Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 5, 1889, Page 2

1889, BEATEN BY THE BREWERS, Omaha and Milwaukos Play a Fif- teen Inning Game. APOSTLES WIN FROM DENVER. Boele's Mon Rapidly Losing Their Hold on First Flace—The Re- porters and Advertisers ~Other Sports. Etanding of the Olubs. Following 1s the standing of the Western association olubs up to and inclading yester- day's game. 062 B15 Kl A51 A7 403 892 Bt. Joseph Denver.. Milwaukee 7, Omaha 6. Mrwavker, Wis,, August 4.—Milwaukee and Omaha played the best game of the sea- son to-day, fighting for victory through fifteen innings, The home men won in the fifteenth by timely hitting and base stealing. BScore: MILWAUKEE. AN OMATIA, | 81 tossrm ot &l cxmolannad [ — cos—c—coza ] 2 runs—Milwaukee 6, Omaha 6. Two-base Basos stol Willis, s Hit by pitched bal o ui ‘Alexundor 6, by Nohols . Hurley 1. Wild pitches - Nichols 1. 10—2 hours and 4 minutes. Umpire—FHurst. St. Paul 10, Denver 4. 8r. Paur, August 4. ~Three thousand peo- plo saw St. Paul beat Denver this afternoon ‘without special effort. Score: T Sl ecmmecmucp P D Milfer, Farmer, 1b. Broughion Tuokerma Totals.. Z| coomummund N Bt Pau, Denvor OTHER BALL GAMIS, The American Association. Corumsus, August 4 —Result of to-day's game: Columbus. . 10001000 4-6 KansasCity.....1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0— 4 PHILADELPHIA, AUgUSt 4.—Result of to- dny's game Athletics. 0000000 0-0 Louisville.....4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 *—7 BROOKLYN, August 4.—Result of to-day’s ame: 3rooklyn.. 05200000 0-7 St. Louis.. 00020000 0-2 Reporters 23, Aavertisers 22, The reporters and newspaper advertisers played a game of base ball at the bail park yesterday for the benefit of the “Open Door . About one hundred persons, all told, wit- nessed the game, and all these but three left before five innings had been play: For the reporters, Tanner and Smith were in the points, while Goodall and Thowas did such battery work as was done for the ad- vertisers. There were many amuasing inci- dents to the game and all the men succeeded in extinguishing themselves. The score by innings was as follows: Reporters 4 88 3 0 2-23 Advertisers. 2 4 2 022 Base ers 86, Advertisers 3; errors—Reporters 0, Advertisers 86. Umpire ==Shelds. The proceeds of the game were $22.50, Amateur Games. Erxnoxy, Neb., August 4.—[Special Tele- gram to Tnr Bee.|—A picked nine from the auditor’s office of the Union Paciffc head- quarters at Omaha played the Elkhorns on tho local grounds to-day. Score, Elkhorns 29, Auditors 14. gram to Tue Bee. | —The game of ball played this afternoon at the fair _grounds between the Crane Bros. nine of Omaha, and Column- bus resuited in ascore of 8 to 2 favor of the home team. CoLuMBUS, Nob.LAukusl 4.—[Special Tele- The fats and the leans of the Union Pa- elfio freight auditors played a_game of baso ball Saturday afterncon at Hascall’'s park, the fats winning by a scorn of 13 to 12, The feature of the game was Jim Welch's long slide clear from third home. The winners wero presented with & beautiful basket of posios by the ladies who witnessod the game. The United States army officers and the Omaha Guards met on the diamond Saturday at Fort Owaha, in the presencé of a large crowd, the Guards winning by the following score: Guards. , 83210181 12 Ofisers. 00200000 0-2 Batterie cers, Butler, Purcell and Wright; Guards, Rustin _and Woodbam, Base hits—U- 8. 7, Guards 8, 'Errors—U. S. 4, Guards 3. Umpire—Cody. Missount VALLEY, Tn., August 4.—(Special Telegram to Lnk Bre|—The Odells, of Council Bluffs, played tho Missouri Valley team this afternoon, the score being 15 to 2 in fuvor of the Valley. The game was a mokfam"’ all through, there being & consid- erable amount of kicking on both sides. Weckly Baso Ball Besume. There has been considerable change in the Western association pennant chase during the past week. By losing two straight games 0 St. Paul Omaha has experienced quite a sot-back, and now ranks only twenty- points ahead of the Apostles, and the proba- bilities are that they will come back home next Thursday with a much smaller margin than this. Milwaukee has won seven straight games, and is playing in flue form for the first time this season. She stands an elegant enance of taking at least two out of the three games the Denvers play there to-day, to- morrow and Wednesany., The Omahas, 1t should be remembered, are 1 a crippled con- dition, and caxaot wall expect to get back form until after their return home. Minncapolis and St. Joe are 0ls0 coming yp on a furious gallov, and although a long ‘way behind yet, are far from out of the race. In the last ten days St. Joe hus passed Den- ver, Sioux City ana Des Moines and is now in fourth place. Milwaukee is still in the rear, but threatens 10 pass tho proiubition- fsta Within the next fow day There has but & slight fluctuation g the teams of the National league. ‘&n still holds the lead she had one weok with New York second, Philadelphia and Cleveland K00d a8 tied for third, while CLicago, in fourth place, is crowding them vigorously, and fiu‘oo)udxu believe will be v third place thin the next week. Indianapo! ing & good, stiff game, and Pittsburg, Washington still fills tho hole, but there's no tellii g whether Il remain there wuch longer or uot h poor, old, ill-fated Alleghenies seemod des- ined to pick up the tail end. Brooklyn, in the American association, is coming up on St. Louis at a regular Spokane gait, and another game will place her neck- and-neck with “der boss club,” and t oh, my! what a race there will be down the home stroten, All the country is pulling for the City of Churches, and indeed it would be agrand thing for American association baseball if she would beat the Browns