Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 31, 1888, Page 2

- CAUSED BY FALSE ECONOY. Sonator Plumb Criticizes the Poor ‘Western Mail Service. NO ONE CENT POSTAGE YET. An Unfavorable Report on the Pro- - posed Redaetion—Public Prine ter Benedict Replies to the Charges Against Him. Too Much Simplicity. WasNeTos, Jan. #0.—In the senate the Judiciary committee reported the bill remov- jng the political disabilities of Andrew J. Lindsay of Missouri, and it was passed. Sawyer,; from the postofice committee, reportad back, adversely, the proposition to raduce letter postage to 1 cent. The commit- tee did not think it prudent to attempt to re duce postage at prosent. While the post- office department is still running behind it wils self-sustaining before further reduction of postage was attempted. After some dis cussion the report was placed on the calen- dar, Mr. Plumb offered a resolution instructing the postofiice committee to inquire into the cause of ineficient mail service, especially i the west and south, and present newspaper extracts and letters fo show the *‘democrat- iz0d" condition of the service in Kansas, result of a stupid attempt to make a rec of cconomy. The service in the west hi reached a point where its condition was ab. solutely unbearable. The resolution went over Mr. Frye offered a resolution which was adopted, calling upon the secretary of the treasury for iuformation about the trunspor- tation of goods between the United States and Canada, the methods taken to protect revenue, etc.; also @ resolution instruct- img the committee on foreign relations to have prepared a long statement regarding Canuda’s organization, finances, debt, trade, railronds, canals, ete. The information, he said, was exceedingly valuable and necessary in view of the fuct that serious questions— commercial questions—were liable to arise atany time. Laid over. The house bill reg mental agricultural stations passed with an_amend- ment appropriating money direct from the treasury instead of devoting the proceeds of the sale of public lands to that purpose. Mr. Morgan then addressed the senate for the third time, in opposition to the Blair cducational bill, Mr, Evarts will speak on it to-morrow. Among the measures introduced and re- ferred were bills by Mr. Dolph, to_establish a Sundance land district in Wyoming, and authorizing the leasing of school “and univer- sity lands in Wyoming, and a memorial of thé national board of trade favoring recipro- cial trade relations between the United States and Canada, House. WASHINGTON, Jan. Under the call of states the following bills and resolutions were introduced and referred : By Mr. Townsend of Illinois—To place salt on the free list. By Mr. Baker of Illinois—Directing the committee on postofices and post roads to in- quire into the expediency of reducing the postage on seeds, bulbs, etc!, and of reducing o 3 cents the feo for mouey orders for 85 or loss. By Mr. Lawler of Illinois—Abolishing the tax on oleomargari ne. Keferred to the com- mittee on agriculture, By Mr. Cutcheon of Michigan—--A resolu- tion declaring it the sense of the house, that in any proposed revision of the tariff the principle of protection to American industry and the maintenance of the wages of Amer- fean workingmen at the American standard ought to be distinctly recognized and firmly adhered to; that duties ought not to be im- posed for rovenue only but for the protection of the production of those articles which the Unites States has abundant raw material and tabor to produce, and that articles on the free list should be solected from among such necessaries of life a8 are not produced in adequate quantities in this country. . By Mr. Campbell of New York—Fixing the salaries of supreme court justices and cabinet ofticers at $15,000, By Mr. Wilkins of Ohio—For the issue of fractional silver certificate By Mr. Guenther of Wisconsin-—Directing the committee on the District of Columbia to inquire into the action of the District com- missioners in attempting to extend certain streets in Washington through the cemetery at Prospect Hill in violation of the act of congress. By Mr. Owen of Indiana—Authorizing a survey for the purpose of making and mains taining a continuous water way from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi. Mr. Barry of Mississippi, from the com- mittee on elections, submitted the majority report in the Lowry-White, Indiana, con- tested election case, declaring theseat nt. report, confirming White's title, was presented by Mr. Rowell of Iili- nois. Ordered printed. The speaker pro tem laid before the house a letter from the public printer in response to a resolution calling on him for information as to discharges made by him. The public printer makes a statement in regard to theso Qischarges, justifying and explaining them, defends the administration of his oftice anc emphatically denies the charge that congres- sional work is_largely in arrcars. He calls attention to the. fact that during the forty- five days of the Fiftieth cong the printing ordered by congress had increased 46 per cent over that ordered during a similar period of the Forty-ninth cong but the state’s work had be promptly handled with o working force of 80 less employes than were on the rolls at the beginning of the Forty-ninth congros Mr. Richardson of Tennessee, regarded the lotter as a conclusive. and satisfuctory reply 10 every criticism made against the printing office. “He praised the reforms which he said Benedict had inaugurated, and, as an instance stated that the gentleman had bought print- er's ink at 24 cents o pound, whereas his pre- decessors had paid 60 cents. Mr. Cannon protested against an_assault boing made upon a dead man by an ofticial ‘who was assiduously blowing his own horn, Mr. Cutcheon of Michigan, eaid he had ‘boon impelled to draw up the resolution by the story of a soldier who had been dis- charged with sixty other employes, from the printing office in the middle of winter, with- out oause, at & time, too, wien printing or- dered by congress was greatly in arrears. He (Cutcheon), did not care how much more paper the printer had used, or anything about the prico of ink, but would like to know why the public printer selected the middle of January to turn workingmen and women into the street in order that he might put a climax to the rrumcnlmgn of the house in refusing to inves- igate the claims of u workingman contesting u seat in the house, Mr. Henderson of Iowa, declared his utter disbelief in the statement of the public printer that there were