Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 17, 1887, Page 4

o —— i i { B AT e o THE DAILY BEE. The Omah, dress, O 10} M 85, TRIBUNE BUTLD- INGTON OFFICE, NO: 613 koui U STHEET. CORR ANl communications relating — news and editorial n EDIion oF 1 BUSINESS LETTERS: All buisiness letters and remittances shonld he addressed 1o Tue 1 TABHING COMPANY, OMAHA. Drafts, checks and postofhice orders to be made pryable to the order of the company. The Bee Publishing Company, Propritors. . ROSEWATER, Eprron. -_—— THE DA BEE, Sworn Statement of Circulation, tatoof Nebraska, 1, o Connty of Do (. Geo. 18, Tzschuck, kecretary of The Hee Pub- shing company, does solemnly swear that the wlunrv‘" ulntion of the Daily ftee for the week ending Nov, 11, 157, wax as follow: Katurday, No weee Bunday, Nov. 6. Monday ¥iv Tuesday, Nov. Wednesdny, Nov. 9. Thursday, Nov, 10, Friday, Nov. 11 Averag v should be addressed to the 5 Gro. B. Tzscutcs 8worn toand subscribed in my presence this 12th day of November, A, D, 1887, N, P. FEIL. AT Notary Public Btate of Nebrask - oty of Troulas, {58 Geo, 13, Taschuck, lr-»m‘: first duly sworn, de- oses and says thit he i3 secretary of The Beo Bobiehini compuy, fhat the actial averazo Quily cirenlation of the Daily Hee for the ~ month of November, 18, 1348 ¢ Decembor, 1888, 13,257 coj for 1857, 16,568 coples: for Tunr i for Murch, 187, 1 copless fo te October, 1887, 14,58, GRO. B TZSCHUCK Sworn (o and subscribed in 1y presence tiiis 61l duy of October, A. . 185, N, P. FEIL, 1) Notary Public, Tre Tenth street crossing will for- ever remain a man-trap, ANOTHER night has passed and the cable compuny’sdanger signals wero iu- adequate. S1oux Crry is enjoying her semi- annual advertising boom by the trial of another Haddock murdever. Tr Omaha secures the national repub- lican convention she will have reached the climax of her soaring ambition. WHAT right has any street railway company to muke dangerous excavations on principal strects and leave them so that man or beast may endanger life? COLONEL FRED GRANT has been of- fered a position with the Pullman Palace Car company. It has been truly written that some men have greatness thrust upon them. ese——— THERE is a discussion as to whether Indian summer belongs to the latter part of October or the firstof November. ‘We have the weather. The contestants can have the debate. A BALTIMORE dispatch states that a number of prominent capitalists of that city have agreed to furnish money to ostablish a complete telegraph system in opposition to the Western Union. This is grim irony. —— THE Iowa railroad commission is mak- ing vigorous attempts to toach the rail- way companies of that state the true meaning of the inter-state commerce law. The result to this date has been very satisfactory—to the railroads. THERE have been more stray bombs found in different cities of the United States than all the anarchists on earth could explode. Between the practical joker and the imaginative newspaper reporter, it is to be wondered at that the world has not been blown to atoms. Tur state press, wearing the brass collar of the railroads, is busily engaged in showing why certain candidates placed in nomination by party spoils- men were defeated. The people, how- ever, who offered the fitting rebuke to the tricksters, are well satisfied. ELEVEN women swore in their votes in the interest of the prohibition party in Binghamton, N. Y., on election day. The grand jury is now considering their case. The feminine voters are tearful but defiant. 1t is well to look before a leap is taken in such an important mat- tor as this. — T members of the Lincoln city council recently ejected an attorney in its employ by unceremoniously throw- ing him out into the street. The digni- fied members of that august body were in Omaha yesterday, trying to get an opinion from the supreme court, as to whether or not they were guilty of con- tempt in pitching the lawyer through the transom. The court should at least hold that the action was a breach of etiquette, SECRETARY FAIRCHILD is'said to be laying plans for getting rid of the board of emigrant commissioners at Castlo Garden and replacing them with a one- headed commission. Such an innova- tion would be a great improvement on the present order of things. Notonly is the board subject to frequent d graceful rows among themselves, but poor, though otherwise worthy immi- grants, are too often subjected to gross indignities. — THE police force is too small, and highwaymen are increasing in num- ber. The foot-pad is not now confining his business to the exclusive robbing of pedestrians, but is extending his field, and here of late has ‘“‘gone through" the pockets of occupants of hacks, cabs and street cars. All this gives to Omaha an unsavory reputation. Neither stran- gers nor citizens, as a general rule, seek places where they may bo robbed with neatness and dispateh. The niggardly policy of the city council is the cause of this. With only a half sufficient police {furce the thieves, highwaymen and sand-baggers thrive in Omaha. And they will continue to thrive and in- crease until the starving process of the ity council is abandoned. Unlimited Powers. The excitoment over the anarchists’ execution at Chicago, has, for a time, crowded out of sight the mostimportant decision ever rendered by the Nebraska supreme court. This decree most sweeping definition of the powe of the