2 TIUS OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , XOVEMHRK 25 , 1895.
Jecls will be taken tip In order , during the
remainder of the afternoon ami evening :
"Cultivation and Uses of Ilimle , " 1'rpf
Watsrhouiio of St. Louis ! "American Slip
ping , " Hugh Craig. San Pranclsco ; "State
hood for Territories , " cx-Oovcrnor 1'rlnce oi
New Mexico , Hon , Sidney Clarke , Oklahoma
"ForentiT Inthe Rocky Mountain * , " Prof.
John II. Park , Salt Lake.
The election of offll'frs ' will bo the flt-nt
order of business Tuesday morning. In view
of tha fact that but- few of the delegates arc
on tile ground there In but little tendency to
illBcUM tlia probable action of tlio convention
In that particular.
Ono of the prominent features In th * con-
vfntlon will be ex-Governor L. IJradforc
I'rlnc of New Mexico. lie has been for years
In the forefront of all enterprises for the de
velopment of the west. He went to New
Mexico In 1870 by appointment of Prcslden
Hayes as chief Justlre of the territory , and
served In that capacity through the remain
der ot that national administration and a
part of the next. He wn governor during
the administration of President Harrison. He
went west from New York , of whose legls-
latliro he was- for many yearn a. member.
Hclng a good deal of an antiquarian h has
found the southwest full of Interest tor him
and has spent a great dtal of tlma rumaglng
among the .ulhs Of tile old Indian and M. ec
tons tf that region , nnd has unearthoJ many
valuable relics of the old age. One hundred
Aztec Idols colltoted. ' by him- are now In the
posBetttlon of oneof tha eastern scientific
societies with which ho Is connected.
Paz Valvcde , also a delegate from Now
Mexico. Is cointy clerk at Santa Fc and has
served In the territorial council.
The following gentlemen have been selected
toirepresent Inn Commercial club In the con
vention : T. J. Mahoney , II. W. Yatcg , Thomas
Kllpatrlck , Dudley Smith , II.V. . lllchnrdson
C. W. Lyman , Judge L. H. Hradlsy. Z. T
Llndsey. Oeorge W. Wattles' . Hon. OeorgfW
Llnlnger , Hon. Charles P. Mandersou and cx-
CJovernor Alvm Saunders.
I393O&99
SOUTH OMAHA NEWSg
A certolh republican faction Is preparing
to boost Captain Kelly to the front when
It comes time to nomlnnte a candidate for
mayor. Thlfl faction will. It Is understood
throw J. D. Smiley , Councilman Illauchard
and Councilman Hyland overboard , and pin
its faith to Kelly. Thla plan was put up a
a secret meeting- day or two ago , and
may carry. In the meantime Captain Kelly
Is sawing wood and saying nothing
Blanchard denies that ho Is a candidate for
any office : Ho declares he has had all the
honor he wants , and Is willing to step down
and out when his term expires. Hyland Is
the republican representative of the Thlrc
ward In the council , and admits having a
mayoralty bee buzzing In bis bonnet. Mr
Hyland has only been In politics for a short
time , having been elected a member of the
council last April.
Among the democrats I'd Johnston has
stated positively that ho will not run for
ro-electlon. Johnston made the race three
times , twlco he was defeated and once
elected , and he saya that he Is willing now
to retire to his farm oa the hill and not
trouble himself about politics any more.
Friends of Johnston , however , say that when
the time comes lit ? will be In the race for
re-election. DocEusor would like to bolt'
down the mayor's chair for a couple of
years , but , of course , It you say anything
tp Doc about It , he will tell you that ho Is
too busy with his patients to accept any
thing of the kind. All the fame his man
Hughes is about and kosps an eye on the
situation.
Jim Bull.i , democratic councilman from the
First ward , Is another ambitious member 01
that body who would like to step Into Et
Johnston's shoes next spring. Johnny Ryan
would not object to the Job , but he woul (
itinph nrnfpr to ha cltv trpasurer. nnd hn fa
trimming his sails for that port , now.Jack
Walters is not averse to trying his hand at
the helm again am > may' be a candidate. He
certainly"witTlfhe can get the nomination
*
r1 For a Southern Outlet.
Ex-Mayor Sloan thinks that the property
owners and business men of South Omaha
should get together and Induce the- city coun
cil to pave Twenty-fourth street to the county
line on the south. Sloan thinks that If this
were done , the commissioners in Sarpy county
would manage to build , a good roadway from
the line on to Fort Crook. Mr. Sloan cays
that unless something Is done by South
Omaha , citizens , the boulevard will be made
along Thirteenth street and South Omaha wll ;
not get any benefit ot the traffic. Ho Is ol
the opinion that by a concerted action Twen
ty-fourth street at Wyman could be straight
ened and pavement laid clear to the county
line. If this wore done Sarpy county would
surely continue the road and thus a great
thoroughfare between Omaha and Fort Crook
would bo established. There Is some talk Q |
a meeting ot citizens to consider the matter.
H Flnoileil theTriielCN. .
A water main at the foot of lower N street
and under the railroad tracks burst about 10
o'clock Saturday night and the tracks were
flooded. Yesterday morning there was an
inch of water and Ice between the rails. A
gang ot men went to work and dug a hole
down to the break and took out the broken
portion. Until late yesterday afternoon water
In business pbces on lower N street was
shut off.
C'ni'turoil a Unit Doueu AVulrCN.
The wolf htint nt Sarpy mills yesterday
wasa success. A big crowd fr < 5m this- town
'
went".out , .AS alsd did a lot'.of hunters from
Omaha. A , number 9 ! South Omaha folks
drove out to the mjlls'.ln the 'afternoon to see
how the-liuners ( wera enjoying themselves. A
half dozen \volyca were captured.
Kiich Will Got ii Turkey.
W. N. llabcock , general manager of the
stock yards , hits purchased a couple of hun
dred turkeys and will give each employe at
the yards who Is married a fine bird for a
Thanksgiving feast. The yards will be closed
on that day , but all stock coming in will be
taken care of.
Manic City aoNHli.
A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Mike
Donovan ,
Councilman James II , Bulli has returned
from a trip to Missouri.
W , R. Patrick Intends to drop the practice
of h\v for a time and travel fur a legal blank
bouse1.
Ex-Police Judge King Is very sick and It
Is reported that ho Is In destitute circum
stances.
Friends of W. S. Babcock are pushing him
for deputy sheriff. Several other local poli
ticians are nfttr thu Job.
Deputy Sheriff Carroll has taken Miss Clara
Sullivan , Thirty-first and L streets , to the
insane asylum at Lincoln ,
John dribble- , manager of tbe commission
firm of Perry Bros. , returned yesterday
from Wayne , where he took a train load of
feeders.
Edward Cozzeni of Oikaloosa , la. , was
the guest yesterday of Captain Kelly. Coz-
zen and Kelly served In the same company
during the war. They had not met for a
number of years until yesterday ,
A meeting of the Ideal club will be held
Tuesday evening at the office of B. E. Wll-
cox , atvhch | time It Is expected that
the committees on hall and music
will be- able ( o report. U Is the Intention of
the club to give dunces Ulcj a month duS
ing the winter.
