Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 14, 1887, Page 4

i THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHFD EVERY MORNING. TEI!MR‘ Dl’_fi_‘”;ECIIH‘TION. FARN YOM 5, TRIBUNE BUTLD . WASHINGTON OF¥ICE, NO. bl Fouiv TEENTH STREET. CORRESPONDENCE. [ All_communications relating to news and itorlal matter should be addressed to the DITOR OF THE HEE. BUSINESS LETTRRS: All business lettors and remittances should be addressed to Tie BrE PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMAHA. Drafts, checks and postoflice orders 1o made payublé to the order of the compuny, he Bee Publishing Company, Proprictons, E. ROSEWATER, Epiton. THE DAILY BLE, Sworn Statement of Circulation, Btate of Nebraska, | Connty of Douglas, {59 Go. B, Tzschuck, secretary of Tho Bue Pub- ¥, doe Iy kwear that the ne or the week enci Baturday, O Bunday, Oct Monday, Oct. 3 Biesdag; Oct 4 cdnesday, Oc hursdi riduy Fworn to und_subscribed in iy ps Bth day of October, A, D, 1557, N, V. FEIL, Notary Piblic | 8. 8. <chuck, being first daly swor ays that he i5 socrotary of Th ublixhing compuny, that the actual daily circulution of the Daily Bee for t f October, 1586, 9 cople #A16_ coplnks f KT, 14,14 14, 0. B, Bworn to and subseribed in my Bth duy of October, A, D. 1557, N.'F (SEAL) Notary —_———y KANSAS Cimx's postoftice is to vestigated by order of the civil commission. Postmaster Gene might have looked up the mattor while in the city had not the trip been en- tirely non-politi T Chicago locks up George Francis Mrain as a lunantic, which the author- Rties there threaten to do, and prevents the distinguished citizen’s proposed western trip, she will be entitled to our thanks. THE voment contractors promise to resume work within two weeks, but we have a faint suspicion that their promises, like that of other Omaha contractors, are to be taken with peveral graing of allowance. wood TuHE United States district attorney at New York has decided that Rev. E. Walpole Warren's case comes under the pontract labor law. This decision is contrary to the view takon by Collector Magone, and the case will be brought Into court by a suit against the ve: the church which called Mr. W from England. The result of the will be awaited with interest, as it will flefine the scope gf the law and whether muder it professional services can be ponsidered as labor. Tk Omaha Republican is still prod- Bing away at the republican judicial delegates to nominate a straight party ticket. That might do in Streator, Illi- nois, or some of the republican villages In which Cadet Taylor bas graduated. But here, where Judgo Wakely was ap- foiuwd by a republican governor at the nstance of leading republicans, includ- ing all factions, and clected by repub- licans four years ago, the attempt to substitute such men as Lee Estelle or 0. H. Ballou is not likely to meet with favor from reputable republicans, who aaut a clean and competent judiciary. THERE is a good doal more truth than poctry in tho statement of the wooden paving contractors which we publish elsewhoro. There has been a great deal of clashing nmong our city officials Auring the present senson, and an inex- gusable delay on the part of the con- tractors for curbing and guttering. The failure of the treasurer to dispose of the uving bonds has also been a drawbrek, Eut that does not relieve the contractors from proceeding with their paving Bs rapidly as the curbing is placed and the money is forthcoming for work which Bus been accepted. We do not object o their taking paving contracts in ouncil Bluffs, providing they keep up heir work in Omaha. — ‘When General Grant passed through E\u'liugtun,hlwm on his return from is tour around the world, Frank Hut- ton presented him with a copy of the JHuwkeye printed on white satin. That bit of enterprise made Frank postmas- ter general. This precedent may have nspired Mr, Hitcheock with he idea of presenting Grover Cleve- Band with a copy of the World rinted on the same materinl. Mr. litehcock, however, has exhibited a Jittle more diplomacy by attacking the emotional part of the administration with a poem dedicated, “The Un- erowned Queen,” Frankie Folsom Cleveland. It remains to be seen whether the poet laurcate, Fred Nye, will carry off Vilas® shoes, and leave the hief proprietor of the whole World to ke Gallagher’s brog: A BRIGHT young woman in New York {uignod insanity and succeeded in be- ng confined in Bellevue hospital and sent thence to the quarters for the in- sane on Blackwell’s island. Tt was necossary to deceive several professed exports on insanity in order to accom- * plish this, but she did it most skillfully nnd completely., She remained on the Island ton days, gained all the infor- mation she desived, and it has been made public, greatly to the dismay and humiliation of the so-called experts. Wud now the questions are naturally and pertinently asked, how much eredence can be placed in the skill of physicians who can be so easily de- ceived by a perfectly sane person without any serious attempt on her part, and is not such a circumstance tolerably good evidence that there is a R R DRIV T A Few Plain Words, The prossure which 18 being brought upon the delegates to the third