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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , SUN Y , JUNE 1 , 1800-SIXTBBN PAGES. SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES , The Republican and Democratic Conven tions Nominate Two Each , A CONFERENCE ON THE HPTE Jolin J. Mercer of tlic Sccoml Warel , n Democrat , Finally Agreed Upon l > y the Joint Committee1. The members of the city republican con- mention assembled In Imposition hull last night for the puriwso of placing in nomina tion five candidates for positions on the ichool board. I ) . H. Mercer , chairman of the republican city central committee , called the convention to order , after whluh W. F. Bcchcl was elected chalnnan and Jerome Coulter secre tary. tary.Tho The list of delegates was read , anil there being no contests , the appointing of a com mittee on credentials was dispensed with. D. II. Mercer , as a member of the city cen tral committee , Introduced the following : To Die rlinlrnmn mid dulcj.'iites of the rt-pub llciiti ventral convention tfcntiemen : Thu ri- Iiubllcan city I'i'iilnil committee liy icsolntlon recommends that the city republican convcn- tlon select two members of Hie school board , the democratic convention two members and that Iliu fifth member bo Nclccled by u Joint committee composed of live nicinl.crs of the lepnhllcan anil domncrattu conventions te- unectlvcly , the IIvo nelsons llnis selected to lu : tni' ' nominees nf both conventions. This resolution brought Charley Worher to his feet to say that the republican party was composed of poor material If It could not Hnd live republican candidates. J. C. VVharton was in favor of fusion , "for , " said he , "if wo can not get a whole lonf , let us take half a one. " U. II Mercer said it was not a partisan movement , but was for the best Interests of the people of the city. H. D. Duncan was in favor of fusion , and also of meeting the democrats half way. Dan O'Koofo ' said the sentiment of the people was to have clean men and this could bo accomplished by putting up good men from each party and then standing by them. , lohn Jenkins was opposed to fusion , claim ing it was not the proper thing to go before the public with u mixed ticket. The motion to adopt the communication presented by Mr. Mercer was lost by a vote oft5 ! to2S. D. II. Merrer then moved that the chair man appoint a committee of Jive to confer with the members of the democratic city con vention , to ascertain if they would accept a proposition to use and accept twoplaces on the board. The motion was carried. AS members of the committee , the chair man appointed D. II. Mercer , D. II. Wheeler , A. II. Sanders , J. C. Wlmrton and Judge Stcnberg. After an adjournment of half an hour the committee returned and reported the propo sition had been submitted and accepted by the democrats , and that the democrats would elect two delegates and a com mittee of live to confer with u like committee from the republican convention to confer and elect a Ilfth candidate. Charley Werher moved to lay the report on the table. The motion was lost , the vote beingU3 to 84. 84.Tho The report of the committee was then adopted. In placing candidates In nomination the names of Morris Morrison ol the Second ward , H. 11. Robinson of the Fifth , John Jenkins of the Sixth , II. B. Coryell of the Sixth , J. J. Savilloof the Eighth and W. S. Oibbs of the Seventh were presented. The veto resulted as follows : Coryell , 86 ; Morrison , ,7. II. It , Coryell was declared the nominee of the convention. In balloting for the second candidate the Tote was as follows : Jenkins , 10 ; Glbbs , 10 ; 'Morrison , : > ( ) : Robinson , 8. On the third ballot W. S. Glbbs received S3 votes and Morris Morrison yo. Glbbs was declared the nominee of the convention. The chairman then appointed D. II. Mer cer , D. II. Wheeler , A. II. Sanders , J. C. Wharton and E. M. Stenborg us u committee to confer with the democrats iu the selection of the third candidate. Doings1 of the Democrats' . Democrats to the number of some soventy- flv.o or a hundred attended their convention nt the new police court room last night , called for the purpose of nominating live candidates for the school board. There was a great deal of caucusing prior to the call to order , which did not como until 8 : ! t , when Charley Connoyer , chairman of the democratic city central committee read the published call. J. E. Hiloy was mndo temporary chairman nnd John J. Mahoney secretary. In thanking the convention for the honor conferred upon htm Mr. Uiley said that the gathering had been called for a serious mat ter and ho hoped that all present would gov ern themselves accordingly. On motion of Mr. Ccmnoyer that tiio chair man appoint n committee of live on creden tials , the chair named the following gentle men : JtClmrles Ceunoyer , C. J. Smith , Henry Ost- lioff , Joseph Tcnhon and T. A , Megreuth. The committee read the list of those en titled to seats in the convention , and this being - ing the report the MUIIO was adopted. On motion of Julius Mayer the temporary organisation was mndo permanent. Mr. t'onnoyer moved that the arrangement made by the central committee as to nomina tions be carried out , and the motion carried with but few dissenting votes. Tills arrange ment was that each party republican and democratic- nominate two men for the school board and that the convention of each party appoint a committee of three to name the tilth man. Several present did not understand this arrangement , and it took some time to make it plain to them , but success llmdly crowned the labored efforts that were made. The explanation being made clear , three or four delegates wanted to see the democrats go it entirely alone. Mr. Megcath counseled the exercise of com mon sense and prolltlng by past experience. Ho was opposed to seeing a light made over the matter. He hoped his party would show that it was In favor of keeping the