Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 4, 1894, Page 6

« oot u e Al (] A GREAT COMET CONING| Halley's Ancient Visitor Traveling Back at a Lively Gait, ASTRONOMERS ALREADY PREPARING FOR IT Previous Visita to the Farth's Orbit and the Terror 1t Tospired A Remark: ahle Celestinl Vagrant Viewed at Long Range, Halley's comet In coming back—the comet | which, In yoar 1066, shed a celestial splendor over the Norman conquest, and whose terror-inspiring visit was commem- o od by the hand of Queen Matilda In the Buyeux Tapestry; the comet that 1466, the year of the battle of I neares Murk and Christian alike, and wax anathe matized by a bull from the pope; the comet whose strange scimitar form still chilled the marrow of the ignorant and superstitious At Its latest return In 1835, It Is yet far away, writes Garrett P. Serviss In the New York Sun, but the eye of sclence I, wiready within the orbit of Neptune, rush ing sunward and earthward with constantly Increasing velocity as 1t falls along the steep | curve of Its orbit. And a call to arms, a eall for preparation, has just been jssued from one of the chief watch tronomy Prof. Glasenapp announces that the com puting burcau established by the Russian Astrone 1l moclety has undertaken the caleulation of the true path of Halley's comet, with u view to predicting the exact dite of the next return, He hopes that antronomers acquainted with unpublished observations of the will cate the tion to the soclety Halley's I not one of the Insig nificant crowd of little comets, so many of which are discovered by Industrious star- guzers every year and which nobody outside the observatories ever On the trary It furnisnes has done hithorto, a splendid spectacle in the sky Of course, In speaking of ordinary telescopic comets us Isignifizant, 1 refer only to their apparent size aud brillianey; In a scientitic sense they frequently possess the highest interest and wignificance, But Halley's comet I one that when favorably ol commands every eye and does not need to be looked During at least eighteen nturies It has pe odleally astonished the fuhabitants of the earth. In 1466 Its tall was 60 degrees long. In 1535 1t had a tail 0 degrees In lengtl 1L Wa after its appearance in the timo of Nowton, In 1682, that the fact came to b recognized that' this comet Is a regular visltor to the neighborhood of the sun, in othgr words, that it travels in a long eilip- tical orbit,” When nearest It s about 66,000, 000 miles from the sun and far inside the orbit of the earth; when most distant it is about 3,870,000,000 miles from the sun and beyond the kiown limits of the planetary Bystem. Bdmund Halley discovel character of the comet. 1t had made its ap- poarance in the year of his marriage, and it powerfully excited his interesi. Upon calen- )?-uu; the clements of its orbit e noticed thit they resembled those portaining to comots which had been seen in the years 1607 and 1631, “Perhaps they aro all the wame comet,” he thought. Finally, after eluborating Nis calenlations, he gathered confidence and ventured to_predict that the comet would return in 1769, Halley had been born In 1666, and, In the course of nature, he could hardly hope himself to see the accomplishment of his prediction. But he besought his countrymen, in case the comet did come back, not to allow the world to forget that ft was an Bnglishman who had predicted It return. His countrymen, however, have never allowed the world to forget a fact of that kind. It almost scemed as If natare intended to assist Hal- ley In the fulfillment of what could not but have been a longing wish of his, to see the return of the comet with his own eyes, for he lived to the ripe age of 86 years, dylng In 1742, only seventeen years bofore his comet reappeared, and when 1t had reachod nearly the samio point on its return Journey which it occuples today. When the time grow near for pearance of ‘he comet, if Halle diction war to be fulfilled, the astronomers of Burope began to watch for it, They Knew that the attraction of the large plan- ets must disturb the comet's motlon, and they calculated, as accurately as they were ablo, what the effect of tuch disturbance would be upon the period of its return to perihelion, or nearest approach to the sun, Two celebrated French mathematicians, Clafrault _and Lalande, labored continually for six months, hardly stopping for thefr meals, to complete the calculations, and thoy were so effeetively assiated by n woman astronomer, Mme. Lopaute, that without h ald they would have probably unable to finlsh thelr work before (h U ituelf came to Interrupt it. Lulande never recoy ered from the strain of the labor he then performed. —The rosult of thelr caiculation was that having been delayed 518 days by Juplter and 100 by Saturn, the comot would return to perihelion on the 18th of April 1760, and that It might at any moment be dotected on ity way to perihellon Im modiately tho astronomers of Buropo be gan to search for the comot, but, singularly enough, they wore all beaten by a farmer, Jobn Palitsch, Hving near Dresden, who, having provided himsolf with o small tol encopo, was cultivating astronomy on his V{r.‘.“;n».-uum and obeying the injunction of Nor must the plown ol .‘\'Ihl'l‘II t { Kids, Dragon, and Areturus rise. alltach discovered the cof [ g of Decombor 26, 175 Phac ‘}!m-?.‘«'.h'fl.'