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e e A 2 £ A A b ' THE_OMAHA_DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, MAY 8 1858 FIRST FOR MINNEAPOLIS. The Flour Oity's Wrest a Victory From St. Louis. THE TWIN CITIES STAND EVEN. Other Western Associntion Games Stopp>d by Rain—What Sam Morton Says—Lefevee Medal Shoot—Other Sports, Western Association Standing. The following table shows the standing of the Western association teams up to and in- cluding yesterduy's games Played. Won. Lost. Omaha. 1 Des. Mol Chicago St. Louis . Milwaukee. St. Paul... Minneapolis Kansas City Minneapolis 15, St. Louis 8. 8r. Louts, Mo, May 7% — [Special Telegram to Tae Ber.| —To-day's game be- tween St. Louis and Minneapolis was a slugging match, in which the visitors had the best of it. Sproat has been sick for a ‘week and pitched well for three innings; then his strength seemed to desert him and he merely tossed the balls over the plate. The Minneapolis batters fell on him and lined them out until the outflelders almost fell from exhaustion. The score by innings: 70181 °18 30002012 0-8 . Louis: Sproat and Cautz; Minneapolis: Klopf and Krieg. Base hits— Minneapolis, 21; St. Louis, 1l. Errors— Minneapolis, 5; St. Louis, 6. Umpire— Hagan. Postponed Games. Rain prevented the Omaha-Milwaukee, tho Kansas City Blues-St. Paul game at Kansas City, and the Des Moines-Chicago Maroons game at Des Moines yesterday. ‘What Morton Says. Mr. Sam Morton, president of the Western Association, has the following to say of that body: I think,” said he, “that the Western Association will have a most_prosperous It is true that the crowds that have ttended its games thus far have been mostly slim but I think the weather has been more to blame than anything else. The nines are all well matched, and there 18 some first-class timber in all the teams. The Chicago Maroons do not expect to draw large crowds in Chicago on week days, but I think the at- tendance on Sundays will make up the diserepancy on that score.” “How is your team getting nlon??" “1 think they are all right. I have made one important change in laying off Shoeneck and putting Grogan_in his pluco. Shooncck is a large heavy man and was troublod with iCharley Horse, while Crogan is a much better player every way, being fuil of vim and always lively. 1think I have strength- enod the team by tho change.” “What about young Clarkson? Is he the great pitcher the people claim him to be!” ““Yes, he is quite a pitcher and will improve ‘when the warm weather sets in, The damp weather does not suit him.” After Omaha Flayers. Kansas City is anxious to buy Burns, O’Connell, Lovett, Wilson and Cooney, of the Omahs nine, and a_delegation from that city have offered $12,000 for their rolease. Tlie offer was declined. NATIONAT LEAGUE. Philadelphia 4, Pittsburg 1. Prr1snurc, May 7.—The game between Phlladelphia and Pittsburg to-day resulted as follows: Pittsburg.. 00000010 0-1 Philadelphia 0080010 * 4 Pitchers—Galvin for Pittsburg, Bufington for Philadelphis. Base hits—Pittsburg 5, Philadelphia 7. Errors—Pittsburg 4, Phila- delphia 1. Umpire—Daniels, Detroit 8, Boston 3. Dernorr, May 7.—The game botween Bos- ton and Detroit to-day resulted as follows: Pitchers—Conway and Gruber for Detroit, Clarkson for Boston. Base hits—Detroit 15, Boston 1. Brrors—Detroit 8, Boston 5. Umpre—Decker, Indianapolis 5, Now York 1. INDIANAPOLIS, May 7.—The game between New York and Indianapdlis to-day resulted as follows: andianavolis, ... 80310 0-5 New York 00100 0-1 The gamo was caliod at the sixth inning on account of darkness. Pitchers—-Shreve for In- dianapolis, Crane for New York. Base hif —Indianapolis 8, New York 6. Errors—In- dianapolis 6, New York 3. Umpire—Lynch, No Game—Rain, Cn1cago, May 7.—The Chicago-Washing- ton game to-duy was postponed ou account of rain. e AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Cleveland 8, Athletics 4. CLEVELAND, May 7.—The game between Clevelana und the Athletics to-day resulted as follows Cleveland 04001300 1-8 Athlotics , . 10100011 0-4 Diamond Flashes. Joe Quest goes to New Orleans. Kenyon is playing a flne center for St. Lows. Beckley and Crooks are the boss coachers of the St. Louis§Whites, The rain has knocked the local manage- ment out of something lilce #4,000. Phe game this afternoon—the weather per- mitting—will be called at i:30 sharp, Munager Hart, of the Milwaukees, is tickled half to death ovor their victury over our lambs. The Milwaul ship lies b " Oh, doctor 1o Des Moines bave heon dubbed the Pro- hibitionists for good, and the Owahogs will stick Lo the home team. A St. Louis sporting papor of this weold's issud contains a good ent of Lon Sowders, Omaha's erack right flelder, Dolan has been doing excellent back stop work for the St. Louis aggrogation, and hitting the ball hard and often. 1t was decidedly gally in the ambitious vil- lage of Kan nding up hore snd try- iug to buy Omeha’s crack players, A great crowd- from pine to eleven thou sand people—turned out to see the first Sun- day game at Chisage between Chicago and Des Moines. ¥ The Des Mofaes Chicago game played Sun- day was a scheduled championshin me in- stead of an aghibition, a8 was ecroneously aunounced. The C. E. May hink the champion- 0 und Des Moines. s’ upiforws, just received by the Collins Gun comnpany, are the nobbiest in the west. They uro varigated, each one different, aud are putterned after the Cin- cinnatis, pnsm TUME AND PHACK. Eutrics For To-Day and “Lipa" on the Winners, The cntetes ic the running cizeuite for te- day, posted at e Diumond, are: AT L First race, ule ck, Outlaw, Shotovor, ) erslimmons. Second race, Ly wiles, Pheenix botel stako ~Maebeth, Autucrat, Cheveiler. ird gabe, 1 wile, seliin g~ Frederica, Johi % I aty, Kirklln, Steve 1 Stone Julle, 2 yearolds ay Han, Overture, Martiy lbower, Naud Ward, Kanta, udite, Harmony. ot rece, Persiminoas 15" , Eiazas Han. wny, Velatile, Gigangr urth AY BALTINQRE. - Pl ges, Sve coghiis sile -Saa Harper,’ Harry Russell, Briftanjo, Duke Bourbon, Yolta, Vance, Branch, First Chance, Fanny ¥ Secord race, one mile, Homebred stake— Refund, Glendale, Annie C, Belle Dor. Third race, three quarter mile, selling— m Brown, Saxe, King B, Golden Reel, Satisfied, Monte Cristo, Romance. Fourth race, one mile bandicap—Bess, Patrocles, Glenmound, Panama, Al Reed Biggonette, Queen Elizabeth, Valliant, Kl My Maryland, Geld, Sam Keene, My Fifth race, one mile—The Bourbon, Lot tery, Bonero, Letritia, Hawley, Salvini Tips—First race, Sam Harper fiest, Duke Bourbon_second; second race, Belle Dor first, Refund second ; third race, Sam Brown first, Golden Reel second ; fourth raco, Bess first, Panamn socond : Aifth race, The Bour- bon first, Bonero second. Kentucky Flyers. “Trxiverox, Ky, May 7.