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Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24
nridgcs, Xcrsion of Ostcopathy.

OMAHA Feb. 22.-To the editor of The
Bee: The letter in this mornings Bee over
the initials III. X. B., on a plea for Os-
teopathy' and directed more especially to
the members of the legislature, before which
a bill to legaliZe the practice OF osteopathy
is now pending, should not go unchallenged.
Like all communications from those who
are either ashamed or afraid to sign their
names thereto, this ordinarily might pass
without a thought, but the plea contains so
many untruths and falls so far short of es-
tablishing facts that 1t is best the unwary
should be on their guard lest there be legal
lied a s~o-called system of healing which
adds not an iota to what has already been
known and which would permit of the gross
est negligence on the part of those who are
supposed to be protectors Of the public
health,
H.. r. b. starts off with a statement that
osteopathy Is a school of healing which Is
new. This is true only of the name "Oste-
opathy,' for the methods of the treatment
claimed by this so-called new school have
been in vogue for many years-some OF
them for centuries-and are embraced in
the terms massage" Swedish movement
cure" bone and Joint manipulators." The
bone settlers of years ago were In reality
what the ''osteopath" is today. with the eX'
ception that the latter claims to have more
knowledge of anatomy and extends his sys-
TEN of healing massage, manipulations, etc.
to the treatment OF all diseases, regardless
of their causes and character.
IL. Il. b. states that oSteopathy is already
recognized by several of the states, but he
omlts to mentor that it was denied recog'
milton by Kentucky and Illinois and thai
even in Iowa, where the strongest fight was
made, with apparent success, a provision Of
the law requires that schools of so-calleC
osteopathy should have certain specified re,
quirements in order that their graduate:
could obtain license to practice in the state
and that thus far every school investigated
has fallen so far short that not one is rec
ognized. This statement In this letter il
also made: For the fact is too apparent L
ordinary minds that more people die from
decentralization than from disease. This il
admitted by leading physicians" TIL above
should be sufficient to condemn the whole
plea, for 1t is too absurd and ridiculous fol
even an ordinary mind The correspondent
then goes on to state that recognition o.
osteopathy does not involve the necessity o.
anybody's employing 1t and he fails TO Sc,
any other reason for antagonism on the par
OF the medical profession than a desire Il
retain to It's members all the ~pecuniary ad,
vantage accruing from the care of the slcl
and the afflicted. ! want to say TO YOU
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

Probable that All officials Concerned
MnY He Recalled.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-No demand has
been made by the German government for
the removal by the United States govern
ment of Chief Justice Chambers of Samoa,
nor is it true that either the United States
or the British government has demanded the
removal of the German president Of the
municipal council, DR.. Raffel, or the German
consul at Apia, Mr.. Rose.
The acts of these officials have been the
subject Of criticism and it has gone to the
point that a suggestion has been made from
each of the two sides, into which the issue
has divided the tripartite powers, that about
the most satisfactory and quickest way to
restore harmonious relations and insure a
peaceable administration in Samoa would
be to withdraw all of these officials and to
wipe out all old scores. At the same time
there have been no demands made on
either side, nothing but intimations and sug-
g%estions. What the result will be it is not
possible to ~foretell.
BY this time, if the German promise has
been carried out, one of these factors has
been removed in the person of DR.. Raffel,
who has been recalled to Germany.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24
Deaths in Cuba.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-The following
death report has been received:
HAVANA, Feb. ~22.-Adjutant General,
washington: Report deaths, February 81,
Military hospital, Havana: Thomas Smith,
quartermaster's civilian employe, pneumonia;
Camp Columbia, Jacob Epling, Company l.,
Second South Carolina, typhoid; Private Ed
ward Kosterman, Company II, Forty-ninth
Iowa, typhoid; Private Thomas Thrivett,
Company +, Second South Carolina, typhoid;
William Epps, civilian employe, Seventh
cavalry, typhoid.
santiago-February 10, Private George
Brown, Company Il, Second immunes,
malaria; February II, Private Charles c..
Easily. Company G, Eighth Illinois, killed
by police. BROOKE, Commanding.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24
THOUGHT THAT HE WAS A BURGLAR
Frank Sharp Explains His Reasons
for Shooting John CoIIins.

