Tho Seaker was almost moved to tears by the pitying tone and the child-like faith of the dealer in secrets, but with a sigh sho took her leave, being invited to call .fnl"' ougd being also requested to shut tho frony ball door at the foot of the steps. She ob. served that the queen of prophecy had fur- nished rooma to lot, and also thai there was anaw of extremo neatness about evory- Diamonds aud Glagham, Next the Seekor wended her way to the land b Where a prosperous now sign unced “Mrs. Dr, Sherman.' ‘hblo clerk lod the way up stairs to hermau's roon, a0t Was ulklng‘ 108 girl in S“'.w- a8 any common efln’ might i‘:fl Seekor hs\;:herod into a lmlghmolxn au 8. OrIAR appears. e s in a g dress f‘lhlfllllbly he wears is & brooch THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, YuLy 16, 1893--SIXTEEN PAGES At her throat. A heavy gold bracelet, thick with bangles, ornaments one wrist. She is comely leoking and informs the Seeker in an automatic tono of voico that her terms aro #2 for the future, §3 for the present and future, and #5 for the past, sent and future, The Seoker chooses the 'uturo and theclairvoyant goes into a trance, Sho folded her arms comfortably, crossed her knoes and bowed her head. This for three minutes. Then she began to “reveal.” The Seeker got it straight from all throe trance mediums. Clouds on her horizon. This was also the gist of Mrs. Dr. Sher- man's oration delivered in a sot ton voice, while her oyes took on a gl aro. A coldness was about to take plas tween the Secker, and dark man,” but it would be of short duration. The Seeker in vain ran over in her mind the ‘‘dark men" of her acquaintance, but without being able to set- tle on the one who was *‘cold” to her, The Sceker was to be successful in busi- noss at the end of a {nurnuy, This was all except that she could buy a magic belt for $25, which would give her a magnetic influ- ence capablo of influencing any one with whom she came in contact. Virtues of a Magio Belt. Mrs. Dr. Sherman was not voluble on the subject of the magic belt, but she gave the Seeker a circular setting forth in the most extraordinary English composition its vari- ous virtues, The Seeker learned from it that Mrs. Dr. Sherman was born with a “vail”; that she could find hidden treasure, unite separated families, ctcetera. Lake- wise that the fall of Napoleon was due to the loss of a magic belt which he had worn during the heyday of his succoss—a belt sim- ilar to the one for sale By Mrs. Dr. Sherman, The circular contains also a description of the manner in which the medinm brings on a trance stato—the emotions whereof were not visible to the Seoker's skeptical glance. Besides, it contains several cuts of the trance niedium receiving communication from angelic visitants. Inone anawed man fashionably dressed islistening to therevela- ton. A perusal of the cireular provokes one to wonder why Mrs. Dr, Sherman does not find a buried treasure for herself and why she does not wear a magic belt and save herself m: trouble of telling fortunes for a paliry & s f May Account for the Crisis. All the fortune tellers were unanimous in explaining that business men were theiv best patrons, and tho Secker was glad to learn that the greater numbor of the be- fooled belonged to the other sex. The Seckor has arrived at tho conclusion that the progress of intelligence is not so impetuous us we are led to bulieve, or the trance business in Omaha would be at its lowest ebb, There is no ability or clover- ness exhibitod. Tho fraud is too open and palpable for any one with even & modicum of Dbrains to be taken in, and the Seoker would advise those wishiwg to have their fortunes told, as Douglas Jerrold did those about to marry, “Don't.” clever student of human nature with an average cducation might easily make a hit in this business by reading one's character and giving & fortune in accordance with thoso signs, but there is no such one in Omaha at present, THE SEEKER. ————— In Defense of Roceiver Hayden. Omana, July 15.—To the Editor of Tye Bre: Permit me to use the columns of,your valua- ble paper to condemn the unjust attack upon K. K. Hayden, receiver of the Capital Na- tional bank. 1 have been intimately con- nected with Mr. Hayden from childhood,and can truly say that no young man has acted more honorable in every vocation than Mr. Hayde His chief ambition w; and is to faithfully pertorm overy duty imposed upon him. Today he is dis- tinguished for his honesty and .integrity. He has been entrusted with the cash of the First and Nebraska National banks of Omaha, which frequently amounted to more than half a million dollars. As a cashier he has displayed the characteristics of a wise and determined officer of a successful na- tional bank. Ivery depositor felt that in him they had a trusted friend, and by tho faithful discharge of duty he proved that he was worthy of the confidence bestowed, Ho has always acted as if he considered the interest of his employer a sacred trust. Mr. Hayden's reputation as a strictly con- scientious business man is well known to hundreds of Omaha's best citizens. He also enjoys the confidence and esteem of business men throughout the state of Nebraska and the northwest. It is well known that by long experience and close application to the system of banking he has few equals, Is it any wonder that he doesffot desire the fellowship of such a man as Mosher? Mosher at one time enjoyed the confidence of his depositors. Tbat was the time for him to have