—The Kentucky association spring meeting commenced to-day with a large attendance. ‘Phree-quarter mile—Lela May won, Fidel- ity second, Delia third., Time—1:15%. One and a quarter miles—Poteen won, Macbeth second, Nick Finzer third. Time— 2:08. For two-year-old colts, five furlongs— French Park won, Once Again second, Cham- paign third. Time—1:0} For two-year-old flllfes, five furlongs—The Lioness won, Laura Stone second, Havillah For three-year-olds and upwards, ono and one-sixteenth miles—Persimmons won, Badge second, Alamo third. Time—1:48}g. Sale of Kentucky Thoroughbreds. Lexixeros, Ky., May 7.—The annual sales of thoroughbred yearlings, the property of Major B. G. Thomas, Milton Young and Major Johu S. Clark, composed of the get of King Ban, Felloweraft, Himyar, Onandago, Duke of Montrose and Iroquois, took place this morning in the presence of an immense crowd, The bidding was very spirited, the sixty-four being sold for $81,130. Dwye y Bro's, were the ‘fmavlost purchasers. ploirabdoid ey TRAP AND GUN. The Lefevre Medal Shoot. The Lefevre Gun club’s weekly shoot took place Saturday afternoon, resulting in a vie- tory for Mr. Ketcham by the following score: Townsend. . ...1101101111 1111111111 11111--28 Burgess. 1000111111 0100111111 01010--16 Fitehett... ... 1111111101 1001111111 1111122 Chrysl 1011101110 1111111110 0101119 Fitch, L01THLLLL 0111111011 0110120 Kennedy L0001111111 1110111101 0111119 Saulisbu 000110111 0111111111 1011018 Ketcham 1111011011 111111111 1111128 Ietcha) nd Townsend tying, they shot off, with the following score: Townsend. 0111010111 Ketcham. . 11111011%" MISOELLANEOUS SPORTS. s Hanlan's Defeat. WORCESTER, Mass., May 7.—[Special Tele- gram to Tir Bee.]~News of Edward Han- lan’s defeat in Australia, by [Kemp, was re- ceived by the coterie of oarsmen now in this city with surprise and disappomtment. To John Teemer, who was trammng here for a race with Gaudaur, it was not such a disap- pointment, although hehad felt Hanlan was to be the winner. At his quarters this morning Teemer said: “This makes Kemp my an- tagouist for the championship of the world. I thought Hanlan would win on the form he showed in the last race with Beach. How- ever, 1 will row Kemp on the same course for £2,500 a side, he to allow me 3500 for ex- penses, and the race to be rowed November , the samo date as the Hanlan-Beach race. Hanlan rowed Beach & hard race, but_Kemp showed five lengths clear water. Hanlan is done for, and it is no use for him to try any moro to bring back the championship to this hemisphere.” The Go-As-You-Please. NEW York, May 7.—At midnight the score in the six days’ go-as-you-please walking match isas follows: Littlewood, 137; Hughes, 131; Cartwright, 125; Golden, 12; Herty, 123; Noremac, 118; Saunders, 115; Day, 114; Hegleman 105. Littlewood failed, as will be seen above, to make good his promise to beat Rowe’s record of 150 miles in the first twenty- four hours. Lewis Defeats Engiand’s Champion Cnrcaeo, May 7.—The world’s champion- ship wrestling match between ‘“‘Strangler” Lowis and Jack Manop, champion of Eng- land, took place to-night and was won by the 'former, who capturcd the first three alls, ——— Short on Everything. May 7.—J. B. Palmer, astock r, arrested yesterday on the charge of ing $7,000 worth of stocl belonging to F. W. Flinn, was bailed out this morning in 20,000 bond: Palmer is hopelessly in- volved, owing about 850,000 with no assets beyond s seat in the stock exchange. A Big Commission House Fails. Sy FraNcrsco, May 7.—The wholesale commission houge of William T. Coleman & Co. made an assignment to-day. His assets are placed at betwoen $4,000,000 and $4,500,- 000, while the liabilities are placed at §3,000.- 000, The firm is the oldest and largest’ one on the Pacific coast. sl i Efoped With an Omaha Man. Swux City, Ia, May 7.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue B Alice Brothy, a sixteen-year-old girl, to-day cloped with onc Sam Daboy, an Omaha engineer, who was formerly employed here. The girl’s parcnts have telegraphed the Omaha police to arrest the runaways who tok & train for Omaha at noon. e FORT OUMAHA NOTES. Second Lieutenant Harry E. Wilkins left yestorday in charge of five military convict for Leavenworth prison. Four of the pr oners were tried and found guilty of descr- tion. The fifth, a man by the name of 'Brien was convicted for stealing from a store in the neighborhood of the garrison at which he was stationed. Licutenant Cochran, fantry of the Seventh in- arrived at the fort yesterduy and do live: to the avthorities one military con” vict, He will be kept in the guard house at- the fort after the usual mamner, until three or four more are received and then he will be sent with the others to the Leavenworth military prison. Private Conrad Fricke, of company “C," ‘who was so seriously injured by falling from a ladder while assisting im _the decorating of tne exposition building, has recovered suf- ficiently to be able to walk around and will 5000 return to duty, Major Edrund Butler, Captain Samuel McKeever and Tisutenant Horace 1. Sarson came in from Bellevue Rifle Range Saturday and spont the following dsy at home with their familics, The manner in which the troops shelterad themsclyes on, the evening of their arrival at the rauge deeply impresses upon the minds of those prescut that there is wiuch "truth in that old fawiliar proverb, *T'h is no place like home.” For at 8 o'clock in the evening the camb supplies arrived by train and the men immpdiately began to piteh their tents, with the rain pouring down in tor To the coansternation