Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 4, 1886, Page 2

| | THE BILIOUSNESS AT BILOXI| " Yellow Jack." eates a (1 RAILROADERS ROASTED ALIVE Mysterions Shanty Murder—Strange Epidemic in Tennesseo - Twenty-seyen Deaths in MThree Days sver Scare. il Louisiana's ¥ NEW gram to the Bi Great « nent pre vailed at ession of the board of health last evening over the motion to rantine Biloxi, The pre of the board did not wish to do but the mayor of the city wald if the board did not declare quarantine | he would take action hims After a heated resolved to order quaran at once. Several the opinion that discussion it w tine, but not to enforce it physicians are strongly of the disease is not yeliow fever, but an azera- vated form of billious fover caused by the condition of the neighborhood where the cases are, and which I8 in the vicinity of the fish canning establisament. Lots of fish have been thrown out daily and were washed up by the tide and rotted. The wind was in the direction to blow the polluted air through the houses, and these circumstances, together with the climatie conditions led some physi- cians to think the cases have no_connection with yellow fever, Even if the worstis true there 1s no real dangerof the spread of the dis- ease, and no possible ehance of an epedemic, Yellow fever increases by a sort of geomet: rical proportion and mever in the history of This ity has an opidemnic of yellow fever oc- ed where the cases did not firstappear rly as July. 'The worst feature is the anic which has taken hold of tho people of I neighborhood and inspired a resort to the senseless, eruel and:inhuman shot-gun qu antine, which is i full force at Ocean Springs, Bay St. Louis and elsewhcre against the Biloxians. Armed men board trains and vent any people who get on at Biloxi from Rlighting at those poimis. 1t is hoped the mat: ter will soon resolve itself into its true shape and that the scare will bo over. HUNGARIAN HORRORS. Seven of That Natlonality Roasted Alive and Another Murdered. WiLLiAMsrort, Pa., Sept. 8.—Word has been received here of a sickening calamity which occurred about midnight yesterday five and a half miles above Sonoestown on the line of tae Williamsport & North Branch Iroad, where a large number of Hungaris aborers are employed on the extension of the road. A shanty, in which over twenty “of these men lodged, caught fire last night {from the overturning of a stove while the .anen were asleep. Sixteen men slept on the “second floor. Those on the first floor and all on the second floor but seven succeded n getting out. The others were left to their fate and were roasted alive in the burning shanty. Their eharred Temains were afterward found in the rui “The men who escaped wero so panie-stricken that they made no efforts to save their com- panions, The remains of the saven dead were removed to Sonoestown to await the arrival of the coroner from Laporte. The lm‘mes of the victims have not been received yet. A Hungarian, named Jahinski, was mur- dered and his body hidden under a shanty on the same railroad at Elk Lick. A short time since, when the shanty was torn down, portions of human remains w found and a quantity of bloody straw. The men who occupied the shanty have disappeared. DOUBLE SHUFK ;‘l:l*: OFF. Two Tennessee Negroes Judicially Join the “Great Majority. Mespuis, Tenn., Sept. 8.—J ames Simpson ‘and Patterson Bell, two negroes, were “hanged to-day at Marion, Crittenden county, Arkangas, twelve miles northwest of Mem- phis. About 2,000 people, mostly colored, witnessed the execution. There were exer- cises, which cogsisted of reading a chapter /from the Bible, singing a hymn and praye: by two colored ministers. The criminals de- clared thelr innocence, although they had previously confessed. The drop was sprung at 1:20 p. m,, and in twelve minutes both were ]{'ronuuncvll dead, their necks having been broken. They were executed for the murder of Lee Goldsmith at St. ‘Thomas’ Landing, twenty-five miles north of here, on the night of January 2. Dying By Wholesale. CHATTANO0GA, Tenn., Sept. 8.—Parrotts- ville, in Cockrell county, is in a wild state of excitement over a strange epidemic which has made Its appearance there, The disease, which In every case proves fatal, resembles flux, except that the vietims are attacked with severe pains in the head simultaneously ith pafu in the abdomen. Physicins aro unable to cope with the disense, and those stricken with it succumb withiu a short time. Tywenty-seven deaths have occurred within three da S THE S;’OIETIN() WORLD, The Base Ball Record. AT PITTSBULRG— Pittsbure 10000000 2-38 Cincinnal et 0000001 *-5 Pitchers ullane and Galvin. Base hits— Pittsburg 8, Cincinnati 11, Errors—Pittsbury 3, Clnginnati 2 Uwmpire—Walsh, E AT NEW YORK— Metropolitan: 2180000 0-9 Baltimore. 0000000 0-2 Base hits—Metropolitans 13, Baltimore 2. Errors—Metropolitans 2, Baltimore 2. Unm- Pire—Carlin AT NEW YORK— 7 1020020 5-10 Athletics 21000020 0-5 Pitchers enderson and Miller. Base hits—Brooklyn 13, Athletics 4. Krrors— Brooklyn 4, Athleties 6. Umpire— Valentine. AT LOUISVILL Louisville, 00600 *-15 t. Louls. 800200 %7 Base hits—Louisville 19, St. Lonis 10, T rors—Louisville 4, St. Louis 7. Umpire— Kelley A1 KANsAs City— Kansas City.. ...1 0 02 000 0 1—4 Philadelphia, 020149323 *)4 Pitchers—MceKeon and Daly, B - Kansas City 8, Philadelphia 18, E - Kansas City 18, Philadelphia 8, Uiplre— Fulier, Jockey Club Races, GRAVESEND, N, Y., September 3,—At the Brooklyn Jockey club course, for all ages,. seven furlongs: Ferenzi won, Burr Oak second, Pearl Jennings third, Time--1:28% Mile and quarter: Ton Strike won, Lizzie Dwyer second, Barnum _third, Time—2:11, Mlie: Markland and Harefoot ran a dead heat for first place, Florence M., thivd, Time 1 In the run-off Markland won, Time mile and quarter: three-year-olds, tallion second, Beatrico kskill won, third, Time—2:12¢, ¥or two-year-olds, three-quarters mile: Itillilla won, Bedford second, Miltou third. Alil Hermitage second, Weasel third, 3 oy Time—1:4} Ll s L L Coney Island Races. BrignTox Beacu, N. Y., Scpt. .