Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 30, 1894, Page 6

6 S — e — OMAHA P — THE CLEVER HOTEL CROOK How Detectives Proteot Unsuspecting Guests at Bummer Hotels, WORK THAT CALLS FOR MENTAL INGENUITY Btorles to Show the Hardship and F plexity of Foliowing the Cunning Rusculs Successfully — Speci- mens of Smooth Work. Mr. Martinot, who is the detective in a large summer hotel, told a New York Herald man these stories The life of a detective in a summer hotel, ‘while an obscure one, Is the most exciting and diversified of any in the detective line. It Is his duty to guard the guests not only from outsiders, but from chance wolves in the sheep fold. He must never blunder in his arrests nor fail to find the wrongdooer. His life Is rapld, anxious—often cruel. My first case this summer was a queer one. Mr. 8. and his wife have been coming here now for five years. This year they came up on the 4 o'clock train, and were assigned to room No. 26, their old quarters. At 6 o'clock they came down stairs, left their room key In the office and went into the dining room. At 6 o'clock we change desk clerks, and this year we have a new man on duty from 6 o'clock to 12, He had never seen Mr. and Mrs. 8. About ten minutes after he came on duty a man stepped up to the desk and sald: “Give me No. 26, adding pleasantly, You sce we have the same old room. The clerk handed out the key and went back to his books. Ten minutes later t man returned, threw the key on the desk gave the clerk a cigar and walked out. Now, Mr. nd Mrs, after dinner, on the piazza awhile, listening to the music, and it was fully 10 o'clock when Mrs. 8. went to the desk, asked for her key and went with her husband to their room. A minute after we were startled by the ws of a burglary, and Mr. 8., frantic with excitement, rushed down to tell us that all Mrs, S.'s jewels, her laces and valuable keepsakes of all kinds were gone, while trunks, gowns and satchels were torn in the hasty ransacking. 1 went to their room and found it all true —but who and where was the thief? have not spoken to anybody in the pl Baid Mr. 8., “except a_man whom I met on the train, to whom I gave my card. 1 asked him to call and told him 1 should be in the rooms I had had for five years This was a good clew, and with the de- scription given by the clerk of the man who had asked for the key, I telegraphed all over the country. I was answered by other hotel dotectives looking for the same man, and in a week we had our sleek bird landed in town, where he will remain for a year at least. A PRETTY JEWEL THEFT. Thieves, you know, are a brainy class of men. Sometimes I can't help admiring their ingenuity and wishing it could bo put to bet- ter account. You know that hotel rooms mostly all lead into one another. When only one room Is wanted the door fs locked between and & bureaw placed against it. This was the case with Miss Varick's room. The dresser almost hid the door. One afternoon Miss Varick locked her door, took off her jewels, which were very handsome, and, laying them upon tho dresser with some other pieces which she intended 1o wear that night, sat down in an easy chair by the window to read. The day was hot and Miss Varick thought afterward that she might have dozed off. Anyway, she awoke with a start, looked around the room, saw everything was all right, and was about to settle herselt for another nap when she happened to glance at the dresser, only to find it empty of all her jowels. Not a ring even was left. She got up and stared at its marble top. It was as blank as a sheet. Quickly Miss Varick rushed to the door. It was securely locked. Outside sat the chambermaid on watch. Both agreed that the door could not have been entered, al- though the chambermaid admitted that she, 100, might have been asleep in the heat of the afternoon. At the office there was no trace of any stranger in the house. I really was nonplussed this time. The rapidity of the robbery puzzled me, and for awhile I thought that Miss Varick might be one of the somnambulists who furnish plots for so many novels. But she was no komnambulist, as search around her room revealed. She was quite prostrated with fright and shock, and I really had my bands full, In the next room were two gentlemen, old gaen and very dignified. They left the after- fioon of the robbery. As I afterward found, they left within five minutes after it was committed. I went to their room and gearched the door, but there was nothing to show It had been unlocked. The blg hook that held it was on Miss Varick’s side of the door. Yet through that door scemed to me the only reasonable way of accounting for the robbery. The men had left very hastily. As I searched the door for the hundredth time I noticed that the paint around one of the panels was scratched. Picking at the fretwork around the panel I lifted 1t out easily, and the panel I pulled toward me by inserting a nail in an old nail hole. “Now,'" said I to Miss Varick, “seat your- self where you were on that afternoon and keep your cyes upon the dresse Very quietly T slipped into the next room, took out the panel, pushed the mirror of the dresser forward and removed a pin- cushion from the top. Miss Varick sat watching me with eyes wide open. “The very sound that woke me that afternoon,’ ghe exclaimed. “It was the swinging of the mirror!" After that things were easy. We caught the thieves In Boston, but not until we Jearned to know