Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 12, 1886, Page 8

B e i 3 e ——————— R TP e X e 'S HOSPITALL | OMAIA 1N THE ASCENDENCY. | President Max Meyer of the Board of Tr: ON THE HIGHWAY TO PROSPERITY Lies and | The Where the City's Strength Her Needs for the Fature Charity Ball-Other Local News, oard of Trade. The regnlar 1 ng of the trade was held ening Max Meyer in tendanee of menb of t! minnt of tl geeretary announced directors had, at a . noon, re-clected the presont ofticers for the ensuing year, as follows President=Max Meyer, First viee president—C. ¥, Second yice president—H Tr rey A, Waketield A letter wae vead from the Chieago, 8. Louis & asking if the citizens of offer inducenienys to that r juarters in this eit en answered by Pres where the railroad men- located and tent, To this the sccretary responded that the | compuny wishe 1 to build 309 miles of raiiroad the coming sumt L and would | either have its headguarters at- Omalia, Papillion, or some point in Tow depended on the inducements offered by Omaha, and he would be happy to ad s the eitizens and board of trade on subj The letter was referred to president to obtain further informa- hoard of President nd a fair at- After the reading tioned w ion of New York communication urging action to induce con- gress to pass suflicient appropriations to carry on the signal serviee on the const. ion of Mr. Clark a letter was o epared and sent to the congress men and senators from this state to sup- port the needed appropriation President Max Meyer then submitted his report of the work aceomplished by the board during the year, us follows: Omana, Nib., Jan. 11, 1856 jentlemen of the Board of Trade—As amerchant engaged in ¢ bhusiness 1 have not the time to devote to any retro- speetive review of the history, objects, and aims of this body. Suflice it to say that we a ganization gun genc Janu itime had forwarded the board to tak The board of trade v and reorganized under al corporation Taws of Neb 1, 1885, It1s now composed of members constituting within_ themselves | the most energetic, enterprising and in- dustrious citizens of Omalin. Since you have honored me with the presidency this body, marked prog made towards the consumms of the principal aims of the reorganiza- tion of the bhoard. In the face of many obstacles, which were thonght by some to be insurmountable, we have purchased the lot, corner Sixteenth and Far strects, sel i body as the site most desiis 1 chamber of com- merce. This lotis entirely paid for out of the funds derived from membershi fees, which in the agg te £3,000 over the cost of (he lot. The wis- dom and foresight of your board of di- rectors in making this investment is now apparent, th having more doubled in v The task now le the boars rry out the de the pur and have the board of trade building ted without any neeedless de wlvertising fol competitive pla directors have adopted the plans of Messrs, Mendelssohn & Fisher, which were deemed the most desiraple in view of the amount to be ex- pended. With these plans as a_basis bids were invited for the construction of the build- ing, and the board has made contracts with Messrs. Whitnell Bros. & tor the completion of the building. Tt now remains with the members of the T ectors in carrying lot sbury out this work. The gratifying increase of the com- merce of Onmaha and rapid growth in jon which has taken place has 1 corresponding inc e in the of our jobbing houses and man- ufacturers, who will doubtless become valuable members of onr body as soon as the importance of our board is brought to their noti It seems to mie very time mend to each imember to exert his influ- yduce every jobber and manu- wemwbership in the y 1o recom- from the bmmediate busi- ud, viz,, the sing of funds for the complefion of cham ber of commicree, we must not lose sight of the important enterprises neces: sury to make Omaha At commereial center, in which the uence of this board is demanded. Omaha is still without a n where the purchaser and meet to exchange their w ducts, and whe buy th \‘\'Ilyxil- rket house consumer can wes and pro ing people ean s of life at first hand may bhe congratulated upon the near” completion of the exposi- tion building, which erected by a few Omaha business men without con- tribution or subsidy, the suceess of the next exposition will ‘depend laygely upon the personal eliovts of onr merchants and munufacturers inomaking complete and creditable exhibits, We have enou, re ulready to make an sting exhibit if the owner: 1 be induced to participate. So fur the city council » action upon the 1 this b has failed to mmendation of wd to enact o building ordinance, and create a building inspector, This oflicer will be necessiry to enable the board practic:lly to colleet statisties of the growth ot O as is contemplated., Through the efiorts of Hon, Chas, F. Manderson the ity of Omaba will soon be made a port of entry by an act of con- Er which Tas alr nssed the nited States senate. This will prove of material advantage, not only to this city but to the whole region west of the Mis- sourl, ‘The proposed