—Seven furlongs: Broughton won, Maybauk second, Hazard third. Time '3 Seven furlongs: L won, Ramlal ses ond, Big Rebel third, Timo—1 Certifi- cates paid stralght, $102.10: $33 for a place, and $30.70 on Ramlal for place. t won, I'asha second, Bruns- , Tom Sawyer second, 0 —1:45, toenth miles: Leman won, Santa Claus third. s Tine Steeple Chase, over full course: Will Davis won, Mentmore second. Timo 3, ‘The other horses did not finish, Certiticates paid $25.45, e Bright Republican Outlook. WasuiNaToN, Sept. 5.~ [Special Telegram {0 the Bee.)-Congressman Ryan, of Kan- 808, arvived In the city this morning, and is engaged in looking after sowe land matters before the interior department here. Ilv cheeriully ot u-“pliuul outlook in B0sas, “Treasurer thir One and one-si Burgowaster second, A BUSINESS WOMAN. | How Miss Cook Practieally Direots the tian Office, Wasmsnre Sept Special y the BEE. | <A tem 1 a teapot has been ) overan | It T 1 in the recent trip of the assistant [ndian ¢ I ner, Gen i Upshaw, to New Yo and the fact that during | Minnie Cook, the commissioner's { ographer, was acting Indian commissioner, World, which has haw, growing out of 1vestigation, « ained n upon him for negle lea such an imj lo from the in p Miss Conk is th N whole Indian She n thirteen years: is a woman ) ble balanee of mind and particu v ble execntive ability. She isa ol shorthand writer il correspondent il has all the details and the most minute information pertaining to_Indian matters at her instant command. 1 have been told by Indian agents, Indian_ inspectors and by great number of Indian missionaries of “one denomination and another that but for Miss Cook the constant of commissioners, t ds of the Indian ring and the cilating policy of the government toward the Indians, would long ¢o have demoralized the whole office. ‘The dy sits quietly at her desk and has for years practically becn Indianeommissionet Ing and a office with w i Miss Cook’s example is an_excellant arcu- ment for woman's rights in the business world. ising wpon all matters Uncle Willlam's Say. WasuiNGToN, Sept. Bek.|—Colounel Morrison had little to say on his recont sudden wip to Washington about the prospeets of his tariff bill. 1t is known, however, that the free traders intend to bring the tariff debate on in the weeks of the next session. Much, of course, will depend upon the result of the fall elections, about which they have no little apprehension. Mr. Carlisle, it is said, is determined that as between Morrison and ~ Randall the former Al have his day, and that the debate shall be held. This i3 also re garded as the view of many who voted with the protectionists on the question to consider, the Morrison bill. They ‘believe that sooner or later the issue must be met and after the elections will be more willing to talk on the tariff than they were i July with the cam- paign just coming on. Mr. Ran- dail’s position with regard to @ debate is also somewhat moditied. Ile looks upon_ it only as affeeting his position as a candidate for the presidency in 1888, and is spending as much time as lie devotes o his work to a comparison of the Morrison bill and his own for the purposes of n speech next session, in case a majority ot the house should vote for consideration. el ints Covey Loscs His Land. WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.—(Special Telegram to the Brr.]—The retary of the treasury has rendered a decision in the contest of W. A. Wetherspoon vs A. I.. Covey in a timber culture claim involving the w 3§ of thes e 1y and the e 1g of the s w !{ of section 22, town- ship 20 north, range 14 west, Grand Island, Neb. The commisioner of the general land office rendered a decision May 20, 1885, hold- ing the Covey entry for cancellation on the contestant’s evidence . _although the entry was made August 21,1579, there did exist Ju 84, only ten trees per acre on the fract and making other charges that showed bad faith on Covey’s part. The latte appealed from the decision of the ¢ stoner to the secretary and to-day the s tary aflirmed the cancellation and Covey loses his land. Those Two Colored Members. WAsmINGTON, Sept. 8.—|Special to the Bek|—The prospeets are that among tio many changes that will be made in congress this fall, the colored representation in the house will be reduced 5 per cent. Fortwo congresses now there have been but two col- ored members—0'Hara, of North Carolina, and Bob Smallsof South Carolina. Smallshas had no difticulty with his nomination, but tho democrats claim that it Is 'now time for them to have that district and are making careful preparations to count him out. In the districting of_the state the Beau- fort distriet was given to Smalls out and out, Ithas an overwhelming biack population, and Smalls is usually elected by two to oue over any democrat that could be put up. e — Omaha Will Welcome, Him. WASHI Sept. 8.