displayed a desire to protect their interest. Instead of doing this he deliberately and feloniously betrayed a trust, and it is too late now for his friends to have him pose as a convert, instead of con- i Only & few days ago the iwould-bo train robber, McClure, received a sentence of fifteen years, aud yet it was not proven that he ever stole a doilar. Public opinion, however, commends the judge and every ofticer who faithfully discharged his duty by an enforcement of the law. What must be the public opinion of an officer who seems. to have a special interest in the welfare of a criminal? Any man occupies a false position when he attempts to rebuke such an honor- able gentleman as K. K. Hayden simply be- cause Mr. Hayden does not need the ser- vices of & convict to assist him in straight- ening out the affairs of a bunk, JusTicE. ——— i The Nicaragua Canal. Colonel C. S. Chase of this city has re- ceived the following letter: .—Champlon §. Chase, members of the ex- tho Nicaragua Ship nted at St. Louls, June leans, November 30, ference at Art hall, Front park, Chicago, Auzust 3, 1893, at clock {1l thé afternoon. If the govern- ments of Nicaragua, Costa Rica und the United States can bo Induced to- take control of tho construction and managemont of the Nicara- ship Canal in the futerost of peacoand the it must be done lifo of the present congress. that end new jines ‘of thought and now plans of action “must be formulnted and adopted. Wo have no pecunisry interest in this zreat work, and can therefors apponl only 1o the patriotie’ sentiments of the Amorican Rgopls In order (0 reucl thelr represontutivos 'ho wholo subject of plans, however, belongs to thocommivioe, wnd It must, deternin whut 2, ure Invited to a co dur- To unstablo ¢ ica, and ul sidored In connoction with the ship . full un attendanco as possible Is earnostly r quested, and in the meantime I urgo thut each member of the committee will give the wholo subject his best thought, and ho prepared to prosent briolly s fudginent and conclusions 10 the committee, V speetfully, + EORGE L, CONVERS] Prosident Nationsl Nicaragun iy Canal As- soclation, . Court Cullings, Judge Ferguson of the oquity court is in Burt county, disposing of motions and defaults for the attorneys who reside in that vortion of the judicial district. ‘The hardware store of L. J. Everest, lo- cated at 1481 Nortn Twenty-fourth street, has passed into the hands of tho creditors, the Lee-Clark-Audresen company. A chat- tel mortgage was filed yesterday moruing, ‘The matter pertaining to the ovening of N st in South Omaha was ecalled in the county court yestorday morning and an order sued instructing the appraisers to meet on July 20 for the purpose of ussessing damages and benetits upon the property abutting that portion of the street which itis provosed to open and extend. The Parisian Millinery store at 1600} Farnam strocs was vlosed yesterday on an execution from Justice Gabson's court. The . The case agaiust Oerter and Heffuer, the gamblors accused of fleecing J. C. Loonard, the Bostou traveling man, was called yester- day morning, but their attoruery asked for a continuance. Oerter exhibited a telegram stating that his brother had died in Cleve- land and he wanted to start at ouce o ul- tend the funeral of his relutive. Heffuer did not care to be tried alone. Assistant County Attorney Troop was md{llo try the cuse, but Judge Berks assignod Heftner for a hoa on Monday amnd Oerter wiil .be N o Saranlaled Uaa ‘hee zaade 0Bt b new coum as made oul y Leonard, and he says he will uow stay here and fight the case. He alleges that one of the gamblers sought to intimidate him by llyln{’llll they would make it so hot for him that he would be glad to watk out of town. Chlef Hazo advised Leonard to cause s way- rant to be lssued for their arrest. 'MIDST PINE CLAD HILLS Where the Pae fecker After Health May Find Rest and Strength. ATTRACTIONS AT HOT SPRINGS, S. D. Thermal Wators that Care Many Disenses— Exhiiarating Juys of # Swim in the G Flunge—-Hotel Evans o Finest Hostelry In the West, Hor Srnrixos, ial S. D, July 10.—[Spec- Correspondence of Tur Ber)— 1E vastarmy of palo eekers after health and rest — recruitod from every trade and every vrofession, em- bracing all forms and conditions of society— the artisan, the tired hollow-eyed clerk, the merchant, the banker, the seamstress and the swell woman of fashionable light and life, will find in this quiet little ocity," standing at the very gateway to tho Black Hills, tho true es- sence of . lite for which Ponce de Leon searched in vain, as did many another hero ? , of quest and adven- ture in the aforetime. ¥ ‘From the very beginning the search for an earthly paradise has been pros®uted with a zeal born of the stern realization that death is man's enly sure heritage. Ever since the expulsion from the original garden mankind is far and away ahosd By, rummor, re. sort hotel in this countr; no_examplo of what one man_can do MMM determined to make a success of any enterprise. Much of the credit for the buflding of the Hot Springs and the advortigingof the thermal waters is due Mr. Fred EVAfs. a gentleman who has not only fieured-in the legislaturo of Nebraska, but is today one of Sioux City's solid men. He it was WH' bulit the Hotel Evans, which commandsdan unsurpassed view of the Cheyenne gngintain range and the historic Battle lngmlm Built of rich, colored pink sa o, & native of theso hills, five stories in_beight, somewhat suggostive of old