Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 1, 1900, Page 2

o 2 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, L 0\'E\IBER 1, Telephones $18-694, in women's i Bee, Oct 31, 1900, The Thompson, Belden & Co.’s Cloak Dept has become a landmark in Omaha for choice goods—selling as we do only the best gar-bwnite ments and up-to-date come recognized authorities on correctness styles—we have be- cady-to-wear attive. Beautiful Black Taffeta Silk Dress Skirts. Thewe dressy garments have become a necessity for the wardroho pf every lady. At $12 we have some hand- some new styles. French Flannel Walsts. Early in the season we knew there would be a great demand for them, and prepared aceordingly. Hardly a day has pass- ed this season but we have shown something new. Quite a gocd many pretty styles are in our window. We have others equally as nice in our store. Prices, $5, $6 and $7.50. We Close Our Store AGENTS FOR FOSTER KID GLOVES AND MeCALL'S PATTENR THOMPSON, | T'INE TAILOR SUITS. You will find a better selection now than at any time this season. Per- fect satisfaction guaranteed in every case, NEW JACKETS. 1t has never been our pleasure beforo to show such a beautiful and varied selection of preity coats as Is now on exhibition in our cloak room. We could easily use five times the space to display them, but ladies do not mind a little crowding when they see such pretty things at such low prices. | Saturdays at 6 P. M. BELDEN & Co THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE DRY GOODS HOUSE IN OMAHA. ¥. M. C BUILDING, COR. 10TH AND DOUGLAS STS. TASK LIES WITH CITY CLERK Ballots for Echool Board Printed Under Municipal Auspices. REPUBLICAN COURSE 1S FULLY ENDORSED Judge Dickinson Sees no Reason for Affer all the vexation inflicted upon County Clerk Haverly as to the printing of the bal for the school board ticket, the work s taken entirely off his hands by the deciston of Judge Dickinson and placed with the city clerk, When the re- pubiican candidates for the Board of Educa- tion were nominated the officers of the con- ventjon followdd the precedent heretofore establiahed and never before questioned, fling the certifichte of nominations with the efty clerk. 'When the fusionists named thelr ticket they filed certificates with both the coumty clerk and the city clerk, and at the expiration of the time for the filing of certificates of nomination sought to have the fepublicins excluded from the ballot as_rgpublican nominees, THey went Into court and secured a temporary. order from Judge Dickinson re- quiring the county clérk, to print the bal- lots,” which meant that it the republican nominees sécured u plice upon it they must g0 there ‘as republican candidates by pe- tition. 'To meet this situation the repub- Her had efrculated o petition and secured the mames necessary to get their candl- datos spon the ballot by petition. Clerk Ha {ound that ‘4o, comply with the law’ ad to Have sowe of official ballats printed ton days befdre election and did m’. some printed bearing the names of the republican convention ' pominees us republican candidates by petition, but be- fore they were all printed Judge Dickinson, upén'a final hearing, decided that the city clerk is the proper person to gecure the printing of the ballots in the election of a of Education. That was the only question presented in the gontroversy, but as the city clerk was the ;rnner person and as the certificate of the republican nominations had been filed bim in ample time, this decision allows the pepublican candidates to go upon the oMclal ballots as tha regularly nominated candidates of that party, instead of as candi- datea by petition. ¥ In sccordance with the decislon City Clark ' Elbourn prepared the Board of Education ballots and has samples in his office for the inspection of all who care to look. The ballots bear the names of the five regular nominees, of the republican and democratic parties, the two nominees of each party for the unexpired terms, and the name of Anton Kment by petition. Thesa are the only men whose certificates of nomii- nation were filed with the city clerk, the people’s Independent ticket not having been placed in the hands of the clerk. The ballots for the High school bond propesition and for the issuance of $75,000 worth of paving bonds and $76,000 worth ot vower bonds have also been prepared by Ho!hlny Tastes Good And eating Is simply perfunctory— done because it must be. This is the common complaint of the dyspeptic. If eating sparingly would cure dys- pepsia, few would suffer from It long. The only way to cure dyspepsia, which Is difficult digestion, Is to give vigor and tone to the stomach and the whole digestive system. Hood's Sarsaparilla cured the niece of Frank Fay. 108 N. St.. South Boston, Mass., had been a great sufferer iyspepsia for six years: bad been with- out appetite and had been troubled with sour stomach and headache. She bad tried many other medicines in valn. Two bottles of Hood's Ssreaparilla made her well. Hood’s Sarsaparilia Promises to cure and keeps the promise. = Don't wait till you are worse, but buy a bottle today. the clerk. The sewer and paving boad propositions are both on oue ballot and the school bond propesition s on o separate ballot. In case no objections are made to