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TWELVE PRGES. OMAHA DAILY BEE. TWELUE PAGES- I TWENTY-FIRST YEAR. OMAHA , SATURDAY MO LINING , : M'AY 23 , 1892-TWELVE PAGES. NUMBER 351. Phenomenal Fall in the Price of Stone Ivinced by the Bids on Paving. WHAT IS SAID OF THE NEW BIDS V.irlnuii Opinion * Kxpramiril Not Compli mentary to tlio Contractor * Awards lor JPnvlnir , CurlihiK "nil I'criiiancnt Slilo. walks Madotir the City Ycitcrtlny. , At the regular nession of the Board of I'nbllc works held yesterday afternoon the uidmbors wcro treated to n genuine surprise. Acting In accordance with the Instruc tions Issued by the city council , the board had invited paving bids on Izard atroot from Eighteenth to Twonty-thlrd , Twenty-third street from Cuming street to Michigan nvo- nuo and Michigan nvenuo from Twenty-third to Twenty-fourth street. Atn prior mooting the members of" the board thought the stone men bid too high when they offered to lay the pavomontotti.35 per square yard. About that tlmo the council said that tbo bids should bo upon the 1801 specifications , which provided for n ono-ycar guarantee on atono. The board acted and when the bids were opened it was evident that WIckhara Bros , of Coun cil Bluffs had hid $2.lit on rod Colorado. The bid of P. H. Mnhonoy was at tbo same fig ure , but Hugh Murphy took the rag off the bush and wont down to $1.03 per square yard , tbo lowest bid over offered In Omaha for red Colorado , or any other kind ol stono. Tbo bid was at once accepted and tbo award was mndo without any unnecessary delay. The contract covers something like 20.000 equnro yards and foots up to tVOQ less than it would at 2.35. Opinions on the Illtl. Councilman Tom Lowry , who was nn In terested spectator , said that that was what the one-year guarantee meant for the city. Murphy could afford to lay the pavoraont for $1.03 , but with iho guarantee of the specifica tions of 1802 it could not bo done a cent less than ? 2.85 per square yard. Con Gallnulior said that It was simply ono of Murphy's bluffs. Ills bid was for effect and was Intended to brace up the stone men in tbo council. There wts no reason why tbero should bo such a difference In prices. The guarantee did not cause Murphy to drop 42 cents per square yard. To nrovo this ho cited Furnnm street. That street , ho sold , was paved with stone nearly ton years ngo , and there had never boon a cent expended In making repairs , which went to show that there should not bo a difference of 42 cents botwcon a ono and a ton year quarantoo. Colonel Egbert of the board said that the bid wan simply n Murphy trick. The amount of paving was not crent , and .Murphy could not lese any croat amount of inoDoy. Tdo low bid was for tbo purpose o freezing out the brick men nud to convince , tti > council that stone , with the one-year guarantee , was the thing. Other Contracts Awarded. On permanent sidewalks J. O. Corby bid ll > < f cents on vitrified brick and 14 cents per square foot on tile. Ford & Hughes were the lowest bidders on artificial stouo at 22 cents , whllo J. W. Furnas & Sons captured the stone contract. Their bid was -0 cents on white Colorado sandstone three inches thick , 24 cents on red Colorado , 25 cents on Ohio flagstone , 18 cents on Kansas stone and 25 cents per square fool on Indiana stono. On wooden walks J. E. Knowles was the lucHynmn. Ho agrcod'to lay'fonr-foot walks nt21 ccnts.slx-foot at SHJtf , eight-foot at 40 , ten-foot at 49 , twitlvo-foot at 62 , sixteen-foot at 71 and twenty-fool at 81 cents per lineal foot. foot.There There was n lot ot talk about compelling contractors to put up moro money as an ovl- dance of good faith when tuny bid for pav ing. At the present time with their olds they enclose a cortttlod chock for 1500 regardless of tbo amount involved In tbo contract. This matter ' was loft with tbo cnairman and city cnijliico'r. An Inturcstmr Lecture. Some