Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 22, 1886, Page 2

o \ / / 2 THE FAST TRAINS DITCHED The Towa Pool Roads Decline to Expedite Their Snail Pace. THE BURLINGTON Increased Speed Da 18 to Their System and Circ fon — Wil Await a Permancnt Settlement A Present Complicatic gerc The Fast Train CiticAGo, Tir., July 21 Tele- gram to the Ber:|—The general superintend ents of the various ronds between Chicago and Omaka held a meeting yesterday for the purpose of considering the proposition to run fast trains between Chicago and Omaha, to run in connection with the fast train the Union Pacilic propose to put on between Omaha and Ogden. Before the settlement of the western complications, the Milwaukee & St. Paul road virtually agreed to run a fast train between Chicago and Omalia, but the settlement of those troubles made it imprae- ticable for any one road to act independently, as it might lead to new eomplica- tions, Considerable opposition torun- ning fast trains developed at yesterday’s In(‘(‘lill’f. The Burlington was™ the prin- cipal objector because it would not be able to meet the fast time the Union Paeilic pro- poses to make, by its own line and the Den- ver & Rio Grande, and the arrangement therefore would be altogether in favor of the Union Pacitic, ome of the other roads thought the Burlington’s position correct, and it was finally decided to make no change in the running time between Chicago and Omalia until a permanent settlement of tho western complications has been effected. To change the time now in the face of the objec- tions of some of the roads might seriously affect the tempora greements. Mr. Dic inson, assistant general superintendent of the Union Pacific, could not tell what his company would do_in view of the objections of its castern connections to run a fast train. He thought it probable that the putting on of the proposed fast train wounld be deferred until after the meetings of the managers nexv September, Nervice, Specia e FROM WYOMING'S CAPITAL. New Territorial Buildings-~Finding of a Cowboy's Body. CHEYENNE, Wyo., duly 21L—[Special Tele- gram to the Brk.|--Bids for the capital building will be advertised for to-morrow, detailed plans for the structure having ar- rived. Bids also for the insane asylum at Evanston. Yestorday the body of Wm. Hardesty, cowboy, was found four miles below Green River station, The man and his horse were drowned while attempting to ford the river. A cloud burst sixteen miles north of Cheyenne yesterdny evening did $40,000 damage on [Dater & Zrather’s ranch; carried away 400 feet of flume, twelve feot above the creck, washed out 1,600 feet of heavy grading. On the Cheyenne & Northern, now in course A pr crowd of Che; L S and gentlemen, assembled pot thi morning to bid good-bye to the 9th infany which failed to get y last night. regiment has been stationed here ey the city was founded, and it was like with that many citizens Two big trains of passenger coaches of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe carries the “reghment and such of their families as went along. A number of oflicers and men ot the reginent were married in this city. = THE SPORTING WORD, _ The Lincoln Club Downed by Leavenworths—Other Games. LiNcorLN, Neb., July 21.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bi|—The first of the series of games between the Leavenworth and Lin- coln clubs on the home grounds of the lattgr ‘was a poorly played game on the partof both #* chibs and resulted in a victory for the Leav- enworths by a score of 12to 9. The Lincoln club bad only two of their new men in the field, and the catcher of the home nine had been constantiy behind the bat for five games in the last five” days, while the Kansas hoys were fresh from aresting time. A fair-sized crowd was in attendance and a better game lll.mfl'Jlm xpected when they meet again on Friday. nne eiti the OTHER GAME! AT CRICAGO— 40000011 %6 00200000 Pl larkson and Healy. Firs hits—Chicago 7, St. Louis 4. Errors cago 4, St. Louis 15, Umpire-Connolly. AT DETROIT— Detroit......0 0 0 1 0 00 0 1 0 0-2 Kansas City0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0-3 Gleven innings. Pitchers—Gotzin and . Base hits—Detroit 10, Kansas City 19, Errors—Detroit 8, Kansas City 3 Unipire—Goldsmith. AT BosTON Bostons. 2070130 2-15 - Washingtons . 0000000 0-0 and Shaw. Base OBJECTS, | & Pitchers—Radbourne hits—Bostons 14, Washingtons Errors— Bostons 3, Washingtons 17. Umpire—Gall- nex. 4 T BALTIMORE— * Plttsburg 10000000 0-1 Baltimore. 00280110 #%6 Piteh Kilroy and Morris. First base | hits—Pittsburg %, Baltimore 9. — Errors— Pittsburg 6, Baltimore 2. Umpire—Valen- " tine, Ar New Yonk— he New York-Philadelphia and Brook- 1yn-Metropolitan games were postponed on account of raix AT PHILADELPHTA— Athletics. ....0 2 1 0 00000 0—3 Bt. Louis. ...1 00 0 0 000 5 w—4 s Ritchers—mathews and_ Coleman and Hludson and Caruthers. First base hits— Athletics 8 St. Louis 8. “Errors—Athletic Bt Louis 6. Umpire—Bradley. Washing! ark Races, CHICAGO, Jul At Washington Park hie weather was very warm, the track good and attendance yery good, “Three-for mile: Bonita won, Surprise second, Faith Thompson third, Time—1 s Alutuals paid §10.50, Soven-eightli mile: Topsy won, Our Friend second, Little Joe, third. Time—2:31, Mutuai paid sgiro. Mile: Kunsas won, King Robin second. Gov. Baics lime—1:454. Mutuals paid $11.40, One and one-cighth miles: Athlone ' Lepanito second, Col. Clark third, 4RO, Mutuals paid $11 teeplo chase, short won, Burton second, H | 8:06. Mutuals paid $8, third, won, Time— rse: Jim Carlisle p Sing third, Time— Republicans in Cout * S10ux CiTy, Ia., July 2L—[Special Tele- gram to the Bre.]