Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 8, 1887, Page 5

5 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, MAY 8. 188i.—~TWELVE PAGES. = ! man to it him to cast a fres and inteliigent THE WORKINCMEN'S LEADER Powderly Addresses a Grand Andience & the Exposition Building, t THE DIGNITY OF FREE LABOR. The Grand Master Workman's Elo- quent Exposition of the Aims of the Great Organization of Which He is the Head. Powderly at the Exposition, A sea of faces from the platform to the Fifteenth strect entrance, the galler crowded, the whole vast auditorium a mass of humanity; Omaha and Towa and Nebraska assemblies of the Knights of Labor represented by 5,000 well-dressed and intelligent men and women —such was the splendid audience which greeted T.V. Powde eneral master workman of the Knights of Labor in the United States, at the exposition builling last night. It was one of the largest gather- ings ever scen in Omaha, Besides the thousands from the city fally (00 men from Council Bluffs and Missouri Valley and 300 from Lincoln, Plattsmouth and Fremont were in attendance Thomas Nasham, of D district master workman, ot district No. 82; G. R. Soveren, state organizer for lowu; J. P. Gilligan, of Cedar Rapids; D. St. G of Omaha 1te master workman; . R. Lavender, state recording secre- . W. Bancroft, member of the e ceutive board of the state assembly, N braska;J. H. Standeven, of Omaha, mem- ber of the exceutive board of district 82; A. V. Trott, member of district assen- bly No. 82; F. 8. Lewis, orgenizer; and a number of ladies of the Omaha female K. of L. assembly were aniong t platform, where were also se: well known eitizens and cler C. J. Smyth, K was introdu Mr. Standeven as chairman of the oc- casion, and smid: The committee who has named me to preside over this meet- ing to-night conferred upon me a favor which I esteem most highly. In all gov- ernmental systems there have been im- lu-rlr(-liuns. Laws formerly were made by the few for their own benefit at the ex runm; of the many. As aresult, great njury and wrong became the lot of the many. Butina government su we Live under the masses have reuliz they have a power to redress and rectify these wrongs. An organization has sprung up which took these great forces and directed them in a way to rectify these evilss, These forces are now under the guidance and control of the Knights of Labor. (Al;v plause.) An organization which has the upholding of laws instead of tearing them down. They recognize the_prinei- ple of the “T{mmfv of all men. The ob- Jects of the Knight of Labor is that the many may be protected as well as the few. We have with us to-night two men who are prominent in the Kuights of Labor, two men whom you all desire to hear. I desire first to present to you one of those who has stood foremost among them in the wost, Mr. Thomas Neasham. Thomas Neasham said: I'm proud to bo with you to-night, but I'm prouder be- cause Terrence V. Powderly is withus. 1 desire to hear him to-night as, well as you. I want to hear him because it has been said that labor orgamzation 1s of European birth. I would say to you thatlabor organization was coincident with the era of man, and I desire that he may speak to you of the origin and pur- poses of this orgamzation which we are members of. Chairman Smyth then, amid cheers and applause, introduced Grand Master \M_u{kmnn Powderly. Mr. Powderly said: T'hroughout the length and breadth of the land the law of common production binds together all men who work with brain or hand tor a livelihood. Together they pros- er or suffer. KFrom a recognition of this ruth, after many years, has sprung the Knichts of Labor, an organization which in- cludes all men and excludes none, so long as they are toilers and wage-earners. Out of the disbandment of the trades federation arose this organization which should have prinei- ples broad enough and liberal enough to make a bond of union hetween the employed ot all classes, nationalities and creeds. ‘There 18 no nationality in the Knights of Labor. On entering the assembly the knight leaves his birthplace at the door. There is mo religion in the Knights of Labor. It has only the common re- ligion of good for the masses of humanity. No man can change his nation- ality. Nor will two men agree to unite upon one religion. But it yequires no argument to induce two men to shake hands upona Fm'“ llim’lul{nlu their daily wages from t The Knights of Labor have wiped out these lines in their organization; and the wiping out of them has inade no man a less devout Cathollc or less conscientious Yrotestant. 1t has made no man less a lover of the land of his birth or less a patriot. But it has given him a determination to make his own condition and the conditien of his children better, Onr organization is a political organization but isa non-partisan organizativn. Kor this reason it demands the establishment of labor bureaus. In seventeen states Ilabor bureaus are doing the work it was intended for them to co. We have secured a national bureau. It has not yetdone its work. But everything must creep. Wa desire that state boards of arbitration shall be established. 1 ask of every man to be a politician on the national election day. When the day comes around for a man to be nominated, on what- ever ticket he may be, I ask him to go to the polls and there o his duty s a man. Let me tell you what has peen done in_our city and what | have seen done in other cities and if you have any samples of the kind in Omaha I ask all the workingmen and men interested in good government to do their share toward stopping it in the futnre. 