improvement of the Mis- sour: river, if properly continued, to- gether with for pro- teeting th will also greatly benelit this city The neeessity of a divect line of railrond from Omaba up the Elkhorn valley, with branches into the northern art of the s acknowledged on all ands. Such x road controlled by home capital would veceive material aid’in this city and along the rout, to be hoped our eapitalists will org nd undertake this enterprise in time for be- ginning active operahons in the spring. With all her trade Omaha can never A great eity without manufactur We have already demonstrated our avility to manufaeture various articles, as the smelting works (the largest in the world), nail works, white lead works, linsecd oil mills, shot tower, lead pipe works, safs ttery and jewelry manufactories, dis- leries, breweries, cigar, mattress and overall manufactories, and o number of other manufacturing enterprises, ave all in a presperous and flourishing condi- tion, and with proper encouragenient we ean beecome ono of the luigest industrial centers of the west. i The beef snd pork packing indus fries, in conncetion with our stoe | of traf f e |1 | detailin meet | o | will « W f i t a t I t o 1 s t t [§ a A M I I N o t 1 1 4 n « s 5 il t [ ¢ « ] urds have during the ]m.lj‘v r s cressed proportions, and will before many years make this the chief mart of meat and cattle in the west. « CQur banks, which uré the main artery t meeting of the works and hegin the m i what on motion, will meet again next Monday The First Steps men awake to the needs of the poor of Omah mg Hone A, U, Wyman chairman pr | tem tem. ing executive committee w to be the general mang, Mr John I, C of publishi where it will be held, nothing has b determined, but as the opera house c: not be obt: s it would be very crowded anyway meeting decided’ to made by the mar ball birthday, ° As this'will postpone income to b tended, it is proposed that the tickets be forward with vim and enthusiasm, place of the “cold Friday’ of last week. double Metealf Co and Py §10,000 make it would appear th his lite insured at dered Mr. and jobbers of this eity previous to his departure for Salt Lake City to assume Monroe, E: )t was saulting a prostitute named Annie Roth, Cascy who were also nrrested. sentenced do with the assaull FIsit attention ¢ the nn by | A ealthy state of { nee which prevails in all | that nty, ns ny grate nt as 1 for the wniform courtesy led to me by the members 1. Respeetfally subnutted, Max Mever rerJ. A. Wakefield was absent, nnual report was submitted by owed \ce on nd the whole amount ferred from the gen eal « fund. The recapitulation of the RECEIPTS, nd fund £10,025.00 20710 S18,000.05 EXPENDITE i\l estate, lot: nd building plans. .$13,500,00 Iy Ve (o chise tising nt de dutiag Taxes Total Slanee ol S ommittee to attend the Missour mprovement association, made the work accomplished at the held ot Kansas City, and ofli- mouncing that the n meeting be held in Omaha in tember Clinse was also appointed to repr the board at Washington Waterways which meets on the 19th of this n Mr, Walker, who is endeavoring to | orm a company to purchase the nail ifacture of steel made nstatement to the board of he wished to mplish and the <t which should be taken to il works in Omaha. The bos y L815,207.06 fand R Chase, rman of the River inlly ‘ol ent ils, nte he n ssist in organizing a ne rate the nail works. adjourned. ompany to he meeting | THE BALL ROLT aken Charity Ball. a number of prominent gentle- the Millard Jast night, wide | Toward the Quite me! nd how much they would be helped | he proceeds avising from a charity b liey first proceeded to organize by m i Clement Ch After brief o secretary pr diseussion the follow- | 18 selected Ton, James 1. Boyd, Herman Kounfze, aj. J. W, Paddock, Frank 1, Gen. Joln R. Hawkins, Barton, Esq., lon, I The following zentlemen were eleeted rs of the hall: Mr. I A. 11, Bishop, They will o clect such hem in the prey ent. These assistants are expeeted to rmen and members of es. The lac 1 to be asked active paxt in the organization of he hall than Jast year, and there is talk iz a list of ldy patrons. As to the date of the ball and the pl aids they wish to s ions for the g ned until February 3, commend to the that the proposition | 1zers of the new expos ion building be accepted and that the be given there on Washington's . Wednesday the 22d of Febrary. the aflair until the derived from it will be of wee to the poor for whom in- xeeutive committe TRREIS old nd the subseriptions r e pr ceeds turned over to the ‘hristian. Aid association immed nd the ball held in Febra as planned. "his admirable suggestion was made by _[{ 11T, Clarke, seconded by Colond It Tooks now as if everythi once, adies’ would go Local Brevitie! is open to con wrival of o young 15 on the Mother and child 1t his honse, Restaurant, 113 8 Jushman block, has been purchased by frs. M. H. Wrighter, where she will do verything to make it the popular eating the it The street ear driverson the Bighteenth treet line are thankfol to Mrs, Miles D, Touck for furnishing them hot coflee on 16th st