Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 9, 1888, Page 2

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1888, 1T IS SATAN'S BEST SEASON. Omaha at Midnight, As Seen By Rev. C. W. Savidge. THE CARNIVAL OF THE DEVIL. COrime and Debauchery Hold High Revel While Honest Folks Sleep —The Night Toilers—The Preacher’s Remedy. What of the Night? The Seward street M. E. church was crowded to its fullest capacity last evening by people anxious to hear what Rev. C. W, Bavidge had to say about “Omaha at Mid night,” and the discourse throughout was listened to with the closest attention. The reverend gentleman took for his text, “It is vain for you to situp late,” and spoke as follows: Our subject this evening is “Omaha at Midnight."” If you should go to sce a great pleture you would view it from different po- sitions, If you would know a man yov must meot him at difforent times and under various circumstances. And if you would really know this ¢ity you must walk her streets both by day and night, visiting her homes of thrift and virlue as well as looking into her dark place of vice and of crime. When the ministry and the church actually start out to make a raid on the Devil's works there will be some night work done in places where Satan holds high .carnival. There are a great many people in this city who resemble the owl. They are not very wide-awake all day, but they do their best during the night, Many are not very pre- sentable during the day, but they puton their best clothes when the lamps arelighted. And this speaks volumes as to character. T'ell me where a man is at night and I will tell you what kind of a man he is. Lately I have taken steps to find out what the people are doing at night. And Iam yery glad to say that a large number of the best people are asleep at night. Iam heartily glad of it, Tor there is no business on earth that pays s well as sleep between the hours of 10 at night and 6 in the morning. If it wero not a sacrilege we should tell ou how our best homes look at midnight. he mother aud father are sleeping in that room yonder. There is a cradie drawn up close” to tho bed, and we hear a baby's soft breathing. The mother's hand touches the child. And just there are two children in the trundle bed. One of them moves as we look and inyolun- tarily we say, “Hush my dear, lie still and slumber, holy angels guard thy bed.” We turn away repeating the words, “For so he veth his beloved sleep.” The head of this ouse we have described says: “The most delightful spot on earth to me is my own howe.” He belongs to a secret socicty that holds late sessions, but he says, ‘‘Gentlemen u need not look for me very often for my amily surpasses any secrét socicty in the world.” Accordingly he spends a happy evening at home and then he lies down and sleeps the slecp of the just, We look into the room of a youhg man whom we know well. He worked hard all day yesterday. He listened to a lecture in the evening; but 10 o'clock found him in his room. He sits down and thinks a moment of how he has spent the day. Then he reads a few verses out of his bible and kneels down and asks God to bless and keep him, and at 12 o'clock he is sleeping as sweotly that littlo bube we saw only a few moments ago. In the morning thal young fellow will be ready for whatever comes to hand in the ‘way of work. Again L have found out that a great many men do useful, not to suy necessary, work at night. While we slecp hundreds of men are toiling for our comfort and improvement, ‘We visit the men who make our great daily papers. In our city thirty men work at night as reporters and editors, Here sits an editor at his table who has worked at night for eighteen years. He has only gone 0 church tivice with his wife in that time. He has a great deal of patience. Old cranks como in and blow him up, but he is very calm and treats the crank nicely; we wonder almost how he does it. Somehow we think he must have religion and don't know it. The reporters we meet at night are gentlemenly and full of business. At 12 o'clock a great fire breaks out or something of importance occurs in a distunt part of tho city, andaway these wen fly, and in an incredible short time the news is in print. We go up stairs and see the printer at work. One_hundred men in this city set type at night. Thereare some good men among them, but many of them are wicked, Often they leave their work at 8 o'clock in the morning and they enteran all night saloon and drink, Iut who of us have even spoken to these boys about #heir soulst Inever appreciated my morning paper till I saw all these wmen at work at might. He is an ungrateful wretch who growls about paying 15 couts per weel for the paper which has cost the night worker so mucki. We look in on the telegraph men. ty-five of them are at work sending the nows by electricity to stations fur and near. They tell us the night work is a fearful drain on the whoje man and that the tendc is to bresk down the physical and the moral self. The bakers work till the carly morning preparing the light fresh bread for Lundr lof tables, We meet the policoman walking his beat, and ave told that o v hour he reports to headquarters that he is awteuding to his work. All over the city there are scores of me- ghanics who work till the red duwn lights up the carth, All honor to the men who toil at night, But I tell you plainly that the great fority of the people who are out at midnight are raisivg the devil. Lam told thav she dogs and cats sleep in the early part of the even- ing, but about the middle of the niwght they sturt out for a general jamboree, Lurge numbers pof ple in this town do the same thing. -And the animals I have mentioned are about all they are fitted 1o associate with Meon go out to dissipate, They go into all kinds of wickedness under the cover of mght. [ know now what the Bible means when it says: “They that are drunken are drnnken.in the night.”” Some of the saloons are closed at 12 o'clock, but a_great many of them are opem. Let me gi one example