Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 9, 1887, Page 2

NATIONAL BANK CIRCULATION ‘Wilkins, of Ohio, Discusses Proposed Mothods of Securing It. THE COMPTROLLER ENDORSED. A Synopsis of Secretary Whitney's Report—Doorkeeper Hunt's Re- venge—The Republican League Reception-=-Capital News. —— Natipnal Bank Circunlation, Wasiixato, Dee. 8.—(Special Telegram to the B —Next to tariff reform and the reduction of the surplus, a new plan for sc- curing the circulation for national banks is the important topic, not only before congress but the country. This afterncon the Bre correspondent asked Mr. Wilkins, of Ohio, who has long served on the house committee ‘on banking and the currency, and who is likely to be its chairman in this congress, what he thought would be done for the national banks at. this session. He said: “I believe that a bill similar to the one proposed by the comptroller of the currency a few days ago will be passed. In the last congress I offered a bill providing that banks should not be required o deposit more than 10 per cent. of the capital stock to secure cir- culation. The comptroller of the curren makes the minimum still lower, which T think very wise. The maximum for banks of the largest capitul he placed at 50,000, Under the bill that 1 proposed a bank with $1,000,000 capital would be required to de- Pposit $100,000 to secure circulation; a bank with a circulation of #,000,000 or £5,000,000 would have to deposit from #00,00 to £500,000 to secure circulation, while the banks with $100,000, £200,000 or £300,000 cap- ital would have to pay #20,000 to &30,00. to secure circulation. Under the proposition of the comptroller of the currency, a bank with £4,000,000 or #5,000,000 capital would have to deposit but §0,000 to secure circula- and those of the smaller capital as [ , would not_have to pay more than one-half or one-th my bill. There are sufi bonds to accommodate the bauks for twenty years to come but they are at such high pre- mium that it is a loss for a bank to take out its circulation and ild not authori banks unless they did make a de Posit with the treasurer to secure a cireula- tion as that alone gives the government @under the constitution, supervision of the banking system, The only thing woe need is avery low minimum of deposit for circula- tion 80 as to reduce, to the lowest possibie figure, the loss in the purchase of bonds. There is no doubt that new national banks are wise in purchasing the 4 per eent bonds fora circulation security as they run over three years, are at the lowest premium and maturity is sufficiently distant to give rea- sonable security for relief from congress. The suggestion made by some, of a low in- terest and to run a loug period and to be especially adapted to the securing of cirenly tion by national banks, wholly imp - ble as there is no provocation for their issune and no object in their sale as the government does not need money.” The Navy Department. WasniNatoy, Dec. 8. i to the Ber.]- ptary will be sent to congress Friday. The sce tary says that with the exception of two cases the department practically aban- doned the idea of unprotected torpedo boats, but he recommends continuation of experi- ments in submarine boats. Whitney is op- posed to any further appropriation of money for work on single-turreted monitors, He recommends that due attention be given to the subject of pneumatic guns and pneu- matic gun carriages. On the subjects of naval rescrve and coast defense he says: T ask for this question the earnest considera- tion of congress. Without ship: d trained seamun there can be no naval res sceretary recommends the 176 ne 5. Bdidlany all difident about showing up the of the Roach regime in days gone by, [Press.|—The secretary says that during the past year many of the difficulties stand- ing 1 the way of the creation of a creditable new navy have been removed, and if it is the will of the country that we should be pos sossed of o navy able to maintain when re- quired, the honor and diguity of the govern- ment, it. can_now be readily created. The difculties were a lack of manufacturers of steel forging for heavy guns; of armor for iron-clad vessels and rapid firing guns. All these munufactories are now in procoss of construction under contracts with the depart- ment. Tne plant at Bethlehem, Pa., for ~‘the production of armor and steel is to be second to none in the world, The Hotchkiss gun company has establishe a manufac here and “has found 1t can manufacture secondary batteries for ships cheaper here than at home. All the unarmored vessels authorized by congress are completed or in course of construction. Of the two armored vesscls one is now being built in England. The completion of the'double-tur- roted monitors will be delayed until the Bethelhem plant can furnish the armor. Of the coast and harbor defense for which congress appropriated #2,000,000, little has been done. The department is not disposed 10 go into the construction of unprotected tor- pedo boats beyond the” two for which bids have been received. But the weapon of the torpedo boat is the most destructive koown and the department hopes to find some effec- tive way to use it. The sub-marine torpedo boat is believed to be the cowing solution of the problem. The pneumatic d; is receiving attention, and furthe o be made soon. ‘The secretary does not believe in repairing the single-turcted monitors for coast defense. They are entirely obsolete and it could be little less than murder to send rien in them to encounter the recently builf iron clads. The suggestion of the r pair of these vessels is only as a tempo expedient, but this is a theory upon which £50,000,000 or 75,000,000 have been spent since the war. is is the time to stop it, and to be content only with the best. The report on th er of the Tennessee, which was sold this year, shows that she cost the government from the time of construc- tion §3,500,000 