Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 19, 1895, Page 3

SR D S LR b AS AT R A T N Sl oo K R 2 PearlStreet—11. W. Tilton, Manager aud Lesscs. MINOR. MENTION, J. R. McPherson, floris: Grand hotel, Council #iehed. Reopcned Oct, 1. E. F. Clark, prop. The school board will hold its regular mecting this evening, and it is probable that the teachers will be assigned to their places for the coming school year. The Christlan Endeavor societics of the | clty held a meeting last evening at the | Baptist church, which was largely attended, A number of Interesting addresses were | made, A meeting of the council will be held to- morrow evening to take some action on the request of the east end property owners with regard to the operation of the motors on East Plerce street The funeral of Maude Payne, who herselt with arsenic, took place y afternoon at 151 Broadway, Rev. J gon officiating. Her husband did nc from Minneapolis, as had been expected A suit has been commenced in the district court by Maggle McNamara asking a judg- ment for $3,000 damages caused by a fall on the sidewalk on Damon street. Her father, Charles McNamara, appears as plaintift, she being under age. For rent, September 1, new house, 8 rooms, modern improvemants, $25.00 per month. For le, new house, 6 rooms, modern improve- ments, fine location, $4,600.00. Lougee & Towle, 235 Pearl street. telephone 244, Blufts, Newly fur. killed sterday Simp- come PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS, J. Schmid of Ann Arbor, Mich., 8 visiting his former partner, J. H. Pace. The Misses Sylvia and Grace Messmore are home from a trip to Spirit Lake. J. M. Clancy and wife of Stoughton, Wis., are registered at the Grand hotel. Mrs, E. J. Babcock and daughter, Mar- Jorle, will leave early next month for Geneva, N. Y., to join Rev. Mr. Babcock. Mrs. Charles Dickey, formerly Lottie Pile, and baby of Lexington, Neb., arrived in the city yesterday to visit her parents. Miss Bessie Stewart leaves this week for a vist to Miss Eleanor Simmonds at Sea Bright, N. J. She will be away for several weeks. L. M. Colclough is confined to her as the result of her stepping on a rusty nail, which penetrated some distance into the wole of her foot. Mrs. W. W. Bonson of Dubuque has re- turned home after a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George F. Wr'ght, on South Sixth street. Deputy Sheriff John P. Stuhr of Avoca was in the city yesterday, the guest of Sheriff Hazen. He Is understood to be laying the wiies for a nomination for sheriff on the democratic ticket this fall. GOING OUT OF BUSINESS, Bennison Hrox, Only a few days more. tions. Our time is short. Crowd in Monday. | Every dollar's worth of merchandise in our store at net cost. Some goods at % and % actual cost. Our lease expires September 1. Cost not considered. The goods must go. At this writing we are too busy to quote prices. Come in Monday. BENNISON BROS., Going Out of Business. Prizes for the Carnival, A number of appropriate pr'zes have been awarded the gentlemen of the boat club who took enough Interest in the success of last week's water carnival to make specfal ef- forts to have the'r boats present a beautiful appearance. It was owing to these individual efforts largely that the flotilla of light was 80 gay looking, and the committee in charge thought that nothing could be more pralse- worthy than to testify to its appreciation by giving prizes. The first prize was awarded to L. C. Patterson, Ned Shepard, Eldon Lou- gee and Wood Allen, and consfsted in freo bathing privileges at' Manhattan beach from October to March. The second prize was drawn by Tom Tidd and John Henderson, and was a recelpted bill for club dues during the same period. This prize cost the club noth- ing, as there are no dues during the winter months. The third prize was the occasion of con- siderable_discussion on the part of the com- mittee. There was not a doubt that the third boat, in point of beauty of de®gn, was the one propelled by W. H. Wakefield and C. H. Ogden, but some of the committeemen thought that it was a disgraceful thing for the crew to recall a half-forgotten n'ghtmare by car- rying the sign, “You Ain't Mad, Bill, Are You?" and were opposed to lending the ap- proval of the club to such an outrage. As a compromise it was finally decided to award the third prize to Wakefield and Ogden, how- ever, and compel them to take it and use it. The ‘prize was a bath ticket at Grand Plaza, good from October to March, with two bot- tles of cream pop thrown in. Ursn Major—Darnum's Superstition. | My Dear Son: During my seventy years | of active and somewhat successful career | of money making I have bought millions of dollars’ worth of stuff. Of course I'm not superstituous, tut I always buy when the sign is in ursa major—the big bear—whether 1 want the stuff then or not,and I never made a purchase then that did not prove a money | maker. My advice is that when you have any money to spend, in. st ' at the sign of “The Big Bear' Yows, for success, P. T. Barnum. Note—It's rather singular, but it's true that the only “Sign of the Big Bear” in Council Bluffs is at B. M: Sargent’s, the hoeman's. It s also true that he is just starting the biggest kind of a sale of tan shoes. Here's your chance, boys. You can buy them at your own price. Closing Sale. Still greater reduc- | ‘The Hardman is full and rich in tone. Tenchers’ Instl eing. The first session of the Pottawattamie County Teachers' Institute will be held this morning at the Bloomer school building. The advance guard of blushing schoolma’ams from the rural distrts arrived yesterday, and hundreds more will come today. An enroll- ment of between 350 and 