Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 11, 1887, Page 2

2 ok AR X 2 ALASKA SEALS. Value and Importance to the Come mercial World of the Fisheries. ‘WAsHINGTON, Sept, 10—The annual re- port of George R. Tingle, treasury agent in pharge of the Alaskan seal islands, has been Yeceived at the treasury department. The agent says that the time has come when the of the islands should be authorized to smploy additional natives and teach them the business of sealing, a8 death has played sad avoc.with the native sealers of the islands, he system of payment to the natives Is eriticised for its bad effect upon them, and it Is held that it would be but simple justice to allow the natives of Oonalaska to be employed and paid on the rnme tooting with the natives of St. Paul 1s- jand. The mortality among the natives of Bt. Paul is said to have been very large,while g is a remarkable fact that not a single death om disease had occurred among the white inhabitants since the transfer of Alaska to the United States. From measurements made by Assistant Agent Noyes It appears that the grand total of breeding seals on St. Paul and St. George island last spring was &&TI 750, but in transmitting this statement r.Tingle adds that,in his judgment, a deduc- on of one fourth would bring the number tloser to the truth. While on two rookeries there Is some falling off, 1t 18 certain that this ‘vast number of animals is still on the in- crease. Mr. Tingle says: ‘‘The department can not placetoo high an estimate on the walue of this seal property, and the govern- ment, 1 am sure, will'not field 10 an, demands which would make it possible the destruction of seal rookeries and seal life, which, under judicious management and Pprotected by law, may be perpetvated lndefl- nil tely. A large part of the report is devoted to a his- tory of the seizure of ml\n\'dlnf vessels by enue cutters, which has already been riefly reported by telegraph. The agent says that after the departure of the revenue cutter ast fall large numbers of sual were taken by ritish marauders and the skins sold in Vie- toria. One vesselsent hor boats to the rooker- 1es, but they were fired upon by the natives, under orders of the assistant agent and two men wounded. This fact be- came known generally among the ma- rauders, and served to keep them at a safe distance from the rookeries. Up to the 1st of Angust, four schooners had been seen operating around St. Paul Island this season. One of these vessels, the Angel Dolly, of San Francisco, was seized by the nzentA who boarded her, with the help of the Alaska Commercial company’s steamer, St. Paul. The vessel was in distress, as the captain had been accidently shot and one man wounded while leaving Otter Island, where they nad been killing seal. This made the seventh capture this season, the revenue cutter Rush, hlvlng reviously taken six, which were sent to Sitka for trial. They were the American schooner, Challenge, with 151 skins: the British schooners, Anna k, 835 skins; W. H. Sawver, 470 skins; olphin, 600 skins: Grace, 76 skins, and the Aumerican schooner, Lottie L., 197 skius. Mr. Tingle says that Captain Sheppard, of he Rush, has been indefatigable in his ef- lorts to protect seal life, and would no doubt add least six more to the list f his captives before he leaves the waters, he agent nuzfuu the advisability of pro- viding & small steam yacht armed witl rifled cannon, as schooners were killing seals HI plain view of St. Paul Island, while the ush was protecting St. George isiand. It 18 said that 30,000 skins would be a low estimate g( those taken this season by marauders, and e adds that the significance of these figures ‘will be understood when the fact is borne in mind that only one in ten seals is secured. In a supplemental report, dated San Fran- cisco, August 19, the agent says that on the 15th of August the American schooner Anna, with 830 skins, was brought into port. having been seized by the Rush. She reported the selzure of the British schooners ary Ellen, EB skins, an Adams, 1400 skins, 'he cutter also captured 400 skins landed on an island by the British schooner Lottie Ear- fleld in Behring sea, making a total of 5,4 ekins seized during the season. The number of seals killed during the year by the lessee ‘was 104,823, and the number of skins accepted a8 good was 100,000 b O CARDINAL GIBBONS’ POSITION. He Denies All Intention of Doing an Injustice to Dr. McGlynn, BALTIMORE, Md,, Sept. 10.—Cardinal Gib- bons authorizes the following statement in reference to his connection with the Mec- Glynn case: Shortly after his arrival in Rome, in February last, Cardinal Gibbons in an audience with he holy father, was re- quested by his holiness to ask McGlynn to come to Rome. Next day the cardinal com- plied with the instruetions of the holy father, butashedld not know Dr. McGlynn’s ad- + dress, he wrote the letter to Dr. Burtsell, be- cause he regarded him as a friend of Dr. McGlynn's. Some weeks later Cardinal Gibbons received & reply from Dr. Burtsell, shlnx reasons and excuses why Dr. Mec- lynn did not go to Rome. As the answer from Dr. Burtsell was addressed, not to Cardinal Simeoni, but to Cardinal Gibbons lemlf the latter saw no reason for hand- ng the letter to the yr»uqundn. Far, how- ger. from ‘“‘suppressing” Its coutents, was ver; careful to communi- cate them e cardinal prefect of the propagands. It may be added that Cardinal Gibbons was in no way authorized 20 act as an Intérmediate between Dr. Glynn and his archbishop, and therefore scrupulously avoided interfering in a mat- r in which he had no direct concern, and is visit to Rome had in view a different pur- pose. ‘While the cardinal, in common with the lates of the country, was anxious, in the ntorest of education and relizion, to see a university established in this country, he has abstained from giving his vote in tavor of l" 'T;:'“l'{ lmu?