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Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-09
SOLDIER BOYS COMING BACK
Camp Meil<lejohn IN Filling Up with
Volunteers who Are Returning
from Their FurlOugh.

Camp George D. Meiklejohn is once more
taking on the appearance of an inhabited
village as the soldiers Of the Second Ne
braska are returning from this and other
states TO keep faith with their verbal fur
loughs which expire tomorrow. A large
number arrived yesterday and many the day
before making n total of several hundred.
Some of the men are spending their time
about company quarters who have not re-
ported for duty at headquarters, making the
exact number at the post indefinite. These
prefer to board elsewhere, drawing in the
meantime their ration allowance. The reg-
mental rolls show that 1872 furloughed men
have reported at headquarters and the whole
regiment is expected to arrive on evening
and morning trains.
When the discharges are distributed the
Twenty-second regiment at Fort Crook will
endeavor to secure enough recruits from the
volunteers to fill out its ranks reduced by
service in Cuba to less than 500. Lieutenant
Moore, Twenty y-seccnd infantry has estab-
llshed recruiting station at Camp Meikle-
john and will open for business on Monday.
He says that he expects to enlist 200 men,
who will be valuable in case the Twenty sec
ond is once moro ordered south from the
discipline received during the summer and
Notices have been posted in the different
company quarters announcing that recruits
are wanted.
The returned soldiers are almost without
exception in the best of health and have
lost the pallor and emacation that distin-
guished them thirty days ago. They
| lounged about their company quarters yes
terday exchanging greetings with their COM
rades and reciting experiences in the man
ner of a veterans encampment. Each new
arrival was observed as he approached across
the parade ground with his rolled blanket
over his shoulder and was marked for the
prey of those who had been left behind on
garrison duty When he entered the door
he was enthusiastically embraced and was
not released until he had made a sacrlfcial
Offering for a quart or more of liquid re-
froshments.
Many OF the companies have fitted up small
gymnasums and the men who have found
time heavy on their hands during the last
month have put in a good deal OF time in
work with dumb bells and Indian clubs.
Company NJ has fitted up a punching bag in
front OF it's quarters and is willing to match
its champion puncher, Harry Howell OF
Grand Island, against any man in the reg-
| ment.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-09
SCHONNING'S SUDDEN DEATH
Retired Mining Man Comes to His End
Under Peculiar Circumstances.
HIS FRIENDS SUSPECT SOME FOUL PLAY
Not Satisfied with the Statement of II
Doctor that Death Was Caused
by Heart Faiiure-Story
of u Spree.
HIS FRIENDS SUSPECT SOME FOUL PLAY

John p. Schonnng, a retired mining man
of means of Twenty fourth and Harvey
streets, died early yesterday morning under
circumstances that lead his friends to be-
lieve that his death was caused by foul play
and a police investigation has been set afoot.
The appearance of SChonnings person, de-
spite the fact that a doctor diagnosed the
case as one of heart failure, and the peculiar
circumstances surrounding the case give
color to the suspicion that Schonnng was
the victim of thugs.
His face shows three wounds, one across
the chin, one below the chin and one across
the bridge of the nose. His friends, Fritz
Marty of Twenty sixth and Harney streets,
and J. Drss, q saloon man from West Point,
Neb., who were with him during the early
hours of yesterday morning and who took
the corpse home in a hack, unconscious that
the breath had left it until they reached
his home, say that Schonning received the
wounds by falling onto scrap iron heap at
Eleventh and Douglas streets.
If Schonnng was assaulted it was not for
the purpose of robbery, as the valuable dia-
mond ring he habitually wore and his gold
watch were on his person when the corpse
was brought home. A check for $500 was
also found in his possession by his relatives.
marty = SlOly Is lndL dlleI ne, i)lIsS anu
Schonning had gone out to see the town
| about 2 o'clock yesterday morning the three
started home. At Eleventh and Douglas
streets Schonning, who had his hands in his
overcoat pockets, without uttering a word
lurched forward ard fell. Marty and Driss
ran to his assistance and raised him up
Blood was seen on his face and Marty says
he sent Driss for a physician. Driss was
gone an hour before he returned with a
doctor he had found at Fullers drug store
The physician ordered Schonnng taken
home. hack was called and he was placed
in it. When the party arrived at Schon-
ning's home and an effort was made to take
him out it was found that he was dead.
DR.. Il. w. Lee was summoned and he pro-
nounced the case one of heart disease, g
malady from which deceased had been suf-
! fering for years.
| Schonning was retired mining man. He
amassed a fortune in mines near Butte
Mon. He was 45 years old. The local lodge
of Elks. of which he was a member, il
conducting the investigation OF his case. NJ
blame is attached TO Driss or Marty.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-09

