Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 27, 1894, Page 5

CAUGHT I MOSHER'S WRECK 7 Boveral Well Known Linooln Men Will Be Drawn Into Court. HISTORY OF SPECULATION IN NOTES \They Endorsed Accommodation Paper aud Will iBe Forced to Pay & Num- ber of Heavy Clalms as LINCOLN, Feb. 26.—(Speeial to The Bee,) ~-The enormous amount of litigation that has followed the suspension of the Capital Na- tional bank is to be further Increased, and it I8 now more than likely that a number of well known business men and capitalists of Lincoln will be drawn into court who not figured In the case. One of these will illustrate the somewhat pecullar transactions in vegue in Lincoln's financial circles in the days immediately preceding the collapse of the Capital Na. tional swindle. The facts in the case may be stated thus On January 2, 1802, three weeks prior to the failure of the bank, Mosher sold to Lang Bros. of Des Mofnes a note for $5,000 due in six months signed by W. W. Marsh The man Marsh tood in about the same re- Jation to Mosher as did the man Hurlbut, who signed so many of the bogus Western Manufacturing company notes. The note was payable to Mosher, and when sold to Lang Bros. was endorsed by C. W. Mosher, Lou Meyer and J. D. Macfarland, notice of protest and non-payment being waived and payment guarante On December /s prior to the i se a similar not hitherto suits nd a month and two failure Lang Bros. for $5,000 as above. On January 5, 1893, Yonker Bros. of Des Moines purchased a note for $12,000 signed by Mosher and Outcalt and endorsed by L. Meyer and J. D. Macfark It seems to be pretty well settled that Mosher and Outcalt, and espesially the lat- ter, will never be able to pay the enormous claims against them. Accordingly L. Meyer and J. D. Macfarland will be called into court and made Joint defendants with Mosher. It is not asserted that Meyer and Macfarland had any interest in the bogus notes, for they may be classed as the same Kind of paper as that which flooded the mar- ket from the Western Manufacturing com- pany. Meyer and Macfarland signed the notes, or endorsed them, rather, as a mere matter of speculation. = The notes drew 7 por cent interest and the Capital National paid 10 per cont for the use of the money. Meyer and Macfarland simply pocketed th 3 por cent. END OF A SALACIOUS CASE. Attorney F. J. Kelley of this city has re- turned from Chicago, where he went to de- fend A. W. Stuart in a suit for bastardy brought by Miss Grace Smith. This Is the case which created so great a gencral sen- wation in Lincoln last summer, the partic- ulars of which were duly chronicled in The Tee at the time. Briefly recited the partic- ulars of the case are that two years ago a child was born to a young woman at Tabitha lome In this city and afterwards placed in the care of Mrs, J. R. Gorton, living at 1626 Q street. Mrs. Gorton held the child until there was a board bill due her and her sister of several hundred dollars. Then she un- earthed a few facts which led her to be- lieve that one Daisey Smith was the mother of the child and one “Willam A.” Stuart of Chicago its father. She sued them for the care of the child. Her attorney was . J. Kelly and so well did he plead this case that the court gave judgment against Miss Smith and her friend Stuart. On the trial Miss Smith swore that Stuart's rela- tions toward her had been perfectly proper and while she acknowledged that she was the mother of the child she denied that tuart was fits father. The matter rested ntil some weeks ago Miss Smith went to Chicago where she sued Stuart for damages, clalming that he was the father of the child, Stuart telegraphed to Kelley and employed him to defend. The case was dismissed on a_technicality and as the Ilinofs statutes prevent the Institution of a basterdy case after the child is 2 years old, it is likely that the infant who has created so much dis- turbance, will go through life with but one parent. The child is 2 years old today. BURGLARIZED A SALOON. Some time during last night thieves forced a transom over the front door of the old Two Charlies saloon on N street, between Tenth and Bleventh streets. Once inside they carrled away the cash box and broke open _ nickle-in-the-slot machine and secured a small amount of change. The cash box con- tained $12.60 and was found early this morn- ing by Detective Malone on Eighth street, between M and L. It had been smashed to pleces In order to get the money. No ar- rests have been made as yet, but the police aro watching one or two suspects. HEARD IN THE DISTRICT COURT ROOMS. Attorney R. J. Green today secured a Judgment against Alex Halter for $7,230 for legal services. Halter made no