that you are familiar with, The well “known wine rooms on Douglis street, are wido open all night long. Al the roomws are full, and men and women curse and sivear because thoy are ecrowded out At these places men driuk at midnight till they can hold no more, and thon, in a beastly state of intoxication, they are sent home to mother or wife. Al kinds of wickedness go on in these wine rooms. Here you meet men old in sin as well as men and women in the morying of life. Al are on the downward road with awful velocity. At 120'clock the Lights are burning brightly in the house of the lost wowan. Men ar coming and going in droves. As late as 8 o'clock in the morning she waitson the street lor the wan who has worked till that hour, christiun people were as full of schemes and energy as this wowan is, many a soul would be rescued. At midnight most of God’s peeple are asleep, but the devil's crowd* have both eyes oy At this hour the gambleris still robbing his victim. Now he has scveral little doors be- twoen him and the police and he Lus a man to oh the coming of that oficial. And so he $ along without much diflicuity, Mon do the meanest things ut night. Read Matthew xviii:25. The greatest crimes ar committed at night. See John xviiiis. At this hour Judas betrayod Jesus. These tragedics are still being enacted in our city. You speak back and ask me what Iam guing to do about these things. I would say 10 the people who arg in bed the ¥ words that Jesus spoke in the long ago, “*Slecp on now and tale your rest.” And to the men wko are doing useful work 1 would say, work atnight if you must, but let it be a have-to case. And when we'christian people got th ind of religion that we ought to have we will go in o body to the managers of our newspapers and beg them to have no Monday morning edition. ‘Then the city editors and reporters and printers could rest at home on Sabbath and on Sabbath_evening, they could ationd divine service. The Monday paper is the one that cowpels men 10 break the Sab- Hat B the people who are out-racing the devil I have nothing to say. There is not Tiuch 8¢ wasting Words ou thei ab preseat. Seven- ma- What that crowd needs is the enforcement of law. “A whip for the horse, a bridie for the ass and a rod for the fool's back.” What we need now in thistown in my judgment is women to control the affairs of the city, Both the old parties have tried 1t and to-night things are at a fearful pass. Our officials have & 1 to enforce the laws. But you go out at night and sce whether they have kept their word. Ttis a pitable farce they are playing. There are plenty of old women who could enforce the laws and who would do For God's sake let us give them a trial, A Potty Burglary. About 8 o'clock Sunday morning a burglar broke into the boarding house managed by Mrs. Marks at 1808 Capitol avenue and se- cured a pocket book containing 83 or &4 be longing to the cook, By means of a ladder he climbed to a shed from which he entercd the reom through a window. While rum- maging for valuables he aroused one of the waiter girls. With a: serios of screams sho sprang over the headboard and landed on the head of another gitl who wns sleoping in_ an adjacent bed. This created a general hubbub, during which the burglar departed, scattering the contents of a valise over the floor in his haste. Tho girl who was so badly frightened thinks the intruder was a negro. In_searching for plunder he came close to her bed. She thought it was one of the other girls and put out her hand and felt his woolly head, which caused her to perform the gymnastic feat mentioned. Robbed a Bleeping Passenger. Mr. and Mrs. George Manning, of Texas, stopped at tne B. & M. depot a few hours yestorday between trains. Mr. Manning at- tempted to while away part of his time by a stroll up street, and Mrs. Manning mean- while fell asleep. On awakening she found that some thief had stolen her satchel. She gave a description of the missing article to Oficor Graves, and inside of an hour he spied a fellow sneaking up street with the stolen property. The thicl was taken to the central station, where he gave the name of Harry Burke. — Woods' Partner Loaded Up. Billy Woods, the would-be murderer of his father-in-law, James Kerns, is still at large, and has baflied all efforts of the police to find him. A number of the neighbors say that at the time of the shooting Woods was accom- panied by J. Davis. The police hunted Davis up yostorday and decided it was best to lock him up for future reference. He was there- fore given a cell at the central station. ity Threatened to Kill His Wife, J. Wenland and his spouse,living at Thirty- fourth and Leavenworth streets, had o fam- ily row yesterday, and Wenland got so angry that he hunted up an old rusty pistol and threatened to kill his wife. She fled in ter- ror from the house and had a policeman sent, to corral her war-like partner. The police- man found him master of the situation and had him transferred to the central stalion, Jugged For Stealing a Clock. James Clark and Jack Ryan are awaiting trial in the central station o the charge of slipping into the residence of Mr. W. Niehaus on Twentieth street and stealing a valuable cloak belonging to Mrs. Niehaus. = STILL RISING. Much Damages From TFloods Re- ported at Minnesota Points. MANKATO, Minn,, April §.—The Minnesota river is higher to-day, and when the ice breaks above the mouth of the Blue Earth river serious trouble is fearcd, as the bridge here is already shaking. 'The railroad bridge over the Le Sueur river is so badly damaged a train could not cross to-day Numerous wagon bridges throughout the county have been washed away. At St. Peter the river continues to rise idly and the low lands cast of the town re flooded. Owmaha station can only be reached by boats. Under Water. Maxpax, Dak., April 8.—The Heart river was on the rampage to-day, and as tho Mis- souri has not yet broken up the water from the Heart is flooding the lower part of Man- The entire district south of the railroad track is under wates R A DRUNKEN MAN'S FREAK. He Boards an Empty Locomotive and Causes a Serious Wreck. Cnicaco, April 8.