Frank Sharp was arraigned before Judge
Baker of the district court on a charge of
shooting with intent to kill and he pleaded
not guilty. Sharp is accused OF shooting
John w. Collins at a graders camp in South
Omaha last month, causing the loss of one
Of Collins arms. His story is that he sup
posed Collins was a burglar who had broken
into a stable. A charge from a double
barreled shotgun was sent by Sharp through
the stable door at Collins.
Sharp and a brother are also charged with
the recent robbery of some railroad box cars
near Louisville in this state. The trial of
the Sharp boys and Harry Vincent on a
charge of burglary in connection with this
affair is to take place next week in Sarpy
county before Judge Scott. John O.. Yeiser
is to defend them.
After about all the evidence against him
was before the court James Dodson, on trial
for shooting at John Alioth with intent to
kill, offered to plead to a misdemeanor of
assault. Judge Baker allowed him to
do so and gave him a sentence of sixty days
in the county Jail. Dodson was employed
at a barber shop at Twenty-eighth and
Leavenworth streets and he and Alioth, a
boy working in a blacksmith shop near by,
had a quarrel on January 10. Dodson, who
is a negro, went after Alioth first with a
razor. Not getting close enough to the OBJ
ject of his attack he returned to the barber
shop and procured a 22-caliber target rife.
He took a shot at something, but 1t was i'm
possible to obtain evidence that he fired at
Alioth Under the circumstances the court
allowed him to make his plea of guilty to
simple assault.
The trial of Frank Butler, a negro, took
place in Judge Bakers court, the defendant
being charged with the burglary of R. NJ.
Wright's house in South Omaha January 20
and appropriating three brass lamps. Judge
Baker did not think the prosecuting attor-
ney had a good case when the evidence was
in and instructed the jury to acquit the ac'
cuSed.
Charley Brown and Warren Welsh were
arraigned for breaking into Max Wintroub's
Junk shop at Twelfth and Chicago streets
about the first of the year. They are negro
boys. Both pleaded not guilty.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24
County Answers the Moorcs Suits.


Answers in the twenty-one suits brought
by Frank e. Moores against the county were
filed with the clerk of the district court yes
terday afternoon. The Moores claims
amount to a total of over $4,000. In it's
answers the county sets up that Moores is
indebted to 1t to the amount of $24, SOC. SO,
and this is presented as a counter claim in
each case. This sum is segregated as fol-
lows: Trial fees due from Moores, s3,292.01;
unclaimed witness fees, S7,175.95; unclaimed
lower court fees collected, S2,462.60; sher-
ifs fees earned by William Coburn,
81, 65S. 05; same by John F. Boyd, $2,331.52;
same by George A. Bennett, 1884 so; same
by John c. DreXel, S731.51; fines collected
by Moores, s92.37; extra charges collected
by county in bills of July and December,
1889, and April, 1890, 1886. 40; excess statu-
tory fees paid on account of statements of
judgments, $416.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24
SEEKS A DIVORCE FOR a DAUGHTER
Father Alleges that His Child Was
Not of LnMfuI Age When Married..

wv VI LA
A divorce suit somewhat out of the ordi-
nary has been commenced in the district
court. 1t is brought in the name Of the
wife's father, Jacob Houk, SIG William
street. He alleges that his daughter, Nellie
Houk, was not of lawful age when she was
married to Michael Corcoran, April II last
year. The girl and Corcoran lived together
only one month, when she returned to her
fathers house. She was only 10 years and
eight months old then. On this ground sim
ply the suit is based.
Corcoran and Miss Houk obtained a mar
riage license here on the day Of their mar
rlage. Her age was given as IS and Cor
coran's as %. They were married by JUS
tice of the Peace George A.. Pritchard, the
witnesses being Maggie Mcmahon and
George Wolff, both of South Omaha. The
contracting parties said their residence was
South Omaha. The name of the girls father
was given as Frank" Houk. 1t was a clear
case of misrepresenting the girls age and
getting married without her fathers con-
sent.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24
Minor Matters In Court.