—The republican judieial convention of the Fourth juaicial distriet + was held here to-day for the purpose of nomi- mating three judges. The district is made up of Woodbury, Plymouth, Harrison, Chero- kee, Lyons, Osceola, Sioux, O'Brien and Monona countles. Judges O, H. Lewls, “herokee, and G, W, Wakefield, of this were renominated to succeed Judge MeCul- Tum, The following were ballotted for mak- ing a very spirited contest: D, D, McCul- Jum, Scoft M. id, Finley Burke, 8. H. Choehiran ton. Thirty-four ballots were ta ading in all, and had o wajority of four more than necessary on this ballot. Drowned While Bathing. Drs Mozes, July 2L—[Special to the WBER, | -Chas. Ryer, of Dubuque, fourteen years old, went bathing in the er this afternoon with two other bo All s00n got beyond their depth. Parties hearing their serfes for help succeeded in rescuing two of o, but Ryer was dead when taken from tho river. Both Legs Out Of. 2 WAtTERL0O, July 21— [Special telegram to fhe Bre.|—Conductor John Quick, of an 11- Ainols stock train, fell between cars hiere this aworuing and both his legs were severed. e will die. He resides at this place. Fatally Injured. . DUBUQUE, la., July 21— (Special Telegram A0 1he Bex |—Conductor John Quirk of the 1llinois Central stock train, fell between the cars at Waterloo, his home, this morning. Both lees were severed. He will die. ostofMce Burglarized, Drs Morses, July 21.—[Special teleeram to the Bek.|—The postoffice at Delawar Delaware county, was burglarized last night $100 in cash, registered letters and stamps was stolen, Cedar Raplds Opera House Burned. Crpar Rapins, I, July 21.—A fire burned Greene's_Opera house early this morning. Loss, $20,0005 fully insured. Personal Paragraphs. L. 8. Sage, of Falls City, is in J. Do McDonald, of Lincoln, city J. 0. Edwards, of Rapid City Millard M. W. King, of El the city. Mayor Boyd evening Mrs. J. E. Boyd is Colorado. M, W. Stone, of Walioo, is a guest [of the Millard. William Murray, of Aberdeen, Scot lIand, 15 1 the city Mr. C. M. Eaton went to Chicago over the Quine t evening. R. W. Breckenridge left last evening for u visit to New York. Dr. Spaulding and family left last ev- ening for a trip to the Pacific coast. Matt Clair, passenger agent of the Rock Island. suceceded in catehing yesterday morning’s train for a western trip. Hon. Leavitt Burnham and wife left last sveuing tor a visit to their old home at Ogdensburg, on tiye St, Lawren Miss Carrie Hawley, of Webster, N. Y who has been visiting her cousin, Mr: Ciinton Powell, in this city, left for home last evening. City Clerk J. B. Southard lett ing to spend a well earned vacation of tWo Wi in a pleasure visit to Salt Lake, Denver and’ other western points. He was accompanied by his wife. John Nichol, of the firm of MacRitcher & Nichol, civil engineers, Chicago, was in the city yesterday. Mr. Nichol was fa resident of Omaha in 1869, and o n ber of the engineer foree of the Union Pacific when that road was built, — Snake Stories. er snake nine inches i ferenc: nd - tive feet Buffalo Creek, week. Miss killed is b sl Omaha s in the is at the Paso, Texas, is in went to Chicago last visiting friends in teven- A wi circum- long was secn in Armstrong unty, last Irene Hancock. of Bartow, Fla., blacksnake seven feet long, and ingits skin made into a pair of ppers. Ashber negro,of Cl ounty, orgia, Killed tlesnake which hiul fourteen rattles and a button on ats tail, and a whole rabbit inside. A little child ot Wm. Sill, of Genon, N. Y ,issaid to have been charmed by a snik The mother of the child dis- covered the snake and killed 1t, but the little one was ill for s B Benj. Stump, of Greensburg, Pa., was ked by a huge blacksnake while crossing a field. Henry Klingensmith came to Stump's rescue, and the two killed the monster after a severe fight. It measured fourteen feet one inch in length. A farmer of Summiv county, Ohio,says that while passing a straw stack on his farm he saw the heads of fully 800 shakes pecping out at him. He gave a low whistle and immediately the sportive reptiles flocked around him. Then the farmer ran away in alarm. Jerry Bancroft, of Mades’ Junction, Ala., was chased by a blue 1acer Thurs- dayTast. He ran fully half a_mile, out- distancing the snnke. Aftewards with friends and shotguns he returned and killed th il It measured eight feet three inches in length, housands of rattlesnakes have their home on one of the small, rocky islands of Pyramid lake, Nev. It is supposed that the progenitors of these rattlesnakes reached the island on branches ot float- ing weeds or rafts of driftwood. They live among the rocks and feed on dead fish and the eggs and young of water- fowl. zht between a king snake and an took placi ht of a number of After a long y h the king snake had decidedly le best of it, the adder tried to crawl away. The Kking, snake pursued his enemy “and, according to the story of the eye witnesses, swallowed the adder, An instance of what must have been divine nterposition is related by an oflicer in the 5th United States cavalry. During the summer of 1883, at Fort Niobrara, Nebras a little 4-year-old son of the captain$ was playing in the yard of the next house down in line, when his mother called him to come home. On s way he crossed the porch of the house, where he was attracted by something lying on the floor, and com- menced str ?ung atit with a toy whip and was engaged in this whon his moth found him. She discovered that the ob- ject was a huge rattlesnake, witn its head T4 just i the act of striking at the little child. Fortunately, the officer of the day happened to ‘be passing, and, hearing the exeitement, rushed n and cut the up-raised head from the body. On examination the snake was found to be an old-timer, with eight rattles and a button, One day last summer while the troops were being brought into Fort Reno from the northern posts to be ready to sup- press an outbreak