appearance uand the judgment was given in default, Isaac Riley Is sulng his wife Elma for a free and unconditional divorce. He claims to the court that she deserted him two years ago, taking their children with her, and that since that time she has refused to permit him to see_them. Medora Rundle has been united in matri- mony to William Rundie for twenty-three elghteen of which she has supported the family by taking in washing. During this time she managed to save up $900 worth of property, which she mow claims Willlam has wrongfully taken for his own uso. She wants the property back and a divorce. Architect G. W. McDonald of Geneva took out a license today which permits him to wed Miss Alamena Parker of this city. The wedding togk place this evening. Othello Allen is on trial for attempting to shoot the mortal existence out of one Ward. He is pleading self-defense and he seems to be making out a protty good case. CONVICTS TO BE RELEASED IN MARCH. The following persons will be discharged from the state penitentiary during March: 2044, Halfacre, 1st; 2170, Lively, 1st; 2310, Hudson, 1st; 2308, Collins, 1st; 2354, Buck- master,’ 1st; 2005, Douglas, 24; 2255, Hoppee, 11th; 2221, Warren, 16th; 2229, Colon, 19th; 2272, Creole, 26th; 2336, Trumbull, 29th. LINCOLN IN BRIEF. === The first gun of the rapidly approaching municipal campaign has been fired. The city prohibition central committee has been called to meet this evening for the purpose of calling a nominating convention, The directors of the city public library are not a little annoyed ov the fact that four overcoats were stolen from the reading rooms during the past weok. The infant child of J. W. Jordan, man- ager of the Lincoln Printing company, was buried this afternoon, death having resulted from acute bronchitas after an illness of but twenty-four hours. The plans for the new High ing have been trimmed again and the cost has been reduced to $57,000. They were adopted at a meeting of the board held last evening. The work of repairing the Funke opera house, which was 50 extensivelydamaged by fire last Wednesday evening, commenced this morning. Charles Bayse, the Saunders county mur- derer, was brought to the state penitentiary today to commence a twenty year sentence. The Bank of Lushton has gone into Voluntary liquidation, the bank paying all 1ts depositors in full A concert was given by local talent at the Lansing last eveniug, the entire proceeds belng donated to the Nebraska Wesleyan university for the purpose of rebuilding the Halsh manuel training school, chool build- S Off a Gang NEBRASKA CITY, Feb. 26.—Special to The Bee)—M. R. Thorp, a letter carrler at Nebraska City, was asked for assistance by two tramps yesterday and took them to the hotel and gave them food. They repald his Kindness by stealing his overcoat, valued ut $46. As soon as the loss was discovered ‘Thorp and Officer Jack Farley started in a *chase of tho thieves. It was learned from the watchwman of the Burlington bridge that nine tramps had crossed to the lowa side ubout an hour before. They crossed the bridge and soon overhauled the tramps. Of- Tramps, ave | ficer Farley told them he wanted the z-onl.‘ which one of the tramps was wearing, and was given the laugh. The officer then drew his revolver and the tramps dared him to #hoot, saying they were on lowa soll and not amenable to the laws of Nebraska The officer responded by striking the tramp who wore the coat alongside the head with his gun, knocking him cold. The other elght sprang to thelm comrade's rescue, but stopped before the muzzle of the officer's revolver. The coat was recovered A. Gerhardt and his son, living near Per- cival, In., started to cross the river opposite this city this morning with two loads of wood. Mr. Gerhardt had advanced several hundred feot on the ice when cries for help from his son attracted his attention, The rear wheels of his son's wagon had broken fhrough the fce, and the horses were struggling perately to extricate the vehicle. By the time he reached his son's wagon the horses had broken through the fee, and were struggling in the water, He grasped one by the bridle and was himself drawn down. In ralsing, however, he man- to clutch the edge of the fce and out. The team and wagon, valued 3350, were lost. The son escaped by Jumping. It Is now sald that Duncan MacCuaig, son of the late postmaster, who is at present Secretary Morton's chief clerk, is a can- didate for postmaster, pa il Tax. SCHUYLE 26.