Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 14, 1889, Page 2

? 2 c TOMAIYS POSTORFICE. SITE, The Papers Inthe Case Not Yet Ready For Submission. EXPECTED BY TUESDAY MORNING A Olerk Busy Making a Synopsis of a Mass of Documents Relating Thereto—The Oklahoma Fever Strikes Washington, 518 FOURTEENTH STREET, Wasmisaros, D. C., April 13, Supervising Architect Windrim said to-day that he hiad not yet had an opportunity to 100k over the papers in the Omaha case; that the olerk who was assigned to that duty had not completed the synopsis which he was di- rected to make some days ago, and of which mention was made in these dispatches, This clerk is still surrounded by a mass of docu- ments relating to the Omaha site, and he ex- pects to be kept at it all day Monday and to have his report ready for submission by Tuesday morning, Among the papers submitted is a lengthy legal plea signed by Judge James Neville. The judge asserts in substance that under the advertisement of the department which requires a full square, the site between Farnam and Douglad and all other sites that are d ded by an alley should be ruled out because the city has no authority 10 vacate an alley and cannot dispose of an alley legally, and if any such alley was va- cated by the city council it would have w be offered for sale to the highest bidder. The only two streets in Omaha that have no al- leys are Dodge streetand Capitol avenue, hence the choice of sites must be confined to these streets. Judge Neville further adds that while 1t is true that the Planters’ house block must be acquired by condemna- tion process, the parties making the offer are willing to filo a guaranty for $100,000 that the cost of the site will not exceed $400,000. This document is countersigned by Senator Manderson, as correct to the best of his kuowledge. There never was a time in the history of the office when there were s0 many snarls growing out of the selection of federal build- ing sites. Omaha is up, and at the same time the secretary is called upon to decide as to whether or not the report of Mr. Linton shall be adopted in the Milwaukee case. The secrefary has also a serious question for con- sideration arising out of the selection of a site for the new postofiice building in Buftalo. On top of all this he histeted to a delegation yesterday-and again to-day, which came from Binghamton to protest against the site selected in that town. Here a site was selected in such a 1cation that 1t is in danger of being flooded every spring. A contract ‘was let for the building and $00,000 has been expended on the structure, yet there aro nearly half of tho people of the town who want the whole thing abandoned, the lot and building, so far as it has gone, sold, and are willing to take their chances on getting another appropriation from congress rathor than have the present struc- ture completed. There is some difficulty oyer the location of the appraisers’ stores in New York and one or two of the southern cities have developed local sites over the se- lection of the sites for a public building. Altogether Secretary Windom fluds that - the supervising architect’s oftice gives him ‘ more troublo at the outset of the administra- 4 tion than uny bureau . the entire depart- .~ ment and that it takes as much of his time : to decide questions arising in that office as it loes to listen to the office-seekers who hrong his rooms every forenoon. THE OKLAHOMA FEVER. ‘There are indications that the Oklahoma “fever has broken out here in an exceedingly Jégangerous form. Four chiefs of divisions 1n +'the general land office, besides soveral clerks .. to-day resigned 'their positions in yorder that they might proceed at once /%0 the new territory. Some of these ‘gentlemen will try their chances as jomesteaders, but the business which will carry the most of them there is the belief that there will be an excellent chance for anen posted on the laws to do o thriving bus- Joess. The entire department has been flooded with letters during the last few days making for the chances of securing a home- stead m the new territory, which have come grom all sections of the country, and while there are already nearly ten settlers for every quarter section of land on the borders 8( Oklahoma, there is every indication here hat the number will be about doubled- by the time the clocks of the country mark the hour of noon on the 22d inst. A former at- tache of the general land office has prepared small pam plet on Oklahoma, and it is said hat thousands of copies have been sold in all sections to settlers. It is understood ‘here that there are fifteen or twenty men in rnhlng(m\ who have secured control f eleven town sites and within a week after the proclamation goes o effect at least that number f towns will be fully started on their way wards the dignity of cities. Stock in this pany is not offered for sale, but some Avell known names are mentioned in con- éction with it, and it 15 expected thav the éxt few months will demoustrate the truth of the assertion so {requently made in con- last winter, that there was scrip used * smong members of the house in order to #acure votes for the bill. ; RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE. ! ' There huve been quite a number of changes 1n the railway mail service during the past . few days, and it is thoe intention of the chief 1, ©f that service to make a number of others . within the next week. Iunalmost every in- _Btance where such changes have occurred, by men who were deposed to make ‘room for politicians by the lust admin- istration have been restored. Mr. Bell, the chief of the railway mail division, has expressed his determination 30 have the best men he can possibly find for this service, and he says that as a rule, those who have had long experience are to preferred to men who have no knowledge whatever of the service, There was no ‘branch of the government which suffered so much from the onslaught of the spoilsien @8 this important bureau. Thousands of ap- tments were made by President Cleve- and's subordivates solely on account of litics, and the result was that during the it three or four years there was more g‘:fl plaint over the mauner in which the Wasnixorox Bureav, Tre Oxana Bee. % ls were distributed than ever before in ., the history of the government. Mr. Bell i ' determined to put the service back on the . efficient basis which prevailed previous to !g. Cleveland's inauguration, and is taking right courso to accomplish this, I0WA POSTMASTERS APPOINTED TO-DAY. B. L. Pyle, Bromley, Marshall county,vice A, Ward, resigned, A. L. Latsfoich, Keokuk county, vice G, Watts, re- John M. Arngld, Davis City, De- Sounty, vioo 8. Bowman, rosigned; Edwin H. Buxton, Deep River, Poweskeik oaun vice C, R Jonkins, resigned; G. 7. Rpteon, Furugit Promont couniy, v 1 ¥ Ww. Prullinger, resigned; A. S. Bailey, Lari- per, Union county, vice A. H. Marmaduke, ; Herman C, Swan, Lovelia, xoe counmvlu M. 8. Smith, M. Hall, Niles, Floyd count [ . Thompson, resigned; Fanny {! <lw{:. n, Monroe county, vice A. M. Tate, igued; Jawmes Harris, 5 oounty, vice J. Demarsh, resigned; Wil- ur R. Peet, Troy Mills, Linn county, vice T. Kelly, resigned; Haje Wessels, Wells- burgh, Grundy county, vice Ceorgo Wells, + pemoved. Perry S, Hearn. kel tamoan Commissioners Sail. ! New Yorx, April 13.