‘n. The cn{:mnll l':is no NOW| e of any change contemplat or effectod {n the original »ndowmenl.p — INCREASING THE CORN DUTY. Prince Bismarck to Introduce a Bill in the Reichstag. [Copyrighted 1857 by New York Associated Press.] BERLIN, Sept, 10.—In official circles it is believed that Prince Bismarck has finally de- ¢lded to present a bill in the reichstag in- ereasing the duties on corn. Party demands, supported by numberless petitions from all parts of the country, will force the govern- ment to intruduce the bill, though it is cer- tain to hamper the negotiations for a treaty f commerce with Austria and lead to further tective measures in favor of other than agarian interests. The coming session will, it is threat- ened, be made lively by a renewal of actlvity in the center party In favor of the extension of Catholic rights, The short truce between the Catholic church and state will soon terminate, forecasting inevitably de- velopments of the programme of the center party, which, it 18 certain, speedily extend- ing beyond school control, will embrace & complete suppression of the veto of the state on ecclesiastical nominations, the return of the Jesuits and the restitution to the church of the administration of all charitable insti- futions now supervised by the state. The Catholie school cougress at Liege was at- tended by several members of the reichstag. All the resolutions adopted by the congress ended with adeclaration of the church’s supreme right to direct soclal reforms. The congressconcluded by aftirming that the prin- clple of the tewmporal power of the people Was necessary to the welfare of soclety. The French mobilizing experiment Is ‘watched closely and finds general approval among German military critics, who admit the general success of the operatlons, while finding fault with the details. s e —— N In the Commons. LoxpoN, Sept. 10.—ln the commons to- day Sexton appealed to the government to give such justitication as they could for the jurderous act at Mitcheltown yesterday, t was beyond doubt, he sald, that bloodshed resulted from the wanton attack of an armed force upon a body of citizens engaged in the exercise of thelr undoubted constitutional Fight to hold a public meeting. Who ordered the firing? What steps had been taken to identify the men who committed the murder? The catastrophe was the inevi- table result of the l-n’um and aets of the ernment who had found it easier to begin n to end the contlict, Balfour claimed that Sexton’s account of the affair differed materially in substantial ticulars from the accounts telecraphed the Jpovernment. He claimed Condon shouted 0 the people 10 close up sgaiust the police o and that was lh&ullnl for & wanton, brutal AMUSEMENTS. e " pol assault upon lice, he responsi- ban bility rested ) t politl- | The Week Just Closed and That Now cians _calling themselves leaders of Opened. the Irish ~people, who _spoke of The past week has been the most lively in the amusement world that Omaha has ever known. Every theater in the city has been open nightly and playing gen- erally to excellent business. The week was signalized by the opening of the Grand Opera house, which will hereafter be a candidate for the patronage and support of the amusement-lovers in this city. At it, the Broderick company closed & six nights' engagement last evenig in_the “Mikado,” the principal members, Messrs. Broderick, Paxtoa and Ida Mull, Mrs. Baker and Miss Somers, making many friendsamong the patrons, CLOSE OF FRANK MAYO, At the Boyd, Frank Mayo closed a most successful engagement of four perform- ances, comprising “‘Nordeck’ aud the “‘Royal Guard,” in both of which plays, new to Omaha, he was deservedly appro- ciated. At the matinee, yesterday, in the latter piece, the star received several re- calls, a tribute not more to his happy rendition of the character of 1’Artagnan than an evidence of appreciation of the actor’s desire to present something new and worthy of the people’s commenda= tion, government reporters as spies of these . sons. 1If instead of talking about constitu- tlonal agitation they had exercised their in- fluence to keep the " people within the law the country would not have to deplore these scenes, Sir Edward Reed warned the government that the Engll-h electors would resent Inter- ference with public mutlnfls. .The people of Great Britain would not allow fellow sub- Jects In Lreland to be treated in this manner. e —— THE TICHBORNE NUPTIALS. Brilliant Celebration of the Ceremony at Coventry. | Copyright 1857 by James Gordon Bennett.] CoveNTRY, Sept. 10,—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bre.