Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 17, 1887, Page 5

L SELMAVILLE Is the Latest Addition Platted on Leavenworth Street, As level as a lawn and every lot a daisy. One-half of the lots face right on Leavenworth street and the other half are just one-haw block distant, Near belt line, near street car. ertyon the street. Lots just across the street sell for $800 to $850. This superb addition, green as a meadow and level as a lawn, will be placed upon the market Monday Morning, April 18th, at $600 and $650 per lot. Only $100 cash Just 10 lots will be sold, when the price will be raised. - Free Carriages, Free Ride and Free Choice. Come earlyto the office of —= L OVGREN & DALZELL,= 115 North 16th street. ECAY AND THE ENGLISH| His Views in Regard to Saunderson'’s Ai- tack in the House of Commons. A GOOD THING FOR THE CAUSE. The Capital Hotel Sold For a Hand- some Consideration—Do Not Col fuse Insurance Companics— Capital Happenings. IPROM THE T LINCOLN BURFAU.| The Bk representative called to-day upon Mr. Patrick Egan in regard to the reference made to that gentleman in the debate on the English house of commons last night, Mr. Figan scemed more amused than annoyed at the attack of Major Saunderson and in reply to an enquiry on the subject he said: *‘Ire- land sends to Westminster 103 members of parliament. Of thatnumber there are a little group of fourteen north of Ireland loyalists, and of that group Major Saunderson is par- exceliance, the bully and the blackguard, ‘This little knot of loyalist landlords feel that they are being systematleally squeezed out and the scene of last night is wvidence that In their desperation they will fling nside overy vestige of honor, truth and decency. Major Saunderson charged Mr. Sexton with being present when I was elected president of ‘the Clan-na-(iail murder association.” By this the “honorable’” gentleman refers to my election in Boston in August, 1854, as presi- dent of the Irisn National League of America, An- organization whose alms and objects and whose counstitution and by laws are open to every one in America, an orxanization which has for its treasurer Rev. Mr. O'Reilly, of Detroit, Mich,, and which embraces in its ranks some of tho best citizens of the United States, both lay and clerical, of every religious denomina- tlon, This man Saunderson, who has before on several occasions been convieted by Mr. Healy and others of lying, pretended to quote trom the Irish World, an accountlof a supper in celebration of the Phanix park murders, at which he sald that I presided. I can best reply to this in the words of Mr. Sexton, namely, that he is ‘a wilful and cowardly liar’ Notonly did [ never preside at any such supper, but L never even hLeard of any such supper being given.” Mr. Egan seemed exceedingly well pleased with the progress which the Irish cause 18 making, especlally amongst Englishmen, and expressed the strong bellef that such scenes as that of last night would greatly hasten the final triumph of Gludstono and Paruell. A LETTER OF INTEREST. Sometime since, when it was charged that the penitontiary management was 80 unjust to convicts, Rev. George Willlams, of Grand Island, eame to Lincoln to visit a convict he had known who was in the penitentiary, and the governor furnished him with a letter to the warden, asking that official to allow him to converse by himself with the convict, the overnor requesting further that he ascer- glll’l. if possible, concerning any complaints and grievances thiat might exist and to write him what was learned In that regard. The following is Rev. Wjlliams’ letter to the gov- ernor: ¢ 4 GRAND 18L.AND, Nob.-—————To His L cellency, Governor Thay 1 ‘wish to do myself the pleasure of thankin, st heartily for the kindness and courtesy so treely accorded me on be the convict in whose case I had so lor interested—not as an advocate, however, but simply &8 a citizen and friend—1 had known his parents and brothers from my aarliost days in the state, and afio his convietion hus or Wife became A ember ot one of the hurches I orgatized in Holt county, and 1 had never forgotten the poor fellow in his wrong, and with others who knew the case felt his s&ulmws to be grossly unreasonable. 1am glad to know that your _excellency has nowample data on this point from the court that convicted him and that vou Lave ample reason for executive clemency in his behalt, Perwmit me then, dear sir, in return for your courtesy tome, to stato'n fow facts in relation to ti al\emmnflarf' that may* be ot interest to you, especially in view of recent charges against its management. Your letter of Introduction to the warden secured me n private audience with the convict under the most favorable circumstances to get from him a frank and honest statement of the six years of his prison life. Our conversation was quito lenithy and related to all phases of penitentiary life aud treatment and iis moral effect. We talked quite fully on the geneml situa- tion of the conviets as well a3 his own par- ticular case; the discipline, the food, the