. astronomers followod more than three weeks Jator, and oven after they had found the comoet at the Observatory of Parls on the 218t of January, 1769, they kept tho foel o #ocrot, not knowing that the anpretentions farmer-astronomer had so complotely dis tanced them that they were no longer in the T It may be sald In fustico to the astronomers that thoso at Parls, at any r wero much troubled by cloudy weather {1 thelr search for the comot. The perihelion passage oceurred on the 13th of March: one month earlior than the time predicted, Bt in announ e the result of th caleulations ade by Lalande, Mmo. Lepaute and him. f, Clairault had remarked that the bmet Mght come o perihelion & month earlier OF & month later than the prodieted timoe becauso they had unavoidably neglected i thelr caleulations certain sources of iy turbanco that — would affeet tho comet's motlon, After its perihellon the — comet prasented a fine uppearanco 0 next return was duo in 1835 ; A8 1817 the astronomers began Illl\ullw‘nllllll themsolves In order that the moment of perihelion passago might be more accurately foretold than It had been in 1769, Baron Damoiseau won a prize by his caleulati which fixed the return to perihelion {s;n\'qm'ln-r 4, 1835, Pontecoulant hat the return would ocour a woe o than the tine sot by Damolseay, " oy et Rosenborger of Halle mado the most elabo rate ealculations of all, and his prediction named No nbor 11 as the critical date. Bestdes allowing for the influence of all the Ereat outer planets excopt Neptune, whiol had not then been discovered, Rosenberger found that the attraction of the earth would shorten the comet™ inboind journey fitteen and two-third days; that of Venus five a a one-third days, and the combined attraction of Mars and Mercury on Anoutlook was_begun for the approaching comet noarly & yoar In advance of the predicted timo of its perihielion passage. Sir John Herschel then at the Cape of Guod Hope with his huge telescope, joined in the wateh. But the comet did not come Into view until the 6th of August, 1885, when it was from the ob servatory at Rome. It bocame visible to the aked eye late in September; then a tall was eveloped, and during Ootober 1t was watehel slowly sweeping, with constantly Increasing splendor across Ursa Major, Hercules and Ophiuchus, down to its per(helion meeting with the sun. The perihelion passage oo curred on November 16, five days later than the time pradicted by Prof Roseuberger The appearance of the head of the comet in October excited the astonishment of all observers. On October 13 Prof. Struve de- scribed it as resembling “the stream of fire which lssues from the cannon’s mouth after discharge, when the sparks are driven back- ward by a violent wind." Some drawings the In towers of as comet communi- Inform comet soen con or at le 50 A the periodical the reap- 's bold pre- A less observe the for prodicted W5 NI TRt e i Moo AR 6 e P " sumed at Umes the most extraordinery tormm, After ita perihelion the comet was watched retreatiog out into space uatil May, 1836, when it was finally swallowed from sight It will be in peribclion again about 1811 bat with the great telescopes now in exist d the greater ones that may then jeen constructed, (t s probable comet will be detected coming sun- ward a year or more carlier than that. The fact that the labor of computing the pre time of its return is already about to begin gives assurance that the next time it will not be a question of how many days, but rather of how many hours, or oven minutew, the caleulations will be in error, Halley's comet travels around the sun In a direction contrary to that in which all of the planets move. We can hardly muppose, then, that it originated out of the mame nebulous mass from which “the wun and the planets were croated. We are rather led to belleve that it must have come into our system from outer space, and that the influence of Nep tune, perhaps, has been effective in making It a permanent member of the retinue of the sun, but st only an_adopted member, whose forefgn origin is Indicated by its independ ence of the great law of revoluticii that no planet disoheys. Now that astronomers have undertaken the prediction of the exact period of ts return it will be Interesting to xee who will first com plete his caleulations and’ who will hit near et to the mark. And those of us who actu ally see the great comet on its return will surely find it doubly Interesting, because it 1n like a slowly revolving hand upon the dial of history. It passed across the sky twelve years before the birth of Christ. It passed agaln when Nero was emperor; again when the first of the Antoninex had just begun hiw pacific reign; again when the. Goths were preparing to attack Rome, and yet agaln in the days of Diocletian. The ad vaneing Huns beheld fts transit in the year 373; and It was blazing In the sky when thefr great King Attila was defeated at Chalons in 451, Bellsarius may have watched It as it swung across the leavens just after he had begun his victorious ca reer in 530, It passed again while Moham med was still worshipping the idols of his fathers fn 608, The world saw the great in- dex in the firmament again fn 654, in 760, in 837, in 912 and in 989, It was on the noon mark for Willlam the Congueror in 1066, It returned in 1145; in 1223 {t was thought to It rebened I 1145 Iy 1383 1 wak tHoughi (¢ In 1301 it was watched with from Ieeland to China; in 1378 Chinese and Buropeans once more recorded its transit in thelr annals. We have seen how Islam and Christendom were terrified by it in 1466, It wan back again n 1631 and 1607, and when in 1682, 1t shone once more in the sky, the man had come who was to read its riddle and solve Its mystery. Is it possible to look forward to the rd urn of a comet having such a history as this without feeling that the proper field of