Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 25, 1895, Page 2

st THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: RN ok 1’\‘;(’ U3 A Rl i ST Y UTA G MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25 K5 PYCAWO T 1895 0. Payne of Alnsworth super- A Comrade 11 intendent No. 9. Buffalo and Dawson, Comrade 1 Arnold of Kearney superintendent No. 10. Hooker, Thomas, Blain Custer, Comrade James Whitehead ol laway ‘superintendent No. 11. McPherson, Logan and north |I|{ Platt ('nmrul’l\‘.'nhn Nort Platte superintendent. h.\'nhl;’ Cl !Yl\":'nvl“l\'. Comrade J. Wesley Tucker of Valentine superintendent No. 13. Keith, Arthur and Grant, Comrade | MeSay, post No. 216 of Ogalalla, superin- | tendent No. 14, Bheridan, Sioux, Comrade superintendent, 5 | No. 15. Deuel, Cheyenne, Kimball, Banner and Scotts Bluff, Comrade G. F. Blanchard | of Sldney superintendent | The ruperintendent: of the subdistri N‘ shall immediately organize thelr respective Alstricts and appoint such assistants as may deem necessgary to bring about pr action and expedite rellef work SBuperintendents of transportation rades H. B, Palmer of Omaha, T. J ra | of Peru 2 | All_superintendents of subdivisions wiil report to thelr division superintendent. Re- | ports should be forwarded as fast as re- | cetved by them from ||Y vvlllnlhlw and pre cinets. Prompt acticn is uired - By command of C. B. ADAMS 4 Department Commander. A, M. TRIMBLE Assistant Adjutant General No sooner were these orders lssued than there was something akin to a new rebellion in the ranks of the veterans. Assistant Ad Jutant General Trimble was one of the com- mittoe appointed by the Hastings encamp- ment, and he declared polnt blank that he would not be a party to any schemoa that was intended to deprive his committee of tho exclusive control of the relief funds. When | he saw the printed orders with his mame attached, he was as much surprised as any | one, and he sat down and wrote the follow- ing Interesting eplstle LINCOLN, Neb., 1 Communder, . me: Comr eneral orders Nos. 1 and 2, prepa you, to which my name a ant ndjutant general, scems to be in direct conflict with the action of the department encampment at Hastings, inasmuch as you assume the direction of the relief work of the department, which wi the depart- ment placed in the hands of the relief com- mittee by the fol red by Past Commander ole and unanimously adopted Jepartment Comma a_relicf committee con Howe us chal pup and | Cal Lincoln, | Evans of Dawes and of Rushville | Box ‘Joseph Tutte, Hill eb. 18, 1895.—Depn move you th rade Church with Comrades T. Trimble, he appoin lief matters in this department and condu the same as in their judgment seems b and report their acticn at the next def ment encampment You well kuow that it desire of the encampment that the Work which has been %o succossfully ear- ried on under the direction of your pred cessor, Commander Church Howe, should not be In any way interfored with, but continued under his dirccticn. Your orders are in direct conflict with the express w of the department encampment, and a courtesy to Comrade Church Howe. Then, unless you can take this view of the matter and govern your actiors accordingly, 1 r spectfully tender you my wntion tant adjutant general acceptanc o party use of my general, printed above referred to, namely, 1 and 2 out my knowledge or coisent, a You due notice that it must not | this connection. Yours in I, € A, M. T Assistant Adjut ienerdl This put an altogcther new aspect on the situation. A conference ¢f Grand Army of the Republic men was hastily summoned at Lincoln Thursday to give cons deraticn to the matter, later in the day it was given out that, inasmuch as the relief of the de partment was very presting, and in order to permit him to dzvote all h's tme to the same, Assistant Adjutant Trimbl> would be relieved of his office, and D. J. Gugs made assistant adjutant general fn h's place. But this was not all. The nest day the crigina’ orders, 1 and 2, were withdrawn, a following orders, 1 anl 2, substituted, the old date: HIEADOUARTERS THE REPUBLIC, BRASIA, LIN: General Grder ;' Having been o nd installed as commander of the rtment of Nebraska, Grand Army epublic, and after a caref tion and full'realization of the g respol bility of this important trust, I hereby sumie command, and enter on' the duties of my ofiice, willl headquarters in the state house, in' the city cf Lixcoln, The' following department officers were elccted at the eightcenth annual encaup- ment, at Hastings, February 1 and J. H. Culver. Milford, senfor vice com- mander; J. A, Erhardt, Stanton, junior vice commander; W. H. Banwell, Orleans, med ical director; Rev. O. R. Becbe, Minden, department chaplain. Council of administration: Whitman, Oxford: Rebert La Fountaine, Kearney; R. 8. Wilcox, Omaha; . . John- son, Harvare >, M. rker, Lincoln. omrade A.'M. Trimble will be continued assist: adjutant gen 1 until further orders. Comrade Brad . Cook of Lincoln s assistant adju tant genera A. Arnold “of Kearney, as quartermaster gencral; Comrade Cash D. Fuller of Imperiul sistant inspector; Comrade M, of Tecumsch, juige advocat R. Ball of Omaha, musteri rade J. H. Stickel of Hebro: chie and they will be obeyed accordin Other members of my staft will be named here- after. Comrades, there is a great responsibility resting upon each of us in this time of distress. Comrades Church Howe, T. S. Clarkson and A. M. Trimble were appoint- ed a committee on relief by the depart- ment encampment, and have kindly con- sented to assist in the work cf the hour, and as soon as due cousideration N be given a plan for organizing the relicf work of the department it will be prom ted, In the meantime, e y comrade In this department is appointed a commitiee of one to seek out the needy comrades in his vieinity and report ta his post commander All contributions for relief should be for warded to the department headq ters of the above relitf commiice ut 1intoln, Neb, where an accurate accounting and u spocdy distribution can be made of the same. By order of C. B ADAMS Department Commander, HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF NEBRASKA, GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC." LINCOLN, Neb.