Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 24, 1887, Page 3

2 - THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 1887.—TWELVE PAGES. THE GLADIATORS VICTORIOUS " fOmaba Deferts Lincoln in the Firat of the ) Obampionship Games. HE HOME TEAM PLAYS WELL La. enworth Wins Over Kansas City and Topeka Defeats St, Joe—=Snow Btops the Denver Game— Other Contests. The Home Team Wins, The game between Lincoln and Owmaha, the opening game for the championship sea- son of the Westein leagie, was witnesced by about 50 people at the association grounds yesterday afteruson, The day was a disa- greeably cold one, making it unpleasant alike for players and spectatvrs. ‘Lhe game, i however, was an exceptionally good one, and did much to_increase the faith of the Omaha patrons of the sport in the home team. Dave Rowe's boasted champions were outplayed at every stage of the game. The Omaha field, Messitt, Brimblecom and Bader, played without an error. O'Leary pitehed an excellent game, the hits on him being dew and principslly lost chance &aps. Krehmeyor caught splendidly, being especially fortunate In- capturing foul tips. Dwyer at first, Rourke at third and Walsh at short took care ot everything that came in their way, SBwift at second made sev- eral costly errors, but redeemed him- selt by a double play with Dwyer. * The visitors worked ~hard but to little avall. When they struck 0']4(!llll“}i an Jora fly the outfield corralled them, ne of &ronnders seldom passed the infield. their runs was made on Swift's error, and one was earned. Dolan caught well. ' Law- rence occupied the pitelier’s box, and did but Kairly effective work. ltellufinl at short stop ‘did excellent service but was lost at the bat. “T'he home team scored one in each of the cond, fourth, tifth and seyenth inmings. he visitors secured one run in the fourth in- @ing, anaone in the sixth. The detailed #core was as follows: cuomauEc~ > HN&°°—~°=‘> = clonmoncmool®l |© coccormosls| Hmocucconelx Weauv—mv—so—‘ | Eesl| 8 = —oBknwoooR e Earned Runs—Lincoln 1. Wild Pitohes—Lawrence 5. Balks—Lawrence 2, O’ Leary 1. Passed Balls—Krehmeyer 1, Dolan 2. Bases Stolen—Lange 1, Rowe 1, Walsh 1, - mw(ycr 3, Krehmeyer 1. W Struck Out—Rowe, Glenovin, Bader, Brim- lecom, Swift. Umpire—Hengle. Scorer—R. £, McKelvey. Time of Game—2 hours. TO-DAY'S GAME. The second game of the the series hetween Omahaand Lincoln will be played this after- moon, The game will be ealled at 3 o'clock. *The teams will be positioncd as follows: 0 LINCOLN. obinson Nelson .Rowe enavin .. Lange Reinagle . Mussey awrence Dolan VER, April 23.—[Special Telegram to le Bek.|—The Denver-Hastings game failed o conie off to-day on account of snow. Leavenworth Defeats Kansas City. Leavenworth, Kan., April 23.—In the game (i ‘o—dny between Leavenworth and Kansas City - tm‘l)n(!m; club came off vietorious by a score o Topeka Downs St. Joe, ‘forekA, Kan,, April 23.—The opening game of the Western leazue season between ‘the 1opeka and St. Joe clubs resulted in an .easy victory for the home club. Score: To- Peka 9, St. Joe 2, Other Games Yesterday. LouisviLLe, April 23.—The game between Cleveland and' Louisviile to-day resulted as 00520111 0-10 000230 4 0-11 ¢ Pitchers—Chamberlain and Morrison. Base «hits—Lonisville, 23; Cleveland, 17. Errors— Cleveland, 2. PHILADELPHIA, April 25.—The game be- tween the Athleticsand Metropolitans to-day resulted as follows. 4400038023 0-18 tropolitans ...1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1—6 re — Atkison and Cushman.—Base hletics, 215 Metropolitans, 16, Errors 7; Metropolitans, 3, Umpire— low t. Liouls, 000200038 05 inelanati. 0011002116 . &'nel]wrl-l’outh ang McGinnis, Base hits t. Lonis 18, Cincinnati Brrors—St. 2 Bn-s. Cinelnnati 2. Umpire—Bower. ~ 4" ', _ . Ban Francisco Races, v SAN FrANcisco, April 2, —This was the ‘est day of the Blood Horse assoeiation | Gu races, The attendance was large, tho weather . e vavarm and pleasant aud the track in supurd . *.condition. 4. Mile and a quarter dash: Shasto :filma sucond, Leap Year third. Five furloughs, two-year-olds: Geraldine ?w“"" Cleo second, Snowdrop third, Time— Mile, all a-es: Aurelia won, Eldorado ond, Dymauite third. Tino--1:421¢ i Two miles, all ages: Monte Crlsto Moonlight second, Argo third. T v The New Trotting Association. DerroiT, April 23.—8ecretary Steiner, of %‘l 6 American Trotting association, reports a \Jarge number of new members secured during ,the week. Among them are the St. Louis lockey club, or the horse department ot the 0 St. Louls fair, the greatest and most t racing and fair association in the the 1llinols Trotting Horse won, ne— ich. ; Galesburg, Fowleryille an neoln, 111.; Fairmont, Lincoln, Albion and ahia, Neb,, Kirwin, Kan. ; Cortland, N. Y.; Sigourney and Sioux City, 1 nd the Viga county fair, Indiana. ———— The La Fevre Gun Club Shoot. ‘Phe shoot of the La Fevre Gun club for the average took place at the grounds @astof Atnletic Park yesterday atternoon. ‘Townsend captured the badge for one week by the following seore: bie. 00010— § 10 01001~ -12100 11100 11200 0101011 o st OYCLONE DISASTERS. Work of the Storwm in Ka sas and Missouri, * 8w, Louis, April 23.—Special dispatches ished here this morning show that fear- A ol hi @ ., Feightiul eyclones, tornadoes and hail storms over a considerable part of westorn southwestern Missouri, southeastern causing great loss a) ’QMuwdlnwm-gp. muwber of people. lu Bates and Ver- non sounties, Missourl, the destruction was very great. West and south of Rich Hill the storm raged with Terrific violence and its treck s strewn for miles with debris of all kinds. The estimated loss of property is 100,000, Six persons were killed in the nelghborhood of Hume and Sprague, and & number seriously and some fatally injured, At the Miller farm, diree miles west of Sprague, a splendid residence, barns and out- houses were destroved ne head of cattie and other stock wese Killed, and Miller, wife and baby blown intoa well and drowned. In the lower part of Linn county, Kan., a regnlar funnel-shaped twister made a descent about 6 o'clock, seven miles northwest of I’rescott. Every farm house in the path of the storm was demol- ished and every house in Prescott ruined. Nearly every house at Miami Junction, five iiles north of Prescoit, was blown down and several persons injured. Seventeen persons are known to bhave Dbeen killea in Linn county and about fifty setfously injured. In Bourbon county Kansas, reports are rible devastation. I\VB‘:( at ol buildings and live stoe Dy the Mills faunly was nearly exterminated, two ehildren and father and mother being killed and nicee and children found barely alive, but wi T'ae stone residence of Samuel Coles was razed to the Anderson county, the ne 1y daw- agod the town ol Colony, At Blue Mound, a town of nine Lundved” inhabitants, twenty honses were wiecked and two persons round. In vitre, Miss, GApril 23,—This see- A8 visited lust mizht by a terrible thunderstorm, followed by heavy hail that killed Tive stock and injured many colored jersons. [ Bolivar county the town of Luntington was uearly demolished. WERKLY BUSINESS REVIEW, An Unusually Active Demand For Money From All Sources, OnteAao, April 25, —[Speeial Telegram to the Brr.]