Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 9, 1891, Page 5

Ee . DISAPPOINTED ~ THE LOBBY. Yast Night's Mestiag of the Couneil & Very Peaceful One, JUST ONLY ONE LITTLE SPECK OF WAR. Mayor Cushing's Vetoes Are Not Sus tained—A Supersensitive Conncils man—Proceedings of the Meeting in Detall. Contrary to the usual cnstom, the weekly #ession of the city council was held last night without the spilling of any blood. A crowded lobby attended, expecting something desper- ate, but for once the lobby was aisgusted, and with a sad heart at midnight it went out futo the cold night. The president announced that he had ap- proved the minutes of all previous council meetings. Mr. Morearty asked what had been done with the minority report presented by the committeo appointed to look into the furni- ture boodle cases, City Clerk Groves repiied that both the majority and minority reports had becu spread upon the records of the council. Wanted it Taken from the Records. Mr. Morearty moved that everything per- taining to the minority report be expunged from the record. Mr., Tuttle seconded the motion. Mr. Davis callod the attention of the gan- tlemen to the fact that the body had agreed tostand by (the president established in a former caso, when both the majority and minority reports were spread upon the record. Mr. Osthoff moved the reconsideration of the resoluting ordering tbe recording of the minority report. Mr. Spechit nad a word to say. The whole council bad acrced to stand by the action adopted at a former council. Mr. Ostuhofl’s motion prevailed. Mr, Morearty called for the question on his motion. Mr. Specht moved that it lay on the table, Prosident Lowry said he was afraid. He thought 1f the motion to table prevailed, it would carry the journal with it. “You can expinge the report,” said Mr. Davis, “but the record stands. ‘The only difference that therd would be, would bo that the word ‘expunged’ would appear on the margin of the page.” “Is that so 1" asked Mr. Elsasser. Bet it is,”” remarked several ot the repub- lican members of the body. Mr, Morcarty did not want the report to appear on the journal. He did not want it to romain as a living monument to be brought up in tho future. The minority report, he thought, was ridiculous; it was a fraud and asham, Mr. Donnelly said that Mr. Morearty did not state facts. Mr. Specht said that the testimony did not 1ustlry the making of the majority report. t was simply a whitewash for Billingslen, He proved that Billingslea did attempt to ::;)ndlu, but the majority report exonerated m. Mr. Tuttle called Mr. Specht to ordoer. Me. Osthoft suid the committee would not bolieve Mr. Specht, “People would beliove me as readily as they would you,” remarked Mr. Specht. Chance for a Row. This avoused Mr. Osthofl’s ireand ho could not sit still. He pounded thedesk and started toward Specnt. Specht squared himself and it looked like & row. The sergeant-at-arms was called and blood did not flow. Mr. Tuttle did not want any one to impugn his motives. The majority of the committee had acted wiscly. Mr. Davis wanted to know by what right Mr. Tuttle questioned the motives of the makers of the minority report. Mr. Tuttle said the majority report was based upon charges made by Mr. Specht's attorney. Again Mr. Morearty spoke. Ho said the minority report was for the purpose of black- ening his character. Mr. Davis replied that Mr. Morearty was not thought of when the report was made up. I did not care for you und did not care what became of you." Mr. Osthoff intimated that Mr. Specht was a liar ana he would prove it. Mr. MoLearie thought the minority report stated facts und nothing more. The vote to table was at last reachod and was as follows: Yeas, Messrs. Bruner, Davis, Elsasser, McLearie and Specht—b. Nays, Messrs. 'Bechel, Blnmer, Burdish, Cooper, Morearty, Osthoff, Tuttle and Mr. President—8. Tho other members were absent. ‘The vote to expunge prova:led, Even that did not satisfy Mr. Morearty. flo made another motion and asked that the clerk be instructed to draw his pen through each and every line of the minority report. ‘That ended the fun for the time being, and the council got down to business. Rejected the Mavor's Vetoes. The veto of Mayor Cushiug on the item in the aporopriation ordinance, ullowing judges and clerks £ each, was read. City Attorney Poppleton was called on for an opinion, There was but one election and one service. Under the old law the judges and clerks served just as long hours and re- ceived less pay. ‘The veto was rejected, all of the fourteen members present voting' “ay ' ‘Tho mayor vetoed the ordinance vacating North Tiwenty-third street from Burt to Cuming. ‘This veto was also rejected. Some weeks ago the uuion printers sub- mitted a communication, asking that the city Job printing be let only to union offices. Last night City Attornay Poopleton furnished a legal opinion upon the subject. He suid the council had no authority to consider unlon or nonunion cftices. All it could do was to ask for bids and then accept the bidof the lowest responsible bidder, Property owners in the vicinity of Seven- teenth and Douglas streets asked to be allowed until spring to slope the banks in front of their premises. The request was granted, There was one bid for city advertising tor 1842, Tue BeE bid 27 cents per square of ten lines of nonpareil type for the first insertion, 24 cents for the second, 20 cents for the third, and 15 cents for cach subsequent insertion :xml publication to be made in Tur MorNING R, Mr. Osthoff moved the bid be referred to the committee on printing. Mr. Morearty moved it be rejected. exorbitant. Mr. Elsasser thought Mr. Morearty knew nothing atout printing, Mr. Morearty denied that he said the bid was exorbitant. He thought the precedent was bad. The bid was referred. ‘The bids for furnishing horse feed were as follows: I. Levi, hay, $8.30 per ton, oats, 42 cents, corn, 47ig cents per bushel; James Stevenson, bay, §7.75, A7 vents, oats, 43 couts per bushel; Mursh & Smith, hay, .40, corn, 47 cents, oats, 43 ceuts per bushel; ‘Thomas Collopy, hay, $8.45, oats, 4315 cents, corn, 48!y cents per bushel; W. W. Mace, hay, 8.25, corn, 40 cents, oats, 36 cents per bushel. All of the bids were reforred. ‘There were five bids for furnishing ice to the city during the year 1502, The Omaha Ice company was the lowest bidder. It bia 15 cents per 100 pounds. All of the bids were reforred and the comptroller instructed to enter into a contract with the lowest re- spousible bidder, ‘There were seven bids for doing the ity fob printing during the year 1502, They wore opened and referred to ba tabulated. Mr. Specht cailed wttention to the fact that the lowest bidder for bauling away dead suimals had never entered futo a contract and presentod s bond, The lowest bitder bad presented a bill of $121 for doing the work. The matter was referred. City Hall Furniture Contract, When resolations were reached Mr. Tuttle presented a resolution, It provided that the contraot for furnishing the furniture for the new oity hall be awarded to the Ketcham Furniture company of Toledo, O. My, Tuttle moved the adoption of the reso- lution, The motion was seconded by Mr. Osthoff, ‘There was vot a word of discussion and the olerk called the roll. The vote was as fol- Messrs. Blumer, Bruner, Bur- dish, Coover, Donuelly, Elsassor, Mcl.earie Mul‘.