Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 17, 1887, Page 2

10 GIVE HIM A CHARACTER, Oleveland's Reform Methods to be Approved by One Oivil Bervice Commissioner. ‘THE OTHERS TO BE DIFFERENT, Victoria Sends a Reply to the Presi- dent's Oongratulatory = Letter— Lamar's Rescinding Order Modified. Democratic Civil Service. WaAsmNGTON, August 16.—(Special Tele- tothe Ber.|—It is believed that tho forthcoming annual report of the civil ser- vice commission will give Cleveland’s ad- ministration & certificate of wood character and eriticise sharply the civil service reform- ers of the George Willlam Curtis school. Politlelans say it Is another indication of Cleveland’s ‘anxlety to secure a re-nomina: tion, Commissioner Edgerton, in a conver- sation yesterday, said that Im his judgment under the law, the form of removal ¥s no more restricted than it was before the clvil service law was enacted. He maintained that it is the duty of the commission to procure wood and compe- tent persons for the classified service, and when that is done, its duty Is ended. ~ Con- tinuing, he added: *“In the report I shall take very decided grounds against these in- vestigations, npon Indetinite charges made by irresponsible persons. 1. shall be pretty severe on the Chicago civil service league, ‘who made eharges and then had nothing to sustain them. Such organizations should at- tend to their own logitimate business. No official 18 bound to give reasons for the dis- mssal of a subordinate.” Civil Serviee Commissioner Edgerton is busy to-night making the final revisions in his_report on the alleged violations of the clvil sepvice law in the Chicago postoflice. e said that the reports of the board would bly bé made public to-morrow, *I say rts,”’ said the commissioner, ‘‘because there will certainly be two, and the probabil- ities are that there will be three. Mr. Lyman has examined my report and he does not agree with the conclusion which 1 have drawn. He Is preparing a report of his own, which I am inclined to think will differ rad- lcally from this one of mine. I feel sure, that Mr. Oberly will have a report of his own, which, while it may agree with mine in several particulars, will differ with it greatly in several material points.” Mr. Edgerton was asked to allow his re- port to be seen, but he declined to do s0, as he said that the whole matter will be made public in a day or two at the farthest, Victoria’s Reply to the President. ‘WasuniNGTON, August 16.—The following reply to the president's congratulatory tele- gram sent on the occasion of Her Majesty’s Jubilee celebration, has just been received from Queen Victoria: Victoria, by the grace of God of the King- dom of Great Britain and Ireland, queen, defendor of tho faith, empress of India, etc., ete., to the president of the United :luxhs sendeth grecting. Our Good Friend: We have received from the hands of Mr. Phelps, United States minister at our court, the fet- ter which you addressed to us on the 26th of May Iast, and in which you convey your congratulations and those of the people of the United States on the occasion of the cele- bration of the fiftieth anniversary of our ac- cession to the throne. ‘We request you to accept our best thanks for this proot o¢ friendshiv and good will ‘which with similar proofs we have recelved from the rulers and people of other states, has caused us most sincere zratification, In thanking you also for the choice which you have made of Mr. Phelps to be the interpretor of your sentiments on this occasion B) re- quest you to accept in return our best thanks for your own uninterrupted Iurnlnuss and welfare and for the prosperity of the United States of Americaand so we recommend you to the protection of the Almighty. Given at our Court of Winsor Castle the 15th day of July of the year ot our Lord, 1857, andin the 515t year of our reign. Your good friend, VICTORIA. Modifled the Order. WASHINGTON, August 106 — Secretary Lamar has modified his order of yesterday restoring to the public demain the lands held as indemnity by the various roads, so far as it related to the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneap- olis & Omaha Rallroad company, in the fol- lowing particulars: *As to thelands selected by this company, amounting to 194,501 acres, and which selections were d(srn‘rmved by the commissioner of the general land office July 8, 1857, this order of restoration will not a Jy until a decision by the department thereon, inasmuch as a question of the cor- rectness of the sald commissioners’ report was pndln&bflm and being considered by mflq;lnr the issuance of the present Secretary Lamar is prepsring a decision relating to the indemnity of the withdrawals of the Northern Pacitic’ railroad company. He reviews at some length the company’s construction of the law. 