of all it w: ered that by some mistake one company W totally destitute of tents and that another cowpany though having tents were without tent-pins, and consequently were equally as bad off. When' it is known that it was nec. essary Lo pack eight oficers into one of those small touts, one can only form a con of how those two unfortunate compa: passed the night, 2 A telegram has boen received at Fort Omasha that the mare Miller, whose hody was fourd after the railroad wreck supposed to heve belonged Wheaton's com mir , 19 o Ucaeral Childiwn Cry for Pitcher's Castoria, Whan Suhy wes sick, we gave her Castoria. Whiaa ehe was a Child, ahe aried for Castoris, Whea eho became Miss, she clusg to Castoria, Whoa sk Lad Cllildres, sho gore e Castoria. weelk's work, THE NEW SCHOOLS. Contracts Granted For Erecting Two Buildings. The granting of the contracts for erection of Walnut Hill and Mason street schools was made the special order of business by the board of education last evening,having been deferred by the previous meeting. There was a long string of bids and A. W. Phelps & Son and Rochofeld, Gould & Glad- den captured the contracts, their bids being the lowest. The absentees from the session were Messrs. Coburn, Copeland and Saville. The following were referred: Petition for repnirs at Castellar school; application of Hattio Pratt for position as teacher; prayer of Mary R. Lucas asking for use of room_in Leavenworth school building during the coming vacation; also one from Emma Car- ney for use of room in Central building for summer school; application of J. H ders for position as janitor; from F. M. Wright against grade on Wost Hamilton streot: communica- tion from examining committoe giving re- port of examination of fifty applicants for grammar grade cortificates, also granting of certificate to L. J. Blake and Clara Munn; communication from John Rush, treasurer of the board, reporting the purchase of §,000 worth of Omaha bonds, bearing 6 per cent interost; the report of Treasurer Rush, show- ing n balance of #20,080.90 in the sinking fund, a balanco of 3,080 in the school site and building fund and $11,500 in bonds on deposit; communication from Mendelssohn, Fisher '& Lawrie, architects, reporting a change of plans for Lake street school, which affected the exterior of the building only, at much less expense: bill of John A, McShane for $95 interest ou $2,000. The following was reseived from the com- mittee of invitation of the G. A. R.: To the Honorable Board of Education— Gentlemen: The committee of the G. A. R. baving in charge the procession and exer- cises of memorial day, desire to ask of your bonorable body for the use of the high school grounds for the exercises of the day from 1:80 to 4:80 p.m. They do 80_because of the great distance to the cemetery grounds, and Dbecause we expect and desire this year tho largest assemblage of societics and peopio in general that has ever been had in Omaha; and, in addition, we desire theat- tendance of the teachers and children of the public_schools at the exercises upon the grounds named, and by giving them positions about the platform and caring for them by strong guard, we can sce to their perfect safoty and enjoyment, and we desire to ex- tend this general invitation to them through your honorable hoard. T. S. CLARKSON, C. E. BurmesTER, Gronrar M. O'Briex. This was granted, and invitation to the board to take part in the exercises was ac- cepted. The bill of Welshans & McEwan fo $300 for plumbing in Long school, was allowed. The offer of $507 from the board of trustees of the Knox Presbyterian church for the church building on the Lake street school grounds was accepted. The president of the board was authorized to sign the petition calbng for cedar bloc pavement on concrete base on Twentieth street along the high school grounds. F. M. Edlis, architect, was allowed the $450 due on plans for building on high school grounds. . The bill of Gustave Andreen, contractor, for building on Webster school, amounting to §34.70, was allowed. The bills of the following for work on ‘Webster school were allowed: Rochefort & Gould, $1,0003 S. W. Wilson, $1,000; Ruemp- ing & Bolte, §329.05. The president and secretary were in- structed to issue a warrant in_favor of the grade contractor of Walnut Hill school site as soon as a certifiod estimate is received from the oftiee of the city engineo The following bills were allowed: Georgo W. Fiel, $551.95; Rice & Bassett, $2,010; Strang & Clark Steam Heating C 000, and other claims amounting to £26,5 The monthly report of the superintendent of buildings showed the following items and aggregate, and was placed on file Carpentering and shoveling. Chicago Lumber Co., lumber, Himebaugh & Taylor, hardwar Charles J. Johnson, S. O. Bennett, draying. Henry E. Cox, tinning 3 48. The bid of G. W. McKiuney, offering to remove the dirt from the Mason school site for 11c, or 12{c including grubbing, was sc- cepted. On motion of Mr. McConnell the regular business was suspended and the bids for the construction of the proposed Walnut Hill and Mason street schools were opened and read. On motion of Mr. Felton the bid of A. W. Phelps & Son. $22,906, for the construction of the Walnut Hill school, including tower, was accepted. On motion of Mr. Sholes the con- tract for the erection of the Mason street school was awarded to Rochefort & Gould & Gladden, their bid being $33,600 for the modified plan. A number of bids for plumbing and_steam fitting were read and referred to a special comumittee. A COWARD'S WEAPON. It is Used Pointedly on Ed Rothery on a Dummy Train. At 2 o'clock this morning Dr. Parker was employed plasteriug up painful, but not dan- gerous wounds, in the ne and back of Ed Rothery, received from a knife blade in the hands of a man who is a bookkeeper at the saloon of Foley & Da on Douglas street. The stabbing occurred on the last dummy over from the Blufls, and those who witnessed it, de- soribe it as cowardly and unwarranted. Mr. Rother i of friends, had be to th ipate in the boxing hibition, and_his assailant was very abusive inthe car. Efforts were made by the pas- sengers to quiet the fellow, without