The fuiier.il ot A. FredcHckson , who com
mitted suicide by hanging In the woods near
Albright , was. held at the-First Prcub ) ti-rlan
church yesterday afternoon , The services
were conducted by the Modern Woodmen.
Hey. Dr. Whe Ifr preached the- funeral scr-
inon. Interncut was at Laurel Hill ceme
tery.
( Manila I.lrilrrkriiim KiiU'rtnlniupnt.
Lust evening , at Its hall , the Omaha JJed-
erkranz gave n monthly entertainment. Vo-
i-al selections were given Dy Miss l.uucr , J ,
O. Dettetbeck , XL Folorinann nnd Jacob
Kopn , Hans Albert played a violin j > ole
nnd ho and J , Cook n violin dutt. The musi
cal program wua followed by the presenta
tion of illttlo farce , entitled "Women
tiiioulil Not Smoke , " unil thin by a dance.
The Lleilerttnuii I * pruparlnir far the an
nual entertainment In February , which will
be on a setUo not herctofoio attempted
by It.
Honr Admiral Kirk In ml Arrive * .
NEW YOHK , Nov. Zk-rcenr Admiral W ,
A. KlrklamT , who , it U otllclnlly reported ,
hiis been recalled from his command of the
European squadron , "because of certain
c\
WM n pncucngcr on th
steamer I a HoiirpoRne , which nrrlvetl here
this afternoon. The powers M Wnshlngto
nre naiil to i > o < ll ilevfwl with n letter h
wrote to President Pnurn of France , hi
pf-rronnl friend * congratulating him up"
hi * election to ( Ho oltlco of chief magistrate
Th admiral wns neon ns he left tlip ship
HP fipemwl In n happy frnme of mlml , nm
vrni willing to talk < n nmo ! n any subjcc
but that of hla rumored rccnll.
route cotrvrv DISTIIICT conrr
Orltnliiill IinIti1rnrl.v . Clrnr Ml inn
\VorU tin I lie OlII .side Cotiinirnrcil.
YOUK , Neb. , Nov. 21. ( jipecJal. ) The
criminal work ot the York county dlstrlc
court docket Is about at an ciUl , there belni
but one- more case to be tried , The State o
Nebraska against Ralph Woodruff , wherein
the defendant Is charged with enticing n 16
year-old girl of thU place away , for thp pur
pose of persuading her to have Illicit Inter
course with several of the yoUng toughs o
this place , has been on trial for two days
but has been submitted to the Jury. Then
was a case against Charles 13. Mathcws o
this place , charged with allowing this crlma
to bo committed In his house , but this wll
not come to trial. The Jury In Woodruff's
cafe has been out twenty-four hours.
The case of Prcwltt against the 1) ) . & M
railroad was taken up yesterday , and was
submitted to the Jury. Prewitt asks damages
against theH. . & M. for a hedge fence dam
aged by sparks from an engine.
The case of the State against Wallen wll
probably come to trial on Monday. This case
Is where the defendant , upon catching a boj
In his watemellon patch this summer forced
him to give him a saddle from the horse
upon which he was riding. As this was
done on the public highway It seems that the
defendant has laid himself liable to prosecu
lion on the grounds of highway robbery.
Hon. W. F. Collins of Lincoln on Friday
evening lectured to the students of the York
college on the subject , "Our Boys. " To ad >
tJ the lecture , Miss Bell Warner of this city
pang a solo , accompanied by an octet o
Instrumental ! < ts , which captivated the audl
tors. Mr. Kenny , rendered a very pleasing
violin solo. The evening was under the
auspices of the Young Men's Christian asso
elation of the York college ,
R. ROD of this placa returned home from
the west ytsUrday ;
Miss Graro Will of Bradsbaw was In the
city yesterday , returning In the afternoon. .
Hon. N. P , Ludden spent yesterday after
noon In Lincoln , returning home last evening
Mrs. Will Crabb lift yesterday morning
for Lincoln , at which place she spen
Sunday with her mother and brother.
The Hastings foot ball club will play the
Ybrk college eleven Thursday. Thla Is the
cloven which Is to play the University eleven
Monday.
Rev. Mr. Talbot of this place , who ha
been away for gome time , arrived home las
evening , much Improved In health , and wll
resume his pastoral work here.
Hon. J. B. Conaway of this city left ystrter
day for Ohio , where he was calkd on ai
urgent matter.
Mr. and Mrs. II. Gould , who have been
visiting In Sodalla , Mo. , for some time , re
turned yesterday.
SlueU Feeding ; t Gordon.
GORDON , Neb. , Nov. 24. ( Special. ) The
city council at Its last meeting contractec
for the placing of a sixteen foot aerometer
and pump over the well supplying the city
water works. The steam plant , which has
previously been tu sd , will remain In position
and only be used In cass of fire.
The sheep Industry Is rapidly growing Into-
prominence in this county , tributary to Gor
don. The four or five brands of sheep which
were ranged here last summer have ap
parently proven so successful that In the
neighborhood of 20,000 sheep have besn
placed in this immediate vicinity this fall
Fully 6,000 head of cattle , mostly steers
from Nevada , N. M. , have been unloaded a
Irwin and Merriman stations Just -efst o
here In the sand hills to be wintered
through on the abundance of range and hay
with tfUfch this section la supplied.
Coiuimiili'N Consolidate.
FAIRBURY , Neb. , Nov. 24. ( Special. )
The Falrbury Electric Light and Power
company has sold Its franchise and plant to
the Water Works company. and the twi
plants will hereafter W under one manage
ment. A new power hoiis ? will be built ad.
Joining the pump house of the Water Works
company on Third "street , and new boilers
and engines put In. . The consideration o
the sale is said to be $10,000.
Poultry Show ut Teeumneli.
TECUMSEH , Neb. . Nov. 24. ( Special. )
The first annual exhibition of the Tecumsel
Poultry association will be held here Thurs
day , Friday and Saturday. Mr. George Van
Honten of Auburn will superintend the show
and C. A. Emry ot Carthage , Mo. , will do
the scoring. Secretary Dafoe announces a
large number of entries already.
Fire lit LJOIIM.
LYONS , Neb. , Nov. 24. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Search Trammer's livery barn was
burned thin morning about 2 o'clock. Six
buggies and a cow were burned ; nothing
saved. Insured for ? SOO. Mrs. Cawthorn's
house near by was considerably damaged.
GInHiMl on u Morttmurc.
FAIRBURY , Neb. , Nov. 24. ( Special. )
Frank Crawford's grocery store , in the
opera house block , was closed yesterday un
der u chattel mortgage of $1,500.
