Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 28, 1888, Page 2

PITH OF THE NEWS The City. Haverly prospecting near Omaha. An unchecked fire at South Omaha. Growing dissatisfaction with Hoge and Murphy. Sketch of the prohibition candidate for congress. Receipts of hogs at South Omaha, 4,5005 cattle, 650, A mother finds her daughtor’s betrayer in the black maria. Summary disposal of Chicago, Milwauke & St. Paul conductors. Policemen and roughs engage in target practice on the streets. Real estate transfors aggregate #24,160; building permits, $5,200. ‘William Lenten's right foot is crushed in the Burlington yards, rendering amputation necessary. Nebraska. The first train crossed the new '‘Q."” bridge at Nebraska City. The pioneers of Dakota county will hold a reunion August 18, Milton Rice, aged nine, was drowned in the Missouri at Brownville, A hail storm near Norden destroyed crops and rendered 130 homesteaders aestitute. ‘The executive committee of the Hastings board of trade opposes lower rates in the state. Emmons, who murdered Bertha Schultz at whnee City, has been taken to Beatrice for safety. Larson sued Peter Nelson at Oak- Peter land for $10,000 for alienating Mrs. Larson’s affections. Fred Shaver was arrested at Fremont in company with Mrs. Maud Peterson. Both are wanted in Dakota. The McCarthy-Brooks prize fight at Ne- ‘braska City was declared off on account of McCarthy’s failure to appear. General. Reviving interest in Omaha. Chicago has another bomb sensation. A negro ravisher was lynched in Virginia. Mr. Randall is greatly improved in health. The empress of Germany has given birth to ason. Thndu:;u blowers’ scale of wages has been Ex-Editor Moore and Mrs, Norton are in California. Eleventh street straightening to be cousid- ered to-night. L. 8. Elmer hanged by & mob. The mayor of Long Island City tears down railroad buildings, Steps are being taken towards the forma- tion of a s0ap trust. The house committee on manufactures is Investigating the whisky trust. The chief clerk of the Mexican Central railway was arrested as a defaulter. The war in Stevens county, Knxsas, breaks forth afresh and seven men are killed. The yacht containing the presidential party is anchored oft Fire Island in a dense fog. Large numbers are Chinamen are said to be coming into the United States from British America, Governor Hill has commuted the sentence of Chiara Cegnarale, the Italian murderess, to imprisonment for 1if e e R FOUND HIS ELOPING WIFE. . A ChicagoMnan Induces His Runaway Spouse to Return to Him. Corumpus, O., July 2i.—A middle-aged German, giving his name as C. Peterson, a clgarmaker, living at 395 Austin avenue, Chicago, applied to the chief of police of this city yesterday for help in finding his wife, who, he said, had eloped with a United States soldier and was living here. The guilty pair were found and things discovered 10 be as Peterson had represented. Brought into court, Mrs. Peterson seemed glad to sce her hushand, and expressed a_desire to re- turn to Chlcago with him, but a dificulty stood 1n the way. Mr. Peterson had not the money to purchase the tickets. The kind- hearted mayor, however, gencrously ad- vanced the amount necessary, and the two started to the depot. — FOUND A SKELETON. Discovery in a Hollow Tree of Booty and a Thief's Remains. AUGUSTA, Ga., July 27.—One year ago the residence of L. C. Sessiona, a few miles from this city, was robbed of some money and sil- ver plate. The thiof was discovered and al- most captured, when he mysteriously disap- peared in the darkness, and the most diligent search failed to trace him. Yesterday Ses- sions ordered a tree to be cut, as it gave evi- dence of rapid decay, and its proximity to his residence made it dangerous. It was an im- mense ancestral oak, and for years a hollow had extended up through it. ‘When the treo fell the skeleton of a man was found wedged in the hollow,ard near him the silverwareland money that had been stolen from Sessions, The supposition is that the burglar in escap- ing climbed the tree and stepped in the hol- low 80 as to elude discovery, Lul found it im- possible to extricate himsel Acsateamall A GANG OF TRAMPS, After Committing Many Depredations Ohio Roughs Are Arvested. ASETABULA, O., July 27.—A gangof tramps that had its headquarters in the woods near hero was attacked by the local police on Monday, but most of them got away. Those ‘who escaped were armed with revolvers, and on Monday night attacked the conductor of a local freight train on the Lake Shore rail- and compelled him to take them on ard. They broke open a car and swle a keg of beer, and when near Geneva escaped. On Tuesday they attacked a farmer, firing futo his house and committing other depre- dations. A company of militia was sent from here yesterday to suppress the tramps, and after a sharp battle nineteen of the gang were captured. of Wahpeton, Dak, was D Entertaining Emperor William, SrocknoLy, July 27.—In the afternoon the royal party proceeded in a yacht to Drotting- holm, where dinner was served. The party returned at 7 p. m. and visited the yacht Hohenzollern. The Germun squadron” will #ail at 8 a. m. to-morrow. Tea was served on board the Hohenzollern and the royal party then mux:-cl.ed the Ger- man squ n. At 0 o'clock King Oscar and suite bade farewell to the imperial visitors snd went ashore. e e Boulanger Excites Little Attention. Panis, July 27.