THE OTNtATTA DAtLT IVEE : 'STmT > AY. GO.
BOARD OF CONTROL BILL
Comes Up in the House for Discussion on
Tuesday.
FRIENDS OF MEASURE EXPECT SUCCESS
of Jllrnl nnllrond
Companion Hare n Hot Time lie-
fore thc'Kxecatlre Council .
i\otc * .
' OCS MOINES , March 19. ( Special Tele-
' ) grain. ) It la practically certain that the
. .y Jijard of control bill will be reached for dlfl-
* *
cusslon Tuesday morning In tlio house. The
lowdr assembly today adjourned until Monday -
'
) day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Atthat tlmo
'tht ' bill will probably bo read and amendments -
" ' ments offered. The house committee will
report the senate bill < \\lth a few amend
ments , but It Is believed the bill will pass
the lower chamber by Thursday or Friday
M } at the outside. Tlic clause legislating the
present superintendents and wardens Into
ivoffice for another four yearn promises to bo
ono bf the ( .ticking points , although It Is be-
llevcd by the committee leaders that opposi
tion to this provision will be defeated. On
another point , however , the senate Is more
likely to bo rcvewed. There Is a growing
{ - cling In the house that It should have a
voiceIn the confirmation of the board. A
vigorous protest will he made for an amend
ment covering this point. The Tiouso com
mittee , among other amendments , will re
port one providing supervision of the finan
cial management of three educational Instltu-
tloim which arc exempt from the Interference.
of the board In their general conduct. It Is
ui.derstood they nro disposed to accepttlio
amendment without protest. Of direction
nrvl dispatch , In Its consideration , however ,
th6 bill Is practically assured. The house
lias grown Impatient with the long delay In
the senate and will crowd It to Its earliest
possible passage. The friends of the bill are
tacked by a good working majority and un
reasonable delay will not 'be ' tolerated.
The executive council has'completed Its
hearings on the railroad assessment and .will
next week fix the valuations of the various
linos. The Milwaukee , Uock Island and I
Ullirllngton have been making a vigorous |
flght on the Northwestern , which is workIng -
Ing against an Increase of Its assessmsnt.
They protfflt that their earnings show a de
crease , whllo those of Hie Northwestern
liavo Increased during the last year. Judge
'Hubbard , representing the Northwestern , to
day accused the other road.3 of making false
Teturns of their .
earnings. The result was a
eomowliat heated Interchange of compli
ments between himself anil Carroll Wright ,
representing the Hook Island. If the assess
ment of the other rovls la decreased that of
'tho ' Northwestern Is certain to bo raised ,
and hence the strife.
The homo committee on Judiciary today
reported favorably Senator Bolter's bill es
tablishing the center of the Missouri river as
the western limit of the state's Jurisdiction.
The measure , which has already passed the
senate , has therefore a very fair chance of
getting through the loner chamber.
Di'lMily 'I'rciixiii-or . \ < - < iitl cil.
OSAGB , la. , March 19. ( Special. ) Tdo
Jury In the case of Staciton Pelton returned
a verdict of iot guilty. There were three
Indictments egalnst him , one for embezzle
ment and two 'for ' the destruction and altera
tion of county records. The embezzlement
case was first tried and was of especial In
terest , In that the treasurer's records , needed
< rt prove the state's case , were de'siroyco
t > y an Incendiary shortly after the shortage
was discovered In the treasurer's office.
Pelton was deputy under Treasurer J. D.
Shedhin. who brought the charge against
Jilm , and who was tlao principal witness tm
the state.
Try to i : tiilill l. Telephone.
ATLANTIC , Ia. , March 19. ( Special. )
Mm wlo are In the city endeavoring to In
terest the business men in organizing a
mutual tftlephono exchange are meeting with
poor FUCCCES. They want at isast eighty
signers on their optional list of stockholders
and subacrlbem , but after a week's work
Jiavo only secured about half that number.
,
Many approached feel and express tliem-
BClvofl that a place the size of Atlantic could
not maintain two telephone exchanges on a
jwylng basis.
I > h ) > ieliiiL | Commit * Sulcltle.
CEDAIl RAPIDS , March 19. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Dr. E. W. < Darley of Anamosa com
mitted sulcldo in hla offlco this evening by
taking strychnine and morphine. Ho was
discovered a. few minutes after ho died sit
ting In his chair in his offlco with bottles
of poison still in his hand. Ho was about
CO yoara old and had lived at Anamoaa for
nearly a quarter of a century. At one tlmo
Jio was qulto prominent. Recently he and
h's wlfo separated , and It Is supposed that
dcrpondenoy was the cause of the act.
Aeqiiltteil of Kmliecaleinent.
OSAQD , la. , March 19. ( Special Telegram. )
The famous case of Stanton L. Pelton ,
ex-deputy county treasturer Indicted for
embezzlement of funds , falsifying county
books , etc. , has been on trial the past two
necks. It was' ' given to the Jury last night.
The Jury soon reported , clearing the de
fendant end the Judge dismissed all other
indictments this morning.
tlillil'H Unity Foil nil.
ATLANTIC , la. . March 19. ( Special Tele
gram , ) This afternoon about 4 o'clock two
iboys found a naked male child a1)out a month
old near the Audubon fair grounds with Its
ukull crushed in. One cheek had been eaten
Ty rats. Buggy tracks near form the only
clew.
One More Cniullilntc .