—[Special ‘Lelegram to the Be. [—Samuel T. Kalbfus, of the ser- geant-at-arms office, house of representativ started for tho Pacific coast on a trip of pleasure. He will stop over at Council Bluffs and Omaha several days, thenco to Salt Lake. Mr. Kalbfus is deservedly popular among his associates and friends, and a great Tavorito with members of the house of ropre Sentalives, with whom ho 15 brougnt in cfose contact. Oneandall wish him bon voyage. — Nebraska and lowa Weather. For Nebraska and Iowa: Fair weather, nearly stationary temperature, B 4 PA, PA, HERHE'S MY “PA" Sol Smith Russell Arrived in Omaha Yesterday Morning. Sol Smith Russell came in from the west yesterday morning, accompanied by the members of his support. He was met by a reporter and asked how long ho had been playing the piece which he proposes to produce to- night at the Boyd. “It is only a few weeks old.” Where did you produce it first “At Eau Claire, W It went of very well. It is, perhaps, the most suceossful piceem which Lhave played. [troquires a great deal of work. The author is a Philadelpoia gentleman named Walter, who makes a living with s pen, but who is not at the same very v known throughont the country. He has written a snecessful piece in_this instance and 1 am very well ased with it. Your peo- ple treated me very kindly and Lam not unmindful of 1t.”” Mr, Russell then walked up town with his grip. = Senator Van Wyck, flon. C. H. Van Wyck, with his wife, and left on the Union Pacific train, yesterday morning for Beatrce. The senator had just returned from Grand Lsland, whore he has been among the veterans and cele- breties of the soldicrs’ re-union. Last mght he spoke at Beatrico, and to night he will be at Plattsmoute whore he will also address the people. The gentloman is in excellent health, and as buoyant and contented as if he werc in no wise a candidate, in wl promises to be the warmest s contest Nebraska has ever sce Waterloo's Boast. The good people of Waterloo are among the most active and energetic farmers and business men in the state. No grass grows in their village streets and when they se they gather it in. The latest industr tablished there is a large stock feeding ranch which wiil contain cres and will be condueted by Messrs. Corliss and Creighton, Thns is the fivst interprise of the kind in the county aund as Waterloo had the first cresmery very naturally an entervrise of worth she claims the bauner “awong Douglas county communities. The Cuban Ohinamen. Another ear load of Chinamon cigar- makers passed through to San Francisco inst night, Cigars will undoubtedly be very cheap oun the coastin & short time, and the curb-stone tobacconist will be wling out, “Here's your almond-eyed HE COMAH eigars for five cen arah, and if yon don’t grab fifteen the first grab, you can have fout more gtabs. All for half a dime.’ Brevitles, Th ek Island is selling round trip tick to state fair at Dos Mc s until September 11, forone full farc £4.50 from the Blufts and return. No. 4, or the overland from the west yesterday afternoon was crowded from | em to stern, many persons having o and all the way from Grand Island Disturbi the peace by refusing to pay for dr 'is the charge entered on the police \inst Robert O'Neil who was arrested by Officer Donovan last it ng 1, Neb,, was taken N wostern train was lay. He was taken to or where approprinte »on relieved him 1did not leave for night until after 9 o’clock was caused by waiting for Island, which had forty-two pa for points west of Grand Island, R. J. Clute, one of the well known operators of the Western Union foree, re: nan fr m Alhi suddenly il comin Bell's « remedies N n yes th Tast delay Rock engers W The the ceived a_tolegram yesterday conveyi the sad intelligence of his sister's death at_her home i Toronto, Canada. He al which 1eft last might to attend the fune will take place on Sunday. Colored Oitizens, A meeting of the colored citizens will be held at the eity hall on Thursday even- ing, Septembe to sclect one of their number, who will be recommended to the republican convention for nomina tion ns one of the candidates for the st legislature. Small Size Strike The moulders in the Bric Cotta company on the B. railroad just below Boyd's packing house are on st Itis said the dissatisfaction is not so much on account of wages as it is because of overbearing action on the part of the foreman. In all probability this strike will be of short duration. The Prison Barber, Detroit Free Press: Twas on the levee at New Orleans one day in the summer of 1868, watching u steamer take on tie and Terra last of her wo for up river. A great many passengers were gomg up, and among them w number of colored people One of the latter, who wus two-thirds white and about twenty years of age,and as trim in tigure as any lady you ever aw, halted for 1 moment before going board to speak to a le of friend Thev surred a fortnight before, when a well- dressed, half drunken, niiddle aged man came along on his way to the gang- plank and the boat. ~AS he reached the three women he put his arm around the bride and hfted her offthe ground. Py haps he only meant it for a joke, but it was a rude one, and she resented it by calling him a white-trash loafer, “Eh? What!” he exelaimed, fiving up at onc “You are too_cussed proud for anigger, you are. You need toning down. “Yougo on,” she replied, away from him. “Eh? Wench? ing myself.”" With that he threw his armaround her, lifted her on his hip and set out to earry her aboard the steamer, which lay out- side of a wharfboat. The woman strug- gled and screamed, while the man Taughed and chuckled, and everybody's attention was attracted. Inearrying he from the wharfboat to the steamer his foot struck some object in the path and both went down together, but he fell on the plank and she between the two boats. The current caught and earried her down and sucked her under the boat, and though the body was fished out in ten minutes, it was life. Just as it had been brought