Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 17, 1895, Page 12

3 12 LIKED THE ISLANDS WELL Judge Kelly Returns from the Realms of Queen Lil, LAND THAT FLOWS WITH MILK AND HONEY All Restdents Clamor for Annexation, Belleving that it Wo Give Them n Stable Form of Government, Judge W. R. Kelly has returned from the BSandwich islands, where he spent his sum- mer vacation, and in speaking of the home of the dethroned Queen Lil, he said I am glad to give you some impressions of my recent visit to Honolulu. I could not describe the trip or the place without appear- “ing to be enthusiastic. The voyage of 2,100 miles from San Francisco to Honolulu takes #ix days, and, after passing beyond the rough sea adjacent to the California coast, it is one of absolute enjoyment and pleasurs The return voyage requires seven days. This 18 because the trade winds are meeting us instead of blowing with us, as on the out- ward voyage, and because of the currents which set toward the southwest. Honolulu lles 2,100 miles nearly soutlf- west from San Francisco, and about twenty- one degrees north of the equator. The H wallan islands lie In the track of the trade winds, which blow from the northeast to the southwest during almost every mohth of the year. There are elght finhabitant islands, the total area being something near 7,000 square miles, Honolulu, the capital, is sit- uated on the I of Oa The largest of the islands is Hawail, up of 200 miles distant from Honolulu. Kawal lies about 100 miles distant from Honolulu and is said to be the most beautiful, as well as the most productive of the islands. The population of the group is something over 100,000 people, about 40,000 of whom are natives, and about 80,000 Chimese and Japanese, and the re- mainder are Europeans and Americans. The Chinese and Japanese are larg:ly engaged as laborers upon the sugar and rice planta- tions. The Americans and Buropeans con- stitute the energetic business element of the islands, and are largely engaged in sugar raising and coffee planting, and in the gen- eral commercial business of the islands, prin- cipally conducted at Honolulu. The natives are large land owners and raisers of stock. They are a good looking body of people; they are Intelligent, generous and hospi le. No doubt they have all the vices of civilization, but they also have many of Its most comfort- able virtues. It is claimed that 95 per cent of the natlves of the island can read and write well in their own language, and that almost as large a percentage of them can also read and write in our language. The English language is the legal ana common language of the islands. ARE ALL FOR ANNEXATION. My stay of five days at Honolulu did not glve me time enough to form opinions in re- spect to the government of any of the politi- cal affairs of the island. The impressions, how- ever, which I gained from what I saw and from what I heard led me to believe that the Imost universal hope of the people of the i8lands 1s for annexation to the Untted States under’ €ome form of government. The peo- ple are devoted to the islands and to their government, but they are also intensely American in sentiment. They believe that the material interests of the Islands would be greatly subserved by annexation, or some relations with the United States which would insur a certain and stable government. They also helleve, with much good reason, that the United States itself would be as much bene- fited as the islands would be. The government under the queen consisted of royal institutions, supported by two legis- lative houses and a judiclal system much llke that of the United States, The republic has preserved the two legislative houses and the judicial system as it found it. A fine system of public instruction is maintained, numerous schools of high class are main- tained on the islands, quite a number of them under the direct auspices of various religious denominations. The small percent- age of llliteracy on the islands indlcates sub- stantially the efficlency of the system. Honolulu has about 25,000 people, is the seat of government, is the principal city of the islands. A number of educational insti- tutions are located there, as well as hospi- tals for the !isane, for the sick, and the state prison. The home for the aged and in- digent people founded by King Luanlilo is located .there. The city is well lighted by electricity, is supplied with excellent tele- phone service, its streets are well paved, kept in splendid condition, 1t has good water rvice, best of order is maintained by the strong and sufficient police force, seconded and strengthened by the military force of the islands. The army is not strong in point of numbers, but seems to be sufficient to maintain order and good government, even during the present supposedly troublous times. The Tevolt in Jenuary, 1895, was not felt .anywhere on the islands except at Honolulu, It was promptly put down by the present + @government and a number of the leaders, In- cluding the ex-queen, were tried, convicted and have been imprisoned. During the last few months quite a number of persons con- victed have been released by absolute par- don, some few were banished. and it is re- ported and currently