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. 12 THE OMAHA DAILY 33EE : SUNDAY. JANUARY 4. ISDI.-TWRIYVTC PAfiTCS. NEW YEAR'S ' SPORTING NEWS Itoecato Outlock for Local Baseball Cranks , ' GOSSIP OF THE WHEEL MEN. All Aliont tlio I'ti s The Gun , nml Trnp Aiiifurur mill Mlficollnny. With the first ( lurry of the beautiful comes the first hit of real Interesting baseball information mation from the Oitmlni inntmgcmrnt , nnd the patrons of the glorious gntno will ut once reall/o tlmt they nro to bo catered to the comlnff season after n fashion tbut wilt ncculur.ito the hlood nml warm the cockles of the heart. In the first pluco Outiiiy Slinunon , the fiivor- Hoof the team in 1834 , has been closed \vlth , in fact his contract was in President McCov- inlels's safe tin eo woelts .IRQ , but for pruden ! ' tial reasons , It was withheld from the public. It was apprehended that the signing of Shan non uohiU Interfere with negotiations with other players. Tlmt possibility no I6ngor exists and Uamiv's eiiBaKctncnt has been ofllclnlly proinulfjiitcd. lie will manage and captain the team , and nt the same time guard second b.iso , nnd that ho will execute his til- nngnlnr duties to the satisfaction of nil con- ceincd noes without saying. In Ibi'J Shan non uns with the Loulsvillo Colonels , nnd while not ciultonp to his playing .stnndai-d ho did cicdltnhlc work , nnd would have hccn continued on the team had ho not Jumped with the grand herd of oilier players to the brothrrlmod in the spring of ' ! KJVlth the New York tenm ho did excellent service , butting , fielding and running bases with the cream of the ngKicgation. Uo writes thntho is In sunurb condition this winter , and with 4 coiilliiuitnco of good health , will do his best to excel himself for Onmhii in ' 01. Shannon n addition to bring ono of the exemplary players of the piofcssion , combines extraordinary man- ngcrlnl qtinllllcntlons ulth his pluying skill , nnd will without ( lonbi prove nnlnvnluablo ac quisition to locnl baseball interests. In n re cent letter to Sccretnry Bnnidt ho conveys the Intelligence that ho hns n quartette of llrst-cln-s players on the stilng , whom ho ex pects to sign Immediately iffon the nnnounco- mcnt of n pcriimncnt settlement oC bascbill affairs between the National league nnd American nssocl.illon. Two of thpm vu'ro with the unfortunate Brothers last season , one with the National league nml ono with the American nssocliitlon.wlillenll of them nro cracks In their particular positions. Next In Importance In tlio way of local .news is the signing of John Stafford of the past season's ' Buffalo Brothers. Ho Is n young man of un assailable icputatlon , and consequently of exceeding pionilio. Ho bus good spccdj thu most deceptive of curves and masterly con- tiol of the ball , nn.l with the aid of Knell , Clarke and iiteljorg : Omaha will nrobably bo enabled touln n satisfactory portion of the gmnes she plays. Among the new players In prospect Is a Hrst baseman of national'rep utation , but as to the positions of the others noiiiiiieiuii bo said at this time. Aston third baseman , the management is deter mined to retain Klnior Cleveland until they mo perfei try satisfied u superior man cannot bo obtained. And this Is wise , for with nnv- thlng llko n little bit of good luck Elmer will hold up his end with the best of them. A. rnoio accurate or beautiful thrower than this same Cleveland Isn't in tlio business today , nnd if ho once gets back Into his old batting fettle , oh , my 1 how ho will line 'cm ' out to the left Held corner , to say nothing of JelT Bedford's slcn and over the fence. Cleveland's ono drawback is his timidity In Holding his position with n man on second. The fear of injury nt tlio hands , or feet , rnthorof the runner makes him timid and In effective. With this fault remedied nnd a trillo bit moro gall , ns the players put it , ho will bo all right. No team needs n better mnn nt third than ho would then bo. Yester day O'Connor , Ilnnrahan , Fagiu und Moran were forwarded Now Year's presents In the shape of their release. The man agement hns nt last decided tliut it cnn in no way utllhcd nny of the four , nnd it was the niru thing to cut them loose in plenty of time to allow them to look about them and catch on whcro they can. As to Ullly Works , negotiations remain In status quo , but ns Shannon hns written that ho has no fears of not being nblo to better Works , the manage ment nro Inking things easy. If Works sere proper to go elsewhere he will not bo inter fered with , but if ho concludes to return to > Om.ihn , all well and good , ho will bo wel * comed. Nothing very definite can bo said ] ust nt this time ahout the make up. o ( iho team as n whrlo , but it is quite likely that n now man will bo seen on Hrst , Shannon at second , Cleveland , most proua- bly , nt third , Walsh ntshoit , Knell. Clarke , Stafford and Kitcljorg In the box , Nown.un. Urquahart and Stciuel behind the bat and Cnnavftn ( Willis and a now mnn In the field. This however , is not certain , as Shannon's now men may displace n number of these mentioned. At the park this spring many now improvements will bo made. Moio clmlrs will bo put In the reserve department , the club's quarters remodeled , a new report ers' ' box built and numerous other changes made. A strenuous effort will nlso bo put forth to induce the Cnblo company to increase the speed of their trains