out. There's betting she does, The Baltimores continue to hold third place, the Athletica fourth and Cincinnati fiith, while Kansas City, Columbus and Louisville are still 1n their Kilkinny fight for lost houors. Srlee's Beneflt, Al the preliminary arrangements for the grand testimonial to be tendered Manager Frank Selee, of the Omaha base-ball team, have been comvleted. The tickets go on sale to-day. The date of the benefit is Thursday, August 16, just one week from Thursday next. The premier feature of the programme will be the exhibition game between the St. Pauls and the Omahas, in which pboth Man- agers Selee and Barnes will do the pitching for their respective teams, In ad- dition to this there will be base running contests, in which © Hawes, Murphy and Carroll, of the St. Pauls, Han- rahan and Foster, of the Minneapols, and Canavan and Willis, of the Omahas, will compete. Long distance throwing by the members of the two teams; a wrestling match, and an exhibition at blue rock shooting by the champion shots of the wost, John Petty and Frank Par- melee, A band o music will be on hand and everything will be done to in sure visitors at the park an enjoyable aftor- noon. Manager Frank Seclee will superin- tend the whole affuir at the grounds without the assistance of any outsiders, Cricket Next Saturday. The match between Trinity cathedral and All Saints church which was postponed & few weeks ‘ago on account of the weather, will be played mext Saturday afternoon at the fair grounds. The game will be very interesting as both teams are pretty evenly matched and neither side will allow any of their supporters to mention the possibility of defeat. —_— Lozier After Smith. Leon Lozier, the Council Bluffs sprinter, is ready to run young Smith, the colored stock yards runaer, a one hundred yard ruce for any part of $500, and would like to hear from the colored boy on the subject. b el THE ADVENT OF TWINS, How Their Coming is Regarded in Different Countries. Few things are more mysterious than the undelinable sympathy which often exists between two beings who camo into the world together, says a writer in the London Standard. There can be no doubt that this sympathy is real, and not the effect of imagination, as some have supposed. So far as is’ kuown it does not always develop itself, and when it 18 present it cause is not by any means understood. A very real af- fection generally exists between twins, and often seems to show itself in the earliest days of infancy. It isno un- common thing for a twin who has lost his or her counterpart to pine away, drovping gradually into the clutches of the destroyer, who, in taking away the other, has deprived life of all its joy. But though intense fondness is no doubt to a great extent the cause of sad occurrences, the sympathy which twins have for one another shows 1itself here. With many savage races twins are hurried out of the world immediately they have entered it; others allow them to live, but only under certain condi- tions. In western Africa, a little be- low the equator, between 10 degrees and 12 degrees east longitude, live o large tribe called the lshogo. They have many peculiar customs, but none more so than their treatment of twius and of the mother whois sounfortunate as to bear them. An idea seems to exist with them that no woman ought produce more than a single child at a time, and they seek to rectify their errors by giving their deities every chance of killing one of the chlldfiun before they have arrived at the age at which they are considered able to take care of themselves. This is held to be at about six years old; once that age has been passed, it is thought by these people that a proper balance between life and death has again been struck, and they do not m_any further pre- cautions nececsal Immediately the birth of twins takoe place, the hutin which the event happened is mariced in some manner whic: will render it readily distinguishabie from all others in the village. Those who have read accounts of African travel will nrobably “emcmber the unanimous testimony which explor- ers of the dark continent bear to the extraordinary loquacity of its natives. Africans talk as they breathe—unceas- ingly—and yet the unfortunate mother of twins is forbidden to exchange a sin- gle word with any but the immediate members of her family. She may go iuto the forest for firewcod and perform the household work uecessary for the existence of herseif and her children, but it must be all done in strict silence, unless she finds herself near one of her close relatives. The' consequence of this peculiar custom is that the Ishogo woman dread the advent of twins more than anything, excopt, perhaps, being childless, and nothing 1rritates a newly married woman more than to tell her that she is sure to become the mother of two children at a bigth. When the six yours of probation have dragged out the'r weary length.a grand ceremony is held to celebrate the re- lease of the threo captives and their ad- mission to the sosiety of their fellows, At daybreak all the village is aroused by a proclamation made in the princi- pal strect, and the mother and a friend take up their stand on eitherside of the door of the hut, having previously whitened their legs and faces. The rest of the inhabitants of the place con- gregate round about and ata given signul the white-legged women march away from tho hut, followed by the twins, the mother tlasping her hauds and eapering about, the friend beating a lusty tatoo upon a drum and s ga song appropriate to the gceasion. After this procession hus gone the round of the village there is a general dance. Then everyone sits down to a firum feast, and eating drinking and ancing are carried on for the rest of the day and