Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 3, 1888, Page 2

Ry ‘e THE OMAHA DAILY BEKE: . FRIDAY AUGUST ‘3, 1888, THE OMAHAS BEAT TEN MEN Anderson, of St. Paul, Tries to Com- mit Base Ball Robbery. FIFTEEN HITS AND ONE RUN. That's the Record the Home Team Made—But the Ice Palace Aggre- gation Get Two Little Hits and Narry a Run. Western Association Standing. Following 1s tho official standing of the ‘Western association teums up to and in- cluding yesterday's games: Playea Won Lost Pr Ct K Y e A 8t Paul..... 5 Des Moines. Omaba..... Chicago Kansas City... Milwaukee. Bioux Cit) Minneavolis. o Dedicated to the Aposties. By The Bee Poet, John Anderson, my Jo John, ‘When to umpire you began ‘You thought you'd beat us bad, John, And said our boys would ‘‘fan’ On the balls that you called strikes, John, But your judgment it was slow, For we shut your big ice-cutters out. John Anderson, my Jo. Omaha 1, St. Paul 0. Again are the Aposties compelled to hang their harps on the willow and yearn for the familiar ice palace. They were shut out. And this is how it came about. Hagan was sick and unable to articulate 80 a young man called Anderson, who occa- sionally gets knocked out of the box for St. Paul, was selccted as umpire, He is a St. Paul player, and no mistake, for he believes in his club keeping a firm hold on first place even if he has to rob the oppos- ing team. And that is what he did. In the first inning the Scottish bard came to the plate and hammered the pig skin away out to the left center for a pair of bags: but no. Ashe reached second the same time as the ball did Anderson called him out. Aud then what a howl of disgust and dis- satisfaction went up, Confusion reigned su- reme, and before the game could proceed ogan was compelled to go out in the field aind announce that he was sick and unable to umpire and would watch bases. Then proceeded, sud for seven straight innings ‘Omaha made hits off Duryea and s called out on bases and on strikes, while Shafer had o split the plate in order to get a strike called, and even with that treatment the temporary champions only made two little puny scriteh hits off his delivery. I the eighth Cooney—littleCooney—made a hit, and ufter stealing second in a manner Which would have reflected credit on a pen- eyweighter, big Wilson came to the plate and smashed a safo one to right and beforo the ponderous Frenchman who guards first for the visitors could wheel his husky frame to the spot where it landed, the Omaha light- weight crossed the plate. Then was pandemonium everybody yelled dance. ‘The rest of the game was a blank although Anderson tried to get a run for his team by sending a man to buse on balls, but it didn’t ‘work and amid a shower of cushions, chest- nuts and lemon rinds he crawled into his shell and was wheeled home in a barrow. That Shafer pitched a good game can be secn by the score. Count the hits, That the umpire tried to steal the game can also be detected in the official table. Omaha made fiftecn hits, two of which were triples and one a double, stole seven bases and made no errors, and yet only scored one run. Think of it. It will be a cold day when Mr. Anderson umpires again in Omaha—in fact, it will be tl%lld. e home team played a snlendid game and thoir support of Shafer was magnificent, 1“!:““ bou hhlnw;(l]' WITI rg‘gl:'lflwnl. Thel‘(’:)nl; 0, P well, but they are no m: firr:]m looa!%-m avany Mme.y ‘Read the score: OMATA. AR, FEFEEEE let loose and like a Pawnee at a scalp N aE Snd " Burns, If. Annis, m, ©O'Connell, 1b Coonay, ss. ‘Wilson, rf. Nagle, ¢ Miller. 3b Shaffer, p. oo El ambnsen | cocorocoor S| mwmoe———nd 5| nononmannd £l avvcarace? ol cccocooco ST. PAUL, AD. Ry = Dt gis S Carroll It w0 Bl wmwxme olecccscocs | rowencar~ © Earned runs—Omaha 1. Two base hits— Qrcoks, Tree baso hits—Miller, O'Con- ell. Double plays—Cooney, Crooks, O'Con- ell; Crooks, O'Councll, Bases an’ balls— By Shaffer, 5. Leit on bases—Omaha &, St. Paul 1. Struck out—By Shofer, 3; Duryea, &, Timo—2:. Upire—Anderson of the SE. Chicago 8, Kan, EANsas City, August 2.—[Special Tele- gram to Tne Bes. | —~Chicago won the second g:me of the series with the Blues by out- tting and outfielding them. The only re- deeming feature of the home team’s playing ‘was Lange's game at short, his stops being llmgly phenomenal. Al the visitors played g00d ball. The gawe was & tie up to the seventh inning, when Chicago struck a bat- u:; streak and assisted by errors and general E plnfllng by the Blues scored five runs, a which the howe team did uot reduce. Elloore: insas City.....0 0 210 0 0 0 0—-8 Chicago. .. 10800005 0 *-8 Earned runs—Kansas City 1, Chicago 3 Two-base hits—Cartwrigh E:‘hun. Rheims, Hoover, rner. Double rague, Han- Threo-baso’ hits— plays—Hunnaban, Rheims and Schoenck. it by pitched ball—Johns- . First base on errors—Chicago 4. e}nek out—By MecCarthy 4, by Dwyer £, ild pitches—McCarthy 2, Dwyer 1. Hits— City 9, Chicago'11. Errors—Kansas ity 8, Chicago 1. Batteries—McCarthy and ells, Dwyer and Hoover. Time—1:30, Umpire—Cusick. e — Des Moines 7, Milwaukee 2. Drs MoiNes, August 2.—-[Special Telegram %o Tur BEE. |-—-A very good game was played “between Des Moines and Milwaukeo to-day, mxfi the locals haa the game all the way ugh. The visitors were rather indiffer- ent in the and weak at the bat. 3 The Beore Mfi\u 40011 0-7 kee . 