" , , . / jn I- , / ' ' ! ! / ' 'HIr 1 THE OMAUA DAILY HER : RUNDAY'mlULY . 30 , 1803-SIXTI5KNT PAGKS. MAYOR BEM1S' ' SEARCH LIGHT Bays that Will Penetrate the DatknoM of ' the Eloctrlo Contract. PROSPECTS OF A VETO IN THE FUTURE Confaroncn nt th * Onion or Ontali * ' * Chief KincntlTfi Unrnerlng KleetrlcM In. formntlon ThnThnmion-llnniton Company Mnjr IIo Whooked. Mayor HeraU will probably UUo ft hand in the electric light controversy , nnd the next tlmo a bill from the Thomson-Houston com pany comes to him for his approval it will doubtless meet with n veto. The committee on gas nnd electric llghtsof the council , comoscd ) of Edwards , Steel nnd MoLoarlc , will probably also hoar something drop , nnd it will not bo with the noiseless descent of a pin cither. The mayor Is fairly city to exercise Its rights under the lighting contract anil compel the Thomson-Houston company to furnish sticot lights of ! ! , ( XXJ candle power. Tlio council committee might have been possessed wltn the Idea that Its report would put the city electrician nnd his photo metric test to sleep for all tnno to como. If the committee could have been present at a con- foroncn In the ofllco of Mayor Ilumis yester day afternoon It might have learned the fact that half a iloon city ofllclals besides Mayor Boinls nro convinced of the accuracy of n photometric test , ana have confidence In Mr Covrgill's ability to handle the Instrument properly. The conference was called by Mayor Bomls for the purpose of ascertaining "where are wont ! " These present were the mayor , As sistant City Attonioy Cornish , City Knglnuor Hosowntor , Assistant City Engineer Orover and City Electrician Cowglll. All of the gentlemen present know moro or less about clootrlclty and the most of them could have glvon the council committee a car lomt of pointers on tbo volts , amperes , 'watts ' and all the other properties Unit the electrical world knows of , t I'luln KiiRllsh from the Mnynr. Mayor liomls displayed a copy of Mr Cowil'i ! report on the test of the light at Twentieth and St. Mary's nvonuo. nnd a copy of the report of the count ; ! ! committee touchIng - Ing on the same. "I have called tills con ference to sou what can bo done , " said the mayor , "hook at this report from thntcom- mlttco. Kvcn Mr. Wiley himself would not have dared write such an Indecent , ungcu- tleiminly report. I toll you wo must ascer tain whether wo have any rights in this city or not. It Is a dlsgraco that a council com mittee , supposed to represent the taxpayers of this city , should bring in such a report. It U simply damnable , nnd it looks very much llko brass collars were bolng worn by the members of that committee. They throw Blurs at the electrician and simply attempt to ridicule him. I believe that If the tax payers nro not receiving what they have contracted for that wo should not permit their money to bo expended. " The mayor asked City Engineer Rosewater - water to give his views on the matter. Mr. Ilosotrutor Is as familiar with electrical matters - tors as ho is with public work , Ho has studied nnd rc.iil a great deal on the subject and U altogether an electrician. IIo said that the photometric test Is tbe only ono thnt will show thu candle power of an nra light within a reasonable per cent of ac curacy. Tno electrical test is desired by the lighting companies. This test Is made by taking the voltage and amperage of the cir cuit for the purpose of ascertaining the num ber of watts. A commercial standard has been made that a certain number of watts' represent ! 2OtX ) candles In a lamp. This standard moans the nominal candle power. Such a standard does not uioan that the lamp Is up to full 2,000 candle power. ' 'THo1 government rct > oris show that aXX ( ) ; notu { ; [ > nal Is l.tKK ) exact. The photometric test was.i made at the Philadelphia and Paris ex.- . positions. Mr. Hosowntcr said that If the inuyur nollovod that the terms of the contract - ' tract .should bo enforced that ho shouUUvdto thu monthly bills of the council and ho would hnvu performed his duty to the tax payer * . He said that no ono contended that th lights were other than 12,000 nomluub. oiudlo ivowor. \Vluit thn Contrnot Cull * For. Mayor Bumls remarked that , the contract with the company calls for -iHX ) candle power lights , nnd as the city Is paying about three prices for the service U should rocolvo the lights of candle power It him contracted for. When the tirst contract was entered into the company Insisted on having the word "nominal" inserted , but Mr. 1'opplo- ton , the city attorney at that tlmo , refused , as did Mr. Connell when the second contract was entered Into. Mr. Cornish said thnt such being the case the courts would certainly hold that the company .should furnish lights of actual U.OUU candle power and would attach no value whatever to the commercial standard accepted In other places , which moans that a curtain number of wutts shall represent 2,000 candle power. A general dUcusslon followed , the city en- Klnqoraii'l city electrician explaining the photometric tests , as well as the electrical tosts. ' 1 he mayor appeared satisfied with the In formation ho had received. When the July bill for lighting of the Thomson-Houston company linds its way Into the appropria tion ordinance It will probably ? moct Its fa to in n vigorous veto that wljl awaken the council to the fnct that the executive- bond has boon garnering Information on electrical matters ana ran wrlto of volts , amperes and watts with as much felicity as the council cnnunlttco , only in a different and moro dig- Hilled vein. I MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION. Work lone bjr tliu Kicoutlva Cominlrtoe At It * Se lon Yf t nl y. A mooting of the executive committee of the Manufacturers and Consumers associa tion was held at the rooms yestenlaynftor- iioou. The following were elected members of tbo association : Wallace t Co. , manufac turers of ofllco and saloon furniture , Omaha ; Lincoln Upholstering company ; Mayor Bros. , suspenders , Lincoln ; Superior Starch com pany , Superior ; Western Carriage Top com pany , Lincoln. Tlio