Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 14, 1890, Page 2

and traffio Is practically suspended. Tntense fecing is reported in the destitute distriots in several of the western counties. The temperature is not very low yet, but the mercury 18 falling and severe cold is appro- hended, All along the path of 1ast evening's terr! ‘bl storm inthis city large crowds are gath- ®red this morning to view the ruins. The number of buildings which were damaged will probably reach one hundred and Afty, Wwith the loss ranging all the way from 100,000 1o £300,000. A large fo of work men is cleaning up the debris, As faras known the list of injured numbers fiftecn There were four families in a three.story bullding at 101 South Twentioth street yestor day afternoon when the roof was lifted off by the pussing tornado. In one room the husband and children were gathered about the coftin which contained the late wife and mother. As the wind tore ay the roof the terror of the children was pitiful and it was long be fore the neighbors could calm th No one was burt in the builain William Brady was passing the coruor of Fifth and Morgan stre hen the wrnado struck and toppled over the spire of Emanuel church, A fragment of brick struck him_on the head, felling him to tho nt. His calp was torn and his skull was fracture Benjamin Veerfield ran to the doorway of the St Louis manufacturing company's works for shelicr when the storm arose. The wind was driving dircctly upon this door and succeeded in bursting its fastenings. Veerfield was thrown down the stairway into the bascment by the . Ho is in- ured internally and his right leg is broken below tho knee. John Charles and two companions wers crossing Jeflerson avenue, whea the swind Ewept their carriage across the *street in 8Dite of the horses weight and dumped tho occupants on the sidewalk. Charles was thrown against a hydrant and badly in- Jured Mrs. abeth Carr and ner daughter were scriously injured by being buried under the debris of their hous 'he tornado piled house No. 1412 North Twelfth street, in the rear, about the heads of Heinkel Wenzel, a stonemason, and family. Wenzol and wife and three children were sitting in the front room of their' house, which is a one-story brick cottaze, when the storm arose. Sud- denly the house collapsed and all were buried in the ruins. The neighbors came to thei nssistance and all were taken out alive und hiere was terrible excitement, at the nat- atorium during the storm, Between fiveand six hundred girls and men were there, danc- ing as usual Sunday afternoon. The buiid- ing was shaken and upon the point of being wrecked, Several women fainted, Dbut no one was injured. Pusseugerson the Ferguson, Mo.,accommo- dation train had & narrow escape and they congratulate thewselves that a dozen of them did not have their heads cut off. How they were saved from death or injury is a miracle, Colonel Thomas Thoroughman says the train had teft the station and had proceeded as far northward song the river front as Knapp, Stout & Co.’s lumber yard, when the water poured down in such quan- tities that nonc could see outside tne coaches. Slowly the train proceeded and when everything looked darkest sud- denly there wuas a mnoise of smashing glass that rose ubove the din, and inch planks came shooting into the coach win- dows on one side and went out at the other, i““ like as if they fad been fired from a \uge cannon. What few passengers woere in the passenger coach crouched down close 10 the floor and the lumber want flying over their heads. The storm of planks and wood was so heavy that it broke every pane of glass in the second coach and tho wind jammed it in piles on tno track between the trucks, stopping the train, ‘ihere the cars stood until the storm abated, when the train crew got out and cleared the roadway. At Niagara ialls. NIAGARA FALLS, Ont., Jan, 13.—A cyelone struck this place today and the wind attained u velocity of ninety miles an hour, carrying everything before it The greatest sufferer s the Canadiun Web cowpany. The roof was torn from the brick walls, and tie north and west walls fell in upon fifteen girls who were employed in the. upper story. All escaped except Alice Dicker, who had a log broken and was budly broised about the body. Two guys of the foot and carriage ansion bridge, which had been re- built last g, were snapped ana fell into the v The greatest anxioty is fel for the bridge itself, but the storm de- creased in violence about noon, preventing any further damage, Telegraph and te in every direction. A tree fell 1ailroad track in front of a freight train near Suspension Hridge, N, Y. The engino und niueteen freight cars were thrown into a diteh and the engineer badly bnrt, ephone wires are down across the Away Dow DarLAs, Tex., Jan. 13.--Much damago was done by last night's storm in this vicinty. At Oak Cliff, a suburb of this city, u build- ing in course of coustraction and other houses were blown down. At Louisville, four wiles from Dallas, many houses und fences were destroyed and tho residence of A. Joseph badiy wrecked and bis wife fatally injured. Half a dozen other residences were partly unroofed. The Methodist church was woved from its foundation and the cupale and roof torn from it. The chandeliers were found several hundred yards aistance, A Steamer Blown K, Derrorr, Mich, Jan. 13.—A terrific wind and rain storm raged here lastnight and this morning, doing considerable Jdamage, trees and a number of signs being blown down. This mormng was the coldest experienced 80 far tuis winter and there is a slignt fall of suow, The steamer Ossifrage w torn 1rom her mg s and blown up the river to Belle Isle, where she was stranded, She will probably be got off without damage. Telegraph and telephone communication is seriously interruoted. in Texas, A Hurricane. Rocnester, N. Y., Jan. 18.