school board out of politics. On motion of Ed O'Connor the secretary proceeded to call the roll of delegates on the question of whether or no the action of the city central committee should bo sustained. The result of this vote was 4S for and 15 against fusion. Mr , Mcgeath then moved that the chair ail- point n committee of three to confer with a similar committee from the convention to as certain whether the republicans were coing to atnnd the agreement of their city central committee. The motion carried mul the chairman named Henrv Os'hotT , NntUnm-n | and T. A. Mego.ith , anil made the latter the embassador to the repub lican convention. A recess was taken to glvo Mr. Megeath time to make the trip , but the republican committee , consisting of D. H. Mercer , D. H. Wheeler , bander , Morton and Stenberg , was met at the door. The republican committee was given front Bents , Introduced to the convention , and Dave Meiver made u ringing , conciliatory speech which won impluuso from the convention. On behalf of the democratic conven tion Chairman itlloy nsbiired tno republican delegation that the utmost harmony pre vailed on the democratic sldo and that the visitors would bo conferred with the utmost fairness and candor. The clmlrmmi uddcd that ho would appoint two more to make the full complement of live to watch the live republicans. J. J. Mahoney and W. A. Gardner , aud the two committees re tired to the Piixton hotel to deliberate and the convention proceeded to nominate its two i candidate's. The following nominations wore- made : C. J. Smythe. Ninth ward ; Louis Hcimrod , Sec ondO. H. DefrlesSeventhCharleiConuoyer ; , llrst ; Julius Mover , third ; Ueorgo W. Tiir- iicy , sixth ; George MedloeU , llfthjC. E. Hub- cook , fourth , Messrs , llnhcock and Smyths were mndo the nominees of the convention. Mr. Hub- cock told the convention that if elected hu would always vote for merit winning 011 the board of cducatlou , whllo Siuytlio said that ho Intended to save the dcmocrac ; every time ho got a chance on the sehoo board. . . , The convention adjourned without hcarim from the committee ) sent out with the reptib llcans , .John .T. Mercer the l-Mftli Mnn. As soon ns the two conventions adjournci the Joint committees met nt the Paxton , bu being umiblu to secure rooms they repaired ti the Merchants hotel and nt once went luti secret session nnd organized by electing D H. Wheeler chairman and D. II. Mercer sec rotary. % . for two hours thev balloted , .T. J. Mercer J. C. Wlleox , Charley Conoycr , H. O. Di Fries , Max Meyer , John J. Jenkins and \ \ II Ourley coming before the committee as fa vorltes. At lust , the republicans weakening on the twcnty-llfth ballot John J. Mercer o iho Second ward was nominated , the tot members of the conference committee pledg Ing themselves to not only support Mercer but the nominees of both conventions. THU COMMKHGIAIj ASSOCIATION It DlHCiiH.scH Itnto Mult r.s and the Kvtrn Hosulon. The Commercial association held a meeting Inst night at the Mlllard hotel to discuss rate mnttchs nnd Governor Thaycr's call for r special session of the legislature. Atnotifj those present were C. S. Welter , l < \ P. Kir- kemlall , Dan Farrell , Mr. Schneider , J. S. Ilrady , Dudley Smith , Luther Drake , Ben Gallagher , Frank Colpctzer , W. N. Jewett , Thomas Kilpatrick , J. A. Wakelleld , Louis Bradford , J. II. Murphy , E. E. Bruce ami several others , Mr. Weller , the president , called the meet ing to oilier and stated Its objee ts. Hostated that a personal canvass made among members ! of the club had convinced him that they were almost unanimously opposed to the governor's call for a special session. They deemed it unadvisable - advisable and uncalled for. However , Mr. Jewett , who is Interested In the lumber business , contended that some thing must bo done to bring about a revision of state tariffs or It would bo impossible for the wholesale dealers to continue ) their business nnd make any money. He thought a session of the legislature an excellent means of securing what the club has long been asking for a maximum rate law. lleiruotod ligurcs from tariff sheets to show that , the railroads arc discriminating against this city. This is par ticularly true of the Missouri Pacific. St. Joe has an advantage of from 'J to % cents over Omaha , by way of the tit. Joe & Grand Island road , though St. Joe is not much of n distributing point. It is the gateway , however , for the south ern lumber to Nebraska points. The Union Pacific through General Trujllc Manager Mellcn once promisee ! to give Omaha the relief she wanted , but ho had not kept his promise. To points west of Colum bus dealers south of here cuu beat Omaha about. ) cents per 100. Some of the points cited nro nearer the center of supply than Omaha , sug gested Mr. Bradford , though ho agreed with Mr. Jewett that the lumber in terests of this city are not shown much favor. Frank Colpctzcr said ho thought the rail roads had carried out their agreements nnd were doing the best they could. Mr. Bradford agreed with him. Ho con tended that to agitate this question would re sult in the merchants losing all they have ac complished. "The ilrst thing wo know , " ho continued , "tho Missouri Pacific will put Omaba rates into all points south of us. When it docs the B. & M. will have to meet them. The Mis souri Pncilic Is not interested in having a foot of lumber distributed from Omaha. " "Wo don't want Omaha rates put into " John A. Wake Hastings , sure , Interposed lleld. lleld.Mr. Mr. Jewett thought it would bo worth mil lions of dollars to Omaha if the Iowa law was in effect in Nebraska. Mr. Weller stated that ns far ns ho had been able to learn merchants felt satisfied that the roads had done everything they agreed to do. J. S. Brady moved that the question of dis crimination against lumbermen bo referred to the lumber dealers , with instructions to prepare such demands us they wish laid be fore the