Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OlttAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY. JULY 22 , 1880.
THE FAST TRAINS DITCHED
TLo Iowa Pool Eoada Decline to Expedite
Their Snail Pace ,
THE DUnLINGTON OBJECTS.
Irtcrcnuod Speed Daiipnroun to Their
Syntcin and Circulation \Vlll
Awn ten I'ortnanont Settlement
. Complications ,
Tlio Knst Train Service.
CmcACio. I LI. , July UL [ Special Tele
gram to the llr.i : ) The general superintend
ents of ( ho vniions rends between Chleneo
nnd Oiuaba held n meeting yesterday for the
purpose ot conslilcilng the proposition to rim
fnst trains between Chicago and Omnhn , to
run In connection wlthttho fnst tinln the
Union Paclllc propose to put on between
Omnhn nnd Ogdcu. Before the settlement of
the western complications , the Milwaukee &
St. Paul rend vhtnnlly agreed to run a Inst
train between Chicago nnd Omalin. but the
settlement of those troubles made It lniirnn- |
tlcable for nny ono rend to net Independently ,
as It mlcht lend to new complica
tions. Considerable imposition to run
ning fast trains developed at yesterday's
meeting. Thu Burlington wns tlm prin
cipal objector becniiMi U would not ho nblo
tomeet tlio nut time the Union Pncilie pro
poses to make , by Its own Hue and the Den
ver .fe Hlo ( iinndo , and thu arrangement
[ \ therefore would bo altogether In favor of thn
I \ Union Pnclllc. Some of thn other rends
w I tliouzht the Uurllngton's position correct ,
I / nnd it wns lln.illy decided to mnko no clinngo
I / Iti the running tlmo between Chicago nnd
I/ Omnhn until n iiermnnent settlement of the
western complication ) ) 1msbeen etTccted. To
chnngo thu tlmi ; now In the face of the objec
tions of some of the roads might seriously
affect the temporary agreements. Mr. Dick
inson , nsslMnnt gonernl superintendent of
the Union Pacilie , could not toll what bis
company would do In view of the objections
of Its eastern connections to run n fnst train.
JIo thought It probnblo that tlio putting on of.
the proposed inst tr.iln would bo deferred
until aflnr the meetings of tlieinnnngers next
September.
FUOJ1 WVOMINK'S
Now Territorial ] lullilin&s--I < 'lmllnR
of ft Uowliny'n Uoily.
CHKYKXNK , Wye. , July 31. [ Special Tele
gram to tlio Bii.J : : Bids for the capital
building will bo advertised for to-morrow ,
detailed plans for thu structure having ar
rived. Bids aUo for the Insane nsylnm at
.
Yesterday tlio body ot Wm. llnrdosty , a
cowboy , was found four miles below Green
Kivcr station. The man and his horse were
drowned while attempting to ford tlio river.
' ' A cloud burst sixteen miles north of
'Cheyenne yesterday evening did 840,000
dnmngo on | Dntcr & Xnitber'a ranch ; carried
tiwny100 feet of Hume , twelve foot
above the creek , washed out 1,000
foot of heavy grading. On the Cheyenne &
Northern , now in course of construction.
A great crowd of Cheyenne citizens , laities
nnd Rontlemen , assembled nt thn depot this
luonilmr to bid good-bye to the 9th in fanny ,
which tailed to get away Inst night. The
regiment has been stationed hero ever filtico
the city wns founded , and it was like parting
with that many citizens.
Two blj ; trains of passcngor eoachcs of tlio
Atehison , Topeka & Santa Ko carries the
'regiment and such of their families as went
iiloni , ' . A number of ollieeis and men ot the
regiment were married In this city.
THE 8POKTIXO WOUD.
'Tho ' Lincoln Club Downed by tlio
IjoavonwortUB Otlior Games.
LINCOLN , Neb. , July 21. [ Special Tele
gram to thu HiiKl The lirst of the scries of
games between the Lcnveuworth and Liu-
coin clubs on the homo grounds of the lnttr ;
wns n poorly played gainq , on tho'partof both
" chlbs and resulted In n victory for 'the Lcnv-
cnwortlis by n score of 12 to 0. The Lincoln
club linil only two of tliulr now men In the
Held , nnd tlio catcher of the homo nine had
been constantly behind the bat lor live gnmcs
in the Inst live days , wlillo the Kansas boys
were fresh from a resting time. A talr-slzisd
crowd was In attendance and a better cnmo
may be expected when they meet again on
1'rlday.
OTltlin OAMI'.S.
AT CIIIOAOO
Chicauo . . .4 0000011 * 0
St. Louis 0 03000000-2
Pitchers Clnrkson and Hoaly. First bnso
hits Chicago 7 , St. Louis 4. Krrors Chicago
cage 4 , St. Louis 15. Uinplro-Connully.
AT DKTKOIT
Detroit 0 001000010 0-2
Kansas Clty.O . 0 3
ICIoven 'innings. Pitchers Get/in nnd
Whitney. Unso hits Detroit 10 , Knusas
City 10. Krrors Detroit 8 , Kansas City a
Umpire ( ioldsmltli.
AT BOSTON
Bostons 2 0 7 0 1 S 0 3-15
WnshlllKtons 0 0000000-0
Pitchers Hnilbourao and Shnw. Uase
lilts Bostons 14 , Wellingtons : t. Krrors
Bostons ! ! , Waslilngtons 17. Umpire Gad-
ney.
jAT UAI.TIMOIIK
TIHsbunc I 00000000 1
Baltimore 0 0 3 'J 0 1 1 0 * 6
Pitchers Kllrity nnd Morris. First base
lilts I'lttsbun ? Si , Baltimore ft Krrors
nttAbtirg 0 , Unltluiere U. Umpire Vulun-
* tine.
tine.AT
AT NKW YOIIK
The New Yoik-1'hllndelpliln and Brook
lyn-Metropolitan gniiies were postponed on
account of ruin.
AT PlIIl.ADKI.IMlIA
Athletics 0J 1000000 0 3
tit. Louis. . . .10000000S" 4
rj , I'ltcliers Alatbuws nnd Colomnii and
.Hudson nnd Carutliers. First bnso hits
Athletics S , St. Louta 8. Knors Athletics t' ' ,
St. Louis 0. Uaiplio Bradley.
i'nrk RaccR ,
CHICAGO , July ! ! ! . At Washington Park
lie weather wns very warm , the track food
and attendance very good.
