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THIS OMAHA DAILY BEEl WEDNESDAY , JTEBRTJABY 10 , 1807. 5 SHARKEY RECOVERS HIS VOICE "California Png Opens Another Oratorical Contest. WANTS TO MEET PETE MAHLR NEXT Dim I/j-ncli Conxlilerx the Snllor-Piml- JHl iin < Jotil n Anjof Them , but Will Take On Hie IriNlimniit SAN FRANCISCO , Fob. 9. Dan Lynch , a backer mid ni.innscr of Sharkey , said last night Hint his protege Is residing at Vnlleja mill ha has heard nothing suliclautlal relallvo to a puren for a fight between himself nud Mnher that Is , no far ns the Nevada schcmo Is concerned. "I consider that Sharhey Is ns bit ; a drawing card ns either Fltzolnimons or Corbctt , jot 1 am willing to match Torn against Mnher In u conte.it to a llnUh If Stuart will nans tip a purse of $10.000. " said .Lynch last night. "A * there la only a limited tlmo for the roou to train properly for n llnlsh light , which must ho pulled off la Nevada on .March 17 , I am Inclined to be- llevo that the men will not meet In the Sago Hmsh slate. I had a talk with Wheelock. who Is one of the Stuart managers , when im was In this city , and I then gave him to understand that If Stuart was looking for ft second attraction and had Maher nnd Shirker In view , he must put tii > $10,000 or thcro would not be a. tight. ' . . . " \Vhcclock \ thought that the amount of the puree wna Ion much , but when I handed him n telegram which I had received from a prominent eastern 'porting mnn concerning r.u offer made by one of the big eastern clubs for a ten or nttecn-inund contest be tween Maltur und Suarkoy , he changed lta mind and said he would wrlto Stuart and explain the. situation. I have not heard since from Wheelock or Stuart , and I pro- mine thnlr silence means them will not tie n meeting between Peter nnd Tom In Novaili. If a match were made I would not lies tale to hack Sharkey In any sum from Jl.ooo to $ r > ,000 a side , but Mr. Slier would not be the referee. " " WIN- HEAVILY ON TWO RACKS. Crowd nt St. I.imljt HcnlM AVIrc * Until Iliiiililex Stop the Oiiiiio. t ST. LOUIS , Feb. . A lellllng was made In the pool rooms jcstcrdny ; on the flrit two rncos nt Oakland , nnd would have been re- j > ? aled on tha third race had not the seared bookmakers wiped everything oft the boards nnd refused to make any bets. Just at the last moment before the first race nt Oakland a crowd wont In heavily on Basqul. They won. Just before the operator yelled "they nro off , " In the second race , the same crowd plunged heavily on Palmcraton , who was at 8 to 1 , and when the horse came In a winner there was ccnsternatlon among the book maker * . Hnyden & Schrleber's place was caught for several thousand dollars , and held up the winnings until cor.flrmntlon of the result cculd be- had , The Information was received that other pool rooma had been Btuck on the race and the house positively refused to pay out any moro money. At the height of the excitement the same crowd began putting up their money on Salisbury for the third raco. Their odds were quickly wlpid off , but Salisbury won. It Is not bol loved that any wires were tapped , but the winning waj made by beating the telegraph service of the pool rooms. It Is siild the results from San Francisco ure first wired to New York nnd from there distributed to the pool rooms in the middle states. The mon who turned the trick here are believed to have got the results direct from the Oak land track , thus beating the regular service a fo.v mlhutps. The bookmakers refuse testate state tUa arrount of their losses. I.UAGUI3 POLITICS GROW WAUM. Lively Tlmo nt Allmny Over the Con text for 1'reHlileiit. ALBANY , N. Y. , Feb. 3. By tomorrow morning 90 per cent of the delegates to the League of American Wheelmen convention will have arrived. The league will begin Its session tomorrow morning. Lieutenant Governor Woodruff will deliver the address of welcome and President Elliott will open . .tho good roads program , after which he will turn the discussion over to the chairman of the committee on highways , Mr. Potter , who will preside during the day. The west now holds the key to the situa tion In the fight for national president. It wants E. C. Morrison of Wisconsin for vlco president nnd will boom him. The Illinois contingent Insist on putting up Connolly of Illinois for president , but he has little erne no supporters except from his own state. J. S. Hoblns of Illinois says Morrison has thirty-five delegates solid for him for presi dent and only his friendship for Potter pre vents him from running. These delegates will bo used to support any candidate Mor risen will espouse. A caucus of the west ern delegates was held tonight. It was de cided that If Potter would pledge the sup port of Now York to Morrison , the latter's following would support him for the presi dency. The New1 York delegation will do ns Potter wishes. The Potter supporters wilt have a conference tomorrow night. AUST1LAI.IA SEXUS A TEAM. Coinliuv to Compete Tt-ltli America nt ItH Own GIIIIIC. SAN FRANCISCO , Feb. 9. America Is this year to be Invaded by an Australian base ball tcnm , , and the admirers ! of the catlona ! game wll ) have a chance to witness a sorlus of International contests. Ameri cans have had , in international athletic hports , yachting , la crosse and cricket , but Internutlonal base ball will be a decided novelty. American teams have tried con clusions with other countries , but never In America , cowequently tbo tour of the Australians will attract widespread Interest. Manager Mi'tgrovo can be expected hero by any steamer. Ho will be remembered as ( ho manager of the last Australian cricket team that visited this city , and has beeu given carte blancha to arrange all pre liminaries. U Is intended to send over fifteen , men. The following nine haa been definitely chosen : Laver , Ingleton , Mc Allister , Mellay , Wallace , Kemp , Kills , Smith and Ewers , The Melbourne Leader , In discussing cussing- the proposed visit , says : "Mr. Mltfonl and others who have had extensive experience in the game , , both in America nud Australia , express the opinion that If they had some coaching , with , a II rat elans pitcher , and their matches are arranged continuously there Is every reasonable prospect for the undertaking being success ful. " _ YAI.E-IIAIIVAHI > CAPTAINS MEET. KITortM to AiIjiiHt Atlilftlu DIllIeultloH uf Ttru 'VarxUleN. * .CAMBRIDGE. Mass. , Fob. 8. Captain Dalley of the Yale crow had a conference hero with Captain Goodrich of Harvard In regard 'to tbo ( ithlotte dimculttes between the two universities. Captain Goodrich would say nothing as to the result of the meetIng - Ing , but said U might have some bearing ou the final settlement of the matter. Whether Yale has made any distinct proposition through Captain lialloy in not known. As Harvard has decided to row but 0110 race , Yale will have to enter the Cornell trace or there will bo no meeting between the crimson and the blue this year. It docs not seem at all unlikely that Yale will ultimately agree to Harvard's original pioposltlon , which did not necessarily Insist on Yale entering the Cornell race. The exact preposition by Harvard cannot bo divulged at present , but no conditions were made which did not bear equally on both parties. Iatl M AVIiin the Hunt. NEW YORK , Feb. 8. The twenty-flvo- round bout between the lightweight cham pion , George ( Kid ) Lavlgne of Saglnaw , Mich. , * nd "Kid" McPartland of this city , which was brought off last night at the Droaduay Athletic club , resulted In favor of the former. That McPartland could last the limit In the face of such a rapid fighter as Lavlguo waa nuver dreamed of by the most sanguine of his friend ? , but he did It. and by doing no hU clock has goie up wonderfully In the pugi listic market. These two boys met for the lightweight champlonihlp at 133 pounds and each welshed In to the othei'd satisfaction. Jjivlgne , of course , was ( bo favorite , but a creat many Lets were lost and won as to the duiatloa of the bout. From the beglualug of the bout MoPartland was kepi on the de fensive , and bo held It all through. Lavtxnc seemed puzzled at tlmw at MnPartland's clever dodging and ducking , and a : he after ward exclaimed r "Mac's a cltver one , but ho'i iso awkward that It'a hardto get al him. " In the early part of tli * bout It looked as K McPartland would surely P > under. Iut ! several times durlr.s the flRnt he pulled himself together and landed his clever left Inconveniently for Lavlgne on tint worthy's head , neck and J\w. L vl < ? ne did most of the fighting , howcrcr. and Referee - ereo Dick Roche's decision In hla favor was received by the 3,009 spectator * as a fiood one. _ JIM BKlS SHOOTIN < r S'J'H.VinllV. fetn ! l-'Uly-HlBlillpiU , All He Hml , Without n Mix * . ARAPAHOH. Neb. , Feb. O. fSpMlal Tele gram. ) Jim Ikn , Arap.ihoo's crack shot , today In practicing for hh match with George Nlcolal , which 1 in he sho1 at Sut- tnn tomorrow , for $100 a side , 100 birds each , convinced his many admirers hf-rc that ho In as good as the best of them by killing fifty-eight live birds straight , being all ho had to practice on. He used the second end barrel but four times lu accomplishing this record. MVP Hint .Shoot nt IUi ( Springy. HOT SPRINGS , At ! : . . Feb. 9. In the first day of Iho week's midwinter live bird shoot the wlnncra were : Sharp , BarttMt , Dickey , Keller , Sirgcant , Murphy , Dubray , Helkcs , Houston and Sumstor. Ill VIS STOCIC nXCISIitiRNT SI I.ITU. Cntdn Otviicr Iluiiorfq I'lcnty of Feed III .South Dnkiiln. PinRRK , S. D. , Feb. 9. ( Special. ) Louh LaPlant. one of the most cxtcntlvo cattle owners on ttio rnngc , stated today that one of hl men had Just returned from a rldi > oT seventy-five Miles out on the range coun try , looking over the section between Dad river and White river , and that he had In. Bpectcd at. least 00,000 bead of range cattle on the trip. He found them all In first-class shape , with plenty of range ; that the- only dead ones he found were one old cow and one steer , which had been killed by wolves. HURON , S. D. , Feb. 9. ( Special. ) Traffic on this division of the Chicago & North western railway has again been re umcd and Immense quantities of freight Is being dls. trlbuted at all stations. Thcro Is DO longer danger of a fuel famine , even nt remote points. The Great Northern is yet burled beneath from six to twelve feet of snow , and no effort Is being made to raise the blockade on that line- between Watertown and this city. Mail Is carried between stations by teams. The last train over this line from Watrrtowii to Huron was In January. CltAAVfc'OUU TO IIVI5 I.V UI3AUWUOD. la-s-Attorin-y Ciein-ral Will H nun tec In the 1'rne.tiee uf I.n\v , PIERRE , S. D. , Feb. 9. ( Special Tele , gram. ) Colonel Crawford , ex-attorney gen eral and republican candidate for congress , returned this morning from Deadwood , whcro he made arrangements for going Into law practice. Ho expects to be located there by March 1. James Phillips returned this morning from a trip to Arizona , where he purchased about 10.000 head of cattle , which ho will put on the range west of here early In the spring. Ho reports several other ranch men from this state buying cattle In that section. The ( sanitarium question hero Is finally settled upon , and work will commence early In March. The first meeting of the stock holders will be held here the 20th of this month and will bo followed by active work. Ex-Governor 'Merrlam and P. Lampher of St. Paul are Interested In the move. Sncmniul Oold nt Huron. HURON , S. D. , Feb. 9. ( Special Tele gram. ) Wind and snow this afternoon com pelled railway trains again to tie up and have made wagon roads Impassable. It Is growing colder tonight. GOM.MLMICIAI , Cl.Un COMMITTEES. Ilcritictloii of Freljrlit HiiteH OlxciiNx anil Xciv Meiuliern Eleeted. The appointment of committees engaged most of the time of the members of the Commercial club's executive committee this afternoon , A communication relative to the establish ment of a cabinet of business men to advise with Mayor Droatch upon public matters was received from , the mayor and read. The matter was referred to the mayor and J. H. Dumont. Resolutions of regret on the death of Olln N. Davenport were adopted. A letter from 0. D. Frary , secretary of the Agricultural Implement and Vehicle Manu focturors' association , asking for concerted action In a movement to take the consular service of the United States out of the domain of politics , was referred to Messrs. Stcele , Poppleton and Weller. The care of the eastern press concerning exposition matters was placed in the hands of Messrs. Haynes , Utt and Chase. There WES a considerable discussion of a movement for reduced freight rates , but not for publication. William D. Sterling. C. O. Fuller , Richard S. Horton and John Power were 'elected to membership. Chairman Edward Daum of the executive committee then announced the following standing committees for the ensuing year : Finance Glass , Metz and Vlerlltiff. Auditing Itoberson , Carpenter and Palmer. Judiciary Poppleton , Keyser and Ken nedy. Membership Ilavwnnl , Chase and ITospe. Property and Itopms Allen , Cady nnd George. N Conventions and Entertainments Lln- ingcr. Peters and Fry. Municipal Affairs Dumont , Steplo and Smith . Exposition Wilhelm , Price nnd Noycs. Railroads Bruce , Weller nnd Plckens. KM'IIESS MESSE.