judicial district republican convention to nom- inate a straight-out partisan ticket comos chiefly, if not entirely, from can- didates who are unfit for the bench. These men have for months been plot- ting and echeming to foist themselves on the ticket in spite of the known disa- bilities which when exposed would ro- sult in their defeat before the people. Now we serve timely warning on the party that the Ber will vigorously op- pose any candidate for judgo whose in- tegrity is known to be questionable, or whose associations with the lawless classes render him unfit to impartially fulfill his duties on tho bench. We are determined aleo to prevent if possible the election of any mau who is not qual- ified by legal training and experience for discharging the functions of judge creditably to himself and satisfactorily to the bar. The republican party can- not afford to do violence to tho senti- ment of the people, nor can it justify the rolection of candidates who do not enjoy the respect and confidence of the community. We had hoped that the lessons of the past would not be lost upon the party., The republicans of Douglas county have shown time and again that the party lash is powerless in whipping them into line in support of desreput- able or incompetent cundidates. The lesson of 1886 is etill fresh and should be heeded. The defiance which reckloss party-wreckers have shown in the past in contempt of public senti- ment and common decency, has alwnys brought disaster upon the party. Unless the judicial convention is heedful of the danger that threatens its success through the nomination of bad men and jock-leg luwyors it will invoke another political cyclone that is liable to sweep the local ticket as well as the judicial ticket out of sight. An lIostructive Lesson. There was o meeting of socialists in Union square, New York, last Saturday evening, which was called solely to dis- tho merits and olaims of the can- didates of that party. There were present persons friendly to other candi- dates, and as the meeting progressed some of these manifested a disposition to annoy the speakers and disturb tho procecdings. A force of police was stationed conveniently near, and the officer in charge was quietly asked by one of the oflicers of the meeting to put wstop to the interruptions of the dis- turhing clement. Summoning a fow he started to carry out this request, tending simply to mnotify the disturbers that they must desist. other policomen sceing this movemeut and interpreting its purpose to be the dispersion of the meeting, mide « rush upon the crowd, which not expecting uny such interference pre- sented un involuntary resistance. The police used their clubs freely and vigor- ously, and many persons were more or less severely hurt. It took a little time to wrive at a right understanding, when the meeting was resumed, though vith a very different temper and tone. ich is the explunation of the affair given by the police, and although it is not accepted by those who were attacked and those who sympathise with them, it is perhaps in the main correct. The immediate cause of the unfortunate oc- currence was na mistake on the part of a majority of the police force as to the object of the officer in command of them in going with a few of the men into the crowd. In their zeal to do that they fancied to be an urgent duty they hurried to the support of their comrudes and threw themselves upon the crowd with the oue idea of routing it ns rapidly as possible. But was theee not buck of the mistake which inspired this zeal a cause that made the blunder casy and natural? Is it not a rensonable conclusion that the police- men who without orders made this onsct, clubs in hand, had been protiy carefully instructed as to what they should do in certain exigencies; of which this seemed to them to be an example? And way it not also be reasonably thought that these men had been indoctrinated with the iden thut the classof people en- gnged in the meeting were at best pub- lic disturbers entitled to very little con- sideration, who might be justifiably set upon and dispersed on the least. provo- cation and without much regard for such moderate meuns as is the duty of the authorities to exhaust before hav- ing recourse to violent measures? The lesson of this occurrence is that the strong drift of public sentiment in this country in favor of a stern and in- diseriminating repression of those who hold views not aceeptable to the major- ity may, if not held within reasonuble and just bounds, become as dangerous to the integrity and perpetuity of our republican system as those who de- mand such repression claim to regard the doctr s of the objoctionuble minority. The disposition to put any restraint upon free spdech is one that can be sufely encournged only to u very limited extent, if at all. The constitu- tion has thrown a strong safegu around this great privilege of the citi- zen by providing that congress shall make no law abridgiog the freedom of specch, thus recording the judgment of the founders of the government that this most important right of a free peo- s to be held sacred from all inter- During the hundred years of nee as a nation this been maintained, with