managers , and report at n future meeting. It was adopted. On behalf of the grocers Mr. Smith stated that they wanted the roads to place Omaha on an equality without compelling them to pay the differential. Mr. Brady said he felt satisfied that if the legislature should moot nnd pass n maximum law it would bo n serious blow to Omaha. Messrs. Brady , Bradford and Jewitt.wcro appointed a committee on resolutions. Air. Jewitt stated that ns the legislature was called to meet next Thursday ho thought it inadvisable to do anything now. Ho de clined to servo on the committee and Mr. Kilpatrick was subhtituted- Tlio committee retired and in n very few moments reported the following : Whcieim , Ills cNciillency , John M. Thuyer , the Kovernorot tin ) Mate of Nebraska , has Issued a proclamation convening a special session of the legislature to meet June. ) , for purposes the most Important of which Is a maximum freight rale law , and Wheiens , Thu tlmo suggested for the dis cussion of this Important question Is too short , andWhereas Whereas , The next session of the legislature convenes In January next , It Is believed that It would bo for the best Interests of the state of Nebraska to defer action on this matter until that time. Therefoie be It Itesolved , That the members of the Omaha Commercial association eaineslly and respect fully leqnest his excellency to iccoiislder his action convening a special session of the lu ls- Intnic. The resolution was unanimously adopted and the meeting then adjourned. THKATKK8. The combined enteituinmcnt offered at the Grand opera house this evening , by the beau tiful and highly educated horses nnd dogs in the W. C. Coup show , and the musicians and comedians that compose the Cole & Young's minis trels , is the closing ono of tiio engage' , incut. Tlicso two great shows will hardly bo seen together ngnln mil they most nssuredly will not for the very low prices offered for tonight. Children will bo admitted for in cents , mid the reserved seats for adults will bo US , ! 15 nnil M ) cents. It Is the most varied and interest ing show for the money that lias been offered any Sunday evening in this city tills season. Seats can be secured at the box ofUco after 10 a. m. today. . The attraction nt Boyd's opern house next Wednesday and Thursday will bo II. Grat- tun Donnelly's farce ' 'A Pair of Jacks. " It Is said to bo very funny and the plot favors that statement. The Hrst scene opens In the reception room of Prof. Jenkins Queer's sem inary for young ladies. During the summer vacation Hetty Hopes and Letty Still , pupils , have been left In the professor's charge. Prof. Queer , who Is u hypochondriac with n mania for patent medicines , has for matron of tno school Pocahontas Smart , who cher ishes designs upon the supposed fortune of the professor. The matron has n daughter , Glorlo.sa , and n nephew , Smooth Shnrpo. The professor also has a nephew , Frank For ward , who Is In love with Zetty , the lively maid of all work. Pocahontas Smart has summoned to the academy a lawyer , Judge Jack , to make the will of Prof. Queer In her favor. At the same time the professor's nephew , Frank , has summoned Dr. Jack to treat the professor for his ailments. The fudge and doctor arrive on the same day , and being ex actly similar Iu appearance and dress are nat urally confounded for one another. Judge Jack , being applied to by Prof. Queen for medicine , gives him the only bottle ho pos sesses a llnsk of Old Crow. Its effect on the nrofessor Is electrical. Ho summons every body and announces that ho will close the academy and take everybody to n summer sanitarium for recreation. The second act Is in the Invalid'H Uetiv.it. The doctor and the ludgo appear and complicate matters by mak ing violent love to Hatty , Letty nud Glori- osa , and both the doctor and the Judge become engaged to each of the three girls. The third act returns to the seminary. There the fact that there are a doctor and * n Judge is llrst disclosed , and the complications nro straightened out. Pocahontus llmdly weds the professor. It Is conveniently shown that SCt'tty Is Doldlo Dnlrymplo uud the fortuuo belongs to her. She and Frank are married , the Judge wills Hatty Hopes , the doctor weds Letty Still , Gloriosu weds Smooth Sharpe , and Pocahontus having bagged the professor ( for which she Is sorry since his fortune is gone ; nothing remains uut for tbo curtain to full. C After several weeks of earnest effort Man- ager Lawlcrof the Eden Museo hns sue ceeded In securing MelntyroA Heath's mln strels for this week at the popular family ro sort. This troupe embraces some of the bes known stars of the minstrel stage. There nn Mclntyro nnd Heath whose fame ns mlrtl provokers bus sprcnd throughout tin entire land. F. M. Hall , tin "banjo king. " is among these fttnnj men. Lnrry Dooley Is another and Dooley I ; regarded as u nrlnco of minstrelsy. Pros.1 Eldridge , who has warm friends every where will bo among the stars , nnd Press EldrlBO'i name alone Is sufllclcnt to Insure an amount of fun. But the entire company will bo made up of clever artists , men who have made minstrel shows the funniest on the stage Each day a great street parade will tiiki place nnd every effort will bo mndo to mnki this the greatest week at the Musee In addition to all these attractions Mr , Law lor has secured Captain Chlttcndcn , the here of many Arctic expeditions. The captain will deliver lectures descriptive of the Arctic regions nnd will exhibit his mnmmotli nnd valuable collection of curiosities gathered from the regions of the frozen north. This attraction will prove instructive nud enter taining nnd especially adapted to the school children. The captain Is a graceful talkei and the Illustrations of his lecture are strong nnd to the point. The coming week nt tin Eden Musco will , without a doubt , bo the greatest and best week of the season. The Andrews circus and menagerie will open an engagement in Omaha this