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Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-12
Minor Matters in Court.

Emma S. Taylor has applied for a di-
VERGE from John ID. Taylor for nonsupport
Judge Baxter has granted the petition Of
interested parties for the appointment Of
Charles Balbach as administrator of the es-
tate of Caroline Barbach. The bond is fixed
at 100000.
Louis j. Spitzbart and G. W.. Plattner
have gone into court on the much Irrigated
subject of contract extras. Spitzbart agreed
to build a house at Thirty-first and Pacific
streets for Plattner for $3.50. When the job
was done the contractor put in a bill for
$231.S5 for extras, which Plattner has re-
fused to pay. ,a
In the bankruptcy case of J.. Herbert Van
Closter. the referee has filed his report,
which, when approved by Judge Munger of
the United States court, will release the
applicant from all of his past obligations.
In his findings the referee reports that Van
Closter owes SIS, 1893 and that he is the
owner of an estate Of the value of $306.2O.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-12
PLUMBING LAW VIOLATED
Arrest of for Not Taking
Out the Required Permits
for Work.

The first arrest under the new plumbing
ordinance which went into effect April /
occurred yesterday, when Free & Black
and Otto Waack were notified to appear in
police court and plead to the charge of
having violated the law in falling to take
out a permit. The complaint was made by
Plumbing Inspector Hinton, and the house
on which the work is being done without
permit is that Of Mrs. Hannah Johnson on
Dodge street, between Twenty-sixth and
Twenty-seventh.
Plumbing Inspector Hinton said that the
plumbers were not observing the law gen.
orally, and it is necessary that they should
do so. The house of Mrs. johnson is new
and quite a large amount of work is to be
done upon it. The ordinance provides for a
minimum fine of $40, and the maximum may
be 500.
When Mr.. Free was seen at his store he
had not received notice of the filing of the
complaint. In connection with 1t he said:
when the ordinance was passed W. fur
nished the building inspector with a COM
plete list Of the work we had contracted
on which, of course, permits were not nee
essary. Later he notified us that we were
doing work for Mr.. Blum which was not
included in the list. We procured a permit
promptly, and would have done so in this
case had he notified us. While it is not
likely that we will contest the case, it is
questionable with us whether the city has
the right to make a firm a collecting agent
for it. One plumbing law was knocked out
recently and should this complaint be pushed
the validity of the ordinance may be tested
before the end is reached. We have no
desire to infringe on any of the ordinances,
but think the inspector might have notified
us in this case that repairs were being made
without a permit before he lodged the in
formation"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-12
police Chiefs Adjourn.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, May 1.-THE po-
lice chiefs adjourned at noon to meet next
year in Cincinnati. One of the features OF
the last session was a long discussion OF
the question Of changing the name of the
association to the international Associa-
ton OF Police Officials The discussion of
this question grew so warm that 1t was
finally postponed until the Cincinnati meet
ing.
The question Of urging congress to make
an appropriation to assist in the mainte-
nance Of the National Bureau of Identified
ton was brought up. After considerable
discussion the committee having the matter
in charge was enlarged and instructed TO
hasten its work in every way possible.
President Jannsen appointed the following
executive committee: Frank j. Cassadey,
James +. Quigley, ]. w. Haager, G.. L.
Corner. j. Il. Farley.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-12

A simple and safe way to clean costly and easily
injured articles is to make a suds of hot water and
Ivory Soap, and allow it to cool until lukewarm. This
solution, while very effective, is perfectly harmless.
Ivory Soap contains no alkali. 1t will not destroy the
surface or texture of any material, however delicate.
Ivory Soap differs from other soaps. 1t is more
carefully made, and the materials used in its manu-
facture are the purest and best.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-12
CITY OFFICERS DISGUSTED
Council Fails to Provide Money for
Publishing the Annual
Reports.