Three-fourth mlle : llonltn won. Surprise
second , Knlth Thompson third. Time 1:19. :
. Initials paid S10.M ) .
Seven-eighth niilo : TopsywonOur Friend
Beooml , Little Joe , third. Time ! iaiM. :
iliitunls pnld 852 . ) .
.Mile : Kansas won , King Kobin second.
Oov. Bates third. Time 1:45 : . Mutuals
pnld $11.40.
Ono and one-eighth miles ; Athlono won ,
Lcpnnlto second , Col. Chirk third. Timu
* a40 ; , Mutunls paid 811.
Steeple clmse , short course : Jim Cnrllslo
won , llurlnn second , Hop Sine third. Tlmo
: i00. ; Mutunls pnld StUH ) .
IO\VA.
Itoublloana | In Council.
Stotrx CITV , la , , July 81. [ Special Tele
gram to the Uii : : . ] The republican judicial
convention of thu Fourth Judicial district
wns held hero to-day for the purpose of nomi
nating three nidges. The district is made up
| ' -.of . Woodbury , Plymouth , Harrison , Cherokee -
[ kee , Lyons , Osceoln , Sioux , O'Hrlen and
1 Mononn counties. Judges 0. II. Lewis , of
| XJherokee , and O , W. Wnkelleld , of this city ,
were rennmlnated to succeed Judge McCul-
lum , Thu follnwlng were bnllotted for mak
ing n very spirited contest : D. D. McCul-
lum , Scott M. Ladd , Flnloy Burke , B. II.
Chochmn and J. C. Kcheston. Thirty-four
ballots were taken , Ladd lending In all , nnd
lindti mnJDiily of lour mure than necessary
on this ballot.
Drowned While
1)rs MOINKS , July 31. [ Special to the
llFi.l-Clins. : llycr , of Diibiujuo , fourteen
yenm old , went bathing In the river this
afternoon with two other boys. All soon got
beyond their depth , Parties hearing their
cnes for help succeeded In rescuing two of
thorn , hut llycr wns dead when tnkeu from the
river.
j
nodi LCJH Cut Off.
* W.vnii.oo : ! , July 21. [ Special telegram to
{ ho HHK.J Conductor John Quick , of an Il
linois stock train , fell between cars hero this
morning and both his legs were severed , lie
will dfu. Hi ) icaldos at this place.
Fatally Injured.
UuPUQur , la. , July 21 , [ Special-Telegram
Jo U USB.J Conductor John Quirk of the
Illinois Central Block trnln , fell between the
cars nt Waterloo , his home , this morning.
Both lees were severed , lie will die.
I'ost olllco
Ins Mot.vns , July 21. [ Special tclozrnm
to the BKI.J : The postofllco at Delnwnre ,
Delaware county , wns burglarized Inst night
nnd Slot ) In cash , rcgistcicd letters nnd
stiimp.-i was stolen.
Cedar Rapldn Opera House Humcd.
Cr.DAit llAPit ) " , In , , July SI. A llro
burned Greene's Opera house earlv this
nioinlng. Loss , S20.WX ) ; fully Insured.
Personal Paragraph * .
L. S. Sage , of Falls City , is In Omaha.
J. I ) . McDonald , of Lincoln , is in the
city.J. .
J. O. Kihvards , of llnphl City , is at the
Mlllard.
M. W.King , of Kl Paso , Texas. Is in
the city.
Mayor Boyd went to Chicago last
evening.
Mrs. .1. E. Boyd is visiting friends in
Colorado.
M , W. Stone , of Wnhoo , is a guest { of
the Millard.
William Murray , of Aberdeen , Scot
land , is in the city.
Air. C. M. Katon wont to Chicago ever
the Qulnoy last evening.
U. Bruekenriilgo left last evening
for a visit to New lork.
Dr , Spauldhig and family loft last ev
ening for a trip to the Pacific coast.
Matt Clalr , passenger agent of the Hock
Island , succeeded in catching yesterday
morning's train for a western trip.
Hon. Lcavltt Burn ham and wife left
last evening tor a visit to their old homo
at Ogdcnsburg , on tlio St. Lawrence.
Miss Carrie Hawley , of Webster , N. Y. ,
who has been visiting her cousin , Mrs.
Jlinton Powell , in this city , left for homo
ast evening.
City Clerk J. B. Southard lott last even-
ng to spend a well earned vacation of
wo weeks in a pleasure visit to Salt
. .ake. Denver and ether western points ,
lo was accompanied by his wife.
John Nichol , of the lli'in of MacUitchcr
oi Nichol , civil cnginccra , Chicago , was
n tlio city yesterday. Mr. Nichol was Ja
resident of Omaha in IBU'J ' , and a member
of tlio engineer force of the Union Pacific
viien that road was built.
Snalio Stories.
A water snake nine inches in circum-
'nrence and live feet long was seen in
JulValo Creek , Armstrong county , last
veek.
Miss Irene Hancock , of Bartow , Fla. .
; illed a blaeksnako seven foot long , and
s having its skin made into a pair of
slippers.
Ashberry Lanea nearo.of Clay county ,
ieorgia , killed a rattlesnake which hail
'ourteon rattles and a button on its tail ,
md a n hole rabbit inside.
A little child ot Wm. Sill , of Genoa , N.
Y , is said to have been charmed by a
nake. The mother of the child dis
covered tlio snake and killed it , but the
'ittlo ono was ill for several days.
Benj. Stump , of Greonsburg , Pa. , was
ittaokud by a huge blaeksnako while
u'ossine a Hold. Henry Klingcnsmith
came to Stump's rescue , nnd the two
dlled the monster after a severe light.
It measured fourteen feet one inch in
ciigth.
A fanner of Suramic county , Olno.says .
.hat while passing a straw stack on his
farm he saw the heads of fully ! 3CO shakos
[ looping out at him. Ho gave a low
whistle and immediately the sportive
reptiles Hocked around him. Then thu
farmer ran away in alarm.
Jerry Bancroft , of Hades' Junction ,
Ala. chased n-blue Thursday
, was by , - laccr
day last. He ran fully half a mile , out
distancing the snakoi Aftewards with
friends and shotguns ho returned and
killed the reptile. It measured eight
feel three inches in length.