more union soldiers employed at the printing office to-day than ever had been employed any previous period, Mr. Henderson told of the widow of u dead comrade whose son had beon dropped from the printing oftice und her daughter from the treasury department for no reason whatever but to make roow for men who could help the democeratic pavty. These two childr support of their mother, were left without means, in the dead of winter, and he stood there to proclaim that it was not in tue power . of himself or any republicanrepresentative to secure the pettiest place in Washin even to save the widow or children of a dead union soldier from starvation. After further debate & resolution by M, Springer, instrueting the committee on print ing, with addition of two members—one from each side of the house—to investigate the administration of the printing ofice dur- ing the incumbency of the present printer and his predecessor, was adopted. Mr. Hatch called up a bill providing for agricultural experiment stations, und the sen. ate amendmoents were concurred in. Mr, Breckinridge, of Arkansas, introduced and had referred to the ways and means committoe the Hewitt administrative tanft Lill. Adjourned. Presidential Nominations. ‘WasuINGTON, Jan. 30.—The president sent the following nominations to the senate to- day: Kucte O, Harris, to be receiver of publio. moneys at Fergus Falls, Minn.; Myron O. Rowley, of Dakota, to be register of the land ofice’ at Mitehell, Dak.: Comimo- dore Bancroft, of Gierardi,-te be rear-ad- mirai; Captain William E." ¥ lzhu?a. o be commodore commander; Henry S. Robeson, 10 be captain, ‘ Pensions Granted Westerners. WasniNeto, Jan; 50.—{Special Telegram 10 the Ber.]-<The following pensions were issued for Nebraskans to-day Mexican war—Ira N. Taft, Omaha. Orig- inal—Joseph J. Sperry, Fairfield. Increased Joseph P, Smifth, Yotk Clifton Newkirk, Blair; Isaae Lert, Lincoln, Pensions for Towans: Mexican war—Sophronia, widow of Or- lando Fellan, Peterson; John Lynch, Perry. | — Hampton H, Jones, Corning; . Slaght, Jowa City; William Burk, William Dodgson, Floyd; Josial Crow Hill; _Joscph ~ Ward, George _J. Dennis, Hary Increase—Nelson Burris, Brookly Stephen Schrum, Chariton: Morris Burnet, Mt. Vernon; Edward Lewis, Mt. Pleasant; Samuel Branek, Savannah; Henry 0. Con ley, Toledo: James Mutchler, Centre Poin Arthur C. Quingley, Floris; Jerome H. Pot- ter, Beacon: Washington Davis, Ottumw: Chirles H. Burlseon, Nashville: Jobn son, Dos Moines Josiah Hughes, Unio s Summitville; Charles M Castle, P : Nelson K. Slocum, Al lerton ; Casper J. Reed/liddyville; John' Pen- dergast, Seymour. Reissue—William _ O. Wickham, lowa Falls; Thomas Lantry, Ves- Reissue and increase—Charles ~ Daley, Keokuk, Army Orders. Wasnixatoy, Jan. 80.—(Special Telegram to the Bee.]—Leave of absence from Febru- ary 1 to March § was granted Major Israel O, Dewey, paymaster, Captain Frederick H. Eckstein, First in- fantry, now on leave of absence at Brooklyn, N. Y., has been ordered to report by letter to the superintendent of the recruiting ser- vice ut New York, to conduct a_detachment of recruits to the department of the Platte. Major J. Dickey, Eighth infantry, ha: been ordered to report for assignment to & post i the department of the Platte. Licutenant-Colonel M. Suyder, Tenth in- fantry, hus becn ordered 1o report for assign- ment to a post in the department of Arizona. Colonel Henry Misner, Fifteenth infantry, hus been ordercd to report for assignment to a post in the department of the Platte. Leave of absence for four months has been granted Second Lieutenant Bertram T, Clayton, Eleventh infantry Loeaves of absence: First Lieutenant Waller W. R. Fisher, U.'S. A., one month; Major C." H. Whipple, paymaster, fifteen duys from February 1; First Lieutenaut B. A Byrno, adjutant Sixth infantry, one month from February 5, with - permission to apply for an extension. An extension of seven days has been granted Captain A. H. Apple. Among the Committees. WasniNgroN, Jan, 30.—The house com- mittee on invalid pensions has agreed to re- port favorably to house bill granting a pension of §2,000 a year to Mrs. Logan, and to increase the pension of Mrs, Blair, widow of the late Francis P. Blair, jr., to the same amount. A_minority, composed of Matson, Walker and Pidcock, will make an adverse report. A favorable report has been ordered by the house postoftice committee on Representative Anderson’s bill requiring subsidized railroad companies to afford equal facilities to all tele- aph companies for the prompt and conven- ient interchange of telograph business o their wires and to maiutain and operate th own telegraph lines. The only essential amendment made was the including of sub- sidized or aided telegraph companies within its provisions. ‘The house select committee will report fa orably the Crain resolution proposing amendment to the constitution substituting the 31st of December for the 4th of March as the commencement and termination of the term of members of the house, and providing that congress shall meet the first Mouday in January. The sub-committee of the house committee on public lands, which has been considerin the various propositions to change the lan laws, completed its labors and will report to the full committee next Thursday. Result- ing from its deliberations is a bill in lieu of all others on the subject. The chief pro- visions are: All public lands are to be classi- fed as agriculural, timber, mineral, desert or reserved. No timber land is to be sold, but the timber growmng upon it may be dis- posed of to the highest bidder, after aaver- tisement, in forty-acre tracts, the timber to be removed within six years from the date of sale. Mineral ‘entries' may be made of the same land, even after the sale of the timber, but cannot impair the right of the purchaser of the timher. ~ Timber land shall not be ap- praised at less than $10 per acre. The president may set _apart any fruit lands as public reservations. The desei land law is continued in_ effect, but with an amendment requiring entrymen to file maps exhibiting the mode of contemplated tion and the sourcé of water suppl. Alllaws allowing the pre-cmption of public lands and all others in conflict with the pro- visions of the present bill are repealed, but all bona-fide claims initiated before the pas- sage may be perfected. All laws relating to v land warrants, college and other land pt remain in force. The homestead law amended 80 as to allow the heads of fami- and citizens of legal age, or persons who have filed declarations of intention to become such, to enteraquarter section or less of public lands, but no person who _is _the pro prictor of 160 acres of land, or who quits and abandons his residence on ' his own land to reside on public lands in the samo state or territory, shall acquire any right under the homestead law. 80 The Measure of Damages. WasmiNGToy, Jan. 80.