Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 20, 1885, Page 5

WILEY WILLIAMS. ' Tue Pecaliar 4t Prodtabe Postion of the Anti-C nvic: Labor Bill, Has William Stout Purchased Peace from William Turtle ? The Gentleman from the Thir “‘Has tha Flure" in the Lobby. The Cow Dootor Bill and the BCharity Grab Lost in the House. Another Regulation Bill Pushed Through the (House—The Great Crush in the Lobby, Special Correspondence to the Bxx. LixcoLy, February 18,—At present the railroad lobby is somewhat placed in the shade by the insurance and labor lobby. Pat Ford, of Omaha, c'aims to be hero in the interest of the would-bo future] mayor of Omuha, Mr. Tartle, and his ons bill concarning the con- vict labor contract, of which Mr. Turtle is as proud as the proverbial hen with one chicken. Mr. Tartle keaps his bill and ity principles pretty much to himself, but will no doubt launch it into the midst of a pressing legisla: tura beforo the end of the & It strikes meif the workingmen want Mr. Turtle's bill «o brecome a law they had better entrust ita care int) the handy of some osher per-on than Me. Turtlo. Ho who is reported as having been tempted to accept A LUCRATIVE POSITION by Boss Stout as compens tion for eacrificing his pat bill, and wao has survived the ordeal with unanllied charac'er, seems to ba in no hurry, The question of the leasing of convict Iabor has not vean considered by the present legislaturs, and Mr. Turtle has done uothing to bring about suca an inquiry, He has never even iatroducad @ resolution to ascertain whether Boss Stout has forfeited his contract by failing to build the 240 cells which he should have completed long ago. THE LONBY in very active and numerous this week, They carry” on their birter with sudacious publi- city. They come on to the floor of the house and by their incessant gatble and chatter rovent what is go1og on being heard, thereby imoeding the progress of urgent 1-g slation. When the speaker called order this afternoon e wera more lobbyists on the floor than members, the latter in many instanc s fin ing it difficult to make their way £ their seate, After thy rpsakoe had anoounced that he would sign huse roll 175, which provides for the tiking «f the census, and house roll 80 a bill to appropriate the masiculation feas of thsuniversity for the support of the library, the third reading of bils was taken in hand. Housn roll 115, which requircs railroads to provide doubls, deck cattls cars was passed unanimously. THE COW DOCTOK Mr. Adame' bill (H. R. 144) was next brought up for third readine. This is the bill to provida a state_cow doctor at $2.600 a year and assistints a% 8800 yearly. It also secks to appropriate $13,000 of tho state’s oney, which shall be u-ed as compansation to stock raisers in case they ars 5o uofirtunats ns that any of theircattle shall die from contagivus disease, el The bill failed to pass it: third reading by 46 to 45 votes, but Mr. Adams had it recom- mittedto the committee of the whole for further consideration, A House rolls 147 an 1 152, both amendiog the compiled statutes, were pissed without com- ment; but house roll 253, a bill to establ the woman’s associatsd chacters and Driate $15,000 fur the assistance of the sam:, failed to meet the approval of the houte ana was loat. % The next 1!l was house roll 324, to classify and regulate railway pwsengor rates aud Treight charges. 1t provides that pissenger fares shall not excsed 3} cents a mile in some instances and 3 cents in others. THE BILL WAS RUSHED THROUGH the committee of the whole without consider- ation, and it not strange that some mem bers should objact to i'a paseaze t> day on ac- count of taeir ignorance of its provisions, Still, the majority of legislators, knowing it could never become law, becauss the senate would not pass it, wished to make & cheap and unenviable record for themselves, and thereby thrust the responsibility on the sen- ato of paesing or rejectng o bill which the house had mot thought fit to coosider. Mr. Olmstesd, who did not understand the bill, moved its recommittal and was supported in this by Mr, Riley. They w uld have bern equaily ignorant after it had been re.commit- ted. After a few words from Mr. Kivg in support of the bill, he asked if the railroads or their constituents owned the members of tha honse Mr. Hale moved to_proceed to vote on the bill at once and he said tht railroad lawyers had openly ackpowlidged that they owned and could run the senate, Mr. Riley said he did not understand, avd pleaded want of tiwe as an excute for his not supporticg ita passage. He was not afraid of his action, and woud pever vote for abil which had been 1un through as this bad with out his knowiog thoroughly and weil what he was about. g Olmste d withdrew bis metion to rec: mmit, and the bill was passed with fifteen dissent ents. House Roll 142and Sovate File 27 were both passed The latter provides for the ra- funding of the b per cent penalty on delin- quent taxes HEAVY 1IN JCHICAGO, THE GRANNIS ILOCK DESTROYED —THE PORT- ND BLOCK IN DANGER. Crieaco, Fobruary 19, —A fire is now rag iow with great fary in the Girannis block, on the enst mds of Dearboro street, just south of Washiogton, The fire started at 5:45 this evening, and half an hour later it was found necessary to tumn in the general alarm. Twelve engines and a stand pipe arc now vlaying on the flames, and an immenxe crowd of several thousand people are watching the apparent destraction of one of the finest office blicks in the city, It is impossible now to «stimato the loss. At the time the fire broke out the employesin the office building were v r.