—Managers of local banking in- stitutions report an unusually active demand for money froin all departments of trade. Oporators on the board of trade aro pressing their claims for financial assistance quite vigorously and generally succeeded In ob- taining a greater portion of their requests. Some refusals have been made, but exclu- sively to parties not regular customers of in- stitutions or where bankers were disposed to limit their discount lines to parties who or- dinarily have first clalm on them. It is un- derstood that two of the leading institutions have made arranzements to supply the money required to pay wheat deliverod on My con- tracts. The supply of loanable funds is somewhat contracted and banks as a rule are not inclinod to enlarge their discount lines, merely reolaclug the funds recleved on ma- tured paper. Considerable money has becn forwarded to wheat and life stock distriets, but largely through commission houses. Lumbermen make quite frequent visits to the banks as the season has about opened and they require considerable money at this timo of year, both at the yards and the mills, Packers were sceking temporary loans in view of increased receipts of hogs and the fact that they have considerable property on hand whieh has been sold for May and June delivery. Wholesale merchants were not porrowing to any extent, as they are enjo; ing quite active trade for this season of th year and reducing their stocks of goods quite 1berally. Rates of interest are well main- ained, in fact, there is little quabbling about interest rates if money can be secured. Call loans are firm at 6 and 6i¢ per cent and time loans command 64 and 8 per cent readily, depending on the amount of money requirad and the iinancial standing of the borrowe There was rather more doing in street loan. and rates of iuterest are reported steady at 6 and 8 per cent Eastern money markets ruled with onsiderable steadiness with more than the usual demsa tor bank favors from outside parties. eign money markets are easily loar funds abundant and interest rates favorable to borrowers. New York exchange was in moderate supply and the demand was fairly active, especially by merehants desiring to close Up their eastern accounts for the month, Sales between banks were made at 25 cents discount to 25 cents premium per $1,000 and the market closed steady at par. Foreign ex- change was offered rather sparinzly and the market ruled stronger and rates were higher, with sales of shippers’ sixty davs document bills on London at $4.883{(w4.581%;, and closed steady at $4.841¢@4.84%. The New York stock market exhibited considerable activity during the past weck, though the trading on most days was largeiy in specialties. Au un- settled = feeling revailed during the greater pottion of the time and fluetu- ations in prices were frequent. Prices ruled higher early, _but not supported to the close. = Tho earnings of the leading railroad lines, while not showing as large an aggregate as one inonth ago, are re- arded as quite satisfactory by managers, as t was expected that the freight movement would decrease when the inter-state com- merca law went into effect. Wall street speculators were disposed to trade quite freely and the market received considerable support from outside parties in the east. Western operators in the stock were not do- ing much, as their attention was attracted elsewlere. Foreien speculators in stocks traded rather freely, American securities were somewhat in foreign markets. ‘The sales on the New York exchange for the week aggregeted § Petroleum was inclined to quietness, it early in the week, and prices ruled comparative steady. Later the market showed more activity, offerings were larger and ' lower prices were accepted. Saleson the New York petrolemn exchange reached 5,115,000 barrels. Opening sales wero made at 64%c, sold at 623@6sige, and closed quiet at 63'4c. The leading pro- duce markets have exhibited considerable activity during the past week, but it was al- most exelusively in-a speculative way. Op- pear to be as nuch ‘“at sea” as 1 varz few developments have been 0 establish nn( definite outcome of affairs, 1n many of the leading markets the operators have been transferring contracts ahead as much as possible, and the im- [‘"’“l"“ is gaining ground that speculative rading will be brisk during the greater por- tion of the coming three months—May, June and July, Lake nuvigation wil ably "open ~ within the next days, when large quantities of grain will move eastward, and shippers regard tho outlook as rather favorable for good business during the summer months. ~Farmers are busy with their spring work and with sea- sonable weatjer, spring grain will be about as large as usual, “m“f‘ varying somewhat in different sections of the west. The re- ceipts of grain were vmn‘mmuwly light, ex- cepting of wheat, partially due to small de- liveries at small stations and large shipments from elevators during the past month. Prices of grain and provisions have been a little Illl)mé:vol‘l\ble 10 buyers. The receipts of live sfbek have been quite liberal at all prin- cival western markets. Packing operations are progressing quite favorably and the ac- grecate for the first quarter is somewhat in exeess of last year's returns to date. —— Postal Change WasmixaroN, Avpril 23.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.|—The following lowa postmasters were appol! to-day: Barnett 1. Jones, Carbon, Adams county, vice W. I Shinn, resigned; James W. Latimer, Wa- ',’f““;db"“"" county, viee A. J. Latimer, ro- ened, J. Shannon was appolnted post- master at Walter, Lancaster county, vice A. H. Wilson resigned. T .