—Among the decis ions rendered by the supreme court to- was one in the case of the Western Ui Telegraph company versus George E. Hall brought here by writ of error to the Uuited States circuit court for the southern district of Towa, iuvolving the question of the respon- sibility of the telegraph company for neglect and delay in the delivery of telegrams, The points in this case are well-known. The court, in an ovinion by Justice Matthews, holds that the only theory on which the plain- tiff could show actual damage or loss, is on the supposition that if he had bought oil the day the telegram was sent he might snd ‘would have sold next da; It is clear, how- ever, that in point of fact he had not suffered any actual loss. No transaction was in fact made, and there being neither purchase nor there was no actual difference between sums paid out and the sums received in consequenca of it, which could be set down in his profit and loss account. If the order had been promptly delivered on the day it was sent and had been exceuted that day, if is not found that Hall would have sold next day at an advance nor that he could have sold at a profit at any subsequent day. The only damage which he is entitled to ‘receiv is the cost of transmitting the delayed me suge. The judgment is reversod and the case remanded with dire for that sum mere National Capital Notes, Wasiixeroy, Jan, . Shortall, Adolph Moses ' and Kirk | were before the senate e lands this morning asking t ions of Chicago, includin en, the public Jibra nd the ud Army be permitted to combine and ct a memorial hall in Dearborn park, Chi- The hous continued the ton-Post conte torn tions to enter judgment committce on elections to-day msideration of the Worthing- od election from Ilincis, At 'y Baneroit speaking for Post, Sonutor Cullom to-day introduced the Hen- derson house bill providing for the construe tion of the Hennepin canal and appropriating F300,000, tie bill introduced by Mr. Plumb to nify settlers on the Des N ' lands for' moneys expended in they ands © i ilstake a8 to itle, wis adversely ve orted. The ¢ of claims awarded Edward H Skelsey §7,707 dmnages in his suit for the balance due from the government under con- tract for the construction of i coffer dam at Rock Island. The senate to-day made the following con firmations: W, J. Furlong to be_postmaster at Rochelle, THl; John W. Loss, at’ Washing- ton, D. C. wem- RIS Rty Robins ave very numerous in the south and much earlier in the season thun usual, . MITCHELL TALKS BACK. He Giyes Sullivan a Scoring With His Mouth. (Cpuright 155 by James Gordon Bennett.] Loxbox, Jan. 80.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bee.]—The rhetorical bruising between Sullivan and Mitchell, the former having had the last verbal spar, lead your reporter to visit the latter at Pony Moore's residence this afternoon. Referiing to Sullivan's card, already sent, Mitchell said, after rereading it and throwing down the paper savage ““This stuff is tiresome. Sullivan does noth- ing but blow about John L., and all his blow- ing comes to nothing. For years he has been proclaiming that he was coming to England and going to.do wonderful things there. At last he has chosen for his visft a time when both Smith and Kilrain were unable to meet him on account of their own fight. During d any-one §00 who would stand before him during four rounds, and then, as soon as we got to Cardiff, where he was, he withdrew the challenge. That's the kind of a man he is.”" “Don't you think, then, he is a great fighter What has be ever done? He got the best of Paddy Ryan, a man that anybody could beat. That's his record. I consider Sullivan the most complete fraud going. He is & newspaper creation, a reporter's bubble, nothing else. Whenever editors are short of copy they have got in the way of sending & man to interview John L. He has been a perpetual satnd by, an evergreen jake, and at last the public and Sullivan himself have b deluaed - into be- lieving he is about the gretacst man on earth 1 don't claim to be such a phenomenal fighter myself, but I propose to make a very iarge hole in his reputation if he gives me a chance of doing s0.” “You mean that he is trying toavoid meet- ing you? “Yes, T do. Heisafraid to meet me and takes refuge in abuse. ‘Of course he:feels very sore about the failure of his exhibitions through England and Ireland. We broke up his little game there and will do it agawn.” “Do you believe honestly that the fight will come off between you!” “Yes, because I am not going to let Sullivan back out. He has got to fight me within two months. As to the result, I do mot care .to brag or talk in advance, " g may not beat him, for he has a great advantage in his su- perior weight, but John L. Sullivan and ev- ery one else can put one thing down as cer- tain—I will be on hand at the day and hour, and when we get through he will know he has been to a fight.” To-morrow’'s Sporting Life will take an- other view from Mitchell and comment thus: “Ugly rumors are in circulation as .to what is going to be done on the day, and it would be as well for the principles to drop perso- nalities and proceed to business. It is agreed that only ten a side be present, but those who know the ropes are aware how easily this portion of the contract can be broken. It would be safer for the fight to be brought off with even a less number present. A fiasco or any rowdayism in connection with the fight would seriously injure the interests of the prize ring, which, owing to the straightforward way in which the Kilrain- Smith fight was brought off, has regained much of its former prestige in this country and America. We arve of the opinion that Sullivan and Mitchell really mean fighting.” R Another American Victory. [Copyright 1588 by Jomes Gordon Bennett.y Loxboy, Jaun, 30.—(New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bre.]