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Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-29
DAUGHTER OF CONFEDERACY
Honor Falls to the Child Of General A,
u. Hill, who Was Killed at
NicksburE.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2S.-Mss Lucy Lee
Hill, an examiner in the Office of the Civil
Service commission, is the new Daughter
of the Confederacy. Her southern friends
have conferred this honor upon her since
the death OF Miss Winnie Davis. During
the day she received numerous congratula
tions over the distinguished honor. Miss
Hill is a native of Virginia and comes from
one of the oldest and most arstocratc
families in the south. She is a distant rea-
tive Of General Fitzhugh Lee. In 1898 she
came to Chicago as one of the Worlds fair
commissioners from Kentucky and since
then has made this city her home. She
has been engaged in the office of the Civil
Service comnlssion since last winter
When seen today Miss Hill said: eyes
my friends in the south insist that the
mantle of Miss Winnie Davis shall faH
upon my shoulders. You see | have always
ben considered next in rank and the death
OF Miss Davis naturally enough confers the
honor on me. In the future | will be known
as The Daughter of the Confederacy'
Miss Davis and myself were chums. We
went to school together, and our families
were intimate. My father was General A. p.
Hill, a warm personal friend of jefferson
Davis. My father was killed on the last
day OF the siege of Vicksburg while fight
ing at the head of column"
Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-29
Iowa NeXXA Nntes.

A Des Moines colored man narrowly
escaped lynchng at the hands of his own
race for indignities offered a little girl.
The authorities interfered in time.
At Eldorado a COW was struck by an
Iowa Central train. The animal was cut
to pieces, but it managed to ditch eleven
cars, kill the engineer and hurt three or
four passengers.
Mrs. Arthur Greenameyer of Sioux City
discovered a burglar in her room at mid
night. She grappled with the intruder and
he dropped a bag of jewelry and was
glad enough TO escape without his booty.
Sioux City is at present in the throes of
a desperate struggle with a foreign
guarantee company in an effort to secure
$4,000 from a bond that company signed
for a school treasurer who later de-
faulted.
A Grinnell slaughter house is under the
ban. II is said somebody has been slaugh-
tering wornout horses and disposing of
the meat as beef. The house was not
used for that purpose by its owners, but Is
said to have been pressed into service at
night by farmer.
Charley Gallup, we'll known young man
of Marshalltown, went to Santiago with the
first troops. He received a Mauser bullet
through the head early in the fight He
never reganed consciousness until enroute
on a transport home. Now he is in a
Chicago hospital, recovering.
At Marshalltown Mrs. John Wingali was
lighting the gas when a gun was exploded
by unknown persons near the house, the
globe she was handling at the time be-
ing carried away by the shot. The affair
has provoked much indignation. 1t is not
believed that any attempt was made to
assassinate Mrs. Wignall.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-29
TALKS BY The PRESIDENT
Chief Executive Will Address Iowa Citizens
at Various Points,
SPEECHES FROM PLATFORM OF HIS CAR
Mr.. Mckinley on His Trip TO the
Omaha Peace Jubilee viii Cater
to the Wishes of the
Hnwkcyes.
.ECHES FROM PLATFORM OF HIS CAR