—(Special to The Bee)—City Treasurer Kolm, with a policeman and a copy of the occupation tax ordinance, has been out collecting occupa tion tax of some who were delinquent. At the Chinese laundry, Sam Wah refused pay; ment of the $7 assessed against him and threatened to annfhilate his two persecutors with a hatchet wielded threateningly, Insis ing that he had no money. A watch hang- Ing upon the wall was spled and captured, which was redeemed later by the Celestial, whose imprecations against Schuyler and jts officials were both loud and deep. J. C Jrashorg, the jeweler, refused to pay, and a watch valued at $35 was taken from his stock. He has begun suit for its recovery. E. L. True, who had been in the mer tile business in Schuy will close out his present large stock of dry goods, notions and clothing preparatory to removing to Omaha. A German club has been organized her the following being the officers: Instructor, W. A. Rathsack; president, Henry Kolm; vice president, John F. Neiman: treasurer, B. Mick; secrctary, William J. Shuldt; libra< rian, Fritz Schroeder. At present there are about twenty members, Rev. W. D. Elwell of Platte Center con- ducted Baptist services at the St. John's Lutheran church yesterday. Fred dent of the Nebraska State bank, anied by James A, Gri son, starts to England Wednesday The Rank block was sold under foreclos- ure this week, the Schuyler Building and Loan association having a first mortgage. It was bid in by Fred Krug of Omaha for $9,200. The insurance companies, after a long season of holding off in Insinuation of not paying the 00 insurance upon the ler High school building, have at last begun to pay the loss in full. armed SARGENT, Neb., Feb. 26.—(Spec Bee. rge meeting was held here Sat- urday to discuss the question of voting bonds to aid in the construction of a railroad from Albjon,s Neb., to Taylor, by way of North Loup, Wescott and Sargent. Representa- tives of the parties desiring to build this line were present and gave an outline of what they intended to do. Taylor, Sargent and the other places through which the line is projected will be asked to vote bonds and furnish other ald. At the meeting held at Sargent and Taylor it was decided without a dissenting vote to grant all the aid for the construction of the road that the law would permit. Prominent railroad men at Chicago are known to be interested in this movement and the new road is expected to connect at Albion with a road for the east. The new road, as outlined, will run through a rich farming country Its entire length, which will furnish a large traffic for the road. Around Sargent is a rich, well de- veloped country in which the farmers have been obliged to haul their products from twenty to forty miles to a railroad, and of late years, since the products have become large, the ‘absolute necessity of a railroad is manifest. Hitherto the B. & M. has had this rich territory hedged in on the east and south by its branch lines, o it has secured all the traffic. By grading a line through the northeastern part of Custer county, which it has never completed, it has kept other com- panies from looking this way. Now there is much rejoicing In these parts at the pros- pect of sccuring a different and more direct outlet to the east. The surveying for the construction of the ditch of the Middle Loup Irrigation com- pany is progressing rapidly and probably the preliminaries for construction of the ditch will be arranged in time to commence grading early In the spring. Want the Remedy Applled. M'COOL JUNCTION, Neb.,, Feb. 26.— (Special to The Bee.)—The business men of McCool Junction appreclate The Bee's assist- ance in their efforts to get the same graln rates east by the Kansas City & Omaha rail- road that the town of Fairmont (elght miles south) has. A farmer living south of here, who got more for his grain, asked the Fair- mont grain. buyer the reason. His reply was, ‘‘They had a better rate” Last week's Fairmont Signal said that the reason for the large amount of graln marketed there lately must be due to cut rates, as reported. The elevator on the Kansas City & Omaha railroad at Fairmont for several years shipped scarcely any grain. The B. & M. elevator at that place, owing to its convenlent location in the town, bought and shipped nearly all the grain. The manage- ment of the Kansas City & Omaha railroad learned of this and it is believed that they made a cut of 5 cents per hundredweight. Mc- CoolJunction has been,and locally is known to be, one of the best and largest grain ship- ping statlons on the Kansas City & Omaha, but owing to the cut rate at Fairmont a large number of farmers who heretofore sold grain here marketed some this winter at Fairmont, Killed the Canal HASTINGS, Feb. 26.