Omaha woman's club at their homes The
entertainment and the meeting will be I'M
der the direction OF the directors OF the
Household department OF the local CLUB,
Mrs. c. II. Townsend and Mrs. VI. NJ. Pugh.
The meetings OF the association will take
place at the First Congregational church.
The attendance will be by no means lin
tied to the membership Of the association,
or OF the Omaha Woman's club, but every
person who is interested in the home g
cordially invited to be present. A program
full Of interest has been prepared for the
meeting and will be Of a highly educational
value. 1t Is as follows:
Thursday morning: Prayer, Rev. Mary
Gerard Andrews; music; address Of well
come, Mrs Mary Moody Pugh, Omaha;
response, Mrs. Emma f. Van Vechten, Ce-
dar Rapids, Ia; reports Of state vice pres
idents.
Thursday afternoon: Music; 1.-THE Prob
lens which the Present Century Presents
to the Housekeeper," Mrs. NJ. V. shaller
New York; Household Economics in the
Schools" Miss Ellen f. Marshall and Miss
Isabella D.. Bullard, Chicago; Household
Economics in the Rural Districts" Prof.
Marie b. Sem, Fargo, n. D.; How May
Women be the Most Useful and Success
Thursday evening: How to Furnish the
Home" Mrs. Kate II. Watson, Chicago;
presidents address, Mary E. Green, NJ. D.,
! Charlotte, Mich: reception.
! Friday morning: Demonstration lecture;
! "What May be Done with Fifty Cents a
! Day in Preparing Food for a Family OF
! Four" Mrs Harriet S. MacMurphy. Omaha;
! How May Every Woman Become a San
! itarian?'
! Friday afternoon: Music; "The relation
of Woman to the Labor Problem" Mrs.
Maude H. Lacy, St. Louis, Mo-; Economy
! of Time, Money and Labor" Mrs. James
| d. Whitmire, Denver. Colo; THE Neces-
sity of Instructing Children Concerning
Their Prospective Conjugal and Parental
Duties" Susa Young Gates, Provo City
, Utah; discussion, led by Mrs. Emma F
Van Vetchen, Cedar Rapids, la.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-09
BAXTER WANTS APPLICATIONS
Few Men Seeking Appointment to
Positions as Judges and Clerks
of Election.

Applications are being received by County
Judge Baxter for appointments on the cleo
tion boards. Anent this the Judge says he
much fears that he will have some difficulty
in securing the necessary number of good
judges and clerks for the reason that every
body seems to be engaged in business or
to have employment under Mckinley pros
perity and there does not seem to be a
disposition on the part of the citizens to
lay off long enough to serve on the election
boards All applications must be in before
the 25th inst, The appointments are to be
made on November and the applicant must
have lived in his precinct year prior to
that time.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-09
BLAME HAS NOT BEEN FIXED YET.
General Manager BidwelI Will In
NeStiEnte Thoroughly.


General Manager Bidwell OF the Fremont,
Elkhorn G. Missouri Valley road, after re-
turning from the scene of the wreck, said:
THE accident was caused by one of our
freight trains collidng with a passenger
train of the Omaha road. The passenger
train had discharged its passengers and was
backing down to the yards to be cleaned. 1t
had gone as far as the Omaha track ex-
tends to point where it meets our track
1t had not gone further on account of a
misplaced switch"
docs the responsibility rest with those in
charge of the switch?'
81 shouldn't like to say that. The blame
cannot be fixed until air the men concerned
have been examined. There will be a good
many questions to ask before the blame is
fixed. I've been down there, and talked
with some of the men, but just now, was
not able to see all the men concerned"
Had it not been for the one death the
wreck would not have been a serious one"
"Is the damage to the equipment great?'
mo. Two of the freight cars Of the Elk
horn were thrown over, but not damaged
very much. The most damage was done to
the dining car of the Omaha road.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-09

George Jackson a prominent mining man
from Deadwood, S. d., accompanied by his
wife; G. NJ. Brelsford, superintendent of the
water works of Deadwood, S. D., and his
wife, and George Funck, an insurance man
OF Omaha. were visiting on the exposition
grounds Friday night, when a pickpocket
stole the wallet of Mr.. BrelsfoTd containing
his railroad tickets and several hundred
dollars. The act was witnessed by Mr.
Funck and Mr.. Jackson, who ed'ately
gave chase TO the thief. They caught bin
near the German village AM turned him
over to the police before he could pass the
pocketbook TO his partner, who managed 70
escape. The captured thief gave the maze
OF George Mccormack and his address us
Chicago.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-09
Funeral of Mrs. henson.

