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: ' * 2. ; . . . . - : : ipHE OMAHA DAILY bifiE'SUNDAY ' , . JANUARY 15. 1888.-TWELVE PAGES. . 1110EBE REMAINS IN HIS SHOP r < While Sponkor Oarllalo Retains His Boat in Congress. NO FURTHER LIGHT ALLOWED. All the Democrats nnd Three Ilcpnh- lluaiiH Vole Agnlnst ICcopentiiK the Cane For Additional Testimony. Oarllsle Wins. W. niNOTox , .fun. 14. Every member of the house committee on elections wus in at tendance to resume consideration of the Thoebe-Cnrhslo contested election cnso. Mr. Ilallnm , of Covlngton , ICy. , appeared in behalf - half of Curlislo , und Mr. Syphuruppearcd for the contestant. Mr. Hallam said bo took the position thut n sufficient cnnso hud not been shown for the reopening of the cuso. The action of counsel on the other side in pre senting nflldnvlts at the last session seemed to show that they concin red In that belief. John A. Goodson , chief of police of Coving- brother-in-law of Carlisle denies ton , anil - - , emphatically that the assertion made by the counsel for contestant that some relative of Carlisle's had approached Wood , formerly Thoebe'.s counsel for the purpose of in fluencing him. He states that ho is u rclutive of Cnrllslo living near Covlngton nnd ho declnrcs thnt neither ho nor nny other person , no fur ns he is concerned , ever In nnv manner approached or attempted to approach , Wood or any other person In Mr. Curlisle's bebulf. So fur ns Wooii knows the thing wns never thought of. Another affidavit by Horace Cameron reporter of the Cincinnati Evening Telegram , was rend in which Cameron recites the substance - stance of n conversation with the speaker the day nftcr the elect ion in which the speaker.said lie did not know whether or not ho had been defeated , but if ho had been bo would feel a sense of porsonalrelicf such as lie had not cxpeiicnced in ten yours. The affiant further ' snys thut ho had several conversations with Tlioebc , but ho hud never told him Carlisle admitted ho wus defeated.On tlio contiary , ho bad told him that ho ( Thocbo ) wus de feated. Ho had never sent an item to his ( paper declaring that Cuilisle admitted his defeat , but bo could not prove this by the liles of the paper us they had not been pro- nerved. Mr , llnllnm piodticcdulliduvitsfiom mnny friends of Curlislo nnd also from occu pants of the federal budding showing that no HUch meeting of the speaker's friends had been held ns alleged. Tlio custodians of poll books in Benne and Carroll counties made nflldavit that the returns wet o correct. He rend un affidavit of Policeman Solar , of Cov- 'Ington , wherein ho suys that ho bus several times recently been approached by counsel lor Thocbo who asked him to make an nfll- tlavlt that ho hud seen Curlislo und Detective Harris entering the olllco of tlio State I Journal , on the evening after the election. 1 Ho had been told thnt it might protect his interest - torest to make such nflldavit and that in the event that ho wus out of employment bo ( could muko money by making such nn ufllda- IVit. Mr. Hallam also read the affidavit of [ Charles A. Fimlloy , the notary who took the ( deposition for iho contestant. In tills affida vit bo suys Mr. Thoebo told him ho did netlike like to pi > y uny money in the matter , that ho did not want to go into it and wanted to get DUt of It. The labor people had forced him into it , but they had not backed him up as promised. JIo added that if it bad not been for the slum cast upon himself and Wood , to the effect that they had been bought olT , he juld get out of the case. Ho intended to send his papers to Washington nnd let Sypher make what ho could out of the case , which ho expected would bo a good deal. 'f ( Mr < Hallam next read the affidavit of Speaker Carlisle as follows : J. G. Carlisle says that ho has carefully read the statement contained In the affidavit ol Charles Mntimlor , Hied before the eonimit- , tco , nnd ho bn > s that the Ktutements con- * tallied in said uflld.uit , so fur us they relate 1q him ( Carlisle ) , uro untrue in every partic ular. He saj s that ho wus not at the office of Ihe Kentucky Stuto Journal in Newport , nt nny time during the evening of the 'M of November , Ibbd , nor bus he been in said office ut any time , either dnringtlie duyorevening , hlnci ) the congressional election of f > Sil. At- Hunt states thut bo did not go toward the res idence of Hon. A S. Berry , in u buck or ear- Viairo or otherwise , at any time during the said evening. Afllant did not see Detective Harris , of Covington , in Newport or else where at any time during said evening , nor Hid he attend any meeting or conference nt nny place , or have any consultation with any body on said evening , in i elation to tlm con gressional eleotion in said Sixth congressional uibti let or in relation to thu result thereof. Ho suys that at that time ho resided with II. E. Queen , nnd that ho was not outside of Queen's house on the night of November U. Aftlnnt suys thnt he never attended uny meet ing or conference at anytime or plnce after Bald election to consult about snid election or the result theieof or to tuke uny measures to effect the result thereof , in nny r ( manner whatever , and thnt ho never ( knew of uny such conference or } ( meeting upon the part of his friends or sup- * | I > ortors , nor did ho over henrof any such con- , liorcnco or meeting. Ho says that ho did not . { write uny letters or send uny telegrams oj Tnessngcs to nny part of the ni'if.ict after i itho election for the purpose tit learning the { result or for any otlic ? purpose in connection 'with ' the elect'.tm nor did ho request uny one else , to < lo so , nnd if uny letters or telegrams ormessengets sent by uny one. the nfllunt hud no knowledge of it then and bus Itiono now. Affiant says thut the statement ijiuide in the aflldnvit of George H. Thoebo tthut no tickets wen ) printed nnd distributed fbcnrlng the mime of John I ! , Carlisle ut the Election outside of the cities of Covington f Hind Newport nnd their adjacent suburbs , and nt some few points whicli could bo reached L by railroad , is not true. On the contrary , a 1 supply of tickets wus printed for euch prop - p clnct nud distilct , and alllant personally sent r them into every county to be used on the day of election , except for tlio county of Cnmp- hell. For thut county tickets weru loft in the bunds of the chairman of the county executive commltleo to be distributed tiy him. Nor is it true , ns stated lintho ntllduvit , that this alllant. on the eve- luing of the day succeeding said election , con ceded to Borneo Cambron thut ho ( tlili nfllunt ) had been defeated , and thut he per sonally was heartily glad of it. Afllant wai not In Covington on the evening of the da.v succeeding the election , but was there on tin ; morning of that day , ut which time he met Cumbrim and hud n short conversation wit li lilm. Cmnbron , when ho met alllant , suidi "Governor , you uro not beaten , are you ! " tn > Whleh affiant replied that ho supposed not. Cjlnit thut returns had been received fiom < iTiiv I a few precincts iu the country nud slioweil Uhttt u small vote hud been | xjlctl ! , nud then i afllnnt udded that if it should turn out that . [ way it wus perhaps a very good thing foi lilm , personally , as ho had neglected his pri vnto business for ten years and worked faith M fully In congress und it wrts about time lit was doing something for himself. Afllunt nays this is t'.io substance of all tin fonvcrsiitlcii that took place between bin and nntd Canibnm. At that time uflluni atu not know nud could not possiblj know the result of said election. Alltun' ' I Buys that nil statements to thu effect that tht ( returns fiom uny of the counties in the dis itrlct were hold backer delayed for four 01 Jive dnys jireuntrue. On the contrary hi says that the poll books nnd ballot boxes wen publicly opened nud the votes ofllclall ; counted and certified on the third day uftei said election in every county in the district except thnt in the comity of Tremble , thoj were opened by mlstuko of the county officer : in the presence of the entire board of can f vussers on the second Jay after tlio electioi JMiidoAknall' , counted , but thut the inistnki i us to the pioper time for thoolUcinlcount wu v discovered anil thereupon they were uguli scaled up and ivmnlned so until next dnj1 \vhon they were ugnln opened und counted b ; the board. Mr. Hallam next referred to th statement thnt Wood , the lending attorney tmd been in Carlisle's Interest , nnd thut th intlmut ion was that the bribery hud beoi 'done by ono of Curllslo's relatives. It Imi nlsa been stated that Wood hud told Thasb thut thcco wus money in It for both of then if they would consent to drop the contest. 1 ccply ho read Wood's affidavit dcclnrlu thut "it is not true , ns stated , thu J'bojue hud said the difllcultics tn hi cnso were few nnd that It would bo compnrn- tlvoly ensy for him to got his sent tn congress mid thnt the facts developed were sufliclent to oust Curlislo. On the contrary ho hnd re- peutcdly advised Theobo thutlt would bo nec essary to make diligent exertion Iu getting evidence nnd procuring friends , whereas Thoebo furnished but MM , which the labor unions had supplied. It wus for this reason that Wood hnd refused to continue In the cnse. Aftinnt pushed the cnso ns rapidly ns was possible , taking testimony by day and night ; by night to save the time of laboring men. Thocbo himself was not around In the dux time because , ns ho stated , bo wns com pelled to lose time from his work. The testi mony taken by afllnnt upjicars In the iccord and he took no more because he was not furnished mean * ) to do so ; never sultl anything - thing against the employment of Syphcr us assistant counsel , but refused to sanction his assumption of the direction of the cnse , und hnd finally dropped it nfter Thoebo hnd executed a ixjwer of attorney giving nbsoluto control of the cnso to Sypher. Alllant never lienrd of any county where the signatures to the returns were all In the sumo handwriting , until long after tint taking of the testimony had censed ; never told Thoebo that he could make money by selling to the defendant. He told him that u street conversation between two or three democrat * ! had been ovei heard wbciein they had remarked that the easiest way out of the mutter was to buy out the Thocbo faction. It was utterly false thut ho hud ever said anything on the subject beyond thu repetition of gossip , or tli.it he had been approached in that behalf. There had been nothing to hamper Thoebo in sending his papers to Washington nt uny time upon the jiavment of the notary. Mr. llullum next produced nnd rend letters sent by Cypher to Lee Crandnll , who , ho snld , acted ns a go-between in the cot rcspon- deuce between Wood.Thoebe nnd Syphers. In ono of the letters Sypher sins thnt ho will remain in tlio cuse by Wood's consent , but expects to control it when it comes to Wash ington. In another letter Sypher culls atten tion to the necessity for providing ways and means for such an expensive contest as this against the speaker , and says that If retuinod ho might enlist some sympathy from his re publican friends in the house , but also aid from some of his piotostionist friends. Mr. Hallam then closed his cnso in a brief address. Mr. Sypher reiterated the statements mndo by him that the returns of outlying districts had been withheld , nnd commented on the tuct that Carlisle's counsel hud nut brought forward telegrams sent to those disti lets. Mr Heard suggested that It was the duty of the ontestunt to bring in telegrams , eontcft ant having the aftlrmutive of the proposal. Sypher replied that if the ca e were reopened he would do so. The committee then went into secret session. The first mo tion put wns to postpone further consideration of the case , which was rejected by u stiict party vote of OtoO. Then u motion wus made to reopen the case , liowoll ( republican ) asked to bo excused from voting , und Cooper ( republican ) voted with the democrats , so tlio motion was lost. Another motion was to declare Thoebo en titled to his seat , und on this vote four re publican members were excused from voting , the remainder voting with the democrats against the motion. Then came the final vote affirming Carlisle's right to Ids seat. All of the democrats voted in favor of this prop osition , and with them stood Messrs. Cooper , Uowell nnd Johnson , of Indiana , making tlio alllimutivo vote 12. Messrs. Lyman , Ilouck and Lodge , republicans , were excused , so thcro was no negative vote. The position taken by the republicans , who abstained from voting , is that while they are not con vinced that Curlislo is not entitled to his scat , it is proper for the committee to reopen the case and afford opportunity for the pio- duction of nny now evidence thut might throw light upon tlio contest. Under instruc tions f i out tlio committee Committeemnn Crisp will report to the house n resolution mukmg Carlisle entitled to his scut. Wants oftho Wool Industry. WXSIIIXOTOX , Jnn. 14. The wool confer ence bus reached un ngreeincnt , which will bo formulated at once. It will advocate a return to the tariff of 1&07 , and n correspond ing readjustment of wool und worsted rates. A committee is nt work embodying the de cision of the conference In the repot t nnd tlio text of u bill to the effect stilted , both of which will bo submitted to congress ut the first opportunity by tlio committee. In the resolutions adopted by the confer ence it is pioelaimed thut the protection by tariff on the production of wool is demanded by tlm .best interests of all ; the American people. The great increase in tlio clip of American wool , nnd the slight increase of oxpoitations from IST'J ' to IbN'i is held out us demonstrating the ortect of protective indus tries und in promoting sheep husbandry in in tills country. The resolutions declare that reduction In tariff on wool in lbi : was imme diately followed by a great decrease in sheep , and this fact gives warning that the abolition of duties would seriously cripple the raising of sheep in this country , wlncn is the third producer in quality among the na tions , and would thus increase the price of wool all over the world , while thu consequent declination of sheep would materially