Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 4, 1892, Page 5

1 ~Wolto's THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1892—SIXTEEN PAGES. RESULT OF A SLIGHT ERROR Nebraska's Mortgage Indebtedness Not Cor- reotly Tabulated, VISITORS COMING TO LINCOLN'S FAIR Thoagh the Exhibition Will Not Ite Opened Until Monday the State Capital Already Crowded—Mrs, But- ler's Dower Rights. Lixcony, Neb,, Sept. 8.—[Special to Tue Bre.|—-Some time during the month of July Commissioner Andres of the state bureau of imaustrial statistics completed the tabulation of the mortgage indebtedness record of tho state. The totals showed during the year which ended June 50, the ageregate amount of mortguges filed in the state was $22,400, 643, whilo the releases amounted to §17,004,- 965.16. 'I'he accuracy of these figures was questioned at tho time, and in order that there could be no question the entire work of tho year has again been carefully gone over. The result shanges the figures very matertally. It is now ascertained that an error of over §1,000,000 existed in tho original figures. The corrected totals aro as follows Fliled, §°,400,043; releasod, $18,005,064 .30, More wortgages were reloased than filed, tl- $hough the reieases were for smaller amounts, Coming to the Falr, Although the state fair will not be opon for the reeeption of visitors unti Monduy morning, tho aity 1s already ramdly filling up with straugers, Every train brings o crowd, and improvised bodrding and lodgit & houses are springing up on every hand. At the state fair grounds the activity of yester- day still continues, and work is progressing rapidly, despite the heavy showers which have fallen at intervals during the dav, The program for the races as finally arrangea is &8 follow: Monday—Trotting stake, foals of 1801, seciety udds £200, ten ontries; three-minute trot, purse $600, twelve entrios; pacing stake, fouls of 180, three-minute clnss, society adds £200, five entries; running throe-quarter mile dash, prize $150, Tuesday—Trotting stake, foals of 1800, three-minute class, society adds $25 ontries; 2:82 trot, purse £600, twelve ontries; 2:35 puce, purse $5)0, eleven entries; run- ning, mile dash, purse $200. Wednesday—Trotting stake, foals of 1886, *b0 class, society adds $300, uwelve entries; 5 trot, purse $000, six entries; trotting, N class, purse $600, eloven entrios; pacing, 0 cluss, purse €600, six entries; running, half milo dash and repeat, purse $200, Thursday —Trotting stake. fonls of 1888, 2:38 class, socicty adds 300, six entries; 2:50 trot, purso $00, twelve ontries: tng, 2:25 class, purse $600, ten entries ning, one and oue-half mile dash, purse I'riday —I'ree-for-all, foals of 18! adds £300, six entries: trotting, purse 000, fourteen entries; trotting, 2:20 class, purse $600, nine entries; running, one mile and ropeat, purse £00. Reduced Its Capital Stock, Amended articles of incorporation of the Nebraska Suvings bank of Omaha were filea with the secretary of state today. Ata meeting held last January the stockholders decided to reduce the capital stock from 400,000 o £200,000, and also to reduce the nomiual value of each share of stock from £100 to §17.50. A. H. Gale of the Nebraska Columbian commission wus at tho state house today. The commission will hold a meeting in this city Monday. Having More Trouble, The Rock Island is experiencing quite a httle difficulty 1n secucing its right of way through south from this city and has again been comyelied to go Into the courts. Con- demnation proceedings were commenced agaiost property owned by J. C. McMurtry and J. V. Wolfe. The McMurtry tract lies along tho soutk sido of the Burlington rail- road, near the intersection of Twenty-sov- enth and Oak stroots. Tho company also wants a strip 100 feet wide through J. V. farm southeast of Lincoln. The petition filed toduy allezes that the owners of the above described property and the regularly autborized agents of the company are unable to agree on the amount of dam- ages that should be paid, and asks for the appointment of a right of way commission. Demunding Her Dower Rights, Mrs. Lydia Butler, widow of the late Gov- ervor David Butler, is seeking to have her dower intereats in the property 1n this city owned by her late husband recognized and confirmed by the courts. It is a matter of bistory that at one time Governor Butler owned a grest many lots in the city of Lin- coln. These lots were sold at sheriff and private sale from time to time, but Mrs. Butler never signed any of the deeds, neither was she represented in any of the sales. Governor Butler died intestate and Mrs. Butler claims that upon his death she became eutitled to a_dower interest in all of suoh real estate, In her pedtion she al- leges that she has never at any time re. leased, conveyed or relinguished her dower interest in the property and that she has never been lawfully barred. The property in which she claims an interest is at present owned by Isnac and Jane Leming and W. V. Carveth and wife, From the Police Court, Elmor Scott is being detained at tho polico station to await the arrival of officers from Gulesburg, 1L, where ho 1s wanted for bur- glary. Charles Allen was sentenced to ten days in the county jail for being without visiblo means of Support. Frank Miller, a colored man,was t aken in by the police because he carried an overcoat which failed to compare with tho rest his wardrobe. Thero was no _evidenco against him, bowever, and he was discharged, hay was sentenced to the county Jail for ten days for stealing a part of a suii of clothes from W. Kerpes at 842 P street, Three inmates of the Weir dive wero cach fined $10 and costs this morning, Lincoln ln Brief. The fire department made a long run on West O street at 9 o'clock this morning, A blaze had started at Boyer’s slaughter house at West Tbird and K streets, but it was ex- tinguished beforo the arrival of che dopart- ment. Next Monday will be duly observed as Laoor duy in Lincoln, C. D. Schrader, indo- penuent candidate for lieutenant governor, is booked for the address. John Bruce, a colored soldier recently dis- churged, was arvested this afternoon on the streugth of a telegram from Crawfora, where he is wanted on the chargo of obtain- lng money on false proteuses, nt News Notos. Sept. 8.