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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 4. 18S6. ill Creates a Wcneral dry of " Yellow Jack ! " "Yellow Jack. " RAILROADERS ROASTED ALIVE. ItlystorloiiB Slinnty JMiirdor S Kplcletnlc In Tennessee Twenty-seven Deaths In Tlirco Unyflt l < 'cvcr fioarc. N'tw : ( im.r.AXM , Su ] > t. ! ! . ( Special Telegram - gram to Hie 11m : . ] Great excitement pre vailed'it the session of the bo.ud of health last evenlin ; over the motion to qiiarnntlno Jtilqxl. The president of the boanl did not wish to ilo so , but the mayor of the city Halil It the hoard did not declare quarantine hu would take action himself. After a heated dlsiMisdlon It was resolved to order quaran tine , but not to enforce It at once. Several physicians are strongly of the opinion that the disease la nut yellow fever , but an aggra vated form of billions fever caused by the condition ot tlio neighborhood where the cases are , and whlc.h Is In the vicinity < > ( tlio llsh vanillin ; establishment. Lots of ilsli have hniii thrown out dally and were washed up by the tide anil rottecl. The wind was In the direction to blow the polluted air through the house ! ) , ami those circumstances , together with the climatic conditions led some ] ihy.ii- clans to think the ca os have no connection with yellow lover. Even If the worst Is true thure Is no real daiigerof the spread of Hindis- ease , ami no possible chance ot an opcduinlc , Yellow fovnr Increases by a sort of pcomct- rlcal proportion anil never In the history of this city has an opldcinlc ot yellow favor oc curred where the cases did not lirst appear as early as July. The worst feature Is the panic which has tnkon hold of the people of the neighborhood anil Inspired a rtuoit to the Hcnsoless , cruel nnchinlnnnan shot-Rim quar antine , which Is In lull force at Ocean Sprlncs , Day St. Louis and elsewhere asamst UK ! Jllloxliuis. Armed men boanl trains and prevent anv people who pot on at lllloxl from allghtinc at those points. It Is hoped the mat ter will soon resolve itself Into its true shape and that the scare will hoover. UUNGAU1AN HOIlUOltS. Seven of That , Nationality Konwtcd Alive and Another Slnrilcrcd. Wii.UAMsi'otiT , Pa. , Sept. 3.Vonl has been received hero of a sickening calamity which occurred about midnight yesterday live ami a half miles above Sonocstown on the line of the Wllltamsport & North Kranch railroad , where a larpo number of Hungarian laborers are employed on the extension of the road. A shanty , In which over twenty "lit' these inun lodged , caught lire last night from the overturning ot a stove while the iancnvero aslenn. Sixteen men slept on the .second . tloor. Those on the first lloor and all ou the second lloor but seven 'succeded in Kcttlni ; out. The others were .left to their fnto and wcro roasted allvo In tlin 'burning shanty. Their charred ' .remains wcro afterward found In the ruins. 'Tho man who escaped were so panic-stricken . tbat they made no efforts to save their com panions. The remains of the savcn dead were removed to Sononstowii to nwalt the 'arrival of the coroner from Laporto. The names of the victims have not been received , yer. yer.A Hungarian , named Jahlnskl , was mur- clcrcil and his oody hidden under a shanty on the same railroad at Elk Lick. A short time since , when the shantv was torn down , 'portions or human remains' were found and a quantity of bloody straw. The men who occupied the shanty nave disappeared. DOUUIjE SHUI-'FI < E OI''F. Two Tennessee Negroes Judicially Join the "Great Majority. " MKMIIWS , Tenn. , Sept. S. James Simpion "nnd Patterson IJpll , two negroes , wuro r liancod to-ilay at Marlon , Crtttcmlcn county , , Arkansas , twolvO' miles northwest of Meni- phls. About 2,000 , people , mostly colored , witnessed the execution. There wcro exer cises , which consisted of reading a chapter < 'frorn the Uible , singing a hymn and prayer , by two colored ministers. The criminals de- ' claied their Innocence , although they had previously confessed. The drop was sprung nt 1:20 p. m. . and In twelve minutes both were pronounced dead , their necks having boon broken. They were executed for the murder of Leo ( Soldsmith at St. Thomas' Landing , twenty-live miles north of here , on the night of January a. Dying By Wholesale. CUA.TTASOOOA , Tenn. , Sept. 3. Parrotts- villo , in Cockroll county , is in a wild state of excitement over a strange eoldomlc which lias made Its appearance there. The disease , which In every case proves fatal , resembles mix , except that the victims are attacked with suvuro pains in the head simultaneously with pain In the abdomen. Physicians are unaulo to cope with the disease , and those stricken with It miccumb within a short time. Twenty-seven deaths have occurred within tin ce days. T1JI3 SPOUTING WOUIjD. The Bnso Hull Record. AT PITTSUUKO Plttsburir . 1 00000003 3 Cincinnati . 4 0000001 * D Pitchers Mullano nnd Calvin , lia.so hits Titlstwrc 8 , Cincinnati 11. Krrors Plttsburg ' 3 , Cincinnati ! } . Umpire Walsh. AT NKW YOHIC Metropolitans. . . . : ) 31000000 o Jiattlmoro . 3 00000000 2 Hasu hits Metropolitans 111. Baltimore 2. Errors Metropolitans 2 , Baltimore 3. Um pire Cailln. AT JNKW Yonic 31rooklyn . 0 1030020 5-10 Athletics . S 10000300 5 Pitchers Henderson and Miller. Uaso Jills Urooklyn 1 ! ! , Athletics 4. Krrors .Hrooklyn 4 , Athletics 0. Umpire Valentino. AT LOUISVII.I.I : Loillsvlllu . B 2500000 * 15 yt. Louis . 3 OH00300 * 7 llasn hits Louisville 1U. St. Louis 10. Kr- rors Louisville 4. St. Louis 7. Umpire Kelloy. AT KANSAS CITV Kansas City . 100200001 4 Philadelphia . ! ! 