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Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-27
NEW NORN's LATEST Triple.
1t Has Become Fashionable TO Drink
CnlfsayR ut the Drug stores.

The drug store people say the drinking of
calisaya Is responsible for incalculabre mis-
cry in this town. says a New York letter.
NOT long ago a policeman, who drank so
much OF the stuff he couldn't tell a burglar
from a bottle of mucilage, loaded UP for one
grand, sweet song of finality. He consumed
an unwonted quantity Of the stuff and he
and his family were buried two days later.
Sixth avenue talked for days of the man
possessed Of the little red devil. the man
who had suddenly appeared at his home.
shot his wife and three children and then
received the leaden release himself.
Calisaya makes its subjects want to go out
and kindle the fire with the bric-a-brac. A
gentleman who makes a practice of drinking
large quantities of the stuff becomes pos
sessed of an overwhelming desire to SCALP
his favorite son and walk across TO Gov
ernor's island on his hands. He feels like
biting his initials in the door knobs and
lynching his best friend.
The druggists say they can't stop the
thing. They have calisaya for sale at the
soda fountains and If anyone with a dime
wants a drink. why he gets it, that's all.
While they do not exactly defend the char
acter of c%alisaya, they urge in palliation that
there are lots OF other drugs in general, but
not quite so general, use as calisaya, whose
victims are affected as Enthusiastically as are
the slaves Of the little red devil. For in
stance, they say, there is the cologne habit.
Women drink cologne today just as men
drink whisky. They have the stuff put up in
dainty little TASKS, with monographs, golden
chains and all that. Far from dying n nat
ural death, the use of cologne as a beverage
is extending, according to the testimony of
the druggists. Still, it is difficult to figure
where this excuses calisaya.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-27
THEY ALL NEED BRACING UP.
After n Nights Dissipation Drinkers
MuEt Have n Tonic.

81 take a drink when / feel like it," said
a Canal street business man to a New Or
leans Times-Democrat reporter, "and can't
see that 1t has ever done me any harm,
but l witnessed a little episode this morning
that has haunted me ever since and has
forced me to do a whole lot Of thinking. I
had stepped into a bar early to get a cock
tail and while it was being compounded a
middle-aged gentleman came and asked one
of the attendants to pour him out a little
| plain whisky. He was carefully dressed and
had all the marks Of refinement and good
breeding and his request was so unusual
that l turned Involuntary to look at him.
The bartender exhibited no surprise and
placed half a small glassful of whisky at
his elbow, but the instant he stretched out
his hand l saw that the mar was on the
| verge of nervous collapse. He shook like an
aspen leaf and when he finally managed to
seize the tumbler its contents flew in every
direction. Let me assist you, colonel"
said the bartender quietly and, pouring out
another drink, he leaned over and held it to
his lips. The man said nothing, but gave
him a haggard look that went into my heart
like a knife. My God! what a look! Shame,
humiliation and abject animal terror. 1t
started the sweat on me like water. Well, he
drank his whisky, stood still for a minute
as II gathering hlmselt together ana sauh"
tered out as cool as ever.
II asked the bartender II he had many
such customers and he laughed. Lots of
EN- he said. There isn't a frst-class bar
in town. he went on, that don't patch up
a few old boys like that almost every morn
ing. They're not drunkards, but they've
been at it so many years that their nerves
are gone, and, although they don't know 1t,
they are working on absolutely nothing but
whisky. As soon as they get a little fresh
fuel in the morning they are all right, but
they come in scared and out OF their wits
and thinking they are going to drop dead
| every minute. I'll bet that gentleman you
saw can sign his name without a CULVER /
walked out rejecting. 1t was a weird sight
| gentlemen, and l don't want to witness 1t
again. Suppose we go down and have some
thing 81
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-27
BICYCLE ORDINANCE DISCUSSED.
Members of the Leading Wheel Clubs
Wnnt Some hRnE Made

