Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 10, 1890, Page 9

=3 - 7/ - ¢ { \ — SPORTS OF WANING SUMMER, Bhort Sletchs of Two of the Worlds Tamons Oarsmen. | E T | A BREEZY BUDGET OF BASEBALL NEWS. " sorts at Manawa—What the Cyclers Are Doing ~ he Woods and Wac- ersand Miscellune ous Gossip. John Teemer of MeKewsport, Ta is a goung man tweuty-six yeas old, of strong, rugged physique, and in general make-upan allround athlete, Ho has ben inthe pro- fessional world a8 an ouwsman bt elgnt ye d that. time has rowed nine races, wis B seven or wore. He o cliims the distinction of beingthe first man in America wio beat Hanln o match race. He has never ben s member of o rowing elub iubis life, baving Jampea into the professional arena by rowing a race in working bots with John Powers on the Monongahela river, opposite Pittsburg, in 1882, for @ purse of $100. His achievement in tus race so plesed his fricmds that they induced him to eiter four other races that year, all of - which he won, Early the following spri entered the tree-forall at Pullman, 1L, and met sich wen s Hanlan, Guudair, Plaisted, Ten Eyck, MdKay Humm, Ellert, DParker, Hiley and fosmer. Hand won, and in the second day's consolation race, from which Hostmer and Hanlan were barred, Temer i first money and broke thestandin ord of 20:141 for three miles with a turn, malking itan even 20:14. At Minuctonks the same event oceurved with the same resultas to winning, and for tw s therafterhe met and defeated the best tarsmen in Aanerica, B turing from Anstralia, a_mateh race for 1,000 a side and the championship of America’ was arvanged for and nowed October 24,1585, on {he Hudson river opposite Albany, N. Y., in hich he defeated the m. whohad lield fhe cf for nearly eight year wionship of the world In IS87'he rowed furlan agin at Toronto and beat lim tyo seconds forthe same noney During all (his time Jake Gaulour, who wou the: race at Duluth wo weeks ago, ws training and eonching to down Hunlan and Teener, ut in his sttenpts he wis fourteen times défeated by the boy from MeK cesport His condition and training forhis recent raceat Duluth was not perfect and his ¢ featby Gaudair was nota surprise to himself or bis frimds, Hehas been in dally practice for his rae tday and those wlho arein a positin to lenow say his condition andspeed are 100 per cont better than when he rowedat Duluth or Boston, There is perhaps no letter known sioml mun Inthe wholeworld than Edward Hanlan of Toronto, Canada, Although tal- rfrom the dominion, he isa thoroughbied Anierican and bis vietdries and triumphs of chumpionshipoverall competitors for eight years wis landed with us much if not more Warmth in the states than gn his native provinees. Hunlan was born thiry-five years agoin Toronto, Canada, wlhere he stll re- gides when ot home, and commenced his aquatic carcer by joiniig the Toronto But club, of which bes still a life member, In' thesummer of 12 e rowed his first race for money with a localoarsuan for $100, which he “Lhis race was rowed in skifs onToroito tay. The same dayhe, with El- Liott and MC profes- ann, wou the thrie paic_se wo and the amiteur chanpionshipof Can- ada, That fall Charleyy Gaudaur, brother of Juke's, rowed I nlan a mile dash side, which Hanlan won. "The rices and victories which wore ac for £200 a number of rdel him 0 that time witil 1576 would be wearisome e asuil reader, but i the centenni yar at Philadelphia he won the proud d tinetion on that memorable oceasion of Aner- io's independence of “‘champion oars of the world.”” How well he defeuded tille and how jealously he guerdel it only beknown € those' who lave traveled with him over thousinds of niles of lud and sea meding competiu from all climes and holding his laurels untar- nished forover seven yed A fow of the important events, however, will be rad with interest by people in this locality, swing that be is here forthe st time, His title of “chaupion of the world" brought ot a host of oursmen eager Lo wrest his laurels from bim aid on October dlice Ross! challenge for a purseof ' §,000und the cham- plonslip of Canada was won by Hinlun on Toromto bay. In IS Fred Plaisted was beaten in a two wile dash for ), andJune €, of the same yeur, Eph Morvis issued a challenge to Hanlén to row him five miles al Pictshurg for a pursoot £,000andhe cam- plonship of America, Ty Hinlf won, At t. Johns, N. B, W Rtoss met the cha plon again August 31, 153, fors2,000 in afive mile race and Hankin was agin_ victorous, The next eager clhimant for honors was Charies E Cowtney of Unian comty, New York, wlho rowed Nedat Montveal for his title and §11,00. The rce was over 4 five. mile course and Courtney wasan eusy victin The pu ed for wis buta trifle ascom: pared with theamounts that changed bands on the result of therace, Having abont ex. hausted oll the timberon this side Hanlan then weat to England and won lus first race on English waters from Jobn Howdon, who d him fora purse of 2,000, His and vice ty Willian Eliot on the River Ty ne, This rice was for £40 and the chanpionship cep of Eneland, Hanlan wonboth. Coming back to America, he was again mitched with Courtney fora purse of §,000, put up by the Hop Bitters company This was the race that Courtuoey didi't row that year on gecount of his boat being siwed in two, but it was rowed the following year, May I, 180 when Hunlan won the pursé on'the Potomue rivee at Wuashington. Back to England agalu tomeet the Australianchamnpion v ok ett, whochallenged Nod for $2,00 and his title of chaupion, - Fhe Australion was do- feated. Another native of the Antipodes, Wiliaz Laycock, appared on the scene the following spring, ind doubling the purse that Trickettrowed for made it £1,000 (%5,00) the champiouship of the world and the cham pion- ship challenge cup, Hunlan won this, aud Trickett, who had become somewhat acelim- ated, then determined for another goat *the Aucrican,” making the puse §,000, This tine Hanlanagain won, ~ Returiing to this countryto row Wallace Ross at Winnipeg he wis prostrated with typhoid_fever, the of fedts “of which remalied in his system for yours and may have been ton eortain extont The causo of bis defeatin Australia liter on, 1nBoston at Point of Pines in ISS3 he met aud defeated John Kennedy for o purse of £10,000, At Ogdonsburg, Y., same year, beat Wallace 1Ross, #4000 aud