THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : ' MONDAY , NOVI3M ItEli 21 , 1808.
date for congress In the Fourth district , anJ
Captixln C. E , Adams of Nuckolls county ,
candidate for congress In the Fifth district ,
are all on the list of senatorial possibilities.
Occasionally the name of Jack MacColl Is
heard and Tom Majors has announced him-
nclf , although no one for a moment consider *
him seriously nny more than ho doe-s John
Jj. Webster , since his suicidal policy which
cost the state ticket the promised majority
In Douglas county. If Douglas county were
to furnish the candidate the politicians who
have been frequenting the capital city since
election would look with more favor upon
Congressman Mercer.
It Is understood that Assistant Secretary
of War Molklejohn will not bo an active
candidate , satisfied with the big honors he
now possesses. The talk about Senator
Thurston resigning and allowing the coming
legislature to elect two United States sena
tors has all died out. Senator Thurston has ,
slnco lie went rast the last time , announced
In Interviews given to the public press that
although ho does not txpcct to be a candi
date for re-election he his no Idea of retir
ing until after ho has served out his present
term and every one who figures on a vacancy
In his scat before 1001 Is sure to bo disap
pointed.
Climlron Court
GHADKON , Neb. , Nov. 20. ( Special. )
After a fiercely fought damage suit n Jury
brought a verdict In Judge Westovcr's
court yesterday morning , allowing Edward
Hartman J25.CO as damages for false arrest
nnd Imprisonment. The case arose from
Hartman's arrest some months ago on com
plaint of George nrost , a well-to-do Ger
man fanner who was assaulted one night by
men Intent upon committing robbery.
Drost accused Hartman of the assault , but
ho was acquitted when the case came up for
trial. Hartman In turn brought suit against
Brest for $3,000 damages to his name and
reputation by reason of his previous Im
prisonment.
Charged with Incendiarism Jasper Enochs ,
an old-time resident of Uawcs county , lies
In the county Jail In this city awaiting trial
before the district court. Last week fire
consumed the hay Which John A. Butler , a
prominent ranchman living near Climlron ,
had put up for winter use. The loss
amounted to several hundred dollars. Indi
cations led to the belief that the flre was
of Incendiary origin and suspicion fastened
on Enochs , who was on unfriendly terms
with Mr. Butler. He was arrested and tits
preliminary hearing resulted In his being
bound over.
CriiokN CnttKht.
DAKOTA .CITY , Neb. , Nov. 20. ( Spechl. )
James Bell and James Carlton , two very
smooth crooks , wcro arrested by Deputy
Sheriff Elmer E. Smith yesterday morning ,
assisted by Policemen Curtis and Hlchards
of Sioux City. Bell and Carlton , with a third
party , buncoed a young farmer from Harri
son county , South Dakota , named William
Konlcker , out of J2."i In Sioux City on the
padlock gamt > , which has lately been so suc
cessful In catching stukers. The crooks re
fused to go to Sioux City without requisition
papers and were lodged In Jail here pending
application for the same. Young Konlcker
identified both men , one as the person who
Impersonated an officer and the other as the
man who played the padlock trick.
Ti'lU'lllTN * ANNOCllltlon.
TECUMSEII , Neb. , Nov. 20. ( Special. )
The Johnson County Teachers' association
meet In the IHe'j school building. Tccum-
seh , Saturday , November 2G. The program
Is as follows : 10 n. in. , music ; busy work ,
Miss Josephine Mobcrly , Miss Nina McClure
and Miss Nora Douglas. The state course
of study and pupils' quarterly examination.
Examinations , County Superintendent K. V.
Adklns ; 11:15 : p. m. , music ; language work ,
Miss Idcinna Swnn , Miss Edna Dculcn and
Miss Anna R. Black ; "The Professional
Teacher , " G. W. Ellis , superintendent city
schools ; number work. Miss Evangellne
Erwln , Miss 'Anna Clarlc and Mr. F. II.
Redmond ; discussions to follow each sub
ject ; question 'box. '
Trnclnir SloU-ii Cattle.
DAKOTA CITY. Neb. , Nov. 20. ( Special. )
. Sheriff Charles M. Borowsky returned last
ovcning from South Omaha , where he had
traced thirty-two head of cattle- which were
stolen from the county during the night of
November 17 , twenty-seven head belonging
to James Hogan and five head to Dan Hart-
n tt , both prosperous farmers living near
Hubbard. The cattle were driven to Wake-
field and from there shipped to the commis
sion firm of Clay , Uoblnson & Co. The tele
graph message stopped the payment of the
jiioncy for the shipment to the thief , but as
yet the clutches of the law Jiavc not been
fastened on the perpetrator.
Crime of
ORAND ISLAND , Neb. , Nov. 20. ( Spe
cial. ) Mary A. Egbert of Omaha has filed
a complaint In the county court alleging that
R. I > . Matheson , supposedly her eon-ln-law ,
had married Mabel Egbert In 1S95 and that
without having secured a divorce , and Mary
Egbert having been absent from her hus
band unwillingly , Matheson again married
In this city In November , 1S97 , taking Miss
Eliza Morris as his second wife. Neither
Matheson nor his escond wife are at present
In this city. The complainant Is a resident
of Omaha , the complaint being Bled here ,
oa the county In which the alleged crime of
bigamy was committed.