|—Sir Henry Dougherty Tichborne Was married yesterday in this city, noted for Lady Goviva, rihbons and watches. The legal notoriety which sur- rounded the bridegroom when a posthumous Infant brought thousands of sight-seers to the pretty Catholic church of St. Osmund, where the religious ceremonies and nuptial mass werecelebrated. The editice, however, would contain only relatives and friends. The bride was Mary Gwendoline, second daughter of Edward Henry Peter and wife, Lady Gwendoline, sister of the late earl of PINAFORE, Shrewsbury. The church was pro- To-night at Boyd's “‘Pinafore” will be fusely decorated with vines and | produced by the company which has flowers, amid which were placed | been singing on board ship at the re- small banners, embossed with the crests and | union grounds. W. O. Sanders, who coats of arms of the two families. Monsieur | played Sir Joseph so admirably when the opera was sung here for the benefit of Trinity guild, some years ago, will nfuin assume the character, Josephine will bo sung by Mrs, Franko, the lady who has been singing it during the week, and Mr. Tills, now well known here, will sing Ralph. Pleronet, a noted Parisian organist, played while the guests assembled. The officiating clergy were the Catholic bishop of Ports- mouth, in gorgeous purple, Fathers t'errla, the bride’s confessor, and Leslie, of London, with numerous assistants. The bridezroom, as he met the bride, looked as boyish as she was girlish. There were eight bridesmaids. All wore dresses of white seraph and crepe de chine, long pale blue sashes, blue stock- ings, white satin shoes, hats of rye straw, trimmed with blue ribbon, and corn flowers, The ceremony was the usual Catholic marriage service. Aftersigning the register there ensued & grand nuptlal mass. After the hour and a quarter services, both again advanced to the chancel and received the benediction from the bishop. The guests then drove away amidst continuous cheering to breakfast at Whitley’s Abbey., There the festivities were extended to the laboring poor and employes of the estate. At 3:15 p. m. everybody assembled in front of the abbey ,and amid showers of slippers and rice the newly married pair drove away to spend the honeymoon atthe dridegroom’s estate, Upton House, Dorset. The bridegroom, subsequent to the marriage, presented each bridesmald with brooches bearing the names MARIE PRESCOTT. Miss Marie Prescott, an actress of ac- knowledged nblln{. who has supported Salvini and other leading actors of the stage, will appear at Boyd's opera house the last three nights of this week, open- inE Thursday with “Ingomar,’”” Friday, “‘As You Like It will be Fiven. and Sat- urday night & great double bill will be presented, “The Merchant of Venice,” and “The Taming of the Shrew.”” The play for the matinee, Saturday, has not been announced. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. On next Thursday, Friday and Satur- day evenings, the comedy which has been r\mninf in the east for two seasons, entitled ‘‘Old Cronies,” will be pro- duced. PEOPLE'S, This place will be closed every evening this week except to-night, when the Halliday miusireis will appear before making a trip through the state. The; have played to large houses al of tha bride and bridegroom in enamel and a''J” In pearls. 1n a sense it was a veritable ;fi;%zfi‘ h;:“ l‘,:::’]k ;?:nom:gfll.‘ diamond wedding, To his bride he pre- sented diamonds In profusion, including necklaces, earrings, rings, shoebuckles, ete. e —————— PICKED UP AT SEA, A Wrecked Orew Rescued By the Steamship Umbria, (Copyright 1887 by James Gordon Bennett.] QuEENSTOWN, Sept. 10.—|New York Herald Cable—bpecial to the Brr.|—The ‘Umbria arrived here last night after a smart passage and brought with her the masterand three of the crew of the Lilllan Baxter, whom she rescued on Mondaylast. The vessel was sighted from the bridge of the Umbria twelve miles to the southward flying signals of dis- tress and dismasted. The Umbria bore down upon her helpless crew, which provea to be the fishing schoomer Lillian Baxter, of Gloucester, Mass, The life boat was lowered and sent to the schooner. When she got alongside Captain McKennion, of the Lilllan Baxter, reported that he had been caught in the cyclone of the 8d, and had his wvessel thrown bottom upwards, tearing out her masts, sails and rigging, and washing everything movable off the deck and engulf- ing three hands who were on deck atthe time, two of whom were subsequently res- cued. The vessel quickly righted, but in such a helpless condition that she had drifted aimlessly about at the mercy of the wind and sea, The whole of the crew were quickly transfered to the Umbria, previous to which the Lilllan Baxter was fired ih order that she might not prove a future dan- ger to navigation. The whole work of res- cue occupied just twenty-five minutes, This afternoon they will give a matince at 2 o'clock. CASINO. Another change of bill will be made at this theatre to-night, involving a num- ber of excellent specialties. METZ'S GARDEN. The Baureis & Puls German Theatrical company have been doing an excellent business at this place every Sunday night during the season, and propose to continue its performances until cool weather compels them to seek a closed theatre. To-night one of their best bills will be produced, in which Mrs. Puls- Ahl, Mrs. Baureis, Mrs. Koch, and Mossrs. Koch, Baureis and Puls will ap- pear. The plays will be “Die Hoch- zeitsriese” in two acts and ‘‘Hansel und Grebl” in one act. These will be fol- lowed by a ball, COUP'S TORSES, Coup's eques-curriculum will be con- tinued every might this week with mati- nees on Wednesday and Saturday after- noons. The performance of the horses displaying an instinct aimost human will continue the attraction, interspersed with bicycle riding, juggling and other acts, making the show well worthy of a visit from everybody. POWDERLY WILL RESIGN, He Gives His Reasons For Desiring to Retire, PITTSBURG, Pa., Sept. 10.—[Special Tele- gram to the BEE.|—H. H. Bengough, a close personal friend of General Master Workman Powderly, to-daygeceived information which leaves no doubt in his mind that Powderly will tender his resignation at the Min- neapolis convention and that he will insist on its acceptance. ‘“‘’'owderly will not re- sign because he fears defeat for himself or his policy,” said Bengough, “but because he fears the cause he represents will suffer through attacks on him dictated by out- side Interests. 