'He will not concur inits views. He wlill hold that congress recognized the -political divisions of the states and territories when it gave the com- r.n ten alternate odd-numbered sections of land on each sideof the line of theroad when 1t passes through a state and a twenty mile section when passes through a territory, 'he lien Iand is but s substitute for granted and and the same boundary lines apoly to one as to the other. The same distinction s g‘reurved lnm{r.mvldln‘ for an indemnity It, Thesecretary will say that in hisopinion and according to the views heroin expressed the indemnity claim of the company must be reatly reduced and it will not require all vacant, off-numbered sections within m ndomnuz limits, but that there would be “:.'“g iy h':ldn:l ‘: mhlle domain, I.Tho wl X s company is en- g\ld to but one indemnity belt gf‘un miles width, and that the grant of July 80, 1870, repealed and modified that of the first, so far :\Mywnfllm. and that both acts relate che same indemnity belt. These are the only points not covered by the decision of y in the Atlantic & Pacitic case. As Dumb as Oystor. WASHINGTON, Angust 16.—|Speclal Tele- gram to tho Bgx.|—The reports of Colo- Vilas' journey home to Wisconsin Incog., have started up a good deal of mirth here where the impression 18 common that the postmaster-general takes to public life very awkwardly. He is bothered less than any other cabinet ofticer by newspaper men, ‘who have lonk since learned that he was in- oa) of revealing news of any kind, no matter how unimportant. They do not at- tribute it to a proper ofticial discretion on Col- onel Vilas’ part, but to a habit long fixed by | bis career as a Iawyer of not stating the' most common-place fact squarely for fear of committing himself. None of Colonel Vilas’ lecessors ever had to travel incog. Rail- ‘way Mail SBuperintendent Nash will go home Incog. next week. Judge E. E. Bryant, the assistant attorney.general for the post office departiment, went home fucog. this morning for a vacation of two weeks. Duringhis ab- -sence he will join the postmaster-general in & Lshing trip to the northern part of the state. He will then assist the postmaster- general to write his annual report. Concerning the Hawalil 1slands, WAsHINGTON, August 16.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bek.]—Ofliclals of the depart- ment of state reiterate their denial of the re- ports that the United States is taking steps towards the acquisition of the Hawalan lslands. 1t is not Genied, however, that this vernment would vigorously oppose th erence of any foreign power in the au tonomy of the islands as the state department .nbh‘lool upon them as of vast political importance to the United States. Said one {'enuun-n high in authority to-day: “The nited States will never sii by and see the guns of » foreign nation pointing at the iden wate from Hawali or the mouth of the Isslissippl from Cuba. son why we should Interfere with the affairs either of those islands until called upon one or the other. 1t becomes necessary American interests in the Ha- ‘walian islands the United States will act,but otherwise lhl:gvfihlflbht will take no part uble.’ in the *‘Had the department any warning of the reyolution before it broke ULl “None whatever, excent tho knowledge Hut there is no rea among the pennl:.r'gl 00 & Postal Changes. WASHINGTON, August 16.—(Special Tele- Kkram to the Bxx.1-A new posioftice was satablished to-day at Bell, Crawlord county, fa., with Cotnelius Butteworth s postmas- ter. ‘The nameof the office heretofore known as Spalding, In Greeley county, Neb., has been changed to Greeley. A new postoffice has been established at Gladstone, Jefferson county, Neb,, with Carl F.Stark as post- master. The office at Silas, Lincoln omml{‘ Neb., has been ordered discontinued. Mails will go to North Platte. Pensions Granted. WasmsaToN, August 16,.—(Special Tele- gram to the Ber.|~The following were granted to-day: lowa pensions, originals: James T, McCormick, Manbersville; Norman E. Dornan, Allenton; George W, Smitl Coon Rapids; Henry Maxwell, Mareg John G, Cudworth, Anamosa: John W. Howe, Orient. Incrense: William Camp- bell, Abingdon; Henry 8. Tucker, Glen- woud; Sylvester Church, Iowa Falis; Marion M. Palo, Wapello; llenry Langenberg, Washington: Fred C. Loeber, Fort Dodge; Harvey Gaskell, Lineville; Georze W. Rout Ottumwa; Andrew J. Erl Moorehead ; Hiland H. Shipman, Milford. * Mexican war: Jacob Briney. Lace; Patonts, WasuiGToN, August 16.—(Spocial Tele- gram to the Beg.]—The following western patents were granted to-day: John L. srink, Dubuque, Ia., heating apparatus; John W. Dunckhorst, Davenport, Ia., washing ma- chine; Thomas Graver, Worthington, Ia., hay loader: James A. Hinson, assignor to Penson automatic car coupler company, Des Moines, Ia., car coupling deyice: Allen Johnston, Ottumwa, Ia., screw machine; Charles McGiothlen, assignor of one-fourth to W. F. Gould, Des Moines, 1a., railway track; John H, and T. D. Morris, Seward, Neb., permutation lock: John Renner, Bur- lington, Ia., folding iron stand and clothes rack combined: Alexander Stockdale, Wol- cott, Ia., carpet stretcher, Thinks Statistician Dodge is Honest. WASHINGTON, August 16,—Commissioner Colman, of the department of agriculture, who has just returned from the nortn, in an interview relative to