Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 28, 1891, Page 3

THE OMAHA BEE. COUNCIL BLUFF! OFFICE: « NO. 12 PEARL ¢ REET. rler In any part of the City. TON, - MANAUER. TOoN e ) Business Oftice, TELEPHONES | NEAY B uitor @ A———————— MINOIR MENTION. N. Y. P. Co. Council Bluffs Lumber Co., coal, Craft's chattel loans, 204 Sapp block. Wanted—A girl for genoral housewcrk at 616 Bluff street, 1f you want water in your vard or house o to Bixby's, 302 Merriam block A marriage license was issued vesterday to Froderick Milliman and Retta Burdin both of Omaha, Rov. 8. Alexander has recovored from his recont severe illness and will be able to fill his pulpit next Sunday. The work of repairing the washout under the Indian creck bridge on North Eighth streot was commenced yesterday. Miss Sable Amy entertained a large num ber of Ler friends at a card party last even- ing at her residence on Fifth avenue. The Sunday school of the Congregational church had a picnic yesterday afternoon and evening at Fort Omaha, About 150 attended, Today is the last day for the filing of peti tions for trials to take place in the superior court at the coming term which opens Sep- tember 7, Cards are out announcing tho marriage of John Chapman of New Mexico and Mrs Ella Roth of this city, to take pluce early next month. The democrati Deliversd by O HoW. T county convention will be held in this city on Friday, September 15, at 11 o'clock a. m. The preliminary caucusos will be held Tuesday evening, September 15, at 8, S. L. Saddier was arrested yestorday on a charge of poddling without a™ license. His stock in trade, consisting of eight boxes of cigars, was held as socurity and he was re- lensed. Justico Hammer performed a double wed- ding yesterday afteracon, the parties being James 1. Vaughan of Perry, Tn., and Ella A Hammack of Sedalia, Mo.. and E, dner and Lizzie Proger both of Omaha. ward Folsom entertained a party of his friends last evening at his residence at the head of Wilow avenue, Au clegant supper was served, and the guests departed at u lute hour, after a very pleasant evening. The school board has secured the building at 3401 Wes Broadway for schoo! purposes. Its district will cover all that part of the city lying west of Thirtioth street between the Union Pacific tracks and Broadway. Paul Giles, charged with committing an assault and battery on Lucy Edwards, took a change of venue vosterday afternoon from Justice Hammer to Justice Swearingen. The case was tried, and the defendant was dis- charged. An information was filed in the superior court yesterday by J. Stein, a man who signs his name in Chinese characters, charging k. Gilinsky with disturbing the peace. Gil- insky is one of Stein’s tenants, and the infor- mation is the result of a_quarrel that arose the other day when Stein tried to collect so0me rent. A gasoline stove oxploded last evening about 7 o'clock at the residence of A. Marx, First street at the bead of Vine, and came near burning the house down. Fortunately water was handy, and in a few minutes the flames were extinguished. An alarin was sent in and the fire department was sum- moned, but before it arrived the fire was out. The damage was almost nothing. A tally-ho party came over from Omaha Inst evening and rode around the city, taking iu the Grand hotel on tho way. The follow- ing composed the party: Misses Schirmer, Ambrose, ‘her, Commond, Lillie Brenton, Aylesworth, Edith Converey, Fannie Wedge, Lena Chespro; Messrs. B. R. Cook, J. L. Rockwell, J. H, Fowler, Burt Fowler, Oliver Mordy, Jones, F'red Convey, F. M. Wallace, Burt Nason, Fravk McConnell. unty Auditor Hendricks finished making out tie tabulated cerort of the assessed val- uation of she school districts, together with the amounts cailed for in euch township for school purposes for the coming year. The total valuation of the property in the county 18 $13,061,800, & little less than a third of which, or £,610, is in_ Kane township. The amounts called rorin Kane township are, for teachers’ fund, $35,000; 000; for school house, §10,000. 3. J, Davis of Omaba was hauling the office furniture of Wright & Baldwin from the Brown to the Baldwin block when n deputy marsbal came along and arrested him for acting asa common carrier without a licenso. He gave bonds for his appearance in police court this morning and was re- leased. He went back to his work, and in about an hour he was again run in on the ~same charge. He again cave bonds, and will Dhave u double-barreled hearing this morning in police court. In police court yesterday morning James Morris and George Morton, who were ar- rested on a compluint made by Dr. W. L. Patton, camo up for a trial on the charge of beinz suspicious characters, and were dis- charged. Thomas Buckner and George Tol- Liver, the two colored men who were arrested on suspicion of having stolen $15 from Sul- livan & Barton's saloon, were also dis- charged, there being nothing but circumstan- tial ovidence against them. Buckner says he will bring a suit agamst Sullivan & Barton for §,000' damages. B Manawa's Mineral Water. The artesian well at Lake Manawa is attracting a good deal of attention and many romarkable cures are reported as having been made by the use of its waters. Last spring the well was sunk to a depth of 185 feet, and a handsomo pavilion built around it. The well was originally sunk in 1886, when the hotel was being built. [ts