THE Q\AHA ] \ DAILY KElfi ; FRIDAY. AUGUST 3 , 1888.
THE OMAIIAS BEAT TEN HEN
Anderson , of St. Paul , Trios to Com
mit Base Ball Bobbory.
FIFTEEN HITS AND ONE RUN.
That's tlio Kccoril the Homo Team
e Hut ilio Ice Pnlnuo Aggre
gation Got Xwo Idttlo lilts
and Narry a HUM.
Western Association Standing.
Following is the ofllcial standing of the
"Western association teams up to and In
cluding yesterday's games :
Plavrol Won Lost Pr Ct
St. Paul . 07 43 25 .OJ3
Dos Molncs . 03 37 .507
Omaha . C'J JiO 27 .571
Chicago . 00 81 85 .484
Kansa . . . . , . . . . HO 34 .408
Milwaukee . 09 3 ! I7 ,4VI (
Sioux City . 20 13 14 .401
MiuneaDOlls . . .04 25 3'J .390
Dedicated to the Apostles.
fly The act Pali.
John Anderson , my Jo John ,
When to umpire you began
You thought you'd beat us bad , John ,
And said our boys would "fan"
On the balls that you called strikes , John ,
But your Judgment it was slow ,
For wo shut your big ice-cutters out.
John Anderson , my Jo.
Oinnhn 1 , St. Paul O.
Again are the Apostles compelled to hang
their harps on the willow and yearn for the
familiar icopaluoo.
They were shut out.
And this is how it cauic about.
Hagan was sick and unable to articulate
so a young man called Anderson , who occa
sionally gets knocked out of the box for St.
Paul , was solccted as umpire.
Ho is n St. Paul player , and no mistake ,
for ho believes in his club keeping a firm hold
on first place even if ho has to rob the oppos
ing team. And that is what ho did.
In the first inning the Scottish bard
canio to the plato and hammered
the pig skin away out to the
loft renter for a pair of bags ; but no. As ho
reached second the Biuno time us the ball did
Anderson called him out.
And then what n howl of disgust and dis
satisfaction went up. Confusion reigned supreme
premo , and before the game could proceed
Hogan was compelled to go out in the field
and announce that he was sick and unable to
umpire and would watch bases. Then she
proceeded , and for seven straight innings
Omaha made hits off Duryea and was called
cut on bases and on strikes , while Shafcrhad
to split the plato in order to pet a strike
called , and even with that treatment the
temporary champions only made two llttlo
puny scratch hits off his delivery.
In the eighth Coonoy llttlcCooney made a
lilt , and after stealing second in a manner
Which would have reflected credit on a pen-
oyweighter , big Wilson came to the plato
and smashed a safe one to right and before
the ponderous Frenchman who guards first
tor the visitors could wheel his husky frame
to the spot where It landed , the Omaha light-
\veight crossed the plate.
Then was pandemonium let loose nnd
everybody yelled like a Pawnee at a scalp
danco.
The rest of the game was a blank although
Anderson tried to got a run for his team by
sending a man to base on bulls , but it didn't
vork and nmld n shower of cushions , chest
nuts nnd lemon rinds ho crawled into his
Bholl nnd was wheeled homo In a barrow.
That Slmfer pitched a good game can bo
BOOH by the score. Count the hits.
That the umpire tried to steal the game can
also bo detected in the ofllcial table. Omaha
inndo fifteen hits , two of which were triples
nnd one a double , stele seven bases nnd made
no errors , nnd yet only scored ono run.
ffhlnk of It.
It will bo a cold day when Mr. Anderson
I umpires again in Omaha in fact , it will bo
frigid. "
The homo team played a siilondul game
and their. support of Shafer was magnificent ,
\vhllo he himself was magnificent. The vis
itors. too , played well , but they are no match
lor the local team at any time.
'Road the score :
OMAHA.
ir
Ilk
Earned runs Omaha 1. Two base hlts-
Crcoks. Three base hits Miller , O'Con
taell. Double plays Cooucy , Crooks , O'Con
Bell ; Crooks. O'Conuoll. Bases on balls-
By Shaffer , 5. Loft on bases Omaha 8 , St
Paul 1. Struck out By Shofcr , 3 ; Duryea ,
ft. Time 2:30. : Umpire Anderson of the St
Pauls.
CUIonuo 8 , KnnsiiH City .1.
i KANSAS CITY , August 2. [ Special Tele
fjram to THE BEE. | Chicago won the secont
pamo of the series with the Blues by out
tatting and outfieldmg them. The only 10
dooming feature of the homo team's playltif
Was Lango's game at short , his stops belnj
p simply phenomenal. All the visitors playec
fe good ball. The game was n tie up to tin
seventh Inning , when Chicago struck a bat
Thoscoro :
Kansas City . i
Chicago . 1 0200050 * :
Earned runs Kansas City 1 , Chicago S
ITwo-baso htts-Cartwright , Sprague , Han
nahan , Khelms , Hoover. Threo-baso hits-
.Turiier. Double plays Hunnahan. Uhcim
nnd Schoonck. Hit by pitched ball Johns
ton. First base on errors Chicago 4
Btrnck out By McCarthy 4 , by Dwver 2
Wild pitches McCarthy 2 , Dwyer 1. Hits-
Kansas City 0 , Chicago 11. Errors Kansai
City 0 , Chicago 1. Batteries McCarthy am
Wells , Dwyer nnd Hoover. Time 1:20 :
Umpire Cusick.
Dea MoliiuaVr. Milwaukee 3.
