Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 3, 1888, Page 2

d Americap red wintes are 3d@dd e mr‘:‘ In “Liverpool prices are 1dwdd cental higher, Corn is stronger. Lin- poed has risen 18, There are two arrivals of wheut cargoes. One was withdrawn and three remai At to-d market both Eng- lish ned foreign wheat were held for 1s ad- wance and 6 ty 9d advance was readily ob- . Flour was 6d higher. Oats sold ot 3d.advance. Enghsh barley was 18 dearer, Boans were 6d cheaper. e SN The Cortez Opened. Lianox, Jan. 2.—The king in his specch ng the cortez to-day, referred to the ent with China regulating the political and commercial relations; to the prospect of & scttlement with Zanzibar; to the progress ‘mnd prosperity of the Congo territory, and to the rapid development of the Delagoa Bay colony from its connection by railway with the interior. He said that the financial posi- tiou of the kingdom was sound. Signi Bgriiy, Jan. 2.—The National Zeitung states that Emperor William, during his re- “eption yestorday of officers of the guards, briefly said: “I would point out that this year your chiet- attention will be claimed by the " maneuvies which the guards mnd the third army corps have been ordered to execute.” The emperor afterward bestowed the order of the Black Eagle npon ‘the court chamberlain, Count Stalberg ‘Werneigerade. DR, The Pope Extensively Congratulated. Rome, Jan. 2.—Yesterday the pope received 2,500 congratalatory telegrams. His high- mess has informed all special foreign envoys that he will grant them audiences for their Jeave-taking whenever thry desire. He in- tends to send autograph letters to all sover- eigns who have written to him, ———— Gladstone and the Vatican. Rome, Jan, 2,--Italian papers say Gladstone will.treat with the vatican for its support in the eofforts being made to obtain autonomy {?rulmluud, Persico having commenced nego- ations. —— Emperor William Avolds Politics. Beniix, Jan. 2—Emperor William, in his re- marks at his New Year's roception yesterday, avoided open political allusions, but in con- versation with his military chiofs he reforred 10 the improyement in the gencral political situation, kit The Hercules Sinking. Lownox, Jan. 2.-The British ironclad Herculos touched the reef off Ferrol, Spain, to-day, and knocked & hole in her side. efforts to stop the leak failed, and the ship with difficulty reached the harbor of Ferrol, where she is gradually sinlgng. Movements, The Friendenblatt denies, on authentic information, that the movement, of Russian troops and war material to the frontier continues, The latest nows shows that recent reports concerning Russian move- ments referred mainly to displacements effected within the frontier provinces. Ex-Mayor Sullivan Honored. Lierick, Jan. 9.—The municipal author- ities have conferred tho freedom of the city upon Sullivan, ex-lord mayor of Dublin. ——— WARRING SPORTS. The Latonia and St. Louis Jockey Clubs at War. CiNersNaTr, Jan. 2.—The Latonia Jockey club officers deny the statement published by the St. Louis Jockey club to the effect that the latter gives more money than Latonia for racing purposes. This year there are thirty- threoe days of racing proposed. The spring meeting begins May 26 and _continues until June 9, Sundays excepted. Thus horsemen will be enabled to race tontinuously, begin- ning at New Orleans in April, then going to Memphis, Nashville, Lexington, Louisville and Latonia. After that they ¢an go to Kan- sas City, Chicago and Minncapolis, going edst in time for the great Sneepshead meeting, which begins June 14. By At the fall meeting Latonia proposes to give 100 races in honor of the centennial celebra- tion and will probably close the meeting at . tho same time as the close of the exhibition, The stakes of tho Latonia club for this year a8 wellas the spring meeting of 1859 "and 1880 have becn announced to close January 15, The sum of &33,000 is offered in stakes alone, The purses wil be accordingly liberal. The club claims the distinction of the first in the west to offer $600 purses, and asscrts thav it will continue to be liberal, es this year, for its pooling privileges have been 801d for #80,000. e Secretary Sutton on O'Connor Power. LiNcoLY, Jan. 2.—[Special Telegram to the Beg.]—John P. Sutton, secretary of the Irish National League in America, oxpressed in vigorous language to-day his opinion of O'Connor Power, who stated on landing in America a few days aga that there was no difference between himself and the Irish nationalists, Sccretary Sutton says the com- ing of O'Connor Power to America has no connection whatever with the Irish National League in any shape or for any purpose accept aid or countenance from him. He states that the [rish of Amer dca know O'Connor Power and his treachery; that they know Lim to be a traitor not alone 1o his political party but to his country und to those who took him from obscurity and made it possible for him to exercise his abil- H'xlin treach He will not be given an- other chance to sell his country. He is dead and buried insofar as Trish politics are con- cerned and wtll not be resurrected by Irish- men in America by any such plausible state- ments as he has mado’ to the castern press since landing in this country. Mr, Sutton also commented upon the cable dls‘mwh \lllufiinx to come from Harrington ‘which stated that America contributions since 1885 have been very small. Mr. Sutton refused to believe that Harrington was the author of any such statement, but it he was he must have cxalted ideas of what consti- tutes large fluancial aid from Awmerica. Mr. Sutton believed that the Irish in America carried constantly heavy, self- imposed tax: tion for churches and charities in America and for support of the rent—burdened Irish in the old country; this support without ref- erence to years had been unfaltering and had Er(:'iflly forced the liberal policy toward Ire- nd. e The Schuylkill Running High. ReaviNg, Pa., Jan 2.—-Owing to yester- day’s heavy rain the Schuylkill river was seven and a half feet higher this afternoon than twenty-four hours before. Huge cakos of ice came flouting down the river all morn- ing and if these pass off without forming u flmm no danger is apprehended. The water 80 high that the river and the Schuylkill and Union canals appear as one body of ‘water. Above Reading many small crecks overflowed their banks and did serious dam- age. The wuters are now receding. — More Chicago Boodlers. CuicAGo, Jan, &--Dun Duggun, the South Chicago contractor indicted for defrauding the Cumming’s school district out of a lar sum of money, was arrested to-day. Sol Thompson, another of the hoodlors indicted for the samo thing, gave himself up to-day. The other four men under indictment will probably be arrested before night. . Possididlin Legislature Meets. . 