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§ PULPIT EDITORIALS
9 HY
HEV. FRANK CRANti.
oeceecececceceeceeceeec :
The Arnjenlan trouble : One who soaks to
know the truth about the Armenian Imbroglio
Is lUble well-nigh to desjulr at the conflicting
account * of affairs there. The sublime poite
with Subllmer cheek Issues ofllclal Information
to the Turkish embassy at Washington that
the unruly Armenians are still rising iig.ilnst
the Turks , and , ot course , the latter , purely
In self-defense , must slaughter them ; on the
other hand , the press correspondents and the
missionaries nncl the Armenians themselves
sand out the most horrid accounts of the
inhumanity of the Kurds and Turks. This
pulpit has tried to get at the truth ot mat
ters , and , as near as It can ascertain , the
real status of affairs Is accurately and Intel
ligently stated In thn following words , which
were uttered by Mr. M. M. MangasarUn , an
Armenian , at a mass meeting at the Ffrst
Congregational church In Evanston , 111. , on
Nbvember 17 :
"Tin Turks are the Novl homines of
Europe. They are a parveriu , a mushroom
people , who hold their domains by sufferance.
It Is just to designate the Ottoman empire as
a mere military encampment without any deep
roots In the soil a cvusv camn. which. In
pplto of the /act that once It occupied on the
faceof the globe more than 100,000 square
league * , has been steadily diminishing and
dwindling until now It looks aa If the time
liad como to drive these squatters- back alto
gether to the departs and steppes whence they
originally emerged ,
"Tho sympathizers with the sultan ought
to bear in mind that the Turks are , strictly
speaking , foreigners In the lands which today
they call their own. After these many cen
turies they have not outgrown their Tartarlsm
or to any perceptible degree adopted the cul-
lure of the people they have subjugated ,
"The Ottomans are by religion. Moham
medans , and that Is a factor and featu o/of
nero than ordinary significance' It Is tha
< ey to the whole 'eastern question. ' As ilo-
laMimodang the Turks wVll never assimilate
.lie civilization ot European countries.they ;
will continue to be strangers and aliens In
hose portions ot E'irope , which nro still
under the , blighting' rule cf the sultan. The
i > orst Christian government la better than
ho best Mohammedan , because , .while the
one Is progressive , open to the Inilujpnre at
play , the other Is obstinate and jttfgnunt
and will fight a new Idea to the bitter end.
"Armenia , the only exclusively Christian
country In Asia , Is today lighting the battle
ot civilization , and If she wins Uurope will
) o the greatest gainer. Should the martyr
dom of Armenia bring about the overthrew
of the worst nila that ) iumnaly | ban over
suffered from , the price , great a * It Is , 'will
jo worth the cost. Some future historian
will express the gratitude of Europe And
America to the Armenian * for noble assist
ance the ; beginning- the emancipation ot
all Asia. "
Stranue to say .It U Christian England
hat , more than any other European power.
Htandlng In the way of the abolition of
Turkish rule In Europe. England who
forced the opium traffic upon China ( or th
inko of greed I * uUndlntr tor th Integrity
of Turkey for leir of jeopardizing ber east
ern 08se8 ! oui.
Growth of Population and Matorkl "Wealth
Beyond tbo Mississippi ,
HISTORIC FACTS AND CONVINCING FIGURES
Ilullwn.r nnit PoMnl rnclllllox , Col-
Irirrn anil I'll idle Si'tioiiln , .Ml nor ill
Wcuttli , 1'rniliiuln of tli < > Kiirni
anil Orclinnl l.ltr Stock.
In view of the approaching sessions of the
Transmlsslislppl congress , which meets In
Omaha today , where subjects bearing on the
growth and development ot the west are to
bo discussed , The Ilee reprints for the benefit
of those Interested the following extracts
from the address delivered by Hon. Edward
Hosewater before the Young Men's Christian
association In March , 1S92 :
lIn ( the year 1SOO the United States o
America contained 5,30S,4S3 Inhabitants
nearly one-fifth of whom wcro negro slaves
Even after two centuries of struggle th
land was still untamed forests. ectpt her
and there n strip of cultivated soil. The mill
orals lay undisturbed In their rocky.beds , nn <
more than two-thirds of liie people clung t
the seaboards within fifty mllea of the tide
water , where alone the wonts of cllvllzcd lit
could be supplied. The center of population
rested within eighteen miles ot llaltlniore
north and east of Washington. The ontlr
continent was not much easier tovpenitrat
than when La Sallo and Ilcnnepln found tliel
way to the Mississippi more than a century
before.
"Two wagon roads crossed the Alloghan
mountains In Pennsylvania , one leading fron
Philadelphia to Plttsburg , ono from Po
tflinac to the Monongahela , while a thin
parsed through Virginia southeastward t
Knoxvllle , Tenn. , with a branch through th
Cumberland gan In Kentucky. By thes
roads and by trails less passable from Nort
and South Carolina , or by waterways fron
the lakes , between -400,000 and 500,000 t > : r
sons had Invaded vthc country beyond the Al
' " *
Icghanles. ,
"Nowhere" did eastern settlement touch th
wit-tern. At least 100 miles of moUntalno'u
country held the two regions apart. Th
shore ot Lake Eric , where alone contac
seemed easy , wad still unsettled. The In
dims had been pushed back to the Cuyahog
river and a few cabins were built on th
siteof Cleveland. Even western New Yor
was still a wilderness. Buffalo was not lali
out. Rochester did not exist. Utlca con
talncd fifty houses. Albany was a Dutch city
with some 5,000 inhabitants.
"The people ot the old thirteen states' alon
the Atlnnt.'c seaboard thus sent westward a
wedgs-shaped mass of nearly 500,000 person
from the region penetrated by the Ten
nessec , Cumberland and Ohio rivers to th
western limit of the union. With the exesp
tlon that 500,000 of people had crossed th
Alleghanles and were struggling with dlfll
cultles that appeared almost insurmountabl
America , so far ap concerned physical prob
lems , had changed little In.fifty years. Th
same bad roads and difficult rivers connect
Ing the same small towns stretched Into Ui
same forests In 1800 as when the armies o
Braddock pierced the western and northen
Alleghanles , except that these roads ext nde <
a few miles farther from the se&coast
The 5,000,000 Americans struggling with th
untamed continent seemed hardly more competent
potent to their tak than the beaver and
buffalo , which had for countless generation
made bridges and roads of their p\vn.
"Even by water along the seaboard coinmu
location was as slow and almost as Irregula
as In colonial times. At the opening 6f th
nineteenth century no regular packet piled
between New Yorkand , Alhany. Passenger
waited till a sloop was advertised to sail , they
provided their own bedding and supplies , an >
a week on the North river or on the souni
was an experience not'at all unknown to trdv
clcrs. Tha settler who , after buying wagon
and horses , hauled his family 'across ' the
mountains , might buy or 'build h ! flat hot
tcmed ark to float with him 1ii3 beldhglngH
down 'the''OMo river. In cohstaUt-'ttangerTo
being-attacked or belng''sunk. . .If hVMcarrlec
his tobacco and wheat down the > IMIsslsslpp
toUho Spanish port of New Orleans and sole
It he might return on horseback through th
Indian country from Natchez to Nashville , o
ho might take ship to Philadelphia , If a ship
wore about to salt , and again cross tlid Alle
ghanles. Nearly all the rivers which pene
trated the interior were liable to be made
dangerous by freshets , and both > dangerou
and Impassable by drouth , yet such as they
were these streams were made the main path
of traffic.