DES MONIES, Sept 2S.-(Special Tele-
gram THE republican central committee
today received news that President McKin-
ley will pass through Iowa on the Burling-
ton, October II, and that he Will
make speeches from the platform Of his
car at Ottumwa, Eddyville, Abba, Charlton,
Alton and Creston.
Chairman Hancock of the republican state
central committee will tomorrow announce
the following speakers for the short but
aggressive campaign to be waged by Iowa
republicans: Senator Allison of Dubuque,
Senator John Henry Gear of Burlington,
Governor l.. NJ. Shaw of Denison, A. b.
Cummins of Des Moines, Ex-Governor f..
d. jackson of Des Moines, Secretary OF
State e. l.. Dobson of Des Moines, Speaker
Funk of Iowa Falls, ex-senator Harlan of
Mount Pleasant, Sidney A. Foster of Des
Moines, Lafayette Young of Des MGines John
n. Baldwin of Council Bluffs, Senator j. II.
Trewin of Lansing, James Il. Blythe of
Mason City, Congressman Thomas Upde-
graft of McGregor, Congressman George ID.
Perkins of Sioux City, Congressman A. l..
Hager of Greenfield. Congressman George
M. Curtis of Clinton, Il. G. Picket of Water
loo, Senator C. w. Mullan of Waterloo, j.
G. Berryhil of Des Moines and j. G. Hutch>
ison of Ottumwa.
Chairman Townsend OF the state demo-
cratic committee went to Chicago today
10 secure Altgeld for series of speeches
in Iowa.
The city council passed a resolution today
prohibiting the sale of Seni-Om-Sed eXcur-
sion tickets. The railroads made this a
condition for issuing a one-fare rate for the
round trip.
Tha ant, toe
try, colored. passed through the city today
bound for Fort Douglas. The regimental
band played number of pieces and the regi-
ment attracted great attention and much
complimentary comment.
Ex-Governor Drake, as president of the
Iowa Christian association, delivered his an
nual address before the convention today
Governor Shaw will address them tomorrow
Four hundred are present.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-29
New Pension LAW,

E. c. Brown, government pension exam
iner for this district, received yesterday
copies for distribution of the new act Of
congress fixing penalties for the violation
of certain pension laws not heretofore pro-
vided for. The new law is as follows:
That every person who knowingly or will
fully makes or aids, or assists in the max
ing, or in anywise procures the making or
presentation of any false or fraudulent aft
davit. declaration, certificate voucher, or
paper or writing purporting to be such, con-
corning any claim for pension or payment
thereof, or pertaining to any other matter
within the jurisdiction of the commissioner
of pensions or of the secretary of the in
terror, or who knowingly or willfully makes
or causes to be made. Nr 4i IL or assists in
the making, or presents or causes to be
presented at any pension agency any power
Of attorney or other paper required as a
voucher in drawing a pension. which paper
bears date subsequent 10 that upon which
it was actually signed or acknowledged by
the pensioner, and every person before whom
any declaration, affidavit voucher, or other
paper or writing to be used in aid of the
prosecution of any claim for perscn or
bounty land or payment thereof purports to
have been executed who shall knowingly
certify that the declarant, aftiant. or wit
ness named IN such declaration, affidavit.
voucher. or other paper or writing person
ally appeared before him and was sworn
thereto, or acknowledged the execution
affant, or witness did not personally ap-
pear before him or was not sworn thereto,
or did not acknowledge the execution
thereof, shall be punished by fine not ex-
ceeding $500, or by Imprisonment for n term
OF not more than five years.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-29

CRESCENT, Ia, Sept S.-(Special) )-The
cool head and quick action of one man at
the wreck on the Northwestern at Crescent
did much to make the accident as light as
1t turned out to be. There was new night
man put on that evening, Harris, the old
employe, having been sent to Carroll The
freight was pulling in on the side track and
had not entirely cleared the main line when
the operator threw the block indicating the
track was clear on the west end. The flyer
was in sight, coming at sixty miles an hour.
The engineer Of the freight seeing the signal
and knowing his train was not clear of the
main line, and with the passenger but a
short distance away, jumped from his engine
on the sidetrack, ran over to the main line
Just barely in time to get in front of the
engine and signalled the engineer OF the
passenger to stop. The air brakes were ap-
piled, Immediately checking the train enough
for the engineer and fireman to jump off
before the crash came. Had the passenger
struck at full speed there would have been
a much different result. One of the officers
of the road was on the train and he promptly
let the operator out and placed Agent Har-
ford in charge temporarily.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-29

