Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 28, 1887, Page 5

e - B L 4 THE BIG FIRE AT LINCOLY. Losses will Agregate More Than Sixty Thousand Dollars. WELL COVERED BY INSURANCE, Humphrey Bros., will Rebulld at Once =Express Companies Notified to File Tariff Sheets—Mrs. Lang- try A Drawing Card. [FROM THE DEE'S LINCOLN BUREAU.] The blackened walls of the Humphrey block were all that remained in the morning hours yesterday to tell of one of the greatest fires that Lincoln has suf- fered for some time. By very hard work the department kept the flames from the firet floor, but it was of little practical good as the rooms are flooded complete- Jy with water, making the damage al- most as great as though the flames themselves had been at work. Humph- rey Bros., the owners of the building and the owners of the immense stock of hardware, machinery, carriages and bug- gies, are the heaviest loosers but they they think they will not loose over $10,~ 000. They will immediately commence the work of rebuilding, and in sixty days they promise to have business in force again in the rejuyenated building. The foundation and basement walls are not red in the least, and a careful exam- ion may reveal the fact that the side walls are not seriously injured. This block cost between $30,000 and $40,000, and the msurance on the building was 13,500 in_the following companics: In- ance Company of North Ameriea, 85,000; Btna of Hartford, $3,000; Mer- chunts of Newark, N. J., $2,600; Under- writers of New York, 3,000, Messrs. Humphrey Bros., estimate their L on stock at at least $20,000. When Been by the BEg during the aay they stated that they had $12,000 insurance on the stock. ‘L'he insurance agercies, how- ever, report the following as the insurance on the stock in the following companies: JEtna, $,500; Phaenix of Hartford, $2,000; Washington Fire and Marine of Boston, %2,500; German American, $3,000; Spring- field ¥, and M., $4,000. A. W. Jansen & Co., who occupied the ‘west room in the Humphrey block, carry @ very extensive stock of furniture, and do both a retail and a wholesale business. Some of the stock in this establishment was moved into the street, but Mr. Jan- sen_estimates his loss at $20,000. Jansen & Co.’s insurance is $13.500 in the follow- ln;i compani Farmers' and Merchants’ of Lincoln, $2,000; Paanix of Hartford, $3,000: Aitna, $2,000; Pennsylvania Fire, 1,000; Connecticut Fire, $1,500; German merican, $2,000; Firemen’s Fund, $2,000. F. ». Johnson, who occupied a basement room in the block as a flour depot for the Milford mills, sustained considerable loss from removals and from water. He has an insurance _of only $500 in the Glen Falls, N. Y. company. Water flooded to a limited extent a por- tion of the room occupied by Plummer, Perry & Co., 1n the Fitzgeraid block, ad: joning, but their loss from water will not be over §500, their insurance being heavy. Messrs, Patrick Eagan, John zgerald, Marquette Doweese &Hall and other parties, with oflice rooms in the Fitzgerald block, sustained shght losses from moving, but not of y large sum. Arrangements wore being made yester- day to commence invoicing and the ad- Jjustment of losses at once. STATE HOUS PTES, Deputy Land Commissioner C. M. Car- ter has returned from conducting a school land sale in Garfield county. Governor Thayer is in the north coun- try this week attending the Chautauqua association at Long Pine. Mr. W. H. Munger, the new secretary to the railroad commission, has not yet reported at the oflice, being detained at home through iliness in his family. ‘Cve railroad commissioners were yes- terday sending out noti to the express companies doing business in the state to comply with the state law and file their tariff sheets of rates in the office of the commission, The adjutant general is awaiting action on the part of GeneralLolby whose duty it is to state the place of holding the an- nual encampment of the s militia. The general names a place subject to the approval of the governor and when this is done the order for the encampment will be 1ssued. v Oil lnspec rmlo y from Nebr; has been inspecting oil. 'wo of the de- puties are constantly engaged i Omaha, where work in their line is very brisk. NOTARIES PUBLIC. The following new notaries public have been commissioned by the governor: . B. Hall, Ashland; John J. Martin, Central City: C. Williaws, Walluce, Lin- udy, Fairbury; D. Subine lity: Horace G. Can- der, Aln C. G. Hills, Fairbury; C, G. Bolus, Scribner, Dodge county; Henry Wilson, Lenox, Chase county . B, Eairbank, Wauneta, Chase cou J. M. Potter, Hunningford, Box Butte county; W. I, Hutchinson, Broken Bow; Seward . St John, Omaba; J. ¥. Baldwin, Mason (,‘nt{. Custer county; M. C. Camp- bell, Franklin, Franklin county. Paine returned lity where he BRIEF ITEMS, A lady named Mrs. Hooker had an ex- citing experience Tuesday night that she will not soon forget. A burglar was the house when she returned home after o short absence 1n the evening, and he struck her over the head. Her husband and a policeman commenced a search at once, and in looking around the the man again struck the wom repeated it again before the search was over near the house. The mystery in the assault1s great, and no reasonablé state- ment is maae to account for it, Police court yesterday was a yolumin- ous one, and the great majority of cases were a8 usual vags and drunks, who seemed to abound in large numbers, Nincteen