chismpionship, and 80 0 for twenty-five races in thit year, Wwinning allbut e of the twenty-five,” and that one to John Teener of Mckeds ot It is but justice to i © between men with sich yeeords as these two “kings of the oar'” in this vicinity shoull cnwd the capacity of Lako Mannwa this afternoon 1e purse race will be rowed in beats, best two inthecd, two wils with a turn, firstheat 2330 p. m., second heat 623, 1fa filal heat is peeded, 7 p.om Inthe neantime there will be acquatic sports ofall ki What the Man “Will we get any highe ger Thinks, than we e now wpeated Manager Leonard iuresponse to a question, “I do notseebow we can hardly lelp it The team today is as strone asany the Western asseclation, in the field, in the box and atthe bat, and we must cortiinly win two-thirds of the remaining games. That Wil loost us above Sioux City and prolably Denver. While we maybe ot of the race for the flag, don’t forget we will be ve muelin it from this on w the close, in s far 8s what team shall win the honor. We bave still twenty-two games ot home and twenty one abroad, wiich gives usa much better hance to pull upon the two leaders, who bavethe bulk ol Geir remaliing gates to play on strangogrounds. Nowif Des Moines, oux(Cityand St portion of the Paul will onls do the I ric ogainst M Mir wpolis and K 5 City, we will have 8 fine chance to better our . And the Is still another elementt figure in ¢ torests, Ihe three les teams I enine mes each with each other yet and the 1 everything short tting ca ther it Allof the L win nd the ¢t € ar that they 1 abcut chauce toclimb. Yes, of course [ have been n discouraged, but ne tc we've ol thie wo! aud our b it 18 a'straight’ flush’ hed runagaiiet; if bo caught house' the would have o or e or Andso itwentall the afterncon, aud the night ud helost a barvel of Stillhe wouldn't < t, aud Lo about 3 o'clock the next moruin Lis luck changed “Thenhe ‘vened up' xnd ‘quit big “win- ner) I sippose ™ observed the minager “No bis luck changed and IsThoere aHen On? Thereare crtain rumors afloat that tendingto help the pl b of Omahia tearn, but rather to breel and inbarm Ihe plyers ur tand that Walsh and Canwvan ave to be sl shortly to Boston, and they are at a loss to K For the first time this thetean s 1ow fn good plying for ing stra discontent take two such valuable men from its ranks, wiuld certaiiny wreck the whole coneern two men referred to are notonly two of the best prayersin the Wester ociation, but two the most popular and level heded, The hone plyers waild niss them le it s a fac, so adnits ndt, that two or three of the Omaha players hive heen ta dwith by National le, bs, and offers made the club for them, that none will besold, notnow tanyrate, However if the Nationil lesgue is taripering with the prayers of this associe tion, itis high time that this association wi making a *roar The national agreeuent wis draftel and formulated to prevent just sich underhand work, and it seemslike sui- cide for the National league, in the face of their intemecine war with the brother Wod, to dare intermeddle with th afairs of any other assodation, which is supposel to enjoy th ¢ rights that. they do. The National leagie should bar in” mind that they are but p cous little stronger in plajing strength today than _ the Weste associition, and insteal of beinga winorleague, this or: ganizitionis just as fully entitled to the aig. sity that lies “in the appellation of a *‘major body" as the Natio 1 league, Should the leagrue undertake any wo iskind, T Ber would aily too espoust tho causcof the brotherho ization aspiring for first houots in the base ball world. However, it might be well to udd, that the writertalkes no stock in any of y other organ- the stories alleging erooked work against the league. 1f the Omaba pliyers have bee appuached, ithas beenby the acquiescence of the Omaha management, that can be de- pended o, Don't Leave the Plate, Billy Movanis a plucky littls catcher, and thereis groat stuffin hin for the futue, but Justnow he has one fault, and that is,an ob- vious tinidityin guarding the home plats. Backstopping and throwingto scondis not what wholly makeiup a greit citcher by a longehot, He must have his head and heart with binat eiticll stiges. Hemust know how to handle thrown balls when a runneris teying toscore from third, id know how to do it quickly. On such occasions he erthor iets to one side of the base o a litde back of it, when he should straddle it square and stand there as firm He isa ool hunls of a man an ear one run- ner in twenty. If the throw is a ling one from tho field, and is goineto full short, he shouldu't run outinto the diimond and under- tako o ch it on the fly, but sty right over the plate’ md take it on the bound if nceessary. He runs theriskof lsing his head when he de- scris the plate, and if he gets the ballhe can't get back quick enough to toich the ruimer, Jick Newman has the vight idea Witch him straddle the: plite whenther is a chance fora man to comen from thivd | The Way They 81 ide Nowadnys. Head first sliding into sccond bise Is a thing of thepast. In the old daysa pliyer never thought of going intoa hise fet first, but invariably went inon his vest front. Will Omaha craiks ever forget Hernnan Bader's eat dives for second, and how he used to upheae the soll and start the dust like a steam plow. A great buse stealer wasthatboy Buder, in fact the professin never produced many sucn daring bise runners ashe, and when withthe Omala tam i 'S7, he stole nore bases than ail the others combined. Baderalwa went in head first, butit i doubtful whetlher he practices that stylo to- day. Nowa head-first slider is pie forgasec- ond busemin who understands himself, for ho cn blick him every time toa certainty.” All he has todo is to stand rightin the path in su a way (hat the rumer canmo the base. The baseman has nothing to f but the runner . Heth f hisheadand neck, With the feet first baseslider it is dif- ferent, He hasthe bulge on the basemar The iron plateson the soles of his shoes « all the aveument the baseman needs. N danger of his trying to block the rumner, Jimmy €mavan is the one player of the Omalia tean who still continues occasionally I nerally sees that to goin head fisst, r st of the team invar. the field s cl fably go in feet fir: Joo 5 Alw “The rule inthe Westan association cor. pelling the