to and from the grounds , flnd ns the benellt that accrues to thorn through the channel of the national game is worthy of consideration , it is but natural to expect this concession ut their hands. So , nfter all the delay and uncer tainty , Omaha's prospects for "Jl are of the most flattering description. Down In Cowlioytown. President Spcas , says the Kansas City Star , has ( signed but few men. The salary list was altogether too high for the Western association , and Spcas has decided to hold oft until some understanding has been reached between the National lenguo and American association hoforo getting his players in line for next season. As matters now stand ho will bo nblo to sign the plnyors nt reasonable salaries. None of the unsigned players will bo asked to sign until after thefith of this year. There will bo moro changes In the team than some people think. The Kansas City club cannot ntTord to pay players for seven months ut f)30 ) to $ .501 * per month with the other Western association clubs hiring men for live and one-half months nt 8175 to fiB a month. There will bo enough of the old team left to keep it much the same club ns last year'but several high snlaiicd men who played no bettor than jcunger or cheap er men will give way to younger players. .Midwinter BaNcbnll Pofprmri. BUy ) Knrlo. of the old St. Pauls , has been nigncd to inumigo the Portland club next sea son. son."Mnko "Mnko hnsto slowly1' ' Is the motto of the Ceacomakcrs. It is well. The foundation ullt now will stand for year. Anson will probably release Walter Wllmot In order that ho may better himself by ac cepting the captaincy of the St. Paul team. Dave Ilowo hns offered to trade Billy Hart to Kansas City for Jack Plckott , nnd Kansas City will miss It if she doesn't close the deal. deal.Van Van Dyke , the old Dos Molnos or would llko to play In Omaha , and i ( ts Is uot hooked , u better m.ui could not bo tso cured. Jimmy Coonoy writes that ho will report at Chicago early in February and will run over to Omaha for a low days' stay before March 1. Jimmy Catmvan Is ngain the champion of the Now England polo players. The game , however , Is uot nearly so popular as it was erstwhile. Old Cal Broutrhton. who did excellent work for St. I'aul behind the pluto , Is coaching the University of Wisconsin team during hoof Winter months. Andy Cuslck , who inflicted a whole lot of rotten umpiring on thu Western association lost season , U filling a deputy constable's chocs ia St. Louis. Clmrllo Dennett , the matchless backstop , lastsuuson with thu Hoston Icaguo team , was in Omalin lost Tuesday , cu route cast from a Kansas hunting trip. Frank Soloo Is engaged In securing nlnyers ' In the east for the Seattle club. Whun in Omaha ho was engaged in securing players for the Boston club. It Is not improbable that Kd Henglo will be found b'Uardlug ritcoud for St , Paul. Jubl now ho Is engaged in Jerking beer at two glasses for n nlcklo. Ken Mulford.the spiciest of all thobnso ball scribes , will hereafter > vrlto exclusively for the New York Sporting Times. Ho was one of tlio Life's "weeded out. " Watklns Is expecting n winner In young Osbornc. Ho is u left-hander and beside great speed and good curves , Is said to have retmii hnblo control of the bull. Homer IClrk , u well known local ball-player , leaves for Florida on the 10th. Ho tins written - ten : ihcud for n trial position In sotno of the southern teams next season. St , Paul evidently Intends to pitch right In next season , The twirlers shu has thus far seemed Include only Mains , Aieokln , Ford , Schmidt , Dalian , Osborno and McIIalo , From Milwaukee cornos the whisper that Jack Thornton has already signed a Phila delphia leaifuo contract nnd that Vlukery and Scrivcr will wear uniforms of the llrewcrs next season. to be the main thing noticed about ball play ers in these piping times of t > no\\balls and hinetlvo magnates , who hava ceased losing , "I'm nfter you , " warbliH Uen Mulford. Will Sunday , the bill player , occupied the Prosbytoilan pulpit at MiiMlmlltown , In. , Sunday last. .lack Crooks was to have preached at St. Paul on tlio sumo day. but ho changed his mlnu nnd went to n dog light. Ullly Alvord , the clover big third baseman of the old chr union Prohibition team , Is win tering In Cleveland , and U gcttHg so big ho Is thinking seriously of renouncing naso ball and entering curio'hall of the Forest City musce. Willo speaking' of hustling managers , "White Wnigs" Toboau "of Denver should not ho overlooked. If ho doesn't glvo the Colorado metropolis the strongest team she hns ever had , there will ho a good many pco plo disappointed , that's nil. The 1'htladclphhi Brotherhood handorgan doesn't want the Western association ud- tnltted to "major Icaguo rights" under the national agreement , but insists that It be kept In the Trl-stnto league class. How docs this strike western p.itrons of this shoot ) Cleveland is willing to glvo Jlimulo Me- Aleor to Plttsburg. That young man hadn't been In the league long enough to get accli mated , yet ho was one of the most bitter tnlkcrs against the old body that had taken him from Milwaukee unu added a sllco to his minor Icaguo pay. "Bug" Holiday , with snow balls for luncheon starlnu' him In the face , has sued the Cincinnati brotherhood aggregation for $ 'b. ) sllco of Hack salary. Lot mo so ? , it was this same Hug who was so tickled when Brunny bought the