after noon. It is said to be a very strong combina tion especially in circus features. Some ol the very best tumblers , bare-back ridel's ami trapeze performers in the business will ap pear. Head thn advertisement In nnothci column for time nud place. T1IK IjIUI A Fine I'crlbriiinnco Clveiii by Thai Popular Society. The rain last night interfered with the attendance / tendance at the concert of the Omaha Llcdcr- kranz given at Gormuuin hall on Harncy street. Nothing had Interfered with the per formance , however , and they rendered the various numbers of the excellent programme in n style which merited a packed house. The hull had been beautifullv decorated. Back of the stage many-colored bunting wns gracefully draped and in front of the foot lights was a mass of ( lowering plants , palms , lilies and shrubs. In the middle of the stage was an nrehof smilax , on which in primroses appeared the letters : "Omaha Liederkranz" over a floral lyre , the emblem of the society. The overture "Poet and Peasant , " by Stelnhnuser's orchestra , wns played nt 8tO : ! and loudly applauded. The mixed chorus , "Auf den Bergen , " by the male and female members of the Liederkranz followed. In the next selection , ' 'Einc Sangerprobe , " Mr. Graf rendered the bass solo. Peter Kaiser gave n tenor solo , "Tho Trumpeter , " and wns compelled to respond to an encore. The quintette , "When the Sun Goes Down , " wns enthusiastically received. The Plattsmouth Liederkranz , a chorus consisting of IU members , tbo guests of the Omaba society , was next on the platform and delighted the audience with a march by Schaeffcr , which was followed by an encore to which they responded. The "Liedarkranz-Overture , " composed especially for the occasion by Prof. F. M. Steinhauser , introduced the second part of the programme. It proved H stirring com position and was vociferously applauded. The solos by F. W. Walter , Otto Nicdcr- wicser. Petcr , Kaiser and Mr. Gray were all deserving of tbo applause which they re ceived , and the piano solo , "Polka Caprice , " by Miss Pauline Ximmcrmnii , was executed with great brilliancy. After the concert the Steinhausor orchestra furnished music for Just such n dance as only tbo Liederkrunz knows how to givo. A CAHEIjliSS SWITCHMAN. He CUUHOS mi Accident to n B. & 31. Passenger Train. The B. & M. passenger train running be tween Lincoln and Omaha met with nn acci dent ns it was leaving this city yesterday morning. At the Twenty-fourth street cross ing ono of Ynrdmnster Hays' switchmen bad left a switch open so that when the train came along it dashed off on to the sidetrack n \d plunged into the end of a box car. Thee o .gino was considerably damaged , ono bng- g .go car badly broken upnmlfoureoaeh loads of passengers severely shocked , though not much injured. T. B. Merrill , an insurance agent from Hartford , Conn. , N. J. Edholm of this city nnd Conductor Secor were some what bruised. Had the neglectful switch man been caught about that time ho might have received rough treatment. But ho was smart enough to get out of tbo way. 1'EItSOXA / / I'.lll.l a It. 4 1'HS. H. J. Stockfeld Is stopping at the Casey. C. C. Mellugh of O'Neill is nt the Casey. L. P. Gcllltte of Beatrice is at the Casey. C. C. Gardner of Sargent is at the Millard. T. I. Foss of Crete is stopping nt tbe Mil- lard. lard.D. D. M. Gould of Sanford is registered nt the Casey. Hay Nye of Fremont was in the city vcs- tcrduy. A. Pnrmelce of York was iu the city yes terday. E. C. Davidson of Nellgh is a guest at the Paxton. George B. Lane of Lincoln is a guest at the Murray. O. Frost and wife of Hartley are guests at Merchants. B. F. Simms of Lincoln is stopping nt the Merchants. Mark M. Goad of Fremont is stopping at the Paxton. liobert M. Simons of Lincoln is n guest at the Millard. Mrs. Katlo Simpson of Millard is stopping nt the Millard. W. F. Critchflcld of Fullerton wns in the city yesterday. Hobcrt W. Day of Topeka is registered nt tbo Merchants. J. A. Hcusis of Kansas City Is stopping nt the Merchants. T. F. Mommlngcr of Madison was at the Murray yesterdtry. Mrs. Vanborg nnd children loft yesterday for u two months visit with friends in Chi cago. cago.Max Max Solllnger , wholesale clothing mer chant , nnd wife of Philusclphiu , uro ut the Paxton. II. S. Martin , J. W. Henon , W. C. Willey nnd J. Converse of Fniroury were at the Paxton - ton yesterday. Mr. Fred Elsasser nnd wife have relumed from Hot Springs , S. D. , whither they went to recoup for n few days. Mr. Dal MeLnrnnn , who holds a responsible position with Elsusser Brothers leaves this morning for Storm Lnke , Iu. , where ho will bo married Tuesday. Noble L. Prentls , ono of tbo oldest nnd best known newspaper men In Kansas , is at the Millard. He has charge of census statistics Tor his state and came hero to consult General 1'e.st , who Is In charge of the same department for Nebraska. A. J. Collins , superintendent of the now Omaha Thompson kt Houston electric light company , left Omaha last evening for Cham- uoi-bburg , Pa. , whore ho will t'iko charge of a largo electric light plant. Before leaving the employes who have been under his charge for some time presented him with a valuable gold watch and chain us a testimonial of their Iclndly esteem. Mr. Collins takes with him the friendship nnd hearty well-wishes of al of his former employes , SOIIH of the Itovolnllon , The Nebraska branch of the Sons of the Revolution held a meeting at the Paxton last night. A constitution and by-laws were adopted and two applicants received and re ferred. Those present took occasion to ox- [ iress their oppe-sltlon to the idea expressed Ity the orator on Decoration day that this country took Us start from the war of the re bellion. They were decidedly of the opinion that this country owed its present , Htanding to the revolutionary war and referred to doc umentary evidence in supi.ort of this asser tion. _ _ _ _ _ County Court. John C. Kupferlo obtained a judgment against A. L. Strung for Wdr.'J. D. W. Saxo et id secured a Judgment against Meyer Brothers of St. Louis for A Great Aeronaut Dead. Losuo.N , May ai. General Brine , tbo clumucl balloonist , Is dead. i..ixn Pnrnell States the OIHcctlons of Hit Irl th Par Y to the SoliPine1. Nnw YOIIK , Mn. . 