amont the Cheyennes and Ari they found a great many snakes in the prairie grass. In one day the soldi killed no less than thirteen large rattlesnakes. A young cavalry oflicer gave his experience with an unusual specimen of the snake family. After going into eamp about dusk he started for the spring in a little ra near by, When not far from the ravine he saw the object, which was about an inch in diameter and of a slimy green color, dragging its length across his path with a rapid movement. Quick as a flash he drew his saber and slashed it in two. This only had the effect of quicken- ing it in its mad race for the ravine. He made another and another slash, eutting off two or three feet a number of ti S, but still was not able to ind its head or eed until he got to the edge of the ravine, when he saw, just below him, one of the company horses, whose lariat he had been chopping to pieces. - Real Estate Transfors. The following transfers were filed July 20, with the county eclerk, and reported for the Bee' by Ames' Real ate Ageney: Eldora G A Creigh, | 85,000, h Rusicka and wife to John (’Grady, 4 of ni{of It 8, blk 257, Omala, w d— strugg ze and husband to Thomas o’s First add,Omaha, north Isane S Hase and others, its 1, division bl :li\;W I, single, to William Kolbe and 5, blk 2, Hascall's sub- , Douglas” county, w d— £ 20 Dibble, sr. to Mary M Dibble, 1t 41, 8 E Rogers' plat of Okahoma, Douglas coun’ 1y, W d—81,200, John G Hiteheock, single, to Egbert X French, 1t 2, Cavitol add, subalvision 1, Owa- ba, g c—$1. Clias Pakieser and wifo to Willlam Mack 1t 11, Barker's subdiyision add, Omaba, w d —S1'400, Willia rdper and wife to William J , blic X, Shinn's Thivd add, Omaba, W d—81,150, Paul, It Roswell Sinith and wife to John I Redick, south % of lot 8, block 139, Omala, w d— 43,000, Chfton E Barkar add, ( n A 2 Mayne and wife to George E Il interest_in Orchard Hil, Mayne's aba, w d-—§L THE BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER The Vierlings, of the Iron Works in This | COity, at Outs. A PROBABLE WAR ON LIVE STOCK A Boy Drowned—-Omaha's Lumber Depot—A South Omaha Depot— 13 For ‘Frisco—A ¥ man Burned. The Vierlings at Outs, Robert Vierling, vice president, and Louis Vierling, sccretary and treasurer of the Paxton & Vierling ironworks have been made defendants in a snit filea against them in Chicago by their brother, Frank Vierling, alleging fraud in deal- ings with lum and making public the particulars of some very unbrotherly re lations among the Vierlings. The peti- tion is against Robert and Louis Vier ling, John McDowell, J. R. Hansell, J Strube, Herman Strube, Alfred Gros- smith and “‘one” William Smith, who are the owners of the Vierling. McDowell & Co. foundry of Uiiicago. 'Ihe plumntift alleges that in 1881 he was induced by his brother Robert to take an interest in the above firm. He did not desire the prop- 'ty, but as he had been on bad terms with his brother for a long time he thought he would go into the business and thus restore harmony in the domestio re- lutions of the Vierling brothers. He put about $2,000 with the firm at that tim In 1882, Smith, one of the firm, died, an the plaintiff was induced by his brother, Robert, to purchase the interest of the decensed. — Robert represented that Smith's death was an act of Providence to give the plaintiff an opportunity to strengthen his interests in the firm. EFrank finally purchased Smith's interesi in the business, but could not induce hi brothers to execute new articles of co- partnership. He went into the business in carnest, howoever, and upon_ his_own o itee secured the loan of large amount of money for the operation of the company’s business, and purchased lands and crected buildings for the tirm. - The business apparently. prospered gredtly but the piaintifl could get nostatement of affarrs until in May, 1883, when he was as- tonished by his brother Robert saying that the business was a losing one, that every- thing was heavily mortgaged and that he, Frank, stood in to lose 5,000 or $30,000. Robert then said he was going to sell ont and induced the plaintiff to > sell his interest to a myth named rmsworth, for $3,875. The plaintifi was induced to do this at Robert’s repr sentation that ke would lose if he staid in the firm and that he, Robert was also Zoing to seil. After the sale, Frank, the petitioner alleges that he discovered that allof his brothei’s representations wer untrue; that the busin had prospered veatly, and the more particularly from us finan . The plaintifi Robert had not_sold e whole busin heme to get the plaintifi’s able interest for a wrif] In July, 1881 the firm was changed to a stock corpor: tion of 1,000 shares of $100 each, of which Robert Vierling had 875 shares and Louis Vierling fifty shares, the rest being dividea among McDowell, the Strubes and Grossmith, all partners in the old firm. The plaintift'asks the court side his sale of interest in the co- T ship: that the firm of Vierling, IcDowell & Co. may be dissolved and an accounting had of his share in the business; that a recciver be appointed to take charge of all the books and aecounts of the firm; that Robert 'Vierling 'be de- creed to'hold the shares of “stock in the firm of Vierling, McDowell & Co. which would reprosent the complainant’s inter- est in it in trust for him, and that it be transferred to him on the bhool An in- junction is alto asked restraining any change or alterations of the books. fimlge Tulley has granted the desired injunction u‘mu tan carly day for the hearing of the e The petitioner charges all of the fraud- ulent representations, by which he was indled out of his money upon Robert Vierling, the vice president of the iron works in this cty. He also alleges, that outside of his petition, the money with which the K/u:r]m,r_(s