UUTHVnN , la. . March 19. ( Special. )
Friends of E. P. Barrlngcr of this county
will urge that he bo appointed on the lena
railroad commission to nil the vacancy
caused by the death of C. L. Davidson.
\Vonuin lliirneilto Dentil.
CLINTON. la. , March 19. Whllo burning
rubbish at her home , southwest of here ,
Mrs. George Risen was burned to death by
Bier clothing catching fire. Jlcr husband Is
believed to bo fatally burned.
Icmii 1'rrnw Comment.
Des Molnes Capital : Wo do not believe
that there la any prospect of defeating Bob
Cousins for rcnomlnatlon In the Fifth dis
trict.
trict.Kcokuk
Kcokuk ( Jala City : There Is no longer any
, doubt that spring ia at hand. The occupants
of houseboats all along the Mississippi river
are getting things In readiness for the spring
rise.
Davenport Democrat : The electors of Iowa
will not have a chance to vote tula year on
, the question of extending the suffrage to
women , but It ia quite probable they , th
people , will bavo an opportunity to eay
whether they dcelro to hold elections every
year or once In two years. The people ar *
long my throat was
filled with sores , large
lumps formed on my
neck , and a horrible
ulcer broke out on my Jaw , saya
Mr. O. II. Elbert , who resides at cor.
22d 8t. find Avenue N. , Galveston ,
Texas. He was three times pro *
nounoed cured by prominent phy. $
uiolans , but the dreadful disease nl
ways returned ; lie was then told that
waa the
HOT SPRINGS only had His cure hair nil
fallen
out , and be was In a iad plight ,
After taking one bottle of 8. S. a
be began to improve and two dozen W.
bottles oured
blm completely , V.
o that for more
tbanaizyearsbo sss S.
bas bad no algn
of the disease.
certainly joalou * of their right to vote , but
this doet not Imply that tliey are anxlou *
to nit up one olgbt every month to hear tha
returns.
Marshdlltown Times- Republican : It la
pees I bio that ocetopaths may be permitted to
practice In Iowa , ttio house having passed a
bill making It lawful , but If so the drug.
gists and pharmacist * will not rejoice. They
got no returns from tiie "laying on of hands. "
of loivn. XcHminpor Men.
Crawfordsvlllo parties are negotiating for
the purchase of the Falrflcld Journal.
thoJ
J. B. Stewart , city editor of the Clinton
Age ( , wa * married recently to Mlsa Nettle
Cole.
Cole.Mra.
Mra. ! F. L. Ouches , vlfo of the editor of the
Osccola Sentinel , died last week at her
homo In that city.
liorA
A. W. Van Cleave has turned over the De-
Sot Exponent to Clint Reynolds , and will
move to Ida Qrovo to take a position on the
Pioneer.
PIoG
George T. Williams , editor of the Ida
Grove Era , 1s the citizens' nominee for
mayor ; In this city. W. H. Hellcn , editor of
the Williams Wasp , Is the republican candi
date for mayor In Williams.
The Corning Union has been fold to J. C.
Wclllvcr of DCS Molnes , who will take pos
session April 1. He ID city editor of the
Dei 'Molnes ' Leader , but was formerly con
nected , with the Sioux City Journal and
Sioux City Tribune.
Will W. Wright , a writer famous for his
connection with the Virginia City Enter
prise , died at the homo of his daughter ,
Mr . Fmnk Evans In West Liberty , last
week. During his western Journalistic da > n ,
ho was Mark Twaln'e roommate.
hoTl
ThomcB J. Sutton , a veteran newspaper man
of the far west , who died In Boise , Idaho ,
las week , was reared on a farm at Blakcs-
bury , Ia. Ho went west In 1852 and was
connected with newspapers at Ventura , Han-
for , Idaho City , Ketchum , Boise and other
places.
The Dei Molnes newspapers last , week
announced that the Marshalltonn Times-
Republican ; company had been sued for $12-
COO by Walker Given , formerly editor of the
paper , * on promissory notes and partly on un
paid salary , but the Tlmey-Republlcan denies
nlc all knowledge of any such notes or
sul .
Frunklyn E. Lee , , who died last Friday at
Rush City , Minn , , where ho was publisher
of ' a newspaper , was for a number of years
an'lown newspaper man , his last position
being city editor of the DCS Molnes NOWB.
Ho was the author of several novels and two
books of verso and had been a largo con
tributor tu magazines.
With \ this Issue of the Journal , says the
Mt. Pleasant Journal , our foreman , Mr. W.
T. Johnson , completes his fortieth year In
the olllcc a phenomenal record of continuous
work. In nil that period of time hu has been
absent from the office only two weeks , or
fourteen days' time missed out of the cnor-
mous/total of 14,000. Probably no printer
In the state out show as clean a record.
Ho bocaino foreman of the Journal March 4 ,
1833.
U.VID OX A IMIIVATIJ I'OKEIl ROOM.
HoHort enl thei Top Floor of the Ware
lllock Clcimcil Out.
A gambling resort lii the Ware block ,
Fifteenth and Farnam streets , has beca
known to the police for eomo tlmo as a
place where strangers were parted from their
monev without value received. A few min
utes after 8 o'clock last night Chlcf-of-De-
tectlvcs Cox , accompanied by Detectives
Hudson nnd Sullivan , vUlted the room and
served a warrant on the occupants. Two
mm were arrested and a quantity of poker
chips , one dozen packs of cards and a poker
table , made of rough boards covered with
coiton flannel , were added to the collection
of similar contrivances at the police ata-
tlcn.
tlcn.Tho
The room Is located upcn the top floor of
the building and Is said to be provided with
a private exit upon the roof. This may ac
count for the presence of only two men
when the detectives 'had climbed three
flights of stairs aud entered the room. They
found no game In prog'ras-i , but active prepa
rations Hermed to have been under way.
