Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 29, 1889, Page 9

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Fine Quality, Double Fold S coteh Apron Gheck Ginghams, At 8ec. | At 75¢ Full Size White Blankets EXTRA HEAVY White Wool Blankets, FINE LARGE GRAY OR WHITE Wool Blankets ALL WOOL White Blankeds, Very flne quality. 19 Rl A COMFORTERS Pull size Comforter of STANDARD CALICO At Full size COCHECO Comforter of CALICC At £1.00, —Full size Comforter 5 of Oil Chintz Calico 8 at $1.50. —Full size Comforter i of best Domestic Sas 1 teen ut $1.75. —Full size Comforter of best hu|m|'|.ud St teen at At $2.,5 802, 504, 506, 508 and 510, South Th1rteen1:h Street, Corner Howard IN THE FIELD OF SPORT. How the Western Assoclation Gains and Losses Were Divided. THE TEAM FOR NEXT SEASON. Gwin & Dunmire's G Fall Shooting-- ral View of the Base Ball Situation — Miscellane~ ous Sports. How the Season Panned Oat, After somo little investigation it has been {earned that but fourclubs have made money in v e Westorn association during the past season—Minneapolis, Omaha, Milwaukee and Denver. Miuneapolis, however, has baen the only big winner, her profits footing up to §20,000 or more. Omaha came ouv ahead about §900, and Milwaukee and Den- wver & little better than evon, St. Paul, thiough inefticiont management, as lost money, an insignificant sum, how- ever, when compared with the other losing oligs. ' Des Moines s out of pocket, despite their every ‘affort to cut down expenses about 4,000, whiiy Sioux City aud St. Joe @re daeeper jn tue hole still. The Corn Huskers’ off dide of tho halauce sheet shows @ deficiency of nearly $5,000, while poor old St Joe's shortage will amount to $7,000 or more, These ciy did not give their clubs the support tiey de- 'served, and as a consequence there is much soreness among the managemeny and stock- . holdors. St. Joe has already proclaimed that she is no hog and knows when she has got enough, aud lawn tennis and hop-scotch is the most exhilarating sport that will bo wit- neased down the rivor next summer. Sioux Clty, however, 1s made out of different stuff, d & little back-set of a few thousands is jnadequate to cause her to throw up the sponge. Sho intonds to chuck in a little more tar and try it agan, believing that with A stropger 12am next season she can not only recoup from the offocts of this year, butcome out ahead. This is a ccmmendable spirit, and lhe whole asscciation will wish the Corn Hu.um good luck, sanle Now Mombers, The way affairs are shaping thomselves, it looks very much as if both Toledo ana De- troit would be in the Western association next year, tuking the places of Des Moines and Sioux City. These cities would surely make a most desirable acquisition to the western circult, inasmuch as ooth are large and thriving towns, und enthusiastic devo- tees of the national game. If they really de- sire to jump the International and come into the Western association, there is little doubt but what they will be welcomed with open arms. Of course, this extending the eircuit would entail considerable additional expense in the way of transportation, but this should furnish no grounds for vigorous objection, 88 the increased gate receipts would much more than countorbalance this extra out lay. Apd then, Detroit and Toledo are not much more out of the was on ths cast, than Denver is on the west, and they could bo admitted uunder, the provisional clause that governs the meémbership of the moun tatu city, The Amer'cau ussociution circuit 18 eveasyuch ronger than the Western would be including the two cities named, The jump from Brooklyn to Kansus City is a anuch greater oue than it would be from Den- yor to Detroit. 8o if these cities wake ap- plication, aud 1t looks us if they intended 1o, whoy will certainly be admitted. Detroit i sick of the petly administration of affairs in the International, and 8o is Toledo, and it is Quite probable that they nre laying their Topes for frauchises iu the Western, The St Josoph Olub, A wovement is ou foot in St. Jesepl for the formation of & stock company with & cap- Atal of §25,000 to begin uext season with, A prominent sporting man of the city is said to bave secured $16,000 alveady for the purposo. The Shooting Tournament. The annual shoot of Gwin & Dunmire which takes place on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next, promises to be a great ovent as far as sport is concerned. Plenty of birds will be on hand and the boys will have ample opportunity of testing their skill. Over four thousand