Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 18, 1886, Page 2

DIRECTORY PROFESSIONAL CARDS. __ATTORNEYS, _ BEVINS & CHURCHILI, W, Cor, 13th and Douglas Sts. W. J. CONNELL, 8138, 14th Stroet. GEORGE W. DOANE, ATTORNEY AT Law, Falconer's Bloek, 15th and Douglas, GEORGE 8. SMITH 1500 Farnam Stroet. WILSON & STRATTON, ATTORNEYS. Oommercinl Law and Mercantile collections a , #pecialty. Over Morchant's National Bank. Attorney at Law, Room 8 Frenzer Block, Opposite Postoffice. PHYSICIANS. M. D, . Physician and Surgeon, !& & OFFICE, N.W. Cor. 14th and Douglas. * Offco Telephono 465 Residence Telephone 142, i W. J. GALBRAITH, ~ Surgeon and Physician OFFICE, N.W. Cor. 14th and Douglas St, Office Telephone 485. Residence Telophone 568 JAMES H. PEABODY, M. D,, Physician and Surgeon. No. 1407 Jones Stroet. Offios, Telephone, rosidence, No. 1%. DR. JAS. BECKETT PHYSICIAN AND SURGROY, Office and Residenco, 724 N. 16th St., 1. A. WORLEY, M. D., OfMce 1410 Dodge Street. Telephono 483, Residonco 1712 Capital Ave. Telephone 540 VAN CAMP M. D. 1513 Dodyo St., 1st door wost of or. to rooms 12-13 third floor. . 0. Tako elo Telophone No Residence, 623 N. 20th street. Telophone No. 3) P.M. CHADWICK, ¢ Physician and Surgeon, lelephone 580, OMoo313 8. 14th st ) R. W. CONNELL, M. D,, Horceopathist, Offico, 313 8. 14th st. Telephone 589 . Dr.J.W.DYSART ———HEALER IN— Chronic Diseases - The EYE and EAR Catarrh, Bronohiti Rboumatism, Nouralkli, t, Kidnoy disoascs, ¥, [mpotence, S . Btrfoturo, Gleet, Asthms, Consumption ralyals, Liver Com atfrrh of the Rlad philis, Gouorrhoea, Gravel ropsy, Nervous Affootions Epilopsy or Fité, 8kiu _Disenses, Salt Ri Wong, Tumors, Piles and Femaie Disonsos. roating the cy'o we employ no harsh remedies. Do Worms romoved [5 threo hours time, Plles and Fistulas cured without cutting, burn- ing or tylng, and curos guarantoed. Office cor- ner 12th and Howard, Omaha, Nob. *@orrospondence solfclted. Dentists, WHINNERRY & KEIM, Dentists. 1814 Farnam Stres TA LORS. A. KALISH, 4 Fine Suits to Order English and French suiting, pants patterns, Buits, tho FINEST, $30 AND UPWARDS; SATISFAC- BUON GUATANTRED IN EVERY CASK. Latgost Mer- _chantTalloring ogtablishment south of Farnam different pattorns of goods to seloct and examino goods. Hepairing noatly done. 816 8, i3th streot. = RESTAURANTS, : Fhe Norris Restaurant Iathe very bost eating house in the city. Tryit you will bo satistied. 50f £aro on tie Ame-ican und B irep oan %% $6.50 gommautation tickot for # ets Tor 21 meals $3.50. by the week $3.25, Moals, 250 eaoh. 16th Bet, Douglas and Dodge Sts. PHOTOGRAPHS, ADOLPH A. MYERS, . PHOTOGRAPHER n, Nobraska. o . GUNSMITH, CHAS. R. HEFLIN, /GUNSMITH, Umbrellas and Parasols Repaired. TOCKSDLITELING. 303 S, 11th Street, Omaha, 'STAIR BUILDER, 28th and Cuming Streets. MEAT _!ANKETS. B AERBERTZ 13th Street Market. of fresh and salt measconst antly /» R, ote., in season. B. HesnERrs, 14 So. 13th street. 5 Shirt Factory- Dmaha Shirt Factory, PH. GOTTHEIMER, Manager. Shirts and Underwear to Order. 808 North 16th 5t MR AKIN GETS ON HIS EAR Because He Was on a Rail Last Week in a Soft Tar Saddle. RUSHVILLE LAWYER'S DEFENSE. Who the Mob Were and What Prompted Them to Act—Some Strong Frontier Epistols ary Writing. A Letter of Mark. HAy SPRiN the Bre. |- nished your correspondent witl publication In answer to the derous article written from Rushville azainst me, 1 would say that nearly every word in rsurrounded by H. A. Cham- berlain, Edward M hran, C. Rickby and two or thr 10 me by rais- ing a mob of lifteen or twenty persons ana filling them up on booze and leading them on me. 'These ‘men have been running Rush- ville for months, and at any time are ready to mob any one who opposes them and their dark ways. I have been their most untiring and dreaded foe, and have been the means of frustratin, many of their dark schemes, and as 1 would not let up, they being finally driven to desperation were determined at all hazards to get rid of wme, and hiding nnder the cover of contesting clalms, and getting about ten men from around town against me because I had been employed as an attorney in_contest suits, they made the rush for e, led by H. A. Chamberlain, banker, who is a large power- ful man, and who grabbed me in my office before I knew any thing as to what was up, After they bad me in their power, they of course did ns they pleased with me. My friends of course did not expect such a thing, and were not Mf" but even then, had any one taken the lead, plenty would have Joined to have routed the mob. As to the charges they make they are en- tirely false, and it will 80 appear in court on the trial of the suits I shall ‘commence at once. As to the Grubb contest they were not true, He was holding two claims—pre- emption and homestead. Lcontested and got one, but this had nmmuf to do with the mob, because Mr. Grubb and 1 are on friendly terms, and he took no partin the mob, and could not be gotten into one for all the land in northwestern Nebraska, Ile is a gentle- man and of course did not, or does not, blame me for getting the claiin as be could not hold it, and inasmtch as I after gaining the suit at Washington, paid him $200 cash and gave him m{ note for due 1 six month: Asto him having me employed to get h clatm right, it is false. He never spoke to me on such business as he will swear, and as to me being taken inby him, all there is in that is when 1 first got there, he was livin, ou his homestead, and let me have the use