Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1898)
I r- - - - - : iii . - TTT _ _ - - - . , - - - - - - _ - . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I THE OMAHA , DAILY BEE. . . . ESTABLISHED - - - J1TNE 19 , 1871. OMAflA , FRIDAY MO1iNG , JUNE 10 , 1S9S. StNGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. : FRUITS \VESTERN \ ENERGY Te Ezpozito az Vied b Oorepondent from Other Oitie& STRIKIUG FEATURES OF THE GREAT SHOW Vlidnnii Of Ihnutr That Ilejight the I-e. Ctnrm lh Mind niul 1iehnIn the fleIulder.L'nlitter Zor Intnd. If a i1thr delres to t extremely de lighted &t the TranimtzsIlpp1 Exposition be csn turn away from the more or Ies - ' . tcreot7 exbthlts ot rnschlacry * u1 nricu1ture ant hotticutture and seek thc picturesque ! lde ot thu estern show. ft as just sich Journey through the gtouns , witts the crespondent ot te t. Louts Globe-Democrat. . that led me hither snd thtth'r In searth ot the odd and. unique sights anct picturesque crtects. And It will pay any clsltor wbo 1oes the artistic and thc unique to do the asnie. A genial sno and a clear , limpid sky tnarte tc atT-5 01 the long lagoon sparkle with silver and gray.gre'n huu as I pasaet iown a noble flight of steps to a water land- log and entered a gay-co1oretl gondola. The awarthy gondofler. au'rea In a garb of strik- -jag eoloDs. dlp3 his oar and we glide away Zroin the hnposlng perlstyle at the east. end 0 ! the lac.on. A gentle breeze rutfle the wter until it seems to be crlmpled silk In the afternoon sun. One can easily Imagine hImself In Venice as be reclines in a gon- - Ioa ! rowe4 by a gandfler. and g1es tnoothly down this grand canal. Along th13 waterway the landscape gardener and the architect hare reached their higbet poIuti of artistic eIect. . here it Is tbit genius is displayed in flits superb little Vhite Cly. " ' And one must sail a1ong this lagoon to catch the full inspiration of the beauty of archi- iecturaI outline-a. One sails by gently slop- It log swards of green and clustexa of shrub- bcry , and beyond. between the earth and SIQ . are the majestic outlines of beauttiul - ; ! whIte pa'aces. Everything Is glittering vlHte , With here and there touche. ot pearl . . end gold. Everything is built In the classic style of arthltccture. With a broad sweep of riston one gains the full perspective of I these ' .hIte palaces that flank the 'agoon ' , nod In the vlsi-a at the Iar 'esteru end looms up the Ionic outlines ot the Govern- ! nent building. on whose golden dome stands the statue of Liberty Enlightening the Vorl1 , " truly a fitting statue for that buIld. log at a time when this government Is engaged - gaged in a war to give freedom to Cuba. The .u&oQn n Icliht. One can traverse this lagoon for an hour In continual delight , for every passing mo- inet and every gentle turn of the gondola beneath arching bridge or jutting reetment opens up in any directIon new and inter- eating ristas of arthitectural beauty. Then , too , these white palaces are faIntly ml- rored In the waters o the lagoon with the picturesque effect or a mirage. This liquId street is a haven of rest for a tired ls1tor 'who glides along listlessly in a gondola. and passcs teaming fountains , terraces of ma- - ble steps at the waters edge. and marble urus In artistic groupe , and cathhes glimpses of green lawns dotted with bril- hunt bloom. Winding walks lead away and are lost In the blosaom-ladened shrub- beT7 Then a glance at aU the hlte buildings - ings leads one almost to think that this white city was built ages ago. when the Greeks reared their palaces and temples along the same classic lines. One can easIly forget the material of which these buildings are constructed and imagine tbn to be real marble. with superb facades reaching skyward. and vast lengths ol columns and arches. relieved by gilded domes and scuip- tured irIee. These buildings are In the distance , and in the changing shadows or sun and cloud who can tell the dierenco between stafr and marble far away across the shimmer of the lagoon. . The elements of atmosphere , proportIon and perspective form an ensemble which gives an Impression - sion of reality , and the visitor surrenders himself to the magic spell of Its beauty. In the search for the odd and unique the exhibit of the government in the Govern- Inent