the form of these samples, ballots will be printed at once. SICKLES GIVEN GREAT OVATIONS. Communder John Reese of the Depart- ment_of Nebraska, Grand Army of the Re- publi€, spent yesterdgy at the state re- publican headquatters after a week's tour of the atate with General Daniel E. Sickles. The commander and several other Grand Army officials acted as an escort to the distinguished guest and saw him across the state line on his way to Leavenworth, Kan. .General Sickles will next proceel to the Old Soldiers’ home at Dayton and then return to New York. “General Sickles' reception amounted to sald an ovatlon throughout the state,” Commander Reese, “the most enthusi of hosts being naturally the old soldiers with whom Nebraska is thickly populated. As an example of the crowds which heard him the little town of Wilcox assembled an audience of 4,000 ‘people, although fts total population is only about 200. Farmers and stockmen drove to Wilcox from a ra- dius of thirty miles and there, as ev- erywhere else, there were plenty of acce: slons confessed to the republican rank: Wilcox is In the southwest corner, where the crops failed to. materlalize, but that fact has apparently not affected the loy- alty of repubtlicans or stopped their gains, Commander Reese returned last night to lis home in Broken Bow. : Although he has been absent for two weeks he has reccived inside informaticn that the . republican prospects are brightening as the end draws near. The committee there Is confident that the adverse majority of 4 Custer county will be.entirely ofiycome. I R. Andrews for {he Ticket, OMAHA, Oct. 31,—To ‘the Rdltar of The Bee: As the candidates upon the repub- lican legislative ticket have pledged each other and the republicans of Douglas county that they will go into a republican caucus and abide the decision thereof, I know of no reason why every republican in Douglas county should not heartily sup- port the ticket. I propose so to do from this time until the ticket is elected. Yours 1. R. ANDREWS, ‘You may publish this if you so Sclentiut Recognized. MADISON, Wis., Oct. 31.—The Soclety of 'Arts of London has awarded its silver medal to Prof. R. W. Wood of the Physics department of the University of Wiscon- sin, In recognition of his work in the diftraction process of color photogravure. Prof. Wood visited England in February on special invitation of the soclety, presenting papers on this and other subjects before ;ho principal learned socleties of Lon- on, Not L; d After Al MONTGOMERY, Ala., Oct. 31 ——Tl\e negro reported lynched near Auniston Monday night was not killed™ but was given fifty lashes while tled In a sack, Sald to Be Fastest Veasel Afloat. NEW YORK, Oct. 3.—Charles R. Flin Arrow, under ‘contraci to be the fast ghip ever designed, was launched today at Nyack, N. She has been bullt, under a guarantee by her designer of forty-two miles an hour and It s expected that under pressure she will make fifty. The Impres- been given out that she was con- uctea as a yacht for Mr. Flint's per- sonal use, but "the impression gains that she was built under contract with one of the Houth American governments “us u torpedo boat. Her plans, o far as made 3 t ublic, show her to be fully equipped for orpedo r\'lce. 'l‘h Arnyw Q‘Irl’ rl; tow to New: ., where her -hulmux 70 enginos wili Be But b Her doetiney tion ‘aftor she fs fitted out has not bean announced. Suilt A Bleyele Trust. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 31.—Two suits against the bleyclo trust were filed in the federal court lodl&o the p!llnllfll asking for a total of t weu brmfim by G. gl l'l'g: er, :..‘v:]n. George arble of Plymoul K e two Were'in a company mabing rims at Py outh, which sold out to the trust and which bought 300 shares of stock in the concern The plaintifts aver that a part of the trals was that they were to_be retained as gen- eral managers of the Plymouth plant und each wis 1o recelve a walary of $,00 a Year. 'The claim I8 made that last March both' of the general managers were din- charged, their salaries being pald to May 1 i EAN JUAN, P. R., Qot, & Today was the t day of reglatration for the forth tlon of 4 Rouse of delogaten nnd & come 110,000, Iho!fih probably about 8]00!) will be - GIVEN STABLE GG\'LRNHENT Adnfinistration Bringing Order Out of Ohaos in the Philippines, CIVIL SERVICE NOW WELL ESTABLISHED pinos Will Re Preferred There Are Opent in_Omeial Life for Hundreds of Capable Amerieans. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) MANILA, P. L, Sept. 20.