The finest assortment of single and cutters to be found anywhere in on exhibition at the Lininger & repository, corner of Sixth cific streets, If you went a good £ingle or double cut or at s modcrate price, you had better Jiy a visi ninger & Motealf ehository, ¢ of Sixth and treets, "There you will find the nd best selectéd assortment of sleighs of all kinds to be sgen anywhere in the tute, Marshal Cunamings has received a let- * from an acquaintance of the sui ik V. Adams, in N York bly one of his vyictims— inquiry sbout the policy on Adams' life. The writer that Adams promised to him the bene ry of this urance, Frow all velopments so far I did not have he eity Pucitic Complimentary to Mr. Shelby, A complimer banquet will be ten- P. P. Shelby this even- ng at the Omaha elub by the merchants he duties of assistant general traflic manager of the Union Paciti The re- coption committee are Mayor Boyd, P. 3. Himebaugh, Thomas Miller,"J. A, Millard, John T, Clarke, C Patterson, L. M. B 2 Yost, Georg Bradford and W, L. iett, Louis Parrotte. e Assaulted a Woman Jerry K , & well-known tough, arreste urday for brutally as- ving on Capitol avenue. In his com al the time were Dick Todd and darr Kei resisted the ofticer and received a elub- bing which caused the od to flow free- y from his head, Upon trinl yeste --qu Kernan was to twenty days on bread und i the county juil. Todd and Casey discharged, #s° they had nothing o | schke, $ - DIED, “red Fisher, son of August Fishe r aged 0 years and 10 wonth, Funeral Wednesday at 2 p. w, trom Riewe's ubdertaking roouws, Friends arv iuvited. THE CM \HA DAILY BEE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1880 T. JOS the Institntion Has Accom- | plished During the Year, plished by St wepital and tho who srts lias been | ted by the lady superior, § Alp! i At the close of the fifth year of St. Jo 1's hospital 1 beg y thank | the patrons of this institution for the | means which their liberality 1 in our ha v wl What Joseph's| have aided its ef! mit onsa, Jie ] vtted in the fe Cash contributions ¢ 3. Rosewater, E. W. Nash Kedrney, €30; Hev, P 220; a friend, $20; Mr, Kowit & £10; B B, Wood « W. Itamilton, M Morchants' Nationnl bank, National suhy TS —— - { namen in | made, and 1n passin CIVILIZING - THE - CHINAMEN, ose hool ts Popil Sunday The Majority of Omaha Coolics De voted to BEducation— A Visit to the Sehool. Ttas safe to sa local public are fact that eight s city {hat the majority of the totally wmawn of the n of the twenty odd Chi- ively interested in their salvation to christian e people who see the Mongolians only at those inter vals in which “washee™ transactions on t he street, little snspeet how the saffron-hued sons of Orient beguile their leisure time. It is 11 accordiy seriptures | generally supposed that when the China man, Dr. Iir ka £ $£5; Milton Roger #5 Frank Murplly, 3 triond, $2 K H. Burns Mrs Sullivan Bros, $? ioodrich, Tlhompson & Litile Go W, Homan, §2; L. O.Jones, ny & Olsen, §2; Dr. Hoffman, Foy, $1.50; P Hunting club U Ba G0 $1.50: Creigliton, #1 Meycer, §1: M %15 Omaba Carpet Co., $1; ph Bar v, $1; B, Monroe, $1; H. Hullegan, $1; | ) Witimers, # riend, $15 Mrs, M. Simpson, §1; Mrs Swmith, #1; J. D, P. Hawkins, %1; ot | Turners, Dillon O Connor. Waddell, Lendort & B. Krenzer, $15; WL Snmmers, P. ddish, L. A Koste Dorn sJus. Walsh, § #1; William Arnold, §1; My S. Higgins, #1; Kober Ford, $1; Thomas 3 G. WL Duncan, §1; Danicl Kitehen, $1: M. Strang, 21, $1, H. 'nompson, $1; James Creighton, $1; Mr. C J. Mc- Givern, $1; 1. Kennedy, £1:J. Brennan, O'Mara, $1; B. M. Cahy, §1; g oy, $1; Dr. Wileox, v ord, $1; George Bennett J. Walsh, $1; Other contributions: Shane, provisions; Mr: mé; Mrs. P, . Carey 'V milk; John Tone yeke Bros., liton, a'cow; M Wei poultr: August Benzon 0., groe h alcoholy Boyd, meat and milk; Wilson & Larson, seeries; Clarke & | i Cheney & Co., drugs; Consol- ank Co., oil; Quinn, cloth- Mellugh, roceries; Owen ren, grocerics; MeShine & Schroder, ty pounds of ‘butter and one case of emas; Harris & Fisher, J. J. Skow, Wm Shultz, J. H. THubes, H. Coombe, Fred Heckstein, W. Aust, meat ey week; August Uhtofl’s Spirits; Mes Sterz & Ler, beer every Pomey & Segelke, - dnily and weekly pape Phe visiting physicians a ille, Dr. P. Grossman, D J. O Jones, Dr ) B. Ayres, Dr. Denise, O Hoftman, Dr. and Dr. Bryant. Tower man & llons Single, 41 Ror )] tions, 2. 