1 hiave seen a notice put un for a primary elec- tion In the afternoon and the men come to- gother at 4 o'clock and notice was given to only n few and 1 have seen a notice put up for two weeks in advance and I have seen n workmen coming out; I have seen induce ments offered to have them cowne out; I hay soen a barrel of beer brought to another polling place. and although I hated 10 seo it, and hate say it, the place where the barrel of beer was secured the greatest num- ber of workingmen. Whatdid It; whatdid the voting: was it honest American manhood or the vile stuff thll“lurzlul out from the bung- hole of the bartel? (Applause). The answer comes, deny it who may, that beer did the voting that dlK. ‘The brain had nothing to do with it. (Applause). Then when elec- tion day rolled around I have seen mien who attended the primaries stay at home and | have hoard uthers say, well, it 1 could et a carriage to “ride L would go to the polls;"and anothersay how muchare they giving, and tho answer would be a drink of beer, a {ree ride or$h! It was not the American citizen that voted, it was the E.'»I the carringe or the beer, and [ for one say that the worst anarchist that this country has ever seen cannot be ‘worse than the man who so flazrantly forgets bis duty as to stay at home and not vote for the uwin of his choice, ‘The eleventh plank of our declared principles says e demand the pronidition by law of the en. pioyment of ehildren under tifteen years of ake in any workshop, mine or factory. Why do we ask th Because they are doing the work that men should do. Crowding men out of their Hl“ s: And they enter the race of lite before they have learned to spell their own names, Wehave said that this was wrong, that It is not Ameriean. Not only 1s it not Awerican but it 13 wore foreign and slien to our institutions than any laboring organization dare to be, for the reason that i1t keeps the child in ignorance of his duty and urlul- rights and he grows up o mnnunel womanhood without knowing what rights he has. ‘That is why we demand the prohibi- tion of the employment of childven under filteon years of age. \We have no desire to :lolo“t;l‘i:'lm i idieness but that they shall be cilibsim tiot i i 1av0 84 education equal to that of the rich | b ot We have been called ecommunists. They charze us with being soclalists, anarenists and nililists. 1f among the twelve deciples of Chirist there was one bad man do not be surprised to tind many among the million and a half Knights of Labor who live in the United States and Canada, 1f 1 was really 0 open up and tell you the bad things I have done I could tell you more worse things than the papers have said about me, ‘Lake off my coat and look at my back and you will not even find t f an angel’s wings, We navi e, Tidicule, laugh- ter and opposition ; and to-day we stand face ace with a storin of alice and are face chicenemy of wankind, v o not give up the ficht ¢ have downed it, too. (Applause.) your eyes on the principles of fuur 1d take them off your lcaders. teps of no man. L have been eing a dictator, 1 have been a . When 1 saw the hand of an assassin raised on our organization I said stopland L will say it again. Although my life pay the forteig ] will'pay it gladly before one hair of the organization shall be hatmed. A pplause. 1 am not a man of advanced ideas. 1 be- gan life in the dirt. 1 have not mounted the ladder with sky-scraping theories. 1 be- lieve in taking @& practical, common sense view of this. 1 don’t believe in taking that which Is others’ before we take our own. Let us embrace our own opportunities first betore we seek to do those things which oth- ers call wrong. Weare charged with being communists, The real communists are the nalf-dozen men who sit in their offices and divide up the fruits of your lubor and the land of the country. 1 have passed through Towa and have seen thousands of acres of rich land where there were but few houses, ‘The same i3 true of this state. Ou either side of the Northern Pacitic railroad is a strip twenty iniles wide, given to this great corporation by the goy- ernmel And yet this railroad resents pub- lic interference “with its atfairs. ‘The rail- way which traverses the land 18 no more than the public highway and the public should have the right to should be managed. Every acre Northern ific has taken outside of the liit gran is stolen. Every acre which has been acquired shall be d. Taxa- tion of land shiall be equal, of Labor say is that not o given to railroads or speculators, and every acre shall be taxed for its full market value, 1f that is communisin make the most of it. We will carry it througli in five or ten years or die in the attempt. ~Applause, Letween 50,000,000 and 60,000,000 acres of land in the United States are held by for- eigners. We say that until a man shall come to this country and cast his lot among this people hie shall not haye the right to hold as much as one bandful of American earth. 1f that is communisin wake the most of it. 1 that is anarchy let eryone raise his head and say, 1 am an anarchist of that kind and am glwd of it.” 1 have never believed in force and I am less inclined to believe in force than ever, be- canse 1 see more hope shining out ot the in- teliigent eyes of our working people than can ever belch forth from the mouths of cannons, ot-guns, Applause. nt a document from Omaba to the per of the Knights of Labor, sug- gesting that on the 111th anniversary of in- dependence the Knights of Labor shall gather together and on that Fourth of July let them assemble under one tiag, the stars and stripes, listen to the reading of the de- claration of independence, and make such a showing which will cram the lie down the throats of those who say that we are not Awerican, Women have been taken into the Knights of Labor that we may say for them ‘‘For equal work they shall receive equal pay.” Hours of Jabor should be reduced to eight per day. In the Frankfort yard mill amn chine and one boy do the work of one hun- dred meun one hundred years ago. One iron man does the work of “three. We say that the only means of compensation for the in- troduction of this labor discharging ina- chinery is to shorten the hours of labor. The Knights of Labor have done more for prohibition by example than any other or- anization. 