and did about ten years' act- ual service outside of repair shops and navy yards. On the naval reserve the report says: The department has informed itself fully” of the different systems of organizations for naval reserve aud coast defense in foreign coun- tries, and is prepared to formulate a general plan for a similar organization to meet the re- quircments and conditions of our own institu tions. It contemplates the employment and rupid navigation of steamers enrolled on the auxilliary list and caleulated to produ best results on comparatively small national expenditare, he rest of the report is devoted to a de- tailed description of the condition and situa- tion of vessels belonging to the navy, to the receipts and expenditures of the department (balance of #164,502 on haud December 1); to estimates and’ appropriations for next year (over 82,000,000 less than the current year); to developuients in the naval vessels through: out the world and various burcau reports. Telogram Whitney's report rotteuness attests are ry Nebraska and lowa Pensions. Wasiivgrox, Dec. S.—[Special Telegram to the Bes.|—A pension has been granted to Boutic, widow of Alfred Berg, of Hastings, Neb, Pensions were granted the following Townns: Mary E., widow of Thomas J. Keokuk; minors of George W. . Mexican war--William Wil- n, Clielsea: B, S. Shang, Eldon. Orig. Tron Knudson, N John Cone, u; Thomas J. Stewart, deceased, Keo vy, Boonesboro, Ineréase— Henry' Everhurdt, Russoll: J. G. Reidor, %'I-n'a\ itown; James Pennington, Mount niow, Proposed House Rule Amendment. Wasnisarow, Dee. 8. — Representative Springer te day offered a resolution amenda- tory to the house rules, providing for the #oolition of the committoes on Pacitie ruil- rouds, invalid pensions, mileage, militia and improvement of tho Misshsippi river, and the Lrunsier of their functions to other commit. tecs. Provision is also wmade for & general increase of the membership of the remaining committees, and the rederangement of their duties, to some extent, — The Wool Growers. Wasnvaros, Dee. 8.—The wool growers and dealers in conference here, to-day adopted a series of resolutions declaring un- just the present classification of wool by the railronds of the country and directing that they be-urgently requested to place wool in their new classification on a basis that would at least Ye equal to presept classifications The conference also passed a resolution de claring that recent events haye demonstrate the necessity for a central organization at Washington or eisewhere and requesting all wool growers and officers of wool growing associations in the United States to imme- diately send their addresses to Albert Chap- wan, at Middleburg, Vt. Proceedings in Congress. WasHINGTON, Dec. 8.—After the reading of the journal and presentation of a few depart- ment communieations, the senate, on motion of Mr. Farwell, adjourned until Monduy. The speaker laid before the house the an- nual reportsof the secretary of the treasury and attorney general and clerk of the house. The committee on mileage was anmounced as follows: Rogers, Arkansas: Belden, New York: Howard. Indiana; Burnett, Massa- chusetts, and Foeton, California. A number of resolutions providing for the amendment of the rules of the house were offered and ro- ferred. The house then adjourned until Monda Getting Even With Blount. WaAsHINGTON, Dec. 8.—[Special Telegram to the Ber.]—Mr. Hurt, doorkeeper of the house of representatives, has gotten even with Mr. Blount, from Georgia, who defended Donelson in the caucus to the extent of a per- sonal encounter. It will be remembered that Breckenridge, of Arkansas, who got into a fight with Blount, was the exponent of Hurt and Blount_opposed Hurt. The first offieial act of Doorkeeper Hurt has been the removal of A. W. Gibson, a protege of Blount. Gib- son was superintendent of the document room and received £2,000 o year, To Make Room For Tariff Talk. WasniNgroy, Dec. 8.—[Special Telegram to the Ber.]—An effort will be made to amend the rules of the housc 8o as to get all appropriation bills out of the way before April 20. This will allow twoor three months for discussion of the tariff which is to be also on tap during the propagation of appropri tions. Postal Changes. WasHINGTON, Dec. 8.—[Special Telogram to the Bee.]—The following Nebraska post- masters were appointed to-day: Thomas P, Mullen, Black Bird, Holt county, vice Fd- ward H. Norton, resigned; Robert’ A. Myer, Palisade, Hitchcock county, vice George N Spear, resigned. The postoffice at Arthur, Knox county, was discontinued. - PERILS OF THE FAMILY. Vital Social Topics Discussed’ By the Evangelical Alliance. WasniNGToN, Dee. S.—Justice Harlan, of the supreme court, presided at this morning's meeting of the Evangelical alliance. The Rev. S. W. Dike, of Auburndale, Mass., read a paper on “Perils to the Family.” “The American family,” he said, “is not strong cnough for the strain upon it from our sociai condition. As usocial production our failurcs with the family ave dangerously numerous. In some states 10 or 12 pe ‘ent. of the fam- ilies formed annually suffer dissolution in the courts. Unchastity corrupts meny familic and criminal practices render others unfruit- ful, leaving the lower classes to replenish the population. Probubly all these evils are on rease. Divorces certainly ure. No christian_country takes greater risks from loose marriage and divorce laws than the United States. The family is the germ of all other social institutions and weakness here is most. dangerous. Colonel Green, of Hartford, Conn., read a paper on the social vice. The speakor named among the more dangerous ans un- noticed agencies for promoting social vice, the publie school with it inevitable mingling of the ;i and impure and where _evii in fluences are rife; impure sovels and sensa- tional, & scandz! monging pi which is a elosewiiy of impuré fiction. The eyes of journalism