—A hurricane Is here. The wind is said to have d a velocity of seventy-five miles an hour. Many buildings have been partially demolished and several persons were injured by the falling debris. George Welter was struck on the head by a falling chimney and killed. RO Seward, an express wagon driver, was kicked in the head by o horse which had been blown down by the force of the wind. Seward is not expected to ros cover. ‘The south wall of tho Jeselyn block was blown down, failing on and crushing a Arame building next door; no one injured. The Tal End, Om. Ciry, Pa, Jan, 138.—The tait end ot the western cyclons struck this section this morn'ng, doing great damage Lo property. At least ono-fourth of the oil derricks in th neighborhood were destroyed. The wires were blown down and 1o outside telegraphic communication could be had until afwer 2 P m. Did Great Damage. Lava, O, Jau. 13.—The tornado which prevailed here during the mght did great damage in the oil flolds, blowing down hundreds of derricks. Several buildiv were unroofoed, but no 1oss of life is veported, Twelva Carpentel Syuacuse, N, Y., Jun, —A severe storm raged Lere this afternoon, mauy buildings being uoroofed. The uew freight house of the lome, Watertown & Ogdens- burg ruilroad, in course of erection, was Llown down. Sixty-five men were at work ou the buildiog at the time. William Willis, B carpenter, was killed, and about twelye othor carpenters were severely injured, Huprt, wind Anothier Village Suffevs. Urnica, N. Y., Jan, 13—A beavy wind storm passed over the vorthern part of this country t moon tosay. In the village of Bouth Trenton the Haptist chureh was uns roofed and the steeple of the Union chureh was blown down. A number of houses and arns were unroofed, trees uprooted, fences d small buildings blown down and many nn:hsrd- nearly rumed. A dispateh from Oswego storm is very severe there, ¥ Arouisoy, IKan., Jan, Rrawm to Tug Bk |—Henry Schoent, o car- peater aud a prominent member of the Atehi- son turner society, in & mowent of tempo- wary insanity, tore all his clothes from his Dody last night and stark nsked ran oul 1alo states that the THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, TUE SDAY, JANUARY 14, 1890, m and has not been seen since, sod that he has perished in the d that his body lies buried in th Schoen had no relatives in America, people livo at Franxfort-on-the-Main. His Train MoXTHEAL, Jan. 13.—A dispatch from St. Hilare says the Grand Trunk train for Montreal was blown from the track today. The conduetor, brakeman, wail clerk and three passengers were soriously and several othiers slightly injured A Regular Twister, Broomixarox, Il Jan. 13, —Last night a cyclone struck Cooksville, Melean county, and wrecked a good part of the place, doing considerable other damage. Brother's drug store and stock were destroyed, trees ups rooted and fences and outbuildings wrecked No one was injured, but thera were many narrow escapes, The thermor fell 50 degrees from midnight to sy Tercific Wind at I ) Prrrsnvro, Pa., Jan, 18.—~A terrific wind r this city about 6 o'clock morning, doing cousideravle damago and prostrating wires in every dircction Communication east and west for a time was entirely cut off, but it has again been estab- lished, although the telegraphic service s badly erippled. storm passed ov this Did buu Lictle MixsEsroLts, Minn,, Jan. did 'y little damage in the northwest, T'rains on some roads are late, but there is no sorious delay, The weather is cloar and cold. mage. 13.—The storm e e May Have Perished. Caraary, N, W. T., Jan. 15.—It is supposed that John MéDonald, who started from Rosebud Thursday with a team to drive Mrs. Wilson and three childrgn to Gleichen, must have perished in Thursday night's storm, which was very severe, as they have not been heard from sinco. s The Gage County bivision Question. Beatuicr, Neb,, Jan, 11.—To the Editor of Tue Bre: The cock and bull story from Wymore about the prospect of a division of Gage county, appearing in Tur Bre Satur- day morning, created lots of amusement in this city. The real facts of the case are that Frank Thomas, Senator Paddock’s appointes as postmaster of that viliage, and also editor of the Wymore Union, and Captain Murdock, have been agitating that subject for some months past, or since the election, and have met only with derision from the people of the south half of the county in their efforts to create a county division sensation. Threats were made to present the petition to the board of supervisors, but, it lackiog the re- quisite number of signatures, tho schemo died a’bornin, Aside from a few persous the county division question is regarded with supreme contewpt in Wyniore, Blue Springs, Liberty, Barneston, Holmesville aad Odell, from whence the county divisionists expect to gain their chief support. A numbor of the signatures to Murdock’s and Tnomas’ petit, re those of people living just over the | state line. Murdock aspires to a legislative nomiuation this fall, and is aim- iz to curey favor in the south part of the apostle of county division. It ame old chestnut of several years ago und breaks out just after every general e tion and is invariably fatheréd by defeated caudidates, 5.8, P, i, Famous Case. New Yous, Jan. 15, —Judze Wallace, 1n the United States court today, handed down a decizion holding that ex-Sheriff Poter Bowe can uot be held responsible for the £600,- 000 seized from Leon Barnard, a canon of the church of Rome, and also dismissed the suit brought in the ‘uame of the Catholic prebendary against the cx-sheriff. Tho 000 in question is part of a fortune of 100,000 that has been accumulated by tho bishopric of Tournai, Iselgium, in the course of a century. Through a change of bishops this great fortune was unearthed in 1879 when Bishop Du~ mont for some offenso or other, was suspended by Bishop Durrossian.’ The new prelate managed to get the money for which the suit was brought away from kis predecessor, entrusted it to the care of Canon Barnard, a priest of the diocese, and the latter ran away with it to thls country. e o Fa e i A WILD WESL SCEN Five Ofiicers and a Grader Engage in a Lively Row. There was something of u wild tine at the Wild West saloon, 216 Fourteenth street, about 6:30 last evening. John Smith, a grader, became a little too full of liquor to handie himself and bumped up agaiust the front doors of the lace, somewhat to the damage of the glass, Oficer Meals hap- pened to be passing at the time, and went to find out what the racket was. The first man he ran aguinst was Swmith, and when e spoke to him the latter immediately thought himself insulted, or something of the kind, and at once shoived fight, going at the officer, it is said, in regular wild west fashion. Then there was trouble suro enough, during which it is claimed that William Butler put in his oar in a sort of promiscuous manver. While the affair was at its height and OMicer Meals wus trying to get Smith und Butler started toward central station, Policemen Boyle, McKray and Bolln passed by on their way to roll_call. Upon sceing this remforcement of blue coats Smith simply drew himself up to a still greater heighit and waded still further in, while Butler simply tried to gracefully withdrawn. Then Chief Seavey happened along. By dodging und dueking, dropping and rolling over, Smith succceded i giving the five stars oneof the liveliest gaumes of cuteh-ns-catch-can that hus been witnessed on a business street in this city for many an eventide. Smith and Butler were both nnally landed behind the bars, bemng escorted tothe station by about four hundred people in addition to the five officers. . ‘Che two men had friends, who camo and bailed them out about 10 o'clock, 13oth are said to be very good fel- lows at tiwes when they have not been arinking. - CAPTIURED A PICKPOCKET, ANew York Drammer's Experience on a Union Pacific Train, Coming up on the Union Pacific passenger traln last nignt from Lincoln, E. M. Guins berg, u traveling man from New York city, foll usloep, and was awakened by a man fumbling in s pockets. Giainsberg took in the situation the moment ke opencd his eyos, and waking o grab for the pickpocket, caught him around the neck. *Non't make aracket,” whispered the pickpocket, “‘but look across on the other scat.” Gainsberg Qid glance 10 the seat and saw his watch and chain, which had been taken from him and laid there temporarily whilo the pickpocket was going throu h his other pockets. ‘Taking the feillow along with him at the point of a pistol, Gainsverg found the con- duetor uud bad him telograph ahead to this city for un officer to be at the tramn. When they arrived hero the thiof was locked up at the central station, He is a large, dark-coms plexioned, stylishly dressed fellow about thirty yeurs old and said his namo was Will- 1am Van Allen, and that ho was a telegraph operater. ‘There were no papers found on him to give any clue to his identity, and this fact leads tho officors to believe he is a pro~ fessional thief, Mr. Gainsberg is a handsomely dressed young waa of about thirty-five years. The watch ho 80 nearly 1ost was o very flne gold one. He had over 840 in one of his vest pockets, Goldgmith 15 Ticed. . Garbagemaster Goldsmith is said to have declared in confidence to @ prominent city ofticial that he would today resign his posi- tion. [t was also learned that his resignation would be immeiiately uecepted and that in all probability Michael Barry, who lives at Eighth and Leaveuworth streets, und has beon a resident of the city for thirty years, would be the next garbagemaster of Omaha. Closed by the Palice, In accordance with action taken by the Mcense board yesterday afternoon the nolice last night closed up the Diamond suloon, on Douglas streec, and that of William Ship- poorect, at Twelfth and Cass, T00 FLY FOR THE SPIDER, Murphy Masticates Weir in the Roped Parlor. FOURTEEN ROUNDS FOUGHT. The Relfast Man Does Some Sciens ufic Work, ut Heavy Body Blows Floor Him-—Sullivan tu Meet Jackson, Another Champion Gone. Fraxoisco, Cal,, Jan. 13 —Fourteon o fougnt tonight botweon featherweight champions, lke Weir, the “Belfast Spider,” and Billy Murphy, of Australia, Weir delivered somo extraordinary upper cuts, but Murphy got in telling body work, finally knocking the Spider out. President Fulda of the California Athlotic club announced to the crowd that Johu L. Sullivan had agreed with an accredited rep resentative of the club on the purse for which he would meet Peter Jackson in the last fight of his life. The amount was $15,000, and Jackson had accepted tho torms. Jack MeAuliffe Passes Through. Jack McAuliffe, the champion light weight pugilist, togother with Billy Madden, and his backer, Dick Roche, passed through this city yesterday on the aB. & M., bound for San Prancisco, where he is to meet Jinmg Carroll in the squared circle, under the aus- pices of the California athletic club, in March. In couversation with a friend, and there was quite a party at the depot to see the noted but gentlemanly fighter, he said ho was in primo condition and confident of beating Carroll. After his battle with the Californian, he said his next go would be with Billy Myer, if its possible to nrake the match, The Mascoutah Kennel Show. Cmicaao, Jan. 13.—[Special Telegram to Tk Bee,]—The Mascoutah Kennel club of this city is making most elaborate prepara- tions for their coming bench show, and some handsome prizes are to be hung up. A chal- lenge cup, valued at £100, will be given to the owner of the hest male mastiff, by the American Mastiff club, also another to the finest female. D, D. Armour donates $25dn cash for the best Luverick setter, and many other private individuals have signified their intention to give handsome cash prizes. The winners medals will be wrought from solid silver, and the designs are uuique and beau- tiful, in medallion form. The exact date of the 8how has not yet been announced. Mickey Wil Sign Today. New Youk, Jan, 13.—Spocial Telegram —It is currently understood here tonight that smiling Mickey Welch, New York's great pitcher, has signified to President Day that he will attach his name to a National league contract tomorrow. John Ward and Tim Keefe have been with Welch all day endeavoring to persuade him to cust his lot with the Player's league, but evidently to noavail. Welch's action will be a hard blow to the brotherhood. Nick Young's Contracts, WasniNgroy, Jan. —I[Special Tele- gram o Tue Bee.]