Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 23, 1890, Page 6

JHE OMAHA DAILY BEE: UESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 THE OMAHA BE COUNCIL BLUFFS, OFFICE NO. 12 PEARL ST, Peiverel by Carrle Inumny pirt of the Clty. W W, TWTON, . = "« MANAGER TELEPFTONES Bisines Offoe, No 4% Night EditonNo. ¢ [ —— BEINO R ENT A0 N Y.P Co Councll Blufs LumberCo.. wal. Slorage reasmabl, J. k. Syder, Pearlst ormit to wed was yesterdiy granted . fs and Libbicé I. Sunmis bothof Minn, 1o Vien las just taken out his lst natiraliation papers ad 5 now a full fedied Ameriun cllizen, of liphlieria was reported last Pyl the corer of St L sireet andAveme F. Thvietin is Bddis Dodson, The petit for the district court vas S e e ay. But oie exusewas offered, and this reludant jurymin was graited lis doired relese from duty inthe 00: Four yungunen, . Mo e ohaason i #1490 byJudg M ment fora o) libenl ¢ 0 cieatod noise on th monin g The Citrman Catlolle llies will give their quudrilleparty andfestival this evining at Hughes'hall, Theladies were compelled to posiponctheirentortainuent Thuwiday on wcoult of the strm and ata gt ioon 1t [ nowv hopol that thie e Jots will meet with _substantial ¢ cent andthe centwill b a great sicccss Marshal Tenpletn wat oer t Oml 1astevening, armedwith the proper requisi- tion paprs, ind ok Edwad Miler, the thil wio rbbea Mres, Miller's boatiing Sighth street, from the 3 Nebraska authorities and lodged him inthe wunty jail in 7. Miller semedto boterdbly cit up overthe tun fatehad givenhim, and when searched at the dty biilding prepardory to, being taken tolie ounty nder almot’ boke down. he MeAlister was hard by Justice Belurz jestenlay, but the aruments of the atmeys wern not omplted whenthe court adjurne. Mrs. McAlister admited that sheobtained $0 fron *Pogleg’ Vamatta but it was onthe [3thiist. She took it to kep forlim,md o male freuentdemads upon herfor itin_swall anoun at the tine sheleft jor Dis Mones therewas bt little of the criginalrerining. She ha bor- roued money of hinwhic shehad payback Shedenied absolutely the charge thit she appoprited the money he had given herto pay their boird with. Vaanatta's twdve-yar-oll daighter, and M, Kelloy theworun with who fied thatMrs, Me did spaiticd purose takeit and the mited that she h sionto [y burd n, H. A Duilap, ‘lies, were flied yesterlay in setle. play of trelr ability strects on Sunday venience, it the money for the child had s woman swoire that shoad- dthe moneyin he poss 1t will bedecided toda el PERSONAL PARAGRA PUS. 1, FL Inman willgo to Thurman tmormow to scll astockot gods. Georgo W Cul of the 3 Judge, wis inthe city yesterday. 1M. who lns been s prominently comectol “with Like Mamawa® vl estite, wasin the cityyesterday, Elis present field of ge isCaliforn ia, and e’ stps over onliis wiy cast, toyisit i brotier it Omha and to liok after somo business intersts her. Mrs. Hiy acompuies him Mrs. W. HL Buris was in the city yester- day, andrec friends at o rsi- deice of Mrs,De. Pinney. Mrs, B ums e toliy forButte City, Mont., whereher h baud isnow Iated My friends regrot excedugly the dejarture of Mr. wd Mrs. Bums fom this cily, allough the camot butbe gatifiel thit M Bums bs ben givn soprominentand licrative a position. et The bt autioner i the s Anuan, lounal Blffs, He jays s teition fo bloxea ftock sale, a stads il banches of merantil ©Ofico 503 B rod way, ——— The Minhatan sprting headquarters, 418 Brodwi ¢ comty,me for district. aois H, H. cial at- under- goods. Fine interior decoratin — The Work of chie Grand Jury. The grind jury completed its labors yes- tenlay, md retarnel a binch of indictmats. Anong them were the followin Al Joes, charged vith miyhem, having goged ot the right eye of E. Melver in Crescent township, Arthur Haris ad S, M. Grauly, burg- lary. Three indictnents fver founl agiinst these yong men, gowiig out of burgliz- Sngof the resilences of (. M. Harlud T, B. Hays. Charles Meyers, for stealng o horsoin Gamer township. James Baily, forconfdencing a man out ofa fewdollas at the transker, by working tho “slipper gme, ! - D. H, Wilson, for playing a similie_game, wsing the bogus check inplaceof tho slipper. Fred Dobson for schening with fictitious Acuds of far avay property, to being theone with whom JudgeTipton hadan expericce. D. H, Wilson, for forging acheck, ‘The most important indictment was that of Hary Hall for killng his wile, The indiet- mat’is for nurde inthe fist degree, He wis arnignel, and thewn wasa strtehing of necks tosee low o looked. He appered mich i ofold, though his halr semed whitexr wid his facepretly well bleahed. He stated that. hehadno momey or property with which topayan attorney, ani at his request Coonel Sapp was appinted to defend him. Tho judge’s docket borethe name of *Hunk' > Hull, and to this Coloned Sapp objected, so theobuixious nickname was crossel outind Henry substitutedin its place, Thére waslittloof interestin the armien- mont of the other prismers, the usual form Being gne through with and the prismers mirched