00010000 1--2 Runs earned—Des Moines 5, Milwaukee 2, “ Two baso hits—Holliday (2), Quinn, Traf- fley, Mills, Three base hits—Shaofer, Van ke. Hasos on balls—By Smith 3, by . el 2, Smnal out—By Smith 3. l’nsua‘ 1, . Um- uest. e Rain Stopped the Gamo, Siovx Crry, August 9.—|Special Telegram 80 Tue Bes.]—The game between the Sioux City and Minneapolis clubs was interrupted the first half of the fifth funing by a heavy ning and. SIovK. CIY bad 1o v and none out when the game ' Wamerday's Winners in the National e—1: 80, Loague - Contests. .S!qum ‘Auguat 3—Result of to-diy's gamo: Thie game was called at the end of | with the white as far as color goes, his the seventh inning on account of rain, 020020 04 28 Pitchers hits—Chicago 8, Indianapolis Chicago 1, Indianapolis 6. Umpire—] Detioit, August 2.— Result of to-day's am Betroit .. 000012930 0-5 Pittsburg ........0 38 0 1. 0 0 0 2 Pitchers—QGetzein and Staley. Base hits —Detroit 12 Pittsburg 9. 6, Pittsburg 4. Umpire—Lynch. WasHINGTON, August 2.—Result of to-day's ame: Washington.....0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0—2 Philadelphia 0000000 0—0 Pitohers—Whitney and Casey. Baso hits— Washington 8, Philadelphia Krrors— Washington 1, Philadelphia 2. Umpire— Valentine. Bosrow, August 2. —Result of to-day’s 0 0000002 New York . Pitchers. hits—Boston 7, New York S. ton 2, New York 2. Errors—1os- mpiro—Knight. Tho American Association Baurivone, August 2. —Result of to-day's ame Baltimore . 90118100 3-10 Kansas City....0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1—4 PriuapeLrira, August 2 —Result of to- day's game—thirteen innings: Athletics. . 0100001100015 Louisville ......000080100000 0— 4 Seward 8, York 7. Sewaun, Neb., August 2,—[Special to Tre BER,|—A close and interesting game of base ball was played here Tuesday between Yotk and Seward, resulting m a victory for the latter by a séore of 7 to 8. Stockham 16, fenderson 10, Youk, Neb., Aug. 2.—[Special Telegram to T Ber.]—The Henderson and Stock- ham clubs played here to-duy. The score: Hendersou, 82118300 0-10 Stockham 5100130 0-16 TURF EVENTS. Summary of Yesterday's Races at Snratoga. Sanatoaa, N. Y., August 2 —Summary One half mile—Button won in 4914, Servia second, Betha B. (cott) third. One mile—Hypocrite won in Dad second, Macheth third. Troqtlois stakes, one mile and five hundred 53, Bella B. sce- 114434, nrths of a_mile- Egmont won in tle second, DBessie June third one-half miles— 3:00, Evangeline second. Of the other starters, Meadow Queen bolted and Killarney's jockey fell Monmouth Park Races, Moxyorri Pari. August 2. —Summary : Flageolstea won in 1:423, Ben- away thivd, Chemise won rriente third. ¥ won in Cascade third, One mile—Lady se won, Uambyses second, Taragon third. Time, 1:4} Freehold stakes, one and_one-half miles— Starters, The Bard and Firenzi, Firenzi was first uway but she soou gave way to The Bard, wko took a lead of two lengths at the starting post, and the race bogau in carnest. The time for the mie, 1:43, was fast, but the real race -was on the last half. At the quarter mile from home the Bard still had a lead of a length and a_half, but as they straightencd out for the run m Firenzi came up and lapped him. All were standing on thei ts d shouted alike for their re Then went up the cry beaten.” So it prove last few str Time, 2 )7, Anyerw 1, equal- d. Three-sixteenths of a mile—Little Jake won_1n 1:17, Harrisburg second, Dalesman third. Three-fourths of a mile—Mona won in 1:14}¢, Freedom second, Ocean third, JACK DEMPSEY KNOCKED OUT. He is Unmercifully Pommelled By Charley Gleason at Minneapolis, MINNEAPOLIS, August 2.--|Special ,Tele- gram to Tne Bek.[—Charley Gleason, the Minneapolis light weight, knocked out Jack Dempsey, the Pacific Coast champion, m eight rounds, near Fort Snelling a little after noon to-day in a sharp, bloody en- counter. Quite a crowd of spectators were present from the twin cities. After the ring had been pitched a wrangle occurred over Gleason’s weight. Dempsey refused to fight because he claimed Gleason weighed upwards of 110. Gleason was weighed this morning and tipped the scales at 1373, Daniel Needham,the St. Paul light weight, was finally decided upon as referee. Prof. John H. Clark of St. Paul and Chris Murphy of Minneapdolis were (leason’s seconds and Tom Manning and Fred Engle of Minueapo- lis were behind Dewmpsey. The fight lasted eight rounds and was a brutal affair, Demp- sey succumbed in the eighth round, having been unmercifully punished. Gleason was also badly punished. In the first round the men sparred cau- tiously for an opening. Gleason landed first with his left, getting in two hard blows on Dempsey’s left cheek and nose. The second drew claret. The round was Gleason's, Dempsey failing to land a blow. In the second round Gleason opened by etting in a stinger on his opponent's jaw. is angered the Californian. His right shot out and landed on Gleason’s neck, just back of the left ear. It was a knockdown blow, but Gleason managed to get to his feet before the allotted time had expired. Gleason came to the center in the third little grogey, and