1 aw temperate so far as drink- ng liquor Is concerned. 1 ask every Knight of Labor to do the same. Then we will have vrohibition enacted in reality, because every man will be his own prohibitionist. ‘The Knizhts of Labor hope to belie the statement that shortening the hours ot labor would give the workingmen more time for the saloons. It you see one man in your organization, who'is there for political’ objects, tell hin that his nission is useless, ‘Iell him that the object of the order is only and solely the greatest good to the greatest number, Persevere in this work. Go forward. :' Aeq{n by experience what is best and then o 1t has been charged that I have used this organization to further the interests of my church. . L am a Catholic. My church needs not the interference of any organization on earth to further her interests (applause) and the same rights I ask for m‘rc urch L trust I accord to all others: and I brand as a delib- erate, malicious, designing lie invented by a man who was devoid of conscience,that state- ment from beginning to end. It istrue I have visited the dignitaries of my ehurch, bigh and low. I have done all that lay in my power to make this organization & suc- cess and in doing 8o 1 have kept my pledge to see that our organization was placed in a proper light before these digni- taries. I have gone before men who were not in my church and before the bishops of other churches and other denominatious and told what our organization was, and I saw that the same objections were raised by the other churches a8 were raised by the Catholic church. To explain the objects ot our organ- ization I need not have been a Roman Catho- lic. I placed it in an honest light before all of them. My religion is mine, and I allow no one to insult it, and I will allow no man to insult any otherman in my presence be- cause of hisreligion. AllI ask is that he ore his God in bis own way, and if he does not feel like doing that it is not my business, In this movement we cannot recog- nize any nationality or religion, At this juncture a voice came forth from the vicinity of the door, **Hurran for the future president of the United States,” Mr. Pow- durlry responded: “I'have heard that ringing in my ears be- fore, 1am onl{ five feet nine inches in height, but 1 could draw, myself up to a hun- dred feet high when I siy that { would not exchange my office for the highest position ot trustin the world. I am holding this oftico for the last time. 1 will never hold the oflice of Grand Master Workman again, for my health will not permit it, but while I hold this oftice, whatever the salary which might be attached to it, even the presidency, if it could iven 1o me to-morrow, would not tempt me to lay down the reins which m¥l brathers have placed In my hands. 1 have had fifteen years of publie Nee and want mo. more. I inight be tampted to become president to take a summer vacation for myself, (Ap- plause), but I am not looking for any office; k am not a politician. Of course [ thank the kindly heart that pmnl’iwl tho words, [ know it comes from a friendship which is true, but [ want him to have his friendship for the organization, which stands far above Powderly, and hold the banner of the Knizhts of Labor far above individuals. Mr. Powderly then concluded with an elo- quent peroration, in which he enjoined the Knights of Labor' to dignity the order by tneir consistent conduct and to keep its principles steadily in view. THE GRAND MASTER WORKMAN'S VISIT. Mr. Powderly arrived in Omaha yes- terday morning and was met at the depot by a special committee from the Knights of Labor, composed of Messrs. 8t. Guyer, Van Trott, Standeven, Lewis aud Lavender, He had come Jirsutly from his home, Seranton, Pa., which ity be left on Wednesday moruinp‘; He 18 en toute to Denver, where he goes to fulfil a romise to ‘Thomas Neasham, district master workman, to appesar in that city in May. He was driven to the Millard hotel, where he retired to rest, and did oot re: until 8 o'clock in the afternoon, w was driven sbout the city by a commit- tee. In a briof thik with a roporter last evening, Mr, Powderly was quite socia ble, but quite uncommunicative. He looks the man he is—clear brained, sub- stantial, full led and suaightfor- blue and his mus- air is slightly tinged covers u head which is rounded and filled out. He spenksw + slight Irish accent. showing his entage. He was born at Carbondale, I'a., and " is now forty-three yoars old. Mr. Powderly departs this morning for Denver, accompanied by Mr. Neashaw, who arrived from that city last evening. B ieen— J.W. Prior, who diee at St. Joseph's hospital, will de buried here. instead . of beiug sent to Philadelpbua, tache brow with groy, remarkably [ liked it very much. THE DOCTOR'S GUN. Exeitemont Uaused By a S8hot Fired in a Physiclan’s Ofoe. Between 0 and 10 o'clock last night the loud report of a revolver startled the crowds passing to and fro or loitering in the vicinity of Fourteenth and Douglas streets, It came from a room over the rear part of Hoffman's drug store, on the northwest corner of the streets named. Of course the vicinity was_1m- mediately thronged with people. Officer Dono , who nappened to be near by, saw a light go out in the roomt whence the report proceeded. He ran up stairs at once and endeavored to effect an en- trance, No response was made to his pounding on the door. Finally he looked over the transom and saw a man_ sitting on a chair, apparently asleep, with his feeton a table. Naturally he thought there was a case of suicide, he called upon a small boy get through the transom. Before this was accomplished the man in the room arose from the char. and ovencd the door. He