human Interest Is not limited by the narrow round of this eacth? -~ ETHICS OF YACHT RACING, that the astontehme tures of the Noble Sport from u British it of Vi LONDON,Jun The Field, In its ing artiel esterday, says: “The contention that the Vigilant was not a falr vessel to match against the Valkyrie on account of her flimsy construction will be emphasized by the fact that she is being strengthened for her Atlantic passage. We believe that the committee of the Royal Vietoria Yacht club meditated Tast autumn a clause insur- ing hat the defending yacht for the Vie toria gold cup should be bullt capuble ¢ salling the Atlantic on her own bottom The clause was not adopted, owing to the difficulty of determining the fit of building for the purpose, and b it would L liKely psult i the 145 ketting th after she crossed th point aizplays e oo the well which chal- nous has over e ) he nvasion of American built boats this scason i3 likely to try the genius of our architects severely. So far s the Vigilant fs concerned, we should sy that she will be enormously fmproved the reduction of her sall plan, It s to b hoped that the Valk will ot have he safl plan increased %o much as reported. At any rate the Valkyrie had enough cloth § ontrollers would he wise the view of an experienced Brit ish yachtsman, who, talking of the const natfon which the Dakotah caused amon the ten-riaters of the Clyde, where she wi regarded ax her Wenonah, says that the ery will go forth that these Ameriean articles should be taxed or handicipped, be cause they poll our ra The keen sportsmen ~ who Import shell ducks > considered somewhat unpatriotic, Still, for our part, we admire thele spirit and en- It'is quite plain that we have an small racing - we learn it the remember, also, inerensed crufs opt and . It I8 n that ncreased spo ing qualities, “With re 1 means ence to the Valkyri set - days for the it me yachtsman referred ‘to advises that she enter all possible events, us the Navahoe did. If she cannot beat the particular craft In such matches, how on earth can she do o In dual conte which do little or no “hting? ca's cup s getting tings, the yacht, the collupse rican shores. Field says, in deterforate n ( of which we witnes: all along the Am cos,” the tend Inste racl Chal conclusio healthy FROM NEW YORK 1O Pifl Won hy New Jersey Points, ILADELPHIA, June 8.—The New Jer- lors yesterday won the tri-state rely race of 16 miles hetween New York and this city, scoring seventy points. Pennsyl- vanln wis second, with sixty polnts and New York third, fifty points. In the run from Whentsheaf fon to Hroad and Nice town 1 the finish, the Pennsylvania rider had hard luck, but showed game, In comploting the final relay he had to ride three different wheels, He had gone but few hundred yards in the Tast great of fort for the coveted honors when' his five was punctured. While walting for n new machine he wis pussed by the New J¢ and New York riders. Mndeivoring to 1 il Wis loxt ground, he tell, breaking the Bandlebar, 1t was not until h Rising Sun lane, n short distance fr finlsh, that he secured a thivd wheel all these ndversities he managed the line only one minute be 1t K62 s follows K to by fiewt; | ond; ' Fred third.” Time: 10:19 Patterson to M N, Pennsylvania, fivst; New 'Jersoy, second} C. P 8¢ York, third. Tin Morristown to Wi Inn, betwe zabeth and Rohway Blauvelt, New Jersey, flest; G, Ae Murra New York, second; 'Louls Geylor, Dol wylvania, thied Time: 15 Fourth reluy, Wheatsheaf inn t J.M Baldwin, New' Palge, New York. second; onneylvanin, thied, Pl Wifth relny, Franklin park to W Inn, between Tronton and Hristol: ¢ W. vick, Pennsylvanin, first; M, Mo overn, W Jersey, weeond; K. MeDonuld, Now orle, “thivd.' Time: 4208 Bixth reliy, Wheatsheat Inn to finish: J, W, Davison, New York, first; Chirles Mons ure, Penusylvania, second; Whiteld Smitn, Now Jorsey, third. Thne: 6:16:1 We'el Dafers Work. LONG BRANCH, N. J, June &-The fourth shoot ut live pigeons for the River ton Gun club’s challenge plate took place yosterday on the Hollywood park grounds. George Work of New York und’ R A Welch of Philladelphin were. the contest ants.The latter won with 84 birds to & for Work, out of a possible 100, “onl! pistim, to ADELIHIA, Tri-State Roluy Ride Tersey, Nugle, rristown hon, h, New “Third Frank'in ey, firat; Wolliam 2041 \itsheat Tho pleas floct and perfact safety with which Indies may use the California liquid laxative, Syrup of Figs, and under all conditions, makes it their favorite remedy. To get the true and genuine article, look for the name of the California Fig Syrup Co., printed near the bottom of the pack: age. Vi BRI R Kelly Sthl Bolug Entertalne ST. LOUIS, June 3.-The last hoard from Kelly and hix navy was at 8t. Geney Mo., Which point he passed yesterday noon. Camp was made that town. “They were Kindly and ho bly treated. The oity board app committee 10 meet Kelly's advin: furnish provisions for his men. fter ven miles below Cure Indigestion and billiousness with Shat were made of the tall show that it u-J DeWlit's Little Early Risers, e THE OMAHA THE CLEARING OF A MYSTERY | Remarkable Episode in the Oriminal His tory of Oalifornia, THE WORK OF MALICIOUS GOSSIPERS Bloody Crimes Charged Against a Ranch- man Proven ¥alse by the Diseov. of the Persons Sald to Have Heen Murdered A Strange Story. in to One of the most remarkable episodes the criminal history of Callfornia came an abrupt and satisfactory conclusion a few days ago. Near the town of county, resides George Decker nelghbors hinted that he human form. Although a nelghborhood for thirty ye suing his daily duties