them without the wigs and spectacles which changed them from well known crooks to respectable middle-aged citizens. A DIAMOND DRUMMER ROBBED. A diamond drummer came up from the clty to sell dlamonds to the local stores. At dinner he got acquainted with one of the bar guests, an old patron, who has been com- ing here for yeurs, and who s also very rich. After dinner they went to drive to a road house, where they met two unescorted ladles, and all had dinner together. At dinner the drummer drank too much. He became very communicative and imparted the fact to all that he had $50,000 worth of diamonds in his inside pocket. *“I ought to have left them at the hotel,” said he adding, “I have never carried a pistol in my life.” Well, the drummer got so much under the influence of the champagne that he would not go home, declaring that he would stay at the road house with more congenial company. In vain, our old patron, Mr. Lumbard, urged him. Return home h would not! And after an argument that rose almost to blows the drummer sank back in a drunken stupor, from which he could not be_roused. Mr. Lumbard, after many efforts, all un successful, started home, but not until he had reached Into the drummer's vest pocket and got th: packet of diamonds, which were in a long slim chamols case. Next morning early Mr. Lumbard read his mail, scanned a telegram, and announced that he must go Dome, saying: I may not return this season, as 1 am going north and may go to Burape upon an unexpected journey. 1 will pay my Dbill now, Call the stage.” DEALING WITH A SHREWD ONE. Within two hours after his departurc the drummer came back to the hotel white with fright, and now thoroughly sober. *Where is that man?" he cried. “\Where s my din- ner companion? He has robbed me of my package of diamonds!" Although the start had becn a short one, the search for Mr. Lumbard was very long He had apparently gone north, but must have elther got over the Canada border or have redoubled his steps south. An outgoing At lantic steamer could have been taken by him bifore noon, or he might be in disguise, almost watching our operations. I cautioned the drummer to great secrecy and went to work, but a blinder case was never tackled. We had a clever man to deal with. That he had got over the border I be leved because he had not pawned the diamonds nor had he sold them to crook shops. Of that I was certain. But where in Canada could he be? My agents knew nothing of him. Or where in Europe, since heo had not landed with his booty? Que day after a mouth's search I met the | | drummer, who had never left the house. I belleve,” ‘sald I, “that Lumbard Is right in this very town, and we shall sc “Right you are,” exclalmed a hearty voice, and with a slap on the shoulder Lumbard wheeled me about and olasped my hand. In a second the warrant was upon him “What's this ‘for?” he exclaimed, laugh- ing. “This is a good joke! What! Ac- cusod of robbing—dlamonds? What! What!"* Then as light came upon him he sald: “Why, those diamonds, the ones I took from the drunken drummer, are in your gafe. 1 put them there that night. Next meorning came word of my mother's iliness I started north to see her, got a telegram that she was better, flew Cff to New York to attend to_kome business, got my mustache shaved oft on account of the heat, went north again and now am here. What? Have you counted them? Be sure they're all_right. They wouldn't have been if I hadn't taken them away from him that night.” A GENTLEMAN THIEF. This was one of the most serious hotel cases I have ever had, because a woman's fair namo and fame were in question. I had noticed for some weeks that Mr Blank was paying devoted attention to Mrs. Beech, although that lady’s husband eam up to the hotel twice a week, and she was surrounded by five littly children, She was evidently flirting with Mr. Blank; and that it was not quite open I believed from the reputation which I knew Mr. Blank to bear in the southern city from which he hailed. In short, he had been implicated in ane or. two socicty robberies. His thefts had been hidden by his family, who pald great sums to get him clear, and he himself had got scot free by pleading that he was an uncon- trollable Kl.ptomaniac. The robberies were years ago, but it Is my business to remem- ber these things against people. Mrs. Beech, always eleg: sed, be- gan to wear new pieces of jewelry, and by uctual count I saw her with seventeen dif- ferent diamond rings and a dozen different dlamond bracelets, all in a few days. 1 became very suspicious. She and Mr Blank were inseparable, though in the lax espionage of a summer hotel they had oc- casioned no remark as yct One day there came a loiter from a fellow detective, telling me of a jewel robbery, two weeks since, that had bafed his efforts, and o day later, by a system we detectives have 1e another letter from another de- tective, telling of a similar robbery. The jewels had disappeared at social functions Qinners, balls and concerts. 1 searched Mr. Blank’s room during din- ner and found nothing at all. That night Mrs. Beech appeared with a chatelaine wa precisely like the one described in a letter in my pocket. I did not wait a minute. Calling a hall boy, 1 said to him, stepping up behind Mr. Blaiik, so he could hear me: “If you see Mr. Blank, tell him a gentleman from the Avergne hotel, on the seashore, is here and wants to see him. _Go look for him now When I turned Mr. Blank was gone, as I suspected Le would be, and half an hour later 1 had the pleasure of learning at the desk that he had left for home and would not return. It was now plain sailing. “I would like to see you a minute,” said [ later that night, tapping Mrs. Beech upon the shoulder. I have a message from Mr. Blank.’ Smiling, she followed me into the recep- tion room. But her smile soon faded. “Here is a warrant for your arrest,” said I, “as being the receiver of stolen goods. I have a description of the articles. Wil vou give them to me now? Or shall 1 serve the warrant?" “For God's sgke,” she began. “Give me the jewels, then” I said. I will g0 to your room with you while you col- lect them. No, Mr. Blank is not here. He has left. He told me he had given you the stolen articles. He took them from the seashore places he has visited. He said I could get them from you. He described the articles, the rings, the bracelets, that watch——" Half carrying the almost fainting Mrs. Beech I went to her room and got the things. Two days later 1 had the reward jingling in my pocket, and I felt that the end justified the means as long as it cured Mrs. Beech of her folly, as it certainly did, for she de- voted herself to her children the rest of the summer, Mr. Blank was arrested later and is now in jail. If he ever sees Mrs. Beech again they will discover the trap I laid for them. e The water at Courtland is as clear as a crystal and temperature perfect. e HUGE SWEAT SHOPS. High Temperature in the Work Rooms of Sugnr Factorl The East river and some points on the New Jersey shore are lined with great sugar refineries, in which the nature of the work calls for an extremely high temperature. The largest of these refinerics are those of the Havemeyers and Mollenhauer in Will- jamsburg. A number of smaller ones are scattered about near by. Great heat has to be generated to keep the sugar syrup boiling says the New York Sun, and the men who keep up the fires fcel the effects of it It Is bad enough at all times, but when the fur- nace doors are opened for shoveling In coal, a hot blast issues forth dircctly in the fire- man’s face which is enough to make his hair sizzle. A simoon from the desert is mild in comparison. These men work twelve hours on a stretch, that is, they are on duty that length of time, but the actual work takes up only about t:n minutes each half hour. The rest of the time they loll about the open doors and windows for a revivifying breath of air. When there isn‘t a breath of air to be had—and there isn’t on some days—the firemen are a pretty weary lot when they zet offt duty, and it is little wonder if some ¢ them wilt down and have to be carried home. Another hot place in a sugar refinery is the mixing room. This is on a level with the wharf, and great vats are let down from the floor into which the bags and hogsheads of raw sugar are emptied to be melted into syrup. The thick mass in the vats boils and seethes and the room is filled with steam. The room Is dark, the floor is sloppy and a misstep would be fatal, The heat Is very great, and the men are half naked as they swing the big hogsheads up to the vats and empty their contents. The drying room is a hot place, too, but fortu- nately not many men are needed there to keep things moving. There s where a good many of the reported prostrations oc- cur, and the managers are very cautious about letting visitors inspect the room. One of the most unpleasant jobs in a reflnery on a hot day is that of replenishing the animal charcoal or boneblack which is used in the filters for purifying the liquid sugar. The quality of sugar depends en- tirely upon its whiteness, and these filters are constructed for the purpose of taking out the yeliow color, which Inheres In the liquor, so that when it is allowed to crys- tallize it shall be perfectly clear and trans- paren he boneblack filters are immense affairs, eight feet in dlameter, and twenty- five feet in length. They usually extend through two floors of the refinery building After being used for a time the charcoal oses its power of absorbing the yellow col- oring, and this is shown by the production of a less white and hence inferior quality of sugar. The boneblack must now be re- newed. To do this a man has to go into the filter and pack It with charcoal to the amount of thirty or forty tons. He carries with him a small incandescent lamp, at- tached to a flexible cord. A moistened sponge Is fastened over his mouth and nos- trils. he atmosphere s stifling and suffo- cating at best, but this work has to be done on the hottesi as well as the coolest days, and it constitutes one of the most unpleas- ant parts of a sugarmaker's business. SRl First resort in the west—Courtland, A Presentitl to Pullmun, St. Louls Post: With a view to switching off a colored barber's train of loquacity from the train of thought along which it was run- ning, | asked him what was his previous oc- cupation. I was a Pullman-car porter,” said he. “I had a run on the Pacific coast two years ago. Some of us wanted a vaca- tion, 80 we bought a gold-headed cane and came east as & delegation to present it to Mr. Pullman. 