3 no religion, 92, Océupying rooms, 915 oceupying wards, ing, 898; patients non-pay- t paying, 41. ling to nationalities there were ns, 2815 Germans, 126; Irish, 143; 3 Danish, 81; Bohemian, 12; Ca- dian, 13; Italian, 10; Russian, 9; Polish, Sw s Holland, 5; French, 8; Chi nese, 1 Forty-three deaths oc year ending De , 188, SISTER ALPIIONSA, Superioress. Sr. Josepn's Hoserran, Oxapa, Jan, 3, 1850, ients y i patients rred during the Army Orders. A general court-martial has been ap- pointed to meet at Fort Fred. Stecle, Wyo., on Thursday, Jan. 14, for the trial of such persons as may be properly brought before it. The detail for the courtis as follows: Lieutenant Colonel Chipman, Captains Downey and Weisel, First Licutenants Rheem and Wittich, Sccond Licutenants Hearn, Palme and Styer, First Lieutenant Bailey, Twenty-first Infantry, judge advocate. Private Jolsm B. Turney, Seventh ( alry, who deserted the service of the United States at Fort Meade, Dakota, May 20, 1835, and surrendered himself October 24, 1885; at Fort Robinson, Neb., wiere he is now confined, has been ordered released from confinement and restored to duty without trial, on condi- tion that he make good the time lost by desertion and that he forfeit all pay and allowances due him up to the date of his surren The commanding ofticers of the at which they are sceving have od to require troops C and I alry, to be properly exe ted in position, aiming and poin nd gallery practice. Such ex- ructions will require at least three days in each week until the commencement of out-door pra the range. In earrying out this order particular attention will be devoted to the instruction of men of the third class. posts heen Ninth d and Gypsies in Omaha, There is & band of several hundred gyp- sies encamped in the southeastern part of the city, on Poppleton avenue near the government corral, They have been here several days, having evidently pre- pared to stay in Omaha until the present cold snap is ove A atizen living m that locality eame down to police head- quarters yesterday and complaned that these gypsies were in the habit of leaving their norses standing out all night un- protected from the cold. He thought the ter ought to be looked up by the **So- y for the prevention of cruclty to " if there is a branch of that or- ranization in this city, The police will drop a gentle warning into the ears of the gypsies, about the matter. - Police Court Docket. Judge Stenberg disposed of the follow- ing cases in the police court yesterday Jerry ‘Kl‘l‘lll\ll, assault and battery, twenty days on bread and water; Dick Todd and Larry Casey, alleged accom- | devy plices, released. B MeN 1, N, o Mada Ealloy: deuak ut Kearuey and Martin oy, drun and disorderly, discharged. aieh I, drunk and disorde: itmares of with rk man is not invoking the ni the drugged pij he 1s gambling his fettow countrymen or engaged in « fons to his pagan wdols. Ttis als matter of extensive sup tion that the coolie is a thick-headed non progressive individual who ul la bors with an eye sing a few American doliars lim a millionaire prines on China. On these points exis ular errors Whoeyer heard Lefore that ther Chinese Sunday school in this city the d every Sabbath afternoon be. tween thry o'eld t hool holds session. In point of numbers, reg- ularity of attendance, attention to studics and Jiberality to the vy box,"’ the elass is the banmer he; the city. months ago the ladies of determined to organize 1 and straightway matured plans and began soliciting for Afew v obtained at the nd since that day the number has steadily inereased until” the membership numbers eighteen, a large majority of :\rl the Chinamien in the eity. School'is held in the building which, formerly the Buek- ing varicties, is now the W, C.T. U, hall A reporter visited the school Sunda and was stroek most for detail of the situation. Mrs. the superintendent,i worker in all Christian from of experience missionary work on the co: admir- bly quiliticd for this position. The corps of teachers include the following ladics, the la being necessi- ted from the the Chinamen juire individug sion in their instructions:— Mrs. M ton, Mrs. Olive Leeder, . Ch Jdholm, Miss Anme Kl t, Mrs. M. AL Elliott, Miss Bessie Row- les, Miss Annie Morrell, Mrs. G, W. Cluk Shortly before 8 o'clock the scholars hegan to ive. Jach beamed with smiiles, and cordially insisted upon shak- ing hands with everybody present. Despite the cold day the attendance was nearly complete. lxe opencd with song, the elass lendm < voiee with- outany hesitaney. One may be forgiven for an undevout smile and the remark tnever bef W ‘ome to Jesus” sung in such fashion. The Chinaman’s conception of civilized harmonics is something short of acenrate, hut he is not bashful, and shouts through the words with rising and falling inflections which keep asort of time to the measure. The T HI\ 15 called, and here s for the e San Goon, Yet Sing, Hong Gin, Jen Tlong, I'am Lot, Leo Que, Leo Gow, Jim, Charlie Hands, Ling Pung The lessons then hegan. The have secured a text book in the rudi- ments of the English Ianguage, which has wslative Chinese characters opposite s, and is published by the ract society. Its instructions measure independent of s topics and is chiefly 8 practical inglish for Chin pupils all evidenced the gr to et the most out of the hour of school and followed the instruetions ot their tenchers with close attention heroic efforts to r given for cony tion Ihe teach- rs are paticnt and devoted to their labor., dxpericnee of several weeks has aceus- tomed them to their puptls, and even the young lady teachers() v, too, they conduet their eluss without constraint. The school w bhished in S ber last at the solicitation of San the first on the roll, who has quite, English education been in fornia schools. n enthusiast in the