to the wharfboat the hus- band of the dead bride came down the drawing I think I'll do the ton- levee. When he understood what had occurred it seemed as if Le would go raving mad. It was a quarter of an hour before he s calm enough to understand now it had happened.” The man who promoted the aceid, ood by pretty well sobered, but exhibiting no- sorrow, and by and by the husband walked up to Iim, face as white as snow and revealing lus great ment v, and suid: “Fou have blig my life, and 1 swear to have your hife if Ihunt for it a lifetime!” by friends, the whistle and cast off, the end of the chapter first. steamer blew he and that w. me to be sent to a certain southern state prison in the year 1872 is none of the reader’s business. I went there in the company of a man who had stabbed another over o game of cards, He was a full whiskered, viscious-looking chap, and an utter stranger to me. We were both received at once, and both sent to the barber’s at once. His turn in the chair came first, there being but one barber in the room au the time. sat on a bench to t, and while waiting 1 studied the face of the barber, which had a familia® look to me. Ho was a quad- roon and it took me about five minutes to identify him as the husbaud of the women drowned off the wharfboat four years before. Little by little his features came by to memory, and by and by I What knew that he was the man. strange chance had brought us together, and in such a place¥ Pretty soon I noticed that the barber was greatly agitated. He was very pale, his hands frembled, and he paused now w a long breath, The n in the chair cursed him for his eare- s, and the guard spoke sharply and asked it he was sic This seemed to brace him up a bit, and he went aheud until the aee bare. It was then I looked at it and knew that I had en it before, though I could not recall me or place. 1 was trying to remem- when the barber stépped back, took y, and then, with a niotio lightning, drew the ruzor a ner’s theoat with the excl Wi ief sury: swift th pri ou are the one! and sent me here!" ‘The guard and I started up, but before we could prevent it the barber slashed his own throat and fell to the floor to dic inside of three minutes, The man in the chair did not live that long, as the stroke atmost severed his head from his body, He was indeed the same man, I might not have recognized him, but he could not escape the keen-eyed vengeance of the husband whose every hour was given up to thought of revenge for his desola- tion. You killed my wife ——— Our National Game in France. Correspondence Indepenaent: Just bofore leaving Paris 1 spenta most in- eresting afternoon and uvuniufi with Pere Hyacinthe. This modern Luther I with nis American wife and promis- ing son in & modest house at Aeuilly, a beautiful suburb of the eapital, on the boulevard d’Inkermann, a broad avenue lined with a double row of trees that look beautiful in their summer dress. Und these shady branches, and directly in front of the perc's gato, was the other day a group of boys, shouting in English, and worked up to the highest piteh of excitement over base ball, the only time I ever suw our national game played in France. Young Paul ~Em- manuel Loyson, the pere’'s son, was at the bat. “Heisa lad s little over thir- teen, tall, spare and muscular, enjoying both outdoor sports and indoor study, speaking Freuch and English with equa fluency, possessing & gentle character and & good face; in a word, just the child that I:fwuld have come Lo this noble couple. DAILY BEE: SATURDAY TOE CHOICE" OF COPPERS, | The Council & Special Poli for Fai¥ Wgck. M ARRANGING FOR A MARDI GRAS he Sunday Question—Bitten by a | Ball Dog—Canght at TH-Tap- ping—Travis' Trial-Other Local Mitters, Municipal Matter All of the aldermen were present at th adjourned meeting of the council last night except Mr. C) ¥ The canvassers appointed to canyass the votes eus® at the special election held | on Tueaday last reported that vot had been cast, of which 505 were in favor of the issuance of the sewer bon rinst the snme. The elared duly authorized The mayor's communication approving ordinances adopted at the last meeting of the council was placed on file The muyor vetoed the ordin ing the bonds were de nee grant Union Pacific Railway company right-of-way on Jones street; also tho ordinance ~ ordering the grading of Eighteenth street on account of clerical errors. Tho yetoes were sustained. A number of grading contracts were nprrn\'wL The mayor appointea non, Dian R Robert Mc Murphy, Ged Tobin, Jam McQuillan, Mi Hollo, John O’Keefe, Patrie rick B, Devitte, Phul Krause and Hugo Krause as spec licemen to serve from September The appointments were confirmed Chief Galligan recommended the pur. chase of a new team for No. 5 engine mpany. Referred to the committee on homas S| Georgo Grak Walter Powers, ' W. Johnson, James Sll:(, Patr ick fire and water works. The contract and bond of Regan Bros. for the construction of the base ment of the city hall were received and approved John Kiser was appointed garb: lec for the second ward. Chief Galligan of the fire department was authorizad to employ additional heln for the fire department during the fair. Albert 1. Shaw was appointed tempo- rary chairman of the board of publie works during the absence of Chairman House. The mayor’s appointment of W. F. ¥lyun, J. ML Behrer, W, f. Potter, Oscar Wills, J. M. Samlc Lreston, A. W Post, A. F. Root, J. arpente J Simpson, L. E. Gordon and W. . as special policemen for the Expos! building during the fair was contirmed. The application of the Omaha horse railway company for permission to build a double track across the