Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 15, 1890, Page 2

2 e ——— T —————— - ——————e e e THE OMAHA DAILY BE‘ MONDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1890 WORK 0N THE GREAT CANAL e Review of the Progress Made on the Nicaraguan Water Highway, A TELEGRAPH LINE TO THE INTERIOR, Difficulties Encountered in Ita Col struction—A Raitroad Throngh the Swamp—Durable Materials Used ~The Buitdings, A declaration has just been made by the | government of Nicaragua that is- highly flat- | terlugto the Nicaragua canal construction comy Constraction work on the canal | began on October 8, 1850, and by the terms of the concession at least $2,000,000 was to be | oxpended during the first year's work. Ac- cordingly, at the end of the year tho govern- ment commissioned Mesers. J. A. Roman and MaximiTian Sonnenstern, both distinguished engineers, to examine the work of the canal and report the progress made. These gentle- men arrived at San Juan del Norte more than a month ago, and for several weeks occu- pled themsclves in visiting and examin- ing all buildings, machinery and work that had been done. They were given every fa- cllity to carry out their instructions by Chief | Engineer Monocal, and at the ond of their ex- amination they decliwed in their report, which has just been accepted and approved by the government, that not only has the company spent the §2,000,000 for which it was obligated, but that the expenditure has reached @ sum over twice that amount. This declaration being made gives the Nicaragua canal company a periodof ten years in which to completo the construction of, the great canal, A review of the work done here during the past year will have great interest. for every- one who has given any thought to the under taking. Thesurveys for the final location of the canal bave been comploted and the detai surveys of the sites of all embankment: dams and locks very nearly finished. Theso surveys have covered only the oneiino selected but all routes which gave any proba- vility of being practicable. The entire coun- try adjacent to the linehas been thoro ughly explored 80 that every range of hills and every small stream has’ been examined to as- certain what, if any, bearing it might have on the general problem of construction, Tho surveys for a railroud line from & Junn del Norte toOchos, a distance of thi two miles, has been completed together with wnother line running parallel to the canal for welve miles for construction purpos: A reservoir and dam on the La Paz creek has been located as well as a pipe line to bring the water from that point to this place and to supply all the canal works with pure fresh water, To ascertain beyond question what the character and cost of the work would be, borings have been made at thesites of all important works, such as dams, embank- ments and locks, as well as at the heavy cuts, These holes have been bored to the bottom of the canal, or to the bottom of al foundations of all locks, et>., many of them being from 200 to 500 feet deep. One of the first works of actual construc- tion bogun, was the running of a_telegraph line to the interior, a distance of sixty miles. This was very dificult to erect, the first ten miles being through a deep swamp where it wWas uccessary tocarry the wire and all sup- plies on the backs of men who were wading m oneto four fectin depth. Much of the way was so deep that poles could not | be setin the ground and were fastened to stumps with wire as the only means of secur- ing them. The quarry at Silico lake has been worked for the purpose of getting material to fill in the pier and breakwater at San Juan del Norte, the roek being brought for a distance of twelve miles intighters. - Duving the summer of 1889 permanent buildings were bogun, and building construe- | tion has been in progress ever since. Up to the present time nearly forty buildings, cov- ering an area of 740 by 1655 feet, have been erected. Some of them are three stories in | height and others two stories, while but few have only the ground floor o' represent their | capacity. The principal storehouse is 30 b; 189 feet, three stories high and the most pa of it is filled with material for the worl. There is now in process of erection a machine shop, 98 by 52 feet. Much of the machinery | for afirst class machine shop is now here. There is also a building in course of erection for draughting room and officers’ quarters, 40 by 57 foct, two stories in height, the founda- ticn of which is completea. ~ Al the build- ings of the compuny are substantial, roofed with iron and painted. Work on the canal clearing was begun in Junuary, 1500, and about eleven miles chopped | the full width of 456 feet. A large part of this was burned during the dry weather of | April. 2 A railroad has been constructed from the company’s storehouses to the hospital build- ings, a distance of a milo and_a quarter, and passing the headquarters building and chief engineor’s house, In June, 1890, & railroad was begun across what has’ been considered the impassable swamp between the San Juan lagoon and | Bernard lagoon. Soon after beginning, heavy | rains set in and the swamp was flooded o the depth of from two to four feet, Most of this work for a distance of two miles was done in | water three feet deep, and much of the work | for four miles more in water two feet ormore | in depth, makinga total of six miles in swamp water. After the rails were laid the trains of dirt brought from the mouth of the canal were pushed out and unloaded, and as the bauk was raisea above the water the track | was ruiscd and-put into shape on asolid | roadbed of sand, In order to make the road | safo at all times the grade nas been put above | the highest water mark, The most dificult | portion of the road is now completed and for & distanceof about seven miles the track is | laid. The road is well equipped for cou- struction work, having two powerful loco- motives, oue weighing thirty-six tons and | one forty-four tons, and a heavier and st more powefful one is'on the way here. Fifty | cars of various kinds, and one excellent steam shovel aad all necessary appliances are on hand. At the. termination of the railroad a fine wharf, 30 fect by 264 feet, has been built, all the tamber for which was creosoted i the best possible manner. It is provided with a derrick and steam hoisting engine, and has a railroad track laid on it so that material may be landed directly from the lighters on the cars by steam, Over one hundred feet of this wharf is in twelve to fourteen feet of | water. A breakwater for the protection of tho e trance of the harbor now being constructed at the eustern terminus of the canal w begun in December, 1859, and bas already been built outa distauce of wearly a thou- sand feet jnto the sea, and is now being con- tinued and will be carried out a distance of 1,000 feet. The breakwater is forty-two feet | in widt 1 and is constructed of creosoted tim. | ber. ‘The spaces botween the rows of piles are filled o with brush mattresses loaded | with rock. As this is being fitled in, making a structure of great strength and durability. For the purpose of handling materiul econowically a standard cauge rail- road track has been laid on the pier, The bar in front of San Juan Lagoon has long been known as one of the most dangerous laces on this coast in rough weather, yet the reakwater has beon carriea forward through the beavy surf which provails here during several wonths of the year, with- out ever stopping on account of weather, and without an accident of any kind, The dredging plant purchased of the American contracting and dredging com- pany at Colon; consisting of seven dredges, soveral steam tugs aud lighters and o mu- chine shop, is nearly all hero The dredges are being put in ovder as fast as possible anda two have wready got to work, and one is now engaged cutting a channel across the var to | deep water outside. A contract has been let to the North Amer- ican di ing and improvement company for dredging 1,500,000 cubic yards in the proposed harbor ut the eastern terwinus. This com- y now has here two powerful dreages for work, and as soon as u:edr begin work the canal company’s dredges will begin the exca- wvation in the caval. A contract Zor clearing the vight of way from Lake Nicaragua to the Pacific has been made and work will soon begin on this All material used In construction work here has been of the most durable kind. Tho ber for the breakwater, railroad wharl 1 | that the comp | tionmay be gre | you will drop ui | the country was in as poor a condition | wus at the close of the war twenty-five years. tHm sud permunent bridges is creosoted In the best possible manner, Creosoted ties from the United States are belng used at a cost of about four times what ties of native wood could be bought for in order that the work shall be as durable as possible. Atan early dato an hospital was estab- lished and ali company employes are treated froe These extenslvo {mprovements have #4010 in Nicaraguan currency or &, 880, 41 American gold, without including §245,561.41 which was expended for subsis- tence of employoes, hospital attendance and outfit and administration expenses in Nicar- agua, The above expenditures are those which are accounted for here and do not in- clude othiers that ave carried on the books of the New York office only All the items wero gono_over caretully by the commissioners of the Nicaraguan govern- ment, and, after examining the accounts and all property of the company, reported them as the company had stated. ' Acting on this report, not ouly did the government declure y had complied with the terms of the contract, but Minister Medina, speaking for the government, has written a letter expressing his gratification upon find- ing the satisfuctory vrogress made in the work of building the canal. Ina fow day all oficial papers embracing the facts as here stated will be published in the Oficial Ga- zeute, the organ of the government, and the fact that the company has more than ful- filled its obiigations will be promulgated. it A VICIOUS YOULH. 3 An Eleven:-Year-Old Boy Severely Stabs His Companion. ‘Two boys named Joe Wuldron and George Miller engaged in a controversy and fight yesterday on Cuming strect near Twenty- ghth, Waldron was stabbed by Miller sev- al times, but was ot dangerously injured. Waldron is n yeurs old and Lives at 2026 Cuming sty Miller 15 eleven years old and lives at 1005 North Twenty-seventh ave- nue, MENTS. Attractions like the Hanlon-Volter-Mar- tinetti company, which began a short seuson at the Boyd last evening, desorve well at the lands of the amusement-loving public. No stronger Vandeille entertainment has cver been seen in Guaha, and this s great praise indeed whon tue Howard Athenzum, Hermann's trauslantiques, and kindred or- ganizations ave recalled. From begiuning to end the performance consisted of @ series of surprises, introducing suegialties which iave not been even attemp- ted heretofo m the local stag The performance concluded with YA riblo Night,'” a thoroughly delightful tomime, which introduced tne famous tinatte famity in the leading roles, Rich & Hirris, the managers of the com- pany, have spared uo expense in gettiug togéther undoubtedly the ablest specialty or- ganization ever secn in Amer UNION V An Ter- pan- Mar- Steps Taken Toward Establishing a Branch in Phis City. One hundred old veterans gathered in Green's hall on Farnam streot 3 afternoon for the purpose of orzanizing what will be known is the Union Veteraus' union, the objects of which are set forth in the fol- lowing