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Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27
MInority wins It's Point.

AUSTIN, Feb. 26,-The house Of the Texas
legislature. which has been under continual
call since Tuesday afternoon on az assign
ment bill abolishing preferred creditors, was
won their fight by making the majority give
in to them and set the bill for discussion
next Tuesday, and from day TO day there
after until everybody was satisfied to vote.
AZ the minority will never agree to the taxi
ing of a vote, and they hold the balance OF
power, the assignment bill Is practically dead
and the effort to abolish preferred creditors
has been practically defeated.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27

state Secretary Bartlett VIII In
nugurnte Local Missionary.
State Secretary Bartlett of the American
morrow and will hold a series of meetings
in the interest of the work he represents.
The first meeting will be held at 1890 at
the Second Presbyterian church. The main
meeting of the day will be held in the in
dustrial school headquarters, in the Else
man building. at 3 o'clock. This will be in
the nature OF a children's meeting, to which
everybody Is invited. The last meeting will
be held in the Fifth Avenue Methodist
church at 1870 o'clock. These will all be
| union meetings, and one feature that is
sought to be strongly impressed upon the
| public Is the fact that no collections will
be taken at any of the meetings. Mr.. Bart
lett is a strong speaker. His work here
| will be the inauguration of the Sunday
{ school campaign for the year. He will In
duct Rev. Henry belong into office and
start him in his work as city and county
missionary under the auspices OF the union.
Mr.. belong has been the local representa-
tive of the union for the past three months,
as a sort of probationary trial, but yester-
day he received his commission appointing
him as the agent of the association for a
year at a salary of $500, provided that
amount can be realized from his work. Mr..
DeLong Is the first man to receive a com
mission with so wide a latitude. 1t is in
tended that he shall reach the neglected
classes in the city. He will have charge OF
the Sunday school missionary work in the
entire county. He will also take up the
duties and assume the place formerly held
by Mr.. Barrett.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27

Section of Iowa and Nebraska Land
MhOse TitIe IL Much in Disnute.

U VI lo"a I'M NeDruNkn Iunu
whose Title IL Much in Dispute.
CRESCENT CITY, Ia, Feb. 26.-(Special
Telegram,)-There is a section of land
near here, the title to which is
just now in a peculiar legal con-
dition. The land has never been as
sessed, surveyed or numbered. Squatters
now hold possession, but their rights are
being called into question. They are all de-
termined to try title TO their holdings on
the ground that the land Is government
land. The present claimants have taken
officers and In some instances have given
notices to leave inside of three days and
in other instances have served injunctions
forbidding the occupiers of the land from
chopping wood or in any way interfering
with the claimants POSSESSION.
The trouble will no doubt end in a law
suit, which is likely to be keenly contested.
The question turns upon whether the land
is accretion land or eyulsion land. The
squatters are all determined men and can
much land with no tide but that of supposed
accretion. Holding this view and disregard
ing the protests of the claimants, they are
holding on TO the land they occupy, and in
the meantime more squatters have been
fiocking in until there is now no land left
for them to settle on.
Some of this land Is said to be a part OF
the state OF Nebraska, although 1t Is all on
this side of the Missouri river. The claim
ants have, therefore, been able to secure the
officers from both states to assist them in
gaining what they consider their rights.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb, 26.-The house, i'm
medlately after roll call today, suspended the
rules and passed the bill authorizing the at
torney general to bring suit against the
Vanadalia Railroad company for the states
claim for 81 600, 900 under a former charter.
This afternoon the bill was sent to the
senate. where it was promised that that
body would promptly pass 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27
T,yn Indinns Arc Arrcsted.

BISMARCK, N. D., Feb. 26.-Two Indians
Louis Agaard and Black Hawk, have beer
arrested near the Standing Rock reservation
on suspicion of being implicated in the
Spicer tragedy of Wednesday last. One OF
them was scratched up, as it was said the
murderer would be, from a struggle with
one of the women who was killed. The
Indians are closely confined and further
developments may bring out something def.
mite as to the sextuple murder.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27
RIch strIkc In II WING.