\C3RIl AVAS GAME. TakeH n Shot nt n. Triiln Ilolilier ivlth Ileiully ElTeet. LOS ANGKLE3 , Fob , 9. A dispatch has Just been received to the effect that at 10:10 : the westbound Santa Fo train , due at Los Angeles at 1:30 p. m. , was held up and robbed 1'y t-vo masked men near Nelson , a suijii station khout six miles east of Peach Springs , Ariz. Ono of the robbers was killed by the express messenger. The train robbers stopped the train by signal , and , as tha engineer stepped out of the cab to ascertain the COUPO of the trouble , an armed and masked man commanded him to cut off the onglna and run ahead a quarter of a mile , which he did. The robbers then turned their attention to the mall car , their com mand to open the door being compiled with. Ono robber entered the car and commenced picking up the loose registered packages. The robber started for the express car then , but McBiengor Summers quickly cponed tha doer and with extraordinary coolness , shot Ihs robber dead. The other man then escaped , taking with him a few registered packages. The dead robber waa taken to Peach Springs , but has not yet been Identified. KINGMAN , Ariz. , Feb. 9. Indian trailers and a deputy sheriff started before daylight on the trail of the train robber who- escaped - capod after holding up the train at Nelnon last night. Snow fell last night , but this morning Is clear , and It Is supposed the trailers will have no trouble running down the robber. The Identity of the robber klllod by Messenger wV. C. Summers Is still unknown. He was a cowboy. The mall clerk Insists there were several robbers , but tbo engineer and fireman saw only one after the shooting by the messenger. The rcbber secured nothing except a few regis tered packages and letters from the mall car , the through pouches being unmolested. IiiJurleH to the IlroiiUlyn. PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 9.-Tho armored cruiser Brooklyn was successfully placed on the dry dock this morning at League Island navy yard nnd for the first tlmo tdnre it run afoul of the rocks on Schooner I"ilct , over a week ago , the full extent of the Injuries were made known , For a distance of nearly 173 feet the bottom of the port slda U bruised and dented ani lorn , wlillu on the starboard side t.tu platen are punched In , but not broken. The great est damage is on the port side , where thcro la one hole big enough for u man to crawl through und a number of smaller holes , caused by the Htralning of thu plates. One of the bhulea of the port propeller Is some what bent on the end nnd a small sue. lion of the end Is broken. Thu repairs will tnku about alx or tUrit iwccka of steady labor. IT/HOT 1'im i't i n AP fTiPPfin HOIST HIE RAG OF GREhCE Situation m tbo Island Orowa Moro Critical Day by Day , CRETANS ISSUE A CALL EOR ASSISTANCE Flertx May Hnve Ileen Com- licllcil to Tnke Aiilloii to Prevent Ulnni-ilem nt Cniien. ATHENS , Feb. 0. According to the latest reports from Cauca thn situation on thu island of Crcto Is critical , to ay the least. In Canca , It 1s said , the Clulstlaiu have hoisted theUrcck flag and invited the commander of the Greek fleet to train his guns on the city In the name ot the king of Greece. It Is also stated that the Greek squadron , on arriving at Canea , did not salute the Turkish ( lag. If these rumors are true , the whole Island Is probably In the turmoil ot war and lite foreign fleets may have taken action to prevent further disorders. The proclama tion issued by the Cretan committee In this city yesterday , calling upon all freemen for assistance , was received with great enthus iasm and many responses have been made In the shape of financial donations and offers of physical services , It necessary. Cries of "Long Live the King , " and "Long Llvo Crete" are heard on thn streets In nil parts of the city. Nor nro the demonstra tions In favor of union with Crcto confined to this city. Reports from cities and towns In all parts of the kingdom Indicate that the people are aroused and determined to make the present trouble on the Island ot Crcto an occasion for revenging themselves on their old enemies , the Turks , by gaining control of Crete. The Island belongs to TurKey - Key , but has a numerous Grecian population. Its history Is one ot bloodshed since the Turks wrested It from the Venetians In 1CG9. The progressive spirit o ! tbo Greeks makes them desirous of throwing oft the Turkish yoke. Fighting between , the fanatic Mus sulmans and Christians has been going on for some tlmo and only last year Turkey was forced by the concert of the powers to In stitute reforms which , however , seem to have been of little benefit. In the lost few weeks dally ropnrts of massacres of Christians have been received and there has been a tromen1 doua pressure on the Grecian government to suctor the persecuted Christians. The representatives of some of the powers have expressed to tbo Greek government surprise at the fact that war ships had been sent to the Island of Crete and that open demonstrations In favor of the union ot Greece and Crete are tolerated throughout the kingdom. The report that the Christians are forming a provisional government Is not given much credence in this city , as the latest news from Canca Indicates that the Christians are fighting under the flag of Greece all along the line. The Official Gazette today publishes a royal decree commissioning all the available war ships of Greece , and ordering the Im mediate dispatch of additional ships to the Island of Crete. Advices from Canea arrived hero this