"In the year 1SOO ono general mall rout
extended from Portland , Me. , to Louisville
the time required for the trip being twent ;
days. From Philadelphia a branch line wen
to Lexington In sixteen days and Intp Nash
vllle In twenty-two days ,
"The gross receipts for postage in the yea
ending October 1 , 1801. were only $320,000 to
the whole United States. For tho'year 189
tha postofllco receipts at Omaha alone wer
$201,688.98 , exclusive of money order trans
fers , which aggregated $1,830,545.91 ,
"In 1800 the census of the city of Bostoi
showed 25,000 Inhabitants. In appearance
Boston resembled an English market town
The sidewalks as well as the crooked am
narrow streets were paved with round cobble
stones and were divided from the carriage
way only by posts'and a gutter. The streets
were almost unllghted at night , the few oi
lamps rendering the darkness more visible
and the rough pavements rougher. Such a
thing as police hardly existed. The total bank
capital ot Boston at the beginning of this
century , including a branch bank ot the
United States , was about $2,500.000.
"Tha stale of New York had a population
ot 573,000 , and the valuation of all th prop-
city of the Empire state was a fraction over
$1(10,000,000 ( , while that ot Massachusetts
was $84.000.000 , or Ie than one-half of the
assessed valuation of Nebraska at this time ,
"New York City had a fraction over 60,000
population. The city resembled' foreign
seaport , badly paved , undrained and as foul
us a town surrounded by the tides could be.
No day police existed. The night police con
sisted of two captains , two deputies and
seventy-two men. Two banks besides the
branch bank of the United States supplied
the financial wants of the American metrop
olis.
"During the first quarter of the present
century the westward trend of civilization
was very slow. Up to 1825 canals hod not
seen thought of west of New York. The
overags- time required to moke a trip from
Cincinnati to New Orleans and back was six
months. The craft made use of were nccei-
uarlly small and the cargoes proportionately
Ight , and when they arrived In Now Orleans
n flat boats , which could not bo taken bck ,
he boats were abandoned and the hands re
turned by land. Under such disadvantages
the commerce ot the country was nominal.
The farmer had no motive to Increase" the
iroduco of his fields beyond the wants ot his
amlly and of newcomers who might settle
n hla neighborhood. Cqrn and oats rarely
commanded more than 10 or 12 cents a
bushel and wheat from 30 to 40 cents. The
average price of good beef was $1.50 per
00 , and pork from'll to $2 per 100 , according
o quality.
"During this period our national govern
ment entered upon a scheme of Internal Im
provements. The national road commencing
at Cumberland , Md , , and trunnlng thence
vcstward to Ohio , through the state ot Penu-
rylvarila' , 'and thence' through central Ohio ,
Was pflnstrueted 8t' ' < .he expanse at- the 'gen- ,
ei'aljf government"- fond ' about' * $ siOOO,000'wa's ;
expended on'.tbjs. hlgUwayjiy 1835. . U was ,
ho firit sroar national Improvement In the
llrectlon of Interval ( mprqvejnonts.
THE ERA _ , OF CABALS.
"During this period of depression , when th
produce tit the country , would , not defray the
xponso of transportation lonv. distantmar -
iet , the Miami canal- wasprojected. .
"By an act passed 5 by the legislature of
Ohio In 1822 the.-Kovernor was authorized to
mploy engineer , toDiuko survey ? of th
country bstweeir Lake Erie and the Ohio
Iver with a vq\y ! of , dUcustilq ? the practi
cability of uniting theiw waters' by a navi
gable csriul. In February , 1825 , an'act was
utecd to provide ( or the Internal Improve
ment of the state of Ohio by navigable
ana'ls by an almost unanimous vote of the
eglalature.
"The construction oJ the canals was begun
u 1825 and by 1832 , 400 miles of navigable
anals were completed. . The opening of the
first Ohio canal was accomplished July 4 ,
827 , Ou that day the first boat descended
rum Akron to Cleveland. She was cheered
n her passage by thousands of people who
Btemblfd from the adjapent country to
witness the novel and Interesting sight.
"According to Governor -Trimble 'the dg-
ctnt of A boat of fifty tons burden from , n
mlaence of 400 feet , constituting tbo union'
between the waters ot the north ant ! rauth ,
awakened ftcUngs of the most exalted pa
triotism. ' , 'J\XUh the canals extended from
the like tv thrj Ohio river , north And xontli ,
and the naM al road tart and west , Ohio ex
perienced WPldj growth and the valuation of
property Intuit state , which was $74,243,0.13 ,
rein to J503W , > | , nil by 1&2 , and the Increase
ot population during that time was about 111
per cent. - > ij
THE wnVKNT OF UAILUOADS.
"The adl ht'of the railway revolutlonlrod
the entire * y3Pm | of tfavel , traffic and colon
ization. The ! Mnagitlflcent resources ot the
great MMsrJ > 'Uf ) | barln had attracted the at-
tent'on ot mjs Ijes3 men In the Atlantic states
as promising An Immense volume of trnd
between thk ify sections. Tha most exalted
anticipations of the nreat west then Indulge !
wcro exceedingly feeble compared with what
has rlnca been realized. They were fufdclent ,
however , to excite a keen and powerful com
petition between the cities of the seiboard for
the trnde of that region. Boston , New York
and Philadelphia expected to psss the Allo-
ghany mountains In their northern and less
lofty portlpns by meanci of canals nnd thus
tap the eastern watershed of the Mississippi
basin. Baltimore , though nearer to the west
than anj > thorn , was compelled to resign
this ho on Jhe report of the engineer.
Goner , . . Barnard , ' who represented the
natii'j and financial obstacles to
canal construction across the mountains
as practically Insr.irmqunlable The
highly wrought expectations were followed
by despondency. Meanwhile the Idea of n
railway way suggested by parties who had
observed the operation of the Infant rallroid
system ot England. On the 4th of July ,
1S28 , ground was broken for the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad , and the first passenger
railway In the United 'States was placed
under construction. New York soon organ
ized tha New York Central and New York
& Erie railways to draw the western produci
from'the prbllfjc'regions bordering on Lake
Erie. The construction of these railways
and the previous Unco of canal across the
Alleghanles exercised a powerful Influence
on the destinies of the nation. Without the
Intervention 'ot these modern Improvements ,
the cast offd the Svest would have grown up
as comparatively Independent communities.
The first line of'scparatlon which threatened
thp unltv of the republic Was that of north
and south , which divided the east and west
ern section.The Twuthern Atlantic , states
wcro not Indifferent to this competition. The
South 'Carolina railroad was commenced In
1830 , and In 1S33 completed to Hamburg ,
136 miles. It'was then the largest railroad
In the world"and was the first upon which
appeared an 'cngtno ' of American construc
tion. It was also ths first railroad upon
which the malls were transported. Virginia
and North Carolina also 'constructed lines of
railways connecting -with. , the west and
southwest , .and tjieee l\vo primary sections
of pur country , east and west , had estab
lished along 'Oislr entire lines of demarca
tion commercial relations and common In
terests of Incalculable value , settling per
manently the.Question ot their political unloir.
RAILROAD HISTORY.