back to tho jail, The grnnd jury wso retumed an indict- mat apinstihe boy, Oscar Roper, who is sill tolave hoen | partier of young Murphy fnthe work of stedling wpper andlead from thecaming works, Yang Roper was ar- weted list evening, No billwas found apinst W.S, Covalt, Wlo was charged with mssaulting a littlo girl last summer” Iy liko mamer the cises ainst Chris ~— Sibel, sedwction; B, F. oiothy, charged with ixtortion by threats, anl ChilmerLyow and Boyon were dis- missed, e To the Ladies—Miss Mary Gleasm has re- tumed from her castern trip and is better rparel thin ever to sitisfy all who want nt cliss dissmiking, Roms in the old Abrary building, Pearl street, Loey &Jensen Buy your limberof Tho Juld & Wells Co. 813 Browdway, s ) Firstclass dressmaking by Miss Wallace, orr Citttenen’s baak, cor, Main st. and Bl ave A Mysterious S, A man wasseen yos teday afternon climb- g onto the rool of the wal house of the contycourthouss. e soon begn to disen- tangle some strings which hehad atachd to sme od bwom handles, md alter lying them down on the roof commenced going througha prcess which seemed thit hemus t Desowing pablesin the hop of raisig @ Tetter crop of gravel onthe 1of. There was somuch myllor{ d odaity conneoted with tho operations that several of the occupants ©f tho ifices, walhing him, were quite cxer- clied. Somcthousht him crzy, others that o was dealing inthe occultart.’ Investiga- tin disclosed thesimplo faetthat he was one of the iew jiniton and thatho was plaming tolesse thonumber of pigens which have cusedso much amoyuice by nestling about tho coniices, Ho had attached kernels of <om 10 strings, had fistencd thestrings to ©ld broom handles, andlaid the bt with a gmerous sprinkling of other kemels which wore on the fyw list Hoexpets tothus trip thopigeons wd brak up the feather community. 1f the experiment works it wil wlio spil thosportof the boys who havebeen wing the pigeons or their prctice with aie £us. e — All persons indibted to the shoe business of . A Sponer pleas call at the ofice of WA Wood& Co, 520 Main stret and pay e siazia, 'W. A Woon, Assiguoe. THE NEWS 1§ THE BLUFES The fcene of the Wabash Wrck Attret- ing Orowds of the Curous, THE DEVELOPMENTS 0F YESTERDAY. The City Wins a Park Case— Care ful Iailronding — Complimenting D, Cooley-Minoe Events and Peryimals, The fearful wreek on the Wabsh tinued to be thotheme of onvrs terday and the ruins continuel to att muchattention, During the day thousands of prople went to the wreck to 1eil- | thelorrors that the darkness of the lthad oncale 1. The rins had astrange fascinution tor many and in others only un idle curiosity was enkindled, that was fled by little scaps froin the wr werscarefully arried away tobe prserved as mementoes. The nilrod company hada large forecat worke clearing away thedebris wowrecking crews one from each enaof the rad, wer gl in the work prepari- toryto rebuildlng tho brilge. The engine wasgottenout and pulled upon thegrade Every scrip of woodwork mnd all of the soft metals about it were burnel and melted and it wis s0 completely denuded that there was apparently notling loft butthe driverwheds, exlinders und toiler.0All parts of the machine pasad througha baptism of fire of great in tensity and theextentof th damage to the boiler and michin wanot be known, Whe it stod _upon its wheels the whlo mass was no higier than aman's head, Coroner Wattorman empineleda jury Sun- vening and tookthe members out'to_the k andhad them exanine it and look it the dead bdies, Yesterdsy morning at 10 olclock the inquest was begun jury consisted of I vl Stemler, Flenry Wagoner and R J. Rickets. The aily withesses ex- nined " were Conductor J. Durbin, ear Bakeman S, P, Sherman, I nberlin, sedion foreman WL foreman ofthe vridgebuilling gangs. Was 1o _mate cliange in’ the statments printed in Tee Bee yestrday morning e ceptthat { nductor thought they wero 1ot wing faster than twenty milesin hou whenthey strak the br but possibly migzit he four. 1Rear Bra saw the fire be- forethe bridg: and kuew that the accident After heset the brakes onthe as on he dimebd doyn the side ad swung off, alighting on the growd withoutinjury, 1o didhot hear tho engineer whistlo for brakes, «and thinlzs bo did wot. The enginer could not havo hud timeto douny more than did, reverse the engine, thow on thedriver brakes and open the suidd box. The brikemin was onthe top of thecars setting the brikes beforehe say the light, He saw it be the traingot out of thecut, but thought it was abarnon fir, It wisa brightlight md esily discemable, The section foreman testitied that his tionended aboit onehundred and fifty fect fromthe bridge, and that he had seen the Saturdsy afternon, ad had atabout 8:3 in the evening m was in good condition when he the day, sand thero wasno fire the trin pssed on which be idingin the evaiing, He was confident therewereno weeds or grassor acumula- tions under it where it joined the banks that could be ewily ignited Dy o spark of cinder dropped from’ the engine ‘of the passing