as a rancher lested and living the life of a r storles of various crimes alleged to been committed & gencration ago harged against him, A boy found bones In a cave. A physlc said they were the remains of a wo and babe. A mar- ried daughter of George Decker, who was a child twenty-seven years ago, told the district attorney that on the day her father took them all for a drive he led her mothe and babe Into the woods, screams were heard, and in half an hour her father catme back, his hanas covered with blood. He drove home with her and her little brother, Benny, and told them that if they ever mentioned their mother's name he would Kill them. To the front came another wit- ness, who testified before the grand jury that the document Decker used in securing his divorce was obtained from the wife by force, that he, the witness, entering the Decker home had seen the husband with a whip, and the wife seated at a table had cried, “I'll sign.” A man remembered that Decker had told him that bis first wife died at s A score of people re- alled that Decker had not slept alone for twenty years because of fear. A woman told how he scres an app sition. An old nurse testifi having seen fiuger marks on the neck of a baby that had died of strangulation. Witness testified that he would allow no one to visit the bedside of his second wife, but moved her to a strange town. Then San Rafael added to the chain of evidenc Persons there vouched that Mrs. Decker No. 2 had ac- cused her husband of murder with her dying breath; that he had sent her medicine and delicacies, after pertaking of which she be came worse. The body, they said, was not cmbalmed there, Then Yreka took up the story again and told how this corpse had arrlved with the stomach missing. And with each allegation there was a motive coupled. He had killed his first wife that he might marry his second; he had Killed the second to secure her property. Children and grandchildren had been mur- dered either because they knew of his “crimes” or stood in the way of securing that which he coveted. After being arrested and thrown into jail a fellow prisoner added to the suspicion by declaring that Decker called out to his God at night und cried aloud that ghosts were nting him. g The district attorney of the county said that ev.dence seemed conclusive, the grand jury was ready to return an indictment, probably a number of them. Up to that time—May 14—Decker had no defense. Enough evidence to warrant the hanging of the man had been secured, so lawyers In that town said. The bodies of victims had been found. A relative had con- nected their disappearance with the prisoner, and the motive was there. In addition the sentiment favored the carrying out of the most severe punishment known in law. One night they came near saving the expense of a trial, and even a woman expressed a de- siro to “pull on the rope’” But Sheriff Walker has much influence in Siskiyou unty, and he announced that he would have fo be killed before a mob reached Decker. On the afternoon of May 14 the grand jury announced the prisoner would be given a last chance. He had sald that if a certain Benjamin . Mitchell could be found a new light would be thrown on the mystery, Of course he maintained his innocence of mur- der, but sald he had no idea where his first wife and child were; indeed, he had not heard from them or of them since the sep- aration twenty-seven years ago. So his protestations of innocence, coupled with this assertion, made his case even darker, for it was sald that a woman and child couldn’t disappear entirely unless they were dead. Then the San Francisco Examiner under- took the work of clearing the mystery. Telet grams were sent to correspondents in every ity In the state, instructing them to locate Hen Mitchell. After three days' search Mitchell was found in Willlams, Calusa county, and his identity established. Here, too, was found a domestic, a widow named Nevada Davis, who answered the descrip- tlon of the babe of George Decker, sup- posed to have been murdered by him. The last lnk in the chain of fnnocence was found In the person of a Mrs. Hamilton who proved to be the mother of Nevada Davis, and Mrs. Decker No. 1. Allthese years, twenty-seven in number, Mrs. Decker and Nevada have been living within a radius of 150 miles of Yreka, yet no one in Siskiyou county knew It, When hus band and wife separated that day in 1863 they became as dead to one another. The woman thought her husband had gone east or had died. She married again, another Davis, and it was this man’s name that Ne- vada, the child, now bears. He died and then ghe married a Hamilton. Now she is a pauper supported by Calusa county. Sho had forgotten all about her first husband and the words of the Examiner correspondent recalling the past at first bore no fruit, Then he touched the cord of motherhood and spoke of the children, the two that had been left behind, That opened the door and memory came in. She recalled her past life and remembered enough to save George Decker from the gallows. All these years George Decker had thought Ny wite dead or—well he knew not what, When charged with her murder, all he could say was “Iind Ben Mitehell,” 'for the man had no knowledge of his wife. FHad she been dead it s doubtful If Ben Mitchell's testi- mony would have saved Decker, for it would have amounted to little in the scales against the eclrcumstantial evidence at Yroka. And Nevada Davis. 