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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 9, 1889)
THE O3VIAHA DAILY SEE : SUNDAY JUNE 18S9.-SIXTEEN PAGES , STPAUL'S ' BREATHING PLACES Beautiful Llttlo Parka All Over tbo City. SEATS BENEATH THE SHADE. TVIicro Talking ARC nnil Whispering JLiovcro Can IlC4t In Slimmer Wcftther Nature With Her Hnlr Coitibcil. In tlio City. ST. PACI- , Juno 8. ( Special to THE Bnr.1 St , Paul hnd parks hero nntl there , but no park v tcm or park commission until Feb ruary DS , 1887. Since that time Prof. H. W. 8. Cleveland anil n board of commissioners have done a great deal toward giving the saintly city an adequate number of breath ing places. Members of the legislature from the city get the legislature to pass bills for the Issuance of bonds for park purposes , and the citizens are tnxod n small amount an * nually to provide for the retirement of tho'io bonds when duo. The park board is com posed of olRht members , who hold weekly meetings. The largest park In the city , and that to which the board Is giving most of Its attention , Is that at Lake Como. It Is lo- cntJjout four miles from the center of the city on three lines of railways. It sur rounds the lake , anil contains over two hundred and fifty-six acres. Two years ago the city was bonded for $25,000 for this onrk , and about $12,000 of this amount has already boon expended. The city wortttiouso is temporarily locatca on the southwest , forty acres of Como park , and the Inmates are utilized In beautifying the grounds. During the year thov have re- opcncd the gravel ridges near the west shore of the lake and have HUpd and reclaimed about two acres of unsightly low ground that was formerly a pait of the lako. By cutting nwny the ridecs a splendid boulovarded driven ay has been built along the shore of the beautiful llttlo lako. A carriage con course , ICO feet In d ! 'i" ° tcr , ° tlio Highest point in the unrk. and commanding extensive rio < va imiiitcront directions , was graded and surfaced. The tr ravel taken fr. m the banks has been found of an excellent quality for surfacing , and largo quantities have been used for that purpose. An Iron road roller , weighing 3,000 pounds , about thrc6 foot In length and rmulo of tnrco similar sections or short drums , mounted loosely on a revolving shaft , has been kept continuously at work , compacting first the roadbed and then the gravel surfacing. To make the grnvol ictiln an unbroken surface under carriage travel u finely divided stiff loam was placed beneath the top soil. This also Insures freedom from seed. Another course of loam Is mixed with the gravel , and this , when rolled , become : LTmcntcd together and forms a smooth , hard roadbed that Is almost Impervious to water. Surface water is disposed of through French drains made by digging pits ana trenches and Hlline them with waste cobble stones picked from the surfacing gravel. In the viclnitvol the principal park entrance , 740 feet of vitri fied pipe drains and clcht catch baisins with 'iron gratings and bide Inlets have been con < struutcd to receive and convey to the lake the largo quantity of surface water that seeks an outlet at that point. To relieve the barroncss of the borders of the driven , na tive plants were selected and tiansplantcd from the adjoining woods to line borders tc the extent of 2.500 shrubs and 300 trees. Among the shrubbery selected were cherry , dogxvood , honeysuckle , roses , plum , thorn , sumack , hazel , alder , white birch , poplar , linden , etc. It Is the intention to allow the woodland borders to run up thick with un dcrgroutli , except at a few points where openings will glvo views to partially cleared ground Jiftv feet or moro away. Of the trees planted In groups in Como park are IOC large evergreens , including white und Nor way pines , spruce , juniper and arbor vittc , Hfty smaller evergreens , 400 deciduous trees , chiefly white maple , but Including i elm , ash , butternut , box-plaer and ittugur mnplo. In the ixiric nurcory thcra nr ( ! > 6U small spruce trees and a great , deal ol shrubbery of different kinds. The season has proved so propitious that only a vcri few of the B.OOO trees planted in the parl have been lost. The building of flower boas has notyol been begun to any considerable extent. A temporary propagating house , 17x40 foot it size , und located as a loan-to against tlu southeast end of the old white farm.houso ic park , has been built. Hero it is intended tc cultivate bedding plants for the summer dis play In the parlc flower beds , vases , etc. The other parks of the city are still handled by the council committee on parks but will Lie turned over to the park commis sion in u short tlmo. Enumerated they an ns follows : Suminlo Square , containing 0.75 acres , lo catcd at Summit and Nelson avenues. Holcombo Puik , 0.40 acres , at Laura ! avenue and St. Albun's sticct. Crocus Pluce , 0.03 acres , Crocus Hill. Carpenter Park , 2.04 acres , at the intersec tion of Summit avunuo and Hiunscy street. Oakland Park , 1.83 acres , between Pleas nnt avenue and Oakland stieet. Wobstcr Park , 1.14 acres , at Pleasan avenue and Ncbster street. Irvine park , U 58 acres , at the intorsectior Walnut and Franklin