Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 31, 1892, Page 2

THEY CALLED IT A DRAW Great Ryac-Wilkes Ficht Was Stopped by the Polica, FIGHTING WAS DONE SCME HARD Good Conditlon and to Have the Both Men Were ) Game—Ryan See Bost of the AfMair—Other sports. ‘'he £,500 contost between Tommy Ryan, the chawpion weiterweight, ana Jack Wilkes who hopes to relieve hiin of the title, came off at Blum's hall, South Omaha, under the auspices of the Magio City club last evening. As early as balf past § Blum’s hall, which had been arranged with smpetheatrical seats about the twenty foot ring, was fillea with a8 representative a crowd as over assembled at a similar contost in this part of the coun- try. ‘Toere was atalow estimate 600 men present, including the doctors aud the Jawvers, the politician, merchaut and sport, in fact avout every calling had its ropre- sentatives present. Appearance of the Men. Both men took possession of their respec- tive drossing rooms a little beforo 9 o'clock, Tommy Ryan beng esquired by: Karmer Burns. Jimmy Lindsay and Idike Boden, while Jack Wilkes' rotinuo consisted of Ju::k Davis of Sioux City, Tom Kelley of St. Louis and Steve Maloy of Chicago. Both vrincipsls stripped 1o the 140 pounds to the hair's woight. LRyan wore maroon trunks, with an American flag as uis colors, and black regulation fighting gaiters, whiloe Wilks was togged 1n white trunks, with red, white and biuo colors, and bnff fightiog shees. Ryan lookea the very ple- ture of the young athlete, with his well- shaped chest and shoulders, sinewy arms ana symmotrical underpinning. The look of supreme confidence which always marks his countenance never shone strouger from his keen and sparkling oyes. With aiso looked well, but being & much heavier man, the condition ho was in, neces- sarily detracted somo from his appearance. He look lean and cadaverous, but strong and supple. t '[ln‘ho sceno in the hall previous to the ap- pearance of the men was very spirited, aud the pool box was played with much vigor at the rate of 25 to 15 on Kezan. Thero was a good sized bundle stated at these odds, and considerablo at $100 to §5) and 3100 to $70. 1uto the Ring. Ryau was the first to step through the ropes and take his seat in the southeast cor- ner of the ring. Bums, Boden and Lindsay, like faithful sentries, keptin close proximity. Wilks, with Kelloy, Davis and Maloy, made their debut somoe fifteen minntes later, whereupon Colonel Savage, waster of cere- monios, anr.outcea the nature of tho contest, which 'was to the effoct thatitwas for a purse of §1,500 hung up by the South Omaha Athletic club, and a side bet of $1,000 put up by the respective backers of the two mon. Colonol Savago also stated that Dr. Ensor had been solected by the club as the referce, but the Ryan party strenuously objected on the grounis of incompeteucy. ~ ‘Then the in- evitablo delay always eutailad upon the spectators at in event funcontroiled by well defined rules and reguintions such as should exist iu every club that essaysany such eutertainment. Frank Parmeleo Referee, There was o long wait before Frank Parmeleo was finally chosen roferce. George R. Clarke was chosen timekeeper for Ryan and Al Cornish for Wilkes. The men then stripped, put on the gloves, and without further proliminuries they camoe together. 1t was 10:40 when they shook hands. Round 1.—Both mon were verv cautious and after a couple clinches, Wilkes ot in a right hander on Ryan's peck. T'he round ended 1n aclinch. Round 2-—Was a repetition of round I, Wilkes getting in the only blow, a light one. Round 3—Wilkes forced tho fighting and drove Ryan into his corner. Three times he drove his right to Ryan's faco and the round closed with Wilkes the favorito. Round s—Both men opened the rourd with a rush. Rvan was the cooler of the two. They fougnt all aronnd the ring and both took big punishment. Honors wero even. Rouud 5—Both men fought bard, but no effective blows wore struck. Ryan Got First a, Round 6—Ryan landed a_vicious right on ‘Wilkes’ nose and drew first blood. The round onded in a hot rally in the conter of tho ring. Round 7--Was_tame. Wilkes blea frooly from the noso and presented i gory appoar- ance. Round 8—Wilkes came up groggy. .Ryan got in a terrific right-hander on his mouth, and the blood followed in streams. Wilkes quickly weakened and Ryan knocked him down. When the round closed Wilkes was all but knooked out. Round 9—Wilkes freshened up a bit, and the round was an exciting one. He gou in two vicious bead blows which drew the blood from Ryan's noso, and a swinging blow made the claret flow from Ryan’s ear. Both men wero winded when the wong sounded, but Ryan had the best of it. Round 10—Both men fought cautiously, ana the ronnd ended without either having the advantaga, At 11 m the seventeenth round, the olice put a stop to the fight, and Refforce Parmelee catled it a draw. NATIONAL LEAGUE. A Takes T Grey § CuLeveLAND, O., July 30.—The homo team beat the Colts twice today before an audi- ence of 3,000, Tn the first game Chicago got but one hit off Young ufter the first inning, and that tells tho wholo story, In the second gamo the visitors batted Clavison hard, but did poor work in the fleld. Weather cloudy and warm. 5 Clevoln vo from Chicago with 0010110205 30003000 0-3 and, 10: Chicago, 4. Errors: SUrned ring Cleveland, Chl- Young und Zinmer; Hutchinson and Schriver. Second gamo: 20 iy Hits: Olevolnn Cleveland, b Clurkson aud Zimnier Luby, Hutehinson and Sehrly Wasnixaroy, D, C,, July 30.~Duryoa was frightfully wild today. The Orioles had not much chance to hit the ball a: ‘Weather cloar; attendauce 1,0 Washiogton.......... 2 0 0 0 Baltimore il 0 Hits: Washington, 6 4 Errors: Washington, 6; Baltlmore, & Hattories: Duryea and Berger: Vickery und Gunson, Bosrox, Mass., July 80.