Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 14, 1887, Page 2

HE PRACTICE OF POLYGAMY. 0. Randolph Tucker's Views On the Mormon Question. UTAH'S ADMISSION AS A STATE. A Law Which Would Abolish Unlaw- ful Cohabitation in Oase of the Territory's Entry Into the Union. Utah's Affairs Discussed. WaAsHING Oct. 18.—[Special Telegram 0 the I3ek.)—Hon, J. Randolph Tucker, ex- [* popresentative from Virginia, was a member of the judiciary committee in the last house, ond in that capacity was connccted in a groater degree than any other man in the Mormon legislation. Mr. Tucker was asked today: “What do you think of the Utah constitutional eonvention and _the report of the commission upon it?" “It 18, said he in roply, “a phase of this juteresting problem which I had anticipated ' my consideration of it in the last con- gross, The power of congress to govern the territories gives control over polygamy in them as long as they remain in the condition of territorics. But if once admitted into the union as states that coutrol ccases. It is obvious that whatever constitution is now adopted by Utah condemning polygamy, it will be competent for her to chunge after her wdmission into the union. Nor can any con- dition be imposed by unquestionable As @ coequal member the union she can hold that state. The power reserved to her must e the same as those reserved to Virginia or Massachusctts, ‘That being so, to prevent a polygamy member from joining the union is ouly possibly in one of two ways: First, To keep Utah in the territorial condition perma- nently. But this is contrary to the genius of our free institutions. To govern all repre- pented people permanently is worse than folly. It is all offense to the principles of Anglo-American liberty. Temporary —gov- erument untii the young territory can take her position in the union as a state is unavoid- mble. But it ought to coase a8 soon s the people are organized for real self-govern- aent. Second, The only other course to be pursued is to adopt the constitutional amend ment reported by the judiciary committee of the house in May, 1886, und which, for lack of _time, could not be rml upon. It would have passed he house with great certainty had it come to @ vote. 1t proposed to mike .polygamy a crime everywhere in the union, in both states and territorics, a erime against our system of ion. AS treason is 4 crime against on, und us monarchial governn s forbidden to every state, it then proposes to give jurisdiction to the courts of the United Btatos to try this crime and to congress the ower to declare by law the punishment hereof. But | should be construed nto giving congress power over the question t!fnmrrium-i und divorces in the states, the unendment proposed to exclude such truction by clear and emphatic language his amendment be adopted Utah may be ad- t‘u"\xl at once and polygamy can never be svived in that stute or anywhere else. 1 0po to sec it adopted and then to see Utah n the union as a state divested of this insti alien to the Americ civilization,” constitutional amendment re- Tucker reads as follows: See, 1. The marriage relation by contract rin fact between more than one person of ¢ sex shall be deemed polygamy. her polygamy nor any polyzamions ns- eiation or cohabitation between the se: hall exist or be lawful inany place within he jurisdiction of the Unitéd States or of Wny state. Sec. 2. The United States shall_not, Ehnlllxln\'sllllAV.mukt-nrunl‘m v Lu an idea fof christion i The propose forred by M nor law which hall allow polygamy or ion or cohnbitation between the sexes, but the United States and evory state shall pro- ibit the same by law within their respective | Jurisdictions. s The judicial power of the United States shall extend to the prosecution of the vimes of polygamy and of a polygamous ss- cintion or cohubjt T Bnes oute fower to de hereof. Sec. 4. Nothing in the construction of this Erurlu shall be construed to deny to any hetwasn The sexes congress shall hay ure by law the punishment tute the exclusive power, subject to the provigions of this a: loree all laws conce ivorce within he United sume witl o, ' to make und en- iing marriage and its jurisdiction or to vest in Lates any power respecting the any sta f The Crow Agency Trouble. WasHINGTON, Oct. 18.—The secretary of he interior late this afternoon received in- formation that the Indians on the Crow Creok and Lower Brule reservations in Da- kota had, by their threatened violence, Btopped the allotment surveys in process on the reservations, and that further irouble is Jeared. The secr: a consultation ith General Sheridan and it is thought Bteps will be immediately taken for an emer- cy and resumption of work. The secre- ry also received a telegraphic report from Special Agent Howard on the situation at o Crow agency in Montana, where the rouble was begun the 30th of last month. e report, which is lengthy, virtually con- firms the first dispatches about the trouble, ich was inaugurated by a young buck, edicine Man, and about fifteen or sixteen his followers, who, on the evening of the Mh, when preparations were in progress eacefully for the issuing of ratious on the ollowing day, rode through the agency in full war paint and feathers, firing into the ‘(\M‘l of all the houses and acting in a ve uiting manner. Special Agent Howard Shinks Agent Williams acted very wisely in ot attempting to arrest them with the In- lian police force, as it would huve engendered loodshed and perhaps & general massacre. 'wo troops of cavalry arrived on the grounds ghout 10 p. m. with instructions only to protect mployes and property. After the arrival of e troops Medicine Man and his followers mtinued to make hostile demonstrations nd sent word to the troops that they were endy 2or them, at the same time ro ing 11 their squaws, old men and children vom the tepees to the opposite side { the rivor. After the troops had gone into pamp & defiant gang of Indians went to the rader's store and demanded ammunition, vhich was of course refused. They then red into the store, and the trader, wife and lorks had to barricade the windows with les and blankets to protect themselyes. 