Norman in architecture, it can easily accommodate 358 people. and such accommodations! With—elevator service, heated by steam and lighted by clectricity, with fine broad verandahs and a_table that surpasses anything even in Omaha, it 1s an ideal place to dream the days away.with the scent of the spruce and pines adding their quantum of life-giving elements to the seeker after health and rest. E.C. 8. puinieiurte S T— PERSONAL RIGHTS ¥FUNDS3. Subscribers Want the Money Given to the Commercial Club, Prominent members and officers of the State Personal Rights league do not take kindly to the Suggestion thav the money re- maining in the treasury of that crganization be turned over to the Commercial club, to be used in pushing the business interests andmaterial welfare of this city. It is stated that one of the reasons why the money could not properly be turned over as sug- ested, is that the league is a state orgau- zation and the money- is a part of the con- tribution from the branches in almost every county in the state, and does not merely Nl)resent Omaha or Douglas county. t is stated further that the defeat of pro- hibition, while the moving cause of tho birth of the league, was not the only object that the organization hid in view, as pro- vided by its constitution. The prevention of other undesirable legislation was also pro- vided for, and one of the ¥rlx|elpnl things in view was the prevention of the passago of o law similar to the Bennett school law in ‘Wisconsin. It is urged by some of the oficers of the organization that such a bill « has been heretofore introduced before a Ne- 2% 1 gl e 1\ o % SechR\S0P e HOT SPRINGS, SD. has been scarching Eden that is lost. fervent did this desiro become at times that humanity has ever actually located this olysium, but always in some ‘‘far off coun- try,” whero no man had ever been. - Some- times it was the Hesperides, or Utopia, or Atlantis, or the floating islands in tho west- ern seas, always beyond the horizon’s rim, whither no mortal could penetrate. But we, of these closing century days, have our fountains of youth, and are in pos- session of tho very country for which tho men of old sought so religiously and pa- tiently. Inthese hot springs of South Da- kota are found the veritable ‘‘waters of healing,” known to the dusky abor- inos, whoso deer skin moccasin made lust about these springs, long -before the white man bruised the earth with his heel. Thither came the brawny Dbrave, bronzed by sunbeams from an un- louded sky, together with his squaws, is scalps, his papooses, his te) and his aged relatives to rest, and to drink of the waters that came direct from the heart of Iliw‘()rczn Manitou, health nvigorating, life ving. & Minnekahta! There is a soft musical ca- dengce in the words, and coupled with it a history that is almost as old as the hills of gypsum, limestone, pink and white sand- stone and conglomerate formation crowned with spruce that lend a somber charm to the landscape, their far off groupings giving o name and color to tho high hills that hem the city about. Hot Springs is scarce a half dozon years old, yot it i8 wonderfully metropolitan in everything that goes to make up an ideal summer and winter resort, having hotels far excelling in arrangement and cuisine any- thing between Chicago and Denver, well lighted with electricity, a new system of water works, an opera house and other at- tractions found in much older settled places, he main street of *his landlocked city of somo 3,000 souls, not dissimilar to the village of Falling Waters, which Irving immortalized 1n “Rip Van Winkle,” follows the tortuous windings of Fall river, a thisrmal water for- ever plashing through the vown. Facing the high bluffs to the eastward, with the river at ivs foot, this main thoroughfare is a wonderfully picturesque sight, particularly to the stranger as ho steps from his train at the quaint little station jolntly used by the Burlington and Elkhorn systems, which Penetrate the hills, Away off yonder is Battle mountain, where the Sioux and the Cheyennes settled once and for all as to which of the great na- tions should forever hold the lands about these springs, and tho earthworks of the Cheyonues, in a splendid staie of preserva- tion, teli a silent story of relentless struggle which at last resulted in the Cheyennes forever yielding up these favorite healing springs to their victorious foes, the Sioux, who held them sacred until dispossessed by the government treaty of 1877, While the scemery in find about the springs Is varied, delightful and enchanting, the lofty pine clad hills, grand can an rippling streams forming a matchless group of attractions, the famous plunge bath lo- cated a short distance from the Hotel Evaus, under whose managoment it is conduoted, is the magnet toward which resident and visi- tor allke is resistlessly drawn. Year in snd year out these mammoth springs which feod the largest bath tub in the world pour forth @ round 100,000 gallons of water every hour ata temperature of 95= Fahrenneit. And this great volume of water fifty feet wide and 250 feet long is covered by a handsome frame building, revaissance in style, the Interior being provided with balconies where the agea and the timid may watch the shifting colors mado by hundreds ot pretty buthing suits worn by men, women and children, wiio sport in these crystal waters, moruing, noon and night. The plunge is equipped with toboggan slides, springboards, etc., und all the very latest