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Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02
M'ALPIN MAKES COMPLAINT
Says He Was Robbed in the
Hotel-sequeI to II Shooting
Scrape.

Three men giving the names of Louis Bap-
tiste. NJ. Lauder and Albert Wagner were
arrested Thursday morning charged with
robbing Frank McAlpin in the Windsor
hotel. McAlpin is a farmer living near
Vail, Ia, and was a guest at the house. He
had been drinking heavily. While he was
intoxicated, he says, the three men lured
him into a toilet roam and robbed him of a
check for $1,000, a railroad ticket to Cedar
Rapids and $50 in money.
While the robbery was in progress the
porter of the hotel, Ed K. LeStone. CHANGED
uron them and threatened to give the alarm
If the money were not returned to McAlpin.
A quarrel ensued between Baptiste and Lee
Stone, which ended when the latter drew
a revolver and shot Baptiste through the
leg. The wound is not necessarily danger
Gus.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02

GRAND FORKS, n. D., Feb. l.-Fire In
East Grand Forks yesterday destroyed a
saloon and burned to death w. d. Kelly,
one of the proprietors, and T. j. McAdam,
ono of the oldest residents and former
mayor OF the city. The bodies were not
found until today. 1t is supposed that in
passing Kelly's place they had smelled es-
Gaping gas and had gone into the basement
by an outer door to investigate, and that on
entering they had lit a match, which caused
an explosion, setting the house on fire. Loss
about 1000; insured.
The bodies were locked in each others
arms, indicating that one had attempted to
carry the other out.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02
AN APPEAL TO TRADE UNIONS
Chairman Worried Because
President Did Not An
swer Anti-Trust Invitation.

CHICAGO, Feb. Nv. b. Fleming. a
member of the executive committee ana
chairman of the committee on program and
speakers of the national antitrust confer
ence, has addressed a letter to Samuel Com
pers, president of the American Federation
OF Labor, 1t is in part:
My Dear Sir; The executive committee
mas heretofore sent YOU u copy of the
10 convene In this city on February Y
next (Which Is the anniversary of Lin
coins birthday and through Won have OK
tended a special invitation to the organiZa-
tion of which you are the official head 10
be represented at this conference, provided
you were in sympathy with the purposes
of the call. No reply has been received to
this communication, which may be due To
the fact that you AVE been absent from
your headCuarterS.
The purpose of the antitrust conference
is to overthrow the new slavery and ty-
ranny of the trusts and il seems To our
committee that your organization ought To
take the liveliest interest in this meeting.
Surely the criminal conspiracies known
as trusts are a menace TO every trades
union in the United States. The truth of
this has been recognized by the great labor
organizations OF the world,
The responses to our call from every part
of the country indicate that the people are
ready TO rise I'm their majestic strength to
crush the m"onopolistic power of the trusts.
Is It possible that the trades unions are
not TO unite with the other patriots in this
supreme nonpartisan effort for liberty and
Justice?
Under the call, all organized bodies which
are in sympathy with us and which are OPP
posed to special privileges, are invited To
meet I'm conference. Is not your organiza-
tion opposed To special privileges
You will observe II is not the principle
of association of combination which Is
attacked.
The principle of association OF men or OF
capital H. one thing; a combination or
Eanized to fitch from the people their hard
earnings through the establishment OF
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02

oran won, Rosormonde second, Lothian
third. Time: $40.
Fifth race, seven furlongs, selling: jim
gle Jingle won, lmperious second, Mary
Kinsella third. Time: 1:26la.
Sixth race. Futurity course. selling:
Southern Girl won. Tuthill second, Redwald
third. Time: 1:10ia.
NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 1.-Rcsults:
First race, six furlongs: Himtime won,
Belle of Memphis second, Sallie j third.
Time: 1:l3l2.
Second race, seven furlongs: Flcuron
won, Polly BiNby second, DR.. Fannie third.
Time: 1:2Sli.
Third race, four %furlonEs: Hi 10 won
Buda second, Moses third. Time; O:i9.
Fourth race, six and one-halt furlonEs,
handicap: Turney won, Diana Fonso sec
ond, Alex third. Time: 1:2l&i.
Fifth race, one and one-eighth miles, sell
ing: Rushtields won. Pat Garrett second,
Greak third. Time: 1:56A.
Sixth race, six furlongs: Free Lady won,
Jim Conway second, Wild Tartar third.
Time: 1:i2.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02
Fourth Loss by Fire.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. Fire which
broke out at 8 o'clock this afternoon in
George w. Stout's wholesale grocery spread
to adjoining buildings occupied by Brink
meyer, Kuhn & Co, wholesale grocers; the
Notwithstanding company, wholesale boots
and shoes, and the A. Kiefer Drug com
pany, causing a total loss estimated at
$3.50, 600. The fire originated in Stout's gro
Gerry and his loss will be about $3.50, 900 on
stock and about $40, 900 on the building. This
is the fourth time MIR. Stout has been
burned out since he went into the whole
sale grocery business.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02