all through the night. As soon as the next day dawns all restric- tions upon the mother and her offspring are held to be removed. This cere- mony is known as “*M'paza,’a word which signilies both twins and the rite by virtue of which they and their mother are admittod to the compan ionship of their kind. Cases in which one of u pair of twins has feit disturbing influenco at work withio him when evil is befalling his other self ave numerous. As with all mattors of the kind, the instances re- lated are apt to border upon tholund of fiction, but there are many which are perfecily well authenticaied. Though twins are usually alike in form and fea- ture this is not invariably the case. The writer knows twin brothers who can scarcely be said to bear even a family likeness to one an other and whose omplexions go to the very ex- tremes of darkness and fairness. ~ But though unlike bodily they resemble one another mentally to such an extent that they passed from the bottom to the top of one of the great public schools side by side, THE HAWKEYE POLITICIANS. All the Oandidates in the Field Mak- ing a Vigorous Fight. FARMERS COMING OUT IN FORCE. The Corporation Crowd Indniging in an Immense Amount of Wire Pulling—General Weaver's Brilllant Scheme, The lowa Campaign. Des Moises, In., Angust 4.—[Special to Tue Bee.)—The political contests now going on in Jowa are absorbing public attention to the exclusion of everything eclse, The pri- maries are being well attended and the farm- ers are coming out in force. Whoever may bo nominated for governor, this one thing is certein—the candidate will be the choice of a majority of the republican voters and the platform will bo a fair reflex of the senti- ment of the party. The corporation crowd have given up the idea of securing the repeal of thé railroad legislation of two years ago and are bending all their energies towards “calling a halt" in further restrictive laws, o prevent the enactment of a ‘‘maximum tariff” and the “2 cent fare bill” is now the main object of the immense amount of polit- 1cal wire pulling that is going on. Sudden and preconcorted attacks upon tho leading anti-monopoly members of the last legisla- ture who are candidates for re-election are being made. The plan of battle seoms to be to induce a large number of farmer candi- dates to take the field 50 the anti-monopoly strength may be divided and frittered away. In counties like Cass und Marshall, where the feeling is all one way, this scheme will not work, but n counties like Jefferson, Ma- haska and Van Buren, where the people are divided, the result is i doubt. While the next legislature is not likely to be s0 unanimous as the last, yet it is quite certain thut the anti-monopolists will be strong enough to prevent any retrograde movement. In Polk county a squars fignt is being made on the question of endorsing the ‘work of the last legislature. Colonel C. H. Gatch, the senator from this county, who voted against the law making the railroad commission eloctive, and stood in with the corporations all through the fight, is a candi- date for re-election. 'I'he opposition has cen- tered upon C L. Watrous, a well koown urseryman and farwmer, and the battle is be- hg waged on this issue. Indications now point to the overwhelming defeat of the raiiroad candidate, though the corporations are making a very strong canvass, The city of Des Moines elacts half the delegates, and if every ward can be carried and one or two outlying townshins Gatch will be successful ‘This nomination would likely result in a big anti-monopoly bolt, which might give the senator to the democrats. ‘I'he contest for the nomination for gov- ernor goes merrily on. The chances are daily growing brighter for Wheeler, thongh his nomination 18 by no means assured. Captain Hull has developed remarkable strength in some sections that were claimed for Wheeler, and is having a neck and neck race with Hutchison in his own territory. The soldier eloment is strong for Hull, and the corporation influence is also saia to be thrown in his favor. The Wheeler strength is mainly with the farmers, and where this element turns out in force a: the primaries, like it did in Marshall and Hardin, Wheeler always gets the delegation. The fight for lieutenant governor seems to be between Senator Poyneer, of Tama, and Finn, of Taylor. Senator Poyneer 'is a farmer, but is very conservative in his views and opposed the radical railroad legislation of two years ago. Fion, on the other hand, 18 a lawyer, but he is a bold and wigorous worker in the anti-monopoly ranks and fully abreast with public sentiment on all live political questions, The genuine anti-monopolists who understand the situation want Wheeler and Finn, while the other side wouid be willing to yoke Hutchinson and Poyneer to- gether. On account of locality Hull and Poyneer would not_mate well, and should Hull be nominated Finn would tikely carry off the prize. *‘Wheeler and Poyneer” is the war cry of no inconsiderable number, espe- cially in the northeastern part of the state. The democrats are hopolessly floundering in the sea of discord and uncertainty with no chart or compass to direct their course. Ben Hall says ‘“the republicans are certain 10 win and he is not going to run against a desd sure thing.” McHenry echoes the same thought, though not quite so bluntly, and no other prominent democrat will allow his name to be mentioned 1n this connection. In this emergency the irrepressible James B. Weaver comes smilingly to the front and makes a proposition that in thewr dire ex- tromity the democrats may yet accept. Weaver hoves the republicans will mnom- inate Hull or Hutchinson, in which case proposes to run as a “go as you piease” candidate and make a bold bid for the