in- ventions for enjoying o bath in springs that are medicinally the cqual of any in the world for certain diseases. The remarkable clearness of these waters s nlwli'lululh Jeet of comnient to the tourist, for it is pos- sible to count the pebbles that give a silvery tant to the bottom of the pool that reaches eight feet at the farthest end. So soft and velvety are these thermal springs that they hayo a magical effect upoa the skin, rewmoy- ing wrinkles, freckles and pimples, and clear- ing tho complexion of all sallowness, caused from countless abuses of the system, the ax- cessive use of cosmetics and kindred evils for which our civilization seems most to stand, While the sufferors from rheumatism largoly frequent the plunge it is by no means contined to the ailing as Omaha, Sioux City, Deadwood, Denver, 8t. Paul, Minneapolis, Kearuey and other cities have seut their fairest swimmers to this charming resort and even now one hears of the grace and skill of Mrs. C. N. Dietz and Mrs. Thomas Swobe, who have dsllf:motl the spectators with their daring while in the water. In fact it is alleged that Mrs. Dietz and Mrs, Swobe have taught a third of the ladies of Hot SKI‘lnvl how to swim. A casual glance over the registers of the Evans, the Gilles- [m: and the Catholicon shows a fair sprink- ing of Omaha peoplo already here, uithough the season, ou account of the World's falr, has not beenup to t years. But from prescnt indications the season more lively from this on, many of the arrivals coming direct from the fair, Throughout this letter mention has beeu suade more or to the totel Evans, which to regain the braska legislature, and %t “is not at all im- probable that such a move may be mado again at any time, in whiohicase it would be desirable to have means athund with which to conduct a fight. The holding of this money in the treasury will gerye to preserve the framework of the organization, main- taining the league in bettershape for prompt and effective service at any time than if the money was paid out apd the organization allowed to go to pieces, It fa further urged that the treasurer, William Segelke, ‘is under a good and sufficiént bond for the safe- keeping of the money, and,that it is drawing interest, while the expenses, of keeping up the organization are practically novhing. While the money is practically at the dis- posalof the exscutive committes, several of the members feel that -it.would be acting with doubtful propriety for them to order the cash paid out for a purpose so distinct from those for .which the league was brought into . existence, without first having an_expression'to that effect by a state convention of the league, and inas- much as several of the Omahs membecs are opposed to it, it is believed thut the major- ity expression of the whole body would be overwhelmingly against it. ey ‘THOSE NEW VIADUOCTS. Rallway Companles Meet the Conncll In & Conference on Plans. The city ofticials and railway company at- torneys are looking into the viaduct ques- tion. Friday the committee on judiciary of the council met C. J. Greene, the Burling- ton attorney, and discussed the question of the viaducts. The result of the conference willbe fully shown when the committeo makes its réport to the council noxt Tuesday evening. The railway companies are not jumping at the chance to incur the : expense of recon- structing the Sixtoenth street viaduct, or constructing a new one over the tracks at Fifteenth strees. The council com- mittee will rocommend that caution and discretion be used. To get ab the matter as soon as possible the committee will urge that City Engineer Rosewater and the railway companies’ ongi- neers, together with an outside engineer, make's personal examination of tho Six- teenth street viaduct as toits safetyand as to whether it is sufficient to meet the demauds of the public at this time. When this ex- amivation is made and the committee re- ports, then the council will possess & more definite idea as to the course to pursue. The Fifteonth streot viaduct did not enter mto the discussion to any great extent. The ex- istence of the 1887 contract was not inquired into but will be before the question of a vinduct there is settlod. Mr. Connell, who was present it the con- ference, believes that an amicable under- standing will be reached with the railroaas and street railway company for the replank- ing of the Eloventh street viaduct and agaln throwing it open for travel. e —— MAREKED FOR BLAUGHTER, Judge Eerguson's Declslon Upsets a Olever Schome of the Democrats. It now turns out that the declsion of Judge Ferguson in the celebrated case of Olmstead vs Williams, in which Mr, Olmstead sought to hold down the position of county eom- missioner from the Third commissioner dig- trict, was not only a sore lmppohnmeul to the ofiice seeker, but wis a disappoint- ment to the democratic'iigombers of the board, as it knocked all b€ #heir pians into a cocked hat. ¢ These democratio gentl n have tried to keep secret their inte: ‘Unovements, but iv lias just leakod out theelf Olmstead had boen seated there would™hi¥e been a whole- sale cutting off of heads® e court house. The facts ave that the @adltor, the county poor agent, the onginoes>@wd in fact overy republican employe, had’‘beén slated for the slaughter, Not only thisy®ut it was tho in- tention to whip Van Carhpiito line and then roorgunize the board by usting of Sten- berg from the chairman after which the committees were Lo haveMen redistributed, iving