Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 28, 1894, Page 5

RULES FOR COLLECTORS Ffooretary Oarlisle Issn:s Instructions Re- garding the New Tariff Bill. WOOL IN BOND COMES IN FREE Likewise All Other Goods Which the New Measure Flaces on the Free List— Will Enforce the Intent of the Framers of the Bill WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. — Secretary Carlisle has decided and will instruct customs collectors that goods placed in bonded warchouses under the McKinley law and made free of duty under the new tariff act are entitled to free entry and need not be exported and relmported in order to get ‘the benefits of the new act. This is of especlal interest to the wool trade, a large amount of wool being now stored in bonded warehouses. In this as in all other mooted questions the secretary will follow the Intent of congress and let aggrieved parties appeal to the courts if they care to contest on technical grounds, In accordanee with this determina- tion he undoubtedly will hold that diamonds are dutlable, notwithstanding the erroneous punctuation of the free list. The secretary today sent the following telegram to cusiom officials at all ports of the United States: ““Vessels with cargoes not discharged nor entered for consumption may be made vessel warehouses temporarily for such goods as #shall be entered today In bond.” The secretary sent the following telegram to collectors at New York, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orlzans, Chieago and Port Townsend, Wash.: ‘Treasury Department, Office of the Secre- tary, Washington, D, C. Aug. 27, 1804.— Collectors of Customs: You are Instructed a3 follows concerning the collection of duties under the rceent revenue legislation of con- E* L irst—All articles heretofore ‘subject to duty but made free by the provisions of the now act may be withdrawn from warehouses on and after August 28, 1894, without pay- ment of duty, “Second—All manufactured articles specifi- cally or generally provided for in schedule “K' which are composed wholly of materials other than wdel or worsted, or of which some other material other than wool or worsted is the component part of thelr chief value will be admitted on and after August 28, 1894, at the rate of duty prescribed in the new act; all other manufactured articles specifically or gen- erally provided for in sald schedule will continue, until January 1, 1895, to pay the rate of duty imposed therein by the act en- titled ‘An Act to Reduce the Revenue, Equal- izo Dutles on Imports and for Other Pur- poses,’ approved October 1, 1890. “Third—Coftee and tea, hides and skins, raw or uncured, whether dry salted or plekled, will be ‘sdmitted free of duty on and after the 28th day of August, 1894, and treasury circular ‘S' 12,610, dated March 24, 1892, issued in accordance with proclama- tions of the president of the United States dated March 15, 1892, and directing the col- lection of duties upon certain articles, be- ing the product of Venezuela, Colombia and Haytl, Is hereby revoked. “J. G. CARLISLE, Secretary. Although as stated, it is Secretary Car- lisle’s purpose that -the intention of con- gress shall be followed, it is learned that as to all questions of error in pronunciation Secretary Carlisle will make no decisions nor glve any fnstructions to collectors until after actual cases have come before him on appeal from the decisions of the Board of General Ajpralsers as to whether dia- monds, seeds and certain other articles are, by the terms of the bLill, on the dutlable or free list. Collecters will, of course, with- out any instructions, hold them to be dutia- ble in order to protect themselves, and im- porters must g0 to law if they contest these rulings, Some discussion occurred at the capitol today as to whether the president could have vetoed the tarift bill after the adjourn- ment of the house today, this being the last of the ten days allowed by the constitution for the president to consider ths bill. The discussion was speculative, rather than prac- tical, for all members understood Mr. Cleve- land had no intention whatever of vetoing the bill. It was the unanimous opinion of the leading members of the judiciary com- mittee, this afternoon, Messrs. Catchings and others, that the president could veto the bill any time before midnight toni when it would become a law without his signature by expiration of the constitutional period allowed him to consider the bill, ten days. They all agreed that congress could not, by adjournment, In any way abridge the time allowed the ' president to consider the bill. It the tariff bill were vetoed after the ad- Journment of the house today it could be returned to the house tomorrow. This has been frequently done with bills where con- gress adjourned over from Thursday until Monday, ~ thus. depriving the president of the opportunity to return the bill to the house at the end of the ten days. In such o in the veto message the president states that he vetoed before the expiration of the ten days. The tarlft bill, which has been in the custody of the Treasury department since shortly after it was sent to the president, was returned to the white house this morn- ing. UPWARD STEP FOK JAPAN. England Surrenders Her Right to Extra Territoral Jurisdiction 4t Country. WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—Japan has at last succeeded in an object very dear to her people and for which the government has striven with all of the arts of diplomacy for many years. News has been received here by the diplomatic corps that a new treaty has just been negotiated between Japan and Great Britain, by which the claim of ex- territorial jurisdiction by the latter is aban- doned. Negotiations looking to the ratification of similar treaties are going on between Japan and the United States and other Euro- pean nations than Great Britain, and it is assumed they will now speedily follow the example set by the latter and fully recognize the right of Japan to administer justice in her own territory. The importance of Great Britain's act, which, by the way, rather tends to discredit the stories that she is hostile to Japan in her priset w r, iics in the fact that it Is really the recognition of Japan as a tully elvilized power, The assertion of extra territorfal jurisdiction has always been con- fined to barbarous and semi-civilized coun- tries, whose ignorance of the first principles of fustice and law seemed to render impera- tive the retention by the civilized nations of the power to administer justice where their own citizens were concerned, even as against natives of the seml-clyilized country and within its borders. This has been done through the medium of consular courts and the system obtains in Egypt, China, Japan, Turkey and many other countries. Ever since the wave of civilization rolled over Japan her sensitive and proud people have resented the continuance of the extra terri- torlal jurisdiction system, not solely because of its workings, but also because it was a standing declaration that Japan was not clvilized and was a reflection upon the Japan- ese judiciary. Therefore the action of Great Britain in surrendering the claim in the new treaty is of great Importance to Japan as marking a distinct epoch In her advancement to the front rank of nations. DROPPING USELESS STAMPS. New Devominations to Go on Sale in Two Months in the Newspaper Series. WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—General changes in the postage stamp depertment have been ordered by the Postofice department. Many stamps which have been Issued for years have been ordered discontinued and a num- ber of new demominations in the several is- sues will hereafter be put into use. This Justment of the department is provided by an order sent by Third Assistant’ Postmas- ter Oralge to the bureau of engraving and printing, which holds the present postage stamp contract. The object is to reduce the mumber of denominations and get rid of some of the old stamps. The changes take effect today. The present stock of old stamps will last sbout two months, and the postal officials expect to place the new sories on sale (hrcughout the country on November 1. In the ol¢ series the 30 and $0- geat denomination will be discontinued, and the new denominations are 50 cents, $1, §2 and §5. In the newspipsr series the omitted denominations are 4, 6, 9, 12, 24, 36, 48 and 96 conts, and $1.92, §3, 36, $9, ¥12, §24, 83 $48 and $60. The new series will have added the denominations of 25 aud 60 cents, $2, §6, §10, 820, $50 and $100. The full fssue of the two series as amended to be hereafter generslly used Is as follows: Or- din 1, 2, 8, 4 65 6 8 10, 15 and 60 cents and $1' and $5. Newspaper and peri- 1, 2, 3, 6 10, 25 and 50 cents and $2, $5, $10, $50 ana $100. SENATORS WHO RETIRE, Names of the Members of the Upper House Whoso Terms Aro Nearly knded WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—The terms of the following senators expire March 4 next, and the legislatures which choose their sue- cessors are to be elected this fall: Democrate—James H. Berry, Arkansas; Matthew C. Butler, South Carolin Johnson N. Camden, West Virginia; Richard Coke, Texas; Isham G. Har- ris, Tennessee; Willlam Lindsay, Ken- tucky; John Martin, Kansas; John R. Me- Pherson, New Jersey; Matt W. Ransom, North Carolina; Patrick Walsh, Georgla. Republicans—Joseph M. Carey, Wyoming; William B. Chandler, New ' 'Hampshire; Shelby M. Cullom, flinois; William P. Frye, Maine; Anthony Higgins, Delaware; George F. Hoar, Massachusetts; Charles F. Mander- son, Nebraska; James MeMillan, Michigan; Richard