2—The sixty-eighth gen- eral assembly convened at 10 this morning. The house organized by electing A. L. Lanp- son speaker. The senate organized by elect- ing T, T. Davis president pro tem. The gov- ernor’s message was presented and road in both branches this aiternoon. e ———— - Rising Rivers. Prrrssune, Jan., 2.--Notwithstanding the sudden cold spell the rivers ave still rising slowly and rivermen expect sufiicient water 1o sond out u barge shipment of coal to Cin- cinnati and Louisville, The rivers are now running full of ice. ———————- The Atlanta at Falmoro. {Copyright 1887 by James Gordon Dennett.] . Paumno, Jan. 9,— [New York Horald Cable—Special to the Baz.]--Gould's yacht Atlunta arrived bere to-day. A DARING ROBBERY. pret- A Catholic. Priest Has an Exciting Bxperience in Ponnsylvania. New Briantos, Jan, 2.—<One of the most daring robberies in Beaver county occurred this morning at the residence of Rev. Father Bigham, pastor of 8t Joseph's Cath- olic church of this place. Mrs. Cristy, the houskeeper, has been sick and was occupying a room with Miss Mary M- Nally, who acted in the capacity of nurse, and a young niece about fourteen years of age. At the hour named Mrs, Cristy awoke and discovered two masked men in the room. The robbers then drew their rovolvers and de- manded her money. She replied that she had noune. At this juncture, Miss Gertie Clarke, the niece, awoke and, seing the men, began to scream, and Mrs, Cristy, taking advantage of the confusion, pressed uan_electric button which rang a bell in Father Brigham's room, The priest, suddenly aroused, confused and half asleep, rushed out into the hallway, thinking that the women had been taken violently il wud thut his sorvices ‘were - required. .One o the robbers rushed to the hall and forced the reverend gentienran into his room, where he atonce hid his valuables, money and watch. The burglar then told him to open the door or he would batter it down,and Father Bighpm replied, “I will ' shoot '.hmnl:h‘ ‘meh?oor.';mmz t":: villain i ‘l}d repared for this by ng young lady gut‘?r bed and ho}mmz her before him, where she cnlled to-the well-nigh frantic priest to not shoot, #s she . would surely receive the shot. The = priest then. the re- volver and opened the door, Wwhen the burglar made a search of the room, but failed to find anything of muoh value. He beewme so exasperated that he dealt Fathor Bigham a_blow with _a revolver. which full::a him to the floor. . The robbers then forced the four occupants of the house to walk down stairs and at the point of a revelver compelled the priest to open the ®afe and give him the contents amounting to $115, which had been taken In the collections, The pair then departed. Several hours later detec- tives arrested thrée men whom were Po L It)lvr-ly identified as the men who committed the crime. i The Lick Observatory Telescope. SAN Jose, Cala,, Jan. 2.—The great ob- jective or thirty-six-inch lens of the Lick ob- servatory telescope was fully mounted yes- terday aftornoon. As 8oon as an observa- tionis made @ photographic lens will be mounted and experimental photographs tuken to determine the work required to finish the telescope. g s Accepted the Lot. Los ANGeLEs, Cal, Jan. 3. —General John Fremont has written a letter to the ranch company which recentlypresented him with alot at Seaside, accepting the gift and an- nouncing his determination to settle in south- ern California. e S5 Coal Miners Wil Go Out. ReAMING, Pa, Jan. 2.—Advices received here to-night from interior towns of the coal regions, say the conl miners will undoubtedly strike to-morrow morning, when all coal traffic will of course be suspended. pidsehasii-aiadin The Rock dsland's New President. KANsAS CITY, Jan, 2—The Journal will an- nounce to-morrow that M. A. Low has been appointed president of the Rock Island sys- tem west of the Missouri river. ERTTFE AR The Death Record. PILADELPHIA, Jan. 2.—The funeral of Judge Joel Parker, war governor of New Jersey, who died here last night, will take place at Frechold, N. J., Friday morning. sty Y. M. C. A. Entertainment. The Pleasant Manner in Which They Passed the Day. Yesterday the Y. M. C. A. celebrated New Year's day in royal style at their rooms on the corner of Fifteenth and Dodge. From noon until 4 p. m. a reception was given; the rooms were thromged with people and a pleasant time was spent in social chat, games and singing. Four until 7 o'clock a substan- tial supper was served, and an army of mem- bers and their guests were fed. The eve- ning's entertainment commenced at 8:30 and continued until 10. It was opened by chotrns singing of gospel hymns, which was followed with prayer by the Rev. J. E. Ensign. Next the solo by Mr. Lee Kratz was -warmly en- cored and he graciously responded. Mr. W. W. Slaybrook then gave the boys & most sen- sible talk, urging upon them the necessity of some fixed aim in I His speech abounded with many apt illustrations and left a marked impression on his auditors, * By request Mr. Lee Krutz gave another solo, after which the Rev. Mr. Wilson gave an eloquent and im- passioned address en the subject, “Saloons on Sabbath.” After asolo by Mr. McDon- ald and o duet by Messrs, Henderson and Grotton, the Rev. J. E. Eusign gave a brief and witty speech. The entertainment ended with another duet by Messrs, Henderson and Grotton. i THE LARGEST LIVING BIRD. How General Sickles Saved the Life of a South American Condor. New York Sun: ‘‘Just after the war of the rebellion,” said General Daniel E. Sickles this morning, as he sat before a looking glass with a razor in his hand and a lather upon hisface, ““Iwas sent to Bogota by the United States govern- ment on adiplomatic mission, While there, in one of my numerous excursions about the city, I saw a condor and was instrumental in saving its life. The man who owned this bird had captured iv while very young. Tt was fastened with a chain around one leg to a stuke driven into the ground. g}'I\e sight of the bird made a great impression on me. It was about seven feet in length and the distance between tho tips of his wings when outspread was about sixteen fect. 1t stood u(-urlf' three feet high. Its talons were as long a8 my fingere. Its were as large as pigeons’ eggs and blazed with alight which no captivity could subdue, Isaved that condor’s life. One of its legs had been attacked by a little insect peculiar to South