The city comptroller and the city clerk, as
we'll as other city officials, are considerably
disguised over the fact that the city council
is showing a decided Discrimination to pub
lish the annual reports Of city officers for
last year. This disgust increases daily as
the officials receive handsomely bound an
nual reports from other cities with requests
that Omaha reciprocate. In some instances
these reports are especially marked as Il
bit of courtesy to this city. For example,
the city officials Of San Francisco have
sent a very finely bound copy of their re-
ports, stamped with the words: From the
City of San Francisco to the City of Omaha"
City officials have already received a con-
siderable number of such reports.
In acknowledging the receipt Of the books
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-12

In the case of Herman Zarnisko against
the Union Pacific Railroad company, which
was on trial before Judge Munger, the jury
has returned a verdict, finding for the
plaintiff and assessing his damages at 81 $3.50.
Zarnisko sued for 10000 damages. He was
an employe of one of the packing houses at
South Omaha and resided in Omaha. A year
or so ago, while going to his work, instead
of riding in the passenger car attached to the
train running between the two towns, he
climbed onto the running board Of the switch
engine and fell off. The wheels passed over
one of his legs, necessitating an amputation.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-12

Major Forrest H. Hathaway, U. S. A., who
has been assigned to duty as chief quarter
master for the Department OF the Missouri,
relieving Captain John Baxter. jr., ordered
TO Manila, has arrived in Omaha from Phil
adelphia. He will probably assume charge
Of his new position today. His family
will arrive here from the east in about a
month.
Captain Baxter. after turning over the
Office to his successor. will begin making
preparations for his trip to the Philippines,
his plan being to reaye Omaha for San Fran
cisco next Wednesday. Mrs. Baxter and
children will go to Uniontown. Pa. where
her parents are living and where the wife
OF her brother resides, the brother being an
officer In the Fourth infantry. now serving
In the Philippines.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-12
Not Considered Insane.

In reply to the inquiry of the state DR..
Stone said that he did not consider Kerr
insane. He made a distinction between alb
solute insanity and the condition in which
he located the defendant at the time of
the shooting: The remainder of the after
noon was occupied by a searching cross
examination, in the course Of which each
individual act of Kerr from the day of his
fight with Reid to the time of the tragedy
was made the subject of a hypothetical
question in which the witness was asked
whether, in his opinion. Kerr knew what
he was doing when that particular act oc-
Cured. In each case the witness was re-
CURED to base his opinion solely on tho
single act specified and in most cases he
said that 1t would seem that Kerr knew
what he was doing. In reply to other
similar questions he declared himself I'M
able to give a categorical answer, and these
admissions were received with very caustic
comment by counsel for the state.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-12
In Quest for Information.

OMAHA, May 9.-To the Editor of The
Bee: Is there no city ordinance providing
for a system of sanitary inspection of dwell
ing ~places-yards, COW barns, etc.? Near my
home there are three COW yards in full
bloom. might go before the Board Of
Health and file a complaint against these
nuisances and thus abate them. but l do
not intend TO do anything Of the kind. 1t
should never be necessary for a home
owner to incur the everlasting enmity of
his neighbors. II the city's sanitary in
spectors had done their duty ! would have
no cause to complain. A CTI
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-12

his eyes were bloodshot and the pupils
were dilated. He attributed this to an ir-
r~itation CT the brain caused by an inter-
ruption Of the circulation.
DR.. +. S. Owens testified that he is an
eye and ear specialist. He saw Kerr in the
county Jail about ten days ago and made
an examination Of his cars: He was deaf
TO n considerable degree in both ears. The
drum of the right ear was perforated and
the cause of deafness in the left ear was
found In the internal ear. The membrane
around the auditory nerve had become
hardened and pressed upon the nerve fila
ments. This condition was the probable
result Of a disease of the coverings of the
brain due in turn to Inflammation. The
Inflammation was probably caused by the
beating received by Kerr on the Tuesday
before the shooting.
On cross-examination the state attempted
to show that Kerr's deafness might have
been caused by the discharge Of the shot
gun near his head Just after he shot Reid.
but the witness failed to connect the in
cident and the condition.
DR.. r. VI. Stone was asked a hypothetical
question, which included the entire per-
sonal and family history of the defendant,
as it has appeared in the evidence. The
question occupied forty-seven and a half
minutes and was instantly met with an OBJ
lection, which was sustained. The ques-
ton was modified to conform to the ruling
Of the court. and the witness then stated
that on the hypothesis just presented John
Kerr was in a state of acute delirium when
he killed Reid. He was not in a condition
to comprehend the character OF his acts nor
to distinguish right from wrong.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-12
Memory Fails Him.