—(Speclal Telegram to The Bee)—The Platte river canal project received a rather severe blow at a mass meeting of the citizens held In the court house this afternoon. D. H. Ballard was made chairman and the claims of the canal company were presented by Isaac Ledieyt and V. S. Thickley. The St. Louls pro- moters not putting in an appearance a mo- tion was made that the council be requested to submit the proposition of the canal com- pany to a vote at the spring election, but by an overwhelming vote the motion was lost At the meeting of the city council this evening representatives of the canal com- pany asked that no action be taken on the proposition and the requost was granted. The ordinance granting a franchise to the Hastings Iluminating and Fuel Gas com- pany was passed. The only change made was that fixing the minimum rate at $1.60 per thousand instead of $1.50. Accused of ST. PAUL, Neb,, 6.—(Speclal to The Bee)—Newton Rogers was arrested here Fri- day night by the city marshal on complaint of Mike Lilyif, a peddler,for stealing $30 trom him. Lityif stopped over night several days ago at a farm house three miles from here, and was given a place to sleep with the hired man, Newton Rogers. During the night it 1s claimed he stole the money. He is now loged in jail awaiting his trial Demiso of & Ploneer, MEAD, Neb, Feb. 26.—(Special to The Bee.)—Albert Nelson died here February 16 after a short inliness. Mr. » was among the earliest settlers. wa one of the ploneer business men of Omaha and was prominent In Saunders county's early polities, and leaves hosts of friend Injured by & Bursting Gun ALMAGE, Neb., Feb. 26.—Special gram to The Bee)—This afternoon, while cleaning a target gun, Gussie Butz, the 13-year-old son of Henry Butz, recelved a vevere wound in the face by being burned with powder. The gun bursted, but he sus- tained no other injuries. Tele- uneral of Miss Lulu Hedrlek. ¥ 26.—(Special to The .)—The funeral services of Miss Lula E. Hedrick, who dled at the home of her THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 184 parents, Mr. and Mrs, J. T. Hedrick, this city, at the age of 19 years, Thursday, were heid in the Methodist Bpiscopal church yes- terday at 11 o'clock, and was attended by ahout 800 people. Rev. W. B. Alexander delivered the sermon, which was an eloquent one. The deceased was taken peritonitis about three months ago visiting friends in Lincoln, the of which caused her death. while effects Nance County Will Have a Court House. FULLERTON, Neb., Feb. 26.—(Special to The Bee.)~-On the morning of March 5 last the court house in this city was consumed by fire. The county officers have since that time been scattered over the city wherever they could find quarters, much to the annoy- ance and inconvenience of the public gen- erally. The Board of Supervisors of Nance county submitted a proposition to fssue bonds in the sum of $25,000 to rebuild the court house and jall, which was voted upon at an election held June 3, 1893, The honds were defeated by fifty votes. At the Janu- ary meeting of the Board of Supervisors an- other proposition was submitted to the voters to issue bonds to the amount of $17,000 and the election was ordered to be held Feb- ruary 24, 1894, This proposition was adopted by a majority of over 300. These bonds are to bear interest at the rate of b per cent and are to be pald at any time after ten years shall have elapsed. As to Draining th FREMONT, Feb. 26 al to The Bee.) The question of drainage of the Platte bottom has been appealed directly to the people of the Platte bottom regardless of location and petitions to the board of super- visors are being extensively circulated. It is now proposed to push the matter as of general interest. People interested in manufacturing are feel- tng pretty sanguine that the project for a diteh for power purposes will be bullt as soon as the engineer's report places {t within the ability of the city to construct. With this In view several other manufacturers are looking over the city for location. The Grand Army of the Republic of Fre- mont is figuring on purchasing the old opera house property on Fifth street with the view of fitting it up for the use of the post and kindred organizations. Committees are now consldering the proposition. ottoms. hibition. 26.—~(Special to hootlegging' to quite an Bootloggers Fuavor I DECATUR, Neb., Feb. The Bee)—The business of whisky scems to be conducted extent of late, at least more than many a temperance town would expect. - On Wednesday no less than twelve Indlans were drunk on the streets here. Some of them were loaded to their fullest capacity with firewater. It will be a choice of two evils at the coming village election, and no doubt a license board will be elected. Whether the temperance people know it or not, they certainly have the heartiest sup- port of the hootlegging element in suppress ing the Had Trouble in See SBRASKA CITY, Feb. —(Special Telegram to The Bee.)