are turned into every corner. Alas, that its wonderful acumen is 50 largely employed to discover that which is poisonous Art, in painting, sculpture and musi which often disseminates impure suggestions is the most dangerous way of all. The saloon is unother exceedingly fruitful secd bed for gorms of impurity. We must make an ug- gressive as well us defensive, warf President John Eaton, of Ma ., late United States commissioner aspaper on “Illiters in the ich he said that illit is hos- tile to man's_welfare, hinders industry and prosperity, pbstruets virtue, and imperils by n must aid in the work of fent Angell, of Michiguu presided at the aftérnoon d President James Me( D., of Princeton college, Who read a paper on'the “Church | tion to Capital and the lege, o1 edu A C universit, and intr | HARPER AND MISS HOLMES. Cipher Messages of Love and Ras- cality Pass Botween Them. THE WHOLE PLOT DiSCOVERED. Young Hopkins Investigates Their Private Mail and Has It Pab. lished—Harper Has Nothing Much to Say. The Fidelity Frand. Cryerssaty, Dee, 8--The Enquirer t! morning prints a fac-simile of the cipher let- fers, which it says, was furnished by Charles Hopkins, son of Assistant Cashier Hopkins. They purport to be letters sent by Harper to Miss Josie Holmes, his former exchange clerk. Itis explained that after the failure Harper professed the warmest friendship for Assistant Cashier Hopkins, and promised to do everything he could to shield him. Young Hopkins was correspondingly kind to Harper, and became his messenger to carry letters to and from Miss Holmes, While in this office he began to suspect that Harper was arranging to shirk upon Hop- kins the responsibility of all' transactions ith the grain brokers, and_ yoting Hopkins, to rluw' arper in his power, - conceived the bold design of concealing the letters and de- livering verbal messages only. This worked until Miss Holmes visited the jail. Harper was furious upon learning the treachery of his messenger. The letters were in cipher, which were eusily read. Harper also sent three checks to Miss Holmes which Hopkins suppressed and turned over to District Attorney Burnet, 0,000 and it is presumed they were intended to cover up some of the crooked transactions of his bunk. The let- ters of Harper to Miss Holmes are as ardent as those of any lover could be. In the first one he instructed her about what she should in her testimony. She answered, saying would be as evasive as she could, but feared she could not testify as he wanted her to. ‘When the court convened in the Harper case this morning District Attorney Bunett made a personal Statement, saying that he espectally desired to be und ood that there was no ground whatever for involving coun- sel now representing the defense in any such statement or insinuation at that published in Commerciai-Gazette, this morning, under e Mackson thought it was due to the council for the defense to say that so far as the the court could j conduct had been all that honorable g men could demand. Judge Sage said he h wished to « nent in the publication which ascribed to him previous knowledge of the attempted bribery. He said he had no in- formation on the subject whatever The prosccution made no reference at all to the publi ion of cipher letters between Mr. Harper and Miss Holmes, Hayes finished his testimony, and with it the government rested its case. The defense called Eckert for the purpose of finishing its cross-examination. dward M. Watson, attorney, sent from Washington to assist District Attorney Bur- nett in the Harper trial, died suddenly last evening from rupture of a blood vessel. After finishing th -exumination of Eckert, the defense ¢ examined Hayes very briefly. The court then adjourned nntil to-morrow mornine, when it is expected Har- per will be placed on the stand and that no other witnesses will be called. Mr. Harper was seen at the fail by o porter and was 1 what he had to say about the publication of his letters to Miss Holmes, Harper said: “You can say that Ct Hopkins did not publish oth would ha rnefited me us much it wou his father, and that he did not publish ax thing about £10 1 gave him for ber. Now will you excuse me,” and he finished his toilet and went up stairs where his wife and his sister were in waiting to tuke him to the cowt room. In the court roc #7178 his iention & showed of trouble. His how- statue, as though oblivious to ngs. There is no doubt of the anthenticity of the letters, and they place 1 a tri light the relations between the ex banker and his fair clerk, PRESIDENT M'KEEN NJOINED. An Important Suit Growing Out of One of Ives' Deals, IxpiaNaronss, Dec. S, he Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad has brought suit against W. R. McKeen, president of the Terre Haute & Indianapolis railway, for an injunction and accounting growing out of the over, sat like her sur: Vandalia deal. A temporary injunction was issued restraining him from disposing of 11,000 shares of Perre Huute & Indianapolis ic pledgzed as sceurity for the payment of. for =669.000 given by Ives last June. will be heard on the 2ith inst. for a permanent injunction, when the Cincinnati, i ask the court eithe; compel Mekeen to give up stock and a t 226,000, which it claims s rightfully o return the £850,000 paid by Ives for Labor Question.” ‘A’ general discussion on the subject followed. “The evening session was attended by Mrs. Cleveland. The Rev. Dr. King, of New York tian Resources of Our Countr Hawley also made a short address. ik el Business Troubles. LovisviLLE, Dec. 8.—Amos McCampbell & brokers and dealers in margins, failed Members of the firm say they have been on the wrong side of the m some time and could not. stand the Branches in St. Paul, Minncapols, leans, Mobite and - Montzomery ed, The enti; linbilities are )00, with no assets. Sievek Ciry, N. M., Dec. 8.