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Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09
LOST MONEY; GREW FAT.
Unusual Course of Fortune in the
Life of q PennsyIvanian.

| Life of 81 Pennsylvanian.
| Residents Of Reading, Pa. have just been
| treated to a surprise by young man, who,
after losing fortune, put himself on ex-
| hibition as fat man at the county fair.
Ten years ago d. B. Klatz died at Reading,
leaving quite fortune to be divided ameng
his widow and four children. All the heirs
did well with their money save William.
His business ventures proved disastrous un-
til his portion Of about $35 900 had been
lost, much to the regret OF his many friends,
| especially those of the volunteer fire depart
ment where he was most active.
With the loss of his fortune came rapid
accumulation of weight. With each succeed
Ing year, no matter what his losses were,
his weight grew. When he first received his
! money he weighed about 1870 pounds. He
was a smooth faced, handsome young man,
of steady habits. When he had lost his first
$1,000 he gained about fifty pounds. For the
| last six years he has gained about the same
| amount every year, or 300 pounds for the
entire time, showing that while the loss of
his money sorely grieved him he continued
to gain in avoirdupois at the rate of fifty
pounds for each $1,000 lost. He now weighs
| nearly 800 pounds, but continues in most
| excellent health and Is taking on weight
monthly.
Owing to his great weight 1t Is impossible
| for him to work. At the opening of the
| county fair young Mr.. Klatz quietly hired a
| tent, had his smooth, boysh face shaved
very close. changed a pair of his enormous
| trousers for pair of knickerbockers, had
| one of his shirts made to resemble a boy S
waist and then put up a sign inviting people
| to step in the tent and "See Big Willie only
| 1S years OF age and weighs 723 pounds,
| born in the state of Ohio and has Travelled
all over the world" sideshow orator took
| a chair on the outside and when the crowds
began coming business soon began, The fat
boys tent was crowded all the week. The
| young mans makeup deceived almost every
one. Those who recognized him kept their
peace. The fat boy sat on a great chair on
| a low platform, smiled and appeared happy.
| answered questions promptly to innocent in
quirers and enjoyed the show life greatly.
! The receipts at a dime apiece averaged
about 500 day. Those who invested said it
| was worth the money, no matter who the
| boy was. The cause OF this extraordinary
| taking on OF weight Of the young man is not
known. His parents and his brothers and
sisters are Of ordinary weight. His wife
weighs about 1875 pounds and his handsome
children are of the ordinary average weight
| for their years.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09
GENERAL HENRY AND THE SlouA.
ID Was Chief Touch-the-ClOud VINO
First Called Him "Fighting Guy"

First Called Him "FightinE Guy"
at was the Sioux Indian that first applied
the title of Fighting Guy to the late Cen
eral Guy V. Henry" said Major George G.
Crager who served with the general through
several hot Indian campaigns and was at
the front at Santiago, to a Boston Journal
reporter. Touch the Cloud, a Sioux chief,
in the Sioux uprising of 1876, gave him the
name. / happened to be present at the time
in the capacity Of Sioux Interpreter. The
story, I think. has never been published be-
fore 1t was after the action at Rosebud
Creek, OAK, the date of which we remem-
bered so well because it was fought on St.
Patrcks day.
"The Indians engaged there were of Ro-
man Noses band. They were first seen by
Frank Grand, who was chief of scouts,
about a mile from the cavalry force, which
was commanded by General, then Captain,
Henry Grand sent the information to the
commander, who at once charged the In
dians. He had with him only three COM
panies of the Third cavalry, and the Indians
were out in considerable force.
Captain Henry had the faculty of in
spring his men with courage. He always
rode at the head of his command. accom-
panied by his orderly, and always when the
command to charge came the boys knew
they could expect hot time At Rosebud
Creek he fought like a demon, charging
right and left among the Indians, and his
troops were at his back. They were never
accused of failure to support him. The ac-
tion was sharp and decisive The Indians
were quickly routed and we captured sixty
of them and about 200 horses, besides their
camp equipment and supplies. The loss or
the Indians was large.
thn ii
Cloud and next evening 1 had talk with
him.
".What did you think of the surprise?' I
asked.
"The Sioux chief grunted. Then he pointed
to Colonel Henry and said: ~
"'That mans fighter. What's his
name?"
" Captain Guy V. Henry, l replied.
'The Indian struggled with the name sew
eral times, but was unable to pronounce it.
Then he said
q" 'I'll call him Chicheaarpi Guy meaning
Fighting Guy The name always stuck
during the remainder of his stay in the De-
partment of the Platte. 1t was to this de-
partment he was assigned as commander on
his return from Porto Rico. He held the
command at the time of his death"
The ugly wound which destroyed one of
General Henry's eyes and disflgured his
countenance was received in the battle of
Goose Creek, Mont, on June Q, 1876, in the
same campaign. Major Crager was orderly
for General George A. Crook at that engage
ment and was sent with a dispatch to Cap
tain Henry in the height of the action.
when l found him." said Major Crager,
"he had already been wounded. The bullet
had passed through his face, making terri
BILE wound. He was lying on the road beside
his horse. AS l rode up he was struggling
with the surgeon, and l heard him say:
"I want to go to my command
"The surgeon attempted to restrain him,
but Captain Henry struggled to his feet and
tried to mount his horse. He was too weak,
however and fell to the ground. We picked
him up and carried him to the rear"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09
ORATORS TRICK MADE A HIT.
And Only One in the Audience Knew
it Was n Trick.