believed that the ex- Queen s about to'be liberated. The general sentiment seems to be there that the present government is sufficiently strong to maintain itself. ALL ONE GARDEN: OF FLOWERS., Honolulu is an ideally ‘beautiful town. Its streets and the grounds of the residences are filled with most beautiful trees, plants, shrubs and more Kkinds of flowers than I can de- scribe. The royal, date, the sago, the cocoa- nut, the Pride of Indla, the umbrella tree, oleander trees and fern trees are in endless protusion. Everybody there loves flowers and everybody wears them. Ordinarily the na- tives decorate themselves on the street and everywhere else with wreaths and garlands of flowers all times of the day. On the streets the native women flower sellers offer eople strands of all sorts of beautiful at the rate of about 10 cents a yard. They call these strands lels. Tourists always buy them. The only one offered that I knew in this country was the tube rose, Many other kinds, however, were to my eye more beautiful and certainly more fragrant fhan the tube rose. The city Is an Immense gar- den. The 1esider.ces generally sit well back from the street in the midst of spacious grounds, and great, care has been taken that all available space’ shall be decorated with some beautiful plant, tree or shrub. There are but few brick buildings in the city. The fmpression is given one that many of the in- habitants are wealthy, a very great number in moderately comfortable circumstances and that the poorer people are so comfortably and beautifully located in their homes that they cannot feel che privations of their poverty. Pearl harbor, In which the United States has some Interest ds a coaling station, is a magnificent harbor, lying about ten miles from Honolulu on the line of the Oahu Rail- way and Land company's railroad. This ~magnificent harbor is suficient to float the navies of the world. It is land locked, easy of access. its mouth Is not obstructed by any bar. The reef which surrounds the island s from half a mile to a mile away from the shore and the opening through it leaves the deep water entrance into the har- bor almost unobstructed. It is ciaimed that the only obstructions to this harbor are a few hundred feet of coral rock which could easily be blown out, 80 as to glve thirty feet of water at the lowest tides. The principal productions of the islands are sugar, rice, coffee, bananas, all of which are exported in very considerable amounts, The growing of coffea Is comparatively a new indusiry on the lslands; extensive plantations are now being opened and the quality of the coffee ralsed very fine. Many flelds of pineapples are cultivated, the quality of Which s svperior to anything we have ever bad in our markets here. This industry is comparatively a new one, too. That product can be marketed In this market without difculty, as they will stand transportation for three or four weeks without any appreci- able danger. A plant has been put up near one of the pineapple districts for the canning of this product and this plant is now in operation, _ CONSIDERABLE SWEETNESS. Limes, lemons and oran; uccessfully ralsed, They do not grow apples, peaches or prunes. Watermelons, cantaloupes and muskmelous grow profusely and are of t excellence, The mango, alligator pear, fruit and cocoanuts are very plentiful. ‘The taro root, from which s made the pol, se largely used by the natives, grows ln great abundance. THIS Yoot furnishes an excellent breakfast food and the flour from it makes most dellclous waffles and griddle cakes. The sugar growing. industry is the principal Industry on the islands. There are about sixty sugar plantations on the fslands, several of which are_owned by Claus Spraekels, the a mistake California sugar king, but It is to suppose that he has a mono sugar raising Industry on the Is total product of sugar on the Islands something like 160,000 tons per annuin. It s sald that the land will produce about eight tons of, sugar to the acre. From the first planting it takes about eighteen months to fully mature the sugar cane and the planted crop fs succeeded by two other crops of volunteer cane; which in like manner produces bountiful returns, less, however, in amount fhan the original planting. The cane flelds require irrigation. On some of the Islands this irrigation is supplied by means of streams from the mountain, On Oahu the present cane flelds are supplied with water from artesian wells, which furnish a con- tinuous and bountiful supply. The rice and banana plantations are largely worked by Chinese labor, and produce bountifully, The climate is very even; always warm. The record shows that the temperature ranges from about &6 to 85 degrees the whole year. Transportation facilities ‘on many of the islands are very complete. There is a system of interisland transportation by small steamers, which makes traveling from one island to the other very easy, and I heard no complaint about rates. On Oahu there Is a railroad completed for about thirty-five miles from Honolulu to Walanae. This is a first class narrow guage rallroad, well equipped and well oper- ated;.it runs through two large sugar planta- tions and several rice plantations; it is pro- jected, and