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    THE DAILY BEE : PKIDA * JA
The Daily Bee.
OMAHA.
/ Friday Morning , Jan. 26
Wonthor Report *
( The following obervattun nro taken at
tin tame moment of time at nil the stations
tneatlonrd. )
WAU Dtr'r U. S. SIONAL SKKVJCB , )
OMAIH. .lunuirr 25. 1 8 , (1:11 ( : n. n > . ) (
Mlwourl and M s < 1i < lpl > i rlvcri frozen at nil
joints njrtli ot S. . Louis.
LOOAL BKHVITIES. ,
It begun thawing tujain n little yester
day. '
Tlio Mosinercbor will hold Us big ball
in Metz nnd Turner hall n week from next
Tuesday evening.
\ There are eighteen mil'jects ' for Inve * '
tlgatlon by thu grand jury , in ( .barge of
Jailor Miller now.
The injutloi received by Mr. Jnir.cn
Orolghton recently prove IOJB serious thin
was at firit feared.
It lookoilforatlmoVolnesdiyaslfthe
storm of last week wns to be repeated
wlti ) vengeance , but "the nky above was
clearing" bcfoie morning.
-Mr. Alfred N. Smith nnd Miss Dalla
Dower , were marrlod In Oinihi on the
evening of tbe 'Jltli of January , by Ilov.
Charles W. SavUgo , pajtor of tba First
M. H , churcli.
The stock of riillllp Ling , boot nnd
shoo dealer , who mru'o nn assignment
few days ng , wns attached Wcdc i'cUy by
the North Star campiny for 81,954 11 ,
I ! and by Todd. French & UP. for 81,271) ) 1.0.
The Mlanomi I'.iclflo tins entered tlio
tiolil on a competitor for tbo travel to the
Now Orleans Matdl Crni festival. They
have isiued { elegant nnd groto quo posters
and cards offering roJugnd rttc * .
All lovers of Qno art onibrolilery nnd
tbe members of the Social nrt club , nro re-
quisled to nfflcmblo In tbilr rnoins , 1513
Farnam street , on Sunday fit : i p. m , , to
meet a totclior , who will exhibit Rome line
specimen * In that line , nnd will also form
cln'BCB. Mir. J. W. Van Nostrand , presi
dent.
Agnes Herndon , who it acknowledged
by competent critics in tbe ImnJtomont
woman on the American stage , and tbo
rival of Mrs , Langtry , will appear nt
lioyd's ororu homo tbt evening , lu
the splendid society play , ' 'Only n Farm ,
or' * Daughter. " Thl * ploy will also bo
proiented Saturday afternoon and even
ing.
Henry Maaon wns arraigned yesterday
afternoon for cutting Chris. Delndorf on
Saturday evening. Ho ploid not guilty
and the case was continued until Monday ,
when Llielndorf , whoso wounds are much
better , will be able to appear ua a witness.
A number of our cltlzani are very
anxloni to resume tbe Omaha-Council
Bluffs sleighing carnival , and are hoping
some Moses will rlio up to lead them
across tbo big muddy about next Satur
day. The ulelghlug across there In fine
now and tbo weather not dliagreeable.
There will be a regular meeting uf di
vision No. 20 , of tbe Yurdmmtorn' Mu
tual Benefit association of the U. S. and
C. S. , at Yardtnastcr Gllmoro' * office , at -
p. m , Sunday , January 28. A full
attendance is required nt this meeting , as
business of Importance will como before
this meeting. Let every meinbor bo pres
ent at 2 p. m. By orders of tbo presldort ,
The sporting men of Denver are In
clined to the belief that the muchly-adver
tised Maori , unknown Slailc , chaperoned
by Mace , is a fraud. Ono gentleman who
wltnesied tbe exhibition given by Blade
and Mace at Salt Lake last week , says
Blade is no match for Sullivan , or even
Mace. The World says the whole buil-
ness , 'seemi to , bo a gigantic advertising
scheme , gotten up by Itlclmd K. Fox , of
the Polios Gazette.
Capt. T. II. Iluiiell , of Deadwood ,
one of tbe pioneers of the ( Black Hills ,
, wbo went there iu 1871 , reports tbo Sidney
route to tbe Black Hills wide open. Its
competitor , tbe Pierre route , which was
blocked from December 10th to May lOlh ,
two years ago , is blocked ngnin , he stji.
Tills does not agree exactly with tbe re
port of Mr. 0. J. Salisbury , wbo came
down that way a few days ago In prefer
ence to tbo Sidney route , and reported
Laving met with no obstacles , although it
was after the bit ; storm.
A private social party will be giren nt
Masonic ball Friday evening , February 'i ,
1883 , by tbe Omaha Light Foot club. The
committee contUtn of W , 8 , Helpbrey , II ,
H. Weaver , Julius T. Festner , Goo. J.
SternsdoifT , Frank H. Koester and Fred
31 Snow. Special palm nre being taken
to make It the moat successful party of the
ceason , and tbe lucky recipients of the
neat Invlvatlons Issued hive cause to con
gratulate themselves. Irvine's orchestra
will furnish the muilo and a good time Is
assured to all.
Dick Adams , ex-postmaster at Deadwood
wood , nrrhod from Salt Like CltWodnei- |
day to look up the charge recently filed
anln t him In Judge lieueke's court by
Hon. James H. K.iifr , contractor on the
Oregon Short Line. KyiiT charges tbn *
Adams received $1,030 from him in pay
ment of an alleged claim of $ If > 73 for cx
prm cbirgei advanced by Adams end
Cunningham en Kyner'a go-xls , It Ii
claimed Hint In reality only about n third
or lesi uf tbe amount waa ever nd anccil
and tbe affidavit charges Adams with ob
tain j money under faleo rtrHennei.
