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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 , , '