strong mineral qualities were at once discovered and a quantity of the water was sent to Prof. August Bode of Milwaukee, with the following result: Sulphate of iron, 6.9. Sulphate of magnesium, 4 te of magnesium, e, 3.4, Sulphate of sodium, 3.6 Chloride of sodium, a trac Roeaction—slightly alkaline. In a note accompanying the analy Prof. Bodo says: *“The mineral propor- ties of the water are remurkable as being almost identically the same as the famous Waukesha springs. PELSONAL P T. C. Dawson_returned yesterday from a visit to Des Moines and Butlington. Mrs, John Afnsworth of Omaha is in the city, tho guost of Miss Lulu Rhodes ut Madi- 800 park, Miss Anna Bowman returned yestorday from atwo months' visit with relatives at Wiscassot, Mo. W. C. Estop returned Wednosday night from Colorado, whero he has been for the past two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. C. Bosen and son, George, ave returned from Siloam Spriugs, Mo., where they spent a week. V. W. Beldler loft yestorday for Fort n, Cal., where he was called by the an- Louncement of his brother's ilines. _Mrs. E. J. Abbott and her daughter, Mrs, 8. F. Kelly, started yestorday for Des Moiues, where they will Visit relatives. Rov. Dr. Phelps has returned from his vacation visit to friends in Illinols, and will occupy the pulpit of the Presbyterian church next Sunday as usual contingent, RAGRAPHS, Frank Nicoll, who has been with the Western Union Telegraph company for soveral years past, loft. vostorday for Chi- cago, where he wiil reside in the future. o Great Attractions at Manaw. Saturday and Sunday. Extraordinar; engagement of Texas Bill, the cowboy puinist und vocalist. Also Buckskin 3ill, the renowned iron skulled man, possossor of & triple skull " s—_—— Picnio at Manhattan beach. Round trip tickets from Omaha, including boat ride, 50¢; on sale at news stands ut Mil- lard and Murray hotels. Pianos, organs, G B. Music Co., 539 Broadway o\ e e ————— THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, F_fl_’lDAY AUGUST 28, 1891. NEWS FROM COUNCIL BLUEFS. Another Man Ruffers Throuzh the Influence of Fayette Addition. ASSISTED A SWINDLE AND WAS BITTEN. Justice Almost Poctic Overtakes a Man Who Aided Frank H. derome in His Nefari- ous Operation Lafayette addition to the city of Council Bluffs is probably one of the worst sclls that was perpetrated upon the public i the vicinity of this eity and the victims are num- bered by the scors. The addition was platted about two years ago by Frank H. Jerome of Omaha, and from that time to this the sule of lots has been going on, the purchasers resid- ing all over the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific. it has been represented to each of them that the property is very valuable, and the fact that it lics convenient to the citios of Council Bluffs and Omaha has been called attention to as an inducement to pros- pective purchasers. Thereis only one thing that tends to depreciate the vaiue of the property, and that is that more than three- fourths of it lies at the bottom of Lake Man- awa aud the Missouri river. The sellers, however, have not been iu the habit of re- ferring to that fact in making their sales. The land is pract worthless, but lots have sold all the way from $50 to 1,500 apicce, and every few dnys letters of mquiry are recoived from parties in the east, which shows how widely the company that platted a carried on its operations. wos u new development in eal which may serve to lighten theload on the minds of those who have been taken in. It will be remembered that many of the deeds to the property were made out in the name of Fred M. Bender as grantee. Just what connection he had with the affair was 1ot known at the time the sales were made, but it became known yesterday when ho appeared at the court house and made a number of inquiries as to the welfare of Lafayetto addition. In a conversation which he hela with one of the officials it leaked out that Bender was a partner of Jerome the deal, and that he was to ali intents and purposes as deep in the mire as the other. Ho stated that a contract had been enterod into between him and Jerome by which six- teen solid blocks were to be deeded him by Jerome for a fictitious consideration. Bender was then to make out deeds to_the property, the names of the purchaser being left blank, in order that Jerome might HIl them out as fast as he made the sales. In this way Jerome was apparently acting merely as an ageut for Bender, and so a large share of the responsibility of the crooked business would be " shifted off his shoulders. In consideration for thus making Bendor into a cat's paw, Jerome sold to bim, “‘dirt cheap,” as he called it, one lot in each block, making sixteen 1o all, for $250. Bender claims he did not kuow just what sort of property he was buying, altiough the circumstances connected with the deul ap- pear to be sadly against bim. Al any rate, the sale was consummated, and Bender, being unable to raise the neces- sary §250 in cash, gave Jerome a mortgage for'tne amount on about $00 worth of house- bold property. Time weut by and he was unable to pay off the mortgage, aid the con- sequence was that a day or two ago Jerome lovied on the mortgaged property and took averything Bender had in the world, leaving him in just the shape in which the two part- ners had expected to_leave all their victims. Bender's mission at the court house yester day was to look over the records to find, if possible, some flaw in the deeds by which he could get out of his bad bargain, but 1t was of no uso; the corners weroall nailed down, and the only consolation hecould find was that be could sympathize with some of the others who had been duped by the fraudulent trans- actions of himself and Jerome. The county officials are in favor of some- thing being done to bring the parties who have been guilty of the fraud to justice. Every few days a new deed comes in for record in which the consideration named is tar above the actual value of the land sold, and the resulc is that the victimized parties, when they find out the true state of affairs, steer clear of Council Bluffs real estato in the future. 