—The enactment yesterday by the civil commission of “An act for the establlshment and maintenance of an efficient and honest civil service in the Philippine lslands,” as prepared by President Taft, has pleased tho Filipino people and has tended to displease the army. The latter is an unfortunate and unintentional result. The provisions of this eivil service bill are most comprehen- sive and complete, comprising all tho ex- ocutive branches of the government of the Philippine islands, and its perusal tends to show that the qualifications of “honest and efficient” M the title are real intentions well earrled out and not mere catch-words. The bill is founded upon the principles of American civil service, carefully adapted to locall requirements. Upon recommenda- tlon of the secretary of war it has been declded that other things being equal pref- erence shall be given to Filipinos for clvil employment under the American Philippine government and under the provisions of this bill an employe, be he an American or a Filipino, may rise it he show ability and merit to a good and well-pald position in the service. The importauce of an eMclent and honest civil service to these islands can hardly be overestimated and if this new service be good and effective Its dofngs will reflect credit upon Its organizers and ujon the American administration of Philippine af- fairs. To bring about this desirable end good men are needed and it is the purpos of the authors of this bill to make the clvil service attractive enough to draw the class of men wanted. It is the intention of the organizers that the Philippine civil service shall not degenerate into a field wherein politiclans may find opportuni- tles to settle political obligations. The service will be kept free from the stigma of political patronage, nor will it be open to political proteges and favorites. The salaries of the several classes of employes have not yet been deiermined, but these will be well paid and it will be possible for men entering the lower clerkships by efficiency and merit to eventually be- come heads of bureaus and permanent un- der-gecretaries to important departments. A knowledge of Sparish will be an excel- lent help to an American in this service, although the requirement of this know!- edge s left to the discretion of the civil service board. Co-Operative Stores for Employes. There will doubtless be established civil service co-operative stores, where mem- bers of the service may buy provisions, groceries and other needs of living to the cers now buy of the army commissary, and the course of time will probably see the construction .of government civil service quarters—a collection of good dwelling houses In some cool suburb convenlent to the eity, the rentals of which would be reasonable. Such measures will greatly tend to make the service attractive to the ¢lass of men the service requires. Considerable detalls and the framing. of rules and regulations for the service are lett to the clvil service board provided for in the act. Much depends upon the ability and good judgment of this board, the mem- bers of which fill positions similar to the clvil service commissioners in the United States, and the selection of the civil serv- ice commission in this respect are to be commended and give promise of a fulfill- ment of the high standard set by the act. W. Leon Pepperman, who has long been connected with the civil service at home and who has made a personal §tudy of the civil services malntained by Great Britain, France and Holland in their eastern colo- nies, will be on this board, as will be F. W. Riggins of the Washington civil serv- ice commisgion. The third member thereof will probably be a Filipino. School teachers are exempted from the requirements of the civil service. ample power tq discharge any employe whom they find to be holding a position in the service in violation of the provisions of the act or the rules of the board; and section 15 provides that religious or po- litical aMliations shall in no way influence the examinations or appointments of appli- cants. Section 17 sets forth that no offi- cer or employe of the service shall con. tribute to any political fund and section 13 provides for the punishment of all per- sons making such solicitation, Examinations for admittance to the serv- ice will be held in Manlla, Iloflo and Cebu under the auspices and control of the fed- larger citles. France on Auglo-German Agreement, PARIS, Oct. 31.—The Politique Coloniale makes the following announcement: ““The French ambassador to Great Britain integrity of the Chinese empire and ‘open door,” manner as to safeguard her interests,' Cotton Shipping Records Droken. today for Liverpool, and 4,421 round bales. port in one day. These vessel carry large quantities of wheat, cotton products, etc. Results at Lakeside, the meeting of Robert Waddell, Benck: and Al Brown. It Betting —— R, G. Dun 11l in New York. NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—The it R, G. Dun, who has been lflonforwlx:)n?s’ time at his residence, It s said toni, was unchanged. He is resting tnmforu‘ -8 @esecee: FREE SCHOLARSHIP VOTING COUPON CUT IT OUT-VOTE IT. HMelp some deserving boy or girl (Bt. and m.) get & practical education FRES, (Name) P ST T TT T T TTTT T TR TrTIee \ (Town.) This coupos I socompanied by cash payment on subscription account The Cmaba Bee counts 15 votes for each 1bc paid, 100 votes m’mluul‘.n.: Coupons with cash must be countersigned by circulation department. Cut This Out Deposit at Bee office or mall to “FREE mmlllllr DEPARTMENT,” Bee, Omaba, Omada tunient cioses bee, drd, o o'elock p. m @eeesecrccscccssessccsocece xth ri m i el 3 16 1 won: Jn affalr, with Waddell the favorite at 6 to 5. Waddell won easlly by four lengths, Benc. kart was second by six lengths. Resuit: l)lv‘ Ahel. i0 (Neely: 15 1, onnel eel), 15 to 1, won; Pirate’ Qunen 99 (Tally), 8 to 1, second; Ida V, 10 Alexnnderb. 