——— Presbyter! Missions. CHICAGO, April 23,—The aonual meeting of the Woman's Presbyterian board of mis- slons of the northwest s to be held at Dav- enport, Ia, April 278, All railways have agreed to sell tickets to the delegates at one and one-third rates for the round tiip, limit- ed in going to April 26-7, and in returning on or before April 30, el e American Troubles in Tangiers. GiBRALTER, April23.—1he American con- sul at Tangiers has made a claim of £200,000 damages against the Moorish magistrate for assaulting an American eitizen., The consul is unpoyular, owing to his action in conn tion with the arrest of a Hebrew merchant of Alcazar, by two Englishmen who d rlaved the American flu{. and who brought heir prisoner in el 0 Tang A Railroad Sola, CiNeINNATL, Avril 23.—The Keutueky Central railroad, running from Lexington, Ky., to Jelico, 219 miles, and including the nysville and Lexington ulvl-lmui was sold lay H the United S court nonvlgf- ton 10 Bliss & Gates of New York, who bid 8L for the bed and lease holds, and 805,000 for the rolling stock and other movable property, INTER - STATE COMMERGE. Congressmen Prepuring Amendments to the Bill, ALASKA'S SPLENDID DOMAIN. General Belknap's Misfortune—Dis- turbers of Public Men's Tran- quility—Knights of Labor In Politi Wasnisaroy, April 21.—[Correspondence of theBre.|—*Here, zive me my umbrella,” exclaimed General Belknap, after writing a card at the Ebbitt house the other evening, and addressing a friend standing beside him. “I haven't got your umbrella,” replied the friend. “[ gave it to you but a second since to hold while I wrote my name. Come, fork it over,’, thie robust old soldier continued, and then he began walking around looking for It. Two or three gentlemen overheard the conversation and were drawn up in amuse- meat. Finally one smiled, and observed “‘What have you under yourarm, general?"” General Belknap stopped, pulled from under his arm his umbrella, and observed in a {lustrated manner: “Auain! A few days agol went with a gentleman friend into a cafe for lunch. I paid the bill, bouzht cigars and when we began smoking I told my friend to give me my puarse. [ swas positive I had handed it to him, or laid it down and he had picked it up, although he declared he had not touched it. Looking around the table for the purss I discovered It in my hand.” Geueral Belknap, who, it will be remem- bered, was President Grant's secretary of war and was impeached on & charge of of- fice broking, lives in Washington now. He has been here more or less for six years. He practices law, lives quietly, but comfortably, and is one of the most popular men at the capital. His friends are as extensive as his acquaintances. He dresses faultlessly, is lar¢e and handsome, with a full short beard that was once light red, but now half gray, and is generous to a fault. He never speaks ill of anyone, is gental and generous, and an entertaining conversationist, flis friends say he will some day be completely vindi- cated. “Some day not far distant, Alaska will be one of the choicest nortions of the United States,”” said a government official, who has Just arrived from that far-off section, and who was telling some of his experiences this morning. ‘‘Alaska is an enormous tract of country,” he continued, “‘and neither its size nor resources are understood by any con- siderable portion of our people. Very few indeed comprehend its extentor physical characteristics. From its extieme north to south it is 1,400 miles in air line, or as far as from Maine to Florida; and from its eastern to the end of the Alentian islands 2,200 miles on an air line, or as far as from ngton to our western frontier.” (he istand of Attu, at the end of the Alentian chain, is as far west of San Fran- cisco as Maine is east, so that between the extreme eastorn and western sections of the United States San Francisco is tha great cen- wral eity, Or take another basis of compari- son. Alaska Is as large as all New England and the middle states, to-gether with Ohlo, Indiana, Iilinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ken- ticky and Tennessee combined, or as large as all the United States east of the Missis- Sinpi ri and north of Georgia and the Carolina nenrly one-sixth of the entire areaof t i ates. It has a coast line 18,211 ly twice as much as the atic and Paciiic const lines of the_ re- maining portions of the Unite ate The total aréa of the islands of Alaska i are miles, which would make a as the great state ot Maine, aska s the region of the' highest moun- eaks in the United States. " The const fornia and the mountain ranze and Montana unite _ to the Alaska mountains. This range, instead of coutinuing mnorthward to the Arctic ocean, as the old at- es represent, turns o the southward at the upper ramparts of the Yukon, extends through and forms the Alaska Peninsuia, and then gradually sinks into tha Pacific ocean. leaving only the highest peaks visible above the water, ‘I'hese peaks form the Alen- tian chain of islands, The islands d-crease in size, helzbt and frequency, as the moun- tain range sinks into tne ocean. Unimak, the most eastern of the chain, has that mag- niticent voleano Shishaldin, 9,000 feet high: then Unalaska, 5,901 feet: next Atka, 4,852 feet, ote, In the Alaskan rango are the hign- est peaks in the United States. Itis the great glactal region, too. From Bute Inlet to Unimak Pass nearly every deep gulch has its deep glacier, som@ of wiich are vastly greater and grander than any glacier of the Alps. On Lynn canal is a glacier computed to Efl 1,200 feet thick at the ‘snout,” or lower projection. **Alasta I8 covered with hot and mineral springs, and its varying climate makes it a resort for certain “invalids, Some of the springs are already noted for their curative qualities. ‘T'here are sulphur springs. boiling springs, and all kinds of springs. The boil- ing sprins have lonz been used by ‘the na- tives for cookin z purposes. A lake strongly llmpmfnnued with nitre Is found on Beaver nd. ““I'here are more miles of navigable rivers 1n Alaska than any other portion of the United States. In ‘sections the climate is salubrious the year round. There are im- mense valleys where crops may be ralsed; graat undeveloped mines of gold, silver, lead, conl and every class of ndnerals; the choicest timber lands in the world. In a word Alaska will, not many years henee, have railroad connectisn with this part of the country, and will be developed amazingly.” of "C form * * People in \Vnumnx&m, who have been watching