"In 1825 , thi ) vAy year that the Erlo canal
went Into op'eTatlbn , an event hardly to be
matched fen > -Importance occurred the
successful ! duplication , on the Darlington &
Stockton railway 'Of steam to purposes of
locomotion. The railway first undsrlaksn 1 ?
tho. United Sjltesas a short line of about
three mills' for'.the- transportation of granite
to the Nopon f .river mar Boston. The flrsS
locomotive * ever Mtsed In the United Stats , '
was one imported from England in 1829. Th
first experjme&tftl trip was made In Augusl
Ig29 , but lifeus ! ; of the locomotive bad ,10 bp >
abandoned 'jbecau.se It was frund too tieavy ,
The flrsti Iqcopijtlve built In thls , cpuntrr was'
placed on t thoroSoutb. , Carolina railroad In
1830. The usfejof locomotives , however , wic-
not ( Irmly established until 1832 , Just o'xt ' >
years ago. . In" 1830-there were twenty-three
miles of 'raifft-ay In operation In the United
States. , , By 1832 the mll&ge' hod Increased
to 229i miles , and In' ' 1S35" the country had
1(098 ( 'mill's of railroad. " .The first through
railroadfrom - .the ease , westward was
completed In a82 between Boston and
Albany , ' connecting atthe latter place"
with . ' the Erie , canal' Jn the same
yean , i'the list link pf. . 'the line from
Albany to Buffalo was'opij'ned. . * At the.enfl'Df
IStSjtht tpny mllease of-pll. the rallroadsOn
tlioi : cblirttrrf vvaa li.oafi miles , .or aboutr-5DO-
mtlestit&ronban'tnere'are .nowln the state of
Nebraska. Forty-years "ago. in'1852 , 'the rail
way milcage'0t the'Unlted Stales was"12,908.
Kansas and'Nebraska aloneihave , 14,182 miles
of rajlroad Wi.thls time. , In the sprlngof
' 51 the Erie railroad was , completed from New-
York to LakeErie , and in 1852 the Michigan
Central was'completed from Lake- Erie to
Chicago. In'1853 the flret continuous line of
1,000 miles of railway Was formed between
Boston and Chicago. In 1858 the Plttsbvrg- &
Fort Wayne-Y'rallroad opened Its Important
line from PHtsburg toChicago , , completing
the second : great trunk line from New York
to Chicago. ' 'i.
"In the 'stateswest of Ohio no railroad of
lmportancewas constructed-prfivlo'us to 1849 ,
The first line running- east and west through
Indiana was opened In 1853 ; the next line ,
the Ofilo & 'Mississippi , In 1857. The first railroad -
road In Illlnqls was undertaken In 1839 , but
it was abandoned1 after a few miles had been
constructed and mule1 power supplanted the
locomotive a a measure of economy. Ths
first railroad to connect Lake Michigan with
the Mississippi river was the Chicago & Rock
Island in February , 1854 , The Burlington" &
Qulncy railroad reached the Mississippi river
In 1856 and the-Milwaukee & St. Paul In 1858.
It was not until 1859 that the Hannibal &
St. Josenh. the pioneer railroad of the
greater west , was completed to the Missouri
river at St. Joseph. Six years later. In 1865 ,
the Chicago & Northwestern railroad , which
had * distanced all competitors. In the race
toward Omaha , was completed , to Council
Bluffs. t
"Nearly all tho- pioneers who caught the
California or PlkCj's Peak fever came west by
railroad as far as the Missouri river , and
then from Leayenwortli , Atcljlson and Omaha
they crossed the" plains by stage coach or by
teams over plains and mountains through
Utah , Nevada and on to the Pacific slope ,
"It Is to the credit of the , Mormons that
they openjul tlio path of civilization across the
continent. H Is chiefly through the Mormons
that Jho roads wcro made more safe1 than
they otherwise would have been by reason of
the large number of Jndlans , many of whom
were very savage and entirely unfriendly to
whites , that roamed from one part of the
continent to the other. These Mormons had
been driven out from Nauvoo and Arkansas
and Missouri. , They first made a settlement
on the east bank ot the Missouri river at what
is now known aa Council Bluffs , but was then
najned Kanoavllloj 'They crossed the Missouri
river and established the town at Florence
and In the earlyi spring of 1848 they started
out across the continent on foot , with wheel-
larrowa or whatever conveyance they had at
hand. Men and womeri 'walked all the way
from thb Missouri river more than 1,000 miles
through a wilderness where not "a blade of
grasa had Beei'grown } by the band" of man.
"The Mowno/Js / , were largely .instrumental
n the coi trVfUoji pf , the Pacific telegraph
and Brlcham Youne constructed n icreat-nor.
tlon of this pioneer line between Salt Lake
and JulefibiVrfe , 'where the/ / connection was
made on July- , 1862 , which placed the At-
nntlc and PablllC states In telegraphic com
munication. " " " /
"That tho--Mormorts have done a great deal
hat will alwliVs'be a blot upon their name" Is
undoubtedly 'Jifstorlcal ' fact , but that they
have contrllDit , , largely to the civilization
of the westernWintry cannot be gainsaid.
PIONEERS.
"The dlscawry Of gold In California In 1848
gave rise In. aif'&xtenslve emigration from
-very - state' JnJl/b / union and from Europe.
The' * erronednS * . > tmpresloflB re-sardln'g * the
agricultural , 'fina ctcr of that region at first
gaveto' thlBiWiljiratlon the character of mere
adventure. Jjtaq proposed for a short- time to
xllo theniseWlWitromcivilization and undergo
special ImnltfllHfi In the hope of rapidly
amassing 'tnVJjwlth. which they could re-
urn borne and. then flusumo higher positions
n society. This fact , la connection with the
wonderful geniality of climate and beauty of
cenerySoon 'Begin to attract permanent
ettlement. A- * vigorous organization of
LiiH'rtcun ' society was speedily effected and
hreo Pacific states -were added to the union
vltli a civilization of an advanced order , em
bracing a population hardy , energetic and
nterprlslng. Tbese communities were Iso-
ated by thousands of miles of wilderness.
: arly geographers had located in the heart
f our continent a broad strip which they
ealgnated as the Great American desert , In-
ersected by formidable mountain chains ,
icrosH which a few daring explorers , follow-
tig the initiations of the deer and the but-
al % had traced toilsome and perilous routes.
The alternative of this route was another
tartly by sea and partly by land over foreign
errltory and a still longer sea route around
be continent of South America. The In-
r ase of tbe , agricultural and mineral pro-
ucU ot tb Pa lflc slope seeking eastern
markets demanded speedier ind chelper
rtnaportatloa. The swelling tide of emigra .
far greater faellltlei of lr el.