avail, and in his rage he singled out Rothery, who was seated in converse with his friends. “There’s a mug I'm going for,” spoke up the frantic bully as he made a thrust with his knife for Rothery, who, thinking he was being attacked with a pistol, buckled in with his assailant and forced his head through the window. Attracted by the disturbance the conductor cameinto the car, and in the excite- ment of the moment allowed the stabber to escape. It was pot until tho blood trailed down his limbs and saturated his clothing that Mr, Rothery became cognizant of his injuries, which arc not serious but painful, She Wantod Revenge.d Kansas City Liz, who in inkiness of color and locseness of tongue is the quecn of the dusky eyprians in Omaha, waddled down to the police court barcheaded in the rain to ask Judge Berka how much it would cost to whip @ coertain white woman, This female, she claimed, bad alienated the affections of her late white lover, and she wished to wreak vengeance upon Ler. She also brought some pretty hard charges against her redent lover whom she calls Dick. She says he is a thief ana a highway robber, and only last' Satur- duy night he stole a pair of silk suspenders from a nice white gentleman *‘caller”” at her residen Upon learning that the judge would charge her a good round sum for thrashing the white woman, she decided to take a chunge t and swear out & war- raat against Dick instead, The City Street Cleaning. At the last meeting of the board of pub works the bill of Fanning & Co., for street sweeping, was p ted, and owing to com- plaints coming in from vavious parts of the city about the work not being thoroughly done and the dirtand sweepings boing hauled vay, the bill was refused, as, in the opinion ard, the failure to complete the work The bills are seut in for cacl The bill for the week ending ril 23, was §415.54, which the board saw fit to cut #5144 on complaiats from a nwmber of people that the dirt bhad not been carted away. The bill for weol ending April 30,was 19, 1 ut §0.65 for the same fail ure on the vart of the streei sweepers Lo com- plete their work, werited. e No Chaunce to Burgle. The clerks in McCrager's hardware store, on Sixtoenth near Chicago street, discovered a suspicicus-looking individual in the base ment about 7:30 last evening. Oficer Clark was called in and he found the stranger crouciied behind a lot of stovepip jth bis coat und shoes off. As it was rather early to begin to make preparatious for retiring for thie uight, it was suspected. that bis inten- tions were burglarious. At aoy rate it was thiought safer to have him in safe quarters, and he was locked up at whe central station. His -bame is Joun Riley aud juil life is not new Lo kim. EVERY 10WA COUNTY THERE, Republican Enthusiasm Runs Riot at the Glub Convention. AN OLD-THRVME MAJORITY IN 1888. The Governbr and Auditor at Outs— The New State Librarian—Supreme Court's ‘Heavy Docket—Bounti- ful and, Welcome Rains. Republican Youth and Armor. Des MoiNes, la, May 6.—[Special to the Brr. |~The convention of republican clubs last week was the greatest success of its kind that the state has known, There wasn't, to begin with, any very important reason for the eonvention, except to stir up enthusiasm, and get the party well organized, but thero were no candidates for lucrative or dislin- guished offices to be nominated—none of the ordinary incentives which call men tog ether at stato conventions. Consequently there were no passes, no moncy provided to pay peoples’ fares, and nothing but pure patriot- ism and a sincere desire for the party's good to bring the republicans together. But théy came from all ovor a great state. Delegates were present from the topmost tier of coun- tios, way up against the Minnesota line, and that meant a long trip and an expensive one, But the boys—and three-fourths of the delo- gates seemed to be under forty—came full of enthusiasm, and went back still more enthu- siastic. The speechos were excevtionally fine. making a feast of oratory that will not s0on be equalled. Secretary of State Jackson, the temporary chairman, surprised his friends by his splendid specch on taking the chair. He is one of the young men of Towa, and is the youngest ofticial in his position that the stato has ever had. Mr. Dolliver grows con- stantly in strength and finish as an orator. He is not thirty years old, yot his specches, for breadth, depth, finish and elegance, have few equals in the country. His specch on this occasion was a reply to an editorial in the New York Evening Post on the ‘“‘Bour- bonism of Iowa,” referring, of course, to its increasing republicanism. It was a masterly defense of the republican party, and a keen, sarcastic, arrraignment of the democrac) Mr. Edward O. Woleto, of Denver, whose speech at the New England dinner at New Yorklast December made him famous in an hour, gove a very elegant and inspiring ad- dress of about half an hour's length. He captured the audience by his brilliant oratory and polished but powerful thoughts, His re- mark that any man who could point with pride to the admimstration of Grover Cleve- land, would point with pride to the Missouri river, will take a pormanent place among the political _epigrams that are too good to die. Colonel Hepburn, always a favorite orator in Iowa, made & powerful address n his usual clepn-cut and impressive man- uer. The convéntion comploted its work by electing state offfcers for the league, witl Secretary of o Jackson as president. Mr, Jackson is going to work rightaway upon the matter of club orgapization. He is going to make an effort to have 100 clubs organize in every congressignal district in the state, or a grand totat of 1300 clubs. With that force of disciplined Itcmburs Towa ought to give one of its old-fashloned republican majoritics this fall. L 1t has been ledking qut for some time that the relations of the state auditor’s oftice to the executive office were somewhat strained. The governor L an idea that he should ex- ercise a general $upervision over all thestate officés, and the_ gentlemen themselves who are at the head 'of them don’t altogether like 1t. Some gime ago the governor concluded that the county treasurers were in some instances' dglinquent, and so he pro- ceeded “'to Pum.