From that time the memoir of the W
ness became a blank. He remembered lea
ing Elkhorn and asserted that he KIN
nothing more until he met Sheriff McDo
aid in the Jail in Valley. He declared tn
he did not know anything that happen
between those incidents. In reply to a ,
rect question he said that he had no int
ton of killing Reid when he went to Vale
He had never had any intention of kill
him at any time. He also asserted that
has now no recollection whether he So
o Reid while he was at Valley.
On cross examination the state endeavor
to elicit some additional testimony in e
to the alleged assault near the Burlingt,
headquarters, but the witness could r
member nothing. He was positive, howeve
that he was sober at the time and that Il
bruise on his head resulted from a blow al
not from a fall on the sidewalk. The sta
was no more successful in jogging his mer
DRY as to the other incidents In regard
which he asserted in his direct testlmoI
that his memory had failed him. He cou
remember nothing whatever about his fig
with Reid and the subsequent incidents
which other witnesses had testified. He r.
membered waking up at the Colorado hot
the next morning, but he did not remen
Der going there.
The cross-examination of Kerr was col
tinued in the afternoon and the witne.
was questioned in detail in regard to h
movements on July / before he sho Rel
He did not vary materially from his fir
story. He was positive in his Statement
In regard to matters that he remembers
and on other points he consistently stuC
to his statement that his memory was
blank. A fact once stated was absoluteI
adhered to. no matter in what shape II
question was put, and, although he was @
the stand for three hours. he did not cor
tradict himself in the most trining detail
Kerr's Mental Condition.
DR.. Weise was recalled, and stated tina
when he examined Kerr in the county ia
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-26
THE GENERAL MARKET,

These companies have been incorpo-
rated in Trenton. y. j.: The American
Beet Sugar Company, with a capital
stock of $4,000 900. divided into 100000
shares, of which 100000 shares are pre-
ferred, bearing a non-Cumulative div
idend of per cent and the Egyptian
Company of America, with
capitalization of $780, 600.
New York has been a steady pur-
chaser of New Haven stock in this mar
ket for some time. and it is said that
the cause IS 4 rumor - resumption Of
10 per cent dividends before long. The
company paid 10 per cent annually for
many years, until July, 1894, when the
rate was reduced to 8 per cent. The
extraordinary expenditures for track
elevation, etc, that have absorbed
large sums during the past few years,
are said to be nearing their end, and
the net earnings will profit correspond
ingly. The story is purely a Wall
street product
\ bill is pending in the New York
legislature extending the scope of saw
ings banks legal investments in rail-
road bonds. The bill is intended par
ticularly to cover the Lake Shore bonds,
although it allows investment in the
first mortgage bonds of any road in the
SIdIS IlldL has pau tOlllllOu SlOCk QlN1-
dendS for five years, and of outside
roads that have been dividend payers
for 10 years. This wiz include the
Boston and Maine, New Haven and
Maine Central, and may result in some
increase in the price of those securities.
as was the case with the New York
Central
1t is stated that there is possibility
that Leggitt & Meyers will attempt to
cancel the recent sale of their prom
erty, it being claimed that the sale was
made on the distinct understanding
that the American Tobacco Company
was in no way interested in the pur-
chase
A syndicate of Boston gentlemen has
formed the Porto Rico Prospecting and
Development Company. with a capital
Of 100000, for the purpose of acquiring
and developing mines on the island of
Porto Rico. The company has en-
ployed a mining expert, James A
Pearce of Colorado, who is now on the
island developing q, promising copper
property which has been worked in a
desultory manner by the Spaniards for
the past two hundred years. Large
masses of native copper have been ia
ken out. and the methods employed by
them have been of the most primitive
kind. Mr. PearCe reports that the ISL
and is mineralized from end to end. and
is rich in copper and gold. The com
pany numbers among its stockholders
several high officials of the United
States army. Randolph c. Surbridge
of Boston is president, and Guy NJ
Spear is vice president.
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AND COMMERCIAL

