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Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-08

a wagon. Funeral services will be held at
st. Clements mission in the Third ward Sun
day afternoon at / O'Clock.
Mrs. Ida Stuart will occupy the pulpit at
the Christian church next Sunday morning
She will speak in the interest of the Rescue
Home of Omaha.
Joe Mailander Of Sarpy Mills came in yes-
terday and brought brace of ducks to some
friends He says that the shooting out in
his locality is good.
F. c. Jones, Fifteenth and y streets, died
yesterday afternoon. The remains will be
forwarded 10 Lincoln today for interment
The deceased was brother-in-law of C. P.
Dickson.
County Attorney Shields Is working his
blum here again on the slot machines. All
the machines have been taken out and
shields threalens that he will arrest the first
person who starts 10 operate a machine
James H. Bulla is being pushed by his
friends for president OF the Board of Edu-
cation. Mr.. Bulla has considerable support
IN MS candidacy and ii is possible that he
VIII be chosen when the board reorganizes
Mr.. and Mrs. David Anderson returned
from Texas yesterday. Mr. Anderson As
looking well and reports that he enioyed
the winter in the south. He said that while
the season is quite backward the weather
all through March was delightful
Dan Dugan is in jail again on the same
OLD charge OF intoXication. Dugan is vergine
on the tremens and should be sent to the
county hospital. Chief Carroll said last
evening that he would endeavor TO have
Commissioner Hoctor Issue an order for
Dugan so that he could be sent TO the hos
ptal.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-08
INVESTS IN A COLD NINE
Dan Alberts Dies Before Fortune Knocks al
His Door.
MONEY PAID OUT FAILS TO BRING RETURNS
PenniIess and with n Newborn Babe
the Wife Tries TO Work Her
Way Back TO Her Old
Home.

Visions OF wealth to be easily won luret
Dan Alberts from his printers case TO pov
erty and death in the mines OF Colorad,
and brought his young wife and her 8.
months old baby to the Douglas county
authorities to beg for aid to reach hel
relatives in Ohio Left in a strange city
with no possession in the world but hel
| baby, she has worked her way over 5Ot
miles of country by selling stove polish from
door 10 door, and is now for the first time
compelled 10 ask for charity That is the
story she told the county commissioners
and everything in her manner and appear
ance indicated that she was telling the
truth.
Mrs. Alberts said that she was married in
Ohio a little over five years ago. At that
| time her husband had cases on one Of the
big Chicago dailies and they made their
home in that city for two years. Albsrts
| became friendly with a speculator in min
ing stocks, who sweled his Imagination with
stories of the big profits that had been
made by other men of moderate means He
decided that his weekly salary was a mere
tribe when such tempting opportunities
were open. In the end he invested 81 600
that he had saved in one ot the alleged
bonanzas recommended by his new ac.
quaintance, and with the usual result No
returns were received and the stock failed
10 go up. But by this time he had acquired
the fever, and on the representation that
the claim held a fortune II II were properly
worked, he exchanged the balance of his
money for the remaining interest In the
property and went to Colorado. filled with
anticipations of what he would accomplish
when he became the actual operator Of the
mine.
When he reached the claim he found
that not an ounce of paying ore had ever
existed within twenty miles but he made
desperate attempt TO get something out
Of IT, and al the end Of months digging
acquired nothing but rheumatic complaint
that eventually caused mis- death He
worked when he was able and managed
TO make a living until he died. without
leaving dollar to pay his funeral ex-
penses month later the baby was born.
and since then the widow has supported
herself and her child by selling stove
polish and one or two kitchen specialties
in Sterling and other Colorado towns.
a month ago she started TO work her
way back 10 her relatives by the same
means, and got as far as Fremont. where
she reached the limit O. her finances. Her
stock vas exhausted and she had no
money TO buy more, She had just enough
left 20 purchase ticket 10 Omaha and pro-
cure nights lciging at a cheap hotel
She called al the office OF the county com
missioneTs, saying that one OF the train
men told her that the county would pro-
vide her with transportation. Her case was
investigated as far as possible. ana arrange
menis will probably be made TO send her
at least part Of the way TO her destination.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-08

as a token of the high esteem in which he
was held by his many friends in this city
Frank Riley was member of one OF tha
pioneer families OF Omaha He was one of
the earliest students Of Creighton college
where he made a bright record for himself
Later he went to Texas and prospered stead
lily until in %, when he held an appointiye
position under Governor Culberson in one
OF the state institutions. In January. 1898.
he removed to Chicago and accepted po-
sltlon in the Cook county recorders office
and remained there until the breaking out
OF hostilities with Spain, when he answered
President McKinley's call. After a short
service he was taken III with typhoid fever
and passed away on July 4. The pail
bearers were: Al Beaton, Tom Swift Mark
Cook, C. NJ. Furay, A. J. Smith and Tim
o O'Keefe, former students at Creighton col
lege
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-08
Dance and Cake walk,