One of the men gave the aamo of Frer.k
Corbett and his companion said he would
adopt John Doe , the name mentioned In the
wanant. Ills real name Is George Trabuo
and , In company with Corbett , ho was ar
rested on March 12 on complaint of James
Dtiinigan ! , who claimed to have 'been ' robbed
by their dishonest practices at cards.
Dlnnlgan , who Is a cattleman from the
northern part of the state , was solicited to
enter the place where he cays ho lest his
money ra the strong hut Insufficient banil
ofmi three queens and a pair , Ho had the
men arrested on that occasion en the charge
of setting up and operating gambling do
vices. The hearing was set for next Tues
day and the men secured their release on
ball.
ball.Trabuo
Trabuo says that ho Is no gambler and is
engaged Ia the pursuit of manufacturing a
waffle cooker. Corbett has been a rwldcnt
of the city for four years and also dcnleo
that he has lived upon anyone's labor but
his own. They had no money on their per
sons and none was found about the rooms.
They were charged , as on the former occa
slon , with settling up and keeping gambling
devices.
Henry N. Oerter and James Heffner , pro
prietors of the gambling rooms over Oerter'a
saloon on Douglas street , which were raided
last Thursday afternoon by Chief of De
tectives Cox , were arrested late yesterday
afternoon by Court Officer Boyle on a war
rant eworn to by Chief Cox. They were
arraigned In police court and pleaded not
guilty to two complaints , rne chaiglng the
keeping of gambling rooms , and the other
with setting up and maintaining gambling
fixtures. The men were released on bonds
of $500 each , to apear next Wednesday afternoon -
noon nt 2 o'clock , at which time they will
be given a preliminary hearing.
iioitsiTiuisvijsnusv i.v OMAHA.
Home n nil Hin ? ry. Al o u Team nnil
IIUKKV TnUon.
Dr. Van Camp left hU horse and buggy In
front of the Shcely block last night nnd re
turned after a few minutes to find them
gone. A policeman on South Twentieth
noticed a rig answering the description of 19 F
the missing one being rapidly driven toward 20
South Omaha a few minutes before the loss
was reported. A wcman who was shopping M
at a downtown store left her team tied at tr
the curb in front of the Boston store and 1
also reported that It had been taken away.
Tn < Inchi'M or Sunn- lit Aliorilooii. N
ABERDEEN , S. D. , 'March 19. ( Special N
Telegram. ) Two Inches of snow ell last
night , the heaviest snowfall of the seaton.
It la rapidly disappearing today and will at
benefit the soil greatly. DIYc
Struck li > - n Cur. YcN. (
Duncan Filayson , a blacksmith , was N.
struck by nn eastbound motor car nt Twen-
ty-lirst and Ginning street last night and Ju
painfully bruised. Ho was on his way homo PI
about 11 o'cloclc and was caught between A
two passing car ? . He was knocked ! down as
nnd dragged a slight distance , but was not la
seriously injured. AHi (
Hi
Mt > r < M In Salt l.nkr , Ju
SALT LAKE , Utah. March 19. The ex soC
ecutive committee of the International Min 3-f
ing conpress met today nnd Issued a formal 3fAl
call for the congtcss to assemble In this in
city for n four days' session , beginning on A
July U. This-organization Is the direct out
come of tlio International gold mining con Vll
vention held In Denver last July. toO
toV (
ImiKirt * lit .NIMV York. ( V
NDW YORK. March 19.-The imports at ( P
the port of New York for the week are : ha
Gold. $3.211.0.19 ; silver. $3.1.319 ; dry poods and noV
Koneroi merchandise , ? ' .U4I,2H. The ex
$730,295. ports of specie were : Gold , $20,204 ; Bllver , Sp I HIB
( B
Till : HKAI.TV .MAIIKKT. Ull Hr
INSTRUMENTS placed on record Saturday , CoNf
March 19 : Sf
WARRANTY DEEDS. Se
Thomas Cre-lifh to P. L. Perlnc et al. pa
trustees , imdlv 1-C of n',4 of w& of falSe
lot 1. block 13S. Omaha | 10 So
South Omaha Loan and Building asso Un
ciation to G , L. Clark , lot 12. block cy
1. 1st mid to Missouri Avenue park . 1,075 toi
. S. lienion to A. P. Schnclderwlnd , toi
lot 1. block S. West Slda 900
. E. Scott to Dlna Scott , ne-l4 nw > 4 Nf KiJ
12-1C-12 , " (000
T. Potter and wlfo to Mary Bciill , ( pn
lot 9 , blocfc i , Potter & Co.'s 2d add. 2CO
DEIDS. " " gj
Special master to 8. W. Evans. Jr. , Ju
'
lot i. Clark' * subdiv i.KO Jut
KOI
Total amount of transfers . . . . , . . . . $5 , cury
INTERSCHOLASTIC FOOT BALL
fovemsnt for the Game's Advancement
Takes on Form ,
SIX-CLUB LEAGUE FORMED YESTERDAY
Lincoln , Ncurnnkn Cl < r Tckninali ,
Council HluffH nnil Ileil Oak Julu
Oranlia In n Championship
Sclicrialc.