the operations of the inter-state commerce commlission from the spot of ac- tion, and who have kept abreast of the feel- ing of the nhlpswn of tha country, with one volce predict the repeal or verv material amendment of the inter-state law at the eoming session of congress. ‘Chev declare that it is working too mauy hardships, de- stroys the theory and prineible of riva in competition, and will ruin exports. any are advoeating its repeal, while others are suggesting amendments. nber of the Fiftieth congress who has St & I and wlo as traveled extensively in all parts of the country during the present month, says that there will be a flood of amendmenfs and substitute laws offered as soon as congress convenes. He predicts that there will be three months of debate on propositions af- fecting the inter-state commerce law. ‘The observatlons of this statesman have been duplicated by hundreds of others not members of congress. A senator who bhad much to do with the framing of this law says the rulings of the commission cannot be sat- isfactory, and that there will be continual eratings over the long and short haul clanses, Hethinks this should be repealed, and de- clares that the only end sought to be attained by the enaetment of thelaw was prohibition of discriminationin favor of or against ship- pers, and that it can be secured T“ to as well and by a much shorter route without thelong and short haul clanse. Instead of reducing and simplifying the burden of the law all anticipate that it will be further complicated, and that the tacties of the railroad eompanies will be to make it still more ridiculous, 1tis stated that there will be a strong tight made for a substi- tute which will not ~contain the long and short hauls, and sev- eral other clauses, but which will simply prohibit discriminations in favor of I“” shippers, and which will be short and simple and do away with the commission whieh is conceded on all hands to be & eum| me and useless tribunal. The substitute pro- position is to be so plan and short as to re- uire no interpretations, and will put re- flm. in the hands of the people and in the county courts, Of course this character of solution of the problem will be fought n{ not only the com- mission, but all lawyers in con: and out of it, who hope to zet fat fees the peu- le and the common carriers. 1t in expecte hat there will be much wmore independen action by men in congress than there was last winter in dealing with this subject. ‘Then they knew nothing of the effect of the thelaw, as it had not been tested. Now they have been shown by constituents just enough objection to it all to give them ample excuse for voting for or against any pro- ition, “h the before. congress | the I:n': lwo. lc‘:!:m men wh:‘lou;hl th;' of It and worked, direcfl‘.‘or indirectly aralnst it, were suspected of bein~ influenced by the cor] tions. The railroads will un- doubtedly show to_Jegislators enough hard- ships to constituents to warrant a repeal of the law. it necessary, or the enactment of a substitute. if the ,cc:?pmumm have not en- countered the haydships by this time some z-nnbemmelmelnllg for them. The inter- state commerce law. {s destined to a short Iife I* its present coandition, is the belief in ashington, and no ore hesitates to say so, *, *"a While the crowd of visitors were congre a- ting in the east parlor at the white house to attend the last informal public reception, this week, an old lady with antiquated spe - tacles pulied well down on her nose, elimbed the stairway leading to the private oflices on the second floor, " When sha reached the Janding she stonped, lopked aronnd. sniffed the air, took off herispactacles, and going up to a messenger, aske “Can you tell medsir, what smells so! ‘Tho messenger stammered, hesitated, and finally replied “Ihat, madame, is kale and bacon which you smell, Tt comes up from the kitehen.” “Well, I thought so mueh,” said the old “and I told my friends down stairs so. contended that the smell from the of the white house would never be allowed to permeate the whole building in this way, and so I said 1 would come up and find out. Why, it smells awfully down in the white house.” Shortly the old lady was in the east parlor with her friends and telling them how she had just as good anoseas ever, and her voice could be heard above the murmurings of the crowd as it moved toward the president, who was then receiving. Ona who related this incident said that the president i3 becoming so fond of boiled din- ners that Mrs. Cieveland is very glad to go outto Red Top or Oak View, where her mother is, to escape the fumes and get some delicacies. Mrs. Cleveiand prefers fine}m:flry and is very fond of early fruits and a few of the vegetables, while the president continues to destroy ham and eggs, cabbage, kale, bacon and corn beef, and take his mugs of ale at dinner. * . * “Yes, n great m:my?ounr.o ara written to the president for no other real object than to get his autograph and learn his stylo of com- position,” said a white house clerk. ‘‘Here s a pile of letters which bear no significance to oflicial business; yet each requires au an- swer. They came from remote parts of the country in many instances. Most are from the out-of-the-way precincts. Ipresume thera, are thousands of families in different parts of the country who have letters in their pos- session from presidents of the United States. They wrote the presidents for the sole pur- posé of securing a letter in reply.” “Do you often find postage enclosad from these attograph letter fiends?” ‘“*About one in ten enclose a stamp. But the stamps are not 5o burdensome as the corre- spondence, 1t is the examination of letters that takes the trouble. But few of them aro ever seon by the president, and those who think they are getting his inspiration in the answers are badly mistaken. ‘The clerks open the letters, write answers to_those not p‘gmrhlf the president’s attention, and he aftixes his signature without having the ieast 1den of the contents of either the letter of in- quiry or the answer. True, the president sends out his autozraph; but that is all.” ‘The cabinet officers, well known senators, and_sometimes prominent mewbers of the house of representatives, get frequent letters fromn strangers, not inquiring for an auto- graph, but some inatter which will require an answer, and thesole object s to get an autograph latter. 