Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 21, 1888, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. —— TERME OF SUDSCRIPTION. aile Morning Edition) ing luding Sunday Dk Hhos Sode #10 0 X Months 50 Months 200 The Omaha Sunday BEk, maiied 0 any ad- dress, One Y 200 OMATA OFFICE, NOS STEAND U0 FARNAM STRERT NEW YORK OFFICE, ROOMS 14 AN D 15 Tiint BUILDING. WASHINGTON OFFICE, No. 513 FOURTEENTH BIRERT. CORR Al communications rela OF TR BEE, SINESS LETTERS, Al businiess Jottors und remittances should be nddressed to THE BEE PUBLISITING COMPANY, OAnA. Drafts, checks and postoflice orders to e mide payable to the order of the company. Tiie Bee Publishing Company. Propictors 1. ROSEWATER, Editor. THE DAILY B SBworn R"\tr ent of Circulation, of The Bea Pub- s solemily swenr it the \of the Daily Teo for the week 154, wits as follows : 1 wigts AVerage........... seiyorn to and nuhm'lklmb ) sth day of February, e . 4 Notary uvite.” Btate of Nehraska, County of Dougluse, Geo. B, Tzschuck, o x;m) suys that I publishing company Qatly elrcuation of the Datly Heo Tox e monin of February, 187, 14,178 copiesi for March, 187, for' Abril, 1<%, 14016 copleis fof fot Jin 1 Vetne firet auly sworn, de- of 'The Tive B8 coples; Coples;” for dunuary, lmn Bworn and nuim‘rllwd ln in’ "P‘I Xnmt nee lhl* 2d duy of Junuary, A 1L, Notary Public KANSAs CI1Y s findin;; fault be under the city’sassessment her property has been valued at the prices asked for it It is to the eredit of Omaha that there isonly one paper in the city brazen enough to side with the council boodlers and jobber: CANDIDATES who don’t want the pres- idential bee a buzzing about their hon- nets, should write letters of declination that cannot be read in two ways. I¥ an indictment is brought against Jay Gould by the New York courts be- fore he gets home, he might proceed at once to the Holy Land and try washing away his sins in the Jordan. Ir Rev, Mr. Savidge had put in a word in his sermon on car driversabout the need of conductors for Omaha's street cars, he would have nointed out a remedy for nine-tenths of the drivers’ trials and tribulations. — SAN FRANCISCO vies with Chicago as a boodlers’ paradise. An official there has suddenly become a millionaire on a moderate salary, and burglars recently broke into the house of the chief of police and stole fifteen hundred dollars’ worth of jewelry. THE St. Paul Pioncer Press has dis- covered a huge railway project. Itis nothing less than a road connecting the twin cities with Asia via Behring Strait. This is decidedly a new variety of spring boom. The projectors must have strained themselves in getting it up. THE bellwether of the council is very much troubled about the estimated cost of grading Eighteenth and Douglas streets aud the alley back of the city hall. But he was not in the least wor- ried over the fifty thousand dollar grad- ing of Eleventh street even though it created an enormous overlap in the city treasury. THE decent and honorable members of the council do not go into spasms at the name of boodler. But Pat Ford and the clique, who doall their com- mittee work in the pot-house, and manage to spend $#10 a day in saloons on o salary of #0 per month, are very much incensed. Whenever anybody says boodler they froth, foam and tear around like a mad dog does at the sight of water. Dr. MCGLYNN of anti-poverty fame is having a hard time of it. First he quarrelled with the church and now he has had a falling out with Henry George. McGlynn threatens to bring an in- junction against the author of **Progress and Poverty” if the latter uses the name of **Anti-Poverty Society” for his side of the house. The reverend doctor claims that his party is the only orig- inal anti-poverty one with its name blown into the A. P. bottle. All others are spurious. e——— Tue official organ calls very loudly for an investigation of the charges trumped up against Architect Myers by the sub-contractor for the city hall bas ment. We second the motion. Letthe council by all means investigate. If . there has been any fraud or conspiracy on the part of the city hall architect it is their duty to inquire into it. But such an inquiry should be conducted in good faith and not with a view of help- ing contractors to evade their just re- sponsibility by throwing dust into the eyes of taxpayers to cover the tracks of dishonest councilmen who conniyed with contractors. —— Tine general manager of the Reading coal and iron company, in testifying to the allotments rn*guh\ung the amount of coal to be mined, frankly admitted that no consideration was given either to the consumers, the miners, or the demand for coal. The allotments were made solely with reference to the company’s interests. Nobody had ever supposed otherwise, but so candid an admission is worthy of being noted and remembered. 