America, which had o habid of worming its wa into human and animal flesh and mul- tiplying with such frightful rapidity that the victim dios in a few days in ex- cruciating agon. I have seen nutives lying beside uth American rouds, tReir bodies swollen as large as a barrel from the inflammation produced by the _ravages of this in- sect. One” of the condor’s * legs had . been badly lacerated by the inroads of this insect. I told the owner of the bird that I could effect a curve, but he lnughed at me. Said he: You dare not go near him. He has killed three dogs. I have seen him take a dog by the scruff of the neck with his beak, and then tear n pound of meat from his vibs. I told hisowner thut 1 wold take the risk. I went into the forest and cut n strong, withy sapling. From this sapling T made a yoke sucl as is used to put over the necks of geese to keep them from getting through fences. This yoke [ succeeded in put- ting over e condor’s neck. The con- dor, was thus unable to use his for- midable beak, aithough he tried hard to do so. Two men held his sound leg while I doctored the diseased one. The tneatment | adopted was to bauduge the condor’s leg in cot- ton sonked in oil. Three days later I paid another visit to the eondor. This time | cauterized the wounds, and the result was that the leg became com- pletely cured. The ownor of the bird had doubted my surgical skill, and had said that if T euved the bivd I could have him. I began to make pregurn\hm- to have the condor transported to Central pu L found, however, that the ex- pense would be enormous, involving re- ays of some thirey natives to carry the condor to the coast, hesides his cave on shiphoard; and so Central parck lost pm‘ubly one of the finest specimels uf “he great South American condor which Las ever beou taken alive,” _gency committee, was the first speaker, 0 T T A e e T AR e 8 S A3 WHAT WAGE WORKERS WANT They Aks the Removal of Chairman Balcombe. THEY SAY IT WITH MIGHTY VOICE Large and Enthusiastic Gathering of Wage Workers and Bread Wine ners at the City Ha!l Last Nigh The Meeting. 1 Between four and five hundred representa- tives of the trades organizations of the city assembled in the council chamber last night for the purpose of entering a protest against the letting of contracts for any kind of work on the city hall to conviét labor, or the em- ployers of such. Mayor Broatch, a member of the city council, the trades committée and the officers and representative men of the dif- ferent workingmen's trades unions occupied seats inside the railing. Mr. Nat Allen, president of the Plasterer's union, was chosen to preside and stdted the object of tho meeting. Mr. James D, ‘Green “acted as seoretary. Mr. Con Lynch, a merfber of the emer- He referred to the bid of Nevins & Co., und said it was n well known fact that “Bill” Stout, the employer of convict labor, was one of that firm. That firm had béen awarded the contract to do the work on | the city building, but was afterward re- scinded by the council. One of the objects of this meeting was to thank the council for their action, and at the same time assurc them that if the wishes of workingmen were not abided by they would demounstrate their displeasure through the ballot box. Mr. Smyth was hailed with applause. He said that convict labor was an iniquitous system and should be condemned wherever found. There are to-day within the ivalls of the Lincoln penitentinry 834 convicts. They are compelled to produce all they can in the ten hours they are watched ana dogged over. The contractor does not pay them. He does not have to house, feed or clothe them. What does he have to pay? Simply a few overseers at an annual cost of 24,000, On the other hand a manufacturer or respecta- ble contractor employing a like number of honest workingmen has to support their homes, elothe them, pay them a living salary and insure them the happiness that be- longs to all honest wage work- ers. Prison labor competes unjustly with honest labor, and the speakor gave in- disputable figures to carry out his assertion. Mr. Smyth maintained the convict should be made sclf-supporting. Convict employment is a most profitable one, ana is fostered and supported by legislators who vote for it. These legislators go to Lincoln for a price, and are bought up for that price to legislate for these convict employers. They are slick fellows, smooth talkers and will drown a legislator in wine and dine him on oysters. These fellows who are trying to get the céon- tract for building the city hall are poisoned with convict labor, and they are not safe people to allow to et a foothold here. The speaker in conclusion said that if the work- ingmen would stand by the city council it would thwart convict labor on the city build- ing. [Cries of ‘“They, are doing it” and “They’ll have to.”] Mayor Broatch was next cailed out, and said that he was hea vin sympathy with the objects of the mecting, adding that as long as he could prevent it there should be no convict labor within the corpo- rate limits of the city., Convict labor is not what it is credited to be. - The mayor said he had it from contractors that convict labor was a loss to them, Mr. Broatch even knew that the work done by convicts did not vempare in no wise with that of honest labor. When he ran for mayor the laboring men stood by him, and he would never abuse that confi- dence, Mr. Broatch affirmed that he nor the council would ever do anything that was in- imical to the laboring classes of Omaha. Councilman Hascall pitched into the chair- man of the board of public works, and told his hearers that he would stand by them everytime. It would be a disgrace 0. the city to have their city hall erected by conviet labor to the utter disregard of honest laborers whom the city had invited ' to come here and live. The council would stand firm and do all in their power for the working class, but he thought the mayor ought to bounce the board of public works if they don't stop writing to the newspapers and training with Nevins & Co. The architect, too, was to blame. He put a city hall on paper that, he said, would cost $190,000. Now he comes aud says it will ¢ost $300,000 to build, and if he keeps on it it will cost'$500,000. Mr. Hascall said the way the construction of the building was being mani- pulated the architect and board of public works were looking for marging, and wound up by chancing the remark that himself and his associates in council were hotiest and above reproach. In response to loud calls Councilman Ford came to the front. He said that he felt at home among workingmen, and at