. . I. - A n THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY. JUNE 5 ; 18ST. TWEIATE PAGE& i f'\ \ WEEKLY BUSINESS REVIEW , V A Development of Moro Stringency Note : * , i in the Local Money Market , GRUMBLING AMONG BORROWER ! r A Oonilnnod Incroano In the Eixr.i of Lending Kallronils An Active Six Dnys In Pro duce Circle * . In the Commercial World. CHICAOO , June 4. ( Special Telegram t the Bii : : . ] Kathcr more stringency has bcei developed In the local money market Blue the last weekly re.vlcw , and there has bcci considerable grumbling among borrowers li certain quarters owing to their Inability t obtain loans at satisfactory rates of interest It Is unite evident that the managers of soin of the | ocal banking institutions are not In cllued to loan funds which may bo used , a they Intimate , In retaining grain in stor here during the summer months when I should be forwarded to consuming market in order to make room for the new crop : consequently operators In grain , provision and stocks have not been readily nccommc dated , though they hare succeeded Iu obtain ing considerable linanclal assistance , and 1 many cases on wide and very safe margin ! Considerable money was required to pay fa property delivered on Juno contracts , nnd I was obtained partially through accoininoda tlons on the street Orders from the coun try for currency were fair and shipment through banks and commission houses wcr liberal to grain and live block district : Wholesale merchants presented very littl paper for discount , as their collection are qulto good on accoun of their spring trade. Lumborme are borrowln ir some money , but nianiifactui ing and building Interests seldom face th indicator behind the financial counter. A branches of business exhibit a fair degree c activity for the season of the year. Kates c Interest wcro firm and well maintained a C@7 per cent , for call nnd OK@S per cent fc time loans , though little money wan loanc under 7 percent and borrowers were anxlou to accept the money at bankers' term : llather moro paper was offered on the stree mainly of such a character as bankers wei Blow to accept , and Inteiest rates were stead at 7S ( per cent. At eastern linanclal centei money Is offered rather freely , though nc abundant , and discount rates are well suj ported at 4 < S5 per cent Advices from abroa Indicate that money Is plontly and chcai with a little demand from all branches c trade. Newl'ork exchange was in largr supply within the past two or three day : xvhile the demand was somewhat Jimltel The market ruled dull and weak and sale were made between banks at 25@75 cent discount per $1,000 and closed rather easy t KXR05 cents discount. Foreign e ? chaiue was offered a little more frei ly , owing to the Increased shipment of cotton , breadstuffs and petroleum and th market ruled weaker. Shippers' sixty day : documentary bills on London wore lowe nnd changed hands at 84.8.kr@l. ! & H nnd elosed easy at S4.h3J ( < ? 4.83f. Tli New York stock market attracted some spec ulatlvo attention during the week , but thor was no increase in the volume of bustnes transacted. In a general way the warke exhibited considerable strength , especial ! during the early part of the week , and gooi dividend paying stocks sold at advance. ! prices , homo realising within the past tw days caused a weaker fueling ana outsid vrlces wore not fully supported to the close The earning. ) of leading railroads continm to increase and the outlook Is favorable fo good business for all the leading lines , os l > cclally these In the prosperous acricultura districts. Wall street operators were mod cratnly free opciators , but cautious in foi lowing any material advance in prices Foreign speculators were not doing muc ! trading. Western operators transacted fair business , mainly In stocks of westeri railroads , and toward the close reall/ed or some of these properties. Sales on the No\ York stock exchange for the week aggre Rated l.'J31W)0. ) During the week the Chicago cage aboard of trade stock exchange wa opened for business and the volume of trad Ing oo far has greatly exceeded ttie expects tlons of these who Inaugurated the move ment , The majority ofttho members of th board of trade are members of the now 01 cranlratlon and they propose to gradual ! build up the trade In railroad stocks , bond nnd securities of all kinds. Shares of th leading railroads are dealt In and trade 11 local securities Is gradually enlarging. Ther appears to be little aonbt but this now or paul/ation will prove a success and of grea benefit In financial circles should a conserve tlvo and business like policy be pursued Petroleum was falily active throughout th week and the market ruled comparative ! BUvuly. Fluctuations In prices were con lined within a narrow range. The week lust closing has been quite ai active ono in produce circles. Speculatlv operators traded with moro than usual fre < dora , and the markets exhibited consldorabl nervousness , with inaiked Irregularity I prices within a small range. The closing c , trades for May and deliveries on contract for June were watched closely , but so fa nothing has developed out of the regula course ot trade. All property tendered wa readily accepted And paid tor , and In soui ot thn markets the number of trades still ur f settled Is quite large. Operators In all th leading markets appear to be transferrln their contracts ahead as much as possible I , order to place themselves In a posltio [ < which would not be affected by any suddc developments resulting from over-tiadin , , in thn past. Receipts of grain have bee unusually heavy at all the pnnclp ; markets , and the shipments also wei A-liberal. The export movement has been c such proportions an to attract conslderabl 'Attention and the outlootc is favorable for II continuance for some weeks to come. Stock ot itralu and provisions uro quite llberal- T considerable In excess of last year at till ttate. The demand on shipping account we - lair and some of the property accepted o Juno contracts was forvvaided to dibtrilnttln markets. Outside of wheat , prices general ! clvete favorable to buyers. Arrivals of llv stock wore free at all western market f Packing In the west Isfrrogrcsslng favorabl * but barely In as large a ratio as this time la' ; year. 4 , ' * A Corner Charge ARniitflt Armour. CHICAGO , Juno 4. It was rumoied o fe'Chango here and telegraphed to other point .to-day that legal proceedings had boon bogu ' 'against Mr. P. D. Armour charging him wit cornering pork. In explanation of the ri tinors an afternoon paper says : "A pool c iUSlO.OOO was made up last week among the bl r beats , and Cliarley Wright , a well-know n character about the board of trade , was Ir y tluoed to tile complaint before