train, Had frequently scen large cinders dropped along the track thatwere suflicient to seta tie on five, Hebelicved there was 1o reasom 1o dubt, tiat the five was wceilentlyset by the pissing train, dge Poreman Ford testified that bridge was built in the autumnof 1887, und was in fist-clss ondition. It ws e structed of pineand ke tinbers, Ttwas feet long and fet high in the middle, He had not n it since the dute of the last. inspection, which was abaut sixty daysago. It was then in gool repir and ther was 10 grss or weeds growing be- neath it where theiv presence colld endanger the wood worl by fire, he bridge is localed at the head of the grade, whichhas an aver- age descent of aboutseventy feetto the mile, It is one of the leaviet gmdes and the longest and highest trestle on the line be- tween Couneil Bluffsand Stansberry, Mo. It was not of such a dingerous character that he thought god rilroad mangement de- manded the location of a watchman there. There were other grdesand bridges in the country onotler rmads much higier and stecper that were wot prtected by special watchmen. o thought it was about one hundred yards from the end of the cut to the eastern end of the trestle. There was no further evidence elidted ex- cepithe fict thit the twocylinders that ex- ploded with such terrific fo'ce were charged al gas insteadof bydrogon and cium lights, as was supposed 10Wn_by the way bill. Thesameauthoity revealed the factthat the giguntic ol tunk wis filld with = prepara tionof coil tarinsteu of crude petroeum, The jury wes not satisied with the ovl- dence, and at ck were debaling the question of adjpurning until the evilence of other section men and farners livingnear by could be obtained to show the condition of thebridgeandits surounlingsin rupect to liability of fireby sparks or cinders. Ounly the body of the hiead brakeinan, Wil- liamson, ad the few incnerated bones of IPireman Burke weresentto their frionds in Missouri Sundiy evening, The few scraps and blackened pieces of bones, theendsof which were buried into white ashes in many places, allthatremaied of the brave engii- eex, Martin Eskridge, were gatheredup and takto Estep’s undoctaking rooms, ~ They o de % e passed over it the local. It sawil dung »out it vhen the. wereputinto w elegant casket an) boxod realy forshipuent tothe dd home. in berry. This was indeference to the wishes of thie sou, whocamoup on@ special train on Sunday, and acommittee of engineers, Fsk- ridge was a member of the Masonic order, and bis omrales met, yesterly ad - ap: poiited o committes to wt in conjinction with the commtteo of the engineers, and takecharge of the funerl. AV a neeting yesterday aftemoon Knights Templar J. B. Atkinson, Dr. T, B. Lacy and W.J. Jameson were apiintel a wmmitlee to acompany theremains to Stansberry, The caskot, g taken tothe Wabash train last evening, ac- compan ied b;‘ the Masoiic escort and the englueers, "Lhe funeral will taks phoe. this moming, The Wabash people have not missed a trin andwill not doso. Untilthe broken trestie hasbeen repaired thy wil take out allof thalr trains, pisengers aul froghts, via. the Burlington, intersecting with their own live at Malyem. State Railway Conmissiner Smith arrived in the city vesiorday moming for the purpose of ivestigating the eceidnt in acordace with the legalrequirments of his ofice, He made aninformal inquiry yesterday, but will notgo intoit indetails uutil the coroner con- cludes hisinquest. Fromall the testomony 317‘![\:\,'&'&: HIL‘:‘(! is notthe slightest t hing toin- icite that thecompany can be hela res ponsi- blofor tho acalont, L Losey & Jeusen pint bouses, J Bixby stean heting sanitary en- gincer, 0B Tillo bullding, Omiha; 2)3° Mer riam block, Council Blufl, Window shules ot Lusey & Jusen, 11 Perl st, I you wish to sell your propurty cll onthe Jud & Wells Co., (. B. fi.aé’f pr:'cshleun e Brudwi Council Proceedings. The eity council met in rogulir weekly sos- sion last night, with the mayor and all the menbers present. The fist thing that trans- pird of intenst was the allowance of the saluies of theuldemen for the pastquarter, aumounting to §00. “The sub-conmittes of the whole reporied thecost of thepropssed extension of Wash- ington avenuewould amount to €500, snd reported against the propsition, The reprt ‘W conaurred in, The Citizens' bank was alloved §28.80 re~ bate on special assssment certificates. The albwane was madeuponmotin of Aldernan Iaverett, who ieported recommending the re- Tunl of the dumand for payment. by the ity of the spcial issessment certificates agalst the government ot t oWFt wis cowurred i, Fr POy sad the letter was recelved from tho Silsby mea- ufacturing company concerning the repairing of the wrecked hose cart. ‘The new wheels | will cost #75and the axle 10, and the other repain to be made at a rasomible figure, | Aldermian Wood reported that the city en. | ineerlad discovered o chaper method of pittingin tho storm sewerson Frankstreet | than. that conternplated in the original plan, and hemoved that the comnittee