Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 16, 1892, Page 1

* e— TWENTY- WARCHING OF THE FAITHFUL Ceravans of the Followers of tha Unwrit- ten Law Traverse the Omaha Oasis, IN GORGEOUS PAGEANT DISPLAYED Wealth of the Tribes, Pricdo of the Shelis and Glory of the Harems Shown in Dazeling Combination to the Unregenerate, All the tribes of Bektash, even from the uttermost ends of the land, heeded the com- mand to senu goodly numbers of their mem- bers to the resting placo of the sheiks and nobles of Tangier, which is in tho oasis of Omaha, They came with fez and scimetar, with camel and elephant, and lo, they were a mighty host. Shareef France bade the young men, the strong und the well fuvored, to form in care- van and enlighten the uuregenerate sons of the desort, and when, in the light of yestor- day's waning sun, they marshalea their bands in the shadow of the temple Masonie, which 15 at Sixteenth street and Capitol avenue, it was a cavaleade to delight the prophet of the true faith (honored be his name). The shaveef and his attendant sheiks sot the Bektashi apart in three divisions and at the head of each was placed a band of players who wrought sweet stralns from horus of brass snd silver, As They Came in the Column. At the hoad of the column, to make wo) through the unfaithful who encompassed the true believers, rode the sheik of the police force, and with him were sixty of his tribe. Then came the Second Infantry band from Fort Omuha and the John M. Thurston Zouave Drum corps, the latter arrayed 1o a new garb like unto that of the nobies. The position of nowor fell to the nobles of Maecea temple, New York, honered as tho first in the land of America, and fifty of them Joined the caravan undor tho command of Sheik Joseph B. Eakins, arrayed in crim- son fez aud immaccalate ovening dress, Hopeless is it to name the other temples in order with their number, for the tribes, full of the spirit, of fellowship, mingled one with another. In the first sectiou, ol in evening dress and murching twelve abryast, were Arabs from Pyramid of Bridgeport, Conn. Syrin of Pittsoure, Tsmailia of Buffalo, Islara of San Francisco, Almaof Washing- ton, Morocco of Jacksonville, Fla. ; Sesostris of Lincoln, Moolah of St, Louisy Abdatlah of Loavenworih, Al Chymia of Memphis, Cy- press of Albany, Ben Har of Austin, Tex.; El Katurot Cedur Rapids, Iu.: Hamasa of Meriden, Mass.; Orlental of Troy, N. Y.: Tripoli of Milwaukee. Zem Zem of Lrie, Pa.; Bl Jubel of Denver, Kaabaof Davenport. Ta.§ Kosair of Louwsville, Murat of Indiauapolis, Acca of Virginia, Alhambra of Cnattanooga, Boum ot Baltimore, 21 Riad of Sioux talls, and alternating with these were platoons of Tangier's nobles, Whitt the Washingt 18 DIdL The Almus brought three asses of Arabian pedigree, and cxpert nobles exhibited to the wonderiug beathen how gentle aud respon- sive these brutes wight become under kind trea'ment, The uobles of Alma often broke forth in a cry intended to honor the mewory of & great sheik who has entered the unseen temple, *Wush-Wuash-Washington, first in war, first in peace, first iu the hearts of his countrymen,” ran the cry, and it was fnvariably followed by a groat clapping of bands, In the Second Division. The second division was headed by the Seventth Ward band, and amoayg the tribes which had Arabs in their wake were Syrian of Cineinnati, Zamora of Birmingham, Da- mascus of Rochester, Kismet of Brovklyn, Afifi of Tacoma, Algerin of Heleua, Yasrab of Atlanta, Media of Watertown, N. Y.; Bullut of Albuquerque, Al Kader of Port- land, Ore.: Mulin of St. Joseph, Zigra of Utica, Pulostine of Providence, R. I; Al Malalkah of Los Angeles, El Zagal of Fargo, Mount.Sinai_of Montpelier, K1 Kuluh of Salt Lake, Saladin of Grand Rapids, lsis of Salinn, Kas. ; Osirls of Wheoling, Suhara of Pine Bluffs, Ark.; Ramesis of Toronto, Jeru- salem of New Orleaps, Hella of Dallas and 11 Katif of Spokane, with a sprinkling trom Tangier. The Syrians woke the echoes with their war ery of “Cin cin-nat, Cin-cin-uat, Oh, what is the matter with that!” and the un- regenerate wero moved 1o respond with shouts of “Cin-cio-nat is wll rignt.” Many of the noules carried bits of the rope with wLich the camels are guided, but the sym- bolism is kuown ouly to the prophet's faithful. Third and Last. The third division moved off without hitch or hindrance witk Novles Aunderson, Ellis, Bedford and Shriver in charge, all mounted upon splerdid Arabian chargers, which stumped the sands of the parched desert and sniffed the dry nir as they responded to the spurs of their riders. The division was headed by the Third United States infantry pana of Fort Snelling, Minn,, twenty-four pieces, with C. W, Graves as the leader, #ollowing the band and marching to the strains of the euchanting music Zuhrah temp.e of Minneapolis and Osman temple of St. Paul droppud in line, Allepo temjle of Boston marcned under command of Noble Potentate Watson with a spriukling of Tan- gier in the ranks. The Lu Lus from Phila- delphia mustered forty Arabs, and as they murched they uttered the fawiliar batile cry of tho desert: “Wa wou't €0 home till morning, We won't 50 hiowe till the well runs dry.” Another division of Tangier with 200 nobles took up the cry and joiued in the chorus. Al Koran temple of Cleveland had a desert ery, but it was drowned by the Kansas City Arabs, who woke the echoes of the night with the cry, “Ar, Ar, Rat, Rat Ararat.” Ararat is the neme of the Kausus City temple, . ‘Ihen there was another division of nobles from the teots of the Tuugiers and they were followed by the Moslems from Dotroit, & city on the luke. The Detroit nobles won any amount of applause and cheer upon chier, They were marchers from the hotest portion of the eastern desort, A por- tion of the Nobles wore the regulation uni- form, while tne balauce were clad 1o tunics, loose aud lizht, Took Thelr Elephant Along. But the Detroit nobles bad a counter attruction along 1 the shape of Toby, the elephant, Just from the laud of the pasha, During the past two days, every shriner who bus visited the Detroit ousis has met Toby, for e hias boen fod and cared for at the Mil- lurd hotel, This Toby is an intelligent brute and though ho speaks the Aravio language most fluently be Lus leurved but little Kng- lish. In fact about all that Poby can say is this: “Now it's time to drick agaiv,” and s Toby rode 1 a wagou through tho streets of Omaha last nignt be constantly beseeched bis keeper, Noble Builoy, thus: *D'ye koow that now its time 1o take'n drink Tho noblos from Chicago, who tarry in Mediuah temple, marchod full fifty strong and ohstered their feot on the sands of Douglus stroet us they guve the common peo- ple an idea of fuucy “drills accordiug to