1t 18 very seldom that any of them write the answer.” A secretary does it, and only the autozraph name goes to the 1nquisitor and disturber of the public man’s tranquility. * ' There have been_in " Washingten duripg the last past fortnight: two or three very astute and intlugntials Knights of Labor, ‘Lhe assemblies of this srganization in this city are made up of extriordinary intelligent men, and most of them ‘rank as” pretty fair politicians, many of them having occupied potent places in state lagislature, federal po- sitions, efc., and they rank as men having exceptionally fine ;parspicacity in matters political. Nearly two-thirds are democratic in politics. All of them have been discussing for ten days or llml'{ the 'political outlook as {g has reference toiithor, and labor organiza- ions. s B 1f I have any power of concentration In instances of this kind the general belief is that the organization of. Knights of Labor will put a presidential candidate in the iield, antagonize bitterly bothiof the old parties, be defeated, and then goto pieces. Then, it is prophesied, tnere wiilbe no more. nation- ally organized laborfor inany years, and so much teeling will by sngendered in the cam- paign that the labor"unions, which have done 80 much for many years to elevate labor, will be vreatly impaired. These labor oxperts in Washington and the labor politicians, who cannot have any selfish notive in view, beca they cannot run for office, say there lias never been a class organization, or society of any char- acter, which have survived an active partici- pation in politics, and that the oreanization of Knights ot Labor is too nearly divided ever to permit the successful candidacy of one of their own number for a national oflice. ‘They do not discuss which of the old parties will lose heaviest by the race of a Knight of Libor candidate, but they are reatly con- cernedtabout the outlook of the order.” It is expecied that the subject, which is to como up in the general assembly Minneapolis thys fall, will create a great deal of feeling. Penrny S, HeaTi, GRAND ISLAND DOINGS, The Storm, Soldiers' Home and Other Local Itemns, GrAND ISLAND, Neb,, April 23.—|Special Telegram to the BEE.|—The wind storm of vesterday blew down thie north wall of the new Williams and Kerr block under. course of erection on West Third street. The west wall is also injured and it avill ‘entail a loss of ubout $800to the contractors. tev. Geo. Williams, of the Presbyterian churehi, will resign the pastorate to-morrow, ‘This is greatly to be regretted, as he is a ublic-spirited man and looks after the best nterests of the city and is an able and effic- fent minister, . ‘The soldiers’ home commissioners, Scott, Laws and AWillard, were in the city yestorday, and witn O. B. Thompson and A H. Baker selected the site of the main build- ing of the solaiers’ home. 'They decided on a sightly location near the center of the southeast quarter of the sectlon. It will be y situated, and work 1s to be commenced nce on the ornamentation of the grounds and the buildings commenced as soon as the contract 13 let. ‘The wife ot City Councilman Taylor died very suddenly yesterday afternoon after an illness of buta few hours, An Irate insurance agent, by the name of Palwer, of the " Home insurance company New York, destroved the general expiration_reister of a leading agency In the city on Wednesday, entalling a loss to the owners estimated at from two to four hundred dollars. e went to the ofiee when the owners were absent and in the presence of an employe committed the depredation. He was arrested when passing through the city last night. A Billy and a * Black-Jack." “That wasn't a billy that Rothaker slugged Rosewater'with; it was a ‘black- juck,’ " said nn olal.‘police officer last evening, ‘*‘The billy!*he continued, * always :nade, in part st least, of wood. ‘This weapon is sitbfly’4 ball of lead and n leather covering, with:a leather handle. It is the favorite wenpon of thieves, orooks and keeperg'dt: Bouses of ill-fame. It nakes no no? ,:Tesuires but httle force to wield and isdendly in its work. 1ts ordinary effect | ¥ake an indenta- tion in the skull; 9§ Jifi1t doesn’t affect the outter bone, itsfrequently fractures the inner layer of Bone and produces an irritation upon the’ covering, which ends in_ inflammal “and not unfre- quently in death. -k weuld rather be as- assanlted with nrflm‘ than with one. Any man who carfips gne ought to be sent to the pen on general principles. He's a thug." e o Omaha Scientific Olub, The followlng programme will.be randered Wednesday evening at the Omaha business eollege rooms, corner of Sixteenth and Cap- il avenue: Piano duet, declamation, Prof. J. H. Lewis; song, solo, Miss Rose O’Neill; the “Press,” (past, present and future), Fred Nye: ma::) (mm in dust. Prof. Rathburn and son; question for debate,® “Resolved, That the protective tariff shouid'be abolished and congress eniet laws wlth". wna;ncy to- d gradual free trade,” Aff. E. Franklin Fellows, J. B. Se.wmll. Msnuv Judge J. P, Cooley, R. D. AN Jud.i? Herka, and y J.J. Polits, affirmative. The public are cordially invited. THE DUCHESS OF NORFOLK. A Noble Mother Finds Her Oross Too Great For Human Heart to Bear. A BLIND AND Rank Nor Wealth Nor State Can Heal a Broken Heart—Lady Flora Hastings Dies of Grief—Her 1mbecile Son—Meredi- tary Nobility, VEW Yok, April 20.—[Correspondence of the Bie.]—The news has arrived of the dgath of the Duchess of Norfolk, a lady not well-known, even by name, in America, but whose life has been as strange and sad in its vicissitudes and svlendid sorro as almost any in his- tory or roman She was born in 1853, the davghter of a Mr. Clifton, the third son of a plain English squire, who chanced to please the eyes of the Lady Edith Rawdon-Hastings, eldest daughter of the Marquis of Hastings. The country gentleman married the lady of high' de- gree, and within the year a daughter was born to them called Flora Hetty Bar- bara Clifton. When this child was four or five years old, her father took the sur- name of Abney-Hastings, in order to in- herit a property which some distant rela- tive of his wife desired should descend in connection with the greater name. Then the little Flora Clifton became Miss Ab- ney-Hastings. After a while the marquis of Hastings dled--for such things will happen, even in noble families—and his son succeeded; and when the son too, died, and child- less, the marquisate became extinet. But there was in the fumuly another title— one of those unustal dignitaries m the English peerage which, in default of male heirs, descend in the female line, and Lady Edith Abney-Hastings inherited from her brother the earldom of Lou- doun. She became countess of Loudoun, in her own right, as 1t is called, and a peer of the realm. But hér husband was only Mr. Aoney-Hastings still; the rank of his wife could not ennoble him: their eldest son has since succeeded his mother, though the father remained commoner. ?