Members of the Leading Wheel Clubs
Want Some Changes Made.
The bicycle ordinance introduced at the
meeting of the city council Monday night
has been the subject of much discussion
among the wheel riders of the city and es-
pecially among the members of the Gany-
mede and Owl Wheel clubs. The club mem
bers are not expected to oppose the passage
of an ordinance, but are divided in opinion
as to it's provisions. 1t had been reported
that the Ganymede club was the father of
the lamp provision in the ordinance, but
this is not the case. The ordinance was
drawn up and presented at the suggestion
OF Mayor Jennings, a number of complaints
as to reckless riding on the business streets,
especially after dark, having reached him.
1t is likely that at the next meeting OF the
council the two leading wheel clubs OF the
city, the Owl and the Ganymede, will submit
a number of suggestions which they desire
incorporated in the bicycle ordinance If one
is passed.
They will ask that there be a provision
that in the sprinkling of the streets of the
city a three-foot dry strip be left next the
curb on each side of the street. Wheelmen
claim that a large number Of people ride
bicycles in going to and from their places
Of business and that at present the streets
are so sprinkled as to make riding a hazard
Gus matter by reason Of their slippery condi-
ton. They further claim that the mud
fouls their wheels in such a way as to i'm
pede their movements. They will also ask
that a provision in the ordinance be in
cluded to require all vehicles to keep to the
right side of the street, especially on paved
streets. The practice of riding and driving
on the left side of the street has, they
claim, been the cause of q number of Sc
rious accidents in this city. People who
willfully or ignorantly disregard this custom
should, they say, be summarily dealt with.
The provision in the ordinance as intro
duced last Monday in regard to the placing of
glass, tacks, ETC., on the streets should, they
say, also include rubbish of every char
acter, especially wire, bricks, sticks, stones,
Feelings of fruit and any and all other ar
ticles of like character. The reasons for
this, they say, are self-eVident.
The speed limit, which for bicycle riders
is fixed at ten miles in the ordinance, they
will recommend be made to apply to all
vehicles. This speed, they say, is slow
enough to effectually prohibit 'scorching''
and is not so fast but that a wheelman can
have his machine under perfect control at
all times.
Another suggestion they will make is that
the leaving of drays, trucks, wagons, etc,
on the street, except when in use, should
be prohibited, also the stopping of vehicles
on the street In such a way as to impede
the passage Of vehicles. They will make
no suggestions as to the provision requiring
the carrying of lamps at night by wheel
riders, as the general understanding is that
such "a provision Is in the interest of the
public generally.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-27
Endorse Candidacy Of CUMMING.

BOONE, Ia, July 26.-(Special. AT the
republican county convention today resolu-
tions were unanimously adopted reaffirming
the declarations of the national republican
platform Of 1896 and the state platform of
1898 and congratulating the people upon
President McKinley's wise and patriotic ad-
ministration and the people Of Iowa upon
the successful and business-like administra
ton of Governor Leslie NJ. Shaw. They
also cordially endorsed the candidacy of A.
b. Cummins for United States senator and
desired that our representatives use all fair
and honorable means to secure his election.
Delegates were selected for the state con-
vention and also for the Thirty-frst district
senatorial convention, which meets in this
city on the 9th.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-27

w. T. silvers, the proprietor Of the barber
shop on Pearl street, and his brother Frank
were arrested yesterday on warrants Issued
from the court Of Justice d. s. Frank of
Keg Creek, informations charging them with
keeping their shop open last Sunday having
been filed by the BARRIERS Protective asso-
citation. They both gave the requisite bonds
and the trial has been set for Thursday of
next week. This makes the second time
that Silvers has been prosecuted and he looks
upon the action of the BARRIERS association
as pure persecution as he alone, of all the
bars who kept open shop last Sunday has
been arrested. Silvers' defense this time will
be that he shaved for charity, as the proceeds
of his trade last Sunday morning were given
to the hospital fund Of Company l., Fifty -dirst
Iowa. Each customer. after having his wants
attended to placed the amount due in a box
provided for the purpose and marked For
Hospital Fund, Company L."
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-27
Davis sells the best hammocks
THEY WANT MORE TOBACCO
Annmosa Convicts Kick on Reduced
AlIowance-An Issue on the
inheritance Tax.