is expected soon to be com- pleted several miles further, thus reaching still other plantations of sugar and rice . The products along the line of road, of sugar, rice, bananas and pineapples, fur- nish enough business to justify the construc- tion of a good rallroad, and the revenues of the road have been sufficient to justify the managers, and they seem to have the profoundest faith in the permanence and con- tinuance of the industries which they seek to_serve, The tourist who desires to find a pleasant and delighttul place in which to spend the winter can find his every wish gratified at Honolulu. The hotels are sufficient and com- fortable. The roads and drives about the island are beautiful and pleusant. In the city streets cars reach every place of in- terest, and hacks and conveyances are more plentiful than in any city of Its size in the world. The paving s unsurpassed; the roads are good; the climate warm and every day can be made one of pleasure; and, like all other persons who have visited the islands, either for a brief or a long period, I can only say that my every recollection of it is pleasant and agreeable. gt o iy S FAIL. ENG They Cannot Do the Hen American Railronds. The recent remarkable runs made on English railroads, in one of which the un- precedented feat was accomplished of cover- ing 540 miles in 512 minutes, have revived the never-ending dispute as to the speed of English and American trains, and of the comparative efficiency of the different types of engines used in the two countries. Ameri- can locomotives have never been tried In England, where they would doubtless do as well on the splendid roadbed and easy grades that prevail there, but English engines have been tested In this country and have proved decided failures. The latest experiment of this kind, says the Philadelphia Record, was with an English locomotive, ~which was exhibited at the World's Fair and was afterwards tried on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, with unsatisfactory results, Previous to that the Pennsylvania raiiroad tried an English engine, and many Philadelphians well remember ‘the curious-looking machine that formerly came rooling into the Broad Street station, hauling a New York train. It was never looked upon as a success, and doubtless before long will be reduced to the humble duty of pulling a gravel train or switching in some yard. It was with a view to adopting the com- pound theory in lccomotives and developing it in this country that the Pennsylvania rail- road in 1889 purchased of Byron & Peacock of Manchester, England, a compound engine of the Webb type and had it shipped to this country. This engine was built after de- signs furnished by the London & Northwest- ern railroad, one of the English roads en- gaged in the recent long-distance speed runs She was a typical English engine, devoid cf either cab or bell, and the accimpanying pic- ture 18 an exact illustration of the engine as she appeared when taken from the steamer and placed in service on the “Penny's” New York division. Everything avout ner was English, even the men who operated her, an English engineer and fireman acompanying her to America for the purpose of operating her and demonstrating the qualities of the English compound. The weight of the engine in working order is about 100,000 pounds, which Is distributed about equally over- the trucks and the first and second palr of drivers, which are seventy-e'ght inches in dlameter. The tendcr, loaded and with coal capacity of about four tons, and a water ca- pacity of 2,200 gallons, weighs 68,000 pounds, making the total welght of .he engine 158,000 pounds, or about 25 por cent less than the weight of the big Amcrican engines, A few trials demonstrated the fact that the engine was mnot adapted for service on American railroads by reason of the heavier grades and the greater weight of the trains. The principal trouble appeared to be in the starting of the trains and getting under head- way, as she appeared to make good speed after once under way. After several months’ trial the engine was taken to the shops and partly Americanized; a cab and bell were placed upon. her and several other minor changes made, but without apparently satis- factory results. The engine was continued in the service on the New York division, drawing light passenger trains until a few months ago, when she was transferred to the Amboy dlvision to draw the paper train from New York to Long Branch, and is still in service on that division. The experience gained with the English compound engine was not sufficient to warrant the Pennsyl- vania railroad in duplicating their order, and in the light of recent experlence of their own and other American locomotive builders in the construction of compound and other types of engines it is not likely that In the near future managers of American rallways will look to England.for thefr motive power or that they will adopt the ideas or designs in vogue there. Work on n the Welght Gardener James Guerney, who has charge of Shaw's garden, and also of the monstrous- leaved water lily known as the Victoria Regla, now on exhibition in Tower Grove park, has been telling some wonderful sto- ries about the power of these