1t will be to the Interests of one or both ofthe great political parties to weaken the influence of the Knights of Labor before 1838, and he feels that the attacks on him have to a larze ex- tent this end in view. 'I'here ara also reasons that are purely personal—a desire to be re- lieved of the ‘strain, mental and ph*l ical, that he feels is too great for his strength, and the knowledge that there are plenty of ave- nues open to him in which he can be equally useful to the cause he has at heart. 1 know he has no intention of leaving the organiza- tion. He will tight in the ranks as earnestly as he has contended as leader, but he will in- sist on being relieved of ofticlal responsibil- ity. There is no reason to exvect a personal statoment on this subject from Mr. Powderly before the meeting of the general assembly.” e st News from Stanley. Loxpox, Sept, 10.—A despatch from St. Paul de Loano, dated September 9, states that Major Bartellott had received news from Stanley, dated July 12, and Stanley was then ten days’ march in the interior and still pro- ceeding :g the Aruwimi, which he found navigabla above the rapids. He is expected to arrive July 22 atthe center of the Mabodi ‘K%‘{L".'Z and reach Wadelal by the miadle of An Omaha-Winona Line. WiNoNA, Minn., Sept. 10.—Thero is now a strong probability that the negotiations pending between the Winona & Southwest- ern railroad company and Willlam Mclntyre and assoclates for the construction of the road will be completed in a few days, about the only matter of difference having been arranged. 1t is believed nothiug can arise to prevent the completion of the agreement. The vlan contemplates the purchase of the Mason City & Fort Doage read, to be made part of the through system from Winona to Omaha. The conditions of this purchase have been u to writing and only await the signing of the contract between the Southwestern company and the Melutyre party to be carried into effect. Sl Postal Changes. WAsHINGTON, Sept. 10.—{Special Tele- gram to the BEE.)~The president to-day ap- pointed Donald McCuaig postmaster at Ne- braska City, vice Thomas Morton, deceased, The following Iowa postmasters were ap- pointed to-day: Frank Kronck, Poc ahontas, Pocahontas county, vice James F. Harlan, resigned; Alphins O, Hunter, West Branch, Cedar county, vice Mattle E. Mackey, re- signed. Big Pension Money. Hailoy (Idaho) Times: Joseph Garri- son has just been notified from VWashing- ton that hi9 claim for pension was al- lowed. He claimed back pension since 1848. - By wmpornrllg waiving a heavier claim for entire disability resulting from a wound on the head inflicted by & bowlder thrown from the roof of a house at the storming of the City ot Mexico, he has been allowed $12 a month, with 6 per cent interest per annum, since 18i8-a period of thirty-mine years. Having served in the war of the rebellion as a lieutenant in the Second California cavalry, he expects to get quite an addi- tional sum. The allowance to him so far will secure him over $10,000, and when his other claims for increased pensions are adjudicated he expects to receive $15,000 to $20,000 more. — —— Scene of the Great Calamity. Exeter, in whose theatre so many peo- ple were burned to death Monday night, is the capital of Devonshire, England, and has a popularion of about 40,000. It is194 miles southwest of London. It was the residence of the West Saxon kings, and is the seat of a bishopric founded about 1050. Its cathedral is a wagnificent build- ing. One of the oldest canals in England comes up to the walls of the town and the town itse)f is of unknown antiquity. Dur- ing the reign of Alfred in 876 it was sur- prised by the Danes, and was besieged and taken by William the Conqueror. ————— Saw Mills Burned. MiINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 10.—Early this morn- ing fire broke out in a group of saw mills on the river front and spread very rapidly. 'Che firemen could not get it under control until five miles had been destroyed. The loss aggrogates $270,000, divided as follows: Eastman, Bovey & Co., $30,000; Cole & Weeks, $50,000; Merriman, Barrows & Co., $60,000; C. H. Smith & Co., $50,000; Mc- Mullen'& Co., 850,000, Later estimates make _total loss by fire $220,000; insurance about $115,000, - —— ‘Work on the Elkhorn Valley. Rarmp City, Dak., Sept. 10.—|Special Telegram to the Ber.)—Nineteen miles of grade on the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley road north of this place is ready for the iron. 'Track laying will begin about the middle of mext week. It is intended to reach Sturgis, thirty miles from here, by No- vember 1, at the latest. e Did It Himself, NEw York, Sept, 10.—Aftidavits made by prominent Fenians will be published here to-morrow, designed to show that O'Dono- van Rossa furnished the secrets of the order which were published in_one of the New S Lives 103t in Theaters. In the last 125 years 632 theaters have been destroyed by fire, and the number of vietims was 6,573, or an ayerage of forty-eight a year. But the sum total of lives annually lost has progressed uni- formly—with the exception of the year 1845, when 1,670 perished in a theater at Canton--till it reaches as high as 1217 for York dailies on August 5, und which di- | the decade 1870-1830. Of the 632 theaters vulgence Kossa is said to have charged upon | no fewer than 174 were burned from 1851 others, RN T s to 1885 inclustve. A Male and Female Labor Party. - The Police Thanked. The chief received the following note from Major Clarkson yesterday: W, 8. Beavey, Chief of Police: Dear Sir:— BosToy, Sept. 10.