Justice Braj I iton charging P. D. Armour with cornerln pork. Tnis move Is the resnlt of heavy losst v made by the short sellers In the wheat pi tid the object la said to bo to break th avrheat market" - * .MII.WAUKKK , June 4. Armour Bald t < night that ho had heard rumors of this km v ( or some time past but attached no slgnlt : cance to them , believing such action won ! lliave no force In law. "If the public tli ' .actual consumers were being covered c i cornered. " he said , "It would bo different t do not think a grand Jury could take ecii nlxance ot a personal grievance , such as till ! > . or help men out of the baa position Int which they may have fallen on account c their ovv n doings. " The Pint Iload toftroak Over. BT. Loins , June 4. The Chicago , Burllnj ton it Qulncy railroad company has dote mined to reduce iu rates between this ell . and Council Bluffs and Omaha. When ti , , Inter-state law went into effect this roai bitting the lone route to Council Bluffs an r Omaha , rather than sacrifice Its local poln , under the new regulation raised Its rates I . . .the former places about 15 per cent. Afti , two months of trial It found this business ) , too much consequence to lose. A return I the old rates will necessitate the slaughter < local rates all along the line. Tuts Is b < i Hived to be the first move In turnlnc tl , tide of the Interstate regulations In favor i ( the shipper , and Intermediate pointsmt jrltad that the long anil short hauliiavei good Ihiug after all. i Nominated For lx > rtl Blaynr. a DUBLIN , June-4. Th nationalists In m 'nlelpal council nominated Commoner Gill i tholr candidate for lord mayor at the nw Section. N KICKSJUl. A HOW. Ho Snub * llon'ry QeorffO and Kov , ' Ur. McGlyrm. NKW Yomc , June 4-Kdltor William O'Brien to-tiny received a delegation from Tammany hall and was presented with re c- lutlons expressing Indignation at the conduct of l.ord Lansdowno's followers In Canada and sympathy with O'Brien's course. General oral Hourke Cochrano , the chairman , made t short address , which wa ? responded to bj 0 Brlen In words of deep acknowledgement of the manner In which iho American people had attested their sympathy for thu IrUI people. O'Brien was hem-god with callers a ! th Hoffman house this afternoon. To-nlghl O'Brien will review a monster parade In his honor and deliver an address. The great labor demonstration an noiinced to take place to-night In honoi of William O'Brien was a good doa ot a Hasco , owning to the fact that the lahoi people Insisted that the cause of Kev. Ur Mcil > nn should be approvingly Introduced Into the resolutions to be adopted at the union .Square mcotinif and that llenrv ( icoi go'Mand theory should also be advocated When O'Urlen ' looked through the rrsolutlor h erased Dr. McGljnn and the land theorj topics , especially that part which spoke ol the "persecution" of McUlynn. Then hi sent them back to the committee that prepared pared them. The committee became excited and had an extended wrangle ot what shouk be done. Lawyer 1'ost , who was to Intro duce O'Brien , declared that he would nol attend the nmetlng unlobS the resolution : were read In the original shape. Later O'Brien learned that John Me Mackln , who presided at two lectures dolly cred by Lyniun , of Phtunlx park notoriety was to preside at the Union bquaro meeting , Heat onre resolved to have nothing todc vvlta It. The committee determined to throv over O'Brien rather than McMackiu , whc conducted the Henry George campaign Inst fall. 'I'ho result was that O'Urlei did not appear. In Union Square , when thn meetlni ; was held , 20,000 people were as sembled. On the piazza of the cottage fac ing the plara at the upi > crond ot the sqimn were Dr. McUlynn , John McMackln , lr Edward Malone.state delegate to the Irish Na tlonal lo.-uue.and others. McMackin made tin opening speech on the basis of George's land theory. Dr. McGlynn was loudly cheered or rising and said It was shocking that aftei having been honored by thn Invitation ot tilt United labor party , the Knights ot haboi and cential labor union , O'Brien dare die tatu to them and scratch and cross out portions tions of the resolutions. After McGlymi'f speech , thn icsolutlons read and adopted , and 8 | > eeches were made by otliuis. I'ho matter has created n great sensation Ir Irish and labor circles. O'Urien ha ? written a long statement for the Sun , giving his in terviews on the subject , and adding : "J most deeply regiet that anything should oc cur which prevents me from expressing ir poison my gratitudoto the working rlossesoi New lork tor the loyal , hearty service I atr nuite sure they Intended to render tc tlio cause to-nlitht by this demonstration 1 was forced to abstain from participation In the proceedings because the only alter native left me was to Inlllct what 1 kncvt would bo a deadly blow at a movement ir wliich the happiness of ourpi > ople during tin present generation io bound , " Henry George did not attend the meeting , sending a letter say in * that a previous en gagement prevented Ills presence at the meeting and adding that lie did not sym pathlze with the homo rule movement , ns ii stopped short of what the Irish people shouli have possession of the land. WILLIAM A WHEELER DEAD. The Ex-Vice President Pnssest Qulctlj Away at Malone. MALON-F , N. Y. , Juno 4. Hon. Wil liam A. Wheeler , died at his homo hen at 10:10 : this morning , lie remained In t comatose state during the night , and passed peacefully awav without a sign of rccognl tlon ot these about him. The approach o : death was so gradual that It causes no publli shock even hero In his home , though there i ; universal sorrow amone the people. Flag ! are at half mast and emblems ot mournlnt are displayed. The funeral will bo held at 1 p. m. on Tuesday , June ? , at the Congrcga tlonal church , with a sermon by the pastor to whom Mr. Wheeler has been almost second end father. President Cleveland has beer appilsed ot i Wheeler's death and the time o the funeral. The following telegram wa : received to-day. KKLMONT , O. , Juno 4. Mrs. Hayes and 1 have heard with the deepest sorrow of tin death of our friend , Mr. Wheeler. I wll attend the funeral with my son. [ Signed ] It. B. HAYES. fvVllllam A. Wheeler was the thirtieth vice president of the United States , beinj declared elected on the snmi ticket as Uutncrford B , Hayes , It 1S70. He was bom In Malone , N Y. , sixty-six years ago , and choosing the law for his profession , studied , was admitted nnd for number of years pmctlcci law In his native village. Somewlmi early In life ho turned his attention to public attaint , and was elected a inemborof the stati assembly in Ib50serving two years. In 185 : and IS58 he was a member ot the upper liousi of the state