The heart and brain of tha American ppnptt
had been netplxcd with these problem *
from the eommone nunt of our Pacific ret-
tiements As early an 1S4J a committee of
the house of rtptosenUilvM reporUi ! on
project for the construction ot n railroad
from Lske M'chlgan ' to the Pacific orfMn
The early projects resulting from very
Imperfect Information wereneccs.iully
.crude . nnd unsatisfactory Tin pres
sure of public Interest Involved , how
ever , was too powerful to be postponed ,
nnd the general government war constraind
to take Initial action by the ino.lest pravltlon
In the net of March 3 , 1853 , making appro'
prlatlons for the support of the army fr the
employment of the topographical engineer
corps In making explorations for a railway
from the Mississippi river to the Pacific
ocean. Thh waa the Initial step toward
the construction of the Pacific rallrotd , which
finally culminated In the act of 1862. provid
ing for the construction of a main line ot rail
way and telegraph from Omaha to San Fran
cisco , with a branch diverging southward
at the 100th meridian and terminating at ths
mouth of the Kansas river. The Contr.il
Pacific Railroad company , a corporatjoii
urder the liwi of California , was authorized
to construct the western portion of this line ,
The magnitude of the taskot constructing
'
'the Initial line of the transcontinental rail
way was largely overrated and lmmen o
profits consequently accrued to the capitalists
who had faith In the enterprise. On the
10th ot May , 1S69 , the golden spike was
ilrlven at Promontory Point , near the head ol
Salt lake , and the Junction ot the Central
and Union Pacific railroads completed the
hinds ot Iron that unite forever the people
of the Atlantic states with those at the
Golden Oato. Sines that memorable event
the greater weft hna undsrgone a most mar
velous development , the like of which wo
have no record uf In ancient or modern
history.
POPULAR AND POLITICAL GROWTH ,
' 'In 1850 the states and tcrrltorlts west of
the Mississippi river had an aggregate popu
lation of 1,7:10.344. : and the country west of
the Missouri , excluding Texas , Louslana , Ar-
kantoB and Missouri , had a population of only
132,597 ; In other words population of the
vast region west of the Missouri In 1850 was
not as largo as the population of Omaha Is
today.
"In 1860 the population west of the Missis
sippi numbered 4,359GIG , , and that of the
states and territories west of the Missouri
755,023 , or about 300,000 less than t'nc popula
tion ot Nebraska la today. In I860 the popula
tion of Nebraska was 28,841 , and that of the
two Dakotas 2,500 , In 1890 the population ot
Nebraska was 1,056,793 , and of the two Da
kotas 511,527. In 1870 the population west of
the Mississippi was C.435,167 , and the popu
lation ot the states and territories west of the
Missouri had reached 1,492,896. In 1890 the
greater west contained a population of 15,170-
315 , while the states and territories west of
the Mitsourl aggregated 6,917,213 In popula
tion. Mark the contrast. From 755,000 popu
lation in 1860 the states and territories west
of the Missouri IinJ Increased their population
to fully G.000,000 by 1892. In I860 the popula
tion o. the United States was 31,433,000 , and
In 1S90 It tiuii re chsd a fraction over 62,000-
000. In other wuru. , while the population ot
the United States doubled. In thirty years , the
population west of the Missouri river has
multiplied nine fold during the same period.
"Tho nineteenth century , and more .espe
cially the last half"of It , has witnessed not
merely the marvelous development of the
material resources anj colossal Increase of
wealth in the greater west , but also a great
political revolution. " One hundred years ago
the 135 electoral" votes cast for president
wcro divided as follows : New England , 38
votes ; New York , Pennsylvania 'and New
Jersey , 34 votes , and the southern states , 62.
Ohio , Indiana and Illinois did not appear
In the electoral college until after the year
1800. It w'U ' bs observed that the New-
England siates , New York , Pennsylvania
and New Jersey had a majority ot six In the
electoral college. The central states and the
greater west that Is , the country 'west of
the MIsslssJppI was entirely unrepresented.
The first nolltlcal recognition of tha reclnn
beyond the Mississippi did not take placa
until 1812 , when Louisiana cast three votes
In the electoral college out of a total of
218 votes. In 1820 the greater west was
represented by Louisiana and Missouri with
sx votes " out of a tofal of 235. . Tha great
West."as it was then understood , iWas , repre
sented by Kentucky 13 votes , Ohio 8 , In-
Ulana 3 a'nd ' Illinois 3 , making in all 32 votes
west ot the Allegbanles. New York alone
had 29 electoral votes at that time.
"In 1840 the total papular vote ot the
United States for president was 2,410,778 ,
and the number of electoral votes 294. Ken
tucky , Ohio , Michigan , Illinois , Indiana.
Louisiana , Arkansas and Missouri , represent
ing west of the Alleghanles , had 65 votes.
Only 12 of these votes represented the en
tire country'west of the Mississippi , while
New York and Pennsylvania had 72 votes ,
or C more votes than all the states , west of
the Alleghanles. The state of New Jersey
cast as many votes In 1840 as did' the whole
country west of the Mississippi.
"In 1852 , just forty years ago , the popular
vote for 'president was 3,144,601 , represented
by 206 votes in the electoral college. Of these
Arkansas had 4 votes , California 4 , Illinois
11 , Indiana 13 , Iowa 4 , Michigan G , Texas' 4 ,
Kentucky 12 , Louisiana 6 , Ohio 23 ; total , 96
votes we t of the Alleghanles. While New-
York had 35 votes thevcountry west of thj
Mississippi had only 31 votes In this election
Twenty years later. In 1872 , the popular voti
was 6,466,165 , of which the country west ot
the Mississippi cast 931,078 , the electoral col-
legs numbering 3G6. Arkansas had 6 , Cali
fornia 6 , Illinois 21 , Indiana 15 , Iowa 11 ,
Kentucky 12 ; Louisiana 8 , Kansas 5 , Michi
gan 13 , Minnesota 5 , Missouri 15 , Nebraska
3 , Nevada 3 , Oregon 3 , Texas 8 ; total west
of the Alleguanles , 134 votes ; west ot the.
Mississippi , G8.
"The popular vote of 1888 for president was
11,384,937 ; that of tne country west of the
Mississippi 2,388,602 , or only 23,176 less than
were cast In the whole union In 1840.
"In the electoral colleg ? In 1892 wo'shall
have 444 votes. Of these the greater west
will have : Louisiana 8 , Arkansas 8 , Califor
nia 9 , Colorado ' 4 , Idaho 3 , Iowa 13 , Kansas
10 , Missouri 17 , Montana 3 , Nebraska 8 , Ne
vada 3 , North Dakota 3 , Oregon 4 , South
Dakota 4 , Texas 15 , Washington 4 , Wyoming
3 ; total , 119 , and 58 of these will be west of
the Missouri , excluding Texas , Louisiana and
Arkansas. All 'of the states west of the
Alleghanles did not have one-fourth ot the
electoral vote In 1840. >
"It Is safe to suy that In 1892 the states
west of the Missouri alone will cast one-
fourth of tbo popular 'vote In tbo United
States.
THE GREATER WEST ,
"Do you realize the magnitude of 'the
greater west ? ' Have you any conception of
the vast resources of the empire that lies be
yond the Missouri ? The area of the whole
United States Is 3,527,000 square mlley. The
"
area " of the 'greater "west1 is 2,129,155 , and
tho" states and territories west of the Mis
souri alone cover an area of 1,571,194 square
miles. 'The gieater west , ' then , cov.ers an
area one-third larger than the states eat t of
tho.MlsslsslppLand the'fctates and territories
west or tne Missouri , including Texas , cover
a larger area than tbe entire country east of
the Missouri river.