prisoners were on the register at the jail book in the morning, who were disposed of with neatness and dispateh, The board of trade at its called meeting Tuesday evening had a very large attend- ance, and some 'y pointed remarks re- lative to the progress of Lincoln were made by President Raymond, Messrs. Kenard, Eagan, McMurtry, Lambertson and others, and the position taken by those gentlemen, i followed out, will mean more than the public generally reahize. General Manager Holdrege's letter to the railroad commission was furnished the State Journal in season so that handy paper could make its usual editorial com- ment when the letter reached the public. The letter received by the commission ‘vu not on file at the office until yester- day. There are a great many Lincoln people anxious to see & handsome woman, judg- ing from the way the seats for the Lang- try engagement went off, the eutire first . floor selling in six hours. It looks as *= though the Jersey Lily were a better drawing card than Haverly's Minslrels, who follow in her wike. Something of a test case on the license question has arisen, George Martin, who ran the saloon at the St. Charles house, was tried for violating the license law and adjudged guilty. The council then revoked his license, but under advice of nwrm-gs he continued to sell, and was urrvested again for selling without a I cense. Ic will take the district court to settle matters. The attorneys of the B. & M. road have been furnished a copy of proceed- ings filed against them before the inter- state commerce commission churging Juem with transporting a man free in two states contrary to law. It is elaimed they passed a man nov an employo to Overlin, Kan, —— THE MISSING DEUCE, Its Loss Not Satisfactorily Accounted For. Chicago Herald: At a poker game down at the Standard clu{; recently a guest wio had been introduced by Mau- rice Rosenfeld was eitting in and playing with pretty good luck. It was a rather substantial party, like most of the Stand- ard parties, and the “rolling"” was high, The guest, by drawing, found himself holding four deucs ¥n the betting to fro, the ‘‘sceing’” and the “raising, the money in front of the man with the deuces gave out and he had to_go down into his pocket for more. When the hands were called the four deuces were triumphantly an- nounced; but, when the cards were laid down, unfortunately there were only four ot them in the hand and only three duces. 1t had nrer_r queer look, and the guest was naturally greatly em- barrassed. Of course he could do noth- ing but surrender the pot and think hard of what had become of that other two- spot. The mnext morning Rosenfeld’'s guest was down town early expiaining to Maurice that he had found the other deuce in his pocketbook on going home. He could only cxplain it by believing that, in bis exrnestness and _nervousness, he had put it in as he took the bank bills out. “Did Maurice believe the other fellows would give up the pot on hearing the explanation?” Maurice was not sure, but there was no harm in seeing them. 8o thut unfortunare guest of the Stand- ard trudged around from one big down- town clothing house to another explain- ing the de and showing the pocket- book and describing how the card got in the portmonaie. But all to no purpose. The Standard club fellows were willing ¢ a concession, however. They their disconcerted friend to come around to th ard some other night and play that deuce. They'd keep the pot. FaAnr better than the harsh treatment o f medicines which horribly gripe the pa- tient and destroy the coating of the stomach. Dr. J. H. McLean's Chills and Fever Cure, by mild yet effective action will cure. Sold at nts a bottle. e — CORN-COB PIPES. They are Believed to Absorb Nicotine, and are Quite Fashional “New ideas 1n pipes? “Why, there are scores of them,” said & tobacconist to a Philadelphia News re- porter. “Inventors are constantly turn- ing their attention to the subject of nic: tine absorbers. There is a pipe with a sponge, a pipe with a cotton filter, and a pive with a gauze attachment to the wl, all contrived to absorb the deadly poison. Nothing, however, is half so effective as the corn-cob bowl. It absorbs all the nicotine in tobacco until the pores full. Corn-cob pipes should not be smoked more than a week. After they are saturated with nicotine it is very in- jurious to smoke them, because the smoker then gets the concentrated nico- tine from the bowl. They cost only fi or ten cents apiece, and aro very sw when new. It is the thing nowaday men of fashion to stroll through the streets in the early morning smoking corn-cob pipes. 