afternoon , saying that the Turkish troopa and armo'l Mussulmans have had a fight with Christians In the environs of Canea. Fifteen soldiers were killed. GREEK SHflPS GOING TO CRETE. ATHENS , Feb. 9. The Greek cruiser Hlaoulls has started for Retlmo , where the Mussulmans have occupied the Christian quarters and are pillaging the stores and houses. Three thousand Turkish troons have 'been concentrated at Salonlca In readi ness to embark for the island of Crete , but the Steam Navigation company refuses to convoy them to their destination until the money for therlr passage is paid. It is an nounced hero that a decree will bo Issued ordering the entire Greek fleet to be ready for service at sea. NEW YORK , Feb. 9. A dispatch to the Herald from. St. Petersburg says : No sym pathy is felt hero for hot-headed , peace- disturbing methods. Russians understand thoroughly the scheming intrigues worked through Athens. The semi-official sugges tion coming from Vienna , that the powers should hold Greece responsible for the ris ings of the moment meets with considerable approval , as it is recognized that Greece for Its own selfish ambition does not hcsltato to endanger the peace of Europe , that peace of which Russian and France are champions. In regard to the Cretan question , the Novoe Vremya thinks that no reforms can bo ap plied .until order Is restored. The Glasnost is of the opinion that the signal for the riots in Crete was given by the Ylldlz kiosk. The Novosti says that the same scenes will occur whenever an attempt Is made to apply reforms In Turkey. LONDON , Feb. 9. Private and official ad vices and private letters from English offi cers show that the troubles In the Island of Crete are undoubtedly caused by Greek agitators and that Christians are undoubt edly the aggressors. The Greek govern ment , believing that the end of the Otto man empire Is at hand , thinks the time opportune to carry out the long-cherished desireto annex the Island of Crete. Public officials here and on the Island regard the situation as serious and as threatening tbo peace of the whole of Europe. In the event of a collision between Turkey and Greece , it Is doubtful whether the entente - tonto o'f the powers could be maintained. The papers everywhere urge the powers to bring pressure to bear on Greece In order to prevent further aggravation .of Turkey. It Is announced today that Turkish war ships and a transport have left Constanti nople for the Island of Crcto and that In splto of the advice of his mlrtlsfers nnd of the ambassadors , the sultan favors the dis patch of troops and repressing the troubles by force. A dispatch to the Tlmos from Canea says : The immediate cause of tha outbreak was the news of the troubles at Hcrakllon. De- fore dawn one-half of the Mohammedans had loft the town and great numbers fired upon Galata and other villages. The Christians descended from tbo mountains In strong force and during the next two days there were Incessant conflicts around Canca , in which the Christians appear to have had the advantage. The efforts of the consuls and bishop to pacify them /ailed and the Moham medans , whoso anger bad been aroused to the utmost , found themselves unable to con tinue their expedition Into the country. The oxcltomcnt among the Christians of Canca was Increased , but the first fighting in the town was on Thursday , which commenced with desultory shots and in a few moments became general and Incessant. The shooting continued until dark. Among the victims were Turkish soldiers , tout the troops , never theless , under great provocation , behaved ex cellently , LONDON , Feb. 10 , A special from Canea says the commanders of the foreign men-of- war now concentrated off tbo Island ot Crete have notified the captains of the Greek war ships that no isolated action on the part of the Greeks , such , as bombarding Canea or the landing of troops , will bo permitted. The StriuiKeitt Fortillculloii Against disease , one which enables us to undergo unscathed risks from hurtful clim atic Influences , exposure , overwork and fatigue , Is the vigor that Is Imparted to a debilitated physique by the peerless med icinal safeguard. Hosteller's Stomach Hit ters. You may possess this vigor In a higher degree than the trained athlete , al though your musrcular development may bo far Inferior to his. Vigor Implies sound , good digestion and sound repose , two bless ings conferrol by the Illttora , which remedies malarial , rheumatic , iiervous and kidney trouble. _ Shot ( or u tiliiHM uf llei-r , CHICAGO , Feb. 9. Thomas Redmond , an J , oldtlme Jockey known as "Texas Tom , " shot and mortally wounded John Stewart In a saloon on South Clark street , where Redmond was bartender. U Is said Red mend was under the Influence of liquor at the time. Ho says bo shot Stewart because tbo latter refused to pay for a glass of beer he had ordered. Iloiiril of I.nily MnnnuerM. The following named women have con sented to allow their names to bo balloted upon In tha selection of members of the Lady Doxrd ot Managers of the TrantiuUalailppI Bxpoiltlou ; Mesdames J. H. Mclnloeli , Thomas L. Klmball , N. P. Fell , W. W. Kcysor. Giaco D. Sudborough and W. P. Halford. South Omaha News. Secretary DcrRqulst-of the Doard ot Educa tion has received ovjrfa dozen letters from bond brokers In th < < e t Inquiring about the proposed Issue of scjicol ( district bonds. This U all very gratllyih , and It U thought that there will bo ny'Oliuculty ' In dfaposlns ot tha bonds at n prt'ftlltini , providing the prcpcattlon Is carrl l nil the coming ok-c- tlon. The boar ? has tlerldsd to submit the proposition to Issue $15,000 In bonds for the ptirpHi ot making Impnivcmenta nnd build ing additions to the .scjiaol houses. In 'peaking about nchebl matters ) eater- day , Member Tnlbot ot the school board , said that ho had n plan whereby he thought some thing like $2,000 could be saved during the school year of 1S97-OS. Ho proposes to cut the Ralar'os of the weak teachers , and , at the same time , give some of the younger teachers , who are entitled to n raise , n lit tle more money. > liy a judicious cutting , he Is of opinion that tbo nmount mentioned can bo saved , and tlmt the teachers affcc'ed will not feel Inclined to look for schools elsewhere. It Is not the Intention to cut the salaries of