TBJB OMAHA DAI LI' J3BE : SUNDATy APRIL 5 , 1801 SIXTEEN PAGES. HEROES WORE THE BLUE flilvor Anniversary of the Grand Army of the Eopnblio's Birth , GROWTII'AND GOOD WORK OF THE ORDER , nnd Metnbcrislilp of the Touts or the Country Plunn for 1'rop- erly Observing the An- nlvrrsiiry. * It will bo twenty-five years tomorrow stnco ths lirst post of the Grand Army of the Ho public was organized and all over the land the bravo men who wore the blue In the hour of thrlr nation's peril \vlll join in a celobr.T tion of the silver anniversary of their beloved order , The Grand Armv of the Kopubtlc was founded by Ur. U. Stephenson , who was a urgoon during the war of the rebellion In the Fourteenth Illinois regiment. Ho was born In Illinois In 18'i3 nud served through tbo war and died at Hock Creek , August at ) , 1H71. 1H71.Tho early history of the Grand Army Is largely n matter ot conjecture. All the rec ords of the early da\ have been lost and the only history of the Inception of the order is that Captain .lohn S. Phelpi of the Thirty- Eccoud Illinois Infantry , who was the llrst person to bo admitted Into the order and who was mainly If not solely , instrumental In Biircudinj' tbo organization. Ucforo the robulllon ended nnd the army of volunteers was disbanded the warmth of as sociation ongcndoio'i by long service led the vctuiansi to consider the question of contlnu- Cngtho comradeship nnd a number of orgiin- .Izatlons were founded with that end In vlow , Nearly nil of these wcro short lived. Among UIOBO who gave much thought to the Idea of iiorpetuntirig the associations of the war period was Ur Henjnmln Franklin Ktcpberisou. Ono morning in February IWji } , there were sitting InDr Stcphenson's of' lice , In Sprlngllold , 111. , Ur Stephenson , his two partners , Drs Allen nnd Hamilton , ax- Burgeons , nnd Captain John b. I'helps. Dr , Kt'-phonsou romaikod that bo hail a plan which wouldinovo , the country In response to Imiujrirs from Captain Phelps ho produced" n roll of immusciipt containing n cmdo ritual , This was looked ovtr , but nothing further was done for soveinl days , when a mooting was held and followed hi several othoi.s , at which alterations and additions wore made to tbo forms drafted by the doctor. The ritual was taken to Dccatur , III. , by t'uptuln I'helps , to the olllco of thoTilbunc , loth proprietors of that paper and nil the compositors being old soldiers The oath of the order was administered to nil of them by rnijtAln I'helps and the work of printing tbo ritual was perfoimed. The mission of Captain I'helps soon be came known and a post was organized ut Dccatnr on ApiilO , Ibdti , with Colonel Isaac C. I'ugh as commander and Captain M. F. Kunan as adjutant. Tbis post was known as 'N'o. 1 , ami from Its organization dates the birth of the order. ComraUo 1'helps was appointed organizer and traveled through southern Illinois organ izing posts , Oigaiil/ciii weio appointed in other states and before the end of I'M. the order had extended Into Indiana , Kansas , Minnesota , Missouri , Ohio , Pennsyl vania , Massachusetts , Now York , Maryland and Wisconsin. Dr. Stenlienson assumed the command of the organization In May , IMii ) , and u call for a convention was Issued and signed by several ox-soldiers. The convention mot July I'J , IbOO , in the hall of representatives in - , , . . the old stnto house nt Springfield , 111 , nnd " { v. jtnuin the llrst department. Unit of Illinois , > v - . -.vas formed , with ( Joneral Palmer as depart ment commander. On November 13. 180(1 ( , the llrst national encampment was held at Indianapolis , 1ml. , with representatives from cloven depart ments. General S. A. Hurlbut was madu tbo llrst commnnder-In-chiof and Dr. Stephcnsoa the llrst adjutant ironfcral. In thu llrst four yuara tne order grow mar- vclonsly and then declined suddenly , until in 18T1 lu tho. control west It had almost wholly dUappeaicd , nnd but for the departments In the east uould have faded out of existence. 'The low water mark of most of the depart ments was roachcd In the years Intervening Between 1871 nnd 187(1. ( In 1878 the total membership was : )1G10. ) In the following year there was a decided Increase nnd since the administration of Conniaudcr-in-chlof Wagner the order has steadily maintained its course to the piosent high point of success. The last report of the adjutant goncrnl,8Ub- , mittcd nt the national encampment nt Boston Inst Aucust , nhowod a grand total member ship of ir > " > , r > 10 , on .ImiolJO. Ib/JO. There \\oro nt that ilnto forty-three departments ana 7.171) posts. Thu death roll In the order Is very largo nnd it Is only n question ot n few jears when the Ui mid Army of the Hcpubllc will bo a thing of tbo past. The luon who Lomposo It are . nearly all past the meridian of life , nnd the N. majority of them are suffering from the \cflTect3 of H omuls received In action or dis- ciuo contracted In the service. During the year ending .luno'H ) , IbOU , the total number of members who wore called to Join the silent mnjotlty wns , 5,17(1. ( The membership has increased rapidly dur ing the past few years , hut them is a'limit bcjoiul uhleh It will bo impossible to go , and " " * " ' 'When tbnt Is reached the decline \\111 follow rapidly. In 18S7 the membership was -5-tlti , and this has Increased vary rapidIv , the larg est increase being during 18S3 , when 80,745 