Eleventh strect viaduet, was ered to the committee on vinducts anasraibways and the First ward delegation. A plat of an addition to Bedford was accepted and apprpved. A communication was received from Murphy, Creighton & Co., stating t the paving of Sixteenth strect would be completed by noon onSaturday. Onmo- tion of Mr. Lee a vote of thanks was tendered by the ¢ouneil to_the contract- ors for their effor(s to omplete the work. A petition from the mechanical en- gineers asking thag “the council should abolish the ordinanee | taxing engineers was referred to the commitee on fire and water and the boiler iyspector. The use of the ejty hall was granted to the coidred ppople fof a meeting 4o be hield on Thursday evening, September 9. RESOLUTIONS. hat it is the earnest wish col- By Kasper- of the council that the legis be elected nrge the passage of a law by which the additions to Omaha m be in: corporated within the eit) limits, Adopted. By Kaspar—That the marshal be in- structed to obtain information regarding the cost of a patrol alarm system, with central station and eightéen call sta tions. Adopted The committee on police reported in favor of confirming the mayor’s appoint- ment of six additional policemen. The report was adopted, as was also a report of the same committee recommending that the city attorney draw up an ordin- ance regulating the control of Moyn: han’s protective watch. The bonds of the newly appointed policemen, M. McCarty, P, Gilligan, Arthur Pulaski, John Robbins, Lewis Godola and Thomns J. Casey were re- ceived and approved. The ecommittece on gas reported that they had witnessed a test by the gas in- spector and found that the burners. on many of the street lamps were not burn- ing the required amount of gas. The committee also recommended that the as inspector hereafter examine all burners before they are used. The re- port adopted. ORDINANCE Special ordinance making appropr tion for the payment of liabilities incurrec during the month of August from the va- rious funds as tollow: General fund Police fund. ‘Library fund. Curbing, guttering, Curb and gutter fund Paving fund... . Paving bond fund. Viaduet fund.. Total s . Granting to the Union Pacific Railway company the right to lay track on Ninth and Jones streets for the use of store and ware rooms. Passed. Creating paving districts 80, 81, 82, 83 and 81, Passed. T'he council then adjourned. ng, ete OMAHA'S MARDI GUAS, Preparation For a Night Parade Dur- ing the Exposition and Fair. Last night, agreeable to a call, there was an enthusiastic gathering of young men at the rooms of the board of trade to make arrangements for a mardi gras parade during the fair and exposition week. The question was discussed and the prevailing idea scemed to be that an interesting night street parade could and ought to be gotten upin the time men- tioned, both for the.entertainment of strangers and as o neans of inducing others to remain riu.rm in our midst, 1t was shown that®St# Louis, during her fair week, had a, street attraction for every night; thy jousands attenaed each of them, andghs # consequence; hun- dreds of dollars fldwcy into the pockets of her mcr«lnqnph, It was further adyerted to thab.the beginning of St. Louis' great undertakings had been of an insignificant natur though their growth had been remarkable. Omaha might and ought, it was alleged, have a small beginning, and later years would surely bring to her & half"dozen night street attractions during her future ex- position and fairs. L idea seemed to prevail, and a com- mittee was appointed 1o consult the fire and police departmenis and the of of the Second infantry, witha vie their taking part in the parade, the mentioned in connection with toe eom- panies of infantry at the post, George ay said that he would guarantee if the affair would be earried out that seventy- five bieycles, each illuminated with a brace of lanrerns, would take part in the parade; mnother young gentleman said friends had informed him that two hun dred similarly wounted and uniformed wd 54 | EPTE MBER 4. 1886, | men e 1 be socured; while veral mere | chants promised to decorate floats to enter | the procession. The meeting was _har | monious and enthusiastic, and adjourned to meet to-night at Collins, Gordon & | | Kay, on Dou between Thirteenth | and " Founrteonth strects, Every young | man and every mercel tin town will be welcome, ‘The mecting will be held at 8 o'clock sharp. THE SABBATH QUESTION, | 1t 15 Discussed by EBsposition Dis | rectors, A meeting of the fair and exposition issociation was held last night in the board rooms on Capitolavenue to discuss the qu mof havi the exposition open on y The subject was 1y It up by t nie st from the mem bers of the Sabbath prot ing against the exposition remaining on Sundays. ‘The for this givenin the remonstran or that, in the first place, it would ociation reasons petition on Wi courage genoral Sabbath breaking in tho city, and would besides encourage saloons — and othe such in stitutions to remain open on Sun be n dir the state The protest was signed by Rev Sherrill, viee president of the assoc and Rev. W, J. Harsha, seer sides Rovs. J. W, Harris, C. W, Suvidgze, P. A, Hendrickson, George Pelton, James Patterson and R. N MeKaig, Rev. John Williams endorsed the monstrance as follows. “I sign the above unconditionally, so far as the usual hours of public worship ay. Such a procedure, too, would infringement of the laws of A, F. fon, be re- are concerncd. My judgment with re- gard to Sund. ternoon is not unre- servedly in opposition " Jonx WiLias. was_prosided over by President G. W. Lininger, Mr. J. 8. Col- lin ing s secretary. ‘There