—General Boulanger drove out to-day for the first time since he was ‘wounded. His carriage was followed by six- feen carringes filled with reporters and ad- DYSPEPSIA Causes its vietims to be miserable, hopeloss, ‘eonfused, and depressed in mind, very irritas Dble, languid, and drowsy. It Is a diseaso ‘which does not get well oi itself. It requires ‘eareful, persistent attention, and a remedy to throw off the causes and tone up the diges- tive organs till they perform their duties willingly. Hood's Sarsaparilla has proven Just the required remedy i hundreds of cases, “ 1 have taken Hood's Sarsaparilla for dys- from which I have sullered two years. tried many other medicines, but none proved so satistactory as IHood's Sarsaparilla’ Tmomas Coox, Brush Electric Light Co, New York City. Sick Headache past two years ere headach IN THE FIELD OF SPORTS. The Sioux Oitys Win the First Game at Home. THE MAROONS THE VICTIMS. Minneapolis Defeats Des Moines Three | Consecutive Games—Kansas City Crushed by the St. Paul Ag- gregation—Other Sports. Western Association Standing. Following 1s the ofcial standing of the Western association teams up to and in- cluding yesterday's gamos : Playea Won Lost Pr Ct St. Paul. ., 2] 2 06, Des Moines Omabha.... Milwaulkee. Kansas City .. Chicago.. Sioux Cit; Minneapoli Sioux City 3, Chicago 1. Sioux City, July 27.—|Special Telegram to Tnr Bee.]—Tne Sioux City club took a new departure to-day and won a game from Chicago, and a beautiful game it was. Chi- cago succeeded in batting Sioux City's new left-handed pitcher, Siebel, but the energetic flelding of the home club destroyed all the benefits thereof. The only run scored by Chicago was o clear gift of the bad judg- ment of the uome shortstop. One thing that hand:capped Chicago was the bad luck of its catcher, Hoover, in hurting his arm while runming down Phelan between the home late and third base. The score: 400011 3 00000001 d—Sioux City 1, Chicago 1. hits—Reccius 1, Hannahao 1. Bases By Cady 4. Struck out—B, 5, by Siebel 8. 1’assed balls—By Chicago 8, by Sioux Cif Left on bases—Chicago 7, Sioux City 1. Time—1:40, Umpire—Cusick. Minneapolis 4, Des Moines 3. Dies Mor , July 27.—[Spoecial Telegram to Tne Ber. |—Des Moines lost the third con- secutive game to Miuneapolis to-d. being unable to solve Sowders' delivery, wi nedy was hit p special features. Des Moines, . The score: 00000030 0-3 Minneapoli 02100010 0-4 Runs carned—-Des Moines 3, Minneapolis 2. Two base hits—Alvord, Kennedy, Tebeas Three base hits—Kreig. Doublé play Quinn _and Stearns. Bases on balls—1 Kennedy 1, by Sowders 2. Struck out—! Sennedy 8, by Sowder Passed balis— ¢ 1. Wild pitches—Sowders 1. Time Umpire—Hagan, St. Panl 10, Kansas City 14, v8As Ciry, July 27.—[Special Telogram —Hard hitting gave St. Paul an ensy victory over the Blues to-day, the visi- tors having no difficulty whatever in hitting Conway hard, while the home team could not hit Anderson with any effect. The visitors earned nine of their runs, and Kan- sns City earned none. The score; Kansas City....0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0—4 St. Paul.... 0004210 *10 Earned runs—St. Paul . Three-base hits sey. Home run—Patton. Double arlo and Morrissey. Bases on balls Conway 2, Auderson 1. First buse on errors—Kansas City 4, St. Paul 1. Strueck out—By Conway 7, Anderson 2. Puassed Gunson 1, Earle 4. Widd pitches— Conway 1, Anderson 1. Batteries—Conway and Gunson, Anderson and Earle. Hits— Kansas City 6, St Paul 11 Errors—Kunsas City3, St. Paul 4. Time—1:50, Umpire— Fessenden. e OTHER GAMES. Yesterday's Winners in the National Leagune Contests. Pirtssure, July 27.—Result of to-day's ame : ittsburg.......0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1—82 Indianapolis.....0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—0 Pitchers—Galvin for Pittsburg, Shreve for Indianapolis, Base hits—Pittsburg 9, In- dianapolis 6. Errors—Pittsburg 1, Indian- apolis 8. Umpire—Kelly. . CuicaGo, July 27.—Result of to-day's gume: “hicago.. . ..000200.030-5 Detroit . .1 0500000 8-9 Pitchers—Van Haltran for Chicago, Con- way for Detroit. Base hits—Chicago 9, Detroit 10, Errors—Chicago 6, Detroit 8. Umpire ~—Lynch, BosTox, July 37.—There was no ball game here to-day on account of rain, New York, July 27.— Result of to-day's me ew York.,....0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0—4 Philadelphia....0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0~1 Pitchers—Crane for New York, Buffirton for Philadelphia, Base bits—New York 7, Philadelphia 4. Errors—New York4, Phila- delphia 1. Umpire~D aniels. The American Association. me: ‘incinnati Athletics, . ..0830010 01100 BrookLyy, July 27.—Result game* rooklyn ... 03 Kansas City. 0 2 Clearwater 17, Atkinson 3. CLEARWATER, Neb., July 27.—[Special to Tme Bee.]—The Clearwater club met the Atkinson Reds at Atkinson yesterday. The score: Clearwatos 04006133 0-17 Atkinson. 000100110-38 B Diamond Flashes. Clarke and Nagle will be the battery this this afternoon. Joe Walsh is playing a rattling good short for Minneapolis. Two or three of the Owahas will receive their release within the next few days. Moflit, of the Indianapolis league team, and Omaha's new pitcher arrived yesterday. The Chicago Maroons were all over to Manawa Thursday. They left in the even- ing for Sioux City. Pat Tebeau and his mouth will he on hand to-day, It is to doliars to doughnuts that Crooks’ jaw will prove too much for him. How the Des Moimnes press is roaring over their so-called bad luck, Three straights at the hands of Minneapolis has all but paral- yzed them, Big Wilson is rounding to in gveat shape and will e in condition to go behind the bat by Sunday’s game, Heis auxious to play, .mi‘t.h sureto do good work when he gets at There is much talk of a deal between Owaha and Des - Moines, by which Clark is to be traded for Bug Holliday, The man- agement will make & mistake if Daddy is traded for anybody just now. . Instead of one hit, it was eleven hits the Chicagos got off of Burdick the other day, five of which were l‘flm-bagfir . It is iaiotic to whine about Burdicl. a .;\lwher for Omaha he was a dead failure aud he'll prove the same for Indmnansis. _Larry Larieqte, from the Lynn team of the Now iunglund league, and whose releasc has been purchased by Omaka, reached heve last evening., Larocque is a tremendous hit- ter, fine fielder and first-class first bascman, Fo'what position he will be ussigned here has not as yet been determined, | Saludn second, Change third. 