—|Special to Tis Beg. | —Mrs, Elizabeth Wispell commenced on action 1n district court yestorday for divorce from her husbaud, Henry 1. Wispell, alleging cruelty, During the rain this morning the lightning piruck and broke off avout teu foet of the flag pole on the top of the court house. No other injury was done oxcept to frighteu some of the “boys.” Judge W. H. Hunter said “'ho was ready to resien.” Tom Killeen, tho county elerk, snid ho thought it “was time to pray,” while John Derp, the county treasurer, said “hoe aid not foel the shook and Wwas not ready to resign.” Rev. W. H. Buss, pustor, will soon occu py the elegant new parsonagd which has just been fluished by the congregational veople, Judge William Marshall hold a short ses. slon of court this foreroon and granted a di- vorco iu the case of Malwmburg acainst Malmbure, cause, adultery. * He rendered judgment in favor of Thomas McClenoghan against Union Pacific Railroud company for 50 aud costs, and one against the same de- fendant in favor of Joseph McCienoghan for 250 ana costs. He also rendored decreo of Toreclosure in the case of J, T May agaiust Mary Wortman for 8543 and also in the cuse o Dg,vl\l Stllson sgaiust Bmma Bloom for F704.70. Mrs. G. W. £, Dorsoy and her mother have roturned from their summer sojourn in Mich- igan, much fwproved inbealth, Mayor Fried and wifo have roturned from Mauitou, Colo. H. J, Leo bas returued from his visis to Salt Lake City, Hon. J. Sterliug Morton was shaking hands with many of his old friends hero yesterday, returnivg from ARtalons countyy W B Fee bas gous o i ranch near Wood Lako, E. Tebbetts and fomily bave moved to Beatrice. Fraok J. North and fumily” of Columbus have moved FremoxT, Nob o this city and will occupy the house va- vated by Tobbetts, Mrs, Pock, who resides in the western [act of this city, s quite sick and ber friends ave cabled to her daughter, who weut to Germany to complete hor musical education, but thas far can receive no answer to their message and fear she is in the Asatic cholera distriet. Prof. Mullin, who maue many friends while connected with the normal school here, will move to Lincoln this week, having vecome a member of the faculty of the West- orn normal school there, Wanted at Grand GraNo Tstaxn, Neb,, Sept. Special to Tur Bre. | —A complaint has been mado and officers are searching for William Deuton, who attempted to outrage his niece, Jenuio Deuton, on August 17, So far ho has not been apprehended, Jeunie Deuton was a distant relative of Mrs, Sampson of this city, and not a sister ,as previously stated, Sentenced a Cattle Thief. Avuios, Neb., Sept. 3,—[Special Telegram to Tur. Bre.|—Tho celobrawa Mike Lamb case, for stealing cattlo, was disposea of today by Judge Sullivan, sentencing Mike to Serve Lwo years in tho peaitentiary. ANTI-TIN PLATE LIAR ANSWERED, Tom Cooke of Lincoln's Compliments to A (nanims), Roberts Anent Tin Plate. LixcoLy, Neb,, Sept. 3. —Mr, Tom Cooke, secrotary of tho republican state central committes, addresses the following com- munications to A. Roberts of this city: A. Koberts, “esteomed and well known citizen,” the Lincoln Hurald of July 25, 1801, contaiued an interview with you relativo to your visittoa tin plate mill at Aunderson, Ind. After recounting the difficuities which you experienced 1n finding the mill, which are hardly equal to those a stranger in this cty wouid have had to surmouat in finding the oftice of the New Rspublic when you were its manager aud editor, you proceed to desoribo what you saw. I'io Herald of last weok contained a com- munication from you, exprossing your grati- floation because of the fact that this mill had been sold by tho sherifl and valling on me tor an answer. You rightly subscribe yourself, “Yours in tin?" that is correct—sardines como that wuy. [am informed that tho company which operated the mill at Andoerson started with but little capital; that it run benind in its finances and its’ property was sold by the sheriff to sausty o judgment of $300. Doubt- less when the company started 1t had groat hopes of success and made extravagant estimates of succoss, A few years ago a certain architect, long o resident of this city, forsook his vocation and embarked in the newspaper business s the managine editor of the New Republio. 1 doubt uot, that, with “the iris pencil of hope,” he figured out the vast sums of money he would make for the company as well as the extravagant ostimates of con- verts to prohivition which he would bring 1a. The court records will disclose the uumbes of suits commenced and judgments rocovered against tho comvany, whose business was conducted by this architectural managing editor. It might not be vossible to state the time when bis success as a complete failure in the newspaper lins became so0 apparent that he resigned. His fatlure does not prove that the nowspaper business could not be successfully conducted. I do rot reccllect that auy person in or out of this state went into print to express his joy at the ill success of tuls enter- prise. It vemained for you to give exprossion to that kind of patriousm, The Hall Stove and Range compuny recently closed business here, and its property was sola under order of the court; if you ever heard