on streets | and alleys bo authorizd to act with the en- gineerin mikingthe necessary alterations in the plans. Alderman Smith reported that he found nothing to investigate in the record of Pa- troltnan McDonald, who was dismissed from the Foree on ic of_his objections to the chief’s overc He rcommended the | matterbe referred to the mayorfor investi- gition ana whatever action is necessar | Aldorman Everett. moved that rulo?l be cianged torad that “io aldermin_shll be entitled to yote upon any contract in which he is di * indirectly interested.” The proposition was desigrned to cover the case of the Lacy hose house, whichwas purchased of Ald ntmeeting, and the ot prove the confract was carried by y's vote, The effort to chage the rile wis lost The mayor then announ: vote of thep 18 meeting and otin to purchise the buildir “The absiracts of the projerty were presented, together with an opinion as to the wndition of the title. The Councl Blulfs insurance conpa sonted s pelition throigh solieitor, asking for a r lnd resulted from erroneons issessment. The tax asked to be remitted amounted to )0. Upon motion of Alderman Lacy the Juest was nted. Colonel Daily appeared as the representa. tive of the Doc g ligrht gruards and asked for the reconsideration of the vote by which the councilrefused togrant them § He made a elogu and - when it was cluded Al 4 d to reconsider the matter, A ot sued between Lacy md per, which developed a great deal of bitterness, but when a ballot was takena majorityof the comncil voted aye Alderman Everett then moved that the sum of £300be appropriated for the benefit of the guards, andit was carried, Aldermen Casper, Wood ind Mikesell voling nay. Aldermen Mikescll, Smith and Wood were appointed aspecal committee to take charge of the work of fixing upthe new Lacy hose house. On motion of Alde was drawn in favor of S y 1300, payment of the amount ¥ tho city forthelhose above the amount of the mortgige assumed by the city. Faslionable wool_ suit: Simumons, $ 10 $7; silks, A that he would ¥ pre- Colonel Supp, its ssion of taxes that Ma madeby M. L. 7 to §10, Miss Riodes, Brown building. Shorthand, Complmenting Dr. Coole The ministerial association helda meeting yestenlay morning, the regular weekly gath- ering of the ministers of thedty. Matters of iterest to the wsociation were discussed, Rev. Mr. Rico red a paper entitled “Plymouth Brethrenism.” At itsconclusion the carly departure ofthe Rev. Codley, pastor of the Firstchurch, was taken up, and the doctor was wssured of the heartiest sy mpathy and good will of Lis brethren of the cloth, The following preambleand resolutions were presented and adopted by a unanimous vote: Whereas, Our brother, Rev. D. 1, Cooley, D Do who for the past five ada half ars has been the p or of the First Baptist church of this clty, hastendored his resignation ana 1s thauti’ renove from our nidst; therfore b Resolved, Thatwe, bis brethrenin themin- try, hear testimony to his fidelity In tho ause. Nis ”moral and Christian e 58 indeetrine his fulthe the whole counsel of God, Ming and ex pounding the ciples of the gosp Josus al in the spiritunl welf: e of the is pustonl i his abllity in € inal lan cessing winnd builiing up the chure been the pastor for so Inllll aperiod, RResolved, That we shall uiss lis presence and helpfulad vice in our ministerial confe ences, thaty shall remerber hin with fra- atitude. that weshall essing of God upon him and ned and beloved com pinion, thav they may long “be spared tothis world, and, by the grace of God, continue to guther sheaves for the heavenly garner formany JEATS 10 come. gsouls for Christ, h of which he b as over involo his Liighly estee s Scolt house, nice rooms, clean beds, fare equalto the best, £1 por day. Speciil low nites to regular barders. 2 and24 N, Main st., Council Blufts, Careful Rallroading, Railvay Commissioner Snith was in tho dty yesterday inquiring into the Wabash wreck with a view of deternining wheth er the boird of which he is a member should take any action in regard toit. From what ho hadleamed hoseemed pretty well satis- fied that theaccident was but another illus- trationof the need of proviling both drive brakes for the engine and air brakes con. necting theentire train, In the informal talk asbout the matter Mr. Smith called attention to the remarkable rcordwhith Towa is making in regurd to nilway acddents, ‘“There has not been even e pusenger killed in Towa during the past thirty months. There is probably no other state in theunion which can begin® to show such arecord. How do T accountforitt two ways, one, good fortune, the other the great care taken by our railvay men.” Sigis. Losey &Jensen's, 1L Par st, J. G.Tipton, 1l estate, 527 Broadway. o g The City Wins. In the district court yesterday morning Judgze Macy rendered a decision in the cases of Joln G.'S. Amold, Charles F. Williams wd LilianE. Barnesvs the Cityof Council Rlufts, The cass were submitted on an agrecistatenent of ficts. Thequestion in- volved the title to a portion of