‘.rhl!v, Osthoff, Tuttieand Mr. President; nlfl:— essrs. Bechel, Qavis and Specht, fore the vote was suuounced Mr. Me- Itwas Learle changed his vote from ''yes" to “no." The vote was declared ten yeas and four nays and the contract was awarded. A rosolution to reject all bids for grading Ammnes avenue from Ninth to Sixteenth stroet was adopted. The ordinance to accept the bequest of Byrou Reed was read the third time and passed, The committes on finance reported in favor of purchasing the lot adjoining the Byron Reed bequest. The amount asked is $1%,000 and is to*be paid for as the library board may direct. Upon roll call all of the mem- bera voted in favor of adopting the report. Tho claim of Pat O'Hearn for §114 as in- spector for the Board of Public Works was rejected. 1t was discovered that while he was charging time against the city he was a rogistrar of election and also a jurorin atten- dance upon the district court, The Board of Health bill ot 8 o riages while out on a tour of Inspection was rejectea, Interest on City Deposits. Mr. Bechel, chairman of the special com- mittee to which was referred the bids of the banks to pay interest on city deposits, re- ported that the bids were informal, They should have sald nothing avout Board of Ed- ucation deposits, as that was something on which the council had not asked for bids. ‘The report was adopted and the comptroller instructed to readvortise. Mr. Cooper was granted a two weeks' leave of absence, ‘I'ie council decided to meot at 3 o'clock this afternocon to take up equalization mat- ters, 4 Prosident Lowry suggested several special sessions, He did not want the old council 10 go out of business with any unfinished work on its hands. An ordinanco was introduced providing for the form and validity of checks and orders drawr on the city treasurer. The ordinance provides that the comptroller shall countersign and certify on what funds orders and chocks are drawn. S JF SPORT. Slavin and Mitchell Heiterate Their Threats Against Sully and Corbett. [Copyrighted 1891 by James Gordon Bennett.] Losvoy, Dec. 8.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to Tur Bie.|—Slavin and Mitchell left this evening for Liverpool to sail on the Britannie. Fully 3,000 people went to the station to witness their depar- ture. In an interview with a Herald repre- sentative, Slavin said he would reserve all his utterances until he landed in America, and that ho would go straight to the Horald oftico and learn just what Sullivan wanted to do. The Australian intimated that he would concede almost everything in order to get on a mateh with Sullivan, but was afraid it was a fruitless journey. Slavin says March or April would best suit him as the time for the fight, for he was in no condition, and would require some months to train, Mitchell said he was determined for a fight with Jim Corbett, and says he will go as far as San Francisco in order to got atch, \Vhen asked how long he meant to re- main in America, Mitchall said: “That all depends upon oircumstances. If they treat us right we will vemain four months, or until we got a fight out of Suilivan and Corbett or they back down. If they do not meet us in a businesslike manner our stay will be very brief. We are going to cross the Atlantic on business not pleasure. It will probably be an expensive trip, but we want to show the Americans that we are in earnest. Mitchell carries with him letters of credit for alarge sum, part_of which is his own, some belongs to Pony Moore, but the bulk is furnished by an Australiau syndicate headed by Georgo Presse, who 1s prepared to back Slavin for $100,000. Going at Guttenberg. GurTENBERG, N. J., Dec.8.—The track was wet and heavy. Iirst race, four and_one-half furlongs: Go Lucky won, Mike Watson second, Surplus third. Tim, ¢ Second race, six and one-half furlonzs: Dal- ayrinn won. ‘Vorlid ‘second, Onaway third. Time: 1274, Third race. fivo furlongs: Basil Duke won, Farly Blossow second, Mohioun third. " Time: SPARK Fourth race, one mile and a sixteenth: Biit- zen won. Now or Neversecond, Milt Young third. Timi 6. Fifth race, six furlongs: Paragon won, Millio Davis second, Tammany Hall third: Time: 1:20%, ixth race, Gloster second, \ ix furlongs: Sir Geore I1. won, Duke third. Time: S Garfield Kesults, Cuicago, 1L, Dee. 8.—Garfield results : First ra ~fourths of a mile, selling: First L amond Dick second, Kestono third. Time: 1:24 Second race, five-eighths of a mile, selling: Katurah won, Hannah Moberly second,Cruik= 1. Time: 1:08. selling, one mile: Duster won, cond, Wheeler T third. Time! fourth race. five-cighths of a mile: Oritic Glenold ‘second, Promise third. Tiue: “Fifih race, five-elghths of a mile; Frod Knox won. Swifton second, Johnny Greenor third. Tiwe: 1:00% Tips for Touay. Theso horses are looked upon with fayor by thoso who play races in tho winter: GUTTENBENG. 1. Panhandle—Mollie Davis. 2 Hawkstone—Voluntoor 11 3. Prince Edward—Double Cross. 4. Esquimuu--S; 5. Once Again 6. Repeater—. CHICAGO. 1 Recelver—Diamond Dick. Jot Gunter—Sinbad. 4 Lakeview—Ruby Puyne. & Lyanboo—Eil4 Blaokburn, o. enie—Custout. ommy R—Charley Ford. Niland Paid Up. Tim Nilayd, the pugilist, narrowly escaped arrest just before he left for Chicago. For a year and a half Mrs. Kofhold of South Omaha says that he has been owing her $13.50 for board. After hearipg how Niland bad raked in several hundred dollars by punching the anatomy of Pugilist Mooro, Mrs. Kofhold appealed to the police to help her secure her money. They advised hee to have Niland arrested on tho charge of prize fighting if he persisted in refusing to pay up. She tried this, and for the first time Niland was knocked out. He paid up. InaB Hix, MiuwAvkee, Wis,, Dec. 8.