—Among the 300 sa- iy passengers on the Cunard steamer Um- Qe for Liverpool to-day were the members ~ pf the Samoan commission, John A. Kasson, Walter Phelps dand George H, Bates, Bates was accompanied by his fam- “fly, Ex-Mayor Hewitt and family were also on board ce - e Weekly Bank Statement. New Yoxs, Avril 13.—The weekly bank 0t shows the reserve inoreased 000. The bauks now hold $606,000 in Mxcess of logul requireiments. THE OMA THE OITY OCOUNCIL. = Mr. Webster Declares the Paving Specifications Ilegal. There was acrowded house at the council meeting last night, the attraction being the disposition by that body of the paving con- tract muddle. Tne matter was the first item on the list and came up in the form of a com- munication from City Attorney Webster upon the leeality of the paving contracts as awarded by the board of public works under the existing circumstances. In Mr. Web- ster's opinion the specifications vrepared by two members of the board of public works, were not legal as the city engineer took no part in @&the preparation of the specifioations as provided by section 4 of ordinance 1458, He also held that the council had no authority to amend the speci- fleations prepared by the board of public works, and that the amendments made by the council on March 27 were illegal and void. The board commenced advertising for bids on March 8 in one paper, and on March 10 in another, aud that specifications were adopted after the advertisements had been inserted. The specifications upon which the bids were to be received should have been in a completed form before the advertising be- gan. Ordinances Nos, 1984 and 1993, di- recting the board of public works to advertise for bids for paving, both contained o provision directing the board to advertise for bids for specific kind of paving material according to specifications, and also directing that bids for paving may also be made upon such specifications as the bidder may pre- scribe. The majority of the bids containea such special specifications. Such bids do away with competition, and are a violation of section 113 of the char- ter, requiring this kind of work to be let to the lowest responsible bidder, The specifications should have been adopted by the board of public works and city engi- neer before advertisements were made for bids. Uurin(ixl;lls advertisement no changes should have been made in thespecifications. The bids should, on account of the great ir- regularities mentioned, all be rejected.| The opinion of the city attorney was ap- proved and a resolution adopted by the council instructing the board ,0f public works to readvertise for bids upon specifica- tions adopted by the board of public works, all special specifications being barred. A petition for the grading of West Ander- son and Gregg streets was referred to the committee on streets and alloys, as was also o petition asking for the opening of Twenty- fifth stroet from Lake to Cassius. The paving of Nictiolas street was referred to the committee on paving, the city eaginoer and the board of public works. Mr. Hascall grew eloquent in his opposition to a resolution establishing two gasoline lampsn Orchard Hill, and became facetious in his remarks about Mr, Davis and Mr. Van Cawp’s efforts to supply the surrounding townships with gasoline lamps. The resolu- tion was carried, however. A reduction of $ was made from the billof the Omaha ghs company for over- charges for the month of March. The petiticn of the Omaha Motor co mpany for permission to lay a double track on Twenty-fourth street four blocks eastward from Vinton street, went to the committee on viaducts and railways. The board of public works was authorized to employ Thomas Gall and two assistants 10 repair curbing. The ordinance repealing the clause of or- dinar.ce 483, requiring the ciosing of saloons at midnight, came up for a third reading and after some discussion was passed by vote of 10 to 6 as follows: Ayes—Boyd, Jounsman, Ford, Hascall, Kaspar, Lowry, O’Connor, Sanders, Snyder and Van Camp, Nays—Bailey, Burnham, Davis, Schriver, Wheeler and Lee. An ordinance granting the right to the Omahu Motor company to construct a double track across the Eleventh street viaduct, under the usual regulations to be adopted by the council, the company to puy $5 per year rental for five years and such rental after that time as may be fixed by the council at the expiration of that time, was read aud re- ferred to the city atworney. A number of grade = ordinances passed. Owing to the absence of Mr. Chaffee, Mr. Snyder was appointed a member of the police investigating committee. * were SCORCHED AND SOARED. The Fate of a Stock of Furniture and Karnishings. The fire department was cailed, about 8:30 o'clock last might, to Hill & Young’s large furniture store, at 1211 and 1213 Farnam street. Chief Galligan and his boys got in their work at the front, the rear, on both sides, above and below, and succeeded in conquering the blaze before it could get a chance to do very much damage. The loss was principally caused by a flood of water on fine upholstered furniture, and will probably reach $10,000. The fire started among a lot of mattresses, sofus and bed clothing, on the third floor, and broke out so suddenly that by tho time che department arrived it had gained considerable headway. For a time it threat- ened very serious results. Mr. Hill, senior member of the firm, said that no accounting could be given as to the origin, unless some of the workmen, who had been in that part of the building about an hour previous, either dropped a lighted match, o some fire from a cigar or pipe. Both proprietors nud all the employes were in the building at the time, but were ready to close up and go home when they heard the alarm. Mr, Hill sud, also, that they had recently put in their spring goods, and estimated at &:0,000. It is insured, though he could not tell to what extent. While trying to get a hose into the window H. G. Clements, pipeman of No. 1 station, cut his wrist vory badly ou & Jug of broken glass. WIN WAVES AND FIRE. Tough Experiences of a Steamer During a Storm. NEwW Yonk, April 18.