granger vote. ‘Fhe republican majority over the combined opposition is not more than 15,000, and Weaver is contident that his anti-mo- nopoly record in congress will draw enough ragicals to his support to lift him into the gubernatorial chair. This scheme was hatched a few days age by some of Weaver's henchmen, and is going to be pushed vigor- ously in case the republican convention does uot take an advanced position on anti-mo- nopoly questions. ‘I'he democrats who take their politics straight are endeavoring to put Poter A, Dey, present railroad commissioner, on tho track, but Dey evidently prefers the fat of- fice he now holds to the empty hounor of a nomination for governor. That he would like to step into Goyernor Larrabee's shoes cannot be denied, but Dey's strength smong the farmers has been gradually waning until it is only a shadow. His course on the commission has been vacillating and contra- dictory, and to the great disgust of the re- publican farmers by whose votes he was elected, he steadfastly refused to sign the schedule of rates that were finally adopted. Dey is a dead duck politically, and when the farmers et a chance av him again he will re- wlize this fact. he Des MoiNes, Is., August 4.—|Special Tele- gram to THE BEE.]—Up to the present time thirty.nine counties have eleoted delegates to the republican state convention. Only about hulf have instructed their delegates, but those that have divide their preferences for governor as follows: Larrabee, 13; Crapo, 183 Hutchison, 413 Hull, 91; Wheeler, 95. Of the unmstructed countics reliablo reports distribute the preferences as fol- lows: Hutchison, 87; Hull, 45; Wheeler, 51, In a number of counties primaries have been held which foreshadow the action of the convention. Ieliable reports from these show the following: Hutchison, 8; Wheeler, 21; Huil, 60. There are eight conventions, baving a total of sixty-cight votes, that aré clussed by the politicians as doubtful or un- known, the delegates .haviog refused to ex- press a proference or not having made their choice public. ‘The final footing, therefore up t date shows the strength of the several candidates, 48 noar s it can be_ascertained, to be us follows: Crapo, 18; Larrabce, 143 Hutchison, 86; Wheeler, 167; Hull, 108, L . The Hastings Races, The Nebraska assoclation of trotting horse breeders holas its annual meeting at Hastings, August 20 0 23 inclusi It is coufidently expected that this will prove the most successful meeting that has yet been hield, as there is & greater number of nomi- nations than ever before, and the breeders throughout the state are taking a much livelier interest in the affuir thun eommon. entries from this city are Chestout Wilkes, Windsor Wilkes, Orphan Maid and 24 Rosewater, from the Spring Valley stock farm; W. Pichard's bay mare Dinah and Dick Wild's Trenton. There aro nearly one hundred entries, and some fine trials of sbeed are an inevitable consequence. T — ~TGorgot the Basting Thread: St. Louis Post-Dispatcl Gracie Wallace, aged four, being kept indoors on account of rain, became restless, and, to take up her at- tention, was given a piece of tinished sewing from wbich to pick the bastiog threads. After workln{ busily for half*an hour she was called o the diuuer table. After eatin, a few mouthfuls of string beaus she said guess God forgot to take the basting threads QUt of tuese beans, BEN BUTLER AT SEVENTY, A1 An Interesting Sketoh of One of the Most Edratio of Men. At seventy hyenrs of age Butler is a stout, puffy porson, whose unsymmetri- clally when he is stand- wreminds you of the late ; Ward Beecher's. Somehow, his way of standing up Is exactly like Beecher’s, saya a writer in the Phila~ delphia Record, ; His head is like Ben- jamin Frankdinls, for whom he was named, as Franklin’s head looks in the conventional porieait. 1t is lacge, long and broad, and bald from front to back on top, while @ thick curtain of gray hair falls all around it, mingling at the sides with thin, gray whiskers, which do not appear in any pictures of Butier that I bave ever seen. His face looks elephantine. It is in the wrinkles and the puffed flesh around his eyes, for all the world like an elophant’s. When he laughs his face closes in all over both his eyes, and all wrinkles come to- gether in a most extraordinary fashion. Tle does not seem cross-eyed until you look directly at him, but his eyes are set obliquely in his head, although they are just the opposite angle to a China- man’s—higher at the nose than on the other sides. He has two plates of false teeth, and they do not stick very well, 80 that when he talks they are very apt to fall together suddenly, and cut every other word in two. Most of the time he is chowing a bit of white spruce gum, which he carries in an old-fashioned joweled snuff-box when it is not in his moutn. His face is one of the most mobile, and under his direction one of the most interesting that I ever saw. Hisskin, wrinkled more from q\mnlit‘y; than quality, is easily worked into the most varying expressions, and he uses it con- stantly. Now he opens his great eye- lids wide apart, brings his head up sud- denly, puffs out his lips, and therefore his thin, gray mustache, which plays so small a part amid the wrinkles, and looks out at you from a frowning, beet- ling fortress. Again, he wrinkles all his face into a smle, makes his eyes swall, tucks in his lips, and looks very mild and agreeable, or he takes up a book, holds it lovingly to his breast, bends his eyes closely to it (he wears no lasses or spectacles of any kind) and grinks it in. “But his laugh, a dan, chuckle, followed by an internal con- vulsion, is most startling of all. Butler is a great many men in one, and one of them is an actor. He would have made a