'I‘HE‘ OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY JULY 28, 1888, last will be played September 16 with Des Moines. The team finishes the season nway from home. % Jack Brehinan, the umpire, has been re- lesed and Joe Quest, . the. veteran second baseman, appoiated in his stend. Quest has arrived ‘here and will umpire the game with Minneapolis this afternoon. The release of Brenuan wos an arbitrary action on the part of Secretary Morton, and Brennan does not propose to submit. tamely, Late yesterday afternoon Brennan received a telegram from Menges, of Kansas City, and Barnes, of St. Paul, telling hit to go on the field here to-day and nmpire the game; that Morton had no legal right to dismiss lum. Brennan will do so, 1t takes six clubs to dismiss an umpire. g — TURK EVENTS. At Brighton Beach. Brianrox Braon, July 27.—Summary: Ilive-cights of a mile—Duke of Bourbon won, Bertie W (colt) second, Brian Born third, mo—1 44k, I'ive-cights of a mile—Nat Goodwin won, Time —1:05. ‘Three-quarters of & mile—Eatontown and Dalesman ran & dead heat. Time—1:183¢. In the run off Dalesman won., Time—1:20. The Bonnie Harold, filly, was third. One and one-gixteenth miles—Dago won, Alamo second, Kink third. Time—1:52. One and one-quarter miles—Peg Wofting- ton won, Raveller second, Hermitage third. Time—3' 143, One mile—Bordelaise won in 1:443¢, Petu- lence second, Top Sawyer third. Saratoga Races. SArATOOA, July 27.—Summary : Six furlongs—Banney won, Golden Reel second, Vontromp third. Time—1:181, Five furlongs—Jubal won, Lintram second, Bonnie John third, Time—1:08. Five furlongs—Alahanon won, Remson second, Bonnie Bounce third, Time—1:00. One 'mile—Bopeep won, Drumstick sec- ond, Letotia third. Time—1 Hurdle race—Voltigeur won, Lijero third, Ti 20, Detroit Races Postponed. Derrorr, July 27.—To-day's races were postponed on account of the bad condition of the track. A special race has been arranged for to-morrow between Guy and Prince Wilkes for a purse of $3,000. THE ENGLISH GAME. Britons and Scotchmen Will Play It To-Day. The match betwveen the Scotch and E lish teams of the Omaha cricket club, which ted in a tie on the 14th nst., will be played of at the fair grounds this af- ternoon at 8 o'clock sharp. — Both teams are coufident of a victory and a spiendid game may be looked for. In expectation of a large number of spectators the club has placed chairs at points of vantage on the field, and visitors may be assured of gentlemanly treatment, for the boys like to see a large gathering as it is a proof that their favorite sport is gaining in popularity with the citizens, The following are the t Englishmen—G. H. Vi R. Vaughan, R. W. Taylor, J H. G. Hudson, Fred Tafeld, By C. W. Earl, E. Stringor, A, Liv Anderson, Scotchmen—Thomas Chalmers, captain, Thomas Bowie, Robert Craig; J. Cruick- shank, J. T, Muir, J. A. Jopp, D. B, Hastio, W. Horne, Robert Hall, . £. Smith, James Leslie. PR N o v FOUND HER SON-IN-LAW. Mrs. Royce Sees Her Daughter's Hus- band in Chains. As the seven couvicts, sentenced by Judge Groff at this term of court, scrambled into a buss at the back door of the county jail yes- terday, a little woman about sixty years old and dressed in a plain coarse dress, said: ““There is one who looks like a man that came here about a year ago from Burlington, Ia. His name was Wilson. I wonder what that man’s name is!” On being informed that it was Charles Wilson, the little woman continued : “That’s him, then, and I don’t care a cent. He came to my husband’s sdloon here some months ago and after hanging around there for some time ran away with my daughter, a flrl eighteen years old. They went to astings, Neb., and were there for some time, and when they came back he said they were married. We asked him to show his marriage certificate, but he never could, and 1 think if they had been married he could bave shown the papers.” The woman was Mrs. D. C. Royce, wife of a saloon keeper in this city. *‘I don’t carea cent to see him go to the penitentiary,” she continued, *for there is not 4 spark of man- hood in him. He stole the things he was found guilty of stealing, and even when they arrested my poor old husband for the crime, ‘Wilson did not have the manhood to go to the jail and get him out. I know he never was married to my daughter.” The men, as they were chained in_pairs to be taken to Lincoln, were Charles McVeigh and John Charles,alias “Black Jack; Charles Ross and Charles Wilson; Frank Desmond and 12d Wise. Wise will remain ten years for burglary ; Desmoud,three years for grand larceny ; McVeigh, four years for larceny: Charles, burglary, ten years; Ross, four years for larceny ; Charies Wilson, cne year for grand larceny. George Cochran, the old man sentenced for five years for stealing Dr. Tilden’s horse, was not chained or hand- cuffed, but was allowed to carry satchel in one hand and big bible under his arm and follow after the younger criminals. He is sixty-seven years old and it is believed by many that he took the horse while in a tem- porarily insane condition, He was a friend of all