treatment and comfort of the convicts, and 1 n happy 1o say that he not only brought no complatnt but expressed himsel frankly and iher heartily In commendation of the ‘man- gement and wardens personally, both the resent incumbent and his predecessor. Both had been kind to him, and so far as he could see others had been handled as mildly and weil a8 the nature of tte case would admit. ‘Their food was _abundant, well cooked, wholesome and sufliciently good. The prison was kept clean and all sanitary regulations carefully observed. All was or- derly. labor not excessive and the sick kindly cared for. 1am aware that this 1s the statement of a convict of excentionally good character, who in some six years has never been reproved for any fault in deportment or service, whose meritous conduct Nas gainsd him over threo ears time, besides securing hiw many liber- jos and privileges. Probably convicts who have been ugly and subjected to discipline would teil a diiferent story, but it is obvious which story s the more reliable. The above facts come out nuturally in the course of a rotracted conversation “as to his comforts, is experiences, his employmeut, health, and the moral effect of his situation, and 1 have full confidence iu its roliability. I may furcher say that close observations of the various apartments visited went entirely to contirm the above, and further that none oi our party of visitors saw anything to criticise. Know- ing, as [ do, your devotion to the common- wealth, and your solicitide for a blameless management for all the state institutions, 1 IT mu:lul of your lnlt‘;l?l in the above facts. remaln yours very truly, z Uro. WinLiaw l’ll:lodr First Presbyterian Church, Grand TYE CAPITAL HOTEL 801D, Y oo AR R R L ne \l ' the season, 1. which Mr. C. W, Kitchen I invaded. onilding for the handsome consideration of $120,000. 'This Is one of the largest and most mportant sales for some time and the news of it will occasion a good deal of sur- prise, [n connection derstood that Mr. F, lotel building for a term of_vears from Mr. Stout and that the sale ot Mr. Kitchen also includes the sale of all turniture and lixtures to Mr. Roggen, the coming lessee, who will in a very short time assume the management of the house. ~ What Mr, Kitchen's plans may beare not announced, but ‘it 18 probable that this veteran hotel man will_not retire to nrivate lite just yet. The sale of this prop~ ever made in Lincoln and with the sale it is un- >, Roggen will lease the price represents a handsome © index of the growth in prices . as the plant sold about a year ago, when Mr, Kitchen made the pur- chase, at $30,000, DO NOT MISTAKE COMPANIES. It comes to the Bik, since the publication of a recent article coucerning the Lincoln Insurance company, that a great many forget that the Lincoln Insurance company and the Farmers’ and Merchants’ insurance company are two entirely different companies. 1i diiferent localities people aro confounding the article written and asyociating the Farm- ers’ and Merchants’ as the object of criticlsm. ‘The Farmers’ and Merchants’ has been or- ranized a nuinber of years and so far as the 3K K can ascertain no complaints have been made, but that they transacted business on business principles. The Lincoln Insur- ance compauy is a creature of recent birth and while both have complied with the state w the Farmers’ and Merchants confines its business to Nebraska and does not do_busi- ness in other states, while the Lincoln In- surance company goes outside and transacts business without complying with the laws in other states. The latter rmup:\n{. in that kind of work, brings the letters of inquiry to the front and brings odium on state com- lsanles and in an indirect way upon the state tself. No such complaints have come to light In regard to the Karmer's and Mer- chants’, HELPING OUT THE JOURNAL. The Demiocrat of this city is materlally assisting the State Journal in pavinzthe way to cover Its tracks as a bolter, and the Journal grabs at the opportunity to crawl out with the reatest avidity, There is not a resident of Ancoln, however, who voted the republican ticket in the Iate municipal election but that knows the Democrat’s whitewash is all bosh, and any possible readers of the Journal know that its columns were filled with ingenious articles assisting the democratic nominees. 1t is a well known fact, also, that the force of employes in the Journal had an unmis- takable understandaing that they should vote ainst Roggen, and the Journal might as woell rest casy m the democratic nest it has IN BRIEF, George Coupland has been appo!nted steno- grapher for Judge Isaac Powers, jr., in the Seventh district, and has qualitied for the position. An extensive sale of imported : Galloway cattle has been held ip the city the past two days that has called a good many fine stock wmen from out in the state to make invest- ments, Real estate transfers have been largely on the increase the past week, and the boom in real estate I8 flourishing. Thatcher, Primrose & West's minstrels are the coming attraction at the Funke opera house, their Lincoln date being to-morrow evening, —— Licensed to Wed. Judge McCulloch issned marriage licenses yesterday to the following par- tiel Name. *WA ; Nettie Henry Groves Fieretio W Residence. .Omuha .Owaha. .Omaha. .Omaha. § Mox .Owaha. 