tuo Bucient style, be Arios who rode the real live camols Cuught the strect Arabs, as well as the mass of speotators. Noble John Westbers ied the way, while Novle Ezvell led ihe cawel. They wero followed by Noble Ed Allen ridiog un other cawel and Noble John Klotz running uloug the side. Nobio Joo Barton aud Noble W. E. Nuasou had bired to rido two camels ud they did for & mile or so, but whoen near tho Miliard oasis the ship of tho desort be cameo waterlogged and the two desert chiefs betook tuemselves to ihe back of Cltizen Conuell's donkey, which bad boen pressed 1ito service, and 1hus they completed Lheix Journey to Mecca. ‘T'ho small boy, who lacked wuch of being & Christiau, scoffed ab the two mwoen whose ECOND YEAR. feot had pressed the sands of many a desert, and jeered them by asking: “Now why don't yer get off and let the donkey riae awhilei” At the Last End, After Tangier marched another fot of no- bles, whose ranks wero filled up by nobles from the camp at Lincoln known as Sesostris temple, while Salaam temple of Olney, 11l udded ‘some nobles 1o the throna, ""ho no- bles from Buffalo were taken for ordinary citizens in a tug-of-war contest. They marched 1iko soldiers and lined up against rope, the starboard end of which was carried by Noble Charles Custman, The twenty-fivo Arabs, just from their tents in the desert, tricd (0 keep pace with the camels, which twere loaded with the choicost of wines, honey und mvren, but tfioy were lost n the caravan andstarted out on a biind trail at Kighteonth and Farnam streets, to basteerca back by Noble Edgar Snyder, As they were driven buck, their red and bluo costumes, aided by the keen- edgod swords, strack terror to the hearts of tho women congragated upon the courthouse gronnds, The nobles from Medinah temple, located in the town of Chicago, wore cheered und in truo Arabian style they suluted their thousands of admirers. How They Journeyed, The courso of the pilgrimage was south on Sixteenth strest to Douglas, east to ISiov- enth, souih to Farnam, west to Eigateenth, south to Hurney. east to Thirteeath, north to Farnam and westto the oasis of Paxton, where the several tribes parted, each to its own tents or to flowing fountains near by. The sons of the desert who were In the cara. van were estirnated as numbering close upon 2,000. They marched twelve abreust, wmost of them in the ovening dress of society with the scuriet fez. Dotroit’s elephant and Arab costumes, Washington’s asses and the camels from the Ringling Bros.' circus gave an oriental tinge to the cavalcado and added pleasing vaviety, It was a strikingly at- tractive colunin aud probably the most unique over seen in Omaha, And how the people of Omaha turned out to witness the strauge, interesting spectacle! The marching column had to pass botween two solid blocks of humanity extending from the street car tracks to the puildings on cither side. The cries of the shrincrs re- ceived responsive shouts from the crowds, popular temples were favored with rounds of applause from strest and window, the strects wero ablaze in the glory of many colored lights, enthusiastic friends lilled the atr with the shocung balls and stars of pyrotochnics—and through all, over all, ran the spirit of kindly, hearty good will from all to all, Amoug the uotablo illuminations was that of the Paxton block, which Max Meyer & Bro. lighited with 800 electric lamps, and the eloctric star upon Tik Bee buildine was nd- mired as particalarly appropriate, the star being one of the symbols of ths order. It was n great night for the shriners and a groat sight for Omaha, Mighty is Allah (praised be his name) and beloved are his children, the faituful followers of the Un- written Law. FORMALLY WELUOMED, Mayor Bemis Presents the Key of the City to the Shriners. Not for many a day has the rotundaof the Paxton and the surrounding balconies been crowded as they were last evening after the parade. It was the center ot the umverse for awhile, and there wasw’t room enough to go round. There were movo fezes flounces, uniforms, flowers, frizzes, scim tars, smiles aud other implements of modern warfare than were ever before grouped in an equal spaco. Spiketail coats and brass bands predominated, with the odds sligntly 0 favor of the former, except at odd intor- vals, and everybcdy was happy in the super- lative degree. “Talk about “inspiring scenes,” “thronglog humanity,” “seething crowds,” and “‘truly brilnant spectacies!” None of them would have lasted untilyou could have gotten them in the door. And thera was just as much good nature as tuere was crowd. Not @ soul kicked be- caue Mayor Boemis was u quarter of an hour late. owing to a delay in the street car ser- vice caused by the parade. The Second Ta- fantry baud of Fort Omaha and th shrah quartet of Minneapolis filled in the interval very acceptably, ana even Drum Corps tried iis hand, but was prevailed upon te stop while the root was still in place, Perliaps the delay was just tbe best thing that could have bavpened ~after all, for the Shriners were very thirsty after their march, and any nuaber of solicitous friends auxious to escort them fo the puuch bowls uud helv them allay their uneasiness, so that by the time even the semblance of order was socured the city’s excoutive was on hand. What the M Ho was escorted to the west balcony, over- looking the rotunda, aud was introduced by Judge W. S. Strawn, who acted as master of ceremonie: 'bhe mayor suid: Illustrious Nobles of the Mystic Shrine and Ladies and Gentlemen -1 safd: I mun be g shows that he Is a citizen of the world and his lieart 15 no islund, cut’ off from other islunds, but w continent that joins them.” and | ussur 001 Arib brethr at L uppro- elate the honor, and taut it gives mo great plousure to extend to you, our guests from every partof the nation, on bebalf of our people, o most cordinl Arablan welcome to, and the froedom of, the Onsis of Omuhia, and 1 bollove that, before you leave us, we will he uble to prove to you that we ure all eitizers of the wor.d and “possessors of “continentul” \carts. Wo have had many strangers within our wutes this yoar, and yet wo feel thut your L perial Counicil isone of the most distinguished and fmportant bodies to which this midway Sity Of the Country has ever Lirown open 1ts doors, Foundod ut Mecca fn A, D 636, over twel centurics ux0, the Shrine must b one of the wostanclent of all secret orders-its object then being to teach justice, truth und merey, and to provent the érueity und corruption iu hink it the udministration of Justice in those dive Your Awcrican branch of Shrines belng estublished on the broad principles of charity s agrand and noble eallinz. Or.unlzl jour it temple, Lo Mocea 6f New Vorlk, n IN2, you huve made wonderful progress; estub) hing Bixty us with agLire gute membership of prise the “lilustrions hemisphere, On my visit to Ciuro and Marseilles In Sep- teniberand O tober, 157 on & hurried tour of the world. 