Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 22, 1890, Page 3

e | ’ i 2 THE OMAHA DAI THE FEDERAL FORCE BIL. A Measure That Will Take Its Place in the Country's History, HOW THE DEBATE HAS PROGRESSED. A Piece of Proposed Legisiation That Has Consumed Lots of Time and Engendered Much Party Projudice. Wasmixorox, Dee. 21, — (Special to Trne Bre.j—Whatever may be the final outcome of the debate upon the election bill its record will long be remembered not only by the «congress participating in_ it, but by the coun- try at large. Surely the discussion of this measure will become an historical event, not only on account of the gencral interest at- taching to it, but because of the many feat- ures which have conspired Yo make what has yproven to be one of the most sensational de- bates since the war, The friends of the bill entered tho ght with the greatest vigor, losing neither time nor opportunity ; for on Tuesday, December 8, the second day of the session, Mr, Hoar promptly moved that the ‘senate now pro- cood to the consideration of house bill No. 11,045; namely, ‘a billto amend and supple- ment the election laws of the United States and provide for more eficient enforcement of such laws and for other purposes.’" Thero was, of course, an immediate debate, The order of business on the calendar was Mr. Blair's eight-hour bill, but it was pushed uside and a long and wearisome debate on points of order, in which Mr, Harris of Ten- fessee, the ablest parlimmentarian on the vemocratic #ide, clearly sided against his party and with Mr. Hoar, and in which inei- dentally Vice-President Morton displayed a far more comprehensive grasp of the parlia- aentary laws than could have been reason- gbly expected from one who had had such a Wrief experience in the chair, At all events the bill finally became tho pending business, and it remained so until it “was finally shelved by the action of the caucus, Pending the debato thero was a little pas- sage which scemed to foreshadow someof the 'incidents which were to occur later, Mr. Gorman made a long argument in favor of the point of order Lie had taken,to w hich Mr, ITrye retorted thus: “The senator from Maryland usually talks good sense, but in this matter now before the “senate he certainly does not This created a little stir at the time, for Henator Gorman is wenerally let severely s, and it 4 fore- some of the personalities that en- the debate thereaftor. ng further was done on the bill then, save that Mr. Turpie announced his intention 10 speak the next day. Next morning a long and wearisome debate Dbegan, which, like a wounded snake, dragged its slow length along for nearly a month. Mr. Turpie started the discusion by read- |ing an old buck number speech which he had had in bis desk for months past. The very outset of the deoate, if devate it could be called, for only one sidespoke and 10 ono answered, was marked by a tragedy. During the hour' that Mr. Turpie was de- nouncing the “fraud” and the “force,” the 15" and “bullets,” his aged nother 1 to death ot her home in Indian- apolis, Duving the closing moments of his speech a telegram was handed tho senator, but not knowing what it contwned, and Dbeing unwilling to interrupt his speech, he Jnid 1t aside till tho_ close of his Argument, \Then opening it he learned the announcement of his misfortune. On the following day Mr. Blair made a lit- |tle_confession of something that we all know but that half of us have never heard a \United States senator acknowledge. He had Ibeen taunted in the senate roundly and all over the country for permitting the ‘working- |men’s eight hour bill to be pushed aside by |the election bill and, growing at last, tired of the constant taunts, he said that when he had { {mrmluml his eight-hour bill to besuperseded |he *tyieldoed to that power which every sen- ator on this floor acknowledges and has to ac- knowledge—to tho caucus of my party—as it was my duty to do.’’ | Every pofiuchm knows this to be true, but very few have the courage like the senator from New Hampshire, to confess their bow- ngrto the party whip, as he did, | On Friday of that week there came up in the ' course of Senator Gray's specch the question of “domicilliary visits,” and this re- vealed, by the way, that the entire senate was in 0 general mix-up as to the exact bill |upon which they were at work. | Mr. Hoar had called up, us stated above, the house bill and had asked to substitute the senate bill instead, which, it will be remem- |bered, diffored in several' respects from tho Louso bill as the result of caucus action. The senate, as it was understood by the commit- [tee, had stricken from the house bill that ‘lclnusa which by a strained interpretation might be constried to authorize the presence lof troops at the polls, and also the clause re- /lating to the domicilliary visits of o house-to- Inouse canvass, snd finally the jury clause. Mr, Gray had worked himself up toa fever state over the outrage of the house-to-house canvass, iu the course of which he quoted this sentence, “When the supervisor applies ot my door I pray to God 1 may be at home 1o recoive him.” His enthusiasm and ear- mestness had attracted several republican senators to the room, and Mr. Hoar, Mr. Spooner and M, Teller hastened to assure - Gray that he was entirely mistaken; that the bill under consideration did not pro- vide for a house-to-house canvass, but on the coatrary had stricken out that provisiort. A long and wearisome exchange of charges and counter-charges ensued, but the fact was {unxu that no oo knew exactly what was in he bill. Mr. Hoar blamed the prnter for the mistake, and a reprint was ordered, "The next day the reprint was found to con- tainthe same old clause, and after another long and acrimonious serics of charges, led pritcipally by