10 to 1, third. Time: 1:13 §-5. as, Albert Enright, Princes 7'2; lnl Floranthe, Woodstick, Joe (,olllnt e, Rabunta and Cinera also ra d race, seven furlon, lela J, 99, ber), 11 to 5, wo! 11 to b, same financial advantage that army offi- Sectlon 12 gives the civil service board | in the Philipines and in the United States 1 eivil service commission, who already possess the 'required men and machinery to hold these exaumigations in all of the (M. Paul Cambon) has received fustructions to reply to the Anglo-American agreement that France adheres to the principles of the the and that with regard to article 3, she reserves the right to act in such a NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 31.—Eight steam- ships were cleared at the custom house here Barcelona, Genoa and Hamburg, with 76,767 square bales of cotton This is the largest amount of cotton eyer cleared from one will also corn and CHICAGO, Oct, 31.—Lakeside feature was proved a heavy betting five and one-half furlongs: '8 Gore 1T, 101 HOSPITAL AFFAIRS SETILED Recelvers of Detanet Institution Present Thelr Fi Report Are Dine ne Union Pacific 1 The affairs of the hospital fund of the Union Pacific railroad have finally been wound up and at St. Paul yesterday Judge Sanborn made tn order discharging the re- celvers, the only condition precedent to the dscharge being the paying into the registry of the court the remainder of the fund which has not been distributed and the placing of their report on file for the time prescribed by the rules of the court. The amount of money realized from the disposition of the property of the hospital organization was $64,203.30, and the amount of the 12,431 clalm# allowed against this fund was $250,740.98. Checks ranging In value from 50 cents to $15 were matled all of the claimants whose claims were al- lowed, but claims to the amount of $5, 550.36 have not been presented to the re- celvers for payment and that amount of money was ordered by Judge Sanborn to be deposited in the registry of the court, to be paid to ine clalmants, as they ap- pear, by the clerk of the United States circuit court in this city. No fees or allowance were asked by the ter for their services in administering and distributing this fund and none wetre al- lowed, but the entire fund was distributed to the contributors after deducting the actual necessary expenses, hire of clerks and printing. No objection was made to the report of the receivers and their course was commended by Judge Sanborn. BOY KILLED IN THE YARDS ear-01d Kelly Groun ot Fireman sSon to Pleces by Box Cars. Claude Kelly, 12-year-old son of James Kelly, a Unfon Pacific passenger fireman residing at 1424, Plerce street, was run over by a string of box cars and instantly killed obout 4:30 p. m. Wednesday on the Uslon Pacific tracks under the viaduct at Tenth. and Leavenworth streets. Tha exact manner in which the boy came to his death is not known, as the police Lave been unable to find a single eye- witness and the man who found the body seems to have disappeared before the ar- rival of the officers. For some hours after- ward it was not even known what train had dene the work, but an investigation dis- closed the fact that the only train over the track for an bour or more previous to the accident was a string of cars pulled by Union Pacific switch engine No. 1150. The members of the crew, comprising Foreman J. E. Potter of 1112 South Eighth street, Engineer Willlam Flood of 1622 Burt street, Fireman Wilkinson, Brakemen U. G. Birge and T. J. Callaghan, were in- terviewed and each declared positively that he knew nothing of the accident until Ins formed after it had happened and that he had not seen the boy prior thereto. The body was removed to the morgue by the coroner. The boy's father was at Grand Island Wednesday night and will re- turn to the city at 8 o'clock this morning. DEATH RECORD. Major Martimer A, Higloy. CEDAR RAPLDS, la., Oct. 31.—(Speclal.) —Major Mortimen A. Higley, one of the ploneer residents of Cedar Raplds and a man who has been identified for moro than forty years with the. business, educational and soclal life of the city, died yesterday morn- Ing at 7:30 o'clock, after a long iliness, at the age of 62 Yehry.' The decéaged Wb born fn Hartford, Conn., April 10, 1835, His parents removed' to Marfon in 1842 ahd six years later came to Cedar Raplds., After living here a few years Mr. Higley wont to Waverly and then to Woodson county, Kaneas. He returned to Cedar Raplds In 1858 and this city has ever since been his home. He was one of the first to respond to the call for voluateers, enlisting in Company A, Fifteenth Iowa voi- unteers. He was commissioned first lieu- tenant on Octobér 23, 1861 In February, 1862, he was promoted to the position of quartermaster of the Fifteenth regiment. In October, 1862, he was assigned to the staft of General McKean, quartermaster of the Sixth division, Army of Tennessce. In 1863 he was promoted to commlssary of gub- sistence with rank of captain on the staft of General McPherson and chief commissary of the Seventeenth Army corps. He filled various other posts during his service in the army. General Danlel McClure, LOUISVILLE Xy. Oct. 381.