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Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-04

ing taken that they were properly chap
eroned In order that all hyper criticism
might be dlsarmed. Apparently the girls
had a good time. Only one or two could
speak English and not more than that num-
ber of the officers could speak Spanish, but,
being young they all talked with their eyes
and hands as well as their tongues. and SO
got along very nicely. Certainly the visit
was blessing to the men OF the New Or
leans, for the monotony of their life was
very trying.
The next day in the social columns OF Ell
Boscapie and some Of the other papers which
were pro-American in sympathy there ap-
peared a little item telling OF the visit and
giving the names OF the girls who had hon.
ored the American ship with their presence.
But there was one editor-a Spaniard-to
whose proud Castilian heart the visit Of the
senoritas brought only the bitterness of
both personal and national jealousy. He
had watched them as they walked down the
quay, surrounded and adored by the bril-
liant young chaps in our navy, and he knew
he was not in 1t; so he went to his editorial
sanctum and wrote the following in Span
ish:,
mot all the youth and beauty and grace
OF the capital were on board the American
man -ofwar New Orleans yesterday after
noon. A number Of senoritas were invited
to inspect the vessel and did so, but there
were many whose loyalty to Spain would
not allow them to SO demean themselves
Among the very beautiful and gracious sem
oritas who did not visit the New Orleans
were the following:'
Then came the names of a dozen or more
young women who had not "demeaned"
themselves. This was as far as the editor
dared let his spite go. Had he ventured to
abuse those who had accepted the invita-
tion Of the Americans he would have got
into serious trouble. for their families were
Of the best in town. Hence he had to be
content with this left-handed clan NJ ,hor,
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-04

soldiers did fine service. Almost all our
wounded report the use of these first aids
by themselves or by comrades. This kept
down blood poisoning to a remarkable de-
gree. Taken on the whole, our wounded
were treated as well as was possible at the
front. Those who came to us complained
of great hardships, but not of hardships that
could be avoided. That some of them had
to walk or crawl seven miles to reach a
hospital simply could not be helped under
the peculiar Circumst stances. Our wounded
were from the skirmishes In June and the
battles Of July and 3. Many Of them after
receiving their wounds were, for a certain
time. without further attention than could
be given with the frst-aid packages, but
they all felt that there was a good reason
for it.
General Shafter was absolutely right in
storming Santiago The condition into which
his army got shortly after the stormine
shows that conclusively. The men who came
to US wounded In the first and second days
battles at Santiago were in fairly good
physical condition; those who came after
that were wrecks from the fever This was
due to conditions in Cuba and not to any
faults in the transportation. The men
brought to us by the army ship Relief, in
charge Of medical officer Colonel Nicholas
Sem, had been notably we'll cared for. That
the army should be stricken with sickness
to such an extent that a complete list OF
the sick would be the muster roll Of every
regiment was not surprising, even II
Colonel Roosevelts broad statement is taken
literally When tha English send a regi-
ment to Jamaica they expect to lose one
third of the men from the effective force
by sickness in three months, and the entire
force In three years. The Cuban climate is
similar to that of Jamaica. And We who
have had no experience could not reasonably
expect to do better In such a campaign in the
way OF preserving the health of our men
than the English are able to do after
centuries OF observation and testing Be-
sides., large portion OF our men were
recruits: then again the English soldiers
In Jamaica have suitable shelter in per-
manent camps and barracks, while our men
were at war in the open country in the
most deadly season.
The general lessons to be learned by
surgeons from the war with Spain are:
]. That the small caiber steel jacketed
bullets used in the last war are much more
humane than the old fashioned leaden
bullets The men struck by them are in
capactated, but the wounds are not nearly
DO severe. They heal much more easily and
are not apt to leave such bad after effects.
2. That the antispetic frst-aid packages
carried by the individual soldiers are OF the
very greatest service in preserving life
3. That subsequent antiseptic surgery re-
duces blood poisoning to a remote con-
tingency and so saves the lives OF great
numbers OF men who would certainly have
died under the conditions prevailing In 1851.
1t would seem, therefore, as II war under
present conditions has been robbed OF much
OF Its horror. There will be a notable
absence OF arinless and legless men and
men permanently injured by their wounds
among the veterans Of the war with Spain.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-04
BETRAYED BY A CLOCK.
Fair Pilferer's Indignation Gave Way
When 1t Struck.