streets. llice park , l.OJ acres , Fourth und ington streets. Park place , 0.40 apres , St. Peter street am ! Summit avonuo. Central tmrlr , 2.20 acres , Summit avenue opposite Minnesota street. Smith park , 2.03 acres , at Sixth and Slule ; streets. Lnfayetto square , 0.80 acres , Tenth and Orovo streets. . Van Slyko place , 0.12 acres , near Marylam street. Sunshine place , 0.12 acres , west of Chats- worth street. Lo Hey place , 0.13 acres , west of Chats worth street. Foundry park,0.03 acres , cast side of Arun del street , north of Como avenue. Lewis park. 0.65 acres , north of elevator B Stmson park , l..M acre : , Park and Mary > Innd avenues. Lj ton pnrk , 0.33 acres , Park avonuo. Mowurt park , 1.80 acres , south of Goran- Hum street. Lockwood p.irk , 0.73 acres , west of Forest street. Skldmoro park , O.S9 acres , east of Ear street. Clifton park , 0.45 acres , opposite Mound street. Langford park , 8 03 acres , north of the Northern Puclllti station , Hauipdon milk , 2.75 acres , south of UK Manitoba railway. Merriam park , 7.71 acres , souta of St Anthony avonuo. Hiawatha park , containing forty-nine ncrcs , on the east bank of the Mississippi opposite the mouth of Mlnnohaha creek. The ccnornl park fund and thn bond func are kept uqparato. The original genera fund amounted to $200,000 , and $107,1)12 ) stll remains unexpended. During the coming year It U the Intention of the board to cxpem at least (100,000 In beautifying the parks o the city. Prof. N. S. Shalor , of Harvard , dellvore < an address before students or that collogi concerning the opportunities of a career foi college men hi practical geology and mining Ho said he considered the outlook for gcolo gists In this country to bo very good. Stati and United States surveys employ nbou 1,600 men , whoso salaries range us high ai 15,000 a year. The first year's pay is abou ff > 0 u month and Hold expenses. The salary of u mlno superintendent In the ouston states la usually t-.OOOlo $ . ' 1,000 alioar.and It the Uocky mountains it is often W.OOO. At Harvard the commencement gpoukori and tholr subjects have boon announced , ui follows : Italian Humanists , * ' H. H. Darl Ing , Troy. N. V. ; 'The Kov-noto of Keats Poetry. " H. E. N. Dodge , Ilrooklino ; "Dutici of the Scholar to Public Life , " F. U. Jacobs West NonVoll ; ( > Slr Quwayno und Qrcor Knight,1' H , U. Luthrop , Oakland. Cul. Lntiu orator , C. H. Moore , Cambridge "Wushlngto.n und Lincoln , " J. H. Hopes Andover ; 'Thu Place of Mysticism u Modern Life , " I . U. Frothlnirnum , Jumalc : Plain ; "Law and Public Sontlmont , " E. I Smith , Lincoln ; French oration , Juuio Gcddts , Urooklino. Did you over ll uro up how innnj miloa your faithful old Dobbin 1m : traveled ? An eastern Mntno iniiu hnt done it , and lindti that in the thirtoui years hu 1mb driven his horse it 1m : iono ; 60,000 mtlos by tlio record. In tor yours u pulr of custom Maine utug horses traveled 70,000. MINKS OF TUB Ilh.VCK. The Homestnkc'B Ilia Strain Stntnp Proven n SIICOPHR. LKAD CITY , DnU. , May 27. [ Special to Tim BKB. ] A number of interesting occurrences have lately tukon place in mining circles in the Hills. Not the lonsl of thcfio is the success of the steam stamp of the Ilotnestuko company. Thin stamp has boon in operation about eight months , anil until its last run was made was considered a failure , and had the last trial not been successful it would have undoubtedly been discarded by the company. This ponderous piece of machinery when first erected hero was said to have n crushing capacity equal to twenty-live smaller stamps. such as are used In the several mills ot the company. It was placed in position by the Ilomostuko company , without prior consideration with the manufac turers. It had proved very successful in the Lake Superior copper regions , and the Anaconda copper company , which Is controlled by the same syndi cate tin the Homostake , had ono in suc cessful operation on Its property at ihitto , Mont. It was found almost Immediately after erecting the steam stump at this place , however , that the ere would have to bo crushed much finer than any over crushed by similar stamps before , In order to obtain the same nor cent of its assay value ns that secured by operation of the quartz mills. Such line crushing , of course , decreased the capacity of the stamp , and from the time it was first placed in operation it has boon re peatedly experimented with until the improvements have made such radical changes in Its appearance and operation that the stamps bcincr used at other places cannot bo compared with it. The lirst thine found necessary by Superin tendent Ilossborg , who is the man sent to the hills for the purpose of eroding and running the stamp , wasthpintto- ductton of liner screens , which , in turn , necessitated liner crushing. Improve ment succeeded experiment , and at last the steam stamp is a thorough success. It now crushes on an averages 11)2 ) tons every twonty-four hours , which shows its crushing capacity to bo equal to that of forty stamps of the Star mill. kTho exact cost of maintaining the stamp has not yet bcon announced , but it will probably bo made known by Juno 15. when the next regular clean-up will take place. But It is already