1t is English, you know.” ———— The huge, drastic, griping, sickening l:ills are fast being superceded by Dr. ier urgative Pelle e Ponies For the Seashore. Fashion has a great deal to do with the demand for horses, not so much as neces- sity, most assuredly, but tashion, never- theless, or rather the desire for display, sells many more horses than most people would suppose. Watering places are good markets for horses. Particularly is this true of saddle hor: and ponies for children. This season the diminutive roadsters are becoming a craze with the fashionables at several of the leading seashore resorts, and no well regulated family is considered to be thor- oughly equipped ~ with less than a pair of ponies for the juve- niles to sport around with dog cart or saddle. It was last year that this feature of summer place resorts became most no- ticeable, and then the demand was greatly in excess of all immediate means to supply the demand. The liverystables had a few ponies at the opening of the season, but they were quickly bought up, some of them at fabulous prices, for pri- vate use, and their owners became the envy of less fortunate notables, who were compelled to ride and drive the regulation horse, or forego the luxury of equestrian Some shrewd horsemen notice he drift atlairs were taking, and for the time being having abandoned the horse trade and gone into the pony business with a view to furnishing Newport, Coney Is- and, Saratoga and Long Branch with Iittle prancers for the children and the ladies. A shipment of seventy-tive head was made to the sea coast from St. Louis a tew days since. These were all Indian ponies well broken to the saddle and har- ness, gentle, easy little drivers, just the thing to jogr along over the sand with cart or light phaton. They cost from #40 to 60 each on this market, and it is anticpated that they will sell from $100 to $150 a head. It is worthy of note that Oregon has been sending some extra good roadsters to this market; so well bred, in fact, that an expert would have been puzzled to te!l from what section of the country they came. George Murrow bought four of these Oregon horses and shipped them to John G. Hughes, at Lexingtou, where they will be' supplied with gilt edged pedigrees and sold for thorough- breds. Occasionally a very fine horse comes here from the Indian territory,aid 1t has been remarked of this grade of stock that they cannot be excelled for general utility. All this is a sure indic tion that special attention is given of late years to raising better horses in the weslL, Since the hot westher set in there has been a marked improvement in quiry for local streeters, not only for strect work, but for all kinds of team- ing. T s owing to overworking and excessive driving, which causes horses to be prostrated or weakened too much to do their over allotment of work, Some Chicago buyers were here a fow days since looking for streeters, and found that they had to compete sharply with lo- cal purchasers, not only for stresters but for good driving horses and coachers as well. Extra good horses always sell for good figures on this market, but just now there is no urgent inquiry for them. Mules are in somewhat better supply than they were a week ago, the aggrigate stock on the market being eatimated at 500 head. Outside of a small regular re- tail trade there has not been much de- mund for mules beyond a few car loads, which Mr. Jameson, of Reilly & Wolfort, says he has been shipping to points on the Erie canal and to the Pennsylvania iron regions. e Bound to Los Angeles. Yesterday mornlng’strain on the Union Pacific had the Pullman car Missouri filled with_excursionists from ( avolis, Ottawa, IIL, and Sioux City, Ia. appesring collection gentlemen, and H. Greene, p senger agent of the Union Pacifie, smiled like a basket of chips when he es- corted them out. *J. B. Holmes, travel- ling passenger agent ot the Union Paci- fic at Des Moines, and wife, were with the party; also, Sumner W hittier, ;a8 promi- nent merchant of Dakota City. To-mor- row night six Pullman cars with excur- sionists gathered from different voints, will leave this city for Los Angeles, HASCALL AND HIS MOUTH. Both Oame Into Prominence at Last Night's Qounoil THE TWO WARRING BOARDS. Resolutions in Favor of Harmony and Conciliation Brought up and Warmly Discussed by Sev- eral of the Membera, DOThe city council met Tuesday night. The following councilmen were present: Alexander, Bailey, Bedford, Boyd, Burn- ham, Cheney, Cousman, Ford, Hascall, Kasper, Kierstead, Lowry, Manville,Sny- der, Van Camp and Mr. President. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS, Mayor--Announcing his approval of a number of ordinances. Same—Appointing W. S. Husband jan- itor for the police station and council chamber, vice J. Gronicher, resigned. City hall committee. City Treasurer—Announcing the sale of 120,000 district paving bonds to the Omaha Savings bank. Approved. Sare—Announcing the payment,under protest, of sidewalk tax by W. Randall, Claims, Superintendent of Waterworks—Relat- ing to the placing of additional five hy- drants as ordered by the council, Mayor—Apyointing Peter Shark and Thomas Hanies policemen oh Eleventh "|l viaduet. Delegation of the First & me—Suggesting that employment and real estate ageneies be compelled to pay an annual license. City attorney to prepare an ordinance. Same—Appointing W. J. Kennedy and Johu H. Butler to appraise the dam for the widening of Thirteenth from Cas- tellar to Spring street. Confirmed. ame—Appointing M. Morrison, W. J. Kennedy and E. Zabriskie, to apprai the damages for the grading of E teenth from Williams to alley south of Doreas. Approved. Same—Appointing the same to as the damages for the grading of Twonty second from Leavenworth to Pierce. Same—Appointing the same appraisers in the grading of Dorcas from Thirteenth to I'wenty street. Approved. Same vpointing W. A, L. Gibbon E. Zabriskio and " F. itehorn praisers for the widening of Thirty-third from Leaveuworth to Paciiic street. Con- firmed. Board of Public Works—Contract of George McKinney for the grading of Twenty street. Approved. Same—That the Barber Asphaltum company had been ordered to recom- .l""]mfe the paving of Davenport street. Filed. Bame—Calling the attention of the council to the fuct that the City railway company was illegally attempting to cross the Eleventh ‘stréet viaduct with its tracks. Viaducts and railways. City Attorney—Announcing tie execu- tion " of a deed to lot 6, block 17, Credit Foncier addition, to Frank Dworak. Filed. Same—Announcing the making of deeds to certain Iots to C. . Squires, Parick Burk, F. D. Brown, Hugh and Frank Murphy. City attorney. Board of Public Works— Hugh Murphy for sewering in districts 49, 50 and 5 Approved, Same—Contract of J. 0. Corby for tho scwering of district No. 51.