Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 17, 1886, Page 2

Tty L erossing Tenth street just as a e WORST PLACE IN THE CITY. Where o Person Can Sleep for '"“Ten COents a Night" TRAMPS, BAD WOMEN, BEER. Ten in One Room—Beds a la Steam- ship — Dirty, Nauscating and “Alive"—A Petition to be Bent to the Council. “Ten Cont Lodging House," Last evening a Big reporter was told that a petition would be presented to the city council, praying that body to take steps to haye the “Cheap Lodgings' place at 1109 Farnam street abolished, and an investigation was made. The i ion was not sent in, not being quite il1° out. It reads as follows, and is signed by nearly all the business men in the bloc! mmlulf' To the Mayor and the Honorable Board of Aldermen of iht City of Omaha, Neb. : Your petitioners, residing and ‘doing busi- ness in block 135, between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, in the eity of Omaha, would most respact{ully raprosent that there is kept and operated at 1107 and 1109 Farnam street acheap lodging house, known as the *“T' Cent Lodging House,” and operated by Will- liam Lewis and is wife.” That the character of the patrons of said house is of the lowest order, having little or no_regard for common decency. That the same has been carried on and operated in such a an- ner as to become an_ intolerable nuisance, and as an illustration of the above statement state that from early in the morning until 10 and 11 o'clock a, m. the occtipants and guests of said house are in the habit of exhibiting themselves in the ball and upon the back steps and poreh in nude and semi-nude._ conditi That they arc constantly_committing nuisances upon the floor and “steps leading to said lodging Tooms by attending to the calls of nature, throwing rubbish and castoff clothing around, together with many other indecent and unclean aets, We, thercfore, ask that said nujsance bo immediately abated and that your honorabla body take stuch steps to have the same abated 88 you may deom necessaty without unne essary delay. and your petitioners will ever pray. OMAHA, April 2, 1855, A SCHEME AND TITE RESULT. The reporter, at about 10 o'clock Iast night, took off his collar and necktie, puiled his hat down over his eyes, and went up to the lodging house in question, acting hilariously *‘full.” “Ah, there, got five cents for the rowlers” was asked by a bleary-cyed ndividual, who was sitting on a benchin the office.’ He got the money, took an old tin can and went for beer. On fir: looking around, after catching breath, the stench being so terrible as to almos take it awav, a bare room, about 10x12, three dilapitated chairs, a bench, « red- painted water keg and a'dingy desk with @ “‘register” on it was secen. Un the seats was as hard a looking set of bums, drunks, etc., as one could wish to see. They were the very scum of the city. hay, (hic) old boy, got ten cents and (hie) wanter bed,” said the reporterto the proprictor. The latter took his pen and asked the applicant’s name. “Bill Wil- liam,” was the ans Bill was led across the hall to “No. 8 and told to “tumble inter any on’ em; all the same price.” The “room’” was fitted up in nearly the same manner as the steerdze on a vessel, that is, tiers of bunks, one about two feet above the other, and no =~ onenced complain of being lonesome, there are so many animals to_sleep with. These alleged beds were made of old bed clothes, parts of old coats, etc., and the *soft side of a pine board” was not turned up, either, The minute the proprietor had left the people turned to the new-comer and demanded beer money, and on being told that he was busted they sympa- thized with him in a tramp manner. "These fellows seemed perfectly at_home, and said they always stopped in this house. There were in this room, com- mon tramps, street beggars, fakirs and a full set of drunks. LLemling them on, they “‘gave away” the plan of action in making s livinf;. When they get up in the morning, the first thought is for a drink, which is usually secured by help- ing clean up some saloon. Then they £0 on the street and eyeryone they 15 asked for money. After enough 3 cured they et breakfast. Then in the samc manner they get a few dimes, go into a saloon or up to the lodging house, and drink stale beer all day, going into the low saloons, getting. a glass of beer and eating lunch once in a while to sat- isty their des This is their regular e for food. SCENES AND INCIDENTS. Hung upon the wall in the oflice was the sign: NOTICE. Not responsible for any articles of value + unless leftin my car y WiLLiaM Lewis, Proprietor. The sign was there, but no articles of value or any place to keep them were seen. One of the lodgers said that he had been there over a month, and in that time had not scena single & handed to the proprictor. The young, beardless bum who has sobeen sden on the strects for some time % time past, and called *“Tim,"" is one of the reguiar habitues of the place, and g “Bill William” lot of pointers as to ife in the place, but many were too dis- gusting for publication. Several women stop in the house, and it s to be presumed the, bad as the men if not s come in at all hours sht, and in shupe of intox- ad if looks go very far the ns of the ubove petition is trug a8 0 committing nuisances, only that 1t does not say all over the house. The proprictor, William Lew oung looking, or is a of 4 not shock Lis boarders by wearmg a clean shirt or anything in the shape of it. His old e 13 terribly strong, but