assured beyond a doubt that if the new method of amalgamation now being tried is suc cessful it will prove a much cheaper , quicker and moro satisfactory method of reducing the free milling gold ores of the hills than that now employed. The southern hills are at present the Mecca of the unemployed. Companies are commencing work upon their prop erties in every" direction. The mines operated contain ores of numerous na tures , principal of which nro those con taining tin , bilvor and gold. The Look out mill is steadily dropping forty stamps , and an addition is shortly to bo built to contain sixty moro stamps. This ism the main ono of the properties owned m by M. II. Day , the for mer prominent democratic politician and candidate for delegate to congress from this territory in 1886. Mr. Day has left the political field and is now devoting his entire time and at tention to mining matters. He has some of the best properties located In the Hills , and himself and associates are still makinpr investments. The Harnoy Peak Tin company now has about ono hundred mc.n engaged on its different properties , and the machinery for the three hoisting works , to bo erected at Hill City , is on the road there. The recent clean-up mudo by this company , resulting from the opera tion of the mill at Etta upon tailings of three years ago , shows that the tailings produce fully 2 per cent cassiltorito. The company is still purchasing claims and securing options almost daily. This company has shipped a largo amount of tin ere to Paris for exhibition at the exposition in that city , In the northern hills there are but few mines being operated with the ex ception of those of the Homcsuiko and Caledonia companies. At the silver camp of carbonate the Iron H1U prop erty , which created such a furore two years ago , Is being developed , and it is reported that the smelter of the com pany will soon bo placed in operation. With the exception of the Spanish R. property , no ether mlnqs are being ex tensively worked at present , but if the smelter of the Iron Hill company .is blown in work on u number of proper ties will speedily follow. Nothing defi nite ) has as yet boon loarnofl regarding the Keystone chlorination works at Garden City , ns only test rune on a few hundred pounds of ore have so far been mado. Such have boon very successful and thoroughly satisfactory , however , and great results are expected from the process. Ma chinery is onrouto. Rich ere exists in the vicinity in largo quantities , and il the works are successful In treating It that soctlon of the Hills will experience a boom. Rumor has it that Thomas Boll , an ofllcor in the Caledonia company has sold his stock in that organization to the Homostuko company , and that by the time of the next annual meeting of the Caledonia company the latter corporation will bo in a position to control the election of directors , and will shortly proceed to purchase the property. Color la given to this rumor by the fact that the Homostako com pany has had surveyors engaged in the Caledonia mine sovonil times of lato. The Rochester ( Greenback ) company company , whoso claims adjoin those ol the Homcstako company on the south and west , has placed a Diamond drill on its property for the purpose of thor oughly prospecting it. It is expected tc strike the ore body of the adjoining mine ut a depth of about six hundred foot. foot.Parties Parties have been returning ovorj day for the past week from the Lime stone placer district , in which recent discoveries of gold caused n great ox- oltomont. The gold-hunters have nearly all returned , however , and the district IH again almost dosortod. There is no doubt that rich pockets of placer gold exist in the district , but they ate soon exhausted , ns was the ono which caused the Into oxcitomont. Sovorul prospectors remain in the district in nope of discovering good tin locations , of which there are favorable indica tions. A A novel and quito singular marriage has just been brought to light , which was celebrated in Now York city April 80. The contracting parties reside in Lewis and HurrUon counties. W. Vu. , respectively , and the disparitv of their ages , ns wall as the near relationship existing between them , has occasioned no little- amusement union ir friends , The groom is a wealthy old bachelor who has BOOH not loss than seventy-live Buinmers.whllo the bride is a handsome blonde of twonty-nvo. The gallant lover is the great undo ot his youthful spouse , and Ilia marriauo to her makes his wife the mint of her father , the great aunt of 1m r blbtcrs , and the daiifhtor-in-luw of her father's grand- fiithor. She is her own aunt by mar- rluco , the aunt of her mother , und her tirbt cousin's great aunt. GREETING THE RISING SUN , The Great Army of the Dead Fao6 Eastward. A RELIC OF BY-GONE DAYS WAS Hh The Sexton of Fnlrvlcw Cemetery Talks of nil Anotcnt Custom It Wits Old \Vlinn the HlllH Were You n K. Philosophy of-Ornvc-DleRlnir. A few ( lays are I was standing in ono of the many beautiful spot * in that lovely clti of the dead , Palrvlow cemetery - tory , where two generations of Council Bluffs' citlrons are sleeping their dreamless slumber. On the dusty , busy streets it was hot and dry , but on the