Thousands of rattlesnakes have their
liomo on 9110 of the small , rocky islands
of Pyramid lake , Nev. It is supposed
that the progenitors of these rattlesnakes
reached the island on branches ot float
ing weeds or rafts of driftwood. They
live among the rocks and feed on dead
fish nnd the eggs and young of water
fowl.
fowl.A
A fight between n king snake and an
Idcr took place in sight of a number of
people at Warnerville , Ga. After a long
struggle , during which the king snake
had decidcdlv the best of it , the adder
tried to crawl away. The king , snake
pursued his enemy and , according to the
story of the eye witnesses , swallowed the
udder.
An instance of what must have been
divine interposition is related by an
olliccr in the Cth United States cavalry.
During the summer of 1883. at Fort
Niobrara , Nebraska , a little 4-year-old
son of the captains was playing in the
yard of the next house down in line ,
when his mother called him to come
homo. On his way ho crossed the porch
of the house , whore ho was attracted by
something lying on tlio floor , and com
menced striking at it with a toy whip ,
and was engaged in this when his mother
found him. She discovered that the ob
ject was a hugo rattlesnake , witn its head
raised , inst in the act of striking at the
little child. Fortunately , the olliccr of
the day happened to bo passing , and ,
hearing the excitement , rushed in and
cut thu up-raised head from the body.
On examination the snake was found to
bo an old-timer , with eight rattles and a
button.
Onn day last summer while tlio troops
wore being brought into Fort Kcno from
the northern posts to bo ready to sup
press an outbreak iimont the Chuyonnos
and Arrapahocs , they found a great
many snakes In the prairie grass. In
ono day the soldiers killed no less than
thirteen largo rattlesnakes. ' A young
cavalry ollicer gave his experience with
an unusual specimen of thosnnko family.
After going into camp about dusk ho
started for the spring in a little raylno
near by. When not far from the ravine
lie saw the object , which was about an
inch in diameter und of , a slimy green
color , dragging its length across Ills path
with a rapid movement. Quick us a
Hash ho drew his saber und slashed it in
two. This only had the eli'oct of quicken
ing it in its mad racn for the ravine. Ho
made another and another slush , cutting
oil' two or three foot a number of times ,
but still was not able to find its head or
cheek its spued until ho got to tlio cdgn
of the ravine , when ho saw , just below
him , ono of the company ; horses , whoso
lariat ho had been chopping to pieces ,
Heal Km to Transfers.
Tlio following transfers wore filed
July 20 , with the county clerk , and
reported for the BEK * by Amos' Real
Estate Agenov :
Kldorn G KIdrldgo nnd husband to Thomas
A Crelgh. It a , bllU.Heed's First add.Omaha ,
wd-S5XW. (
Joseph Hiislckn nnd wlfo to John O'drndy ,
nortui o nM of It 8 , blk 'J57 , Omahn , w d
SS7S.
'IsnneS Hnscnll , single , to William-Kolbo
and others , Us 1 , 3 nnd S , blk 2 , Hoseall's sub
division see 5-1MU , Douglas county , w d
& 1.G50 ,
Lorenzo Dibble , sr. to Mnry M Dibble , It 41 ,
S K Rogers' plntuf Okahoma , Douglas coun
ty , w d SJl.-HX ) .
John O Hitchcock , slnglo. to Kghcrt E
Flench , It 2 , Capitol add , bubalvlslou 1 , Oma
ha , q e 81.
Chns Puklescr and wlfo to Wllllnm Mnck.
Jt 11 , Barker's subdivision ndd , Omiiha , w d
51.400 ,
William A Gardner and wlfo IP William J
Paul , It 8. blic X , Shlnn's Third mid , Omahn ,
wd-Sl.l.r > 0.
Boswcll .Smith and wifu to John 1 Hcdlck ,
sotith # of lot 8 , block 1& ) , Oimilm , vr d
S43.UX5.
Clifton K Mayno nnd wife to Ooorgo K
laibvi\ ! all interest In Orchard 111H , Muyiie'd
add , Omaha , w d SI.
BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER
The Vierlfngs , of the Iron Works in This
Oily , at Outs.
A PROBABLE WAR ON LIVE STOCK
A Hey Drowned Omnlin'H Innnbcr
l > epot A South Omnhn Depot
Doiind Kor THsc-ii A V\ro- \
man llurncd.
Ttio Vlcrllnes nt Ouls.
Robert Viorling , vice president , and
otils Ylcrllng , secretary and treasurer
> i the Pnxton &A'lerliug ironworks have
bccli made defendants In n suit filed
igninsl them In Chicago by their brother ,
'rank Vierling , alleging fraud in deal-
ngs with him and making public the
wrliculurs of some very unbrothorlv re-
ations among the Viorlings. The poll-
ion is against Robert mid Louis Vior-
ing , John McDowell , J. I { . Hansoll , J.
Strubc , Herman Strubo , Alfred Gros-
smith nnd "ono" William Smith , who
arc the owners of the Vicrling. McDowell
t Co. foundry of Chicago. The plaintiff
illcgcs that in 1881 ho was induced bvhis
brother Robert to take an Interest In" the
nbovc lirm. He did not desire the prop
erty , but as ho had been on bad terms
vith his brother for a long tlmo he
bought ho would go into the business und
bus restore harmony In the domestic re-
ations of tlio Viorling brothers. Ho put
about ? 3.000 with the lirm at that timo.
, n 188 * . ' , Smith , ono of the firm , died , and
ho plaintiff was Induced by his brother ,
lobcrt , to purchase the interest'of the
leccased. Robert represented that
jniith'R death was an act of Providence
to give the pluintiir an opportunity to
strengthen his interests In tlio lirm.