—General Daniel McClure, U. 8. A, .retired, died tonight of pueumonia. He was a West Polnt graduate, but resigned from the army and took a prominent part in poli- tics in Indiana before the civil war. Later he was appointed a paymaster in the army by President Buchanan. He served on the staff of Generals Halleck, Pope, Hancock and Schofield. The funeral will take place Fri- day afternoon, at Indianapolls. Sarah Anu Gariss, TECUMSEH, Neb.,, Oct, 3L.—(Special.)— Miss Sarah Ann Gariss, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Gariss, dled at the family home lLere yesterday of heart faflure, aged 21 years. The funeral was held at the hodse this afternoon conducted by Rev. Al B. Whitmer ot the Methodist church. L. G CHXCAGO Oct. 81,—L. G. McCabe, brather of Bishop C. C. McCabe of the Methodist Episcopal church, died today at the family residence in Evanston, aged 69. Me Director of Stand NEW YORK, Oct. 3 of A. M. McGregor, director of the Standard OIl company, was ‘announced here’today. — e T FOOD SAVES. Value of Grape- Doctor K A breakfast food that a baby can handle is a pretty safe proposition for grown people with weak stomachs, Dr. Wm. Hall, 166 Stato St., Boston, has tried Grape-Nuts food in his own case, as a re- sult of which he su “I have been re- lleved from the distressing form of indi- | gestlon caused by (he non-assimilation of starchy foods, and since making Grape- Nuts & part of my dietary scale, I have had no trouble, and find my power of con- centration markedly increased. “I have frequently prescribed Grape- Nuts food in my practice, with most ex- cellent results, The notes of one case I enclose herewith. July 10th, '99, called to see M- B two years aud thr month old; found the child ill-nourished, " | with waxen skin, enlarged points, beaded ribs, enlargement of the abdomen, furred tongue, constant vomiting, and dlarrhoca; t 1 vln) L (Taliy)y 4 g0, hiea e 1 55 “Nort [ 1 short, a typlcal easo of rachifis. The ford and Albert Lee also ran. child elghed fousteen pounds and was race, one mile: Oxnlrd. 107 (Alex- dally losing flesh. ander), 8 to 1, won; S8am Lazarus E (Tally), even, n-cona chll Furber, 101 (A, Waber), 12 to 1, thirds Ti 147 4-5. Vernetta also r-n one-half furlongs: add “ IDI (A‘W!lnder W Ilh %nd All Brnwn, l(‘ (D-vlm. 3 to 2, third her, ), (A, “‘ ber), 8 Mart Safox, Maryland Reserve, lflnlhnr also ran. race, one mil Lead, 107 (¢ 1, second; Brow ‘Weber), 8 t third. Time: ‘ent 1, 107 33 Moen, Ban’ ¥ o, l nll’l uer, Harry Corby, Carrie D‘vll. rcussion and Forensic also ran, 8, 110 Prairi Dok, Brawnie Anderson, Major Mansir and 6 to b, to 2, sec: ney Wood and ‘Hamp- Phldlll. False chtoke, 104 (Tufly), 3 m “Inquiring luto the dietary, I found oat meal, macargni, rice, white bread, and milk had formed the chlef articles of food, and lately all had been rejected. I at once stopped all other foods and placed her on & diet of Grape-Nuts, which was retalned on the stomach from the first. / “On my next visit, July 17, I found the child bright and cheerful, vomiting all stopped, stools formed and natural in ap- pearance, welght 14% pounds. From the for the mext three months, the child made a regular and even improvement, galning each week. BShe In my opinion, 1s now quite recovered. Fal- | this girl has been saved from an early grave by the use of Grape-Nuts food. recelvers, their counsel or the spoclal mas- | 1900. FOLLOWS BRYAN N0 FURTHER Rev. Jobn Albert Williams Decides to Sup- port Progident MoKinley, COLORED RACE AND REPUBLICAN PARTY Eloquent Preacher Can See No Hope for His People in rty Dom- inated by Tillman, Jones and Croker, Rev. John Albert Williams, pastor of the Church of St. Philip the Deacon, has serted the Bryan forces and will vote MoKinley. Four years ago Rev. Mr. Wi} llams supported Bryan and until within last fow days he expected to support him again. He has been honored by the local fueionists with a nomination for the school board and has otherwise taken a proml- nent part In their counsels. “I have been thinking the matter over very seriously for aeveral weeks.and have finally concluded that imperialism in the Philippines is better for me and my race than imperialism in South Carolina,” he id, in explaining his ehange in political faith. “I have always been a great ad- mirer of Mr. Bryan, but I don't like the gAng he trains with. Tillman of South Car- olina and Jones of Arkansas have never been favorites of mine and when Bryan embraced Tammany and Croker I concluded that I was not in good company.” Until four vears ago Rev. Willlams bad always voted the republican ticket. At that time he felt that some change in the money system was nceded and his personal ad- miration for the silver leader caused him to cast his Jot with the advocates of the 16 to 1 fssue. “I have always been more of a repub- lican than anything else, but T have been in- fluenced somewhat by the arguments that were presented agalost fmperialism. I am now convinced that the administration is pursulng u wise course in the Philippines and belleve that the republican party gill deal justly with the Fllipinos,” said Rev. Willlams. “As to all the rantings of the democratic orators coneerning the consent of the governed, that has had no effect upon me or any other colpred man, because we know that our race is allowed no voice in many of the southorn states. “If all that is sald against Hanna were true and even if he bdsses every movement of the republican party I feel that he and his party are far