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OTE OMAHA DULY" BEE : MONDAY , FEBRUARY 80 , 1888. IN THE FIELD OF SPORT , A Few Jlan ! Facts Upon the Baoo Ball Situation. FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED , flic fllKROftt Shoot of ( ho ARC Hulli- van nnd Knlflon John IJ.'B Ilc cord Miscellaneous Local Sporting News. , The nnflo Ball Situation. Thcro is no longer any doubt but that the American Association intends to make a strenuous effort to oust Menges nnd the yWostorn Association club at Kansas City , h ffhoy fully intend to bring the mutter before the arbitration committee at its next meetIng - Ing , basing their claims on the ground that Mcnges' club Is In direct violation of the No- J * tlonal agreement. This , they say , will ( Justify the arbitration committee In enjoining - ing the western club from playing there , but ' it doesn't seem probable , BO outrageously un just is this whole proQpodlng against Mr. numges und his luudublo enterprise , that they will bo successful. ' \Vhltfleld , the prime mover in all this -devilment , and the president of the Assoclu- tion club down there , says : "We ftllly Intend to lay the matter before I'the arbitration committee at Its meeting next * month. Mr. J. J. Helm , nnd our attorney and myself will attend the meeting. Wo will go with our guns loaded and expect to meet with success. Of course you know our object at the meeting , which is nothing more or less than to prevent Mcngcs und his team from playing here. The national agreement has been violated , and I feel confident our claim will bo confirmed. It has como to bo a matter of buslnsss , and wo intend to transact our bffalrs under business principles and adhere strictly to them nt all times. It Is dollars and cents lit our pockets to oust Mcngos. The opportunity presents Itself and wo are going to grasp it. Wo would bo chumps excuse the expression should wo not make an effort to clear the field , and every sensible man will endorse our sentiments. Now , remember , I don't say wa will be vlctorous , but wo uro going to muko u supreme endeavor to have everything our own way in Kansas City this .season. Whitt , compromise with Mcngcsi "Well , not If wo know ourselves. Wo will not entertain a t > roi > oHlUon fora moment. Wo have nothing to lose , as Mengcs could not possibly l Imve us. shut out , and if the worst oomes to r. worst \vomustonly consent to the western association club playing hero. That , though , is | iosslblo yet hardly probable. " The above should bo ull-sufllclcnt to con vince the Western association that sooner or later , and the sooner the better , all the minor associations , out of self-respect und self- " "prcservutlon , must withdraw from the great national disagreement and combine and con solidate in their own interests. This levying of a fJ.M ) tax on the minor association elubs by the older , for protection from their pira cies , is simply a species of blackmail. A burglar might as well demand u certain sum VfrOln a morchiiht to Insure him against an at tack from the jimmy and the skeleton key. The minor associations can make them selves as powerful within their own prov inces as the National league und American association uro within theirs. Let them com bine , it is repeated , in self-defense , and us- t-'sumo a defiant attitude toward the arrogant and selfish older bodies , who seem to Imug- < ino that they have been delegated by a su preme power to run base ball and everything und everybody that pertains thereto , the ' " vcountry over n sort of a Standard Oil syn dicate , whoso policy is to control or E klll. If the minor ussociatlons resolved to blacklist forever every player who plujs . them fiilso iu the matter of ignoring or jump ing contracts , its effect would be most sola- , , tury und Instantaneously felt througout thor r base ball circles of the country ; let them rc- , -fusoto exchange practice orexhibition games v with cither of the older associations , and ig nore all their rules and regulations in the same measure that they , the older associations , abiiso and mistreat those of the younger , and the great potentates of the base ball world will take a Very perceptible . 'tumble. ' Young'players , being brought out ,4 , and developed iu the minor associations would reflect long and seriously , with perpetual de- barrmcnt slurring them in the face , before they would tnko whut in nine cases out of ten to a young player means , the fatal lean. The time has come , the UKB reiterates , for the In troduction of an Innovation In base ball gov ernment , und that , too , by the Western association and its confreres of similar organizations. If Monges Isn't i awarded the fullest protection by the arbi tration committee , not another day should bo lost , for It only means continued high-handed maltreatment. Let the minor associations , in such an event , withdraw from the quusi- protcctlon of the older associations , sue for the lux that hus been wrongfully levied upon them , and go it on their own hook , independ ent nnd alone. The move has long been con templated by a number of wise old heads , but ns yet they have failed to summon up the nec essary courugo to take the stop. "Live and lot 1 live" should bo the motto of the now forma tion , and an "eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" their war cry. Four Strikes In Demand. Thcro Is a strong movement among the Western association clubs in favor of a return & * -turn to the four strikes rule of last season. It V . .certainly tended to enhance the interest in tT * the game was conclusive of lively batting knd base-running , the very cream of all con- tlcsts. Many patrons of the game have been interviewed by the UEF.'S base ball repre sentative , and the sentiment In favor of the extra strike is astonishingly unanimous. It is the public , who foots ull to base ball bills , who especially wants the four strikes and rtho attending base-running. The people care for the basc-hit-on-bulls nominal nothing - - - or any nal , technical points , but they do want bat- v ting and base-running , and it is very proba ble ut the spring meetings u successful effort in favor of four strikes \ \ ill bo made. At uny E event , the change is bound to como sooner or J later. Western Association Umpires. That the Western association hasn't fol lowed in the wako of the older associations is shown by their judgment iu selecting thcit staff of umpires Hogan , Utcnnan , Powers and Fcssemlen who are all rated by the bcsl f-ot authorities ns first class men. They art well known , honorable business men , whose , reputations meat stake in the matter of do elding the Western association games this season , and the public nro assured of a per , fectly fair ' and impartial performance of tlili r dollcato'duty. _ _ _ - * Flashes From the Diamond. The Mllwaukecs now grounds will cos i Dick Dwycr says lie has abandoned pro fesslonal bull for good. ' J , Q. O. Stltilck Is the singular name of tin last player signed by Milwuukco. ? The Kansas City western club has tw < V great pitchers in bwartzel und Con way. ' ' The City Lcaguo business committee holdi cm mooting at Pcnroso & llordln's this after noon. Council Bluffs is organizing a strong am tour team for a place in the Omaha Cit ; league. Umpire Brcnnan says the now rules maki easier work for umpires but less sport fo pectators. ' The Western association will hold It schedule meeting Iu Chicago , Saturday March 10th. The City League championship season wil open Sunday , April IS , and close Sunday September It ) . The longest jump to bo made by a base bal club this summer will bo that of the Urooli lyns to Kansas City. Minneapolis has signed two more men- Myur Uoblnson and J. Sterling two promit lug young Dctroitors. < * ' All the clubs of the Western assoclatlo 'tare at last signed their full compliment o plaj'prs ana are ready for the campaign. 'Tub Welch If weilding u sledge In u blucl smith shop In St. LouU. His example shoul be imitated by many another allugod bu to or. The Omnha public may prepare Itself fc the announcement of the engagement c another , celebrated player within the nei . v.Milwaukee's now grand stund is to bo but "like an amphitheatre und will bo surmountc by * tower. The grounds , complete , will co ; I Mtoethlng llko 120,000. ' ' 'Beraan Bader , says the St. Lvuls Bportlag News , "Is one of the finest oiit-floldora. fleetest base-runners and hcavlcst-hlucn woo ever pUyed-ln the west. * Ed Kllch savs ho feels confident that the Brooklyns will win the American association pennant , but Ed's confidential feelings don't amount to much when It comes to deciding a case tll < o this. Ho plays hi.Brooklyn this year , It will be remembered. A Kansas City papcrstatesthat the Ameri can association club In that city will endeavor to oust Mcngos and his Western association club. Mcnges Is entitled to full protection , however , under the national agreement and cannot bo legally disturbed. Messrs. I'enroso ft. Hnrdln have been authorized by the board of directors to cor respond with Manager Scleo in regard to the players uniforms for the present season. As nearly ns can bo ascertained , these uniforms will IMS of white cloth , with padded pants nnd quilted waists , red or maroon stockings , varigated caps and fair leather bolts. The word "Omaha" will adorn the breast of the shirts. The uniforms are to bo purchased of Wright ft Dltson , Boston. Manager Oooding , of the Minneapolis club , has figured out the Western association's railroad expense for next season , as follows : Each club travels r , tOO miles during the sea son. At nn average of ftc per mile , this Is $171 per rnao. The teams will carry about 1 i men each. This will make cuoh club's ex penses about ? 3,4X ( ) , or a total for the whole association of ilU.-tX ) . There will Uc enough additional in the way of extra trips for postponed games , the umpires' expenses , managers salaries , etc. , to swell this total to 3)3,000. The Uykera at Philadelphia. The following famous 'cyclists will start in the great six-day's race , beginning in Phila delphia February 20 : Charlie Ashmgcr , Omaha , Nob. ; Frank E. Olngloy , Minneapo lis , Minn. ; S. O. Whlttaker , Chicago , 111. ; W. F. Knapp , Denver , Colo. ; T. M. Hard wick , Galena , Kan. ; Samuel P. Holllngsworth , Hussluvlllo , Ind. ; Horace Crocker , Newton , Mass. ; Eddie McDowell , Philadelphia ; Louise Armatndo , Montreal , Canada. John L.'s Record. John L. Sullivan is said to have had 729 meetings during his career as a fighter and has been victorious in ull except two. One was when ho fought with Patsy Cardiff nnd broke his arm in the second round , and the other was when ho mot Tug Wilson , and in that encounter he was never struck a blow. Tug stayed the number of rounds stipulated in the contract , but It was done by continu ally going dowu. In ono round ho went down thirty-one times. Of the other 73S of Sulli van's set-tos 337 were knock-outs. The rest were bested. Over ono hundred times the IKjlieo interfered. John L. never received a scratch In nil his bouts , and never trained but once , and that was when ho whipped Paddy Hyan. The Biggest Shoot of the Ago. The coming shoot rit Long Branch promises to bo the grandest event of the kind ever hold in the United States. The prizes are $1,000 , $300 and fMO. The shoot is at flfty birds each , Hurlingham rules. After a long session the handicappers announce the fol lowing handicaps : CcorgoCubbcrly , 27 yards ; Annie Oakley , 25 ; William Lover , 28 ; W. D. Campbell. 27 : E. D. Miller , 28 ; Joseph Thomp son , S3 ; William C. Price , 20 ; H. C. White , 28 ; Captain Jones , 28 ; Frank Class , 28 ; C. S. Wertsner , 28 ; Frank Klointz , 29 : L. S. Camp bell. 28 ; J. K. Malone , 28 ; Fred Erb , jr. , 81 ; H. Blazer , 28 ; William Graham , 31 ; J. Van Dyke , 25 : Hdnry S. Ergler , 23 ; J. R. Slice , 31 ; .r. A. Wllliar , 28 ; Phil Daly , jr. , 25 : C. W. Budd , 51. The shoot will possess a novelty in the appearance of Miss Annie Oakley , late of the Buffalo Bill combination. Budd , Erb nnd Stlco , the crack western' shots , well known in Omaha , are placed on scratch , being - ing rated above the crack shots of the east. Snlltvnn anil Knlfton. Hero is what "Macon" thinks of Knifton's chances for winnlng 200of Sulllvau's wealth , and what Macon thinks of such matters is mighty apt to bo right : As to the big milkman's chances with Sul livan , I must say that I think verv little of. them. Knifton is a very big , soft follow , with plenty of strength , but only a moderate share of science , nnd , if report is true , ho is quito slow in fact , ho is Just the kind of an opponent , that Sullivan would select If ho bad his pick among u thousand. In my mind's ' eye I can , L imagine , sco the result of such a contest. Ono round , with Sully feeling his man just to got his gauge and learn just what ho amounts to ; then a quick