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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-03-17
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
of Pine Bluffs Progressive Business Houses
Dancing Academy

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CLASSES
EVERY FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AT BAILEY'S
HALL.
PROF. MCCONNELL, Dancing Master
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23
LOOKING TO NEW BUILDINGS
Board of Review Receives Report on
Recent improvements on
Real Estate.

An interesting feature Of the meeting of
the Board OF Review yesterday was the
building inspectors report of new improve
ments-those which have been added since
the assessment figures were made up. The
aggregate amount of these improvements
is 5000, 900, the principal item Of which is
the new residence of George A. Josslyn,
valued at S4O,O OO. Another of the larger
Items is a new building which has been
added to the Willow Springs distillery and
which is listed at $50, 900.
Real estate companies occupied a con-
siderable proportion of the attention of the
board yesterday. Lists OF property were
submitted by several OF the companies and
the board spent some time in checking the
lists with the assessment rolls. One OF
those who appeared before the board was
John s. Knox of the Arthur Realty COM
pany.
J.. NJ. Metcalfe, who has recently pur-
chased the COots house for $14, OOO, came
before the board to protest against the
assessment Of that property at $40. 900, but
the board has as yet taken no action upon
this application.
At moor the board adjourned until Mon.
day morning at 9 o'clock.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23

ment at the Alliance land office and de-
mand that it be honored in the location Of
land in that district. He said that he
expected the officers to refuse his demand
and that he would then bring action in the
United States court to establish his right.
Considerable interest is manifest among
a large number Of people who are before
the grand jury in these land cases over
the reports that Colonel John s. Mosby
will be in Omaha next week. The people
who have been engaged in the business Of
locating soldiers widows on the public do
main say that all Of their troubles can be
laid at the door Of Colonel Mosby and they
can prove, admitting all Of his charges to
be true, that no offense against the laws
has been committed, while many deny the
truth Of the charges brought against them.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23
STEALS MILEAGE AND CASH
Burglar Does His work While the
Man of the House
Looks On.

While lying in bed in his room at 500
Georgia avenue early yesterday morn
ing Frank Bloteky watched a burglar search
his clothing and escape with six mileage
books and SIS in money. The property was
in a purse which had been sent to Mr..
Blotcky from Paris and upon which his
name was engraved. While the burglar was
doing the searching Mr.. Blotcky was wait
ing for a favorable opportunity to capture
him.
Blotcky waited for about i've minutes,
when the burglar turned his back to the
bed. Then the man OF the house made a
spring for the visitor. But he fell short
The burglar made a rush through the door
Of the room. which he had left open. down
the stairs and out the front door. Biotcky
followed as rapidly as he could. The chase
down the hall awakened the other inmates
Of the house and the police were called, but
nothing that would lead TO the identity Of
the burglar was found.
Blotcky upon retiring had left the door
Of his room open. He was awakened BY
hearing the door closed. He paid no at
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23

ing advised him to go directly to South
Omaha and inform the police of his fate.
Nicely says he met q policeman Friday
night two blocks from the place he was
held up, but was too frightened by the
threats OF the men to kill him II he re-
vealed the crime to say anything to the
officer. The first thing that struck him
was how he could raise money enough to
get back to his quiet home out at Fremont,
away from such dangers as he had encoun-
tered. He had bought $40 worth OF Chris
tian Science books and these he pawned in
Omaha yesterday morning for money to
take him back home,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23