—The libel case against Z. T. White and H. W. Hoerath for langing Hon. J. Sterling Morton and son Carl in efigy was called for trial in_the district court this afternoon. Hon. John C. Watson and D. T. Hayden appeared for the prosecution and W. C. Sloan and W. F. Moran for the defense. The entire after- noon was spent in securing a jury, more than fifty men having expressed an opinion. In a short address Watson presented the state’s case to the jury, when conrt ad- journed until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. ring a Howard County Teachers Meet., ST. PAUL, Neb., Feb. 26.—(Special to The Bee)—A large gathering of the teachers of Howard county and citizens of St. Paul assembled Friday evening at the Methodist church in response to invitation of County Superintendent Parker. The church was filled to its full capacity, and a good time was had. Speeches were Parker, Superintendent Gondy, Prof. W. F. Clemmens of the Fremont Normal school and others. ——— The first number of the American Ency- clopaedic Dictionary can now be obtained at The Bee office for 15 cents without any coupons. This l& done to enable all readers to judge for themselyes the good points clatimed for this great work. — QUESTION OF MALICE. Arguments Made Yesterday In the Bennett- Rosewater Libel Ca e. Judge Berka listened to arguments in po- lico court yesterday afternoon as to whether or not hearsay testimony was admissible in showing the good faith and absence of malice on the part of the defendant in the Bennett- Rosewater libel case. The entire afternoon was thus taken up, the question being ex- haustively argued, and numerous authorities were clted, especially by the defense, bear- ing upon the point in controversy. The de- fense raised the further point that the article in question was a privileged communication, and called the attention of the court to the fact that it was addressed to the electors of Douglas county. It was argued that the arti- cle was fair, reasonable, without malice, and was printed with the best of motives and for justifiable ends. It referred to Bennett solely in his official capacity, and did not at- tack his private life. Much of the article was In the way of ordinary newspaper criti- clsm, and there were but three things in it that ‘would be at all libelous under any cir- cumstances. The attack was not directed against Bennett personally, so far as the charges of immorality in the jail were con- cerned, but against his subordinates, for whom he was responsible. The trouble with Bennett was that he had kept too many of his relatives around him and they had given him the worst of it. The exist- ing state of affairs had been brought to the attention of the voters of the county, who were directly interested In the case, and the communication had been one of privilege, As to what constituted privileged com- unications, the courts were all in harmony. The rulings of the court had thrown ipon the defense the burden of proof, and it was for it to show good motives, just'fiable ends and the absence of malice. How was the conclusion of good faith to be arrived at? By evidence to show diligence in in- vestigating the reports that were received, and it was, therefore, competent to show whether or not the efforts of the defendant had been commensurate with an honest en- deavor to ascertain and verify the facts. The defense had already shown the truth of the statements published beyond any reasonable doubt, and to disprove the pre- sumption of malice in the publication it was sought to Introduce the testimony of a wit- ness who had been present and heard what was sald when the defendant was investigat- ing as to the truth of a report that 1 been brought to him, and which had already been testified to by the defendant himself. The verdict of the people in this case had already been received, and they had voiced the belief that the man was cor- rupt, incompetent and surrounded by a horde of individuals who had fallen very low in the moral scale. The people had deemed sufficient even less evidence than had been required by the defendant, and they would sustain the man who had fearlessly spoken of things as they existed and called things by their right nam 1f general rumors had been such as to discredit the honor, integrity and virtue of the complaining wit- nesses, then the defendant had reason to belleve those statements, and it was com- petent to show what those general rumors Were, mot for the purpose of proving or tending to prove the truth of the rumors, but to rebut the presumption of malice on the part of the defendant. Malice ‘was the gist of all crimes, and it should not be pre- med in this case, as it was a privileged pmmunication, and malice was for the state prove. he prosecution contended that the com- munication was not privileged, and insisted that no hearsay testimony be admitted, even for the and sole intent of disprov- ing mal part of the defendant. The matter was taken under advisement by the court untll Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, when the hearing of the case will be resumed. . —— Chamberlaln Register Sold. OHAMBERLAIN, 8. D., Feb. 26.