Digeons have already been received and more are arriving daily. Al the old timers will be on_the ground, and Budd, Parmalee, Jake Grable, Rollo White, “Pawnee Bill,” of Grand Island, and Charlio Winston will again try conclusions. Owing to birds being plentiful Dunmire announces an amateur shoot open only to those who have never shot at birds from a trap, entvance $5. This promises to be a very interesting event. The Base Ball Sitaation. The recent articie in Tur B anent the transfer of the Omaha team to Boston ated no little amount of excitement among the base ball loving fraternity of this city, but the press dispatches which kave followed the announcement tend to cause still more wonderment. A recont ‘telegram from St. Paui conveys the intelligenc8 that Conant, the leading member of the famous Boston triumvirate of Conant, Billings aud Soden, in company with Munager Sei | of the Omabus, was figuring for the transfer of every team in the Western association 10 the National league. As a matter of course the proposed wmovement is supposed ta be one in- augurated for the purpose of checkmating the Base Ball brotherhood, which threatens to secedo and start a league of their own next season, While the fallacy of the matter, as & whole, 18 at once apparent, the report cunnot be set asiae without consideration in part, It is to o certain extent true, The leugue man- agers are hustling for players for uext year. and to that end ‘will muke an effort to the est playors in the Western As amutter of course, the Sioux City and St, | Josoph teams as & hody would not b decided upon as the best available timber for clubs in a city like New York or Philadelphia, but cuch has players who would undoubtedly be selected, aud the balance purchased from other leaguss, the Tuterstate for instance, The Hase Bull brotherhood is hustling vigorously, and bas practicaly secar Miils, the ex-president of the les their president ata salary of §10,000 per year, and with the sympathy of the press and ‘public behind it, feels that their pro- Dosed co-opesative plan will Do w success. Should the brotherhood cngage in play as reprted, and the league- magnates decide to oppose them--as they undoubtediy will, 1t will readily be s that the latter will of nocessity be compelled 10 securo the best players obtalnable in order | to retain patronage, Sam Morton, of Minneapolis, is said to be opposed to thu change, but Seele iy hard at work, and the verdant' Flour City man will uo doubt find himself checkmated bofore be can find time to put in a protest. What the prospects are for a team in Omauha next year remains to be secn. Flashes From the Diamond, Several new faces will be seen on the local fleld next spring. Omaha closes the season with two games at Milwaukee to-day. Kid Nichols struck out fifteen men in the game with St. Paul last Wednesday. Pete Hotaling finished the seaso for St. Joe, aud did remarkably wel! at short 4 strikes. ahand broke by a hard thrown ball, ina game with the Denvors last, woek, Ted Sullivan's mission in the west is to capture the very best players in that section for Washington and, probably, St. Louis. \hlllu‘mmlm St. Paul, Stoux City and Den- ver'all tried m capture Works, the slugeer of the Texas league, but he deciiued all thewr offers. Silver” King and Latham of the St. Louis club were fined $100 and $200 respectively last week for bad playing. In addition, both were suspended, Secretary Sam Morton has notified all the Western ation clubs to send in their reserve lists not later than Tuesday next, the 1st of Octobe; The fine umy Herman Doescher this s sted the attention sharks, and they him for next of have got their hines out fo son. Oskosh and Lincoln would both like to break iuto the Western association next but the Western association has had a quantum suflcit of burgs of this ilk, and their ambition is without hope. Sandy MeDermott is considered one of the best umpires in the couatry on balls and In fact he isa fine judge on all points of the game, and will not be seen in the Western association staff another year. The champion Western association team, Omaha, contemplates a post-scason trip, for exhibition purposes, to Philadelphia, Baiti- more, Brooklyn, New York and other eas ern cities. —Sporting Life. If they do, nobody in '.hm neck of woods knows™ any- thing aboat The Loluluhus, 0., association club {s not letting any clover spring up unedr their feot, and they’il have as strong a team as there is in the country next season. They have just invested $1,750 in Second Baseman Juck