—Today's game was for blood. Boston wou the game in the second inning. Attendanco, 5,810, Weather warm, Score: Hoston.. ... Philadeiphia. . Hits: Boston, 1 Boston, b 001 000 Errors: runs: Stivetty nd Clements. Prersuuka, Pa., July 30, —Loulsvilie batted well and Pittsburg fielded poorly, and there- fore the Coloneis won. Attendance, 765, Score: Pittsburg. Lousviii Hits: Pitsbur, Pitsburg, 4. E 00001001 02 00341000%§ Loulsville, 12, Errors: wrnod runs: Plttsbure, | Loudsville, 2 Buttorios: Baldwiu, dorry Miller und Muck; Oluusen and Grim, Ciyersyam, O., July 30.—Civcinnatl won an up-hill game from St. Louls this afternoon throvgh thoe Keds bitting opportunely. At tenamnco 1,100, Score: Oluglnnatl 0481 St Louls 02000000 1-3 Hits: Olnoinunatl, 9: §t. Louts, . Errors: Olaclonatl, i3 Bt Louls, 1. Exrned runs: Cin clunath, 2:' 8t Louls, £ Buttorlos: Kbines and Vaughn: Gleason ana Moran. New Your, July 80, —The New Yorks made & “show” of the Bridegrooms at the Polo grounds today, outplaying Ward's men at ory point of the game and winuiug us they pleased. Attendance 5,107, Score. L0 L0082 1 -10 L020000001-38 . 143 Meooklyn. 7. Errors: Heooklyn, T Earved rons: 0000 08§ Hits: Now kot X% Now York, and Doyle 2: Brooklyn, 0. addook and Daily. Standing ot the Teams. W. LB, 9 4 8.3 Clo ! Chios s Washingion 1| Pittsbnre. ... 1| Loulsvilie Louls... Now York..... T PAY U ers of the Omaha Driving Assoclation Asked to Meot Axsessments. There are likely to be some lively times among the members of the Omaha Driviug association, Some of those gentlemen haj used to pay the assessments levied on oir stock, and the powers that by have en- wagod attorneys to bring suit agatnst them to compel payment. The subscriptions to the stock amounted to about $125,000, but §39,000 wore throwa out as uot gaod, leaving $05,000 held by respousi- blo parties. Tho association contracted for 140 acres of land at a cost of §5,000, and mado an_ussessmeut of 25 por cent on tho stock. Instead of applying the money to tho purchase of the tand the old managers ex- pended it on a track. Two assessments of 10 por cont each have boen made sinco then,and about £25,000 nave boen put iuto the track and othor work, while the owners of the land buye roceived nothine, A fow ot the stockholders are delinguent on the first assessment, and quite a large numver hayo refused 'to cashup on tue other two, The property owners wunt somo monoy, and the sporty members of the nsso- ciation want a meeting or two next year that will put Omaha in the same class with Den- verand St. Paul, The officers navo there- fore resolved that the dolinquents mustcome to time even if 1t is necessary to go into the courts to force them. With the old stock piid up it 18 belioved othor subscribors can be secured, and it is possivle that the Road- ster club can bo induced to join with the as- sociation. ——— COSTLY THINGS. 108 Are Not Expressed Entirely by Dollars ond Conts, The state capitol at Albany, N. Y., is the costliest building of modern times. Nineteen million six hundred thousand dollars have been expended on it to date. The capitol at Washington from 1793, when its corner stone was laid, to 1878, had cost, including its expensive furniture, its almost annual alterations and repairs, less than $13,000,000. The moss expensive municipal hall in the world und the largest in the United States is the city building of Philadel- phia. The largest clock in the world is to be in its tower. The most expensive legislature in the world is that of France, which costs an- noally $3,600,000. ‘I'ho Ttalian parlia- ment costs $430,000 a year, Tie next to the highest price ever puid for 4 horse in the world was $103,- 000, for"which Axtell, the trotter, w: sold in Indinna at the nge of 3 years, annary 11, 1802, Arion was sold by inford to 1. Malcolm Forbes Joston for $150,000. That beats al Charles Reed ot the Fairview farm, Tennessee, gave $100,000 for the great stallion St. Blaise at a sale in New York in October, 1801 The costl ntings of modern times are Meissonier’s 18147 and Miilet’s *The Ange.us.” M. Chauchard gave 850,000 franes (3170,000) for *1814" and 750,000 francs ($150,000) for *‘The Angelus.” Mr. Henry Hilton in 1887 paid 3 6.000 for Meissonier’s*Friedland, 1807." and presenied it to the Metropoli- tan Muscum of Art. The most costly book in the world is declared to be a Hebrew bible now in the vatican. In 1512 iv is said that Pope Jules IL. refused to sell tho bible for its weightin gold, which. would amount to #103.000. That'is the grestest price over offered for a book. In 1635 a tulip bulb was sold in Hol- land for $2,200. It weighed 200 grains. The costliest meal over served, accor- ding to_history, was a_supper given by ZElius Verus, one of the most lavish of all Romans of the latte: days,to a dozen guests, The cost was 6,000 sesteria, which would amount to £45.500,0r nearly a quarter of a million doliars. A cele- brated feast given by Vitellius, a Ro. man emperor of those days, to his brother Lucius, cost a little more than $200,000. Suetonius says that the ban- quet consisted of 2,000 different dishes of fish and 7,000 differeut fowls, besides other cou The lurg askad or offered for a single dinmond is £430,000, which the nizam of Hyderabad sgreed te give M. Jacobs, the famous jeweler of Simla, for the ‘“‘Imperial”’ diamond, which is considered the finest stone in the world. The costliest toy on record was a broken-nosed wooden horse which be- longed to Napoleon Bonaparte and was sold a year or two ago for 1,000 francs. The costliest cigars ever brought to this country were of the brand made for the prince of Wales in Havana, the manufucturer’s price for which = was $1.87 apiece. The costliest mats in the world are owned by the shah of Persia and the sultan of I'urkey. The shah and the sultan each possess a mat made of pearls and diamonds, valued at more than #2,500,000. The largest mat ever made is owned by the Cariten club of London and is a work of art. The costliest crown in Europe, ex- perts say, is that worn by the czar of Russian on state occasions. It is sui mounted by a cross formed of five mag- nificent diimonds, resting upon an im- mense uncut, but. polished, ruby. The ruby rests upon arge diamonds, which in turn are supported by a mat of pearls. The coronet