1t may be that the people will some time have an opportunity to show this monopoly the sort of reward that such selfishness brings. Meantime perhaps | congress might help to protect the un- considered cousumer by repealing the duty on bituminous coal. It would be a | step in the right direction, Out of the Race. Mhree distinguished citizens who have experlenced the gratification of having thuu names included in the list of pos- ssidential candidates, and in behalf admiring friends have sought to create @ boom. have in the most explicit terms refused to permit themselves to be entered in the race. All of these capuble and worthy gentle- men entertain the utmost respect for the presidential office. In common with all Americans they appreciate it as the most exalted position, the most honora- ble dignity on earth. But they have no desire to oceupy it, or at least no wish to make the contest and struggle in- volved in the effort to doso. They are very comfortably situated as they are and are entirely willing to “let well enough alone.” They are thor- oughly familiar with their present du- ties and responsibi s and do not care to fly to others that they know not of. One of these distinguished citizens is the widely-known and deservedly popu- lar editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, Mr. George W. Childs. No man who has not served the people in a pub- lic capacity, and thereby established his qualifications for high ofticial posi- tion, could present better elaims to be honored by his countrymen with a nom- ination for the presidency than Mr. Childs. He 1s a philunthropist who dis- butes his benefactions with a gen- erous hand and a judicious wisdom. e is everywhere recognized as the friend of labor and the cham- pion of the oppressed. He s a man of the people, in full sympathy with all their proper wants and having an intelligent sense ‘of their require- ments, His character is that of a thoroughly upright man, while as a journalist he oceupies a commanding place in the front rauk of the profes- sion. In all this Mv. Childs is com- mended as a man worthy to be honored as the candidate of a great party, but he does not seek and will not have the honor. In language as plain as can be written he says that “‘under no circum- stunces can he or will he permit the use of his name as a nominee for the presi- dency or for any other political office. He asks that it be distinetly understood that he is absolutely and unreservedly out of the race. Another distinguished citizen who has not cultivated the presidential bee and is not disposed to do so is General Phil Sheridan. The boom in behalf of the gallant soldier seemed to need only his acquiescence to grow to formidable proportions, but with admirable wisdom he has nipped it in the bud. Like the true soldier that he is he loves his pro- fession, is satistied with its honors. and understands that of all places that which he occupies is the one in which he can best serve his country and con- serve his own well-won fame. He avows in language that leaves no doubt of its meaning that he is not a candi- date and would under no circumstances accept a nomination. He is out of the race. The third distinguished citizen who refuses to be included in the list of possible presidential candidates is Mr. Chauncey M. Depew, the genial presi- dent of the New York Central railroad and the famous after-dinner orator. "The demand for Mr. Depew was not of very wide extent. It came from a few republicans in New York who are per- sonal admirers of the polished and ver- satile orator, and was not largely re- sponded to. Still, it must be conceded that Mr. Depew is a popular man in New York, and were he not a railroad pre: dent might be seriously thought of as u possible republican candidate. But, being a r'ailroad president, Mr. Depew has the wisdom to understand that the party could commit no greater mistake than to nominate him, and he therefore removes the danger from the path of the party by firmly declaring that he is not in the race. It is due to these distinguished citi- zens, and to any others who have or may hereafter express an unwill- ingness to accept the highest honor the republican party can offer, to take them at their word. Let the list of possible candidates be pruned of those who insist that they do not wish to have a place in it. It is time the party began to seriously coucentrate its attention wholly upon those who are willing and anxious to serve it. —— Boodling Methods. The prime object of the board of trade in calling the taxpayers’ meoting at the chamber of commerce was to dis- cuss and review the reckless course of the council in piling up taxes and over- reaching the charter limitations in their public expenditures. This object was frustrated by lead- ers of the lawless majority of the coun- c¢il, who monopolized nearly the entire time of the meeting with recitals of their personal connection with the city hall contract and relocation projects. The main question was adroitly dodged, and no chance was given for touching upon the vital issue of the hour. Now that the courts have been invoked to protect taxpaying citizens against jobbery and violation of public -ust by the council in connection with the city hall building, that issue for the time being drops out of the arena of debate. But our taxpayers have a right to de- mand of their public servants business- like methods in the managemsnt of the city’s affairs. Firstand foremost, they resent the reckless violation of charter restrictions by which the taxes for 1888 have been enormously increased over preceding years. They want to know how it comes that the council has over- drawn, and created debts amounting to over $100,000 on this year’s levy. They want to know how it comes that a city tax of 4 4-10 per cent and a county