DIES MONIES, July 2~6.-(Special Tele-
gram "A special from Anamosa says the
recent order Of the State Board Of Control
cutting down the supply of tobacco issued
the convicts in the state prisons from four
ounces per week to two for each man and
substituting therefor butter is receiving ex-
actly the reception that was predicted for
the measure at its inception. The convicts
at Anamosa refuse to abide by the regula-
ton and only on promise of relief through
the board have operations within the walls
been resumed. Warden Hunter is reported
as having no sympathy with the order of the
board and it is stated that the 300 men
who refused to work were induced to re-
sumo operations yesterday on promise that
when the Board of Control arrives, which
will occur this week, an effort will be made
to secure a modification of the order.
An opinion was given to State Treasurer
Herriott today by Attorney General Remley
which will in all probability be presented to
the supreme court Of the Uuited States for
confirmation. 1t involves the validity and
application of the Iowa collateral inheri-
lance tax and raises issues that have never
before been submitted to that tribunal. In
the present case Hon. Benjamin Sheldon of
Rockford, ILL.,, died possessed o. a great
amount of real estate in Union, Cherokee.
Lyon, Woodbury. and Osceola counties and
left an estate consisting largely of notes
given by parties in Iowa and secured by
mortgages on Iowa realty. The collateral
heirs offered to pay the tax on all real
estate, but declined to pay it on the notes
given by Iowa parties and secured by Iowa
realty. They wished to transfer the realty
and were unable to do so because Treasurer
Herriott held their land as security for the
o,z a-s - tIa toy ~, tha nnlac Thou fhap
requested that before further action be
taken five propositions be submitted to Gen
eral Remley for his opinion in The hope that
it would render further litigation unneces-
sary. In his opinion, given out today, he
decides adversely to their interests and it is
believed resort will now be had to the SUI
preme court OF the United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-27
BLOODY RACE WAR LIKELY
White Miners at Boone Bitterly In
censed over the Employment
of Negro Miners.

BOONE, Ia. July 26.-(Special.)- 1.-The
town of Fraser. in this county, is likely to
be the scene of a bloody race war between
white and colored miners. The white min
ers formed a miners union q short time
ago. when every man who Joined the organ
ization was discharged and several hundred
negroes were shipped in to take their places.
Since their advent two murders have been
committed at Fraser, but luckily both men
KILLED were colored and no outbreak was the
result.
Last Friday sixty families Of colored
miners were shipped here and the excitement
was renewed as the men were from Pana,
ILL.,, and Kentucky, and proved to be more
aggressive than those who came first. AL
though the white miners have made no
threats and have been peaceable. the opera
tors have armed the negroes with Winches-
ters and they have been practicing rifle
shooting and for two days have been drill
ing in the public park.
A delegation of Fraser citizens waited on
the sheriff and county attorney today and
asked protection or the right to protect
themselves. One overt act on the part of
the negroes will precipitate a bloody battle,
and it may come at any time.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-27
Iowa Political Gossip.

Correl county republicans Endorsed Cum
Minis candidacy for the senate.
The republicans of Boone county in con-
vention Endorsed Cummins for senator.
The Keokuk county republican convention
was for Gear for senator, with Congress-
man Lacey second choice.
The lama county candidate for the legis-
lature declines to commit himself on the
senatorial question. Both the Gear and
Cummins men claim him.
The Cummins men were in control Of the
Pocahontas county convention and 1t is con
ceded they will name the candidate for the
legislature in the Pocahontas-Humboldt dis
trict.
Taking the hold over members for the
senate and the nominations SO far made for
the senate and house in districts considered
sure to return republicans the estimates of
the strength of Gear and Cummins are
greatly at variance. 1t is conceded that it
will require over fifty votes to nominate in
the republican caucus. Cummins men claim
TO have fifty votes in sight at present. while
the Gear men put their strength at about
the same figure.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-27
MIDSUMMER NIGHT ToRTURES.
Country Life During the Hot weather
is Not a BIissfuI Dream