SIOUX CITY Sept. 2S.-(Speclal.) Year
by year the evidence increases that north
western Iowa may Sust about as well raise
her own peaches as import them from lati-
tude quite as far north Car loads of this
fruit are brought here every season from
Michigan, whose southern boundary IS al
most on a line with Sioux City. If tno
temperature in that section permits the
peach crop to be an important factor in
the products of Michigan, it would seem
that this section might practically get into
the business.
Tho success which this season is showing
in so many instances hereabouts, in raising
peaches and pears, is proof positive jhar
everybody who had been equally enterpris-
ing might have enjoyed the sane good for
tune Several items have been printed
about the bounteous yields in small plant
ings in city and country, but nothing more
favorable has been reported than the
achievements OF w. c. Lane of Morning
Side, who still exhibits Elberta peaches
eight and one-hRlf inches in circumference
after HAVING picked and disposed of a great
many considerably larger. He likewise has
some Flemish Beauty pears which are Iand.
some samples. He says:
Il have seven or eight varieties, but my
special pride is these Elbertas. They are
picked from tree only three years old
got the cutting by mail and while | pro-
tected II with a barrel the first winter |
don't know that this was really necessary.
Growers should not undertake TO raise trees
from Ike pit, but should always graft, as
otherwise the fruit is not so sure of having
time to Tipen. But in addition
to the advantages Of the peach
Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-29

SANTA MONICA, Cal Sept. 2S.-Goy-
ernor Smith OF the Soldiers home was shot
twice this morning by an inmate Of the
home, He is badly injured, but the injury
is not believed to be fatal.
LEAVENWORTH, Sept Ex-Governor
Smith was in charge OF the National home
at Leavenworth for many years. Early on
the morning of June II, 1897 the governors
residence on the Home grounds at Leayen-
worth was wrecked by dynamite. The gov
ernOr. his wife and daughter were in the
house, but escaped with minor injuries
The crime was traced TO a veteran, Joseph
w. Oliver a member OF the home, ana he
was convicted. Governor Smiths admins
tration at the Leayenworth home was
marked by many troubles. Later the
management OF the home was investigated
by 4 committee from the house of repre-
Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-29
Iowa Political Notes.

In the Eleventh congressional district the
campaign will not be opened until October
s, thus giving but one month of trouble.
Many Iowa candidates in this campaign
are refusing to invest extensively in rain
bows. No election promises are being paid
for to speak Of in advance.
The Davenport Democrat is taking such
a gloomy view of the political situation
that the opposition is trying to cheer 'em
up as a matter of sympathy.
1t is whispered among the FOUNDERS that
George ii. Finn is proving something Of a
disappointment as candidate. He has
shown no disposition to open his barrel yet
The Iowa City Citizen thinks that while 1t
is a good thing to defeat the fusion forces
good" 1t is not good thing to pile the
votes up against them too heavy, but just
heavy enough to keep em guessing"
There is a growing complaint in western
Iowa that farmers will not attend political
meetings They say they are interested in
the campaign, but they keep right on plow-
ing and harvesting their crops and paying
no attention TO the rantng politicians.
Red Oak was treated 10 tie spectacle Of
a long haired western desperate with a big
six shooter in his belt running from a meek
little farmer of that community because the
Wild Bill of the west was injecting per-
sonalities about President Mckinley in his
free silver talk.
1t is said that one OF the reasons ex-
Governor Boies was unable to find time to
attend the state calamity convention was
that he is too busy al home building a fine
residence and indulging in other substan-
tial evidences Of luxury. There are sew
eTal thousand farmers in the state in the
same fix.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-29
WORK OF GOLD BRICK MEN
Detective at Sioux City Relates an In
terestinr story.