—[Special Telegram 0 Tuk Bex.]—The tramp steamship Tropic came into port last evening from Frogress, Mexico. Everything about her decks was a mass of wreckage, tho captain reporting that April 6, at 8 &. m., a gale struck the steamer. It was accompanied by thunder and light- ning. 1t continned all that day, and on the Tth increased to a hurricane. At 5 o'clock on the mo rning of the 7th & huge ball of fire fell close to the ship, enveloping her with red sparks. The ball struck the water twenty feet nway from the fore part of the steamer and then broke, the remains flyin in all directions. The barometer vibrate one-tenth each way at the tune. The cap- tain thinks it was a meteor. Two hours after the appearauce of the fire ball the en- gines of the vessel broke down and the steamer lay helpless m the trough of the sea, heading east southeast, until the 10th, when the weather moderated and the engines hav- ing been repaired the vessel proceeded. The gole lasted with hurricane force from mid- night, April 8, to midnight April 8, Mr, Bickle's Friends. H. J. Bickle, of' Twenty-seventh avenue and Burt street, got on speaking terms sev eral weoks ago with a couple of strangers who called at his place for a drink of water and something to eat. He took them in and fed them and a few days afterwards bougbu a_lotof carpenter tools from them. While Mir. Bickle was away from home yester day his newly formed acquaintances visited his ghwe and carried off the tools they had sold im along with a revolver, some clothing and other property belongiug to Mr. Bickle. The caso was reported to the police, - phialpaoiy Valuable Garbage. C. F. Gardner says he don't mind seeing rag pickers collecting papers, rags and scraps from the streets and alleys, but he thinks it about time to call a halt when one of these dealers comes along and loads your furnace into s cart. In carrying out his policy of reform, Mr. Gardner yesterday seou! 3 warrant from the police court for the arrest of Alex Gauder, a aealer in scraps, charging bim with having stolen & of a furnace from the premises of No. 719 North Sixteenth street. e Nebraskans in Ubicago. Cuicaeo, April 18.—|Special Telegram to Tue Bee.|—H. H. Shaberg, Alba Brown and Thomas Dickson, county commissioners of caster county, Nebraska, h&nlmr with ©. C. Bell, oonn:y clerk; J. b, n:fihl‘ ree- ister of deeds, and Ed R. Sizer, of the district court, are in the ecity, county and city public buildings. BENJAMIN SKILLMAN FREE, The Jury Brings In a Verdiot After Eight Hours, HE WILL LEAVE FOR THE WEST. Many Friends Congratulating Rim— The Proverbial Empty Gun Nearly Kills a Woman—Sportsmen's Annual Tournament. Bkillman Acquitted. Avunury, Neb., April 13, —[Special to Tme Ber.]—The jury in the Skillman oase re- turned a verdict of not guilty this morning at 7 o'clock, after having been out eight hours, The verdict is received here with almost universal approval. The poor, crip- pled old mother, the wronged sister and the distressed family presont a picture of happi- ness and relief that cannot well be pictured, Young Skillman will leave Monday for the west. He is receiving tho congratulations of his many friends here to-day. Court adjourned this morning until May 2, when it will convene to try the merits of the injunction wherein the county treasurer was nn&umud from coliecting back taxes on the old Brownville & Fort Kearney railroad bond case. [P Annual Tournament, Nonrrork, Neb., April 18.—|Special to Trr Bee.]—Preparations are well under way for the fifteenth annual tournament of the Ne- braska State Sportmen’s association, which 18 to be held nere May 21, 22, 23 and 24, Ten of the solid business men of Norfolk have formed a syndicate to give financial backing, of which J, B. Barnes, president of the State association, is president; A, K. Leonard socratary ; W. Marple, treasurer, and B. F. Locke, secrotary of tho State associa- tion, manager. These oficers constitute the executive board. Five thousand live pigeons are to be furnished. The shooters ' will be classified according to their records 8o that awmateurs will have a fair chance. piiggeiey A Nest of Criminals. Bram, Neb, April 13.—|Special to Tar Bee.]—H. E. Rodenan, charged with shoot- ing with intent to kill, was acquitted by the jury. Poter Stewart, charged with shooting at his wife, is held for another trial. The jury could uot agree. He is now out on $1,000 bonds. Richard Daniels was found guilty of bigh- way robbery on Julius Alshuler. Charies Nelson is now being tried as an aceomplice of Daniels, Charles Boree was found guilty of bur- glary. Blair has struck a nest of felons that dia nothing for a living but steal. Will Honor W, Avrproy, Neb., April Bge.]—A meeting of the citizens of Albion was held last night to make arrangements for the observance of the one hundredth anniversary of Washington's inauguration. M. B. Thompson, O.M. Needham, Prof. Jenkins, Rev. . C. Rush and J. E, Galbraith were appointed as a committee to make a programme for the day. The delightful rains of this week have made everybody happy, and we all expect good crops. Grant's Waterworks. GraxT, Neb., April 13.—[Special Tetegram to Tk Bre.]—The Lincoln Land company, through its secrctary, R. O. Phillips, entered into an agreement to-duy with the town council, to putin a complete system of water- works. Excavating will begin as soon as the contracts can be let. Grant breaks the rec- ord, being the youngest town i the state to malke such an improvement. It was Loaded. OvErtoy, Neb., April 13.—[Speoial to Tme Bee.]—The proverbial ompty gun came near doing its fatal work y esterday on the person of Mrs. S. M. Chase, of this precinct, The gun was 1w Mr. Chase’s buggy and was acci- dentally “discharged. The bullet passed through Mrs. Chase's clothing, and & variation of two inches would have proved a fatal shot. Mr. Chase supposed the gun was not loaded. She Didn't Get It. Keakyey, Neb, April 138.