state, to control and regulate the railway traffic, that has ever emanunted from any court in America. It is in fact more sweeping in its scope than even the most radical anti-monopolist wonld have dared to demand. That the legislature, under the ex- press provisions of our constitution, had the right to fix maximum freight and passenger rates has always been con- ceded, but the power to delegato this authority to any board of commis- sioners, whether made up of state of- ficors or officials #hpointed by them, hus been deemed questionable by tRe ablest legal mindsind most radical advocates of railway regulation. The mandamus case brought by the state board of transportation against the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad, forced the issue squarely as to the powers of the state board of trunsportation to reduce railroad tolls under the law pussed by the last legislature. The supreme court not only sustained the authority of the board, but gipen that body the widest latitude in exer- cising such powers. The supreme court holds that the act not only gives the hoard of transportation general super- vision of all railroads within the state, with power to investigate complains of unjust diserimination against shippers and localities, with incidental power to order a reduction of rates whenever, in tho judgment of the board, they are found to be excessive unjust or unreasonable. But the court goes much farther than that, and de- clares that “the power to dctermine what is an unjust rate and charge, and the extent of the same and to prv unjust discrimination carvies w the power to decide what is a justrate and charge, and authorizes the board to fix just and reasonable rates and charge In other words the supreme court has declared that the state board of transportation, created by the last, legislature, at the behest of the railroad muanagers, vests the stage board of transportation with absolute, autocratic author to estab- lish and fix a maximum freight and vas- senger rate over every railroad within the state of Nebraska. This is a tre- mendous responsibility-to place upon the shoulders of five men. The question now is: Will the board fearlessly and honestly do its duty to the people of the state? Will it give the people the long-sought relief? Not by arbitrary schedules that would be ruinous to the railroads—but by fair reductions that would give Ne- braska farmers and shippers local rates at least as liberal as those voluntarily given by the railroads to their patrons in Kausas, Iowa and Minnesota, If the board does this, it will aggree- ably disappoint the people, as the supreme court has disagreeably sur- prised the political attorneys of the railroads who framed the law, and their cappers in the legislature who passed it with the understanding that the law would remain a dead letter. Trouble Ahead For Carlisle. There appears to be no doubt that Mr. Carlisle will be re-elected speaker of the house of representatives. He will ‘probably have no opposition, since there is manifestly no chancoe for the only man who might be expected, under cumstances that gave any promise of success, to oppose him, Samuel J. Randall. The leader of the protection- ist faction of his party could not be sure of the full support of this contingent in a fight for the speakership, and he of course could not get the republican vote, although most of the vepublic would perhaps prefer him to Carlisl But having gained the speakership without a struggle, it is likely that Mr. Carlisle will find his sub- sequent course hedged about with difliculties that may prove troublesome to himself and embavrassing to the party. 1t is presumed thut in advance of the organization of the house the Randall element will demand some concessions as the price of its support. This is not altogether probable, The only concession it could be expected to ask would be the retention of its leader at the head of the appropriations com- mittee, and this would be implied in its support of Mr. Carlisle, There will be no begging and no bargaining on Mr. Randall’'s part. Such a proceeding would not comport well with the role he is expected to play. 1In supporting the candidate of the party he will expdécet to be recognized as entitled to the position he held in the last two houses, e will expect it as his right, having acted in good faith with tho party in organizing the house, the denial of which would be tantamount, to excluding him from the party coun- cils., There is a large number of demo- cratic representatives who will urgently demand that this be done. Immediately after the adjournment of the Forty- ninth congress a movement was inaugu- rated with the object of creating a senti- ment hostile to the retention of Mr. Randall at the head of tho appropria- tions committee. The democrats who countenanced this movement very vig- orously declared that under no circum- stances would they approve his reten- tion. Some of them may feel differently now, but it is reasonably certain that a strong pressure will be made upon Mr, Carlisle to drop Mr. Randall from his favorite position, This will doubtless be the most embarrassing matter with which the speaker will have to deal. His disposition may be to favor the wish of the opponents of Randall, with whom he is as far out of sympathy asany of them, but considerations affecting the welfare of the party must be carefully The Pennsylvania