terestinp story.
SIOUX CITY, Sept. 2S.-(Special. )-"Old
Fox" John T. Norris, who was chief of de-
tectives of Springfield when William Nc
Kinley was an Ohio prosecuting attorney
took off his hat yesterday to Sergeant Dick
Richard as he looked upon the scrap of a
cipher code and heard how from those few
heiroglyphics the Sioux City officers had
tracked William Bedenfield, the gold bricker,
to the quiet country home of Robert S.
Payne the wealthy and respected country
gentleman.
1T was clever piece of work. sergeant,
very clever" said the veteran sleurh land
it is too bad that the other fellow should
have made slip at the finish. But hope
you'll get him yet"
"Oh, there's no question about that" re-
piled the sergeant. THAT doesn't appear
at all difficult"
WELL said Norris, at seems strange
to put this photograph of Bob Payne in
the gold brick gallery. Why, | wouldn't
have believed it of him. But here's the
picture of his farm and horses and hounds
with him in the middle. There is no mis-
taking him. The last time / saw Bob
Payne was in saloon in Chicago. He
ran a good paying saloon and was book
maker on the race tracks of Chicago He
had friends among the gold brickers, but
he was considered nothing more than
very shrewd bookmaker. One day his books
took off $4,000 and that night he sold his
saloon. The next thing we knew of him
was that he had bought a farm and set
tied down some place in western Mis-
souri,. But when he left his rural
home for the exciting pursuit of gold
brickng he united himself with the clever
OF t,i,,ax In
Brown who escaped up Pearl street in the
buggy waiting around the corner for him
was John Crawford Blackwell, the trusted
confederate of Tom O'Brien, the king of
gold brick men, now serving a life sentence
at New Caledonia, in the French possess
sions. | will give $1,000 for him any time
He is under indictment in New York, Penn
sylvania, New Jersey. Kentucky, Ohio,
Michigan, Illinois and Missouri. This one
reward is for trick turned by him together
with Red Austin and Frank Daggett. They
sold a gold brick TO John Druckermiller,
of Fremont o., for $4,000.
by the way his flight from Sioux City
was not the first exciting getaway he has
made. About four years ago he and old
Dan Scribner worked an old farmer near
Bridgeport, Conn, out of $1,000 on the tin
box game. The boxes had been switched
and the money was in their possession,
and Blackwell, or Brown, as you call him.
had walked ur the country zane expecting
to be met by old Dan, who to drive
along with the money in the buggy. But
, Dan hadn't driven fifty yards before he fell
back in his buggy seat dead. The horses
ran away, the $1,000 was spilled out and the
big crook had a harder time to get out OF
the country than he experienced in Sioux
CITY"
Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-29

The following transfers were filed yester-
day in the abstract, title and loan office of
J. w. Squire, 1Ol Pearl street
Emory A. Cobb and wife 60 w. H.
Cobb, Is lots in Potter d Cobb's add
to Council Bluffs, q, c, d....,...,....,$ /
W, II. Hardman ct al, referees. to
Thomas III. Schneider. siA swi4 and
WIZ seL 3-I6-i0 ", d.................. 900
Thomas III. Schneider and wife to
Friederich Berge, sls swA and wig
sell 3-16-40, W. Observation-Disclosures. $500
Burr II. Richards ana wife to Bernard
L, Wickham, lot l6 block S, Jack
sons add. to Council Bluffs W. a.. $50
Peter Mortensen and wife To Leonard
Everett, executor, lot II. block 30
Burns add to Council Bluffs. W. d. $50
W. j. Champlin and wife to j. c.
Hearns lots 3 and T. block 81 Burns
add. to Council Blufts, q. G. d........ 500
Charles Battele TO Fort Dodge &
Omaha Railroad Co. lots / and .,
block {, Beers add. to Council Bluffs,
Hugh G.. Robinson to same, eia lot I.
block I, Beers add. TO Council Bluffs,
W. a.. ...'.,'..s' llOO
Harris Horwich To Charles Battelle,
ei9 lot 3. block 2, Beers add. to Coun-
ell Bluffs, W. .....r............,.... 800
Nine transfers aggregatins -, ,sldss
Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-29

