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TEEBAlLlTBBE-TtJESDA'y ' , SEPTEMBER 1 , 1885-
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Omalm , Nebraska.
THF.UG wcro 233 deaths f ; ; om small
pox in Montr oil last week. This is a
doath-rato that Is equal to th'U of cholore. ,
SOME of the rcpnbltcana of Iowa have
not yet qttlto finUhcd roar jag the plat
form adopted by the roco at atato conven
tion. They Lope , honov jr , to got through
with it a foir days bafor a election.
An usual the BEE lift the Geld to fight
In Us effort to glvo Omaha a fuo-prool
city hall building. This la not 'tho first
tlmo that the BEE bait had to contend
against envy , malice and imbecility
combined.
Wr. are again assured by late advices
from Grammercy Park that Sam Tilden'a '
health la greatly Improved , Wo sus
pect that that column of ! taffy -in a
T&ccnt Issue of the Herald him braced up
the old man considerably.
HAVING hoisted the Gerthan 'flag OTCI
the Carolines , Bhmarckls now credited
with a dc&ign of taking Cuba In out ol
the wet. Wo thonld cot bo surprised a
the announcement that ho intends aleotc
annex Spain itself to the German empire.
An injunction will bo applied for by
Moatrs. Yoab & Nye to 'prohibit ' any fur
ther Isiunncoof marrhgo Hcinaoj. Their
objjob i ) tn prevent ; on/.acroisa / of popula
tion nnd iu thia way otop the lacrosse
of tha BUB'S circulation.
STATBS SENATOII EDQAK S.
Co WAX , wnu c'iod Iu Pennsylvania the
other d y , represented that etato In the
eenato from 1861 until 1867. At the
expiration of his term ho waa appointed
minister to Austria by President John
son , but wiu not confirmed.
oingratnUte the people of Wiocon
eln and Virginia npon tha fast that Com
missioner Ooloman , of the na tlonal agri
cultural bureau , h to djllvor the annual
addroas at tholr state fain. What Mr.
Oaloman doesn't know abaut farming
isn't worth talking about. His ideas ,
acquired la the fifth at Dry of a St. Liuls
prlnt-jhop , are of a very practical char-
aotor , and as a roault of bis addresses in
Wisconsin and Virginia , TTO may expect
to see greatly improved ocops in these
states next yoar. Mr. Ooloaiau Is doing
a great and good work , and doservoa to
have his bureau rotnnstrnoiod Into & cab
inet department.
BOOK agents have for years boon pro
hibited from canvassing in the dopart-
mants at WAthicgton. Thii rule wan
necessitated by the fact that the aconts
baoimo such a nulaancj ihat they nearly
borad tha life ont of tbo clerks. An
oQort is being made , however , to have on
oxcoptlon granted In favor of the can
vassers of Grant's Momolra , and it Is In-
tlmatod that the administration , for fear
of criticism if it refuses , will allow thorn
to go throuh the various departments.
If the administration should refuse , how
ever , It oartainly ought not to bo subject
ed to criticism for it would only bo carry
ing ont a long-ostabllsbod rule.
Tun Oirolino ItUnds , nbont which Ger
many and Spain are trying to got up a big
fuss , are not worth fighting for. Al
though the group of islands is about two
thousand mllea Ijng tboy do not possess
enough good soil to make a fair-sized DAkota -
kota farm. The total population is only
about 20,000. These lelands are nelthoi
fit for colonization purposes nor a nava
station. They are principally noted foi
their ruins of temples which were built o
Immense atones , bearing mjstodons in
scrlptlons which have never baon deci
phered. These ruina lead ii iho belle
that these Islands were once part of i
.continent that wai disrupted nnd sub
merged by volcanic action , and that it
j Inhabitants were a civilized pooplo.
M
GBV. BUTLKH propotoa to mtko a figh
agoinst the president's proclamation or
derlrg iho removal of cattle from the In
-dlan torritory. Hia method of procedur
'will bo through the supreme court of th
United States , to which ho will sppl.