Mr. Gorman, the eatire matter rosulted in nothing but that the senators did not know at the time of the death of the bill Whether the senate substitute really designed to contain the domicilliavy clause or not. So the debate dragged on. The senators from the extreme southern states made long and tiresome speeches to which no one. lis- tened, because thero was the same old talk of negro inferiority and white ‘supremacy that every one kuows is going to come as soon as he sces one of the old antebellum senators risein his seat. None of tho republicaus thought it worth while to sislcn and so the senators spoke to a beggarly array of empty benches. The fivst week had passed. | finaucial condition of the country had been growing daily more dis- tressing and tho silver senators were chaffing I‘:“tl]cr the restraint aud delay of the election alone by the republ taste o Meanwhile the On Tuesday came the beginning of the end. Mr. Plumb rose in his scat, and _offering a Dill that certainly formed toa degree the financial legislation now pending, he an- nounced the death knell of the election bill, *Teive notice,” suid he, “that in the event the subject which has'been for some time considered by the senate is not disposed of at an early day, Ishall move to lay it aside for the time being, in order that this bill and all other measures which may de proposed re- lating to the financial affairs of the country may be considered. 1 do not say this with a view to advertising what I have proposed or of sayine that that is the wisest or the best thing. Al 1 dosay is that something onght 10 be done, and that which congress in my judgment ' cannot avoid for any great period of time without letting go by a very good opportunity for helping tho country, and one that will not occur again in my opinion for many years. Mr. Plumb’sannouncement was heard with mlugle\l consternation and joy—consternation on the part cf Mr. Hoar aud tho few repub- licans who honestly and really favored the \election bill, and joy among the silver sena- (tors and the democrats. From that momont it began to be generally believed that the life f the election bill was only a question of me. Two days later Senator Teller repeated the hreat that unless the election bill cume toa determination one way or the other, he, too, would move to lay it aside. Mr. Hoar never d-xfllrnd however, for he knew he had be- hind bim the entire power of the administra- ’Ilu, and that certain senators, like Cameron and Quay, Toller, Walcott, Paddock, Plumb, Ingalls and others were Indifferent to sav | the least, if not entirely opposed to the bil | still he felt convineed that if he could force a “record vote' on the motion to Yay it aside, party fealty would lead enough of them into line to save the bill, There was an immediate apparent change in the tone of the democrats, and their speeches all showed an undercurrent of de- flance and of secret oxultation at the coming defeat of the bill. On all oceasions it came out more strongly. Probably the most exciting day of the de- o was I'riday of the second week; be- se there the lie was passed in plain, cold, \inmistakablo torms, and it sems almost un: necessory to add that Mr, Butler of South Carolina was the gentleman who gave the lie, and that Mr, Hoar, whoso years and white hairs ought to have protected him from in- sult even from a southern senator, was the vietim, two or three squables with Mr. ibson and e, Butler, Mr. Dolph, to a statement of Mr. Butler, stepped to the wentlemen and happened to Senator Hoar's seat. closer stand Just beside Mr. Dolph was not getting the better of the argument, and Senator Hoar leaned forward and in _an - audible tone suggested to Mr. Dolph that Senator Butler threatened to dis- miss from his plantation any colored men whe voted the republican ticket, The shot was too good to be wasted, and Mr. Dolph imme- diutely repeated iton the floc ir. Butler sprang to his foet like o flash, Turning to Hoar, whom he of course knew to be the author of the statement, he said slowly and deliberately “I'he statement that I haye dismissed any colored man from my plantation if they votod the cepublican ticket is a deliborate and will- ful falsehood, and the man who mado that sment, be he senator or citizen is guilty deliberato and willful falsehood.” was the author of the statement, and ull eyes at once turned upon him. It was the first time for years that the lie was given so directly, with the possible exception of the utterance of Senator Voorhees when he had his contro- rsy with Senator Ingalls, a couple of years ago, when the Indiana senator contributed the further offensive term, “Dirty dog." Mr. Dolph paused in embarrassment. Mr. Hoar’s pale face flushed, but he arose nromptly, and stepping toward Mr. Butler {m sald quietly, though his voice trembleti a ittle : hat stateraent that was just made re- garding the senator from South Carolina was contained ina document which I held in my hands within the last. twenty-four hours, for’ —and be tooked squarely at the South Caro- linan —“I made that statement.”