Fair PiIferer's Indignation Gave Way
When 1t Struck.
1t Is a well known fact that the Gus
tom introduced by a certain hotel pro-
prietor Of furnishing his rooms with costly
pieces Of bric-a-brac had to be abandoned
owing to the peculiar fondness which
guests evinced for these pretty knick-knacks,
frequently going SO far as to carry them
off in their trunks. When several suites of
rooms (whose price per week would lead
any one to suppose that any one who
could afford to rent them could also acquire
bric-a-brac in the usual way) had been
stripped OF their objects of "bigotry and
virtue" the proprietor began to lose faith
in human nature and rumor says has since
developed into a heartless pessimist.
Perhaps that was why, when a certain
dainty dame. who had been staying at the
hotel for several weeks asked for her bill
and announced her intention Of leaving next
day, the suspicious boniface watched her
departure with some uneasinesa He is very
we'll of in this worlds goods, relates the
New York Commercial Advertiser, and the
loss Of bric-abrac did not seriously Grip
pie his income, but he is pessimstic and
revengeful these days. When the dame had
been handed into her cab by the tall, brass
buttoned and knee-breeched doorman boni-
face visited her rooms. He then took
cab and followed the dame to the station.
He had a genial manner and he asked
madam in his most persuasive tones to re-
store to him the small, but costly, clock
which she had. doubtless. mistaken in the
hurry OF packing for one Of her own trim
kets. Madam was very Indignant She
demanded by what right the hotel man
dared to Insult her. She attempted to
board her train. She spoke threateningly
OF the police. The upshOt OF the matter
was that she agreed to go back to the
hotel and open her trunks, SO that the
proprietor could satisfy himself that his
odious suspicion was groundless. She did
this simply 20 avoid scene, which he
seemed bound to make. Afterward he
would hear from her lawyer whether or
not he could insult lady with impunity.
Back they went to the hotel and the con-
tents Of the trunks were laid bare to the
vulgar gaze Of the proprietor and his head
Clerk. No clock was found, and flushed
and triumphant, madam was about to leave
the room when suddenly clear and sweet
as cathedral chimes twelve strokes rang out
from some part Of madam's befrilled cos
tune The expression of CONSERVATION de-
picted on the lair pilferer's face was said
to be as pathetic as II was amusing, and
when she had drawn her noisy plunder from
its hiding place and restored 1t to the
owner the latter apolosized, left like a
brute and swore solemnPy never to breathe
a word OF the story to any one. But the
. head clerk did not swear secrecy.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-04
AMONG THOSE NOT PRESENT.
A Spanish Editors Report of {
Yankee ship Function.


When the United States cruisers New Or
leans and Cincinnati dropped anchor in the
harbor Of San Juan de Porto Rico. after the
peace protocol had been signed, the natives
displayed the liveliest interest In the ves-
sells, relates the New York Sun. Daily they
used to gather along the wharf and look out
at the stars and stripes. waving from the
fagstaffs. and, when a boat brought ashore
number Of the trim-looking officers they
were always surrounded by curious but
polite crowd that oftentimes followed them
about the streets. After time these ON
GERS began to feel at home. They went to
the plaza Of Alfonso XIII on every concert
night and mingled with the throng and
soon they came to know some OF the Porto
Rican senoritas whose sympathies leaned to
the new and conquering republic rather than
to the old and conquered empire.
And naturally enough, 1t came to pass
that these senoritas should be invited to
visit one Of the war ships. They were
anxious TO see what kind Of craft these were
which had swept from the sea that fleet so
little time before the pride Of all the Span
iards in San Juan. So It was all arranged
and one afternoon q dozen OF the young
women, among whom were some Of the pret-
tiest and most aristocratlc in the city, were
escorted to the New Orleans. great care be-
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-04
Magnolia Stakes ut New Orleans Won
h. hx Eliza

Magnolia Stakes Mt New Orleans Won
by BOanerges by Five Lengths.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 3.-The feature of
today's racing card was the Magnolia sell
ling stakes, for 4-year-olds and upwards. at
a mile and valued at $1,000 David, backed
from to s and 6 to s. was strong
favorlte, but Boanerges, who was as good
as II 20 s against him. had all the speed
and made a show of his field, winning in
gallop by five lengths. Weather cloudy and
the track heavy. George Lee was the only
winning favorite. Results:
First race. selling, six furlongs: DeBride
won. Applejack second. Lady Disdain third.
Time: 1:l9%.
Second race, five furlongs. handicap 2
year -olds: Lazarus, Esq, won. Pat Gar
rett second. Sir Casimir third. Time: 1:W.
Third race selinE S one Wnod me senond sno Red
third. Time: 1:50k.
Fourth race, Magnolia stakes, one mile:
BoanerEes won, David second. Timemaker
third. Time: 1:60.
Fifth race, one mile: Waterman won.
Mamie LIS Sister second, Elkin third
A special express train, consisting Of nine
carloads of horses from Bennings track.
arrived here today. having made the fastest
time on record - thirty-one hours from
Washington to New Orleans.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-04
jNDIHNs BREAK GAME LAWS
More Trouble Expected with Red.
skins When Game Wardens At
tempt to Arrest Them.