building presents many interesting objects. Beh1d the green translucent walls of its aquarium one sees salt-water tlsh of crious forms and brilliant hues. darting - ' in and out of miniature ocean caves. where - color runs riot among the sea anemones , corals and swaying seaweed. Stardsh. now sthtlonary and apparently lifeless , glide away before the plane of glass , and strange crabs and mollusks crawl over the pebbles at the bottom. All the characteristic fea- turc's of submarine life are seen. tuce SnnL'N Exhibit. In the Government building the display of the United States Postoce department Is proliVc of odd attractions. The mounted carcass of "Owney , " the postal clerk's dog. Is sccn in a glass case. He 'was a small gray terrier of the Scotch breed. This dog. after baying traveled on postal cars over all the United States and Europe , and via- ited Cbioa and Japan , as shot and killed by order of the postmaster at Toledo , 0. . last August. The postal boys were trying to get 'Owney" to go to the ashvilIe Exposition , but he did not want to go south. The dog always selected his own route of travel. The boys put the dog in the basement of the Toledo custom house , and be bit one of the clerks. The postmaster ordered the dog Lobe shot , much to the regretoI thou- radz of postal clerks. lu the gIass case in which 'Owney's" carcass Is mounted there are displayed the several hundred medals he bad received from all civilized countries of the globe. and among them are gold and silver medals from England and France. and from the emperor of China and the znllcado of Japan. In the zostomce display - play there are many things that have been sent through the mails sgainst the Ia. and the list comprises rattlesnakes. centipedes , horned frogs and infernal machines , These snalies , which were sent bile alive through the mails. are now preserved in alcohol , There are mounted wax figures of the man on horseback 'sho carried the mail during the days of the pony express across the plains. The improvement in handling mails is shown from that time up to the latest mail car of tod.ty. One of the interesting personages connected with the gorerument exhibit Is Colonel John B. Brownlow of Ten- neasee. who is in charge of ( he postodlee display. He is the on of "Parson" flrun. low , who gained fame in the civil war. In the Government building one can see the life of the aborigines of America Illus- V trated in a series of life-like and life.slze alay gures. For instance. there is a Papago Indian woman of the lower ( ' , olorado valley. ho is modeling a clay vase. Another In- diaa Is shown as a siin dresser and another - other model represents an Indian flint flakes breaking the rocks in his ork. Ip this government exhibit the wax models of rail. itary figures are quite interesting just at this time , when the country Is engaged in war. These models show all the Etyles of tLilitary uniforms for the army anti navy from the days of George Wazbtngtoa to the present , Fbcse picturesque things of this exposition : aiay uetr be brought toethsr again Ia tk I west , and this "Thite CIty the northern outskirts of Omaha is well worth a liberal ! patronage alike from the tourists of the east I and the people of the great transmisslsslppi ! section of this country. A l'uintr for trav Englnnil. Two years ago , writes a correspondent of the Boston 'l'ranscript. when the national I lttder from nebraska , whom the east styled : "IbO boy orator of the l'latte , " persisted In not aipreeiatlng what the east is and Is calatle of , we were impatient to desperation. I lint he was no worse In tendency , though be was in intensity , than New IngIand is tn lack of apprecIation of ebraska in this hour of the triumph of her Tranarniasissippi Exposition. As I was beholdIng with won- des and admiration her preparation for the second grutest industrial exhibition on the continent , r by the Associated Press dispatch - patch that the l.Inssachusetts legislature hail 'turned down" an appropriation of 16.000 in I I connection with this exposition. Massa- : chusetta men contributed upward of $ ' { 'O , . ; t.DClo , probably. to "turn down' a famous Nebraskan in 1tG. and every $1,000 expended in visiting this expositIon prior to November I will be worth * lO.OO In campaign funds In lstl. Vhen will