? “T'hen,” returned Senator Butler, “my statement that the man who uttered that charge was guilty of a deliberate and will ful pplies to you,” ¢ suid nothing, for he saw that it to waste the time in criminations iminations, but he sent for the docu- ment in question, and before the day was over he read to Mr. Butler that able gentle- man’s own testimony before a committee of congress, in which he fully and unguestion- ably proved the charge that he had - made, and the en each of the two gentiemen agreed to construe Mr. Butler’'s statement in his own way, and assured the other of his deep res poct. bout 5 o'clock in the evening when e asked the indulgence of the senate for a moment. The charge had been made again and again of recent date that he, Mr. Frye, while a member of the house commit- signed the so-called Lynd report of i igation of Mr, Davenport in New 1876, and had by signing @reed in its condemuation It took Mr. in York the report freely of Mr. Davenport's conduct. Frye only about five minutes toshow that ntire matter was alie. He proved be- ad question that there never had becn a roport, and the document which it was claiimed was the report, was merely a state- ment published by Mr. Lynd, without tho authority of the commttee, and which Mr, Frye had_certainly never sigied ; that on the contrary he bad made aspeveh in the house dofying Mr. Lynd and the committee itself, which was without saying a democratic com mittee to make their report,and that the com- mitt ee had never done so. Then came the most_dramatic this entire_debate, Every sonator was in his seat. The galleries were crowded., Dusk had come on, and here and there was heard the faint quack of electricity as the liguts in the ceiling above were lighted. The faint rays from the electric lights struggled with the gloom of the senate chamber. Mr, Frye's angry eloquence held the chamber spell- bound. He was showing the absurdity l)} his having signed such a report, and had said that “the bill now pending was not one-tenth stringent enough in i isions “Why, Mr. President,” said he in his most impressive tones, “if it were necessary in order that the ballot shall be secured every citizen of the Uni! tates, and that ballot shall be counted as he casts it if it were necessaay, 1say, to put a bayonet behind that ballot, [ would put that bayouet behind that’ ballot.” There was a pause fora moment! then froum an obscure corner of the gallery came’a hiss. It was immediately taken up, and the senator's utterance was roundly hissed. An instant thereafter, however, there was arevulsion of feeling and tne hisses were turned, and awave of applause swept from the galleries, The democratic senators were thunder-strack, and not a man rose to reply. An iucidental feature of this day’s debat by the way, was a two-sentence tilt between Mr. Edmunds of Vermont and Mr. Walthall of Mississippi, in which Mr, Edmunds said to Mr. altball in replying to a statement that the latter had made: “'If that is the case thesenator from Missis- sinpi is 1a0te erazy than usual.” Persons who have been in the gallery year after yoar admit that they never have hoard such expressions as passea between sera- tors, of which above mention is made of a few of the choicest samples. THE CLEARANCE RECORD, Financial Transactions of the Coun- try During the Last Week. Bostoy, Dec. 21.—[Special Telegram to Tz Bee.]-The following table, compiled from dispatches from the clearing houses of the cities named, shows the gross ex- changes forlast woek, with rates per cent of incroase or decroase, as ugal foveral amounts for tho orrespondiug weck n moment of crmies. CLEARINGS. leag Philadelphia. Bt. Louls Pitsburg Ban Franot Halt Kansas City...! Milwaukee . Galveston Minneapol Providence. Loulsville Detrolt Cloveland OMAHA. Denver.. St Pan. Cotumbus Momphis. Dallus Duluth' . Portland, Ore. Indlanapolis Washington, Hartford. . St Joseph Portiand, My Nor) Now llave: Springtield Tacoma sHouston *Salt Lake City. Total . | Outatie of Now Vork I *Not neluded In totals Ahils Hwe luat you SRrown's Beo Troches' are excellont for the relief of hoarsgness or sore throat, They aro exceedingly effective.”— Christian World, London, Eug. | POPULAR TRADITIONS ~ AND CHRISTIAS AND ST, NICHOLAS An Interesting Disoourse by Rew. N. M Mann at Trinity Churoh. MYTHS, Celebration of the Thirtioth Amni versary of the Organization of the First Presbyterian Chureh, Rov. Mr. Mann delivered vesterday at Unity church and St. Nicholas,” 1t is something romarkable, the tendency Christmas has always had to slip out of the hands of the church and becomo & secular festival, a season of feasting and frolie. The factis it was awild kind of day when the church adopted it, aud it never has been com- tamed and domesticated into the tian calendar. All through the middle ages in every country of Burope the coming of the December 25 was tho signal for the letting looso of jollity, for scenes of vari- ous merviment of which only faint survivals remain. Young and old gave themselves up to amoreor less innocent revel in uncon- scious imitation of customs prevailing for ages pefore Christianity came. —Their songs were not such as the angels sangto the Judean shepherds, but bachanatian rather: Lo now is oome our joy ful'st feast, Let every man be ol Fach room with ivey leaves is drest, And avery post with holl Naow all our neighbors’ chimneys smoke, And Christmas blocks are burning: Their ovens thoy with baked meats cholke, And all their spits are turning.” Many of the preachers of that time remon- strated with tne people for losing sight of the religious import of the day in their gen- eral abandonment to the traditional hilari- ties, Butthe response was: “Heap on more wood; the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will We'll keep our Christmas merry still.”” Intheold countries traces are yot to be found in plenty of these habits of ‘the long ago, but with us the “Yule Log," or Christ- mas block, which was lighted on the hearth by the aid of a brand kept over from tho previous year: the “Lord of Misrule, the “Abbott of Unreason,” as the officials weto called who were putin charge of the revel- ries in England and Scotland, the conjuring, the dipping in tubs of water for nuts and apples, and the various childish sports con- nected historically with the day, are mostly things of foreign quality, known here only by hearsay. We have been started on fresh 1in this count the following on “Christinas ry, and the old traditions have not_always taken root. Only’ oneof the popular myths