—A drunken teamster named Dootey todk possession of a Chicago & Northwestern switch engine stauding on the main track in the down town yards to- and pulling the throttic wide open, started west on his carcer as an englneer. At Halstead street the jolting threw him off and the engine continued its way until West- ern avenue was reached when it collided with another switch engine, the crew of which, seeing the danger, jumped and saved their liv Both engines were completely wrecked and a portion of the track was torn up entailing a total loss on the company of about £10,000. Five minutes after this passenger train from the west was due, filled with pas- sengers. Dooley was picked up unburt and put under arrest. e Not a Candidate, Cuicaco, April 8.—Touching the report that President Cleveland had tendered the chief justiceship to Justice Scholfield, a special from Marshall, IlL., the home of the latter, s that the Illinois jurist emphatic- ally denies tbat he has been tendered the oftice either directly or otherwise, He re- iterates his former statements that he is not udidate because he does not want tho —-— ew York Promises Aid. NEW Yokg, April 8.—Fifteen hundred members of the brotherhoods of locomotive engincers and firemen met to-day at Tam- many hall and discussed the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy strike, and resolved to give the strikers all the assistance asked for, Among the resolutions adopted was one as follows: That we favor conservatism, when it is adequate to the onds in yiew; but wlen dealing with radicalism und oppression we do not feel bound to be more conscrvative than our opponents. e — The Death Record. NEw York, April 8.—-Lillian Oleott, the actress, died at the Wostminster hote! this wornivg, of intlammation of the bowels, - the Blizzard, New York Star, Of the board of estimate and appor- tionment only Mayor Hewitt, Coutroller s and Commissioner Colemun of x department were present yes- when Straet Cleaning Comm sioner Coleman asked for $25,000 add tional to aid in removing snow and ice from the city highways. The sum ot $25.000 had already been appropriated for that purpose. Mayor Hewitt suid: “Your request, Mr, Coleman, does not appear to be consistent in itself. You ask the board to @ you $50,000, when you really mean 00. You say fifty wen when you mean twenty-five. I don’t see how we cun make any transfer now.” Tax Commissioner Coleman inquired how much had been spentand was told nearly $0,000, *I've been around a good deal,” he said, “‘and L haven't seen any parts of the city except Broadway.” Mayor Hewitt: “The question is,does the sirect cleaning commissioner tell the truth? or is his department pockot- ing the money. Primurily, I think the credit of cleaning the swaots is due to Chief Shay.” As the street cleaning - commissioner persisted in saying that he hud actually oxpended $48,000 in removing 46,604 loads of snow and ice the board finally decided to transfer 825,000 from te. ap- propriation for street cleanlug wiring the summer, THEY DID NOT MAKE A RU Omaha Wins Basily the Second Game With Dubuque. 3,000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. The Playing of the Locali Team Steady and Reliable—A Fight on the Quiet—Denver's Big Walk. Sunday's Ball Game. There was a tremendous crowd at the ball park yesterday aftornoon to witness the second me between the Omahas and Du- buques. All the stands were literally jammed with eager, enthusiastic humani while the open space in front of the scats to the left and right swarmed with people, and the carriage-ways were occupied to almost their fullest capacity. In fact, it was such a crowd as was not seen upon any one occasion during the whole of Iast season, and 3,000 souls is not an exaggerated estimate of tho numerical strength. One of the happy features of the day, too, was the turn out of tho fair sex, whose sparkling eyes, beaming facos and gay apparel was to be seen every- ‘where throughout the vast throng. But the game. Of course it was interesting and on- joyable, from the simple fact that the Omahas again won, and in the parlance of the turf “with hands down. It was in nowise @& thrilling or brilliant contest, as the local team had overything their own way from tho start, and the lop- sidedness of the score assumed at the outset utterly robbed it of every cloment of excite- ment. One more thing tended to mar the fulness of the occasion, and that was the dis- orderly enthusiasm of & gang of young hood- lums who were unwisely admitted at the big gates shortly after the strugglo—pardon the expression—bagan. They absolutely over- ran everything and became so offensively demonstrative that all interest in the exhibi- tion to many was quickly dissipated. To the diseredit of the management there were no police regulations whatever, and the juvenile riends had in the potent language of the day a pienic, The playing of the Omahas was again of that steady, reliable character that the true lover of the sport so delights to sce, but there was little if any improvement in the maneuvers of the Dubuques, excopt in the work of the pitcher, who was only hit safe eight times, Both sides made double plays, the Dubuques one and the Omahas two. Lovett, the home pitcher, showed all the signs of the great twirler he is, and that too, without the slight- est visible effort. Ho was hit for two two Dbuggers and four singles, but dispite the frantic efforts of the visitors, they could not manage to get a run across the plate. The splendid team work of the Omahas was too much for them. Wilson caught a clever game, while the whole infield was a veritable stone wall. Joe Wash, who played right field, did not do himself credit, but it should be remembered he is wholly without practice, and the best of them have their off days. He will improve. The samo two clubs piay again this afternoon, when the local battery will be Cassian and Messett. OMATA, PSS womws SB. PO, | 4 Burns, If. Anus, f, Walsh, rf O'Contell, Tb. Miller, ss.. Shannon, 2b. Doran, 8b. ... Wilson c. Lovett, p. Erre-wocs | mecnercwe Bl wroaanans x| comox ®| woceromms Bl wSreocnoon g| «| omomoorool lotals. . DUBUQUE. > lescoceommmmn? P et > Lear, ss Tredway, 1f. Gaudolfc, 1b Schneider, ¢ MeQuade,’ rf Keas, p, Glenaly Bishop, 3b... Duane, c.. ol ccoccocca? el mmconronel | amscwnBan l crcomoccen Elramomcormal 8 w© g = l SUMMARY, Earned runs—Omaha, 2. Two-base hats, Treadway, Schneider. —~Burns, Struck-out—by Keas, 4; Lovett, S. Hit by ball—Doane. Passed balls—Doane, 1; Wilson. 