affect the supply and price of meat , nnd to u coiisid- nblo degree , of nil provisions. Congress is requested to immediately pass a Joint resolu tion carrecting the present erroneous classi fication of worsteds by directing that they bo classified as wool cloths. The passage of the Aldrich bill to suppress undervaluations of imports , is fa voted. After the adoption of the losolutions a committee , consisting of Columbus Delano , of Ohio , president of the National Wool Grower's association , William Whitman , of Boston , president of the National Associa tion of Wool Manufacturers , und Edwurd A. Greene , of Philadelphia , piesidcnt of tba Philadelphia Wool Merchants r.nsoclntion , was upiiointed to ; ; * ent congress with u schedule of customs duties adopted by the Conference and the convention adjourned sine die. The schedule adopted by the con ference is similar , in many respects , to the tariff of 1S ( > 7. All of the classes remain Identical with tlio existing wool tariff , but the rates of duty uro incieased in many in stances. Given a Hearing. WVSIIIXOTOX , Jan , 1 ! . The committee ap pointed by the Memphis waterway conven tion , held In October lust , was given n hear ing before the committee on rivers and har bors in tlio house of representut ives to-day. The committee represented thirteen states und three territories bordering on the Mis souri river , Ohio nnd upper und lower Mis- sississippi , and is hero to urge upon congress the granting of speedy and adequate appro- priutions for tlio improvement of western waterways. ft otiihinnu Demountlo Nominees. lUiox Kot'dK , La. , Jan. II. The demo cratic convention ro-assoniblod this after noon. The following nominations \verc made , completing the ticket , James A. Jef freys , Kupides , lientenaiit-govenor ; Judge Walter H. Uodgers Orleans , , attorney-gen eral ; W. H. Pipes , Kust Folicinna , treasurer ; Joseph Urcuux- , Iberia , superintendent pub lic education ; Leonard F. Mason , Concordia , secretary of stute , und Stell , the piesent in cumbent , auditor , The platform indorses Cleveland's administration ; to the perpetua tion ; the perpetuation of the lovcjL' system nnd the placing of free schools on u nub-dan tint basis. It opposes convict labor , und in vttes immigration. She Wants $2UOOO HUMIHH.DT , Neb. , Jan. 13. A ripploof excitement ' citement was caused hero by the serving ol Munmoiituipon thn bondsmen of J. II. Hay sheriff ot Uichardson county , to appear before fore the United States court and answer t < the action of Mrs. John Hocck , who claim * damages in the amount of $ > iOOU ) by tensor of fnlse imprisonment. In January , lbS. > Mrs. Boeek wns un interested witness In i suit before County Jndgo Coupe , and be came so violent thut the court ordered tin sheriff to nut her in Jail until she could con trol herself , which was done. She was let thcro over night , uud upon this she bases hei action. Two KleclloiiH Culled. NHimtsiit. CITY , Neb , , Jnn. U. [ Speclu Telegram to the Bun. ] At on adjournei meeting of the council last night it wus dc elded to call a special eleotion for Februnr , 2'J ' to vote (150.000 refunding bonds nnd un tlier election , February 21 , to vote on grant ing a utrcct cur franchise to S. II , H. Clark The Dentil Uconrd. NASUVII.LB , Jun. 24. Mrs , Anna } . ' Cheatham , widow of the lute General B. t Cheatham , who preceded her ns postmustc In this city , died at her icsuleiico Ihls men ing. TWENTY-THREE BELOW ZERO , Omaha's Coldest Day of the Whiter Season. A COAL FAMINE IMMINENT. The StarllliiK Report Kent In to the County Commissioners Dorsey llonck'n Narrow Kscnpe I-'rom Dentil Other AeeldontH. t Notes of the Btorin. Yesterday was without doubt the coldest day of the winter season In Omaha , and the demoriili/ing effects of the weather were evinced among the people and In every brunch of trade. The usual Saturday throngs on the streets were missing , und the dry goods emporiums , matinees nnd other places attraction were Jcsqrtcdi At 4 o'clock in the afternoon tlio thermometer registered 10 degrees below zero , 1(1 ( below nt 0 , 20 below ut 7'M : > , nnrt 23 below between 11 o'clock nnd midnight , Doitsr.v HOUCK'S rnim , . Major Dorsoy Houck , the muscular deputy sheriff , hnd nn exciting experience yesterday aftcinoon. Enveloped in a big storm over coat , nnd bundled up in the warm robes of his cutter , ho was driving his horse along the road In the vicinity of Thirty-third and Dodge streets , which has been left in a dang erous and impassible condition by the graders who have been at work there of lute. The danger signals , if there be uny , are buried out of sight by the Immense snow drifts , and the first intimation the major had yesterday that ho was riding on the edge of a precipice was when his horse nnd cutter were dumped off about twenty feet into u big drift of the fleecy. The usually kind and gentle stectl at once expressed his displeasure nt such treatment by beating n tutloo on the cutter with his hind feet , and the major relieved himself of nn oration that was more expressive then po lite. He got out of the wreck with extreme promptness , and while his horse continued to enjoy himself by making kindline wood of ttie sleigh , warned one more belated traveler just in time to avert nnother accident of the kind. The horse wus next calmed down , und with his ullnpidatcd outfit und his ears and eyes full of snow , Dorsey cumo to town to tell .his friends of his narrow escape from death and destruction. n \ ins vixor.its moznx. While walking down street yesterday after noon , Henry Blath , of 1110 Not th Twenty- fourth street , had his llngeis badly frozen. Ho wns taken to Dr. Leo's office whore ho was put through the rather painful operation of thawing out. Fortunately ho will lose none of his fingers. HIS F1XOEHS DROPPED OrF. Yesterday morning ono of the drivers of An heuser-Busch John Fried- - Brewing company , - inann , missed the dummy for the Bluffs and started with a load of beer for that place across the ice on the river. Tlio team was .stalled in the snow drifts on the Iowa .sido and in endeavoring to digthem out Fried- munn had his hands , face and nose frozen. Another mot him nnd turned him back to Omaha , Two of his lingers dropped off , nnd ho will lose several more. Manager Walters sent him to St. Joseph's hospital , ins nousu is FOUXD. H. B. Irey. who lost his horse while cross ing to the Bluffs in the excursion of Thurs day lust with Charles White , received n tele gram yesterday morning announcing that the animal had been found in the willows two miles below the city. MONEY FOIl TUB POOR. Yesterday afternoon n delegation of young gentlemen walked into the room in the county building set apart for supplies for the poor and informed County Aucnt Mahoney - honey that in the office where they were employed 31.50 nnd been raised in fit ) cent subscriptions nmong the clerks to bo devoted to the poor. The young men were ( particular not to have their identity mndo known , and they expressed much anxiety as to the condition of the woman and her babe who hud been found in n tent by Mr. Mn- lioncy , particulars of which were printed in the