400 is looked for. The following are the instructors: H. W. Sawyer of Council Bluffs, “Methods in Phys- fology and Nature Studies;” Arnold Tomp- kins of Chicago university, *“Pedagogy and the History of Education;’ ‘ex-State Superin- tendent J. B. Knoepler, “Methods in Lan- guage and Grammar;" M. E. Crosier of Wal- nut, “Methods in Geography;" W. C. Davis of Avoca, “Orthography and Word Analysis J. W. W. Laird of Carson, “History and Clvil Government;” Robert J. Aley, professor of mathematics in the Indiana State univer- sity at Bloomington, 'Methods {n Arithme- tic;” A. P. Hargraves of Neola, “Reading and Literature Harriett Blood of Council Bluffs, “Drawing. The institute will last three weeks. The Genuine Round Oak Furnace is the same success that the Genuine Round Oak heater is. Alr-tight, gas-tight, burns any kind of fuel and less of it than any other furnace made. Lowest prices. Cole & Cole, 41 Maln St ‘The only plano worth having, the Hardman Was Badly Burned, Howard Hattenhauer was badly burned during Saturday night's water carnival at Manawa, and his injuries are much worse than they were at first supposed to be. In setting off a pan of red fire he dropped some fire into a five-pound package. There was an explosion, and some of the stuff fell upon his ap. It burned through the cloth in a second and burned his flesh badly. Both hands were also terribly burned, the left one being burned to. the bone. He extinguished the flames by jumping into the water or his in- juries would have been much more terrible than they are. He was taken to the camp of W. H. Wakefield and stayed there all night. Yesterday he was brought to his room in the Grand hotel. He is unable to move without undergoing terrible agony and will probably be confined to his bed for ten days. % Some of the best musical talent of the city will be at the soclal on F. H. Orcutt's lawn next Tuesday evening, August 20, given by the young men's class of Broadway Methodist Episcopal Sunday school. Refreshments will served. C. B. kindergarten opens September 2, The Hardman plano wears lke iron. | few rods from the engine ho SAM MORRISON DEAD. One of the Earliest Members of the Council I re Department. Blind Sam Morrison died yesterday morn- ing at 8:45 o'clock at St. Bernard's hospital, where he had been taking treatment for a number of months past. For years he was one of the most familiar figures around the city., He came here in the early days as a stage driver, and in 1568, when the old volun- teer fire department was organized, became a member. At that time the depdrtment con- sisted gf one house, at the corner of Pier street and Glen avenue, and the apparatu was as primitive as most of the apparatus | found in frontier towns. At length, after serving for years as a volunteer, he became driver of the Bluff City ste when the paid department was organized, and later on was chosen enginec The last drive he took was about the tim: the water works system was started Into operation, about fifteen years or £0 ago. For some time his eyesight had beew failing, but his fellows overlooked what few mistakes he made. One night an alarm came in from the corner of Avenue B and Ninth street, and he drove the hook and ladder truck to the plac. He had to ask one of the other men to drive the truck back to the house, and the next ay was given a leave of absence to g0 to t. Louis and get treatment for his eyes. It was of no use, and shortly after his return he became entirely biind. Everybody in town knew him and had a good word for him. He made the city bulid- ing and the North Main street engine house his headquarters for a number of years. He had a bed at the engine house, and almost any day could be seen walking about the streets with the aid of a cane. He knew the streets almost as well as a man with good eyesight, but school children and others who chanced to come along would frequently lead him along Several months ago he commenced to fail in health rapidly, as the result of spinal trouble, and he was taken to the hospital. For several weeks past it has been known that his death was only a matter of a short time. The 0dd Fellows paid him $5 a week and this was his only means of support. He was almost 70 years of age at the time of his_death. The funeral will probably take place Tues- day evening at 7 o'clock, under the auspices of the 0dd Fellows. The Veteran Firemen's assoclation, of which he was a member, will attend in a body, in full uniform. “He was one of the most conscientious men in his cbedience to orders 1 ever saw,” remarked Chief Templeton yesterday. “Years ago, when Broadway was still unpaved, I was chief of the fire department and Morri son was driver. It was in the early spring and the mud was so deep a horse could have been buried In it without the least trouble Sam told me that if a call came in from the west end he never could make it. I hinted to him that there was a sidewalk along Broadway. Sure enough, the call came in and Sam sterted out. He had only gone a se, which stood on Broadway near the Methodist church, when he turned his team around and drove on the sidewalk. Down Broadway he went helter skelter, past the Ogden house and th business houses all along the south side of the street, and never left the sidewalk until he reached Sixth street. Everybody had to get out of the way or be run over. His action called forth an indignant protest from a good many people, but I told them to pave Broadway if they didn’t want their sidewalk used for driving purposes. Nothing was ever done about it.” Getting More Interesting. Still more inducements added to our suc- cessful August sale. Our efforts appreciated by the public, and fully demonstrated by their liberal patronage, we mean to keep the interest up during this month, and to do_so will offer the following bargains: Yard wide Sea Island percales, §l¢c; regu- lar price, i2%c. Jaconet Duchess, black checked organdies and other lines, sold for 10c, 12igc, 15¢, as long as they last at 4c per vard. White goods, plaids and stripes, old for 15¢. 