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_ nfl I 2 THE OMAHA DAILY BEEi > 'NJLUKSDAY , DECEMBER 10. 38SO. I " SUICIDED WITH A SHOTGUN M Doaporato Deed of n Protolnont Clt- | Izon of Buffalo County _ H _ i H CAUSED BY FINANCIAL TROUBLES _ H ' _ H fl Itcportril iVcilitlttnl oT tlio Indian H MurdcrcrN oV the Itcnjnmin B Hey Olhir Noun I 10m H JyobinNka lowim H _ H " M Illow llln Hontl OIT B IUvfnva , Neb , Dec IS tSpocial lelo- H gram to Tim Bur ] James llcrvcrt , living H clglit miles souvheast of this city , suicided H yesterday by blowing the whole tp > of l > is H hold oft with a Rhdfeuii Hcrvert H w s nn old resident , anil has H for a number of years been n very iutluinI H tint man In tlio Dobcml in colony which ho H located in this county about eleht , y cars ngo H tlo was supposed to bo a man of consulonblo H wealth , ovMilnc.il section of la nil in ono body H well stocked with cattle and horses It ha * H tcccntly boon the BUbJcct of comment how H over , tint lie was heavily Involved In debt , H nnd yesterday Mr Curtis of this place uent H to Mi farm armed with the nccess iry pipers H and demmded possession ot nthri3hlnc ma H Lhlno to liquidate n debt , ltcrvcrt surron- H ucrcd tlio property without objection passe 1 1 comment Uon [ the state of the weithcr , H turned uround uud cntcrid Ills house A few H uiiuuto * Itihtr Uiortiortof a gun was hoard B In nn unfrequented room Mrs Her B vert Iminuli iteiy undo nn Invcstiei B tlon nnd her agonised shrinks booh brought H others vvho discovered Hcrverts body lying H utross n barrel with his lie id blown nlniosl H entirely oil hU bhouldurs Brains and pieces H of bono with milled bilr adhering were H found tn nil parts of tlio room Immcdiutaly H in front of the body u as nn ordin iry shotgun H with its butt rostlnir in i birrcl of lirnn 1 maintaining tlio simo nosition as when ills H eltnrgcd Uithln an hour after \ \ U Hyer , H nnnngerof tbo Chicago lumber compinv's ' H ynrd , accompanied by Attorney lohn Mel H lotto 0 11 Cass , ndltor of the News , nnd V H \V Haullck , arrived ut ltervorl s house Mr H Hior intending to sccurou claim of ? oUl ) for H his compinv , but instead viewed the lnutll H atod remains of iho unfortunate man tier H vort was a loaiing member of tlioC S P b H A llolieinhin lodto of this pinto nnd the H funeral took place today under tbo direction H of that order H Anotlior Cry iVom Cielghlon H Cm iniiTOV , Neb , Dec lb | b | > ecml to Tnr H Ilrr j George Jameson of Hay bprings H has received his commlsslorjiis postmaster ot H Creighton Tbo aopoiutment of Mr Jnmc H son , who is not and never has been a citizen H hero , has uecn accomplished ntjilnst the in- H dividual and combine 1 efforts of almost all | of the business men of the eit > lho ro- H monstranca presented to l'ostmastcr Gen H crnl Wananiaicer , as mentioned in last bat H urday morning s 13m : was but ono of uiunv H similar documents In each cisc , howovcr , H ns In this , Congressman Dorscv prompted H by ono Brooks a noihboriii | farmer has H succeeded InMixiny the matter up ' to bis H own , if not to the b itiafiiEtlon of several H hundred pations of thu olllce H The latest phase of the case nppcnrs in the H form of a petition asliing J unosou to resigu H The paper sets forth as reasons or at least H ds tncoutlvos for his so doing , that he h is ro H eolved his commission at the hands of parties B who uro well known enemies of this city , 1 that ho is not tlio choice of the patrons of the 1 ofllco or of nnj portion of them andtint , H thcro are other aspirants for tbo position H who are the cholco of at least a part of the H citizens In a few bouts tbo pa ] or received B the almost unanimous slgnuturo of the liusi- 1 iioss men Mr Jameson has failed as jet to i B put in an apitcarance ana It is noi known B what action If any bo will take The pro H sentutloti of the petition will ut least serve H the purpose of placing tbo fauiitlcinan strictly H uon | ) Ills merits J ho fading is growing that 1 tlio notion of Hcprescntatiyo Dorscj in fore B lug upon thu city as postmaster an almost on 1 4' tire stranger and non resident is an insult 1 and an outrage B ISellinHkn City Walltx tlio Roml H Neiuuska Citt , Neb , Dec IS [ Special H to Tue Urr I Atn Bpeolal meeting of the 1 board of trade last evening it was dccldod to B maho a big ofTort toward Inducing tbo Kock H Island to build its road into Nebraska City B - A committee of rustlers was appointed to B present tno matter to the Hock Island pee H plo , and all financial uld to induca the road | ' to como iv as practioally guarantcod If | work nnd moncv will do it Nebraska City B will sccu o that road H An effort will itso bo made to have a H branch of the Missouri PaciQo built from H this cltvto Talmago to connect with the H Crete brunch of that road H The board of trade also put itself on rcc- H ord lust night In an effort to regulate news H papers In regard to what matter shall bo B published One moinbor of the board whoso 1 work in bohnlf of the city could bo summed 1 up in un iota succeeded in getting u motion H paased by Iho boai d censuring nil news B papers and thu Omaha papers in partteulai , B for publishing sensational news from No B braslcaCitj , as tt would hurt the good name H of the town A committco was appointed to H consult with all tbo correnponucnts and B imanagcrs of Omaun papers and request the H suppression of sonsutloual news from No- H braskuCltj lho truth of news sent from H this city was not questioned , but its sonaa B tlonal uaturo might hurt the city A few H narrow minded members of the board oven H wont so far as to threaten to'stoptho pa H pors" If the sensational news items were not H suppressed H- ' Ihcy A > .ro VII Doiul H Noiitii V'UKnc Neb , Dee 18 [ Special to H am Hit 1 A most pathetto lncidont in con ' nection ivlth the Johnstown disaster reached B Its climax last weak and was related to your H correspondent b } a Xriond of the pn ties con | ' corned , agontlcmaa nnd bis wife vvnolivoon H r , a homestead a few ratios out of North Plutto H This gcntloman formerly lnod with his B father on n farm Just out of Johnstown In H the fall of 1SS3 ho loft Johnstown and came 1 H to Neoraska for the purpose of looking up a H homestead that ho might huvo a farm of bis H own , and finally found his way to North B t'latto After looking around a few days ho ' H < fllod on the homestead which bonowoccu H pies , and returned to Johnstown to spoudtha 1 H winter and to make nrrangomunts for his bft Diarrlago nnd return to Nebraska in the 1 " spring