—[Special Tele- gram to Tur Bee.]—A damage suit in the county court here was decided late last night, wherein Mrs. Minnie Walsh brought action against Benjamin Swazze, a saloon keeper of Shelton, for selling liquor to her husband. Sho claimed $1,000, but the court failed to sustain her claim, Mad Dog Scare. UNADILLA, Neb., April 18.— [Special Tele- gram to Tie Bee.]—A mad dog scare is agi- tating the farmers here. A few miles north of this place several dogs affected with hydro- phobia have been killed, and owners of some thoroughbred cattle in the neighborhood are expecting losses from the ravages of the rabia dogs. Overton Items, Overrox, Nob., April 13.—[Spocial to Tux sud a meeting has been called to vote on bonding the district in the sum of 33,400 for this purpose. The postofiice was moved to-day. Mrs. Chamberlain succeeds C. T. Brown. i sl i, BATTLE WITH WHITE CAPS, An Officer 8hoots Five Who Try to Intimidate Him, EvassviLLg, Ind., April 13.—John La ford is road supervisor in Madison township, Dubois county. One of his duties is to take up stray hogs, and rccently he has im- pounded a large number of porkers, which he refused to release without the customary fine. Last Monday he received notice from White Caps that the logs were the property of poor people unable to pay the fine, and if ot promptly released he would be visited Wednesday and be compelled to surrender them. Thursday morning, about 1 o'clock, Lansford was awakened by a body of twenty masked men, who demanded the hogs. Ho refused, and they dismounted and proceeded to o througb his premises. He warned them to desist, and when they disregarded him he opened fire with a double-barreled shotgun, wounding two at the first volley, The White Caps immediately returned the fire through the windows of the house, wounding a son of Lansford. Old Lansford then took & brace of revolvers and coamtinued to peur shot wafter shot _into the ranks of his assailants, who, after discharging their woapons, beat a hasty'retreat, bearing throe of their wounded comrades out of the yard. One of them has since been identified y tho serious wounds he received and through him it was learned that five of the White Caps were wounded. Lansford is satisfled that he knows several of the White Caps and they will at onoe e summoned be- fore the grand jury. The iudignation of law-abiding citizens is great and it is said that the result is the organization of a vigil- suce committee to suppress them, KFatal Stabbing Affray. PoRTLAND, Ore., April 18.—A torrible fight occurred between a number of men ata hotel in Spokane Falls last night, in which five men were stabbed, three of them fatally. One of the men is Harry Johnson, of Chicago. e Rain Stops the Trip. WasniNaToN, April 18.—There was @ steady fall of rain during the eatire morn- ing, and the president was forced to aban- don his ‘rmpond trip down the Potomac river to-day. R The Squirrel is Pious. In one corner of achurch at Rock Spring, Ga., a flying squirrel has his nest, and on Sundays, every time the congregation begins tosing the squirrel comes out to the edge of his nest and listens, returning when the singing ceuses, SOME AWTUL SCENES. Continwe®™ From First Page.| asked to co-operate in providing police pro- tection, but noti the American officers that he was afral rust his mon opds, s the American sailors would attack them. He requested the Americans to take full oon- trol of the town, this was accordingly done and order v unily restorod. On Sunday ev e English war ship Calliope was s, Much anxioty had been folt on her t, -and there was a Reneral feeling of relief when it was found that she was safe. As she entered tho har- bor the next morning every one in the town supposed that in the aistressed situation sho would be ready to offer every assistance to the American and German sailors. Captain Kane announced, however, that he would take on coal and leave for Sidney at once. The English residents. criticized his action severely. ¥ The next day the Nipsic was hauled off. She was not loaking, but her boilers wore sprung and the propeller would not work. The rudder, smoke-stack and most of hor boats were gone, and sho was badly shattered above the water line. Her officers and crew were living dboard Admiral Kimborly has not yet deceded whether it will be safe to send her to sea. The Vandalia will be a total loss, A list of the dead is as follows: From crew of the Eber, Vandalia, 43; Adler, 20; Nipsic, 7; Schooner Lilly, 2; Tren- ton, 1; Natives, 2; total, 146, Admiral Kimberly sent word by a small schooner to the island of Tuilla, requesting the commander of the Alameda to call at Apia, as he intended, if possible, to send the officers and survivors of the Vandalia crew to San Francisco, if the Alameda could tuke them. She was only able, however, to take about fifty of the men. Divers have been at work on the Van- dalia and have recovered many things. A huge derrick has been erccted on the shore and an effort is being made to lighten the Trenton by taking off the two pivot rifles on her spar deck, weighing about eight tons each, after which the Treuton will be pumped out it possible, in hopes that sho may get afloat. It'is feared, however, that the flag ship is badly broken under the water line, and it is not thought that the effort to suve her will prove successful. The German corvette Olga hauled off the mud flats on the 20th, and is now afloat in the harbor. The natives dis- play the greatest kindness towards the Americans and are ready to render them any possible assistance. Two parties of natives came to Apia yesterday, one from the Island of Savay and the other from Manono. They numbered several hunared men, and marched through the town singing, each man carrying in his hand a gift for the American admiral. When they arrived in front of the consulate they placed in the' yard® great quantities of chickens, cocoanuts} vaths, tara and othor articles of food. Admiral Kimberly thanked the men for théif generous offerings, ac- cepted the gifts and distributed them among the sailors. SR b ANNOUNOEMENTS. . sty Monday and Tuesday evenings pretty Kate Castleton, with her bewitching songs, shy capers and gracefdMdan®es, will be at the Hoyd, in her new