great comedian. As it is, he finds his historionic talent very useful, and exercises it all the time. Butler is always the lawyer when he is in his offico, however sociable and companion- able he is elsewhere. At his desk he is always alert, on guard, watchful of his chances. He looks much younger than he is for this reason. But it is his vigorous thinking and his still more vigorous: talking which makes him seem a comparatively young man. He has a marvelous memory. He can remember almost anything which he has seen, or heard, or read, and is sel- dom at a loss for a date or a name. His perceptions are yery quick and compre- hensive, and he has one of the quickest tongues, in spite of the false teeth and chewing gum, that I ever heard—a rough tongue, too. The half that he says about his enemies for publication is nothing to the half he says about them privately. He fikes to be called a good hater. He enjgys a fight, and every damaging fact and every criminating admission is rolled like his chewing gum under his tougue. Butier dresses well. He usually wears asilk faced frock coat with a boutoni niere, always of several flowers, in his buttonhole. He wears a heavy gold watch chain, with a pilot’s wheel for a charm, heavy gold cuff buttons. In his office he is very ap®to wear thick, car- pet slippers, for it is connected by a passageway with the house where he ives while in Washington, as a guest of his niece, although he owns the house. It is in the middle one of the three built of Cape Ann granite opTo- site the capitol, which are generall lumped togetner and pointed out to tourists as '‘Ben Butler’s house.” He wants to soll them to the government for $250,000, more or less, to be used as committee and store rooms for congross, but so far has not been able to get the money out of congress. 'The southern- most house is, however, rented by the coast survey, whose building it adjoins, for storage purposes, and the northern- most is partially rented by congress for committee rooms. Itwasin this house, then rented by Senator Jones of Ne- vada, thav President Arthur carried on the government when he first came here after the death of Garfield. The houses are bandsome. Butler’s office is very plain. It isin a smail, rough building just back of the middle house, and 1t isdivided into two rooms, which are upcarpeled, have no wall decorations except a clock, and no furniture except the absolutely neces- sary desks, chairs, and well-filled book- cases, all of_the very plainest descrip- tion. O. D. Barrett, a white-haired lawyer, who represents Butler in Wash- ington, and & young man with gold spoctacles, who manipulates the type- writer very rapidly, are his companions in the office, while his intelligent con- traband of a body-servant waits in the passage without. dangerous, PER1IODICAL LE RATURE. The papers of the Browning Society in Boston, published in Poet Lore for July, contain an extended and critical review of the “*Ring and the Book.” One of the scientific uses of the Biffel Tower will be to weigh the moon. The method by which this rather startling purpose i8 to be accomplished is ex- plained, along with the other marvel- ous capicities of that mammoth aspira- tion of iron, by Camille Flammariou, president of the I'rench Astronomical society, in the July number of the Cos- mopolitan, with ggsgumber of striking illustration, 3 *'The Spirit anual Training” will be set forth rof. C. H. Hender- son, of Philadefpiia, in an article which is to opend the August Popular Science Month! Prof. Henderson says that the i chool will aim to develop men, nof produce fine arti- cles of wood or or to cram heads with informati nd that-the name “manual-traini chool” does not rightiy describe stitution designed to train the *'wi y Cassell’s Fami gazine for August opens with the ial, “A Woman’s Strength,” by Adhbglla’ M. Hopkinson, which has new its tenth chap- ter, and got the readeér fairly siarted in his acquaintance with the dramatis pe; gonal. There are a number of interest- ing features; reviews, fiction and de- seriptive articles. Among these: A Day in a Proof Reader’s Li?u" describes a night of proof-reading in the office of a London morning paper. The August Century—the midsummer holiday number—will contain, besides the first chapters of Joel Chandler Harris’ new series, two short stories, “The Haunted House in Royal Street,” by George W. Cable; and A Positive Homance,” by Edward Bellamy, author of “Looking Backward.” - Jaturrn Snuff, ‘When suffering with catarrh, cold in the head, nervous headache, etc., use Durno's Snuff, it will relicve you av once, Price 25¢ at druggists, Durng's FUN ON THE FIELD OF HONOR, The Code Duelio is Not Without Its Humorous Foatures. HE FIRED UP THE CHIMNEY. The Englishman Meant Well, But He Brought the Frenchman Down-— A Legisiator Who Had More Discretion Than Valor. Stories Ahout Duelling, ‘We sat in the smoking-room of one of the Long Island Sound steamers, says a writer in the New York Mail and Express, and an inteliigent-looking member of the party, who smoked cigarettes, related the anecdote of Curran, the celebrated Irish barrister, who fought a duel with a man much larger than himself. FHis opponent ob- jected on the ground that, being the largest, he stood in the most dangzer of getting hit. But Cuorran said that should make no difference. They could chalk off a spuce on his adversary’s body the exact size of his own form, and he would promise to shoot within the lines. The proposal was not no- cepted, but the duel was a harmless one. - “That reminds me,” -said another, tipping back his chair, *‘of an English gentleman who told of a duel fought between an Englishman and a French- man. The weapons were pistols, and the place aroom of pitch darkness. ‘When