cool grass flecked by streaks of sun shine that struggled down through the dense follago of the trees which spread their protecting boughs over the graves in lovely Palrviow , there was n cool and refreshing moisture that cooled the throbbing temples and soothed the restless - loss heart. It was not yet late in the day and I had not yet rend my BIK. I pulled It from my pocket and began to read the latest reports from that awful Johnstown horror , but before I had gone through ono of the half-dozon columns devoted for the day to the greatest calamity that has occurred In the civilized world , I was interrupted by the appearance of a man carrying a pick , spade and a ton-foot polo. Ho came almost to the spot where I was re clining and deposited his tools. Ho re moved his hat to wlpo his brow and I saw it was the venerable sexton whoso sturdy arms and bright spade have constructed ' 'the ' chambers in the silent halls of Uouth , " where sloop thousands of the old and the young and middle aged of Council Bluils. Resting for u moment only ho drew from his pocket a plat of the ground ? upon which ho stood and studied it intently. " Then depositing It on the ground ho pulled out a tapeline and carried ono end.of it to the east a few foot where ho fastened \\ithaslako driven through the ring. Then drawing the line taut ho took a small magnetic compass from his pocket - ot and holding it over the line , moVtid backward and forward until the ring end of the tape pointed stVaight oast. Then driving a stake at the point , hoi picked up the ton-foot polo and proceeded - , od to mark olT a regulation si/od grave. My curiosity was aroused and I dropped ) the paper to ask some questions. " do and compass "Why you use a tapeline pass to mark out a grave ? " "To got it east and west. " "But why east and west ? Why notj north and south , or northwest by southeast - east , or any other direction ? Do the dead object to the direction in which they happen to ho unless it bo the posi tive east or west , or is it their friends , or is ili merely a whim of your own or a superstition of the 'profession ? ' " "That's a question I never thought of much and can't answer. No , I don't know who can , or that anybody can , but it's a custon that's always followed and is old , old old as the grave itsSlf , I guess. There isn't ' a grave in this cem etery that is not dug this way. I have laid out or dug every ono that has been made hero for the last twenty-six years , and there has not bean an exception. No , it is not a whim of my own nor'vory ' often a request of those whoso friends are to bo buried. It's a kind of an in stinct , I guess. I think a good , sensi ble horse would as soon think of eating icicles for green grass as a profes sional sexton would think of digging a grave any ether way than east and west , and I believe I would scream if'I saw a collin lowered with the face of the corpse looking towards the west. Ycswo always plant them with their faces look ing toward the east. What for ? I can't toll that , cither , unless it is for the purpose of bolter enabling thorn to hear Gabriel when ho blows his horn on the last day. Yes , I've often thought it would bo bettor If it wasn't the cus tom here , for on the west side of the hill there the dead must Ho and look forever right into the hill itself , when It would bo so much plousantor if they could turn around and look across the river valley into Omaha. " The old sexton returned to his work , and I began to wonder whence the strange superstition came und how it originated. I have looked it up a little and find that it is as old as the ourth the old sexton turned up with his bright spade and that it came from that cradle of the day and night , that mis- trees of mysteries and parent of us all , the East. You can almost trace it right back to the first rising of the first sun on the first pro-historiu man , and tno study of the question opens up to a broader view the problem of man himself , and shows us that wo have mentally , as well ns physically , the same characteristics as had the cave-dweller who girded himself with the skins torn from the bodies of animals no savagar than him self , which ho killed with his knotted club and upon whoso uncooked llosh he subsisted. It is n little bit unpleasant to think that this absolutely savage man whoso limbs and vertebra wore as strong as those of au ox , and whose brain , protected by a bony structure that would turn a muskfit ball , was not larger than that of a setter dog and had but a few moro convolutions than that of a chimmuueo , originated a custom that is religiously observed every time a Christian burial takes place In Fairview - view cemetery. Yet it is an assured fact. The human eyes through every age of the world have turned towards the east in hope und anticipation. It has bcon the direction from which every blessing to the human race has coma , und to-day the Bible and the religion of Christ teach us tc loyk there for the final triumph. Tire imlcoc ] pro-historic savage learned to look towards the east with the pro- foumlost feelings of adoration , of which his nature was capable. Ho had nc moans of preserving fire , und whoa after days of storm and cloudy woathot or nigiits of chilling