ill consequences to our wel- fare, and having entered upon the second century of our progress we should not signalize it by recklessly at- tacking this right. And especially it is most important that the authority to determine the circumstances under which restraint may be exercised shall not be committed to injudicious or thoughtless men, who will be more likely to abuse the trust than to wisely and properly disehnrge it. It appears evident that the affair in York has given an impetus to the ndependent political movements, Henry ge is not less severe than The considerable admixture of humbug in assumed expert wisdom: At all events this will be justly thought of the doo- tors who investigated the case of Nellie the socialist leaders in denouncing. it, und the elements which these several movoments denw their support from all feel that they have 4 cominon cause 'in N B R N T S TR RO THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1887, a very great outrage and what many of them believe to have been intentionally perpetrated. Their protest will un- doubtedly be more palpably felt after they have deposited their ballots. ——— 01d Dominion Contumacy. Virginia clings tenaciously to its tra- ditional perversity, Always self-as- assertive and obdurate, the men who are now in control of its affairs insist on keeping it in line with that policy, though all the rest of the country de- clare it to be wrong,and the effect is damaging to its own welfare. Two of its officials, the attorney general and the commonwealth attorney of Fauquier, are now in jail for contempt of the United States court. The state debt tangle is the source of the difficulty. By an act of the legislature the state is forbidden to receive the matured cou- pons of its bonds for taxes. The su- preme court of the United States has decided that these bonds are receiv- able for taxes. Suits wero brought against parties who refused to pay their taxes in money after coupons ten- dered for such payment had been re- fused. Judge Bond, of the United States circuit court, issued a restraining order stopping the prosecution of the guits until an injunction case pending is decided. To this order the state of- ficers paid no attention, and for this contempt they were arraigned and fined, refusing to pay which they were committed to jail. They have been posing as martyrs in defense of the rights of the state,among which is that of repudiating its obliga~ tions. Of course they are sustained by the party in control of the state gov- ernment, and they may strengthen their popularity with this element. The federal judgo is denounced as guilly of a grave usurpation of authority, and a great deal of the old- timg claptrap about the liberties of the people being endangered is heard from sources whoso utterances should be guided by wisdom and a prudent discre- tion. The liberty to repudiate obliga- tions honestly due and defraud croditors who in good faith gave their money for the bonds of the state may be of ines- timable value to the average Virginia democrat, but he will find very few to sympathize with him elsewhere. And when a state deliberately proposes to rob its own people there would seem to be most urgent necessity for the inter- position of a higher power to prevent, ii possible, the consummation of the pur- pose. Undoubtedly if . the state is compelled to receive these bonds it would be a serious matter for the now bankrupt treasury, but repudiation cannot be justified on the ground that without it the debtor would have great trouble to get along. Such a principle, if admitted, would speedily give repudiation a boom far be- yond the boundaries of the Old Dominion. Itisnot at all imbrobable, however, that if Virginia should faithfully try an honest policy regarding its obligations it might find a ready and easy way to get over the difficulties which it now seeks to avoid by refusing to receive for what is due it from its people the evi- dences of its own indebtedness to them. Proceedings have been instituted with a view to obtaining from the supreme court of the United States a decision regarding the jurisdiction of the circuit judge, and Virginia opinion in sympathy with the officials in contempt affects to regard the determination that may be reached by the court of last resort as of the gravest importance not only to Vir- ginia, but to all the states. But people who are not contemplating repudiation, partial or complete, as a feature of the policy of their states, will not realize that there is any cause for serious con- cern regarding the outcome of this issue. Meanwhile it may be hoped that Virginia will be held to the payment of her obligations. It has been the understanding that botween the claims of the government in Alaskan waters and in connection with the Canadian fisheries con- troversy, Mr. Bayard has succeeded in getting himself badly tangled up. Whether the commission will be able to straighten him out is a question, but mennwhile there is a ray of promise to the unfortunate chief of our diplomatio department by the course Russia is un- derstood to be taking. Russian cruis- ers are reported patrolling the Siberian coast and seizing both English and ican sealers