Crooks, the hard hitter, champion base stealer and matehless coacher of the cham- piou Omahas. —Boston Globe. umpire question is bound to come in for a big portion of attention at the Novem- bor meetings, The rule, empowering the umpire to order any unruly or offensive player out of the game, is harshly criticized in some cities, but it is undoubtedly one of the best rules ever made, and should be con- tinued by ail mesns, Sioux City seoms to be the first Western association club to begin to get ready for next season, They will exporiment with a half-dozen new fuds tnis fall yet, instead of waiting till spring. Manager Powell eyi- tly don't think any oo much of certain members of his team, and one or two will be let out urcond: uunully Amarcar Wheelmen, August Lehr has established a new Ger- man record, having covered two kilometres (13 miles) in 8:18, Bob Neilson is once more in a loag sojourn in the wost. remain there for good. Colie I3ell, the @astest racing-man of the Minneapolis bieycle club, and probably of the northwest, has gone to Olympia, W, Billy Emerson, Charles Peabody, Urlan and Billy'C loo last Sunda tained at the Kmerson seed farm. Whittaker said,just before leaving Europe, that he would not race at all while abroad, and that he could not se¢ why his Jdesire for reinstatement into the 6 should uot be gratified. W. M. Woodside, and @ memb: twaveling over Boston, after o will probably the American eyclist, of Morgan's late team, is now the couutry as a manager to Milwaukee will reserve its_entire teawm, will Omaha, Sioux City und St. Paul, aptaln Auson 18 again Loting his bazoo. This time he is goiug 1o win the pennant in 1890 'y Plbialiirs warlld 1ika o ‘Save Tredway, Denver's hard hitting outfielder, aud will probably get biw, Leckley, the old Lincoln player, has made the most runs as weli as the most bits for the Pittsburgs this season. Detroit and Toledo will make deswrable cities for the Western association, and it i t0 be hopea that they come u, Qid wun Sutton, of the Milwaukees, had Miss Alma parachutist. Dr. Connor has returned from his hunting trip, and has promised o be down some night to relate his thriiling experiences und ad- venlures with the grizzly, autelope and wmountain lion, George Scribner,one of the oldest members of the Omaha Wheel club, was & visitor to Omaba last week. He is now a resident of San Diego, Cal.,, where he is connected with one of the leading banks, It is denied by our rasing men, that they have contractea with the Brown-Sequard Elixiy compuny for & certuln awouut of thewr Beaumont, the American lady decoction for the racs this winter, denounce 1t as a base fabrication, Frank Bacon will be seen with a new V tor light roudsterin a tew days. The Over- man Wheel company is building one especi- ally for him, and promises that it will be the prettiest wheel ever brought west of Chicago. Reading the eastern cycling papers, Omaha wheelmen can but pity the wheelmen that have to fight 80 hard for good pavements + when they have had twenty miles of asphal- tum in Omaha for the last two or three yeurs, The Lexmgton grand race meet, commencing al gold modals have been offered amongst them two $30 L. A. W. champion: ship medals, There is something worth going in training for, boys! The t.eagueof American Wheelmen racing board has suspended Messrs. Payne, Humwmes and Davies, of ica, N. Y., from racing until October 15, for competing in race with eafeties and qrdinaries, thus breaking rule 13 of the racing rule Mr, T. V. Wilson, of the Farm, Field and Stockman, Chicago, aud brother, w guests of the Wheel club last week. gontlemen are on their way to Kansa having ridden the whole distance from Chi- capo on their wheels, The annual photograph of Wheel club will be taken ut Fairmount park to-day at 10:30 & m. Ail members arc earnestly requested to be at the club_room: at 10 o'clock sharp, Mr. Waldon, George Heyn’s exoert operator, will take the picture, and this alone insures a perfect suc.ess. Tue one mile bieyele race at Papillion at the Sarpy county falr was won by Louis Flescher, of this oity, i 3131, Charles Iea- body coming in & good second. Considering the poor condition of the track, the time made wus very fast, and the handsowme cup was well earaed by the winuner. A Russian captain of artillery, Baron de Killer Kans, made a heavy bet that he would ride from KKoono, in eastérn Russia, to Parls, on a bicycle, in a month. He started on August 15, cbedgsorlin in twelve d He was expectea in Paris on September Van Wagoner's mueh published feat of riding