fought on the defensive during the round. Little fighting was done and the time was spent in wrestling. - In the the fourth round Gleason bhad pretty much recovered and he pounded his opponcnt at will, but his blows were not e fective enough to put his man to sicey Dewpsey fouiht with bulldog tenacity. Just before the call of time Gleason got in 4 fear- ful blow under Dempsey's left eyo that lud open a gash on his cheek an inch and a half long. G on got in a second blow on Dempsey’s head and followed his opponent to Lis corner and slugged himat will. The fifth, sixth and seventh rounds were ¥ brutal. Gleason continued to batter :unl until his face was pummoled - hth round Dempsey could stand up to longer and fell totho ground exhausted. The referee declared (ileason the winner, Tl‘?I‘sI\IINAA\l D IN K DRAW. and Jack Havlin ine Rounds, Nrpw Yok, August 2. —The international fight between Frank Murphy, of England, and Jack Havlin, of Boston, for $1,000 & sid came off this mornig at Verplanck’s Point, on the Hudson, aud ecuded in a draw. The men fought forty-nine rounds, taking three hours aud 'fifteen winutes. Tho party arrived at the scene of the flght in tugs and at b 44 time was calied. From the first the men fought hard. In the third round, fivst blood was claimed aud allowed Murphy, The fieht went on with the ad- vantages gained by either alternating in almost every round, and neithor obtainng any advantage sufficient to change the bet- ting, which tinded even through- out. The forty-seventh round Wiss the severest in the battle, und was a terribly hard fought ome, cousidering the condition of the wmen then. Havlin was staggering around the ring and Murphy was too weak to take advantage of his condition, At the end of' the forty-ninth round it was plain that ueither of the men possessed suf- ficient strength to continue the fight, and the referee declaved it a draw. His decision :;ll conceded by all to be the only one pos- o i You can find cool, well furnished rooms at the Globe hotel, best located house in Omuha. —e—— “STRANGER, YOU AR' KIVERED.' A Yankee's Adventure with Moon shiners in Teunessee. Detroit Free Press: Were I asked to name the races of south I should answer: ““‘White, black, and the moun- taineer.” e latter belongs to a ‘dis- tinctive race. While he msy be classed Errors—Detroit- tastes, habits, characteristics, and mode of lifeare peoculiarly his own. If he likes you he will make any sacrifice to oblige you. If he hates you he will seek your life with a determination which nothing can damp. The great world beyond his mountain home isa sealed book to him. He lives in him- self, by himself, and for himself. 1 was riding over that spur of the Cumberland mountains which General Morgan (federal) held so gallantly while Buell and Bragg were driving each other by turns over Kentueky, when I lost my way. The mountain trails of the south are dangerous puzzles to a stranger. They run up and down—twist —turn—dodge—lose themselves in dark rvavines and seem to suddenly end in dark and lonely gaps. There is a feeling of loneliness which you cannot shake off, and a feel- ing of anxiety which rides with you and kecps every sense alert. Every rod of the trail has its ambush, and every quarter of a mile its cliff, seemingly ready to fall upon ryuu. I came toa spot where three trails branched away. It was luck and chance. I took one which led me into & long, dark ravine where the summer sun has never yet touched the jcicles on the rugged rocks, which cooled the mountain rivulet pouring over the moss-grown ledges. After going a mile I felt that I was wrong, and was about to turn back, when a voice suddenly called out through the semi-darkness: “Stranger, you ar’ kivered. Throw up your hands.” that command ever reaches your ears obey it at once, and do your argu- ing subsoqueutly. It means that your head or heart is in point blank range of bullet or buckshot, with a finger rest- ing on the triger and ready to pull if you don’t obey the summons. Up went my hands. After a long half-minute a moun- taineer, who had a dead sight on me with a double-barreled shotgun across a point of rocks twenty feet ahend, stepped into view on the trail and said: “Stranger, slip down!” 1 slipped off the saddle. **Now lead®ou mule up that ravine to the right.” Tsimply saw a man six feet high, straight “as an arrow, long-haived, whiskers unkempt, dress that of a mountaineer. Yes, I saw more. He held the gun fair at my breast. One suspicious move on my part and I was a dead man. He spoke in a low voice, but there was that in his voice which chilled me. Without a second look at him [ took the mule by the bits and led him up the ravine. We had not gone twenty rods before I scented a whisky still. At the end of five rods more we were in a rude camp. Two moonshiners sat on a log, guns across their knec: and back of and below them a still was was running off its extract of corn. “One o' them spies,” said the man who had followed me, and I let go of the mule and sat down on a stump. “A good keteh,” growled one of the sitters. Mighty kind 1in him to coms yere, chuckled the other. They were moonshiners, and they tovk me for a spy sent out by the gov- ernment official of that district. I