yours ago Mr. F. n. Hoborson , who recently came to Omaha from Aloany , N. i. , and Is now assistant secretary of the Young Men's Christian association , loft homo for a month's vacation. Ho wont to London , tbon concluded to visit Paris. Tbo attractions of Berlin beckoned him and bo visited the Gor- ifcau capital. Thence ho wont on and on , circling tbo globe , and tbo boy of sixteen who started out for n trip of four weeks nad near ly reached man's estate before bo again set foot In UTs1 riufivo land. During an absence of about four yours Mr. Itobdrson visited many foreign countries , but , unllko most travelers , ho Journeyed lels- urclv , lingering lone enough lu each land to carefully study Its history , its customs , its people and lu nights. lib also gathered an cxtcnsvo collection of photographs of the Interacting places that ho visited , and from tbcsq ho has made a valuable lot of lantern slides. That Mr. Hoborson , boy though bo was , made good use of his opportunities was demonstrated at the Madison hotel Thurspny evening , when ho gave a lecture on India , illustrated by scores of stcreopttcon views. Ho took bis audience through Madras. Bombay. Delhi , Benares. Lucknow , Calcutta and other cities of that wonderful country , showIng - Ing and explaining its quaint people , its strange scones , Its marvelous temples and its beautiful palaces. Tbo luoturo was unusually meaty , packed with interesting Information , and it was ex cellent In diction and delivery. Mr. Ho Dor- son U admirably equipped for this valuable educational form ot entertain men t , and It la gratifying to know tnnt ha it prepared to treat Japan and other foreign lands In a sim ilar manner. Federal Court Note * . The case agutnst Postal Clark Lelghty for Bending fraudulent matter through the malls has bcun postponed and will not como up In the federal court until Tuesday. " "The case of Keck against Mathoris now on tilai before Judge Dundy and a jury. It in volves a Kearney ical estate deal , tbo do- Tcndaut refusing certain notes given Kock by him for tao purchase of a ploco of realty. The Jury in the case of Johnson ft Co. against Guild & Co. Is still nut. The cnso ls tbo out prowlb of grain gambling , In which the losing player squgalod nnd allowed that tbo other fellow couldn't collect because it was really a gambling debt. Mr. Guild re fused to suy on the stand wbother dealing In grain options was gambling or not , but bis partner lusUtod that It was gambling and nothing otto. In hl charge to lua Jurv the Ju-Jgo stated that of courio tbo court could not uphold gambling , and that iho supreme court bad held that ino losing party in a game of clvo aud take couldn't rotno into court and pluy tbo bubv uct. The case In volves $10MX ) , nud this ! tbo third time that it bos been tried. llli llriitlitir'M Ki'upcr. Douglas county will not have to rare for KJwnrdVllboltn , tbo young farmer from the westorrf part of tbo county , who a few days ago whllo lusano cut ofT and throw away liU right band , thinking ho wui following cut a scriptural commandment. Yesterday n brother , \Vllllam Wll- helm , arrived lu the city and declared bis intention of taking Edward to his homo at ( Jriint , The mmubora of tbo Hoard of Insan ity raised no objections and tbo lusano tnau will Iruvc this county. The brother suy that bo cannot account for EdwardU ntrnnga froaic. Ho alwuya up- ji en rod to ba sound In botb body and wind , though be always wnntoj to talk u great deal about religious mutters. Wuut u Half Holiday. Sometime ago the lumber dealers of tbo City , both wholesale aud retail , signed au agreement to close their offices nt 1 o'clock each Saturday afternoon. So far the agrja mcnt ha * been kept to the letter. Now the head clerks ura gutting In line nnd will mnnc n desperate effort tc Induce their employer * to give them a half a day off on Saturdays. NEW TELEPHONE EXCHANGE. According