legislature and In ISCo was soni to congress , llo tilled no other public post tlon until 1STO. In the meantime he cnteret the banking business In his native place ant for some time ho was president of the Og densburg and House's Point railroad com pany. The circumstances attendant and follow ing the election of 1870 , by which , throng ! the electoral commission Mr. Wheeler wa : made vice-president , are well remembered Since his retirement from the hlgn positioi ho was then elevated to Mr. Wheeler hai lived very quietly at Malone.J Milwaukee & at. Paul Election. MII.WAUKKK , Juno 4. The stockholders of the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul rail way met to-day to elect a board of director : for the ensuing year. An adjournment unit 2 o'clock was taken while proxies were beliu examined. It is generally understood tha two New York men will be chosen to sue cecd Alexander Mitchell and Julius Wads worth , deceased , and that no priest be-so Iccted at this meeting. The old board ot directors were ro-eiccte < with the addition ot Georno Cagoan and A. Van Santvounl of Now York , to take the places of Alexander Mitchell and Jullui Wadsworth. deceased. It was decided not to elect a successor t < Alexander Mitchell as president until i future meeting , and Vice-President Bom was re-elected. Tlie directory reported tha It had been decided to Increase the capita stock by the Issue of 100,000 additional shares to enable extensions westward from th < ) Mis ftouri river and Into the mining regions o Northern Wisconsin , and perhaps to Laki superior. The proceeds of 30,000 of tin shares are for the purchase of the Kvanstot & Lake Superior road , with Its Chicago ter mlnal facilities. The other 70,000 shares an for sale at par to the shareholders pro rata ac cording to holding. \\ill Make a Full Confession. ST. Louis , June 4. A special from LHtl liock , Ark. , says : There Is much excitement mont at Paris , Ark. Some tlmo ago tin county tieasury was robbed of several thou sand dollars. The grand jury , now sitting has Indicted the suspected thieves , severa prominent persons being Implicated. A mat named Oarlee has surrendered himself to e.s capo mob violence , and says ho will make i full confession. There Is some talk of lynch Ing all the guilty parties. Four SMITH. Ark. , Juna 4. Ilawklm Corloy , deputy county treasurer of Lovat county , was arrostoa to-day for robbing tin treasury. The robbery took place on the 1711 of February and the guilt has finally beei settled on Hawkins Corley , Hlrem and Jet Fort and Henry Nichols ot Paris , Local county. Great excitement prevails , for the * men are all well connected and heretofon stood well In the community. The For boys have t > een arrested and released 01 bond. Nichols Is at large and Hawkins I r.ow In the United States' jail at this place That Railroad Deal. CINCINNATI , June 4 , An Associate pres reporter lias obtained Information from semi-official source of the Cincinnati , Hani ilton A Dayton that the Vandalla deal I boms formally consummated at Ter re UauU Official advices announce the election am organization of a new board of directors o the Teie Haute Sc Indianapolis rallroai company at Terre Haute. Henry S. Ive was elected president. The Vandalla lln will now operate iu business in connectloi with the Cincinnati , Hamilton Jk Dayton am Dayton A Iron Urn railroads , and these wll form with the Baltimore A Ohio railroad on grand system between the wast and neaboan cities. The Cincinnati , Wabiua & Mlchlgai railroad , recently acquired by the Ives-Stay- ner syndicate , will be operated In the Inter eit of this large system as a feeder from Chi caeo , the Lake Michigan cities and the him bor districts. The Pennsylvania company will be tendered the use of the Vaudalla Hue as heretofore. ITS LAST DAY IN 1JOSTON. The Union Paolllo Commission Closci It * Labors in That City. BOSTON , Juno 4. The final session in Bos < ton of the Union Pacific Investigation com. nilttco was held this morning. Presldoul Adams was the first witness. Hu said the consolidation had been advantageous for at the roads. It was very apparent , ho said that the whole matter ot consolidation ha ; benefited the country exceedingly , and , In hi' opinion , any attempt to sever the consollda tion would bo exceedingly unfoitunatc Much had been said about the fact that r largo portion of the stock of the Union Pa clllc and Kansas Paclllc was Issued for con strucllon purposes , and was not to be paid for In cash , ' 'but , " the witness dcclaied "tliero has bcon paid more than 10 tier cent In cash In stock of the Union Paclllc. " Witness believed that , however much may have bcon made by private Individuals , there Is no partv In the country that has made so much out ol the Union Pocllie as the government of UK United States. The entire amount which II has paid to the company has , ho claimed , been repaid fully live times over. Ho claimed that If.tlioroad should , when the time for the maturity of Its ) debt arrived , find Itself tin able to meet Its obligation , It will be innelj the fault of the government for Its attitudt toward the road and the passage of the Tliur- man act. The sliming fund created by till' act , which Its projector claims would earr 0 per cent , is In reality a barren fund locked up In Ira napkin and beating only 3 per cent "Tho government , " ho said "forces us to divert our money to a source that no business man has contldenco In , and ladmlt that It Is neither justice , business 1101 common sense. The government holds oui arms while our competitors pick our pockets With the 57,000.000 locked up In this fund wi could develop the western country nud trans form the fortunes of the road. If the gov eminent should give the road its fieedom and the road should fall to ine.ct Its obligations then the government could step In and fore close. " At noon the hearing was tlnallv closed , not to be reopened In Boston uiitl next October. New Illinois Itoailfi Incorporated. SiMiiNGKip.i.n. Juno 4. Articles of Incor poratlon of the St. Louis , Alton & Spring held rail way were filed to-day , Thepioipcctu' ' Is for a road from East St. Louis through St Clair , Madison and Jersey counties to a poln on the line of the St. Louis & Cential lllinoi : railroad near Jerseyvllle , thence along tin latter road to Bates. In Sangamon county and thence to Springfield. Articles for the Havana , VormoLt A West ern were also tiled. The road U to run troir Havana to Vermont , Fulton county , tlieuct through McDonough , Schuylci and Adam * counties to Qulncy , with a branch tiom Ver niout to the Mississippi river In llaucocl county , passing through Macomb. Reformed Church General Synod. CLEVELAND , June 4. This mornlnz bo fora the general synod ot the Ueformei clinch In Akron , a woman's missionary so cloty was organized. Tlie Modeiator ap pointed a permanent committee ou churcl union. Statistics were pn onted showim the present status of the IJeformed church lotal number ot synods , 7 ; classes , .Vi ; min isters , S5 ! ; congregations , 1,500 ; members lJ > tUOO ; number of Sunday schools , MIX ) students for ministry , Ih6 ; contributions foi benevolent purposes , 83 ! ! ,493 ; for cjnurega- tloual purposes , buildings , etc. , S'-V-iyS.