1 was spokesman, and I said: ‘Mr. Pullman, we have come from California to give you & token of regard. I have the honor to present you this cane “Just set it in the corner. I guess 1 have paid for it many times over,’ said Mr. Pullman. "I left the cane in the corner and all of us sneaked out of the office.” The candor of his first statement is the only evi- dence of veracity to submit in favor of the barber. THOW THE WIND IS BLOWING candidates on the representative ticket. depends on whom the rep candidate for any- thing In sight In the person of Jac devotes his , on the streets. unty Judge be the only candidate. lecturing on is a good old congressman the ccunty friends, while if Majors' friends are working they are doing it on the There are no candidates in for 4 place on the state tick republican state delegation will, in all proba- bility, be uninstructed, a be a mixed delegation, impossible to get be surprised 1l did some work, but If neither party does any work from now on it will probably be mixed. ing in this county There fs a f that Crounse could have zation if he is a candidate or would the nomination, and a delegation Iim could be secured It is very dry here, and the probabilities are little effort but they have not got enthusiasm While perhaps his count republican we will probably get state officers. the legislature, is a candidate for renomina- and a new one, J. C. Burch of Wymore. led will be one of the chosen. officers Gage county has two as superintendent and it is cong < years been superintendent of the Beatrice public schools and stands high in educational makes the fight for the nomination on the record he has made in the position he now They will make a hard fight for their home delegation, with chances about equaily divided. naturally appear on account of the favorite here, it is an acknowledged fact that Jack MacColl has many warm friends throughout the county who are industrious:; looking after his inter NANCE COU Fullerton—Nance county republicans favoring the nomination of MacColl for gov- ernor, while the leading populists are taik- not seem to be any one on the republican side of the politi fence who cares to enter the race for state senator up to date. W. H. Orton of Fullerton, Campbell of Nance and Porter of Merrick are being put forward by fricnds as standard bearers for honors at the hands of the populist parcy. ing Bryan. their respective Stanton—Republicans are urging the nom- A. Coney for state super- He is in_every way well qualified now serving fifth term of county superintendent of this ination of Prof. C favorable to Meiklejohn being, The party George D. Dimiclk is a favorite for the repub- lican nomination for state senator from this is manager of Stanton Breeding Farm company and many friends in all parties. Charles H. tioned as a republican candidate for repre- sentative from and Stanton will bo a strong candidate. He was formerly a resident of Wayne and is well known over the district. The populists talk strongly against fusion, but they like Judge Robinson of Madison. The democrats will be willlng to join forces The democrats do mot say awing wood." a farmer of this county, will probably be the populist candidate for representative, HAMILTON COUNTY. Among republicans the most prominently mentioned candidates are W. H. Streeter, 1. D. Evans, A. W. Agee and P. M. Green for the senate and Hon. on Robinson, much, but they are James Brooks, J. B. Cain, W. I Ed Nugent and others for the house. In the pop camp Hon. V. Horn seems to be in the lead for the senate. will _probably be one of the nominees for His trotting mate is likely to be a dark horse, is talked of, there seems to be a large sized boot with a sharp pointed toward a portion of his anatomy, which may possibly land him in the tureen. noways, Pat Payne, William Steele rd ‘and W. tioned in the same connection, one of them circles to become the chosen champion to go forth mounted on his Rosinantee and battle with the giants of Private Greed and Public particularly and either is prominent For candidates for governor there good deal of unanimity among republicans, Coll and Majors the latter would be an easy winner in this county. the rank and strongly of the impression that Tom ought But 90 per cent of growth of the Russian thistle, and the gen- eral impression Nemaha ought to get him a good heavy hoe and go after those pests 50 destructive to the peace of mind of the As to gack—well, he is ely too good a man to be removed from They need such men up Let us not deprive them of one of very best." Governor Crounse would be ceptable to this county. HARLAN COUNTY. Alma—Candidates for the republican formerly repres truly good farmer. Big Sixth.” highly ac- legislature on Allen Elliott, ntative from airman county central com- mittee, and 'Andrew On the populist ticket: Hon. present representative, has his friends, who Also George A. Ashby Hull, the latter recently from Lan- caster county, are mentioned. Fulton, the him returncd. learned, put in an appearance as candidates. There is not much of a democratic organiza- Piper s a candidate for secretary of state on the republican ticket, yminent figure in politics in of the state for a number of years. superintendent of public and county clerk of this county. filled four consecutive He has been legislature, Jack MacColl scems to be in the lead for the republican appear to be populist candidate that can be said to be in the lead here. JOHNSON COUNTY Johnson county has a candidate nomgination on person of Hon. Jacob 8. Dew, republican, for commissioner of public lands and buildings. as served two terms in the legislature and also a like perlod as county clerk. has been a resident of this county for thirty this county There