the smoke was a blessing, being much clearer and better than the unbearable coming from the rooms. Ten or twelve people occupy one room, and are s who never bathe unless compelled . t0 do £0, and when they had partially disrobod and gotten into “bed” the odor © was, to use & much hackneyed expres- sion, “‘thick enough to be” cut with a cheese knife.” The women in the place i old, dissipated and the most filthy looking things one could imagine, It is'a wonder that such a place does not breed disease, and any one who would stay in such a bed as w en last night must be the lowest of the low. After standing it about half an hour, the reporter skipped, saying he knew i saloon-keeper down the street who would give him some beer. It was an experi- ence not to be wished n, and such a vile, filthy, disease-brecding place it would be hard to imagin, District Court Notes. The appeal to be taken in the Lauer case was to be argued to-day, but as Judge Thurston is not in the eity, it will Probably be postponed. Neville and Distriet Attorney { home last night. Jud rpy county Mond Wakelt y Wl Judge Neville to hold ~will take his place here, N ity docket is not yet finish prize tight question, it is expe will come up to-day. A young lady had from serious injury last night. A DArrow escape She was r came along and, shpping, the street being so slippery, fell, it seemed under the car, Bhe was picked up not hurt in the least, having fallen a few inches away trom the ear, but the wheels had run over her dress. | NEW CITY COUNCIL. Their First Regular Business Mecting Last Night—Matters Disposed Of. The new city council met last night, every member being present. The ses- sion was a short one, though a goodly amount of business was disposed of. There was no quarreling done, and in this point, the meeting contrast trongly with previous occasions. Howe thera were one or two little passages-at-arms which served to enliven the session. PETITIO! AND COMMU CATIONS, From Beg Pablishing company, pre- genting bull for advertising. Referred. From property owners on Clicago street asking for the establishment of that thoroughfare from Twenty-thied to twenty-sixth street Froin property owners on Chieago strect asking for re-establishment of curb lines on that street, in certain sections From 8. D. Mercr, calling attention to u sunken Hole in the saphAItpavament on the west side of Twelfth street, in front of lot 8 block 151. Referred From Odd Fellows committee, inviting the mayor and council to participate in the le on the anniversary celebra- tion of that order, soon to be held in Omalh Referred. ‘T'he city clerk's official bond was duly approve Ford—~ t commissioner be and is hereby instructed to clean all the paved elleys. Adopted. Schroed: "hat the committee on po- ce be directed to select some point on the Missouri river front, between the waterworks pumps and the settling works for dumping grounds, and that the same committee on police, with the com- mittee on streets and alleys, have said roads and the road south of the distillery to the dumping grounds put in up ssable condition as soon as possible. Referred. Lee—That the city marshal be directed to have all obstructions remoyed from Fourteenth street between Leavenworth and Marcy, and from Marcy between Fourteenth and Fifteenth™ streef Adopted. Schroeder—That the city anditor shall be instructed to furnish an accurate account of all funds created, on which disbursements have been made in full and on which balances have been left. Carried Bailey—Dirceting the street commis- sioner to repair at once the bridge at Twenty enth and Chicago stroe! Several resolutions ordering sidewalks, presented by Councilmen par and Schroeder, were passed. ORDINANCES, Councilman Dailey presented an ordi- nance amending section 1 of chapter 2 of the general ordinances of the city. The ordinance, as thus amended, makes it un- lawful for any person to ‘‘cruelly, inhu- manly or unnecessarily beat, injure, over- load or overwork, etc., any horse, mule or dumb animal,” ‘ete., and provides pen- altiesfor the infringement of any of the provisions of the ordinance, Some discussion followed on the mat- ter, atter which the ordinance was re- ferred. . ““This ordinance ought to be made t cover cock fighting,” remarked Mr. Lee. That is just as cruel as dog fighting, or as beating a horse. “Tagree with the gentleman Dailey, ‘‘but won't this bear heavily on some of our members? ing at the same time, straight at Council- man Ford. P. Ford blushed audibly and a titter ran through the council chamber. The ordinance wasreferred. AU this point City Attorney Connell, who had usurped the section of the re- por Jle usually occupied by the BEE man, finished writing a document and turned it hurriedly over to the acting clerk, pt. Wood. It svas dashed off very hurridly, but atfer some time, upon ad- justing and readjusting his spees several times, Captain Wood managed to make out that 1t was an_ordinance providing for allowing the Omaha Cable railway the right of way over the Eleventh strect vinduet under certain conditions. He started to read the document, and’ pro- gressed satisfactorily for a'few mo- ments. and then stalléd “What's the matter?” asked the city attorney, who was sitting on the front bench. “I can't exactly make this out,” re- plied Captain Wood, seratching his head. “Let me try it,” suggested Mr. Connell. “1I'm afraid, though, that I'can’t read my own writing after it's cold. fears came very near being realized. He looked