members were added. During IbS'J ' the In crease was ' -J.r , Ult. The commnnders-ln-chiof of the Grand Aimy have.been as follows : S. A. Hurlbut , John A. LoguiiAmbrose K. BurnsUloCharlos Devons. John T. Hnrtrauft , John C. Uobln- son , William Krnslmw , Louis Wngner , George S. Merrill , Paul Vnndervoort , Itobort It , Heath , John S. KounU , Siunuel K. llur- - dotte , TAiclus Falrchllil , Willlium Warner , Uussoll A , Algcr. The department of Nebraska was organized in 1877 , nnd at the beginning of tbo present year comprised 2. ) posts with 8,137 members. Tbo coinmandcrs-ln-chlof of thu department of Nohrasknhnvo been as follows : Paul Vnn dervoort , James W. Savage , John C. Douncll , A. A' . Cole , II. C. Hussoll , K. H. Wilbur , S. J. Alexander , H. K. 1'nliner , John M.Thayor , "W.C. Henry , H. II. Morrison , T. S. Clnrkson. The coinmnndcr-ln-chlef has Issued an order to nil posts in llio country directing them to ceiebruto the anniversary of the order in an npnropilato manner. In compli ance with thU brdor the pasts of this city will give open ontortalninoiits to which the public nni linked. These entertainments will bo intcix-allng , nnd will consist of addresses ou the ojrlgin nnd objects of the order , history of the various posts and miscellaneous ad dresses , interspersed with music. "Thank You , Johnny. " Our brigade was changing positions nt Btoiio Ulver so as to cover the exposed Hank of another brigade , when I suddenly sank down lu a heap , suys an old veteran la the Detroit Tt co Press. lean rctnomber of fallIng - Ing , and It seemed to mo as If I fell a distance of fifty feet. I also heard n fnr-iwuy volco Baying : "Forward , men forward I Steady on the right ! " If the missiles which struck mo bad reach ed n vital spot death would have conio with out pain or consciousness. 1 sank nwuy llko one going to sloop , nnd the roar of battle lulled rather than disturbed mo. I think it was ns much ns twenty minutes before I came to , and the light hud then gone down the ll'io to the left , and it wns comparatively quiet where I lay , I had boon hit ! The thoucht gave mo n , sudden shock and cleared ray mind , Where had the bullet struck mot I felt no pain , and for n few seconds hoped that I had only boon stunned. Then I lo- rated the wounds. One of nrngc's shells lind exploded near by. U must have boon charged with special reference to my case , for three * f the bullets itcoutaincu struck mo in the right leg , the left shoulder and the right hand , respectively. lly niul by 1 sat up. I was week and thirs ty , but I full no pnln. Thcro were fourdouu iin'ii in front of inn and two on the liifl uiul ono on the right. Of the seven , four were * federal ! and men of my regiment , who hud bnen killed by the same Mivll which had wounded me. I could no MHS behind me , of course , but I heard two or three wounded inon groaning. Fortunately , I tmd a canteen of water , and mv wounded hand gave inn no [ PAIR at 1 iifttd it up ana drauk uiy tilt. I had 1 Just worked fclong Into ft hollow spot , where I had a rest for mv back , when a llctco lookIng - Ing fellow , whoso drcii showed him to bo a tcnrastor or a camp lol' nvcr of some sort , came out of a clump of bushes about ten rotU away. Illi object , as I suspected nt llrst glance , was to rob the dead. It was very seldom that OTCII the worst of the army bummers had the cheek to play the ghoul in broad daylight , and that with Hunt ing still going on , but this fellow went about it ai coolly as ycu please. Ho went throagh the Dockets of every dead man in front of me > . getting considerable plunder from each , and when ho had finished with the last ho came over to me , rcirnrded mo with evil eyes a mo ment , nnd thun asked : "What have you gotl" * "About $10 In tconoy. " "Shell out and bo d d quick about it , too.11 "I can't. I'm hit in three places , and the money Is In a pocket under me. " "Hand It over , I say " "My friend don't bo rough on a wounded man. If you'll raise me up I'll ' try to got It for you. " "Raise 1" he growled. "I know of a way to get It without so much trouble. " Ho hadn't far to look to find n loaded mus ket , and ho picked It up and raised It to hi.s Bhouldor , nnd stepped forward to put the muzzle to ray head before hepulled tbo trigger. Tha Infernal ghoul meant to blow my head oft and then rob mo ut his leisure. I saw it In hH eyes as plalu as day I believe his lin ger was on the trigger when ho suddenly suiggured back and fell to the earth , the mus ket hoing discharged In the air as ho fell. I also saw the bullet ns It struck him. It hit him In tbo center of the forehead , andsccmed to bo enveloped In smoke as It struck. "That's what 1 think of him. no matter \\hicb side ho belonss tot" called a volco behind - hind him. I know by the voice ho was a confederate , und I called. "I that you , Johnny 1" "Yes , that's me , Yank I" "Did you shoot that fellow ! " "There ain't nobody else around ycro as could hevdono It' " "Thank ye , Johnny 1 What regiment do " ' you Hut I couldn't linlsh. I fainted dead away , nnd when I came to 1 was being picked up by the ambulance corps und was suffering such inln thatl forgot nil about my fnend. When I-dld ask for him ho could not bo traced , and to this day I have not le.irned his imuio. SOUTH T/.1I/.1. No Cholera llojjs. The report tmblished In Seattle , Wash. , papers that ( ings bought at