does The republicans of this vicinity have three aspirants for nomination for representatives, of Sterling, of Sterling two aspirants for the senatorship, viz., Maple_Grove. mentioned by friends as avallable improbable that they timber, and Republicans are about evenly divided DAILY BEES MONDAY, this county on MagCa§ and Majors for gov- ernor, p Tho independents are for Weir of Lincoln tor_governor 3 There have been mo anncuncements by the tndependents of the: democrats as yet of can- didates for the gislature, . SHERIDAN COUNTY, Rushville—MacCdtl s the choice of the large majority of the republicans of Sheri- dan county for governor. Majors has a few suppor The delegation to the congressional con- vention has been instructed for Judge Kin kafd. J. A. Schamahorn of Gordon was al lowed to select delegates to the legislative conventions. He Is g good, clean man &nd | possessed of considerable ability. He 1s a Methodist minister and a merchant, doing bus- Iness in Gordon, Tom Coffee of Chadron is werking up a boom for himself for state semator. He has been engaged in the saloon business in Chadron for several years and is supposed to be now, although his business is conducted in some cne else's name. He represents himself as a solicitor for stock €hipments on the Fremont, Elkorn & Missourl Valley rail- road. He fs a good fellow and popular, though pretty schemy, and Is sald to have secured the Dawes county delegation to the senatorial convention. ft s not thought, however, that the Sheridan county, delega- tion will support him. Among the populists, B. L. Heath, editor of the Rushville Standard, has been men- tioned By a number of his party papers throughout the state as a strong candidate for secretary of state. He Is well thought of by his party here and will be supported by it unanimously. Kem 1s the unanimous choice for con- gressman, The representative delegation will support J. G. Gaskell for representative Mr. Gaskell is a firmer and school teacher and a resident of Sheridan county. No name among the democrats has been “mentioned” for anything. They are in a hopeless minority here and none among their number care to be sacrificed The scrofulous taint which may have been in your blood for yéars, may be thoroughly expelled by giving Hood's ~ Sarsaparilla a trial. ——————— Lions and leopards at Courtland. pbing bl LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. Facts, Theories and Recorded Observations Coneerning the Weather, On January 1810, quicksilver frozo hard at Moscow. The mean temperature of the whole earth is about G0 degrec The earliest snow ever known in England was on October 7, 1820, In 1775 hailstones said to weigh twenty ounces feil at Murcia, in Spain. The average annual rainfall over the whole earth fs thirty-six inches. In 1035 there was a frost in England on July 1 that destroyed nearly all the vegeta- tion. The heaviest rainfall is near the equator, and diminishes steadily as the latitude rises. . In the year 310 hardly a drop of rain fell in England, and 40,000 pecple died of fam- ines Every civilized nation in the world, even China and Japan, now has a weather bu- reau. 5 When soda crackers are damp, as though water-soaked, the indications are favorable for rain. Sun spots, now beliéved to have an effect on metcorological phenomena, were first observed in 1611t When pigs are seen carrying straw in their moutlis the omen is favorable for a change of weather. The coldest place in the world s Ya- kutch, Russia, ~The thermometer some- times falls to 73 degrdes below zero. The failing snowflakes bring with them all the floating dust of the air, leaving the atmosphere extremely pure. In 1656 a hailstcrm at Norwich, England, wrecked houses and killed many animals that could not rcach shelter. A wind moving forty miles an’ hour ex ercises a pressure of “nine pounds to the square_foot; at 100 miles, of fifty-six pounds, In 1544 the winter was so severe in Eu- rope that in Flanders wine was frozen and was cut in blocks and sold by weight. In 1855 extremely cold_ weather prevailed in the United States. Mercury froze and forest trees were killed by the frost. The summer of the year 306 witnessed so much rain in Scotland that all the crops failed and the people perished of famine by thousands. A window cord is an exceilent barometer. When it tighten’, the reason is found in the fact that the air is full of moisture, and rain is probable. In A. D. 42 the Nile failed to rise because of the lack of rain in the heart of Africa, the crops failed, and over a million people perished in Egypt. The wettest place In the world is Cher- rapungi, in Assam, where the average rain- fall for fiftecn years has been 493 inches. In 1861 it was 907 The winter of 1812 and 1813 was one of the most severe ever known in Russfa, a fact which partially explains the terrors of the retreat from Moscow. One of the heaviest snowfalls known in this country was February 19 to 24, 1717, when the snow remained five to seven feet deep all over New England. In 954 a drouth began tn Europe, lasting four years, The summers were intensely hot and the famine prevailed everywhere; 3,000,000 died of hunger. The opening of the door of a warm room in Lapland during the winter will be in stantly followed by a miniature snow storm, the condensed moisture falling in flakes. The annual rainfall of Great Britafp equals 9,300,000-horse power; of Germany, 11,500,000 of France, 12,000,000; of