at the document carnestly for a moment, but its illegi- bility appeared to stump him, He grew red in the face, and appeared tobe rather discocerted. Finall fie deciphered the hicroglyphics, and the reading of the or- dinance was finished. “I think_the ordinance ought to be to-night on a suspension of rul certain parties the east ar ting our action before coming out here to go ahead with the work of build- ing the viaduet,” said Mr. Sehroeder. “Let us wait and pass the ordinance regularly,” suggested Mr. Ford, “We don’t want to be too hasty in this mat- ter."” “I agree with the gentleman from the Third,” said Mr. Lee, “We ought to let this matter go till ‘next week. I don’t want any more lecturing from the mayor. Heis only too ready to lecture us on slight provocation, anyway.” ‘T is not so,” interposed Mr. roeder, It is s0,” returned Mr. Lee, warmly. “I say it is not,”” jerked Mr. Schroeder, growing somewhat beet colored in the Tace, “Wnencver we have been lectured by the mayor we have deserved it,” Several other councilmen ared their opinions on the matter, some being in favorof rushing the ordinance through, while othdrs were not. City Attorncy Connell, who drew up the ordinance, said that he thought there would be no harm in passing it at once. It w awn up in such o way as to be entirely favorable to the city. ” The mat- ter of rental for viaduct privile, left letermined, and could 1 casily when the proper time came Mr, 8. R. Johnson, of the Cable ¥ way company, who was present, said that the Morse Hridge company wanted to know whether the cable railway was to cross the viaduet, in order to adjust their plans accordingly. So far as paying a onus was concerned, Mr. Johnson thought that the eablé company ought not to pay out any money in this dire tion at first, as their expenses in oth ways would be very heavy The ordinance was referred to the com- mittee on ducts, to be reported on at Tuesday night's meeting. It may then be passid by a two-thirds vote, by a sus- pension of the rules. The names of the newly appointed com- mittees were read, as follows: Judiciary- i Finance and Claims—Dailey, Schroe- r, Kaspar, s and Grading. Manvyille, Lee, Manville, Stréots and Alleys Ford Police—Kaspar, Cheney, Goodman Public Property and lmprovements— Cheney, Lee, Dailoy. ¥ III e und Water Works—Goodrich, Low- Lce. bt s and Electri 1 Goodrich, Sehroeder. Sidewalks and Bridges — Cheney. Rules, Forms and Printing—Bailey, Goodman, Manville. ge—Ford, Bailey, Schroedor. Curbing and Guttering—Bailey, Goodrich, Lowry. Viadvduets and Railways—Schroeder, Kasvar, Goodrich. al Cowmitiee oun . Boulevards— Sehrooder, Goodman, Daily, Goodrich, Lee. Mr. Baile Kaspar, its — Lowry, e, Ford, made a motion that the ard of public works be instructed to readvertise for curbing bids, inasmueh as the district court Im:Fiu«' docidod that the board could not award the Berea sand tone contract to Murphy, Creighton & Co. This motion was so amended that the matter was referred to the committee on curbing, paving and guttering, tor re- port at the next meeting. The council then adjourned. “EXERT A G(V)V()!LIN‘I’-'I:[ENC * The Rev. Mr. Bitler Preaches Upon This Theme at the Revival. The clouds cleared away last night in time to bring out a fair sized attendance at the exposition building. The airin the hall was cool enough to make over- conts and shawls comfortable. There was a larger proportion of men present than upon any of the previous meetings. This was perhaps owing to the fact that the christianity of the women not sufficient to clevate to a pitch above the thick layers of mud in the streets. In fact, from the looks of the rubber boots of some of the men it seemed wonderful that anybody could be present. Two ruddy cheeked boys, with pompa- dour, a new accession to the choir, sat at the right of the stage and furnished the tenor. Mr. Bitler's voice was ubiquitious. He had the faculty of helping out the weak parts ot the choir, in fact scemed at times to think that the four parts wero not enough, for his tones were oceasion- ally either two _or three notes off the proper This was undoubtedly due to the severe strain put upon his throat during the last two weeks. After a short song service Mr. Joplin opened the cxercises with a short, fer- vent prayer, the burden of which was thankfnlness for the already great re- suits of the revival. ‘The half has never yet been told was the refrain which gave the audience to believe that the managers were not dissatisfied with the results of the revi- val and that the meetings would be con- tinued for some time to come. The Rev. Mr. MeKaig announced that the young ladies would meet at the First M. E. church Sunday afternoon,the young men would meet in the exposition buildi while at the same time the older Ch: tians would colleet in the Firs church and pray for the succe two meetings. During the evening a special prayer for reporters was requested and brouizht from Mr. Bitler the ejaculation, “‘God bless the reporters.”” The Rev. Mr. Mc- Kaig then knelt dangerously near the front of the platform and prayed that the request might be granted. “None of us liveth to_himself and man dieth to himself,” was the which served as a basis. The teaching of the text is that every one of us has an influence that must be exerted. It is not only exerted while we are living, but even after we are dead and gone. Theinfluences live on even after our bodies are dust in the ground,” The speaker continued in this strain and urged the congregation