the acreage of tobacco, says to-day that an_investigation Is being made regarding the July report about which complaints come irom Kentueky., He said he had tull faith in Statistician ‘Dodge. ‘I am satistied,”” said he, “that the report was made honestly and in good faith. It is cer- tain that the prospect for western tobacco Is very poor. The August report of condition, even on the area to which exception is taken, Indicates less than half a crop.” Foreign Bids for the New Navy. WASHINGTON, August 16. — Secretary Whitney has appointed a board of officers, consisting of five officers, to convene at such time and place as may be designated by the presldlnf officer of the board, for the nuTnsu of exam! nlnsplllul furnished by “the Bar- row Shipbuilding company, of London, Eng- land,” for the construction of a battle ship of about :H;hty thousand tons displacement, authorized by congress, and reporting to the department the probable cost, exclusive of armament. Sefzure of Seal Fishers. WAsHING®ON, August 16.—The secretary of the treasury recelved reports from Captain Shepard, commanding the revenue steamer Rush, dated Ounalaska, Alaska, July 11and 18, in which he says that from July 9to 17 he seized the Britist. schooner W. P. Say- ward and_ the British steam schooner Dolphin, of Victoria, B. C., the American schooner Lily L. of San Francisco, and the British steam schooner Grace, in the Behring sea, for violations of the seal fishing Iaws. The vessels were all sentto Sitka, Alaska, and turned over to the United States marshal for prosecution. Reserve Banks, WASHINGTON, August 16.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bre.]—The comptroller of the currency has approved the selection of the Chase National bank of New York as rescrve agent for the Citizens’ National bank of orfolk, Neb.; alsothe American National, of Kansas City, for the First Natlonal, of ed Cloud. ——— ARMY RIFLE SHOOTING. Preliminary Practice at Bellevue. BeLLEVUE, Neb., August 10.—)Special ‘Telegram to the Bxx.|—The following is the result of the second day’s preilminary prac- tice, skirmish firing in the forenoon and firing at 200 and 300 yards in the afternoon : Lieutenant Kerr, Seventeenth infantry.. 343 Corporal Muliin, Seventh infantty U3 Private Hoit, Eighth infantr; Sergeant Lewis, Seventh infantr, Privato Dietz, Seventeenth nfantry. Sergeant Romig, Seventeenth infantr; Corporal Glann, Seventeenth infantry. Private Annis, Twenty-first infantry Lieutenant Gerrard, Ninth cavalry. Serzeant Scholle, Seventh’ infantry. Corporal Kelly, Bixth infantry. Private Mercer, Seventeenth infantry. Corporal Brennan, Second infantry Corporal O’Donnell, Seventh infantry At Fort Snelling. 8w PAavur, Mion, August 16.—The light and wind were both unfavorable for good scores in the Department of Dakata shoot at Fort Snelling to-day. The following are the best scores and aggregate for three days: To-day’s Age. 3 score. days. 64 505 Serg. Orgon, 1st cav.... Private Hamilton, 1stcav Corporal Noon, 1st cav Private Kamery, Ist c Lieut. Avery, 84 Infantry.. 0 Sergt. Mitchell, 3d infantry. 895 Serut, Paimer, 3d infantry 403 Privote Feeney, 5th infantry. 411 Sergt. Unger, 5th_infantry, 317 Corp. McManus, 15th infantry 381 Sergt. Crow, 2th Infantry. 402 Corp. Boyle, 20th infantry. At Fort Leavenworth. LRAVENWORTH, Kan.,, August 16.—|Spe- cial ‘Telegram to the Bex|—The following 18 the score of the first fourteen men in the seventh annual competitive contest for the first two days: 1st 2d day, dav. Total. Peterson, Corp. A, 5th cay..167 174 841 Hardin, 34 Lieut.'18th inf./165 175 340 McComb, 1m0 837 104 8 163 333 168 831 160 330 178 330 100 3% 1 3% 163 328 65 8 Leekamp, 109 7 Sloan, Pri 168 3% Hastings Defeats MoCook. McCook, Neb., August 16.—[Special Tele- gram to the Ber.]—The Hastings clubplayed an exhibition game in this city to-day. 'fnu score by innings was: Hullnfis 640103089 1-17 McCool 0800000046 National League Games. CHICAGO, August 16 —The game between the Chicago and Detrolt teams to-day re- sulted as follows: Detroit. 000500000-5 Chicago. 00100002 0-3 Pitchers—Getzein and _Clarkson. Base hits—Detroit 8, Chicago 8. Krrors—Detroit 1, Chicago 5. Qmpln—l’owem. BosToN, Aurust 16.—The _game be- tween the Boston and New York teams to-day resulted as otol‘l'mal: Boston.. 00018 0-38 New Yorl 100004380 *8 Pitchers—Radbonrn and Welch, Base hits—Boston 8, New York 13, Errol 14, New York 14. Umpire—Suilivan. PHILADELPHIA, Auflm 16.—The game be- tween the and Washington Philadelphia teams to-day resulted as follows: Philadelphia..3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 Washington...1 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 ‘Ten innin itchers--Kerguson and O'Day. Base hits —Philadelphia 17, Washington 13, Krrors— Pulladelphia 4, Washington 8 Uwmpire— Crane. American Association. NEw Yonrk, August 16.—The game be- tween the Metropolitan and Baltimore teams to-day resulted as follows: Metropolitans....1 1 8101 5 8 0—-14 B‘llhuuu».. ’AI 0 ‘Dl&l) ’lll'nfl 0 l—bot_i PHILADELPHIA, August 16.