About a wookboforotha grout flood B BH bo married Miss Lmily lhorat Her homo 1 H was In Johnstown , Jior father bolngaluborer H in ono of the mills thorn Tboy were ro- H npcctablu ncoplo but illiterate , r milv uud a 1 H younger slstor bolng the only ones in the 1 H famtl ) of ulna that could read or write An H hour after the nodding the boarded a train H bound for their future homo , and four days B BH thoioafter they reached their homestead , B ( taking up tholr quarters atanolghbor's urtil B BH a liouso could bo builu ' 1 hey were very H busy and very happy , and nearly three , B BH mouths went by before Lunly wrote to ber B BH parents Iler father had lately married B BH a second wife aud for that or B B B somoother reason tborevvui no corros | > end B BH enco between t ) am , la the tueantlmo not a ' B BH word of lho great calamity hud reached this B BH young couple who baa llvoit bo many voars , B B B InJohubtouu Xboy took no paper tliem B B B solves and if tholr uelklibors aid they vvcro , B B B too illltoruto and lndllteront to earn for the 1 H pows of the day not dreaming of the torrl B BH bio liiterost it hud for thom Not hearing r B B B from her parents after two or three months H waiting , Kmllj wrote again to the joung BBB B ' sister , asidng tier to write and give her uows B BH or the family Yet a third loiter was wrlt- B B BJ ton and , after months of weary waiting , the H now thoioughly alarmed girl wrote to u lad v B B BJ friend who wus at | icr wedding fornonsof B B B ] ber family baturda she came to Iowa mlh > her butband to ask once aguin and foi the B B B ] last time the oft repoatodf qncatlon , "anv B B B letter ) ' At last Her husband handed her B B Bj the reply so anxiously looked for bbo B B BJ opened it and found her own loiter , on the H tack of which her friend had written It B B BJ wns not long , but It convej eda world of in- B B BJ > i formation to tbo poor creature who had B B B ] waitc'nud watched and wondered for so B B BJ inanv wotry mouths The Utter was uvi i B B BJ deutl ) wrltteu byonu uuacoustomed to wield I H the poii but it toldol the aufuljlood , the H uldosprcad dosoUtion aad tbo dreadful loss of llfo And In conclusion she ndded You nslcmo about } our peeplo It brnkos tnv hnrt to toll jou they nro nil dca " Hnlr > nn"ti In Convention Tjttn Cm , Neb , Dec 19 | Special Telegram - gram to Inr llrn ] Iho second day of the state dairy convention has been a profitable nnd Interesting ono The ftttendtneo has boon greater than nt nuj of the former meet ings of the association , and the farmers in this community nro determined to profit by tlio meeting and nro constant In their at tendance , lho lLoningsession was taken up In the discussion of grass nnd pasture nnd how to develop them Ueorgo A Abbott of this ctli rcidn piper on grasses , which provoked much protltnblo discussion C L. Uibrlcl- son of Iowa rend a pauor on pastures and how ] to make thorn , which wis well received and contained many valuable hints to lho dnlrj J mnn Ihls nftcruoon was taken up In the discus slon of Iho question of feeding cows nml the ccotiomvof < dalrvmcn Mr bainuol Llchtv of this city Id the discussion of the former subject j nnd J 11 Ilushton of falrmont led the ( discussion on tno lnttor subject , Mrs U I A. blayton of Salem rend n piper on the labor I of in iking butter n l the farm nnd William button of Table Rock , discussed the oil ( test lho evening sosslon was a repetition of last | nights session A muslcvl nnd litornry progr | unino had been praparcd bv the locnl committee ' for the ct torUlnmont of the dalrvmcn After tno entertainment closed the association went Into business session fho following resolutions vvcro adopted Whereas Holluvlng that the present bjs tern of nvvaiding premiums on butter nnd cheese at our state fairs viz | iviug ono first premium , ono second premium ono third premium nnl ono fourth premium on the different classes is unjust to the renter number of exhibitors and pro \cnts many fidm competing therefore bo it Ucsolvcd , lhat wo the Nobrasku ilnltj men s association , In convention assembled , tlo hercov l commend to the Nebraska state botrd of ncriculturo that In future thov ndopt Dexter s pro rita si stem in nvv inllng premiums on dnir.v products to bo exhibited Kosolutlons of respect to decease 1 mom beis of the association vvcro adopted 'lho remainder of the business session was taken up In discussing some propose I nmondments to the constitution tomorrow will bo the last meeting of the association Ono nftliD PilHoiion Ilricnpturcil Dakotv Citt , Neb , Dec 18 Ibpocial Tel egrnm to Tim Hrn.J Nathan Met rill ono of the prisoners who broke jail hero last night , was captured this afternoon bj two bojs tmmet Jllllman nged eighteen and Albert Hnsslleld , aged llfteon , went to bimons Siding to hot a couple of noises loft thcro bv the sheriff last night , fhey Inquired along the road foi the prisoners that escaped and found at ono house vvhero a stranger lid eaten dinner Ihcy went from there to the railroad neir thu Blllng und vviitcd to sco if the man would como along A freleht ; triln wis coming toward them , and is it wis going slow up n'gnlo the man came out from the side of the ro id nn I climbed on tlio hkio of a box car Thb bo\s lode their horses down to n eiosslug aud got ono on each Bldo of the train and as the 1 train came by hmmot Ilillmin ordered the man to oct dow n and hiving n gun In his hands the man got down and was brought In horothk evening \ory much the vvorso for his jouruov Merrill was beutenced to two jcars in the penitent ! irj about i vvcok ago for stoillng a mule and h id not jet been taken to Lincoln bj Shcrifi Hrissilcll No trteo has been found of the other two that escaped antcn nnd I'onca lniliniiH Nionmiu Neb Dec 18 1 Special to Trb Bee j Major Charles Hill , ngent of the Snn too and Ionca Indians passed through Town vestcrdav on liiswav to the Sioux In diun reservation in NebrasI i TheBef cor respondent Inton lowed him on the subject of locating tbo Poacas and some of the un born Snntces on the reservation before It was declared open to scttlomont Mo said that there was un Inclination foi the Indians to Bcttlo near Svvnt Hear s camp opposite Chclso-i , north of Holt county In all there will bo about ono hundred claims selected , and under the treat } the Indians must tnko them in sovnriltv within six months after the president has deel trcd lho lands open to settlement Ho has boondiicctod by the Inaian department to pioceod with the In diaiiB and select such laads as