of that lamentable ‘fact it certainly cansed a relaxation of the profane muscles of your face. Up to date the expression of joy at the failure of the Anderson Tin Plate company have been contined to British munufacturers, the democratio party and yourself—an Amer- ican citizon who reels a deeper joy over the failure of one tin plate mill than over five- and-twenty that succeeaeds The next time you go to Indiana stop at Gas City and examine the tinning works now in process of erection there by the firm of E. Morewood & Co., -of Lienelly and Swausea, Wales, Then run over to Illwood, same state, and look over the works of the American Tin Plate company. Go through the rolling mill built of iron, 13 X170 foet 1 dimensious; the.cold rolling mill of brick 135x00 feet; the tioning house of brick, 170x50 feet. Examine the engines, one of 1,000-horse power and one of 600. Look at five roll Morewood tinning machines. Go to kizabethport, N. J., and view the works of the Morewood Tin Plate Manufasturing company there. Call on the Somerton Tin Platé works of Brook- Ilyn, _ Visit the tin plate works in New York ocity, in Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Apollo and’ Williamsburg, Pa., Piqua, Conneaut and Irondale, O., Balti- more, St. Lows, Hammond, Ind, Satisfy yourself that for tho fiscal yoar ended June 30, 1892, 18,640,719. pounds of tin and terne plates and 14,000,000 pounds of black plates which entered into the manufacture of tin and terne plates were produced in the United States. Learn tho fact that up to June 80 last thero had been smipped from Tomescal tin mine iu San Bernardino county, Callfornia, 282,6¢8 pounds, or 141 tons of pig tin. Then, it your sorrow at this success in the manufac- ture of tin and terne plates don't kil vou, come home, and in a letter the Herald ex- press your wild grief, which will far ex- ceed your present joy over the failure of che mill at Anderson. gt A CLOSED THE SUPREME LODGE. Conclusion of the Natlonal Congress of Pythinns at Kunsas City, Kaxsas City, Mo., Sept. 8.—The supreme lodge of the Knights of Pythias closed its lubors today, after a session lasting two wecks, Never since tho order has had a being has a convention of 1ts national con- gress been so prolific of measures fraught with good and so calculated for the progress and advancemont of the crganization, Every state, district and territory in the United States was revresented and ulso the Canadiun proviuces of Ontario, Mauitobs and Now Branswick. ‘The adoption of an entirely new ritual for the order was a high compliment io the ability of vhe ritual committee, composed of Hon. W. B, Richie of Obio, R. L. C. White of Tennessee, W. A. Radchife of Missourl and E. E. Prench of Nebraska, If tms convention had done nothing else but abolish the “six dollar” clause in the constitution, it would have done well; by this act it at last removed a reprouch against the ordor nnd reiloved the order from the imputation of being a *‘choup John institu- tion. The case of Aldine lodge No, 120 of Chi- cago created a good deal of excitement, and there was a large lobby from Ilhuols urging the reversal of Supreme Chancellor Shaw in his restoration of thecharter of Aldine lodg Representative Witllam D. Kenunedy of Ch cago had_charge of the case for tho accused lodge. He carried the day aud the supreme lodge, by an almost unanimous vote, sus- tained the act restoriug the charter, Auother importaot question also came up in regard to the rightof two grand offices being held by one person, and it was decided adversely. This was strennously opposed by George Hawkes of Peunnsylvania but he was aefeated ond now he will have to choose between holding the office of grand keeper of rocords and seal and resigning the oftice of supreme represontative. Heacoforth the ritual of the order will be in the Kuglish language only, a8 DY the action of the vody vesterday the supreme lodge voted that the luuguage of the country was good enough for all Pythians. Toduy the supreme lodge adopted most stringent sud far reaching provisions against outside insurance organizatious using the namo of tho order and providiug for Lbe -ex- pulsion of all members so using the order's name. The question of excluding from the mombership of the order all saloonkeepers and bartenders was roferred to the grand lodges of tho various states, and the question of providing o home for aged members and orphans of members was postpoued until the uext bienuial session of the supreme lodge. or Share, City Attornoy Conuell aud Councilman Jacobson, of the comumities on finauce, beld a cousultation this afternoon with the coun! ofticials, rolative to the oity's sbare of the road fund. The consultation was satisfac- tory to all conoerued. The county officials reed to make up a statemont showing the s share of Lhe movvy and also o turn over sowe 20,000 or $30,000 next weok. OFTHE U. S. NATIONAL GUARD Ooastitutional Provisions for the Establish- ment of a Citizen Roldiery. RADICAL DEFECTS OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM Original Intentions Have Nevor Been Real- Ized and, Evidently, Cannot Be—Opin- lons of a Competent Military Authority on Federal Control. Since the severe punishment of Private Tams by Colonel Streator during tho strike at Homestead the attention of militia oMcers all over the country has again boen drawn to the plan of placing the National Guard under the direct supervision of the socresary of war and estavlisuing a bureau of the Na- tlonal Guard in the War department, A prominent army officer now serving at tho headquarters Daparument of the Platte has this to suy rogarding the matter: The recent calls for troops in connaction with the labor nagitations and armed insur- roctions, notably in New York, Pennsy