—General Or- ders No. 2: Comrades—If we meet the urgent calls for relief which are coming from all directions, we must be up and doing. Thousands of those with whom we touched e¢lbows in time of war have left their eastern homes and cast their lot with us, Th Great Commander, in His wis- dom, has withheld the rain, and terrible destitution has followed, and’ uni speed- ly relieved, many noble and patriotic com- rades, their wives and little ones will suf- fer. It is the duty of every post mander in this department to at once certain the ne of the members of 5 post, and report their wants to the relief committee appointed by this department to take charge of and supply their needs as far as possible. The attention of all post commanders Is again respectfully called (o the fact the the department ‘encampment, at Its las meeting, constituted a relief committee eomposed of Comrades O ch Howe, T 8. Clarkson and A. M. Trimble. This com- mittee was wisely chfsen, and great results can bo ‘expected from their eilor ‘The department rellef committee is now fully orgunized, with Churech Howe as chalrman and A. M. Trimble ay secretary, with headquarters at Lincoln, Neby., and all communications upon the subject of relief should be addressed to the department re- Hef commitice, Grand Army of the Repub- tie, Lincoln, Neb. Comrades, while the appeals for relief are many and urgent, yet we realize that from all’ quarters of 'the east, north and south the hearts of & patriolic people are with us, and thousands of ou comrade who have been blessed in the past are will- ing and waiting to eive to their unfortu- nate comrades when th are assured that it will g0 to those In distress. And the reat double mission of this committee is o recelve the gilts of the fortunate and Westow them upon the unfortunate, All commissions (o solicit for ld must have the recommendations of the depa ment relief committee, and signed by the A’ partment commander. {n accorcance with the followlng gencral order from the na- onal encampment: “X, Comrades #re again warned aga fmpostors. T o those who su tiously obtain the badge or gome ir of the order and use them Imprope impo: pon posts and individual rades. / earnest effort should be 10 detect these impostors, and in case possible deprive them which 13 used for improy was the expr Th l\A\)U“AI“‘ in used_in nd | GRAND ARMY OF DEPARTMENT O 5 . Neb., IFeb. 16, Do the George I aflice com- every badge It s that fon to 0 any source un- cndorsed by the solicitations for help fr less such applic: department «ommander. T ereby appcint Jame adjutant general; J cting as- wistant quartermasicr 1. and X Paliner. T, J. Mal D. Richards, commItico on Lranspor(atio . And as aldes: de-camp: W. . Burton of nost No. i3, b, Q. Baily of post No. 131, 3. W. Ditan of ass'stant | Department Relief committee G. A. R., of post No. 63, P, R. C. Hazlett of of Blue Hill ar 100, And they accordingly. ¥ A. Lyons ot post No. 2, Jost . %, John Hooyer M. J. Merrick of No. Il be respected and ved order of C. B, ADAMS, Department Commander. JAMES D. GAG Assistant Adjutant General Tt s Interesting to compare the two sets of orders anl to note tne cisnges. The two orders, No. 1, are both dated February 1 The first Is attested by Assistant Adjutant General Trimble, while the second is not attested at all. The first order conveyed the impression that the members of the relief committeo were only then appointed by the new department commander. The second states distinctly that they were appointed by the Hastings encampment. Contributions formerly requested to be sent to the ““depart- ment headquarters” are now to go to the department headquarters of the above reliet o8t oby | committee,"” Order No, 2 is changed beyond all recog nition. The whole grand scheme of relief by divisions and subdivisions is absolutely blotted out, The major generals are relegated to the ranks. All communications upon the subject of rellef are invited to be addressed to_the Lin- coln. The oaly part the department officers aro to play in the relief work is to counter- sign the credentials of solicitors of contribu- tions after they have been authorized by the relief committee. By som ort of anachronism, the committes on transporta- tion reappointed, although what it is to transport is a mystery to all. Finally the r appoints James D. Gage assistant ad jutant general, and is attested by James D. Gago as assistant adjutant general. General ige therefore appears in the attitude of appointing himself. Grand Army men here are professing great wonderment at the girations of the new de- partment commander. They do not know what the next turn of the wheel will bring. They will not even be surprised to see a third series of General Orders Nos. 1 and 2 before the month has ended, although there re only twenty-eight days in February this is PASTOR TO sS¢ James Lyle of North Loup Has G on n teiting Tour. NORTH LOUP, Neb., Feb. 21.—(Special.)— Rev. James Lyle, resident pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, who also min- isters to the Davis Creek charge, will, it is understood, soon go east, perhaps to Towa, to solicit seed grain and feed, in the interest of the membership of his charges, A number of fine specimens of the Russian thistle were found In this vieinity last fall and some of our farmers are looking toward next summer’s wirk with feelings akin to consternation on account of the terrible rep. utation of the new invade Others, howeve laugh at the idea of giving way before it, and claim tha is no more difficult to subdue and keep in subjection than many other vari- cties of the “tumble weed"' famil mor:- er, rightly aver that if the invasion of the thistle be the means of insuring a more care- ful and painstaking system of tillage, it will prove, after all the scare, only a blessing in disguise. Notwit anding the exces fall last summer, the wells in this portion of the state are, so far as we have been able to learn, not’ at all affected and are still able to supply all the water that a good wind- mill and pump will lift while running twenty-four heurs a day, if nocessary. Mar of the advantages and blessings of Nebrask © mot yet appreciated by her oldest se tlers. While attempting to ride a frolicsome horse n Tuesday evenin, ar-old son of L. K. Ballard of this city, was Kicked In the face, sustaining the loss of some teeth and other inj but is now thought to be cut of danger. tve lack of rain- CHARGED WITH FORGI' G A NOTE. J. D. Jennings, an insurance Agont, Areait at Lineoin, LINCOLN, Feb. 24.—(Special Telegram.)— J. D. Jennings, 36 vears old, is under ar- rest at police hearquarters charged with forgery. He was brought in from Sterling at 6 o'clock this evening by Sheriff Dorwart of Saline county. Jennings is accused of forging the name of one Reed, who is con- nected with the creameries at Friend and at several other places, to a note for $40. He was arrested by Sherifft Dorwart at Sterling. Jennings claims to have been an agent for the New York Life Insurance company for over two years, in which lime he has done considerable business at Omaha, and says that Reed was one of the active leaders in pushing through the anti-oleomargerine bill in the legislature. Sheriff Dorwart. expects to leave with his prisoner for Sterling at 4 o'clock tomorrow morning, Under State Bnnking Bonrd Expensos. LINCOLN, Feb. 24.