‘t, as the daughters of carls bear the title of *Lady,” when_her mother inherited the earldom, M Flora became the LADY FLORA ABNEY-HASTINGS; deriving her name from her father, and her rank from her mother. It was an ominous title, for there had been iady Flora Hastings hounded to her grave not twenty years before, 1n the first years of Queen Victorin's reign; a pure and excellent woman, s lady of the court, belonging to the bedchainber of the young queen’s mother, the duchess of Kent; but her virtue fell under su: and the queen herself was very and unrelenting; the poor girl lost her place at court, and her good name, and died the victim of calumny, after which her innocence estabiished. But there are many still in English society who remember and resent the persistent cruelty of the presant queen, then her- self only a girl, li the Lady Flora whom she persecuted. ° The second bearer of the name was bred a Protestant in a Protestant family, but after awhile espoused the Catholic faith, from wihich, indeed, ber father's ancestor's had lapsed only within a gen- eration or two: but the most violent op- position was offered to her recantion or conversion. The Catholics called the treatment persecution, but the proselyte was lirm, and after awhile the eflort to retain or wrestrain her ceased, and she was left to enjoy the solace of her new religion. About this time I chanced to mect her at a dinner in London. She was pointed out to me in advance ag the famous Lady Flora Hastings, the convert to Catholicism, whom every one was talking about. 1 was. struck by the name for I had heard the history of her aunt, and knew something of her own, and I looked curiously at the wearer of the historic title, She was a charming specimen of high-born beauty of England; but though distinguished in appearance, and graceful and soft in manner, not without a shade of coldness, or almost stiffness in her bearing, like that which marks so many of the caste of Vere de Vere,even among themselves. Soon after this she was ruarried to the duke of Norfolk, the hereditary marshal and prenmner duke of England, who ranks next among temporal pecrs after the princesof the blood; and people said the story n the fairy-book was true,the good, faithful Catholic had been rewarded for her persistency, the beautiful girl had found her prince: and her fidelity in things celestial had brought her the highest honors in things terestial that English subj can attgin, For the Dukes of Norfotk have borne that title four hundred years; theirs is the “blood of all the Howards,” that Pope sings of; they are the owners of Arundel Castle, and the descendants of Surrey; one dukedom, three ecarldoms and five baronies are heaped upon a sin- gle heir. The present Duke succeeded to the title nearly thirty years ago. His father died when he was in his four- teenth year. and this boy stepped to the head of the English nobility. If there had been u procession of the peerage, at a coronation, or some such ocecasion, with Northcote. and Argyll, and Bea- conslield and Salisbury, and every other eminent noble statesman in the land, in line the boy-duke would have preceded them all. s 1 met him soon after I entered English society. It was at the house of his uncle, Lord ;*low: d, -of Glossop, his father's brother, and a man old enough to be the duke's father; but the nephew was the head of the family and the uncle only a cadet. Lady Howard was one of the most fascinating of English women; with a manner more gracions than many English women possess; who seemed to forget herself and her rank entirely, and to think only of what she could say or do to make those around her enjoy themselves. SHE WAS GIVING A DINNER, and before we went to. the table, know- ing that I was a stranger, not long ar- rived in England, she said: *‘Would you like to know the duke of Norforlk?” I had forgotten the connection of the fam- ily, if indeed I knew at that time. 1ooked around for some imposing and venerable man,but she turned toa young- ster without a shadow of distinction in his appearance, as plain as a farmer in face snd manner, and 1nentioned my name. The duke was sosimple and un- assuming, in fact, almost embarrassed in behavior, that I shoul® have thought him the least important personage i the room. He asked me something about Ameriea, that betrayed no especial in- tolligence or ability, and I inquired if he had ever been inthe United States. “No,"” he replied, but I suppose I ought to gu— to improve my mind.”’ 1 thought he might be bantering me, and said: “‘One did not always travel to improve the mind. 1wasnotso good. I wentabout to amuse myself.” Then he looked up, half maliciously, and answered: “Oh; [ suppose your mind is improved.” Upon whica I eoncluded that he was not with- out a velu of raillery, But our conversa- tion was interrupted, for just then Lad; Howard came up for his arm; an though the room was full of statesmen and ministers and people with ribbons and garters and stars, this plain young furmer as he looked, her nephew besides, taok in the hostess to dinner. ‘e duke is devoted to his religion; he is at the head of the Catholie laity, and IMBECILE DUKE. | accepts the duties and responsibilities of his position. He is a great friend of Cardinal Newman, and was his pupil for awhile; he could hardly have found a nobler character or finer mind to study under; [ remember that when some great polemical and political dispute came up and stirred all England--a question t involved Enghsh and Catholic intere | both at once—the cardinal phlet and inscribed it to duke of Norfolk." For, despite his rank and his lineage and his possessions, the Catholic duke is made to feel at times that religion in England is a re proach., The Catholies there have neve got over THE STIGMA OF GUY FAWKES in the |m'\ul:|r mind, while the g bility still rememver James 1L, and that they earned their position and power in the state by resisting and dethroning & Catholic sovercign. Several eminent persons beeame Catho- lies while T lived in England, and the sac- v made to principle co the t no- that he was prosecuted by his family till life beeame almost & burden; his position in society and his influence on his e were both injured ause of his con- version. Another, the marquis of Ripon, gave up the rignt to present clergymen to the livings in s gift, which indeed, seems only just; sinee he was no longer a member of the church to which these livings belonged. Still, the right of pat- ge is one that the Enghsi landlords 7¢ very highly, and Lord Ripon doubt- ess folt the deprivation of the preroga- tives that pertained to his rank, and had descended to him from his ancestors. 