-h. them up.”’ It is a part of the duty of tlo state auditor to look after collections of taxes, and when the repri- manding circular was sent to the delinquents, or to the supposed delinquents, those who did not deserve a scolding complained to him very vigorously. That put him in an embar- rassing position, and so he prepared a circu- lar letter, setting forth that he was not the author of the dunning letter, but that it came from the governor, and without his consent. That put the audltor right with the county treasurers, but didn't increase the cordiality which is supposed to exist between one state officer and another. It certainly is to be hoped that the state is to be spared another quarrel between governor and auditor. Tho Sherman-Brown difficulty is sufficient for some years yet. G “The appointment of Mrs. Miller, a school teacher of this city, to be state librarian in place of Mrs well, who has served the state excelleit)y for ten years past, has oc- a good deal of comment, and no hit- criticism. Nothing is to be said against Mrs. Miller personally, but sh regarded as o worthy and competent person for the position. But Mrs, Maxwell had been very cfficient. She had done a_great deal for the Jibrary, had superintended its removal from the old state housa to the new and was regarded as able to give better service to the state, by reason of her experience, than any stranger could give. But her head went off, andshe is turned adrift with no means of support. Ttis smd that Mrs. Miller's ap- pointment was due largely to pressure and influcnce from the graud avrmy men, she be- ing a soldier’s widow, Various interpreta- tions are put upon the removla, some infer- ring that Governor Larrabee is working for a third term and hopes by such means as this to maie himself solid with the old soldiers, It is hardly probable that this theory is cor- rect, for the governor has repeatedly said that he did not want another term, and was going to retire from politics at the close of the present one, Onawa, lowa. ONAWA, Ta., May L—[Special to Tre Bee.] —Things are beginning to wake up here- abouts, and we have reasons to expect a boom. The new railroad facilites offered us by the Cherokee & Dakota, completed lust year, have already proved to bea source of great satisfaction and profit to our citizens, especially the business men, and from pres- ent indications the new road will be of incal- culable bencfit to our town. The talk still continues that the road will cross the river this season and be extended onto Omaha, Tt is the hope of our citizens that this will be done, as it will give them a divect line of road to the largest and best trade center west of the Mississippi river. A corps of civil engineers hgyé'been at work for several weeks at differant,tjmes during the past few months, surveying on the Nebraska side of the Missouri and searching for plaaes to cross the river irthis vicinity. This has stim- ulated the belief of ¥he peopie in this locality that the road wili be extended this season. The competition whiieh the new road hus cre- here has cut |freight rates down to a great extent, in some cases fully haif; a fuct which is _attractmlg much attentic Ouawa from abjoad, and has already brought us several hew business enterprises. Among the new-enterprises opened here this spring and winter a¥e two new grain houses, a new meat market,’a foundry and machine shop, a_cabinet establishment, which will probably develope'into a furniture facto and chief among gL, a state bank with a c: ital of £50,000, hag' been established, which begins business operations to-day, ‘Ilie ofti- cers and stockholfiirs of the bank are: B. B, Richards, the president of the First National bank of Dubuque, Ia.; Hon. Addison Oliver, a foremost and wealthy ¢ of this pluce; Charles H. Huntington, formerly cashier of the First National bank of Rock Rapids, Ta. ; George E. Warner, present county treasurer of this county: N. A. Whiting, John Cleg- horn, J. N. Richards, W. H. Day, and George Burdon, prominent business men and capital- ists of Onawa and Dubugue. The aggregate | amount of wealth representod by the stock- holders amounts to fully §,000,000. At a citizens’ mass meeting last evening, called for the purnose of determining the quéstion of celebrating the coming Fourth of July, over one hundred leading citizens and business men attended. ~ The meeting as presided over by Mayor Morrison. Hesol tions were adopted that Onawa, this yoa give a grander celebration thau it has ever given before. The republican voters of Onawa and vi- cinity held & meeting last evening for the purpose of organizing a republican elub ig this city. Aitorae, 2. Underall preaided. The call was enthsiastically rosponded to by nearly one hundred citizens who at- tended, and over half of them en- rolled fheif names as members of the club, The meeting was a very enthusinstio one, and men who have not thought of attending public gatherings for yoars were among the most active at last night's meeting. A num- Der of short speeches were made and true blue republican sentiment flowed as froely and bubbled as sweetly as a mountain brook The names of Allison and Struble were fre. quently mentioned and received with favor and applause. Though & proposition for an Allison club was voted down, the sentiment appeared decidedly in favor of William B Allison for president and Isaac 8. Struble for congressman. Delegates appointed to at- tend the state convention of republican clubs in Des Moines to-morrow, arc: 8, Tillson, F\ K, Colby, J. S. McGinnis, C. E, Underhill and John Cleghorn. The meeting continued in session for several hours ana did not ad journ till nearly 10 o’clock. The republicans of this county ‘are thoroughly in earnest thi year and will roll up more than an_average majority for the_republican candidate for president next November, Hon. J. S Struble, present incumbent, is the choico of the voters of this county for nomination and re-clection, —tee The Fire Record. Jrksey Crry, N. J., May 7.