/or an ori'or ' lestralnlng the execution o
the prcsldiuit's order until tbo question
of rlghlaof proptrty , the power of In
< 3iina to mai'o ccntr ct , and the powe
and authority ol the government to inter
fere can bo determined. It is intl
mated that the cattle will re
main until # > C8h' ' ' willed
Butler Is hlinioU n largo catt.'o-owncr
and ii backed by all the other cattle-
Itlnga who are feeding their cattle in thi
Indian territory. Pre ldont Olovelxnc
undoubtedly acted u on good legal od-
vioa scd after molurs deliberation , and
it Is not likely that ho hu made any mis
take In this tnnller Wliu.'utr the * u
premo couit vill inteifere wiik the eter
cite of his authority reaialne to .bo seen
We ore of the opinion that BOB , Builei
Is only waitlncr his tioio , and theC tbo
cittlo moat (40 ( vltbout any futtl'0'
THE CITY
Outside of porhapi .atf a dczm old
mosabkckB t-ud a b' . co of journalistic
jick lfi , vho have not brains enough to
cmduot their pwn business Buccossfnlly ,
the people oi Omaha ere practically a
unit In favor of a city hall building that
will bo In keeping with the pretentious of
thir * growing metropolis. They want n
oJ'ty ' hall crectad that will not only cora-
V ro favorably with the co-art house in
ta appearance , but will in every respect
o up to that standard in Us Interior con-
truolion. Such a building of cither
lick or ( tone , thoroughly fare-proof and
quipped with nil modern conveniences ,
must necessarily cJ t In the
aolghborhood of ? 200/JOO. A cheap
lding , deulgncd by homo talent , will
not moot the demand * of the present ,
much ksi of the future. It would too
oily for this city to squander Ita money
m any plans that are designed by men
who never have bulU n fire-proof bulld-
ng. No architect in Omsha over de
ilgnod and built a fire-proof city hall or
court honsu. Ono of our contemporaries
names ono architect who claims to have
isd experience in planning [ fire-proo
buildings in St. Lonlir. That party i
very loud in denouncing the proaon
court house 03 an abortion. Upon
p niry wo find that the only claim thn
thia wonderful , architect has > as n con
atructor of fire-proof building ! Is that he
was employed as a draughtsman In n Sb
Loula architect's office.
As there Is no specialist in Omaha whom
our city can risk employ as an architect o
the now cily lull , the only question I
whether the city has anything to gain by
expending aovoral thousand dollars fo
plans from Ohlcago , Now York and Boston
architects to compote with these of Mr
Myois. It Is certain that no foreign ox
perl In publlo buildings will under
tike to make pi in a without a guaranty
of the cast cf drawing them , and
a premium in ease of acceptance. Mr
Myers has designed moro publlo build
legs than any other architect in tbi
country. In no Instance have any build
gs erected upon his plans ever failed t
glvo satisfaction. Our citizens know
that ho Is competent. The C3urt lions
la proof of his ability. If the plans whlct
ho has presented tro ratlsfactory in over ,
respect , and the tormi reasonable , whn
nocoEslly Is there for inviting compel !
tlonf The only possible object of compe
tition would bo to eocnro moro llbera
terms or plans from an architect In whom
wo have greater confidence. Even 1
another architect should prcien
plans tliat appear more attractive
there is no ono In Omaha compctcn
to judge whether that architect will fulfil
all the requirements as well aa Mr
Myers. As to the merits of plans thcr
always will bo a difference ) of opinion
and the council will ba no wlssr aftern ,
spirited controversy over the claims o
rival architects than It now Is. Wb ;
then should it delay merely to gratify a
silly clamor for homo talent and a mall
clom horrl about parties who will bo
benefited because they happen to have
property in the immediate vlcicitj
3miha Is not building a city hall for any
one man's benefit. The want of a clt ;
hall being admitted the only question 1
whether ib Is to bo planned by an expert
whoso ability has boon tested ia this city
or whether time and money shall ba
wasted on homo talent and upon parties
of whom wo know nothing.
THAT OLD STYLE COURT HOUSE
For the first time since the conrt house
was finished , that elegant and snbstantla
structure Is pronounced by certain
jrllllant editors and glngorbreai archl
; octa as altogether out of date In Its style
Ono of thesa swells , who knowa moro
about club-houses nnd prill-rooms than
10 does about public buildings , tolls u
.bat the Omaha court houeo looka too
much like a building of twenty years ago
[ n Ohio and Indiana , Others declare
that It is positively shocking that thi
man Myors should have boon allowed ta
Foist npon us such an old style building
for a modern court house. Wo are sorry
for Mf. Myersj but tro venture ta
assort that the old styles ia
arohltocturo will outlive the modern gingerbread
gerbroad ideas , which remind ono of a
crazy quilt made up of variegated silk
and satin scraps. It may not ba credit
able to this Inventive era , but it is nevertheless
tholoss true that the most ruigniGcen
and imposing modern bulldlagj ore designed
signed after the models of ancient Egypt
Arabia , Greece and Homo. St. Peter'
In Homo is a very old style building , bu
thn dome of the national cspltol at Wash
Ington ii modeled after the dom
of St. Peter's , The cathedral a
Milan Burpaeoes all modem arch !
