Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 16, 1887, Page 2

THE CHAMPIONSHIP BELT. Fuyk Dismoud, Trophy Formally Deliverva. v the Stakeholder. A NOTABLE MEETING OF SPORTS. Kilrain iu Fine Condition and Ready for the Fray—-Slugger Sullivan at Limerick —The For- eign News Budget. Delivered to the Stakeholdef. | (Copyright 1557 nu James Gordon Bennett.] o Losvox, Dec. 15.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the 13rs.]—Battersea can be said to have become an appropriately pamed spot at which pugilists may appear. To-day the precinets of this London district, and of many other districts, are flooded with bills containing this announcement : WASHINGTON MUSIC HALL, YORK ROAD, BATTELSEA. TO-NIGHT. * 4 Jake Kilrain_and Charley Mitchell Will Ap- i pear and Formally Hand Over the Police Gazette Diamond Belt, Representing the CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD, *Fo the Stakeholder in Accordance With the Terms of Agreement Drawn Up For the FIGHT BETWEEN KILRAIN AND SMITH On This Oceasion Tom Crib's Parlour Will Ho Represented By Leading Profes- sionals and the Most Eminent Sporting Men of the Da NOTICE TO AMERICANS. Amoricans Now Resident in London are Advised to Come on Thursday Night to Wit- ness This interesting Ceremony, as it Willbe the Last View of This Coveted Prize Until It Passes Into the Hands of John Bull or His American Cousin, Uncle Sam. May the Best Man Win. G. W. Moore & Son. P. 8.—Those Uninitiated in the Mysteries of Physical Traming Will Have an Oppo tunity of Observing the Difference Between Merf in the Roughly Trained Condition and Those in a Normal State of Health. At 7 o'clock, after passage by underground and over the Thames railways, the He correspondent arrived at the music hall « . the American name and was saluted by rain, Mitchell and party. Kil- “The hall belongs to Mitchell's brother-in-law, a son of Pony Moore, and at the given hour was crowded with spectators, while outside were also cheerimg crowds. When the curtain, which represented the falls of Niagara, rose, there was disclosed a cpy of Cruikshank's celebrated sporting plcture, “Tom Crabb's Parlour.” - Each guest sat at the table with a cigar and Jake Kulrain practically personated Tom Crabb as the center of the group, with Mitchell on his left. Among the groups of supposod fre- quenters were: s, Harding, Johnson, Morton, Cannon, Wakely and Lynch, all of New York; Messrs. Warren and Burcham, of Boston, an1 Wallace Ross, of England. The sports were represcnted by Flet mith's ! manager—fem being absent—Messes, Bal- i dock and Harper, Smith's sccouds, Rowell, Woodward, Sutton, Godwin, Wall, Lees, Goode, Sheppard, Richardson, Carney, Butt —-stake holder for Sullivan—Clasper, right- wel wnon, Sadler, Probort, old Jack Hicks and Manager Joln Cobb, The majority wero judividually introduced by Edward Sampson, a brother of the proprietor and | refer Then Mitchell, with Kiirain's col ors in his band, came tothe front and when the groat applause subsided said: “Ladies and Gentlemen-—Theso are the identical col- ors which Kilrain will wear at the fight which takes place on the 31 of January next Before handing over the belt I will say a few words. This belt has been given by Richard K. Fox and was offered to Sullivan, but he would not fight forit. Tt is an emblem rep- resenting the championship of the world, In conclusion I hope the best man may win and this man will be Kilrain.” This Avas too much for the nghsh audionce who freely gave vent to hisses and cries of “England will still hold the cham- pion.” Mitehell stood it good humoredly and then smilingly hunded the belt over to | i Robort Watson, the Sporting Life represen tative, Then Manager Gordon, of the hall, ad- vanced and said: “I want to say afew words as an Englishman. I think I can speak for you all and say we Englisnmen hope Swmith and Kilrain will have a good d for their fight and that the best m: moy win, but wnlike my friend Mitchell I hope as an Englishman that Smith will beat tho rain." Thissoothed the rufiied feelings, and Prof. Ball's boy-boxers, Snowball and Figgs, camo on for three rounds. ‘These boys are only eight years old, and Ball announced that Snowball should box any boy in the world of t his age and forany stake. They afforded 4 great amusemont, and agthe end of the third round put their arms round each other's necks and kissed. Harding, after all was' over, was asked: ' 418 there uny danger of this fight being in- b terfered with " When he said: SWith the 4 American and English friends who will be present at fight and who are behind cverything must go Steaight, but should auy ames be tried by the other side there will be another battle of Gettysburg. We shall have no fun, I assure wou, until the fight is ov The following letter was hunded by Kilrain to Mr. Watson, when he received the custody of the belt, addressed to Editor Atkinson, Americar, Kil . stake holder: L beg you to uccept the custody of the Po ette diamond belt, which was offered by lice for competition i backer, and v gilistic heavy w world, sending the dec between Jem S pion of K 4 and myself fo diich amount th A now hold, and request that you hund s and belt to the winuer of the fight to be | by him in accordance to the published 1 Richard K. Fox, my ents the pu onship of the n of the match nd, governing all compotitors for belts. Should the police interfere or, from any cause the N Dattle does not take place, or in the event of E & draw, you being final stakeholder must re- g turn the belt to the original holder. Yours » Faithtully, went into a snug little the refreshment Mitchell ar bar where He looked rema r at the back of at Kileain with well—even better than when he was described by the Herald at his training quarte cently. 