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THE OMAHA DATLT BEE : FlttDAV , KAKCIl 20 , 1897. 5
REPORT ON JOHN LATENSER
Bpccial Inspector Sutherland on the Omah
Superintendent.
FINDS EVERYTHING HERE SATISFACTORY
( Work Atrcnilr Done In Kmloriicil nni
n -lcriiiliialon In 1'iinli the
Co in p I < > 11 on nt ( lie 1'oit-
oIHce Announced.
WASHINGTON , March 25. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Inspector Sulhcrland , conneclcd with
Supervising Architect Alkcn's office , filed hi
report today wllh Chief Dxoctillvc Office
Kompcr regarding his recent Inspection o
tbo Omaha paslofllce , Superlnlendent Laten
nor and Contraclor Jobst. The report lo shor
and Is general In character , stating that th
Rflrk lias been done satisfactorily thus fa
and that a decision had been arrived at t
( hasten the completion of the poslofflco per
tlon of the building , the basement and th
first story. Tq this end Jobst Is asicmblln
material lo carry out thn wishes of the do
partmcnt. The plumbing , according to th
report , Is under contract and bids for th
electric lighting will bo let In a few dajs
There were certain oonfldenllal maltem
treated in Iho report which are withheld fron
the public on Iho grounds that Suthcrlam
way only acting as an ngunt of Supcivlsln
Architect Alken , and therefore the conll
denl-lal affairs were only Intended for the ey
of hlB chief The building will , It It conn
dcntly expected , bo reaor for occupancy b ;
August 1.
Senator Allen bos introduced bllli to In
crease the pensions of Mrs. Salome Ellswort !
and Talhcrt Draper of Valley county , No
tiraska.
Comptroller Eckels gave out an abstract o
the report of the condition on March 9 o
the three national binks In Lincoln , Neb
On thai clulo llicso banks had lolal resource
of | 2,42J,2U3 ; loans aud discounts amounlln
to $ lClt,327 ! ; value of stocks , securities
banking house furniture , fixtures and ethereal
real cstalo being $152,930 , and reserv
amounting to $419.9'J4. ' of which gold wa
$70,332 Of the lIabllltli-3 , capital stock wa
$850,000 ; surplus nncl profits , $43,805 , and dc
posits aggiegaled $1,182,777. The average reserve
servo he-Id was 33.37 per cent.
Ex-Congressman and Mrs. Andrews cxpec
to leave lor Nebraska on Salurday.
The reporl rcfeired lo above Is Iho resul
of an investigation brought about throug
charged filed with the architect's olllco re
Heeling upon Iho management of the build
Jng hero. Thu charges wore filed by Jame
C. Hrennan and George V. Hmoj. These mei
were formerly cmplovcd at lite building , th
foimor R.S foreman and the other as clcrl
In the olllco of the superintendent. In Jan
uory , 1890 , they were bolh let out.
The charges vvero filed about February
of tbla veur. They emhraced a number o
counts , alleging Incompelcmcy , collusion will
conttaclois , using Inferior material , cxtrav
aganco and several other things. The in
epector was in Iho clly three days , but Mr
Illnes did not appear. Mr. Drennan , wh
Is now employed an ateward at Iho Girls' Reform
form school at Geneva , was 'in the city on
March 17 and was Interviewed by the in
spector.
Mr. Lalenser , when asked about Iho in
specter's report , said ho iliad nothing to say
other than that the building was hia sllcn
witness and that it would stand after othc
witness-US had paused away.
Mr. Latcuser has been superintendent o
tbo building for four years. Two years ag
In August ho was sent by the architect's of
flco to Chicago , where ho spent ten week
superintending repairs In the temporary post
olllco there , whlc-h had been completed by
the contraclors less than a jear before a
a cost of $180,000. Ho haa also been sent ti
Denver , Kargo , Leavenworth and St. Paul t
Inspect Iho buildings in course of construe
tion in those cities , and has been sent t
mills to Inspect material which "was bclni
prepared for these buildings.
CI.O.M.NC ; TIIH I.O\G :
Turin' Tnllc 111 ( lie House HUH IV curl j
Hun KM Courxe.
WASHINGTON , MarcL 25. This was th
last day of the general debate on the tarlf
7)111 In Iho house. Mr. Talbert , democrat o
South Carolina , In the presence of a very
scant audience both on the floor and In th
galleries , opened the debate. The house
however , rapidly filled. Mr. Talbert talkei
a great de-al about the robber barons
Champ Clark , democrat of Ml&sourl , vVh
followed him , said every democratic poll
tlclau hcio Joined -In wishing the passage o
the pending bill , becauao afler it had be
tome a law every storekeeper would b
bilged to make a democratic speech oveij
tlmo ho made a sale. The passage of this
bill , he said , would give the democrats IOC
majority In the next congress After some
lirlef remarks by Mr. Magulre. democrat o
California , and Mr. Gunn , populist of Idaho
Mr. Tawncy , re-publican of Minnesota , u
member of the ways and means committee
took the floor for twenty minutes. Mr
Tawncy defended the lead schedule , whlcl
had been attacked by Mr. Gunn. The latter
said ho had no ciltlclsm to make of the rates
He only asked that they bo collected. Mr
Tawnoy asserted that the classification In
this schedule was such that the duties couh
not bo evaded. The puiposo of the f ranters
of the schedule was to glvo American labor
employment In the mneltlrig of Mexican and
Canadian ores and at the same tlmo fully
jirotoct the American lead miner Mr. Taw-
ney akelchcd the attitude of the two parties
on the subject of the tariff to show hou
itcadfastly the republicans had clung to pro.
loctlon and how Ihu democrats had backed
nul filled In their national platforms.