proved to be Dr. Rutherford. At first he denied baving fired the shot or hearing any report. After considera- ble cross questioning, however, he ac- knowledged the corn, but would give no reason for it. His revolver was found with one chamber empty and in the jam of the door of the next room a fresh bul- let nole was discovered. Altogether the act was a strange one and served to keep about 500 peo- vle for two or three hours on the tiptoe of excitement. The expected view of the body of a suicide or a mur- derer's victim gave way to the discussion a8 to the reason the doughty doctor had for raising such a row with his little gun and “flocking,’’ as Dundreary would say, all by himself to assassinate a poor inno- cent door-jam. YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD, A Newsy Letter From Sherman Can- field of Omaha, The many friends of Sherman Canfield, now sojourning in London, England, will be pleased to peruse extracts of a letter written by him to Mr. John H. Lichteborger of this city, and from which we are kindly permitted to use the fol- lowing: LoNDON, Eng., April 18.—Dear Friend: 1 received your welcome letter on board the ship the day we sailed from New York, and would have answered 1t sooner, had the fa- ciiities for writing been better. My trip from Omaba to New York was very pleasant and interesting, especially passing through Penn- sylvania at night when the country for miles around was llqllwd up by coke furnaces and natural gas. 1 was in camp at Staten Island nearly all of the time I was in New York and;consequently did not get to see quite so much of the city as I wished to, However, L got around to a great many of the places of interest, including the Eden Musee, which is oneof the finest things 1 ever saw. The trip across the ocean was un- eventful, excepting two or three rough days. ‘There was a Dutchman in the state room with meand his broken talk and “bad breaks” kept us laughing comtinually. Once, when an Indian showed up with yel- low paint on his face, he said to me: “Cher- man, vat kind oof Got tam fellers is tem injuns; tere is woon oud dere mit moostard all ofer his face.” Of coursa I knew what he had seen, and had tolauzh, and that made liim so mad that he vot drunk. We landed here ‘Thursday eoveniny, but did not unload_ the ship until Friday. Sat- urday 1 went to l’lcmiill{; and yesterday, Sunday, to Charin : Cross, both localities in the city, and was very much pleased with what I saw. Visited Trafalgar square and One thing [ will say for London, her architecture is something grand. 1 have just returned from a trip to the tower of London where 1 saw the crown jewels and the arms and armours of the olden times, including battle axes, spears, oddly shaped guns and pistols, steel and chain “armours, old cannons, beheading blocks, etc,, and it was simply sstonishing. All the decorating in the ~armory is done by arrang- ing swords, old flint-lock vistols, etc., in~ varions ' designs and groups and you would be surprised to note the grand effees. It seems as though they had gath- ered.up all of their implements of war as fast as they were replaced by Iater improved ones and had arranged them all in this place. On each side as you walk along you will see & row of wax figures on & house-wearing the different armours used by England’s armies for centuries. We returned to-day by the District railway, most of which lles under round. The cars and eugines are entirely ifferent from ours. The cars, as you know. have compartments, and all that 1'have seen have but four wheels, two at each end. and the enzines remind me of the pictures of the first engines ever built, but I suppose they are speedy. [ would hate to run one, for the engineer and fireman, or driver and stoker, are ont in the alr and have no protection whatever from the elements. To go back a little, I was decldedly sea sick and it Is the worst feeling I ever experi- enced, 1don’t think it can be described. I didn’t want to dle, bt if 1t hadn’t baen for father, mother, sister and warm friends in America I would have taken an oath then and there never to cross the pond again; but after you once get over it you feel decidedly good and can_enjoy yourself in_numerous ways. lput in a good deal of my time watching the ocean when it was rough, for it is a sight that must be seen to be apprecl- ated. It reminded me more of the hills than anything else, and the waves do not move like they do In the river, They just seem to rise up, break and then fall; sometimes when two would come lmiether and break the water and then would roll trom the top just like it was falling over a water-fall; at times it would seem as though we were way up out of the water entirely, then looking back it would seewm as though the water was a_hun- dred feet above us. Mr. Hines, one of my fellow p gers, who used to ba with M. B. Curtis, is a_ great practical joker, and he keeps up a continual roar, The expressions ofsome of the “natives” when they see an Indian s “killing.”” While we were laying out in the Thames waiting to land, two ol cooks rowed out tosee the captain about something, and as they rowed up aleng side quite a crowd rushed over and leaned over the side to see what they wanted. Among the rest were two or three Indiansand when one of the fellows looked nd caught sight of them, he dropped his partner in the ribs and said, oud Jack, wat kina a people be they? d his partner, after he had looked at them a minute or so with eyes as big as the moon, said, **Them is the hinjuns as ‘ow ye read about.” It ks not very funny on paper, but if you could have scen their ac- tions and the expression of their faces, you would have chukl*(l with Isughter. Remember me to everybody, Our time here is six hours faster than "yours. I often won- der what you are all doing, and one of the drawbacks to my pleasure is the thought that my dear friends