looked from one to the other. There was a determination in each look—an implacable sternness of expression which would have warned a genuine spy that his hour had come. Not one of pity-=not one line of mercy. A prisoner at the stake among the Apaches would have had more hope. These men were lawbreakers---out- -being hunted after every day in year. Why? Because they are making a living—keeping soul and body together---in the only way open to them. ~ The bits of valleys in the grim old Cumberlands will grow corn and potatoes. The potatoes are wanted for the table. If there is more corn than the razor-backed hog or the shackling mule can consume it is a dead loss. Convey it to market—-two daysto go and two t0 come-—-and sell. it for two bits a bushel, and the owner and seller would starve on the way. Make it into aarrel or two of whisky, and it will bring cash on the spot, ot near i It is not to grow rich---not hoping to better his condition—but simply to live. It is against the law of the land. The mountaineer may go ragged and ungry, but he must not distill, It is the only law he breaks. Aye! he even lives closer than most of us to all the commandments. He breaks it because grim necessity forces him to. He is outlawod and hunted that officials may make fees. I knew all this before I looked into the stern, sat faces around me, and [ knew why I looked in vain for a gleam of mercy. “Iamnospy,” T said,and I looked about me. **I am a traveler making for C‘xmberh.nd Gap, and I’ve lost my way. “Go up that path,” commanded the man who had captured me. “‘Not until I satisfy you that I am not a sp; “Kiver him, Joe,” whispered the man to one of the others, and ashotgun covered my br nin, The lender ran buclk ravine to be sure at no one had fol- lowed us, When he returned he said: ‘Say yer prayers, stranger! Jc when [ riz my hand do you plug him “Did any of you ever hear of Joe Rickaby?"'T asked, trying hard to keep a steady voics “Wall, leader. “*About a year ago T found him in jail in B——. e had been there for sev- oral months. Ile was sick and out of money and 1 aided him. Here's his name in my note-book. See? The man with the gun lowered his weapon and came closer and asked “Was anybody else in the jail with Joe? “Yes—half a dozen—all moonshiners. I sent in 32 worth of pipes and tobacco, and [ got one of them some quinine.” ‘‘He’s the chap, sure’s shooting!” ex- claimed the man as he turned to the others, **On my soul he is,” added the leader as he came up and removed his hat. “Durn your buttous!” whispeved the thivd, In a minute more it was all right and they were shaking my hand so vigor- ously that my shoulder ached. The humble cabin a quarter of a mile away was open to me forever more and it was two days before they would let go of me to resume my journey. The wife at the cabin had move perception than the men, She looked me over and then gnid: “0, sassafrax, but you fellers is all blind. Hain’t he Yank all over and all through. Whar’s the sunburn? Whar's the lingo? Whar’s the hoss pistols? Purty muss you'd hev got yerselves into killin’ a” Yank, who don’t keer if every branch in Teunessee runs cl'ar whisky. Better not be so handy with them guns arter this,” The leader walked beside me for five miles when 1 left, and as we parted he said: “Stranger, when T told ye to sa; i\:m' prayers I meant they -hnuldhnm{z ty short. I'd hev. given ye about ten sec- onds, fer I wanted to sat yer body outen the way. Yer couldn’t hev told us nuthin’ else to prove that you wasn’t a spy. Give this paw a farewell squeeze, down over the oico. vhat if wo had,” asked the ',ufl don’tlay it up agin’ me.” CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS The Fisherles Treaty Again Taken Ug in the Senate. TWISTING THE LION'S TAIL. Riddleberger Deems the Squelching of Englanit One of the Essential Condifjons of National - Existence. Senate. Wasmnarox, D. C., August 1.—The pre- siding officer of the senate to-day announced the appointment of a select committee, un- der Mr. Hoar's resolutions, on the commerce and business between the United States and Canada, as follows: Messrs. Hoar, Allison, Hale, Dolph, Pugh, Eustis and Blodgett. A conference committee was ordered ap- pointed on the naval appropriation bill, and Mossrs. Hale, Farwell and Beck were ap- pointed conferees on the part of the senate. A resolution instructing the commitiee on Indian affairs to continue the investigation of Indian affairs, with authority to visit In- dian reservations, was reported and agreed to. Mr. Stewart's resolution, offered vester- day, calling on the secretary of the interior for information as to cancelled desert land applications, was taken up and adopted. 