tooturo In Its elegance , and th
cathedrals of Cologne and Strisburg bav
no equal in modern church architecture
The classic styles are always now. The
survive all the whims of glngorbrea
architects. But eren your Queen Ann
styles , with gabled roofs and chimneys o
the outside , are no moro modern ths
the puffed sloevoa and the mammot
hoop-skirls of oar great grandmothers
Aa well might our club-houao swells pro
test against Shakespeare , Milton an
Dinto in our public libraries becins
they are old style aulhors. The Omah
couit house Is a classic structure whio
will bo at now in style a hundred year
banco as it Is to-day , wkea If It had bee
planned alter tha crazy-quilt model i
would look ancient and entirely ont o
date. The only point worthy of notna
made by the opponents of Mr , Mjora I
ihat there la no elevator in the new cour
house , when all modern buildings ar
provided with such conveniences , Upon
second sober thought thli objaotloi
mutt appear absurd , even to those who
bavo raised it. When the conrt housa
was designed the building wu Intendoc
to bo on a hvel vrith FAjnani street
Iho basement VBS to bo below ground
nd the BuponUnoturo was to bo two
totles. In saoh n building there was no
cod whatever of an elevator. With
nly ono italrtray to bo ollmbod an
lovator would have been a costlylnxury.
rlr. Myors ( a not responsible for the
hang t made In the grade of Farnam
Iroet. Ho could not bo oipoitccl to
n his buildings on A twenty-foot cut of
ho street , ilia plans for the city hall
provide for elevator facilities from the
> jBeraont to the fourth story.
1HE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLI
CAN PARTY.
The chief characteristic of the republi
can party his always boon its progretolvc-
no . Its vitality for twenty years was
mainly due to the fact that it unhesitat
ingly grappled with the living IBSUOD , and
fearlessly embraced policies which wcro
essential to the conduct of thegovernment
during a great crisis In Us history. The
republican pirty may return to power
four years .hence , but it must pursue an
entirely different eonrso from that which
of late-ihas boon adopted by its loaders.
It cannot rolurn to power by boasting of
the glories of the past on the ono hand ,
and frivolous fault-finding on the othti
with G rover Cleveland and his adminis
tration. It would simply bo nulcidal foi
the republican party and Us leaden
to follow a policy which kept the
democracy out of power for more
than two decades. Republican bourbon.
ism will bo as fatal to progress and suc
cess as was moasbick bonrbonism to the
democracy.
The people of the United States , and
particularly the yuung men who have
grown up since the war , will Insist upon
something moro than the moro rosltal of
war stories , sandwiched with growla ol
everything that Is now done by the dem
ocrats. "The old flag nnd an appropria
tion" can no longer bo used aa a battle-
cry In the campaigns of the future , Ir
order to achieve success and rally around
its banner the intelligent , active mass ol
the people , the republican party must
advance beyond the old HUES and glvo ua
a vigorous , well-defined policy upon llv-
log issues , It must convince the people
that its alms and offoris ara
exerted In bobalf of boiler governmenl
than cm bo had at the hands of the dem
ocracy. The country In thia ntago of hoi
history , can no longer bo "set on firo" by
flaming harangues about the wreck and
ruin which are to bo wrought throngli
democratic ascendancy. It is true that
the national capital and the white housi
have been captured by the confederate ? ,
but the government at Washington still
lives. The capitalists and tposulalora on
Well alrcot can no longer bo alarmed by
bug-bears who threaten to plunge the
country in ruin if the republicans are dis
placed from the holm.
Intelligent paoplo of ell classes realize
that the confederate brigadiers in Grover
Cleveland's cabinet are neb any more
dangerous than thcsj in the
oiblnot of Rutherford B.
Hayes. Under bourbon leadership
the republican party has been made to
commit the same blunders which wera BO
disastrous to the democracy. John Sherman
man , for imtinca , ralcos his voice tnl
hands In holy horror in Ohio over the
fact that confederates have been honored
with cabinet positions and are allowed to
occupy office j of great responsibility.
But Mr. Sherman has a very dofectlvo
memory. Ho evidently forgals that ho
voted io confirm Judge Keyes , a confed
erate brigadier , as postmaster gauenl ,
and even accepted a cabinet position an
hit colleague. Ho forgols that ha voted
for Longstreot and Mosby , who were
placed in positions ctf great responsibility
and honor. He also forgets that In the
last national republican convention ho was
the Intimate associate of a noted confed
erate brigadier , Senator Mahono , who
occupied a saat in that convention. It
will neb do to close our oyoa to stubborn
facts. We cannot succeed by choking at
gnats nnd swallowing camels. While II
Is trno that the republican party has o
right to glory in the past and vaunt ill
loyalty to the union and the flig , it IE
equally trno that at this day the people
demand something moro. They arc
dealing with the present , and are look-
log to the future. The paU Is gne , and
reminiscences will not solve the problem
of bo-day. They insist that the ropubll
can party shall bo as progroislvo now BE
ib was when it planted Ilielf in opposi
tion to human slavery , and gave the poo.
pie free homos on the publlo domain.