ob- taine ir interest in the iron works in in this city wassecured from him through the misrepresentations of Robert Vier- ling, by which the plaintift lost the large amount invested by him in the Chi firm’s business, THE LIVE STOCK TRAFFIC. A Little Game in Which the “Q * Comes Out Winner. The restoration of the live stock rates between Omaha and Chieago has placed some of the roads in a very embarassing vosition. The way the matter now stands the C.B. & Q. has the inside track to such an extent that she is haul- ing about all of the live stock that goes out of the stock yards, and is compelling shippers to send stock over her line when they would much prefer some other route. All stock that comes in over the B. & M, in Nebraska, if shipped out to Chicago, has to go over the C. B. & Q. in order to get through rates, If such stock is shipped over any other route 1t has:to v the local rate of $70 between Omaha and Chicago, besides the local rates on the B. & M. to the Omaha yards, This virtually limits the Roek Island, Milwau- kee and Northwest to such stock as comes into Omaha over the Union Pacific, and they unable to gét more than a very smail proportion of hat, for the son that an Omaba shipper who buys ock from the Union Pacific and B, M. is obliged to ship the latter over the C. B. & Q. and lets the other go with it, to avoid dividing his shipment It is mot at “all . likel. that the other roads will permit the C, -B. & Q. to do all the business, for any length of time, and a new system of rates will be adopted or another cut in rates will be inangurated. Shippers are ealling loudly for a reduction of the local rates, Kansas City has a rate of $42.50 to $60.00 to Chicago, and Omaha shippers claim that there is no good reason why they should be compelled te pay $70.00° from Omaha to Chicago. ROGUES ON THE RAIL, The most glaring inconsistency live stock trafli the dise made by the Nortivestern ainst Omaha, “Stock shipped into the aha stock yards over the Omaha & Minne- apolis and reshipped again to Chicago has to pay locul rates, even over the Navthwestern. It makes no difierence whether the stock changes hands at the Omaha yards or not, the ship- per who' is so stubborn as to ship to Omaba against the wishes of the Northwestern, is punished by being made to pay local If this were his only punishment it would not be so0 bad, but he is subjected to the most exazperaling delays and is sidetracked and compelled to “wait hour after hour with no excuse whatever. His stoe rives 1n the market invariably several hours later than the schedule time, and many times too late for the day’s mar- ket, * thus compelling the shipper to undergo the extra expense of holding the stock over until the next du{. It fre- quently oceurs that stock, while buin&' transferred from the Minneapolis Omaha to the Union Pacific, is left stand- ing on the track for three hours without food or water before being taken to the stotyards. In Chicago such cruelty to animals would be fgJlowed by the prompt OMAHA DAILY not as much doing in arrest of the respolfsitile partios by the humane officer, , bilt unfortunately Omaha has no such pfticer. — k OMAHA'S LUMBER TRADE The Wonderful Growth of This Austry During the Past Year. Brick were nover fs plenty in the history of Omaha 43 at the present time and huilders ing advantage of this fact to put up & more_substantial class of buildings. Not only ok boing used in business blocks, butoa good many pri vate residences and ' dottages are being constructed of the/ gaine material. At first thought it might seem as this would tend to lessen the ltithber husiness, but such does not appear to be the case There seventeen firms in the city en gaged in the lumber business and atl of them are doing a good business. A re porter recently called upon a large num ber of th and was everywhere met wita th answ Yos, our business is improving steadily and we are doing from fifty to seventy - five per cent mor business this year than las The numerous large brick ch are going up alono reqnire ast amount of lumber, for flooring, finishing and timbars, Then there ars hundreds of cottages being built all over the city and extending far out into the suburbs. Competition among the dealers has forced margins down to their nar- rowest limi u.‘f builders who have large contracts can buy almost at their own terms. s has helped to stimulate building, and capitalists are finding that good, rentable buildings are about as profitable an investment as can be mad ‘A New York gentleman called atmy oflice the other day,” remarked one dealer, “and said that he had been look- ing at'a couple of lots with a view of buying them and putting up buildings for rental, but was not positive that it would pny him, He sud _that all his money would bring, at interest, in New York w 3 to 5 per cent. I sat down with him and figured on the cost, adding the price of the lots and then fix- ing the rent at less than other buildings were rented for in the same loeality, so a8 to be on the safe side, und we found that the investment would pay 15 per cent, Such opportunitios as that 1s what is bringing eastern capitalists here, and th s more of it coming here than you ave any idea of.” Lhe wholesale trade, which 18 a very good indicator of the development in the state at large, has been exceedingly good all the season. Just at present there is this branch of business as there is early in the spring, ‘What the dealers lost through com- petition and the cutling down of prices they have, to a great extent, regained in the largely increased volume of busi- ness transacted. A New Depot. The largely increased railroad bu ness at the stock yards, where more car: are received and billed out than at any other point in the stite, Omaha excepted, has induced the Uniop Pac to