Cincinnati club , wasn't it ! Think so. Shortstop Macullar , who was with the Das Mollies-Lincoln team lust sonson , Is nt his homo In Baltimore waiting lor the clouds to nest again. Mao is well across the Isotonlo line , but there's ' many n good game In him yet , as some team will evidently learn before the dog days come ngaln. Tlio statement going the rounds that Kan sas City Is after Raymond is a mistake , un less Jimmy Manning is fishing lor him from the other end. Mr. Spcas snys ho has never said a word to Parsons nbout Haymond's re lease. Unymond is quite n third baseman , and Is the kind of n man that Kansas City could muko good use of. without Milwaukee ? Is the query asked by some little boy In the Brewers burg. Why , sonny , the Western association in such an event would got on the biggest Jamboree you ever heard of It would just get un on Its hind logs and howl with ccstacy. That's what the Western association would do. But it will have no such oppoitunity. You will remain right whcro you are. Savoy ) Hcrr Rudolph Kemmler , who originated as a ball plajcr some ten years or so ago nt Akron , O. , along with Bid McPhcc , Sam Wise nnd other good ones , then drifted to Cincinnati , Columbus , and later to St. Paul , is now in Chicago , banking on tlio report that ho has recently fallen heir to n big German shipping house. Afiiendof the old catcher Intimates that ho takes no stock in tills snip ping house luircnd , but he does know that on Now Year's dny Keui inherited several big schooners. Gossip Among tlio AnrUeiirs. Bowman "first baseman , is not able to leave the house. Blair battery , Geist and Qrara , Is a hard one to beat. "Kid" Mohler is wintering In Rapid City , South Dakota. Lou and Win Camp will likely play in Omaha the coming season. The Nonpareils nro looking around for n pitcher to relieve , lcllen. Eddlngcr nnd Wilson may sign as a battery with the San Francisco team. Ben Nelson may guard right garden for the West Omuhas t'liU year. Catcher Gross \\orning for the water works company ut Florence. McAulifT hns icturncti to Denver for the winter on account of his health. Spud F.imsh should try and get Dad Clink nnd Moran for a "freak" battery. Moilaritv will play with the Snatnrocks , and not with the Nonpariels , in 1891. The indoor baseball league Is on its last legs. As a failure it is a big success. What.has become of Catcher C'rclghton ? Ho seems to huvo dropped out entirely. The West Oniahas will have entirely now suits for the coming season. They are beau- ties. Plattsmouth seems to ho KCttlns n strong team together for the state league now being organized. The Indoor baseball league Is endeavoring to secure the Exposition hall In which to play their games. Holan , the Union Pacific short stop , besides being n good Holder is ono of the best stock- crs in Omaha. Patterson , third baseman , will stick to the \ \Vc- Omahas ami his job and not join Cnstone's team. If Jack Morse will call at the onlco of the City steam laundry ho will hear of something to his ad vantage. Manager Castono has a prlzo in Pitcher Bullock. Ho is a south paw , speedy und has very deceptive curves. The Xonparlels have their own c.vmnaslum nnd show the results of it in the games that they put up in the Indoor league. .Tcllcn way give up pitching , as his arm is not in vorv good shape , ho having strained it in his trial game with the Omahas lust fall. Van Arnnm of Lcadvillo will manngo the team at "Jaysville. " Ho has already secured Windy , Strong , Melrose nnd the balance of n great team with which ho expects to win the pennant. An effort will bo made by the clubs consti tuting the city Icaguo to secure the Nonparicl grounds , fence them In nnd innko a Urst class ball park out of them. The admission will bo placed at 15 cents. feifiii the Wheel. Van Wagoner bos resigned from the L. A. W. Wheeler 1ms. been spending a short vaca tion at his old homo in Iowa. Tlio monthly misiness meeting of the Oma ha Wheel club will bo on next Tuesday ovcu- ing. ing.AH AH Indoor rneosshouldboconfinedtosnfoty wheels. Thcra is altogether too much danger on high mounts. * Captain Umcrson nnd the weather clerk cannot como to terms , consequently thuro will bo no run today. The latest novelty for rldors of the wheel 1s nn umbrella that can bo attached to a bicycle so as to shudo the rider , Arthur A. Zimmerman , the champion cyclist of the Now Jersey athletic club , has been reinstated by the L. A. W. Koynolds has boon1 very 111 with typhoid pneumonia , but Is growing bettor , and his friends hope to see him out again in u short time , ? . . George W. French of tlio Citizen's bicycle club of Now York , rode six thousand miles during the last 'year. This 13 a llttlo ubovo Schncll's averages , The Fleotwin ? . Outing club is the title of St. Louis' wheel club to which only ladles nro admitted. There nro forty fair riders of the bicycle in the Mound city. Albert Mott , the famous ( 'T. T. T. " of the Sporting Llfo Btuft at Baltimore , is likely to bo chosen vlco-prosldcnt of the Lenguo of American Wheelmen at the coming election , Scth Rhodes and his rabbit's foot are In active training for the comincpool tourna i ment , They make a pretty strong combina tion and have been 11119WIL to boat the pro : fessor , but that was probably accidental. oth Francisco has roiurnod from Mexico with a white sombrero , n bronzed complexion mid u Spanish accent. Ills moustache is as line