Inc dance and prize cake walk given BY
MInhehaha council No. ., Degree OF Poca
honlas, last night al Patterson hall was at .
tended by nearly 800 members ana friends
ana proved the most successful entertain
ment given by the order Special efforts
were made 10 provide pretty decorations for
the nall and the music was a feature Of the
occasion. When the crowd tired Of dancing
II was entertained by a compztitiye caks
walk IN which six couples contested. Thf
prize huge frosted cake, was awarded
after three trials 10 Miss Mary Dahm and
MI J, Rousec. The committee by whom the
dance was conducted is Misses Luella Jack
man and Mary Jackman. Mesdames BrldweI
ana Heuton. and Mr.. A. b. Bell
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-08
Magic city Gossip.

Rev. Cramblet is able 10 be about again
after a brief illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Keith, Twenty first and
S streets announce the birth OF daughter
All the catch basins on street were
cleaned out by the street department yes
terday.
Mrs. P. j. Mcdonald. Twenty-third and
streets, has gone TO Atchison, Kan, 10 visit
relatives.
The fire department flushed the paved
streets in the business portion of the city
yesterday afternoon
Mrs. August Johnson, Twenty third and
streets died yesterday forenoon The fu-
neral Will be held Sunday.
Willie, the young son OF c. F. Sanford of
the Third ward, died yesterday as the result
Of injuries received by being thrown from
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-08
rheumatism the Most Common Dis


The most universal disease that affects the
human body is rheumatism, the cause and
nature Of which is known TO a very lin.
tied extent even by the best informed physi-
clans, There are several forms of it and
nearly everybody is liable to an attack OF i,
in some form. When in the back and loins
il is called lumbago; in the hips, sciatica
IN the face, neuralgia. While there is some
doubt as 10 the origin and nature Of this dis.
ease, there is none whatever as to the best
treatment. Many years OF experience has
fully proven thar there is nothing so good as
Chamberlain's Pain Balm. One application
relIeYes The pain.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-08
Saturday
Jewe!ry Specials.

Sterling silver tea spoons,
S2.9S set Of 6.
Rogers Bros 1917 knives OF
forks, strictly finest quality
set of u pieces, S2.79.
Rogers teaspoons, sac set OF six.
Solid oak eightday clocks. with alarm
and half hour strike S2.49
Sterling silver Nethersole bracelets, reg
ular $500 style. CSC each.
Stefling silver buckles, soc each
Cyrano chains, soc and 75c; worth SlOo
and $1.5O.
Sterling silver Easter book marks. with
anchor, cross and heart. only 19c each.
Sterling silver back combs. ladies' or
gents, 39c each.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-08
Flannel Department
Special for Saturday.

% pieces Ramona feeced
flannel worth l2!c, at yard Sc.
l case shirting, worth Sic.
at yard, &c.
case cretonne, worth 12lc,
at yard, SC.
Outing flannel, cotton fan.
mel, Shaker flannel, at yard,
SIC.
Bed ticking SC. 7iac, lOc and 15c.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-08
D.c,,ioD Against the City.

A decision has been rendered against the
city in the Twenty fourth street paving case
and It lis expected that the city VIII Ap-
peal 10 the supreme court An arrange
rnor+ has heen made with General Gown to
assis+ CITY Attorney Montgomery in case
II is decided to appeal. About one-haf OF
mis- naving tax has been paid in and those
who have paid cannot recover without
s,rft Those who have not paid, however
cannot be compelled TO pay this special tax
unless the supreme court reverses the de-
cision OF the lower court
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-08
NeiEhborhooa Quarrel

The neighbc7hood quarrel between the
helly and Nc, calf families Of ll05 and III
South Ninth streets respectively occupied
the time OF Judge Gordon yesterday after
noon. About twenty witnesses were sum
moned. II is case in which the defendants
appear 10 have been 10 blame al the incep-
tlon, as they made a number Of lewd re-
marks concerning Miss Metcalf Her father
attempted 10 intervene and according 10 the
witnesses was struck on the head with a
club and across the face with a whip. Tne
defendants, William and Delmer Kelly.
complain that the Metcalf family were the
aEgresSCrs,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-08
Big Notion Bargain
In the Basement.