1 feel splendid,” he said. “Sitdown, T camo up to-day and am a little tired. 1 weighed this morning 172 pounes and will fight at that weight. Ol uo, my health is, if suything, better now then when 1 first began training. Did 1like my veception to-nieht s Very much indeed. 1 feel sure 1 am among frionds and I Dbelieve the poople her are, like myself ouly wishing for the best mar® to win. Oh, - you ask wmy opinion of the result. 1 will do my best, but should T be beaten you may tell my Awerican friends for me that neverthe less” Mitehell desorves great eredit for the care and aftention he has givon we since he %) has been training me.'d Mitchell sat as if meditating and only hfted his face when askod his opinion. He said wery firmly: “He'l) win vight epongh and A show that he is far cleverer with uis right . ®and than people believe, 1 wish it was all _+_over. My head aches with the troubic and worry, Thei the pugilists, Brougham stopped at the doorway and they. drove to Mitchell's house. i e Sullivan at Limeri, [Copyright 1857 by James Gopden Bennett.] LIMERIGR, D 15.—~[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bee.]-—-Another tri- umphant redeption of the pugi tourist took place here to-day. His train brought a large crowd of sympathizers from Cork and an immenee crowd asspmbled at the station and "the Royal hotel, where Sullivan was duly inscribed. ‘When evening came the theatre was jammed. The mayor occupied the chief box. Many local celebrities were in the audience. Mr. Phillips introduced the Boston boy and fistic Maruel, when the latter returned thanks and said: “I'cathe acrogs the Atlantic to beat the best man this side can afford. 1f Jem Smith beats Kilrain, I am ready to meet Smith, I want to' show that Ircland is, @as we say in New York, ‘boss in fighting, ~ Although born in America 1 am as true.an Irishinan as ¢ver breathed.” The conclusion was lost in tho tumult of ap- plause which followed this sentence. What 1 have described a8 ooctipying in the aquar- ium and at Dublin as to -she four rounds which further roused the rudience to excited enthusiasm ended the évening. The audience was evidently disappointed thaf Sullivan and Ashton-id not so feel the excitement us to throw away their gloves and pummel each otherin dead earnest. After the show ended Sullivan was treated to a carriage escort and duly serenaded. Py Investigating M. K. & T. Affairs. (Copyright 1857 by James Gordon Bennett.] Loxpoy, Dee. 15, —[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bez]—Many fre- quenters of Capel court were delighted to Ad on its bulletin board this cable dispatch, dated San Francisco: “Huntington decided dends 1 per cent Central Pacific Feb- 1 Suid one broker near by, “When shall we get a dispatch from the Mediterranean signed, 4. G telling us of a dividend on Missouri, Kansas & Texast" * Phis led to inquiries on the Herald's part when it was ascertained that Rudolph Mal tinsen, of New York, agent of Hope Bros., Amsterdam, and one membor of the firm here of Blake Bros.,is now at the latter place reorganizing the committee with a view to investigating the management of that road and see justice done whether the spoilators sottled, their folony or not. The Herald ns- certained shat the committee in Amsterda would be Messrs. Oyens, Werth Van Oglerop, Van Merop and Troop, with power to_ add to their number. One hundred and seventy thous- and shaves are held in Amsterdam. It seems that one-half of thestock is mysterously held, or rather withheld, somewhere there, Not much is known to be held -in London. It was said that on the return to London of Mr. Bluke; a co-operating committce for London would be appointed, and also that this time there would be no compounding. The Cause of Gernter's Breakdown. (Copyright 1887 Dy James Gordon Bennett.] Pants (via Havre), Dec. 15.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bk, i--The Eu- ropean edition of the Herald to-day pyblishes an ingerview with Madam hesi, who tuked” a hopeful view of Gerster's ch for recovering her temporarily injured voice. The madame aseribes the prima donna’s recent - breakdown to mervous excitement caused at the outsct by the violent scenes between herself and Patti during the Na- poleon tour three years ago and especially to the excitement caused by being told of her sister’s death before slie recovered from her confinenient, to the worry brought on by her separation from her husband, and, lastly, to wvmotion. She scoffs at the idea that mother- hood necessaril ins a singer’s voice. prms i Russia’s Military. Preparation w - Perorssure, Dee. 1 itary ‘Gazette, in an article conside: the war scare over the movenient of Rus: troops recently to the Warsaw distri tails, at great length, thé military position of and her western frontier neighbor m orvder to throw light upon thequestion of who 11y preparing for attack und who for de- Detuflell stiatemnents are given of the increase made by the Gerian and Austrian armies effected diving the past few ¥ the building of fortresses n and in the direct line “of to the frontier to aidin the rapid conc of lurge masses of troops. Al these prepara tions, suys the Guzette, f copt in view of offer that Austriaunder the semblence of defens is proparmg to invade Russta simultancously with her ally. The show that the Russian for ased instead of inercase that the buil onds has beon comparatively i and that the slower methods b Russian y is mabilized, necessary to inerease the the