secretary road the financial statement for Juno : tO , allowing that the association had on hand resources ever and above all liabilities amounting to tl.WHj. The secre ' tary read loiters from tlio majority of the jobbers of Omaha In regard to the results of the lust manufacturers exposition held In Omaha. The writer * generally expressed - themselves as witll pleased nnd stated tlmt n good many of tholr customers visited the city at Una tlmo and that tbo exposition was a help to business , < President I'uKoaald that ho had put up a C notlro In ni factory to the effect thnt no person wuuld bo employed who did not pay < his bills. HH believed that all nmnufac. Hirers ought to take the stand that theirom- ploycs should pay their bills and pay them promptly. "It hurts our business. " said the president , "and it hurts the retail trade uf the city to have n lot of men around who squander tholr money and refuse to pay their honest billa. " Secretary Holmes reported that ho had mot In Lincoln the manager * and purchasing nceiiu for the utato institutions und had se cured from them a promise to glvo the i preference to Nebraska goods. In the past tlio ituto has buon In the habit of making purchases of goods manufactured mostly outsldo of the stnlo , dimply became the lit- toutlon of the purchasing agents had not bocu called to the subject. It was reported that the purchasing agent 1or the Union I'acltlo railroad gives the A preference to the manufacturers from the VI outsulo , many times ignoring Nebraska manufacturers , I'rfeit * of tie | Omulia lllooot * . Several change * of location of prlvit * ia the dlocoao of Omaha occurred during the Week , Hov. S. P. Carrel , formerly pastor of St. Cocoha's , Walnut Hill , Is now In charge of St. I'lillomena' * cathoilrul , where a few years ago ho accomplished givat good us as Istant pastor. Hli uisUwnt 1 * Uov. Gal- n youni ? priest who wa > educated and nlnod In icomu. father Oalvln peaks overiil language * , and Is particularly lluont In Italian , an accomplishment whlcn will en dear him iu thu ions of Sunny Italy U tb conercuation. Hov. Father Mclaughlin hm boon changed from the cathedral to St. OcolIVs , ponJIng the arrival of Uov. Father Welch of Norfolk. Hov. Father Grant , as- slitanlatSt. Patrick's , has boon given a mission parish In the Interior of the slato. Balloon 3 nnd 8 o'clock today. A FAMODB VIONEEB. n J.lfo of llnnnrnlile Scrvlco In the NoldlrrV Homo. Ooorco Kingham , who cnmo to Cull- forniii in 18IU In the colobrntod sloop Yorktnvrn. unil who was present it the raising of the historic bonr flue nt Monterey , which miulo Cftllfornin n re public , was in the city yestorduy , says the Sun Frnnoisco Chronicle. lie came from Oakland and was onrwuto to the SoldlorH1 homo at Simla Monica , where , notwithstanding the mighty changes and accumulation of gigantic fortunes in Ills time , ho is compelled to end his days. Binghnin IB almost 70 years old , and his hair and beard are as whlto as snow. Besides assisting to raise the boar ling ho IH the veteran of two florco wars. IIo went all through the campaign against Mexico , which ended in the ceding of Texas , and was in no less than thirteen fierce engagements , yet ho was notovon wounded. IIo know intimately General Wlnfleld Scott , and the re nowned hunter , trapper and frontier lighter , Davy Crockett. IIo started in the war at Vera Cruz and remained un til the last gun was fired. When the war of the rebellion broke out Blnghnm. not yet done with light ing , joined the Second California cav alry. In this ho nerved until Leo sur rendered to the grim man on horseback and hero of Appomnttox. Afterward , and for a period previous also , the old man engaged in many forays against the Diggers and other tribes , lie ran innumerable narrow risks , but never re ceived a scratch. But for all this the old man lias but ono arm. This is ono of the saddest things In his remarkable career and caused him to be sent to Santa Monica. 'About a year ago ho was running nn -olovntor at the borax works in Alameda. The elevator caught and mangled his arm and almost wrenched it from Us socket. Because of this ho had to have it amputated. \ _ \ Friends of the old man yesterday ex pressed themselves in bitter terms about the ingratitude of republicans in not giving ollleos to mon who had rendered such remarkable services , but ho said not a word himseWJ Uo merely smiled quietly , as though ho had yet but a little tlo while to live. Ho thought , perhaps , that it did not make so much difference as Ills friends imagined. " 1 never expect to leave Santa Mon ica , " ho said , "and when I take my de parture from San Francisco this after noon I shall look upon It for the last time. " There was a touch of sadness in his voice as ho said this , but ho bore up bravely. "The fact is.snid the quiet man. "I have seen San Francisco prow from a few squalid adobes to its present great size , and it is like parting with a child to leave it forever. " The old warrior and Indian trailer went south on the afternoon train. Balloon 3 and 8 o'clock today. ClllXAMKff Two Dotntnrt ! on a JUeumor nt New York . Allinriui to T.antl * 1 NEW YOHK , July 2 < J. Two of the seven CJIiinninon who arrived on the ateauior Yuca- tan-frora Havana were released yesterday by Deputy Collector John H. Gunner , and I this morning ho released another. Four are HtHI on board the vessel and will bo prob ably taken off by habeas corpus proceedings. .Chinese Inspector Scharf this morning Ksont a long report to Washington , uccom- pan.lod hy a statement from Colonel Mont- Romory , chief of the special agents , which ho asserts Is very severe on the custom ofllclals. Inspector Scharf also sent a letter to Collector Hcmlrlcks , In which. ho said : "Tho department expects cordial co-oporiiUou of the cus toms ofllclals with the special onlcura appointed for the enforcement of the Chi nese exclusion net. " .This was the result of Deputy Collector Gunner's failure to notify Inspector Scharf thnt ho intended to Inspect the Chinese on the Yucatan yesterday. The Chinese consul , Chan Yun Tscnp. has notified Inspector Scharf