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Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-22

says the country in that section looks tine
and that live stock is apparently doing we'll.
Ed Munshaw has commenced operations
at his new lumber yard Just north of the
l. street viaduct.
Tonight the woodmen Of the World lodge
will give cakewalk and ball at the hall In
the new city hall building.
The Twonty-fourth street paving case
brought by Il. Stenger mas been continued
for two weeks on account OF the Illness OF
Judge Dickinson.
The public schools the banks and the city
offices will be closed today on account al
Washingtons birthday, which is legal
holiday in Nebraska.
1t is understood that the directors OF ths
Unioa Stock Yards did not take any action
on the question of a foot bridge over the
tracks at the meeting yesterday.
\ mass meeting of Third ward oiaSens
viii be called on or about March / for the
purpose of canvassing coNcilnanic timber
and selecting the most available candidate
for the position.
superior lodge No. 1893. Degree OF Honor,
will give an entertainment at Workman hall
on Thursday evening in honor OF South
Omaha lodge No. &C, Ancient order OF
Uuitcd Workmen.
Dora. the daughter of MIR and Mre. Peter
Henltle, Twenty fourth and u streets, died
yesterday. Funeral services will be held at
the family residence Thursday afternoon.
lnterment at Laurel Hill cemetery.
The teachers of Hawthorne school will
give an entertainment Friday evening at
the school house for the purpose OF raising
funds for piano rental An interesting pro-
gram has been prepared for the occasion.
The regular annual election Of the South
Omaha Hospital association was held yes
terday afternoon with the following result,
Mrs j. b. Watkins, president; Mrs. John
NJ. Tanner. first vice president; Mrs. A. W.
Jones, second vice president Mrs. W. g.
Babcock, secretary: Mrs George Pe~ks
treasurer The association now he's severSg
hundred dollars in its treasury and is In I
prosperous condition financially.
Building Inspector Dunscombe has pre-
pared a report showing the buildings In the
city which he deems dangerous ID case oi
fire. The Inspector asserts that the build
ings referred to have but one means OF
exit in case of fire and for this reason he
deems them unsafe. He recommends that
the existing ordinances be SO changed as I'd
make it compulsory on all owners OF build.
| ings over two stories in height to provide
suitable fire escapes.
Before the discovery of One Minute Cough
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-22
inspect the Postofficc.

Colonel Ned Roberts, one of the inspectors
of the United States Treasury department,
spent yesterday in the city looking over
the new postoffice building. Today Colonel
Roberts will make a critical inspection of
the interior OF the building, as we'll as the
steam heating appliances which are now
being placed. Word has been received that
the boiler, which was shipped some time
ago, was on cars in the railroad yards and
1t is expected that as soon as conveyances
can be secured the boiler and appurtenances
will be moved to the building.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-22

gone over to show that the supreme court
has never agreed with the contention OF
Daniel Webster and others that the consti-
tuition does not extend to territories ac-
quired from a foreign power. on this point
Mr.. Mahoney said
Every decision has been that the con-
sttution does extend TO such territory
Under the circumstances the condition of q
territory so acquired, during the time con-
gress is making rules for its government, is
a condition preparatory to statehood A for
eign and a domestic question are involved.
There is more sentiment than argument in
the advocacy OF Imperialism, but we owe a
duty to ourselves and we are not amenable
to the world We can either hold the is
lands permanently under our constitution
with a view to ultimate statehood or we
cap1lot hold them permanently without vio-
lating our constitution. Shall we admit the
Philippines to the union of states? If not,
we cannot hold them permanently; and as
no individual can repudiate the laws of So
cety, so no nation can violate the great
compact which makes it nation II we
hold the Philippines 1t must be with view
to permanent statehood, and such would
take in an undesirable people and make
them eligible to citizenship and to a seat
in the senate or the White House. We must
take them entirely or leave them entirely.
people will never learn to govern them
selves by being governed by Others"
Lessons from England.
He drew some lessons from England 5
position in India, Spains conquest OF Mex
leo and Englands attitude toward the Beers
In Africa. 81 have misread what history
have read" he observed, "if I have yet
learned of strong nation taking posses
| sion of a weak one that did not justify its
action with the hypocritical cant that it was
doing so for the good of the governed. When
ever the liberties of a people are taken
| from them 1t has always been done under
| the pretense that 1t was for their own
good Lincoln said, The man has never
| been born good enough to own another
man. May 1t not be that the nation has
not been born good enough to own another
nation? The cession of Louisiana the ac-
QUESTION of territory from Mexico, the pur.
| chase of Florida from Spain and Of Alaska
from Russia all provided for the benefits o.
| statehood to be conferred In the case o.
| the Filipinos we realize that they are no
| only undesirable for citizenship, but VIZ
| have even excluded the Asiatics from habi
| tation in this country"
Closing, Mr.. Mahoney said the way h
would answer the question would be to hav
| the Filipinos put in a way of governing
| themselves and then leave them to thei
destiny He secuted the idea of commercial
or strategic advantage. A great burst o
applause followed.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-22