LEADVILLE, Colo, Feb. 26.-1n the Nil
D~esperandum mine, on Rock HIN, ut n
depth of 651 feet and I'm a drift 40 feet long,
has been made the richest strike in Lead
vile since 1850 and the most important one,
as the Rock Hill section has had no de-
vclopmcnt. The mine is being worked by
striking union miners. A huge body of orc
runs 800 per ton. Ten years ago !. II.
Moffatt spent $4,000 on this mine, finding
nothing, and abandoned II.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27

PITTSBURG, Feb. 26.-The river miners
strike is a failure No, more than 1000
men are out. With but few exceptions all
miners were idle yesterday, but when it was
seen that the demand for an advance would
not be general, nearly all the diggers re-
turned to work.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27

the cabinet as secretary OF the interior and
has declined the honor. elect Platt
was Informed by Colonel McCook OF his In
tention. The Department OF Justice alone
had attractions for Colonel McCook and when
Mir. Mckinley decided TO make Judge Me-
Kenna his attorney general Colonel McCook
thankfully declined preferment in any other
capacity In the cabinet.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27
Says Report is Premature.

NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-E. c. Benedict said
today that the report that President Cleve-
land was to go with him on his yacht
Oneida on a short visit to Havana was, to
say the lest, premature. He (Mr. BenedicD
might go on a cruise towards the south this
spring and Mr.. Cleveland might accompany
him. That was all the basis for the report.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. ETH eleventh
annual report of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Voluntary Relief department has been issued
by Chairman S. NJ. Provost. The number of
benefit payments during 1896 were: Deaths
from accident, 92: deaths from natural
causes, 321; disablement from accident, STA;
disablement from sickness, 23 lar. The total
of benefits paid was 500. 1l9.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27

SALT LAKE. Utah, Feb. ga special ia
the Tribune from Plain city, Utah. says:
John Nichols shot and fatally wounded
Joseph Lewis today and then turned tina
gun on himself with fatal results. Lewis
had sworn out u warrant charging Nichols
with stealing "a watch and the sherin was on
his way to make the arrest.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27
LONG LOST RELATIVES ARE FOUND.
Iowa Mans Tragic Death the Means
of ReunitinE a Family.

of Reuniting a Family.
WEBSTER CITY, Ia, Feb. 26.-(Special
Observation-Disclosures that were lost for
forty years have just been found by the
family Of the late ]. H.. warburton Of Jew
ell. Two months ago Mr.. Warburton was
riding across the Northwestern tracks south
of here in n closed carriage when his vehicle
was struck by a passing train and he was
instantly killed. News of his tragic death
was sent broadcast and a letter was shortly
afterward received from parties In Indiana
claiming relationship. They have now es-
tablished their claim by sending a letter
written in lS4S by MIR. Warburton's father
that is in a remarkable state OF preservation
the ink being as plain as II was the day II
was written. A family reunion will be held
the latter part OF next week.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27
Flfteen transfers, total. sLlaO 81


Colonel A. Hogeland, president OF the
Boys and Girls National Home and Em-
ployment society, will be in the city today.
lie has the names Of many star members OF
the gangs OF street arabs who formerly spent
half of the night on the streets, and pro-
poses to learn how we'll they have obeyed
the curfew law and what the effect has been
upon them. On Sunday evening he will de
liver an address in the Broadway Methodist
church on the suggestive subject, "Curfew
Shall Ring Tonight"
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27
In District Court al Avoca.

AVoCA, Ia, Feb, 26.-(specialD-Zelme
Hughes, convicted yesterday in the district
court on a charge of seduction, has furnished
$500 bonds and will appeal to the supreme
court. William Lippold has filed an answer
to the suit OF Christian Hoeck to recover
wages. The trial of a suit brought by Frank
Hustis for damages from j. Q. McPhenln is
in progress. A motion has been filed in the
suit brought by Sarah Donell. to prevent col
lection of a judgment by William Leary, "a
strike parts of the answer and cross petit
ton. In the case of the State against S. NJ.
Cuppy the defendant filed a motion TO retax
motion was submitted. George N. Wilcox
is suing John Huntington and others fol
collection OF notes, and In the suit A. b,
Johns appears for John Huntington and wife
and w. j. HUNTINGTON and wife. In the suit
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27

VIEW YORK, Feb. 26.-The Commercial
Advertiser this afternoon says: Colonel
John j. McCook will not be New Yorlss
representative in the next presidents cab
met. Colone. McCook. it Is announced to-
day, has been considering an offer to enter
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27
Real Estate Transfers.