home team 10 go to bat first is a poorone,” says Joe Walsh “It does not suit home audience, who, of course always 5 Hight, m strougly prejudicel in favor of the locil players. They like tosee the lome tean cometo bat last, because then they know what is before them and just what they must expect, just what they must “pull’ for, The old mosscovered filew that the first whick at the new ball is a Lig advantag Leen ex- ploded this bulf doaen years, Every time a ball goes out of the It now a new one s brought into requisition. And how often doesthatoceur! Somietimes not less thin seven oreight times duving a sipgle con- test, That evens up (he chanws for tie first crack atthe white ones. So itwill be seen that the first rap at game counts no more tian the fist vap ata newoncm the third, fourth, fifth or niuth innings, It isall the same, = Agnn, comiig lastat the bat is a prefevence of all clubs; theiaenseen to huve a better ide of how to o ut matters, and really I think play better ball, when they realize that they will bave thelast chance to line her out. The Milwauk e <eries. The fllowing table shows the compacative stiength of ulay of the Ouahaund ) the opening of the ilwau- ke temns in their lte series on the local grounds A S0 8 Onuha & %% 5~ &% Milwauk 10 18 1 8 & Earned Runs—Owaha 3 Milwaukee 11 Two Base Hits- Oumuha Milwiukee 2 Three Base Hits—Omaha 4; Milwaukeo 1 Home Runs Omaba 1, Milwankee 2 Buise on Balls-Off Omaha = Y Milwau- kee 10, Struck Out—Omaha 93 Milwaulee 5. Amateur Ball Notes. The Shamrocks and Park Juniovs p) afternoon for $2a side! - Frankof the will occupy the box for tho Shamrocks Pitcher Carmelles of the Acnes isa prom- islug twir In & recent game with the Diamonds Le struck out fftcen men, auong | Howel T, who succumbed three times, Right OF the iat. Kansus City pipers are alreidy billing the Bostons fora series in Oclober, Did you sce Dud Clirke lace out those two three-laggers the other dayt d Niclols stands nineteenth as a Na. alleazie balter withan average of 291 Ladies day wonld be agood thug for the Omaha park forthe hilance of the season. JoeStramss gt iito a fight up in Sioux City the other diy and wis hanledup before the police wurtand fned $ and costs Reddy Hanrvaban daims to be the authe YAnu Rooey.” Flosaysher inme originally was Anna Re St y Paul has dec Sweeney Hanrdian. pitated four men, the oll yeteran, Billy Hawes, among them. Billy shoull retire tothe stable andstay ther, Wild Bill Wilner won his first fc Siouy City 14 to 7. The rd _men cougcht the Minnies on their little hoo¥s thatafter. noon, Dave Rowe will wll ont of bed some morn ne and find that he had better died in_ his sleep. Flestill continues to sport lis brother- hood gufy Billy Hart's long drive overthe conter field fenee i Thursday’s Des Moines game was the greatst hit evermade on the Omaha rounds 1f overy player inthe team put up the same sortof aiigery bal Reddy Hanrabtun docs thew would bea sudden dédine in the hand- luck market. Kans ity suffered its first whitewash last weak ElnerSmith was inthe box and Mimeaplis rappel hin for eleven hits thre of them double is & very effective pitcher for about ings, and Manager Cushman said when was here Priday that Willis isthe hardest man Omaha lus for Milwaukee to hit. In case Dick McCornick pullsoff this fall, L. C. Krauthoff of Kansis City will be elected president of the Western association Heis a broadgauge man and a god one. If old cigrar sign Milt West can hotd up bi: endin centerfield for the Cleveland Les club, what could ‘Tit Willis do? He an out- ficll West with one band tied pehind his ba Had ftnot been for their wonderful luck in this city the Miwaikees woild havere- tumed Lome withtheir heids about the nor- malsize, They received nugh treatment in every city but Omaha, Comon of the Siowx City says Povers will be let outand Glenn and Black will play for about tne-th less than they are reciving for the buli of the season, or be given the run. “Tit! Willis is certainly playing as fino a ceuter field as any man in the Western asso- ciation, if not finer. He is improving right alng, (00, in hisstick work, and_has moved upwellalong tovard the wp diring the past month, © Six fhousind poplosaw the Kansis City’s knock Minneapolis’ ot of firstplace and tie them for secondt in the Westem associition vice. The Bluc's arejust fivepoints behind the Milwaukees, Peity was the last pitck shughteredand the K. C.s wou 15 to 5. Anylody can pick out the pitehersof a buseball team simply by glncingat their ams. Tho musculw development of the pitching menber is always wieh more con spicuous than that of thearmuot so much used. Dad Clarke's right arm s aluos t twice as large as his loft, Thete s some consolation in the thought that the yresent state of affairs cinnot last longz. On the basis thit itis impossible for the teamn to lose any oftener, therels good found tion for tho belief that they cinnot help but do better. A~ mllylike that in August last year would make thetown bappy. The Milyaukes great stragth undoubt- clly lies inher pitching force, There is o teambut ter's in the Western uwssociation with three gool pitchers in the very best form, and she is the enyy of all the rest, Thorton, Grifith and Davies are all in ex cellent form, and willingand anxions togo in the box intheirregulor order. Thereis not ashirker in the trio, andnot i bench wirme in the whole outfit. Cushman makes them carn theirdaily bresd and picand ice crean by the active use of their god strong arms and sturdy legs, and thats thewayto g after o pennant, club, Strauss, Ering Out Your Trotters, Gentlemen. The Douglas Comty Agricultural 18 tryingto secure as an attvaction for the fair,to be held in this dty, Septemberl, 2, 3 and4, Tybalt,the traired moose owned by Francis Dunlip of Montpelicr, Ilaho, which hastrotted a mile in 2:20. Dunlap is eager to match the mooseto tot a raceof one mile andrepeit agiinst anyhorse in Americain the3:00 class, the stakes to be from £500to $1.00 a side. Themoose isone of the spart- ing sensitions at Montpelier. Tybult was lassoed 15,000 feet ubove the sea” at Teton mountains, Wyoming. He is "two years, six mouths old, stands 5 feet Ginches inheight, and weighs 60 ponds, He iswell broken to harness, can trot single, or double, and ha shown great speed. He will drop on hi: knees atcommand, junp five feet in