Mr. Slmption , populist of Kansas , outer
tallied the house for live minutes. lie read
from Mr. McKlnley's upeech at the Mlnne
ipolU convention ttio declaration that tin
Consigner paid tl.o tax. This statement , he
said , was ildlculoiw. The last congress , ho
proceeded to eay , had increased appropria
tions $50,000,000 and now , according to Mr
McKlnley'n theory , the taxea on the foreign-
rs were to bo Increased to pay for the ex
travagance. The foreigner should bo glad ,
ho eald , that the last congrcsa had not been
i two billion congress. If the taxes on the
'orolgner could bo HUlllclently Increased , lie
> bscrvcd , HarcajUlcally , the muplus would be
llstrlbutcd among our people , and every day
ivoulcl bo Sunday over here. ( Laughter ) He
raid ho was himself a farmer , who fanned
the farms , not the farm era. If the rcpub
Means had desire * ) to do something practical
for the farmers , why. he asked , had they left
hides on the free list ? Mr. Slmpcion an
nounced himself a free trader ,
Mr. Cox , democrat of Tennessee , and Mr
llcltao , democrat of Arkan as , followed. The
latter ridiculed the Idea thit prosperity had
existed under the McKlnloy Ian or would
txlst under the Dlngley bill , It It became * a
law.
'Mr. ' Grew , republican of Pennsylvania ,
made a general speech In favor of the thcorv
of protection The latesl dcmociallo cry of
moro money and ICMI taxes , ho said , was
preposterous. The democratic administra
tion had dcmorutratoj 1m lack of statesman-
ihlp by being unable lo keep oul of Ibo pool
tlOU30.
Mr. Curtis , republican of Kansas , defended
tha agricultural schedule of the bill. Ho
deprecated attacks by the \\oil upon the
east.
east.Mr
Mr Ilurko , democrat of Texas , said Ihe
bill should be entitled , "A bill to build up
IruslH and corporate Influences and oryrcss
the agricultural people of ths United States "
Mr. Lcntz , democrat of Ohio , protested be-
cauBD but twenty minutes were given to the
ill Ohio democrats , representing 400,000 per-
ona who had voted for William J. llrjon
( Democratic applause ) ,
Mr , Dalzell , republican of Pennsylvania ,
reviewed the results of th Wilson and Mc
Klnloy bills and denounced the ad valorem
ivstem at giving opportunity for linmetuu
nnder-vuliiatlons. "Idle men and women ,
busy soup liousos and starvation , " had
inarKod the period of the Wilson bill. Ho
ridiculed the statement In the nrxirt of the
democratic minority that It offered no uub-
bllluto for the bill because It bad not had
tlmo to prepare one , aud Inquired If the
democrats expected tl > * country would bo
willing to hnvo them air their theories at
the coet of $1,000,000 a day. If the bill
raUud the maximum amount calculated b >
thn chairman of the committee It would ndt
* yield too much to pay the Interest and prin
cipal of bonds l ueJ , to resist the attempt
on the nation's llfo by the democratic
I
partynnd the bands Ixaued to make ROO
the deficit Incurred during the lent Admin
Islr.-itlon. Referring to the tin plate Industry
ho contended that Iho fall of prices In Liver
pool , nfter Iho enactment of Iho Mr-Klnle
law proved Iho theory that the forelgnc
paid Iho duties. The- law giving rebates o
tlnplato when oxnorted was justifiable ) timle
the old system , but was not under the new
because It amounted to a bounty to tbo Wels
manufacturer to compete against the horn
manufacturer , FO It waa abandoned. Ho dc
fended the bill against the charge that
fostered trusts.
"Tho political economy of Adam Smlt
has long since been relegated whcro It be
longs , " he said. "Tho Industrial world ha
bt.cn revolutionized by the introduction o
the factory system. H Is tie longer Hi
single farmer or Ihe single mechanic , bu
great aggregations of wealth necessary t
carry on vast enterprises which are rccog
nlrecl by the laws of every stale. "
He would not eay th ro were not abuse
Incidental to Ihe system , but In frco trad
England there were more monstrous trusl
ll'an the United States knew anything about
and he cited , for example , the English sice
rail trusl and read from an English papc
concerning a new combination of the groa
armament manufacturing firms. All Ihe cry
about ) trusts waa an exhibition of Iguoranc
of economic conditions.
Mr. Colson. republican of Kentucky
argued In favor of a higher duly on canne
coal. Ho said If Iho Issue In Kentucky hac
been frjc silver alone ; Kentucky's votf
would have gene lo Drynn.
Mr. Stcclc , republican of Indiana , a mem
ber of the ways and means committee , gav
It as his opinion that the pending incnsnr
was the must complete tariff bill eve
framed , not only because of the duties Im
posed , but because of the superb method pro
vhied for the collection of those duties.
While- discussing the reduction of the duty
nn catllo In the present law , Mr. Simpson
populist of Kansas , asked It It was not i
fact that the price of catllo had Incrcascc
since Iho reduction of Ihe duly.
"U Is not a fact , " replied Mr. Strrlo.
"I Insist that U Is , " persisted .Mr. Simp
son.
son."What arc known as 'atockers' are one
third higher than they were three or fou
yen's ago"
Air. Parley , republican of Texas , treate' '
HIP house to an argument In favor of pro
tecllon fiom Iho standpoint of the Lon
Sur elate , and was liberally applauded b ;
his party colleagues.
At 3 o'clock Mr. nalloy of Texas wa
recognised to clone the general debalo fo
tha opiOEttlon , but ho staled that his vole
was In no condition lo speak nnd an arrjtigc
infill bad been reached vvllb Mr. Dlngley , b
which the house would be asked to niodlf ;
Hit' BpcclKl order so as lo allow an hour t
each side to close after the conclusion o
the flve-nilnuto debale next Wednesday.
Mr. Do Armond , democrat of Missouri
charged ! t'iat ' the real purpose of therepub
llcans was to pile up a surplus in the treas
ury which could be used lo lock up th
greenbacks and treasniy nolcu and Ihu
contract the currency In order thai Ihe pco
pie. In desperation , would eventually b
forced to accept one of their schemes fo
the aggrandizement of the national banks
"Couldn't the eurplus bo used to pay oft
tbo $250,000,000 of bonded Indebtedness con
Iracted by a democralic administration ? '
asked Mr. McMlllln.