The following transfers were filed yester-
day in the title and loan office Of j. w.
Squire, 101 Pearl street:
Lucinda Jones to David G. Pugh. 2
acres In Sc "a sw "A 2-77-ii, W DIS so 90
Lars Nelson to John Clay, jr., $ y of
lots ! and 2, block 10, Potter Il
Cobb's add, W ....,.....,..,... $50 90
A. ID; Backus and wife to H.: F..
Nollstedt, lot 2 and n 10 feet of lot
3. block |, Whitney, Crawford &
Merriman's add, W d..,...,,""... 1,4OO 90
Ruth E. Brightman to Mary A.
Thompson, lot 30 and part of lot
20, Auditors subdiv of seh sw 4
l2-l5-40, q c d.,..""."...":""..... 90
Carrie NJ. Lyman and husband to
Ruth IL. B~rightman. lots 20 and 30,
Auditors subdiv of Sc a sw a ~
Mary O.. Thompson to Ruth T..
B~rightman, lot q and part of lots
20 and %, block l, Gates add.
Ntielss Christoifcrsen to Lars Nielsen, "
5 y of lots L and 2, block Ii, Pot
ter II Cobb's add, W d..,...,...... 100 90
Johanna M. Hansen, ct al, 10 A. ID.
Backus, NV a sw a ne a 9-77-3S,
W. II, Pierce and wife to ID. A.
Burckhalter, G y, Sc q 25-Tc-3S, W d. $500 OC
l.. w. Luster to Ella c. Atkins, lot
g., block &, Rabbit Place, W d.. 0O
County treasurer to Ohio Knox, lot
20, block 10, Fleming 4 Davis add,
Same to same, lot 10, block 4, Elem
ing n Davis add, I d............ II
Same to same, lot S, block 10, Null
Inns suhdlv, I 81
Sheriff 70 +. J. Day, trustee, lot I,
block 81, Everett's add, $ d, ........ 90 Of
james /. Druien, % lots in Central
subdiv, and lot 3 block 20, Ever
etts add, s 72G q
Eif,,en ,,,n.Fo,, .o,,, a. ton on
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27
800
Potatoes rs cents a bushel at Bradley's.
FIND MORE BUNDLES OF WIRE.
Junk Dealer IL Fined Twenty Dollars
for His Pmrt In the Annlr.

Junk Dealer IL Fined Twenty Dollars
for His Part In the Affair.
The officers yesterday recovered several
more good sized bundles of the heavy cop
per trolley wire stolen from the motor com
pany's driving park line. No new arrests
were made, but sufficient evidepce was OBJ
tanned to connect other men with the crime.
At the morning session Of the police court
Jacob Stein, the junk dealer arrested Tor
buying and concslling some of the stolen
wire. was sentenced TO pay a fine of $1,000
as a punishment Tor The part he rad taken
in the affair. lie testified that he had puT-
chased the wire OF young Stamey and Bats,
believing their stories that they fouri II
lying around the stables in the driving perk
to be true, and had giycn hem sl.50 for
all they had broIsht u his shop. He he
| came very much excited when he realized
what the deal was costing HIM AMI threat
ened to make serious ;rolIle for the Police
Judge and the OIL GERS who had prosecuted
him.
The cases against Leslie Bates and John
Stamey were again con .inn ID until totty.
Final developments ars expected tOdi y.
The genuine Domestic soap wrappers are
red. Beware OF the cheap grade OF Domestic
put up In yellow wrappers.
You can buy fine potatoes at Bradley
| for 20 cents per bushel.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27

CHATTANOOGA, Feb. 26.-Yesterday
afternoon at Goddi, Charlie Brown, a young
negro, attempted to criminally assault Miss
Lily Walker, the 1S-year-old daughter of a
respectable farmer. Failing in his purpose
he hid in a barn. When a posse attempted to
arrest him he fatally shot Deputy Sadler.
A mob formed and Brown was strung up on
a tree and his body riddled with bullets.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27

OF Joseph Kitchener against J. s. Billings
judgment was given on two promissory notes
and attorney fees.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27

For lowest rates on good farm loans call
at the office of ID. w. Otis, No. 1873 Pearl
street, Council Bluffs. Money ready and
loans closed without delay.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27
GOSSIP ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE.