represen- an weighed. tative is not the sort of a man who be snuffed out. He is in some respects the ablest democrat in congress, and he would not be powerless even if deprived of the chairmanship of one of the most important committees of the house. Theve is no reason to suppose that his following would be less loyal to him it he were not at the head of this commit- teo. Aud throughout the country there l is u very large force of democrats who is the | would view with serious displeasurc any effort to fix upon Mr. Randall the op- probrium that would be implied in superseding him. Such a proceeding might have an important effoct upon the democratio vote next year in sev- eral states which the party is now con- fidently counting on. Another matter which may perples Mr. Carlislo a great deal is the reorgan- ation of the ways and means commit- tee. Precedent requires that the mem- ber who held the second place on the committee in the last house shull bo given the chairmanship in the next house. This would promote Mr. Mills, of Texas, to whom there arestrong grounds of objection. He lacks all the qualifications for successful leadership, and would very likely get the party into more embarrassing positions than ever Mr. Morrison did. The policy of the administration regarding revenue re- form is understood to be one of com- promise, and Mr. Mills represents the most radical element of the reformer: As chairman of the ways and me committee he would probably have either to stultify his convictions or be- come & mere figurchead, and he is not the kind of man who is likely to do one or the other. Mills was pre! ent at one of the Red Top tariff confer- ences, but it has never becn said that his views exerted any influence there. He will undoubtedly insist that prece- dent shall be honored in his case, and being strongly backed by the extreme revenue reformers Mr. Carlisle will not find it easy to disvegard his claim, nor can he do so without displeasing a large number of democrats, The great respect in which Mr., Car- lisle is held by his party asa judicions, careful and safe leader has enabled him to pass through previous embarrassing positions without encountering serious or damaging eriticism. The present civeumstances, however, are somewhat different from any that have hitherto been presented, and whatever he shall do he will very likely not escape a great deal of fault-finding. But he will doubt- less act as he believes to be for the best interests of his party, in which it may be safely assumed be will have the con- currence of the administration. — A Damaging Leader. It is quite evident that the republi- cans of New York owe their defeat in the late election quite 4s much to the fact that Thomas C. Platt was the ac- knowledged leader and manager of the campaign as to any other and perhaps all other causes. Admitting that Colonel Grant was not the most avail- able man that could have been nomi- nated, and that he did not improve his strength by his active participation in the campaign, it is still true that he was rendered weaker by the general fecling that he was simply the creature of Platt. There is shown to have been a considerable increase in the inde- pendent vote of the state, and the only 18 reasonable explanation of this is that it was due to a revolt, of many republicans against the unserupulous political meth- ods of Platt. That self-appointed boss now sceks to throw the responsibility for defeat upon the candidate, and his personal organ shamelessly twite the victim on having run behind his ticket. Such shameless meannessintensifies the bitterness of defeat, but it has shown Colonel Grant the sort of man who has professed to be his friend and should cause all others to shun him. The republicans may as well give up all hope of carrying New York next year if they continue to allow Platt to occupy the place of leader. IHe is cred- ited with cxceptional capacity us an organizer, but even in this he would appear to be very much overrated, while his charac- tor as a politician is such that the party cannot afford to tolerate him as its representative in any capacity. The republicans of New York not only owe it to themselves to drive Platt from the position of leader he has assumed, but to the party ‘generally, for the fact of the republicans of the pivotal state being dominated by such a politician is dam- aging to the whole party, The next presidential election cannot be won by the republicans under leaders of this class, Tur movement for the organization of a board of charities in Omaha will take shape at a meeting to be held in the council chamber next Monday even- ing. The matter is one that should en- list the active sympathy of all persons of philanthropicfeeling and those who understand the necessity there is for a defined policy and systematic effort in all charitable work. Experience hus shown that charity, like everything olse, requires to be subjected to practi- cal regulation, otherwise it is certain to be abused, the worthy objects of its re- gard, who ave slow to make known their wants, suffering while the unworthy get all they ask, and such are never modest in their demands. It is only by organized charity that imposition can be reduced to the minimum and the meritorious objects of benevi lence receive due consideration. There is unquestionably work in Omaha fsr a board of charities. fight has sprung up