price. There has been a recession. bu
the market holds strong. sales beini
reported within a few days at l. l.
cts. From the standpoint of the copper
miner the metal is remarkably high.
IN fact far beyond their fondest
dreams. as they were producing cop
per for years at a substantial profit
when the price was y cents and und-
er. Every fraction of a cent above the
ost IS SO much clear profit. applicable
dividends.
Take Montana. for example. Last
ar the company produced so 00OO
IS The average price for copper for
NE year was about la cents. which
may be taken as a basis Of computa-
ton. The net earnings were So 600 900.
This year the product will average 16
cents, and the net profit viii aggregate
So,4I0.OOO or over $36 per share, on a
conservative estimate.
The Quincy product is some 1880
zoe lbs, which netted last year $3.50 coo
On l6 cent basis for the current
year, earnings should be $1,S45 600, or
Sl2,45 per share.
The Tamarack, With 22,OO0.00O lbs.
ana S9lS,NN earnings, will probably
show Sl45O,000, equivalent to mora than
S24 per share. The list might be eX-
tended, but these suffice.
, All these companies have acCumulat-
ell generous SURPRISES in years past
amply sufficient for more than ordi-
nary needs, so that the distribution to
stockholders of the greater part Of the
! earnings of the current year is safe
. TO predict, if not by an increase in the
regular dividend rate. at least by the
declaration of extra dividends.
The Montana has practically won
its case. The status is this: The re-
ownership suit had been dragging
along in the district court. and the
Montana people were unable to obtain
| q hearing, as the judge, who is per-
sonally opposed to the company. kept
| postponing it. The Montana then ap-
| piled to the supreme court. which has
taken the case out of the hands of the
district Judge on the ground that he
was actuated by personal spite, and
| today the supreme court itself will
hear the case. This, as viii be SEEN
| is a virtual victory.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-26

Potatoes are still going up. The
supply is shorter than usual, and the
demand takes them as fast as they
arrive in the CITY The crop last year
was up to the usual standard, but the
cold weather and the extraordinary de-
mand has reduced the supply to such
an extent that there may be a scarcity
felt before the new crop becomes cheap,
A few Bermuda potatoes are to be had
in New York at present, but the price
is so high as to put them beyond the
reach of the average customer. An
other cause for the short supply is the
increased demand from the south for
seed potatoes, which will not mature
for several months yet
New Bermuda onions are beginning
to come in, with prices about as usual
for the first shipments The supply
of native onions is short. and the price
is higher than usual at this time of the
year The prices for all vegetables
are higher now than the first part of
the winter. There is a good demand
for forced vegetables, and the prices
are high.
Strawberries are beginning to come
in again, and will soon be plentiful
They have about recovered from the
cold snap, and it will not be long be-
fore shipments from the CarOlinas be-
gin. Bananas are still plentiful. Three
steamers arrived in Boston last week
and Worcester received shipments
from each. The demand keeps good
and the price is steady.
Oranges are high and Will remain So
throughout the season. The Califor-
mia supply is known to be small, and
all the Florida crop is gone. A few
foreign oranges are being received, but
notin quantities large enough to affect
the price, Lemons are easier since the
demand caused by the grip epidemic
has become less Dried fruits are in
good demand and high. Apples are
very high and very few are to be had.
1t is reported that almost all are out
Of the farmers hands.
Eggs are quiet, and the price is a
little higher than last year. The de-
mand is not as large as usual this Eas-
ter, but may improve before the week
IS out. Almost enough eggs TO supply
the demand are TO be had from the
immediate vicinity, which accounts for
the low price Of strictly fresh.
Poultry is. rather high and scarce.
though the demand is comparatiyelv
light Lamb, beef and pork have held
firm al the week, and are selling at
remarkable prices Fish ia high,
though the raise has been so slight Az
not to affect the retail trade. The sl1p-
ply seems TO be good and the de;upnd
is firm, though Will fall OFF slightly az
ter Easter.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-26
A SAFE COPPER PROPOSITION.
Arizon" and Texas Consolidated Com
per COmnany

,,i ms company owns, absolutely free Of
a. eneumbrance a rich group, emhrac-
I5 R5it property situated in the Great Conner
I 1fhit equal to 81 L; S. mineral claims. of
tMIuITIn me Brazos-Ner Iona Bjanco
Hecla-knoll Permian. Mansdeid i1 MonSi
IhLiG5CohqIa' Washington and New CaIumet
leaaS all Of which have been extans TrtlT
For tho purpose Of ronet,,ctio,, ILL.,,
equipment, and for other necessary fu nd5
ii tal otner properties to be acquired, n i'm
ited number Of shares may be had at 's ~,
az winch the price will be advanced TO to
Money invested in this enterprise means
S'le Investment substantial DIVIDEND
ana greatly enhanced value Of shares ~ in
A, a. MEYER & co. % Equitable bniId y.
IFS Boston or WHITE &. STOCKWEIT,
4.3 Main st" Worcester. - a.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-26
MARKET NOTES.