—J. H. Steiner, secrotary of the -American Trowing associa- tion, caused the arrest in Oshkosh today of J. O, Garritty, a well know trotting horse driver, on a charge of ‘ringing" the horse Josylin at the Oshkosh fair, This is the fiest arrest under the new law making ringing a state prison offense. Another Dog Htace Ended, LexiNeToN, N. C,, Dec. 8.—The All-Aged vointer stake was finished today, with Maid of Kent first, Duke of Hessen secona and Frank W. tbird. English Puz torions, New Youk, Dec. 8.—Tom Callaghan of England, knocked out Willie Heunney of Jersey City in a three-round fight last night, e LOCAL BREVITLES. Coroner Harrigan will hold an inguest at Heufey's at 10 o'clock this morning on the body of A. Kenuey, the Kansas man who was asphyxinted at tho' Goos hotel Suuday night. A brother of thg dead wan arrived last night from Chapman, Kun., and will take the body there for internment aftor the inquest. Captain Hattie Swmith of tho Salvation army, who was shot a couple of weeks ugo by the Beidler woman, is on a fair way to ultimate recovery, She was able to leavo the hospital a day or so ago, and was at once taken to her home in lowa, Jobn Bodine wanderod into police head- quarters about 7:30 last evening and asked Jailer Havey for a night's lodging. In an- swor 1o questions put by the jailer, Bodine said that he had not worked for a vear anda was not particularly anxious for a job, All be wuntoed was a nice soft board near a fire tosleep on, Aftor John had been booked ne was shown below and told to pick out a soft spot on the stone floor, First Assistant Fire Chief Charles A. Salter was out on crutches yesterday aftor uoon for the first time siuce his accident, vearly seven weeks ago. It will be remem- bered that the chief's ouggy collided with the big truck while answering an alarm the night the Omaba Rubber storo was burned The chiof's physician says thut his patient is now iu fair way and will probably be reaay l(;r duty by the first of the year or soon alter. GROWING [N MEMBERSHIP. Fifth Annual Session of the Nebraska State Grange. EQUAL SUFFRAGE WILL BE DISCUSSED, Declarations in Favor of Continuing the Nonpolitical Character of the Organization—Financial Con- dition of the Order. Fursoxt, Neb,, Dec. 8. —[Special Telogram to Tne Ber |-The fifth annual session of thie Nebruska State grange convened at Ma- sonic ‘Lemple hall at 1 o’clock this afternoon. There was little business transacted at the afternoon session, The principal work was to prepare for what is to follow. The meet- ing was presided over by Master O, E. Hall of Pawnee City. he committee on creden- tials reported seventy accredited delogates present, together with about forty visiting brothers and sisters from abroad, forty sub- ordinato granges being represented. At 4 o'clock J. H. Brigham of Obio, master of the National grange, arrivea, He wus usot at the depot by a committee of eight gentlemen and eight ladies, headed by State Master Hall, and escorted to the hall, where he was tenderea an ovation. He responded iu a brief speech. A large number of additional dele- gates are expectod tomorrow. An open ses- sion will be held in the afternoon and will be addressed by Master Brigham, The executive committee was at work yesterday and toaay making the annual set- tlement with the secretary and treasurer. This report has not yet been submitted to the grange, but some interesting facts aro learned in regard to the growth of thoe or- ganization in Nebraska and the financial con- ditiou of the order. Master Hall is authority for the statement that there are now in the stats about 12,000 members, distributed among 250 subordinate granges, The in- orease for the past year nas been about 50 per cent, the order ‘having flourished bost in the eastern half of the state, which has not been so seriously affected by the drouth, though such counties as Red Willow, Hitcl cock, Hayes and Gosper, in the western part of thie state, have kept up their proportion of the increase. The treasury is in a satisfactory condition and Master Hall expressed himself in an in- terview as sure that _the grange would have a rapid growth in Nebraska in the future. He further stated the grange is steering ab- solutely clear of all political imbroglios and is adhering strictly to the nonpartisan clause inits declaration of purposes and proposes to avoid the political manipulations which appear to boe undermining other farmers’ movements at the present time. Among the resolutions wich will be sub- mitted is one prepared by Mr, Hall in favor of equal suffrage. Pawnee Uounty's Institute, TanLe Rock, Neb., Dec. 8.—[Special to Tae Bee.]— The farmers institute of Paw- nee county began a four days’ session at the Methodist church of this place this morning. Tho church was appropriately decorated with festoons of corn, the word . **Welcome" being conspicuous in front in red cord. Some handsome pictures hung upon the walls. Oats, corn stalks, straw with kernels of corn and tassels of stripped shucks, decorated the organ and windows quite artistically. The president, J. Osborn, called for renorts by the officers, to which Secretary C. H. Baroard and Treasurer S. Lane respouded, showing the society tobe in good condition. Andrew Lane was elected grusldsnl, T B Darby vice E‘rnsldent, C. H. Barnard secre- tary and E. L. Booné troasurer. Later tho program was taken up and a very interasting and instructive gession conducted. Tbe in- stitute will continue four days. improving Blair Real Estate. BrAir, Neb, Dec. 8.—[Special to Tae Bee.|—Although the firea few days ago de- stroyed considerablo property, the prospects now are that the buildings will be replaced by four brick structures. Tno Independent. Ordor of Odd Fellows, J. W. Neuell and Mrs. S, E. Higley have decided to rebuild, and the place where N. M. Osterlund’s stors was has been turned over to secure his cred- itors. It is renorted today that they will re- build together. The citizens are anxious now for the council to pass a fire limit ordin- ance and in time do away with the old wooden buildings that adorn the principal business streets. The Keeley institute building is expected to ho comploted January 1, and tho stock- holders will give a reception at the opening. Card Players Criticised. Favws City, Neb., Dec. 8.—[Special to Tng Ber.]