height or ov mustang, aid Las been trained nine- teen months, societ Sports at Manawa Today. The great sculling race, mile heats, two in three,betwen Ned Hanlin, the world's famous oasmm, and Jobn Teemer, the American champion, fora parseof $50, comes off at 30 o'click ot Lake Manawa thisafternoon, Bothmen have been twin industriously at the lake for the past ten days and avein the best possibtle condition, aud the race will be the aquatic event of Munawi's history. Hunlan and Teener have metin seven races, five of which Hanlan won, and two went to emer, In addition tothis greatrace, there his becn an interes ing programme prepared o fill in consisting of tub races, swinmivg matches, and walk- ing on the watc TheSt Breeders Meet One week from Tuesday next the annual meeting ot the Nebrask ting horse breelers ops continies onto the 2nd, inclisive, Eyery- thing is inreadiness foran iteresting ses. sim. The tre s heen improved and s in almirible condition, i greatexhibitions of speed are anticipated. There are nearly one lundied and ifty noninations and in adlition o the reqular programme there will be a number of ntersting maich rices, 1 association of trot us at Fainur and Billy, Leon Says Miypex, Neo, AwgustS.—[To the Sport p Bie. ] -1 by T Ber Omaba wants to run I am managing. LetSpencer put up it and T will coverit assoonas I arrive Iam mitched to run C, . Lee of ey, sixty vards for&00, but cannot tell untiltomorrow when wewill run Leoy Louex. € Up. W hisperings From the Wheel, n knocked outthe Platsmouth rwun Jast y _igain, This nn hs been called about six timesin the last year aud called off every timo on iecount of riin or high wind Mr, O. A. Kiliunand M. Nelsouof Grand Island, toured from that cty to Omaha last weekuna stavted on therétum trip St urday wor They acompuied tho Omaha-Wheel club on their run to Florence last Wednesday evening. Headws were the orderof {he evening afler leaving the paye- ment, bul no one hurt. Townsend got so stronz coming back he just pulled offa hune dle for exercise Captain Emerson leaves for Boston Sunday evening, Lieuenuit Mittauer asuming the capluiney while hels away. Four now members were taken iito the Omaba Wheel club at theboys don't have tine to hustle for new menbery justnow, The turniment is the only tople that occipies their minds. the last meeting, but The professionals ar returnig from St Joa ded broke The St. Joe people did not give up to any greit esent to seo three old timo fakirs chase each other around the trackeightdays, And then to think Charley Ashivger won the ruce. Ob! no, it wis nofae, The dite of the tournament has bew fixed forthe l0th wd 20t of Setember, at the inds, best of condition, alog. y Run to Papillon foday leaving the ol hoise at ¥ a.m., will go out the nilitary tomeet the Fremont whee club t ming in vight Prizes ar oo Mr. £ B, Smith is perfoting an 1 lump for a safety bievale, The pean eight cendle power 1 aste ery capible of rumning a lanp hours, willbe placed conpaatly uy suddle, andadd only about fiye o unds to weightof wheel. When porfected willbe a light thatwill not jur out, one of worst faultsin an oil limp Franciscois hiying bis 38 put in siape and look out i the Bre ¥ record. Apallo Club Notes, Therun to Glenwood called fir Tast Sunday wes postponed on - gecount of lud wads Cavtain Beinlorff has alleda ranto Belle vue today, to stirt at s m.sharp. Thisrun s short and it s hoped the boys will turnout very fine time is an ticg 1 The election of officers ok lace | ing atthe regrular club meeting as Charles Mears, president; H. 1. * st oven- follows vice president; R. H. Calkins, scretarys Louis Plescier, treasurer, and Osar Beindorsy, captain Three now mombers were admitied ad a istitution and by laws adopled A new dub eap was also deciled o Secretary Calking left for aten_diys trip to Manitou Springs, Denver anl Yellowstone park last Thursday morning. M, Dickey, the young man who wis to starton a trip acrss the stute of lowa last Sunday, postponed the trip two dags and left Tuesday. He arrived at Mount Pfasant, h destinatio, rports tho roads in bad eondition onacennt of the dust and will wtur by mil ina week o ten days, Pof. Porrigo smember that thero is a “bigfour? orrathera four-man dub i the dty already, composed of Sanchey, Tag ger, Flescher and Denman, and he” should bustle fora now name for his orgmization. ois Flesher left for St Touis ¥riday, where hewillattend theracemeetto be hell August 16, He will get a canceto try con clusions with some very fust uen, and ke musn't forgetit, There s noreasm why the coning tourna ment should notbe a sucess. Omala has some very fast men in her two clubs and then the mangement should spare no pains such men as Van_Sicklen, Lunsden, Windle, Thome, Van Wa; others of nationl repitat urowould be impssible, the people of Omaha a clun rices, At this tou should remember that they will see one of Jack Princes fakes or Bippodromes, The meet will be confined stridly 1o amiteurs, and amateurs constitute the only cliss free from taint. ner and many 1 here, and fail- 1t woull give 0 se some ment the peoplo The Apoll roal race, wlhich was to have taken place yesterday has been postponed ono weck. . Will Pixley, the Omuha wonder, is riding ingreater form than ever. The kid is grow- pidly and it wont e long before he ing r L 0 v ustified in tacklinguny man in the be Miscellaneous Local §por The City Steans g to Blair todiy for a gume there this aftemoon, Thenational coursing useociition in con- nection with a tumber of wellknown local dogfunciers, is making prejiininary urrange- ments for another coursing meet tobe Leld here some time in September. Large bags of uplind plover have leen made down about Waubucey lake, Frink Forney, an old market hunterof Bartlott, sent in 112 birds Thursday, The stalo association of trotting horse breeders holds it annual sessionat Faivbury, August 19 o 22 inclusive, Questions and Aseswers, Plesse stite i Sanday’s Bss whotler there is a game law in this slate restriting the hunting of geeseand ducks t—Kid D, Onha. Ans—Tlere is not, Will youinform moin Simdiy's Ber what the best mnning wecordis for 100 yavds for amatenrs (17, H. O, Lincoln, Ans,—Ten seconds, Wilere an I procure a copy of the National Rifieassociation rals! Supposing 115 ounces to be the proper lad for @ l2-guige gun, should it be 1) ounces weight or 'y ounces acconling to common shot measurel—Dr, H R., city. Aus,—Write secretary Nagimal Rifle asso- ciation, Temple Court, No Y. Itshoull be 1}§ aunces accordivg to the standard shot measure. Flas Milwaukee beaten Omaha every game theyhavo played this seasqn! Isa muffed foul fly by thecatcher anerror? When does the season close here and with whom (Tl Socker, dty. Ans.