cold the sun burst from the east , and its genial rays gave him light and thawed out hissttlToncd limbs , ho naturally worshipped it as the God that gave him his choicest bless ings and made it posalblo for him tc live. Thus-naturally ho became a sun- worshipper , and all his descendants for hundreds of generations were sun- worshippers for the eamo reason. Fi nally when the question of death began to excite some interest , and ceremonies were performed over the dead , it was natural that they should bo placed in their last rnsting places , so that they could look towards the spot where the sun-god made his appearance daily foi agos. Ana perhaps ut this ago dawned the first hope in human breasts nf some thing beyond this Ufa that has blos somed into the Christian' assurance ol a conscious and happy immortality ol the foul. Through the mighty struggles of the thq curtn itbolf , when chaos reigned and the waters warred with the moun tains , the human bolniiH whono bruins were enlarged by the activity uoocbh.iry to overcome "tho constantly incroaaing p difficulty to live ntulirsllll poured forth their bonlsons to tlAJUnli and looked tct the east tw the Fouipaof all tholr bless ings. It was thus dow 11 to the period of traditional history wm\n the sun was evidently uccountcd'tho'suprcmn creator and ruler of all , ilful" men vied with each ether and nation0 with nation in building temples to hid1 glory and for his worship. The ruinfed tomplcs along the Nile , nnil Baalbock1 , tllat most stupendous deus ruin on Hi o fade of the earth xviioso mighty hewn stones innot bo moved by any power wo hAVoHo-day , were all erected in his honor , ajid in their walls the priests kept their' eyes fixed intontlv on the east to watch for Ills coming nnd herald Ills approach-to Iho people. The statue of Monition mnj- not have boon a fable. It is said its face was directed to the east , Us eyes intently fixed to catch the first beams of the rising sun , nnd its voice , mute till ether times , broke forth into sweetest strains , when the god of day appeared. The Sphiux has looked in speechless , solemn serenity for thou sands of years over the drifting sands towards the east. In our America the Aztecs have built monuments that will htand thousands of years for this same sun-worship with the onst , as the cardi nal point. The same is true with the Peruvian prehistoric civilization in South America. Coming down to bibli cal times the muno strange Instinct to look towards the east is prominent. The patriarchs turned their faces towards the east when they woishipped. Every force that has moved and changed nations came from the cast. There nro rites connected with freemasonry so old their origin is beyond tradition , that recognizes the east as u cardinal point. Ninotcon hundred years ago a star ap peared in the onstannounclng the birth of a blessed redeemer for mankind. The nngols appeared in the east nnd sang the glad tidings. The shepherds watching their flocks to the east of Bethlehem first announced it. The wise men followina the star came from the onst to see the child. Through all the ups and downs of the church since then the east has hold Hi central place in the worship of men regardless of sects and isms. The mu//orin turns his face toward the east three times a day and calls the falthlul to prayers over half the surface of the globo. In the crusades the battle cry of the knights was "Lot mo full with my face to the cast ; lot mo bo buried with mine eyes toward the holy sepulchre. " And thus it is that a custom observed in Fairview cemetery today by the most enlightened Christian people originated so far back in the world's history that the hills were not .created upon which the old sexton marks out the graves With'his tape and compass. IN THE TOWER OF LONDON. A Ceremony That Has Itcon Enacted Every Night lor 80O Ycaw . " - * Your hansom is allowed to drive in after hail ing the gate , but youwill | notice .that a soldier marches in front , partly us a guide and pai'ty because It is a fort ress into which ypii * Have penetrated , and past 8 o'clock/says a London letter in the Now York Tribune. You go at almost a foot's pace down the hill and then to the loft aloiifJ : .tho inner road parallel with the , Thames , between grim granite walls , vvhero the gloom grows darker , thrqugh'grim gates , bo- ncath' "grim arch-way' : : the burden ol this mass of mnsotWyVlying heavier.on your soul at over 'stop , the shadows weighing on you , andTjho sky on this clear night for itjis clbar on the out side seen by gH\rtpses \ , loouing infi nitely moro remote t an the usual Tx > n- don heavens , whikjh'rfro for the most part d canopy of smoKcVns it Were ? just over -your hoadi-lt Presently out " "vpu como into the1 bar > STck yard" ana n blessed expanse of air and evening light. , Three hours later , as I said good night , my host stopped mo. "There is "somotlling'you would llko to see , and it is just time. Como along. " As wo wont out'an officer of the guards-rushed by 'in full uniform , sword ringing against'tho stone steps , huge bear skin helmet nnd all the rest and cried out tc ns : "You will be late if you don't hur ry , " nnd away wo wcnfr ut the double quick ucross the moonlit parade. It was