1 Paulina Burniz........Omaha. Dominick Melhearn...Omaha Amabaella Sweeney..Rock 5 {dohn Selutz Omaha. Florg Glur, .Omeha... i(:ao o Rolfes Annie C. Schusler. § Petor Peterson.. 1 Sophie Fugl Paving Repairs. ‘The asphaltum company have a couple of ganes of men at work repairing the worn out patches of pavement in the business part of the city. Soclety Women Who are Golug to Curope this Season. The Vanderbilts, Astors, Lorllards and other equally well-known New York men and women will make their customary trip to Europe this summer. A wager was made at the Union club yesterday that more Recamier Cream and Balm would be used on board ocean steamers during the next mouths than would tloat the biggest Ci arder in commission. Kvery society woman knows that Recamier Cream will positively heal the effeets of sun and wind while at sea. A lady ealiing for her seventh jar of cream said she had been on a yachting cruise of five weeks, during which tiine she had been con- stantly on deck and utterly reckless ag to the efiects of such exposurs, Her own words were: “No matter how red and burned [ might get duriug a long day of wind and sun exposure 1 was D“s!llll]{ certain I could repair all damage by using Recamler Cream atnight, My face never yot rough or scaly, and [ was the vy of my companions for the first weck, during which tiwme 1 kept my remedy ret. Kvery one congratulated me on ng such a “‘remarkable com- plexion,” and I felt like the veriest of hum- bugs, for as a matter of fact 1 really had a more troublesome skin than any of the others. One evening I confessed the secret of my comfort and zood looks, for asunburnt face is as painful as ucly, and divided my pot of RRecamier Cream with' ail hands—men as woll as women insisting on giving it a trial, Betore breakfast the next morning the ditfer- ent members of our party were calling to each other with that slight mitted on a yachting cruis pertectly lovely. How I3 yours? an infant’s,” “Well, isn’t that Recamior stuff ::rmvthlng wondertul, el ete. Finally at i, B, Stout the . Capital holel‘ reaktast, afier a mi:ugy and animated exchange of congratulations and compli- ments on the discovery of such a real bless- ing, our eaptain inquired as to the stock of this pavacea, and when 1 told him 1 had about half a teaspoonful left in my one little jar, he gravely remarked: ' shall order the captain to get to the nearest port and tele- raph At once tor a barrel or two of this glen stuff, whatever you eall it” We really did order two domn&nrs by telegraph aud all of us used 1t ever{ Ay of OUr Cruise, 1t is slmply marvelous for keeping the face soft and lovely under the wost aggrayating exposure to the elements. amier Cream, jor Balm Recamier Powder are gists everywhers and bfilhe b- faoturer . 5« (5 TS B DX DA T M, 7 i firuoerul disclosure, BILL KISSANE IN THE COILS. The Curtain Lifted on Frightful Scenes of Thirty-five Years Ago. FICTION PARALYZED BY TRUTH. The White Haired Sonoma Millionaire Respected as Mr. Rogers, the torious Bill Kissane, Whose F ploits Appalled the World. Ixe General Darr's Revenge, ‘RANCISCO, Cal., April 12, 1887.— spondence of the BEE.]—The one absorbiug topic of this city, and, in fact, the entire Pacific coast, is the Kissane sensation. Nothing, from the time that an Francisco was a_little white-washed Spanish mission, to the present day, has exaited such decp interest and continued comment as the rapidly increasing de- velopments ir the Kissune mystery. Had any man two weeks ago intimated that William K. Rogers, the gray-haired So- noma millionaire, was the notorious Bill Kissane--that he was one of the most desperate villains ever operating in this country, dozens of men would have re- sented such an accusation with a blow. When the telegraph, two weeks ago whispered the intimation that such wad the fact, 1t was denounced by all of San Francisco as a ‘‘most infernal and damnable lie.” But as truth has finally asserted itself, the white-haired man ot sixty years must now surrender to fate, and let justice be dealt out to him. No San Francisco paper has yet pub- lished & line regarding the ‘‘century’s sensation.” Renuben H. Lloyd, brother of Kissane, one of our most prominent citizens, and very highly respected, has succeeded in suppressing everything con- nected with the affair, The Sacramento Bee, however, pub- lished last week the first aceount, and flooded this city with papors. News stands at first refused to handle them, but the eagerness of citizens to secure the account made it impossible to further suppress matters, and all covies of the Bee were sold. Reuben Lloyd, although always re- spected as a thoroughly honest man, re- port says, will be mixed up 1n this dis- The masonic lodge as been doing all within its power that was honorable, to