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* H THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , JULY 28 , 1888. PITH OFJTHE NEWS , Tlio City. Hnvcrly prospecting near Omaha. An unchecked flro nt South Omaha. Growing dissatisfaction with Hogo nnd Murphy. Sketch of the prohibition candidate for Congress. Receipts of hogs at South Omaha , 4.C03 ; cntllo , P50. , A mother finds her daughter's betrayer In the black marln. Summary disposal of Chicago , Mllwauko & St. Paul conductors. Policemen nnd roughs engage in target practice on the streets. Kcal estate transfers aggregate ? 2,100 ; building permits , { 5,200. William Lentcn's right foot Is crushed In the Burlington yards , rendering amputation necessary. _ _ _ _ _ Nebraska. The flrst train crossed the now "Q. " bridge nt Nebraska City. The pioneers of Dakota county will hold a reunion August 18. Milton HIco , aged nine , Was drowned In the Missouri ntUrownvlllo. A hall storm near Norden destroyed crops ftnd rendered ISOliomestcadorx destitute. The executive commlttco of the Hastings board of trade opiwscs lower rates in the state. Emmons , who murdered Bertha Schulu at Pawnco City , has been taken to Doulrlco for safety. Peter Larson sued Peter Nelson nt Oak land for $10,000 for alienating Mrs. Larson's off actions. Fred Shaver was nrrcstod at Fremont in company with Mrs. Maud Peterson. Both are wanted In Dakota. . . The McCarthy-Brooks prize fight nt Ne braska City was declared off on account of McCarthy's failure to appear. General. Reviving Interest In Omaha. Chicago has another bomb sensation. A negro ravlsher was" lynched in Virginia. Mr. Handall Is greatly improved in health. The empress of Germany has given birth to n son. The glass blowers' scale of wages has been agreed to. Ex-Editor Moore and Mrs. Norton are in California. Eleventh street straightening to bo consid ered to-night. L. S. Elinor of Wahpeton , Dak. , was hanged by a mob. The mayor of Long Island City tears down railroad buildings. Steps are being taken towards the forma tion of n soap trust. The house committee on manufactures is Investigating the whisky trust. The chief clerk of the Mexican Central railway was arrested as n defaulter. The war In Stevens county , Kansas , breaks forth afresh and seven men are killed. The yacht containing the presidential party is anchored oil Flro Island In n dense fog. Largo numbers nro Chinamen nro said to bo coming Into the United States from British America , Governor Hill lias commuted the sentence Of Chlarn Ccgnaralo , the Italian murderess , to imprisonment for life. POUND HIS ELOPING WIFE. . A Chicago Mini Induces His Runaway SpoiiHo to Return to Him. COLUMIIUH , O. , July 27. A mlddlo-ngcd Gorman , giving his name as C. Peterson , a clgarmnkcr , living at 308 Austin avenue , Chicago , applied to the chief of police of this city yesterday for help in finding his wife , who , ho said , had eloped with n United States soldier nnd was living hero. The guilty pair wcro found and things discovered to bo M Peterson had represented. Brought Into court , Mrs. Peterson seemed glad to see her husband , nnd expressed n desire to re turn to Chicago with him , but n dlfllculty Btood in the wny. Mr. Peterson had not the money to purchase the tickets. The kindhearted - hearted mayor , however , generously ad vanced the amount necessary , and the two started to the depot. FOUND A SKELETON. Discovery In a Hollow Tree or Booty audnThlofa Remains. AUGUSTA , Ga. , July 27. One year ago the residence of L. C. Sessions , a few miles from this city , was robbed of some money and sil ver plate. The thief was discovered and al most captured , when ho mysteriously disap peared in the darkness , and the most diligent search failed to trace him. Yesterday Scs sioDS ordered a tree to bo cut , as it gave evidence denco of rapid decay , and Its proximity to his residence made it dangerous. It was an im mense ancestral oak , and for years a hollow had extended up through it. When the tree fell the skeleton of a man was found wedged in the hollow.ar.d near him the sllverwarolaud money that had boon stolen from Sessions. The supposition Is that the burglar in escap ing climbed the tree and stepped in the hol low so as to elude discovery , but found it im possible to extricate himself. A GANG OF TRAMPS. After Committing Many Depredations Ohio Roughs Are Arrested. ASHTADULA , O. , July 27. A gang of tramps that had its headquarters in the woods near hero was attacked by the local police on Monday , but most of them got away. These Vrho escnped were armed with revolvers , and on Monday night attacked the conductor of a local freight train on the Lake Shore rall- "road and compelled him to take them on board. They broke open a car and stole a keg of beer , nnd when near Geneva escaped. On Tuesday they attacked a farmer , firing lute his house and committing other depre dations. A company of militia was sent from hero yesterday to suppress tbo tramps , nnd after n sharp battle nineteen of the gang hroro captured. EntortnlniiiK Kmporor William. STOCKHOLM , July 27. In the afternoon the royal party proceeded in a yacht to Drottlng helm , whovo dinner was served. The party returned at 7 p. m. and visited the yachi Hohenzollern. The German squadron wll Ball at S a. m. to-morrow. Tea was served on board the Hohcnzollern Wid the royal party then inspected the Ger man squadron. At 0 o'clock King Oscar anil BUlto bade farewell to tlio Imperial visitors und wont ashoro. BoulniiRcr Excites Little Attention. PAIUS , July 27. General Boulangcr drove out to-day for the first tlmo since ho was wounded. His carriage was followed by six teen carriages llllcd with reporters and ad- Pilrcrs. Pilrcrs.DYSPEPSIA DYSPEPSIA Causes Its victims to bo miserable , hopeless , contused , and depressed in mind , very Irrlla- tle , languid , and drowsy. It Is a dlscaso which does not get well oi Itself. It requires careful , persistent attention , and a remedy to throw off the causes and tone up the dlgcs- tlvo organs till they