'he fisheries treaty was then taken up in open executive session, the question being r. Morgan's motion to postpone further consideration until December next. Mr. Riddleberger made an exhaustive specch against the treaty. Referring w the subject of the treaty, he declared: “We will never be & national government until we whip England for the third time. Our boasted Monroe doctrine is being annulled and wiped from the face of the earth to-day, and we find gentlemen on the other side of the chamber saying that we must arbitrate or we must fight. The party that stands out boldly against any concession by this govern- ment of 60,000,000 people is the only party fit to govern,” After 4 a_ reference to the Parnoll troubles Mr. Riddleberger suid: L | would as soon make a Qtreaty of commerce with the Fiji islands as with the British government. It becomes the so- called Amer i democracy to make such a treaty, but it ill becomes the republican party.? Mr. Motgan proceeded to address the sen- ate. Heswd: “If Great Britain does not acceptour amendments, that ends the matter, If she does then we have a treaty which will be satisfactory to two-thirds of the senate. If this treaty does not suit us let us write one that suits us, and advise the president to sub- mit it to Great Britain.” Commenting on the statement in the majority report that the time for negotiation had passed, Mr. Morgan characterized it as a piece of ‘“outrageous presumption,” and said that the committee on foreign relations had no more right to in struct the president to cease negotiations than it had to require him to resign his office. He paraphrased the closing paragraph in the report in this mannmer: “We bog your majesty that you will not take this abortion which the president has negotiated with your commissioners, and its rejection as being an evidence of hostile purpose on the part of the United States.” My. Morgan went on to give a further frée franslation of the para- graph, as follows: ‘“Ouroffense (as you will please to understand it) is not against your royal majesty at’all, or your majesty’s gov- ernment. it is 'against Grover Cleveland. We want to give hil a wipe, and we have done that by degouncing him as the pre- sumptuous m'):o(’lnmr of a_treaty in the face of our law makin it his duty to employ re- taliation. We have done it. We have Hat- tened him out gill we turn now to your majesty and assurk' your majesty humbly thut we did not megu any offense towards ) Teller obtained the floorand the senate resumed legislative business. Several im- portant bills were'passed, and after an exec- utive session the senate adjourned. WASHINGTON, August 2. senate amendments to the house bill provid- ing for appraisers of the warehouse at New York City were non-concurred in and a con- ference ordered. The house proceeded to the consideration of the senate amendments to the army ap- propriation bill, and they were non-concurred in, and a conference was ordered. The house then went into committee of the whole, Mr. Springer, of Illinois, in the chair, on the deficiency appropriation bill. In speaking to the formal amendment, Mr. Hovey, of Indiaug, replied to a speech pub- lished in the Congressional Record of Sun- day last, purporting to have been delivered in the house on the preceding Saturday by Representative Matson, of Indiana, on the subject of pensions, He denied that the speech had been made and said that it was no wonder that Mr. Matson preferrad to print his speeeh in the Record rather than to meet with prompt replies to his bold assertions. The speaker referred to the attitude of the democratic party as being opposed to pension legislation, and said, regurding the bills in- troduced for the benefit of soldiers which have been crushed in committee by the dem- ocrats, that their responsibility and their actions would be remembered by the men whose rights they had so unfeelingly 1g- nored. He criticised the committee on rules for not assigning a day for the consideration of pension legislation, and he deciared that the many petitions and prayers of thousands of soldiel remained un- road and disregarded. He said that the democrats did not dare to vote upon these general pension bills because they knew that every northern democrat who voted against them would sound his own death knell, He then pro- ceeded to argue that if the Mills bill become a law there would be no money in the treas- ury with which to pay the soldiers’ pensions. He then referred to the Matson bill, relative to pensions, and declared that it was a pau- per bill, cutting off, as it did, from all re- lief all soldiers who were not dependent on charity. In conclusion he declared that the republican party was the party of the sol- diers, and that the speech of his colleague could not convince them to the contrary. Mr. Hobman inquired whether the bill to which the gentleman referred as having been sent to the committee on public lands was that granting county lands to soldiers. Mr. Hovey replied in the affirmative. Mr. Holman said that during the war he had sought to procure the passage of such a bill, but that it had been defeated in the re- publican house. Subsequently he had se- cured the passage of such a bill through the house against the opposition of leading re- publicans. Mr. McKinney,i of New Hampshire, de- fended the president,from the charge of be- ing an enemy of the soldier. He had, during his term of ofice, signed 1,204 private pen- sion bills, as against: 1,524 signed by all the republican presidents from Lincoln to Arthur. He had signed bills carrying §uur eral pension legislation which applied to 144,300 persons. Mr. McCutcheon declared that every man, woman and child awhose names were on the Ymuiuu rolls owe their position to the repub- ican party, not