1 regretted not mectins the lats W, J. Floren:e aund the iliustrions potentate, Yusef Churl Bey, of the Bowhara surine, Mur- seliles. und wissinz the opportunity of being proseutol to the sultivn, and throagh him un nduction, with Florence, inty the mysteries of the Eg ‘ptisn temp e in Cairo 100 wuch Interested o the resu s Franco-Prussian wur nnd the establishment of the French repnbl e at that time, whe Parls was zed by the Prussiuns and Gan= bottu salled out of IUIn u baioon and estiabe 1she’l his provisional ern t at Tours, S, Dermit megain (o 1 to you ono und all, ilustrio nobles, ul wel- come nud the freedom of our city, and to turn overto you the key which uniocks | the gites of tho oity an | symbolizes the freedou Which Lextend 1o you in the name of Omaha. Given the Ciuy's Freedo A prolonged outburst of applause greeted the mayor us he handed to lilustrious Poten- tate Mcllish a large golden key in & oaskeu of blue plush, In accepting the expressivo emblem of hos- pitality, the illustrious patentate said ; Mr, Muyor, Nob e She nurs and Citizens of Omuhi: T am acting hore tonight us nssfstunt £o tho lmperial potentite of the United Stytes, Who hius been 111 ever sined he las been i your olty. I um here to rocelve, on behalf of the Mystlc Shriners, this key to the city of Or by Tuay alis that hus been so graciously tendered its mayor. 1 thiuk it's ull key-rect, y that it 18 the only thing that we huve not hud up to this time. "1 wish to suy that I fuily wpprove of what the mavor has sald of tho srowth of your iy wnd ‘ot s " oth ludustries. He spoke of your pick- ing houses. but ho omitted wil referenceo to the Puxton, und Millard, wod Murray, and seversl ot 'your other hatols, which we bive transtorn®d nto packing bouses durlng the pust fow days. L think 1 muy suy that we luve established three new pucking houses bere wlrendy, wud wo wiil disteibute some of our glguntic w and strect your imu brewerle Lthiuk it 1s perhaps well thut you have i #7,0000-0 watorworks plunt, for wi have had greut need of it not necessarlly for ireigie ton, but ufter crossing the hot skuds between ho d Denver we have had o extract & bushel und perhups a barrel of it from our throats. We very much uwppreciuto the ruln hiat you hud hore. appurentiy lor our cupeciul benells, the moralog Lefore our arrival, cool- through your hoteis car companivs, Dut not throu b ase distilery or uny of your big the Thurston, RNING, AUGUS Ing the ntmosphere of this wondertul climate, where It never rains in Auzust and where it 1s never hotexcept when the thermomeater reads 1025 in the shnde. On the f our nrrival the papers said tha e marcury made it 03 course, un- able to say whetl bureau or the n the ife Let me sav here that everything since wo struck Omaha has been hot, just us well as the weathor. Now, there 1s only one lhln[‘ thit will prevent the calling of the impoeria council meeting in this eity in 808 That 1§ the fact that the Imperial council decided this afternoon to eall 1t in Clneinnati. We used o hive ¢ packing louses there, but they have been taken away by Omahog and Kunsas City, Wo do not complain of it. \We have giver ub that plehe an way of making money, nnd aro willing for the rest of you to have i chance. But we want you ull to cone 10 Cincinnati next your, and wo will 8how you acity where wo do not sell & lot for §70,0 10 Just heeause 1615 700 fant in the air. We wint tosce you al', shriners, ladi everybtoly from Denver who his over $10 in his pockef, sponsible for WSDIAPEE Feporter was any anvoody from Omaha who wiil invost money in ot und let it stuy there, Come and we will show you w continuation of the 00 ndiess lospitaiity that you have so gru- clously uccorded us here, Tho soeakers happy remarks wero heartily applauded, The band played another selection, that was encored, and an ‘Omaba quartette, con- sisting of Jules Lumbard, Josaph Barton, A. J. Van Kurau and C. T, Harvis favored with a song of welcome, Mr. Lumbard sang, “Say, Are Yo Sleeping, Maggie,” and this part of the hemisphore was then given over 10 the undisputed possession of the shriners. THE IMPERIAL COUNCIL, Operling Tasiness Session of the Shriners— Address of the Imperial Potontate, Notwithstanding that tha sons of Islum had extended their pleasures far into the night, the nobles met in the sawa abyad tulu osh-shems (litorally, in the moruing by the sunrise), aod by 9 o’clock the consistory of the Masonic temple presentod a sight which had nevergladdenca it bofore. The imperial council of the Ancieat Arabic Ovder of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine was in session, Avout the room were baoners imnuraerable bearing the symbols of this ancieat order, the star and crescent, the sphinx, with camols aud ridors, blazoned on the colors of the ordasr. Over boyond was auother room where milk was given to the faithful and whare honey flowed as told so beautifully in the koran, Illustrious Potentate Sam Briggs called the imperial council to order and lmperial Recoeder Frank M. Luce called the roll. Immediately after the call Potentate Briggs delivered bis annual report. Among other thines he said: “Ilnstrious Associates—Again I have the pleasure of grecting tho imperial bodv in an- nual congress assembled with the sulutation ordained by the Prophet (honoved ever be his name), and in accordance with statutory reg- ulation 1 present the report of the transac- tions of tne imperial ofiicers as far as the same may have come to ty kuowledge, with such recommondations us seem to be proper for your cousideration, *Nothiung can more satisfactovily illustrate the prescnt condition and prosperity of the order than to advert to the following statis- ties, which wili reflect the growth ana pr eress of our institutions, and its evident fa- fiuence in the communities where it has been established. “I'rom the inception of the order in America to the close of the presont year, the following table will 1llustrate the advance of the popularity of the order: 3 Temples. Nobles, 1 1578 ) 155 188 188 1833 1884 188 189 1857 Inss. 1880 150 1801 et astin’t'd To June 15, 1502 1 estim'vd 1.50) making u total of 62 temples and 22,739 nobles within the jurisdiction of the imperial coun- cil. A grand achievement for the few years clapsing since the introduction of the order in the western hemisphero, and a nobl ganization whose light once kindled nas unever been oxiinguished at uny ousis where a charter has been granted. "An order not requiriag to shine by borrowsd light, but eiving abundant tangivle evidence of fts ubility to live and prosper in the light of its own beneficent and appreciated influence.” Dead of the Year, Of the fraternol dead Noble Briggs satd: “While none of the active members of this imuerial council have ben summoned to the poitals of the unseen tample during the past vear, our altars have been draped 1n mourn- iug for the demise of several prominent in the Ancicot Avabic Order in America, as weil as one, who by reason of his position as a ruler in the east, hud endeared bimself to nis people, and to thoso of other uutions who had been’ brought in correspondence wita him, by his many acts of courtisy and for- bearance, which would yield his momory ad- ditionul glory by reason of the possession of those churacteristics which should be com- mon to all claiming memvership in this ori- i order. 