'ho gang kept up their shooting all night, pouly datying the troops and waking uighi ideous with their yells. In the morning WO more troops of cavalry wrrived and for ve or six hours this gang and ome sixty or seventy followers stationed n the w&- of the hill overlooking the agency and defied the soldiers to come up and ke them. In the evening they divm;fln\u-n\d #nd have been planting seeds of discord ong_the whole Crow tribe ever since. ose Indians have not only stolen horses the Picguns, but from white settlors: edicine Mun is a very bad Indian and if he d his followers are not arrested all the rogress these Indians have made will be st for years to come and the whole Crow fation completoly demoralizod. The longer :remhput off the more danger there will The Privilege to Be Extended. WasmiNarox, Oct. 13.—The treasury de- partment hus under favorable consideration ® proposition to extend to depository banks $n Boston, Philadelphia and other large cities, gu- privilege recently granted such banks in ow York of holding public funds to the amount of ten per cent of their bond deposits d to increase the maximum amount so held 10 $1,100,000. A few New York bauks have ready signified their pur) of déposit nds sufficient to secure the sum mention tary Fairchild is knowan to favor this plaw of utilizing the surplus. Nebraska and lowa Pensions. Wasuingrox, Oct. 18.—[Special Telegrum 20 the Bk, )—The following Nebraska pen- were grantod to-day: Minors of J. N, iudy, Loonie. Incrowse: Daniel Raichart, Stratton; J. W. Carter, Chadron; William H. Norton, St. Paul. ] Towa pensions: Minor of G. W. Bradficld, Epworth; Phebe, widow of Anth Linder, Cincinnati; Benjamin Franklin, Clyde. In crease: Lindley H. Joy, Salem; Benjamin Alu-# Blakesbu H. H. Connell, Guerhsey ; Jucob Alonson Goodule, Ting J. M. Holmes, Spencer: J. K. Weck, Albi William _H. Park Columbia; Joseph Pressly, Webster City, Restoration, reissue and increase: F. B Stevenson (decensed), Lake City; C. A Conscience Contribution. WasmiNoTos, Oct. 13.—~The United States treasurer to-day received a conscience con- tribution of £20 in an envelope postmarked Gretna, Neb. £ ‘Weather Service Barean. WaAsHINGTON, Oct. 13.—First Lieutenant L. A. Woodruff, Fifteenth infantry, has gone to St. Paul to establish a weather scrvice in the northwestern states and territories. Investigation Ordered. Wasnixaroy, Oet. 18.—The civil service commission has ordered an investigation con- cerning the enforcement of the civil service law und rules in the Kansas City postoflice. The Hazen Bill Passed. Cxcorop, N. H., Oct. 13.—The senate this morning passed the Hazen bill, or Boston & Maine railroad bill, about which such a scandal has been raised. e A LOST YACHT. Six Persons Believed to Have Been Drowned in Lake Superior. ‘WixNeree, Oct. 13.—[Special Telegram to the Bgr.]—A Port Arthur dispatch says that it was reported last night that the yacht Nettie, which left Jarvis Island on Thursday last with six persons on board for Port Arthur, has been lost. When the first thought of danger to the Nettic was belicved Arthur McEwan, manager of the Jarvis Island mine, immediately made all possible efforts to ascer- tain the whereabouts of the parties on board and the fate of the vessel. The whole coast and island was searched. The Jack’ found no traces of the Ne the day. but toward evening met the fishing Three Brothers, and learned that the rudder and oars of the Nettie had been picked up between Welcome Island and Multon Island. There is no doubt but that the six met their death in the terrible gale on Thursday and Friday. Among those lost are Mr. Murray, from London, England, McKinnon, who leaves a young wife almost heart-broken, and Iy ‘Williams, t, Mouut Etna, x and his son, of Kol The American Bankers' Meeting. Prrrsnuke, Oct. 13.—The convention of the American Baukers' association was called to order at 11 o’clock this morning. After rou- tine business had been disposed of, papers were read by C. P. Williams, of Albany, iot ¥. Shepard, of New York, Henry M. Knox, of Minnesota, H. B. Wilson, of Ohio and B. Wilkins, of Ohio. The report of the committee on silver came up. The committee report said that the Amcrican Bankers’ asso- ciation had always taken the ground that both paper and gold are rvequired as ¥ money of the world, but that in_an inter- national agreement only a purt of the ma- jority of the chief commercial nations of the world cun practically settle the question of the relative value of gold aud silver when coined, The report refers to the ac taken by forcign powers, und concludes the recommendation that the coinage of r dollars by the United Stutes be suspended until the points at issucon the silver question an be settled by international agreement. . Oct Pullman Pa the enorme piteel stock of the e Car compuny, already at s total of $15,020,000, was to-day increased a the aggregate amount 1 ) This action was tuken at the annual meeting of the company. Sxamination of the financial statement showed the surplus for the yearto be §1,536.574. The increase of recommended by President, Pullman, who stated it to be for the purpose of -'}n'u\'hliu s capital required to meet the cost of additional eqi ment, und for further o tension in the n future.” Tucidentally in the president’s address it was stated that the number of porsons emplo & company in the operating and maiwtaciuzing depart- ments is and (fic wages paid during the year, #,044,633. |{The carnings from the operation of cars were #5,621,017, and from manufacturing, ef $520,114, - der the “Contract Labor' Head. N Yorg, Oc United States Dis- trict Attorncy W decided to-day that the case of Rev. . Walpole Warren, recently called from England to the rectorship of the Church of the Holy Trinity, comes Scontract lubor law,” and ed to comm i fie will be ust the vestry s it is plain that merely to manual pressly exem c the luw does Iabor only, f fessional actor: ers,” end as k e falls plain| ¢ intimates a_rather poor opinion of the law, but declares it his duty to enforce it. -~ eding Against Corporations. CieaGo, Oct. 18.