the South Omaha yards and shipped to Seattle had the cholera , must tic all wind , as thu UO H shipped to Se attle wcio bought on the market" by Seattle pirtles and wcro good , healthy hogs when shipped from hero. As the hogs wore shipped from hero several WUOKS ago , It Is doubtful If the diseased hosrs nro the same ones shipped from hero If thay weio the same , they must have been kept in cholera districts slnc.0 leaving hero aud thus con tracted tbo disease. houth Oiiiiilia Social Club. ThoSouthOinaha30cl.il club has elected ofticers as follows Hurry C. Miller , presi dent ; H. A. Carpenter , vice president ; 13. A. I'enrco , secretary and treasurer. NotPH About the Ulty. City engineer W. Scott IC'ng ' has gene to Chlcuco. The Hohomlaii dem ocrats will hold n politi cal meeting in National ball at" o'clock this afternoon. William I. Stephen of the commission firm of Hamilton & , Stephen has gone to Spoon lake to shoot ducks , John Ilostlo of Auburn , the veteran stock shipper , was m both Friday and Saturday and topped the market both days. Thomas J. O'Nell , the candidate for coun cilman In the First ward , wishes to correct thu impression Unit ho la the Thomas O'Nell of the Third ward. The -Dutch. Scandinavian Rohemlan voters of the Second ward will hold a political meeting in the hall , Nineteenth and H streets , at 'J : UU o'clock this afternoon. "Tho South Omaha stockynrds , " said a prominent commission man , "aro the clean est yards at any largo packing center m the United States , nnd it is all duo to that man , " said the commission man , pointing to Super intendent Frank II. Boyd , ns Mr. Boyd passed. "A moro Industrious nnd yealous of- ilelal I never know. Mr. llbyd la the right man In the right place. " M'JSl'l'JEitJlXAT ttHOI'S. In the rear The back woods. Qulnliio Is the only nlno in tbo field yet. Usually In full dross The 300-pound man. A fowl proceeding the promenading hen. Cure for Insomnia Four rounds with Sul- Ivmi. Red paint Is the kind that comes oft tbc narilcst. All men admlro pluck , but none llko to bo iluukcd. A lazy man lias to work hard to find au e.isy place. Two Important measures Homo rule and the foot rule. Kaflles arc llkn horse wcos. THe favorites generally win. Now Is the rain of sickness and the dynasty of pneumonia. The men who really deserves a monument docMi't ' need It. The slave denier Is not the only man \vlio sells his fullowinon. Tnko from love the power to suffer and It could novur speak. Birds with bright feathers do not always raalto a KOCH ! potplo. A prison warden should not bo judged by ; ho company ho keeps. , Nothing keeps n stingy man from stealing jut iho risk of the thing , The literary spinsters ot Boston evidently belong to the Klasital age. No man Is over oVercome by Uls troubes who faces thoiu ono at a time. The trnmtils like n railroad sleeper ho Is renlly ndaptod to n road-beil. It costs inoro to bo proud than it dee < * for every thing ; else put togetbor. 'Tis bettor to have loved nnd lost , consider ing what spring bonnets cost. If nobody had a hobby this wotld would soon beeonio. ah awful dull plnco. Thq Anioricur. cltUon now carries his prlp in his chest Instead of his Uanil. A nmn may bo positive In his negative , and so may a woman for that matter. Like the oest politician , the best Jockey is the ono who bus tbo strongest pull. The Italian fruit peddlers are not members of the Mnlla , tUoy are mostly Orangemen. It Isn't good form to talk of one's iolf. A woman shows her ajjo , but never tolls It. Men who begin bravely nt the foot of i the ladder are knocked out at the llrst round. Whoif a woman , becomes a suffragist some how she looks as though she carries a pistol. Nlno women out of every ton would rather have you praisa their Judgment tbau tholr beauty. Perhaps you inlcht object to being a chim ney sweep , but it soots the dusky imps ucll enough. "All's fair m love nnd war and on street cars. " said the conductor as ho counted up Uls fates. To discover the virtues of silence , It Is only uccuisury to associate \\ith these who nro never silent. Women may never bo elected to congress , but she will over maintain ttio position or speaker of the house. Losing one's temper is a circumstance worthy of congratulation only when the loss becomes permanent. It Is curious about people -who cannot sleep nlchts. They can always sleep through chore time In the mornlntr. Cupid's improvement on the old fashioned arrow unscrews In the middle and can be removed without pain. "Somo people are carried away bya simple air , " says a musical paper. This Is noticeably so , wo bollovo , of the cyclone. The saying , "XothlnR succeocH like suc cess , " nnt probably Invented before the mmk'rn "btismeis failure" svstem of suc- recilliig was discovered. Sarrasm Is nn ptTootivo weapon , but It acts llkonboomorang when It is applied to his landlady by thn youiifr man who U two weeks bohliid In paying his board. The most popular elft Ls uow-a-days a rich pkvu of uut class. Dorfllngcr's American cut Klau AtaniU unrivalled in beauty and llnlslu fcjoo tuitt tholr trade-mark label Is on ovoi-y pioc-o. Your doulur bbould shoxT it to you. ECHOES FROM THE ANTE ROOJL Death of the Grand ( tonnnaader Southern Jurisdiction A. & A. 8. B. - - - i ALBERT PIKE GATHERED TO HIS FATHERS. Short Sketch of the lAd of Thin Noted TM/in lloynl Aronnuiii Kntcrtnln * incut Votes From the Se