They tell this story on Lord Rosebery,
who is a very bad shot: Not long ago he
was on the Scotch moors, and, having I'M
successfully fired at a covey of birds that
rose not more than twenty yards ahead, he
exclaimed: at is strange that none of them
fell! I'm positive that some of them must
have been struck II dlnna doot,'' re-
turned the keeper, with the usual freedom
Of his class, that they were struck wi
establishment at gettin' off sa easy!'
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27

Judge Thornell adjourned the district
court yesterday until Monday, and will leave
today for his home in Sidney. But little
was done in the court during the day and
Judge Thornell and Reporter CASTOR con-
fined themselves to completing the work
that required finishing touches.
Motion for a new trial In the case OF Peter
Ehlers against Jacob Wieland was submitted.
Ehlers sued for nearly 81 $500, which he
claimed was due him on an open account
that had been running between them for
several years. Neither party kept any books
to speak of and the court and jury were
called upon to untangle a badly snarled mass
of accounts.
A motor to dismiss the case OF w. ].
jameson against the United States Masonic
Benevolent association without prejudice was
entered. Judgment was rendered against
Jameson for costs and he was given ninety
days in which to settle and file bill Of eX-
ceptions.
City Attorney Hazelton yesterday began a
new batch Of suits against property owners
whose pavement taxes were delinquent.
Thirty-six defendants were named in the
petition and the amount of special taxes In
volved is about 81. 400. The suit is against
E.. A. Benson of Omaha and owners of lots
in Bensons addition lying on Broadway.
w. L. Edwards began foreclosure proceed
ings yesterday against Estelle Graves and
heirs of Robert Percival for 1915 balance on
note, and against Ed Mott ct al for $500,
balance due on note.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27
Dodge Light Guards Get "a Hall.

The Dodge Light Guards yesterday COM
pleted their negotiations with the Masonic
Temple association by which they secure
possession OF the big hall for a year at the
nominal rental of 5000. They will remove
the partitions from three of the rooms for
merly used as offices by the United States
Masonic Benevolent association. This will
give them a splendid drill hall and armory-
G0X75-with numerous ante rooms. The
young men will put the hall into first-class
condition and will have the finest and the
largest armory in the state. The leases will
be signed this morning. The guards are
highly elated over the success of their ne
gotiations. There weresother applicants for
the hall, and for a time it appeared to be
doubtful if the leases could be made. They
feel under deep and personal obligations to
Hon. George f. Wright for the interest and
assistance he gave them in their efforts to
get the hall.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27

Dictionary Snyder" long known as the
genius of the Latin Quarter in Paris, is said
to have lived through the siege of the city
on Is francs. Olive oil and bread mixed
with water to form a soup were his main ar
ticles of diet. Snyder is credited with hav-
ing sustained life for a protracted period
on 4 cents a day, and withal maintained
an outward semblance of cheerfulness and
content that was edifying to his compan-
ions.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27

c.. b. Viavi Company, female remedy.
Medical consultation free Wednesday. Health
book furnished. 300 Merriam block.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27

Forty Domestic soap wrappers are good
for six silver spoons.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27

Did you know that Bradley wac selling
nne potatoes at Is cents per bashelf HE
h."
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27

Baby carriages-the finest line in the city
Durfee Furniture Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27
START SUNDAY SCHOOL CAMPAIGN