—Great exq ment has been caused by the failure of Mere dith & Alman, baukers, who this morning assigned to George D. Goldman, cashier ot the Silver City National bank. Meredith is county treasurer and makes the county a preferred creditor to about #20,000. About 8 per cent of the Silver City National bauk was owned by the firm, which has been weak since the assignment of Donnell, Lawson & Co., of Ne: Waco, Tex., Dec, S.—Isaac Lewis, dry J0ds, was uttached to-day by New York and Texus_creditors, The attachments aggre- gate #50,000, No settlement bas yet been wade. Chris- Senator b To Succeed Riddleberger. Ricnwmoxn, Va,, Dec. 8.—A caucus of the demecratic members of the assembly to-night nominated, by acclamation, John S. Barbour to succeed Senator Riddleberger, whose term will expire March 4, 1559, The republicans also held a caucus to-night, but made no_nominations for senator. It is understood that General Mahone will be complimented with the nomination for sen- ator and that Riddleberger will get some votes in the caucu ot To Fund Mexic CiTy oF MEXICO (via Galveston A bill was introduced in congyess this even- ing to permit the governmént to contract a loan of £10,000,000. It is believed that this is the begiuning of the development of a scheme to fund the existing national debt in such & manner as will reduce the burden of the government. - The Union Veteran Legion. Prrrssune, Dee. $.~The national commit- teeof the Union Veteran legion to-day de- cided to hold the next national weeting in Youngstown, O., February 22, 1885, s Train appears in big type at the head of the Weekly Record, published at Sussex, N. B., as an as- sociate edit The editor of the paper speaks cheeringly of the important adjunct to his staff, und agrees to give up a whole page to Mr. Train’s logie, poetry, prose_and views on genera! affairs in general. The citizen promises to boom Owaha, and s 4 mark of appreciation her citizens are vapidly sub- scribing for the paper, which is furnished at one dollur a year. Yesterday Mr. George P. Bethis sent the numes of fifty subscribers, uo- companied by a check for ®4), tc Mr. Train, who scems contented in his uew home, the company in June Iz A PION Death of a Well Known Missouri Cit- izen at Savannah, St. Josern, Mo, Dec. pecial Telo- gram to the Ber.]—Mr. William A. Pri for fifty years a resident of Savanuah and Rew county, died this morning about 20'clock. In his death norik:west Missouri loses one of its earliest and best known citizens. He was born in Duchess county, New Yorlk, Septc ber 20, 1514, and was the son of a Presbyter- ian minister who was pastor of the same church in that county for forty years. He was married when twenty years of age and rossed the Alleghany mountains by stage in making his way'to the Platte purchase. following year he located an th t site of Savannab. From the tim of his location he was recognized as one of the most prominent men in that sec- tion of the country, possessing what few carly days, & moderate Teu years later, when the village of Savanuah began to take form he went into business. He was @ member of the first grand jury called together in the Platte pur- chase and was the first rgpointe®@-ollector of internal revenue for the Sixth district, by President Lincoln. He leaves a wife and seven children, two of them resi Yo in this ity, Mrs. B. M. Potter and Mrs, A. N. Schuster, wife of Colonel A. N. Schuster, wholesale clothier of this city. Other Deaths. Pirrsnune, Dee. S.—Archbishop Boniface Willmer, O. §. B., founder of the Benedict- ine order in the Umited States, died at St. Vincent's abbey, Westmoreland , county, this morning, after a lingering iliness. DUsrQUe, la., Dec. 8.—Hon. N. C. Deering, of Osage. Ia., an ex-congressman and ex- national bank examiner, died this noon. ——— EIGHT RATES REDUCED. An Average Cut of 25 Per Cent Be- tween Chicago and the Mssouri. Cnicaco, Dee. 8.—The general managers of lines between Chicago and tho Missouri river to-day adopted the report of the genaral freight agents arranging a reduction of freight rates in Ilinois, lowa and Missouri, and of through rates from Chicago to the Missouri river. The reductions are on all classes of freight and will average. fuily 25 er cont below the present tariffs in force. pThenew rates go into effect January 1 if the abash can be persuaded to postpone action until thai time, if not, then pu December 20, S eather Indications, For Nebraska: ler, generally fair weather, light to fresh, riable winds be- coming fresh to brisk northerly. For lowa: Warmer, fair weather, light to fresh varable winds becoming northwest- orly, followed by falling temperature on Saturday. - For Dakota: Colder, fair weather, light to fresh northerly winds. The Missouri Pacitic's Dividend. New Youk, Dec. 8.—The directors of the Missouri Pacific to-day decided the regular dividend of 13 per ceut, RAINSBARGER CONVIOTED. [ iy The Outlaw Found Guilty of Murder In the Fitst Degree. MARSHALLTOWY, m“, Dec.—The jury in the Nathan Rainsbargét murder trial reached a verdict at midnight.s Judge Miracle was summoned, and the defendaut was produced in the court room. "The verdict proved to be the same as befora~glilty of murder in the first degree, audy the penalty fixed at life imprisonmend. The only question with the jury Was as to corpus de-lieti, the vote stinding 4 to 8 for acciden- tal death. ()nmvfi al question of Guitt, three yoted for acqifittal, but say they did so only in a conscienti m#’ effort to draw out the full opinion of the jrf" The motion for u new trial will be made tHis afternoon and denied, aud sentence pronounted.” - Supreme Court Declsions. Des Moixes, Ia, Dee. S.—[Special Tele- gram to the Beg.)—The supreme ¢ dered the following decisions her E. R. Swan, appellant, va H. B. Whaley e al., Butler circuit; afirmed. W. Corse McArthur, administrator, vs the Home Life Insurance association, appellant, Des Moines cirenit court : afirmed. Charles L' Walker, administrator, cte., vs Russell & Bro., appellauts, Guthrie district, affirmed. Emly S. Baker et al,, appellants, vs Jumes Crabb et al., Marion circuit, affirmed. e ound Guilty of Murder. ToLepo, Ia., Dec. 8.