Tho remains of the late Prof. G. l..
Wyckoff will be taken to Virden. ILL.,, this
afternoon, where they will be buried. Flu
neral services will be held at the family res
idence, go Tenth avenue, at o'clock Rev.
W. S. Barnes, pastor of the First Presby-
terian church, officiating. The pallbearers
will be: W. II. Thomas f, C. Holloway, Ed
C.. Brown. c. S. Zarbaugh, ]. NJ. Flagler and
A. Il. Brock, The funeral will be under the
direction of Fidelity council, Royal Arcanum,
OF which deceased was member. Mrs. n.
T.. Wyckoff, sister OF Mrs. George l.,
Wyckoff, and Miss Clara Wyckor will ac-
company the body to Virden. leaving here
ou the $50 train over the Burlington road.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-29

MARSHALLTOWN, Ia, Sept. 2S.-(Spe-
cial.)-Frank Partridge is in receipt of a
letter from a Chicago attorney asking him
to secure some information regarding the
heirs of an immense estate in Texas known
as the Clark estate. One of the Clark girls
who married a Marshalltown man some few
years ago. but whose present name is not
known is supposed to live about seven
miles north of the city. Two other daughters
reside near Perry, but their present names
are not known The estate is said to con-
sist of about $500, 900 and 5000 acres of land
lying between Houston and Galveston.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-29
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.

guilty. Judge woolson reserved sentence.
The trial OF George Ruffles Of Manning,
charged with a similar offense, was then
commenced .and was not completed when
court adjourned for the day
The defendant in the case OF j. l.. Fuller
against Sue A. Hoyt filed motion for
new trial.
The indictment returned last spring
against John Caple Of Davis City on the
charge of sending obscene matter through
ele mail was dismissed. Since being indicted
Caple has become insane and is now in the
asylum. 1t is believed that his offense was
prompted by his disease.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-29
VILLAGES ARE THREATENED


DENVER, Colo, Sept zS.--A prairie fire,
nrobabIv started nv a shark from a Iocomo-
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grazing ianus between NOVA ana h'Jou
creeks in morgan county, ana destroyed
thousands OF TONS Oh nay hahchlh'ul W. u
Miller ana MS wie ana cnliu hau marrow
escape from Delng burned TO ueath' Inc
woman ana Ihe chiia were pauiy purheu'
iau III not peen lor 'he prompt WORK OF the
railroaa men ana others at corona the town
"oulu nave peen entireIy destroyed. Holhg
toward the approaching nre Tor mile PACK
Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-29
Buy Coles Ar-Tight heater for comfort
these cool mornings.
MATTERS IN THE DISTRICT COURT.
Mrs. Holman Opposes the Motion of
Motor Company for New Trial.