the time came to fire the Eng- lishman, not wishing to have the blood of another on his hands, discharged his pistol up the chimney, and he brought down the Frenchman! ‘Now,’*said the gentleman who related this, ‘whenover I tell this story in. France I always send the Englishman up the chim- ney.’” Then another told of an incident that occurred in Georgia many years ago. A judge, colebrated as a duelist, who had lost a leg and who was known to be a dead-shot, challenged a Colonel some- body, a humorous character and a man of great attainments. Friends tried to prevent the meeting, but to no effect. The parties met on the grounds, when the colonel was nsked if he was ready. *‘No,” he replied. “What are you waiting for, then?” inquired the judge’s second. **Why, sir,” said the colonel, “I have sent my boy into the woods to hunt a bee gum to put my leg in, for I don’t in- tend to give the judge any advantage lnvm",mcs. You see he has a wooden eg.’ fi‘he party laughed and the fight was broken up. The colonel was afterward told it would sink his reputation. “Well,” he replied, *‘it can’t sink fhe any lower than a bullet can.” “l}’ut the papers will be filled about you. 7 “Well,” said he, *I would rather fill fifty papers than one coffin.” This recalled a duel of an entirely different character betwcen De Witt Chinton, once governor of New York, with a plucky opponent, who was slightly wounded av the first fire. “*Arve you satisfled?”” asiked Clinton. “No, I am not,” angrily responded the other. . They exchanged shots once more and he was wounded again. The former question was repeated, but he still de- manded satisfaction. The third time he was wounded, and Cl‘i‘nmn”nsked, ¢‘Are yousatistied now?” “Then go to h—l1 for satisfaction!” exclaimed Clinton, and, flinging down his pistol, he left the field. “That's different,” said one of the company, as he scraped out his pipe bowl with his penknife, *from an oc- currence at Albany, probably about the time of Governor Clinton.” ~And then he related the following; “It was during a session of the legis- lature, and a word spoken in debate by some memoers touched upon the pri- vate character of a brother member and resulted in a challenge, which was promptly accepted. The messenger from the challenging party asked the ‘g mtleman who accepted the challenge: W nen cun we expect your friend?’ **Don’t want any friend,” was the an- swor. 1 waive all such adventages. He can have g dozen if he wishes.’ **This is magnanimous, but is not according to the code. However,if T am to confer with you directly, what weapons?”’ “ Brondswords.’ ““The time?’ “‘Day after to-morrow at 12 o’clock at noon prcciael[\:. The place on the banks of the St. Lawrence. Your prin- cipal shall stand on one side of the river and I will stand on the other, und we will fight it out,” “The second frowned. ‘This is no ng matter,” he said, ‘you are not se- Yes, I am, too. Hasn’t the chal- lenged party a choice of weapons and ainly, but not to unusual wea- and unusual places,’ “Well, ‘nutulu will not be objected to of course? “+ Assuredly not, if it is the gentle- man’s weapon.’ *“*Good, then, We will meet to-mor- row at 12 o’clock pr ly we will fight ongtop of sugar Loaf Hill, standing back te bock, marching ten paces, and then aturnig and firing. Will that arrange- ment be satisfactory?’ 4t will: we shall be there,” “Sugar Loaf Hill was exactly what its name imports—a sharp, conical pillar of ground, remarkable in all the country around for its peculiar formation. At the time specified the parties appeared at the places designated. After reach- ing the apex of the hill and taking time to eateh their breath, the challenger and his second surveyed the situation. ©:8ir,” said the second, ‘what iind of a place is this to fight a duel? Why, both parties would be out of sight at eight paces, let alone ten; and then in turning to fire, you must five into the side hill.” *+50 much the better for both of us,’ answored the party of the second part. ‘We are on terms of perfect equality, then, which is not always the case 1in modern duels.” y “ ? poared the challenging princi- pal to his opponent, ‘Sirl you are a cow- vl s iWell, sposin’ I am? You knew I was or you wouldn’t have challenged me.’ “Phey descended. One party was luughing, but the other stormed and threatened with horrid oaths. They were never reconciled, and they never fought,” A quiet man who had been in silence arose and said: SR “Gentlemen, you may feel inclined to make some cnmmmllli on those duelists on Sugar Loaf hill, was n:! ancestor of mine.” We asked which it was, but he smiled and shook his head, and the company sepurated for their state rooms. listening but one of them | BURNED TO DEATH, Michael Sullivan, & Grader, Meets a Horrible Fate. An alarm of fire about 8 o'clock Sunday morning ~alled the department to the corner of Thirty-fifth and Dodge streets, where a cabin ocoupied by a party of William O'Bri- en's graders was found ablaze, The fire was soon extinguished, but in the meantime Michael Sullivan was fatally burned. The exact origin of the fire fs not known,but it is believed to have started in or near the bed occupied by Sullivan. Four other mon woro asleep in the same cabin with Sullivan, but aro unablo to account for the origin of the blaze. The Inst words Sullivan spoke were: “Well, I bave only myself to blamo for this.”' These words form tho basis for a suspicion that the fire may have originated from somo act of carclessness on his part. He had been down town the provious oven- ing. but it is not known whether or not he nad heen drinking. He was taken to the hospital and well cared for, but died yester- day about noon. The body was taken to Droxel & Maul's, where an inquest will be held this