the boys in jail and took time to shake hands and say good-by to all of them before getting into tho cab, Shorift Coburn, Jailer liller, Detective Ormsby and a number of the police force accompanied the criminals to the state prison. ———— A CORIPPLE FOR LIFE, A Railroad Man Loses a Koot in the B. & M. Yards. Billy Linten, a switchman on the B. & M., met with an accident last night that will make him a cripple for life. He was stand- ing near the end of the last car of atrain that was backing near the Douglas street crose- ing when he fell from the car to the track. The train was slacking speed at the time and only one car ran over him. The wheels passed over his left leg just above -the ankle, almost completely severing it. The patrol wagon was called, and Lenten was taken to St. Joseph’s hospital, where the leg was amputated, Lenten is about twenty-four cars old, and is a single man. He has been n the employ of the railrozd-company only a Short tme, =5 To-night's Grand Rally, The North Omaha Scandinavian republi- can club which has been organized for the purpose of drawing together all the Scandi- navian republicans of the city, and which begins its work with a good deal of enthusi- asm, will have a grand pole raising demon- stration at the cormer of Saunders and Charles streets this evening. A band has beén anm}gad and the leading . political speakers of the city will be in attendance. The management of the club wish all the Scandinavians of the city to unite with them not only ai the pole rdlilli but at all their regular meetings which are held at 1117 Saun- ders street every Wednesday night. Tt is ex- pected that delegations from all the republi can organizations of the city will be on hand to-night, uud everybody is invited to take a nd. AT Drink Maito at soda fountain. pllet oo Racled 8. M. Sheehey Dead. Samuel M. Sheehey, an old resident of Omaha, died at his sister's residence, 2422 Poppleton avenue, at 2 o'o_lock this morning. He was well known throughout the city and his many friends will be pained to hear of his demise. The funeral will occur at?p. m., W from the residence above s! The Odd Fellows, of which he was a ber, will have charge of the funeral, e General Patrick Dead. Davrox, O., July 27.—General M. R. Patrick, governor of the National Soldiers’ hoine for disable@ volunteer soldiers died this morning. RAILROAD NEWS, Dissatisfied kifigincers- W holesale Dis- charges Expectéd—General Gossip, Messrs. Hoge andMurphy do not stand as high in the estimation of the brotherhoods of euginoers and firenton as they did o few days ago, if reports arg, tq be belicved, and there is 1o reason to doubt the rumors heard. The matter stands thus: Howo and Murphy started out to mdke'a trip over the lines of the B. & M., whieh tvas to be completed by last Tuesday. Fheir trial at Chicago was due during theimabsenco. To the astonishe ment of everybody the prosecuting attorney moved that a contlitiance be granted on the ground that Hoge and Murphy were absent on the company’s business. As may be ex- pected the announcement caused a slight sen- sution, end after the first excitement had passed ‘away there woro not a fow who ox- Dressod themselves as positive that the two men had an understanding with the “Q.” ofticial This belief is still entertained by a number of brotherhood men, and as grounds for entertaining the idea they set up the following: Kirst, that neither Hogo or Murphy have, on the trip, manifested the samo spirit shown by them ' at tho beginning of the existing trouble, but have, on the contrary, maintained a more than conservative course, and have refrained ex- clusively from venturing opinions or giving any counsel whatever as to what was to be expected. According to arrangements, both men were to attend the meeting at St. Joo on Tuesday last and report to the body what they had learned, but, ivstead, they went to Denver, and tho only knowledge the maeunr in St, Joo had of the fact that they were still living was a lotter received which stated they were well and hoped the boys would act Wisely, ete. Thcs left Denver for the east Tuesday ight and arrivedin Chicago 'hurs- day cvening, when they stated that everything along the line was solid, and other similar phrases. A brotherhood man yeslerday stated that the work of Hoge and Murphy had amounted to nothing beyond a reitera- tion of facts already known and that their western trip wus useless. He could of course divulge nothing concerning the in- tentions of the order in reard to the matter, but hinted that the continuance on the part of the prosecution in the trial of the two men was of course un understood thing and that as u number of members were not satis- fled with the aspect of matiers an investiga- tion would probabiy follow. Wholesale Decapitations. Yeta fow days more, and there will be music on the line of the Chicago, Milwaukeo & St. Paul, as far ns passenger conductors are concerned.. Because why! It is thia way. ©or some time past the management have suspected that the conductors were not turning in the proper amount of moneys col- lected, but how to determine it was the question. The system of employing train liectors was adopted, and severil of these were put on the various runs. r duties consisted of taking tickets, collecting fares, ete, and each week a report was made to headquarters. By comparing these with previous reports, it was determined that -a wholesale system of ‘“knock- ing down” recoipts was being practiced and 1t was determined to stop it at onee. In the meantime the. conductors appointed @ committee to coufer with Manager Miller who, after stating the facts in the caso, in- formed them that his' company had become cogmzant of the fact'that they were being robbed, and to preyent a repetition of the offense they hafl decided on August 15 to peremptorily dismiss the suspected parties, which meludes abbut one half the force, and increase the salary ofthose remainingto’ $150 per month, With this salary, it is believed, the men will deal fonestly h their em- ployers, 2 | —— Spikes and Bolts. J. F. Caykendall, formerly private secre- tary to Thomas J. Potter, but now chief clerk in the office of the’&eneral superintendent of the Manitoba at St. Paul, is in the city. A complaint is made that the management of the Manawa motef’line does not make an effort to make the ‘proper connections with the Union Pacific gy trains, and that very frequently t;ul !