-T-W. Iladicnl Kor lie form. NKwnuno , N. Y. , June 4. The synod o : the Reformed Presbyterian church in Amer lea to-day resolved to refrain from voting foi any candidate for any ofhco the incumben of wliich must take an oath to support th < constitution of the United States as lone as that constitution fails to recoitnUa tlio exist ence of God. The svnod also resolved thai no student should bo licensed to bo a minis er or installed pastor of any congregation in its charge who used tobacco In any term , am no person should be elected to olllco In an } of its churches who used tobacco. ' a Ho IIIcw tils Horn. IlouoKEN , N. J. , June 4. Arthur E. Horn blower , treasurer of the Hudson county coun ell of the Uoyal Aicanum , Is missing and It is believed bos committed suicide , A draf drawn by Uornblower on the Fhst Natlona bank of this city , p.iyablo to the order of Su preme Treasurer Skinner , of Boston , wai presented to-day at the bank and protested Hoinblovver was bookkeeper in a Hobokei bank. They claim their fund * are Intact and that everything Is all right , although it vva : lumored to the contrary. The President Has Good Lnclc. PROSPKCT HOUSE , Juno 4. The prcslden trolled until 8 this evening , with good sue cess. On his return he found the announce ment of the death of ex-Vice Preslden Wheeler , and sent the following dispatch t < Postmaster Burke , at Malone : ' 'While sym pathiiing with the citizens of Malone Ir their grief for the death of their dlstln gulshcd fellow-townsman , I Khali be unabh to attend the funeral service Tuesday next. ' The president has not positively fixed , tin date of his departure from the lake. . Caught At Last. CHICAOO , Juno 4. William Murray , a saloonkeeper loonkeoper , was arrested to-day charged will being one of a gang of masked burglars whc six years aso broke Into the house of Allar Fairbanks at Wrieaton , III. , and by holdlnj lighted matches tothefuot of the Inmate : cfiinpiilled the disclosure of the whnreabuuti ot 310,000 In covcrnment bonds. Murray wa : s-Uo until a day or two ago , when he at tempted to sell ono of the bonds. Dlalno Startn On Ilia European Trip , AUOUSTA , Me. , Juno 4. Mr. Blalno let to-night for his European trip. A largi party of friends ana neighbors met him a tlio station and bade him good-bye and God spaed. Ho departed In the best of health He goes to Nety Vork , where he will bi Joined by his family next week. A Bucket Shop Goes Under. ATLANTA , Ga. , Juno 4. Sia Phelan'i bucket shop has failed. Loss , ยง 3)0,000 ) ; as setts , nothing. Phelan was a member of tin New York cotton exchange and Chlcagi boaul ot trade and run houses In Atlanta Montgomery. Charlotte , Savannah , Binning ham and Selma. Pork first threw him , thci cotton and at lust coffee. The Miners' Constltntlon. CINCINNATI , Juno 4. The miners'convcn tlon to-day completed work on constltutlona changes. All persons working In or abou the mines are now eligible to membership o assemblies. The basis of membership Is gen erally enlarged. Assemblies are prohibits from levying tares for other than' their owi maintenance. A new schedule of division was adopted. Collision on the Nonhweetcrn. Fnr.Ei'oiiT , III. , June 4. Two trains on tin Chicago & Northwestern road collided a shor distance from here to-day. One of them con taluod thirty fast horses en route from liock fora for the Freeport races. They 'wen pretty badly shaken UD and two perhaps per manently disabled. W. N. Johnson , of Ab erdeen , Dak , , was hurt internally by belnj trampelled by tlio horses. A Woman' * Wrath. CONNHLLSVILLC , Pa. , Juno 4. Five mon Jimtown rlotera were arrested tills morning The wife of one of the prisoners msde a sa\ ago attack on Sheriff Miller with a larg Butcher knife , and would probably hav killed him but for a negro , who overpovvcrci the woman and took the knife from her. . Another Texas Train Rohccry. FOUT WOUTU , Tex. , Juno 4. A Texas Pa clrie express train was robbed by four uiaskei men elirbt miles west of.hero to-night. Thli teen hundred and sixty dollars were taket from the express car and three registered Ul tera from the mall car , Tlio passengers wcr not molested. Steamship Arrival ) ) . NEW YOUK , June 4 ( Special telegram t the BKK.I Arrived The Ztandam , fron Amsterdam : the Polnesla , from Mauiburjj ana iho Umbrla , from Liverpool. TOP SOLDIER : AND CIVILIAN Vie With Each Other in Danonnoing the National Drill. TALMADGE'S "FREE" SERMON- i > Ignoring the Press Annual Competi tion of Cltlion Soldiery 1'roposcd Kdltor Croffut'k Peculiar Powers CnpltotNotes. . WAOIUNOTON , Jun6 4 , [ Correspondence of the BEE. ] The national drill from which so much was expected has ended. From n military standpoint it was as successful ns could have been expected under all the cir cumstances , General Augur , who was the commandant of the camp , was supported by a corps of aids who did all tuat was possible to make the camp as attractive to the visiting spectators , and as beneficial to the military as It was designed to be. The fact that It was not under strict military discipline was duo solely to the fact that the troops wcro ic- spousiblo only to the governors of the states under whom they servo ; and then only whtln under the jurisdiction of those governors. The United States has no authority over state troops whatever until these troops are regulaily mustered Into the service of the general government. Still , on the whole , there was as much order and discipline In camp George Whosiilngton as could have been expected. From the standpoint of finance too , the affair has been successful. A bur glar who follows his "profession" for years without getting Into the moshcs of the law Is usually successful financially. The drill committee , those who , had chaigo of the linanclal arrancemcnts , carried out their portion tion of the work VK11V MUCH AS A. SUCCESSFUL nUHOLAll would carry out Ills plans. They bad but one aim In view. That w.is to make money out of this much advertised " .National" drill. To do this they robbed ttio public as uncere moniously as the lamented Claude Dtiv.il would tiavo neeomtilislied the name object. They would advertise a "eraud dress parade" and then would order half a dozen compa nies out to take part In It. ly ! this method the dress