tax of 8 per cent will be insufficient this year to meet the ordinary wants of Omaha for grading and other needed improve- ments. That artful dodger Hascall touched very lightly on the overlap in the sewer fund, which will take nearly $20,000 out of the proceeds of the #100,- 000 sewer bouds which are not even yet voted, The contractor in this instance was allowed to continue work without competition after the fund had been exhausted and his first con- | truct had expived. Does any HAH/ AT intelligent person imagine that the city will get its money's worth when the contractor is willing to assume the ris| of an injunction and the chances of get- ting his pay. a year or two after the work is done? 1t is an opeh contractors for public works ave banded together with councilmen politically and financially, Leading contractors boast openly that they own und control certain members of the council. By combining with cach other th contractors are able to over- rule the city engineer, the bonrd of pub- lic works and even the mayor's veto, and vote themselves extras to the tune of thousands of dollars. Is it any wonder that the opinion has become general that Omaha is infested with # boodle gang in the council who hang together for plunder, and sacrifice the city's interest to the greed of con- tractors and corporations? The trath is, the whole machinery of the city government is rotten to the very core. How can it be otherwise, tractors are allowed to government, go on bonds, have contracts celled at ple wocret that when con- run the city each other’s made and can- sure and have extras voted to each other? The city hall contract affords a str illustration. Con- tractor Hugh Murphy is on the bond of Contractor Regan and Sub-contractor Brennan, while Brennan himself is a hondsman for Regan, No wonder that Hugh Murphy has been so active be- hind the screen to have Myers® plans re- jected and to have Regan and Brennan 1 ed from their contracts. The council votes thousands of dollars to barnacles, adds to the pay-roll br almost at every session, and approy ates thousands for unearned extras. But the boavd of public works 1s com- pelled to keep all plans; contracts and documents in a common d s thin the reach of any scow who might be interested in altering or stealing a cont because the council refuses to appropriate two ov three hundred dol- lars for the purchase of a safe. This is a commentary on business methods. Is itany wonder that public confidence in the integrity of the council isshalken, and taxpayors are talking of organizing for protection? King Those Awfal Afidavits. Pat Ford has exploded a tremondous bomb-shell. He has procured two affi- davits to impeach the integrity of the city hall architect, and cited Pat O. Hawes as authority for charging that Myers used money in securing the ac- ceptance of his plans for the county court house six years ago. The last charge is rather chestnutty. But those aflidavits are fresh and to the point. One of thom is made by the chief bondsman of Regan, the city hall contractor, and the other by Brennan, the sub-contractor. Both of these affi- davits charge that Myers proposed to let Brennan have the inside, if he would bid lower than anybody else on the superstructure of the city hall. In other words, Myers is charged with approaching Brennan and his partners with a proposition to give them undue advantage over their competitors in allowing poorer work and cheaper material than the contract called for. These affidavits were trumped up at the public meeting as the excuse for the council’s rejection of the Myers plan. This back-action excuse will de- ceive nobody. The affidavits were made out Saturday raorning, ten days after the council had voted to reject Myers' plans and released the contract- ors. If the facts alleged by the con- tractor and his bondsmen were known to the council, and actuated its course, why were they kept such a profound secret? Why was not Myers given a chance to meet his accusers who are in- terested in slipping out from undera contract which obligated them toabide by the decision of the architect as to their work and material? Myers’ corrupt proposal is alleged to have taken place in August, more than six months ago. Architect Myers had found fault with some of the work and material of the contractor before that time and entered a written protest with the board of pub- lic works last fall. How came it that these imcorruptible contractors make charges at such a late day against a corruptible architect who had offered to sell himself to them? To a man up a tree, this has very much the odor of stale fish. But even if Myers were as bad as the contractor and Pat Ford are trying to make him out, how does Pat Ford and the council gang explain their own efforts to hamper the board of public works from com- pelling the contractor to an honest com- pliance with his contract according to plaus and specifications? — Moral of the Reading Strike. The great Reading strike is ended. The miners have surrendered and gone to work at the oid scale of wages. The striking railroad men are still holding out but their case appears hopeless. In the meantime the congressional com- mittee appointed to inquire into the Reading strike has thrown some light on monopoly methods, Since 1869 the road has been run in the