were resent Messes. J. L “Clark, Richard and_ Churehill Parker, repro- iting the fair_ association, and ! Wakefield, I. W. Miner, and Max Meyer, of the exposition assc tion. After some discussion of the question it was deeided that the exposition should remain open on Sunday afternoon from The meeting by 1 o%clock onm, being closed during the howrs 'of worship in the morning. No business will be transacted, and no machinery will be al- Towed to run. is is done in with the request of a large number of clerks and laboring men who cannot at- tend the exposition on we days or mght The directors hold t the ex- position would furnish a better, purer moans of afternoon diversion than that afforded in saloons and beer gardens. BITTEN BY A BULL DOG. Ed Nelson Brutally Assaulted in Gus Johnson’s Saloon. A bratal and bloody row oceurred last night in Gus Johnson's saloon joint at the corner of Dodge and Sixteenth stree The place is the resort of a class of citi- zens of the rougher element, who are willing to get up a row the slightest provocation. The gang was present last night and took occasion to create ‘rouble upon the entrance of Edward Nelson, a carpenter. The inmates of the place en- gagod in a free-for-all fight, the assault bemg directed in the main agamst Nel- son. He was knocked down and jumped upon by several members of the gang, who kicked and pounded him in a brutal manner, striking him several times across the head with pool palls and bil- liurd cues. As a climax to the outrage & forocions bull dog, the property of Johnson, wu turned loose upon Nelson. The d pounced upon the man who was being held down by the crowd and bit him in a_horrible manner, tearing nearly all of the flesh from one of hislegs. The police finally interfered and :\rrc%null;u-xflurmqu st, who seemed to be the leader of the assailants, He was taken to the lockup by Captain Cor- mick, who proceeded to kil the dog. Nelson was attended by Dr. Dysart, who 1 his wounds, afterwhich he was to his home. His injuries are of srious character and may prove fatally. The half dozen other fellows who are ties to the row have not been arrested. HE HAD TO DISGORGE. remove avery A Till-Tapper Caught in the Act De- livers at the Point of a Revolver. the Mer 0 corner of nam and Thirteenth streets, had an exciting experience with a till- tapper yesterday evening. He was en- gaged in waiting on some of his custom- ers when his attention was directed to a strange man behind the counter. He turned and found a stranger in the act of going through the money drawer. The cllow when he saw that he was discoy- ered made an effort to eseape, but found himself looking into the silent depths of a big navy revolver, when he reached the end of the counter. He threw an oV at which he had on his arm to a man who wis standing near him. Then under cover ot Jedlicka's revolver the thief went down into his poeket and fished out $3.00 which he threw upon the counter und claimed it was all he had taken from the drawer, Then, taking advantage of the car watch that was being kept upon him, he sprang through the open doorway, ran up the stairway into the street and es. was pursued by some of the arties in the saloon, but managea to elude them. Later in the evening he was ted on Cuming strect by Ofl ind taken to the police station whe he gave his name as H. Sheridan, He had nothing fto say 1 regard to the The party to whom Sheridan passed his overe when canght 1n tho s was the porter n the Arcade saloon, who was afterwards arrestos itne: the case, aped. b Building Permits. Inspector Whitlock issued pernmits yesterday us follows: Thomas Nickell, two 1story frame north Cuming, near building irtieth cobson, frame add 2, Twenty-seventh and Pa- Eugene (VNeill, ‘iwo i story 1rame cottages, Twelfih, near Wil liams, i gne L000 Eugene ( o i'story frame cottages, Fifveenth, near Wil liams. 1,000 Annie Daughton, 1-story frame cot- tage 1204 north Seventeenth . Five pormits, aggr Swindled By a Horse Trader. . Cohn was made the victim of a horse trader’s swindle yesterday afternoon He was dickering with a trader named Elliott for an exchange of steeds and took the trader’s animal for a trial. He had driven it but a short distance when the horse fell dead, and a policeman ar- rested Colin on the charge of cruelty to He explained the matter” and sed. Elliott then claimed that d with Cohn and refused to give up his horse. Cohn caused Elliott's arrest and the ¢ will be heard by Judge Stenberg to-day. Travis Found Guilty. The trial of Abner Travis, charged with an assault upon William Alexander, was completed in Judge Stenberg's court y: afternoon. He was found guiity and fined $100 snd costs, AMUSEMENTS AND NELLAE Kol Smith Russel) “Pat at the f True Love That Opera | n Smooth. A large audience gro 1 Sol Smith 0 is a young Itaii Russell at the opera honse last night, In | Ho has been at work for three months the lower box at the left of the stage sate | past on the Weeping Water branch of Madame Modjeska, Count Bozenta, and | the Missonri Pacific, and came into tho Mr.and Mrs. Ralph Mojeska. This party | city Thursday night with his pockets scemed particularly int sted in the ( with the financial results of his toil performance, By a strange coincidence the k. He had been in the i close proximity to the box mentioned y bu v fow ho when he sat a lady, the wife of a leading railroad | met a Thirteenth strect beauty who set a contractor, with her sister and hus. | trap for him. She said she had had an band. This lady, among ail her [ ltalian lover, but he ha to the old gequaintances fs csreomod'n perfeet ro. | Conntry for & wife a her heart semblance of