"It was nota _ democratic administration , '
replied Mr. Do Armond. "It was an ad
ministration unfortunately plarcd In powe
by Iho democratic party , but It Issued bond
In defiance of that parly , nnd with the con
nlvanro of gentlemen , the like of whom ar
repres ° nttd b > my filend from Maine"
Mr. Mllltken dcelarcd Ibis statement lackec
Ihe slightest scintilla of truth. "I did no
vote for Grovel Cleveland , " lie declared.
"No , but you volcd for bonds , " yelled
democratic voice.
"Tha crlmo was not in selling bonds , " ob
served Mr. Mllllken , "but In passing revenu
bills that starved the revenues ( Rcpubllcai
applause ) . While speaking of Ihe natlona
banking system , Mr. Arnold , republican o
Pennsylvania , Inlerrupled lo inquire whelhc
a national bank note was not as good a
gold.
"It is nol , " replied Mr. Do Armond. "N
promise to pay a thing Is as good as th
thing Itself. " ( Democratic applause ) .
Mr. Fitzgerald , democrat of Massachusetts
the only New England dcmocrallc member i
tha house , vigorously attacked the bill. H
said tbe press of Doston was almost unan
Inious In its opposition to it.
Mr. 1'ayne , republican of New York ,
member of the ways and meana committee
delivered a very cxhausllve speech of a
hour In support of tlio bill. He challcngec
any one to show that the pending measnr
favored trusla. The McKlnley law eDlabllshci
Iho lln plalo Induslry In this country. Tli
Dlngley bill , he said , would establish tli
llnon industry.Ve will , " ha concluded
"reduce Ihe revenue when II becomes neces
sary by producing our own sugar , our owu
tin plato and our own woolens. This
self-regulating bill "
At 5 o'clock the house took ) a recess untl
8 o'clock.
Not moro lhan forly members appeared fo :
Iho night session of Iho house , but the speak
crs had good audiences In the galleries. Mr
Prince , republican of Illinois , expressed dls
satisfaction vvlth the wool , tobacco and sugar
schedules , the flist two because they were
lee high.
Mr. Skinner , populist of North Carolina
declared that 1C Ihe bouth had worked us
hard during tbo past twenty-five years t
secure protection for Us interests as had the
north and the east , it would be the mos
prosperous sec-tlon of the counlry. Theeas
had nothing but machinery to protect , he
said , while if Iho soulh undertook manu
facturing In connection with 1th productlor
of iaw materials , It could he the greatest
manufacturing section. Instead It had per
mitted the north lo secure protection , pen-
alons and patronage , and ( ho Dinglcy bill
was full of discriminations against the south.
Ho added"Theio was moro hope and more
happiness the summer after Lee's surrendei
lhan can bo found In the south today. "
Mr. Mayer , democrat of Louisiana , com
mended the sugar schedule of the bill as a
protective and revenue-raising schedule ) and
concluded : "I desire to see Louisiana reap
the benefits of the schedule as soon as pos
sible , and shall labor In every vvuy to ac
complish that end. "
Mr. Gulncs , democrat of Tennessee , an
tiouKto that to clear up the disputes as to
whether ex-Secretary of the Treasury
Charles Poster had prepared lo isstio bonds
at Iho close of the Harrison administration ,
ho had secured fiom Secretary Gage a certi
fied copy of the letter dalcd February 20 , ,
1S03 , In which Secrelary I-'osler had ordered
Iho IJureau of Prinllng and Engraving to
preparu plates for the bonds. The original
of this letter Is now In the hands of the
director of the Bureau of Printing and En
graving , where , Mr. Guinea sold , he saw and
read It this morning , The body of the let-
: or follows :
"You arc hereby authorized and directed
.o prepare dcslgna for the 3 per cent bondd
irovlded In a senate amendment to the sun-
Iry civil bill now pending. The clenomina-
lena which ahould first receive attention are
ho lOOa and 1,000s of tbo coupon bonds and
OOs 1,000s and 100,000s of the registered
jonds. This authoiily Is given In advance \
of Iho enactment , In view of the pressing
contingencies , and jou ere dliected to hasten
n every possible manner , I enclose a
nemorandum for your guidance In preparing
ho script for thci body of the bond. "
Mr. Harrows , republican of Ma&sachusclts ,
iresented a protest from the Mat > sachusclls
.library club , composed of 397 librarians In
MiissachUBctto and Hhodo Island , against the '
arlff on books , statuary and works of art In
ho bill. Protection on such articled was
irotoctlon of Ignorance , ho declaicd.
The other speakers were : Messrs. Settle ,
demociat of Kentucky ; llartoldt , republican
of Missouri ; Campbell , democrat of Illinois ; n
tccvo , republican of Illinois ; Howe , re-pub-
lean of Now York , Crumpacker , republican
of Indiana ; Hldgcly , populist of Kansas ;
'odd , democrat of Michigan ; Fitzgerald
omocrat of Massachusetts.
Mure Alilillc-antH for OHlc-ex.
WASHINGTON , March 25. Additional ap-
illcallons for appointment to presidential of-
Icea under the Treasury department have
ieion filed as follows : Aa auditor for the War
lopartment , J. C. Twltchell of Mcrldon ,
Conn. As collector of Internal revenue , G \
V , Lawrence at Sou Francisco ; C. T. Hoggs ,
0. II , MIlversttMl and Itlchard Lockoy at
lelena , Mont. ; John Davis and W. U. Mer-
111 at Saula Po , N. M.
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.Senate Huiitlue.
WASHINGTON , March 25. The senate had . '
half-hour open cecslon early tu the dav
'
nil then after two hours In executive sea-
Ion on the arbitration treaty resumed the
pen session In order to go on with the )
ankruptcy bill. Thu latter measure , gen-
rally known M Ue Torroy bankruptcy bill ,
was re d at length , and Mr. Nelson of Minnesota
seta offered a substitute differing In a num
ber of particulars from the commrtteo bill.