METKOPOLITAN" HOTEL , OMA. .
HA , NEB.
Tables unppltod with the beat hello
market aflordu. The trAvullug public
claim they get bettor accommodation !
and moro general satisfaction horc
than at any other botue In Omaha.
IUte , $2 per day. nogSltfm
A GREAT CONFLAGRATION
The Fire Fioml Bets in His
Work on Oaldwoll
Blook ,
At Least To Hundred Thoua-
and Dollara * Worth of
Property Destroyed.
A Terrible Flro Breaks Out in
McMnhon & Abort's
Drug Store.
ThroatonlnBtoDtiitrjy tlio 'Wholo
Dlaob.
Flvo Firms Driven Oat By the
About 12:45 : this morning n ter
rible fire broke out in McMahon it
Abert'n wholesale drug store , 131C
Oaldwell block , dcotroylng their entire
stock ; nil of the Htuck of Moycr &
Kiapko'a wholesale grocery houno next
door west except whit waa carried out
to a place of oafety , nnd demolishing
the Interior of John Wirth'a restaur
ant , next door east of the drug store.
The fire waa firat discovered by
Capt. Frank D. Kent , llo was walk
ing down the couth gido of Douglas
street and when just in front of Mo-
Mahon & AbertV , saw a pull"of emoko
corao np through the iron grating
above the west basement window.
Ho detected the Bmoll , < > f benzine and
stopped to investigate the matter. A
second later there was
AN KXri.OHION
and the big window above foil out
ward , driving him off the sidewalk.
Ho took refuge iu the ntroot and cried
"firo" in a sonorous voico. The cry
was taken up by others and pasted
alone ; until it reached No , 3 engine
house. Ollher Walker , who waa at
the Savings bank corner , rau across
the street and turned in an alarm from
box No. 12 , but for Borao roacon the
bell only otruck ono tap. The de
partment was , however , on the apt > t
in loss than five minutes and busily at
work
KiailTlNO TUB HI UK ,
which spra id with groit rapidity and
noon burst fjrth with a lurid ghra In
the aooaud htory of the diviiion 0:311-
pied b/ John Wirth'a roatiufauk. I
waa known that Wirth WAI niuk nnd
hid retired a few momenta before ,
and his big front doors were Iclokod in
by the firemen , who foirod that , iho
whole family would bo burned up. It
happened that Pat Powers , the block
watchman , heard the cry of fire aud
wont to the back door of the rostaur
antandgavo the alarm , upon which
the whole family
MADE GOOD T1IEIK KSOAl'K.
The lUmoa burned fiercely and great
columns cf black amoko poured
through the windows and rolled away
to the northwest. The bright moon
light made the whole eoono distinctly
visible , and It looked as If there was
small chances for naving the drug
stock. The basement story cf Mo-
Mahon & Abort's place was filled
with paints and oils , the
first floor with patent medicines ,
essential oil * , etc. On the second
floor wns n compartment in the rear
with tbo liquors and the front and
third floor were stocked with light
and
HIGHLY INFLAMMABLE GOODS.
The firn at firat oooraod to rage on
the firat floor and in the front of the
cosond and extend Into the second
story of Wirth'a place. The three
hose companies were all on hand and
poured Htoady stream * Into the burn-
inga buildings but fire soon reached
the roar of tbo drug itoro and had to
bo ( ought both from Douglas street
and the alloy. The fitemon were not
numerous enough to handle the hose ,
and many private oltlzabs soon turned
in and aided m&torlally. When the
fire reached the attic , which extends
through the whole block , U made a
T11KKATENINC1 APMAKANCE ,
as If the whole block would go The
actors and ladles of the Academy of
Muslo moved out their goods and
piled them up in the alloy. No at
tempt waa made to saro the goods
from the drug store or restaurant , tu
the farmer of which the fire soon
ruled with despotic away on every
floor. About this time the hydrant
at the corner of Thirteenth and Dong-
las froze up and the failure of the
water supply looked bad.
A CHANOK OK 1IYIWANTH
was made and work returned again ,
but the hose was handled lu several
Instances by tyros and the water
wasted on the walls. A few minutes
later the fire burst through the walls
into Meyer & lloapko'a establishment ,
and although the removal of goods
was begun at once , the deluge ot
water poured in did a vast amount of
damage and the French plato
glass windows went in like tissue pa
per. The wind , which had been from
the oonthoaot , began to rlso and the
rest of the occupants of the weat end
- of the block , viz : Henry Ilornborger ,
Shaw & Hit Ii IT and y. J. Brown , be
gan moving out tholr goods and plac
ing them in t li depositories. The
firemen got on the root but seemed un
able to accomplish anything and the
root of the drug atoro conn foil in ,
< while the opening of the fire winnows
back of Meyer it Kuipke'a rr\enlcd a
perfect mats cf flames , and the amoko
poured in volumea from the roof nnd
windovra , lighted by the glow of the
deadly element into
A riLLAll Or CLAMK.
The inscflbiency of the department
to moot tlio emergency waa uuch that
men were pressed into the eetvlcu from
the crowd on the BtretfaandalduwaUa
and in comcqaonco ttero waa ono or
struggles and no end of confusion
and bad work , Aboit 2 o'clock No. 1
to mor waa brought down to 14th
street and act to w/rk / , and at that
time the blaze waa gtentor than ever >
and the moat hopeful admitted that
end of the
DLOCK MUST OO.