ussociated with Christ- mas has acquired ageneral currercy here, and that belongs to children, Children in this country, and their parents too, are apt to think that December 25 is the fete day of St. Nicholas. This is an error of fact, as every good Catholic knows. Begin- ning with this mistake, what will our people fasked: “Who is St. Nicholas, and at is said of him?" May it not be well w of Christmas near at hand, that we § what it is the church histories and biogra- phies report of this darling saiut, so dear to the heart of childhood ! Preparc them to hear some wonderful inci- dents, for the saints are a peculiar people. St. Nicholas was born, they say, and I see 10 reason to doubt it in u proviuce of Asia Minor toward the close of the Third centur, His piety began while he was in his nurs arms and manifested itself from his birth; indeed, in a refusz any nourishment on Wednesdays and Eridays, except once only, and that ‘after sunset. = His proverbial free-handedness also displayed itselt early in life, though, of course, not so early. Com- ing, by the death of his parents, while yet a youth, into the possession of large wealth, he forthwith = distributed it to the poor. Amoung his beneficiaries were three young women who, on account, of their father's poverty, were on _tho point of being sold into the worst kind of slavery. St. Nicholas, then a mere boy, but already characterized by a disposition, 'for which he has since b famous, of maling noc- turnal domiciliary visits, went to their house one night and passed into the window to one of the damsels a bug of momey. The next night he went with another bag and aguin the third night, so that there was a comtorta- ble dowry for cach of the girls, enabling them all not only to avoid the fate that impended, but also to get husbands and homes. As s00n as he grew to manhood St. Nich- olas made a pilgrinage to Palestine. In crossing the sea he was overtaken by a storm and was likely to be shipwrecked “as Paul was, but he outdid the apostle, and stilled the storm by his pra His pilgrimage com- pleted, he went back to Myra, the capital of his native_province, It happened that the bishop had just died and the chapter was divinely directed to choose as his successor *‘a man named Nicholas, who, the uext day, would be the first one to enter the chuveh.’ So St. Nicholas of Myra; archbishop,. per- haps it was, as he is” sometimes callod so. He wrought a good many miracles, some of which ~seemed to ‘have been _per- formed under conditions calculated to silence all cavil. In the matter of raising the dead, even where the record is seriptural, skeptical readers will often insist that there must be some mistake, that probably there was not actual death—only suspended animation. In- the case of a miraclo of this sort related of St. Nicholas, I think we shall ull agree that the subject was stone dead. An Asiatic gentleman sent his three boys toschool at. Athens, but told them before their departure to call on St. Nicholas for his benediction. They stopped at Myra for the night, and the innkeeper seeing that they had quite a sum of money as well as other valu- ables, murdered them in bed and put their maneled bodies into a barrel with some pork, salting hog and man down together: St. Nicholas had a vision of the whole affair, went to the inn, obtained from the keeper a confession of the crime and then ruised the boys tolife again, Thereare cther mighty works. that, this man did, we tre told, but one story liker that will be generously considered enotgh. The Holy Catholic church, it is said, never dies. However, that may be, the virtues of her saints never quite leave their bones Those of St. Nicholas are still shown, and have I know not what potency. They have besides a history. After the dear old bishop had been buried off there in his Asian_home some five hundred years, and Christianity had been extirpated in that country by the Mohammedans, some Greek Christians contrived to make a raid and re- cover the relics of the saint. Their identity is attested by noend of miraclos that they have wrought. A peculiar feature of these bones is that they exude a fragrant, unctuous substance of extraordinary curative power. A great quantity of this was found inthe tomb at Myra, which proved to bo worth a mint of moncy to the church. Thirty persons wore cured Of various disorders at the fitst olis enjoys great renown in tho ecast, especially in the Greek chupch, In Russia he is the favoriteof the whole calen- dar, His fete falls on December , In this country it has been confounded with Christ- mas. Hence Christmas has become with us pre-eminently the children’s festival. This 448 not its original character, and there was nothing in the nature of its observance, either "as a scason of profane rivalry or of Christian rejoicing, to give it bat character. The rude sports to which in the old times the duy was given up were mostly of a sort to finterest adults: the children were lookers on or participated only in subordinate parts. Even now on the con- tinent of Europe when the festival Nicholas is kept on December 6, Chiristmas has no special attraction for cnildren, As the birthday of Christ it has too imposing a style for them. There is reason to bétieve that the actual Jesus was a lover of children und was loyed by them, but Christ us he bas been preached is the very nightmare of child- hood.” Some of us can remember cliuging to our mother's knee to escape from the terrible image of Him coming to judge the world. The pictures of Jesus on the cross or crowned with thorns horrify the mind of the child. The impression obtained is of @ being aus- tere, suffering, solemn, carrying the world on his shoulders, and infinitely removed fromn tho ways aad the feelings of "the little folks. Christmas is saved 1o tho chldren by the appearance upon the stage of a character less august, one free from all suspicion of baving the universein charge —ulight-hearted, human sort of creature, with soul full of bouhomie and ,mx-lml.u full of sweetmeats, What a creation he is though when we cowe to think f St » LY BEE: MONDAY., of it, this St. Niskelas, made out of nothing of next to nothing, made just because the human heart was nl mim! There he stands with the three|bb¥s ho rescued from tho pickling-tub, holding the threc purses ho gave to the poor girls, saying to all the boys und girls in the two hemispheres: “Weo understand cach giher; count on me some- time in December!." And every child say: “Long live the goody generous St. Nichos And wo all say, “Long may ho live to cheer the hearts of ‘gencrations yet uuborn and keep the world yaung.”