circular issued from the headqua rters of the national command of the Union Veter- ans' association of Cleveland, O. CosmrADE-The Unlon Veterans' composed of unfon soldie rines, who served at lo uously, unless sooner of wourn ved dy 01 and 1865. Part of wh been b the front. iblo to membership, T call with us to protect and tual interosts. gunization s thoroughly equipped to assist tho meritorious soldier In_advancing hisclaim for recognition aguinst the govern- nt. Vo have th unfon Is o following departments in_our Mussuchnsetts, New York, ew Jorsey, Ohlo, 3 Potomac, ~ Calffornia, uwkota, Missourt, Wisconsin and it. and the litention is to spread our com munds to every state and ter union. Wo want numerical stre our point with members of congross. specially strong in Ohio and Michigzan, See the amended eivil service rules, wherein n soldieris given the preference on' ents the eivil service by pass Tating of sixty five points, whereis the anis required to urry Weuare evonty. T entering you are exempt from compul- sory examination, given the prefersnce in otion, and reductions ur. We aro now engaged in ross o service pension bill entitled the pe ajem, or “one cent o day bIL” giving o pen- sion for service netually rendered, the same 1o be ndded to any rension now regeived. We are engaged In urging upon congress the removal of il limitations us to fling claims by soldiers. ‘Also thut when a soldier applies for pay or bounty, hie shall be paid all amounts found to be his ust due. Bounty bills, homestead clains and all leg- islation in the interest of the scldier will be pushed rapidly by us, To pay for the printing of hooks, papers, ete.. 1t is necessary to have money, We do not ask alms, but we do usk you to Join our organiza- t protected whon lacing before con- wolvenames are necessary to organize command. The charter, ritual, cards, rules and regulations will cost you but $10. The mbership feo Is 8, The awount asked for 1s small but the re- sulis from n strong and determined orzaniza- A charter organlzation of twenty names would make the totul cost 50 cents per mem- ber. T will bo ple: call upon you with our app! vter, providin P rd to that effec Al communications should bo addressed to 1o, and the money must acco plication for eharter. By ¢ Wal. T, CLARK, Camm G. H. Fiten presided and J. acted as secrotary. ¥, The principal speakers Platner were Lawyer Millorand A, A, Perry. Mr. Millor explained that the object of the com- mand or union was to assist Grand Army men; to urge congress to assist in aiding the old soldicrs and their widows and orphau: and that in no manner would the union con- flict with the Grand Army. A. A. Perry said that the union as now organized could and would do more good for old soldicrs 1n the way of pensions than uuy other society, aud he considered that enough. He admitted that the union was a political organization, and said that he would sign the betition for a Nebraska charter for the Union Voteran's union if the chairman wourd openly announce that it was a political organization. Chairman Fitch stated that the union had nothing to do with politics, any more than the constitution said that each member must piedge himsell to endorse a comrade, who ‘was a candidate for an office of public trust. Mr. Perry created a little discussion when arked that he didn't believe that the old solaiers had been used right by the gov- ernment. He declared that no nation on rith could raise the volunteer service America had in time of trouble, and that now as it And still he was a paid up member of the Grand Army of the Republie. T, L. Hull said the Grand Army of the Re- public was good enough for him, and he dign’t beliove in springing any new side is- sues. He fearca that 1t would cause 1ll-feel- ingand asfMtin the ranks of the Grand Army of the Republi But the blank applic tion for a charter was produced and about thirty-five of the old sol- diers present signed it. The application will be forwarded ot once to the commander-in- chief, and by next Sunday the coumand will be permanently organized. Colored soldiers who sorved six months in the regular army are eligible to membersh LA ey The Death Roll. MiLwavker, Wis, Dee. 14.—Edward H. Broadhead, & leading capitalist of this city, and at varions times prominently identified with banking and railroad interests, aied this morning, aged eighty-two. Loxbox, Dec. 14.—Tho widow of Georgo Crinkshank, artist aud caricaturist, is dead. e e The Constitution Discussed. R0 Jaxkixo, Dec. 14.—[Special Cablegram to Tue Bre.|—The assembly yesterday com- menoced the discussion of the new constitu- tion. President da Fouseca read a message theoking the assewbly for the confidence it reposed in the governiment and asking it to accelerate the debate on the constitution, pakitacinct Stoamship Arrivals, New Youk, Dec, 14.—[Special Telegram to Tus Bre.]—Arrived: Steamers Trave, from Bremen; Italla, from Mediterranean ports, At Queeustown: Arrived—Etruria, 8t New York, from Liverpool. BETWEEN THE OLD PARTIES., How the Late Politial War Was Waged in California. NO FARMERS' ALLIANCE INTERFERED. Cas Muarray's Explanation of the Republican Victory — Astonishment the Pacific Const—What John Chinaman Wants, on Mr. B. Murray, assistant cashior of tho National bauk of Californiaat San Fraucisco, passed through Omaha yesterday accompan- ied by his wife and daughtereén route to irope, whe Mr, Murray un opportunity to regain his somewhat impaived health, the result of many years arduous toil in the banking business. Jould you state, Mr. Murray, how it pened that California brought in the usual republican majority at the recent election while a democ wdslide swept 5o many of the hithertostrong republican states?” a Bre roporter asked the gentleman from the golden wate. “Yes sir. 1 can tell you in a ve how it happoned. The farmers' an unknown quahity as yet The campaign was 8 contest two old parties and the usual victory for the epublicans was the result, We wero all very much astonished out on the const at the sweep the new party made, Not having an active orgamization of that kind there we were comparatively ignorant as to tho tre- mendous political” revolution that was at work until the election was over aud we read the returna,” Speaking of the efforts that aro heing made to prohibit Chinese immigration Mr. Murray y fow words alli is in California. 