statesmen ( ? ) learn that the time to spend money for sound political gains Is before prejudices arc aroused and bitterness engendered ? Since March I have traveled more than I5OO miles , and most of it beyond the Mississippi. The wheat crops and the general rise in price of products have gone a long way to counteract the bitterness of transmississlppl prejudices. and the famous Nebraskan would not find free silver as al- luring. even to the west , as it was two years ago ; but let the railroads of the east fail to give tempting rates to Omaha. and let New Englanders go to Europe instead of to the World's Fair , sr. . and my word for it. after spending several weeks In close touch with the people of thirteen states beyond - the Mississippi , It will be an easy matter for aotnd one to solIdify the far west against the railroads and the east. On the other hand , let the railroads and the people unite lii having the east know the west as there baa never before been an opportunity to k-now it , and let the west see that the respect - spect of the east assumes definite shape and sympathy , and no oratory will ever again solIdify the far west against the east. ? .ias- sachusetta better have thrown a hundred thousand dollars lath the sewer than to have bad It hinted in every paper from the Mis- slasippi to the coast that she refused this appropriation of G.OsD. I do not remember ever before to have blushed for 3laasachu- setts when auay from home. It , . Was of Coinpnri.on. Aside from the standpoint of wisdom , it Is worth one's while to see the exposition. I saw the \Vdrlds fair on the opening and closing days. on the Fourth of July. New York and Chicago days , and wrote thereof more than oce for the Transcript. I saw the Midwinter fair at San Francisco on its one great day. and the Atianta exposition , ad tow I have seen the Trausmississippi ExIOsitlon from the vantage ground of such experience. I do not hesitate to say that this latest exhibit is vastly more grand than San Francisco or Atlanta , and-yes , I weIb my words well-more beautiful in many ways than the Worlds fair. There are few things quite as large , but the one grand view from the Court of Honor to the Administration building is more beautiful by day or by night than anything at the World's fair. Foreign countries have made no such response by way of exhibits as at Chicago ; there is no Ferris wheel ; there are no wooded Islands in an annexed lagoon ; there are no undressed - dressed South Sea islanders ; there are fewer grand statues ; fewer monuments to the genius at art ; but there are many things every way equal , and somefar superior. There is no Woman's building. but the Boys' and Glrls building is much better. and the Auditorium is a great improvement upon that at Chicago. The arrangement of the great rectangle is better than at Jackson park. Looking down upon the Court of Honor from the viaduct - duct arid the bug distance over the lagoon bedered by the vast array of clean build- togs , modeled after the White City , always - ways connected by a beautiful eolonnade. to the Administration building. standing like a grand monument at the head of the sect- angle. one can but say that the artist has secured most happy effects. The govern- meat exhibit Is by far the best that It ha ever made ; the electrical display in foun- lain , in isgoon and as the trimmings for the buildings Is better , as is the exhibit in the Electrical building. Everything pertaining to the products of the 'west Is equal to or better than that of the Columbian exposi- tion. The agricultural exhibit is better. es- peelally as relates to wheat. sugar beets and other timely products ; the stock display is to be by far the best the world has ever seen ; the transportation exhibit Is as good ; the army and avy are more interesting ; the life saving service practice is greatly Improved ; machinery is not so extensive , but better as relates to agrIculue mining , irtigation. The educsiIoal exhibit Is dab- orate and excellent , showing especially what strides have been made in five years. Xotnhie Features , The Art buildingl Is there any art exhibited - hibited beyond the MIssiSsippI ? Yes. much of it ; the building is beautifully arranged and elegantly filled. One Frenchman , Do- raad-Ruel , Rue Lamtte. Pads , has sent