—The game tween the Athletic and Bmouy: teams to-day resulted as follows: Athletics.. 4 0 000-6 D INCI Rk i, Aughst 16.~The Fame be. CINNATI, —The game iween the Cmeln:n‘u and Muhvul‘t teams to-day resulted as follow: 01 30000 0-4 010 0- 1- 7 0—6 Cincinnatl. Louisville, CLi 0420040 .00008.! — x Northwestern League. Drs MoiNgs, 1a, August 16.~The North- renurn lengu mes to-day resulted as fol- ows Des Molnes 5, La Crosse 3, at La Crosse. Milwaukee 1, Oshkosh 4, at Oshkosh. Duiuth 5, St.' Paul 3, at $t. Paul. “:.',hn Claire 8, Minneapolis 17, at Minne- 8 Tbe Maratoga Races. SAnATOGA, August 16.—~The weather to- day was beautiful, the attendance the largest of the meeting and the track fast, Following Is the summary: * Three-quarters mile: Harry Russell won, Ellafln;n second and Lebex third. Time, One mile and a furlong: Swift won, Royal Arch second and Queen Elizabeth' third. Time, 1:56). One mile and five farlongs: Tramp won, ()ll«nnprly second and Carey third. Time, 2157, One mile: Rosalind won, Himalaya second and Maggie Mitchell third, Time, 1:4314, Three-quarters mile: Broughton won, F’l‘s’““o second. and Jubllee third. Time, Monmouth Park KRaces. MoxwouTit PARk, N. J., August 16.—The weather and track were zood. Following is the summary Seven-righths mile: Flageolotta won, Broit second, Spalding third. Time—1:20 ‘Three-fourths mile: ~Fitzjames won, Spec falty second, Satan toird, 'Time—1:10%. One and one-eighth miles: Lagzgard won, {’nntlv{-nfiocmu\. Long Knought third. Time 151 . Mil Eolian_won, Belvedere Phiil Leo third. Time-2:04%, Mile: Easfer Sunday won, Gonfallon second, Suifor third. 'Time-1:45, second, One-fourth mile, over five hurdles: sance won, third. Bas- ‘ellow Referee second, Little Time—2:21, The Volunteer Wins Again R. I, August 16,—The race for 2n enp to-day over the Sow and Pigs course was won by the Volunteer, which beat the Puritan by more than half an hour, The Mayflower was fifteen minutes behind the Puritan. Sachem won in the schooner class. oS LR Thaver County A rs. HeproN, Neb, August 16. — [Special to the Brr.|—The officers of the Thayer County Agricultural society are mak- ing extensive arrangements for the com- ing Thayer county fair to bs held Saptember 6, Tand 8. The society has purchased sixty- five ucres adjoining Hebron and will soon have one of the best fair grounds in southern Nebraska, ‘The Thayer county teachers’ institute en- tered upon the third and last week yesterday with increased attendance. There ‘are now nearly 100 teachers in attendance. County Superintendent Gallant with an able corps of assistants has made this the best institute ever held in the county. The brick work for the new Masonio tem- ple is well under way and the building will now be pushed to completion as rapidly as possible, Recent rains will be of great benelit to late corn and pastures. Thayer county promises to have two-thirds of a crop at this writing. —_— Weather Indications. For Nebraska: Local showers in eastern portion fair weather 1n western portion, variable winds, generally from east to south, slightly warmer in eastern portion, station- ary temperature in westorn portion. For Iowa: Light local showers, variable winds, slightly warmer, For Dakota: Local showers, slightly warmer in southern portion, stationary tem- pe‘udtura 1n northern portion, light variable winds. —_— American Florists Meet. Curcaco, August 16.—The third annual meeting of the Society of American Florists began here to-day. Delegations were pres- ent from all over the country, ——— Teachers’ Institute, The second day's proceedings of the county teachers' institute, held at the high school, was noted for the enroll- ment of seventy-four teachers against sixty-eight during the second day last yenr. The programme for each day of the week is as follows: 8:30 to 8:45—Roll call and opening exer- cises, 8:45 to 9:05—Primary reading by Miss Strong. K9:05 t0 9:30—English grammar by Mrs, Geography by Miss Strong. —United States history, Mrs. Rest. —Primary language, Miss Numbers, Miss Strong. *=s —English literature, Mrs 1 Keysor., 11:. to 12:30—Hygiene, Miss Strong. In the afternoon Prof Bruner drills the teachers in mental arithmetic, writ- ten arithmetic and school laws at his office. At the commercial after 4 p. m., instruction is given in book-keeping and civil government by Prof. Rohrbough. Waunted Blood. James W. Menefee, a mulatto who came here from Chicago about three weeks ago, was shot in a sudden and un- expected manner last evoning by a negro named William C. Porter. Porter is also from Chicago, and there has exhisted a feud between the two tor two or three years. Since coming here, however, there has been apparently a friendly feeling between them, and last even- ing, in company with Green Winsted, they were on their way to Porter's room on Twentieth and Chicago streets, when Porter suddenly drew a revolver and fired at Menefoe twice. The first ball struck Menefee on the chin, inflicting an ugly but not fatal wound. The second rwed through the back of his coat and aid the flesh open along his ribs, Porter then ed. A warrant has been issued