—President Nick Young today vromulgated the contracts of Long with Boston, ks with Cleveland and Te- beau and Reilly with Cincinnati., President Johin 8. Day is alleged to_have said that he now holds tie coutracts of two more of last scason’s New Yorks, but at their request re- fuses to divulge their names yet awhile, ‘Snapper Nava in Trouble. Bavurimore, Md., Jan, 13.—[Special Tele- gram to Tnr Bee]—Snabper Nava, the old Spanish catcher of the Providence league club, was arrested last night for as~ saulting George Tumbley, Since Nava's re- tirement from the diamond he has been a su- leon bouncer, and hus become a wreck from sipation. The California Champions for 1890. SACRAMENTO, Cal., Jan. 18.—|Special Tele- gram to Tue Bk, |—The championship pen- nant for 1890 was awarded last night at an adjourned meeting of the California loague to the Onkland club. The season of 1890, it was resolved, will open March 23 and close November 23, —— IRST CONGRESS. House. WasmiNaroy, Jan, 13,—Mr. Adams of Il- linois, chairman of the Silcott investigation committee, submitted a report accompanied by a billappropriating $75,000 for the purpose of supplying the deficiency in the appropria- tion for the pay and mileage of members and delegates occasioned by the defalcation in the office of the scrgeant-at-arms. Two minor reports also were submitted. They were all ordered printed 1o the Record jand recommitted, Accompanying one of the minority reports 18 a bill authorizing the members who suffered by the defalcation to bring suit against the government in the court of claims, Among the bills introduced and referred were the following: By Mr. Dehaven of California~Providing that public lands shall be sold only to citizens of the Umted States, By Mr. Post of Illinois—Making Island a vort of entry. By Mr. Fithian of Illinois—A resolution directing the committee on wavs and means 10 report a separate bill placing lumber, salt, jute, hemp, wavilla and’ sisal grass on the free list. By Mr. Hitt—For public buildings at Rock Island, 1), By Mr. Struble—For the aamission of Wy- oming and Idaho. By Mr. Lacey- Oskaloosa, ia. By Mr. Anderson of Kansas—To declare the duties, enforce the obligations and regu- late the service of railroad companies as carriers of interstate ommerce, By Mr. Connell—For a publi¢ building at Beatrice, Neb, By Mr. Laws—For a public building at Hastings, Neb, By Mr, Cummiogs of New York—A joint resolution for the erection of a statue to the memory of the late Samuel J. Tilden. The Joint resolution read us follows: Resolved, ‘Chat there be appropriated from the treasury of the United States the sum of 50,000 to ere t a statue to the late Samuel J. Tilden to be placed in the center of the rotunda of the capitol; that on the tahlgt at the front of tho base of said statueYhere shall baconspicuously engraved these words : “*Samuel J. Tilden, nineteentn president of the United States—elected but not seated.” [Applause on the democratic side.] That on the right of the square base shall be en~ graved the date of the birth, election and death of such president and that on the opposite side shall be engraved an eagle with @ snake in its talons and undes it these words: “For the right.” IResolved, That the president of the United States, the chief justices of the supreme court, the president of the senate aud the spealser of the housy Of representatives bo authorized to_superintend the expenditure of money, and that a copy of these resolu- tions with the nawmes and titles of said dig- pitaries be engraved on the rear of said vase, Mr. Sweeney of Iowa iuquired whether the gentleman expected the inscription to be in eypher. By Mr. Grosvenor—For a military na- tional park, the Chickamauga bill. By Mr. Washington—Making Anarew Juchson day national boliday. By Mr. McCord—For public buildings at l“m'm!m. Chippewa Falls and Asblaud, is. ‘I'he house then proceeded in committee of the whole to the consideration of & bill to g‘l’o\'nlu for town site lanas in Oklaboma, N0 action was takieu uud the commitiee rose and the house adjourned. Senate. WasmiNGron, Jan. 18 —Mr. Turpie gave notice that ue would on Wednesday address FIFTY. Rock r a public building at the senate on the pandiiie resolution offered by Mr. Morgan for'a recognition of the re. publican government of Brazil. Bills wero reportad fgr publio buildings in Paul, at a cost 6f £1,500,000; _Sionx Ci #500,000, and Cedar ‘Rapids, Ia., $200,000, A bill to authorizd a railroad bridge across the Missouri river ata point betwoen the county of Douglas ar of Sarpy, in Nebraska, and the county of Pottawattamie, in lowa, was amended and passed. A resolution herétofore offered by Mr. Plumb, respecting the Ipase of the {slands St. Paul and St. George to the Alaska com- mercial company, cte,, was taken up and Mr. Plumb proceedtd 'to address the senate. He said the time for proposals for a new lease was too short fnd the proposition lim- iting to 60,000 the number of seals to be taken tho first year, it not extraordinary, opened up a wide field'of conjecture. ~He spoke of the proference shown the Alaska company and said a certain Lowis Gladstone had made a higher bid ana had also offered to pay 6617 cents a skin more than the Alaska commercial company, and 55 cents a gallon for all seal oil extracted. He said that more than two-thirds, or perhaps three-fourths, of all the seals taken in the world wero taken from the Alaskan islands and vicinity “hese soal skins wore sold at public auction in London, in their raw state al an average of abont 19 aviece, Ono hundred thous- and skins at 19 a piece amounted to $1,900,000. Ho went back in his stafenient to mention the fact that in the operation of the lease the treasy department remitted all payments on_account of oil, 8o that not a dollar hiad been paid during those years on that account. The estimated production of oil for these twenty years shonld have brought the governinent nearly $2,000,000. He believed the government should get its share of the enormous_rovenuo derived from the lucrative trade in fur seals. He had no doubt the profits of the company had on an average far exceeded $1,000,000 3 year since it had the lease. He would not be surprised it 1ts profits averaged $2,000,000 a year. ' Con- gress should do something adequato to tho situation and not allow the matter to go on in such aslipshod way, Mr. Dawes, Mr. McPherson and Mr, Stewart dofonded the Alaska company and the resolution was referred 1o the committee on finunce. The action of the house wpon the death of Representative Kelley was announced, whereupon the senate adjourned. ——— THE CLEARANC! REcCoORD, Financial Transactions of the Coun- try Forthe Past Week. Bostoy, Jan. 13.