The funeral OF Mrs. Erastus A. Benson
was one which expressed an unusual degree
Of interest and affection on the part OF her
many friends and admirers A long pro-
cession OF carriages followed the remains to
their final resting place in Mount Hope Gem
etCry, where IT passed through two lines Of
the Benson village school children drawn
up on each side OF the grave that had been
lined and decorated with green's. The Ben
son cars were draDed in mourning emblems
and the residents OF this community, as well
as those of Dundee Place, turned out en-
masse. The Real Estate exchange of which
her husband is president, was represented
and there were several friends and relatives
from a distance. Mrs. Benson leaves five
Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-09
Cooke Held for burglary.

The long and short" hghwaymen, John
Cooke and "Soapy' Mcdonald. who are ac-
cused among other crimes, of robbing the
residence of Samuel Newman Tenth and
Center streets, and stealing 81 900 worth of
diamond iewelry, were given their prelm-
mary hearing on this charge yesterday after
noon. 1t resulted in Cooke being held to the
district court in bonds of 81 ,00O
Mcdonald was discharged, as Newman
could not identify him. Cooke was posi-
lively identified by Newman.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-09
SLOT MACHINES AND SCHOOLS
Building Objects TO Games of
Chance for Children.

The principal of Farnam school, Miss
Agnes Mcdonald, is complaining bitterly q
penny slot machines that are being oper-
ated across the street from that school.
She saws they are demoralizing the morals
and discipline of the school, besides fur
nishIng the children with cheap confec-
tionery and cigarettes, which impair the
health and intellect, Speaking OF the mat
ter Miss Mcdonald said:
THE fascination of these games draws
the childrn in focks. They are often
Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-09

tardy and some Of the poorer children spend
money which should buy them clothing this
winter. If 1 can secure the removal OF
these games of chance in no other way l
shall ask the parents who have pupils in
Farnam school to not allow children to bring
their pennies to school. The slot machines
are detracting materially from the school
work and interest in studies
Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-09
TO TALK OF HousEHoLp ECONOMICS
National Association of Women VIII
Meet Here This Week.

on Thursday and FrIday, In this series
of women's meetings, will be held the
sixth annual meeting OF the National House
hold Economic association. Like major
ity OF the rest OF the gatherings of the
week, this body claims as its confines the
bounds OF the country. and delegates will
be prominent women from all sections.
They will arrive during the early days OF
the week and during their stay in the city
Will be entertained by the women OF the
Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-09
Marriage Licenses.
following marriage licenses were is

The following marriage licenses were is
sued by County Judge Baxter yesterday;
Name and Residence. Age
John X. White. Beatrice. Neb...,......,. 80
Eolene b. Swain. Beatrice, Neb.,........ 81
Charles Dockman. New York. 2S
Mamie Jefters Chicago, Ill............... 10
Harry NJ Richards South Omaha........ %
Lydia Bryant, South Omaha a.............. II
Anton II. Nlehak, Omaha ................ %
Barbara Saiusta, Royd county Nebraska. p
Grant r. Dunn. Omaha NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. %
SOPHIA Krantz, Omaha NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. "a
Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-09

When you call for DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve, the great pile cure don't accept any
thing else. Don't be talked into accepting a
substitute. for piles, for sores. for bruises.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-09

No. 200, and Charles Westerhedt, the man
who was riding in his engine at the time
Of the accident, are doing we'll and it is
not believed that their injuries will result
seriously.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-09

little children. to whom she was a devoted
mother. Sympathy for them and the be-
reaved husband is unbounded on the part of
those to whom her noble and lovable traits
had so endeared her.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-09
Condition of the Injured.