screen the facts, until further developments. What will most startle the masonic fraternity is the claim, believed to be true, that Bill Kis- sane was expelled from a masonic lodge in 1852, for his crimes. This is given on excellent testimony, and the truth or falsity of the statement can easily be roved by reference to the lodge records. £, as stated, Rogers isnow a member of a masonic lodge, then Reuben H. Lloyd, his brother, has transgressed one of the most stringent rules i masonry in al- lowing his disgraced brother to sail under the cloak of masonry. ‘I'he situation is hourly becominz more delicate apd none 2an teii when the ex- plosien wiil take place. It is believed that it only awaits the tinal decision from New York on the motion to quash the forgery indictments. It is whispered that if the matter gots into the courts, W. K. Rogers is not the oniy prominent ci zen of the United States who shall be asked to recall the misdeeds of thirty- five years ago. The confession of Kissane ives a full history of the gang of which e was a member, and they are not ull dead. It is even whispered that in San Francisco, fingers can be laid upon at least one other party who could not satis- factorily explain his connection with Kissane. ‘I'he hour apparently is not ripe, however,and the chains of evidence must first be well forged before those who know these eral ty-tive a W facts will Darr, who has years pursued brother of Colonel hington. That General Darr's fam- was grievously wronged by Kissane is indicated by the following extra«! from a letter written a few Tonths ago by General Darr: “The, fortunes and - he piness of mv people were broken by Ki sang, and the sad results ave felt to this d regret to say, by those most dear to me; and were it not for the innocent children that Kissane has brought into the world, and the t:lc-uuing of my wife, whose mother was killed by the distress resulting from Kissane's” ruining our actory, he would be on his way to the scaffold before this.”’ Rogers, alias Kissane,is in this city now and will probably make no attempt to get away. Even it he should, it wonld perhaps only {)mciplulw matters, for the agents of the Chemical bank and the un- tiring Darr, doubtless ieep a close watch on s movements and know where to put their hands on him when the requisition arrives. The story of a week ago that he would leave the eity or commit suicide is all moonshine. Up to the present time it has been belieyed that Lloyd was in no connected with any of his brother’s crimes, but some testimony developed in one of the forgery cases, and given in my sketeh of Kissane's carcer would indi- eate that Lloyd Limself may be some- what implicated. It is believed, at all events that he will not willingly place himself on the stand where awkward questions may be asked, 1t is nb+7 learned that when it became evident that some one familiar with the talk, Ge for thi Kissane is Joe Darr, of facts had disclosed Roger’s 1dentity to one or twg persons—something over a week ago—KRogers came down from Sonoma bent on killing General full Darr, from w{om he inferred the state- ment had come. The determined spirit of the outlaw manifested itself, and he swore he would shoot Darr on sij Some of his friends ot wind of it ever and managed, U S S with great lifficulty,to dissuade him from the step. Whether Darr knew of this or not is not known, but he certainly deemed it possible that he might be as- ssinated, for he made all preparations, 50 that in such an event the arrest of all and known members of the Kis- sane gang should at once follo The publicity given the aflair, how has rendered any bloodshed foolish i the extreme, and it would only precipitate matters, and it is not likely'that any kill- ing will be done. Public excitement, however, is intense, and there may yet be trouble. The sermon delivered by Rev. in New York, last Sund: plead for mercy for lemned by some, Talmage, ,in which he ane, is con- vhile others endorse it. The story of Kissane's eer i very interesting. [ gather from citizens and Sacramento papers an exeiting narr tive, which will doubtiess prove of inte est to your readers. William Kissane was born in [reland, and when yery young was brought to Canada by his parents. He came to Cin- cinnati in 1843, being then about twenty, with letters to Lot Pugh & Co., after- wards Jolmson & Pugh, pork-packers, into whose emplay he was taken. Their warehouse was destroyed by fire later, and Pugh always claimed that Kissane fired it. Kissane started in business for himself as a pork-packer and candle- maker, his place of busiess being next to that of Pope & Corder. Pope was the ' father-in-law of Gen- eral Darr, 'through whose untir efforts the identity of Kissane been finally established, and when 5- sane, in burning his own warchouse to collect insurance on fictitious goods, de- stroyed the propeérty of Pope & Corder, worth several hundred thousand dollars and reduced the families to poverty, he inspired in young Darr’s mind a deter- mination to bripg him to justice. At this time