feint with the loft , nnd , as the milkman breaks guard , a smash on the jaw from Sullivan's tcrriblo right , nnd the big Englishman either reeling us groggy as a sailor three sheets in the winder or lying a limp heap of humanity on the ground , unable to respond to the call of time. I don't think the affair would go beyond two rounds. Miscellaneous Local Sporting News. The recent warm spell hus started the geese north. Jack King , the heavyweight pugilist , an nounces that ho will cither locate iu Omaha or St. Louis. John J. Hwdln nnd George W. Ketchura are in Wichita , whcro they shoot iu a tourna ment this week. The Omaha Amateur Athletic club gives a grand fancy dross ball at Masonic hull on the evening of March 1. John S. Prince puts ia two hours a day on his wheel out on Sherman avenuo. He is get ting very hard , and declare ho can't bo beaten in the great race with McCurdy. Kendall , "Woinoko and Kirby , of the Omaha Amateur-Athletic club will attend the spring meetings of Athletes in Chicago and St. Louis , and take part in the different trials of skill An Klcphnnt Subjugated By Iiovo. CINCINNATI , Fob. 19. [ Special Telegram to the BEE. | This evening the keepers ol the menagerie , which has winter quarters fat out on the west side , tookatroupof elephants out for a walk. When they returned to the burn Chief , who has an ugly temper , refused to enter. An effort was made to force the is sue , when ho turned , and with a sweep ol his trunk cleared the way to liberty. With his head elevated and trumpeting defiance , ho made his way down Poplar street , causing pedestrians to seek hidiug places without ceremony. The keepers made an effort tc comill the beast. That falling , they thought of Mary , the female elephant who keeps hiir iu subjection when in quarters. She was lee down to the scone of action , a square und c half below on Poplar street. She looked or her recreant llcgo an Instant , and then , ad vuncmg fis ho turned , met him half way They embraced In cumbersome fashion. Sub sequent coaxlngaud driving sufficed to secure his return , but not until ho hud demolished i show wagon , caused not u few runaways ant frightened Poplar streoters out of their wits Personal Paragraphs. J. T. Baker , of St. Joseph , Mo. , is at tlu Millurd. J. Brett , of North Platte , Neb. , is at tin Millurd. O. H. Morris , of Dos Moincs , Ia. , is at thi Millard. A. M. Merrill , of Hastings , Neb. , is at tin Paxton. E. G. Wctzcl , of Lincoln , Neb. , is at tlv Paxton. F. H. Gllcrest , of Kearney , Neb. , U at th Paxton. B. C. Jones , of Beatrice , Neb. , is at th Windsor. Fred G. Walto , of Broken Bow , Neb. , is a the Paxton. J. D , McDonald , Of Fremont , Neb. , is a the Puxton. W. H. Brings , of DCS Moincs , Ia. , is n the Millard. . , J. H. llydcr and wife , of Chicago , are a the Millard. E. F. Warren , of Nebraska City , Neb. , 1 at the Paxton. George H. Sherwood , of Kearney , Neb. , i at the Paxton. II. E. Uundlutt , of Grand Island , Neb. , i at the Windsor. S. J. Allen and wife , of Lincoln , Nob. , ar at the Windsor. H. E. Gray and wife , of Garden City , Kas , nro at the Windsor. 1C. C. Morohouso and Bonn * Cossldy , o Missouri Valley , Ia. , are at the Millard. Messrs. Nick Tagor and P. A. Brownf combe , of Uod Qalc , la. , are at the Windsoi A Hitchcock ( Neb. ) farmer has a homo colt.Thus fur bo'baa kept it outside of dluie museum. ' TH STRENGTH OF MR , CHILDS , Things Which Mnkb For Him ad ft Presidential Candidate. IDOLIZED BY THE WORKWOMEN. Clrctimstnncos GoliiK to Show That the Plamrd Knight Wan Sincere in Withdrawing Ills Name From the Canvass. What ninlno'H Friends Mny. WASIIISOTO.V , Fob. 10. [ Correspondence - once of the BKE.J The political sdnsn- tlon of the day Is Mr. Hlnlno's letter withdrawing - drawing from the presidential raco. Mr. Hlftlno Is it nmn of BO much Individuality that ho never addresses the public without secur ing the widest attention to what ho says. His letter cump llko a clap of thunder from ft cleat sky , as far as the general public was concerned , but there were a luvored law who hud been anticipating it for at least three months past. When Uio national convention met in Washington In December I was con- ; fidcntlaliy Informed by one of Mr. Blntno's most trusted lieutenants that the antagonism which the Plumed Knight's opponents were seeking to arouse as a bar to his candidacy \vasentirely _ unnecessary. "Kir. Hlalno will not bo a candidate , " said my informant , "and the public will bo ap- risedof this fact long before the national convention meets in Juno. His wife is bit- crly opixjsed to another canvass of dirt and > llmo in which she no less than her husband was dragged through the mlro of partisud wlltics , and it has been largely on his no : ount that she was so urgent that Mr. Ulalno hould leave the country and spend the time rior to the nominating convention ia a trip f recreation abroad. "As a matter of fact , " said this gentleman. 'I ' and a number of my friends know what itrong inducements have been brought to icar upon Mr. Bluino to prevent him front ntly declining to load the republican hosts in nothcr canvass. Ho has not hesitated timu , nd again to protest in the strongest terms to its most intimate admirers that his ambition as a candidate had boon thoroughly satisfied , mil that ho had absolutely no dcsiro either to brce his nomination upon the party or to ao : ept a nomination from their hands. " Whitolaw Held , of the New York Tribune , few days prior to this conversation , said ubstantially the same thing to mo in his iditorlal sanctum. Ho intimated that it was ixtromcly doubtful whether Mr. Blalno could bo prevailed upon to accept n nomina tion if tendered him , and said that his friends vero very apprehensive that , as the time for .ho . national convention approached , ho might refuse the canvass. Mr. William Walter Phelps , the admitted leutcnant of Mr. Blalno in Washington , has maintained a close silence erer since the cttcr appeared and has steadily declined to jo interviewed by any of the reporters. It as been a question with many whether Mr. 