of the empress, it is suid, contains the most beautiful mass of diamonds ever collected in one band. The most expensive royal regalias in the world are those of the maharajah of Baroda, Jndia, First comes a gorgeous collar containing 50C dinmonds, arranged in five rows, some as large as walnuts, Top and bottom rows of emeralds of equul sizo relieve the luster of the dia- monds, A pendant is a single brilliang called the 'Stav of the Deccan” The maharajah’s special carpet, 10x6 feot, made of peuris, with a vig diamond in the center and av each corner, cost $1,500,000, ‘T'he most valuable gold ore ever mined in the United Statesand probably in the world, was u ot containivg 200 pounds of quartz, carvying gold at the rate of #50,000 a ton, * It was taken from the wain shaft of the mine at Ishpeming, Mich, The grentest sum ever paid for tele- graph tolls in one week vy & newspaper wis the expenditure of the London Times for cuble Sorvice from Buenos Ayres during the revolution in the Av- gontine Itepublic. The cost of cabling from Buenos Ayres to Loudon was $1.75 aword, and the Times paid out $30,000 for one week’s dispatches. W. J. Florence, the offered $5,000 for a eateh phrase about which wn Amwerican comedy could bo written. Nobody supplied the de- wund. Tho costliest phrase in vecont years was “Rum, Romunism and Rebellion,” B A Man Eating Loopard. The Caleutta” Englishmun containg a blood curdling mccount of a man-eating leapord recently shot in the l{ujnhuhhl district, in Bengal. The monster had destroyed 164 persons before ho was brolght down. “His uppetite for flesh, his forocity, his - eunning, and his sudacity were unoxampled in the leopard trilbe, and they would have done credit to a tiger. He depopulated whole villages, for the mere terror of comedian, once . THE OMAiIA DAILY his soon as he had in their midst. For mites nround the péople never ven‘ured to loave their houses after | nightfall until thoy heurd he was dead, | but this was no geeat hindennce to him. He would seize them from the verandas when they were smoking the evening pipe, and sometimes he penetrated the very houses in the doad of night nud rried awny children—often “withour giving the slightest alarm to the othey inmate Asa rule, he killed onlyone person at a timai but sometimes he killed two, and. on one oceasion, he killed three in one day. Children and old women were his favorite food. Among his victims there were but six men. He was im- pelled by a sheer hankering for human flesh, for he never touched the cattle. The villagers began to think the scourge was a demon inearnate, and it was impossible to organize thom for the pursuit. At length somd twenty ele- phants were brought together for fn ex- pedition, and a flying column of British planters sot forth in quest’ of the de SLr They searched for some time in _vain, until an old man, whose wife had been eaten, came to report thut thelr quarry had taken refuge in n tamarind tree, 1t was as ho had stated, only tho man- eater had by this time hinden himself in the jungleut the foot of the tros, and for the moment could not be found. The pluce was surrounded and the elephants advanced in close order to trample the fugitive out of his hiding place. This manauvre succeeded alter froquent repe- titions; the benst was driven out of cover and at once riddled with balls. * He will become a legend in the distriet, and por: haps a doity, Aty 000 WHY THE MONEY WAS NOT SENT ame sent the inhabitants flying as selzed a solitary vietim The Postmaster General Was Mor Ing to Ascertamn the Address, There are two capital anecdotes of the strange Ivishman, Sheridan Kuoowles, a dramatist of singular cap ity and knowledge of stage effect, com bined with a mastery of blank verse of a rather peculiar kind, which gives him his own niche in stage literature., He was an actor also,and afterwards turned preacher; but he was distinguished for bulls. He sent £200 in Bank of England notes to his wife in London,which failed to reach her. He angrily demanded of the postmaster genoral an explanation and an apology, as he happened to be unusually certain of theday and hour when he posted them, and denounced the authorities with energy. The answer wus pleasant and courteous, with the assurance that the minister knew him as a friend by his. works, and was only keeping the money at tho post- office till the address was knobwn, as it had been sent in an énvelope without any address whatever, and only “I send you the money,” written inside. My dear sir, you are vigit and T am. wrong. God bless you!” was Knowles answer. On another occasion he rushed across the Strand to shake hands with 0. Smith,” an actor well known by nis initinl, and usk after hishealth, Smith, who knew him only by sight, thanked him, but told him who he was. “I beg vour pardon,” saie Knowles: *I took you for your' numesake, 1. P. Cooke.” As for the postal story it has a quaint counterpart in that of one of Toole’s mauy city friends who never would put any address on his envelope but B Taole, sq.,” on the ground that the postoflice always knew where he was traveling. **You .get it,” he said; you get it, my boy.” It was Toole’s suggestion that he' might send him £100to tesu it. e BRAVE OLD STEPHEN GIRARD. A Rich Man Who Loved Children and Gave His Woaltn to His Country. A famous and eccentric millionaire was Stephen Girard, but the world has not yet analyzed his character. In fact, very few men in history have united so many apparently contradictory quutities, He loved children most passionately, and the sight of a crippled or miserable looking urchin would bring tears to his eyes. His devotion to the United States never once fultered, and at every reverse during the war of 18]12-15 he ground his teeth and, it is said, swore in his native i . Atlength he offered to dedi cate his entire fortune to the cause, lent the government 3,000,000 and asked no interest till the war closed. A rich man o loves children and is willing to give all his wealth to his country must have a deal of good in him, His bravery