of his house on his pre-emption, in this he treated me as he would the rest of mankind. I remained in his house about four weeks, until 1 buiit my house and oflice in town, ana it was because of this mainly that [ madé him the present of and have his receipt for the $250 and in which he states that it was satisfactory. This receipt will pe used at the proper time. Asto the other things men- tioned, I will only say that I am an aftornéy and practicing my profes- sion for what can make, the same as many others who follow_their busi- ess, But in truth, and in fact, I always do duty and act fair, and I challenge the Chamberlain and MeJackson mob to point to une illezal act ot mi) i Kimball, Dak., I would s: the statement only shows how hard pressi iey are. Two men here who knew me all the'time I lived in Dakota have made aflida- vits that there is not a word of truth in it ‘These affidavits appear in both I S Y\lpc this week. There are th Rushville who knew me long and well i Missourl, 1 have letters of endorse- ment for register of the western Uni States land from prominent men at my old howe ip Mis- souri. One from ex-Goyernor Silas Wood- ral James Craig, an ex-member of Colonel J. N." Burnes, member o also from my old home district in f Jolonel Burnes only last week, in which he states he has given me the best endorsement in his power, and that he would see the secretary in a day or two for me. These fellows knew this, and made the assault on. me just at this time, to try and disgrace me, and thus defcat m etting the position. - Here at honie the mob ias made me many friends and I am here to stay. But old Chamberlain, though he has an interest in a bank here at Hay Springs, is not hkely to come to it soon. Both of the leaders of the mob violated the Jaw every day in selling whisky without license, and the other in usury. ' To show that the contesting claims had nothing to do with the mob, 1 will state that 550 of the peo- Pm of Rushville and community signed a pe- ition for me for register of the United States land oftice onln’tlmw months since, and then these same fellows mobbed old man Henry Wallace only two weeks before me, and are at this writing threatening many more—all who oppose them. Very truly soun, . C. ARIN. A QUESTION OF OATH. State of Nebraska, Sheridian county, ss.: Henry Wallace, being duly sworn, déposes and says that affiant was mobbed while living upon his claim near Rushville, Neb., on the 2ith day of May, A. D, 183, an aecount of which was reported at the time to the United States land oftice at Valentine, and which appeared in the Bee and other ‘)Bpers in the state, and the afliant further statee. that this was a part of the same mob who on Saturday last assaulted Mr. C.C. Akin at Rushville; that C. C. Akin wag my attorney in a pro- test case then pending: that [ have since been obliged to abandon my claim and leave that community: that I am sixty-four years of age and depeénding nrm the labor of my hands for a living, IENRY WALLACE, Subseribed and sworn to before e this 16th day of June, A. D, 1886, [);r.u.] J. F. Powens, Notary Publ] A They Furnish Dessert, Coruvmuus, O, June 17.—The third meet- ing of the Fruit and Vegetable Growers' assoclation of thie United States to-day adopted the Arnold system of preserving fruits by evaporation, and decided to hold thé next meeting at St Louis in December, and elected the follow- ing officors: President, C. H. Chileoal, of Hlinois; first vice president, J. . Stalze, of Indiana; second vice president, C. E. David- son, Michigan; treasurer, Eugene H. Witt, Massachusetts: secretary, W. Orland Smith, Ohio. The usual yields were reported from all sections, e Floods in Pittsburg. Prrrssura, June 17.—The heaviest rain of the season visited this section last night and this morning, In various parts of the city stores were flooded and on Mulberry alle twenty families were washed out of their houses by a gas trench overflowing and fill- ing their dwellings with water. W ashouts and langd slides are_reported on soveral rail- ways. ‘Trains are badly delayed and rivers are rising rapidly i Heavy Loss by Fire. BAN Fraxcisco, June 17.—A fire this morning o the manufactory and salesroom of M. F, Antisel & Co., pianos, caused a loss of §200,000 to their stock : insurance, §100,000, ‘The loss on building and stock of other oc- cupants aggregates $30,000, covered by insur- ance, Commence: ercises, Des Moises, Ia, June 17.—The com- mencement of Drake university was held here to<day. The annual reports showed 400 matricalates in the different departments and fifty-one graduates. e — Killed by the Cars, CHEYENNE, Wyo,, June 17.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—John Connors, a fireman on the train west-bound, stepped off at Lara wie City this evulllluf and was run over by the locomotive. He leaves a family. Mrs. C. H. Pinkham, of Springfield, Neb,, returned home last night after spending a week in the city. She was the guest of Mrs. Benjunin Briggs, Park avenue. FIES S Al tura Bitters. do not only distin- .ulsmmmm By hois Tavts 6ad eomatls odor above all others generally used, but they are also & sure prevenitive of all diseases & S Sauing ariids, Surad by Dr. v, G 1 Siogert & THE §PORTING WURLD, The Prescilla Again Dofeats the Pari- tan—Tarf and Diamond. Nrw York, June 17.