—(Special)—The fol- lowing is a comparison of the cost of main- taining the national banking system under the comptroller of tlie currency and that of maintaining the state banking system in Nebraska. comparison is also ‘made of the amount of the work performed and the office force maintaived in cach system. The same care and supervision are exer- cised in both: itional Number in banks: operation October 31, Total nuniber of employe: oller's ot in « of institutions 5.8 P annum.. $261,052.02 v of clerks, ‘eparimen ge number of banks in oper- eiations titutions buildi; in ope under control of State DBanki BORSA vntvsesesaros Total numb of employes in de- partment of bank Jumber engaged in elor umber of institutions ‘'otal expense of maintaining de- partment, per annum...... Of which the banks contribute. Leaving total expense to the state The data of the above was secured from the 1594 report of the comptroller of the currency and the figures ing to the state banks from the State Banking Board of Nebraska. Lieutenant Townley, clerk of the banking board, in his estimates for office expenses for the coming biennium, asks for one clerk to assist him, owing to the increasing work in the office. Fromont Vetoran Logion Eleots Oflic FREMONT, Feb, 24.—(Special)—The Union Veteran League of this city elected of- ficers for the ecnsuing year as follows: Oliver Smith, president; D. M. Allen vice president; Frank Healey, secretary; Hadley, treasurar; J. W. Harris, marsha Comrades Graham, Lee, Huff, Murray and French, members of the advisory board. e Lako School’s ¢elebration. At the Washington birthday exercises at the Lake school there were several features which were not provided for in the an- nouncement contained in the regular pro- gram. Rev. 8. Wright Butler, pastor of the St. Mary’s Avenue Congregational church, addressed the puplls of the seventh and elghth grades, The children listened to his remarks with 'rapt attention, interrupting him quite frequently with théir applause. Miss DeCon sang “The Star Spangled Banner'’ with much feeling, and, being en- cored, responded by singing “Robin Adal the sélection being well suited to her clear soprano voice. Both teachers and pupils felt that they were fortunate in having Miss Arnold with them upon this occaslon. She sang “Tent- ing on the Old Camp Ground” with fine expression, and delighted all by the dainty encore, “Going ta London Fowi.' Miss Ar- I8 @ universal favorite, and to have her services on exhibition days is regarded a great treat in the schools. The success of the entertalnment was in no small measure due to the delightful music which was furnished by the Second Infantry bans Exercises were held in all of the rooms, but the center of att ) was the kinder’ garten, where Miss Toney has charge, as sisted by Miss Neese and Mixs Gue. One hundred” little fots were assembled. sach one dressed as near like George and Martha Washington as possible. The exercises con- sisted of souss and recitations appropriate to the day. These were followed by an old time minuet in costume, with litte George Washington leading off. After this some ilttle boys, with thelr hatchets, told the ever new story of the cherry tree. The enterlainment clased with o g drill yery appropriately called the “Lake School Cadets.” This was made up of fourteen little boys and girls, led by George and Martha Washington. 'Owing to the limited to one 12,000.00 t No. 161, 1. I Hall of post' No. 3i, P, . Barry of post No. 27, Arch O post No, 5, Bumuel Kelley of 52, W Akers of Y«ml No. 205, post No. 40, Frank Suiter of josi . Roberts of post No. 81, G. W oward of ‘post No. 13, 8. 1. Spalding of No. 22, M. V. Ring_of post No. 22, us Lochuer of Post No. 1, G. W. Wolsey space in the room und the great number of children, many fond pareafs were unable to witness the exerclses. an | | 1ts demand for a chance to settle the ques- 1,930.00 | TURNING TOWARD THE WIRE Congress Enters Upon Its Last Week with Much Uncompleted Work, APPROPRIATIONS FAIRLY WELL ADVAKCED Two in Danger of & Veto-Senate Will De- vote All Its Time to Appropriations, Though Efforts Will Be Made to Call Up Other Measure WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—(Special)—To- morrow the house enters upon the last week of its session, and the usual rush which char- acterizes the closing hours of every session of congress will begin. Under the rules the last six days of every session are suspension days and members recognized may call up bills and have them acted on under suspension of the rules. There are 331 public bills on the calendar, 217 of which must be considered in committes of the whole, ana 114 on the reg- ular calendar. In addition to these there are over 500 bills on the private calendar. Of course only a very insignificant percentage of these bills can be passed, but the press for precedence will be terrific, and many excit- ing scenes are almost sure to occur. It Is quite probable that severai night sessions will ho held, and it is almost certain that con- gress will remain in continuous session from Saturday until Monday next, on which day congress expires by limitation at noon. The regular appropriation bills are unusu- ally well advanced, o far as the housa is concerned, only one (the defibiency) being un- acted upon, and it will go to the senate to- morrow. The two which are considered dan- gerous, that is liable to fail or be vetoed, are the sundry civil and the diplomatic and con- sular. To the former the senate committee on finances has reported amendments for 3 per cent coin bonds, with a provision requir- ing the secretary of the treasury to advertise for bids in case of another bond Issue. To the diplomatic and consular the senate has added amendments for the Hawaiian cable. If these provisions prevail, despite the pro- test of the house, It is thought that President Cleveland may veto them. ~ The committee on Pacific railroads is press- ing for an opportunity to secure a vote on the funding bill as amended, and the committee on public buildings is equally ins‘stent upon tion of a printing office site, which has been hanging fire for several years. It is probable that the committes on rules will g've both time during the coming week, in case oppor- tunity offers. As a whole, the week promises to be both interesting and exciting. APPROPRIATIONS IN THE SOUTH. The renate program for the remainder of the session is