Thomas Parsons, the dining car waiter
who was badly scalded and crushed in the
wreck, and Otto Homedale the conductor of
the dining car who was almost cooked by
the steam that escaped from the engine
that caused the wreck, are reported to be in
the same condition as when they were
brought to St, Josephs hospital, Little or
no hope IS entertained for their recovery.
Parsons lives in this city and has a room
at Mrs, Miners, Fourteenth and Cass streets
Homedale is a resident of Boone, Ia, where
his father has charge OF the Northwestern
railway eating houses.
Brandt, the engineer OF freight engine
Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-09
MILTON ROGERS & son.
Home
Stoves

The most economical and
most satisfactory Base Burn.
ers ever made. More Radiant
Home Stoves in use in Omaha
and vicinity than all other
makes combined. With a
Radiant Home you can heat
more space with less coal than
any stove made. See the 1898
patterns, which are hand
somer and better than ever.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-09
WRECK THAT COSTS ONE LIFE
Fatal smashup in the Elkhorn Yards in
North Part Of City.
FREIGHT TRAIN RUNS INTO PASSENGER
One Mnn Killed and Several Injured
So Badly They May Dic-Nictims
scalded by Escaping steam
Engineer Can't stop.

A collision due to carelessness,
resulting in the death OF one man and seri-
Gus injury to five, occurred in the Elk
horn yards at Plnkney street at 1912 a. IN.
yesterday. An engine was buried beneath
dining car and two freight cars were de-
rallied. And this occurred on a perfectly
straight piece OF track in broad daylight.
on the side of the dining car glisrens the
blood of the one man killed.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-11-19
EIGHT.HCUR BILL.

Samuel Gompers and the
officers of the A. F. of L. have
issued circular asking coop
Grafton in getting the national
eight-hour bill through the SEN
ate this winter. Every labor
organization in the country
should assist to the utmost of
it's ability in this matter. If a
national eight-hour law is
enacted it will have a powerful
influence in securing similar
legislation in the various states.
When the circular is received
every union should take imme-
diate action. What is more,
wherever senator can be
reached he should be asked to
do what he can for the measure.
If this is done it will assist the
legislative committee consider
ably.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-11-19
How We Walk.

In The Literary Digest appears a
translation of review of Comment
on Marche' ("How We Walk"), the
latest book on the subject by Messrs.
Regnault and Raou]. In this work it is
claimed that we have been wrongly ed
ucated in walking and that the erect
posture and firm step that we have been
led to believe were evidences Of health
and strength are conventional and vi
cious. " s.Z
M. Marcy, who wrote the introduc-
tion to the volume, says that there is a
style of walking that enables one, with.
out excessive fatigue, to go distances Of
from 20 to 25 miles in third of the
time usually required. This may be ac-
complished by walking with the knees
bent and the body inclined forward, a
method which has been observed in pro-
fessional pedestrians, mountaineers
peasants, hunters and soldiers fatigued
by long marches. In not adopting this
method, it is claimed that, as with all
the other acts of life, we remain slaves
of conventional aesthetics.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-11-19
A Wonderful Floating Snail.

There is a small snail which is so
fond Of the sea that it never comes to
land and it builds such a capital boat
for itself and its eggs that while large
ships are sinking and steamers are un-
able to face the storm it tosses about in
perfect safety.
The little snail is of violet color
and is therefore called ianthina. It has
a small shell and there projects from
the under part of the body a long,
tonguelike piece of flesh. This is the
raft, and it is built upon mostscientifo
principles, for it has compartments in
it for air. Ii is broad and the air CON-
partments are underneath, so that it
cannot capsize.
Moreover, the snail knows how to
stow away it's cargo, for the oldest eggs
and those which hatch the soonest are
placed in the center, and the lightest
and newest on the sides of the raft. The
ianthina fills it's own air compartments
by getting globule of air underneath
it's head, the body is then curved down
ward beneath the raft, and the head be-
ing tilted Oh one side, the air rushes up
and fills the spaces. 1t feeds on a beau
tiful little jellyfsh, which has fat,
raftlike form with pretty little sail
upon it, and they congregate in multi
tudes when the sea is calm. .
Sometimes specimens are washed
upon the northwestern coast Of France
and when thew are handlad they give
out violet dye.-Philadelphia Press.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-11-19
Microbes In Milk.