Fairmount pavk, certain lotshaving been condemed for parks purposes years ago, and it now being claimel that there were falal errors in the proceclings, Judge Macy decided otherwise, thus giving the victory” to the ity and the parks commissioners. The decision isan im- Jortant one, and naturlly very gratifying to the public who enjoy the” park somuchas to male them dread to see iy part of it pass aut of the handsof the peopls at large, i Mooy at reduced rates laned on chatte ind real estate securityby E. H. Sheafe& Co e HeActed Protessionally. In the controversy growing outof the caso of Mundel vs Friedman, Judge Macy ren- dered an important decision yesterday, and e which though mot unexpected is never theless gratifying to Mr. John N. Baldwin ind hs miny friends. Wright & Baldwin had scrved as attorneys in the case,and it was caimed thateertain moneys had been re- tained by Mr. Baldwin which should haye been turnedoverto Mr. Mandel. Mr. Buldwin gavea satisfactory showing of all his rela. tions in the case, aud Judge Micy decrded that he hadacted truly and well, approving his conduct, and thus removing all intimation of unprofessional con duc e Florence News. Miss Olive Trace started for Portsmouth, 0., lst Satarday, where she expects tospend the winter, Shewilltakea thorough course in music during her stay. Thefirenen will give @ ball o Saturday nightat the city hall, M, C. Nierman of Omats met with the loss of @ pcketbooks containing about $50 in F¥orence lst woek., No clue to it has yet been obtained. Mr. Herbert Hunt has removed to Omaha for the winter. Rev, Mr. McCracken of Fremont has removed to F'lorence and occupies the vesi- denceof Mr. Herbert Hunt, Mr.und Mrs, Clark have returned from Denyer. Miss Bertie Ruf of Omaba s visiting Miss Emm Wilker. M, Ty lor of Milwaukee is intown and is engaged in putting in somemachinery for tho American water works, Mr, West of Omaha Sundayed in Flor- once, Frol Davis, aged twelve, while handlinga revolver accidentally dischargedit, The bull enterd his leg just” below the thigh, The physicians have been unablo to find the ball and the sufferings of the litte fellow are very great, —— Captain], M. Lee of Oxford passed through Omala yeste rdiy, golng o busiuess. BRY AN TONIGHT, The Demooratic Congressional Candi- dat Will Speale at Motz Ha Tonight the Third ward demoorats will hear the first gpecch in Omaha by W, J. Bryan, the domocratie candidate for con- gress. Besides Mr, Bryan's speech, Messrs Lyneman, Suyth, Shea and Ganion will make short adivesses, Beforo tho meeting there will be a grand parado and toreblight, procession. It will ba headed by the Walaut Hill band. Ttwisl be startea at o'clocle from tho plac 6f meoting, Metz hall, on Tenth strest; it will proceed o Jackson, to Thirteenth, t) Douglas, to Fifteenth, to Dodge, to Sixteenth, to Farnam, to Tenth, to Motz hall, Following the band will be the Boyd and Bryan dub and containing Hon. W.I. Bryan, James 5. Boyd and_the follow- fng receptic imittee from the Third ward M. Lyneman, Frank S Grasty 10 Rothery, Richa 4 Then will come thestate and congressional committees and menbers from other clubs, bearing torches, The marshals will be: Chief marshal, Ed L. Miller; assistants, Arthur Rothe and W, I A Boston Copper in Tiuck. BosTos, Muss., Sept 22— Samuel Spooner, a plice welied to division Saturday receved a letter from Wales stat- ing thathe was entitled, as the oldest living representative in direct lineal descent of the SwintonSpoomer family, to property which was placed in chancery at the death of his grndmither, and whicl comprised a certain tract known is Swinton street, in the city of London which, having been built upon sir thedeath of his grandmother, is now valued atabout £2,500,000, Spoonerwill sail to En- gland toinvestigate the matter Picipierthy- i Re-Enter Public Benry, Sept. 22.—Bismarck, in an inter- refel to the prospect of his return topubliclife, said a seat in the reichstag would entail regular attendance and the dis. confortof hotel ife, butin the upper house of the diet he mightappear when e chose, and he did notintend, like a bear, to sleep aud lickhis puws during the winter. - Verdict in the Reading Horror READING, Pa., Sept. e coroner's jury Aecided today that Friday’s accident at Shoe- makersyille was due to- the negligence of thesignal manof the coal train, who re mained in - his caboose while the {rainwas slowingup instead of getting off and placing the proper signals for the the train following. ot Lt The Fire Record. Jemrsey Croy, N T, Sopt 22 —Fire in the amoniahousc of th fine Bagle vefining works at Bergen Point tonight caused a loss of §150,10. Bismarck May Life. 5 T g PERSONAL PARAGRAPH: A. H.Dodge of Chicago is at the Paxton. T. C. Dodgeof Wood River is the Casey. 