1 once visited the church at Arundel, which the predecessors of the Norfolks built centurics ago, and where they were buried from the time of the Fitz-Alans, who married the daughters of kings; but the mass is no longer said in the protest- ant ‘Yle and, though the Howards aro still laid by their fathers, it is with “maimed rites,”’ only, that ti may be deposited there. On the outside of the great editice, where the Surreys and Arundels worshipped in other days, they have built a chs rul where the priests pe form the Catholic ceremonies prohibited within, and then the noble dust is car- ried to the chancel, where it must rest under the forms of the newer faith, which the Norfolks eall heretical. And yet the English contrive to mingle defer- erence for rank with their religious bi; otry; and, though the dukes may not v in the church, according to the original rites in which the church was conse- crated, the wall 18 broken down so that the great may be decorously transferred to their last \?ucul residence, But with the dukes of Norfolk, the mockery of all human splendors and dig- nities begins this side of the grave. The eldest son of the presentduke, and of her who was once the beautiful Lady Flora, was born BLIND AND D! T ELLECT, Everything that scienece, or skill, or wealth, or tenderness could suggest has, of course, been tried to mitigate the lot of the heir of the Howards; but in vain. The child is seven years old, and it 1s certain he can never look upon his great domain or know the satisfaction of the possession of his dignities. Yet he re- mains the only possible successor to his father, if he lives. The titleis inalienable and the property is entailed; no brother can come into po ion while the clder survives; and Philip, earl of Arundel and Surrey--these are his high sounding titles—must be the sixteenth duke of Norfolk, the hereditary marshal of England, and the head of the English nobility, though blind and imbecile. The duchess died, doubtless broken- hearted, in the midst of her splendor, at the fate of her eldest son the child of her youth, the heir, it is said, even of her beauty, the descendent of so many dukes, the unconscious object on whom s0 many mocki aind dignities must be heaved. 2 follows his mother to that Arundel, with his corone as is the custom for pee ary nobility will be vindieated as never ofore—and” that other doctrine of the herent equality of man will be avenged. 1 forgot to say tbat when the Lady Flora Hastings became ducliess of Nor- folk, und guve an heir to the dukedom, the three earldoms and the tive. baronies, 1t was not thought proper that her father, the progenitor of this future mignty peer, skould “himself remain a commoner, and Mr. Abney-Hastings, oncq Mr. Clifton, the younger son of a cbuntry squire,'who'became first the husband of countess of London, then the father of a Duchess of Norfolk, but nbove all the grandfather of the future premier duke of England—was himself elevated to the hoerage—and he is now known as Lord Donington, a baron of the United dom. Mis servicesto England r this recognition, and_his descendants in the younger liue will hardly think the sixteenth duke was born in_vain. What the common people of England may think of their hcreditary legislators created for such cause, would be another matter. But they were not consulted, ApAM BADEAU. ———— Personal Paragraphs. Hon, Alex. McGavock has returned from Stanto! R. 8. Van Gassell, son-in-law of A, H. Swan of Cheyenne, is in the city, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kaapke and Mrs. A. L, Meyer left last evening for a six months trip to Europe. George E. Doomington, of Falls ¢ J. Myers, J. W. Howe ana J. H. Wi mion; of Lincoln, are at the Millard, Mrs. Virginnia Briglxs, with her little daughter Naomi, are h from Chicago visiting her brother, Dr. F. D. Wilson. Jack Hawley of New ork, is in the city on a business visit, his ‘ln)ifil:g coun- tenance can be seen at the Millard hotel. John A, Riner, Esq., formerly United Stutes attorney for Wyoming #nd now Union Pacific attorney there, is at the Millard. 1. C. Whipple of the Union Mereantile company. of Cheyenne and one of the heaviest stock owners of Wyoming, is at the Paxton. General J. T. Cartis_ and wife, Miss J. Hull, Miss H. Hill, and F. A. Buckman, of Boise City, Idaha, are in the city en route tu Washington. George H. Fuhrman of Rapid City, son of one of the leading merchants of the Hills, is in the city on his return from a! extended visit 1o California, 3 Brevities. Ruth Rebekah Degree Lodge, 1.0.O.F., of Omaha, has accepted an invitation to visit Council Bluffs Rebekah Lodge, Tuesday evening, the 26th inst. Due no- tice will be given through the press of arrangements for the Trip, Monday even- ing. The Wabash train leaves St. Lonis ten minutes later than formerly and reaches Council Blufis three to four minutes earl- ier. The stop at Moberly has been abandoned which gives the "three hours gain while the rest is obtained from the early start and fast running. ‘I'he passengers on street car No. 27, while it was bound depotward, were treated to a fight on the back platform, about 6:30 o'clock last evening, The lalios 1n the car all ran out via the driv- er’s piatform, and street car business was suspended until the combatants were separated, SPECIAL NOTICES OMAIIA., “"Advortisements under this heud, 10 cents por 1ne for the first i vents foF ench wiib- sequent insertion, aud $1.5 line per month, No'ndvortisoment. taken for less tuan 26 conts for the first insertion. Boven words wil Jbo coupted to the line; thoy must run cousecu- tively and must be [’:l‘ in advane All advor- tivements niust be handed in before1:50 o'clock r. m., and under no circumstances will thoy b( aken or discontinued by telephone. 