as ever , and sumo say bo wears edged tools In his boots , but no ono Is curious enough to In vestigate. Imagine n brass band on safeties , and ynt that la what Detroit proposes to have. Fif teen men mounted on wheels nllallko painted In club colors and plnylng en Instruments specially constructed to bo manipulated with' ono hand. The L. A. W. closes the yonr ISM with n membership of 17ir > 0 , The bykors nro be coming n power In the land surely , and will continue to make their power felt In the In terest of better pavements and general high way improvement. An Europe cycling party will leave Plilludu.lpb.ln in May fora trlpa-whcel on.the continent , Nearly n tloron names huvo boon handed In for the tour. The route laid out covers lieland , Scotland , England , thcnco to Paris , the Rhino , Cologne and Venice. Maryland racing mungOM will try and mlnlmi/.o the "lo.illng ovll'1 noKt season bv olTorlng speolil prl/.es for the bust tlmos made cither to quarter , hdf or throJ-quartor mark In mllu events and tu the onu mile mirk In two-mile ovonU and so on. Chicago claims tint it at least has ono nma- tcur who novcr sold n prize , nnd his iiittno Is Van Slcklon. Van luii won n lot of cycles , . but . . . ho never sell * ono nnd can today show every one of his wheels and prl/es. Wo do neVi menu to say that there are not others llko Vim Slcklen , b'ut ho was quoted as n shining example. The Nebraska division of the leauiio , bow- over , is not thriving like a green bay trco nnd the reasons nro many , the most Important perhaps ' ' 1" the utter neglect by tlio chief con sul to exorcise his ofllclal duty by appointing local consuls throughout the stato. There area n number of wheeling centers In Nebraska sadly in need of n consul and It seems striingo that there has been uo remedy applied here tofore. OThc high fivcicontest continues to bo the central attraction at the club. The entry list closed last Monday evening with thirty-seven members enrolled. At the end of the thir tieth game Brandt had the highest nvurngo , 7. > per cent and Eaton the lowest , SO per cent. The score is as follows : w i. PHI w. i. i1 ut Conrmlt n n ; oihiirsolo ] in an .si Smith , i : . . . SI ! ) .Tlllllli'tz 10 I'J .M Ulioiloi.ll.il 33 ll ) , iM f.Ttllo it 1 ? .11 M\u iy 8 B .W'll'ilhlnin ' It J7 .It lluiivlt l'i B . , | { | iilus II C. . . l.i 15 W I'ottfrllclil . . li M .ID , J < irtn , W. lj. . . , II 10 .4" HcnrlUy U ! . ' > .til llH'-Mett 14 14 tM SIufklH l' > II 67 fijHtr II 17 .11 Cowlo 11 11 .M INirrUo II 111 .3iJ Crnmljvnn . . VJ 10 M Ntorrli ID lu M Combe 11) ) 11 I , . ' Smith , II H. . . . 11 15 .4i IVit.oly . ' 'ii 15 M Nwlil 3 .Si llcinl M IIM li.ivlil'pn II . . ' .J Smith , II. K . . 15 15 .VMIithows S 12 4o l.nnu I' ' ) 11 hi .lonot , J. 0. . . . 4 4 M Tonii'O'KJ. . . . ii 15 .1) ) , Kr.ini-lHoo I U .40 llnu'rimi 12 U Jl..ilnil ) i 8 , 'M Wnltiitt 1. I'l .Ii I.lltlo 5 5 .40 KlICNttlT. . . II 17 III A nnl'i Mill Tomorrow Mglit Billy Westonof Butte City , Montiim , aud Tommy White of Chicago , will battle to a fllntsu nt Gcrnruila lull , South Omaha , to morrow night. The mill Is for a purse of $150 , and 73 nnd - . " > of the gate receipts , Qiicens- bury rules , the smallest gloves allowed. Weston is comparatively n new man hero , but his backer says ho will prove a regular surprise party. In the vermicular of the fancy ho "stood up" before youngoMitchell at Frisco for four rounds for J100 , but while engaged In this pleasant pastime was knocked down seventeen times. Ho is quick and strong , and looks every Inch the game man. Club Note * . Young I'ixloy left Wednesday last for Den ver , where ho will spend n few days. A number of the Apollos nro in active gym nasium tiuining for the coming season. The boys turned out in a body last Satur day evening to sco the Plxley Muoutcfcring nice. nice.A A membership committee comprising Smith. Beiiidorff nnd Helton , was appointed at the hist meeting. The hoys took n pleasant spin to Council Bluffs last Sunday afternoon , and scorching was the order of the day. If Mn . Ilocder & Bell would have n pnyina attraction they should hold a good amateur tournament , ns the pcoplo would then have a reasonable assurance that they would wit ness square contests. Mr. C. C. Candy , representing tho. Overei mnn wheel company , wns in the city : i few days last week with a sample of the now Ib'Jl Victor safety , equipped with cushion tire , nnd it is a beauty. Calkins ( leclaros that he wilt have n cushion tire before another month , r\n Omaha cyclist's union , similar to the one in Denver , would bo a great tliintr for cycling for Omaha. Our rideis have no place in which to train save the Council Bluffs course , nnd that is fast becoming a rough thoroughfare , and is also quite expen sive in the course of a season. The hoys who went to Pcorin demonstrated that they had the stuff in them to win if they only had some training facilities ; as it is they have no place at all to train for speed. MNojlIiuicous Ijoonl SporH. The quail nnd chicken law expired January 1. Gun clubs suould from this on bo on the qui vivo for violators of the law , and give thorn its fullest bcncllt. . IfroJ , Fuller is out In ft challenge to shoot a mnith for i.1 ! or.V ) asldo wltli nny number of the Council lllufts rifle club , the match to take pi ice either at Husor' park , this city , or Diinmlro& Cross'grounds , across the river. Gccso have been seen