interest of stock gamble False reports were published, dividends were paid on stock with borrowed money., Reckless spec- ulation in mining lands plunged the road hopelessly in debt. To-day there is a debt of $160,000,000 hanging over the Reading system and the road is in dan- ger of going into bankruptey for the third time. The story points its own moral. In ovder to keep up its record of gambling and rascality the Reading company has forced its railroad employes and miners down to starvation wages. It has broken faith and agreement with its men. ‘With the desperation of drowning men, the Reading directors forced the strike among the coal miners in ovder to cut down the supply of coal and profit by the rise in price. Though virtually the strikers have lost the battle, they have won a great victory for themselves and the country. The rottenness and rascality of the Reading directors have exposed. The offieials, responsible this state of affairs, will be brought to terms and made to pay the penalty of their criminal ness. 1f the stockholders are powerless to reform reckle the management of the rnnrl. the state of Pennsylvania whose aws have beon outraged by the Reading directors, must step in to mete out justices — Tie Chicago & Northwestern rail- road under the corporate name of Fre- mont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley has filed amendments to its articles of in- corporation at the state house with a view to constructing fecders for its system through northeastern Nebraska, Thisisa flank movement against the Omaha & Yankton railroad project The Northwestern proposes to oceuy the territory through which the Yan ton line is intended to traverse and by s0 doing to strangle at its inception a competitor that is likely to become formidable in the near future. Ostens bly the proposed northern branch of the Elkhorn Valley line starts from Omaha and runs through Douglas coun In veality it will be merely an extention of the Blair line northward, with the Arlington & Blair loop to carry to Omaha what produets cannot be diverted to Chicago. It remains to be seen whether Omaha capitalists and business vill be content to idle while the territory naturally tributary to this is being tapped and drained into CEVELAND will this evening leave Washington on a flying trip to Jacksonville, Fla, It is an- nounced that there will be no ovations, and that the president will be back at his post of duty next Mond Mean- time the national democratic committec will have appointed the time and place of holding the national convention, and apparently My, Clevelund, being absent from Washington, will have had no in- fluence in determining the matter. And to make this impression stronger he has taken Dan Lamont with him, But the is reason to beliove that the president is not altogether careless about the mat- ter, and undoubtedly the committee will find out what his wishes ave. [s it not a little ungracious in him, however, to go away from Washington just at the time when the national committee of his party is to assemble there and will call to the capi v of the faith- ful who would like to assure him of their Toyalty? whether ‘¢ iul drummers have to pay a license to travel and sell goods in the following states and territories Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Dakota, California, Oregon, Idaho, Washington Territory, New Mexico.™ 1f all or any of these states and territo- ries have ever exacted a drummer’s tax or license, it was doue in violation of the constitution of the United States. and under adecision of the supreme court, rendered nearly or quite a year ago, such 4 law whergyer existing is void. The position of the court was that & drummenr’s tax was in the nature of a regulation directly affecting inter- state commerce, ahd therefore repug- nant to that clause of the constitution which gives to congress the sole power to regulate commerce between the states. A drummer’s tax orlicense cun- not be collected in any state or territory if resistance is made to it. PROMINENT PERSONS. Emma Abbott is said to be worth $300,000. Mrs. Mackay talks of buying a residence in the Scotch Highlunds. A statute of William H. Seward is to be erected at Auburn, N. Y. Chang, the famous Chinese giant, has sct up in Shanghai as a tea broker. Mrs. Houry Ward Beecher has given $2,000 books from her husband's library to the soldiers’ home at Leavenworth, Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, is decor- ated with more college titles-than any other member of either house of congress. Andrew Carnegie has sold his newspapers located in a dozen different . towns in Eng- land. It took too much of his time to man- age them. Andrew D. White, ex-president of Cornell and ex-minister to Gen , is gathering material for his coming book on the warfare of science. Elijah Alden of Middleboro, Mas lineal descendent in the sixth generat John Alden, of Mayflower fame. ninety-six years of age. Somebody remarks that the duke of West- minster costs his country about $1 every time he breathes. In other words, he has an in- come of abont £50 a minute. Mr. Robert Bouner, having previously pre- sented his sons with the New York Ledger, now follows it up with about a million in real estate, ‘‘as an inceutive to work.” Deacon White of Brooklyn, W. L. Scott of Pennsylvania, ard