Kissatic' was a prominent mem- ber of a notorious orgamzed gang in- festing a number: of states, whose sys- tematically planned - outrages have be- come matters of history. Arson, robbery and forgery were their business, and were with “them reduced to. a fine art. Many of the members of the gang were rich and respectable citizens, and of them all, Kissane, aithough less than thirt was the brightest, the most 1ngenius p]nnnin;f,and daring in execntion. He is described s remarkably handsome, facinating in maoners and brilliant 1n conversation. In one of three hooks, written years ago, upon the exploits of Kissane, and which he thought he had entirely suppressed, refers to *‘his courtly prother,’’ meaning Reuben, now Reuben H. Lloyd. On January 14, 1852, occurred the burning of the Martha Washington, by which sixteen innocent lives were sac- rificed to gain several hundred thousand dollars insurance on a fictitious cargo. The unpublished details of this horrible in its recklessness and he: ness, would fiil columns. Buftice it now to say that, through the efforts of Sidney C. Burton, Kissane and eight others were arrested in December, 1832, charged with conspiracy. Meanwhile, in July, 1852 he was expelled tor his crimes from the Ma- sonic Lodge to which he had been ad- mitted only seven months before.- Thy Martha Washington tris! {id not_take plagauntii Ootober, 1853, and largely be- cause of a tcchnicnlitIv the verdict of not uilty was unwillingly returned by the fury after a week’s deliberation. Before the trial, while out on bail during the summer of 1853, Kissane was three times arrested and convicted of forgery on the Cincinnati banks. The defranded insurance companies and Burtop were not satisfied with the result of the trial of the Martha Wa ington conspirators, and had Ki and the captain of the steamer arrested ona c © of murder and taken to Helena, Arkansas. Here again Kissane's luck, which through his iniquitous career stoud him in good stead, came to his res- cue. The local authorities had no funds to prosecute the case, and, congress fail- ingto come to the rescue, they were forced to let the prisoners out on bail, Kissane jumped his bail, has never stood trial and’ is therefore still under indict: ment on this charge. In July and Augost, 1854, he plannod and consuTimated some forgeries on the Cliemicsl bank of New York, which as- tounded the business community because of the skill and ingenuity displayed. He was arrested for the crime, but while at Hornellsville, wiile en_route to New York in charge of an officer, he escaped by jumping from the train, through the window of the closet. He then disappeared for several montks, but it subsequently transpired that he had sought shelter at Buftalo with the former barkeeper of the Martha Wash- ington, He installed Kissane uuder the name of Lyngh with a farmer named Sparrows, who liyed tifteen miles out of town. He stayad here three or four months assisting in farm work, raising bills by the cuttirig and pasting process and uttering couhterfieit money. While here (according to testimony in these cases) he induccd the barkeeper to mnrr‘v a letter for him to his brother Reuben H. Kissane (now Reuben H. Lloyd, of this city, wealthy und respected,) at Cincin- nati, and in” response the brother sent back a bottle of magnesia in which was secreted $6,500 in Chemical bank bills of $50) each, part of the proceeds of the forgery on that institution, ‘This bottle Bill Kissane gave to the farmer's wife, asking her to preserve 1t care- fully until called for in case anything oc - curred to him, Something did occur shortly, for the farmer was arrested for assing counterfeit money, and his wife nformed the ofhicers that Lynch had given it to him. Lynch,alas Bill Kissane, was accordingly gathered in and the bot- tle being opened at the request of Mrs. Sparrows, his identity was established. e was accordingly taken to New York, the feat being successfully accomplished by handculting him to an oflicer before starting, and runmg the key in the bank teller’s pocket. Here he wits convicted of the miocal bank forgery, the jury nalu‘ogn only ten winutes. ‘T'he wily Bill, however, pleaded the baby act in a brilliant speech that brought tears to everv eye and called forth tremendous applau The judge, who had fully de- termined to g x years, the™ full ! extent of tho law, was so'impressed that he made it two y and nine months, This was on M , 1855, On Docem: ber 9, of the same year, ke was pardoned by the governor of New York after hav- ing made a full written confession and on his solemn promise to give the benefit of evidence which was necessary to con- viet other members of the ‘infamous ang, with which he had been associated. T'his confession is still in existence. {issane, however, knew that the mem- bers of the gang would probably uate him, and agam skipped, not rd of again until his_ med name at = assi- heing th under an 1 Nicaragna, under Valker, was reported. The necount was stantial that it was generally epted as correct,but there was at least man who