zoooo worth of masterpieces and a rep. resentative to place them for the best ef- feet. Some of the best works of Jules Du- pro , Isabey , Constable , Boudlo , Clays , ftob- en fleld , Bonvin , Dla.z , Sisley. Brngwyn , Childo liassam. Bonington , Louts p. Des. sar L1Ipostolet , Renoir , Gilbert , liouguer- eau , Pi.tvls de Chavannes , Pissarro , Huguet. are on exhibltoo. ! The Midwayl Ve3i , if the truth must be told , there is as much fun to the square inch as there was at Chicago-judging from what I saw of both. The Streets of Cairo are better - ter , If possible , also the Strdets of the Na. Lions ; the ChInese and the Japanese have done better. Ilagenback Is fully as good ; the old plantation rivals anything of the kin on the Midway ; the devil's cave-well , I dl not venture In ; the Moorish palace is as good ( ! ) ; the scenic railway is about the same ; the chutes are 0. K. as are a multi. tude of other things of which I beard but lacked the time to sample. There has been great enterprise exhibited from the first. Much has been learuei since Jackson Park was transformed into the White City. There have been no such hick- erings as in connection with the Columblan celebration , no such extravagant waste of time. talent and money as l 1S3. A million dollars well used In 3S baa gone much ( arthesthan some millions went at Chicago. The citizens of Omaha raised 4.OC.C'O , the state voted U'O.OOO , the county another flc.ooo , the United States SO.CO. Illinois $45SC.C , Iowa OOO. and many other states made generous appropriations. It has been a great pleasure and profit to spend two days in this latest revelation of America's greatness. the teat e have bad of the possibilities of the west. I have seen and learned snore in two days than from u.000 raile of traei. Indeed , seven Dips 10 the Pacific coast with eyes wide open , left so much unseen and . -unknown of the vast west that I raise my bat It grateful appre. elatIon of what the TrnamisstuPPi ) Expo- sftinu has taught of the very things of which 1 ba e been trying to learn ja the last twenty-three * CHINA'S ' TROUBLES CRO\VINC \ Powers Take Advnzitage of Riotz to Prsz for More raTo. NEW COMPUCATIONS WITH JAPANESE fluii.l3tftkcs Demaud.i for Fnrther Coneesiulons in thr Line Tung 1'enIusn1-Frnncc Also I'reiusrs n Clntns. VANCOUVER. B. C. , June 9.-Oriental ad- vices are to the effect that China and I Japan are having trouble again. Compilca- tions have occurred in ChIna , one after an other. and now the Japanese consulate at : Shashl has been burned down. The Chinese indemnity has been wholly paid , Wei.Hai- Wet is evacuated and Japan has assurance from ChIna that no part of the province of $ Fukien shall be leased or ceded to any for- I eign country. The obligations of the hi- moneseki treaty hare thus been fully ills- charged by China and now a new complica- tlon has arisen. it seems that rioters at I Shashi raided the Japanese consulate , Set fire to the building and also destroyed all foreign residences along the river Yang Tse. A Shanghai dispatch says the rioters are be. Ileved to have been instIgated by Chinese lIkEn othcals who were recently discharged : from service. On receipt of the news of the : riot the minister of the navy issued instructions - structions to the coinanders of the cruiser Takao at Shanghai and the gunboat Maya at Saseho to immediately proceed to the 3 scene of the disturbance for the protection I of the Japanese residents. Shaahi where the riot occurred. Is one of the ports opened to foreign trade under the Japanese treaty of lSi'5. and was opened on October 1 , ISt' . It is situated about fifty miles above Ilankow. Japan had adopted the method of Great Britain and France , and has obtained a guarantee that the portion of the Chinesa empire In which it is most Interested shah not be alIenated. At the instance of the Japanese mlnister plenipotentiary , the Chinese - nese government has agreed that no part of the province of Fuklen halI ever be ceded to a foreign power. P'ukten is the part of the mainland hying oppotite of Formosa. The treaty relating to the Japanese settlement at Tien Tam has been signed by China. Japan has been granted concessions , both on the upper and lower reaches of the Peiho. France has demanded from China an in- deranity of : o.oc.o ( sets. the