0201432 14 Pitchers MeKeon and Daly. Uaso hits- Kansas City S , Philadelphia 18. Errors Kansas City 1U , Philadelphia 8. Umplrb- Fnlmor. _ Jockey Clul ) Races. GIIA.VESEMI , N. Y. , September 0 , At the Hrooklyn Jochoy club course , for all ages , . Biiven furlongs ; Keren/ ! won , Uurr Oak second , Pearl Jennings third. Time 123 ; Mile and quarter : Tun Strike won , Llzzln Dwycr second , Uarmim third. Time 2:11. : Mlle : Markhuul ami llarufoot ran a dead lieat for first plavo , Klort-iicu M. third. Time 1:4' : ! . In the run-otf Maryland won. Time For three-year-olds , mile and nuarter : IVekskllt won. Stallion bceond , lleatrlco third. Tlmo-2l'Jk. : 1 J'or two-year-olds , three-quarters mile : Itlllllta won , lledford necoml , Miltou third. Tl mo 1 : ill ) ? . .Mllo : Frank U'ard won. Hermitage second , Weasel third , Tlino-1 :4I. Coney Island Hnces. nmaiiTONDKACII , NT. Y. , Scot. 3. Seven furlongs : llroughton won , Maybauk second , llazaid third. Time lSO'f. : Severn furlong * : Peter L won , Itamlat second end , Ulg llebel third. Time 1 : 0. CVrtlli- cates ii.ild stralcht. 81W.10 : 3'il for a place , Mini tlW.TOon Itamlal for place. .Mllo : Catlu-arl won , Pasha sncond , liruns- wick third. Time 1I5. ; Mlle : Leonora won , Tom Sawyer second , Treasurer third. Time 1:45. Ono nnd ono-blxtocnth miles : Leman won , Hurgomastcr second. Santa Clans third. Time lW. Steeple Chase , over full course : Will Davis won , Mcntmoro second. Time 2 ; 13. The other hones did not linbh. Certilieates paid $25.45. Bright .Republican Outlook. WASIIINOTOX , bejit . ( Special Telegram to the lieu. ] Congressman Hyan , of Kau nas , arrived In the city this morning , and la engaged In looking after some land matters baforo iho Interior department hero. JN u.ukft cheerfully ot Uio political outlook In Kansas , A IH'SIXKSB WOMAN. How Allsa Cook Prnutlvnlly Dircotfl the Indian Onion. WA isoTojr , Sept. a. ( Sneclal to the ] ! IK. : ) A tempest In ntrapot has been cot up ovrran Innocent little newspaper paragraph In the recent trip of the assistant Indian com- mfftsloner. ( leneral Ui'shaw ' , to New York , and the fact that dm Ins his nhsenco Miss Minnie Cook , the commissioner's sten ographer , was acting Indian commissioner. The New Vork World , which has a suite acnlnst Upslmw , glowing out of the Pnii-Klectrlc Investigation , contained a sarcastic reller-llon upon him for neglect and carelessness In leaving such an Impor tant hnruaii as the Indian oflco ) to the charge ot a woman clerk. Asldn from the ildicu- lousiicMs of the Woild In p Tsccutlng t'p- shaw , and ITp-waw hlmselt In replying to . melt an absurd art. the funny thing Is that this MHs Cook M the bcwt informed person about the whole Indian olllco. Sim has be < n in otllre thirteen vears : Is a wom.ui of remarkable balaiirn of mind and luittcu- larlv noticeable ) executive ability. She.1 Is a good shoithaiid writer , a good correspondent and has all the clntalM and the most minute Information pertaining to Indian matters at her Instant command. I have been told by Indian agents , Indian Inspectors and bv a great number of Indian missionaries of one iluncimlnatlnn anil another that but for Miss Cook the constant changes of commissioners , the Inroads of the Indian ring and the vacellatlng pollov of the government toward the Indian ! * , would long ago have demoralized the whole olllco. The lady sits iiiletly | at her ilc k and has for years practically been Indian commissioner , di recting and advising upon all mutter * of the olllco with wonderful discretion and success. Miss Cook's example Is an excellent argu ment for woman's rights In the business world , Uncle William's Say. WASIIIXIITOK , Sept. 3. [ Special to the UKK.J Colonel Morrison had little to say on his rccont sudden trip \Vashlngloniibnut the prospects of hlx tariff bill. It Is known , however , that the free traders intend to bring the tariff debate on in tlio early weeks of the next session. Much , of course , will depend upon the icsult of the fall elections , about which they have no little apprehension. Mr. Carlisle , It Is said , is determined that as between Morrison mid Kandall the former shall have his day , niul that the debate shall be held. This Is also re- carded as tlio view of many who voted with the protectionists on the question to consider the Morrison bill. They believe that sooner or later the Issue must be met and after the elections will be mora willlm : to talk on the taiilV than they were in July with the cam paign just coming on. Mr. Kan- doll's position with regard to a debate Is also somewhat modified , lie looks upon it only as alluding his position as a candidate for the presidency In is ii , and is spending as much time as ho devotes to his work to u comparison of the Morrison bill and his own for the purposes of a sneech next session. In case a majority of the house should vote for consideration. Covey Loses His Jjnnd. WASIIIXOTO.V , SopL3. { Special Telegram to the iliK. ] The secretary of the treasury has rendered a decision In the contest of W. A. Wotherspoon vs A. L. Covey In a timber culture claim involving the w K of the s ei ami the o K of the s w M of section 23 , town ship 20 north , range 14 west , Grand Island , Xeb. The commlsloncr of the gmicral land olllco rendered a decision May 2i ) , ISSo , holdIng - Ing the Covey entry for caucollation on the contestant's evidence that , although the entrv was made August 21 , 1870 , there did exist J uly 9 , 1SS4 , only ten trees per acre on the tract and making other charges that showed bad faith on Covey's part The latter anpealed from the decision of tlio commis sioner to the secretary and to-day the secre tary allirnicd the cancellation and Covey loses his land. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ These Two Colored Members. WASHINGTON , Sept. a. | Special to the BKK ] The prospects are tliat among the many changes that will bo made In congress this fall , the colored representation In tlio house will bo reduced 50 per cent. For two congresses now there have been but two col ored members O'Hara , of North Carolina , and HobSinnllsof South Carolina. Smallslias had no dilllciilty with his nomination , but thn democrats claim that it Is now tlmo for them to have that district and art ) making careful preparations to count him out. In the districting of the state the Beau fort district was given to Smalls out and out. Ithas an overwliolmlngblack population , and Smalls Is usually elected by two to one over any democrat that could bo put up. Omaha Will "Welcome , Him. WASIIINOTOX. Sept. 3. [ Special Telegram to the HEK.I Samuel T. Kalbfus , of the ser- gcant-at-arms office , house of rapresontatives , started for the Pacific coast on a trip of pleasure. Ilo will stop over at Council Bluffs and Omaha several days , thcnco to Salt Lake. Mr. Kalbfus is deservedly popular among his associates and friends , and a great favorite with members of the house of repre sentatives , with whom ho is brought in cfoso contact. One and all wish him bon voyage. Nebraska nml lown AVcathcr. For Nebraska and Iowa : Fair weather , nearly stationary temperature. PA. PA , UKIIK'S MV "PA. " Sol Smith KiiHsell Arrived In Omaha Yesterday Morning. Sol Smith Russell canio in from the west yesterday morning , accompanied by the members of his support. lie was mot by a KEK reporter and asked how long ho had been playin < * the piece which ho propose * to produce tonight - night at the Itoyd. "It is only a few weeks old. " "Whore did you produce it lirstj" "At Eau ( Jlalro , Wis. It wont of very well. It is , perhaps , the most successful piece in which I have played. It requires a proit deal of work. The author is a 1'liiladolpnia gontlenian uainud Walter , who makes a living with his pen , but who is not at the same very well known throughout thu country , lie has written a successful piece in this instance and I am very well pleased with it. Your people ple have treated mo very kindly and I am not unmindful of it. " Mr. HiHsoll then walked up town with his grip. Senator Van Wyck. Hon. C. II. Van Wyck , with his wife , and left on the Union Pacific train , yesterday morning for lieatrce. The senator had just returned from ( Jrand Island , whom ho has been among the veterans and cole- bretios of the soldiirV re-union , Last night ho spoke at Beatrice , and to night ho will bo ut Plattsmouto where ho will also address the people. The guntleman is in excellent health , and as buoyant and contented as if ho were in no wise a candidate , in what promises to bo the warmest sanatoria ! contest Nebraska has over seen. "Waterloo's noast. The peed people of Waterloo are among the most active and energetic farmers and business men in the state. No grass grows In their village streets and when they see an enterprise of worth they gather it in. The lutcat Industry es tablished there is a largo stock feeding ranch which will contain U.SOO acres and will bo conducted by Messrs. Corliss and Croighton. Tins Is the lirst intorprise of the. kind in the county and as Waterloo had the first creamery Tory naturally she claims the banner among Douglas county communities. The Cuban Chinamen. Another car load of Chinamen cigar- makers passed through to San Franciboo last night. Cigars will undoubtedly be very cheap on the coast in a. short tlmo , and the curb-stone tobacconist will bo calling out , "Hero' * your almond-eyed cigars for fives cents a crab , and If you don't grab fifteen the first grab , you can have four more grabs. All for lialf a dime. " Ilrovltlc * . 'ho Koek Island is soiling round trip tickets to thu stale fair at Dos Moines , good until September 11 , foroue full fare , ? l.r > 0 from the lUutls and return. No. } , or the overland froifi the west , yesterday afternoon wa * crowded from stem to stern , many persons having t J stand all the way from ( fraud Island. "Disturbing the ponce by refusing to pay for drinks" is the charge entered on the police register azalnxl Kobe.rt O'Nell who was arrested byOllleer Donovan last night. A man from Albion , Neb. , was taken suddenly ill just ns Iho western train was ( joining in Yesterday. Ho was taken to Boll's drug store , where appropriate remedies soon relieved him. No. 1 did not leave for HIP west la t night until after II o'clock. The delay was caused by waiting for the Hook Island , which had forty-two passengers for points west of Grand Islam ! . It. J. Chile , ono of the wull known operators of the Western Union force , re ceived a telegram yesterday conveying tno sad Intelligence of his sister's death at her homo fii Toronto , Canada. Ilu left last night to attend the funeral which will take place on Sunday. Colored Citizen * . A meeting of the colored citizens will bo held at the city hall on Thursday even ing , Sonlembur U. to select ono of their number , who will bo recommended to the republican convention for nomina tion as ono of the candidates for the state legislature. Small Blr.o Strike. The moulders in the Brick and Terra Cotta company on the B. & M. railroad just below Boyd's packing house are on a strike. It is said the dissatisfaction is not so much on account of wages ns it is because of overbearing action on the part of the foreman. In all probability this strike will bo of short duration. The 1'rlsoii Harbor. Detroit Free Press : I was on the levee at New Orleans one day in the summer of IHIJS , watching a steamer take on the last of her cargo for up river. A great many passengers were going up , and among them ; i number of colored people. One of the latter , who was two-thirds white and about twenty years of agonnd ns trim in liguro as any lady you over saw , Imltud lor a moment before going aboard to speak to a couple of female friends. Thev were chat ting away of her marriage , which had oc curred a fortnight before , when a well- dressed , half drunken , middle aged man came along on his way to the gang plank and the boat. As ho reached the three women ho put his arm around the bride and lifted her oll'tho ground. Per haps he only meant it for a joke , but it wa a ruilo one. and she resented it by calling him a white-trash loafer. "Kill What ! " ho exclaimed , firing up at once. "You arc too cussed promt for a nigger , you aru. You need toning down. " "You go on , " she replied , drawing away from him. "Eh ! Wench ? I think I'll do the ton ing myself. " With that he threw his arm around her , lifted her on Ills hip and sot out to carry her aboard the steamer , which lay out side of a wharfboat. The woman strug gled and screamed , while the man laughed nnd chuckled , and everybody's ' attention was attracted. In carrying her from the whnrfboat to the steamer his foot struck