—|Special Telegram to Tnr ‘The following table, compiled from al dispatchies to'the Boston Post from the managers ot leading clearing houses of the United States and Canada, shows the gross exchanges for the week onding Jaunuary 11, with the percentage of wcreaso and decrease, as compared with the corre- sponding week in 1859, CLEARINGS. Ne Boston . Philadel cawo. . Louis. San Francis Baltimore Pittsburg’ New Orieans Cinclnnati ., Kansas Oty Louisville Providence . Milwaukee. Minneanolis, Detroit. Cleveland Denver. Omaha St. Paul Columbus. Memphis. Richmond Indianapolis Dalias L e Fort Worth. Galveston. Hartford Peorla.. Duluth. BtJosepn. . New Haven . Portlaud, Me. Springtield, Worceste) Wilmingron | Norfolk, Syracuse. Lowell . Grand Rapias. Des Molues.. 108 Angeles Wichita Tovek: Montri utlalo. . *Nashviile. *Portlend, O *Sloux Civy *Seattie.... . *Birminghamn “Tacoma *Halifax.. Total ond Outside New' Vork *Not ncluded in totals, this time last year, — JEFF DAVIS' ANCESTRY, Two Queer Stories Told by a Pennsyl- vania Relative, This town, says a Phillipsburg (Pa.) correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, has as u_citizen arepresentative of the family of the late Jefferson Davis in the verson of Mr. John M. Davis, and a staunch ropublicun. Mr. Davis, who is awell preserved old gentleman about seventy years of nge, _;.vlu\-c the following account of the fam- ily: “My father’s ancestors came origin- ally from Wales. The founder of the Davis fumily to which T belong and of which Jefferson Davis was a member, was 80 unfortunate as to lose his wife, she having been stolen by Indians shortly after settling in Maine, of which state he wus one of the first settlers. After waiting a_respectable leagth of time he married again,and began to rear a second family of children, One day he heard that a band of [ndians had some women for sale some- where upon the Canadian border. He attended the sale, when he was sur- prised to see among them his former wife. He bought her, took her home, and from that time until his death lived happily with both his wives in the same household. **A grandson of his, a great-uncle to myself, continued Mr, Davis, ‘attended one day an animal show at Newfield, Me. While pussing one of the ele- phants it playfully reached into his cont pocket, taking therefrom a plug of to- hacco, When it had tasted the tobacco 1t became enraged at Davis, and se s him threw him" across the tent, to the great amusement of the spectators, Mr. Davis became very apgry, and to obtain revenge waylaid the menagerie and shot'the animal. For this he was com- pelled to leave the ‘place, and all trace of him was for many yéars lost by the family. Tl “My sister, Mrs. Biiley, who, with her husband, set(led,. at Haverhill, Mass,, wus_enabled hy. the assistance of other members of the family, about the time of the centennial, to find that the descendants of the IA'H'blol‘ the elephant escapade had settled in'Massachusetts, and that from them had sprung the ex- president.” ! 5,407 4,810,607 | 42208, #1,180,007,6: 19,520,050, "No clearing house at i Cool's extra_dry Imherial champagne is naturally fermente is nothing 1o it but the juice of grap ¥ it Taxation in Russia, The Russian minister of the interior has formulated a plan for the taxation of all foreign immigrants to south Rus- sia. His prime object is to keep out the German peasants with their liberaliz- ing influences, A somewbat similar plan, with the same ulterior motive, was proposed in 1887, The Russian government was then on the point of taxing all Russian subjects who re- mwained abroad more than one year #1000 a year, The execution of this plan would have emptied all the Ger- man and Swiss universities, of all the oor Russian students, who inyariably imbibe radicalism with their foreign education. For some unexplained rea- son the plan of 1887 miscarried. THE METHODIST CONFERENCE Important Steps Taken Towards Se- curing Its Location in This City. THE BUSINESS MEN'S MEETING, It Unanimously Endorses the Action of the Committee in Tendering an lnvitation on Behalf of Omaha, Omaha Wants the Conference, About forty of the committee of business men appointed to arrange for the entertain ment of the Methodist Episcopal conferenco 10 1803 met at the Paxton hotol last night to take action on tho matter of raising for the entertainment, and taking eome final action which might be reported to the com- mittee of bishops who aro empowered to lo- cate the conference. Bishop Newman addressed the meeting, stating the purpose, etc., of the coming con- vention. His remarks at the outset were merely a repetition of what has already been published regarding ths object and size of the couvention, Thers are about six hun- dred people in the gathering. The competi- tors for this meeting are New York, Chi- cago, St. Louis and Washington. They are waiting anxiously for Omaha to say she doesn't want it. Chicago has appointed a committes to entertain the conference and has gone to work on the ground that Omaha will not boe the seat of the meecting. ‘The pastors of this city have cauvassed the city and report that they have found aco modations for about thres bundred visivors, The remainder of the delegates will have to be provided for at the hotels or otherwise. ‘The bishop thought favorable arrangements could be made with the proprietors of tho hotels, and that the expenso could be kept within reasonabie limits, Where the con- ference is bot entertained eratuitously vhe expenses are apportioned among the various annual conferenc This apportionment must be made tw rs in advance, and it is therefore necessary to know betorehand just what will be done, As far as the material advantages of this large gathering to the city are conceraed, the bishop preferred to have some business men exputiate on this point. But he thought the spiritual result of such a meoting incal culable. 