John B. Felton of Cali- fornia are said to be the three richest men in the house of representatives. Perry Bel- mont of New York also poses as a rich man, but his wealth yet stands in the name of his father, August Belmont. Carroll Tilton, son of Theodore, is an ex- pert stenographer and typewriter, and is em- ployed as a secretary of the Erie railway company. Ralph Tilton is a go-ahead young fellow, and is employed in a New York com- mercial house, Mrs. Tilton lives quictly with these two sons in Brooklyr Congressman Tillman, of South Carolina, has the same prejudice against overcoats which characterizes Hannibal Hawmlin, On the coldest day in winter the Palmeto state representative walks ut Washington in much the same garb yhich He wears in sum- mer, He says that the overcoat is a north- ern luxury unworthyf a man with blood in his veins. There Wilkge Some Fun. Baltimorg American, Jay Gould is homeward bound. No popu- lar outburst will grect his return, but a fow indictments are waitipg for him, so his arri- val will not be ulwxfi,er tame, ®he Lawyer Was Discouraged. New York Star, A southwest Missouri attorney is reported to have made the following remarks in clos- ing acase: “Owing to the perjury of wit- nesses, the ignorance of the jury and the pre- judice of the Judge, I expect to lose this case,” He is ——————— South Carolina and Dakota, Chicago Times. A contemporary calls attention to the fact that the vote of South Carolina and Dakota is about the same-—00,000—and yet South Carolina has nine votes in the next clectoral college, while Dokota has none. It is not in- tended that Dakota shall have a vote at the next presidential election, nor that following, if she can be kept outof the union on any pretext. ‘Lhe preseut omnibus bill 1s the merest juggling pretense and a fraud. Against such trausparent and flagrant wrong the people protest. ‘“Tuxation without re- presentation” is as ne-v. an outrage as it cver was, and is the quintesseice of tyranny. Allof South Carolina’s nine votes will be used to prevent Dakota voting at all, - Well Pass. oneer Press. Bonanza senators with silver mines to un- load upon London capitalists and themselves embarrassed by the law of the last congress prohibitlng alien ownership of American land. Mr. Stewart is trying to get a bill through the senate abrogating the prohibition as to mineral lands, The bill might as well pass. Alien rehip of American mines is generally more dangerous to ihic slien than to Awerica. Tn which refl Who kindly or gently chides, When I fulfill my duty not; He is my friend, T deem, However much my foe he seem, But he who flatters, ever praises mo, Who ever loves, and ne'er enlightens For every fault'a pretet finds, And me forgives before repentance; He is my foo, 1 deem. However much my friend he seem. i STATE AND T . braska Jottings, The Niok river has been stocked with 45,000 trout, by the state fish com- mission. The pipes for David City hav planted in‘ear| ng. Nineteen thousand tons of ice have heen cribbed to keep Omabans cool and and comfortable next summer., The Fullerton board of trade has pre- pared a statistical write-up of the town and Nanee county for cireulation in the east. The belle of Norfolk is guarded by a onc-legged father and a four-legged bulldog with teeth like a sausage- grinde Th the water mains in ived and will be Stratton Herald has a superb libel suit on the hand. The complainant is . V. Bailey, a prominent resident, who used of forgery and murder, nk Bandle, of Omaha, is hatehi 1 r in Fremont. He offers 1a elub in the field for r aloft the banner of Fre- t to place a gue #3,000, and bex mont in the o Democratic leaders and postmasters throughout the state are arranging to come to Omaha to confer with the state central commzittee on March 9, and send up an early shout for the lucky son of Buftalo. the Yankton Pres: “Sioux swear and Sioux City esn threaten, but Yankton gets the Mani- toba and the Omaha just the same. In- formation which knocks doubts into a ed hat and which will start Yank- ton’s boom is gradually coming in. The proffer of a $100,000 building to the Lincoln board of trade by the New York Life Insurance company has brought new Richmonds in the field with fre \h and profitable tenders, to sc The consequences can- cen, but a new brand of stem-winding insurance agents will soon appear. Father M tin’s thilling novelette, “Th Conquest, Love or ’\lmu-\, has ched a chapter of real life Marti man, A. G, iateh, succeeded in making himself agreeable to the old man’s daughter, Miss Ella. On learning the lings of the lovers, Martin bounced Hatch. but Miss Illa protested, and finding her opposition to the old gentleman’s course of no avail she de- manded that he at once deed to her the portion of property to which she was entitled. To this demand her father acceded, transferving to her fifty-one lots in South Sioux City Hatcn, her harged lover, also threatens toin- stitute proceedings against his lute em- ‘;lnl\'pr to comy bim to either retain him in his position or continue to pay him while idle. fowa Items. The next annual state Sunday school association convention will be held in Dubuque June 12, 13 and 14. The salaries of the regular faculty of the state university for the current col- lege year amounted to $39,075. The state board of health have