'he list of those who have been called from among us is as follows: “David Kalakaua, 832, king of the Hawailan Islands, a novle of Islam temple, San Francisco, Cal., died at San Francisco, January 20, 1801, “William Jermyn Fiorence, 832, grand shareef of Mecca temple, New York, and vepresentative of temples iu the cast, died ut Philadlpha, Pa., Novembor 19, 1501, “Tewtik Mohammed Pasha, viceroy khe- dive of Egypt, snareof sultana of the Shrine at Caivo, Kgypt, died at Cairo, Egypt, Janu- ary 7, 1802, Sdward Mitehell, 832, right worshipful zrand treasurer of the grand lodee, A, I & A. M. of Ontario, a noble of Al Koran temple of Clevelund, O/, died ut Buffalo, N, Y., February 22, 1802, “William Franklyn Baldwin, 822, right worshipful sonior grand warden of grand lodge A. K. & A. M. of Ohio, & noble of Al Koran temple, Cleveland, Ohlo, died at Mount Veruon, Obio, April 3, 189}, “Charles H. Harris, 322, & noble of Medinah _temple of Chicago, Chicago, May 4, 1892, “I huve secured as far as possible skotchos of the lie and services of each of (he above promigent members of our nobility, and the sawe are apoended 1o tnis address for the consideration and recommendations of the proper commictee,’ Why the Order Exists. Continuing, he said: *“Miny have sought an apology {or tho existence of our oraer so fur frow its ancestral bome, and much has been written coicerning the peculine tenets and tendencies of the ‘Ancient Arabic Order’ but among the many literary offerings pre: sented none can wore thorouzhly justify our oxistence and murvelous growih than the ossay of Noblo Isaac P. Noyes, of Almas temple, which nas been read and admirved in u limited civcle. 1 have taken the libarty of incorporating it 1o this uddress, aud 1t nay bo profitably read by il into whose bauds 1o may chance to come,” und from this highly entortaining uddress the following excerpts are nade W.thin o few vears s new snd populur order bis come rapidly to tho frout, It is said the Awericans aelight i such orders, aud by somo people it is even cast upon us as a sort of reproach, and reparded us & wonk- nees of the enlightened Amsrican miud, that it should take special intorest o secret and mysterious organizatious, especially of this kind. Aod Ivis churged that iv 18 very in- couslstent iu u free and cosmopolitan race, in this age of the world,to foster such a spirit,” Tu sponking of the social faatures he yaid : “Pertiups some of our old-world stock may 11, died at cultivate this faculty too much, nnd sufter for their wunt of balance, But we, tho great Yunkee nation, uuite in our body rnl\l!c the good powits of all. We way also nherit some bad points. We do not, with wll our concelt, or supposed conceit, claim to be perfect, but we are atriving with more zeal than ever before kuown to the world aftor ‘perfection;’ ana we waut perfection of the whole mau. But it may ve asked, what as to the Arabs from whom our order is namead Ido not kuow as itlis claimed that the effervescent - spirit of the order, as developed ln Awerica, is 80 promivent iu the tha order is derived. ut of that featurs muy 18, whelly American, of the order admits of L mind, ‘whilo it builded s, (ahd noglectad not fciples . aud philosophy cullay aduptadility of ‘the clvilization of the Ats organ or department d solzed upon it s a el whereby to furiher country from which The greater davel be, and undoub! Thoe grana frame it, and the Amori wpon geand foun; the more solid thereof, 1t saw th the order for hel human race, thi of “mirthfulness,’ wost convaulent its laudable aims, Sufety Val the Systom. “When we moot & the lodeo or ‘Shrine' we vant to moet #8isobial and mirthfui be- ings, und not as @EFpuian mummios. quetto is weil ofoliErh o duo parts ana pro- portions, but tha hiiwan mind wants roliet from the cares vexations of tao day. There is a xood broad fleld lyine betwesn the lines of etiquette on the ono’ side and levity on the other, and the ‘Snrine’ seems to have discovered it WithSomo thera may bo a tendency to too mueh levity, but I think the good sense of the order is too_woll balanced to allow any perversion of the work or any innovations that will compromise the good sense of the ‘Shrine. In ihe ancient world, sehy0l8 of philosophy arose alter this order, and many a good thought and dead were wrought by thom. Many of the characters of Shakespenre ave after this ordor also; indead, his plays arareplets with tho mirthful and J@ous elemeut. So the teachings of the ‘Shrine,’ asu whole, are full of sound pbilosaphy; a philosophy that reacnes out to thy world.' What is founded on such souad philo®ophy cannot boe wrong. A pervorsion of it might be, and would be; and perchance some ‘ring’ might combine to overthrow iv and déstrov its influence, by perversion, as other good things have been broken up and destroyed, but the organiza- tion of the ‘Shriie’ {s unow so well founded, and in addition to ths mere social featuras, so mugh roal dignity parvades the whole, from the bresont sta:idpoint, ut least. 