was of the morally sub- lime order. ~ When the yellow fever scourged Philadelpbia, and the panic had driven away most of the nurses, ho and Peter Helm worked two months in the hospital at the most menial offices and shamed the faint hearted into br: ery. An aflliction in early childhood destroyed his right eye and distorted that sido of his face, so the boys nick- wado him by a French word tha t might bo translated “‘wall eye.” He lost his mother when he was quito young and his fatner was harsh. In short, he was a miserabie, lonely child, and fled from home to be & cabin buy at the age of ten. The romance of his life eame to him in Philudelphia, where tio opened his first stove. He was loved and beloved She was singuiarly utiful, vivacious; he taciturn, badly disfigure and eleven years her senior. Kor a few years they were very happy; then she suddenly lost her health, soon becamo violently insane; and lived in that con- dition thirty years in .the state asylum, Their only child died in_infancy, and the sad old man finished bis journey alone, His magunificont charities havo preserved his name for all time. He was o deist in religion and.rnamed his ships after infidel authors. WILL BE BELECTROCUTED, Cal Wood a New York Wirdeser to Logally Exoouted, Daxsemora, N. Y, July ~~Joseph or Cal Wood, whose electrocution is to take place during the week beginning Augusv 1, was told by Warden Thaver yesterday thav Governor Flower had dended whe application for commutation of sentendd. Ho oxprossed gratitude o the warden and. his assistants, refering with special _warimth “1q oev. Auchoseman. The doomed mau asked that he might b permitied, during th¥ foy re- maining hours of his Jlife, toreceive a visit from b wife, for whom he has dur- wg his conuemfient expressed . the most tender. affeclion, - Ak first this request was denied, as the wardon ex- plained that thelaw expressly*forbade him to allow anyone to come withid réach of the prisoner aftor the death watch had been set, and said, “You want to kiss or at leaststake hands with her on meotie” Atd Partiog.’ But Wood pleaded and pramised’thiat if his wite could ouly cotns and pit den.feet” from bis cell door ho would romaioy ab who other end of the cell aud have his MOUT wORds with ber ut thav distanco. ‘This the warden con- sented 10, Bnd o plre wes . immodiately made up to defray the expenses of her visit, It aoes not appear probable thut the execu- tion will take place before Tuesday or Wednesday, wlthough it 18 announced ' that aftor today all visitors will bo dented ad- mission to the prison vards until” dfter the execuliou has taken place.. , - e The young son of R H. Reynolds of Norfolk was fearfully stung by o lot of boes into whose hive he had stuck a stick. Forty- two stiugers were removed from his face. ‘The bees ulso enterad his wouth and ear: but fortunately did uot Injure his eyes, So muok volsou was lojected luto bis system that he vomited violently before the arrival of the doctor, ejecuiug & beo which be had swallowed. Bo 1] SUNDAY, JU JUDGE LL“:\RI\S()N DROWNED ds Distrossingly éfid'bnnth of One of Omaha's Mosffl’&p ular Citizens, T LOST HIS LIFE' AT HONEY CREEK LAKE y pf— He Was Alone “t:x;hm; a Da town Luke (Wihen ite [ — s Rest at the t His Un- e Dend o ] e Like unto tho falling of an o'erspreading funeral pail camo tha shooking neiws at noon vesterday of the drowning of Judge Joseph It Clarke«on at Honey Croeek lake, twelve miles north of Council Blufs, Details wors at first unobtainable, and bo- yoad the bars announcoment of the briefly worded telogeam from the old boatkeever 4t tho lako nothing was known of tho sad affair, but that litvle meant much and the news sproad rapidiy, sna depressing indaod was its erfect. Mr. Parrish, a clerk in the office of the de- ceased, was at once dispatched to the sceno of the fatality, and shortly afterward Undor- taker Mautand George J. Hun t, who until recontly was associatea with Juaze Clarks in the firm of Congdon, Clarkson & Hunt, were hastening to the same untoward spot. It scems that the deceased roturnad on Wodnesday with his wife from a two weoks' visit at Hot Springs, 8. D., and was in his offico Thursday us usual. Friday mora- iug ho attonded to severat little matters and after clearing up his dosk remarkod to Mr. Cengdon that ho was going to run over to Honey Creck for tho day, aud would be buck ready for hard work this morning. His Absence Caused Littlo Worry. Then he left on the little pleasure trip that was to end so sadly, When Judge Clarkson did not return Friday might; the family bocame very uncasy. Ho missed the train on a former occasion and re mained all night at the Northwestern section houso near tho lake, but telegraphed tho cause of the delay, On tbis occasion, no word was received, hence the increased anxiety. Judge Clarkson was a thorough sports- man, fond of every branch of atnletics, and aver since the discharge of the jury in the district court aad the relaxation of “business in court had made many a trip to Honoy Creok, thera to spend a day with rod, gun and oar. On these trips he generally went alone, taking with hun his rifie and a few targets, and putting in his time bet- tering his already excellent marksmanship That was the ohjoct of his trip yesterday, from which he was uot to roturn alive. ‘I'o what accident is due the drowning ot Judge Clarkson has not yet been uscertained. It was learned yestorday afternoon that he secured a boat Friday evening to go bathing and did not return. Yesterday morning tho boat vas found drifting on the lake, with all of his clothesin it. The body has not been recovered. Few Facts Known, All that is Kfown is that the deceased roached the lako shortly veforo noon on Friday. and about 1'o'clock started out fn u tont. saying thas he intended to take u vath betore he returncd.. , Yesterday morning onc of the men employed av_ the boathouso found a lot of clothes ofi the north baulk of the lake, Ho examined themr and st once recognized them as thoso word’ by Judge Clarkson on tha preceding day. ‘Tho