cret Orders. Albert Plko , the grand commnnder of tUo Scottish rlto of the southern Jurisdiction , died ot Ills home hi WaMitngton , D. C. , at S p , m. , on the 2il lust. , after nn Illness of sev eral months. Ho wns born In Boston , December 29,1SOO , and was educated ( it Harvard college. At the ago ot twenty-two he went to Mexico \vhoro ho remained about n year , afterwards return ing to the United States and locating In Ar kansas \vboro ho studied law unil was admit ted to the bar. He sowed m the Mexican war nnd waa brigadier general in the confederate army ( luring the rebellion. A3 early as 18(11 ( the confederacy sent an emissary west to stir up the Indians ngulnst the United States gov ernment. This was Albert Plko , whoso line physique nnd persuasive tongue \voro calcu lated to draw about him the savages ho had learned to handle during his eaily tlnys of adventure Ho labored suc&'Mfully wlthtno tribe * of the Jiullan territory , the Crooks. Chlckasaws , Choctnws , Comanches nnd Cherokees. The treaty between Pike and the Indians is now In the national museum at Washington. At thocloso of tha war General Plko set tied at Memphis , where ho was editor of the Appeal , later moving to Now Orleans \vhcro ho pr.u-tJced law About fifteen year * ! io ho removed to Washington wlii'so ho lived con stantly until his death , Albert Plko II p t received Masonic light during til * rcMdenco In L/ittlo / Hock , Ark. In 1S.VJ ho became grand commander of the Scottish tile hodv , claimed to have been or- gnnlrcd at Charleston , S. C , In 1M11 , ntid has continued at the head of that body over ill 11 CO. ( ipnoral Pike's reputation as a poet and scholar it world wide and the ritual of the southern Jurisdiction of the Scottish lito Is largely from his pen. During the past tlf- teen yearn of liU life ho has remained almost entirely at his honso In Washington , In this house Is the council champcr of the supreme council of the where meetings were hold Uvlco each year. llio deatti of the gr.mit commander was not unexpectnd , as ho had been falling rapidly for .several weeks. Ills successor as cmnd commander has not jet been announced. NnpoliMiit I. and JliiHimry. The Fieemason's Repository contained the following In icsponso to the queries 'Was ' Napoleon a member of the Masonic frator- ternityl Is 'Napoleonic Masonry1 u part of the legitimate craft system ! " : "Our correspondent refers , no doubt , to Napoleon the Oicat , who was inado n Mason at Malta In .Tune , 17H. ( Ho did not , however , publicly Identify himself with the craft , though ho showed special favor to the insti tution. In ISO I ho appointed his brother , Joseph Buonup.irte , grand master of the .Grand Orient , thus making a significant ex pression of his Interest In nnd regard for the organi/atlon. In the year 1811 ! some of the zealous partizans of the Napoleon dynasty sought to make use of the name and power of Masonry in the Interest of their desisns. Hcnco they founded 'Maconnerlo Nnpol- Icnnn , ' thouah beyond Its form there was nothing Masonic about It. The order had three grades. the last one having three subdivisions , nnd the wholes Inner bearing of the ritual and ceremony turned upon the glory of Napoleon and the porpotiiution of his dynasty. Gen eral Bertram ! , who accompanied Napoleon In his exile to St. Helena , was the first grand master of the older. Tor a tow years 'Napoleonic Masonry' wis well known ' and oxcrci.scd considerable inlluonco tn'Franco ; but It did not long survive. Jt perished with the generation to which Napoleon I. be longed. " Separate and HiHtlnet. A recent Kansas City dispatch Intimated that'G. W. Vorter , high ranger of tlw Inde pendent Order of Foresters , who is alleged to huvo absconded a few dajs ago , Is sus pected nf appropriating funds of the order Those suspicions , It Is said , are well grounded The dispatch also says that Porter , besides being high ranger , was organi/er for Missouri and Kansas. Notwithstanding the nbovo statements , the Kansas and Mlssoutl Jurisdiction of Foresters Is an entirely separ ate one from that to which Ne braska belongs. That of Nobiaska belongs to the Jurisdiction having central headquar ters in Chicago. The linances of the latter Jurisdiction are entirely separate. The order in Nobiaska Is growing , having now between eighteen and nineteen thousand members , Several of the high officials are expected to bo In Omaha next month , for which visit preparations are now being made. KiCfHiiiNoii'fc Hall. The largo room in Freemason's ' hall , which has been used for the sessions of the grand ledge , has been fitted up In maguiilcont style nnd will bo used for the meetings of the Scottish rlto , oomandory and shrine. The wall in the east has been decorated with a [ minting of a castle which extends across the room. AH of the stations have been hand somely equipped and the floor carpeted In bright colors. The room lormerly occupied by the Scot tish rite bodies have been turned Into two council chambers and Hppropriately decor ated. The blue lodge room will bo used en tirely by the blue lodges and chapters. Tli.