fifteen years I
have been sub
ject to nervous
d y s p Q p sia. I
would h a v o
spells of quiver-
ing in my stom-
ach, with smoth-
ering feelings. T
w a s suffering
from W h a t is
ralIa5 narunna
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-22
ON for kansas city.

A small party of councilmen and city Off
cials. who will take part in the dedication 4
the big auditorium in Kansas City today,
left over the Burlington in special sleeper
last night. The party included the follow
ing: Councimen Bingham. Burkley, Mount,
Burmester, Lobeck and Stuht, Chief of the
Fire Department Redell City Comptroller
Westberg, City Engineer Rosewater. Deputy
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-22

The George Washington club which was
recently organized at the Live Stock ex-
change, will give banquet and ball at the
Exchange dining hall tonight. The club is
COMPOSED OF we'll known members of the
exchange and officers OF the Union Stock
Yards company and is patterned somewhat
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-22

The following marriage licenses were
issued by County Judge Baxter yesterday:
Name and Residence Age.
William C. Bruner, Omaha ............. 2S
Rosela Smith, Omaha a.................... Is
Thomas b. Hawkins, Omaha. 21
Altha A. Butler, Council Bluffs. ......... is
William j. Maher South Omaha..... 80
Mrs, Kittie Starr, South Omaha ....... SO
William b. Univin, Avery, Neb.......... %
Cora r. Ray, Arnold, Neb................ 26
George d. Miner, Omaha. ha................. 2S
Laura e. Drake Omaha. 90
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-22

City Clerk Holbrook City Physician Spaid- |
ing Building Inspector Butler, Tax Commits |
sioner Sackett, II. j. Penfold, member Of the /
Board Of Education, and Joseph polcar Of |
The Bee
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-22

Before the discovery of One Minute Cough
Cure, ministers were greatly disturbed by
coughing congregations. No excuse for It
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-22

cous circulation.
Mrs. C. c. Filler of 134h South Fourth
street. Columbus, o., writes: For ten or
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-22
HEALTHY MATERNITY.
Two Grateful Women Tell Of the


The climax of life force in woman is capable motherhood
The first requisite for good mother is good health
Health of body means health of the generatve organs
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-22
Mahoney Turns the Tide.

MF. Mahoney turned the tide altogether
the other way. With a gentle rap at Mr..
Herring he said he would not repudiate
prophecy and then proceed to prophesy, but
he would devote himself entirely to the con-
stitutlonal considerations involved. Said Mr..
Mahoney, in substance:
Better amend the constitution than go
on in violation of it. A preliminary step
in answering the question, What shall We
do with the islands?' is What can we do
with them?' 1t is situation and not
theory that confronts the nation. We are in
the position of the man who had caught
the bear and was crying for help. The de-
eisions of the supreme court Of the United
States in its Interpretation of the federal
constitution have been uniform in declar-
ing that congress is empowered to make
rules for the government of the territories
acquired by this nation and to provide for
the admission of new states"
Much OF the history of the country was
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-29
SMOOTH FACES AND Boards N P0IHCS. .