~The fleet of yachts anchored off Bay Ridze and Staten Isiand began early this morning to prépare for the contests of to-day under the auspices of the New York Yacht club, The entries number- ing twenty-six, among them being the first class sloops Mayflower, ° Atlantic, Prescilla_ and Puritan, ' The wind was very light in’ the earl morning and the weather hazey, but towards eleven o'clock it gave signs of cleating. The Thetis was the first of the fleots to the quarantine station, which she di 11:10, the Prescilla at 11:12, the Puritan at 11013, the Atlantic at 113 erat 12:50 p. m. "he following yachts turned the southwest Bedovin first, followed by Proscilla, yilower, Puritan and Atlantic. xby Hook, June 17.--The yachts passed umber 5 off here as follows: Bodouin, Priscilla, 12:55: Mayflower, 12:58.3-5; ic, 1:00.10, and the May- 3 Atla NE <, June 1 ts_crossed the finish in the following order: Priscilla first, Atlantic second, Puritan third, May- flower fourth, Big Racing at Sheepshead. NEW York, June 17.—There was a heavy downpour of rain at Sheepshead bay before the races to-day, making the track very heavy. v For all ages, seven furlongs: Dry Mono- pole won, Rock and Rye second, Brambleton third, Time—1:30t4 Paddock st for two-year-olds, three- quarters mile: Tremont won, La Juive sec- ond, no third' Time—1:1715. Handicap, teenths miles: T ond, Powhattan third. . Coney Island cup, for three-yearcolds and. upwards, onc and three-four arnum and Miss Woodford ran side by sido until they turned into the straight, where Miss Woodford led. ‘I'heir pace was rapid and the mare felt it severely in ' the last twenty yards. Barnum got alongside of Miss Woodford and the contest was a nose and nose race struggle to the wire, resulting In o dead heat, Eole third. It was notrun off. Time-—8: 0744, 3 Mermald stakes for three-year-old fillies, one and one-eighth miles: “Bandala won, Strategy second, Letretia third, Time—3:02. Selling race, ‘one mile: Bessie B. won, Valet second, Tattler third. Time—1:45. = RACING AT J! St. Louis, June 17, good, and track heavy. One and one-eighth miles: Freeman won, "v:“'Sh!Xl second, Reverse third, Time— 2:084, er Time- L0U18, (he weather was Ouémile: Macola won, Handy Audy sce- ond, Clorce third. "Time-1:49%. Colton_exchange stakes, three-quarters of amile: Montrose won, Terra Cotta second. Lavedo third, Time—1:19. Threo-quarters_of a mile: Clarion won, Janbert second, Virginia third. Time—1:20, Mile; Boot Black won, Boaz second, Flea third. Time—L:475. The Base Ball Record, At CIHICAGO— 10107100 1-11 02 10-3 First baso Errors—Chi- Curry. t. 2200400 38 0-11 Kansas City . 02200000 0-4 Pitehers—Getzeln and Conway. Base hit —Detroit 14, Kansas City 14, Errors—D t L. Kansas City 10. Umpire—Gafiney. son and Boyle. St. Louis 7. 8, Umpire First base hits—Cineinnati 6, Louisville 7. Errors—Cineinnati 4, Louisville 2, Umpirs—Morton. A BosTON— Philadelphias. Boston..... K Pitchers—Casey and Radbourn. First base hits—Philadelphia 6, Boston 2. Errors—Philadelphia 4 Boston,58. Umpire—York. AT PHILADELPHTA— A rain stopped the Athletic-Baltimore game :.lin the second inning. Neither ¢jub had scored. —— 5 A Waste of Fun ot WAsHINGTON, June 17.—Secretary Lamar has transmitted to the senate, in reply to the resolution of that body, a statement of the number of people employed in- the Inserior department ; in receiving, folding and distributing public documents, together with their rates of compen- sation, showing an average of twent; employes at a cost Of between fifteen anc sixteen thousand dollars per year, The secretary says there ought to be ‘established some better system of distribution of publica- tions of the government. Where the Wnfi: is systemized, a saving ot $100,000 % effected annually without impalrin ro- sults. Sl “Yesterday's Row." A large crowd was gathered in the vi- cinity of Jefferson park yesterday about 40'clock. A BEE reporter was soon on the ground and for some time could not learn the cause of the excitement; when a few moments later a brazen looking wagon, with brass sides and an odd-look- ing top of a Queen Anne style, with spokes all painted different colors. This wonderful wagon was being conveyed from the paint shop to one of the work shops at the Novelty carriage works. Upon further inquiry it was learned that it was the new furniture wagon that hu been so much talk “about that M. F. Martin, the installment man, has been having made. Itis quite a enriosity and one would think it was made for a circus. Later a reporter called on Mr, M. F. Martin at hid placo of business 818s. 15th st., where every thing was all bustlc and confusion, l’:lm"’:‘;fl moving here and there, store was crowded, everybody seemed to be buP‘lng. No wonder he ean,afford to buy sych fine and extravagant wagons. I saly him sell a bedstead for %2, a cook stove for $7, table for 50c. We understand that detormined to sell goods and so 3 are much less than actual cost. and that the new brass chariot will cost #1,500 when complete, will be 3 wecks more before it will daz- zlo the eyes people on the stroet. R T A New Grocery Kirm. Messrs. J. H. Johnson & Co., of Pringe- ton, 11, have recently purchased the grocery stock and good will of L. C. Ene- wold, at head of St. Mary'savenue. These gentlomen are live business men and bring to their aid ten years' experlence in the grocery trade. ~ This experienc enables them to select the best stook an to cater to the wants of their customers. Already their presence is noticeable to the visitor in the neater arrangement of the store. They intend keeping a com- plete line of fancy and staple groceries. Fruits and vegetables in their