alarm was at once given and a number of men were set'to work dragging the entire uorthern portion 'of ' the iuke. Tho water is from four to ten feéy deep in tho viemity of where the drowhing is supposed to have oc- curred, and is $irvrounded on all sides except' the ‘shoro by reeds and rushes of VEry thick and tangled growth, which' ‘Whuld conceal the body and yender | sdirch “very diflcult. The clothingof thie'deveased was carefully examined, and afl’ his ‘valudbles, including watch, cham, putséand papers, were found safely'id their plaéi; so that tho theory of murder for the purpose of roblsry is shown 10 be out of the question. It was evidently a case of accidental death while bathing. The plan followed 1in ‘prosecuting the search was 1o hold men over the side of the boats whero the depth of the water was such as to render 1t feasible, and in this way make a careful scrutidy of the bottom of the lako. At nighfall the body had not been discovered,; and arrangements were made to prosecute the search turough the night with- out intermission. Life of Juage Clarkson, Joseph R. Clarkson was born in Chicago, March 31, 1855, His father was a prominent lawyer, and the son was educated to follow in bis footsteps. After a course at Racine college, Wisconsio, he went to Yale, where he graduated, aud then completed his study of law in Chieago, whero he was admitted to the bar in 1878, He came to Omaha 1 1550, and entered into a partnership with Geo. J. Hunt ror the prac- tiso of his chosen profossion. When Hon. C. . Manderson was elected to the Unitea States senato 1o 1883, the firm of Manderson & Congdon was dissolved, and & new one formed, consisting of Congdon, Clarkson & Hunt, In 1880, the deceased was elected to the district _bench, serving for over a vear with goneral satisfaction to the bar and the publie, and with credit to himself, resigning beforo the ox- piration of half his term of office in order to vreturn to the pracuise of law. He _ro-entered the firm, and was still in private life at the time of his death, although he had a strong following as a can- didate for congress in the coming cawpaign, He did not aspire, however, to the position, being aoything but an offico seeker, yet such was the regard for him as an honest, able aud fearless man iu public life, thav it is conceded thav he could Lave had this nomination had he so desired. For some time Mr. Clarsson had been dean of the law school of the Omaha univer- sity, bringing to the position the practical knowledge and experience of 4 thorough lawyer and judge, and the interest, enerey and enthusiasm of a man ardently devoted to his profession. The deceased was a nophew of Major T, J Clarkson of this ¢ and of the late Bishop Jlarkson and tho late Jobhn T. Clarkson of Chicago. "He married b October, 1883, Miss Estber Wi of this city, with whom today Omaha mourns this mutial loss. Honey Croek lake in which Mr. Clarkson was drowned, is situaled on the lowa side, o the line of the Northwestern railroad about eleven miles north of Council Bluffs. Itis a louely lttlg sheet of water, broken here and there by wooded islands, and bordered almost entirely by a deep selvedge of willows, weeqy gnd wild rice. Generally at this season of th Year tho lake 1s at its highest, and along the favorite pickerel grounds, east ofiAGimore's hostelorie, it is from ten to twony:live feet deep, the main bofly of the lake belgg a labyrinth of aquatic moss and gl .s#\i. It bas long been favorite ducking'®dd fishing grounds for the Bluffs and this cdtye S FAOTS ¥OR VOTERS, ' ol i ces to e FIdAYand Dates of Eleotions R Ve ions of1802 include those in L4 presidential elec S held on Tuesday, S)jewill-be choson by the several states aklarge, excopt in Michi- g0, where twwill be chosen by the state at large ;ruhun by congressional distric Thetdfre also to be elocted the national hohse of representutives (two membegs haye already been cho in Oregon) and state legislatures, whi will choose twentysix United Stutes <cnutors (one senator having already been clected in Rhode Island by the leg- islature chosen this year). The other elections of the year are thus grouped by the Albany Argu Alabama will eléct governor and state officers August 1' and nine representa- tives in congress November 5. Arkansas will alect governor and state officors September 5 and_six representa- tives in congress November 8. California will elect seven representa- tives 1n congress .and a legislature to cnoose @ United States senator, vice Felton (rep.), November 8. Colorado will elect governor, state The elec! all the states f, tors, which wi November 8. ¥ 31, 1802--SIXTEEN PAGI ofMcers. .and representatives in ress November 8, Delaware will olect n represontative in congross and a legislature to choose a United States senator, vice Gray (dem.), November 8 Florida will elect governor, stato officors und a legislature to choose a United States sonator, vice Pasco (dem. ), October 4, und two representatives in congress Novembeor 8, Goorgin will elect governor and state officers October 5 and eleven representas, tives in congross Novembor 8, ldaho will elect governor and state officers, & reprosentutive congr and a legislature to choose a United States senator, vice Shoup (rep.), No- vombor 8, [llinois will eloct governor and state ollicers and twenty-two representatives in congress Novembor 8 Indinna will elect governor and stato officers, thirteon representatives in congress and a legislature to choose a United “States senator, vice Turpie (dom.), Novembor 8 5 Towa will elect secretary of state and oleven representatives in congress No- vember 8. Kousas will elect governor, officers and elght representatives congress November 8, Kentucky will elect eloven represent- atives in congress November 8, Louisiana elected Foster (dem.) gov- ernor and a democratic legisiature to choose a Unitea States senator, vico Gibson (dem.), April 18 will clect six reprosentatives in congress Novombor 8. Maino will elect govornor, four ropre- sentatives in congross and o legislaturo 