—(Spectal Telegram to The Bee)—George R. Owen has purchased the plant of the Chambers lain Register, which was s0ld by the sherifr, and will continue its publication as a repub- lican newspaper. Owen was & former owner of the plant. slck withe made by Mr. | BULLETS OVER 4 GARD TABLE Ttalian Accuses Another,of Oheating and Shoots Him Three Times, WOUNDS ARE PROEHABLY FATAL ONES Murderous Assuilant Rutk from wn Angry Iying Ball Misses the Head of Sleeping Babe Ahe Details, Crowd Carmino fatally inju Felice - was hot and od yesterday afternoon at o'clock by Pepinio Gigliotti. Both the parties reside in an old tnmble down house, 2036 Poppleton avenue. Four or five men had beer playing cards there all day and there were frequent dis- putes as to who won. They were not play- ing for anything but beer. Late in the after- noon Felice and Gigliottl took part In a game and were on opposite sides. Several times Felice claimed that he was being cheated and that some of those playing against him, and he pointed to Gigliott, were taking the cards and hiding them After several games had been played and Felico lost the most of them he became very angry, and when he lost another game he ot ip and accused Gigliotti of cheating him and then struck him in the face Gigliotti at once drew a revolver and shot Felice three times, once through the right lung, once In the left side of the breast and near the left lung, and one ball entered under the left arm and came out through the shoulder. This was the only ball recovered e one that entered the right lung it is thought cannot be recovered. Dr. Saville attended the man and sald that while he might live, the chances are greatly against it, and the fact that he is bleeding inwardly is much against him. probably 5:30 GIGLIOTTI GETS AWAY. Telice is a laborer and a single man. The Italians at the house where he lived say he was a good fellow and that they liked him. A fellow called Petrio was present the shooting. He said in rather poor glish that he heard the men quarreling often during the day and had seen Felice get up from his chair and strike Gigliotti He then said that Gigliotti left the room for a mement, but returned, and standing in the doorway he shot Felice three times, but that in all he shot five times and showed where two of the bullets entered the wall right back of where fce was sitting. After he had shot all the cartridges In the revolver he left the room and ran as fast as he could up Poppleton avenue. He turned several times to see If he was being pursued and as he saw the mob that was hot on his trail he stood still and threatened to shoot them if they dared to molest him He got away and Fe bleeding from three wounds, ran as rapidl as he could from the house and called for the polic He was almost ready to fall when Officer Fisk caught him and ook him into Wilke Sauter’s drug store, corner of Twenticth and Plerce streets. The patrol wagon was then called and Officer Dibbern dressed the wounds. DESCRIBED BY WITNESSES. He said he did not strike Gigliottl, that the only thing he did w lie was cheating him. had been shot. A visit was made to the locality where the shooting occurred. There are six fam- ilies living in the same house, and_nearly all of them are unable to speak English. Mrs. Gigliotti, the wife of the probable murderer, was seen. She could not relate anything of importance beyond saying she was upstairs, and that when she heard the shooting she ran out the door in time to see her husband running. up, the street. Ske attempted to follow, hut he motioned her to stay back. Phillip Konstans, uncle of tigliottl, sald he hehrd the shooting and went to the basement; where the men were playing, to separate them, He was too late, and Felice was already ghot and Gigliotti had got away. Gigliotti has a_sister living at Nineteenth and the Union Pacific rallread track. The shanty she lives in is.a peculiar one. It has a couple of doors on each side, and it was said that Gigliotti’ was hidden here. The place was thoroughly, searched, but the only information that could be obtained was that Gigliotti had been there many