19¢, 25c, in one lot for 8¢ per vard. The Natchang silk mills is in the hands of a recelver. and got a big chance to dupli- cate some of the numbers at about 60c on the $1; here is the difference at retail. 76c Bengaline silks reduced from 9. 98c Armure and Peau de Sole, reduced from $1.33, $1.19 satin duchess, heavy welght, reduced from $1.65. ”u 25 Adia silk, fancy weave, reduced from Other numbers in proportion. FOWLER, DICK & WALKER, Councll Bluffs, Ta. Soldiers Will Celebrate. The annual reunion of the Pottawattamie County Veterans' association will take place at Neola, commenc'ng next Wednesday and lasting three days. The following are the officers In charge: George M. Putnam, com- mander; J. K. Osler, vice commander; G. E. Strain, “chaplain; E. P. Brown, adjutant; Riley Clark, quartermaster; R. B. Wilson, chief of staff; E. A. Consigney. Riley Clark and John Sides, aides. The firet exerc ses will take place at 1:30 Wednesday afternoon. Mayor Roland of Neola will give an address of welcome, to be responded to by G. M. Put nam. Frank Shinn and C. H. Converse will make speeches. At 7:30 in the evening there will be a dress parade, to be followed by a campfire In charge of Commander Putnam. Thursday there will be a parade at 9:30 a, m., to be followed by an executive session of the association. Congressman A. L. Hager, J. J. Steadman, L. L. Garmong, John Y. Stone and Captain Cooper will speak at the afternoon session, and C. G. Saunders in the evening. The closing day addresses will be made by Judge Walter I. Smith, George W. Cull'- son, General F. M. Drake and Judge Josiah Given. The ball teams of Miszouri Valley and Neola will play both Thursday and Friday, and on the latter day it is probable that both the H'gh school cadets of this city, and the Ladies” Broom brigade of Macedonia will be prese ROUTE. Redaced Rate. Triennial conclave <nights Templar, Bos- ton, Mass, Salo August 19 to 24. American Pharmcentical assoclation, Den- ver, Colo. Sale August 11 and 12, National convention Weeley league, Har- risburg, Pa. Sale August 16 to 22. In addition I have on sale Summer Tourlst tickets to various points in the United States and Canada. Call and get copy of map and fllustrated write up of the great Yellowstone National park. 0. M BROWN. Ticket Agent. Y. M. C. AL Mecting, A band of men, such as would have done the heart of a Roman centurion good, gathered on the street at the entrance of the associa- tion rooms yesterday afternoon, where they listened to an inspiring five minutes’ address by Rev. Mr. Coker of Emporia, Kan.; then wheeling into line, they went up to the gym- nasium, where M. W. Swain of Omaha gave them a keen and practical talk on costly errors. The inspiring music, the cord al hand- shaking and the general good fellowship that characterized the day made it memorable, and all felt that they had been benefited. A rous- ing exhortation by a visiting Japanese student closed the meeting. Notice to Contractors. Bids will be received up till Wednesday noon, the 21st day of August, 1895, for the grading of Gilbert lake, situated in th city of Council Bluffs, according to plans and specifications now on file In the office of Gilbert Bros. Bids per cuble yard in bank. No bids entertained unless accom- panied by a certified check of $100. We reserve the right to reject any and all bids, GILBERT BROS. tho Eagle laundry is “that good laundry,"” and is located at 724 Broadway. If in doubt about this try it and be convinced. Don’t forget name and number. Tel 157, LIKE THE OLD EPHESIANS, Present Day People Who Uphold Evil for Love of Ga The pulpit of the Kountze Memorial Evan- gelican English Lutheran church was occupled by Rev. J. A Clutz, D. D., president of Midland college yetserday morning. The dis- course was based upon the story of the at- tempt of Diametrius, the silversmith of iSphesus, to arouse a sentiment among his workmen antagonistic to the teaching of the apostle Paul. The speaker told how Diame- trius had called his men together and as- sured them that the religion of Paul was a menace to their trade. If the religion of Diana was displaced there would be no further demand for the idols and images which con- stituted the greater part of the productions silversmiths, an? with this appeal and r cupidity he had cunningly interwoven an 1 to their religion, which was the wor- ship of Diana, The speaker said that the motives of the sliversmith had a couuterpart in those of many $o called Christians of the present day. They dragged in religion to serve their telfish ends and made it thelr servant in stead of their master. They were apparently zealcus in their professions, but in re:lity cir pretensions were animated by their de- e to gain. he further lesson drawn that men were unable to control the results of their own words and actious, The silversmith had prot no idea that his speech to his work- men was golng to arcuse a tumult that would fill the streets of Ephesug and the temple of Diana with a riotous mob, but once his words were spoken he had no power to control the passions of the rabble. 