F. Pettigrew, South Dakota; Thomas C. Power, Montana; George L. Shoup, Idaho; Willlam D. Washourn, Minnesota; Edward 0. Woleott, Colorado. The terms of Nathan F. Dixon, Rhode Is- land; James F. Wilson, Towa; and Joseph N. Dolph, Oregon, republicans, and Eppa Hunton of Virginia; A. J. McLaurin of Mis- sissippl, and John T. Morgan of Alabaina, democrats, also expire next year. Rhode [s- land has already elected as Senator Dixon's successor George Peabody Wetmore. lowa has elected as Wilson's successor ex-Gov- ernor Gear. Ex-Semator Walthall had al- ready been elected for the next term from Mississippl before he resigned and gave place for the appointment of Mr. McLaurin to his unexpired term. Eppa Hunton’s suc- cessor from Virginia will be Senator Martin, who has been already chosen. In Alabama and Oregon the legislatures have already been ~elected, and Senators Morgan and Dolph are ' practically assured of belng chosen their own successors. Besides these senators, Thomas J. Jarv. of North Carolina, democrat, and Georgo Perkins ~ of California and John Patton, jr., of Michigan, re- publicans, were chosen by governors to fill vacancies, and the legislatures to be elected this fall will choose their successors for the balance of their terms. Montana Washington and Wyoming have had only one senator each during the present congress and the vacancies caused thereby are to be filled by the legislatures elected in those states this fall. In the state of Louisiana the last legie- lature, which assembled in the spring, elected Mr. Blanchard to fill the unexpired term of Mr. White, now justice of the supreme court of the United States, which ends in 1895, and elected Mr. Caffery to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Gibson, deceased, ending in 1895, and also for the new term ending 1901. CLOUSING SO ES IN T NOUSE, Floor of the Chamber Had Few Occupanls but the Galleries Were Crowded, WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—The gallerles were crowded with visiting Knights of Pythias and their families when the house met today, but the floor was a waste of empty chairs, less than fifty members being present. Mr. Holman, “the watchdog of the treas- ury,” asked unanimous consent for the con- sideration of a Dill to pay J. O. Cobb & Co. of Aurora, Ind., $5400 for barges taken by the government during the war. It was his first request of the Kind in years, but was refused Mr. Richardson, democrat of Tennessee, offered a resolution to print the tariff bill with comparisons of the rates betwee. the bill as it becomes a law, the bill as it passes the house and the present McKinley bill. Mr. Wilson pointed out the difficulty of resolving specific into ad valorem dutles and said the comparison would be mislead- ing. Mr. Wilson thought the comparison should not be simply a comparison of the rates of taxation, but of the basls of taxa- tion. Under the McKinley act, he said, tak- in the imports for 1893, duties averaging 48 por cent were levied on §400,000,000 of dutiable imports; under the house bill the duties wonld have been 35 per cent on $31,- 000,000 of the dutiable imports (the rest be- ing free); under the senate bill the rate would be 38 per cent on $433,000,000 of im- ported goods. Mr. McMillen, democrat of Tennessee, called attention to the fact that $50,000,000 of this increase would be due to the tax on sugar. The point of no quorum was raised, and while waiting for a quorum to appear, the death of Congressman Shaw of Wisconsin was announced, a committee was appointed to atten the funeral and the house ad- journed. SENATE VISITORS DISAPPOINTED, Atter Some Routlne Business the Crowded Galleries Werp Cleared. WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—The scareity of senators today was more than compensated for by the immense crowds of visitors in the galleries. The diplomatic gallery alone was vacant, together with the president’s bench in the reserved gallery, but a solid mass of humanity packed all other galleries to their utmost capacity. A large number of these were ladies, the rest were visiting Knights of Pythias. There were not more than a dozen sena tore present when the chaplain offered up prayer, and this number did not increase Il.wyund seventeen during the day’s proceed- ngs, The day of adjournment having be:n set, and the impossibility of effecting any im: portant legislation 'being apparent to all senators had quictly slipped away withont walting for the closing hours. Without at- tempting to do more than transact some routine business and following a pre-arranged plan, Mr. Cockrell, democrat of Missouri, moved that the senate proceed to the con- slderation of executive business. The motion was carried, and at 12:10 th> galleries were cleared of the expectant, but disappointed throngs, the doors