1t is probable that Lafayette ad- dition has done more to damage the standing of Council Bluffs real estate in the eyes of foreign capitalists than any other calamity that has ever done business in the city. P ONLY TWO MORE DAYS. The Great Seven-day Blanket Sale at the Boston Store Closing August 29, The great seven-day sale is now in progress at the Boston store. You will not during the winter have a chance to ot blankets at such prices as these. It’s getting cool, so you better take ad- vantage of this sale and buy your blankets now while you can get them at half price. Just glance over these figures 100 pair 10-4 gray blankets, 90c: worth #1.25. 100 pair 10-4 gray blankets, $1.10; worth $1.50, 100 pair gray $1.25; worth $1.75, pair 104 gray blankets, extra super $2.75, worth #3.75. 50 pair 10-4 pray blankets, all wool, 3 worth #5.00. WHITE BLANKETS 11-4 extra large blunkets, #3. blankets, extra heavy, $3. 5, worth P 10-4 all wool, $3.25, warranted. 125 puir 11-4 all wool, $4.75, worth £6.00, 125 pair 11-4 all wool, #5.00, worth $6.50. 20 pair 12-4 California all wool, $10.50, worth $15.00. RED ALL WOOL BLANKE 10-4 all wool red, $3.25, worth $4. 10-4 all wool red. $4.00, worth $5. 11-4 all wool red, $4.75, worth $6.50, 12-4 all wool red, $7.00, worth $8, ALL OUR COMFORTERS AT COST DURING THIS LE. BOSTON STORE, FoRrTE INGHAM,WiHITELAW & ('O, Council Blufts, Ta, —— He Needed a Liwyer, James Kirley was arrested yesterday moraing on & charge of disturbing the peace, the information being filed by Mrs, Cora Wilson, The arvest was the result of a fight which took place several days ago on South Tenth street near the Milwaukee freight dopot. Kirley's Loy was driving some cattlo, one of which, according to Mzs. Wilson's story, ran into her yard. She theveupon ran out and used a stick on the hoy. Kirloy went to his defence, and in doing 50 he laid himself liable to Mrs. Wil- son’s complaing. Shortly after the fight Kirley filed an in- formation against Mrs. Wilson, charging her with assault and battery on the boy, whose name is Petor Johuston, He supposed that whon he had made out the information he had done all his duty, and so e put the paper in his pocket and wiited for the arrest to mako itself. He was all ready' to prove up his side of the case yesterday moruing, when he found to his amazement that Mrs, W on was still rauning st large. He handed the much soiled information to tho clerk of the court and proceeded to wait until Mrs, Wil- s0u should be brought i Buy your furniture and hovsohold goods of Mandel & Kiein, Couucil Bluffs.” Prices very low; freight prepaid to your city Riprapping the River. A large gang of men bas been put at work riprapping the river on the lowa side north and west of Council Bluffs. Piles are being driven to bold the rock and willows in posi- tion. The work is belug taken up at the arpets, stoves point where it was left off Lo years ago, and will be carried beyond the bed of the river. It will be taken up again whore tho leveestrikes the river and will be continued %o a point opposite the water works pumping station, The sum of $5,000 is ou hand to be used in carrying on the work, b Al BOIHERING THE JUDGE. Applicants for Appointment Under Him Begin to Come In. Hon. J. S. Woolson of Mt. Pleasant was in the city yesterday, a guest of the Grand, Mr. Woolson is the newly appointed judge of the United States court, to which office he was appoluted to take tho place of Judge J. K. Love, lately deceased, and this is the first visit he has made to the city since his ap- pointment, He was here for the purpose of looking over the ground preparatory to be- ginning operations next month, A large part of tho day was occupied by him in re- colving visitors wno had learned of his ar- rival, A Brr raporter called on him at his room. Judge Woolson is a vers pieasant sort of man to talk with, except when tho conversation turns to the subjoct of what changes he ex- pects to make with reference to the business of the court over which he presides. Under such _circumstances ho is inclined to be non- committal. He will commence nis judicial labors September 28, when ho will “hold a session of court n this city. The only ofticial who is appointed by tho court is the cleri, Wio is at present H. K. Love of Des Moinus. Judge Woolson stated that in all probability Mr. Love would resign in the near futnre and his place would be filled by some one whoso political beliefs agree with those of the administration. The deputies in this city and Keokuk are appointed by the clerk, subject to tho ap- proval of the court. Whether F. M. Hunter, the present deputy at this point, will resign