-lr Thlril Animal Hull. The third annual ball given Monday night in Uowley's hall , South Omalm , by Court Magic City No. 103,1. , O. P. , was the climax of all the social triumphs of that popular lodge. When the strains of the grand march first broke upon the oar , an hundred couples moved In rhythmic motion. Every member vied with the committees nnd omcers in add ing to the enjoyment of friends present , nnd it is but Just to record the third annual by Court Made City the equal of any social ever given la the city The success was as creditable to the committees at in accord with tno order's sonial past , and ns gratify ing to the hundreds present. It was a Forester - - ' . ester sui-L'oss. Had go i > t * n MUHOII. Uov Dr. H. M.Vharton has received a Masonic apron from bouth Carolina , which ho It to present to the muster of the ledge at Jerusalem , says the Baltimore Sun. Some ( line a'o the Jerusalem ledge sent u gavel made of ohvovooa to the South Carolina Masons , who now send the nnron In return. The present , n valuable one , Is of lambskin , Donlorcil with black velvet nnd f ringed with silver. The square nnd compasses and the all-seeing eye are stamped In gold. I ) , of U. Ruth ledge No. 1 , Daughters of Kcbokau , will gjvo another of their enjoyable literary and musical entertainments next Saturday evening. The committee of arrangements has made elaborate preparations for the the event and announces Its determination to eclipse all previous efforts. At Its last meeting Ivy Robolcah d egreo ledge No. : initiated nlnocaudldntcs. Mem bers of Colden link lodge were present uud a social session was held , enlivened with ro- fre-sbmonts. Early In the seosou Ivy lodpo Inaugurated a scries of high flvo partlos.bold nt the residences of tbo members each \\eek. These parties have boon very enjoyable and successful. ( i. A. U. Tbo f ! rand army members in San TrancUco are making elaborate preparations to hold a May day celobratlon on May 1. President Harrison has boon Inlted to bo present and a letter from his private secretary to the com mittee of urrnnuouicnU ttatea ttiat the presi dent will makn a trip to the I'aciHo coast , but U unable to state , so far lu advance. whether ho n III boablo o bo present them on Mnjr 1. The celebratl'i will bo on a grand scale , and will include Llcyclo drills , skating contests , fancy dnnclng by 100 young ladles , nnd exhibition drills by-llX ) young ladles. Red Cross cnstlo No 4 , Knights of the Golden Eagle , held another of tholr inonthlv parties at thu cnstlo halt ou fifteenth street r'rlduv evening. The nltendanco was excel lent and a pleasant trailing wns passed. The castle U hi n prosperous condition and Is Increasing In membership very rnpldly. "A. o7u7lvT The roomi of South JOmnhn ledge Xo. CO , Ancient Order , , Ut.ltcd Workmen , were filled Tuesday nlaht with mem bers and friends on ' 'tho reception ten dered ( Jranil Master \Vorkm.\n .1. O. Tnto of Hastings. Addresses uero nindo by Grand Master Workman Tate and by Brothers Mc- Uride , Turner and Alclnerny of Omatm. .f n cob .Tuskolck and I ! . C , illlllkor wcro elected delegates and Dr. James , A. A. Kelly nud J. C. Graham alternates to the grand lodge , which will moot m Grand Islnnil , * Tiic duv , Mny IS. A splendid ban quet was served and nn on Joj able social evenIng - Ing was spent. K. or P. Good Samarltau lodtre , No , 97 , consolidated Tuesday night with Nebraska lodgo. No. 1. The former hml a membership of forty-scvoti , which will swell tbo total membership otN'o. I to about ono hundred and twenty. Omaha division , No. 12 , celebrated its fourth anniversary last Monday night by a dnnco at the Omaha guards' armory. There was a Inreo attcndnnco and a very enjoyable evening1 was passed. At the opening the di vision , under command of Captain John liny- ward , with Lieutenants D C Miller and H. J. Wells , executed n numbcrof tactical move ment1) ) in an excellent inntmcr. The move ments were made In exceptionally good style and drew forth loud npplau o. There \\uro eighteen men In line , ns follows : Hlght guide , U U. Ilalcomb ; left guide.V A. Stewart ; privates , I N. Gulll , V N. Fuller , K. N Drawn , J. U. Pedersen , A S Nell , U. \V. 1'oasner , II. W. Miller , L N. Yates , J. V. Cornish , J. Ktihl , William Kelley , II. 11. \Vobor , H. Hornung , John Arthor , C. K. Ilcnsnmo , I' . Mcssorschmidt Following this drill Lieutenant D. C. Mtllerand Sir Knight Henry Iroiimng executed the silent manual In f.inltlcss stjle. Dancing was then com menced nnd continued until a late hour. It , A. Union Pacific council No lOfi ! ) pivc a very ontcitainlng muslcnlo nt Us lodge room in the Continental building Init Moiutay even ing. The loilgo room was crowded to its ut most capacity by members , and their friends , ninong whom was n largo number of the fair sex Tbo entertainment committee hnil pre pared nn excellent programme , opening with the overture to Martha by a soetioti of the Musical Union orchestra , Following this was a humorous song by Ed A. Cogloy A pluno solo by JMIss O M. Westcnnni was next on the programme , ant was rendered in a highly nnuticd and pleasing - ing manner. After another selection liytho orchestra , the master of ceremonies nn nounceU that owing to illness Dean Gardner would not bo able to deliver the address for which ho was billed. In place of this every one was asked to assist in singing the rally ing song of the council which was written by the deputy supreme tegxjnt , .1. W Majnard "Tho Clang of the Hammer , " n. vocal s'olo b > IT L. Mowell , was the next number and wns well rendered , It was .followed oy a solo bj Mrs , C. 1C Urquhnrt which was loudly en