w not_dec 1, as he recognized the ing Kiss: the St. “harles hotel even while his death was still the talk of the country. In 1857, Kissane came to California, ar- ng in's June. Bili | ane at once reported at the house at 1010 Folsom street, where his two broth- ers—known to their friends as Reuben | Lloyd and Hen Kissane—have lived | for over thirty years. Bill then went to | the Frazer river, under the name of Rogers, and mined successfully. Re- turning, he engaged in merchandising in San Franocisco and Sacramento where many of his transactions were regarded | as suspicious and questionable, He subsequently went to Wushoe and while in partnership with Grissim and Henderson is said to have an d #400,000. In 1863 he purchased his Sonoma roperty which is now worth $300,000 or 00,000 and on which ho has since lived. | Although neither a naturalized nor a na- tive citizen he had himself placed on the Great Register, taking solemn oath that | he was a native of Kentucky. He was a supervisor of the connty from 1874 to 1878 but resigned in the latter year because of some alloged crookedness in the office. Some two years ngo, General Darr,who had never relinquished the hope of find-. ing him, suddenly saw the Ki i youth, while paying an acc isit at the railroad oflice: Although he had not seen his quarry for nearly thirty {M"' the general without a moment’s ation walked in front ot this white- haired man of sixty odd years and fixing his eye upon him said: “IHere you are at last,” Bill Kissane.,” Rogers ‘was very indignant, etc., but avoided Darr there- after. The latter communicated his dis- covery to the Chemical bank of New York, and an attempt was mado to have Rogers maise restitution for the wrongs of Bill Kissane. He was defiant, however, and atter eight months unsue- cessful treating, the exposure was forced by Rogers himself in sending an agent east to have the old indictment against him quashed. Receiver Smyth has declined, however, to quash the indictment until further in- formation is received. The inditinent, of course, still stands and when the case IS intH court, as it seems now must evitably happen, there will doubtl be many new and startling develop ments. C. M. STARR. —— AUMY TRANSPORTATION. an Francisco in THE Opening of the Bids and the Proba- bly Successful Competitors. The bids for the transportation of supplies for the various army posts in the department of the Platte, which were opened by General Dandy, chief quartermaster, on the 13thjinst., were available for publication only at a late hour'yesterday. Thefollowing were believed to be the lowest bidders, and the ones who probably would receive contracts. Lusk to Fort Laramie—Baker & Jolnon, Douglass to Ft. McKinney—C, K, Clay. ‘Terminus of Cbeyenne & Northorn railroad probably mouth of ths Cottonwood)—dohn {unter or Heny: 1 Burbank, Rawlins to McKinney—Richard Magor. Douglss to Washakie—Li. B, Shepherd. Bawlins to Washakie—R. C. Magor or N. n. D r to Bridger—John B. Watson Price to Du Ch N Omaha ana Fi Valentine to Niobrara—Wm, R. Farris. Thacher to Niobrara--J. M. Thacner, heyenne to . Russell and Camp Carlin amma & Murray, Salt Lake snd k't Douglas—Edward 1. Clute. Bals [ . Dalton. Loeal transportation: At Carter, Shirley Carter; at Rawlins, Ciaries J. Johnson; at Prico, George H. Joweil: at Ft. Sidney. Peter Johnson, at Lusk and at Douglass, B. Sliepherd. Omaha Literary and Scientific Club, At the meeting of the above popular and well known club next Wednesday night, April 20, the following programma will be rendered. The meetings are open to the public without charge, and all are cordially invited to attend Instrumental Music aasenssns - Misses Boli and Noiiia iliteher | Recitation—"How We Kept the Day,” 1 ... Misses Tillie Blume a *“Ihe Future of the Repubiican Party, Julius N, Recitation ¥ Original I"oem..... Question ror Debate: protective tariff should be abolished and congress enact laws With a tendancy towards free trade” Affinmative: John J. Points, . D, A, Wade, B8.J. Scannell. Nesative: Julius 8. Cooley, Judge Louis Berka, Judee Franklin Follows. 5 BOug.. ++Miss LRose O'Neal | S Opening Hamilton Street. ‘The county commissioners were engaged | yesterday In a discussion of the petition of J. H, McShane and others, askiug for th opening of Hamilton street west of the city limits, . lors in getting the building, printing an The Wrangling Wrestlers—Ball and Gun Olub News, A TEMPORARY CITY BUILDING. The Law's Vexations—The I'robable Award of Contracts for Army Transportation—Late Police News. 3 More Hippodroming. The wrestlers are still wrangling. Colonel MeLaughlin and Farley met yesterday after- noon and spent several hours in_an effort to come to terms for a match. Farley wanted to enter a contest for the champion belt, now in Mel.aughlin’s possession. The belt is valued 500, which amount Farley wanted to ainst it. McLaughlin wanted to wrestle for the belt and $300 extra. This was more money than Iarioy could raise, and the matters were left unsettled. In tho mean time Moth and Farley have been dickering about a match and may yet come together. 