william Butler sues for a divorce from
| Lutitia Butler for the reason, as he alleges,
that she abandoned him two years ago.
They were married at Council Bluffs in
July, 1896.
The case Of John Dodson, colored, who is
charged with going after John Alioth with
a rifle January II, and shooting the latter
with intent to kill him, Is being tried by a
jury before Judge Baker.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

guments before 4 p. m. Judge Scott said he
would not submit the case to the jury at
that late hour for the reason that he is
opposed to giving a jury a case to work on
in the night time. In his opinion both par
ties to the suit are entitled to a verdict after
the fairest elaboration, and Judge Scott
said a man cannot give a matter proper at
tention unless he is allowed to enjoy his
nights rest. He would make this a rule in
his court, he announced. Accordingly he
continued the case until the following morn
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Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-Thc papal dele
CATION has been officially advised from Rome
OF the appointment of Bishop Peter Bour-
gade OF Tucson, Ariz., as archbishop of Santa
Fe, also Of the appointment of Rev. John
w. shanahan of Philadelphia as bishop of
Harrisburg. No official advices have been
received confirming the report of the ap-
pointment of Bishop Christie OF Vancouver
as archbishop OF Oregon, although an APP
pointment in that diocese has been expected
for some time.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

Survivors of the Civil War enc
bered by the Government

survivors of the Civil War emem-
bered by the Government.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-(Special.) 9TH
following western pensions have been
granted:
Issue Of February 6:
Nebraska: Original-David w. David,
York, IS; John w. Beaver, Byron, So.
Iowa: Northumberland Gilchrist,
Fairfield, So to SO. Increase-Charles II.
Richardson, Sioux City, IS to $40; John d.
Goble, Clearfield, Sc to $40; William Law
renee, Muscatine, IS to $l2; John w. Fowble,
Atlantic, So to IS. Original, Widows, ETC.
Ihurza A. Barronett, Shannon City, $12.
Observation-Disclosures r. Furman, Eldora, $12.
Colorado: Increase-Peter Fassbinder
Durango. IS to $40; Alexander NJ. Sample,
Pueblo, So to So.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

who conducted the experiment say that the
skiagraphs plainly show a tumor pressing
on the brain. The physicians claim that
the removal Of the tumor will not be danger
BUS, and they expect the young mans mind
will be fully restnred.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24
Ready for the jury.

All the evidence was finished yesterday in
the suit of William Gladish against the
Omaha National bank to recover some 81, 500
in gold, said to have mysteriously disap-
peared from a box in the safety deposit
vaults of the defendant in 1894, and the at
torneys for both sides concluded their ar
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

mony, but would be satisfied to have the
case stand upon the evidence submitted and
the arguments. He does not believe there
has been any testimony presented connect
ing his clients with the two places in a
controlling capacity,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24
Musical Director Chosen.

CHICAGO, Feb, 23.-F. W. Peck, United
States commissioner to the Paris EXPOSE
tion, has decided that Samuel Kayser, direc-
tor OF the Chicago Conservatory of Music,
shall have charge of the United States de-
partment Of musical exhibits at the EXPOSE
tion.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

Happy is the man or woman who can eat q
good, hearty meal without suffering after
ward. If you cannot do 1t, take Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure. 1t digests what you eat, and
cures all forms Of Dyspepsia and Indigestion.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24
N-Rnys and Insanity.