'U. ' The North American Itcvlcw has nn an do by Pnrnell stating the Irish party's objei Ion to Ualfour's Irish mml purchase bill. Parnell characterizes thJMnoosurc ns "In- sufficient and dishonest. " It Is Insufficient because It would not reach more than one out of every four Irisli-u-miuts. It would take upwards of 1015,000,000 sterl ing to enable nil Irish tenants entitled to dose so to become owncr-of their holdings. The state would nevog advance the vast sum necessary for : th % ' purpose , us every one concedes that tii.OOX : : > ,000 Is the utmost sum the British taxpayers can bo Induced to guaranty. The Irish party holds , therefore , that the land act of IMl should first bo so amended us to secure the tenants' linprovetnpnt.s from the Infliction of rack lent. "Grent abuses have attended the working of the land purchase macsuros. The resources are being scandalously misspent while the question Is left unsolved. Moreover the grossest favoritism Ins been shown in the selection of estates for whoso purchase ad vances of public money are to bo made. Up to December ill , ibW , 5'U ) owners sold es tates to tenants for JK,7ltt,000. Of these r > 'M owners thirty-four walked off wltti jt',2.1 ; 1,000. This is notthomanncrin which the question should bo settled. " Other objections are set forth. The consideration , Parnell su.vs , which Influenced him as largely ns nny- thinir else in opposing the measure , Is the existence of coercion in Ireland , which ren ders it Impossible for tenants to contract freely with their landlords in arranging the terms of sales , TWO TtlOVS.IXn 110)1 KI.KSS. A Disastrous I -Hillary Piro iu n Kentnejky Town. Mniiu.r.snouei , Ky. , May HI. This fore noon an unknown incendiary started a fire in the rear of Holland's grocery store on Cum berland avenue. The llames were soon be yond control nnd spread rapidly. The flro raged for several hours , and when ilnally subdued four squnrcs containing the best buildings iu the city as well us n great number of residences wcro destroyed. The loss will amount to jyKO.OOO with about Sl i,000 insurance. Several pel-sons were badly butned , but none will dio. Two thousand people are homeless , nnd not only their house's , but In the majority of cases all their household effects , are gone. When the fire started it was found the 11 ro engine had been tampered with and made practically useless. There is no clue to the miscreant. .Vva Scotia Sugar IlollncHcfl. HALIFAX , N. S. , May 31. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : Bnc. ] An agent for an English syndicate Is in this city making arrangements for the purchase of the Nova Scotia nnd Dartmouth sugar refineries. The syndicate proposes buying out the St. Lawrence and Canada rclineries In Montreal , also the Moncton bouse. The price offered for the Nova Scotia rclinery hero is $0,850.000 , two- thirds in cash and one-third in stock. Fifty thousand dollars is to bo paid before August 1 and that sum is to be forfeited unless tbo purchase is completed before November 1. AOOKJXG Jt.tCKir.lltl > . Johnstown Ke'incniuers the Saeldcst Day in HoiHistory. . JOIIXSTOW.V , Pa. , Mny 31. The anniversary of the great flood wns observed today by the general draping of business houses in black. The llrst twelve months after the disaster finds the city well-to-do in u business and manufacturing way. ' As regards .general re building , there Is n woeful waste of lanels nnd Johnstown today Is n rude nnd rough town as compared with the handsome city of a year ago In all the churches and charitable institutions memorial exercises wcro held and an immense throng attended tbe solemn services over the hundreds of unknown dead iu Grand View cemetery. A startling feature * of the day wns the find ing of two unknown Jiodies in nn abandoned cellar while the memorial parade wns passing. MVTTOX JW11 IXJtIAXS. Five Hundred Sheep ICIIIeel Iu a Week iu New Mexico. Ai.iimjur.nQUE , N. M. . May 81. Ono of the most disastrous wrecks ever known on tbo Atlantic & Pacific road occured yesterday evening west of hero A train loaded with 5,000 line merino sheep on its way from Cali- ifornia to the Chicago market was wrecked by the breaking of a truck. Every car but two was destroyed nnd 1,000 sheep were killo : ! outright. The Indians worked all night skinning the carcasses. They will have mutton for months to como. Weather Crop Bulletin. WASHINGTON , May SI. The weather crop bulletin says tbo weather during the past week wns favorable to all young crops in tbo northwest nnd in the Ohio valley. Crop pros pects are reported as excellent in Minnesota and have improved in tbo Dtdcotas , Nebraska and Iowa. More rain is needed in tbo Missouri valley. The condition of the corn crop is greatly im proved throughout the central valleys. Cut worms are reported us doing some dam- ugo in South Dakota and Iowa. The winter wheat crop is generally In good condition and in central Illinois many fields nro being plowed for other crops. In Kentucky and Tennessee the wheat is poor and oats are al most a failure. The crops are much improved in the southwest , Only One ; I .lib Lost. Four WOUTH , Tex. , May ill. W. Ilnyne , a railroad contractor , is the only victim of the Spring Paluco fire. There wcro ! ! , ( )00 ) persons in the buildihg nnd nil got out in less than three minutes. Many Jumped from the second end story windows and were injured , but the indications are that no deaths will result. The loss Is $100,000 , exclusive of exhibits of historical value. The fire started from some one stepping on n sulphur match. Close of the Scotch-Irish Congress. PITTSIIUIIO , May ill. The closing night of the