to exert their inifuences only for good. In con- cluding, he urged those in’ the audience who desired to become Christians to come forward, The invitation met with a few responses who were worked over by the brethren with more or less suct cess, no text SEWER CONTRACTS. The Board of Public Works Open the Bids Kor Sewer Work. - The board of public works opened the bids for sewer work as advertised yes- terday afternoon. There were some six- teen bids sent in. A regular meeting of the board will be held to-day, when, in all probability, the following bids being the lowest, will be accepted and contracts let accordingly: Name J. Jne Mount & J Dount & ¢ Mount & 6 Total.. The Promenade Concert. At the promenade concert to be given at the cxposition building to- night Mrs. J. W. Cotton, the new so prano in the choir at Trinity,will make her debut. The exercises will be participated in by the Lotus Glee cluband the Musical Union orchest An excellent program has been prepared, the last numbers being arranged for dancing. These con-- perts, if the first is as gr a suece; it deserves to be, will beu feature during the summer. sion is 25 cents and the man; pect fully 3,000 people to be present. ——— Personal Paragraphs. \ Brashe Chappell, Neb., 15 in the city W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) is in the eity, stobping at the Canfield. John M. Hoffman and_ 0. M. Druse, of Lincoln, were at the Paxton yesterdey W. A. Ensign, Little Rock, Ark.; Jason Morcledge, Beatrice, are Canfield guests. . A. Dowe, deputy interpal revenue collector, returned yesterday from a short visit to Califors W. A. Downey, R. A. Moore, . C. Dil- dine, George R Sherwood and John H. of Kearnoy, are at the Paxton. F. A. Thiston, Long Pine; F. G. Brown, Sioux City; B. C. MeKelley, Biair, and E. Landman, ' Hastings, arc registered at the Millard, Lo <Chief of Police Couglh vins, Philadel- Curce is in- When Baby was sick, we gave hez Castorls, When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, When she became Miss, she clang to Castoris, When she had Children, sbe gave them Castoria e A writer in the Atlanta Constitution says he once heard Mr. Jefferson Davis reprimand a second in a duel who boasted that he had brought his principal out with flying colors, to the uster confusion of his antagonist, by a little picce of gen- eralship. He explained that the scconds were supposed to Le arbitrators, each representing both parties, and that it waus the duties of the seconds to see per- feet fairness, both in arranging terms of settlement and on the field " JAMIES The Great Invention, ForEASY WASHING, IN HARD OR SOFT, HOT OR' COLOD WATER Without Harm to FABRIC or HANDS, and particularly adapted to arm Climates No family, rick o poor, should be withous it S0ld by all Grocers, but betoare of ¥ile L tallons. PEAKLZINE 1s wanufactured ouly by JAMES PYLE. NEW YORK: s, & prominent citizen of ATRUDAY APRIL 17, 1836, PACKING HOUSE. It Will Bo Starbed .By a Well Known Ohigage Firm. ENTERPRISING MONIED MEN. New Brokeragé Houso to be Started in Chicago iy O®maha Oapical ists—The Trfanction Case Decision—Real Fowler Bros.'s Packing House. owler Bros,, a large Chicago packing house firm, have decided to come to Omaha and buiid an extensive branch house here. The Firm is a solid one and means business, The new packing hous will be three times the size of B and will pack all the year round. Being extensively known, ‘they will ship di: rect from here to Liverpool and other foreign ports. This will bo a great thing for cattlemen througlhout twe state and the people of this city in particular. ENTERPRISING CAPITALISTS, A Brokerage Firm to Be Opened in Chicago by Boyd, Paxton & Boyd. Messrs. J. E. Boyd, William A. Paxton and Samuel Boyd have decided to start a brokerage house imn Chicago, Their offices have been engaged, and about the 20th inst, they will move in. Tho new firm will be located in the board of trade rooms. It isa big enterprise, and those at the head intend to make it a success. THE INJUNCTION CASE. Judge Wakeley's Decision as Ren- dered Yesterday. As was mentioned in last nights Beg, Judge Wakely rendered his decision in the ease of Brennan & Co. vs. the City of Omaha ot al. ye His decision enjoins the city from entering into any contr: ving and guttering with on the ground that Bren- nan & Co.’s is the Jowest, and as the lowest bidders they should be' given the contract. ision reads as follows: In the distriet court of Douglas county : Edward Brennanetal | The City q!‘lf!v\nlx\. etal | An application for injunction. as follow: It is held rter of this city it is required fing, paving, ma mizing or gquttering for which a special tax is to be levied shall be done by contract with the low est responsible bidder. The work in question comes under this provision. 2. It is the settled law in this state, under deeisions of the supreme court as it is so de- cided elsewhere in numerous cases, that suel a prov i is mandatory, leaving no disere tion in the public body 6r authority to disre gard it, and it is hidd that obedience (o it can Be compelled by mandamus, and when un- necesary disobedienee ot itean be prevented by mjunetior { In this case bids were advertised for and de for curbing -the streets ordered to bo puved (his years ad o plaintitfs in duo orm bid to put_in- the curbing with Herea sand stone at 7314 eents per lineal foot. Mur- phy & Co., bid tordoit in part for %0 eents, and in part for (4 centst per foot with Col* orado sandstone, "The bid of Murphy & Co., was the lowest: anfl it 1§ here sought™ to en- join the eity from Tottii the contract to them under that award. 