Court tit
HOLDUEGn , Neb. . Nov. 20. ( Special. )
District court Is over. The case of the
state against Shrack occupied most of the
time. Lait night the Jury brought li :
the verdict of assault and battery. Shrack
was charged with Assault with Intent to
kill. One of the unique features of the
trial was the fact that the county attorney
sfnt a man out with a subscription paper
to raise funds by subscription to employ W.
S. Mireami ! of McCook , Neb. , to assist tti
the prosecution.
I'r < ) Ni ToiiN l.iiiul
SCHUYLRH. Neb. . Nov. 20. ( Special. )
the prosperous condition of Cnlfax county
land owners and the eagerness of capital to
find Investment were aptly Illustrated nt
the recent ealo of lands for delinquent
taxes by the unusually small amount of
delinquent taxes offered for sale , but little
over J 1,000. when there used seldom to be
leas than $3,000. There were four buyers
present , each fully determined to buy nil
there was to offer , but a division was finally
agreed upon.
Tnlk of n C'ontp t.
SCHUYLRR. Neb. , Nov. 20. ( Special. )
There Is talk among fiutonlsts of contest
ing the election of James Carver for assessor ,
who defeated U. P. Smith 'by ' only three
votes ,
Since the Nebraska Telephone company
Instituted an exchange hero last spring the
demand for Instruments has outgrown the
facilities at first provided and an extension
will have to be miulo before other Instru-
nts can ibo added.
Trrutiiiirli'N w Paper.
TECUMSEII , Neb. . Nov. 20. ( Special. )
The first Issue of Tecumseh'a new paper.
Ukt Johnson County Tribune , was made
yeatorday. It ls promoted by the Tribune
company and edited by Tool and Trucy. 01
politics It is Independent. Mr. Pool being
4 democrat and Mr. Tracy a republican
Th size 1s six column quarto.
Hood's
Cure all liver lilt , Mllouv M
M * , beadache , sour atomU § I I Ct
tfc. Indigestion , constlpa- I 5 *
M. Tby act utlljr. with. % -
psi rfl.l > * . SoMlj lldrufjUU.
If
AILEN TO STAY IN NEBRASKA
Declines Business Offers Which Would Take
Him Out of tlio State.
SENATOR AND BRYAN NOT ESTRANGED
If the Colonel Ili-nlrm I'rrxlilcntlnl
.Vimlnntlon In ItMMt Allen lU-mly
to llrlp Him Uoi'Mol Know
IVlK-llicr llrjiiu WnnlN II.
MADISON , Neb. , Nov. 19. To the Editor
of The Bee. 1 regret that I nm compelled
0 contradict certain post-election statements
nado In the Nebraska republican press and
repeated In the east. I had hoped that after
the election I would be free from misrepre
sentation from any source. I desire to ac-
knonledge my Indebtedness to The Dec ( or
Mr treatment during my official life and
[ want to contradict a statement made In a
Dec dispatch from Norfolk , appearing In
yoatordn's Issue , to the effect that It wa < i
my Intention to remove from my present
: iomo and that I had been tendered th *
position of general solicitor of an eastern
railroad. The statement Is a mere matter
ot Imagination of the correspondent. I have
said or done nothing to Indicate the truth-
'ulncss of such an assertion. I do not even
know who Tbo Bee correspondent Is at
that place.
It Is my purpose to retain my homo at
Madison , where It has been for nearly fif
teen years. I shall not cease to be a resident
of this state. I like the elate and Its people
ple and I have friendships and relations
that I could not find It In my heart to dis
solve or abandon. I have'not been tendered
the sollcltorshlp of any railroad company ,
although I have been offered flattering busi
ness engagements that would -take me out
ot Nebraska and I have , therefore , declined
them. Just what my future will be In a
business way connot be determined at this
time , but will be before the close of my
term In the senate.
The State Journal has set ofloat a report
that there was an estrangement between
Colonel Bryan and myself. This Is also
pure fiction. There Is nothing upon which
to base the assertion. The wish Is evidently
father of the thought. The personal ana
political relations of Colonel Bryan and my
self have been of a very friendly character- .
1 recognize In him one of the greatest liv
ing American statesmen. I have desired to
see him advanced to the presidency. I
have not at any tlmo prior to , or since his
nomination at St. Louis by the populist na
tional convention , had any talk or communi
cation with him on the subject of his can
didacy and this remains true to thU hour.
Whether he will be a candidate In 1900 Is to
me unknown. It has never been the sub
ject of conversation or communication be
tween in. I have not , as the State Journal
jTs , pledged myself to him. He has never
asked me and I have never volunteered to
do so , but if ho desires the nomination I
will do all I can to secure It for him. What
1 did say to the reporter of the State Jour
nal is this and nothing more , that if Colonel
Bryan desired the fusion nomination for
the presidency In 11)00 ) I would support him.
This Is my present feeling nnd I shall not
change. Our personal and political friend
ships have never been clouded by any mis
understanding or jealousy. They have been
of the most pleasant character and they will
remain so. There Is no Jealousy In my
nature nor In his and believing as I do that
he Is the beat equipped man In public life
today to administer the affairs of the govern
ment 'as I believe they should be adminis
tered. I will .be for him ou that ground and
I may add that I will bo proud also to see
a Nebraskan chief magistrate of tills na
tion. I have no such ambition myself. I
would not accept the nomination If It were
unanimously tendered me. I have no de-
slro for the position. I shall be contented
In pursuing the even tenor of my way as
a citizen of the state , hoping to be able to
advance the welfare of our commonwealth ,
but I shall not fall to do all I can to make
successful the political principles to which
1 have given yearn ot attention and to which
I shall glvo the remaining years ot my
life. Very respectfully yours ,
WILLIAM V. ALLEN.