There U going to bo moro high grade foot
ball amcug the leading high school foot ball
elevens of eastern Nebraska and western
Iowa during the season , of 1898 than there
lias ever bedri before. The Nebraska and
Iowa Intercolastlc Foot Dall league became
a fact yesterday after a meeting lasting from
2 o'clock in the afternoon until 8 o'clock , la
the evening.
The object of the league will bo to ex
tend arvl Improve the sport of foot ball
,
amone ; the high schoo'.a of this section of the
country. The league will include the high
schools of Jmaha. L'ncoln , Nebraska City.
Tekamah , Council Bluffs and lied Oak. For
playing purposes the league will be divided
Into tuo flections , and the \\lnncrs of each
trio will contest together for the champion
ship of the league. The teams of Oimiha ,
Lincoln and Tekamah will compose ono sec
tion of the league , while thoao of Council
Bluffs , Nebraska City and Red Oak will coui-
pose cnother section. The organization of
the league was accomplished by the united
action of representatives of all of the hlgu
school teams named , with the exception of
Nebraska City , whoso delegate was uaable
to be present at > csterday's meeting.
The meeting was held In the teachers'
room , on the fifth floor , of the city hatl.
The voting representatives present were :
Knight of Omaha , Hinger of Llnco'n , Martin
of Tekamah , Barnard of Council Bluffs arid
Rodgers of Red 0 k. Ia addition to these
there were about twenty other high school
foot ball players present , Including Managers
Bldwoll and Dickinson of Omaha , and a dozen
of the pla > crs of Council Bluffs , who ac
companied Manager Barnard. Profs. Lcvts-
ton and Beiostela of the Omaha High school
faculty were on hand to encourage the move
ment , andSecretary Glllcn of the Beard of
Education wan present for awhile. Frank
Crawford , Thomas Crclgh , Chavlcs Thomas ,
J. K. Buckingham and other old foot bail
players were there to aid the joungstcra
start the movement for the first interachol-
astlo athletic association ever formed be
tween Nebraska nnd Iowa.
WORK OF THE MEETING.
The meeting was called to order by Frank
B. Knight , jr. , of the Omaha High scliool ,
who sent out the call for the meeting and
who deserves much of the credit for havlrv ;
secured such an auspicious start for the
undertaking. Ilodgers of Red Oak wto
chosen secretary.
Aa soon as the temporary organization had
been effected some discussion arose 03 to
the beat means of arranging gamc.s among
the different members of the league. It
waa conceded that It was desirable to have
each team In the league play inch of the flvo
other teams , but such a plan was agreed
to bo Impracticable In that -It would In
volve moro traveling and a greater amount
of expense. han high school teams could
stand. It wjs therefore moved that the
league be divided into two sections for play
ing purposes , the winning teams of the two
sections to play together for the pennant
of the association. This motlcn was at first
opposed , by Red Oak , but waa later carried
unanimously. A motion that each team In
each section play the two other teams In
the same section waa also carried.
The following schedule of games was then
unanimously adopted : ' Section A-Hrriaha )
against Tekamah at Tekamah , October 15 ;
Lincoln against Ttkamah at Lincoln , Octo
ber 29 ; Lincoln againat Omaha at Omaha.
November 12. Section B Nebraska City
against Council Bluffs at Nebraska City ,
October S ; Red Oak against Nebraska City
at Red Oak. October 22 ; Council Bluffs
against Red Oak at Council Bluffs , Novem
ber G. The championship game between the
winners of Sections A and B will bo played
on November 19 , the place to be decided at
a future meeting. The schedule as arranged
Is a strong ono. All the games will be pMyeJ
en Saturdays. Each tram will have ono
game on Its homo grounds and caergamo
a ay from * ome. There are 110 two games
arranged for the same Saturday , so that
members of one team may have an oppor
tunity to see another team at play. The
amount of traveling to be done Is about
evenly dlvlJcd among the loams.
The constitution aad by-laws were duly
adopted end signed by the' representatives
of Omaha , Lincoln , Tckamaii , Nebraska
City , Council Bluffs and Red Oak. The offi
cers of the league will bo a president , a
vice president and a secretary. These
offlecs
" "
will "boniled _ by the "different "schooTs"ln "
turn. Council Bluffs will have the presi
dency , Lincoln the vlco presidency and Ne
braska City the secretaryship dnrlnc the
first year , because they come flrat alphabetic
ally. The executive committee will bo com
posed of the representatives of all the high
schools. There -will bo no treasurer , for
thcro will be no treasury. Each team -will
pay Its own expenses , Including Its traveling
expenses for its ono out-of-town game. in '
DATKS 0.XATIO.VAL CIHCUIT.
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AHnlKiiin.n < ly Cliiilrninn
- Mntt of I , .
\ . W. lliicliipr Ilonnl.
BATIMORE. March 19.-Chalrman Jlott of
the League of American Wheelmen Racing
board today Issued the following :
The following dates on the national ch-
cult have been assigned on applications L.
thus far received. If A.
they are not
accepted -
cepted by April 1 they will bo re-asslgncd to
any additional applicants.
Atlanta
, Ga. ,
April 4 ; Chattanooga , Tenn. . Mnv 3 ; J.
vllLc Ky. ( Auditorium track ) . M.iy C-T : .