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W, Day, s. e. co ONEY TO LO On city Ana_farm prop: MOGES, tow batonr~ Stowadt & Cor Hopm's Tron barik. Lt WIONEY, (o lonn, cnsh on nand.no fdelnr. VL5 W and E. L. Bquire, 1413 Farnam_at., ‘axton hotel building. 700 TMONEY-—First mortenge notos. “Tho 1glas county bunk will buy papors secured by Brst mortgago on city renity. 01 TMONEY O LOAN on muro no commission charged. ham, Koom 1 Creighton Do ok PER CENT—Monoy to loan, Gregory & Hadl Rooms 1and 8, Redick block, to fon A[ONENY MOToR e tracts bought. d ronl eatato; Leuvitt ‘Tura: 763 oy, 5% 8. 10th g 63 on . L and city _mortgages and ocon- E. 8 Rowloy, 314 South 15th st. 678 mil O LOAN—Money—Loans pluced on fm- roved ronl cstate in city or county for New England Loan & Trust Co., by Douglas County bank, 16th and Chicago sts. 84 ONEY 1o loAn on impi Moy por cent. Money on hand; do not hiave to wait. Have a comploe set of abstract buoks of Douglas county. I, N. Watson, nbstracter Harris Real Estate and Loan Co., 30 8, 15th st. ) vod city property nt ONEY LOANED ut C. F. Keed & Co.'s Lonn Office, on furniture, pianos, horses, wagons, personal property of ull'kinds, and all other ticles of value, without removal. 819 8. Iith. Bingham'’s Commission store. Al _busi- strictly confidontial, 08 6 PER CENT Nonoy. O "R. C. Patterson, 15th aud Rarney, 755 M ONEY TO LOAN—by the nndersined, who has tho only properly organized 'loan agency in Omaha. ~ Loans of $10 to $100 mado on furniture, piunos, organs, horses machinery, &, without removal, All business striotly_confidentini. made that any part can b paid at any ime.each pryment reducing the cost pro rata. "Advinces made on fine watvhes and diumonds. Porgons should carefuily consider who they aro dealing with, as many new concorns are daily coming into existonce, Should you need money call and soe mo. W. ‘R. Croft, Room 4 W'thnoll Building 15th and fiaruay. %63 HE Omaha B 1 Exchanwe, ner of Harney and 1ot 5 National bank. > o prepared fo make short timo loans on an availubles courity, loans made on - chattels, col- laterals or renl estute. Long time loans mude on improved real ostate at current rafes. Purchase money mortgages nogotiated, so- cured notes bought, 8old or exchanged Short timo lonns mado onsocond mortrage. nccording to marginal futorest, at collaterai ates, Real estato to exchango for good interest benrine paper. General financial business of all kinds trans- acted promptly, quietly and fairly. always on haud for approved loans of 1 . without delay or unnccessary pub- iclty. Corbett, Manago) 1 ~ BUSINESS CHANCES. W ANTED =Patics dosiring a1 _capital, In an established busin husiness tlily, A. Me ‘, TANT £00( Must have terrod. Add MOR SALE “Interest in manufacturing busi ness. Prolits big, and no other factory of this kind in th Address, uame in full T,, 81 . Rougons for se orred) plenso address conflivn- J Mariesu, s 400 —Pariner in o well-cstatli ng drug business in tho ¢ 0). Experionced druggist pr 98 M. 21, Beo office. WANLED-Drug storo. Choice Goorgin land to exchange for agood stock of drugs. in alive Nebraska or Knnsas town. Bell & Mo- Candi, 314 8. 15th st., Omaha, Neb, 503 OR SALE—A 8tock of ¢rugs in the host Nebraska. For county’ gt in outhern ) particulars address, M. 19, Boe office, Omuha, B0 . of the best paying restaurants in the state. further purticulurs address A, E. Altkel 1’301(,( few hundrod dollara 1 can gef you ono Fo K 20 1L A good business on a paved strect, A L 67" Beeofiice, 202 F OR SALE OR IRADE—For Omaba city roal catute or Nebraska lands, n two-atory brick store, with a complete lne 'of staplo dry g00as and 'notions, Groceries, crockory, ginss- vare, and a small assortment of hats an ~all bought for cash and discount sayo: live Nobraska town, county eeat, and doins good cash business. Tho second story ronts fc per month, and Now contains frst- ants. On the Union Pacifio R, K. rounded by tho best class of farmers and farms in tho state. 'I'wo grain elevators aro lo- cated at tho station, and tap all the surroun ing country, whish brings in & ereat doal of outsido trido, nnd is one of the best grain mar- Kets{n the state: it also hasone of tho lurgest flouringe mills in tho wost. ‘The above property is firet-clnss in every ro- ind th stock 15 now wad desirable. 0. J. g Fogsar 10 stock of drugs 1o good town 1n southern Neb. op B, & M. railroad, loing u $7,000 cash business, Good ronsons tor in: n Fare chance for the right man, Al as Keaus & Foster, 316 60, 16th st. Qmalia, Hotel for rent or for mlle, at_Jansen, ‘eb., on line of C, K. & N. R'y—Rock Isl- and. Good opening for the busin Add P, Janson, Junsgn, Jefterson Co., Nob, ~ 10324 (OR SALE—A Complete clga Gato City Real Estate Co,, stand outfit, Dougles st. 340 {OR SALE—One-half intorest inthe Nobrsi Signal, the largest circulation of any coui try weekly newspaper in the stato: Inrze job oftice in conncction. For_full partioulars ‘ni dross or call on E. C, Sawyer, Admr., Vit mont, Neb, UY a Mayflold lot_on West Cumings strect, Bwn. $00 down sud $10 monthly. (. J Canan. ® YOIt SAL rom date to 6th of May, the cn- tire livery belonging to the cstute of the late G, W. Hom of fine carring: overy descriptior], e ete. " The livery {s one of the finest ho clty, and parties wishing to purchuse fine enrringe horses, single or_double, will do well to call nt Homuan's Livery Btablo, 1413 South Thirtecut!, streot. H. A, "Homan, B84 28 JAOR BALE or trade—Vine ranch and far well gituated in Texas, Addr: Bee oftice. F{'OR BALE or Exchango—A now 85 bbl coin bination mill situated on Little o river, noar Hebron, in Thayer county. Wil e chunie for wild or 1;llpr(;;1;| Ianas or 1l r further particulars iress First Bank, Hobrom, Nob. J 8 LRSONAL: . noss suits suits, §1 les. vt tasty all-wool busi 00. Fine blue diagonal dress them or write for & Co., Americni Omaha. #96 m 17 orated di 02 Noxth, 1ot . L Jon 1300 Farnam at PrrsoNar ut Mood: ONAL--Trivate |Imiu- for Tadios durin confinement, strictly confidentia), infant adopted, address’k 42, Boe office. _ 00w2y) M ¢ oflice, fv maiecand female help. Hotols, rostaurdnts boarding hor aundries and ali publicinatit i tions supplied with both male and fewalo helt froe of charge. Malo help furnished free to nl Orders solicited and satistaction guarantoed, 316 South 15(h at. D] r, Uol, hin —Clurivoyant from Boston, | irate | N, 16th et, room | 28 1_) ARTIES having houses, furnished or un ienshed roams to rent, alwuys find a dosirable tenant by eatifng H. Heaton & Co., 116 3. 1oth roov 4. Office opéu 4{9 p. iy