vania, Tennesses, Wyoming and Idaho, have ouce more directed public attention to those mititary organizations of the different states known as the National Guard. According to the latest returns from the adjutant general’s office, the aggregate strength of these organ- izations is tixed at about 110,000 men. Now York aloue maintains 10,000, Pennsylvania about 8,000, Ohio 5,000; in the less populous states the numbers are smaller, the nini- mum strength forany state being 100 guards- meu for ench senator and representative in tho vutional congress. No state 1s entitled toshare the benefits of the national appro- priation for the militia unless it maiztaius an active militia to tho extent of the mini- mum limit, in nearly all tho states annual encampments of the National Guard are held, and ofticers of the rezular army aro do- tailod to ovserve the work of instruction thereat. The official reports of these offi- cors, published as inclosures to the raport of tho fuspector general of the army, indicate that these troops have attained a fair degree or discipline and considerable proficiency at drill, but are almost eutirely uninstracted in practical tield work. As an outcome of this co-operation by the War department, it is now proposed by Albort Pope of Boston to bring the National Guard still more directly under the influence afd control of the regular army by seeking legislation by congress establishing o sepa- rato bureau of the War departwent to be known as the Military department, to be under the control of the secrotary of war, and to have for its chief a_brigadier genecal, with whom is to be associated u proper stafl. It is expected that under the direction of the bureau the National Guard will become a homogeneous force with uniformity as to or- ganization, drill ana discipline, and of far greater value to the states aod fedoeral gov- ernment than as at present organized. The scheme proposed brings up the very 1mportant question of a proper military sys- tem for this country. Itis here proposed to make the National Guard aprominent feature of that system, and involves in effect the abandonment of any idea of a proper in- crease in the regular army, and to a certain extent of the policy of raising large volun- teer armies, under which all our wars have been fought. The proposition merits extended discussion and should be adopted only aftor it has received the favor- able endorsement of the besc military opinion of the country. Our present military system is concededly wealk. The forces legally authorized in time of peace are a regular army and & militia. ‘The authority for these forces is found in separate grants of power in the constitution and they are separate and distinct forces, The rogular army is maintained at such small numbers that 1tis not available even asa skeleton organization for the vory large force which would be necessary in tho event of war. Theoretically the reliance of the country is upon its militia, detined by law to consist of “'every able-bodied male citizen of the respective states, resident therein, who is of the age of 18 and under the age of 45.” Soe section 1625, Revised Statutes. Practi- cally, however, the country hasnever relied upon the militia in great emergencies. Under the constitution the general government can call upon this force only for the purpose of executiug the laws of the union, sup- pressing insurrections and repeliing’ inva- sfon; that is, it is limited 1n the use of the militia to the purposes of a defensive war. It cannot legally be used for foreign inva- sions and if an individual organization ot the militia desire to be incorporated with any army of invasion it must abandon 1ts organi- zation under the militia law and reorgaaize as volunteers. A further defect of the militia is found in the provision of the federal constitution re- lating theretn, which reads as foliows: **Congress shall have power to proviae for organizing armies and disciplining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may bé employes in the service of the United States, réserving to the states re- spectively the appointment of the officers aud authority of training the militia accord- ing to the discipline prescribed by congrass.” Because of the reservation to_tha states of the power to appoint the officers of the mulitia the power given to congress to pro- vide for organiziog and disciplining the militia in time of peace bas proven a naility. In chapter 16, Revised Statutes, congress pre- scribod an orgamzation aad discipline for the militia. T'his legislation was enacted in 1792, It has never been carried into full effect in any of the states. As first attempts wero mado in some of the states to effect an organizatior under this federal law and stuted seasons of drill were prescrived for all citizens coming within the provision of thestatute. These attempts finally degener- ated into a mere enrollment of those subject to military duty, Finally, at the outbreak of the civil war, there was not an efficient, militia in any of ' the states, und the relisnco of both north and south at this important crisis in our history was npon the raw levies which constituted our volunteer armies rather than upon the militia of the constiwu- tion, which was practically nonexistent. Siuce the war no attempt has been mado to orgauize the militia but a sub- stitute known as the National Guard bhas found more or less development in all the states of the union. The idea of instructing in the military art all able-bodied male citi- zons between 18 and 45 has been abandoned, and such attempts limited to the volunteer militia known as a National Guard, The National Guard 1s in fact a part of the mil- itia, owes its existence to the same constitu- tiocal grant of