rather soon after dinner for a con stitutional , but wo followed nnd fountl the guard alrcadv turned out under the gallery by the Bloody Tower. A mo- moiitr later appeared a little squad ol mononoof thorn in a fiowing scarlet robe with a lighted lantern , coming uj : the steep slope that loads from Traitors Gate. The sentry challenged sharply - 'Haiti Who goes there ? ' ' The keys. " 'Whoso keys ? " 'Queen Victoria's keys. " 'Pass , Queen Victoria's keys.1 ! Th < .warden in the llowincr scarlet rob , witl the lighted lantern , followed by hii little squad , starts off again , but halt : again and cries aloud : "God save Queen Victoria. " The guard comes to the present , th < officer brings his sword to the Salute officer nnd men respond in chorus thrc < times with a kind of cheer : "Amen , Amen , Amen. " Again the warder sots out , passes turns square to the loft , and vanishes ho and his flowing scarlet , and his lun tern , and his little squad. Ho is carry ing tie keys of the tower to the- governor ornor of the tower. It was but u min ute. The squad are dismissed , the otll cor marches leisurely olT. My friom nnd 1 nro loft there. Only a minute ; yo that solfsumo ceremony has boon trans nytod on that same spot ut that sami hour every night for something liki eight hundred years. Back througl ull those crowding centuries of Englisl story you hoar nightly that ohallongi ring out ; nightly that blessing invokci on king and queen , with , I suppose , ni interval when Oliver Protector got tin benefit of it ; nightly the clash of gtoo which tolls the constable of the towo that all is well , and nightly those key have made tholr singular journey int the hands of the king's lieutenant. Brooklyn's rot/ortbrs / swear by Rev T. DoWitt Talirugoybecuubo { ho is nl ways ready to SIMOOM ] tholr ways fo them , says the N w York Sun. The reverend orond gentlemanlinnet telephone in hi house , and whdn1tho ; reporters , wh know of this , ring him up und ask bin quobtions they iuynuiably got rourtcou und bUtisfaotory ropUes. So it isn'tsafi to malign Brooklyn'adcmonstratlvo pul pit orator to uBipolclyn newspaperman Not long since 01,10 of the craft called 01 the doctor on u inattpr of news , und wu informed by the sol-yant who unsweroi the door that ho master was busy am would BOO no one.'But I must BOI him , " insisted tlioT&'porter.nml so earn est was his munnolflint finullv the re luctuutgirl Consented to invade tho'doc tor'n bnnctuin with the visitor's message As the reporter waited in the hall thi tlulcot twang of ! i distant banjo smoti upon his oar. Ho listened well pleased /or the instrument was apparent ! ; handled by onojo the manner born , 1 moment , later , however , a door to Un right opened , nnd Tulmaga himself ap puarod on the threshold ) Vith u banji under his arm. "Come in in"cried the , como , preacher or heartily , ' -Of course I'll sco you. was Hist playing my banjo. Sit dowi und lot mo pluy you something. " Ant ho took the profane instrument over hi knee and played a show piece for thi roportor'B benefit in tv way tWkt wnuh have made Ituby Brooks liimsolf loot to his luurula. OUR HONEST SONS OF TOIL , How They Are Living in the World of Labor. A THR EATENED UPRISING Unskilled hnbor Consolidation of Itnllw.iy laboring Association * Carpenters Opposed to Strikes Other Items. , A Threatened Bttlkc. There Is a feeling of restlessness ntnong ibo railroad men , nnd they are in tlallyjin- Llclpatlon of a reduction in wages or rnlhor an attempt on the part of tbo ro.ids to mnko n reduction. 1'nrtlculnrly Is thlsjtruo of tbo Union 1'aclllc , olllcors of that rend having lilntcd that the wages of tbo engineers would be reduced. An attempt of this kltul upon the part of tbo company , It is judged , would bo mot Immediately by a walkout of tbo won. Tlio brotherhood Is stronger hero , probably , tbnn In nny other soctlon of the country , nnd fools tlmt It cnn win any fight It may have occasion to wage- with tbo com pany. The men claim tlmt tlio work hero Is arduous and the pay no more than adequate to tbo amount of labor given. A few days ago in mi interview hail with him by a newspaper reporter at Chicago , Clilof Arthur declared that ho would never sanction another strike , no matter what the grievance. Speaking of this the ether day , a railroad engineer said , "That cooks Arthur's ' geese and ho will never bo ro-olcctcd. The idea of his making a declaration like that ! Under such a policy , the brotherhood would soon become Impotent and useless , bup- pose us local men should give in hereon on the Union Pncitlo where wo nro so strong ! The road never wpuld got through reducing our wages. " This declaration of the chief's dooms to have met with tbo general disapprobation of the mon here , and a largo number of votes will bo cast against him at the next election by mem running into Omaha and the Bluffs. Unskilled Muscle. Inquiries at labor employment agencies nnd other points of information establishes the fact that the percentage of Ubjnoro w Idle is very small. There are but very few tncn loaDng In the city , and many of tbcso could secure work If they really desired It. There Is much employment for mon In Omaha , and , In addition to this , the demand for railroad hands