otie.name had been added by the democratia’ party, except those per- sons whose names had veen restored to the rolls after partieipation in the rebellion against the govertnent. The debate then turned upon the tariff question and rebel ‘battle flags. Without further action the eummittee rose and the house adjourned. " ¢ - AMUSEMENTS, The Great Docstadter Minstrel Com- pany at Boyd's. Notwithstanding the almost insufferable weather, Docstadter's minstrel company at tracted a more than fair avdience at Boyd's last dight. Notwithstanding the round, fat, oleagenOus face of Billy Rice is missing, the performance is an improvement since the last visit here. Docstadter was never in better trim, and his unique comicalities kept the house in an incessant roar, There will be an entire change of programme this ovening: with “‘Bedloes Island and the Statue of Lil erty Enlightning the World” as a finish for the first part, and Docstadter's new political skit, *‘On the Fence,” for the finale. —— The UNION PACIFIC. is the only road running through Pullman Cars between the Missouri River and Port- land, Oregoun. N " "Burlington Route | | CB&QAR. | The Burlington takes the lead. | Burlington! Route ! C.BRORAR It was in advance of all lines in developing Nebraska. It was in advance of all lines in establishing dining-car service between Missouri river points and Chicago. It was in advance of all lines in giving the people of Omaha and the West a fast mail service. It was in advance of all lines in running its trains from the East into Omaha propsr. It was in advance of all lines in reducing the time of passenger trains between Omaha and Chicago. It was in advance, and is the only line by which you can feave Omaha in the morning and arrive in Denver the evening of the same day. It has been progressive in the past. It will lead in the future. Travel and ship via the Burlington. Ticket Office, 1223 Farnam Street. Depot on Tenth Street. (Burlington| - Route CBEQAR. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, The Annual Report Shows Satisfac- tory Growth and Progress, The eleventh annual report of the directors of the public library has been issued, and makes a gratifying showing. The record is for the year ended June 1. It shows that $3,425 were expended for books and $380 for periodicals. The salary list was 83,012, besides #1,750 for making a card catalogue, and the total expenses were 13,020, The number of entries in the accession catalogue is 19, The number of volumes entered during the 7, of which 1,880 were additions by purchase, 20 by bind- ing periodiculs, and 257 gifts. Of the latter, Mrs, Susan B. Grant gave 104 old and rare books; Mrs, Fanny Edgar gave twenty-six volumes of works in for n languages, and the Omaha National bunk gave sixteen volumes and unbound period- 1cals. The number of books worn out and con- demned was 256, This includes about seventy-five volumes of Alger and Adams, these authors having been discontinued in the library. The lost books number eight. The net gain for the year was 2,063. The total number of book-borrowers’ cards issued from February, 1575, to June 1, 1888, is 14,411. The number of registration during the year was 2,203, During the year the circulating department was open 301 days ; 45,488 books were issued for home use, & gain of 5,147 over the preced- ing year. The average daily circulation was 814." The largest number issued in one day was 687, Maroh 17, 1888; the smallest 118, September 6, 1887, Tho reading room 18 supplied with 106 sorials, eighty-six being purchases and twenty-six gifts. The list comprises twenty dailies, forty-five weeklies, one fortnightly, thirty five monthlies, two bi-monthlies and three quarterlies, The librarian’s record classifies the hooks drawn in the following table of percentage: Poetry and drama. . Science and theolo Art, ess Hi Ve Biography. . i Prose fiction, juveniles 184,02 A part of the demand for fiction is ac- counted for by the fact that books in other departments were inuccessible during a por- tion of the year. The institution was reorganized during the year, and that without closing its doors. The library was divided into twenty-four grand divisions, each being sub-divided according to importance and the resources of the li- brary. In English prose fiction, juvenile, essays, collected works, periodicals and for- eign lunguages, a strict alphabetical arrange- ment was the rule. In collected biogr the size of the book determined its position. Individual biographies were arranged alpha- betically according to subject, with rear- rangement according to size. All the library, exclusive of 200 miscellane- ous volumes and the public documents, have been reclassified, shelf listed and numbered. Poetry and drama, English prose fiction, ju- venile, graphy, history, travel, natural science, practical arts, periodica X ays and miscellunies The number of cavds arr rs is 24,897, Of those books ¢ wise prepared, 4,000 remain to be card cata- logued. A “finding list” of 252 pages hus also been prepared. e The King in a Capboard. Alfonso I1I, the little king of Spain, is now beginning to walk by the hand of his mother or his nurse, To look at him dres: in his short frock and a hat with feathers