matter and is great help to the teachers in the instruetion of such of the Chinamen who eannot speak English { their own lang Onre of the first things in a religions way whi sought to impress tpon the "pupi the evils of the opium habit and it is perhaps no violation of the last scriptural command that good ladies make the Bible contain a solenm and awful cdict i ipe. However, they find subjects on this point as e of the Chi o who do not use drug rogard it with dread and all their influence to keep it from ! The greatest obstacle of christinnizing the heathen is to conquer their grounded There isone of them who has ent and attends prayermecting, whe i rises among the converts, For his temerity, however, he is regarded with mild” " suspicion by his lows, although mno decree of is out gainst him, inder, however, still cling to the native dogn ind believe in the gospels of Confuc will not_admit i, and whea th sall upon them deny that their " on tlmI slu-l] and ating: that they are Rioro i 4 day 20 the next few weeks when their position in the matter of faith will pass o crucial test. On the 1st of Feb- ruary the Chinese new year beging and the day is celebrated with great pa- gan solemnity, for between sunrise and mghtfall must the fortunes of the year be suled for good orbad. The gods are usually propitinted with prayer and fast- ing ana bold is the Chinaman who will brave a refusal to solemmize the day with heathen rites A large sized suspieion must enter the wind of the worldly man who sces the school that there are praetical considera- tions which chietly promfn the China- man to take advantage of its instructions, Affording as it does an opportunity to learn the English tongue, the coolie sees largely in it a chance for profit. However, conversions frequently ollow the practical teachings, umf in-s0- much is the institution of great benelit, both to the Chinamen and the community of whites among whom they live. The ladies are doing a great work, and should receive the applause and assistance, when they need it, ulf the people of Omaha. It 18 also a source of congratulation that the fow Chinamen who are harbored here are of a class devoted to progressive ideus rather than prostituted to the terrible vices which find such hideous forms when adopted among their race. ey Found in the Snow. Geo. Soll, a furmer living near Trving- ton, coming into town yesterday found & wan lying in the swow acioss the avaricions live o to ac which will make his return to at pop Well, enterprises and, with Chineso o Wong, g Fong, ng Yung, Lant Ling, vory tho the wield their com n the w: schola aith, ostra- The | the name of Haschu umulating | railroad track. He and took the unfor ing lam into town. The poor fellow found to be badly frozen. He was taken to St. o < hospital. His name is | known a! him. He wonld undoubtedly have perished but for Soll's timely dis covery wagon tunate aboard, carry STHE CANTEENY A New Institution at Fort Russcll-A Military Crank, Gen. Howard received muni 1M concerning the “Cantecn, lunchroom and reading room just heen opened at that post for the cfit of the soldiers. This place is to f nish et of amusement and diver as well as to 1e soldiers an op portunity to procure a lunch at the low est prices, The institution is o I orted by the soldiers themselves, for wh exclusive beneft, Itishelioved v that the soldicrs will be k om many of the temptations which they are liable to encounter in going to town “for fun.” The building to be used is the old one occupied by the post trader A sorry looking German crank giving walked into Gen, | Howard's oftfice this afternoon and said | 1 explanation to make 1 will listen, ™ veplied Gen. nton to tell a 0 twenty-two American army, latierly at | posts, A few years | tioned at Benicia (Cal) as watchman at the 1, and while he was in that position the powder house was blown up. 1|‘»\\a\~\!.~.-\.u-; 1, he said, for eriminal carelessn thong 1'mothing to do with the accident. that time he had been the of the tanmnts of his nd friends who were con- Iy arging him - with haying blown up the powder honse. “1L want to make an explanation to you, general, so that you will know I am not guilty,” the roor fellow said in broken English. Gen, Toward said that he was perfoetly satis fied with the explanation, and told the old fellow he could go. IHaschu was not so easily disposed of however, and refused to leave the room. He was finally led away by Gen. Howard's attendants Hashu came all the way to- Omalia fr the far west, to see Gen. Howard, and has been on his journey some six or seven months, stealing or heg lis way from station to station, left the headquarters building e appeared to be ina very happy and contented frame ot mind. con wtion fron sel, anew which hh Sone sion. ive years in th iifferent western ago he was st THEY DON'T LIKE OMAHA. Why this City is So Free from Tramps at Present, There has not been a winter for many years before when Omaha was as fre from tramps and beggars as at present Secarcely one is to be seen o the city. ar, for instance, durving the ex- me cold weather there were from thir ty-five to seventy men applyimg for lodg- ing in the jail cvery n w such o thing is entirely unknown. 