every turn of the road as a coal digger, railroad section hand, policeman and ' councilman _he had * stood by the laborer. The contract drawn up in favor of Nevins & Co., was the most rotten ever put in force. *Boss" Stout was a state corruptionist m bad man to have any dealings with. speaker acquainted the audience with an_ in- terview and broken promise he had with Mr. Heimrod, & member of the board. of public works, when the revoking of the Nevins P Co.’s contract was brought up, All th frauds in the city had endeavored to force the Nevins & Co. contract down the throats of the council, but they would not swallow it. Mr. Ford expressed his full sympathy with the workingman. Mr. E. Welch was opposed to the employ- ment of convict labor, as was every Yax payer and laboring man. 1f the contract for com- pleting the superstructure of the city hall was let to Nevins & Co., ‘‘Boss” Stout, who is the tail end of the firm, would vun in his convict labor to the disadvantage -of the honest laboring men of Owmaha: ‘All the stone, the speaker said, that would be iutro- duced in that superstructure would be cut and carved in Lincoln and- Louis- ville, this state, —at the quarrles ““of “1oss" Stout. The bricklaying wou done by convicts, and the plastering by the same iniquitous class. Mr. Welch urged his hearers 1o be on the nlora as the city hall bids were again open, and urged them to look out for King & Co., as he was positive they would send in the lowest bid. = *‘Boss Stout, he further alleged, was the power beliind the throne in this firm, and he will work in the convict labor. The object of the meeting is to forever banish ‘*Boss" Stout from cttins u foothold in Omaha, and Mr. Welch pleade of the workingmen to sec that that was thor- oughly fulfilled. Lh»uncilnun Ford said that aslong as Mayor Broatch was such a friend of labor, let the meeting pass a resolution calling upon the mayor to remove St. A. D. Balcombe fromn the chairmauship of the board of public works, for 48 long as he remained in the offico Stout & Co. would get the contract. The suggoestion was hailed with an outburst of ap- plause, and an attempt was made to give three cheors for Mr. Ford. Councilman Lowry excused himself from speaking as he was hoarse. He made the as- sertion that Mayor Broatch had said to him that he (Broatch) told Heimrod to vote with Balcombe in defeating & reconsideration of the Nevins & Co. contract. Doctor Lavander warned the councilmen not to engage in any schemes that would be detrimental to the working classes, or they would bury them under the mire so deep that they would never again come to the sur- ace. Councilman Manville had heard it asserted that thero was a ring in the council when this Nevina contraci was under considera- tion. There wus a ring, @ ring to down Nev- ins & Co., for whom and their conviet labor the city of Omaha has no use. Councilman Snyder and Mr. O'Keefe made addresses. The latter said he was a mem- ber of the umorgsm'l\; committee, and ex- pressed sorrow that they had not made an e fort before this to remove St. A. D. Bal combe. But they would do it, and in a shape that Mayor Broatch could not ignore. On motion tho president then appointed Mossrs. Gowen, ('Keefe, Mahoney, Green and Lynch, s committee to draw up a me- worial requesting Mayor Broatch to remove Mr. Balcombe frow the chairmanship of the board of public works, after which the meeting tendered théifPhanks to the speak- ers and adjourned. , £ A Com leation. OamA, Jan. 2.—To the Editor of the Ber: A few plain facts aggigst the utteiance of the allogod orators.atishe city ball moeting 1ast night, may not be Mappropriate. A Que sense of justiceon ¥Hd part of the public toward the man detgrmjued to stand to his rights as already defined of public record, will excuse this compiupication in the public press, as a plain sta@dbat of the facts of record, as against hyegs band strains and oratorical skyrockets, destined to dazzlo workingmen. I Until Nat Allen, oftHe Plasterers' union, took the chair at thd opening of the meeting, 10 one knew under what or ‘whose auspices the meeting was called. Hand bills and dodgers were circwlated throughout the streets, it is true, by order 6f the committee, w8 vague'and indefinite as the call itself, and the best proof of the want of sympathy on the part of the workingmen with the object of the moeting was attested by the fact thut four men nominated for spcretaries declined and the two first speaiters, Hon. J. C. Cowin and Honc ‘E. Roscwster, .were not in the audience. Cou Lynch was probably the best exponent of the meeting, because, turning to | Messrs. Lowry, Ford and others of the city council present, he thredtened them with the failure of re-election by tho votes of the ‘workingmen if they sustained the previous action for building the superstructure of the city hall. Now a few words to the very workingmen who nttended the meeting last night and_ap- lfluudrd the generalities about convict lubor. f there was any one thing insisted upon, it ‘was that convict labor would defraud them of honest wages and thercby a continuous supply of worle I Soptember, 1880, the contract for the building of the basement of the city hall was awarded to the Regan brothers and the express conditions of the contract were that the basement was to be completed by the followingduly. This is the year 1887 and the basement is not completed yot. The private enterprises in the samo vicinity are going ahead, and yet a great public improvement is to-day a hole in the ground. Surely some workingmen have been -deprived of daily labor and daily wagz Whose fault is it? Inquire for yourselyes and be not deceived with oratorical whirlwinds in certain interests va'ion of we in Omaha has come in. Nevins & Co. have no fight with either the Regans or the Bronn in the work bid upon by them, no convict labor direct or indirect in any shape, manner or form was proposed to be u It it were, the expross conditions of the contract would prevent such convict lubor. It will be found after very little investiga- tion that this row has been raised by rival and disappointed biddors, and that the work- ingmen are being used to rake their chestnuts out of the fire. And, in the meantime, the taxpayers are gotting the worst of it. J. S. Bartholomew's Equine Paradox at Boyd's—The Other Theatres. At both performances at the Boyd opern house yesterday crowded houses grected Prof. George Bartholomew's celebrated Equine Paradox, which has come back to Omaha after an ubsencoof two yeurs, greatly enlarged and improved! There is 5o much thag is pleasing in this entertainment, that one hardly knows where 10 begin, sufiice it to say that a set of more intelligent animals doesmot exist, and the foats accomplished by tem ave indeed mar- vellous. i The drill, in which thig whole troupe par. ticipate, is executed inn wonderfully perfect manner and it is doubtfyl if a company of trained United States regulars could’ go through the exacting jgneuvers morve per- fectly. Little Nellie js $he favorite of -the ladies and children and the cute way in which she walks down to the foot-lights, bowing continually until the audience ex- hibits “sufficient recognition to please her Jadyship, always brings Torth loud and enthu- siastic applause. The jorses all bear charnc- tevistic names, such 8p Bucephalus, Brutus Casar, ete., ete, 55 The black horso.