! 1 m sorry to adb tho “Lives of the Sants’ in our public ibrary_so thickly covored with dust. as they are, Tt is well to read theso books, if for nothipg else than to deepen tho conviction that all stories of miracle areto be classed toggother, "Olir teachers used to draw a circle around the bible books, and tell us that inside t circlo the miracle is eredible; outsile ot credible. The civele has been getting smaller, and now the fash- ion is to draw it only around the gospel and The Acts. 1In time it will disappear alto- gother, Itis uscless te seck to fortify the supernatural with a aistinction where there isno_difference. Much more consistent is the Catholic, who belioves all the miraculous stories told of the saints, than is the Protest- ant, who accepts a part of thestories and those not the best mccredited, vejecting the rest. Let them all stand if they can, or all alike fade fnto myth and poetry ii they must. itis tobe hoped that we may come yet to read our bible as we read our Homer, without stopping to say of this or that story, “It can- not be true.” “Who is there of Longfellow’s renders that haggles over tho miracies of Hi- awathal And why should we not find it fitthata wealth of legend should gather about the birth of each and every oneof the world’s Messiahs! THEIR ‘l‘lll[l'l;lfl'l'll ANNIVERSARY Yesterday's Celebration at the First Prosbyterian Church. Yeosterday was the thirticth anniversary of the organization of the First Presbyterian church of this city, and the commodious temple of the congregation, at Seventeenth and Dodge streets, was well filied by tho members, young and old. : The church had been handsomely deco- rated for the occasion with evergreens and holly. Upon entering the audito- rum the eyo rested upon & large star of evergroen, with a center of holly, the red borries standing out in_marked contrast to the dark green of the background. This yias pluced bigh up on the pipes of the organ and suspended beneath it were great loops of evergreen ropes, hield in place by garlands of holly. On one side of the_organ, against the wall, were the figures “1860" in evergreen and on the other side were the figures “1590." The rail about the choir gallery and also tho pulpit were hung with ropes of evergreen and holly and small palms were placed about in appropriate spots, On the desk we large bunches of roses, The rail of tho bal- cony was hung with ropes of evergreen, and on Gach of the sido chandeliers was hung o garland of the same. A glince at the coneregation showed many heads which has been whitened by the touch of Old Father Time, some of theta having been seen m the church Sunday after Sun- day almost since its first establishment. A vory few of the original members of the ¢ gregzation are_still in the land of the living, and a still smaller number remain with their early choice. Many have been called to ahigzher church, and others have left the rooftree of their' alma mater to help establish colonies 1n other parts of the tewn. Among those still remaining with the parent stock are Mr. and Mrs, Lekmer, Mrs. Mer dith, Mrs. L. C. Huntington and Mrs. A. R. Orchard. The exercises wero of a historical charac- ter, consisting of two sermans, that in the morning covering the period from the intro- duction of Presbyteriunismin Omaha down to the present time, insofar as it related to the First church itself, and the afternoon ser- mon relating to the majy offshoots or branches from the parent stogk. S U TUMBLED ON THE SIDE. The Fate of a Harney Motor and 1ts Five Occupants. Yesterday moruing, about 10 o'clock, an ac- cident occurred on the Twenty-fifth street motor line immedistely north of Cass. Motor No. 88 was running wipidly north and had Jjust. crossed the gutteron the uorth side of Cass street when -it jumped the track. It branched off gmadually from the rails until iv | reached & point about midway between Cass and California street, when it vurned abruptly at right angles to the track, ran toward the west eurb, which it struckk with some force, and then fell over on oue side, the roof lodg- ing againsta telephone pole, There were five passengers in the car, two adies and three gentlemen. These were hurled head-foremost in all dircctions, the men escaping injury but the ladics not faring s0 well. Oneof the latter,an elderty lady named Mrs. O'Halloran, residing at 2108~ Douglas street, was precipitated through one of the window paues. sustaining several cuts upon the face anl experiencing internal bruises. The other, & young laay numed Miss Agei McNaughton, sister of Mrs, K. Keane, special teacher in the public schools, was also hurled through a window sustaining several cuts on the face and neck, As the car lay on its side, the head of M O'Halloran, covered with 8 black vell, tending through the window, lay on the side- walk., Sho had been rende unconscious by tho shock, and in the excitement, some- body, it is said, stepped upon her face, in- tensifying her injuries, Great excitement