—Eighteen men and one woman met here to-day in state convention and resolved themselves into a labor party, adopted a platform favoring the George land ated | Iam requested by the G. A. R. reunion com- Sahing AN WOAR SUMI M MRA REEI mittee o say o you' tiat your detail of e special police under Captain C. J. Westen- Four Fishermen Drowned. dahl have done mest eflicient service at our HaAvLIFAX, Sept. 10.—Four fishermen were drowned off Seatary 1slana Wednasday duanx & heavy atorm whalle ‘setting their et rounds, and to return to you and them our k'nnnydfiunn for your cord:al co-operation. ‘Yours very truly, ‘I, J. CLARKSON, . Quartermaster reunion commiuee. THE FAREWELL TO ALL Olose of Omaha's Bréat Fair and Exposition For 1887, I, AN UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS, b g | The Liast Awards and the Fund of the Event Which Cuws Out the Model Pattern For All N Time to Come. g5 Thé End of It The closing day of the fair veserday was in keeplng with the fine weather given during the week. Exhibitors were busy removing théir.displays, the numer- ous tents were torn down, there were no races, but a respectable gathering, on wheels and on foot, was present. A great many of the county and individual exhibits were packed off to Lincoln to the state fair. The policemen had, as they styled it, a rest, the heavy drays a big day, the laboring men all they could attend to, and animals, men, confoc- tioners, bakers, and all the numerous populance of the fair grounds melted away. The following awards were made—Art department. Mrs, H. M. McKay, Omaha, raw silk, diploma; 8. A. Orchard, Omaha, carpet and draperies, diploma; Omaha Carpet company, carpels and draperies; Mrs. E- E. Fay, Princeton, Ill., samples raw silk, diploma, Womrn’s Silk Culture associa- tion, Philadelphia, raw silk displas, first premium; Miss Ida Otis, emesick bag embroidery, first premium, Peter Younger, Geneva, Neb., received first and second premiumson winter apples. B, E. Fenner, Fort Calhoun, re- coived first and second premiums on summer, autumn and winter apples. Hiram Craig, Fort Calhoun, was awarded first prizes on duchess, qaurense, Tren- ton early, and second premium on Bailey sweet] Conrad Schlater, Louisviile, Neb., first premiums on belleflower and maiden blush. D. 8. Halverstadt, Weeping Water, first premium on seedling. m. Burgess, Brownyille, Neb., first premium crab apples. M. Mnnzo)d, Millard, first and second premium sweet bough. W. 8. Hesser, Plattsmouth, first premium autumn npples. C.J. Banman, Omaha, second premium sweet bough. Peter Younges, <ieneya, first premium summer apples. Cooper Coles quince, second premium on autumn seedling, maden blush, famence, mallow, belle- flower. John Blair, first premium on seedling apples; B. E. Fenner, Fort Cal- houn, first premium on rumbo, Baily sweet sweet, Porter; second premiam on duchess; 1ad, Snyder, Auburn, second remium, ramvo. - Hiram Craig, Fort ‘alhoun, received second premium on crab apples, seedlings, Coopers, also on Nebraska pears. Peaches; Peter Younger jr., of Ge- neva, received two second premiums on best seedling peach, Hiram Craig, Fort Calhoun received two second premiums on collection of peaches; Thomas Majors; Peru, second ' premium, collection of ncncfiep; Willi Buryes, Brownette, Neb., first premjum, Van Brant imper- ial peaches. Plums: John L. Polar, Bellevue, first gre\nlum. seedling plums; E. N. Grinell, Fort Calhoun, sacond premium seedling plums; William'Burgess, Brownville sec- ond rremium, varigty; C. J. Bauman, Omaha, first premium, oollection of plums, 1 Prunes: B. E. Férus, Fort Calhoun, best assortment; Horses—James Shiltz, Yatan, Neb., took first premium on stallion with five of his get, mare two years and under three years, mare between one and two years, suckling colt mare, suckling colt male, second premium mare four years and over, mare between two and three years, mare three years and under four, 8. C. Price, Macedonia, Ia., first preminm on mare four years and over, mare between three and™ four years, Secord premium mare between one and two years, suck- ling colt. Walter Dawson Emerick, double team geldings, first premium; Clans Mathias, Omaha, second premium on team of geldings. Ben Walker, Omaha, first premium on single horse to wagon; 8. K. Clark second premium on same. Clans Jacobs, millard male suckling colt. first premium. John H. Klinken, Omaha, received first premium on gelding four years and over, brood mare same age, colt mare under one year. Clans Matthies, Omaha, received first premium on filly one year and under, second premium on brood mare four years and over. George Cross, Emerson, Ia., first premium, geld- ing two years and: under, fllly two years and under three, second premiums on the same. Cattle—James Barrett, Omaha, over three and three of his get, first premium. Graham and Brown, bull and female any age in lot six, first premium. James Bar- rett, cow between twn and three years, first premium; cow four years and over first premium. Graham and Brown two years and under three, second premium, cow between one and two years first premium, Rock [sland Stove company, first prem- ium, best and greatest display of stoves, ocook stove for coal, heating stove for coal, Lininger & Metcalt, fiest premium, difplay carriage, two-horse carriage, top buggy, open buggy, two-horse wagon, spiral spring road cart, handy business wagon. Minnaugh & Milligan, Omaha, derby wagon, Kansington wagon, sulky wagon, Canopy Phmton company, L. A. Pruyn, Omaha, basket phwton, canopy top, ftirst premium. Omaha Well Augur company, tirst premium. H. C. Addis, Council Bluffs, wind mill power, first premium, FAIR NOTES, It was not a good day for hack men’s pockets, comparatively speaking, The gross receipts, according to the of- ficial report, were about $50,000. The fine work in quilts by Mrs. James A. Megeath was generally commended. 