Br.E. They were told about her and they stinted for the tent , promising to give the siillerers the largest slmro ot their subscrip tions , und divide the balance nmong other worthy poor people , the mimes ot whom were furnished them. Axxoicn IIY HER nrsntxn. Poor people who are brought in contnet with County Agent Muhoncy seem to mag nify his authority , and not a day passes that he is not appealed to to take u hand in some curious passing events. Yesterday afternoon un old Italian woman living ut the corner of Tliiity-lifth und Leuvenworth streets , who has been receiving nsistmico for herself and her three children from the poor department , rushed up tn him nnd demanded thnt ho should come up to the house nnd arrest her husband , who had ro- tin net ! to her after an nbseuco of nearly t.va years. His numo is Thomas Bartholdi. und the woman in broken English described him us fnt , liwy nnd cruel. She fenrcd ho would kill her und her children , und ns a lust resort Mr. Muhonoy appealed to the police to prot-jst the family from the ruviifjes ol t'ue tmiful bus- bund nnd unnatural fnthor. DEALING OCT 1UTIOXS. There was another illustration of the mis- cry , suffei ing nnd wnnt prevuiling in the city at the poor supply department in the county building yesterday. Men , women nnd chil dren came in largo numbers nnd there wns the usual dealing out of coal , Hour , tea , coffee und beans. beans.A A COM. rvMixi : AiM'iio\rinxn , There wus n lull followed by momentary excitement in the proceedings of the county commissioners yesterday afternoon - , noon , when commissioner Mount arose ami informed Ills associates thnt Mr. Mq- gnth , of the firm of C. B. Havens & Co. , who have the contract for furnishing the poor of the county with coal , had something to suy Mr. Megeuth told the commissioners that his company were without the kind of coal furnished by them to the county poor , and usked what ho wus to do under the cir cumstances. He added that his linn had plenty of the kind on the road , but could not toll when it would reach Omaha. Ho also volunteered the startling information thnt if this weather continued for ten days longer the city would bo completely out of soft coal , which would necessarily work great hard ships nmong the rich as well ns the poor. In answer to questions Mr. Megeath informed the commissioners of the quality of coal ho could substitute for that regularly contracted for , and after the adjournment of tlio board they started for the Havens & Co. yards to make n personal inspection of the kind of coal to bo substituted. AMOMl TIIK II VII.1IO U > S. The eastern trains were nil late last night and in consequence the Union Pacific und B. & M. passenger trains all left Omuhu from ono to two hours behind time , the "Ilyer" on the Union Pucille being three hours behind the schedule. Two engines were required to , handle the train und one of those selected bad its pumps frozen in coming from the Bluffs und another hud to bo substituted. The spo- ciul cur of Superintendents Dickinson nnd Blickensderfer wus attached to the "flyer. " Those two oftlciuls urn going ns fur west ns Lnrumie City on n tour of inspection. Among the passengers were u paity of excursionists from Boston who nro curouto to Sun Diego viu San Francisco. TIIK DLiy./.AItD'S AVAKK. An Appulllnn IJOHH of Lll'o Partial List of the Dead. ST. PAUL , Jan. 11. Tlio loss of life by .1 the bljrzurd Thursday is shown to bo vorj grout. By far the largest number of casual Itles nro reported from Dakota points. Tin following summnry mndo shows the name1 of those wiio perished , but dispatches wil probably show others ; 1IAKOTV. Hitchcock , Emil Gllbertson ; Mitchell Geoige. Allen , Jr. , and Joscnh Anderson Mlnot , .fumes Smith and two sons ; Kay mnnd , William Driver's two sons and Churloi Heath ; Huron , T. E. Clllkcson , Itowlam Chumoers , Kuril Gllman , Thomas and Wil linm Nelson , and an unknown man ; Abet ileoii , William Love , Judson Westguto Howldo , Mr. Perino , Mr. Uosco , Peter Tor- liuno ; Virgil , Frank Nlercson , Willlun Niereson , Joseph Wilson ; Irlquois , Mrs. Do Vine , Adam Gerner , J. W. Goalee ; Barli ston , W. B. HeadloyjuDclemninc , Mrs. Cora Curtis ; BrookingSj. unknown young man ; Clnrcmont , ' Miss Stlnoburner , of Ainhurst , ( loud , ji'nd'turee ' others missing ; Watcrtown , four fawners dead and three missing ; LestcrVllUvf two men and two children , names njt krtown. DoSmet O. E. St'e'nrns , teaching school six miles north of , | 3o Smet , with three children were anight in the blizzard and was out In the storm Uruuty-two hours , The boy had his feet froren wtlld to the ankles. He walked a mlle hl-'tfiW condition and his feet then giving out ho ) crawled half n mlle to the house. He will lose bqth feet. The girl was so chilled that shu was unconscious Hvo hours after being found. Mitchell Three young men living on Jim river , cast of town1 , are still missing. Huron Rowland Chamber ? saved his son by burying him In the snow , but ho himself perished. When found they were half n mlle from the house , and u large St. Hcrnurd dog was with them. The boy says the dog barked all night and his father yelled for help , and that his father did not die till nn hour before the rescuing patty reached them. The boy is only slightly fio/cn. A paity of 'our that started for Lake Hyron nn hour be- 'ore the storm has not been heard from. G vitv Charles Stnlt/enbcrg , of Altnmotmt , itartcd to procure a coffin for his dead son nd has not been heard fiom. Two children f Joseph Hutchlnson living west of here , wished while going homo from school. Sioirx FALL * A lady teacher named .Tack- son , a pupil named Gfudo , G. Grunstiom a Turmer , and two others , names not known , , vero found frozen to death in this section. Yankton At Lostervillo , Jacob Krul/ died 'rom the cold and his wife was badly frozen. Frederick Millbergor may die from exposure. Another man , nuiuo unknown , is known to have been frozen. Three deaths are reported from Ti ndull , Don Hommc county , and two girls near Wakendn , Clay county. Flandrean It is reported that a lady school teacher in the northern part of this county was frozen to death. Milieu The body of , T. W. Gassier , a .vealthy . fanner , who was lost in Thursday's blizzard , was found this morning about two : nilcs fiom his house Faulkton Emma Lamar , n school teacher south of hero and Carrie Aumun , H pupil , , \ere frozen to death Wednesday night. Doland Will O. Curthwate , a farmer's son , got lost in the blizzard Thin sdny going "rom his father's house to the Ivirn and * .vus bund dead in the snow yesterday. Ono man was found dead near AVhite lake , , wo boys and ninety-two head of cattle near varcliwood , In. , and four school children near Lennox , Dak. Huron A young son of .Tames Newcomb. returning from school , was found 'rozen. Adam Gcrner , of Iroquols , ins not been heard from. A passenger .ram with thirty-live passengers on board ivns caught fast four miles east of Ualnton and the residents of Hiilaton went to the 'oseno ' with a long rope , ono man holding it against a telegraph polo until the man at the other end had found the next polo. A train- pad