a lesson that would restrain him in all flu
ture years from ever taking the law into
his own hands. The prisoner was then dis
charged and Deputy Abbott states that so
far as he knows there will be nothing fur
Their done in the matter of prosecuting for
Caldwelrs death.
A quick verdict was anticipated, as the
jurors we're weary. They have been in the
custody of bailiffs since Tuesday morning,
and all but one Of them are men with fami-
lies. One has a sick wife; three had teams
that could do nothing but eat while the
owners were on the jury; another received
word yesterday that two Of his employees
had quit-all OF which circumstances we're
considered by the counsel OF both sides to
be not conducive to long elaboration OF
slow conclusion.
The nrst argument made Friday was by
w. F, Gurley. employed by Caldwell's
widow. Friday afternoon Attorney Richie,
for the defense. talked more than two
hours and yesterday morning talked forty
FIVE minutes. He argued that the blow
fatal to Caldwell was not that delivered
by Spellman and received by Caldwell on
the left jaw. but a blow from a club in the
hands of some other member Of the attack
ing crowd.
The final argument yesterday was by
Deputy County Attorney Abbott, who rea.
soned that the wound fatal TO Caldwell, be-
ing the one at the back Of the head, was
one received when he lit in the bottom OF
the ditch into which Spellman's blow
knocked him. When one falls, Abbott said
he involuntarily holds his muscles tense
until his body reaches the level Of his feet
but after that there is immediate relaxa-
tion and the downward trip is made in linn
condition. This being true, he argued
Caldwell struck the bottom of the ditch
with his neck timber and his head fell bach
loosely against the earth over some half
hidden stone or briekbat, with the result
that there was inflicted the wound which
shortly afterward caused his death. Tit
blow inflicted with a club, Abbott said, wa
responsible for only the cut and wound
found on the forehead.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23
SPELLMAN IS NOT GUILTY
Jury Returns Verdict Of Acquittal After
Taking Tires Ballots.
JUDGE BAXTER TALKS TO DEFENDANT
Court Tells the Young Man that He
Had Marrow Escape and Advises
Him TO Keep Out of
u Fights.

Yesterday morning a jury left district
court room No. 1 TO determine the guilt or
Innocence OF Joh Spellman, participant in
the row in which Earl Caldwell, strike
breaker. was killed at Twelfth and Cass
streets the night of September Is last.
At 2:1O the jury submitted a verdict of
not guilty. The Jurors took three ballots
AND were in the jury room practically only
seventy minutes, as they gave no time to
consideration after the completion of the
argument in the morning and before they
vent to dinner. The verdict was signed by
p. J. McGoldriek as foreman. When It was
read there was no demonstration beyond
some congratulating of the attorney for the
defense. Judge Baxter called spellman "a
him and remarked hat he had seemed ia
have a close call and that It should prove
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23
A Timely suEeention.

NOW that winter with Its bad weather
Is with us, / would advise every family to
provide themselves against sudden attacks
OF coughs and colds by keeping at hand a
good cough medicine like Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. which is the best among
the many preparations for these ailmenta
that have on my shelves" says Mr.. l. C.
NeaviIle. the well known and popular drug
gist OF Pittsboro, Ind. II recommend this
remedy and guarantee IL to be without an
equal for coughs and colds. also as a pre-
Ventive and cure for Group" Buy It now.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23

tention to this, thinking that some member
Of the family in passing dow the hall had
closed It. In a very few minutes the door
was opened again and a man entered. Tho
intruder went direct to Blotcky's clothes
and began to search them.
A ~sneakthief entered the store of the
Townsend Gun company, 1914 Farnam
street, some time during the day and made
his escape with q double-barrel hammerless
shotgun In . case. valued at $35.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23
Have You Travelled

On the Black Diamond Express? Have you
enjoyed its comforts and the beauties OF
the scenery along its route? II not, then
you have missed Al enhancing experience
and should supply the omission when you
next go east. II rum between Buffalo, New
York and Philadelphia
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23
DANDRUFF. WON'T WASH OUT.
The Germ that Causes IL Has to He
Destroyed to Cure Dandrun.