\p.uml{ to leave for the might, sod as far as known all escaped safely. The fire is eaid to have originated st tha bottom of the elevator shaft, where the past week there has been a new boiler put in snd other improvements made. The latest reports sy the flames aro not yet out, ind already the loss by fire and water is considerable, Ooe hour from the discovery of the fire it was plain that the who'e block must go. Flames then burst through the roof aud bril- {iautly illumfnsted the scene for blocks around: Twenty engines Were Dow pouriog »uormous volnmes of water into the burning building, yet THE FLAMESSEEMKD TO D¥FY ALL attempts to suppresa them. At 8:15 the roof fell in, rendivg showers of sparks up snd & ru- mor that the walls were on the poiot of ialling scattered the crowd n all directions The waterial of the roof could now he sern burn ing on the fi'th fioor, The flames poured out of every window ia the frout sbove the sec ond story, and it was feared that it would be impossible to save the Portland block, on the coruer of Washington and Dearboin streets adjoiviog the burning buildiog. account of the intsvse cold it was difficalt to employ the engines to the best advantage Occasionally a pipe would burst and it would be several minutes tefore the water could ba aeain brought to play where most needed. The stand pipe did good sersice in drenching the adjoining walls where there was danger of the fire catehi block are two bavks. are the Continental National and t! Baok of Ulinois, Th me near resuldng disastrously to the ble books and pap: is in both banks, as i-quiry, however, praved the ram r unfound. od. The vaults had been closed and officers of both in-titutions not at all anxious as to the safety of thair funds ’ Before 9 o'clock everybody about the neigh- v | discussicn the bouse reso'n ion urgiog promp! THE DAILY BEE---FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1885, s e e ——————————— borhood of the fire haviog offises building or b iog employed thera, doubt of the total loss cont, proof sal prt cec surance agel thing contained known that two of MOST VALUADLE LAW LIDRABIES in the city are totally destroged, b uable papers which the cccuy sufficient time to put in the vauls, The Grannis blosk was er:cted about thres years ago by Amos Grannis, at acost of ahout 8175,000. ‘The building was insurad for §12),. 000 ' Theloss on furniture, ete.,, is abut 75,000, The fire was pr.ctically under con. trol at 9 o'clock, and fears s to the safety of adjoining blocks were no longer entertained, e —— THE ALTA SNOW SLIDE, NARRATIVE OF THE MAN WHO WAS BUBIED 1N FIPTREN FEET OF SNOW, 8arr Lake, Utah, February 19, red Cul linan, who was burisd the longest of any, aud Rot out alive from the Alta snow slide, was seon by your correspondent to.day, He says that Albart Thomas, proprietor of the hotel, ‘was out getting snow to melt for water, He saw the slide coming, gave the alarm and ran tonless exposed part of the building, fol lowed by the others who heard him, Cnllinan was in the bick shed of the hotel, and the first he knew of ths slide he heard it atrike Reagan's saloon, He tried to turn but hadn’t time before he was caught and covered with board timbers and & board across the neck. Oae arm stretched straight out was held fas®. He could only move one hand a listle, h a mine:'e candlestick he happen: ed to be hoidivg in one hand ha cut off the board pressivg vn Lis neck and almost suffo- cating him. He found it short and pushed it awey 80 ho could breathe, Iy hallooed all the time, and was first heard wbout 9 o'clock the next morning, Tt took four houra to get me out of 15 fant of enow; was ths fiest man that heard or recognized Jee Triblay, His father was in the rescuiog patty. 1 liad the candiestick in my hand whea 1'got out, and was so stiff a: braised T could not move I had to be rolled oit. Fortwodays I couidn's m in bed, I had on ouly my overalls and boots aud had & bo hauled down the canyon on a led, folt confident all the time that I would be rescued. I did not feel hurt and was not car- ried far, being caught about tha limis of the slide.” Could hear them digeing above him, and was satisfied they would get to him afecr awhile, Parker Norther organized the digzing nd he hims 1f dug harder and longer nybody, supplied hot cotfee and ceack ers for oll, and when all wera got out that could be fornd, went out and broke two miles of road, The party would not have got down the canyon thal Tho G. A, It Prouta, T, Febroary 1t campment of the Girand A lic completed its busi adjourned. The following officers and delo- gates to the National encampment were elected: Commander, W. W, Berry, Quinc acoior vice commander, A, D. Reade, Bata- via; jugior vice commander, P.W. Wycoff, Heary; chaplain, D. Wilkin, Danv geon, A. T. Barnes, Bloomington, tration - A, R. Mock, Cambridge; Goudy, Arcola; Alfred Wilson, Chi- . . Fallorton, Ottawa; Joh Yutes, clegates — R, J, Oglesby, at large; R. W. Woors, Jolict; D: Dastin, Syea: more; A C. Switzer, Kloomington: Benson Wood, Effiogham; Wm. Jackson, Elmira: Freen an, Aurora; R. M Camobell, riai Joo M. Aduir, Springield; k. P Lykle, D-catur; W. T. Hart, R yekfor Loop, Eelvidera: Jcha_Reardon, Delov H. Thom s, Chicago; David A. Co ik, Otta- wa; E. B. Hamilton, Quincys " Burt, Elnwood; N Chardler, Macomb; W, ueifer. Bellavillo; A. C. Potter, Buglewo Geo I S winscola, Austin, O The matters of the atata soldisrs’ home was referred to the post department commundere, Hilliard, Swan, Burt, Lawler and Harpor, The achemo o introduce life insurance into the order was laid ovir until next year, Spriogfield was ths chosen place for the next encampment. A resolution was adopted uskiog the legislaturc to reprint the adjutant genoral's report coutaining a Jist of the 1linois volunteers in the war of ths rebeilion, _ Tha Ladiea Relief Corps eleoted tho tollow- ing officers and del: gates to the national en- campmont: Prosident, Mrs. Julia G, Sine, Kocafords wanior vica prcsdent, Mra' Clara W. Harral, Aurora; Junior v cs president, Miss Moggio Cresley, Decatur; treasurer, Mra, Mary Van Alstyne, Rockford; chaplain, Mre. Sybera Deinl, Henr, inspector, Mra. Marion A.'Manp, Peorla; conductr, Mra, Rowley, Bloomington; guard, Mre, Olive Clifton, Chillicothe, Delegates: Mrs, Roby, Chicago, at luge; Mre. Reed, Chica 0; Mrs. Beeb ; Mrs. Burch, Dacatur; Mo, ] , Chicago; Mre. Learnert n, Palestine; Mrs, Olmstead, Honry; Mre, Mark, Decatur. Mres, Mamia Kyle, Rock- ford, was reappointed secretary. Commander Berry reappointad J. L. Beunett, Chicago, ant aojutant general. This eveninz General B, M. Prentiss, Quin- cy, deliveced a lecture on the battle of Shiloh atthe Grand opera hou e, e — Oregon’s Scoatorial Deadloec] Sagy, Ore., February 19.