a mile on a Sgfety bieycle in 2:48 3-5 with his hands tied “behind him, hus given rise to widespread taik, Here is what an Euglishman or rathers Scotchman, hus to say about it: **Van Wagoner, an American professional, recently rode a full mile on a Safoty, with his handa tied behind him, in 2:48 85, We couldn’s get our best man under that if we were 10 give him an extra pair of arms with which to work as he liked.” They will have a October wheel club the Omaha Baltimore. The celebrated stallion, Don Cossick, owned by Arthur |Osten of Chicago, died at Pooria last week, ~ He svgs valued ut'$25,000. Young Jack Kellotf, who at one ti held the middlewelzhtenampionship of D braska, had a fight newr Newark, N. J., other duy and knocked, ont bis man, Frank Taylor, in the first rognd. By s® doing he pocketed $200, Taylor weighed eleven pounds more than Koligtt. Questions and Answers. W. H. McGargle, Imogene, Ia.—In run- ning the last half of the distance from home the man is out if he ruus outside the s foor lines unless he is avoiding a fielder who is attempting to field a batted ball. From first to second and second to third and third 1o home hejcannot run more thau three feet outsidadbe direct line unless to avoid a fielder. A base ruuner cannot run on & foul ball unlessit is caught. In such o case he must remain on the bag until the fielder has it in his hands. Aeliinn - Lia Teaches Basebsll to Novie s Williams' scientific popular indoor game, A counterpart of “fleld game.’ Men and boys fond of it. For sale in Omaha at svort ing goods, book and fancy stor e The soriplures are Bow accessivle languages, to nine-tenths of the habitants, while in the early ya l tury they could pe studed only . 1s 1o s in s cen Ai, RETREAT OF THE SAINT The Power of the Mormon Church Rapidly on the Wane. THE CONTEST INSALT LAKECITY. The Growth Vitaii Lif of the Gentile ing Business and Social Jharacteristics of'the City—The Prospects. Mormon and Gentile, St Lake Crry, Sept. 20.—The portly, beuevolent passenger was a conspicuous fe ture of a crowded train botween Ogden and this city. He was social, instructive and thoroughly acquainted with the phases of lifein this valley. His enthusiasm for the institution founded by Joseph Smith betrayed s sympathies, and his rotundity convinced me that he was just the kind of & man to ex- tend a fatherly protectorate over a dozen or less wives, As we approached the capital of Mormonism, through a succession of cn- chanting meadows and grain fields, dotted with comfortable homes, orchards and large gardens, my genial companion pointed out the new temple which towered ahove the forost of trees surrounding the city. “*You should not fail to visit the temyle," ho suid, as I expressed a wavering purpose to rem@mn over, ‘It is one of the greatest monuments to religion ever undertuken by man, The famous tabernacle stands besido it. Polite attendants will show you through the building, and you will find the Mormon people sociul, ge us and enterprising.” Subsequent experience did dot just florid encomum, 1t is impossible for a stranger to remain in the city one hour without being made aware of the conflict which divides the people, It is visible in social as well as busi- ness relations. L'he very air one breathes is filled witn it, I'ew people outside of Utah realize the magnitude of the struggle going on hore for political supremacy. The people are aivided into two distinct classes—the Mormon or *people’s’’ party, and the gentile or*liberal’’ party, and both are intensely active and united, ‘Lbhe balance of power which the Mormons wiclded with such severity times past s now to a large extent quartered in the penitentiary, 300 of the saints having been seot belind the bars to do penance for breach of morals. The rigid enforcement of the Edmunds law branded polygamy as a crime and drove it from the highways into obscurity, A significant change in the for- mer style of archite 5 resulte long row of doors which were in Mormon houses a ago have disappeared almost tirely, and commion every day windows been substituted. Children born of plural marriage are more siuned agaiust than sin ning. ‘They are forced by their parents to shun the gentiles as they would a leper, and w ) they meet on the streets the latter are not slow to remind tnem of the crimes of thelr fathers and forefathers. The chasm is continually widening, Mormon leaders, stung by the sterner repressive measures of the government, exborl und oven command their flocks 1o hivve no dealings, business or social, with the gentiles, The (mprisoument of polygamists is denounced as persecution and the victims pictured as “martyrs for Christ's sal The effc cate the pro abortive the ofl v the street car line erty was turned government to arch have confis been for l~vul the 1d other prop: 10 oorporations and placed in the hands of trustees before the law went into operation. ‘L'he bulldings aund grounds used for churcl purposes could not be touckied. The result was that the ofi- clals fouud less than $1,000,000 worth of property whicli the church failed to put out of their reach. T'bis sum did not seriously em barrass an institution with wealth running up to the teus of willious, The property | ’l/l seized comprises the houses of Brigha widows, includmg Amelin’s palace, W is now rented to a Mormon; the Gurdo house, the Bee Hive and the Tithing house. The transfer of the vast wealth of the chureh to corporations and trustees will ma- terially assist the final collapse. The younger and more energetic element growing up in the faith do not relish the changes. They see in 1t a well-planned scheme to increase the wealth of the leaders at the expense of the producers. The church cannot reclaim this property, for the moment it would do 80 the government could seize it, It becomes the property of the trustees and their own- ership caunot be disturbed by any process of law. The rank and file, the ‘‘hewers of wood and drawers of water,” must put their trust in the bishops and apostles, and with the symptoms of disruption and dissolution visi- ble in the present organization, it is certuin that these trusted | wilt in the end re- tain what the church transferred to them without a consideration It is unfortunate for the prosperity of the city that 1t is governed by a class. It has thé elements of a great city in abundance. A charming location, hedged in by lofty moun- tains rich in mineral wealth, a valley of un- surpassed fertility, a climate cool in summer and moderate in winter, and the Great Salt Lake for recreation and amusement. Even in its present shabby condition it is attra tive. Itsstreets are 135 feet wide, and out- side of the busin district are fringed with maples and the tail, graceful poplars. Mulo power and electricity are active rivals for street car travel, I'he motor poles are set in the middle of the street and the wires car- ried on bracket arms. Telegraph poles as well as lamp posts occupy the middle of resi- dence streets, ‘I'his is an improvement on the methods in vogue iv other western cities. Tt does not interfere with travel on account of the unusual width of the streets, and gives firemen free access to buildings in the performance of their duties, Hut much remains to be done to secur Salt Lake City the commercial power which its position commands, An active, progre sive city government is the first essential, The Morimons own fifteen of the twenty millions of taxable property in the cit They own the bulk of factories, the stre car ‘lines, the water works and’ control all the oftices. They oppose all movements for the general good that do not originate with the church. ‘They cannot afford to encour- age the investment of outsid apital, orin- duce eastern business men to seitle here be- cause it would increase the gentile strength. They obstruct local improvement because the cost would fall largely on the church, Not- withstanding these drawbacks there is a moderate real estate boom iu progress. Several fiue business blocks are woing up, and there is a confidence visible, especially among the gentiles, that the city is on the threshiold of u great revival. A change from Mormon t wment would the city and th the forme for gentile goyern- s lining in the countr; and there areno visible signs of an change. In the cities, howe , Mormon power is disintegrating. Ogden was wrested from Mormon power lust s| id has in less than o year been tran d into a bustling, progressive city. In the county election last month the gentiles of this city cast 2,055 votes agaiust 2,045 by the Mor- mons but the county vote overwhehned this wiajority of fortv-one with 600 votes and clected the entire Mormon or ‘“people's ticket, Two years ago the gentilo vote wus ouly 1,337 while 1008 Cist 2,7 in of {44 fur the former and a loss of 7 for the church. The strength displayed by the gentiles was as surprising to thews us it was mortifying to the Mormons, and for shudows the rout of the b at the muici- pal election to be held next Februury. 