—Attorney General Hunt has filed information in the circuit court against two corporations existing under the laws of 1llinois. The People's Insurance ex- change, he says, has cxceeded its rights by soliciting people to insure in insurance com- panies of different states, a thing which is not legal under the statutes. A charge some- what similar in charncter is brought against the Farmers' Live Stock society. The oom- plaint alleges that tho company has illegalty i people against the death of live stock ount of disease or accident, things which it is not authorized to do. The attor- ney general appeals to the court to revoke the privileges of both corporations. not refer it LA In a Bad Condition. Srarrorn SeriNags, Conn,, Oct. 1 Bank Examiner Formen continued his investi- gation into the affairs of the wrecked bank to-day. He has informed the comptroller of currency that a receiver should be appointed at once. The ression is that very little of the $200,000 capital will be left. It has been discovered that the defaulter sent $75,- 000 of the stolen funds to one New York stock broker within three months. - Yellow Fever at Tau PamaveLruis, Oct. 13.—~In the special article written for the Medical News thi week, on the fever epidemic at Tampa, Fla. Dr. Hamilton, surgeon general of the United States marine hospital service, says the fatal story, and prevents adhesion to the theory that the disecase is dengue, and not yellow fever. He advises the strictest precaution. Somtibesla, Surrendered His Plunder. Sr. Louis, Oct. 13.—The mouney taken from the Pacific Express company by Messenger Owens has all been recovered. It was found yosterday concealed in a barrel of ashes in the rear of the messenger’s residence. The amount found was §33,f Owens directed the men to where the money was hid. e Order of Arrest Suspended. DusLiy, Oct. 13.—The inspector general of coustables has issued an order suspending the execution of the coroner’'s warrant for the arrest of Inspector Rigg and others, pending un appeal. el Chamberlain's Irish Tour. Loxpox, Oct. 13, —Chamberlain also visited Colerain to-day, where he received a number of liberal-unionists delegates from Derry, Antrim and Tyro He made an address of the usual nature a, Kl - The Fidelity Bunk Cases. CinciNNaty, Oct, 13.—The United States rund jury has now under consideration the “idelity bank cases. 2 Ed Norris, one of the crooks connevted with the robbery of John and Thowmas Meaney st Brandeis’ saloon last Sunday ;mlsl arrested yesterday by Officer Turn ull. | | progress of the discase tells its own [+ THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: (ITIZEN TRAIN CHOKED OFF. Chicago's Mayor Decides to Throttle the Orank Lecturer. GEORGE FRANCIS INTERVIEWED. A Wild Harangue Against the Police and Everybody Else—An Invi- tation (?) to Speak in Omaha. Squelching a “Citizen." Cnierco, Oct, 18.—{Spectl Telegram to the Ber.]—A visit was paid to Mayor Roche to-day in order to ascertain going to do with George Franicis Train and how near the midnight orator came to insult- ing the civie diguity of his honor. “We are going to stop him,” morosely answered the mayor. ‘‘He will hold, no more such meetings as he held last night. I thought he would have understood the notice 1 sent him & day or 80 ago, but it scems he hasn't and now we ure going to close him up.” George Francis Train was found locked up in the private ofice of the Western News- man. The door was opened for the reportor, and when he announced the latest instruc- tions of the mayor to Chief Ebersold, Mr. Train exclained: “By George, that's good. I'm glad of it. You see how I've got 'em, do you? D'l leave the city if they, wish me to. Then everyone of their throats will be cut. Here, don’t you think this will knock 'em?" He handed over the following characteris- tie letter: Citizen, Chief of Police, and Mayor Roche, of Chicago: Iam entirely at a loss to know ‘why you give orders to insult me every night with & squad of officers as if I was a Pinkerton assassin. :What laws have 1 broken! Why place a statesman, editor, merchant, banker, traveler, Pacific railway king on the same footing (as to license,) as a circus menagerie, box of snakes, two-headed calf and others, then refusing license (great officials acting like sneak thieves). Iam no enemy to the police. We must have order, and I have been my own chief of police at all my lectures. No anarchists, socialists or workingmen come near me, They are too cowardly. My newsboys have been notified that my paper (Train's Daily Psycho-Anarch- ist), must be suppressed. Will you please state why before my lawyers sue you for damages? If you are brave enough to murder froe pross as you are assassinating free speech, you will soon have Chicago to ashes. I alone n control these madmen from cutting your throuts. What in can 1,000 police do ugainst 100,000 outragedmen{ You had better huve me your friend, not your enemy. I have gements outside of Chicago, and jou to gay if you intend to read act at Turner hall again to-night he laughing stock of the GrORGE F'RANCIS TRAIN, 'm_the only man that can handle these men. Iknew what was going to happen and prepured for How, Psycho? See, I left New York and see what ghappened. If T leave Chicago the city will run blood.” A newsboy rushed into the office and ex: aimed, ‘A copper says I can't sell no more papers or I'll be arrested.” Mr. Train flew all to pieces. | ‘ull all the boys in," he cried, “‘and ar- rest the police—every one of them. Arrest the chief. What do they want to shut me up The anarchists hate me and fear me. e luborers; they knew nothing. I'm an aristocrat; I'm a born leader, and don’t let any of the ignorant anarchists dictate to me. They're ontlaws, everyone of them. “Am I going to lecture to-night{” echoed th Psycho lecturer in reply to & question, taiuly Lam. What power is there to prevent. I look forward to a repetition of market riot at Turner hall to-night. I will speak. Mayor Roche must let me speak. hall I tell you wl 1 have engt “his at ; ¢ of (hicako, including 15, Keokuk, Kansas City, Ouuaha. Popeka, Council Bluffs, Aurora, Peoria, and other large places. Do you think Chicago will be willing to have me go out and cry it down asa place where free speech is suppressed ¢ When the audience had assembled at Turner hall to hear Train speak it was learned that the lecturer had departed for Springtield. ’ Latin, Late to-siet it was learnod that Train had not left the city after all, but was sleeping calmly at the house of his friend, Tditor Devine. A reporter learned that Mr. rain was preparing 1o bring damage suits aguint the city of Chicago. Lo ed in Effigy. MixNEAroLs, Oct. 13.