for his arrest. It is supposed that he fol- lowed Menefee from Chicago to Omaha with the intention of killing him. Never go away from home without vamusl,v uhcim& a bottle of Fred rown'’s Jamaica Ginger in your grip- sack, ready for use. —— Loved Her For Her Money. Kittie Hathaway, the clerk atthe Union Pacific depot fruit stand, was robbed two nights ago in a smooth and original manner. The culprit is Will Hackett, a pretended detective, whom Kittie has known but three weeks. They have been together frequently and a couple of nights :fio, while returning from the Casino, he took her handkerchief from her pocket in an nnpnmnfl{ playful man- ner. However, after reaching her home she discovered that he had also tuken her purse withit, The purse contsined $30, and since then she has seen neither handkerchief, lover or purse. A warrant has been issued for his arrest. Are you weak and weary, overworked and tired? Hood's Sarsaparilla is just the medicine to guruy your blood and give you strength. e Asphale. The consequence of James Creighton's agitation of the softness of the asphaltura pavement on Davenport street 13 that the material has been found to be mixed not in accordance with the spacifications, These require 15 per cent of asphaltic cement, whereas but 14 are now used. The other ingredients are also less in proportion. ——— Pozzom s Complexion Powder pro duces » soft and besutiful skin. It com- bines every eloment of beauty and purity. Sold by druggists. —————— An Aged Drunkard. At the Harlem police court a woman was receutly maht up for drunkenness who s she is 103 years old, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 17. 1887, RAILWAY NEWS, iy Probability of Clash Between Messrs, Adams and Potter. 1t is rumored that all is not peace and love within the {J#ion Pacific camp, and that the public not be surprised at any time to r of an open rupture among the high offbials of the road that will cause no llfio ommotion. 1t is an oped secret now that Prosident Adams and Thomas Ji Patter are not working well together in thg harness, and that as a_consequenoce mgrc will have to he a chango of horsdsif the wagon is to run smoothly. Mr, Pgtter, it is said, objects to certain mothods” of Mr. Adams, and that the latter gentleman is not 1nclined to yield nn[)"lhlnm He, in fact, objects to the manner in which Mr. Potter rides over every- thing and = everybody. Mr. Adams has provided soft places in the service of thecompany for many of his New Eng- land friends and college associates. Harvard students have of late years been taught that there is a wide field of use. fulness 1n western railroad business, and also & quick, certain road to wealth and famo. They haye not been slow to take advantage of the hint, and as a conse- quence Harvard graduates and sons of way up New Englind families may now be found in most of the Union Paciiic of- fices, and in fact all along the line where desirable positions exist. Choato, the superintendent of the Colorado divisionl; Tibbits, at Kansas City,who are especially of this class, have been pushed to the front, while any number of others are huing prepare up. M 1 for positions higher Ir. Potter, it appears, is interfering at with this | He is o typi- cal railrond man, and don’t go much on blood and parchments in his apvoint- ments, but altogetier on record, experis ence and ability. Hence the trouble that is brewing. Potter wants a cleaning out of the whole system, and wants to do the sweeping himself. = Adams wants his friends to be alone,”’ and if there is u el zoutof the old men, he 8 to who shall be appointed in their pl To this Mr. Potter ob- jeets. Perhaps this state of feeling n the cabinet will account for the circulars that have been issued announe g appointments and tho subsequent published statements that the cire were issued in error. It is whispered around even now that Mr. Adams or Mr. Potter will resign, that even the U. P. road is not big enough for two such men. THE CLAIM DEPARTMENT. The claim department, it is thought, will be the n to feel the knife of re- trenchment. he rebute business hay- ing ended April 5, it has taken, of course, some time to finish up the back wo but that now being completed, a reduc tion in the force of nunrl{ one-half will probably bo made. The business of the department will consist hereafter 1 handling overcharge and loss, and dam age claims. Under John G. Taylor this was done with twelye men, but allowing for a natural increase in business, it 13 thought that the force of the claim de- partment will _ba'ificreased, at least to twenty-five. It now numbers about tifty. 