8o each in- dividual had probably seen times in his ex- perfence when he would have given any- thing in his power to recall some hastily spoken word that had brought results far beyond hie anticipations Dr. Clutz_compared “Long Live Diana of the cry that was heard Live King Alcohol." was the cry of the mob, Sphesians™ with the these later days, *Long Then as now the people asserted that the dethronement of Diana would ruin their business. It was claimed that the removal of the liquor trafic would throw thousands of pecple cut of employment render millions of collars worth of property valueless and bring poverty to hundreds of homes that now reveled in plenty. The peaker held that this idea was as mista a one as that of the silversmiths of Eph While the death of the liquor traffice might temporarily embarrass a great many people the evils which would result were no more to be compared to the good that would follow than the losses which a few people might sustain by reason of the summer tempest to the beneficent effects of the rain that brought peace and pleaty to thousinds. HABEAS CORPUS laint from Not to Be J. R. Hervins, attorney for Cohen & Co. of Sioux City, ticket brokers, and Deputy Sher- iff Ed Anderson of Sioux City arrived in Omata late last night to take back to Iowa George E. Specht, who was arrested here by Detective Daniel Davis Friday on a telegram from Sioux City, which said that Specht was wanted there on the charge of obtaining goods under false pretenses. Yesterday, be fore the message was received by Chief of Police White saying that officers would be sent with the proper papers to take the pris oner back, the attclneys for Specht receive a wire, signed by the attorney for Cohen & Co., saying that the matter could be settled for $35. The friends and advisors of made an unsuccessful effort to have him released on the strength of the telegram. The attorney and the officer endeavored to find the attorneys fo'r the prisoner yesterday morning _bofere they conferred - with the police. Captain Mostyn heard of it and had them brought to his office. They said that they would like to see the attorneys for the prisoner before they swore out a complaint Mostyn became rather indignant that they should proceed in such an unusual manner. He told them that it a complaint against Specht was not sworn out immediately he would go before the police judge and have the man released. The two men debated as to who shouid swear out the complaint. One sald: “You do it,” and the other said the same thing. At last Mostyn asked them pointedly what they were going to do. They hesitated a little while, and then the deputy €ald that he would swear out the complaint and wire for the necessary papers, which were already prepared, to get the [i:isoner into his custody. An officer was sent with them to see that this was done. The prisoner says that at Sioux City, August 8, he got a mileage book from Cohen, for which $10 was asked. On recommenda- tion of friends he got the book without pay- ment. He consumed most of the mileage in gOINg to Carroll, la. He then went to Lin- coln, and came to Omaha last Thursday, when he mailed the book, with a letter of thanks, to Cohen. The next mcning he re- celved a letter stating that a letter had been recefved from him, but the book was not enclosed. That night he was arrested It Is considered that the $35 demande means $10 for the book and $25 attorn fee. Habeas corpus proceedings will brought this mdrning, it is promised, Specht's behalf. N be on Twent fth Anniversary of the Hat- tle Celebrated Yesterduny. The Landwehr-Vereins of Douglas county met at Bennington yesterday afternoon to cel- ebrate the twenty-fitth anniversary of the victory won by the German forces over the French at Gravelotte in the Franco-Prussian war. It was expected that 700 or 800 of the Ger- man citizens of Omaha would take part in the celebration, but the rain of the morning and the threatening aspect of the weather de- terred many from venturing out, and when the spec’al train left the Webster street depot at 11 o'clock but 200 excursionists were tick- eted for Bennington. They were met at the station by a brass band and a large delega- tlon of German citizens from Bennington and vicinity, After the greetings had been exchanged the visitors were escorted to the hotels and given until 2 o'clock to feast on the good things prepared for them by the hotel keeper At 2 o'clock the members of the Lan wehr-Vere'ns and the score or more of vet- erans of the Franco-Prussian war formed in a procession and marched to the park, where the cxercises of tle day were held. An ad- dress was delivered by Jacob Hauck of Omaha on the battle of Gravelotte. He reviewed in detall the struggle at Gravelotte, which was the bloodiest battle of the war. The German victory on that day prevented the French general, Bazaine, from breaking through the German army and forming a union with the forces of Field Marshal MacMahon. Over 40,000 men were killed on both s des and the German victory was the turning point of the war. Mr. Hauck served under General Steimlitz in that fight and told the story of the battle from the standpoint of a partici- pant. After the exercises at the park the visitors spent the afternoon in games and dancing. and it was after 10 o'clock last night when the Omaha contingent boarded the tra'n for home. Fully 500 Germans from Douglas and Washington counties took part in the cele- bration Lookin TTLE, Wash., her Land Aug. 18.