—William Burnham was found guilty yesterday of murder in the first degree. He has been on trial for the last week for shooting John Brown at Gladbrook in October last in a quarrel growing out of the conviction of Burnham on Brown's testi- mony for selling liquors, The jury was out wo hours and returned a verdict lock this afternoon. Burnham will be sentenced to the penitentiary for life. pust- o iy Towa Horticul Davesront, T gram to the Brr.]—At to-day’s se Towa Horticulturist soc by W. H. Holmes on the tures" b; on al Tele- on of the ¢ papers were read Jses of Horticul- A. G. Williams, of Chester Center, by Miss W. A. Dickenson, of Grinnell, on “Fruit Canning:" by Thomas Granville, of this city, on *Mush- m Culture;” by Dr. F. McCleland, of Cedar. Rapids, on “The Relation of Poultr; to Horticultu Ofticers were chosen ident, A. G. Williams, y, C. W. Barton, Cedar Rapids. Next years meeting will held at Cedar Rapids. Broke His Neck. MoNtezvMA, I, Dee. S.—Special Tel- gram to the Brr.|—James Hutchinson, a prominent farmer residing cight miles south- east, of this plac killed this evening by being thrown from a wagon. His team rted to run, and in his efforts to stop them was thrown in front of the wagon and a vheel passed over his neck, breaicing it. A New Prohibition Decision, Davexvorr, Ta., De Special Tele- gram to the Beg. ) —Judge Waterman, of the district court, to-duy decided a new point under the Towa prohibition law. A saloon keeper named I, Lumj) jvas sucd fo damages sustained in (i loss of an Whiteson, a minor, whife under the inftu of liquor, allezed to have been sold by Lamp. The decision of the count is to the effect that a person injured when yrunk cannot coll damages for himself from the man who sclls him the tiquor. clegram to the B lis, i.. shot his wife, Angeling what may probably prode a fatal wound and then committed suicide hy sonding a bull int his head. The coupleidid mot iiva Lappily to- gother, Mr. Bilis filed a pe- i3t o nnd the ease was to have been heard at the ternidof the district court now in session at Keokuk Lumbermen at Davenport. Davesront, la., Dee. 8.~The annual meet- ing of the board of directors of the National Association of Lumbermen was held here yesterdiy, and this place was selected as the place for holding the noxt meeting of the association in May, 1885, The members is over 1,440, Nire of the ten former ings have d in Chicago and one in St Louis. stary said the lumbe de is looking more und more to the Mis- sissippi val —t Church Burned at DeWitt. Wi, Ta., Dec. 8. —Fire caused D flue destroyed a Congregational h Tuesday night. The Sund v was partly burned. The | tie Rev. Chapplé, 10ses a vory oxtensis vy and his sermons préached during the last ten years, Almost Ready For the Jury. . Siovx Crry, Ia, Dee, pecial Tele gram to the Bri Attorney Irwin concluded his argument to the Arensdorf jury this evening, having occupied the entives da; Mr. O'Cannell will begin in the mornin, aftor which the case will go to the jur: The greatest of interest prevails as to the probable verdict, 0t s i Assoclation Oflicers Elected. CixersNary, Dee. 8.—~The American Base Ball assos ion to-day re-elected Wheeler Wickoft, president and Chris Von Der Ahe, of St. Louis, vice president. The Pittsburg rules wore adopted with the exception of the rule to have two substitutes on the bench at each game which was rejected for the association, bui consent was given for its adoption by the League, if wanted. The rule proposing to unt base on balls as a factor in earned runs, was recommitted. - The report of the umpire committee was approved and an ad- dition made that no umpire can be suspended without the concurrence of at least four elubs and he shall have an opportunity to make defense. Pigeon Shooting at Lincoln. Lixcons, Nel Dec. S.—[Special to the Bre.—Quite an exciting pigeon shooting contest came off here Tuesday afternoon be- tween Henry Stewart, an unknown, and Mr. Mills, of this cit e shooting was at hirty yards rise, purse #2, use of els. The shooting of both men was fine, but Stewart outshot Mills in the last part of the match, The score stood 43 for Stewart and §) for Mills. . art leavesat once for Omhha and Kansas City. With Bare Knuckles. Two ambitious sluggeis connceted with one of the South Omaha packing houses indulged in a savage fight last night to settle the mooted question of their relative merits as pugilists. The fight topk, place on the open turf back of Séeley’s, bare knuckles, and wus fought under the ‘London rules. The fight lasted over an hour, resulting in a_stand-off, both men being about eqwally pumished. So secretly was the affair managed that it has been impossible to get ab the particulars, Backing For Tommy Miller. Owama, Neb., Dec. 8.4To the Sporting Editor of the Bee: 1 #idh to announce that 1 am ready to back Tgmmy Miller, of this city for a fight to a finish, or for a stipulated number of rounds, withthe winner of the Warren-Weir battie, which is to take place in Washington rink, Minneapolis, next Mon- day evening. The stakes to be #00 a side. As a guaranty of good faith I will deposit £100 to be open for ten days. Ebaar Rotaenry. In consequence of the above offer, Miller, who was to leave to-day for Minneapolis and Paul, has deferred his intended trip until the expiration of the time Rothery's deposit will be open for cover. The Child is Safe, Last night Chief of Pblice Seavey received the following telegram : Powrar, Neb., Dec. 8 —Chief Seavey: If child of Nettie Bradford is reported lost there this afternoon, netify father she is safe Gronae HemstenT, cmation accompanied the id a8 bo complaint Led No other i straage lelegrau, been flled with the police at a late honr re. arding the child svoken of, it is' inferred that the parents must be cognizant of her whereaboute, nternal Revenue Collection Yestorday the internal revenue collections amounted to £15,015.65. —— The Typhold Plague. Prrrent ke, Deg, 8.