2, Double plays—Miller to Shanunon to O'Con- nel, McQuade unassisted. Left on base—Omaha 2; Dubuque 3. Tine of game—1 hour 30 minutes. Umpire—McLaughlin. The Denver Go-as-You-Please. Dexven, Colo., April 8.—|Special Telegram to the ] ]-=There is considerable excite- ment in sporting circles over the six days go-as-you-please walking match which be gins at Mammoth rink at 12 o’clock to-night. Twelve well known pedestrians have entered the race and all @me on the grounds and in good shape except Herty, who won the race at Worcester last week and was unable to roach here in time. At a meeting of the pedestrians held yesterday afteruoon a limit of 425 miles was agreed upon to which the walker must attain before being entitled to a prize. The half of the total receipts which belongs to the pedes- trians, will be divided as follows: First prize, 45 per cent; second, 25; third, 15; fourth, 10; fifth, 8 and sisth 2 percent. It was especially agreed that if but one pode trian reached 425 miles ke would be entitled to ali the prizes and in case two reached the limit, the division would be 65 and 385 per cent. The special prize of $500 independent of receipts goes to the pedestrian who first scores 550 miles. Following are the names of the men who are prepared to start in the race: Irank Hart, colored, with a record of 36 miles at Madison Square garden; George the Scotch pedestrian who has a record of 5 s and lups equal to an- other half mile; Robert Vint, Brooklyn, a shoemaker, with a record of 578 miles made at Madis uare garden in 1351 when he won O'Leary belt; Anton Strokel, Saginaw, Mich,, known as ‘9'he Tircless Austr whose best_record (is 526, miles, made at Ma son Square garden “in February 188%; Will- i Jlan, the Pittsburg letter carrier, with a for 450 miles; he is ented by Van ntest. George Heiffmann, “Qld Hoss,” of Bellewood, Neb,, who covered 447 miles m the recent at Kansas City. W. A, Smith, Deuver, s a record for six days of 406 miles, square heel and toe. Henry O. Messler, Fort Collins and Denver, who co miles heel and 100 in a recent ra sas Ci he is cared for this ruco by Deputy Sherift Austin Manks, one of the best trainers in the west, Wilham Buchan, Denver, the Eighth ward butcher, who hus a record of 22 miles in four hours. yrge Robinson, of Denver, with a record of 100 miles in twenty-four hours, square heel and toe. W. P. Stanton, of Denver, whose records are mainly for short times and distances. In March, 1530, he won third money st Indianapolis, making 310 miles in six days, twelve hours per day. Up to ¥ o'clock 1,000 tickets of admission had been sold, and it is thought from 2,000 to 5,000 pe ill visit the rink during the t. Clow Wants Another Fight. Durvty, Minn,, April 8.—{8pecial Tele- gram to the Bee.]—The crushing defeat ad- ministered to Johu 17, Clow at Ashland last night by Mike Conley, the Itihaca giant, Las m no way depressed Clow's spirits, and auother mateh will probubly be arranged at an early day, and to a finish. Clow has nota scar to show for his terrible beating, but says he was not in condition and that another meeting will show a different result. The Sheriff Stopped the Fight. Kaxsas Crev, April 8.—(Special Telegram to the Her.1—A prize fight was arranged for to-day in Kansas, a short distance from Kan- sas City, between W, E, Gibbs, of this -city, and William Ross, of California. Just as the principals were about to strip for the contest, Sherif Bowling, of Wyaudotte county, ap- peared. The crowd, With the exeeption of a roporter and two others, one of whom was A ticket seller, scattered in all directions. The sheriff covered {he reporter with & gun and arrested the ticket seller, who was lodged 1 jail, the reporter afterwards beng Iiberated.” At a late heur to-night Ross and Gibbs and a party of sports went to & place near Shawnee Mission, Kan., where the fight will take place atam early lour to-morrow morning. Won on a Foul, Asnraxn, Wis,, April 8 —[Special Tele- gram to the Bre.]—After the Conley-Clow fight Saturday night a crowd of sports raised a purse of 8250 and by & o'clock this morning Dannie Needham, the clever St. Paul light weight, and George Cuttis, of Hurley, were in a ring at a well-knbwn resort about a mile from the center of the city. The men put on two ounce gloves, which had seen consider- able service and which were almost as solid as skin tights. Paddy L. McDonald, who refereed the earlier fight, acted in the same capacity for Needham and Curtis. he first round was characterized by hard hitting by both men. Curtis_is the stronger of the two but Needham showed the most scienco and kept his head, He fought nicely and had something the advantage at the end of the first round. After Needham had pun- ished him considerably in the second, Curtis gave his antagonist the right a couple of times. Tho Inst time he threw Needham and while the St. Paul boy had one knee on the fmund Curtis took a couplo of steps toward him and committed w cool, deliberate foul. The refereo thereupon gave Neodham the fight. Curtis is quite a clever man and with proper handling would make a good fighter. Flashes From the Diamond. Lovett and Burdick are the peers of any of them, Out of five times at the bat yesterday Bums scored four runs. One week from Saturday nextand the first dash will be made towards the pennant. Doran plays a beautiful third, and Miller's work at short is of the phenomenal order. The unanimous