Aprrcp on Witter.
ORAND ISLAND , Neb. , Nov. 20. ( Spe
cial. ) The city authorities have finally
reached an agreement with the officials cf
the Union 1'nclflc In regard to the- use ot
water furnished by the city. When the city
adopted the meter system last spring the
Union Pacific threatened to put In Its own
water plant. It failed to do so , however , and
It also failed to have Its pipes connected
with a meter. As It would have been a
tcrlous matter to shut the shops , roundhouse
and tank off the authorities of the city al
lowed the matter to run on and have now
accepted a proposition for one year to fur
nish the reid with water at the rate of 5
cents per 1,000 gallons. The lowest rate
made to nny other citizen Is 8 cents per
1,000 and the highest rate 15 cents.
Stolen I > i-oierty Found.
ORAND ISLAND. Neb. , Nov. 20. ( Spo
clnl. ) The horse and phaeton supposed a few
days ago to have been stolen fiom Dr. P. L.
Moore of this city was found near Wood
River , about fifteen mllcj west of this city
yesterday. The buggy was In a heap and
the liorso prostrate. It Is now supposed
that some one maliciously cut the hitching
strap and allowed the horse to run away.
CliiNliiK1 Up Hunk AtTnlrM.
ORAND ISLAND , Neb. , Nov. 20. ( Spe
cial. ) Receiver Westervelt of the Citizens'
bank Is rapidly closing up the affairs of the
trust. A sale of the remaining assets of the
bank Is advertised for the 12th day of De
cember. Receiver Edwards of the Bank of
Commerce has just been directed to pay
another dividend of 10 per cent.
I'OfltOlllt'U 1 III pro \ C'llllMltN ,
DUNBAR. Neb. . Nov. 20. ( Special. )
The business of the postofllco at this place
has Increased , especially the demand for
boxes by the patrons to such an extent
that the postmaster was either compelled
to put an addition to the office or purchase
a new one. C. H. Wilson , postmaster , chose
the latter and received an entire now set of
boxes on Saturday.
IlurtcliirM ut llniu-roft.
BANCROFT. Neb. , Nov. 20. ( Special. )
Frank Wennemar's saloon at tills place was
broken Into last night and COO cigars , con
siderable liquor and $7 In cash taken. En
trance to the building was gained by re
moving a pane ot glass from one of the
windows In the rear ot the building.
It Wo * I.oaileil.
SYRACUSE. Neb. , Nov. 20. ( Special Tele
gram. ) While hunting toJay on the Sugdcn
farm , two miles south , Mr. Walters , a son-
in-law of Jonas Sugden of Lincoln , was quite
seriously shot by the youngest son ot Mr.
Sugdcn , the load taking effect on the side
from the shoulder down.
I'rojrmm In Corn
DUNBAR , Neb. . Nov. 20. ( Special. )
A number of the farmers have flnlshec
husking corn. The crop Is light , not averag
ing much above thirty bushels per acre.
Tourh of Winter.
SYRACUSE , Neb. , Nov. 20. ( Special Tel
egram. ) A cold wave struck Syracuse this
afternoon and the temperature Is rapidly
falling.
Thlvvei Worklntr Overtime.
BLOOMFIELD. Neb. . Nov. 20. ( Special. )
The valuable silver cora nunlo'i service at
the German Lutheran church WM stolen
Tuesday evening , Wnusa had seventy-five
> ulrs of shoes stolen from a shoe shop and
a Crclghton butcher had his safe broken
open and relieved ot what cash U con-
alned.
.Vote * .
Crawford now has a creamery In opera-
Ion ,
Holdrcgo expects to have telephone con
nection with the outside world at an early
date.
date.A
A Michigan firm has purchased nil the
'hurston county property advertised for sale
"or taxes.
Theio nre a. number of cases of scarlet
'ever In Syracuse , some of which p.ro of n
r.nllgnant form.
A llolhrcok blacksmith was badly burned
jy pounding hot babbit metal Into n fro/.on
boxing. The hot metal caused an explosion
and ! lcw In his face.
The people of Hcndley have 'icgun ' to
mild a Methodist church to cost about
11,200 , nnd the people of Wllsonvlllo have
subscribed $1,400 to build a Methodist
cliindi.
Representative-elect Memmlnger of Madi
son county was seriously Injured by falling
off n train. He stepped oft the car steps
and fell down to the bottom of a creek Unit
vns fifteen feet deep. He was badly bruised ,
nit will recover.
A Stromsburg barber found a skunk In
ho chair waiting for n stiavo when he
opened up ono morning recently. Vho bar
er drew the line on skunks and prudently
rotlierl until the visitor became tlroJ. cf
wal'hit ; for "next. "
OPERATION OF REVENUE LAW
ItccolutH Thu Far I CL-c.l the Entl-
innteN Mnile liy I'raincrM of
the Mill.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 20. The recent dls-
cufsion as to the revenue-producing quali
ties of the present tariff law lends especial
Interest to a scries of tables Just Issued by
the treasury bureau of statistics , showing
the receipts from various sources by months
during a long term of years.