and day-laborers for now territory la very lurgo nnd keeps employment agencies busy. Wages for unskilled labor range from Jl.fiO to $3 a day , the former pgurc being the rule. This is low , nnd there is considerable dissatisfaction among the men nt these wages , but they have not become sufllciently chafed to strike , and no trouble of that kind is anticipated. Don't Ucllovo in Strikes. "You will llnd us nn anti-striking organ- Izatlgn , " said n member of the carpenter's union -No. 71 the now union as ho laid aside his tools at quitting time. "Wo are opposed to strikes , nnd that was our princi pal reason for drawlnp out of the old union ana forming a now ono. Wo certainly wouldn't strike for some ono's else griev ance. Wo refused to ( Jo that when the ether mon were called oft The 13oo building by the striking plumbers , and so , ns far as wo arc concerned , all this stuff that has boon pub lished about a general strike of the building tradeis Incorrect. If nil the ether mon In town go out , you will still llnd us nt the bench , unions wo have some grievance of our own which wo find impossible to settle by arbitration. No. 71 Is not a striking union The now organizatiou , it U said , is getting along swimmingly , nnd the membership roll is being increased right along. At the last meeting four now members were enrolled. Knllivny Unions Consolidate. Ift Chicago , last Thursday , nine delegates representing thev Brotherhood of Railway Brakcmen thd Switchmen's , Mutual Aid as sociation and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen , met nnd ratified a constitution which shall hereafter govern the three organizations now consolidated into ono under thmUnLtcd Order of Railway Employes. The c6vprnlng body will bo asupromo coun cil , of which the following are the oniccrs- president , F. P. Sargcant , of the Firemen's association ; vlco president. Frame Sweonio of the Switchmen's ussocallon ; secrotaiv' E. F. O'Shen , of the railway 'brakemen s association. Members of these orders here were asked concerning the new organization , nnd , while ninny ot thorn claimed toknow nothing about it , there were others who evidently know moro than they cnrud to toll. The cofttltutlon. they say , nnd , in fact , everything connected with the new order Is secret nnd can not bo divulged. "Aren't you follows fixing for n general strllrol" was nsked. "I don't ' care to say anything about our In- tcntlons , " was the reply. "You Will sco what wo organized for If you watch us close . " enough. _ _ _ The Printer * ' Convention. Ed Hartley nnd J. 1C. Fisher , of Typo ] graphical Uulon No. 100 , and Matt Itchier , of the Stcrcotypora' and Pressmen's union , left the city Thursday to attend the annual national convention to bo held In Denver on the 10th. Tim time between the 7th nnd the I0th the men will spend In visiting points of Interest as the guests of the Denver union. Ono ot the most important matters to como before the convention will bo the selection of n slto for the printers' homo , to bo erected with iho money provided for that purpose by the Chillis mid Drexel fund. Ttio Plumbers Still Out. What change there has been In the plumb ers' strlko smco last week Is scarcely worth mentioning , The breach between the master and the Journeymen plumbers has widened and nil prospects of a settlement ot the dlnl > cullies nro past. A number of outrages have bcon committed during the week , assault of non-union men at work and the destruction of property. Naturally the bosses have laid the responsibility of this nt the door of the Journeymen's union. The latter , however , disavow all knowledge or connection with any of them. Upon ono case where leading men of the union were arrested and tried by Jury in the police court for assault upon a non-nnlon man , they were acquitted. On Wednesday John Howe arrived In the city from Now York , accompanied by seven workmen. They were mot by members of the local union , and after A conference refused to co to work , and have declared their Intention of returning to the cast. The master plumbers have n few scabs at work , but not a sufllclcnt number to do the work. Both sides are still confident of winning. Ijnbor Notes. Carpenters' union , No. 5S , In place of tholr regular weekly meeting , gave nn Ice crcnm and strawberry festival and n dance nt Unto City hall , last Tuesday evening. Nearly all the members of tbo union nnd their wives , children and sweethearts were present , nnd n most enjoyable tlmo was experienced. The union printers declare that they will never strike on account of any grlovanco other orders may have ; and , as the carpcn- torn of union No. 71 have made the same declaration , a general strlko lu'bohalf of the plumbers , It is thought , is no longer to bo feared. Slnco the llftcen plasterers returned to work on tbo Boo building , there have bcon only about half ns many men of that trade idle , but there are still many plasterers in the city who arc out of work nnd unable to obtain it , simply because there is no work to bo dono. The single tax movement , it is said , Is gaining inoro favor dally with the worltlnc- mcn , and it now constitutes the chief subj Jcct of debate in most of the unions. The secretaries of all the labor