Bus MOIXES , August2. [ Special Toletrran
to TIIE BEG.J A very good game was pluyei
between DesMoines and Milwaukee to-daj
though the locals had the pamo all the wa ;
through. The visitors were rather Indiffot
ent In the field and weak at the bat. Th
pcoro :
DCS Molncs . 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 0
Milwaukee . 0 0010000 t
lluus earned Des Molnca 5 , Milwaukee 2
Twoboto hlts Holliday (2) ( ) , Oulnn , Tral
Hey , Mills. Thrco base hits Sliaofor. Vu :
Dyke. Bosos on balls By Smith 3 , b
Bhonkol 2. Struck out By Smith ! l. Passe'
ball -Traflloy 1 , Mills 1. Time 1:80. : Un :
fin Quest.
Jlnln Stopped tlio Gnnio ,
Sioux Cm , August ! [ Special Tclegrar
to THBBEB : ] The game between the SIou
City and Minneapolis clubs wns interrupto
In the first half of the fifth Inntnjj bya hcav
rain , storm , Minneapolis made ono run 1
ibo .fourth Inning nnd Sioux City had tw
pen on bosci and none out when the gam
IVinner * IB tba Nations
League Contests.
Cjnciao , Auguit 13. Jlesult of to-day. '
game : Tlio gnmo wns called at the end of
tno seventh Inning on account of rain.
Chicago 0 20030 0 t
Indianapolis 0 10000 2 ! J
Pitchers Borchcrs and Burdlck. Haso
hits Chicago a , Indianapolis 5. Krrors
Chicago 1 , Indianapolis 0. Umpire Kelly.
UKTIIOIT , August 2.- Result of to-day's
gnmo :
Detroit 0 0001230 0 5
PittMnirp , 0 0
Pitchers Qetzcln and Staley. Base hits
Detroit 12 Pittsburgh. Errors Detroit
0,1'lttsburg i. Umpire Lynch.
WASHI.NOTON , August 2. Hcsultotto-day's
came :
Washington 0 1 1 000000 2
Philadelphia . . . 0
Pituhcrs Whltnev and Casey. Base hits
Washington 8 , Philadelphia 7. Errors
Washington 1 , Philadelphia 2. Umpire
Valentino.
BoHroN , August 2. Result of to-day's
game :
Boston 0 00000021 3
New York 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 7
Pitchers Radbourno and Welch. Base
hits Boston 7 , Now York 8. Errors Bos
ton 2 , New York 2. Umpire Knight.
Tlio American Association
BALTIMOKE , August 2 , Result of to-day's
game :
Baltimore 3 2 10
Kansas City..0 4
PiULADirrtitA : , , August 2 Result of to
day's game thirteen innings :
Athletics 1 0 I 1) ) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 5
Louisville 0 000801000000 4
Scwnrcl 8 , Vork 7.
SKWAUII , Nob. , August 2. [ Special to Tnc
BEE.J A close and interesting game of base
ball was played hero Tuesday between York
and Sownrd , resulting in a victory for the
latter by a score of 7 to 8.
Ktockliam 1(1 , Henderson 1O.
YOHK , Nob. , Aug. 2. [ Special Telegram
Lo TUB Bun. ] The Henderson and Stock-
tiam clubs played here to-day. The score :
Honrtorsou 1 ! ! 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 10
Stocklmm 8 8100180 0 10
KVENTS.
Summary of Ycsterdny'8 llaces nt
SuiATonA , N. Y. , August 2. Summary :
Ono half mile Button won in 4lJ ! , Sorvla
second , Ucthn B. ( colt ) third.
Ono mile Hypocrite won in 1:4 : IK , Dad
second , Macbeth third.
Irouols ( | stakes , one mile and five hundred
yards Pco weep won In 2:15J : , Bella B. sec
ond. Falcon third.
Three-fourths of a mileEgmont won in
lU : > jf , Gristle second , Bessie .luno third.
Steeple chase , one and one-half miles
Abraham won In 3:10 : , Evnngelino second.
Of the other starters , Meadow Queen bolted
und Klllurnoy's jockey fell.
Mnrunnittli Park Knce .
MoNMOfTii PAKK. August 2. Summary :
One mile Flagcolatea won in 1:4'J : } , Ben
edictine second , Strideawuv third.
Thrce-nufirtei s of a milo Chemibo won
in 1:10 : , Groomsman second , Carriento third.
Mile and one-eighth Specialty won iu
1 :57 : , Auverwick second. Cascade third.
One mile Lady Primrose won , Cambyses
second. Taragon third. Time , 1i. : \ \ .
Freehold stakes , ono und one-half miles
Statters , The Bard nnd Fircnzi. Flr Mifcl
was first aw.iy but she soon gave way to The
Bard , who took a lead of two lengths at the
starting post , and the race began in earnest.
The time for the mile , 1:4'J : , was fast ,
but the real r.ico was on the lust
lialf. At the quarter milo from homo the
Bard still had a lead of a length and iv half ,
but as thoi straightened out for tlio run in
Fircnzi came up and lapped him. All were
standing on their scats and shouted alike lor
their respective favorites , Then went up the
cry , "Tho B.ird is beaten. " So it proved.
Frionzi drew out in tlio last few strides nnd
won easily by a length. Time , 2:31 : , etiual-
IhiK the best record.
Three-sixteenths of a mile Little .Tako
won in 1:17 : , H.urisburg second , Dalesman
third.
Thiee-fourths of a mile Mona won in
1:14 : 1 Freedom second , Ocean third.
JACK DKB1P8KY KNOCKED OCT.
lie is Unmercifully Pummelled By
Charley Olcnson at Minneapolis.