to follow the sundry civil bil, the consideration of which will begin to- morrow, with the legislative, executive and judicial bill, and then to take up the naval bill and lastly the general deficiency. While it is understood that there will probably be spasmodic attempts to get up other measures of general Im- portance, the best opinion is that nons of these will be successful in cases where there is objection. It is ‘possible that Senator But- ler will renew his efforts in behalf of the pooling bill, and that Senator Ge will 4lso again attempt to restore the bankruptey bill te its position as the unfinished Lusiness, but it is not in the least probable the efforts of cither will be successful. Senatcr Kaulk- ner is 's0 hopeful of securing briet considera- tion of the territorial admission bills, brt thicre is no longer a possibility of passing the bills, An order has already bzen made for a night sexsion Tuesday for the consideration of bills to which there are no objections. The proba- biiities include night sessions every night after Tuesday, continuing virtually throagh the nights of Saturday and Sunday and' also a session next Sunday during the day. These, it Is belleved, will be held to dispose of the appropriation bills, there being many pro- visions in those remaining to be considered which will lead to prolonged debate. There is also a probability of debate over the next report of the conference committee on the diplomatic bill, involving the appropriation for the Hawailan cable. There is not much in the legislative bill to lead to debate, but the other three bills all contain provisions, which, If they are not withdrawn, are sure to cause sharp debate. 1t is intimated that the certificate amend- ment to the sundry civil bl may be with- drawn. If it 1s this will simply simplity the situation, but there will be material for many specches and resolutions for prolonging the sessions. Senators do not consider the out- look discouraging and they predict that bills will be passed by the time fixed by the coustitution for adjournment on the 4th of March. Following Is the status of the appropria- tion bills: Approved by the president, mili- tary, academy and army; in conference, pensions, fortifications, diplomatic and con- sular, District of Columbia, postoffice, agri- cultural; passed the senate and ready for conference, the Indian bill; reported to the senate, sundry civil, legislative, executive and judicial; not considered by the senate com- mittee on appropriations, Navy and general deficiency. Of the bills in conference the diplomatic and consular and fortifications bills have been partiaily agre:d upon. JURY ACQUITTED HOWGATE. Seven More Indictments Remain to Be Tried. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Captain Henry W. Howgate, formerly disbursing clerk of the signal service, who has been on trial here since January 28 on two indictments charging him with embezzlement and forg- ery, was today acquitted of the charges. The case was given to the jury at noon on Thursday last, and it was not until noon to- day that a verdict was reached. On the first ballot it is sald the vote stood seven to five for ecquittal. The jury reported on yester- day their inability to agree, but Judge Me- Comas insisted that they should remain and try again. Tho Howgate trial has been unusual in many ways. Fourteen years ago important frauds affecting large sums of money were discovered in the signal service accounts and Howgate was charged with having committed them, He was arrested, but by a ruse es- caped from his guards and for thirteen years remained in New York City. Although a re- ward of §5,000 was offered for his capture, he was not arrested until last fall. At the be- ginning of the trial there was a hot legal battle in regard to the validity of the indict- ments on which it was proposed to try How- gate. They were finally sustained and the case tried on its merits, The jury found that the case was not barred by the statute of limitations, but held that Howgate was not guilty of the particular offenses charged. After the verdict was reached, Howgate was sent back to await trisl on the seven indict- ments still remaining against him. It is not known which of these will first be tried. Patents for Westera Inventors. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—(Special.)—Pat- ents have been issued as follows: Nebraska—Edgar P. Davis, Omaha, as- signor of three-fourths to A. Hoagland and others, water and sand elevators; Patrick Hansen, Hansen and M Bunnell, as- signors 'to . C. Austin,” Chicago, wheeled dumping scraper; Cayl . Kaul, Madison, Orlan T. Wood, assignor to P, V. Mc: Cully and A, Wood, Plattsmoth, danger sig- na Iowa—Rdward P. Fox, Garner, self-load- ing earth scraper: also grading and ditching apparatus; Charles H. Green, Swaled; machine for sharpening disks Hohnsbehn, ~ Waverly, centrifugal separator; Allen Johnston, Ottumwa, polish- ing machine: also machine for grinding and polishing knife or fork handles: also cutlery bolster grinding machine; Ortus E. Moats, Des Moines, assignor to F. ¢, Austin, Chicago, machine for making and repalring roads; Bamuel Norris, Bedford, chopping knife; Mark A. Reploke, Cedar Fails, dis. charge gate ‘for turbin water wheels: Tan Tresl, Oxford, elevator: Francis M. Wilson, Slzou v, stump puller, South Dakota—Franz Egerland and J, M. Freese, Sloux Falls, coffiy Christian J. 8keen, Viborg, corn haryesier L Was o Human Tarvet in Faet, CHICAGO, Feb. 24.—Willlam Haverly was shot and fatally injured tonight at Engel's pavilion by “Prof.” Aleck Rieckhoff, al- leged “champlon rifie shot of the world. The men were performing the human target act. Haverly, who was acting as Rieckhoff's assistant. has a steel plate over his heart, Rieckhoff fired twenty shots at the steel plate, “ringing the bell" nineleen times. At iwentleth shot Haverly sank to the floor, eryingfl'y God, I'm shot!" One of the bullets had entered his_stomach bolow the plate. At (M@ Alexian Bros. hospital it was sald that he could not live. Rieckhoft was arrested, [ — ADJOURNER 19 HONOR OF DOUGL ASS North Carolina Logisluture Walted, over, Untl) the Regulur Hour. RALEIGH, ., C., Feb. 24.