found in those waters. port is correct it foreshadows the assertion by Russsa of its supremacy over that portion of Behring Sea not made over to the United States when Alaska was bought. Such assertion would mean that in the cession to the United States Russia undoubtedly looked upon itself as sovereign of the land-locked waters of the North Pacific and as having the right to cede juris- diction. It would unite the United States and Russia against the preten- sions of England and the rest of the world for that mattc DAN ANGEL, who was hanging around the legislature with the “oil- room bums,” shot off his mouth in the democratic county convention against members of the Douglas delegation who voted for Van Wyck last winter. Angel was at one time Jim Boyd's city mar- shal, and imbibes a great deal of his gall from the fountai head of the packing house. As a matter of fact, mno man who was known to bo opposed to the re- election of Van Wyck could have been elected in Douglas county last fall either on the democratic or the republican legislative ticket. The men who voted for Van Wyck represented the wishes of nine-tenths of the people of this county. They did just what they were pledged to do. The renegades who vi- olated these pledges are execrated by all decent men, and despised by even those who were honestly opposed to Van Wyck. The smothered indignation of the masses in this county may have em- boldened the packing-house striker in his insolence, but the smoldering em- bers are linble to be fanned into a flame whenever the issue is forced. v sad over the defeat of her crack ball club in its last two games. Chicago, however, fails to ve- g protesting against what they vegard as | jojce as it . would op other The Garden City 18 80 Lo back in the base ball procession that she can't even make fun of 8t. Louls. —— ‘We have boen favored with a copy of the Omaha World of Wednesday. Itis printod on white satin, and is dosigned a8 a souvenir of the visit of President Cleveland. It is a very creditable piece of work, both from a mechanical and journalistic standpoint. PROMINENT PEOPLE. POy It is rumored that Lord Salisbury will shortly visit Bismarcle. George Westinghouse, ir., the inventor of the air-brake, is rated at $7,000,000. Prof. Huxley has lately been making in- quiries into the phenomena of spiritualism, John Bright, in a recent lettor, says he has not much faith in the success of absolute pro- hibition, The wife of James G. Blaine, ir., is a very successful and enthusisstic amateur photo- grapher. President Marvin Hughitt of the Chicdgo & Northwestern railroad. wus once a tele- graph operator. James R. Keene has made some' lucky speculations in oil and will shortly return to ‘Wall street. Ex-Senator Ferry of Michigan is thinking of going to live in Utah, where he owns ex- tensive mines? Rutherford B. Hayes is a grandfather. His son, B. A. Hayes, of 'Toledo, recently became & happy father. Deacon S. N. White lost 80,000 betting on Blaine, and says he has been a reformod gambler ever since. Miss Churchill, who wrote “My Girls,” is the private secretary of the president of & New England railroad. Henry Villard says he has gone into the Northern Pacific board of dircctors “not for glory, but for work.” Jacob Shaefer, the billiardist, has returned from abroad. Patti gave him a ring of dia- monds and turquoises. Prof. Schliemann has received permission from the Greek government to search for an- tiquities on the Isle of Kycita. The famous Jewish sculptor,M. Antokolski, has commenced the publication of his auto- biography in a leading Russian journal. Count Mitkiowicz weighs only 120 pounds. It makes & man thin to carry around interna- tional issues. It is hard on the tissucs. Mr. Bell has conveyed his very large in- torests in the Bell Telephone to his wife, retaining for himself but one sharcof the stock. Cyrus W. Field is said to want to sell his princely villa at Dobbs’ Ferry. He was of- fored $900,000 for it by John Jacob Astor, but will not sell it for that sum. Pope Leo has recefved among his jubilee presents a colossal cheese, a largo barrel of wine, four yards of fine linen from a poor servant, two tiger skins and an enormous sausage. 2 Edward Burgess is said to bo enjoying great practical benefits, as well as interna- tional fame, in consequence of the achieve- ments of the Puritan, Mayflower and Volun- teer. His hands are full of orders for boat building. Maharajah, Sir Waghjee, knight com- mander of the Indian empire, and Thakore Sahib of Morvi, Kattiawar, Hindostan, will soon sail for England. He has been de- lighted with his sojourn in this country. He has been especially interested in manufac- tures and machinery. That Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes is the model of the courteous traveler is the opin- ion of The London Daily News, and it adds: “All future English writers on the United States ought to resolve not to be outdone by him in this quality, however much they may ‘be obliged to fall short of him in others. e There Would be a Cyclone. Chicago Times. Colonel D. R. Anthony, having sold his Leavenworth Times and retired from fight- ing journalism, is confidently recommended as one of the