—A party of Wisconsin lumbermen, headed by Walter Alexander of the Alexander-Stewart Lumber company, Wausa, Wis., has arrived here for the purpose of examining the lumber inter- ests of the state, with a view to making large investments here. The lumbermen of the middle west see the beginning of the end of their white pine forests and they are looking for new flelds. The party will spend two or three weeks in the state, making their headquarters at Seattle. They have had a woodsman out here for six months ex- amining different tracts of timber, and ex- press the intention to make large invest- ments in the state as the result of thelr examinations. i egprens Lumber Schooner Ashore, Read Davis' cheap. None finer than the Hardman Baby Grand. N Ex-Justice Strong Sinking. LAKE MINNEWASAK, N. Y. Aug. 18. —Ex-Justice Strong has had a stroke of paralysis, which affects the left side of his body. He has also had a relapse of the catarrhal fever, {8 very weak, and at present unconsclous, ad. Davis sells hammocks POINT ARENA, Cal, Aug. 18, —The schooner James Townsend was driven ashore Just north of the lighthouse this morning at 1 c'clock. She had been in tow of the steamer Noyo, but the l'ne parted. The Noyo is not in sight and must have lost the schooner in the fog. The Townsend |is loaded with lumber, bound for San Fran- cisco, from Fort Bragg. One man swam ashore, but the rest of the crew is in the rigging. They will be saved if the schooner bolds together. Help was sent from here. & RECORDS NOT !Jl: T0° DATE Queer Proceedings in :’;kfiur of Letting the Penitenti ntract, DENIAL THAT ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN Advertisement Inserted in n Loenl Paper Doex Not Hear Out the Asser. ton—Proceedingds 6f the Dourd Not Yet Written Up. LINCOLN, Aug. 18.(8pecial)—There Is a swarm of clerks and ‘Ataches in the of- fice of the commissioner- of public lands and buildings who are holding down positions and consuming the generous appropriation in repayment for political debts supposed to have been owed by Commissioner Rus- sell. Yet, notwithstanding this fact, the record of the proccedings of the board is always far behind, making it impossible for a citizen of the state to find out from the public records of this office what public business has been transacted by this most secretive and “under the hat” board in the whole range of executive departments. The proceedings of the Board of Public Lands and Buildings are kept in the office of the secretary of state, and, notwithstanding the “school” of political parasites in the land commissioner's office, a clerk in the secretary of state's department s required to write up this book, which he does from penciled data furnished by the severely overtaxed em- ployes in the office of Land Commissioner Russell. But until he s provided with this data the secrewary of state’s clerk can do ng. For this reason the record is away behind, and only today was It being brought up to the 5th inst. Several im- portant meetings have occurred since then, but on what date it will be impossible to say until the record is written up. Yester- day Land Commissioner Russell sald that there had been no meeting of the board, nor would there be that day SOMETHING OF A DISCREPANCY. “Has anything new devetoped in the peni- tentiary matter?’ he was asked by a re- porter for The Be “No, nothing, whatever, replied Mr. Rus- sell, “Do you expect a hoard meeting matters lately?" “No, nothiug has been done yet in regard to letting the contract or employing a sus perintendent.” So far the records of the board bear Mr. Russell out In his assertion, as do also the news colums of the ring Journal in this city But tucked away in an cbscure corner of that paper is an alve.tisement inserted by the board, answerable before August 25, offering to let the state prison contract to the lowest bidder until the meeting of the next session of the Nebraska legislature. Commissioner Russell has been asked every aay since the 5th inst., if the board had taken any action in the matter, and every day he has denied that it had. Not only that, but there is every evidence in the office of the secretary of state that he has taken every means in his power to suppress from the public that a bidder for the contract had been asked for. The silence of the ring Journal is ancther evidence of the intentional sub roka system of trans- acting public business in a secret manner. Land Commissioner Russell might take fair warning of the unfortunate administration of hia predecessor, who cn several occasions at- tempted to suppress’ the news in his de- partment. Today Mr. Russell said that he had been paying prizon employés out of his own pocket. He said that he had dischargel two of them a day or two since and given them his in- dividual check for the amount due them. But a few weeks since he pald $110 out of his own pocket for the publication of an appraiser's record of prison property, in- ventoried by them at,the rate of $50 for each day's service. Thls vecord purports to be, in part, a record of the proceedings of the Board of Public Land, and Buildings, and contains expressions from, Governor Holcomb, which the latter declares he never made. The question arises by. what right, consti- tutional or statutory, does the land commis- sioner assume to pay debts owing by the state and out of his own pocket? PROPOSES TO FIRE DECK. The commissioner today announced in de- cided terms that he proposed to fire William Deck out of the position to which he had been appointed by Warden Leidigh. It fs that of steward. Russell says that he never gave the warden permission to employ him. This statement of Mr. Russell's, analyzed, presents a queer status of affairs at the state capital. The exact words Tused by Russell were: “I propose to fire Deck aut of there.” There is nothing in any iaw, new or old, that gives any individual t the warden, a right to employ or discharge neople at the penitentiary. The Board of Public Lands and_Buildings is given authority to “man- age” the penitentiary, but when did Russell, in his personal identity. absorb the Board of Public Lands and Buildings? The statement