or not the judge coutd not say positively. Candidates for the prospoctive vacancies are commencing to turn up even at this stage of the gamo. Colonel J. J. Steadman of this city is sald to be looking with lonwing eyes at the clerkship, and he is backed by some very iufluential recommendations. Among the candidates for the position of deputy clerk T. C. Dawson, the law partnor of Attorney General J. Y. Stone, is in the front rank, He has recommendations R. P, Clarkson of the State .er, Chairman Mack oi the state re- publican’ central committee and a number of other prominent politicians of the state of all parties, F. M. Hunter, tho present in- cumbent, is_a candidate for reappointment and W. M. McCreary has made application for the position. Nono of the appointments will be ‘made at present, however, as Clork Love is ill and no further'steps will bo taken until his recovery. Judge Woolson left for his nome in Mt. Pleasant last evening. The Berean temple will give an en- tertainment at Hughes’ hall on the even- ings of August 27. 28 and 29. Admis- sion 25 cents. Matinee Saturday. Ad- mission 10 cents, Meals will be served at Bracketts old stand, 238 Broadway. Proceeds for benefit of the Chris- tian Home. ho Fairies’ Revel” and the *‘Butterfly’s Carnival,” consist of forty-eight children, reoresenting fair- ies, butterflies, frogs, gnomes, hunters, Prince Oberor and his guards; Moth, the Miller; Uglio, the ogre; Puck, the jester. Those donating refreshment will flease send same to 238 B:oadway. ——— That Manawa Feed. Couxcit. Brures, Ia, Aug. 27.—To the Editor of Tue Bei As the Omaha picnickers aro still kicking about their Manawa lunch, I wish to briefly correct some statements made by ‘“‘Royal Arcanum” in yosterday's Bre. [ know and can prove, iwhen the time comes, that this Omaha party was furnished with the following: Oue hundred and fitty loaves bread, 4 hams, § pounds cheese, 35 pounds roast vesf, 85 pounds tongue, 10 ¢allons ice cream, 11 cakes, $4worth of olives. They managed to get away with nearly every bit of this, which is pretty good for xickers, who have not paid even one penny. In regard to crossiug tho lake, two smaller stoumers carried the entiro party over in forty winutas, and continued to make regular trips every twenty-five ininutes until a half hour aftér all tho Omahans had lefv the beach. When the party alighted from the Omaha motor the Manawa train was only two blocks away, so that there wa s practically a close connection made, and the train reached Man- awa on schedule time, I hope I shall have no further occasion to correct such gross misstatement of facts, MaxNawa, —— Removal sale. Bargains in shoes. L. Kinnehan has removed from 323 Broad- way to No. 11 Pearl street. The C. M. & St. P, ticket offico has been removed from 500 Brondway into the elegant new quarters in the new Baldwin block, 5 Pearl street. s Drs. Woodbury, dentists, 80 Pearl street, next to Grand hotel. Telephone 145. High grade work a speciulty. —_— Drs. Stewart & Patty, veterinary sur geons, 45 Fourth strect, Council Bluff —_— Death of Prof. Stevens. A telegram was received in this city yes- terday announcing the death of Prof. Arthur Stevens at Jacksonvillo, 111, yestorday morn- ine at 1:45 o'clock. He was formerly prin- cipal of tne high school here, ana had a large circle of friends who will regrot that the life that promised so much was cut off so early. His wife, formerly Miss Nellie R. Hayes of this city, was at his bedside when the end came, — Swanson music company, 335 Broad- way. New fall goods, finest line in the city, just received av Reiter’s the tailor’s, 810 Broadway. Union Park races, Omaha and Coun- cil Bluffs, September 8-11, $6,500; Oc: tober 20-22, 84,000, For programmes address Nat Brown, Morchants hotel, Omaha. Suits made to order, and clothng wned, dyed and repaired at half rates. ank Potorson, 2311 South 9th street. e FASTEST RAILROAD TIM Over Ninety Miles an Hour Made on a Pennsylvania Railroad, Puitanereniy, Pa, Aug. 27.—A mile in thirty-uine and four-fifth seconds, or at the rate of over ninety miles per hour, is the run ever made by a railroad train. This unparalieled feat was ac- complished on the Boundbrook rail- road, between Neshaminy Falls and Lang- horn, by engine No. 203, drawing two ordi- nury' coaches and President McLeod's pri- vate car “Reading,” which is equal to two coaches in weight. ‘I'ho fastest five miles was made in three minutes and twenty-six und four-fifth second: e Will Fight Each Other's Battles Kaxsas Ciry, Mo., Aug. ¥7.—The regular monthly meeting of the Transmissouri Freight association will be beld next Tues- day. Thecall has been issued and bears many subjects of importance to be con- sidered at the coming meeting. One of the wost important subjects is the proposition that when complaints are made before the iuterstate cowmerco commission against one or more lines, the defense be made in the name of all companies in tho association and managed oy the chairman with the ass ance of such altorneys as the chairman may call upou. Iu other words, although the law forbids poolivg in sny form aud the commis- sion is supposed to enforce the law, it is the Froposition that the roads pool under the nose of the legal body and plead all cases, not as individual roads, put as iines combined to tight euch other's battles, - Instructions to Customs Oficel WasniNaroy, D.C., Aug.27. —Assistant