An examination of these figures shows
that the customs receipts of the treasury de
partment now amount to one-half the ordi
nary expenditures of the government , which
Is about the usual proportion allotted to
lhat branch of the
revenue-producing serv
ice. The ordinary expenditures of the gov
ernment , aside from those of the postoffice
department , which la practically self-sus
taining , are usually calculated at about
11,000,000 per day and averaged during the
years of 1804 to 1897 $360,500,000 per annum
and at about the same rate In 1898 , omitting
the Pacific railroad and extraordinary war
expenditures. The general plans of those
charged with the duty of providing the rev
enues for the government contemplated the
production of one-half the necessary ex
penditures from customs nnd the remaining
ialf from Internal revenue and miscellaneous
sources , or , In other words , ? 500,000 a day
fiom customs and $500,000 a day from In
ternal revenue nnd miscellaneous.
It Is Interesting , therefore , to examine the
detailed figures of the receipts of the gov
ernment during the time In which the pies-
ent customs law has operated under normal
conditions and to determine whether It I
filling Its assigned portion , one-half of the
normal expenditures.
The dally statement of receipts and ex
penditures Issued by the Treasury depart
ment shows that on November 17 , the 140th
day of the present fiscal year , the customs
receipts had during these 110 days amounted
to $73,310,129. Of this sum n little over
$1,000,000 was from the duty placed upon tea
by the war revenue act , so that fully $72-
000,000 of the $73,340,429 received In these
110 days nre the legitimate normal revenues
from the rates levied by the customs law
enacted In July , 1897 , or o little more than
the promised rate of a half million dollars a
day from customs under that act.
The receipts from customs during the last
ten years have averaged $15,199,000 per
month. This ten years' term Includes the
operations of four tariff laws , and It la
therefore Interesting to compare the opera
tions of the new low at Its various stages
with this general average during a ten
years' term , which Includes the operations
ot four tariff acts.
As It was not expected that the new law
would In Its flrst few months operate nor
mally In Its production of customs revenue ,
owing to the excessive Importations just
prior to its enactment , It U proper to show
first the average receipts during the first
four months of Us operation Included In the
calendar year 1897 and also to consider
separately the results of Its operation from
the beginning of the present fiscal year.
Receipts from customs , monthly average :
Ten years , 1889-98 , $15,199,000 ; August to
December , 1897 , $9,227,000 ; January 1 to
November 1 , 1898 , $15,071.000 ; July 1 to No
vember 1 , 1898 , $15,933,000.
LOOKING AFTER UINTAII IjANDS.
Aicltiitlon Over CJIUonlte I.niul I.ennc *
In Ili'vlvcd.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 20. The long agita
tion ot gllsonlte land leases In Utah has
been revived by a delegation of four Ulntah
Indians , who , with an Interpreter , arrived
here today , mainly to secure the approval of
n valuable lease. The lease Is for several
thousand acres of the best mineral land In
the reservation and the prospective lessee Is
the Raven Mining company , made up , It Is
d , largely of Chicago capital.
President Potwln of the Chicago Varnish
company and Charles FIster of the Flster &
Vogel Leather company of Milwaukee are
stated to be among the prime movers of the
company. The delegation had a hearing to
day before Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Jones. The delegation stated that the tribe
was anxious to lease their mineral lands and
to have the revenue therefrom accrue to
them. Respecting the proposition that they
accept allotments on the agricultural portion
tion and lea\o all the rest open to sale at
$1.25 per acre , they pointed out that only the
moat valuable portion would then be bought ,
taking away the revenue-producing tracts
nnd leaving the otherwise useless portions.
They were Informed by Commissioner Jones
that he favored the leasing of their lands to
any responsible parties for the Indians' own
benefit. While he woyld like to see them ac-
rept allotments on their agricultural lands
they should at the same time bavo satis
factory royalties from the jnlnnral lands.
JAI'ANKSK SHNISTEH AIHUVKS.
Kuvoy Kxtrnordlnnry Piitu In 1H Ai -
Iirnrnucc ut Wnxlilncton.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. Mr. Jotura
Komura , envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary of Japan to the United
States , arrived here late this afternoon from
San Francisco.
Mr. Komura , who succeeds Mr. Toru
Hoshl , Is a typical Japanese gentleman , calm
fllgnlfled , self-contained and highly educated.
His early education he received In the nest
universities of his native country. Coming
to the United States In 187C , he entered
Harvard college and was graduated from that
institution In 1880. He returned to Japan
Immediately and during the last eighteen
years has been engaged In the diplomatic
service of bis country.
No arrangements have yet been made for
his presentation to the secretary of state
nnd president , but It Is likely the ceremony
will occur some time during the present
weel : .
Locked I'll for Ann nlt.
W. P. Grogan. Albert Mullln and Tom
Grogan were arrested laat evening and
locked up on the charge of assault. The
three men went to Metz hall , where a boll
was In progress , and getting Into a dis
pute with a man named August Krakouskl
they struck him on * the head with some
kind of an instrument that made a severe
scalp wound. Krakouskl's cuts were dresseO
by the city physician.
GOSSIP MI THE GRIDIRON
J' . O
Saturday's ' Great Game Settles tbo Big Five
HARVARD HAILEt ) AS THE CHAMPION
f t if
L'rlniMoii Stcinn n StruitK Tide of Dc-
fent nnilliSlinnV * Up Proudly In
Front of I In nrntivhllp .MUM.
tern or the Flolil.