1t looks as though it had come to stay, and wo trast that it will, for cartainly it fills & department in the cabinet of secret organi- zations long desired wud yeavaed for. So, bail to the Shrine! May it ride on in power, in glory and usefulness, and prove a refresh- g ousis as WO WARNer over the weary deserts of life, May all the Shriners guard it with joalous care and psrmit none to joln its caravan or to becoms fufluential in its courts who would thgough thoughtiessness or viciousnoss pervery its beautiful work, ana thereby bring it into contempt, The anclent Greek Anacréon was ovidently in sprit a typioal Suriner, for- He has lett us some lines that are most appropriate to the orothren of today : With the blood of the purple grape— Seatter the roses p'ee iy hrow, And lot sweet strains of music flow In soft enchantmont o'er my soul, Cowie, pass the spaskling wine around— Let mirth and jolifty sbound Loud lot us raiseour iauch and song, Aud still our rovellfix polong. Tor dear unto the b this mecting and this genlal zlow, The tervent grasp of friendiy hand, The affection trus that warms our band, Thun any joy on earth we know. And as the hours iy swiftly by When soon must end 1§fo’s Titt e day, When tyrant de ith at lass shall come To lead us to our narrow home, men no more 'n sparkiin: wine Can swerifice at B eshus’ shirine. Then let us Live while yotwe my. Let pleasure’s volee beguile the In coucluding, [llustrious Pote itate Briggs sald : ; “And now I bave Peached tho end of my sixth annual address t this imperial council and I trust that as tivo full days have been wisely dedicated for our: purposes, the time will be earnestl’ deveted to thorough and judicious legisiation, and let us profit by the crrors which have previeusly been made by undue haste at the." sessions, to render our work on this occivign both perwanent ana enduring. e Either oar history shali w‘lth full mouth Spouk freely of Our acts, 4f .56 0ar KFAVO, Like Turkish, mute, #1' f{ have . tongueless wouth, Not worsliipdd by & was m eplaph.” Routlne WorA Taken Up, At the conclusion the address, which con- tained references to bylaws, charters, speciul dispensations, - oficial visits, finance and accounts, new ritual, foreign eorraspon- dence, grievancas and appeals, jurisdiction and laws, diplomus and other features of tho order, was referced to @ special committee appointed for that purpose. The reports of the imperial treasurer, Josept S. Wright, and the imperial recorder, Frank M. Luce,were then read and referred. The imperial recorder in concluding his address stated that the impoarial council was entirely fras from deot and had a balauce of #$16,571.42 in the treasary. A recess for ono hour” was then taken to give the various committces an opportunity to report, ¥ At 11 o'clock tha session ot the council was resumed ia the blue lodge room, the consis- torv room being toco warm for even the sons of the desert. The committes on jurispru- dence at once made 1ts ¥epozt and the active work of the session begam. The question of limiting the number of temples in a state to three, recommsnded by the commitree, called forth a grest doal of oratory on ine part of the Moslems and it was tinally de- cided to leave the whole matter to the discre- tion of the imperial coanell, Provision having been made for atwo days session of the imperial council, it is uuderstood @ great deal more legislation is expected than at any time in the history of tne order.. After passing upon the various recommendations of the com mittee on jurisprudency the committee ad- Journed till 2 o'clook Mlleage and Per Dlem Increased. 3 o'clock when the afternoon session perial council commenced ics grind, Imperial Chief Rubban Mellish of Cincinnati oceunying the chair of the imperial potentate in the absonce of Noble Sam Briegs, who was taken sick and unable Lo presiae over the deliberations of the council, Tao commttee on finance and griey- ances through 1ts ichairman roported that ns the oifler had increascd materially since the last session and that the expenses of the recorder had in- creased in conscquence, the commnittee rec- ommended that the reeorder’s salary be in- creased to $£2,000 vor year, including ofice rent and the et ceteras attendaut on the oftice: that §1,000 be snpropriated out of the treusury for the benefir of the polentate, and that provision be made for the printing of 500 coples of th procasdings of the present session; that the milvage for representatives oo incrensed 10 5 conts ber milo each way, and that representatives be wiven $10 per day for two days lostana of 8, us hieretdfore, all of which was udopted. Mellixh ‘o Sucoeed Briggs. The election of imperial oficors being next in order, the members were cailed upon to cast their votes for jmy 1 potentate, the teliers reporting that , Mellish had re- ceived 50 votes out of eightv-two cast, the announcement teing reeeved with eathusi- sstic appisuse by the representatives pres- ent. Mr. Mellish in aoespalag the ofice sald that the almost uuenlious eclection was an houor uny noble migbtbo proud of, but the election of himsslf to baiba reprosentative nead of up orgunization having 22,000 good follows 3 still groatorwad he fully appre- clated the grea: houorcoulerrad upon him, “This testimonial,” smd Noble Mellish, “ou the part of every tempie in the country, touchies my heart, for jt comes without so- licitation.~ And with power God mmy give me I will ende.vor to prove worthy the trusr, It is no small bonor to preside over 80 emivent & body. of mee, men who bave passed the ortals of Kuight Tempiarism on ' fi — Scottish Rive, the flower and chivalry of all seeret organ izations, and with My,bun-buug I will en- deivor to proveto you, nobles of the imporial council, Lhat you "havo veen wise ia your cboice. 1 call” upop you, Nobles of the Mys- tic Surine, and every potentale presiding over avers tomple, to aid me in the work en- Lrusted o my cars, 80 thay the order saail be worthy of tho confidence and estoew of avery good wowan whoin e hounor us wife, aaugh ter or sweetheurg’ I await your further pleasure,” The speech recelved with a thorough Arabic - demgnstratien and must have warmod theTieart of the eleet, Other Ofticors Chosen, A uvoble then moved that uomiuating speochos bo limited to vwo minutes for 1he [CONTINUED ON BECOND PAGE.) l GUARDING AGAINST RIOTING 8pecial Polics and Doputy Sheriffs Being Sworn in at Luffalo, STRIKING SWITCHMEN QUIET TODAY Between One and Two Hundred Cars Do. the Ires Which ted with Trouble Likely to Sy seine - ead, Brrraro, N. Y., Aua. 15, —The police com- missioners today nic busy swearing in special policemon on account of the ratlroad strike. ‘The shieriff is ulso sweaving in deputies ou side thoe city limits at the yards. The sheriff will call on the militury only as a last vesort. In the ruins of onc of the cars burned last night the police have found the ramains of an empty kerosane can, showing the manner in which the tirs was started by the incendi- arles. Tho fire dopartment claims the work of the men at the froight car department was much impeded by tho cutting of hose by un- known parties. Twelve lengths of hoso were cutand rendered useless during the night. Lt is estimated that from 100 to 200 cars were destroyed by the incendiary fire Everythiog was quiet in tho ds up to noon, 1tis reported that the strike wili be likely to spread to the Brie yardsai Hornells- vitle. Grand Master Sweeny emphatically ocondemns the acts of luwlessness und states that it was the work of irresponsible indi- viduals who could not be controllea and not of the strikers. It was reported that during the morning gangs of men pulled couvling pins from tho Brie train noar the Willlam street crossiag and extra police were called to the scene, Tywo striking switchmen, Johu on and John Schafer, were in polico court this morning charged with sssaulting Charles Hershey. A Lohigh Valley attorney ap- peared to prosecate, but the case was post- poued till Thursduy. Reliable reports from I3ast Buffalo and Cheektowaga showed that the Lehigh Valley haa lost twelve freight oars aud the Erio fourtecn by fire. KOM A RAILKOAD OFFI 1AL, President McLeod of the Lehigh Tells 115 Sido of the Story. Prininaienia, Pa., Aug. 15.