morning, Sullivan was 34 years of age, was a single man and had been a resident of Omaha for about fifteon years. Mr. Maul, of Drexel & Maul, states that the body was burned hor- ribly. Tho hair was all burned from hi head and faco, ond even his foot were burned. A telegram was scnt to_a sistor of the dead man at Springfield, Neb., and she is expected to arvive tnis mornin All on Acéount of a Man. Mattie: Read and Gertie Lester, two in- mates of Fannic Hamilton's maisoon de Joie, are reposing on a boudoir at Chiof Seavey's hotel, Mattie became jealous because Gertie went out riding with Matuie's partioular friend and tricd to bring Gertie's erring life to asudden close with a revolver. Belng somewhat excited_ the bullet failed to hit the mark, and the erring damsel was gathored 1n and will exolain the situation to Judge Berka this morning. She was afterward released on a §0 bond to appear for trial. A Victim of Circumstances. A lineman named Al Anderson, in the em- ploy of one of the city electric companies, 18 the victim of circumstances. He found three diamonds a short time ago and gave them away to some of his friends, thinking they were not. genuine. One of the recipients tried to pawn them and named Anderson as the donor when questioned to where he got them. Anderson was arrosted and now his comrades are contributing toward a fund to bail him out. Labor Day. Tho members of the Central Labor union met at Gate City hall yesterday for the pur- pose of arranging matters pertaining to the observance of “Labor day,” September 2, Sub-committees were appointed to enlist the co-operation of the business men. Partial arrangements for a grand parade were com- pleted, and also for a_grand ball on the evening of that day, in Exposition hall. In- dications are that the affair will be a success. — Will Have Swetnam Re-arrested. Mr, Saxe was scen last night, and said that he would have Swetnam arrested this morning on & charge of sending obscene literature tiTough the mails. . He said that he got hold of two more of the letters re- sived by his wife. and that they were very important evidence to sustain his charges agamst Swetnamn For Violating the Sunday Law. John Caliahan, bartender at the Barker hotel saloon, was arrested by Captain Green yesterday morning on a chargo of selling liguor on Sunday. Callahan was taken to the station but was shortly afterwards re- leased on bail. The case wiil be heard today. SOUTH OMAHA NEWS, Branch Bank Capitalization, W. A. L. Gibbon, cashier of the Nebraska. Savings bank, has returned from Lincoln, where bie had boen in consuitation with At- torney General Leese relative to the require- ments of the new banking law In the matter of branch baniks. Mr. Gibbon said: “We intend to literally comply with the attor- ney general's construction of the law. Our board of directors will meet on Monday, and then will forma! set aside $50,000 cash to be pl d in the vaults of the South Oma- ha bra This will 10 no way weaken the bank. The bank here will not ouly huve its £50.000 in cash and its property, and the stockholaer's horo #s a guarantee of its solidity, but the whole of the capital of the pareat bank, and the liability of /the Omana bank’s stwockholders are security for this banl." Bitten by Horse, Sunday afternoon as G. W. Mosher was leading one of the horses out of his livery bare on Twenty-fifth strect, the animal be- ing nervous about the plank walk, became fractious and bit Mr. Mosher on the head, one tooth inflicting an ugly and painful wound on the forchead. Mr. Mosher camo near losing his scalp. A surgeon dressed the wound. Notes Abour the Oity. ‘Phe city council will meet Monday even- ing in the poiice headquarters, “Pen vaps and numerous drunks will appear Monday morning before Judee King, The W. C. T. U. will meet in the Presby terian church Friduy afternoon at 3 o'clock. Pappan, pight operator at the Union epot. is 1l and his brother, L. I pan, is doing his work. The Ladies’ Ad socioty of the Pr rian congregation will meet in the churci Weduesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, The Ludies’ Aid society, of the Presbyte rian church, has offered to donate $50 towards grading the'lot providing the men of the congregation will contribute enough more to complete the work. Willism Cox_and William Leavett, whilo opening a sand bunk near the river, cast of he city, last Saturday, discovered the skelo- ton of an Indian with all the burial regalia, including four scalps and a dog. ‘Phe board of education will meet in the high school building at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. The guestion of plumbing und Jras fitting in the high school building s the nost importunt matter to be acted on, The Papillion ball club failed to respond and the game with the Sobotkers at tho Mills was nat played Sunday. The Papillion boys claim that some of th beon injured and that the club could n play, gors won tho gui duy on a score of 13, Mr. ried the badwe before, but improviug and is likely o he a formi competitor of the crack shots of tho cl the close of the season. Judge King, after hearing all the ovidenco in' the case agninst ' 1, Elliott, ruing him with cmbez discharged use the “plaintifl failed to prove the charge 3 the congratulations of bis {riends o vindication. Pers Johu ‘Tone evening, G. W. Garoer went to Persia, ls,, last THE DAKOTA DEBT DIVISION. Joint Commission of the Two States Finishes Its Work. CONSIDERED A VERY FAIR ONE. No Doubt Remaining That Both the North and South Constitutional Conventions Will Adopt the Report. Splitting Up the Debt. YANKTON, 8. D, Aucust 4.—[Special te Tur Bee.]