be- tween the two Lincoln dailies over the Associated press franchise. The Bee is not disposed to meddle in this matter, but thero is really something amusing in the contest in view of the fact that neither the morning daily nor the afternoon sheet of TLancoln has a franchise in the associated press or any of its branches. All that either of them can show up in court isa con- tract with an agent of the associated press that he will keep them supplied with news. A contract, however, is not a franchise by a large majority ing less than membership in one of the incorporated press associations consti- tutes a franchise. — OMAHA'S streets are the boast of every citizen, Compared with other cities they are the finest in the west. Yet thoy could be improved. The horse railway companies should be compelled to place flut stones between their tracks at all cross-walis, ~On Farnam street, for instance, tho city's oross-walks are flat stone from the curb to the railway THE OMAHA DAILY BEE HURSDAY track. Between the tracks arve the sharp and uneven paving stoncs. Ata small expense this one defect could be remedied, They not only add to the beauty of a strect, but are a wonderful convenience 1o the thousands who daily walk upon them. On the asphalt streets the same trouble exists. Flat stone placed between the tracks on cross-walks would give an even surfuce and is of course desir- able. With tlio Building of new stroet railways, the authorities should see that the new companige moot the same re- quirements, while the old companies should be ordered at once to make this long necded improvement. Tuw people of the District of Colum- bia will make an urgent appeal to con- gress for the restoration of municipal governmént as it existed before the present system of governing by a board of commissioners was adopted. The people want to select their own officials, and this desire has been strengthened by the autocratic policy of the present commissioners, who, it is also charged, are corrupt. There is no other commuunity anywhere quite so hard to please in the matter of govern- ment as that of the District of Colum- bia. It has had a variety of systems and has never been long contented with any. The most satisfactory results, however, have been secured under the existing form of government, and it is very probable that congress will decline to make any change, even though in continuing the present system the prin- ciple of local self-government must he sacrificed, WiikN Thanksgiving comes, the labor- ing man of Omaha will have reason to re- joice. With a full heart he can return thanks for the uninterrupted days and weeks of fine weather thus far given him, Wrrit no other sensation of enough magnitude to be called news, Nebrasku City will now commence the trial of a gentleman who is supposed to have been the liberator of Quinn Bohanon. PROMI T PERSONS, CGieorge Gould reads cipher cablegrams to his father every day. : The late George Fordham, the English Jockey, left a fortune of §200,000. Mrs. Victoria Morosini-Schilling-Huls- kamr is now in a convent in Italy. President Cleveland is especially fond of receiving calls from theatrical poople. Mrs. Cleveland has sent §25 to a Conneoti- cut baby named Frances. Indigent parents will take the hint. J. Warren Keiffer' of Ohio, is short, red- faced aud somewhat handicapped by too much adipose tissuc. Ex-Governor £ngli , of Connecticut, is ved men in the cous venty-five as he was at forty. [ Secrotary n‘mm_i says he has his eye on the woman correspondent who periodically sends out reports of his engagoment to Miss Sophié Markoe. Samuel Brannon, once the richest man in San Francisco, is now living in & cheap boarding house in that city with hardly adol- lar in the world. T, Thomas Fortune, a colored man, who ‘won some note as cditor of the New York Treeman, is now a reporter on the New York Evening Sun. Governor Church, of Dakota, is in Wash- ington tourge the admission of his territory as a state. Dakota may be said to believe in Church and state. H. A. P. Carter, the Hawaiian minister at Washington, is very popular, and King Kula- kaua and Queen Kapiolani are well pleased with his diplomatic carcer. Ex-Senator Powell Clayton, of Arkansas, is one of tho picturesque political relics of the past. e has one arm and plays the best game of poker, so his opponents say, in his stato. Colonel Fred Grant took his defeat for sce- retary of state in New York like a man. He made haste to telograph his congratulations 10 his opponent, Mr. Fred Cook, at his home in Rochester. Frank B. Hurte,af Plainfield, N. J., the cldest son of 13ret Harte, had & teaspoonful of laudanum given to him by mistake, The blunder was discovered by the youth himself, and he fainted away with fright. He has re: covered. Senator John J. Tngalls, of Kansas, when in the city, recently, had an ingenious way of putting off the cnergetic interviewers, “Come and sce me this afternoon,’” he would say. It was hard to find the scnator in during the afternoon, but he never 8aid he would be in. overnor Charles Foster, of Ohio, has quit politics and gone into the natural gas Dbusiness, It is said that he plays a splendid game of poker, but is not such an expert as Powell Clayton, ex-Governor Hauser and Senator Vest. He can beat the world at “solitaire." George W. Cable, lately of Louisiana, now of Massachusetts, has developed not only into a great novelist but is accounted one of the best bibical scholars in the east. He has a bible class in Boston, aud it is said receives a largo salary from it, ono rumor placing the amount at $10,000 a year, ‘While Jefferson Davis was the guest of the citizens of Mucon, Ga., thoy presented him with fourteen bottles of brandy, twenty-four and one-half bottles of whisky, three bottles of gin, eleven boxes of cigars, four cases of champagne, and sevénty-scven bottles of other wines, besides hall a gallon of olive oil and one jug of curacoa, — - GoSlow. (Boston Tyanseript.) 