to I'lnim It Will he the 1'lncnt in thn Country. The now Central Telephone building , which Is to bo creeled at the corner of Eighteenth nnd Douglas strcoU , just as soon as the grade on the latter street Is es tablished , promises from tbo plans to bo ono of the handsome buildings of the country. The now building Ii to occupy a space OCxf/1 , thrco stories in height with basement , nnd will cost In tbo neighborhood of (00,000. It will bo fireproof throughout , and will bo built of stone , brick and terra cotlu , ono of the most dlfllcuit com binations to hnndlo effectively In tbo whole range of architecture. It Is almost as dlftl- cult as using thrco languages at onco. In keeping with the Ainorican Idea the IIrat story will bo built of Iron and glass ; up to the level of the third lloor it will bo brick with stone quoins and cut stone trimmings ; from the level of the third floor to the top terra cotta will bo used nnd treated richly. The frlozo will bo composed of nn alternating unit , the honeysuckle nnd palmetto , treated In bas-rollcf. In tbo spandrel of the arch the plans call lor a bit of artistic work. Mer cury's caduceus , the symbol of the mosson- ijor of commerce. Tbo fronts on Eighteenth street and Doug las street will bo exactly the sumo in style , so that looked at from nn anglo It will present - sent a perfect unit. Thqro will bo a recessed entrance on Eighteenth street for the build ing proper , from which a stairway will rise to tno second story wboro it will terminate , a private stairway loading to the operating room In the third lloor , which will bo a model apartment In every respect , the design - sign of tbo company being to mtiiio this room tbo best equipped and appointed in the country. Over the central portion of the structure will bo a largo skylight with well to the basement , lighting the under ground portion with light from above. One- ninth of the tloor space in the operating room will b" > made of glass directly undornoatb the skylight , so as to give light to those below and for tbo further reason of keeping out tbo dust. The second floor will bo devoted entirely to tbo oftlcers of tbo company , llnely lighted nnd ventilated rooms being provided for the president , auditor , superintendent , general manager , with a largo public lobby tn the center , lighted from above , ladles' and gen tlemen's toilet rooms , vaults , oto. The basement will have two entrances from the central part of the building and from an alloy entering into Douglas street. In Ibis portion the repairs will be ma Jo , the supplies will bo kept , with rooms for the construction department , chief Inspector's ofllco , fan and dynamo room , galvanometer room , shops and storage room , besides a hy draulic lift to the sldowalit. The cables will enter from cither side of the building and will bo carried up to the oporntin ? room by a stack on the south sidy near iho cast wall. In the matter ot boat both direct and indi rect methods will bo used , tno basement , tlrst uud second stories relying upon direct currents for their heal , whllo the operating nnm will bo n.directly warmed , a fan in tbo basement supplying air to tnls very import ant department of the telephone exchange. In design tbo building will bavo more the appearance of an art club house than that of ono to be used for the purpose of commerce. The outsldo will bo of brick treated In some of the shades of brown nnd combined harmoniously with terra cotta. Harmony , it will bo ob served , Is an inflexible rule with the archi tects rattier than contrastand It will bo when completed ono of the show lulldlngs of tbo city. Owing to the change of grade on Douglas street now warning plans are being prepared for tbo basement aud first stories and when President Yost returns from the east tbo contract for the now building will bo lot. In the drawingsMessrs. WalKer&Klmball , the architects , have