100 r ashorttime immedintely aftor the of the pre: i restric- we thought t was_a_per- ceptible falling off in als of the Mon- golians, but that cessation did not last long. The Chinese come and o now_just about as before, They come in_through Mexico and from Canada and fu n dozen ways they seem u: baflle the United States authoritiés cowm- pletely.” “fs the sentimont_against the Chinese as outspoken aud general in San _I"rancisco now s {t a3 beforo the last restriction law was passed #'? here 1s not 50 much talk, but I think tho sentiment remains about the same. We must get rid of the Chinaman in some Wi He i3 undermining alnost overy department of industry in California, cspecially in the : The Chinaman is a wonderful nitator. Anything he sees an American do he will soon be at himself, and it would sur- prise you to sec how proficient and skillful they ‘are. You will dind Chinamen in San Francisco making shoos, gloves, clothing and | almost everything that the white man manufactures. 1 kilow of several establish- ments where Chinamen are employed at mak- ing ladies' and children’s underw y trouble about tho matter is that the s0 cheaply that they ruin the busir white men by flooding the market w! cheap goods.” And after all, T how wo_should get along now h their hardly know f the Chineso were all taken away from San Francisto. We have become quite dependent upon them s of all kinds. They makegood ants, as o rule, aud many tamilies en- trust almost everything about the house to them, Some of themdo the shopping and look ' after the laying in of fuel and provisions for the family where they are em- vloyed. They are remarkably shrewd in making bargains. They can purchase more with a given amount of money than the most for careful housewife, and they are gencrally honest with their employer. “We havo a great many Japanese in San nci Fri co, also, but they are unlike the Chin They are much more polite and | have a better education. Most of the Japa- nese come to this country to learn - the manners and customs of the American, und they adopt our modes of lifé and learn our customs very quickly, We had a young Japanese man in our family for over a year, who was remarkably polite and haa a good education. We paid him but $6 a month and his board, and he was the best servant I ever saw. He was willing to ac- ceptof @ very humble situation in order to acquire a thorough knowiedge of the Ameri- caun people, I never saw a dancine master more polite or polished in the manner of re- ceiving company or callers at the door than was this young man. The Japanese come to this country to learn our habits and customs and do not cave so much about going home rich; the Chinese come among us with no intention of adopting our modes of life, but for the pur- pose of getting all the money they can in as shorta space of timeas possible, Al their professions of deep interest in the American Sunday schiool andyChristianity are to a very large degree sunply a scheme to ingratiate themselves with the American people and reap the benefit in dollars and cents.” PADDOCK'S FUNNY SPEECH. His Private Sccretary Mixed Some of His Own Manuscript with It Senator Paddock has been the vietim of the usually harmless Congressienal Record, suys o Washington special to the New York Sun. The senator deliverod a speech on Monday relative to the existing Indian troubles, and Lmnmm‘ulm an argument with Senator 'Voorhees, The reporter of the Rec- ord called at the senator’s room later on for the manuseript of the speech. He ried off also soveral sheets of manuscript which the senator’s secrotary, who is cor spondent of a western papor, had written for a telegraph dispateh, and included the entire matter in the report of the senator's speech. Tho dispateh consisted of several inter- views on the subject of the pending senatorial clection in Idaho. The result is that the sena- tor is credited with what is probably tho most cccentric speech on the Indian trouble ever delivered in the senate, It reads in part: A great many foolish things have' been said and a great many absurd _exaggerations have been made in connection with this whole business, While the Tribune is taking no part in the interesting senatorial in | daho, it is due to its 1eaders that the; be informed of tha sentiment pr congress in reference to the struggle. taken the trouble in the last few duys to py sonally intorview more than fifty senutor and representatives on this subject Then follows several interesting inter in_the midst of the seuator’s talk ubout L affairs Spealcer Reed said: “Why, there cannot bo any question about Dubois, can there! His | remarkable personal influence and pop made Idaho a state. I confess that he v strongly influenced me.” nator Plattsaid: “Why, of course the state of 1daho will select i'red T, Dubois us | its first senator, He has ecarned it l’f the | most._earnest, faithful and intelligent labor for his people. Western electors ure not un- grateful. He is a ciean-cut, active, brainy man, and no one here doubts his election.” Senator Cullom—Doubt about Fred Du- bois's election! Nonsense. His people are | not built that way., An abler terntoril del- egate has not sat in _con i the last twenty years, ] have kuown him since a boy, and his