In largo numbers along the 1'latto during the past week , and it looks as if many of the birds intend to remain hero through the winter. Frank Pnrmclce's new Greener gun is doubtless the handsomest shot cun ever owned In the city. It is said to bo ono of the llncstover turned out by this well known Kngllsh house , and Frank's ' numerous friends nro all anxious to sea him get u crack with It nt Champion J. A. K. Elliott. "Scotty" Gordon , the conqueror of Patsy Murrav , has returned Irom Denver und .1 mill with his old opponent Is on the tupls. Hyperborean zephyrs tnado themselves en tirely too familial1 Now Year's day , and the Nason-Burgcss match shoot was postponed until today , when it will take place at Pick- aril's ' grove. There will also bo a number of live bird sweepstakes matches on the after noon's card. Tommy Warren nt Indianapolis the other evening again knocked out Tommy Miller in three rounds. The ex-Omaha nug should now quit and go back to the grading force. There Is considerable speculation among the sporting fraternity ns to tbo probable outcome of tlio Lindsay-Gllmoro light on the night of the tenth. The prcpondcnpticc of opinion seems to bo that the Canadian is as good ns licked already , but wait. Jack Davis loft for Davenport yesterday to pteparo for his fight with Dutch Sassinn of that place. Ills name will bo Sausage , in stead of Sassiau , when the redoubtable Jrck quits him. Questions nncl Answers. \V P. ( jiirmong , Sliclby , la. : Never heard of the game of which you write , consequently unable to comuly with your request. There nro letters in this ollico for Jack Car- keek , the wrestler , Joe Sheeny. lighter and _ ' . _ _ ' 1ITll' * - 'l . ' . -i " "l _ o"i * ' 7 - Wnlly Andrews , ball-player. Also , the West Omaha 13. H. Club. " " ' . . , . . . Will you iilc.-ii-o state In Sunday's HKR whore I loea of tlio WcstUinuliiib played In lUs't ' ? Did lie play In Madison , this btuto ? Ii , Voung. Nouiimn Grove , Nob. Ans. Ho played In tills city. Whether ho ever played in Madison or not is a question that must remain unanswered. In a gnnicof high fhc , and the five Is the lowest oaril ulai oil , If saved does It count slxl Diicli , Council Hluirs. Ans. It does. . Will TUB llKKclvo us a tip on tlio Dempsey- 1 It/slmmons llftiit to como oil at Now Orleans on the 10th. Wio will wln-J. It , and J. Ii U. , DCS .Molnes , la. Ans. Tin : IJnn Is not posing as nn author ity on pugilism. It furnishes the news , let that bo whatever it may , and that is n'l. ' For the bcuollt of tlio DCS Molnoa gentlemen , however , it is a fact that Dempsey Is n prlmo Invoilto among the eastern spoils , ami very little money Is being wagered on FltzMnimons. In Now Orleans the bolting tluctuutcs , now with Domnsoy favorite , again Australian Hobcrt has the call. 1'lcaao answer the following to dcoldo n bet : Hlchllvo , A 41. II 511 A bids 8 und makes liljjh. Jack , gnmo and both lives , II making low. iVho wins ? Joe , Omuliii. Ans. D. A nnd II partners , high flvo ; pamo n tie , 49 ouch ; A innkos trump , piny * low. lack and the elf llvnt O and I ) , high , guiuo uuu trump ll\o , aHigh rive , city. Aus , O nnd D win. 1'lsoat-o Inform mo In Pnndny's DKK whether Spuhllng's baseball gnlrta is out for IKil. \Uiuru en u I procure u book on bovine und wrestlhiKi-'CiiptuIn Kid , .NeluivfU , Nub. Aus.l ( ) It U not. (1) ) Write to tbo PolVW Gazette. MEN WHO RUN ON THE HAIL , United States Oomml'slonor Telia How Thay nro Paid. WHAT TRADES' ' UNIONS ACCOMPLISHED , The Demands Mntlo by tlio Ktnto Federation of Idibor Ko ji JUim-q on Capital anil The fifth annual reportof the United States commissioner of Inbor is devoted entirely to the subject of railroad employment. Tlio statistics cover n wldo field , icturns being tnndo by sixty corporations , eiiiploy ing 2II,010 persons , or more than one-third of the 700,000 railroad cmnloycs in the country. Tlio selec tion of Hues was made with the object of oh- turningrcprcsontuUvoi from eneh group of states , but the northwest , southwest nnd Pa cific sections are represented by only ono line each. Excluding those of the cmplojcs who are paid by the mile , trip , piece , contractor on commission , there nro 21,570 , persons whoso pay per day ranges from about ' , ' 0 cents to JjflfX ) . Of these Si percent receive more than $1 and not to exceed ? J , while about CO per cent mo In the lowerlmlf of that range , and the percentage of those receiving moio than $1.20 is sosicall that It may bo omitted without matcilally affecting the count. The average dally rate of nil the time-workers Is fl.CI1 , but nearly til percent received less than that average. About one-quarter of the number of workers Included in this enumera tion were cmploj ed 23 days or less hi the whole ( of Inst ) year , 11 per cent from yt ) to 00 days , nearly 14 per cent from fil to 100 days , nnd S 1-13 per cent from from 101 to 150 days. Nearly 20 per cent worked from Ifil to ilOO days , and ai'f per cent moro than , ' 100 days each. The working day on most of the lines is ten hours , nnd the exceptions wcio reduced to that as a basis. Making allowance for lost time , the following nro the average annual earnings per he.ul In the lending de partments : ISaggagemasters , $ .101 ; baggage men , SJ111 ; blii-ksmlths , Slti"brnkomcn ; , filS ; carpenters , SMO ; conductors , $ , " 4 ; en gineers , J'.irfi ' ; enginemen , $ M7 ; firemen , $ ) . ) " ; llugimm , S.H4 ; foremen , &UH ; laborers , $131 ; machinists , § 131 ; misons , S " ; painters , ? 