times, but was not there then. They were in- dulging in a high carnival, drinking wine and smoking bad tobacco. All the shantes were searched, but no trace of the missing man could be found. NEARLY KILLED A BABE. Tony Payne, who lives in the same house with Gigliotti and in whose room the shoot- ing occurred, had just got home when the Thouse was being searched. His sister lives there too, and when he came in she told him of the ocourrence and also showed him the place on the bed where the baby was asleep when the trouble began. If one of the bullets had gone half an inch lower down it would have struck the baby and this caused Payne to swear aternal vengeance against Gigliotti, He knelt down and tak- ing off his hat he swore to Almighty God that he would capture the murderer today or di€ himself. He took a long, sharp knife and started out in tho darkness to bring to Justice the man who came so nearly robbing him of his child. The jabbering of his com- panions was so general that it seemed as it a dozen demons had broken loose. There was a crowd of Italians in the house and they all swore to capture Gigliotti. Gigliotti is a brother of the man who Is suspected of killing old man Boccacio at his stand, Fifteenth and Davenport streets, last August. and to tell him He then told how he s The first number of the American Ency- clopaedic Dictionary can now be obtained at The Bee office for 156 cents without any coupons. This Is done to enable all readers to judge for themselves the good points clalmed for this great work. iood i s Sl i SUCCEEDS GENERAL DANDY. M Charles ¥. Humphrey Becomes Quar- termaster ral of This Departm The promotion of Major Charles F. Hum- phrey to the position of chief quartermaster of the Department of the Platte, made va- cant by the retirement of General Dandy, meots with the warmest approval of his many friends in this city, He has been con- nected with the quartermaster's department since 1879, and has a vast deal of experi- ence in the handling of materfals and supplies having been associated with the building and enlargement of some of the finest posts in the army. He came to Omaha to superin- tend the construction of the new post at Fort Crook, having been specially detailed for that work, and the amount and charac ter of the work already done there s for him all that Is necessary as to his fit- ness for the position. Major Humphrey 16 birth, and went into’ithe ‘army during the war as u private. He passed through the various noncomimissioned positions and was furloughed during the-eampaign of 1864 for “‘soldierly conduet and recommended through the proper chanuels for examina- tion for commission In'the artillery. He was mado a second liutendnt fn 1866, first lieu- tenant in 1868, captain and assistant quar- termaster in 1879, antd-major and quarter master in 1892, In counvetion with Major Humphrey's promotion to a commission it may be stated that there were at that time 80 many applications ' for commissions that the War department appointed in the order of merit, and that Major Humphrey re- celved the second order to appear for exam ination Major Humphrey was very strongly dorsed for promotion by Major General J wofield, Major General Nelson A. Mil Major General John Pope (retired), Brigadier neral S, B. Holabird (retired), Brigadier neral J. R. Brooke, Adjutant General J Kelton, Colonel J. W. Forsyth of the oyl cavalry and Major M. P. Miller of ifih artillery, Tha ppomotion means a large Increase in work ahd responsibility, as Major Humphrey will continue in control of the work at Fort Crook, i New Yorker by News and Orders from Waskhington. WASHINGTON, Feb. Speclal Tele- gram to The Bee.) ral 0. 0. Howard, commanding the Department of the Atlantic, who wlil be eligible to Tetirement on account of ege on November 8 next, ks expected to The above picture s an exact tion of a valuable oil painting were permitted to from a in a gentlemun's private gallery It a weird and powerful The is going upon the rocks! The wind and the waves are so deafening that the sound of the bell on the buoy cannot be heard! In her agony the mermaid seizes the standard from which the bell is suspended and seeks in deadly peril America reprodic- which we collection tells vessel copy story to ring the alarm to those There are millions of people in today that drifting toward th of destruction and do not know it! have strange, unaccountable feelings pain in varions parts of the body. They are often restless, feverigh, and far too often afflicted with headdches, indigestion and general despondency. They —know that something s wrong, but think, per- haps, it is only tempor and will soon pass away. They do not lize that t feclings