—The jolnt commission has fin. ished its work and the following exhibit will show how the asscts and lLiabilities of the territory have beon divided. That is to sy, the stato of North Dakota shall assum and pay the following bonds and indebted- nes: Bonds issued on account of the Hospital for Insaue at James- North Dakots, the face ate of which is Bonds ‘issued on account of the North Dakota university at Grand Forks, North Dakota, the faco agg Bonds | penitentiary at 206,000 00 06,700 00 Saturday. Misses 1.u and Eve E. ing the summer with rola Mo, returned home Su Mrs, k. Stoddard. of Detroit, M visiting ber son, O. Stoddard, chief clerk at tho George H. Hammond packiug houses, Low Rates d Council Bluffs viathe to all points ou the North Pacific const have be placed in effect permanently, ‘The stop-over privilege given on Northern Pacific second-class tickets enables the intend- ing settler to personally i portion of Washington Te second-cluss sleepers are run vin the North Pacific from St. Paul through to Tacomas and Portland, Hunt, after spend- o8 at Chillocothe, From Omaha Northern Pu face aggregate of w 600 00 Refunding capitol bui rants datod April 1, 1880, ....... 83,507 46 The stato of South Dakota shall assuno and pay the following bonds and indebted- ness: Bouds issued on account of the hospital for the imsane at Yank- ton, South Dakota, the face ag gregato of which is Bonds issued on account of 'the school for deaf mutes al Sioux Fails, South Dakota, the face aggregate of which1s....... Bonds issued on account of the university at Vermillion, South Dakota, the face which is Bonds iss peniteutiary at Sioux Falis, South Dakota, the face aggrogate of whichis .... i Bouds issued on agricultural coll ings, South Dakota, the face aggregate of whioh i Bonds issued on account of the normal school at Madison, South Dakota, the face aggregate of whichis...... o Bonas issued on account of tho school of mines at Rapid City, South Dakota, the face aggre- wate of whichs . 83,000 00 Bonds issued on account of the ro- form school at Plankinton Dakota, the fac which is Bonds issu normal _school at Speartish, South Dakota, the face aggre’ gato of which is.. Sra Bonds issved on account of the soldiers’ home at Hot Spriugs, South Dukota, the face aggregate of whichis ......... ... ... 45,000 00 This report will be adopted by both con- ventions, and it is expected that the South Dakota convention will finish up its work and adjourn Monday, the 5th. The counties are calling conventions, and somo of the caucussos have beea held—the state convention will be held at Huron on the 25th of August forthe nomination of @ ticket, judicial ofticers and members of d the eloction oceurs the 1st of here will be hot work irom now is, Yankton county, Hon. George H. Hand and Hon. IR. J. Gamble are spoken of for the o Phil K. Faulk for the ho one senator . " For judge of this Smith will be a candidate. The prolbitionists will ut once establish an organ_here, wnd by the lavish use of money will make a vigorous canvass, No- body is satistied with the South Dakota con- stitution, but 1t will be again adopted at the election in Octobor and the state wili be ad- mitted under it. It is the old Sioux Falls constitution of 1885, and the aspirants for ofice were too auxious,to seize upon the offices to vote it down und make a new ono, 1t is plain to see here thut congress erred n permitting the people to vote upon it instoad of making a new one. So far Moody, Edger- ton and Pettigrew are the only proclaimed candidates for the United States senate, and Moody and Pettigrew will make a common fight and both work to down Edgerton. The .old-man-not-afraid-of-the-racket has a strong following, however, and may be ablo to form cowbinatjpns that will down the other two. The levislatvro will be un fmportaut one, and seats in it will bo fought for with great’ desperation by as- piring traveling politiclans. It is too much to expect that the territoriai politician will be converted into a saint on the first roll-call state legislature, no matter how sincere pentance has b 210,000 00 51,000 00 5,000 00 94,800 00 97,500 00 40,400 00 80,000 00 25,000 o0 istrict Hon. E. Irrigation Practicable. Anerpres, S. D., August 4.—Special Tel- egram to i BEE.]—The first public meet- ing on the Subbath in the history of Dakota occurred here to-day. Senators Reagan and rt, of the senate irrigation committeo, arri d in the city this morning and were met by @ large crowd. Au exhibition of the foreo of the city’s artesian well was given and a public mecting was held at the opera house, at which both scnators spoke at length. They announco the conviction that irrigation wells 18 practicable, and Sen- said thut land now w from $6 to $10, when properly ir wouid be worth 80 por acre. Senutor ursed on the demonetization of sil- b, denouncing the moucy bags of ling upon the people of lect sonators and repre- help breuk tho influence *The debt canuot bo i Senator Stewart; it 7 Senator Roa- gan follo vel 'he tee is evidently bont on doing mussionary worl tn the uew states. The committee lett for Jumgstown this aftornoon, Noods Saxsapaia NS O DA A Cood Apnpetite 1s essential to health: but at this season the blood muy bo | 00d pure, that tired feeling predominant, and the appetite lost. 1Hood’s Sarsaparilia s a won- derful medicine, for creating an appetite, tons ing the digestion, and giving strength to the nerves and health to the whole system. Be sure to get Hood's Sarsuparilla, *Sold by wll drugglsts, Propared ouly by C. L Ilood & Co., Apothocaries, Lowell, Mass, A all urinary troubles easily, quick- KIDNEY fteaty s by poeiv 4'Ge Bules. Bovirhl canes ared i Noven asys. Bold at8Li0 per box, all (ruggists, or by wnall from :lm,l g M'Cg Co, 114 White s * N, \’. Full direo o JOSEPH CILLOTTS STEEL PENS GOLD MEDAL PARIS EXPOSITION 1518, Nos, 303-404-170-604. THE M0ST PERFECT OF PENR