1t s quite evident that the efforts of the police to rid Omaha of this class of char acters have been rewarded with snecess or the past two or three months the erants and suspicious characters he been run down and ofi' to the j fast as they put in an appe ‘hey were sentenced to long bre: water terms in the county jail or ordered to leave the city, and thus their nnmbers have been kept down to the smallest lim- it.. There isu sort of fur: existing between the members of cient order of tramps, and those who have been driven out of this city have not been slow to communicate the news to their fellow travelers that Oma- ha is a bud town for vagr and that the r ion diet here is hre and watel have acty arrested Tearned when as far away s cisco or New York, that the Om lice were relentless in their treatment of vagrants. So that if a tramip is once ar- rested and punished heve he leaves town as soon ais possible and warns his breth- ren on the road to peware of Omak, Another scheme of Judge Stenbe been to send the vagrants brought | him out to work on the B. & M gions in the west — Some four or five hun- dred men have been taken out i this way. Some of them, to be sure, refused to work after they lestin- ation, thus scoring ilroad company which had them for nothing. Most of them, however,set tled steadily down to work. Judge Stenbe s that one reason why the tramps are so searcein this west e country work is far more plen- ty than it was last year or for yemrs be- fore. Railroad huilding is having a boom Just at present, and in this line especially employment ¢an be afforded to every l{_l:l_n who honestly wants to work for his iving. point on the transported Changes Among the Firehoys, C Butler and Assistant Chief Gal- ligan, of the fire department made some important “ollicial change sterday among the boys. Charles Salter, hitherto captain of the Threes, has been appointed assistant chief, Lon Cassaday has been_appointed cap tin of Ones, Theodore Grebe of the Twos, William Webh of the Threes, Lon Willinms of the Fours, and Geo. A. Coul- ter of the Fives. John Barnes will step into the position of captain of the hook and Iadder corps. The steamer and hose eart was moved vesterday tothe new house of the on Phil Sheridan street. The new house, on Saunders and Cuming streets, is nearly completed and ready for oceu’ panc CONPUSION IN CHURCH, A Small Fire at Kountze's Memorial Causes a Stampede, About 11:30 o’clock Sunday morning while services were in progress at Kountze's Memorial Lutheran chureh, Sixteenth and Harney streets, smoke sud- denly issued from the floor near the pul- pit. " Instantly there was a commotion, somebody eried “fire,” and the wholé egition, despite the efforts of the to detain them, rusied for the Fora minuto the wildest confus- ion prevailed, the fire alarm in No. 3 en- gine house across the street was ounded, fnd the firemen rushed to the scene. By chureh was cleared of its ats and the congregation waited y around for the flames to ap Jear, ‘The firemen entered the bulding hut before they reached the basement the fire had been extinguished by a few buc ets of water skillfully thrown by the jan- itor here had been no flames, in fact, the smoke being caused by smoulderin wood which had ighited trom the hot air flue leading from the furnace. The woodwork around the aperture through which the pipe passed was covered with tin, and the destruction of the covering and the removal of the blackened woor was all the damage caused. The ser- vices of the morning were not, however, continued, but the chureh was opened and there was preaching by the pastor, Rev. J. 8. Detweiler, in the evening Fortunately no one was hurt by the stam- pede, although @ number of people “lost their heads” and made lively work in leaving the edifice. — - ) Shannon Letter Bill File Filing Cabinets | high w B T ————— ] fic streets, ealled the fire de to the distillery, to exting blaze in one of the eattle sheds. mes were extinguished, The ove in the shanty lors were accus | and P: | ment | emal : | The on Tries to Force a ,Iv‘l,'. ,1‘ in which the cattle f AROW ON THE FROZEN RIVER. The Ice Packers' U Strike Among ting 1 ro ting loe ¢ WHAT THE ICE MEN ARE DOING. in ‘ | Teo-Men Strike. L sl AN XAyt ) liteen inches or two o fi feet, the ice-men set to work to gather in mond . Co.. ( their annual harvest. Hardly had the | oo g work commenced however, before a gang | & Hungate, Nowell & Kennedy, boside of the Tec ht, | maller firms, The ice honses are and precipitated hostilities, Quite a dis- | stationed up and down the “Big Muddy” turbance ensied, to understand whieh it | for a distanec of several miles, and the | seencs on the river very lively at present Hammond & Co, have put up a large house on Cutofl’ luke, to construct which | 1,000,000 fect of lumber was used. 1t is built four thick and is the largest ico house in Omalia, Messrs. Hammond & Co. expeet to stow away about 88,000 | tons of ice during the season Benson & Bro? have erected four houses at the