—This city is being shaken from center to circumference, in religious circles, through tho attack of Rev. Mr. Blalock against the Entre Nous club, composed of leadiog so- cloty people, organized for the purpose of enjoying high five. Among its members are some of the leading lights of the Christian church. The edict has been promulgated by him and a few of the faithfal that cards and dancing must go, and as & result the high fivo players have bad to walk the plank. The majority of the members are asking for their letters of withdrawal, which the church refuses to grant. Fire at Fairfleid. FamrLp, Neb., Dee. 8.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee.]—The large two-story frame building known as the Hopper corner, burned at 2 o’clock this morning. The first floor was occupied by Wright Bros., dry goods. Their 1053 15 §7,000: insurance, £5,000. The Fairfiela News oprintiug office on the second floor had no insurance. The loss is §700. H, A. Roberts, dentist, lost his com- plete outfit, amounting to $250, covered by $150 msurance. Crushed by a Horse. Hanvakp, Neb., Dec. 8.—|Special to Tae Bee.|—Sunday, December 5, Carl Woolfin- ger, a young man 20 years old, while herding, ‘was thrown from his horse, the animal fall- ing on him and breaking both bones ot the loft leg just below the knee and also hurting his back seriously. Last winter, while herd- ing cattle, bis horse foll with him, crushing his left foot so that the broken bones pro- truded through the skin. Buffalo County Delegates. Keanrxey, Neb, Dee, 8.—(Spenial Tele- gram to Tue Bee|—The Buffalo County Agricultural association held a meeting here today, and among other business transacted was the election of a committee of five to at- tend the beet sugar convention in Lincola next week. Cotton’s Case Dismissed. Nenmaska Crry, Nob, Doec. 8.—|Special toluk Bre.)—The case against John M. Cotton charged with libel was dismissed today. Mr. Cotton was charged with libel- ing two prominent citizens while ho was editor of a Lincoln paper. Crawford's New Buildings. Crawrokn, Neb., Dec. 8,—[Special to Tng Bek.|—The third cold storage building for Crawford is enclosed, and will soon be in operation. This building has been erected by the Krug Brewing company of Omaba. Nebraska Mortgage Heport. Cuarreri, Neb,, Deo, 8,—[special to Tur Bee.|—Cne following is the local mortgage report for November: Farm mortgages filed, $524; roleased, none; chattel mortgages filed, $20,240.44; roleased, §2,1 Death of an Age.l Minister. Enoar, Neb., Dec. 8. —[Special to Tu Bek|—Rev. A. T. Whitien of this place, formerly of Crete, died last evoning, aged The funeral will be held at Crete Thursday afternoo % MoeOool dunction's New Hotel. McCoot Juserioy, Neb., Deo, 8,—[Special to Tuk Ber,)—The new Commercial botel was opened today. McCool can now boast of one of the most commodious hotels in the state, Schoeol € dren (tunaway. Uxivensity Prace, Neb., Dec. 5, —[Special Telogram to Tws Bek.|—Ethol aud Ruby, sged rospeotively 9 and 7 yoars, daughters of W. T, Irwin of this city, ran awav trom THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1891 home yestorday takibg'the afternoon Elkhorn train for Town. Thd conduotor of the train claims that he thought they belonged to parties on board until California Junction was reached when balg questioned by the vrakeman they admitted being aione and said their parents would follow in three or four days. Itis presumed that they have goue to their grandparents lhving at Wool- stock, Ia., since thew declared such to be their intention, All the monoy they possessed was b conts, oy ary of light complexion with blue ayes and wore plain school clothes, The grandparents wero telographed but no roply has been received up to 5 o'clock tonight, More Artestan W ells, Nronrara, Neb,, Deo. 8,—[Special w Tne Beg.|—The contracters for the drilling of the artesian weil completed their large der- rick Saturday and the engine and other machinory were fitted up today ready to be- gin operations tomorrow morning. The diteh, two and one-half miles in length, was finishea last week. A great deal of interest is taken in the outcome of tuis well, which will be eight inches in diameter, and the largest in Nebraska. The surrounding towns in Knox county are wery anxious for water protection and will watch Niovrara’s offorts, Santoe Ageucy, fifteon miles cast of hore, has two wells, ona a_three-inch bore 700 feet deap, and the other a six-inch bore 694 feet. Niobrara being in the same range of hills and geologically the same, will doubt- 1ess reach water inside its contract—700 foet. Found an Infant's Remains. FresoxT, Neb., Dec. 8,—([Special to Tie Bee, |-G, R. M ill, city scavenger, toaay found the body of an infant which had reached ut six months in the period of gestation. He says that 1t doubtless came from a vault cleaned by him Friday night. The case will be investigated. No Stock suffered Crawronrp, Neb,, Dec, 8.—|Special to Tuw Ber. |—The past week has been the coldest of the scason. Snow fell toa considerable depth, and an occasional warm spell thawed it enough to form an fcv crust. Cattle did not suffer, but the Initial is enough to put the cattlemen on their cuard. § Diphtheria at Falls City. Faris Ciry, Neb., Dec. 8.—[Spocial to Tre Brk. |—Diphtheria is provalont in this city. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs, J. R. Lippold has died. Sidney Morse, the Sculptor, Enter- tains an Omaha Audience. One of the most unique and thoroughly classio entertainments given in Omaba in many months was the illustrated lecture de- libered last night at the Unitarian church by Prof. Sidney Morse of Boston. The theme was art in general and sculp- tura in particular. The distinguished sculp- tor bogan his lecture by reading a care- fully preparca articlo ~ upon art, its advantages snd benefits to the human race. Art, the spoaker said, was a sort of second nature to all races ana con- ditions of the human family. Inart the vari- ous nationalities and tribes of men found a universal language. It formed a common ground for common love, The wild Indian on the plains could be captivated by the use of & piece of crayon and & piece of paper in the hands of a skillful artist. He had tested this and found an enthusiastic admirer iz an untutored Indian_warrior loitering about a frontier town. He showed the Inaian a pic- ture of himself arawn on paper. The Indian at once became his friend and wanted to shake hands, *Me, me,’ the red man shouted, and wanted to buy the sketch, “I was glad,” said Prof. Morse, “that by this touch of art I had found the link that made it possible for me to