1 planted trees at twenty, them time to grow; Aud now good fruit is plenty I pluck from etery row. Enough for you, b Enough for ine, boy There'll always be, boys. 1f we let it have the time to grow. There's neighbor Haley the rich man's son, He could not wait till fall; He ate his apple green, poor chap, And now has none ab all. Ha, ha, my boys,'ho, ho! I tell you I knows 'Tinl fortune's waste when fools make haste | You'd better go it slow, s, I got my wealth by saving; T always worked my way; And T nevor cared a shaving For “luck” in trade or play. I never drank, boys. Nor lived t0o high, bo And that's just why' boy: P'm a hearty old man to day. There's Rapid Ned, who sowed wild oats* (As most young fellows can)— Now tramps, a beggnr on the street, Where once he drove a span, a span. Ha, ha, my boys, ho ho! 1 tell you what I know; 'Tis fortunc's waste when fools make aste; You'd better go it slow. O A Little Word of Prophecy. Baltimore American., Aund just here a little word of propheoy: Governor Hill will not run against Mr. NOVEMBER 17 1887. Cleveland for the next nomination, but an- other man will, and that other mian will bo brought out by the Sun, and his name will be Abram 8. Hewitt, and his present address is City Hall, New York. A Disqualified Dark Horse. Alta California. The future Mra, Senator Hawley has a red head. That settles Joseph. No red headed girl and dark horse go together. Information th Peorta Transeript, Carter Harrison is in Japan. This will give the Japanese some idea of tho power of natural gas in the United States, -~ Japs. Contempt For Law Explained. Washington Critie, The reason some congressmen don't carve much for the law is that thoy know all about its purentage and haven't any respect for it. pritiushl st The Opportunity of a Life Time. Philadelphia Record, The following letter was sent home by a member of the Yale bascball ninc: “Nose broken, which do you prefer, Greek or Romun? Telegraph answer before doctor sets it STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. A number of prominent ladies Hustings have organizcd a hos=pital ciation. . The Omaha road has begun work on its winter bridge over the Missouri viver at Sioux City. The town of Harrison has voted to in- vest #10,000 in a court house and present it to Sioux county. The incandescent system of electric lights recently put in operation in Crete has proved a costly failure. Minden is offered a canning factory and a grist mill if her mmu-_\'ufi men in- vest $5,500 in the stock of both concerns. An insane man jumped from a running train on the B. & M. near Hastings the of $50- other day, and strange to say was not injured The Grand Island Tndependent serves notice on the Union 1 ¢ that there will be no coal famines this winter, while the company’s bin is full, A Louisville masher struck and mangled a ten-year-old girl a fow days ago. The masher had been used in crushing stone but struck for better game. The crities of Hastings denounce the “Tin Soldier” as the rockicst outfit that ever sputtered at the footlights in that town. It is a tin-horn squad of the rankest quality. At the election last weck in Dakota county, G. W. Wilkinson, the republi- can, and Frank Davey, the democratic cand e, tied. In compliance with the law in such cases they pulled straws and the democrat won. In these piping times of peace the militia l'umqtlny of Nebraska City set a good example by letting their arms go to waist last Tuesday. Governor Thayer smiled a fatherly smole as the gallant guards embraced the belles of the occa- sion. The judicial war in the First district is now bordering on the erimsoncd cdge of anarchy. Over the graves of Stull and Humphrey their whilom friends swear to climb the carcass of the ghoul of Nemuha and picree his frame with hobnailed boots. The situation is loaded with iron-heeled harmony. Miss Maria Upson was elected school superintendent of Gage county, and cel- eb d the event like a horrid man, by inviting her friends to take suthin', She turned loose the bakery she cap- tured, and confections flowed liberally at the foast, Three years ago a man named Buck- master attempted to master the contents of Jim McElroy’s saloon in Fremont. It a cold day and Buck froze to the job so successfully that both feet were amputated. A suit for damages fol- lowed, and last week he recovered $2,000, Nebraska’s congressional delegation moving on \\'usI‘ingwn in_sections. Sepator Paddock has already started and Congressman D‘i{ ey is packing his grip preparatory. Senator Manpderson and Congressman McShane will start the latter part of next week. General Van Wyck is now at the capital putting in some licks for his old constituents. Towa ltems. There are 7,997 miles of railroad in the state. The school enrollment of Des Moines shows 6,354 children. Crop reports from forty-six counties show a scarcity of hogs. Armour has commenced dressed beef to Davenport. Prof. W. F. Barnard, of the Drake university, Burlington, died suddenly lust Sunday. The trustees of the agricultural o o lege at Amos want un appropriation fr a ladies’ hall, The "I.»