Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 31, 1894, Page 3

| — § The fence factory which was nr;»nll)“ j AR antt Feprasry 1 e | 3. W. Squire, investment banker and loan ' + A ecase of measles was reported yester- | agent, is threatened with being made the fay, Laura, the little daughter of Mr. and | defendant in a sensational suit, the plaintiff Mrs. Charles H. Banther Harrlson | peing an Omaha woman of i1l repute, Mamie P LDving the victim Rollins, who claims, through her attorney. R e ardin, the clty assessor, lost &y "5 "gyen " the sum of $16,000. Of this fine hunting dog Saturday night. Thieves | L0 T e, wa FoF R THer | s SR e ool s fine one, whicl, she says, Mr. Squire ordered up for be had refused an cffer of $50 for it th irmate of her resort in Omaha, but ¢ Mrs. Jane Kirby takes exception (o forgot to pay for; $525 for furniture which satement made in the papers that she he broke up while belng of a spree in her to Induce her “n‘ win n lru ’\IH ’\v );\» fiow and the batane 16 Would ke &y & v ay from home in order tha e . ;)ll:‘hlfl:"k)n- \’1‘|:“¥‘ r ly le there, She states | healing balm to her wounded ..nm.. n r‘.. that she has never sald a word either to|a failure on the part of th wealthy patre her won or to his wife since thelr marriage. | to furnish her with a luxurious support for At. 8t. Paul's church yesterday afternoon | the rest of her lifetime, in accordance with 8 pecial Christmas scrvice was held fr | o goreement which she claims he entered telichildren of tho Sunday school. - The |yt MOTCRCIE AL s we ed with chldren anc ;Ir‘l‘z‘\:'fl‘p:\r‘vz‘l 5 I‘(Iw;'w":‘ i 7. Babeock made a| The standing of Mr. Squire in this com- few remarks intended principally for t munity, where h has lived for younger people, and the choir, in addition |a quarter of a century, the nature <« foethe regular service, sang o number of | ot (ho charges, o contrary o his well OBittRtmas carols. Known habits of life, and the self-avowed The Grand Army men celebrated Christ-| character of the woman who presents this mas In their usual manner Saturday night, | bill of damages, naturally suggests that by entertaining the children at their hall, on | there must be some other side to the story. Pearl.street. By the gencrokity of General [ The charges have been current on the 0. M. Dodge, every child was given a pres-| streets for some time, and the reporters gnt, and a sumptuous banquet was servel | have been from day to day watching for | ot which all fat down. ere was an in-| the filing of the promised petition. — Three PR #Feresting program given, B. R. Fonda deliver- | times have notices been served on Mr. Squire Y g an address on the Army of the Potomac | or left at his office for his clerks to pondes and Migs Baker and Miss Edyth Thomas | over, and three dates sct for filing the sen- - ToE OMAHA DAy Bex o OFFICE, COUNCIL BLUF NO. 12 PEARL STREET. Delivered by carrier to any part of (he eity. H. W. TILTON, Lessee. MINOR MENTION. @rand hotel, Council Bluffs, reopened Oet. 1. | Mayne Real Estate agency, 539 Broadway. recitations. Miss Sylvia eral plano selections Snyder rendered We have $100,000 to loan upon improved farms in Towa and will take all th rilt edged loans offered at low rate We do and will not loan in Ne- wle, 235 Pearl strect, not want wild lande, braska. Lougee & T Some very low prices made on seasonable merchandise to close ont odd lines BOSTON STORE, Council 10¢ quality all silk ribbons yard. 16¢ to 25c silk ribbons, now ¢ a 26¢ silk clastic web, to close, 1 Gents' heavy wool unde Bluffs, to close a yard orth rwear, W T5¢ to 88c each, reduced to G0c each Our G0c line of gents' underwear, reduced to 39¢ cach. Odds and ends in ladies’ fine wool under- wear, worth from $1.00 to $1.50 each, to close, 67¢ each. Children's all wool red and camel’s hair underwear reduced to 25c each, all sizes 89c heavy cotton blankets reduced to 49¢ A pair. Infants’ wool hose, 17c quality, reduced to Ge each, DRESS GOODS. $2.50 quality heavy cloaking, now $1.50 a yard. 76¢ quality English ladies' cloth, flannels and heavy twills, reduced to 3% a yard. A big lot of remnants of fine dress goods on sale at exactly half pri 86c dress patterns, worth $1.00 DRESS from to $5.50 each, on sale at $2.98. BIG REDUCTION IN BLACK GOODS i Our entire stock of cloaks and capes at greatly reduced prices, FOWLER, DICK & WALKER, Council, Bluffs, Ta. Store closes at 6 o PERSO. RAPHS, Thomas Metcalf has returned from a vsit to Nevada, Mo. Albert Dickey has returned from Pueblo, Col., in very poor health. He is at the home of his father, John Dickey, 810 Fourth avenue. Miss Harriett Blood, teacher of penmanship In the city schools, spent a part of last week in Lincoln, Neb., attending the annual meet- ing of the Western Penman’s assoclation, Among the subjects discussed was that of vertical handwriting. Miss Blood was elected secretary of the assoclation for the ensuing year, Marshal Bradley expects all his deputies here today to make arrangements for the work of the January term of the United States court at Keokuk, which opens on the I4th. The deputies are: C. H. Bradley, » A. Richards, of Des Moines; Thomas P. Gray of Keokuk, 0. D. Wray of Ottumwa, C. H. Hillweg of Corning, and W. W. Eller of Atlantic. A Big ~ale, In order to meet our obligations we must ralse by February 1 $20,000.00. This means & big January clearing sale. Every dollar's worth of winter goods must go. Walt for this big sale, which begins January 3. Par- ticulars later, BENNISON BROS., Council Bluffs Ground ofl cake $1.30 hhd. at Morgan & ©o.’s drug store. 