superior to Croker and the Bryan followers he has whipped Into line. 1 don't know of anybody who would not be preferable to Croker and I regret that Mr. Bryan has joined the Tammany ring. Men who admired him when he stood alone and fought his own battle four yoears ago cannot support him since he has allled himself with such a corrupt gang.” Third Ward Voters Rally. Dr. G. W. Bryant, a colored ofator from Baltimore, Md, w the principal speaker at an open-air meeting, Twelfth and Cap- itol avenue, Wednesday evening, and several bundred colored voters of the Third ward stood out in the cold to hear his elogquent address. He confined his remarks largely to the part taken by the colored race in this and other campaigns and gave some good, common-sense advice, pointing out the fact that where the republican party has befriended the black man in the past the democratic party has reviled and debased bim. “They tell me there are 400 negroes in Omaha who ire going to vote the fusion ticket. Is that so?” he asked. (Cries of “No, no!") ‘‘Well, I hope not. I give the colored race credit for having sense eno\-:h to know fits friends from its enemies.” ‘Willlam A. Minor was chairman of the meeting. The other speakers were Victor B. Walker and J. C. Hubbard. Muslc was furnished by a brass band and the Marfam quartet. NOME IN A TANGLE OF LAW Why Nobody Can Galn Wealth from the Ric Gold-Bearing Reglon, NOME, Alaska, Sept. 2.—Sensational rea- sons for the sudden and general exodus from the Nome gold fields have recently been sent to and printed in the newspapers of this country. Most of them have been the output of men who do not understand tho true conditions here, haying gone thither with the expectation of plcking up gold nuggets like clam shells on the strand or sweeping the metal into dustpans s & housemald sweeps dust from a floor, they bave been disappointed Unfit, themselves, for the rigors of the gold miner's life, they have returned after a short and unpfofit- able stay at Nome, pessimists and alarmi They are now saying that Nome is a huge hoax; that there is mo gold there. They tell wild tales of lawlessness, disease and rvation According to them, Nome I8 a hell on earth, and every man who is able is leaving or making ready to leave. These reports are not true. Nome is the most orderly mining camp in existance. There have been but two deaths by violence In its history. Deaths from any other cause are rare. No epldemic has ever fastened on the city. The general health of tue com- munity Is wonderfully high. Doctors have to take up other lines of business as side issues in order to support themselves, and the few undertakers sit all day twirling Plain steak Tine 1. Sopt thelr thumbs and trying to devise methods | Porterhouse steak £ s of drumming up business. As for starva- | Top sldoln steak 00 tion, there {8 enough food in Nome now to | b St ‘Z'}"l“;:fifl g: last the city for three years. Moreover, | Fork chops B there iy every reason to bellevo that there | Ham and eggs 100 0 (s s much gold in Nome as the original | puicl CKES Ll L 0 prospectors supposed, Yet, in splte of good | Hot cakes 1 d conditions, in epite of its golden wealth|Cake ... ] waiting to be brought to light, Nome in| POUSIINIS oo a2 poverty stricken. With the precious metal y » under its very feet it stands bound and 0 helpless. One word is explanatory of the|p % whole thing, a word which causes the 8 Nome resident to rise and curse luxuriantly —litigation. What is Troubling Nome. Insteac of being lawless, Nome is suffer- ing from a surfeit of law. There is a tan- gle in the recording office that may be unraveled in a year or may never be un- raveled, It seems highly probable from the present outlook that before some of the difputes are scttled the bones of the disputants will be charcoal. At the best, It will not be possible to get a clear titlo to a claim in the Nome district for a ¥ trom this writing. This condition of affairs s due to a process of land-grabbing, re- peated and repeated again, unprecedented in the history of mining. When rich gold finds were reported from Nome miners hur- rled in over the ice last winter, antlcipa- ting the rush and wishing to get in first. These early comers staked the entire dis- trict wherever they thought there was a possibility of gold being found. Back from the beach for four miles inland the eager prospectors staked, Often they didn't have time to get to the ground, so they staked out the snow. One man staked out a pond, supposing that the snow beneath his fect rested on solld ground instead of frozen water. The law plainly states that, in or- der to locate a claim, a man must have made a bopa fide discovery of gold. It Is simple enough for & miner to say that he has discovered gold in a certain spot, and by no me to prove that he basn't. Therefore the early comers went merrily ahead staking out and recording until the recording clerks sent back to civilization for eyeglasses and hair re- storatives. By the time the first lot of claim-stakers bad got thelr clalms cumloruhly‘nwrdu s —_—_—mn—m rllon. came a second installment. Now, Thereupon the newcomers joy- jumped the claims of their predeces sors and appalled the worn recording clerks undertakers began to cheer up and take some interest in affairs, when the