L'rank finally purchased Smith's interest
n the business , but could not induce his
jrothers to execute new articles of. eo- '
wrtnorship. Ho wont into the business
n earnest , however , and upon his own
guarantee .secured the loan of a largo
imount of money for the operation of the
company's business , and purchased lands
ami erected buildings for the lirm. Tlio
business apparently prospered grosltly.
but the pJaintin" could get no statement of
ailair. until in May , 1883 , when lie was as- '
lonishod by bis brother Robert saying that
Lho business was a losing one , that every
thing was heavily mortgaged and that
lie , ! rank , stood in to lose $2o,000or
§ 00,000. Robert then said he was going
to sell out and induced the plaintiff to
also sell his interest to a myth named
I-arnsworth. for $ y,87o. The plaintiiT
was induced to do this at Robert's repre
sentation that ho would lose if he staid
in the lirm and that he , Robert was also
going to soil. After the sale , Frank , the
petitioner alleges that he discovered that
all of his brother's representations were
untrue ; that the business had prospered
greatly , and the moro particularly from
Ins financial atsistanco. The plaintiff
further alleges that Robert had not sold
his interest , but that the whole business
was a scheme to get the plninliff'ti valu
able interest for a irillo. Jn July , 1881 ,
the firm was changed to a stock corpora
tion of 1,000 shares of $100 each , of
which Robert Viorling had STB shares
and Louis Viorling fifty shares , the rest
being divided among McDowell , the
Strubes and Grossmitli , all partners in
the old firm. The plaintiil'asks the court
to sot aside his sale of interest in the co
partnership ; that the firm of Vicrling.
McDowell & Co. may bo dissolved ami
an accounting had of his share in the
business ; that a receiver be appointed to
firm of Vierling , McDowell & Co. "which
would represent the complainant's inter
est in it in trust for him , and that it be
transferred to him on the books. An in
junction is also asked restraining any
change or alterations of the books. Judge
Tulloy lias granted the desired injunction
and set an early day for the hearing of
the caso.
The petitioner charges all of the fraud
ulent representations , by which lie was
swindled out of his money upon Robert
Viorling , the vice president of the iron
works in this city. Ho also alleges ,
that outside of his petition , the
money with which the Vierlings ob
tained their interest in the iron works in
in this city was secured from him through
the misrepresentations of Robert Vior
ling , by wliieh the plaintiff lost tlio largo
amount invested by him in the Chicago
firm's business.
THE JAVB STOCK TRAFFIC.
A Ijlttlo Game in Which the "Q"
* Comes Out Winner.
The restoration of tlio live stock rates
between Omaha and Chicago has placed
some ot the roads in a very cnibarassing
position. The way the matter now
stands the C. B. & Q. has the inside
track to such an extent that she is haul
ing about all of the hvo stock that goes
out of the slock yards , nnd is compelling
shippers to send stock over herlino when
they would much prefer some other
route. All stock that comes in ever the
B. & M. in Nebraska , if shipped out'to
Chicago , has to go ever the C , B. & Q. in
order to get through rates. If such stock
is shipped ever any other route it liaa.to
pay the local rate of $70 between Qmalia
and Chicago , besides the local rates on
the B. & M. to the Omaha yards. This
virtually limits thu Rock Island , Milwau
kee and Northwest to such stock as
comc.s into Omaha over the Union Pacific ,
and they are unable to gilt moro than a
very small proportion of that , for the
reason that an Omaha shipper who buys
stock from the Union Pacific and B. &
M. is obliged to ship the latter over the
C. B. & Q. and lots the other go with itt
to avoid dividing his shipment.
It ia not at all likely that
the ether roads will permit the U. H.- &
Q. to do all tlio business , for any length
of time , and n jiew system of rates will
bo adopted or another cut in rates will
bo inaugurated. Shippers are calling
loudly for a reduction of the local rates ,
Kansas City lias a rate of $13.50 to f (50.00 (
to Chicago , and Omaha shippers claim
that there is no good reason why fhby
should be compelled to pay $70.00 trom
Omaha to Chicago ,
KQOUEii ON' TJ1K HAIL.
The most glaring Inconsistency in the
live stock trallie is the discrimination
made by the Northwestern against
Omaha. Stock shipped into the Omaha
stock yards ever the Omaha & Minne
apolis and rcshippcd again to Chicago
has to pay local rates , oven over the
Northwestern. It makes no dlfieronco
whether the stock changes hands at the
Omaha yards or not , the ship
per who is so stubborn as to ship
to Omaha against tlio wishes
of the Northwestern , is punished by
being made to pay local rates. If this
wore his only punishment it would not
be so bad , but lie is subjected to the most
exasperating delays and is sidetracked
and compelled to wait hour after hour
with no excuse whatever. His stock ar
rives in the market invariably several
hours later than the schedule time , and
many times too late for the day's mar-
kot. thus compelling the shipper to
undergo the extra expense of holding the
stock over until the next day. It fre
quently occurs that stock , while being
transferred from the Minneapolis &
Omaha to the Union-Pacific , ia Jolt stand
ing on the track for throe hours without
food or water before being taken to the
stockyards. In Chicago such cruelty to
animals would , befqjlowod by the prompt
arrest of the respoifVimn parties by the
humane ofllcor , , but unfortunately
Omaha has no suchpflqucr.
OMAHA'S "iitfaTniait TIIADB.
The Wonderful "cjrTjiviti or This In
dustry IJiirltiB. . t'MJ ' l * st Venn.
Brick were novr its plenty In the
history of Omaha : U til the present time
and builders are taking advantage of this
fact to put lip a morofliibstantlnl class of
buildings. Not only al'o ' brick being used
in business blocks , buboa good many pri
vate residences ami ; Voltages are being
constructed of thOj.Fauio . material. At
lirst thought it might seem as this would
tend to lessen thojl.dlhbor business , but
such docs not appear to bo the case
There are seventeen lirms in the city en
gaged In the lumber business and atl of
them are doing n good business. A re-
) ortor recently called upon a largo nuin-
> or of them ami was everywhere mot
wlf.i the fame answer , " Yes , our business
is improving steadily nnd wo are doing
from fifty to seventy .live per
cent more business this year
than last. " The numerous largo brick
blocks which are going up alone require
a vast amount of lumber , for flooring ,
linishing and timbars. Then there are
liundrods of cottages being built ill ! over
the city and extending far out into the
suburbs. Competition among the dealers
lias forced margins down to their nar
rowest limit.aniT . builders who have largo
contracts can buy almost al their own
terms. Tills has helped to stimulate
building , and capitalists are finding that
good , rentable buildings are about as
profitable an investment as can bo mado.
"A New York gentleman called at my
olliee thu other day , " remarked one
dealer , "and said that ho liailboen look
ing at a couple of lots with a view of
buving them and putting up buildings for
runtiil , but was not positive that it would
pay him. Ho said that all
his money would brmg , at interest , in
Now York was 3 to 5 per cent. I sat
down with him and lignrod on the cost ,
addiiig the price of the lota and then , fix
ing the rent at less than other buildings
were rented for in the same locality , so
ns to bo on the safe side , and wo found
that the investment would pay 15 per
cent. Such opportunities as that is what
is bringing eastern capitalists hero , and
there is moro of it coming hero than you
have any idea of. "
'Tlio wholesale trade , which is a very
good indicator of the development in the
state at large , has been exceedingly good
all the season. Just at present there is
not as much doing in this branch of
business as there is early in the spring.