toughest and best seasoned mon in America for use as a base ball umpire next scason, They Can't be Reached That Way. Sioux Falls Press. As the weather begins to turn cold the coal kings screw up the price of coal, and they may be expected to give another twist every time the mercury falls a little lower than usual. Anopen and a short winter is the only hope for the people for deliverance from these hard-hearted, blood-drawing Shylocks, and it would not be amiss for the people to pray for such deliverance. ———— An Autumn Reverie, JTsabel Hotchkiss. The dream of the summer is ended, The bright page is almost turned o'er, Gone is the breath of the flowers, ‘We knew not their sweetness before. This morn there was frost on the meadow, The trees are all shivering with fear, The grass that was green on the hillsido Is dying, and with it the year. L SR S S S S ) A fool I to think that she loved me; Her proud lips so proudly said “no," Her beautiful eyes had deceived Oh, God—and I trusted her sol The heart she had used for a plaything Her jeweled white hands cast aside. The dream of the summer is ended, In ashes of roses it died. « ® e e o+ e . A bird flying fast to the southward, A flurry of leaves in the gale, A'flickering phantom of sunlight, And a sigh that is almost a wail. ‘Thus endeth the dream of the summer, 'Neath autumn skies, sombro and gray, I'm seeking a grave for my lost hope, And the joy that has faded away. STATE Al RRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. Fremont has contracted foran electric light plant. f General Van Wyck delivers an ad- dress at Tecumseh to-day, The Kansas City & Omaha tracklay- ers have ched Minden, The three banks of Fremont hold de- posits amounting to $696,5650, . Rodney A. Wall has been jugged in Juniata for embezzling railroad tickets from the B. & M. Nebraska City has 1,400 school chil- dren enrolled and twenty-five teachers to guide their ideas. , George Williams, the Fremont crook, who lifted a gold watch and dinmond from Mrs. Tichenor for the purpose of getting a {uh in the pen, was accommo- dated with an eighteen months' en- gagement. The Beatrice cannery has closed a successful season, with the certainty of a dividend for the stockholders. The company will plant 1,000 acres of sweet corn next season, and work on a bigger scale than ever. ‘Wymore has organized a gold minix‘nlg company to operate in the salted fields of Arkansas. Next to Eruve{urd insur- ance in Kansas, the gold flelds of Ar- kansas hold out the richest inducements to squander money in. The Indian band from Genoa, which Smsh;.w the ‘gsaddentbl:; his nr&ud in toof a nl& regrol toot whon the members thore was ot enough of Grover's topknot left to fur- nish a decent handle to his scalp. The footprints of early aud continued piety were impressively prominent. ‘The county campaign is now on in all soctions. Parties possessing details of the secret blemishes of candidates, the wild escapades of youths, or oats sown in barren flelds; crookedness of days or heroditary consumption, lunacy or mental decay, will be liberally compensated by applying to the political sewer diggors of the oppo- sition. The democrats of Kn{vn Paha county have nominated the following ticket: County judge, Johh Bevins; clerk, C. . Lear; treasurer, William Pow- ell; commissioner, k‘rnnk Fisher; sheriff, John Coble; auc'orinlcndcnt. P, L. Kelley; surveyor, William Hinton; coroner, Dr. Starr. Julius, the eighteen-year-old son of Henry Kessler, a brl$ t, industrious boy, was accidentally killed while hunt- ing near Nebraska City, Tuesday. ‘While crossing & crcek he threw his n to the dry ground to avoid wettin, t. It went off and the bullet shattere his left leg. Amputation and death followed in a few hours. The Plattemouth Journal is ongaged in the herculean task of pounding rail- road sense into the rosidents. The in- terests of the town have been tied to the B. & M. for s0 many years that it seems impossible to broak down the barriors that shut out other roads. The Missouri Pacific has flirted with the town, but the advances were met with a cold and scrawny shoulder. The Rock Island road is said to be browsing around the neighborhood now, and is likely to be mat with a chilly air of in- difforence. If the town does not rid itself of micawber methods pretty soon, some enterprising rival will put the coppers on its eyes and turn up its toes. Towa Items. Sixty thousand dollars has been sub- scribed to build & Masonic temple at Davenport. Prophet Foster, of Burlington, has laid in a varied stock of weather for November. The storm dates are the 4th, 10th, 16th, 21st and 27th, with a gg&llmbimy of an extra storm on the 25th, The Dunkards, a religious denomina- tion of Polk county, have heretofore re- fused to vote. It is their Krincipla not to exercise the right of suffrage oxcept on oxtraordinary occasions. This full they will vote. Bioux City was highly complimonted by one of the Vauderbilts who visited the lace recently, ‘“These oo le must, ve wonderful hearing,” gxe whispered to a companion, ‘‘they have such big ears.” Chauncoy promptly fanned him with a coband the spectators cheered huskily. Two smooth-talking scoundrels are oing the rounds of the state