been actuated by a single Idea , that ot making u thorougbly American building , using tbo general princi ples of the Italian renaissance , a style which Is rapidly gaining favor. Mr.Vulker , who is responsible for the plans of tbo now structure , is ono of the best informed Italian scholars In the country , having walked through Italy while others rode. HACKED Jty XllK Not Inclined to Obey the WcHtcrn Tralllc Asuochulnii'H Decisions. CHICAGO , 111. , May 27. Whether the com missioners of the Western Traffic association will modify their decision requiring the Burlington road to charge a higher rate to Bcardstown than to East St. Louis on through traOlo from tbo Mississippi river , or whether the Burlington will bo road out of the association because of Its refusal to obey the order , is a question in which much Inter- as t is manifested. Tbo Burlington people say tboy cannot comply with the require ment without violating the lone aud short haul of the interstate commerce commission , nor can they do so without abandoning their East St. Louis business. They refuse to do either , nnd so the matter rests. The American Hallway Accounting Oftl- cers association at today's session elected D. A. Waterman of the Michigan Central president , and G. W. Booth of the Baltimore & Oblo vlua president. on n Nuw ICoail. New YOIIK , May 27. A party of western men bad along conference with Hussoll Sago , president of tbo Iowa Central , with a view to Interesting him la the organization of a construction company to balld a road from Centorvlllo , la. , to Sabln Pass , Tor. , on tbo gulf. The Bchorno Is said to bavo boon well considered by Mr. Sago , out no definite action was reached. It is hope ! to effect a consolidation with tbo DOS Molnos & North western narrow gauge by which connection can bo made by way of Sioux City. Tbolona Central would furnlsii a connection with Dululb , and Chlcaco could ba reached via the Iowa Central and Toledo , Peoria & \Vestern. A Colil-lllcimU-a Killing. SAT.T LIKB , U. T. , May 27. [ Special Telegram - gram to TUB BED.JV. . H. Lewis , a deputy sborllf , entered the shop of J. A. Gior , a har bor at Sandy , tlvo miles south ot hero , yos- terduy and without provocation shot and killed tbo proprietor , tiring Hvo shots , all of which took effect. Lewis bad returned from Hlugham Junction where ho had been drink- In ? . Ho walked into the shop , remarked : "D you , you nro my moat. " und began llr- Ing. ( Jler fell to tbo floor In a pool of blood. Ono of the bystanders was about to take tbo gun from Lewis , but ho made a threatening demonstration mi a tbo fellow decided to ro- from. Glorsald ; "I want you to hoar ray dying words. That man and I never had a quarrel In our lives. Ho cumo In and shot mo without any provocation , I don't know what made him do It. " Thn murderer Is In jail. Irish AITUIr * In Hint Si ! ipe. Nnw YOIIK , May 27 , The conference com mittee of the Irish league , at a meeting hero , claimed that the constitutional movement for homo rule in Ireland , brought apparently to the verge of tolllcraent by Parnell , ban roaclieu a crisis involving urnvo dancer of failure. Factional strife and suspicion bavo brought about an almost conation ot efforts lu America und Australia. 1'imnrul of Yuuiiir Vumlurhllt. NEW YOIIK , May 27. Thu funeral services over tbo remains ofV , H. Vanderbllt , eldest ion of Cornelius Vandorbllt , were held to day. The interment was In the Moravian co'iiotery , Staten Island , the Yanderbilt burial ground , DalluK Hecurrn u 1'iu'klii ? Hume. DALLAS , Tex. . May 27. The Butchers National Protective niioclallon has decided to locate 1U packing house and stock pom horu. THINKS HIS BROTHER DEAD Jules Lurabard Has no Faith in a Hccontly Evolved Theory ( H. G. LUMBARD'S CHICAGO REAL ESTATE It Itn * Grown Vnltmlilo In the Qunrtrr nl a Century Slneo Itn Owner DUiip nml ltd Tltlo U Now In C'ourti There appeared