build a new depot. The 6ld ‘building has long since been inadequate fdf the purpose, the station agent and hishiclerks all being erowded into one room with the passeng- ers, baggage, ete., gaid room bemg 8x10 foet. The telegraph. operator and ticket agent were ;better provided for, having a room 4x8 l',eset gll to themselves. There has been a stioug.demand for bet- ter accommodations; cespecially from shippers who are paying the roads thous ands of dollars cyery week and were compe'led to stand out in the burning sml)]whilc \vd:\itiun for ntrd - . The new depot hed as of modern stylo of nra‘m bgurt-. painted a very wmsthetic ,codory which might be called a sort of invisible clay color or be- tween a white and no eolor at all. Th ventilation is perfect, all the windows having been removed to admit of the free circulation of air. Some of the chronic Kickers at the yards, who can never see anything good “in what a_railroad docs, started a rumor that the depot was brought down from Omaha on a wheel- barrow by a one-armed man. Such is not the truth, howeyer, but it was brought down on a flat car, and its exact size is 12x16 feet. in- Building Permits, Inspector Whitlock issued building per- mits yesterday as follows: ..additional story to cot- tage, 1333 Bouth Sixteenth street...$ John B, Furary, frame bla shop, 2501 Cuniing str Nels Peterson, one story tage, Burt, between Twent and Twenty-eighth streef e . M. Creighton, one story frame cot- tage, Dayton, betwcen Tw fourth and Twenty-sccond stre sicky, two story brick res Eleventh and Williams nit- e cot- eventh 3,585 I F, Harnaan, two story dence, Georgia avevu Baltimore and Shirley streets. between . 1,000 Six permits aggr Drowned While Bathing, About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon a number of young lads were bathing in the Missouri river near the reseryoir. The current at this point tends toward the eastern shore and forms a_quiet pool copsidered safe for bathing. Afte boys had p o general swin they re- turned to the shore and then for th time noticed that one of their number oung lad named l'm?’, was missing. Phe alarm was given and & search mado for the missing boy, but ul> to a late hour no trace of him was found. The missing boy is the son of Richurd Cody, a carpen- ter living on North Fourteenth streot, who 15 employed in the car repair depart: ment of the Union Pacifie shops A Remnant of Their Race, Five Bufialo heads have been mounted by Huntington & Son, of this city, The buffalo were killed by J. C, Jenning near Haler, Dundy county, Neb. The fact of there being a smail_herd of wild buflalo of about a hundred mdividuals in the southwestern county of Nebraska may be news to a good many. The location of the lierd is only kpowa b?' a very few, who have been keeping the fact as quiet as possible and haye steered ambitious hunters it the opposite direction. A Fireman Injured, J. W. Harpon, a Uion 3 met with a painful accident while at work in the shops on Tutsday afternoon. He was engaged i packing & steam valve when the steam-blew out scalding him in a fearful manuer on his right side and right 2 He was removed to his home, 1417 Cass straet, where his injuries ded by fhGalbraith, Union Breyities. v * This evening a meeting of the B, M, A, will be held at its hall on Fourteenth street, at which important business, re- quiring a full attendance of membe will ransacted. . The play at the Stadt theatre summer arden on Tenth street next Sunday ening will be the beantiful comedy, in five acts, s by Kettle, v Richard’s Wanderleben with delightful vocal } Mrs lo Baureis, Eunle Puls-Abl, elma Lindemann ssors. Horsky Schmitz Puls Baureis aud the excelleit stock company will appear. 'his evening there will be a dance on T. L. Swith's platform, at what 15 known a5 Wray's aud Smith's landing on Manawa luke. BEE: THURSDAY. JULY 1886. BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY. The Troubles Which Led to Ohief Butler's Resignation 22, RIVALRY AMONG ATHLETICS. He Killed His Man—A Discharged Man—Talks With Travelers, Local Laconics and Odds and Ends. Chief cButler's Resignation. “L would prefer not to say anything about the matter,” was Chief Butler's reply to a reporter yesterday, when ques tioned abont the trouble which h between himself and the fire department Upon a httle pressing, however, he con sented to unbosom himself on the sub- joot The fact that there ve been for sey- eral years past two factions in the fire department, both of which have been strugeling for supremacy, has been ap- parent to all who are in the least obser ant. The fight has been mado dircotly on Chief Butler and his friends, and has at length culminated in the resignation of that gentleman “So far as the trouble about O'Brien is concerned,” suid Mr. Batler in reply to the reporter’s first query, ‘I discharged him becauso he was m the habit of get- ting drunk and because ne was generally unreiinble. 1 haven't got anytl against him personally, and 1 will that he isone of the best d knew. But I couldn'vcontrol himand 1 haa o let him go. Why, 1 am held responsi- ble for that man’s actions. You remem- ber that on July 8rd that man’s drun cly upsot the hook and ladder nd came within an mch of caus- ing the death of two or three people. 1 couldn’tallow such a thing as that togo on. “There has been trouble between my- self and certain sorcheads in the de- partment and out of it for a year or two past,” continued Mr. Butles “The trouble all arose over the fire tourn ment which was held in Omaha two years age. As amember of the commit- tee, I voted to bar the Thurstons out, be- cause they were professionals. This made Jerome Pentzel and othe whom I might name angry and they have been making it unpleasant for me ever since.”’ “Have you ever done anything else to cause them to antagonize you?" “Oh, [ don’t know. I suppose so. I hive: discharged cerfain fellows whom these men “ wanted to retain, and to be brief. L have shown that Butler was running the department and not Pentzel, or Lane or Pat O’Hawe: “What has Pat O'Hawe this trouble?’ ‘What b got to do with ny other hoodlum got to do with it? He's m it with the rest of them, All of these fellows are unprincipled wen. Neither Pentzel nor Lane have any honor about them: Just to show what kind of a man_this fellow Lane is; He went to New Orleans with the Thurs- tons - i March, to get on a big spree, leaving his house and property mort- gaged, and his family affairsina bad shape. If it hadn’t ‘been for outside interference the constable would have property and turned ife out ~of doors. No, sir, you will find that these men who have been making war on me are disrep- utable cl for whose opmion 1 don’t care a flip. Yet these are the kind of cattle that are dictating to the city council what to do.” “'Is your resignation final?” “Yes. Ishall not reconsider it. If T ean’t run the department it is quite plain that [ought to step out of my position as chief. Besides, the compengation is nig- gardly—only #1,500 a year. Not half enough for the amount of work involved.”” **Who will probably be yoursuceessor?’” “Galligan, L presume. He is the best man L know of.’ THE OTHER SIDE. Mr. Jerome Pentzel, clerk of the police has been one of Chief Butler’s st active antagonists in the two year's ht which has resulted in the rcsigna- tion of that official. Mr. Pentzel has been s ely connected witn the Thurs- ton team of professional hose-runners, both as sceretary and manager, and it was because Chief Butler has shown a tendency, as alleged, to slight this organi- zation at 'various times, that the fight on him has been made. This is really the gist of the whole troubl When asked to exj story Mr. Pentzel enotigh. “So far as O'Brien is concerned,’’ he suid, *‘I don’t deny that he n have at various times become intoxicated. But 80 do other members of the department, who are not bounced, because they arc Butler’s pets. Butler himself is in the habit of getting drunk. 1 know of in- stunces where hie has been too intoxicated to attend nnportant fires. “The truth is,” he continued, ‘‘we have been making a fight on Butler be- cause ho is unprineipled, - dishonest and no fit man to be at the head of the fire department. The trouble began two years ago, when Butler, who was. a member of the general tournament committee voted to bar out the Thurston bose team from the asso- ciation. er since then he has making a fight on s in an unde way.. Why, he had charge of the tourna- ment funds two years ago, and inste making an accounting . therefor, h fused to turn over 200 or §300 wh mained. He was repeatedly reque do so, but refused, having "pocketed the moncy, I suppose. We were sued by several tirms, and Butle ve troublc and an exposure, paid the judgments through ,ligun. There are other tricks which hie has played, i made him an object of enmity in th rtment and out of it. A few other things that I know about him 1 propose to tell when the proper time comes.” ATHLETIC RIVALRY, in his side of the osponded ready For the Exercise of Which Omaha's Turn Verein is Practising. Tuesday evening, the members of the ffthe Omuha Turn vereinjheld their first preliminary practice,by way of preparation,for the Missouri Valley turn- fest which js to be held in St. Joe on the 14th, 15th and 16th of next month. It was earried out under the charge of Henry Kummerow, the athletic and handsome instruetor of the organization There were ten members present, each of whom went through a number of exercises wupon the horizontal bar, such as will be expected of them 1 the fest. Louis Heimrod, president of the verein took notes of the turning, and out of a possible thirty, the members made the following points: ¥, J., Lange, W, Bloedel, 24 Wm, Schulz, “21; Hoefer; 20}; C. Albee, 104: R. Rosenz Gromme, 184} ), on, 17; C. MeConnell, 163 and T. Elsasser, 15}. Sowme of the members had just recovered from sickness and ued, and these facts pro- ven showing being made- The above members together with two who did not turn last night, T. Moravee and G. Doyle he ones selected to com ¥ at St. Joe. These will practice eyery TPuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings and Sundays from now uniil the 15th of next month, when they will leave for the fest. In that time they will be able to make a magnificent showing. The ver- ein has cogaged the seryices of the baud | of the Socond infantry, of twenty-one members, who will accompany them to St. Joe and remain during the fostivitios It is said that this band has one of th finest military uniforms and most impos ing of drum majors in the conuntr lenry Kummerow, mentioned y besides being the instruetor of the local class, is what is termed bezirtsturnwart 1o the vercins of the Msssouri valley. 1t is he who outlines the exercises of the and _these he has published m amphlet, copies of which he has mailed to the members of the diffe associntions, T exercises com six_differont acts upon each of the zontal and parallel b ad front side horses. Tho socicties entoring fost will number ten, two of which will go from Kansas City and one each from St. Joe, Atclison, Wyandot Leaven worth, Topeka, Maryeville, Lawrence and Omaha, The local members have had beauntiful silver pins mad nsist ing of asmall bar picreing and uniting the letters of the word “'Omaha, 'and to these a pretiy ribbon will be attached. . TALKS WITH TRAYV small s, Short Interviews Gathered Hotel Rotundas. Cadet Taylor, Washington, D. Taylor is chief clerk in the ofl public printer, and is now visiting this city with Mr. S. P. Rounds, who fills that important position.] *“T'he office of vublic