—A firo this evening at Shoot Island, Staten 1sland sound, in the lumber yard of Lombard, Ayers & Co., destroyed several thousand feet of yellow pine lumber; also the machine shops, eooperage and office of the same firm, The machinery was worth $500,000. The loss is §700,000. ke Repairing an Towa Tariff. CiroAgo, May T.—A committee represent ing the railway linos interested in Iowa busi- ness met to-day to compiete the worlk of pro- paring a tariff to govern in that state under the law which is to become effective May 10. Wheat, salt and livestock rates depart but little from those already in effect. g The Half:Holiday Stands. v. N. Y., May 7.—Governor Hill - ed the bill passed by the legislature repealing the law passed last year making Saturday afternoon a half-holiday. i iy Yesterday's Bond Offerings. WasniNgToN, May 7.—The government ac- cepted only about $2,000 of the bonds of- forod. St i A Mind Reading Tramp. A seedy looking man with bleared eyes stood at the foot of the New York city hall “L” station last night watch- ing passengers in a manner that caused comment. “I've got a snap here that knocks mind reading silly,” he said to a Tele- ram reporter. ‘'livery one thinks he as got on to a scheme of some sort or other for telling character. “One person will tell you that he can pick out a gentleman evéry time by the appearance of hisshoes. Aunother thinks that the way one prepares a_boiled egg a sure’ test of culture and breeding. And =0 it goes on, but as I remarked be- fore I've got o Pluu that is infallible.” HWhat is it?” “Tt’s the way a person goes up stair: “Wateh that girl lightly tripping up those steps. She shows a light heart in her walk. Nothing slow about it, is there? You bet she has never had to ‘rough it’ in her life. You can tell by the way she skips that she’s lot of sur- plus energy on hand—a good sign, too. See how different that fat old lady goes, after her. ‘‘And look at that lubberly chunk of a bof’ stalking. Seems as though he would take the steps up with him, doesn’t he? With a httle experience based on facts you can almost tell what a person is thinking about by the ex- pression of his feet. To tell the truth, I’ve been talking of setting up a mind reading establishment in the Bowery or on Fifth avenue. There is bullion in it. “By the way, that reminds me that I've got a wife and three children in Harlem. The fare is only 5 cents, sir, but you see I met with an accident; my pocketbook—ah, thank you,sir, I am very sorry—thank you, sir. Now, I've given you a squint into my own charac- ter. Good day, sir.” —— Poor Girls. There were weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth in the telophona sta- tions the other day, over anew order, say§ the Detroit Journal. The hello- girls have bowed in submission to the order that there shall be no reading, no sewing, no crocheting, no drawn-work, while they are on dut; But when the order was issued forbidding them to chew gum, they folt that the time had eome to strike till the last armed foe ex- pired. Conferences were held and ca- bals formed, but in the end quiet was restored and the gum was thrown out of the window. The reason for the order was simple. When a subscriber calls for, suy, 4378-3r, the girl with the gum would repeat: “*Fortythreeseventyeightthree vings.” Then” the subseriber would say it again, and again would come back the Greek word for pot-pie. Anger would be kindled, the wi would become superheated and 1,000 would get the com- plaint that the girls were impudent; and yet it'was all due to the gum., - A Smart Bummer, Buffalo Express: **A neat trick was played upon me by an old toper the other day,” remarked an Last side sa- loonkeeper. ‘‘The old soak brought in a black bottle and asked for 50 cents’ worth of whisky. I drew it and hung on to the bottle while he went through his pockets after the silver. Presently he put on a look of dismay, and said he had lost the money, ‘All right,” says I, and turned out the whisky and put the bottle on the bar, He took it and went awny, saying he'd be back after the inehriater presently. He didn’t come, however, but flve minutes later I found him sitting on a horse block around the corner poking something in the bottle with a stick, and after each poke turn out a thimbleful of whisky into a cup. 1 seized the bottle and made an invest) gation. What do you think I found? Why, the old rascul had forced & sponge as big as my clenched fist into it, and this had soaked up a glassful of my whisky when [ filled the bottle. PRAISE FOR REPORTERS. Miller's Exoellent Talk Before the Press Olub, Dr. George L. Miller, the veteran journa- list, favored the members of tho Press club with a most able and entertaining address Sunday afternoon in their cosy rooms. His talk was mainly confined to the modorn ro- porter, his duties, influence and importance. The history of journalism in Omaha was also outlined. The latter he divided into two oras, the first antedating the advent of the railronds, and the sccond, the subsequent or true history, covering a pdriod of twenty- two years, When the speaker came hero thirty-four years ago he found no town, ex- ccthe stakes marking a prospective vil- lagre, and yet thore was a paper hore. 1t was Dr. | called the Omaha Arrow, and was printed once a week in an_office in Council Bluffs. John W. Pattorson was the editor. It was a lively nowspaper, did not pretend to prosent facts, but built up airy nothings out of the imagination. In 1356 Me. Robertson, of Ohf started another nowspaper hore. Both poii cal parties were thus represented. At this time thore was no news, and hardly even a local government. The' first logislature was a joke. The speakor then told how Benjamia R. Folsom, uncle of Mrs. Grover Cloveland, drovo over with @& number of friends from Towa to tho place now known as Tokamah, held an_election, and becamo thereby a fallfledged territorial senator. The leader in journalism horo at that time was Goyernor Cuming, oue of the most brilliant men that ever crossed the Missouri, He did all his own reporting. The first daily pub- lished in Omahia was the Telegraph, which appeared on the advent of the railroad period. It was & beautiful imitation of nothing. 