and loved ones in dear old Aineriea are not hege to enjoy my pleasures also. Your old friend, SHERMAN CANFIELD. S ———— An adjourned meeting of St. Leo Branch 282 C. K. A., will be held at 3 o,clock this (Sunday) afternoon, in St. Mary Magdalene's school hall. All mem- bers are requested to be present. UL Brevoort Plvce < ioolon sale TUESDAY, MAY 10TH 38 miles from P, 0. LOTS ONLY $450 to 550 one-fourth down balance 1, 2 and 3 years. S. 8. BAMPBELL, Sole Agent, Board of Trade Bulding. —_— The County Farm. All the county property allowed by law to be sold has now passed out of its hands, the amount realized being £830,800, It 13 not probable that active measures will at once be taken towards the construction of the hospital. Com- missioner O'Keefe said yesterday in con- versation with a reporter of the BEe that he would like to see the county in posses- sion of a section of land on some line of railroad ten or twelve miles from the city on which a building could be erected for the incurable K:upon On the land ail supplics could be raised and in every way he thought it would be a good scheme. William Knapp and_Miss Ellie Smit wore married by Juage Mc¢Culloch at 1| county court yesterday afteracon.. MORSE'S SILK DAY SALE, Spocial Sale Monday Morning at 8. P. Morse & Co.'s. 8. P, Morse & Co, Have Bargains in Black Surahs, 50c and 750— Black Grenadines, 08¢ and $1.50. We have secured 100 picces of Black Surah Siiks, some Black Iron frame gren adines, some Foullard silks and other silk goods that we we will make a special drive on Monday. Come and sce them. S. P. Monsk & Co. BLACK SURAH SILKS 50c. These silks are 22 inches wide and have always sold for $1. While most of them are perfect, yet a few show slight defects in weaving; we therefore ofler them at Just half price Monday. BLACK SURAH SILKS 75 CENTS: these surahs are 24 inches wide and are the quality usually sold for $1.25 and $1.35; these are slightly imperfect in the weave, but will wear as well and have just as good a lustre as those usually sold for nearly double, For grenadines or light summer dresscs these are very desirable. 8. P. Morse & Co. BLACK GRENADINES 98 CENTS: we just opened 20 pieces best [ron Frame Grenadines, regular $1.50—Monday for 98c. Black Grenadines $1.50; the finest and best made, worth fully $2.00 a yard. FOULLARD SILKS $1; a few pieces of the latest Paris patterns in Foullard silks, very fine quality, a bargain at $1. 8. P. MORSE & CO. MUSLIN UNDERWEAR SALE; the sule of Monday will he noted for its bar- gains; those who were fortunate enough to come to it Satarday will remember the extra values they purchased in Draw- ers, Gowns, Corset Covers, Infants' Dresses, etc.; come Monday and buy them. P. MORSE & CO. PRESIDENT ADAMS' VISIT, He Refrains From Discussing Affairs —No lmmediate Changes. President Adams, of the Union Pacifie, was very busily engaged all of yesterday and up to a late hour last mght looking at the affairs of the company, and finally positively declined to be interviewed upon any of ihe ‘questions concerning which there is much public curiosity. He said: ‘1t is to be hoped it will not be long bofore many of the improvements (which Omaha has pa- tiently waited for will be made. Just at present the Union Pacific is building its bridee.” This was taken to be an in- timation thAt nothing more would be at- tempted until ‘the construction of the bridge shall be completed. Mr. Adams, Mc. Ames, and the private secretary of the former, Mr. Canfield, will leave for thie west this morning ac- companied by Assistant General K]v it ager Cummings and Acting General Su- perintendent Dickinson, NORTHWESTERN RUMORS. chl‘my owners on the Little Papil- hon directly west of the city are consid- erably excitod over the purchase of sev- eral farms in that locality by the Chicago & Northwestern compa The property is on the line of the road surveyed from Arlington, Washington county, to a point near where the belt line spur strikes out for the main stem of the Missouri Pacific. It is said that the land was Yumhuwd at 8500 per acre and several large tracts were secared. Among those who sold were Messrs. Dohl, Stuhr and Suvers, well known German farmers of th county. The locality is especially suita- ble for a railrond headquarters. as the valley of the Little Papillion allows track to be constructed from the belt, the Mis- souri Paciiic, the B. & M., etc., with but very little grading. It is rumored that the Northwestern intends to have a stock yard at this point, and build up a town there, so that what will be realized from the sale of lots will repay them tor their original outlay. he counstruction of shops is also suggested. At any rate the land purchased reaches directly across the western portion of the city streets from Cuming to Leayen- worth extended. RAILROAD NOTES, Sixteen firemen and eight engincers were laid off by the Union Pacific yester- day, the notice stating as a cause ‘‘slack business.” The Union Pacifie train from the west, due here at 5:20, was forty minutes late yesterday. Cooks, porters and other supernumer- aries were busily engaged yesterday in stocking President Andrews' train of special cars for the inspection trip to.day. The amount and variety of provender provided was certainly of a character. The B. & M. Tenth street crossing will turnish the coroner a case and_the news- papers an item one of these days. Itis dangerous in the extrem S - A MONSTER PACKING HOUSE. Such Swift's Establishment Will Prove to Be in South Omaha. The plans for the new Swift packing house, to be located at South Omaha, are very nearly completed. Contracts have been made with two brick yards near South Omaha to supply 60,000 brick, which will be sufficient to make a good start on the building. As has been stated before, the house will be located imediately south of the Hammond packing house. It will hav a capacity for handling 1,000 cattle day besides hogs and sheep. Some of the size of the house may be gained from the fact that fim Hammond estab- lishment only kills ‘about 200 cattle per tl|ny, and it has always been regarded as arge. l?is intended to begin work on the Swift packing house by the 15th of this month, if all the details can be arranged, and when once it is begun it will be pushed forward with all possible speed. elmonico Brevoort Place fioel on sale TUESDAY, MAY 10TH 8 miles from P, O, LOTS ONLY 450 to $550 one-fourth down balance 1, 2 and 3 years. 