134 Broadwa; Domestio soap breaks hard Invited 10 Resign, A meeting of the Second Presbyterian church and congregation was called yesterday noon, following the usual morning seryic e object of the meeting was to take action oking toward the retirement of the pastor, Rev. C. N. Armstrong. Rev. Stephen Phelps of the First Presbyterian church presided. A petition was read by one of the members of the session, In which the presbytery was ked to meet in this city as scon as pos- sible, and, after making an investigation, sever the ties between the pastor and his people. The reason for this request, as et forth in the petition, was that the church Was unable to pay the pastor his salary, It also stated that the session had asked Mr. Armsirong to unite in the request, but he had refused to do so. Mr. Armstrong made a talk, In which he scored the church for refusing to come to the meetings and Eive him the support that was naturally ex- pected by the pastor from his people. Some of the leaders of the opposition retorted, and beforo the meeting was over considerable feeling was shown on both sides. By the request af his wife the pastor finally agreed to unite with the session in asking for the Investigation, and a meeting of the presby- tery Is looked for in the near future, Sheridan Con This new coal from Wyoming for sale only by H. A. Cox, 37 Main street. Telephono L Ask for c Settle your drug and paint bill at Davis' And start the new ar out of debt, Al LA, Bourlclus' music house has fow expenses; high grade plancs are sold reasonably. 11§ Btutsman street. Davis sells drugs, paints and glass cheap. Washerwomen use Domestic soap, Charged with Seduction, L. Duncan, 19 years of age, was arrested yesterday morning at an early hour by Con- stable J. O. Baker on a charge of seduction preferred by Theresa Reed, who lives on Beventh strect, near the corner of Twentieth avenue, The young woman is the mother of 4 baby three days old, and she claims Duncan 8 Its father. The accused was formerly em- ployed on the motor line as conductor. About two years ago he was suddenly driven fnsane | one night by the appearance of three men on board his car whom he took for high- waymen. He was taken to the hospital at Olarinda. Yesterday morning he was ar- | ralgned in the court of a justice of the peace, and admitted to bail in the sum of #500, his father, Wilton Duncan, signing the vond. Try Bagle laundry, 724 Broadway, for good work., Our medium gloss finish can't be 2eat, but we do strictly hand work, domestio nish, when preferred. Telephone 157. The laundries use Domestic Gas coking stoves for rent Bas Co.'s office. 20 per cent discount on il trimmed hats At Mrs. Ragsdale's soap. and for sale at EWS FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS J. 0. 8quire Made Defendant in a Senca- tional 8n't for Damages, HE CLAIMS IT IS PURELY BLACKMA L Mamie Rolline, Keeper of an Omaha Bagnio, the Plantin Both Sides of the Story firiefly Related by the Parties. ional petition, but not until late S night did anything purporting to be aturday uthori tative come to the surface. Aftached to the petition was what was alleged to be a copy of a part of a letter written by My, Squire, in which he made the promise that it she would come over to Couccil Bluffs and give up her business le would “support her in better style than you ever enjoyed in your life.” SAYS IT IS BLACKMAIL. Mr. Squire was asked for his side of the story yesterday. He denied that there wa any truth in" the petition whatever, and denounced it as a blackmailing scheme from beginning to end. He had never writtea any such lotter as she claimed to have receivea, and had never had any such acquaintance with the woman as the petition charged He said that all he knew about the wom, was that she attempted to ure a loan from him, first trying to borrow $10, and later asking for £100, and offéring as se- curity her clothing and trinkets, In both cases he refused, as he was not lendi moncy on that Kind of security or to that class of people. He thought little more of the woman or her requests until she wrote him a n, ing that she must have money, and’ that i he wouldn't let her have $100 she would bring suit against him, a that she wonld put the ¢ m in the hands of a prominent law firs this city, not, however, naugng the attorney who now ap. pears in th th tening letter Mr. Sauire turned over to his attorncy, who at once decided that it was a case of black- mailing, and consulted the police authorities. Chief Scarlan had the woman called in, and the result of the interview Is said to have been that she wilted, and admitted that she was only making a bluff Dl accepted her weeping ise to go and sin no more. Mr. Squiro thought this was the end of the matter, until during his absence in the east a notice was left at his office stai ing that a suit would be started for $ 00 worth of wine, broken furniture and shattered af- fections. Mr. Shea, the attorney in the case, has been known to have entertained rather bit- ter feelings against Mr. Squire for a long time, The feeling seems to bave arisen out of some foreclosure proceedings on Mr. Shea’s home, and resulted at one time in a personal assault wpon Mr. Squire, which created a brief sensation, and which has not been forgotten by the public, much less by the participants, In connection with Mr, Squire's explana- tion of his relations with the woman, the following cards are given to the public COUNCIL BLUFFS, Dec. 0. To the Ed- y, and they pology and her prom- itor of The Bee: I was informed at nearl 11 o'clock last ‘night that a petition. has been filed by J. J. Shea, as attorne: taining charges intended 'to injur acter at home and abroad. 