—The excitement occasioned by the appearance of the Minneapolis Tribune on the morning after President Cleveland’s visit, of an editorial containing severe strictures on the adminis- tration and manner of couducting the present “tour for votes,”” culminated to-night, when Mr. A. J. Blethen, proprietor of the Tribune, as burned in effigy by a crowd led by Mayor Ames, of this city. The exceptions taken to the editorial were based principally upon the language used, with referenceto Mrs, Cleve- land. Mr. Blethen regards the affair as a tflu: on Mayor Ames aud crowd, as important usiness kept him away from the Tribune oftice on Tuesday night, and he knew nothin, whatever of the article until it wpums ‘Wednesday morning. e e——— The Knights of Labor. Mr AroLts, Oct. 13.—In the Knights of Labor general assembly to-day the eight hour question in the cigar trade was brought up. The sentiment was that as eight hours is the rule of the International cigar makers' union, it would not be right for Knights of Labor in that trade to work longer hours. It ‘was decided not to issue labels to those who work longer hours. It is stated that the con- vention vesterday afternoon voted to continue the boycott on the New York Sun, ————— The Ponape Revolt Mapum, Oct. 13.—The Spanish govern- ment, being convinced that e rovolt at Ponape was the result of religious persecu- tions, has ordered that only those convicted of murdering Spaniards be punished, and that the indemnity demanded by America be paid. kil In a Precarious Condition. LoxDoy, Oct. 13.—The Chronicle’s Berlin correspondent claims to have learned from unimpeachable authority that the condition of the German crown prince is precarious, and that Dr. McKenzies' treatment has failed. : —————— Overruled. ALBANY, Oct. 18.—Judge Learned has over- ruled the demurrer of Quarantine Commis- sioner Thomas C. Platt, in the action brought by the attorney general to oust him from office. - A Sunken Steamer. New York, Oct. 18.—The schooner Nettie B. Dobbin, from St. John, N. B., which ar- rived yesterday, reports that on October 11, oft New Haven, they passed a sunken steamer, with smoke stack and two masts sticking above the water, el e Steamship Arrivals. QreENsTOWN, Oct. 18.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—Arrived—The Britannic, from New York. Sovrmanprrox, Oct. Aller, from New York. e Captured a Tough. For several evenings past about 8 o'clock as Charles Renrew, the enginecr at Brownell hall, has been returning from work, he has been assaulted by a zang of hoodlums and stoned. Upon complaining to the police yesterday about the affair, Officer Ward was de- tailed to investigate the matter. At the usual hour, the young rowdies again as- saulted Renrew, ard immediately guve chase, and after a long and excit- ing pursuit succeeded in. eapturing one of the toughs, a negro named Charl Bull. He was taken to the contral police station aud locked up. 13.—Arrived —The what lio was | W TR BROUGHT DOWN A BARTENDER. Sandy Knight's S8aloon the Scene of a Murderous Affray. Just at midnight last night Andy Me- Andrew was shotinithe left broast by a mulatto nnmed Chaples Knox. The af- fair happened in gxmdy Knight's saloon, northwest corner of' Capitol avenue and Tenth street, where McAndrew was tending bar. About # o'clock the mulatto camo into the saloon boasting of his pugilistic prowess, and informed the loafers present that he wanted trouble. Being entirely toe tboistrous, he was ordered by the bartender to leave the saloon. He refused to go, and was foroibly ejected by McAndrew. Inside of a minute, however, he was back in the saloon, pounding Walt Turnham, He was again put out and again re- turned. This time the proprietor, Sandy Knight, lent a helping hand by hurling a beer glass at Knox, The mulatto beat a hasty retreat, but prom- ised to be back soon. He next hunted up Policeman Bloom and tried to per- suade him to arrest Sandy and his bar- tender. Failing in this, he returned to the saloon with the remark, “I'm back after you,” pointing his finger at Mo- Andrew. The bartender, without any further ceremony, push\‘(l the mulatto through the door. Snatching his revolver from his pocket, Knox sprang forward and fired at McAndrew, the ball taking effect in his left breast. The would-be murdever next dashed the revolver to the pave- ment and started on a run up Tenth stroet. Officer Bloom was on the southeast corner of the street when the shot was fired, and seeing the sub- sequent fllfim of Knox, he started in pursuit. No attention was paid to the officer’s order to halt, and he snapped his revolver twice at the - fu, itive.Lut the cartridges failed to explode. Catch- ing up with Knox he struck him on the back of the head with the butt of his re- volver, felling him to the ground and clapping a pair of hand-cuffs on his wrists before he had time to rise. The patrol was called and Knox was locked up. The wounded McAndrew was taken to his residence at 915 Capital avenue, and an examination of his woun showed that the ball had taken an up- ward course and lodged under the collar bone. The full extent of the in- jury is not yet known R C Ty JOHN L. BLAIR'S MILLIONS. He Has Owned More Miles of