caught north of Vilas was rescued in a ike manner. Hitchcock Lewis Merrlnm , aged sixty , and liis son , living five miles northeast of here , perished in Thursdays storm. Mr. Merrlnm was born near Hartford , Conn. , and lived for several years at Dixon , 111. MOXTlNt. Belgrade , Williwu Overman ; Marysvillo , Patrick Hanloy. / , In Minncbota Adrian- John Daring ; Lu- vcrne , John Lay. a Blizzurd Work lit OIXRC County. BnATiiicENcb.Jan. l' , [ SpecialTelegram to the BEE.J Tlio sjiddost occurrence from Thursday's bli/zard is the death of Hon.John Sparks , a pioneer farmer who lived eight miles south of Beatrice.1 Ho started for his : iomo before the storm with n team , but was overcome and froze to death ono quarter of u mile from homo. The team got homo with out the wagon. Ilia body was found yester day. > i Mr. Sparks had lived hero for twenty years and represented Gpfce'cqunty in the lower ' ouse of the legislature g'f 1S7 ! , being elected on thounti-monopoiy ticket , was always a warm supporter of ! tlm Biu : , was universally respected and a prominent man in county and township matters. Ed and Charley Maxwell , who lived in the same neighborhood , were caught in the same storm and became separated. One found a house and escaped injury. The other wan dered tnoun > \ mid finally found a hay stack , where ho spent the night. Ho managed to crawl to a house near by yesterday morn ing. Different parts of the body were badly frozen and he is now in u critical condition. Lou Claik , the IJ. & M. brakennm kilted at Salem lust week , was brought to his homo here this night by his wife and will be buried to-day. The Coltl Hi OU > e County. NEIIIUSKOITT , "Neb. , Jan. 14 [ Special Telegram to the DUE. ] The thermometer registered fifteen below all day and lust night reached twenty-two. Stock throughout tlio county is rcnortod suffering and largo num bers Sio nozen. This is the most severe weather in the history of the city. Pond and MlHHing. LINCOLN , Nob. . .Tun. 14. The weather to-day has been the coldest of the season , the thermometer being down 18 below. Emi Grossman , of Peru , a farm laborer , was found dead within twenty yards of his house. A lad named Hodin is reported missing near Nebraska City. All trains uro delayed. Died in the Storm. LINCOLN , Neb. , Jan. 14. [ Special Telegram to the Br.E. ] News reached this city to-day of the death of Mrs. P. Smith , u farmer's wife , living near Wood town , this county. She was caught in the great storm while re- turninghomo from n neighbor's , and hcrbodi was not found until yesterday. No Trains KimniiiK at Lincoln. LINCOLN , Neb. , Jan. 14. [ Special Telegram to the BEE , ] At ! l p. in. to-day trains in urn' out of Lincoln were abandoned on all roads owing to the extreme cold and drifting snows. The Illockude at Slonx City. Siorx CITV , In. , Jan. H. [ Special Telegram gram to the DEI : . ] The Sioux City & Pacific railroad is the only ono making nny attcmp' ' ns yet to run trains regularly. The Illinois Central and Northwestern roads are totally blocked. The .Milwaukee is running to Ma nilla. Trains left on the Nebraska side to day , but after going u short distance re turned. It is ( .aid that the supply of cou hero will not lust more thim a week and con slderablo apprehension is felt , as the pros pects for an curly raise of the blockade aio not at all favorable * Tlio Thermometer HlAinjj at Denver. DKXVEII , Jun. 11. ' ,1'he , , thermometer this morning registered 24 bolqw ; to-night it is 0 below. As yet stock ttu * not suffered to nny extent nnd If , ns anticipated , the cold spell blows over in a duy 6r two ; the loss will not bo greater than usual. The IHI//.nril llentehes Texas. GOI.DTIIWIIT , Tex.,1' Jtln. U. A bllzrtml struck this section , sudi.only } to-day at 1 o'clock , when it becumo almost durk. The wind suddenly shiftod-inln the north nnd In two hours the morWry ( froppcd from lie de grees to 2i ) degrees. The May opened sum- mer-liko. At tt o'cluuk ( to-night the ther mometer icgisters 1(1 ( Degrees. U H snowing hard. Tlm .Courier Journal Striker * . Lot'isviu.K , Jnn. 14. None of the striking printers of the Courier Join-mil returned to the cases nt 10 o'clock this morning. Theli places weio tilled. An hour Inter President Almlson , of the International Typographical union , culled upon Piesldent Hnldeniun , ol the paper , and sought u conference , but Mr. Haldeman told him the new men hud been put on to stay und the talk ended. Three Killed lly n Iioeomotlve. ' SIIAIIOV , Pn. , Jnn. 14 , Stephen nnd Sum ucl Dyer nnd Joseph Knlcp were struck by u Now York fust express on the Now York , Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad this evening and Instantly Killed. The men were in u buggy when the express struck them. Thej were all married and leave families. THE MISGUIDED MR , MILLS , Ho Assumes Too Much Importance nnd Mnkoa Himself Absurd. MAY PROVE A COSTLY BLUNDER. Not Unlikely to Lose Him In the House A Kull lllooded Omnlm Distinguishes llltu- sclf Dakota Made a Mistake , run CMmuHnE , ) flI ! ' ' riiNTitSTiuiT : : : : , > W. SIUN TON . D. C. , Jan. 14. ) Neither house of congress was In session o day , but there were many of Its members n their seats and nbout the committee ooms. There was only one subject of gen eral comment nnd that was the exhibition nade in the house late yesterday afternoon jy Chutimnn Mills of the committee on ways md means. Speaker Carlisle Is reported to ie considerably bored over the incident. The chnliman of the committee on wajs and mentis has always been recognized us one of : ho lenders of the house , the mouth-piece of .ho speaker and the defender of the ndmlnls- ratlftn , should it bo on his side politically , md an Influential man in the majority of the muse , but this Is the first Instance on record where nny single member of the house , not 'xccpting the speaker 1ms assumed to control he action of the house on anything and espec ially to promise that the house would adjourn n day. The lepubllcans regard the blunder Mills mndo when ho acknowledged that ho mil promised many members to adjourn the louse till Monday ns but the beginning of a series of blundeis which will disrobe him of Ills prestige nnd the influence which sur rounds him ns the chairman of the most im portant committee of the house. It will be iemembcred that the prediction that Mills would bo made chairman of tliia committee ivas discredited by the most of the people icro lust summer and fall , on the ground : hat he was too brash and hot-headed and misty to bo n leader of the houso. Many members went to the speaker and isUed him not to pluco Mills at the lieud of the commtiteo for these icasons , rep- icsenting to him that the Texan was not a man of sufficient coolness nnd forcsighted- ness. If ho should make another break like the ono yesterday ho will surely become the laughing stock of the entire town. CONDITION Of Till ! OMUIVS. At the meeting of the board of Indian commissioners in session hero for the missioners to-day pur pose of advancing the interests of Indian ed- ucut'on ' , Thomas Sloan , a full-blooded Omuhu Indian , a pupil of the Hampton , Va. , school , well known in Nebraska , gave a very inter esting history of the rise of his tribe. Mr. Sloan Is a inngnlllcrnt specimen of the Indian , speaks very good English , and his narrative showing how his people were brought from barbarism only" thirty years ago tin ouch the efforts of missionary- work to their present condition of civilization was attentively listened to. Ho stated that lust month the Omnlius and Winnobagocs were admitted to full citizenship , and that before casting their vote they resolved not to drink , eanible or take bribes at the polls. Most of the latter , however , bait fallen l > y the way side , and wore in a condition to need mission ary assistance. mKOTV MA/TITHS. Delegate Gifford , of Dakota , told mo to-day that the senate commission on Indian nffaiis would report unanimously next week in favor of opening the Sioux reservation , which block ades the way to settlement about the Black Hills country , and that there was little doubt that it had received the hearty support not only of the committee once or twlco before but of the residents and others con nected with the administration. Mr. Gifford is a member of the house committee on Indian affairs and has canvassed the subject in that branch of congress and is confident that the bill will be speedily reported and ncted upon , when it ranches the house. He believes also that the bill to dovido Dakota nnd providing for the udmisniou of the southern naif to statehood will bo passed within n ninnth by the senate , but he thinks that there will bo delay in the house committee , us the chair man Is committed against it. Ex-Delegato Pyttingrew , who is hero working for the Sioux reservation bill , and the di vision of its territory and statehood docs not think that the house committee will report the division nnd statehood bills at all ns the majority are afraid that , oven though it should bo reported with unfavorable recog nition , the bill as passed by the senate , would be taken up and passed either " . riiiist the report of the eoninuU > C ? as u substitutes to the one it uii"t ! lenort. Inasmuch us there Is I'O ' pOiUics m the Sioux rebel vntiou bill , it is very probable thut it will become n law within three months. Pr.uiiY S. IIllATH. Nebraska nnd Iowa Pension * ) . WASHINGTON , Jan. 11. [ Special Telegram to the Bee. ] The following pensions were issued to Ncbrafckans to-day : Melissa A. Koscue , former wife ot Jacob Knaubcr and minor of Jarob Kimubcr , Republican City ; Joseph M. Larrabee , alias Joseph Do Labur , Omuhu ; Zuckerach Kump , Newport , both soldiers of the Mexican war ; Jcdediiili Clark , Steel City. Iowa pensions : Enos C. , father of Thomas A. Hills , Volga City ; minor of Reuben Showers , Wilton ; Mary J. , widow of John Morgan. Flaglers : Vinzen/ee. widow of George Volnntt , Marion ; William M. Gray , Shambuugh ; James G. Anderson , Bertram ; Cornelius Rodger * . Tracy ; Culvin Brings , Villisca ; George N. Curr , Union ; Juu > b Neth , Culumus. Reissue Robert \Vumpler , Wuukou. _ Army Xews , WnniNnrov , Jan. U. [ Special Telegram to the BEH. ] Major Frank T. Bennett , Second end cavalry , and Captain Leopold O. Puihor , Fii-Ht infuntry , me ordered for examination by the army ictiring board at Sun Pinnclbco. The leave of absence granted Francis J. Baiter , Twenty-first infantry , Nobember ' , " is fuitlier extended three months. " Willimn Supp , of Wilcox , Neb , who has been in Washington fora month past , retuins to his homo on Monday. The Fisheries ConlVrence. W\SIIIMITOV , Jan. 1 1. [ Special Telegram Bii--Tlu fisheries conference resumed to the : : ] - - > sumed its session this afternoon. lOxtirpation of Plcitro-Pneiimonia. WIPIIINOTOV , Jan. 11 , The senate com mittee on agriculture to-day continued the consideration of how to extirpate pleuro- pneumonia and kindred discuses among cat tle. The committee had Dr. Palmon , chief of the bureau of animal Industry , before them again to question him regarding the work done by the bureau toward stamping out thftdiscasc , Hon. E. S. Wilson , of the Illinois state llvo stock board , gave an ac count of the operations of the state board during the recent epidemic in IllinnU. D , W. Smith , of Illinois ; A M. Bowman , Virginia ; JH. . Sunders , of the Breeders' Ga/ctte. Chicago , mid Dr. Azolumes , of Chicago , \yoro also heard lelutivo to the deficiencies in the existing law nnd thit necessity of better means for the eradication of this disease. A Postotnoe Discontinued. WtHiiiNfiroN , Jan. 14. [ S | > ecinl Tolegrnm to the DM : . ) The ) > o loflico ut Alder Gtovo , Burt county , Nebiuskit , was discontinued to-day. _ Protest Ing KnlghtH. NEW YOHK , Jan. 14. Thodissutistled mem bers of the Knights of Labor of New York and vicinity have followed the example of their brctbcrn of Chicago , Cincinnati and Philadelphia and at n mas-i meeting Wednes day , appointed u provisional com in It too against the present management order , A committee to-nipht issued a long manifesto , couched in the same luncuagu us thut prepared pared in Chicago , giving their reasons for re bellion and culling on locals to join them. The lee I'nluvc Completed. ST. PAI'L ' , Jan. 14. The cornerstone of the ice palace was laid to-night. There was a narado of snow shoe and toboggan clubs and specchex by President Thompson , Governor McGill and Mayur Smith. A HAD BIiA'/i : . The Oinalin Pickle anil Vinegar Fact ory Destroyed. At 3 o'clock this morning a still nlurm of lire was sent in from the Omaha Pickle and Vinegar works. No. ! 1 engine responded , and soon a second general alarm was turned In , calling out the cntlic department. The works are situated In the southern part of the city , about a mile from No. 3's house , and by the time that company arrived on the scene the fire hud gained such progress that It was Impossible to check the flames. The fire men walked hurd , but the bitter cold prevented their doing effective woik , there being no water available , and at this hour the entire building Is wrapped in flames and cannot bo saved from utter destruction. TIIK OAKLAND WHKCK. It Proves More 8erlon Than at First Itoported , OVKUND , Neb. , Jan. II. [ Special Tele gram to the Bui : . ] The railroad accident one mlle north of Cruig yesterday afternoon proved to bo more dlsuUrous than at first represented. About ! 