leaves, which rest upon the surface of the water, to hold up large weights. At first people laughed at him when he sald they would sustain tr,‘ welght of a 10- year-old child, says the St. Louis Republic, but he soon convinced the public that this was a fact, and finally made the statement th me of the leaves would sustain the weight of a full-grown man, and would an- swer as a raft in case one wished to be fer- ried over some deep pool. Yesterday after- noon and last evening he proved his asser- tion. During the afternoon he rigged up several of the monstrous lily. pads, first placing upon them a thin quilt to protect the leave: nd on top of this a light wooden frame work, so as to distribute the weight over the entire leaf. At first he placed on the pods chil- dren, whose weight was about ffty or sixty pounds each, and after showing off these, he invited Mr. H, O. Haarstick, whom he knew, from long experience with the river, was not afraid of any craft afloat, to step on board. Mr. Haarstick did so, and floated about for several minutes, Last night Mr, Guerney gave another exhl!- bition, which’' was witnessed by at least 400 persons. After fixing up the pods he placed on the first one a little girl, 14 years old, who welghed seventy-two pounds. On the other he placed two lads, who weighed a little over fifty pounds each, and on the third he stationed a reporter for the Repub- lic, a light weight, but who weigh n 4 re- liable scale 146 poundy. His weight had no perceptible effect on the leaf, rried the newspaper ma fely ‘as the staunch- est craft ou the Mississippl. Mr, Guerney intended to place a real heavy weight on the biggest of the podsbut some small boy threw a stone through it late ye: lt:::.y afternoou, and the trial could not be - . THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, SEP1TEMBER MYSTIC ~ NATIONAL ~ GAME More You Think You Know About Poker the Less You Know. ABOUT AS UNSOLVABLE AS A WOMAN And Both of Them Are 8o Fascinating =A Few Hints About the Game, but They Leave Much Yet to Be Learned. Thete 1s & curious unanimity of modesty about poker, espgclally among those who know something about its fascinations. 1 never saw an old poker player who claimed to be familiar with the game, says a writer in the New York Herald. Poker is something like a woman—the longer you know her the less you understand her. That s to say, familiarity with poker, in- stead of breeding contempt, inspires that respect which walits upon uncertainty and attends the unknowable, The best poker players are married men. The oftener a man .is married the more modest he fs about “sizing up” womankind, He loses confidence in his own judgment of human nature. He becomes wary. He lies in wait, never thoroughly satisfied in his own mind as to what will turn up next—never absolutely” certain whether over aginst him is an ace high or royal flush—"bluff" or “a dead, lead pipe cinch.” 1 hope no lady, especially a married lady, will read this, It is no desire of mine to raise the ante on their possibilities. This out of sincere regard for my sex. 1t is only the young and inexperienced who know all about women; it is only the fresh young_amateur who knows all about poker. And, like the man who staggers up against a roulette wheel for the first time, this sort of daring not infrequently wins, where riper experfence and caution quit the loser. Every- body has heard of the innocent who steps up and plants a dollar or 5o on the winning double 00 and calls the turn on the last cards out of the box on the first deal—while the expert, with or without system, is con- tent with odd or even, plays the seven open and unostentatiously coppers the ace. So the same inexperienced player will sit down at poker and for a time baffle the wit of the keenest card sharp. His very ignorance of the rules of the game protects him. The great American game has wonderful attractions for statesmen and politiclans at the national capital. The United States sen- ate is now and has been for seweral years virtually dominated by a little poker cilque, composed of members of both great political parties. In anything in which any particular one of this convivial crew is personally in- terested the senate may be counted on to cct favorably. Upon all of the leading issues, even, the poker influences have been plainly and unmistakably exhibited. With a slender majority of two or three votes, or less, at times, it was easy for a sematorial poker party to make juckpots of legislation and decide grave issues by a draw. Enough has been told of Washington poker stories to fill volumes. Some of these stories are true. About the best poker story floating about the capital is related by the veteran Colonel Ike Hill, deputy sergeant-at-arms of the house of representatives for many years. There was a call of the house late one night, and Colonel Hill was sent out fo gather in ab- sentees. The colonel knows the haunts of every member. He knows just who is likely to be at home in bed and who is about town. Kindly soul that he is, he preferred on such an occasion to gather in the latter and leave the former undisturbed. So he knocked on the door of a certain club room shortly after midnight. “Who's there?” inquired a