Rail- road Than Any Other One Man. New York Sun: John L. Blair, the witness before the Pacific railroad com- mission last week, is one of the oddest characters in the country. He is al. already beyond the regulation three- score and ten, but lodks after his ten or more millions as _yigorously as he used to manage his, dollars when he was a poor but thrity youngster in War- ren county, N.Y. He made his own start in life, and got his first taste of wealth from some railroad Yuilding in Warren county. The bulk pf his fortune, how- ever, he gained ip building roads in Towa. His general gcheme was to get up a company tobuild a road through new territory. Then he got the people along the line to uh-!r in enough to pay all the expenses of building the road, the work being dotie by a construction company, which wag him in another form. Bonds were issued for this and ock equal in amount to the bonds was issued to his company, which was also himseli. The building up of the country by the road made the stock valuable and John 1. Blair rich. At one time he owned more miles of rai road thmn any man in the countr, Vanderbilt not excepted. He byilt the town of Blairstown, where he lives in a solidly magnificent place. It is a thriving village, some distance from anywhere in New Jersey. To get to it and away from it he built the Blairstown railroad, the chief business of which is to carry John L. Blair back and forth, He is the hero of innumerable quaint anecdotes. A son lives in fine style at Belvidere, N. J. Once a friend, seeing the son drive a gorgeous equipage that cast the old man’s modest carriage into the shade, remarked on the difference. “Well, you see,” said the millionaire 1y, “1 never had the advantage of a ch father.” Once out west some of his men were arrested and when he wanted to go bail for them the judge, not impressed by his rather rough exterior, insisted on some evidence of his reliability asa bondsman. The old man trotted out a {few hundred thousand dollars’ worth of government bonds that he had handy and offered to produce several millions of good rnilmnlrhondn if he was given a few hours more notice. Ongce he ran on the republican ticket for governor of New Jersey. The agree- ment was that he was to furnish the moneyand the politicians the experience He was not elected, and at the end of the campaign he had the experience and the politicians had a bl§l heap of the money. It was then that he told his famous anecdote of the western man who drove a lot of hogs from St. Louis, where hogs were low, to Chicago, where they were high, and finding that before he "got there the hog market had twisted around so that swine were higher in St. Louis than in Chicogo, drove the hogs back again, getting to St. Louis just in time to strike a depres- sion in the St. Louis hog market, which was matehed by an elevationat Chicago. The man said, so the story went, that he hadn’t made much money out of it, but he had had the society of the hogs. “Well, I'm like that feller,” said Blair. “T haven’t been elected gover- nor, but I've had the - socicty of the Iy 4 dr Blair has dabbled in litics some since then, but his experience was not lost. His contributions to campaign funds have never excebded generosity. He was a delegate from New Jersey to the convention that ziominated Blaine, and on the way out he kept a whole car load of young politicians up all night by telling them funny stories. In the morning he was the freshest and heartiest man in the ear, He travels all over the country alone, as freely as though he were nearer eighteen than eighty, Homesick Cowboys. Dallas News: Jim Kid, of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, writes to Pony Bill, of the Range Journal, to say that several of the boys of the Wild West have met with painful accidents. Kid headed the list by his horse falling on him and “mashing him up” while he was riding at full speed picking up two shilling pieces. Buck Taylor got his leg broken while the cowboys were dancing the Virginia reel on horseback. Joe Esquival got his eyes shot out with a blank cartridge. Dick Johnsen got ibs mashed up by a bucking ho 2 on him. Billy Bullock got hi thrown out of place by a fall. Broncho Charley got hisankle smashed. One of the boys got intoa row on the streots, licked seven cops and stands now in imminent danger of relentless English law. Buffalo Bill is a good, considerate boss; the Wild West is showing to 15000 to 20,000 daily, but Kid says both the Indisns and cowboys are homesick und doclare il they ever get west of the Mississippi river again they will kuow enough o stay there. o e RN S ST TR T TR IDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1887, OBJECTING TO AN OVERLAY. Failure of the City Council to Pass Grading Ordinances. A LACK OF FUNDS THE CAUSE. Hascall Wants to Have Special Coun- sel For the Council, Bat Doesn't Get 1t—Other Dusincss Transacted. The City Council. The city council held an intoresting adjourned meeting last evening. In the absence of President Bechel the air was filled by Councilman Lee. Council- man Kitchen was absent. One of the noticeable features of the meeting was the failure to pass grading ordinances. When the first paper of -this nature came up for final disposal Mr. Burnham made an objection. He stated that the funds for this purpose had run out long ago, and that it was not right to pass any more ordinances without the funds to back thein up. In consequence of this objection several ordisances pre- sented failed to pass on the third read- ing. Mr. Lowry upon seeing the feel- ing of the council upon the subject, stated that he, as the chairman of the committee on gradesand grading, would not recommend the grading of unx more streets at present. nother matter that caused consider- able debate was a report presented by Mr. Hascall, as chairman of the judici- ary committee. It was to the effect that the necegsary counsel and clerical aid be employed to prepare the case of the council in the police matter to go before the supreme