PARK RAPIDS, Mimi, Dec. 3.-About a
dozen Of the White Earth Indians have been
camped on a smaf lake about fifteen miles
north Of here and have been killing game
contrary to the law. Yesterday Game War
den Stephens. in company with d. w.
Clason Of this place, went out and at
tempted to arrest them. The Indians drove
the men out of the camp and threatened to
scalp them II they came back. Later Sherin
Rombough, with a posse Of twenty-five men,
went after the reds, but they have not yet
been found. fight Ia expected, as the
Indians are we'll armed with Winchestors
and are very ugly.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-04

CARROLL, Ia, Dec. 3.-(Special.)-N
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Decem-
Der 8, and 8, the Northwestern Iowa Hor-
ticultural society will meet in this city. The
session will be held at Dress hall and a
very interesting program has been arranged.
The day session will be devoted to the busi-
ness Of the society and to papers and dis
cussions relating to the cultivation Of fruits
and flowers. while the evening programs will
be Of more general nature. A large num-
Der is expected to be present from abroad
and 1t is hoped to see good attendance.
Prot. Budd Of the Ames college will be
present. The program includes a long list
of we'll known fruit growers Of the state,
and every branch Of the horticultural busi-
aess will be fully discussed.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-04
Transport Reaches Home Port.

NEW YORK. Dec. 3.-The United States
transport Rita. which left San Juan. Porto
Rico. November 28. arrived today with all
we'll on board.
from San Juan: Captain q. J. Olden. and
]. H. G. Barthman Of the Forty seventh in
fantry. Captain l.. D. Greene and First Lieu
tenant w. N. Booge Of the Seventh infantry.
Second Lieutenant J. w. Cox assistant sur
geon. and First Lieutenant George NJ. Will
son. Sixth immunes: Mr.. Davis of the Pam
American Express company, Mr.. Reed Of
Chicago. Mr.. Van Ostrom and wife Of Wash
ington, Il. L. Martin. discharged sergeant Of
Forty-seventh infantry.
There were also on board the Rita several
discharged teamsteu Of the quartermaster's .
department and a few soldiers enroute to
Washington to Join their batteries, having
been detached from service in Porto Rico.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-04
Toys!
Toys!
Toys!

A store full of them-this world of
e.believe-from the wooly sheep
whose legs just fit on a platform car.
ried by wheels, to the big horse which
carries the happy, rollicking children.
A wonderful gymnast performs on
stilts-there are whole armies, squad.
rons, engines that go by steam, and
keep a.going till gone, to re.appear in
some child's Christmas stocking.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-04
IT'S WEIGHT IN GOLD
4 NEW DISCOVERY WHICH IS
WORTH THAT MUCH.

Ts Any One Amictsd with Piles.
:; The Pyramid Pile Cure, the new. painless
Senedy which has been 80 remarkably sue
csssful In curing every form Of piles and
lectal diseases, has recently been placed on
oale at druggists, and It 10 safe to say that
~hsn its extraordinary merit becomes fully
Known there will be no such thing as surgi-
cal operations for the cure OF this obstinate
and common trouble.
Mrs. NJ. C. Hinkly Of COL Mississippi
street. Indianapolis, Ind, says: had been
q terrible sufferer from piles for Is years
and no remedies benefited me until saw An
advertisement Of the Pyramid Pile Cure;
] GOT . package. also q package of Pyramid
Pins and used both according to directions.
WAS astonished at the immediate relief
obtained and now honestly believe the
Pyramid to be the only certain cure for
piles.
That you may realize how bad was.
will cay was confined to my bed and went
before the college physicians here, who said
my case was new one to them and wanted
seven or eight hundred dollars to undertake
cure; the great pain had brought on q
rapture and l knew an operation would be
death to me on account Of blood poisoning.
Nearly every one here knew OF my terrible
suffering from piles and feel that l cannot
praise the Pyramid Pile Cure enough and
the Pyramid Pills also. My husband will
3oiA me In highly recommending the Pyra-
mid. my daughter was cured by one box
only. For several years weighed about 80
pounds. now ! weigh $50 and feel in perfect
health.
This seems to be the universal testimony
Of every sufferer from piles who has ever
tried the Pyramid; 1t Is the safest. most
painless pile cure yet discovered; contains
no episte. morphine, cocaine or any poison
GUS ingredients whatever. has soothing.
healing effect from the first application and
the moderate price places II within the reach
Of every enc needing treatment. The Pyra-
mid Pile Cure 10 sold by druggists ak SO
cents and 3l.s0 per package and tho Pyra-
AiA Pills at o. cents per box.
Sead TO Pyramid Co, Marshall, Mich, for
nss book ON cause and cure Of piles.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-04
CHEAP RATES.
Fifteenth Century Wages.