In the time of George Washington the
clearly shaver face was the accepted type
Of the political man.
There have been a few exceptions to the
rule since then, but review Of our pres
idents shows that the majority Of them
have had smooth faces.
Martin Van Buren, wore whiskers;
Zac hary Taylor, John Adams and John
Quincy Adams small "siders." But to
offset these exceptions there appear
among the smooth faces Thomas Jeffer-
James X. Polk, James Madison, James
Monroe, John Tyler, w. H. Harrison,
Willard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce and
Andrew Jackson
Then, after Abraham Lincoln, U. 8.
Grant, Rutherford Hayes, James A. Gar
field, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland
and Benjamin Harrison, all Of whom
wore boards or mustaches, comes William
Mckinley, who, with his smoothly
shaven face, brings back the old custom.
Bryan also has a smooth face and
Tho mas B. Reed has shaved off the mus
tache which he wore for many years.
Former Senator Arthur P. German Is
smL othly shaver, also ex-Gov. William
j. Stone, of Missouri.
On the other hand, there are number
Of possible candidates for the presidency
who have not yet adopted the custom
Of Webster, Clay and Calhoun.
Gen. Funston wears full beard. Dewey
and Roosevelt still cling to the mustache.
It Is curious fact that the different
professions seem to have distinctive Gus
tens of wearing or not wearing boards
or mustaches.
The actor, necessarily, Is smoothly
shaven.
Lawyers vary somewhat as to their
hirsute adornment, but the majority wear
mustaches.
Military men adopt shapely pointed
beard or goatee, or simply mustache.
Musicians prone to cultivate mus
tache with long, pointed ends.
Physicians, strange as 1t may appear,
as rule wear a beard Of some descrip-
ton.
It would seem that the beard might be
a means of carrying germs from bedside
to bedside, but the doctors apparently
forget the germ theory in reference to
their whiskers.
In the case Of young doctors the beard
is often the sole distinguishing mark Of
wisdom which they possess, and is as
siduously cultivated.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-29
QUEER AUSTRALIAN TRIBES.
Totem Customs of the Yaraikannas
of North Queensland.

London Times.
Prof A. c. Haddon, F. R. s., gave
very amusing account before the British
association of some of the totem customs
of the Yaraikanna tribe OF Cape York,
North Queensland.
In opening, he remarked that the Yarai-
kama were fairly typical Australians in
appearance; six men were measured with
average height 5 feet inches, ard ceD-
halle index AT. A lad was initiated by
his mawara, apparently the mep of he
clan into which the by must subs sQCeat-
1y marry; he was anointed with the bush
medicine in the hollow of the thighs,
groins, hollow by the iclavcles, temples,
and back of the knees to make him groWl.
and the bull -roarer was swung. In the
Tampa ceremony the initiates Qanga) sat
behind screen in front OF which was
tall pole, up which a man climbed and
caught the food thrown to him by tie
relatives of the langa, Then the bull
roarer was swung and shown to the Ian
ga; lastly, front tooth of the langa was
knocked out, with each blow the name Of
a land" belonging to the boys m thtr
or of her father was pentoned, and the
land the name of which was mention ed
when the tooth few out was the terri
tory Of the lad. WATERWAYS next given to
the boy, who rinsed out his mouth and
gently emptied the water into palm-leaf
water vessel; the clot by its resemblance
to some animal OF vegetable form deter
mined the ari Of the lad. The ari APP
pcared to be ana logous TO the manitu or
okki Cor individual totem" of Wazer)
Of the North American Indians. After
the ceremony the boy was acknowledged
to be man. The Okara ceremony, among
which may be noted that children must
take the land or country" Of their
mother, that q wife must be taken from
another country, and that all who be-
longed to the same place were brothers
and sisters ,S
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-29

which Houck was and arrested him.
Houck was too surprised to make re-
sistance, and he - mpanied the offic ,r
peaceably. He was brought back for
trial, admitted the killing, but claim, d
it was unintentional. While everyone
who knew Houck believed this true, as he
was far too smart a man to kill eX ept
as last resort, he was sentenced for
sixteen years.
FAMOUS LEGAL STRUGGLE.
His trial was one of the greatest GRIM
inal battles Of Central Ohio, and he had
the benefit Of the best legal talent that
money could produce. Among his alter
neys were Maj. Blackburn, of Cincinnati,
and T. E. Powell, one Of the Democratic
candidates for governor of Ohio, who was
defeated by Gov, now Senator, Foraker.
After the sentence his faithful wife took
up her residence at Columbus and went to
work to secure his release. Notwith-
standing she had the opposition Of the
Judge who presided at the trial. the
prosecuting attorney and the jurors. she
succeeded in bringing enough infu enoe
to bear to secure a parole for him after
he had served seven years in prison. On
plea Of having an opportunity to en- age
In the lumber business at Connersville,
this state he secured full pardon After
q short time here his old inclination to
rove again took possession Of him and he
started out again.
He was all accomplished linguist and
spoke five languages ,f1uent1y. He could
carry on conversation in Hebrew, ard it
was g. favorite trick Of his to assume
the character of Jew. While he WAS
in hiding In Southern California, after
the murder, he appeared as a wealthy
Jewish merchant who wintered in the
South for his health. He was made a
member Of one of the most exclusive
Hebrew clubs of that section, and he was
never suspected. When he was arrested
his friends focked to his assistance nd
would have placed large sums of money
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-29