victimiz- ing farmers. One claims to be gather- ing crop statistics, while the other has a remonstrance against high taxation. The object is to secure the signatures of the farmers to papers, which afterward turn up at the banks as promissory notes. el Dakota. The Episcopalians of Rapid City have contracted for a church to cost $3,500. The water mains and fittings have arrived for the Jamestown water worlks. The Territorial Stock Breeders' asso- ciation will hold its annual meeting at Jamestown in November. Those portions of the territory which suffered from drought to the damage of crops last summer, report the ground in better condition than for four years. “Two new railroads and a cathedral next year will give Yankton a high boost,” says the Press. The cathedral is 5 erred to as a ‘“‘booster” heaven- ward. —_— MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE. Peter Lutz Held to the District Court ‘Without, Bail. The preliminary trial of Peter Lutz for killing W. W. Lynch last Saturday morning was held before Judge Berka yesterday afternoon, with County At- torney Simeral on behalf of the state and Messrs. Greon and Estelle for the defense. The -witnesses on the part of the prosecution were Gerhart Lutz, Samuel I. Gordon, Joseph Michael, Jacob Creagler, Frank Puborsky and Dr. Keogh. No testimony was intro- duced by tho defense. The testimony of Lutz’ son Gerhart was the most dam- aging evidence produced, and was sub- stantially the same as the account of the affair that appeared in the BEE last Saturday. The other witnesses were all rties who were attracted to the spot { the shots fired, but who saw nothing of tho encounter between the two men. Mrs. Lutz did not appear in court. After hearing the evidence it was de- cided to hold Lutz without bail to answer to the charge of murder in the first degree. All the witnesses were re- leased on their own recognizance to ap- pear against Lutz at his trial before tho istrict court. During the trial Lutz looked as un- concerned as though he were watching & horse trade instead of being present at his own trial for murder. ——— Injured in a Runaway. August Pollock, an iron merchant from Chicago, in company with a lad named Heinrich Jansen, while driving down Ninth street about 6 p. m. yester- day, had an exciting runaway. The horse took fright about a block north of the Union Pacific depot and dashed furiously up the street. In turning the corner at Ninth and Juckson streets, the buggy struck the curbstone and was upset, throwing the occupants violently to the ground. Mr. Pollock was picked up insensible and carried into a store near by. In a few minutes he recov- ered consciousness, when it was discov- ered that he wasnot fatally injured, although badly bruised and cut over the head. Young Jansen fared worse than Pollock, receiving an ugly cut on the back of the head thathad to be sewed up. ————— The Exiled Iowans. The exiled Iowans met in Metz’ hall last night and organized what will hereafter be known as the “‘Iowa Anti- Prohibition club of Omaha,” the object of which will be to combat prohibition in Iowa by the members retaining their citizenship in Towa and fighting it at the polls. There wore about fifty pres- ent, and the following officers were elected: President, M. J. Crook; sec- retary, H. H. Rich; treasurer, A. L. Larsch. A list of those who will go back to vote was made out and the meeting adjourned until next Sunday at 2p. m. — Chautauquans to Meet. The first meeting of the Omaha Chautauqua circle for regular work will be held at 8 o’clock this evening at the board of education rooms. All inter- ested in this work are cordially invited to attend. The programme will consist of the usual class exercises and a paper by the president on *The Education of Later Life.” There will also be a talk on Chautauqua work at which Mr. G. A. Joplin will preside. There will also be suflm g by Mrs, M, Murphy. b S DYTHIANS AT THE WHEEL Tho Grand Lodgo Elects Officors For the Ensulng Term. GRAND CHANCELLOR The Band Contest—Lin B. Cake's Of- fering On the Trianglo—How. the Nebraska Boys Are Regarded. O'NEIL. The Grand Lodge. At 9 o'clock yesterday morning the Grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias met at Central hall. The rocord of the proceedings of Tuesday was read and ap- proved. The following lodges were not represented: Numbers 8, 7, 80, 52, 66 and 74. The G. P., G. M. of E., and G. M. at A. being absent, thoe following appointments were made for this ses- sion: G.P.,J. . Smith; G.M.of L., M. Toft; G. M.at A., L. C. Dunn,of Lincoln, A memorial was presented from Ne- braska lodge No. 1, asking permission to reinstate a suspended member. Granted. G.R., I F. Godefing of I"alls City, was reported aick and excused. The committee on laws made several interesting roports, ono an endorsement and approval of the dédcision of the G. C., refusing & request from Humboldt lodge to initiate two members of a trav- eling theatrical troupo. The Grand lodge degree was conforred upon C. S. Alling, of Seward; W. W. Davis, of Plattsmouth; W. D. Mathews, of O'Neil, and J. L. Edwards, of Pawnee City. A resolution was adopted that the Grand rank would be conferved only as the first business