were closed and the re- mainder of the day's business was transacted In secret session. The executive session lasted one hour, dur- ing which the following house bills were passed: For the rellet of I. H. Hathaway and authorizing the Kansas City, Oklahoma & Pacific railway company to construct a railroad through the Indian territory. House joint resolution providing for the printing of the report of the agricultural department in two parts—one executive and the other technical—was also passed. At 1:10 p. m. the doors were reopened and the senate adjourned until tomorrow. NESRASKA KNI Schism and Sir Koight Crager Chosen as Aldes-de-Camp. WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—(Special gram to The Bee)—In the great Pythian parade, which is to take place tomorrow afternoon, Major General Carnaban will have a largo and able staff of officers to assist him. Among the knights who have been selectod and recelved their commissions are: George H. Crager and Willlam L. Schism, colonels and aides-de-camp of Omaha. Arthur C. Phillips, colonel and alde-de-camp, of Sioux Falls, 8. D., bas also been selected to act on the staft. The following reserve agents have been approved for Nebraska banks: Merchauts National bank, New York, for Commercial bank, Omaha, For lowa—National Bank of the Republic, Chicago, for the First National bank of Rolfe, Charles F. Haden of Towa has been ap- pointed copyist in the Interior departmant at $720 per annum. J. Wilson of Hampton Is In Washington at- tending the Pythian encampment, and calied on Congressman Hainer at the capitol today. P. G U Tele- he President. 27.—The president the following nominations to the Nominuted by WASHINGTON, Aug. has sent senate, State—Noah J. Jefferies of the District of Columbia to be commissioner on the part of the United States to arbitrate the claim of the Venezuela Steam Transportation company against the government of Venezuela. War—Second Lleutenant . B. Evans Eighth cavalry, to be first lleutenant, HELP FOR CEORCE DAVIS Alleged Train Wrecker Has Many Friends Looking to His Interests, GIVEN SECURE MORE QUARTERS Taken from the County Jail, Where Thore Was Some Chance to Escape, and Lodged in the City Bastile, LINCOLN, Aug. 27.--(Speclal to The Bee.) —One of the attorneys for George Washing- ton Davis, the alleged train wrecker, today made application for a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that the prisoner was being unlaw, fully held by the eity authorities and the de- tectives, It appears that the judge's type- writer was busy and neglected to prepare the mittimus in time and Detective Malone took the man in charge, fearing that he might make his escape. It is also said that there are favorable opportunities for county Jail prisoners to make their escape, and this probably influenced the guardian of the pris- oner to locate him in the city bastile. The hearing was continued to tomorrow, and, in the meantime, the prisoner has been handed over to the custody of the sheriff. Davis has no lack of defenders in a legal way, his cause being espoused by the colored Knights of Pythias, of which he is a member. Detective Savaze of Omaha was In the city today and secured from the governor a requisition for Bd Foster, the man accused of embezzlement by the Adams Installment company. Foster is In custody in Mil- waukee and will be brought back to Omaha for_trial, The young ladies of the Ravola club held a picnic at Lincoln park this evening. At the close of the camp meeting in Peck’s grove yesterday the congregation was ad- dressed by two ladies, representing the rescue home In Omaha, and a collection taken up for the institution, which netted about $20. Detective Savage this morning Identified the colored man Davis as the man arrested in Omaha some time ago by Officer Newman and from there sent to the penitentiary, where he served his term. Davis professed to have never seen the detective before. Frank Du Teil, a local wheelman, returned last evening from a trip to Chicago and re- turn, a distance of 760 miles. The street rallway officials deny that they are contemplating a cut in salaries. There s to be a grand rally of colored republicans at Mount Zion church tomorrow evening. The police were called upon Saturday to quell a disturbance at the Opelt hotel, due to the fact that the proprietor of the hotel un- dertook to take possession of the place, claim- ing that the lease of Landlord Canfield had expired. The landlord was called up town by a telephone message, and when he had gone Atwood and his former clerk, Joe Price. took possession. When Canfleld” returned there was a row and the police were called. Furice was taken away and the landlord was vir- tually given possession. COWARDLY KILLING AT DESOTO. Willlam Taylor’s Skull Crushed with a Club by Cyrus Dunn. DESOTO, Neb,, Aug. 27.