'helps believed that Mr. Blaine had really withdrawn from the race , and suggestions mve already appeared in print that his re- 'usal to make any comment njxm tho'Blalno otter was duo to a kuowlcdgo of ulterior natives on the part of the Maine statesman , am in a position to know to the contrary. Mr. Phclps is cxtremelj dispirited and lisheartencd at the publication of Mr. Blaino's letter. Ho believes it to bo conclusive and final and that no tender of the nomination would induce Mr. Blaine to hango his mind. In conversation on the ubjcct yesterday ho said that ho felt at sea and was at a loss to know what candidate : ould secure the Blaine following. "There are a number of candidates. " said VIr. Phelps , "who can poll the lull party strength , but our adherence to Mr. Blaine's louse was duo to our knowledge that ho could poll much more than the vote of his party and on this account was , in our opinion , : > y far the strongest candidatp , ho republicans could nominate. Now that ho is out of the way , it remains to bo seen who can most closely approximate to his strength. The problem is largely one of carrying New York , Now Jersey , Connecti cut and Indiana , and the candidate who can bring to the polls on election das' the largest number of voters for the republican nominee in those states is the man that Mr. Bluine's friends desire to see chosen by the conven tion. " There is n strong undercurrent of senti ment in favor of the nomination of George W. Childs , of Philadelphia. Notwithstand ing the many protests of Mr. Childs that he would not accept such a nomination if it were tendered him , there has sprung up within the last week a feeling that the proper presentation of Mr. Child's name to the Chicago cage convention would address itself to the intelligence of the party , and that with him us a candidate before the convention other conflicting interests could rapidly bo concen trated to secure his nomination. Mr. Childs is the idol of Philadelphia and of eastern workingmen generally. His philanthropy is as broad as two continents. Every employe iu his great newspaper establishment would die in his defense. The letter carriers of Philadelphia and the street car drivers , who , every Christmas , receive a warm overcoat with the compliments of the genial owner of the Ledger , would organize them selves into missionary clubs to advance his cause in every city in the country where they have fellow workingmen. The printers of the United States , who look up to Mr. Chllds as the head of the typographical profession and the benefactor of the Typographical union , would take their coats off in every country town to work fortheirpatron. Labor generally throughout the country , it is be lieved , would swing vigorously into line for a man who has often been suggested as the arbitrator for labor disputes and who has only been refused by employing capital on the ground that ho was certain to yield every time to the demands of the working people. Added to this comes the argument that Mr. Childs is a man of largo means , could carry New Jersey on the tariff issue and , as a con servative , high-minded and honored citizen of the republic , would come us close to carrying Now York us any other candidate who could bo named. It would not bo surprising if the Childs boom , which has already been started by a vigorous editorial of Aleck McClure in the Philadelphia Times , should spread itself ex tensively over the cast within the next ninety days , Of course Mr. Childs will continue to protest that his ambition lies in another di rection , and there is no doubt that ho Is quite sincere in his declination , but it is noted that , while the editorial columns of the Ledger decline to consider such a possibility as Mr. Childs , nomination , the news columns con tain very frequent references from outside sources to Mr. Childs as a presidential pos sibility. More than this , every writer who suggests the Chicago convention in connec tion with Mr. Childs' nnmo and scuds a marked copy to the editor of the Lodger i sure within a few days to receive a courteous nota thanking him for his friendly notice which , while its suggestion can never bo car ried out , is appreciated as an evidence of the friendly feeling which is felt towards the editor of the Ledger. This Week of Congress. WASHINGTON , , Feb. 19. The senate wll probably devote Monday and Tuesday of the coming week to the consideration of the ml ! culluncous matters on Its calendar , and or Wednesday it will take , up the undcrvalua tlon bill. The executive calendars contait little to occupy the time of the senate but UK fisheries treaty , which is expected to-morrow and will perhaps give rise to some discussiot during the week. It is the intention of ser oral senators to usk that the treaty bo mudi public at once , and the majority is doubtlcsi in favor of such a course ; but as the "prcced cuts and traditions" of the senate are agulus it the result is doubtful. Unices the report of the secretary of wai upon the Boutollobattlcilag resolution sbouh bo transmitted to the house to-morrow ant the day consumed | n political discussion , tin speaker , after the introduction of the bills fo : reference , will cull the committees for a mo tion to suspend the rules. None of the com mlttecs have , as yet , decided what measure : they will submit for action under this call but many of them will hold sessions to-inor row morning for that purpose. It is probable the ways nod means commit tee will endeavor to obtain the passage b : the house , of the Mills Joint resnlutlou pro riding for the Investment of UiP' surplus ii the treasury and thatjtha Judiciary committee will request nctlon.ijKUi the Hoar resolution proposing a cotisUtuflonal m ndmtjnt to change the date onuuuguratlon day. If the | > ostenicorcorHmIt Wo is reached it will present n resolution' flVlnk the date for fur ther uonsldonttioniOf'.Uie Pouifia railroad tel egraph bill , whtah'ihf the regular order of business would no" " | probably be reached on the . calendar no Curing the present month. In the committee on ter ritories the most lmx ] > rtant meas ure which is on the calendar Is that pro viding for the ortfi'miilrtiori of the territory of Oklatinmu. i > n The sessions /Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday and Saturday have been assigned for public bulldlupjbllls , and friends of this class of legislation , are * numerous enough to prevent any other business displacing them , although an ndjoiirnir/qht / over Washington's birthday is spoken -of. Friday will bo devoted to private bills , Interrupted only by the report of the com mittee on manufactur.es , upon the resolution directing the secretary of the treasury to in stitute an inquiry into the New York sugar trust which may give rise to a brief debate. MUUIJEUKD