Louis May 14 : Louisville. Ky. . ( Fountain
Ferry ) . May 17 ; Washington
' ( D. C. ) . May
; ; I'hlladelphln. Pn. ( Woodsldc pa : It , May
; ; Manhattan JScacb , N. Y. ( Quill club ) ,
May 21 ; Boston. Mass. ( Charles Hlver park )
Maya , ; Providence. R. I. ( Crescent Paik
track : ) May SO ; York ( Berkly Oval ) . June
; Springfield , Mas' . ( Springfield Bicycle
club ' ) , June 4 ; Rochester. N. Y. ( American
Cycle * Racing association ) . Juno 7 ; Buffalo
N. Y. ( Athletic Field association
) , Juno 9 :
Now York ( National Cyclcdromc ) , June 11 ;
HiHI dg-cport. Conn. ( Pleasure be.ich ) . June 13
;
Hills Grove , R. I. ( Colling-ncoJ bicycle at
track ) , Juno IS : Philadelphia ( WlKow
CJrove ) . Juno 21-22 ; Wnohlnffton. n. C. ( Park *
HIcycle club ) , June 23 ; llrookljn. X. Y.
Kings County Wheelmen ) , June 2 * > ; New
A $25
. of
Philadelphia ( Castle Wheelmen ) July 10 :
Asbury park , N. J. ( American Cycle Racing
association ) . July 21 : Newark , N. J. ( Ata-
lanta : wheelmen ) , July 23 ; Rochester , N. Y.
American Cycling association ) . July 2S ;
Buffalo N. Y. ( Associated Cycling cubj ! ) ,
June 30 ; Krle , Pa. ( Oyclo and Athletic ns- Ing
soclatlon ) , Auwst 1 ; Cleveland , O. ( Erie and
Cycle nnd Athletic association ) , August and
; Dayton , O. ( Dayton HIcycle club ) ,
August 6 ; IndlanapoUa , Ind. ( National str
meet i ) , August 10-13. Fort Wayne , Ind. .
Ausust 16-17 ; St. Louis. Mo. ( St. Louis
Cycle Racing association ) . August 20 ; Louis
ville ( Fountain Ferry ) . August 2.1 : Washing
ton ( U. C. division ) , August 2il ; New York
Quill club ) , August 27 ; Philadelphia , Pa.
\yiliow Orove ) . August 30 ; Reading. Pa.
Pennsylvania wheelmen ) . Augu.st 31 ; Ma-
haijoy City , Pa. ( Mahanoy City Athletic a ?
day
Berkley oval ) , September 8 ; Boston of
Charles River nark ) . September 10 ; New at
was
park ) , September SI : Trenton. N. J. ( State
) . Soptembf r 28 ; Philadelphia ( \Vood lde ) .
September X > . 8 ; New Y.rk ( National Cycle-
drome ) , October 1 ; Washington ( Park III-
cycle club ) , October C ; LouUvlIle ( Audi- eery
torluni. ) October IMS ; St. Ixiul * , Mo. , Oc The
tober 2o.
Contracts of the National Cycledrome ,
NP-V Yotk. with August Lohr , J. A. A. '
Eden. F. Pentto onU H. Clssac are up.
proved.
Transferred to the. professional class : Leon
Hern. East Sabage. Me. , clause ( A ) ; Robert
Urquhart. U-rchester. Haas. , clause ( D ) ;
Jumps Urquhart , Dorchester , clause D. In
Sanctions framed Rockhlll Athletic as- R.
relation. Rock Hill. 8. C. . May IS ; Mer tha
Wheelmen , Alle-ntown. Fa. , July 4 ;
Nel on Txxlga No. Gfi , O. S. B. O. . Paterson ,
N. J , . May 21.
rhon kl In Srrlotmly 111.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 19.-Tho Call
say : : Joe Choynskl It suffering' ' .from b'.ood
poisoning nnd the physician thinks that
whllo there Is no ) anltnrtll.ito danger , his 111-
tics1 Is a serious orir. "
cino.\ii , iMiATT rjCUiiAx AFFAIRS.
Snyii thi 'Maine * ) \'nn Illotrn Up ! * >
\Ve ler.
Colonel J. H. Pratt of this city returned
homo yesterday * ft r7fi trip of twelve diys
In Cuba. Ho was accompanied by his daugh.
ter , Miss Pratt , and ( during much of the tlmo
was associated with Senator Proctor of Ver
mont , < o whoai the PratLs arc distantly re
lated. At Hitvanx they stopped at the same
hotel ' with Captain Slgsbco and Consul General -
oral Lee.
II Is the opinion of Colonel Pratt that the
Maine was blown Up from the outside , but
not by a torpedo. Ho does not/ believe It to
have been poreiblo for OHO torpedo to blow
up ian an i Inimctiro ship llko the Maine Into rtuch
an unreoognlzablo mass as ho saw in , the
harbor of. Haxana. Ho says It Is the opinion
of the I American officials with whom he was
thrpwn . Into contact that the Maine IN as
blown up b followers of Weyler. who explode -
plode\ mlup that had 'been planted by
Weyjci ; It ] thu barbpr , Colonel Pratt tells a
sud story of the 'suffering at Matanzas ,
whcio ho visited. Ho nays he never saw-
such suffering In fils life before nnd was so
thoroughly sickened , .by the sight of It that
liq could not go to other points thit were
on the party's Itinerary. Ho endorsee Sen
ator Proctor's report and believes tint the
American government should at once do
something toward giving the Cubans their
liberty.
t KRSO.VAI. PAUAOHAIMIS.