5. 8. CAMPBELL, Sole Agent, Board of Trade Building. ekt ) O pnators. ' Max Meyer & Co. have just introduced a new brand of cigars which promises to be very popular if kept up to the stand- ard of the first installment, which con- sists of excellent “smokers.” On the in- s1de of the box cover are very fine like- nesses of Senators Manderson and Pad- dock flanking the state coat of arms, NEw YoRk, 1~The weekly bank statewment shows the reserve decreasad, 92,617,000 The banks nowul‘mld $4,523,000 in . excess of legal requiresmen! AUCTION SALE ORCHARD HILL LOTS, Wednesday, May 1ith, at 3 p. m. We will sell at public auction the following desirablalotsin Orchard Hill addition: Lot 20 Block 4. Lot 24 Block 7. Lots 12, 13, 14, 15, 18,19, 20,21, 22 Block 9. Lots 7. 8,9 Block 10. Lot 20 Block 13. Lots 20,21 Block 15. The sale will commence promptly at 3 o’clock on the Grounds. Terms at time of sale. BROWN & CREIGHTON, Auctioneers ENFORCING ‘THE BLUE LAWS Mayor Sawyer Proclaims a Total Suspen- sion of Business on Sunday. A GREAT ‘“REFORM"” TO BEGIN. General Lew Wallace in Lincoln—The Journal Defends the kxpress Sale—After a Life Con- vict's Pardon, | FROM THE BEE'S LINCOLN BUREAU.| Reform is abroad in the city of Lin- coln this holy Sabbath day, and people are knee deep in the flood of reformation that has risen since the allied armies of prohibs, mugwumps, democrats and eleven saloons clected the Hon. A. J. Sawyer, (democrat) mayor of Lincoln, The fact of a democrat and a reformer being united in one person is such a rare avis that when one is found, with the personage is found reform ‘‘as she is known.” No star-eyed goddess is neces- sary to printreform in - Lincoln munici- pal matters, and the case is like the soup story told of a prominent Nebraskan— it is reform or nothing in these balmy May days in Lincoln, The capitol ecity has never in history been the lawless, law-breaking, law-defying city that the reformers would have painted 1t, and under the new administration ten saloons have remained but little more obdurate to the pleas of the thirsty than they were before Mayor Burr departed from oftice. aloons never have run openly and in violation of law on Sunday in Lincoln, and the city has been governed above any city in the land in this respect. Mr. Sawyer, in insisting on the threshold of his administration that sa- loons must remain absolutely closed on Sundays and must close promptly on the hour through the week, met with a cor- dial support from all good citizens. The last act of the mayor's, to requre the suspension of all business, the closing of liveries, the closing of cigar and nows stands, the closing of clothing houses with their clean collars, and the cessa- tion of the fizz ot the soda fountain on a hot day, may be an act of high reform that will he appreciated, but it is decid- edly doubtful. The mayor issued his {)rpclamntgon tothis effect and published t in the city papers. The mayor also mstructed the chief of polioe to enforce it, and yesterduy the chief interviewed the city attorney for the construction of the law in the premises. This construc- tion was in eflect that livery stables must not do business with parties for pleas- ure or recreation on Sundays, but must confine their business to things necessary, like a funeral. Drug stores could remain open to sell medicines, but the cigar case must be boycotted and the eloquence of the soda fountain must re- main buried in its marble fastness. News stands must cease dispensing news, and every man, woman and child must be very good indeed. There are a great many people who, working six days in the week, would be glad of a drive about the city on a Sunday after- noon, but reform forbids, and in the mdst of the hot anger of livery men and cigar men, and clothing men, and soda engineers’ it is an open question whether the peoplo of Lincoln will endorse the volume of reform that the mayor is pour- ing forth upon the people. I’ roceed- ings of to-day, if the chief of police ener- ically enforces the dictum, will be in- teresting. Next week the mauyor will promuigate a bill against the general government. NERAL LEW WALLACE arrived in Lincoln on the noon train yes- terday, to fullill his engagement with his lecture on ‘Turkey and the Turks, that he delivered to a very large audience at Funke's opera house, last evening. While in the city the general is a guest at the Capital hotel, and he was yester day the recipient of a large nuniber of callers. General Wallace 15 a hearty looking man, little less aged in appear- ance and carringe than he was twenty- six yeurs ago, when he rode at the head of the division that marched upon the field on the memorable day of the second battle of Shiloh. In that division at the second day at Shiloh was the First Nebraska regiment of volunteers. ‘Lhis was the_regiment of General Thayer, and with it were the compunies of Nebraska soldiers from Omaha, Plattsmouth, Nebraska City and other points in the then sparsely sottled territory. Dr. R. R. Livingston, of Platts- mouth, was prominent 1n the lists of of- ficers, and many veterans in this section of the state remember General Wallace as their commander. In the afternoon yesterday the general was the gucst of the governor, and the camp fire in story blazed brightly for the time. A CROAK FROM THE JOURNAL. The State