Unlcis Ib moots the issues of the future
in the same spirit thab It fought slavery
ib ia doomed to a long lock-oat , unleat
the democrats surrender the fort by o
repetition of those blunders for which
they have become so famous.
INVESTIGATION Into the blowing up ol
a Philadelphia excursion steamer , result
ing in several deaths and the wounding
of quite a number of persons , shows thai
It wts the work of an insurance swindler ,
who carried accident policies to the
amount of $35,000. Ho expected to be
among the Injured , and thus draw the
handsome Income of $150 a week whllahc
waalald up , But ho mltsed his calculations ,
and was plcVoi up among the dead ,
The companies , of coarse , will now fighl
the claims of his heirs to the $35,000 ,
The man's nsme was Spears , and as ID
export swindler of sccldont insurance
companloi , his equal has never beet
board of. Hit history , which his bo-
oomo known through the efforts of dc
tcotlves to f&thom the mystery of the ex
plosion , shows that fifteen years ago he
waa mysteriously ahob while handling
a revolver , and that ho drew
a Urge sum from the aoldeiit companies ,
Going to San Francisco npon bis recov
ery ho teen became tbo victim of anotbei
alleged accident , and again became a
pensioner. Ho next turned up In New
York , where lie ires acsldontally wounded.
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List fall ho was wounded once moro , this
time In Philadelphia , while ha was shout
ing "burglars , " who , ho raid , had on-
tired the honao and shot him in the ribs.
No cvidenoo of burglars , however , could
bo found except a big bull-dog self-
cooking ravolver , which It waa Bupposcd
belonged to Spears. Although the acci
dent Icokod rather suspicious , Mr. Spoira
diew $35 a week for some months. Ho
appears to have been the most unfortu
nate nun on earth. If there wcro many
such unlucky poisons the accident Insur
ance companloi would have to RC out of
business. Ib appears , however , that the
numerous accidents bo Mr. Spears were
nil Intentional. It Is not likely that his
novel method of earning a livelihood will
como Into universal favor.
LITERARY NOTES.
"Nimrod In the North , " by Lieut.
Fredotick Sohwatka , is about the first in
the field of ths handsomely Illustrated
books designed for the autumn and iho
following holiday trade. The people of
Omahn will bo particularly interested
in this work owing to the fact
that Lieut. Sohwatka is well
known hero , having bcon stationed
for sorno tlmo In the department of the
Platte. This book Is a quarto of about
200 pigos , published by Oasaell & Co. ,
Now York , nnd for Bale In Omaha by J.
S. CanlGold. The author made himself
famous as the commander of ono of the
United States exploring expeditions In
the norlh polar regions , during which ho
successfully performed the longest slidgo
jontnoy recorded in history , about 3,200
miles. Ho has collected In this volume
stories of a large number of hunting and
fishing adventures , most of which ho
either took purl In or had personal
knowledge of , though ho has included
some from the testimony of r 1 < > Aa
adventures. Intermingled with his talcs
of adventure there is n great deal of in
formation about the habits , etc. , of the
polar boar , the walrus , the seal , the rein
deer , the musk ox , the Arctic fox and
other animals pursued and capturad , neb
a little of which is a valuable contribution
to knowhdgo of natural history. It is a
book whoio perusal will afford Infinite
dt light to boys and their elders also
who are fond of rod and gun , while tbo
known opportunities for knowing whereof
ho writes and tbo character of the author
make it entirely trustworthy. The pub
lisher ! have printed it elegantly on fmo
heavy paper , and embellished it with a
prolusion cf engravings.
Of greatest public interest among the
contents of the September Century are
Gon. Grant's article on "Tho Siege of
Vicksburg ; " the forcible frontlepieco portrait
trait , after a photograph baton when GOD.