they may see fit fit.Aim Aim muted Jliiliivny Itolibcry Giia\d I LA\i > t Neb , Doc 18 [ Special lclcgrnm to lne 13rr I A dastardly at tempt at highway , robbery was made last night upon an old Gorman fanner named Straub , living south of this place A few rods this side of thu Plutto river bridge ho was suddenly assaulted by two tramps and badly boatcn Exasporatcd at linding noth ingot \aluo about his person the tramps drove off with the team lenving him in the load A neighbor Uriviug pas nn hour later found him and took hi in to his homo , where his recovery is doubtful The team was found this morning near Phillips , the tramps having evidently bearded the 1 ! A. M train Owing to bis condition Mr btraub is unable to ( , ivo any description of his assailants , and they are by ibis timosnfo from pursuit Rondmnsler Itnnlc on Killed Camihiipcil , Neb , Dec 18 [ SpecialTolo gram to Iiie Ubp 1 Andj Uankson , road master on the 13 & M , while attempting to bonid the front end of the caboose on the • 1 10 westbound through freight here this afternoon , missed his footing and full under the vvbocls rocolving futil Injuries The compiny a examining surgeon was on the trniu aud together with our homo pnjsicinns lnvo him every pos&iblo 01101111011- but be died at about 8 0 clocK His romams were taken lu charge bv the Odd Pollows , of which he was a member He was twentj- elht ( years of ago and unmarried Konrnej'H Court Hound Contract Kkaunkt , Neb , Dec 18 | Spocal ! Tele gram to Tub Hex | The contract to complete ploto the court house nnd grounds was let this afternoon to 1 V , Scott of this city for $ I07CS. The work must bo completed by August 1 of next year , the contractor paying a forfeit of ? 100 per day for onch dnv ho runs over ttmo in completing the work This will rcduco tbo price of the building u > 13,000 Indian Murderers Acquitted Penpeii , Neb , Dec 16 [ Special to TnB 1lb ! j News has just been received hero that the Indians , charged with tbo murder of Jimmle Hcnjamln , have boon aequtttod at Waj ne , and the oxcitoincnt hero m consequence quence thereof is Intense and it is believed that this section would provo a very un healthy 0110 for the prisoners should they bBppeu around about now llentrlco llolleve * in Art IJeatiucb , Neb , Dee 18 fSpsclal Tele gram to Tim lltr ] Thoart loan oxhl bltion will bo opened lu the Elmoro block , in thu city tomorrow The projectors of the outororiso nro lioatrico ladies and from present Indications the affair promises to boa brilliant succoas The exhibition is to bo free and v\ ill continue over the holidays Street Rnllway Impi ovoiiinnt Heatiiick , Neb , Doa IS [ Special Tele gram to Tub Dug 1 Arrangements are about completed for the formation of a stock com p iny 10 build a now line of street railway from tbo center of the oity out Court street to the cuvtoru limits of the cltj lle'Hbtlli In.lnll Dakota Cm , Neb , Dec 18 [ Special Telegram to Tnr Bee | Murderer Jumes Toohoy did not break Jail hero as reported , although ho hud a good chance None of the the prisoners who escaped have boon ro- taltLU _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A llorso Trainer Injured Pav > m.bCitt , NobDoc 18 [ bpeeiailol egrnm to Tub Hub ] G C Claw , a horse trainer for It L. Scott , was struck on tbo rltht kuee bv a horse vvbilo hitching tip this evening uud the cap broken It is a serious wound A Union ol Old Hearts Giiant , ryob , Dee 18. [ Spooiul Telegram to Tin , llcul Charles Gusllnew and Mrs P , Graves were warned hero today The I broom is pant sevcuty and the Undo fifty six , msssessmteacsassBaam IOWA SHERIFFS 1N SESSION Filth Annual Oonvontlon of the Strtto Association SEVERAL REFORMS SUGGESTED A Constitution Adopted nml Olllccm Klcrlcil lor tlio i.imiilnc iTcnr A Colored Wife Murderer derer Sentenced lho HIierlfT * Dps Motvrs li , Doc 18 [ Special Tele gram to Tub Hrr | 'lho tilth annual convention of the Iowa sheriffs association was begun hero to Inj Tbo shonfls ndoptcd n constitution and elected the following ofllccrs President , Sheriff Jonus of Cass county , vlco presidents , Sheriff Loomls of Polk county and fanorlff lirnnn of Grundv cottnti Rccretnrj , bhorlfl Adams of Webster stor county The convention prcpirod n petition to the legislature requesting tbo statu to provldo a pension for the dependent families of any I crson who might lese his llfo or bo norma nontl.v disabled wliilo assisting a sheriff In the dlscli irgo of public duly Tha recent Killing of ono assistant of this kind occasioned the action J hero was ti gcneuil discussion of the need of uniform laks In retard to compensation of sheriffs some sheriffs reporting that they had.dllllcult.v tn getting their a counts al lowed by suporv isors Tlio city miushals of Iowa are also In session hure mid tomorrow they will inoBt iu Joint convention with the sheriffs An Vvnrlclous Ghost \ \ r T Umon , In , Dec 18 [ Special Tole clam to a iu : 13in | Paul Hill , an old rosl dent of this place nnd over soventj v ears of ate , was called to Pcnnsylv mm by the spirit of his former wife through a mcaltim Ink ing this oirthlv pirtner with Mm thoj wont to Hope Bottom wherever that miv be , nnd ho vvas Induced to Icavo Ills wife and ltvo with his spirit afltnlty The medium got bis mono } , ; 1,000 , his wife came back and his eyes uro now opened to the friudHo will tr > to recover the monov It is said thnt his vvifes spirit wanted some apples , which ho purchased nn 1 gave to the medium UX ) bar rels bilk dresses and other material things were ofTerod the ghost nnd appropriated bv thu woman of Ilosn until ho is penniless Mr Hill has boon un ardent supporter of Chris tian scloncc until it is believed his mind is turned Ileitis Ar my ofliire DuittquK la , Doc 18 Charles Convay , a voting man from Uochcstcr , Mlnu , came hero to-aj to see his cousin and fiance , who Is near death with consumption This even ing ho went out Into the jard back of the house and n few minutes later two shots were heard Ofllccrs rushed in nnd found Convay 1ing there w ith two bullet wounds in bis body Ho claimed that some person Bhot and robbed him , but ns no ono was seen running away , nnd ho bad n smoking revolver volvor 111 hispockot it is believed that ho attempted suieido on account of the expected death nf his betrothed Ho Is not likely to rccovei Will \oto lor MIInoii Des Moines la , Dec 18 [ Special Telegram gram to Tin Bur J Senator Hanchett of Bromer countj the Independent republican whose vote is so important on sovcnl issues , * was in town toany He intimated that ho