Hoffmayr's fancy patent -four makes the
best and most bread. Ask your grocer for it.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27

luis.
A Philadelphia colored barber tells this
story OF President Frank Thomson of the
Pennsylvania railroad: "He is one of the most
genial and natural men that ever sat in my
chair, and I've shaved the faces of a good
many big men, l can tell you. He is affable
to the point of talking with us in the pure
negro dialect, and, pom honor, he can do
our tongue to a t, Good-hearted? Well,
you'd better believe it! Why, when one of
cur craft who used to shave him got into
money trouble and was about to lose his
place to see II he couldn't get a temporary
lift over the affair. Mr.. Thomson's servant
"a colored ~man-turned him away, but his
master CHANGED to overhear the talk at the
door and called the man in. Sure as you're
sitting there, Mr.. Thomson, after listening
to that mans story, handed him a $50 bill,
merely saying as he did so, Il want you to
return the money when you are in a position
to do So That money was all paid back.
No worthy man ever called upon Frank
oms in vain. No place is too good for
him, and you can Just bet he will fill any
place he is in, too"
Captain Charles Bendire of the United
States army, who died in Jacksonville, Fla,
the other day, was said to be the most noted
collector of birds eggs in the United States.
He was commissioned in the army from the
ranks in 1854, He rendered good service
during the war and since, and was breveted
first Lieutenant for gallantry at Trevalion
Station, Va, in 1864. and major for bravery
In action against the Indians at Canyon
creek, Montana, in 1877. He was retired
in 1886. while serving in the cavalry, on
account OF the disabilities incurred in the
line of duty, and since that time he has
risen to prominence in the scientific world
for his superior pathological work for the
Smithsonian Institution.
Prof. Blake of the University of Kansas
has fallen into disrepute in certain portions
OF that state by reason Of some advanced
electrical ideas he has been teaching. In
a lecture recently he stated that lightning
is just as likely to come up from the earth
as it is to descend from the clouds and this
especially aroused disgust. mo such durn
rubbish goes down with me" said a member
OF the Legislature from western Kansas,
in speaking Of the lecture. Il have stood
out an seed the lightnin' come down and
rip things up too often to have eny kid
| glove peTfesser stan roun' an tell me hat
It comes up outen the groun,. Fust thing
you know. he'll be tellin' US that a man
can't skeer of the l~ightnin' by settin' in
a feather bed, but l know a durn sight
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27
Farm Loans.

N. Y. Plumbing company, Tel, $50.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27
COUNCIL BLUFFS DEPARTMENT
KEYSTONE COMPANY nEoneAN,zEs.
Receivers About Ready to Turn It's
Annirs ONer to the Sinck hOILers.

Receivers About Ready to Turn It's
Affairs over to the Stockholders.
The business OF the Keystone Manufactur-
ing company will soon pass out Of the hands
OF the receivers, who have had charge OF
II for the last thirty days. The Information
was received at the offices Of the company
in this city yesterday afternoon. The COM
pany has been recognized and all negotia-
tons with the creditors have been COM
pleted. The propositions for settlement
made by the company have been accepted
and all that remains to be done Is the final
transfers at a meeting which will be held
next Tuesday. called for the purpose at the
home offices Of the company In Sterling, Ill.
Immediately after that meeting the courts
will be asked by all the parties interested
to discharge the receivers, and the business
will be taken up where 1t was when tempo
rarily interrupted a month ago.
The basis of the settlement with the cred
itors has not been made public. 1t is only
known that the propositions made the reor-
ganized company was TO pay every dollar
of the Indebtedness at full par value. 1t is
supposed the creditors gave the company rea-
sonable extensions. The official statements
of the liabilities and assets OF the company
at the time the applications we're made for
receivers showed that the assets greatly ex-
ceeded the liabilities, and after the manage
ment came into the hards of the receivers
the situation grew brighter with each day.
Bad collections, which were the sole cause
of the embarrassment, began to improve at
once and the improvement has continued
until the present. The little embarrassment,
instead of weakening the company, has re-
ally been the means OF strengthening 1t by
fastening tardy debtors all over the west.
Many of these debtors had been customers
of the company for nearly a generation and
the remembrance Of past favors quickened
their conscierces, and when they heard of
the company's trouble they hustled up re
! mittances that no amount of previous urging
could hasten.
Receiver Patterson Of the Council Bluffs
branch expects to be relieved of his title
within a few days, and the business will
thereafter be conducted as 1t has been for
many years. The personnel of the reorgan-
lied company will not be made public until
after the meeting on Tuesday. 1t is known,
however, that many of the old officers will
he continued in the COMPANY.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27

You can buy fine potatoes at Bradley's
for 20 cents per bushel.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-27

The genuine Domestic soap wrappers are
red, Beware OF the cheap grade OF Domestic
put up In yellow wrappers.