—To-day there was a pigeon shooting match on the Marquis of Ailesbury’s private grounds, the Hatch, near Surly hall, not far, from Windsor. The most important event of the day was & match between Mr. W. H. Parsons and Captain Brewer, the great Amerizan shot, to shoot at 100 birds, thirty-five yards rise, Mr. A. Bal laying £150 to £100 on the American. A start was made with ten birds each, the American killing eight out of ten, . while his opponent only brought down six out of his first ten. The next ten Brewer killed nine and Parsons four. The third ten Brewer killed six and Parsons five. The fourth ten Brewer brought down eight, while his an- tagonist only killed four. Thus Captain Brewer won easily. He had thirty-one birds to his sc against nineteen, e e TWO ANXIOUS PARENTS, Their Daughter is Missing and They Fear She Has Run Away. Cuicaao, Jan, 30.—Nellie Clark is missing from her home, at the corner of Forty-sixth and State streets, and her parents fear that she has gone to New Orledns to join . Charles D. Long, who is looking after his horses at the races there. Nellie is a handsome blonde, sixteen yi old, and well developed for her years. While her parents were at a funeral yesterday afternoon she packed all her per- sonal effects, and telling the servant she would be back im an ‘hour, left the house. This was at 2:30 ‘clock, and when her parents returned hours later, she was still absent. In- quiries about the neighborhood failed to - dis- cover any trace of her, und when seen at their home last evening both father and mother had about concluded that she had been induced by Long to meet him in New Orleans, **We regarded Long as a friend of the family,” said Mrs. Clark, and he had always treated Nellie, as far as we know, as a little girl. She has received several letters from him. The last one came Friday last, and she did not as has been her custom on former occasious, show it to any of the fam- ily. Nellie hasalways been a good girl, never away from home over night. She left school last September, and about two months later started to learn the millinery trade, entering the employ of Mrs. Walsh on Twenty-second street, Her term of apprenticeship would have ended in March next. Of late she has seemed somewhat dis- contented, and expressed a desire to secnre emplovment as chambermaid. I told her that if she desired to do that kind of work I would discharge the servant we have and pay her wages to stay at bo: To-day Isaw her looking over the ‘‘want columus in the pa- pers and she may have only gone in scarch of a place to work or to visit friends in the city, but [ fear that such is not the case.” William Clark. Nellie's father, superin- tends a refreshment stand at Washington park during the racing scason, and it was there Long first met the young lady, Mr. Clark spent last evening employing every possible means to learn something of his daughter's whereabout: Corax, W. T. v of a traclklay eighteen g gang, invited the car-old daughter of J. Hughes to ance with him at Garflela Satur- day night. While on the way he drugged her and placed hier 1 a box car, where she was kept for twenty-two hours, and repeat- cdly assaulted by Conroy and ten of his men. Conroy has been caught and will likely be Iynched S Death in Snow Slides, WisNirEG, Jun. 80.—The latest reports from the mountains indicate that there has been a great loss of life on the Canadian Pa- cific owing to snow slides. Stroug chinook winds huve been prevailing for the past week and all along the line from Donald to Glacier suow has been coming down on the teack n tremendous quantitic ar Pulliser station, B. C., several men w caught in a slide. Only'one was dug out alive and he is badly bruised and injured and is not expected to live. £ When a Mr. Blank, of B a Vista, Ga., became engaged to his present wife a number of years ago, he gave her yearling heifer in lieu of un engage- nt ving. This living pledge of their troth has given forth increase until the lady now has a handsome herd of cattle, THE TITLE .5 DEFECTIVE. Hon. W. J. Contlefi Gives His Opin- ion on the High School Muddle. asda JANITORS TO:/.BE EXAMINED. P . Frpe The Board of Eddgition Hold an Im- portant SessismeThe Question of Large se‘?‘?nl Buildings —Cobuen'y Speech, 1 — Board of Education. The board of education held a long and im- portant special meeting last evening. The absentees were Auch-Moedy, Clark, Kelley, Morrison and Saville. A communication was received from C. W. Cain, Twenty-cighth and Blondo, offering for a school site in Bedford placea corner lot 107x12%, with a south frontage on Boulevard strect for §2,500. Reforred. The offer of Frank H. Baber who bid 8175 for the old school house situated 1 Walnut Hill, was accepted. Communications from Mattie L. Powell and Katherine M. Kean, the substitute teachers, was received asking for iucrease in salary. Superintendent James recommended an increase as the work of these teachers is very laborious and exacting. On motion their salary was increased from 80 to §0 per month. A number of Shakespeare's plays and o~ ies of Spencer’s “Faery Queen” were cr- dered for the English literature classes The contract for covering the steam pipes in the basement of the Uass and Dupont schools was awarded to A, W. Shearer and C. W, Edgerton, those in the Cass school to cost $119.63 and the Dupont school to cost 2 recommendation of Messrs, Live- and Kelton the janitors of the school buildings where night schools are held were allowed $10 per month addi- tional for their services. “The bids reccived for painting, kalsomining and plumbing were all rejected as being 100 high and new proposals asked for. The following communication was re- ceived from W. J. Connell, the attorney of the board, relating to the use of the high school grounds: Gentlomen: Two questions have been submitted to me, relating to the use of the high school grounds, First, as to Whether the school board under the act transferring the high school grounds, has the right to construct a_building theréon, for other than high school purposes. = Second, as to whether under the vote of November 8, 1887, the board of education would have the right to erect a separate building on the high school grounds. Tn response to the first question submitted, 1 would say, as I view the law, the board of education would in its discretion have the right to use the high school grounds for any legitimate school purposes, and would not be restricted to the use thercof, solely for high school purposes. The question, however, is not altogether free from doubt, asng déed has ever been executed by the governor of the state, as was contemplated by an et of the legisiature, authorizing the transfer, of the property in question for school Jirposes. Had such cod been executed its ferms and conditions would no doubt have,been so clear and ex- plicit as to have removed all doubt or uncef tainty. i On'the 4th day of February, 1869, the act referred to