Amended credentials were presento.1 In be
half of John W. Henderson , appointed by the
governor of Florida to the seat vacated by
Mr. Call , It brought out a statement from
Mr. Hoar , acting clnlrman of the committee
on privileges and elections , that action on the
pending election cases was delajed by the
uncertainty as to the committeeorganlzalton
In the senate. The revised credentials were
referred to the elections committee.
PATH OP AltltlTUATIO.V TIU5ATV.
Srtinlnm Appear > He Inliir Their
Inleri-Kt In tlip Doriinirni ,
WASHINGTON , March 2i The senate
took up the arbitration treaty Immediately
upon going Into executive session today.
The Chllton amendment was still the Im-
medlalo subject of discussion and Senator
Chllton , the author of the amendment , was
the- first senator of the day to speak at
length upon It. He urged the change as
necessary to protect American Interests and
said they were not trnfe under a less explicit
provision.
The general Impression In the senate after
today's proceedings Is that the debale on
the arbitration Irealy will not from this
tlmn forward consume a great deal of time.
In view of the agreement made jcaterday
not to begin voting on the amendments until
next Wednesday , thcro Is no probability of
precipitating a vote before lhat time , but
the Indications now are for shorlcr dally
execullvo sessions. There was a perceptible
falling oft In Interest In tha proceedings to
day and It was Impossible to hold a quorum
In the chamber. At times there were not
to exceed n dozen senators In their scats.
Senators generally expressed themselves as
tired of the debale and as disposed lo lake
up other questions In preference to the
Irealy unless moro animation Is dlsplajcd
than was manifested loday.
Various opinions arc expressed as lo the
fate of Ihe Chllton amendment and of the
treaty Itself While only a third of the
votes are necessary lo dcfeal Iho treaty , a
majority will be required to atlach Ihe
Chlllon amendment , so that If It should fall
of adopllon Ihe treaty might still be rejected.
The amendment Is displaying unquestionable
vitality and is giving Iho friends of the
trcaly no lllllo anxlcly. They , however , ex
press confidence in convincing Ihe scnalo
lhat the committee amendments arc ample
and also profess to believe that the treaty
It not amended will receive the necessary
two thirds vote to Insure ratlficallon. They
admit , however , that this opinion Is a mere
Inference based upon observation of the
course of cvcnls In Ihe executive sessions
mid not upon an actual canvass. No one
appears to know how some of Iho new sena
tors will vole.
TO in : A fen \Ki\es 11 AT Tim noun.
Iliinril or UniinwrN ToiiM < 'riii-ll > Pans
O * T till' AllltUT.
WASHINGTON , ( March 25 The mecllng
of Iho Hoard of Managers of Iho National
Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers ad
journed loday. The only matter discussed
at the morning session was tbe quesllon of
Iho rcorganlzallon of Iho management of the
home at Leivenvvorth , Kan. No conclusion
was reached and Ihe whole mailer went over
until the next meeting of the boaid , which
will take place in about a month , cither at
the homo at Dajton , O , or al Danville , 111
The Indlcallons aio lhat there will bo a more
or less complete reorganization of the Leaven-
wortlj nnnagement.
I'nU-iils for Western I lit onlor * .
WASHINGTON , March 25. ( Special. )
Patents have been Ibiued as follows-
Nebraska Charles C. A. Bauerkamper ,
Omaha , sash fastener ; Joseph P. Hasty , Su
perior , staple selling apparalus ; Harry W.
Mosher , Geneva , aulomallc grain weighing
machine ; Charles L Plllman , Union , double
tree ; Ernest P. Wlese , Harblne. clevis.
South Dakota Thomas C. Harris. Pierre ,
boiler furnace.
Iowa Pred L Heymer , Indlaroli , sheet
metal heating slovo ; John Baisard , Dubuque ,
oleclroplallng hook ; Modeslus J. disunion.
Walerloo. cow-milking .machine ; James M.
Harris , Dos Mollies , filler ; Henry Mullen
Liwler , machine for loading , carrying and
uislribuling manure ; Albert Slckafoose and
W. n. Wyatt , Lyons , valve ; William T
Vallaiidingham , Knoxvllle , cabinet for hos
iery ; Albert A. Watts , Oskaloosa , skirt sup
porter.
Orilerx 1111 Appeal.
WASHINGTON. March 25 Allornsy
General McKcnna loday e nl Instructions to
Dlatllct Allorney Macfarlane at Now York
to take an appeal to the United States su
preme court fiom the decision of the cir
cuit court of appeals In the cas of the
United SlatJa against the Joint Tratllc as-
boclallon. As soon as the papers reach the
Depaitmenl of Justice a motion will be made
In Ihe supreme court to advance th ? case
on Ihe dockel. so lhat a speedy determina
tion of the question * } Involv cd may bo had. It
Is staled lhat Iho decision of Iho supreme
courl last Monday In Ihe cap * of the Trans-
mls-ourl association covers all of Iho main
points In Ihe decision of Judges Wallace and
Lareombo In the case of the Joint Traffic
association.
S-vi C'liliKMCMliilHlcr Hti Itoulc.
WASHINGTON. March 23 Notice has
been received at the Stale depirtm < ? nt that
the new Chinese minister , Wu Tang Tang , /
sailed for San Francisco on the 18th inst.
on Iho Gaelic , wllh a numerous retInue -
Inue and many Ions of personal belonging * J
The Treasury department has sent Inslruc-
llons to the collector at San Tranc-lcco foi
Iho extension of Iho usual courteslM to the
Incoming minister.
HfriutiHii TiiKi-N Onlh of ( Milc-i- .
WASHINGTON , March 23 Ex-Congress
man Illnger Hermann of Oregon took Ihe
oalh as commissioner of the general land
ofllce today Hy a coincidence two ex-com-
mlfslonera , Messrs Carter and Hurdctle , and
both Oregon representatives , Messis. Ellis
and Tongue the latter Mi. Hermann's suc-
co ° ser In congress , were presenl at the r
Installation.