MiXNEAi-OLis , August 2. [ Special. Tele
gram to THE BEE. [ Charley Gleason , the
Minneapolis light weight , knocked out Jack
Dcmpsey , the Pacific Coast champion , in
eight rounds , near Fort Snolllng a little
afternoon to-day in a sharp , bloody en
counter. Quito a crowd of spectators were
present f rom the , twin cities. After the ring
had been pitched a wrangle occurred over
Gleason's weight. Dompaoy refused to
fight because ho claimed Gleason weighed
upwards of 110. Gleason was weighed this
morning and tipped the scales at 137X-
Daniel 'Needham.tho St. Paul lightweight ,
was finally decided upon as roforeo. Prof.
John H. Clark of St. Paul nnd Chris Murphy
of MinnoapdollB were Glcason's seconds and
Tom Manning nnd Fred Englo of Minneapo
lis were behind Dempsey. The fight lasted
eight rounds and was a brutal affair. Demp
sey succumbed in the eighth round , having
been unmercifully punkhed. Gleason was
also badly punished.
In the first round the men sparred cau
tiously for an opening. Gleason landed first
with his lcft , > gettiug In two hard blows on
Dompsoy's loft check and nose. The second
drew claret. The round was Gleason's ,
Dempsey failing to laud a blow.
Iu the second rouud Gleason opened by
gettintr in a stiugcr on his opponent's jaw.
This angered the Californian. His right
shot out and landed on Gleason's nock , just
back of the loft ear. It was a knockdown
blow , but Gleason managed to got to his feet
before the allotted time had expired.
Gleason came to the center in the third a
little groggy , nnd fought on the defensive
during the round. Little fighting was done
nnd the time was hpont in wrestling. -
In the the fourth round Gleason had
pretty much recovered and ho pounded his
opponent at will , but his blows were not of
fcctlvo enough to put his man to sleep.
Dompioy fought with bulldog tenacity. Just
before the call of time Glenson got ini fear
ful blow under Dompsey's loft eye thut laid
open a gash on his cheek an inch and a half
long. Glenson got in n second blow on
Dempsoy's ' head and followed his opponent
to his corner and slugged him at will.
Tlio fifth , sixth and seventh rounds were
terribly brutal. Gleiison continued to batter
his opponent until his face was pummulcd
into a jolly.
In the eighth round Dcmpsoy could stand
up no longer and foil to the ground exhausted.
The referee declared Olcabon the winner.
IX A 1IKAW.
Frnnlc Murphy and Jnolc Ilavlln
Fiuht Forry-ninu HoiuulH.
Nr.w YOHK , August 2. The international
fight between Frank Murphy , of England ,
and Jack Ilavlln , of Boston , for $1,000 a side ,
came off this morning ut Verplanck's Point ,
on the Hudson , nud ended in a draw. The
men fought forty-nine rounds , taking
three hours and fifteen minutes. The
party arrived nt the scone of the fight in
tugs and at D ; lltlme was called. From the
first the men fought hard. In the third
round , first blood wns claimed and allowed
Murphy. The fipht went on with the ad
vantages gained by either alternating in
almost every round , nnd neither obtaining
any advantage sufficient to change the boV
ting , which continued oven through
out. The forty-seventh round was
the severest In the battle , and was n torriblj
hard fought ono , considering the condition
of the moil thon. Ilavlln was staggering
around the ring and Murphy was toe
weak to take advantage of his condition ,
At the end Of * the forty-ninth round It was
plain that neither of the men possessed suf
flcicnt strength to contfuuo the fipht , and
the referee declared It a draw. His dccislor
was conceded by nil to bo the only one pos
Blblo.
_ _
You can flnd cool , well furnished
rooms nt the Glebe hotel , host located
house in Omuhn.
"STRANGER , YOU AR1 KIVERED.
A Yankee's Adventure with Moon
Hlilnerci In Touneweo.
Detroit Free Press : Were I naked tc
ntimo the races of the south I shoult
answer : "Whitp , hlaclc , and the moutv
talnoor. " The latter belongs to a 'dis
'
tlnccivo'race. . While he 'may bo classed
with the white ns fnr ns color gees his
tastes , habits , characteristics , nnd mode
ofhfonro peculiarly his own. If ho
likes you ho will make any sacrifice to
oblige you. Jf ho hates you ho will
seek your life with u determination
which nothinp can damp. The great
world beyond his mountain homo is n
sealed hook to him. Ho lives in him-
bolf , by himself , aud for himself.
I wns riding over that spur of the
Cumberland mountains which General
Morgan ( federal ) held so gallantly while
Bucll aud Uraug were'driving ench
other ; by turns over Kentucky , when I
lout my way. The mountain trails of
the south nro dangerous puzalcs to n
stranger. They run up aud down twist
tuin dodge lese themselves in dark
ravines and seem to suddenly end
in dark and lonely gaps. There
is a feeling of loneliness
which you cannot shako off , and u fool
ing of anxiety which rides with you and
keeps every sense alert. Every rod of
the trail has its ambush , and every
quarter of a mile its cliff , seemingly
ready to fall upon you. I came to a
spot where throe trails branched away.
It _ wag luck nnd chance. I took ono
which led mo into a long , dark ravine
whore the summer sun has never yet
touched thcjciclcs on the rugged rocks ,
which cooled the mountain rivulet
pouring over the moss-grown lodges.
After going a milo I felt that I was
wrong , and wns a ! > out to turn hack ,
when a voice suddenly called out
through the semi-darkness :
"Stranger , you nr' kivorcd. Throw
up your hands. "
If that command ever reaches your
oars obey it at once , and do your argu
ing subsequently. It moans that your
head or heart is in point blank range
of bullet or buckshot , with a linger rest
ing on the trigor and ready to pull if
you don't obey the summons.