Sec- retary Crounse has issued a cireular to customs ofticers that, in all cases of seizure of spirit- uous liquors on account of violations of cus- toms laws in stutes wherein local laws forbid n the pubtic salo of spirjiidus liguors, col- | lectors will hereafter hedaithe articles seizea | and report each case to the department. ““The Mikado," Gilberf nd Sullivan's de- lightful comic opora, was welcomed last evening by a large adffience at the Grand opera houso, with & warmth and enthusiasm which betokened the presence of an old friond. It is too late noW 'to speak of the merits of ““The Mikado,” for it has been in tho repertoire of every Bngligh opera com- | pony since its premiere, ‘ind, like old wine, it grows more delicious with the years. Its humor is irresistiblo, its!satire as keen as a Damascus blade, showing with no uncertain force the folly of a former craze for every- thing Japanese. I"rom an artistic standpoint the opera was not up to the swndard made by *'The Bo- hemiam Girl,” and it was only the pleasure experienced by the audience” over the pro- duction of a great favorite that assisted ma- terially in its fairly successful presentation The principals with one or two exceptions | wore painfully nervous and when the final curtain shut out the picture, the judement was, that the opera haa been badly cast in several particulars. Miss Luura Clement, with a very English intonation, who was heralded as the original Yum Yum oa this side the water, gavo a negative interpretation to that most delight- ful of comio opera heroines. While she singa well, she lacks the humor of the role, which is so essential and which was a distin- guishing feature of Geraldine Ulmar's por- formance. Miss Lillian Swain made a wondarfully favorablo impression as Pitti Sing. She has cnic and beauty and siugs the score as Omaha people have not heard it in years: in fact she made the distinct hit of the perform- ance on the female side. Mr. Charies Drew was inimitable In the low comedy part of Koko, a part with which he has been identified for' years. He is one of the few excellent comedians on the lyric stage, and while be now and then takes liber- ties with the book, he never steps beyond the nurrow bounds which divides comedy from buffoonery. Appreciating no doubt the rela- tive weakness of some of the members in the cast, he gave & thoroughly pleasing perform- ance. Jesse Jenkins, as the Mikado, was very good, his work being clean cut toa degree which cannot be said of Mr. H. T. Lester, in vhe role of Pish Lush. n fact it would have been to the advantago of the opera, to have cut the part out, so far as Mr. Lester was concerned. Mr. Joha K. Brand, as Pooh-Bali, was as solemn as his combined dignities and titles warranted, yet he failed to bring to light the fine shading re- quired to fittingly portray one of the sirongest characters in the realm of opera; a character which requires a most subtle humor, a delicious appreciation of Gilbert's satire and still in a self-satisfied manner the music which has been intrusted him. While Mr. Brand is a good musi- cian, and conscientious to a degree, he is not in his best form in the character of Pooh Bah, Miss Tillie Dixon sang Katihsa in a mediocro manner, showing a woeful lack of famliarity with the business of the part. The feruale chorus wvas excellent. The male chorus needs strongthening badly and when this is done, there is no reason why the Garrow company should not give a very eujoyablo season of summet opera. But the orchestra! Only the presence of several policemen in. the house pre- vented the principals: from 8 _personal encounter with the gentlomen in the band: even Mr. Henry Hallam, who sang the part of Nanki.Poo very acceptably indeed, giving a finished portraiture of that light juvenilo role, showed signs of an-internul struggle when his solo was reached, while Mr. Drew decided to go it alone in expounding the things that would not be’ wissed, inadver- tainly forgotting to mention the band. The Goldens gavo “The Manager” for tho first time this season at the Farnam Street theater last evening. ‘The company belongs to towns of 10,000 inpopulation aud less, not to cities of 150,000 inhapithnts. To use a phase of the racing stable, “thoy are out- classed.” It was & mistake to play the com- pany in Omaha. ; The announcement made in last evening’s Bee that Mr. F. J. Sutcliffe haa resigned the management of the Grand Opera house, was somewhat premature. While Mr. Sutcliffe will continue as manager, Mr. Camp, the business manager, will huve the active work of the house in charge, Mr. Sutcliffe booking companies and looking after the executive business, s THEY MADE A GOOD FIGHT. Last Day's Proceedings of Patriotic Sons of America. PriLADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. At the con clusion of the reports of the various commit- tees at the meeting of Patriotic Sons ot America today the question of admitting col- ored men was again indirectly trken up, The question came up under the guise of a resolu- tion, offered by the Penvsylvania delogates, that a two-thirds voto should be necessary to amend the constitution. The western dele- gates, who have opposed, almost to a man, the admittance of colored membevs into the order, were taken oy surprise at this sudden move of the eastern members, but they felt little alarm that it would be successful, knowing the same number of