printer is an immense institution. It covers four acres, and gives employ- ment to 2,200 people. he office of public printer is a most important one, t requires a man thoroughly acquainted with eve branch of the printing busi- ness, and one, no matter how old lo may e, who is able to keep abreast with the improvements of the times. He holds his office at the wish of the preside that is is apvointed by that oflice and confirmed by the senate. His salary is #4500 a o ye Mr. Rounds the present cumbent held the oftice about four s all the printing required ‘by the govern- ment, with the exception of its bank notes, which are worked by a special firm. There are sixty-five presses, the latest being the best and most approved that have issued from the manutactories in this country. They are going all the ntly miany run during the 18 - night session of cong Some ot these presses have capacity of 18,000 perfected sheets in hour, while others can perfect. fol paste the same number of sixtee sheets. Yes, we print the O Record, but that 18 an insign of our business. Everything has by brought to perfection, so much so the we could print the Bible, complete, in one night, The expense is borne by the people. 1. Bird, Davenport, Ipwa:—Davenport is a busy little town of about 25,000 in- habitants and 15 growing steadily, No the prohibition law is not enforced ther atall. Liquor is sold as freely and open- 1y as in Omaha, and dealers are neither taxed or fined. I presume that we hay as many saloons there as you have hes if not more. In factin all” these Miss inpi towns, the prohibition luw is very loosely or not at ail enforced.” Joscph Henshaw, St Paul, Minn: “Yes, our ¢ity expeets to hold another ice ear- nival next year. It will be on a grander scale, even than the one this year. You see the gentlemen 1 charge have had some experienee, and will understand how to manage the enterprise better the next time. Committees have been ap- pointed and preliminary steps are now being taken towards making the car- nival a grand suceess.” E, J. Sugdén, of Piltsbiirg: *“Yes, this is my vacation season, and being a mem ber of the G, A, R. I thought about the very best thing I could du was to go to San Franeisco to the national encamp- ment. T belonged to the famous 89th Ohio, which was raised and equipped by the Groesbech Bros. We participated in many engagements and were the first federals to enter Corinth, I am now, and have been for twenty years, con- nected with Hussie, Howe & Co., of Pitts- burg, the largest steel mannfacturers in the country. I attend to the business of the rake-tooth department, and since 1 have been with the firm I have sold enough rake teeth which, if aflixed to rakes, would reach from Maine to Mex- ico. Ourimmense works are run en- tirely by natural gas which 18 conducted on pipes from the wells some thirty miles from the city, Not a pound of steam is used in the establishwent. This natural as is wonderful. Lo-day all the prinei- s of Pittsburg are torn up where e laying pipes to conduct the gas to busing houses und residences 1t not used much for illuminating purpos for it is hard to g I r to suit the flame. There is on at difliculty with it, and that is pipe joints cannot be found sufliciently tight to prevent some little eseape, It has certa lution in heating and power cireles. . B. Thompson, of Lincoln: “Oh, y the K. of P. boys are satisfied with the result of the drill at Toronto, but there is no gainsaying the fact that we exhibited under disadvan- tages. I think we ought to have had the second pri You sce, the rules of these contests compel competing division to have twenty-four men and three offi cers, and they must be bona fide mem- bers of the division. Now, the night be- fore vrize drill, Kokomo (Ind.) division had to allow one of its members to g home on account of the death of his father. Nevertheless, they eame out next day with the vacancy filled, and we had it on good authority he was not an Indi- anian nor did he belong to the Kokomo division. It mukes no diflerence, how- ever, we're satisfied,” F. €. Vierling, of Chicago: *I have watehed the anarchist trial pretty elosely, especially when T was home, and I tell you the leaders will be convieted, If the law allows, they will be hanged, but at any rate they will have to suffer the most exireme pen: I have no hesitancy in aying that there is toe best jury empan elled in this ease that ever sat on a case wzo. 1 know most all of them and they are level-headed fellows. Mark my words, you will never hear of a red an ist flag in Chicago again, In the [Me e of the ') night when the ODDS AND ENDS, Leaves I a Note-Book., “Where is this business going to stop, " said a retired merchant to & BEE repor at the Millard, the other n $ ng to the excursion ‘‘craze.” i remember the time when it was a big thing to go five miles to u pienio. Why, Ilived for thirty years in one county and never erossed its boun and the vilroad wasn'’t far from my home, either. not only vicnic two and away, but they goto towns a miles distant, ~ Conventior 0 1 cent state. National gatherings and politi conventions, Knight Templar conclayes Knight of Pythias convening of the supreme lodge, national encumpment of the G. A. If, bifing people at great ex pense and loss of time from all parts and to all parts of the country. At the pres ent time, some of 1l are in progeess others have just closed, and other: are about to bo inaugur national conferences, 100, vogue, and really boyoud this 1 d see where any further advauee cau be Stray Reporter's 0w, peop five mile hundred bring p | not one-hait the | that ne al point of every made It makes me almost dizzy to think how times are changed, and 1 just think that you everlasting travelers have pleasure in life that we liad thirty years s One of the