—The legi in the val u in their offices, Itis now dea val s had not > state en of the Repub this afternoon and ive on expires by limitation to-morrow at midmight, The senatorial gituation has bardened into what seems to be a fixed and permauvent deadlock, The majority of the re- publican members now voting for Hirech de- clare they not desert him even if the result should be no elsction. A minority of republi cans voting fur ex-Attorpey General Walliams are equally firm in their declarations, The democrats are cager to unitein the election of mugwamps, Neither of the repub. lican factions are inclined to vote with them. I is proposed to night as a so'ution of the problem “to elect Jawes (. Blaie, and this extraoidinary result isa possible outccme of the dead-lock, tic national corn. mittoe have been chietly directad against Wil lame, but as et without success. There is covsiderablo talk in the lobbies about Henry Farliog, of Portland, comng towaid the last a8 & compromise candidate, llv.‘ is understood that in the eveat of no election Governor Moody will app int W, Lair Hall of the Dalles. Thera ip‘c!:unu!er.( bla talk about Gov. Moody as a comprowmise csndidate, The condition ¢f things, in brief, is as folows: The frec-‘or-all contest whicn Dagan thirty nive days sgo will be resumed at noon to-morrow, with every bow hent, and these will bs no_urmistica until gome one is :llrwd or the legiclature expires by limita- fon, Strikers ariumphant, AN Francisco, February 19,—An hon workers strike was inaugaratéd ten dsys ago, filteen thowsand men of the diff ront ehops r-fusing to uccept the fifteen per cent reduce tion in wapes, ended to-dey, The mapufac: turers gave way and the men returned at the old wages, o Mexican Justice, Guavxas, Mexico, February 19,—Cajene, the Yarquei chief, has burned a number of boats keizad ‘from the white settlers on the Yusquel river on the 14th, It i. also reported that & number of ranches have been burped Latween the settloments and part of the river, He clainis them to be the lands of hiv tribe, Woman suffeags 1 8aLEy, Oregon, Febraary 19, —The senats, 15 to 10, rejacted the hill to re-submit the situti nal ‘amendment conferring suflcage on women, Viconta, B. C., February 19.—The house, by 18 to 9, has thrown wvus the bill to admit women to suffrage, ated. B The Grant Retivemant Bill, HARRISBUE , February 19.—The sen ate this morning adopted without debate or t action by congress upou the Grant retiremeat bill, el Califurnia awilrosd Tax, $205aMENTO, Cals., Febroary 19, —The as sembly to-day pussed the constitutional smondment providing that the railroads shall pay & tax of two and a ball p'r cent oo thelr R0 = rArIEgs. I TALK OF THE TRACK. The Coming Conference ol the Fire- mon and Engineers—The Block- ade Ratscd—Minor Items, The agltatlen rgainst the adoption cf the new rules and c-de of signals on the Unioa Pacific system is rathae Increasi than diminlsh'ng. It is atsuming definite and orgenized form. The locomotive englnears and firemea on the western di- vision are esprcially determ'nd in the matter. Says tho Cacyonne Leader, In apeaking of local agitation organization: “The englueers have selacted s commit tee to represent their frat:rnlty before the managers of the road. The ccmmit- tee coorists of adelegate from each lcdge of the brotherhood on the road, and will soon proceed to Omaha, where a personal interview will »e had with General Man- ager Calloway. The objost of the inter- view is etated tobe two-told, “It is first decided to pointout to the managers those rules which ara obnoxious to the enginecrs, and in the second place t) make a number of practioal sugges- tisns which th engiteers are convincsd will slmplify the direciiont now glven th them and which will als) add to their offic cy. Tho dafe of the éeparture cf the com- mitteo of englneers has nos boen learned, but they will probably assemble in Omaha during the next fen days. There 1 lut ¢ doabt that the meeting will bo one of profir, for it will coubtlets resu't in a full undsrataniirg betweca the managers aud the mn, and even if nothing mora is aseomplithed that will obviate 8 ma of the existing difliculti It was learned list n'ght thas the com- mittee in qaestion is expected to arrive herc this eventng and will be met by the local grievance committee. The Kaneas Pacific aivisi n is also expected to sanda commit'ea to join in the hunited confer- ence, with Gensral Manager Callo way THE BLOCKADE, Tho blockade cver ths U. P. systom is now raported as beivy nesrly if Lot qoi‘e raised, The enow his been falling heasily between Laramie and Grean River, form- ing blockades which have at length been sarmounted, Freight and paesenger trains to and feom Oglen sro now movirg on schedule time. In fact ver, time freight has sutferad by the blockade, baving been handled with almost accae- tomed regularty. The Deaver, in two s:ctlons, comprisirg the Ugden trains, ninghsm et al, % of 1ot 6, block 204}, Omsha—daed §1,915. Wm. Coburn snd wifo to Eiward H. Howland, lot b, Coburn's subdivision of block 11, in West Omsha—W, D, §700. COURT CALENDAR, News of (he District Jadic Brief ltems of Legal News, Beforo Judge Neville the case of Mer- cer va. Calver Is atill on trial, In accordance with the deeire ¢f Dis telct Attorney Kstelle the arzaignment of due here Wednesdoy snd yesterday moraing, came in about 8 o'clock last night. The Northwestarn last night was four hours late, the Milwaukoo ani Rock Island osch throe, whilo the Deuver out: bound loft the depot thrae ani a ba'f .