power and has the samo de- fects of organization as herotofore indicated, Its principal use is within the state to sup- press insurrection against the laws. Its ofii- cers ave appointed by the governors of the staies and, it would seem, are not subject Lo the control of the general government except when called into the service. Congress may establish a bureau of the Waraepartment for the supervision of the National Guard but sbould any state refuse to accept such supervision it ie difficult toseo what coercive measures congress could employ for the pur- poso of enforcjng such acceptas.ce, Governors of states might legally decline to carry into effect the provision of the gen- eral government and miht even defy the general government in its attempts to enforce prescribed organization snd diseipline for their National Guurd, It may be further stated by way of conclusion that the experience of the gen- eral government has not beeu encouraging. Tnoe refusul of the states of Massachusetts, Ruode Islava and Connecticut to furnish their quota of militia for the war of 1812, and similar refusals by states in our late eivil war Jeads me to believe that should any of our future wars prove sectionally unpopular there would be numerous refusals by states to furnish allotted contingents just as there have been in the past. Tue Nationsl Guard is primarily a state force. As such it bas much to commend it. It is always unploasant to say auythiog against it, composed as it 18 of citizens who, at cousiderable personal sacrifice of time and money, voluntarily devote themselves to the acquisition of military koowledge in order to render effective uid to the states in emergencies; but as a part of our natioral mililia systew It must be confessed that iv has radical and fatal defects and 1 thiok it would be uniwise for the general government to extend furthor aid to it than it now does ————— They'll Chow y Llke, ‘The elevator men in the city ball bullding deolare that 1t is uot their fault that they are not placed in the cages to work the elevators, ‘They state that they report for duty whether tho cars run or wol, When they are not handling the levers th work from the basemen to the top of the building. As far as {ptece Juico is con- cerned, they declare ‘thil the building is public property and tha¥ 'they have a right 10 spit where they please. vl i, IN THE EBONY ELEVATIONS. Captain Tom Russell Tétls of the Wonder- ful Development'of that Seotion. Captain T, 1, Russell'of Deadwood 1s in the city with his sonyGeorge P. Russell, whois about to enter &pen his freshman year at Creighton collewv. - Captain Russell is one of the pionears of tho northwest, and isone of the best knowt of the early set- tiers fn this seeton. [n spemking of the marvelous /resources of that wonderfully rich .und' comparatively little known territory embraced within theconfines of the “Black, Hills country,” the captain said: ‘‘I'iero never was o time when it looked so prosperous in the Hills as it does now. It is the center of the richest mining district 1n the world. In the past six weeks $300,000 in proporty in the vicinity of Deadwood has changed hands, and 500,000 is bonded to be taken in by English capital within the next ninoty days. There are two chlorination plants bow in operation there and paying dividends, and another is in course of construotion. “Ono 250-ton smelter 1s running day and night, and nobody knows just what it is doing, as it is a close corporation, and the amount that it is turning out is not made public. Tt is buying all ores that is offered and pavs 8 more por ton than 1s paia by the Omaba or any of the other smelters. “The mining now being carried on in the Hills is of greator magnitude than ever be- fore. The Homestake company is just com- ploting another very fine stamp mill and will soon be sdding to the company’s montaly output. I'te Homestake has paid £5,000,000 in dividends in the twelve years that it has beea in operation. “At Hiu City the Harney Poak Tin Min- ing and Mililng company ‘hus put i the finest 250-ton tan will 1 the world, and & lot of the most improved tin machinery. Tin will soon be producea there, cheaper by far than was ever thought of in Cornwali, and of the mast excellent quality, ““That is thirey-five miles south of Dead- wood, but the Nigger Hill and Bear Gulech country, twenty-two miles nortwest of Doad- wood, will prove just a8 good aad, perhaps, even richer in its tin mines than the Harney Peak district, “The B. & M. and Fremont, Elkhorn & Missourl Valley roads both rua through Deadwood, and great ore trains pass every hour carrying ores from Bald Mountain and Ruby Basin to the reauction works. “Deadwood 1s now & bustling city of 4,000 inhabitants and will have 7,500 within the next year. Wo have just let the contract for $40,000 worth of sewers, which is but the foundation of an extensive sewer system. *‘Hot Springs 1s also boom:ng, with its ele- gant new hotel, which is ono of the finest in the coantry. Of course, the season there is nearly over for this year. Iam not boom- iug any particular spot or interest in tha Hills, but hke President Marvia Hughitt of the Northwestern 1 have for years fcreseen u great future for that sections It is just as sure to come as the sun is to rise, and when 1t does come it will put an entirely new phase on the general appearance of things. We have plenty of power up at Deadwood. The Carbonate Flume compsuy has 4,000 miner’s inches of water with a 200-foot fall that would run your entire electric stroet car servica here 1o Omaba just as easy as spinning a top. There is a narrow gauge roud now in opera- tion between Deadwood aud Lead City, a distance of three les. They have had a great many accidents on {6, and it will be but a short