Up went my hands.
Alter a long half-minuto a moun
taineer , who had a dead sight on mo
with a doublo-harrolod shotgun across a
point of rocks twenty feet ahead ,
stopped into view on the trail and said :
' 'Stranger , slip down I"
1 slipped oil the saddle.
"Now load'Jou mule up that ravine to
the right. "
I simply saw a man six foot high ,
straight as nn arrow , long-haired ,
whiskers unkempt , dress that of a
mountaineer. Yes , f saw moro. Ho
hold the gun fair at my breast. Ono
suspicious move on my pnrt and I was a
dead man. He spoke in a low voice , but
there was that in his voice which
chilled mo. Without a second look at
him I took the mule by the bits nnd led
him up the ravino. Wo had not gene
twenty rods before I scented a whisky
still. .at the end of live rods more wo
were in a rude camp. Two moonshiners
sat on a log , guns across their knees ,
and back of nnd below them a still was
was running oft' its extract otcorn.
"Ono o' them spies , " said the man
who had followed me , aud I lot go of
the mule and sat down on a stump.
"A good ketch , " growled one of the
sitters.
"Mighty kind in him to coma yore ,
chuckled the other.
They were moonshiners , and they
took me for a spy sent out by the gov
ernment oflioial of that district. I
looked from ono to the other. There
was a determination in each look an
implacable sternness of expression
which would have warned u genuine
spy that his hour hud como. Not one
glance of pity-yiiot ono line of mercy.
A priboner at the stake among the
Apaches would have had moro hopo.
These mou were lawbreakers out
laws being hunted after every day in
the year. Why' ? Because thoy'aro
making a living keeping sOul and
body together in the only way open to
thorn. The bits of valleys in the grim
old Gumborlands will grow corn and
potatoes. The potatoes are wanted fdr
the table. If there is moro corn than
the razor-hacked hog or the shackling
mule can consume' it is a dead loss.
Convey it to market two days to go
and two to como and sell , , it for two
bits a bushel , and the owner and seller
would starve on the way. Make it into
a bjirrol or two of whisky , and it will
bring cash on the spot , or near it.
It is not to grow rich not hoping
to bettor his condition hut simply to
live. It is against the law of the land.
The mountaineer may go ragged and
ungry , but ho must not distill. It is
the only law ho breaks. Ayol ho oven
lives closer than most of us to all the
commandments. Ho breaks it because
grim necessity forces him to. Ho is
outlawed nnd hunted that olllcials may
make fees.
I know all this before I looked into
the stern , sat faces around mo , and I
know why I looked in vain for a gleam
of mercy.
"I am no spy , " I said , nnd I looked
about mo. "I am a traveler making
for Cumberland Gap , and I've lost my
way. "
"Go up that path , " commanded the
man who had captured mo.
"Not until I satisfy you that I nm not
a spy.1
"Kivor him , Joo"whisporod the man
to ono of the others , and a shotgun
covered my breast again.
The leader ran back down over the
ravine to he sure that no ono had fol
lowed us. When ho returned ho said :
"Say yor prayers , strangerl Joe ,
when I riz my hand do you plug him ! "
"Did any of you ever hear of Joe
RickahyV" I asked , trying hard to keep
a steady voice.
"Wall , v.hat if wo had , " asked the
leader.
"About a year ago I found him in jail
in B . Ho had been there for sev
eral months , lie was sick and out of
money and 1 aided him. Hero's his
name iu ray note-book. See ?
The man with the gun lowered his
weapon and came closer nnd asked :
"Was anybody else in the jail with
JOG ? "
"Yos half a dozen all moonshiners.
I sent in $2 worth of pipes and tobacco ,
and I got ono of them some quinine. "
"IIo's the suro's ! "
chap , shooting exclaimed -
claimed the man as ho turned to the
others.
"On my soul ho is , " added the leader
as ho came up and removed his hat.
"Durn your buttons ! " whisriored the
third.
In a minute moro it wns rJl right and
they were shaking my hand so vigor
ously that my shoulder ached. The
humble cabin a quarter of a milo away
was open to mo forever moro and it
was two days before they Would lat go
of mo to resume my journey.- The wife
at the cabin had moro perception than
the men. She Iqoked mo ever nnd
then said :
"O. sassafrnx , hut you f6llors is all
Wind. Hain't ho Yank nil ever rind all
through. Whar's the sunburn ? Whnr's
the lingo ? Whar's the boss pislolaV
Pui-ty muss you'd hov got yorsolves
into killin' a Yank , who don't keer if
every branch in Tennessee runs cl'nr
whisky. Bettor not ho so handy with
them cuns nrter this. "
The loader walked beside mo for five
miles when I loft , nnd as wo parted
ho said :
"Stranger , when T told yo to say vor
prayers I meant they should be mighty
short. I'd hov given yo about ton seconds
ends , for I wanted to got yor body outon
thd way. Yer couldn't hov told uj
nu.th.ln' else to prove that you wasn't a
spy. GJvo this paw a farewell squeeze ,
aud ' it ' . "
dpu'tluy up agin' me.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
> _ _ _
The Flshorfos Treaty Again Taken
Upt Jn the Sonato.
i r
TWISTING 'THE LION'S TAIL.
i
Illlllclor criDccmn the SquclchltiK
of HnRlnnll Quo of the Ksspnttnl
Camlitfnna of National
"Kxlstencn.
Scnnto.