W. E. Peebles of Tender Is In the city.
C. C. Dlggs of St. Louis Is at the Mlllard.
W. W. Harris of Chicago Is a Mercer guest.
F.ST. . Taylor of Lincoln Is at the Mercor.
Peter Jensen of Jensen , Neb. , Is In the
slty.
slty.Miss
Miss Borolzhelmcr has returned from Now
York. > {
Miss Mcndcnhall of Philadelphia Is at the
Millard. ,
Dr. GllTord went east yesterday for n ten
days' trip.
Mre. II. A. Bliss has -returned from New-
York City.
F. M. Prcscott of Topeka Is registered at
thu Mercer. x "
William Stcufcr , a banker of West Point ,
Is In Omaha.
E. W. McClure and wlfo of Chicago are
Mercer guests.
II. P. Knowlton Is at the Mercer from
Rockford , III. .
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Charles J. Milton of St. Louis Is stopping
at the Mlllard.
J. C. Rogers of Chicago is at the Mlllard
for a few days.
P. D. Walsh of Boston Is at the Mlllard
for a few days.
Hon. Ocorgo H. Caldv.'ell of Grand Island
is at the Mercer.
E. S. Williams and wife of Philadelphia
are at the Mlllard. '
Robert H. Hamilton of Kansas City Is reg
istered at the Mlllard.
G. E. Springer of North Bend , Neb. , is
spending Sunday at the Barker.
Mrs. C. J. Stuart and child of Seattle ,
Wash. , are registered at the Mlllard.
A. D. Stark , a traveling man from DCS
Mulncs , Ia. , Is a gucstt the Barker ,
D. P. Simmons MRiit Lake and H. T.
Petersjf Carbon , Wjo. , are nt the Mlllard.
General Superintfhilant Cilvert of the B.
& M. passed through Omaha yesterday morn-
lug.
lug.J.
J. O. Donnoll , Mrs. E. Beebe- and Ncls
McDowell of .Lliiccfn are registered at the
Barker. * I
R , G. Hall and \f. \ C. Swift arc Chicago
traveling men spending Sunday at the
sBarKcx-j' * Jfc , * + , * V A.
J. C. Dahlman of Lincoln Is In the city.
Mrs. Mary Fitzgerald of Lincoln was In
Omaha ye'sterday. )
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r. A. Edmonds , representing the Western
Newspaper Union , Is registered at the
Barker from Denver. . .
Mrs. James B. Fearon of New York hns
Joined S r. Fenron and taken a suite of
rooms at the Mlllard.
Captain W. E. B. de Moralnvillo has ic-
turned from Chicago nnd taken permanent
apartments at the Mlllard.
H. S. Jaynes , superintendent of the Ne
braska division of ( tie Omaha road , loft yes
terday morning for Sioux City.
'
S. J. NLshlmura of Yokohama Is In Omcfia
looking after a Japanese tea house co-nces-
olon which do Is to have at the exposition.
Assistant Superintendent Robert II. Persons - ,
sons ! of the new federal building has re
turned fro.-n a trip to Washington and other
places in the east. -
Lieutenant ] O. A. Snydcr of Washington ,
D. C. , has charge of the fish exhibit which
Is to bo In the government building aud Is
now In Omaha preparing to Install the ex
hibit.
nJ
J. D. Ringer , representing the Athletic
Thurston residence on Sunday afternoon at
the city to attend the meeting called to
form an Interscholastlc Foot Ball associa
tion.
I * H. Dow , superintendent of the National
cemetery near North Platte , Neb. , and Mr.
and airs. W. O , Thc-mas of Lincoln arrived
? the city on Saturday morning to attend
the funeral servlcea of Mrs. Thurston.
Ncbraskans at the hotels. AV. E. Peebles , v
Ponder ; George E. Schiller , Schuylcr ; I , D.
Slgourney , J. W. Magulre , T. W. Brownfield ,
Mra. Mary Fitzgerald , Lincoln ; Z. K. Doanc ,
Blair ; L. L. FJsko and wife , C. M. Rlsg.
Beatrice ; J. D. Ruas , Buffilo : C. II Wurner ,
Stanton : F. W. .Andersen , WahooT. ; . B.
Hood , Central City ; John Peters. Albion : A.
. Swcnoy , Nebraska City ; F. M. Wclcher ,
. L. Krause , West .Point ; E. S. McCaadlcss ,
Auburn ; Ezra Johnson , Nebraska City ; H. S. .
Rich , Red Wing ; Henry Gibbons , Kearney.
LOCAL MilKVITifiS. „
The petit Jury will report for service In
the federal court on Monday. The first
criminal ccso will commence as roon cs tha
Jury ly empanelled.
"Tho Story of the Cross" by Dudley Buck
will be rendered by ths choir of Trinity
Cathedral this evening at 7:43 : , under the. di of
rection of Mrs. Cotton.
S. E. Reeve , alias Sawyer , b under arrent
the Instance of a IJougluS street lodging
house for attempting1 to leave th'o pUce wltfi N.
ut paying for his nlght'o lodging. iw
Edward Wdlto , a Union Pac'lflc switchman
living at 1101 South fieJonth street , was fined
and ocsts In police 'court i the charge
being drunk andj lHi Ing hla family.
Eight applicants fop positions In the In
ternal revenue deparfnUcH of the govern
ment took civil service' examinations In the
work room In the olj. yostofflce building.