comedy, “A Paper Doll,” An elaborate excusg for_ its name figures 1n the plot and involves a picture in a locket, on which depends g E entification of an o heiress. Miss Cadtfeton| ‘plays the heiress und Mr. Tannehill plays Herbert Noble, pro- fessor eof & 2 humbug. Unlike most farce comedies="". Pa) Doll” has a vlot, well defined aili’‘mtelligent. In the third act a travesty on “The Merchant of Venice will be introduced, with appropriate costumes and stage settings. During the progress of the play Miss Castleton will sing “The Spider and the Fly” and “For Gooa- ness Sake Don’t Say I Told You.” ‘The Eden-Musee during the coming week will be a perfect panorama of enjoyable sights, Perhaps the best of these will be “‘Ajeeb, an automatic chess and checker player, which will play and beat the most skillful players in Omaha. This marvelous object has been showing in all parts of the country, and the wonderful exhibition of reasoning powers on the part of an in- anumate object has aroused the won- der of all who have seen it. Other, interesting features will be James Messenger, the modern Hercules, wlo jugeles forty, sixty and eighty-pound can- non balls; Smith and Fuiler, refined musical sketch artists; Tyson and Vaughn, the tal- ented musical Emil Graffe Grofe, German character artist; Quigley brothers, double clog dancers; Kield and Burdell, song and dance team; Tom MclIntosh, king of negro comedians; Billy Gauze, the colored female impersonator. The favorite comedian, Mr. Roland Reed, will begin an engagement at Boyd's opera house, Friday, Avril 19, presenting his great success which has run for over 100 nights in New York, “The Woman Hater.” This will e repeated at the matinec Saturday, and Saturday night the engagement will close with the presentation of the late Fred Mars- den's capital farce comedy, ‘“Humbug.” Mr. Reed has been playing to' targe and en- thusiastic houses. ‘*I'he Woman Hater” is an excellent comedy and deals with the udventares of ono Samuel Bendy, a supposed woman hater, who in reality adores the sex but has through basbfulness re- frained from proposing to any one of them. At last he shakes off this timidity, and in his recicless haste finds himself at the close of the first act engaged to no less than three women. Mr. Reed has a number of new songs and medley duets, Fanny Davenport will be at the Grand opera house Wednesday evening next in “La Tosca.' The present season is not likely to produce a moro_interesting event, theatri- cally spenxing, than the appearance of Miss Davenport as the heroine of M. Sardou's great play. No creation of recent vears hus come to be better known to the public by re- run and discussion, and none hus been more iberally patronized by the theater-going public. It survived the most hostile storm of criticism ever hurled against a play on its first preduction in Now York City, and was seen by over 100, 000 people durn..f its seven weeks run there. It will be produced here on Wednesday evoning with all the scenic and auxiliary evironment that marked the London, New York and.Parisian production. ‘To-morrow night Slaven & Johnson’s min- strels will hold forthgn great style at the the Grand opera house. ~As the amusement- loving portion of Opaha already knows this is one of tho best Organizations traveling, and the entertainmeng given is as neat, clean and artistic as che ,oss., fastidious would wish to see, The ;‘;qx(qgnan wear white wigs, sing beautiful s crack funoy jokes and present the veryfipest specialty busi- ness. ] ' —d gl Nebraskans in Paris. A very large numbgr, of Nebraskans will atte nd the Paris exposition this summer. If only those go who havé asked permission to represent Tug Bk titere, e fair-sized colony 1s insured. How refreshibg it Is to know that nearly e\mr,\'hg\?x magines himself capable of preparing newspaper letters. Yet it is more than likely/saatmot more than one out of all applicants is capable of describing what he may see in Paris, July 14 will be the great day in Paris. On that date the centennial celebration of the fall of the Bastile will occur, On July 14, 1789, the Parisian populace wok by storm this fortified citadel and practically destroyed it. They kifled the governor, De Launay, aud released the prisoners, seven huudred in number. The bastile was built about 1370 by Charles V. Additions were made by several successive kings. Its history records some of the dark- est deeds of men. It is not generally kuown that the key of the bastile is now at Mount Vernon among the relics of President Washington. It was brought over to America by General La- fayette upon his expedition in support of the revolution, It is about sixteon iuches long snd weighs from four to five pounds, THEIR FATE NOT YET KNOWY. No Aadditional News Reocelved About the Foundered Danmark. NEBRASKA PEOPLE ON BOARD. Omaha FHas One Passenger, Oul- bertson Three and Hastingd One «8till Hopes That They Are All Alive. ‘Waiting for Nows. Nrw Yonrg, April 18.—The Aller from Bre- men, arrived at her dock this morning. It was thought that she might bring some news of the passengers and crow of the abandoned steamer Danmark, but such was not the case. The Aller has sighted no wreckage or encountered any signs of the disaster. The mails from the White Star steamer Britannic, which arrived last night were distributing this morning and among the letters for Funch, Edye & Co. was one containing a list of the passengers who were on board thie abandonded steamer Danmark, No news concerning their fate has been received, but the agents of the steamer, which is by this time on the bed of the ocean, are hopeful that some passing ves- sel may have taken off the passengers and crew. Telegrams are arriving every hour at the office of the agents asking for information concerning friends who were to be on the steamship. One came from Omaha, Neb., asking if Benedicta Persow, of Malmo, Sweden, was o passenger, A glance at the list revealed the fact that sho was. A great number of people, who by this time had ex- pected to groet their friends, linger around the door of the passenger ofiice anxious to hear tidings of their friends. Among_the passengers on the ill-fated camer Danmark whose destinations are n are the following, whno embarked at mhagen : Nilson, for Lockport, Til. g rynhoff, Hilda Brynhoff, Wilda BrynhofT, all for Culbertson, Neb, Nils Person, Jons Hanson, for burg, Ia, Senedicta Persow, for Omaha, Neb, Nils Person, John Larson, for St. Minn. John Anderson, for Bushnell, Tl P. J. Olafson, for St. Paul, Minn. Agnes Engestrom, for Minneapolis, Minn. Nis Person, for Joliet, 11l Jarlson, for Chicago. Vilson, for Hastings, Neb. hastrom. for Bmmottsburg, Ia. Matilda tingstrom, for Minneapolis. Emmetts- Paul, Believes They Were Rescued. LoxvoN, April 13.