erection of a church as a memorial , and extension of the railway from Nanning , In Kwangsi province , to the coast of Ewang-Tung as a compen- satiori for the murder of a French priest. It is omlally reported In mandarin ci- des that Russia has secretly demanded a lease of not only Kinchon. a few miles from Port Arthur , hut also of Fuscheoua Sul Pref- tural , a city further north than the former city. These , with the possession also o Kaipeng. at the head of the LIao Tung peninsula - insula , will give the Russians entire control - trol of the peninsula. The steamer Empress of Japan brings the following news from China and Japan : A major in the Russian army , accompanied by a number of non-commissioned ofcers , has been engaged In a topographical survey of Hanig Tong and Kaiwon. Cores. The party recently arrived at Wonsan and is reported to have committed gross outrages - rages on women and others along the road. They murdered a Corean and afterward proceeded to a police station and killed one of the sergeants. After this they attacked a hut where the French missionary llved.'but were repulsed by the latter. who fired a pistol at them. It is reported that three mis- stonaries of the International MissIonary al- ltance have been murdered in the arovince of Hunan. The name of one of thevictitas Is given as Mr. Chapin , son of a former mis- slonary of the American board. The Japanese - ese statutory and conventional tariffs , which were expected to be put Into operation In October next , will not come into force this year , owing to the delay In the ratification of the treaty between Japan and Austria- Hungary. The authorities are inclined to enforce the taris on the 1st of January , lstii. lstii.From From Hong Kong comes news that six blue jackets on the cruiser Buena Ventura have been attacked by plague. One man has died. died.A A private letter received from Yalung , in Tibet says , Tibetians declare they have heard nothing of the capture and maltreat- meat of H. Savage Lander and say he must have fallen into the hands of a wandering - dering tribe. On the night of May 1I o Mayko coast at Shinorger. Japan , about 200 tunny boats , manned with about 1,1.00 men. seven boats from Omninito and sixteen boats from Shim- akeshl. 'with crews numbering collectively about 127. encountered a violent storm and are missing with all hands. It is not at all improbable that there wilt soon be witnessed a general rising of the country r.eople of South Formosa , on aim- ilar lines to the outbreak which occurred in the central districts of the islands in June. 1s. The feelings of the populace have been wrought to the bItterest point by the india- crinminate butchery of innocent countrymen and helpless women and children by Japanese - nese soldIers in the Hosan district. Tehul ( bandittl ) , who Invest the Island , have for come time been partleularly daring in the Hosan district and the Japanese , bar- tag traced the band to Its stronghold in the hills. not more than twelve miles ills- tant west of the town of Hosan itself , seat seatI an expedition against them. The tehui took I I refuge in a cave in which they held oit from' the 1ith to the 20th of April and then retreated - treated wIthout losing a man by an exIt unknown to the Japanese. The Japanese I troops. smarting under defeat , allowed their I lust. for blood to overcome all soldierly in. atinets , for on the return to liosan they at- taeked a peaceful village called Loonabtleng. I The inbabttants were awakened at early dawn , finding the village on fire at several points. and on rushing out were bet and. cut down , by a cordon of troops drawn around she .J.ace. In all there were twenty-tour : men. two women and tour children killed. HONG HONG , June t.