Destroyed TO lure Dandfun.
Many a woman spends an hour twice a
week securing her scalp, thinking scrub
bling OF the scurf will cure the dandrui.
Two hours a week, at the age Of 40 years
she has spent go days Of II hours each,
or two-thirds Of a year Of her life, in that
vain hope; vain, because you can't cure
dandruff without killing the dandrun germ,
and the only hair preparation on earth
that will do that is Newbro's "Herpicide''-
also a delightful hair dressing. and thor
ough antiseptic against all contagion from
use Of others hair brushes. 1t is also q
delightful hair dressing.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23
Winter Eczema
OR Is Is only My s;-i Of

us VI tnal NOI~
mcnting skin disease called Eczema. It
slumOea- through the Summer and breaks
out IL winte-. c head, feet and hands
arc the parts me- often attacked, though
II sometimes appears on other parts of the
bod the skin thickens and hardenc, cracks
oDen and bleeds, while the itching and
burning arc It tim, almost unbearable.
Scratching only makes it worse, sores and
scabs forming where the skin is broken.
In this form of Eczema brownish white
crusts 8 metimes
form which scale off SKIN CRACKS
in fine particles t1av-
ing the skin ra" md AND BLEEDS
infiamed. Z is espe-
CALL painful and severe when confined to
the han1s, which often become so badly
affected that the sufferer Is unable to per
form b iightest work. This, like all
other .ypes of Eczema, is due to acid
poisons in the blood and nc to local
causes. The t-ouble Is more than skin
deep, and washes, soaps, powders and
salves nor anyt. ing -,se applied to the sur
face can possibly do more than soothe the
burning ant itching or relieve Temporarily
the Inflammation and pain.
II Is the acids thrown off by the blood
and which are forcing their way through
the pores that cause the skin to harden,
crack and bleed, and produce the irritation
and soreness. S. S. S. neutralizes these
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23
WIN Bring Test Case.

Mr. simonson has been in Omaha for
several days before the United States grand
jury. which is said to be investigating the
alleged illegal filings on government land.
Before he left for home Friday he told
a number OF friends that he intended to
purchase from a soldiers widow her as
signment OF the right 10 enter a quarter
section OF land and to present hat assign
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23

acid blood, anu builds up the entire sys-
tenn; then the unsightly eruption and sores
heal, the skin becomes smooth and soft,
and all signs of the Eczema disappear.
Our special book on Skin Diseases free.
The Swim Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23
SKIN CRACKS
AND BLEEDS

acid poisons and
c~leauses the blood and
system of all irritating
substances and humors
and does it promptly
and e~ffectually.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23
SCARE VICTIM TO SILENCE
Highwaymen Take 0~ountrymsn's Money
and Threaten to Kill Him.
FARMERLooKs INTO THE MUzzLE OF A G
Afraid to Tell of the Robbery Unti>
Bright Sunlight DispeIs Fears
Contracted I'm Darkness
of Night.

c. Nicely of Fremont was held up In South
Omaha Friday night and robbed of $22 in
cash, all the money he had on his person.
Two men, the proverbial tall and short"
ones, did the job, according to Neely's story.
They did IT after the most approved fash
ion, evidently, and succeeded in getting
away with their Doodle and keeping the
crime a secret until yesterday, when
Nicely related his experience to oficer
Maurice Fleming at the Union station.
Nicely told Mr.. Fleming that he had been
husking corn out at Fremont and had saved
up $22 of his hard-earned money. He ven
tured into South Omaha after dark Friday
night and about s o'clock alighted from a
street car at Twenty-fourth and N streets,
where he was accosted by a stranger, who
asked him what he was looking for.
For a hotel" the ruralist replied.
"Then come with me, l have a hotel
where you can room and board for 81 a day.
Some of these guys around here will charge
you "a a day." the fellow said.
Half surprised, but grateful for the
strangers generosity and without the least
suspicion, Nicely says he went with this
gooi Samaritan.
Pistol I'm His Face.
1--WE reached an alley" said Nicely. and
he told me we would have to go down
through there. We started, and there l was
confronted by another man. who stuck a
pistol in my face. BY this time / had for
gotten all about the hotel. The mar who
was going to show me the boarding house
went through my pockets and took my
money, while the other fellow held the gun
In my face. After they had stripped me
they warned me not to say a word about
It and threatened to kill me II / did"
Nicely was as good as his word, keeping
the secret until yesterday. when the
bright sunlight Of day dispelled his fears
contracted in the darkness OF night. For
getting his solemn vow to keep the crime
Of his assailants a secret. Nicely unbosomed
himself of the Whole story to Mr.. Fleming,
the omcer at the Union station.\ Mr.. Elem
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23
MAY WIDOWS SELL CLAIMS
Contention of Alliance Lawyer in Regard
to Public Land Entries.
WILL TEST QUESTION IN CIVIL SUIT
Lawyer Maintains that Decision by
Judge Settles the Right
of Widows TO Dispose
of Their Claims.