1 y statement contained in the petition, and brand the whole thing as an infamous nt- tempt to blackmail me, and gotten up by enemies whose animous toward me s well known in this community. ik J.W.SQUIRE, COUNCIL BLUFFS, Dec. f0.—To Whom it May Concern: The' undersigned are in- formed that J. W, quire’s moral character has been acked in a petition filed in o of our local courts. As cltizens of Coun Bluffs, who have known Mr. Squire and his family ma years, we believe charges made ‘against him are false. Mr. Squire’s moral character and his rellability and responsibility as a citizen and business man are too well known in this community for such charges toinjure him here at home: N. P. DODGE, President Council Bluffs Savings Bank. J. D. EDMUNDSON, President’ Citizens State Bank. A. W, RICKMAN, Cashier First National Bank. , HOMAS OFFICIER, ' Of Oflicer & Puscy, Bankers, MRS, D, C. BLOOMER DEAD, Unique ¥i ire in Reform Movements or Bu y Life in Pea, Amelia Bloomer, wife of D. C. Bloox this city, died yesterday noon at her home, 123 Four'h street. This announcement came yesterday afternoon as a great shock to her friends, mest of whom had not heard that she was ill. For years she been a sufferer at tmes from stomach trouble, which affected her heart. Friday evenlng about 6 o'clock she and her husband were seated in thelr home, reading, when suddenly the former exclaimed, “I am sick! I am sicker han I ever was before in my life” A physiclan was called in, and he apparently succeeded in quieting her for the time bej Yesterday morning was taken with a convulsion, and the doctor tcld Mr. Bloomer at she would d before nightfall Soon she fell into a light sleep, with her husband holding her hand. Little by little her heart beats “came less distinet, and at ncon ceased entirely Mr: Bloomer was one of the best known women i the country. Shke was born May 27, 1818, at Home Y., her maiden name being Amelia Jenks. April 15, 1840, at Wat- erloo, she was married to Mr. Bloomer, who was then in the editorial business, He found that she had great ability as a writes, and she assisted him in his work. Ever since that time she has been his constant adviser n all matters. They resided in Sencea county until 1853, when the moved to Mount Vernon, 0. After spending a year there they moved to Council Bluffs, and tcok up their abode in the little home Which they have oc- cupled for more than forty years. Tempe:ance and woman's suffrage were the topies to which all the ene:gies of this very energetic wom ¢ devoted. In 1849 she nds i er of even established the “Lily" at Seneca Fal's, N. . a paper devoted to temperance, This paper was a novelty, being the first paper in the country owned and controlled by a woman While engaged in the work of editing it she also spent a great deal of time lecturing, taking in all the principal citles of her native state, from New York to Buffalo About this time Mrs. Miller invented a costume afterward known as the “bloomer," In her paper Mrs. Bloomer advocated the use of this costume, and was %0 ‘aken with it that she adopted it herself. In this way her name became connected with it, and she be- came known all over the world as the in- ventor of a ccstume, which, In fact, was the work of another. Mrs. Bloomer's life has been an intensely aclve one, but for the past few years {il health has prevented her from working with her pen and on the lecture platform, as was her favorite way years ago. There are mul- titudes in Council Bluffs who honor her for the work she nas done, and their united sympathis will go out to the husband who thus loses one of bis mainstays. The fu- neral will take place Wednssday afternoon at 2:30 o'cleck, but it has not been declded whether the services are to be held at the house or at St. Paul's church. DRANK A DO! CARBOLIC ACID, Arthor Troesdale Ends 11is Mortal Misery | Very Detiberately. Arthur A, Truesdale, whose parents live in Fremont, Neb., committed suicide it the residence of Howard Collins, 1007 Fifth avenue, last evening at & o'clock. Mrs. ling was alone In the house with him at the time, Truesdale came here December |10, and has spent most of the time sinc that at the Collins house. He had trouble with his wife something over a year ago, which resulted in a separation. She went | | to Omaba and has been clerking in Hayden | Bros.' store. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. | man Walt Butler of West Ugion, Ta., in ex Truesdale came over from Omaha to see her | planation of his sudden di:appearatce from husband, and during the conversation the [ home two months ago, says that the morn subject of a renewal of marriage relations | ;.o o+ November 23 he awoke Hearifig & was broached. She said that any time he o -call” ot ThElknNpoTs. ¥e 84y | coula guaranteo her a good living she would | trainman call out Indianapoli 2 come back to him She left for Omaha, a nd | that f 1 the time he dismissed the echool fiv minutes later he took the dose tha he was teaching in Towa on November 20 | Killed him. A bottle of carbolic acid was | yuiil he ved here his mind was a perfect standing on a I in a clotet, and he knew | p1oo0e ™ pro sive he at' once ¥is of its being there. Pouring two teaspoon Pl i " Ak | fuls Into a glass of whisky he swallowed the | Wife, but the letter misc At Butler ’;" | mixture, and then coming out, told Mrs, | been work BRI R s Collins what he had done. He went out e it ALY