-It is &nnqnced In a dispatch received here from C4ntou , that a rebellion has broken out at Chow Chow Pu , in the province of Kwan Tang. The rebels have captured the city. hare kiled a magistrate , his wife and others , and have burned the yamen. Troops have been sent to the scene of the outbreak. A serious disturbance has also broken out at Ning P0. province of ( 'ho Klang. JEWELRY THIEF GETS AWAY I ) ian Caunhit Slrniius Iii , tllowed to l'lcnd Guilty to a Chartc of Vsrrnncp anti Iteiexsiied. I I J _ P. Carroll. one of the two men who , It La alleged , attempted to steal a diamond set I loeket from Frenrer's jewelry- store tea days ago. pleaded guilty to a charge of va- graney and was ordered to leaTe the city. The oense for which Carroll was arrested would seem to warrant holding him to the district court. According to one of the clerks , Carrohi took the locket from a tray and bad started to the door with it , when be was brought to a halt. with a zeoher , HOSPITAL SHIP A SUCCESS $ Iek nnd WnunddGfr'n Treatment hitherto Vnkitoren In War Iawe WASHINGTON , . .funeSurgeon Gert- erat Von Iteypen of the tavy is back from a trip to New York. where be Inspected the naval ambulance ship. the Solace , and raw the sick and wounded hronght up from Ad- tniral Sampson's deet. fifty-tour in all. The wounded included those who participated in the engagements at Cardensa , Clentuegos and Matanr.as. The men are doing well and there will be no fatalities resulting. One of the men will lose an arm , as that member s-aa so blown to picees by a shell that amputation above the elbow was nec- I essary. All the other ptients seill be more fortunate. Surgical seleoce has made such advances since the civil war there , will be no such great loss of limbs and other per. znanent disfigurements as occurred thirty years ago. One of the -inert brought up ott the Solace had his thigh bone shattered by a piece of Spanish shell The rhell went into the fleshy part of the thigh , crushing the bone to splinters and emerging on the other side of the leg. . It made a gaping wound completely through the leg. with the thigh bone severed. During the clvii war such a wound aoaid hat'e necessitated amputation - putation of the leg near the hip. But , Un- tier the present methods of antiseptic treat- meat , amputation was not necessary in this case. The treatment already has shown that the limb will be raved , although it may be a trifle shorter than before. Not only is amputation avoided , but the present meth- oils of treatment do away with much of the Intense suffering the soldiers of the clvii war had to pass through. The other wounds under treatment are not of a serious character - acter , and call for no special surgical skill. The sick men. about forty.tour in number , have no signs of contagious di-ease , their ailments being chronic. such as consumption - sumption , heart disease. etc. They were taken away from the fihtIng ships , as the northern latitude will aid in their reeov- ery , and also because sickness on board ship has a depressing influene on the fighting . crews. The suerers , both Iek and wounded , showed their delight when taken aboard the Solace. It is appointed like a modern hospital - tal , with cheerful wards and every facilIty toward restoring health. Some of the old tars speedily named the Solace the "Ice Cream Ship. " as the ice-snaking machine' ' aboard permitted the nurses to give the sick and wounded lee cream aa1one of their deliI I cacies. When chickcn was served to some of the patients they declared they were now lIving in a hotel. The aubsthatial food fur- fished by the navy is added to by many delicacies - cacies , such as lemons. oranges , jellies , chickens. etc. . which hare been furnished by private contribution , and are looked upon in ease of the sick as almost as essential as solid foods. Dr. Von Reypen is grated with the-work of the Solace. It ta a .distlnct departure in the care of sick or wuodpd and t the outset was koked upon as rather experi- mental. During the civil war our sick and wounded were kept in hospitals at the mouth of the Mississippi river. at Key West and at other points near toe ene of action. The intense heat of th south added to the dIstress of the woundel' ; largely increasing the death rate. Dr. Von P.eypon determined upon a new policy in t.e present 'war. He Intends to remove all the sick and wounded to the north. the Solace making trips back and forth between the feet and northern ports. He feels that the experimental state is now passed and the plan of an ambulance ship , continually moving the sick and wounded from the scene of action , is an established improvement on the old methods , The British naval observer visited the Solace at Key West and said that it was the first hospital ship of the kind he had ever seen. He was impressed with the complete- teas of the Solace's