stuck on his head, it is hard to realize that he is the commander-in- chief of the Spanish armies, grandmas ter of all the military orders in the kingdom, and that the future hope of the Spanish monarcy is centered in the little fellow. Such being the case, it is no wonder that the queen scarcely ever loses sight of him. Moreover, besides the govern- ness and the nurse a whole host of se. vants are in constant attendance upon him; yet, notwithstanding all these orecautions, a few days ago the young king was nowhere to be found. The queen regent was holding a council with her ministers while the royal children played in an adjoining room. During their play the little princesses went out, leaving his majesty sitting alone on the floor surrounded by his toys. ' Shortly afterwards the queeu was sent for, and on going out she found all the attendants of the palace in the greatest consternation; the king was not to be seen anywhere. The princesses, on bo- ing questioned, replied that they did not know what had become of their brother, The whole palace was searched from top to bottom. The queen, in her agitation, hurried from one apartment to anather without discovering a trace of her child. At length a noise and the sound of kicking was heard to frot:eea from a cupboard, and on opening the door there, sure enough, sa, the king, trying to make himself heard. He had been in search of his little sisters, who were playing hide and seek,and on get- ting into the cupboard to lock if they were there, ‘the door had suddenly closed and fastened him in, Telephone 250. AT STANDING ROCK AGENCY. Very Little Progress Made at Yes- terday's Conference. THE REDS STILL HOLDING OFF. i Contradictory Reports Received From Varlous Sources Regarding the Outlook and the Disposition of the Indians. The Sioux Res St. PAUL, August 3 Standing Rock conference are rather con- tradictory to-night. Correspondents at the agency say that yesterday's council lasted over four hours, but nothing was accom- plished. The Indians refused to sign. Speeches were made by Gall, Mad Bear, Sitting Bull and other chiefs. Sitting Bull said that he was opposed to the treaty, and as many Indians had crops to look after, there was no use of keeping them in council longer. Gall said that he would not sign either paper, and that this was final. A Pierre correspondent says that direct and relsble information to-night from Standing Rock agency is to the effect that the Indians will sign the treaty beyond & doubt. The reds are simply holding off for presents and feasts and at no couference has taere been any strong opposition to signing the treaty. Intelligence from Lower Brule and Crow Creek this morning, to the effect that there was 1o opposition down there, contirms the belief that the commission will succeed in its work, and that within three months the ervation will be thrown open. jovernor Church has returned to Bis- marck from Standing Rock agency. He says that while the Indians are stubborn he believes that the commission will finally in- duce them to sign. ervation. pocials dabout the — SUMMER BLAZES, The Fire Department Warm Over a Couple of Them. ‘The fire department was called out at 8:45 yesterday to extinguish a blaze which had broken out in a frame flat owned by Mrs. Sarah Hawes, on Seventeenth street near Clark. The flat was occupied by the familios of L. A. Cotlins, Henry Louls, John Rice and C. M. Broom, and the flames were not sub- dued until all had sustained more or less loss. That of the proprietor, Mrs. Hawes, was about $500, fully insured;: Colling $25 Louis §300 and Rice §500, no insurance, The fire had its origin in an adjoining barn he- longing to Chas, Stone. This with the con- tents, embracing a valuable horse, buggy, feed and harness was entirely consumed, depot underwent a a destruc night, Sh watchwan — was loud explosion whyck the centre of the denot, was upwards of a half million dol lars' worth of freight, and i a mo- ment @ huge volume of flames and swoke broke forth, The watchman, with the as- sistance of the telegraph operator, qrickly had the depot hose at_work, and_befor department reached the scene had succs in extinguishing the fire. The explosion took place amony a pile of drug goods, but the cause could not be established other than on the theor, of spontaneous combustion. the Cleveland Races. CreveLaxp, August 2.—Five thousand persons attended the races to-day. The weather was perfect and the track in excel- lent condition. 2:20 class, trotting, purse 82,000 (unfin- ished)—Janemont first, Governor Hill sc oud, James G third, Geneva 8 fourth. Bes! time—2:1514 T 2:24 class, trotting, purse £2,000—Lady Whitefoot first, Roy second, Nowton 13 third, Fogue fourth. ' Hest ti 185¢, Grand special trot, purse §2,500—CGuy won 1 three straight heats, Fred Folger second. Best time—2:15} The pacer Jack Gio Easy, inan attempt to ord of 2:06, made a mile in 2:05% 2:18 class, trotting, purse $2,000, (un finished)—White Stockings won the first heat, Favonia the second and third bLeats. Best time--2:16}. 