1t was puny in size and contained nothing but a Yow war dispatchos, Tho prosent Herald was not an outgrowth of the Nebraskan. The Herald was startod by the speaker and Dan Carpenter in 1855, _Carpenter was pressman and foreman and_Dr. Miller editor and ro- porter. Tho speaker then told of his vague ideas at the time of the organisms which malko a nowspaper. As the state at that time, was in a state of absolute savagery and was an agricultural desert, not much could be ex- pected of the papers then published here. No one idividual could claim alono the honor of making any newspaper of Omaha what it is to-day. Its dovelopment was due to the ag- gregated energies of the community. At this juncture Dr. Miller showed a few specimens of the daily papers published here in the six- ties, and also some ecarly photographs of Umaha at that time. On com- mencing the publication of a daily newspaper the doctor said he was unschooled in Motropolitan_journalism, but had 1deas of his own regarding it. Ho did not beliove in the chief wounding the pride of the reporter by the revision and slashing of his copy, and attempting thereby to impress upon the reporter that the new gatherer was nothing and the chief eves thing. The reporter is the most important. man on a newspaper. He is tho most im- portant man to & community. The editorial writer after all was ouly a reporterof public thoughts. In a roporter's description of a murder, an accident, and particularly his ac- count of the doings of the courts, he carries more power to sway or warp public judgment or prejudice than an editor ever can have First of all, a reporter should respect him- self. Ho should always carry his own per- sonal digaity. The reporter needed some- thing besides brains. Intellect commands the world, but intelligence should bo baclked by a moral sense. The reporter should be ambitious. The speaker could give a long list of glittering names in the journalistic world which showed what it was to_aspire. The reporter should respect his own function and recognize his own importance. They are not the serfs of an cditor, but should be on an equal footing with him. He did not belicve in treating the reporter in an arbitrary man- ner, in dogging him and making a perfect sleuth hound of him. It was said that Ben- nett would dismiss @ man on a whim, and would give him no chance to meet him for an explanation, as though the reporter were not his peer, 'This was i MONStrous injus- tice to ambitious and bright young men Wwho were engaged in the most honorable calling in the world. The doctor then told of a plan he had in- tended to pursue had he continued in the newspaper business, in which, in_addition to the reporter's regular salary, he was to be- come a stockholder in the papér provided he remained with it five years. = Newspaper life will yot be a perfect ‘success until the ma- terial out of which are formed the Forbes and Stanleys of the country are treated with proper respect. The underpaid newspaper man was a misused man and his employer had no right to underpay him. The first con- dition of mental poise and the essential cle- ment of mental strength to form perfect judgzments is health. It is essential to_all leaders and eminently 8o to journalists. The alcohol appotite has been the greatstumbling block of many brillisut newspaper men. Alcohol . is not & stimulant but a sedative. It never prolonged a man's life a moment. Taken to cxcess 1t s worse than insanity or death and is incurable. It has wrecked myriads of homes and the loft- iest ambitions. The members of the repor- torial staff are a laborious, braye, chivalric, just, social, warm-hearted lot of young men. "The'temptation to indulge in the intoxicat- ing cup is strongly brought to bear upon thom. But it is best not to drink at_all, as the great proportion of men can not drink moderately. The reporter who is a total ab- staineg, with an honorable ambition will win more than the man devoted to the cups. The man who can’t be trusted on account of bad habits has no place on a newspapor. Many reporters aspire to become editorial writers, and wonder if their reportorial worl fits them for such a position. Not only have many distinguished journalists commenced as reporters, but men eminent in other lins have come from the same ranks, Melville W. Fuller, just appointed chief justice of the United States, was once a_reportor, With the exception of teacher's work there is no icut s0 educating as that of the oy What a Woman Never Admits. That she is in lovi That she ever flirted. That she laces tight. That she is tired at a ball. That she is fond of scandal. That her shoes are too small. That she cannot keep u secret. That it takes her long to dress. ‘That she has kept you waiting. That she uses anything but powder. That she says what she doesn’t mean. ios' institute was organized in San Francisco, September 5, 1857, It has At present eight branches—five in this city, one iu Grass Valley and one in Benicia, and has a mewmbership of about eight hundred and fifty. - The Degree Corps of St. Louis Degree Lodge No. 1,1, 0. O. I, canferred the de- wroc of brothierly love on twenty-eight cundi- datos et a recent weeting. Mustang Liniment MEXICAN MUSTA wgf,n:nmw 18 duatt to Pisws, Lk BUkES, CAKLD Lbgasie asd all Larianuarion ~ A THE SPECULATIVE MARKETS. ‘Wheat Rules Dull But Makes a Slight Advance. WHAT WILL THE NEXT CROP BE, Traders Waiting For the Governmeng Report—Corn Quiet But Firm — Oats Still Active~Provisions Strong—Quotations, CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET. Cntoaao, May 7.— [Special Telogram to Trre Ber.]