the chairmans) %o the faithful, hess democrats wore sé*udnfident that vie- tory was about to set '@own upon their banner that they ealled® ©lhstead in from his country farm, that bé’ night qualify at ouce and the next day take a trip through the country with Major Paddock and become familiar with the nceds of the paople in the rural districts. e r——— Customs Reoelpts, Following are the receipts at the Omaha customs oftice for the weak ending July 1 Three cases of musical instruments for Max Meyer; four car loads of tin. plate for Leo-Clarke-Andresen Hardware company ; two cars of tin plate for the Cudahy Packing compauy ; one car load of tin for the Western Tinware company ; one car load of glass for the Keunard Glass and Paint wm‘:l packiage of yarn for Judge Benoke g(uulmu of wearing apparel for Mrs. S. A. oung; one bals of Sumatra tobacco for 8. Rosenstock ; two car loads of earthenware for Gatch & Lauman; seven cases of bottle stoppers for the Krug Browiug uom}»n{; oue package of houschold effects for David Whilten; one piece of statuary for St. Jo- u»h‘uh'nd. 4 AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Policemen with Gentle Pulls Aro Gather- ing In Suspicious Oharacters, MONUMENTAL AUDACITY OF BURGLARS Bovee's Domestlo Troubles Are Holllng— Folsoned by Eating Weeds—An Incor- rigible Kid—Muzziing the Dogs ~Magio City Gossip. The police were active last night and gathored in & number of suspects and drunks. About 6 o'clock two crippled fol- lows were run in, They had in their pos- session a number of note books belonging to commission firms and it is pretty cortain thdt tho fellows are thieves. One gave his name as Gus Smith. He has a bad face and the look of a hobo. On tho strength of hav- ing a wooden leg he solicits aid from passersby on the streot, but has a great dis- gust for work. Smith aid not act like a stranger to jail life and made an attempt to escape while the jailer was searching his pal. Ofticer TIhomas caught the loafer by the neck and threw him back into the sta- tion boforo he had gone very far. Agents with n Motive, There is a gaug of the galliest ‘agents” doing South Omaha at the present timo that were ever turned loose in any community, and one of them is liable to wake up in a hospital if he happens to show his faco at the door when the head of tho family js at home. These alleged agents are nothing but thieves getting the lay of the houses, that they may appear later in tho night and steal. Some of them are bold enough to walk into a Louse without rapping and others forco themselves in after they have boeen told by the lady of the house not to enter as they do not care to buy anything from them. In one or two instances women have been so fright- ened that they could not speak. The first one of these smart Alecks caught will be made an example of in the voiice vourt. Tho ofticers are on their trail. Boveo in n Peck of Tronblo, Mrs. Charles Bovee of Council Bluffs was in the city yesterday with blood in her eye, closely followed by an oficer who had a warrant in his hand which charged Charles Bovee with adultery. The pair looked over tho eity in v: Charley, for in some iner he got wind of their coming, and quictly folded his tent and disappeared. In her complaint Mrs. Bovee alleges that her husband has been living n_ open adultery here in South Omahs with a Mrs. John Hatflold. The police have seen Bovee around considerable of late and know that he has been hero, but are now unable to locate him. Mrs. Bovee says that her husband has deserted her and refused to support her, and she vroposes to have him punished if she can ferret out his hiding place. P At the Presbyterian church, corner of Twenty-fiftt. and J streets, the servies to- morrow will be: Sabbath school at 10 o’clock sharp. Topic, *‘Paul at Athens.” Mr. Rob- ert Montgomery will lead the bible class in the auditorium. Rev. Robert L. Wheeler will preach at 11 o'clock. Topie, “I'he Im- mortality of Our Affections.” At 3 o'clock the junior Young People's Society of Chris- tian Endeavor, led by Miss hyln Forbes. Topic, “What 1# God Like!” At 7 o'cloc Young People’s Society of Christian ko deaver, led by Mrs, M. Carl Smith. Topic, “God's Great Command.” At S o'clock Rev. ‘Wheeler will preach. Topic, “Our Laia-up Treasures.” The Fourth Ward Mission will meet at 2:30, corner Twenty-third and J streets. . Fido and Ris Mastor, John Nest is a fellow who believes in get- ting on a “high lonesome” occasionylly and when John gets all the booze he can carry he wanders off to a quiet spot and slumbers the hours away. Friday night he was found in a bunch of weeds snoring uway by Cap- tain Austin. Along side of Nest was his pet dog who never deserts’ him, and who s especially faithful when Joln is jaggy. Nest was placed under arrest and the dog was put In the dog pound.' Judge Fowler discharged Nest and the dog will in all probability be killed, Folsoned by Eating Weeds. Ray Mullen, the 6-year-old son of John Mullen of Atbright, is lying in & precarious condition from being poisoned. The lad with other boys was out picking pepperiaint in the woods und eating iv. By mistake the Mullen boy ate some weed that was poison and by the time he reached homo he was taken deatily sick. Dr. Ernhout was callod in ani there Is now some hope for the child's recovery. Ray says that ho was told by boys older than himself that the weeds he had eaten were not harmful. He is still . a very sick boy and has suffered intense i agony for the