votes would be requisite as was requirved to amend the constitution so as to admit colored members, The debate that followed the offering of the resolution was a long and hot one, When the vote was finally taken the resolu- tion was defeated by a vote of 56 to 36, thus settling in the negative for anothor year the question of the admittance of ~colored members. When the Peunsylvania members found that they had been beaten on the colored question, they put into exccution the threat that they had been holding out to the west- ern members, that is the power given them Dy their large representation in the camp to select the next place of meoting and to elect officers pludging themsclves to the support of the proposed amendments. Lebanon, I’a., was selected as the next place of mecting. and the tnird Tuesday of September as the time, Following are the officers elected for the ensuing year: National president, Clarence E. Ruth of Pennsylvunia. National vice president, Joseph William of Colorado. National master of the forms, T. Reed of Pennsylvania. M. J. National secretary, Frederick Steos of Penusylvania. National treasurer, Jonn M. Hoffor of Pennsylvania, National chaplain, Rev. J. B. May of Pennsylvaoia. National assistant secretary, Clare M. Tay- lor of Pennsylvania. National conductor, B, C. Pess of Pennsyl- vania. National inspector, J. G. Hughes of Penn- sylvania, National guard, J. E. Roberts of Dalaware. ‘The report of the committes on ritual, in favor of adopting one degree instead of three, wis agreed to, Several minor changes were also made in the ritual. At the conglusion of the afternoon session the camp adfburned. -~ ON HIS DIGNITY, Becauss He Was Caught Stealing a nadian Oficial is Hot. OrrAwA, Ont., Aug. 2L.—At the public ac- counts committee rooms today a lotter was read from Mr. Senecal/superintendent of the government printing biifeau, accouncing his resignation and resonting the *low spying of which he had been the victim," R. L. Patterson, agent of the Miller & Richards type foundry, adumitted that be had given Mr. Senecal about £,000 in sums from $10 to $00, some of which bud been paia back. R. H. Perroll, of Barbur, £ manufacture said he about §2,000 as commission dex ——— Anothe sbhestos Find, A prospector iu the Big Horn mountain of Wyoming reports the discovery of an exten- sive asbestos bed near Buftalo, The Buffalo unces the specimen brought to fine quality, the vein from which | ) being an {uch thick on the sur- This mineral has been discoverad in a io central aund northern be classed among the | state, and in time | be developed. It Is wow is & Co., paper Mr. Senecal auded by bim, face. number of places Wyoming, and may valuable resources of the it will certaiuly worth $300 a ton, read because of carelessness in the | “seribbling” writer or because of too much “fHourish” by the ornamental | | commercial college gradua naR 1 RAPHERS, | Their Splendid Services Entitled to Recognition, Chicago Inter-Ocean: From 1544 to 1801 is not very lopg, but it1s the measuros of time between the days in which the mail was the | sveediest method of communicating with distant persons and those in which the mon grumble if a message be not sent to an answer receivea from New York in some- thing cousiderably less than an hour. There are two men uow living who lelped to lay Morsa's first line between Washington aud Baltimore, One of them 1s still at | work on telegraphs; the ‘l'reasury Depart- | ment has given the other & sanctuary in which, it is to be hoped, hie may end his days | in peace. Tho man who kept the govern- meut 1v Washington informed by wire of the doings of the Baltimore rioters in 1861 still is in the telegraphic service, and o is the man who handled the wire when s ralders were repulsed in front of Washington. No class of civilians did better service for the union during the war time thau the tele- graph operators, and not infrequently the with the wire were exposed to as great danger as the boys with the bayonets. For many years the groat - railway companios went among the telegraph operators in search of the best material from which to make beads of deparuments. In other branches of business or of scionce Carnegie and Edison bear witne: to the value of the telegraph service as a training school. The convention of veteran telexraph operators recently in session at Washington had imuch honorable history to rehearso, and Mr. Plumb's proposition for an organization of the oporators who followed tho armies aud partook of their hardships amd dangers, while conveying messages between the gov- ernment and its defende was welcomed warmly. Tho time may come when a telographic corps will be as needful a comploment of an, army as an engineering corps. It is quité possiblo that the services of the telegraphers the engincers not wore as essential as those of during the war'of tho union. So it is unnatural that the operators who ser with the army should desire, as M Plumb stated the case, “somethiug to show to our children that we too, were 1n the service and did what we could for the government.” As Mr. Plumb disclaims for himself and his brethren of the wire any desire for “bounty, pension, or other kind of emolument,” it would be graceful recognition of the patriotic servico of the telegranhiers if thoy were granted an honory place upcn the rolls of the armies of the union. o A Domestic Fire Brand. The advent of a baby with red haiv in a Butto family promises to land the parcnts in the divorce court. The unhappy fathor searched his genealogical tree in vain for an explanation of the brindle hirsute, and the mother with equal zeal denied that hor family wero rod headed. Whence came the color! There's the rub. The father tricd to have the mother arrested for giving birth to a red haired baby. The mother attempted to secure the father's arrest for throwing crael insults and insinuations at her snd the sunset kid. At last accounts it is apparent the baby must dye to prevent divorce proceedings. b tected Ofticers. STARKVILLE, Miss., Aug. 27.