TT NTTO LItO = to g
sc spools silks, Saturday Sc.
1Oc finishing braid, 6 yards
for Sc.
1Oc combs. &c.
&c findings, at Sc.
! dozen bone hair pins, Sat.
urday Sc.
10c dress stays, at Sc.
II yards imitation torchon
laces at &c.
25c mirrors, at &c.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-08
Furniture.

With this line of skirmish-
ers thrown out by us you
need not be afraid to 90 ahead
and buy what you need here
and now. We have examined
the goods in every market, we
have marked the good points
and the bad in every article,
and today have our flag wav-
ing over our array of bargains
that places US in position to
save you time and money.
Fine oak extension tables 42x-
~ top, 3.inch flHted legs, 6 ft,
81. S5, S #, SIS. S5. Fine oak
chairs, cane seat, brace arm,
something you can be proud
of, 81. Golden oak combina
ton book case and desk,
French pattern plate mirror,
so. so. Large handsome gol.
den oak rocker, cane seatS2. IS.
Another rocker, golden oak,
leather seat, S1.95. Large size
white iron bed, angle iron
frame all around, S1.95. Good
double wire spring 81. Well made wool top
mattress $3.50. eft. oak extension, 1925.
Kitchen cupboard, $500. Fringed, spring
edge, valour covered couch, $3.50. Fine
white enamei easel, gold tipped, Csc. Large
roomy wardrobe. s5.s5. Oak suit. 24x3O
mirror, $500. Swell front dresser oval
French plate mirror. s725. Child's crib,
wire spring, s1.95. 6-pound feather pillows.
good ticking, $L0O per pair. Another lot
of fine frames, assorted mouldings and
mats ! opening, 25c; ., 35c; g. SOC. and
openings, 75c.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-08
Specials in
Ladies' Furnishing Goods
Saturday

tvO-csp including
a
Ladies kid gloves odd regular NOo 49a
and II OK or &c a
a
Ladies quality
Ladies
Fine ladies sleeveless
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-08
Thirty Days for Stealing CInnk..

Al Wilson has been sent TO the county
lail for thirty DAYS as a result of his ac-
quisiiiveness. He was found trying 10 sell
lNo eloaks; which made the police sus-
picious. They arrested him. the eloaks were
Identified and he entered a plea of guilty
70 having taken them. He Is the man who
was suspected OF having robbed the Scan
dinaYian Young Woman's home
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-08
TALBOT TAKES FIRST HONORS
University Of Nebraska Man Wins in the
0ratorical Contest.
COLLEGE ORATORS COMPETE FOR GLORY
Business Meeting Held at Bellevue
During Afternoon md Officers
of Association Elected for
the Ensuing Year

G. D. Talbot, representing the University
Of Nebraska, was awarded the first honors
in the fifteenth annual contest Of the Ne
braska Collegiate Oratorical association N
the Young Mems Christian association rooms
in this city last evening. There were four
contestants. The others ranked as follows.
according to the decision of the judges
Cromwell p Kirby of Grand Island col
lege, William J. Shallcross of Bellevue col
lege and ]. c Linberg OF Doane college
1t was o'clock before J. Trumbull
Baekus Of Bellevue, the president OF the as
sociation, opened the program of the even
ing. President David r. Kerr of Bellevue
college offered prayer, which was followed
by a plano duet by Miss Camille Lucas
and Miss Margaret Currens. both of Belle
yue
William J. Shallcross had for his subject
The Mission of War" His argument was
that progress, civilization and liberty were
preceded by war. but that while war has
been necessary in the past the time was
near at hand when it was TO be supplanted
by more peaceful abitrament OF differ
ences
Cromwell P. Kirby, in THE Anglo-Saxon
The Champion of the Highest Civiliza-
ton" contended that the three elements
Of greatness in nation were religious. in
essential 10 the achievement of the highest
success in the work Of a nation. All three,
he said. We're united in the Anglo-Sax
race and the United States was peculiarly
adapted 10 become the seat OF power in the
future for that race.
William Lloyd Garrison was the theme
upon which G. d. Talbot won the honors
Of the evening. He said that men achieved
rue greatness when they left their Impress
lpon future history and made the world
better for their having lived. Such men
created the circumstances through which
they carved a niche for themselves in the
walls OF time. Martin Luther was such
man In the sixteenth century. Patrick
Henry another in the eighteenth century
and William Lloyd Garrison third in the
present century.
Dissertation on Unrest.
J. C Linberg took for his subject. Unrest
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-08
Last Tribute TO Frank J. Riley.