Motor Company for New Trial.
In the district court yesterday the plain
tiff in the personal damage suit Of Emma
Holman against the Omaha & Council
Bluffs Railway and Bridge company filed
notice OF appeal from Judge Thornell's rul-
ing, granting a new trial. At the November
term last year Mrs. Emma Holman secured
a verdict against the motor company for
$500 as damages for personal injuries
The suit was not brought until after the
time limit had expired, but the plaintif
asserted that Superintendent Dimmock had
held out offers of settlement and for this
reason she had refrained from commencing
action. On motion of the defendant com
pany Judge Thornel set the verdict aside
and granted a new trial, holding that the
evidence did not show that Superintendent
Dimmock had authority to waive the stat
ute of limitations.
The hearing of the application of the
Fort Dodge G. Omaha Railway company to
enjon the Chicago & Northwestern Railway
company from condemning any portion of
the Judson track for its right Of waw, which
was set this morning, has been continued
to October 13 at the request of President
DunCombe,. contained in a telegram re-
reived by Judge Mack yesterday afternoon.
Negotiations for a settlement of the mat
ter, it is understood, are now pending in
Chicago.
In the case Of Charles Green against
John Shaw and others, judgment was
granted by agreement for the plaintiff for
possession of the property in controversy.
In the case of Jane Richardson against
Joseph Weinberger judgment was entered
for the plaintiff for verified account sued
on and special execution issued against
the attached property.
The demurrer to the answer and counter
claim in the case of George II. King re-
ceiver, against John l.. Howe, was sus-
tanned in part and overruled in part, A
decree of foreclosure was granted in the
suit OF the State Savings bank OF Coun-
ell Bluffs against John Organ and others.
Judge Macy made the following second
and final assignment OF law causes for this
term:
Monday, October 3-,sterling Manufactur;;
! Nelson against Lars Hansen,
Tuesday, October &C. V. Mccormick
against II, A Rice, Dorcas Haines against
! Lars =. Nelson, in re estate of George Met
calf, in re estate of John Dohany,
against Supreme Lodge knights of Pythas,
| NJ. Rosentretter & Co. against Bankrupt
Merchandise Company Scottish Union and
! National Insurance Company against Il. II.
Odell.
Thursday, October 6--Thomas Dorsett
Friday, October Frank N. Salvador
| against NJ. Feeey City of Council Bluffs
against Sarah b. b. Rohrer
Iost- EnyeIopa coptoiripa batmao, conn m
Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-29

SIOUX CITY, Sept. 2s.-(Special Tele-
gram Mrs. Angelica Haller, a Woodbury.
county woman, has gone insane over the
idea that President Mckinley has given her
$4,000 and that her husband refuses to col
lect it. This is not the first time the woman
has become mentally unbalanced on this sub
ject and this time she has been sent to the
hospital for the insane to clear her mind Of
the hallucination.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-29
PACKING HOUSE STATISTICS
Hogs Continue 10 lie Marketed Lib.
orally for the Time of
the .cEr.

CINCINNATI Sept 2S.-(specal Tele-
Current says Hogs continue
TO be marketed literally for this time Of the
year. Western killings $50 900 for the week,
compared with 3G5 600 the preceding. week
and POS, 900 last year. From March / the total
is ll,S5O,0OO, against 10, 2O5 900 a year ago.
Prominent places compare az follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-29
N. Y. Plumbing company. Tel. $50.

The wonder of the Transmissssippi EX-
position Is Coles Hot Blast heater 1t gives
absolute cleanliness. even heat and same
work out of common soft coal as can be
got from hard coal. 1t saves millions. See
il Mt the Wigwam or Cole & Coles, Al Main
street, Council Bluffs.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-29

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept. 2S.-Mrs. The
resa Cosby, divorced wife OF J. d. Cosby,
who owns the check stand at the Union
depot. tried to kill herself today by jumping
from Missouri Pacific passenger train near
Independence. Her injuries, mostly Internal.
will probably prove fatal. mind is un-
balanced.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-29

Chambers Academy of Dancing now open
Adult beginners every Tuesday, to p.
m, Assemblies, or social every Tuesday, Q
p, IN. Children, classes, Tuesdays and Fri
days, 4l5 p. m. Children's party Saturday
evening. October s. 1898.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-29
Switchmnn's Arm Crushed.

PACIFIC JUNCTION, Ia, Sept. 2S.-(Spe-
cial.)-Walter Lily switchman, while at
work in the Burlington yards last night,
had the lower part Of his right arm badly
crushed. He will not lose his arm.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-29

sentatyes. Many charges were preferred
against Governor Smith, but the investga-
tion resulted In nothing more than his
transfer to the governorship of the Pacific
branch where he was wounded today.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-29

The Evans laundry is the leader In fine
work for both color and finish. $40 Pearl
street Phone 290.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-29

Warranted wrought iron stove. $50 at Cole
& Coles. Large oven. Strictly high grade.
Also Buck steel range, the white enamel
oven doors. Finest steel ranges made.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-29

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