cored. bho responded * bv singing the "Suvvnneo IJlvcr. " After another selection hy the orchestra , rof-eshinentH were servei and the door was cleared for dancing. Cards wcro nrovidod for those , who did not wish to dance aim the most successful cntertalnmcn the council lias over given came to a close- shortly after midnight. nr. W. A. A statement pppearect In this donartmen on March 15 nhich crqalod an orroncou : impression regarding tuo. Modern Woodmen The statement emanated fro/n / a source f ron which many Items for thls department hot been obtained and \yas1 'considered reliable There was no animus , In the matter , ni'far ' a THE Bt.E\yas coneerqe'd'ind the f yowliib exerpt from the report ot the headljnniker o the order'Hated February 33 , 1891 , publisher In the ofllclal organ.ls pubhsliod for the Information mation of all concerned ? ' ' Halanceoiihniid'Fol > .2 , 1&91 . $ 5.YWO 5s Itoceivcddurlngmontli tfobruary. . . . ilO.Dau 80 Total . J 81,017 as Disbursements durinz month 1'ob. . . 47,0m i DO Ilulancoonh.iml rob. 23,1801 . 8 JOU17 3S ( JKNKIIAI * FUND. Itnlnnco ou hand Kub. S. 1K9I - . . 22,82(1 ( 4.1 . Itocelveddurln ? month of Februarys 10,1110 41) Iluluuco on hand Fob. 33 , 1S9I . $ 2t,0b8 10 IlKCAl'ITUr.ATION. Total iimoiinton hand Kcli ' . ' , 1B11. . . . $ 73,207 Ot Itcu'lved from all sources during ' I'ebruary . 40,7072" ) Oruml total . . . / $ in,9T4 2 ! ) Total disbursements during Kobru- ary W,8t 81 Grand bihiiieorob.28 , 1B91 } UI,105 ) 43 Don't patronize foreign wines when you can got a better ono at homo. Try Cook's Extra Dry Imperial Champagne. \ fi VLAH1TXES. Ono kitten and three rabbits uero littered by a Falls of Schuylklll , Pa , cat , T. C. ICennelly of Lebanon , ' S. D , , tbo owner of the eight-legged calf , has sold the monstrosity to a Chicago museum man for ? 1,000. , It had two heads , two tails and eight legs. legs.A A Kockport man has a cat which was brought from Iceland , which has a perfectly white fur and deep blue eyes. The most In teresting thing about It is that It Is deaf and dumb. An oak trco felled In Branch county , MichIgan - Igan , the other day , measured 5 foot In diam eter , nnd , "according to the rliigs on the stump , was four hundred and ninety-six years old. " Macomb , 111 , has a colt with a nu man head. The little animal Is a perfectly-formed horse , with the exception of its head , which U ns near like that of a , jnan as It could bo \\lthotit being human. J. Lewis of Arlington , Ga. , has a curiosity that ho discovered while breaking up rock to muke pillars for his house. lie brolco a largo rock open , and in the center of it was found embedded u turtle. Notallvu turtle , but a petrllleil ono. The Maryland stnto museum has been pre sented with n potnlled oyster Mhich weighs three pounds and nluo ounces , and is seven Inches long , seven inches Vvide and twomches thick. It was rocentlyJWt'kod up by one of the dredgers , L-S An unknown variotj-rnf aquatic bird was slightly wounded and broucht aahoro ullvo oy Daniel T. Nortliurfjpf Wickfqrd , R. I. The bird Is the size of , pigeon , resembling that bird in the formation , of Us head and talons. A couple of school boyaof Grccnvlllo , Ga went out hunting and oim of them shot a Hy ing animal which ho at/flrst / believed to bo nn owl , hut after ho had shot it down and wont up to it ho found It to bo a giuat curiosity. In every respect it resembled a beaver , ex cept that It had wings nod u couple of forked hams. It weighed 1UV < pounds and measured live feet from tip of ona kring to the other , \Vhiloprospoctiiig for'borax ' recently In Salt Well \ . alloy , Cal.ffUr. Woodin found some petrillod bones of nn extinct animal. The bull part of tbo hip Joint Is nearly as largo as the crown of adcrbyhaU The cor responding bone of on ox Is about the size of a hen's egg. Tbo slzo of the extinct animal may bo inferredfrom ) this comparison. Other parts of the ikclcton of the same ani mal wcro found. John J. i-'alvoy of the Atlanta park com mission captured a few nights ago a remarkable - able albino opossum with pink eyes and a perfectly whlto coat of hair. It Is a rare specimen of the genus 'possum , and was treed about thirty miles from Atlanta In north Georgia hy Mr. Falioy nnd Joel Chandler Harris , both of whom are genuine lovers of the old tlmo 'possum hunt They wore offered ( M for it Dy a dry goods mer chant as an attraction for his window , but Instead have pro-iontcd It to the ioo nt Grant park , where It will bo known as "Fahoy Harris. " Dr. Blrnoy euros catarrh. Boo BRACE OF DEAD GAME TOWNS. Breezy Sporting Epistles From Sioux Oity and Lincoln. BOTH ARE DECIDEDLY IN .IT. Their Corking Hall Tcnim AmiVlmt They Intend to Do Tlio Turf and Gnu nnd JMIscella ny > Sioux CITT , In. , April 2. [ Special to TUB HKR. ] There has never before been shown the Interest In Sioux City sporting clrdcs that Is to bo seen hero today. Sioux Cltv is the gamest town of Its weight in the United States , Tlmt's the fcellnp hero , at least. The chief nun of Sioux : City is to stop the talk In some of the towns of the Western I3aseb.il ! association about Sioux City drop ping out. The Idea bcro Is that some-of these towns will hoar something drop before the Sioux Citrtenro gats through with thorn thi * season. The Sioux City nssociatlon Is far bolter oft financially than It bus ever boon boforo. There Is a .nice subscription