What the dealers have lost through com
petition and the cutting down of prices
they have , to a great extent , regained in
the largely increased volume of busi
ness transacted.
A Now Depot.
.Tlio largely increased railroad busi
ness at the stock yards , where more cars
are received and billed ouf than at any
other , point in the shite ; Omaha cxecpted ,
has induced the Uiyofi Pacific to build a
new depot. The old 'building lias long
since been inadequate fblt ; the purpose , the
station agent and hidbiclerks all being
crowded into one room with the passeng
ers , baggage , etc. , 'Said ' room being 8x10
foot. The telegriipli- operator and
ticket agent wore j > e'tter provided for ,
having a room -1x8 feet , . all to themselves.
There has been a strong , demand for bet
ter accommodations ; especially from
shippers who are paying" the roads thous
ands of dollars eyei , week and were
compo'led to standout ; ' iti the burning
sun while waiting lor-a-train.
The now depot iniiy tj'q described as of
modenistylq of arcmTob.rurieV 'It'is 'painted
a very testhotic co\lori'wl \ > ich might bo
called" sort of invisible , clay color or be
tween a white and no color at all. The
ventilation is perfect , all the windows
having boon removed to admit of the free
circulation of air. Some of tlio chronic
kickers at the yards , who can never see
anything good in what a railroad does ,
started a rumor that the depot was
brought down from Omaha on a wheel
barrow by a one-armed man. Such is not
the truth , however , but it was brought
do > vn on a Hat car , and its exact size is
12x10 feet. _
Building i'crmltfl.
Inspector Whitlock issued building per
mits yesterday as follows :
M. Qitinlan , additional story to cot
tage , 131 South Sixteenth street. . .8 500
John B. Kurary , frame blacUsmith
shot ) , aiOl CiuuliiK street . 500
Nels I'otcrson , one story frame cot-
tn e. Burt , between Twonty-bovcntli
ami Twenty-eighth streets . 1,000
J. M. Cieiiihton , 0110 story frame cot
tage , Dayton , between Twenty-
fourth and Twenty-second streets. . 603
John Iloslcky. two story brlek resi
dence , Eleventh and Williams
streets . 3,55. )
II. F. Ifarnaan , two story frame resi
dence , ( icorcla avevuo between
Baltimore and Shirley streets . 1,009
1 Six penults aggregating . 87,035
Drowned Wlillo Hath Inc.
. . About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon a
number of young lads wore bathing In
the Missouri river near the rcsoivoir.
Tlio current at this point tends toward
the eastern shorn and forms a quiet pool
considered safe for bathing. After the
boys had taken a general swim they returned -
turned to the shore and then for the lirst
time noticed that ono of their number , a
young lad named Cody , was missing.
TJio alarm was given and a search made
for the missing boy , but UP to a late hour
no trace of him was found. The missing
b'py is the son of Richard Cody , a carpen
ter living on North lonrtconth street ,
, who is employed in the car repair depart
ment of the Union Pacific shops.
A Iloiiinantol'TliclrUnoo.
Five Buffalo heads have boon mounted
by Ilnntington & Sou , of this city. The
bullalo wore killed by J. C. Jenning near
littler , Dundy county , Nob. The fact of
there being a small.loril . of wild buffalo
of about a hundred undlvlduals hi the
southwestern countjr of Nebraska maybe
bo news to a good juany. The location
of tlio bbrd is only k'vflWf ty a very few ,
who have been keeping the fact as quiet
as possible and liavn steered ambitious
hunters ih the opposite direction ,
A Fireman Injured.
J. W. Harpon.a rjuipn Pacific fireman ,
met with a painful accident while at
work in the shops oil Tuesday afternoon.
Ho was engaged . ( n packing a steam
valve when the steam-blew out Hcalding
him in a fearful manner on his right side
and right arm. Hewasremoved to his
homo , 1417 Cass strdot ? where his injuries
were attended by JtfivWiUuraith , Union
Pacific surgeon. _ \ : >
* This evening a meeting of the E. M. A.
will bo hold at its hall , on Fourteenth
street , at which important business , re
quiring a full attendance of members ,
will bo transacted. .
The play at the Stadt theatre summer
garden on Tenth strppt next Sunday
evening will bo the beautiful comedy ,
"Richard's " in live
Wandorlebcn , acts ,
with delightful vocal pieces by Kettlu.-
Mrs. Klsfo Baurels , Knnlu 1'uis-Ahl ,
Selma Liiulemann and Mcisera. Horsky ,
Sclimitz Puls Bauroid and thu excellent
stock company will appear.
Tliis evening there will bo a dance on
T. I < . Smith's plat form , at what is know.n
as Wniy'ij and Smith's landing on
Manuwa hike ,
BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY ,
The Troubles Which Led to Chief Butler's '
Resignation !
RIVALRY AMONG ATHLETICS.
Hn Killed Ills Man A
Jinn Talks \Vlth Travelers ,
Local Linoniilcn nnd Odds
and Knila ,
OlileT cllutlcr'a Resignation.
" 1 would j > rofur not to say anything
about tlio matter , " wns Chief Butler's
reply .to a reporter yesterday , when ques
tioned about thu trouble which lins arisen
between himself nnd the lire department. .
Upon a little pressing , however , he con
sented to unbosom himself on the sub
ject.The
The fuel that there have been for sev
eral years past two faetions in the lire
department , both of which have been
struggling for supremacy , has been apparent -
parent to all who tire in the least observ
ant. The light has boon made directly
on Chief Duller and his friends , nnd has
at length culminated in the resignation
of that gentleman.
"Sp far as the trouble about O'Brien ' is
concerned , " said Mr. Butler in reply to
the reporter's lirst query , " 1 discharged
him because he was in tlm habit of get
ting drunk ami because no was generally
unreliable. I haven't got anything
against him personally , and I 'will say
that ho is one ol the best drivers 1 ever
know. Butlcouldn'tconlrolhimandl ' hail
to Jet him go. Why , 1 am hold responsi
ble 1'or that man's action * . You remem
ber that on July IJrd that man's drunken
ness .nearly upset the hook and ladder
truck , and ctnie : within an ineli of caus
ing the dentil of two or three people. I
couldn't allowsueh a thlmras that logo on.