—Yes. If the batter aftervards reaches lis basse. September 27,28 and 29, with St. Paul, Dr. Birney cures catarrh, Bee bllg. i ] EDUCATIONAL. At the commencement exercises of Har- vard anex twelye yong women reccived certificates correspouding to the bichelor arts in Harvard colege. O A somewhat embittered contest over the teaching of Germun inthe pablic schools of Indianaplis, has rsulted in & victory, ten- poniily at least, for the Germans, Ttis reported that Charles L. Colby and Jo- seph Pitman Eave live offerd to give jor the establishment of a technical school in connection with Brown un ity. Dr. Sylvester Prime, of Provilence, R. I, editor of “Mima yon Barnlelm,” and other limes in the **Heath's Modern Language es,” has just been called to the professo ship of modem lanzuages in Co lrhl(‘\lnl“('xl’. The new Chicazo Baptast university been incorporated by John D, Rockefellor others. Theboard of trustes has practically decdded to make Prof. W. R, Harper presi- dent of the university, The Univesity of Colorado, at Boulier,las a facully of twenty-one professors and loc- turers, The atiendance list year reache nerly two hundred, wd b therecent com- mencenent seven students, including two women, who recived the degree of B. A were graduated, It was a matter of great some little surprise that the portegaveis- sent soreadily tothe request for permission toerect additional buildings for Robert col- loge, Constantinople. Information tothat ef- fect has been reccived ut Washington by the stte department Mr. John D. Rockefeller contributed a second hund red thousand dollas to the American Baptist educatimal society, forits general work of assisting colleges and acad- en The socicty ussisis chicfly in seour- tas nd joleing andof ing emowments, rarely incurrent, expenses, neverin erccting buildings orpaying debts, By an imperil ukwse recently published, the “use of the German languagein the fems sch ools and collegesof Courland is probit ited. Only Gernan grammar and religlous instructionmaybe gven in that lgusge, but for instrviction n all other subjects, as well of fortheofticiil recrds and reports of the schools, no other but the Russian lan- fuage may be used. Themonument of Pestalozi at Yverdon, ltely inaugurnited, nakes an excellent im: esilon. On_the ‘socle is inserited: “To Postulozzl, 1740-1821, Ereetel by popular subscription, 180.°" At the foot of the slatue is inseribed:’ V1 lived iike a heggar to show beggars how they ought 10 liveas men,” And on the leftsideand bebind: “Savior’ of the poor in Neuhoff. Father of the orphaus in Stauz, Founder of tho popular schol in Burpic Educator of mets in Yverdon, All for olhers, nothing for himsel(} - Dr. Biruey cures catmged, Beo bldg. WEatis aGhost. Tho St. Jame otle mikes the statement that there fs aschism in the Englishchuch as to what one's ghost is, oneside holding that it has an ex istenc of its owp and can walkabroad s it likes, the othep wurty thinking that itis be- gotlen lntion between the minds of two living persons—that it is, in fuct, 8 “'0-operative hallucination.’, Cularsh, Bee blig. 300-TWELVE PAGES, ) I | 10t ) Minncapolis, $00; sscond, | thied, Fort Dearborn lodge No. e —_— | &0, b MW, of AL First Owmntomment of the Order nl! Blginrate Bromratlons Mol Hiete fam the called ¢ ntion of Modern Wood. | Pt men of America to be held at Des Moines, Ta., Tusdiay, Angust 12, 150, |OMAHA REBEKAHS WIN FOURTH PRIZE | “The Western passongor association has i { 1 The Home Team is Rewarded for Tts |y 0000 e S0 08 e b 1 Des Harl Work by Receiing a Moines on that occasion, Handsome Set « £ hegalia A formal addressof welcom bo ox and Jewels, tnded by Gover B it the capitol which will be respor 0 by Head Consul e Root, and the grand pavadeawill be me of the The first triennlil cantonment of the Patrl | most i ever witnessed in the state of | archs Militant opmedat Chicagoon Monday | lowa | last, e groundson whichthe prades and | Head Consul Root write follaws : “Tho | prie drills were held were ou the luke front | 4t et i, At bt RS il newr the nov auditeriu An - dmmenso | wontitwtiich secured fary injunction | grnd stand witha seating capacity of 35,00 | yrainst the board of t & tin | persons had been construgted, facing the | near the date of the ) rend lake. Opposite this on theeast sideof the | I¥ :A“ A"\ mpossit ite 4 LGt guund werethre imnense flag poles The [ on ot MBS el e R IR cantonment was formally opened by 1oisting | fho ton states stho. hive. termeed Lo il three flags Monduy afiernom. In thecenter | the mecting, as the mjunction has 1o binding wis the buge flagof the Patriarchs Militant, | effect upon’ any oninless personul ser which displayed in the white field of the “:;""‘t: ‘”“u \;‘w":d\ n‘!‘\\ ,wl\ul\l\ ‘:L An i i q 1 Junetior as taken in Chicago because e longitudinal stripes of red, wlite and bluo | yoiuy doos no business i that city and the insigminof the organiation,a crown of | ereater publicity could be given toit thioush sarleton gold, sirmoimtinga siver and gold | the diily papers thin elsowhore, cnoss, crookand sworl, At this flag Major General S, H. Kelsy of Kausas was sta- timed, Tothe right was tho United Stales cllors,in chirge of Geneml A C. Cable of Covington, Ky.,and o the left was the Ca mdian flag in chame of Coonel E. H. Kavangh of Lynn, Mass, The thre flys were hoisted at i signal from General Under wood, while the immense milit band playel “The Star Spangled Bunne lhe stab's and strips reached the top fivst to the great delight of General Cable, Monday evening a delightful reception was held at the armory of Battery D, near the prade ground, Sl Rl e crowded ” with epauletted and gold-corled devaliersimd their more wives, daughters and sister Chereception was parely infirmal and af- forded an excellent opportunity for becoming nodestly attired aequainted, Abrief address, appropriate to oceasion, wis _deiverd by Coloiel J, . cott, who welcomed the visitos to the dity. M'es, Lizie Morrison, president of