Journal instinctive of its ex- istence comes to the defense of the ex- cheme with the same fervor s in defending everything of the elass and kind with which it natu- rally afliliates. There is no better cvi dence needed concerning the exvress sale and the roping in of dollars from poor men on the inducement of getting some- thing and getting nothing, than the fact that the sale shut up like an oyster im mediately after exposure. The roping in business being ended and the game worked with evident success for some time, the Journal is now at liberty to discuss the matter, and if it hurts it to see the grab-bag unhooked and cast aside, the natural conclusion is that the Journal has been treated the same way it was by the tea and coffee scheme some months since. I'he Journal wore dinmonds then, and 10 the present case it may have been equally fortunate in purchases. When the Journai gets up snd even whispers at any swindling scheme operated in tho city people will have to hang spirit ther- mometers besida their storm doors. ASKING PARDON. Governor Thayer yesterday received about 200 pages of tesimony and afli- vits bearing on the case of u life pris- « enitentiary, wno is a native -Hungary. All this volume of matter was taken in the old country in the language of the vroviuce, andif the governor ever reads it he will have to put a first-class interpreter at work. The letter nying the documents is from the ary of state and reads as follows DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, / John M. Thayer, Governor of Nebra Atthe instance of the Chevalier de Tavera, the minister of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy at the capi- tal, 1 have the honor to transmit to you here- with, for your information and considera- tion, certain papers which are Intended to show that one Josef Horalaky, an Austrian subject, who is now serving a life sentence for murder, was Insane at the time the of- fense was cominitted. In transmitting those papers to the department. the Chevaller de Tevera commends the case to the considera- tion of the competent authorities. Request- ing you to do me the favor to inform the de- partment of your decision in regard to the matter, 1 have the honor to be your excel- lency’s obedient servant. T. F. BAvAnD. An examination of the prison records shows that the life prisoner, Joseph Heralaky, was sentenced from Colfax county in October, 1881, for murder in the second degree and to life imprison- ment. He had from the record been in this country about six months when the deed was committed, and was twenty- four years ot age. His occupatton was a farmer, and it is evidenly from the vol- uminous testimony forwarded in the case that he has active friends in the old world, and has enlisted the attention of the minister for that country testhis, in his behalf, THE COURT IN SESSION. Yesterday afternoon the supreme court took under advisement the knotty ques- tion, of who are the district judges and what is the power that asweot girl gradu- ate wields on a law when between flirta- tions she is employed in engrossing it. The question was presented to the court in a petition for hearing that cited the course of the judicial bill from its intro- duction to 1ts'close and cited also the errors and the manner in which they were caused and their bearings on the question. The petition was supple- mented with complete abstracts of the proceedings of both houses and the pro- ress of the bill in its torturus course through the legislature. Of the supreme court all the judges, Messrs, Maxwell, Ruse and Cobb, were present. Five of the newly appointed distriet judges, in- cluding Messrs. Groff, Hopewell, Harri- son, Cochran and Marshall, were in at- tendance and the attorneys presenting the case were John H. Ames, of Lincoln; George W. Covell, of Plattsmouth, and G. M. Lambertson, of Lincoln. Other counsel had given the question study and attention but these gentlemen were present with the conrt. FRFE FOR ALL WATKING, Yesterday Mr. C. L. Shriver, the man- ager of Dan O'Leary, the champion walk- 1st, was in the city arranging for a grand fifty hours' Iszo-ns»ynu-pleam walking match that will take place in Lincoln on the 19th and 20th of the present month, The Metropolitan rink has been engaged for the oceasion and prizes of #75, $50, 5 $15 will be given for the best pe- destrians. The contest is open to the world and the following have already en- listed: Dan ©'Leary, of Chicago; Lee Stockton, of Elkhart, Ind.; Charles Cor- estin, of St. Charles, 1L, and W. A, Hogan, of Auburn, Y. TWO AC A runaway team Friday evening killed a laboring man named Duigin, and an- other man in_his company is not expected to recover. Yesterday the caving in of a sewer caught & workman named Henry Smith and he was carried to his home in a critical condition with little hopes of his recovery. e AMUSEMENTS, Bernhardt Closes Her Engagement. Sarah Bernharat's second appearance at Boya's opera house, in her interpreta- tion of Dumas’ great drama “La Dame aux Cameleas' yesterday afternoon, was unfortunately witnessed by a small'and anty audience. It would be diflicult to say that the audience was unsympathetic, for who could gaze on the sad fate of Marguerite Gautier without, at some moment, feeling a thrill of sympathy for the noor girl! Bernl®rdt's Marguer- ite Gauntier is certainly one of her strong- est parts, if not the strongest, We have all seen Modjeska and Cls Morris in that same nart and our intention was to compure the three v artist and make up our minds which was the best, which we thought brought Camille nearest to us But as soon as Bernhardt appears all such comparisons arc forgotten, it is no longer the actress Savak Bernhardt that we are gazing at but Camille ! W sit fascinated, watching®every gesture motion and oagerly listening to eyery word, There 18 a certain listlessness about Bernhardt's whole manner and a peculiar in ler every motion that mukes her acting apy s0 natural and simple that for a moment you wish she would act, would rush abont, would do something to make he m difli- cult and unattai mor- tuls. It is this ve and natural- ness that did at ficst put Berihardt i suchprominence upon the drutiatic stage, and owing a great deal to t Mar guerite Gautier she scored one of her greatest successes. 