any ot the high-priced teachers and principals. The reductions. If any are made , will be among thote receiving $00 nnd JG5 n month. Mr. Talbol Is afrnld lhat It any cut U made In the salaries of the better class of teachers and the principals , they would look elsewhere for employment , and he says the schools ot South Omaha canitot afford to do without some of this expensive timber. This matter of reducing wngra Is to be thoroughly Investigated by the board , nnd also by the members of the committed on teachers , and the best thing for the schools will bo done. Mr. Talbot thinks ho has dis covered an error In the revenue of the school district. Ho asserts that the board received taxes on a valuation ofonly $1,400,000 , while the valuation turned In by the assessors last year was $1CSO,000 < This matter Is also to be investigated , POSTOFFICE SITES Itf"EVIDENCE. . Iot Owner * AnxtniiN to .Sell to the ( iove'riinieiit. The dispatches In The Dee from Washington , to the effect that the govern ment had refused to purchase the Geary site for postofPcc purposes , were not n great surprise to many , as some such nptlon wns expected. The decision Is of course n great disappointment to Tom Geary end Dan Hannon. Mr. Geary Is out something like ? 1.000 by the delay , as ho has been com pelled to refuse several good rentora for the building which stands on his portion of th3 slto. Geary Is of the opinion that the government Is liable for his leas nnd In tends seeing If he can recover damages , i The actlpn of the department puts the post- office question back to where it was nearly a year ago. " Owners of other'sltos nro hope ful nnd will urge the advantages of their claims to the officials of the Treasury de partment. The Glasgow site bobs up again and Its owner Is confident that the corner at Twenty-third and M slrcets will ultimately bo chosen. Owners of the Fahy alto at the northeast comer of Twenty-fourth nnd M streets are again showing interest in the deal and will push their claims. The site at Twenty-fourth and O streets will also claim attention. Everyone hopes that the government will send an Jnspector here soon to chjosa another location so that the work of building can be 'commenced as soon as the frost 's ' out of the ground. | Many CnnillilnteH in the Flelil. Candidates for mcmberi of the board of woman managers of the Transmlsslsslppl Ex position w.ere plentiful about the city yester day. While the women directly interested did not get out nnd aoenly canvass for votes themselves , each candidate had a number of friends hard at wofk. and a number of caucuses were held in different parts of the city during the day. The mass meeting next Friday afternoon promises to be an Interesting one , and' ' it' ' Us doubtful If the Young Men's Christian association parlors are large enough to hold the crowd that will be on hand. f Slncn Mrs. Mead was announced ns a can didate , tbe-Bamca of..a dozen or more women equally p-fomlnent , are .being mentioned. In some- cases the men folks are taking n hand In the contest , and the fight for thp two places , while it will , of course , be friendly , will bo spirited. Among these who ore being mentioned era : Mesdames D L Holmes. Robert L. Wheeler , W. G. Sioane , John M. Tanner , L. C. Gibson , William Derry , A. L. Lott , C. M. Schlndel. C. "L. Tal bet , Hiram Hall , J. C. Carley. James O. Martin , A. A. Munro , C. H. Watts , R. D. Montgomery , John Carroll , T. H. Ensor , E. D. iTowl , J.M. _ Westerflela , W. D. Vansant , R. A. Carpenter and Thomas Geary. Family In Dentltute Condition. The attention of the city officials has been called to a case of destitution In the family of J. T. East , Seventeenth and N streets. Two of the children are sick and the father has no money to buy food with , lot alone medicines. The family moved here from Kansas last October and Mr. East has been able to find work a portion of the time , but not at wages sufficient 'to allow him to lay up any money. An appeal for fuel was mode to County Commissioner Hector , but ho re fused to give the family any coal for the reason that they had not lived in the state a sufficient time. The charity commltteo of the council supplied Mr. Est with half n ton of coal , but clothing , food and medicine are also needed. INiIlee I uriilNh Xer . FIve of the members 'of the police depart ment have filed mow bonds in the sum of $500. The officers' names nnd bonds men follow : John Riches , bonds men , John Kotnra nnd Frank Kout- sky ; James Sheahan , bondsmen , Daniel Hannon and Patrick Sheeny ; Mike Corcoran , bondsmen , John J. Ryan nnd William Dyrne ; John Deters , bondsmen , F. J. Eggor nnd Fred Drews ; P. McDonough , bondsmen , John Conroy and William Dyrne. , City Mrs. II. D. Montgomery , Lincoln , is hero visiting friends. J. F. Jarman , Springfield , was a visitor in the city yesterday. George Harvey , Gage , 1Vyo. , Is registered at end of the hotels. C. D. Pierce , Cincinnati , is In the city calling on old friends' . Michel Welsh. Emerson , is InUhe city ths guest of Dan Hannon. F. D. Swoboda , Sterling , was In tbo lty with friends yesterday. William Charlton , Hlckraan , Is bore lookIng - Ing after property Interests. George Dare , Carroll , la. . Is spending a few days here with his family. J. C. Ganlloclet , Fremont. Is In the city tho-guest of Rev. Irvlhgi IVJohnson. . George Todd , PlatlsmWth , was here yes- tnrday visiting the JJayfleld brothers. Henry Thompson , Lakeside , Idaho , was at the yards yesterday .With , four cars of cat ' ' tle. - ; ; , J. F. Jackson and Kklr Wade , prominent Oregon cattlemen , arj > ' , [ n,4ho city for n few days. Charles Noyes , Weeping Wa .er , Is the guest of Frank Clarke Twenty-sixth and P streets. ! it i Henry Oest Is arrarigihg to put a German play on the boards nt 'Sangcr ' hall In the near future. , ; > B ) < E. O. West , a won known Wyoming farmer , Is In the city > uEnalng to some busi ness mailers. Dlds for painting. thej'.f ' wo viaducts and feeding HID city prisoners will bo adver tised for today , " n , W. D. Kemp , brotWr.qf . E. W. Kemp of tbo Sun staff , died yesterday at hla home at Pickering , Mo. , Thursday evening the ( Scandinavian Po litical club will meet at Koutaky'a hall to prepare for the sprlnar campaign , The Ladlei' Aid society of the- Christian church will meet thla