AS the result of a number of experiments
with X-rays in Chicago it is asserted that
the rays are to become a medium through
which reason may be restored TO insane
persons. 1t has been found that by the
rays brain tumors, responsible for many
cases of alienation of mind, can be located,
Preparations are being made by several emf
nent physicians for a test operation in what
has been considered an incurable case, The
patient will be a wealthy young man who
for several years has been confined in the
Kankakee asylum. The patient has already
been examined by the X-ray process. Those
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-19

oqfter He Cup Is Won. h e Constitution. She will be plated with Tobin bronze, instead of planked with wood, and she will carry far more than modern ships crew.
 The building of cup-defender is comparatively cheap. No effort is made to provide her with costly ft- tings and the material is not very ex- pensive. But the huge size of her cau- Yas, and the fact that none but man power can be used in making sail, ren- der it an expensive matter to man her. There must be 90 of the finest sailors ever raised to pull at one rope al any moment, and in this country if is men that count-men and their keep.
 No cnp-defeuder was ever taken upon & long cruise without first being con yerted into a schooner, which enables her to dispense with half her crew alz though her speed is thereby reduced. Even Banker J. Pierpont Morgan, the purchaser of the Mayflower, had her turned into two-stieker before using her for travelling.
 O0HullhB cOSb anu ludAu lSHaHSS7 Ao takes about $35o, GOO to keep the Amer ica's cup at home, and the craft that does it will be worth little after She race until rebuilt. The men who bear this expense have to be very public spirited. They get little advertising or appreciation out of 1t.
 I doubt if the names of any members of the half-dozen successive yacht syndicates are known to the public save those of Messrs. Morgan, Forbes and Iselin. The rest sunk their reward in their consciousness of virtue.
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soldiers Who were Not Heroes.

The official investigation of the Sev- enty-frst regiment bears out the view of their conduet which expressed in this letter some weeks ago, The men were badly led at San Juan, and went to pieces. Maj Keek, who was private when the war broke out, did the best he could with the Third battalion when the first two had hid, and Capt Ratfer- ty and some other officers aided in showing that there was good material in the command. But tke colonel and lieutenant-colonel and one major were not there-and the men of the Nineteenth regulars ground their heels into the backs of the men, marching over them as they lay prostrate. When there were in camp in the United States thousands of men eursing their fates because they were not sent to Cuba, it was rather pity that three bad officers should have been there,
 who so little appreciated their priyi- lege as to give Q good command bad name. OWEN LANGDoN.
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 babitants and tells them of his plans and prospects, and when the day of his =departure= arrives he is escorted to the village by host of envious friends.
 So it is with the Chicago young man when he is going to New York He wishes the public to know that he is to expandi that he is going 10 Gotham to seek wider opportunities; that he has outgrown the sleepy old town of his birth, and expresses his sorrow fer those of his friends whom fortune has not favored with an opportunity to get away.
 To the young man who has to remain in Chicago there is no surer way of in sulting him than to intimate that Chi- cago is not in all things the equal or superior o{ New York, but at the same time he will welcome the opportunity that will take him 10 Gotham.
 The other day l saw young man of this class whose daily bread had been earned by running an elevator iC a Chicago sly-seraper. By accident he had secured a similar position in one of the office buildings of Gotham, and he was around bidding his friends good- i by.
 In the building where he had been employed he called upon each of the l tenants and informed them that he was going to New York to live, and invited each of them to make him a visit and permit him to show them the sights of real city. I saw him again if the evening, an hour or more before his train was to leave. He stopped in a cigar store across the street from the depot and inquired the time of the departure of the New York train.
 Sorry to bother you" he said, "but I am going to New York tonight, and am quite busy, so I didn't want to take the time to go to the depot to find out
 He asked the same question of a dozen people inside of a dozen minutes. He wished to advertise the fact that he was going to get away from the big town that had been his home, and should have worn a sign announcing his departure His friends were just as envious of his good fortune asare those of the village boy when he gets the opportunity to leave home.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-19