"There has been trouble between my-
Keif nnd certain soreheads in the de
partment and out of it for a year or two
past. " continued Mr. Butler. "The
trouble all arose over the lire tourna
ment which was held in Omaha two years
ago. As a member of thu state commit
tee , 1 voted to bar the Thurstons out , be
cause 'they were professionals. This
made Jerome Pent/el and others whom
I might name angry and they have bcuii
making ] t unpleasant for me ever MIICO. "
"Have you over done anything else to
cause them to antagonize you ? "
"Oh , I don't know. I suppose so. I
have discharged certain fellows whom
these men wanted to retain , and to bo
brief. 1 have shown that Butler was
running the department and not Pcntzel ,
or Lane or Pat O'Hawcs. "
. "What has Pat O'Hawcs got to do with
this trouble ? "
"What lias any other hoodlum got to do
with it ? He's in it with the rest of them.
All of these follows arc unprincipled
men. Neither Pentxel nor Lane have
any honor about them- Just to show
what kind' of a man this follow Lane is ;
He wont to New Orleans with the Thurs
tons in March , to got on a big spree ,
leaving his house and property mort
gaged , and his family a 11 airs in a bad
shape. if it hadn't been for outside
interference the constable would
have seized his properly nnd
turned his wife out of doors.
No , sir , you will find that these men who
have been making war on mo are disrep
utable characters , for whose opinion 1
don't care aHip. . Yet these are the kind
of cattle that are dictating to the city
council what to do. "
"Is your resignation final ? "
' "Yes. rshiair no't reconsider it. If I
can't ' run the department it is quite plain
that I ought to step out of my position as
chief. Besides , the compensation is nig
gardly only $1,1)00 ) a year. Not half
enough for the amount ot work involved. "
"Who will probably beyoursuccessor ? "
"Galligan , I presume. Ho is the best
man 1 know of. "
THE OTIIEU sion.
Mr. Jerome Pentzel , clerk of the police
court , has been one of Chief Butler's
most active antagonists in tlio two year's
light which has resulted in the resigna
tion of that ofllciai. Mr. Pent/el has
been aetivelv connected witn the Thurs-
ton team of professional hose-runners ,
both as secretary and mutineer , anil it
was because Chief Butler has shown a
tendency , as alleged , to slight this organi
zation at various times , tlint the light on
him has been made. This is really the
gist of the whole trouble.
When asked to explain his side of the
story Mr. Pent/el responded ready
enough.
"So far as O'Brien is concerned , " ho
said , ' ' 1 don't ilcuy that ho may have at
various times become intoxicated. But
so do other members of the department ,
who are not bounced , because they are
Butler's pets. " Butler himself is in the
habit of getting drunk. I know of in
stances where ho has been too intoxicated
to 'attend important iires.
"The truth is , " be continued , "wo
have been making a fight on Butler because
causeho is unprincipled , dishonest and
no fit man to bo at the head of the lire
department. The trouble began two
years ago , when Butler , who
was1a member of the general
tournament committee voted to bar out
tlio TImrstoil hose team from the asso
ciation. Ever since then ho lias been
making a light on us in an underhanded
way/ Why , ho had charge of the tourna
ment funds two years ago. and instead of
making un accounting therefor , ho re
fused to turn over # 200 or fclOO which re
mained. Ho was repeatedly requested to
do so , but refused , having pocketed the
money , I suppose.Vo wore sued by
several lirms , and Butler , to save trouble
ami an exposure , paid the judgments
through Galligan. There are other tricks
which he has played , that have made him
uu object of enmity in the department
and out of it. A few other things that I
know about him 1 propose to toll when
the proper time comes. "
ATIIIJKTIO JUVAIjHV.
For the Kxorolso of Which Omulm'H
Turn Vcroin la 1'raotlnlni ; .
-Tuesday evening , the members of the
first clnsf ofjtho Omaha Turn verelulicld )
their lirst preliminary praetice.by wny of
propandion.for . the Missouri Valley turn-
fest which Ja to bo hold in St. Joe on the
MUi , 10th and 10th of next month. It
was carried out under the charge of
Henry Kumraerow , the athletic and
handsome instructor of the organization ,
There were ton members present , each of
whom went through n number
of exorcises upon thu horizontal
bar , such na will bo expected
of them in the fcst. Louis Hoimrod ,
president of the voroin took notes of the
turning , and out of a possible thirty , the
members made the following points ; F ,
J. Lunge. ! > 5 ; Wm. Bloodel , 24 5 Wm ,
Simula , SI ; H. Iloefer ; 201j O. Albeo ,
10 } ; K. Rosenzweig , 18j : 0 , Gromino , 18 } ;
C. Hehshech , 17 ; C. MoConncll , 10 } and
T. Klsassor , 15J. Some of the members
had just recovered from sickness and
others wt-ro fatigued , and these facts prevented -
vented u moro even showing bolnf ; made-
The above members together with two
who did not turn last night. T , Moravoe
and U. Doyle are the ones selected to com-
peG at St. Joo. These will practice every
Tuesday , Thursday and Friday evenings
and Sundays from now unlil the 18th of
next month , when thuy will leave for the
fost. In' that time they will bo able to
make a magnificent showing. The vor-
chi has engaged thu services of the band
of the Second infantry , of twcnty-ono
members , who will accompany them to
St. Joe and remain during the festivities.
It is said that this band has one of the
lluost military uniforms and most impos
ing of drum majors in the country.
Henry Kumnierow , mentioned above , ,
besides being the Instructor of the local
class , is what Is termed bezlrtsturnwarl
to the vereius of thu Msssouri valley. It
is ho who outlines the exorcises of the
contest , and these he has published in a
small pamphlet , copies of which he has
mailed to the members of the ilill'orent
associations. Those exercises comprise
six different acls upon each of the liori-
znntal and parallel bars , and front and
side horses. The societies entering the
fest will number ten , two of wliieh will
o from Kansas City ami one each from
§ t. Joe , AtehisonVyamlotte , Leaven-
worth , Topoka. Marysvillo , Lawrence
anil Omaha. Tlio local member * have
had beautiful silver pins made , consist
ing of a small bar pieicing and unltinir the
letters of the word "Oinaha."and to these
a pretty ribbon will be attached.