frontier i view of the alarming prey tichs of her neighbors, - A the Peace leagrue,” suys the Gazeite, “‘considers itself justificd in doveloping it defensive m res 80 far as to -bring - certain Russian d s under tl guns of its most vanced forts s uu undoubted ofense and tuke e, inviolubility range of th ofhu territor The Carnot Pants, Dec. t's Declarations The declaration of the ministers was vead in the chambers to-day ‘The cabinet's ambition is to continue the work of concord begun Decemb The country will perceive that this policy will ensuro a pledge of internal peace, The dec- laration eit neial, econ- omic, adwinistrative s measures that the government will submit. inally, the declaration demands a united republ vote upen the ministerial scheme of military legislation. The reading of the declaration W dived with indifference The deputios 10 13- vriations asked by the gocer: Pl Educational Trouples to Russia. Sr. Prrgsssuio, Dec. 15.—The Official nger, referring to the (rouble atthe row university, says: The lectures were peuded in consequence of the stud Laving assaulted the inspector at a con Many of the students have bed and sent juto exile. Fresh t ised in Moscow by the report that t students had died from the effects of injuries received while the police were restoring or- der. Despite the denid! of this rumor the students absentod themselves from . their classes and iguored the suthurity of univer- sity ofticiuls 13, sole sod the appro nent. e Burivd Treasure Found. St Jouxs, N , Dec. 15.—The story of the finding of ouvied treasureve ot St. Mur- tin's | sessution. amount of it date is stated to be Kuineas, bearing the date u » bushels of s A Fishy Compliment. City oF Mexico, Dec. 15 Statcs fish commission s here, brin 5,000 ¢ and gold fish as a gift to the Mexican goveruwent, own Prince. ~The doctors have wernmg the wondition of vhick they r- weeks the iefammatory virely disgppeared and that itient’s generaleondition is undisturbed. Cond tion of the € Say Remo, De issued a bulletin cos the crown i oo Fou 1ty of Mansiaughter. A#rox, la, Dec. 15.—(Special Telegram to Bee,] I the Perigo murder ease to-day found the defendant guilty of man- The crime was the killiog of a Hindinger, wear Prescott, Adams brought to this county on a change of venu fast spring and is again on trial, the jury dis- agreeng at a former trial, Nearly tho whole day Tuesday was consumed in the impaneling of a jury on acceunt of . the facts in the case being so well known. Mr. Towner, of Corn- ing, assisted by County Attorney Enggh. ap- peare the state. ~ J. L. Brown, of Bed- ord, W, A, Spurrier, of Des Mofues, and Thomas L. Maxwell for the defonse. (The state. introduced the same witnesses us at the former trial, and made |lr\wlu!'jlp the same case. The defeuse introduced but little new testimony. - ADJUSTING RATES. Officials of Enstern and Western Lines Patching Up Differences. Circaco, Deo. 16.—A call sigred by Presi- dent Marvin Hughitt, of the Chicato & Northwestern, has been issued, requesting the presence of the general managers of western roads at a conference to be held to- morrow. The letter gives no intimation of the object of the meeting, but it is wellunderstood to be to discuss the serious uspects of affairs in the west in relation to the sweeping ruluu tions now pending in freight rates, Up to to-day the western freight officials in session here arranging distance tarifts had not disturbed Wisconsin ~rates. was found, however, that a halt could not be called 'at Illinois and Towa. Reductions in the present Wisconsin rates were decided upon, rm\ging from 15 to 20 per cent, to go into effect with the other cuts Tucsday next. One of the officials remarked that the next move will be at Minnesota and then Dakota and the entire northwest territory _will _ be brought _under influence. Even Oregon is interested, its railrond commissioners having sent on for copies of the Tilinois_tariffs, presumably to suggest and enforce the distance-tarift prin- cinle in that far western section. The Mis sourd rouds, ie said, ure luboring in the sum direction, und Kansas and Nebraska ure waiting for the result in order to apply it in those states. The freight agents of the Chicago east- bound railways met to-day and: ngreed on an advance in export rates on all classes of this business. The advance averages 15 per cent over the present tariff. - It will go into offect December 27. . —a To Be Consolidated. NEW Youk, Dec. 15.—At a meeting of gen- cral mortgage bondholders of the Houston & Texas Central railroad to-day a committee of bondholders submitted an agreement en, tered into with the Southern Pacific company for reorganization. The agreement was ratis fled. It embraces a plan of reorganization 1 hich all existing mortgages, with the possible exception of those upon the Waco and Nerthwestern divisions, are to be fore- o organized, which sed and a new compan, 1 nd franchise acquire all the prope of tho prosont. railay company and thero. after issue new bonds equal in mnount to the principal of the outstanding first mortgage, consolidated mortgage and gencral mortgage bonds. —_— Abandoned the Road. PoRTLAND, Ore,, Dec. 15.