The fantasy of a poetical mind, observes
the Philadelphia Times, can with very little
effort call up for mental review such a
fairylike ensemble as Shakespeare has SC
gracefully depicted in that night and airy
creation of his, "a Midsummer Nights
Dream" but the practical prose slave who
sees things only as they actually exist in
his own particular circle shrugs his Shout
ders superciliously and offsets sentiment by
a description of a midsummer night reality
ungarnished by any decorative frills of i'm
agination. The individual who is envied
perhaps by those whp cannot, as he does,
rush away to sylvan shades at the very first
approach of warm weather, frequently APP
pears OF a morning On the incoming train
a verltable wreck from loss OF sleep occa-
STONED by those weird and uncanny sounds
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-27
CASE AGAINST LANE DROPPED
Friends Furnish the Money Requisite to
Settle His Shortage.
ALL CONCERNED ARE WELL SATISFIED
l.. IT.. Greer of Rock Island IL Booked
TO Take the Position Formerly
Held by MIR.
Lane.
ALL CONCERNED ARE WELL SATISFIED

The case against John M. Lane, charged
with embezzlement by the Milwaukee rail
way. was dismissed in Justice Terriers court
yesterday afternoon. At the eleventh hour
the friends of the former freight and ticket
agent came to his rescue and furnished the
money, enabling hin to settle the shortage
complained of.
When the case was called both Auditor
Robertson of the Milwaukee and II. L. Ged-
des, agent of the bonding company, appeared
and asked that it be dropped, saying that
the case had been settled and the railroad
company had no further desire to prosecute.
Lanes attorney notified the court that his
client would take care of the costs and that
they need not be taxed up to the county.
Both Mr.. Robertson and Mr.. Geddes ex-
pressed themselves we'll pleased that the case
had been disposed of, as they regretted ex-
tremely that circumstance had been such as
to compel the prosecution of Mr.. Lane. The
full amount of the shortage, 1t is understood,
was paid over to Auditor Robertson yester-
day morning by Lanes attorney.
Neither Mr.. Robertson nor Mr.. Geddes
was willing to discuss the matter beyond
stating that the case had been settled salts
factorily to the railway company. Auditor
Robertson said he expected to return to
Council Bluffs next Monday to check in l.. II.
Greer of Rock Island, who will succeed Lane
at this point as freight and ticket agent.
Mr.. Greer holds a similar position with the
Milwaukee road at Rock Island,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-27

that arc a foe to the slumber OF mortals,
though perhaps forming a part OF the or
chestra which interprets terpsichorean meas
uros for Titanic in the moonlight arrayed
In dtaphanous garments OF cobwebs.
When his tired eyelids suggest the pleas
ures OF his downy couch an owl with per-
sistent mournfulness begins a serenade that
crates on the nerves and until its identity
Is established it suggests the wallings Of
the banshee. II he is perchance wakeful
and in the humor to read he finds that his
amp Is the mecca for more kinds of nylng
things than he ever thought could be reck-
oned In insectology. To add to his discom-
Tort giant bugs with resounding thuds OF
the most startling character dash their
brains out against the screens in a vain
effort to join the circle about the evening
lamp. and a bat perchance liycns IN mat
ters by frantically flying with blind swirls
and whirrs over his head until capture or
retirement is inevitable. At last in bed the
gentle mosquito proceeds to MARBLE near at
hand. II a netting prevents a personal ca
ress, Just to show there is no hard feeling,
and he keeps up a lengthy monologue that
were he a dog would cause the sleepless
martyr to declare that his bark was worse
than his bite, The dog, however, is not TO
be left out of the midsummer nights real
tty. He is generally one that sleeps all day
long and bays the moon, whether there is
one or not, from bedtime to daybreak. An
asinine rooster, who Enthusiastically regards
midnight as morning, adds his note to the
voices OF the night, and when poor, tired
humanity thinks at last there Is a resplte
the Industrious running fly begs to differ
with him, thus finishing what is a truthful
picture of what a midsummer night is in
reality, with apologies to Shakespeare that
there cannot be more found who enjoy the
dream and less who wrestle with the night
marc
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-27
Gustny wilIiu. Nnmed Receiyer.

ST. PAUL, July 26.-Gustav Willius, pres
ident of the recently closed Germania bank,
a state institution, was today appointed re-
ceiver at the instance of the public bank ex-
aminer in order to prevent preference OF
creditors through suits at law, as seemed
likely TO happen If the previous intention
to close up the banks affairs by the bank
officials were carried ou& In his applica-
tions for the receivership the public ex-
aminer states that the assets will pay all
claims in full.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-27
Supervisors Hold short Session.