[’lows" are anx- ious to cultivate and amalgamate tho sexes and sciences. A tableau of love and lead was sprung on the rosidents of North 1Iill, Burling- ton, Monday evening. It wgs fringed with romance and closed with a gemi- tragic and somewhat Rloody aspect, The star of the evening was Edward G For nearly a ycar he had hurled his hand and an empty head and pocket- book at the heart of Mary Brown, but his rash pleadings and sclf-destructive threats were met with mild rebukes, smiling indifference and final rejection. Gill’s measure then overflowed with hate and anarchy. Mceting Mary in the company of another umn?w swooped down on them and gave them the con- tents of his revolver. Twoof the deadly missiles picrced the throbbing tender flesh of the young woman, the others eseaped, Ditto Edward. Damages slight. shipping Colorado. Denver's ery for reduced freight rates fell on deaf ex The ore shipment from Fairplay sta- tion for October was 183 tons. Richend elaborate night schools ave in suceessful operation in Denver. The Santa Fe extension is rushing for the capital at the rate of two miles a The government has commenced suit in the United States court against Charles D. Chase, of New York, and General E. B. Sopris, of Trinidad, to recover landsin Las Animas county, alleged to have been taken fraudulently from the government. A big strike of natural gns was made in well No. 7 of the Florence Oil Refin- ing company, in Fremont county, re- The drill wasat a depth of over 1,900 feet, when oil and gas came up with a rush, drenching the derrick to the top, seventy-two feet, It instantly took fire and burned up the entire drill- ing plant and finally choked up the drill hole, It is not yet known whether the supply of gas will be permanent or not. - A New Corporation, The Western Printing company filed ar- ticles of incorportion yesterday in the oftice of the county clerk. The oftice and es- tablishment is to be located in this city and the business is that of printing, publishing, lithe hing and stamping. The capital nu-‘omréll,lfl).‘dn’ldml hri slmre:, 1'l||-) in- corporators are Alblon M. Dyer, O, Wood, L. D. Holmes, A. , Lamar, C. W. Scharff und W. H. Dyer. The corporation is to continue twenty-three years. A CHARMING MUSICALE, That Given By Miss Stevens' Instrne mental Class Last Evening. The audience in attendance at the musicale fiven by Miss Neally Stevens' instrumental class in Meyer's hall lust evening was a very handsome o1®, very critical and very a3 clative, The ladies were radiant and lovely in elegant toilettes and the gentlemen haud- #ome in full dross, The hall was redolent with the delicate fragrance ofa profusion of cut flowers, while the Messrs, Meyer were affable und attentive to the wanis of the guests, The programme, & most delightful one, was artistically rendered throughout, and certainly reflec 8 exceoding crediv upon Miss Stevens as o finished and efficient in' structross, The charming entertainment opened with an entrancing piano quartette, “L' Invitation 8 la Valse C. M. Von Weber, by Mrs, Hitchcock, Mrs. Henshaw, and ) tin and Koeder. The performi tinguished for accuracy, security and puri The sccond number was a piano s “Toccata and Fugue,” Bach-Tans bautiful thing, and uisitely rendere Irs. M. Hitchcock. It is an intricate composition, but mastered with remarkable ease by tho lady, and the mellifinous tones, seltom beard from the piano, vibrate through tho ball to the delight of 'an admir- ing audicuce, ‘It was followed by a solo from Mr. B, B. Young, “Absent, ¥ V. White, tlomua's Present,” by Maud It was ‘admirably sung, the gen- full baritone voice being heard at He responded to o hearty encore. e accompanied her husband with effect, The third number was a selection embra i -Bach, etude, op. 25, No. 2—Chopin ise, No. 2 Liszt, rformer . A. N. Henshaw., he first two were nents igdescribubly soft and sweet, Sull of delicate little runs and melodious tremulousness. They were executed with delicacy and feeling, but the Polo , full of fire and dash, was given with a u uline broadth, an_indifference to technical dificul ties and au exquisite roundnesss of toue that were masterly. A brief, chatty intermission occeurred h after which the fifth number, & select Gavotte-Bach-St. Laens; prolude, No. Chopin; Les deux Alonette This was a most enel Miss Clara Roeder, who disp: velous tecknique and that esprit and er iasm which belong to genius, Mr. Young followed with another solo, Schubert's *Wanderer,” again responding to a rapturous applause seventh number w: ond solo i Mrs. Hitcheoek, incompar rautelle, Venezia e Na poli.’” oful, finished pe awoke responsive chords everywh ing a magic spell impossible to resis Hitcheock's style and touch are very similar to that of the celebrated Julia Rive-King. Miss Claire Rustin closed the entert ment with & piano solo from Chopin, the “Romance and Rondo,” concerto E - minor, which was played with a brillance and vige d by any of the previous fair pe Her rendering of the concerto, al- formers. though played with a splendor that was cap- tivating, exhibited all the delicacy of touch ana deficious mellowness of a great artiste, The heartiost