10 choose a United States sonator, vice Hale (rep.), Septembor 1 Muryland will eloct tives in congress and logislature vembor 8, Mussuchusetts will elect governor, state officers, thirtcon representatives in congress and a logislature to choose n United States sonutor, vico Dawes (rep. ), November 8 Michigan will elect governor, state officors, twalve reprosentutives in con- gress and a logislature to choose a United States senator, vice Stockbridge (rep.), November 8. Minnasotu will elect governor and state officers, seveun representatives in congress and a legislature to choose United States senator, vice Davis (rep.), November 8, Mississippi will elect seven reprosen- tatives in congress November S. Mis=ouri will elect governor and state officers, fifteen ropresentatives in con- gress avid - a legislature to choose a United. States senator, vice Cockrell (dem.), Novémber 8 Montana wiil elect governor and state officers,” a vepresontative in congress and a legislature to choose a United tates senator, “vice Sunders (rep.), ovember 8, Nebraska state officors, siy gress and a legislature United States senator, (vep.), November 8. Novada will eloct supreme court judge, a represeatative in congress and a legislature to chooso a Unitéd States senutor, vice Stewart (rop. ), November 8, New Hampshire will elect governor and two represontatives in congress November 8. New Jersoy will elect governor and state officers, eight representatives in congress and a legislature to choose United States senator, vico Blodgett (dem. ), November 8. New York will eloct chief judge of the court of appe: ty-four represen tives in ¢ s, and the assembly of 125 membors-to take part in the election of a United States senator, vice Hiscoek (rep.), Noyember 8. North Carolina will elect governor and state officers and nine representa tives in congress November 8. North Dakota will elect governor and ate officers, a ropresentative in con- aress and a legislature to choose United States senator, vice Casey (vep. ), November 8. Ohio will elect sectetary of atate and twenty-one representatives in congress November 8. Oregon elected supreme court judgo and two republican representutives in congress June 6, Penosylvauia will elect thirty repre- in_congress and a legislature to choose a- United States senator, vice Quay (rep.), November 8. thode Island elected a republican governor and a_republican logislature, which has re-elected Aldrich (rep.) to the United States senate, April 6, and will elect two representatives in cor gress November 8, South Carolina will elect governor and state officers and seven representa- tives in congress November 8. outh Daliotn will elect governor and state officers and two representatives in congress November 8. Tennessee will eleet governor and state officors, ten representatives in congress and a legislature to choose a United States senator, vice Bate (dem.), November 8, Texas will elect governor and state of- ficers and thirteon representatives in congress November 8 Vermont will elect governor and stata officars, two representatives in congress and a legslature to choose a United States senator, vice Proctor (rep. ), Sep tember 6. 3 Virginia will eléct ten representatives in congrass Novomber 8. The legisla- ture will elect United States senator, vice Hunton, appointed pro tem. Washington will elect governor and state oflicers, two . representativos in congress, and a legislature to choose a United States senator, vice Allen (rep.), November 5. Waest Virginia will elect governor and state “uMigtrs, four representatives in congwessy and a legislature 10 choose a United’ States senator, vice Faulkner (dem. J, Novembior 8. Wisconsin will elect governor and state oflicers, ten representatives in congress, and a legislature to choose u United States senator, vice Sawyer (n)‘k )s November 8, yoming will elect a governor and state officers, a representitive in con- gress, and o legislature to choose a United States senator, viee Wurren (rep.), November 8. con= stato in sonta- No- will elect governor nand raprosentatives in con- to choose a vice Paddock TALK ABOUT THE WOMEN, Madame Modjeska is now ou ner Califor- nia raneh studying foriculture and tho best means of keeping flies out of the milking pail, <« . Man is not alone the vietim of the fair sex. A woll-aressea woman in s back pew cun turn the heads of all the other women in the congregation. An excoedingly pretty center table decora- tion i3 & damp diteh surrounded with o wreath of queer little whife, pink or biuo blossois 4n taugle of greenery. Miss Jeséio Sudlow, the 17-year-old South Carolina girl, iad won phe prize offered by the ‘Mimos, of Munchestor, England, for the oest compbsition on *“'he Best Hook, and Why I Like it.” The competition was op to the world, and there wero combetito from Fpance, Gormauy, Canada, South Amer- icu, Mexigp sud the United States, Miss adlosy fs & pupil 1o the public schools of Columbls, 8. C. Her subjoct was *lvan- hoe.’ ‘e following are & few examples of the vato of pay of women 1t London. Making papor bags, 4 por 1,000: possible earuing 10 03 por week. Buttonboles, 3d per dozen ; possible earaiugs, 85 per woek. Shirts, 2d; each worker finding bher own cotlon can gob i xdque between 6 a, . and 11 p. m. e Leandaer Halgren, one of the ploncers of Buffalo county, s dead. HOWLING DERVISHES. Missionarles This Count The most notable batch of immigrants that has ever come to the United States is now on its way to New York on the steamer Trinicia, from Port Said ins Lftendi Malluk, an BEgyptian silk manu- facturer, whoso present hendquartors are Chicago, decided some time ago to exhibit his silk wares in that clty, but aftorwards concluded that it would pay him better to import a number of how ing dervishes and exhibit them through the country. . Ho communicated his intention ‘to Mr. N. J. - Arbeely, tho register at Ellis Island, tolling him that he had engaged fifty dervishos at Khartoum, where “Chinese” Gordon met his fate, and that they had started from Port Suid on June 