1t will be readily granted that the
inspection of milk and its sources Of
supply is of even more Importance from
public health point of view than the
inspection of meat, since milk is SO
largely used as the food of infants.
Milk Immediately it is taken from
the healthy COW contains no microbes.
Hardly has the milk settled in the pail
than they abound, SO many as 10, 900
in one-quarter cubic inch having been
detected. The question which naturally
presents itself is, "Where do they come
from:' From the soiled teats, from the
soiled hands of the workers, from the
atmosphere Of the milking shed and
from the pals themselves. They pos
sess the property of propagating very
rapidly.
NJ. de Freudeurich of the Berne la
boratory asserts that milk just drawn
containing in one-quarter cubic inch
5000 microbes seven hours later was
found to contain 60, 900. After period
Of 25 hours had elapsed 5, coo, 900 mi
crobes were present in the same guam
tity Of milk, and if the temperature be
raised to 95 degrees F. the microbio
population of the same milk during the
same time would reach the enormous
total of S12, 500, O0O
Children appear particularly prone
to contract consumption through the
agency of milk containing tubercle
bacilli. Chambers journal.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-11-19
He Knows How Adam Felt,

A young man was recently taken to
a Lewiston hospital and suffered the
removal of rib. When he came to
himself, he was told what had been
done and seemed satisfied. Shortly after
he dropped into semiconscious state
and kept calling for "the woman. ;"
For two days he was deliri0us, and fre-
quently called for "the woman" II
want to sue the woman" he kept say
ing.
At last the nurse in desperation said,
"Well, I'm the woman" The man
looked at her critically from top to toe
and said, "Who would have thought
that they could have made such pretty
girl out of one Of my ribs" And then
he settled back on his pillow, and when
he awoke again he was in his right
mind and was better.-Kennebec Jour.
nal
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-11-19
A FEW MORE N3FD IT.

The boys Of the Seventh Ohio
regiment after being mustered
out turned in and whipped some
of their officers numerically,
and thus got revenge for some
of the ill treatment that they
had received from said officers
while on duty. Every officer in
command, every employer, ev-
cry foreman should make it a
rule to treat the private in the
ranks or the workman in the
pit as they would like to be
treated themselves under the
same circumstances. We un-
derstand that a day of reckon
ing is coming yet with officers
and men at time of mastering
out which will make officers
wish that mastering out time,
in several regiments, was not
so near.
Every workingman should
understand the ADVANTAGE of
the union. Take a lesson from
the trusts. Manufacturers are
combining from necessity. In
stead of lowering prices and
cutting each others. throats,
they propose that every factory
in the same line of business
with themselves shall come into
their union so as to hold prices
firm, economize and make
money faster. Laboring men
must do the same. Bring every
man and woman in the same
trade into the union, make
prices firm if you choose, but be
reasonable, meetemployers half
way. Arrange it so that they
can make a living and you
get your share.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-11-19

"Who is that man, pa, that
everybody bows SO tor That
my son, is the man that the
United States government has
selected to give to the people
national bank money" "Does
he give it to everybody?' "No,
my son, only to those persons
who do business at his bank
"Why does everyone take, off
his hat to him?" because, my
son he is the greatest man in
the country; he controls all
the money. Only few per
sons are\ allowed to give out
government money.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-11-19

It is folly to oppose the ad-
vent of the labor saving ma
chine. The only objection that
can be urged against it is that
it is appropriated by the rich
and the laborer discharged into
idleness. Let us hasten the
day when the coming of the
machine shall be for the advan-
tage of the laborer in shorten
ing the hours of work without
reduction of pay.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-11-19
They Work. Alike.

A fly had fallen into the ink we'll OF
a certain author who writes very bad
and very inky hand. The writer's lit
tie boy rescued the unhappy insect and
dropped him on piece Of paper. After
watching him intently for awhile he
called to his mother, "Here's a fly,
mamma, that writes just like papa. -
Current Literature.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-11-19
Yes, the government should

Yes, the government should
give the private corporation
the First National" "Second
National" or "Third NATIONAL
the sole privilege of distrib-
uting money to the people, tax
ing such interest as the ma
tional bank officials in their
wisdom shall see fit to charge.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-11-19

The world owes every man
willing to work an opportunity
to live as becomes a man. God
has created and caused to grow
an abundance of everything; a
sufficient amount to feed,
clothe and comfortably sustain
every creature on the face OF
the earth. Mans avarice and
greed to control that which he
cannot use causes all manner
cf misery. The product of the
earth was never intended to be
boarded by a few human hogs