1. W, Walder of Chicago is at the Mur W. F.Conner of Boone, Ta, is at the ke, Lo - Miller of Des Moines is at the Mil- 8. D. Young of Pliladelphiais a Merchants guest. C. Pastenwickof Odellis a guest at the mith of Chicago isa guest at the E. Bowen of Pawnee City was atthe (asey last night. B. A.. Johnson of Beatrice was at the Barker Lust might. W. S, Dickens of Syracuse is in the the Casey. D. B.Colcord of Topeka, Kan., is at the Merchants, E. E. Mattocks of Stanton is 1n the city, at the Batker. C.S. Cowles of Des Moines was at the Mur- ray lastnight. H. J. Newman of New York is registered atthe Paxton, M. M, Wheelcr of St, Paul was at the Mil- lard last night. Jobn Wallichs of Grand Island isi n the city, atthe Paxton, J. A. Perkins, a Denver capitalist, is stop- ping atthe Murray, Charles . Mith of Grand Island was at the Merchants last night. George P. Smithof Denverwasa guest at tho Murray last night. Johm V. Notling of Richmond, Va., was at the Paxion last night. Charles O, Brown of RockIsland is regis- tered atthe Merchants, W. P.Fishburn of DeWittwas in the city yesterdis, atthe Casey, JudgeMontgomery of Red Oak, Ta., is in the at_the Millard, Isadore Herman, the Philadelphia jeweler, isstopping at the Murray. Y, at The Natural Gas Supply. At a convention of scientists held at Indianopolis last week Dr, Orton read a paper,in the course of which he said there was not the faintest doubt that the supply of natural gas in the Ohioand Indian fields was not only exhaustible but was rapidly and surely being ex- huusted, says the Chicago Times. = Ho suid he hadyetto find a man conver- sant with the facts who did not entirely agree vith him, He declired that fucts t0 be easily gathered incontrovertibly proved that the quantity escaping ex- ceeded the quantity generated. The pressure in the wells in the Ohio and Indianu fields was steadily diminishing, the decrease having amounted already to 30or 40 percent. In view of the facts Dr. Orton urged sthe importance of prom pt and stringent measures by states and cities to restrict the lavish and wasteful use of this natural product, Even the strictest regulation could not prevent the exhaustion of the supply in afew years, but they might put off the exhaustion some time, —_— Character by the Cigar. If aman smokes his cigar, says Fl Povenir, only to keep it lighted and rel- ishes taking'it out of his mouthto watch the curl of smoke in the air, set him down s an easy-going man. Bewa the man who never releases his grip on the cigar and is indifferent wh burns or not; heis cool, ecalculating and exacting. The man that smokes a bit, andl funbles the cigar more or less is is esily affected by circum- stances, If the cigar goes out frequently, the smokor has awhole-souled (isposition, is a “hail fellow well met,” with a lively brain, glib tongue, and generally a fund of capital anecdotes. A nervous man who fumbles his cigar a great deal is a sort of popinjly ameny men. Holding the cigar constantly between his teeth, clewing it oceasionally, and not caring ifit be lighted at all, are the character- istics of men who have the tenacity of bulldogs. Thefop stands his cigar on .ond, and an experienced smoker points itahesd oralmost ut right angles with his course, R A Celestial Diplomat, Oneof the secretarys of the Chinese embassy in Washington has shown him- self apl in the art of compliment says the New York Star. He was introduced 1o a lady, who, among other questions, asked him: **What virtue do you most lighly prize in your women?’ “The virtueof domesticity,” was the reply, “Thenyoudo not like your women to move in soclety much?'she questioned, “Notut all, Our law even recognizes cause for divorce whena woman—pardon me, madame—is inquisitive and talka- tive.” *“Then Ishould bein dan, of ing divorced if I lived in China?’, smilingly asked the lady, *The very day that my country would have the ek to possess a womanly being like you,”’replied the gaillant son of the fnunwnly realm, “‘every cause of di- vorce ‘would be remo od from the worlkd,” THE POTATO BUIGHT INIRELAND, The Existence ot a Serlous Crisis is No Longer Dented, August 28 the Irish land commission- ers {ssued a most important report deal« ing with the condition and prospects of the potato erop in Ireland up to August 15, 1890, says the T.ondon Telegraph. The report is compiled from returns re- ceived by the [rish land commissioners from theussistant commissionersand val- uers in their employment. It covers all the counties in Troland, and it is not too much tosay that it confirms the alarm- ing veports as to the condition of the poltto crop, in o manner sufliciently orcible to open the eyes of the govern- ment tothe existence of a serious erisis, T'he following questions for cach district areanswored by the return: 1, Ave potatoes mainly grown for sale, consumption, or pig feeding? 2 To what extent and in what manner s the discase shown itself? 8. Is the potato crop gencrally above or below tho average? 