some object in the path and both went down together , but lie fell on the plank and she between the two boats. The current caught and carried her down and sucked her under the boat , and though the body was fished out in ton minutes , it was lifeless. Just as it had been brought to the wharfboat the hus band of the dead bride came down the levee. When ho understood what had occurred it seemed as if ho would go raving mad. It was a quarter of an hour before ho was calm enough to understand now it had happened. The man who promoted the accident stood by pretty well sobered , but exhibiting no sorrow , and by and by the husband walked up to him , face as white as snow anil revealing his great mental agony , and said : "You have blighted my life , and I swear to have your life if I hunt for it a lifetime ! " He was hustled away by friends , the steamer blew her whistle and cast off , and that was the end of the chapter first. llow I came to bo sent to a certain southern state prison in the year 1872 is none of the reader's business. I went there in the company of a man who had stabbed another over a game of cards. He was a full whiskered , viscious-looking chap , and an utter stranger tome. We were both received at once , and both sent to the barber's at onco. His turn In the chuir came first , there being but ono barber in the room ui the time. I sat on a bench to wait , and while waiting 1 studied the face of the barber , which had a familiar look to mo. Ho was a quad roon and it took mo about five minutes to identify him as the husband of the women drowned oft" the wharfboat four years before. Little by little his features came by to memory , and by and by I know that ho was the man. What strange chance had brought us together , and in such a place ? Prottv soon I noticed that the barber was greatly agitated. He was very pale , his hands trembled , and ho paused now and then to draw a long breath. The man in the chair cursed him for his care lessness , and the guard spoke sharply and asked it ho was sick. This suomcd to brace him up a bit , and ho went ahead until the man's face was bare. It was then 1 looked at it and know that I had soon it before , though J could not recall tlmo or place. 1 was trying to remem ber , when the harbor stopped back , took a brief survey , and then , with a motion swift as lightning , drew the razor across the prisoner's th/oat with tlio exclama tion : "Yon are the ono ! You killed my wife and sent inn here ! " The guard and I started up , but before wo could prevent it the harbor slashed his own throat and fell to the lloor fo die inside of throe minutes , The man in the chair did not live that long , us the stroke almost severed his head from his boilv. lie was Indeed the same man. I might not have recognized him , but he could not escape the keen-eyed vengeance of the husband whoso every hour was given up to thought of rovouge for his desola tion. Our National Gumo In Franco , Correspondence Independent : Just before leaving Paris 1 spent a most in teresting afternoon and evening with Pore Hyacintho. This modern l uthor lives with his American wife and promis ing son In a modest house ut JSeullly , a beautiful suburb of the capital , on the boulevard d'Inkermann , a broad avenue lined with a double row of trees thut look beautiful in their summer dress. Under these shady branches , and directly in front of the pnro's gate , was the other day a group of boys , shouting in English , und worked up to the highest pitch of excitement over base bull , the only time I ever saw our national game played In France , Young Paul Em manuel Lovson , the pore's son , was at the bat. Iln is a lad a little over thir teen , tall , spare and muscular , enjoying both outdoor sports and indoor study , speaking French and English with equal fluency , possessing genllo character and a good face ; in a word , just the child that should have come lo this noble couple. IDE CHOICE'OF COPPERS , The Council Natno the Special Policemen for Paflf % fc. ARRANGING FqR $ MARDI GRAS. The Sunday Question ISItlcti hy n Hull Dog Cuiifjbt nt Tlll-Tttp- l > lni : 'lVuvVs''Tral | Other Ijocal & ! litters. Municipal ilntiors. All of tliu aldermen were present at the adjourned meeting of the council last night except Mr. Cheney. The canvassers appointed to canvass the voles ens' ; at the special election held on Tuesday last reported that C.VJ votes had boon cast , of which C05 worn III fsvvor of the issuance of the sewer bonds and fi-1 against the same. The bonds were do- cl rcd duly authorized. Tlio mayor's communication approving ordinances adopted at the last meeting of the council was placed on Ille. The mayor vetoed the ordinance grant ing the union Pacific Hallway company right-of-way on Jones street ; also the ordinance ordering the grading of Eighteenth street on account of clerical errors. The vetoes were sustained. A number of grading contracts wcro approved , The mayor appointed Thomas Shan non , Daniel Hogers , ( Jeorco Graham , Robert McNeal , Walter Powers , Thomas Murphy , George W. Johnson , Patrick Kriiuso and lingo Kranso as snecial po licemen to servo from September a to 11. llio appointments were confirmed. Chief Gnlligan reeommc'iidod the pur chase of a new team for No. G engine company. Referred to the commiltce on lire and water works. The contract anil bond of Kngan Bros , for the construction of the base ment of the city hall were received und approved. John Kiser was appointed garbage col lector for the seQond ward. Chief Gnlligan of the lire department was authorized to employ additional hell ) for the lire department ( luring the lair. Albert K. Shaw was appointed tempo rary chairman of the board of public works during the absence of Chairman House. Simpson , L. E. Gordon and W. W. Ford as special policemen for the Exposition building during the fair was confirmed. I'lio application of the Omaha horse railway company for permission to build a double track acrpsri the Eleventh street viaduct , was rofucrntl to the committee on viaducts and1 * railways and the First ward delegation..H "I A plat of an addition