Harvard has filed n claim for the champi
onship laurels of the gridiron for the sea
son of 139S that will probably be generally
recognized all over the country. That de
cisive , overwhelming defeat the Crimson
administered to the Blue on Saturday will un
questionably land her In the notch above
Princeton In the minds of those footballlsts
who endeavor In various nnd devious ways
to settle a question of supremacy that can
never bo settled under present coudl'lons.
The fact that Harvard beat Yale by a score
of 17 to 0 and Princeton downed the Blue
by 6 points to none , doee not necessarily
mean that Harvard would defeat Princeton ,
from the fact that a foot ball eleven Is not
an automatic machine which will do to
morrow what It does today. But without
that almost Infallible test furnished by a
game between two claimants , a falrmlnded
critic Is almost forced to give Harvard the
palm ot superiority , basing his Judgment
upon the material furnished by the records
of the two teams during the season. Thus.
Just as Pennsylvania was last year accorded
first rank In the foot ball column because It
defeated Harvard and Vale tied with Harvard ,
so the Harvard eleven this year will bo
balled as the premier band of foot ball war
riors of the country.
Harvard Is entitled to the credit. It has
a most magnificent eleven to uphold Its col
ors and swept aside both Pennsylvania and
Yale In a fashion that left no question re
garding Us merits over those two teams.
Both these results were surprising sur
prising only , however , because footballlsts
hod about come to the conclusion that the
Crimson could never down either the- Blue
or the Red and Blue , no matter how strong
a team It had. But It has turned the trick
and now that It has shown that It can do so
It Is not at all unlikely that Harvard will
be more ot on element to figure with In In-
: ercollegloto athletics and especially foot ball
In the future. A tremendous flood of defeat
has been stemmed. In the last ten years the
Crimson has played Yale eight times and ,
not Including this year's game , has won but
once ; It struggled with Pennsylvania In
the earae decade six times and , again bar
ring out this , year's result , has won but
twice ; It has playcdj.four games with Prince
ton and did not win one. Thus out of a
total of seventeen games It has had but three
victories to Its credit a black record that 1 *
calculated to take the Iie.-ut out of any
team. ,
Harvard's winning was a victory of
tralght foot jiall' . Simple llncbucklng and
'
kicking were th'e onjy means employed until
victory was assured and then the Crimson
essayed to take a fjw ( chances and sprung n
few tricks upo'n the Blue. Hard bucking
that always fbund nn opening made by a
superb line , supplemented by the brawn and
beat behind the Hue that was always ready
to add Its force to the catapult onslaught ,
won the stru gle - , And when Harvard was
on the defensiVe'It was a stone wall eleven
ypon which the Yale backs could make no
impression. Yale's line did not do as strong
work as in the Princeton game ; Its halves
were not so aggressive ; Its ends were as
poor , enabling the Crimson backs to return
the ball as easily as did those of Nassau ; Its
fumbling was very nearly as bad , two of the
Harvard touchdowns following Immediately
upon the fumbles ot kicks. In fact Yale did
not seem to have improved a bit over Its
condition in the Princeton game and as , a
matter ot fact will be Judged as even some
what weaker.
But once before In the seventeen games
that the two teams have played slnco 1876
lias Harvard succeeded In shutting Yale out
without a score , not counting , of course , tnr
0-0 game of last year.
There IB not much opportunity left for foot-
balllsts In this section of the country to see
games. There nro but three scheduled , two
of which will occur on Thanksgiving day.
The other takes place this afternoon nt the
Ames Avenue park between Bellevue and
Tabor colleges. There Is every prospect that
n nlco contest will be put up by the two
elevens ono that will be well worth seeing.
The game starts promptly at S o'clock.
Nebraska narrowly escaped al least a tie in
Saturday's struggle with the Denver Ath
letic club , but Inasmuch as It won out It
will meet Iowa next Thursday with but one
blank spot on Its record the defeat at the
hands ot the Kansas City Medical college
eleven.
The Interscholastlc championship of this
section of the country remains somewhat un
decided as a consequence of the tie game
that was played at the Driving park acro.n
the river on Saturday aftcrnon. Council
Bluffs claims the championship from the fact
that It was not scored upon by a high school
team before , whllo Omaha puts In a claim
on the grounds that U has rolled up a bigger
number of points against Its high school op
ponents. The teams are evenly matched to
an almost remarkable degree. They were
both stronger on the offensive than on the
defensive and In both departments they
seemed to bo on a par. The same was the
case In the kicking. . The struggle was as
lively , aggressive and scrappy as any that
has ever been seen In this city.
HOT TIME ATITHACA TONIGHT.
IllK nrmoiiMtrntlnit In Slorp for the
'Viirnlty ) Koot Hull Ten in.
ITHACA , N..Y. , Nov. 20. Ithaca promises
to bo the scene of a big demonstration to
morrow night when the students nnd citi
zens gather to csco'rt the 'varsity foot ball
team to the railroad station , whence the
players will lenyo"ror Wayne. Pa. There
they will bo Iwpl'njt work Tuebday and
Wednesday and early Thursday morning
will leave for .WiHadelphla.
Tomorrow fireworks will bo burned In
honor of the players and the students will
draw twenty-two ! Tnen and coaches down
State street on < l > , float to a special car.