voice from within. “The house of representatives,” gravely replied Colonel Hill. “You are under arrest, gentlemen, and must accompany me to the capitol at once. “All right, JTke, was the reply; “wait a few minutes, or we'll let you in if you will promise not to meddle until we play out this hand. Will you do it?” s “Why, certainly,” sald Hill. The door was opened, and the official emissary of the house saw four members sitting around the table in their shirt sleeves, while sundry bottles and cigar stups decorafed the sideboard. There: were two stft hands out, and a good bit of cash was accumulating in the center of the table. The bets went across In calm, methodical manner, the men cultivating that impassive countenance and impene- trable demeanor that characterize the vet- eran poker player. Presently one member— a well known Kentuckian, since called to a higher place—got short of money. He didn't care to lie down, “I say, Colonel"—addressing the deputy of the house—"lend me $50, will you?” “Haven't got it,” sald HIIL “Well, I'll draw an order on you for sal- ary account and you accept it." “AIl right,” said Hill; “If you want to draw the United States into this game of poker, go ahead.” The blank order was filled out and 0. K'd by Colonel Hill and transferred to the pot. But before putting his name on the paper the colonel looked at the hand—four aces. “I knew the government was good for it,” explained the colonel afterward, “and the hand was as good as old wheat.” Poker has been defined by a cynle as a game at which one friend sits down to rob another. For the man of wisdom not a gambler will rot rashly engage with strangers or tempt fickle fortune with professional players. He must, therefore, confine his speculation to his known acquaintances and friends. * Notwithstanding the apparent solidity of this definition, it is not very diffi- cult to find men willing to be robbed, so they enjoy the opportunity of holding up the other fellow. What is commonly known as the “gentleman’s game' is usually made up of amateur sports and a sly expert or two worked in to leaven the lump. Men who make a living by cards affect the “gen- tleman's game” about the hotels and club rooms, the real gentlemen being their lambs for the shearing. The professional game, strictly as such, is almost unknown. In th:se times of anti-gambling laws every hotel in the clty has become a gambling house, poker belng the ruling game. Go through any down-town hotel ‘during the summer when doors are ajar and you will find scores of games in full blast and running without concealment. On every through train cards are popular, and poker between strangers for good stakes is common. All the suburban trains out of New York are the daily scenes of gambling—and some are especially provided with cars fitted up for that purpose. Thou- sands of persons, women as well as men, play poker for amusement—penny ante and 6 cents and 10 cents limit. It s very casily learned, so far as the technical use of the cards goes—never really mastered in other respects. The best poker player in the world is but an approximation. There are three things of importance be- sides knowing the game—cards, courage and judgment of human rature. The last Is the greatest of all. The ability to read the human countenance—to cast the probable value of a flutter of an eyelid, to detect the slightest tremor of a muscle, to accurately gauge the Intonation of a voice—these are acquirements; and to be able to do all of these with each and every new opponent would be perfection. Men are very different, and no two men at poker can be measured by the same standard. If to study man is the proper study of mankind, poker is the greatest school ever invented. Theoretically four aces beat any lesser hand held against them. As an interesting fact, perfectly famlllar to every lover of the game, no hand at all is necessarily a winner, the outcome largely depending upon the nerve and judgment of the player. A pair of deuces and a royal flush of nerve have been known to work wonders. There is where the fun comes In. You can count safely on noth- ing—except, of course, that the other fellow will “do" you if he gets an opening. Just keep your eyes on him. If you have an eye in the back part of your head, too, it Will be of great assistance. Never presume on human honesty in a game of poker. It will save hard feelings, 4t not money. The man who is the soul of Integrity in ordinary business will turn you down In a horse trade and do you up at poker without a-twinge of conscience. The essence of poker skill lles In deceit—and the more deceltful you are the more likely you will be to come out ahead. Women make good poker players, but Rever play any game with money in it with a woman, Bhe can't help cheating, and when you cateh her at it ygu gan't punch her In the nose or kick her mli. When a man can - draw one card, with fours In hand, with exactly the same im- passive countenance o expression of diffi dence he will wear 4p drawing to a bob- talled flush, he will have almost mastered the art of poker. There s but one higher step, and that ie to be able to read such a facd correctly. A popular form ‘of poker out west s known as “freeze-out.” It is a duel to