The account books of All Souls college.
Oxford. are in an excellent state of preser.
walton, says the Engineering Magazine and
from them we are enabled to get a correc,
idea of the wages paid about A. d. 1895
Carpenters and sawyers got Cd u day; daub-
ers I'D; stone diEgers and laborers, 41sd;
masons and toiners, Sd; a master carpenter,
3s 4d a week. enjoying also Il 1.-THE from
still existing in many parts Of India and
which the engineers there are trying 10
abolish. skilled image-carver received 4s
orally came from a distance. In those hal
cyon days horse cost the modest sun
OF G3.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-04
THIS WAS
25 YEARS AGO


A beer brewer has patented new bever-
age called Jewish beer" Hebrews II him
self, you KNOWN. Y. Com. Adv.
Don't Jewish you had ome?--Boston Globe.
Shame! This Isreal-Iy too bad.--Worces-
ter Press.
But Judear people, the beer Isrealite and
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
Scribes, cease this Babylon. You deserve
Canaan for your Levite-y.-Boston Advsr-
tiser.
jerusalem! what an awful jews d'esprit.
Moses bad as II We had perpetrated them
ourselves. .-Norristown Herald.
Nothing new about that beer. Our grand
mother always drank Beersheba rewed her.
self. and 1t was Dan good beer, too.-Frank
Hatton, Burlington Hawkeye.
You should drink Beer-Krug Cabinet Beer
Its brewed Of the finest Bohemian (im-
ported) hops and selected malt. No other
ingredient-its per'hy beu'ful and such an
| appetizer! You get the gold medal kind
by telephoning 42O. Fred Krus Brewing Co.,
1907 Jackson street, Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-04

He who wishes may nnd out the exact age
OF an oyster. though he has not the telltale
evidence in teeth. says the Fishing Gazette.
The lines in the groove Of the hinge Of the
shell tell the whole story, each line repre-
senting year. An oyster is Of age at
years-that Is. he Is old enough to vote,
take care Of a family, and 20 to market
Going to market Is a disastrous undertake
Ing for a 4-year-old oyster is particularly
palatable. BY this 1t must not be supposed
that after an oyster has passed the four
layer period, and has five, six. or even ten
wrinkles on his shell. he Is a back number
Indeed. there are records Of oysters being
eaten Just after celebrating their 3oth birth
day. and In most cases they formed de-
licious meal. Thirty Is an unusual age for
an oyster, to attain. because few are given
an opportunity to live so long. II left to
enjoy life In Its own way. It Is quite prob
able that the oyster would become an octo-
genarian or even centenarian, Captain
Cochrane. on his last trip to Fulton Market,
New York. brought in an oyster found on
his beds that is believed to be at least 35
years old,
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-04
INCREAsE TRANsYLvANIA STAKES.
Kentucky Trottins Horse Association

Kentucky Trotting Horse Association
Offers Rich Bonus for FleetfOOts.
LEXINGTON, KY, Dec 3.-The Ken
lucky Trotting Horse Breeders association
has raised the Transylvania stakes. the
most celebrated al-age trotting stake in
the world, from IS, 900 to $lO,0O0, thus making
it also the richest stake Of the kind In the
country for one race. The $4,000 Futurity
stake has been raised to $4,000; so that
winner OF each The change will take ef-
feet in the eighth renewal of the Futurity
to close next March. There Is no addition
and class Of the Transylvania will be an
nounced later.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-04
NO CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR.
High school Foot Ball League Unable
to Make n DeCiafOu.