time until 1t will be supercaded by an electric road and he fare for the round trip reduced from 45 to 20 cents. “You folks down hercin Omahs want to keep your oye on the! Hulls, for when we strike our gait we are going to give you an awful surprise if you aro not watching close.” g The captain is a democrat, and shed a silent tear over the action of the South Da- kota democratic state convention in nominat- ing a full state ticket. *'[ wanted our folks 10 endorse somo, if not all, of the independ- ent ticket,” he said. *'But let me say that while [ favored fusion I am still a democrat. I regret that we didn’t fuse, because I feel that it would have been to our advantage, for with three tickets in the field the repub- licans are right in it. didn’t want it this way, but when wiser heads than mine in convention assewbled say otherwise, I am still with my party, no matter what its action may be. Captain Russell first went into the Black Hills country in December, 1874, at the head of the Collins and Russell expedition, before that country wus ceded to the whites or opened to settlers, and built a stockade at Custer City, froim ‘which the party was marched odt as prisoners by the United States troops and taken to Fort Laramie, 1o April, 1875, He was released on parole, and went east until the country was thrown open and then went back to Deadwood, where ho has since resides ————— BALLOON ASCENSION TODAY. Prof. Belden Will Make Another Trip to the Clouds This Afternoon, There will bo an exciting time out at the 1ntersection of Twenty-fourth steeet and the Belt line railway tracks this afternoon. Prof. Belden, who has the reputation of being one of the greatest sky scrapers on the face of the earth, has been engagea to make a flying trip to the clouds. Tywo weeks ago the gentleman made a suc’ cessful trip, but owing to the rain that sot in just as he was about to leave the earth, thou- sands of people were disappointed, as they did not face the storm to 2o out. and see the daring young man accomplish his dangerous undertaking. Last Sunday, just to pleaso the Omuha people, he started on another up- ward trip, but at the height of 100 feet his balloon collapsed and he came to the ground, bruised and bieeding. It now turns out that Prot. Belden has a contract with the Omaha Street Railway company Ly which he is compelled to make two suc- cessful air voyages before he can draw any of bis money.” This fact, combined with the furthor fact that the professor is anxious to sustain his record, ioduces him to tour sky- ward again this afterncon. The asconsion will bo made between the hours of 8 and 5 o'clock. The grounds can be reached by taking either the 'Twenty-fourth street or the Sherman avenue cars, pae i LAY BRU L BOSSES. ve doing janitor Their Cruelty Causes u Rallroad L rers, WiLKEsBARUE, Pa., Sept. 8.—A riot oc- curred on the Wilkesbarro & Eastern Rail- road this morning. The contractors have 150 neroes ewployed, which they had brought trom Virginia. Those men claim that thoy have been brutally beaten by the vosses fre- quently, aud this morning twenty of them revoltéd and attompted to escape. In the rict which foilowed the negroes fougnt the bosses with stones and olubs, Two of tho negres were shot, ono seriously. The at- temptat escapo was guceesstul. ot Among Negro o The Bohewisn Volce, The Bohemian Voige iis the titlo of a monthly journal, the ihitisl numoer of which has just been issued ih this city. It 1s the organ of the Bohewlan-Awericans in the United States. Its missipu is to enable the enghish reading public tostudy the political question that most intevest oll Botemians Lhat there way be a cerrect and general un- derstanding of Bobemun affairs, social, political and nationals Ne.such publication has heretofore been attempted. It will engage the attoution of all those who seek the vest information,: untrammelea by governmental cen-oump; ‘concerning a great people wkose sociul aud. Mverary life is not familiar to Americau 4 tone and-general makeoup tho Bohomian Voico is fully up to the high standard attained by American periodicals, 1t editorial page is in charge {on. Thomus Capek, & geatleman of rare at- taiomeuts, [f succeediog pumbers sbhali ovince tho same nblllly and good taste dis- played in the first, Tus Bee predicts that the Bohemian Voice will make for itself an abidivg place among the literary journals of tois country, The business management nas been placed in the hands of Mr. John Rosicky, editor and publisher of the Pokrok Zapadu of this city. He is well knowu to the profession throughout the west. His counection with the new paper \s & guarauty for its future. R R Slippers of white quilted satin edged with warabout to accompany brides' dressing Rgowus of similarly trimmed white cassimere, Continental Clothing House. BOYS CLOTHING Great Popular-Priced Sale of Bovs' Suits on Monday. KNEE PANT SUITS. $2 '2 5 ) $3.00, $4. SO,‘fl)Olmlar $2.50, $4.00, $5.00 At $8.80 to $8 Big values on Monday in Boys’ Long Pant Suits BOYS’ Don’t miss this sale. ; Prices. Guaranteed Qualities. 