the death—that is, the players agree in the be- ginning to play until one man has all the money. This sort of a game sometimes only laste an hour or so—semetimes for two daye and nights. It originated probably in the disgust always manifested around the table when a winner quits ahead. Such a man is called “a quitter.” As soon as he gets ahead on some lucky turn he gets up and leaves, giving the rest no chance of getting their money back. It is better not to begin than to be ‘“‘a quitter.” Some men are so sensi- tive about this that they frequently miss church on Sunday morning. They don't like to be considered quitters. Another plan to obviate this Is to fix an hour for closing the game—say 12 o'clock sharp—win or lose. vents the quitter, but relieves the stayer and keeps the peace at home. It is sometimes better to be a quitter than have your wife playing freeze-out with you for the next week, A quitter may become popular with poker players only when he begins to put up paper instead of cash. In poker, checks or any other promises don't go; it {8 c. o. n.—cash on the nail. Nobody of experience in the game will trust anybody who plays it. That is another beauty of the fnstitution. You just shake off all moral obligations and meet every man on the dead level of a common humanity, A man's check or word of honor may go for thousands on Wall street and be no good at poker. is a necessary rule of the game. If you haven't cash and cash to spare, you'd better stay out of it. Better to stay out anyhow. There 18 to be a poker convention shorily. I don’t know whether it Is to be of delezates elected in the conventional style known to politiclans or whether it is to be a cut and dried affair made up of poker sharps. It ap- pears that there are some people not wholly satisfial with the game as it is played in various sections of the country and they want to harmonize things. We get along with diverse divorce laws incidental to forty-four diffefent kinds of legislative bodies, after a fashion, but poker is more important among its devotess than the marriage tie. This poker deal will end in an appeal to congress possibly—and congress must settle all d'ffer- ences. It would probably do ¢o by amending the interstate commercial act. That is the way the parental hand of the general gov- ernment {s usually extended to her children. By tacking a set of poker rules on the end of the interstate commerce law the govern- ment would at once introduce universality of natlonal law for local custom and heal many vexatious differences, but the party that d!d so would get the poker vote in the next presidential election. The inter:tate commerce law has been generously construed and utilized, and has taken the place of the time-worn phrase of the constitution, *‘the general welfare,” under the protection of which, according to some etatesmen, red- headed women and white horses might be regulated and everything set right. There sooms to be no reason in the world why congress shouldn't deal poker for the country generally, with the same spirit of fairness and acute judgment its members display across tho committee table. Therefore this convention. —————— FLAGGED WITH HER SKIRT. Not the Traditi but it Saved Miss Martha M: Gurnee has been employed on the New Jersey & New York railroad as station agent at Mount Ivy for a number of years, says the New York Sun. Miss Gurnes and her 11-year-old brother were alone in the station about 3:80 o'clock the other after- noon, when they: discovered that it had been sct on fire by sparks from the engine of a freight train which had passed a few mo- ments before, The station is. situated in a lonely place among’ the* foothflls of the-Haversiraw moun- tains. No assistance was near. Miss Gurnee and her brother saw that the little station was doomed, and set to work with a will to remove whatever they could from it. They first removed the ticket case and other furniture, and after a hard struggle suc- ceeded In removing a large, new stove, which had been placed in the station last winter. They were hardly through with this task when they saw that the roof of the frelght house close by was on fire. Miss Gurnee re- membered that there were several barrels of kerosene oil in the freight house, and call- ing to her brother to follow her, she rushed into the burning building and began to roll out the oil. They succeeded in getting it to a place of safety. Miss Gurnee did not forget that Conductor Johnson's ~ eastbound _passenger train was about due, and that the tracks were covered with wreckage from the burning bulldings. She had neglected, however, to remove her signal flag from the burning station and they had been consumed. Her woman's wit did not forsake her. She slipped off her white petticoat, and handing it to her brother, started him oft on a run up the .oad to warn the approaching train of danger. The train was brought to a standstill by the boy's waving of his sis- ter's petticoat. The train crew and the pas- sengers crowded around him, and when they heard the story of the fire they were loud in their expressions of admiration and of grati- tude toward the pair. —————— WESTERN PENSI Veterans of the Rebellion Remem- hered by the General Government, WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—(Specfal.)