4. Will theeropof sound potatoes be above orbelow the averag The answers to theso questions that thespread of the blight has even more general than has been posed. It is only in Down, Tyrone, Tip- perary, Dublin, “Queen's county,, West- meath, and asmall 't of Donegal that tho commissioners declare that the crop promises an average yield, and it is re- markable that it is in these counties it po are cultivated for hedisense is spreading rapidl the prespect is very bad indeed in Claro (West), Clare (East), Cork (Macroom Bandon), Skibbereen, and Clonalkilty. The eropof sound potatoes will be ver much below the average in the lusi- named district. “Very iously below theaverage, an absolute failure in poor land,” s how the commission- describe the prospects. In Kerry, wouare told, the crop will be below the average, *“the result depending very much ontheweather,” which since these returns were compiled has shown no signs of improvement. On the seacoust thecropwill be very much below the average. Inthe Leinster counties, Car- Kilkenny, King's, Longford and part of the Meath, the crop is below the average, andas the commissioners portthat **wet weather will cause the disease to spread rapidly,” and as it ned heavily ever since, the prospect s 0w of course more serious. 1n Louth thecrop is very doubtful;in Wexford Sgenerally speaking, growth has ceased and must vesult ina crop of small and unmatured tubers,” In west and south- west of Wicklow the crop will be much below the average of the Connaught counties, In Galway, in good, well- farmed land, the disease is not serious on poor and hadly farmed land the tops are black and much spotted and growth appears checked, tubers also being af- fected. Of Mavo the commis- sioners report “Very much be- low average; diseaso general through- out; distress appears worse along the sea const, where potatoes planted in bog were mich damaged by early frost The effect of the blight has been to a most destroy the crop in some ease stalls blackened and withered up; tube not as yet affected except in rare in- stances, but gene small and im- mature, owing to blight setting in un- usmlly early, Tubers in many instances will be absolutely unfit for human food. In the poorer, badly cultivated districts the crop will be an entire failure; in good, dry, well-farmed land resuits will prove much better.”” In Leitrim (Car- rick) the disease is general throughout the district and the crop of sound tubers will be “‘far below’ the avers In Roscommon the crop will be below the average, and in some districts of the county and in other districts “‘probubly much below average, the disease having setin unusually early.” InSligo(Tuber- curry) the reportis *‘much below a o ‘unless_weather improves,” and in Sligo (Boyle) “*very much below aver- age’? show been ———— . A PRETTY SURPRISE, How the Emperor Delighted the Arch- duchess Valerie, A surprise which was prepared by the emperor_and empress for the Areh duchess Valerie on the eve of her wed ding is being talked of in Viemna, suys the London News. Our correspondent there tells us that Baron Bezecny, the director of the court theatres, was asked toinvite a fanous Vienna, quartette to come to Ischl on July 380 and to tell no one of their coming. From the station they were taken tothe house of the master of ceremonies, put into a room alone, and given four copies of a love song and accompaniment. This song, which bore neither the name of the poet nor the composer, they were asked tostudy. An ample repst was served them, und they were directed to remain there until they were sent for. Atnight, when the fires on the moun- tains were extinguised wnd the moon shone bright over woods and hills, they were led to the imperial villa placed undera group of trees oppo R raren e RS gnal agreed upon they were to begin their song. They heard talking in the apartment which opens out upon the bulcony. Pre ently the empress appeared with her arm around her daughter. Close behind them followed the emperor with the bridlegroom. As they stood silent on the balcony, gazing at the beautiful scencry, Prince Hohenlohe gave the signal, and from beneath the trees rose sweetly the notes of the tender love song, the words and music of which had been composed by the young bride. Her eyes ove flowed with grateful tears as she looked fron her father to her mother. The emperor afterward went below aud gave each singer a handsome diamond sci pin, thanking them at the same time for their rendering of the song, ————, The Strength of Organized Labor. Fow people have any comprehension of the vast power of the united railwa, employes’ _association, From advanc sheets of theinterstato railway commi sioners’ report it appears that the employed on all the railways reported 217" engincers, of whom Tully 25,000 are members of the brotherhood. here are 81,93 firemen, more than 20,600 of whom are members of the brotherhood. There are 20,953 conductors, 12,000 of whom are brotherhood men, Of ot trainmen there are 55,160, more than one-half of whom are members of the brotherhood. Of switchmen there are 83,044. Theswitchmen’s aid association alone has a membership of something more than 17,000, or one-half. Of 1= rond telegraph operators and dispateh- ers there are 33,044, of which number »erhaps onethird belong to the unions L e g P o the