'H8 ; switchmen , S.tll ; nnd tclogrnpli oper ators , ? 23. " > . The highest wngea nro paid in New England. The dully wages in Client Britain are given for engineers nnd drivers , firemen , conductors , switchmen and flagmen. The average is n shade less than half those paid in the United States ; hut no figures nro given for the time of employment in the United Kingdom , so tliut it is Impossible to compare annual earnings. ADoutOOOof the American lines furnished responses to ques tions touching the use of Intoxicating drinks , and 1177 have regulations prohibiting their use. It is but a few jcars since nny road placed restrictions on the drinking Imbils of their employes , but such rules are now gtowing rapidly in fnvor. It nlso appears that the workers on 19 Ipies maintain beneficiary in stitutions of their own , 'M contribute to the railroad work of the Young Men's ' Christian association , " 1 contribute to outside hospi tals and 0 to regularly established railroad associations for the benellt of employes. Among these sjcclnl mention is made of the Atohison , Toneka & Santa Fo association , which , though not established till IbS" , has anunl receipts of ? 13".OUO , and last year ex tended relief in no less than 13,701 cases. Some kind of piovision Is made by each of " 5 lines for dwelling houses for their employes , UO furnish living shelter to bection hands , sxvitchtnen , etc , in remote places , nnd about half furnish no houses whatever. Tito start- line conclusion Is arrived at that the aver age brakeman his only 31 chances in 145 of uyinv a natural death , and is injured once In each nine years of service. Ono in 00 of the 10o : > i momoors nf the brotherhood of rail road brakemen in 13SS suffered In that year either death or total disability from accidents ol the service. Under the common law the company is not liable where the injury Is duo tc negligence on the part of tno sufferer or another employe. But special piovision for such liability has been made to a greater or loss extent by Great Hritain , Alabama , Mas- sachussotls , California , Colorado , Dakota , Florida , Georgia , Iowa , Kansas , Minnesota , Montana , Wisconsin and Wyoming. Work or'Trjitli'N' Unions. Samuel Gomper * in speaking of trades' unions nnd what they have accomplished , says : "Wo have no apologies to offer for the trades' unions. They nro what they nro. But ns they nro every faction of the people turn to them in the hour of danger nnd dllll- culty for help nnd comfort. The radical and the conservative , the wayward nnd the envious admit that the trades' ' unions nro strong numerically nnd lluanciallv , nnd nro a means to greater cuds. But 1 claim thnt the trades1 unions benefit the pcoplo in the widest sense. They enlnrgo nnd broaden tlio sphere nnd vision of the workers. They ele vate them mateiially , that is to say economi cally and politically. They raise them socially , that is to say , materially mentally and morally. And I maintain that advances of such comprehensive character made , oven by the smallest trades' union , Is progress made for and shared by the whole human i ace. "I need but refer to the events of the last year for a verification of the claim that to the bold attltudo of tlio American federation of labor is duo the wonderfully improved con ditions and entire change fiom the defensive to the aggressive course of the wage-workers. "The movement to reduce the hours of labor has been termed tlio eight hour movet meat , not because that is the ultimate end , but because all recognize the necessity to shorten the hours of dally toll of all or neany nil , to that number before much if any ad vance In labor's interest can bo successfully achieved. "It will not bo amiss , I think , to recount a few of the victories gained by the working people. I The Carpenter : . ' brotherhood secured the eight-hour work-day for 25,000 and the nine-hour day for about 30,000 men of that trade without reduction ( in manv instances an increase ) in wages. The plumbers , stair- builders t , printers , bricklayers , masons , gran- itocutters I , stonemasons , cfgarmakers , halters , 1c brewers 1 , quarrymen , tailors , barbers , store clerks , iron and steel workers , cabinet mak ers , painters , plasterers , snoo workers , cloak (1S and ( suit makers , and in fact all kinds of skilled (1I and unskilled have secured cither a reduction in the hours of labor or an increase In I wages. "Thus for the present the eight hour move ment is but In Its Inception , yet I have no hesitancy I in declaiing it to bo my honest be lief 1 that fully half a million working pcoplo in 1 the United States have struck off one hour each day from their drudgery. "That tbo movement is but begun Is ovl denccd ' by the declaration and determination of'many of the largest and most powerful national i trades unions to inaugurate the elght-nour ( duy May 1,1891 , and of the largo number i of local trades unions to endeavor to Juforco the demand before that date. " Minnesota Federation. At the Minnesota Federation of Labor , that recently convened at St. Paul , 200 delegates .from the district and local assemblies of the Knights of Labor , the locomotive firemen imd engineers and trades unions , were In at tendance. After effecting a permanent organization , the following oflicers were elected : 1'rcsl- nont , fiank Valosh ; first vlco president , A , S. Edwards ; second vice president , O. F. lllncs ; secretary , H. H. Jim-tin ; treasurer Frank Unsseriy ; fodcration council , Frnnli Valesh , II. I ) . Mnrtin , Frank Casserly , O. Ivcs , K. Clmlkor/r. Ward , T. H. Lucas and William Lotos. The following demands and resolutions were prepared to ho presented to the legisla ture as soon as it convenes : The Minnesota tuto lYdunttlon doiminds the abrogation of all law * tint do nut hear iqiiltiilily iiDon ( MpltalNts and laborers or tliut plauucapltuluboio labor In tliublriiuturo of KO\urnmuiiU \\o further ( loiuund at tlio liiui'ls of the scs nlon of the loglHliitnro the umctiuont of tlio ( ollo'vlng ik'immcH ' Into laus : An vqnltiililu lluu Invr. A coin lot labor Inw tliut will protect the In ten'sHuf free labor. 'Ihuiulontlnn < if.u bill tobo olTi'ied l > y the joiiini'yiuoii plnnilwrs , In tbu Intuii'.st of KCKM health mid pcifi-fl sanitation , A fuvlniy limpuulon liuv. An I'HiplojuV ilulilllly act. . KctoU t-U , That tlio committee on legislation While our HOLIDAY TRADE , just past , was the LARGEST we ever enjoyed duringour TWENTY-FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE in the jewelry business in Omaha , on taking account of stock the first of the year we find too many HIGH PRICED CLOCKS remaining unsold , and have decided to close them out at once to those coming first HI Jlboilr. One-Half Regular Prices , There are Fifty of them , including French , Marble , White and Variegated Onyx , Gilt , Silver and Bronze , All of which have fine porcelains or gilt dials ; visi ble escapements , with ruby pallets , half hour strike at tachment , cathedral gongs and all latest improvements. They run from 8 to 21 days , and are warranted good re liable time keepers. Prices range from $4O to $10O , but we offer them for a few days at a great reduction. Also , about fifty IMITATION MARBLE MANTEL Clocks , from $6 to $2O ; worth nearly double the money. DIAMONDS , WATCHES , JEWELRY and all other goods sold at a LIBERAL DISCOUNT during JANUARY to make room for new springstock. . OUR MOTTO : "QUICK 'SALES and SMALL PROFITS. " SPECIAL BARGAINS offered in PIANOS , ORGANS and all kinds MUSICAL MERCHANDISE. Max Meyer & Bro. Co. , Leading Jewelers and Music Dealers. 16th & Farnam Sts. , Omaha , Neb. Established 1866. I CU BEFITS ! When I B J cure I do not mean merely toBtop them for a time and then have thorn return again. I mean a radlcalcuro. I have made the dlsouo ot 1'ITP , KPI. LEl'SY or FALLING SICKNESS a life long ttuJy. I Birranlray rem"Jyto cure the wort tenses , llcciuso others bare fulled Id no reason for not now rccoivmc a euro. Send ntonco for treatlsn and afroo Itottloof iy infallihleremedy. Give 1'iproMand Toi * Oltico. II. tJ. HOOT. .11. 01H3 I'eurl St. , N. V. FOR SALE M Pnlntlnu and 1'anorlmnKlr.K 1 > nMno < ii. K tnb- llslieil ISM ) , linn n well foluctoil ft cK of ttiill 1'npor , Wnll Moulding , 1'nlnts , llrushcs , elo. P. WINDHEIM , 61G S. IGUi Street , Omnlm. SuffcrlnB from Jrptva the cllVcta ol Ualq youthful crron early docny , wostlnit wonkncBs , lost manhood , ete. 1 wfllBenirnvnluablo treat Ira ( * alcilj containing full particulars for homo cure , FIIKU of ciiarno A Bplcn lid mcillcol work ) BUould lie rcaa by nerj man wl" > I' tiPrvnui nml dclillltatoil. Address i'rof , V , t' ' , VOWIiIilt ) MooUu , Couu of this federation bo Instructed to favor a law allowing all innnlolpalltlos to condemn , under the rlulit of omlnunt doin.iln , all franolilhos Kranted within tluilr Jiuisdlotion. An agreement or combination By two or niototoilo or proanro to bodono any not in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dls- Iiulo between cmiiloyeia or unrUnRmen shall not bo Inilletalilo as n cnnsphauy If sucli act by one por-boa uould not be an ludlctablo ollcnse. A weekly payment bill , IXttihllaliiiiuiit of an olRht-lionr day on mu nicipal , county and state work. HesoUcd , 'Jhat , as soon as tlio funds of the federation will punult. a printed icpottof the Droccedlnzs " 111 bopulilMiud. llebolvcd. That the Minnesota Federation of Labor emphatically protests acalnst the eiua- tlon of iibnioinof InimlKratlmi. It Is tlio opinion of thu state fcclnratlon tliut allBtnto Instlttitlons blionld bo foililddi'n to employ nny htuilont at any Undo orciilUni ; . unless siien wnrlc Isdono so ns to make such u btudcnta ( mod anil prollclunt uuikiann. and that necrtlllc.ito boK'vcn ' tosueh eireot. itcsolml , That wo fiiMr u law prohibiting the employment of children iindur fifteen years ot aso. liesolved. That toxt-hooks should be fur nished by thostiite. That It Is thu scnso of the state federation that the Australian system of votlns bo made general , U should lie nmendcd to niiil o I'lee- tlon day a U'K.I ! holiday ; also , that the voter bo required to put a cross opposite etieh can- ' ° lFroiii .Tnnuiiry , 1SS3 , to July 1,1SS9 , the United Brotherhood of Blacksmiths nnid out to the widows and orphans of deceased members and to disabled member * the sum of $ b9,2. 