‘gngurs are compelled to ‘Wwait an hour before getting over to Omaha or going to the lake. - George W. Cook has been appointed gen- eral western freight and passenger agent of the Missouri Pacific in immediate charge of freight and passenger traffic in Colorado, Utah and northern New Mexico, with oftice at Denver, Col. The W.C. T. U. MoOUNTAIN LAke Park, Md., July 27.—The ‘Woman's Christian Temperance Union to- day elected the following officers: Presi- dent, Mrs. C. Buell, Chicago; secretary, Mrs, Jennie McCluckin; treasurer, Mrs. J. R, Harrison. One vice president was elected for cach state. The most important address of the day was made by Chairman Dickie, of the national prohibition campaign committee, in which he warmly endorsed the tariff plank m the democratic platform. He was fol- lowed by Clinton B. Fish, who deprecated the free trade tendencies of Dickie. The convention adjourned sine die, e WOMAN'S KINGDOM. Mrs. Morton's Housemaid Leaves to Shine Upon the Stage. New York World: Here is a curious servant-girl episode that is said to have occurred in the household of Mrs. Levi P. Morton, the wife of the republican vice-presidential candidate. She had in her emnloy a young woman who did what is vulgurly known asthe ‘‘up- stairs work,’, or, in other words, was a housemaid. This housemaid did her work neatly and with dispatch. Her beds were always snowy parallelograms, without a wrinkle; there was never to be found, even in the most sccret cor- ners, & fragment of neglected dust, and she never broke ornaments. Im- agine what was Mrs, Morton’s disgust when this rara avis came one day to give notice that she intended to leave when her month was up. “‘But why do you wish to go?” in- uired the house mistress. “Ave you issatisfied in any way?” “No,” snid the house maid, “*but I mean to give up housework and stud, r the stage,” **Stage!” gasped M orton, who had only begun to recover from the shock of seeing society women appear before the footlights, and was aghast at this for- ward movement from the other end of the social line. *““What has ever put it in to your head to go on the stage?” “Well, you see, ma’am,” said the as- piring wielder of the broom, *‘I belong 1o one of the, giuls friendly societies here, and we meét every Tuesday night for mutual 1mprovement and ‘amuse- ment. They alw; ask me to recite and they appland “me so much that f thought pl:l“x!\]m J bid areal talent, so 1 have saved u ligtle money and I'm going to give up w year to study.” “‘But what do you recite?” Mrs, Mor- ton asked, 2 “Shakespeare js my favorite,” said the maid, modestly, *but ’'m very fond of reciting from Browning, too.”” Mrs, Browning, of course,” said her mistress, “Oh. no, ma’am! Notatall, Mr. l.rown- ing.” ‘Do you megn to tell me that you recite Robery Browr ug's poems,’” demanded the astgfilshed ludy. “Yes' And 1 have a copy,of his poems wi name written in it that he sent me him- self, It happened very curiously. There was a lady who eame to the club sometimes who gave our library a copy of his poems, and she was very muc! interested in me because I read and re- cited them 8o often. She we o eouisin of the American lady young Mr. Osear Browning married, and wheu +he went to England she saw Mr. Browning him- self and told him about my reciting his poems, 80 he took a volume of them and wrote his name on the fly leaf, and asked her to give me the book when she came home,” “My dear ymlng woman,” said Mrs, Morton, “‘go, and fame attend you! I see plainly that you arc made for higher ‘things than brushing down my. stair carpets.” —— .. Drink Malto:it is pleasant, . MAKERS OF BOURBON AND RYE They Appear Before the House Committee on Manufactures. THE TRUST AND ITS METHODS. Representatives of Several Large Dis- tilleries Explain the Manner In ‘Which the Combination Trans« acts Its Business. The Whisky Trust. WasHiNGTON, July 27.—At the mecting of the house committee on manufactures to-day, the chairman announced that the committeo would proceed to the investigation of the so- called whisky trust, and ealled J. M. Ather- ton, of Louisville, Ky., president of the J. M. Atherton company, as the first witness. Tho company’s headquarters, the witness said, were located in Larague county, Kentucky. It was not engaged in distilling whisky, but in handling the whisky of a number of firms who do a distilling business in their own names. The product of these firms is con- trolled by the J. M. Atherton company under agreement, The object of the agreement was to preserve the trade-marks of these firms, which were regarded as valuable ones. There we Atherton said, two classes of whisky producers in Kentucky: vhose who made fine beurbon whiskies, and a number of firms, located along the Ohio river, who made cheap whisky, the difference being m age. There was no business connection between these two classcs of producers, nor was there any connoction