The National Reserve association gave a
masauerado ball laatfjilsht In The Bee build- In
hall. About twentj-five couples attended
many of the costumes were very pretty
unique. ' *
* I * 0 | ( ( the proprietor of a Tenth
street pawn shop , "rep'orted to the police
that a mackintosh , which had been left
hanging outside on ' front of his place of
business had been stolen.
The Madrigal cluH , assisted by Mlsa May
Donner , pianist , and Master Klmer Umsted , day
soprano , will give a concert at the Young Mix
Men's Christian association auditorium Mori-
night fcr the bcno ref tte ) Qcnson Meth
odist Episcopal church. *
The receherthtp case Involving the otock are
the former W. J. Jiughcs Drug compa-jy
Twenty-fourth and Tarnam street , which
brought In the federal court , hca been the
brought to a speedy end. Judgment baj
been entered , the stock bas bcn cold to
satisfy It rnd the sale'has been ccafirmej.
Mrs. John Gravesen of 1040 South Twenty-
third street , this city , died at the family 1
residence on Friday. Her huaband is an old frc
citizen of Omaha , having been In the gro-
business L'ero for a number of year * . roy
funeral serviced will bo held at the by'
abqvo address on Sunday afternoon at 2 Co
o'clock. Mi
Tlio Watrc-n 13. Smith Western ChrlstUn Ga
Temperance Union of Omalu will hold A
memorial service at the Lowe Avenue Pres- '
byterlan church thU afternoon at 3 o'clock of
memory of the late Frances Wlllard. Ilev.
T. Wheeler of South Omaha will deliver
hall.
adJrese and Mln Holtorf will clog.
to tevit * * Uw . -
ENGLISHMEN WIN AT CHESS
Defeat Their American Opponents by a
Score of 4i to 31 ,
POINTS IDENTICAL WITH LAST YEAR'S
Con torn I Attract * CJrrnt Intercut Ainonir
of the tlniue on 11 oHi
Slilow of thp 'At-
Intitlc.
NEW YORK , Mirch 10. The International
cable chess match between Great Britain and
the United States , AihJch began yesterday ,
was won by the Britishers by 5 to 4t4 ramcs.
Last year the Ajuerlcans were defeated by
their opponents by exactly the same figure ? ,
whllo In the first nutch , played two years
ago , the Americana were Uctorlous by 4V4
to 3V4 gamcj.
Following are the details of play on all the
boards :
1 , , > "jsuury Played n nut-en's samblt ngalnst
Ulackburn , who ilecllniHl to accept the sum-
bit ti.i.nn. . Later on Plllsbury managed to
c-tnblUh a passed pawn on the king's lllc ,
which Deemed to be of great advantage ,
However , the advantage seemed not throng
enough to win , nnd ! although PIlNbury ac-
rmceil his p.vwn to get an attack , ho was
finally obliged to accept a draw.
Sliownltcra play against Hum .was also
played a queen'H gambit declined and was
masterly throughout , his brilliant a-icrlllco
being n ploco < jf work tohlch yuvu the Kentuckian -
tuckian the victory.
The Hostonian , lierry , selected a queen's
gambit opening ngalnst Caro. Although it
looked for a time as if the latter hail the
better position. Harry , by a very Ingenious
mill clever play , brought about the defeat
of his celebrated adversary ,
A very Interesting game was played on the
fourth board between Atkins nnd Hyrno ,
The New Jersey champion nelected n
Frencli defense und K.IVI Atkins nn oppor
tunity to make a bnllll-int sicrlllce of a
piece. Tlnn. however. Hymes came up to
the Occasion by a most -wonderful defensive
tactic , nnd secured n draw.
Not too much praise can bo bcstcwed upon
HoJges , who conducted1 a Ittiy Lopez aW.nst
lU'lllngliam. The Staten Inlander excelled
both In aggressive ami defons-lve move
ments anil by sheer hard wcrk he adminis
tered defeat to his rlvnl.
Delmar was out of form In his conical.
His French < lefon e ag.ilnst the Scottl , h
champion , Mills was \cnkly i played. The
latter secured the exchange , ami lo-ft Dol-
mnr In n hopeless position , when he re
signed.
A long drawn out game < ? n ued between
'Uilul anil Locou'.a This was an oven con
test throughout. From beginning to end
neither sldo was uble ito claim any dis
tinctive nilvantagc. nt any stage of the same
nnd so only a draw was the legitimate re
sult ,
Young , who conducted a French defend
against Jackson , and Hoblnson , who played
n ciueen's pan if opening agaln-t Jacobs and
Gnlbralth , who had to contend with n
quern's > pniAli opening of Trcnchard , were !
outmatched. They WPIO beaten on their
merits und the least eoM about It the bet
ter.
WATCHCD IN LONDON.
LONDON , March 19. The closing hero of
the play in tho. International cable chess
match was watched with the greatest Inter
est and the result was greeted with heartiest
cheers for the ( American team.
Sir Gcorgp Nownes , president of the Brit
ish Chess club , said : "It was a mcst de
lightful ] | match and passed off without a
hitch of any kind , Just as might bo expected
between such sportsmanlike opponents. The
next tlmo I will give a cup twice the size. "
Though the match is considered won , the
games between Plllsbury end Blackburn , and
Locock and Balrd , attracted the greatest at
tention. Blackburn said :
"Tho last ten hours of my game have been
a draw , of course. Plllsbury sacrificed h'o
game In the Interest of the mah.h. Had the
matter gone to Lasker ho could not have
decided except In favor of n draw. "
Other experts are of the opinion that had
the game been finished Plllsbury would have
won. The Locock'Kalrd game was consid
ered a draw w'lth "L'ocock In the better posi
tion.
tion.The
The attfendancc nt the close exceeded that
of yesterday's play. The match paid for
Itself , shewing the increased Interest felt in
the ( competition yearly.