—There Is a wide misundegstanding over a so-called Doug- lass adjournment by the general assembly of North Carolina, and in connection with it there have been statements which do not present the ,matter accurately. The actual facts are as Wollows: On the day after the death of Freferick Douglass a colored rep- resentative named Crews oftered a resolution providing that the house adjourn at 12 ncon as a mark of respect to Mr. Douglass. Mr. Crumpter, a populist, at once offered an amendment to make the hour of adjournment 2 o'clock, which was the regular hour of ad- Journment. Speaker Walser ruled the amend- ment and resolution both out of order, saying that the house would not adjourn until the business was disposed of. He then suggested that a motion might be made that when the house did adjourn it could be as a mark of respect. A standing vote on a motion to this effect was taken and carried. The senate branch of the legislature took no notice whatever of the death of Douglass. How- WEROTE TO 1S OLD MASTER, Unpublished Lettor of Firderick Dougla: Hugh Auld. BALTIMORE, Feb. 2.—Police Captain Auld has several letters written by the late Frederick Douglass to Mr. Hugh Auld, Cap- tain Auld's father. When a boy Douglass lived in the family of Hugh Auld. A letter written to Captain _Auld’s father, October 15, 1857, and dated Rochester, N. Y., is as follows| "My heart tells me you are too noble to treat with indifference the request I am about to make. It is twenty years since 1 ran away from you, or rather not from you, but from slavery, and since then 1 have often felt a strong desire to hold a little correspondence with you and to learn some. thing of the position and prospects of your dear children. hey were dear to me, and are still & 4,1 feel nothing but kind- 3 all. love you, but hate . Now, my dear sir, will you favor me by dropping ‘me a line, telling me In what " year 1 came to live with you on Alicanna_street—the year the frizate was built by Mr. Beacham. The information is not for publication, and shall nct be pub- lished. We are all ‘hastening where all dis- tinctions are ended, Kindness to the hum- blest will not be unrewarded. Perhaps you heard that T have seen Miss' Amanda, that was, Mrs, Sears, that is, that treated me Kkindly. Such_is ‘the fact. Gladly would I see you and Mrs. Auld or Miss Sophia, as T used to call her. I could have lived with you during life in freedom, though I ran away from you so unceremoniously. I did not know how oon I might be sold. But 1 hate to talk about that. A line from you will find me."” Vinerd Him First Among *elf-Mad: Mo NEW YORK, Feb. 2L.—Rev. Dr. Lewis Albert H. Banks delivered a discourse in Hanson Place Methodist church tonight on “Frederick Douglas, the loquent, the Most Picturesque Historical Flgure in Mod: ern Times.” He sald in part: “If 1 we asked what person in the present century had fought against the greatest odds and won the struggle of life at most points, 1 should answer Frederick Dougl: There is a great deal of talk of self-made men in our time, anfl We have an abundance of eloquence concerning Abraham Lincoln’s rise from thé place of the rail spiitter to the presidency; of General Grant's career from the tanicry, to the position of the first Americap citlzen, and rfield from the towpath 1o the white house, but none of these men had “to malke life's race with such a handicap or facing such odds as Frederick Douglass. A carcer like that of Frederick Douglass is at once an honor and an inspiration to humanity. In such a man the Kkipship of all races is demon- strated.” Adopt Mourn nz for Frad Donglass. WASHINGTON, . Feb. 20.—The Union league of the.District of Colimbla, com- posed of representative colored men of the capital, has adopted appropriate resolutions deploring the gleath of. Frederick Douglass. The resolutions recommend that *‘all those who ‘appreciatd hi$ eminent and Invaluable services to his country, his race and to the cause of humhnity should adopt some em- blem of mourming for thirty days, and es- peclally showld,this be done by that class of Americans, whom he did so much to make free.” The members of the league will wear & token of mourning for a period of thirty days. ' , Services \n Memory of Douglass. BOSTON, Feb, 24.—A service in memory of Frederick Douglass was held tonight in the Bullfinch street church. Addresses were made by William Lloyd Garrison, son of the late noted abolitionist, Rev. K. 1. El- liott, pastor of the church, Butler Wilson and Henry B. Blackwell. Baltimora Colored Men Will Attend Fune BALTIMORE, Feb. 2i.—The colored peo- ple of Baltimore will send a representative to Washington to attend the funeral of Frederick Douglass. A movement has been started to erect in this city a monument to Douglass. to —— - FIRZ IN A COAL MINE. Two Miners Killed and a Number of Others Serlously Injured. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 2.—A fire oc- curred In Rock slope of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Raflroad company mines at Pratt City this morning, that resulted in the death of John Patton and Louis Ste- vens, two miners, and more or less serious injury of eighteen others. Twenty miners, all convicts, were in the slope, near the air shaft, at 2:30 this morning, when they detected the smell of smoke. Shortly aft- crward an immense volume of it came wheeling toward them from the engine room, which was between the air shaft and the cage leading out of the mine. The engine usually contains no fire, but {8 used to pump compressed air into the mines, hence the origin of the fire, which started in the engine room, is a mystery. Driven by the smoke, the twenty men hurried to the alr shaft and there huddled together to keep from suffocating. Meanwhile the smoke became thicker, as the fire, issulng from the engine rooms, seized seven trams and a lot of waste and oil, and burned furious Breathing became difficult. Twenty-three mules in the stable in the mines also felt the smoke and tried to escape, and tore about. Kicking one an- other to death and making hideous with thelr cries. John Patton and Louls Stevens finally left the crowd at the air shaft and tried to get to the cage shaft. They never reached it, but were afterward found dead near the ‘engine room. One of the men had his head beaten almost into a pulp, indjcating that he had tried to kill himself rather than suffocate to death. Smoke seen {ssuing from the shaft brought help via the cage, and in three hours the fire was out and the eighteen miners at the air shaft were brought up in a more or less serious condition from suffocation. The mules, worth $3,000, were suffocated or killed by one another's kicks. The rescucd convicts will recover. rali— SANTA FE CUTS 1HE CHICAGO RATE, Claims Its Competitors Have Violated the Nrw Agreement. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. #.