The business jnen.of . Ithaca .many of
whom expect to go to Philadelphia to see
the came , will lend tholr aid. Coaches
Warner and Fannell. with their men. will
receive the grecUest send-off Cornell 1s able
tTShoeCornelt boys are not absolutely con
fident that thtw will win on Thanks
giving day , but they believe they have a
strong lighting chance.
HIIAHKKY AU COIII1ETT HEADY.
Two IllK Onm to Go AnaliiHt Kuril
Other TiiPMtluy Nliclit.
NEW YORK , Nov. 20. That the twenty-
round bout between James J , Corbett and
Thomas Shnrkey will be brought to a de
cision before the Lenox club next Tuesday
night without any police or other Interfer
ence Is now almost a certainty. With the
big contest only forty-eight hours hence
everything seems to be running smoothly ,
for us yet not one word of protest , lay or
clerical , has been uttered In reference to
the meeting of the bit ; pugilists within the
limits of the city.
The legal uuthortles seem to be perfectly
satisfied that every detail of the Horton
law governing pugilistic exhibits In this
state will be lived up to by the contesting
parties. Corbett Is the favorite at KX ) to HU
and the general Impression Is that the
rules Bovernlng the bout which call for n
clean break favor him. The sailor pugilist
In strong on In-fighting , but has yet to
show any degree of cleverness at long
range work , while the very opposite can be
Huld for Corbett. Another thing which good
judges refer to Is Sharkey'a lack of control
over his temper when receiving punish-
mont. During- his long weeks of hard trnln-
Ititf under the miporvlMon of Tom OTtottrko
the suitor has learned to govern lilmnelf In
this respect , It la claimed , nnd great things
nro expected of him by Ills friends and
backers.
No mini could have trained more carefully
than Shnrkcy has nnd the panic can be said
of Corbett , to whom victory means much ,
Charley White , who has charge ot the ox-
champion's training , IH more than satisfied
with Coi bolt's work and present condition.
He say * Ills man wan never In better Phapo
than now and barring accident should cer
tainly win. Corbett , White says , will enter
the rltiK weighing about 1S2 pounds.
O'ltourku snld tonight that Slmrkey's
weight would bo 17fi pounds. Reports from
both Hides tonlKht were that each man Is
In the best possible ( iindltloii physically and
( Miimlly conildcnt of winning.
The ndvnncu s.ilo of seats lins been tin-
usually heavy , amounting' to nearly J.10.UW ) .
Thu PUTKO of WO.WO. It is announced , has
lie-en tut Id over to the stakeholder , Frank
Fiirreil.
DETAILS OF A SHIPWRECK
Slid Kntf Ot printer * ttip ItrltUh Ship
Atlanta , in Him to front Tn-
voinii to Ciipototvii.
YAQUINA , Ore. , Nov. 20. Additional par
ticulars of the wreck of the British ship
Atlanta , Captain Charles McBrlde , from Tacoma -
coma to Capetown , Thursday morning , five
miles south of Alscadt were brought hereby
by a correspondent of the Associated Press
who went to the scene. Twenty-threo lives
wcro lost. Including all the officers of the
ship , and only three sailors survived to
tell the terrible story of the wreck. The
survivors are :
Krancls McJIahon , a native of Belfast , Ire
land , ago 18 ; John Webber , Tarrytown , N.
Y. , and George Frazer , Philadelphia.
The lost are :
CAPTAIN CHARLES M'BRIDE.
- HUNTER , first mate.
N. C. HUSTON , second mate , all of Green-
ock , Scotland.
DAVID STEWARD of Liverpool.
ALECK BECK.
W. E. CROQER.
M. O. PILKINGTON
JOE CASSA.
- WILLIAMSON.
T. LEWIS.
MICHAEL GALLAGHER.
DAVID GREEN.
- JACOBSON.
PEDRO GREGORY.
JOHN MARKS.
JOHN SMITH , Zamen.
- HAMILTON , sallmaker.
The unknown are two cooks , carpenter ,
sallmaker , second mate and one sailor.
The body of Jacobson was recovered and
burled yesterday.
Wednesday morning the ship stood oft on
the stai board tack , the course being south
east , twelve cast , until Wednesday nlgnt
about 12 o'clock. It kept backing off , steer
ing southeast by cast nnd running under full
sail , when suddenly the lookout sang out ,
"Breakers ahead. "
Almost at the same time the ship struck
with a tremendous crash. It rose again on
the heavy swell , lurched forward , struck
again , was cnirlcd further by the seas , struck
a third time and commenced settling at once.
The seas by this time were washing com
pletely over the vessel and the decks were
quickly cleared of everything movable. Til ?
crew had taken to the rigging , most of them
to the mlzzenmast. Within half an hour
after striking the hull broke In two. The
main mast fell and this started the mlzzcn
mast , In which nearly all the crew had taken
refuge. At this moment George i'Yazer , a
sailor , plunged overboard , preferring to take
his chances by swimming than to bo carried I
over by the tottering mlzzenmast. Ho suc
ceeded in catching hold of the main hatch
and held for a few minutes , when he was
told that the port Hfo boat was near him.
Frazer swam to the boat after a desperate
struggle and succeeded In climbing Into It ,
his shipmates in the rigging glvtrg him three
cheers. After helping McMahon and Webber
Into the boat they soon drifted on shore.