TALKS WITH TKAVHLUUS.
Short Interviews Gathorcil In tlio
Hotel Itotiimtns.
Cadet Taylor , WashinutoH. D. C. [ Mr.
Taylor is chief clerk in the olllco of the
public printer , and is now visiting this
city with Mr. S. P. Hounds , who fills
that Important position. ] "The ollleo of
nubile printer is an immense institution.
It covers four acres , and gives employ-
ninnl to 2S.00 people. The office of
public printer is a most important one.
It requires a man thotouglily acquainted
with every branch of the. printing busi
ness , and one , no matter how old ho may
be , who is able to keep abreast with the
improvements of the limes. Ho holds
his oflico at tlm wish of the president ,
that is , he is appointed by that olllecr ,
and conlfrmcd by the senate. His salary
is fl.500 a year. Mr. Rounds ,
the present incumbent , has
held the ollleo about four years. Wo do
all the printing required by the govern
ment , with tlio exception of its bank
notes , which are worked by a special
linn. There are sixty-live presses , the
latest being the best and most approved
that have issued from the manntaetories
iti this country. They arc going all the
day , and frequently many run during the
night when there is a night session of
congress. Some ot these presses have a
capacity of 18,000 perfected sheets in an
hour , while others can perfect , fold and
paste the same number of sixteen-page
sheets. Yes , we print the Congressional
Record , but that is an insignificant feat
ure of onr business. Everything has been
brought to perfection , so much so that
wo could print the Bible , complete , in one
night. The expense is borne by the
people. "
II. Mini , Davenport , Iqwa : Davenport
is a busy little town of about 35,000 inhabitants -
habitants and is growing steadily. No ,
the prohibition law is not enforced there
at all. Liquor is sold as freely and open
ly as in Omaha , and dealers are neither
taxed or lined. I presume that we have
as many saloons there as you have here ,
jf not more. In fact in aM these Mississ
ippi towns , the prohibition law is very
loosely or not at all enforced. "
Joseph Ile-Hslutw , St 1'nnl , Minn : "Yes ,
our city expects to hold another ice car
nival next year. It will bo on a. grander
scale , even than the one this year. Yon
see the gentlemen in charge have had
some experience , and will understand
how to manage the enterprise better the
next timo. Committees have been ap
pointed and preliminary steps are now
being taken towards making the car
nival a grand success. "
E , J : Sftgdin , of TitltiMrg : "Yes , this
is my vacation season , and being a mem
ber'of the G. A , K. I thought about the
very best thing I could do was to go to
San Francisco to the national encamp
ment. I belonged to the famous ( Kth )
Ohio , which was raised and equipped by
the Groesbech Bros. Wo participated in
ninny engagements and were tlio lirst
federals to outer Corinth. I am now ,
and have been for twenty years , con
nected with llussic , Howe & Co. , of Pitts-
burg , the largest steel manufacturers in
the country. I attend to the. business of
the rake-tooth department , and since 1
have been with the firm I have sold
enough rake teeth which , if alllxcd to
rakes , would reach from Malno to Mex
ico. Onr immeiifo works are run en
tirely by natural gas which is conducted
on pipes from the wells some thirty miles
from the city. Not .1 pound of steam is
used in tlio establishment. This natural
is wonderful. all the
gas To-day princi-
pul slreots of Pittsburgaro torn up where
they are laying pipes to conduct the gas
to business houses and residences It is
not used much for illuminating purposes
for it is hard to get a burner to suit the
llamo. There is one great difliculty with
it , and that is pipe joints cannot bo found
sulliciontly tight to prevent some little
escape. It has certainly created a revo
lution in heating and power circles.
O. K. Thompson , of Lincoln : "Oh , yes ,
the 1C. of P. boys are satisfied with
the result of the drill at Toronto ,
but there is no gainsaying the
fact that we exhibited under disadvan
tages. 1 think wo ought to have had the
second prize. You see , the rules of those
contests compel every competing division
to have twenty-four men and three olli-
cer.s and they must bo bona lido mem
bers of the division. Now , the night before -
fore pri/.o drill , Kokomo ( Ind. ) division
had to allow ono of its members to go
homo on account of the death of his
father. Nevertheless , they 0111110 out next
day with the vacancy iilled , and wo had
It on good authority ho was not an Indi-
anian nor did ho belong to the Kokomo
division. It makes no diU'oroneo , however -
over , we're satlslied. "
F. C. Vicrling , of Chicago ; "I liavo
watched the anarchist trial pretty closely ,
especially when I was homo , and I toll
you the leaders will be convicted. If the
law allows , they will bi > hanged , but at
any rate they will have to sulfur the most
extreme penalty. 1 have no hesitancy in
sayimr that tiiitro Is tno best jury empan
elled in this case that over sat on u cuso
in Chicago. I know moU all of thorn nnd
they iiroluvol-hoaded follows. Mark my
words , you will never hear of a red an
archist Hag in Chicago ngnin.
ODDS AND ENDS.
Stray Leaves Ji'roin a llenortor'H
Noto-JJoolc.
"Where Is this business going to stop , "
said a retired merchant to u BIK : repor
ter at the Mlllard , the other night , re
ferring to the excursion "craze. " "I can
remember the time when it was u big
filing to go live miles to a picnic. Why ,
I lived for thirty years in ono county and
never crossed its boundaries , and the
railroad wasn't far from my homo , cither.
Now , people not only nlcnio two and
live miles away , but they go to towns a
hundred miles distant , Conventions
bring people to u ountral point of every
state , National gatherings mid political
conventions , Knight Templar conumven ,
Knight of Pythias convening of the
supreme lodge , national encampment
of the ( J A , It , brmg people at great ex
pense and loss of time from all parts and
to all parts of I ho country , At the pres
ent time , some of these uro in progress ;
others have Just clos-d , and other * still
tire about to bo inaugurated. Inter
national conferences , .too , are already in
voguu , .and rqtilly beyond this 1 d > n't
see whore any further advance can be
made. It makes mo ulmost dizzy to
think how times .are- changed , and I jmt
think that you everlasting travelers have
not one-halt the pleasure in life that wo
had thirty years ago , "
Ono of the favorite pranks played by
fun-loving attaches of the clly jail upon
the unsuspecting prisoners Is the
"chicken stealing joke. " To successfully
perpetrate this the victim must bo pretty
thoroughly intoxicated ; so much so that
bo U'tmable to realize tiie dill'ereueo be
tween one cent and a $ T > coin piece. Ho
is then solemnly informed by an outsider
that he has been arrested for-chicken
Mealing.