—The Santa Fe has given notice to the Interstate Com- merce commission that, beginning today, the second-class rate from Los Angeles and other southert' California points to Chi- cago will be cut'32.50, making the rate $50. ‘This move was brought about by the action of other lines léuding to the cast in cutting rates to Chica@, and other eastern points, notwithstanding the new Western Trunk Line agreement entered into a short time ago. The actign of the Santa Fe brings the matter to 4 head and is a declaration of open war. Cat In Frolght Kntes to Alaska. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb, 24.—The Paclfic Coast Steamshijp company has reduced freight rates bytween this port and Alaska from $11 to $1,4 ton on general merchan- dise, subject 0°a further reductlon to par- ties having freidht contracts with the com- any. Reduations have also been made on ive” stock, lumber and fresh meats. Th cause of the cut is the advent of the new line, the Alaska Steamship company, whose stedmer, ‘the Willapa, will leave this eity for Juncau on March '8, connecting at Port Townsend with the steamship Farallaone from Francis The Pacific Coast company says it s determined to drive competitors off the rout Kenor Zorilia Dangerously 1. LONDON, Feb. 2%.—A dispatch to the Chronicle from Parls says Senor Manuel Rulz Zorilla, the noted Spanish republican, who recently started from Paris on his feturn to Spain, after many yeans of exile, has had a stroke of paralysls. = Senor Zo: rilla was teken crifically fil ‘when he reached Cervera on the Spanish frontier, but heretotore the exact nature of the trouble was not known. the Whisky Trust. CHICAGO, Feb. 24.—Plans for the reor- ganization of the Whisky trust, it is said, have been changed. lnstead of golng to New York, as it Is expected to do, Attorney Mayer received notice that the stockholders' reoTgAnization committee of New York and Hutton of Cincinnati will come to Chicago, arriving “probably - Wednesday, They will meet the receivers, and before thelr depart- ure it I8 expected the reorganization will be well under way. President Greenhut will be in Chicago tomorrow. S —— JIM KEMP BADLY INJURED., Fell from Iis Horse and Dragged Halt a Mile by the Stirrap. BUFFALO, Wyo., Feb. 20.—(Special)—A letter was received here this morning saying that Jim Kemp, a well known and popular young horse grower, whose ranch s near Big Horn, while on the road from Sheridan to Beckton, the residence of George T. Beck, was thrown from his horse and dragged about half a mile by his foot being caught in the stirrup. When taken up he was found unconscious. Dr. Newell of Sheridan was sent for, but was unable to leave a critical case, and Dr. Preston was called in. He found that the injuries sustained were very serio The jaw is broken in two places, one eye dragged out, and it is feared that the skuil {s fractured. 'Up to the latest intelligence Mr, Kemp had not recovered consciousness, The unfortunate gentleman is a brother of Mr. Frank Kemp of the firm of Ward & Kemp of Omaha, and is a part- ner. with him in the horse raising busines of Kemp Bros. of Big Horn, Wyo. Wyoming's sotdisrs doms. CHEYENNE, TFeb. 24.—(Special)—The board of managers of the Wyoming State Soldlers' and Sailors’ home, which was es- tablished by the legislature which just ad- Journed, held a meeting the other day, and decided” to utilize the handsome three-story brick building in Cheyenne, which was built by the state for the Asylum for Deaf. Dumb “and Blind, as a temporary ho; The necessary furniture and supplies wili be purchased at once. The managers esti- mate that there are now twenty-five desti- tute soldlers In the state who will bo eligible for admission to the home as soon as they can be taken care of. Shooked th Looal Patriots, CHEYENNE, Feb. 2.—(Special)~L. R Reedy of Kentucky arrived in Cheyenne yesterday morning to accept a position in the office of the surveyor general of Wyom- ing. The appointment was made by the commissioner of the general land office at Washington without ¢ usulting Surveyvor General Thompson, and it was considerable of w surprise to that ofiicial when Mr. Reedy presented his_credentials. Local democra are free to express the opinion that there are plenty of men in Wyoming to fill all the federal positions in this state, without mak- ing importations from the south. Ditehes for Carbon County. RAWLINS, Wyo., Feb. 24.—(Special)—H. B. Gillispie of Aspen, Colo.,, who has large mining interests in the Four Mile district in the southern part of Carbon county, been in Rawlins several days making o rangements for the construction of two rge ditches next summer, One of th ditches will be taken from Slater creck and the other from Elk Head. Mr. Gillispie stated that from 500 to 700 men would be employed. It is estimated that the ditches will cost $159,000. oo o KIDNAPED STUDENTS RETURNED. Last of Them Dellvered at His Lodgings Late Yesterdav Morning, CHAMPAIGN, Til, Feb. 24.—J. . Rein- hard, Frank Twyman, Walter P. Bunn and young Shamel, the university freshmen who were kidnaped and spirited away yesterday by a number of the Greck letter fraterni men, have all either been rescued or volun- tarily brought back to their friends. The Kidnaping has caused more excitement and talk than anything that has occurred here for y All day Saturday and last night the college friends of Reinhard and his com- panions scoured the surrounding country in search of them. All were finally rounded up, Reinhard the last in, being land his captors at his lodgings at 2 o'clock this morning, somewhat _exhausted from the nervous strain and anxiety, but uninjured. The manner in which he and his compan- jons were seized, blindfolded, tied hand and foot, thrown into a carriage, driven fiv miles out in the country and held captive In an empty old farm house nearly fifteen hours makes a highly interesting story. The freshmen social last night, which the kid- naping was intended to have broken up, was, however, a suceess. Eee EX-TREASURER WOODRUFF GUILTY. Triala of the Cases Have UCost tho State Fifty Thousand Dollurs. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Feb. 2i.—After de- liberating two and a half hours the jury in the Woodruft case at Perryville, late last night, returned a verdict of gullty and fixing the punishment at one year's imprisonment. This is the fourth trial of the famous case, and it has cost the state nearly $50,00. Woodruff was tried in 1891 on the charge of embezzlement, the jury falling to reach a verdict. He' was next tried in 1592 on the same charge, and the trial again resulted in a hung jury, stand- ing_ten to two for_ conviction. 'In 1893 he was tried on the charge of misappropri- ating state funds, and was acquitted, The present specific charge was false pretenses in_obtaining the signatures of the state debt commission to an order to sell certain scrip to one Johnson L. Jones, Woodruff's bondsmen have paid into the state treasury [$109,00 on account of his defalcation. ——— CRASHED INTO A STREET CAR. Kunnway Horses Drag the Car Onto the Track Ahead of a Traln, CHICAGO, Feb. 24.