record is a remarkable one. Mark my words, he will be the first senator | chosen. nator Paddock—Who will Idaho select! Why, Dubols, of course. If they do_dot I will ‘almost my vota for statehood. Idaho would have been'a dismenbered terrl- | tory today if it had not been for Dubow. He | is honest, able, brainy, sud unremitting in his work for his peoule. Senator Paddock is very angry at ‘the ridiculous situation in which (bis' speech | places him, but he has mot yo decide Whether to kil bis secretary or the official re- porter of debates, ————— THE ARTP IDE Rev. W. J. Harsha Discusses 1ts De- velopment and Progress. Rev. W.J. Harsha took for bis discourse last night “The developmeat of the art idea in Omaba.” Ho selected us a seriptural text for the occasion Proverbs xxv, 11: “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pietures of silver.” Rov. Harsha explained the meauing of the > thoy will spend a year, giving | between the | | last night. —— words by saying that in early Jewish times the pictures Weko mostly paintoed on the walls ; they were no® fhrtable as present, duy hrés A vory common and popu- lar design folt :shose old Jowish decorations was the painting of apples of goid There are Lwp theories of human dovelop- ment. One pregunts mun as coming from th Jowest forms of the haman being by gradual development \w'u; his _present respectable and intelloctthf state, The other is that man was first creatad by God in full possession of all that is true and beautiful in nature, but he willfully disobeyed and went forth from | the face of Ged to flounder about in darkness | and there he Josf the wonderful gift of being ablo to appro¢iite and reproduce nature, The race is again Yoming back to the knowledge of the truth #éd to a point where the beanties of nature aro béing preserved and reproduced on canvas to thadelight and education of all who look upon them. The earliest evidences of art are very crude, | Specimens of very earliest art may be found | among our own Indians or in the relics of ancient Egypt. At the present day the art | idea has a wonderful hold upon the people, In no country in the world are children fur. | nished with “botter illustrated books and | magazines than in America, and from the | simplest_and plainest beginning to the nost beautifully finished works of art the Anglo- | Saxon ra | approc | The peoy ar piotures of the ion 1 eultivation of the art idea. of New York at one time thought of little else but money making, The people of Cinciunati were absorbed in the business of handling live stock, while Chi- | cago rejoiced in befogs called the greatest | grain market in the world. But within afew yeurs tho h | York, Cincinnati and Chicago have been oyening to the beauties of nature, and they | have been induced by the growing love for artto establish great art halls and picture | malleries where athoughtful person can spend hours in the contemplation of ~ the~ beautiful reproductions of nature. The same will be true of Omaha, The present splendid exhi. bition of hich grade art is a good beginning | of a glorious wor “1 hail the day aid Rev. Harsha, “when wo shail have in Omaha more fine collections of the best pieces ot artistic work that be purchased in the world.! He then took up the religious element that enters into tho study of art and showed that nearly all the great peinters were religious men, Michael Angelo, Leonardo De Vinei, Correggio and others were intensely religious. The study of art draws one toward the great Creator and lifts the sole into a purer, sweeter realm. In studying the pictures in the Omaha art exhibition one is impressed with the lesson taught there in the improved condition of woman. In the old pictures she is seen working in the fields, mending fish nets or doing some rouch, menial toil, but in the more modern pictires it may be noticed sho is represented as the beloved companion of man, the tender sister, the true sweetheart, or the loving mother, instead of his slave or vassal as she used to be, This is one of the glorious results of Christianity. e SORGHUM SUGAR. Report of the Chief Chemist of the Agricultural Department. Wasnixaroy, Dec, 14,—The anfiual report of the chief of the chem ivision of the agricultural department contains an account of the process receutly perfected at the de- partment as a result of the experiments in the chemical laboratory with reference to the manufacture of sorghum sugar. The report of the chemist recites some of the ious difculties hitherto foundin the economi manufacture of sugar from sorghum and dicates that a solution of the question will be found in some process which would separate as nearly as possible gummy amorphous bodies from jdicerwithout precipitating the sugar. The known property of aleohol to produce precipitation in juice was made use of ina further study of this problem. Not only has the removal of the gums been effected by the process evolved during these ‘experiments, but it has been shown that this can be effected at a cost com- paratively trifiing: by a comparison of the re- sults obtained. The article used in produc- ing precipitation can be almost wholly re- covered by subsequent distillation. Another feature is that the gummy substance sepa- ‘Yated by the provess is itself ferméntable ‘and yields almost half its weight il dlcohol. Inorder that the wew method may become possiblethe report suggests the necessity for a modirication of the revenue laws soas to allow the preparation of alcohol used in the process to be_carried on without tax, to_be made under bond by the manufacturér that it be used only for this purpose. The chemist claims substantially an crease in the yield of sugar pe lons of juice of from an average of about 10,- 000 pounds to an average of )99 at an in- crease of cost in production of $34 for alcohol, which enters into the new process. Investigating the Peoria Murder. Proria, 111, Dec. 14.