Mil ) Ilnxli'ii IniiTiiiilliuiiil Ai-tlnti. tr tv t
WASHINGTON , March 25. Senator Wot- r
L-ott , who has inlerc-filed himself so much in r
Interr.allonal bimclalllsm , expressed Iho c
opinion loday that the iccent action of I
Japan In attempting to depreciate silver r
would hasten Internallonal acllon lo rcslore a
tbe equality of the two metals , n
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Coiillrnu-il ] > j- ( InSimile , C
WASHINGTON , March 23 The senale
today confirmed Iho nomination of Chester c
II. Brush of Connecticut to bo recorder of s
Lho general land ofllco and Bernard Dett- ?
man of Ohio to be collector of Internal rev- : .
jnuo for the First district of Ohio.
Dally TreiiMiir > - Statement. w
WASHINGTON , March 25. Today's atale- n
I :
nont of the condition of the treasury shows V
\vallablo cash balance , $218,087,928 ; gold ro- 1
ierve. J151.745.9SO. 1v \
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ihoudn t b ? neglected when Dr. Bull's P
Syrup will cure It at once. o
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I'orlloiii SlilflliiK WliulH ,
WASHINGTON , March 25.-Forecast for
Friday :
o
Tor Nebraska and Knnsis Fnlr ; vvnrmor .
t'ho ' eastern portions ; north winds , shift-
ng to south ,
Tor South Dakota Fair ; warmer In the
astern portion ; east to soulh winds >
For Iowa and AHxsourl Generally fair ; '
IlKhlly innrmei ; north winds.
Tor Wyoming Fair ; south to west winds.
I.neal Iteeord.
OFFICE OF TIU : WEATHER HUREAU. :
XMA1IA , March 25 Omaha record of raln-
ull and temperature eompircd with corre-
pondlng day of the past ihreo years :
1MI7.1S9S 1SO > . ISM
tlaxlmtim lemperaturo . . 41 Ct is 20 3
bllnlmum temoeraluro . , 2G 48 33 4 f.
\vorafo leniHiaUiro ] . . . , 31 M 40 U
lulnfall T .00 .00 .00
lleeord of tetnper.ilure and precipitation
t Omaha for thin clay and since March 1 ,
SV7
-formal temperature fo. ' the day U
X'ficlt-ncy for the day 7
Iccumulutccl deficiency slnca March 1. . 90
'omul precipitation for the day. . . ,0'i ' Inch
Jellclene-y for the day 0-1 Inch
'olal precipitation since March 1. .74 Inch
H'tlcloncy Hlnc.0 March 1 .31 Inch ir
Jt-ilclency for cor. period , ifcao OS Inch
elcle-ncy ( for cor. penlod 1SD3 M inch
Drowsiness Ii dispelled by Qeocliam'i Pllla. a :
PREPARE FOR 'HIE ' CONTEST
Republican Oity Oommittoo Marks Lines for
the Preliminar jESkirmish.
CALLS THE PRIMARIESnAND CONVENTION
\c > CniulldnU-'n NniriVliJ lie IMnccil on
the 1'rlinnry Ticket UitU-nn hup-
Iiorlcrt lija I'ctltlcln of Tvvciitr
llc-iuilillcnli iVkitcrn.
The republican ctly convention for the
nomination of candidates for city offices at
the coming spring election will bo held at 7
o'clock on Saturday evening , April 3 , at a
place yet to bo selected. The republican
primaries for the election of delegates to
this convention will occur on Friday , April
2 , between 12 o'clock ahd 7 o'clock In the
afternoon ,
Thcso dates were fixed at a meeting of the
republican ctly conlral committee In the Pat
terson block last night. All the members of
the committee , with the exception of one ,
were presenl. In addition lo these mailers
a number of minor details connected wllh
Iho running of a city machine were setllcd
The meeting wag a very harmonious one.
The reprcsenlal-lon In the convention was
left as U has been In the past nine dele-
gales from each ward. Mallons were made
lo Increase Ihe delegations to twelve and to
fifteen , but both were voted down. Several
members wanted the number Increased In
order to reduce the assessments from $2 lo
$1 , but could not convince the commute
that this was policy. Therefore the numbe
of delegates was allowed -remain the sain
and the assessment per delegate was als.
left at the same figure , $2. The prospectlv
dele-gales musl each be backed wllh a pellllo
of twenty republican electors from thel
wards to get on the t'lcket.
Thu primaly polling places will ho locate
as follows. First ward , 1019 South Tent
slrcet ; Second ward. Twentieth and Marlh
slrcetf ; Third ward , 110 Sou In Tnolft
street ; Poutth ward , 303 South SevcMiteBiit
streel ; Fifth waid , 1819 Lake street ; SKI
strcel , Twenty-fourth and Grant streets
Seventh ward , 1212 Park avenue ; Eight
ward , booth , Twenty -first and Cumin
slieols ; Ninth ward , Twenty-ninth and Far
nam strcels.
JUDGES AND CLERKS SELECTED.
The number of Judges and clerks was Ii ,
creased from four fo live The list of thcs
olllclals approved Is as follow a
First Ward Judge- * , Henry Ininnn , O. L
motherhood , Chailes Lout ; , clerl's , D.ivi
Ton ! ? , Georse W Sh.nna2.jn
Sec-pud \ \ miJudgeUvorgc Morrison
Clnrei Miyne.llllnm Alstaclt , cloilts
Chulcs Eden , Frank HonsM.
Third. Wmcl-JudKCS S S..lord in Trail
Hficock , Wlllliini Xc-stlenousc- eiks , Jo
seph Hule. Huiry St. Clulr.
rourth Winl-Judgcs , W O. Anderson
, „ J , n ° l > e"on- : , - "l fc Murphy ; clerk * , , J
W. Cooper. P W. Pcteis
Plflh vVard Judpc-s , E 1C Lower. Jnme
Hi liner , Piul Sevvnid ; c-lerks , A D While
O-iciir Englor.