In n Chicago paper n few days ago a story of n lawsuit over some property - orty in that cily In which Horatio G. Lunv bard , n brother of Mr. Jules LiUtnbard of this city , was at ono lima intoroitoil. Tbo story was based on a theory that II. U. Lurabard Is still allvo although nothing has been hoard Irom bun since 1S7S. The story told of the war record of the Lombards and ijavo tin account of tno cap ture of (1. ( G. Lumbard nt Gettysburg and his cotillncmcnt In Ltbby prison. The story as it appeared In the Cnlcapo paper was submitted to Mr. Jules Lumburd of this city. Mr. Lurabard stated that tbo artlclo was full of mnccuranlcs ; that ho was not In the war at all except as an occasional visitor to thn camp of bis brother Prank , who was on ufllccr In the union annv. "Tho report that ray brother Iforatlo 1 alive , " said Mr. Jules Lumbard , "Is 1 think made out of the whole cloth. The last time anything authentic was heard of him was fifteen ycara ago when it was said ho bad lost his Ufa In trying to cross ono of the canons In Colorado , where ho was intcrestod in mining property. It Is not roa- tjonnblo to suppose that a man , living , and in his rfiht | senses , would deliberately allow tno world to bollavo thtxt h ) was dcaa. Ho would raako himself 'tnown to someone ono of his relative. ] , surely. If the property in question , which ii the reason for the story , had never been sold , and Horatio were olive It Is hardly presumable - sumablo that ho would have kept concealed nil those years without some effort bolng inado to recover the land In Chicago which has grown immensely In value In twenty-flvo years. "So far as I am concerned I bfliovo Hora tie Lumbard to bo dead , and Mrs. Hall , his daughter , who Is a vary charming woman , will bavo to rely upon other evidence to prove her title to tbo estate in question , " In Ilnllruad Clrclci. The Hock Island announces that Us line be tween Omaha and Lincoln is bolng put in first class shape and trains will bo running over It on Sunday. The work of rebuilding the Sioux City & PiiclHc bridge across the Llttlo Sioux is now well under way , and it is expected that road will Do reopened Saturday afternoon. Both tbo B. & M. and the Klkhorn trains yesterday carried out parties of confer ence people on excursions to the Block Hills. They will co through to Uoadwood , then como oack to Hot Springs for Sunday , and return to Omaha Monday. On Tuesday tbo B. & M. will run a special to Hastings for the Ancient Order of Hiber nians. A one-rare rate for the round trip is an nounced for the Sons of Veterans cncamp- mont nt Helena. Tickets will bo sold August I to 10 and will bo good until October 10. a In the Criminal Court. After being out loss than fifteen minutes the Jury In the criminal court yesterday afternoon returned a verdict finding Dan Uclsor and Bill Ncstlchouso guilty of bolng common gamblers. The two men were ro- inandnd to ] all to await sentence. The pun ishment in nuch case ) may bo three months' imprisonment or $100 fine , or both , in the dis cretion of the court. C. ( Joe Wo. charcud with bavin ? nractlced medicine without , first having secured a per mit from the State Board of Health , was placed on trial. 1'iiasoxAt , JamesL.Tout of Kearney is at the Arcado. H. S. Mason of Norfolk Is at the Arcado. J. H. Gable of Dos Molnos Is at the Mil- lard. E. P. Wcatherly of Norfolk U at the Dol- lono. lono.C. C. C. Fisher of Central City is at the Arcade cado C. W. Priestly of Onkdnlo , Nob. , is at the Arcade. Gcorgo M. Baker of Grand Island Is at the Arcaoo. E. A. Kualger of Nebraska City Is at the Dcllouo. B. D. Smith of Kearney is stopping at the Mlllard. J. W. Perry of Ord , Nob. , Is registered at the Arcado. Frank Browstor of Alliance , Nob. , Is at the Arcado. C. M. IVIlcox of Hot Spring ? , S. D. , is at the Millard. A. T. Blackburn of Atkinson. Nob. , is at tbo Mlllard. Mrs. Hammond of Blair