Russia, 77,000,000; of the United States, 430,000,000, In 1684 nearly all the birds of Europe were Kkilled by the cold. Wolves entered Vienna and other large cities, and, driven by hunger attacked people in the streets. In 1771 an unprecedented drouth prevailed throughout India. Scarcely any rain fell for a year, and hundreds of thousands died of famine, whole districts being depopulated. In 1887 and the following year a severe drouth spread over north China. The loss of life was appalling, it being estimated by the Chinese government that 9,500,000 lives were lost from famine. The highest temperature ever known in London was recorded July 15, 1881, 95.5 de- grees; at Paris, 104, on August 26, 1765; at Adelaide, Australia, January, 1841, 114; at Mourzuk; India, July 10, 1872, 133. The dryest place in the world is that part of Egypt between the two lower falls of the Nile. Rain has never been known to fall there, and the inhabitants do not believe travelers when told tHat water can fall from the sky. Aristotle was the'fifst philosopher to sug- gest the real cause of the phenomenon of dew. He sald: “{Thesun’s heat raises the vapor, from which ‘the dew Is formed, us scon as the heat s no longer present to sustain the vapor.'" Tho Great Laked &nd the St. Lawrenc valley have more.sterms per annum than any other portiong of, this country. This is due to the fact that storms originating west of this distriet move directly east, while many originating further south move to the northeast. In the northern.asts of Siberia the cold is 80 Intense thatyther earth never thaws to a greater depth than flve or six feet. Bodles of the dead buried ‘below this remain per- petually frozen. At u depth of 400 feet be low the surface the tarth is still at a tem- perature of 10 degress below freezing. The hottest place on earth is the vicinity of Massowah, When the northwest wind blows from the desert the thermometer has been known to go to 160. The men of the Itallan garrison there can sleep only by th assistance of natives employed tq go to and fro all night and sprinkle the bodies of the sufferers with water The mean temp.rature of several leading cities is as follows: Athens, 63 degrees; B ton, 49; Calcutta, 78; Charleston, 66; Con stantinople, 56; Dublin. 60; Havana, 78; Jerusalem, 64; London, 50; Mexico, 60; Mos- cow, 41; Naples, 61; Paris, 51; St. Louls, 55; San’ Francisco, vannah, 67; Stockholm Washington, 56; Zanzibar, 80, R Mrs. T. Hawklns, Chattanooga, Tenn. says iloh's Vitalizer ‘saved my life.’ 1 consider It the best remedy for a debili tated system I ever used.” For dyspe liver or kidney trouble it excels. Price Sold by Goodman Drug Co. e Lions and leopards at Courtland, JULY 30, 18) 'WORKING FOR THEIR BOARD | Wall Etreet Brokers Only Making Turas Eufficient to Cupply Daily Needs, SUGAR STOCK STILL A LIVELY FACIOR Senatorial Stub nness Glves the i¢ slonal Bulls Much Encour i End of the Tarllt Dis Ansiously Aswnited NEW YORK, July 20, — Henry Clews, head of the banking house of Henry Clews & Co. writes of the situation in Wall stroet “We have to report unother week of un- broken dullness in Wall strect affairs. The market I8 entirely in the hands of a few professionals, who seck nothing beyond fractional ‘turns,’ enough to pay for the day's salt, “Naturally, the strange conflict at Wash- Ington over the duty on sugar creates some Interest in Sugar trust stock; but, even In that, the transactions are comparatively nominal. The attitude of the Sugar trust intercst has subjected the wh wift re- form' question to uncerta d to that extent hopes based on the of the passage of the tariff bill have been thrown into confusion. In some measure this s disappointment of ‘bull’ expectations, It eems inevitable, however, that some solu- tlon of the present legislative deadlock wil be found within a few days, It incredible that the conflict on this six item should be allowed to fnvolve the feat of the whole tariff. There might great deal of political virtue in such an upshot, but there would b Statesman- ship, and we have not yet scen the evi- dence in_congress,” morality carries nore than _politick, Each day will help to cool off the heated feeling at the capitol; the imperative pressure of public opinion for putting an_end (o this tarift suspense and for frecing trade from its paralysis will compel respect in both houses e Sugar trust may deem it prudent to show some consideration for (he country and may instruct its supporters to grant concessions, and in the worst event the house would be likely (o yield, leaving the remedy to be sought in a subsequent effort to modify the terms temporarily conceded. With all these possibilities within _easy reach the last thing to be expected is the complete defeat of the tariff bill, and the result most probable is an early settlement, which will sct the new duties in operation not later than September 1, while possibly leaving the sugar duty subject to future change. This course i3 so manifestly the most_ eligible on grounds of party policy and so clearly the best way out of the extraordinary complications that it seems entirely probuble that a few more days will bring the struggle within sight of its It therefore scems safe to regard hitch in tariff leg only tem- porary and to calculate new tarift taking effect at a_comp: ] rly da with the effects that have heretofore becn expected as likely to attend the new state of things. “The one thing the