that ho will Issue no moro i-ertitlcatcs to China men wishing to leuvo the country temporarily rily until the arrival of the Chinese am bassador hero next month. Thn Origin of tlm Man * Kane. There Is a very pretty Gorman tradi tion , not generally known , which ac counts In the following manner for the existence of the moss rose. The legend is to the olTcct that once upon a time an nngol , having a mission of love to suitor- Ing humanity , cnmo down on earth. Ho was much grieved nt all the sin and misery ho saw , nnd at all tlio evil things ho' .hoard. Being tired , ho sought a place wherein to rest , but , as it fared with his Master , so It fared with him ; there was no room for him , and no ono would ( five him shelter. At last ho lay clown under the shade of a rose and slept till the rising sun awoke him. Be fore winging his flight heavenward ho addressed the rose , and said that as it had given him that shelter which man denied , it should rccolvo an endearing token of his power and lovo. And so , loaf by leaf , and twig by twig , the soft green moss grow round the stem , and there It is to this day , a cradle in which the now born rose may lie , a proof , as the angel said , of God's power and lovo. Balloon at 3 and 8 , Courtland Beach. Italietl tu nn Arolililihup. WASHINGTON , July 'M. llt. Itov. J. J. Kain has visited Mgr. Sharrottl , auditor of the apostolic delegation , and received from him the papal bulletins by which ho was trans forrod from the see of WheuUui ; to the coad tutorship of St. I.ouls , with the title of arch- bishop of Oxyrinchus , an ancient riiotropoll- tan see of Ktrypt. Archblstibjf ifam wns born In 18-10 at Mar- ttiishurR , W. Va. , and Is il Rraduuto ofl St. Charles' college , near KlllcAtt City , and St. Mary's seminary , HaltlmortV Jlti was con- Sfcratod bishop of Wheeling in 1S7S. Ho loft last night for Norfolk , whence no will KO to Atlantic City. Illlt It Htep. Drowning , King & Co.'s Monthly : Mr. Bunting liy the way' , Miss tillgal , do you know Mr. ( losllul MUs Ullgal Mr. Bunting- , you nnd I have just heen ilitcussinir Shakespeare. "Yes , I know. " "Well , let's not KO so abruptly from tlio sublime to the ridiculous. " Will Welcome ili Tumor * . Member * of the Omaha turnvoroln. have been requested to moot at Gurmanla hall ut U oYloclc this afternoon to decide on a rocojv- tlon to tlio tumor * to the Milwaukee con- test or on "comers" to bo given some future tlina at ( tormama hull. All have boon In- vltod to attend. Cullunrjr I. r. A law student who has boon studying "Story's Kquity" astonished hU laudlauy ono day at Uinnur by advising her to send n plucuof very rare ixsof "Uito equity. " "For , " ho made answer to her abrprlso , ' 'equity coniUiera everything done which ought to bo done. " Milk Holer * In . . . . The rccular meeting- the .Milk Dealers aicoclatlou was held last night at Wolf's hall , Tiventy-seeonil and Uumluj ? streets. Koutno | business was transacted. Balloon at'I and8 , Courtlaud Beuch. MASTERS OF MARKSMANSHIP Preparations for the Eighth Biennial Meet ing of the Western Shooting League. RUSER'S ' PARK SELECTED AS THE PLACE Large Attenilnnco Anticipated rientj of I'tlin TnrgnU In Variety Interesting Vroirrnin I'repiireil Some Splon- tllil SliotHV1I1 rartlclpnte. The eighth biennial Bundcschuotzonfcst of the Western Shooting league of North America , will take plnco at Omnha Sotiuotzonpark ( Iluicr's ) beginning with August 21 and lasting for seven days. Many visitors are oxncctod on this occasion. If the many loiters , rccolvoi ) by Secretary Hoimrocl almost daily from dllToront verolns cast , west , north and south are any Imllca- tlon as far as nttcndanco is concerned , at least ! ) ,000 people will bo present. About ono-third of this number will p.ir1 tlclpalo In the shoot , \vliicli promises to bo as great a tourmimont a ? the ono hold at St. LnuU two years ace , when tlio Omaha delegation succeeded In having this city named as the plauo lor thu next fcst. In order to tnako necessary preparations com mlttous have been busy for the last two months to perfect arrangements whereby the participating rtllcmon will have the saint ) conveniences In this western metropo lis that have always Induced the league to hold thcso shoots In the largest cities of the country. The shooting grounds at Uusor's have therefore been enlarged from two targets , as used by the Omaha Verom to liven ty-llvo , with as many shooting stands In a building 200 yards distant. This required also qulto a largo amount of grading. It was further found that the other buildings on the ground ) wcro inadequate for such an orcut and an oxtunslvo and nandsomo pavilion was erected , besides a double tpnplti alley for the amusement of visitors who might tire of firing their rltlcs. In till , not liss than 55,000 In this way has been expended. The only drawback to n successful ending of the great rllla contest Is the lack of facil ities for conveniently reaching the ground. Center street , the main thoroughfare leadIng - Ing to the park , is at present in a deplorable condition. An old unused street car track occupies the middle of the road , high enough from the surfaceto , make crossing It an Im possibility. The heavy rains have also un dermined it in places until the rails are hanging in mid ulr , held together only by the spikes In the tics. This loaves a narrow driveway on ono sldo , which is likewise - wise b.ully washed , so that teams have great dlftlcnlty In passing ouch other. Only with the greatest of earn exercised by the driver upon a vehicle can a load of passengers bo safely carried to the park. For the sharpshooters , o' course , arrange ments are under way to reach the park by the Missouri Pacific , but whether trains on this ro.id will bo run at such short Intervals to allow all who wish to visit the grounds on these days to do so , remains yet to be seen. Program 119 1'rupnroil. The program for the contest , as laid out by the local committee of the Bund , has mot with the approval of all the voreins. The targets will consist of man target , union stich , king , kulir. team and Held tareot. Sixty-tlvo