prevailed for a time and in & few moments a number of people on their way to St. Johw's collegiate and other churches in the vicinity gathered. Then smoke began to issue from the car and immediately a move was made to rescus the women. A boy named k. M, Hurley was the first tolend assistance. He entered the car and finding Miss McNaughton’s clothes burning, extinguished the flames, Ho then withothiers assisted the injured ones from the car. Mrs, O'Haltoran was.conveyed to her home, where she received surgical attention, Miss McNaughton was later taken to her home on Twentieth street near Capitol avenue, Young Hurley himself had o narrosy escape, He had been standing on Twenty-fifth stroet, leaning against the telophone pole and quietly watching the car as it boomed northward. As it reached the north side of Cass street he turned his head fora moment in another direction. The next instant the car was tumbling on the very spot on which he stood and he had but an instant in which to save himself. Itis needless to say that he im- proved the opportunity by vacating the spot. e Gessler's Magic Headache Wafers. Cureall headaches in 20minutes. At all druggists, — Samuel Burns reports his 20th annual holiday sules the bisst he ever had, and accounts for it Hylow prices, immense stock and the wgnderful growth of Omaha. . A Bold M r.fi. ppl Banait, WoopviLLE, Miss., Dec. 21.—Dock Brad- ford, a well known criminal, yesterday re- moved a rail on the - Beuisville, Now Orleans & Texas road near Mbre and wrecked the pay car. * He then eame out and attempted to open the safe, which'cdntained about $0,000, Those of the crdd'not wjured ckly came to the rescue, overpowering adford. The cvewr were all more or less badly shaken g and scratched. Mr, Bryaut, roadmaster, received probably fatal wounds, but at prescut is rest'ng quictly and doing as well as caulbe expee od. Last night Sheriff Lewis ordeyed;an additional guard placed at the jail, as rumors were afioat that jradford would be lynchelif Bryant died, Numerous crowds could be seen congregating on the streets until Jate lust night, but all is quiet now. D The American ldea is that “nothing is too gaod for me when I travel,” and tn consequence we have bacome noted us the most luxurious tray- elers in the world, TLa: which the peo- ple demand, the roads must supply, and thus we huve also the most perfoctly ap- pointed railway service in the world, "he traveler now dines in a Pullman pal- dining car elear through in his jour- ney, from Council Blufls and Omaha to San Francisco, on the Union and South- ern Pacific zoads. e e Dr.Birney! Noscandthroat. Beel dg | bim and with him Irish independe iw DECEMBER 22, 1800. PAUPERS WILL MOVE TODAY, They Vill Take Possession of Their New Homo This Morning, DESCRIPTION OF THE STRUCTURE. The Arrangements of the Rooms on the Varions Floors and the Accommodations for the Tomates. At 8 o'clock this morning John J. Maho- ney, the superintendent of the county hos- pital, or poor house, will begin the taskof moving the iumates to the new building, which is about completed and ready for oceu- paucy. Dinner will be 1 in the new building, and from this time on the paupers of Douglis county will be at home in the three-story brick structure that was com- menced in 1857, The building is agreat barny affair, hav- inga frontage of 300 feet wcluding two wings, and extending back a distance of 410 fect, exclusive of the boiler and engine rooms, which ave still further in the rear. The basement, which is under the entire building, will be used for kitchens, laundry rooms, bakeryand crematory for garbage. In therear of the building three great boilors will supply the heat for the entire structure, it being carried through 16,00 feet ot steam pipe and into 216 rwdiators distributed about on every floor. Just to the east of the furnaces there is a great kitchen supplied with steel ranges for cooking the meats, while close by are large ivon and cop- per tanks for cooking the coifee, tea aud vege- tables. On the opposite side of the hallway there is a bake oven witha capacity for hand- ling 2,000 loaves of bread and an equal num- berof pies per day. In another room you will find the laundry, where huge wa muchines and wringers, operated by s power, will dispose of the dirty linen of the occupants, Through the center of the base- ment there ruus asmall railway which is termed the ‘grub road.” T s supplied with a car, This car willbe run down to the kitchen and loaded with food, which will be in kettles and pans. When the car is loaded, it will be pushed up the track to the clevators where the food will be sentto the dining oms above. The balance of the basement will be used for the present for storage pur- POsce. The entrance to the first floor is through a large arched doorway. Upon entering you areushered ioto a hall twenty t wide and 400 feet long, with balls of the same width extending north and south into the wings. Atthe rightof the entrance Mr. Mahoney will be at_home, for there hewill haveh private office, which is supplied with Bri vpet, easy chairs and a cheerful open grate. On theleft of theentrance there are double parlors, furnished with soft carpets, upholstered furniture add lace curtains. Back of this, and in the main building, are the drying rooms of the laundry and ten rooms for the secommodation of the help em- ployed about the institution, The family dining room is on this floor, as is also the dis- pensary, the operating rooms and the private rooms for the county ph: an, In_the froutof the main building, on the third tloor, are two private rooms, which will booccupied by the superintendeat as sleep- ing roows, while just a ss the hall are tes for the physi n. Al of the are furnished with furmture of antique oak, Brussels carpet, casy chairs and lace curtains, The