court. Mr. Burnham signed a minority re- port providing that the city attorney concur in the selection of the council’s attorneys. Mr. Alex: would be onl, ustice that the city attorney should Y(lfli\' into the matter and have something to say in regard to the man- ner in which the case should be pre- sented, and that the minority should at least be recognized. After considerable debate the report was withdrawn. The following communications were received: From City Treasurer Rush, stating that he had made a tender of $500 to A. W. Street for damages of lot 6, block 258, caused by the opening of an alley, and that said payment was refused. Placed on file. The bill of Mount & Griffin for sprink- ling Sixteenth street during the fair and reunion was presented in a commu- unication from the board of public works. The bill was $250 and was allowed. The contract for curbing Nineteenth street, from St. Mar, avenue to Leavenworth street, ich had been awarded to Whalen & Brennan, was ap- proved, b The contract awarded to James Mills for the painting of the Sixteenth via- duct by the bourd of public works, was approved. The city physician’s report for Sep- tomber was placed on file. It shows 90 deaths and 146 births. A communication from the city water works stating that several hydrants that had been ordered had been are ready for service was referred to the chief of the fire department. The contracts for paving the alley blocks 107 and 140 with Colorado stone, and for paving Nicholas str from Fourteenth and Sixtcenth streets ith Sioux Falls granite, were ap- proved. Frank Rinehart asked for permission to erect a printing room for the build- ing at 1520 Douglasstreet. The petition was referred to the committee on fire and water works, chief of the fire de- partment, and building inspector with power to act. The bill presented by C. E. Fanning & Co. for street sweeping was allowed. It amounted to $2,085.10. A petition from Jane R. Hospe in re- lation to the taking in of twelve inches of her lot by the curbing on Seven- teenth, between Chicago and Dav streets was referred to the city engine N. Frederickson, James Goff others entered a protest against the present grade on Pusific street, between 21 in and Thirteenth streets and it ferred to the delegation from the First ward, N. K. Fairbanks & Co.,in a communi- cation, stated that they are desirous of emlarging their factory, and in conse- quence they requested a vacation for twenty years of the alley extending east and west through block 19 in Credit Foncier addition. Referred tothe First ward delegation. The report of the committee ap- pointed to examine the books of the secretary of the board of education was referred to the finance committee. It was in brief as follows: Commencing March, 1883, we find that the receipts and disbursements of the board wore as follows: Balance in treasury March 31, 1853,§35,841 27 Deduct warrants outstanding March 81,1883, . .... . Addition w April 50, 18 Balance in treasury April 30, 1 City Attorney Webster recommended the payment of the contested bill of the Barber Asphalt company amounting to 3.471.20 for repsirs of pavement on Tenth street, between and Williams streets. It was the committee on fire and water works for one week. The pending matter in regard to the retaining wall between the new build- ing being erected by the BEE i ing company and the new city building, was referred to the judiciary c¢ommittee, chairman of the board of public works, superintendent of build- ings, and the committee on public prop- erty and buildings with power to act. H. T. Clark asked permission to grade in front of certain lots in block 4 of Sweezy’s addition for the purpose of bringing the street to the proper grado. Referred to the committee on grades and grading. A petition n.»kinlsl that Twenty-ninth avenue, between Hickory and Leaven- worth, be ordered curbed and pa: was referred to the committee on paving, curbing and guttering. A communication from Mrs. F. X. Murray protesting against the work of cable company at the corner of venty-sixth and Dodge streets was re- ferred to the board of public works. A communication from the Omaha & Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge com- lmny accepting the location of the Doug- as street approach was placed on rel ord. It was signed by John F. president. Eugene O'Neill, the owner of three houses on Fifteenth street, between Williams and Pierce streets, stated in a tition that lfll‘srop(n'ly had been amaged by the grading of the street in front of bis house, and he petitioued that tewart, T TSR T T ) said grading bo immediately stopped or dlmlfiol be assessod. A short time ago Thomas O'Connor raised the roof of his house on Twelfth street one story without permission of the building inspector and the matter was brought into the courts. At the time he was not aware that a permit was required. The erection of anew brick block at the south side of him re- quired him %o sacrifice one side of his house, and the delay of the roof contro- versy left him at the mercy at the ele- ments, In consequence he had a pe- tition in the council last evening asking permission to make the desirved %1 ges. t was referred to the committee on tire and water works with power to act. Louis Bradford asked for permission to remove his lumber yard from the northeast corner of Douglas and Ninth streets to the southeast corner of Tenth and Douglas streets. The petitioner agreed to build his sheds of fire ma- terial. Referred to the committec on fire and waterworks. The appointment of J. T. Evans, vice Boach, as clerk in the second district of the Seventh ward was confirmed. The following resolutions we adopted. Instructing the street com- missioners to relay the sidewalks on South Sixteenth street to the curb line; instructing the street commissioners to remove the obstructions on the side- walk in front of Jefferson square; allow- hlg\)‘\udgnwut in the appeal case of C. D. Woodworth; that hereafter all regu- lar meetings of the council open at 7:30 instead of 