BLAIR, Neb,, Feb. 1.-(Special.)-A blaze
that would have been a disastrous fire had it
not been for the prompt action of the fire de
partment was discovered at 4 o'clock this
morning in the basement of the large three
story brick building owned by Joseph Cuts
chow. 1t was occupied by G. w. Newton,
with a general merchandise stock; Joseph
Schumacher, cigar store, and Martin Nelson,
barber shop, and nine persons who occupied
sleeping rooms in the upper part Of the
building. The alarm was given by a young
woman who was on the third floor and was
awakened by the smoke from below. All the
people in the building got out safely. The
fire burned through the first floor in several
places and was getting a good start. The
total loss is about 81, 900, insured.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02
LOCAL BREvlTlES.

Mrs. Frances G. Bittenger has been given
a position as clerk in the office of the clerk
Of the circuit court.
John Outright, the laborer who was in
jured while at work moving a house at
Corby and Thirty-secOnd streets Wednes-
day, died Yesterday at the Clarkson hos
pital from the effects of a compound frac-
ture of the skull.
The Building Trades council is now wait
ing for the award of the contracts for the
construction of the Deere building. This
Is the largest contract in ntemplatio so
far this year, and will give employment to
a large number of workmen for several
months.
OF the siXty-nine manufacturing concerns
that belong TO the Home Patronage bureau
Of the Commercial club, forty-one have
spoken for space in which to make ex-
hibitS at the coming exposition of the
organization, which will open at the Com
mercial club rooms February 10.
Under orders from the War department
succeed Lieutenant Egon A. Koerper as
chief surgeon of the Department of the
Missouri, with headquarters in this city,
Colonel Koerper retires February % under
the. age limit and Will go to Washington 10
reside.
The Unity, club meets al the home of
Draper Smith, 624 Park avenue. this even
ing at S O'Clock. Papers will be read by
Howard Kennedy, jr., on Influence OF
0hristianitty on Med.aeval Jurisprudence, !"
by a, ID. Fetterman, on The Canon Law
and by T., W.. Blackburn, on the Courts
Christian
The family of II. NJ. Blains. 2525 Decatur
street, has been freed from a confinement
of six weeks duration by the removal
of the smallpox quarantine. Alfred Blains,
son of +. NJ, Blains, is still confined to his
residence at 2604 Decatur street with the
| disease, but there is no probability thai
others Of his family will be attacked.
\ concert was given at the Grant Street
Christian church Wednesday by Blind
Boone, pianist, assisted by Miss Stella May.
vocalist Like other slghtless performers
Blind Boone has Il delicacy of touch which
renders his playing an exquisite musical
treat. The intervals were filled by Miss
May TO the entire satisfaction of the audi
Gnce.
Primary Sunday school teachers will vote
a change of time and place Of the meeting
of the Primary union, beginning with this
week. The union will meet this afternoon
at 4 o'clock, instead of Saturday, and al
the Young Mems Christian association par,
lora instead of the Young Woman's Chris.
teaches the lesson.
Pupils in the rooms closed by order OF
the Board of Education are being dis.
tributed among neighboring schools. Those
who live at incOnyenient distances from
any building are being transported at the
expense OF the board, street car tickets
being provided for tho purpose. The saw,
ing by the new arrangement will amount e
about $500 per month.
Union Pacific, II, A. Hedendahl has re.
signed his position as general airbrak,
and mechanical inspector. taking effecI
yesterday. lie will go to Denver TO TAX,
charge of a large territory as representa-
tive of the Westinghouse AirbTake com
pany. Il. III. Stack will succeed him as in
spector for the Union Pacific.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-One hundred railroad
trainmen whose applications have been ac-
cepted at the secret recruiting station that
has been established in the Wyoming hotel
here for several days, left last night for St.
Paul. None of the men know what their
ultimate destination will be, nor by whom
they were to be employed, but it is asserted
that they are to be sprinkled along the
Great Northern railroad from st. Paul to
Seattle. AS fast as the applicants are ac-
copied by the recruiters they are told to re-
main at the hotel and hold themselves in
readiness to leave the city at any time.
Special attention is paid TO the physical
condition of the applicants and they are not
only Xamined as to their ability, experience
and past record as trainmen, but undergo a
physical examination 1t is said that 500
! applications have been so far accepted.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02
DEATH IN A ST. LOUIS FIRE
Catholic P%nrochinl school Burns-Two
Are Overcome by smoke and
9th Missing.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 1.-Two lives were lost
by a fire which partly destroyed st. Law
renee O'Toole's parish school on Fourteenth
street this afternoon. The victims were
Sister StaniSlaus and Il pupil, Mary Foley, 10
years old. They were in the south wing of
the third floor of the building and when they
discovered that the building was on fire they
were imprisoned by a pail of smoke that no
one could penetrate.
Firemen were trying to rescue them, but
each time they found the suffocating smoke
an impossible barrier and the sister and
her pupil, despairing of escape, fell at the
foot Of a little altar, upon which there was
a cruciiiX, and there, a few minutes later,
two iremen who had climbed up a ladder
from the alley found them suffocated and
unconscious embraced in each others arms.
Both died a few minutes after being carried
to the Plus hospital.
When the fire broke out 400 pupils In
charge of a number of sisters and brothers
were on the second and third floors. With
out the loss of a moment the teachers. with
a quiet dignity that gave their charges no
reason to suspect their danger, commanded
them to fall in Drill marching has been
one of the features in the school and the
scholars left their rooms in perfect order.
They were almost to the ground floor be-
fore they suspected their danger. Then
they broke and ran, but the wide street
doors were open and everyone escaped with
out a bruise.
Sister Stanislaus was "A years of age. Her
name before she became a nun was Nellie
Mahoney. Her mother and sisters live in
Scranton, Pa. and she has one brother in
Kansas City and another in Little Rock.
The fire was caused by an overheated
furnace in the basement. The less on the
building will not exceed sc, 1000.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02