perform their duties willingly. Hood's Barsaparllla has proven Just Uio required remedy In huiulrciU o cases. "Ihavo taken Hood's Barsaparllla for dys pepsia , from which I have Buflcrcd two years. I tried many other medicines , but none proved 10 satisfactory as Hood's Barsnpatllla. " THOSUB COOK , Brush Electric Uijht Co. , Hew York City. Sick Headache Tot the rai y0 ycar2mT ° ten afflicted wltltiSVire'hcailaeh'is and dyspcp- ui. I.'was Induced to try Ilood's Sai'sapa- rllla , and luvo found great relief. I cheer fully recommend it to all. " Mna. E. V. AHXABUC , Now navcn , Conn. I Mrs , Mary 0. Smith , Cambrldscport , Mass. , N K sufferer from dyspepsia and elck head- < Tif eiio took Ilood's Sanaparllla and | Wi It Hrtfcwt remedy BhaeYer used. Hood's' Sarsaparilla JUH BT fV &MU&to' M > * r 'w C * M1 ' Mil * f 0.1. HOOD CO. , Ixm-ell , Masv. . | OO JN * * .On * Dollar. IN THE FIELD. OF SPORTS , The Slo'uxCitys Win'tho First Gnmo at Homo , THE MAROONS THE VICTIMS. MlnncnpollB DnfcntaDca Molncs Three Consecutive Onmcs KatiHnu City CrtiHticd by ( lie St. 1'ntil At- Oilier Sports. WcHtcrn Association Standing. Following is the oniclol standing of the Vcstcrn association teams up to and In cluding yesterday's games : 1'lnvod Won Lostl'rCt * ) t.Pnul. . C'J 41 21 .001 DCS Molnes 57 t3 ! 4 .filHl Omahn. . . . . . < . , . .i < .r 7 Si 20 , W3 Milwaukeeifl3 31 33 .433 CnnsnsCltv. " , 53 27 ill .403 ShlcnKO. . . . . 01 23 03 .459 Sioux Cltv 23 9 13 .400 Minneapolis 50 24 35 .400 Sioux City : , Chicago 1. Sioux CITT , July 27. [ Special Telegram o TUB BEE. ] Tno Sfonx City club took anew now departure to-day and won a game from Chicago , and a beautiful game It was. Chi- CBfro succeeded In batting SIoux.Gity's now oft-hnndcd pitcher , Slnbol , but the onorgotlo loldlnpof the homo clnb destroyed all the lonulits thereof. The only run scored by Chicago wns a clcur gift of the bad judg- ncnt of the iiomo shortstop. Quo th'.ng that iandc.ipped Chicago wns the bad luck of Its catcher , Hoover , in hurting his arm whllo running down 1'hclan botwcon the homo pinto and third base. The score : Sioux City 1 0 n 0 1 1 0 0 0-3 "hicago. . . . " . 0 0000001 0-1 Huns earned Sioux City 1 , Chicago 1. Two base hits Ucc'cius 1 , Hannahau 1. liases on balls lly Cady 4. Struck out lly Caily > , bySicbol 3. Passed balls I3y Chicago 8 , > y Sioux City 3. Lett on bases Chicago 7 , Sioux City 1. Time 1:40. : Umpire Cusick. Minneapolis ! , Dos Mnlnefl U. DCS AIoiXE9 , July 27. fSpoclal Telegram o Tun UER.J Dos Molnes lost the third con- sccutlvo game to Minneapolis to-day , bolng unable to solve So wdors1 delivery , whllo Ken- icdy wns lilt pretty freely. Thcro wore no special features. Thcscoro : Dos Moincs 00000030 0-3 Minneapolis 0 0-4 Huns earned DCS Molnes ! ) , Minneapolis 2. Two base hits Alvord , Kennedy , Tebcan. Jhrco buso hits Kreig. Double plays 3ulnn and Stearns. Bases on balls By Kennedy 1 , by Sowdcrs 2. Struck out Uy [ Ccnncdy 3 , by Sowdcrs 5. Passed balls I'rafllcy 1. Wild pitches Sowdcrs 1. Tirno 1:23. : Umpire Hngan. St. Taut 1O , Kiuis.iH City 14. KANSAS Cur , July 27. [ Special Telegram to Tun BRE.I Hard hlttinggavo St. Paul an easy victory over the Blues to-day , the visi tors having no dlfllculty whatever in hitting Conway hard , whllo the hflmo team could not hit Anderson with any effect. The visitors earned nine of their runs , and Kan sas City earned nono. The score ; Kansas City..0 00330000 4 St. Paul U 0004210 * 10 Earned runs St. Paul 0. Three-base hits Momssoy. Homo run I'atton. Double play Earlo nnd Morrisscy. Bases on balls By Conway 2 , Anderson 1. Fiist base on errors Kansas City 4 , St. Paul 1. Struck out By Conway 7. Anderson 2. Passed balls Gunson 1 , Earlo 4. Wi'd pitches Conway 1 , Anderson 1. Batteries Conway and Gunson , Anderson and Earlc. Hits Kansas City 0 , St. Puul 11. Errors Kansas Citr3 , St. Paul 4. Tlmo 1:50. : Umpire Fessendcn. _ OTHElt GABIES. Yesterday's Winners in tlio National Jjon iio Contests. PjTTsnuno , July 27. Hcsult of to-day's came : Pittsburg 0 00010001 2 Indianapolis 0 00000000 0 Pitchers Galvin for Pittsburg , Shrove for Indiananolls. Base hits Pittsburg 0 , In dianapolis 0. Errors Pittsburg 1 , Indian * apolis 3. Umpire Kelly. CHICAGO , July 27. Result of to-day's game : Chicago 0 00300.OS 0 5 Detroit 1 05000008 9 Pitchers Van Haltran for Chicago. Conway - way for Dotroit. Base hits- Chicago 9 , Detroit 10. Errors Chicago U , Detroit 3. Umpire Lynch. BOSTON , July 27. There was no ball game hero to-day on account of rain. NEW Yonic , July 27.-Kosult of to-day's game : New York 0 10003000-4 Philadelphia..0 00010000 1 Pitchers Crane for New York , BufHr.ton for Philadelphia. Base hits Now York 7 , Philadelphia 4. Errors Now York 4 , Phil a- dolphia 1. Umpire Daniels. Tlio American Association. CLEVELAND , July 37.--He8ult of to-day's game : Loulsvillo 0 01100302 6 Cleveland 1 5 PHILADELPHIA , July 27. Kcsult of to-day's game : Cincinnati 3 0003003 7 Athletics. . ' . 0 21010000 4 B.u.TiMOiin , July 27. Result of to-day's game : Baltimore 0 5 St. Louis 0 0110084 9 BnooKLYX , July 27.Result of to-day's game- Brooklyn.-.0 00103000 3 KansasCity 0 00102001 4 Clnnrvvator 17 , Atkinson 3. CLEAUWATEH , Neb. , July 27. [ Special to THE BEE. ] The Clcarwator club mot the Atkinson Reds at Atkinson yesterday. The score : Clcarwator. 