-(Special Tele- gram to The Bee.)—One of the most cold blocded murders ever committed In this ccunty was done by Cyrus Dunn of Desoto Sunday night. He had previously had some trouble with Willlam Taylor. He went to the Desoto school house, where church serv- fces were being held. Taylor started home and Dunn followed him and struck Lim over the head with a large club, crushing his skull, from the effects of which he died this afterncon. Dunn had said before le started for church that he would mop the earth with Taylor before he came home. Denn's brother-in-law, Milton McCoy, a lad of 14 years of age, saw the whole trouble. Dunn, in fact, compelled him to go with him to see him do the act. After Milton told Dunn that he had killed Taylor the murderer took Taylor and threw him into a pasture and left. The neighbors made a search and found him Dunn s still at large, bu Suerifft Mencke has a large posse of deputies out and it seems impossible for the murderer to escape. His description is: Age 26 years, five feet uine inches, sandy moustache, wore cowboy hat, ducking coat, blue overalls and blue shirt; usually wore pants inside of boots and walks erect; weight about 170 pounds, Indians’ Benefit, LYONS, Neb., Aug. 27.—(Special to The Bee)—A large number of white people at- tended the closing exercises of the harvest home, which had been in progress the past week at the Omaha reservation, about sixteen miles north of here. This harvest home is something new that has been organized for the purpose of Christianizing and educating the Indians of the Winnebago and Omaha reservations. The leader of the movement |5 Rev. Levi Levering, an Omaha Indian, wh> has been attending Bellevue college for the past two or three years. Rev. Mr. Lever- ing is a ready speaker and a young man of abllity. His address yesterday was one of his best efforts. He spoke in English, and many of the whites present say they have heard few sermens that were mere sympa- thetic deliversd on this oe- casion, Mr. Levering has all the English speaking Indians on the reservation interested in this harvest home movement and says great gool will be the result. The effect of sending these Indians away to be educated is just beginning to be manifested among the tribe, than the one Breaking Camp at Oakdale. OAKDALE, Neb, Aug. The Bee)—This morning the caavas city, one and one-half miles east of Oakdale, in Fairchild's grove, vanished like a dream. This was the tenth annual camp meeting at this place, and was by all odds the great- est both in' numbers and enthusiasm yet held. Saturday the population of the tented city was about 400, and on Sunday the people came from aM directions until there was congregated a company variously estimated at from 2,000 to 3,000. The Sunday morning hour was full of good things, tncluding an old fashioned love feast, sacramental service, and a_thoughtful and forcible sermon by Rev. D. Marquette, D. D.. the presiding elder of the district. Rev. D. K. Tindall, D. D., of Omaha, who has had the evangel- istlc work in hand, proached In the afternoon and evening with wonderful effest, the altar being filled at the conclusion of each service with anxious seekers after truth Think it a Miracle. ODELL, Neb,, 27.—(Special to The Bee.)—Something over a year and a half ago the 13-year-old son of Henry Graves, living two miles southwest of Odell, became subject to a jerking sensation in his left eye. Al- though doctors were ccmsulted and treatment had by oculists, the eye grew worss, until he was totally blind, and has not been able to see out of the member since last Febru- ary. Last week. 80 the boy says, he dreamed for three nights that if he would fire a gun off twice his eyesight would be restored. Sat- urday morning he told his parents of his dreams, and his father told him to try it, which hie did, and after firing the second shot sight returned to the affiicted eye, just as he had dreamed it would, One thing Is cer- tain, and that is that the boy can see out ot the eye, the sight of which was destroyed. A great many people think it a miracle, No one can explain or understand the cure. Primitive Methods Prove Practical. ST. PAUL, Neb., Aug. 27.—(Special to The Bee)—A caravan of delegates from Madison and Antelope countles, returning from the independent state convention at Grand Is- land, with music, band, flags and banners, arrived in the city yesterday afternoon and at once commenced making independent speeches on the street corners. This new and novel way of promulgating a political doc- trine attracted considerable attention, A mass meeting was held in the court house in the evening. Au audience composed of republicans, independents and democrats greeted the speaker, who spoke for, several hours, creating much enthusiasm. Robbed & Freacher's tesldence. KEARNEY, Neb., Aug. 27.