° Ap- proved. City Attorney—That a bill of §513.60, of Byron Reed, “for drawing decds and other work,"’ be paid. 'his bill was referred to the attorney motion from the council that the city attorney be directed to prepare all deeds for the conveyance of property by the city of Omaha. 'Inreply, Mr. Web- ster claimed the work had Luvn ordercd by his predecessor and should therefore be paid for. Mr. Ford said that he did not know on what authority the bill could be paid. He wanted the city attorney to make all the city deeds. He would vote no. Mr. Hascall suid that as the work had been ordered by a previous council, he would vote aye. Mr. Kasper said that Mr. Webster was receiving §250 per month and he ought to be able to make out all the deeds re- quired by the The city uttorney’'s recommendation was carried by a vote of eleven to five. Appraisers—A number of reports re- garding damages from public improve- ments: “Baneroft, Twelfth to Thirteenth, no damage; alley south of Pierce, bo- tween Eighth and Tenth, lot five block two hundred and sixty-three, $100; Avbor ret, from Twelfth to Thirteenth, no ‘astellar, Twelfth to Thirteenth, rtha, Twelfth to Thir- Vinton, Twelfth to d; Center, Tenth to mage; Hickory, Tenth to f Doreas strect no eenth, no aw: Eleventh, no d Eleventh, no d: d. Approved. Same—Damage to Peter O'Malley's lot of $200. G and grading, Same—Awarding Dr. A. A, Parker 500 ana W. J. Broatch $300 for damy property and H. E. Jenson $200. an and grading. Mr. Gillen—Asking to be released from the bond of Hourihan Gillan & Bowees, plumbers. City attorney. Appraisers—Reporting from the grading of Pie Twanty-tifth avenue to street. John B. Fur aration of the r the Republic enc alleys. Fred Gray—Asking for the payment of the bills still due on'the Sixteenth street viaduet. Judiciary. City Treasurer—Reporting delinquency in the taxes of the N. 4 of S. § of lots 3 and 4, block 104, Judiciary. J. W. Gannett—Asking the remittance of the tax for curbing of his property, lots 9 and 10, block 1913, Judiciary, C. E. Squire stting forth his ability to supply Omaha with good curbstone at lwl’l}:’e cents per foot. Board of public C. W. Hamilton—Asking tor water service. Fire and waterworks, Larson Brothers—Asking for a settle- ent of a claim due them from Cunning- m & Ry: Grades and grading, A similar petition was received from Lar- son & O'Neile. H. T. Clark—A bid on lot 8, bluck 862, amounting to §133,33. -Streets and alleys. 8. D. Mercer—Asking for a bridge over the Belt line on Hamilton street and Military avenue. Sidewalks and bridges. Martha M. Ish—Protesting against the rading on Jacob street, between St. Mary's avenue and Leavenworth street, Grades and grading. Frank Murbhy—Asking that the city settle with the gas works for the gas fur- nished it. Gas and electric lights. Residents on Fifteenth stroet—Asking no damages strect from nty-seventh —Asking for the prep- 1 to the Grand Army of ampment. Streets and m for the gradingjof that thoroughfare (mn;_ Vinton to Valley. Grades and gradir ng. lh»unfenu en Izard and Nicholas—Ask- ing for the opening of Fourteenth from Cuming to Nicholas, Streets and alleys. John Hourihan—Application for ™ a plumbinfilicenu. Returned. E, EMeyers—Suggesting the use of Ohio blue stone in the new city hall for windows. Public property and bvild- ings. b. 0O'Malley—Asking for damages for the grading of Cass street opposite his property Grades and grading. John " B. Furay—Asking for the im- proving of a muddy spring. Ryan and Walsh—Requesting the ex- S D THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY. JULY 28, 1887 tension of the time for Lidding upon the court house, Extended two weeks. Mayor—Appointing J. R. Perkins as a member of the examining board of en- gineers. Adopted. McCague brothers, et al —Asking for the removal of squatters on Eighth street between Farnam and Dodge, ~ Police. Fred Stein and others—-Asking for the foncinghot the alley between north of Pierce between Twentieth and Tweuty- second street, Grades and grading. Poundmaster—Reporting the taking un of 158 head of cattle, and receipt of $208.50 fines, Filed. Henry Sage and others—Asking for a water main on Seveunteenth, south of Vinton. Fire ond water. RESOLUTIONS, Kasper—Ordering the romoval of ob- structions from ‘I'wenty-third between Mason and Pierce streets, Adopted. Hascall—Ordering the opening of an alley in Donovan’s addition, A(hmh‘d, Same — Changing the hay market from Jackson to Leavenworth strect, one block west of Thirteenth street. Adopted, Mr, Hascall then introduced the fol- lowing: Whereas, On account of misrepresention the position of the city council as to police matters is not fully understood by the public, and it is the desire and wish ot tno council to merit and have the good ovinion and ap- proval of all law-abiding and fair-minded citizens, and it is