—The business of the state alliance today has been the gen- eral routine business of the order, receiving and adopting reports of ofticers and the elec- tion of state officers, which are as follows: J. H. Jamieson of Noxubee, president. W. Kerrin of Holmes, vice president. ‘W. L. Dorden of Jefferson, treasurer. G.'T. Smithson of Leake, secretary. Frank Burkitt, lecturer, and J, C. Guins, assistant locturer. The following versons were elected dele- Rates to the National alliance: Frank Bur- kitt, Major Ethel Barkskale, Copeland and W. H. Gibbs, SR A Mountain Town. The new city of Kalispoll, Mont., located on the route of the Great Northern railroad, in the Flathead reservation, jnst oponed to settlement, scoms to bo a go-aheaa place. Threc hundred thousand dollars worth of town lots were sold the first thirty days after platting. The Kalispell Graphic. a well printed, well edited newspaper, informs us of the organization of a board of trade with forty-two members, the opening of the First National bank, of two fine hotels, and reports & hum of business everywhero. 'The railroad will reach the city in October. s Sty GENIUS AND THE SCRAWL. Ths Latter Rarely an Indication of the Former, “Because you write a bad hand do not therefore mistake yourself for a genius, and do not fancy that bad penmanship i a suresign of genius.” This was writ- ton once by a seasoncd editor to a slap- dash corréspondent, whose ensy writing made very bad reading to editors, printers and proofreaders, and who un- ertook to justify his scrawls by quoting in evidence the very bad hand that Horace Greeley wrote, ‘True it is thut Greeley’s penmanship was atroci- ously bud—so was Reverdy John- son’s, But the world toleruted the almost illegible chirography of those eminent worthies, Editor Greeley and Lawyer and Statesman Johnson, because they were unable to do that kind of work any better—not because of genius —and we have the evidence of Mark Twain in his “Innocents Abroad” thut Christopher Columbus could not pen as good looking a letter as any ordinary scholar in an American primary sehoc Their penmanship, however, was bad not because they were geniuses, but be: cause they couldn’t help it. Bad hand- writing is not an unevring sign of ingenu, ity of any kind, and, contrarywise the fact of being a genius does not nec- essurily involve handwriting so hard that it nearly sets editor and printer crazy v decipher it, so hard that it would provoke these patient and long suffering public servants into the use of language that would be much more pointed than polished if they ever gave way to such profane infirmitie No person but one who cannot write a legible hand is at all excusable for send- ing to another handwriting that is difi- cult to read. Whenever such writing is sent by man or woman who is able to do better, the sending of it is in the nature of an affront to the recipient, except in the instance where the scrawl is caused by lack of time. It is, firat of all, an inti- mation that the writer has no considera- tion for either the loss of tune to which he puts the receiver of the serawling and serambling letter, or to his or her dis- comfort. 1t is a general intimation that this writing, shabby as it is, “is good enough for you.” 1In the next place the sending of such a letter puts difliculty in the way of the writer’s own purpose, whatever it may be, If the letter goes to a busy person, almost continuously oceupied with urgent affuivs, it is almost certain to encounter delay. It is at | once laid aside to wait a more conven- | ient opportunity for plodding through its hard hieroglyphics, or it is put wway in a pigeon hole or a drawer for the leisure hour that may be a week or a | month in coming, Once off the track, such a letter is not only delayed, but the | object of the writer may be “totally d feated. The purpose of the letter or any written communication is to convey in- formation, to make something known, or to explain something to the recipient of the written er, and therefore the writer should end o to write in a way that will plainly effectuate that | purpose, and especially not in a way that may hinder or possibly defeat it When you next sit down to write re- | member this, | Hubitually nad penmanship is rarely welcome in a newspaper oftice, and nine- | teen times in twenty is most unwelcome. Wao nre speaking now of that deseriptic of bad penmanship that is difficult o The plain hand of the ordinary unprofessional pen- | o e bW E AR WA AN ) . T80 ) e man {8 always preforable and rarely fails to get prompt consideration, - He Pressed the Button, The transformation wrought in the members of the local our Hundred, says the San Francisco Examiner, by a months’ sojourn in * rup is gon- lly so striking that it is no wonder the teller of one of our banks refused to cash a check presented by the son of one of its directors tho day after his re- turn from a hasty trip “‘across the pond, yer knaw, " “Your face is somewhat niliar,™ said the teller, reflectively, “‘but I'll have to insist on your being identified.” The other morning o couple of drum- mers got into the bay-bound overland at Sneramento and nodced n very “yrlobe-trotting” looking individual in the next compartment, with “siders,” bobtail check suit, inch-sole shoes, etc. Winking at the other passengers, ono of them tapped tho tourist on the shoulder and alfably said: “Just from London, 1 suppose?'’ Tust,” responded the other. “Seen any buffalo coming over?” **No buffalo. “Thoy are a little scarce this season fact—but you'll find_plenty around o, Whole droves of "em come into town every night to get away from the Indinns, “Do, eh?” said much interested. No end of "em. Better always take your rifle with you when you go down to the postoftice in the mornin “Had, eh? “You'll find a good many grizzly bears in the suburbs, too. Now, I suppose you carry your revolversin your hip pockets the check-suit man, —old style. Just take n tip from me and keep ‘em in your outside coat pockets, It's quicker.’ “T'hink so?” “It’s the only w The boys down below are shootin® pretty rapid just now. Why there was a row started in the Palace hotel dining room the other evening and the head waiter and twenty- six guests wore killed in 2:1 Timed yself. Broke the record. 1t heaven: “Iact. The only way to do when the shooting beging is'to shoot the man on each side of you right through your pockets and then duck under the table.” “Gracious!” “But don’t be uneasy. 1’1l put you on to the ropes. Just let me have your card and 'l call round to the hoteisome night and show you the town.” “Tnanks awfuily,” and the tourist handed the drummer his card, on which the latter read: Junius K. JUDKINS, Commission Merchant, 999 Battery Strect, There was a lonyg, painful silence after this, during which the drummer looked thoughtfully out of the window. Finally the check-coat man turned round and remarked: “*Well—how about this And with a long, sad sigh the drum- mer reached over and pressed the but- ton, 5 —-— A Newspaper “Bull." I met a newspaper man the other even- ing—NMr. Choate of the World staff— who received his early journalistic traming in Texas, writes a_correspond- ent of the St. Louis Republic. This has been a sort of a Texas week in New York, many prominent citizens of the Lone Star State being here on business, among others the popular “*Bud” Con- nor. now serving his third torm as mayor of Dallas. They have all been more or less reminiscent, but the best story I heard from any of them was an experi- ence Mr. Choate, now a Now Yorser by adoption, related, touching on his own career at Dallas several years age. He was at the time a proof reader on the Dallas Commereial, and he lost his job through the carclessness of the foreman in marking two sets of “P” copy and hanging it on the hook ut the same time. The mistake resulted in about the funniest newspaper ‘‘bull” that I have heard of, by reason of the fact that the separate takes of the different copy fitted togesher without a break. Ochiltree, the red-beaded ex-congress- man and famous disciple of the science of hyperbole, made a speech ut the opera house on the evening in question, and on the afternoon of the same day o mad dog had been killed in the streats. Perhaps fate recogmuzed an aflinity between Ochiltree and a mad dog. At any rate the first *“‘take” of the Ochiltree report and the second “take” of the mad dog item got mixed, and this is the way two para- graphs appeared in the paper the next morning: “Hon. Thomas P. Ochiltree lectured at the opera house last night to an audi- ence that was inclined to be indulgent, Before the hour set for the lecture the familiar figure of the eloguent Texan was prominent on the stage, where he sat talking to Colonel Promptly at 8 o'clock the colonel avose and in a few appropriate remarks introduced the speaker of the evening, who bowed and advanced to the front of the stag “*With his tail tucked between his legs he began to howl, to snarl and to snap at everything in sight. He frothed at the mouth, he slobbered and he pouted, His long and ugly tongue hung out nearly a foot over his ~left juw-bone. It was black and heavy. A citizen ng that in such a condition he co to life, fished out a Colt's revolver from his hip pocket and drew a bead on him. A sharp, whip-like re- port rung out and a pistol ball pene- teated the brute’s left eye. He gave an agonizing )"e!’p. fell over on his left side and expir i Mail Distribution on Cars, John Caldwell of South Bend, Ind,, who died last weel, is said to have been the originutor of the idea of distributing mail in’ the postal cars to facilitate d livery along the route. The Indianapo- lis Journal says that Mr. Caldwell, after the wa already in the railway muil service through the influence of Schuyier Colfax, One day he making a trip on the Wabash rond when the string around a bundle of letters made up “Toledo, for Indian- apolis,” broke, scattering the letters on the floor. As he gathered up the letters he noticed that several of them were in- tended for towns along the road, and through whicn they would pass enroute to Indianapolis. 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