the renowned Modj \ N, She was part o ltalinns and The Iady did not know of the actress | Was especially charmed with George's presence, and the coincidence was still ppearance and general make up, further intensitied in interest by a_simi- | She would marry George and they would larity of dresi on the part of both th Live happy ever afterward. George bit conntess and her connterpart in Owaha, | His —charmer - w ! v ward a,” Mr, Russell’s latest picce, has [ Fobe replenished ind G been made to order. In this v it | od up town and hought her a is like nearly every play in which o has | ¢ i afine hat. Ho planned a pleas thus far ppear d. Unlike many of | urprise for Nellic—her name was in which he has heretofore ceand placed a $10 bil i the hat ared, he nssumes the character | Detore he gave it to her. Nellie was be- man who is the father of a trioof | comingly pleased and George correspond daughters, one of whom is supposed to | ngly happy. They talked it uil over on be abont half his own age. Mr. Russell, | Thursday night aid decided that they in his own way can play successfully, | Would bo married yosterday or to-lay characters both young and old. More rge called on Nellie Thursday night that that m his delineation of thom, he [ and in some way sh secur can, and generally does, afford n groat | bossession — of —his pocket book deal of satisfaction, ) matter how | and - said - she would keep it melo-dramatic or unforbidding he may | until yesterduy. George consented. Yes appear in the earlier scenoes, the el the play gencrally brings him into a rht in which he appears with ateful ct. In all s provious dramatic ef- forts he been the center of a host of characters, each of whom have re- quired histrionic ability of greater or less degroeo. In “the present instance, he has but a single eccentric “Sydney Bumps,” Fred P This is of the conventional, over- yrown youth order whose hair is not as ong as his allezed wits, Mr. Ham ble suc » of played_the part with consider COsS. nma Hagger akes a pretty yiy ingly attractive childish p: other ladies are pretty, dress neatly, but they have nothing to do. Neither' have the remainin mbers of the company, exeent possibly 3 whose biggest work paniment to his own whistle solo. is rather the thinnest play in which Mr, Russeli appeared. It is unworthy of him, though everything he does in the play is worthy of sdmirition. When he 18 tunny the people laugh. When he sings, they W, When he s pathetic, the people generally feel like shedding tears, but pathos catinot be ap preciated in a grey-headed old firt such as “Mr. Perkimen Guinney” has been drawn by the author. There will be n matinee this afternoon and another presentation of the piceo to-night. Y. M. C. A. Notes. The young men will meet for bible study at 9:15 to-morrow morning. All young men are cordially invited. The usual service will be held at the county jail to-morrow commencing at 1 o'clock, All who can are urged to assist in this work. Gospel meeting to-morrow afternoon from 410 5 o'clock. ‘I'he usual song ser- vice will be led by Mr. Gratton. The ovening remarks will be made by Dr. G. H. I With the avproach of cooler weather it is hoped the attendance may be largely inereased. Remember all sstly invited and stranger: s welcome. Entrance, 15 All young men are urged to_remember pung men's meeting held _every Thursday evening at 8 o' People who attend find these mectings ple and profitable, and are anxious to b enjoy the same. Bringa f Secretary Joplin is expeeted to return in about two weeks, We trust no one will be discouraged at the seeming difficulties of reac rooms. The Farnam street sf still the only way of entrance. Harm Released. Carl Harm, the basket-maker, who was convieted on Thursday of an assault upon Officer O'Boyle in the recent_riot on 'l‘hirn-,cmhlsu' et v;'us n'zl ed {'rulu t unty jail yesterday, having been pardoned out by Mayor Boyd. The vo- wuthorities are very indignant about the mattec. They claim that Harm's sentence was a very light one consider- g tho gravity of his offénse, and that the mayor’s action will have the effect of en- couraging the already anxious members of Harin's class of people in their defi- ance of police authority. Personal Paragraphs. General Fredericks returned from Grand Island lasu evening. Prof. Henry T. Osborne, of Princeton an He lov: He poi at ent Fir. Nintn A. Goodin, wn wi Chief Galligan and ha gal suflered rday be went to eall with his i N His scorned love then turned to hate and he went to the s practicable, for the tr Burnett, partment, judge adyo In’t been in the engine hou: upon his afianced 1 was promptly fired out of the house. used every means that bankrupt er could devise to secure amorata, but without suce police avthorities for help. wanted o recover forty dol of which he hud been contidenced by the designing Nellic. kill counts he had not recov Then he said he would At last ae- red his lucre, her and shoot himself, as heen ape nted to meet at Fort Washakie, Wyo., 10 0'clock &. m., on Phursday the 9th ¢ of September, or as soon thereafter of such por- sons as may be properly brought be- fore it. The followmg s the detail for the court: Major Alfred L. Swith, Seventh infantry: Captain Louis I1. Rucker, Ninth cavalry; Captain Allan H. Jackson, Sev- nt Levi 1, First Licuten- lin, Seventh in t Montgomery D, Py Second Licutenant Jumes vventh infantry; First Lieu- am J. Wakeman, medical de- o h infantry; First Licutens enth infantr) Ha st Licutens alr, ant Wil Electric and Fire Alarm Wires. Last night, the wires of the Northwes- tern elecirie light company struck the os of the fire alarm teregraph, and if Assistant Salter