—The typhoid fover opi demic continues to sproad and physicians of the south side districts are rworkod. The disease is of a mild type and few deaths have boen reported. Since yesterday thirty four new cases have been reported &g the board of health. —— Real Estate Transfera, George I* Stebbins to L P Funkhou- ser, e 63 ft of lot 1, blk 1, Bogws & HINS B W @ careticaonsnrisnneoi W G Albright and wife to C O Per- kins, lots 11, 10, 16 and 18, blk 1; lots to 12, bik 2, Mathews' sub Al 800 bright's Choice, w d. . N H Brown_to Jac bik “D,"" Shinn's 24 add, w d Louisa M Arnold and husband to ¥ 1 French, lots 1 to 24, vlk 1, and lots 1 o 24, bik s, Arnold park add, w d Jacob 'Willidms and wife to R § Mandsby, lpt 4, Williams® sub Giso's add, w.d. § CE M\Q’lm‘uml wifeaeto Anton Krecek, lot 10, bIK 1, Mayne's ‘add, w d.. E S Rood and wifd to Albert Rood, 1ot 6, blk 3, Albright’s annex, w d. . Albert Rood and wife toSarah J Hood, Iot 6, blk 3, Aibright's annex, w d. € O Roemer to Sarah A Roemer, ¢ lot 2, blk B, Lowe's add, wd. Herman Kountze and wife to Thos H Dailey, lots'1and 2, bik 10, Kountzo place, w d. . E H Howland and wife to Harriet A Hough, undiv 15 lot 6, blk 8, Dwight & Lyman's add, w d 1 S Rood and wife to Joo Jambor, 1o 18, 19and 20, blk 7, Albright's an- nex, w d Sam'l D Mercer and wife to Tew Riley, ot 8, bik 117, Omaha, w d M S Burtlett and wife to Zelpha B man, lot 9, blk 4, Hoppe's Bonanza sub fo Albright’s Choice, wd.. Ida D Wells and husband ‘to Herman H Brown, lot 8, blk 8, Shinn's 2d add, w d.. 1 Reichenberg and wife to M F'S 1ot 5, 'blk 10, walnut hill, w d J H Hungate, trustee, to Carrie Kin, Tot 10, bik 61, Bedford pla Redman and wife to M i & res in n ¢ cor 8 W 1y sce Sarab R Willinski " and ‘husband 'to Iph Klein et al, lot 10, B Jet- $ 1,500 1,840 1 fleld, w d. wsesosis i A L Reed to Conrad Thomann, lot 12 s& Hadd, wd,. nd wife to Willia &1 JJD 13 b add, w d Visvases . ahoncy et ul to ' Macdonald, lot S, 15t add to South Omaha.w d Andrew Hass et al to John Lipp, lot 13 bik 73 South Omaha, w d John H Levy to John W Paul, and 14 blk 4, lots 13 and 14 blk 7, Summit add, w d. wie McEachron to H L. Chamber- lain, w15 lot 15, blk 8, Bedford place, wod 500 1,500 4,500 4,000 kins, lot (W, . Bartlett and w 3 16, Valentine e, wd... D Jauneson et L, Connolly k park add, v Russell and w i v, lot 19, bik 2, Koster's add,w d George W Logan et al to W L Selby, “lot 7, bik 2, Rush & Sc'by’s add, w d 'Perey Snyder to John Rush et al, lots 1and 2, blk 1, Rush & Selby’'s add, John Brennan to John' Rush et al. 810 of e 14 se If nw 1§ sec 1 1,200 12,000 n 1 of ¢ lus 15-13, w d * A Bénson & W , blk 4 Mayne pls wrd 1 Jots 1 and No- ville (trst), lot 8, blk 75, Omaha,w d Anna K Neville and husbund to Jo- -seph Neville (trst), lot 5, blk 57, 50,000 40,000 1ot 8 blk. 78, Omah: Joseph Neville (trustee) to Josep ville, 1ot 5 blk. 57, Omalia, w.d..... L. Carpenter to W W. Lemon, lot 5 Hawthorne, w. d.... . gram to William Yates, 43 e, w. d 4,000 John J. of attorne, etal.... James Tra James, 1ot 10 and 813 of lot 11 blk. 7, Kountze's 4th sup. addition, w. d. Omaha R E. & T. to Sarah E. Gardner, lot 20 blk. 3, Saunders & H. addition to Wainut Hill, w.d.... Mageie Guthard and husband to H. . Henningsen. s 51 feet lots 1 and 2 5 ha, q.c.d.... vier s A. Brown and wife to Charles W feet e of nd L s ran gz tions 10 L v 100 feet, s e 100 feet, n ) fect, to be JJ Hardin et lot of subdiv 1y 8w John A Lawrencs A Stein, lot E A Leavenworth etal to Ernest [ Andrews, lot 4 blk 5, Brookline, wd D L Thomas and wife to Krnest 1 An- drews, lots 3and 4, blk 6, Lincoln place, w d.. Arnara R C Patterson et al to Cora R Patter- son, lot %, blk 1, Patterson’s sub, wd Otto Lobeck and wife to Cora R Pat- terson, lot 5, Bonfleld, wd.......... Nels Erickson and wife to 1. P Ham- mond, lots 8 and 9, Selby Heights, Charles A Lucke and wife to D L Holmes et al, lot 12, blk %0, South Owmaha, wd.... Total. 6,500 six years' lease. aud wife to Nancy 7 in Lindquest’s add, 1,500 650 1,050 250 50 580 1,000 418,107 Hardship of a Western Editor, Chicago Tribune: *Our paper is two days lu his week,” writes a Nebraska editor, “owing to an accident to our press. When we started to run the edition on Wednesday night, as usual, one of the guy ropes gave way, allowing the forward " gilder-fluke to fall and break as it struck the flunker-lopper. This, of course, asany one who knows anything about a press will readily un- derstand, left the gang-plank with only the flip-flap to nulmum it, which also dropped and broke off the chock. This lessened the flun between the ramrod and natcher, which also caused trouble, The report that the delay was saused by over-indulgence in intoxicat- ing stimulants by ouvself is a tissue of falsehood, the peeled appearance of our right eye being caused by our going into the hatchway of the press in our anxiety to sturt it, and pulling the cou- ling pin_after the slap-bang was Ll'ukvn. which caused the (lu-‘pi;lx to rise up and welt me in the optic. Xpect a brand new gilder-fluke on this afte noon’s train.” S Dr. Hamilton Warren, Magnetic Phy- sician and syrgeon, Room 3, Crounse block, cor 16th and Capital ave. Chronic and nervous diseases a speclalty, Tele- phone 944, RIRTA I e tem). MEN OF MILLIONS, Sketehes of Commodors Kittson and James J, Hill Tt can be stated that there Paul, says the the city was incorpo forty ye: ago, who or nothing. aud have in that short space of time accumulated from $100,000 to many millions, One of the wealth- iest gentlemen in our midst, and one that has been as long in the northwest asany other,and who has seen this whole country grow up. is Commodore N. W. Kittson. From his early man- hood to the present time he has lived on the frontier.UThe old Red river wts that, before the railroads came, were