8 Many difli- culties aro thrown in the way of Bgyp- tians who desire toemigrate to a foreign country, and Elias Effendi Malluk found it no easy task to secure the nocessary permission from the authorities, without which it would have boen impossible for him to export even a single howling d sh. Indeed, the story goes that the permission was granted only after the khedive and the chiefs of the der- vishes had been assured that Elins 1f- fondi’s real object in importing his countrymen to the United States was that thoy might use their efforts to con- vert Americans to Mohammedanism, The howling d shes nre skilled in many arts and will perform many straage feuts, such as have never beforoe been seen in this country. As dancers their fame is worldwide, and in the art of swallowing scorpions, glass, molien lead and other indigestible and durablo noequals. Again, as musicians they are most remarkable, not sololy on account of their skill, but becnuse the instruments on which they vorform are not of the ordinary kind. Among these instruments are tho mandotin, cymbal and dulcimer; but their favorite instrument, and the ono which will cortainly excite the groatest astonishment in this country, is the canoon. This instrument has several hundred strings and is altogether a wonderful picce of work, Performances will be given in several cities by theso Oriental *“‘missionaries,” and it is con- sidered not unlikely that some of them will resido permanantly in this country, Mohammedan Coming to fisatgget s MONSTER SNAKES. Pythons in_the Philtippine Islands that Are orty-Four Feet Long. Scientific Amevican: Pythons are abundant inthe Phillippines, the species oeing identical with that found in Bor- neo. During our stay of eighteen months in these islands we hive heard many nc- counts of the enormous size attained by these snakes,and recently have obtained three fine specimens. The smallest of vietim is seized with an intolerable itehing in a dozen spots at once, and seratching affords only temporary ro- lief. Pimplos riso over the itching spots, and are soon soraped raw by tho cheagre’s tortured victim. Meanwhile the invisihle enemy keeps on burrowing and the itching continues often for day togother. When it ceases, the victim has the unpleasant consciousness that all is over probably because the chongre has died somoewhero beneath the pimplo. — A CAST IRON MATCH. How an Impotuons Du Came to Grief, ow York Horald: He hadn’t been in tho village very long —about ten days came up ;rom Now York to spond his two weeks' vaeation—and had brought his dog with him, an ugly, savage, vicious brute, that 1 already terror- ized the ocamine contingent, while he and the dog were tho contor of a citelo of wide circumferenco whenover thoy walked abroad. : It was Suturday aftornoon, and he strolled down olm-shaded Main stroet radiant in a black and yellow blazer, a brond sash and—a cigarette—dog fol- lowing. He wus out of matches, so he pulled up at the “grocery store and postofMice” to purchose some. Ha didn’t inspire much awe among tho congregated villagers, as they had alroady ‘“sized him up,” &) that when Cy Blossom drawled out **lre comes that striped dude from Mullenses boardin’ house,” it didn’t cause any groat excitoment, but when Cy added *‘with that dorg of hisn,” there was a shifting of loge and a sudden grasping of canes, umbrollus and cha backs, “'Sponking of matches,” said he, asho passed two cents over the counter, took one out of the box and lit his cigaretto, tare thore any of you gentlemon about here that has a dog he would like to match against this dog of mine—great dog, gonts—he's got u fine pedigree— he's a trained fighter, and he can walk awny with any dog of ton times his weight in this village—UJL just bot twenty-five to one on that—* *'Kind er think yer can’t gst no bets on that,” snid Seth Hawkina, the grocer and_postmaster of tho village; “there’s no dogs roun’ here that’s trained tor fight, an’ I never heer’d of one that laid any claim to a ped-ped-er-groe. “Hol’ on, there, young fellor,” said a tall, raw-boned old follow leaning up against the counter, *“‘Hol’ on; what's that yo bet, twenty-five ter one that dorg 0’ yourn kin walk away with any dorg in the village ten times his weight?” “That's what T said.” “Waeal, ‘ore is my one: plank out yer twenty-five.” (He planked it out.) “Seth; you hol’ the stakes. N and His Canlne these measured 19° feet 113 inchos in length and 18 inches in greatest circum- ference. It had evidently been without food for some time and w in an emaci- ated condition, but was still o heavy load for two men. The next in size | mensured 22 foet 9 inches in length and 24 inches in greatestcircumference. The head was six inches wide at the angle of the jaws, and the mouth opened 13 inches without danger of the stretching of the skin or dispiuncement of the bones, | of which it is capable. T'he third spe men measured 22 feet and 8 inches in length, and 22 inches in greatest circum- srence. The gape was the same as in tho second specimen. In each caso the stomach was entirely empty, and one familiar with such animals can easily form an idea of the enormous increase in sizo that would take place 1f gorged | with food. Above the length of nineteen or twenty feet snakes inereaso greatly in bulk for every foot in length, 50 that a snanke nineteen feet long looks small beside one twenty-two feat long. Tt is difficult to estimzte the weight of an animal ef this kind, and we had no means of determining it accurately, A quarter of it was a heavy lift for w strong man, and it was all two men could do to drag it u fow feet along thi ground, one man being unable to do so. Tho secoad specimen displayed its enor mous strength by snapping in two by steady pull ohe of its fastenings—; tan batween one-half and three-quarters | of an inch in diameter. The snake being securely fastened by rattans around the neck, two men and a boy who attempted to hold iv by the tail were poweriess 1o do 8o, IP'rom the log fn which the third speei- men was caught eighty-nine