—There was a remarkably dull opening to the grain markets this morning, with an unusual searcity of matorial gathored over Sunday out of which to arouse either bull or Dbear enthusiasm, Cables were lower, both public and private, and the feeling of the local clement soemed to bo boarish; at least, there was an cxpectation of a small declino because of the absence of any stimulating news or circumstance. Hutchinson was the principal seller. There was good enough buying, however, to prevent any considerablo decline, and the market held between o limits for an hour or more. Then upon indi- cations for a larger decreaso in the visible supply than was expocted, there followed a quick advance of about }¢c, to which another i{c was added just before the close by tho buying of early short- sellers, probably stimulated a little by news of an unfavorable nature about the health of the emperor of Germany. The actual decroase in tho visible supply of wheat was 1,146,000 bushels, where only from half to three quarters of a million had been expected. Much of the lakeshipments made early in the weck must have gone to points outside of the visible supply statement for consumption. It was noticed that at only four points embraced in the visible supply statement was there any increase in wheat, These points were Buffalo, Duluth, Montreal and Oswogo. The wmount “on the lakes" in- creased 1,043,000 bushels, and “‘on the Missis- sippi” increased 10,000 bushels. Chicago's stock of wheat in store and afloat decreased 534,000 bushels. Exports of wheat were too small to speak of, but receipts at Duluth and Minneapolis show a large fall- ingoff s compared with previ-« ous Mondays. The crop reports received to-day were only lm{mrumt a8 con- firming previous reports of damage. The secretary of the Missouri board of agricul- ture rcpeats his cstimate of a 14,000,000 bushel crop for that statesas compared with 27,500,000 1ast year, The government crop report, however, is so near due that traders are more inclined to wait for it than to pay much attention to the reports from single statos or districts. July wheat opencd at astse, advanced to {c, improved to Rdlge, touched 84 again and closed at 1 o'clock ‘at Bile. June wheat opened at 823¢c, sold down to 824c, advanced to Sik, and closed there “at 1 olclock. At one timo this morning, the premium for July over June, which was ox .ctly 1con Saturday, had fallen to #{@xZe, but was lc agum at the close. _ Speculative trading in corn was comparat- ively light and without special feature, Some of the longs were selling carly in the ses- sfon, and this with a large increase in the visible supply, caused some decline soon after the openinig, but this was all rocovered later. - Receipts were larger than exbected, but the estimate for to-morrow was unex- pectedly small, and this fact, together with the strength shown in wheat, soemed to_ac- count for the later firmness of this market. June and July corn were tho same price. They opened at 55%c, sold down to 55 to 553¢c again, fluctuated botween 5! 5b35¢, and closed at 1 o'clock at BA@LHI{c. May corn ranged from 5ikc to 5ijge, opan~ ing and closing at b7ige. The visible supply statement showed an increase in corn of 934,000 bushels. Corn in store in Chicago creased (49.000 bushels; afloat decre 3, (00 bushels. STlio spoculutive trade in onts continues ag- tive and the market strong aud advancing. The amount in store is small and holders not seem inclined to let the price drop at all, and consequently the shorts are covering at a little higher figures every day. May onts sold up 1o 84} to-day, and closed at 3i0. Juno oats opened at i23/c, sold up to 33'<c, closing at 3%. July oats sold up from $31¢¢ to 33c, closing at 827¢e. August onts ranged from 84 0 381gc, closing at the last named price. September oats sold at 2r¥{@2ijge, closing at 273{c bi ‘The provision trade displayed a strong un- dertone. In prices there were no wide fluc- tuations and no radical chauge, yet sellers had the best of the movement ‘nimosi from the start. Based on Suturday’s closing pork, a tood at an advance of 2)@il4c, d and short ribs un- SwssioN—Wheat bigher; May closed at $24gc, June closing at Bidg 1 sold at 841C to 84¥5c, closing at B4% quiet; May closed at 573c bid, June ¢! with 555¢c asked, July ‘sold at b5%(@: sphit and then sold ¢, closing at August closing with May closed at Bilic @335 ¢, July sold at on the split and closed ut 32k @83c; August closed ot 23%ic bid. Pork 214c higher, or at $14.20 for May, 4.3 for July and 814.45 for d 2ide on a mod- crate business; v closcd at 85,175, June at $5.20, July ' at 8. 30 and September at $5.35. higher; May closed at $7.52 July at $7.65, August at $7.7:2) ber at §7.50. Moderate sales, CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. Cimicado, May 7.—-[Special Telegram to the Der Business was fairly ac- tive, that is, there was no such rush as at the close Priday, but cattle went over the scales steadily until the close. As to prices, there was little or no eliange one way or the other. Dressed heef operators quoted a “strongt market, and salesmen who had good all around cattle reported values about the same as Saturday, or a shado lower than Friday, the high priced day of last week. Butcher's stock stead: common canning stock un- e were ouly a_few loads of Texans on sale—~barely a sufficient number to market, Stockor and favder tradors wera Nopeful vainfall August. ) $4.004.50; 950 Lo 12 ers and fee 3 mixed, §2.00 steers, $1.954.50: slop-fe Toxas stoers, 84,50 1,20, Hous—Business wos brisk and prices about the smme as on Saturday. Thé best houvy sorts mado @h .M, the best heavy and common mixed #5.50(15.55, Light sorts, espeeially the 170 avorages. about u nic 5.0 150 to Dulls, §8.253.45; New Yong, May Taz B The stocks again contmucd to-day with Missouri Pacific in the lead, The market was fllled with stocks all day, and slthough attempts w 1ade to turn the curront they proved fatlle until after prices had declined 1:4@3 points. The downward teadeney was A by the report of the net earnings of the Atchison for March, showing a de- crense of 23,116, and for the guarter of 0°4,735, The shor rest was increased by the dacline, and when operators who have been s for soveral days, attempted to buy buck the market bevan rmer and slightrallics foilawed, but the glosivg showed declines extending from 3 to 8 points, Missouri P c havieg the lead. Made hattan lost 1%, Grangers 5 e X, Unlon Pacitic 3§, Westera Usion b, Reading 3¢ The Louisvilla & Nushville statoment fow April showed a decreasa of §12,8689 gross, sud it will probabiy be larger In the net, Loundon 1 Telegram to downwird movewont in bought it, however, aud last sales were ouly Iy below Ssturday's. U'be goneral Geolivg is