foot of Jones street, and have sinee been holding meetings, pre- | are hauling in the ice-blocks by the k»n'in,_ to demand sfactory wages, | pulley system, diveet into the storage Cesterday they held meeting in - the | rooms. ‘They have a eapacity now for Commercial hotel on South Ninth street, | about 11000 tons at which about 100 1w 1t was | Kennedy & Newell, a new decided yesterday the honld go | started in business, have er. to the ous enip 3§ emand | in Walnat il and near the settling $1.75 4 atleast, Accordingly yesterday | basin of the waterworks, from w «-h m z of the union” men, nuni- | they expeet to cut their ice. Their 100, started to | capacity is about 10,000 tons. to enforee their demands ‘ Kimbail & Hun, the senior meme first went the spot [ berof the firm being the vete i o the men of George Sontther were | dealer, Richard S Kinhall, s din eutting ice, and compelled | two new jce houses on the Belt 1 them to drop their tools and le: o | way on Fifteenth street. They will prob- beeause they we working for wages | ably stof about 10,000 tons of ice, lTower than the unien seale, The gang Experienced” iee men anticipate then swept northward up the viver, until | that about 100,000 tons will be sic they came to Guy & Fitch thoy | this year inst 50,000 in 1885, went (hrough a similar procedure. They | i< largely made up by the sueceeded m indueing the men at work— | addition of Hammond's establishment, both ice hands and teamsters—to quit | which, as indieated above, has o pacity work, The men Guy & | of near 10,000, tlyons. Fiteh we day, The unwritten aws among the and struck tor J Ben- tare as zon & Bros tervitory . more ing as the laws of the Medes and lively scene occurred. The men there Itis understood among them appeared to them to it man “stakes off piece of iee on I wnd they deelined | the river he s entitled to that territory to put down their tools to suit the caprlee | and no one must molest him. Just as of the strikers, The mob of union men | $oon as the ice is found thick enough to then rushed upon the men at work upon | bear the weizht of aoman, the ice packer the ice and proceeded (o wrest their tools | summmons his entire force to the viver from them. A hot stroggele ensued and | and the work of *staking ol is e the ice swayed and cracked ominously | menced. The lightest man in the under the weight of the tighting masses | is generally chosen to go out on the ico of men. Mr. st Benzon, who hap- Somctimes the man pened to arrive just at this moment, | is provided with a boat so that in cuse rashed out and told the men that the ice | the ice breaks he will not be in danger of woula goon (! and preci) drowning, tate them all into the river When the sf This warning was heeded, and hostilities ceased. No body was injured thongh | fic one or 1wo men were protty severely b tered about the he Mr. Soutther who had attempted to foree the union men, and opposed them in their demands w scized upon by them and would been sou i river but for his THE CRYSTAL HARVE ‘ tomed to spend their n Jack Jacobs, | ations Gathering the fce Omaha T hoot 1 ~Railway Mishaps A Sunday Fire. Tee Packing or s The earnest pegun in good it present that tand "lively one. But lit harvested as yet, and < propose towork night wrood supply read, mnd are Ham Benson & Co, v & Co, Kimball 5 1ce | has Ind it will be a tle ice has 1 most of tl me are on deale W ina Yo day zen to the depth of ¢ orning *kers' union hove into several will be necessary to recount a bit of his tory | L with the met ina hall md or the object being to wof 1886 prospec tive wage: on South Thirteenth sirect zed an “lee Packers Union, of the organ s for the sea +season ani ico ation secure They firm just ted houses g for $040 per $1 On icemen fixed and 2 re driven the men £ until the ice is suf- iently thick to hear up men and teams, they know their rights are as scenrd as thoagh they he @ patent from the United Stae unount of 1ee ter- iy they ean thus aequire depends SIly upon their own will and pleasure, Sometimes an - entorpris fellow will eseape. union men claim th take up all the cood iee aidd ten times as struek ono of their number with - | much as he wants, selling the balance to pole wd they declare that they pro- | his less fortunate vival pose to duek him in theriveron the tirst Wien the work of wathc opportunity that presented itself. begins there are stll otier From Benzon's the erowd went up the | features, codes of faw, ete,, to be obsery. viver where they suceecded in inducing | e, and when hundreds of men aad t many of the icomen and teamsters to join | begin markiy ing the i the strike. No serious disturbanees "oc- | and Toading curred. be: While the men were strugaling on the | too, to b ice, some one telephoned to headquarters | the curr i for' police assistunce, Three oflicers were | insure o second and third crop, et dispatehed to the river botloms, but by | The latter come on the space of open the time they A at the scene of the | water left after taking ont the fivst crop, disturbance; the trouble was over, and no_honorable nan will jump the Mr. Benzon, in_speaking