feel something in common with this poor child of the forest.’” The lecturer spoke of the latent artistic tasto that everybody possesses to some de- gree, and said that the thing noeded was to encourage the development of this artistic taste. In somo instances the appreciation and taste would grow slowly, but every one had some ability that.could be developed to proficiency in some -line if the proper effort was put forth, He believed that people shouid devote themselves to that calling i life in which they'could succeed best. He was pleased 1o se6 the general improvement in art all over the country. The growth of the art 1dea bad been very backward in this country he said; but the indications were that when the artistic tendency of the Amer- ican people finally become a fixed fact that the country would produce grander artists than the world had ever known, Turning then to his easel Prof. Morse pro- ceeded to illustrate soveral things in crayon drawing. He invited members of the con- grogation to step up and draw rough outlines of heads and then he finished the heads up, making them very attractive. The gentieman worked rapidly and kept up a running conversation all the while, When he had used the crayon for three quarters of an hour to the great delight and edification of the audience, he put aside the easel and crayon and took up the subject of modeling in clay and sculpture proper. He had a moael bust in clay before the audience and he proceeded to build it over in half-a- dozen different ways showing the wonderful effect of a very slight'change in the features or arrangemont of the hair, He said that it was a great mistake to suppose that all an artist needed to get was the actual measurements of the sub- ject in making & bust and the reprosentation wonld be perfect. He smd the artist might get the exact measurements and then fail to properly reproduce the ex- pression. It was uecessary, the speaker suid, to catch the actuul spivit of & man be- fore the artist conid possibly hope to get a satisfactory bust or figure, The speaker said that the inspiration in modeling a bust usually came gradually and slowly. Tue only way to succeed in creating a perfect model was too keep at it and not to grow ill-humored or discouraged. He criticised some 1modern work both in sculpture and painting, by saying that too much time and attention were given to detaill and technique. A great many good pictures had been spolled, the gentleman said,y by the artist trying to get them too smooth and too fine. This was likely to kill the expression. The soul of tho subject escaped while the artist was fretting about the detail and the tecnique. Speaking of criticism, Prof. Morsv samd that some of the best critics 1 the country wore people who could not draw the picture of a saw horse if they were paid for it. People with fresh, appreciative eyes, wero good critics, People who could 6o whether a bust resembled the original, and could see #n what partioular it failed to resemble the subject Once he was engaged in making a bust of Theodore Parker, There was something wrong with it, but he had not found out what it was, While he was worrying and work- ing over the figure an old Irish woman came in to clean up his studio. She got hold of the photograph and then looked at the bust in “clay, Aftor logking several times she said: “You'" ‘haven't got thim periods at the solds av his mouth aape enough.” It flashed all through the sculptor inaminute. He deeponed *thim periods,’ us the old woman called them, and the bust became an exuct reprosentation of Theodore Parker. Prof. Morse'said he paid the poor woman an extra amownt for her advico, She had the eye of an -artist, although nothing but a poor scrubbing woman, ‘Tho lecturer theu took up the matter of making plaster castd ' from olay. He ex- plained how tho mould: was made over the clay and then filled with plasterand a plaster figure the exuct production of the clay se- cured. He thought that plaster busts were just as good or better than marblo because they were nearly perfoot. Very fow soulp- tors work oat theigy igeal from the nmrbio without the assistauge of the plaster bust. He explaiued the Wanner in which the plaster figuro is reprdduced from tho warble, and showed that the real genius lay not so much in the work of chiseling d‘:e marble block to conform to the contour of the plas- ter, bust or figure, bat in the fashioning of the clay in the fiest place from which the plaster nad been made. The lecture was intensely intoresting, and held the attention of the audience for more than two hours. The gentleman will speak tonight ut the samo place upon Lowell, Whit- man wod other noted men our of time, giving skotcues in crazon to Ulustrate the lecture all the way through, no Wostern Art association’s exhibition closes this eveming. The attendance has been fairly good during the last few days, but taken turoughout 1t has not been what the exbibition deserved or tho promoters of the enterprise had a right to expect at the bands of the people of Omaha. ‘The awards will be made this afterncon. Some pictu have been sold, but very few as compared with the sales made in sumilar exhibitions in other large cities, [0WA'S RAILROAD INTERESTS Encouraging Oondition Indicated by the Annual Report, TARIFF REDUCTIONS WERE PROFITABLE. All Lines Flourishing Finuncially and the Wisdom of Receont Logislation is Generally Admitted—Some Important Su Des Morses, Ia., Dec. 8.—|Special Tele- gram to Tne Bee.|~The annual report of tne fowa Rallway commission has been filed with the governor. It shows, among other things, that there are thirty-three railroads in Towa with a mileage of 8,440 miles, making the state stand fifth in railroad mileage in the states of the union, surpassing New York, Massachusetts and Objo. The number of passengors carried during the year was 6,600,0650: number of toas of freight, 10, otal ravenues of Towa business, $43,102,- an increase over 1300 of $1,808,970.51. Thenumber of employes 1 Towa is 27,580, During the year 178 persons were killod and “} injured on the roads of the state. Of the killed 82 were employes, 5 passongers and 91 other persons. Of the injured 61 were em- ployes, S0 passengers and 92 others. The commissioners’ rates have now been in effect since February 3, 1589, and while they ma- terially reducéd the published tariff rates of that dato, yet oxperienco shows a steady increase in ‘tonnage and revenues of the roads doing business in Iowa under the oper- ation of said rates. The