cash prizes are offered on the llrst w.'th ' the llrst ticket entitling to 11 vu shots , costing 2 , and each succeeding ono $1. The llrst prize is ยง r 0 and the lowest is $1. From $ ,000 to $4,000 ii to bo awarded on the union target. Tickets for three shots on this are to bo sold only in connection with a given number of shots on two other tar gets and are sold at $10. This is a twenty-llvo-rlng tarpot with rings throo-fourths of an Inch apart. On the sttch target sixty cash prizes are sot out with a total of 1350. Tickets are sold on this in combination with the union target. Forty-five cash prizes ore offered on the King target. Only ono ticket , entitling to 11 voshotsis to bo sold In combination with tickets on tins union and stich targets ; the total prizes will ngcrcgato $315 , and the man making the highest score will bo schuotzon-koenig and receive the king's modal as well as $15 In cash. In the center of a twelve-inch black clrclo a six-inch largo black center Is on the kohr target. Shots in this count for two points and the outer clrclo ono point ; double tickets calling for twenty-four shots will bo sold for $ -.23 , and sluglo tickets en titling the same number of shots , $1. Cash prizes and medals are to bo awarded on this target. Itentrlotlon of Team * . Only teams of six members from ono so ciety are allowed to shoot at the team tar get , with ten shots to each member , at a cost of 518 for the team. To the individual scoring the highest number In each team will bo awarded n gold medal. The seventh and last target Is the field target "Omaha. " It is of oblong form and contains fourteen ono-half inch circles , with the center ono inch wide. Tickets entitling to shots are unlimited and coat $3 for thu first and ? l for each succeeding ono. Fifty- flvo cash prizes , aggregating $400 , are to bo awarded on this target , with the first ono of $ .V ) . The "shoot" will bo under the rules and regulations us adopted by the bund. The holder of the ticket entitling him to shots is obliged to shoot such shots himself. Only members of the West ern league can shoot at the union , stich , King oiirt Team Target * . On Sunday , August 20 , preceding the tournament a mooting of the committee having the matter in charge will moot at the headquarters. Fabst building , when badges will bo divided among the different sub-committees. The first day of the tournament will bo entirely aerated " to a reception to the visit ing riflemen. The incond day all will gather at J:30 : at the headquarter * , where n parade is to bo formed and the March to the Webster street depot begun. The shooting will commence at 2 o'clock p. m. and last till 0:30. : On the third day , shooting to commence at 7:30 : n. m. , ending at 0:30 : p , in. The fourth is denominated singers day ; the shooting will commence and end at the sumo time as on the preceding day. Friday , the 23th of August , points of In terest will bo shown the visitors , with further shooting at the park. Saturday following , the shooting will be gin at 7 : ! < 0 a. m. and end at 13 m. Saturday , August 27 , will bo devoted to awarding of prizes and general rojolclna. In tbo after noon the act of crowning the king will take plnco , and 11 reworks will bo exploded in thou u veiling. The sooro at yesterday's shoot on the grounds by the Omaha Voroln for a modal , with three shots allowed , on a twenty-five- ring target , out of n possible seventy-five points , was as follows : I'liller 53 Kusor OH Kurl , . . . , 57 MutliU'S 60 Tutorial ! 48 Hume 61 Witotrlch - 4 Stoiiknmn , . , . . . , . . . . 67 Hanio \ t f 0 Hehrooilor 33 lloft 4S Uoothch 83 I'rlnce 37 Mack & 'J Hume 34 I'or last week , Cuiirtlunil lluncli llreeze * . Prof , fiaynoro i * the expert swimmer who , keeps Ills eagle eye on the bathers from noon till midnight. A now bathing cap is out that U tar ahead of anything clso In this line , bocausu it will Weep u lady's hair dry. Jt will DO In big do- rnand. The receipts of the carousal would 'bo moro than douolod with the addition of a ring board attraction , which Increases the sport tenfold. It has been suirgosted to Manager Grifilth that the Siege of Seuaitopol , or I-ast Days of Pompeii , would be a drawing card for the beach during September , The Boyd theater orchestra that Is in at I- tendance at the pavilion every afternoon and uvenlnsr is ono of the features that Is alwtiy * appreciated. Several novel ladles' bjthlng suits have recently rnadu tholr appearance at the beach. One. was a , black Jersey cloth , short skirt with blaok and will to plaid ilk bloiuo mudo lueveloss and high in the ueck , with wldo flaring collar ; black imutolluu with white battling ihoos completed this unlquo cos- tunio. Another of black , trimmed elaborately with wide white serpentine braid , A rod divided skirt coitumo trimmed tu black Another Is composes ! oflrt lj nnd black ; in j the skirt , the widths alternating jtwalst red , surplice front , bliek c'.oiaJHtlng back , rod tights. * AD A suggestion for an olabjjrato bathing suit : A whlto flannel sleeveless . .waist , cut with low V-shaped front and Jkck trimmed with gold fringe ; short skirl of the same ; red silk tights with red bathfrtfe" slippers. This would nmko a startling c < 3slutho which would daralo the bleachers , > t-n Manager Ortftlth has bdakod picnics for the following dates ( hiring tbo tlrst week m Aucust : August 1 , Vlntort .Street Christian Mission Sunday school : Knu Park Avenue United Presbyterian SuAUnj"school ; August 0 , Order of Woodmen of th World ; August 4 , Ivy lodge No. 2 , Ko.vil Neighbors auxili ary to Modern Woodmen ijo , 120. A number of ingenious people have pro tested against tbo manner m which they bare been prevented from going through the exit to the street cars , In consequence of which the car company has built an enclosure - closure outside the beach grounds to keep people from rocomlng Injured during the tlmo . tr.ilns are switching , It's u move In the right direction. Perhaps It is not generally known that quite an export life saving corps Is in at tendance at the lake. Their practice during the j forenoon dally