unions nro requested to send their names and addresses to Tun Bnn. A number of lathers have boon forced into idleness on account of the plumbers' strike , the plumbing in many buildings being so far behind that the lathers could not proceed. The co-opcratlvo store has not been pushed very Hard during the past two weeks , but the project is still a live ono and ultimately will bo pushed to n successful consummation. Nothing tangible has yet been accom plished by the carpenters towards the organ ization of a supreme council. During Mr. Irving's performance the ether evening ono of the gallery gods " in 'Macbeth' ! " called out : "That not The rally would have upset the house but for the splendor of the acting , says a London letter. It reminds ono of that utterance from the same celestial place on the first night of the only dramatic piece that Miss Brandon has over writ- Usn , which did upset the house nnd spoil the piece. A scone was intro duced in which a child was kidnapped from its mother and at the end , when nil were made happy , the restoration of the child was taken for granted. It was the fault of the novelist nnd passed unnoticed for a quito u minute after the fall of the curtain. Then a "god" leaned over from the balcony and sol emnly inquired : . "What about that kid ? " The piece was swamped in an inextinguishable burst of laughter. IN THE RAILROAD WORLD , Tbo NorthwoBtorn Will Not Brnnoh Out Tbla Yonr. THE ALTON KICK HAS COMEi Dissolution of iho Fninona Gentle * men's Agreement I'rPBnRCil Iho Cut From Chtonito to St. Pnul linn Now llocomo CSoncrnl. No Nor t Invest or n Kxtonalonn. CHICAGO , Juno 8. [ Special Telegram t TUB BKK. ] The Northwestern railroad dee not contemplate extending Its lines In any di rection this year. These are the exact words of President Hughttt. Ho said nho that the present policy of the company was against extension nnd that ho did not know how long It would bo before nny change was mado. Not a single step had been taken toward th extension of the line to Ynnkton from Hart Ington. Ho seemed to npprcclnto the Import * nnco of the extension to eastern Nebraska nnd southern Dakota Interests , but the policy of non-extension could not bo broken , The resolution hostile to extension of linen passed by the Illinois Central , has bcon concurred In by every ether western road. The Alton CHICAGO , Juno 8. [ Special Telegram to Tun BISK. ] The following letter spo.iks vol umes to those who have boon keeping trade of the western railroad situation : Albaco F. Walker , chairman Intcr-Stnta Commerce Hallway association i Dear Sir. Heforrlug to the decision of the executive board , on the lumber question , wo beg to say that such decision Is not satisfactory to us ( the Alton road ) , nnd wo desire to givd the ten day's notice ns provided in section 3 , of the Intcr-Slnto Commerce association agreement , that on Jnno 14 wo will put Into clTccl a reduced rate on lumber from Chicago to Missouri river points. Just what that rnto will bo depends on negotiations now ncndlng ; but wo reserve the right , under this notice , to inuko the rnto ns low ns 10 cents per hundred , C. II. Ciui'riiix , General Manager Chicago & Alton Kullroncl. It will bo remembered that the executive ) board of the Interstate Commerce Hallway association denied the request of the Alton for the reduced rate on lumber. The above letter shows that the Alton will disregard the decision of the executive board and yield to the requests ot the Chicago lumbermen to boat least given n llghtlnir chance In the ter ritory from which they have been ousted by the low rates made on yellow pine from southern points. Whether or not this action will lend to the withdrawal of the Alton from the famous "gentlemen's' association" Is still a qucbtlon. Its demand for a division of the Kansas City live stock trnfllc Is still unde cided , but , Judging by the promptness with which Chairman Walker has met every other question , It will not long remain in abeyance. A search with n line toothed comb would fall to llud n Chicago railroad man who believed the St. Paul would give up part of the llvo stock trafllc , which , the Alton claims. Is a re sult of manipulated rales. A determined light will occur on the decision and there nro a hundred prophets in the Hold who claim that at its conclusion the Alton will bo out side the fold of the Interstate Com morc Haihvny association. The ChlcnKO-St. Paul Cur. CHICAGO , Juno 8. [ Special Telegram to Tim BED. ] The Hock Island nnd Wisconsin Central both guvo notlco that they woula meet the 28-cont rnto , CMcngo to St. Paul , made by the Burllntrton and Northwestern to go into effect on Monday. All the roads have now inot the reduced rate. Interested members of the board of trade met , to-day , nnd decided that iho St. Paul roads must put In n greatly reduced tariff the first ol the week. Should this not bo ilono , itntnodit ate relief will bo asked from the iutor-stata commission. As before stated , It will bo possible without a reduction In local rates lor Now York nnd seaboard points to ship first-class freight and pay only 33 cents a bundled , Chicago to St. Paul , while Chicago merchants must pay 00 cents. 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