of the morning and afternoon session. The exemplification of the seeret work was made the spocial order for to-mor- row morning. Represontative Roberts introduced a resolution making the G. K. of . and S. the custodian of the G. R. jowels during the adjournments of the lodge. A number_ of the G. I¥’s. protested on the ground that they dosired to retain their jowels for ingpoction and the res- olution was defeatcd. The committee on laws was instructod to formuiste an amendmont requiring all D. D, G. C. to givo bond in the sum of $200, The bond of the G. M. of E. was fixed at $10,000. The following were referred to the committeo on revision and law: Motion for amendment to constitution, making tho torms of all officors of the subordinate lodge six months, instead of a year, as now. Resolution iustructing the G. C. to appoint a D. D. G. C.for each lodge, except in citics or towns where more than one lodge exist., The committce on foreign corres- pondence, having reviowed the journals of forty-three grand lodges, submitted an exhaustive report. The committee on laws reported, ap- proving the by-laws of a number of sub- ordinate lodges. The committee on credentials re- ported, denying to Triumph lodge 32, Fremont, an additional representative, claimed by roason of an increase of membership since ite last report. The report was approved. The credentials committee reported on the standing of past chancellors. At noon the lodge adjourned for din- nt‘l]‘, and at 2 o’clock was again called to order. At the opening of the afternoon ses- sion the arrival of Major General James R. Carnahan was announced and he was received being accorded the grand honors. At three o'clock the lodge proceeded to the election of officers for the ensuing year. 5 At the session in the afterncon and evening the lodge elected officers for the ensuing year as follows: (l"nrand Chancellor—Richard O'Neill, Lin- coln. Grand Vice-Chancellor—Joseph E. Frick, Fremont. Grand Prelate—Dr. W. H. Hanchett, Omaha, Grand M. of E.—Charles G. Ains- worth, Grand K.of R. and S.—FE. Omaha, Grand Master at Arms—Low Holdrege. K(}ruml Inner Guard—Omar Alton, E. Weber, L. French, Jv, Green, " Outer Guard—George R. Green, J. S. Shropshire 18 re-elected supreme representative and Fremont was selected as the place for holding the next session, which will be on the second Tuesday in October, 1888, ) Jones installed the newly elected officers and the affairs of Pythianism in Nebraska were delivered into their keeping. Tho officers elected are ontirely new, with the excoption of G. K. of R.and S., E. E. French, who was nominated and re-elected by accla- mation. The new administration as- 4 Union Pacifio, and the third, of 850, ¢ Chapin’s Cadet band of Hastings. One of tho most agrecable features of the entertainment was the reading of n roenl by Miss Ella June Meado, ens litled, *“The Knights of Pythias,” writton by Lu B. Cake. A quartetto composed of Miss Colton, Mrs. Pennell, Mr. Wilkine and Mr. Pons nell rendored sovoral choice seleotions, How the Nebrask ys Are Regarded. It don’t do to flatter the young enthu- sinst too much, but it is perhups safo to give to the Nebraska knights tho bene- fit of the opinion entertaincd of them by men whose judgment is sound on military mutters and who ave not car- ried away by enthusiasm, To a number of these disinterested gentlomen a BEr reprosentative put the query, what do you think of the manner in which the Nebraska knights perform their man- euvers ¥ The following is the result: General Carnahun—I think the boya of Nebraskn display themsolves ndmirs ably. Considesess atl things their suc- cess s to me really wonderful, Liko all young organikations they must con- tinu; strive for excellence. 1t is ab- sumes the reins under most favorable auspices and it is but natural to expect that under the guidance of Pythians of ability and dis ion such as these, the order will move on during the coming year achieving grander successes than it has even in the past year of romarka- ble prosperity. The friends of the order, and it has many, will watch with inter- est the strides of this organization and if the results equal the sanguine ex- pectations of those whoadmire it for the good it is doing, the members of the order will not be alone in their applauso for the men through whose efforts the success is attained. The New Grand Chancellor. Grand Chancellor O'Neil who was yesterday elected was born in Kingstone, Ontario, Canada. 1In 1872 he camo to Nebraska aed located in Plattsmouth, later moving to Lincoln where he is at present engaged in the jewelry business. In 1881 he bacame a Knight, joining Platte Valley lodge No. b, at Platts- mouth, He is now a member of Apollo lodge No. 6. In the subordinate lodge he has held the officeof V. C. and_ of course C. C. For three terms he has served as grand representative. He is a member of the uniform rank belong- ing to Apollo division No. 11. Mr. O'Neil is a zealous Pythian and well posted upon matters of the order. His election is a fitting tribute to an_ener- etic and genial gentleman and with EIH careful hand the Pythian craft will not go far astray. The Band Contest. The auditorium of the Grand Opera house was well filled with sir knights, their ladies and friends last night, as- gembled to witness the band contest and vocal entertainment. Thebands taking part in the contest were the Second regiment band, K. of 3 the Union Pacific band and Chapi Cadet band, of Hastings. No prearranged program was made and each of the bands ren- derod two selections. The judges, J. E. Aitchinson, Thomas J. Pennell, both of Omaha, and Edwin N. Thacker, of Hustings, wwarded the first prize, 8150, 1o the Second regiment, K. of 1 band; the sccond prize, $75, to the solutely noecossary that the members should atiend overy drill possiblo. 