0 4000133 0 17 Atkinson 0 3 Diamond Flushes. Clarke and Naglo will bo the battery this this afternoon. Joe Walsu is playing a rattling good short forMluneapolls. Two or three of the Ouiahas will rccoivo tholr release within thu next few days. Mofllt , of the Indianapolis league team , anil Omaha's now pitcher arrived yesterday. The Chicago Maroons were all over to M.umwa Thursday. They left In the even ing for Sioux City. Pat Toboau and his mouth , will been hanu to-day. It Is to dollars to doughnuts thai Crooks' Jaw will prove too much for him. How the Dos Momes press is roaring over their so-called bad luck. Three btraights tit the hands of Minneapolis has all but paral yzed them. Big Wilson is ronniUng to In great shnpo and will be In condition to go behind the bal by Sunday's game. Ho is anxious to play , and Is sure to do good woi-lr whoa ho gets at it. it.Thero There Is much tallc of a deal bstwean Omaha and Dos -Molnes , by which Clarlc is to bo traded for Bug Holllday. The man agement will make a mistake If Daddy Is traded for anybody just now. Instead of one hit , It was eleven hits the Chluaros got oft of Burdick the other day llvo of which wcro two-baggers. It is Idiotic to whlno about Burdlclc. As a pitcher for Omaha he was a dead failure una he'll provo the same for Indianapolis ; Larry LnrScqae , from the Lynn team of tha -.WrEngland loasruc , and whoso release has been purchased by Omaha , reached hcru last evening. Larocquo is a tremendous hit ter , line fielder and llrat-class llrst baseman To. what position ho will bo assigned hero has not as yet been determined , fcTho Minneapolis team arrivecd here las evening for a series of three games , begin ning with to-day. The Flower City og grcgation are putting up elegant base bal Just now , and tholr games will b well worth witnessing : Remember , too , Joe Walsh Is with them , as well as the only Patssy Oliver Tcbcau. Omuha enthusiasts should improve the op portunity to BOO good ball whllo they have 1U. The ball ftnanon for this burg la rapidly waning. Them are only twanty-four mora games scheduled for tlu ooin gvouu-Js ast will be played September 10 with DCS' lolncs. The team finishes the season nway rom home. Jack llrchnan , Ilio Umpire , lti ) < bCfin ro- cascd and Joe Quest , the veteran BCCO ml ascrtian , appointed in his stead. Quest as arrived here nnd will umpire the rnmo with Minneapolis this afternoon , 'ho release of Brcnuun was nn arbitrary ictlon on the part of Secretary Morton , nnd ircnnan doct not propose to submit tamely , jato yesterday afternoon Brennan received i tolrgrnm from Moncs ) , of Kansas City , nd Humes , of St. Paul , tolling him to go on ho Held hero to-day nnd uniplro the game ; hat Morton had no legal right to dismiss urn. Brennan will do so. It takes six clubs 0 dismiss an umpire. KVKNT8. At MrlKliton Bcncli. UtttmiTON BRACII , July 27. Sutnmnryt Five-eights of a mile Dulto of Bourbon von. Bertlo W ( colt ) second , Brian Born hint. Tlmo ! : & . Fivo-clghts of n mlle Nat Goodwin won , aUida second , Change third. Tlmo 1:05. : Three-nuartcrs of n mile Eatontown and l.ilcsmau ran a dead heat. Time 1:1S : } . n the run off Dalesman won. Time 1:2U : , The Bennie Harold , filly , was third. Ono and one-sixteenth miles Dago won , Uamo Focond , Kink third. Tlmo 1 s52. Ono nnd one-quarter mllot Peg Wotting- on won , Havcller second , Hcrmltago third , i'lme 3:14 : . Ono uiilo Bordclalso won In 1:44) : { , Pctu- ciico second , Top Sawder third. Saratoga Itacoi. SAIIATOO A , July 27. Summary : Six furlongs Bannoy won , Golden Reel lecond , Vontromp third. Tlmo 1:18J4 : > Five furlongs Jubal won , Llntram second , Bennie John third. Tlmo 1:03. : Five furlongs Alahimon won , Hcmson iccond , Bennie Bounce third. Time t :00. : Ono mlle Bopcep won , Drumstick scc- md , Lctotia third. Time 1:47J : . Hurdle race Voltlgourwon , Percy second , . .Ijero . third. Time 2:20. : Detroit Races Postponed. Dr.rnoiT , July 27. To-day's ' races were lostponed on account of the bad condition of ho track. A special race has been arranged 'or to-morrow between Guy and Prlnco .Vilkes . for a purse of W,000. , TUB lONorasii GAME. Britons and Scotchmen Will Play It To-Day. The match between the Scotch and Eng- Ish teams of the Omaha cricket club , which , csultcd In a tlo on the 14th mst. , will bo ilayed off nt the fair grounds this af- crnoon at 3 o'clock sharp. Both teams nro confident of a victory and a splendid game nay bo looked for. In expectation of a largo number of spectators the club has placed chairs at points of vantage on the Held , nnd visitors may ba assured of gentlemanly treatment , lor tlio boys like to see a lario gathering ns it is a proof , that their favorite sport is gaining in popularity with the citizens. The following nro the teams selected : Englishmen G. II. Vaughan. captain , W. It. Vaughan , U.V. . Taylor. J. S. Prince , W. II. G. Hudson , Fred Tafliold , Bernard Lucas , C. W. Earl , E. Stringer , A. Llvesey , C. W. Anderson. Scotchmen Thomas Chalmers , captain , Thomas Bowie , Robert Craig ; J. Crulck- Bhunk , J. T. Muir , .1. A. Jopp , D. B. Hastlo , W. Homo , Robert Hall , F. E. Smith , James Leslie. POUND -SON-IN-L-AAV. . Mrs. Iloyco Secq Her Daughter's Hus band in Chains. As the seven convicts , sentenced by Judge rolT at this term of court , scrambled into a juss at the back door of the county'Jail yos- .erday , a llttlo woman about sixty years old and dressed In a plain coarse dress , said : "Thoro is ouo who looks llko n man that came hero about a year ago from Burlington , [ a. His name was Wilson. I wonder what ; hat man's name Isl" On being informed that It was Charles Wilson , tb.o little woman continued : ' "That's him , then , nnd I don't care a cent. He came to my husband's ' saloon hero some months ago and niter hanging around there for Borne tlmo ran nwny with my daughter , a ? Irl eighteen years old. They went to Hastings , Nob. , and 'were there for some time , uud when they came back ho said they were married. Wo asked him to show his marriage certificate , but ho never could , and 1 think If they had been married ho could have shown the papers. " The woman was Mrs. D. C. Koyce\ylfo of a saloon keeper In tnls city. "I don't care a cent to see him go to the penitentiary , " she continued , -'for thcro is not a spark of man hood In him. Ho stele the things ho was found guilty of stealing , and even when they arrested my poor old husb.md for the crime , Wilson did not have the manhood to go to the Jail and get him out. I know ho never was married to my daughter. " The men , as they were chained in pairs to bo taken to Lincoln , were Charles McVeigh nnd John Charlcsalas ( "Black Jack : Charles Ross and Charles Wilson ; Frank Desmond and Ed Wiso. Wlso will remain ten years lor burglary : Desmond , three years for grand larceny ; McVeigh , four years for larceny : Charles , burglary , ten years ; Ross , four years for larceny ; Charles WHsoa , ouo yonr for grand larceny. Gcorgo Cochrnn , the old man sentenced for five years for stealing Dr. Tilden's horse , was not chained or hand cuffed , but was allowed to carry his satchel in ouo hand and his big bible under his arm and follow after the younger criminals. IIo Is sixty-soveu years old and It is bollovcd by many that ho took the horse while in a tem porarily insane condition. Ho was a friend of all the boys in jail and took time to shako hands and say good-by to all of them before getting Into the cab. Sheriff Coburn , Jailer Miller , Detective Orrnsby and a number of the police force accompanied the criminals to the state prison. A CRIPl'Ll * . FOR LIFE. A Railroad Man Loses a l 'oot in the B. & M. V aril s. Billy Llnteu , a switchman on the B. & M. , met with an accident last night that will make him a cripple for life. Ho was stand ing near the end of the last car of a train that was backing near the Douglas street cross ing when ho fell from the car to the track. The train was slacking speed at the time and only one car ran over him. The wheels passed over his loft leg Just abova-the ankle , almost completely severing IL The patrol wagon was called , and Lenten was taken to St. Joseph's hospital , where the leg was amputated. Lenten is about twenty-four years old , and Is a single man. Ho htwjjceo. In the employ of the railroad-company' a sliOi-i limo. .r..i . To-nlitht'H Grand Rally. The North Omaha Scandinavian republi can club which has been organized for the purpose of drawing together all the Scandi navian republicans of the city , nnd whlcli begins its work with a good deal of cnthusl asm , will have a grand polo raising demon stration at the corner of Saundcrs one Charles streets this evening. A band ha ; bcc'n engaged and the leading political speakers of the city will bo In attendance , The management of tto club wish all tha Scandinavians of the city to unlto with them not only nt the polo raising but at all their regular meetings which are held at 1117 Sauu dors street every Wcdnesday'nlKht. It is ox pcctcd that delegations from all the republican can organizations of the city will bo on hand to-night , uud everybody is Invited to take a hand. Drink Malto at soda fountain. S. 31. Slicehoy Dead. Samuel M. Sheohoy , on old resident 0 Omaha , died at his sister's residence , 3423 Poppleton avenue , at 3 o'clock this moraine He was well known throughout the city one his many friends will bo pained to bear o his demise. The funeral trill occur at 3 p m. , Sunday , from the residence above stated The Odd Follows , of which havtasa morn ber , will have charge of the funeral , General Patrick Dead. DATTOW , O. , July 37. General M. R Patrick , governor of the National Soldiers homo for disabled volunteer soldiers died this morning. RAIMtOiVD NEWS. clinrgoH Expcotdd General Gossip Messrs. Hogo nndiMu'rphy do not stand ns Igh In the estimation of the brotherhoods of ugliioers and flrbufon ns they aid n few days go , if reports nrp tq"bo believed , and Ihoro s no reason to doubt the rumors heard. The natter stands thust Hogo and Murphy tnrted out to mnWa trip over the lines of ho B. < fc M. , which was to bo completed by nst Tuesday. T r trial nt Chicago wns duo during their , absence. To the astonish- nient of everybody Ilio prosecuting attorney moved that n contliiQnnco bo granted on the ground that Hogomid Murphy were absent in the company's business. As may bo ox- iccted the announcement caused a slight sen- atloti. suit after the first excitement had lasscd nway there wcro not n few who ex pressed themselves ns positive tlmt the two nen had an understanding with the "Q. " tnoiuls. This belief is still entertained > y a number of brotherhood men , and as grounds for entertaining the Idea they setup up the following : First , that neither Hogo or Murphy have , on tbo trip , manifested the snmo spirit shown by them ' at the icginnlng of the existing trouble , but have , on the contrary , maintained n more than conservative course , and have refrained ex clusively from venturing opinions or giving any counsel whatever as to what was to bo expected. According to arrangements , both won were to attend the mooting at St. Joe on Tuesday last nnd report to the body what hey had learned , but , instead , they went to Denver , nnd the only knowledge the meeting n St , Joe had of the fact that they wcro still iviugwas a letter received which stated they were well and hopeil the boys would act viscly , etc. They left Deliver for the east Fucsday ulrhtuudarri\-edln { Chicago Thurs- Ijyevonlng , when they stated that every thing along the line wns solid , and other similar > hrascs. A brotherhood man yesterday stated that the work of Hoge and Murptiy ind amounted to nothing beyond n reitera tion of facts already known and that tholr western trip was useless. He could of ourso divulge nothing concerning the in- .entions of the order In regard to Iho mutter , but hinted that the continuance on the part of the prosecution in the trial of the two nen was of course an understood thing and .tint . us u number of mombm-s were not satis- led with the aspect of matters au invcstiga- .ion would probably follow. AVliolcsalo Decapitations. Yet a few days more , and there will bo music on the line of the Chicago , Milwaukee % St. Paul , ns far ns passenger conductors nro concerned.