At 3 o'clock the fire had worked KB
way throaijli the entire wist end of
the block exctpt the rooms occupied
by J. J. Brown , which by this time
ware ns emptv BB the day they wire
completed Shaw & HaiHiTa place
was all in fhmcr , and Ilornborger wan
moving out all hi ) had. An attempt
was made to save the bar , but it was
no use , and the barrola of liquor nnd
billiard tables were rolled acroaa the
street , presenting
A CtmiOUS HI01IT.
The big mirror behind the br was
beyond ealvation nnd will , no doubt ,
b3 destroyed. In front of McM hon
ft Abort'/i the telegraph polea with
their not-work of wirta waa coated
with Ice end looked like nwinmo'h
banner * of Bilvor fringe , whllo withia
n few feet of thueo icy stanchrda th *
ihmos roured and g'arod ' like the
duptlncf linden. Tnoro waa no ap
parent diminution of danger now and
it vm nvidunt that the uuufligr tiun
would have ita way.
THK LOSSES
could not at that hour bo definitely
auccrtalnod.
John Wirth otated that ho was fully
ininred. Ilia loea will approach
$2CIO
AIoMahon & Abjrt'a etoclc runa
cloao upon 850,000 , nnd ia n total loas.
It ia no doubt fully Insured , aa thla la
the thitd di'iitructivo lire the senior
member of tbo firm has experienced.
Meyer it lUupko mo no doubt coy
rrod by i'laura.c. ) nnd their lisa wii
run away up into the thotmnda.
Shaw & IlitlltP * cftinbling rooma
will loeo between $3,003 and Si.fO1)
Llornborgcr w.ll loao several thou
sand but ia probably fully iuaurod.
J. J. Urov/ii'u loss cannot at prceon
bo computed.
The total loss will run up over $100 ,
OCO , exclusive of the buildings , which
wilt bo valued at half na much more ,
At thia hour , 'i0 : ; , the iiro la ctil
rcgUig , but It can do little damage
Ttiu iiramon nro en the roof of tin
Academy nnd , aided by the wind , wil
keep the east oud of the block from
dcHtrnotion.
At 4 o'clock the firn WAS under con
trol. The totol leas , including build
Ing * , will amountto nbout $105,000 ,
The only buildirg It ft intact waa tha !
oosupiad by J. J. Brown.
TH13 RAILROADS.
Sheriff MacLan lut Monday nr
rooted ono J. F. llollij , near Cozad
who ia charged with uttering forge
U. P. time chocka. It appears thai
this man had boon operating along th
U. P. line for the pnat oix months
and until lati Moiiday had been adro
enough to avoid oapturo , althougl
wo are informed , U. P. detective
were nftcr him. 11 Li mot'o of cpira
tlon wan to got work on n ( action , nr.
by hook or by crook get pouaojsum o
a fotv of the blank time checks ahni )
ktpi by ooclion f jrcmon. Then h
would study the elgnaturo of the for
mal ) , and uolng n tldllful pcinman ,
woulJ forgo the Bfimo. Soon after ho
would quit work nnd tramp to the
next auction nnd there soil hia bogus
chok. Sheriff MaoLean took him to
North Platte , where ho was lodged in
jail. Plum Creek Pioneer.
TUB YAI'.nilAbTEUS
At the iuir recently held m Council
Blufl'fl , a aoal akin cap wan put up to
bo voted to the moat popal.ir yardmaster -
master over thcro und n gold-headed
oano to the most popular conductor.
the contestants for the cap received
the following votes :
O W. Grow , yardmaater of the 0. ,
B. &Q-1.8C9J.
OJBO , yardmastorof the C. M. & St.
P.-098.
Qrahnm , yardmaster of the 0 , H
I. & P. 13 j.
Scott , ynrumastor ol the W&baah
16
Ilayor , yardmatitor of the 0. & N.
W 15.
Kohl , yardmaator of the U. P. 14.
Mr. Grow , who won the cap , la n
young man and ia well thought of
among Mi employoa aud by hia em
ployers. Up la u member of the yardmasters
masters United Benefit nesrciation
being nn native member of Division
No. 2G in this city. Everyone wns
glao to BOO Gaorgo got the cap , and ho
waa called for loudly nt the close of
the voting and appeared upon the
ntngo with the cap ou and nddreaaod
the audience with a neat little cpooch
thanking thoao who had made him the
lucky ono.
Each road had n conduator up for the
cane , nnd Mr. Ghaa. Mack was the U.
P. representative. It is hoped Mr.
Ifaok has boon the lucky man , but
wo have not hoard who got the cane
up to this timo.
A TOURISTS TIIIALH.
A well known Chicago commercial 1
tourist , Matt 11. lilngharn , who ropro-
aenta thoMIchigm Stovn company oIn
tbii part of the west , had n tnaslo with
the rigora cf a Nebraska blizzird last
week aud aaya ho never oaw the cqucl
in a twelve yoai'j experience siHI
the road , the trip from Ulair to Oma
ha , 3G miles , occupying four day'o
time , and being really olniror than
Chriatmaa. llo started from lUair
Friday afternoon on the train
which was snowed in sixteen :
miles .south of that place :
and ho remained with it in the driftt
until Sunday morning. On Monday
ho acain sturtod from Blair for Omaha
via Fremont , but twelve miles est of
his objective ) ioint the train was
ditchea by a broken rail and again the
fates hold him back tied
hia journey. Ho dully arrived :
In the city Wednesday thoroughly dis
gusted with the snow , but hav
ing traveled at the remarkable
ruto of ulna miles n day foi
four days , with two accidents
thrown in free , without receiving the
alightcat Injury. Ho started oul
again on the Miosouri P.islfic venter
day morning.
Mr. E. D Manafield , i f Minnoapo.