—The captain of the steamer City of Chester, who sighted tho steamer Danmark, believes the crew and passengors of that steamer wore rescued. He bases his belief on the fact that the Dan- mark's Loats were gone. The chain cable was seen hanging over the bow of tho Dan- mark, and this leads Captain Bond to believe she has been in tow of another vessel. A Fortunate Delay. New York, April 13.—The steamer Island, which belongs to the same line of steamers as the Danmark, has arrived here, but brings 1o news of the latter vessel. On board her wore many steerage passengers who in- tended to sail on the Danmark, but through a delay that proved fortunate for them, they had to wait for the steamer Island. ‘The Passenger Lists. Loxnow, April 13.—A dispatch to Lloyd’s from Copenhagen states that the steamer Danmark had on board 628 passengors and 54 ofticers and crew. Another dispatch from Copenhagen, however, states that_there were on board #S passengers from Copen- hagen, 131 from Christiana, 70 from Christ- fansend, 75 from Malmor and 14 from Gutten- burg. There were twonty-six cubin pussen- gers on board, including five children. Nebraska Passengers. The news of tho abandonment of the Dan- mark steamship of the Thingvallaline, which reached Omaha two duys ago, was Intensi- fied by the information that there were Omaha people on board. It is now known that Betsy Pearson, a young lady who form- erly worked for Mr. Barkalow, of this city, was among the passengers. Slie was on hor way to this city from a visit to her parents in Malmo, Sweden. Her passage ticket was sold here by P. Flodman of this city. There are three other passengers bound for this city but whose names are not known. 0. Wolft, of Dannebrog, says be sold four- teen tickets to passengers buund for various parts of Nebraska, six of whom_ were bound for this city, three for Grand Island, while the others were destined to several other points. There are scveral other ticket agents of the Thingvalla line in this city, but they could not tell wha t was the destination of the purchasers. WANT TO BE COPPERS. Applications By the Score For Posi- tions On the Police Force. There have been 256 applications for posi- tions on the police force. At the meeting of the police and fire commissioners yesterday eighty-three applicants were examined, six- ty-two of them were before the board yes- terday afternoon aud twenty-one last night. The force will be increased about ten in number. The appointments will be made by the commissioners the ecarly part of this week. After the examination of applicants the board got down to business. Mayor Broatch and Bennett were absent. Hartinan pre- sided. Charges were preferred against Police Officer McMahon, who has been dubbed “Soda Water Copper,” by Street Commis- sioner Joseph Kent, clmming that the policeman maliciously arrested two of his 8008 lust Sunday night. An afiidavit was attached to the complaiat, but was not read. The hearing of the case will come up nex Saturday night. Assistant Chief of the Fire Department Salter filed a complaint against Captain Grebe, of the department, for drunkenness and neglect of duty. This was also laid over until next Saturday night. James Connolly, a pipeman of the fire de- partment, was granted leave of absence for five days. In a communication the chief of police asked that the patrol wagon be repaired and ropainted. The wagon underwent such im- provements last summer. Mr. Hartman was n favor of getting a new wagon. The mat- ter was referred to the property committee, Police Captain Green was granted leave of absence for twenty davs. Al Bebout, one of the jailors at central station, was given a leave of absence for ten day: ‘The- board nece})ted an invitation from the president ef the P, ', B. association to take part in its annual parade, which takes place April 23. A communication from H. Kountze and others asking for engine house near Twenty-fourth and Sherman avenue, was re- ferred to the committee on finance. W. J. Cauon, a tailor, presented accounts of six or seven policemen, asking the board 1o take some steps to require the oficers to pay them. The matter was referred to the chief of police. 1T 1S MAKING MONEY, The American Waterworks Company Shows Its Earning Capacity. The American Waterworks company is now advertising in eastorn papers that it has put upon the market $1,000,000 of Omaha waterworks 5 per cent first consolidated mortgage bonds, is- sued by the company oun its Omaha plant. In & lengthy letter to eastern brokers Presi- dent Underwood gives a history of the com- pany; its earnings and its prospective gains for the next ten years. To show what the ‘waterworks people are making off the public @ portion of the letter, showing the earnings, is reproduced: “In 1882 the nprrox(mwrou earaini were $40,000, and in 1853 $30,000. For the year 1534 thé actual ewrniogs were $83,W1.42; 1A DAILY BER: SUNDAY APRIL 14; 1890.~SIXTEEN PAGES. in 1895, $102,059.90; In 1896, $198,841.58; in 1887, 168,083,005 in 1558, §210,052.08, “Phe rapid and regular incronso in the oarnings will bo seen by the fact that for the first six months of 1887 tho ocarnings were 77,523.70, or at tho rate of $154,047.58 per annum, while during tho last six months of 1887 the earnings wore §91,050.81, or at the rato Of 8188,819.03 por annum; ' and for the first six months of 1888 the ecarnings were $102,787.07, or at tho rate of §205,474.14 per annnm, while for the last six months of 1858 the earnings were #127,315.01, or at the rate of $254,631.82 per annum. ““On the first day of January, 1880, the carnings, basod on the actual consumption of water oii that date, were at tho rate of §270,- 000 por annum, which will be the mcomo of the company for the year, even though there 18 no increased consumption. Tt {8 estimated that the actual receipts from water rates and hydrant rentalthis year will not bo loss than 300,000 and will probably reach $325,000, but this will not represont ull the gain during the year, as the largest number of new con- sumers aro taken