1t would not have been possible to prove her the babe of a few months who was sent away by her father in 1865—for she remembers nothing. Tho woman and babo supposed to have been cruelly murdered by the husband and father wero brought to Yreka, and thelr testhmony bofore the grand jury rosulted in the release of Dockor. The cas Yreka, In Siskiyou Gossiping was a flend In resident of the rs or more, pur unmo- luse, have were wome has had enough curious features n tho strangely separated fmily, and the remarkable series of evonts that has brought them togethor again, to furnish material to an ambitious novellst. The days of thrilling romance are not altogether in the past. Froe as Alr, Although long and obstinately obstructed, froo as alr become the bowels when Hostet- tor's Stomach Bittors 1s used to relleve and regulato them. Not that the great laxative operates unduly upon them. Quite the con- trary. Nelther does It cause griping In both these particulars it is preferable to a violent cathartic. Use the Bitters for ma- larial and rheumatic aflments, kiduey trouble, Dillousness, dyspepsia and nervoukness. - - The Decline of the Lightning Rod. “What has becomo of all the lightning rods?" asked a friend of the Buffalo Inquirer. “Haye you noticed that of late years you can searcely find a house in a day's journey which is fitted up with these old-time prote tions against electric bolts? Why, a f yoars ago every prosperous farmer would as Boon have thought of leaving his stock with out water as to neglact protecting his house and barns with Ughtnlng rods. Agents coined money travellng around the country i wagons and putting up these contrivances to ward off danger. But thelr duy was soon run. More disasters wore created than averted by the use of theso so-called protectors. The insulators would become loosened and when the elec trio fluld began running down the rods in stead of belug grounded, as was intonded, it found ap inviting chance to dodge off into the bullding which the rods were supposed (o protect. My old father had the lightning rod business down fine, e never could be DAILY BEE: persuaded to put one on & house or barn Ho used to declagp that he'd rather have one good tres in Wi docryard an 8 protec. tion against light mg-¢han to have his house covered with lightning rods 1] THEY SHOT TO KILL. A Fatal Duel the ‘Result of a Remark In Fun to o Protty Womun. A pretty Spani#h’ girl sat by the window of her house at Bl Mohte, near Los Angel the other evening'when a wagon with a number of Mexicans drove by. One of the men, nanied Juan Orosco, saw the girl. His eyes kindied with Admiration and he called to her In Spanish, “'Oh, my pretty one. As a consequence to fhe remark a duel to the death was fought/between the pretty girl's husband and the,young man and the girl Is now a widow. The contest was before witnesses, but jeons and seconds were omitted, - The wagon had got about a mile away from the house when the sounds of a hor:e’s hoofs were heard, and soon a man was se | to drive up, beating his hcrse in a viclous manner to increase his speed he rider of the animal was Garcla, the young woman’'s husband, and he was gesticulating wildly to the men in the wagon. The wagon was brought to a standstill and Gar cla drove up. He berated the men for in- sulting his wife. The n in the wagon were inclined to regard the matter as a Joke, but Garcla was terribly in earnest He challenged Orosco to get off the wagon and fight him. Orosco, thinking Garcia { meant an fssue at fisticuffs, jumped from the wagon with alacrity He was much the younger man and more active and lithe and ‘as he jumped from the wagon he called to his companions to watch how quickly he would “*do his opponent up. Scarcely had Orosco gotten away from the wagon when ( revolver and b n shooting at him was somewhat dazed at first, but he pulled out a revolver and returned the fire. It is sald that Gareia fired four shots and Orosco three, but anyway, after Orosco was through shooting, Garela was heard to give a cry and fall back in the road. One of the bullets from Oros: jon had gone through his head. shot through the right hand The young Spanish girl, with whom Garc was 1iving and whom the ‘atter claimel to b his wife, is pretty She stated that when the w n pa ed the house she was sitting at the window, and Orosco was, sh noticed sitting in the rear of the wagon. She said that Orokco spoke to her in Spanish and said: “Oh, you pretty one.”” She did not respond Witnesses stated that when Orosco saw that it was to be a duel a l'outrance h calmly drew his weapon, and, as coolly as if shooting at a mark, making no attempt to protect ~ himself, returned fire. Both of the men seemed to understand that one of them must die, and both acted in a straightforward, brave manner. When Garcia fell Orosco expressed his regret, and, With his comrades, drove back to El Monte. RS e e cure sick headache: Early Risers. St R MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, a few feet refa pulled a Oroses was Pills that Little DeWitt's Secretary Describes Plans— Methods of Se- curing Members—Voters' Pledge. Rev. Gregory J. Powell, secretary of the Municipal league, says of that organization: The main purposes of this institution are to awaken the civic patriotism and arouse to their social duties the people of On to call into an active participation in the affairs of the city its best men, both by thelr thorough cooperation In the selection and election of good men, and by laying upon good men their, responsibility to so serve their eity, and: by organizing such backing for them: that they will be encor aged to take office with the hope of effcctive service, Study and oversight will be given to all the affalrs and interests of Omaha through the various