The alleged violation of law by the
widows OF soldiers who have entered lands
in the cattle country for the use and benefit
Of the cattle raisers will be determined by
a civil suit against the land department Of
the United States II the plans of w. q.
Simonson of Alliance are carried out.
Mr.. Simonson is an attorney who has
been to a greater or less extent interested
In the filing Of widows claims and he main
tains that under the decision Of the United
States circuit court the widows have a
perfect right to dispose of their claims un-
der the law which is now in force. He
bases his claim upon a decision by Judge
sanborn in a case where the government
opposed the issuance of a patent to a per-
son who had purchased a soldiers right to
an additional filing, in which the judge
held that the right was one which could be
alienated by the possessor. This decision
did not touch upon the question Of the right
of the soldier 10 ALLEVIATE his entire home
stead right, but only to the additional
amount Of land he was entitled TO enter in
case his first entry. made prior to 1874, had
not covered 100 acres of land.
Mr.. simonson maintains that the widow,
deriving her right from her husband.
stands in exactly the position he would
stand as regards the additional fling and
that the rule which is applied to the addi-
tional claim must follow, in the case OF
widows at least, to cases where the soldier
had made no filing at all, and where the
widow is entitled to receive credit for the
length Of time her husband served in the
army. to apply upon the time of residence
upon the homestead.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-14

To the Editor Of the Chicago Ea gle.
Dear Sir-As there has been so much
of late In the newspapers and the
courts concerning the dOings Of the eel
ebrated Constable Louis Greenberg.
and the alleged impossibility of pre-
venting such occurrences as have
brought that official into menviablc
notoricty. ! would like to- offer a sig.
gcston on the subject through the me-
dium Of your paper, which know Is
widely read by politicians of both par
ties as well rs by city ana county ohi.
cials.
l would suggest that some public.
spirited. first.class member Of the Leg.
islai,lrc. some man, for instance. like
Joseph Medill Patterson or w. W.
Weare. who would be fearless and In.
corruptible. Introduce a bill In the mex,
Legislature abOlishng the office of con.
stable altogether and vcsting the police
department with the duties and powers
or the cOnstabulary.
In other countries. notably England
and Ireland. where they have the most
splendid police force In the world. the
police force II also the cOnsta bulary.
There would be nothing to prevent the
police officers from serving the wr,s.
executions anu other processes of the
Justice courts. Two might be assigned
to each court. ana they could attend
to the duties thereof without seriously
interfering with their other labOrs. for
except In the case Of crossing men AMI
Others on special downtown detail
duty. everybody knows particularly
those who have observed the routine
Of duty In outlying stations that the
great majority of the police officers
have ample leisure which they could
employ In the discharge OF this duty.
have IN additional suggestion TO make
In the same connection. which I think
would go far to pOpularIze such n prop.
OsitiOn, even among the members Of
the police department. II Is this. The
fees for such service collected ana
pOcketed by the ravenous constables.
could be collected by the police officers
ana turned into the police pension fund.
which understand II now In u depict.
el condition ana In danger Of being
wiped out. AZ the fees collected In .he
course Of year by the cOnstables with
In the limits Of the city Of Chicago
amount to an enormous sum, 1t can be
easily seen how quickly such a provls.
lon Of the law would place the police
fund on such magnificent basis that
pensions instead Of being sealed down
could be increased nll AROUND.
! throw out this suggestion for what
II IL worth, and In view Of the evil
dent desire to suppress Greenberg anu
Others like him. II he cannot be SUP
pressed. why not abolish hlm--that is
my central idea. JUSTlTlA.
Chicago, June II.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-14