been notified that Towa river is too well stocked with dead fish to be wholesome. The conl palace scheme at Oskaloosa has assumed tangible shape and a stock i ed with a capi- A couple of smart young men near Correctionville tied the hands of aschool her and plunged him into us t. The fun cost the young men and costs cach. The butchers of Davenport have signed an agreement not to buy cured meal of Armour & Co., giving a% a_rea- son therefore that they think it detri- mental to their home production. They have a machine made in Dubu- ue t imply knocks the bottom out of prohibition. It is fixed so that by dropping 10 cents into a slot and wurn- ing a lever 10 cents worth of whisky will flow into a glass, while the dime disappears into a receptacle attached to the end of the faucet. The town of Lyons is said to possess a couple—man and wife—who, while the eat and sleep in the same house, G does his or her own cooking,and neither receives istance from the other. Their religious belief will not permit of adivorce, and, as the house is owned jointly, both reside in it. Dakota. Rapid City has a cracker factory in motion. A citizen of Rapid City killed a full- grown lynx recently near that place An oil well has been discovered near Deadwood, but the owners have plugged it up and ave trying to keep the find a secret. Ix-Governor Ordway adjoining Pievre. The chased it for 1,200 fiv dicate has partially ar ase it, paying $40,000, In 1878 there were but seventy-five itory, wich are 1,000 During rroased hools owns forty acr- governor ) member: with a membership of 40,000, that time Dakota’s population i 600 per cent, while the Sunday increased 1,200 per cent. The farmers in Deuel county are now reaping a good reward for a little thoughtfulness they ised last fall and summer in putting up large quanti- ties of prairie hay. Hundreds of tons are being shipped from there daily that bring the farmers $11.25 per ton on the track. The Illinois Central which was com- pleted to Sioux Falls last December, will at once extend their line in a north- westerly direction. but the exact route is unknown. Watertown, Mitehell, Huron and other enterprising towns want the road, and will undoubtedly bid for it in due time. Three little children of David Ru- dolph, living near Moorhead, had a nar- row escape from being devoured by e going home from school Wednesday night. ’ a short dis- tance from the schoolhouse five wolves made for them. The children turned and ran for the schoolhouse, with the wolves pursuing, barely reaching shel- ter. THAT BIG NEW YORK WALK. ‘What Albert Has to Say About the Bibbins Offer. WILLING TO TAKE THE BETS' Omaha Sporting Men Confident That They Have the Matter Straight —An Anagram On Basc Ball-Local Sports, ™ vont Walk, It seems that the Bre's expose of the prob. able manner in which Jimmy Albert was en abled to score 621 miles in the recent six-day pedestrian mateh at Madison square garden, New York, has created an unprece od hubbub in sporting circles, The New York Herald of Sunday contains the following Two men living in Omaha, Kennedy and Biboms by name, have their doubts about Jimmy Albert having made 621 miles in the last six s’ walk at Madison Square Gar- den, ana say that they will ot £,000 to §2,000 that be did not and_can not walk miles. They also assert that Jimmy has a twin brother who took his piace on the track while Jimmy was in his hut resting. 'hey that, do they ! said Albert at the Ashland house lust night to o Herald reporter. “1 have received two telograms myself from th parties in which they offer to put up the money in the hands of P. J. Fallon, who keeps a hotel at Omaha, CIf they will change the word ‘walk’ in their telegram to me, and make it ‘run and walke 1 will cover their money, and as mucl more as they want to put up. ~ As to my I ing a twin brother, that is all bosh, I'made 621 miles, and can_do it again.” Mr. Willism Q'Brien, of the Sporting Times, who was the manager of the last six go-as-you-please, said: I am well inted with P, J. Fallon of Omaha, and square man, and just as soon as he notifies me that Bibbins and Kennedy have posted their mancy with him I am realy to back Albert.” Both O'Brien and Jimmy Kennedy, dge: |hmk the Omaha men are cr York Sunday World contain “1 will take Mr. Bibbins' w 3 st my money at once,” said Albert een at the Ashland house last nignt. irse, 1did not walk all the distance d, as the race was a_go-as.you-please, and | walked and ran. 1 have no twin brother, nor ve La double. 1 have never beenin Omaha in my life, nordo 1 know Bibbi The first T éver heard of him wis on Monday, when I re d this telegram,” extubiting the slip which was signed “Ken- nud\ & Bibbins' and read: o will have to have the money cears ago, a8 you promised. om you we shall wire the apent Unless we he Herald to-morro On Tuesday another telegram was sent to Albert in care of the Dockstader. ‘Did_yon get message at the Ashland lmu-u and are you going to settle with u Must have and quick.” ““I thought the fellows were some cranks,” said Albert Wm. O'Brien, of the Sporting Times, who was present, agreed to cover Bibbins' bet. Anxious to get at the bottom facts of this, to say the least, mysterious feat of Albert's, and having the weal of the sporting fraternity in consideration, a Beg reporter sallied forth again yesterday