south wing is the only one that will be occupied this winter, On the first floor there isadining room where thirty persons can sitat three tubles. To this an elevator runs from the basement, through which all of the food will be transported. And besides this, itis supplied with china closet and a warm- ing oven, built about a radiator. Down along the wing there are the sleoping rooms, twenty-cight,of them containing single beds and four containing double beds. The sick room 1s at the extreme south end. It light and cheery, with plenty of windows, and four single beds. Closets, bath and wash rooms, with marble basins, are located bout midway of the corvidor, On the ea de, and about the middio of the wing, there is 4 large ®pen - room that will be vsed for a reading room. It is supplied with tables, chairs and settees, The sccond and third floors ure exact duplicates of the first floor and will be occu- pied for the same purposes, except that female inmates willbe assigned to the first floor and the male inmates to the second and third floors. . The nursery, which will contain fifteen beds, will be in the rear of the muin_build im; and can only be reached bythe main cor- ridor. The buildivg is fluished throughout in yellow pine, with plenty of windowsto admit the lignt and freshair. Narrow and steep stone stops lead to-each floor, the only eleva- tor in the building, de from the food elevators, being an old-fashioned affair that runs by ropes, located near the center of the main portion, ‘The furnishings of the rooms are plain consist of an iron bedstead, a wool mattr ylllnw, two sheets, four blankets aud a chair or each, Oak settees are located along each corridor and will be for the exclusive use of the inmates. Each floor is supplied with 1,000 foet of hose, wound upon reels in the corrldors and connected with hydrants in the busement, so that should a five break out at any time it can be flooded on short notice. J. W. Russell, superintendent, of motive power, is in full charge of the heating upparatus and will keep the temperature so even that it will seem like a continuous summer insido the in- stitution, a e Samuel Burns has arranged a vase sale inhis art room of Wooster, Doutton, Vienna, ete,, at about half former prices and all marked in plain figures, Sy Change Cars? No. Among the many exigencies of modern travel there is one requirement which is always popular andalways in demand, and that is “a through service.” Life is too short to “‘change cars” every fow hundred miles, and the travelling pub- lic have very pl‘«l]n”'}f‘ rebelled against all such old-fashioned ratlroading. The through equipment of the Union Pacifie, “the original overland route,” provides for a through car service for all poirts west from the Missouri river. HARRINGTON A QUEENSTOWN, tio Deplores Personalitios an clares Conflience in Parnell. Douniay, Doc. 21.--Harrington, at Queens- town, snid he believed: that if O'Brien had been at home or If Paracll had seen his way to retire in accordance with the wishes of tho majority the present disastrous crisis would have been avoided, Hosupposed, however, that Parnell had good reasons for the course he adopted. Harrington further said that he regretted the personalities 1 which both sides had indulged. He was surpised that De- Parnell had descended to the use of scurrillous langusge and had applied of- fousive, epithets to bis late collcagues. The unfortunate split in the party, bo said, ‘had frustr the ob- jects of the Am mission, which at present. prosent be' [ not Parnell's action after re-elocting him leader sought to oust him forteited the confidence of the Irisn people. The English demoeracy, hedoclared, would support Lowe rule, and it was only necessary tobringup ' the scratch Eng- lish politiciaus who would likely betray them if disappointed in getting goneval election. Parnell w litical leader, but rather a g country, leading his army to freed might shake their heads in the f ily circle, this was mot the time to d , which nore valuable than Gladstone's good in tentions, ‘The question of pul lic morality was settled at Leluster hatl and the seceders possessed no programme or plan justifying tueir desertion of theiv leader, was right, those who Dyspepsia Makes tho lives of many poople miserable, causing distress after eating, sour stomach, sick headache, heartburn, loss of appetite, a falut, “*all gone" feeling, bad taste, coated tongue, and frregularity ot DIStross (o hovels, Dyspepsia does Aftor uot gt well of liselt, It requires careful attention, Eating j.a o remely 1ko Toot's Sarsaparilla, which aets gently yeteMelently. It tones tho stomach, regulites tho diges- tion, creates a good Ap- petile, banishes headiche, o, SICK and refroshes he nina. Headache “1havo been troubled with dyspepsia. bad but litle appetite, and what 1 did eat distressed nie, or did mo Hoart= | "o, After cating T burn youldhave a faint or tired, allgone fecling, a8 though | had ot eaten anything. My trouble was aggravated by my business, painting. Last spring 1 took Jood's Sar. 5 SOUF saparilla, which did me an Stomach fmmense amount of good. It gave mo an appatite, aund_my food relished and satisied the craving 1L had previously oxperienced” GEORGE A, PAak, Watertown, Mass. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Boldby all druggists. 