130 sides are already actively preparing for that contest The battle will be a desperate one If the church ean be pre 1 from colon tors in the city, its defeat 18 assured No gentile voter will be abseut from the city ou that day, and with the increasing number of disaffected young Mormons auxious to ally thewselves in Lhe progressive element, the full strength of the party will be polled The success of the Mormons in thut elec tion will not materially delay the winding up of the church. Founded on superstitions, it cannot withstand the waves of intelligence and activity rolling in upon it Its doow is sculed, Lrom Lhe womeut Brigham Young's scheming brain snd cunning stilled in death, it has been on the down grade and no human_power can rescue it from decay. The will force and commund- ing strength which guided the Nauvoo legions across the plains in 1548 no longer suaves the poiitics of the church. His sue- cossors are mere pivmics staggering under the responsibilies the of polygamy brought about. The canker of disaffection and averice is at the root. Open defiance no longer stalks in the temples. The power of the government, once defied and scoffed at, is now supreme, and respectful obedience, in public av least, hus taken the place of ar- rogance. T, hands were i RE1 The African Methodist to establish in Pailadelphia a_home for ministers, 5 shurch has decided its ILis to cost $50,000, It is said that there are more Jews in New York City than in Jerusalem itself, the pum- o nearly ninety thousand. They eir distinctive worship and main- nine synugogues, It was an_ altogether fitting and beautiful service that was held n “Shakespeare’s chureh” Stratford-on-Avon, when the daugh- ter of William Winter, oné of the foremost of Shakespeariun scholurs, wus there bap- tized, The late terrific storms at sea have given occasion to many deeds of generous horoisin which ought to give ereat comfort to thosa who are inclined to f that the image of God has been almost obliterated from His creatures, Bunyan's “Pilgrim’s Progress” has been translated recently into the Chinese dialect of Amoy. Among’ the eighty-three distinct- ive dialects of the world in which this fumous book has appea aclic, the Mala- gasy, the Maori, the Oriya, the Rarotongan, the lomaic, the Servisa and the Welsh. ‘The revival of an old and practically obso= lete law in F'rance for the purpose of disfran- chising the clergy, is a blunder which the majority of the cabinet, said to condemn the moasure, Cannot Loo s6on correct. Such in- tolerance is a confession of - weakness thut the republic cannot afford to make at this crisis. A christian tribe, surrounded by pagans, has just been discovered in the heart of Africa, They had never before seen s white man. While their relizious ideas are crude, still they have a priesthood, the cross, und other emblems of christianity. They are believed to huve been exilod from Abyssinia about 800 years ugo. Balfour's schome a Catholio for the establishment of ut Dublin is coupled with a plan onciliate Ulster” by miaius taining Que at Belfast. 1f the wily coercionist succoeds in gaining the favor of tiome rulers by oue measure and keeping the favor of anti-home rulers by the other he will certainly demonstrate the possession on uis part of extraordinary cunning, But there is every reason o beiieve that he will fail, All the rumors about the alleged intention of the pope Lo leuve Rome socm to buve boen U rest by the unnouncement that the lation for the report consisted in the definite decision of a secrov consistory held the lust of June, that his holiness should leave the city as soon as he should receive positive information that & war was fm. it which Italy would take part. This mation must come from u frieadly Awong the larger public legacies provided vy the will of Williaw Thaw, the million- s Pailroad man of Pittsburg, Pa., are the following: Western University of Fenneyl- vania, £100,000; Presbyterian board of houwe missions, £20.000; foreign missicns, §20,0003 college board 0003 other Presbytéring boards, #0,000; the Auierican board, $1,000, ‘I'he Pittsburg hospitals get ap agerogate of $100,000, both | tant and Catnolic instd Lutious. being rewmemb Spurgeon, the eminent tist proaches never wakes uny preparation for o ser It 18 his bubit Lo ¢lioose $ome test on Sat; day sing o be used on 1he mor ow ‘Thirty winutes, and no longer, ue devotes 1o looking up Ou these references he jots dow otes, uud with nothing elsé at hand he steps into" his pulpit on Sui. day morning without . manuseript or thought of his text other thun thut Ziven it during the half-nour’s study of the previous evening 1