“Sprite” is amarvel jump- ing a tremendous distance in the air, over four full grown horse, SPARMER'S DAUGHTER" AT THE GRAN “Only a Farmer's Daughter,” whic produced at ‘the G opera house last night, has long survived its author. Barnes died some time ago, but his principal piece lives, and appeals nov less strongly to popular appreciation than it did when it was first pro- duced. The performance last evening_intro- duced the third scason of the play in Omaha. This season will include Tuesday and Wed- nesday evenings, Mr. Barnes was far from being a great playwright. Nevertheless, his works display considerable knowledge of buman nature and a deep insight into the methods and manners of people of the present time. *“Only & Farmer's Daughter,” while possessiug scenes and situ- ations which savor of the serial story, con- tains a number of features which picture al- most_ every ife. They do not display the delicacy and finish of the work of other writers for the stage. They are distin- guished, rather, by a roughness, which lacks but the polish of & more experienced hand to make them almost universally acceptable. Singularly enough, this polish has been gen- crally applied by the people into whose hands the representation of the picce has been com- Of all these lx\n ple, the eompany uced the play last night, are un- tingly the strongest. They gave an admirable representation of the picce, Ma- rion Abbot in the dual role of Lizzie Stark and Mme. Laurent easily won favor with the au- dience. Neither character, in itself, is to be commended. It is that of a man blinded v an: inordinate love for a worthless crimi- 1, who, to Jrove her unholy devotion, stops not even at the wreeking of ‘a home in ' which Jove and happiness are supposed to dwell. In a word, it is that of an unscrupulous adventuress, and well does the lady play it. Last night, even against the sympathy of her audience, Miss Abbott evoked applause and secured recalls, Jus- tine is the pretty character,the heroine of the piece. It is against her that adventuress husband, almost everybody sins, and meekly, carefully yet forcibly does she’declare her- sclf against it. Naturally, the situations which the story of her trouble suggest, make demands upon the audience, especially the ladies; but these are strengthened and ad- mirably worked up by the acting of a little girl, Maude Thompson, which, with that of Miss Elliott, strongly appeals to the female portion of the audience. Kate Howard as folly made an excellent soubrette, acting with care and good effect. though it might be remarked, in passing, that young women who are in the habit of wiclding feather dus- ters ure not, asa rule, prone to wearing rich velvet dresses. Tn Mother Stark, Miss Haw- ard had a hideous make-up and made the character as repuisive wndihideous as the au- thor ever intended it. M, Houston as Hor- old Lennox scarcely realised the ideal of a successful novelist. This,icharacter has al- ‘ways been a weak one,;aud the fault lies somewhat with the dramatist. Mr. S.J. For- han as Jack Hartley madejust about as vil- lainous an aid to the adwedturess as the piece demanded. Mr. Fisk ag Sammy Green gives promise of fair work ass wcomedian, still a young man, and pénuwlcdgn of mak- ing up is somewhat defective. Mr, 5 Jones scored a success ag Higgins the butcher. The piece was beautifully costumed. ——ail — SOCIAL CLUB DANCES. —— The Hyperion and - Esmeralda New e 1l The fourth dance of the season was held at Masonic hall last evening and was the finest party'they have given this winter. A few persons not members had been favored with iuvitations and there were present over fifty couples. Many elegant costumes were worn by the lad and the scene in the ball room was a brilliant one. The playing of the Musical Union orchestra was complimented by many for being moder- ately slow and nearly perfect in time. Most of the music furnished by the different orchestras for the various dances has been entirely too fast, the only object of the players evidently bemg to Lurry through with the numbers regardless of the wishes of the dawcers. This has resulted in ruining the poetry of the dance, making it spasmodic, fatiguing and utterly devoid of grace. The Hyperions welcomed the gracious innovation of the Musical Union last night. The third dance of the Esmeralda club was held at the Baker hotel last evening, and as was & social of which they may well foll feel proud. ¥ couples were presen! and the Eameraldas, who aro distinguish for sogial traits, had a most enjoyable time, Eighteen numbers were danced, and at the ond of the ninth, the members of the club filed out to the dining room, where a sump- tuous and tempting array of viands wero spread. The party was voted the best yet given by the club this season. e — A FREAK MAKES A KICK. Exciting Times at the Eden Musece Yesterday Afternoon. Between 2 and 8 o'clock yesterday after- noon a mixed asscmblage of men, women and children stood in front of the entrance to the Eden Musee, at the corner of Farnam and Eleventh streets, and clamored for admit- tance. The box ofice was deserted, and there ‘was no one on hand to accept their dimes. Barmey Baldwin, the man with a broken neck, who figurea among the freaks of last week, stood in the center of the crowd and appealed to them to stand *‘by @ railroad man ‘who was being im) d upon, and on his Just deserts.” A little woman_enveloped in o big seal skin cout, added excitement to the gathering by shouting *Baldwin” at the top of her voice without receiving recogni- tion. Oficer Culen, gay in blue cloth and brass buttons, pushed his way through the door of the mafn entrance, followed by Bald- win, whose fractured neck was done up ‘in a harness. As the latter went in, Manhagor Lawler came out and spoke ule“\-v to Bald- win, who agair id something about