verdict is that at last Omaha has & ball team, and a man to manage it, too. Burns, O'Connell and Miller all had their “glims" ‘on the ball yesterday, and smashed it with exhilarating regularity. Sowders did not play vesterday afternoon, having received telegraphic intelligence of the death of his venerable father. Shannon has already demonstrated his ef- ficiency as a captain. He watches every point and coaches his men with rare judg- ment. 5 The large attendance of ladies yestorday was particularly pleasing to Manager Selec. Extra accommodations will be ready for them by the next series of games. Messitt and Cassian will be this afternoon’s battery, ‘“‘Scrappy Jack” will be tendered an ovation. Hewuas a great favorite here last year, and there will be a general pull for him. Next Saturday and Sunday Manager Barnes' St. Paul team will be here for a couple of games with the Omahas, and then the picnic ends. The St. Pauls are showing up unexpectedly strong. Beginning with the first chnmnionshir game, the official score-sheet will be enlarged, and will contain a complete and corroct schedule of all championship games; a list of the officers and players of the Western association clubs, and_ the national playing rules. The standing of the clubs in the race will also be published day by day. Runs, Hits and Errors. J. R. McEldowney, who superintended the base ball pools at the “Turf Exchange last scason, returned from Detroit yestorday morning. The following table of runs, hits and errors made by the Nationalleague clubs last scason were compited from his own offi- cial reports, and as they have as yot not been published in any city it the country, will be of more than ordinary ' interest to base ball patrons everywhere: Detroit. Philadelph Chicago. New Yorlk. Boston... Indianapoli Washington Shot a Draw With Carver. Dexver, Col, April 8.—The prize pigeon shoot between Dr. Carver aud Victor A. Kennicut, in this city, ono hundred birds a side for 82,000, resulted m_a_draw, Carver hit ninety birds and missed eight; Kennicut same. 57 e e Left to Arbitration Loxpox, April 8,—A dispatch from Tan- giers, dated Sunday, says: “A treaty was signed to-day whereby the sultan agrees to leave the dispute between the United States ard Moroceo to the decision of the Moorish representative and American consul, If the) fail to agree, a Buropean referce will be nominated whose decision shall be final.” -~ Close of the Marietta Centennial. Manterta, O., April S.—The town was filled to-day with excursionists. The centen- nial exercises closed with a public meeting addressed by Dr. Storrs, of New Jersey, whose discourse was a scholarly discussion of the cconomic questions that affect the nation, Conkling Still linproving. NEw Yok, April 5.—Roscoe Conkling is reported as resting comfortably to-day and improving steadily. SO Presidential Candidates, St. Paul Globe: Evarts is the oldest of the presider tial candidats He was seyenty on the 6th of February, Sher- man is sixty-five, Allison fifty-nine, Hawley sixty-two, Edmunds sixty, and Cullom fifty-nine, though his hair is still black. Frank Hiscock is the young. est presidential candidate of the senate. He was fifty-four last September. In- galls comes next to him at fifty-five,and the youngest republican spoken of for the presidency is not in tho senate, but is acting as an insurance lawyer at Chi- cago. His name is Robert T. Lincoln, and his age is about fourty-four. Grosh- am and Harrison are each of about the same age as Ingalls, and President Cleveland himself is fifty-one. Nearly all the senatorial candidates have had good educations, John Sher- man went to school at an academy be- fore he became a surveyor, and he had completed his studicd tp to what would be called the sophomore year of a college class. Allison was éducated at Hudson, 0., near Cleveland, ald Hawley went to school at Hamiltoh college. New- York. Ingalls gradugted at Williams college, Massachusetts, and he made such a fiery speech on ' graduation that his diploma was withheld from him for pme tim He was #it school the same time that Gartield was at this colle und the resident does number amgng his hero wor- shippers. Cullom had'a university edu- cation. Hiscock was well educated and William M. Evarts was in the samc class with Chief Justice Waite. Ed- munds was educated by a privated tutor, and as for Bob Lincoln, he went to Harvard. DBen Harrison got his school- ing at Oxford, O, The republican pr dates are,as a rule, sclf-made Sherman’s father wasa judge, but hoe died young, left a large family and not much tokeep it. John Sherman worked as a survegor on the canal, and he con- sidered Mimsolf happy as a young lawyer when he could save $500 a year. Cullom was a farmer’s boy, and those rough, angular hands of his could shuck corn fuster than any man in his county. Edmunds made some his first money ina law office, and Ingalls, when he reiched manhood, started west with a very thick overcoat and a yery thin pocketbook. Gresham’s father was a sheriff. Ben Harrison's was a member of congress. Bob Lincolg is ranning somewhat on his father’s reputation.and President Cleves lund’s father was a preacher, noy candi- men., sidential THE PINKERTONS' AUTHORITY Nearly All the Officials Seem to Think Them Unworthy. HOW THEY WERE APPOINTED. What the Police and Fire Commis« sioners, the Sheriff and Chief of Police Have to Say on the Suhject, Those B. & M. Specials. Yesterday afternoona I reporter started out to ascertain how and by whom the Pink- erton mon now on duty at the B, & M. depot and B. & M. freight yards had been ap pointed. Mayor Broatch was first seon and stated that the specials had been appointed by the beard of fire, and police commnussion- ors, The reporter next met Mr. George I. Gil- bert, a member of the commission, The lat ter admitted that the men now on duty in the place designated, or a number of them at least, had been appointed by the commission. The request to appoint them had come from Mr. Holdrege, the genoral manager of the B. & M. The comn joners did not know the appointees were Pinkerton men. They might have known, though the question was not settled as to the identity of the men ana had been, in fact, referred to but in a casual manner, “Do you understand,” asked the reporter, “that the fire and police commissieners have authority to appoint special policemen?” “Ido. It may oe found in, I think, either section 145, 145 or 147. 