departments of the league. The plan of the league's / organization is pat- terned closely aftdr the Civie Federation of Chicago, and s in' briet as follows The central counleil is the general or city organization and is' made up of twenty-seven members at large, and will be increased by two from each ward as fast as th elected by the ward councll, In like manner the ward and precinets are to be organized. The ward and precin®t councils will be instituted by the central council and under its directions. Every one in sympathy with the objects of the league may be a member of his own precinet council. Those who hold and are candidates for electi municipal offices cannot be mem- bers of the ward or central councils. The league Is now fairly organized, with the following members of the central council who have accepted their election: Central Council—Judge G. W. Doane, | man Kountze, V. 0. Strickler, H. W. Yates, J. H. McCulloch, John A. McShane, Gregory J. Powell, W. A. L. Gibbon, Thomas Ki patrick, D. Clem Deaver, A. T. Rector, C. / Starr, Warren Switzler, Howard B. Miller, Willlam M. Dodge, Max George H. Payne, B. E. Bruce, B. A, son, Z. T. Lindsay, Joseph Barker, Dr. Gil- ford, B. M. Andreesen. The officers of tho league are: G. W. Doane, president; J. H. Me vice president; Gregory J. Powell, s H. W. Yates, treasurer. The executive committee 18 the and A. T. Rector, C. A. Starr, B. A. W. A. L. Gibbon ‘and V. 0. Strickler. Committee on Ways and Means Kountze, Joseph Barker, John H. W. Yates and E. A. Benson. Committee on Bducation—Warren Switzler, Thomas Kilpatrick, Gregory J. Powell, C. Al Starr and D. Clem Dea The other committe be supplied later. The exccutive committee is planning a great public meetlig to be held as soon as arrangements can be made for it The voters' pledge, hero inserted, when sig 15 the Initlal step and entitles to membership in the league. Al voters a invited to fill out the blanks and send their names to Rev. Gregory J. Powell, secretary Municipal league. 1t 'is hoped by means of this pledge to ascertain very soon those who are In sympathy with, and will co-operate for, good city government. The pledge is 1 pledge myself to endorse for municipal oftly only such candldates as believe to be honest and capable and In sympathy with the principle of absolute separation of municipal from atlonal and state polities, and 1 also promi: to take an netive Interest in, and attend when possi- ble, all caucuses and primarics of my part Name Addre Wa ha, Judge ulloch, ccretary ; ofMcers Benson, Herman McShane, and departments will et - Sweet breath, sweet stomach, sweet tom per? Then use DeWitt's Little Barly Risers L FORECANT. s Weanther and tor hraak N WASHINGTON, June 3. for Monday are : For Nebraska, Jowa, Missourl and Kansas —Falr; varlable winds, For South Dakota~Falr; winds. 1 e Watchman ¥ An attempt wal migle Saturday night to burglarize the stope of the Western Clotn- ing company, 1319.Douglas street Block Watchmida Fisher had occasion to g0 through the alley when he noticed a light at witidow. Ax the offl approached the Nght went out and heard some one ®wambling to get away The place was veryodark and he could not see who was therel An examination e alley o reinines by Fisher and O el B crowbar xuch ax box jOArs. Near th crowhbar were a couple of %m...‘ bricks, The officors then made @ further search, und right at the window leadiig Into the’ basement th fron gwating had been removed. Nothing had been taken from the st Falr The Indications warmer; south urglues. nt DeWitt's Littla Early Risers. wafe pills, best pills. Small pills. Jumped nu s Neok, LONG IBLAND CITY, N, Y., June 2 The explosion of & lamp early thix morn Ing started & fire In @ tenement house ut 3 Queen street, Which was occupled by a of families. Thomus Brennan was the fames to find hix bed He sprang from the second K was br All the ped without The 08t entirely yed. Little pills for great ills: DeWitt's Little Early Risers, ding on fire. story and his ni Other tenants es bullding was al inj dest ONDAY, JUNE 4, 18, SHORTS SLOWLY COVERING Wall Street Bears Scent [mprsvement from Afar Off and Prepare for It, PASSAGE OF THE TARIFF BILL AT HAND Keasonable Certalnty that it Will Soon He Enucted In Relleving Restralnt—Dis wussion of the Carrency Question Attracts Much Atte NEW YORK, June 3.—Henry Clews, head of the banking house of Henry Clews & Co., writes of the situation in Wall street “During the past week, notwithstanding the Interruption of a hollday, there has bec distinet improvement in the In Wall street, peared in the covering of ‘shorts created a demand favorable to it implies that the ‘bears symptoms that betoken a In the market. The most pessimistic ac knowledge that the passage of the tariff bill, viewed as an end of suspense, would have an important effect in the restoration of general confidence; und the present situ- ation of ‘the measure in the senate is gen- erally conceded to be favorable to its final enactment some time during the current month. This view seems to be taken in bus iness cireles generally and Is having its ef- fect In a more hopeful feeling, though not yet in any marked change in the volume of mercantile transactions. Wall street fs quick to percefve this new terdency, and its ‘bear’ contingent shows its ros for it nd hence the improving tone are able to record. “The introduction of the bank note ques- tlon into the house Is attracting much inter- est in financial circles. Though, for some time, it has been regarded as an fmpending issue, yet as its introduction at thix sitting of congress has not been expected, it