—Pen- slons granted, issue of August 29, 1 were: Nebraska: Additional—Lemuel P, Brisack, Dodge, Dodge. Increase—George W. De Wolf, Geneva, Fillmore. Relssue—Thomas C. Diltz, Peru, Nemaha; James V. Thomp- son, Omaha, Douglas. Original widow— Edith Pointer, Ashland, Saunders. Towa: Original—Riley Niles Van Allen, Epworth, Dubuque. ncrease—George H. Adams, Drakeville, Davis. Reissue—Louls C. Taylor, Fort Madieon; Martin V. Potter, Marne, Cass; Julius Rainville, Everly, Clay; Frederick O. Parker, Ireton, Sioux; John E. Conenhoven, Iowa Falls, Hardin; Noah M. Davis, Floris, Davis; Thomas C. Verts, Crocker, Polk. Original ~ widow—Surrilla Kenworthy, Red Oak, Montgomery. South Dakota: Increase—B=njamin Nilson, Lewiston, Sully. Relssug—Joseph Brown, Aberdeen, Brown. Colorado: Original—Henry C. Davis, Green, El Paso. Relssue—George W. Gammon, L{ons. Boulder., i ssue of August 30: Nebraska: _Original—John =~ W. Garner, Petersburg, Boone; Clark W. Eaton, Beat rice, Gage. Increase—Edwin F. Woddward, Republican City, Harlan. Reissue—George <ilgore, Hastings, Adams, Towa: Original—Jahn Kitzmiller, Conrad Grove, ' Grundy, Originu. ~widow—Rosan fottawattamie. Tryon, Avoca, outh Dakota: Increase—Micajah Doty, Artesian, S8anborn. Colorado: Orlginal—Willlam Murphy; Engle, Las Animas; James L. Coffee, Den- ver, Arapahoe. Montana: Original—Dennis Hefferon, Di- vide, Silver Bow. Increase—Edward R. Chase, Elkhorn, Jefferson, Issub of August 313 Nebraska: Original—Eleazer Moore, Pal- mer, Merrick. Relssue—Thomas Sears, Hay Springs, Sheridan; Henry Feusner, Huntley, Harlan; Willlam Henry Wagenseller,Omaha, John W. Honza (deceased), Omaha, va: Original—John D. Garrison, Logan, Harrison. Reissue—~8amuel Asbury Griffin, allas Samuel Asbury, Milo, Warren. Orig- inal widow, supplemental—iMargaret L. Ge- rard, Beacon, Mahaska. South Dakota: Original-John W. Sweat, Edgemont, Fall River. Relssue—David 8. Darling, Henry, Codington. Colorado: Original widow—Melvina Marsh, Denver, Arapahoe. B LEAPED TO BECOME A FREAK. Jumped from Brooklyn Bridge to Se- cure a Dime Museum Job, Mrs. Clara McArthur, the young woman who atlempted to jump from the Brooklyn bridge several weeks ago, but who was pre- vented by the police, dropped off the bridge quietly at 8:30 o'clock on the morning of the 7th. She was taken later to the Hudson Street hospital a prisoner under the formal charge of trying to commit sulcide. When she was picked up she was unconsclous, but she scon recovered. The latest bridge jumper, says the New York Tribune, seems to have been moved by a wish to earn a living for her husband, who is a rallroad man out of work, and for her child. The family has been living in pov- erty. She thought she could earn §100 a week by jumping from the Brooklyn bridge and atierward appearing In a dime museum. Mrs. McArthur was carried on the bridge in a furniture van from the Brooklyn end. She was dressed lu man's clothing, con- This not only circum-.| Cash | 17, 1896, THE GREATEST OF ALL SALES The Mammoth Bankrupt Sale : of the S. P. Morse Dry Goods Co. Has captured Omaha and vicinity. The people are wild about this sale. acme of Bargain Giving, class merchandise are cut unmercifully. Open e evenings goods, ¢ both as to selections and price gains in just what you want, ot the particular artic RUPT SALE it is different. 16th and Economical bargain seckers delighted. It's only once in a lifetime that Here you find a splendidly ass vering 83 departments, and You it elsewhere in Omaha. Headquarters for State Fair Visitors. Parcels and You generally can find everything cheap e vou are look ing Farnam Sts. It's the Prices on high- Values totally distegarded a chance presents ftself to got big bare for, IN THIS GREAT BANK- orted stock of only the finest cl if wo cannot meet your requirements, need look no further, for you won't find satchels checked free of charge® S. E. OLSON CO. CLOAK AND SUIT DEP'T, NEW GOODS GOING AT BANKRUPT SALE PRICES White Shaker Flannel, 10c values, bankrupt sale price, yard Standard Dress Calicos, Morse price was be yard, bankrupt sale price, yard 100 pieces Fancy Print- ed Plisse Cloth, just w you want for pretty hou wraper: Morse's pric was wyard, bankrupt sale price, yard 1000 doz Belding's sew- ing silk, best quality, 100- yard spools, sells “every- Where at 10¢ spool, bank- rupt sale price, per spool One lot Ladies’ Black Silk Plaited Hose, opera lengths, value §2 pair sale price REMEMBER - new stylo JACKETS lin teria; great barga n other stores at $9.00. only 4.9‘8 815 quality New Mohair Boucle Cloth Jackets. Bankrupt sule price $1.98 Ladies’ Pure Silk Pan- tellas, value $6 pair, sale price 1 lot of Children’s Cash- mere Hose, black and col- or 1 lot 36 to 4G-inch Wool Novelty Dress Goods, worth up to $1.25 yard, bankrupt,sale price, ard, all LADIES' HOSE — 500 dozen full regular made fast black hose, Herms- dorf dye,value 25¢ bank- opportunity of a life time. Elegant and nobby like cut, full mando- slegves, fine ma- | oonat y fit and finish | ther fntroduction. verfect, quot d as a by Bankrupt sale price all sizes, choice pair Worth double. 