The rate on lard shipped from Omaha to
Memphis, New Orleans and points taking
the same rate was advanced yesterday by the
lines operating in that territory. Hereto
fore the rate has been > cents lower per 100
pounds than rates on packing house
products. The change raises the lard rate
TO that taken by packing house products.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02

CHICAGO, Feb. AFTER carrying his wife
and two children from his burning cottage
early today Herbert Fletcher was overcome
by smoke and flames and fell near the door
way and died before assistance could reach
him. The weather was bitter cold, and as
his wife and children were cad only in their
night garments, Fletcher rushed back into
the burning building - save sufficient cloth
ing and was overcome.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02
snccccIs NJ. 10. InunlI..

NEW DIRK, Feb. 1.-The directors of the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad company met
today in this city, when the resignation OF
President NJ. f, ingalls, was accepted. George
w. Stevens, general manager, was elected to
succeed ingalls,. 1t was announced that there
would be no change in the policy of the road.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02

Il. II. Marley of Kansas City. travelling
passenger agent of the Michigan Central, is
an Omaha visitor,
the Elkhorn, Is in the city. He has been
seeking business recently in the territory
adjacent to Minneapolis and st. Paul. The
recent change I'm time on the Omaha lire
saves twelve hours between the twin cities
Of Minnesota to the Black Hills. via Sioux
city and Norfolk, and Mr.. Gable renorts
much new business as the result of this
change.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02
Results on the Running Tracks,

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. WEATHER
First race. five f%urlongs, selling, maidens
"-~'-~- Isilen second, Corolla third.
Time: lI2A.
I'M -, one mile. purse; Erwin won.
Bathos second, Mortgage third. Time: 1;4l.
Third race, one and -one-quarter miles,
selling: Topmast won, Tempo second, Got
obed third, Time; 2:0si-.
Fourth race, one mile, handicap; Rem
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02

The quartermaster's office of the local
department has been authorized to pur-
cavalry at Fort Riley, Kan. The animals
must be of a bay color and free from
blemish or defect. Bids are now being
invited by Major +. II. Hathaway, chief
uuartermaSttr.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02
pninlere nnd nccnrntors Dance.