applanse and _encores fol- lowed every feature of the performance, and it is risking nothing in saying that a mo classic und _enjoyuble musicale has ne been given in Omaha, Miss Neally St i to be conzratulated. Among the prominent guests were Sen and Mrs. Manderson, Mr. and Mrs. Popple- ton, Mr. and Mr ¢ Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Heinrichs, Dr. and Mrs. Denise, Dr. and Mrs. Luddington, Mr. and Mrs. Max Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Moyer, Mrs, and Miss Collins, Mr. and_Mrs. Harbaugh, Mr. Thomas Pennell, Mr. 8. P. Reed, Mr. Brigham, Mrs. and Miss Knight, Miss Shears, V. J. Broatch and wife, Mrs. € Rustin, Mr. und Mrs. George W, Ames, Mrs. Wes: sels, the faculty of Brownell hall, Mr. and Mrs. Clem, Chase, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Hitcheock, Mrs. Rocder and daughter, Mr. und Mrs. Sol Siegel, Mrs. Edward Rosewater and daughter, Miss Rosa Tisher, of New York, Mrs. George A, Hoagland and daugh- ter, and hundreds of others. N R. 8. Hall, Mrs. George Patterson and A E Popploton and ‘Miss Neally $tovens acted as a reception committee, per- forming the oftices with pleasing grace. - - TALL 1 or ¥ JURED, A Stranger Killed By the Cars Near Millard. About 6 o'clock last evening an unknown man wus killed by engine No. 5. about three miles beyond Millard station. The stranger was on the bridge at the time, and did uot no- tice the approach of the train. He was struck by the engine and knocked a distance of thirty feet, breaking his right arm below the clbow, his right thigh bone, and two or three ribs. The train was stopped, and the unfor- {unate man was picked up and placed on bourd, to briug him to Omaha for medical at tendance. However he did not regain con sciousuess, and_in about five minutes after the train started he was dead. At 9:45 the body was brought to Omaha and turned over to tho coroner. There were no lettors or other clow to his identity on the person of the deceased. He was a man of about forty-five with a read beard and the general appear- ance of & Scandinavian. He was about five feet throe inches high, with a powerful chest and muscular He wore a slouch hat, brown knit nd dark overcoat, Other- W ¢ was dressed in - soldier clothes, even to lils socks and undergarments. On his per- son was found a silver watch and apocket- ook containing sixty cents, An inquest will be held this morning. KILLING GLA\.\'DI"I! ED HORSES. The State Live Stock Commission on the War Path, Last night Dr. Gerth, state veterinarian, and Major Birney, member of the state live stock commission, returned from I'remont where they had been on official business. The major was seen by o Bir reporter, and stated that o great number of horses through- ont the state are aficted with glanders and that it kecps the commission very busy to keep pace with the number of complaints that are being continually filed at the offi of the commission at Lincoln, Glanders is an infeatious discase, and once it takes root i @ community it spreads with the spread of a prairie fire among the equine population. Moreover it is incurable, aud once it takos hold of u horse he has to bo killed, Up to date the number of complaiuts of the exist- coce of the discase in various parts of the State is nearly one hundred in advance of the Commission, © who wre doing @l in their _ power to with the demands = and minate the malady. Since last April ¢ commission hias killed 254 horsos, and the owners in most iustances have been reimbursed by the state. Tpon their visit to Fromont yesterday Dr., Gerth and the major had Chief of Police Towunsley kill four horses. The killing is dono as humancly as possible and yester- day's four victim's were dispatched with bullets of thirty-cight calibre from a Smith & Wesson vifle, Fears are expressed at Fre- many more horses in that city and the swrrounding country ure afilicted, and tho on proposes to make as thorough an tion as their much sought after scr- v ill permit. Maujor ]|I|rn s of the opinion that there Is but very little glanders among the horscs of Owmaha'or Douglas county, if there be any. The commission ha ude it a point to ch thickly populated see closely and licate a case as 5000 as rej jority of the 234 horses killed hav Omaba and thickly populuted sections. dge Canard Exposed. \ing puper of Tues- day, says that the wagon road on the new Union Pacific bridge is unsafe for travel, in- asmuch as there is dunger of the hubs on the s striking against the iron posts of the rails on cither side. Figures are quoted to prove the statement, but as old Babbidge in the “*Banker's Daughter” said, “figures are the greatest liars in the World.” ‘As a matter of fact, such a collision would be an utter impossibility, The actual width of the road bed is a trifie over six feet el ions inchos, on each side 1s & joist eight incl wide and six floor s nches high bolted to the asa guide Lo preveut the ed by the author of the above giufement. This makes the entire width of ad-bed cight feet, three inches, T was & wagon built whose extreme width was oight feet. Even if the guide on either side of the roud wuy was struck by @ Wheel it would be impossible for the bub to and s strike. The bridge is one of the most mag- pificent stiucturcs in the country, and was Built under the supervision of the most emi- nent enpinoers known, 1t does not stand to roason that such a simple though disastrous wistake