favorite vranks played by fun-lovir taches of the city jail upon the unsuspecting prisoners is the hicken stealing joke." o successfully perpetrate this the vietim must be pretty thoroughly intoxicated; so much so that he isunable to realize the dit be sla picee, He hy an outsider ed chicken rence tween one cent and a § ¢ is then solenimly informed has been ar for stealing I'he vietimas, as a too much intoxicated ousness of this offense denial. His thing the not hein lie gasps a faint persceutor reiterates the o, appealing to some of the bystand. ors to back himup in hisstatement. By this time the unfortunate is haif crazy with shan r he begins to think that he is tguilty as charged Wi however, the practical joker brings out an old satehel from which a few white feathers can be seen protruding and exhibits it 1 containing the stolen chickens, the vic tim is completely overcome, and with an air of despair, sits down in bne cornor of the cell and resigns himself to a melan choly brooding over the terrible degra dauon to which whiskey has brought him. He generally registers a drunken vow that 1f he can’ get out of the serapo he will never touch another drop of liquor as long as he lives. Sometimes, he keeps the plodge, and oceasionally he doesn't. T have often wondered, ' said a phy- sician the other day, *‘why it is that women are so anxious to tell their family physician everything that they know or hear. It has been my observation that the avorage woman is in the habit ot making a more complete confidante of her doctor than of = husband or nearest relatives, She will tell him things about herself and folks that she would not dream of telling her dearest and most intimate lady friend. Strange, 1sn'tity But i D doctor knows enough seerets to set If the female yopulation of Ameriea erazy with de- ight. As a general thing, howevers he is prudent and close mouthed, so that he never betrays the confidence of his fair tients. Asfar as 1 yself am con- corned T have trained myscelf to listen to all the: thing o as to allow them togoin one car and out the other,” “Thoy sre outrageously talse,” said Mr. H. P. Birkett, when questioned by porter about the charges of stone ling preferred against him by Coun-cil man Ford'l enight. 0"Thoso stone that I am accused of taking were legally sed by me from the contractor heen lying in my yard a year [ offered to go before the commitiee and prove these things, but they declined to give me the opportunity. Do you eall that a square way ot treating Don’t you suppose thatit 1 had carried off thiese stones, us Ford says, t omebody would have caught me in the act? Let them produce a single witness who saw me lugging these stones mto mf' wrd. The fact is that Ford 18 angry bieause 1 refused to support him when he ran for sheriff, and he intro- duced that resolu tion out ot spite. LOCAL LACONICS, Brief Inu ed Up on the Streets, John A. McShane: “Yes, 1 know the people of South Omaha would like to have the 18 property included in th incorporation of that lace t present, we don’t want it. [ don’t say that we are opposed to some better meins of securng pro- tection and immunity from law brenkers, i me to think over it. ill have established the property and will then something further to say upon the subject. In the meantime, it ought to be understood that it is not the stock yards which are benefitted by Sonth Omaha, but it is tl ter which is advanced by the stock yards,” Morris Morrison: ‘I don't think thero is any immediate necessity for rushinj ahead with the imcorporation of Soutl Omaha, Of course, there are a number of tough people down there now, but that is to be expected where there is so much building going on. But suppose the place should™ be incorporated, whom would these tongh cha cleot? Why, most assuredly people from among their own clas What would or could such officers do to improve the present condi- tion of the people? Why, they would make matters a hundred per cent worse than they are at the present time.’ James Wilson: ‘‘There goes the twelfth Inad of cedar blocks past this corner to be laid on western Farnam street, To speak the trath, I can’t understand how people with half th sfinement and in- possessed by those whose v being paved with this ma- terial, tisfy themselves with its se- lection. They can't the wood from destruetion when once it begins to decay, and when it drops into ruts, riding over Farnam's granito at a lively rate would be as level as asphaltum to Be- sides, when it ns, the wood will ab- sorh fu erreat quantity of the water, and when the sun comes ont, the ningled odors which will arise from that payement will convinee many people that cedar or wood pavement of any kind is about the last seleetion they should have made,” He's Killed His Men, Wilson 8. Swain tain of police at Denver, passed west yesterday morning He was relieved of his oflicial honors couple of months aga because of the opposition aroused towsrd him by the Knights of Labor for the killing of a man named Fitzgerald, Ho was met by a Brg veporter at the train and asked “What was the name of the man yor killed a short time ago in Denve “Which one?' queried at captain, “Have you killed any more lately s “Well, nll that's ne y o say, I've been a western office and I've had some tough persons to deal with, I'm now in the sherif®s office and still have un eye on tough 'uns. An external application of St. Jucobs Ol goes to the seat of the complaint and cure views proposed Buy, just the ex —— ank W. Hutchinson, who some time mortgaged his_father’s team and for %3 to L. C. Crafts and the y ata faro table, was ptured yesterduy and brought to this city and placed in” the county jail over night on the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. 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