. 12 THE OMAHA DAILY 33EE : SUNDAY. JANUARY 4. ISDI.-TWRIYVTC PAfiTCS.
NEW YEAR'S ' SPORTING NEWS
Itoecato Outlock for Local Baseball
Cranks ,
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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
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1ITll' * - 'l . ' . -i " "l _ o"i * ' 7
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Wnlly Andrews , ball-player. Also , the West
Omaha 13. H. Club. " " '
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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. .
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CAN'T HOOK HEALTH I