list to start Off \\llli. The subscribers nro paying up handsomely. If as good ball Is put up as is expected mid promised , there will bo a good mnnv lamer ducks than bloux City , from a llscal point of view , In the association before the pennant Is won. The whole team is hero except "Strauss " and Poorman. Hero is the phalanx , with the batting order , as cortllleil by Manager" lluck , enhcrger : L'oorninn , center Hold ; Scholbcck , short stop ; Vamiyhe , loft Held ; Swartnooil , right Hold , Morrlssoy , llrst base ; Nicholson , second end base ; ( ieuins , third bnso , E.irl , Strauss anil Crossloy , catchers , Slebol , Hurt , Dewald ami ritzKernlil , pitchers , Hl.u-k , extra. They call them winners lioto nnd conclude that at least they are M strong ns the best In the association. Hero's a big assertion : "Thcro Isn't ' a "lusher" on the team. If there Is ho wont't last long. There ha\o been bums enough harbored under Corn Ilusker uniforms nl- rcudv to last forty years. Tlio boys must keep In conditioner draw no salary. " That's what Manager Bnckonbergor says , and those who have looked him In the oyosoom to be Impressed with the notion that what ho says "goes. " All tbo boys have reported hero In flno condition-not an exception. Thcro wns some doubt about Slobol showing up in shnpe , but ho Is all right. \\illboheard from this season. J tls n , team of great b.iso nmnersand , if such ecognized sluggers OR bwartwooil , Mor- issoy , Sicbol. Poorm.m , Shclbcck , Nicholson nd vntul.vko do anything good at all tboro unlit to bo a regular procession .across the ubber. Hart , who was taken In at the eleventh lour from Lincoln , Isablg prop lu the box. Vandyke's case Is bottled and ho has his amily nicely settled hero. Tin : Him tientod Sioux City handsomely in the Vandyke deal , 'he Kansas City papers toasted us by the olumn before thcv heard our side of thocuso. S'ow they crawfish The Athletics of Philn- lolphla have given up Vandyke that Is , they ay they "don't want him. " They made a big Ight for him. Manager BuckenbcrKor denies that the Sioux City salary list Is too high , or , in fact , my where us nc.iV as the salary lists of three sr four other clubs In tho.association. "Wo lave amassed great players truo. Hut wo nro cunning and know "whoro to get them. Jjcauso some otherclubs arc paying great stipends Is no reason why they should take t for granted that we "hnvo to start a na- tlodal bank to piy our peoplo. The team began practice List Wednesday Lut has boon too cold for good results. A big force of men nro at work Improv ing bo grounds. They will bo put in elegant shape. The Sunday games or some of thorn nay bo played nt ItUersIdo park. It has boon Impossible to get a down town ground. However , improvements have inado cti'ic car service all that could bo desired to accommodate the public , The Sioux City games with Kansas City are off. They wore to bo played Monday and Tuesday April li and 7. Sunday next the team will divide up Into two nines \vith local players nnd havotwo games. The team plays exhibition games at Lin coln April ! ) and 10. Milwaukee April 12 , Omaha April 13 and 14. Thence they go to open the championship season at Denver ou April 1(1. ( The ofllcers of the Sioux City association nro : President , W. II. Beck ; vicopresident ; T. L. Foley ; secretary , Dick Mulcnhy ; treas urer , P.M. Dorsoy ; directors , W. B. Hum phries , Thomas H. lioycr , J. S. Browning , II. D. Hoogo. jr. , J. H. Bolton , E. L. Web ster , James F. Peavcy. Tne Sluux City driving club Is fnlrly divid ing interest with baseball. It is a movement which carries heavy capital nnd Is already carrying out extensive schemes , among which is the building of a mile track , club lioliso , grand stand and stables for-OU horses. The movement has been on foot for nearly u ye.ir , but Its formal organization for business dates back only six or eight weeks. The oftlcers are : President , .T. I ) , Yen- titans ; treasurer , D. T. Gllman ; secretary , U. BI. Swan. The location of the track , buildings , etc. , Is nt Kivcrsido park , on the banks of the Sioux river. . fcSSi It has not been decided \vhothcr the track will bo elliptic or idle-shaped , but , upon ad vice of Dud Doblo , probably the former , and upon the model of the Washington p.irk track nt Chicago. It will bo the most beautiful track in the northwest , nnd the Inducements will be surpassed nowhere. The plan Is to hnvo a meeting this fall If preparations on the scale resolved upon can bo completed In time. If not , stakes will bo opened for a spring meeting. Sioux City is becoming a notable center of light harness horses , the big Williams ranch being the largest. A Sioux City horsa Jesslo Galnes , owned by R. T , ICuoebs inado n record of 2:13 lust season , anil privately has shown 2:11. : Among the gentlemen prominent in the now Urivinc club and who bavo high speed li ) tholr stables or on their stock farms are the following : D. A. Williams , J. ! ' . Peavev.J.V. . Hudy , W. H. Livingston , W. C. McNamaw. H. J. Mcrrell , William Rob erts , A. P. Nash. Fred L. Goowy , J. 1) . Yco- mans , Jnmos K. Boogo , .T. F. Boogo , J. C. fiooge , C. A. Davis. S. M , Marsh , J. C.lColly , 3. K. Jliands , G. "W. ICingsworth. From foO.OOO to trS.OOU will bo expended this season on the driving paric improve ments. Tno Sioux Citv gun club Is thus onicerod : President , H , llawman ; vice president , H. Uoss ; secretary , AV D. Hagnn ; treasurer , K. L. Webster ; directors , Joe Hcdscll , Charles Selzer , Charles Lambert , Ed Stewart , Will- lam teoch , James Gurtnan , John Deutscbelo , S. F. Ford. The club moots the second Thursday of each month. The Lo Grand diamond badge will bo contested for this season. The Polo club of Sioux City , vlnch became famous last season , has disbanded , as have also those of Lo Mars and other neighboring cities in which there are largo English coloiiits. The tragic end of Fred Close , the young i'.nglish banker , who lost his life in a match gamu In Sioux City lout fall , put a stop to polo. One of the most permanently popular sports hero 1s boating , the Big Stoux river affording n beautiful couno , especially along the Riverside park. Two magnltlccnt boat houses are located thoro. The two clubs liavo n membership of several hundred each. The lost notable event was the inco be tween ilanlan and Teomcr. A series of In teresting water sports Is being outlined for this season. The Held and trap club , the wheelman's ' club nnd a dozen othar similar organizations are not unorganized , but show thut they are on earth for Business. HVIHITH .1 T On Monday , April 0 , n six-day bicycle race , two hours a day , begins. Tbo contest Is to be held in Dohannu's ' ball commencing o\ cry evening at 8 o'clock. A special bicycle track is being put In. The following bicyclists have entered : L. Flcscher , D. AVcrts nnd W. PUIoy , Omaha ; V. Ulllck , Fremont ; 0. Kllllair , Grand Island ; C. Wears , Fullerton ? K. B. Mackctt and C. Hell. Lincoln. HOWE Jack Koivohas secured his release from tlin Pittsburg base bajl team and has signed with Lincoln to play second. Howe was on Pitts- burg's reserved list , but the tlmo for signing him expired Wednesday und Manager Diva Itowo , his brother , succeeded In Inducing him to cast his fortunes with the Lincoln nlno. Uowo. bulling record last year was ] ,250 and his noldlug .5KJ1. XINCOl.Vj H KKIUl.t. TBAf. All the members of the Lincoln baseball club are on hand rotidy for business. The boys do not loom up In slzo but oneh has a plomhd record in the baseball world. The only feature In which they possibly are veak is in batting , Uut otherwise the team Is itrobably ns strong a 0110 nt there Is in the western association. Mnnngcr ln\o \ Howe speaks In mow emphatic terms than thnt nnd Is positive thnt In n few mouths they will hnvo n reputation tbrouehout the civilized world. Catcher William Tr.-ifllev Is five feet sc\cn Inches , and nolplu 170 pounds. Ills homo H In Lincoln nnd tie began plajlng bill with the famous Union Pacific club In istll. During the pivst three years ho has been catcher of the IJos Volno.s club. Ho rnnks eighth ns catcher m the nssociatlon. 1 lo Is a great sucrlllco hitter and splendid base runner Jesse C. Burltett ts from Wheeling . Vn. Ho Is llvo feets nlno , nnd weighs 1TO pounds. In the Now York National league last jear ho had n hatting nverajto of , ! M ! and fielding , S77 Ho Is ono of the bast hatters In the \ \ cstcrn association this year. JIo Is only twenty-two years old. Kdwartf Unnngau Is from Lowell , Mass. Ho Is six feet high and wll proportioned. Ho rankedflfthin tno association last jcav in lidding , his average boiug l 70. His but ting average was , ! Hr ) . .John Irwin halls from South Uoston. Ho is sU feet high mid weighs 111) ) . Ho has boon on the diamond for seien years. Iast year ho hau a Holding average nf .b'O at third base. John Cllno is only 5 fcot I lnche.s hlph , but liad n batting nvoingo of .SU1 last Jen,1 ami n , Holding nvorugo of .895. His homo Is at Louisville. Ivy. Hurry II llaymond Is from Sail lYnnclsco. Ho is 5 fcot. ll'i ' , Inclie.s high and weighs 17A > pounds. Ho has boon playing ball for llvo years. Ho was among thu ncnnnnt winners In the Louisville tcnm year. In 12J gnmos lastjear ho made 140 base-hits , ninety-four runs , twenty stolen bases , 10U saerille hits , the las named being moic than an > pliior In any league last jeiir. Ills fielding uAcrngo was Si Jnck Koach has been pltcriliig for three years. Ho is flvo feet nine nnd one-half inches high and weighs 1 . " > pounds JnmuH htaffonl is from Worcester , Mass , llolsllvo fcot cluht inches high nnd weighs ] ( > < ) pounds. Ho la considered n splendid pitcher ami all around phucr. Onon 1'atton Is from Cleveland Ho is five feet flvo Indies high and weighs 15- . His avcr.iRo in right Hold last season wns .Ubll. His batting average was .Uis. Park Wilson Is from Denver. Ho Is young but Manager Itowo bclloves him to bo one of the most promising catchers In the country Buchanan , O1 Day and Itogors nro also con sidered lemarkably line olajors. The Genuine' New Process "Gasoline Stove Improved for 1891 , Uses less gasoline than Any other stove. Beware of imitations , Do not be deceived By statements of other Dealers who claim to Sell the New Process. The original and only Genuine New Process Is sold only by Milton Rogers &Sons , Corner 14th .and Farnam Streets. Sole agents for Omaha And South Omaha , Tlta Kffitt Frrneli IV ' * ri'/ijf/on. Curus plarcrt out mnnliocxl , nmkos eofloty it | > lo-- | uro unit nmrrloil lid ; snlUfiutory In jihiirt it restores - tores thntlltalllr thnt Uulnniit to a licnlthr jaunt m n J i a micknk'o , or 3 fur f ) Sc'iit | HT mall. 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