country now impa- tiently waits for, as a condition precedent to a more complete restoration of confi- dence, is the adjournment of congre The continued persistence of the outward flow of gold, however, suggesis one me ure of protection to the public finances which should by all means reccive atien- tion before adjournment. The treasury gold reservomls now close upon $60.000,000, which is but 12 per cent of its Dligations How much farther the du ried It fs impossible to say, nor is any assurance how far the banks may be posed to help the government under these mstances. The really fact povernment has virtually to receive any gold through its venue. All outzo and no income present condition, and such a fhould not. be tolerated one day longer than is absolutely inevits léct of taking proper action s the more culpable, — becau: danger s asy of remedy. Congress has the power to decree that a fixed portion of th customs duties shall be paid in gold, leav ing the remainder to be paid in that mef or in paper money now legally availab for that purpose. uld o law be passed hi 75 per cent-of the -dutles o be liquidated in gold the treasury would re- clve $100,000,000 per annum more gold rey nue than it Is now getting, which would at once build up the gold reserve and en able the government to meet the export demand without difficulty. It does seem that a remedy €o simple and so_entirely unobjectionable should be brought to the at- tention of congress by the secretary of the treasury und urged for immediate adoption.” PROSPERITY WRECKERS, Legalized FPlunder onds and the Mr. ¢ L. Rice, the eminent railroad lawyer, in discussing in the August Forum under the title “Legalized Plunder of Rail- road Properties,’ gives among others the following illustrations: Mr. McLeod, the president of the company, entered on his individual account into a venture involving the purchase of a very large amount of stock, and was called upon to furnish $350, 000 of a certain class of bonds as “‘margin. Having only $320,000 of his own, he secretly appropriated $30,000 from the treasury of the company, mingling them_ with his ‘own to make up the amount. Shortly afterward, ng in need of further “margin,” he hud ourse to the company's. tredsyey in the same manner. After he had t 1ken $812,000 of securities from the t nd was @ loss of about $120,000 on the board of directors of the avencd, and his action was, in general terms, approved. The preamble to the resolution upon which this oval was based stated the amount of securities withdrawn as only 618,000, and the resolu- tion iteelf overstated by $50,000 the amount of the president’s own® scetrities used, he evidently continuing to co the {0,000 which he had fir ken out of the us his own. tion was passed Ar. ain had recourse to the tr for an additional mount of $25),000 in bonds, and about month later he took a_further amount of $1,500,000 in bonds and $230,000 in cash—s1,000, 00 of he bonds and the cash being on the ve ¢ onwhich the company went ipto receivers’ hands. When the at tention of the court was called to the tions, there was a loss of nearly and securities to nearly 3,500,000 d in the meantime béen course their absence from ¢ largely led to the downfall of the company. At the time when the resolu tion was passed no mention whatever wis made of the fact—and the directors were 1 complete ignorance of it—that by reason f ‘these purchuses Mr. McLeod had in- curred a lability of ove 300,000, mor did he deem it his duty to In the a s to the number of o5 he had pur chased or at what price; and, inst of Stating that there was a foss on the tr action, he stated that the transaction was profitable. * * ¢ y in their resentment, d of making common cause with the security holders and cnacting laws for their common protection against those who abused their trust and violated their public duties, b treated the rallroads them elves'as enemies and enacted laws against them to impalr their efficiency and prevent their dev it Yet the development and the efficfency of the railroads is a con dition precedent to the development of the resources of the country. It has been for- gotten that fortunes are made on the side as well as on the “bull” side k market 1 much “anti-rail- 4 islation, ad of being the rif-millionaire’ legislation which it was intended to be, has left t millionaires the amplest #cope for increasing their fc tunes by selling “short’ in anticipation of just such legislation and during Its pro- Thus our present policy, whereby we leave security holders defenseless and convert trustecs and servants of properties into their re, stands condemned by the histor: > last three decades fraught with calumities and by all portents of the future, The despotism consequent upon ir- vesponsible administration has our entire system, and the hostil tion thereby provoked has only oppressed the innocent and confirmed the rule of the usurpers. As a_result of this policy, confi dence in our railroad securities has been 50 seriously impaired and the credit of our allroads so injurfously affected that we e longer reckon on forelgn capital for the proper development and efficiency of our Failtoad service; und the flow. even of domestic capital into those ~necessary channels seems dammed up. 8o 1t has come to pass that in our country, rapldly growing in population, where for (hat very reuson Aliroad Investments should have the credit government securities, rallroads