Grunt waa president ( with which is given
a fac-almilo of his first signature on tha
nrmy pay-account as "general retired , " )
and a communication from Gen. Grant ,
dated Mt. McGregor , Juno 22 , which ia
printed with "Memoranda on the Civil
War , " and in which ho withdraws what
was eald by him in the Century of last
Fobru&ry In regard to the conduct of
"Gen. Low Wallace and Gon. McCook
ab Shlloh. " An editorial in "Topics of
the Times" explains why Gen. Grant's
article on VickWufg is printed without
illustrations , and also that the subject
will bo renewed , with pictures , at another
tlmo. A supplemental article of great
interest , in the simo number , Is "A
Womsn's Dlsry _ of the Siege of Vioks-
burg , " which gives an inside vlow of the
harshlps and anxieties suffered by the
bsDolged. The "Memoranda en the Civil
War , " besides Gan. Grant's communica
tion , embrace , "Who Projected the Canal
at Island No. 10J1' by Gen. Sohuyler
Hamilton ; "The Charge of Cooko's Cav
alry at Galnos * Mill , " in reply to Gen.
Fitz-John Porter , by Gan. Philip St.
George Cooke , with Recollections of a
Partlcipanb in the Charge , " by Rov. W.
U. Hitchcock ; and a continuation of the
discussion in reg rd to "Gen. Beauro-
gard's Courier et Bull Run , " by Mej
Campbell Brown ,
St. Nicholas fcr September has a long
and varied table of contents , ono of the
most attractive features of which is a fan
ciful tale by Frank R. Stockton , entitled
'The Battle of the Third Causing. " "A
Great Financial Scheme , " by Sophie
Swebt , la a vary funny story with n good
moral. In "Spiders ot the Sea , " 0. F.
Holder contributes an inter < sling paper
about crab } . Hppry Frederic Reddall
writes nn interesting article on "Nick
names " Of the Boilals , "Sheep or
Silver1 ? is concluded ; while both "Driven
Back to Eden , " by E. P. Roe , and "His
Ono Fault , " by J. T. Trowbridge , &ra
evidently working to satisfactory conclu
sions , next month , which no well-regu
lated serial should bo without. Schubert
Is the subject of the "From Bech to
Wognot" paper ; and Edmund Alton tells
about Congressional Investigations , and
Republican Simplicity , in "Among the
Law-maker * . "
"Electric B. < fc 0. , " IB the appro
priate tltlo of another of the
artlstln gems cf the art pre
servative , In tha Issuance of which the
Baltimore & Ohio company has for many
years led all corporations. For that matter -
tor none of the lirgo publishing houeos
of the country have a reputation for pra-
duolng greater novelties In book construc
tion than the ojmpiny In question , there
really appearing to ba no end to the
unique innovations Pdngborn originates.
Ia "Electric B. & O. " tao typo matter is
Introduced in circles and graceful portions
tions of circles , the plates BO engraved as
o carry the oolor yok to the pages edge ,
bbe illustrations being drawn for the par
ticular plaea of Inter ion * , and each pigo a
study. The book is of the fineet quality
aad heavy weight paper , 1 ] in several
colors , with a cover that , in conception ,
was an inspiration of the highest order.
All who want the work have bnt to for
ward addrois with stamp to the president
and general manager of the linltlmore
and Ohio Teleuraph company , Mr. D. H.
Eatot , New York , and a copy will bo
mailed In accordance.
Tlio Blackmail Gas ? ,
Harry Meriiam , the editor of the
Sunday News , charged by Miss Jennie
E. Talbob with criminal libel , was ar
rested and gtra ball yesterday.
Of all the parties con
cerned in the sensation , Mr. Merrlam is
perhaps , the least concerned. He It
really jubilant and confident of a gafo
laaua from the trial , he glories la the
advertltlog It will give his paper.
Ai for the Wllhx.Talbit sensation ,
which lies back of it all , the further In
vestigation IB pushed the denser the
mystification become * , and the trial of
Merrlam will be one of the moit Inter
esting in the reooidi of the local courts.
OLD-TIME TELECHAP'HERS.
Details ef the KM and Banpt in
flew Yi > ri ,
The Society of the U. 3. Military Tolo-
ftrph Corps nnil tlio Old-Tlnio
Association.
Moot Together.
Electtlcftl World , AUR. 22 ,
The ramlon of the society of the U S.
military telegraph corps and the Old *
Time Telepraphors' association was hold
In this city on Wednesday and Thunday
of the pratont week , nud proved to be
ono of the moit enjoyable mooting * of
the usiocUtlon. The attondanoo WAS nlao
larger than on any preceding occasion ,
nod , although the objects of the gtthor-
leg were chiefly aoclal , the Interest taken
in the several msttors brought before the
meeting was very marked.
The business meeting of the miUtiry
corps was called to order at 11 o'clock on
Wednotday morning , in the parlor of the
Murray Hill hotel. Pioildent W. R.
Flam wns in the chair. Among the
prominent raomborn present were Vioo-
Froiidont E , Roaowator , Oolonol .James
R. Gllmoro , Ool. John 0. Van Dazor ,
Cnpt. L. T. Sheldon , Secretary J. E
Potlt , Oomradea W. J. Doaly , M. H.