1 o'clock two engine * and two cabooses attached to the rear engine , with several men , loft Oakland to clear the track. The front ono was bucking MIOW In the cut rand got stuck. The engineer and fireman alighted to give the other engine the signal , but were two late , and the rear en gine , running about eighteen miles per hour , wont thundering into the other engine. The engineer and tlrenmn baiely escaped by jumping. Both engines ami one caboose weie badly crushed. All the men In the first caboose were more or less injured. John Caller , the fireman , by Jumping broke ono leg. Conductor Smith's limbs were injured. John Peterson , of Pender , was i'ljnrcd in ternally , nnd will probably die. O'Brien , a section foicman at Emerson , was also hurt internally. John Odlout hud ono bund badly mashed. Peter Drum , engineer , was injured internally and badly bruised. John Colson , of Lyons , wns badly bruised. Several others escaped with slight bruises. The wounded were taken to Craig on sleds , and given the best attention possible. Nothing has been done toward dealing the wreck , the storm being too severe. The loss to tlie road has not been estimated jet. The blame is probably attached to the conductor and engineer of the rear engine. KANSAS CITY TIMKK SUIM ) . Henry 1C. Dlxcy AVantH Damages For KviuiKoliHt Small'H Llhel. KVNS\S CITV , Jan. 14. Friday night Evangelist Sam Small preached a sermon in which ho referred to Henry E. Dlxey , the actor , as a "blackleg gambler who had lost 81,500 on dice in San Francisco und then Miueulcd. " Di\ey , upon reading the above expression in the Times this morning nt once endeavored to have Small called to account legally , for what Dlxey terms a lie gotten up by n Sun Francisco reporter. Finding that Small could not bo well reached under the laws of Missouri , Dixey filed affidavits charging the Kansas City Times with crim inal libel. The papers were served on Dr. Mnmford , the editor , this evening , and ho was released on his own recognbnnco to appear Monday morning. Small bus been subpojimod as u witness. Weather IndlcatloiiH. For Iowa : Colder , followed by warmer , fair weather , biisk to high northwesterly winds , diminishing in force. For Dakota : Colder , lair weather , fol lowed by warmer und local snow , light to fresh variable winds. DANGKItOUS LKTHAHGY. Seine Points For Consideration ol' the Hoard oT Trade. To the Editor of the Bii : : . To ono who will study the situation , the listless indifference of our community in its relations to the mil- roads conti oiling the in und out-freight rates upon which we so largely depend , Is unac countable nnd simply appalling. In place of exhibiting that lively sympathy which might reasonably bo expected to exist iu cffoits to secure the succchbfnl solution of a problem of such vital importance , we find , with rare exceptions , a condition of total upulhy and a strongly innikcd indisposition on the part of t " 2 liirse laulQnty to air..i.v expression of "in terest whatever. A few resolute spirits nro battling for the right ; yet , even when backed by the power of a united press , their best efforts fail to urouso the slightest co operation fiom those who appear completely lulled in a false sense of security , and are so unwilling to bo disturbed. It is high time for our citi/ens to nrouso nnd shako oft the lothargj which surrounds them , to investigate the condition of affairs and join in n united demand for the legal con trol of those hostile interests which are im pel illing our very existence. Statistics show our jobbers nnd manufac turers to have swollen their sales during the past year to over 70,000,000 of dollftrs. Examine the freight tariffs as they stand to-day , and have stood for nearly n month past. Contrast the cnoimous ad vantages they proffer the city of Chicago in itsnbsoiption of the trntlleof our state , with the thoroughness with which our own city of Omaha is ignored and deprived of ability to do business outside her own corporate limits. Of the * 7lK)0,000 ) ( ) in reference , jffi.OOO.OOi ) is duo to the jobbing trade. Let the present rate schedules continue , and will any sane man contend that the coming year will en able them to piescnt any such exhibit ) Rather will they have cause for congratula tion if they can show at theclosoof ' & > gross sales of one-fifth of that amount. It may bo usserted , as tin offset to this presentation of the case , thai wo uro turning our attention to the encouragement und estublishmcntof man- nfuctnring establishments and will find com pensating advantages in them. Is this is not beginning at the' wrong end ! How can it bo possible to secure their location hero , when every consideration of interest inspired by a biiHincss-liko investigation of ruto competi tion us compared with other cities will only result In demonstrating to the intelligent o | > erutor thut ho must in Justice to himself lo cate elsewhere I The first and most overwhelmingly Impor tant question to-daj before the board of trade should be the cquuli/ution of freight rates between Omaha and eastern cities , notnlily Chicago. Every other effort snould sink Into lelutivo insignificance until this great pro ! ) lem is .solved. When jour coal merchants , jour lumber dealers and your Jobbing trade generally are Inn rassed and cripled by dis criminating freight tatilTs , made solely In the interests of rival business centers , is It the time for real estate , for capital , or in fact eiery local enterprise calling for bruins und monev , to stand by in stolid Indifference * Can they not recognize their Intel ests being in Jeopardy , or must wo wait for conviction to reach them until wo aio forced to look upon a long procession of keen , bright , busi ness men moving westward In the pursuit of their calling and desoi ling a city , no longer appreciating them at tlielr trim value ns prime factors in that city's success ? Will there then bo found thow bold enough in the face of capital thus withdrawn und with empty warehouses beggiug for occupancy , meeting them at every turn to claim for nny other element of Omaha's present prosperity an ability to secure ns from the evils thut will nccessai lly follow/ / This is no over drawn pictuio , but ono well woithy the most earnest attention nnd Intelligent action on the part of those having the best Intel ests of Omuhu ut heart. FAinPnv. Y. M. C. A. Notes. The subject of the bibla class nt 9:15 : this morning will ho "Temptation , " taken from Luke iv , M. % Mr. William Franklin will lead. All young men cordially invited. Services will bo hold at the county Jail be tween 1 nnd 3 o'clock this afternoon. Rev Mr. Soarcs will bo present and assist in the exercises. All who can are urged to attend , Goipel meeting this afternoon nt 4 o'clock , The 01 clieatra fuom the First M. E. Sunday school in expected , nnd Mr. D. McDonald will sing n solo. The meeting will bo ad dressed by Rov. Mr. Augusta Soares , of the Evnngelizutlqn society of London , nn earnest and interesting speaker. All uro urged to bo pro scut. BALL TALK OF MIDWINTER , No Romnrknblo Developments Ex cept the Ministers' Protest. TALMAGE ON THE PASTIME. The Need of a Change Cateher For the lineal Team Urged -Polntn About the Phi ) era Other Sports. Loenl Itime Hull There has been no remarkable develop ment * In the local base ball world dm ing tlm past week , unless the filing of a protest by the association of Piesbytermn ministers against Sunday games can bo classed under this head. But there is no cull for a discus sion of this iisiio the bull season is a long way oil , and the world may come to nn end before It rolls around. However , It might prove Interesting leading to know what T. UoWitt Talmage. the great Brooklyn divine , thinks of out-door sports. His sermon hut Sunday was devoted to this subject und among other good tilings he said \\iis the fol lowing : The human nice want more muscle ns well ns more bruin , and fiesh nir , and the blue sky , nnd the bund on helm , or ball , or mallet , or racket does well whether It pulls , or turns , or reaches , or strikes for muvcss. There Is no harm in the mere fact that it Is a nice. The whole human fumilj , so fur ns It amounts to unj thing , is engaged In an f fftu t for piecedence- merchant in race with mer chant , mechanic in race with - mechanic chanic , professional man In ruco with professional man ; audit tbeio wern no ambition to excel , life would come down to n lint monotone , and nil enterprise \\onld din out , and the world halt on its swift march toward alleviation ami betterment. Fust horse , fust bout , fust runner nre good things There Is no vlitue in driving slowly , or suil- ingHlowli , or walking slowly. The most of the tilings that God manages are charuetor- i/cd by speed. Rapid currents , swift light nings , ami worlds turned hundicds of miles a second And I do not know where men got the idea that there is sanctity in tardi ness. A canal boat is certninl.no . hotter than mi cxpicm train. B.