—(Special Tele- gram to The Bee)—VYesterday morning while Rev. L. A. Wilson and family were at church some oné éltered thelr house by tearing a_screen bff the windotr, and stole $15, a gold watchy.feur rings and several other articlos. __,u 4 Postmuster Alling Doad. SEWARD, Neb., Aug. 27.—(Special to The Bee.)—Charles 8. Alling, postmaster of Sew- ard, died at his h'!‘ll! in this city this morn- ing of inflammation of the bowels, after a short {liness, Verj few knew of his illgess until the announdérient of his death made. Mr. Allingjcamge here from Dutchess county, New York, about fifteen years ago and settled on a fArMm, but removed to Sew- ard soon after and"Nas been engaged in the loan, Insurance and veal estate business. He succeeded E. A. Pojley as postmaster last spring. He w past vice grand chancellor of the Kunights of Pythias and a member of the Modern Woodmen lodge of this city. He leaves a wife and two children in comfort- able circumstances, having, besides his prop- erty, $5,000 Insurance on his life. Ho was 80 years old. The time for the fumeral has not yet been fixed. Both UMSEH, Neb., Aug. 2 gram to The Bee)—R. M. keoper of this oity, farmer, to go —(Speclal Tele- Frost, a saloon got James Tucker, a his security on a note for $1,700 ‘some time since. The note expired, and as Frost is not worth the amount Tucker will have it to pay. One day last weok he called on Frost at his place of bus- iness, and as Frost repeatedly refused to settle the matter, he gave him a severe choking, which would have resuited fatally had not the barkeeper interfered. Today Tucker met Frost on the street and gave him a terrible horsewhipping, completely wearing out_a rattan buggy whip over his shoulders. Frost is a fan G5 years old, but has made no complaint. Robbed While Returning from Church. NEBRASKA CITY, Aug. 27.—(Special Tel- egram to The. Bee)—Myron McCartney, liv- ing south cf this city, was held up by high- waymen wh'e returning from church last evening when about a mile out of the eity. The thief secured a gold watch and a small sum in cash. Dr. H. C. Bishop, a resident of this city, met with a probably fatal accident today. some manner from an embank- tral avenue and Fourth stroet, the shock resulting in partial paralysis of the brain. He was unconscious when piekod up and still remains so. Greeted by Many Friends. WEST POINT, Neb., Aug. 2T.—(Special to The Bee.)—Rev. Joseph Ruesing returned home today after a four months' absence in Germany. He was met at the depot by branch 403 of the Catholic Knights of America, and a delegation cf citizens. The reverend gentleman, during his ten years' residence here, has endeared himself to both Protestants and Catholics. In the evening a_reception was held at the parochial hall, which was largely attended by citizens of ali denominations. The West Point Leiderkrana, under the leadership of Prof. Poellett, ren- dered fine music. Struggle with Footpads. FREMONT, Aug. 27.—(Special to The Bee.) —Joseph Waceke, who represents McCormick in the implement trade, Saturday night, while passing through «the JElkhorn freight yards, was knocked senseless, and upon his recov- ery felt a man's hand in his pants pocket. He seized a coupling pin from his asasilant, and, by striking him on the head with it, es- caped from him, but was soon met by an- other man, who geized his grip and started to run. After following him about two blocks Waceke lost sight of him and gave up the chase. He lost a valuable watch in the scuffe. AR Died Without Indicating His Murderer. CHADRON, Neb., Aug. 27.—(Speclal Tele- gram to The Bee.)—Matt McNerney, the man found with his hedd crushed yesterday morn- ing, died today. He ' never recovered his senses after being found. Charles O'Connor and John A. Shannon, his companions, are being held, pending the verdict of the cor- oner’s jury, which meets tomorrow morning. Nothing can be lhrned<of the dead man's relations or friend Prefers a der Climate. PALMYRA, Nob., Aug. 27.—(Spectal to The Bee)—Rev.,C. W. Turrell of the Baptist church yesterday morning announced that, owing to the ill health of his wife, he had decided to locate for the winter in ‘a milder climate, and tendered his resignation, to take effect December 1, or socner, upon mutual agreement. 5 SRR Farmer's Wife Accidentally Poisoned. STEELE CITY, Neb, Aug. 27.—(Speolal Telegram to The Bee.)—Mrs. John Minard was accidentally poisoned this morning by taking a dose of a solution of muriatic acid, which had been prepared for soldering pur- poses. Her husband is a well-to-do farmer living in town. She is not expected to re- cover. Wiped Out o WILBER, Neb., Aug. Bee.)—The town of Shestack, between here and Crete (excopt elevator and corn cribs) was destroyed by fire last night. It consisted of a building occupied as dwelling, store and saloon by Frank Dredla. The loss is about $1,000; insured for $650. Hound FALLS CITY, Neb., Aug. 27.