has not been counted as a factor affecting im- mediate interests on the stock cxchang The question, however, Is now fairly raised for treatment, and can hardly fail to be- come an important factor bearing on the future of investments. Its discussion opens with a mere proposal to restore banks (heir former ability to issuc notes under the existing banking laws of the sev- eral states, through repealing the existing tax of 10 per cent upon any circulation put out by them; but the bank circulation que: tlon {5 such a broad and ‘burning one that it cannot possibly be treated within this nArrow sco It les at the basls of any plan of currency that pretends to deal suc- cessfully with ~the inconsistencies, weak- nesses and dangers that surround our pres- ent monetary arrangements. PRESENT DISCUSSION'S IMPORTANCY “Whether it is sought to keep in chec the still remaining drift towards silver in- flation, or to defeat the tendency in certain sections towards flat money, or to relieve the national government of the embarrass- ments growing out of a standing demand indebtedness of $500,000,000—in any of these cases, or for all of them combined, there is no feasible way of accomplishing these ob- jects except through a very material en- largement of the possible ‘fssue of bank notes. This will soon be acknowledged to be the real scope and the chief significance of the bank note question; it therefore can- not fail, from this time forward, to attract profound interest in Wall street circles. In view of the great importance of the position which the bank note must in future occupy it becomes a vital question—what shall be its nature, authorization, guarantee, and to what regulation shall it be subject. These are questions not to be lightly disposed of, and their consideration may occupy more time than those now ralsing them in con- gress seem to contemplate. Three cardi questions will center around these points: (1) How far shall federal and state powers respectively be recognized in the construc- tion and administration of the system; (2) shall the guarantee consist of bond col- lateral, following the precedent of the na- tional bank act, or shall it be provided by pledge of the entire assets of the bank, with special liability of the stockholders added; and (3) what arrangements shall be provided for securing ready, economical and efficient redemption of the notes when their volume Is superfluous. So far as this leg- Islation affords a reasonable hope of its providing a wholesome settlement of the currency question, It will prove a most val- uable contribution towards the strengthe:- ing of confideace in every form of invest- ment AUSTRIA 18 GETTING THE GOLID. “The export of gold continues without abatement. It now appears that this extraor- dinary outflow is chiefly due to the prep- arations of the Austrian government for the restoration of gold payments, for, although the contracts with bankers for supplying the gold have long been made, it seems that the actual delivery of the metal has been largely deferred until it was required for the act of resumption. ““The various reor progress will ultimately bearing on the market present their progress opposing factions and tion of railroad trafiic. But these are only temporary difficulties, which will quickly disappear with any improvement in business In this connection it will be well 5 keep in mind the recent unanimous decision of the supreme court of the United s limit- ing the power of state railroad cimmissions and prohibiting them from putting into effect unfair and unprofitable rates. This is one of the most important decisions affect ing railroads announced in many years, for some states have been so severe and arbi- trary in their restrictions that they practi cally amounted to confiscation of prop at least so far as profits were concerned. These facts should be remembered by reor- ganization committees, for the reason that they materially affect the earning of profits by some of the embarrassed roads, na ne of business Its main expression has ap which prices, while have discove coming recovery we anization schemes now have an in important for the better. At is slow, because of the depressed condi- OREGON ELECTION TODAY. " C of ¢ 1 the State and Securing the PORTLAND, Ore, Jur n to- morrow will vote.for a full state tiéket, members of congress and a legislature to choose a successor to Senator Dolph. The ublicans have made a thorough canviss of the state during the past six weeks, both In the way of sending out speakers and organizing clubs. The democrats have d any chance of winning, and not conducted an ug on the state ticket. The been i Governor n avowed candidate for the Unitec enate, has traversed the gtite from one end to the other in behalf of the populists, making specches in almost every county seat. It Is belleved that the cornered contest will - result favor- republicans, und tonight there doubt that nearly the entire state ticket will~ be elected he legislature will in all probubility be very ¢ In many countles the demo- crats and populists have fused on the les islative ticket, and the majority hereto- fore held by the republicans will surely be reduced, If 1ot ov ne - i the Mouse. TON, June 8. Hitt of Tlinols has Introduced in the a resolution on the Hawailan question simi- lar to that passed by the senate. The reso- Jution was referred to the committee on elgn afairs. forelgn Republi I Bressiv pulists sentative house When Baby was sick, e gave her Castorla, When she was & Child, she cried for Zastoria, When she bocame Miss, she clung to Castoria, When she had Children, she