1 could not think of the exaot one,a few nights ago, and I looked a great deal for the section I wanted when conversing on the subject with the mayor, 1 have since foand it, though before that, I had been looking at section 134.” “‘Does not the authority to appoint special policemen rest with the mayor and require the consent of the council.” “That wus the clause in the old charter. But it could never be made practical in emergencies, Before tho council could be summoned in a case of emergency, & fl‘cm, deal of injury might be accomplished. A week ago to-day an emergency arose and the mayor himself appointed soveral spocial po- llcemen and when we met in the evening, we ratified the appointments.’” “If you had kuown that the specials, or some of them, who you appointed, were Pinkerton men, would you have favored commissioning them?” AT certainly would. “Is there nothing in the charter which re- quires that a special policeman shall be a citizen of Omaha?” : “No, there is nothing of the kind.” ‘Was the mayor present when those men were appointed “Yes. L think he was present at all the meetings.” “Do you reraember the nights on which these men were appointed “Lam not entirely reliable as to dates, but it was several weeks ago.” “How many specials were appointed “I think about ten.” At whose expense?” “At tho expense of the B. & M. road. That simply sent in a request, the same as r. Paxton would if he wanted a man to _watch his building or the merchants around here desired a special to watch their block. T tell you that these men in theirblue coats have more eff and youw'll admit _1t, than a man who is residing here aud who has on his breast only a naked star.” SHERIFF COBU It had been aunounced that some of the Pinkerton men at the depot had been com- missi riffs. The repor iff Coburn and asked if such were the case and how many had been 8o commissioned. He replied that it was and that the number of his deputics was about eight or ten. “At whose request were they appointed 1" “Mr, Holdrege requested their appoint- ment,” “Did you know that thoy were Pinkerton men?" “I did not. Since that time another request has been made to have more appointed and I have refused to commission them.” ““When these men came here did they wear blue coats?” “well, some of them did, but they (the coats) looked to me like those worn by Jim Stephenson's and Jim McShane's carriage men.” “Could you let me have the names of those whom you deputized as deputy sneriffs " Mr. Coburn said he could not just at that moment “Did you ask those deputies when they appeared for appointment whether they resided long enough in the state to be citizens to render them eligible to such of- fice!” “No, I didn’t, but I do now, you bet,"” “Have youany issued any certificate or stars of authority to these men " “I have not given them a commission, T had in altogether in my oftice about cleven or vwelve stars, but I think they were all gone before these men were appointed Mr. Hartman, another member of the fire and bolice commission, was seen at his resi- dence and questioned upon the subject. He said that Mayor Broatch had brought the mes of the specials to the meeting of the commissioners and said that their ap- pointment had been requested by Mr. Hold- T But the men were appointed not as Pinkertons, BEach name was accomy 1 §1,000 with G, W . “We appointed near ontinued Mr. Hartman, *e: ogard to whose bonds ther y. For instance, there man whose name was spelled differently in the first part and another way in the other part. We refused to confirm’ him until the mattor was straightencd up.” “Do you consider that the commission has the authority to appoint special policemen 1 “Cel nly. Mr. Gilbert is a lawyer and he had looked up the law. 1think it reads something like this: *The board of fire and police shall have power, and it shall be the duty of said board to appoint a chief of police and such other ofcers and policeman,’ [ know we looked at it, anyway, and that's about the way I think it read. “Would you have uppointed those specials if you knew they.were Pinkerton men " ST will say I would not. If there is any money to come out of this, I would favor its going to men who are idle auvd live here, I thought when Mr. Holdrege sent in his re. quest that it was for the appointment as spe- cials of switchmen and firemen and other employes of the road who knew the tracks of the road and whom the company wanted to protect them, o far as the legal question is concerned, we're all right, you may be sure,” “Did you commission the specials in writ- ing?" *No, I think we simply placed them under the orders of the chief of police,” CHIEF SBAVEY, This gentleman was seen by the reporter some as one 1000 health depends upon pure Blood; therefore op well, purify the blood Ly taking Hood's Sar illa. This medicing is poculiarly d upon the blood, and through that upon all the or- 8 iud tissues Of the body. 1t has u specific action, wisp, upon the sceretions and excretions, and assists A0 10 0¥ pel (rom rticles g bowels, kid palred and debilitated onga sysem, Lones te digestic cnergy o all the functions of the body of ally aids wenk, im- vous wnd lmpuris new lite snd Apocullanily Hood's Sarseparilla, fsthat it strengthens and builds up the system while it erndicates disuuse, “Lmust say Hoot's Sarsaparil cine | ever used. Lust tho leust work 1 did fut i 0 ke 1 conid do as muck in 4 day 8 week. My appotile I8 YOrAclous. ard, Atlantic City N. B. f you bav Sarsupurilte do nct ta and & s had formerly do; Mrs. M. V. Bay: Purify Your Bloo and stated that some of the appointments had taken place