—Nelson Bennett and George W building ninef Pacific from Alban Cascade mountains, work and paid off ud discharged The contracto m the comp; months behind with their payment can get no satisfaction from it. The Oregon itic line was to furnish the Chicago & orthwestern a farwest exgension with an outlet to the Pacific coast. Hunt, who had a contract for miles of roud for the Oregon to the summit of the abundoned the th have men. - - abash Western has arranged to put on their rond a pi e train between St. Louis and Omat waling connection with the Union Pacifi “overland tlyel Wabash takes ef The train leavy riving at Omaha at 11 voverland flyer” lea l duces the thne from about six hours, The new schedule of the e 18, Fom Nebraska: *Warmer, fair weather, light to fresh variable winds. becoming fresh to brisk northwesterl; ‘or Towa: Warmer, fair westerly winds, cather, fresh to veering to north- or Dikota: Warmer, fair weatleer, except in northern portion, followed by colder and locul snows, light to fresh variable fvinds, - - TFuneral of Mys, Astoy. Bw Youk, Dec. 1 'he funeral of the late M morning fr John Jacot m Trinity e Astor took pl apel. this COUNCIL BLUF WHISKY, It Causes a Prominent Man Behind Omaha Bars, A prominent but badly intoxicated public man of Council Bluffs got off the dummy lust evening and crawled into a cab in a most maudlin condition. He inquired the fare and was told that it was 50 cents. Drawing a revolver from his pocket he told the driver he would have to take it out in lead instead of silver. The driver looked coolly down the barrel of the revolver and téld his passenger if he could not pug his fare like a gent) he could get out. Ile warned him that attempted to shoot he would be s if he should happen w come out alir seemed to cool the aspirati holder aud he got out. After sw around awhile and threatening to kill everg s butfons, he was Horvigan. Realizing disgrace he had brought upon himself and [ ounc 1 Blufts rohibition offered Jailor Ormsby atmost any mouney he would him from custody. After a ation he was set to appear this morn- to Rest This us of the oftico- A. Broegs i . Robert Boyd, of Cincinnati, is in- the ity uds. sressman - MeShane for the holidays. n Mills has returned from Keokuk, Ta., and taken up residence ugain, in Omaha. Chief Newh v, of the Lincoln fire de- partment, is the gicst of the Omaha fire de: purtient Editor Y stopped in th will return to Chre ¥ a fow minutes yest Ho is on his way howme from the east. Mus, W. N. Leonard and Mrs. Hargroave's of Lincoli, are the guests of Mrs. Leonards, Ballatine, 1615 Webstir st cher, wife of the veteran ne to-morrow greatly ith ufter fourteen weeks' so- n Baltimore. Captaiu C. L. Shafer, Bd_Brown, M. A. Waldo, . A._Lambeth and E. M. Cimpbell, a delegation from Nebraska City, are enjoy- ing @ visit in the metropolis. icle, duy. father, W PFrauk A, Parker, an attorney from Dixon, IlL, who came recently to visit friends in Owaha, is 50 pleased with the: city that he has determined to permanently locate here. Dr. A. W. Saxe, whose life has been des- paived of for the past week, was prouounced out of danger yesterday by the attending physician. He was suffermg from an attack of pneumonia. Chief Foley of the Milwalikee fire depart- ment arvived in town yesterday and was around the v by Chief Galligun. He pwpanied W, E. Watkins, chairman of the lire commissioners of the Cream City, ited States Court. DICT FOR $7,000, The jury in thecase of Clarles M. Conoyer, ir. vs. the Union Pacific railroad company, for §25,000 dumages, alleged to have been sus- tained by the plaintiff by reasen of an acci- dent at the Tenth street crossing, reported at 10:30 yesterday morning, rendering a verdict s follows: We, the jury in the above entitled case find for the plaintiff, and do assess his damages in the sum of §7, CHarLes E. REYNOLDS, Foreman, 1o b defense have tiree das Within which fo e a metion for appeal, whicl | will 1n all county, nearly mun«m-n;,u "The case was [ luwuhood be done, AN UNPR (‘Fn!-‘\'l‘hl) SALE. — An Advertisement ftesults n Thor- oughly Blockading a Store, Eacly last evenlgithere was almost a com- pleto blockado of the sidewalks in front of the dry goods storg of N. B. Falconer, on the corner of Fifteeuth snd Douglas streets, and the jam continued! until after 9 o'clock. It was nearly impeSdible for ‘pedestrians to force their way u;} igh the crowd in front of the store, which was largely made up of ladies, and every niute for two hours large acquisitions arrive® The cause of all the trouble was an (Mdvertisement which appeared in the M{:.pl Wednesday. In this “ad’ Mr. l-ulmnv; apnounced a new depart. ure in the shape ol pecial sale at night of Christmas hurmm.N he Bk was the only paper in the city to make this announcement, and the result is gratifying not only to the dry goods prince but to this paper. At 7 o'élock in the evening the spacious store, the largest in the city, was completely filled with an eager throng. Thousands rushed into the various entrances, and the jam became 80 nrnut that it became im- perative - close the doors. Inside nvor_vlmd,{‘ was busy and all the floors and the immense basement were. packed to suffoca- tion. In about ten minutes the doors were reopened and another concourse took the place of thosegetiring. These tactics were repeated twdlve times nrlnz the two hours of the sale, and twelve times was the estab- lishment filled to overflowing with a_mass of umanity. Never before in Omaha has a special sule drawn out such an immense at- tendance, and Mr. Falconer doubtless has been handsomely remunerated for hig new departure and i8 more than ever convinced that it pays big to advertise in the Beg. Real Estate Transfers. C E Mayne and wife to Fred Krug, lot 9, block 1, Muyne's add, w d........ $ John T Paulein and wife to Jurgen Bruhn, lot 20, block 2, William Hagedorn’s add, w d 200 Julia § Hopkins and hu jumin S Allison, 2 acres in s ¢ 1 sec R e ey 400 Gicive D Campbell and wite' to i Johnson, jr, 8 16 ft lot 1, block 10, Waterloo, w d....... 800 Otto Vogt imd ii Johnson, jr, out lot 24, Waterloo, wd. 800 Eli Johnson, jr, and wife to Ofto Vogt, 5 25 £t lot 1, block 10, Waterloo, w d, 800 MW E Purchaso and wifo to Bl John: * son, jr, pm. block 10, Waterloo, 66x ft 60 2,000 1,500 U 1-.