parade would ho stretched out for a week. People who paid their money expect ing to see the entire cncimpnicnt out In lull unlfoini went away disgusted alter seeing jflO or 250 men drawn up Into line on the Held. On the duv sot forthe competitive bat- talllon drill 5,000 people paid ' > cents each to see it and two-thirds of t'lem ' cave up an additional quarter for a seat on the stands , Before a single one of the competing organizations had completed the programme assigned to It , a drenching rain stonn came up find thn spectators wcro compelled to seek shelter outside ( the shelter afforded by the covers over the sheds was about as good as a sieve would ha\o pro vided ) . Yet , although the thousands nad scarcely been on the grounds ten minutes , and had neon absolutely nothing , they were mol with the statement that "no return checks" would bo given. The drill company were after money. The satisfaction and fair treatment ot patrons did not concern them at all. Again , on Sunday last , n "grand military sermon" wus advertieed to be delivered by Air. Talmage free. In spite of the advertisement tlm sermon was not only not free to the visitors , bill every soldier was made to pay M cents If tie wanted to hear the word ot ( led preached for his beu- rlit. Throughout the week there has been a disgusting exhibition pf money-gutting on the part of the civil commit tee. The national'drill was robbed of all Us elevating features by the sordid man agement which characterized everything out side the military headquarter of the general command and his staff. Thuro never was an ullalr which owed so much to the goodwill of the pruss of the country and In which TIIK I'UKSS WAS 80 UTTKHLY lOXOItEn. The arragements made fov the reporters would have dlsgraced'a country fair In the Indian Territory. Tlio press committee were denied every privilege except bare admission and oven tickets ot admission wore doled out grudgingly. They went adsigned "headquar ters under the grandstand , directly In view of a ten-loot boardvfpnce,5 and wore pro vided \\ltli tables made fiom unplaned pine lumber ( furnished by ouo of the romnutten who bu > s it all back at a very noavy discount ) . Ot course these hog pen benches wcro inner utilized. On the last day , when the pri/os were to bo awarded , the reporters and coires- pondonts wore naturally anxious to be as near the platform occupied by General Sheri dan as possible. General Sheridan was quite willing that they should Let as near to him rts they could , but an otllclous member of the executive committee- was determined that none of the newspaper men should have any laclli- tles not lurnlsUed by the afoiementloned pine benches. General Ordway , however , came to the relief of the boys and they , as usual , got there just the same. Slnco the drill closed there lias been more or.Iess talk of keeping up the organisation or drill committee with the vlow to the annual reproduction of the alfair pf this year. T/iis / too In splto of the statement that the sul > - scrlbers to the encampment will not receive back a dollar of their subscriptions. Onlv one local paper has had the courage to criti cize the management of the affaire. Out siders however , do not take all the statements of the local press without condiments , and it will bo exceedingly difficult to Induce many of the participants to join the people of Washington in another venture of the kind , If the .same men are allowed to manage thu next alfair. 'ihcre may bo "national" drills In Wash ington In the tutuie. In fact there l.s a de cided feeling In favor of the , annual encamp ment of the militia of the different states on one field. But if Washington Is nsaln selected the drill will bo under the direct ausplecs ot the National government as it should be. Some membeis ol congress \\lio were present at the affair hero last weuk are greatly taken wltn tlm Idea of an annual competlon among the citizen soklleiy and already talk oF taking the preliminary steps to secure the endorsement of the Idea by congress next winter. So long ns tlm United States has nosUindlng army It would doubtless be an excellent idea to stimulate an esprit du corps among the boys who would bo called upon to protect the Hair In case of need. Uut the next national diill should and probably u ill bo devoid of those features which have made that which Has just closed BO malodorous. Kditor Croffut , of the Washington Tost. Is an accomplished gentleman , an excellent writer and a good fellow every way. But Kdltor Crotfut has begun a career which If persisted in will certainly lead him into div ur.ico with his professional associates. Mr. Ciottut aid not need the connection which he maintains wlthtlie local organ of the admin istration to open the houses of public men to him. But there is no doubt that that connec tion has opened them wider for him than they would otherwise have-been opened. As a consequence of his acquaintance Mr. Crottiit's house la the point to which a great * Many people bent on spending a vl l > T < j sant evening , frequently go. Aniomr mi callers aru the postmaster general ana. 1 ts. VHas , with nu merous other oHiclals ujuiU'Uer ( V ) or lesser degree. Now 5tr. Croffut Ui a believer In ani mal magnetism , not ol ibe-klnd which poli ticians use , but the 112 species known as mesmerism further than tnls Mr. Croffut is an arrhftelirJmesmerist of no mean ability. It Is hlstpndness tor exper imenting with this pawr.xhch ! threatens to sever his friendly relaAlonwlttj his profes sional associations. Thu-prtit has on one or two occasions , printed ucepimts of thu Inten tions of the picBiduDtirAVhich could only havu been obtained fronMai TICK l.VNKn ClltCIJiS OT THE WIIITK HOUflR Itself , and since it bccime known tnat the editor nt the journal rnrs the. power to compel others to do as ho pleasqs It. Is thought that Mr. Crolfut may havu | Cant > sieil over the iiiesldent , and that \\lo ! | Under iho myster ious Influences of his } < owcr Iho pn sidcnt has bocu compelled to dlsgoigo information that no one else could get. If the Washington Post Is enabled , after the return of the president , to predict who will be appointed justice of the supreme court In place of Mr. J ustico Woods , deceased , this suspicion will bo regarded aswell founded , and In the future Mr. Croffut will be compiled to glvo up nipsinnrlsm , or the acquaintance of his newspaper associates. A good story U told t the expense of ono ot the assistants to United States District Attorney Daniel Lockvvood by a former stu dent of the Buffalo medical college. The prenenco ot the assistant attorney In lids city last week called It to mind. Some years ago 1'rof. Mason , of New Haven , Conn. , wits thn lecturer on pbsiolouy and toxicology at that college , and it was lib * custom to IHusUatu hi * lectures with experiments upon tiio lower animals. On one occasion while tolling the students the effects of vari ous poUont bo remarked that the Indiansof South America wore accus tomed to uso' poisoned arrows to kill tholi gam * with. . This poison used 'was known \\ooraia , and It could bo tnkon Into the stomach , he said , without injury , but It a single drop of the stuff should bo Injected lute the blood f.ital results would al once follow. To piovo his experiment ho took a small quantity and Injected It Into thn stomach of a dog , which seemed to catu > o the c.Miinu no Inconvenience. Thou no Injected a drop more. Into tlio veins of n Pliteon. The bird died Instantly. The fol lowing day one of the students asked what would be the effect If ono of them should cat the bird. Mason replied tli.it he did mil know. The boy who was helpln.htm , now the United States assistant district attorney , volunteered the information that the person ratline the pigeon would have a good meal , and that was the only result likely to follow , llo said that he stwice from experience , as he had eaten that Identical bird. 'Iho professor was astounded , his nalr fairly stood on end , as ho remarked , "Well , my boy , you have fat moro lalth In experiments than I have my- solf. 1 would not have eaten that bird undci any consideration. " I' . S. UKATII. Frightful llutchpry. CHICAGO , Juno . A special to the EvenIng - Ing Journal from Ovvosso , Mich. , says : Alexander Holmes , a farmer residing near that place , had a housekeeper who was re cently married to Dan Fallen , much tc Holmes' dlssatlfaction , Holmes ordered Fallen to discontinue his visits to the farm honu' . Fallen became on raged. Having loaded himself with whiskey no wont to Holmes' house. There ho attacked Mrs. Holmes with a knife , cutting her head com pletely off. Then turning his attention to Uolmos ho stabbed him seven times , disem bowelling him. Subsequently ho was found In the woods with his own throat cut but still alive , lie has been lodged in jail. A Thoroughbred fur Nebraska. CiRVKLAMn , O. , Juno 4. [ Special Tele gram to the BEI : . I Secretary Faster , ot the trotting pork , has sold to a Nebraska man , for Ilayner & Brainerd , of Cleveland , the brown horse , Star Wllkes.by George 'Wllkes , dam Plain Agnes by Mambrlno tar , a son of Mambrino Chief. The price was 30,000. Star Wllkes Is oljsht years old , fifteen and a half hands high , and one of the best Individ ual sons of George Wllkcs alive. Dcnth oT a Murderer. DKS MOIMS : , la. , Juno 4 Fountain tioorge , the muulercr of Dr. Kpps twelve years ago , died In the penitentiary yesterday. He was sentenced to bo hung , but appealed to thu supiciuo court , whichatllimod the vor- ilict of the jury. The day fixed tor the exe cution having passed It devolved upon Qov- 1'inor Sherman to ttx the day , which he ie- t used to do. Cflrpontcru Threaten to Strike. ST. PAUI. , June 4. A mass meeting of union and non-union raipcnters was hold to-night. Kesolutions were passed demand ing ten hours' pay for nine hours' work , with the alternative of n general strike If not conceded. About 1.500 carpenters aio In the city , and the Impending stilke will In clude from 1,000 to l.vttO. Deadly Dynamite Explosion. AI/TOONA , To. , Juno 4. Eight men were Instantly killed and six badly Injured this nftcrnoon by the premature explosion of dynamite at the Cambria Iron company's stone quarries at Bcrmiugham , this county. Some of the Injured will die. Two of the Injured are Italians. All the others are Americans. The Evangelical Lmtherana. FiniAi > r.LFiiiAJune 4 , At to-day's Evan gelical Lutheran mlnlstcrlan discussion the new constitution was adopted. The now measure provides stricter and more ad vanced rules for church government and will become operative Immediately after thu ad journment of the present annual meeting. Opera Conilcino Victims. 1'Aim , J unn 4. The final estimate of vie Urns by the burning of the Opera Comlquo places the number at 130 , Including the re mains of forty persons found In the ruins so badly burned as to bo unrecognizable. The Amocr in a Bnd Fix. ST. PnTKitsnuno. Juno 4. The news from Herat ate that the ameer of Afghanistan Is In a critical position. Jlo has withdrawn the garrison ot Herat and BalKh for the purpose of reinforcing the troops defeated In ad jacent country with the Uhllzals. He May Recover. Pnn.ADRt.rniA , June 4. Robert G. Hall , Iho man who yesterday murdeiedMrs. Lilian Hivers and attempted suicide by cutting his thioat , was HO much improved to-day that there is a chance for his recovery. Fatal PrematureBlast. . BitfjJEWATEit , Ulster county , N. Y. , Juno 4. Alfred Canfield , James Cullcn andJNoran Uell wore killed in Morton's quarry by a premature - mature blast to-day. Several other were In lured , one or more fatally. The Potato Unto Reducer ! . SAN FuANcisro , Juno 4. The trans-contl- oental loads have reduced the rate on pota toes from San Francisco to Chicago and Mississippi river points to 80 cents per 100 pounds , a drop ot 20 cents. Tlio Flro Ilccord. MiJfNnAi'oi.ts , Minn. , Juno 4. A special to the Evening Journal from Crookstown. Minn. . ays thu Crookstown rolling mill Mimed this morning- . Loss , 75,000 : insur- nce , S U.QOO. Gibbons Safe in New York. Nuw Yomc. June 4. Cardinal Gibbons ar rived here this evening alter four months' ibscnce In Kuropo. Ho Is In good health. He Inclined to talk to rcpoitors. Business failures. BAI.TIMOBI : , Juno 4 , The pioprlotors of ; ho Pathsco chemical works assigned to-day for the benefit of their eteditor3. Thu bond Df the trustees Is $400,000. Died From Ilia Injuries. MINNEAPOLIS , June 4. Minnie McAfee , the well-known billiardlst , who jumped from tlio window of a hotel last night , died this morning. riioLmte : Czar's llellot Knjojr Hersnlr. Paris Letter to London Truth : The Princess Jotirlc&ky is determined to rank hero as a society queen , and to make Rus sians feel what a pity it is that she has not a chance of reigning in the same sphere at St. Potorsbnrc. She and the Princess Mnthilde have become fast allies. And the latter illustrious lady has turned over to thu late ozar's widow the literary and otiier distinguished habitues ot her salon. When conversation flags , mttsio comes in at the receptions of the Princess Jouricsky. She gives her warm patronage - ago to Russian artists. firandouLofl' , n violoncellist of great talent , plays at her soirees. The fuir , soft skin which so charmed tlio late c/.ar when ills late relict was Princess Dolgorouki is well pre served. 