Us , is glad that lie mlfatd the train or i
the now Milwaukee road Mondaj
morning , Ho started on the wtn
bound passenger tram and wai toe
late to take it for Oaiaha. The
train had not gone far until the
ungino and threw cars were ditchcc
end aix or aavnn of the passenger ;
hurt , the repurt f aid qulto badly.
The drummers all earn their aalarli
.hia weather , and take Iota of chunco :
of getting out with \-holo eking.
ThoKMl'EROllcoraeth ! And whor
it cornea all other MlnnotoU Floui
wither and dlo. Make way for the
EiiraioK. J. U.FUE.VCH it Co. ,
Solo AgonU.
THE PLOWBOY POET.
The Banpot and Ball of the
Barns Olub ,
A. Plow of Soul nnd Song inh
Central Hall ,
Oontral hull waa well filled last
night on the occasion of the celebration
of Bobby Burns' 12 Uh annivoraaiy
by the Omaha Burns club. This an-
nivcreary and its commemoration bj
our local organization hia como to be
looked forward to bo many who cm
not claim Sotland BH cither their
birth right place or that of tholr an
cestors. The occasion is always a
most fntorostinu ono , and Masonic
Hall , heretofore nzed on similar dates ,
has always been fillud. L-.st night
the attendance was fully as larpo as
nsnnl , the proportion of ladlca being
unusally < < rfat. :
No iilaborato decoration wnro put
on the hall , the went end being in a
state of ohangu that interfered eonie-
what with anything moro than get
ting the rrom in comfortable ahapc.
The ( lags of throe nationu adorned the
woet of the hill , and above the ro-
cosa dovotrd to the uao cf the orches
tra was ft huqo "Welcome,1' not lees
hearty bectiiie it batlo the samu greet
ing on Ghtlutninsuli'bt.
It wan announced that the banquet
would begin t& 8 o'clock , and for
once thin rule was qaito promptly
followed. Four long t bles Btrotchcd
across the full length i f the hall and
were loaded with oucstantlam and
delicacies , about which tome , 300
guests gathered.
An overture from the bag.plprn
started the fire of patriotic vnthasi-
asm , and at Its clone 113v. Mr. Pater-
aon , of St. Mark's church , invoked
the Dlvino blessing. An hour wao
then devoted to ditcmulng the aup-
per.
per.Tho president rf the Barns club ,
Mr. John 0 Moodia , being abiout ,
Mr. Djvld Koox presided and deliv
ered the address of welcome ,
which was brief , but to
the point. Bo tiatikid those
who had came out in ouch
inolomont weather to participate
in the exercises in honor of the mem
ory of "Scotland' and perhaps the
world's swcotc&t eingor. " Sliakaper.ro
has naid , "Ono touch of nature inakis
the wh lo world kin , " and whou ho
looked around the hall nnd saw BO
many different inlo"Rliiea ! there to
oelobrato the 124 i anniversary cf the
Scotch bard , lu was imprcossd with
the truth of the Brnliraent. Mr.
Knox mid , however , tint ho did not
rlao to make a ppceob but to extend all ,
on behalf of the president aud the
club , a hearty welcome.
The fire I toast of the evening
"THE ' '
MFMOUY OK UUHNS'
wan then announced and nf cr "Thcro
WAS a Ird v $ barn In Kylo" had been
played by Irvino'd orchestra , the toaut
wna responded to by the secretary cif
the club , Mr. A. C. Tronp , who slid :
MK. PIIKSIDEI.T , LADIES AND GEN
TLEMKN : It would bo with feelings of
the utmost pride and elation that I
would rlo to ro > pond to that toast if
bnt the feeble tongue could give ex
pression to the oentimont of the heart
for the sincere admiration ay o , if
yon pleasu , the devoted love 1 have
for tbia simple unatanmlng bud who
tuned hia plaintive harp upon the
banka nnd braea of Caledonia's atrenma
and poured forth hia heart throbbing
songs amid the heath-covered hills of
Bonnie Scotland. My own ancestors'
native land la such that praito to hia
remembrance would know no bounds.
To judge from the character of the
works of Barns it would eoem that ho
possessed two distinct and separate
uatnroa , aa it were , as different from
each other aa though they existed in
distinct and separata Individuals. Tbo
one strongly oharactomad by gloom
and melancholy , the other by cheer
- and hilarity.
, The spirit of the former , however ,
waa largely prcdoinlneut , and If , in
deed , ho ever grow mirthful , aa ho In
dulged in the gravities of the aocUl
hour , it was only to bo again beset by
those feelings of gloom and despair aa
ho seemingly contemplated the bar-
, rasslng problems of his lowly destioy.
And , indeed , many times hia mirth
and gaiety were only feigned. For
ho says himself , when after an occa
sion at which he had evinced a spirit
. of gaiety :
"You think I'm glad ; oh , I pay wool
For a' the joys I borrow
In solitude there , then I feel
I canna to-nigbt conceal
My deeply rankln' "sorrow. "
So lot these who may to-night toast
- him for his mirth and humor ; aa for
mo , in ray hnmblo tribute to hia mem
ory , I love to dwell rather upon those
monrnful phases of his lifo during the
dark hour of which ho penned the
warmest ( ffoalona of the heart that
made himself at once the world'o great
friend and Sootland'a beloved pet.
Hubert Burno , as 1 well known , did
not poaecss many of the advantages of
, learned art , but unacquainted with the
menna of producing poetry by rnlo ho
, nang the sontimonta nnd manners as
he airr them in himself and hia rustic
compiniona around him. The loves ,
the crlefa , the hopes , the fears , thu
jiys , the torrowo of hia nntlvo land
must f jrth in aong , and poetic geniua
alnno inspired the artless notca.