was appraved and by'its title authorized “a transfer to the city of Omaha, for school purposes, of the capitol grounds and buildings in said city.” The first scction of said act provided that whenever the prop- erty belong to the state ;was removed from the old capitol building the said capitol and the grounds surrounding the same, known as “Capitol square,” shopld revert to and vest in she city of Omaha for school purposcs, and the governor was, authorized and re- quired for and in behalf of the state to make ang execute under his" official seal the full and complete conveyance of said property for the purpose mentioned, it being provided that said property should be used by said city for the purpose of a high school, college, or other institution of learning. In view of the title to the act, it being ex: pressed us “An Act to Transfer the Property for School Purposes,” and in view of the words_ employed in section 4 of said act, I thnk & reesonable construc- tion of the words “other _institution of learn- ing,” would include graded schools. Section 4, to which reference is made, ex- pressly provides that “no college, school, seminary or other institution of learning’ shall ever be kept upon said grounds under the direction or control of any religious sect or denomination. It will be observed, there- fore, that a school, as well as a coliege or seminary, was within the contemplation of said act a8 an “institution of learning.” With regard to the second question, to h reference has been made, I do not feel 80 certain as to the right of the board of edu- cation to procced as is proposed. The right to construct a_building on the high_school grounds is derived from the vote of Novem- bers, 1578, authorizing the issue of bonds, among other purposes, ‘for an addition to the high school building.’ When the proposed expenditure for a build- ing on the high school grounds was reached, it was represented to me as “an addition to 10 the high school building,” to cost $50,000. The_resolution in that form was' ap- proved by the board, and the vote of the electors_authorizing the issue of bonds was in accordance with this resolution, to-wit: For an uddition to high school building to” cost E50,000. T'do not think a separate building cou'd be fairly regarded as an addition to the high school building. 1am therefore of the opin- fon that if the authority to crect a separate building was questioned by proper legal pro- ceedings, the board of education would be enjoined from crecting a separate and dis- tict building out of the proceeds arising from thie bonds now authorized to be issu Respectfully, W.J. CONNELL, The following resolution was presented by Messrs. Livesey aud Felton: Believing that in the congregation of great numbers of children there is great tendency to immoral- ity, and with the increase of pupils there is a lesk control and supervision of them when on the school grounds and about the building, and that as good gradation of pupils is reached in a twelve room school as in any larger number of rooms; we recommend that hereafter the largest buildiugs erected con- sist of only twelve rooms. Mr. James opposed the resolution, saying that the worst immorality he ever knew of was in_ small country schools. He was strongly in favor of large buildings As the city grew larger and real estate ir creased in value, the cityt.instead of paying exhorbitant prices for school sites, would be more inclined to erect large school buildings on their present sites. | This was true of all old eastern citios, New: York, Chicago, Mil- ukee, Detroit and_atbers, ‘and he would recommend Omaha to follow their Mr. Li v, in his origimal manner, favored the resolution, remarking.on the wonderfully immoral tendencies of a great number of the Omaha people, which séewed to be commu- nicated to the children.. The resolution, after some other debate, was pla Tt was decided to employ an archit the month or year to draft such plans as d rected by the board of education, a general sketeh of the same hm-u.s Dbeen presented to and approved by the board. The janitor of the lzard school was declared incompetent and discharged. John Paul wus chosen to fill the vacan Mr. Ke ution requir all applicants for ships to ap) before the committee on ventilation awd heating for examination as to fituess for such position. This committee is composed of Mr. Felton, of the Saville and Rey. W Copeland, srs. Felton and Copeland both begged of the members to lay this burden on the shoulders of some other committee. Mr. Coburn arose and with profound dixmity sup- ported the resolution. He congratulated Mr. Kelly on the wisdom and far-sightedness he Qispiayed in drafting the document, as the members of that committeo w mmnently qualified to fill that position, Mr. Felton, ko 1, was a practical engine d could puss gment on their qualifications m that lin Y. Saville wi s to their lysical merits land ed to'ent upon such positions. This silenced all objec- tions and the resolution was unanimously passed. * "A resolution was presented by Mr. Kelley l authorizing the committee on buildings and property to rent additional rooms to relieve the Forest school. On recommendation of Mr. Parmelee, the superintendent of buildings . was instru to construct cloak rooms in the Lake school building. On recommendation of Mr. Parmelee the superintendent of schools was instructed to cause a fire drill to be established ticed in all public schools in the city, and that by suitable excrcises the pupils be trair case of fire, to promptly obey their t and vacate the building in an orderly systematic manner, The following resolution presented by Mr, Parmelee, was unanimously adopted: Re solved, That the superintendent of schools be instructed to have the story of the heroic acts and terrible sufferin, f several teachers in this state during the storm of January 12, 158%, published in every school in this city, special reference bemg had to the experiences oI Misses Freeman, Shattuck and Royee. On motion of Mr. Colburn, action was de ferred on the plans and specifications for the proposed high school addition until next meeting. hers and - s HIS RESIGNATION ACCEPTED. A County Buiiding J. —Mr. Needham Called Upon. After consideration of the Omaha, Yank- ton & Northwestern railroad affairs yester- day afternoon the county commissioners met in executive session and adopted the follow- ing resolutions: Resolved, That ex-County Needham be requested to furnish this board with an itemized statement of the receipts and expenditures of the county clerk’s offic for the year 1887, to