~num.,u,., 20 or lot, 1 blk 4 Roed’s 1st udd, s 115 ft, w 4 fton 105 1t e ATt o bog, w d 10,000 1 mm wife 1o m-|1o.~ 2,700 4,700 mphel, Tot'§ 2, Pruyns sub Hyde park, wd,. 400 Union Stock Yards company to A ¥ Bosche, lot 1 and 2 blk 13§, Brown park, wd . 2,300 Ioschie, lu's 20, block 43 & 45 lots 18, 19, lock 11, Browi L. Schroeder ( 1, 2, 4, block 10ts 6.7, 8, 2 block park. Geo. G. Wal hael Don- nelly, lot 6 hlk A\ )i“lfmd add, wd, 2,00 John M feto Wi, .. McCague, lot 7, blK \, Shinn's .m add, wd.. ) 2,500 Wm. B. Cowles Bates, lots w . . 050 Chas, I, Havrison to Mary lots 3, 4, blk 4, Eckarmann pl. wd. 950 Sam'l Coln and wife to Wm. H.» Schies bik 1, Cotner & . . 500 5 600 preman, lot & Avehe) udd, w d. 600 W H I Schestedt o Forcuin, lot 24 and n 10 feet lot 28, W A Redick’s add, wd, i 5,500 W £ P Sehestedt fo H Roreman, lots , 6 and 7 bik 4, Mayne's add, wd 2,000 R'S Morris and wife to Fr: ef lot 13 blk 8, Kountze 1 Jno P Williums and wife " Whit- ney, lots 1, 10 und 11, Ludwick place, Lwd \ 1,500 Union Stock Yards Co to A F Bosche, lot 5 blk 6, 1st add to So Onmh.l, wd 1,500 Juo ¥ Ritchh Millan, un sin's subdy, 1,100 “The Olsenpl bik 1, Cu Goodwin, lot 5, blk 6, 18t add to Omahi, W . 2,000 W. GLALbright und wif trup, lot 24, bk 6, Albright's choice, wd. 7,000 Union Stk Yds Co to A . Boschie, lot 0, blk 7, bt add S Omaba, w d. 1,500 8. Schlesinger Brocker, 10t 9, Schlesinger’ and wife 'to Aun 000 Total,. 061 Building Permits. The following are the permits issued from the office of Superintendent Whitlock yes- terday : W H Seward, addition to dwelling, enter and Eleventh, & 10 Mctropolitan club, alterin Fourteenth and Dodge, 400 Theodore Olson, double frame store uand flat, Twenticth and Martha 2 2,000 Three ) The Natfonal Opera Company cess at the Grand Last Night, Gustave Hinrich's, the musical conductor of the National Opera company, was warmly greeted lust evening as Le took his stand and assumed the batosn over the large orchestra which had been impatiently awaiting his rival. The overture to “Aida” was rendered and then the curtain rose upon Verdi's op which was rendered here for the first time. Comparativ new in date of composition, the opera is not among the familliar ones known to our people. Of all the grand operas which have been rendered here, it is unquestionably the grandest. The story issimple in recital, and though the action is slow, the sequence of the story is admirably muintained to the close. The lat/ ever, is attended with u elimax scarcely in aceord with those withwhich operatic works usually conclude, in ~that a finale is found in a simple tableau of the hero med to eutpiibment alive with the heroine dead at his idet, and the posses- sor of ill-requi ltv\ummlr'mn;, above his ‘bluu' of sepulture. - Sughw situation, in other \ands, would have Bu;g\mlml a_demonstra- & tive vocal and wstrymental finale which would perhaps result producing a deeper im- pression. But Verdi’ closing is eminently in accord with earlicr theatment of the sub- There is no str geimm.' aftor an effect h is not warragted by the nature { the situation; therd 18" no sacrifice of the lignity and grandeur ofthe composer's idea, in the lighter scerlps? which would even st dropping from the exalt On the seontrary the mul- througl plays the well-defin ‘é and adini intent of the mistér, is a tubical damond. Its and” brilliaut, and its execution acult. It is carried in the main by jess than half a do; thiagh numbers but add to tie sty of the concerted pie king, there is no strong n characters, strength and Dramati- r opera on o H. Broderick sang the part the King with considerable h ¢ new to liss Poole sung and acted it with a great deal of care and effect. Her voice wus c wecially clear in the higher notes, and with the exception of a couple of in stances of ill-reserved force for climacteric results, gave satisfaction and was once called before the curtain. Miss Bertha Pierson assumed the title role “Aida,” Hors was ambgnificent makeup . of the . Her acting wis spiriton s .pleading ‘and resolute. Mg Was statuesque. Her most_agréeable notes were in the upper registor and some of these were sustained with ability and sweetness. Her singing in the less demonstrative passages was not satisfactory, though even thero woe heard note ness which did not show.the r exertion, para- doxical though it She was re- may seem. encored, Mr, McGuckin, as “*Ra- looked the character and sang it with force, but not the delicaey which the shading sometimes re- quired; His voice is of the robust order and his best work wes when he was not ex- erting his vocal power to the fullest, «Mr. McGuekin wae too much in the need of a prompter to do justioo to himself, Mr. Lud- wig made an acceptable “Amonasro.” The chorus, in the main composed of males, was admirable. - The orchestra was well in hand. Its work was artistic, but it to fre- quently insisted in - subordinating the notes of the people on the stage. The ballet was undemonstrative. The nature of the opera did not admit of anything else. What there was, however, was excellent. Of the costuming of the picce, of its setting, sufli- cient. may be said where it is told that on these were expended $20,000. A grander ensemble than the pageant at the close of the second act could scarcely have been imagined, The production #s & whole gave unbounded satisfaction. It will be to the credit of Omaha, to the credit of the country