- Because why I It Is thi * For some time past the management iavu suspected that the conductors were not , urning in the proper amount of moneys col- ectcd , but how to determine It was the question. The system of employing train collectors was adopted , and several of these were put on the various runs. Their duties consisted of taking tickets , collecting fares , : tc. , and each week a report was made to icadquarters. By comparing these with irevious reports. it was determined , hat a wholesale system of "knock- ng down" receipts was being practiced ind it was determined to stop it at once. In .ho meantime the. conductors appointed n committee to confer with Manager Miller , vho , after stating thp foots in the casu , in- 'ormcd them that Ills' company had become cognizant of the fnctrthat they were being robbed , and to prevent a repetition of the offense they hall -'decided on August 15 to peremptorily dWmiss the suspected parties , which include * abi'ulf ' one half the force , and ncrease the salary offthoso remainlngto 51CO ' > er month. With th'is salary , it is believed , he men will deal 'lidnostly ' with their cm- ) loyors. J i Spikes nnd Bolts. J. F. Caykcndall ; formerly private secro- : ary to Thomas J. Polter , but now chief clerk in the ofllco of the ehornl superintendent of the Manitoba nt St. Paul , in in the city. A complaint is lAado that the management of the Mannwa mqTcl''Hno does not mnko an effort to make the 'proper connections with the Union Pacific dummy trains , and that very frequently pilssfngors are compelled to wait an hour before ijattjng over to Ouiaha or.going to the lake. , , " George W. Cook has been appointed gen eral western freight and passenger agent of iho Missouri Pacific In immediate charge of freight nnd passenger t radio In Colorado , Utah and northern New Mexico , with oftlcc at Denver , Col. The \V. O. T. U. MOUNTAIN LAKE PAKK , Md. , July 27. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union to day elected the following officers : Presi dent , Mrs. C. Buell , Chicago ; secretary , Mrs. Jennie McCluckln ; treasurer , Mrs. J. Et. Harrison. One vice president was elected for each state. The most Important address of the day was made by Chairman Dickie , of ; ho national prohibition campaign committee , in which ho warmly endorsed the tariff plank in the democratic platform. Ho was fol lowed by Clinton B. Fish , who deprecated the free trade tendencies of Dickie. The convention adjourned sine dm. WOMAN'S KINGDOM. Mrs. Morton's Housemaid Leaves to Shine Upon the Stage. New York _ World : Hero is a curious sorvatit-girl episode that IB said to have occurred in the household of Mrs. Levi P. Morton , the wife of the republican vice-presidontial candidate. She had in her emnloy a young woman who did what is vulgarly known as the "up- Btairs work , ' , or. in other words , was a housemaid. This housemaid did her work neatly and with dispatch. Her hods were always snowy parallelograms , without a wrinkle ; there was never to ho found , oven in the most secret Cor ners , a fragment of neglected dust , and she never broke ornaments. Im agine what was Mrs. Morton's disgust when this rara avis came one day to give notice that she intended to leave when her month was up. "But why do you wish to go ? " in quired the house miatross. "Aro you uissatiaiicd in any way'1" ; "No , " said the house maid , ' 'but I mean to give up housework nnd study for tlio stage , " 'Stage ! " gasped Mrs. Hovton , who'had only begun to recover from the shock of seeing society women appear before the footlights , and was aghast at this for ward movement from the other end of the social lino. "What has over put it in to your head to go on the stagoV" "Well , you seeimi'am , , " said the as piring wielder oftho , broom , "I belong to one of the , grids ? friendly societies hero , and wo moi/t every Tuesday night for mutual improvement and amuse ment. They always'ask mo to recite , nnd they applamV'ifyo so much that I thought perhaps j , h'nd a real talent , so I have saved a Uttlb money and I'm going to give up a ycnr to study. " "But what do you recitoi1" Mrs. Mor ton naked. ' ' J , "Shakespeare ss my favorite , " said the maid , modestly , "but I'm very fond of reciting from KrQn'iiing , too. " Mrs. Browningof course , " said her mistress. "Oh. noma'aml 'Notatall. ' Mr. Drown ing. " "Do you menu to toll mo that you recite Robert. Jlrowt 'ng'tf poems , " demanded the astfyifehed lady. "Yes'm. And 1 have a copjuof , hia poems with his name written in it that he sent mo him self , It happened very curiously. There was a lady who , came to the club sometimes who gave our library a copy of his poems , and she was very much interested in mo because I read p.id : re cited them BO often. SJm vr > n conisin of the American lady young Mr. Oscar Browning married , and when "ho wont to England sha eaw Mr. Browning him self nnd told him about my reciting his poems , so ho took a volume of them am ] wrote his name on the fly leaf , and asked her to give mo the book when she came homo. " "My dear young woman , " said Mrs. Morton , "go , nnd fame attend you ! ] see plainly that you aro. made for higher things than brushing' down my , stair carpets. " Drink MaltoiUlaplbusaat. MAKERS OFBODRBON AND RYE They Appear BefOre the House Oommittoo oh Manufactures. THE TRUST AND ITS METHODS , Representatives of Several Largo lls- tillcrlufl Explain Ilio Manner In Which ( liuCuinbltintloii Trans- nclH Its The Whisky Trust. WASIIIXOTOX , July 2" . At the meeting of ho fiouao commlttco on manufactures to-day , ho chnlrtnnn announced tlmt the commlttco would proceed to the Investigation of the so- : nlled whisky trust , nnd called J. M. Athcr- on , of Louisville , Ky. , president of the J. M , \thcrton company , as the flrst witness. The company's headquarters , the witness salJ , vcro located In Larnguo county , Kentucky , t was not engaged In distilling whisky , but n handling the whisky of a number of llrms vho do a distilling business In tholr own names. The product of thcsa llrms Is con- rolled by the J. M. Athorton company under agreement. The object of the agreement waste to preserve the trudo-marks of these firms , which wore roeardod as valunblo ones. Thorn woro. Atherton said , two classes of whliky producers In Kentucky ; tlioso who nude fine bcurbou whiskies , and a number of firms , located along the Ohio river , who inadq cheap whisKy , the difference bolng n 'ago. There was no