The Board of County Supervisors held a
short session yesterday morning at which
a few minor matters were disposed Of and
then adjourned. 1t was decided that the
county should assume control of the court
house at Ayoca. No rent is to be paid for
the building, but the county is to keep 1t in
repair, furnish heat and light and pay the
water rental.
County Recorder Smith submitted his re-
port for the quarter ending June 30. 1t
shows collection of fees amounting to ST.
2S1.SO, divided as follows: April, s471,95:
May, sSS7,65; June, $371.7O. Clerk hire for
the quarter amounted to s356.5O.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-27
WALKS FROM TEXAS TO sIoux CITY.
Experience of n Woman Accompanied
by Three Young Children.

SIOUX CITY. July 26.-(Special. )--Mrs.
John Arthur has arrived in Sioux City with
three young children, having made the long
trip from Texas on foot. She started last
March with but SO in her pocket and her
effects, weighing about $50 pounds, We're
loaded in the little boys toy wagon. BY the
assistance of the people along the road she
landed here safely at her destination,
bIonzed, but in the best of health. She was
lured to the Lone Star state in the first place
by men who told of the great happiness to
be obtained in a Seventh Day Adventist
colony in Colorado county in that state. She
found there was nothing of the kind, and
after spending nearly all her money started
on the long trip back home.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-27
SCIENTIFIC optIcian. wonman. iOs Br,dway.
o. Younkerman & Co, grape baskets, bar
rels. and all fruit packages.
Ordered to Furni.h Now Rnnd.

An order was received yesterday from
Judge Green of the district bench requiring
Slack Peterson the p~laintiff in the injunction
suit brought against the Board OF Education
to restrain it from building the new high
school on the Oakland avenue site, to fur
nish an increased bond of 500. The order
requires hat the bond be furnished in five
days from the date of the order. This
increased bond is TO protect the school dis
trict from any loss that 1t may incur by rea-
son Of the delay in erecting the school house
caused by the injunction. The amount Of the
bond is considerably less than the board ex-
pected, 1t having applied to Judge Green to
make it 5000 on account OF the bonds hav-
ing been sold and that there was a possibility
OF the district being compelled TO pay inter
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-27

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, July 26.-The
seventh annual convention OF the United
States League of Local Building and Loan
Associations opened today. President Bader
in his annua address declared that the
meeting marks the beginning of a new era
in the popularity and development of the
American building and loan system. Secre-
tary Cellarius reported 5.576 focal associa-
tions in the United States. with q member
ship OF l.6l7.S37.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-27

SIOUX CITY, July 26.-(Special Sioux
City and vicinity at present is infested with
tramps. They make the excuse that they are
going through to the South Dakota harvest
fields, but it is seldom these fellows do any
work when they do get into the grain coun-
try. They make it a practice to travel on
freight trains in such numbers that the
crews cannot handle them. and they make
life miserable for the people along the line.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-27
Travelling Man Injured.

CRESTON, Ia, July 26.-(Speciaf)--Henry
Niemeyer, a citizen Of C~reston, who travels
for a Burlington dry goods house, had his
right leg broken between the ankle and knee
by being thrown from a buggy near Murray
yesterday morning. Mr.. Niemeyer was
brought to Creston by the noon train and
taken to Cottage hospital. where he is re-
ceiving the best care and medical attention.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-27
COUNTY REPUBLICANS MEET.
Ticket Placed In Field and Candidacy
of Genr for ScnntOr Endaraed.

GLENWOoD, Ia, July 26.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-The Mills county republican conven-
tion held its session here today and a county
ticket was nominated. The meeting was
called to order by John Y. Stone, formerly
attorney general of the state. The nominees
are as follows; 7. w. Black, Malvern, rep
resentative; N. II. Anime, Silver City, treas
urer; William Morgan, Glenwood, sheriff; w.
p. Workman, Emerson, superintendent; Fred
F. Dean, Glenwood, surveyor; DR.. Whitnall,
Hastings, coroner.
The candidate for representative was given
instructions to support j. II. Gear for the
United States senate and the delegates to the
senatorial convention were instructed to the
same effect.