4. The board of public works had, previous to the bidding, graded or classified various kinds of stone as follows: iranite, £1.00 or. £1.95 Colorado sand stone, 85¢ or 10514 Berea sand stone, T5¢ . 9394 And other stones hot nécessary to- mentiion. By a simple nrll énsy caleulation it is denionstrated” that, according to the propor- tionate eficiency and value as iss by the 4 board, and_in view of whicl the bids were made, the bid of Brennin & Co., was lower than that of Murphy & Co. A bid of %0 cents for Cole ndstond is equal to, and no lower than a bid of 7 3 ‘The solution of t y deducting 90 cents from §1.06 and 8 cénts from s and del ining that Murpl u lowest bidders because 1 nction t andard of v 5 fallacious. It would I ult, that, if 1 cent a foot was bid for Berea and 10 centsa foot for Colorado stone, the latter would be the correct bid, becau: 9014 cents, spective standards of festly erroneous. And by other illustrations equally convincing, thé same result is ar- rived at, 5, The elause in Brennan Iative to extra grading is nof for stone and does not affect ought to be taken into account it would not change the result, becauso it is shown with out construction that then the cost of this could not exeead $100, leaving their bid still Tower than Murphy & Co,’s by several huns dred_dollars, 6. No other question ne ecssary to be de- cided is presented by the record So f it follows that the injunction asked should be allowed. REAL ESTATE MATTERS, What Was Done This Week, and a Few Pointers, There is not much change in the real estate business, and the trade for the past week has been about the same as the wecek previons. The past four weeks real estate transactions have, however, been- atly in excess of the same period of a r ago, and prospects are good for an this summer and fall, Several large sales are on foot, being mostly for good farming property throughout the state Here's a little vointer for real estate men. The other day a gentleman— a stranger in Omaha—bought some val- uable property of an agent in the ecity, paying cash down for it. Yesterday he went to the recor office to have the deed recorded, but it was incorrcet and could not be accepted, The deed had m out by the agent. He recti the mistake, however, and the man got the deed rec m}lml. Now, this looks bad. Of course, the agent meant noth- ing, but still it looks bad, and for a short time the gentlemaan’ in question was under the impression that the agent had cheated him P The largest sale” réported thi that of the corniy lfl venteenth and Davenp: streets, for $10,000, the pur- chaser being J. H. MeShane. L The unpleasant reports from the big eastern railroad strike and other labor troubles keeping on, would-be buyers of Omaha propertylhiregetting very wary, This, it 15 thoughiy " entirely unneces- sary, but it goest'on.“The bad weather retards business geontly. In this connectipn 4t might be well to say something about manufacturers com- ing to Omaha to locage branch businesses, or move the main fattory nere. A Bee n conversation with several of the prominent real estate agents yes day, was told something that will seem rtinent to the question. Th agents when a representative of one of jove firms come to Omaha they never se them, while if they did, some inducement would be offered them to come he The Moline plow works man was looked for yesterday by two repre- sentatiy 1 estate ents with the ob- jeet of oftering him, gratis, a half acre of ground each, providing he locate the branch works in in part of the ity oy, of course, intend {0 get o re turn by the 'ine e in value of the prop- erty in that vicinity, but that is perfectly legitimate, and the offer, made in good faith, was Very generous. Following is what the agents say G.W. Ames—Business has been duall the past week. That must be adimitted, but “‘better times are coming. C. E. Mayne—Have not sold quite m, Co.’s bid, ro- of the bid But if this week is much property this wock as the provious one. Many things combined to cause this—the sirike, inclement weather, ete Morse & Branner—We are having as good a business as could bo expected in such weather as this, The week opened auspicious, but the Iast two days have been dull Crum, Hervey & Co.—Business has been very fair. ~We have made prepara- tions tomake a change soon, however. Mr, Hervey will open a real estatesagency at some point in MeCook county, and Mr. Crum another in the northern part of the state. Bogas & Hill-Trade with us has been good this week. We cannot compiain. J. L. McCague—Real estato business has been quiet the last two days. The first of the week we did quite a lively business. 