1t is a serious dis- advantage for any artist, howoever groat, to_appear in a forcign language before a cold, apathetic audience, such as we are, and to nave all her delicate artistic assages Duds without even @ little mur- | tour of approvement. [t could not either | be called an uncmnn{m; feature for an artist, accustomed to bouses so fiiled wv people that the galleries would quiver with the weight of the erowd, to see be- tween every person four or five empt, chairs staring her in the face! Her remark in the last act when she fixed her cyes upon the house in a delirious anti- death look. *Je vois du monde, peu de monde” was 8o true and to the point,that Inughter was visibly suppressed by the whole company,until the curtain :(ru]luwd, A most delicate refinement 1s displayed in the last act which though powerful and realistic 18 not 08 harrowin, and gloomy as Modjes which though extremely intelligent and artistic makes one too fully realize the stly scene. Mr. Philippe Garnior was unfortunately a cold and stifft Armand, having none of the fire and earnestness so necessary to show the importance of the role. The gumbling sccne so renowned and in which a little emotion is so important fell flat, making no effect whatever. is impossible, no matter how great the Marguerite Gautier may be with a cold and pompous Armand and with othericy surroundings, to do herself ;usllcu. 0U-FROU. “Frou-Frou'' as presented last night was a burlesque of the “Frou-Frou” we have expected, huve heard about and have appreciated. How could one ox- pect Bernhardt to do justice to any part with no audience? Everyone has” heard and probably read of Bernhardt,s “Frou- Frou” and therefore the less sald of last night's performance the better. Every- thing was carried on in a careless, hasty maunner, much to the dissatisfaction of tho mulinnfl-, who though few in num« bers were ready to enjoy a fair performe ance and anticipated it. Bernhardt's reat death scene which has been so cele- rated for its realism and delicacy was cut short by bringing her in as a corpse and then ringing down the curtain. In the scene between tho two sisters the genius of the great actress made itself strongly evidentand it might be said that that was the only scenc of the even- ing worth attention. It would certainly not be fair to judge the performance of last night as a typical one, for the com- pany was evidently anxious to have a 0od time and had it, unfortunately at the expense of the smull but select audi- ence. “MUTTER UND SOHN." This evening the Germans of this city propose to give a benelit to the German- American school, at Boyd's opera house, the entertainment to consist of the cele- brated play, “Mutter und Sohn."” This 18 an excellent piece, and will be worth, a large attendance, esgscinll becauso of the worthy end to which the proceeds are to be applied. “‘WAITING FOR THE VERDICT." John Booth, stage carpenter at Boyd's opera house, is to receive a benefit on Thursday night. It will be a modest yet heartfelt undertaking, because those who patronize it will be those who have aj preciated this gentleman’s work on the stago since the opera house was opened, He™ has never been before the foot- lights in a professional manner, but his work has and it has certainly spoken for both itself and Mr. Booth. ne of his duties is the Acllinf of the siage. Regular habitues of the place know how much versatility has been dis- played in the placing of the scenes, so much so indeed that scarcely a len'lmz star has played here this season, the sets of whose piece did not, because of the - genuity displayed in their location, seem to have been painted for the occasion, A number of these stars have sald that the setting of their plays at Boyd's ex- celled that in & number of the "leadin, theatres, This is certainly a compli- ment to Mr. Booth. It has also con- duced to the pleasure of the audience and for this reason, some of Mr. Booth's friends propo: gnize the fact in nelit r od. “Waiting for the an_excellent melodrama, of landlord domination, peasant wrongs and dark deeds will be vroduced. THE M'GIBENY FAMILY, Manager Boyd believes in giving the public a good "variety of entertainments, and our music-loving people can hear the great McGibeny family Friday and Sat- urday, M 1§ and {4. The Cleveland. Daily Plain Dealer says of them: ..Not only was every seat in the taber- nacle occupied last™ evening, but the standing room was puc to overflow- ing by one of the best natured audiences ever “within the spacious auditorium, The MeGibeny family is certainly a re- markable one, and ought to fill the tab- ernacle throughout the remainder of their engagement, as they are worth going to see and hear.” Unitea StatesCouct, The jury in the cuseof Stinson vs, Kelley in the United States court ren- dered a verdict yesterday in favor of the plaintift, for $501. Hulbut, the lowa eattle man, charged with tampering with a jury, was ar- rnwned and pleaded not guiity. q m. Hascall, charged with sellin, liguor to Indians, wias arraigned an also pleaded not guilty, The first three stories of the ten-story building of the New York Life Insurance company will f dressed stone and the others of br It will be completed within a year. AMUSEME S, PEOPLE'S THEATRE One Week Commencing Monday, May 2, Engagement of | Grilfoil & Bush AND Howard & Alton’s BIG SPECIALTY CO. 10 Stars, New Sougs and Dances, cte. Concluding with a Laughable Burless que on H, M. S. Pinafore,' ) il