season. A nice line of glass, ?uuenl and crocker; ware, By fair dealing, cleanliness an Rrompme«s they hope to merit trade. save money and time by trading with them, Their goods are first-class and their prices fair. Remember tnhe place, Enewoid’s stand, at head of St, Mary's ave, J Jonnson & Co. The Greatest Attraction of the season FOR THE LADIES at F. McCCARTNEY & CO'S, Ladies’ Misses and Children’s suits and wraps in all the most popular materials for summer wear at E F. Mm?unrs';‘-\",& Co's. Are investing in West Side lots these beautiful summer days, -beeause they know they thereby lay up wealth for old age. In no other desirable locality can such lots be bought at $325 each on such easy terms. Call and sce Bell & McCan. dlisn, 1511 Dodge street. Well improved farm'worth $5,000 to exchange for city property. "the Sbuth Omaha Land Syndicate sold from May 1st to June 5th $95,625.00 worth of Sauth' Omaha Jots an: are stll oing. Advertising in -the E is the fipmdlaw cause of their rapid syle, “WITH CORY, WTSE AND OIL."” The Laying of the 0d¥ier§tone of the Oham- ber of @bmumerce. KILLED BY A, CAVING BANK. Judge Dundy's’ Sitver Wedding— Grand Lodge Officprs—The Bal- lard Case—Lowy's Bail— Minor \Ian}mn-. The Exervises. The excavation made for the founda- tions of a building is not, as & general rule, a particu ¢ nspiring sight, and €0, no doubt, it has been for some weeks with the vacant spacg at the corner of Farnam and Sixteenth streets, where, for .4 month or more, workmen have been "busy digging an enormous hole. Yester- day evening, however, the presence of several thousand people made eyen the hole in the ground a pleasant and attrac- tive spot, .It is here that in future years the admiring citizen will gaze, and, if he 18 of enterprising spirit. will feel a noble pride swell his bosom, as he looks upon the magnificent building of the Omaha board of trade. And if the same citizen was around there about 7 o'clock yester- day evening, he will add to himself, with a pride even more noble: “And I saw the corner stone Iaid.'’ It was for this purpose indeed that the erowds were assembled and the services held. Shortly after 7 o'clock, Mount Calvary commandery No. 1 K. T,, in full uniform and fifty in number, headed by the musical union band, issued from the Free Mason’s hall, escorting the grand lodge of Nebraska Masons, under whose ‘auspices the ceremony of laying the cor- ner stone was performed. 1he proces- sion marched to the exposition building, where they were joined by'the members of the board of trade and the city coun- cil there assembled. Under the mar- shalship of Mr. H. G. Clark the procession then proceeded down Fifteenth strcet to Farnam, and thence to Sixteenth strcet, where the services were held. Here were assem- blgd at least 2,000 people surrounding the corner. whore, suspended from & crano was & hugh block of stone, on which in large letters was scul[pturo,\l the inserip- tion, *‘Laid by the Masonic Fraternity, M. W., Manoah B. Reese, June 17, 5836."" The officers of the grand lodge 1 tendants, the members of the bo: trade and the city council moun platform erected for the purp Aftor a selection by the band the as- sembly was called to order by Grand Master Reese. An anpropriate invoca- tion was offered By the acting grand chaplain, H. M. Blake, of Beatrice. To the nspiring notes-of :)tlld Hundred" by the corner stone was lowered toits pol tion by tho grandumaser’s attendants. The grand mastet theh proceeded, ac- cording to the Mysotiic rites, to pour upon the stone ‘ithe.gorn of nourish- ment, the wine of refreshment, and the oil of joy.” He cfosed! his remarks by expression of the hope that the members of the board of trade would live to reap great.reward as thedruit of their labors and industry. At the close of hig remarks the grand master introduced,” as the orator of the occasion, Mr. Edwazd Rosewater. Addreas. |/ '\ _Most \Vorshxpfu‘ Master, Fellow--Crattsnien- and Fellow Citizens:—The edifice of which “you have just laid the foundation marks a very important epoch in the commercial an- nals of the city of Omaha. Its..cample- tion will be the consummation of a long- cherished design—a design to provide a chamber of commerce for the merchants, the manufacturers and producers who desire to interchange their commodities and co-operate for the mutual welfare of mcnéselves and of the city in which this building is located, The city of Omuha to-day 18 one of the most_prosperous and one of the most progressive of cities in the United States. Twenty-five years 0oit was a mere hamlet or village. Thirty-three _years ago it was merely the habitation of Indians. To-day it is a city of 75,000 population. What i will be twenty-five years hence no man can foreshadow or portray. Suf- fice 1t to say that this gity perhaps of all bthers in the United States has in the last year been blessed with a growth and a commercial incresse which rivals any city known on the records of time. Wo have in the last year added - 827 mercan- tile firms in the city of Omaha, and twenty-seven of these are wholesale Jobs bing houses. We_ have within the past five years not only doubled the poll\ula- tion; but almost thribbled it. We' have within this city to-day'a jobbing trade that has more thai gnintupled what it was ten years ago. Ten years ago the entire jobbin, trade ~ of Omaha was less than eight millions. To-day it is very nearly forty millions, and in com- parison with active cities, when we take fou instance, the