e | | Into the front yard and Mrs. Colling | e 2 bk Ll =] | across the street to the residence of Dr. o il AR At { Robinson, whom ehe summoned to ler as- | 00 borrowed money, and exj et { sist Then returning, ~she = dragged [ minaton to stay till he was able to pay his | | Fruesdale, who had fallen on the door step, | 9WN fare. He roferred frequer Mg Into the house. In less than three minutes | fallure to recall any PRl | after the doctor arrived the dose proved | leaving home asd his trip t city, but | tatal frazkly admitted that it was all a blank R te wane o nar lives 1n lcegmolty (NEB | g e AR RO SeLRONE WHRLHVEE e matd |and is reputed to be a wealthy wholesate | Why I should have jeft. I have a nic and_ retail dealer in flonr and feed. An | home at West Union, a Kind, loving wife ort was made to telegraph him of his | and one child, and no man's domestic rela sen’s misfortune last evening, but he could | tions were happier than mite have always not b2 found. The man's career during | been. The only way Ilim:um{ for the . | the last fifteen months has been an unhapp incss fs that my letter failed to reach one. Up to the time he had trouble with | MY Wife. It scems strange, though, that no hls wite he had been employed on the Union | O¢ of the many people T met did not say Pacific railway as a postal clerk, and he | S°Mething to me about the inquiries that Was considered one of the bost clerks in the | Were made for me. T made no concealment pervice. (He took to drink, committed aiCf my name or pla e breach of faith with the company, and lost | Wpon Mr. Matthews, Mr. Taggart and Mr ik’ positiofi; 2 Bynum, having served with the latter iy Corener Jennings was summoned, and | SONBTCSS, and none of them mentioned the iftor viewing the remains and hearing the | A€t that my absence from home had caused story of Mrs. Collins, who was the only | 2nd comment in any of the papers, actual witness whos: stimony would have ANCE PTUR heen able to throw any light on the affair, [ 'NSURANCE SWINDLER cAPTURED, | decided that no inquest would be mnec Gtape 0 the itiver at Por and Collins, an will remain there until his father | T S s oL heard from. Truesdale was 30 years of [ [SIOUX CITY, Dec. 80.—R. L. Banker of ago at the time of his death. Portland, Ore., has been arrested here at — - the Guest of the Portland polic: It has Domestic soap outlasts cheap sonp. been learned that some time ago Banker —————— joined the Anclent Order of United Work Va ted Land. men at Portland and took a b iary fo Tmpoverished land is now *'vaccinated or, D uife for $2000. Some months ago. it x alleged, he was working on a raft in the the continent of Europe. It is gencrally viver there and jun 1oft into the wator known that land is enriched by planting it [ He i 1, and it is 1id that the i L whole thing wa of a conspiracy to get Al e e, Tools of which ab- | yim ‘made Avits that he was drowned sorb more nitrogen than they take ‘from | am 1 was pafd the ney. Whether the ground. Where the nitrogen came from | or not it was divided i= not known. It is was the problem. Messrs. Hellriegel and | known that he has been in communication Willfarth have discovered that the absorp- [ With ‘his wife since. The two men who ton Is due lo minute organism, a sort of | Mnde the afiic e bR RS s raaled disease In the roots, which, when the supply | fofthand, a S T Rey of nitrogen in the soil begins to fail, appenr | have started for here 1o take himi baolk A8 an exere nce, draw nitrogen from the Banker i been in the city bout three al and so enrich the soll again, Experi- | weeks, and was about to o into the res. ments have been made in France and Gor- | taurant business many to hasten the growth of the diseace by % T SPEInKLina fUieS neloeitairol fin sviven tas R 1o TR e AIRAITE Gy SRS beroulous: crops have been grown or with [ WAUCOMA, Ta, Dec. 30.—(Special Tele- \ater in which they have been steeped. In | 8Tam.)-—John Morf, a promirént contractor Prussla a field w with lupins, one | And builder of this place, committed suicide art of it was the in the ordi this afterncon, Shortly after dinner he re- way, the other inoculated from an old lupin | tired to his room, saving he ‘wish-d to lie { crop. The yield in the latter part w five \Im-r for f.‘|\')\\ minutes, and to v.:l him in 4 i e e othe an_hour. hen' the time ' ariy and a halt tlmes g8 great asiin tho other.” | AN Mollr. - Whenging! time ! e NBCOAR T | his neck. tied them to th: b t and | peiatilagmiti [ rloled off the bad. He has been fig % the | SPRINGFIELD, 111, Dec, The post- | linuor habit for Several years, but was un- office at Curren, Sangamon county, which is | able to control his appetite, kept in a general store, was burglarized ot e SRR . 1 early hour this morning and robbed of a - EurmaeriAcnIER VIR '“'""lf' : auantity of stamps. The authorities in this | BELLE PLAINE, I, Do (Special city were notified, and knowing that an | Telegram.)—William Rubje, a. farmer living ;:::"IU(T{( t:’:‘mu"(s “\“" u’\l;vlilflzl at the f\\'u near here, yesterday afternoon was hunting (0 Chicago & Alton junction, a force B R VL Y policemen was sent out to Investigate, on [ 1abbits, H A e g | the idea that the burglars might be among [ & he YTt wa N =00 Al | them. The tramps resisied and o mies gun with him. It was hurged, the con [ battle ensued, in"which ‘clubs_ana " stonc | ents entering near the heart and causing | were freely used. ~Several tramps were | 2Imost insta 3 | badly beaten, and eight were captured an" LOCAT, MO TCAE MR | brought to tlie city. The others, numbering FOCAL MUBIGSINIIRES, | about ten, escaped. | e e Messrs, Adelmann and Butler, encouraged Clatms a3 Self Defense. s uccess of the Adelmann concert FORT WORTH, Tex., Dec. 30.