Controller of the Currency Dawes
says that the scarcity of paper money
has been brought about by the increase
in demand and not by a decrease in
supply.
Boston Betting Company will pay 81
per share, quarterly, April l Boston
Electric Light. $3.50 quarterly, April Is;
New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company, $l60 per share. May Is.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-26
Was the Stock Mar
ket Of Yesterday,
STEELS CLIMB UP.
Profits in Coppers Promise
Extra Dividends.

Yesterdays market was a decidedly
good one. There was some little hest
ration shown before the appearance of
the bank statement, but the changes
shown by that exhibit were not strik-
ing, beyond the expansion of loans.
which increased by $3.50, 600. Changes
IN lawful money reserve We're slight,
and surplus lost but half million
while as deposits gained by more than
three millions the loss in surplus is
explained, requirements being greater.
The International shares exhibited most
strength at the opening. led by New
YORK Central, which is i'm particular
favor in London, where it is dawning
upon them at last that the rise in
Americans is a condition and not a
theory. From this time London prom
ises to take more of an interest in
Americans instead Of Watching for the
decline that will not come. 1t became
the common idea that the bank state
ment would be favorable, and prices
STARTED up buoyantly all around on this
Impression, which was not affected al
an ng the appearance of the figures
me close being at the best in most
cases and at an average for leading
STOCKS II higher than yesterday and a
net rise OF IN higher for the week. New
hoying orders came in freely, and com
mission business was of large volume.
ne least sign of recession brought
Tfesh buying, and the market as a
whole was decidedly buoyant and ag-
sressiVely strong. Transactions footed
up over 100000 shares for the two hours
--o4S534 to be eXact-a very good WI
ume of trading for a Saturday. Atchi-
son preferred was a notable feature
With rise of >. while Chicago. Bur3
i,l ns ana quincy was up H. from the
lowest and an even point net fo,, H.
gay, Brooklyn Rapid Transit gained
- for the day and 141s for the week
r eaersi steel rose and preferred l,
General Electric moving up ,.
Ihese quotations We're made ON The
nosIon stock exchange yesterday on
STOCKS held in Worcester and vicinity.
- A 2
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-26
THE MARKET ELSEWHERE.

New York March 25.-Stocks were
very strong today and with transactions
of over half a million shares in the two
hours, material gains were quite gen
eral and quotations closed at about the
best.
Expectation that the bank statement
would be favorable was an early incen-
tive for purchases and when it ap-
peared although showing an increase
or about five and a half million in the
loan account the increase Of only half
a million in the surplus reserve received
favorable Interpretation and most
stocks continued their progress upward.
me nrmness for American securities
IN London in anticipation of the fort
nightly settlement, the temperance Of
active interest on the part of large fac
tors IN the market, less apprehension as
10 the monetary situation and the near
ness OF the close of certain state legis-
DatureS were all assigned position for
confidence in market operations.
me announcement of the formal
transfer of the Brooklyn Union EIevat-
ed to Brooklyn Rapid Transit interests
gave particular buoyance to the Tran
SIT company stock which rose A. on
large dealings. There was a iump Of
-FOUR points in Long Island railroad
"hich is understood to have a working
arrangement with BROOKLYN RAND
transit. There We're sympathetic ad
Vances with Transit in other local
transportation shares, Metropolitan fig
urlng FOR AZ, Third Avenue -four and
Manhattan a fraction. AmOne. tho in
dustrials Continental Tobacco nreferrad
got up "a Federal Steel 17s. Paopjo's
Gas l, and Consolidated Gas 3. Amonp
the Nanderbilts there We're advanrs.
Of ! i'm New York Central, one each for
Illinois Central and Canada Southern
Increased interests appeared among the
grangers with improving prices. Bur
hngton leading with ] H. Strength was
also displayed by Atchison preferred
Southern Railway preferred and 81
Louis and San Francisco.
Although most loans We're made on