comply with section 43, chapter 68, compiled statutes of Nebraska. Resolve That the situation made vacant by the resignation of George Kelly be and the same is hereby abolished after February 1, 1888, Kelly was janitor of the county buildin and became offended because an oversee was placed over him. He seems to have other grievancos that he threatens in his communication to air through the columns of tho press, August Pratt, secretary of the Omaha board bureau of charitics, was given per- mission to use the desk and chairs donuted by the commissioners in his new office in the exposition building. A communication from the Omaha Fair and Exposition association, asking that the grounds of the Omgaha Driviug Park associa- tion be exempted from taxes, was reterrea to the judiciary committee, The commissioners then adjourned to the office of County Attorney Simeral to consult with him in reference to the legal powers vested in them to order an election for the voting of 300,000 in county bonds to the Omaha, Yankton & Northwestern railroad. It is thought they will issue a formal notice for such election to-day, PLEADING FOR A HOSPITAL. The Omaha Bureau of Charities Agi- tate an Important Matter. A largely attended meeting of the Omaha board of charities was held at the chamber of commerce yesterday afternoon, a number of ladies being in attendance. An animated dis- cussion was beld in regards to the relations of the respective hospitals towards the poor, and the insuficiency of hospital accommoda- tions in the ¢ It was the unanimous opin- ion of all that additional hospitals should be built, one especially devoted for the care of the ' city's poor charges. Dr. Dins- moer moved that a committee of three be appointed to wait on the council, and request them to set apart a lot on which a temporary hospital could be built for the care of the poor of the ci Dr. Dinsmoor, Rev. Mr. Savage and Joseph Barker were appointed as such committee. Dr. Ralph informed the board that ar- rangements had been perfected whereby the sick poor could be furnished with medicine by calling at the county building daily be- tween 12 and 1 o'clocl Fred Millard, Rev. Harsha, L. I Jones, Clinton N. Powell, Otto Lobeck, Mrs. Dins- moor and Mrs. Perrine were appointed a committee to' make arrangements for the grand charity concert to be given on the lith of February. nitor Indignant Clerk C. P, GAVE GREBE THE SLIP, A Burglar Makes His Escape From the County Jai Shortly befere 6 o'cloci last night Jailer Leo Frost came back to the county jail from his supper, and, as is’ customary with him, made an inspection of the cells to see that the prisoners were in their nccustomed quarters. In passing the cell of William Willard, an in- mate since the 19th of December last, charged with burglarizing the White Front saloon, he found it empty, and inquired of trusted inmates as to his absence. They gave as . their _opinion that the missing Wiliiam, who is a cripple, was down in tho cellar making a “pog leg,” a substitute for the one given by nature and which he lost in an accident. Acting Jailer Grebe has been in the habit of according the burglarious William this freedom, and yesterday after- noon, during the absence of Mr. Frost,Grebe allowed William to go out the front door upon the representation that he was going to the cellar to complete the work on his “peg leg.” At the time he was in his shirt slecves, but an after inspection of his cell disclosed the fact that he had put_on his overcoat and full suit of clothes under the shitt, having cvidently planned his es- cape, Juiler Frost, after visiting the cellar and not finding Willard there, appraised Gre! of his escape. The latfer ata search of him, but at last_accounts had not been successful in overhauling him. i A Famous Billiardists Coming. A telegram from Milwaukee, Wis., an- nounces that last night Jacob Schaffer, the ““Wizard” champion billiard player of the world, broke the fourteen-inch balk line record. This famous and remarkable knight of the cue, together with Eugene Carter, the champion cushion and fancy will arrive in Omaha on Wednesday of Februury, and will contest for donated by the promoters of billiards, Mes F & Darst. An oxciting and ning contest is looked for, and that the admirers of the game may be given an opportunity to enjoy the contest, together with their ladics, Exposition ha!l 'hus be engaged for the contest. The struggle, Foley & Darst's liberal purse being over Eugene Carter will give exhibitions of fan shots and finger billiards, of which he is the peer. Jdoseph Ullman, representing the two billiardists, is now in tne city completing ur- rangements for the entertainment. Twenty Days in Jail. John Constantine stood up before Judge Berka yesterday afternoon to answer to the charge of fighting and resisting an ofticer. He had been engaged in a fierce battle in which two men were mustered on both sides, and when Officer Savage attempted to arrest the belligerents he turned his at tention to the limb of the law and struck him hard blows, The judge gave him s in the county jail—six on bread and water. i Salvation Army Disturbers Sentenced William McSpaden and Wilson Lindley, for disturbing the services of the Salvation ¢ night with rude and rowdyish conduct, were given a cell at the central sta tion over night. Yesterday they were tried, found guilty and McSpaden was' fiued £5 and nd giv days i the ¢ jail Lindley, who has twice before been fined for a similar offense, was charged £ and costs and given ten days. MeSpaden swears tha when he serves out his term he will clean out the entire Salvation aray, A Very Tough Gang. The ofticers have finally ferreted o perpetrators of the burglary at Stewa shoe store, 50 south Thirteenth st urday night, and fix the blame on nan, Frank Sherman and A. B, Cisco. man was arrest Sunday night was in custody for another theft and wa arrested yestorday afternoon. Cisco is inthe county jail awaiting the session of the United ates court to answer tie charge of passing counterfeit money. They are a tough trio, Another Plumber Fined B. Hussy, another of the plumbe; 1 with working without a license, was tried yesterday and fined 85 and costs. ‘It is srobible that his fine will also be remitted [ thie mayor, as the ity engineer had taken the authority 10 give Husscy a permit. N charg and prac- | d in | | A REPUB | Distinguished Party Men Abroad to Be Invited, Several members of the Young Men's Re- publican club stroked their groy whiskers, toyed v ith their white locks and complained of rheumatic pains when they were called