The annuaI bah Of the Painters and Deco
rators Or America lodge No. 100 was held
Thursday night i'm the Thurston Rifles
lrmory. Nearly 200 couple attended, Thomas
Gailigan was the master of ceremonies
The floor committee consisted of Messrs.
Iartigan, Dahlberg, Bush, Brophy and
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02
Nnrth ncnd mnrdwnrc store.

NORTH BEND, Neb., Feb. 1.-(Special.)
The hardware store Of Wolfe & Kelley was
damaged by fire this morning TO the amount
of about $500 on the stock and 5000 on the
building.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02
EnYette Kindly scnrchcd.

FAYETTE, Ia, Feb. Mime buildings
were destroyed by fire today. The loss is
estimated at 100000. Seven of the build
ings we're business houses. The city en-
CINE house and Fayette Ice company's plant
also burned.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02

MUNCIE, Ind, Feb. 1.-The livery barn
of Boer < Munshower burned early today.
Cecil Weekly, a cab driver, was burned to
death and forty-seyen horses also persisted.
Adjoining buildings were damaged by fall
walls. Loss unknown.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02
HUNIL|A1|NG WEAKNESS

Weakness of mon and women usually re-
suit from continued abuse OF Natures
Indiscretions and exCesses during the
tender years OF youth In after life produce
.csrlnln nriNnln NNmnlnme. Which mNN be
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02

rital was opened up in a private residence
nearby, in which a half dozen tlremen ami
as many volunteer workers were removed
with badly frozen ears and hands.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02

called in a general way Nervous Debility.
The nerves and glands are affected. The
treatment must be one tina reaches the
entire organism. This is submitted as
based upon my years of experience in the
treatment of Weaknesses of men and wo-
men. Drugs do not cure they simply slim
ulate, | use electricity because it does not
stimulate. 1t is the greatest natural
strengthener known to science, it goes way
down 90 the foundation of your disease
and removes the cause. | guarantee to cure
in every case and the results | promise
you to be permanent. 1 could make a great
deal more money If | gave you drugs, but |
could not give you the value for your
money-for drugs cannot cure these OBJ
Stinato and mortifNimg aiseases.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02

OFFICE HOURS: From $50 a. m. to $50
D. m. Sundays-From 1879 a. IN. TO l p. IN.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02
DR., Be NNETT F ts { R,''

Rooms IS TO FL, Douglas Block. OPP.
Haydens', Corner 10Th and Dodge
SIS. OMAHA NEB.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-02

Is pleasant to take.
PROMPT to relieve.
safe for all ages.
sure to cure.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-03-08

Smith, James r. Peck, R. H. McMullin,
II. D. Book, J. D. Johnson, Horace G.
Smith, John NJ. Singleton, F. w. Pirtle,
Thomas Taylor, Thomas Conner, A. P.
Dossey, j. S. Gibson, L. J. Owen, J. l..
Brown, j. H. Haynes, Isaac Patterson,
w. P. McCracken, Harry Rahm, John
4. Pollard, H. B. Van Meter, N. B. Pol
lard, S. j. Grove, Ben S. South, A. L..
Moore, James NJ. Colliver, G. w. Proc
tor, D. w. Thornton, Judge B. C. H.
Simpson, ]. S. Mavity, V. P. Moore, Ben
Franklin, and all true Populists of Ken
lucky who are in harmony with the
resolutions adopted by the state con-
vention. The delegates present at Gin
c1nnati will cast their proportionate
share OF the 16 votes to which Ken
lucky is entitled on questions coming
before the delegation, which shall vote
at unit in the convention.
w. F. Parker was elected editor of the
state paper, The Free Republic. At the
evening session 10 A Parker addressed
the convention and the public on the
tenets of the Peoples party and the
points at issue between the fusionists
and the Middle-of-the- Readers.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-03-08
Are We Doing Our Dutyf
Venning, Mimi. Feb. 26. 10