Hia K1VAE. A Jealous Liovcr Kills Ills Cousin While Visiting Ilia Hwoothcnrt. ST. Louis , Mo. , Fob. 19. [ Special Tele gram to the BKK. ] Henry Oroto , Jr. , , and Fred Bclirlng are cousins and belong to one of the oldest families in the city. Grote has an Interest in the Huskcll Engraving com' pany , and Bearing conducts a manufacturing business. Both men have been paying atten tion to Bertha Sltnons , u handsome young belle who lives at No. 1218 Montgomery street. They frequently called logothcr at the house , and it was supposed tnoy wcrotho best of friends. Keccntly a coolness has sprung up between thorn and it is said Grote ordered his cousin to step calling on MUs Simons or there would bo trouble. tSohring only laughed and continued his visits , which appear to have been in accordance with the wishes of the young woman. At 9 o'clock last evening both mot in the parlor of the house. Miss Simons was present , and before she could realize what was taking place Grote pulled out a revolver and , thrusting it against Bohring's head , fired. The unfortun ate lover fell dead on the floor. The girl ran screaming out of the room. Grote calmly put away his pistol and guvo himself up to police. Ineffectual Kickers. PoTTSViLMi , Pa. , Fob. 19. The substance of to-day's manifestations throughout the coal regions goes to indicate that the efforts of the disaffected railroad strike leaders to neutralize the Corbln-Lowis agreement and the consequent resumption order are destined to failure. A Newspaper Thief Caught. The arrest of William Wallace , a newsboy , yesterday morning , will explain to a great many people why they sometimes do not get their morning papers. " Wnlluoo was discov ered following the carriers and stealing the newspapers from the places where they were deposited. At the time of his arrest ho ha d secured quite a bundle of papers , which h e intended to hawk upon the streets. Brevities. Dr. L. A. Merriam lectured to the students of the Oinuha commercial college - logo Friday night. , The doctor took for his subject , "Ev'oluUou , or the Now Thought of the , Ninqtoonth Century. " The lecture was"vbcy interesting and "ully apprcciato4 py tyl present. A most enjoyable i evening was spent iy the Knights oWytlmgovasLodge No. i ! ) nt their rooms on cSouth Thirteenth itroet , on the 14th last. , the occasion joing the mnrringo of the M. of F. of said lodge , J. B. .Gonle. The festivities wssod off in the rvuwt.enjoyablo manner and to the thorough satisfaction of over no hundred couples who v-oro present. The presents to the nawly married were numerous and appropriate to such an occasion. Mr. Con to's efforts on the oc casion were untifiuff Jor the comfort of his guests. ij tu _ Fast in Ki | Organ Pipe. New York Press : A' good story was , old at the recent dinner of the Stylus club about the narrow escape from death well known member of tne Now York press in St. Andrew's church , this city , The gentleman in question , who , by the way , is quite a colooratcd organist him self ( pipe organ , not hand organ ) , was wandering through the organ loft of St. Andrew's church , when ho slipped and ell into the diapason pipe of tno huge .nstrumont. Ho wont down foot fore most into the cone of th'o pipe , until ho was firmly wedged. The more ho struggled the tighor ho wedged himself , and being about twovo "ect from the top of the pipe , the air soon begun to give out , and ho became frightened at the idea of dying in the prison where accident had lodged him. His irantic shouts for help did no good. After spending a night in this dan gerous and dismai hole , and having in his struggles stripped off his coat , ho wound it abaut his waist , so that no air could escape from below. Soon ho hoard the sonorous tones of the organ , and to the welcome and inspiring strains ofArise Arise , my soul , arise ; Shako off thy guilty fear , ho ascended the pipe until Ijo could reach the top with his hands. Then he know that air had boon pumped in below - low him , and that by gradual compres sion of the air he had been forced up as through a pneumatic tube. As ho drew himself out of the pipe ho gave one hearty and fervent shout of "Saved ! " which rang above the tones of the organ and neatly frightened the organist to death. As none of the gentlemen who heard the recital of this sublime narrative can attest upon their oath that it is a pre varication they are obliged to lot it go down to posterity as iv true story. Attempt to Bunco Andrew Carnegie. St. Louis Globe Democrat : An at tempt to bunco Andrew Carnegie in Now York recently was related to-day by Detective Share. A few days alter the great Murdock 810,000 Hwindlo hero , as Mr. Andrew' Carnegie was walking dowu Broadway , New York , ho was overtaken by a handsomely drcbscd man of about forty , who had a foreign air and accent. Tlio trangor addressed Mr. Carnegie , android ho supposed ho had forgotten him , jHo said his name was go and bo , and assorted that ho had been a tolegrap operator in the old Thiro street olllcp ui JjUttbburg , when it was under the caroA'.pf John P. Glaba , and David .CjmrJLeuey , that ho , as Mr. Carnoglq , ' Zubtless vomom- ber'ed , had a , ' glV'at talent lor drawing , and that Ins uncle had sent him to Italy to , gjtiiqy. Ho had boon abroad and achloved considerable suc cess , and upon Ins'Return had stored borne of his paintingSL in the Western Union building oifBroadway. Ho also gaid there were one oi- two small paint ings , scenes on the line of the Ponnsyl- nin road , at the p'a/jk. / baddlo near Blalr- ville , neat- whom * ; Mr. Carnegie once did good service 'T Ju the road in clean ing up a freight wreck. Incidents ol Mr. Scott and Carnegie at work clean ing up the wreck recalled and remem bered by Mr. Carnegie. The picture was his if ho would deign to accept it. Mr. Carnegie wan prcs.iod for time but he consented to look at the picture and was chatting with the stranger when one of Inspector Bryno's Broad way detectives quietly stopped them. "Mr. Carnegie. , " said the detective at ho stood squarely in front of the two "do you know with whom you are walk ingV This is one of the mo-it export con- fldonco men in the city of Now York.1 The stranger vanished and Mr. Carnegie nogie lookouaftor him * Tlo | detective also vanished Ipaving the inati who hue ! . gone around th'o world alqiiQ ( n his as I tonrshmcnt..1- , , , ' " . PACKING HOUSES PROMISED , Swift and Armour Pay a Visit to Nebraska