1t will be safe to say that 75,000 visitors will be in the city during the month of the conference and the natural advan- tages will be great. Rev. Dr. Maxfield, one of the board of bishops, addressed the meeting atv the re- auest of the bishop. He estimated the ex- ponse of entertaiving the conference at about £05,000. There will be a large attendanco, 48 the question of the standing of women in the conference will ve considered, and, probably, finally. This important question will bring large numbers of people from all sections of the count He reviewed the benefits to acerue to the business men of the city by having this conference here. It will be a means of bringing Omaha into promi- nence in ecclesiastical history, The con- forence has never been held in a city where the Methodist Episcopal church is so weak, nuwerically and financially, as it is in Omaha, and that is the reason an appeal is made to the public and business men and to sister churches. Rev. J. R. Roe spoke n a very confident way of the ability of Omaha to entertain the couference. He stated that General Lowe had offered the free use of the Coliseum building, night and day, during the month of the conference. Another gentleman had offered to contribute £1,0000 toward the erec- tion of a temporary building for holding the session. He estimated the numbar of visi- tors who would probably visit Omaha at 100,000, provided the public mind can be dis- abused of the idea that we cannot accom- modate the crowd, Mr, Johin L. Webster and General Cowin asked a few questions, which brought out the fact that the $05,000 which the bishop had mentioned as the probable expense of entertaining the conference was based upon the fact that this was ths amount expended for the entertainment of the last conference. I'his amount included cransportation, which would put the actual cost of entertaining the conference at about 30,000. The churches in the city have arranged for tha entertain- ment of 250 of the visitors, and this will leave about three hunared for the citizens to eotertain, A conservative estimato placed the probable sum needed at about $20,000, and the bishop thought that it would be sale to go ahead on a guaranty of this amount. At this point Rev. Ensigu was elected sec- retary of the weeting. Mr. Buchanan, general passenger agent of the Fremont. & Elkhorn road, stated that there would be no trouble about the c: ing capacity of the railroads centering Omal They could accommodate all the who woula come, . Henry T. Clarke said that he was cer- tain that the citizeas would gladly accommio- date the delegates to the confercnce, and he felt sure that they would fully endorse any action the committee might take. He moved that the action of the delegates free entertainment for the conference be co- dorsed, Mr, Rosewater related the exverience of a committee sent to Washington to secure the republican convention in 1888, It would have been a hard matter at that time for the city to have entertained the convention, but things are aifferent now. This matter has been settled for us and we must now endorse this action, but he re mmended that no husty action be taken, He was confident that the city would sustain its reputation for entortaining visitors. General Cowin said the little village of St. Lous wants the world's fair, and if she can entertainthat he thoughtOmaha would be able to entertain any conference which might be gathered togette The motion of Mr. Clarke to endorse the action of the committee which invited the conference, was then proposed and carried unanimou The question of whether the city could en- tertain the visitors who would probably come here came up again, Landlord Bramard of the Paxton said the hoteis alone could en- tertain 2,000 people without any trouble, It was resolved to draw up a subscription paper to be presented to the business men of Omaha, pledging entertainment of the con- ference, and to raise tho nccessary funds. The commitiee was clected as foilow: General Cowin, chairman; Henry ‘I'. Clarke, Clark Woodman, Lewis S, Reed, Max Meyer, Rev, J. P. Roe and J. L. MeCugue, Bishop Newman reviewed the business of the meeting and said he shoula at once com- wuvicate with his colleagues and the action of this committee would sonn be known all over the country. General Lowe remarked that he had heard that rival cities were disparaging Omahu's ability to furnish a suitable building for the s of the confereuce, und he had con- Ited with the directors of the Coliscum association as to the advisability of tender- ing tne use of the building for the meetings. He found the voard were unanimously in fuvor of makiug such tender. The Coliseum would seat 15,000 people, and was lighted and heated, 50 that it would effectually put at rest all remarks or doubt on that score, $ltev. Dr. Smith of Council 3luffs addreased the meeting and said that if the commitiee of seven would guaranteo the necessary ex- vense of the conference that would effectaally settle the matter. An immense prossure is being brought to bear upon the committee of bishops, which has the power Lo locate the conference, in case Omaba does nov want it Chicago is trying 1o induce this commission 10 locate the couference at that poiut. After a few wformal remarks by members of the committee Bishop Newman thanked the committes for the uction taken. The board of bishops will want some assurance that the promise made will be kept, and this board will meet soon. There is a feverish excitement pervading the church. The cou- fereuce has never wet west of Chicago, and the bishop is anxious to show the peoplo what & great country the west is. A vote of thanks was extended to General Lowe and his colieagues for their action in offeriug the use of the Coliseum, and to the hotel proprietors for thoir Xinduess in allow- 1ng the committee to use the Lotel. BOUTH OMAHA NEWS, Terribly Burned. Mrs. 8. J. James was the victim of a terci- blo