| hours late, delaged by castern connec. tlons, POTPOURRI, The Unlon Pacific rallway compaay as issued a circular covering the exten- sion of land tickets, allowing saekers af- ter sod in Kansas privileges no’ hereto- fore enjoyed. Mr. Sam B. Joues, astistant general passanger agent of the Union Pacific railway company, is now in Topeka, Kansas, watching tho intarests of his road. Oney Finnegan, chiof train dispatcher of the Loige Pole division of the Union Paclfic, with headquarters at Cheyenae, passed {hrough the city yesteriay en route to Washington to attend the inaug- ural. J. B. Pritchard, formerly concested with local railway telegraph sarvice, has been appointed to take charge of the of- fice at St. Jo:eph, Missourl, THE W. 0. A, ceipts and Donations for Month—Succor and Comfort Extended, the The Woman's Christian amoclation ac knowlsdge with thanks the following do- natlons of money, food, and clothing for the month endirg Febrasry 2, 1883 From Mr. J. E. Boyd, chairman of the charity Dball committee, §750. This money has enabled the associatlon to sup- ply many of the poor this severo winter with coal, clothing and provislons. The wardcommittees have been faithful in ln- vestigating thote who have applied for elief. Some have been found unworthy; from these the ladles have recelved abusive words, Mergill and Rozerswg donated paper for oue room of the Homs and two men's time in puiting on of the same. Br. Reard gave cne pair of window blinds aod fixtuces, Mr, Flemlng, dried fcult; Mrs, Bizer, eight boxes of bread Mrs. Blake, tour do. The fo lowing la- dies sent clothing: Mis Towasend, blcCennell, Monell, Clarke, Altaouse, Mille, mead, Strang, Hectcr, Wilbur, Backes, Beard, Whitmore, and Miss Nele Kiug. The cere and protection of the aesocia- tion his been extended to the following persone: To two children brought by policeman. They staycd two weeks, whils their mother wans n the hospital. A young Irish gir), wholoet her money on her way lere from Chicago, staycd threo days, Was fourd a place A mother and babe stayed ten days— ker baby died—a place found for her, A young girl brought at night by a policeman, She was a stranger in the clty, and without money. Was foand & place. A woman axd her babe sent by a lad with the request that the astociation keep her until ghs bacsme stronz ensugh to wark, L. Ourruast DonGe, Secretary, e — e The West IPoint Creamery, A Beeicporter met Wednesday night Judge Crawford, of West Point, and questioned him with rogard t> the West Polnt cresmery which has rocently, in aceordance with an crler of the Unlted States court, paseed into the hsnds of a receiver, Mr. A. 8, Poiter. The creamery iy now runviog at full blast cxcept, of course, 8o far as the man- ufacturingz capaci'y of the concern is af- fected by this season of the yewr. Itis expected that toe establishment will start up in the spriog with largely In creased facilitles, putling on several new milk routes Application Iias been recently filed {n the Unitcd States court to have the creamery taken out of the hands of the reseiver, The motion will be argaed at the coming term of court. e — Real Estate Transfers, The following transfers were filed In the ocounty clerk's office Monday sad reported for Tar BEk by the Ames' real state agency February 17, 1885, Byron Reed, guard'aa, {o Dennis Cun. prisonors took place yesterdsy, All of them plaad not guilty t> the charges pra ferred agalnst them as follows : Wylic D. Cleeg, embezzlement, two indictments. Not guilty. Chas. Erlington, grand larceny, guilty. John L. Thompson and Lizzle How- ard, murder in the first degree. Not guilty, Frank A, Gardner, grand larceny, Not guilty. John McClellan, t¥o indletments, bor. glary and robbery. Not guilty. Albert E. Lemke snd Ludwlg Graen- wald, sttempted arson. Not guilty, Charles Muller, grand larceny. goilty. Not Not THE CAPIURE OF 2 HE CONDC How the Monarch of the South Amer. foan Mountaing s Ensnared That magnificent vultare of South Amioa, the geat condoscf the Andes, siys Land end Water, is not exast y the kiud of game that wou d appear to lend clf most rowdily to tho uapgec's arr 'wo cf these birds will atticx acow or liams and killit with theic tercible besks and claws,” says Rov. J. G. Wocd, and, added to this sirengtn and prow.ss, there 18 i s unparallaled power of flight, which evables 1t to hunt the prescives of ha!f-a d.zen states, cross the vastest mountain 1auges in_eearch ¢i a new meal, cr hang suspended on the watch for prey ata height when eyen i's mcnstrous ¢ xpanse of wing is reduced to an almost invisible point ~ Yet carron and *‘ansked sav- age” bring this mcnarch among b ris to grlef. They are taken alive by the Mox- ican Indians and ba f breeds in a manner which, thovgh simple in itself, reqaircs both nerve and s rength in the trap. per. The sole appaia.us consists of a newly-flayed skin ot & cow or baf- falo. This the Indian places on the ground hsir downward 0a s)me bare spot frequent.d by large hirds of prey, snd then; crawling underneath, turps over on his bick and waits. Ina ehoit time a co)ndor comes overhead, wheels round Chirls Roberts, two Indictments, grand larceny, No: guiliy. Cnas, Westergard, horse stealley, Not quilty. Albert Johnson, burglary and grand larcany. Not guilty. | Krank Grabne, murder ia the firat de- gree. Not guilty. Mrs. Klusa, who wes indicted with Giabne, was not arraigned, there being no interpretor present who could spesk ber native