of the matter | ¢hiim. 1f the ice “zoes out,” and the to o reporter said that most of his | Whole river freezes up anc e the men were getting the price demanded by | seramble for territory must one lianion Ehiake throngh with once mor 1116 0thors wore simply bee reason ice men always pray for a good sould not amount. long season and dread an open winter, Q. We are pleased to learn that another wholesale Hat and Cap house hasbeen ses Another Valuable Citi- Tis Care organized in this eity, which will bo iy known as the “Shreve-Jarvis Hat Com- Itis the painful duty of the local press, for the sceond time within a to pany.'" The old fivm of Shreve, Jarvis & Co. I ] are elosing out entively their stock of chroniele the pe nees of fmen- | Men's Fuvnishing Goodsand intend he ber of the profession.” The present sub- | after to devote themselves, with the new jeet diflers somewhat in | tirm, exclusively to the Wholesale Hat acter from his Cprec yet the same feverish, " Joe Ham and J ‘"'I'I' | and Cap business, i Phey are located af tie k Ju- jobs have made their records and will their names and deeds be ¢herished memorie: gone. the crowd with his hair-brained antics. M. Jacobs has *skipped,” which signities that there ave those. who regret it He lett on the glad New Year, which, perhaps, was brighter for the faet. womised to return, bt yesterday he | wrote to the proprictors of the Herald, with whom he was formerly employed, that he had ch - his mind, and that his future wee, temporarily, af least, would be in the rden City, Jack wrote that letter in the same bland style that rked him when he wanted the loan of a dollar from a friend, There wis no equivocation, no apology, hut he went straight to the subject in @ business like w! Hle did not intend to retarn, | t's all there was of it How many | ps of Omaha will regret this fact Jack eould hest tell Jack was o queer fellow and Ins adven < would il full grown hook. e s horn in F md ahout twenty-onc ago, His mother was a Jewess, and father was col ted with the British army in some way. Jack was given good educational opnortunities and probably studied so hard that the gold-vinmeil 5 ; Spectacles he wore were necessitated. | Edward Caspar, an employe in Pe But all this has nothing to do with his | Bros. establishment, is missing. 1t has being a crank, He wie frequently ealled | geveloped th s omade wway with adam-phool, but that L some of the firm’s money I WS b h for print, Juck ono tme foll ho habitue of the gamblin wd his L busted the affuiv by trying | another fellow who went out riding with her. The boys had lots of fun with Jack while he involved in this amour by sending him from pillar to post with all kinds of” Tom Collins slan- ders until his mind - grow weak, For awhile Juck onducted “ poker joint at nighus wi he solicited ads during the days, This little cnter- prise of his owh swamped him after A while andin his struggle to keep even he negotiated small Toans everywh Recently, Jack sprung great sensation in Moriison’s gambling place. Ho had been out collecting and had #17 of the firm’s money, when the notion struck him to play the funds dnst faro. Of cour 1e lost—who ey heard of him winning anythingz—and s the last chip | was raked away from him, the full enor mity of his predicament broke upon his~ mind. My God, I'm ruined,” he shouted, as he leaped to his feet, *'un- Jess somehody here gives me back that $17 Ll shoot anysell.” The dealer told him to go ot and el wnder the pmp ack and he would think better of it ¢ went out and whether he got under the pump or not, is something wikno i Lots of other funny thingscould be told bout him, but the funniest facts can be A heolutely Pure. rned of his ereditors, This powder never yaries. A marvel of puy A Small Blaze. ty, streneth and whole omences. More econoimn i v e ardinary kiad, and e appears to ho very un- fortunate in the matter of sullering from 04 Wb the wo it ng the crop \eresting observed, such nt, the best w to cut JACK JACOBS, Omaha L No. 1207 Cold W cidents Withe- out Casualties, A snow plow, pushed by four engmes, lett Fremont yesterday morning on the & RV braneh of the Pacitie, struck a battered joint near Mead and plunged into the track, devailing the four locomotives and throwing three of the nes pell-mell, bottom side up. ‘The neers and fivemen went down with k, jumpi itoand left, and de were uninjured. T will ve- 1 hours to clewr the track and the bloekad that proportionate yod. night an accident ocenrred on the Utah & Northe ilros ed by n broken rail. 1 neine, age and mail over the break safely, but the smoker, first-class conch, and My, Blickensde Kl private car went over o ten foot embi ment, Mr. Minty, travelling anditor of the western division ot the U, P, was badly injured, and a Mr. Goldsteen, of Ogden, — considerably — brased, Travel for six hours, Two Jacobs will no more Union iilros A Missing. helle in conpet lior aud Cases. deblicht's Standurd Indexes. 210 13th street, opposite Neb. Nut'l Bauk. l five. Yesterday morning, about 3 o'c et i o Wt pivtons old su alavw turoed on frow bua U, Bisth | Walisieet, N ke