govern- ment, with its soldiers, stepped In and sald: “This shall all be settled in due time But a lawyer put an end to all that. He picked out what he considered the richest | #pot on the beach, staked it off and record«d | It. There was a general protest. The lawyer argued that he had the same right to the beach as he would have to the bed of any creek that he had staked out. No- body waited to hear the end of his argu- ment. People didn’t want to take a chance that he might be wrong. They rushed to the beach and staked with such enthusi- asm that presently there wasn't a foot in five miles that wasn't claimed. Most of the claims were recorded by more than one person; some by half a dozen. The government stepped In again and ord-red all work stopped on claims in dispute. Then it was time to go fishing. Some claims were put into the bands of a re. teiver, who took all the output until such time as the litigation should be decided, thus permitting the claim to be productive {n the ingerim. Uselean Ocenn Dredges. Many strange dreams In the way of | machinery purporting to be dredges wers | brought to Nome by people in a hurry to dig up wealth from the ocean's bottom. Some never worked at all, and still stand on the beach, melancholy monuments of failure, one dredge, fashloned particularly for work- ing the beach some distance under water. It stood on four legs, fitted with rollers, which the inventor assumed would make it as easy to handle as a push cart. He had forgotten the weight, however, for when its | |y endless chain of shovels was ket up together | with the machinery it could not be moved. That dredge represented a loss of $50,000 to its owner. In all, hundreds of thousands of dollars’ loss is represented by the various bl others could not stand the stress of the | ¢ beating seas. Should these be rebuilt or Teconstructed in practicable shape it ls doubtful whether the harvest they could reap from the sandy bottom of the ocean would be rich enough to pay for the ex- penso of working them. Nothing for [ e Comern. the realms of civilization, full of fantastic expectations. The effect upon them was dis- heartenipg. When they found everytying within twenty-five miles staked out and uo chance even to.make an attempt at gold get- ting, they raid, “Oh!" or “Ah!" or “By Jove!” or “Fancy, mnow!" or Just plain “Damn!" according to thelr various nation- alitiep and tastes, and looked about for a place to settle. Even that was hard to find. Many of them returned to the steamer with- out even unpacking their things. Some few pluckily took thelr inexperience out into other districts and were rewarded by finds of gold of some value. Those that returned took back accouuts of a fearful condition of affairs which exlsted only in their disap- pointed imaginations. For one class of arrivals there was work to do, and these were the lawyers. The legal gentlemen alcne have thus far found Nome an El Dorado. When litgation began it is said that there were only two lawyers in the place. Naturally, there was a grand rush for them. They took all cases that came _in and reached for more. When they had time to do & little reckoning each of them found that in about half the cases he had been retained on both sides. Then they got together and “swapped off.” There are more lawyers now, but they are all busy twelve’ hours a’day. Effect of the Exodus. It is estimated that about 30,000 people rushed into the Nome district in the months of June, July and August. So far about 20,000 have returned poorer than they came, and 1t s estimated that most of the other: will come out before the close of naviga- tlon, The departing guests have left behind them great quantites of food, mostly canned. Nobody is golng to starve in Nome this win- ter, whether he has any money or not. Prices for all kinds of supplies have fallen and will drop still lower. Here is a list land sitk mill, twelve mil there must te four stakes to a claim, placed | went on strike this afternoon becausc of in the proper relative position. When the | the refusal of the company to discharge enow melted and shifted the stakes came |a forewoman whose father, a miner em down and toppled over or were carried |ployed at Jeddo, is sald to have worked during the coal strike. mand a uniform wage rate of $1 a day. with a new batch of rocords. In many N Texan, cases, it 15 alleged, the later comera unos- | HOUS Oct. 31.—There' was Aentatlounly FERRYEL Bdk STabte al’ Wete «..!:\ rainall all night all over Toxas last found stil} rigldly upholding thelr rights [peent 04 tonight and much damage has and substituted thelr own. The end was [ 't? (one to open cotton. Property was that every square yard of earth was cum- | 4150 vlniv iged to some extent at different bered with conflicting claims, Men arm-d [ bce® by wind aud lightolng, Al Crowley with picks and shovels wont forth to work | gt faumutated on the Gulf, Colorado & and_encountered one another squarely. |g¢"y" te 141700 tracks, causing the wreck Thers was n fine prospect of a heavy do. | %6 8 EPecial carrying Vice Preaident Bare trense in the Jomar bopalotion and the |A0d Goneral Manager Polk. Eogineer Cross and Fireman Cummings were badly injured. 