NAMI3 FOIl Till ; .M2W IIAliIj OllOU.VQS.
Oiiin.liu Crniik * Axkt'tl < < > rilvc ( lie- ,
Turk Ilri Tlllr.
Omaha now has the proud possession of
n new base ball park , nnd inasmuch ns
Manager O'Brien proposes to make It fie .
finest ball ground In the Western league
It Is suggested that the next tiling In order
Is to give It nn appropriate name. Most
of the permanent ball parks In the big
cities huvo some distinguishing nomencla
ture nnil Manager O'Urlcn thinks Omaha
ought to be In the procession. He pays
that since the park Is n fixture for nt least :
three years , and probably longer. It should ,
not be allowed to go without a christening ,
but he prefers that the Omahn people
should select the name. At hla request Tlio
Ueo will receive sugKfstlons along tills line.
The cranks who have a preference can
make it known by sending the name to the
cportliiR editor of The Ueo anil the various
suggestions will ba duly published. Then
other cranks may express their preference
iof the names suggested nnd that which
proves to lie the most popular will be duly > -
applied to the Omaha grounds.
AVI I , I , MA.VAUi : OMAHA * .
i n I'erMonnl Aiiiioiineoment of
WAYCROSS , Ga. , March Ifl.-Georgo :
Decker of the Chicago League cUib haw
announced his Intention of leaving the team It
for the purpose of becoming manager of ]
the Omatm team of the Western league.
Orlolex IlfKlii Tin'I r I'l'iieUee.
MACON , On. , March 19. The Baltimore
Orioles , anJ tlio Mcrcpr university team of
Macon played n pretty gamn of ball t'.ii.s
.iftcrnoon on the Macon nronnds. The Ori-
olcH showed up In such condition that Man
ager Hnnlon was highly elated. ECote by
Iniings :
Unltimoro 3-13
Mercer 1 4
1 ase hits : Baltimore , 13 ; Mercer , 7. I'r- >
roia : Baltimore. 4 ; Mercer. 11. Hatteile.s :
IJaulmore , Hughes , Kltson nnd Jones ; Mor.
cer , MansilelU , Uarret , Acrco und Jones. Ml
Itlur Hliuol OpeiiH Tuoxilny ,
NEW YORK , March 19.-The tournament
the Interstate association under \vhusf Tli
au-plces the grand American handicap at
live pigeon Hhootlng is contested annually Tilde
will begin at the srcunda Ut iKlwood Park ,
. J. , on Tuesday next. The cpenlng day
111 .bo taken , up with two sweepstake nnil
one handicap event. The Orand American
will begin on Wednesday , but Judging- from
the large number of entries the. result may
not be known until Friday. This year the
association has donated n handsome si ver
cup to be presented to tlio winner In addi
tion to the first m.ney prlzo of W ) . Among
those entered lira thetormer winners. Mar
shall of Kelthsburg. 111. ; O. R. Dickey. Boi-
ton ; J. G. Messener , Pltt.sburg. und T. W.
Murphy , I'atcrson. N. J. Kvery other
shooter of note In Uio country Is mentioned
the entry INt. If the handicap * duplicate
their efforts of previous years , clo o UnlHli
nnd many ties will surely be tlio result.
.Mmotcrx ( Iff fur
CHICAGO , March 10. Trapshooters of the
western states will leave this afternoon fur
Long Uriinch , N. J. , to compete in ths
Grand American handicap , which will bo
decided fit Klkwood Park Tuesday , Wcdnos.
and Thursday of next week. Forty-
devotees of the sport will comprise the
western contingent. Klght states are repre-
senti-d In the party Illinois , I own , Indiana ,
Arkansas Minnesota , Nebraska , South Da
kota and Wisconsin. Many noted shooters
In the party. Among them are Mayor
Thompson A. Marshall of Ktlf".M > urK. 111. ,
winner of the Grand American last year :
Freil Gilbert of Spirit Lake , Ia. , holder of
Dupont and Kansas City Star trophies ;
Charles W. lindd of Dea Molnes , C. M.
Grimm of Clear Lake , la. , and Mr. und
Mrs. W. P. Stark of Minneapolis.
( Jolf Conic-Hi tit Hot
HOT SPRINGS , Ark. . Marc/i 19. At the
free-for-all handicap tournament of the Hot
Springs Golf club held today Mrs. Pome-
. ' of liuftrtlo won flr&t prlzo a cup put up
Louis A. Illddle of the Philadelphia
Country club. Tlio sec nd prize went to
. Blming of Buffalo and thu third to Mrs.
Guinea of Knglcwcoil , III.
\VliiH 'lYiiiiln CliiiiiiiiloiiMlitp. do
'NEWTON' , Mass. , March 19. Leo O , Ware ! > ! <
HrooI ! > n non the covcfd court tennis SI
rhnmplcnshlp of the I'nitel States at Urny'ti fo
. Newton Center , today , defeating Hoi- foOl
combe Ward In three straight t-ets , 7-5 , 7-- Ol
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