tongue, Polish. F. Uarrls, altering a reilroad tickot. Not guilty. Jerusha A, Ya'e files a petiion for a decrea of divorce from her husband, James M. Yale, The grounds allezed are abondonment. Mr and Mrs. Yala have keen merded for fiftzen years, and during the jast few years Mr. Y. hus baen ind flerent to the ueeds and desires of his wife, and has tirown upon her the support of & small child. He is now lo- cated somewhere In Arfzona, COUNTY COURT. In the county court yesterdsy an im- portant case was on trisl in tlie salt of Sibelik vs, Spilenck, for $1,000 damages alloged to bave been euatamed by plain- tiff in 8 shooting scrape. On the night «f October 1, 1884, Sibelek was going t his home, in o partially intoxicated con- ditten, as Lo olaims, waen he wandered acoidentally into the yard cf Spilenek. Th latter, hearirg a slight disturbance, came to the dcor and atkad Sibelek whst he wanted. The latter did not anawer, and Spilenek, it is alieged, aftor a faw mcra words of parley, draw o revolver and fired at plalntiff. hitiing bim in the breast, and wnlicting an lojury from which he has never fully recovered, The defendant in bis petlticn, does not depy the fact of the shoc ting, but sets up in defense that he thought he was firlng at a burglar who was coming to rob him of a large sum of money which he happened 1o have in the ight. Judge McCulloch has heard all arguments in tho caso acd re- BRIEFS, In Judge Selden’s court yesterday, W. E. Jones was fined 85 and coets for com mitting ss1ault and battery upon the per- scn of John Briden. He will appeal to the Dietrict Court. Sohp'a Beck for herself and Woman's Lutheran Association sues tne trastzes of the Swedish Lutheran church for §52, al leged to havd been loaned by the Aesoci- ation and not rejaid, tince the church weat nto financlal and epiritual bank- ruptcy, Deolsion reserved. InJndge Anderson’s cour', McCord, Brady & Co. were granted an a‘tachment wairant upon certain goods of T. W. Hobeon, the merchant of Lyone, Neb., who had made a fictit'ous ssslgnment, and then surraptiously shipped bis goods away to Wahoo, POLICE COURT. A Nomber of Cases Disposed of by Judge Bencke Yesterday Morning In police court this morning, Leu Brown, a negro, wis fined $1and c:sts and santencad to ten days in tke ccuoty jail on breal and water. He is the same “‘coon” who was implicated ia the rob- bery at Laslie & Mocrell'sdrug stors a few weceks since. Pat O'Boyle, the worst smelling man on earth, was fined 5 aod coets for drenkenaers, Mike Gi lizan wes arrested again for drunkennees. It s.cms that even a dose of the “‘srakey’ fs pot enough to turn Mike from tne flowing bowl. He was fined $10 and cos s, Harry Holmes, o dusky bued fallow, was charged with s-ea/ing a cont from the store of L. Rasmussen, on Doug'as stree’, He p'ewded not guilty and was held ucder $100 boads to aweit trisl, Wednesiay Bob Parks and Jas. Re'dy enfer.d Rothbolizs clothing etore «in Tenth street. Pa ks had a bogus chee for $160 snd after buylog a sait of chthes for §12, tendered the check in peoym nt, It way alitle too hgr fr Rothholtz, but he says if it had been in reach «f his p le be would hava takea it Parks and Reidy weire arrested, but as Iotaholtz did not seem anx’ous to pros- ecute them they were discbargad, Locsl Mail Receips Asgistant Pcstinaster Woodard, in an- swer to the (uestion of a reporter yester- day, snid that the mails had never sr- rived in such emall quantitios and so i regulirly a3 8t preseat, for five yoars. Not only is the il coming in exiremely scarce, by reason of blockaded lines, but that golng out is correspondingly scarce. In fact, the busivcis of the portoffize is unusua ly light in-every dapartment, reg- istry, money order aud myiling proper. The officisl prouunciamento has gone forth, indeed, thet yesterdsy was the dallest dey ever known In the later his- tory of the department Thirteen years 20, at aout this time of the year, & eimiler depression in the business of the wester mail servica was experienced from a similar cause, blcck- aded lues. The Uaion Pacific wes al- most completely clesed, and, it is reccrd ed, for 50 days no mail way recsived at this office over that road, FKor thres monthe, say the vetorans of tha service, uo mafl was received from (gden, aad on no ron was that point 1eacked during the period. DIED NASON - In thls city. February 10th, ray Barney, son of Dr, and M, A Nason, aged 2 years and 5 months. Funeral this afterncon at 2 o'clock, from 8t, Barnsbas church Mur. . W, and descends on the hide, Tmmediat:ly bis taloons touch the ekin, the Indian seizes the legs, and starting up, over- whelms the hird sand binds hin with thongs kept rcady—a procees, however, which nsually meets with a very stubborn roustance. It ia just thiv weikoews foe ravk flash that 1s 1ho betrayal of all val- ture kind, All through the east it seems a8 though nature had kept eopecially in mitd the scavengering duties « f these har too often hideous childrenfard meat with that gameyness which is produced by a fow days’ oxposure toa tropical son Is an irresistible attrastion to tham. ThelAndes type 8 mo better. The wande:ing tribes take it by plecing a dead horse in an advanced etate of nosavoriness within a high wattle inclosure, and noosing the glutied birds whon ey have fed too froely to risoreadily., And in much the #5113 way, according to Tachudi, in one of the Papuan proviaces, there exisis a deop nataral funne!