8o much rain is bad for us land men, “A Bunch of Keys" Brings Out a Large Crowd at the Boyd, “A Bunch of Keys" drew a large crowd atthe Boyd last night who thoroughly enjoyed its whimsical eccentricities. It is thoroughly an amusing picee, but de- pends, perhaps, more upon the capabili- ties of its artists for its success than upon the intrinsic merit of the play. Eugene Canfield, “Grimesy,”” made his cus- tomary hit, while Morietta Nash, as “Teddy Keys,” sang and danced in a manner which delighted the audicnce and called forth repeated encor The medleys sung by the company, as a whole, were catehing, and some of them were rendered exquisitely. On the whole the performance was great success. “A Bunch of Keys,"” will be repeated this afternoon and evening. A Denial, Editor B At a regular meoting of the Plasterers' Union we resolved to re- ply to the item headed “Late Election,” and signed “Workman.” This gentle man calling himself a workman, states: A cowardly action of a fow paid loafe calling themselves members of the Pla Union.” It 1s generally con- ceded that the est thief alw out stop thicf first. and if we y much mistaken, this self-styled workman is a greater loafer than any man that worked against Manville the ‘day of elec- tion, He further states that he don’t think they will be will- ing to try on their little game again, He will always find us ready to try and defeat any enemy of organized Lubor of any craft. He further states that he would advise the Plasterers’ union as a Boyd factor to keep their posters at home. We will inform those gentlemen that the Plasterers’ Union does not re- quire ady self-sty workingman him any one else to prove, direetly, or indirectly, that ‘the “Plasterer or any of their friends that assisted them on that day were cmployed by J. E. Boyd or any party. The same cannot be said of the only one of our craft who acted as stool pigeon for Manville. In conclusion we will state that we prove the statements of the poster we tender any person or persons doubting the st nents an invitation to come any Friday cvening to our meet- ings held at the K. of P. hall, corner Fonrteenth and Douglas, and they will be verified: C. P. LEONARD, J. F. GLASGLOW, Pres. See. OMATIA, Neb., April 16, 1886, [We know the gentleman villified in the above to be a steady, hard-working laborer, and that he is no loafer, but sup- ports a large family by the fruits of his own labor. Ep. BEE.] this defy from We or Y. M. C. A. Notes. The young men will meet for le study to-morrow morning at 9:15 o’clock. All young men carnestly invited. The usual service will be held to-mor- row at the county jail commencing at 1 o'clock. You can assist and encourage this work by your presence. The meeting at 8 o'clock to-morrow afternoon at the Exposition building will be under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. and will take the place of the Gosvel meeting usually held in the afternoon. At the Exposition building Mr. Bitler will give a special talk to young men only. About 10,000 tickets are being distributed and it Is hoped thatno young man will fail to receive one. Adiuission will be by ticket only, and any not recciving one should make it known to some member or the & ary, who will gladly furnish one to all desiring any. The noon-day prayer mecting is now Leld from 12 to 1 o'clock. This week the attendance has than doubled—it being so large th: been necess: to hold it in the 1. 1. The increa attendance is certainly encouraging, and it is hoped it may still continue to become greater every diy. Remember you are welcome to come’ a_part of the hour if you eannot the whole time. Drop in and spend at least a few minutes The wtors will meet for their weekly deliberations next Monday evening at the usual hour, The monthly social of the will be postpened for the present, I'he following is an extract from an ar- deina St. Paul p he Young Men’s Christi wtion is be: ognized all ove one o grandest institutions in existence for young men, and in this country alone Uuring the past twent s 1 £5,000,000 h ercet building business of the association. Prominent business men and philanthropists in this and other lands are not only lending their influence, but are contributing largely of their means for the support of the work Small alarm of fire sent #0 this morning, out fire eompanies 2 and 3 to a conflagration on Sixteenth street, tween Douglas and Doc 0 « in a building occupied by Sullivan Bros., Allen’s fish market i Shaw’s black- smith shop. When first discovered a small hnh'sx (d_been burned in the floor of the blucksmith shop, one in the ceiling and the flames were coming out of the windows. After a few moments' work the firemen had the fire under control, The cause could not be ascertained, The loss will be smail. She Swore Out a Warrant, A warrant has been issued by Justice Anderson for the arrest of Henry € Lebbert, of MeArdle precinet. The com® plaint was filed by the brother of Mary ans, girl living in the neighbor- hood, who complains that Lebbert is the father of an illegitimate ehild born to her day before yestérduy. — Lebbert has since been married, and as he comes of un cellent family the case will probably te considerable scandal, he June Festival. ling singers for the June festi- all been engaged Madam Fursch Madi will sing the mezzo soprano parts, Miss Hortense Pierse, of New York, the lugh soprano parts and Agnes Huntington, of the Boston Ideals the slto purts, both in the oratorio, the concert and operatic selections. Charles li, of Chicago, will take ihe tenor part. ' ‘The bass soloist has not yet leen decided upon. An about m at calling nall The le val have Brevities. A dance will be given this evening at Gilmore. The bank clearancos yesterday amounted to $468,734.27. Mr: Turkelson took the Lincoln train last night, and will try to find his boy. Lon George was arrested yesteraay fo an aggravated case of assault and bat- on J. H. Donavin, EiThe school censns for the city and county is being sent in vory slowly.” The last day for them to be in was Thursday, aroe still out. An appeal has been taken from Jud McCnllgeh's decision in the case of C. toodrich & Co. against 1. Oberfeldor & . by which the plaintiff was awarded $000, Lieutenant Chase, General Howard's ide-de-camp, js visiting relatives in Neosho, Mo. He will arrive here on the nd depart immediately for San visco. All_arrangements have been made for the Milwaukee-Omaha ame to-day and the visiting team will arrive here this morning, the weather be good the game will doubtiess be largely attended. scoll was ordered ot of town by Judge Stenberg., Tim hag two grave Tailings—gotting drunk and while in_that condition having a good time with somcbody else’s horse and buggy. 