therefore considered proper that the council define its pe that the people may form a right opinion and pass an enlightened judgment upon the foolish acts and unwarranted usurpations of the board of fire and police commissioners on the one hand, and of the conservative and reasonable acts of the council on the other. The law creatinz the board and making four of the five members of the same ap- pointive by the governor was intended to render the police department non-partisan in character. “This the couneil approves. the Intent of the law Ul sonable rules and reculations for the ap- pointment and_removal of the members of the force, designating the number of the the 1 charter require ated by the be To carry out council_passed rea- sde of diseipline as the clty which was r all of pudi- ayor, who I8 ex-ofticio presiding ofticer of the board. ‘T'o render the situation more intolerable the attempted to nullify the provisions of v charter by aeting in opposition to reating a large amount of indebted- netion of the council and appointing officers unknown to the law and by assuming to be independent of all authority to carry out the political and desizns, as it is charged, of a zo in his dotage, and one who has pa period of his usefulness, The city of Omaha needs, and its import ance as a commercial center demands » well regulated and managed volice force for the Dnb‘ler protection of lite and property. The city has within itself all the elements neoessary for the creation of such a force; the law is ample for that purpose, and the city couneil stands pledged to lay aside all personal feoling and partisan spirit and act as the law-making power of the city to carry out uot only the letter, but the spirit and In- tent of the law. ch being the purpose of the councll, and as council has placed no obstacle in the way of the board acting within the law that ted it, the failure to institute and carry out needed reforms in the police department of the city is chargeable to said board, there- fore be it Resolved, by the city council of the city of Omaha, that’ the council without fear or favor will do every act and thing necessary to carry out all the provisions of the eharter for metropolitan cities and will co-operate and act in harmony by the 1 charter that acts within and in accordance with the pro- visions of the same for the good government of the city. 1ut it is the intent and purpose of the council to oppose all false pssumptions of authority whether assumed through g gnor- ance, vanity or fanaticisut or for political or partisan purp This was adopted without much atten- tion. A few more unimportant motions took place, when Mr. Bedford introduced the following resolution : Whereas, Fora considerable time past, serious differences have existed and do still exist between the city couneil and the board of tire aud police commission as to the rules and rezulations which shall govern tte police department of the citys and Whereas, ‘The present condition of affairs In this respect, places the present acting pno- lice ofticers unier groat disaavantage, in tho performance of their duties to the public as well, as in maintaining order and discipline in their own ranks, all of which is sreatly detrimental and dancerous to the interests and welfare of the ¢l Therefore Resolved, Witha view of speedily and vroperly settling the difficulty that a com- mitte " of five from " the council consisting of the president of the council and the chairman of the following commit- tees, namely judiciary, police, grades and grading and rules, be'and are hereby ap- vointed a special committee to solicit a con- ference with the said board of fire and police commissioners and at as early a day as prac- ticable, 1o meet and agree upon and draft such rules and regulations for the orzaniza- tion and government of the tire and police department as may be satisfactory to the eon- ferme bodies and for the best interest of the city which rules and regulations so acreed upon shall be reported back to the council as s00n as possible. In support of this resolution Mr. Bed- ford said that he thought it but fair, j and equitable to take the first steps ward setthng the difliculty with the fire and police commissionera and he hoped that the resolution would be adopted, and be acted upon immediately Mr. Haseall siud that ordinarily speak- ing it would seem as if the resolation al- ready adopted should best expr ions between the two bo: know that they (the council) was under the law and woere 0. They wery The commission however, had been imbued with a spirit of cowardice, They created a stink in this city, whie easing and_before long will smoke them out of thecity. Their entire schemes has been conducte :hind the n of obscurity, and have been mis- leading and corrupt to the ve ter. “'Our stand taken is correct must never wince. Common decency will compel them to refrain from con- acting aeting in good not a stumbling ducting such n damnable system, if nothing else will prevail upon them. It is well known that the council have stood this for principle and there had bheen no principle, they could not have hung together. We can not honorahly sece 5'. They have got the dirty mud-slingers of some" of the press to cast eatumny upon us, And these have ne so far us to attempt to injure our PR R by calling us offensive names; b guzzlers, beer slingers, and ¢ 1 thieves. I hope we will stand together beeause the commission