—The coroner and half a dozen deputy sheriffs have been work- ing on the murder case at Chillicothe all day, but found no clue to the murderers. P. k. m- thousand gal- King, the murdered man, was a giant in size and strongth and letters found at his room go to show that he had at _ome time hem a _prize fighter in England, His wife and five children live at Manchester, and three years ago they sopa- rated, King coming to this country. The separation was due to his drinking, but he promised to reform and had done so. Shortly after the big fire in Chillicothe he came there from Streator. e Christimas Mail Coming. Lowxpoy, Dec. 14.—[Special Cablégram to Tue Bee.)—Allof the railway men in Scot- land will strike on Sunday next for shorter hours. There is a prospect of trafic being entirely suspended during the Christmas holidays. The steamer Servia from Liverpool, which sailed from Qucenstown for New York toda; carries 1,061 sacks of mails, the greate: quantity of mail matter ever taken out" by a single steamer. - The Methodist Constitution, Ixpranaroris, Ind,, Dec. 14.—The session of the commission for the revision of the Methodist constitution has ended. Tt is hoped that at the next meeting a complete rough draft of the constitution will be reported, and at the final meeting just beforo the con fer- ence of 1892 the finishing touches will be given to the work. e PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. D. B. Fuller of St. Joe is ot the Murray. B. F'. Whitmore of St. Louls is at the Pax- ton H. H. Dewey of New York is at the Mil- lard. Y M. M. Stanton 82 Chicago is stopping at the Cas C T. Beezley f Hastings is at tho Mer- nts. + ¥, D. Hamiltofy 6f San Francisco is at the | Barker, J. W. Turner of Stanton was at the Casey last night. Tom Cooke of fyinicoln was at the Millard J. S. Hund of (hjcago was at the Barker 1ast night. 1t o A. R. Lewis of Willcox is in the city, at the Merchants., fap J. C. Smith of'Néw York is in the city, at the Paxton. R W. H. McFaddéd'bf Genoa is stopping at the Barker. ' . E. Barkelogy.gf Denver is in the city, at the Millard. 1y H. K. HackmaniofSt. Louis is o guest at tho Murray. the Murra J. K. Goudy of Pawnce City is vegistered at the Casey W. C. Batchellor of St. Joseph is rogistered at the Barker. Frank Stevens of Salina, Kan, is in , at the Casey. Richard Dunn of New Mexico was at the Paxton last night, T. A. Burke of New York is 1n the city, a guest at the Paxton, William ', Powell of New York fs regis- tered at the Murray. 3. A. Brown of Nebraska City was at the Merchants Last night, J. M. Rice of Chicago was registered at the Merchants yesterday. Charles Woodside of New York was in the city last night, at the Millard. the al is now leading the world iu the | cts of the wealthy men of New | J. W. Lamb of Toledo, 0., is iu the aity, at | Quick Timo Made in Marriages vorces at the Agencies, and Di- l LO'S NOT THE TIE THAT BINDS | COULD GIVE CHICAGO MANY POINTS. | The Great Father's Representative Does the Work, Between Two Pufrs of His Oigar—Terpsichore as She is Understood. D., Dec. 14— .]—To be married, di- vorced, and married again, all on the €ame day, and all without a penny of expense, is | the blissful privilege ofany full grown iudian on this reservation “What asnap!” [ heara thousand of my readers exclaim, Yes, and theso Ogallala Sioux work itto a finish. It is perhaps the one boon granted by Uncle Samuel that reminds them most of the happy bygones. No cards, no marriage license and certificate, no foo to the officiating person- age, no lawyer, advertising or court fees, no enforced residence in a certain locality for a specified time, and no being written up in the sensational newspapers, togethor with a hun- dred other unpleasantries. There were about, three hund and half as many divorces here ne x thousand Infians I y great majority of the Indians there isn't a particle of sacredness connected with the idea of marriage. The least thought or conception of marrying for companionship, much less love, is one that seoms utterly and totally forcign to the comprehension of these ochre covered mementoes of a fast banishing race. Now, justas in the far away past, the oneadvantage {hat an Indian oan sees marriage is the securing of a little handie beast of drudgery thun is his po The power to perform the marriage cere mony and to grant divorces is vested in tho Indian agent, who by the way is jndge, jury, supreme court, governor, president and everything else'so far as settling all civil and eriminal disputes go. From his decision there is no appeal. His power on the agency is absolute. He can send anoffender, whether Indian or white man, to jail for as long atime as he may consider best, or fine himas heavily as he deems proper. I have it from many of the oldest Sioux men and squaws that™ if there veally ever was any romance connected with the wooing and marriage of Indian_bucks and maidens, iv has gone glimmering many a moon ago. Today it is one of the dullest, most ordinary matter-of-fact affairs imaginable, A Mr. Red-Do-Nothing and a Miss Painted- Do-1t-All are liable to drop into Agent Royer's office in their every-day blankets and moccasins almost any hour, and grunt, ““We want o e 1 nouncement, the oficial around in his chair, say - and proceeds to find out whether both willing. Having learned that they are, he gives them a little advice and tells them they are husband and wife, and they go their way, while he proceeds with his writing, Divorcing them takes alittle longer. The agent inquires into the whys and wherefore very thoroughly, and the applicant must make it reasonably plain to him why they ot along together. Ina large majority nstances quarreling is the cause of the