"Ths simple bard , unbroken to rules of
art ,
Ho pours the wild effusions of the heart ,
Anil if lusplrod 'tis nature's powers Inspire ; ,
Hen nil the melting thrill and hera tbe
kindling fire. "
And a distinguishing feature of hia >
pooma ia that wherever ho saw and
Lit the extent of errors and evils of
ofal
the day , cither in religious , political >
or aociul world , ho employed his ready
. ninae to give expression to his ridi
n cule , hiu Bympnthy or hia wrath.
In the religious world ho aiw the
hypocrisy of that claes of people who ,
clothed in the robes of righteousness ,
themselvoj ian nothing but faults and
follioa in their neighbor' * acts , and
: after stripping from tlioiu the mark
of Pharoahsalcal jiioly ho announced
lu the following advice , which ia cal
culated to cngravo itself on cvcij
heart the s irit cf tiuo Christian
charity.
1 Then gently acan your brother man ,
Still gentler slater woman ;
Though they may Rang a kenntn wrong ,
To itep aside it human. "
In the social world he saw the
tioAt
haughty nobleman and lord tcorn nl
honcat poverty , and ho boldly dlsciitn-
Inatod on the side of right between
titled fimo and sterling worth aa ho
sang his aoug :
"A man's a man for a * that :
1'hc rank Is but tbe guinea's stamp ,
The man's tbe gowd for a' that.
He took a view of the picture of
hntnnn life at > ho behold It exemplified
before him , and ho saw the rich and
powerful on every hand oppress the
poor and weak ; ho BOW fat a few
seemed favorites of fate , whllo thons1
anda labored to support their pride ;
ho saw the ill'iiutchecl pilr of
Ago and Want go down life's
* eary road together ; in short , ho saw
"Man's Inhumanity to man
Make countless thouiands mourn , "
find In the dignity of hia manhood ho
aroao and propounded to the social
world a logical problem that ronuitjs
unanswered to-duy , and it la eafo to
aay will remain unanswered to the end
of time , notwithstanding the hard fact
that wo live iu dally contact with it
abnao.
"If I'm dcpigned your landlord' * tilave ,
By uaturo'rt Ihw detigni-ii ;
Whv ws an independent w ish
K'er ulantid in my mltidf
If not , why am I ru'ijrct to
IIIs cruelty nud cori ?
Or why bin nwu the will an-t power
To make tils fellow niourL ? '
Again , Robert Burns waa n poet of
the home , the fireside and thu field
And bin "Cotter's Siturday Night , "
which alone la anfiiciont to make hfa
nemo immortal , and that scarcely leas
celebrated poem , "Hallowe'en , " have
served to place in overrating remembrance
mombranco the cuatoror , mannernnnd
traditiono of the , rustic lifo rf Scot-
laid whllo hia ' 'Vernro "
, to a Monso"
and "To a Mountain Dusy" itnnd ne
exunpk'H to the liueot pastoral poetry
that waa over written.
Hat hia lyre had many strings.
What shall wo any of those countless
goma of love and tenderness that fill
the volume of his aona ?
It is for them the poet claims a
modest tribute to hia worth , and it is
for them , to-night , wo Bound hia high-
oat pralao. It ia for them that Scot-
land's ' tears bedew hia silent grave ,
and it is for them all nation's pay
their offering of lovo. It ia for thorn
hia works have been translated Into
almost every tongue , and it i ] for
them hia uonga are sung in every
clime. It is for them that In every
city , villngo and ham'ot ' in Scotland ,
to-night , hundredf nd thousands JLII !
ao commemorate hia birth , and It is
for them that in every land wherever
a band of Scotia'a aona have wandered
they meet to pay aweut tribute to
tholr nation'a bard. It ia for thorn
that wo yet nhall bleea the name of
Robert Burns.
Mias Lla Gibjou Entig ' Oim yo by
Athol" BO charmingly tliatEhu waa ap
plauded at the end if each verse nnd
received an enthusiastic encore , which
waa responded to , Prtf Wnlther uc
oompinying her on the piano.
"Tno llaao of Traleo , " sung by Mr.
Walter Wi kinn waa also well loculved
and he , too , responded to a Wi\rm ro-
oil,1.
oil,1.Tho
The orcheatra played "Hoy the
Biunid Breaat Knots" and then Mlta
Punnell sang "My Ninnio O ! " with
anch satinfaotion to all tint dho wns
compelled to rotnrn and responded to
an encore.
The second toast of the evening
' 'SOOTL ANU-AMEKIOA"
waa announced and the band having
played "God Save the Queen" and
the Star Spangled Banner , Ruv. Mr.
Pdteraon responded.
He aaid the subject assigned him
"Tho land wo left and the land wo
live in" should properly have boon
assigned to two different speakers as
handling both restricted ono too
much to do justice to cither. As to
"tho land no lift" none of her eona
and daughters would over tire of
hearing of her brown heatha and
shaggy wooda , her hills and dales ,
rocks and rivers. These at loist who
had lived to etjoy tbo sweets of
' 'lovo'a young dream" in Bennie Scot
land would never cease to recall the
delightful wandering amid the beau
tiful scenery of their native land. Ho
WHB not a Scot who did not deli ht to
recall those econra ot hia youth and
thank God that ho was boru in that
land of health and uuapproachab'y '
beautiful pcanery.
After re -rring to the early date of
ifi
Scotland's birth into the fam
ily of nations and touching upon
her early history , Mr. Pdtorson
eulogized horechoolannd colleges and ,
what did , ho thought , moat of all to
make Scotland what it ia , "tho f ct
that with the aecular training of the
people was always a strong , re/uious
teaching. The character of the people ,
the high esteem in which they are
everywhere hold , their contributions
to science and literature , the great ad
vocates and judges they had given the
world over , all referred to at length.