between Kentucky distillers and those who made substantially the same kind of whisky in Pennsylvania and Maryland. In reply to a question the witness said that most of the large distillers of fine Kontucky whisky tered into an agreement by which the, bound themselves to produce no whisky in the fiscal yoar of 1588, Some few large firms refused to sign the agreement, and there were about one hundred and fifty very small distillers who were not asked to sign. -The combined production of these non-signers was estimated at £3,500,000, The agreement grow out of the fact that from 1581 to 1887 there had been a very large overproauction of whisky. In order to pro- tect the owners of th hisky from the ef- fects of this overproduction an agreement to suspend operations from July 1, 1857, to July 1, 1838, was entered ints This agreement, v, was not in the nature of lidation uf})l'u;h\l’l,\' nor mergg of interests. The witness was then examined with re- gard to the production of alcohol and spirits by Representative Breckenridge of Avkan- sas, and asked if there was a trust in this trade. The witness replied that he believed that nearly all the distillers north of the Ohio river were members of the trust, The head- quarter re at Peoria, and W. R. Greenhut was president. The trust also include distillers of alcohol and cheap whisky lo in Kentucky, neur Covington, Representative Buchuuan—*“Excluding the internal revenue tux, what is the cost of a gallon of whisky laid down in the bonded warehouse?” Witness—“That depends upon a great many factors which vary considerably, but assum- ing that corn sells for 50 cents, rye for 80 cents, and malt for 80 cents per bushel, a gal- lon of standard bourbon whisky, with inter- est on the plant, would cost say 30 cents, and cluding interest on the plant, about 23 cents 27 cents.” Mr. Buchanan—*‘What would be the effect of requiring a tax to be paid when the whisky 18 produced; that is, abolishing the bonded period?” Witness—*It would substantially destroy the manufaciure of fine whiskies, because of the iucreased cost of whiskies when they were fit for use, growing out of the fact that every gallon that evaporated would be a tax #ailon, and because of the heavy ex- pense of carrying whisky for several ycars, surance, ete. Tho amount of mondy re- quired in the business would be so great that no_aistiller could do much unless he was a millionaire, Such a law would lead to com- binations, and rich combinations would soon absorb it all.” W. T. Sheiley, of Louisville, said that he was chairman of the committee to secure signatures to an agreement to limit the pro- duction to 11,000,000 gallons. Only about 25 per cent of those who signed the 1888 agroe- ment had signed the new one. By the 1880 agreement 9,000,000 gallons of the production were to be distributed among the signers in proportion to their capacity, while 2,000,000 gallons were left to be distributed, in the discretion of the committec, among those who in previous years had not over-produced. The distillers ?\nhl back from signing the agreement until they could find out how much of this 2,000,- 000 gallons each was to get. W. H. Thomas of Louisville testified that one of the reasons of the export of whiskey to Europe was that ho and others believed that Kentucky whisky was better than the for- e1gn comipound liquors and thought that they might make a market for it in Europe. Ninety per cent of the whisky reported was owned by wholesale dealers and he believed that if they all united they could build up big trade in Europe. He was not in favor of a repeal of the tax on liquor for the reason that every farmer with a stream near his farm would go into the business and ruin the distillers by over-production. With no tax on whisky he believed that there would be ten times the amount consumed. iy PROPERTY OF THE GOVERNMENT Held in Adverse Possession to Which it Has a Valid Claim. Wasnrsarox, July 37.—In response to the senate resolution calling upon him for evi- dence in the treasury department relating to the property of the Umited States, and to which the United States has a valid claim, which is held in adverse possession, the sec- tary of the treasury to-day transmitted to the-senate the reports of the solicitor of the treasury and commissioner of interns! rev- enue on tho subject, 'ine acting solicitor, in his report, says that there is no personal property now held in adverse possession to which the United States has a valid claim, The coinmigsioner eays that tho only prop- erty in charge of his office is real estate ac- quired under the internal revenue law. Ac- cording to a letter from Mr, Littlepage, lately employed us an agentof the treasury department, to the solicitor of the treasury, dated October 19, 1887, it seems that he was employed to *assist in the prevention and de- tection of frauds upon the customs revenue." Continuing he says: “After my several conversations with you, I infer that my especial assignment will be to recover such properties belonging to the late confederate states us have been fraudu- lently or improperly diverted or concealed.” In concludiug, he says: ‘‘Above all, I desirc thut my specinl assignment shall be kept a profound seceet.” In a letter dated November 11, 1887, ho 8ay8s that he went to his home in King Will- iamn county, Virginia, to exawine his old con- federate puper,made and received while in Bu- rope under the ovders of the then confederate states government, to obtain accurate data. Ho found that in the winter of 18, Howas ordered to the confederate ship Texas. This vessel was built at Glasgow, and was to Dbave received her armament and equipment