eggs wer taken. They were white and nearly round, about the size of an ordinary base ball, and were covered with n soft leathery shell or skin. They sdhered to ench” other, forming n large mass, which had to be literally torn apart to separaté them. So far as observed all were fertile, ench specimen examined containing a living embryo about four inches in length. When discovered, the snuke was coiled upon its eggs, appar- ently incubiting. Upen being removed from the log the eggs dried upfrapidly As the temperature in the log was no- ficeably above that of the atmbsphere, it is probable that the close coils of the snake provented evaporation. A snake this size could bring down a medium-sized buffalo, and could crush out the life of a man in the fraction of a minute, ayd we have no hesitation in expressing the opinion that it could swallow him. We know the case of a snake about this size swallowing a full- rown buck with antlers, a male deer of this spceios being lurgor around the bolly than is & man around the shoul- ders. If the stories told here about large can be d the specimens described are small indeed 11 compar- ison with really large snukes, but wo find that such snakes decronso greatly in size when brought in contact with the deadly foot rule. An intelligent half- caste recently told us that his brother- in-law had killed,measured and skinned asnake forty-four foet long, We did not wish Lo question the man’s voracity, but hea sympathized with the re- mark of a Spanish gentleman that forty- four feet wore & groas many feot. - The Festive Jigg The terror of blackberry south of Mason and Dixon’s line is the cheagre, populurly pronounced *“jig ger.”” Probably no one has ever seon a cheagre save under a microscope, and certainly he is usuully invisible to his victims, but he can inflict more discom- fort than the mosquito or any one of a dozen noxtious insects twice his size, | The cheagre comes like a thief in th night. No one 18 conscious of his com- ing, und often his presence is not de- tected for hours aftor his arrival, but in due time he makes himself known. The pickors { says tho News Record, * young feller, jes, feteh yor dorg along, an’ if he kin walk away with him I° give yer fifty cents for every poun’ho weighs. Come on, boys.” They made quite a procession, he and his “dorg” and about u dozen villagers —the litter in a bunch at a respect ul istance from the former—tho old fel- ows londing, and they all trampod up to a little ramshuckle old house, about a milo from the store. Tho old fellow pushed open the gate and they all en- tered a littio inclosure that was strewn with old lumber, barrels, picces of iron and odds and ends of all’ sorts, A sign over the door of the shed read, “Sam- uel Bodkin—old junk—pigs for sale.” ow, mister, wo all understan’ that dorg o’ yourn is ter wallk away with mine of I'm ter git “That’s it,” said dog’s collar. “Thero he he, tugging nt his “Whero's your pup?” " suid the old - follow, pointing to a heap of rubbish about fifty vay. “We ain't got no ped-ped-e- it ot broke, but yo can walk away with him, perhaps, all the same.” It wus o cast iron one, and weighed 250 pounds. tt as Senator Wole Some recently published stories about Senato ott of Colorado reminds the Chicago News Record of this one, which was current a few years ago' One of his friends in Leadville took Mr. ott to drive one day, and the sena- tor-that-was-to-be ventured to hint that the horses were a trifle frisky. He was padgered n good deal immedistoly about his supposed timidity. At length the vehicle began to descend one of those st nost precipitous inclines in which Colorado roads abound. “Will youlet mo drive awhile?” asked Mr Wolcott. “Cortainly,” answered the other, suspecting no evil. But nosooner had Mr. Wolcott got the reins than he turned to his companion and said: “You have been shaming me for my timidity. My turn has como now. We'il see who squenls fivst!” *“With that he flung the reins over the horses’ back,” and began ply ing the whip furiously. The frizhtenau horses dashed aown the hill, swinging the buggy around curves and against boulders in such a way as to threaten its demolition. Mr. Wolcott continued to ply the whip and 10 shout at the mad- dened brutes. Finally the buggy was urned, the horses broke awiy and ot and his friend w left in o confused heap, with a broken arm, a sprained ankle and a dozen body cuts and bruises between ‘em. ‘Well, how do you like it?’ nsked Wolcott, gathe himself together nnd emorging nimbly from the debris, The other answered feebly but proudly: ‘I haven't squealed yot! Drivor. e Tno success with which women of all agos and classos are now demonstrating their avility to earn o living, says the Now York Times, bas become one of the®triking sigus of tho change Lhat marks the world we live in. Intomany walks or lifo that wero for- merly closed to thom women ure rupidly malking their way, and the growing numbers of them pour unmistakable witness as woll 1o the efficiency which they possoss as 10 tho nopularity of thoir services. Whore it will end and 10 what new conditions socicly will ut last be brought the wisest among us can scarcely foresce: and you few can question that vadical altorations must ulti- wmately resuit 1o the old time basis of the so- cinl structure, sud particularly to the do- mestic part of 1t. s Tho first woman dentist in tho world was graduated from the Punnsylvania colloge tweaty-elght yeurs ago and that dental col- logo and thosd of Ohio and Ann Arbor aro still tho only ones that admit women. A large proportion of tho womeu students in theso como from abroad, und there are sald to bo only sixty practicing women dentists in the United States, Thoy usualty aveld the surgical and mechanical parts of thoe pro- tession. The Red Cloud fire departmont has be- come owner of four lots and two housus, and proposes 1o bulld a theator, a volunteer firomen's hall and & hall for Lhe city's use. Highest of all in Leavening Power.~-Latest U. S, Gov't Report. Roe LD Baking ' P%v“dfi g . ABSOLUTELY