WASHIIIOTOX , D. C. , August 1. The pre
siding officer ol the sennto to-day aunouncod
the appointment of a select coininlttoo , under -
dor Mr. Hoar's resolutions , on the commerce
and business between the United States and
Canada , ns follows ! Messrs. Hour , Allison ,
Halo , Dolph , Pugh , Eustls and Ulodgett.
A conference comtnlttcovas ordered ap
pointed on the naval appropriation bill , and
Messrs. Halo , Fanvoll and Beck were ap
pointed con forces on the pnrt of the senate.
A resolution instructing the committee on
Indian aftuirs to continue the investigation
of Indian affairs , with authority to visit In
dian reservations , was reported and agreed to.
Mr. Stewart's resolution , offered yester
day , calling on the secretary of the interior
for information as to cancelled desert land
applications , was taken up and adopted.
The fisheries trouty was then token up in
oixm executive session , the question being
Mr. Morgan's motion to postpone further
consideration until December next.
Mr. niddloborgor made an exhaustive
speech against the treaty , lloforrlng to the
subject of the treaty , ho declared : "Wo
will uovcr bo u national government until
wo whip England for the third tlmu. Our
boasted Monroe doctrine is being annulled
and wiped from the face of the earth to-day ,
and wo llnd gentlemen on the other stdo of
the chamber saying that wo must arbitrate
or wo must fight. The party that stands out
boldly against any concession by this govern
ment of ( ,0,000,000 people is the only party fit
to govern. "
After it a reference to the Paruoll
troubles Mr. Klddleborgcr suld : "I
would ns soon mulco n rjtrcnty
of commerce with the Fiji islands as with
the Hntish government. It becomes the so-
called American democracy to make such a
treaty , but it ill becomes the republican
party. "
Mr. Moigan proceeded to address the sen
ate. Ho said : "If Great Britain does not
accept our amendments , thatonds the matter.
If she docs then wo have a treaty which will
bo satisfactory to two-thirds of the senate.
If this treaty does not suit us let us write one
that suits us , and aavisti the president to sub
mit it to Great IJrltnlu. " Commenting on
the statement in the majority report that the
time for negotiation hud passed , Mr. Morgan
characterized it as a piece of "outrageous
presumption , " and said that the committee
on foreign relations had no moro right to in
struct the president to cease negotiations
than it had to require him to resign his oftlce.
Ho paraphrased the closing paragraph in the
report in this manner : "Wo bog your
majesty that you will not take this abortion
which the president nas negotiated with your
commissioners , aud its rejection ns being an
evidence of hostile puiposo on the part of the
United States. " , JiIr. Morgan went on to
give a further free translation of the para
graph , ns follows : "Ouroffonse ( as you will
please to understand it ) is not against your
royal majesty ot'Jall , or your majesty's gov
ernment. It is 'against Grover Cleveland.
We want to glvonhlm a wipe , and wo have
done that by debouncing him ns the pre
sumptuous negotiator of a treaty in the face
of our law making it his duty to employ re
taliation. Wo have done it. Wo have fiat-
tened him out nnTl wo turn now to your
majesty and assure' your majesty humbly
that wo did not mean any offense towards
you. " " '
Mr , Teller obtained the floor and the senate
resumed legislative business. Several im
portant bills wcreliUsscd , and after un exec
utive session the scnato adjourned.
itllonsp.
WASHINGTON , August 2. In the house the
senate amendments to the house bill provid
ing for appraisers of the warehouse nt New
York City were non-concurred in nod a con
ference ordered.
The house proceeded to the consideration
of the senate amendments to the army ap
propriation bill , and they were non-concurred
in , and a conference was ordered.
The house then wont into committee of the
whole , Mr. Springer , of Illinois , in the chair ,
on the deficiency appropriation bill.
In speaking to the formal amendment , Mr.
Hovev , of Indiana , replied to a speech pub
lished in the Congressional Record of Sun
day last , purporting to hnvo been delivered
in the house on the preceding Saturday by
Kopresontativo Matson , of Indiana ,
on the subject of pensions. Ho
denied that the speech had been
made aud said that it was no
wonder that Mr. Matson preferred to print
his speech in the Ttccord rather than to meet
with prompt replies to his bold assertions.
The speaker referred to the attitude of the
democratic party as being opposed to pension
legislation , and said , regarding the bills in
troduced for the benetlt of soldiers which
have been crushed in committee by the dem
ocrats , that their responsibility and their
actions would bo remembered by the men
whoso rights they had so unfeelingly ig-
norod. Ho criticised the committee on rules
for not assigning a day for the consideration
of 'pension legislation , and ho declared
that the many petitions and prayers of
thousands of soldiers remained un
read and disregarded. Ho said that
the democrats did not dare to
vote upon these general pension bills
because they know that every northern
democrat who voted against them would
sound his own death knoll , Ho then pro
ceeded to argue that if the Mills bill become
a law there would bo no money in the treas
ury with which to pay the soldiers' pensions.
Ho then referred to the Mutson bill , relative
to pensions , and declared that it was a pau
per bill , cutting off , as it did , from all relief -
liof all soldiers who were not dependent on
charity. In conclusion ho declared that the
republican party was the party of the sol
diers , and that the speech of his colleague
could not convince them to the contrary.
Mr. Hohnan inquired whether the bill to
which the gentleman referred ns havlngbccn
sent to the committee on public lands was
that granting county lands to soldiers.
Mr. Hovey replied in the afllrmativo.