"In I860 there were only 2,100 miles of rail
way In the country went of the Mississippi.
Today the railroad mileage west of the
Mississippi la G2.613 miles. In 1860 thera
were only 26 % miles of railroad west of the
Missouri. Of thes ? , California boasted 23
miles and Oregon 3' , miles. Today we have
35,4.50 miles of railroad In the stateo and ter
ritories west of the Missouri , or 4,815 miles
more than the- entire railroad mlloaeo of the
United States In 1860.
"The number of postofilceH In tbfl United
States thirty years ago was fraction oVei
30,000 , Now there are 18,799 postomces In tbe
atateu and territories went of tbe Mississippi ,
and of that number 9,208 are west of the Mis-
Bourl. Nebraska thirty years ago bad 45
postofflces , while'today she has 1,127 , ! Thd
total revenue of tbe 'postolllces ' west el' til6
Mississippi for the pa t year was $11,780,192 ,
of which $7,268,068 represents tud postal
receipts of the region west of the Missouri.-
In 1860 tbe total jiostolllc : receipts'for tUtT
United States were only a fraction over $11-
000,000 ,
" 'The greater west' la more than keeping
pace with the country at large In educational
Institutions. We have In the states beyond
the Mississippi 121 universities and colleges
of which number fifty-three are in the ttatea
and territories beyond theMissouri. . The
aggregate number of pupils enrolled In the
public schools of the greater weit U 3,212,843 ,
of which number 1,329,881 are In the country
west of the Missouri. Our own state has
250,000 children enrolled In her public tchools.
The number of school houses in tbe greater
west Is 61,818 , of which number 29,422 are
In the states and territories west of the Mis
souri.
"The number ot newspapers'publltbcfl In
the whole United St tea thirty years nja wis
Ie than .000. Now the number of news
papers published In tbe region we t of the
.Mississippi af gregate * 5.C09 , of which number i
3,122 are I'tiblllhttl ' west ot the Missouri
rlvr-r4
"Tho t Mf * > d valuation ot property , real
ml nerxnnal , In the Mntci and territories
wc t of tha Mlftlslppl aggregates $3,513- ,
S14.000 , of which $ l,2t ! , SM,000 N-presteiits the
MC rd valuation of property west of the
MlMcnrl river. The fluspMtil value Is less
limn one-third of the real value , and It Is
jsf' to say ( hit the aggrrgatn valup of prop
erty of the country beyond th * Mississippi Is
not less than $16,000,000,000 ,
LIVI3 STOCK. OUAIN AND MINERALS.
"Perhaps the nioul striking proof ot the
wealth and resources of the country west ot
the Mississippi Is afforded by Uiu reiwts of
the Department of Agriculture for 1891 , At
the clo'o of last > eir the number of horses
and mules In the states and territories west
of the Mississippi was computed to be 8,153-
80 ? . and their value Is estimated at $462,639-
621. Th * number of cattle Is computed at
30,970,610 , and their value Is estimated to bo
$401,093,266 , The number of sheep and hogs
Is computed nt 50,811,500 , and their value
J10S,1GS,07" , In other words , the aggregate
value of thn llvo stock and horses west ot the
Mississippi In round numbers Is $1,091,800,962.
"West of the Missouri and exclusive ot
Texas , Louisiana , Arkansas and Missouri , t'.ic
number of cattle Is 16,248,667 , and their value
Is estimated at $213,987,569 ; the number of
horses and mules 4,536,080 , value $244,775-
053 ; number ot sheep and hogs 23,382,783 ,
value $84,594,980 , making the aggregate value
ot horses and llvo stock $543,357,602. The
total product of horses and mules of all the
other states Is 9,354,030 , and their value Is
estimated at $719.836,085.
"Tho total number of cattle In the states
cast ot the Mlsslislppt Is 23,096,974 , and the
value Is estimated at $161,034,021 , so that the
value of thu cattle west of the Mississippi Is n
minima Krvuier umn iniu oi ail me suucs
cast of the Mississippi , and the value of the
cattle west of the Missouri Is nearly one-half
of the total value ot all the cattle east ot
the Missouri , and the same ratio prevails as
regards sheep , and hogs.
MINERAL PRODUCTION.
The production of lead west of the Mis
souri for 1891 Is computed nt $12,385,780 ; copper -
per , $13,261,68J ; silver , $60,614,004 ; gold , $31-
685,118 ; add to this coal , $12.413,262 , and you
have ft grand total ot $130,359,827 In the
products of the mines. This computation ,
made bv Wnlls. TiVirirn A fn. ! . will full short
by many millions ot the actual value of the
products by reason -Of the omission of the
various minor metals. The coal product
west of the- Mississippi In 1890 was $24-
413,262 , of which the Rocky mountain , region
produced $7,486,000 , and the amount ot wages
paid In the transmlEslslppl valley for coal
mining was $17,156,395 , ot which $5,558,244
was paid out In the Rocky mountain region.
The number of persons employed was 36,165.
Ot those 9,793 were employed In the Rocky
mountain region. You will observe * that
stock raising and farming has produced
vastly more wealth within the past few years
In the region west of the Missouri than has
been realized from the mining ot precious
metals.
" 'The Great West' Is rapidly gaining on
the east In the number and extent of manu
facturing establishments. According to the
moat conservative estimates the number of
operatives now employed In factories and
mills wcet of the Mississippi Is 195,784 , earn
ing In wages $75,436,378 a year ; 74,585 ot
these factory and mill hands are In the coun
try west of tbo Missouri and their yearly
earnings aggregate $32,773,414. The value of
the. product of. the factories and mills west
of the Mississippi during the year 1891 Is
coirputed at $423,068,695 , and the product of
the states west of the Missouri alone Is com
puted at $193,722.653 , and yet manufacturing
In the west Is only In its Infancy In the
tmnsmlsslsslppl valley.
AMUSEMENTS.
Judging from the full house which at
tended the presentation at the Crelghton at
the matinee yesterdayi afternoon , the "Black
Crook" still retains the popularity It has
attained through years of service. It re
mains the high Illustration of the fact that
the American people go to the theater for
relaxation , that they want to see something-
that is chiefly nothing , mixed with some
pretty effects , a few good tricks and a goodly
number of laughs. Instead of come solemn or
heavy thing that they are compelled to think
about.
Thompklns' presentation of "Black Crook , "
the original "Black Crook , " Is much the
same good old thing over again , em-
belllshe.d with a number of new and clever
specialties. The chorus Is advanced , too
In one respect and the chronic theater goer
Is DOW convinced that what he knew before
he knows now with twice the force. But
people no longer go to see pretty young faces
In a ballet , and the forms which go through
the pretty dances and matched so har
moniously are- well rounded enough to satisfy.
There Is freedom , of course , but the atti
tudes have a considerable air of staldness and
decorum.