1814, You Bet, with a running mate, ak Lis ree: What is Rosewood? " cholas: It has been a great tery to many young persons why the od wood s0 much used for shouid be called **rose- wood”, Its deep-tinted, ruddy-streaked surface certaiuly does not resemble the rose, 80 we must seek some other reason for the name. Hoere it is: When the treo is first cut, the frosh wood exhalos a very strong, rose-like fragrance, which 800N s away. leaving uo trace of the peculiar odor. There are several va- rietics of rosewood trees; the best, how- ever, aré those found in South America and the East [ndies, and neighhocing islands, {and A RUINED HOME. A Wife's Recital of Her Injustice to Her Husband. J. F. Nelson is a tall, good-looking youth, with black eyes aud black hair falling back over his shoulders like an Oscar Wilde or Buffalo Bill. Heis a tonsorial artisy and manipulates the razor at a shop at the cor- ner of Sixteenth and Webster streets. Nel- son is an mdustrious young man, and works carly and late mthe laudable endeavor to luy by something for the proverbial rainy day. ‘Wednesday evening after his day's work was done, he washed his face, oiled his raven locks and went home. He resides with his young wife in a suite of rooms over a jew- Clry store on Sixteenth street, between Web- ster and Burt. His wife's maiden name was Alice Louise Andrews, and they were mar- ried just a year ago at Atchison. All this time ling had becn us serone as o mooulight night within the house- hold of the young couple. . The wife was loving, attentive and frugal, the husband o regular paragon of & lesser half. His home was the haven of rest, quiet and peace, and his wife o thin beauty and a joy forever. Little recked Nelson of what awaited him as he wended his way home Wednesday night; his heart was as light and buoyant as a femther; shortly it wastobe bowed with woe. Mrs. Nolson met_him at the door with the customary osculation, and before the tired husband had swallowed his vesperiau hash, or had & mo- ment's time for rest, she said : “John, [ have something to tell you, and [ your forgivencss first; if you o me, kill me, and put mé out of She was pale, and her eyes were suffused with burning tears. The husband was dumbfounded. He spoke not a word nor moved amuscle. His heart was filled with conflicting emotions. What could she mean ! His silence was a significance for her to proceed. Then, clasping him, about the neck she froze his biood by the confession that sho was untrue. She told him that for more than a week she been holding secret assignations at their home with unother man, and her guilt was destroy- ing her by inches, She had fought against it it with all the stfength of her weak nature, but she was in the toils of the devil and there seemed no escape. Nelson stood like an im- age carved from stone, and listened to this story of infidelity like one in a trance. But when his wife sought to caress him, all the while imploring forgiveness, he turned upon her like some wild beast and with a blow of his fist knooked her down. Then as he gazed upon lier, groveling at his feet in her help- lessness, a flood of remorse rushed to his heart, and gathering her, he said he would forgive her. He told her to put on her hatand they would take a walk, when she could tell him of her sin, the name of the man who had blasted his hopes and disgraced his name, * They were thus prepariug to leave their rooms, when a police the door, and placed Nelson His wife's pit ! neighborhood, ing his wife. of course could nt, o m; wife's disgry ave been worse tor ture than ton y In consequence he was taken awi trial in the oty pr his story to" a reporter yesterday and requested th should sub- voena bis A witness. He did not lnow the name of his wife's be- trayer, but suspected o handso painter who had known her in her girlhoos at Atchison and Santa I'o. He says his wife must tell her story in court, and that steps will be taken to punish her seducer, He did not intimato the nature of tho course to bo pursued, but his black eyes blazed in a way that bodes 1o good to some one. Extend the Merit System, Century: The objections to eivil ser- vi form come principally from those who are or who aspire to be politicians, To have the ofiices filled by worthy and competent persons, whose term of office is not dependent on the suceess or de- feat of any party, who this numer- ous class of their stock in trade, and permanently retire them from politics. ‘What di nee does it make to mo ter of my village ublican, if he be By ether the postme is a democerat or a r competent and obliging? The same is true of the county officers. Politics should have nothing to do with them, for they have nothing to do with politics. There are only a fow political offices. Why should the non-political offic when experience has made them capi- ble, be turned out every time the party sentiment and their filled by inexpe merit is their partisanship? Thepe cai be no satisfactory answer given to this question in the affirmati but that they should be retained us long as they are efficient and honest s patent from these reasons: First, it would be & suv- ing of expence: secondly, it woultd ge- cure a better service; thivdly, it would elevate ana refine politi —— Attend Edholm & Ak)i Claaring salo of gold und silvor watches, Best and biggest bargains ever offzred in'the west. . All goods warvanted ay vepresented, EDHOLM & AKati,