application. **Squaw not work enough,” and “wan he beat 1 come next oftenest, 1 case there is any property, the agent divide it equally between the two, most frequently giving the teepec, cooking utensils and dogs, of which there are always from two to ten, to the squaw, and to the man a majority of the ponies, if such a thing be possible, It is motan uncommon thing for a couple to be divorced in the morning and in the aftes noon to come around and tell the agent the have made up and want to be married again. In such cases their wish to be reunited is in- variably grauted. In tho amusement line there are two varieties of Indian dances here that are en- tered into with great spivit by the red peo- ple, and that are considered entirely harmless in their effect upon the temperament of the participants. The wildest one of the two is the Omaha dance. It is joined in _exclusively by the male Indians, and is usually held in the night by aflare of a huge camp fire and rude torches that are waved in weird style. Tt costumes worn are of the extreme decollette cut, both top and bottom. The dance pro- gramme consists of one number aud no more, but that one number is kept going until the crowd becomes almost totally exhausted, It consists of a hideous *k " kept time to by a constant bobbing up and down or double movement consisting of bending the body forward and backward and at the same time pumping up and down, This is accompanicd y & wind-mill motion of thearms, Sometimes a “balance all and civcle to the right’ is in- dulged in but that only when they get into the last stages of the excitement which hus gone too far for their weak, emaciated bodics and particulurly their illy 'nourished nerve “Phe dance is usually followed by a feed dona ted by the white people who have succeeded in inducing the performers to_give the shoy They tell me that the mode of giving the Omaha dance has greatly degenerated of late years and is much less interesting than when it used to be given in the locality where the tribe of Omaha Indians originated it, namely where the city of O Neb,, now’ stands. The other terpschicorean divertisement i3 called the squaw dance, and is confined ex- ely 10 squaws. The old girls rig up in yest blankets, moceasins and feather headgear, st four of their number to beating anold_base drum, and away they go slowly ling about the arum,. keeping a sort of chain stitch step as they move first one awhile and then the other. They keep until they produce sufficient peé; i thoroughly mix the streaks of paint upon their faces, and make them look like a threc cent _calico dress on arainy day. ‘There is very littie, then, of veally i ing novelty counected with the giving of either of these dances today. They are gone throueh with as thoueh they were tasks i stead of recreations as in the dances followed achievements which told of prowess, daring and scalps: of victory, supremacy and power. Even their pipe dreams of the past have lost thewr flavor and have little efcacy in inducing the amu ment displays which have furnished the foundation for so many fascinating tales. od marringes mong these Newto hief Engincer. Cmicaco, Dec, 14.—General Joln B, New- ton, who, it was rumored, would be appointed . chiof engineer of the Chi- cago ship canal which is to comnect Lake Michigan with the Mississippi, denied in our Inter tonight that ho w 1o take the place, He said the canal truste had engaged him as consulting engineer, not chiof engineer, and some ono eise would lave to be elected to fill the vacancy ol ce of chief engineer caused by tho dismissal of L. K. Cooley. - Injured in a Runaway. While Jesse McCarthy and his wife were driving on South Twenty-fourth street last night their horse b me frightened and ran away, Mr, and Mrs, McCarthy were thrown out of the buggy and both severcly injured, They were taken to their home on Vinton street, where medical assistance was rendered. Fatality at a 8t. Louis Fire, | 8 Louis, Dee, 14.—During the progress of | a fire in a building at the corner of Eighth and Marion strects this morning thres in- | mates jumped from a third story window. ‘b Sehltz died this afternoon from in but the other two--Lizzie and only slightly hurt. | - | A Desperate Lover's eed. WiaiNeToN, 0., Dec. 14.—Shorman Me- | Millan, being jealous of the attentions other Young men paid to the daughter of Mrs Barah Cochran of Cherry Beud, probabl | fatully shot the girl last night and then uu?» | elded: p—— e Rumored Massacre of Ohristians, Zaxzisak, Dec. 14.—It is rumored that Firmo Bakari, sultan of Vi, and followers have destroyed the Eng'ish mission station on the Tana river and killed several native Christiaus. Be Sure It you have made up your mind to buy Hood's Sarsaparilla do not be Induced to take any other. A Boston lady, whose example Is wrthy fmitation, tells her exporience below: “In one store whore I went to buy Hood's Sarsaparilla the elerk tried to induce mo buy their owninstead of Flood's; he told me their's would last longer; that I might take it on ten To Cet days’ trial; that if X did not like it T noed nos pay anything. ete. But he could not prevail onme to change. T fold him I had taken Hood's Sarsaparilla, knew what it was, wa satisfied with it, and did not want any other. When [ began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla 1 was feellng real miserablo with dyspepsia, and 80 weak that at times I could hardly Hood’s stand. T looked 1iko & person in consumpe tion. Hood's Sarsaparilla did me so much good that I wonder at myselt sometimes, and my friends frequently speak of it.” Mgs. El A. Go¥w, 61 Terrace Street, Boston, Sarsaparilla Zoldby all druggists. y C. 1. HOOD & €0., A six for 83, Prepared only o8, Lowell, Masse 100 .Doses One Dollay CONGRE IONST PROGRAMM What the Senat « Honss Will Do the Coming