freight-handlers, the machinists, the carpenters, the sectionmen and oth~ isi 800,000 workmen, all of 88 skilled. Thus fully thirds gineers, brakemen, switchmen in the country are members of the various railroad “brotherhoods This proportion is evidently bound to increase in the near future, and it would seem that incase a_general strike were ordered the united association could oractically tle up every railroad from Muine to California, C. H. Deitrick, president of the German National bauk, and A. L. Clark, president of the First N utonal bank of Hastings, passed through Omaha yesterday on the way to Chicago, them mor of all the en- conductors and JAY GOULD BEGAN RIGHT. Slgned His Name Jason and Belieyo Honesty the Best Policy, James Oliver of Burlingame, Kan., who was formerly a membor of the New York legislature from Del re county, has been spending o fow woeks at this place, says an Asbury park letter to the New' York World, In 1850 Mr, Oliver was the principal of Beechwood academy, o small educational institution at Roxbury, N. Y., during the time when the grent wnd railrond king, Jay Gould—or Jason Gould, as le was then known——was a resident of the villago and was a pupil at the ncadem, Young Gould was an attentive stu- dent, Mr, Oliver sa id when only thirteen years of age e wrote a com- position “entitled “Honesty is tho Best Poliev.” M, Oliver has “the original manuscript inhis possession, Ttis writ- ten on blue legal cap paperand is well preserved, The — chiro is effeminate in it chy hut distinet, On tho of composition appear theso words: NO, 10 COMPOSITION —~JASON GOULD, W00 D MINARY, April 9, 1850, The composition, as handed in to the srincipal and approved by him, is s fol ow HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY. By this proposition we mean that tohe honest, to think hor nd to o ull our uctions honestly performed, is the best way and most accords with the pre- cepts of reason. Honesty is of a self-denying nature to become honest it requires self-denial itrequires that we should not sequaint ourselves too much with the world: that we should not associate with (b sseof vulgar habits; alsot we should obey the warnings of conscience. 1f wo are about to perform a dishonest act the warnings of consclence exert their utmost influence to pe de us that it is wrong and we should not do it, and, after we have performed the uet this thful agent upbraids us for it. This voice of conscienco is not the ve of thunder, but a voice gentle and im- ive, It does not force us to comply the requests, while, at the same time, it reasons with us and brings forth uts in favorof right, 10 theory of reasoning can he sustiined without illustration, it will not be unbecoming for us to cite oneof the many instances that have occurred, whose names stand high upon the scroll of fame, and whose deeds 4 recorded on the pages of history: George Wash- st ington, the man *‘who nevertold a licin his life Inyouth he subdued his idle passions, cherished truth, obeyed the teachings of conscier and “never, never,told a lie;” an anecdote which is much related, and which oceurred when he was a boy. goes to show his sincerity. Alesander Pope in his *‘Essayon Man,” says, honest man is the noblest work of And again,we find innumerable pas- ges in the seriptures which have an inmediate connection to this, and, sum- ming up the whole, we cannot but say, ““Honesty is the best policy ! N GOULD, A TRAINED TARANTULA. The Strange Pet Educated by a Half- ' Mexican Bo A half-breed boy of Me n dian blood recently attracted tention at Winslow. formances of an owns. He car and Tn- much at- rantula he s the big, formidable- looking inseet in a large wooden box slung about his necl, which, when ex- hibiting his pet, he places on the ground as asort of stage. At the commandof its master the ta- rantula mounted a small ladder, rung a belland performed a miniature trapeze. Then, tothe thumping of atambourine in the hands of the boy, it proceeded to revolve slowly about, asif waltzing, and when it had finished saluted the crowd by lifting one leg three times. After its performance was over it crawled to its master’s shoulder, where 1t sat, occasionally running around hi neck or down into his bosom. The boy ys he tamed the spider when it was young, first by feeding it every duy until it grew accustomed to him, then gradually taught it the tricks it knows. He declarves that it is much more in- telligent than any dog, and very tract- able, though uncompromising iy mity to any one but himself. It isas large as a silver dollar when curled up, though its legs are twoor three inches long. The body is an v dull brown, cov ered with short, coarse black hair which also covers the limbs, but is very sparse and bristly, The eyes are sm; and gleam like “diamond ~points, whil the mouth is furnished with slender, overlapping fangs The power of springin these ereatures is suid to be something incredible, a leap of ten feet being no tremendous ey ertion. 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