1t was charged yosterday by those who claim to be on the inside that the Moth MeLaughlin matcis were both rank hippo- | dromes, that Moth liad forced upon_thecolone by scaly methods. The story is that on “Thursday before the match, whien a big house was expected, Moth wont to McLaughlin ad refused to go on _with the match unless it should be tollowed by anocher and he Dba given one o' them, and an equal division of the receipts of both matches. Colonel McLaughlin hat been at the expense of several hundred doi making other arrangements, and nad nc choice but to forfeit this money or make the hippodrome. He went into” the ‘‘lixed” mateh with reluctance, and says he will never meet Moth again. He taught Moth all he knows about wrestling except in the Grasco-Roman style, and in any style but this can throw him as fast as ha can get up. 'his fact must have been evident to all who witnessed the mateh. Colonel McLanghlin left last night for Sioux City, and will go :lwnlce to Denver, where he has a wmateh on hand. BASE BALL NEWS, The Omahas Lose Another Game at Des Moines—To-day's Game, The Omaha club was defeated again at Des Moines yesterday, by a score of 9 to 5. No other result was expected by the management. They used an experimental battery and left several of thoir crack playersat home, among them, O'Leary, Messitt and Brimelecom. Joe Walsh’s wite was lying at the point of death at her home in Keokuk and the fact so unnerved the little captain that he vlayed a miserable zame. Houseman pitched agaln yesterday and showed a vast improvement over his game of Thursday. > TO-CAY'S GAMET, The Omabe =i will return from Des M3ines to-dny and will at the new b rounds this atternoon with the old Union Pacilic nine. The game will be called at 3:30 gelock. ‘e clubs will be positioncd as fol- POSITIONS. OMAWAS, I Krohmeyer Salisbury “Goodenough Rockwell o Dwyer McKaolvey. . Walsh Strock. . Hanlon. Auderson THE LEAGUE SEASON, The league season will b opened on Fri- day with' the Lincolus, The day being Arbor day the banks and many of the busi- ness houses Wil pe closed, The game will be precede’ by a parade of the contesting clubs i unitorm. AROUND THE BASIES, Dave Rowe has returned from the east with a strong nine for the Lincolns. ‘The Kansas City nine has been si<ned and numbers seme excellent men. Manager Bandlo is makir cure Chamberlain, the crack pitcher of the Louisville nine. ‘ Sunday playing will be prohibited at Leav- enworth. an effort to se- THE GUN CLUDS. The La Fevie Club Shoot~ ament—Notes, ‘The La Fevre Gun Club held their regular kly shoot at the grounds east of Athletic park yesterday aiternoon. ‘I'he average score was a little smaller than usual, whereat the members of the club wondered greatly until it was discovered that the shooting had been done at 21 yards rise, instead of 15 yards as on previous oceasions, The mistake was noticed tou late to do tue shooters any good, The score on the club stoot was os follows: Prince .. 00190 10010 0101 000 0— Low 11010 1001 10100 100 1) — he Tourn- * J0000g 00000 0000 G080 — O ( 81001 01100 10030 0001~ 5 nsend 0100 01110 1000 00001~ & Nuson. 11010 01001 11001 111101 Abe Z0)K0 01101 01010 10101 - & 2111010 10900 11010 110 § *Small dropped out after the teath shot, owing w an aceident. ‘I'ne result of the shoot gave the badge to Nason until the next shoot. Forthe pastiwo weeks the badge has been in Chrysler's pos session, After the reg side shoots w ing results: voiiibie. o lar elub slioot, a number of indulged in with the follow- FIRST CONTEAT, JABOR..oonweask 1 10 3 00 0 0 0—d Abererombie.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1—4 SECOND CONTEST, Prince.........0 0 1 0 0. 95m) Small.... ... 000 Nason ... 001 Bicktord 01 Prince .. 1111-5 Bickford. 11000 0-2 SIXTH CONTEST, ‘This was a team shoot between Nason and Abercrombieagainst Townsend and Fitchett. The result was a vietory tor the first named team by the following ucorou: # Nason 10 0-1 Aberero 01 14 Vi, Townsend 0103 Fitehett. .. 00 00 THE s INAM . "The date for the anuual tournament of the Has a splendid view of all West Omaha. Could not lay better and is the cheapestprop- e Nebraska State Spol been fixed for the week commencing June 7 This will be ahead of the tournaments & Sionx City and Minneapolis, and will follow the Lllinois shoot, ing a complete elreuk that will be casily attended by sportsmen al over the country, Awmong the well shots who tave” signified their inte being present wre the following: Ben Tipl Al Randal . Miller and tlarvy Hull, ot Cincinnati; J Stace, of Now Haven Conn.; 8. A. Tucker, of Meridan, Conn.