consists of all sorts of maneuvers , such as a life saving crow might bo 1 called upon to perform in case of the upsetting of a row boatoutln the lake or any other , accident. It would b.o well for the llfo boat j to carry llfo preservers also. The tlovror bed on the south of the pavilion with Its nttractlvo border of coleus Is beginning - ginning to show up In line .shape. It has been n tedious task for the old gentleman gardener who Is always In attendance , hut no Is gradually getting his reward. Slnco Juno 10 a barren sp.ico of sand lias been transformed Into what promises to bo a beautiful llower bed before the season ciuls irTho following from n Philadelphia paper of recent date may bo of Interest to Court- laud bathers : Flip bathing suits nro not the rage this season , the favorite rig bolng n combination of comfort and beauty. Ono of tno most attractive Is worn by Miss Ailolo Kttciilo of Philadelphia , who Is summering at the Soasldo houso. It Is of rod eropo do chino , witU a sailor collar , trimmed with narrow whlto braid Thu short skirt is Doltod tightly. Hod stockings nnd cap of the B.imu color complete the costume. A quieter but qulto us Inviting surf rig is thnt , worn by Miss i ucy Jarboo , ono of tlio dally patrons of the surf. It is of whlto flannel bordered with pale blue braid , with stockIngs - Ings of the same shade of bluo. BACKWARD OV-SB. A HOUSE. A Sail Franciscan' * Kxtriiiirilitmry Icup Dono. A man who can jump backward over u liorso IHtocn 1m nils high must truly bo n phenomenon. It is hard to believe that such nn athletic mtirvol is in exist ence , but according to the Sun FruncisoD papers thoi'o Is a young man out there who Is more like u rubber ball than any thing else. His jumping hus caused universal comment and his various feats are regarded as littlu short of miracu lous. lous.Tho The wonder's name is William Cur- lov. Ho keeps n small saloon near the city and county hospital , nt Potroro avenue and Twonty-sjoclyul street , San Francisco. His place isjf a .sporting re sort where medical students congregate and drink the foaming' cumber. Curloy was born in 'Frisco twenty-eight years ago. Ho hus always livtid there with the oxceptibn of a tlpio Australia u few years ago. Ho. , } Moot 11 inches tall and his usual wojghj is about 190 pounds. Ho has boon jumping moro or loss all his life. i < . A party of skopticsivlslted Curloy recently - contly In order to find mil whether the stories of his vomarkablo powers wore true or hot. They fojind.him behind his bar ready tD'attenl ta lli'om. "When ho learned their missioiMlkvI was only too pleased to show what ho could do. Curloy came out from-'ibohind the bar" with his ovory-day > cc' ) thba'"lonUp : * stood , ilrst witb/li'lH back'lo thb/bar and then , bonding'.JHi" khpos "a trjllo , suddenly " denly shot straight up" lu thq air and ' cumo down sfy'iaroly on both feet on the top of the bar. It was found that he had jumped just n half an inch short of four foot. foot."It's "It's easy enough , " ho said. "Moat anybqdy can do a high jump. It's easier , I think , tp jump backward and upward than to jump forward and up ward at the same time. I don't know how high I over jumped. Hut once , when I felt like jumping , I tried three or four high buck jumps , the best 5 feet 31 Inches. " The world's record for a standing high jump , forwards , with weights , is i > foot 8 } inches , held by T. P. Kcarnoy. With out weights the record Is hold by A. P. Schwanor , who jumped ufoot 3r inches Juno 11 , 1892 , in Now York. Curloy does all of his ju ping while standing still , and with out the use o weights. lie claims that any man who can jump two inches higher than his knee cap can , with practice , lengthen his jump aa high as his chin. Ho can give no reason for till o.xcopt that ho has been jumping eve l since ho was boy and has improved every year. Another font that excited the wonder of the skoptfcs was performed with an ordinary plug hat and a newly laid egg. Curloy put the egg on top of the hat which ho placed in the center of the floor. Be stood beside the hat and then sprang lightly in the air. Everybody thought ho would crush the egg and the hat when ho landed upon them , but Curloy just came down far enough to crack the egg's shell and then by a quick motion drew his foot backward , landing upon the floor on precisely the spot from which ho originally jumped. But thosotrioks , while wonderful in- tholr way , did not satisfy the invostl gators. They wanted to have the story of Curloy's leap over n horse verified. They asked if he could do It , and ho laughed as ho said : "Certainly ; I jumped ovoi1 a fifteen- and horse tbo flrst tlrao I tried it. * It wan this way. I was at work in u bluok- mlth'ri shop ono day when a man came n leading u horse ho wanted shod. Wo got al king about jumping , and Homo of myorienda who \voro there told the man I could stand and jump backwards over his horse , whichi wa ? $ oxaotly 'flftoon hands high. Tliiiiniia , \ uldn't believe It , and when I said I 'could do it ho told mo I was crazy. Ilajlnally hot his .horso against $ : > 0f thoffgiuluiv't ( nccom- pllsh the feat , whic promptly uc- ootod. ] I backedii ] rT sthp horne and jumped over the nnlm Ututrny iirst trial , niy heavy shoos novirtouching \ a hair on Ills back. The man/van satisfied and J got the horso. " A When Curloy ilnlslinl thlw yarn , ho was invited to provo histwords by juin | > - Ing ever u horse , , that , was tothorcd in a nuit'liboriiig lot. IloVyndlly assented and sized up the untwiii ; which was ilv ila trlllo morj thanflftftajWhands high , ilS more than flvo-fb'6t. GMn > y backed up to him , uidwlUrafiiulffi5fprIiigc ! > louroil him easily. Hd 'drove6t up under him and novor.louchedVS-hair. Curloy landed right sldo up/ahd the ukoptkn then proclaimed thouisolvod ' linn bo- Hovers in him. * _ Balloon at.'i and 8 , Courtland Beach. The Art of ( irucefiil It would seem Boinotimos'that the art of graceful walking might bo numbered among the lost noieixws , BO ( aw women muster the accomplishment , on ovoa ao- quire any approach to iwrfeetlun in this uxorcibo , which is the