—Ten persons had a narrow escape from death at the Sixty- third street crossing of the Northern Pacific tracks, A street car belonging to the Chi- cago Lawn Street Railway company was struck and demolished at the crossing by a Calumet terminal freight train, which was running at a rate of ten miles an hour. Three persons were severely Injured, while every one in the car received minor bruises or cuts from broken glass. Those most se- verely injured are: Henry . Burtscher, Charles Kelly, Alfred Coad, driver of the car. The lattér's injuries may prove fatal. The accident was caused by the street car horses becoming frightened and dragging the car across the tracks in front of the lo- comotive. e TELEGR.AIPHIC BRIE. A large freight steamer is reported ashore oft Brigantine beach, N. J. The Cranston block at Rutland, Vt., burned yesterday, entailing a loss of $50,000. Joseph D. Hall of North Beach, Md., was frozen to death while crossing the bay on the ice. General O. W. Starl, a prominent business man of Rutland, Vt., dropped dead yester- day. John Otto Merske bas been arrested at Bal timore for the brutal murder of Louis Gil- man. About 300 switchmen met in Chicago and took steps to reorganize the Switchmen's Mutual Aid association. Militia_companies from all over the south are gathering at New Orleans to participate in the Mardi Gras festivities. John Breck, a full blood Indian attorney in the territory, has been convicted of using the malls for furthering fraudulent claims. All the officers in the Tennessee militla have resigned on account of the failure of the legislature to make an appropriation for the guards. The Congregationalists of Washington last night celebrated the twenty-sixth anniversary of the formation of the Congregational Tem- perance soclety. Men breaking ice in the harbor at Cincin- nati found the dead body of Max Bermer, a former merchant of that eity. It is supposed he was murdered. The selectmen of Thomaston, Conn., have offered $2,000 reward for the arrest and con- viction of the burglars who robbed the Sav- ings bank at that place. Rev. Willlam Meade Jones, once a noted American abolitionist, died yesterday in Lon- don, where he had been preaching in the Whitechapel district for many years. A committee, which has been Investigating their condition, has reported that the Hock- ing valley miners must have outside aid or they will starve. The mines were ouly run eighty-six days the past year. Caroline Gerty has brought suit to recover property which she deeded to the Standard Oil company to pay an alleged shortage of her husband to the company. She now clalms her husband was not short in his accounts George McC. Whitney, a traveling man, and Miss Grace Grant of Indianapolis were married at Providence. They had never met or heard of each other until the day of the wedding, when they were lutroduced at the bome of & mutual friend. A man who refused to give his name at- tempted to commit sulcide at Baltimore early in December and has been in the hospital since. Yesterday he accomplished his purpose by jumping from the third story window. It is now suspected he is Charles W. Norton of New York | Corne OLD LOWER FARNAM STREET It Was a Busy Place a Quarter of a Oen- tury Ago, TWENTY-FOUR HOUR LOCALITY Home of the “Benevolent Corner,” the Rall- rond Ticket OMices, Varioty Theaters, Gambling Resorts and Hotels—Some Recolloctions of Those 014 Times. The glory that shone over lower street a quarter of a century ago has long since departed, as westward the star of bus ness took its way. Twenty-five a great business center was at Farnam streets, known as the It is hard to tell just why it be came so known. 1t certainly was not hecause of the frequent visits of the solicitor for alm: for the beggar was unknown in those early days of Omaha. All had moncy, and plenty of it, and they let go of it easily. A dollar was not as blg as a cart wheel in those days. The probable reason was because the promot- ers of charitable onterprises, whether it wa & church or fraternal sc or a rafle, never had to ask twice in that neighborhood to sell a ticket. It was the scene of hustling business all day long, and crowds of seckers for pleasure thronged the close-by blocks all the night long. It was a twenty-four hour district from a money changing point of view. All the railroad ticket in the block between Ninth and Tenth streets, on Farnam, with Harry Deuel presiding in the east end of the block, “The Ensign” in the west end, and the others scattered b tween. The Union Pacific headquarters build- ing was then where it is today. A. S. Pad- dock, later United States senator, kept the Wyoming hotel, just ncross the strest from the headquarters, and wag checrfully paid as much for a_week's board as is now more grudgingly pald for an entire month in some of the best boarding houses in this city. Across the street from the hotel was the Tivoli garden, which was as good as a mint to Siebelist, the proprietor. The Cozzens hotel, built by George Francis Train in sixty days and run by Mr. Rumsey, was the lead- tng hotel in town. | On Farnam street, between Tenth and | Eleventh streets, were the Bella Union and other variety theaters, Kelly's Music hall (where the B. & M. headquarters now stand) and at Eleventh and Farnam was Canadi Bill's saloon, where the king of the monte men made his headquarters when he was not out on the road getting the mone peoplo who thought they saw the chance to plunder him, but who were themselves robbed. In his train were Johnny Bull, Sherm Thur- ston, George Mehaffey, and the gamblers and short card men, who prospered was flowing so freely. In the Creighton building on the corner of Eleventh and Farnam was located the Shoaf Bros.' billiard hall, at that time one of the largest and finest in the same block a fow doors west was the gambling rooms of Dan Allen, as honest a man as ever handled a card, and whose word years ago Tenth and ““Benevolent fety fair or dance, offices were located was known to be just as good as his bond. | It was in his and other gambling rooms that Canada Bill lost at faro the thousands of dol- lars he won at monte, and which caused him years later to die in a Pennsylvania poor house. He (hrew away his immense monte winnings with a princely hand at the faro | table for luck appeared to run constantly | against him, or he didn’t know how to play faro a little bit, and there were plenty of advocates of either theory among the multi- tude of his followers, who thrived on his open-handed