does not know whether it is a_police commission or the zovernor of Nebraska, Their relations t-ml us to believe they are above the x'y and its taxp ayers They have acted with closed doors and assumption of super- iority. They have put foreigners into office who are not even citizens and this ig a disgrace. But let them go on. Let these mud-slinging editors continue in firing thewr mud. They are incapable of anything else; one especially, and thank heaven he shows his baseness in his present mud-slinging as he did when, without a word in his behaif, he allowed his futher to be slandered and brow- beaten into the grave and hounded after his death—a man who al lowed his brother to suffer with- out assietance. He now whines at the feet of these commissiorers like & whipped spaniel. Why did he not stand by his father? This boy must be an accident. This commission” says it be- longs to decency, if that is so, the people have yet to learn where decency is to be (oou, I was in hope that they would be brought back to decency, but [ have lit- tle hope for it now. Wa are accused of being politicians because we have been elected by the people, but they are not politicians at all, because they have been appointed by the governor, What is the secret ot this fight, what cause for the governor's interf in our local affairs? Why simply '] the plans for a future clection. Why did the governor come to this city to vilify us? Why did he utter those false fictions abous our oity which would shame a Pawneg, What he said is a lie, [ want them to act in harmony with us and we would like to act (n harmony with them. But have we not done all we could toward that end. We made a sensible list of rules for the government of the police forea, and those rules wero based on prudence snd common sense. When a policeman goes on duty, I want him to understand that he has backing. That backing we gave with our rules which provided that he would be sus- tnined in certain events. See those rules, Read them, They wero suggested by a desire to raise the standard of the police- man and provide that inefliciency, drunk- enness and unfitness for work “and for other good and suflicient cause that he may be discharged. Yet these rules wore repudiated by the commission and after- wards the ordinance was vetoed by the mayor. This commission, with its as- sumption of power boldly told us that they wanted 90,080, wanted this for themselves and their "v They knew or they ought to ave known that we could not levy more than £15,000. They tried to steal the general fund and make us play the cats- paw. But they did not know that we ad to give bonds to not divert those fun If we had done so, who would bo responsible to the city? Well, it wouldn't be the commission.” Mr. Hoscall continued along at great length, closing by stating that he had taken a stand and would not be remo "lmn it beeause it was a stand of prinei ple. Mr, Bechel said that the people do- manded a settlement of the difficulty be- tween both bodies. Mr. Ford said he had little to say after what Mr. Hascall had spoken. As had been remarked the council was out with the commssion and the commission was out with the council and the former had raised a stink which the commission itself could not stand, in the bringing here of that Santa Barbara bizamist or tramp or whatever he 1s, They had reconsidered their act and Mayor Broatch had three times lied to him unsolicited in the matt, The coun- cil could meet the commission, no matter what the latter did. He moved to lay the Bedford resolution on the table. Mr. Bailey believed the resolution was offered in good faith and thought it ought to be roferred. Mr. Ford withdrew his motion to table and the question of reference to the com- mittee on judiciary eame up. Mr. Beaford wanted to know if that would not kill the resolution. Hascall is chairman of the committec]. he ehair did not think it would. Mr. Lowry said: “Commissioners Hartman and Bennett told him not long before that they did not give a d—n for the council, and the council might go to h—lif it wanted to. He wanted this to apply 1n this case and let the commaission- ers understand that the council did not give a d—n for them. A vote was then taken, and it was re- ferred to the judiciary by the following vote Ayes—Bailey, Boyd, Cheney, Counsman, Ford, Haseall, Lowry, Manville, Snyder, Van Camp, Bechol—11. Nays—Alexander, Bedford, Burnham, Kas- per, Kierstead—b. Bedford— the official ‘bonds of L. M. Bennett, Chris H. B. Smith and J. 8. Gilbert, and police commissioners, be ap! Judiciary. REPORT Public works and property—Snggest- g an amendment to the ordinunce cre- ating the oflice of city hall inspector to have that officer report to the board of pubiic works and city engineer. Adopted. ORDINANCES, ting paving bonds for districts 57, , 92 and 102; authorizing the Omaha uncil Bluffs Bridge company to erect an approach to their bridge over the Mis- souri, and to erect the same on either Davenport, Capitol nue, Dodge, Doug- 1as or Farnam streef The site is_to be definitely determined inside of two months after the passage of the ordinance and within sixty days after the location work is to be commeneed. Right of way was also granted to the B. & M. to ex- tend 1ts track ulong Kizhth, between Howard and Jackson streets. - It Wox't Bake Breap.