German-American citizens of South
Chicago and several country towns met
in South Chicago sunday and deter
mined 10 press the name Of former
City Treasurer Ernst Hummel as II
candidate for County Treasurer.
Mr.. iIummel is in favor Of the pol
icy Of turning over to the county all in
terest received on public moneys. He
has already declared that if he pro.
cured the nomination and were TO De
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-14
Citizens from Many Parts Of Town Write
Of Men and Events Of the
Day.
Pointed Questions Asked Regarding the Trans
actions Of Public Bodies and Of
Political Leaders.
Gossip Of the City and Of the Country
Forms the Subject Of Com.
muncations.

blocks i'm all directions with the howl
ing. barking, braying and other canine
noises Of the scores upon scores Of dogs
which are confined all the time In these
dOg.pOund kennels. The odors from It,
too. ut certain times are very offensive
and must be dangerous to health. peo-
pie cannot rest at night. aud they flee
from the ncighborhood in the daytime.
Two attempts to burn down the pound
have been made by desperate and ex-
aspcrated residents of the neighbor-
hood.
Now. why should not this dog pound
be moved beyond the outskirts Of the
city! Time was when this LOCATION was
an outlying one, but II Is far from
being so now. Can nothing be done ~
remove this nuisanceY
Respectfully yours,
THlRTEENTH WARD.
Chicago. June y. 1902.
TO the Editor.
The Woodruff Hotel Sauitarium hor-
rOr only serves once more To draw at
tentlon to the extraordinary laxity OF
our health authorities In some direc-
tIOns. 1t Is. ! believe. the experience
Of scores Of physicians In this city that
fake institutions for the curing of
nll the Ills to which errlng humanity
IL heir. exist In dozens all over this
city. The occurrence In which a young
woman expired In u cab after being
driven from one Of these places Is but u
case In point. The city Is full of such
''institutiOns" and nobody can estimate
the amount OF harm and even loss of
life occasloned by them. Yet nobody
ever hears Of the Health Department
getting after such places. Isn't it about
time the City Health Department woke
up! ESCUt,APIUS.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-14

Hon. Ernst Hummel is far and away
the strongest candidate mentioned for
the Democratic nomination for County
Treasurer. If the County Convention
IL the kind Of an assembly which the
County Democracy has worked 80 hard
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-14

Twenty new cases Of smallpox have
been discovered in the city by the
Health Department and an increase
of II per cent in the death rate was
announced during the week. But the
unconquerable weekly bulletin" of
the BOOzers' Union still insists with
great composure and solemnity that it
had made Chicago the hcalthiest city
under the sun.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-14
Ileel

The quality Of the frothy demagogery
with which some of our pin-headed
solonS in the municipal legislature re-
gale the public may be judged from the
latest proposition Of one Of them to
carry the investigation Of the City Seal.
er's office back 10 the days when DR..
i. y. Jameson held it. Such silly
twadde j. nauseating
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-14
>lle1A

The idea Of keeping the titbits for the
last is nothing new among either mu-
nicipal or gastrOnOmic epicures. In this
connection many are asking If Harrl-
son Is going 10 swallow the tunnel or
dinances, or will the tunnel ordinances
swallow him
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-14
\Q6

Captain william c. Black will un-
dOubtedly he one of the Democratic
Judicial nominees Captain Black is Il
Democrat Of Democrats. Sound on
all points from party standpoint. he
Is also a most excellent lawyer and
would be an ideal member of the Ju.
dicial bench.