Olty. LOOKING OVER TrlE GROUND. A Good Proupcct That They Will Ijocnto There Complaining of the Klkliorn The Plonenr of Spring llanohc. Swift nnd Armour Investigating. NEHIUSKA CITT , Neb. , Feb. 19. [ Corro- pondcnco of the BER. ] Mr. Swift , of swift's packing house , South Omaha , was in ho city several days ago looking over the ground , it is said , with a view of building another packing house hero. It is understood hat ho has been offered some good induco- neuts which are now under consideration. Mr. A. B. Bell , of Chicago , representing /Vrmour's / packing interests , was also in the city several days ago investigating the hancoa and inducement * offered for bulld- ng a now house by Mr. Armour. The people 3t Nebraska City have renewed faith in the > redlctlon of Mr. S. II. H. Clark that Ne- > rusku City would In the near future bo the coding city in the west iu the packing Inter ests. Items From Stockhnm. STOCKHAM , Feb. 18. [ Correspondence of ho BKK , ] The recent cut made by the Bur- ington on rates to Chicago is having a dlsas- rous effect on the towns and people along he linoijf the Elkhorn route. The reduction amounts to about 4 cents a bushel , and ns the "ilkhorn has so far failed to meet the rcduc- ion it is losing n largo amount of business , which is going to its rivals. It also results in oss to the shippers on this line , as they can rot nothing to market in competition with their competitors on the other lines , nnd 'armors nro obliged to abandon their natural markets and haul long distances , which dc- irivcs them , in n large measure , of the bene fits they would receive had the Northwestern met the cut. It is to bo hoped that self inter est will compel it to do it at once. Stockham's ' spring boom is sprouting In icalthy fashion. Mr. Carrlcker is erecting a Ino business building. 22xfiO , two stories. Walter Scott , of Scott & Woods , lumbermen , s erecting a largo nnd handsome cottage. The German Reformed church have begun on their church building which they will push io completion at nn carlv day. Messrs. Downer & Corrick and McGovcrn & Kirk imvo just finished an office building. Mr. Tatroo's now residence Is ono of the handsom est in town. Mr. Louis Sauer has begun busi ness in his store on upper Main street. Mr. Frank Walzer Is just finishing a good business building , corner of Main and Second streets. J. D. Evans , town site man , reports nn in creased demand for his favorite commodity. Nebraska City's Kntcrprlse. NumufeKA CITT , Neb. , Fob. 19. [ Corres pondence of tbo BEE. ] The people of Ne braska City have become very enthusiastic over schemes for advertising the superior advantages of the city In the cast. The board of trade has taken hold of the matter in earnest , and some good results may bo cx- locted. Many citizens have volunteered subscriptions towards a fund of $10,000 for advertising purposes , nnd it is proposed to send a man out on the rend to "talk Nebraska ity" and induce and immigration , rnanu- ructurcrs to locate here , to which end liberal Inuncial encouragement will bo offered to resixmsiblo parties. To the board of trade principally belongs the credit of Nebraska City's continued prospoiity , und the board prospers with the city , it having increased , ts membership during the past month from thirty to seventy-live , including many busi ness men of standing iu the city. An interesting fact relating to the Chicago , Burlington & Qniticy bridge now being built icross the river hero has just been brought io the notice of Nebraska City people. While Lho bridge spans the river connecting Ne braska and Idwn , the structure Is , or will be , jntircly In the former state , consequently the taxes derived therefrom , which will amount to something llko 815,000 per year , will bene fit Nebraska City exclusively. This is the only bridge on the river which is entirely in ono state. The repeated chuugcs of the river channel have finally brought the stream to its present bed , a half mile or more on the Nebraska sfdo of the dividing line between the states. Work on the bridge is progress ing rapidly , nil the caissons being finished and the first span of the bridge completed yesterday. It is the Intention of tlio company to have the bridge completed Dy Juno or July If possible , and every endeavor will bo made to accomplish it. History of Spring Ranche. SPUING KAXCIIE , Neb. , Feb. 17. [ Corre spondence of the HKI : . ] This is by no means a now point but for many years has been laying dormant. But now by the oullding of the Kansas City & Omaha railroad new life Is being infused into it. Spring Rancho Is situated in the southwest corner of Clay county , on the Little Blue valley , sixteen miles southeast of Hastings. The Kansas City & Omaha railroad , which extends from Omaha to Fairficld and from Fnirfield to Alma caused to bo platted and laid out 130 acres into town lots , which is on the old gov ernment trull from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Kearney , and thence united with the Platte valley trail that led to the mountains and California. Away back in the 50's , when the rush to the gold fields and stage routes were estab lished nnd later the pony express became necessary , what were called "ranches" woio located at intervals along the valley , nt con venient places for water and making hay. Stables und corrals were built and generally a store w.is to bo fouud where the emigrant could buy provisions for his journey to the land of gold. Spring Ituucho was the lust rancho on the Blue ut thut point whcro they loft the valley nnd struck across the divide for Fort Kearney , a distance of fifty miles , and that the most dangerous section of any un the route. The grand old hero and pioneer who for so many yeais defended his rancho and protected the emigrant from Iho ever dreaded Sioux Indian Is still hero , honored and respected by every one who knows him. His name is Jumcs Balntcr. Three times he was burnt out und driven away by the In dians , but on their last raid , in ISO" , when every rancho froui Kearney to the mouth of the Uig Sandy was burned and the people all along the line were massacred , Mr.Balnter , son und wife and nluu stage boys bravely fought two or three huudred Sioux Indians under the le.ul of White Antelope for .two days and nights and then , by killing the chief , came oft victorious. They were found ut thut time by the troops who were hasten ing down the line from Kearney. To return to the