to Bedford , was accepted and apprhvWtJ. ' A communieat\tri \ ) received from Murphy , Croighton & Co. , stating that the paving of Sixteenth street would bo completed by IIOQTI omSaturday. On mo tion of Mr. Leo , a vbtc of thanks was tendered by the Council to the contract ors for their cflbris to .complete the'work. . A petition from' the mechanical en gineers asking thai the council should abolish tliu ordinance .taxing . engineers was referred to tH6 cbmmltoe on lire and water and the boiler inspector , The uo of the cM- hill was grantpd to the coio'roiJL'jj/jp.plo / , fof n meeting -to. . be Hold on Thursday .owning. September 1) . By Kaspor That it is the earnest wisli of the council that the legislators to be elected urge the passage of a law by which the additions to Omaha may be in corporated within the city limits. Adopted. By Kaspar That the marshal be in structed to obtain information regarding the cost of a patrol alarm system , with a central station and eighteen call &ta- lions. Adopted. The committee on police reported in favor of continuing the mayor's appoint ment of six additional policemen. The report was adopted , as was also a report of the same committee recommending that the city attorney draw up an ordin ance regulating the control of Moyni- han 's protective watch. The bonds of the newly appointed policemen , M. McCarly. P. Gilligan , Arthur Puhiski , John Robbins , Lewis Godola and Thomas J. Casey wore re ceived and approved. The committee on gas reported that they hail witnessed a test by the gas inspector specter and found that the burners , on nianv of the street lamps were not burn ing the required amount of gas. The committee also recommended that the gas inspector hereafter examine all burners before they are used. The report - port was adopted. OUDINANCr.S. Special ordinance making appropria tion for the payment of liabilities incurred during the month of August from the va rious funds as tollows : General fund . 820.875.09 Police fund . IV-SQ. ' . ) ? Library fund . bf/J.07 Curbing , cutterim ; , etc. , fuiut . 2.r 27.i'J ! Curb and gutter fund . 7,331.80 Paving fund . 4J.WM.-i' ) PaviiiK'lmiul fund . 0,030.40 Viaduct fund . lii.yj.lW Total . . S103.500.M ) Granting to the Union Pacilic Railway company the right to lay track on Ninth and Jones streets for the use of store and ware rooms , Passed. Creating paving districts 80 , 81,82,83 and 81. Passed , The council then adjourned. OMAHA'S MAKDI GUAS. Preparation FOP a Nijla Parade iJnr- Infj tlio Imposition and Fair. Last night , agreeable to a nail , there was an enthusiastic gathering of young men at the rooms of tlio board of trade to make arrangement * for a martli gras parade during t io fair and ox-position week. The question was discussed and the prevailing idea seemed to bo that an interesting night street parade could und ought to be gotten up-1n the time men tioned , both fortliu.ontortalnmcnt of strangers and os a lyoans of inducing others .to remain ojortfiljrlit in our midst. It was shown thatt t Louis , during her fair week , had af street attraction for every night ; that thousands attended each of them , mains y1 consequence ) hun dreds of dollars lqwi'j ) into the pockets of her moroliiqiyVj ! . It was further adverted to that. Itut beginning of 8t. Isolds' great iuuortkings | } had been of an insignillcant nature , although their growth had been remarkable. Omaha might and ought , it was alleged , have .a small beginning , and later years would surely bring to her a half dozen night street attractions during her future ex position and fairs. This idea seemed to prevail , and a com- mittcu was appointed to consult the tire and police departments and the ollicors of llio Second infantry , with a view to their taking part in the parade , the last mentioned in connection with too com panies of infantry at the post , George Kay said that ho would guarantee if the all'air would bo carried out that seventy- live bicycles , each illuminated with a brace of lamerns , would take part In the parade ; another young gentleman said friends had informed him that two hun dred similarly mounted and uniformed men could bo secured , while several mer chants' promised to decorate Hoar * to outer the procession. The meeting was har monious and enthusiastic , ami adjourned to meet to-night at Collins , Gordon & ' Kay , on Douglas , between Thirteenth and Fourteenth street * . Every young man mid every merchant in town will be welcome. The meeting will be held at 8 o'clock sharp. THU HAHIIA I'll < JUICSTION. H Is IHscnnsccl by Imposition Di rectors. A meeting of the fair and exposition association was hold last night in the boa id rooms on Capitol avenue to discuss thu question of having the exposition open on Sunday. The subject was brought up by the presentation of a protest from the mem- burs of the Sabbath association protest ing against the exposition remaining open on Sundays. The reasons for this as given in the remonstrance or petition were that , in the first place , it would encourage - courage general Sabbath breaking in the city , and would besides encourage saloons and other such in stitutions to remain open on Sunday. Such a procedure , too , would bo a direct infringement of the laws of the stale. Thoi protest was signed by Rev. A. F. Sherrill , vice president of the association , and Rev.V. . J. Hundiu , secretary , be sides Revs. J. W. Harris. C. W. Savidgo , P. A. IlendricksoJi , George S. Pulton , James Patterson und R. N. Melvnlg. Rev. John Williams endorsed the re monstrance as follows. " 1 sign the above unconditionally , so far as the usual hours of public worship are concerned. My judgment with re gard to Sunday afternoon is not unre servedly in opposition. Joit.vWu.MAMS. " The meeting was presided over by President G. vV . Lininger , Mr. J. S. Col lins acting as secretary. There were present Messrs. J. T. Clark , Richard Kitchen and Churchill Parker , repre senting the fair association , and J. A. Wakolicld , I. W. Minor , and Max Meyer , of the opposition association. After some discussion of tlio question it was decided that the exposition should remain open on Sunday afternoon from 1 o'clock on , being closed during the hours of worship in the morning. No business will be transacted , and no machinery will bo al lowed to run. This is done in accordance with the request of a large number of clerks and laboring men who cannot at tend the exposition on week days or night. * . The directors hold that the ex position would furnish a better , purer moans of afternoon diversion than that afforded in saloons and beer gardens. 