81 know l oughtn't to give this away
said a local politician to a New Orleans
reporter, but it's too good to keep. The
other day l happened to drop into the office
of one of our campaign orators and no.
ticed the manuscript Of speech which he
proposed to deliver that night lying on his
desk. Without thinking any harm
picked it up and in running my eye
over the first few pages was surprised to
find the thread of the argument interrupted
here and there by voice from the audi
ence,' which asked impertinent questions.
In each instance very pat answer was
written down, and saw at once that little
comedy had been prepared in advance to
show off the orators skill at repartee. I
laid the manuscript down and said nothing,
but that night / went out to the meeting
to see the fun. Knowing exactly where the
first interruption was going to occur, I was
on the alert when the place in the speech
was reached, and, sure enough, up popped
tough-looking individual and fired off
question number one. must admit the
scene was we'll acted. When the question
was asked the audience laughed and then
waited eagerly to hear what the speaker
would say. For moment he seemed en-
barrassed and disconnected, and then, just
as everybody thought he was completely
cornered, he suddenly Strengthened up and
shot back reply so apt and witty that 1t
was electrical and the whole house went
wild. / snckered in my sleeves and waited
for interruption number two, which passed
off with equal eclat for the orator. In fact,
the scheme would have been great success
If the interrupter hadn't played his part too
we'll He was so extremely natural and
gave such fine imitation of a hobo bent
ON breaking up a meeting that when he
started in third time a big policeman
grabbed him by the neck and put him under
arrest. He tried to protest, but II was no
go, and in three minutes he was on his way
to Jail. After the meeting was over the or
ator hoped into cab and hurried down
to bail him out. / understand he was pretty
sick OF his job and unless a substitute can
be found the rest of my friends speeches
viii probably be made without repartee
trimmings"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09
NATURAL FOOD.
For Highly Organized People.

How to select food that will make a sick
body well is problem. There are food ex-
perts that make that question the study Of
their lives; to know what the human body is
built of. and just where to look for the nerve
elements in the grains, fruits and other forms
of food furnished by Mother Nature.
The food Grape-Nuts was originated for
a reason and with the above facts in view
1t is perhaps the most popular food on the
American table today for while II has been
In use but little over a year. many of the
best people have discovered it's unquestioned
value.
1t is pre- -digested and ready for immediate
assimilation. 1t is also thoroughly cooked
At the factory and therefore ready for instant
service Grape Nuts can be digested by a
child in arms and 1t is appreciated by the
athlete because of its flavor and strength.
Sold by all first class grocers and made by
Postum Cereal Co, Ltd, at their factories
in Battle Greek.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09
RESULTS ON THE RUNNING TRACKS
In the First Three Races at Newport
xarifeS rCalSc tn. lioxaax