The specialty list Is as good If not better
than It was the last time the show was here ,
and that Is .saying a good deal. It Is prob
ably headed by Miss Madeline Marshall , as
Carllne , and Mr. Sherman Wade as Oreppo ,
the drudge. The antics these two go through
are ridiculous , of course , but they are laugh
able. Mr. Wade Is athletic enough to make
his acts more than funny parts. Miss Mar
shall is prettily-formed and pretty , and ath
letic , too , and her captivating smile and wink
are more calculated to catch the heart of the
audience than all too other footllght fairies
In the show. The two have an excellent
take-off on Trilby , In addition to a number
of other good turns , of which dancing , new
comic songs and comicalities of other kinds
are the predominating features.
This quadrille a la. Trilby , as It Is called ,
comes In the third act , In ballet of popular
airs. The other numbers In the ballet are
taken by the Spanish serenaders , the Wal-
lialla spielers and the- musical dolls , all old ,
but > ery clever , especially the latter , who
zave a performance that la without a rival In
their time. In tbo same act 'Bretour gives a
number'of marvelously quick and clever im
personations of characters from an old maid
lo Cardinal Richelieu , and he embellishes
ihese with appropriate catchy songs. He
caught the audience without effort.
The athletic pair of the company , Connie
and John Rlxford , give a sensational act , In
which ono U balanced on the other , head to
head , and while In this position they disrobe
outer garments and play musical Instruments.
This clever performance is supplemented by
a number ot agile tilrks.
As has been mentioned , the dancing of the
chorus Is pretty and harmonious , it Is seen
to advantage In the brilliant march of the
Amazon * ? , executed almost without blemish ,
[ t Is headed by two danscuscn , Mile , Kranke
and Mile. Meyerhuffcr , whoso toe dances were
see.n' here before , and are all that could bo
desired.
Mr , J. K. Emmett appeared as Fritz li :
"Fritz In a Mad House" at the Boyd last
night. ' "Frllz In a Mad House" Is simply a
vehicle for ICmmett , and little Baby Slnnott
All My Life
I had that distressing disease , catarrh oi
the stomach. It proved most troublesome
In the summer , and was accompanied by
' that tired feeling. ' 1 took
Hood's Sarsaparilla
and bare not had a elnel * attack of iny
old complaint even during tbe extreme
hot weather , Mr general health U also
much better. " Mias MINNIB A. BBEIUJ ,
Concord , Nebraska , f 1 ; alx tot | 3.
'e Dlllo " * kanconloBsl IU
8 r 1118 Uo * ' SamiuUla. 2M.
There Is A Urjco company supportlnc him , or1
rather thorn , but when Iho t > l y l oter th < s
Impression Is left that they nil nine minor
and smiUI parts and that while they nvikn
perhaps as much as they can out ot their
lines , they do not hare much to make any- .
thlnp out of. In A word , the play Is "Frltx *
Knimctt and Duby Slnnott. Kmmett I *
handicapped by his father's rtputntlon. To
those who have seen the f nth or , the son's
acting appears artificial. HI * tones last nlpht
vrcro plainly unnatural , nnd this \uis oven ,
the case In his singing , although H must bo
admitted that ho has an excolltntolco , Ho
danced with Krwt grace and lightness.
To ono who had no objection to seelnc
children on the stage , Little Paby Slnnott
made the feature of the play. In her child * ?
ishness she Was eminently natural , nnd she
danced with Kmmett with a pretty babyish f
abandon. Her singing of "My 1'earl Is < i ,
Itowcry Qlrl , " with all Its nitlvo slang nnd.
her movements during the song were partic
ularly droll.
Mr. Crane makes his appearance nt Hoyd's
theater tonight , when ho will mnke known
his latest , and what Is Enid to bo ono of
his greatest successes "Ills Wife's Father.
The story , simply told , Is tint of n fnthsr.
who. whllo marrying off his daughter ami
with this world's
endowing hla son-in-law
goods , besides , has nn Idea that ho still must
and should bo everything to his child.
In the character of the foolish old man , Mr.
Crane Is said to have a Tart that tits him
capitally , nud which enables him to pity
upon tha humorous nnd the pathetic chords
of his audience. Mlra Anna O'Neill will bu
the daughter. Mr. Edwin Ardsn will bo
the son-in-law , and Miss Kleanar Harry will
bo the widow. There are fourteen characters
In the play , which Is divided Into four acts.
Rtcs's " 1492" will bo seen at the Crelgll-
ton for three nights , commencing with A
matluoo Thanksgiving day. The organization
which produces " 1492" Includes Bessie Bono-
hill , a male Impersonator , Richard Hnrlow ,
who can wear sklrln and ftirbilows , and the.
famous Kllanyl living pictures. The snlo ot
reserved seats opens at the Crolghton box
o til co at 9 o'clock this morning.
In "Our Flat , " which will bo ThanksgK-lns
attraction at Boyd's , Emily Banckcr , In
troduces something above the ordinary
fin til a m rnctt 11
The story tells of the troubles of n young
married couple , who marry with nothing and
furnlph their flat from an Installment house.
Lack of customers for the young liusbapXii
tragedies , and th.9 unbending determination
of the bride's father not to aid them make
pretty hard sailing , but they manage to
keep up appearances , though It is all they
do keep up. Tha scene where the agent of
the Installment house ttakes away every
stick ot furniture , and the young brldof
utilizes boxes and old boards and ban els , to
gether with the curtains for the rehabilita
tion of her apartment ! . Is said to bo most
amusing. Mls Bancker , who takes the
part of the young wife , Margery Sylvester ,
Is said to be an extremely beautiful woman ,
and together with a splendid voice , possesses
talent of a marked degree. In the duet from
Little Red Riding Hood , and In the traves
ties , Incidentally Introduced , Is * shown what
a wonderful versatility shepossesses. . The fun
with which the play Is permeated Is of a
wholesome quality. The company Is made
up of such comic comedians as Will Man-
dovllle , Phillip II. Rylry. George W. Parson.
II. D. James , Walter Parr , Anetn. Verne ,
Elizabeth Resell , Cbannez Olncy and others. '
Major Percy Wcadon , advance courier or
the Bostonlans , Is In-the city. Ills attraction
comes to the Boyd for four nights , commenc
ing next Sunday. The repertoire for ths en
gagement has not yet been decided on , but
will be selected In a day or two.
"Down In Dixie" will soon entertain ths
theater goers of this city , opening a four
night engagement at the Cnlghton , with a
matinee Sunday , December 1. This Is the
play with the cotton compressi and the Pick
aninny band. It was written by Scott Marble ,
and Is produced by Managers Davis and
Keogh. The story of the play Is very ex
citing. The rescue from the cotton compress
Is described as the most thrilling scene.
The play abounds with Jolly comedy. The
Pickaninny baud not only plays musical In-
rtruments with great skill , but also do en a
very effective Zouave drill. The boys ad
ditionally appear In the characteristic 5porta
of light-hearted plantation coons.
Wnlmaley Hurt Illn K - .
J. Walmsley was found lying at Twelfth
and Dodge streets last night by OHlcer
Fiske. He was on the walk and blood waa
flowing freely from around hli eyes. He-
was somewhat under the Influence of liquor ,
and it was said by some that 'ho fell and
struck hli eyes against the curb. Others ,
think Walmsley wa assaulted.
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