-shaped civ.ty tn the side of a cxutain vallay. Tais is utilzed by the Indan as a rosdy-made trap for capturing condors They place a dead horse or muls on the briuk of this hollow, and the pecking and tugging of the gant birds pres-nty roll 1t down the declivity. Tne birds ollow, and, being heavy and gorged, aro unable to ascend sgiio, clubs and stones finfsbicg off the aiegasting revel ers to the last one, Mr., Wiliiam Schultz, writing t> The Amorlean Forest and Stresm, glves curlous pleture of the superstiticns at- tandant on the procuring cf eagls plumes for the head dresses and robes of “‘braves.” He says: ‘‘Arother ingen isus method _practized by the Bleckfee: [ndians of North America was the Pis teis-tse-kay for catchirg eagles, Pu.r- haps of sll the ar.icles used for personal adoroment ergle feathers wera the most bighly prized. They were not only ueed t> decorate head-drester, garments, and shields, but they were bela as a standsrd of value. A fow lcdges cf people in need of eagle feathers would leave the maln czmp and move up {o the foothille, where eagle feathers are gen- erally more numer.us than out on the pralric. Having mirived at agood lo- cality, each man selec ed a small knoll or hill, and with a stone knife and such other rude implements a3 he possessed dug a pit in the top of it Jarge erosgh for him to lie in. Within arm’s length of the mouth of the pit he securely peg- ged a welfskin to the ground, which had previously tean stufted with prass to make 1t lock ss life-like as possible. Lhen, catting a slit in its stde, Le fosert- eu a large piece of tough bull-meat and daubed the hair about the elit with blood and liver. In the evening, when all had returned to camp, an esgle dance was held, in which everyone part clpa‘ed. Esgle songs were sung, whisiles made of englo wing bones were blown, ard the “‘medisine men” prayed earnesily for success. The next morning the mea ar 53 bef ra caylight, and smcked two pip:s to the sun. Lhen each one told his wives and ell ths women of his family nt to go out «r look out of the lodge until he returnsd, and nst to use an awi or needlo at any kind of work, for if they d the eegles wou!d surely scratch him, but to sing the esgla s ngs and pray for his good aucress. Them, withoat eating anything, each man tock a human skull snd repaired to his pit. Depositing the sku!l in one end ofit, he carefuliy covered the mouth over with slender willows and grass, and, lying down, pillowed his head on the skl and swa tod for the eaglas to cone. With the 1izing of the san came all ths Jittle birds, the gooi-'crnothing birds, the crows, ravens, and hawks, bat witha | ng, sharp-pristed sick tha wacher deftly puk-d hem off the wolf-akin Theravens woere mos* persistent i tryiog to perch on the skin, aad ccery timo they were pked off would loudly ook Whenever sn cagle was con- in, the wascher woull kaow i, for all the 1 ttle birds would fly avay, ard gho:tly an eagls would come down with a aush acd 1 ght on the gecund. Often it wi uld sit on the ground fcr a loog time punrgis feathers axd lcoking aboat During tbis time the watcher was earnest ly peaying 1o the siu land to vhe sun to g ve h'm power to caprure the eagle, and all the time his h art was beatitg so loacly that he thought the brd woa'd sucely hearisn At last, when the eagle had per hed on ths wolf-kin and was siy plucking at the tough bull weat, wat her would cau iws'y stre ch out hts hands, and graeping the bud fiomly by tha feet quick y bear 1t dosn iots tre cava, whiro he cruthed in its bress: w.th his ko In Scotlsnd the cag'e, it Is said,ls often captured alive by a wmethcd viry sim lar to those cmploged in taking its kndr.d m South Ameiica. A citeular tpa e, twelse feet In dismeter, is inc'osed oa a spur of hills heunted by the birds, sud a peat wall six feet bigh built round it, wi h ose small opening at the level of ths ground, over which a st ong wire noose i suspended, The balt, & dead she p oe Jamb, is placed with n, and the eale coming dowa to it feeds largedly— pot wisaly, perhaps, dwioclned for aoy unnecesta'y exertion, £o, casting around for an cary placs in toe burr cade, be es ples the low archwsy, and aitemp ing 1o Leave by it is caught round the neck and kelled, at best a poor end for so gallaot a b e — Qhe Best Adyice, Albsny Express, It is nmrated that John K, Porter, now famous thr ughout 1he siate for his brile liant laenbe, when 8 youpy man was oes ¢ 1ed by the court the defense of & man coarged with asssul: in the second degree to give the ascuscd the bes: ad- vice he coald under the cucumstance! and to bring 1he care to 4 trial with all consenieat speed. Porter immediately i te———— e, retlred to an adjacent room to with bis client, ard returacd shortly with him “Whera is your clionti” demanded the aston'shed judge “H s hes lolt the place, 1 | plied Porter, with the mest eang frold. “Loft tha ylica! Why, what do you mean, Mr. Porter (" “'Why, yoor honor dlrcoted me to give Tim the best advize I comld under the circams'ances Heo told me ho wes gailty, 80 I advised him to cut and run tor it. He took my advice, as a cliert ou opened the window, and skedaddled, 18 about a mile away now." The very audacity of the young barris tor deprived the court of the power of speech, and nothing eame of the watter. B — The Telephone Girl Gets Things Tre- ribly Mixed kgain, For some time tliero liad been no tax g ase re rofreshing t He consult | BN e NO GAME The Navel Plan Adopted by Hotels Keerers to Protect Themsclvos from Lmposition THURE Dotroit Paper, “T woulilike to hava the package T gave you yesterday,” eaid a gno:t at one of tho hotels yesterday to the clerk chargo, *'What Kind of a prekage was 141" raid the hotel man, ‘Mon guost *'Have you a check for iti” * No. “Bat 1 gava you cne.” 1 gness not.” ““Well, we'll aee,” ea'd the clerk as he stepped to the safe and t ok therefrcur st envel po 0o the back of which was pasted a ragaed slip in ¢ ibed with the in leonfeilly replied tho apon the vlrzin hello of the teleghone girl, when eho was euddenly started by Nalt adozon at once, She rapidly replisd and tot the p'ugs. She liad scarcily had time vo get the run f the conversation inaugurated wlin 1,122 went down, and she tl;n)clhed the button and replied “Hell»!" “Hello! Give