—In other words, Hood’s Sarsaparilla will not do impossibilities. Its proprietors tell l.:luinly what it has done, submit_proofs rom sources of unquestioned reliability, and ask you frankly if you are suffering from any disease or affection caused or promoted by impure blood or low state of the system, to try Hood's Sarsaparilla, ‘The experience of others is suflicient as- surance that you will not be disappointed in the result, THE ALLIGATOR MARKET. Prices Range from Fifty Cents to $200—Hundreds Exported. New Orleans Times-Democrat: “How do you sell the best madame?’ asked the mquisitive reporter of a quiet looking woman, who was the one beaceful object n the sereaming, noisy would about her. “Well, I hardly know how to answer that question,”” she 1esponded, her voice pitched high enough to penctrate the chirping, squeaking, cawing and crow- ing of the congregation of feathered folk fluttering abov ‘You see,’ they come at most any price, and when 1 tell you they come all the way from 5) cents to E icce; you can understand how Y. s known, sugar, oranges and 'm_three staples in Louusi wnd internal cnue, and it was iscover the exact condition of the crocodile market, and whether the spring catch had been good, that a visit was paid yesterday to the big tanks on Char- tres street. There is a lavish liberality and a free, unstintea prodigality in the "way one of these reptiles lays eggs that wonld dis- courage anything short of a patent incu- bator. Why, without half putting her mind to it, and in a poor season at that, she will fill her nest with seventy-five s and crawl away comfortable, as- sured every last one will produce a heaithy little yellow and black wriggler. Just here it is that the exvert hunter comes in for a sott thing. ke knows the favorite luying grounds of the alligator hens as thoroughly as Johnny does his bantam’s nest in the barn, and when the tim exhausted motber to cease from her labors, he simply paddles out, fills his eanoe with the thick skinned, lly globes, and feels sure of a fine re- ter on. Alligators are brought into town in every stage, from an embryo state in the egg to great, angry mon s a dozen feet long, tipping the sca hundreds of pounds. Men hunt their hideous game after dark, nlulkinr the swamps, drag- ging lagoons, and wading through low, oozy marshes, where vast numbers of alligators abide, Several methods of capturing them are resorted to. Those caught with hooks are only fit for imme- diate killing, as they sicken and die in short order. The big ones are lassooed, and smaller fry snared in a heavy made for this purpo: The hunter re izes he is_after dangerous game, lots ot vicious habits, and so, bes blinding their stupid’ eyes by a lamp worn in his cap, he is prepared to send a soothing bullet whenever neces- with sary. After bringing in his find of eggs the crocodile farmer heaps them in boxes and simply depends on time to do its perfect work. In the course of weeks the infant gnaws and claws at the hard shell until he finally squirms his y into the world. There s as much difference in the skin of the young and old oues a3 in a baby's complexion ascompared with a grown person’s. Their hide is as bril- linnt as if polished, & bright black and yellow, which grows dingicr and rustier ery year they live. Passing through the big bird store, the alligator region is reached. It is a pret. ty, garden-like place, with tender, lacy vines trained in delicate festoo! ul» tho lattice against the dark brick wall. Great red pots hold rich folinge plants that lend & tropical air to the spot, fitting the in- habitants of tho long cemented tanks. These troughs are built six in a row, the occupants being carefulls graded accord- ing to size. There is very little family aflection among them, parents rarely hesitatng to sacrifice ir offspring on tho altar of a healthy appetite. Survival of the biggest is an unanswerable law to which all 1dust succumb; conscquently they are classiticd into two and three- year olds. Twice a week the water must e changed for the salubrity of the atmosphere. There is a notorious untamed odor about an alligator that must be regarded. Itis the perfume he brought from s wild, free life n the forest, and hangs about him with un- varying steadfastness. Twice a week re- freshments are handed round,beef hghts, as a rule, a delicacy for which th iga- tors havo a very docided penchant. The half-grown variety eat from tive to six at a meal, distending their uncomely,shape- less stomachs until the receptacles refuse to hold another particle. They feed only at intervals, but have voracious appetites u 'l'h’oy are very ugly creatures, with wret dispositions, as the reporter had a fair opportunity of discoverirg. Hanging over the side of the tank in plagful, almost intimate relations with the beast, his sheltering umbrella gave a tip too far and touched the extreme end of the thing's snout. It was enough; with a mmf‘yin‘g bellow and blowing off steam the infuriated being rose two inches out of the water and sent his ob- server exactly three feetin the air. It was 8 severc shock, and has generated respect, if not admiration, for the alliga- tor’s sensitiveness, Lying in the sun- shine,every grisly feature is accentuated. Their great shovel heads tloat on the water with stupid, evil eyes that blink like yellow excrosences on a mud-colored surfuce. A tiny, minute slit in the snout admits air enough to enable them to mako u sound frightful enough te scare the stoutest hearted, The keepers of the tanks said hundreds were sold yearly to