getting his ‘just dues.” The little woman enveloped In & scal skin cont, at this juncture walked out on the pave and unmercifully scored Manager Lawlor, She quickly received an audience, and told the crowd that Buldwin was her husband and that he had attached the box receipts of the musee for his salary of 00, the saume being the consideration he was to have received for his last week's exhibition. Mrs. Baldwin's narrative had its effect on the crowd, and they all seomed very sorry. Inside the budtd- ing another exciting transaction was being indulged in. A deputy shoriff held an iron hand on the cash box, and stood parleying with Baldwin and representative men of the musee. From hot words tae whole crowd finally sottled down to buseeess, and Baldwin grasping tightly in his hands $150 made his way, accompanied by his wife, to the depot, and 'took & train for Chicago. A Bee roporter in & talk the management was informed that the whole trouble originated from Buldwin's fractious conduct. Every em- ploye of the Musee is subject to the rigid rules of the establishment, which imposes fines for misconduct. One day last week Baldwin bomine aged at one of the awaches, drew a revolver and threaened to send him to the realms beyond. Thts breach of the decormmn of the house the managementy consider ufficient to fine him §20, wath was deducted on pay day. Baldwin retwsed to comply with this, and therefore the orecze of yesterday which finally ended in a calm. with P g Personal Paragraphs. N. Biles, of St. Joseph, Mo., is at the Pax- ton. ; x\g. Goodhard, Elkhorn, Neb., is at the Mil- ard. F. P. Smith, of Kansas City, is at the Mil- lard. Y ; A]. Hoose, of Neligh, Neb., isat the Mil- ard. G. D. Whaley, of Loup City, Neb., is at the Millard, L. W. Russell, of Glenwood, Ia., is at the Millard. 1. W. May, of Kansas City, is at Millard. G. M. Ford, of Des Moines, Ta., isat the Millard. 0.C. S Paxton. Fred. Fuller, of Fullerton, Neb., is at the Paxton, . L. Theitz, of Marshalltown, Ia., is at the Paxton. [ M. M. White, of Lincoln, Neb., is at the Paxton. C. C. Hulett, cashier at the Millard, is very ously ill. L. Oppenhieimer, of Nebraska City, Neb., is at the Paxton. Mr. and Mrs. J. H, Pratt, of Summit Hill, Neb,, are atthe Paxton. James Strong, clerk at the Millard, returned from Sioux City, Ta. W. C. Halsey, general superintendent of the . E. & M. V. railroad, is in the city. J. E. Murray, business manager *‘Around the World in Eighty Days,” Hotel Barker. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Galbraith, of Des Moines, after u short it with friends in the city, réturnod home yesterday. The Andre Alpine Choir compaay break- fasted at the Millard yesterday, and after- wards proceeded on their way to Iowa. Mr. A.J. McNair has returned from Ante- lope county where he spent several upon his ranch in that county. Mr, will remain in Omaha until spring when he will probably return to make improvements upon his farm. John Schenk, the leading music dealer of Dayton, Oiio, with his wife, nee Miss Ware- ham, ave guests of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Creighton.” They will remain here for sev- eral weeks, and then, with the latter lady and gentleman, will take a trip of several weeks to the Pacific coast. the abin, of Beatrice, Neb., isat the has is one St dabl Board of Education. The board of education met last evening to formally adjourn until this evening. (R WALL STREET GHOSTS. Financial Wrecks That Frequent Their Old Haunts. ‘Wall street, being the place of dear hopes, there are naturally some ghosts floating around here. The Wall street ghost, however, differs from the usual variety of supernatural phenomenon of fevered intellects. They look well fed; some of them have complexions sug- gestive of pm'})lu-hucd and comfortable Jurgundy, Perhaps they don’t dress uite as nattily as before their financial issolution, the diamonds and dazzling carringes and fine mansions of the old days are lacking, and there are other serious evidences in their daily routine that mark them as. relics of financial activity and hardihood, but they are un- mistakably there and to be seen any day in a stroll through the streets near the stock cxvlumge or upon the marble ties in Delmonico's. There are big ghosts and little ghosts in that neighborhood of millions, and for every shadow of a financial Crmesar there are hundreds and perhaps thou- sands whose immateriality and financfal disembodiment are known only to the brokers, or are food for the twaddling gossips of the bucketshops. It iscurious to note that in a travel through the country, and particularly in western farming districts, some insiguificant relics of financial expectations are occa- sionally met, but the great ghosts of the strect remain to haunt their precincts until they expiate finally their financial sins and go to some financial heaven via a material graveyard, Theexplanation of this is that the little ghosts are hope- less of rehabilitation in golden flesh, while the b hosts are occasionally buoyed up wit! nfic hope that the shadow of their former financial greatness will materialize and they be restored to at least a competence, At present there are seven gr Wall street ghosts. They are Milts, John A, Tobin, Henry N. Smith, Rufus Hatch, John Pondir, Alden B. Stockwell and James R. Keene. At one time the collective fortune of this group was estimated at $25,000,000. There was many a stout steuggle before finan- cial dissolution overcame them, and at occnsional intervals there have been indications of spasmodic resuscitation for some of them, but these have ] ored and waned almost before they were perceptible to the quick eye and kcen attention of Wall street graveyard watchmen. Some fool born to puzzle wise men with questions has asked how a Wall street ghost lives, A fit answer would be that he doesn’t; he merely exis! but one of the best known men on the street gave a more serious answer: “One or two in their palmy duys,” he o G st o al R — ‘said, “stowed away a little in thetr | wife's name. The interest of that monoy nets a comfortable living to the family but leaves the ghosts no funds to revel in the enthusinsm of their lives—stock speculations. When the desire to take a flyer becomes insupportable, and the mania does not come over them with ir- resistable force often, flw{ ask some old broker friend to give them a chanoe, that is, to take the sk for them, giving them the profit if any accrues. Such a request is generally backed by what the ghost considers sound information as to the cowrse of the stock he asks the broker to tackle for him. You