1
Her statesmen are cautious , far.seeing
and conservative , and Scotland ia
loyal to r.ll legally constituted author
ities. Iu times when the services ref
her EOIIB nra needed to defend , under
treated leaders , they ore never known
to turn their back to the foo. The
purity < f doctrine and unfeigned piaty
of tbo people , tha speaker referred
to aa ono cf the greatest virtues of the
Scotchman , nnd apoko of the high at
tainments of her theologians and the
Influence they bad diiluaed over the
world.
Coming to "tho land wo Hvo ia , "
Mr. 1'uterson ppoko c f the braverj
nnd love of freedom characterizing the
Scotch people , the many respects in
which they were bound together in
Interest with the natlvo Americans
and tholr right to enjoy the same high >
heritage bequeathed by our fore1
fathers. The luat of gain , ao general
lu the Uuitod States , waa deprecated
and the dangoroua tendency ol
moneyed ariatocracy to control lie
affairs , which the speaker oaid n
dangorcd the very existence of tbt
republic , w.-.s pointed out. The vaal
resources , brilliant prospects aud nn
cqanll d possibilities of the countrj
are luch that none other hei
the material for eo great a race. Iti '
future ho waa orly sorry thcao prea ;
, ent could not live to aes. "But sure sly ! )
wo can oven now express n wiah nru
utter an carnoil prayer that that no
bio race , when It does come , 10ay
bo one exalted by rightetmautts auc
poaco. "
"Auld Ling Syne" was played by
the baud , and then Mrs. Thomas FA !
itta
couer eang "Whistle and I'll ' Como ta <
You , My Lid" BO charmingly lit
the applause waa perfectly doafeninj
and the could not refute to aim
again , giving "Barbara Allen , " auc
bringing down the house.
Mra. Thomas J. Pennell sang "Mj
Love la Like a R d , Red ROBP ; " Mr.
Northrop , "The Mucqreqor's Gather
ing ; " Mr. J. Wesley Wilkina , "Jes-
ale , the Flower of Dumblane" nnd nil
responded to encores , as hearty ns
, hey were deaorved.
The fourth toaat of the evening ,
"OMAHA , THE OATB CITT OFTHB WEST , "
may ita prosperity realize the fondtat
wlshea of its moat partial citizen' , "
was to have been responded to by
Mayor C Boyd , but aa ho waa absent at
Lincoln 1 looking after hia senator ! il
boom I , it waa necessarily drauk ia si
lence. 1
lence.Mrs.
Mrs. ChurloB Cheney enng "Down
the I Burn , D. vlo Lad , " very prettily
and ' without nn accompaniment and
received i enthusiastic applauiu aud an
encore , which she responded to with
"There1 * nn room for twn. "
The Cf'.h toaat of the evening waa
THE I'llKSS.
Mr. Fred Nye , of The Republican ,
wr.a to have responded to thin , but
being absent at Lincoln , hia place was
tiken by Rov. W. E Copeland.
Mr. Copeland sr.id ho did not know
why ho had been called upon to res
pond to this toasf. Ho waa not an
ditor nor had ho uny connection
whatever with the pre&a , nnd the onlj
eaaon ho could assign lor being callec
upon to fill Mr. Nyu'a pl , co was
hat ho wns nbout the aamo nize. Mr.
had gone to Lincoln with Mr ,
ioyd nnd olhorn to ranko n ocnator
[ "ho speaker felt that ho was callec
npon in a very short tinn to apeak
upon n very largo cubjpct. When he
bought of the vnit influonoo oi U o
ircna of Iho world , the nerves thu
cemed to pahatu through it aa if i
wore n human beinp ; how it almos
dictates what we shall do uud what wi
chall cay"When I thiuk of all this
Mr. President , and when I think o
ho lateness of the hour , I must as' '
7ou to excusemo from Haying nny
; hing nbojt it. " Applause , laughti'
and encore , not responded to.
That feeling of languor and
that follows physical exertiin , removed
moved by using Brown's Iron Bit-
tora. _
She ia "nfj
Special Dispatch to Tun Usx.
CHICAGO , January 25 S G Pratt ,
a well known muaiol composer , to
day received a cihlo dated Paris , from
Miaa Dora Hennii gJ Matthews , re
ported among the loat on the steamer
Cimbria , stating she wan in Paria In
good health.
HELLO !
Another Telephone Line Finished
Last Evening to Auotuor City.
The Plattamouthiana talked with the
Lincolr.itca and Omahocp last night
over the slender wire of the titikline
telephone , nnd rcj 'iced greatly
thereat. The line was finished ycster
day afternoon , being n separate plant
of wire alorg the Missouri cf twenty
two milej between Plat'saouth and
Omaha. As the wire between Omihn
and Lincoln ia over seventy five miles
long , the complete line from hero to
Plattemouth ia nearly one hundred
miles in length , nnd yet the ccmmanl
cation ii quite perfect nnd the voice
diatinotly heard.
The Plattamouth-Llncoln line will
bn opan for buaineai thia morning nnd
ndd another name to the Hat of Ne
braska towns which are being brought
closer together in their business and
social relations by the wonderful and
fast-growing telephone. State Jour
nal.
PERSONAL *
II. D. Price , of Montreal , Is in the
city.
city.J
J , A. Green , of Denver , is nt the Pat-
ton.
ton.J.
J. Francis Lee , of Toronto , it at tbe
'axton.
Morris Palmer , of Scbuyler , it nt tbo
Mlllnrd.
K. L. Week ? , of Dea Moints , is nt the
Millard.