to en- ¢, which great though it , shows only the opera. To-night, is at the present t possibilities of English #Nero at the same place. FOR TIE ORPITANS, The pupils of St. Catherine's academy had every reason to be gratified with the audi- ence that attended their entertainment at Boyd's 14st night. Few if* any empty seats were be seen, and all present scemed to thoroughly enjoy the rendition of the pro- ErAMmMe pres Led for the evening. he object of the entertainment was a charitable one, being in aid of the orphans cared for by the Sisters of Mercy at their home on South Thirteenth street,” and the management of that_institution will no doubt feel equally gratified at the financial results of the und taking. The dramatis personw of the Golden Hair Drama, and the Guardian Angel op- erctta, brought many of the pupils before their admiring friends, and while all per- f(uuwfl their allotted parts creditably, little *. McGavock, as Golden Hair, deserves ul mention. Miss E. Creighton ofiiciated pianist, and her excellent accompaniments von much well merited applause. The time “between the acts” was filled in with vocal and instrumental music, ete., in W the Misses K. Croft, N. Flannery. C. Van Camp dnd E. Forbes took part, and contributed preatly to the success of the entertainment, which” was brougbt to a close by the full chorus “Good Night," A South Omaha Thicf Caught., Peter Lathrop was run in by the police last night fo r ing an_overcoat, valise and buc ket at South Omahg. He was ar- rested just as he stepped off f the dummy, word having been: sent ahead through the telephone, Peter seemed greatly puzzled to know how the police had gotten word of his theft in advance ul his coming. -— Illlcr al lh‘vi'lllm Collections. enue collections amounted nmmfl\n FISHING. The Romance and Excitement of the Industry. New York Mail and Express: In the New Brunswick region a population of ~'4)1mm-uul-x practi v subsist upon the e ing fishing, fnll\ 3,000 men and boys arc engaged n the actual work and over 1,000 boats ave constantly in us These are of one model and pattern, and the quoddy boat, as it is called. tuking itsabbreviated name from the noble samaquoddy bay, around whose irvegular but beautiful shore the 1 r number of herring fishers havi their humble homes, should have long sinee beem famous in romance and song. The quaddy is built for scrious use, not pleasure, But it would still make a testy |~l\'ul for even the cat yawl of Yewport, famous for its scaworthiness and speed. i ken in three differ- irs and by ter method forbidden n and Canadiap regulation Being by far the most interesting pro- cedure. There is a genuine romance and itement about herring *‘driv ing. It is done under fear of th mighty law, and cover of pitch b nights. If the waters be sullen, dar and still, and a dense fog has stolen u]mu ‘Quoddy from the sew to keep the hated officials in doors with their grog, for- tune is kind indeed to the herring who may thus turn an honest peuny for the winter little ones, away from the Ot- tawa money bags and the bothersome surplus at Washington, Everything i, snug and shipshape betimes, awaiting the night flood tide. Softly the fishes and crew of three, in the oil clothes and sou'westers, glide away from shorve with mufiled oars into the imper ble darkness, Every square vod of wuter as famiiar to these men as the “cuddy of tneir own bo; The mast is left behind, There dre I.\\n oarsmen, one steersman and a - “dipper.” When favorable round” has been reached there isa h\ld en flash inthe boat. Ina moment a stronger light appears for- ward over the gunwalc on the port side, i ragon oy Z s Quoddy he Oumhl\ Tndians, at Pleas- ant Point on the St. Croix, have made it of bireh bark, It -vht:u n |nx-lu 05 long wide, two or thr cost five cents, and will bl hour. The mqa Quoddy boat fair The greater : for half un nent this is allame the leaps upon the water. its speed the greater the luck. 5 Suddenly there is a tremor in the water justahead of the flaring torch, The “dipper” stands with bared arms, regclute aus if for mighty deed, grimly grasping the stout handle ~ of " a huge scoop net. The tremor upon the water increases to a vipple, and the efforts of the oarsmen are redoubled. The ripple soon becomes o ,lx"mn secthing volume, radiating and as if & mil- life, widening to away rearward. lion tiny wav were battling for pr there is a “*swash” and net has descended. It brings bac than a bushel of gleaming, squirming herving. + Asif for dear life the “dip- per scoops and the 'smen row, splashing, cavorting and squeaking protests, as they to the bont’s bottom, fish the scores of netfuls are thus 1. There is no diminution in the 1d herring which madly l)hm;u ind ) to fore, and tumble and “bunch” sther underneath the fascination of the Quoddy toreh. And not until the boat is filled with this precious fruitage of the sea, and the crow stand knce-deop in the finny treasure, is there cossation animate Tumbling, actually flung by of labor. Then the torg xtin- guished; o swallow i two of rum is taken; God is thanked—for these are a pious lot of simple folk—the customs annot forever grind the poor, and iand is warily made through the fleecy folds of the fricudly fog that has crept upon Quoddy from ihe sea. Somewhat Ambiguous. An Towa editor says: “We have re- ccived u basket of fine rapes from friend W., for which he will please cept our unup]um-nm. some of which are nearly two inches in diameter, " Another new; doings of jon was ver long, as was ry, the chaplain. the prayer of Dr. ¥ o . A Great Joke on Pa. Little Girl—Mumma, [ want you todo me a favor, Mother—What