the Illinois Stite Rebelh convention, weleomed the visitors from other states. J. L. Burnum, grand master of Iinois, welomed the vis® itors on behalf of his jurisdiction, Mrs Mury . Rea of St.Louls, president of the Natimal Rebekah convention, responded on behalf of the visitors, The true business of {he gthering com- menced Monduy aftrnoon wlhen the ahs tooks possession of Battery D and comn menced aspirited contest for §1,225in prizes for the best cxemplification of the scevet work. Inthecenterof the luge lll atem. porary lodge om had been constructed, A vhilc pallelgran marked its extent and around were the altars of the various officers, Theembloms of the order, the beehive, the doorand the moon and seven stars, represent ing industry, regula and molesty, the charicteristics of the Danghters of Rebeks b, were hug in their proy thing was prepared fo was ogmed by Queen lodge and Flo lodge of Chicago took the floor for the opening of thetournament. The costumes of the ladies of {his degrecstaflwas very simple. 1t was ed onthe idea that the women of the bible were supposel to b humble ot given to vain show butanxious only to achieve the virtues of industry, regulaity and modesty. They were simply flowing robes of cashmere, eni- brojdered when thevauk of the wearer justi- fiedit, but avoiding barbaric display and gaudy omamentation. Tuesday morning was devoted to receiving and quartering the many new arrivals, Tie ty was lavishly decorited and the streets were crowded with the pushing, hureying throng. B luesdhiy afternoon the prize dill of can us commenced in the lake shore grounds, cantons wereentered, namely: London ¢ plices and cve tho contest. of the 1, Outario; Van Wert No. 3% of Ohio; Thompson No. 23, 0f Indiam; Kalser No. 1, of Indima; Mation No 6, of Tndiam! Logansport No. 13, of Indima’; Awmsterdan No. 20, of New York; Occidental No, 1, 1linois; Frauk No, 55, 0f Ohio; and Gr Canton'No. I, of Ohio, In the evening these cantons gave o dress peradeon the lake fron, wiich was witnesed by an_ immense crowd, The grounds on the lake fron? were - closed witha tight faice wmd an_admission fee of % cents wis charged to witness the drills and parades, the prceeds to go tow- anls defraying the expenses of the canton- nent. In the eveninga reception was tendered by Genexil Underwood th the officers and cheva- liers, Rebekahs and Oddiellows genera The reception was held Auditoriumhotel, which w 1o sutfoca tion., The Boston hussars formed the body guard of General Underwood and attracted a great deal of uttention, This is a mounted canton and_their uniform is a most striking one, con sisting of a white cloak, black broadcloth jacket, while trousers and fur-rimmed riding boots, Attention was diviled between the Boston hussars and the Junis hussars of Columbus, 0. The latter was the first trop of its kind organized in the United States, having been el atthe occasion of the meeting of the sovercign grand lodge at Columbus. The unitorm of the Junia hussars is very attrac- tive and rich, It consists of blick broaddoth jacketand pants beautafully bedecked with thickgold cord and braid, The hussars are mounted, cach owning his own lorse, and each of the members bears the rankand title of captain Wedneslay morning No. 6of Columbus, 0., lodge, No 188 of Chic workof the Rebekal de In the afterioon the competitive drill of the antous continued atthe grounds on the lakee front A magnificent display of fiveworks occurred in the evening at the drill grounds. The attendance wis not nearly s large was expeded, 18 oy a few cantons arriy Wednesday 1nstead of thelarge number had been expeded. This was_ atiributed to the rilrad rates and considerble discontent was manifestel with the management of the cautonment, The fund fromwhich the e: the parlors of the e crowdedaluost N and nl R. D. loige, American R D exemplified the 1 which penses of the gathering were to be drawn was mainly contributed by the railrouds, an understanding was hal between Gener Underwood and the roals which subscribed, wherebythose whobought tickets to Clicago over the subscribing roads should re sive cou- r..m.»mumwvm»x 1 to admission to the ground, toads which had not subscrived cut the rates and then the trouble commenced, T cantons thought they were being inposed ujp. on and several purchased tickets over other than the “‘ofiicial” routes while others re. mained at home. As & result of this state of affiirs the attendance wis not as large as had been anticipated. This brought about anovel lawsuit which was commenced agiinst Gen erilJoln C, Underwood personally and as grind sire of the Independent Onder’ of Odi felows, Theplautiffs are Williom Thom son, caterer, and M. . Galligher, florist, and »ws outof the management of the ufonment. Thompson and Galls gher securedthe restavrant and refreshment privile like front for the weelk of cantonnent, paying therefor $,000 eacl, They cliim that the representations made to them of the valueof the privileges were very auch bigger than the reallzatio has been The performances on the lake front, they say, ates and the subordinate lodges were warded The results wereas follows: Re- | ce lodges, first prize, Naomi lodge lumbus, 'O, $i0; second, Elite 2, Chicigo, $00; third, American > No. 1385, Chicago, #2002 fourth, Ruth lodge No. 1, Omala, set of regalia and jewdls. Suberdyatelodges—First prize, Norih Star short time in the sun. Twent to achild whose fad of abulldog, the rest of the monstrosity re- taining of ah | Chronie Infla e petition was sworn the order who biad been remoyed from oftico for attemptmg to defraud by unlaw ful ¢ s, for making efforts by false represen: taticns tosecure anew charter from the se cretary of state and asking to have the char. tor of the socicty annulled, and for attempt. ingr, maliciously and_vindictively to injure the oM cters of the eiety and impair ¢ i dence in it by res to the publication o arges which havye lity fact oruo foun 1o by amember of ation in SKIPPING ~— BY to Place, THE MOTIVE Omaha a Leading City Traveling The Lot T Thelig Houses. cks driven the poor old hors wagon, to the farm, orto the Omaha was oneof the the new motive power, and Latter pleased the public and fon twenty generated at the two powe Omaha sticet. railway Nicholus stree ccond and lzard, In style the buildin are similar, brick structures, covering ne