are the first rocks They and are e ————————— THE GREAT | relinquish his command and take a leave of absence on June 1. jeneral Nelson A. Miles, Chicago, com- manding the Department of the Missourl, Is expected to take General Howard's present command when the latter leaves it in June. It is sald that General Miles will be General Schofleld’s successor upon retirement next year, and that General John R. Brooke is to be detailed to the Chicago command when General Miles goes to New York next sum- mer. Lieutenant Hammond, now at Fort Meade, will likely be detailed to teach mili- tary tactics at the Doane college of Crete. Lieutenant Hammond is a Congregationalist by faith, and meets all of the other require- ments of the college. It looks as though the troubles of Major J. W. Wham, paymaster, would never end. His last trouble is in securing bonds. He has been detailed for station on the Pacific coast, but is now on a leave of absence trying to get somebody to make good his bond, without which he cannot resume his duties. Since he has been declared to be of sound mind and body and mot entitled to retirement, he must stay on the active list, yet he cannot qualify for the position which he holds on the Army Register. It is a re- markable condition and is puzzling the au- thorities at the War department. They would like to retire him and relieve him of his embarrassments, but there seems to be no ground for his retirement. Since his un- fortunate robbery of some years ago no one wants to become his security. After conferring on the subject, Secre- taries Lamont and Herbert have decided there shall be no contests at foot ball be- tween the cadets at Annapolis and West Point. This action is taken because of a conviction that the interacademic matches are a detriment to discipline and to the studies of the cadets. The retirement from active service on February 22, by operation of law, of Major John Brooke, surgeon, is announced. Second Lieutenant Bdward R. Chrisman, Second infantry, is detailed as professor of military science and tactics at the University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. The extension of leave granted First Lieu- tenant Thomas H. Wilson, Second infantry, is further extended ten days. First Lieutenant Ashton B. Heyl, as- sistant surgeon, will be relleved from duty at Fort Niobrara, Neb., on the arrival there of First Lieutenant Thomas S. Bratton, as- sistant rgeon, and will report to the com- manding officer, Columbus Barracks, 0., for duty at that depot. Leave for one year, to take effoct April 1, is granted First Lientenant James L. Druicn, Seventeenth infant Major Almon L. Varney, ordnance de- partment, will proceed from Indianapolis to the works of the Morgan Engincering com- pany, Alliance, O., on official business per- taining to the inspection of the ten-inch Gordon disappearing gun carringe, and upon the completion thereof will return to his station. First Lieutenant Sidney E. Stuart, ord- nance department, will_proceed from Wil- mington, Del., to the Sandy Hook proving ground, Sandy Hook, N. J., on official busi- ness pertaining to the Inspection of gun powder. ieneral Ruger 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.—General Ruger has finally Intervened in the bitter contention raging between Colonel Graham and Lieutenant Colonel Young. In accord- ce with meral Ruger's order, Colonel Young, who has been a prisoner at his quar~ ters for over two weeks, has been given his freedom. It is understood that General Ruger's action is practically a decision that Young's arrest by Graham s without wars rant. A sensational court martial is quite likely to be the outcome. Omaha Cricket Club, All persons interested in the game of cricket are requested to be present at a gen- eral meeting of the club to be held at the Barker hotel, corner of Thirteenth and Jones strects, on Saturday evening next, March 3, at 7:30 p. n F. H. MARSHALL, Secretary Executive Comittee, = - WEATHER FOR torvenes. TASTS. It Will Be Cloudy Colder In Nebraska WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—For Nebraska— Increasing cloudiness; colder in western por- tion Tuesday even!ng; westerly winds. Por Towa and Missouri—Partly cloudy; warmer; southerly winds. For outh Dakota—Increasing cloudiness; colder Tuesday evening; south to west winds, For to west Kansas—Increasing cloudiness; south winds. Loeal Record. Orrior oF THE WEATHER BUREAU, OMAHA, Peb. ¢ Omaha record of temperature and rainfallcompared with corresponding day of past four years: 1804. 1898, 1892, 1801 Maxlmum temperature 505 862 515 185 Minimun: twmperature. 22> 269 10 AVerago tomperature. 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