Kornor , W. B. Somerville , J. H. Bun-
no ) , D. H. Bates , Sal. Palmer , L. D.
Parker , Richard and John E. O'Brien.
A number of Old-Tlmcrj vrsto also proa <
ont , Including Messrs. James D. RoldS
0. Fatrchild. 0. S. Jonee , Charles O
Eddy , Win D. Sargent , F. B. Knlcht ,
Walter P. Phillips , n. Y. Btoioo , Goo.
0. Miynaid and Gao M. Dugan. The
mooting wan ozcaedlngly Interesting , and
the discussions were entered into with
much spirit.
The U. S. M. T. Oorps , in addition to
its eoslablo features has the object in view
of securing from Cocgreaj , If possible , a
recognition of the services of telegraphers
dating the war of the rebellion. Wo
have pointed ont npon n nnmbar of oc
casions in these columns the important
part which tolrgraphors took in the
military sotvicoi during the war. Presi
dent Plam , in his address , presented the
matttrln a very clear and qblo light , bnt
wo regret that the crowded ttito cf our
colnmns and the latoueaa of the mtotiug
prevent cur gl-ing anything llko a do-
titled report of the reunion in this week's
Lumber.
After the delivering of the president's
annual addrots , the following now room-
beta wera elected : Messrs. D Wilruot
Smith , I. A. Shorman. Goo. M. Lyons ,
Is > no W. Ilallum. 0. H. Spellman , John
Lonorgan , D. J. Ludwlg , W. H , Mork-
ley , J. J. Wickhsm , H. R Tro brldge ,
D. H. Fitch , E. 0. Brown , W. J. Wln-
thrup , I. D Mafz , Frank Dnncsr , T.
D. Williams , D. H. Bates , F. FT. Duncan ,
John W. ParaocB , D. B. McCoy.
A verbal report was made by Comrade
Rosowatcr on bobalf of the oonnnittoo on
congrecaioutl action. Oouirado Raao-
water &ho moved that n conimi tie of
three bo appointed by the president to
draft resolutions commemmoritlvo of the
death of General Anaon Stupor. The
president appointed aa that committee :
Oomrades E. lloconator , A. G. S tfford
and Robert Lines. The secretary and
treasurer's report was then road and ap
proved.
Col J. 0. Van Duzsr offered the fol
lowing :
WHIHIAH , Ono of our comrades has been
severely afflicted and is by such affliction ren
dered unable ( although sincerely desirous ) to
meet with us on this occasion ; therefore bolt
Resolved , That this society extend to that
comrade , Seymour J. Kelly , of 1'ainpsvillo ,
Ohio , its hairtfelt sympathy In the nliUctiou
that has befallen blui , and hopes that he maybe
bo fully restored to health ; and bo it
Resolved , That the secretary furnish Com
rade Kelly with a copy of these resolutions.
It was moved and carried that the re
port of iho committee- resolutions re
garding Gen. Stager report at the ban
quet , f
It was moved and carried lhat the
present congressional committee bo con
tinued , and that the president bo empow
ered to appoint two additional members.
It was also resolved that an assessment
of $3 bo made for the purpose cf creating
a fund for the relief of Indigent mombirs ,
and also to meet the expeneos of the con
gressional committee in its work looking
to a recognition of the ecrvlcea of tele
graphers In the civil war. The president
and secretary ( o be an auditing committee
on bills presented by the congressional
committee , the amount of such bills not
to exceed 8500 , The former officers
wera re-elected for the ensuing year.
After n little other routine buslnors
had been transacted , the rn30ting ad
journed.
The j int banquet of the two ssiosia-
llons took place nt the Manhattan Beach
hotel on the evening of the same day ,
Wednesday. Preceding the banquet the
members wcro to hsvo witnessed an In
teresting dltplay of fireworks by Prof.
Pain , under the tlllo of "Tho Last Days
of Pompeii. " Unfortunately , however ,
It began to rain about G o'clock , and this
cjutiaued until nearly 8 , which prevented
the giving of the fireworks exhibition.
At a little after 8:30 : the guests eat down
to tbo tables , which were mido in the
form of the letter T. Thtra were about
150 present , including several ladles.
The supper was served in the excellent
style for which the Manhattan Beaoh
Hotel le famous , and fnll justice was done
to it by the telegraphers. In connection
with the banquet , there was a pleasant
liltla Burprho for the visiting members.