1 ture for ments of these divisions are excellent. The members of the rank here are en- thusiast'c and it takes considerable of that quality mixed with a eful attention to rules and prompt attendance at drill to mako an efficient «ir . I have boen agreeably sury 1k Mcieney of tho several div Colonel J. 1 1 have bean greatly ploased by tho display of the Nebraska knights®™ They make a good appoarance. Colonel H. H. Hibben—They have done well. A better appearing set of men would be havd to find. Colonel M. C. Barkwell—1 have en- joyed my visit here hugely and the sic knights' display has been excollont. The Nobraska boys. like all others, have many things to learn, but they mako a splendid appearauce and do thieir work with skill. © i3 N0 rea- son why this Omaha regiment should not be the foremost in the country. 1t has all its divisions located con- veniently and the social features de- veloped ‘theroby will prompt them to ronewed efforts at excellence. I have boen particularly struck with the dise plino of sowo of the captains and liey tonants in this state. Many have exe cellent soldier timber in them, The Drill. The fair ground was crowded yester- day with epectators to witness the drill of tho Knights of Pythins. The judgos selected wore Colonel Daggert and Adjutant Kinzie, of the army. and Colonel M. C. Barkwell, of Cheyenne. In class C there were three entries, via: A. D. Marshall division, of Lincoln, Fremont division and Hastings division. The prizes in this olass were three in number as follows: First, $500; sccond, 8200 third, $100. The decigion of the i'udges will be rendered this morning. n the drill of the city lodge offered was$100 and Omah: 12, being the only entr, plum. DISTRICT COURT DOINGS. Many Cases Before the Three Judges —Divorces Asked. TLe case of Iid H. Canon vs Walter S. Tucker and Isanc Adams wus heard be- fore Judge Groff yesterday. It isan action based on the grounds of ma- licious prosccution in the police court of this city. The arguments will be finished this morning and the jury will be sent out. Judge Neville heard the case of T. S. Goodrich ot als, against Isaac Olei- felder & Co., yosterday aftornoon. The arguments were not concluded at ad- journment. Judge Hopewoll is still on the case of John Winderholm against Peter Wigg, Judge Noville appointed Idgar Zas briska receiver for A. P’oluck, whoso failure has been announcod. Three replevin suits were filed in the district court yesterday against the Merchant’s Natioral band, the Bank of Omaha, and the other closing mortgages of A. Polack. A. Laufor & Co. cluims $1,148.68 for bats and Simon & Co., 81,202 tor Leopold Bros. & Co., 84 caps, Loopold, clothing, and 50 for cloth- Astloford filed a suit against a Horse Raflway company for injuries reccived by falling from the plitform of a crowded September 8, 1887, Abbie Amoden is the petitioner in an action for divorce aguinst Heetor A. Amoden. She sets forth that she was married to the defendant July 19, 1868, and that she now has a daughter sixteen y s old, Mrs, Amoden states that during the last five years she has sup- orted herself by keeping a bourding house. She claims that provious to that time hor husband was an engineer on the Union Pacific road, and that he lost his position through intoxication. She further sets forth that he not only is a hard drinker, but he is often brutal. In consequence she sues for an injunction rosteaining him from entering her house, and also fe n absolute divorce. Yesterday aff 1oon Mis, ptsy Sin- del filed & tion for d o from Narkoss of ground adultery. They were murried in 1886 in Boston. Gergoe b Brevitie Yesterday's internal enue collec tions amounted to 812,418.85, The First ward repuublican club will meet at HotTman hall, corner of Thir- teenth and Williams street, this even- ing at 8 o’clock. A negro laborer was robbed of $40 in cash at a saloon noar Dodge and Thir- teenth street on Wednesday night, The party who got his wealth skipped and was scen in Council Blufls yesterday, but was not apprehended. About 5:20 yosterday afternoon the fire companios were called to a fire in ttage on the corner of Saunders and Ohio streets, The family was away at the time and the cause of the fire is un= known. The.damage was very slight. The building permit for St. Mary's convent to be erected on the corner of Castillur and Fifteenth streets, was ise sued yesterday. The building is to be irely of brick, 90x60 ft., and three stories high, besides having a capacious ent and attic. q \ Yk MeT MNP WALLE eI should wear them. | Manufactur guby ve Wolkeos Bt tag 1) Maskel Siese Chikbgm