the only means of communicas tion between St. Paul and the frontier posts and Red river region, thoso pecaliar littie carts drawn by oxen that re many men Globe, who, ‘since ited, a little ov bogan with little wore used in former years to come down to St. Paul, and which two-thirds of the present citizens of St. Paul never saw, were as familiar to Commodo Kittson as the most common object h which ho was acquainted. A lnrge part of his wealth was accumulated in the extreme northwest and on the Red river of the north, where for years he had a fleet of boats and no serious competition. Money came cusy to the commodore in those days and in large amounts. Finally, fif- tacn or eighteen years ago, he and J. J. Hill, who was then connected with him in the Red rviver business, sold out. These gentlemen were far-seeing and observing. They knew that the growth of the country required something more for its development than the boats on the Red River of the North and the ox-carts, making theirslow, tedious way from the Red river valley to St. Paul. Population was then coming into Min- nesota mnre rapidly. As a state sh was attracting attention. The vall of the Red river was known to bea fertile region. The railroad, known then as the St. Paul & Pacifie, but now as the Munitolyy, was sccured and tended lnflu‘finm ry line, wheve it was met by the Canadian rond. Of course, the railrond naturally ended the boating business on the Red river, and it subsequently dwindled to nothing and was abandoned. Subsequent profitable investments by Mr. Kittson placed him in such af- fiuent financial circumstances as to make him independent, and he withdrew from the railroad business and began setting his house in order, so that he could be relieved from business cares and the anxiety and worry necessarily connected therewith. It is understood, in o gen- 1 way, that the millions t he now Wt his disposal are secu in governmentbonds and solid set 80 that they ave safe and he is wholly ved from the care and bother of ness affairs, As to how much these amount to it is probuble that but one man knows J. Hill is entitled to be regarded as a phenomenal man in more respects than one. He is rated as one of the vichest men in the and is probably entitled to this reputation. For th ten years of his life he has probably ried in his mind matters of such we and importance as would break down most men and send them to a lunatic asylum. Filteen or eighteen years ago he was working by the month on the ce in the old workhouse, n long, low, dingy frame dwelling located where the Ch il freight of nd werchouse building is now located, just heiow Sibl opposite the Union depot. He' rose from that position to the one he now occupies by his own un- aided exertions and by means of his own will, industry nd © na- tive ability. He is a striking ex ample of the opportunities afforded by our form of government for a man to pick his way up from poverty and ob- scurity to power, wealth and influenc He then struck into the hard coul bu ness, the fiem being Hill, Griggs & Acker. Their place of business was in the little two-story brick building lo- cated on the soutke corner of Third and Minnesota streets, where the Mannheimer block now stands. The firm did o very heavy business, At last he left that and went out to the Red river country, and while running ~ boats on’ that stream. he, with others, saw the possibil- ity of the Red river valley, and then turned his mind to getting possession of the old St. Paul & Pacific road, now the Manitoba. When once he became en- »d in that he put his whole mind to the busin and from that time to the present he has turned his whole atten- tion to to making that road one of the greatest railroads in the land. The fact that this past summer, from May till September, he enused to be built over six hundred miles of road, from Minot, Dak., to Helena, Mont., illustrates his energy. This is regarded as the great- est piece of railroad construction ever accomplished. In all respects he isa remarkable man. ————— WAITERS NEAR THE THRONE, Personnel of the Officers on Duty at the White House, Washington Correspondence: There has been a number of changes in the men around the throne. — Colonel Dins- more, the tall, blue-eyved Hercules who acted as the president’s chief body guard, has been reptaced by a gentle- manly, bright-cyed, light-haired sandy- moustached mun from Troy. He prom- ises to be fully ss eflicient as Dinsmore, and he has an eye which looks right through every man who enters the pos tals of the evecutive mansion. He has had experience for years as chief of police of Troy, and has dealt with some of the worst characters, He is not o tall as Dinsmore, but he looks tou and wiry, and his muscles are sgid to | of iron.” It will be his duty to tak charge of the messenger service of the white house. He will control the door- kecpers, introduce strangers to the president, and will see that no Guiteau slips by unnoticed. He is to be the watch-dog of the white house. and he will hold one of the most responsibl positions in it. His office is at the same time a delicate one He has to deal with Mrs. Cleveland’s receptions as well as those of the president, and he will introduce the leading ladies of the land as well as the most noted men. This appointment completes an almost tire change in the personel of the officers of the white house who ser the ground floor. hose of th floor have been generally retained, and the most responsible positions are occu- pied by men who have been in the ser » for years. Colonel Crook, who has been cashier of the executive mansion since the days of Lincoln, has still charge of the safe and pays the bills. Mvr. Pruden, the executive rk, holds the same position heve he has held in the past, and Mr. Henley is assi rivate secretary to Colonel Lamont, as he was to President Arthur. If Dick- ens’ fat boy had been colored he would have looked very much