—(Special Telegram to The Bee.)—Joseph Licbering had his preliminary trial today on the charge of burning a barn, He was bound over to the district court in the sum of $1,000, in default of which he was taken to jail. Enroute to the Reunion. FALLS CITY, Neb., Aug. 27.—(Special Telegram to The Bee)—The Falls City Mili- tary band left tonight for Grand Island, to be in attendance at the reunion. The band boys are in shape to furnish some excellent musi Contented with Swmall Booty. ROGERS, Neb., Aug. 27.—(Special to The Bee)—The store of M. J. Conboy was en- tered Sunday night and a watch stolen. Lk, Major Halfora Vouchers Bishonored by the Comptrol Major E. W. Halford, paymaster for the Department of the Platte, and who accom- panied the American Bering sea arbitration commisssioners (o Paris before being as- signed to duty, stated to The Bee last even- ing that he had received no official commun- ication from Washington referring to the matter in the Chicago Record’s dispatch re- printed in this paper a few days ago. The statement made by the Washington repre- sentative of the Chteago paper simply relates that the comptrclldrief the treasury depart- ment had, after a year's delsy, declined to pass the expense ypuchers approved by the government's agent and paid by Major Hal- ford upon the writien orders of the secre- tary of state. The comptroller decldes that the secretary of stale had no authority to authorize Major Halfgrd to make the dis- bursements. Major Haltord declined to discuss the mat- ter pending the arrlval of official news. He only wishes his friends and the public to understand that the comptroller in no way refers to any Irreguiarity in the accounts. The only controvérsy is a purely technical one, involving a quantity of red tape which must be unwound and then rewound before the matter is adjusted to the satisfaction of the powers that be ;1 The major has negrly recovered from the effects of his recent accident and is able to be out and around, a lttle each day. He is still compelled, however, to avail himself of the friendly offices of & crutch and a well seasoned cane. —_——— Eloped with a Oharity Worker, The trial of Willlam Edgerton, charged with adultery by Ed Raymond, allas John Schuster, began in the police court yesterday, but, owing to the absence of & witness, wi continued until Tuesday. Edgerton was col nected with Rescue hall last winter and managed to gain the good graces of Mrs. Schuster, wife of the complaining witness. They committed a number of suspiious acts, 50 says the husband, and when he was about ready to put a stop to it Mrs. Schuster and BEdgerton eloped on a fiat boat, going down the river quite a distance. Not finding river life congenial the couple returned to Omaha and the man was at once arrested. — . “A dpzen on the shell,” some celery and a pint of Cook's Extra Dry Imperial Cham- pague is & lunch for the gods, Wait a Week. Having purchased the entire stock of the Columbia Clothing Co., at 13th- and Far- nam streets, we ask you to wait a few days until we invoice it. for we are not going to keep it. It will pay you to wait We have new goods of our own which we are going to brag about later. to sell you give you a You give us a chance a Columbia garment and we'll way-up bargain. e M. H. Cook Clothing Co. successors to Columbia Clothing Co., 18th and Farnam. TALES TOLD BY TRAVELERS Yarns that Help Digest Dinners at the Owaha Hotels. SUMMER WHEN IT WAS DRYER THAN NOW One Old Timer Discusses the Situation as 1t Then Existed—A Man Who Has & Monopoly on Hotels—Beef Will Be Beef. “Speaking about dry summers,” sald Max Delongah, as he leamed back In an easy chair and pufled at a fragrant Havana, down in the shade of the Millard hotel, “this Is not a marker to the summers of 1848 and 1849. During the spring of 1848, he con- tinued, “I pulled out from Buftalo, N. Y., bound for the west. I was a young man then and had a desire to explore the whole of the western continent. With several boys of about my own age we staged, boated and walked as far 2s Ohicago and then started down the Illinois river. Well, sir, do you know that for 100 miles after we struck that stream, the bed was as dry as a powder mill, except mow and then a pool. These pools were so full of fish that you could go in and throw them out with your hands. After leaving this stream, we crossed over to the Mississippi, which stream we waded in the vicinity of where Lyons must be located at this time, The water was sluggish and black and in many places there was not even a channel between the sandbars. That summer we walked the state of Iowa and landed on the Missourl in the fall of the year, I think that it must have been