most vital portion of cotnmerce, the banking business, the handling of the monies with which com- merce s controlled we find that Oma- ha’s clearings rank her fourteen among thirty-one leading ies of the United She has clearings greater within st year than six of the largest cities s country. Three of them, Milwau- kee, Cleyeland ana Detroit, are more than double her ;mrnmuon, and two of them, St. Paul and Minneavolis, have at least thirty to forty thousand more population. ' This” Js _certainly ~un index to prosperity and growth, which is reliable for everybody, and the chamber of commeree which you are about to erect here, will undoubtedly do very much to increase and multiply the traflic with which Omaha has been blessed. And now ! will mention a few of the important industriessthat we have estab- lished here, which, you are destined in this building to netgishy We have in the past two years estad shdd o live stock market which, it is ®nceded, will some day become the_secon nited Btates. Wey b contract on this ver; Scotland that has o ty-four places in the cities of Eorol where they do their direct traffic in the American hog product. We 'will 'have, before the snow flies, capacity, .,hrf‘ 40, hogs per weok, and there is no doubt that 10,000 at least, per day, wiltheislaughtered here during next wintey, That alone will rive s vast amount of triflic, not only to Jmaha, bat it will gonuce to the benefit of the entire state of Nebraska, For Ne- braska isa corn state;pnd as the wor- shipful master has poured corn upon this stone, so corn will flow into live stock and come right here to the city to be bar- tered in the chamber of commerce that you are about to'erect. There was a time when Omaha was lnughed at, sneered at and ridiculed, and I will fivst recite a little poem that that eminent satirist John G. Saxe wrote about 25 years ago: H; 10\'&! been to Omaha fi here rolls the dark Missouri down, Where four large horses scarce can draw An empty wagon thro' the town? Iargest in the e completed a iy with a firm of Where sand Is blown from every mound To fill rnur eyes and ears and throat, Where all the steamers are aground And all the shauties are afloat? Where taverns have an anxious guest ‘:grhu\l':r y dorner, shelf and erack, alf the people going w MEhd el e hn So Vacke Where thoaters are all the run, And bloady sealpers come to trada, Where avorything Is overdone And everybody underpaid? This was the t-mnI»Iinn'nl Mr. Saxe paid the city of Omaha in '65. If he should come back to this city and look down this beautiful street, with its pave- ment, look down upon those magnificent hotels on both these streets, | take it that he would no longer exclaim that this city is a place where the shanties are atloaf, and the steamers all aground, and where every tavern has an anxious guest upon each nook and crook. Fellow citizens, this isa great occasion, and I "”\'" and trust that we will all see the day thatthis building will be com l“"‘""" and when it will be inaugurated by the snme eraft that has laid this corner stone. have made no preparation for a grand specch, but merely will refer to _one or two ineidents which have lead to the marvelous growth of Omaha in my esti- mation, The very first, and I think Wost vital step that was taken towards making this a great city was taken by the fate Edward Creighion, the proprie- tor and builder of the Pacific telegraph, when he located at Omaha the terminus of the telegraph to the Pacific ocean. By thatact he led the van of those who finnllv( located the Pacitic railroad, and the Pacifio railrond undoubtealy has been the source from which all this com- mercjal activity sprung in the ¢ Since that time, of course, other’ have seen fit to.make this their terminus and others aro coming; but there is no doubt thatthose two gréat projects—the Pacitie telegraph and the Pacilic railroad, have contribufed as much as any other cause to building up a great city here, that, to-day is . larger than any city., im .the state of = lowa, whete - there:" is a population of two millions and a half, and larger than any eity'intheatate of Kansas, where they have a povulation nearly double that of Nebraska. And Lthink the city of Omaha may well be proud of the work that the industry, ‘that the perseverance and that the enterprise of the capitalists and mer- chants of Omaha have shown in building up a city. After all, those who contribu toward the welfare of a city con- tribute toward the greatnessof Nebraska; we contribute toward the maintenance of her institutions and shall eventually bo the great market to which all the peo- ple in this state will look in the disposal of their products, and in their exchangoe with the merchants and the manufactur- ¢rs and the business men of Omaha. I trust that sooner or later the predictions of CaptainY tazier,a gentleman who wrote the history of Omaha incidentally with probably thirty or forty an iti will come to be fulfilled. He ited Omaha in 1876 and wrote it in a hook descriptive of American cities as follows: “*Situated midway on the Ameri- oan continent, the most prominent point on the great road which clasps the con- tinents and unites the Atlantic with the Pacific, at the same time the terminus for lesser roads which open up toit the trade and commerce of the interior, on the borders of two states, rich in agricultural wealth; seated by a thrifty, intelligent and enterprising people, Omaha can scarcely fail' to become the greatest ity westof