0 from the general fund. And in that time f uilv $ 00,000 moro was paid out in sick benefits from the funds of the local unions. Tuo general benefits arc graded according to thotlmoof membership and are at the rate of flOO to $ , ' 00 for funeral benefits on the death of a member , $100 to * IOO' in case of permanent disability , and $ i'i to J.V ) on the death of the wlfo of a married member. The total cost of maintaining these benefits Is but a small trillo each month" , and through the co operation of all the unions in tlio United Brotherhood these various benefits are sus- tallied. OnlU'ornln Incursions. Pullman tourist sleeping car excur sions to California and Pnclllo coast points leave Chicago every Tliursdtiy , kanaua City every Friday via tlio Santa Fo route. Ticket r.ito from Chicago $17.50 , from Sioux City , Omaha , Lincoln orKunsaa City $155 , bleophiJT cur rate from Chlcnpo $1 per double berth , from Kansas City $ . ' 5 per iloublo borth. Evory- tlilng fufiilshcd except meals. Thcbo excursions nro porsonnlly conduutctt by experienced oxouraion innniigors who accompany imrtics to dtsstimition. I-or excursion folder containing full partlcu- lara nnd map folder nnd tlino table of Santa Fo route nnd roborvlng of Hlooplng car berths , uddrcsd S. M. Osgood , gon- onil ngont , B. L. Palmer , freight nnd pnsscngor ngont , A.T. it S. railroad , J80S Farmun Btroot , Omalia , Nebraska. Do Wolf Hopper , at Doyil'a this week , Is no slouch of a sport himself. Ho started the peds on their MX days' tramp at St. LouU a week UKO , and all hint summer was ono of the loudest whoopord for thu brotherhood. These oarsmen Kivd , Plalitod. Wullaco Jack Ivirh'un and Cnptaln Hoynton aUliij , ' the inuHoum circuits with their road BcullhiK exhibitions. They are In 1'ItU- burg thU week. DE. MOGREW , Is unsnrpunsed In tlio treatment all forms of PRIVATE DISEASES Etrlctuio , FvphllK Lost Manhood , Bltln Ih- cahus nnd rumalo Disease * . Jr. McUrow's success In fliu treatmcntof tlio nbovo IJKeiise < i has ntnor boon equaled.curo < Is eiiarantoeil without tlio IUSK nf nn hours tlmu. Wrllu for c I r CM ilars. JA1 > II > . fiom 2 to 4 only. Ollico , < . ' < > r. Utli and I'linuim Sts. , Omaha , Nub. Entrance on oltlier strcot. WEST'S ' NERVE m BRAIN TREATMENT. Bpedflo for MmerU. DliilnMi.rilf. KnuralBja.W'nka lulntit , MeiUl l < ot > rn lon , ort nln of thu liialn re- ( oltlnu In lntanlty TJ l rtlnir to mliorjr d < xtv ur.l iledlh"l'rem iurn ( ilit A . limrenncsj. I.OSP of Pownr Inolther nei , liiroluntarI.pse , ii < l SperMnto'rl.au cauit t > y oTur-stei llox of tlio brain , p ir-ftuiu or ovui lailulinnce. kich bet conulntonjimintt'itreat. incut 91 fttux. or alx ( or o ) . > nt by mallprvill. [ ( With eacb ordur r > r til hoxvi , will i n'l iiurclma r miarxit'o lo rvfuml iicney I Mini iroitinvrit fall * to rum , Uuarntr 4l < uu'l tiulKnnu.no aoliluiilrbv GOODMAN UUUG CO. , JllOl'aruam btreut. - Omaha Nob. "FRENCH SPECIFIC. A POSITIVE an J permanent CURE'or ' all dlMH.iotlhe URINARY ORGANS. Cures ttheriolhtrlrcatmenttalli.FulTdirtctiontvvltheach bollle. Prlc * . on dollir , See ilgiilure of E. U HAUL For Solo By All Druggists. Drs.Betls Pliyslclans , Surrjeons and Specialists. I 14OO DOUGLA OMAHA , NEB. The moat widely ana favorably know lallatsln tha United Hutai. Tholr Ion aX perlonoe. wmnrkivblo skill and unlTersal luo- ceiis la the trontmont and euro of Nerroim Chronloand HurKlcnl Diseases , entitle thesq eminent physlclnns to tlio full confidence of tlio aflllctod every whcro. They jrunrnnteei A OKKTAIN AND I'USITIVK CURB foq the awful olTootH of early vlco and tha nutne > ous ovlla tbnt follow In fu train , ruivATi ; , nr.ooD AND SKIN DISKASE spnocllly. onninlotply nml iiurinanontlourog > NEHVOUS flKHHiITV AND BKXOA.L DI § OKIEHB yield rondlly totholr sklllfiU tre t W. FISTULA AND IJEOTAL ULCERS RunrnntocU cured without pain or detention " " ' "vUBOUEli'B AND VAUICOOKLB porma- uently uml luccpstfully cured In ovary oain , Syi'IULIri. OONOitUIIEA. OLEKT. Sp r- rn&torrhoa. Bomlnal Wcnknoss , Losit MAnliooiX Nlliht UmlsulniiB. Decayed K.iculttoi , Kotnul * \Vuukncf , * and all dollcato ( ll < inrdora pucullaf toultlier sox positively cured , as well iui till fuiKitlnnal disorders that result from youth * ful folllns or thu otccss of mature yearo. TPirrill ? Ou rantcud permanently Ol IX.1W1 U l\l \ > cured , ronmtal oouinlot , without duttlnjf. onustlo or dllntatlon. Cure * aftxctod ' nt liomo by pivtlont without a ino * inent'a pain or annoynnco. TO YOUNG AND MIDDLE-AGED MtN. A oUKli nrPR The awful effeota ol umiy vlco which hrlngj prpanlo weakness , dost royfnK both mind ana body , with all Its oruuded lll , perumnenljr cured. DRS . RFTrS unlrud Addrcsithoso tliomaelvoa who hare Im- br Im proper Indulgtnoo nnd Rolltury hiblt * . which ruin both mind and body , uuflUlnn them fa > butlnesii , itiidv or rnnrrlnk' MAKHIEIJ MKN or thoio entering on that bnppy life , awuro of physical ( lebllity , quickly * * * "M > OtTR BUOOH5B la baid open faoti. First PraotloU izp r1 ync . t ) oond-Evory case Uspeolnlly itudltd. tlirn Urtlng right. Tlilrd-Mvdlotae * ar prepared In our lalioratorr aiaotly to lull achoiu , thua effecting curoa without lojurjs Drs. Betts & Betts , W09 DOUGLAS STRFFT. - ru \ OR. I'rnctlco IlinlliiUo Mtvu'uiot thu LUNGS AND Nervous System TnrnlysK l-'iillnmy , ' lip lousy , Cdn vu I - Huni , rulnil lullti- tlon , KhoiiNifitltm , i lirunloluiilmlliin , Ncrvont lli'nducliK. Xttvuu * I'rimtriitlun tunniiiipilon und nil HoomiSIO toSA ) , BEE BUILDING , V'jCfxV OMAHA. \i X YOU WEAK MAN ! . , , .ii uiK , i vyiKuni ' uu ijimu nro ciiitivtf' ' iifin nnmi il " " tlie llori , MttllM OUR HEW BOOK ' , ' . ' ! , ' ° t > uri tun. . . . . : . ! " . . 'i- . . . . : . . . ' lttl o < l eiiriil > ii . v. CAN'T HOOK HEALTH I