The executive committee of the Iowa
Nebraska Interstate School Foot Ball
league met on the fifth floor of the city
hall yesterday and spent the entire after
noon in an effort to award the champion
ship Of 1898. There was stubborn contro-
versy over some constitutional points and
a resolution was eventually adopted by
which 1t was decided not to award any
championship for this year, Omaha regis
terlng a protest against the resolution.
The committee voted to give the presi-
dency for 1893 to Lincoln, the vice presi-
dency to Nebraska City and the secretary
ship to Omaha. Nebraska City dropped out
Of the league and another town will be
selected to All the vacancy later. With the
blanks filled by the name of the new MEM
Der next years schedule will look like
this:
Council Bluffs.
October H. Tekamah against Omaha, at
Omaha.
October q, Red Oak against -, at -.
October 2S. Lincoln against Tekamah, at
TekamAh.
November 4. Red Oak against Council
Bluffs at Council Bluffs.
November II, Lincoln against Omaha, at
Lincoln.
November %. final championship game
between two divisions at Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-04
mills and Farmers Busy.

Y YaMARSHALLTOWN, Ia, Dec. S.-(Special)
GSince travelling over the country roads has
been improved by the recent heavy fall OF
snow the highways have been crowded by
teams hauling wheat from the country to
che -four mills. Not for years has there
bssn such an amount Of grain brought into
Nsrshalltown by team In the same length
Of time. In ono day sixty teams unloaded
ever 900 bushels Of wheat at one Of the mills
Tho millers report that this is one of the
busiest seasons they have ever experienced
and that they are unable to keep up with
their orders.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-04

AMES, Ia, Dec. 3.-(Special. )-There will
be a meeting Of the Iowa Sheep Breeders
and Wool Growers association at Iowa City
on Thursday. December s, 1893. 1t is de.
sired that as many as possible OF the sheep
men Of the state be present at this meet
ing. The Improved Stock Breeders meeting
meets at the same time and at the same
place, so that visitors can attend that also.
and most likely get reduced rates.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-04
CASE WILL BE- TRIED AGAIN
Jury in Bucket Shop Trial Fails to Reach an
Agreement
OUT FOR MORE THAN FoRTY.slGHT HOURS
Case Will Come On for Another Hear.
Ing at the May Term of Court
Smallpox Reported in
Warren County.

2. DES MONIES. Dec. 3.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-The federal court Jury in the Nc
HE bucket shop case disagreed and was
discharged Saturday noon, after being out
more than forty-eight hours. But Sidmon
McHie, president Of the Central Stock ana
Grain Exchange OF Chicago-the other de.
fendants being w. A. Nellie and J. r.
Southard-came within one vote of being
convicted Of fraudulent use of the maie.
At one time during the forenoon the vote
stood II to for convcting him. Nellie
was the one Of the three who came nearest
to conviction for the reason that on the
stand he testified that he was to all prac-
tical purposes the whole firm; that he did
the business. The jury was called into the
court room at 10. having given two hours
to deliberation after a nights sleep. Fore
man Cottrell repeated his statement that
the Jury could not agree. Juror J. B. Van
Meter then asked the Judge about the pun
ashment, providing the jury agreed on con-
viction. This brought out q pointed state
ment from the Judge to the effect that 1t
was no business Of the jurors what the pen
atty would be on conviction. "Then, your
honor. the jury will never agree" said Van
Meter in open court. But the jury was sent
out until IL o'clock, when again the fore
man reported they were unable to agree
and they were discharged. The Nellie case
will be tried again at the May term
United States Attorney Lewis Miles and his
assistant. George B. Stewart, said they were
ready for o retrial at once but the Judge
said II would be necessary to get an entirely
new panel. Hence 1t was decided to defer
the trial.
Reports from Warren county to the State
Board Of Health state there are now at leas.
q half dozen cases Of smallpox in that vi
cinity. Aside from two old cases near
Lacon, there are two new cases and two
new cases near Milo. The. first cases re-
suited from exposure Of the patients in Me-
'braska City, and the other four have been
infeeted from the frst two. The cases are
repprted serious.
The executive committee Of the State Agri-
cultural society has completed Its estimate
OF damages to state fair property by the
soldiers, its claim amounting to $2.942 SO
altogether.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-04
SILK FLAG for Buchanan.

SHENANDOAH, Ia, Dec. 3.-(Speclal.)-
A few weeks prior to the recent election
the republican executive committee made an
offer Of a silk flag to the township that would
make the greatest republican gain over the
1898 vote. The executive committee met
in Clarinda yesterday and decided that
Buchanan township had won the flag. The
entire county shows a net gain Of IN per
cent over the vote Of 1895.