Fnvorites Take the Money.
CINCINNATI, Nov. S--The first three
races went to favorites at Newport. In the
remaining two events long shots came home
in front. The weather was pleasant and
the track good. Results:
First race, one mile and fifty yards, SELL
ing: Dandy HI won Barbee second, Juna-
eta third. Time: 1:47A.
won. Koenig second, The Slusgard third.
Time: 1:29l2
Third race, six, furongs: The Star of
Bethlehem won, Be True second. Lord Zeni
4 Hdly Toa f1orisar '' second, Eta third
SAN FRANCISCO Nov. S-Weather
showery and track slow Tanforan results:
First race. six furlongs. selling: st. Cas-
simir Won Choteau second, Silver Tail third.
Second race. seven-eighths of a mile SELL
ihg: ihfr, Wyoming a6f Won stromo second Coda
Third race, six furlongs selling: Marcato
won Whitcomb second, Ballista third.
Fourth race, one mile, selling: Zoroaster
won, Dr. Bernays second, Alaria third.
Fifth race, one mile, purse. all ages: Top
Sixth race, five furlongs selling: Ben Ledi
won, Montalladet second, Monda third.
Time 10l%.
CHICAGO, Nov. S.-Weather clear and
track SLOW. ReSultS:
First race, six furlongs, selling: An
toinetta won, lnnovator second, Lovable
third. Time: 119
Second race, one and one-sixteenth miles,
selling: Ben DAVIS won, .owyhee second,
Pat Garrett third. Time: 1:52A.
Third race, five furlongs: George won,
Goebel second, Little Jack Horner third.
Time: 103h.
Fourth race one and one-half miles:
George Lee won, Double Dummy second,
Hoduo third. Time: 2:41.
Fifth race, seven furlongs: The Monk
won, Brownie Anderson second, Downward
Sixth race, one mile, selling: Refugee
won, Astor second, Uarda third. Time:
1.i5A.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09

ments of shells At FIRST the British failed
TO reach the hill, while the Boer fire told
heavily. Eventually the British reached the
Beers and showered shells on our gunners.
The Beers could only occasionally fire their
guns While wounded gunner bandaged
himself another fought, oblivious of the
fragments of shells at his back. Doctor
Hollis was killed while bandaging the
wounds. In the meanwhile the burghers
got their howtzers further forward and
into play and the extreme end of Meyers s
battery got in deadly work"
The remainder of the dispatch has not
been received.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09
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RAILROAD EARNINGS.
Passenger and Freight Trafiic !
EuroDe and the United States.

EurODe and the United states.
An official statement has appeared OF the
railroad earnings of Austrian railroads for
the first six months OF 1899 showing the
gross amount OF these to have increased
1874, 600 forms, as compared with the first
six months OF 1898, the number of passen-
gers carried having increased 100000 and
the freight carried having increased 1900 900
tons. These figures are regarded as OF con-
siderable importance, says the New York
Sun, showing an increase OF Is per cent in
the number OF passengers carried and OF 5
per cent in the amount of freight handled
in country in which the whole number OF
passengers carried in year is in excess OF
100, 900, 900 and the number of tons of freight
carried in a year is somewhat below that
figure. The Austrian railroads dncluding
together those OF Austria and Hungary earn
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09
SECOND TrinI FOR nank Wrecking.

KANSAS CITY, Nov. S-A jury has been
secured in the second trial In the United
States district court here of David B, Rieger
and Robert ID. Covington, under Indictment
the charge of wrecking the Missouri
National bank, of which concern they were
president and cashier, respectively, when It
failed in 1896 In the trial year ago the
jury disagreed. E. p. Moxey, Treasury de-
partment expert, worked up the case and
Is personally aiding the prosecution. Rieger
is now engaged in business at Springfield,
Ill, and Covington, Ky.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09
Miner visits the wounded.