is registered at tnc Mlllard. P. T. Burchard and wlfo of Norfolk nro at the Murray. M. U. Tillson of Kearney is stopping at the Murray. C. A. Kaufman of Avoca , Nob. , is stopping at tbo Arcado. W. E. Peebles of Ponder , Neb , , Is stopping at tno Mlllard. J. C. Miller and wlfo of Strattmm , la. , are at the Uollone. Campbell Coyloof Nevadala. , is registered at the Murray. William Groor of Thurman , la.Is stopping at tbo Arcade. (3. T. Broker and W. O. Kumelof McCook are at the Mlllard. W. E. Carlton and wlfo of btdnoy , Nob. , are at the Mlllard. W. M. vVlsner of Plattsburg , Mo. , is stop ping at the Arcado. Frank Powell of Indlanola , Neb. , is quar tered at tbo Arcade. A , G. Shears of Cbadron , Nob. , is regis tered at the Mlllard. Mrs. Kato B. Cblnnoy of Lincoln Is regis tered at tbo Mlllard. C. T. Ward of Surprise , Nob. , is regls- torod at the Murray. J. HaUlelU and E. Wllcox of McCook , are stopping at the Mlllard. O. L. Brlggs and wlfo of Battle Crook , Nob. , nro at the Arcado. U. P. Kioto and J. K Losch of West Point , Neb. , are at the Mlllard. Joseph tl. Miller and wlfo of David City , Neb. , are at tbu Murray. H. H. Hobbs of the Omaha Indian agency Is registered at tbo Arcado. S. P. Hounas , Jr. , and daughter of Salt LuUo City are at tbu Dcllono. A. T. McCartney and daughter of Wyora- In ? are niopplngat tbo Uollono. Mrs. W. P. Hazolton of Tarrytown on the Hudson Is registered at the iJellono. Hon. Thomas U. Denton , state auditor , was la the city yestordny between irmni. Mrs. Lnland Stanford of California passed through tbo cijy yesterday on her way east. William H. Burns , croaoral manager of tbo Montnnu Union railroad at Anaconda , is at I bo Mlllard. Hon. J. W. Johnson of Lincoln , secretary of the State Board of Transportation , was In tbo city yesterday oil business. W. H. Burns , formerly general agent of tbo Union I'aclllc at Council Bluff * and now located at Anacondu , Mont. , is In tbo city. Senators Carey and Warren of Wyoming were botb In the city yesterday , tno forhier on his way to Washington and the latter heudod for home , Mr. A. L , llecuor , nn extensive farmer and cattle raiser of Union , Cats county , was lu Otnaha yesterday , after havlnir raarkoioa some tut cattle at tbo South Ornuuu inurkoU CONTINENTAL CLOTHING v"k HOUSE * * Announces a Sale Extraordinary in Men's Chevi'ot 'and Cassimere Suits , at Extremely Low Prices , So Low that Even Trash Could Not. ' " * * : Be Sold for Less. "in > i v THE BARGAINS FOR BOYS Ht This Sale Throw M Previous Efforts in the Shade , Both as to QUALITY KND PRICE , CONTINENTAL. MEN'g DEPARTMENT. $5.001 * ' Are our prices for . * i-en's AU WQo1 $7 ' 50 - - * 7'.75CHEVIOT | SUITS S8.50II I liV fi 4-1i r\ \ i AND ' $10.00 At the Continental. Now is the time to save $5.00 or $6.00 on a suit. You might as well have the best. Trashy suits sell for these prices in other stores , CONTINENTAL. SATURDAY. Don't spend a dollar for boys' clothing until you have seen the suits which we are sell- , J r ing for $5 , $6.50 and $8 This Sale Means Business. NO SHODDY. NO HUMBUG. ' Continental Quality and Methods. CONTINENTAL. " The Shirt Waist , PRICE ON SATURDAY CENTS. All Sizes , JUST HALF PRICE. Laundered Star Shirt Waists. CONTINENTAL. $1.75 KNEE PANT $2.50 $2.00 CHEVIOT SUITS. $ . . All Ages. $3.00 The best values ever shown $3.50A. in Omaha , A. of Vest Suits on Saturday at $3.00 , worth $5.50 ZOUAVE SUITS-Ages 3 to 7 , price $3.50 and $3.75 , on Saturday. ZOUAVE BLOUSE WAISTS at $1.00 on Saturday. , " CONTINENTAL . ' T T A nro HA IS. Our Straw Goods will be opened on Sat urday with a great HALF PRICE SALE. 25 , 38 and 50 Cents , PT OTU U A TQ A11 Sizes LLUlrL nAlo and OEiNTS. CONTINENTAL. Boys' ' Knee Pants O Cents ! 150 pairs of those all-wool ; regular $1.00 goods just received for Saturday's sale , at 50 cents. cents.BATS BATS and BALLS will be given to every suit customer on Saturday.