result of earnings is even moro marked. From tabulated statements it 1s observed that whilo for the years 1857, 1888 and 1880 there was a steady decrease in tho revenue of Jowa business under the rates fixed by the railronds, yet sinco the legal rates have been in force, there has been a marked improvement and a_steady 1ncrease n the revenues of nearly all the roads in the state, the aggregate earnings on [owa busi- ness climbing from $37,147,300.75 in 1830 to $13,102,309.85 "in 1881, Notwithstanding tho economy declared to be necessary on account of alleged low rates in the west, the operating expenses, instead of diminishing, showed an astonishing increase in the past five years. The expenses on the entire lines for 185 were £03,183,153.55, while for 1801 tho same rouds roport 895,881,002,24. For the same years the Iowa proportion of operating expenses ut §2 .10 and $28,- B 77 show an increase of expenses of over 1,000,000 a year on Iowa roads for the past five years. This may, to some extent, be accounted for on the theorv’ that items that properly should be classified as permanent improve- ment, have been included in operating expenses, The earningson Iowa businoss prover for the year, show a great increase over 1500, as also did the earnings of 1500 over those of 1850. Twenty-two roads report earnings amounting to $31,201,505.45, a gain over the amount reported by the same roads in 1800, of 82,250,002, Eight roads report earnings of $11,%00, 7. a decrease from 1800 of $450,031.87. Kour companies, comprising & part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy system, make no report on earnings in Iowa, hence the figures from reports of previous years have to be used for those roads. Tt is only fair to assume, and there is abun- dant reasov to believe, that this system has secured its full portion of the traflic for the year and that it has shared in the general prosperity of Towa roads, Upon this basis it is no more than just to these companies o take their earnings in former years for the compilations of 1501, Estimating these, how- ever, the same as last year, thero is a net - crease in Iowa earnings over 1500 of $1,508,- 070.41, and if these non-reporting roads were givon their relative proportion of increase the lowa earnings would bo largely in excess of this amount. FLAGRANT VIOLATION, Efforts of the Erie to Secure Trafic Thus Characterized. Cuicaco, I1L, Dec. 8. —Speaking of the ac- tion of the Erie lines in resuming the sale and acceptance of Chicago & Altou tickets, a member of the board of rulings said today that it was a flagrant violation of the agree- ment entered into by the eastern roads last winter. Every company that subscribed to that agreement pleoged itself to give the thirty days’ notice before withdrawing from it. Tho Erie not only failed to give such no- tice, but broke a promise made by one of its reprosentatives last week that no action should be taken until after next week's meet- ing. Su says Chairman Donald of the Cen- tral Traffic association. It is reported this evening that the Baltimora & Ohio and the Niagara Falls Short Line have fallen iuto line with the Erie and will immediately re- store traftic relations with the Alton. Strange to say the board of rulings doos not acknowledge itself defeated even yet, The other roads will be asked to defer action until a conference can be had with the high- est officials of the Erie in the hope that the boycott may be patched up and again put into running order. Every effort is being made to turn the tide. General Passenger Agent Eustis of the Burlington has been called upon to furnish the board of rulings with a detailed statement of how, where and when and by whow the agreement by tho board with his road was broken. It is now practically settled thau the eastern agents will receive commissions from all the west- ern roads for the month of December and thereafter. General Passenger Agent Cnarlton of the Alton, 1n o letter to Chairman Finley, says he desires to conform as closely as possible to the action of the Western Passenger asso- ciation in the matter of ratos for the Christ- mas holidays and adopt the rate of a fare and one-third for the round trip. He declines, however, to restrict the distance to points within 200 miles of eacn other, giving as his reason that such a restriction would enable the association lines to impose on the Alton as they had always doue, by using the chean tickoets to manipulate rates botween termi- nals. President W. G. Raoul of the Mexican Na- tional Raiiroad company announces that Fabriel Morton has been elected second vice president with offices in the City of Mexico and will assume the duties of the office January 1. In addition to bis duties of sec- ond vice president he will continue to dis- charge those of treasurer, which position he now holds, The office of treasurer will be transferred from New York to the City of Mexico. ‘The Michigan Central has given notice to its western connections that it is ready to re- ceive freignt again for local points in Michi- gan and hopes to be able tosay in a few days that the blockade on through freight has been raised. B. S. Washburne, for the past two years counected with the Big Four road, has been appointed freight trafic manager of the Kan- sas City, Fort Scotu & Memphis to succeed the late Mr. Sargent. The Pullman Palace Car company today flled an answer to the bill of the Chicayo, Milwaukee & St Paul road charging the Pullman company with fraud in w'th the operation of the forty-five palace sleeping and dining cars furnished by the de- fendant. The auswer denies the churges. Tho history of the agreements between tho two companies is reviewed at length. The Pullman company, it is declared, has already accounted for the Joint business and the pre- tenses to tho contrary, the auswer avers, wero fictitious and unfoundsd and invented solely to postpone the purchase and payment for the cars according to contract. AMONG TERN LINES, Chairman Finley Asked to Settle Some Knotty Quest on, S, Pavt, Mion,, Dec. 8, —~Chairman Finley of the Western Passenger association was in tho city yesterday to hear two important cases, Tho case of the Northwestern against tho Milwaukee, in which the latter is sharged with allowing the St. Paul & Duluth and Gastern Minnesota to place too long a limit oa tickets from Duluth to Chicago via St Paul, was taken up at 1 o'clock, 1t is alleged that through this manipuiation on the part of the Duluth agents tickets were scalpod in Bt Paul and & rate lower than that fixed by the association made to Chicago. Chalrman 17 denc some future time, The caso wgalust the Maple Loaf bagan here promptiy at 2:30 p, n. General I’uwr:ror Agont Lord produced the testimony he declined to submit at tho Inat meeting. It was alleged that the Kansas City had accepted Jess than usual ratos for the speoial train on which the delegates for tho ropub- \ican national convention wont to Chicago. That road denied tho allegation and sub- mitted proof that full rates wero paid. 