afternoon with MM , Jacobs , 522 North Twentieth street. J. D. Davis came up- from Colon yester day to purchase a car pr two of feeder cat tle to eat up hla surplus corn crop. George Carlton ot the stock yards at Sioux City , la. , was the guast yesterday of the officers of the tynlon Stock Yards com pany. Mi s Mary Lyons , Louisville , and Miss Mary Graham. Richfield , are tbo gueits of MUs Stella Alexander , Twenty-seventh and Armour streets. , W. A. Marsh , Dorlln , Mo. , was hero yea- torday buying fcodercattlo to take homo with him. Although nearer to Kansas City than to this point Mr. Marsh prefers to pur here , as ho considers the quality ot stock on sale much the best. The Modern Woodmen will Rive a basket social at Foresters' hall tnls evening The team ot the Woodmen will glvo A drill dur ing the evening. Thrco Rambling houses have made a dona tion ot $50 each for the privilege of running during the month ot February. Aa usual the policy shop failed to pay up. At Masonic hall this evening South Omaha Illvo No. 15 , Ladles ot the Mncoabecs , will give n dancing party. All frlcndu ot thn order and Its members nro Invited. Nebraska lodge No. 227 , Ancient Order of United Workmen , will give a ball at the Young Men's Institute hall this evening for the benefit of one of its disabled members. 0. A. Schoyer nnd W. II. Ramseycr of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway car de partment with headquarters at Chicago , were visitors at the packing houses and stockyards yesterday. Th6 Ladles' Guild of St. Martin's church gave a New England dinner at the homo of Mrs. Horcy , Twenty-fourth and J streets , last evening. After the dinner the young folks entertained and the evening was pleas antly spent. A business meeting of the- Young Men's Christian Association Ulues will bo held nt the association parlors Thursday evening. The boys will mnkc arrangements for the supper whlcl they lost to the Reds In Iho membership contest | COUDON 1IOM1S A AI.\ST UMTT. Police Jmlixe Denounce * the Holler liiMieclor'M Metlioiln. Samuel KaU , secretary nnd treasurer ot the Kntz-Nevlns company , most successfully defended a case In police court yesterday. It wns one wherein n license ordinance had been violated. Dan Corcoran , the fireman In the building occupied by the company , was arrested on a warrant sworn out by Boiler Inspector Unltt , charging the running of a heating plant without a license. The trial offered an opportunity to show up the system In vogue In the inspection department , the pecullarlllcs ot the ordinance and some of Mr. Kntz's troubles. Kalz Informed the court that some tlmo ago ho bad in his employ a fireman , who was dismissed , and thai his troubles began when ho tried to re-engage another. He succeeded In obtaining ono man who possessed a license from the examining board of the city , but he found him to bo n man who drank and was Incapable. He was dis charged and lu his place Mr. Katz employed a fireman who had been employed In one of the large establishments In Iho city. This new .man was brought up beforo-tho examin ing board , but was refused a license be cause he did not know enough to run a locomotive , although ho wns perfectly com petent to fire boilers. Katz became dis couraged and therefore asked Holler Inspector specter Unltt to send n capable man to him. Unltt sent Iho defendant , Dan Corcoran. Corcoran was armed with recommendations from the superintendent of the water works company and from other firms. He possessed also a stationary fireman'b ' license signed by Unltt , which upon Its face allowed him to fire boilers for ono year from the date of the license , which was December 26 of last year. In the face of this permit Corcoran was ar- resled. Doller Inspector Unitt gave an explana tion of this procedure. He elated that he had given the permit to Corcoran with the understanding the he waa to appear before the examining board when It met and that he was to bo examined as to his compe tency. Corcoran did appear before the board and was refused a license because ho did not know enough to run an engine , something ho was not required to do In the Kalz-Nevlns establishment. After Corcoran bad failed to pass the examination the boiler Inspector held he was not fit to fire boilers and ono day , when it was cold , be ordered Corcoran to let the boilers alone. Consequently when Mr. Katz came around ho found the flro outi and the 150 girls em ployed In his establishment slowly freezing. "If the boiler Inspector did not know when ho Issued this license to my fireman thai Iho man was not competent , " said Mr. Katz , "he certainly does not know enough to bo empowered to Issue licenses. " Judge Gordon also passed some strictures upon the method employed by the department. Ho especially spoke regarding the Indefinltencss of the license ordinances , saying that they were hard to understand. "Tho whole system is wrong in the boiler Inspecting department , " added the court. "The boiler inspector says that he gave this permit to Corcoran In order to let htm operate a plant until It was learned by examination whether ho was competent. It Is not right that the boiler Inspector should be given this power , because ha might glvo a permit to an Incompetent man and thereby expose the lives of many people to danger. " The court held that Corcoran did not In tentionally violate the ordinance so long at , ho had the permit and therefore discharged him. Mr. Katz maintained that the man was fully competent to run the heating plant and therefore ordered him back to work. The boiler inspector Intimated an Intention of causing his arrest again if he did so. IIOIIEMIA.V 1IEXEVOLEXT SOCIETY. I'roNpeet of a Ilrenlc in the Orivanlui- tlon liyVeHtem MemlierH. Delegates from Nebraska , Minnesota , North Dakota , Iowa and Wisconsin , repre senting thirty-one lodges and 2,500 of the members ot the Bohemian Dencvolent so ciety , a fraternal Insurance order , mot at Metz hall , on South Thirteenth street , yes terday afternoon and formulated articles ot secession , which if adopted at the meeting today , will place them outside the Jurisdic tion of the parent lodge. The Dohei-lan Denovolent society Is ono of the oldest of the fraternal life insurance orders , having been organized forty-three years ago In the eastern states. During Iho paal