Scotch-Irish convention was largely at tended. Hov. Dr. John Hall of Now York delivered a forcible nnd witty lecture on "Ulster as it is Today. " Other speakers were heard , and the congress then closed with music and prayer , the date nnd place of the next meeting being left to a committee. The Spieler WMI Klulit t\Kiiln. BUJTAI.O , N. Y. , Mny ill. [ Special Tele gram to Tuu BUB. ] Articles have been signed between Barnes Connors , spurring tutor of the Buffalo'athletic club , and Iko Weir ( Spider ) forMlnlsh glove contest for Si.UOO a side , to tultcTpluco before the Arling ton club near this eitv July H. Connors will begin training horeTttiis week. Au Overwhelming : Majority. ROMR , May ill. In the deputies today Prime Minister Crispi closed the debate on tbo internal revenud * policy of the govern ment against whlchigtho radicals desired to pass a vote of censure. The situation of Italy abroad ho saklgwas never so good as now. A motion oppressing confidence in the government was oiirHcel by U'-'J to 01. Church Struck liy ljl lmiinR. Lr.xiNOTO.v , ICyjjRiiyai. Lightning struck St. Peter's Uofnaa.C&thollo church tonight. The tower was desjroyed , but the llro department - partment soon quenched the llames. Tbo sisters and pupils in St. Catharine's academy adjoining were In the chapel ut the tlmo. All wore prostrated , but 110110 wcro seriously hurt. Il ] Itlo Hoy' " Tlmo Iteatou. MOHIIIS PAJIK , May ill. The feature of the racing today was the Toboggan slldo handi cap , Iu which Fides broke the record , lower ing El Wo Hoy's tlmo of 1:11 : to l:10'f : ' In the third r.ico Sally McClelland tied the record of fifty-nine seconds for fivo-elphths of a mile. Paper Mill * Iturned. LouiHVii.M ! , Ky. , Mny ! . The Dupont paper mills burned tonlcbt ; loss , f-'K.OCK ) . A IIreman was overcome by the smoke nud died in a short time. A \ OIIIIB Man Iu Trouble. Y. W. Wilde , u young man wlio clcrlts for THE LEADING CIGARS of WAY IN THE WEST ARE Ine to -AND- Vylllllcii " Sold Only by PEREGOY & MOORE , Council Bluffs , la. Justice Hart , got himself Into trouble and jail last night. He went to Blanche Wilson's Ninth street house to collect a bill , and as the money did not come , ho attempted to forcibly carry away a diamond bracelet. Wilde was turned over to u policeman. Five llccowlH HroUon. Nr.w YOIIK , May ill. The fifteenth annual field meeting of the Intercollegiate Associa tion of the Amateur Athletes of America was held this afternoon at Berkeley oval. Fully eight thousand spectators were present. Nearly every one of the fifteen colleges con nected with the association were well repre sented. The principal feature of the day's sport was breaking the record for the SJ'JO yards hurdle race by J. P. Leo of Harvard , who covered the distance in i..V.i seconds. Other features were the running of Sherill In the 100 nnd ± > 0 yard events In 10 1-5 and 2115 seconds , respectively ; also of Dolun who ran n half mile in 1 :57 : and of Williams in the 120 yard hurdle race , 1(1 ( 1-5 seconds. Five intercollegiate records were smashed by L.CC , Dohm , Sherill and Williams. The cup for the college scoring the most points was captured by Harvard. Denver HIICCH. DCNVKII , Colo. , May : ) ! . [ Special Telegram to Tin : BII : : . ] The second day of the Over land Park club spring meeting was marked by a largo attendance , line weather and nn excellent trr.ok. First race Running , mile and one-eighth , nil ages , purse S'50 Hindoo Rose won , Bob Ingorsoil second , K. Hart third. Time 1 : " > ' . ) . Second race Running , Prairie stakes , for two-year-olds , live furlongs Celiu won. Joe Woolmun second , Minnie Elkiiis third. Time 1:0 : IM. Third race Running , handicap , three-year- olds and upwards , one mile , purse $250 Billy Duncan won. Sympathetic Lust second , Luke Dubois third. Time 115.i 1 : . < ; . Fourth nice Denver trotting stake , three- year-olds nnil under Deroy won , Martha second , Da/.zlo third. Best time 2iO. : ; Fifth race Trotting , 2:34 : class , purse $500 Prince McMahon won , Minnies Almont second. All others distanced. Best time Traus-MiKsoiiri lO.xuursloii 1 tat OH. KANSAS CITV , Mo. , May ill. [ Special Telegram - gram to Tun Bin. ] The Trans-Missouri as sociation has authorized the following special excursion rates : Grand lodge of Free masons at Omaha , Juno 1S-21 , u rate of one and one-third faro on the certillcato plan from state points ; W. R. Bowen , grand sec retary , at Omaha , will sign certificates. Union normal institute , Tecumseh , Neb , , July 10 to August lit , ono and one-third faro ; C. J. Pierson , Auburn , Neb. , will sign certill- ratcs. W. C. T. U. .state meeting , Superior , Nob. , one and onc-tliird faro on certillcato plan ; Airs. Olive M. Duller , Chadron , Neb. , will sign certificates. Kim Into by a Wild Biiviniii : : , N. J. , May < il. A construction train on the Pennsylvania was run into by a wild engine this afternoon. Two men were killed and several hurt. JtMlKVITIKS. The committee consisting of Rev. Harsha , C. A. Starr. A. T. Lindsay , M. T. Rorbough and J. O. Phillippi , appointed to solicit funds for the establishment of eolTco houses in the city , will hold a meeting at the Young Men's Christian association hull tonight at which they will report the progress they have made. W. C. Willy , chairman of the board of board of county commissioners of Jefferson county , is in the city , on his way homo from Iowa , where he has been to look over the plans of different court houses. The commis sioners are about to erect a . * < > 0,00 ( ) court house ut Fairbury , hence Air. Willoy's trip. Charley Bluke , the motonnan on the Wal nut Hill line who was Injured Friday after noon by being struck with a brake handle. died yesterday afternoon. The funeral arrangements will be announced hereafter. Mrs. Dora Knowles , who jointly with Law yer Munu was charged with adultery , was tried in police court yesterday afternoon and held to the district court , the bonds being llxed at $250. 