place , Spring Rancho con tains ut present two stores , ono blacksmith shop , ono boarding house , several dwelling houses , two churches , one school house , dc- jKt of the Kansas City & Oiuulm railroad and the Spring llaucho double roller mills which are running night und day to fill orders. A few are making preparations for building in the early spring. This place will likely take quite a boom , as the Kansas City , Lawrence fc Northwestern survey crosses hero on its line to Hustings , but It comes up the Blue from Hebron , and the Rock Island will also cross hero from Nelson to Hustings. The Missouri Pacific from Superior to Hustings comes close to us on the west , of which the trackhu ors huvo reached the Blue. There is a good opening for ull kinds of business hero. The country is ell settled and the valley full of stock. The greatest need Is n good doctor und drug store. Both would be heart ily welcomed , _ The Perkins County Rlectlon. GIUNT , Neb. , Feb. 10. [ Special Telegram to the BBK. ] A petition was Issued uiid served on Election Judge B. S. Wise of this place , Suturday evening , requiring him to uj > - pcar ut the district court Tuesday at Loup City und show cause why a writ of man dumus shall not bo issued compelling htm to show up the iwll books for the November and January.elections. John MdCln.dc , of Madrid/was specially deputized to .nerve the notice , which hud ' .its birth in Madrid pre cinct. . The readers of the' BK will .recollect .that the books were ftolcn gomcthiag over m week ago , suspicion retting on certain Indi viduals residing in and working for Madrid Treclnct. Grant has employed the ablest egal talent In the state to defend Wlso. Burglary nt Falls City. FAU.S Cixr , Nob. , Fob. 19. [ SpecialTolo- gram to the HEE. ] Last night the drugstore of Dr. D. M. King was biokon Into and robbed of Jewelry and other articles to the amount of about (100. There Is no clue to the guilty party , and it Is probable that it will never bo known who did the act. The lown at present is overrun with traui | nnd thieves , and the merchants are taking extra steps to protect themselves. Rnfn Storm and Flood. FALLS Ci-rr , Neb. , Feb. 19. [ Special Tele gram to the BBK. ] Last night this section of ; ho country was visited by a tcrriblo rain storm. The Nemaha is overflowing Its banks and It looks as if the high water mark will bo reached iu a short time. HOW HEARST WAS SKINNED , The Fortunes That tVcro Ijost anil Won In the Morning Slur Mine. Now York Graphic : Two of the tables in the cafe of the St. .Tntncs hotel wore drawn up together last night , nnd there was n nlco , jolly company seated around thntn. Senator Tom Bowcn , of Colorado rado , was there , nnd , so was Senator Hearst , of California. Besides the two statesmen there were Tom Kelly , ' of Arizona , who ia n colonel when at homo ; Judge A. C. MoiiHon , of San Francisco , who knows as much about horsus as any other man on the coast ; Aleck Mor risen , who is the champion orator of the Sierras ; J. C. Stubbs , the general trafllo manager of the Union Pacific , who pulls the wool over the eyes of castorri rail road magnates with a gentle truthful ness that cannot bo excelled ; Mart Flavin , who went out sleigh riding a few nights ago nnd asserts that ho drop ped the tip of his frost-bitten ear in the sleigh , and half n dozen other good story-tellers known to fame on the Pa cific const. Tom Bowcn had told several of his well worn tales , the end of which al ways was whiBporcd in a half mysteri ous way , and tno judge for the hun dredth time had related the particulrrs of his trip to Europe. Fem Kelly had not Bald a word. "Tom , old boy , " said tholong-beartlod senator from Calj/onna , "do you re member the deal you gave us on that tnino near Tombstone , back in 1880 ? I really never know the true history of that scalping buttinci-s , but it is all over now , and you ought to toll us how you played it on us. You know you cleaned mo out of a cool $100,000. " "Georgo , " answered the colonel , nnd ho looked very solemn and truthful like , " 1 think I did best you on that bargain and , by the glaciers of the Hookies , I think I am the ono man on the coust who ever downed the senator in n mining deal. But I did and this is the story. " "Tombstone , Ariz. , was a very bad town half a dozen years ago , and it is not much of a paradise on earth just yet , though they have hanged and shot n couple of hundred of the wort > t rustlers within the last year or two. I was around there prospecting in the neigh borhood early in 1880 , and to confess the truth I was hard up. I was literally walking on my shoo strings. I could not Und anything around that country worth getting George Hearst and my other capitalistic friends tosnund money upon , and I was about pulling up my stakes when I ran across an old mine , called the Morning Star , about two miles from Tombstone , which \\ns owned by'some of the toughc&t citizens in that town. It looked promising and I wrote to Hearst about it. Ho came on and looked at the liolo , nosed around for a cyuplo of days , and then said ho would not give $1 an acre for it. Twenty-four hours before ho had mudo that statement to mo ho and sev eral of his friends had formed a 'little syndicate and had pur chased that very mine for $23,000. I was loft out. I was mad , but not half ho mad as I ypis a covulo of weeks later , when I found tlmt the now owners had blocked the mine for $1,000,000 1,000.000 shares at $1 each and were boiling the shares pretty rapidly on the San Fran cisco market at about 60 cents apiece. It was enough to make any man en raged. "Georgo oircd old Piggy McLaughlin , ono of the best minors on the coust , to clear away the debris iiround the place and dig down to pay dirt. Ho had n force of about twenty men with him. I though I saw my way clear , when Mao came long , for I had often grub-staked him in the old days , as ho had mo also. So wo put our heads together. "Tho Morning Star boom went right along for-a little while , and I believe George and his friends got rid of about 500,000 shares and'cashed into their cof fers nearly $300.000 on their outlay of $25,000. But eight months after the shares were first put upon the market , a committed came along from the share holders and found that there was not a pouud of paying ere on the dump. "Throe days after they returned to San Francisco and had got rid of their own stock at a profit the shares fell to ten cents. "Tho