of ground each In the powerhe lours di 1 and the at St is confidently predicted th result of the wvention at Des Moines will be the comy ore. anization of t society, the permanent expulsion from the order of the deposed oMeer who has by devoting so much time and money o oppose it and its of- ficers and a venewed activity in its work. The society was founded by J, C. Root at Lyons, In., in IS8, It has rapidly increascd in’ membership, has paid out over 1,000,000 upon thedeath of its deceased members and numbers ne and 1,50) ¢ arly forty six t amps inthe nort Omaha camp, No. 120, canp Wednesday night menbers, The name of not been decided upon, T will be sclected soon. with housand lwest instituted a new sixty charter the new camp has ename und officers ors A 00U The burial fund scheme Puacific lodge, No, 17, is m. avor. The plan of operati tax each menber 1 upon t ficlry of the fund or upon wife.” The amount raised provided it docs not exceed atoneefrom the amount in eme does not become untit fifty signatures to the constitution governing ithave been received. When over one hun- dred members have been obtained Lhe excess over 2100 is retained by the plicd on the next assessmel ment of this new body rest of Union Paci cier of that lodge being the fund, as heis already unde of the constitution h four lodges in the city, and a large number of matures weveobtained. The plan is re- garded as an excellent one, O. E. 8§, Vesta chapter will givea loo om the 22d inst Dr. Bimey cures cata g SINGULARI There isa womanat Se thoroughly charged with time she rides o the electric Tno bones of some prehi been unearthed o the thigh bones was sixty id the skulls averaged crcunference, A queer white and red rc fishermen of Quonochouta built its nestin a s near the thundering oce bird's body is of @ n rosy red. Ancagleand a_ram had ar PortJervis, N, Y., a attempted to car am went 1o its assistance, verdy injured by a blow frc and it was killed by the fa tracted to the spot. clodge at pres © been sent tothe other A large nu is being sold and a good time Vo av Anpiston, Al irty-fourinches in snowy white, up of its tail, except its breast, which is of a off a w. S proposed by Union ceting with great on proposed is to he death of a bene: the death of by this assessment, 15100, 1s puid over the reserve fund his e treasurer and ap: ut. The gov s with the oft ut, the finan- o treasurer of the v bonds, Copies pienic at Water- nberx of tickets assured, rrh, Beo bldg. 1RES. dalia who becomes electricity eve road. storle gints have Oue of inches long tw bin astonishes the ug, R. 1 It has reach of pasture breakwater, The ven to the a des few da rate fight s ago, The mb, when the The bird was sc- o the mm’s head ruier, who was at A man down east, a sclectman of his town, by the way, bought a pour were wrapped up ina pi and placed them in- by which helefton the seat ¢ Wt the storeagain he found b in flames, paper ou five, A lad v-first street, in and b the normal conditic ilthy child, dog became viciou woman so that she too dicd a few hours afte Acitizen of Belfast, Me ahout 4 o'clock the otherm noise, and, going to the w thirty robins fighting a cro the " ingto get ata robin’s nest in a near-by tree, containing some voung birds, The robins finally drove off the crow, The man went down to the tree and found oneyonng robin onthe ground dead, while two others were afo in the nest. The crow was on @ piratics expedition, and but for the valiait fight of the robins would bave undoubtedly killed all the young, A little girl living near Holden, Me., went tothe barn and collected a dozen eggs from the nest apply On theway from bluck sni recovered both the suale disappeared, but the rept killed, the eggs from {ts stomach and duly story 4s told by an int in the Penobscot exchian g - She intended to the bi Dr. I catarrh, Bee bldg, Lol ulds Madame Modjeska's Vacatior Helon Modjeska, who carries her forty- ght years so gracefully that even women marvel at her, s of late b cation that is "surely we New YorkSun, She is country ranche In Orange ¢ leading a lfe of ideal restf ation, Vet she misses noc still powerful persenal mag @ trave to Santa I might sit down at the ann southern California cditors, who were gal lant enough to hail her as the foremost ict- ress of her diy, and to ask herfor & specch She had not come unprepare it seems, for then and there she madc have been less attractive than itwas prou tactful and smooth worded address, that isck they wonld be and they think tho gvaud | was wildly applauded. But the sentenico in sire has damiged them by~ wlleged misrepr it that will most interestthe play going corr ation £5,000 Worth. munity atlarge s that wh declires Mod idiy eveningthe antonment concluded | joska's wmtention to pass the remainder of her with & grand dress baliat which the pris | life in California. This would seem fo put | which had ben cntested for by the Rebek- | an end to the long-circulited story that she | Would ultimately return to it - - Dr. Birney curcs catar —— amation 15 promptly cure iugs, Missouri. ie proceeds to the purehs and promptly fainted, When she covered in good condition l by the 1 of mails, whichl of brown pap it new tin g 1 his wagon fc sen he came out of s bundle of nails heraysof the sun having set. the v named McLaughlin, residing on ro, 111, gave birth cad wus the image on and appenrance Sowe time past the father of the child purchased alarge bulldog, whaose care he intrusted 1o the wifc agothe About ten days 15, und frightencd kto her bed, Ahe r birth, wis wakened a orningby astran indow, saw about W, Which was try- sell thes: s and of agown m she saw a large and the egers had ile was pursued, sold, esting “This is the gentleman een enjoying i va ays the ue alifomia, ulness and recre- hance Lo exert hey uetism. Notlong jarbara that she 1 dinner of the very cloglient, Poland, her native of the Bladder watens of Excels How Elutricity Girries Peogle from POWER wenty LIGHTNING, DESC in the Sitent yrinth — of rower It is more than probable that when Ren Franklin sent up bis kite and drow the elees tricity from the skies that it v an experiment than anything ese. It is safe to ay that he never, for a moment, lot dea e that electricity would furnish the motive power for the people of tho teenth century. Years aftor Franklin mado his “innocent” experiment, Thomas