evidence. absolutely without flaw. There
were no eyewitnesses to the killing. Other
wise the case was complete
Il mot even the Gateses have an idea of
the strength Of the case We have. 1t Is
without a flaw In It's consecutiveness
Facts make a strong rope"
JOHNSON's HISTORY OF CASE.
After all the evidence was in, Gov
Johnson wrote out a complete history of
the entire case, beginning with the leav-
Ing OF home by Gilbert Gates in August
1870, to the escape of Jester from the Mex
leo jail In 1871. In the margin of this de-
tailed story. beside each statement, the
name Of each witness who could testify
to 1t was given. This statement, which
required a month for Its preparation, was
dictated by Gov. johnson to his stenogra-
pher in St. Louis and prepared In tripli-
cate. This statement is additional to the
statements of each witness testimony.
A single instance Will show the energy
Of the operations of the lawyers. Thomas
Rutledge. the man who IS said to have
seen Gilbert Gates blood, was In Sullivan
county, Missouri whittier he had remov-
ed from the vicinity Of Middle Grove,
where he was living In 1871. lie was sick
abed, weak with age and infirmity, when
the case opened at Paris. His family
physician absolutely prohibited his get
llHS Out Oh. bcu VI HIS dL, the
hearing. III. f. Clifton, a Pinkerton man,
went to his home and brought down the
witness. his wife as nurse, and the family
physician, all together. 1t cost hundreds
of dollars, but the expense was not SPAR
ed.
Rutledge was one Of the most damaging
witnesses the state has yet hurled at the
defense. He testified as to TESTERS ac-
lions just after the disappearance Of
Gates; to seeing Jester drive along the
neighborhood road with two wagons, one
covered. which Jester was driving; the
other open, which was 1riverless. He told
of TESTERS uneasiness when he appeared,
and OF his sister observing PROSTATE
human form in the front wagon
The state also prepared an elaborate
map of the neighborhood where Gilbert
Gates disappeared 1t shows every small
curve In the road, and all the places
which figure in the tragedy are marked
with red ink. All the attorneys Travelled
over the Middle Grove vicinity before the
trial to familiarize themselves with It,
The gigantic work done by the state :
attorneys was also shown in the argu-
ments for the admission Of testimony.
They had anticipated that the defense
would try to exclude the letters written
by Gilbert Gates to his parents before
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-29

his disappearance. These letters were no
longer In existence. but they contained
important evidence tending to show that
Gilbert Gates was on his way home
They could only be introduced in the
testimony of Mr. and Mrs A. A. Gates,
parents Of the missing boy
The states attorneys had prepared
court rulings on some fifty similar cases,
in which testimony showing the ante
norton intention Of the deceased was
admitted.
EVERY PRECAUTION TAKEN.
Another curious precaution which the
states attorneys took was to put the evil
dence given at the preliminary hearing
in such shape that 1T could be used at
the final trial before jury in the form
of dispositions. The witnesses in the case
are all old and feeble and may die at
any time, and the states attorneys are
not going to allow death to make any
more breaks in the record than it has
already made. All the evidence was
transcribed as soon as possible, relief
of stenographers being supplied for this
purpose. Then 1T was read to the wit
ness, and IL any corrections were needed
the witness was recalled re-examined
on the defective points, and re-cross
examined. Then the witness signed the
statement and the court attested 1t.
headquarters for the state. Every room
In the hosiery Is occupied. In some
rooms two and three witnesses bunk to-
gether. They come from all parts OF
the country, from Dallas, Tex, to Bidde-
ford Pool, Me. The Pinkerton agency
did the work. Not only did they trace
the witnesses over the intervening twen-
ty-eight years, but they saw that they
came to Paris, Mo-, at the proper time.
and, more than this they are now guard
ing these witnesses from the public with
as jealous care as that with which Sher-
If Clark Is guarding Alexander Jester.
They are not allowed to discuss their
testimony with any person not connected
with the state. Let a newspaper man APP
proach one of them. and in second
Pinkerton man forms a third party to
the interview.
you'll have to get an order from the
| lawyers" they say I'm only doing my
duty, you understand, but you can't talk
with the witness"
TESTERS attorneys, Patrick Cullen and j.
g. Mcintyre, both Missouri men, feel II ey
| arc badly Handicapped, and charge that
| the Pinkerton men have done more than
simply to round up the witnesses. At
torney Mcintyre, when the case opened,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-29