1. D, DAVIS. Mr. D. D. Davis; Inte freight auditor of the Union Pacitic, bus retired to his farm, He has abandoned #ailroading and will henceforth devote himself to cultivating the soil. It 13 not'inderstood that he i3 an adept in the basiness, having but re- cently turned his mind in that direction. The farm 18 situated near Cedar Rapids in this state and .was purchased out of savings from his salary during his con- nection with the Union Pacific Mr. Dayis receivéd more cens abuse than any other oflicer eve nected with the " Unjon Paciti a great deal of it was undeserved. Davis did only what was required of him by his superiors, and in doing so found he had a very heavy load to carry. This wns especially heavy because of his known inability to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position. Despite this fact he was a man of kindly sensibilities and while he made many enemies he has also left & number of frionds whose ap- preciation will follow him into the privacy of his rural life. THE AUDITING SYSTEM. As the days go by the time for the abolition of the &)msunt system of nc- counts in the auditing department ap- proaches. In its stead will be introduced that which was supplanted by the Davis regime, This will result in the throwing out of Fn.«lhly one-third of the present clerical fore Several changes have ulready been mude with this end in view, and parties outside who have been oflered positions have been questioned as to whether or not they were fumiliar with the system of accounting. It is known that several prospeetive situations have been secured upon the repre i that the applicants were entirely fa with the work. FAST TRAIN. The ofticials of the Union Pacific in this city profess ignorance of the pro- posed fast train between Kansas City and Omaha and the terminus at Ogden, mak- ing the trip in fourteen hours less than tho present time. Mr. Stebbvins* this moruing stated that a faster train could not be put on the Kansas division, as the present one travels at the rate ot thirty- one miles per hour including the stops. Besides there was not business on the line for an extra run. A. N. Webster, of the West Shore line is in the city. P. H. Jackley, passenger agent of the B. & M. at Kansas City, arrived here esterday in charge of “a *delegation of orty colored masons, who camo to at- tend their grand lodge meeting. A BILK AND A BUM. nts That Special Correspondent and His Adventures in Omaha. About a week ago a heavy set, Milesian looking man, with pointed features, small black mustache, dark eyes, semi- bald head, rusty clothes, and a straw hat came to this city and the next day found himself before Judge Berka on a charge of drunkenness. He was fined and the story told was that his name was Neville and he was a spseial correspondent of the New York: Herald. He had been around the town, he alleged. the previous evening ‘with several prominent citizens, had %otlen drunk with them. Neville served five days,and on the after- noon of his releaso he was found in the presence of Judge Advocate Ray at the army headquarters. | He was a little more seedy and unkemps, and this time his name had resolved itself into Jack Rey- nolds, the “‘celebrated Jack Reynolds, of the San Francisco'Bulletin.”” He was in- theting the judge with presence, and finally brought the interview to a clost with the request for un ‘accommodation” of half a dollar. Fhe favor was granted about the time the.captain had made up his mind to kick him from his presence. A few days latef avoluble, complaisant individual marched into Pat Desmond’s hall on Tenth street and was detighted, he said, to tind in the person of the hall- owner mentioned a namesAke worthy of himselt. Hands were shaken, drinks wera exchanged and Pat was insinuat- infily solicited for # loan of a quarter. The stranger’s nume this time was Des- mond. He was the associate editor o the Irish World. On the strength of his rep- Jesentations he waltzed into the confi~ dence ot John A. Kehoe, of Platte Cen- ter, who paid for his lodging and break- fast at the Canfield. Barrett & Heafy on Saturday last met the same gentleman, but by this time his name had changed to John Fitager- ald, and worked them for a piece of sil- ver, and reciprocated on Sunday by giv- ing them a “job."" Father Dowling, president of Creighton college, had tele- phoned him, so he stated, at his room that one of the Jesuits wus dead. and re- quested him to send Barrett & Heafy to embalm the romains, Mr. B to the Holy Famil Fob, Eigiarars church, Eighteenth d Izard " streets, but there mukno dead clergyman there. Ile telephoned to Creighton college there was no dead re- ligious there. Mr. Barrett returned to the store, and at last accounts was wait- m%vlur Mr. Fitzgerald. he tramp's latest and most important attempt to defraud is so ni a felony that but little toleration will be granted to the worthless fellow_in this city. On Sunday he visited Dr. Haughawont, the dentist, at the corner of Thirteenth and Farnam, and um'm'\vlml to induce the doctor to cash a check for tk)u, purport- ing to be drawn by John_Fitzgerald on the Merchant's National Bank _and pay- able to John C. Fitzgerald. The doctor thrust the check 1n his pocket, while Mr, Fitzgerald skipped out, —— A F.AND A M, Moeting of the G 4 Lodge in This City, The most worshipful grand lodge of A. F.and A. M. of the states of Missouri, Nebraska and Minnesota and the terri- tories of Indian and Wyoming was called to order in this city yesterday morning at 10 o'clock in wenty-first annua