traveling showmen, numbers being sent to Europe as curio: ties, besides many that were bought by Northern visitors. Saloon owners buy them constantly to keep on their counters as un attraction to ssess, Chicago and St. Louis being notable among the number. An artist here in town sets them up with up with all sorts of comical devices © stuffs them with cotton, and fashions preachers, lawyers, gamblers, organ- grinders. cotton handlers, duelists out o1 the ridiculous httle figures. one, a bur- lesque n in couri, was particularly amusing. These are sold very cheaply, and a protty fair trade is driven. The saurian merch: has a perfect treasure that he keeps in close quarters and guards as the fairest jewel of his entire collection of beauties. Itis a huge evil-smelling, sluggish reptile measuring 12 feet, whose age 18 enlculated at 150 years. He lies sprawled out on the floor of his trough, in a state of torpid stupid- ity. The creature looks bored to death, and with enough impotent malignity in his depraved yellow eyes to devour every visitor who studies his unhandsome pro- vortions. The tropical beast is entirely out of place, surrounded with fresh air and the perfume of flowers. One fancies him erawhing slowly from the heat and slime of some lagoon lying in wait for prey that has no chance between those weighty jaws. DEWEY & STONE, HOP 00 TRON SRR AON0SEENN0 S 0 SO0 TR MV RNK AW I : FURNITURE ROUORN0AROONBOSEE0UCACANAI SRR ARSI A magnificant display of everything useful and ornamental in the furniture maker’s art, at reasonable prices. Mexican lar_?eteram The wonderful efficacy of Bwift's Specifio a8 & remedy and cure for rheumatiam and all blood dise ©cases, has nover had a more conspicnous fllustration than this case affords. Tho candid, unsolicited and emphatio testimony given by the venerable gentlo- man must bo accepted as couvincing and conelusive. The writer 1s a prominent citizen of Mississippt. The gontleman to whom Mr. Martin refers, and to whom hols Indebted for the advice to Which he owes his flnal rellef from yoars of suffering, fs Mr. King, for many years the popular night elork of tho Lawrence Houso, at Jackson, Jacksoy, Miss., April 2, 1857, Tk SWIFT SPECIFIC CONPANY, Atlants, Ga. : X Gentlemen—1 have boen an fuvalid pensioner for forty years, having contracted pulmonary and other diseases In tho Mexiean War, but not til March, 1575, did I feel any symptoms of rhous On that da m. I was suddenly stricken with that dis- ease n both hips and anklos, For twenty days I walked on crutches. Then the pain was loss violent, but it shifted from Jolnt to oint. For be totally disabled, el the other, o {lcvon yedraan cleven years of int Wi tenso suftering [ tried {inumerable prescriptions from various physiciang, and (ricd overything sugs osted by friends, but 1f 1 ever rocolved tho least heneflt any 'medicine taken internally or ex- ternally, I am not aware of it. Finally, about the first of September, I mado arrangements to go to the IIl);iSpHn‘u’uf Py L other ren; haviug despairod Of ever en Tacellentaily met an ol ad- King, now of the Lawronce House ty.' ‘He had onco bocn o greatsufierer from e il ax 1 supposedy i boen o to' Hot ‘Springe. "t when I met him he 13 visit to the Hot Springs was in vain reller. On his return from Hot or tho firt e, of e S, L, ey . Hotried it and alx hottlox made gomplete cura, ‘Several years have bassod alnce, but o has had o return of tho disease, 1{mmediately returned 1o try it. In September T 200K four bottiea, and by the first of Oetober T was Well—as far as thio fheumatism was concerned. 'All pain had disappoafed, and L BAVE NOT FELT A TWINGA OF IT BINCE. 1liave no {ntorest in making this statement other than tho hope that It may dircet some other suTerer (08 sure source of relict, and IF 1t has this resutt k am wll rewardod for my troutia, 1 am very fe- specttully and truly your friend, 3. M. K Mantin, For sale by all druggists, Treatise on Blood and Bkin Diseases mallod free. Tus Bwirr Sercirio 0o, Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ga. DREXEL & MAUL, Successors to Jno. G. Jacobs, UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS, At the oldstand 1407 Farnam st. Orders bytelegraph solicited and promptly at- tended to. Telephone No. 225. WEAK, NERVOUS PEOPLE i sories itathon ang bogus com Rupture. 700 cured in'x: WEAK MEN Fremature Declina, eic. resuliingf: onok Comea. cwred withant Alomach Medicimes. “EREAT MARSTON TREATMENT, 4 book sent frem. 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Allbusiness strictly contiden Vil CUNSULTATION FRER. PROF. N. D. COOK, Room ¢, 1514 Liouglas St., Omaha, Neb. HOUSEKEEPERS'IDEAL KETTLE Something entirely new and sells at sight. _DBar- ton's Stenmless, Odor- R ic8s, Now-Boil-Over-Ket- tlo.' "Has deep raised cover and wator joint, and an outlet which car: vics all steam und odor the chinney. Patont Stowmer attachmont alone worth the price. Agcents wanted, mide or town in Nobraska. Profits $5 to Liberal torms and oxolusive torris ond stamp for circular and torms. $1.75: 8 qt., §1.86; 10 qt., #2; 14 qt., 0dél by mail, ) W. 8. COOMNS, General Aent, Omaha, Nob,, P, O. Box 483, SEALTH DR. OTTERBOURG, Corner 13th and Dodge Ha., ONAHA, NKB. AREOULAR ORAGUATE IN MEOICINE, AND EPEDIAL PRACTITIONER o g " oeeav N MAn. Ax IPNYANE Quition.” anid SYMETOM wh " v ol dimare " St your ca M for o wiers. liod bromtiy. 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