to order by President Breckenridge at the Mil- lard last eve The Vi talked earnestly and emphatically for several hours, calling attention to the vigor, youth and rustling qualities of which the club was com which the members settled down to L It was resolved that all the young republican clubs in the state be invited 1o send a representative to Omaha to join the club in forming a state organization of young republicans, A banquet of the local club to be the Millard was proposed, and the sunie was unanimously adopted. When this will occur will depend a great deal upon the wishes of Senators Ingalls, Allison and othor promi nent republicans who will be invited, The following committes were appointed: Toasts and invitations, Hon. John M. I'hurs- ton, D. H. Wheeler and Messrs. M. L. Lind- sey and Adam Breckenridge; to arrange for tickets, C. F. Collard, W. Kelly and F. From ven at i DIVORCED WITHOUT KNOWING IT, A Sensational Disclosure Made at the County Building Yesterday. May 7, 1885, Joseph Ernest, filed a suit i divorce from his wife Nellie, charging her with extreme cruelty and desertion. Fifteen days later, for some reason, the case was continued. July 23a formal publication of the application was made, and August 7 u bill was granted, Ernest alleging that that his wife was a non-resident and ho could not reach her to serve notice of the intended dis- solution. There the matter ended until yesterday afternoon, when a little woman, slim in stature and béaring all the evidence of ill-treatment and marital troubles, accom- panied by a_little boy about four years of age, presented herself before County Judge Shiclds and asked if it was true that her hus band had seeured a divorce from her and it it was true that he was going to take their little boy from her. The judge denied all knowledge of the eir- cumstan and closely questioned the woman, when she unfolded a tale that arraigns Krnest a3 & per- “wer and one of tho greatest rascals at A short time before his_application ce, according to her story, he gave his wife money to go to Ashland,” Neb., to visit her parents, und_regularly sent her and corresponded with her, During all this time he was in correspondence with her he swore that she was a non-resident of the state, and it was not until months after he secured the divoree that he made her cog- nizant of it. Owing to his duplicity and pre- vious cruelty, she says she did not care for this, and six months ago returned to Omaha and has since been making an honor- able living for herselt and child. Yes terday she was informed that the husband was going to demand the child, and thus her appeal to Juage Shields. A num- ber of lawyers who heard her story took compassion upon her, and promise to make it quite lively for the husband. Mrs. Pierson on Duty. Yesterday Mrs. Pierson, who has long been identified with acts of charity in the city formally assumed her position as agent for the Omaha bourd of charities. Mrs. Pierson is rapidly systematizing her proposed labors with the assistance of County Agent Mahoney, andin a_foew days will have h department in running order. Hor oftice will be with the secretary of the bureau in the Exposition builaing. e ea to Wed. icenses to marry were issued yesterday by Judge Shields: Name and residenc Samucl Lombard, Omaha, . Susie k. Curtis, Ri‘hmond, Mainc { Williwn Ronan, Omaha. 1 Rose Tomun, Omaha, { George P. Stebb 1 Mary Knight, Omaha. ... § John Lawatzki, Omaha 1 Annie Nightingale, Omaha, Higgins Not Guilty. The case of C. S. Higgins, who was under arrest for keeping the view into his St. Cloud saloon obstructed, was given a trial by jury before the police magistrate yesterday which consumed the entire afternoon. Only three witnesses were cxamined on each side, but considerable timo was devoted to each. At ) the jury went out, and returned in a few minutes with the verdict of **not guilty.” e Internal Revenue Collections. Yesterday the internal revenue collections shot up to $17,030.34, Age. Personal Paragraphs. R. O'Neill, of Lincoln, Neb., is at tho Mil- lard. A. C. Cass, of Lincoln, Neb., is at the Paxton J.B. Paxton. C. V. Jameson, of Hustings, Neb., is at the Paxton. H. C. Heimers, of Avo Millard. Al Bowie, of Cheyenne, Neby, is at the Millard. Mrs. West, of Fremont, Neb, is at the Millard. Mrs. J. E. the Paxton, T, L. Bowman, of Des Moines, In., is at the Paxton. Dr. Henry Bakor, of Kearney, Neb., is at the Paxton. J. A. Dean and wife, of Lincoln, Neb., is at the’ Millard. John W. Hoffman, of Lincoln, Neb., is at the Millard G. F. Warren, of Nebraska City, Neb., 18 at the Paxton Charles Gilmore and wife, of Silver City, »re at the Paxtou, W. H. Ashley and wifo, of Beatrico, Neb., are at the Paxton. aet and wife, of St. Joseph, Mo., Millard. Captain - William M. Van Russell, is at the Millard. H. W. Walker, of the Pacific express com- pany, is at the Millard. H. L. Dickinson and wife, of Wood River Idao, are at the Paxton. George R. Sherwood and wife, of Kearney, Neb., ure at the Paxton, John C. Highy, sr., of Beatrice, Neb visiting his son [ra at the Paxton yesterd John B. Howard, a gentleman well known in Omaha, will sail for H e, France, on oneof the Inman line steamers on the Sth of Februar Shickley, of Gene Neb., is at the Neb,, is at the Smith, of Beatrice, Neb., is at Horn, of Fort , was T A Whale on Wh . St. Paul he: The s at present on ecxhibition at the foot of Fourth street, adjoining the Northern Pacific general offices, one of the lurgest whales ever capfured. Few people @ ever seen a whale, but each one has*his own iden of the magnitude of these great monste “As big as a house” isa | common simile made use of in stating the comparative size of these proa mummals, but wh ¢ fers toaone, two, house is a question. The whale refe Captain Newton | southeast of Pequin island of Maine. It is sixty-five teen feet across the Hukes and its lower jaw is sixteen feet long. It whs Torty tons and travels in a car specially maude for the purpose, which when ope for exhibition 13 cighty-six feet long twenty-three feet wide, and will accom- modate 600 people at one time A breech-loading whaling gun, weighing twenty-five pounds, was th instrument of anuihilation. The lance entered the right side, ane, pa ing through the heart, lodged under the left shoulder blade, wh it explod The monster lived twenty minutes alter d to was killed by Waest, fifteen mileés on the const aet long four- W bomb SAND AUGERS, A Curious Wind Phenomenon of the Western Plain “A curious phenomenon id_ Prof, Clarke to a San Francisco Exam- | iner reporter, “is sometimes observed