8 o'clock; instructing the city attorney to prepare an ordinance for opening Fourteenth street under B. & M. and Union Pacific tracks; instruct- ing the city elerk to cancel the drain and plumbers’ license of John L. Flynn. Mr. Counsman offered the following resolution, which was referred to the committee on public property and build- ings: That the plans and specificatior as well as the bids for the building of the new city hall, be rejected for the present, as it appears by the figures for the material and work re- quired to build the hall that the hall will cost about 331 per cent, or one-third more, than the estimated cost of the building that was furnished by the archit: and us it will re- quire more bonds the people that pay the taxes should have a chance to say something on the subject. Mr. Hascall introduced a resolution that the directors of the public library submit to the council plans for a library building to be located in the middle of Jefferson square with estimates of the sam| Referred to the committee on public property and buildings to report next Tuesday evening. e committee on grades and grading recommended the adoption of the ordi- nance declaring the necessity of extend- ing Charles street from Seventeenth street to Sherman avenue. The same committee also recom- mended the adoption of the ordinance ordering the grading of the alley ad- joining tho W. €. T. U. building. They also rocommended the grading of Twenty-ninth street from Cuming street to Indiana avenue. Thoe committee on police reported that it would be illegal, and also a dis- crimination, to enforce’ a license upon lunch pedlars. resolution w ndopted at the grading on South Fifteenth street be fmmediately stopped. The committee on grades and grading recommended the changing of the de. as petitioned for by M. P. Kear- und others, of South enth t, from Vinton to Bancroft streets An ordinance making an appropr tion of $28,0 for the payment of lin- bilities incurred during the month of September, reached second reading, and was laid over under the rule The following ordinance were adopted: Levying a tax and assessment upon certain lots to pay one-fifth the cost of constructing the Eleventh street viaduct; special tax and assessment to cover part cost of construction of cost of sewer in_district No. 42; declaring the alley in blocks 4 and 7, Kountze's third addition, and block 258, original plat of Oumaha, open for public travels; vacating the alley in_block 188, in the original plat of Omaha; changing the grade of Martha street from Tenth to Eleventh street; declaring the necessity of ap- propr i y and lands or the extension of Charles street from Seventeenth to Sherman avenue, VIOTIM OF THE FAITH CURE. Death of a Woman Who Scorned Human Remedies. Jane E. Baldwin, who died recently at 1108 Chicago street, was one of many unfortunates whose life has been almost suicidally shortencd by a reliance in the so-called faith cure. Her trouble was a sort of uterine tumor called a “polypus,” which became detached, and by a simplo operation of a compe- tent physician could have been easily removed. Instead of doing this she squandered her money on the charla- tans of the faith cure, and died, when her life might easily have been saved. In making his report of the case to the city physician, Dr. V. C. Kauffman gave the following significant cause of her demise: ‘‘Death caused by trifling with christian science for the cure, till a septic condition developed from a decomposed uterine {mly bus,” which in plain Saxon means that her system was poisoned by the decomposed tumor. e Building Permits, The following building permits were issued yesterday by Superintendent Whitlock: August Benzon, remodel ice house, foot of Jones street, to cost, Knudt Thomps one and story and bascment frame dwelling, and remodelling house, 17th between Mason and Leavenworth streets, to cost, 4 an C. B. Evans, one story frame cottuge, irant near Frank Graseman, on tage, 20th betw Paul, to_cost, . £2,000 2,400 400 T 600 2 one and on frame dwelling, Devan near 1,800 650 22nd und Grace, to cos Teressa Miller, one story frame h und Bancroft, to cost.. onvent, basement an building, Castellar and 15th, to cost, M. Lange und J. Nagl, to remodei building and put_additional brick story to sauie, 606-608 8. 13th street, 500 50,000 one and one-half story frame addition to_dwelling, 19th betwoen Grace and Sproce, 6 Ten poruits aggregating......... §17,00 -— “Bleepy” Hewitt Again, Leon Hewitt, better known as “Sleepy,” was urrested last evening for stealing a basket of grapes from the store of Mctealf & Perfect, 524 North Sixteenth street. Mr. Perfect caught him in the act and attempted to arrest him, but “*Sleepy” struck out with his fist and managed to escape. The police captured him later and locked him up. Seriously Injure Mups. R. Jenson, of 2421 Purker street, accidentally fell down the stairway leading to her cellar, at her residence yesterday morning and received injuries that may prove fatal. BORN. SOLON—Tuesday, October 11, Omaha, to Mr. and Mrs. Frauk Solon, & dsughtor, in w. IMPROVING THE MISSISSIPPL Assembling of the Convention a) Quincy, I A REPRESENTATIVE MEETING, Congress to Bo Asked For an Appros printion Suflicient to Deepon the Channel of the River. The Father of Watera. QuiNey, 111, Oct. 18.—A Miasissippl river improvement convention, called for the pus pose of considering the improvement of the river between the Des Moines rapids and the mouth of the llinois river, was held in this city to-day. 