Vennlng, Mimi, Feb. rs, 1900.
Ed. Representative, Minneapolis: I
enclose 81 to pay up my subscription.
please acknowledge receipt, but do not
change the number on the address label.
for was credited So weeks ahead OF my
subscription at the time of your IRA
last year.
/ am Middle-of-t the Road Populist.
but both Populism and Socialism an
pears to me at present only sweet
dream. The masses are sound asleep.
each one, like the gopher, dragging to
his own hole and not a half day to
spare for a meeting, nor q penny for
the work. The few interested are tir-
ing out and no one to take their place.
Meanwhile the money power is fasten-
Ing its grasp both speedily and surely.
and ere long we will have a standing
army with military stationed In every
city and town and gendarmes to watch
In every direction, ready to grab any,
thing that may appear suspicious or
dangerous to the powers that be. I
may be mistaken, but it is my view OF
the situation. Yours truly,
]. s. JACOBSON.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-03-08
g: 81;
- dealer.
CARL l.. STEWART LUMBER co.
1889 Phst North, Mlnu.

the same people, with the same Ian
guages, the same religions, the same
inheritance. It cannot be seriously
argued that Englishmen in London are
sanity and in New York sinful, that
Germans in Berlin are honest and In
chicago dishonest, that Frenchmen In
Paris are pure and in ST. Louis impure.
Yet II there is little difference in tho
average individual morality Of Europe
and America, that cannot be the cause
OF the very great difference in the pol
itical tone. Therefore, the cure for our
political Ills cannot solely lie in al
ways crying better men, better men,"
ana In refusing to look at these struc-
tural causes and that environment
which modern science is teaching us 80
largely affect the evolution Of character.
The cure lies in exalting and moraliz-
Ing government, in letting 1t do the
great things, in letting it run the rail-
roads. operate the telegraph, in letting
the cities own and supply gas, water,
local transit. This will attract to It
stronger men and good men can thus be
IN politics. We must also, like Lin
coin and Jefferson, trust the plain peo-
pie; by direct legislation let the peo-
pie decide laws and have the ultimate
veto. Then congressman cannot vote
money and city councils cannot sell
franchises. We must let the people
vote. We must have a true brother
hood, the democracy of God. The church
must act. Christians must be in pol-
itics. The times are critical; crisis
is at hand. Twenty men today" said
great railway magnate, could stop
every wheel o1 industry in the United
states. Is this American? Is It demo-
cratic? Is it Christian?
Every seat was occupied in the after
noon at Assembly hall when Mr.. Bliss
mounted the platform. His address on
the same lines as the morning service
at Christ church, was on Freedoms
His words were received with most
enthusiastic applause throuphout.
Some OF his most telling points were
against the imperial policy Of the adj
He said that this gov
ernment was not at war with Aguinaldo
but that it was a war between MARI
Hanna and Aguinaldo, John Wanamak-
er, good Republican authority, had de-
clared that it would be impossible for
government ownership of public utiIf-
ties to ever eventuate, because the stock
Of these corporations was owned by tho
church people and men welding great
influence over congress. The only REM
edy for this was the initiative and tba
Mr.. Bliss paid glowing tribute to or
sanized labor. He believed that were
Christ on earth today he would be \
lnlon carpenter. In speaking OF tha
war between capital and labor he de-
'lared that the administration was
sending soldiers over to the Philippines
% learn to shoot in New York.-St
Paul Globe.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-03-08
DIRECT NOMINATIONS
THE ONLY REMEDY FOR THE PEO-
PIE.

We are firmly convinced that direct
nominations is the road, and the only
road, to success for the reform move
ment.
It the people are incapable of manag-
Ing a party they are incapable of man
aging the government. If direct nomi-
nations are impracticable, direct legis-
lation is also impracticable
If the people cannot nominate men to
fill the Offices, they cannot make laws to
govern them. If the bosses must nomi-
nate the candidates, we might just as
we'll let the bosses make the laws. and
the people can shut up shop and quit
bowling about it. Direct nominations
is direct legislation put into practice for
party management, and II we can't de-
velop system that is practical, we had
better quit shouting for direct legisla-
tion. We maintain the present system
Of trying to put in operation the direct
nomination system is impracticable, but
that does not prove that a practical
method cannot be developed.
The Union reformers of Ohio and the
Middle-of-the-Road Populists of Min
nesota are sending out ballots from
headquarters, and are trying to get an
expression of the voters of their re-
spective parties by this method. We
have always maintained that this
method will prove failure.
We will suppose the general govern
ment would undertake to send out bal
lots by mail to every voter who desired
to vote at the next presidential elec-
ton, and have the voter record his
vote and send it In by mail to the gov
headquarters at washington.
or any other point. / ask In all fair