L. H. McConucll , of St. Louis , is at
the Millar' ,
C.ipt. C , Ii , Western , of tbe armv , in at
be Paxton ,
\Vm. P. Lsdwicb , of Pierre , D. T , is i
.he . Paxton.
D. C. Patterson , of Wayne , Neb , , ia at
he Millard.
Mrs. T. 1) . Kimball , of Silt L ke , ii at
bo Paxton ,
Alex Randall , of Northrup , Colorado
i at the Paxton ,
T. H Adams , U. S. A. , was at tbe
Paxton yesterday.
J. II. MoConnoll , of North PJatte , was
ia the city yestouUy.
Oo' ' . C. H. Orth , the HUwatha grain
man , ia at the Millard ,
V. Hollliby , Jr. , and 13. G. Allen , of St.
Joseph , nre in the city.
lion. U. U. Ktrr , cf Chicago , ia In tbe
city on legal tuiluesi ,
idxe McCrary , of tbo United Statta
caurt , it at the MillarJ.
Mr. nn.1. MM. U. T. Klce , of Magnolia
Iowa , are at tbo Paxton ,
Mrs. Gardner , of "Only a Formers
Daughter" is registered at the MilUi.l. .
Sol. Palmer , of tbe Western Union
Telegraph company , St. Loul. , ij n guest
of tbe Millard.
Jobn SInuIngton , of Aehland ; J. M \
I.of
Hedge. Citar Creek , and P. U , McICee , ol
Geneva , registered at the Paxtun yester
day.
WSPC01AL6 will POSITIVELY not bo Ir
sorted unless paid In advance.
8 7I / < ; NEY TO LUAX-Call at Law offii > of 1) . L
. Tlio.i as room sCnlk'litoii Illock.
KVT LOAN On iliattcl morttra o > o
MO curltj. A. H. TMtton , o. 151U Uoujsl *
- strve.front room upttairn. -US-U
TO LMN-At 8 jwr cint. blirUcr1.
_ . _ . . _ 1 h > t.to mJ Loan Agency , or > | > oi.t <
) K tptlko _ Tb7t'
( .I'.IC.I AA/kTO I CAN At 8 per cent laO
- O -v 01' ' , U U U tcrwt n suras of fc.000 ! anil up
uaril , lor Sta 5 jcar > , on tint clo i city anil tarn
proptrt.x llKMiit UXIL KHTATN ml LIJAS AQIMT
16tl > ami Douglas SU
HEL > WAMTtO
" 1T Tf NT ID A mlUb'e emi n I s honsekeepe
> Y thlr'.j mllm c.t n > ar small to < n Oocx
rcfe c c < r Titled. A drisi 'Fa niei"Bieof
& . C4S27 !
\T7ANTED A girl ti tikectrocf acVIll tnd
YY dowoik bout Uo hvuao lull Wcbitor
Itroct. t3fl-ai mA
'atrrcnciil r-acsman for tha
WANTED fell ( Uats anJ t'aMnj 1' der.
Kcnnird , > ett ri Co. , lUh strict , opio liolin
. - - " " "
&L.ng-orthy.
W ASTED-A ( . .OOdll \ \ \ at 1713 C'LlcJf J St
WWANTED
Chamber maid. None but thosa
WANTED wiling t : ) wtrk no.d apply at 911
toughs t.
17 ANTED Co Wat California House. * oman
I rook prtfcrnd. " " "
\\TANTt -Glrliorjcncrnl housework Call
> V at the Water Wcrks tfllco.
\\7 AsTPD A flret-tliM " ITMT plbn rd
V > il'iug cl rlt , " unmuil'-d. Ono that ( p 0i *
Enall'h ( .nil Otrnuu , th t la wiling to wuilc ,
mid c u lurnlsn bo.t tf iiomncnla Icm. can
flnd iveimiuei.teinplo > incnmf B'O 1eith tr ct.
W. IlfcLL.
MICELLANOUO / .
ANIEU-Kjur Rent'eTen lioardrr' with
W room at ill Uth SI. 817 J7 ]
KD A well luml hsd room with flrc
WANT ' , In bn k louir , nor builncsl
cenlro I'llce ros nimiich aaoVJcct M cmvin-
cnrn in I e"0 < i tt'.tcndinco. Aililrcu' , slating
Urrns ndjtoci'.t n , "A M. " Uce Office.
AGENTS Wanted n.aloor fcnale In "very
1 y ano tnvn In the Urltert St ttts flo 0
to15.(0ra-d ( j o'sllynia o G K. KITJUT
" C > , 10 Ha'd y Strict , fiew York Clt ) .
J 1 ? ltn ( n'Or.
" \T7 A.S7ED-To rent , by a if-nt'cnun i\rdwl { i
Vtwi lurntebid torn * , ir lurnlroiil homo ,
ca lei , ncnrVu I n cctitie ; bin * rn'-
Addr > .83'l H. " 1) o oSfi. . 826271
W ANTED To ( ft vnr , w Ih good
City r.ffri'ECM. oTjilojiiicnt. ( ! o3d
pay. Oill 42180U h 10th kt ect. 821' ' 25 |
BITUATICHB V/ANTEO.
WANTkl-sltn iionl.yiS . o ish ulrl , Wa-
RU § not 60mu"h noljjoo a to leam tbe
Fngll h ta iiua e. Inqnlro t Vrn r. 0 I ( ml *
ijiil t'0 , Harniy , be'.2let anJ I'-'I Si. 811-271
AN fhi 'Itif tloj b ai assistant book-
W ko rT Can pi e tic bjt ol rc ( ro"cuu.