few years there has been a disposition among the eastern lodges to hold back and not push out for members. The _ lodges In the western states have advocated a dif ferent course and have Insisted upon In creasing the membership. When this propo sition was brought before the last grand lodge , the western delegates were outvoted by the eastern members nud nothing was left but for them lo accepl the terms or rebel. The terms offered by the eastern lodges they refused to accept , and a few months ago they called the meeting that Is now being held in this city. The question of seceding will be put to n vote this after noon , and if carried steps will be at once taken looking to the creation of a western jurisdiction. In the past the Bohemian Benevolent so ciety has limited the insurance to $1,000 for each member , but It Is now proposed to In crease. the amount to $2,000 , In the event anew now jurisdiction Is created , both Texas and South Dakota have Intimated that they will como In and cut loose from the old society. I.nwtnit-Vitlll Mrs. Minnie lloth Vnlll was quietly mar ried yesterday afternoon nt 4 o'clock to Charles D , Lawton , a uromlnent mining engineer of Colorado , the ceremony taking place nt the residence or Mrs , Vnlll's mother , 'Mrs. ' Martha Field Heth. About n score of the nearest relatives nnd most Intimate friends were present. Rev. llob- ort Doherty , principal of Drownell Hall performed the ceremony. Mr. nnd Mrs. Liwson left last evening for Lawton , Mich. , wrtere they will vUlt relatives of Iho groom yor a levdays. . afterward Journeying eastward to upend fomo tlmo in New York , Philadelphia , Washington and Richmond. They will re turn about the mlddln of March and upend Homo tlmn hern before taking up their homo In Colorado. Hlnle Fair The board of managers of the stnto fair met at the Mlllard hotel last nlghl nnd began the work of revising Ihe premium list for the fair ncxl fall. This wa quite u task und It occupied the board all the uvonlng. It will bo In Hcnslon again all of today , nnd possibly all of tomorrow , The hoard li considering several Innova tions for the fair thla year , which may b adopted today , but the memuers would not state specifically what they were until they had been duly considered and passed upon. MiiNlual Heeltul. Under the auspices of the Young Pee ple's Society of Christian Endeavor thn puplU of Mhs Zulema Fuller's cluha Jn rlocutlon gnvo n very enjoyable recital In the parlorii of thn Kountzo Memorial church last night. The evening was given over to vocal and Instrumental music , to gether with several rerltntlonj The Binding Society Norden furnished several vocal Hciectlons. "I have been afflicted with an affection of the Throat from childhood , caused by diphtheria , and have used various remedies , but have never found anything equal to Brown's Brouchlal Troches. " Rev , G. M , 7 , Coming with a Rush To help us Clear out our Broken Lots. All the Ladies' $5.0 ° aoth Century and French Calf and Enamels 's Shoes , Ladies' Shoes , The sizes nro badly broken up The new dark brown shade In our $7.00 Knamuls so of the lace Kxtcnded Solo we cut the price oil those < Shoes tlmt were $3.00 _ _ tlmt nro left to . broken sizes cut Uicm to..O.UU A lot of ? 0.00 Enamels for. . . 3-50 The Box Calf Shoes , the ? I.OO A lot of $5.00 Eiinmcls for. . . 2 98 nnd $ . " .00 Wet Weather , Shoes all . nt A lot of Winter Tans Hie go roRiilatlon ? 5.00 kind \vc cut them to . * All the munll sizes of Shoes that sold up to 35.00 all The 0.0d winter Tnns OQ ? lire go In one lot nt. . . . . . . llOC decidedly the best bargains In the sale nt . 3.98 Lots of $5.00 and $0.00 Patent Leathers at . 3-25 The best Patent Leather bar- pain of the season Is our Mikado toes beautiful lu design perfect in make The sizes of the cloth nnd kid they were 57.00 but lack of . _ _ tops that sold for ? .no are sizes cuts them to . 4.OU nearly complete but we cut . . them to. . . . , . . . . . 1.4o A line oC Full Dress Shoes ? G.OO nnft 97.00 cloth top . ' The Misses' Lace lUit- and congress styles cut to..4.UU - ton Shoes worth up to $2.00 Wo are throwing away a pair arc cut to . that's the way It seems n lot of $4 and $5 linnd There's a broken lot of made Calf Shoes for . Misses' Shoes that used to A few Solid Shoes on the sell for up to. $1.75 that now round toes cut from nct we've cut to. . . . . . . . $4 to 2,9O Some Children's $1.2o Shoes 20 per ceut off 011 all Ilauau & because the sizes are broken . _ Sons' Shoes. they are cut to . 7oC 1419 FARNAM ST CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS Short Session Owing to the Death of Councilman BenaWs Wife. NO ACTION RELATIVE TO THE TAX LEVY Telephone Compnny Mu1.es an Inter- f I'rniMiHlton to Tnlte Charge of the Fire nnd I'o- lice Alarm SyHteni. No action relative to the tax levy was taken at the adjourned council meeting last night on account of the absence of Chair man Dcnawa of the finance committee , who was detained by the death of bis wife. The council spent an hour in cleaning up some of the routine matters that had accumu lated on the clerk's desk and tben ad journed to Thursday night out of respect for Mr. Dcnnwa. Wheeler , Mercer and Lunt were appointed a committee to draw up appropriate resolutions of sympathy with the absent member. Mayor Droatch transmitted a communi cation from P. L. Haller , which contained an argument in favor of a 1 mill levy for the library fund. It was referred to the commltteo of the whole. The contracts and bonds for municipal supplies , which were awarded at a pre vious meeting , were submitted and approved. The bill of the Harbor Asphalt company for street repairs during the last six months of 1S90 , together with the January gas , water and electric light bills , was re ferred to the finance committee" . Comptroller Westberg called the attention of the council to the fact that unpaid claims aggregating ? 