Week, Wasimivatos, Dee. 14, —What place in the senate this week pendent upon the republican caucus tomor- row or Tuesday. Tomorrow will be the tavelfth day of the pendency of tho olactions bill, and the probabilitics aro that unless the caucus decides to take a decided stop toward aspeedy termination prossura for financial legislation will becoma oo great o bo re- sisted. In the house the reapportionment bill will be called up Tuesday. Thero s no concorted opposition on the part of the democrats, and the fight which at the beginning of the ses- sion was generally predicted will not come off. Cutclicon purposes to call up the army appropriation bill at the first opportunity. ‘e friends of the shipping bill havo been us- sured of a friendly disposition on the part of the rules commitiee towards their measure, and possibly the reapportionment bill may bo disposed of quickly enough to pevmit the shippiug bill to come up this week. The Dorsey bill to reduce compulsory depos! bonds by national banks and to authorize the issuo of circulating notes, ete., will be urged for immediate consideration, is s it THIRD PARTY MOVEMENT, It Takes Definite Shape by the Is e of a Call. Kassas City, Mo, Dec. 14.—The third party mpovement, which or ted at the re- cent farmers' alliance convention, took degn- ite form today when the calt for a convention was given to the press, It asks for the union of the independent party, the peoples’ party, unionlabor party, lnte foderal and confederatd soldiers, fart i farmers' mutuat benefit American alliance, Knights of Labor, colored alliance and all other industrial organizations based upon the fundamental ideas of finance, transportation, labor and lund and the transaction of other legitimate business in furtherance of the work already begun. Two Deserters Arrestod. Officer Sullivan made an important arrest Jast night in a small house on Capital avenue between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, He found two deserters from the wvegular army boarding there. They deserted from the regular service at Fort Niobrara last May aud bave been living in Omaha most of the'time since, but have kept themselves secreted from public view. Their names are James Gallway and Charles Jackson. S Robbed of $20.40 and an Overcoat, Peter Nelson, who liver on Sixth street, near Center, was held up last night at the corner of Eighth and Hicks streets by a couple of footpads, who relieved Mr. Nel- son’s pockets of £20.40 and then took off his overcoat and told him to make tracks for home. He complied with the request promptly and the men who robbed him made their escape. Cavtain Cormack Irjured. Captain Cormack of the police force slipped and fell at the corner of Fifteenth and Dodge streets at 2 o'clock this morning and broke his collar bone, — Hous-hold Hints, To stop hiccough take a lump oi su- gav saturated in vinegar, To make good mucilage without using gum arabic, take two parts of dextine, five parts of water and one part of acetic acid. Dissolve by heating and add one part of alcohol. Never wear hoavy shoes in a sick room. List or felt slippers or shoes should be worn, as they are notonly comfortable to the wearer, but a doubly distilled blessing to the sick one. "o make a convenient arrangement for drying collars and cufls use a piece of muslin, on which you sew buttons in numbers and positions to suit, and fas- ten that strongly on the clothes line,and the linen articles will not get tornand lost, ———— The Decelving Safoty Purse. A safety purse has made its appear ance over the ocean. It can be laid down without any fear that the contents will disappear. Many women have an unhappy knack of leaving their purses about,; and it is to these that the safety purses appeal, They are a puzzle to the uninitiated. A purse with silver mounts 1 have the opening spring hidden in one corner, yet all the corners look the same, The way to open another is to turn the spring right round. An- other purse deceives you into the be- lief that the bottom is the top. B The Rev. Wm. Stout, Wiarton, Ont, states: After being ineffectually treated b, seventeen different doctors for scrofula an ase, 1 was cured by Burdock blood Whrite him for proof. i S il Eugineer Martin, who had his arm cut off last Tuesday in the Union Pacifle rds, died yesterduy aftecnoon at St. Joseph'’s hospitul. - SODEN MINERAL PASTILLES ro troches produced by the cvaporat of the waters of the Soden Mincral Springs of the Taunus. THR IMPERIAL DOGTOR of the German court, and English thron specialist, Sir Morrell Mackenzie, endorses them most highly. For Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bron- chial Catarrh, and all throat troubles, these troches are a perfact remody. Obtain the genuine article only,which must have the signature aad recom- mendation of SIR MORRELL MAC- KENZIE with every box. .| vertisement or trade We Advertised Last ¥ Week to Give Away, =A $20= SUit or Ouercoat To the person in this state or Iowa that would furnish— us the best original suggestion for anad- scheme. We got over 1,000 Answers = some were old chest- nuts and lots were good, we will in our next advertisement notify the successtul contestant. We will have ANOTHER Christmas - Gift A5alshe) Blohish I.ook out for our ad- < vertisement, We. this day Y opened 500 suits of underwear that are as good as the very best garment sold in this city for $1.00 Our Price will he 65¢ each We canalso show you beyond a doubt the Finest Lineof Neck- wear every shown in the city of Omaha. Our bargains in overcoats arc PARALYZERS and you had better come quick, for our stock will be bursted before New Years. The new-comer ' may be led away by the prancing and sputtering of some clothing houses, but -+ 7 g the old scttlers say Hellmans Corner 15t and Fagmam S, Omaha. 4 IS THE OLD RELIABLE