kst forty-elght hours, An luncorrigible Kid, Joo Holubek is a boy about 9 years of ago who has caused his purents and the police a grentaeal of trouble. His mother brought him into police court yesterday morning and took the initiatory steps to send the young man to the reform school. Joe is a_brizht boy, but he is tough and will not mind the advice of his parents. His last prank was to throw a bunch of lighted firecrackers into u pile of fireworks in front of Spadelman’s cigar storo and sot fire to the wholo lov. There is plenty of evidenco to show that the boy is incorrigible. Mnzzio Your Dogs. Gene Mayfleld yesterday shot his coach dog, Fanny, as he is of the opinion that the dog was mad. Tho day before he killed the animal it bit his son Clauae on the finger, Mr. Mayfield is very much worried for fear the dog was suffering from the rabies and is having a physician’ make a thorough tost of the dog. A tame rabbit is being used in the test and Dr, Berwick is doing.the work. There are & number of other dogs in South Omaha that are acting queer and the mayor is thinking of issuing an order com- pelling all dogs to be muzzled. olplont Cyal About 7 o'clock last night the people of South Omaha were given quite a fright. Great black clouds began to gathor in the west and the wind blew a perfect hurricance for fifteon minutes. Several families went into their cellars and talk of an approaching ui'clonn was %enm‘nl. But the broeze sub- sided and aside from a strong wind and a livtle rain, the storm was featureless. Maglo Clty Gossip. Jacob Jaskalek is home from a trip cast, Miss Maude Clifton is visiting in Wahoo. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ferguson, a duughter. Miss Effle Battrell is attending the Chau- tuyqua in Fremont. John Boyle of the Swift force is from a trip to Chicago. W. H. Campbell will spend Sunday with relatives in Nebraska City. Mrs, L. D. Barnott and Miss Ora Chanoy are home from a visit in Osceola. The young people of the Christian church will picnio at Syndicate pars Thursday., Oficer Van Wie and wife are entortaining Mrs, Van Wie's mother, whosq home is in Grand Island. G. W. Adams left last evening for a trip to the Puzet Sound country. He expects 0 finally Tocate in Sun Fraueisco. S. F. Stuart, the Wells-F'urgo oxpress agent at this city, bas been transferred to Council Bluffs and William Ryan of Milwau- kee will succeed him here. Rev. Luther will occupy the pulpit for Rov. Dawson this morning. Rev. Luther was formerly a citizen of Albright and hus many scqualutances in this viy. A large brass cylindor, \vul&hlng about 150 pounds, wus stolen from Krug's browery vesterday. The South Omaha pelice have en offered & reward of $10 Lo recover the property. Mrs. Poter Keysor of Bellevuo was found wandering about the streets by Oficer Ewerick last evening. The woman says that she and her husband quarrelod yester- day and she wade up her mind to leave him They have three children. Mrs. Keysor's mother Is Mrs. Hake and lives ou Urace home w o | bered roal strect in Omaha. The woman's mind fs slightly affected. She was caved for at the police station last night and will be tarned over to the county authoritios today. Coroner Maul hold an inquest on the ro- mains of Mrs, Ole Arneson yesterday noon The verdict was ‘suicide by morphine.” The funeral took place at 5 o'clock last evening, the interment heing at Laurel Hill cemotery. Tke Shovlin is spending Sunday at St. Joe. Some of the boys were telling around last night that Tke would return with a blushing bride. Tho blushing business goes. but the bride is a littlo moro than ke coutd stand under ordinary eiroumstances, v nming, & 1ad 10 years of age, w thrown from his pony last night and “seri- ously injured. In aadition to the mjuries ho sustained in the fall the pony trampled apon him, and for a time {t was thought the voy was killed. He was taken to his home in Omaha, JURKRNEID =S, The lady aeronaut will make a balloon ascension and parachute jump this after- noon at Courtland beach. oy CONCERNING IMPEACHMENT. Some Bits of History Connectod with the Late Teial. The motion for a rehearing of the im- peachment. cases is causing quito a bit of speculation on all sides. Although the state officers, who figured as principals in the trial, claim to be utterly indiffercnt as to what is done in the matter, thero is reason to believe they are just a trifle worriod over the now turn in affairs, Among tho gonoral public there is a grent deal of curiosity as to what the impeachment committee intends to do. The members so far havoe kept their own counsel pretty closely, but the other day in talking toa friend, Representative Caspor said : “Should the supreme court allow a ro- hearing of the impeachment case, Hon. G. M. Lambertson will be employed to conduct the trial. He may have tho assistanco of some local attorney at Lincoln to aia him in collecting the evidence, but the impeach- ment committee will rely upon Mr. Lambort- son to prosecute the . The motion for a new trial will a1so bo argued by Mr. Lam- bertson. We have every confidence in his ability and honesty, and had vhe other law- yers employod in the first trial of the case shown the same spiritin our settioment with them as Mr. Lambertson did, we would have haa no mandamus suit to defend.” Question of Attorneys' Fees. Thero are some other things in connection the impeachment t that are of in- terest to the public on which little light has yet been thrown. One thing is the ex- Pression