foundation of all others. Kvory ono uuccoods In profi ling themselves along by munns of their /cot , but that is not true walking. An English authority says : "Tho- body uhould bo hold oreut , the shoulders down , client extended , and the log moved from thu hip. the whole figure above Immovable. The movement from | the knco h paid to bo the secret of bml walking , comblnoil with the discomfort of tight flhocfl and high hcols , which turn tlio tlgnro In n most ungraceful manner. A short , brisk walk is beno- llolal , whllo n tramp of miles results In utter weariness. " TWENTY MILLION HOUSES. Russia Hit * Tlime nntl It la Morn Thnn Any Other C'nnntrj- . The most poptiloua horse country In the world is Russia in KuroiH ) . It has 20,000,000 of horse * The United States conies next , with a horse population of moro than 10,000,000. , In proportion to the number of Inhabitants the United States Is far richer In horses than Russia. But In that proportion the United States Is In turn far surfassed by the Argentina Ropubllc , where , lie- cording to the latest accessbio ! figures , there are n few moro horses than people. The countries of western and so'uthcrn Europe are thinly populated with horses compared with the American continent and .Russia. Italy , with a human popu lation of more than 30,000,000. has only 720,000 horses , but It has almost twlco as many mules and donkeys as horses Spain has only a few.moro' than 1100,000 horses , or about one lionto to every sixty people. Most of the "cavaliers'1 of Spain rhlo on donkeys. .The United Kingdom of Great Urltuln and Ireland has only about 2,000,000 , horses. The United States is the most popu lous niulu country In the world. It is also , , by many millions , the most popu lous pig country , possessing over 4(1- ( , 000,000 of swlno. There Is also a larger proportion of pigs to the human popula tion than in any other country larger oven than in Ireland , a country which is popularly but mistakenly supposed to bo the Utopia of the pig. The country of sheep , par excellence , Is Australia. On that continent there are a few more than 3,000,000 people , but there are 02.000,000 snoop that Is to ay , twenty snoop to every man , woman and child. In the United States wo have only about 47- 000,000 sheop. which , though a larger sheep population than that of any other country except Australia and the Argen tine Republic , is not proportionately so great a number as several other coun tries possess. British India him moro cuttle than any other country , but the United States 1ms nearly as many up ward of 02.000,000. However , the Ar gentine Republic again loads in the number of cuttlo in proportion to human beings. If the cattle in Argentina wore divided equally among all the people every man , woman and child would have live cattle to take euro of , and there would bo enough left to give one additional critter each to almost a million of the people. Considered from the point of view of farm animals , the Argentine Republic is probably the most important country in the world. Balloon at , ' ! mid S , Courtland Beach. TALKED TOO SOON. A Landlord Agnnt Imltatn * Cnlnm unit Draw * n Crowil. Ho was a typo of the aggressive , "I- told-you-so" croaker who gloats over hu man mibfortuno simply because tlio world insists on going on in the old way and ignoring his advice. A look of triumph came into his little gray eyes as ho caught sight of a sheet of "white paper pasted on the door of a big Wash ington street building at noon yester day , says the Chicago Times. There was somothinir written on the shoot in a fine hand. The little old man halted , took off his hat , mopped his brow , Waved his hatK Uiwiirj the shoot of paper , anil said fn a loud tone of voice to a couple of mon standing by : "That marks the beginning of the end. I predicted it long before the ides of last November. But the blind , un thinking people had their way. Thoj sowed the wind and now they will rouj : the whirlwind. " A crowd of 100 people had gathered1 and the little man became oratorical. "Wo are on the brink of national ruin. National credit is irretrievably gone. The air is tilled with the crash of miirhty bunks and great corporations and the hum of industry is stilled in the land. Cobwebs are forming on the idle looms and the rust accumulates on the minor's pick and shovel. " The crowd by this time numbered 1,000 people , all demanding to know what was going on. "Tho savings of how many poor people plo have boon swept away in this crash. ( Jan any ono toll mo ? " shouted the era tor. ' 'Lot us BOO whether this little paper , fraught with sorrow for thou sands of people , will tell us the true reason for this failure , which is only the forerunner of hundreds more. " The little man adjusted a pair of stool- bound spectacles to his nose and read this notice , while the crowd waited in breathless silence : A FBW DKSIUAIII.E OFFICES IS THIS nuii.mNo POU KENT AT an\SONAIII.I : FIOUHRS. TIIKV CAX 111 ! 8KKN O.V Al'l'MUATION TO T1IH JANITOR. The ouitor slunk away just as a po lco- man made a grab for him nnd business resumed operations at the old stand. Balloon at 3 and 8 , Courtlund Boauh. A I'roipvotlvo Before mo on a western road sat two admirable spooimuns of tlio genus "hay- Hood , " says the Now York Herald. They wore garrulous old chaps and talked and chovvod tobacco as a school girl chows gum. "I reckon we'll lose Bon Gross afore long , " said ono branching on * on a fresh topic. "Kb ? " "Yaas 't ' won't s'prlso mo a bit of Bon goes to Now York and spookolatos. " "No ; you don't ' say Ben's a-gitiin1 'H rich 'u ' thut ! " ' Well , Iguoss he's 'bout tlio best fixed man in our place now since W. F. Simp- kins died. " "Yo don't Bay ? How much d'ye s'poso Bon's woth now , bilod down ; " ' "Wall , ye kalnt jest toll. I know o' my own sartin' knowledge ho has ever $40 in the bank an1 his crop o' tutors ' ain't dug yit. They'll' bring him in right smart o' cash. " "Goo whiz ! " ' Yaas and John Summers owes him $3.7f > on that old game of poker yit. He's slow , but bo's good for it , I guess. " Tho. other was silent for some time , evidently