Mr. Holman said that during the war ho
had sought to procure the passage of such a
bill , but that it had been defeated in the re
publican house. Subsequently ho had se
cured the passage of such a bill through the
house against the opposition of leading re
publicans. D
Mr. McICinnoyT of Now Hampshire , de
fended the presidentfrom the charge ol being -
ing an enemy of the soldier. Ho had , during
his term of onlce.t'aigncd 1,204 private pen
sion bills , ns ngainsVi 1,621 signed by all the
republican presidents from Lincoln to
Arthur , Ho hud signed bills carrying gen
eral pension legislation which applied to
144SCO persons , ji ,
Mr. McCutchcon declared that every man ,
woman and child rwlrosa names were on the
pension rolls ewe Hiolr position to the repub
lican party , not olioname had been added
by the democratic' pirty , except those per
sons whoso namcslhad uocn restored to the
rolls after participation in the rebellion
against the gaverutmiiit.
The debate then turned upon the tariff
question and rebel ifcattlo flags. Without
further action the * committee rose aud the
house adjourned. upc >
. 9
AMUHKMKNTS.
The Great Docstndter IMInMrel Com
pany nt lioyd's.
Notwithstanding the almost Insufferable
weather , Docstadtor's minstrel company at-
traded a moro than fair audlonco nt Hoyd's
last dlght. Notwithstanding the round , fat ,
olcagonOus face of Hilly Kico Is missing , the
performance is an improvement slnco the last
visit hero. Docstadtor was never in bolter
trim , and nis unique comicalities kept the
house In un incessant roar. There will bo an
entire change of programme this evening ,
with "Uedloes Island and the Stutuo of Lib
erty Enlightning the World" as a finish for
the first part , and Docstadter's now political
skit , "On the Fence , " for the finale.
The UNION PAUIFIC. is the only
road running through Pullman Cnrs
hotwoon the Missouri River anil Port
land , Oregon , .
L > _ .JA' . . .aa " . . * * . . . . jfclA. * , u. * A . * * . . : * .
Burlington Burlington
Route Route
CB&fl.flR. C.BSQRR
The Burlington takes the lead.
It was In advance of all lines in developing Nebraska. '
It was in advance of all lines in establishing dining-car
service between Missouri river points and Chicago.
It was in advance of all lines in giving the people of
Omaha and the West a fast mail service.
4
It was in advance of all lines in running its trains from
the East into Omaha propsr.
It was in advance of all lines in reducing the time of
passenger trains between Omaha and Chicago.
It was in advance , and is the only line by which you can
feave Omaha in the morning and arrive in Denver the
evening of the same day.
It has been progressive in the past.
It will lead in the future.
Travel and ship via the Burlington.
Ticket Office , 1223 Farnam Street. Telephone 250 ;
Depot on Tenth Street.
THE PUBLIC
The Annual llcport Shows Satisfac
tory Growth nnd IVoiirpHS.
The eleventh annual report of the directors
of the public library has been issued , and
makes a gratifying showing. The record is
for the year ended Juno 1. It shows that
$ j,425 were expended for books nnd $3SO for
periodicals. The salary list was $3,012 ,
besides ? 1,730 for making a card catalogue ,
nnd the total expenses were $13,1)20. )
The number of entries in iho accession
catalogue is 19,177. The number of volumes
entered during the year was 2U7 ! , of which
1,930 were additions by purchase , 'M by bind
ing periodicals , and Ss7 gifts.
Of the latter , Mrs. Susan 13. Grant gave
104 old and tare books ; Mrs. Fanny Edpar
gave twonty-six volumes of works in foreign
languages , and the Omaha National bank
pave sixteen volumes and unbound period
icals.
The number of books worn out nnd con
demned was 251) ) . This includes about
seventy-five volumes of Alger and Adams ,
those --authors having boon discontinued in
the library. The lost books number eight.
The net gain for the year wns 2,003.
The total number of book-borrowers' cards
issued from February , 1878 , to Juno 1 , 1SS8 ,
is 14,411. The number of registration during
the year was 2,293.
During the year the circulating department
was open 301 days : 95,488 books were issued
for homo use , a gain of C,147 over the preced
ing year. The average dally circulation was
314. The largest number issued in ono day
was 087 , March 17 , 1888 ; the smallest 118 ,
September 0 , 1887.
The reading room is supplied with 100
serials , olghty-six being purchases nnd
twenty-six gifts. The list comprises twenty
dallies , forty-livo weeklies , ono fortnightly ,
thirty. ilvo monthlies , two bi-monthlies and
three quarterlies.
The librarian's record classifies the hooks
drawn in the following table of percentage :
Poetry and drama . 1.00
Science and theology . 2.3S
Art , essays and miscellanies . 8,50
History . ii.S'J
Voyages and travels . 2.18
Biography . 2.03
Prose fiction , juveniles . Sl.Oii
A part of the demand for fiction is ac
counted for by the fact that books in other
departments were Inaccessible during a portion
tion of tin year.
The institution was reorganized during the
year , and that without closing its doors. The
library was divided into twenty-four grand
divisions , each being sub-divided according
to importance and the resources of the li
brary. In English prose fiction , Juvenile ,
essays , collected works , periodicals and for
eign languages , a strict alphabetical arrange
ment was the rule. In collected biography
the size of the book determined its position.
Individual biographies were arranged alpha
betically according to subject , with rear
rangement according to nizo.
All the library , exclusive of 200 miscellane
ous volumes and the public documents , have
been rcclassllled , shelf listed and numboied.
Poetry and drama , English prose fiction , ju
venile , biography , history , travel , natural
science , practical arts , periodicals , and a part
of essays and miscellanies are card cata
logued. The number of cards arranged In
the drawers Is'2lE37. Of these books other
wise prepared , 4,000 , remain to bo card cata
logued.