should vote for Senator Allison , notwith standing the democrats ' report that ho would not , but on the question of prohibition ho said plamlj that he would vote for any rei sonable licnnso law and for the repeal of pro hlbttlon Hohas boon quoted as favoring no change In tbo law An Omnlin Ijhwj pi in Trnublo DivsMonT , la , Dec 18 [ bpeciul Tele- grnm to 1 un Bee 1 The cose of John lean dall formerly of the Davenport bar , and now a member of the law firm of Miller , Dick & Randall of Omaha was disposed of today Iho defendant was suspended from practice for Unity days He was charged with extorting money , with accepting money from saloonkeepers on condition thnt be 1 would withdraw suits commenced agalust them under the prohibition law Miss Loolc Acquitted Montezuma , la , , Dee 19 Special Telegram gram to lnr Bee | The cisoof the state , against Miss Flora Look , the young lnd ) who ' shot and killc 1 the member of the chariv arl 1 party who was scrcn tdlng her grandfather , , was given to a jury at noon today iho jurv stajed out thirty raluutes and reported not guilty lho verdict fives amoral satisfac tion A Wife Murderer Sentenced OskaLOOSA la , Dc 18 [ Snecial lelo- gram to Tnr Bee ] David Martin , the old colored wife murderer who ploadcd guilty , ' was sentenced today to the ponltentlary for llfo and was taken to Tort Madison this evening 'lho crlmn was committed less than three weeks ago Fatal ICnnnway Accident Wateuioo , la , Dec 18 [ Special Tele . gram to Tub Bee | William Halloday , an aged and prominent citizen of this citj , nnd ono of the early Bottlers of this coanty , was instantly killed this morning His team ran away and ho was thrown out , striking on his head and breaking his neck Killed 1)3 a Cublo Oar Sioux Citv , Iu , Dec l8 | Special Telegram gram to Tin Bee [ Jimmy Ciarko the nlno { year-old sun of C J. Ciarko vvbilo on his , was to school this morn In er was run over nnd instautly killed by a cable car lho lad was horribly mangled Tlio Irottlnir Homo Breeders , Cepab Raiips , la , Dos 18 Tbo annual meeting of lho Iowa association of trotting horse breodoas was hold hero today H B t Allen of Waterloo wus elected prosidontand \V C Blake of Cedar Uaplua secretary and treasurer IturglnrH at Sioux City Sioux CiTr , la , Dee 18 [ Special Tele gram to The Bit 1 The bat store of Stuart „ MacCurdy was burglarized last night to the extent of $900 worth of deal aud fine fur goods Highly I'lonsed Bxitmce , Neb , Dec 18 , [ Special Telegram gram to Tnr Bee I The Kansas Cltv oxour Blonlsts returned homo early tbis morning and are highly elated over tbo courtesies extended - tended them en route and at tbo cities they . visited , vy hich took oxnrcssioa in the form of ringing resolutions of llmnks to all who con | tributed to the pleasure of the event TonrhiK Down Imperial Rinblom Ni vr Yomc , Dee 18 The steamer Cyril arrived from Brazilian ports today She re ports tnat at Coroa business Is going on Just as before the revolution The citizens are tearing down all emblems and coats of arms having auy connection with the Imperial \ party Alt the streets which bore names allied to royalty were changed to conform with republican iacas Jliialunss Troubles Chicago , Dee 18. Meade , Ynu Bokkolon & Co , dealers la California fruits 1 fulled today , liabilities , f2o0,000 to 1276,000 1 , assets much loss The store was closed on Judgments aggregating $50,000 'lho com puny wus weakened a i ear ago by the failure of Ueorgo W. Meade , the millionaire Cali fornia fruit and lime man It If said that the , business , though large , was very badly man Red ( llonrl Ilochefort 81 ok Lovuov , Dee 19 Henri KOckefort U dangerously Ut in this city , In the Maelstrom CmctstfrUi Dco-18 II u understood that at the mooting of the distillers and oattlo feeders trust at Peoria the application of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ' Frolourg < t Workman of this city , who have hold aloof frturt ibo trust for two soars , will bo prcsonlcd Jot membership It is under stood the dKnilors will continue In opera Lnbotiohcr yetitllntliii ; hn Bcamlnl Lotuos , iipo 13 Preliminary to his do- mnnd In parliatncnt when that body shall nsscmblo that ' the government tnko ofllclnl cogntearfco of the West 12nd club scandfi ' ' Lnbouchero hnt pub llshoil la I Iruth a scorching rovlow of the Infamys which is lho most thorough exhibit of the rottenness of n certain class of the Kngllsh nristocracy that anj joiirnnl tins > ot dared to plnco before Its rcalcrs \ \ hllo ot course nn iinmos nro Inentlonod , the renders ciutiot fall to rccognho the per sons most likely to bo called to account Ono poor ImplicatedLihnuchcro asserts lias already tncltlv ndmittcd his guilt by not only leaving the country , but bv seeking cougon- inl ussocl itiotis in the service of the suttatt of lurkoy Mlnrrn In conicutlon IsiiiyvAi-otis , Ind , Dor , 18 The convenj H911 of the miners of hull inn and northern Illinois , Ohio , western Pcnnsylvnnla nnd U est Virginia , vv hose coil goes to the west orn nnd northwestern markets nnd who nro members of the Progressive Union of Miners nnd Mlno Laborers sat today The object of lho convention Is to consider nnd dclor- nuno the policy by nnd throtiili which the Interests of minors and mine laborers will bo better protected nnd vvagos ndwinced during the coining year Put on Tlirnc-Qunrtor4 linio III viitso , Pa , Dec IB fho railroad com piny todnj posted nolicos thnt the minors end laborers In nil the collieries throughout the Schuylkill region ho put on three quar ters tlmo uftor next Mondnj tn continue In definitely The wages of SO W0 men and boys are ofTectodj rntlctl the Clinrivnrt PoktTowvbem ) , Dec 18 A few days ngo Martin Phillips wis married nnd moved with tits bride to Lopez Island Last night a largo crowd surrounded his liouso and harrnsscd the occupauts with n charivari After repeatedly warning the crowd to desist Phillips took n double Unrreloil shotgun nnd fired , fatally wounding two young men named John Hnll and Tolin Graham * The iientli Record BEHLif , Doc 18 Wllholm \ on Gowitched , the German historian , Is doacl New Out tans La , , Dca IS Dav Id Bid ivell ono of the ol lest and best known theat rical managers In the country , died tonight Prohibition I'nssci lu North Dtlcotn BiijuncK , N D Doc 18 fho iron-elad prohibition mcasuro passed both houses of the legislature toda * Itiotlu rliond I'luyers nvpelled Ni vv Yom , Dec 18 lho Hrothorhood Baseball league tonight expelled Glasscock Clarkson , Dcnnj Miller , Beckley , McICcan , Bo ittlti