ruminating unon such vast wealth. Then ho suddenly inquired : "Wut'd he goin1 to monkey with In Now York1:1" : "Idunno. Wall Htrcot , llko os not. " Hound to lluit. Detroit Free Press : The now tailor had opened up an elugant shop and had the Jlnobtselection , of goods in town and naturally the dressers wont to BOO him. "How's the now man going to do'1 ; re marked Chollio to Fwoddio. ' Ho'll go to pieces , " assorted Fwed- die. die."Why ? Ho has fine goods and knows how to turn out beautiful work , " "Yes , but he's no business man. " ' 'How do you know'/ " "BOCUUHU I wont in there today talkIng - Ing about getting a suit. Ho told me ho expdctod to cater to the fashionable trade only , and do you know he wants us to pay on the delivery of the goods ? " ' Is that so ? " exclaimed Chollio. "Then of oounw he'll have to shut up BhOJI. " CULLED FROM CITY HALL Dr. Somori Has Announce j His Determina tion t } Evict the Sqttntton. MR. HASCAIL'S CAPTURE OF REPAIR CASH Stopped lloforo the Funrt Wm Hpnltli Coniiils : inni < r Homer * Will ( to Alter tlio ScnmttcruM > linlt llopnlr Contrnot Doliio < > r tinUlllclitU. . When it comes to capturing the lion's shnro of public funds to bo expended In a ward , Councilman lliuc.ill of the First U generally to the front. Several weeks neo tlio council voted MIXK ) to Mr. Winstar , who was then street comnilsstouor , to ropilr streets , loiter $5,000 moro was nnflroprl * ntctl. In i-ntiMin ; rcjulM to bo inailo Mr , \Vlnspo.irntteiulctl to ttioao that were most lll-ROHt. Mr. ilixscnll mule a grc.it effort to have n Dortlon of the money ov | > omlo > l In hU wu-il. ; Tlio commissioner ilul expand iulto n bit , but only on those streets where It was neces sary , anil ilovotol the rumaindcr to other portions of the city. This tllJ not suit Mr. Hascnll ami several weeks aijo. when Major Dlrklmusor was chairman of the board , the First ward gun- tleninn secured nn enter from the board , delegating to him authority to employ men and loams and make repairs on the strnots. The bills for this work have boon rolling lu and tlio sizes of thorn show that Mr. Hascall has liad a small army of his constituency at work on the streets In the First. The lust bill -vns for over ftWO , niul It was allowed. but the boanl Issued an order that no more work .shall ho done In that manner. In nil , Mr. Uuscall succeeded In expending about ? i,000. besides several hundred dollars put there by the street commissioner's force. Will Mnro tlin Dr. Somors is making the necessary prep arations to move on thosqiuttors. The doc tor was directed by the council to evict all of the squatters south of Jackson street and east of Sixth , and was em powered to employ all of the help necessary In dointj the work and call on the chlnf of police for oftlcers if necessary. .lust as soon as the cnglncerlne depart ment completes the plat now boinK inmlo , showing the lines of the struct and alleys and the locations of tlio sqnattors sh\ntioj : , Dr. Somcrs will proceed In a legal way to cause the eviction. The llrst stop necessary will bo the serving of a throe days notice for thorn to vacato. In case they do not comply with this notice tin- other live-day notlco will bo .sowed that will bring thorn into court to show why they per sist In occupying the streets and alleys of the city as trespassers. At the expiration of this tlmo these who have not removed will bo forcibly evicted and their shanties ni/.od to the ground. Whllo the doctor's jurisdiction extends only to clearing the streets and alloys , .vot liu hopes that ho will receive the Oo-operat i on of the owners of the land down there. Ho has written to the First National bank of Chicago , the owner of tile greatest ar < > ii of the property occupied by tlio s ( | natters , and if the b.uik carries out its intention as formerly expressed stops will bo Immedi ately taken to evict the squatters on that strip. Mnynr HomU Tikni n Ilnnd. The squatters came in for a share of Mayor Homis' tinu ) yesterday afternoon. The mayor , before he approved of any of the chums of these who have vacated , desired - sired to be convinced that tlioy hud ROIIO where they would not bocoino as great a nuisnnco as they have in former locations. To .secure this Information the mayor h- ) vitcd In several people who have been Inter ested in securing the removal of the colony. These present were Mr. Cornish , Sorguant Slgwart and Pat O. Hawos and his legal partner , who are the attoruoys for tlio squatters , besides these who have boon resi dents of the bottoms and have ROIIO elsewhere - where to reside. The mayor asked a num ber of questions , and us soon as ho was sat isfied that the squatter had removed and gene Into another neighborhood us n tenant ho approved of the claims of each. Some of the replies of the squatters , who possess a very limited knowledge of the Knelish language , wore ridiculous. One said he had "busted his houso" when the mayor inquired if the shanty hud been torn down. Another had "broke his down , " nnd such replies wore contlnu'illy llred at the mayor. Six of the squatters proved up satlsfae- orv and the mayor approved tholr claims nnd they will receive tholr warrants from the comptroller. Tu Makn Hoxrnr Connection * . Friday of next week the Board of Public Works will receive bids for making the water , sewer and gas connections on Urn following streets that are to bo p ved : Seventeenth street from the alloy north of Farnam to Dodge ; Twentieth , F.irnam to Half How ard ; Thirty-eighth , Farnam to leaven- worth ; Charles , Twenty-fourth to Twenty- sixth ; Twenty-ninth. Hickory to Arbor ; Thirty-third , Farnam to Harnoy ; Indiana avenue , Twenty-fourth street to Twenty- 11 Hh avcnuo ; Twenty-second , Cumlnic to I/.ard ; Pierce , Kiglitoonth to Twontlotn ; Military avenue , Hamilton to Grant ; Thir tieth , Ames avonua to Fort street ; Twenty- ninth avcnuo , . Half Howard to Farnam ; Paul , Kltrhtoenth to Twcniioth ; Cumlng , Tweiity-tlfth nvonuo to Thirtieth street ; Half Howard , Twontv-nfth avenue to Twenty-sixth street ; Hamilton , Twenty- fourth to Twenty-fifth. IJoforo tbo pivlng i on these streets can