A "finding list" of 2o'2 pages has also been
prepared. _
Tlio JCIn in n Cupboard.
Alfonso III , the little king of Spain , is
now beginning to wulk by the linud of
his mother or his nurso. To look nt him
dressed in his short frock and a hat with
feathers stuck on his head , it is hard to
realize that ho is the commandor-in-
chief of the Spanish armies , grandmas
ter of all the military orders in the
kingdom , and that the future hope of
the Spanish monnrey is centered in the
little follow.
Such being the case , it is no wonder
that the queen scarcely over loses sight
of him. Moreover , besides the govorn-
nosH and the nurse a whole host of ser
vants are in constant attendance upon
him ; yet , notwithstanding' ' nil these
precautions , a few days ago the young
king was nowhere lo bo found. The
queen regent wus holding iv council
with her ministers while the royal
children played in an adjoining room.
During their play the little prlneesbos
wont out , leaving his majesty sitting
alone on the lloor surrounded by his
toys. Shortly afterwards the queen
was sent for , nnd on going
out she found all the attendants
of the palnco in the greatest
consternation ; the king was not to bo
Boon anywhere. The princesses , on be
ing questioned , replied that they did
not know what hud become of their
brother. The whole palace was searched
from top to bottom. The queen , in her
agitation , hurried from ono apartment
to ftimthor without discovering a trace
of lior child. At length n noise nnd the
sound of kicking was hoard to proceed
from a cupboard , nnd on opening the
were playing hide awl seek , nnd on get
ting into the cupboard to look if they
were there , the door hud suddenly
closed and fastened him in. '
AT STANDING ROCK AGENCY ,
Very Little Progress Made at Yes
terday's Conference.
THE REDS STILL HOLDING OFF.
Contradictory lloportfi Hocclvod From
Various Sources Regarding tlio
Outlook and ilio Disposition
of the Indiana.
Tlio Sioux KcM-rvntlon.
ST. PAUL , August 2. Specials about the
Standing Uock conference are rather con
tradictory to-night. Correspondents nt the
agency say that yesterday's council lasted
over four 'hours , but nothing was accom
plished. The Indians refused to sign.
Speeches were made by Gall , Mad Bear ,
Sitting 13ull and other chiefs. Sitting Bull
said that ho was opposed to the treaty , and
as many Indians had crops to look after ,
there wus no use of keeping them in council
longer. Gall said that ho would not sign
either paper , and that this was final.
A Pierre correspondent says thut direct
nnd reliable Information to-night from
Standing Rock agency Is to the effect
that the Indians will sign the treaty
beyond a doubt. The reds are simply
holding off for presents nnd feasts nnd
nt no conference has there been any strong
opposition to signing the treaty.
Intelligence from Lowcr Brulo nnd Crow
Creek this morning , to the effect that there
wns no opposition down there , confirms the
belief that the commission will succeed in its
work , and that within thrco months the
reservation will bo thrown open.
Governor Church has returned to Bis
marck from Standing Kock agency. Ho
says that while the Indians are stubborn ho
believes that the commission will finally in
duce them to sign.
STJMMKH IILAZES.
The Fire Department Wnriu Over a
Couple of Them.
The fire department was called out nt 8:45 :
yesterday to extinguish a blnzo which had
broken out in a frame flat owned by Mrs.
Sarah Hawcs , on Seventeenth street near
Clark. The fiat was occupied by the families
of I. A. Collins , Henry Louis , John HIco and
C. M. Broom , nnd the flames were not sub
dued until all had sustained moro or less
loss. That of the proprietor , Mrs. Howes ,
was about ? 500 , fully Insured ; Collins S'.IO ,
Louis $300 nnd HIco $500 , no Insurance. The
fire had its origin in an adjoining barn be
longing to Chns. Stone. This with the con
tents , embracing a valuable horse , buggy ,
feed and harness was entirely consumed ,
The B. & M. freight depot underwent a
narrow cic.ipo from a destructive conflagra
tion Wednesday night. Shortly before
midnight the watchuinu was startled
by a loud explosion which came
from the centra of the depot , in
which was upwiirdn of n half million del
lars' worth of freight , and in n mo
ment a hugo volume of flames and smoke
broke forth. The watchman , with the as
sistance of the telegraph operator , quickly
had the depot hose at work , nnd bofnro the
department reached the scene had succeeded
in extinguishing the Jlro. Tno explosion
took place among a pllo of drug goods , hut
the cause could not bo established other than
on the tlieoiv of spontaneous combustion.
Cleveland Knoos.
CLEVELAND , August 2. Five thousand
persons attended the races to-day. The
weather was perfect and the track in excel
lent condition.
2:20 : class , trotting , purse S..COO ( unfin
ished ) Janomont llmt , Governor Hill second
end , James G third , Geneva S fourth. Best
tiuiO 2:18tf.
2:21 : class , trotting , purse $2,000 Lady
Wliltofoot first , Hey second , Newton U third ,
Foquo fourth. Best time 8lWf. :
Grand special trot , purse # JM > J Guy won
in three straight heats , Fred Folgor second.
Best timo-2:18K.
The pacer You Bet , with a running mate ,
Jack Go Easy , In nn attempt to break his rec
ord of 2:00 : , mode a mlle in 2:05 .
2:18 : class , trotting , purse $2,000 , ( un
finished ) White Stockings won the first
heat , Favonia the second and third beats.
What In Uosowood ?