81; six for §5. Preparod only by C.I. 100D & C0., Apothecarles, Lovell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar NO TROUBI 1S FEARED. A Belief That Switchmen's ances Will Be Adjusted. The Chicago report of a possible strike among the trainmen on the western roads €auses no uneasiness upon the partof the men in thiscity, At this time the firemen and the brotherhood engineers are holding conventions in this city, and upon the subject of a general strike a number of them were in- terviewed Inst night. They all hold that. such a strike may ordered if the roads refuse toadopt the Chi- caggo scale of wages when the demand is mado tomortow, but they arcof the opinion that when the two committies come together the Griev- bo railroad managers will grant the request of the switchmen. The Chicago scalo provides that foromen shall be paid $2.70 per day and switchmen 250, Ten hours shall constitute a day" Ishor, und all overtime shall bo. paid at d rates, A gentleman who is prominently connected with the brotherhood said : “The trouble is y in the smaller towns, where but fow men are employed. In these places the men et much less than scale wages and are com- pelled to put in longer hours.” Regarding o strike, ho said: “If the wen make and are then r support of the o conductors and firemen. This would tio the lines and the engincers would necessar be obliged to quit, as there would not, be any thing for them to'do, but I am of the opinion that everything will' be satisfactorily scttled tomorrow." nen, up S RN Mprs, M. Schaenberger, Beav writ d trie Oil inour family for and rheumatism. It cures Dr.Birney. Noseand throat. Beebldg, HAUNTED BY F1RE. A Springfiela, O, Boarding House Furnishes a Sensation. SeuNGriELD, 0., Dee. 21.—From what has dccurred the last two days in tho boarding house of Mrs, Rachel McGiowen on the South Side the superstitions and the benighted might be inclined to think that the residence was haunted py fire. The house has five oc- cuponts, Mrs. MeGiowen, three boarders and a servant girl, an orphan cighteen years old, Six wecks ago Mr, Reosor, a boarder, after takinga bath in his room laid his towel acrossthe arms of a willow rocker to dry. While absent the towel .took fire and when discovered the rocker ana the carpet were also burning. Some time later the house took fireand some house- b 1d goods were destroyed. Sinco that timo fires around the house have been so frequent s nearly to craze Mrs owen. I the last fow days fires have followed each other thickand fast. A pileof ironed clothing on the sofa in the sitting room caught five. tablecloth caught fire anda large holo burned in it, and instead of the blaze as nd- ing ivdescended and charred the table legs, A box of clothing was found hall, The servant girl, who was c with causing all the firds, was at work in the dining room, where suddenly fire wwas seen at_tie botforn of her skirt, and the next thing they knew the back of her n the ol ou fire jacket burst into flmes. Sometimes firo breaks out in several places at the samneinstant. Nearly overything from the attic to the collar has been on fire, Two or threo cupboards have had to take their share of scorching, aud clothing hanging behind u door found to be on fire. Wednesday afternoon the house caught fire again up stairs The fire was put out and at night a . fire discovered jn & down-stairs room. Thursday afternoon, in three hours’ time, firo ‘was dis- covered in six different places. The people a-e now taking turns at watchingto getsome clue to the mystery. The house and goods together have taken fire twenty-five times. 1t is believed the fires aro the work of some spiteful enemy who has scattered achemical componud over the house, ciusing Spontanc ous combustion. A detective has boed hired by the underwriter who insured the house to ferret out the guilty party. - ©arl Lumholtz, the celebrated explorer, tells of his extraor- dinary adventures in the wilds of Australia in several art ‘which he has written for The Youth's Companion. e Abducted Chicagy Colored Girls. MiLwAr , Wis,, Dec. 21.—-Mvrs, Jack Hunter, a colored woman, who keeps a River street vesort froquented only by colored men, was arrested lastnighton o message from Bhief Marsh of Chicago, who stated that sho was wanted in Chicago for abducting L Fisher, a fourteen-year-old colored g Iishor girl was found in_ M house, where she had been since day. 'With her was found a fifteon-yoar- colored grirl giving her name as Viola Fisher, whom Mrs, Hunter also brought with her from Chicigo. Dr.Birne Ll i - Washington Park Club Offic Cincaco, Dec, 21,—(Special Telegram to Tue |~Attie ammual meeting of tho Washington park racing club, held lastnight, the following oflicers were elected : Presi. Henry Wheder; viee | W. Allerton, Albert 8. Gag warles Schwartz, Columblis I mmings; L John k. Walsh; secretary, Johi 5 stewards, 'Albert 8.’ Gage, Samuel H. Racing, J. McFarland, John Du peo and John K. Brewster, Wi Noseand throat, Beebldg. y 8. POWDER Absolutely Pure. Acream of tartar baking powder. Highest of leavening strongtbh—U. 5. Government KHe- port Aug. 17, 1804 WINDOW! THE SUCCESSFUL CONTESTANT for our §20 Suit Prize v Mr. Joseph Getner, 1306 North 18th street, this city. We promised the public ANOTHER SURPRISE, and here it is. Wednesday, De We will place My Sometiing in Our Showo Window But we won't tell you about it here, because we want you to SEEIT IN OUR SHOW WINDOW AND NOT HERE. We will cheerfully answer \ all letters of inquiry from out of the city. The $50 Overcoats For $10 Which at present are all the B- go [in the newspapers and in your mind] we neverhad, but we have biggest trade we ever had in our 36 years’ business Omaha, We own our goods as low as any honest merchant in the world, and we are clos- ing them out ata very small profit, to make room for one of the finest Spring stocks ever shown in Omaha, experience in DON'T FORGET THE SHOW WINDOIV. Call on us before you buy Clothing or Furnishi ng Goods!!! It will pay you?!! 3 By the way, we just got in an immense line of Holi- day Neckwear, one in a box, if you want them fora present [and no fancy price on them]. The choice of our stock is going fast. Come soon. - HELLMAN, Cor. 13t and Faram, Oldest House Stale. Zhe in the DON'T FORGE1 THE SHOW WINDOIW, d