SKtharaJuilBCJ J. J. Drunncr
Tliomns Johnson. A.iDugli ; clerks , ] ; . 1
Hall , U C Johnson
beveiithVardJudgfs. . Leo Yales , .Terr
Seclgwiek , Amel Peteison. clerks. J. \ \
Thompson , Jc = sc Coy. '
KlBhlj Wir < l.TtidRv.J1me < < ! Slockiltli
Louis Hurke. Frank Ualloy. clerks , W. r
Slralghl , Fred L Sifiltli
Mnth Wnul-Jmlgcs , ( J. S McGrog-or. J
. . , , . _ "
j\ JJjll nrl ir l 1 T T „ t. i -
Akin.
A rule WES adopted providing that in cas
thcro were moro than one candidate fo
the council in any waid , c-ich of ibe candi
dales could hive his name- placed upon th
primary ticket only on a petition of iwcnlj
republican cleclors in i the ward , said pet !
lion lo bo presented to the secretary of the
city central committee'before ' Tiiesdav noon
March 30. The petitions of delegates am
other cnndidatc-s , with theJ2 fee In eacl
case must be filed by the snme time.
OLD RULE REVERSED.
n
1 There was a little fight" over the matter o
petitions of candidates U was brought ui
by Chalrmaa Davis , who wished to be up
held In his past ruling lhat where there I
more than one candidate for the council In
any ward the natneu of all could bo put on
the ticket without a petition on de'pojlt o
the assessment , This gave rise to a motion
that the inline be not only upheld , but. tha
In case lhat there Is more lhan ono candidate
for any city office In any ward the names o
all be put on the ticket. The motion was
lost and It was , followed with Ihe pas i > gi
of the ono icciulring petitions In all cases.
A resolution wns passed to the effecl th,1
the delegates elected from tliu dlflercn
wards bo Instructed ! to VOIP for the cjncli
date fo.- the c-ouncll who receives the hlglies
number of votes The resolution further
lecomi'ipiicled that the convention ratify tbe
selection of the. ics > pecthevards
The rule of the committee , de-lining a re
publican voter was somewhat changed. As
amended the aitlcle now reads
A qu.illfleil olertor ill Ihe lepubllcit
pilmaiiea shall be u jioiaon well Known to
bo n republican elector in the ward Ii
which he prcM-nts himself to vote nncl sh il
swear. If i qulied , that at the last fjene-ri
flection h'lil. ho voted foi thelepubllciu
undldates for picsldenilil Hectors , con-
Knssmati and governor or that ho will at
the ensuing city el ° cllon vote for a m i-
Jorlty of the republican candid lies for city
offices
.fust before adjournment Instructions were
Issued fen- the clerks and Judges of election
to appear at the otllce of Secretary Jclfrlca
-t 9 o'clock on the nornlng of April ) 2 to bo
sworn in ami to recelvo Ihe polling boxes
and books and tickets
sivrn WAIID iiniTiiMCAV cit 11.
AIN'iiiliiiit-i * In I/INII-II ( o Hi
1.ic-iil Cniiillitii II-M ,
A meeting of the leiubllcans of the Sixth
ward was held at Twenty-fourth and Grant
strecls last night. Ihcro was a good at
tendance , the room In which the meeting
waa helJ being crowded lo suffocation. The
meeting was presided over by Miles Hotick ,
president of the Sixth AVard Republican
club. The only business transacted was
the passing of a resolution oxut casing the
rcgrot of the club lhat George E. Wilson
and Duncan S. Lowrle , two of the promi
nent republican workers of the ward , had
Keno to Salt Lake City in Ihe service of Iho
Oregon Short Line.
'Iho meeting was then given over to the
candidates , of whom Ihcro were at least a
score. They addressed the meeting In turn
Hid were given close attention. Among
thorn were Samuel I. Cor/Ion. / Jonathan Edwards -
wards , Beechcr Hlgby , John Wcslbeig , W
IV. ningham and olb/frs.i / Other opealcers
who were not candidates aUo addressed tha
meeting , Among the la ( er were Harry
Drome , J. n , Mclklo amJ. ) ! II. Wlnspcar ,
vVlnspear laid great stju s upon what "no
icpubllcans" must do , Iji. tills campaign ,
warned hla hearers tlja ilio now charter
waa "a dangerous docijnitjnt. " and said the :
republican party must , be , very careful to
put good men at the Lep.il , oT Its ticket In
irder that the city mjiybe , protected. Ha
lover mentioned Ms candidate , but the
rowd waa "not no sloiyV and hh remarks i
ell very flat. „ „ ,
llc-dfuril.
The Sixth ward democrare1 held a meeting <
T cnt-fourlU "Jlruot " , near Grant Ii
'
ast night to elect dele itj'B , to the city cone i
cation , to bo voted lpfnat the primaries
o bo hold next Thnrtday , The meeting
vus attended by abou tjilrty of the falth-
'ul and the SKth Waid Democratic club
vus reorganized by electing J. R. Hunter
iresldent and E. II. Humming secretary , ln
Pho meeting endorsed Jeff W. Ilodfoid for or
ouncllman from t'lo Sixth ward , aud then , .
iroceeded to nomlnatp nine delegates to , '
10 voted for at the primaries. The follow- , ' i
ng were elected : C. J Canan , Al Koysor , , „ i
, W. Joy , W. T. Chadwlck. J. W. Bedford , m.
. J. Donohoe , J. R. Hunter , J. F. C. Hu- _ , ' .
nohr and E. II. Hemming.
m
You Can HeVeIl
iVhen your blood Is pure , rich and nourish-
ng for nerves and muscles. The blood IB ,
he vital fluid , and ben It U poor , thin
ind luipuro you muit cither suffer from
onio distressing disease or you will easily
all a victim to sudden changes , exposure
overwork. Keep your blood pure with
lood's Sarsaparllla and bo well.
Hood's I'llls arc the best after-dinner pill ;
digestion , euro headache , -i cents.
N. E , Cor , N , E , Cor.
iSth i5th
and Douglas. and Douglas.