of the commissioner will be in the line of news to the other gentlemen comprising the Board of Public Lands and Buildings. In the advertizement fnserted today in the ring Journal is the following paragraph, which needs no comment: “Any contract entered into shall provide that the general management and discipline of the convicts shall be under the control of said Board of Public Lands and Buildings and the warden.” Summarized, the artful supression of news in the land commissioner's office, together with the wording of the advertisement and the pompous attitude of Land Commissioner Russell indicates that the state of Nebraska may prepare for a prison scandal in the let- ting of the contract, compared to which the Mosher-Dorgan deal was the mildest form of boodling. No public officer, pursuing an honest course, need be at all afraid to give to the public records of public business trans- acted by himself. Russell has denied the press access to the transactions of his own office, and the public will draw its own con- clusions. FUGITIVE PHIL to hold, or in relation have you held to penitentiary IN JAIL. Absconding City Capturcd and Locked Up, BEATRICE, Neb., Aug. 18.—Deputy Sher- it Kyd captured J. T. Phillips, the fug'tive city clerk, last evening at 8 o'clock, after a ride of forty-five miles in close pursuit. Soon after leaving this city yesterday afternoon Kyd learned that Phillips, in company with a man and woman, was a short distance ahead of h'm. He followed the trall to Fairbury and then to the little town of Powell on the St. Joseph & Grand Island road. Upon in- quiry being made he learned that an outfit of that description had driven into town a few minutes before and the buggy was over about the depot. When found Phillips was standing near the depot in conyersation with a resident of the place. He made no resistance to ar- rest, and, {n company with the deputy, started on the return trip, arriving in Beairice at § o'clock this morning, Phillips had attempted no disguise further than to clip his moustache closely, he having been in the habit of wearing it quite long. After an interview with his attorney and an unsuccessful attempt to secure bondsmen, the accused was placed In the county jall at 2 o'clock this afternogn. There is little hope of his giving bail, as there are now two charges against him 'and developments in_the case yesterday in the way of further bogus warrants coming to light and the mutilated condition of the books in the city hall will no doubt cause the bond «n the forgery case to be placed at a pretty high figure. f Beatrice Schuyler Socinl Affairs, SCHUYLER, Neb, Aug. 18.—(Special)— Miss Carrie Brigham is absent at Goodland, Kan., where she went to attend to the busi- ness of proving up on a piece of government land Mrs. L. H. Eddleblute, w'fe of a former pasfor of the Methodist church at this place, is here from New York visiting her mother, Mrs. Brigham, and her sister, Carrie Stephen Dworak, who has béeen proprietor of a large ranch in Cherry county, Las sold the same and returned to this vicinity, his old home, to engage in busine Ed'tor F. K. Ringsmuth of Cedar Rapids, la., has been in the city during the week meking preparations to move his family from here there. D. N. McCord of Des Molnes, Ia,, was here EE: MONDAY, AUGUST 19, during the week to look after the glazing of the Fogg house, which was so badly battered | by the hail storm of last Saturday night, Stella Oman, a nurse from the Methodist | Hospital and Deaconess' Home, Omaha, had | the care of C. O. Sabin during the four days | preceding his death. | Mr. A. M. Kibbe and wife of Homer, N. Y., | the lutter a sister of Mrs. 8, H. McCullough, | are spending a couple of weeks with & H. | McCullough and family. Principal-elect Burkett was in the city this week in consultation with our school officials relative to matters concerning the schools, | which will be opened the first week In Sep- | tember. Friday, the 18-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs, W.'T. Howard was buried, having died of summer complaint. _The S-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs, M. M. Huck died of the same discase and was buried yesterday. AT COOK. Day gl e Village. 18.—(Special Telegram.) disastrous fire broke out in this village to about 11 o'clock . m. and burned three business buildings as follows John Mastalka, hardware, lost building and stock, $4,600; insurance, $3,000. Kate Mas talka, postoffice butlding and fixtures, $500; insurance, $300. E. T. Black, M. D., office and fixtures, loss $500; Insurance, $300. Kuse Hros,, plate glass front and stock, damaged probably $350. Farmers' bank, plate glass front, loss probably $150. Both insured. By heroic efforts of the bucket brigade the fire was coutrolled after ly scorching the saloon building on the east and opera house bullding on the west. COOK, Neb., —A very Aug, Notes from North Platte, NORTH PLATTE, Neb, Aug. 18.—(Spe- clal.)—A lawn tennis association has been or- ganized in this city. A full set of officers has been elected and arrangements are being made to hold a tournament in this city next month. Jack Dill and R. A. Douglas suffered a severe bicycle collision on Saturday evening. Dill's wheel was totally demolished and he was picked up unconscious. Douglas was se- verely injured and his wheel badly wrecked. Jacob Richards of North Bend rode from that place to this last week in two and one- half days. The distance is 226 mile The corn crop in many parts of Lincoln county will be very large. A gentleman was In the city today from the Garfield tables and reports that part of the county one solid mass of contented people and good crops. The populists held their primaries over the county yesterday and delegates were clected to the county convention. Two city pre- cincts did not hold primaries at the time recommended, but they will be held next week. Farmer Found Dead in WATERLOO, Neb., Aug. 18.