| Rawl Organ and Charles Willard, of Chi cago: lke Woolring, of Waverly, Ia| Charles Budd, of Des "Moines; Williams, of Missouri Valley, and a number of others. CRAY BHOTS. |'l'|\o Omaha Gun club will shoot on Tues day. ‘The Omaha Rifle club wilt hold _their first shoot at their range at Bellevue on May 4. The tournament of the Northwestert Sportsmen's association will be held at Nor folk, Nebraska, on May 17. Omaha sports men ate practicing for the meeting. o e A TEMPORARY CITY HALL. The City Will Probably Erect One at Once. Measrs. Lee, Lowry and Kaspar, the spe cial committee of the council, appointed ta secure headquarters for the city officers and police department, have found their duty an arduous one, All of the available buildings in the city are occupled and many of the new bulldings nearig completion have al- ready been engaged. The only proposition that was received by the committee was from the Exposition assoclation contalning an offer of the rental of the ex of the exposition building and the basement for the of the city, at a rental of 8300 a nonth, the city to pay all of the expense of making the necessary changes for the accoms nodation of the officers. ‘I'he committee ‘onsidered the proposition a rather expens sive one and have about agreed to report ipon o plan by which ‘a_ toniporaxy, hall ean ba built upon” ground owned by the city. The city owns a fractional lot at” the corner Nineteonth and Harney streets, with a front- n{e of sixty-six feet on Harney street, and ninety fect on Nineteenth. 1tis proposed to ereet” on _this & three-story brick building, Ou the first floor, lovel with tlie streot, will be located the patrol bain, 27x46 feet, with ample room for the horses and vehicles. On the Harney street front of the same tloor will be located tho marshal’s office, which, with the patrol department, will be soparatod from the police court, which will occupy & room 35 feet square on the west side of the building. ‘The second floor of the building will be used for offices for the chiet of the fire department, the gas Inspector, boller inspector, meat inspector, building in- spector, board of public works and other offl- cors, The third floor will be occupied as & council chamber. The eommittee estimate that the buildinz will cost between 813,000 and $15,000. The claim is made that the in~ vestment would be a profitable one for the eity as the bmiding can be rented when the new city hall is completed. 1t will be neces- ry, anyway, to provide a patrol barn, as therd is no provision for one in the plans f the new eity hall. The present logation rensonably u-?lulvenlan‘ 'he comiitiee will report upon thi plav 2t uncil meeti: Qu Tuasday night, Sl " THE OTHER SIDE. Another Phase of Thnrsday Night's Arrest, A reporter for the BEr, in conversation last night with one of the firm of Hibben & King, proprietors of the sample room at 1303 Doulas street, learned their story of the rald made by Ormsby on Thunrsday night lasg, ‘They say that there was no such gang in the house that night; that none of the crookg named made or tried to make, their escap®; that no door was locked or barred,and that no attaches of the house tried to shield eny one from arrest. ‘The officer, it is claim stepped in, ordered a drink, and then tur ing fo L. 1. Baker, known as “Frenchy,” “I'll place you under arrest.” Tle then w his revolver and_marched Baker up to ‘This it is said, was all there was to the air. 'he friends of Mr. Baker denounce his ar- restas an outrage. ‘They say that he not now, nor never has been” en:aged in crooked work, and.that there is no grounds for suspicion against him. Bakev is a swmall, gentlemanly appearing fellow, who cer= tainly doos hot look like a burglar or high- way ‘robber. In conversation with & re- porter last night he said: “Why 1 should have beea arrosted 1 don’t know. 1 never stole a dollar in my life, 1 play for money and it I can win a’ man’s cash squarely, I'll doit. (f1can't win it squarely, [ wont lake itatall. ©havelived in Kansas City eleven vears, have got property there, and Chief of lice Speers will vouch for my character and will tell you that I am no erook. Judge Stenberg said to-night that he didn’t know who I was when 1 was brought before him, but after this, he would see that 1 got fair treatment. Building Permifts, Saperintendent Whitlock issued build- ing permts yesterday, as follows: - 3 astory i io, near 16th. g iwo ono-story cottages, Tth and Hickory.......... John O'Connell, oue-story brick addi- [t ling, Oh n to store, 112 South 10th.......... 250 AT on, two twostory frame Vi Mary's.... 8,000 stan, two-story o rosl- b, near St. Mary Vo.... 2,200 Lunsen, one-story frame cottase, Alice and "10th ..., D40 Mrs. Jennie K. Stevens, five fwo-story frame dwellings, Deeatur and %8th.. 9,000 Bollivar, one-story frame cot Alice, Tt et stuer, three-story printing of- 79, - 1,300 Rice, one-story fraine cottage, Liocust and 21st Eleven permits ay Wants Her Husband, The ecity marshal received a letter vester- day from Mrs. S. B. Smith, of loledo, I asking for the whereabouts of her husband, who is a colored barber. She writes that she has heard that Smith had been accidentally killea, and that while she does not believe It she Is wild with grief at the rumor, o —-— A Lost Girl, Last evening the little eleven-year-old daughter of Mrs. Mook, who is employed the Buckingham Home, wandered from the place and uptil & late nnur-lmlm beeu found. . ¢ rogating. .. FPSEa— P PRSI