Ee pasistent study has suceeeded in ha g this power and turning it to the benetit of mankind. The revolution has been wapid and complete, somuch so that ectric light has superseded gas and tho electric motor las car mules to the boneyard first cities to adopts s0 well has the the experimont- alists that, today, Boston is the only city in the Tand that has more miles of eledtrie rail- way inoperation than “our own,” Ihe power that keeps the hundred triins fring cach day is r houses of the pany. Ono of Nineteenth and ther at Twenty- of architeciiio bLoth being low arly half a block econd and Iawd, the Thompson-Houston system is used, whileat the house at Nineteenth and Nichos Ins, the Spragucsystem is employed to send the cars out over the networkof lines that abyrinthine the streets of the city, T applying the power orthie elect wrent, the plan is practically the su in thie twosystems being mai of the proprictary parties Atbothof the power. parent of the electri gines, ranging drive the machinery clectricity The 108 are set manufacturing of the cle but to do thi to have_the e lis engit curren from 250 to that in thero s somet gineer stand & and witeh the ste regzisters the water in tho bof ber of pounds of steam his m One hundred feet away fr a line shaft cighty fect long diameter, working with fri i end, so that i uses ste 10, difr ulyin the names once m is the t. Powerful en- 100-horse powe furnishes tho motion, and the ric current begins, Ning more than tthe throttle « i guge s it iler, or the nuni- achine carries, m the engrine is and six inches in ction pull ea can_bo stopped at any moment. 'On this line shaft are fly-wheels, ten feet in diameter, and over them pass the heavy rubber belts, v rauning 0 o dynimo or generator. The dynamos con sistof ashaft eight fect long, kKuown as an avmature. ‘This is covered with flue copy wire, laid lengthwise, ¢ ated from the other by thin which is the best non-cond by tissue paper. At each en ture, the wires are cut a lated, to prevent their burni come in contact withone known in electrical terms i of force. h nd of the armature and the whole is covered by work of iron, which contain The ary volving at rests in as o being sey sheets of mica, luctor known, or d of the armi- 1 the ends insus ng, when they aother. This is 33 *cutting lines ket a huge frames 18 the magnets, a high rate of speed and coming in and out with the mags nets which are above and below, produces the electricity, To operatoa_carline it is neces- sary that the eleciricity should nov vemin in thearmature, Torewmove it, just outside the magnet box, four carbon brushes are pressed upugainst theshaft of the anmature, the elec- tricity collected and pussed out over’ the line wires, through the nankles of the carbons, o make the civcuit complete it s necessary tohuves return wire. This is attached to Lrushes at the other end of t dfter venching the end of the urns und comes back into bu is again distributed thr ture. The out-going curi as posilive and the incoming main difference being that rent is carried the incoming or negativ by the track wire viils In pssing out the curren ampere metors, wail_just back 'of the dynam reality switeh boards, und t pere for the outgoing civenit comingandone for cach dy pose being 0 regulute the | arrangement is such that t dynamo, or of all, can be t prticilar wire! How to operate las been shrou ed in- myste but it is simple and consists ucrank at the top of a sw placed at oneend of the car. containg and_copper ugh ohare range amotor is he armaturve and line the current ilding, where it the arma- nt is known s negative, the the positive ‘cur- by the overhead wire, whila current which is luid along the is handled it goes through along the 5. These are in here is one am- one for the in nano, theie pur ower, and their he power of one \rown on to any question that y for some time, 1 pently turning itch box thatis The switen box linder, made up of wood, brass The motor goes out upon the track, the trolley is swung up against theoverlead wire and the circuit is complete, as the positive curvent passes down the trolley arm, into the switch box and into a dynam wherea complete armature i armature comes in contact w 1 a3 soonas the inotor tof the switch box, the up the cireuit and the t i of measuring eloct ver, itis measured by volt the pe houses 50 ve thirty loaded trains, wi “L'be only machines that corning in contact with i u or by lightning striking an and runuing into the POW € work of upbuilding an armat one, as cach contains 4,000 fee and'should the least sevatch the ns alation us soon as the c on the whole machine woule and ruined. In repairing mau, John Askin, an cleet with Edison emvloye Each powerhouse M. H. Elbourn being and Iz I streets house, and t the Nincteenth and Nichc 3oth men an old time empl in the scrvice for six years, horse car drivers, and follo lineof promotion, lave work: natures, and this is ¢ o ‘under tne car, 5 placed. The ith tho xle of man turns the positive current Tain wove ricity by horse sand i either olts will handle ear out rapidly el by their uprotected wire, overlead wire ¢ houses, Tko ure_isa difeult tof copper wiro bo made upon urrent is turned 1 be burned ouy armatures one vician, who was mstantly kept disy, f o foreman, wenty-second G. G. Thompson 18 sireots pla , having be ey started as wing a gradual d upto the ieme portant positions they now occupy. C. A. Fredricks, is the eleetrician in cl nd whilehe does but little work himsolf, he is respousible for the working of the machines in both of the houses. o run the two plants seventy-five men are employed as repairers, firen and belpers, their time belr respective formen - - Dr, - Wild Cattle in Kn of the ancient that formerly Great Britain is still preye characteristics of the ar chinged, says the Illust This herd-is in Chartley I shire, The wild ox onco Needwood Forest, of wh formed a part. In the thi William de bo separated this extensive enclosure. which remaing almost in state, the wild cattle ha to run unchecked over sine - Dr. Bivnoy cures catarrh from the arus caused the park to e, spoolfitters i kept by the , Bee bldg. gland. breed of the roamed over seved, and the iimals are uns ed American, ‘urk, Staffords roamed over ich the park teenth century forest, and {n , the turf of its primitive been wllowed h, Beo bldg.