of the opinton by both Representa- tives Colton and Casper that if Judge Doane collects that extra $00 it will be aftor long, hard-fought legal battio, Ave sting time was had between membe ommittee in the impeach- ment case and the lawyers they emy over the adjustment of their fees, The c mittee is of the opinion that the state would have been able to employ counsel at a more reasonable figure had the legislature not designated whom it should engage. When the committee first consulted the lawyers in to the amount they should be paid, ve it as their opinion that the caso ast from four to six months, and that their services would be worth =2.500 each. The committee thought 82,500 would not be an exorbitant fee should the rrial ceven four months and 80 the matter was lefe. The trial lasted neither four nor six mounths, but scarcely thirty days, and the committee concluded thut £1,500 each would be amyle compensation for the attorneys. Representative Colton was selected to feel of Judge Pound and Mr. Lambertson republican sido of the house. tive Barry concluded to tackle Attor Groene, the populist, while Rapresentative Casper was to approach Judge Doane and seo how he felt about tho matter. Representative Colton effected promise with the republican attors ing them $2,000 each. P Barry and Groene agreed to disagreo. Ropresentative Casper and Judge Doane did not have a very harmounious confercnce. “You promised to pay $2,500 apiece, did you uot?" said Judge Doa: *We did,” said Mr. Caspvor, “when you gavo it as your opinion, after looking over tho evidence for three days and accopting 500 for the work, that the trial would last from four to six months, but I have f out that it did nothing of tho kind. I kat it is almost and impossibility to ge opinion from a lawyer what the trial of acaseought to by worth, for evory third- rate lawyer in the country thinks hi; icos are very valua especially working for the state. Judge Doane highly indignant. He roared: I wiil have no further communi- cation with you, si And the Judgo took his departuro, Evidence 1s Missing Now Another piece of news about the impeach- ment comes from a York county editor who asserts that all the evidened taken before o committee in the impeac olen. Clerk of the Houss vo the ovidence to tl @ court and took his re The clerk of ) dence to tho 3 naver been hieard i Clerk Johuson went after it to publish it in 1rnal it could not ba found. a com- y pay- when _the committee I see you are after me in ment caso, Now, I always protectod the terests of the state, but of course whero bi bills were allowed I had 1o have my com- mission, which was all tight, wasn't it2 “Hor pure, unaaultorated gall, commond me to Lo Bentor s tho only roply of the comwitteen: e GOLDIMITH'3 CABSE, Judge Berka Releases Pati ant o 84,000 1ail, Lou Goldsmith was arraigned before Judge Berka at noon yesterday and is eharged with assault with intent to Jil. Attornoy Mauhoney appeaved for the dofense and As- sistant County Attorney Troop represented the state. Phore was a large crowd of in- terestod apectators in the court room when Goldsmith was brought up from the jail. He had a detiant look and carried an un- lighted cigar, He was cool and possessed and nodded to several friends. After hea the impeach- on's Assail- | ing the churge against Goldsmith Attorne Mahoney askod that his o bail. This lead to a diseussion is Lo tho con- dition of Patterson. Iuformation was 1 ceived from the lospital that the colore man had groatly lwmproved dur- ing the night and was avle to take nourishment this moraing. “Iho nature of the wound s yot unkunown, but the hospital physician was of the opinfoi that unless new complications sot in Patter- son would recover in a short timo, oidsmith avors that ho fired tha shots to the colored man, and had 1o intention of shooting him, Aftor considering the arcuments mudo by tho attorneys Judge Merk i Londs at #4,000. Tho boiwls be grantel ropr oncul 1 Goldsmith wis A(LOr Hool. he line of defenso will by th ing was done in self-prot prosecution expects to show that it was o crime wholly uucalled for under the sctusi ciroumstances. Colored Mon 1 As s0on as Patierson's Goldsmith had been roleas:4 on bail they Vocame greatly oxcited, and yesterday afternoon crowds of colored men wore seen in the vicinity discussing th 3 Home of the more hast; of taking summary but cooler counsels prevailed and g was dons he- youd considerablo vhreatening talk. A half dozen ofticers were stationed in the vicly 1o provent trouble, bub the colorod men felt very bitter against Lou Goldsmith, who is alloged to have treated their vace with bru- tality on provious occasions. —— Buliding Fermits, “The followinz permits to issued yesterda, Sacrod Hourt convent, Phirty-sixth and Burt, ropairs bulld were 800 Four peruiits, agSrogutiog. .. 