burning accident at her home, P street, botweeu Twenty-fourth and Twenty-third strects, at 6 o'clock Monday afternoon. funds® in offering Sending a son to & nolghbor's to borrow a 1ittle oil, in the absonco of Mr. James, the child was given gasoline. Pouring tho gaso- line in a lighted lamp, an explosion took place, and Mrs, James was coversd with tho inflammable fluld, and fn_an instant her clothing was in flames. With rare presonce of mind she carried the lamp to the door and threw it out, and, returning, got her threo little children out of the room. Mrs. James was burned on _the hands and arms up to the elbows and avout tho head, face and neck. The attonding surgoon states that her burns are very pmnful, but whother or not serious cannot yet be stated. Livo Stock Exchangs Mesting. ‘The annual meeting of the South Omaha Live Stock exchango was held Monday af- tornoon, with Vice President J. A, Hake in the chair. 'W. N, Babeock, David Campbell and M. H. Hegarty wero elected mom- bers, The bill of 8112 for the funeral e penses of the late Frank H. Dowoy were ordered pmd. Messrs. Ab Wageoner, J. A, Hako, Jamos Foley, Andrew Gillospio and J. B, Blanchard were elected a standing committeo to above abate. Vice presidont Jd. A, Hake will procure certifi cates of membership, Messrs, J. B. Blanch- ard, George Brown and James G. Martin were appolnted a committeo to urge on porsons connceted with the yards the necessity of joming and to procure mem bers. Agent W. B. Cheek made an expln tory statement of delays in shipping lowa stock into the yards. The result of the election was the follow- ing list of ofiicers: President, J. A. Hake; vice president, R. M. Murphy; directors, James M. Dowd, J. B. Blanchard, Albert Noe, Richard Gilchrest and John A. David son; board of arbitration, A. C. Waggoner, J. D. Shields, Alma Jackson, Witham K. Denny, Charles S, Maley and James Foloy ; board of appeals, Alma Jackson, C. E. Bo- gart, O. K. Paddock, P, Savage, J. Sam- uel Gosney wnd Albert Noe, Forged n Check and Skipped. William Ryan, a pressman, who came here from St. Joseph some time ago, and who has been working in the Magio City Boomer office, got tired Sunday evening, forged sov- eral checks and had them cashed and skipped the town, One check for 819.35, forged with the nume of A, E. Brigham,was passod on Mrs. Jennio Volkers, with whom the festive Ryan boarded, ana anothor has turned up for £5.00 in the hands of Billinrdist Paden, while Jacob Coheu mourns his going for & suit of clothes valued at 83 C. H. Sobotker looks with regret over an account of $.90; Hollis k. Hoele will mark a 8 pair of shoes to profit and loss, and still there's more to follow. Mr. Ryan quietly vamoosed the town Sunduy night. Notes About the City. Dr. B. F. Johnson is packing up his stock of drugs and this wesk will remove to Car- roll, Ta. Mrs. William Stewart, who has been dan~ gerously ill, is better and now out of danger. The sacrament of the Lord’s supper will be administered in the Presbyterian church next Sunday morning. At the meeting Sunday afternoon of the Turnverein Charles Akofer was add to the commitcee on decorations, All oth busi- ness was postponed till the meeting at the Wisconsin house Wednesday ovening. Miss Julia 3. Martin, delivery clerk i the postoftice, is listed among tho sick. W. Stoner of Cokeville, Wyo., has pro- sented the commission firm of Burke & I'ra- zier with a very large set of deer and elk horne. The autlers will be putup in the oflice of the firm. Christian Rock, a Norwegian, who boarded with J. L. Oleson, Thirty-first and R strects, was buried yesterday atternoon at 8 o'clock from the undertaking establishment of Brewer & Sullivan. The icterment was in Laurel Hill cemetery. About People. N. A. Lundvall, drug clerk in Dr, B. ", Jounson’s store, will go with the doctor to Carroll, Ia. Mr. and Mra. Temple, whose son, William J. Temple, has been so ill, have arrived from Chenoy. J. C. Abbott, an Town stockman, has re- moved from Wilton Junction and will be with the comuissiou firm of Savage & Greon. Samuel Johuson of Ida Grove, Ta., is vis ing the city and is surprisod at its growth and the magnitude of the stockyards. J. B, Erion, who was called to Grand Island to attead the funeral of his brother, Joseph Erion, who died lasv Thursday eve: g, has returned and_was - accompanied by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Philliv Erion of Mount Vernon, fa., who will make a resting visit here with their son before going on home. John J. Gorman has returned from Iowa City, la. Dentist W. C, V Ommaha to this city Frank Schlagel of Chicago 18 the gusst of rge H, Brewer of tho firm of Brewer & rduer has returned from George 1L Bowers Chicago. Superintendent Alfred Harder of the tin department of the Armour-Cudahy packing has gone to Cbicago with his wife for a week's visit, HERRMANN'S POKER STORY. left yesterday for A Mighty Uncertain Game Even a Master of the Cards. Philadelphia Tuquirer: “I never play cards in earnest, d Herrmann after the show lust ni o hose who know me wouldn’t play with me anyhow, and, of eourse, I wouldn’t tak dvantage of those who don’t. nember one night, not a thousand years ago, that, in ovder toamuse a fow friends, I sat down Lo a quiet littla game of pol You see, it was this way: 1 friends, and was introduced to an inno- cent looking youth of the dude persuas- ion, whose face was as vacant in ex- pression as a pound of put This youth had been bragging of his powers as a poker player, and had made the others so tired that they whispered we to take the conceit outof him for the fun there was in it. I was ready and we sat down.?” *In Philadelphia?” s “Bless you, no. They play poker in Philadelphia, was in — Well, when we began the game I allowed the youngster to win, in order to get him interestad, and the better to enjoy the circus the others dropped out and my vietim and I hud the table to ourselves, Of course I was to give him back wonatever I won from him-—that was understood. We didn’t play with chips, as we had none, but made the game a quarter ante and 1 limit, so that we could use the money without making any awkward change, Every