business connection between those two classes of producers , nor was thcro any connection between Kentucky distillers nnd those who made substantially the same kind of whisky In Pennsylvania and Maryland. In reply tea a question the witness said that most of the largo distillers or line Kentucky whisky en tered into an agreement by which they bound themselves to produce no whisky In' the fiscal year of 1883 , Somu few largo llrms refused to sign the agreement , uud there were about one hundred and fifty very small distillers who were not asked to sign. > The combined production of these non-signers was estimated nt $3,500,000. The agreement grow out of the fact that from IfcSl to 1887 thcro had been a very largo overproduction of whlaky. In order to pro tect the owners of this whisky from the ef fects of this overproduction un agreement to suBpend operations from Julv 1,18S7 , to July 1 , 1SS8 , was entered Into. Thl agreement , the witness desired to say , was not in the nature of a trust there wus no consolidation of property nor merging of interests. The witness wus then examined with re gard to the production of alcohol and spirits uy Kopresentatlvo Brcckcnrhlgo of Arkan sas , and asked if thcro was a trust in this trade. The witness replied tlmt ho believed that nearly all the distillers north of the Ohio river were members of the trust. The headquarters - quarters wcto at Poorla , and W. K. Grcenhut wus president. The trust also included n few listillcrs of alcohol and cheap whisky located ill Kentucky , near Covington. Representative Huolmuan "Excluding the internal revenue tax , what is the cost of n gallon of whisky laid down in the bonded warohousol" Witness "That depends upon a great many factors which vary considerably , but assum ing that corn sells for 50 cents , rye for 80 cents , and malt for 80 cento per bushel , n gal lon of standard bourbon whisky , with Inter est on the iilunt , would cost say 80 cents , and excluding interest on the plant , about 23 cents to : > 7 cents. " Mr. Buchanan "What would bo the c/Tcct / of requiring a tax to bo paid when the whisky is produced ; that is , abolishing the bonded period ? " Witness "It would substantially destroy tha manufacture of ilno whiskies , because of the increased cost of whiskies when they were fit for use , growing out of the fact that every gallon that evaporated would bo n tax paid gallon , and because of the heavy ex pense of carrying whisky for several years , insurance , etc. The amount of money re quired in the business would bo so great that no uistillcr could do much unless he was n millionaire. Such a law would lead to com binations , nnd rich combinations would soon absorb It all. " W. T. Shelley , of Louisville , said that ho was chairman of the committee to sccuro signatures to an agreement to limit the pro duction to 11,000,000 gallons. Only about 25 per cent of those who signed the 1888 agree ment had signed the new one. Hy the 188'J agreement 9,000,000 gallons of the production were to bo distributed among the signers in proportion to their capacity , while 2,000,000 gallons were loft to bo distributed , in the discretion of the committee , among these who In previous years had not over-produced. The distillers Field back from signing the agreement until they could find out how much of this 2,000- 000 gallons each was to got. W. II. Thomas of Louisville testified that one of the reasons of the export of whiskey to Europa was that ho and others believed tiiat Kentucky whisky was better than the for eign compound liquors and thought that they might make a market for it in Europe. Ninety per cent of the whisky reported was owned by wholesale dealers and ho believed that if they all united they could build up u big trade in Europe. Ho was not in favor of a repeal of the tax on liquor for the reason that every farmer with a stream near his farm \vould go into the business nnd ruin the distillers by over-production. With no tax on whisky ho behoved that there would bo ten times the amount consumed. PROPERTY OF THE GOVERNMENT Held In Adverse Possession to Which it Una a Valid Claim. , July 27. In response to the senate resolution calling upon him for evi dence in the treasury department relating to the property of the United States , and to which the United States has n valid claim , which is held In adverse possession , the sec tary of the treasury to-day transmitted to tho-scnato the reports of the solicitor of the treasury and commissioner of intern ? ! rev enue on the subject. 'Iho acting solicitor , In his report , says that there Is no personal property now hold In adverse possession to which the United States has a valid claim. The commissioner pays that the only prop erty In charge of his office Is real estate ac quired under the internal rovcnuo law. Ac cording to a letter from Mr. Littlcpago , lately employed as an niront of the treasury department , fo the solicitor of the treasury , dated October 19,1SS7 , it seems that ho was employed to "assist In the prevention nnd de tection of frauds upon the customs revenue. " Continuing ho says : 'After my several conversations with yon , I Infer that my especial assignment will bo to recover such properties belonging to the late confederate states us have boon fraudu lently or improperly diverted or concealed. " In concluding , ho says : "Abovo all , I desire that my special assignment shrill bo kept a profound sccoet. " In a letter dated November II , 1SS7. ho says that ho went to his homo In King Will- lam county , Virginia , to examine his old con federate pupor.mado and received while in Eu rope under the ordersof the then confederate states government , to obtain accurate data. Ho found that In the winter of 181. IIo was ordered to the confederate ship Texas. This vojsol was built nt Glasgow , and was to have received her armament and equipment while lying off the coast of England by another vessel. Cap tain Henry Sinclair , of the confederate states navy superintended the construction of the vessel , her