to sce all the parties supposed to know something about the affuir. The first gentleman encountered was H. B. Kennedy **You still think that there was fraud con- nected with Albert’s wonderful work?” asked the reporter, r, 1 don’t think anything about it. I was fraud there. ~Albert, nor any other man, can cover 621 milas in 8ix days, and rest as much as he did, and _come outas fresh in theend. The bet of Mr. Bibbing and myself offered still goes. We are positive Albert is the man we think he is because he is standing in with the same clique who were in with us three years ago We nfay be mistaken, but are willing to put our money that we are not.” * Leaving Kennedy the reporter dropped in upon Patsey Fallon, and in response to the query as to whether he knew anything re- garding the matter in question he handed the scribe the following letter from J. M. Mc- Douough, formerly of the Herald, this city, he had just received: Youxk, Feb. 16.—Friend Patsoy : kind of a bIuff is that Kennedy and Bibbins are making about Albert’s record? I was one of the judges and was there two- thirds of the time and such a thing as they assert is more than laughable. T wish you could get a bet out of them and let me have half of it. Write me. Your friend, Mac. Mr. Jack C. Morrison, of the Diamond, was next called upon. He said: Iam willing to stake 31,000 or $2,000 myself that Albert never scored 621 miles. There is no earthly question but that there was crookedness in his performance. And then, morcover, we are almost absolutely certain he is the identi- cal party who was in'training here three years agoat the Art hall, in the fair grounds. thoroughly satisfied, I s 10 man, and the fake he 0 arried out’ in New York last k, was in contemplation here then. All me parties in with Albert now were auietly interested then. This record of 621 miles is an utter impossibility. Mr. Bibbins could not be found, but the at- about his place asserted that he was fully convinced that Albert was his man, and that his proffered wager still open to takers, thr “Albert's” Bluff Called. The sporting men of Omaha, almost to a man, believe that the expose of the New York pedestrian contest s made in the Bee to be true. At least they are willing to bet their money that w If Mr. “*Albert” and his backers want to come to Omaha, and if “Albert can tie his New York ‘“record” the (.m!nmutvs can carry home a barrel of ~Henry L, Owens, the woll-known pro- prictor of the Omaha stables, sends the Bie the following communication, which will also appear in this morning’s New Yoric Herald: Onana, Neb., Feb. To the Sporting Editov of the Bee: I occasionally take a hand in sporting affairs, and I will wager £1,000 that the man “Albert” who made the alleged record of 621 miles in the recent pedestrian_tournament in New York city cannot repeat the performance in this city at any time within the next sixty days. Mr. P. J. Fallon is authorized to arrange any and ail details, should it be accepted. I have is day deposited with Mr. Fallon $250 as a ntee of good faith. HENRY L. Owey: Omuha stables, city. Conley and Clow to Fight. Drivri, Minn,, Feb, 20,—[Special Tele gram to the Brr, | —John P. Clow, with his manager, Frank Hayes and one friend, went to Superior, Wis., to-day for the parpose of meeting Mike Conley, the Ithaca Giant and arrange arti of agreeupent for the pro- jected fight to o finish, for &,000 a side, 1 private, with skin gloves. Conley was on hand with his manager, J. D. Hays and f Considerable haggling over the ar- rangement and wording of th indulged in buta draft was finally mad which Conley said ho was satis with, Clow offering to any changes to suit him. The articles call a contest to a finish with kid or skin s, at a place mutually agreed upon, within six weeks from the date of signing. The purse is #£2,000 a side, and all money to be in the final stakeholder's hands ten days before the fight, and to be paid to the refel a8 800n as the enter the ring, and by him 10 be paid to winner, The articles are to be kept open until Wednesday, when they will be closed and final defails arranged Clow has afforded Conley e haneo he desired, and will mect him. ~ Couley is forty- five pounds heavier than Clow. 1ds. Sporting Notes. Ed. Fusselbach has signed with the Kansas American club, The first game at Des Moines will be on April 21, with the Detroits, Chicago will open the championship scason with the local team April 2 Pauls will be he ¥ practic Ci March 16 for a on the local » grand weather inex" at th Monday, ork on the “ladies’ and will be begun next permitting Juck Messitt will be put in to catch regu larly the mm\ng scason. . The deal with Gastiield is off, . y Me: Ed. and Arthur Rotliory and A, H, Jrorbes presented Pat Kitlon, during his stay ‘here, with an elogint gold-headed cane. Thousands of pin tails have arr interior lakes and sloughs, and di ounting gi great. sport withiu the net ten duys. Russ MeKelvoy, the oldtime Wall-tosser, now an employe of the Union Pacific railrond ompany, was awarded the scorc-card privi at the ball park for the coming scason for a consideration of §400, This Settles Tt PPCre is anything in base ball anagrams this sett the coming race, and the associa tion might as well forward the tlag: OMAny W-ilsem. Burd-1ck. O'Con-N-ell Sowder S, Mossit T Wals H MillEr TN