s near the would have went o wire They vanometers, the severiy. the electric works and stopped the dy- namos. They also cut out the cirenit in the house found the place of contact ‘uming and Sixteenth streets, ‘The the W In: me; the college, passed throughthe city last night on his way to San Francisco, W. E. Foltz, of the line construction and repairing forco of tho police tele- 5r:um in Chicago, was i the city yester- ay. Charles T. Bechel, of Canton, 0., re- turned home last evening after a pleasant visit with his cousin, President Bechel, of mmon council, ‘rank Langford, private . P. Shelby., stant gen agent of the” Union Pacilie, went to Lalt Lake last mght. Patri 2 t of the tional from Li Davitt to , his second visit. dge Wright and family went to Lar- mie, Wyo., last evening on a visit to old jends. ~ The judge was one of the ties who laid out the town site of Lara- mic, and this is his first visit there since 1560, Michael Boler, of the Chieago potice, who was with Sergeant Bonfield’s men on srrible dynamite night, was in the ) y, the guest of his old friend, Captamm O'Donoughue. Mr. Boles de- seription of th pnes on the Haymarket when the anarchist bomb was thrown is vivid indeed. Heis on his way to Ne vada, Dilatory Railway Commissioners. Sometime ago the B announced that the railway commissioners had at length been induced to some down to Waterloo, to look at the Union Pucific tr: near the Elkhorn at that place, which the residents had eomplainod g The track had formerly been on piles, and this enabled high water 1o p; the bed. Lately it has been dirt, and the high water is fore the eity, putting the same in condition. The comimissionoer been taking the matter slowly, b aithough several weeks | nothing as yet has been done. Indians for the Fair, Two wmembers of the Ponca tribe, an old man and his grandson, came in the city Jast night from the agency in Indian tervitory. They are on their way to visit the Omahas, **We belong to difterent tribes, said the old man, “but we are ac- customed to visit h other and ex change presents.’ They will probabiy remain here during the fair. Retarning to College. Septomber genorally opens the college | season, and many of Omaha's youug misses and masters are loaving for eust srn collegiate institutions. Last evening Charles and Augustus, sons of Horman Kountze, and Harry and Dean, sous of C. W. Lyman, of Salt Lake, left for St. | Paul’s school, Coneord, N. M. Ar. Lymsu acoompanied the young nieu, for The Union Paci and delivered on the ground 1 be located on the block Ninth Jones s length with end ofs 122 feet. will not be done by cont ducted unde a man to b Weeks. Yestere folkon its w wood, both of the Avoca wont n x g, Thoy lost some of their flags in the depot, and after the leaving of the train ds connected, The U. P. Freight Depot. company has ordered material for the new freight depot, inside of a week some of it \\'1]\ be The building bounded by ackson and feet in The work ct, but con- the personal supervision of assigned to that duty by the Work will com- e in about two and Seventh and roets. It will be 0; fon Pacific compar nee on the strue Knocked to Flinder: morning the train from Nor- ay to Columbus to coneet with the Grand sl train for Omaha, ran mto a farmer’s team as it wus crossing the t first-mentioned place. The wagon was smashed to kindling- hor were killed and driver, who was drunk and deliber ately ran in the way of the engine, nar- rowly eseaped being ground to powder. NS I was, ho wont lying Without wings d up. Homeward Bound, The Creston, In,, excursionists to the G. A. R. reunion at Grand Island re- turned in _ their special car Thursday night, and those from fome yesterday morn- the o some of the decorations st, found their way to several of the Union Pacitic engines. In “Cutaways.” C. E. Smith the geutleman who has lately assumed the control of the Millard dining room, has introduced another in- noyation in the dressing of the colored waiters in cutaway coats. The change i a deciaed improvement in the appear- ance of the gentlemen of the tioor, reciated by those at the table ap on 18 Tha iters aro ¢ the w y in town whe 50 attired is at the Omaha club. The justice courts of the ci Don't I;II! Their Men, y are just now heing invaded by men who elaim that the grading coniraetors for whom they have been worki Ehuy put off pay- ing them or have failed to pay them alto- gether. As most of the luborers are poor men this works a great hardship in many instances. The mujority of complainis have boen made against James Hill and Funning & Slaven, T The Next Jury. he commissioners are now at work drawing o jury for the next term of the dist riet conrt, and will not complete theiy work until to-morrow. P position building this afts B the feet SROTROMs The Chemical Engine, he chemical engine was put in the ex- uftulo is to have the largest c world, The dial will b in_dinmeter, and the dinl will be 861 feet above the street, Inflated D) pon ele chasing them, 1 dat the Philadelphia hants take the greatest ple obtaing pecular delig (king one oceasionally n br MY EXPERIENCE. “I have heen afllicted for mar years with Dyspepsia, Sick-Head- wehe und aflsction ot the Kidueys eausod by a Torpid Liv Duir- ing last fall and winter I was obligea to suspend the most of my labor in my ficld of Home Missionury work, on account of my health. Early this spring I wis indoced to” try Simmons Liver Regulitor, and have had more gool toalth thau for years pfore. It relieves me at once, nd is Ny satisfactory than anythin kind I ever tried, 0 nwed it successfully o d olf bilious attacks.-—J os- i B Witk Camberiand, Miuistep, Lobanon, Ne.