convocation, by Ri Worshipful Grand Master Joseph H. Pelham, of Hannibal, Mo., who i ving his third successive term, something unprecodented in the history of the order, Mr, Pelham is one of the brightest masons in the jurisdic- tion, and to his peculiar fitness and abil- ity heis indebted for the honors which he 80 modestly wears. The annual adaress delivered at the afternoon session was an eloguent paver and will prove a valuable Masonic document. The hours for me; ing will bo from 9 to 12 a, m., and from 2 to 5 p, m. The grand secretary’s re- portshows the order to be in a healthy condition financiaily, and its charity fund to have been about $2,000 for the widows and orphans of the jurisdiction the past year. The following delegates are in_attend- ance: W, H. Jones, John Bell, J. M. Trent, James Gordon, k Allen, George Walker, of St. Joe, Mo.; William Cross, Reuaben Barber, Macon City, Mo.; Albert Walker, Lexington, Mo.; Clay Blewett, Thomas Banks, R. Spicer, Herry Grey, Missouri; Turner Dixon, Jol Lexington, Mo.; G. M. Richardson, Columbia, Mo.; James Jones J. H. Jenkins, Independence, Mo, Mumford, John W~ Wheeler, St. Louis, Mo.; William Rhodes, T. D). Williamson, B min Brashear, Samuel Hale, Georgo Rone, R. W. Foster, Kansas City, Mo.; D. H. Powers, S. G. Gooding, Amos John: son, J, II. Pelham, J. B. Burton, Hanni bal, Mo.; .4, Black, Sulisbury, Mo.; Charles Grigsby, Libert, Mo.; Lewis Talt, Springfield, M Dupee, C. H Archie Drake, Joffers , Mo. . H, Reed, Sedalia, Mo.; Lewis Root, Hunts- i James A. Mitchell, Kirkwood, Mo.; S. J. Earnest, Missouri; Jacob J. Tyler, St. Paul, Minn.; John Grandison, Bowling Green, Mo. THE PATTERSON-NDICKSON CASE. Over Real Estate Valued at Somo thing Like $100,000. Some days since Frank P, Dickson brought suit in the United States court againse R. C. Patterson for an account- ingin a real estate deal in this city, amounting to £6,000, a report of which appeared in the B Patterson no sooner got his answer filed than he skipped down to Kansas City, and sued Dickson for an accounting in twenty-six acres of land valued at $30,000, one-half of which Putterson claims and alleges properly belongs to hith, He further al- eges that Dickson had his implicit confi- dence, and that he allowed himn to draw on him for what money was necessary to ,pay half eash on all their deals, and that Dickson did so, and afterwards Patter- son found out that he had been de- frauded, as he claims, and that the prop- erty had been putin at a much higher rice than it cost. That Dickson put in ittle or no money at all,in any of the deals. The land for which Patterson claims to have furnished the money sola this summer for over $80,000, hence the suit. Nipped His Coat. While H. C. Morehouse, a carpenter, was busy at work yosterday at the corner of Fifteenth and Harney streets, some unknown' party made asneak on his coat, which was hanging on a fence near by, and grabbing it went down Harnoy street at a rate of speed that would™ have turned Cunningham, the sprinter, blue with envy. Morehouse and a couple of fellow-workmen started in pursuit, and the thief being headed off by some men ut the corner of Sixtuentn stre was overhauled and towed nto the station, where he gave his name as Frank O'Brien. A Young Knifer, Oliver Wood. the young tough who stabbed Barnett Silverton, the Jewish huckster, yesterday morning about 7:30, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Cap- tain Green. The affair happened near the ferry landing, the row commencing by an assault on the Jew by Bill Ander- son and George Wood; the Jew showin, fight, Oliver drew a dirk and stabbed him twice in the abdomen. While the wounds are dangerous, the physician in attendance thinks they will not be fatal. Musical Troubles, The musicians of the city are some- what excited over the fact that the Musical Union band has been engaged by the G. A. R. for their reunion and the other bands of the city expectod to play for nothing, under the name of & conte st for a prize. Marringe Licenses. The following licenses were yesterday: Leonidas Barnes, Secrena Clark, S { David H, Brown. Douglas county. 1 Jennie Peterson, Douglas county issued Brevities. A horse belonging to William Jess, the North Sixteenth street feed man, and val- ued at $300, was killed last evening in collision with a runaway toam on South Thirteenth street. A new dctective company has been organized in Omaha under the name of the United States Detective association. The persons comprising the. firm are Charles W. Lewis, Joshua Houghawout, Hiran® Harris, Charles L. Bauer, Fred Green, James E. Robertson, Maximilian Mubry, John P. Burgher and Chris John- son. Conrad Eggerts, living at 815 South Sixteenth street, has again lapsed into lunacy after a lucid interval of three or four weeks, and was taken to the county jail yesterday. Eggerts is twenty-eight years old, and his insanity has been grad- ually growing on him’ during the past two years. About a month ago he was discharged from the county farm appar- ently perfectly sane. Personal Paragraphs. Miss Alice Mitchell has returned from Chicago and the east. C.T. Dayly left last night for aten days’ vacation at Crawfordsville, Ind. P. H. Jackley, city passenger agent at Kansas City for the Burlington route, was in the city a few hours yesterday. H. J. Stevens, of the Pacific railroad investigating committee, leaves for San Franoisco this evening with his family. E. C. Stewart and C. M. Benjamin, prominent citizens of Ithaca, N. Y., are stopping at the Paxton.. Mr. Benjamin is manager of the Ithaca Journal, an in- fluential paper in central New York. 2" o v SOUTH OMAHA Edward Davis, engineer, formerly of the waterworks, who has b out west, has returned to spend the winter here, Monday evening South Omaha Lodge 148, L 0. 