St. Louis. Founded a gener- atfon ago, its business is already stupen- dous, tho it really but a Zinning what it promises to be in the future. As Iowa, Nebraska, and the states and ter- ritories still farther to the northwest be- come more thickly settled and their . re- sources develop, it will form their natural commercial centre to which they will 1pok , for suppiies and whero they will find a market of a vort for their pro- ducts and manufactures. With such an outlook who dare to limit Omaha’s possibilities in the future, -or sny any flight of fancy or immgination really exceeds what the actuality may prove.” "T'eotild not express _this any better— probably not.as well—if I haa tried, or tried oven to compose the sentence: but I believe firmly that this is to be one of the largest cities in America, and Nebraska will profit by the growth and by the en- terprise of its population. X _Closing Scenes. At the close of the services at the site of the proposed chamber of commerce, the participants in the ceremony withdrew in marching order, the Masons to their hall and the board of trade to their pres- ent rooms in the Exposition building. At the board of trade rooms a voto of thanks was tendered to Mr. Rosewater for his able address and to the city council for their attendance upon the services in a budg. After a smoke at the exspense of the board the meeting adjourned. NOTES. At the close of Mr. Rosewater’s ad- dress a yote of thanks was tendered by the board of trade to the grand lodge for their appreciated scrvices in laying the corner stone. H. G. Clark made a “superh’’ marshal. Alderman Ford's dog occupi spicuous position on the [|»lut orm. “T'wo for nnick,” yelled a strect gzamin as Secretary Nattinger hustled into the board of trade rooms with a box of cigars for the members and their guests, The Board of Trade. * The Omaha board of trade was or- ganized on March 12, 1877, with a mem- bership of nearly one hundred. Its first president was the Hon, A. J. Poppleton, and Mr. James E. Boyd vice presideut. It was formed for the purpose of pro- moting the commercial, manufacturing and general interests of the ecity of Umaha~worthyobjects that have always bgen ke¢pt iniview by the board, and ani- mated ithem <in thoir efforts. It was parely & commereial, financial and bu ness orgamzation. With the origin of this body the business interests of the city were for the first time represonted by an organization which combined the in- dispensible and essential elements of suc The first mecting of board was held in Woolworth block on Douglas street. The place bf mecting has been changed from year to year, untilnow a permanent place of abode for the body is well under way. Upon the reorganization of the board in 1845, with Max -Meyer as president, the movement for the erection of a suitable building was started with the resnlt that will soon be shaped into a satisfactory consymmation of the ambition of the en- terprising citizens who compose the or- ganization, The board 18 now composed of men who constitute within themsel the most energetin, enterprising and in- dustrious eitizens of Omaha. ‘Lo board's membership now numbers 150 of the rep- resentative citizens, officered as follows: Max Moyer, president; C. F. Goodman, fiest viee president; H. G. Clark, second vice president; J. A. Waketicld, treasu- rer; G. M. Nattinger, secrotary. The Proposed Bullding. The new chamber of commerce, the laying of the corner stone of which was celebrated last evening, will be ereeted on the corner of nham and Sixteenth streets. The building will have a front- age of sixty-six feet on Farnham street and 132 feet on Sixteenth street. The strueture will be tive stories in height, built of Chicago pressed brick, eut stone, tarra cotta and ornamental brick, It will be of the modern American style and arranged as an office building. There will De two entrances to the builaing proper, one on Farnhan and one on Six teenth street. The front part of the building will be of octagon shape with a frontage and entrance on the corner of Sixteenth Farpham, On the first floor of this part of the building will be a large banking room 40x70 feet with amble vaults. From the hall which ex- tends through the buildeng from the Farnam street entrance on right will be_a large room, suitable fora broker's office or bank. To the left of the hallway and in the southern portion of the build- ing, on this floor, will be three commo- dious offices, adjoining which will be a banquet hall, 34x70 feet in dimensions, ‘The chamber of commerce, or board of trade room proper, will be located on the second floor and will be 40x70 feet in di- mensions, with a 27 foot ceiling, thus oe- cupying the eentral portion of the build- ing for three stori The light will be ished from stained glass windows, 'y high, in the south end of the build- ing. The private rooms of the officers of the board will be on the Sixteenth street side of the second story. Surrounain, the main room on the upper ftloors wil be a row of large and airy office rooms. All of the rooms will be well lighted and supplied with vanlts. Toilet rooms will he provided for each tloor. The basement, which is to be really the first story, will be fitted up with oftice rooms similar to those of the upper floor. The heating apparatus will be p\n(‘l-ll un der the sidewalk on the Sixteenth strect side of the building. The structure will be erectod at a cost of $80,000, and will be probably the handsoniest building