The funeral OF Private Frank J RiTav
Company T, Second Illinois Volunteers
who died last July and whose body was
brought home for burial, took place yes
terday afternoon from the residence Of his
sister Mrs. J. II. McCreary. 2252 Mander-
son street As arranged, the funeral was
private. but many horal offerings were sen
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-08
Lester, KurtZmann, MCPhail.
Franklin, Doll,

eighteen
make
stock in the
inc o pianos for
Of
positive satisfaction insured
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-08
The Greatest Sale Omaha
Has Ever Known.

Finest goods bargain prices The Big Stores
deru selling has become talk The power evident
price See the wonderful values in suits and stv
millinery. Special prices boys and chidrens suits
AGENTS FOR BuTTERlcK PATTERNS.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-08
Special Millinery Sale

Thousands In
last ten days know the hcvny beautiful
styles
G. OF all
newa n
q been
eSquSe-neyT have shades blended
m sale saturday several and
orr
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by price We wan YOU
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Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-08
Special Prices OH
Mems FurniShinOs

Mems sample shirts. worth $3.50 and $500, soc.
Mems sample underwear. worth 75c,
Mems white unlaundered shirts worth 75c al 25c.
weight drawers, sloO soc
Mems 25c a
Mems 25c a
Mems 75c quality.
working shirts n light dark colors at 25c
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-08
Grand Sacrifice
Piano Sale

and early
the OF all
the
pianos
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-08

said the worship of mammon was the cause
OF most of the unrest of today. The riots
ana strikes are forebodingS of a coming con-
hlct. from which new reform will come.
Capital and labor must work together in
harmony, the conflict between them must &c
removed. He looked TO the spirit which
pronounced Peace on earth, Good will to-
ward men as the motive power to bring
about this desired harmony.
Miss Lillian Chase OF the University of
Nebraska sang The Magnetic Waltz" be-
tween the second and third orations and
while the audience was waiting for the
judges TO make their decision Miss Margaret
Currens played piano solo and Miss Jose
phine D. Palmer of Bellevue recited Dot
Leedle Boy
The judges on manuscript were: W NJ
Beardshear. president Of the Iowa stare
College OF Agriculture AT Ames: DR.. ]. D. :
Rlggs' president OF Ottawa university al OF
taWa, Kan. and Or. F H. Snow. Chancellor
o, the Kansas university at Lawrence. Kan.
The judges on delivery were John y. Bald
win and Victor E. Bender OF Council Bluffs
and John c. Gown Of Omaha.
During the afternoon the association held
Its annual meeting at Bellevue Creighton
college OF Omaha and Cotner university OF
Lincoln were admitted 70 membership. The
only contest worthy OF note at the meeting
was the selection of delegate 70 the inter
state convention, which meets at Lincoln
NeD.' May .. Bellevue should have had the
place II is said, but by the admission of the
TWO new members Bellevue was moved down
the list and the honor went to Creighton coI-
lege' with !. A. Murphy as the delegate.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-08
Election of Officers.

The election of officers for the next wear
resulted as follows: President, Arthur G.
AoOou OF Grand Island college; vice pres
ident f. F. Warner OF the Univarsi,r -,
Nebraska; secretary and treasurer + r
stephens OF Doane college. An alternate
delegate was accorded to Bellevue as com
pliment in the person of Wills H. Kerr The
next contest will be held at Grand Island In
The attendance last night was not large
ana was made up almost entirely of the stu
dents OF the various colleges interested
During the earlier part OF the evening tbe
auditorium was filled with the varlerate5
college yells, in which Bellevue dominates
by superior force of numbers. its Ding
Dong, Bellevue" succeeding eventually tn
leaving that institution in the field alone in
the yell line
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-08

J. c. Linberg took for his subject Unrest
! Sign of Progress" AS unrest had been the
lorerunner Of all the reforms in the past, so
le thought II would be in The future He
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21
THE ELECTRIC sTANHoPE.