on in the last halt of the year, and as they pay only for a portion of the year, the iucomo will not recoive the full benefit until next yoar, “The total interest chargo of the company for the ensuing year, including the interest upon the bonds now offered, will be $170,000, to meet which tho company will undoubtedly have uet earnings of not less than §240,000, and probably £260,000. “Aside from the hydrant rental the prosent income of tho company is obtained from about fivo thousand consumers, as compared consumers January 1, 1857, and on the present population of tiie eity the com: pany should bave at least 16,000 consumeors, which numbver will doubtless 'be reached in the course of five years, even if there is no further increase in population, Tho number of new consumers this year will undoubtedly reach and probably exceed 8,000 For tho three months ending April 1, 1850, nearly tawo and one-half times the number of ney consumers were added as for the same period last year, *'It is universally conceded that waterworks will obtain _one consumer in every six or seven of the population. Detroit, Mich., with 225,000 people, has 42,000 _consumors, und Albany and Rochester, N, Y., with about the same population a8 Omaha, each have 15,000 to 16,000 consumers. “The following is believed to be a con- sorvative estimate of the net earnings of the he next ten years 1804 0,000 1805 30,000 1806, . 710,000 1807 800,000 490,000 1808, J0u, 000 —— HEAVY MEN DRAW OUT. The American Mcat Company's Af- fairs Expluined by Davis. Special Telegram fo —Thoso interested in the Amer- fcan meat company maintained their veti- cence yesterday, but enough leaked out to confirm the story telegraphed west regard ing the condition of affairs. Mr. Davis, head of the banking house of John H. Davis & Co., admitted that their withdrawal from connoction with the company was due to the retirement of Johu H. Flagler and Joseph Moss, the president and vice presi- dent. These gentlemen, Mr. Davis said, had assured him of their intention of taking part in the administration of the affairs of the company, and it was upon this assurance and reports of experts who examined the property that Davis & Co. hid agrecd to as- sist in floating the venture. When Messrs. Flagler and Moss suddenly resigned, Mr, Davis said his firm could take no other course but to refund the mone, had induced their clients to subscri of this bas been refunded except in the case of one subscriber, who wus out of town, and had asked them to keep the money for him until Monda; Mr. Davis declinea to say what_connection “Steve” Dorsey, of “‘star route’’ fame, had with the concern, but de- clared that the contracts had been drawn by Alexander & Green, and that the proper hey owned were shown by experts to be ex- actly what they were represerted to be. O. Hammond, general manacer of the com- pany, contented himself with saying that the corporation would go on with their work and #et new men in place of those who had re- signed. BAD FOR BOOMERS. Tne Cimarron River on the Ram- page and Cannot be Crossed. . Wicnita, Kan., April 13.—Reports reached here last night of a new danger confronting the boomers. The Cimarron river is rising rapidly and sweeping everything before it. A boomer na:ned Gordon, concealed in the bushes near Kingfisher, was caugnt in the quicksand and drowned, and his team and wagon swept down the river. Two railway employes of the Santa ¥e road are reported drowned at Guthrie. @ There is but one place where the river can be forded, and that_is near Guthrie. “The-importance of this bd. comes apparent when itis remembered thera are no bridges in Oklahoma, and that this stream must be crossed to reach the country, Released on a Techaicality. Dr. J. B. Cornish, charged in police court with selling liquor by the glass, escaped a fine by the peculiar wording of the informa- tion. He was given a jury trial and found guilty. ‘When Judge Berka went to imposo the fine he found that there is no provision fora fine in such acase. The information suould have charged the doctor with selling liquor without having registered the amount of it and for what purpose it was sold, The verdict of the jury was set asido and the case dismissed. THE PIGS IN CLOVER. A Few Suggestions as to the Way of Putting Them in the Pen, Now that the “*pig” puzzle has become the rage and every one is torturing his brain to do the trick the man who has a sure way of housing the marbles bobs up and offers his instruction gratis. He in- forms the New York tribune that it vlces him less than forty-five seconds on the average to drive the pigs home, while he has done it the short time of fifteen seconds. Iifteen is so short a time that seems almost impossible. The man says, however, that any one by following his instructions can, after a little practice, do the trick in less than a minute almost cvery time. Here is his plan: Always keep the opening through which the marbles must first go on the side farthest away from you. Keep them all in a bunch and coax all up to the opening. Drop the side of the disc nearest to you a trtle and the marbles will fall through the first gate in rapid succession. They will land near the opening of the second ring. Turn this opening away from you and repeat the same process of bunching and coaxing. The most dtiicult part of the trick, of course is to get the marbles into the pen after they are in the last circle. Tmy are to be bunched here again, just as in the other instances, The dise cunnot be tilted, however, in this case without making the marbles, run off on both sides, 50 when they are bunched in front of the door of the pen a series of rapid ostles given gently will send them fly- ng inside, The waiter has seen the man do this so quickly and skillfuly that the four marbles seemed to go into the pen almost simultaneously, e Qualified for United States Senator, Washington Critic: When a hen oes into cggsecutive session she keeps t still until the business is transacted, aud then she gives it all away. The hen should be a United States senator. B e A Mugwump Ooncedes It. Boston Herald (Ind.): President Har- rison seems to us to have indicated n all he hus done a sincere desire to make the country a fiood president. We think we have seen in him, further, #n intention to be something more than the president of his ptrt.