'The convention was a vory rap resentative body. It embraced as delegates members of cong: legislators, officials of the cities along the river, promi t business men and members of firms engaged in packet and rafting operations, Rather broad v prevailed, local interests being laid asido in tho deliberations. Congressman Hatch, of Missouri, was elected permancut chairman, and James H. Handley, of Quincy, ry. The list of delegates adopted by tion showed that the following o represented: St. Louis, Chester, Clarksville, Hamilton, Hannibal, Warsaw, Dubuque, Alton, Canton, Burlington, Taylor, Quiney, Keokuk, Peoriaand Edina. Genoral Singleton, of Illinois, J. F. Dickison, of Minnesota, and N. R. Derby, of Iowa, were clected vice presidents of the convention, The following committee on resolutions was appointed: V. Day, Warsaw; E. M, Dickey, Dubuque; W. 1. Foster, Burlington; E. Tucker, Keokuk; C. F. Howard, Hanni. bal; Frank Gaiennie, St. Louis; Z. B. Job, Alton; J. T. McBride, Che 1. Lamont, Hamilto Cox, Quin R. Condit, Canton; Dr. Tindall,” Tay C.'P. King, Peoria. Captain Ruffner, in charge of the govern. ment engineering corps for the division of the river under consideration, by request submite tod an extended report of the work nocessary to be done, at once in order to insure a rea: sonable boating stage of water, giving in de- tail the character and extent of the various provements. According to his statement 0,000 must be appropriated by congress for vision of the river. Hugh J. Brady, of St. Louis, submitted the following statement ‘“The states bordering on the Mississippi river and its tributaries produced in 1856 about, 2,000,000,000 bushels of wheat, corn, oats, r) rley. The provement of the river would reduce the rate of fi 3 is to New Orleans at least 1 but suppose it would only add 5 cent y bushel to the above; that would foot up #10,000,000 to the producer. In high water we can float five barges of grain from St Louis down the river containing 250,000 bushels in six da; In low water five barges can only take 1 000 bushels and it tal 1 deys, wh any, for eight days at £3.50 pe ) which loss must be made off high wa With a stage of water corn can be carried from St Louis to New Orleans for 4 cents per bushel and wheat for 5 cents. During the year 189 the barge line carried from St. Louis to New Orleans” 1,501,130 bushels of corn, 143,430 bushels of wheat anc { a grand total of 2,843, bushels. The commiftee on resolutions submitted the following report, the chairman saying the committee deemed it advisable to deviate from the text of the call for the convention: Whereas, In the past appropriations for the improvement of the Mississippi river, e tween the Des Moines and 1llinois rivers, have been entirely inadequate to the im. portance of the inte involv ‘Whereas, At the present time the channel of this section of the viver is in_much worse condition than the channel either above or below the points named, thercby making successful navigation of the river impose sible and depriving those sections of country tributary thereto of the full benefit of this great highway; therefore be it Resolved, That our represcutatives in con- gress be urged to work and _vote for an ap- riation of not less thun $500,000 to be ex- pended upon the permanent improvement of this section of the river. T'he report was unanimously adopten with out discussion. The chairman was requested to appoint a committee of one from each congressional district ropresentated in the convention to onvey the action taken by it to members of congress. The committec are; Captain W. Parker, of Dubuque; P. M. Crapo, Burling. ton; C. H. Clark, Hannibal, Mo.; R. B. Campbell, Clarksville, Mo.: B, J. Brady, R. E. McNulta and¢ M St. Louis; } ) ) 11l.; Hon. McPixe, nester, Il Judge Prendergast Talks. Cuicaco, Oct, 13.—County Judge Prender- gust, chairman of the permanent executive commitiee appointed by the Peoria river con- vention, in ¢onversation with a reporter this morning, outlined the ideas of the proposed improvement, and on being asked how the committee proposes to accomplish its objects, said that no means adequate and proper will be left unused, “It isin every sense,” he said, ** u national project, greater in respect to extent of national territory to be bene- ficially effected in a direct and immediate manner and in respect to the number of peo- ple whose prosperity is involved in if not di- rectly dependant on the completion of tha work than any other work undertakeu by the governme It will be the duty of the committee to take such steps as will make congress regard this work of so much importance that con- gress will give it special and separate com- sideration. We propose to bring the action of every congressman and scnator on thia subject under the scrutiny of eve: congres- sional and senatorial constituen this na- Legislators well know this fact, and in such knowledge this project will find its all- powerful friend. The details of the work of the committce cannot yet be determined.” phs. ns left t evening for a trip to New York city G. H. Cummings and G. W. left last evening for Kansas City. Mrs. Fred S. Hadra and son, of Ne- braska Cit enjoying a fow days in this city with friends. Attorney Cornish, a leading legal light of Lincoln, is in the city the guest of his brother, Edward Cornish. John Wolz und wife of Tuma, Towa, who have been visiting Frod Drexel, of this city, returned home yese terda William L. Adams, surveyor and en- gineer of the Metropolitan Cable rail- wuf‘ company, is preparing for a trip to California. Hobert Williams, of the firm of Little & Williams, left last evening for a pleasuro trip cust, going via St. Paul and Chicago. Senator Paddock returned to Beatrice yesterday after performing his official duty in welcoming the president in a most gracious manner. D. M. Ruger, a prominent Pythian of Fremont, Nebraska, who was attending the grand lodge convention in this city, returned home yesterday, Miss Rose Fisher, cousin of Mrs. Max Meyer, is on a visit to that lady at hee home, 2608 Douglas street, and will re- main during the winter. Jeremiah Roche, brother-in-law of Felix McShane, and o former attache of the New York Herald, now of Fort Worth, Texas, is in the city on a visit, General George Harrington, of Regns ester, New York, is at the Millard, He mpanion on e field of Gens whise guest he was the ¢ president’s -~ g T.. J. Henderson, Tom Bitterson, Heury Wright and L. B, Lawrencd were run in sgain about 5:80 p. m. yes- wrday for gambling, Hall