0. H. and J, K. Gordon made an excel- lent display of fishing tuchles, guns and other sporting goods. Thirty thousand tickets were taken the gates on Thursday. The attendance on that day was abgut 40,000 . The great moving exhibits, in many cases, were labdlled for Lincoln, where several expect tg be to-day. The attendance Was not very large vesteraay, and most of those “on the grounds were busy 10 removing exhibits, Mayne's bay paeing stallion, Colum- bia, aged five years,-was an observable animal on the ?umf when he appeared during the week. ‘The fine ’mlnnng of F. Carlebur, owned by J. M, Woolwprth, titled “Tempest,” attracted a great deal of attention, n ac- count of its artistic merit, C. E. Mayne is not at all abashed at the record of His stable. His Consul, with a record of 2:224, made this year at Council Bluffs, showed no degeneration. An_exquisitely bandled i shawl unfl table cloth, worth each, were taken down from art hall yes- terday eveniu% They were a prominent feature of the display during the week. The patriotic piece designed by Mrs. J, S. Briggs, ana placed against the east ent of the art hall, with its Garfield, Grant and Logan reminders, was 8 mag- net for the Grand Army of the Republic boys and others who ted the place, — Plattemouth Takes the Flag. McConihie Post, No. 45, G. A.R., of Plattamouth, in this state, received the handsome silk flag offerea by theggom- mittee to the post having the largest at- tendance at the late reunion. On the day of the parade it turned out fifty-eight men. A ghort time after the award was made thirty-four more members made thelr ap- earance. The officers of this post are: . W. Johnson, commander; C. Twist, senior vice commander; F. A. Bates, unior vice commander; A, Tarch, quar- ermuster; J. Nile, adjutant. MIDNIGHT LABOR, The Motor Company Pushes Its Lino Down Douglas Street. Promptly at the striking of the hour of midnight last might a force of more than one hundred workmen with axes and picks began to tear up the pavement on Douglas street from Fourteenth to ‘Twelfth streets. The unusual bustle at- tracted a good many people to the scene, and the general impression that prevailed was that the motor company was stealing a march on the property owners and merchants of Douglas street. This destruction of the only intact pave- ment in the city was contemplated with amazement, and little or no credence A MAN WITH A MEMORY, But It Didn't Save H'm From Being Hanged as a Spy. Just before Sherman advanced on his Georgia campaign a man supposed to be o rebel spy was ome day arrested in a union camp. He was in federal uniform, but his look and language were unmis- takably southern. He claimed to belong to a regiment 1n another camp about two miles away and he was sent to the guurd house uutil his assertion could be veri- fied or disproved. [ was officer of the da; at the eamp that day, ana that 1s how came to learn so many of the particulars of the affair I am relating. 1t was in the camp of a Wisconsin regiment that the spy, who gave his name ns George Swift, was arrested. He had come there osten- sibly to visit friends, but some of the boys had seen him slyly taking notes, and he had asked such questions as no private federal soldier would have any u:e dfi:; tltu was p'n:luy generally under- | gt 8too at the confederates were usin e p 1 il every exertion to secure knowledge o! ,Nk:fi'fi“:,“":.}‘ggmy““ kuow this man? Sherman’s strength and movements, and | i\, ai‘rn“ 2 the boys had no sooner got the idea that ..i e b the stranger was a . spy then they gave n't he a member of your come ples in algebra he had been working ou( with the boys. In a few minutes he was tisfied that the paper read: “Artillnrp first diyision twenty-seven pieces.' The “I" stood_for infantry, and the “C" for oavalry, We wore satistied, and yot we were not, for as soon as we made it out the way I have given it to you, Swift sad: “‘GGeneral Captain Morton does not seem to be n good hand to remember faces. Will you please send for the or- derly sergeant and my tent mates? If [ can’t show by themthat I have been with company G for four months you can or- der mo hung as a spy.” The cool proposition startled the gen oral. Had we discovered the paper m the man’s pocket instead of his boots he would have been allowed to walk off That discovery looked suspicious. and he was ordered back to the guara se and the persons sent for. Two irs later he was confronted with the orderly ser- i pany? was given to tho assertion of the ‘::.{.‘;;'i'.'