—Jim Rush. | P¥ the success 5 HA SEEV R ing, a brother of Constable Willlam Rush- [ Thursday evening, from a musical standpoin ing of this city, was shot and killed at &|at least, have determined upon a series of orclock tonikht - by Martin MeGrath, an | quartet and quintet recitals during the winter alderman from the Third ward, and form- Vi an's ¢l s ha i erly & member of the ¢ity police force here. | Season, the Woman's club rooms having been “The shooting was done in a dificulty in which John McGrath, a_brother of Martin, had become involved in a quarrel with Rushing, in which they were apparently struggling for possession of a revolyver, When Martin McGrath was arrested, he sald: I killed a man; 1 had to do It.” This was all he would say. T Supposed Dend Man ¢ omes Tlome. LA PORTE, Ind, Dec. 30.—John Ball of this city, who mysteriously disappeared from South Chicago December 21, and who was thought to have been murdered, re- turned home late tonight, much to the jo of his familv, who were mourning him o dead. He can give no satisfactory reasons for his movements. He said he had been 1, Salt Lake City, Utah, where he once lived. He had just vered from sickness, and it is thousht he is suffering from temporary aberration. ——— Poetess Rossotti Dead, LONDON, Dec. 81.—The Chronicle nounces the death of Christiana Rossetti, the poete: born in London Decembe dauehter of Gabriel Rosséttl, an Ttalia patriot, who took refuge in Fngland from the troubles in his native land, and who was the well known commentator on Dante She was the author of many poe moLg them being ~ the “Goblin Mark't,” the “Princess of Progre “Seek and Find,"” et — Held Up the Station Agent. SHELBURN, Ind, Dec. 80.—Last night after No. 4, the northbound passenger train due here at midnight, had 1 this sta- tion, C. H. Hendelson, the rallroad agent was locking the doors of the depot paratory (o going home. He was accot by thrée men, who covered him and ordered him to th He was then relleved of an- orgiana Ross=tt] was 1830, being th Mis; ad and express money, a watch volver. No clue to the thie tained. —— Treasurer Gall Denles Belng Short, INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 30.—Thers was a rumor in circulation this evening that State Treasurer Albert Gall was short In his offi- clal accounts to the amount of $64,000, My Gall sald: “There is not one word of truth ery cent of the funds be- to the state is in the vaults at the house, and could be turned over to my SO01 LOMOrToW mornin; necessary.'" —-— Jumped on the LOUIS, Dec. 30, in the rumor. K longin Wrong Man, As the result of n this evening, cne s attack on a “red hot” n tough was shot and killed and another fatally wounded ward Steinbank, a weinerwurst ped iler, was attacked by Frank McDonald and Patriek Sullivan and knocked down. The prostrate man pulled out 4 re- volver and shot both men several times, McDonald is dead and Sullivan's lifs s despalred of, | ——— Fall River Dividends Falling Off, FALL RIVER, Mass, Dec. 30.—The an- nual report of the earnings of the mills of this city, issued by G. M. Lifford & Co., brokers, was made public today, showing 4 decided falling off in the dividends for the last six months of the year. The total amount renorted paid in ° dividends was SL114.650. This is on a total invested capital Of $22.708,000. Nine corporations are reported to have pald dividends for the whole year, T, Found ¥or Home ant Children Hura ROME, Ga., Dec. 30.—Three children of Mrs. Viole Kept were burned to death last plght. Thelr mother left them in charge cf | Dora Willlams, a cousin, who built a big fire, locked thé children 'in the house and came to town. When the mother returncd she found only the ashes of her home and the charred rem; children, Nutives rlugoese, LONDON, Dec, 8L—A dispatch to the Times from Cape Town says It is reported from Delegoa bay that rebellious natives attacked (wo Portugues: gunboats on fhe Incomatl river, arrested their progress and killed the officer in charge. —~— Chinese Select 5 New Comn LONDON, Dec, 80, der. A dispateh from Pe- king says that the ex-viceroy of Nankin, Liu-Kun-Yi, has been appointed to the chief command of the Chinese forces, thus sup: seding Li Hung Chang and Prince Kun the emperor's uncle, WALT BUTLERTELLS A STORY Says Ho Was in a Trance Al zw ' Way from Weet Union to Indias ipdlis, REMIM3ERS NOTHING OF.TTWO DAYS Is Pertectly Sano and Seems Surprised His Absence Should Cause Any Worey— Working us a Book dgent and Willinz to Stick, 20, INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. ~Ex-Congress the last twenty years has attained the as- tounding sum of $350,000,000. 