1 A high wi ville to both b The 10-year-old child of Pike Baker was killed by the wrecking of Bak: and by law. Meantime you disputants | wWeoedward % Mahan's Place, will lave to wait. Go down to the beach | WASHINGTON, Oct, 81.— Naval Construc- aud cateh fish.” tor Joseph H. Woodward has. assumed the Early in Nome's career there was more |duties of principal assistant to Chief Naval to bo done on the beach than to catch fish. [ Constructor Hichborn at the Navy depart Gold was to be found there. It was the | ment, succeeding the post vacated by the “free beach” upon which any man might |transfer to Mare Island of Constructor hunt the preclous and glittering particles. | Mahan, Ofice Over 213 8, $O8R. Mo north of here, The girls also de- 110 much damage at Smith- siness tiouses and residences, % residence, 14th Street. MONTH. CREW (Dr. Mctrew at nge 63, THE MOST SUCCESSF! SPECIALIST in the treatment of ail torma of DIs. EASES AND ONLY, - Omaba, DISO * e SRS OF MEN 26 ye yeurs VARICOC[[E AND HYDROCELE covered, SYPHILIS discase ‘s muwu‘.lnl, l00a. 5] more successful and far m than ih. less than HALF 1s guaraniced 1o be permanent tor iife. | WEAKI HO 0! dredges which lie on the beach, wrecked or L,,,‘,"f,, Nl "gafi‘;_n’:“l“;‘;j:‘ high, dry and uscless. Some of them were or and Vitality, Plmples on found, to be impracticable from the first: Fafis ‘h ens, STRICTURE guiois, ment. orrhcea, CHARCES LOW ARANTEED Others encountered one storm and crumpled ot A EEW SR EGIL i A, pain r loss of i 8T up Into widespread wreckage. There was|NATURAL CURE UMt hio 3ot “boen Ao CURK that has yet been diss HARGES LOW. all stages and conditlo and every trace of t eliminated from the “BREAKING OUS" on the skin or rnul appearane: A \reatment y treatment and at “Hot Springs THE COST. A cure that NESS of youny and middiecaged the Buck, 'Forgotfulness, Unlh(nl- A CURE OVER 20,000 ¢ LS curcd with & new liible home treat- A\l&.;e)t and Bladder Troubles, Gon- oo CURES GUARANT ¥y Hon Tree. Treatment by mail, Medicines sent everywhere free {rom gaze of bregkage, ~"Omaha Press Club Benef®t - ready for use, To this town, tangled fu" litigation, and to | “oiee hours: & o m to 8 b. m. Sundays the beach, covered with wreckage, tangible |9 t0 12 P. O. Box 76, Ofiice over 215 South and implied, came the fortune seckers from | Hih St betwecn Farnam and Douglas sts., Entertainment Friday Afternoon, Nov. 2. The Season’s Society Event 16—-BIG ACTS—10. Look at the List of Entertainers. Orpheus Jubilee Harry Davenport, Comedian. William Riley Hatch, Comedlan. Mme. Dollie Rathbun-Chesley, Soprano. P. Richards, Carlcaturis! Singer Condit and Morey, In An Exquisite Sketch, Mareena and Martella, * Comedy Acrobats. Massgeney and Hobleman, W Vocallsts, Claudius Harri Hartell, Barltone. Prologue, Knnguroo Dunce and Cake alk from “The Burgomaster.” Tickets, $1.00, “YOU'LL HAVE TO MURRY showing the restaurant prices of June and September: BOYD'S TONIGHT--ALL WEEK MATINEE SATURDAY The comic opera hit of the season. ‘‘THE BURGOMASTER,” BRIC Tuesday. noon, (FH I, B0c, Tho, $1.00. $1.60. 76c, $1.00 P ROLMAN'S “\\m’rb HORS —Sunday Matihee, ~ Monday, Speclal ‘matinee Tuesday afte election day.) Coffes in ‘orders. Meantime, business in Nome, is dull, ex- cept for the lawyers. The ' population amuses itself loafing or attending the va- riety shows and gambling dens. Even the railroad between Nome and Anvil, where the first strike was made, does @“poor bus- iness. Its 6xi8-foot flatears, two of which make up & passenger train, used to be crowded with travelers, who gladly paid $1 fare for the six-mile ride; now half a dozen passengers would be regarded as a good quota. The principal streets of Nome are deep in mud, many of the houses are deserted, the dark winter 1s coming on and the next few months will not he happy ones for the residents. But the hardy, plucky gold hunters who believe in the place and its riches will stick here and when the claims are settled and the real work begins they stand to win a rich re- ward, P. ARMSTRONG TO CURE A COLD IN GNE DAY, Take Laxative Eromo Quinine Tablets. drugglists refund th cure. B W. Grove’ box. 26e. aignature s on each Getting Back to Work. HAZLETON, Pa., Oct, 81.—The Milnes- villo colliery, operated by the A. §. Yan Wickle estate, will resume work Friday. The company this afternoon agreed to grant the men all the concessions made by the other companies -and operators. Calvin Pardee & Co. and a committee represent- ing the strikers, for whom there was no werk at Lattimer wheu operations were ble agreement today and all the discharged men will be back at thelr places today. About 150 girls employed at the Free- Prices, 50 cents and 75 cents. {The Temple Male Quar- tette Company will open the Y. M. C. A, Course at Boyd’s Theatre, Thursday Night, No- vember 8th. Reserved Seats on sale at the As- sociation Building, Saturday, November 3d, at 8 A. M. oul enToN TONIGHT 8:15 THE CIRL WITH THE AUBURN HAIR AND AN ALL STAR COMPANY. 1% Miaco’s Trocadero \lgM Prices 10 BIG SOUVENIR MATINEE SATURDAY Beautiful pieture of the Aulmr- Hair” given to every Indy The Girl with | ‘W ek—dennle artiett Davis. The New Palace of Iurlesqu 20e, Be. MATINER TO- AY—10c and 2o—Harry Morris’ "T'Wlfl'l'l‘ll"'ru CENTURY MAIDS." A rcll big cit &1 show. Smoke If you like inning Sunda mlll BURLESQU: week Y AGA O Lok T - von returns read trom gtago- »upwm mu \