while ho wasaway:. Ho thought, however, that the number of specials who had béen sworn in, but some of whom, how- over, had not been appointed, was thirty- eight. The list could be had from the clork of the commission. The chief had not issued orders to the specials. They were under the direction of one of the B. & M. men, whom he, however, commissioned to et made fourteen special policemen stars, which ho was to give to the men appointed, but which were to bo returned after the trouble was over, It was those stars which the specials were now wearing THR CLERK. The reporter called upon the clerk of the commission and found that the specials had been appointed at two moeetings, At that which occurred on March 5 the following, who are supposed to be almost entirely dents of the city, were appointed : M. Cavanaugh, A. McArthur, W. T Cowin, Joseph Hell, Denis Lane, John St Gus Burk, John Benson, John Linn, Louis Hern, D. Melburn, J. K. Sawyer, S. M. Smith. The following were appointed on March and are Pinkerton men: W. M. Rowe, . 8. Dore, W. A. Buerger, P. Doher James Wallace, M. Pomroy, John Downey, E. Lynch, J. L. Richardson, D. Van Der Burg, B. Hart, G. B. Spees, J. Watson, The following list represents o number of men who were sworn in some time but who had not been appointed up to last evening, and whoso appointment was to have becn considered at the meeting of the fire and police commission lnst night. What dis- position may have been made of the names will be found in another part of this paper: John A. Johnson, Charles . Wilson, Henry H. Steiuberg, John R. Hawkns, Fred A Stelling, Charlos Storling, Gus W, Sevan strom, D. Weston, Kd J. Moore, Neils Han- son, Louis W. Knobell, John Brady, Dan H. Jowin, JohnC. Daily, Peter Goodwin, David D. Pugh, John J. Conlin, Joseph B. Keimy, John Dorrington, William Balle, William Korshaw, Patrick MoAndrews. Tt has been understood that_there are in the neighborhood of forty-five Pinkertons on duty in this city, According to Sheriff Co- burn nine or ten of these are ncting deputy sheriffs. This would leave thirty-six or thirty-five to be accounted for as special city policomen. But in _the above showing not more than twenty-threo have been appointed by the commission, which leaves about twenty-two men, who, it appears, must have boen aeting without even the slim authority which they could receive from that body, That twenty-two is probably tho list which " last night soughit for appofnt- ment. THE APPLICATION. The followiug is the application made by each special, together the pledge of Mr. Hol- dredge: Application for the appointment of a special policeman, to be employed and paid by a per- s0n, & copartnership, or a body corporate. To the Honorable Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of the City of Omaha: The undersigned desiring tho services of a special policeman in and about our own busi- ness and_property, within the corporate limits of the city of Omaha, and located B. & M. railroad right of way, hereby make a cation to have (name) appointed such sp: policeman, and whow the underaigned rep- resents to be a proper and suitable person for such special policeman. And the undorsigned hereby agrees to de- fray all the expense of the maintenance of Omaha, Neb., April 3, 1888, BURLINGTON & Missouit River RAILROAD IN NEBRASKA, By G. W. HOLDREDGE, Goneral Manager. THE BOND. Tt seems that no special bond blank has ever been gotten out and, as a consequence, the bonds generally used by other city offi- cers have been utilized which specify that the office shall be held until the expiration of the fiscal year. In some places, this proviso is seratched out, while in others it is retained, thus eiving the oppointee a longer lease than the bondsman, Mr. Holdrid, whose name is attached to every ps desires. —~— The “Jug's" oposed Change. The most recent site proposed for thecity jail and polico court is the old headquarters of Anheu: Busch, in this city. It issitu- ated on the southwest corner of Ninth street and Capitol avenue. That lot is G6x 132 feet. On it arc the former barns built solidly of brick with six large stalls each six feet in length and proportionately wide. There is also an excellent complement of racks, bins, boxes and other receptacles for food and other patrol horses, while in the socond story thereis ample room for the stor- age of hay, together with a room for the hostler or othier attendant. If mors room were required for horses it could be found on the same floor. There is also a large wagon shed, strong and substantially built, with an open courtyard o ons. South of ;the yard is another solid < building of two stories and basement. With slight alterations this could be trans- rmed into jail, ofice, assembly room for police, janitor's rooms and bath rooms for the force, There is now a bath in the place, There is little in the surroundings that would be injured by a police station, and 1t is thought that the site would be sotd for a fair market value. The propositon is now beforc the council. The place has been relinquished Dby Anbeuser-Busch, who have justmo into their new quarters on Jones and Thi teenth strects, Swelling Pavement, The Colorado sandstone pavement on Jones street in several places between Tenth and Thirteenth streets is bulging up as if caused by swelling peculiar to wood blocks when subjected 1o heat and moisture, or an up. heaval of the foundation, The most danger- ous span is near Thirteenth street in front of Aubeuser-Busch headquarters, 5 of best sheet musie for $1.00, more only 20 shee for 3 day. MOLM & AKI or $20.00. A solid gold stem wind gentleman’ watch, for'3 days only. at EpnoLy & AKi e R E. J. Davis, heayy hauling safes, ete., Ofice with agents Diebold safcs, 419 5. 