—The switch- men’s strike on the Lehigh Valley railway which, though viewed with becoming seri- ousncss by tho Reading mansgement, oce: sions no apprehension as to the outcome, Men in numbers more than suflicient to fill the places of tho strikers have been secured and thus far thera has been no absolute stop- page of traftic. Three freight tramns were moved this morning. None of the perishabie treight hus been stopped. In an interview today President McLeod furnished some exceadingly interesting in- formation regarding the striko, ““To intelligently understand the situation at Buffalo,” he explained, “‘you must know that Buffalo is the dividing line between the western roads and the trunk lines. Both concentrate here and this point forms the zeogruphical line between the western and eastorn railway systoms, It likowise sup- plies the differiug conditions between thp eastern and western rouds, The roads west of Buffalo get higher rates for their traffic and the classitications are higher; every- thing is on a higher scale and the cost ot liv- ing to ibe railway emploves greater, hence they are paid higher wages than are pald in the east. Inangurated the Movement at Chicago. ome vears ago the labor organizations starting at Chicago inaugurated a movement for higher wages aloug the western lines, moving eastward in their work of arbitra- tion. Oue by one they took in the various rallroad yards uutil Buffalo was finally reached. Here the two systsms moet, and here, s in (hicago, the employes ol the west- ern roads get higher wages because the western roads, receiving better rates can af- ford to vay the aifference. The walking dele- gates juwped at the ovportunity, and uried equal rates, notwithstanding the widely dif- foring conditions, When tue demand for an advance was made to the eastern roads at Buffalo all declined except tho Delawar Lackawanna & Western, which granteda the aavance, althougn in so doing it exercised manifest discrimination against 1ts other empleyus 1n the eust, “Althongh the Lehigh Valley declined to meet thedemanas of the inen when tho road was & sepurite organization, thev renewed them when the road was lessed by the Read- wg. Iiovestigated the matter and decided that we could not grant the advance without raising the wazes of our men in New York, Philadelphis, Reaaing and everywhere else on our system, which, under the circum- stauces, was unwarranted. To have done so would have been unjust to the vesi of our people. *Onour declination the strikers held a meeting on July 22 at Waverly, What oc- curred there may be gleaned from this chap- ter of the proceadings. Jounselled Violonce, “The worthy master says that the present occasion would be a good one to decide how the strike should ne conducted, McNamura says he was 1n favor of using force, should it become necessury todo so. ‘that his plan would be to run cars off thetrack, go throngh the yard, kaock holes into engine tanks, cut hose, etc., 8o as to disable engines. Murray mith and others spoke against too much violence; ngroed that, however, that a little would bé 8 good thing.: 1cNamara further said the plan of the striko was to bave a mao named Cross, a big, reckless fellow from Buffalo, and one or two others from there, take charge of thi end. The strike would by declared at mid- night. The Buffalo men had given their word that all arcangements hud been made to run off the truck and wreck freignt and coul cars euough from 12 o'clock midnight up o 2 a. m., Lo biock up tue whole road for a whole week us the yard was full of cars. He (McNamara), thought there should be some- thing done at this end of the line so that no cars should be sent over the Erie,or the Del- aware, Luckawanua & Westero, They had the assurance of the other s1x rouds running iuto Buffalo that they would not banale a car on the Philadeipliia & Reading, aod the Erie had the same question of wages befors them and could be depended upon to stand by the Pbiladelphia & Reatriog switchmon, veenoy suid Lo did not expect to got the advance without a short struggle, vut was confident of winning. Swceney promises thom that they would receive thelr wases or sink the organization,” Restralued feom Worklng by “Iu1s significant to note,” added Mr. Me- Lood, “thut those ‘threats of July 22 were vall roe, carried out yeswerday. Our cars wore wrecked wnd burned and the worst kind of lawlessness provailed. 1 can only add,” con- tinued President Mcl.eod, ‘‘that theve are thousands of competent men ready to go to work for us in Buffulo, who ave doterred only by violeuce. All we ask Is protection by the local suthorities and this I am suve will ve furnished us. In fact I am justiuformed that the sheriff of Bradford county, Penu- sylvauia, with fifty men, is now 1u charge of our yard at Sayre, Pa, [ have no doubt of the ouwcome. We are certain to win.” When asked whether he would make any concessions to the dewands of the strikers, Preaident Mcleod auswered emphutically, “No, sir, " Prospoots for Fxtending, New Yous, Aug. 15,—The strike of the switchinen and trala hands on the Lebigh Valloy and Erie rallroads at Buffalo inay ex- tend to the yards of the various roads iu Jer- sey City. Thomen in these yards recelve thy samo pay and are worked just as wany bours &s the switchmen in Buffale, A‘ switchman in the Leh} Valiey yards said today that thera wot =, be a meeting held some day this woek of Switehmen's Mutual Aig America in Jersey Cluy \ tlon of ordering o eerara railrona yards in tho viel of Jersay City, This organization is made of freight con- ductors, switchmon, night helpers and day heipers, The mon complain that they are ro- quired to work from twelve to fifteen hours a duy, aud thoy want extra pay 10r ovory hour theg work over ten hours a day. Chey would al80 11k to got an advance in wages of from two to four cents an hoar, Thore ara 700 membors of the y0:iation of North \isider the quos- ike in all the mon employed in the Erio yards, 600 in the Jersey Contral yards, 700 {n the Pannsylva- nta yards, #)) in"tho Lohigh Valley yards ant 5% 'in the Dalawire, Lackawitinn & Western yards, Thoy willall