Men's $12 Suits for Saturday $5.00
Boys' $2 Long Pants for Saturday. $ 1.00
Boys' 500 Neckwear for Saturday. . 5c
Men's 750 Night Shirts , Saturday. . 25c
250 Initial Handkcrc'fs , Saturday. 8c
Men's $3 PeadTourist Hats , Sat'dy $1.50
The First Advance Guard for Spring in
Men's Suits and Overcoats * stcel ! ! ' "
tunity for the purchase of the season's best and newest styles at pnces fir below the fig-
urcs obtained at other stores The Continental offers an assortment unapproachable
and unequalled in this western country all the choicest styles of the foremost tailors
lo Le had here as nowhere else at a way down price with the same perfection of fit
and finish that tailors get double for.
If you buy your Spring Outfit now--You can Save Money
Men's Stylish Spring Suits- Hxtra Special for Saturday
tin ; wry latest stylus of tlireo Your eholee of . ,00 .Suits medi
anil fouiMiuttou Cutaway Saeks um Wright Suits all that we
made of all wool blown niKctl have left of the soft we have
and plain plaid c.isslmerot qual sold all .season at
ities that no ether stoic In at ? 1B , 918 and ? 20
Omaha will sell for kvss than
? 10.00-tliu Continen In the Fine Grade of Men's
tal will soil at Suits the Continental olTors an
assortment unequalled for style
Gentlemen's Very Fine All- and weailng qualities -hundiods
Unrated unit Fancy PlniU of choice new miniJ J g \ ff )
Cheviot Suits made in ncoord- hi'is at ? lli , $15 . j [ jl-l. ) .
aucovllh the lati'St dictations
of f.ishlon lined \\lth llnost Scotch Plaid Chu\ints-in the
quality Primes * serpe tiouseis new shades of lolucco hiovvns
cut vvlth either small or iniullnm elegantly tilmmed and equal to
wide h' s and made with or Suits sold In other stoics at
without btiaps ip.il .fl'J.'O $ lt.riO-our ! pilces aio made
Snlth now for cash
for only dellveiy
Men's Top Coats Worsted Ovorco its iMen's Pantaloons
( ' . .ih dealing pi lees for A special in dirk im 300 special gray vvot-Htcd
Satin day Our V. ) 50 Co- ported gr.iy clIuKunal ensile limits nothing like
\.ert eloth shoit saek silo sizes In stouli on SUuiclny nncl regular at which has ever heon
Overcoats have the call $10 75 jou can pay In sold in Oniulnt for the
oilier stores 513 00 for the
thK season and on Satin sjiino coat 4 f\.7o price and regardless of
. 8 S
c.iMh
jur selling
in day we place on sale price is * w the fact that these pants
500 of these popular Stein Bloch & Co. Dot Covert should sell for f > 0 per
garments at ? l)50 ) we Cloth Overcoats Nothing cent mete the price
sell a perfect lilting eciunls Ihem for sljln , lit ror Saturday 3s22
, well tilmmed eont at nncl llnlsh tlioy nio tul- is
mlttecl lo bo as ncai custom
$1)50 the regular nilue
tom
B-irmeiita as
- any can
K Sl ( and $1J be made vvlth slrapped An Abundance of
in other seams and per.4 rj.OO Styles in Spring
sloies parllcular feel in every Trousers.
The Continental sells boys' clothing offer the very best sort ,
and sells it for less money than any other house.
' Suits-lot ? 005-
Boys' - - '
Boys' Suits-lot 1S79
on Saturday , 500 Indigo
.75
. haiulbome In own plaid
2
go IJlue Cheviot Suits '
ages 15 to 11. \v orbted cheviot double |
seat aud knee "
Hoys' Suits , fancy chev
iot , lot 1872 ; ! 00 of this Boys' Suits lot 1S08
lot of fancy blown gicat Satin day special
Cheviot Stills the new
.50
. nothing like It over
2
shade , double seat and
Knee shown In Omaha
Boys' Knee Pants , 50c. 1000 pairs of boys' cheviot knee pants , in all sizes 4
to i .j. years , Saturday choice 500.
Orcat Bargains in
Men's Derbys Saturday Fiirnisliingh for Satu Special Pearl
we will poll two ciisos of day Fedora Hat
rosular $2.00fl .00
Dei bys for J , Balbi-igcun The newest thing
Under wear. . . sold in some
Men's Derbys half pi-ico
is the correct term for stores as high as
this val-JQ It's a special Shirtu $3.00 we sell 'em
you ought 1.25
loseo it B Hal f IIoso on Satur1.50
tau and black. . day at J.
The Continental Sells Hats at Case Prices like wholesalers do.
JOT ! NAILS THE FIRST LIE
rigorous Denial of Report Printed in a
Chicago Paper.
E CALLS DOWN SOME WESTERN CRITICS
c-iv Chilli-mail of I lie I , . A.V. . Undue
licmnl liitri > iliic.-i-M lllniHcIf ( o
the CycIliiK- World an ,
I
I1ALTIMOUK , March 25. Chairman AI-
ort Molt of the Lcaguo of American Wheel-
icn racinq board has issued hla first
eeKly bullelln concerning League of Amer-
an Wheelmen affairs. As a preface lo U
3 makes the following statement , which ox-
lalns Itself ;
"Tho editorial In a Chicago wheel paper
the effect that the chairman of the racing
Hard has over offended In respect to tha
tclng rules Is absolutely untrue. Ho haa
L-vor , directly or Indirectly ( by any clas-
city or diction ) paid directly or Indirectly
Mr. Johnson or Mr. Illlss or Mr , Schaffcr ,
any trainer , manager , class I ) man , ama-
ur , professional or anybody else connected
llh racing , except handlcappers , any money
hatcver , or been Iho means , directly or
idlrectly , of professionalizing Mr. Johnson
any other racing man. The prUes for
ice meets ( which have been only of tbe
.vision of which ho la chief consul and
that In the sense only of promoter ) bavo
every instance been on hand before the
oet and a description of thorn printed on
10 score card , and these prizes and no
.hers have been delivered lo Ibe racing
en and ex-Chairman Howard n. Raymond
id ex-Chairman George D. Gideon know
lat fact. The chairman has never ci-
cssed the opinion that racing men , class
class D , professionals or any other human
ilngs , should bo trealed like dogs , or any-
ilng equivalent lo It. This denial Is made
mply because If it were true the chalr-
an should not expect gentlemen of the cat
er of Messrs. Walt , Doty , Foltz and Dorn
servo on a committee which would bring
em. In contact vvlth a man who had been
illly of any ono of the assertions made
10 appointment of tbo chairman by 1'rcs-
Ident I'otlcr was made wllhout hint , Hollcl-
lallon or expectation on his part , or any
person for him , to his knowledge. "
M , wi b'Tiin me : IIIMIIOAP
Illlnoln Man FliilNhi-N villli it
KLLWOOD PARK , LONG HHA.N'CH , N. J. ,
March 25. T. I ) . Marshall , mayor of Kclllu-
burg , III. , won Hie grand handicap loday wllh
twenty-five utralght kills.