like Colone Lamont's doorkeeper, Arthur, who hus been in the white house for a quarter of u century; and another old stager is Sergeant Loefller, on the same floor. who came frem being messenger to Secretary Stanton, when he was John= son’s secretary of war, to take the pl of specinl ~ messenger to resident. Sergent Leomer is a youn, voking man with iron-gray hair. He ta the cards of visitors into the president and brings out the answers to whether the president will receive them. He has alittle desk placed be- tween the two doors which lead to the presidents apartments, dnd he sits at this during the whole time that the president s in his private office. the fat colored man of whom I spoke above, has a rather handsome face, the |‘X\)l'l‘:«inl| of which is a cross between solemnity and fun. He is universally polito and he opens the door to visitors with a grand flourish, cautiously discriminating as to who should stay out. Arthur was the white house butler when Johnson was presi- dent, and he thinks that Andrew John- son was one of the greate rsidents this country has ever known. He says that President Johnson had a mind of his own, and tells how, one morning when the ident was oating some hot cornbread, of which he Ve fond, Colonel Moore, his: private secretary, came in was and said that he thought congre would impeach him, *President John- son finished eating his bit of corn bread and he then raised his hand and brought it down hard on the dining- table: “They may impeach and_be" d—d!" he said, and he wasn't afraid of them eithor. Mr. . Johnson wasn't afraid of no man, and it isa lio when thoy say he was stingy and drunken. Holiked good liquors, but he did not drink too much, and he was espocially, fond of sherey. T guess I remember his sherry mighty well,” Arthur went on, smucking his lips. “Pale sherry! Havo you ever drunk it? And Mistah John- son always had the best. I had the keys of the pantry and served all the wines, [ remember once we got a case or so of Scuppernong wine from North Carolina. It was o present to the president. T brought him in some one day, He tasted it and then handed the glass back to me, sayin rthur, that wine is from Noi arolina, and you ale from North Caroli 1 guess that wine will suit you better than it dees me, and you may take it." T earted those two dozen bottles home that night, and let me tell you that Scuppernong wine s good.” ———— WILD DOGS IN THE MOUNTAINS Vanquishing a Drove of Bears After n Terrible Battle, Wind River Moun : The writer has had oceasion on one or two oceasions prior to this to tell of the fierce natur and savage practices of the wild do which infest the mountains of the Upper Wind riv, These do re not the common wolfof the western prairies and mountains, They somothing more powerful and dangerous, Several years since o male Scotch staghound and a female English bulldog ran away in company from Fort Washakie, mado their home in the mountains, and theso wild dogs of the Upper Wind river ave their savage offspring. With such ancestorship how can this wild offspring help being a canine terror. To the speed and endurance of the Scoteh staghound is mated the ferocity and tenacity of the Englieh bulldog.and these wild dogs ave evidently worthy in svery way of theirorigin, Speedy sav- age and stubborn, these animals are de- terved by no pursuit, are restrained by no fear, and are daunted by no difieul- ties. They pursue, slay and devour; sueh is (¢ simplicity and cfficiency of this native code of canine ethics. The latest exploit of those canine marauder: of which we have any aceount is the de struction of a small heard of bears. It appears that about two weeks ago about, adozen bears of the dreaded and largo sil ip variety came down from tho rounding motntains to enjoy them- selves on the sunny slopes of the Warm Spring bmsin, In the course of the day those bears got togethe nd while thu massed were attacked by about one hun- dred of the witd de The contlict was te fought with all the cour for which the silve ble. The bears e and ferocity tip is noted, but the mingled strain of staghound and bull- dog supplied a courage and ferocity greater still, and at the end of half an hour every bear had died where he was brought to bay. The dogs suffered soverely, twenty five of their number pervishing in tf fight. The survivors wasted little tim: however, in mourning over i companion banquet the their dead but hegangat once on the v own powers had provided, and in an hour from the time the com- bat ceased only the clean-picked bones of the twelve bears remained to tell of the struggle to the death which had aken place and the savage feast which had followed it. - Beautiful W ullid and unattractive hy irregulariti which Dr, Favorite Preseription™ willin- Thousands of testimonials. are made funetional Pierce’ allibly cu By driggists. e The Doliar of 1804, Urbana (O.) Special: But three dol- lars of the coinage of 1804 are known to be in existence. Two are accounted for and the other oneis missing. The valuo of this missing coin according to the last numismatic circular is $800. So valuable a coin_ cannot remain out istence, and it is turning upin sev adjacent towns, One was recently dis covered e buts not genuine, A stranger arvived in town, put up at @ leading hotel and after a fi * visit got hardup. He had the missing dollae of 1804 and was willing to part with it at asacrifice. A merchant gave him $100 for it and then sent it to the treasury department at Washington, he off cials there discovered what the pur- chaser here hadn’t—that e dollay had been coined in 1801 and the date Coysiis NEW YORK SHOES FonLioiesMisesalie.orni Embody the highest excellens peliness,comfortand the reigmi onable cirel Our mame s 1J.4T.COUSING, on every sole. NEW YORK. For Sale by Haward Brothers. eies durabhi favoritesi E Woan. PoT PNHOOK WHILE, BEO. 10k T COMBARY, FONRELE QU N ige "el'l ¢) them. “WORCESTER Worcester, M ass., A