time my oallow friend won & pov he put the silver and bills in his pocket and would chip in the stuff as he nceded it. After he had won a respectable pile 1 began to get my work in, and by hand- fing and dealing the cards in my own peculiar way, I sooun had his pile in a fair way to innocuous desuetude, Oc- casionally I would let him win, just to keep thé fun up, and I don’t know but what I enjoyed my opponent’s inno- cence ns much as did my friends. But all things must have an end, Finally I cleaned him out, much to his surprise, and ordered a bottle. My friends couldn’t keep itin any longer. I say, old man,” said one, “*do you know who you've been playin’ with?" “Yes,” Yveplied my victim mly; “Hermann the magician, and he'’s a good player.” This was somewhat of a surprise all round. But I laughed and handed hun back the money I had won, Hewouldn’t take it. No, sir. Said I bhad won it; had he won mine he would have keot it, and under no.consideration would he take it ba That was not his way of playing poker. It was no use for me o protest—to tell him that I had deliber- ately robbed bim, He was sorry that he had got in with a wan who didn’t play u square game, but that it was his lookout, He ought to have seen that he was being fleeced and with his eyes for SICK HEADACH osltively Cured b; these Little Pills, They alsorellove Dis- tress from Dyspepsi Indigestion and T earty Eating. A per. fect romedy for Dizs noss, Nausea, Drows. noss, Tind Taste n Mouth,Conted Tony Pain In tha Side, TOR PID LIVER, & They regulate the Bowels and prevent Constipation and Piles. Th amallost and easiest to take. Only one pill dose, 40 in & vial. Purely Vegetable, Pri 25 conts, OARTER MEDIOINE 00., Prop'rs, New York, ————— ey open, too, he was not the man to squeals I tell you 1 folt mean, Tdidot think it half o funny then as T did before, But all I could do or say made no impression on my victim, and with a dignified bow he left us,’ ‘AllT can do,’ I said to ono of my friends, *will be to give this money to some charitable wstitution.’ “Then I gave the waiter onoe of the bills T had won to pay for the wine. Ho eame back with it, and the informati that it was counterfeit. Yes, sir guileless youth had won my good money and rungin over $100 worth of paper on me that wasn’t worth a cent & pound. I'm pretty good on handling cards, but poker is a mighty uncertain game— mighty uncertain.” Uit GIRLS IN THE SCHOOLS. Somo of Their Peculiarities as Stue dents—The Quoestion or Race, *The girl would make a better stu- dent in our public schoolsand collegoes,” said one of the prominent educators of sw York city to a_reporter for tho New York Times, “if she had the same incontive, the same wmolive that the young man has, The young man who Jes 1o the public schools wnd colleg feels that he is to be a bread-winner, He has this for a clear purpose in get- ting an education. But it is not so with the g With her motive is everything, and not having the motive she does not study to her full capacit She looks to getting married some day and having some one else provide tho ) course this is generally speaking. We hear'a good deal about woman's power of application ns compared with man’'s, but my expervience has been that if a girl knows what she is after, if she has a distinet purpose, in nine cases out of ten, she will display steadfastness of aim that is quite egual to that of any hoy “*Much has been said about the capac- ity of the female intellect for mati maties, but I can say ths celsin pure mathematic: Girls are exceedingly fond of history and litera- ture, and invariably stand high in those studies. The best students are Hlebrews, That carry off the honors. But this s a fair test of intellectual The scholarship of the stu- dent is” determined quite as much by her home influences, by her surround- ings and associntions, as by her text beoks or instructor: As a rule, tho wealthy Hebrews avail themselves of = the advantages of public schools and colleges for their children, while, gen- erally speaking, children of Christian parents in sumilar financial cireum- stances go to private institutions. This makes it particularly diflicult to make comparisons in the public schools.” Durno's When suffering with catarrb, cold i the head, nervous headache, ete, use Durno's Snuff, it will relieve you at once, Price 23c at druggists, - Turkey and Quafl, Phillip Walker of Salt Creck, W. Va., during the first summer months had an old turkey hen come up with one young turkey and one quite young and ‘smali quail. Both the young turkey and young quail continucd to follow and food With the old turkey hen, who manifest- ed equal paternal care and tendernes: .over cach and now both are full grown. and a1 twilight the old turkey hen flies up to her roost on the apple tree in the jard, and the young turl takes a roost one side of her und the full grown, beautiful and fat quail on the other. “T'his trio seems quite happy and content, as il from the same consanguineous origin, LR Periodicals in Russia, There ure (89 periodical publications in Russia. ight of them s political and news dailies, 109 are scien- tific, 86 religious, 15 artistic, 33 agricul- tural, 82 statistical and biographical, 15 pedagogic, 18 for children and the rest - A Usetu) Invention. A very useful invention tending to lessen the possibility of accidents in factories, is now being cnsively adopted in BEngland. The breaking of a glass, which is adjusted against tno wall of ev room in the mill, will at once stop the engine, an electrie cur- rent being established between the room and the throttle-valve of the en- mine, shutting off the steam in an in- stant, By this means the engine was stopped at one of the mills recently in & tew seconds, and a young girl, whose clothes had become entangled in an up- ight shaft, was released uninjured POWDER Absolutely Pure. (his powder ne strength wnid wig cil than the ordinary &inds, snd in competition with the muititude, of low tas short welght alum or phosphats powders Sold only i cans. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.,'105 Wall 8t., N. 'Y, A marvel of purft y jore economi uBot be Aokl