me 6,116, please.” “All right. Here 1t fs " *‘Hello, Mr. Gingerfoot—is this Gin- gerfoot, the lawyer (' “Yeu, sit! What will you have!” “You know my daughter Jane!" “Wro am I talkiog with" “Samuael Lickpin,” “0n, yes!" “‘Well, ehe worked for James Wallase down at the plckle factory awhie, you know, “Yes," | “And I want you to brng suit sgiinse Jim risht away for 00 “All right. Wha' is the nature of the claim(" Here tho evil-minded girl switch. ed on Davisl Rogers, who was tellirg Dr Deisome what atled bls wife, and the lawyer received the following reply- “Well, she was confived abou. «wo days ago and has not been doing very well sinc>, and I want you to atiend to thla matter at once.” The lawger s:id he would, and now te has begua @ suit against James Wal'aco in faver of Jane Lick ia for scduction and avother for bastardy, ard Jauc's beau has read an acecunt of itin the pa- pers and Jane's father is going to lam the lawyer, and thero is thuader to pry gen erally. [ Through Mail e — John Pipprr, of Frecman, Neb, Blows out the Gas in a Chicago Hotel and Nearly Pips out, Special Telegram to THE Bek, Ci'caGo, February 19 —On the registry of the Transit heuse last night was written the name of John}Pipper, Freeman, Neb., In due time John asked to be shown to his room, as he wanted to retira, He was eteered Ly the bell-boy to one of the best in the houee, Plp- per locked his door, got himeelf outside of his seized his big tlouched hat and with a ¢ flourish throush the air succeeded in tinguishing the gas flame from the burners, hen ho luid him dowa to tleep, In about 1f an hous the night watchmau in muking his rounds dis overed the escape of gas some where, ad after & qrick eearc M in the rosm oscupie | by the slumbering conn- tyman, When found he wasx breathing heavily, snd wes restored to con:ciourmess withgreat Qifficulty, e ——n Cleveland G- ts a Rest, A1BANY, February 19.—Clevelani had no visitors to day. It is understood that he is at work on kis inaugural address and will de- vote bis attention to it exclusively until fin ished, It {s the impression of leading demo- crats here acquainted with Cleveland and Manning, thet while the latter bas ot been formally " tencered the appointment of re retary ot the treacury, at the present moment there it little doubt that his name will be found in the list March 4 for the treasary portfolio, Manniog, acc rdiug to his friends, felc more of an aversion than an in- clination to take any cabinet position, pre- ferring a lers prominent and less respons position in life. but as Clevelsnd hayin a de: gree insisted (hat Manniog sha'l by one of h advisers, the lattor cousents to accept the post. —— The Whisky Pool, Crcaco, February 19,—'1 he western export asecciation continued its session here to.dey with clo ed doors, and did not reach sn agre ment till to night. Its members are reticent about the conclusions arrived at, but it is urderstood the following are the essential points of the agreement. Tt was decided to pay the claim of the Em- pire distillery, ut Pokin, 1113, for back dues from the asscciation cap city, avd to discon tinue all legal proceedings in the matter of the vacum mush ine, The Enterprise dis:illery in turn to discon- tinue maoufacuriog till Seplember 1st next The pool in the meantime is to be contivued on a bais of 28 per cent of the productive capacity of the members and tho resulting overphus of production is to be exported in order to avoid a fall in price, — e Bismarck Tmy ons an Americ, CHicaco, February 19.~The Inter-Occan’s Bloomington, (111.,) special seys: A cablegram wasrecoived here to-duy stating that Carl Horman, 22 years old, a German-American resident of Bloomington, whe had been visit ing bis old home in Germany, has been seized by the police there, and is now in Magd:] burg, whiro he is about to ba forced mto tha Genan army, His vncle, Dr. Herman Schodor, has commnaicated with the Ameri- can minister a% Berlin, The youog man cume hore ut the aze of 10, and it ix stared intends t0 become & citizen of the United States, £ — ==Tipher Itep ubli PogtLAND, Orogon, Fabri from Salem state that '} received fron Hubert O, Thompson and Col Vilas urging on the democratic lgislature to vote for John H. Mitchell for ['nited States somator, provided ho cua get vight ropublicen votor, Tho democeats claim_ that Mitchell will yote with the dem cratic senators on Prcsident Claveland’s appolntments and will practicaly be in line withthe domivant party. Republicans ¢'aim that no cna but straight- ont republicavs will e elected serator for Oregon. The legislature will protably ad joura to morrow, 8 in Oregon, ry 19, —— Dauley's Mavagement of sions, WasninGtoy, February 19,—In the investi- gation of the reported abuses 11 the pension bureau now procesding befors the comiittee ui.thl house, Mr, Sawyer, who has charge of the statistics boresu, testified that the run- niog expenses of the bureau for the pakt year were 8/ 900,000 und that previous to 1ES1, be- fore Cal, Dudley became commis foner the cxpenses were about $500 000, The incr in the work pertaining 1o the maLsgen the bureau was very slight. | — Becomes a Itaving Maniac Urica, N. Y., February 19, hoo sged 20, eaid to bs from Clayveland, be came insane on the 2 p. m, east bound train to day, Hhe said she lefc for Owaha Monday with Joseph Lord, o cousin, she mis-ed him this moroivg and when taken in chargs was a FAVIDR IGADIAC, the Pon- on a Train, Delia Dono- MARBIED. 