generosity. On the southeast corner of Eleventh and Farnam Max Meyer and his brother had com- menced the foundation of the large business that came to them in later years as Omaha increased in population, and reached out its commercial arms over the country to the westward. In a commercial way these two blocks, the busy hive of many money-making men, not only by day, but also by night, of twenty- five years ago, have of late years been some- what deserted by storekeepers for more eligi- ble locations a few blocks to the west and north. Real estate values and revenues have decreased until it would seem as if they had reached & minimum. The one great hope for the future of prop- erty in that district appears to be the build- ing of a grand union depot at Ninth and Farnam streets, entirely commensurate with the future needs of the greater Omaha that is bound to be as the years pass by. It is the only proper location, offering all the nec- essary ground required, ‘and conveniently sit- uated as regards the present business center of the city. Now that Mr. S. H. H. Clark has stated that he is favorable to the propo- sition, 1t Is thought that the lower Farnam street unlon depot may become a reality in the near future, when new business “life, more healthful and enduring than that of which this is reminiscent, will be Infused along that thoroughfare, L W. M Feara for the Safety of a Mexican Warship. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 2t.—Anxlety is felt here in regard to the Mexican man-of-war Libertad, which sailed from Vera Cruz about February 10 for New Orleans. She was due at this port on February 13, but nothing has been heard of her since leaving ort, She carried a crew of fifty men. feavy northers have been prevailing lately on the gulf, and it Is believed that she has Dbeen either’ wrecked or foundered, — Loulse Beaudet Company I8 Not Stranded. CHICAGO, Feb, 24.—The rumor circulated rnam | of | where money | in the United States, and | Loulse Beaudet Opera Bouffe company I8 absolutely untrue, Acising, no doubt, from the fact that Miss Reaudet was unable t appear at_the matines on Washington' birthday. The physician who has been &l« most constantly in attendance upon the lady since Thursday advised her that a rest was absolutely necessary, - SEIZED WITH SUDDEN MADNESS, His Wife and Attempted to KUl Hor. TERRE light | Frominent Citizen of Terre Raute Woke Up HAUTE, Ind, Feb, this morning Altamott | well known business man, awakened his | sleeping wife and fired at her. The bullet imbedded Itself in the pillow. Mrs. Walker | started to flee from the room, but was | grabbed around the neck by her husband, | who, with a pistol in cither hand, fired two more shots, “one. wounding Mrs, Walker slightly in"the hand. ~Walker then turned the pistol on himself and sent a bullet through the lungs. He lived but a_ short time. "Mr. and Mrs. Walker, with thelr four children, lived in a handsome house in one of the most fashionable streets. He is sup- posed to be insane. Not long since he wrote A letter to Senator Sherman full of vagaries outlining his troubles. - ents o' Oeen New - York—Arrived Havre, 2. At daye G. Walker, a | LAt ‘flnm | INEARLY SPRING Every one should pay dition of his health. needs a good epring purities which have attention to the con- Nearly every person medicine. The Im- accumulated in the blood during the cold months must be ex- | pelled or when the mild days come and the effect of the bracing air is lost, the body s | Nable to be overcome by disease. Hood’s Sarsaparilla will purify, vitalize and enrich the blood, create an appetite, and enable the body casily and safely to mect the coming changes in temperature. It posscsses precisely those elements of support and assistance which the body at this season craves. Hood's Sar- saparilla is the “ideal spring medicine” and The Great Blood Puritier. “yM blood was in bad condition and I had sores all over my body. Whenever T would injure my hands the fiesh would fester and break into large sores. Before T had finlshed the first bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla the sores began to disappear. I continued with the medicine and soon was perfectly cured, and I know it will cure others” G, D. SMITH, Karrsville, N. J. o 4 ; A\| Aol Brome-Gelerg. mat.sm, Gout, Kidnay Disorders, Acld vepsing' Anmuiin. Antidoto for 4jcoHeltn @ ) THE 4RNOLD CHEMICAL €O, ® | 181 ¢ ¢ 3 S CHICAGD. For sale by all druggists, Ouiaha A othor excossos, ‘Frico, 10, 2.a 2 it othor excossos. "Frico, 10, 2 and Gezea AMUSEMENTS, BOYD’S —TONIGHT— THE WORLD FAMED m~=Hanlon Brothers’=a= Grand Fairy-Like Pantomimlc Spectacle, FANTASMA | Night Prices—First fioor, baleony 60c and 7o, Matince Prices—Fi ny, Ze and Gc. THREE NICHTS. BOYD' SATURDAY MATIVEE. Commencing Thursday, Kebruary 25, 5 A Carnival of Magie, Mirth and Mystery. The Napoleon of Necromancers UERRMANN THE GREAT, In a New Marvelous Entertainment. ““The_Artist's Dream,” “Noah's Ark,” *“Colume bian Transformation,” “*Astatic Trunk. Mystery,” and Others, ~MME. uénnMANN- In Her Spectacular Dance Creatlons, EMPIRE | Tel, 1581 58, - - TONIGHT 8:15 PAWN TICKET 210. MATINEE WEDNESDA 4'NIGHTS Wed. Matines 50c, and $1.00; t floor, 50c and 76c; baloo- e POPULAR | PRICES.| W.J. BURG Manager. regarding the stranding in this city of the Week March 3.9, Bames' & Marvin's Players What is NN TEUSAREERARNNAN N CASTORIA Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher’s prescription for Infants and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless subgtitute for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil. It is Picasant. Its guarantce is thirty years’ use by Millions of Mothers. Castori. a destroys Worms and allays feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd, cures Diarrhcea and Wind Colie. Castoria relieves teething troubles, cures constipation and flatuleney. Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the stomach and lowels, giving health y and natural sleep., Case toria is tho Children’s Panacea—the Mother’s Friend. Castoria. * Clastorla Is an excellent medicine for chil- dren. Mothers have repeatediy told me of its §90d effect upon thelr ehildren." Da. G. C. Oscon Castoria Is the best remedy for children of which I am acquaintod. 1 hope the day s not far distant when mothors will consider the real Interest of thelr children, and use Castoria fu- stead of the various quack nostrums which are destroying their loved oncs, by forelog oplum, worphine, soothing ryrup and other hurtful agents down their-dloats, thereby sending them to prematuro graves." Da. J. F. Kneomesos, Conway, Ark. 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