go out if & stuike is ordered, HLLD UP THE TRAINS, Waverly, N, Y., Strikers Refose to Allow Trains to Run, Ertvira, N. Y., Aug. 15, —Greatexcitement prevails at Waverly, N, Y., on accouat of the strike of the Lehigh switchmer, A cot- lision betwoen the strikers und switchmen seemed nevitable this morning over an ut- tempt to run an engino ‘and caboose out of Sayre, Pa.. Just acress the line. The men surrounded the engino and refus to let it g0, Sheriff Powell turned the switch him- selfy but it was immeaiately turned back by the strjicers. The switch was finally maae, but thstrikers pulled the coupling nin be- tween the engine and cars and maas snother delay. “The sheriff tried to arrest some of tho men, but thoy wero immediately rescued by their comrades. Superin- tendent Stephenson and the sheviff mounted the pilot, but could not keep the men away from the eugiie. At noon the en- gine haa gone about 200 yvards and the strik- ers were in commuud of the situation. The altorcations botween the sherif’s posse and the strikers huve been conducted thus far without any serious results. A special just received from Sayre says that the Pittsburg men were ordered to re- port to Superintendent Stephenson this morning to tuke the place of the strikers. Thoy reported, but refused Lo g0 to work. INVESTIGATE, WIL Grand Master Wilkinson of the Brotherhood of Tratnmen on His Way to Buftalo. Cnieaco, 1L, Ang. and Master Wil- kinson of the Brotherhood of Rulway T'rain- men passed through Chicago today on his way to Buffalo. He said that his organi- zation would not interfere with the striking switchmen, s it did some time since during the troubles of the Chicago & Northwestern railway in this city, if the switchmen could show that the preseat strike was a move au- therized by tho officers of the switchmen’s union, *“\When we were on strike some time ago,” said he, “I told Grand Master Sweeney of the switchmen that the strike was author- ized. In this caso I bavo received no word from him or other officors of his organiza. ve g the present troudlos in BufTalo, it I hear uothing from them 1 must conclude that the strike is not authorized by the switchmen’s union, and we will follow the tactics woe pursued in tne Chicago & Northwestern strike. The trainmen carnot aliow an i 'u:l)uuuibm band of strikers to throw them out of work in this way. If, on wy areival at Buffaio, I find that the high officers of the switchmen’s upion have not endorsed or oraered the strike, the truinmen will do nothing for them.” Rewards Oftered. Pumaperrin, Pa., Aug. 15.—The follow- ing was issued this afteruoon THE PHILADELPHIA & READING RATLROAD. PHILADELPHIA, Anz. 15.—~Not co—A roward of £50) will he paid Lo uny person or persons who wiil furnish the evidenca which will jexd to the arrcst of any person or persons who shail be zullly of violence to the company’s em- ployes or destruction of I1s property. A. A, McLeop, President. A Reading official in speaking of this notice suid: *“The Reading company means by this anuouncement that summary meas- ures will be adopted to protect itself agninst acts ot incenaiarism, assaults upon its em- vloyes, criminal attempts to obstruct travel and bring avout general destruction to life snd property. It is & question between proparty and erime.” The riotico has been printed in large type on cardboard and will be displayed at points along the compauy’s lines whers the switch- men’s strike is now in progress, Wil Win, Burraro, N. Y., Aug. Grand Master Sweeney in an interview tms afternoon soid: ‘“fho strike bLas spread to Waverly and will probably go to Horuelisville and Bradford, where the switchmen arc dissatis- fied. It bas not spread to uuy of the other roads in Buffalo, We have come to an agree- ment with tho Western ~New York & Penn- sylvania on a ten-hour basis and will huve no trouble with that road. A conference with the general superiutendent of the Buffalo, Roclester & Pittsburg bas been arranged for today. 1¥xpect a settlement will also be mado with that road.” Sweeney further says that the Krie und Lebigh switchmen had been treated badly, their udvances beiug spurned by those in high authority. Rofasing Perisia ods, WiLkEssarne, Pa., Aug. 15.—The strike of the switchmen on the Reading system has seriously affected freight triffic on the Philadelphia & New York, una the Wyoming divisions of tho Lehigh Valley railroad. Orders were issued today from the genoral office of the Reading system, instructing freight agents south of Coxton and iuclud- ing all branch roads to accept no live stock or perishable freight for sbipment until further orders, Passeuger traios from Buftulo are ruaning on time, Westbound passeuger traflic 1s interrapied. Sweol Coucerning the Militin, Avnasy, N. Y., Aug. 15.-Adjutant Gen- orul Porter arrived bere totight. Ha koew uothing about the oraering out of the na- tlonal guard at Bualo, Governor Flower and Colonol Fellows, his private sccretury, are out of the city, Tha goveruor's militury sccrotary, Colonel K. i, Juason, jr., swid tonignt that he bad no offiviat kuowledee of the wilitia being called outut Buffulo, Tho Situatlon at Susquehann, BUsQUEANNA, Pa, Aug. 15, ~The switel men's strike of the Nickel Plate, New York, Lake Erie & Western system bas not reachoed hers, but there 1s a woll-defined rumor, which receives general credence, thata gen ral strike all along the line will' be ordered At widnight unless the diffurences between the men #na the cowpany are adjusted before that bour in Buffulo, ops Ordered Out, Burrato, N. Y., m.—The Sixty-first rogimont has just been sent to Choektowaga to guard the Lebigh Valloy and the Krie yards thore tonigh. At 1:80 8 m. the Tuirty-fourth regiment Lad been culled out to protect the Contral & West Shore property, it being feared that the switchuicn ou Lhese roads muy €0 out Lo night. Tw ron Mills Start U LANCASTEL, P, Aug. 15.—~The Susque- bavua Iron company snd Columbia Iron company started work today after six weeks' suspension. The puddlers ucoepted a reduc tion from #4100 Lo §4.45 per ton, Abou 6I0 wen are employed at the wills, Americ Clals Agalnst Chill, Wasiixaron, D, C., Aue 15, —~Acting Sec- retury Adee today recelved a cable from Miulster Egan at Santiago saying that the Chilian Chgmber of Deputios had unuw- mously appropriated 75,000 as an 1ndemnit 10 the sallors of tne United States ship Bal- timore, and also had approved the treaty for the settloment of claims of eitizeus of the United States against Chill, The majority l of these cluitas arise out of the recent wars between Chill aud Peru aud Bolivis, woich §0 buok about fifty yeal e NUMBER 59, DROVE OUT CONVICT MINERS Free Whits Miners of Tennessce Oapture Another ftookade, ITS INMATES ARE SENT TO NASHVILLE Serfous Trouble Is Anticipited—The Sherl® Dectares Himself Poy Order—A Messenger Boy Horso Kille closs to Proxerve Has o Under Him, Crarraxooas, Tenn., Aug. 15.