1HTTEN IJV A UULif , JJOO. Kil Nelson Hrutnlly Assaulted in Gus .JolniBon'H Saloon. A brutal and bloody row occurred last night in Gns Johnson's saloon joint at the corner of Dodge and Sixteenth streets. The place is the resort of a class of citi- /.ens of the rougher clement , who arc willing to get up a row at the slightest provocation. The gang was present last night and took occasion to create ' .rouble . upon the entrance of Edward Nelson , a carpenter. The inmates of the place engaged in free-for-all the assault gaged a - - light , being directed in the main against Nel son. Ho was knocked down and jumped upon by several members of the gang , who kicked and pounded him in a brutal mannci , striking him several times across the head with pool balls and bil liard cues. As a climax to the outrage a ferocious bull dog , the property of Johnson , was tnrnetl loose upon Nelson. The dog pounced upon the man who was being held down by the cro\yd and bit him in a horrible manner , tearing nearly all of the llesh from one of his legs. The police finally interfered and arrested GnsIIormqucst , who seemed to be the loader of the assailants. He was taken to the lookup by Captain Cor- miok , who proceeded to kill the dog. Nelson was attended by Dr. Dysart , who dressed his wounds , after which he was removed to his homo. Ills injuries are of a very serious character and may prove fatally. The half do/.cn other fellows who are parties to the row have uot boon arrested. _ HI3 HAD TO mSGOKGl- : . A. Tlll-Tnpper CiiUKht In the Act De livers at the Point ofa Kovolvor. Jcdlicka , who runs the saloon under the Merchant's National bank : tt the corner of Farnain and Thirteenth streets , had an exciting experience with a till- tapper yesterday evening. Ho was engaged - gagod in waiting on some of his custom ers when his attention was directed to a strange man behind the counter. He turned and found a stranger in the act of going through the money drawer. _ The follow when he saw that he was discov ered mode an effort to escape , but found himself looking into the silent depths of a big navy revolver , when ho reached the end of the counter. Ho threw an overcoat which ho had on his arm to a man who was standing near him. Then under cover ot Judlicku's revolver the thief went down into nis pocket and fished out $ ! ) .00 which ho threw upon tlio counter mid claimed it was all lie had taken from the drawer. Then , taking advantage of the careless watch that was being kept upon him , ho sprang through the open doorway , ran up the stairway into the street and es caped. Ho was pursued by some of the parlies in the saloon , but managoa to elndu them. Later in the evening ho was arrested on Ciuning street by Officer White and taken to the police station where ho gave his nnino as 11. Sheridan. Ho had nothing Jto say in regard to the case. The party to whom Sheridan passed his overcoat when caught in the saloon was the porter in the Arcade saloon , who was afterwards arrested as a witness in the case , _ 1'orinlt * . Inspector \Vliitlock issnod building permits yesterday as follows : Thomas Xlcknlt , two 1-story frame cottages , north Cumins , near ThlrtiHth . 3 1'JOO John Jacob-ion , frame add to dwel- IliiL' , Twenty-seventh and Pa- cilio. . . CM Eugene O'Neill , two 1-story Iranio cottages , Twelfth , near Wil liams. . 1,000 Eugene O'Neill , two 1-stnry frame cottages. Fifteenth , near Wil liams . . . 1,000 Annie Danijliton. 1-story frame cot- tairo istti north Seventeenth . W i'lve permits , aggregating . 5 4,750 Swindled Ity n llorso Trndor. S. Colin was made the victim of n horse trader's swindle yesterday afternoon. Ho was dickering with u trader named Elliott for an exchange of steeds and took tlio trader's animal for a trial. Ho had driven it but a short distance when the horse fell dead , and a policeman ar rested Colin on the charge of cruelty to animals. Ho explained the matter and was released. Elliott then claimed that ho had traded with Colin and refused to give up his horso. Colin caused Elliott's nrrost and the case will bo heard by Judge Stonberg to-day. Travis Vound Guilty. The trial of Abnor Travis , charged with an assault upon William Alexander , was completed in Judge Stonborg's court yea- lord ay afternoon. Ho was fouud guilty and iiuod $101) ) and costs , Sol Smith KiiKRoll In "Pa" nt the Oporti House. A largo audience greeted Sol Smith llussoll at the opera house last night , In the lower box at the left of the stage satu Madame Mndjo ka , Count Uo/.cnta , and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Moje.ska. This party scoinod particularly interested in the performance. By a strange coincidence , in clo < o proximity to the box mentioned , sat a lady , the wife of a leading railroad contractor , witli her sister and hus band. This lady , among all her acquaintances is ostocmod'n period re- poniblnnco of the renowned Modjoska. The lady did not know of the actre.sV nrespnee , ami the coincidence was still further iutoiHitiod in interest ov n simi larity of dros.1 on the part of both ilu- countess and her counterpart in Omaha. "Pa , " Mr. Uuosnll's latest piece , has been made to order. In this respect , it Is like nearly every play in which iio has thus far appeaivd. Unlike many of those in winch ho has heretofore appeared , ho assumes the character of a man who is the father of a trio of daughters , one of whom is supposed to bo about half his own ago. Mr. Russell , in his own way can play successfully , characters both young and old. More than that in his delineation of tliunt , ho can , and generally does , afford a great deal of satisfaction. No matter how mclo-dramalio or unforbiddlng ho may appear in the earlier scenes , the close of the play generally brings him into a light in which ho appears with grateful oflcct. In all his previous dramatic ef forts ho has boon the eontor of a host of characters , each of whom have re quired histrionic ability of greater or less degree. In the present ii.stauce , ho has but a single occontrie character. "Sydney Humps , " Fred P. Ham. This is of the conventional , over grown youth order who.se hair is not as long as his alleged wits. Mr. Ham played the part with considerable suc cess. Miss Emma Hugger MS "Beatrice" makes a pretty vivacious and exceed ingly attractive childish prattler. The other ladles are pretty , dress neatly , but they have nothing to do. Neither have the remaining members of the company , except possibly , Mr. Frank Lawton , whoso biggest work i.f to play an accom paniment to his own whistle solo. This is rather the thinnest play in which Mr. Russell has appeared. It is unworthy of him , though everything ho does in the play is worthy of admiration. When he is tunny the people laugh. When he sings , they applaud. When ho is pathetic , the people generally feel like shedding tears , but pathos cannot be ap preciated in a grey-headed old Ilirl such as "Mr. Pnrkimon Guinnev" has been drawn by the author. There will bo a matinco this afternoon and another presentation of the piece to-night. Y. SI. C. A. Notes. The young men will meet for bible study at lt:15 to-morrow morning. All young men are cordially invited. The usual service will bo held at the county jail to-morrow commencing at 1 o'clock , All who can arc urged to assist in this work. Gospel mooting to-morrow afternoon from 4 to 5 o'clock. The usual song ser vice will bo led by Air. Gratton. The oncning remarks will bo made by Dr. G. H. Parsell. With the approach of cooler weather it is hoped the attendance may be largely increased. Remember all are earnestly invited and strangers are always welcome. Entrance , lOUu Far- nam street. All young men are urged to remember our young men's meeting held every Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. People who attend find these meetings pleasant and profitable , and are anxious to have others enjoy the same. Bring a friend with yon. Secretary Joplin is expected to return in about two weeks. Wo trust no onp will bo discouraged at the seeming dilfieuriics of reaching our rooms , The Farnam street stairway is still the only way of ontranco. * Ilnnii llulciiReil. Carl Harm , the basket-maker , who was convicted on Thursday of an assault upon Ollicer O'Boyln in the recent riot on Thirteenth street was released from the county jail yesterday , having been pardoned out by Mayor Uoyd. The DO- lice authorities are very indignant about the matter. They claim that Harm's sentence was a very light OHO consider ing tlio gravity of his olfenso , ind that the mayor's action will have the effect of en couraging the already anxious momhors of Harm's class of people in their defi ance of police authority. Personal Paragraphs. General Fredericks returned from Grand Island last evening. Prof. Henry T. Osborne , of Princeton college , passed through the city lastnight on his way to San Francisco. W. E. Foil ? : , of the line construction and repairing force of the police tele graph in Chicago , was in the city yester day.Charles Charles T. Bechel , of Canton , O. , re turned home last evening after a pleasant visit with his cousin , President Bcchcl , of the common council. Frank Laugford , private secretary of P. P. Shelby , assistant general trallic agent of the Union Pacilic , and bride , went to Lalt Lake last night. Patrick Egun. ex-president of the Na tional land league , came from Lincoln yesterday to welcome Michael Davitt to Nebraska on this , his second visit. Judge Wright and family went to Lar- ninio , Wyo. , last evening on a visit to old friends. The judge was one of the par ties who laid out the town site of Laramie - mio , and this is his lirst visit there since 180 ! ) . Michael Bolcr , of the Chicago police , who was with Sergeant Bonliold's man on that terrible dynamite night , was in the cityyostordaj1 , the guest of his old friend , Captain O'Douongiiuo. Mr. Holer's de scription of the scenes on the Haymarkot when the anarchist bomb was thrown is vivid indeed. Ho is on his wny to No- vada. _ Dilatory Hallway C/'oiiunlHslonors. Soiuotimo ago thu BKK announced that the railway commissioners had at length been induced toionic ) down to Waterloo , to look at the Union Pacilio truoK near tlio Elkhorn nt that plaoo , which the residents had complained against. The track had formerly boon on piles , and this enabled high water to pass down the T > ed. Lately It has boon filled in with dirt , and the high water is forced toward the city , putting the same in a dangerous condition. The conimissionor.s have b oii taking the matter slowly , because although several wenks have elapsed nothing as yet has been done. Indians for tlio Pair. Two members of the Ponca tribe , an old man and his grandson , came in the city last night from the agency in Indian territory. Thny are on their \ > ay to visit IhoOmahas , "Wo bnlong to dilloront tribes , said the old man , "but wo are ac customed to visit each other and exchange - change presents. " They will probably remain hero during the fair. to September gomirally opens the college season , and many of Omaha's young misses and masters are leaving for east ern collegiate Institutions. Last evening Charles and Augustus , sons of Herman Kountxe , and Harry and Dean , sons of O , W. Lyman. of Salt Laku , left for St. Paul's school , Concord. N. H. Mr , Lyoitvu ncconipunlud the young mun. GKOItGH AND MU.1AI3. Another Cine r Tnio Love That . Didn't HUH Hmooth. \ George Montillo is a young Italian. Ho has been at work for three months past on the Weeping Water branch of the Missouri Paeitie , and cnmo into the city Thursday night with his pockets lined with the financial results of his toll | on the traek. He had been In the | city but