in the city. P — KILLED BY A UAVING BANK. A Laborer Buried Alive in a South Omaha Sand Bank. Late yesterday evening a sand bank in south Omaha in which a number of men were at work, caved in without a min- ute's notice, catching one of the work- men and burying him beneath the fall- ing mass of enrth. Several of the work- men narrowly escaped being caught in the fall. The fortunate ones at once set to work to rescue their unfor- tunate companion. When rescued the man was found to be in a lifeless condi- tion. He was removed and the corone notified of the accident. Tho remain: were broughtto the coroner’s oflice where the inquest will be held this morning. The dead man’s name is Grunnemeyer, and further than this but little is known, He had only been emploved at the place a few days, and his fellow laborers know nothing of his home or connections. e Sty SILVER BELLS, The Celebration of Judge and Mis, Dundy's Silver Wedding. Twenty-nine years have elapsed since Elmer S. Dundy settled in the immediate vicinity of Falls City, Richardson county, in this state. He was then & young man and had practiced but five years in the profession of the law. He had come from Ohio, and four years later a young lady, Miss Mary H. Robinson, arrived in the state from the same oastern home. The same year witnessed the marriage of the youthful Dundy and the lady from his old state. 'I'hat wasa quarter of a cen- tury ago. There was a simplicity in the marriages of those primeval days which was eminently in accord with the sur- roundings and the necessities of the con- t.rumiuir5 rties. The nuptials of young Dur were not an exception to the rule. The marriage over, the wedded couplo repaired to Richardson county, and there, for nearly twenty-four years continued to lead a martial life which has been little less than that of which idealists fondly dream. In the meantime honors had been meted out to Mr. Dundy. He had served os represont- ative in the legislature, acted as territo- rial judge, and been linally raised to the position of judge of the district court of the United States. ‘The last two years of his life, as also that of his family have been spent in Omaha, in a palatial residence on West Leavenworth, in which the comrorts which civilizition may afford are enjoyed as the reward of an earnost and saccess- fui careel Tt was from this residence, last even- ing, that overy window modestly told of of illamined " parlors and apartments within which were entertained the guests who had assembled to congratulate Judge and Mrs. Dundy upon the twenty-fifth 'y of their marriage The con- ratulations were varied, numerous and heartfelt. They were received by the host and hostess with modest gratitude and were secrotly appreciated beeause of the known sincerity of the people by whom they were extended. The beautiful residence was at the dis- posal of tho guests. The parlors ~ weto beautifully dec- orated with flowers, from which a grateful fragrance ascended and per- vaded the apartments. In the main par- lors the young folks enjoyed the dance to the music of the Musical Union orches- tra, while another branch of the latter or- ganization, on the upper floor, discoursed sweet and familiar airs. Refreshments were served with delicacy and taste, and social converse and promenade served to fill up the intervals; At 11 o'clock, with many adioux and good wishes, the guests took their leave. Many of them were from abroad, Nebraska ~City, Falls City, Lincoln and other points, a special car coming from the lnst place with admir- ing friends. Many handsome souvenirs of the event were presented, prominent among which were n set of the latest American Eneyelopedia, by some un- known Lincoln” friend, and a silver bell “with a cow attached,” by J. I. Redick. i) L The Grand Lodge. The sessions of the grand lodge of Ne- braska Masons were continucd yester- day. The only business of public 1m- port transacted, which may now be pub- lish ed, was the selection of the sccond Wednesday in June, 1887, as the time of the meeting of the grand lodge one year henee, and of Omuha s the plac ofticers of the grand lodge, so far as cided upon up to a late hour last night, are as tollows: G. M., Charles J. Con tant, Oma ¥ Milton J. Hull, Edgar; G France, York; G.J. W " Brownville; T., Christia Omaha; G. S., Wm. R. Bowen, Omaha, The session will be continued to-da, Brevities, Commissioner O'Keefle is busy on Mer- cer avenue attending to bridge work. Squads of troops are coming in daily for.target practice at Bellevue. Haimau Lowy furnished bail in the sum of §10,000 in the district court yes- terday afternoon, his sceurity being Mr. Adolf Brown. lmlllru‘l. the veteran Union P gineer who went insane some wi was taken to the poor far ) safe keeping. His insanity 1s not of the violent type and is possibly curable, The Tenth street crossing of the Pacific is becoming more and more dan- gerous every day, to say nothing ot the inconvenience arising " from switching cars at this Opoint, Wednesday parties missed the 5 o'clock dummy train ln 1se of the freight blockade. Idaho street to Brown is aving ve no regard for tho rights of tray- elers on that thoroughfure while his work is going on, for he shuts off the pro. gress ot vehicles at will and most times unnecessarily. Messrs Chas. J. Greene, Montmorency and Higgins, of the B. & M, in Nebraska returned from Atchison, Kan., yesterday They had been attending & meeting of th ison & Nebraska railroad directors The charter of this roud expired, but 1 has been renewed 100 years. It is doubt ful if the gentiemen named will be there when the next charter expires. e Dr. Hamiton Warren, tie Physi- cian and Surgeon, Room 6, Crounse THE MARKETS FEATURELESS Trading in Oereals in Ohicago Within a Narrow Range, PROVISIONS A TRIFLE ACTIVE. A Sharp Advance on the Afternoon Board—Uattle Bring Lower Prices and Many Left Unsold - Markot Figures. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. ~[Special Telogram to Wheat was quiet and within a narrow range. Orders we fow and far between, and with good weather, easy cables and outstanding contracts well settled, the ing was weak. The move- ment was mainly of a local, speculative char- acter. Prices at the close show a shrinkage of %e. June closed at T1%c. July sold at 2ige down to 724c, up to e, and closed at %c. August opened at Tdlje, and_ sales were at TI{@74'ge, closing at T4ige. Vessel room was taken for 24,000 bushels. Roceipts at eleven points wera 435,000 bushels, and the shipments 158,000 bushels, Cony—Corn was depressed carly by good receipts, the weakness in wheat and free sell- ing by tired longs, and prices declined e A spurt of }{@'e in New York and the lib- CnicAco, June the Brk.|—WitkAT block, corner 16th and Capitol iavenue Dayand night calls promptly sitented to eral shipping demand produced a better feel- ngand a e ro: fol July oponed at e, sold to @ and closed ¢ at 1o'clock : Bolge, year 333@ toun yesterday, quiet all throligh the ses- prices ruled steady, June closed at July sold at 274 @27l4c, und closed at *3 August closed at 973(@23c, Provisions were quiet but steadior, and, generally speaking, tirm, closing at the outside igures of the da but 'a shade lower than those current at o'clock yesterday., Mess pork for August ed at $8.7315 advanced to and closed at . July closed at $8.671, and September 7Tlg, Lard for August sold at 86,20 % 15. and closed at $6, July closed al AFTERNOON BoARD—The feature of the fternoon board was a sharp advance of 100 in pork, Lardand ribs were also higher. Very liftle stuft was for sale and buyers wore anxious. \heat was rather easier and trad- ‘i"'ix““ of light volume. Corn and oats were dull, 2:40 p. m.—August wheat, calls, T4%c. CHICAO LIVE STOCK. 1 Tolegram to Although the receipts were rather liberal, the k do not foot up very o a good many cattle left over from yesterday, however. ss cattlo sold 10@15e lower than fully 20300 decline from the day. Many cattle were selling than they cost in the country. Dressed beef men did not buy very freely, They paid $3.85@4.55 for grassy, 1000 to 1250 Ib cattle, and many 1200 to 1350 Ib cattle sold at $4.50(@ . Not many cattle were sold t> ove $ A_ lot of slop Shivpers puts, it large. There w o sold . al . .50 for 1042 to 1532 1b cattle. Ib cattle sold at $4.80104,90 to shippers and export while one lot of fine solid corn-fed st averaging 1192 Ibs, 1 1b Alderna 20, A large volume of busi- ut a good many cattle were s—The market opened slow, yet the first sales were nearly as high as at the close Tast night, but at the finish prices we about 5e lower., Bulk mixed sold at $4.15@4.30, and best heavy at $4.20@4. Rough odds and ends and grassy lots sold at $3.90@4.10, FINANCIAL. New York, June 17.—MoNey—On call easy at 135@2{ per cent. PRIME MERCANTILE PAPER —4@5 per cent. STERLING ©XCHANGE—Dull and un- changed; actual rates, $&87 for sixty day bills, and $4.. tor demand. GOVERNME Duli but strong, with quo- L’ltiollnrkl'l gher for4’s and 4}4's, and Xo r for 0's, Stocks—Almost all stocks were higher at the opening. A momentary heaviness in early dealings depressed pricas of most of the active stocks slightly below the first fig- ures, but these were generally the lowest of the day, for good b set” in and pricas ed st ctive market until then checked ined steady y, the volume of and the advance, but th near the best pric business showlug a matorial decrease, closed stoady. BTOCKS ON WALL STREERT. 10244 C, &N. profortod Illinois Central. L B & W. Kansas & Texas. LakeShore. .. 5 W., St L. & PL. Mich. Cen [ " proferrod. Mo, Pacil [Western_Union Northern Pac. O.R.& Noveress 108 proferred.... 605 CHICAGO PRODUCE. exas i Union Paciic Ohfeago, Jume 17.—Flour—Steady and langed: ‘winter ‘wheat flonr, $4.25@ 50 southern, Wisconsin Michigan, 8oftspring wheat, 3 Minnesota bakers’, 3,25 w patents, $4.400d, low U‘»:; —Opened y@ice lower, and ofter ng closed stronger and e under i July, s2%@ AT Out! cashi Rye—Dull & Barley—Dull at 504 “Limothy—Prinio, $1.70, Flax Seed—31.081, Whisky—81.14 Por closed stea 4 Nty better; 703 July, 27i4e; Js@e. r and a shade hizher, and cash and July, $5.87'@8.704 54, and closed $06.000@5.0734 3 ugust, $0. @5, 27 ts—Steady and unchanged, uiet and” easier; creamery, 13@ 88, —~Firmier, Maie wrati higher, oly steady: il n @hsfe: do. skl flats, 6@7c; do. skimi YoungA mericas, full tggs—W eak and ~ Wheat — Kasier; y and_about $5.7124. Flour, bbls. Sulpments. 11,000 k, June 17.—Wheat—HGceints. 257,000 exports, 75,500; spot, a shade higher with a woderate export demind; options ads ady ; ungraded red, S@side in store, 5o a@e e I & iy ). % red, N X B wsbife atloat; 53 July close X : dy and quiet; options a 5,000; exports, 47,0001 4, 4 In store, 64 s—Lioss active; re 61,700: exports, mixel western, white ‘west~ Jatiige, roleum—Steady ; ‘United closed at 673¢c. Jiggs —Steady and quiel; western, fresb, 1@ Vork -Mora active and steady; old mess quoted it Wi % Laid—Higher and fairly active! wesigrn