about fifty miles below Omaha, It is a fact, but that fall there was not a drop of water in the river at that point where we crossed and in talking with the Indians who were here then, I wag told that there had not been a drop of rain for more than eighteen months. During the winter of 1848 we camped on the Platte and obtained water by digging a well 100 feet deep and hauling the precious fluid out with buckets construeted out of buffalo hides, Of course water was water and all of that winter we sold it to the Indians at the rate of a pint for a peaver, or an otter skin. Buffalo robes were worlh a quart of well water and we bought lots of them at these rates. Durlng the latter part of the winter heavy snows fell, 8o that by the first of April there was enough water to float some boats which we had constructed and upon these we loaded our winter's purchase, which we floated down to St. Louis, where we cleaned up a little more than $5,000. The early part of the following summer was equally as dry and in May the prairies were as bare of vegela- tion as & paved street, though late rains in the fall started a new crop of grass.”” “From a hotel standpoint there is some- thing in owning a town,” remarked Colonel H. G. Humphrey of Yankton, S. D., as he rocked to and fro in one of the easy chairs of the Arcade yesterday. Parties who overheard the remark failed to see the bright end of the saying, but those who were on, knew that the colonel was telling the truth and at the same time they knew that the man from Dakota possessed something of a mo- nopoly in the way, of eating places. Yank- ton is one of the good hotel towns of South Dakota, as it has three railroads, two of which ‘terminate there, and in addition to this, it has some 5,000 inhabltunts. For years the town has had two first class hotels, the Merchants and the Jencks, besides a half dozen other cheaper houses. Three years ago Colonel Humphrey discovered that there were great possibilities n the hotel line, and he at once commenced pulling all of the strings to land these possibilities. He first ased the Merchants for a term of years, and then he gathered in the Jencks. Two hotels would seemi to be & suficlent number to satisfy the ambition of an ordinary hotel man, but it did not satisfy the ambition of the Dakota colonel, for hardly had he cured his leases when he added three secon class establishments to his 1 People wondered what the colonel would do with all his houses, but he smiled and sald nothing, merely intimating that it might be well to wait and see. Time solved the problem, for it soon became apparent that Colonel Hum- phrey had things all his own way. 1f one of the hotels did not suit the fancy of a guest, he was Invited to try another, and (o this way, the colonel caught them coming and going. It can be said to the credit of the landlord, however, that the hotel interests of the town have not suffered by reason of the monopoly, for all of the numerous hos- telries are run in good shape and are favor- ites with the traveling public. g “Beef will be beef before the end of an- | other season.” Thus spake Jerry Hunting- ton, one of the cattle kings of Colorado, as he entertained & number of parties in the cor- ridors of the Murray yesterday. His listeners opined that this was the heralding of good news, for from their past experience they had been led to believe that most beef was composed of equal parts of bone and gristle. Some of them even went so far as to tell the cattleman that they hoped that he was a prophet, or the son of a prophet, whereupon he smiled a sickly smile of disgust and made a sign as though he would order pistols for two. Mr. Huntington, however, did nothing of the kind, though he explained why he was telling the truth. He sald that the un- usually dry weather had completely destroyed the range in western Nebraska and the whole of Colorado, making it next to Impossible to keep cattle through the winter unless feed was shipped in. The early feed he said had burned up, leaving the ranges bare and bragn, though with plenty of late rain they might improve to some extent, although then they would be much poorer than usual. The grass throughout the entire stock coun- try, tho cattleman sald, was of the buffalo variety, which cured on the stock and made the best kind of winter feed. This year this grass had succumbed to the heat and the dry weather and had burned and dried months prior to the time of ripening. WESTERN PENSIONS. Veterans of the Late War Remembered by the General Government. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2T.—(Special to The Bee)—Penslons granted, issue of August 15, were: Nebraska: Original—Loren Sturgls, North Platte, Lincoln. Additional— William C. Fantor, Chapman, Merrick. 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