prpcooa these connec > tions must bo mtido , the provisions bolng Imposed by the charter , Omuu : > un n Health Hoiorl. The city is at present almost wholly free from contagious diseases of any nature. For more than two wcuks there has not buon reported - ported at the health oftlco a msa of either measles , scarlet fever or diphtheria. This is something remarkable , owing to the fnot that In Juno there existed no IMS than 17.1 cases of mimales among the children. Dr. To wno of the board elves It us his opinion that thu effectual wiping out of the measles Is duo to the suhocU not buln In session. The mortuary record will show u very marked increase this month , The dootor says it will ho the largest of any one month since the present board has boon In exist ence. Already 100 deaths hnvo been re corded for this month , while heretofore the Rvcrago has boon nbout 1X ! ) . The tncro.i o In the number of deaths Is accredited to thn prevalence of summer complaint * Among xbo children , injured Vlldlr nt Ills lluty. Gas Ins | > octor Gilbert is recovering rapidly from the accident ho mot with early Mondav mornlne nnd U attending to his dutioi. Abouto'clock ! ! that tmmilne the Inspector was In tlio south part of town looking nftor tlio suburban lights Ho turned bis horse off nt Vlnton street north onto Sovcnteoth and the d'irkr.css prevented his discerning n largo and deep washout thoro. Mr. Cllhert , thehor 10 and the vohlclo went Into the pit and fora few minutes were badly mixed up. The inspector's head came In contact with a tree with siiftlcoiit force to romler htm un conscious and to mnko matters w01-50 the liorso ttvad upon the Inspector's loft leg , in- IHotlnc an uuly wound boloiv tlio left kneo. lln wns also badly Injured nboti * . the ho.ul an t considers that ho was lucky to escape vtith oven tbo Injuries sustained. I'nvlni ; C'Hitruot * Appropd. Mayor HeinU has approved of thn follow ing paving contracts , nnd the same have been returned to tuo Hoard of Public Works , nnd tbo board can now Issue the orders to tlio contractors to proceed vltli the work : Hamilton , Twenty-fourth to Twcnty-llfth , vltrlllod m-t K. SUU , J. K. Klloy ; Thirty- eighth , Farnam to Jones , sheet nsphaltum , S.VI7 , Standard Paving company : Twenty- second , Cumlng to l/.ml , Plertv. Kightccniti to Twentieth , Thirtieth , Ames avonun to Fort street , Colorado sandslono. Sl.tM , Hugh Murphy. Also the contract with J. K Klloy for curbing Hamilton from Twuiity-lourth to Twenty-Hull street , and the grading of Twcnty-llfth ami Jones street with Henry Italic KtnmlniiiR thn Vlndticti. City Engineer Hosowiter and Knplneer Campbell , whom he solecto 1 to assist lu making the examination of the viaducts , have tnado a partial examination of the Sixteenth street structure. They found ono of the heavy supi > ortitig bo.ims nt the end of the long truss badly worn and ro.idy to gtvo away. 'This defect was ordoml remedied , and material is now on thu ground. As soon as Mr. Hosowatorcaii gut the rail way companies to assign tliulr engineers to the work the examination of the Sixteenth street viaduct will bo llnlshod nnd tholr attention will then bo directed to those oil Tcntli nnd Klovcnth streets. Drriuiitlntt tli City Hull. Superintendent Mathlpson of ilio city hall b.is hit upon a plan to decorate lib quarters In tlio city building. Ho has forwarded to suvcnty-llvo of the nibs' , extensive manufac turing , wholesale nnd retail linns tu the city a request for a photograph or lithograph of tholr plants and pliccs of business. When thcso are received they will bo placed in order in tlio gupcrliitondont's room and shown to stranvor.s who visit the city hall. In addition to thcso ho will also secure vlows of the many private and public buildings and hopes to have a gallery that will bo com plete nnd Interesting. Amtlmlt lUipalr CnntriKit. All important ordinance Isat present pend ing lu the council. It priwldus that thu city engineer shall roiort | monthly on the streets Included lu the Harbur asphalt ropiir con tract. Mr. Rosewater prepared tlio ordin ance and ho believes If il becomes a law tint there \vlll be a moro .strict compliance with the contract and that the asphalt streets will bo more promptly repaired than at pros- en t. t.Under Under the existing order of things the ra- pairs urcieported seml-annually. .liutllliiDln AHKiiult. Philadelphia Hecord : Judiro Did you give this man "provocation to strlko you ? 1'laintlir No. your honor. You sco , I win going along whistling "Aftor the Hall , " when ho sprang at me. and before Judge The prisoner is discharged , and you will please pay the coats. AMUSMMISNTS. NEW THEATER . .OPENING OF THE SEASON , TWO NIGHTS. TinS8n * NEW SPECTACULAR COMIC OPERA , * WIUTTKN AND COMPOSED 11Y Clay M. Greene , J. Clieever Goodwin and Randolph Cruger. i : 1IIOOKST SHOW OK T1IK SKA9ON. \7f \ PEOPLE IN JLJ TH i COMPANY INCLUDING SUCH WKIjL KNOWN ' AS Mr. Oi'orirn Tlialchvr , .MlHM A < U Walker. " OtlH H.irlan , ' Iliiiuoliii H.i > ilon , " Joint A. CuliMiian , llc'li'ii Jlvnm , " Hnvinun llooro , llcnrli'tt.i liyroit , " II. T. JOB.- . ( ilMCI ! ll.lllllIIUll , i ' II. W. Krlllnian , Jl-lllllll tfl'Ult. iI Chan , stilus Kiillii'fiiniMKCcn , I " Thus. I.mvln , Knxln DIMIIIW , " John 1) ily. D.ilhyVmlB , " ( ii-ii. W. IxtwlH , Cci'lfn rrfii'.iln , " Harry Ill.iniiy , Mauilii KurlM'H , " Harry I.lzhtwood , 1'Mllli Wllmiu , " Hitrry Muiin * . A 111. I Muru.d. PRINOIPAL SINGERS ANlJCOMtDIANS. And a Chorus of 35. A BRIGHT AND ORIGINAL lIBREttO. A TUFUL ANO CHICHI Ml A WtlTH OF BEAUIIFUL mm. AIIILTITIIDE G'RGEO'J5iy ' ) ' GOSfOHED. SKATS ON HAL1J TO.MOHUOW. Prices , iJ5c , 5Uo. 75o and 81.OO. FARNAM ST. THEATER POPULAR PRICES. Grand Opening SPECTACULAR COMEDY DRAMA The Wolves of New York Greatest Maclnnlcil Drama'1c Scenes Known to the Stam UON'T FAIL TO JiEE THE Room , nrnr Printing Honae Square. Kill K-aco Traok. IIL111 Telegraph Wire Tapping. Oil Dock with Working Mao iajry. EVERYTHING . , . NEW . AND NOVEL. ir < for tlio Itlrocitlint , nf 4IK. II'.OX.\HI ) ( HtOVIilt. , . . . Ho/o Jl/ll liH ( < | - - MH tl.V / < / ! / , ENGAGEMENT LASTS ALL THE WEEK.