n few hours when ho v met a Thirteenth street beauty who set a f Iran for him. She said she had had an < Italian lover , but he had gone to the old * country for a wife and left her heart broken , She was partial to Italians and i vvas especially charmed with George's " line appearance and general make , up. She would marry Gcorgo and they would live happy over afterward. George bit. His charmer wanted her ward robe replenished and George hustled up town and bought her a new dress and a line hat. He planned n pleas ant surprise for Nellie her name was Nellle-r-aml placed a $10 bill in the- hat betore he gave it to her. Nellie was be comingly pleased and George correspond ingly happy. They talked it nil over on Thursday night and decided thut they would bo murrioJ yesterday or to-day. George called on Nellie Thursday night and in some way she secured possession of his pocket book and said she would Keep it until Yesterday. George consented. Yes terday In1 went to call upon his ntllanccil nnd was promptly liretl out ot the house. Housed every moans that a bankrupt lover could devise to seeuro an interview with his inamorata , but without success. His scorned love then turned to hntu and ho went to tliu police authorities for help. T He wanted lo recover forty dollars , out of which ho had been conthlcncod by the designing Nellie. Then he said he would kill her and shoot himself. At hust ac counts he had not recovered Ids lucre , * Army llrlcfr. A court-martial has been general - ap pointed to meet nt Fort Wnshukio , Wyo. , at 10 o'clock a. in. , on Thursday the ! ) th day of September , or as soon thereafter as practicable , for the trial of such per sons as may be properly brought before - fore it. The following is the detail for the court : Major Alfred T. Smith , Seventh infantry ; Captain Louis 11. Hneker , Ninth cavalry ; C.iptain Allan II. Jackson , Sev enth infantry First Lieutenant Levi V. Burnett , Seventh infantry ; first Lieuten- a.\t Edward E. Hurdin , .Seventh infantry ; First Lieutenant Montgomery U. Parker , Ninth cavalry ; Second Lieutenant James A. Goodin , Seventh infantry ; First Lieu tenant Wiljium J. Wukomun , medical de partment , judge advocate. Klcotrlc mill Flro Alarm Wlron. Lastnight , the wires of the Northwes tern cleciric light company struck the > wires of the lire alarm telegraph , and if j Chief Galllgan nnd Assistant Sailor i hadn't been in the engine house near thu ) galvanometers , the wire would have suffered scveriy. They went lethe the electric works nnd stopped the dy namos. They also cut out the circuit in the house anil found the place of contact to bo fuming and Sixteenth .streets. The wires were afterwards connected. The U. P. Freight Depot. The Union Pacilic company has ordered the material for the new freight depot , and inside of a week some ot it will bo delivered on the ground. The building will be located on the block bounded by .Ninth and Seventh and Jackson and Jones streets. It will bo G23 feet in length with end ofs 123 foot. The worlc will not bo done by contract , but con ducted under the personal supervision of a man to be assigned to that duly by the Union Pacilic company. Work will com mence on the structure in about two weeks. , Knocked to Flinders. Yesterday morning the train from Nor folk on its way to Columbus to conect with the Grand Island train for Omaha , ran into a farmer's loam as it was crossing the track near the first-mentioned place. The wagon was smashed to kindling- wood , both of the horses were killed nnd the driver , who was drunk and deliber ately ran in the way of the engine , nar rowly escaped being ground to powder. As it was , ho wont Hying without wings and was sobered up. Ilaiiiowurtl Ilouiul. The Creston , la , , excursionists to the G. A , H. reunion at Grand Island re turned in their special car Thursday night , and those from Avoca wont homo yesterday morn ing. They lost some of their Hags in the depot , and after the leaving of the train for the cast , some of the decorations found their way to several of the Union Pacilio engines. Jii "Cutaways. " C. E. Smith the gentleman who has lately assumed the control of the Mlllard diniiur room , has introduced another in- j | novation In the dressing of the colored 11 waiters in cutaway coats , The change * is a deeliied improvement in the appear ance of the gentlemen of the lloor , and IH appreciated by those at tlio tables. The only plane in town where the waiters arose so attired is at the Omaha club. Don't Pay Their The justice courts of the city are just now being invaded by men who claim that the grading contractors for whom limy have been working have put off par ing them or have failed to pay them alto gether. As most of the laboring ant poor men this works n great hardship in many instances. The majority of complaints have been made against James Hill and Fanning & Slaven. The Next Jury. The commissioners are now nt work drawing a jury for the next term of the district court , and will not complete thuli work until to-morrow. The Clioinloiil The chemical engine wan put in the ex position building this afternoon. IhilValo is to have the largest clock in the world. Th dial will bo twonty-livo feet in diameter , and the neuter of the dial will be 801 feet above the street , Inllatcd bladders are placed daily in pond at the Philadelphia /MO , und the iilophants taku the gnmtust pleasurii in aliasing them , obtainir peculiar delight from breaking ono oceasionally , EXPERIENCE. MY . .1ii "I have been ullllcled for many ycais with Dynpopsia , Slck-Huad- ache nnd atUiction ot the Kidneys oaiifiiid by a Torpid Liver. Dur ing last full and winter I wiu obliged to suspend the most of my labor in my ticld of Homo Missionary work , on account of my health. Early this spring I was induced to try Simmons Liver Regulator , and have hud more good nnalth than for years before. U relieve * mo nt OUCH , and is moro satisfactory than anything of the kind I ever trlud , I have also uvtd : U sue.nus fiilly lo ward oil' bilious attacks. " Job- ii'H : E. WJIKIXV.II. Cumberland , Pro ? , Minister , Lubauoii , Mo.