could be made. The “Little Nugge combination last night closed the most successful comedy en- gagement yet played at the Grand, every ono of the members being entitled to a part of the crodit for the success of the piece. All of the company were strangers liere, but they have made many admirers, Miss Josie Sisson has proved herself a very entertaining and pains- taking soubrette, while the comedy work of Mossrs, Sisson, H. 8. and Joe Cawthorn has been very successful At the People’s “The Irish Lawyer' was repeated last night with continued satisfac- tion, The President as G On the day of President to Omaha a boy was born to Moritz Stege- man and wife, of this city. Mr. Stegeman, who had at all times been an ardent admirer of the president, wrote to his excellency re- questing the privilege of bestowing on the little ono the name of Grover Cleveland add- ing that he folt cortain that with this name his boy would grow up to be o good and use ful man. The deep interest manifested in the future of his boy and the apparent hopes Mr. Stegeman had of watching his child grow o honored manhood, makes the subse- quent events especially sad. Wit weeks after the mailing of this lette president, M. Stegoman, who for some held o ' position as constable, was cidentally shot and killed ' on Six- teenth street in this ¢ The ¥ of the prosident, addressed to Mr. Stegeman, was re ved two days after his death by the widow and reads as follows EXrCUNvE MANSI0N, WASIINGTOY, Oct, 30 —Mr. Moritz Stegeman, Omaha, Neb.— My Dear Sir: 1am in receipt of your recent note informing me of your purpose to give my name to your infant son, born on the day ot my visit to Omuaha, and I beg to express my appreciation of the compliment you propose me. It also affords me pleasure to ac sce in your desire that I should bo repre- in the oftic the bap yours, i CLEVELAND, Tn accordance with the above, on Sunday Grover Cleveland Stegeman was' baph the Center Strect M church in this city, the president of the United States oficiating as god-father by his proxy, Mr. Charles Kume mbrer, of this city. A Workman Badly Hans Licsner, a hod ¢ building on the corner of Eleventh and How- ard strets, narrowly escaped being killed yesterday, and as it is the wound he roceived is a very dangerous one. A laborer on tho third story accidentally let fallhis iron wheel- barrow, and in descending it struck Licsnor on the head, as Lie stood on the ground pre- paratory to ascending a ladder, knocking him senscless, He was carried into Parr's dru store, und while on tho way there recovered ousness, but it is foared that his skull tured. The injured man was taken to home near the corner of Eighth and Leav- caworth stroots. red. arrier on the Mercer The 01d Lady Correct. Bridget McQuire appeared at the police court Tuesday and solicited the aid of the authorities in finding her fifteen-ycar-old daughter, Nora. She said that Nora was ab- sout from her lome tho greater portion of the time, that she claimed to be “working out” at § a week,and always seemed to have plenty of money. ' She suspected hor daugh- ter of following crooked puths, and was anxious to have her looked up. A little po- lice investigation substantiated the old lady's suspicions. Nora was found in the nogro slums in the alley near I'welfth and Dodge streets, at a late hour and taken to the station house. She was given ten days over the bill. and now her mother comes to the front and demands her release upon tho grounds that she is under uge. But Nora will doubtless “‘do" her ten days. Putting in the Pulleys. Yesterday morniug the Cablo Tramway company set a force of men at work putting in place beneath their tracks the pulloys upon swhich the cable is to run beneath the plate, These pulleys are pluced at intervals of thirty feet, ono being beneath each man-hole, Tho workmen fasten two iron cletes, one on either side of the conoreto tunnel under tho “man- hole,” and in the middlo of cach of theso a bearing is fastened, iu which the axel of the pulloy rests, The latter is grooved about the bizo of tho cablo und woighs sixty-four pounds, Nearly fifty of theso wore put in place on Harney street yosterday. L. P. Pruyn's Case. L. P. Pruyn is making efforts to securc all his creditors, and yesterday morn- ing made the following ussignments and mortgagos: Omaha National bank, mort- guge on stock §9,000; J. K. Markel, mort- gage on stock $3,750; H. H. Lucben, horso und bugzy $160; J. H.' Parrotte, real estato mortgage $1,000; G. C. Hobbo, real cstato mortgage, auiount not given, The general foeling with regard to Mr. Pruyn is that his embarrassment will be only temporary. It is now stated that he is no longer connected with tho Omaha slcigh and buggy compuny. Collections, vewue collections Internal Reven Yesterday's internal amounted to §14,521.45. Tts supertor excollence pro homes for more than s Guart is used Tnited It a- raitiog, ul. , IPure Most mly Baking Powder th wonta, Line or Alum Sold only in dAKING POWDER Co.0 St Louls, Cag0, Proprietor Omaha Business College, IN WHICH I8 TAUGHT Book - Keeping, Penmanship, Commercial Law, Shorthand, Telegraphing and Typewriting. Send for College Journals 8. E. Cor. 16th and Cavital Ave. _!F""“" the Omahs Heo. four New Novels for 15 Cents, 4 NEW NOVELS - 4 All complete in the DECENBER NUMBER of the FAMILY LIBRARY MON LY. Only 16 Cents. Of all newsdealers, or THE INTERNATIONAL NEWS CO., Now York,