'I'he decision will be announced in a fow days. — EASTERN LINES PIGHTING, Erie Railroad Causes Trouble by Sev- ering Assoclation Connection NEw York, Doo. 8.--The Wrio railroad today sorved formal noticeon the Trunk Line association that they had withdrawn from the agreoment made last spring and will, December 10, resume their former rela- tion with the Chicago & Alton road, selling tlokets and checking: baggage over that road. ‘Tho joint committee of the Trunk Lino niso- clation and the Coutral TraMe association will meet next Monday to puss upon the matter. Commissioner J. F. Goddard of the Trunk Lino association said today that the proper course of the Erie road to have pur sued would have been to have brought the matter to the attention of the passengor com- mittee before issuing notice of witndrawal, When asked whether the agrosment would now bo abandoned Commissioner Goddard said: ‘I presumo so, but whether tho roads will all go back to their old relations with the Alton is another matter," *“T'his 18 considered by some to bo a step toward the old custom of paying commis- slons 1" “I can't see why the take this course. 1 Erie has seen fit to suppose they find tho agreement with the committee did work to their advantage. [ don’t think the other lines in this association will thinlk tbe same way. “Could tho Erie ba compelled to adhere to its agreement of last spring!" “No. Thero are no shotguns behind our agreoments, Thev are all made voluntaril The only thing out of the way is the mannor in which thoy withdrew aud have gone ba to the Alton.” esu'ts of R organization. ew York, Dec. 8.—Judge Lawrenco is trying a sult in the supreme court (special term) erowing out of the roorganization of the St. Louis & Chicago railroad 1nto the North & South Railroad Company of Illinois. The plaintiffs aro George Coppeli and David D. Withers, and the defendants include Frank C. Hollins, his wife, Wallace C. An- drews and others. Covopell's firm neld $4,- 000 and Withers $100,000 in the first consoli- dated mortgage bouds of the company out of the £500,000 1ssued. This mortzage and another which has been given to secure otner bonds were about to be foreclosed and the plalntiffs and Hollins were appointed areorganization committee. Meantime $500,- 000 in bonds had been deposited with the Central Trust compary, which advanced $500,000 upon them. The committes then purchased tho property at the sales for 2620,000. ‘Thero is a dispute over the reorganization of the new company and the plaintiffs de- mand an accounting. S A S HEROISM OF A CHINESE REBEL. Faithful to His Cause Under the Sc- verest of Torture. NEw York, Dec. 8.—The North China Herald of the 16th of October gives tho fol- lowing @ccount of the capture of the Kola Hui leader, Chen Kin Lung: Chen Kin Lung was staying at an inn in So00-Choo-Foo, to- gethier with some thirty comrades. Being a leader, he occupied a separate room. Six runners, tho most reckless and daring of the Shanghai and S00-Choo-Foo police, made a dash at midnight into Cnen’s sleeping apartments. But Chen was not to be so easily surprised: he drew from under his pillow & sword and defied his would-be cap- tors, Strange to say, Chen gave no alarm. After dodging about the room for a minute or two the officers suddenly leaped upon him and pinned him to the ground, gagged aud bound him, took him on board a steam launch aud carried him to Snanghai. His examination was conducted with the utmost secrecy by the magistrate and depu- ties of the viceroy, of the governor and the Tuoti. Itis said that on nis person were found several official documents, with a poisonous biade. He is adaressed in the dls- patches as “Pa Ti Wang,” the “[ighth Great prince,”” and seems to be commander of a numerous force. Three examinations were held, but Chen stuck to the golden rule of silence. Torture was applied, but all in vain, The only words hat could be wrung from the prisoner were: Your excellencies, spare yourselves the trouble and me the paw; I am not the only one ready to give up my live for the cause I joined; my hoad, my flesh ana bones are yours; take them and end this farce. Live and learn that there are men who are ready to sacrifica their lives for the good of a cause which will bring happiness to this country for thousands of generations to come.” The officials aro in despair. They now treat him as an equal, feasting him on dainty viands und saturating him with strong “Sunshu” in hope of his letting out some in- formation of a chance word to aid them in discovering something moroe of this formid- able society. ———— MORE INDIAN NEWS, Tongue River, Mont., Uneasy. St. Pavr, Mmnn,, Dec. 8.—This afternoon General Merritt sent his aide-de-camp, Liou- tenant Oscar J. Brown, First cavalry, out to Tongue River agency, Montana, to investi- gate the reported Indian trouble and report tohim. No serious trouble is anticiputed and the troops have merely been sent out as a precautionary measure. The Iadians bave aoticed the surveyors at work locating claims and bave been fully informed of the meaning by an old squaw man named Bert Bowland, They declaroe that white men shall not hold ranches within the reservation. Since the escape of the Indian charged with cattio killing the other Indians have been as ugly as usual after an urvest or an awtempted ar- rest. Reds Getting —_— GIVING THE WIFE A CHANCE. Decision of the Indiana Supre Court of lmportan: to Women. IxpraxNarorts, Ind., Dee. 8.—Chief Justico Elliott of the Indiana supremo court, today handed down a aecision, the other judges concurring, In which itis decided thata wife lias a perfect right to sue for damages avainst any one who alienates her husband's affections. This is contrary to the old common law and usual custom of tbo country, the man alone being accorded tho prerogative of obtaining a money pense for his wife's love. recom- THEY WILL NOT BE LIBERATED Fronoh Political Prisoners Fail to Ssonré Amnosty from the Deputies, EXCITING SCENES IN THE CHAM3ER, Citizen La Fargue Starts o Row, Which is Ended by de Froycinet -Senate Still Tinkering the Tariff. (Copurighted 1891 by Jam s Gord v Bewiett.] Paris, Dec. 8.