is it, Fanny? Little Girl—I want you 10 n me y new baky brother, but pe t10 know' anything ubuuv. it until-hie gees it AN INGENIOUS PRISONER. A Sing Sing ‘Convict Who Posses- ses Real, Inventive Genlus. A SKILLED BANK BURGLAR. “French Gus" Tells of Some of His Rare Prison Escapes — Burglar Tools — Talents Might Makaa Man Rich. New York World: “French Gus™ was found in the engine room at Sing Sing. He is of medium height, heav but not corpulent, has brown hair which has been liberally silvered, a sallow complexion,a high forehead, which time is rapidly making higher, and quicl gray eyes, which are bright as a boy's and never at rest. Ho spoke English with a marked accent, but fluently. No trifler, he. A man of iron strength and nerve, of patience, industry, self-reli- ance and, above all, of brains. He has ingenuity amounting togenius, and it is said no better mechanic lives. Yet for eighteen years he has been'at constant war with society—a professional burglar, a manufacturer of cracksmen’s tools, a fitter of skeleton s and an expert land pirate of hlgl\ degree. He s now serving a six-years’ sentence given him by Judge Barrett in oyer and terminer June 8, 1885, for cracking tho safe of Smith & Co., No. 45 Park place, and mbhmg the store of G. B. Horton & Co., ‘rankfort street. Allowing com- mutation for good conduct, which he is industriously earning, he has about twenty months yet to serve. Insyector Byrnes and other eminent authorities declare that no safe, how- ever fortified with chrome iron, time- locks and combinations, could withstand this s attack for half an hour, so learned is he in his craft and so power- ful the tools he manufactures specfally for each great job. It is small wonder then that French Gus should be honored with extra care by his keepers and what would seem superfluously strong quar- ters, and yet despite these compliment- it is believed hé re- through choice than ne- ing anxious to serve his time and be free to reap the reward of some marvellous invention he has made while a convie smiled broadly when asked to tell the story of his eseipes, sat down, rub- bed his hands together slowly, laughed, and then shrugged his S Hete: B HG considered the escapes merely as good jokes, but not as anything worthy of his skill “The first time T escaped,’ he said, “was from Sing Sing. It was an easy matter’ a little saw—poof!—I cut through the ba kout. Tgeton the railrond. I would have got away, but a conviet saw me go and to get or with the warden he yelled to the guard, and I camme back. It was so casily done I laughed. That was two months after my sentence in ‘69, I was in for ten ¥ “For eight months T think and think. I do not know whether it was better to remain or to go. But 1 get tired, and— \\\-Il I walk again. How I do that? My keeper was about to be ‘I know that. get some He forgot to when we go y. Tgiveitto him. umnt me in the company in tn supper. It was in Februa a cont from one workman. [ a pair of overalls from an- When the company go tosupper It wasdark, 1 tuke o crow- bar. I go to the big iron fence. DBrum- mem—I break one bar. Brum-m-m!—I break another. Then 1 look out. The one man with a rifle noar the river other. 1 hide, bank. I watch till he turns his back and 1 slip along a little. When he turns my way 1 keep still. He turns again, 1 nd I k. So'I get to the river slip along. I go to Hackens cross on the ice. Bah! it was nothing.” Tt may be related in justice to French Gus that he was not re guilty of 'y . for the four $50 bills which he paid to the keeper afterwards discovered to be coun- oht months T was arrested in ackensack for a little trick I play on a jewelery store night, Detective Juekson, of Sing Sing, he come down and recognize me, and very glad to see me. He take back, - Now I know I lose my short timc is commuta- tion) ind I know it not y to get away again. T am_ put in a strong cell. The keepers they all say,' Watch I “rench Gus.,) Well, T !L\mh and thinl aydaby they puL me n. tlm WO vy oll is searched .|l\ lln- By und by I muke invent a" prison My ¢ work steady. invention. 1 Tock which all the doors can be thrown open at once, or five, ten, fifteen or twenty doors or only one door. 1 complote that in one year—I1874. Toflerit toGovernor Tilden for free use by the statg if 1 get my purdon. AlL the prison authovitics thiey write to say it is the best lock ever known. 1t is perfectly suve. The doors open all by lever, not by a lock, and no one can get them open. Weld, Governor Tilden he think over everything and he ¢ no. The prigon awthorities all sur- prised. A wman get a pardon for an in- vention that is mnhnnb L man with |\\ years—for a little table he muke ckets showing the pumber have, mind T will stay no longer. X nowork on a jonnl jimmy. me picce this weel, one picce next week, and hide them. [ made alittle drill—very h o cut through stone, § wnd ML him with nitric squal part of othes, Allis acid, mu 1 steal some more el for my ¢ ,up." ady I take the bottle of acid and t]wtll'lll tomy cell, With the drill 1 bore a smiil lole through the stone 1o tlnv t. I pourin alittle ‘acid. —The acid eats by littie. 1 duist. That under iy muy in pockets I had made down my I am locked up. My 1% on ihe ground lloor, Oppo- site is row of little windows with heavy you would not think a vt could go through. “How did you?” 4 i “The keeper comes around Lo, cou nt, mu]ll e and by, alout o'clock, I think the time has come. 'J' He will not come Yot is held in by léad. The the lead. I do this little inally I know the lead is al ¢ my new clot fogs. patrol pass my door. again for hall an hour, 1 scvew my see- tional jimmy togeth 1 place it tothe door, ‘1 lsten. No sound., I ‘push --one, two, three times—~the rottén lead give und the door s open. I lgok, patrol in sight. 