13- LUCE- On February sidence of Mr Vartlott, Sasidga, Mr, Louis M to Miss (allie E, Luc ROGE the Rev, ( I of Omak pakoneta, 18th, u% hy the Rogers, of Wan name, or waoat was left of it, of the owner, “Th's is the pickage” said tho clark, “and the pame en the slip was wiitten by yourself. ~You churve that the slip on the envelcps is tora in two. Tho missing poiticn I gave you when you loft the package. Pers oa dit not pick it up, butif we had it here 1t would be found that the t#o pleccs were «r'gmally one, and you would bave no aifliculty m proving youe ownership of ths moaey. However, as I remsmber you ¢'viog mo the package, 1 will rstura’it to you, but if 1 had forgottan the circamstines and you waro a steavger 1 think I would held on to it for a whie,” The guest paid his bil aad depasted, and the repo.ter who witaessed the affar sought out an attscho f the hoase and »sked him whea such a vovel plan had beea adoped to prevent sharpers from mp sivg on botel keep: ra, *It 13 not oclpinal with vs,” sald he, “but is generally koown amng tho fra- terui'y. 1t is a sure proventive against swindlig on the pire of guests, and in wil_first-class hotels hes onticely super- seded the old brass chicks we formerly use. The hotel businets is a most pecul- ar 0ae in many 1especta, cns of whish s o constart deulizgs we have wi h peo- ple who are entirely utkaown to ue, and Who, Fperaips, we miy never see but oncd. We have ecores of regalar cus- tomere, it {s truy, and they always stop hare wacaever they coms to Do'roit, but the stream of {ravelers who diily arrive in the city are ot all business men. Amony the sirangers who etop at this hotel are undcubtedly many who, if they can cipture a fow stray dollsra by a sllck trlck, will not hesitate {0 do so, and if we did no% ueo every poseible mears to prevent swmndling we wight sometimes got trippcd up aad loso lurgo sume of money. The ja,cr slip which you saw on the cov.lope 18 the best and obly svre way wo have cf circumventing sny at- temp: which may te made to rwirdle us out of money peck iges which hava been efc ia our cheige for sefe keeping, and T will show you why thia s tae (ase. “Hardly a day In the yosr passes but weare rcquested by a great.r or less number of guasts to take charge of thuir valuables while thoy remain with us. We take the articles, ard, wrapping them se- corely in o package, seal 1t up in the presence of the owner. Tais dcna, he is request d to writs his name on a elip of yaper, which is torn in two in an irregu. lar manner, one half being given 10 the guest, and the othcr poiti m pasted on ¢he paskaze, which is put in the sife. Wkhen the guest is leaving and asks to have hia property returve., he must pro- duce the slip of paper we gave him In or— cer to identify hiusslf. The piece he gives us and the pi.ca on {he packsge ate tken p'aced toge her, snd it they match, as they coctalaly should, he geis his valu- ables, end we say no more sbout it. The safety conaists in tho fact thst a swindler, no matter h)w cute ke may by, can not ear a piezo of paper so that 1t will cor- rapond with the jicce on the package. You might try o milllon t'mee, but you would feil t) sccomplish it, cxcept after pattern, and even then it would take much long-r to co it then we kcep the packgs ia our fossesrion. ““With the old check system it ls alto- g:ther difforent, becavse it is an easy matrer for eny 016 to get one of the hotcl chacks an1 have a dupiica ¢ nade, it only being neceseery to bave the numker of the duplicate correspcnd with that of the. check in the mf. 1f & guest lapves his monty with us and we pay it ont to the wrong mwan that is our loss, snd 1f when the owaer preserts his check for the properiy we tell him thit he hay it al- rsady, hie would laagh at us, and 1f the matter way tsken int) the courty he wcu'd have £o difliculiy in getting judg- ment for the smoun®, So you see we can's bo any too carefu! in bavdl ng prop- ery that ¢oes n t oelorg to us. More erpecia iy when our guests are nesily all stinogirs “Have you ever been beiten out of any coneiderabls amourt in the way you merti n?’ “No, we have been tortunate in that respect and never bave luet a cent under cither the tres:check or slip eystem. ut other hotel proj r etors have not been a8 lucky ¢8 we have, and there #rs num crous instences where they Yavo heen mulched by goests, A cisn of this kind hajponad ot the St. Nicholas hotel in Now Ycrk, cnly a shart timo #go, and still tnother at St Louis, Mo. In hoth Ioatances the losses were quite heavy and the hotel proprietors bad to make them good, but it hey hed used the rack- et, a8 we do, there would bave been no trouble. You cin ece for your.e'f how ¢ny it 18 to beat a man who uses the chick rystam, eke t'e coat ¢nd hat roome, for instance. Here ths cus omers arc 8o pumerous that it keeps tha coat Loy hustiog ir.ound t)attend to them, avd he cavnot remember the facis of all th 88 who Jeavs their wearlvy apparel in his care, and we cannot use the slips, he- cause 1he guests might object to having the liniogs of their coats and hats difig- urcd and bermeared with mucllage and bits «f prpar, The boya are liatle fo make ni'siakes that the dlip ey stan would chvia ¢, and fs ke t'e morany in the thermometers, foms moen will deszend so low that they can 1¢adily have duglicate checks mwade and caoture overceats and haud satckels, Bur 1l bet s thourand t> a nickel that the elip echeme will befile the the smartest corfisence man that ever attempted to work s hitel sufo, ard any landlord who is fcol enovgh t) continue to 113 brass or any bina of checks on vel- usble packsges when bo can adoy.t assfe- guard proteoting himself from any losy in this way deseryes to ba swindled as oltan a8 necestary to biirg bim to lis senses.” — Judge Crawford of West Point, has been for the past two days in the city, He dis sants most emphatically from the statement of two local contemporarics that ho bad been | down st Lincola lobbying in the intcrea of certain bills. Ho has, on the coutrary, been attending assiduously to the duties of his judicial district duriog that period, sod has | ot been emplojed in the capacity of @ loba byist. C — Get your oil of the Omaha Oil Co, LI S, 16th St., opp. P, O,