1t we remem- ber that this Is the exporters’ price and that the wholesale bayers pay at least 60 per cent more, while the ordinary public, after the stones have been cut and mounted Pay at least four times that sum, the figures thus reached are enough to astound one. ——i— THE YOUNGES Four tisters and One Lirother of a R o ma able Alabama Family. On a little farm high up among the hills of Calhoun county, Alabama, with only the trees and the Wil tops for thelr nelghbors live perhaps the remarkable family in Alabama. They as the Sadlers The family consls a_brother and four sisters, and the youngest has already turned her 9lst year. The eldest is seviral years more than a centruy old. None of them ever married The Sadlers York Sun, minion sta most e known of writes a correspondent of th New were born in the O11 Do all of them, excepting one, be ntury set in. In 1831 th: family Alabama, and established them hat is now Calhoun county, about east of Anniston. Two years ame poss:ssed of the property now live, nd immediately % house which th have lived Years ago the fath'r and the former at th f 91, the latt.r at the carly age of 7 tes and {nventi which time has wrough ily has never seen fit the practices that were in vogue when t paren taught them how to work clothing which th'y wear has alwa been made by them from the cottan which grows in their field, or from the woel which covers the backs of their sheep. The sced s sep arated from the fleccy stapie b the fingers of the members of this family. It is then pun into yarns on th old-time spinning wheel, and weaved into cloth upon a loom cf anclent pattern. From the hides of the animals that upon their flelds the brother makes the fortable and not entirely unshapely that cover his and his sisters’ fest. Th: meal from which their bread is made is gronnd between two stones from corn grown on their patch. They raise enough domestic animals for their own ands, Their cooking is dono before an open fireplace. They are averee to the use of money. They have nc nesd of it, and will not receive it. If any a0 desires to buy provisions of them, and they have enough to spare, the supplies are glven or loantd, but never sold for money. Their dwelling is scrupulously neat, as are premises about it Almost all of their personal ty was Dbrought with them from Virginia, and evidence of their efulnes: and their carcful way of doing things it mey be sald that almost all of | the hous:hold effects which they brought with them from their old home are still in their possession and in daily use For in- stance, the wooden hames were made two thirds of a century g0, up in George | Washington's country. It is eaid that befors tho children entered into main single and remain says they were four exceedingly handsome girls, and were much sought after by the beaux of their day and neighborhood, but they avolded all entangling allianc:s, with one exception. The youngest sister fell in love with a young man of the olden time. She was then only 16. The family entercd such a protest that she repulsed her lover ind_endeavored to blot him forever from hor | memor Her disappointment, however, was €0 great that her mind bicame undermined | and ehe has never reg: ed her mental equi | librium. Industrious, God-fearing, fore this meved to selvos In fifteen m later thoy which erected the | n constantly nother died, be they ¥ ns and improvements , this contented fam in anyway to refof heir The 1iv com shoes il th prope as they were grown a compact to re- tog:ther. Tradition cleanly, these old virtuous, honest, ouls have Tivel peace with all men. The brother is ill new. He has devoted Lis unselfish life to the comfort of his sisters, They love him dearly. Friends realize that the death of one will_be followed by the passing away of all. The realization of this gives comfort rather than dread to these old folks. S = ONE USE FOR BIG SLEEVES. The and at selected for these recitals, of the gentlemen . It is the purpose interested to give these recitals Sunday afternoons, and the novelty of the idea and the high standing of the musiclans ought to insure crowded houses, Seclos will also be given, a singer now and then, and Mr. Adelmann and Mr. Butler will alternate on the violin.. Mr. Sauerwein ind Mrs. Letovsky will also be included in the quartet. College boys are intense, cither critical or enthusiazztic. At a recent concert "given by the “T. K.” quartet In Bellevue before the students of the Univerzity of Omaha the audi nce was one of the enthusiastic sort, Tht church in which the entertainment was given was packed, the afsles filled with chairs and many standing. And the performers earned their money. Bvery number was encored, some several times, and what was most un- usual a demand was made for a repitition of the last number. us Devico of Two Young Overladen with Parcels. Both the girls were rosy from walking in the keen air when they got into the elevated railroad at Fourtesnth street, and both were heavily laden with packages, says the New York Sun. It was a case of “big parcel, little parcel, hat box and bundle,” and every time either of them stirred gome one of the impediments fell to the car floor. Sometimes ono of the girls was stooping down to pick up the big parcel or the little parcel, and sometimes they were both stooping down to gather up these and the hat box and bundle as well. Two brokers who were sitting op- posite began quietly making bets as to which package would slip off next, and what Wwith their exercise in the open air, that in the car and their knowledge that they were affording a good deal of deadhead amuse- ment to the passengers, the girls got redder in the face every minute. “I just thing it's a shame,” said one of them “at last, “that women don’t have pockets to put things in,” and she gave a little white box a vicious tap that jostled it up against an oblong brown arrangement and sent both of them tumbling (o the floor. When she came up gasping from the re cue of these she jerked at her big sleeves tike an angry little bird plucking at its feathers, treated her companion to a mag- aificent baby stare, and said “Katle, I've got it.” iot what,” asked Katie, “Got an idea,” said her companion. watch me."” And with that she took up the little white “Just Steps are being taken by the musicians cf | box, (krust