'Ruth lodge Daughters of Kubokuh , sprung n surprise on Brother G. Strifllor , the worthy custodian of the lodge , last night. They gave ono of their customary parties and at supper time the genial "Strllt" was compelled to sit down while the others looked after the details of the arrangement. When all were- seated John Evans , deputy grand master , in a neat speech vowing revenge - vengo on the guest of the evening for innumerable - numerable shortcoming , presented him with n handsome silver water service , on which was engraved "Presented to G. Strifller by Ruth Rebokah Degree lodge No. 1 , Omaha , Alay ill , lb ) , " Air , Strilllor responded very briefly , expressing his heartfelt thanks. ' HOVTII A Flwlil ton Pintail. William Klnsella is stakeholder In a match between Barney Taylor of South Omaha and Tim O'llearn of Chicago , to bo fought in Rowley's hall next Saturday night for u purse of $50. _ Ho Stopped Aflor Thruo Shotn. A gang of vagrants lately invaded the city and in attempting to arrest them whllo near the Union Paeitle depot last night O Ulcers Loonoy and Redmond had iinlto an exciting time. John McCain ft , whogavohls name Fri day night in the police station as John Dunn , wanted to whip Officer Looney. Encouraged by his pals the belligerent vags swarmed about the onicors. Air. Loonoy hingllng out Dunn as the loader went for him , hut the vug started and run when Oftlcor Redmond drew his revolver and three rapid shots not only stopped the felling ono , but curbed the others and the half dozen were run in for a Sunday rest. _ Phittdontsohi'i' Vorohi. The South Omaha PlattdeuUcher Vorcln has organized with forty members and elected officers as follows : President , Ernest Knr- natzj vice president , Henry Beal ; secretary , Herman Wicss ; treasurer , Henry Martin. Voroln committee-Messrs. Henry Martin , John Frlcdt and A. J. Mock. The society meets In Blum's hall every Wednesday The Voreln celebrated Its organization by n dunce In Hlum's hall Saturday night , Alessrs. Henry Martin , A. J. Aleck and John Freidt were on the committee. Air. A. J. Alack made in address , giving a history and explaining ; ho ohjtcts of the Hurlcly and ( 'resilient Fred Stacker of the Omatm ven-m made a reply. A very pleasant futucrluail social was en- | oycU , The RUSSELL o S O S . O f. T W H O Automatic Cut-Off Enine Especially adapted for Electric , Mills and Elovntors. 81 ° Pearl st EH . , couxciL BLUFFS , I A Send for Catalogue. Complete Steam Plants furnished and erected. I'AKASOLS SAMO. Uo.stoii Store : , Council Ilium * . The time has como for parasols -tho bright clear , sunny weather , when every lady urn child ought to have n parasol. Wo beg leave to stnte that wo are headquarters for these goods ; everything from the tiniest to tbe largest made ; everything from the cheapest to the finest grade. Wo huyo , bought an im mense-consignment of an eastern manufac turer's stock , and will put them on sale Mon day morning ut 8 o'clock sharp. Be early and get the choice selection. Wo are still selling nn immense quantity ol umbrella and parasol covers. Any one hav ing a good frame can have the same recov ered in a few minutes. Wo carry them in all grades from ? l.r > 0 to 1.25 , in sizes from 24 tc 2S inches. Special sixes made to order. Note the prices on parasols for this week : Sli-ineli gold cap Sicilian cloth Sc. ! ) 20-inch oxidized handle , in silk and gloria's , special price $1.19 and ? 1.'JI. ! 2S-inch gloria umbrellas in oxidized handles SI.T5. Our assortment of M parasols for this week will compare with regular S'.7o ) goods , in gold and silver crooks. Our § y.r > 0 serge silks in 20-inch are worthy of your attention. They como in oxidized and natural handles. IMI'OHTCn NOVELTIES. Wo show a full line of French novelties in all the latest designs in oxidized crooks , the silk the latest laventecn and warranted not to cut. Children's sateen parasols 4"ic. Children's satin parasols HSe , ( i."io and 05c. Children's pongee milled ( the latest ) only 81.19. Special sale of Henrietta fast black sateens , the finest black in the country. Wo have them with a beautiful satin finish. Wo have them also that you cannot tell from the finest all wool henrietta. The price comes decid edly lower. Wo have them both in French , German aud Austrian goods. Our prices for the week are lUJ e. I'.ie , 2. > e , ! IOo and HIIc , about 25 per cent less than usually asked for same goods. Special sale of the finest iMPoirrnu WASH noons. All of Whitclaw's finest Imported Scotch zephyr cloths and ginghams , keochlins , finest French sateens , and the latest English orazo in white goods known as cashmere ombre , all for this week at 25c u yard. Usual price on those goods is10o u yard. BOSTON STOKE , Fotheringhnm , Whitclaw & Co. , Leaders and Promoters of Low Prices. P. S. Wo buy direct from the manufac turers , go straight to headquarters , New York and Boston , never stop at any little I'ountry town on the way , bcnco the ruling low prices and popular goods. The prices on wall paper rule at the Boston Store. Morning Side. People who have not driven through the ncwlv opened streets in the eastern part of the city can have no idea of the splendid homo sites that have been revealed. Only an adequate Idea of the vast amount of work that has been done can bo obtained by a drive through there that will bo as profitable as it is pleasant. Less than half of the work con tracted has been done , and if you take n drive up that way today vou will know what to e'xpect when the work Is completed. You will also find that the handsomest plat of lots ever laid out arc In Cooper & McGeo's MornIng - Ing Side addition , the plat of which can bo seen ut their office in Merrinm block. Lying on the heights that slope to the e'nst , Is we'll called Morning Side. From Morning Side avenue which Is tbo longest drive In the ad dition , beautiful glimpses can bo caught through the