while lying oft the coast of England ~ by another vessel. Cap- tain Henry Sinclair, of the confederato states navy superintended the construction of the vessel, her cost being $1,400,000, all of which was fully paid by the confederate gov- ernment. The vessel, he suys, start ses, but having been reported as a confed- erate cruiser, was seized. Captain Sinclair, ratber than carry her through the courts, se- cured her release by guarauteeing that she should not go into the hands of the confed- eracy until they should be entitled to have her.” He then chartered her, and when, & few months after, the confederacy collapsed, she was still sailing under the same charter, He adds that this vessel was fully paid for by the confederate government, and should be- long to the United States. She is still valua- ble and is now tradin; to inspected and testéd by confedorate officers, Thoy were soized by the British authoritics and finally disr of by confederate agents in charge, and are now in the British navy, having recently been scen by Admiral Luce at Bermuda, flying the Biitish flag, Littlopage also speaks of cortain poworful Clyde built steamers and rams built in France for the confederate government, and also states that parties who recently visited Cap- tain Siclair's house found that its linen, crockery, cutlery, ete., bore the lettors, “C. SN, which are supposed to have came from the Texas. Ho adds that two new Clyde built steamers, the City of Peters- burg and the Old Dominion, which were built for the confederate government and paid for by it, are now running between Liverpool and Dublin, Littlepago files an itemized statement of the confederate prop- erty unrecovered by the United States gov- ernment, amounting to &30,000,000, most of which is in English hands. He éstimates that there are 6,000,000 in the United States not imcluding the value of many millions of dollars’ worth of cotton belonging to the con- federate government shipped from Brown- ville, Galveston and h{ummoru since the war., amieccngiiffiipiim A Locomotive's Steaming Capacity. Scientific Amevican: Within a month past six locomotives, embodying some striking features, hayve been placed on the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad, to run between New York and Springfield and intermediate points. These locomatives were built av the Baldwin locomotive works, Philadel- phia, from original designs. The great size of the boiler, the top of which is ten feet nine inches high, or only three below the top of the smoke stake, at once attracts attention whenever the engine is seen, and the corresponding size and weight of all the working parts, except the moderate-sized riving wheels, are matters of comment among all the engineers under whose notice they have come. The cylinders of these engines have a diameter of 20 inches by 22 inches stroke, the steam ports being 1% by 16 inches. The driving wheels are 684 inches dinmeter, and the engine truck wheels and tender wheels 83 inches dianmeter. The spread of the driving wheels is 9 feet, 1 inch, and the total wheel base of the engine 23 feot, 7 inches. The total wheel base of the en- gine and tender is 47 feet, 9§ inches, and the length of engine and tender over all is 58 feet, 2 inches, The tender has a capacity for 64 tons of anthracite coal and N gallons of water, and is fitted with & water scoop for taking up water from a long tank laid between the rails —u system which has not heretofore been employed on this railroad, but for whith tha company is now getting veady by placing tanks in position at the desired distances to facilitate long, straight runs, “The weight of the engine in work- ing order is anbout 110,000 pounds, the weight on the driving wheels being 18,000 pounds, and on the front truck wheels 42,000 pounds. The weight of the tender, with coal and water, is about 70,000 pounds, making the total weight of engine and tender, ready for service, 180,000 pounds. The bhoilers are wagon top in form, 60 inches diameter at the smoke box end, and the fire-boxes are 6t feet long by 84% inches wide inside. These engines are designod for an or- dinary working steam pressure of 160 pounds, which, we ave iuformed, is ob- tained and c: d as readily as 140 or 145 pounds on the locomotives hereto- fore in use on the road. The present superintendent of motive power of the company, Mr. Henny, ir., was formerly for man years in charge of their shops at Hartford, where many locomotives of excellent design and fine finish were turned out, which have done and are doing good service on the road. These new engines, how- ever, have been specially designed for high speed for long distances, drawing heavy trains, with which they have, thus far, beea shown to easily make sixty miles an hour on any compara- tively straight section of track. In the matter of first cost these engines seem marvelously cheap, their approximate cost being stated at about $10,000 each, the establishmens at which they were made now turning out com- leted locomotives at the rate of two a ay. The dimensions of the boiler and fire-box, with the great amount of heat- ing surface provided, give them extra- ordinary steam making power, and it is claimed that they are economical of fuel. Itis not unlikely, also, that, in providing engines with such extra steaming cupuuit{, the company is an- ticipating the enforcement next winter of regulations compelling the railroads in that section to heat their cars by steam, and discard entirely the car stove. PRI LS Italy 1s Satisfied. Rowme, July 27.