7 IN LOCAL MASSAGE PARLORS Exporience of a Reporter Who Took Only a Partial Course. ATTRACTIONS OF THE LADY ATTENDANTS How the Much Ad Managed ow Varlors U ortised Concorns Are Profits that Come from Varie purces to Skilled Manipulntors = Like every other city of any importance Omaha tias massago bath rooms. There aro not nearly as many such places tierc as thero were last spring, for several of the madames concluded that tho climate was gotling more healthy for their patients than for the ate tondants. s was thoe result of a quiet in« tion by the polico, who had their at led to the manner in which these being run by a forcible sermon tha First Baptist church by . William I, Hetlings. Several of theso voro ovilontly frightencd by Sor- geant Sigwart's report to the chief of police, in which ho said there were indications of immorality being practiced in theso places. T 5, 10 doubt, places whero massago bo obtained, where the name of the bath is not u as a shield, behina which immoral y tices are carried on, but in nearty all cities these signs and baths are rogarded as mere subtorfuges. The influences surrounding these estab- lishments appeals to the yof, tho patrons, who are, almost without exception, men, Men go to these places to bo bathod, rubbed and patted by a female attendant who generally does her work with hardly enough cloth d an old army mus- ket. Themanis placed on a bed and his costume does not consist of oveun a fig leaf. Iver since the day that Adam and Eve Journeyed forth from Paradise, this, in itself, has been re ed as an immoral practice, Then the farcical bath 1s performed. Av least the patron pays 82 for that purpose. Webster describes 1 boing a kneading of v y, cspecially formed as a_remedial or hygienio measure. This sort of a massage is prob- ably all right when performed by a man with muscles on him like a prize fight 1y" attondunts of tho Omah ' not built in that mant E ady massige professo have been itted to run these baths the ined into disropute, Tt is nov intendod to convey the idea that all of theso places ave immoral, but that many of them ro has been established beyond any doubt. itted to swing out their signs ir places of business and ad- vertiso in the papers, thus publicly solieit- g paironage. Thus' in darkened rooms they can ply their voeation without molesta- tion from the municipal authoritics, bo- r hom, excep ir regular who fre- quont such places for reasons best known to themselves With a vie tion .»1]um 50 in front of th ovenil Ho took throo of tho so ealled buths, and Jf “eleanline e must have Uncle St. Potor's heavenl At the fivst pluce the v by a sant spoared to be about ishierod int nted a bath. He replied that id, and was fuvited to disrobe. Even as hardened ibo s suppose.l t0 b, ho told to “shod his linen. dn't_blush, but wod to enfoy the visitor's alscomfiture. wsked him what kind of a bath ho yanted, afl e replied that ho had rheuma- tism. ‘{'lic woman supplied hersslf with a bowl of water, in_which she had placed a handful pf seasalt, and then the ablutionary process Began., After being saturated with the saling” liquid *was rubbed with a towel which n previous usagn. Then o s nothing more than ms of tho”hands, mussago is next_to godlhi- been next door to domicile. itor looking 45 years of age, groeted woman, who Ho then the reu came to light. She wound up tho ture of alcohol and auinine on the visitor. She informed him that hewas lucky in calling carly, as sho had visitors m the « Hustily donning his wearing apparel the visitor was shown to the door in time Lo 500 two other “'patieats” ushered into the back room. sain and brinz some of your inds,” wefle the words which greeted the s of the departing guest. ade to another bath. A 1 a sharp visaged fe- ace from a sule doo in just fifteen minut; said the fac ou can go into the parlor and Jennie will entertain’ vou. O, Jenme, come to the door."” flaxen-haired fairy of uncertain vited the guest in ana tried to by sable by being familiar. The bath hora sat the first place, but the more muscular’ ability, “plain bath” with-no it the visitor was invited o again when ho could stay loj c muchly bathed yout other bath and found fv as s he found another and he was invited 1o the block for just fifig he would bo admitte seemed to bo workis \ shifts, s in_every ) was repoated. On tho coast clear -the visitor was a mitted to a dimly-hehted room in which was seated perspiving femalo dre in a costumo which can be secn when tho Midway DPlaiasnce Amazons take their afternoon teas in full nati dress. Tho proscribed formula of tr 8 aguin thy all tod for an- Hero I of him If around minutes and then These women - fifreen minute gited this remuric areing and finding i, Hero 1o 1id thiny i > patients on fonale visitors. After gotti ok ab tho Sullivin esque biceps of tho operator, the reporter wcluded thit ho was too tred to unde i trontuent, and smarting 5 which had ol night air of theso b 7 for £ hs stated that Tho batha and plain as mag- disensos of & more trouble. man was found who ief from taking o so 5o parlors have many intoresting y of tha Visitors, netu I'h pal from prickly ho Yy BO1LE natu said he had fct tack of ¥ theso vogular patrons, to know the num Pateick 1. The Patrivk i Co Land comp. ny. syndicate apitalists, and aed in this city daring the boom ped from n i vests fu Omaba ' yours ago the Patrick iits, called ¢ for business are cone thoe ¥ furm, just west of tho Dundee 'lace, aud o] with something of , Alard thines came on and the fond hopesof the men from the banks of the Kaw were nover roalized, notwithstanding the 24 that they builg rosidences, graded strects aud built’ stroes vailway lines for tho convenionce of their custoutors who had bought Jots in tho addi. tion. A couple of yeavs I\nluh‘unl wnd the pr 0 the company bacamo ipal titor, Ilizs . tho origingl owner of the land, tgages which she udgmout for something like v ago tho Tovied upon by nl offerod for s blocks und e in by tho agont of Elizs W. Patrick, the prices bld aggeogats fng i even $200,000. e i o Tho lady nomgiant will make a balloas ascension and parachuto jump this after noon at Courtland beach,