part of town. Indeed, the owner of the inn evieted a saloon-keeper to make room for the new business. There will be temperance drinks, food at reason able prices, reading rooms, dance floors, or ''spielin' space" as the Bowery phrase has it, and women as we'll as men will be welcomed at concerts and other entertainments. Nobody will be expected to study or seek self-improye- znent in any way. or to do anything except enjoy himself if he can. There will be no texts on the wall and no preaching. It is simply an attempt to provide a poor mans club where no one can get drunk. The yanderbilts, Morgans and Dodgeg, upon whom Bishop Potter can sawayn call for whatever money he
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wants for his plans, have provided the inn with plenty of money, and Mrs. Bradford has guaranteed about s12,- 00o in rent and taxes
 The Bowery, which is noted for ex- quisite behavior when it feels that way, will not annoy the new experiment by any rowdyism. There is more think ing upon social problems and warmer welcome for honest experiments on the Bowery than you would suppose. And there is a good deal of simple, kind ly human nature.
 The Bowery is not the toughest part of New York That dubious honor is reserved for the giddy, flashing, rotten TenderloiH.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-19

zvo711d say. 1t has Sic Has Attracted tfs bear +Ea tougb al- Tough Element oalg. ement of the city that has been attract ed to these entertainments so gener- ously advertised with flaming posters depicting girls in brilliantly colored tights, and a eorsage eeutdaringlg E deeoI- lete.
 The entertainments have not suf- fered financially because of the ab- sence of respectable people. Thetoughs and sporting classes that have at tended have contributed iberaly, if unwillingly, to the support of the pro- motors. The methods of extracting money from the audience savor much of circus methods. For from 50 cents to five dollars one can gain admittanee to the floor upon which he is not al- lowed to remain; for another 30 cents he can gain access to the balcony, pro- Vided he leaves his coat and hat at the check room, for which privilege hemust pay 50 cents again. Once ill the gal lery he may have seat for another 50 cents, and he is not permitted to remain unless he has a seat. When the dancing begins he may participate in it for still another 50. cents, and drinks of all kinds are sold at double prices.
 The most astonishing feature of this class of entertainment is the organ izations that have been giving some of the worst of them. Some of the or ganizations have in the past years com fined themselves 10 only such attrac- tions as would draw the support of the best families. But the best fam lilies do not appreciate French balls as conducted in Chicago, and the present season will probably see the end of them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-19

board is behind the times, and that boomers were out of style two years ago. They say they will refrain from getting married; that they will protect their hearts from Cupid's darts with an armor of steel; that if necessary to hold their positions they will notify their ''steadies' to quit calling on Sum- day evenings, but they won't wear boomers.
 The board has not directly insisted that the teachers in this particular school must wear bloomers, but they have so arranged it that to perform the duties required of them it will not be convenient to wear skirts. In other words the board has thought it nec- essary for the intellectual training of the girls and boys that they be taught how to climb swinging pole. Such a feature has been introduced. It is part of each teachers duties to teach the youths of both sexes under her charge the easiest and quicloest way of reaching the ceiling by means of tho pole. This is to be taught by exam pie, and while the members of the school board say they do not care whether the teachers wear bloomers or not, the teachers say it is impossible to perform the duties demanded of them unless they do, or find some other method of discarding skirts.
 WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
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has been played so long, in spite of so many exposures, and is being played still. It puzzled me until said to Mr. MeNally; 'sHosv can the thing go on year after year in a country where every body goes to school?'
 That's just the reason why it is pos sible," said McNally; "eyeryoneS stuck on himself over here, Half the men who kept my business going knew be- fore they ever set out for New York how it was run; but each one of them said to himself: I guess I'm smart enough for them city fellers, B'jee!
 "If it were a question of horse trade, it might be true. But in a strange place and strange game, what chance have they? Most of 'em are vain enough 10 keep still when they've been taken in-there you have the whole philosophy of the business. Of course there are some who are really ignorant, and they're the easiest meat. The oth- CTS we have to 't'row a scare into as George Appo said"
 McNally has not for years worked the green-goods game himself. He fur nished the capital. hired the operating joints, squared" the police, went bail for his clients when arrested and was in short, the chief of a clan of as slick set of operators as ever wore high hats.
 And green-goods swindling is not thing of the past, either; don't imagine thatl