—The Reformer doclares that the statements made before the Ameri- can committee inquiring into the immigra- tion question are exaggerated, but thatif America’s measures be confined to a remedy for the questionable practices of the immi- srnmm agonts of Italy they will not cause iscontent. ——————s Emigration Agents Arrested. VIENNA, July 27.—Nincteen emigration agents have been arrested at Cracow for in- citing the natives of that district to emigrate to America. Bonds representng 1,000,000 florins were found in their possession. Other agents have been arrested nt Braly and Czernowitz. Drink Malto. Lt Mme. De Varney's Case. Pan, July £7.—-Mme. De Varney, the Ameriean lady who was recently arrested and imprisoned on a false charge of being a pickpocket, will be liberated to-morrow at the request of Uunited States Minister Me- Lane. AXES, PICKS AND HAMMERS, The Long Island Railroad Bulldings Torn to Pleces THEY WERE NOT NICE ENOUGH, Mayor Gleason Lioads the Assault and the Police Keep Back the nsiastio Cltizens— Taken Into Court. A Second Grand Assanit, NEW York, July 27.—[Special Telogram to Tne Bee. |—All Long Island City gathered about the Long lIsland railroad depot on Front street yesterday afternoon. The crowd began to collect at noon and at 2 o'clock there were thousands of people pusi- ing; yolling and shouting in the little street. The cause was the report that Mayor Pat- rick J. Gleason was going to begin a second grand assault on the Long Island railroad company buildings which are obstructing the town. Mayor Gleason was in his little ofice, hardly a stone's throw from the depot, with the commissioners of public works and police, ton stout laborers, armed with picks and hammers, and six policemen. Gleason turned to his little army and said: “*Get your axes and your hammers and tear down all those sheds, every one of them, and don’t let any man stop you." The mayor himself led the charge, and struck the first blow at the shed. A ludy wanted to pin a boquet on his coat, but he would not let her. The mayor lifted a pick, swung it back and struck, with all the forco of his powerful arm, the prop of the first shed. There was a crashing and splintering of wood, and the prop came down, bringing the ond of the shed with it. A roar went up from the erowd,which could aliost b heard in New York, Then the mayor and his men hacked and tore away, some of them on the roof, some digging up’ the foundations and some carrying off the debris, The six police- men formed a cordon around the street to keop the enormous crowd back. The mayor kept up a rynning fire of com- ment: s right, Mike; hit her aguing knock that prop away; t one hindranco less to honest people. Bully for vou, Bill; we'll show them the people own this' town, Give that post another rap. We've boen run long enongh by the Long Island railroad. Hammn b poth and nail."” ine of sheds along Front feet was torn down and ¢ the street. Mean- time the railroad had been send- Ing out special trains 1 every direction to get a judge to issue a warrant for the arrest of Long Island City's wayor, Finally one was found, but the mayor v lie would tear down all the buildings b he would stop permanentiy, and merely ad- Journed with the force fora time, to begin again to-morr lust evening Mayor Gleason was served with an injunction to restrain him from tearing up the tracks. Ho, m turn, has ordered the railroad ofticers to appear before him August 1to answer for violating the law. street scattered fully about psten e Nelson's Onse Remanded. TRENTON, Out., July 27.—C. C. Nelson of Atlanta, who absconded, was arraigned ugain to-day but the evidence disclosed no offense for which he could be_tried and the case was remanded till next Tuesday to give the prosecution time to obtain further evi dence, Nelson was released on bail. Alwertomiy A Volcanic Eruption. SHANGHAL July 27.—A volcanie eruption at Bandaisan, fifty leagues from Yokohama, has destroyed several ces and killed 1,000 persons, including 100 visitors at the thermal springs. A fresh crater nas formed and the eruption is still active. et e Mt LSS The Weather Indications. Nebraska and Dakota: Fair, stationery temperature, followed Saturday night by slightly cooler, variable winds, lowa: Fair, slightly warmer, followed s?t:\lruuy night by slightly cooler, variable winds. (o L EO Real estate loans negotiated, pur- chase money mortgages and commer- cial paper bought. R. C. PATTERSON, 818 S. 15th. —— For fine diamond work and watch re- airing go to C. L. Erickson & Co., 212 . 16th, Masonic block. Go to Pries’ lake for picnics. Fine concert every Sunday. e — Being Neighborly. Hawkeye:” “I'll bet I've got some of _ the meanest neighbors a fellow ever had,” said aman erday to some half- dozen loungers; “they’re always on the borrow. One family in particular sends every day or two for a cup of browned coffee—of which we keep only the best and then returns, in place of it a most inferior article. We're going to head ’em off on that, though; they owe usa cup now, and when they fetch it home wi'lu's going to set it away and loan it to ’em again!” and he chuckled with in- finite satisfaction “Well, sir,” continued another, after a pouse, ‘‘my wife has a worse neighbor than that. She moved into our neigh- hood about a month ago, and in a fow days borrowed a cup of sugar. When she returned it it wasn’t nearly so full, After two or three such experiences my wife sct the cup away, and when sho re- turned for another loan sent bpck the same quant It was etill lighter when it retu ,and after two weeks passing back and forth my wife handed it out at lust with less than a spoonful in it.” “How much was woman sent it hom ener. “*Not a single grain—they had washed the cup.” it when the in " queried a liste OR INCLOSE