ty court at Paris for murder in the first
degree. Jester asked for change of
venue, which was granted, and he was
removed to Mexico, where he broke Jail
Jan. IL, 1872, with several other prison.
ers. He had not been heard of since UNI
til his sister, Mrs. Cornelia Street, last
June. wrote letter to the sheriff OF
Wichita, Kan, telling of his where
abouts, and his arrest followed.
The magnitude of the task before the
prosecution was appalling. John w. Gates
called in the Pinkertons and fntrusted TO
them the work of getting evidence. since
Jester was arrested last June these men
have been going over as with fine tooth
comb, the country over which Jester ana
the boy together, and Jester alone, traV-
eled in 1871. Not scrap of evidence was
allowed to escape; They Travelled IN Vehl-
Giles, on horseback and even on bicycles
when other means of transportation fafl-
ed them. Rain, shine or melting neat
made no difference, to them. They glean-
ed the testimony these witnesses could
give under oath. Then other men We're
sent to interview them and to transcrlpe
their evidence. Where a witness hao
moved, they located him. and his state
ments were obtained, and If it was Vaiu-
able his attendance at the hearing IN
sured.
All this testimony was typewriter III
this city by stenographers In the employ
of tie Flnkerton agency. 1t was written
in half measure" leaving hair the pa
per as marginal space on which the
lawyers could write their comments as 10
the method in which the evidence should
be adduce1 in court, or as to supplement
tary evidence needed to make the primary
evidence most efficient. There are tones
upon tones of these transcripts.
Every day these reports OF the opera
tives gathering evidence were sent In tip
licate. one to Gov. Johnson In st. Louis,
one to Attorney Forrest in Chicago, and
one TO Rodes Bros in Paris These at
torneys digested and arranged this evil
dence as 1t came to them, and made sug-
gestions as to the best use to which the
evidence could be put to tell the complete
story of the crime charged against Jes-
ter
Every modern appliance for the collec-
tim and transmission of the evidence was
used says Mr.. Forrest. mo ,hi:g shows
better the great advance from that time
to this than the way the preliminaries to
the case were handled. The attorneys
conferred by telegraph, telephone, and
letter. When the operatives finished their
preliminary work they had wound around
Jester a complete chain Of circumstantial
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-29

asked the court to exclude the Pinkertons
from the room, but this the court re-
fused. His bitterness toward the detec-
tives led him to make the follow ng
statement at is evident to me from the
department of witnesses and the charac-
ter of the evidence as given by them, in
asmuch as it fits with such great regu-
larity into the testimony of other W.T.
nesses excluded from the room, that
coaching has been done, and It is equally
evident to me that the coaching must
have been done by the head Of the Pink
erton service in this case, who has re und-
ed UP the witnesses and has supervision
over them even now"
And Jester, the little dried-up cid man,
against whose life all this formidable
preparation las been made, how does he
take it? Apparently without fear or II
dication of weakness. He does not rsk
pity. He has a worried leok, but it S
not the worry of yielding. HIS face is
unyielhing, unrelenting. His jaw Is
screened by his beard, but 1t IS hull
dogs jaw, and without tremor. IL
nerve is something phenomenal special
ly SO in view of his age and phys cal Zee
bleness He has even been able to ex-
tract some enjoyment from his trial. al
once, when one of the witnesses against
him told the court of series of ey-
quail powers in 1871, the entire court room
was convulsed with laughter, the gray
haired prisoner laughing as violently and
loudly as any one there.
Jester Is man of deep religious con-
victions, his belief, however, being some
what like that of the fanatical round
heads who fought with Cromwell. TIE
terrors of religion seem 10 have more at
traction for him than its beauties He
49, H.
ly been a close student Of it, but the
passages in 1t dealing with thu wrath Of
God and future state of pun shmert in
which the devil and a lake of birthstone
and everlasting fire occur are the o. cs
most ready to his tongue and most fire.
auently quoted Drinking, gambling,
smoking and chewing he condemns as lad
habits ard has none of them. Card play
ing he believes is not intrins.cally y
more wrong than checker playing, but t
should be Stunned, he says, because ap
appearance of evil goes with it.