CHICAGO , Nov. 20. Four United States
senators and four representatives , compos
ing the joint congressional postal commis
sion authorized by congress at Its last ses
sion , will meet here tomorrow to Investigate
Into the receipts nnd expenditures of the
Postofflcc department In this city and vicin
ity. The committee Is made up of the fol
lowing men : Senators E. O. Wolcott of
Colorado , William B. Allison of Iowa , Wil
liam E. Chandler of New Hampshire and
C. J. Faulkner of West Virginia , and Rep
resentatives Loud of California , Moody ot
Massachusetts , Cotchings of Mississippi and
Fleming of Georgia. The investigators will
give attention chiefly to railway mall pay-
that Is , to what amount the trunk lines cen
tering In Chicago are receiving for carryIng -
Ing the malls. It was openly charged dur
ing the last session of congress that the
railroads were receiving exorbitant sums of
money for carrying the malls , resulting In
an annual deficit of S15.000.000. Resolutions
at once followed , calling for an investiga
tion and precedent for the present commls-
lon.
lllnxe In n Stnlilr.
A good sized blaze was discovered this
morning about 2:30 : o'clock in the hay loft
of McCormac & Braumley's boarding and
sale stable at 417 South Fourteenth street.
The firemen succeeded In preventing the
flames spreading beyond one corner of the
loft and besides consuming about twenty
bales of hay the flre dlcL little damage.
How the blaze originated Is not known ,
as there was but one man In the barn
when It was discovered nnd he had been
asleep for several hours. Hanson O'Mallcy
Is the man's name nnd he Is employed there.
O'Malley was awakened shortly after 2
o'clock by smoke. Ho went to mnko an
Investigation and found the loft In flames.
An alarm was sent In nnd the work of re
moving the horses that are kept on the
second floor In the rear of the loft van
begun. By the time the lire department ar
rived the horses were taken away and the
flames were extinguished In a few minutes
by water from 'three lines of hose.
Kntul HM | NI > II.
COLUMBUS. O. , Nov. 20. A Portsmouth ,
O. . special to the Slate Journal says :
By nn accidental explosion of blasting
powder this morning George Ferguson , a
quarryman , 10 dying , two of Ills children
are dead and his wlfo and another child
dlaflguicd for life. Ferguson was hunting
for wood to build a flro and found a powder
can apparently full of coal. When he at
tempted to start a fire with this a loud ex
plosion followed , which knocked ono bldo of
the house out. At the tlmo Ferguson , his
wife nnd baby In arms and four little
daughters were prouped about the stove.
Iva , aged C , and C > ntlia , aged 11 , died al
most immediately from Injuries and Fergu
son was terribly Injured. He cannot live.
Art I Ho In I CliryNnnlhemtiiiiK.
The Philadelphia Record .says : Before the
Kaaagl , the new Japanese cruiser , left thla
port for her trip abroad the officers sent
pretty tokens of remembrance to each of the
fair admirers they had become acquainted
with In Philadelphia. The tokens consisted
of artificial chrysanthemums , made by the
Japanese seamen , who are wonderfully
clover In work of this kind. In color , form
and size the flowers are strikingly realUttc
and It requires actual touch to tell them
from the genuine chrysanthemums. They
are not made from ordinary tltviue paper ,
but from a peculiar kind of rice paper ,
which Is tinted with exquisite skill. "
HEARD ABOUT TOWN.
"EvcrythlnR Indicates to me thst the ma
jority of the next generation will not bo
landowners , or at least the majority of the
poorer people of that generation will not , "
remarked Wesley Jo\\ett of New York
City. "This may seem to be a ridiculous
statement , but nevertheless I think that It
Is a true one. Twenty-five years ago nny
man who could raise money enough to pay
the government fees could go west and pre
empt or homestead a quarter section of land.
ToJay all of that free land Is gone and has
pissed Into the hands of speculators , or men
who are cultivating It , As land has grown
scarcer It has advanced In price , until It Is
beyond the reach of the poor man or the
overage wage earner. No matter how hard
a young man may try today ho will find It
next to 'Impossible- ' lay by enough out of
his earnings to buy a farm , or even ten acres
of land. Of course , men In this country will
own land for all times to come , but as year
after year passes we will observe that there
will bo a growing tendency among rich men
to acquire largo tracts , which they will
lease. Men who own farms will hand them
down to their children , so that In fifty years
It will bo aa difficult for a poor man to b s-
como a landowner as It Is In England or any
of the other foreign countries today. "
Rt Rev. Dr. Moore , bishop of Ballarnt ,
Australia , accompanied by Fathers Johii
Mcagher of Nova Scotia and Thomas Laugh-
llu of Ireland nro In the city. Bishop
Moore Is on his way homo to Australia ,
which place ho left several months upo.
From Australia he went to Home , and from
there to Ireland , the place of his birth.
After remaining there some weeks , he sailed
for America , and Is now this far on his
way home. Upon reaching Australia ho will
have completely girdled the earth. This Is
his first visit to the United States , nnd
when seen last night , he said that he had
kept aloof from newspaper men and had
not submitted to an Interview slnco leav
ing home. "I am traveling privately and
quietly , you see , " saJd he , "and ain not
seeking any notoriety. "
Bishop Moore Is a genial and well pre
served man of probably C5 years. Ho lias
a very magnetic Influence and Is one of the
greatest religious Instructors ( n the coun
try. Speaking of his trip through the United
States , ho said : "It has been grand , nnd
has been full of enjoyment. The weather
mast of .the . time has been delightful. I
like the 'country very much , and , Judging
from what I could sec from the car windows
dews , I Judge that the country Is very pros
perous , or at least the greater portion of It.