' " 11 collie' . 812 SOf
WASTDf Situ tlon I < a hnrdwarn or other
Fton bjajonnjfE nil hnmi with A 1 ref-
ercnc's Add tsj "J. Will ws , " tutopcan hrt.l ,
Kinion'Nu\ 835-5t
WAV'f5T ) Sit ailon bvflia'c'a ? ' ba" er on
Whlto , Bjo , llrowu an ] Vienna bnad. Aim
< n fl 11 c CH at d t leu. Addrns Adiru Itouliu-
K r , K n asCty , Mo. 838-29
it nrnT HOUSES A D UNO.
1011 RF NT Double o Hce la Jacobs' block.
1 83 Ivr
1O1 KENT lip-stairs o cr 1117 Fa-nam Bt.
F BlO.lw JO'I.N O. JACJD8.
rnilHEEunfurn ehel roomn for icn * , with bay
JL window , 1416 i bicago street. 8.0-ft
FOIl \T-Hnuso ot 5 rjoms. App' ' ' Mr.
Ths Sjvlft , 15 ha dChliajj. 821-tf
KENT One o ! two homes Mtuatid at
FOU a d Lcaxenworth sttceta Oca with S
loomu anil the ether cf to rooms. Aur'yon '
the pmnl .
ENT Nice fur ! sh d icoji with bmrJ.
FOK
lUth room and K f. anJ ttblj bianl , 17ia
FOU KENT Ihre in ins and celh13th and
Cnli'ornla s reel. Irqulroat OOS Uih street.
OK HENT-3 furrlfl iod rpom Insult or K
_ I'leamntlj 1 o t d. > t\ 1 between 3 and G p.
m , 317 N l < tli s rect , between lUvcnpirt and
Cn c RP , east Mo. 801-25
11 Ml OTA -Ci : FIR UUhT The End t-ry
A
and h moment ot builcllci No.1111 lrarnam
strut , lijqulro next ilorreoa . line
IIKJJT A 1 rje l-oit furnlbhcd r'om No.
FOR
C 51 17lh St ah 1 1'ttl'f ' ' rtita. IU5 2s
Ortll NT one o'ffnn , Si.OO per in nth , at
F A. Hos 's JIusle Hall _ 777-lm _
rnuuiisuno nnosis AN
JL coi\enlet cea 1810 iJodjjM St. 773-lin
FOR RENT 2. ) house , 2 tl 10 rooms , at $3 to
$ < 5 per month ; 3 and 2 aero garden , with
houec , barn , etc. , 01 cich.at $ Ii and $ ' 2 par
month. Shiver's Rent bureau , opnooite post-
office. * - 768-tf
FORIUNT Twon'cely turn § hfd rooms S. E.
corner 20th and Davenport with or without
board. CM 27t
t\\0n BENT Several ima'l houses , n room *
L cack. DR. 0. II. PAUL.
' 39-lra
I OH It NT One Urge ril'e y luriimh i room
F
with board fur two at 1808 CalilornU St.
707-lmo.
FOR RENT 430 Convrnt itreet St Mary's ar-
cnue. a one story houao six rooms ard two
hrsj8 abl. . Inquire Barktt Ilroa. Uasaotllce.
BU1IS' Now Map ot Omaha , lust completed and
ready for delh ery at JScacn. Is 4 net wide
by 7 ( ect long. LarL'eet and moat complete map
01 Omaha c\ct published. Olllclal m&p of the
city. Boo column. _
"C10II KKNT 2 houses of 8 rooms eich. In-
J ? quire 1019 Farnham stro t. I j
HOTEL FO ALE CIinAl1-C2 mll.s e t of
On aha , the Union Pacific railroad ,
llrlck barn , tw it ry hotel and furniture , three
lo'uUH3J , treed Btnntl , KJ bunini.t > 9. Good
rooboiid fur uelling. Inqulro of mibacrllcr.
AL NOUUIS ,
713-lm-mo t oith Loud , Neb ,
SALE Pockets maps of Novraska ! 0c
FOR . For birgalna in < aha Citj improved
and un nipred property , call on Win t , Shrl-
\tr , hell Estate AKcnt , opjus tu poitollke.
7C9-if
Oil 8MB Sfx room cottn-.ro with barn nd
F half lot on Chicago street , near Illirh School
Onl > * 2,300. JlcCAOUE ,
UOU dec 27-tt Opp. rosiofflce.
FOR SALK A arm C ! BJ , econa n.ud phMtom
Cat'at 1319 ITarncy St.
-r > XCELLE > IT BHICK KOll 8ALE-59.00 par
JLJ th-U'and , Yard 15th etroet , tno b'oans
, touth rf liellevue raid
dec 23-3mt LORENZO DIBBLE ,
T ) Ell IS New Map of Omaha , Just completed ark.
13 ready for delivery at 35 each. Is 4 feet wide
by 7 feet long. Largest and moot complete map
of Omaha over publUhed. OiticUl map of tht
city. See column.
COMMAND HOARD At roiBOnible
E
1516 Howard ttrect 8.823
. EDWAEDKlJEHL ,
MAJ 8TE11 OF PALJIYSTERY AND OOND *
TI NALlbT , 498 Tenth otrri-t , Vetnccn Farnam
and Ha nuy. Will , with ho aid of guardian
snlnts , obtain for any one a glnnco of the past
&nd present , and on certain conditions In the fu
ture. Boots and Shoos made to order. I'tifrct
satisfaction mimnt . !
,
.
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, AbsoSutely Puire.
This powder ncxrrarlei A marvel of purity ,
ttrcngthand v , holcaominci" llore ixnnomlrai
than the ornlnarj L nd , and cannot lu aid In
coinpeti Ion with the multitude ) of low tct , bhort
weight , alum orph vphatopondtr. Hold only l
- cans. RoiiL IHKl.su I'ouui * Co. , Will 8t , 901
New York.