Berlin and Vienna, large numbers of
them are in use.
In America a similar condition has
been brought about 1t is only ten
years since the first electric cars were
run in America. Now they are in all
of the principal cities.
The passing of the horse, begun by
the electric cars, will be completed
by the motor vehicles. They will be
improved as time goes on, and one
result will be a general improvement
in the pavements. which will be made
firm and hard and can be kept as clean
as the sidewalks.
1t will cost one-half the present
rate to keep these pavements clean
and in repair, and the sanitary value
OF them is not the least to be consid-
cred. Horses hoofs tear up streets
more than the wheels of wagons. The
horse brings more filth. dirt and dis
ease TO cities than almost any other
agency. and with the horse elm
mated we shall have clean, even
streets, which are a comfort and sub
stantial benefit to any place that pos
sesses them.
The horse will be relegated to the
country, to those who love him well,
to the plough and windrow, to the
green meadows, far from the electric
fever of great cities, where people are
eager to benefit by the marvels of
end d-of-the-century science.
The improvements which have been
made in motor carriages during the
past year were well shown at the ex-
hibition in Madison Square Garden,
New York, last week. The most i'm
portant of these are in the designs
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21

passes through a hot coil and is intro
duced into the cylinders. which are
similar to those of the ordinary steam
engine.
Control of the motors is very SIM
liar to the control of electric motors.
1t is done by moving a crank handle
backward and forward. A forward
movement supplies power in propor-
ton to the distance the handle is
moved. A backward movement closes
thre throttle and cuts off the power.
a still further backward movement re-
verses the motor.
At the end of every run of two hours
the supply of compressed air must be
renewed in the reservoirs, but the
claim is made that this can be accom-
plished in two minutes, and therefore
necessitates no appreciable delay.
So much for MIR. Croker's autotruck.
But quite apart from the merits or
demerits of this particular scheme,
there are signs in plenty that the days
of the autotruck are numbered. In
Europe the motor, which has grown
enormously in popularity the pest
year or two, and in Paris, London,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21
ARE THE DAYS OF THE HORSE NUMBERED?
Auto Trucks and Motor Carriages Are Suppa Mans Most
Faithful Servant in the Cities

of the running gears, which have been
made lighter and better; in the stor-
age batteries. which are less cumber-
some than they were in the early
motor carriages, and in improved
methods for recharging the exhausted
motors. Nearly all these improve
ments have been made in the gasoline
wagons also, but the odor from these
vehicles and the tendency to radiate
heat have not yet been overcome.
In weight the motor vehicles vary
from approximately 1000 pounds for
the smallest to $500 for the largest,
and in each instance the battery
weighs about one-third of the gross
amount. When compared with the
light phaetons and buggies in general
use they look heavy, but when one
takes into consideration that they take
the place not only of the vehicles but
of the horses to draw them, there
seems to be some excuse for their
added weight.
The front wheels of the new motor
wagons are usually 80 inches in diam
eter, and the rear or driving wheels
36 inches. The heavy vehicles have
solid rubber tires and the pleasure
wagons have pneumatic tires, three
inches in diameter and corrugated to
prevent slipping on asphalt pavement
or ice. The wheels are made for the
most part with wire spokes, and this
gives them a graceful appearance.
An electric carrier to be used for de-
livering parcels was one of the cheap
er motor wagons on exhibition. 1t
has three wheels-two in the back,
over which the driver sits, and one in
front of the box, which contains the
goods. In order to show the advan-
tage of this carrier over horse and
wagon the manufacturers have pre-
pared table which shows that the
electric carrier and operation will
cost tho first year S1,512.50, and will
give 1900 miles of service, while a
horse and wagon and operation will
cost the first year $2,064.74. and give
only $500 miles of service, making
a gain of S55224, and 5000 miles of
service in favor OF the electric carrier.
BY the same calculation it is shown
that two motor carriers will do the
work of three single horse and wagon
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-21
Set II Trap.

New York Press: A Chaumont
trapper, while on his rounds for musk
rats, mink, ETC.. heard the most ap-
palling screeches and cries. Curiosity
overcame his fears, as he crept nearer,
until he finally came within sight of a
wildcat which had been caught by one
leg in trap. The trapper hadn't much
time to lay plans, for when the beast
caught sight of him it sprang for his
throat, making a leap of - feet
through the air, the length of the
trap chain, with every hair erect, Its
eyes like balls of fire, and uttering the
most terrifying shrieks. Guernsey says
he is positive that had he been un-
armed he would have been blinded,
throttled or killed on the spot, for no
human being could withstand an at
tack SO swift and violent, But he met
the beast with hatchet, felled him.
and quickly dispatched him. The cat
weighed 80 pounds.