cost being $1,400,000 , all of which was fully paid by the confederate gov ernment. The vessel , ho suyi , started to BOO , but having been reported as u confed erate cruiser , was solzed. Cuptaln Sinclair , rntbor than carry her through the courts , se cured her release by guaranteeing tlmt she should not go Into the hands of the confed eracy until they should be entitled to have her. Ho then chartered her , , and when , a few months after , the confederacy collapsed , she was still salting under tha snmo charter. Ho adds that this vessel was fully paid for by the confederate government , and should belong - long to the United States ? She Is still valua ble nnd Is now trading between Edmburg and Copenhagen. Ho adds that there were several other Clyde-built stcamcrsrj'-'on- ' structed by the confederate government similarly disposed of by their agents or cap tains , which should now belong to the United States. There wcro also two powerful rams bulit by Laird & Co. on the Mersey ostensibly for the Chluoso government , but Inspected and tested by confederate ofllcers. They were solzod by the llrltlsh authorities nnd llnnlly dlst > oscd of by confederate ngcnts In charge , and nro now In the llrltlsh navy , having recently boon soon by Admiral Lucent nt Bermuda , Hying the Bhtlsh Hag , Llttlopago also speaks of certain powerful Clyde liulltslcnmcrs nnd nuns built In Franco for the confederate government , and also state * that parties who recently visited Cap tain Sinclair's house found that Its linen , crockery , cutlery , etc. , bore the letters , "C. S. N. , " which nro supposed to have came from the Texas. Ho ndds that two now Clydo built steamers , the Qlty of Peters burg and the Old Dominion , which wcro built for the confederate government nnd paid for by It , nro now running bMwcon Liverpool nnd Dublin. Llttlepngo files an itemized statement of the confederate prop erty unrccovered by the Untied Stales gov ernment , amounting to &UOoaoX ; ) , most of which Is In English hands. Ho cstlmntcs tlmt there are $0,000,000 In tho. United States , not Including the value of many millions of dollars' worth of cotton belonging to the con federate government shipped from Brown- vllle , Galvcston nnd Mutumoras since the war. A Locninottvu'M Steaming Capacity. Scientific American : Within a month past six locomotives , embodying some striking features , htivo boon plucoil on the Now York , Now llnvon & Hartford railroad , to run between Now York nnd Snringilolil nnd Intermediate points. These locomatlvos were built nt the Baldwin locomotive works , Philadel phia , from original designs. The great i'v/.o of the boiler , the ton of which is ton feet nine inches high , or only three below the top of the smoke stake , at oneo attracts attention whenever the oiigine is seen , nnd the corresponding six.0 mid weight of all the working purls , except Iho moderato-si/.cd driving wheels , are matters of comment among all the engineers under whoso notice they have come. The cylinders of these engines have a diameter of " 0 inches by 2U inches Htroko , the steam ports being Ifc by 10 inches. The driving wheels are ( > Sk inches diameter , and the engine truck wheels and tender wheels 8l ! inches diameter. The spread of the driving wheels ia 9 foot , 1 inch , and the total wheel base of the engine iJJJ foot , 7 inches. The total wheel base of the en gine and tender is 47 foot , 91 inches , and the length of engine and tender over all is 68 feet , 2i inches. The tender has a capacity for 0 } tons of anthracite coal and S'OO gallons of water , and is iittod with a water scoop for taking up Water from a long tank laid between the rails a system which has not heretofore boon employed on this railroad , but for which tlio company is now getting ready by placing tanks in position at the desired distances to facilitate long , straight runs. "Tho weight of the engine in Avork- ing order is about 110,000 pounds , the weight on the driving wheels being 08,000 pounds , and on the front truck wheels 42,000 poumU The weight of the tender , with coal and water , is about 70,000 pounds , making tlio total weight of engine and tender , ready for service , 180,000 pounds. The boilers are wagon top in form , 00 inches diameter at the smoke box end , and the lire-boxes are Gt. foot long by IMS inches wide inside. These engines are designed for an or dinary working steam pressure of 1(10 ( pounds , which , wo are informed , is ob tained and carried as readily as 140 or 145 pounds on the locomotives hereto fore in use on the road. The present superintendent of motive power of the company , Mr. J. Ilonny , jr. , was formerly for many years in charge of their shops at Hartford , whore many locomotives of excellent design and line finish were turned out , which have done and are doing good service on the road. These now engines , how ever , have been specially designed for high speed for long distances , drawing heavy trains , With which they have , thus far , boon shown to easily make sixty miles an hour on any comparn- tivo'ly straight section of track. In the matter of first cost these engines seem marvelously cheap , thotr approximate cost being stated at about $10,000 each , the ostablishmcns at which they were raado now turning out com pleted locomotives at the rale of two a day. The dimensions of the boiler and llro-box , with the great amount of heat ing surface provided , give them extra ordinary steam making power , nnd it is claimed that they are economical of fuel. It is not unlikely , also , that , in providing engines with such extra steaming capacity , the company is an ticipating the enforcement next winter of regulations compelling the railroads in that section to heat their cars by btoam , and discard entirely the car stovo. Italy la Satisfied. ROME , July 27. The Reformer declares that tlio statements made before the Ameri can committee inquiring into the immigra tion question are exaggerated , but that if America's measures bo confined to a remedy for the questionable