on wide vlains where the atmosphere is hot and dry. It is the forming of minia- ture cyclones, or rotary storms, which, when oceurring on a grand scale, which they do in the western states,are known as tornadoes. “When the Union Pacific railway was being constructed the workmen had frequent opportunities of witness- ing the formation and progress of such whirlwinds, which, on account of the peculinr action they had on dry soil, were ealled ‘sand augers.” They were especially frequent in Lodge Pole Creek vall through which the railway, leaving the Platte viver, runs northerly to near the 1 of the Black hills, This valley is quite narrow--averagin about a mile in width—and is hv\uuh:fl on cither side by a range of low, uneven hills, “The first indieation of the approach of one of these ‘sand augers’ would be the formation, here and there in the valley, of little whirligigs of dusty wind, picking up bits of straw, paper, and other considered trifle sometimes waltzing into camp and flirting with the caavas tents or scattering the embers and ashes of out-door cooking places, “These baby cyclones would incrense in number quite vapidly, and then be whisked away by strong currents of air, coming from no one knew wheve, but all drawing across the valley toward the eastern range of hills, over which would then be seen advancing a funnel-shaped cloud, like that seen over waterspout. forming at sea. “From the under surface of this low- lying cloud a swaying tongue of lead- colored vapor would olong itself toward the earth, from which, to meet it, would rise a cloud of dirt and sand. sand. This earth column would rse higher and higher, with a whirling mo- tion, becoming more and more compact all the while, until the blue-black vapor and the brown mass from below would unite above, and the completed, swiftly whirling motion, becoming me and more compact all the while, until the blue-black vapor and the brown mass from below would unite above, and the completed, swiftly whirling column mence moving slowly down from above on i v across the valley. “While its forward progress was usually slow, its rotary motion about its vertical axis would be very rapid; and so dense would be the mass of sand gathered up by it that when the column touched the earth it would scoop out a shallow channel like the dry bed of a small stream. Hence its name of sand augor. “The diameter of these augers sel- dom exceeds fifteen or twenty feet at the ground, but their bulk increased with their height, until they were it was wounded, - A man at Trvona, P squashes on o single vine which weighed 110 pour ds | smallest 117 pousids. sed thirteen the largest of and the merged into the broad surface of the thick, murky vapor from the clouds above, from which electrie flashes fre- quently played. When this oceurre d large hailstones would be formed which would be thrown, be thrown, by cen- ugal foroe, apparently, out from the They would be found invariably in the shupe of flat disks,sometimes three inches inche in diameter and an inch thich, and made of layers of ice and sand. “:One such ‘sand augur’ passed near 5" camp where I was at work and earried off a tent or two. It then grazed tho edge of a corral near by, cut- ting away one angle of an adobe wall, and sweeping by the house itself, left every pane of glass in the one window as neatly done as if done by a sand-blast machine. o tents the ‘augur’ was urrying ame entangled in the telegrrph wire running through the valley, and after dragging down two poles the cyclone collapsed, leaving be- neath, when it broke up, a mound made up of sand, bits of adobe, some old boots, o sprinkling of empty’ tins, partof & bale of hay and a dog-eared poker deck cards. Tho latter were afterward care- fully gathered up by their owner, n gen= ius " called ‘Slim _Jim,” who always~ de- plored the fact the recover d}rm'k wis sefect, there being but four aces in it by the sand ‘augur.’ S An Enoch Arden Story. San Francisco Call: A domestic ro- mance, with all the noch Arden fea- tures except the self-sacrifice of the hero, has just come to light at San ‘rancisco. Fourteen years ago Chief te Edmunds, who was running on a ight vessel between Sun Francisco and Portland, Or married a girl in San Francisco and established a home. He returned about twice a month,spend- ing a few days at home before the re turn trip. wree years saw him cap- tain of the vessel, but he didn’tlong enjoy his promotion, On one trip I'e failed to return, but instead came a dis- patch saying that he and all his crew had gone down with his vessel i great storm on the Oregon cc wife fainted when she read the dis and a long attack of brain fever fol- lowed, from which she at lust rallied. She wore widow's weeds thrge years, and then married Mr. Schultz,a liquo merchant in San Francisco. This wus ight years ago, and they now have four children. On New Year's day the usual festivities were in progress ut the hultz house when there was a sharp ring at the bell. The wife went to the door, but suddenly sereamed with ter- ror, for there in the doorw looking only a little older than wi him eleven years ago, stood husband. She was so dazed the led him into the parlor and introduced him to Schuitz, and then disapne Beyond learning that Captain Edmy had been rescued by a vessel hound from British Columbia to Europe, und’ that upon his return to the United States he went back to Oregon, settled on some timber L and acquired o large for- tune, which he now enjoys, the wifo could glean nothing from Mr, Schultz as to what passed at the interview, Mra. Shultz at first inclined to go back to her ma 1's choice, but the thought four children by her second mar- d her. She wr to . where Captain Edmunds Intives. offering to wghter, who is now nearly thir- teen years of to him, and beg- ging him to for id forgive all that had passed. Up to the present Mrs, Schultz has veceived no veply to her let- e, Legal authorities consulted by Itz are of the opinion that Captain Edmunds has, by reason of long absence, forfeited w to his - A Fatal Chestnut. Hartford Courant: Mr. William H. Brown, of New Haven. sat in his about noon Wednesday, and told a funny story to G. W. Green, who was the ‘only person in the room. Green ey both laughed heartily, thon B sasp and fell his chuir, and in three minutes was dead. Mr. Brown had not been quite well for several days, but was in good ts on Monday ‘und apparently as us during ' the. previous. days ' by heart discase, store 08 the settloment of New Haven will celebrated April 25, Rew Newman Smyth will deliver the oration, K