Hitherto It had been customary for oaoh
member to pay his share of the oxpensss
of the banquet. On this occasion , how.
over , the Committee of Arrangements
bare all the expense for the out-of-town
memborn , so that each of the visiting
members WAS pretonted with hlu banquet
ticket with tha compliments of his Now
York brethren. This oreatod an eicjod-
iogly pleasant foeliog , which WAS very
gratifying to all connected with the re
union. The Long Iiland Railroad
furnished free transportation for tbo out-
of-town guests , and in addition provided
a speolal train , which left the Beach at
11:30 : and brought the party back to
Now York. There were but fenr speeches
at the binqiot , the principal ono belng'a
few fooling remarks by Mr. Jamea D'
Rsld.
At 10:30 : a m on Thursday oojurrod
the basinets meeting of the Old-Tlmo tel
egrapher's aisoclatlon. After transacting
a part of the businnca the mooting ad
journed , to reconvene on tbo steamer.
Shortly after 1 p. m. the members of
both atsoc'atlona ' went on a trip around
New York lurbor and bay on the steamer
Sylvan Dill , as tbo guiais of Commodore
Erastns Wiinan , president of tbo G , N
W. telegraph mpuny of Oinada. Mr ,
Wimau personally welcomed each guest ,
and his tffjrts and those of tbo commit
tee of amngementa , towards making
everybody "feel at homo , " wore so emi
nently tuscoufal that the occasion will
long bo remembered with ploiauroby the
participants , Among the business trans
acted on the steamer wia tha flection nf
Mr , Jamea D. Raid as president , Mr. 0.
S. Joma as vlca president , and Mr. J ,
W. Doaloy ai aoorotnty and treasurer.
An excellent Innoh WAS aarved on the
boat , and , after A roost enjoyable gait ,
the patty was landed & little btforo 6
o'clock , and the rennlon was at an end ,
The j lint oomailttoo of arrangements
appointed by the presidents of tbo two
occlotlos to attend to making the pre
parations for iho reunion was made up
as follow * :
i , Jesio U. Bunnoll , chairman.
W. J. Johnston , secretary and treasurer.
. John Van Homo , Ool. James R. Gll
moro , W. B. Snmorvlllo , 0 0. Ilino , F.
W. Jono , W. J. Doaloy , W. P. Phlhipi ,
M. U. Rtddlnu , John H. Emorlck , E.
A. Leslie , J. H. Divlght , James D. Reid ,
M. H. Kcrnor , James Merrlhow , D. 11.
Bates , Onatlta G. EJdy , A. S. Brown ,
Richmond Smith , James Brown , John
llommons , Dr. Fowler Bradnask.
It was tatd that in the cast ' cry little
interest had been shown In cither organ
isation. The members of the committee
scorned determined to show the western
brethren that eastern telegraphers did
take n wanu Interest In the associations ,
and that tbo members who might attend
the reunion would bo given a right royal
welcome. With ono or two exceptions ,
every member of the committee entered
into the matter with the utmost cnthns ]
( asm. It is hardly to bs wondered at ,
therefore , that the success of the reunion
was cmpleto. There are so many mom-
bar * of the committee deserving of being
singled out for special mention on ac
count of the aotivo part they took in the
preparations for the reunion that wo
really can hardly mention any without
repeating the entire Hit given above
When the members decided to como to
this city , Now York was anxious to give
them a cordial welcome , and to send then
back to their respective. homos with no
thing but pleacant recollections of the re
union of 1885.
The next rennlon In to tnko phco a
Cleveland , on > the third Wcdutad&y o
August , 1885.
Judge Tourgeo'a Jatest lectnro is cntltloi
"Givo Us a Host. "
A recent observer epoaks of "red-chocked
lauRhmg-cjeJ , stalwart-framed Mnurat llnl-
Btead. "
The will of Iho Into Queen Emma , of th.
Snmlwich Islands , ii being contested by ono
of her cousiDB ,
Gen , Sherman complnmi that before Sop
tember 15 ha "must travel G.OCO miles to
obhgo other persons" than himself , 1
Senator Vest has recovered from hii old
enemy , nour.tlgia , and can now button his
coat with ono baud without assistance.
Thoicport _ that the president had broken
down in health up In the Adirondacks waa
canard , Uo weighs 2 It ) pounds and habits
ton ,
Mr. Blalne will build a house and sott'e
down in Bar Harbor , Ho evidently intends
to live a life of sweet repjse , "far from the
maddening crowd.
Among tha members of the American Bar
nsiociatlon-who met at Saratoga recently ,
there were twenty tx-govorcorc , throa ex
acnators and over IL'O cx-congreesmtn.
The president shaves only once a week in
the Adirondack * ; wears an old hat , a faded
blue iUnnol shirt with rolling collar , and heavy
boote , into which his oldest pants ate tuckad.