s, Dor-A . Sale of Trotting Stock. Lexisetoy, Ky, Feb 20 Woodward § Harbison's sale of trotting stock began day. Superior stock was offered and big prices realized. Seventy-cight head wero disposed of to-day for £10,850, Several high ced animals were bought for J. V. Steiker, ville; A. M. Markee, Aledo, 111§ W ||ki~|xi'.ln Tk, and C. M. Dunlap, - MoNulta Will Dic. The bullet that found a resting place in the body of Johuny McNulta, is evidently prov- ing too much for his system, and from pr ent appearances he has not long to li Symptoms of mternal hemorhagoe have ap- peared, followed by blood poisoning, and yes- terday it was deemied advisable to” bring in Dr. Gilbraith for_consultation. Attorney Eder outh Omaha, was also on hand the ante-m ement of the dying man, but on th f the at- tending physicians, the ordeal of telling him his fate wa's postponed. He las been deleri- eral times, and during his lucid inter- Father Jeanette has been in con stant uttendance. Do Joking a Reporter, The story st afloat in the corvidor of the Millard last night to the effect that Miss Miunie Freeman, one of the heroines of tho blizard, was a guest of the house had ith one of the guests who wanted to enjoy the sight of seeing a reportar rustla and abuse one of the clerks, « There was lots of fun on tap for a little while, and the zea ous reporter insisted on having his card sent up to the young lady who sat at the dinner table with one of her hands doue up in o sling. Oue Less Crazy Man in Omaha. Nelson Brown, an”insane man who has been confinea in the county jail for several weeks, was yesterday sentto his home in Vyandotte. Minn. Religion is the principal ance, and he has af 2o mission on earth is Lo savo *ibody he comes in_ contact al realm. Brown played i ha, a fact that 1 - somewhat, and while in a on QI" his non-success, he was £ 0t oy The Platt-Deutscher Verein, This organization at its last meeting voted $50to the Woebbecke heroine fund. Tha amount will be handed to the BEE in a few days and will then be duly credited, e Personal Paragraphs. D. H. Ettin, of Kansas City, is at the Mil- lard. H. T. Jones, of Seward, Ne lard. ; EdG. Euring, of Clinton, Ia., is at the Mil- urd. J. B. Holmes, Des Moines, Ia., is at the Millard. J. R. Fortuer, of Lincoln, Neb., isatthe Millard. J. C. Hughes, of Columbus, Neb., is at tha Millard. S. H. Elwood, of O'Neill, Paxton, William Gordon, of Sioux City, Ia., is at the Paxton. Johu L. Wright, of Des Moincs. the Millard. James H. Holmes, of Lincoln, Neb,, is at the Millard. K. C. Morehouse, of Missouri Valley, Ia., is at the Paxton, Mrs. Martin and daughter, of Kansas City, are at the Millard, G. W. Dickerson and wife, of Butte, Mont., areat the Paxton. A. R. Graham and wife, of Wisner, Neb,, are at the Millard. Mark M. Coad and wife, of Fremont, Neb., are at the Paxton. J. W. Paddock and wife, of Paddock's Girove, Neb., are at the Paxton. Mrs. E. L. Heppurn and Mis of New York, are at the Puxton. W. W. Wheeler of Panama, is in town purchasing a stock of implements for his spring trade, T, S. Ingersoll and wife and the Misses. Allic and Helen Ingersoll, of Cherokee, la., are at the Millard. Messrs. K. A. Brown, Charles L. Schafer and John W. Steinhart, of Nebraska City, Neb., are at the Paxton. W. J. Mulvenon, sheriff of Yavapai coun- ty, Arizona, with headquarters ut Proscott, i8 in the city, the guest of W, H. Robbins, Mr. Mulvenon has had several sensational expericnces as an officer i the lawless sec- tion from which he hails, and a few months ago was reported as having been killed in an cugagement with fractious cattle raisers. el The Cure of Poverty. New York World, Senator Leland Stanford has been so successful in effecting a pevimanent curo of hisown poverty that his views as to preventing this distrossing complaint in others ave at least wteresting. Some of the senator’s ideas, a8 ex- pressed to an interviewer, have th merit of novelty. “Itis not millionaires that cause pov " says the modern Midas. “*Nobody is worse off becauso the Vanderbilts are worth $200,000,000. If they had not the wealth it would not existatall, It is only in those commu- nities wh millionaires are possiblo lh:\n the average citizen has enough to eat. A .unmn sum in arithmetie will show the senator that a single fortune of $200,000,000 would give 20,000 persons *mum each, and that division would certainly do more to abolish poverty than the handling of thisenormous sum by one family, however wisely and benevolently, — can accomplish. - The idea that this wealth would be blotted out if the heirs of its accumnly not have it, displays a singular values, Mr. Stanford ¢ finitesimal part of his own enormous fortune, and so much of it as is real will remain long after he has gone. In regard to his last statement it is havdly too much to say that before millionaires beeame possible in this country everys body had enough to cat, The three eauses of poverty mentioned by Mr. Stanford are unthrift, or ignor- ance of how tosave money, the drinking habit and o lack of manual training. The last lack can be measurably supe but as the other two causes cans » aro not Pa- b, is atthe Mil- Neb,, is at the Ia, is at 0. J. Beers, ms inevitable that ]m\'m:{ will always exist. Still it would be mo ¢ money-getter would stop when he had enough” for all reasonable wants,