—(Special)— Chris Burke, a middle aged bachelor who has been living by himself seven miles south of this place, was found dead in bed this morning. The last seen of Mr. Burke alive was Wednesday morning, when he scemed to be alling, but nothing further was thought of it until the corpse was found. It is badly discolored, showing that death must have taken place several days ago. There are no signs of violence and the general opinion 's that the deceased died a natural death. The coroner was notified this afternoon. Frank Jamison, the crack catcher for the Browns, went to O'Neill, where he has ac- cepted a similar position. The harvest home supper given by Presbyterians was a financial success, A heavy rain fell this morning, insuring a three-quarter crop this year. C. P. Coy & Son. are putting in a large separator in their seed house. They are also contemplating other improvements. the Archard isx Not Short. YORK, Neb., Aug. 18.—(Special)—The er- roneous report which has been circulated throughout the weekly papers in this state and lowa, to the effect that the deputy county treasurer of this county is short in his accounts, has caused a_great deal of comment in this county. What caused the report, no doubt, was the fact that the treas- urer of the school districts of York county was short in his accounts, and Mr. Archard was detailed to check up his books. York county will make a fine display of agricultural specimens at the state fair. A large number in the county are taking hold of the same, and its success seems assured. Misses Burt and Mattie Post, who have been in the city, the guests of Misses Hal- let and Janet Post, returned this noon to their home in Columbus. Te PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., Aug. 18.—(Special Telegram.)—Sher'fl Eikenbary returned from South Omaha this morning, having in charge Peter Howe, a teamster of that place, who is wanted here to anewer to the charge of grand lanceny. Howe's offense is that of stealing a_merry-go-round tent from a man named Middleton, by whom Howe was hired to bring the tent from South Omaha to this city. Howe will have a hearing tomorrow. Roth Live in Chadron. CHADRON, Neb., Aug. 18.—(Special Tele- gram.)—A wrong impression is evidently abroad regarding the Englishmen who were arrested at this place for fast riding on horses, ‘There were only two of them, and they were not bicycle tourists, as many papers state, but residents of this place. Clegg Is learning ranching and Nockolds is a veterinary surgeon, practicing in this city. Husband and Wife Hurt. SYRACUSE, Neb., Aug. 18.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Charles Hendry and wife were thrown from a buggy th's afternoon while out driving. Mr. Hendry recelved a severe scalp wound and both were more or less brutsed by the fall. o Larkin Slugged the Marshal. CHADRON, Neb., Aug. 15.—(Special Tele- gram)—City Marshal Morrisey was hit over the head last night and badly cut by a saloon_keeper, John H. Larkin. No arrests have been made. " 1d at Nebraska City. NEBRASKA CITY, Aug. 18.—(Special)— Miss Maggie Gafney died yesterday after- noon of typhold fever after a gickness of 13 some time. She was well and favorably known here, having been In the employ of the Cereal mills for some years, a portion of the time as traveling representative and later as forewoman of (he woman's department. A large number of cases of typhold fever have been reported of late and several deaths havs resulted therefrom. Last night's News prods the mayor and ecity council for not improving the sanitary condition of the city by cutting the weeds and cleaning y. This work is certainly badly needed at present TAND THE DEMOCRA Combination that is Causing Lively Times in Nebrankn Polities. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb, Aug. 18.—(Special Telegram.)—Cass county democrats held their primaries last night and returns from over the county show that the free silver faction is in the majority and will have almost full control of the county convention, which will meet in Union next Tuesday In this city the fight was exclting only in one ward, the First, and here an evenly divided delegation was chosen. The candidates for assessor in the five wards of this city are: P. E. Ruff- ner, Oswald Guthmann, J. W. Hendee, Henry Ofe, and J. C. Williams, The coinage ques- tion has made a bad split in the ranks of the democrats in this county, and with a ticket the republicans stand an excellent chance of almost doubling their normal major ity. GREENWOOD, Neb., Aug. 18.—(Special Telegram.)—The populists of Salt Creek pre cinet held their caucus in Greenwood Satur- dey, August 17, nominated a township ticket and sent the required number of delegates to the county convention. The democrats to caucus, but there were only three of them and they retired DAVID CITY, Neb., Aug. 18.