11.225 , for property taken under condemnation proceedings for Rlvervlew park , should be considered In making the annual levy. The subject will bo considered by the finance committee and city attorney. Clerk Schwenk of the police court was granted a short leave of absence. CITY IS ASKED FOR A DEED. The Union Pacific and Burlington rail roads tendered sums aggregating about $1,000 for deeds to the atrip of ground on the cast of Fourteenth street , between Mason and Marcy streets- , which was vacated by narrowing the street. The ntrlp was originally a part of the right of way of the railroads , but was vacated for a part of the street. When the ordinance by which the street was narrowed was passed the strip was appraised at 10 cents a square foot and the tender of the railroads was based on this appraisement. It was explained by the city attorney that thla step was pre liminary to the construction of the Iron viaduct over Fourteenth street. On his rec ommendation the commltteo on streets , al- leya and boulevards returned a favorable report later In the session. T. S. Clarkson , In behalf of the Tennessee Exposition commission , asked the council to appropriate $3,500 for an exhibit at Nash ville. He was referred to the finance com mittee. mittee.TELEPHONES TELEPHONES COMPANY'S PLAN. A .communication from Vance Lane , man ager of the Nebraska Telephone company , to the Hoard of Fire and Police Conunlsilonors , which contained a proposition for taking charge of the fire and police alarm system , was transmitted to tbo council , Mr. Lane stated that according to the records of the comptroller the system had cost tbo city $7,819.33 during 1830. The telephone com pany would look after It for $5,000. As an additional Inducement the company would mrke sevciu ! needed Improvements in tbo aygtetn. The number of Ore alarm circuits would bo Increased from four to right. The wires would be placed underground In the district bounded by Tenth , Cas , Eighteenth and Howard streets. The present switch board would replaced by one that would bo adequate to the demands of the system , and IU efllcUncy would bo Increased by the uuhitltutlou of storaga batterlei. It v/ro also urged that thu telephone company always had a largo force of linemen at band and any damage that might bo done to tbo alarm system by storm or otherwise could bo much more rapidly repaired. The proposition wa referred to the committee ou telegraph and telephone lines. Stubt war ted $10,000 sot aside from the general fund to bo used for repairs on via ducts , but as no general fund la yet In ex istence , his proposition was postponed. i The zeal of new councllmen In the Inter ests of their constituents was' ' Indicated by a huge stock of sidewalk resolutions. They were referred for Investigation. The council will oil as a board of equaliza tion Friday. February 10. "Will Sue Ilnrvej-'H ItoiiilNiuen. A large number or the stockholders In the defunct ' People's Investment company met In room 19 of the Wnro block last evening to discuss the mixed condition of affairs now existing betwet-en President A. B. Ilarvoy nnd the executive board , of which II. A. ftreachum Is chairman. Doth men claim they do not know what has become - como of the books of the concern nnd there appears to bo little prospect of un raveling the mystery In connection with them. The stockholders nlleKu there Is still $1S08 In notes and other securities which Ptcsidept Ilarvoy 1ms not ac counted for. Last cvc-nlntf it was decided to ! r. ttiito ! civil proceedings nqninst Har- yey in order to make his bondsmen mnko good the deficiency now existing. Another meeting1 of the stockholders will bo held In the Ware block next Monday evening at 3 ' o'clock. \nrr < nr Kxenpe from HtiriiliiK. A gnsollno sto\e explosion at the 'resi dence of Mrs. Catherine McFarlnml , 2317 Douslafl Btrcet , Monday night came near resulting seriously for Miss Sarah McK.ir- land. She chanced to 1) ) < i Htandltig near the stove tit the tlmo the llames darted forth anil her dress quickly caught fire. Michael O'Hcnrn nnd JSU Fltzpatrlck , who were cloHp by , smothered the ( lames which en veloped the. young girl nnd thun taking the blazing steve throw It Into the back yard. irllh lloi'Hc Hteiilliif ? . John Long , who la charged with having atolen Dr. Johnson's horse and liuggy last Saturday aa they were standing on lower Farnam street , wan brought over from the IJlurf1 } last evening , lla is charged with horse stealing1. A man who naw Lous take the rig has positively Identified him and u pawnbroker over In thn Bluff * to whom ho sold u lap robe Is also u wit ness against him. The rig was recovered. . PAItAOIIAI'lIH. J. A. Harris , Bralnard. Is at the State. K. Nouman , Deadwood , S. D. , Is at th State. O , J , Kenyon , Chicago , Is registered at the State. Hon. W. A. PoyntcrAlbion , Is a visitor In the city. It. Docsenrotb , Chicago , Is stopping at thn Darker. J. C. Duahalc , Morris , Minn. , Is a guest at the State. J. II. Drawn is registered at the Darker from Chicago. J. II. Strlngfcllow , jr. , St. Joseph , Mo , , la n Darker guest. Thomas L. McCaguo has gone to Chicago to remain for a week. J. J. Holland , a lumberman at Friend , was In the city last evening. Mrs. L. A. Shewoy and Mrs. W. L. Plckett , Plattstnoujh , are hi the city. John cr Sprccher , editor of the Schuylcr Quill , was lu the city yesterday , F. A. Kruschoff , New York City , Is In the city and stopping at the State. K. L. Lomax of the Union Pacific left last evening ou a business trip to Chicago. Rev , Percy Silver of Lincoln was In Omaha yesterday wbllo en route to Now York City , John A , Crelghton , Herman Kountzo and ft large party of Omaha men left for Lin coln yesterday , a. H , Qlllctt fit Now York City was In Omaha yesterday while seturnlng homo from Salt Lake City. 1211 A. Darnes , Grand Island , arrived In the city yesterday to attend the meeting of the board of managers of the state fair , G , L. Clark , Humeston , la , , who has boon visiting friendsIn Hastings , was In the city yesterday while returning homeward. S. C , Dasactt , Gibbon , was on the wrecked Union Pacific train yesterday afternoon , Ho said ho had just arnso from his scat to put on his overcoat when ho felt the- jar , and then ut down to await developments. Nebraskana at the Hotels It. Saunders , Leigh ; J. P. Johnson , Laurel ; A. I ) . Mc- Candleis , Wymoro ; K , IL. Smith , Itavcnnn ; George W. Cox , Stuart ; S. J , Week * , O'Neill ; P , Billing , Peter Longer and Charles Qeem- non , Mlndcn ; T , I ) , Ilusacll , Ansclmo ; Charlca Tutu , Valentino ; Lquls Ottenhelmrr , Hartlngton ; M. M , Runyan , Faruam ; John Sklrvlng , O'Neill ! N. W. Wells , Schuyler ; W. 0. llartmau , Btaplehurat ; C , II. Swallow. Huiat'lirey.