gavethem C wstoria WM, LOUDON, Commission Merchaut QRAIN AND PROVISIONS: New York. All bourd ol and Private wires to C X Chicago business orders placed on Trade. Correspondence solicited. Otfice, room 4, New York Life Lullding Telephone 1308 to the state | ! s Vi Viaed LaC avawoaud ALy if his house is cleaned in the old-fashioned, tearing-up way. Why can’t a man's wife use Pearline for cleaning house, and let him keep comfortable ? That's all she needs-~Pearl ine and water— to make it an casy thing (and a quick one,) bothi for herself and for everybody SN around her, Everything in the house, from cellar to attic, can be cleaned best with Pearline. Besides, with your paint and wood-work and such things, you'll we a lot of wear that comes from useless sérubbing. Sen Peddlers and some unscrupulous grocers willtell you * this is as good as” or *the it same as Pearline.” IT'S FALSE Back Peatline is never peddled, and if cer sends you something in place of Pearline, {4t back, 410 JAMES PYLE, N. Y. 7”7 \ yL your POSITIVELY LAST WEEK. | CONSIGNMENT SALE 140 PARLOR SUITS, LADIE'S REED ROCKERS. oak fintshed stylish, double cane seat ordinarily for $3.00. Cons CHINA CLOSETS, polished onk, double thick glass, worth $22.60{{ () Consignment price’. LS 312507 they AR UPHOLSTERED ROCKERS, fin- QLA LB L ished “antique, latest style, worth 10 FOLDING BEDS, never retail- . Consignment price.. ed for less than $18; it you need HIAILI,IMI\ 8, solld onk poltsh fin- e Lol AU AL sh, " large mirror, usually sells 3 foil vt ST rolls BRUSSELS CARPET,val- or” $12. Consignment $1.00 per yard, consigned to LAWN SETTERS, painted, ek 8 four feet wide, regular rolls $3.00. Consignment price.... CHIFFONIERS, extra antique oak, usual Consignment price . WARDROBES,, extra large s finished antique oak, worth $1 b Consignment price. five plece antfque, mohair 1 plush, worth $£0, but n\rzz 50 t Crushe Nt 980 Coneimnor shys el cHam. forye, Over 2000 TABLES, finishe style, you would sy W at very wells nm NSION t ue sell 201 tor pri large size, 1,400 dozen price 7 feet long, . cloth, actual 0P red ¢ price INGRAINS, 4 I yard meigned to & WINDOW SHADES, best rollers, best value 76 consigned P NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS, full length and width latest style, made to retail for 0 consiged to gell for.......... lot of GASOLINE STOVE each one guaranteed worth $6.00 Consignment price.. Good_fashionable BABY ( GES, full size, bicy cheap at $10. Consignment price.. big lot of RE UGERATORS, all modern improvements, well made and worth $13.50. Consign- ment price. 5 5 SOLID OAK § antique finish, we writing desk 3 plec plenty of book room, worth $12.60, i the consignor says sell them for. 18 ICE BOXES, lined with best quality zine, patent locks, hinges best make, worth $7.50. Consign- nt_ price. 5 5 DINNER BOOKCASES, polished onk, adjust able shelves, large size, worth $12.60. Consignment pri WASELS, solld oak, polish worth §1.60. Consignment CENTER TABLI polish finish signment PLUSH RECEPTION oak, finished antique, Consignment price.. CHAMBER SUITS, est style, large mirror, antique or 16th_century finisn, worth $30.00. MRS. POTTS' SAD IRONS, nickle u finish, three “irons, one handie Ac 215 and stand. Conslgnment price goods, rich ONE LOT BEDROOM SUITS, 8 Fiiii CELIE blec finished antique, worth CLEAREEIL I oo oo $17.60, ‘consignor says (o sell them 1) A bz lot of hole, cast TANC ok wood goods, worth $12. Consign- § g() & : : . WASH BOI ment _price. S ALL COPPE Dest_cold rolled copper Consignment price...... . A finish, ARRIA- price solid oak and Con- A CHAIRS, worth $5. SE royal worth $20.00 Con- CHENILLE COUCHES. nicely draped, any color, well worth $15.00, consignor allows us to sell for.... No. 8§ siz 6.8 Terms, Gash or Easy Payments. We close even'ngs at 6:30,except Mondays and Saturday Formerly People’s Mammoth Installment House. Send 10¢ for pastays on bigdh eatelo yus. W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHQ GENUINE WELT, Squeakless, Bottom Waterproof, Best Shoe sold at the price, $5, $4 and $3.50 Dress Shoe. il Custom work, cosiing (rom $0 10 $3. (GA $3.50 Police Shoe, 3 Soles Hest Wialking vert made, $2.60, and $2 Shoes, Uiiequalled at the price, Boys q%rfi?tfi!.75 School Shoes Tor Service, The Best Shoes for tho Least Moncy LADIES’ $3, $2.60 $2, $i.76 Beat Dongola, Stylish, Perfect ervicenh) world stupon ) ho i pe hotiom, Brockton Mass, ELIAS SVENSON, 4119 North 24th % J. CARLSON, 218 North 24th . A.CRESSY, So. Omaha GNATZ NEWMAN, 420 South Iith. A.W. BOWMAN CO., 117 North 16th W. FISHER, £925 Leavenworth MANHOOD RESTOR “CUPIDENE"™ This g Vi tion of a famous I'rencn plysic 1.1 quickly Vs or dixcisen of the geiie Iy Y O i i cicy seipinad Komisalons, Nervous 1 Dles, s t0 Marry, icxhausting Deafin, Varicooeto a tipacton. RN clean:oa tho liver, the kidnoys and the urtuay o 5. ans. » ninety par eent are tronbled with s L6 WHCAR fih OPeration, 0,000 twae el | s bOXOR B0vw 1OL_ MTect & Dore Fewr A P i tor st aninie i K V70 8an Wi v iio b drss DAVOL 1 « oo, Cal. "For B0odias Drus 0o.. 1110 Parns Ulira. Tov. he renson Bufforer: OUPIDE #A HAND SAW IS A GOOD THING, BUT NOT To SHAVE WITH. SAPOLIO 1S THE PROPER THING FOR HOUSE-CLEANING. "Rrmom GASOLINE OIRECT FROM THE TANK. A CHEAPER THAN STEAM. No Boiler. No Steam. No Engineer. BEST POWER for Corn and Feed Mills, Baling Runulug Separators, Creameries, &o. O0TTO GASOLINE ENGINES Stationary or Portable. 1060 1L P 81020 H, P, nd for Oatalogus, Prices, eto,, Aescriblug work o be done, lOTTO GAS ENGINE WORKS, Smicago, 245 Lake St, Omaha, 107 5, 14th St 33d & Walnut Sts,, PHILADELFHIA, PA.