Buel ley , Clements , Glenson Schiiicr , Sommris , Mulvcy mid Dochanty Melville Stone Upturns NKw\oiik tlec IS Melville E Stone , formerly editor of the Chicago News ar rived from Lurppp today ' * Minneapolis KulIihcIiIIiIh I all MissEAroi is ( Minn , Dee 18 The Roths chllds'clothing house assigned vcBiorday Liabilities , nbou S10 000 , issots , $20,000 4 t Pat IIlint llnnced Paiiis Kj Dec 18 Pat Hunt was hanged hoi 0 this morning Killed l > ij I 01 mpr Secrotarj Pauis , Dec IS Cmll Ilou * 0110 of the dl rectors of the prefecture of the belno , was murdorcd today by M Regad , his former secretarv 1 he'murdoror had a griov anco and could get rifl t6dress A Special Ur-cUlature C11 vklestovV Va , Doc 18. Governor Wilson calieu a special legislature to convene vono the thtrd week In Juauarv Among the matters to bo settled is the Ilommlng Goff contest for the governorship The Tire Itccord St "Lawhescb , Doc 18 Lljht business houses burned hero last night , loss , $30 000 , insurance 9)000 ) • Fatal Cartridge Implosion Bopfai o , Doc 18 Whllo two men were loading blank cartridges in the arsenal this afternoon 400 cartridges accidentally ox plodcd Both men vvcro terribly burned and may die • Murdered Hj an I v-Convlct Colfvx , Wash , Doe 18 Ihomas Click , a young fiiru cr , was murdered this morning by Blinkton nn ex-con\Ict and jlcsncrado There is a guard now over Blonkton but > ho chances aio thut ho will bo lynched lllielm's Got the Earache BEni.iv , Dec 18 lho emperors oar is troublesome acaln It has recently grown vvorso He is under treatment all tno time and is in constant pain g loang Peoples Mcctinc A union meeting of the Young Peoples societies of the United Prosby lerian societies ties of the city will bo hold in the First United Presbyterian church this evening nt ; 8 o'clock . The llso of Coffnp It is nssoitcd by mon of high profes sional ability thut when tlio system needs stimulant nothinp cqutls u oupof fro3h colToo , e lys the Lpicuro Those who doslro to rcscuo the drunkiiid fiom his cups will Hnd no better substitute , for spirits ttiitn stionff , tiew-mado cof- fee , without milk or su ar Two ounces 1 of cofTeo , or ono-oiRhth of a pound , to ono pint of boiling witter makes 11 llrst- clltss beverage , but the vvntoi must bo 1 boilitip , not merely hot Bitterness 1 comes from boiling too lonp If the coffee required for bronkfnst bo put in a granltol70 kettle ever night and a pint of cold water poured ovoi it , it can bo heated to tbo boiling point and then sol hack to prevent further ebullition , when it will bo found that , vvhilo its strength is ox true ted , its deli cute aroinn is p/psorvod. As our coun- tij consumes noorly ton pounds of colToo ' per capita it is ; 1 a pity not to have it made lu the bdfit manner It is asserted thy those who hay r > trlod it that mularfa nnd opldomics nro 1 avoided by Uiqso , ) vho drink a cup of hot I colleo before vqutm Ing into the mountain - tain air Buriieiion hot coals it is u disinfectant far a'slck room By some 1 ot our host physicians It is-considored a specific in tj piiolil fever Iceland l | ' ot a Land of Ire If the name oh 1 tills island means land , of ice , as no doubt is the cuso , tliotptho name 1b misleading , foi , excepting the grout ice BtreiiVrAjJn the intorlor of the lslo called gludlts | ! , there is otherwise voiy little icoJnjt The harbors uro open nearly tuiisivvholo j oar , and the clitnuto is milder than that of Not way Sometimes tlio northern and eastern 1 coasts aio blocked up with tea which has drift d before the wind ftoin Green land , but this huupdns only about once ovoryton years 'Ihon , perhaps , the island is an ice land , but in any other sense the title is nu unfortuuuto blundei - An old farmer couple brought in two * I,000 OnltedStfttos bonds to an Adrian , Mich , banker vhlch they had l > con Ignorantly hoarnlng slnco the second yuu nitoi the war , and until the cash ier told thorn they had been called in in 1874 tnoy supposed they had boon bcailng Inlorost all the while Then I the bank mun cpnsolod thoni with the statement that the interest on $ J 000 foi , llftoon jonrs at 11 per cent would have amounted to * W U tbo bonds had been cashed and the money put into the hank CONGRESSIONAL / ' PROCEEDINGS A Rosolutloa OiTorod Rooognlzlng the Brnzlllnu Bopubllo LAID | OVER FOR TODAY'S SESSION rho House Offers n Hctvnril or$1 OOO for the Arrest of Slloott More Thau Uno Thousanil Bills IntiotltiOLtl Senate ASiutiiTos , Dec IS Mr Sherman from the , committco on foreign relations reported n ' Joint tosolutton oxtondtng to Mnrch 1 , ISM , the tlmo of the International maritime con ference 1 Paisod Mr Hlscock from the committee on the quadro contonnlil colobratlon lommlttco re ported ] a resolution nutliorl/lng the committee too t to employ n stcnocraphor and to have the i hearings before it roiwrtcd and printed It j stated that the Intention of the committee wns to glvo hoar'ngs ' to the anvocn'cs of tlio various locations proposed as sites for lho exposition 1 Roforrcd Mr Morgan offered the following resolu tion , , which was read nnd laid over until to morrow ; Resolved by the Ronato and liouso of rep resentatives 1 of the United btatos of Atner tea : tn congress nssomblcd , thut the Unltod States congrntulatcs tlio people of Biall on their ju t and pcacoful assumption of the powers , duties nnd responsibilities of self government based upon the consent of the governed us expressed In their repudiation of monarch ! ti rule und in their icccnt ndoptlon ot a republican 'orm of government nnd that the United States of Brazil is bj this net rcc ocnlzcd is n law ful and rightful hnv ernmont , and that the sal 1 ropubllo is of Helit , entitled to exercise nnd enjov International coinltj and nil the beuoflts of the laws of nations as n sovereign power and lho benefit of all rights , privileges and aavnntngos under the existing treaties thut wore concluded between the United States of America nml the Into cmplro of Brtzil , and that this declaration by thu United btates of America shall bo notified to the slates of Brazil by the presldont , and that the president bv his proclnm itlon shall require the paoplo and government of the United States nnd of the sever il states nnd nil persons in nuthonty therein to recognize the Hag ot the United States of Brazil as the ling of u free sovereign eign und lnuopendontstile Mr Plum offered in amendment similar to that of tbo last session to the Pacilio rnil road rotundlng bill Referred Ho nlso Intro duecd n bill to give Jurisdiction in