25c¢ 49¢ rupt sale price, 2 pair for 250 Dr. Jaeger's SANITARY UNDERWEAR We have a big assortment of this best of all Sanitary Underwear. The well known true hygenic principles on which they are ructed are world wide and nead no fur- In order to make short work of our big stock we will offer DR. JAEGER'S SANITARY UNDERWEAR AT 14 of list prices. This fs a most exceptional opportunity and should be embriced by all who appreciate fine underwear. NOTE—The sa'e of Dr. Jaeger's Underwear in this city Is confined exclusively to this store, Boy’s Clothing BOYS' SHIRT WAISTS, Celebrated brand, regular $1.00 quality, bankrupt sale price BOYS' SUITS, of all wool chev'ols and cassimeres, weil made and perfect fiiting, former price up to $8.00, sale price $2.50 67| 1 Tot ladies' fine quality 207 | siik plaited hose, fn ey est shades, worth 1 pair, Danrapt s prico, i 49C 1 lot of large size heavy Crochet Quilt value §1. sale price while they last L 75 C Bleached Huck Towels, size 1 ue 15¢, sale price, CARPET floor, anil DEPT, I'arnam st ent door mats, S, $2.50 value, .50 e o s All our fine line Linole- ums, worth up to 90c 450 yard, sale price, yard Everything in Carpets and Draperies at bank- rupt sale prices. econd ance, size sale All our fine Crockery, Glassware and Lamps is being closed out at one-third off from already reduced jrices. DOCTOR Searles & Searles 1416 Farnam St. SPECIALISTS. All tforms of Blood and Skin Diseases, Bypheli cured for life and the pc 4. son thoroughly cleansed " from the system. LADIES given careful nd special attention for all helr many pecullar ail- "SAT ARRH, Gleet, Varicocele, Hydrocele, G ea, Lost Mubhood By o special trea EN (ITALITY = WEAL) made 50 by too close ap: lication to business or study, severe mental slf‘zlln or grief, SEXUAL "EXCESSES in middle life or from the effects of youthful follies, nlll ylel(tl lfinimywleor our new treat- 08 of vital power. WRITE Your tfoubies I out of the city. Thousands cured at home by cor- respondence, CONSULTATION FREE. Dr. Searles & Searles, **'Suanne New. " Omaha, Neb. 18 THE ONLY SPECIALIST WHO TREATS ALL PRIVATE DISEASES, Weakness and Secret Disorders of MEN ONLY Eyery cure guarantoed. R0 years' experience. 8 yeurs in Omaha. Book Free. 14¢h & Farnam St OMAHA, NEB. sisting of a pair of trousers, blue woollen sweater, covered with a common blue jumper, stockings and heavy shoes. The stockings were much too large for her and were filled with sand in order to give the necessary welghts to her feet, and prevent her from turning over in the air. Round her walst and outside the jumper she wore an Ameri- can flag, and attached to the walst held by short strings were two ordinary bladders in- tended to serve the same purpose as a para- chute, On reaching the middle of the bridge the woman slipped quietly off the wagon, In which she bhad been concealed, and, climbing the fence which separates the north roadway from the rallrcad track, dropped feet fore- most through the space between the girders. She was noticed only by a bridge policeman, who, he afterward reported to his ser- geant, merely saw a dark form on the road- way, which disappeared immediately under the rallroad tracks near the New York tower, The jumper was picked up by, two men ROT A DARK OFFICE ROOM IN ANY PART OF THE BUILDING. . The Buelow, proprietor, ans. Remin, FORBST LAV TION, BEE BUSINESS OFFICBE. atco GRICAN WATERWORKSE ) elg‘l;“ERICNTENDELI’ BEE WESTERN UNION FICE. ! [ DR. REBERT. MASSACHUSETTS M SURANCE COMPANY. C. 8. BLGUTTER, %nw T CHRIBTIAN BCIEN! J. W. 8QUIRE, Loa DR. O, 8. HOFFMAN. with a boat who were employed to watch for her and pick ber up, B, FIDELITY TRUST COMPANY, Mortgage | and Tobacco. WYCKOFF, SEAMANS & BENEDICT, ton Typewriters and Supplies. N CEMETERY ASSOCIA- | FIRST BUILDING. E T TELEGRAPH MUTUAL LIFE IN- Of B'READING ROOMS, f‘ A w Om UNITED BTATES LIFE INSURANCE CO. C. H, WALWORTH, Commercial Trust Co. THR Palace Office Building OF OMAHA., PERFECT ELEVATOR Bee Building. DIRECTORY OF OCCUPANTS. BASEMENT FLOOR. BEP BUILDING BARBER SHOP, Fred | H. W Ex COWDUROY, Buffet, MPBELL, 'Court Rotunda, THE OMAHA LOAN AND tar; MU CIATION, FLOOR. Y. W. CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. LADIES' TURKISH BATH KOOMS. PARDEE, Agent Fort Wayue tric Company, PANY, FLOOR. DR. CHARLES ROSEWATER, HARTMAN & ROBBINS, C. HARTMAN, ES:‘ITQHLE INSURANCR READ & BECKET, Attorne ns. GTON, Attorney-at-| P. I\ EKENBERG, Freec . UpCRY E. ‘TUBKIN OrReY-at| PR Ak, DETWILLER. & 4nter DK, KINSLER, Nose and Throat. DR, KEGGH. THIRD FLOOR. W. A. WERSTER, Real Estate, BQUITY COURT. Room No. 6. n JOHN A. WAKERISLD, Lumber, A HP‘A‘"‘E‘ PRI Law OMcs. PROVIDENT SAVINGE LIFE AS ANCE BOCIETY OF NEW Y Rohrer, Afienl. otaed PANY, New York. INCANDESCENT ELECTRIC LIGHTS VENTILATIOF NIGHT AND DAY SERYICP - Clga F_OMAL BUILDI ASSOCIATION, G. M. Nattinger, Secr:g JAL LOAN AND BUILDING AS80§ led Inspector Fire Insurane Liki % 5 THE GRANT ASPHALT P. v o o | P v v LIF] D TRUST C BV S ERAL, WL SIMERAL, Law PANY, Philadéiphia; A, ux.-|.|g,Tu-n2r.3 Ofmcies. Agent, VIAVI COMPANY, FOURTH FLOOR. 3 NASON & NASON, Dentists, Al L. Agent Southern Californi 2. B. ALLED *ouncil No. a-| ” improye Jmpany S AAURLSIIN Chia o) Wood- | SRHA IXCHANGE: i PACIFIC MUTUAL LIFE AND ACCI- s ? 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