Wo are pleased to note that Count Von
U'aafo Is to ba present at the mooting of the
Czar and Emperor of Kremsier. lie will bo
In great demand during tbo speeches.
Mrs , Stewart , the widow of the dry goods
millionaire , lives in a suite of eight rooms at
her hotel in Saratoga , and beside the maids
who danca attendance , thera are four cook ,
with a half-dozen assistants. "
Now York contains about 25,000 more
women than men ; Boston has a surplus of
18,010 women ; in Baltimore there are 17,000
moro women than men , and so on In several
others of the largo Eastern cities.
Brigham Young's oldest son of many , John
Yoang , who in the husbiud of two wives
ouly and the father of ten sons and eleven
daughters , Is now in Ciihualma prospecting
for JO.CCOof the/'best Mormons , " who ho
predicts , will migrate from Utah to Mexico.
The death is announced cf Frau Emilia
Hirscn , of Vienna , the famous rifle shot , who
became eo expert that many shooting s cieties
Insisted upon having her name struck off tha
Hat of competitors at their matches on the
ground that It was a forfgono conclusion that
she would win ,
Perhaps the strongest man In Georgia Ib Mr.
Beuseco. the blacksmith at Uirchmoro's shop ,
Maxeyg. Ue is about tlx feet ten inches
high , stands erect , and his muscles prominent.
He stands and with one hand raises a 120-
pound anvil out straight for a minute and
takes a large cart-wheel in ono hand by ono
spoke and uolds It out horizontally at arm's
length ,
A new and characteristic anecdote of Gen.
Grant was related by De. Haughton , preai-
dent of the Royal Ziological Society of Ire
land , on the occasion of the vint of tbo Lord
Lieutenant to the splendid gardens of the in
stitution at Dublin. When Gen. Grant vis
ited tha city the reverend doctor had the hon-
nrof conducting him around tbo garden ? ,
The doctor observed that the General was a
silent man. Ha n < ; ked him what ho would like
to see , and he replied. "Bring me a chair and
put me in front of the lions. 1 want to eeo your
Irish lions. " "He sat down , " added the doc
tor , "and smoked two cigars , and then went
out of tbo garden without saying acother
uord. "
Itcal Bstato Trauelora.
The following transfers were tiled Au
gust 29 , with the county clorkand reported
or the BEE by Amos' Real Eatato agency :
Mary S Parotto and husband to Will-
lam France , lota 1 and 2 , blk 3 , Thorn-
burg place , add Omaha ; w d , $050.
Carroll S Montgomery and wlfo to
Lewis A Graff , no } - of aa i , BOO 32-15-13 ,
Pratt'a subdivision , Omaha , q o ; 81.021) ) .
James E Rlloy and wlfo to John Ruof ,
B 50 ft of lot 15 , blk 10 , E V Smlth'a add
Omaha , w d ; $700.
George H Boggs and wife and others
to Dorcas A Ohnbbuok , lot 9 , blk I'Jl ,
Omaha view , w d ; $300.
Georga n Boggs and wlfo and others
to Ohrtstoa Hanson , lot 8 , block 14 ,
Omaha View , w d , § 300.
H T Patrick and wife to Pater Olson
Hanson , lot 5 , block 4 , Patrick's lit add
Omaha , w d , $550.
Satnnol D Alercor and wife to Joseph
Rannlo. lota 1 and 2 , block 15. Walnat
Hill , w d , $1,200.
Androrr Rlloy and wife to William 8
duetts , lot 4 , block 5 subdivision of J I
Redlok'a add Omaha , w d , $2,000.
John I Redlok and wlfo ( o W 1
Hlggln , lot 3 blk 7 , John I Rodlck's sob-
division of John 1 Rcdlck'a add to
Omaha , w d , $200.
Simual D Mtroer and wife to Freder
ick Drexel , lots 12 , 13 , 14 and 15 blk 10 ,
Walnnt Hill , w d , $1,800 ,
The HnstlnuH Coining ,
Manager Kay , of the Athlotio park ,
has concluded arrangements for a series
of three games between the Union Pa
cifies and tbo Hastings teams , to bo
played next Saturday and Sunday , Both
clubs will bo in strong thape , and ,
although Salisbury will not ba hero to
pitch fur thu homo tosm , MoKelvey erR
R tckncll can fill the place tfTictlvely. It
might ba jaet as well to uoto In this con
nection ihat the $1,000 proposition for
wh'cli ' the Omaha boys have been waiting
j patiently has failed to materially ,
Tbo delicious granco , refreshing
oioluess and soft beauty icuj-artod to the
ikiu by Pczzoni's Powder , commend ] it
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