foliage of the trees of Omaha and our own city. This addition has been platted by a lavish hand , that might well put to the lilush some of those real estate men whoso only aim seems to have been to get the lots as small ns they would sell , when platting ground , nnd to get us many of them as possible. Two beautiful parks , Graham park and Cook park , adorn this addition and make breathing spaces for all tlmo to como for the people surrounding them. Graham park is about twice the * , size of Bnyllss nark , and Is n beauty of which wo may well bo proud , as wo are of our other paries , that are famous fur and wide. Cook park is not as largo us Graham park , but It , too , will bo a great at traction to residents of Morning Sido. This addition Is covered with as line u growth of natural timber as ono can find anywhere. Wo predict a rapid sale of tbo lots In such a beautiful spot. See those papier macho picture frames for We at the Now York Uncket Store. Installment House. The People's Installment House at i)20 ) Broadway , is tilled from top to bottom with every kind of house furnishing goods , rang ing in price to suit all classes of people. At this place the poor man stands on the same plane of equality that the rich man does. Ho can buy just as line goods if ho det > ires and pay one-third cash and the balance In weekly or monthly payments. At the samu time ho can get the best quality of ge > ods mndo at less price than ho can buy them for ut any other house in the west. This is an advan tage that will bo appreciated by people who do not care to pay out largo sums at once and dotdro the boot goods. Wo invite the ladles to call and inspect our stock. It will interest thum uud bo iii'ulltable. MANUEL St KLKIN , F. M. ELLIS & CO. , Architects fUII'P.IIINTKXIIKNT * . Ilnoms 4i : : ) and W. Iteo Itnlldln , Omaha , Neb. , and UDDIIIS lll ! and 2411 Merrlam Hindi Council ( Hull's , la. Conubpomloneo bolii-i U. KDMUNDSO.V , 15. I , . H 1'ies. VIce-l'ics. OIIAS. H. HAN-NAN , Cashier. CitizensStateBank Ol' COUNCIL 1II.UFPS. Paid Up Capital $150,000 Surplus and Profits 00,000 Liability to Depositors 360,000 Ninr.CTOiis I. A. Miller , IM ) . iie : > ; is n. l < : f , Slniuart , K. K. Mart , .1. I ) . ICdiiiiindson. ( lias 1C. Itaiman. Transac-l K1'1' ' ' " ! ImiiKliij : busi ness. Largest capital and surplus of any \ bunk In i-Dutlnvi'sturii Iowa. Interest , on Time Deposit . SPECIAL NOTICES. COUNCIL , BLUFFS. \\niY pay rent when you can liny a borne on T T the same terms , and hi case of your death at any tlmo leave your family the homu cluui on tlu > following terms : A borne wortli fl.lHH ) at if 12 | ier montb. A home worth JI..VM at f IS ] ier month. A homo wortli * . ' , ( Km at J2I per monlh. A homo worth f.l.MH ) at I'M pur monlh. A homo wortli Jt.oiltl at JIS per monlh. Other priced homes on the siiiini terms. Tim above monthly payments Inelndu principal nnd Interest , l-'or full particulars eall on 01 address the Judd.t Wells Co. . OIKi lltoadway , Council llluITs , In. FOU KKNT Two good modern houses. W. W. linger. 2S Pearl stieot. 171OU KKNT-A new .slx-ioom cottage , with -L ? batb loom , water In house.and ynid.elo-cts and pantry , Inquire iif .Mrs , Tnrley , IIM Tnr. loy'h tih-n. _ . , 171OIJ KENT Tim store room , No. IH , fronting JU un 1'enrl st. W. C. .lames. " \\T K 11A V I ! several beautiful modern liiniso that we will trade for encumbered vi : inlets lots In Omaha or Council blull's. Thu Judd & Wells ( . 'o. , Coiini'll lllufM la. IJlDIt SAIJ5 or Knit Harden land , with Jj hoiise-s , by J. It. Illce , 10J Main hi. , Council HlulVs. _ _ 171OK HAljK Hotel nroiieily , Z' > roomx. eeil- JL1 trally located. Mis. Win. Noble , I'M 9. KighthSt. , Connell Illulls. GUAM ) SAhliJ AT . KIKKMAN'H. LmlloV IVlilto Suits ami WrajiperH at One-Hull'I'rii'c Tomorrow Only. Over 1,000 garments , mndo up in the very latest styles , to bo slaughtered. Kvcrv ono of these garments at half price tomorrow. Misses'and children's white suits to go at the snmosacrillco. Three special bargains In hosiery , thia week. ir > U do/on Iadlu4"fast black hose at lOo a pair ; would bo good value ut ic. y.'iO do/.en ladles' fancy llslo and balbriggan hose at lOo a pair ; reduced from : ic ( ) aniL lOe , 100 do/en ladles' fast black llslo and cotton hose at 'Jr > o a pair ; worth Wo. ) Attend our stocking sale this week and wo will surpri-io you with bargains. LADIES' UNDHKWIOAIt SLAUGJITElt THIS WIOEIC. 1 case ladles' line gan/o ballirlggan vests at USc each. 1 eu.so.Torsoy-ribbcd vests in pink , blue anil fast black at | ( ) o each. Underwear never sold so cheap as wo offci It this week. Call and bo convinced nt " ' HENHY EISEMAN it GO'S. , Council liluffs , la. WASH GOODS IN TIIK TUIl ThtaVe > ok nt IClMitinun'H , nt. Priced Nesxt to Giving Thoni Away. 1 case sateens nt fie a yard. 1 i-iiso best American sateens nt l'J'o ' a < * yard. 1 case best English sateens at 15o n yard. 250 pieces best French sateens , sm-h i a Gros , Koman nnd Koenklln , Buumg.irtncr H best and highest noveltii-s , nil to go at ' 'Oc aud 25o a yard , Just half early season price's. . GINGHAMS IN THE TUB. Best apron check nnd dress ginghams , such ns Lancaster and Amoskeag , nt 5c a yard. Best dre'ssginghams , Hiicli as Toll lie N'urtli and Ken f row , at K and lOo a yard. Best Scotch zephyr ginghams such as other houses sell ut 23c nnd ! IOe , wo offer this wcelr nt 20c. 20c.PIHNTS PIHNTS GO INTO THE TUB. Best Indigo prints at tie n yard. Best dross prints nt Co a yard. Best shirting percales nt Do a yard. Embroideries , laces , linens , mnrscllli's , bed * spreads , all to bo placed on our count' ' is thin week nt snccinl bargains. Cull anil see them at HENltY EISEMAN & CO.'S. Council Blulfii , fa , Mull orders receive prompt attention. A Great CloNlui ; Kale , Beginning Juno B wo will offer goods Id every line ut reduced prices for cash Thu offer and u little money makes a grout oppvo tunity COUNCIL BLUFS QAUPE'l t'O. ' <