having in ‘nggregate capitalization of $2,5 out of & total of ahout $10,600,000,000 are ankrupt and in the hands of receivers The full force of this calamitous condi tion can be appreciated only when we re member that It s not only railroads and their security holders, the shippers and the communities served by the rallroads, that are the sufferers that the themselves directly employ ab: laborers who depend for their livelihood solely on the ability of those com panies to pay falr waxes, and that prs No. 2 northern, Bo, time active, depend largely, If not mainly, on the mui and the' continue road system. levelopment of F— Kunsis City Markets, disastrousiy being Imperative thail not inv 2 e TN constitution with existing Institutions, #hould tend only excrescences the spirit of our LIVERPOOT valtHiohs WhiH. o) Inauguration of this policy has introduction long clear, 45 1ok, flroad Coms: prime Westtin, ant upon the imixsion of those welfare of railros stigma of crime upon_ them. Regulation management and Kept permanently PITTSHURG, W o relfeve Friseo Wheat Ou administrati FRANCISCO, Establishment OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARKET. ¢ ipts of Hogs the nturday at the ¥ SATURDAY, July uthorities in re contravention fons of the bill,__ LONDON MONEY MARKET. The receipts head, or 203 cars. s day's receipts wa hogs arrived. The largest pre- » has been 1o The plethora has encour- dented abundance 1 a reaction in fore'gn securi- e TRl was strong at fully ye which had by peets of war caused r market or Ecuadorean price touched in scv or less dey and at the close were flat. There were quite a good many cows on market and the t Prices were strong, especially on the little mora tures of the Trading and Clos on Suturds, CHICAGO, July the corn belt dampened the ardor of the bulls today, and the other lowed that grain in tie There was a rally from the low fig however, and corn and wieat but e lower each. and provisions at a slight decline. Wheat was rather quiet all day, with fluc- cows sold at $2.00@2.50, while canners went feeders did markets fol- | not show any 7 mand and supply was short, and the mar- HOGS—The heavy receipts of hogs would Oats closed Ye lowe nd pigs are coming, growers are ing was somewhat easie tious were at c for September, a %c de- #00d_demand for hogs to clean up. today was active, 3 hogs, and a good many at that. the receipts were the largest on record, the one wanting steady and closed with S The easier tone prospective start was attributed natural tendency to depress the market and buyers succced:d in getting a concession of yesterday's The prices paid ranged from $4.60 to $4.90, with the bulk of the increase in the clearings for there would well as local Liberal receipts are looked for next week, and this also had a wedlen- There was some temperature ales at from $4.70 to majority of the sales $4.90, and at the close of last weck at from $4.75 to $4.80. SHEEP—There which sold at steady prices. new features of ims large increase in the visible stocks Monday. were made ing tendency. S G mixed na- bles were lower. was easler and influenced altogether on t for rain in the corn belt today is without 0 LIVE STOCK. pretty freely yesterday, and there s0 urgent a demand, commission houses all having more selling orders, and local long: were inclined to realize and itial trades were at from with September at 4dc, and after selling up 14c for September and % fo Less Than Twenty Londs of Good Native Cattle Arrived Yestorday. than twenty for the market I recelpts were t 1,600 head, but 1 g 4 declined rallied from from $4.10 to rally at the close was the result of moderate to the run of . the hog market ruled With arrival the closing day last we Outs were easier on the lack of demand. | . ngjdey lnst The range for September was Yc. Provisions were steady at the start, but declined moderately light sorts sold up 1o 65-1_hoks sold up (o $5.37%6. ~The fresh supply was only 1 od_quality sold at Iast night, September pork . September lard is 2%c and September ribs Freights, 7%e for wheat or corn to Buffalo or Port Huron. The leading futures ranged as follows: High. | Low. nixed lots at offictal yesterdny, ity fair: mari 0 il ibers DYIAE 0o Fecelpts today, Ally| d2360N ket quiet and stendy. Teceipts today, alipments yester L 500 head; mi Kansas City Live Stoek Market. Market utead Cash quotations were as follows 1. Market #lov St. Louls Live Stock Market Texans fim; 4, nominal; No. 3, nominal; N head; market PROVISIONS - murket quict, steady, unchanged, ribs Mldes” (oose), $6. Falted shoul knltIehe hoxed). $7.000 finished goods, principal markets: Saturd “llje f0ll0WINg Were the receipis ana snipmonts Recelpta. [Shipments. | N On the Prody Ket win firm Eggs, 10611c. When Baby was sick, we gave her Cactorla, When she was a Child, sho crs Whicn sho becamo \/hen sho had Childre dairy, 126104 ul Murket L T lo clung to Castoria. ho gave them O witoria FOR SALE: At Fremont, Neb. tho stock of A. 0. ¥, $12.00612.50, Clothing, Furnishiag Goods and Hats Mhis s took will nt of 1ty orlg- ke a destrablo mounting to ubout b wold at less thun fifty cleus for' parties dosi desirablo to | ve and fixtures can s, pucked upand res Apply on the premises ut FREMONT, NEB,, WM, LOUDON, Commissioa Merchaut CRAIN AND PROVISIONS: to Chicago and business orders pleced on Chicago Uowrd Minneapolis W Private wire Correspondence solicited. 4 New York Life Bulld Teleplione L0k e