0O'Donnell and Sullivan, the old battery of the Omaha league team of last year, will play with the Milwaukee team in Sunday’s game with the Union Pacifics, They are said to have greatly improved since last year. Rev. Bitler will give the young men a private talk to-morrow afternooh, at3 c'clock,' at the exposition building. Ad- mussion will be by tieket only. They are being largely distributed, and may be ob- tained by any young man atthe Y. M. C. A. reading room. The internal revenue collector com- menced issuing stamps yesterday for the ensuing year, commencing May i. As the applications come in so rapidly toward the first of the month, the collector thinks best to start carly. About 100 wer ued yesterday. | The Buchanan Comedy company will open at the People’s thedter next Sund: opening in Flirtations; change of pro- gram nightly. Grand parade next Mon- day. W. W. Williams, agent, is in town making arrangements for the opening of the com; at the People’s. A n adjudged stordily, but sked the county commissione for him here until he is well enough to be taken to the asy- lum at Lincoln. Probably he is afllicted with softening of the brain. He cannot be induced to speak a word. William Niles, living on strect, n court yi Lighteenth - Cuming, appeared in police terday and complained of the depredations of a gang of small boys, who, he have been maliciou destroying property, throwing stone: cte., in that neighborhood. A policen will be detailed to bring the youthful pests to time. John Weith,fa man who had up to Thurs- been in the employ of Albert on Seventeenth and Williams street, was responsible for serious trouble in that quict neighborhood last night. About half t nine Thursday he haunled up ut the Nast mansion, ang commenced firing his revolver in avery reckless man- Mr. Nast told Weith to go off, upon the latter threatened to kill him. Just then the neighbors came to the rescue and drove off the shootist at a double quick pace. At 11 o'clock he came back and commenced firing his re- volver a, He was driven off' once more, and since that time has not re- tarned. The police are on the lookout for him. e~ Not With That Show. Detroit Free Press: An advertisement A party wanted to travel with a the- I company as treasurer’” brought about a meeting between a Detroiter and theatrical man at a hotel the other Did you ever act in such capacity?” isked. o, but 1 feel equal to the emergen- vou do? How will you go to work to get us out on the road for our first stand 2" “Why, haven't you got any mone “Not a dollar. "We may strike lu first aiight, and wo muy do poor businoss for a week, Can you srrange to keep us along until we hit pay dirt” “I don’t see how,” “And are you a talker? Can you get us out of a liotel where we are owing 3 and have nothing to pay with? Can you give owners of halls the grand stand-ofl? Can you fix it with ticket agents to pass us as dead-heads? When salary day comes around can you smooth it over with the kickers?" —1I don’t believe T could,” or I, cither. Young min, go henco! Go out and strike a job of sawing wood, shoveling dirt or ditch-digging. You'li have less on your mind and more in your pocket.” S St T “For economy anp comfort spring, we use Hood's writes o Bu N. Y.) ludy. One Dolla every saparilla,’ 100 dosc e Hamilton Warren, Eclectic Physi- and Surgeon, Room 6, Crounse 5, corner 16th and Capitol avenue wnd night calls promptly attented to Dr cinn that troubl following is offered aploye ina qu On L was injured by rue stone, which, loosened by a thaw, 1 from an elevation and struck him on the back of the head, bri it badly. He fell forward witn great force upon some sharp stones, by which an ugly gash was eut in his forchead. When thus rostrated th rge stone rolled on his L:l( leg, breaking it below the knee. The vour fellow also had one of the fingers of his left hand badly erushed, besides being badly injured about the chest. — - The great triumphs of Maud §., ar largely due toTpplications of Jucobs Oil, ———— The city of Berlin, with about the same populution as New York, has 800,000 mor re yards of streets than the Amerie metropolis. It has comprehensive tional and charitable systems, and main- tains twenty-tl circulating libraries Its annual municipal expenditures under $10,000,000. The annual expend tures of New York are nearly 36,000,000, over £10,000,000 being required for sal- ries of oflice holder: ne. PERSONAL vo tosted its ¥ r Dyspepsi As an evidence come singly tl Donald McKer Limestone, 2s never ever suw. 1ave tried fore Fmons Liver not ouly re BAD BREATH. at pured Nothing 5 80 unpleasant Bad Breath, o from the st ed if you take Simmons B et 30 disorder. It will als wach, and cun be 5o euslly eorrect- ver Regulutor. Do 1y for this repulaive lmprove your appet ent, ulitor Tired and Despon: “For some tme my lver bad der,and 1 felt génerally good for nothl s fiduood b try o el BETTER PRICES FOR WHEAT. Ohicago Bulls Sncosed in Putting the Market Up Another Peg. TRADING STRONG AND STEADY, Other Grains and Provisions Follow in the Wake of Wheat—The Cattle Market iasior and Lower. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. CrrieAao, April16.—(Special Telegram.]—= The army of small shorts saved the day for the bulls, Before trading began there was some little disposition to continue the old- time bearing operations, but in spite of this talk May wheat opened only g@'fc under the closing price last night, and this quota- tion later proved to bo the bottom for tho day. It was agreed on all sides that the strength came principally from the army of small shorts who chose to cover now rather than run the risk of further loss by reason of the advancing market, the indications being Jjust about as good for the market to declino as to advance. The reaction from the open- ing prices, 708;¢ for May, to 7i%e, were only fractional, and did not come 1 with great froquency. Thus it happened that no weakness could be drawn from the deolines. More than usual is allezed to have been done in the way of export business at home. One house is said to have taken 500,000 bushels, but the time of shipment was not mentioned. Lester was one of the carliest buyers of any size in the wheat pit, and his appearance there was followed by that of several others eutting an equally wide swath in the grain market when they choose to make things interesting, They all gave the market more attention before noon than after that time. Wheat was held up to top figures by guesses that next week the visible suoply would show a decrease of about 2,000,000 bushels. This and local buy- ing advancea Mg ie shortly before 1 o'clock. The morning session closed strong —Corn was very slow and featureless, the market prices only moving ge, butin & gencral way following the course of wheaty ruling firm and elosing higher than it opened. Provisions—Hogs were said to be in over abundant supply at the yards, but notwith- standing this the feature of the market here was sustained by strength in other directions. June pork opened at $0.12 and sold to $0.221¢, closing firm. AFTER ‘The afternoon mar- kets were steady. Wheat sold up to the top 1, but closed a-shade off, and provisions g advanced slightly. ‘Twenty-four open puts on 775, cails T8i5c. Chandler-Brown Co's Report. The following report of Chieago’s specula- tive markets is furnished the Bi by W. P, Peck, Omaha representative of Chandler, Brown Co,, of Chicago and Milwaul Wheat opened easy at 63§ for soon formed on good demand for shipment and adayneed 1}c from opening, closing at 78 bid for May at 1 p. m. Mr, Miller wires ivery effort being made to break wheat, It is now on big crop basis. Chicago is under all markets in the world. Receipts are small and shipments large, and 1o one can offer sane reason for selling. The only argument is, Cudahy says, it will reach 75¢, 1 again say buy wheat,” New York reports $43,000 wheat inspected outstore in last four days, which will all be shipped and not put back, Some thought it was taken out to improve condition, Corn and provisions firm. May wheat OPTIONS. Wi April May Junc July ColiN= April.e. M Ju July OATS— Mareh April. May NG o e o SO Rins— Muy Junc July CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. Cineaco, April 16.—| CarrLe—Trade was slow and prices rather casier than otherwise, and, in a general way, values may be quoted 15¢ lower than on Tues- day and Wednesday, on the ordinary run of fat sicers and canning stock, and common cow stock is 25@s0ce lower, with the pens full. Armour & Co. called in their buyers of can- ning They would not be on the mar- ket until Texas cattle began to arrive. Oth canning firms are not operating to any great extent, and, taken’altogether, the outiook is not at all promising for country shippers of this class of stock unless the sam can be bought in the country at very low pri Bulls are rather cheaper than during the fore part of the week. Choice distillery fed making 3 and corn fed $2 ceording to quality. Distillery fed stecrs are beginning to arrive, andare selling all the way from $4.505,50, The stocker and feeder trade remains quiet, more on account of & lack of suitable stock than any other apparent cause. Dressed beef dealers are taking all the good 930 to 1,050 Ib steers at prices that feeders cannot afford to pay, and the demand for light little things has dwindled down to small propor- tions. Veal calves are cheap, and in large supply. Shipping steers, 1,350 to 1,500 Ibs, 85,006,005 1,200 to 1,350 1bs, $4,5005,40; 950 10 1,200 1bs, $4,8525,10, Hoas—The hog trade is slow and prices strong and e lower, making a drop of about 15¢ for the week so far. The best heavy, closely assorted, sold at $4,50@4.5, and the Dbest mixed §4.201@4.25, with rough, common and odds and ends at $4.00@4,15, Light sorts sold at $4,00004,25, with New York sortg at $4.16@ 120, Packing and shipping, 20 to 500 1bs, §4.10@4.35, pecial Telogram.]— - 3 LAVE BTOCK, Chicago, April 16,—The Drovers’ Journal 1t : low anda shade @h,00; stock cows, bulis irough Texas lipping feeders, mixed cattle, Hods —Itee ower, clos 2 Jowe 1.254,0 18,000; slow at rough and mixed, and shipping, kins, 52 7o, £,000; rather shipments, 200; market fairly aetivo but 4 shade lower; choice shipping and export, £5. 10 common to medinm, $4.25001853 @40 cows and hei s and feeders, $3. Receipts, 6,000: shipments 10¢ lower. elosing steady; buteher Lheavy, $4.1004.25; wixed pac 4007 Hght packing, 3,50, ity, Yattle 5.000; Kaunsas 2,500; shipe common to fay feeders, $§.004.5