next day McLaughlin received a. dispatch from Hearst telling him to stop work and discharge the men at the end of the week. It was Friday when the telegram reached Mac , and ho and 1 were condoling with each other over the failure wo had met with , for really not an indication of pay dirt had yet boon reached. It looked blue for both of us ns wo walked over to where the men were preparing for their last blast. It was an old hole drilled by the former owners and had been loft untouched. Our follows hiiid they would take no chances , but would use George Hearst's powder sticks to blast everything within reach , for they , too , werornad and ugly. "When Mac and I looked carolcbsly into that long hole after the smoke hud cleared away you could have knocked cither of us over with a featoor. The fortune wo had longed for lay at our foot. The last blast hud dibclosod ono of the finest bodied of ere wo had ever seen. "Wo jnado no outcry , and the miners paying no attention to the hole wo covered it up and wont buck to camp. That night wo lot three of the most reckless devils in the outfit into the secret , and the next morning 1 started for Srn Francisco , No man was to leave the camp until I roturncd. McLuugh- liir and the other three fellows were to hold thorn there by sweet words if pos sible , by shotguns if neceswiry. "I rathed a few hundred dollars in 'FriKCO , played half of it in Gourloy's hank end stepped out of there with more than $1,200. The shares of the Morning Star mine were worth nothing , and 1 had no trouble in gathering them in. But I went along quietly und utliiht I called upon George Heurut. I know he hud about 200,000 of them. "I told the old boy I thought I saw a way of making a couple of hundred dollars lars out of the shares by belling thorn in eastern capitulUtu , and us they woru worth nothing to him I otTereu him a $100 note for all ho had. He. jumped at the otToV , and I walked out of his olllco with nearly 300,000 shares. "The next morning the Chronicle had a half-column story of the great discov ery at the Morning Star minennd I wnts oft my way back to TombHton6. Two days after'I got there George Heariit | walked down Iqto the drift , fookcd ut ' ' 1 . . the vein of ere , eyed mo all over and said : " 'Tom , you nro a skin. ' And then ho wont away. "I sold the mine in six weeks , nnd mj' share was just a plump million of dollars. No ! I am done with mining now. Now York , London and Paris nra good enough for mo. " "I think it is my turn to treat , " said the big California senator. And Tom Kelly took wino. Ills Ingenuity Miscarried. Boston Times : The following story is quietly going the rounds of select IJack Hay circles : A young man living on Beacon street desired to Bond n present last Christinas to a young lady living on Maryborough street. Mr. Y.'a pocketbook - book would not stand a very heavy de mand , however. While going the roundi in search of an appropriate gift ho hap pened to bo in one of the loading iow- olry and bric-a-brac Htores on Washing ton street when \aluablo vase was ac cidentally broken. "How much waa that vase worthy" ho asked. "Boforo it was broken the price was $200 , " waa the reply. "What is it worth now ? " "Why , not much of anything ; it cannot bo monded. " "Well I'll , give you $1.60 fo. it. " "All right. " Now , please place the pieces together as nearly right ns possible , pack it up and send it with this card to Miss Z. , No. Marlborough street. " The young man departed in great elation ; an olcgant vase at so slight a costl Soon after Christmas ho called upon Mlsq / . , presumably all ready to bo surprised nnd grieved at the accident she would toll him had befallen his choice gift. "How did you like my presontV" ho casually asked in the course of conversation. "Oh , Mr. Y. , wo'vo ' had such a laugh over it ! There waa a slip enclosed , upon which this memoran dum was written : 'Ono broken vase , $1.50. ' " Sympathy For a Colored Man. Now London Telegraph : Deacon Isaac Doniuon , of Mystic , had n bill ol $4.50 about four months ago against s colored man for gracorics , which ho could not collect , so he soi/.cd the man's horse as security , with u time limit of four months in which the could pay up or have the animal auctioned oil to pay the debt. The limit expercd Tuesday and the horse was trolled out to bo sola to the highest bidder. There waa an immense crowd assumblcd when the bids were opened. The sympathy of the people seemed to bo with the colored delinquent , and the bidding wes lively , raising 1 cent at a timo. It kept right on until it reached $2.11. and and nt this sum the horse was knocked down to Re-swell Brown. Then the crowd chipped in enough to pay for the horse and to buy a bag of meal , and they turned the horse and meal over to the colored man as n gift , and now wears u smile clear across the back of his nock. The Importance of purifying the blood can not bo overcstlnntcd , for without pure blood ) ou cannot enjoy good health. At this season nearly every ono needs a good medicine to purify , vitalize , and enrich the blood , and Hood's Haraaparilla Is worthy your confidence. It Is peculiar Iu that It strengthens and bulhh up the hysteuicreates an appetite , and louus tlio digestion , wliljo It eradicates disease. Gho It a trial. Hood's Sars.i'parllla Is sold by nil druggists. Ficparcd by C. I. Hood & Co. , Lowell , Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar or Tin Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y. 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Omaha , Council Bluffs And Chicago , * fc only real to take for De. Molnee Marlalltown. Cedar Kai.lJ , Clinton , Ulion , Cblcaio , Mllweuki.4 and all pofnu eatt. To tua people of KeUra keOolo rado , Wromlnv. Ulan , Irtalio. Nerada. Oregon. WMtw id Calltornln. II offer , .upwlor adianta e of IblfnumeroVii point , of i perlott > . which are the fX fifffvVrAnA-Vhiii ty can create. Ui ! > LACK HI.KBl'INU ( 'AHa , plf fl § mfMlfli of oorafort and eltfauM. Ki fiaOOH necl In union depot with lbo > e of the tihteMp * } orthwett ra Kj. In Chicago Ui train , of IhlTllai make eloee connection wlUtlhOM of all otber wUr * tor IMtrolt , Columbui. iDdltnapotH. Ctndnnall , Niagara fall./ / Buffalo , niuaurs , Toronto , MonlreaC lio.too , New Vork. 1'hlladelpbTa , Baltimore , WaW Jngtoo , and all polaU la tbe eaet , aik lor U kM " * "MORTHWE8TMN. " Bj wlih the beit accommodatloa. All Uetet iftajH r Oenl. Manager , A.V. ' *