CAPETOWN, Nov. 5.-Sir Alfred Miner
visited the wounded today. They are all
doing we'll. Some of the wounds are of an
extraordinary nature. The Mauser bullet
makes clean perforation of bone and
muscle. Soldiers shot through both cheek
bones have lost the sense Of smell and
taste, but are otherwise quite well. Most OF
the wounds are in the hands or arms. The
local volunteers have again expressed a
desire of going to the front.
The Dutch of the colony maintain neu-
trality, though doubtless many in Bechuana-
land have joined the Beers.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09
snIe of Enst stock,

CHICAGO, Nov S.-The bay mare Phrase,
2l2A, by Onward, brought $3.50 at the
The bidding was spirited, E. M. Lockwood
of Poughkeepsle, y. Y, being the buyer.
After the sale Mr. Lockwood announced he
stake next year. The next best price of
the day was $3.50 paid for Diamond Stud,
purchased by Bert Seeger of Vienna, Aus
tria. Seventeen other head were sold at
prices ranging from $500 to $500.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09

The foot ball teams of the Omaha Medical
college and Doane college, Crete, will play
Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Young
Mems Christian Association. park. The
very long and have so far played but one
game this season, the one with Bellevue
college. but they have put in a good deal of
time lately and have had the assistance of
an experienced coach. The Doane team is
rather an unknown quantity this year, but
judging from the strong teams the school
has put in the field in former years it is
fair to expect decidedly interesting game
from them,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09

HARRISBURG, Pa, Nov. S-President
Mckinley. passed through Harrisburg this
morning in his special car. He was evil
tions for while he did not leave the car he
waved his hand to the crowd at the station
and smiled good-naturedly. While here the
president received a number of kilograms
giving him information concerning the re-
suit in Ohio.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09
DIED.

CHRISTY-James, aged 80 years.
Funeral Friday morning. November TO- at
$50 from Heafey g. Heafey's rooms.
2lS South Fourteenth street to ST. Phllo-
mena church. Interment in Holy sepulcher
cemetery. Members of the Ancient order
of Hibernians take notice.
BuRDlsH-Richard, November s. at the
family residence, 1910 Davenport street
aged ~ years.
Funeral Saturday morning. November H.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09
BucIxleu,s >Ynicn snIve

The hest salve in the world for cuts
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter. chapped hands. chiblains.
corns and all skin eruptions. and positively
cures piles. or no pay required. 1t is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction or money
refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale
by Kuhn & Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09
BATTLE OF NICHoLsoN's MEX.
British Advance In Darkness, but
Rners, Mnrksmanship is Good.

HI
Boers' Marksmanship is Good.
CAPEToWN. Sunday, Nov. 5.-The fol-
lowing is an official description from Pre-
toria of the battle of Nicholson's Mex:
General Joubert was in supreme command.
The Brltishers advanced in the darkness on
the republic force. on the right of the hill,
formed by the Free Statere, commanded by
General Cnonje. A stampede of their mules
threw the whole force into disorder. The
British batteries were observed in long
line on the plains In the direction of the
Beers center along the table hill,
from which our artillery opened on
the English batteries as they were coming
into position. The second shell fell
in their midst. 1t was followed by shot
after shot, drawing the British concealed
batteries. From to 12 the hill was
yeritable Inferno OF Kissing, whlstling frag-
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09
VlADUCT CASE is DELAYED
Injunction Proceedings VIII he Heard
Tomorrow Lengthy Ahidavits
VIII lie Rend.

The much-talked- Sixteenth street via
duct injunction case, which was set for hear
ing before Judge Dickinson yesterday,
was again postponed until today. Sew
eral of the interested parties were not
present when court opened and therefore the
case was laid over one day. There have
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09
McDunee Cuts worlds Record.

CHICAGO Nov. S.-Eddie McDuffee, the
middle-distance bicycle rider from Boston,
paced by motor, reduced the worlds rec
ord for one-third of mile from 20 is sec
onds to 81 20 seconds. He also clipped a
quarter of a second off the quarter-mile
record, making the distance in q 20.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09
Liverpool Autumn Meeting.

adama Meeting Nof toaay A e 9s Red RgfrPoS RS
the County stand plate. Poulton. ridden
by Tod Sloan, was second. Palmay with
J, Reln up, and karnak, piloted by L..
Reiff We're unplaeed. The betting was TO
against Poulton Mister Man won the
cup Course plate. Chatting on which Mar
tin had the mount, was second.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09
Transport warren Arrives.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. S.-The United
States transport Warren, twenty-four days
from Manila, with a few cabin passengers
and a number of discharged soldiers, ar
rived this afternoon.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09
Announcements.