I have not seen much of Omaha , but what
I have seen Impres'cs me very favorably.
The streets seem to bo well paved nnd the
buildings are unusually good for a city that
I understand is quite young. I will spend
Sunday here , preferring rest to travel. I
shall not attend church , but Instead , shall
spend the greater portion of the day In
my room. "
There Is one of the Omaha Indians who
Is laying his lines for a trip to Paris dur
ing the great exposition that Is .to be held
there. This Indian Is Chief Jim Blacit-
blrd , wl'o says that he expects to go If
any of the American Indians are called
upon. Blackbird has crossed the ocean an < 5
has appeared 'before ' the nobility of Europe ,
consequently he { pels that he would like
to enjoy another touch of high life. He
was with Colonel BUI Cody when that gen
tleman first exhibited the Wild West show
In the foreign countries and as he had a
good time upon that occasion he Is anxious
for another Journey of the same kind.
Hon. M. H. Day , who has been in the
city moat of the time slnco the close ot
the exposition , has returned to his homo
nt Rapid City , S. D. , where he will look
after his mining properly. Mr. Day Is
enthusiastic over having an exposition next
year and says If It Is decided to continue
It over next season the Black Hills coun
try will bo represented with a far better
exhibit than was seen last summer.
Sergeant Edward E. Kelly of the United
States Signal corps , who won his promo
tion by a deed of heroism during the en
gagement before Manila by carrying a wire
over a mile under flro Into the Spanish
lines. Is a brother-in-law of Mrs. J. A.
Oarllch of this city and J. W. Christie of
E.xeter , Neb. In recognition of his bravery
he lus recently been appointed superin
tendent of telegraphs In the city of Manila
and of the Island of Luzon. When he lived
In Chicago he was familiarly known by
his fellow operators In the Western Union
as "Big Kelly. " Ho weighs 235 pounds and
Is nearly seven feet tall. Besides being a
crack telegrapher he Is a crack bowler and
has been connected with the Chicago bowlIng -
Ing team. Ho was born near Clinton , la. ,
and Is a graduate of the Chicago CoMego
of Law. It Is expected that for his deeds
of heroism at Manila he will be awarded
the congressional medal of honor.
I'orNOiuil I'nrnKrniiliH.
A. Kurz of St. Louis Is nt the Her Grand.
A. W. Porter of New York Is at the Mll-
lard.
lard.M.
M. C. Keith of North Plattc Is a Mlllard
guest.
D. C. Wogltn of New York Is a guest nt
the Her Grand.
G. B. Ramsey , Louisville , Ky. , Is a guest
of the Her Grand.
J. F. HartMOUgh of Kansas City Is stop %
ping at the Her Grand.
Colonel H. B. Ma.xeii Is a Mlllard guest ,
registered fiom Heno , Nov.
Mine. UoVcro and fifteen other leading
members of the International Opera com-
bnny are Mlllard guests.
Nebrasltans at the hotels : C. A. Warner ,
Geneva ; H. H. Ilcllnood , Alliance ; T. C.
Pursoy , Ashland ; J. A. Simpson , Auburn.
Joseph Derburgcr and wlfo and Grace
Hole of Now York , manager of the Inter
national Opera company , nro at the Her
Grand.
O. G. Mllrov , a merchant of Bcnton Hnr-
'
bor , Mich. , Is'Hpomllng the week In Omaha ,
looking after some real estate that he ouns
In thu city.
Louis K. Church of Seattle , Wash. , Is In
the city at the Mlllaid. Ho in a son of ox-
Governor Church of South Dakota. Mr.
Church Is accompanied by his wife.
T. J. Ingersall of Hnwarden , Eng. , Is In
the city for a day or two , on his way to
California , where ho goes to look sifter some
Interests In a fruit farm in the southern part
of the state.
President Megerfeld of the theatrical cir
cuit known as the Orpheum , extending from
Kansas City to San FrnncUco , Martin Beck ,
the company's Chicago representative , nnd
Jake Rosenthiil , who assumes the manage
ment of the Crolghton theater recently ac
quired by the company , are In the city. The
gentlemen have made arrangements for an
elaborate system of ( advertising the theaters
opening on December \ .
Collision In Ohio.
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Chicago Post : When the woman cams
back the fourth time the photographer's
patlonco was about uxhauetod ,
"Just look at that sample- your work I"
ho exclaimed , exhibiting the proof of her w
last sitting , which h d been sent to her for j
approval. "Did you ever see an uglier pic- > i
turo than that ? "
" .Madam. " ho replied , bowing politely , "I 4
did not promise you a pretty picture ; merely
a likeness. "
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Clias. E. Johnson and Dcim Dean Amer
ica's Cleverest Colored 1'tTformers.
The Famous llUHflan Premier Mile.
Dartho.
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TIIAMtSUIVl.NU , .NOV. U4.
Bllt. HOIIICUT DOWNING ,
The Eminent TniBSdlun ,
PrescntlnB 3 Plays at Kach Performance.
' French Mnrriiiifu Comedy
"InBomar" Itomunca
"Th Gladiator Tragedy
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