1 don't suppose that she has any of the crown jewels of Russia , but her casket is as well furnished as if she had ; Mid , at her last reception , the black dress slio were was so studded with diamonds that she mitrht have gone in it to a mas querade as a starlit night. Mrs. Simmons , of Canawaugus , N. Y. , stood by a window with a steel fork in her hand the other day during a heavy thunderstorm. Suddenly thorp was a blinding Hash of lightning which ren dered her insensible for abobt two hours , i'ho house was not btruck , neither did any of the inmates experience any shock. It is sniq to ho a fact that after a couple of dogs had fought savagely for si little time in Belfast , Me. , the other day , a cat that had been watching tlio combat sud denly jumped between tlio dogs , and by scratching and yelling vigorously sepor- ated them and drove them away in a hurry. _ Sir John MacDonald , premier of Can ada , is exceedingly annoyed at the state ment which has been fronnpntly printed in newspapers that he began life as a bootblack. Ho saya that while his people were not richhis youth had the surround ings of a refined home , and that his fam ily i > oi ancient Scotch descent. NOTIOC3. To-d jr' Bcrviooi at the Different Churches Throughout the Olty. Tlm following pulpits will bo occupied to-day by the designated ministers of the Lulhcrn synod : Kountzo Memorial Morning. Rev. M. Valentine , 1) . 1) . Li * . D.j evening , Hey. S. A. Ort , I ) . 1) . St. Mark's-Mornlng , Rev. K. J. Wolf , 1) . I ) . ; evening , Rev. W. S. Frcas. Kiuanuel's ( .Swedish ) L'vening , Key. 11. L. Batighor , 1) . I ) . Second Morning , Rev. M , Rhodes , D. 1) . ; evening , R.V. \ . Owen. North-Morning , Rov. Prof. 1C. T. Bar tholomew. D. D. Southwest Morning , Hov.f. S. Albert ; evening. Rev. , f. B. Hi-lwlg , D. I ) . Castellar Kvonlng , Rev.V. . K. Fischer. Park AvenueKvonlng. . Rev. J. YuUy , Rov. J. Gordon , 8 p. in. Ambler Place 3 p. m , Rev. Jabc ? Sehatlbr. COXOJKWATIONAt , . First Evening , Kev. , J. M. Crotner. St. Mary'-s Avenue Morning , Rev. W M. Baum , 1) . D. ; Evening , Rov. Luther Kuhlman. Third Morning , Rev. T. F. Rcesor ; evening. Rev. ,1. F. Shearer. lllllsluo Morning , 1) . T. Kain ; even ing , Rov. J. G. ( loettnmu , D. 1) . BlETlIOIHar. First-Morning , Rev. W. H. Stngloy , D. 1) . ; evening , Rov. W. 11. Dunlmr. Seward Evening , Hov. II. 1C. Tenner. South Tenth Morning , Rov. J. II. Ilarpster ; evening , Kcv. O. W. Endcrs. lianscoui ParkMorning. . Rov. George C. Henry ; evening , Rev. J. J. Zimmer man. UNITED rilESBYTKIUANS. First Morning , Rev. M.V. . ilauima , D. D. ; evening , Rev. E. 1C. Boll. Park Avenue Morning , Rev. G. W. Miller ; evening , Rev. A.V. . Lilley , 1) . D. OTllKH DENOMINATIONS. Unity Church Morning , Rov. S. A. Weikcrt. African M. E. Morning , Rev. J. C. Kauli'man ; evening , Rev. , ) . W. Schwartz. Free Evangelical Morning , Rev. R. G. Linker ; evening , Rov. C. E. Raymond. Y. M. C. A. Evening , M. T. Troxcll. Roy. F. W. Conrad , I ) . D. , the veteran editor of the Lutheran Observer , went to Atchison yesterday to preach to-day by rouucst of the clergy and citizens. Ho will deliver his celebrated lecture on "Martin Luther" before his return. The Sunday-school mass meeting this afternoon will bo a notable occasion. All the Lutheran Sunday-school people will ho gathered together in the Swedish Lutheran church. The addresses will beef of a very interesting character and will ho delivered by Rev. Jeremiah Zimmer man , Rev. G. W. Enders and Mr. J.V. . Rico. Gorman Lutheran Church 100" S. Twen tieth stieet. Services every Sunday at 10 a. m. Sunday school at 3 p.m. KJ. Irese , pastor. First German M. E. Church Corner of Eleventh and Center streets. Preaching to morrow at 10 : rOir. m. by Ilev. Shult ? , from West Point , Neb. , and at 7:45 : p. in. by Kev. O. Beckr , from frontier , Neb. Sunday school at 2:30 : p. m. Prayar meeting Thnrs- day evening at 7 : V . All Germans are cor dially invited. Ilev. II. Krucger , pastor. nAl'TIST. Beth-Eden Baptist Church Services nt 4:15 : p.m. at St. Mary's avenue Congrenatlonal church. Preaching by the pastor , Hov. 11. L. House , Sunday school at 3 p. m. Prayer mooting : Thursday evening at S o'clock. Strangers welcome. Seats free. First Baptist Church Stranger's Sabbath Home Corner Fifteenth and Davenport streets. Kov. A. W. Lamar , pastor. Preach ing at 10:30 : a. m. and 8 p. m. Morning theme : "Who does God Love , the Good or the Bad ? " Evening theme : "What Is Be lieving ? " Sabbath school at 12 m. Prayer meeting Wednrsdayuvenlng at H. All aio cordially Invited. Seats tree. OTHKIl SCUVICER. All Saints Church Twnnty-lifthiind How ard streets. Litany and holy communion , 11 a. m. Evensong , 7 p.m. services will bo conducted by the Kev. John Hewitt , of Fre mont , Neb. In the evening the services will be fully choral. The choir will sing Florlo's Magnificat and Nnne Dimlttis and Tour's anthem , "Blessed are They that Dwell In Thy House. " TaKe Farnam and Park avn- nvenun cars to Twcntv-hftn stieet or St. Mary's avenue cars to Falrvlovv street. First South Omaha. 'Iho dedication ser vices of this church will take place this mornIng - Ing and conclude this evening. It Is situated on the corner of Twenty-third and N streets. The pastor Is Kev. T. B. Hilton. The Sun day M > rvices hereafter will be at 15:30 : a.m. nnd7tOp. : : m. Sunday-school at 2:30 : p. in. , and class meeting at noon. Tlio exercises for this moinlmc's and evening's dedication Will be as follows : 10 a. m. Anthem , Invocation , hymn 805 ; Bcrintmo lesson , prayer , hymn bCO ; sermon by Kov. I. K. Ensign , superintendent Y. M. C. A. 70p. : : ! m. Anthem , Invocation , hvmn 80S ; scripture lesson , prayer , hymn SOU ; sermon by Kov. 11. O. Hilton , pastor M. E. church , Central City. First Christian Church Twentieth ana Capital avenue. Josesh 11. Fey , D. 1) . LL. I ) . , pastor. Services at 100 a , in. tmd 8 jr. m. Mornlag theme : "Tho Ethics of Dally Mfc. " Evening theme ; "Children's Day. " beats free. All Invited. A NKW CATHOLIC CTITKCIT. On next Sunday the corner-stone of the Collegiate church of St. John will be laid DII California and the south side of the : ampii ! > of Croighton college. The laying of the stone will bo attended with the impressive ceremonies peculiar to such occasions in tlio Catholic church. It is lixpcutud that several local and out- jitlo societies will attend in n body. &T. I'JIILOJIKNA'S. This afternoon at 2:30 : o'clock there mil bo a very important meeting of both .ho lady and gentlemen sodallsts of thn U. Y. M. , at which a full attendance is Icsired. _ _ FOILKl ) BY A WOMAN. Sirs. Annlo Wcntz Drives a Burglar Kroniller House. Mrs. Annie Wonts , C17 North Four- .centh street , was awakened this morn- ng by n noise and found a burglar in an- ithur room behind n door. She grappled .vith him when he presented a revolver. L'ho plucky woman wrested the weapon from his grasp. In the strutrglo it was