it under her facket near. the this city to inaugurate a musical festival | shoulder, gave a quick wriggle, and presto! lasting three days, under the direction of | it dropped into the big puff of her slecy Theodore Thomas, assisted by the Chicago | Then the oblong brown arrangement was Orchestral society. — Abont sixty musicians | similarly disposed of; and then a round, flat will_accompany Mr. Thomas, if he comes. | pink package; and then another something garet popular coloatura soprano, for the first time In Omaha Albert concert, on tha she Is down for several solos. ALied WEATHER FORECAST, laton of Chicago, the well will ba the of at Fair and Warmer with Winds & Southerly, ON, Dec. 30, | WASHING! Monday i For Nebraska—Falr; warmer; windg, becoming southerly. Towa and Missouri winds, becoming variable, For South Dakota— The fory northerly Fa northerly warmer; variable winds, becoming southerly, For Kansas—Iair; northerly winds, be- coming variable, Local Reeord, OFFICE OF THE WIZA OMAHA, Dec Omaha r 1d_rainfall, compare ponding day of the past f HER BURBAT rd of temper with the cor ur year 1591, 1893, 1892, 1591, imum temperatur a1 iii mum temperature.... 8 g 2 temperature .. 11 16 i Precipitation ... g0 e g Condition of temperatiire and precipitation at Omaha for the day since March 1, 1804 Normal temperature . Deficiency for the day |, Normal precipitation Deficiency for the day 03 inen 03 inch Total precipitation ince March 11601 in Deficiency since March, 1....... 15.65 inches Roports from Other Stations av § P, M. — i gl 3 b 50 g 6TATIONS 2 F | erare ow RE| 2 WEATUEK, ged = g (3| B8 ‘ g i L omana | North b Valentiy ot e *Below zero. I indicates trace of tlon, A WELSH —— The (inmond Output. According to the officlal returns just fs- sued concerning the trade of Queen Vie torla’s South Africap colonfes, it appears that the value of the total export of dla- Observyer, and another something el into the right hand slecve left, until everything was disposed of. Then Miss Katie followed her friends exampl until all of her parcels were tucked away, and when they got off the cars at Park place there wasn't a sign of “big parcel, little parcel, box or bundle,” but their sleaves stuck out like jour captive balloons and all the Brooklyn girls they met turned green with envy, e, now tucking it and now into the - Vooming a Cigar, Do you know low to boom a cigar?” asked the advertising man, Th2 Chicago Rec man confessed his ignorance, “Well, T've taken hold of a new cigar With instructions to make it a ‘g0’ no mat- ter what it costs. Here are a few of the schemes: Of course I use the newspapers first and last, but I've got some other idea “I've ordered gome wooden cigars six fe:t long, wiTch are to be carried through the streets, It takes two men to carry one cigar. Then I've sent out about 25,000 postal cards to men who s and on each card it says noke good clgars, ‘Present me at the From early ehildhood untl I 'was grown my (nulnlly‘ pent o lu;nllnl- sited l'lrl Bprings, and was hen all things had falled | try 5 B K., and EROM ¥ivoliiidns terrible Bezemn was kone, 1ot & 8§ it left; my gonernl Liealth bulit up, and 1 Lavo never bud oy roturn of the disease. have ainch recommendo. B.5.8.10 0 ber of frien : CHILDHOOD bave never ‘(';T:u TOW IO TRTTOTS 10 e, W.IRWIN, Irwin, Pa. er fulls to cure, even after all r reniedien have. Our Treat ine od and Bkin Discases mailed SWIFT SPECIFIC €O , Atlants, Ga, Nev, ;i ===Snecial Notices _ Couneil Bluffs - CHIMNEYS CLEANED; VAULTS CLEANED, Ed Tsurke, o W, 8. Homer's, 638 Broadway, WANTED, GOOD COMPETENT al housework TO DO monds from the Cape of Good Hope during ED, GoOD m EIAL housework. Mre. Jac 816 Platner st HOYS WANTED AT A. L. T. OFFICE Maln street, Mond steady work NTED, BY YOUNG LADY, CHANCE TO work for her board while uttending college 1o Council Blults, Address T , Lce office | & T 18 NINETY-ONE. | In spite of the | nearest clgar store and get a—cigar clght cents!” See? of one of our cigars. Tho Woman Who Can tor ! That postal eard is good | for two cents when applied on the purchase | There won't be many Stand in a Crowded From th;(; recelk -8 of them presented, but it will be a good ‘ad, and every man who gets ons will be attracted [ That's whore the word Asthma come | by the novelty of the scheme Then 1'm neans “sasving f onth * & to put music boxes in the cigar storcs | 1t MEANS “gasping for hroath.” Tt and have the music come out of the lttle | Caused by a deranged condition of the organ pipes made in the shape of our cigar | pervous system. and consists of a spas- and labeled. Every dealer in the city gets | e i a blue-print cartoon each morning to hang [ Modie contraction of the bronchial in his window The mention of the cigar is tubes, Tt is frequently associated with the biggest part of the cartoon. —1'l 8end | gava form of cliest commlal i | private boxes of the cigar to club stewards ne form of chest complaint, particu and well known dealers When I've don Tarly bronchitis, When so associated Al that I'll try something else.” ’ Bt i Sy SHE'S WANTED IN HEAVEN, Ozomulsion Car and Look S What class of patrons gives a street car | : conduclor the least trouble? This question | « Wil ette (s dlacase, Tt does tils: bos was discussed at the Conductors’ Literary| ©AUSO 1t curen bronehitls, and when fety of Chicago, relates the Tribune. One| bronehitis fs cured asthma is removed. of the orators spoke as follows | This is not an fdle statoment. 