see these ghosts float around and sometimes corral early in formation, pnrtioulnrl{ of bobtail pools, and sometimes, especially if their old broker friends are in generous mood, thep rake 8100 or $200 out of the battle. Some of these brokers made fortunes from these ghosts in the day when each one of of the ghosts swung from 50,000 10 100,000 shares of stock in a week., As a rule, when the broker declines to be enerous he tells the ghost that he, the roker, will limit histnus on the fiyer to 1 per cent, or 8100. Sometimes, I am sorry to say, brokers have refused the modest requests of old patrons who put hundreds of thousands into the brokers’ pockets. Some of the brokers look upon the requests of the ghosts asa faro- dealer would upon a player who had gone broke and wanted to borrow a stack of blues, to buck against the bank and possibly win. 1 have known of brokers flatly refusing to grant the modest petition to buy 100 shares for an old patron, “‘Some of these ghosts may not have acent’s worth of interest in the mar- ket, but they jabber away just as in the old days about earnings and possible dividends, and dissect the financial and railroad news just as carefully as in the dnys when they were on top and ad- mired. Wall street is thoroughly sel- fish, and perhaps in the main coldly heartless—n winner is a trump, a loser is neglected, and so, on the whole, the ghosts are looked upon ns hangers-on, and are often spoken of as bores.” A glance at the record of some of these ghosts recalls the days when Sam Mills was the favorite broker of Jay Gould. Mr. Mills was then head of the great house of S. M. Mills & Co., and at one time could draw his check 000, George Stayne Henry S. rtner, was once special partner Mr. Mills’ firm. Ten years ago Mr. Mills forsook the chance for additional millions as Mr. Gould vorite broker, and with Mr. K wyed himself against his old Mr. Mills lost the bulk of his fortune in a deal in ‘Western Union against Mr. Gould, and the odd thousands at his command were swept away later. Mr. Keene was badly singed, but he did not succumb uniil five years ago. When Keene came to New York hé | $4,000,000 that he could command half an hour’s notice. He plunged in and rotled the £4,000,000 up to £12.000,000. He then crossed swords with Mr. Gould, specalated heavily in wheat, lard and opium, #nd later in puts, calls, and all sorts of privileges, and became s0 ex- tended that he went down strangled by his own complications. John A, Tobin is one of the most tevesting ghosts of the street. At one time he president of the Hudson River railroad company. e engineered the famous corner in Harlem stock for Commodore Vanderbilt, which pushed | the stock up from 9 to . Mr. Tobin is now a frequenter of the bucket shops in New strect and Broadway. He has a small farm on Staten Islandand s the produce of it to the restaurants in the neighborhood of the stock exchange. His great fortune was lost in stock spee- ulations. Henry N. Smith is still dapper and neatly dressed, but la the snap and vigor of the du when, with ‘l;n*uu Woerishoffer at hif side, he made the bulls g o, His failure for a million and over, which leveled the old house of William Heath & Co. in the dust, is still vividly remembered. Rufus Hateh and Alden B, Stockwell were each in their day president of the Pac fuil steamship company. The stock of that compuny did the Dusiness for Mr. Stockwell, and § now a broker on the Consolidated Stock and Petroleum exchange. Mr. Hatch was numbered among the ghosts of the street when the unhappy outcome of his Yellowstone park enterp: fully appreciated, Mr, Hateh 1 fortune in Northwestern stock along with his oid fr d_ Henvy Ke and even when to-d though with vanished fortune, he, enters the street he is heartily greeted, and s spoken of as the most genial of ghests. S HOW BEER 18 MADE, Some Pointers With Reference to Its Manufacture. Kansas City Times: There has been no material change in the process of manufacture for many years. The sume operations are gone through with that our forefathers for centuries b thought best. Improved machinery, however, has _heen added to facilitate the making. The processes arve distinct, and ave as follows: First the malting; socond, preparing the wort; thivd, fer- menting, and fourth, clarifying. To properly follow tho manipulation it is necessary to ascend to the top story and from there gradually follow the pro- cesses of steeping, couching, sweating, flooring and kiln drying. It was ahard climb to the seventh story to a long room containing a row of vast iron and porcelain lined tanks, having each a capacity of 600 bushels, into which. from wooden spouts, were pouring steady streams of grain from an adjoining ele- vator. Here the grain is expanded by moisture to prepare it for rmination. king malt the greatest care has to be given thav the right temperature is bhad. The work of making malt can not be carried on in hot weather. In the manufacture of beer a large amount of water is used. The barl during steeping imbibes about 50 per cent of its weight in water and increnses fn bulk about 50 per cent. The “couching” process is best scen on the floor below. From an opening in the tunk above the swollen barley is poured. The pile made is immediately attacked by a lot of sturdy fellows who spread it out into beds about eighteen inches high. At the end of twelve hours it is turned over without being spread, Twelve hours later th i has attained its greatest bulk. grain is then removed one floor below and again spread. Here it i8 noticed that it begins o beat and the temp ture gradually increases. 1t 1s now in the sweating stage. The grain is tere- fore |,u|'nmf into the floor below and spread out eight inches thick. The temperature is now about 80 deg. It is desirable to keep the geain at this tem- perature and in order to do this the grain is favther spread. The barley is now turned four times a day and shifted from floor to floor and spread to the depth of th inches, At the end of the ninth day the object of the maltster is accomplished in causing generation, The operation is then urrested by kiln drying. A hot air is produced by a fur- nace below. The temperature is gradu- ally increased to 140 degrees, 1t is nover dried for less than two days. The length of time that the malt is subject to the drying process depends upon” the color | of ‘the boer to be made. For themuking of very dark beer the hoat is increased, in- In making malt for porter some of the kernals are chared. Now comes the “racking” house. The rocess which the grain here undergoes s difficult to describe. Mounting