certain pension ciscs to the district courts of the United btntos Referred Mr Coke offered a resolution calling on tbo attorney general for information ns to the attack on fustice Hold in California and the killing of Divid b lerrj by Deputy Marshal Nagio Laid ever till tomorrow After an uxocutlv a session the senate ad Journed House Wasmnotov , Dee 18 Mr McICinleyJ of Ohio from the committco on way sand moms reported a concurrent resolution for a hell day recess from December ii until Jauuarv 0 Agreed to The speaker having laid before the house a mess igo from the president recommending thut the limit of the International marmo coniorenco bo extended for two months Mr HItt of Illinois introduced a Joint resolution extending thnt authorit } until March 1 18 HI , which was passed Un motion of Row ell of Illinois the com mittco on elections was granted leave to alt , during the scssidn of the house McICinley from the committo on rules re nortod a resolution lor an immediate roll call of the states for the introduction and refer ence of bills Adopted Before this order was carried out Mr Payro , from the Sllcott committee , reported a resolution authorizing the sergeant at arms to offer n reward of $5 000 for the arrest and dolivcry to the ma r slrnl of the District of Columbia of C E Sll cott the absconding cashier , the reivail to bo paid out of the contingent fund of the house Adopted Under the call of the states the following bills were introduced and referred lo rcduco the tobacco tax , to rcpulato immigration and to ammd the naturalization laws , nlso to prohibit aliens from acquiring title to lands in the United States , to aoclaro the forfeiture of all unearned land grants , to provide a graduated income tax , to prevent vent the contraction of the currency , to re peal all laws requiring the accumulation of gold for the redemption of treasury notes , for the free coinage of silver , to permit the president to veto scparito items iu general appropriation bills By Mr Hitt Topromotocoiimercialunlon vv ith Canada By Mr Lnwler To pay Colonel John George Ryan $100 000 damages ( Ho was arrested charced with being fohn Surrntt ) , also appropriating SSOO 000 to repair tho-post- ofllco buildingat Chicago , also to place letter currioiswho have served twenty joirs en the retired list on half pay , also remov 0 the tux of - cents a pound 011 olcomirgarino By Mr , Wiko Declaring it to be the sense of lho house that the committco on ways aad means should report at an early day a plan and rate of taxation by which 5130 000,000 shall bo raised annually on Incomes nnd salaries in excess of t > 000 By Mr Helm in To preserve the puritv of the electoral franchise By Mr Henderson of Iowa To declare 1 unlnwful trusts and combinations in re straint of trndo and production By Mr Conger -Dellnlng lurd , aud im posing a tax on the manufacture , sale , im pertution or exportation of compound I ml By Mr Anderson of Kansas ro create a postal telegraph Bv Mr Perkins of Kansas lo open to homestead settlement certain portions of the Indian territory By Mr lurncr of Kansas To shorten to ! three years the period required in homo steiding public lands By Mr Morse of Massachusetts To 10 peal the Interstate commerce law By Mr Dockerv of Missouri ro ascertain the amount of Indebtedness of tbo farmers of the United btates and the porconJtaio of fur mcrs who am tenants , also to enlarge the , free list and cquall/o taxation By Mr 1'iank of Missouri ror tbo loca tion of the world a fair at St Louis By Mr Splnola her lho retlromont of lohn C Piomont with the rank of mijor ; general Di Mr Rwartof North Carolina ror the total repeal of the Intorna' revenue laws Bj Mr 'Butterworth Per full reciprocity botwocn the United btates and Canada , also 1 to reeulato the manufacture and sato of counterfeit or compound lard Bvtr Grosvonor lo provide for an increase ! crease of the pension to minor children , tlso to make the minimum rate of the pension f3 j per month By Mr E B Taylor To restore the former rate of duiv on imported wool By Mr Lnloo ro prohibit gambling con ' tracts in agricultural and other products 1 alio a resolution calling on the secretary of ' the intorlor for information in regard to the Tanner investigation By various dologalos ror the admission L into the union of Idaho , Now Mexico aud Wyoming Amoug the bills Introduced for the oreo tlon of public buildings were tbo following AtBloommgton , Galosbure , btrrhng and 1 Aurora 111 biour City , Cedar Rapids , ' Burlington , Port Dodco , und D ivonport , la , Grand island , Kearney , Norfolk , Beatrlco nnd Hastings , Neb , Siouv 1 alls , Yankton uiiil Aberdeen , b D , I au Llulro , Maul towoc , Green Bay , bhoboygan and Racine , 1 Wis The number of bills introduced under the 1 call was 1,001 Man ) of these uro duplicates , if not In lunguago nt least in the subject matter of tholr provisions ' 1 ho deaths ot Juntos Laird ot Nebraska S b CoxofNowVork N. W , Nutting of t New York and R. W. lownshend of Illinois were announced to the house , which , as u mark of respect to the memory of the do ceased , adlourned until 1 riday , Mllllaiy Order or America Wasuincov , Dee 18 Representative Whcoler of Alubamu today introduced a bill 1 to incorporate the alllitury Order ot Amer- lea The bill proposes the Incorporation of a Bocloty which is to bring together in fra temal aad bcucuceut association , non soda atM _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S3 rinn nnd non political , these who were en gaged ; in the war of the rebellion The order Is to have a building In Washington to bo use 1 as a memorial bulHIng nn 1 n military nnd iinval museum nnd library wherein will bodcposltod loplesof all government \ ub- llcations Provision will be inn lo for the In terment in the court nt this building of the mortal remains of the Grunt Cnminnmlor Gi ml" nnd the erection of n suitable monument ment to his memory nml toall other Roldlors , sailors and marines who served during the war iNnbMMkii I'disliinn Washivotov , Dee IS tbpocnl Telegram to Snn Hrr ] Pcnsloni granted Nebras kins' Orieinnl Invnlll Albert Washburn , bholton ; Ihomas N Gosncll , Chapman , Charles Davis Inman , Gcorgo Abornolhi , llkCreelt Day Id U Bart , Bclolt , Justin * Dunn Children lucre iso ihomas L Chambers Nordcn Balden ilmk , Johns towntNormnu 1) Ihomnsou Table Rock , William Hnltemllnghum Omaha , Huuson Hasnoss Humboldt ; Moso C Dtvls.Hiim boldt , lohn W Woods , Aurora Reissue ! • irl II btnwson , Denton , Adam Cosner , Uailto Mute Chop ll < niR < * Crooks Al