Tlia following men Iclllcd twenty-four
birds and dlvldjd tbo money for from the
second to the tenlh placs ; Dr. Carver , Fred
VanDyke , Dr. WIHIaninon , H. H. See , IS ,
Ourklmrdt , C. Vorlf , G. Cabborly , C. P.
Arne and J , D. Applegato , The following
divided the inonoy for from tlio eleventh to
the twenly-flrst place : W , Dunnel , r , D
Alklro , C. W. Uudd , C Terguson , Jr. . U. A.
Welch , C. Jones , Dr. Hudson , U. U. Men ill ,
"Arkansas Traveler , " O. II. Dickey and W.
H. King.
The thirteen men who tied In the Grand
American handicap with twenty-lwo kills
each divided $ . ' 54 , representing thn balance
of tlio'monsy In the purse , Thpjo are
Charles Grimm , J. Hamilton. C. M. J'owora ,
M , Moccasin , P. S. I'armalce R. I' . Ulster ,
R. P. Thomas , Tred Moore , C , S Guthrie ,
C. von Lengcrko , J. Uolirlg , II. Tlmrman and
Colonel Anlhony.
MlimcKola O > -HH \ \ III hci-CMlc.
BIINNBAPOLIS , March 25 The flral ofll-
clal action looking to tiecesalon from tlio
wheelmen In Minnesota was taken Ihls evenIng -
Ing by Minneapolis and St. I'aul cyclists.
The steps taken look to- the organization
of a national body by the name of the
United Wheelmen of America , of which
Minnesota will be a division and have con
trol of Us own racing mailers Temporary
organization was perfecled , which will make
arrangements for a meeting to bo held by
cyclists of the Hlalo of Minnesota In this
city on April 21 , when permanent organiza
tion 'Will bo perfected.
I'rlxe I-'liiIit nt S > raiiiMi > ,
SYRACUSB , Neb. , March 25. ( Special. )
The flret prlzo fight of the Syracuse Athletic
club waa brought off in Ita rooina last
nlghl. The contestants were "Kid" Grove
HD'l "Puss" Walt. The former was a prime
favorite , but at the eleventh round he failed
lo reipond and Puss was declared tbo win
ner. A larga crowd of onlookers was
nut i.ciH iu I'rUu
ST. IXUIS , March 25. A special to the
Globe-Democrat from Jcfforton City , Mo. ,
eajs : Close luvestlgallon of the measure
known .is the Horse lire-odors' association
pool-selllng bill , which passed tlThlrly -
nlnlh general assembly and Is now before
Governor Stephens for hla approval or din-
I appioval , discloses the fact that under its
provisions prUo flghls can bo licensed in
Missouri.
Hot ItaHiiK nt li-roH.
DRTHOIT , Mich. , March 25. All the olher
rlderti appeared in better form than the
loader , Waller , in this evening' riding in
the six-day bicycle race. Shortly after 8
o'clock Dench , who had been , second , pulled
out and got a lop on Waller , and by 9
o'clock ho had gained ulx more , putting him
tlireo laps ahead of the Gorman. Gardner ,
Miller jnd Olinm were not much behind
I > : nch In the sprinting business , Gardner ,
In fact loading the lot most of the time ,
Wallor angrily protested against Gardner's
remaining In the lace and riding
only when ho chose , tut with
out avail. The crowd cheered
Dcnch , Gardner and Gimm , and the racing
was the hottest of the week. Score nt 9
o'clockDench , 447 miles , 2 laps ; Wallor ,
416 miles , 16 lapo ; Miller , 44C miles , 10
laps ; Gimm , 44G miles , 2 laps ; Gardner.
252 miles , 8 laps.
iio rii-liui-H Ilnrrcil ,
AUGUSTA , Me. , March 25. In the aenato
toilay the bill to prevent the reproduction of
prlzo llghta by photograph , klnotogcopv , etc. ,
was passed lo bo engicsscd. '
. \fli-r 1'oNllloiiH on HID I > ell
The mombera of the SwodUh-Amorlcan
Dlmetalllc Icaguo hold an executive session
In Us club room.i at 111 North Sixteenth
street last night. Albert SJoberg acted a
chairman with Adolph Lanclergreen an nee-
rclary. The mcellng was called to organize
the Swedish forces of the city that a number
of their countrymen may be put Into line
for posltlonu on Ihe police force and ether
nubile ofHccs. The session wan largely devoted -
voted lo discussions of varloim candidate ! )
0 , O. Lxibeck was endorsed by the club as
a candidate for public oflice and worthy of
the support of the fu.ilon forces. Another
meeting will bo held in tbo near fuluro.
" \Vfre AVorUIni ? u Drunk.
G. V. Wallon and Kddlo Rrlcksou were arrested -
rested last night while attempting lo work a
drunken roan in a saloon near Ninth and
Capitol avenue. They were locked up on a
charge of being outplclous character * ,