Johnstone Bennett and her clever COM
pany, presenting "a Female Drummer" p"
leaves the Boyd tonight after one OF the
most successful half weeks engagements
ever played at that house by a farce-com-
edy. 1t will be followed by The Bride
Elect" a comic opera by Sousa. The
story Is a satire on the marriages to for
eign noblemen of American heiresses. The
scenes are laid on the island of Capri in
the Orient Hands Across the Sea-" I'm
chain the Dogs OF War" and THE Bride
Elect" are the new marches introduced.
The Hungarian Boys Military band, COM
posed of fifty musicians, all under fifteen
years OF age. is the sensation of the week
at the Creighton Orpheum, Friday night
they will play a request program. The
patrons of the Orpheum are invited to
send in requests to have their favorite Sc
lections played by the band and the pro-
gram for Friday night will be made of Sc
lections receiving the largest number OF
requests At the matinee on Saturday the
boys of the band will hold a stage reception.
The tuneful yet classical music of Flo
tow's Martha" which is being produced
this week by the Trocadero Opera company
appeals to all classes of theater-goers. II
is light enough for those who wish just
an evenings amusement, yet scholarly
enough to hold the student entranced. The
usual bargain day matinee is scheduled for
Saturday with another for Sunday after
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09

been numerous delays in this case, but the
hearing Will probably proceed without
further interruption. The hearing may con-
sumo several days.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09

DtDlOmnttC agent OF hrHnsNnHI he-
ceives n Friendly Hint.
LONDON, Nov. S.-A special dispatch from
The Hague says Dr. Leyds, the diplomatic
agent of the Transvaal, has received a
friendly intimaton that his visit to Holland
during the war must cease
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09
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Fresh, Green Leaves
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No Dangerous AlkaIi.
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LAST.

Manufactured by the new
process, it COntains
none of the old ingre-
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base of all soaps have
heretofore been made.
Rough and Scaly Skin, Pimples,
Blotches, Eczema, and other Skin
Blcmishes cannot exist where 1t
is used.
DELIGHTFUL, HEALING, RE-
FRESHING. BEAUTIFYING.
Ask your Druggist for "Hyomei Anti
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use any other. Price 25c. Sample cake
sent free on application.
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-17

These figures represent the gross in
crease of the tax bill for the municipal
collection of ashes for rate payers who
are assessed for the several amounts of
property given. That increase in a
majority of cases would be less than
the individual now pays for having his
ashes removed by private means.
Municipal collection would be a money
making scheme for everybody who pays
tax on 900 or less, and for many
who are assessed on more than that
amount of property. AS a measure of
economy to say nothing of other con-
siderations of equal Importance, the
city council might be sure of the sup
port of the taxpayers in accomplishing
the reform.
AS matter of fact, of course, the
taxpayers would never notice any diff
ference in their tax bills whether the
city collects the ashes or not; but they
would be prompt to appreciate the fact
that they no longer have to pay carriage
bills ranging from S. to $50 or more a
year.
So much for the expense of annual
maintenance of the department. Now
as to the cost of the plant. A tabula-
ton of items from the letters printed
above will facilitate comparison as fol-
lows:
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-17
FACTSANDFIGURES
Continued from First Page,)
Therefore the census of 1895 is quoted

That is to say, in 1895, Fall River had
1854 less population than Worcester.
Both cities have grown rapidly in re
cent years, but during the decade 1880
95, the population of Fall River in
creased more rapidly than that of Wor-
cester, both absolutely and relatively
Let us suppose, however, that Wor-
cester is one-ninth larger than Fall
River. Then the cost of municipal col
lection of ashes and refuse for the
larger city, if proportionately increased,
would be not $21, 900, as stated in the
report above, but $23, $685. Letit be as
sumed that the cost would be $25,OOO
What would this mean to the city and
the taxpayers?
The assessors valuation of Worcester
May l, 49, was $780, S9S, $50. For the pur-
pose of this demonstration let it be a
round 100000, 900, disregarding the ma
tural per cent increase since last year.
If the municipal collection of ashes
means an increase in taxation, what
will the increase amount to? The
answer is obviously twenty-five cents
on $1,000. Surprising the rate of taxa
ton to be the same as last year, or
$16.20, the tax rate would be raised to
$16.45. What would the additional ex-
pense be to the individual taxpayer?
A simple problem in arithmetic gives
the following results.