0. F., held a meeting and re- ceived applieations for membership from two persons. The lodge here is in a flourishing condition, having thirty mem- bers and lately received their new regalia, Mrs. Humphrey Sullivan yesterday ro- ceived a telegram from her husband in Denver, telling her to come to him im- mediately ns he was dying. She left Monday night. Rev. J. B. Johnson and wife, of Lin- coln were here working in the interest of the location of the State Christian uni- versity at Lincoln, J. F. Richhart and family, who have been visiting in fowa, have returned home. Frank Whitney, of Atlantic, [Iowa, is here on real estate business. At the time the school board was open- ing the bids for the new school house, Mondaay, they also considered the ques: tion of teachers’ salaries, and finally re- duced them from §80 to $50 ver month, The Presbyterian church socioty will have a festival ere long, for which pre- parations are now in progress. But two arrests have been made since last Saturday, which shows that the city is improving morally. The graders and men working on the new roads were paid Monday night. Louis Peterson will move his family here in a few days, Mrs. Block, who was seriously burned by kerosene Some months ago, is entirely recovered, with the exception of one hand, which she can not use for some time yet. . A sparring match for $25 NEWS. and scien- tific points will take place next Tuesday night at ton's saloon. The contest- ants are ", Edwards and P. M. Shea. Marquis of Queensbury rules will be ob- served. Ashley Griflin_and wife, of Jac county,” la, and their nephew, S. S, Griftin, of Lincoin, Neb., are guests at the Benton house. Now that the new depot is assured to the citizens they are engaged in discuss- ing the probable location of it. Some think it will be between M and N streets while others think it will be further north, as there are less tracks a fow blocks north. Police Judge Reuther had before him yesterday, ohn Obermann, charged with assaulting Fred Mahler, and 1saac Levy, charged with assaulting Thomas Zellar. Obermann was fined $3 and costs and Levy was dismissed. About 6 o'clock Tuesday night a la- borer in one of the packing houses at- tempted to board the dummy, when his feet slipped and he fell under the moving cars, and but for tlm‘lu'mnpt action by a brakeman who pulled him out, he would have met his death. There is danger that some one will get. hurt at ipting to jump on the through train No. 8, which does not stop at this place. Lot 8, block 78, South Omaha, was bought two years ago by George Green for $000. It looked like a big price at that time, but Mr. Green sold it a year ago to Mr. Whitney, of Atlantic, Ia., for §3,300. The same lot has just changed hands again, the price being $8,000. AMUSEMENTS. ALY, for any play produced in New York to receive the unanimous endorsement of the pross of that city. *‘Held By the £nemy,” William Giliette's American play, which will in- augurate the fall and winter season at Boyd’s opera house next Monday even- ing, scems to have captured them, judg- ing from_the excellent criticisms it re- ceived, The following is taken from the New York World: “Willun Gillette’s remarkable play, ‘Held By the Enemy,’ delighted and thrilled an audience that held every seat in the Madison Square theatre last even- ing, 1t stormed every barrier of criticism and made every heart a captive. No other drama of recent years can compete with it, Through this terse story of con- tending ideas and forces runs, like a rib- bon of silver, a romance sweet and ten- der. Behind the war cloud is the sun- shine of n beautiful southern home, behind whose walls troths are plighted and cruel memories forgotten.” The company is from ihe Madison Square theatre and is one of exceptional merit. Their engagement is for three nights. She has the complexion of a Peach, Pozzoni's Medicated Complexion powder did it. Sold by all druggists. . The Council. The city council met last evening and transacted a great deal of routine busi- ness, ono of the principal features bein the second reading of Councilman Ford’s ordinance himiting the Omaha and Coun- cil Bluffs Bridge company to Douglas and Dodge streets as an approach to its bridge. R ————— HACAN'S AGNOLIA BALM, For tho Face, Neck, Arma and Hand N £4=qul Uhinrautosd Pare and lhn. 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