1t 1s & Give me the shon irl or the offi 'Hl fact, corroborated by the testimony of every time In place of the we ho ha X SN i # bren chopping. " When o shop it oarat | MEs 1L M. Chamberdayne, Staunton, cat she Knows where her fare is and usually | Vi, who was eured of asthia by this has the exact amou But the riturning [ remedy. Write her. We could tell you pper gives a $2 bill after fumbling all | mueh more about Ozomulsion —what 16 ATy e Rt RV T e md how and why it cuves disease gar 1s crowded a aven the change Dad we the space, This has all been e I LI B L puea | explained in a little book which can through the car. From that time on she | De had for the asking Send for it watches me as If 1 was a thief, and if 1 do| Ozomulsion s L rush back to her at she calls to m and wants to know i 1am gang 0 un on | The Kind Physicians WIth that $2. A shop girl scldom carries e that amount with her, but it she does and | == Prescribe the same thing occurs about her change she | thoflutet untll T take it to her, and then she | For 0)lds, Oonghs, Cousamption, Breme thanks me. But the most delightful patron y y ") of a street car line s tho woman who comes | Ohitis, Asthma, a.d All Pulmonary Oome into a crowded car and shows by her ma plaints; Sorofula, General Debility, Loss ner that she likes to hang on to a strap. A . dil aati woman who can do that don't have to go to of Sdy A.h\ldl!.\y ad all ¥ wity church if she don't want to. She will be| Discasesn weleomed p yonder. They are waiting for her there now. The won't | K U H N & CO., be N to chant until You don’t know how Ul miss her.” 15th & Douglas Sts., Omaha, sl Syntax a Tnco v, Cincinnati Tribune opinion, sult who done it."” He on,' diagonals, who did 1 1 were asked sald the man in the it On second thoughts,” said the man in the ns, 1 wihil say neither. Grover hoodooed it and let it go at that. my sald the red-cyed man in the jeans I would say it was Grover Cleveland shiny you should say it was Cloveland T will say it was o \ # of itching, burn® o ecaly, crustcd, and pimp 7 #Rin and ‘wealp disoaecs, with dr thin, and falling Nair, relieved § o kinglo applicati d npoe and_cconomically cured by the CUTICURA RENFDILS, whed the best physicians fail, Castoria is Dr. Samucl Pitcher’s prescription for Infants and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor ‘, other Narcotic substance. It.is & harmless substitute for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil. It is Ples Milliens of others, sant. Its guaranteo is thirty ycars’ use by ‘astoria destroys Worms and allays feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd, cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colie. Castoria relieves tecthing troubles, cures constipation and flatulency. Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the stomach and Dbowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Case toria i3 tho Children’s Panacea—the DMother’s Frierd., Castoria. *Castorla is an cxcellent medicine for chil- dren. Mothers have ropeatediy told me of its good effect upon thcir children," Da. Q. C. Osaoon, Lowell, Mass, * Castoria i3 tho best remedy for children of *hich T am acquainted. Thopo tho day Is tot far distant when mothers will consider the real Interest of their children, cnd use Castoria in- stead of the variousquack nostrums which aro destroying their loved oncs, by forciagopium, morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful agents down their throats, thereby seading ther to prematuro graves.” Dx. J. F. KixcnrLoe, Conway, Ark. “astoria is 5o well adapted to children thay 1 recommend it assuperior to any prescription known to me." 1. A. Ancuen, M. D., 111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. **Our physicians in the children's depart. ment have spoken highly of thelr experl- ence in their outside practice with Castoria, and although we only have among our medical supplies what s known as regular products, yet we are free to confess tess the merits of Castoria has wor e ta look with favor upon it." UsiTED HospiTak 4n% DisPRNgARY, Boston, Mass, ALLEN C. Switn, Pres., The Centaur Company, 77 Murray Stroet, New York City. song is one of carnest exultation and ilE e joy. So would yoursg DOES s bt S ouinew o he knows—that 919" Main ct ig stozked with more bargains Hats, Underwear and n Shoes, Furnishing Goods than any other store in une cil Bluffs and Omaha., He uses but few not:s you pereeive, and you will neeéd but fiw notes— bank notes or coins—to pet Pos: session of stylish, handsome and comfortable ‘things, FE xpenses ol doing business at 919 are 50 pereent less than further uptown, and this iy one of the many secrets of the ime mense success of T. B. HIUGHES, The Leading Down Town Merchant, NOWIS THE TIMETO BUY STOVES AND KITCHEN FURNITURE My prices have but now I alwqys been lower than any other am going to make you a Christmas present. Look store in the city, at some of my prices. A And all other CHAS. SWAINE’S, 0§ 7.50 9.60 12,80 Radiant Novelty Base Burners and Elmhurst Surf $80.00 Steel Range for. ..., $24.0 } 88,00 ¢ e e REged 4200 « o« u 33.60 ace Burners are ag fine stoves as can be made. Look at the prices, $44.00 Radiant Novelty, $35.20 $82.00 Elmhurst............... $25.6 40.00 ¢ Vi . 32,00 2500 (i AT ..‘uo.og 88.00 Elmhurst cireeenes 80,40 stoves in proportion at 740 B’'way ~—COUNCIL BLUFF§~ STEAM DYE WORKS All kinds of Dyeln, and Cleaning done 1§ the highest stylo of the art. Padéd and stained fabrics made to look as good as new. Work promptly delivered parts of the untry.” Send fop price list, © A MACHAN, FPropriotos e, Ve o Norike e . " western Depol, Couned TERSNNES? B, lows, Tel,