to the fifth story of the malt house and elo- vator, to a narrow foot bridge sixty fect in the air, supperting a long box in which was a revellving screw,which car- ries the malt tothe house where it wasto meet with hops and rice, the chuse was resumed. When the infusion is complete the leaves are shoveled into a large press, not unlike a cider press, Pressure is applied to the same and tho clear juice of the hops run off, through & copper pipe ihto @ basin, only to bo pmp[;:'d up into n vast urn-like tank which extonds through the building. In the meantime the malt pours steadily into a rapidly revolving mill of steel rollers, from which it drops into water at 165 degrees. Water is constantly added to the boiling mass. At the samo time grouyd rice is furiously boiling in vats for that purpose. The mixture in the mash tub is called wort, and when done it is drawn off into o large coy per boiler, which has taken the place of the primitive copper kettle, . Hore the wort is joined by the hop juice from below and the rice juice from above. After boiling for the proper length of time the contents of the tub ure pumped to an upper story, where shallow pans of great size await what is almost beer. Here it is allowed to slowly cool off until lukewsrm, then it is allowed to cool rapidly by flowing down over the face of a huge table of copper pipe, which now contains cold air made from ammonia by machinery. From here the fluid flows ‘into immense tanks on tho floor beneath, where yeast is added and the precess of fermentation is begun. The beer at this etage re- quires constant watching, as the least inattention my result in the souring of the mass. Afterward the beer is drawn off into the storage vats and kept from three to six monthsin a temperaturs of 402 bhefore it is ready for use. The process of kegging is simple, Connection if made with the particular vat desired and its contents pumped divect through pipes toan open air si where a single man fills with two flexi- ble Ynu-s. two kegs at a_ time. When the keg overflows from the bung holo, the man from the box at tne side puts in a heaping teaspoenful of carbonate of da, Thisis to give the beer life and s¢ it to foam up so that as many as 200 glasses may be filled from a singlo keg. A singlo blow of a mallet serves to place the bunfi in place, and the keg is rolled on slides direct to the cavs. The interior ot every keg is lined with iteh. As each keg is retarned empty 1t must be cleansed and repitehed. 'l‘klis is done hy means of passing steam through red hot pipes. g A Snake in His Stomach, A Halifax Special to the St. Louis Re- publican sy A wonderful surgical opevation has heen performed at Kiks- dale, Prince Edward island. The pa- tient, & young man, was suddenly seized last May with severe pains in the stom- ach. The compluint did not seem like neuralgi d cevtainly it was not in- flammat The patient also exper enced ereeping, erawling sensations in the stomach. Alternating with the were violet convulsions. . the case wasga most violent one. hold the terri- ble sufferings of the patient. The doc- tor did not at first understand it, but after earefuliy considering the symp- toms he said:” “There is a living animal in that man’s stomach, and 1 wil take it out.” Accordingly on the first of July he procecded to operate. He had dingnosed the animal to be loeated in tho right plearie extremity of the stomnch. An meision was madd neross the epi- grastum. The stomach, being con=- tracted. was overlapped by the liver. Accordi the latter first presented itself. The liver was drawn upand care- fully stitched to the unaer surface of the abdominal wall. The stomach was then deawn up to the edge of the incision and neatly stitched theve., After a fow days, to ablow the stomach to form a connec- tion to its new locality, he opened the organ. Then a most remarkable sight was presented. A snake fully twelve inehes long Iay eoiled up in the sus- pected locality Having observed light stomach wall it wus ve As s00n as the opening was made it sprang at the hand of the operator. Missing its nim it changed its tactic attempt was made to pe by dashing throngh the pyleric ovifice: but in this it foiled, for the gallant operator seized it hy the tail and drew it back. Having eluded the grasp of the forcops, nn - attempt was made to escape into the msophagus. Finally it emerged through the mouth, and the patient was thus relieved of his torment, and has completely recov= through tho iy for uction. in the stomach X pross: Wi a party sat Hoffman hou ) making atable in the avf each on his own particular tefek. young broker, who spent last summer With his grandmother in Jersey, won pocketful of greenbacks on a tric taught him by the good old lady. had lost considerable mony on eatch bets when he "t wager any one in the party that he could eat more eggs than any other three men prosent, providing he wis permitted - to have the last turn., A doctor, a coroner and a bank teMer took the bet. After a brief discussion the three gentlemen decided to tackle fried eggs. He re- paired to an allmight restaurant in Sixth avenue, famous for the encounters which men aboat town have had within its portals and ordered a butch. Every and the waiter handed a check Wl dozen. MThen the young broker that had learned a thing or two from his Jersey grandmother directed the cook to erucic and spill intoa lavge pan 100 fresh eggs. tting the eggs into the pan, ovdered that it be hall filled with vinegnr, His instructions were enr- rind out. After allowing the mixture to cook a reasonable time the cover was lifted and and the eggs placed in a big dish. By permission of the proprietor, the gentlemun intorested had watched the cooking. When the eggs were bought forth every onc cxeopt the man with the Jer- sey grandmother gave vent o ejnculas tions of astonishment. The 100 eggs could be conveniently put into an ordi- nary teacup, Then the owner ate them in half a dozen swallows, “Phere’s o hole in the pan,” yelled explain, The one of the party. m It is u fuct. He “*No there ain’t. vinegar has eaten them. Youcan drop a thousand cggs intoa boiler with e little vinegur in it and you will find that when cooked in it the eggs disuppenr as if b P Don't Fall to Visit, Hospe's Art and Music store for fine,- artists’ materials, elehings, engraving’s and elegunt frames, o e . J. Davig, heavy hauling, safes, boilers, ete., offico With Meagher Sproat, 1416 Farnam, e Dy, Hamilton Warren, Magnetic Phy- sician and surgeon, Room 3, Crounse block, cor 16th und Cipital ave. Chronio and nervous diseases a speclalty, Teles phone 944,