“fl:w"’“m:kfl‘:c}, {’K:‘h,::“‘;:;lg{ "§o, sir.” o Inborers that tho work was simply being | southern birth, This was not so much [ ,¥oU are dead suro of this" S am, sir.” carried on at night to avoid interfering with the trafic of the street during the against him, for at that time we had plenty of Tennessee and Kentucky men Swift actually grinned asif it were & 1 d joke, and snid: day. It was evident that tho Sabbath was | With us. L y 5 r “What command d " “‘Perhaps I have changed skins with being availed of at an early hour to fore- | peked 5 byl gl somebody since 1 came m“go' camp thig stall an anticipated injunction from some source,. The chief of police was avprised of the affair, but did not seem to be at all concerned, nor did he offer to in any way prevent the clandestine movement. The city will awake this morning to find the asphalt on Douglas strect from Fourteenth to Twelfth torn in a turrow “The —th Illinois,” he replied. I asked woat brigade and division, who was the captain and various other things, and he returned what seemed to straight answers to every question. When I asked who he had come to visit in the Wisconsin regiment he was lame. He mantioned the name of a man no one had ever heard of. It was on this point alone that [ held him, A messenger was morning. Sergeant White, your given name is Thomas. You came from Chi- cago. You have been twice wounded, Your father wae down to see you last week. You get love letters from your girl in Galesburg. You are thirty-two years old. You have a brother Bennie, compauy E. Hear me call the roll of our company: Albright, Allison, Androws, Arkwright, Isumenti Beemer, Bostwick, o i at once sent_ after the Illinois captain | Carter, Corliss, Collins, Costigan, Cume Horse Lillaids plow: pearod. ‘The supposed spy was taken to | And the man rattled off forty or fifty names as fast as he could speak, and he ot them all correct, too. The sergoant ooked from his captain to the prisoner, and then pinched himsclf to seo if he was awake or aslecp. £ *I—I never saw him before," he fin ally stammered, *‘but he must belong to the company.'’ ‘“‘Yes, he certainly must,” added the eaptain. “Well, take him back to camp with you, sergeant,”” observed the general, “*Hold on, though, didn’t we send for hig tent mates?” “Well, we'll sce if they recognizo him.”* Toe three men were brought in, an in. side of five minutes Swifth was a doome man, He had came into camp four or five days previous, cluiminfi to be looking for a friend, and had bribed the boys to let him in the tent. He made his excur. sions throngh the divisions from this voint. He must have been a man with a wonderful memory, and he had gained oceans of information without scemin, to pump anybody. He tried to brave 1 out against the three men, but other members of the company were sen$ for, and his nerve at last gave way. A court martial was convened, and four days after his_capture Swift was hung, While he died game and_would admt nothing, it was satisfactorily settled that he came frym Johnson's army, and that he was ole in the business. I was at the foot of the gallows as he mounted it, and when the noose was put over his head I heard him say: *“(ientlemen, it's a d—d fine morning to start on such a journey as mine!” —_——— When cramped you have no time to experiment. You want relief, if possible, at once. Tell your druggist you want Fred. Brown's Ginger—the genuine, Philadelphia, 1822, ————— Children in New York, During the year 1886 81,316 children were born in the city of New York. ac- cording to the records, but a member of the health department says the figures are misleading, and that there are thou- sands of births that are never recorded. the tent of the grigade general, and as soon as brought face to face with the cap- tain he saluted and said: “‘Captain Morton, the people here seem to think I am a rebel spy."” *'And who are you!” queried the cap~ tain, plainly astonished. *'Do you ask that?” reproachfully in- quired the man, **Who should I ba but George Swift of i'our Qwn company ¥’ “You cgn't, neyer saw you before |- in me 1tfe’ “Why, Captain Morton!" The two men looked at each other as if doubting their own senses, and the gen- oral asked of Swift: “How long have you been with his company?” “Four months, sir, Icame down asa recruit from Pekin." “Who is your orderly sergeant?’ “‘Sergeant White, sir.” ““Who are your commissioned officers?"’ “Captain ~ Morton, First Lieutenant Gree and Lieutenant Davis. The latter is home on furlough.’ “*How many men in the company?” “Fift y-eight, sir.” “Whoare your tent mates?’’ *‘Oscar Jackson, Thomas Parker, and John Pridgeon.” “‘Well, captain?’ queried the general, as he warned to Captain Morton. The captain was clean beat. He was dead sure that no such man belonged to his company, and yet the suspect had :n_swercd everyquestion as straight as a string, “l’fi stake my life that I never saw this " the captain finally an- DOCTOR MERCER PACED THE WALK from the Millard corner to Twelfth street forward and back, as the work progressed, chewing the dwindling butt of a tolerable cigar and seriously con- templating the threatening sky. ‘‘Doyou think it will raint” was his anxious inquiry returned to the reporter’s first question. The reporter hardly thought so and then again was afraid 1t might, but evad- ing the point, again thrust at the main issue with, ‘‘Well, doctor, what are you doing here?®’ “Doing? Why availing myself of a lawiui prerogative,” and the doctor re- peated the history of the twospecial elec- tions, the action of the council, etc,, by which the Omaha Motor Street Bui)wny oomlmny secured its franchise. “‘But why do you start to work 1n the dead of mght?’ 0, that's plain enough. You see we started yesterday two weeks ago to make the turn into Donglas otf of ‘Fourteenth as you can see outlined. We stopped the work their, however, at the personal solicitation of Mr. Balcomb, who pointed out the necessity of keeping the streets clear during fair week. Well, fair week is over and here we are at it as fast as possible, and at a time least cal- culated to inconvenience the pub- lio. O, yes, certainly, our consideration, as I say, for the convenience of the pub- lic solely prompts this night work. Afraid of an injunction? What stuff! Who's got the right to enjoin us? We're all right; the work will be pushed to a speedy fimish, The tracks will be down by Monday aud the pavement made whole by Saturday next. Expensive en- terprise, this putting a road through town; it's going to cost us just §31,000 to tepair pavements behind us.’’ THE PRIZE W_iNNERS. How the Musical Union Band Carried Off the Laurels. This morning the Musical Union band, which reccived the first prize at the state band contest at the fair, serenaded W. G Albright, ‘the well-known real estate man, who gave the prize. The prize was a special one and consisted of an elegant silver cornet. After several numbers were rendered Mr. Albright stepped forward and made a presentation speech, as follows: Mr. Julius Meyer and gentlemen mem- bers of the Musical Union band: It af- fords me pleasure to meet youon this ocecasion, when I desire to present to your band the silver cornet which is given by virtue of having won the first prize in the band contest yesterday. 1 understand that you, gentlemen of the Musical Union, were the only band in the state of Nebraska which was willing to make the contest open to the world—all the others wishing to bar out all nlitery bands, In yiew of this vour achievement is all the more cred- atable. But I have a lively inter- cst 1n the Mnsical Union for another reason. It was to the music so admira- bly rendered by this orgamzation that I conducted to a successful conelusion my first sale of lots in this city. I can testify that you all blew lonK and heartily for “Albright's Choice.” And now, Mr. Leader, permit me to present the prize which it gives me pleasure to know that you so honorably won, ' Mr. Meyer and Mr. Irvine made brief addresses in response to the large crowd that had assembled there, and Albright felt as happy as if he had sold a ‘‘quarter section.” man before,” swered, "am\ I know every man in my company by name." The spy was ordered to strip to his shirt, and for the first time his coolness seemecd to desert him. He reproached the captain for permitting this indignity, but slowly disrobed. In one of his boot legs was & pocket, and in this pocket ;w found a paper bearing figures as fol- ows: ey ,600 There were four of five sets of these memoranda, running from one to ‘'4d.” When asked to explain the meaning of them, he said they were some old exam- M. A. BERLIN, 1520 Douglas Street. New Hats, New Bonnets, New Suits, New Wraps, New Gloves, New Cloaks, New Hosiery,Etc. UNDERWEAR OF ALL KINDS. M. A. BERLIN, 1520 Douglas Street. ————— Pauper Dead. To reform certain alleged abuses 1n present methods of disposing of the pau- per dead, the county commissioners yes- teraay passed the following: Resolved, That it 1sthe sense of the county board that on and after September 15, 1887, that all paupers be buried by the superinten- dent of the poor farm. In the absence of the commissioners it shall be the duty of the county clerk or his representative to notify the superintendent of the poor farm, whose duty it shall be to ascertaln if it isa neces- sity, and if so he shall proceed to bury the corpse. The superintendent shall make a monthly report of all such parties buried, giving date, names and residence of the de- ceased, —OF— 3 i FINE NEW RESIDENCE, \ Monday, Sept. 12, at 10 a.m. We have been instructed to sell on Monday morning, at 10 o’clock, in fron of our ojfice, Corner 16th and Douglas, LOT 7, BLOCK 10, HANSCOM PLACE, “ith elegant new 8-room house, nhandsomely flulyhml. containing T e ovements, being No. 1226 Catherine (30th) strect, E FRONT. his property is in the choicest residence part of the city. An opportunity of this Kind is rarely offeved to buy such gilt-edyed 'yu"alu'rly at _public sale. Terms- -Purchuser to asswme a mortgage of $2,000, balance cashe Remember the date and hour, 16th and Douglas. BROWN & CREIGHTON, luctioneers_._ The Gamblers’ Defense. “Bud*’ Copeland, one of the fourteen persons arrested for gambling on Thurs- day evening, had a hearing before Judge Berka yesterday afternoon. Parke God- win and Eda Crowell appeared for the defense, and E. W, Simeral for the pros- ecution. After hearing the testimony it was decided to dismiss the other thirteen arrested; but to hold Copeland until 4 p. m. Wednesday, when the arguments favoring his _dismissal will be heara by the judge. The attorneys for the defense claiin that the complaint against Cope- land is technically wrong, he being charged®with setting up_and keeping a gambling device, when in fact he is only an employe of 1ts owner. ald ST Monday morning, 10 o'clock, corner Personal Paragraphs. J. K. McDonald, of the McDonald man- ufacturing company, paid a visit to the BEeE oflice yesterday. = Mrs. Ebright, organizer and sohcitor of the Home for the Friendless located at Lincoln, will address the citizens of Omaha on the subject of *‘Hospitals and Homes'' at the Frst M. E. churchon Dav- enport street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth, at the usual time of church services, on Sunday evening, Sevtember 11, 1887 ——— The chief of police has received notice from John Stevens, warden of the Cook county, lllinois, hospital, that Mrs. Emma Bridges, formerly Miss Ogden, of Omuha, died at the county hospit: ap- tember The chief was requested to notify her people at once. She is tempo- rarily buried ut Jefferson, BEAR IN MAND WE ARE NG Furniture, Carpets, Stoves and Household Goods sription, on Credit at Cash Prices. Of every Des 613 N. 16th St., Between California and Webster. ROSENTHAL & CO., Proprietors PEOPLES INSTALLMENT HOUSE Y “ el