lischarged. The fellow finally broke iway and jumped through n window , : aking the whole sash with him. Ho Ironpcd a silver watch out of his pocket n the tussle. The police were summoned , but the nan had escaped. It was found subse- { uontly that the burglar had been in the ooiu of Mrs. Wcntz1 son-in-law , and lad taken $1.75 from his clothes. The ioi chlors were much excited , and at ! ) > 'cloek this morning about fifty men and vomou were about the promises. The Young Men's Hebrew association rvill hold a meeting this afternoon at 2 .TO > 'clock. Bollevun lodge No. 8 , Knights of Pythias will have a grand celebration at I'apillion on thu and inst. The Plasterers' union of Omaha will mjoy an excursion and picnic at Oreup- ) lis , on the IJ. Ai M. road , twenty miles rrom the city , on the I'.tth ' inst. A com- nittco will go out to-morrow to select the grounds. A hydrant nt St. Mary's avenue and Eighteenth streets burstcd yesterday ifternoon and Hooded the thoroughfare. It was with dillieulty that thu street cars md vehicles progressed along iho uvonuu lor twenty minutes. Bank Statement. Niw Youic , June 4. The weekly bank datement dhows the reserve decreased 51,4"i,000. ! The banks now hold 81,329,000 , In jxccss of legal requirements. Aunt Sally Gibbs , us Mrs. Sarah Gibbs. af Middlotown , was usually called , died in Thursday , having lived 101 years , two months and seventeen days. She cumo if a long-lived family , several of iu mem bers haying lived nearly one hundred pears. SP , MORSE & .CO , MOSDAY , Offer An Enormous Stock of MiJ-Suuimor Dress Goods. Just Purchnnoil in Now Vork Last Work Albatross , Crepe Cloth , Nuns' Veilings TafTctao , JUte. , itc , Wo closed out from the larco Trench Importing house of Messrs. Charles Barre - re/ & Co. , Now York , last week , all their stock of SUMMER BLACK DRESS (5OODS. CREAM ALL WOOL DRESS (5OODS ( , CANVAS CLOTHS , UEltiES , PLAIDS etc. , at our own price , and the purchase was made under such favorable condi tions that wo are able to soil them for M CENTS ON THE DOLLAU and still reap a satisfactory profit. S. P. Moitsr. V Co T/tcfc / dress goods nrc of caymVitc < / " ' ity and just Hie right weight J'or summer ill esses , gowns , etc. CREAM LACE CANVAS , Cflo. fi pieces Cream Lace Canvas , till wool and -10 inches wide , that cost 85c to OOe a yard to import our price , 0o. ! ) CREAM TUFTED STRIPE , GOc. 3 pieces of these that usually sell for $1.25 a yard , 40 Inches wide Monday at Otfc. Otfc.CREAM CORDALINE , 75r. 8 pieces Cream Cordalino usually sold for $1.25 Monday's tirioe , 75o. CUEAM , WHITE. BLACK DRESS FABRICS. 00-CENT LOT. 25 pieces Cream , White and Black Tufted Albatross , Serges , IMcgua , L\cu : \ cfl'ecu , regular f 1.50 goods all iu ono lot at OOe , S. P. MOUSE fc Co. BOUCLE LACE ALBATROSS $1.25. Twenty pieces assorted patterns crenm Boucle Lace Albatross , regular $1 75 goods very line and stylish these for ' " "WOOL CREPE DE CHINE sft.M ) . 13 pieces finest all wool Crepe do Chine in cream and black , usually sold for $ ' , ' M a yard au exquisite cloth at $1.50. S. P. MOIIHI : & Co. FANCY DRESS (5OODS. ( LOT 1 , 25C : 80 piccos silk and wool and nil wool drc.ss poods ; a bip assortment , usually sold at 35 and 40 cents one lot nt 05 cents. LOT U , 350. 20 pieces Blue , Drown , and Tan , made double width , dress goods worth 50 cents a yard Monday's sato 85 cents. LOT 8,50C. 25 pieces all wool fancy canvases plaids mohairs , bcipos , etc. , 38 to 42 inches wide , regular price 75 cent goods Monday CO cents. S. P. MOUSE & Co. LOT 4 , 75c 20 pieces 42-inoh nil wool dress coeds that Charles Barren A Co. imported to sell wholesale for $1.00 , ? 1.25 and $1.50 on Monday's sale for 75c. .COMBINATION SUITS S10.CO. Wo will oiler a lot of about GO , lincstall wool combination suits containing 7 } to 8 yards -18-inch plain material and suf ficient velvet stripe to camplcto Iho suit these SOLD KOR ? ! ? 5 to $ 10 , REDUCED TO $10.00 EACH. Remember tins sale h for Monday and next week. S. P. MORSE & CO. O. P. I ) A A'IS DIC AI > . tic Passes Away nt Waitlccsha Sketcher or Ilia Life. O. F. Davis died at Waukesha yester- lay afternoon. Air. Davis' death occurred nt 8.30 o'clock. The news , although expected , was received with the greatest regret. So many of Mr. Davis' friends nro to bo found among the older citi/.ons of Omaha , who can pay tribute to his worth as a public spirited citizen and philanthropist , that there is no necessity of a published statement of his many good deeds. Ho was the possessor of liberal means and tljspensed his money in a way which In dicated his generous heart. His family will receive the earnest sympathy ol hun dreds. The remains will bo brought to Dmaha for burial. Oscar F. Davis was born In Ononflntra : ountv. N. Y. , near the village of Baldwlns- i-ille , March : , 18-J7. In Ib57 he removed to liibiiiie ) ( ] , Iowa , and was subsequently en raged In surveying In Wisconsin , Minnesota , Nebraska and Iowa. On the SOth of Mnv , isvi. he came to Omaha and followed his pro- icsslon as a civil engineer , being city cnai- leer for snino time. In the spring of lbG7 he ook charge of the Union P&cllic land do- larttr.cnt. In 18G8 lie was appointed land iommlssloner of the company , remaining In hat position until 1878 , when ho resigned , n company with Webster Snyder , tlioliif-t : cncrnl manager of the road , ha engaged In he rent estate business , lie was n member > f tun territorial legislature , and during tlm obolllon was provost innrshal for two yea is. Us relatives In this state are Dr. George. L. filler , his brothnr-in-law ; Mrs.P.L. Perrlno md Major , J. it. Davis , of Wahoo , Blot itnd Atljournofl. About thirty ladies and gentlemen who uid been misled by the adjournment of ho non-partisan nicotine on Thursday light , gathered in the board of education oems last evening. Mr. Wr. V. Morse vas nominated as chairman. Ho called lie meeting to order. A motion to ud- ourn was made and carried. SerlcuiH Cutting Affray. Thomas Hennessey , a mason , wan itabbcd seriously by G , R. Frascr , a , hod sarricr , on Davenport street last c\cning luring an altercation. Hennessey v\-id nit in the face , shoulder and bachJlo ) led nrofusely. The assailant was ar- cited. The wounds are not fatal. The Winnipeg Uondt. WINNII-KO , Juno 4. The government la nvitine tenders for the construction ot n ftilroad to thn boundary. There is lltiln loubt that the worlc will ho prosecuted. A ompany Is also necking Incorporation fm a oad to the west. WCTIONSALE OF SPLENDID DEUCE LOTS [ 'ho City of Florence will soil to the lighest Bidder for Cash in Hand 10 lots , situated iu said city. Safe to commence at 10a. in. SATURDAY , JUNE 11 ! OME AND GET A NICE LOT Full particulars of R. W. COWAN , Mayor of Florence.