50 styles of Cloth and Felt Hats - At lgLZSC 'dnd OOC. Knee Pants 25¢ and 50c. Another sale on Monday of Knee Pants at 25c and 50c, same as those sold on Saturday. Clothe your boys at popular prices at the CONTINENTAL ON- MONDAY. OMAHY'S TRAINING - SCHOOL Probability That This Feature of the Omaha £chool 8ystem Will Vanish, ON LEARNING THE TEACHER'S TRADE Prof. Fitzputrick Writes at Length Con- cernng the Supply and Demand of Pedagogical Talent and the Prob- lems Involved Thereln. The Board of Education has not ss yet seen fit to rescind its action with reference to the closing of the teachers’ trainingschool at the end of this year. If something is not done at the next meeting, which will take place Monday night, it will bo Impossible for begluners to enter the training school and none but the second year's class will be admitted. The intention of the boara 1s to graduate this class and then closo the training school. Quite a number of the Hign school graduates have already made arrangements to enter the Peru normal school, believing that the Omana training school would not be open to them. Strong pressure is beipg brought to bear upon the Board of Education to have tho action looking to the school’s abandonment reversed, but the results are still hanging in the balance of ancertainty. Superintendont Fitzpatrick's Report, Following is the full textof Superintend- ent Fitzpatrick’s remarks vpon the training school in bis forthcoming annual repo ““I'he training school has done most excel- lent work during the year. Nearly all the gradustes of last year ave now teaching in the schools and in the muin doing good work. “QOne of the ends sought in establishing and maintaining a system of schools is to educate direction power. This direction power, it not educated at home, must be im- ported from abroad at a great expense. If +we can, through our High school and other advanced institutions of learning, educate our own people to fill these positions of profit and trust wo by 80 doing greatly elevato our own people and becomo iudopendent ot other sections, “1As our schools become better and the city grows in stability we shall bave wmore and more demand for the employment of the graduates of our schoois as teachers, In the main this is & rightful demand, for oach year the product of tho schools should show an advance in scholarship, and so far as schol- arship is concerned tho graduates of our High school and tralnicg school will average higher than the mujority of the teachers whom we employ below the High school. Indeed the supply of teachers for our schools made possible by the existence of our High school is very largely u complete repayment to the community for the cost of supporting the High school. “We already have in the schools more than sixty graduates of our High school, or noarly 25 per cent of the wulire corps of teacbers. It may be considered oceriain, therefore, that a certaln proportion of the graaquates of our High school should be added to our teaching force each year, 1f this be true, it 18 cheaper to give those young lagles the requisite training in our trainiog school than to place them in the schools without this training. Iu this we escape with the minimum amount of damage at the outset, Pheory and Practice Compared, heoretically & training school in a city where high salaries are pald is an abnormal development, because in reality such a city ought 1ot to employ any teacher wio has not had successful experience in other cities. In other words, sucl a city should be abloto de- mand that the children in its schools should not be practiced upoa by apprentices. “Practically, bowever, such an end cannot ve reached. Good teachers, like skilled woyk- men in any other profession, ure not, as a rule looking for positions, the positions' look for them. Hence the large majority of apphicants from oumside for positions in our publio schools do not come from places noted for their schools, or from cities where similar school problems are being solved, Strauge to say, oo, the larger the city the less ablo are the school authorities to make the necossary investigation to prevent the em- ployment of incompetent material, The system of examinauous desiged Lo protect the schools bas, 1o the walu, been an lustru- -class of worl. ment by means of which objectionabio | material has been foisted unou vhe schools, “It will be seen that this is another strong | argument 1n fayor of maintainiag a teaining school, and in somo cities such an iystitution becomes a nocessity. With us, however, tho waining school will be subject to a great deal of criticism during tho next few yoars. No training school pretends to turn out skillea teacters any more than u law sohool produces skillea lawyers or a medical school accomphished physicians, The graauato of the training school 1s simply well equipped to learn the business. Thero is lacking in discipling power, lacking in judgment, lack- ing in ability 1o do anvthing but the simplest work. As a rule, they can nov bo assigned to any nosition in the sciools except to tako tho children in the latter halt of the first grade, after tho children have been well started by a skilled teacher, or some posi- tion in the second or third grade. But all school systems Lave always on hand a sur- plus of teachers who can do fairly well this ef of tho Difliculties, “The need of the schools of this city is not ot the present time teachers who are fair primary teachers, but skilled and accom- plished teachers for the fifth, sixth and sevonth grades, No training sehool can sup- ply this class of material. It must be pur- chased in open market at high prices. Now if the training school graduates twenty teachers por annum, und twenty teachers per annum is about our need, then tho gradutes of tho training school are numerous enough to _supply the demands, ‘The effect of such an arrangewent cannot fail to be aisastrous for a time at loast. Fora ume, [ will say, because aftor threo or four years the stronger wachers of the training school graduates will vecome competent to fill some of these difficult positions. Indeed, in this cliy wo can not at presont assimilate, pre crly, moro than eight or ten of these e ates in any onoe year. How can we maintain such a limitation? If we re- quirea rigid examination of ull spplicants, we shail discredit the High school and inev- itaoly force the High school to change its course so us to prepare these young peoplo for this