St. Nicholas : It has been a great
mystery to rqany young persons why the
dark , rioh-colorou wood so much nbed
for furniture should ho called "rose
wood" . Its doop-tintod , ruddy-streaked
surface certainly does not refeomblo the
rose , so wo must seek some other reason
for the name. Iloro it is : Wliun the
tree is first cut , the fresh wood exhales
a very strong , rose-like fragrance , which
soon passes away , leaving no trace of the
peculiar odor. There are sovqrnl va
rieties of rosewood trees ; the best , however -
over , uro these found in South America
nnd the East Indies , And
islands.
A ItUlNlOD HOMU
A Wife's Rcollnl ol' Her Injustice to
Her HiiNlmnd.
J. F. Nelson is a tall , good-looking youth ,
with black eyes and black hair falling back
over his shoulders like nn Oscar Wilde or
Buffalo Bill. Ho is a tonsoriul arljs and
manipulates the razor at a shop at the cor
ner of Sixteenth and Webster streets. Nel
son is nn industrious young man , and works
early and late in the laudable endeavor to
lay by something fortho proverbial rainy day.
Wednesday evening after his day's work was
done , ho washed his face , oiled his raven
locks and went home. Ho resides wltu his
young wife in a suite of rooms over a jew
elry store on Sixteenth street , between Web
ster and Burt. Ills wife's maiden name wns
Alice Loulso Andrews , and they were mar
ried just a year ago at Atchison. All tills
time everything had been ns serene ns a
moonlight night within the house
hold of the youug couple. The
wife was loving , attentive and frugal ,
and the husband a regular paragon of a
lesser half. His homo was the haven of
rest , quiet and peace , nnd his wife u thing of
beauty and a joy forever. Little reeked
Nelson of what awaited him as he wended his
way homo Wednesday night ; his heart was as
light and buoyant as a feather ; shortly it
was to bo bowed with woo. .Mrs. Nelson
mot him nt the door with the customary
osculation , and before the tired husband had
swallowed his vcsporiau hash , or had a mo
ment's time for rest , siio said :
"John , I have something to toll you , nnd I
want to beg your forgiveness first ; If you
can't ' forgive mo , kill me , and put rae out of
misery 1"
She was pale , nnd her oycs were suffused
with burning tears. The husband was
dumbfounded. Ho spoke not n word nor
moved a-musclo. His heart was filled with
conflicting emotions. What could she mean I
His silence was n significance for
her to proceed. Then , clasping him ,
about the neck she froze his blood by the
confession that she was untrue. She told
him that for more than a week she had been
holding secret assignations nt their homo
with another man , nnd her guilt was destroy
ing her by inches. She had fought against it
it with all the strength of her weak nature ,
but she was in the toils of the dovll and there
scorned no escape. Nelson stood llko an im
ago carved from stone , and listened to this
story of Infidelity like ono in a tranco. But
when his wife sought to caress him , all the
while imploring forgiveness , ho turned upon
her llko some wild boast and with u blow of
his fist knocked her down. Then us ho gated
upon her , groveling' at his feet In her help
lessness , a Hood of remorse rushed to his
heart , and gathering her , ho said ho would
forgive her. Ho told her to put on her hut and
they would take a walk , when she could toll
him of her sin , tlio name of the man who
had blasted his hopes and disgraced his
namo. * They were thus preparing to leave
their rooms , when a policeman appeared at
tlio door , nnd placed Nelson under arrest.
His wifo's piteous cries had aroused the
neighborhood , and an ofllcor had been culled ,
the common ballot being that Nelson was
beating his wife. Ho tried to explain , but
of course couJcL UQt , lo aiaUo public hia
wlfu'a disgrace would have been worse torture -
turo than ten years in jail. In consequence
hev.is taken away , and now awaits his
trial in tlio city prison. Ho voluntarily told
his story to u Br.K reporter yesterday
nnd requested that the judge should nub-
poena his wife ns a witness.
Ho did not know the name of his wifo'n bo-
trnyor , but suspected a handsome young
painter who had known her in her girlhood
ut Atchison and Santa Vo. Ho says his
wife must tell her story In court , and that
steps will bo taken to punish her seducer.
Ho did not Intimnto the nature of the course
to bo pursued , but his black oycs blaicd In
a way that bodes no good to sonic one.
Kxtcml the Jlerlt Syutein.
Century : The objections to civil ser
vice reform oomo principally from those
who are or who nnplro to bo politicians.
To have the olllees filled by worthy and
competent persons , whoso term of ofjlco
iu not dependent on the success or de
feat of any party , who rob this numer
ous class of tlioir stock in trade , and
permanently retire them from politics.
What dllleronco does it make to mo
whether the postmaster of my villngo
is a democrat or n republican , if ho be
competent and obliging' ? The same in
true of the county ollluers. Politics
should have nothing to do with them ,
for they have nothing to do with politics.
There are only a few political ofllccs.
Why should the non-political ofllcorH ,
when experience lias made them capa
ble , bo turned out every time tlio party
sentiment changes , and their places
llllod by inexperienced men whoso only
merit Is their partisanship':1 : There can
bo no satisfactory answer given to this
question in the nlllrnwtlvo ; l > "t Unit
they should ho rntuinnd as long ns thny
nro olHuiont and honest IH patent from
these rcaiona : First , it , .would be i\ sav
ing of oxponco : jiocondly , it vvoul'.l eo-
cure u heller sorvlco ; thirdly , It would
olevntu and refine politico.
Attend Kilholni & Akhi's
CUarinL' ealo of gold and silver waK'hes.
Bebtiind bigjjct bargains over off'jred
in'the west. All goods warranted a. )
represented. I UIIOLM ft