Peterson nnd Chillies Roby , two hash era " nro in J ill at the icnti-il station await ing trial today for larcnny rho pair are from Sioux Citj uud were taken out of a box i ar by the police The two men ijot In the car at Sioux Cltv on Monday and worn sculod up by tlio ngcht A\ hen thov rouchod Omaha they were tired nnd huncrv and made a big noise , which attracted ntlentlon * " Tlio llutitici ? Iilccnin lho butchers who nro opposed to the ordl nnnco compelling thoni to piy a license of $100n year met nt Kessler s hull last night Dennis Poster presided A committee was appointed tosocurosiuicrs protesting against n license nnd the mooting adjourned until 110M 1 riuny evening Llglitli Wind Ui publlenns A meeting of the I Ighth Ward Republican club will bo held at Tvvonty fourth and Cuming tomorrow night for the purpose of org mbing a social society , nnd lor settling the expenses Incurred In the recent cam pHIl.ii /Clniniorniiin'H Itiiltlos Gottlclb Zimmerman , the propnetor of the Paust bottllug works , 1ms lots of trouble with his beer Dottles Hohas Just ilnishod n lit'gition ' rognrdlng the cisos confiscated by the pohco In the various houses of ill fame nnd jestoidij hoiauscdtho arrest of W Richtoi , chirging him with stealing soy 011 bottles of the v nluo of 7" cents He l\irei l a Cheek Thomas Johnson is n young man who rep resented to Trunk Mead that ho hid money in the bank , and induced him to cosh n check for $5. vV hen the document was presented the c ishict pronounced it worthless Me id swore out a war-ant for his urrest jcstcrdiy afternoon Darlington Dlsctmmml Ld Darlington was tried in pollco court yestcrdaj afternoon charged with robbing the City hotel of three silver vvutchos to the value of S'O a diamond pin nf the value of $1 > ind a gold watch allied it S15 1 ho do fendaut was discharged for lack of evidence Postal Promotions II H Trucsdull of I rcmont vv as } cstcrdaj appointed a postal clci k nnd will run bo tvvconSchujler and Plattsmouth COLONEL bHEPARD'S OFFER , A Million Dollirs to the Sultnn or llirkoy to Become n Christian In eouioo of time the world may re- 1U70. says the New York Times , the scope of that good in in , Colonel Elliott P Shop 11 a , editor m inipuhitor of stage comp iny stock , toligicTus ct ustdet and politic ! tn The 1 iteht tovoHtlon concerning the notorious moralist is to the ofToct that lie once hud the idea of tony citing to the Christum faith no less a puisou than tlio Sultan of liukov , and that not by the svvotd , as the ctusiuleis of old sought to oiTcct then putposo , but with the } nglo of good American dollais , some of thorn hiving in time gone by belonged to William IL Vanbctbilt Ono be uity ibout this incident in the colonels career is its absolute tiuthful- ncss , which is moiothntcan ho siidof some things told of public and histoti- cil chnnctors like Mr Shop ird It seems that when the colonel was nlnotd some four or hvo jo ns ngo he visited Constantinople , and tnoro ho was ontei tiincd by the wife of a pasha The olllciul was 1 Geim in holding high rank iu the 'lurkishnnnyandoC com so both ho uud his wife wote chnsti ins The pious colonel studied the Tuikish ohm tctot nnd the Moslem ciced ut length , mil his to ml 0.1 hcni t bled at the thocjht tii it so many hum in hoiugs know not the blessings ol his religion Consequently on ills ictuin to this coun try ho put in ui ictico a plan that hid suggested itso.f on the w ty over Ho wrote to the pashas wife request ing ber to infnim hismijesty the sultan do nl\ the colonel loves those words thut ho , Colonel Shop ird , would ptesent him , lho sultan , with 31,000,01)0 ) in cash if ho would oinbrnco Chitstinmty "J mbr ice was iho woid the colonel used , and , consitloiin his well ndyoi- tised idput ition foi moi.illlj and mod esty , it would scorn that ho might h iv o employed a tBrm less susceptible ot 11 double significance In his letter Mr Shepard gives as his loiison for wilting to the 1 idy lu question the f let th ithei husband wits cioso to tbo sultnn , uud consequently could easily Una un op pottuuity tomnl o the pioposltion On his return to this couutiy Colonel Shopird convoked the idea to his filcuds that while his leception in nil Luiopu wasonthusiitstiOi it was in Tui- key nlono that ho m ido what thcatilcnl term ' bit " Had pcoplo a this boon the c iso , how ever , ho would have known , " said a prominent Turkish trny- elot jestcidnv , that a Ohiistltin , no matte 1 how high hl < 3 tank , would novel ho able to nppionch tbo sultan otv any thing like intimnto t < irras And the pishu , to w I100Q wife the colonel'H letter was written , not or speaks to his lin- poiial mastoi ONCout in rolntion to tbo stables , for his duties aio connected with the sultans hoisds " When the pashas wife tocoived the lettei hut amusomoiit was unbounded , and she told about it with gicnt glee at a public reception Not so nor husband , the general IIo looked nt the matter in an entirely dlffoiont ' light What , ask Mohammed's vieo gerout to forsake ills treed Tlio very idea caused iv cold perspiration tobionk out on his ( erotic id and sent lloutlng through his mind visions nf the how string , the sack and the cool waters of the Uosphorus \estotday a ropoitor of the Times naked the Turkish trnvolor already ro- fcrrod to what would haio resulted had tlio pnuliu tiinsmitlcd iho colonel'smos- sago to the sultnn Why , " was the roplj , the thing is absurd on the Into of it , but for the sal o nt argument stip- pose that the olTch had bcou made to the sultan , 'lho pasha would have boon dismissed Instantly , aud would have boon woudoifuUv fortunate had that hoeii the end ot it " It is not known whether Colonel Shepard had a tot tided check for $1,000,000 made out in the event of tlio impecunious sultun's wllllngnesJ to 4 oiubraco" Christianity , Tlio spiked heltnot s showing nbovo 1 the horUon in Luxemburg Hen Krupp hua just bought llflv acres iu the , little country uud is going to set up u 1 foundry thuie Luxemburg will soon bo a I'tusslan province THETORREYBAMUPrBILU h OmnhnBuslnosa Mou Strongly Urffo Ita Pnoatiffo the Resolutions adopted j steps Taken to Provide ( illiprnlljr for [ the WniKn ot the South Dakota > X'nriucrs An Itnporiniit 1 ' MentliiK lho Itunril of rrnilP A meeting was held In the board of trula rooms last night In rcspouso to n call Issued to business men and cltUcns gcuerallj to dis l cuss the 1 orrcy bin Krupt bill Ihonttomlonco was composed principally of members of the board of trade I The report ot the ( ommltten appointed to I' consider the