—(Special.) The democratic county convention to elect delegates to the state and judicial conven- tions met here today. Thirteen out of eighteen townships were represented. Hon, Matt Miller was chosen chairman, A res lution most heartily endorsing the wise ad- ministration of Grover Cleveland, as well as endorsing its course in revising the tariff, was voted down, when Hon. C. D. Caspe who, though defeated at the primary here was a member of the convention by proxy introduced a resolution that no delegates be elected to the state or judiclal conventions who would not pledge their support to a platform favoring the tree coinage of silver at 16 to 1. Upon the adoption of this reso- lution about twenty delegates withdrew. The remaining delegates proceeded to name the delegations, five from David City being named on each delegation to fill out the number. A resolution was then passed unan- imously heartily endorsing the action of Grover Cleveland on the tariff question, after which they adjourned. The bolters met and organized by electing 5. P. McCollom chairman and proceeded to perfect an organization by naming a full county central committee and delegates to the state convention at Lincoln. NELIGH, Neb., Aug. 18.—(Special)—The populist county convention was held yester- day. A resolution was adopted committing the party to a change of name, if it is deemed expedinent. Delegates to the judiclal conven- tion are favorable to Judge Robinson, and those to the state convention will vote for Maxwell for supreme judge. The ticket nom- inated s as follows: County clerk, W. B. Weygent; treasurer, William Block; clerk of the court, W. B. Mead; sheriff, J. G. Crink- law; county judge, B. F. Admire; superintend- ent of schools, Mrs. Mahood; coroner, Dr. Conery; surveyor, A. J. Leach. The treas- urer, sheriff and coroner are the present offi- clals, NEBRASKA CITY, Aug. 18—(Special)- The free silver democrats yesterday hel their primaries in this city and elected dele- gates to the county convention. The at- tendance was considerably less than had been expected. TO RECE Missouri Val Will ¥ Large Crowd of So MISSOURI VALLEY, Ia, Aug. 18.— (Special.)—Arrangements are being rapidly perfected for the seventh annual reunion of the Western Towa Veterans' association, which is to meet here on August 27 and 28. The asecciation & composed of a dozen countles in central-western Towa. A crowd of 5,000 to 8,000 visitors is anticipated, if the weather ie favorable, and will tax the town to its capacity. The detailed arrangements are such, however, that all who attend will be most hospitably entertained. Many of the best soldier orators of lowa and Nebraska have accepted invitations to be present and take part in the program. The preparations thus far made are on a greater and more ex- tensive scile thin at any former session of the association. The new cpera houss fs belng rapidly pusted to completion. It is a magnificent structure and when completed will cost upwards of $25.000. It is perfect in all its appointments. having all the accessorles of a metropolitan play bouse. The seating capacity is for 1,000 people. Tt will be formally opened Sep- tember 23, with a week's engagement. The company and repertoire have not yet been made public. Mitchell Re CRESTON, Ila., Aug. 1. gram.)—Ex-Speaker W. 0. ing, was nominated by acclamation at the Fifth district republican convention, held at Lenox Saturday. Congressman Hepburn delivered an address. The convention was an enthuslastic one. Hard Times Did It. JEFFERSON, Ia., Aug. 18.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The Daily Bee, started four months ago, has suspended. Lack of patronage. Weekly will continue. n nnted —(Special Tele- Mitchell of Corn- AMUSEMENTS, “A Bowery Girl,” for which, it one may credit the play bill, Harry Williams and Ada Lee Bascom are jointly responsible, had its first representation in Omaha at Boyd's last night, beginning a half week’s engagement at that house. An audience which filled the first floor sat fhrough the play and hailed with loud acclaim the thrilling successive stages of the action, which includes every medern form of battle, murder and sudden death. The carnival of crime and rescue is enlivened at frequent intervals by dance speclalties and the performance of chaste and elegant songs, for the execution of which trafic is suspended at the busy corner at “Shave your Soap” —so the soap makerssay, es- pecially if you're washing delicate things. Now, in the name ox common sense, what's the use? When you can get Pearline, in powder form for this very,reason, why you want to work over soap, which, if it's good for anything, gets very hard and difficult to cut. Besides, Pearline is vastly better than any powdered soap could be. any It has all the good properties of soap—and many more, too. There's something in it that does the work easily, but without harm—much more easily than any other way yet known. Beware wou an imitation, be honest—.send it back. Peddlers and some unscrupulous grocers will tell **this is as good as" or ‘‘the same as Pearline. FALSE—Pearline s never peddied. if vour grocer sends 892 JAMES PYLE, N ew York. COUNCIL BLUFFS. good as Work promptly and delivered parts of the Send for in all countr; price lst ©. A MACHAN, Froprists-. Broadway, rtear Northe western Depot, Counctl Bluus, Iowe Tel 32 met | 119 Powery whenever the soubrette or her partier [ minded to exhibit his or hes powers, The cast in general has little to reo- ommend it, Mr. Andy Amann belng easily at the head fn potnt of merit. ‘A Bowery Girl" Is what a large class of people want, more's the pity. The engage- ment terminates Tuesday night - tinble Condition of Charles Rowss, Charles Ross, an old cable conductor who used to run on the Dodge street line, Ix lying sick and destitute at the Union hotel near Sixteenth and Webster streete. The fact was reported to the police yesterday, but as the city could do nothing in the case County Physician Dlytbin was notified, and permiss slon will be asked to take Ross to the county, hospital. Ross has been sick since May 1, and 18 now In a critical condition. absolutely without money, and for some time has been without medical assistance on that account. 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