examination. This would be a very great evil. If we graduate these young ladies from the traiuing school” and then give thew a rigid examioation, we forco the traming school to prepare for this examination, a work which 18 foreign to the purpose of such a school, If the examination Is the ordinary examina- tion for teachers it would defeat its purpose by meking scholarship the tesv when the real test is and should be teaching power. If we mako a rule and say that only 50 per cent of Lhe graduates are to be appointed in any one year the ineyitablo result will be the carly death of the training school. “All questions of school management pate into insignificance alongside of this problem of securing and maintaining a corps of able, active aud efliciont teacbers, Thero 15 an irropressiblo conflict vetween Lhe interests of the 15,000 children o our schools and the Inrge majority of applicants for positions ns teachers. No American city has yet been able to reconcile this conflict. The tralmng school has attempted to solve the problem, but witbout any flattering success.’” ————— SEWARD'S CAMPMEETING. Great Crowds Attending the Sessiun and Such Interest Shown, Sewanp, Nob,, Sept. 8.—[Special to Tus Bee.|—The great cauvas campmeeting city 18 still growing. The eager worshippors are still coming. fvery tramn 1s Joaded with earuest seckers after truth and God. The interest is increasing, and the important sub- jects presented from the desk are such as 10 awaken in tho hearts of the psople a fervent desire and determined purpose to live nearer to God, Av9a m. Friday the conference met, and the president, Elder W, B. White of Lincoln aelivered bis aonual uddroess, taking & retrospective view of the past e work, and the development of the cause in the great state of Nebraska duriog that time, Several new churenes and some twenty-two new Sabbath schools have been organized duriog the yoar. 1In addition to the ministerial force already iu attendance Elder Kugene W. Farnsworth of Union college, Lincolu, and Bldee Lough- borough, president of the Illinois confereuce, cawe Tuesday evening, and their vuluable assistance s highly approclated. Kider phesy and the events transpiring around us, that the great day of tho Lord is nighat hand. ‘There are now over 200 tents on the ground and more coming tp accommodate the crowds of people. Thero seoms 10 by a desiro to know more of this peoplo and of the doctrines which thoy are so earnestly preclaimihg to tna world, They claim tnat s union is taking pluce betwosn church and state; that 4 lat docision of tho suprema court of tho United Statos, declar- ing this to bo . a Christiau nation, favors such & union, and that the zrowing clamor for the enzctment and enforcement of striet Sunday laws will result in roligions teeisiation, and as a logical consequence will biing ubout, sooner or later, persecution for conscience sake. 1t was so during the papal supremacy in the dark agos, and it will be so in the United States of America as soon as these Sunday laws aro enforcod. And in- decd, snid the speaker, this is the ca state of Tennessee, as also in othor this free and onlightencd republic. s Work and Workers. » T. J. Hollander, who leaves next week for China to enter the missionary work, talked last Friduy night to ‘“‘men only” at the Young Men's Christain ass ciation rooms for the lasttime. He was very much affected by the occasion and the meeting was oue that will long be remem. bered by all who attended. Rev. I'rank Crane, D.D., of Bloomington, IlL, has nccepted the call from tho congres tion of the First Methodist church and will, if the bishops agree to his removal to this conference, bacome the pastor of thut chureh toward the close of this month, Hae 13 u young man of exceptional ability both as a pulpit orator and a successful pastor. T'he Young Men's Christiau Association reception rooms will be thrown open next “Luesday evening after having been closed for nearly a month for repairs. An informal roception will be held for the benefit of all the “members and friends of the association, The Neoraska Christan Advocate has been enlarged and the name has been changed to the Omaha Christian Advocate, ‘The paper is now one of the most attractive religious journals publishod 1n the west, Fvangelists Boyer and McCloskey of Ilii- nois will begin " u series »f meetings at the First Christian courch, corner Capitol ave- nue and Twentioth street, toany. Theso gontlomen have a nationsl reputation. Prof, McCloskey, the leader of song, has been teaching ‘music aud singing in & prominent Chieago insutute for s number of years. The musio will be & prominent foature of tho meetings, —_— Buried Under & Caving Bank, WisN1PEG, Man,, Sept. 3. —While working in Nimmo's stone quurry at Culgary, the bank, which had been undermined, suddenly gave way, burying and killing aimost in- stautly two men named [llis, father and son, Why | Are they Wanted ? Because they never spoil nice desserts, Because the cakes, puddings, creams, etc,, are made to please the most refined taste. Because they are extracted by 4 new method, from the true fruit, so that each has its own natural and distinctive char- acter. That is why Dr. Price’s Delicious Flavoring Extracts, Lemon, Orange, Vanilla, ete., are wanted. To the connoisseur the difference between them and the com- mon Flavoring Extracts is so Farnsworth delivered in the erowded pavil- fon Wedpesday evening & powerful and elo- quent address on *“Ihe Power There is in the Word of God.” In the afternoon Elder Loughborough gave @ most interesting discourse on **The Soon Coming of Christ.” He claimed to show from the scriptures, the fulfillment of pro. great that it cannot be ex- pressed in words, A trial will prove their superior excellence,