Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-01

and Acting Chief Donahue, ably assisted
by Captain Her and Sergeants Wesenberg
and Whalen, kept the big crowds In good
order. officers patrolled the streets two by
two and whenever there was the slightest
indication OF trouble they we're on the spot
without further ado.
The move that finally dispersed the people
was the closing at II O'Clock OF the places
where drink was sold and. as soon as this
was done, the more boisterous element, from
which trouble was expected, went down
town. There was comparatively no stealing
and, as far as could be ascertained, there
was no destruction OF property.
BY 10 o'clock the White city was almost
deserted and darkness reigned supreme. AS
the clock struck the hour, tweuty-one guns
doomed across the deserted Lagoon in fare
we'll to the Greater America Exposition and
the reverberations had hardly died out be-
fore the gates had ceased clicking for the
night and the show passed into history.
Creditors Are busy.
After keeping a man on watch for two
days and three nights and Drawing the ter
rors of the whole exposition police force
Constable Hensel succeeded Monday night
In carting away the miniature Ferris wheel
in the Manufactures building The wheel
is the exhibit of a certain carpet sweeper
factory, and the officers OF the law took
possession of 1t on an attachment issued by
Justice Long in favor OF the Greater Amer
lea Transfer company, which paid the
freight on 1t and hauled 1t to the grounds.
When the constable appeared with a
wagon Monday evening the exposition guards
warned him that they were under orders
not to permit the removal OF the wheel
and that they would resist even to the
point OF doing some shooting. The con-
stables man, so he claims, had previously
heard an order given the guards by two
directors of the company, which ran:
Don't pay any attention to any officers,
no matter what papers they've got or what
- judge issued them"
| But the constable backed his wagon up
! to the door and he and his men laid hold
OF the wheel. Firding themselves ignored
| the exposition guards sped away to a tele-
| phone and called up the metropolitan po-
lice. While they were doing this the wheel
was loaded and the wagon started for the
| gate. The gatekeeper refused to open the
gates, but Hensel brushed him aside by
| force and another man threw the gates
| open. AS the victorious court officers rode
away a patrol wagon full OF bluecoats came
down the street on the run toward the
gate. But the property was out Of the
grounds and there was nothing to do tc
save 1t.
| Constable Hensel also succeeded In at
taching gate receipts to the amount of s23I
on behalf OF the same creditor and he dis
putes the story given out at the grounds
that he was thrown over the transom for hi.
pains when he came back after getting the
fret money box. He says that he took al
the money on the first trip and carried ava,
all he laid his hands on.
| Tuesday the exposition management sent q
| man around to the gates every fifteen min.
utes to collect the money taken in and keel
| it out Of the hands Of court officers armed
with attachment papers. Two men armed
with heavy sticks followed the collector con-
stantly and it is said that the directors
| gave orders for the guards and other en-
ployes to fight for possession Of money oil
| other property. The creditors of the expo.
sition have in the past few days swoopet
down upon it like pack Of hungry wolves
and they become more ravenous as the enc
| approached. The exposition resisted the
service OF almost every attachment or re-
plevin paper sent out there, but the efforts
avail little, as the court officers paid no at
! tention to bluffs"
| Last week the furnishings OF saloon OF
the Midway were replevined by the owner
| The constable serving the papers loaded the
| goods and then had to draw revolver on the
| exposition guards to get his wagon out o.
| the grounds. Tomorrow the furnishings o.
another cafe on the Midway will be take1
| and the prospects are that tonight and to-
| morrow will witness the service Of number
| less court processes in favor OF creditors.
Twenty EIGHT attachments were sworn Out
| by the officers OF the exposition company
. against the concessionaires in the Interna.
tional building and a few peanut and ho
tamale men around the grounds. Many o.
these suits will be settled out of court, but
some of the dealers in oriental goods are
expected to make a fight. The defendants
owe the exposition balances on percentages