1 hear hi 1he upper corridor. Now the 1 force on ar, T lis other ba I listen close the 2o6r of my ¢ brolcen bars nnd 11 listen. Now! uy like a cat uul Tam outs Vall? SThe gunrds ave on the high 11, ergep, ereep, ereeparound the huildings to the iron Tence near the river, " [juck outside, I sze through de in the yard.” the bars again with the jimmy. I am away, When T cross the river oh the ico, sit down and liugh." “And then?” “1 go to Montr and T open o jows elry store h my tools. Next day T am arrested. They have no evidence, but L am locked up beeauso they know who L am. They put me in the strong- est coll in the city prison and station & keeper outside my “door. 1T hear they find somo diamonds with my daughter in New York, andso 1 say to myself, ‘Gus, Jo must not stay here longer’ “That night T made a saw out of my knife. T fix a dummy in my bed. I got under she bed to eut * through the floor. Ivery time the keeper looked in my cell fie see the dummy and he think that is me. I eut, cut, cut very softly. The keeper he look from time to time. He wo dummy and he satistied.* Fins ally 1 cut a hole. 1 dropthrough in the cellar. At one end there is cord wopd and a window., 1 use the wood as a jack and bend the bars. Then I walk out again. It is nothing. But the keapoer who wateh all night outside my door he no did like the joke." Do you think you could escape from here a, ?" was asked him, “Poof! Tecould get away any time, but I do not want: T would be caught ay nlu. No, T have only twenty mtm\h quiet, and then—ah, T have a grmul Iu- vention, and 1 shall come back to prison no more.” These are only a few of the incidents of this remarkable man’s eriminal cos reer. He was recaptured after this last exploit and served three ycarsin the penitentiary there, where he introduced Mis invention, It is still in usc, and is pronounced by prison experts absolutely perfoect. After serving out his time ho went to St. Albuns, Vt.. where ho arrested “by State Detective Jackson as ineseaped cony midnight, in the fl son and he w one together waiting for the train going to Sing Sing. Upon a pretext French Gus had his handeufts unlocked a moment, and instantly seiz- ing Jackson, was fast strangling him, roy, after station. Jack- when the little detective drew his revolver and fired two bullets into the convict's head. One passed through the mouth the other lodged near K the baso_of tho brain, where it still remains, He taken to Sing Sing unconscious, but his iron constitution enabled him to re- cover, aud he is now as well as evor. His lever lock is patented, and ho wishes to sell his rights, as made other inventions since, which he elaims a -\n~ll\ more valuable, and to which Ldevote his time when he is frec. e is an interesting subject for study—an expert mechanie, sober and industrious, copable of earning a good living anywhe t following a career which has practically kept him in prison for cightecn years: anotable iv ventor expending most of his ingenui upon burglars’ toc a genius, who, after yeurs of penal servitude, is about to come before the world as a solver of some great mechanical viddle which will make him both fortunc and fame, having taken all learn that the is hard. the best of his life to way of the transgressor . Two Republi's: Yesterday a scene was witnessed in one of our 't cars + termination, cly gave visa st to a gr rality on the part of the occupunts of the car. and gentleman, immense tered the ear with preat difi jostling many of the passengers and stepping on many of the favorite corns of some of them., they set down much to the discomfort of two _\'n\m,u men, who made room for them in one of the seats, One of the young men sadto voes saud to his companion that the recently seated pair seemed uncomfortably fat, to which other replied that ihey appeared ]m&v v in nynv of their excess of avoirpudoise. Although this dialogue was spoken in a very low tone of voice, the fat gentleman heard ity and thereupon began to make aloud some observations as to the impoliteness and discourtesy of some of the young men of the day. This gay rise'to an apology on ”“'ll 't of one of the gentlemen t sceemed to he allided 10, but the apology did not s i=fy the fat individ yones, again rated the yow heir supposed impuder unately there were some lively ladics who seemed to enjoy the and began to laugh immoder 3 Their laughter incensed not only the IFalstafl, but his ponderous she ehimed in with her tho conduet of hilarity of the i 10 st in louder fellows for Unfor- ladtes ulso had n bud offoct on one of the young genflemen who had given rixe to the scene, aud e, thoroughly told his fat antagonist to car and settle theiv dificulties out the presence of the ladies, Thinking that this intended as a provoeation 10 4 ul-ul the ponderbus gent took out Jwhereat his equally fat spouso m. thinking that her huse Hed tothe field of honor, 1 ing the serenms, Phe young and seeing the serious turn that the in= 1t wis taking eoused their laghter, fow pate, and one of them / 3 while the ductor and the sngers interfered. and by their sup- tions and entreaties put an end to (ter numherless apologios crehanged between the 1d the ol 5.\»1', It posed duel hud the an_enjoyable brewk- < to takee plawee this moriing which will be at- avtors of the scene bad 1 usunl termination fust, that w at the Concordin tended by the four above described. very lady whio .hm.fi wear them. 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