bill nnd report U | on thoudvisn- \ bllity ot ucomnicndirg its passage , was pro H\ \ Runted iho following resolution was real , IJ \ \ herons \n almost universal domnnd for ? . U o enactment of n uniform biukrupt law { * has come rrotu all parts of lho United btates , \ and I Whorens A national convention of the [ representatives of lho commercial bodies , } ' w Inch hold Its first session In St Louis on 'I 1 obrtiarv Js and March 1 , and the second il Befsion ut Minneapolis on September J and 4 lbS has unanimously a lopted and rceotn- mended for piisneo by the congrtssof lho J United btnti s the bill kuovvn as the lorrey | buiiktupt bill und 1 W iiorcns It U npp irent tint the b inkruut a law of Grout Britain which went lute effect Hon on Janu try 1 , mi , Las through Us wlso mid * bcnellcletit provisions grown ereatlv in fn- S vnr with both the creditor aud ilebtor cl issos 1 , of tint country , uod the principles umbodlcd % thorum nro generally the simo as those ft' embodied in tlo lorruA bill , and Mt | • Wliorens , Wobclievo a Lxnornl bankrupt 3' ' nvv to bo a mtnsuro Hint would tnvo 0 i salutary offeel upon business , wo would Mi rocoinmond the udoptlon of the following ftj icsolunous lh Resolved lhat the culj enactment of the Bt/ Torrey bankrupt latv will onuble crcditois f tocomncl uu unreserved showing nnd sur i. rendei of assets , and 1 rovout Injurious ' ' prcfertiuxsnnd facilitate Just settlements of the estates of insolvent debtors us a per lament fcutuio of our collection lows , that ) it is a mticti needon moisuro nu 1 0110 that I will boucllt busluoss alilco iu till sections of i thu country 2. Resolve d , That the secretarv bo iustruelod I to forwntdaml eominuuicuto this icllon of P oururganizitton to the Boerotury of the ox ) h ocutlvo committee of associated commercial \ bjdles at bl , Louis Mo and to our No * • brnskn representatives in congress and tlio i senate f Mr W akcfield spoke bi icily in favor of the f resolutions after which they vvcro emricd without a dissuntitiir vote Prdsldent Margin thou announced that the next thing Hint was to enmo before the I mooting vv is the endorsing of the reeoinmcii * dutiou of the Now York bunrd of tradn thut jj , the into ot lettei postigo bo redueia to 1 J cent 1 ei ounce | A resolution was reported favoring the jj passage of such nn inuetmcnt by congriss ( [ • reducing the lettei postage to 1 cent , and j wus idoptcd 9 lho mutter of the destitution prey lihug fl among the f irmers ot boulh Dakota wa3 uo\t 1 t ilcen up 1 Colonel Chasa of thu committee appointed 1 to iiivcstiguto the nuttor re id letters and l telegrams irom Gcorgo II Hand conllruilng f tbo reiHirts of destitution uud stilting that f aid would be thankfully rcccivod The com j mltteo recommended thut donations bo col 3 leetcd and forw irdeit nt once consisting of ft provisions of all kinds , especially those { ' which nro not liable to perish fiom , f exposure tn the weather , Includ- tj Ing iiiout , hams , jruin and voota ( ( { bles flour and Moccry supplies and j that suveral cars bo loaded aud shipped rho com mitteo also loeommoiided thnt acorn If mitteo be iippolnti d to consist of live three i of whom shall bo citizens of Om ilia and two f of South Omaha and thnt the committco ' have power to appoint sub committees to aid them in the collection , It was the opinion of the committco that I tmnspoitutiou could bo obtained free of ' charge from the ruilroid companies ' Mr Gibbon oppressed the opinion thnt { there should bo no Hesitancy on the partof Om ilia in this mattei The thing should bo done on n largo scale , commensurate with the wealth of Omaha and as a mean a of showing the generosity of the city A spoj cial train should be made up consisting of I potatoes flour , giain , meats etc Mr Gibbon moved that the committco bo increased bv the addition of flvo merchants fiom Omnia nnd three fiom booth Omiha lho motion pruvuiUd uud the folio a ing I were nppnlntcd T 11 lavlor II 1 Ciarko , I , j1 ; W Gny W L. Parrotto and J S f Brady of Omahn , and H 11 Mcduy , LA I Cudnhy und D C 1 osier ot south Omaha jl lho committco originullv consisted of Cole V nol C S Chnso , W V L Gibbon and A It 1 Dufrcne f iho committee on stnto fuir was next called on nnd reported luvoriblo progress 1 hey asked for further tlmo , which was • feruitcd t lho irticles of iucotporationof the Omaha Agricultural Purlc nssoclution vvcio then read and nuoptcd The capital stock is to be JHW0O0 In si arcs or $100 euch Thoobjoct purpose anil gomral niituro of the business to bo transacted bv this corporation is to purchase and nctpjlre title to land , to lonse . tha same and proviao transportation to and from the erounds for the use of the No braskn Btato horticultural society for tholr annual exhibitions nnd ether states and for ( county , district and ether fniis lho matter ot the road into Dakota was acitatoJ , and the udvlsnbility of gotllng Into \ the country uoforo bt Paul und Minneapolis > let all the Undo \\nn shown ' Mr Dufrcne moved that the roud bo built ' and backed up his motion by saying that ho would be ono of 100 mun to l.1v 0 (1 0U0 each towards building tl 0 ro id Mr J b Gibson endorsed the motion nnd 1 1 elated the incidents connected with the building of lho Omaha A. Southwestern road years ago , which was sturti I in a manner similar to the action no v pen ling Au udjournmant wns tnkon without any action being had on the railway question 111'I Vitll H J. C Pai rlsh of the Omaha IIro do om tmont 1 attuned from his homo lu West Vi 1 gin in yesterday IIo vvhh called homo n few weeks ngo to nttond the bedside of his dying fntlici , but ho in- j rived too Into His /nth01 died the day \ before iiis ui rival , wliilo lie found his molhor and sisloi confined to tholr bed , tbo former suIToi ing ftom a fructuiod and lho lattoi with a spiatnod limb and othoi iujuiios iccoivccl by a luuiiway net idont M. D Carr of 2110 Dccalui btrnot was thrown ftotn his buggy ut Llghtoonth and Grace Inst night and Ills shoulder bioken The body of the baby which was found inn pool of wntor at the cornoi of Sixth and llninoy sttoots yostordny will bo in terred in tlio poltor's Hold bv the superintendent - intondent ot the pool fin in today POWDER Absolutely Pure Ilil p < ' > uiloi'novcriarJe A murvelotourltr fctreiihth an I wtioUsimontvis More ecouoinl 1 culilmu thu or Unary Kind * , und rsnuot ba sold ' In competition with the multitude of loir test bl ort welt lit l urn urnhojphatsp > wileikoUl < 01 l III Win ItOTAtilHUINU 1'OVrUEIt CO , 1(0 ( 1 WsilBt.H V , A J