{. He appre- ciatés the dignity of his office und {odlkze- the responsibilities attend- ag it IN AN AFRICAN LABYRINTH, A Countorpart of the Residenco of Rider Haggard's “She." LEFT IN TOTAL DARKNESS, The Unpleasant Adventure of a Parcty of Ladles and Gentlemon Who Undertook to Kxplore a Gloomy Oavern. These Fish Need No Kyes, STORTA, South Afriea, Jan. 2 [Special Corvespondence of Tie Bre.] ~Tho city of Pretoria, capital of the ansvaal, is located in. a most beauti- pot. It stands in a valloy betweon two rangos of mountains clothed with rich, dark verdure all the year round. Vines loaded with ripening grapos, monthly roses and pomegranates form- ing o blaze of bloom amidst the flood of flood of sunshine skimmeoring like golden water. Under these mountain ranges are vast caverns, only a fow of which have been entered, and these only partly explored. Theso cavos aro the origina | Haggards’ caves of the Amahanga, in which the wonderful “She” dwelt and ruled. Right under this mountain and through these dark eaverns runsa clear, sparkling river of water. The source of this river, which furnishes the water supply for the city, has never been dis- covered. A curious factis that its waters are highest during the dry season. This points to the theory that it is fod by rain, and thay these rains do not reach the vriver till about four o five months aftor they fall, This river is inhabited by fish and a strange kind of crabs and lob. stors, all of which have no ey Th species of aquatic animals having boen bred in and inhabited thisdark sty stream for thousands of years, have never had any use for and so, after many u erations, thatorgs entirely disappeared ture. Som e friends of mine, two and threo ntlemen, went on an ox- ploring expedition through this caver gotlost in its maze, and were throo days before they found their way back to the outer world. M, the Ame thus relate: the bowel J s th 23 nee while in of the eart H M H. Levoy, of the Northern Pacific railway of the United States of America, Mr. John Siduey and two ladie s Webster and Miss Gootch aud myself started to explove the Foun- tain cive. Armed with two lamps and provisions enough for two meuls, wo started. We got through the entrance which is very narrow, with difficulty. ( ards we found it nece: the lamps. Pro- found on each passage numerous sideways and alleys appavently hewn out of the solid rock. All around there were evidences of the caves being in- habited by swarms of bats whi stantly kept flying in our suing our way for a_considerable time, we came to a spot where the roof of the concern, hitherto lofty, slanted down, gradually becoming lower and lower until we were unable to walk erect. Finally we came to where the floor was on an inclined plane and got more head, room. We then descended a steep hill at the foot of which wasa dead wall which completely barred further pro- gress in that direction. *On the right hand a narrow passagq presented itself just wide enough to ad« mit of our walking Indian file. The air hitherto cool and bracing became damp and a cold clammy dew settled on our faces. To the sides of the SS020 clung a pale slimy snake-like substance which to the touch, produced a shivery sense of abhorrance. We began to wish ourselves well out of the undertaking. However, being in, there was nothin for it but to go on. We walke up this passage, a distance I should judge, of 300 yards, when we arrived at an octagonal court, from which ran eight different passages, the four main ones being about a width of fifty feet, and the four narrow ones about four feet each. Under our feet could be Leard asound as of the running of a river and the violent breaking of water upon rocks. We could pereeive no mode of descent, and the ground under our feet seemed solid. Being weary, and the ladies some- what faint, we resolved to go back, al- together disappointed with the result of our exploration. However, before starting again we refreshed ourselves with the victuals we had brought, and, fortitied by a few draughts of cape sherry, felt our spirits rise, and, curios- 1ty as to the eause of the sound undor our feet getting the better of our judg- ment, we began searching for a way to descend, and finally found a place where there were stone steps at irregular in- tervals, dney and I descended, leav- ing Leroy and the ladies above. We followed " these steps for about fift feet. The descent was very dif- ficult. The light of the lantern grew feeble, However, we arrived on a broad platform of level ground. The sound of the water had by this time in- creased to thatof a ronrinE torrent, and on our left we saw the black, inky stream rushing past. We sounded and found the river very deep and cold. Passing along the bunks the air became heavier still, and the lamp which had been burn- ing more freebly went out altogetherd Breathing became very difficult, owing to the absence of oxygen. In '.Msdruud‘- ful place and in total darkness we were stumbling about trying to find the steps, by which to return, for hours, until be- coming quite weary, we sat down and fell into a torpid, heavy sleep, How long weremained in this'state I do not know. On awakening, with a great effort we aroused ourselves,and finally hit on a passage which we followed. AW we went the noise of the waters becama less audible, and finally wo lost thae sound altogether. Still there was no ray of light; nothing but thick dark- ness and a noisome, pestilential air. We groped abont for hours from one quxnnga to another amidst a silence ecp and areadful. The sound of our voices appeared unnaturally loud, and echoing through the vaults, gave the impression that the place was haunted by countless demons who were mocking our distress. Quite exhausted by ex- ertion, anxiesy and want of food,we sank down in despair, g1ving ourselves up for lost. After a time, however, we determined to make another effort fow life. We found that the lamp would now keep llzh*ed‘ This gave us fresh hope, and enabled us to see our way' about, We made better progress along the darksome passage, and soon wero overéu_yed at seeing my faithful New- foundland dog jumping and bounding towards us. © now knew we were saved. Following the dog, which seomod to have a correct view of the situation, we soon discovered a streak of lightat the emtrance to the oave. The spirit of enterprise being damped by three days spent in the tombs, we resolved in " our minds not lightly tg make another attempt of the ki main