The victim is. as a general thing , not
too mueh intoxicated to realize the holn-
onsness of this oll'otiso ; ho gasps a faint
denial. His persecutor reiterates the
charge , appealing to some of the bvstaud-
'
ers lobaekliimupin hisstatcmonl.'lly this
time the unfortunate is half crnzv with
shame , for he begins to think that"ho is
"guilty as charged. " When , however.
Mm practical inker brings out tin olil
satchel from which a few white feathers
can bo seen protruding and exhibits it as
containing the stolen chickens , the vic
tim is completely overcome , ami with an
air of despair , tilts down in ono corner of
the cell and resigns himself to a melan
choly brooding over the terrible degra
dation to wliieh whiskey has brought
him. Ho generally registers a drunken
vow that if ho can act out of the scrape.
ho will never lotion another drop of
liquor as long as ho lives. Sometimes ,
ho keeps the pledge , and occasionally ho
doesn't. '
"I have often wondered , " said a phy
sician the other day , "why it is that
women are so anxious to toll their family
physician everything that they know or
lic.ir. It has been my observation that
the average woman is in the habit ot
making a more complete confidante of her
doctor than of her * husband or nearest
relatives. She will tell him things about
herself and folks that slut would not
dream of telling her dearest and most
intimate lady friend. Strange , isn't it ?
Hut it's true. The average doctor knows
enough secrets to set half the female
population of America cra/.v with do-
light. As a general thing , liowevers ho
is prudent and close mouthed , HO that lie
never betrays the. i-onlidenco of his fair
patients. As far as J myself am con
cerned I have trained myself to listen to
all these things , so as to allow
them logo in one ear and out the other. "
"Thoy uro outrageously false , " said
Mr. H. P. Birkett , when questioned by
a reporter about the charges of stone
stealing preferred against him by Cotin-cil
man Ford Tresday night. rj"Thoso stone
that I am accused of taking were legally
purchased by me from the contractor.
They have been lying in my yard a year
or moro. I offered to go before the
contmiUco and prove those things , but
they declined to give me the opportunity.
lo you call that a scjuaro wny ot treatine
mo ? Won't ' you .suppose that it I had
carried off these stones , as Ford says ,
that somebody would have caught mo in
the act ? Let them produce a aitiglo
witness wlio .saw me lugging these stones
into my yard. The fact is that Ford IH
angry because I refused to support him
when he ran for sheriff , ami ho intro
duced that resolution out ot spite. "
IjOCAfj JTiACONlCS.
Brief Interviews I'iuked Up on tlio
StrcctH.
John A. AfcS/iunc : "Yes , I know the
people of South Omaha would lik'o to
have the stock j mls property included
in the proposed incorporation of that
place. Unt , just at present , wo don't
want it. I don't say that wo are opposed
to some Uetler means of securing pro
tection and immunitv from law breakers ,
bat wo want a little time to think over it.
lujlhirtydays.we will have established the
outlines of < ur property ami will then
have something further to say upon tlio
subject. In the meantime , it ought to bo
understood that it is not the stock yards
which are bmielittcd by South Omaha ,
but it is the latter which is advanced by
the stock yards. "
Morris Morrison : "I don't think there
is any immediate necessity for rushing
ahead with the incorporation of South
Omaha. Of course , there are a number
of tough people down there now , but
that is lo bo expected where there is so
much building going on. But suppose
the place shoul d bo incorporated , whom
would those tough characters elect ? Why ,
most assuredly people from union" their
own class. What would or could such
officers do to improve the present condi
tion of the people ? Why , they would
make matters a hundred per cent worse
than they are at the present time. "
James -Wilson : "Thoro trees the twelfth
load of cedar blocks past this corner to
1)0 ) laid on western Farnam street. To
speak tlio truth , 1 can't understand how
people with half tlm refinement and in
telligence possessed by those whose
street is now being paved with this ma
terial , can satisfy themselves with its se
lection. They can't save the wood from
destruction when once it begins lo decay ,
and when it drops into ruts , riding over
lower Farnam'K granite at a livolj" rate
would bo as level as _ nsphaltum to it. Besides -
sides , when it rains , the wood will absorb
serb a croat quantity of the water , and
when ( ho sun comcsout , the mingled odors
which will arise from that pavement
will convince many people that cedar or
wood pavement cf any kind is about the
last selection they should have made. "
Killed II IH Man.
Wilson S. Swain , late captain of police
at Denver , parsed west yesterday morning
lie was relieved of his olllclal honors a
couple of months ago. because of the
opposition aroused toward him by the
Knights of Labor for tlio killing of a
man named Fil/.gerald , He was mot by
a IiiK ; reporter at the train and asked
"What was the name of the man yor
killed a short timu ago in Denver' "
"Which omit" queried at the ox >
captain.
"Have you killed any moro lately ? "
"Well , all that's necessary to say , I've
been a western ofllcor , and I've had
fiomo tough persons to deal with. I'm
now in the sheriffs ollleo and still have
an eye on tough 'tins. "
An external application of St. Jacobs
Oil goes to the scat of the complaint and
euros.
Frank W. Hutchinson , who Homo time
since mortgaged his father's team and
wagon for $ .r > : t to L. C' . Crafts and
"blow in" the money iitu faro table , was
captured yastorday and brought to this
city nnd placed in the county juil over
night on the charge of obtaining money
under false pretenses.
Don't pay oig prices m lumbar but
buy cheap at Bradford's ,
Dr. Hamilton Warren , Keloutlo I'hysl-
cian and Surgeon , Hoom 0 , ( Jrounsg
block corner lUth and Capitol avenue
Day and night calla promptly attonto'd to
I > 'or limit. ,
Klognnt brlek residence , ten rooms ,
modern conveniences ; St , Mary's two ,
Dr. U radii V , 1401 Farnam st
Whitobrenstnntcoal , fJ.75 ! per ton the
cheapest and best fuel.
Nun. FUKI. Co. . 214 South 18th St.
.MeAlceter coal , $0 a ton 115& Farnam
It.c'ii Hill coal. $ i.25 a ton | tol'phonu