16th st., Sheeley block. - Booth-Burrett engage- and Merchant of B. Denny, Room Best seats, ment, Julius Ciosa Venice, for sulo by C. 544, Paxton Block. - Yor $10 00, A solid gold stem-wind ladfes’ wateh Epnory & AKIN'S AAEIESL 3 Rebuilding the Fair Gre ds, In a short talk this morning with a Bee reporter D. T. Mount said that nourly all the lumber with which to ercet the buildings on fair grounds , which had been destroyed by the fire last fall, had already been purchascd and work would bo resumed in a few days. The buildings willbe built in a solid manner because the fair and exposition bourd had do. cided to retain the fair grounds i the pres ent place for several years, at d. 11 0 v astr ol G at { senson 15 the body g0 suscoptile to be | medicine. The peculiar puritying wnd revis ities of Hood's Sarsaparills ure Just what are to expol disense und fortify the lnst the | debilitating ffocts of mild weathor yeur in | ereases the popularity of Hood's & for it I Just what feople necd ut 1t Is the idenl spring medicine. 11 you liave a it, do 50, and you will be conviuced of its | r merit. No “Hood's Sarsapurilis Lus driven the jo my blood, and though 76, 1 feel active and s At W. il GRUESLECK, Brookly ing Medicine. “I take partiln forn spsing medicine and 1 Bad It Just the thing. 1t tonos up my sy and makes we foel like wdifforent yw takes It for dyspopsin, und she drives great benedt frow I FRANK O. TURN:MR, Hook and Ladder NG, 1, Friend Street, Huston. 1 hud salt rheum on my three yeurs, suf- fer rribly; 1t wlwost disabled & Louk three bottles of Hood's Bars rhenm Las eotirely disappeared.” Froneh Btreet, Lowel!, Mass. trom work. 1 wnd the salt . M0, 7l Hood’s Sarsaparilla UNION PACIFIC “The Overland Route.” Has 60 arranged its Family Sleeping Car service, that berths can now be reserved upon application by any ticket agentto M J- Greevy, Passenger Agent, Council Bluffs, Towa, The reservations when made are turned overto the train conductors taking out such cars, sothat passengers can now se- cure berths ordered, the same as a Pullman berth is reserved and secured. J. S TEBBETS, 1. LOMAX, Geun, P. & T, Agent, STG P &T, AL OMARA, “The Overland Route,” The Sportsmen's, Tourists' and Pleasure Seekers’ Line* Send for the Neat Little Sketch Book. GUN CLUB RULES,” highly interesting and uscful to Sportsmen, It contains the American rules for trapping and shooting adopted by the National Gun Association; as well as the revised game laws of the Western States and Territories, Copies sent free upon application to J. 8. TEBBETS. Gen'l P. & T, Aigt,, Omaha, Neb, NOW’S THE TIME To have your friends come to Kansas and Nebraslca as Bastern lines will soll tickets and run Semi-Monthly Land Excursions over the Union Pacific “The Overland Route.” Until July 1, 1885, tickets sold for these excur: stons will e good thirty days for the round trip and can be-used ten days giing. When purchas- ersare ready to return, theso tickets will bo £00d five days for that purpose. 1f purchasers wish to stop short of destination on out lines, agents will stamp tickets good to return from such point, J. 8, TEBHETS, B, L. LOMAX, Gen. P. & T. Agent. Ass'tG. P, & TL AL OMAHA, NEB. Chattel Mortgage Sale. Notfee is heroby given that by virtue of two cortain chattel mortgages, one dated on the 14th day of March, 188, and the othier dated on the 25th day of March, 18 duly filed and recorded in the oflice of the'county clerk of Donglas coun- ty, Nebraska, the first on tho 27th day of March, 1888, and the ‘second ou the 35th day of March, 184! both of which wore duly executed by Bent Jamin F. Fuller to J. H. Hungate of Omaha, to Becuro tie payment of tho Hrst 81,100.00, the Soc- ond #200.00, together with the interest thereon and upon which there {5 due upon the said first mortgage, the sum_of §745.65, and upon which there1s now due upon thesecond mortiage FAE.42 Degault having been made n the payment of sufd several sums and s0 sult or other procedin at law having been instituted to recover the said debts or any part thereof, therefore I will sell the said property therein described as follows, to-wit: The general stock of Harness, Saddlery, Hardware, [ixtures, Blankots, Robes, Whips, Axcl Grease, one Mosler Office Bate, one Oflca Desk, one Show Case, House furnishing eoods, and such_ other articles including tools s aro now in and are kept in the store room and shop, at No.510 North Ligh street in Omaha, Nebraski, at public auction at the said store réom No. b1 North Lithstreet in the ity of Omati, Nebraska, on the 2ith day of April, {888, at 10 o'clock a. m; of sald day 121 J. H. HunNcATE, Mortgagee., apr-d Notice te Grading Contractors. Bids will bo recolved at the office of the under- signed, until April 15th ult., for tho flling of 25 lofs, Briggs Place, on the North and South side of Farnim Total un Cubie yards Brown block. mt of earth roquired, about 35,000 For particulars, cafl at room'15, " M. ELLis, April 20, 1883, Architect. Attach B to the under side of tongueback of evenner, and hook C C over draw bolt. A being under axle, Elliptic Wagon Tongue Support. The best selliug invention of the age. RISEITS FOR S - L. J.J. SKINNER, Office, 1310 Har) Street, Omaha, Neb, H.K. BURKET, R 111 North 16th strect, o ) A7 plice in Of phon ah Commercial Colloge 18 the best atn a practicel knowledgo Call at the Omaha C¢ nere College and ates tor short hund and Ty pewriting ing term, Tholeading Corsets of Eur- ope and Amerlca, y Oveor 2,000,0000 sold last yoar in thiscoun: try alone, Therea B8ORS aro: they aro tho best fitting, most come fortable, most dur. able end cheapoest 18 used In no Corsets except those made by us. Nono are genulno unlesg Dr. WARNER'S CORALINE s print ed on inside of steel cover, For sale by all leading merchants. WARNER BROS,*" sitfcace.™; B 'J. A MINER, Managor. 4 M. R. RISDON, INSURANOEAGENT Phanix, L Firenien Gle Girard, Phil Weatclicator ALS are sollelt erection and & brick addition to the Hotel Pros ng, at South Omaba Stock completion 1 Exchange Bull ard stortes high, tor futo & boud 1n W0 deys Trom 1dition will be x U0 fee tors will be required to , 00,00 Lo findsh the biddin of slgni; contract. KA seon it the uUice of the archis thh 10 24th of April DELSSONN, FIsnuir & LAWRIE, Atcliitects, Faxton Llgck, Wb aud Farnusw Bts,