—[Now York IHorald Cable ~Special to Tk Bir, [~ Tho violence of the scones wo have bad in the chamber of depu ties today might have lod ono to beliove we hud gone back to thoe bad and stormy days of the Boulangist movement, All tho foatures which marked that curlous period werd shown in tho throats, the excited snceches and tho quarrels, The troublo all arose from a motion of the new socialist deputy, M. In Iargue, who proposed an amnesty for the four rematning political prisoners in I'rance, “These four offenders are Culine (one of tha Pdurmies strikers) Henri Rochefort and and Comte Dillon (tho Boulangist) and M. la Farguo himself, who is still under the bar of justice alked Like an Anrehist, M. (or Citizen) la Fargue's spoech was partienlarly wila. It drageed in all tho oid steceotyped phrases about tho past and future, but it dealt little with tho prasont which, perhaps, concoras us more directly, The speaker did not entor very fully into tha polutat fssne. He proferred to dilate upon tho social crisis, which he said would lead to tho peaceable or forcible solution of wany pending questions. This remark stivrod up a tereific upr The fourteen sociaiist aeputies applauded their champion fran. tically, while the rest of the chamber entered noisy protests. When the disorder bad calmed down a bit the comte do Mun, con- sorvative, an excaptain of cuirassiors and an' admirablo ropresentative of Christian sociulism replied. M. de Mun, a8 you know, is an eloguent speaker and ond of the most {ntorestiug membors of the group of aristocratic Frenchmen in the chamber, who have studied what we call the social question, Retain the Restriction, His speech made an even deeper’ impres. sion than M. I Fargue's, M. do Mun said that he was largely in sympathy with the socialis whose clatms he believed to bo just. This candid admission was applauded to the echo by the socialists, who are re- gardod as pariabs by the rest of the houso, It was listoned Lo In frigia silence by M. do Mun’s conservative colleagues. But having said so much, M. de Mun added that he would vote against the proposed amuesty, which would only benofit those who word maling 1t their business to excite the peoplo. On this the socialists protested, while tho conservatives anplauded. It was at least quarter of an hour before order was restored. M. de Freycinet then ascended the rostrum and in shori, sharp, cutting hitle phrases declared that though the government might pardon those whom It thought worthy of its pity. it would never proclaim an amnesty which would exonerate mon who had coin- mitted grave offanses against public law and order. M. de Freycinot (who will bo re- ceived into the august body of the “Immo tals” of the French academy on Thursday) nas rarely beon moro inspired than in his speech this afternoon. Ho scored a great succoss, both for himself and for theministry, The motion of M. In Fargue in favor of an amnesty was thrown out by 595 to 113, TThis settlés tho question for a good twelve months, Senate Voting New Duties. Other and equally serions debates may be expected ere long. The question of church and state, which still preoccupies pu blic opinion in France, will be raised tomorrow in the senate. Today the senate voted several duties which interest the United States, among them a duty of 1S francs minimum, and 24 francs maximum on raw petroleum: another of ) franes to 35 francs on parafine and a thivd of 28 francs to 32 francs on vaseline. In ministerial circles much annoyance is still felt coucerning the signing of the com- mercial treaties between Germany and all the other KEuropean countries. The anti- ['reuch movewmont is spreading fast in Spain, The ladies of Madrid are pledging thom- selyes to buy no more Frevch bounets, Tho police have found & clue which may lead to the arrest of the man who committed the murder ou the boulevard du Temple, about which I cabled you. Tne murderer is be- lieved to be a disreputabloe bookmaker, Jacques St. CERE, WELL FIXED FOR WAK. Improvements Added and to DBe Added to the Navy of France. Panis, Dec. 8.—In the debate on the naval estimates in the chamber of deputios today M. Barbey, minister of marine, said that the building of snips for the navy continued with unabated activity and that within ten years oighty-one ships would be built, including six ironclads and fifty swift cruisers. Next year the nayy would have over 200 torpedo boats, France, be said, was the only nation that had solvea the problem of submarine navi- gation, and would soon possess a submarine navy that would give resultsas yev unat tained. Now quiclk firing guns with an offectivo- ness superior to anytkiug ever before achioved had also been added to the arma- ments of the republic. In concluding, he said that, i view of the extent of her preparations and ber readiness for war, France ought Lo feol secure. This sentence was received with enthusiastic applause. Refuse to Work. St. Perensnvuo, Doc, 8.—Many ponsants i the famino stricken districts refuse to ac- copt employment on government works, Ni- hilist agents are working actively to per- sunde tho peasants that the czarcan and ought to supply them with food. The largo factorles at Lodst are stopning work for wanu of orders, loaving the operatives in a desti- tute coundition Spain Wants a ¢hanoce, Mapgip, Dec, 8.-~A number of conserva- tives have joined the liberals with the object of agitating for tho establishment of acom- mercial treaty with Germany. Buckwheat Cakes. The old way of setting to raise over night by the use of yeast, while the cakes were light yet there was always a well founded suspicion that buckwheat cakes made in that manner were indigestible and unwholesome, because of the chemical action that takes place, so alters the flour from its original character, that the souring or decomposing process continues in the stomach, followed by dyspepsia and kindred troubles. The new way does away with all fermentation, souring etc,, and places upon the table smoking hot buckwheat cakes in 12 minutes or less, is the element that superseded the old methods. Dr, Price’s Cream Baking Powder Buck- wheat and all griddle cakes made with Dr. Price's Powder are not only exceedingly light and delicious, but can be enjoyed by dyspeptics and invalids with impunity, Dr. Prices Cream is the only baking powder cantaining the whites of eggs