—~Tho con. vict loase systom, which oceasioned the law- lessness of tho Coal Creck miners at Brice. ville, In Anderson county, about this time las: yoar, is again oxciting cause for riot and luwiess outbroaks in another district. Mut- terings ana threats of this have filled the air for months, and correspondents who were on tho ground at Briceville freely stato that thero was o perfect organization of all the frce miners In the states of Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama, who were sworn to ria all the mives of the convicts, The idea was not recoived with full credence, and no extraor.inary procaa- tions havo been taken to provent an outbroak 10 other districts remoto from the scenes ot the troubles of 1501, Tho first intimation was the unexpected attack on the guards at Tracoy City last Friday night, and the liber- ation of the convic! The story of how they were sent back to Briceville was told in these dispatche: From Tracy City it is but a short walk down the mountain to Victoria, whero a large nut.ber of coke ovens are in operation and trouble was partially expected after the outbreak ut Tracy City, The suspicion was well fouurted, for early Sunday morning lit- tle knots of miners bogan to congregate, among them some strangers from Tracy City, aund every miue was visited by them. They gathered torether about 200 well armed men and proceeded toward the stockade. Thq squad of guurds formerly on duty at Tracy City, who had taken the leased prisoners from there to the penitentiary at Nasuville, were enroute to Inman to reln- force the men and protect the prisoners there. B Captured the Inman Stockade, At Whitewell the train was stopped on & trestle and the reinforcemenc cut off; then @ movement was made on Inman. No re- istanco was made and 282 convicts and twenty-seven guards were taken prisoners by the mob of free miners, led by one R. P, Heltor, the pa haviug left Whitewell socretly last uight. The prisoners were murched to Victoria, losded on cars and huuled awa, The stockade was not burnod and no damage w: done to the property of the company, ~ Last night work was ordered suspended, the frea miners having been missing from the village. The conviets were taken to Bridgeport, Ala., and from there sent by the Nashville & Chattanooga Railrond company to Nashville under chargo of 3. B, Wade, state superin- tendent of prisons, Judgo Moon of this circuit, holding cours at Jusper, promptly aud vigorously ordered the shoriff to summon a vosse and, 1f possibls protect the eaptured stockade, Tte sheri says he cannot secure a suficient forco to enforce the ovdor, but left on the first train for [nman, It is thought that work will be resumed in the mines tomorrow morning and there seems to be cousiderable unensiness among the free miners, thev fearing a lockkout as the result of thelr action today. Fired on a Telegraph Messonger. The wires were cut early this morning and communications were sent by a round aboat. circuit to Nasnville, A messenger boy on horseback.was busy carrying reports from tho station at Whitewall to the telegraph office. The miners ordered him to stop, and he not heeding their orders, was fired on and the horse shot under nim. The stock- ade may not be burned, as the town of Iomwan would burn with it, and thereis a high trosile of tho branch road built above the stockade that would also go, 1n which case 1t would render work in the mines 1me pussible, thus cuttivg off the men who come posed the mob as well as the convicts. Sherift Morrison wired Governor Buchanun the facts in tho case this morning, and was ordered by the goveruor to summon @ posse and protect tho company’s property. The sheriff has ndvised the governor 1hat lie (the sheriff) 1s utterly helriess to do anything toward bringing members of the mob to justice, All the buildings at Inmas und one side of the barricude were aestroyed hy minors with axes and battering rams. They did §3,000 demages aund left, Sheriff Morrison then secured a small posse which is now guardiug tho mines 10 prevent their cscape. —_————— DESPuIRATE « EXANS, Fou of Them Engage in Bloody Battle with Plstols und Kuives, New Onveaxs, La., Aug. 10.—The Pica- vune's San Antonfo special says: Nows uis been received here from Macaule, thia county, to tho effect thata bloody and san- guinary tragedy occurred there today. Thae people’s purty were hoiding a convention there and a quarrel over politics oc. curred between Caleb Marrett and Jobn Pobls ou one side Davis and Burton Browa on the other. When the convention uajourned the battle began, All four men were armed with pistols ‘and bowie koives, Simuitaneously they began firing, and when theiv pistols were empty they closed in with their knives and fought in the most desper- ate mauner. After they fell to the ground they kept on siashing one enother until two were dend and the other Lwo 80 tadly injured that they canuob recover. —— Movements of Ocean Stenmers, At Now York—Arrived—State of Ne- braska, (rom Glasgow. At Boston—Arrived - Austrian, from Glas. £owW. Al Queenstown—Arrived—Lord Gough, from Philadelphia, AtNew York—Arrived ~Steamors Greecel, from London; Aller, from Bromeu; Finance, from South American ports, Thrown tron p and Killed, » Wag Hovniee, Nob,, Aug. 15.—[Speoial Tels- gram to Tue Beg|-J. W. Jackson of Loomis received a telogram while in this city today announcing the sudden death of his 12- sear-old son by beiug Lhrown from & wagon ou which he was lowdiug wheat, the wheels assiug over bim, killing him insiantly, - WEATHER FOKECASTS, Promised Difforent Weather for Toduy, Wasnixoroy, D. C., Aug. 15,—For Ne- braska—Iair, except showers in northeast portion; warmer in cast portion; eooler in west portion; winds shifting to northwest, or lowa—Falr, except showers in north- west portion; warmer; south winds, Dakotas—1air; warmer in east portion; 0oler in west portion; winds shifte lng Lo northwest, kit Kinds of Omana's Local Record, Orvice oF Tiug WEATHER BUREAU, OMATA, Aug. 15.—Omabs record of tempora- ture ana rainfall compared with correspoud- ing duy of past four years: 1502 1801, 1500, 1889, Maximum temperaturo.... K= 7= WS §19 Minnum tomperature ... 92 082 642 612 Averago teniporature.. .. . ™ 7= e 1@ Preelpltation ..., e 00T 00 00 Statowent showlug the condition of tomper- ature and preoipitation at Omuha for the da; us compared will and since Mureh 1, 154 the generdl average: | Normul temperature Excess for tho da Detic enoy sinece Mu wul precipit stion. cloucy for the aay Deticioney sino Mureh i, % 5, 5. Bassues, Local Foreoast O 4 tnoh olak