practices of the immi gration agents of Italy they will not cause discontent. Emigration Agents Arrentcd , VIENNA , July 27. Nineteen emigration ngcnts have been arrested at Cracow for in citing the natives of that district to emigrate to America. Bonds representing 1,000,000 florins were found in their possession. Other agents have been arrested nt Brady and Czernowitz. Drink Mtilto. Mine. Do Viu-Hftj's Case. PAIUS , July B7. Mine. Do Varnoy , the American lady who was recently arrested and imprisoned on a false charge of being u pickpocket , will 1)0 liberated to-morrow at the request of United States Minister Me- Lane. AXES , PICKS AND HAMMERS , The Loner Island Railroad Buildings Torn'to Ploooo , THEY WERE NOT NICE ENOUGH , Mnyor Olonnon Iionils the Aosrtnlt nnd the Police KoojT'nnok the liutlittfllnRtlo Citizens- Taken Into Court. A Second Grand Asonnlt. NEW YOIIK , July 27. [ Special Telegram to TUB BRK.J All Long Island City gathered about the Long Island rnllroatt tlejiot on Front street yesterday afternoon. The crowd began to collect nt noon nnd nt 2 o'clock there wore thousands of ixjoplo punh- ing , yolllng nnd shouting In the little street. The cause was the report that Alayor Pat rick J. Glcason was going to begin a second grand assault on the Long Island railroad company buildings which are obstructing the town. Mayor Oleason was In his llttlo office , hardly a stono's throw from the depot , with the commlssloncrsof publlo works and police , ton stout laborers , armed with picks and hummers , nnd six policemen. Qlcason turned to his llttlo army nnd said : "Got your axes nnd your hammers and tear down nil those sheds , every one of them , nnd don't lot any man stop you. " The mayor himself led the charge , and struck the first blow at the shed. A lady wanted to pin a boquot on his coat , but ho would not lot her. The mayor lifted a pick , swung it back ana struck , with all the force of his powerful arm , the prop of the first shed. There wns n crashing nnd splintering of wood , nnd the prop came down , bringing the end of the shed with it. A roar went up from the crowd.whlehcould almost bo heard hi Now York. Then the mayor aim his men hacked and tore away , some of them on thereof roof , sotno dlgclng up the foundations and seine carrying off the debris. The six police men formed a cordon around the street to keep the enormous crowd hack. The mayor kept up a ru.nnng ! flro of com ment : "That's right , Mike ; hit her again ; knock that prop away ; that's one hindrance less to honest people. Bully for vou , Bill ; we'll ' show them the pcoplo own this town. Give that post another rap. We've been run long enough by the Long Island railroad. Ilammnr nwny , boys , tooth nnd nail. " Finally the whole line of sheds along Front street for fully 800 feet was torn down and scattered about the street. Mean time the railroad had been send ing out special trains in ovorv direction to get a judge to Issue a warrant for the arrest of Lonur Island City's mayor. Finally one was found , but the miiyor vowed ho would tear down all the buildings before ho would stop permanently , and merely iul- journod with the force for u time , to begin again to-morrow. Lute lust evening Mayor Glcason was served with an Injunction to restrain him from tearing up the tracks. IIo , in turn , hns ordered the railroad ollleers to appear before him August 1 to answer for violating the law. Nelson's Cnso llcmamlcd. / * ] TUBJCTOX , Out. , July 27. C. C. Nelson of Atlanta , who absconded , was arraigned ujruin to-day but the evidence disclosed no offense for which ho could bo tried and the ease was remanded till next Tuesday to give the prosecution tlmo to obtain further ovl douce. Nelson was released on ball. A Volcanic Krnptlon. SHANGHAI , July ST. A volcanic eruption at \ \ Bandaban , ilf ty leagues from Yokohama , has destroyed several villages nnd killed 1,000 persons , including 103 visitors nt the thermal springs. A fresh crater uas formed and the eruption Is still active. The Weather Indications. Nebraska nnd Dakota : Fair , stationery temperature , followed Saturday night by sllKhtly cooler , variable winds. Iowa : Fair , slightly warmer , followed Saturday night by slightly cooler , variable _ winds. | | Real estate loans negotiated , pur'J } chase money mortgages and commer cial paper bought. R. C. PATTKHSON , 318 S. 16th. _ For fine diamond work nnd watch re pairing go to O. L. Erlckson & Co. , 212 N. 10th , Masonic block. Go to Pries' lake for picnics. Pine concert every Sunday. Neighborly. Hawkeye : " "I'll hot I've got some of the meanest neighbors a fellow over had , " said nman yesterday to some half- dozen loungers ; "they're always on the borrow. Ono family in particular sends every day or two for a cup of browned coITeo of which wo keep only the best and then returns , in place of it a most inferior article. Wo'ro going to head 'em oil on that , though ; they ewe us a cup now , and when they fetch it homo wife's going to sot it away and loan it to 'em again ! " and ho chuckled with in- Jlnito BnUbfaction. "Well , sir , " continued another , after a pause , "my wife has a worse neighbor than that. She moved in to our neigh- hood about a month ago , and in a few days borrowed a cup of sugar. When she returned it it wasn't nearly so full. After two or throe such experiences my wife set the cup away , and when nho re turned for another loan sent bank the same quantity. It wns still lighter when it rotuvnctl , nnd after two weeks passing buck and forth my wife handed it Out at last with less than a spoonful in it. " "How much was in it when the woman sent it hofnoi1" queried a list ener. "Not a single grain they had washed the cup < " GHIGHESTER'SENGUSHADIAMOND BRAND ' MMmFffUMtfl W jAtfHC ORIGIM/U.THE ONLYCeNUIHe ' UMlU V DriYAf > B K0EWARt OF WORTHLESS IMITATION * 'ILIlIl I RlllllL nrASKORUCGISTroRffllCHESTER'SCNCUStf § . . . . ? . " .5TS3 riCi r * . SAFrjU.WAYSRfLlABLC.TO LADIESDIAMOND BRAND.TAKCNOOTKW. - - - - roniHctoBB 4 ( Von HARTIC lTnr HtT