\ outdoor exercise the hollow chests of college students are being tilled out , and sallow cheeks aie inadn ruddy , and instead of joungmcn beginning life bent over and ghastly and timid , ns sick people are apt to be , lhe.\ como on the stage of life M ith the stride of an athlete und the gleaming eye of u victor. In carefully looking over the Omaha team for next season , it bus occurred to the writer that , as a sufcgnaidigunsl | ! all contingencies , another catcher should bo cngnged , Wilson sujs Manager Selee is a stend.icllablo . fellow , one who can go in behind this but every day in the week , und one who Is per fectly willing to. So fur us it goes , that is well enough , and It has been conclusively proven by the work of Kid Baldwin , of the Cincinnatls , last summer , nnd Hushong of the Browni , and Beunelt of the Detroit * ) , that the steadier nnd more continuously catcher is worked , the better seivieo is gotten out of him. As long as his bunds uro preserved , and he maintains a hc.ilthiul physical condition and is worked daily , the better lie catches and porfoi ins generally. Still there Is no guarantee thut the. he yt nnd most indurated catcher in the profession wont be knocked out and crippled up in the very first championship game of tlm season. Should this happen to Wiluon Oiimhn would bo compelled to fall back on Coonc.\ , who is alight mini und incapable of ditching well1 much oftener than every other da.1 , , or upon win inexperienced mnn taken from some other position. Should both tegular catchers bo incapacitated by sickness or accident for nny considerable period nt the same time , ot course such n misfortune would operate most disastrously upon Omaha's chances for cut ting u conspicuous llguro in the championship race. race.This condition of things was casually men tioned to cx'-Miimiger Phllbin by the Br.i : ni.in an evening or two since , and while ho agreed thoiomrhly with the argument ad vanced , bo mild : "But then wo Imvo Messitl. Ho will mnko n catcher who can take rank with the best of them. Didn't ho catch an crioi lofts game in the absence of Bundle and Junti'en one day lust summer , and didn't lie fill the backstop's position for an entire season , and with great ciedit to himself and' the club , several jeurs ago In one of the minor eastern leagues ) Oh jos. I think Messitt is the. very man for the position , nnd 1 iigreo with you that ho should bo ut once notified that lie will bo expected to iilternato renilnrly ' : ' ! . ' . joltiun > tlm coming sou- ' son. Ho must get his bund In , v v ; KIIOW , and nil his piolimmnr.v iTTa-uso should bo with the viev of piaymg behind the bat " If the ex-manager is correct upon thn point of Mcssitt's ability to 1111 the position , then Omaha's team roster Is complete , and not another mini should bo engaged , unless for the purposes of speculation. But before dropping the subject of catch ers nnd catching , the managements attention is called to the subjoined , received ut this ofllcu yesterday evening : Dvvin CITV , Neb. , Jan. | 2. Hon. Base Bull Editor of the Bun. Deur Sir : F. J. Bird bus Just except apossltion at David city ho has a magnificent record ns bull player boulh at and behind the But ho cought for us und the neiphbooring Towns ovortwenty-flvo frames with but two puss balls ollthough ho donut claim to bun cut elm re he Buys bis fnveor- ite | K > ssltions is ut 1st Bnso and nut field thcro lire very few boll plujcrs can beato that very bad excuse bad righting.Yours Yours Respt. , MATI TIIORVK. Can anything bo done for Biid , or Mr. Thornol The Sporting Lifo , of Philadelphia , has thn following to Miy In its last issue : "Frank Bamllc , the noted Omaliii ex-catcher , wnnlH to umpire in some lenguo. Ho bus been so long identified with the national came in Omaha that his record is too well known to need rcpubllciition. Ho is reliable , incor ruptible , thoroughly competent , and wllhal n gentlemen of whom any leiiguo might bo proud , lie would be nn ornament and a vul- uublo addition to an organi/ation , and his friends , who have nndei taken to secure his selection , will not ceuso their efforts in blu behalf until Ihoso efforts Imvo been crowned with success. " The probabilities are t lint the middle of May will see Bnndlo regularly installed us a Western association umpire. His recom mendations nnd endorsements from both at home nnd abroad have been of the most put- nounccd character nnd the appointing bouid have expressed the intention of giving him the very flist vacancy. Flynn. of the old Chlcngos , nnd last mnn signed by Manager Selee. is ono of those runt exceptions where a good pitcher Is ul u n strong und reliable baiter. He slood fourth in iho formidable Chicago team in ' 8 < l , and lust season his butting average was 'Ml. There is no denying the fuel the Omulias for next year , on paper at least , aio the Bluggers uf the now Western association. Sodcn , ono of the celebrated Boston trium virs , mid who wanted Lovutt , says bo Is ono of the swiftest pitchers ho over saw , not even excepting Whitney In his palmiest duys. Tlml Is saying a gieat deal for Lovott. Sccielary Worloy thinks next season will bo ono of the best over experienced locally , especially ns the Onmhas chnnceo for win ning tht ) pennant mu second to no other team in the association. The Omaha club has completed its tenrn nnd is now resting upon its ours. Piepuni tions for opening Iho seuson will bo the next thing In order. Healy hasn't signed nny whom yet. The Loulsvillo people uro talking of signing him. The scries of games between tlio Omnium and DCS Molncs will bo the most Interesting games to bo seen hero next summer , owing to the rivalry between tlio two cities. DCS Monies is crowing very loud. To Challenge thn Winner. Mr Patsy Fnllon , the well known sporting man , last night stated that ho would Issno u challenge to the winner of the Miller-\Voir light , as ho had an unknown whom ho u willing to back for from y-QO to f 1,000. , Steamship Arrivals. QOEBNSTOWN , Jnn , H. [ Special Tclcjjrr.Jn tothoBKK.J Anlvod ThoColtloandEtrurU from New York. NEW YoiiK.Jun. 11. Arrived The Adrletii from Liverpool. Pinr.uiRi.rmA , Jnn. H.- Arrived IM Maryland from London , , '