outfit and indicated that this modern device for mitigating the horrors of war would attract the attention of foreign countries and be generauy adopted. The Solace arrived at the Brooklyn navy yard last Sunday and transferred its fifty- four patients to the naval hospital at Brook- lyn. It sailed at 4 o'clock Vednesday afternoon - noon to rejoin Admiral Sampson's fleet and take away such further sick and wounded as may be there. Dr. Von Reypen sent aboard $1.C'O worth of delicacies contributed by private organizations and parties and also gave the chief surgeon of the ship $ .OO for further use in this line. This is in addition to the substantial food on the ship. EDWARD LONG'S CONDITION Asnuhled nod Benten in Nehiraska dcnnd cnt to Omaha to He Cared For. Ed ard Long was brchght to this city SVdnesday bruised and bleeding from an encounter with footpads in Nebraska City Taes4ay night. The robbers secured 4 and gave him a beating about the headlrom , which he is still .iffering. and which may result seriously. Long is a packing bo.rze eL ? loye and has worked during the winter in St. Joseph , Mo. A few days ago be lost imis position , and collecting his savings , started In the di. rection of Omaha. He laid over a short time in Nebraska City In the hope of obtaining employment , but was unsuccessful. Tuesday night be went to the depot with the intention of taking the train for this city. As he passed through the railroad yartla about S o'clock be was snddenly assaulted from behind and thrown to the ground. The marks on Long's head indicate that be wasstruck with some heavy instrument. He lay senseless for an hour and regained conacirusness to find that his pockets bad been iuroe4 inside out and his money taken. From the suddenness of the attack Long was ttnat.Ie to judge of the number or appearatu of his assailants. The injured man was taken to the depot. but his wounds were nor .attended to and Wednesday afternoon ai order was obtained ( rota the count comnusvioners to ship him to this city. Long was deited by a police surgeon and gIven the scanty hospital facilities at the central rtston. WAYFARERS BADLY BEATEN James 31t'Ardle uud Joists Bracken Set t'jiou b a Crovsd and llougbtr Trtted James McArdle. who ifves at 1037 South Twenty-third street , and John Bracken , a roan who lives in Council Bluffs and is via- Iting In Omaha , left the Liaveniorth street car at Twenty-third strut Wednesday about midnight and started sdnb. Before they bad gone many steps a crowd of six or seven I TuaDs attacked them without any provoca. tion whatever and beat and kicked them In I a shameful manner. McArde is confined to , bed with his injuries , having been badly bruised about the bead and chest. and Bracken fared but little better , Neither of the men can give a iiesezlptlun of their as- satlants , as it was very datit where the assault - . sault was made. No attempt ass made to rob the two men and the assailants did not act hike they aere drunk. Both of the men who were assaulted are htrangere In the neighborhood and know no reason why they should bate been singled out by the rowdies. . - - - - - = - - - - - - ONE SCALPER TAKES LICENSE Others Laugh t Scorn ie City's Little Ee'gilaUng orainanci , BROKERS AGREE ON ONLY ONE POINT lntntion to itralat the Lieen.e In- s5ector is the Only Thing Thr- hOld in Common Just at L'resent , The announcement of City License InSpector - Specter McVlttie that he proposed to arrett every ticket broker doIng business In the city without a license has bad the efect of bringing just one scalper to his ofilce to take out the license required by the city ordinance recentiy passed. The broker con- I ducting an open-air office in front of the f maIn entrance of the Paxton hotel called yesterday morning and took out the necessary - sary license. The license inspector said be should call upon every ticket broker in the city some time on Thursday or Friday and notify him that he must take out a license or quit the business. Then it they did ot comply with I the ordinance at once he would make as , many arrests as were necessary. Most of the ticket brokers say that they have no intention of taking out any licenses , and on the first arrest will combine to make a test case against the constitutionality of I the new ordinance of the city regulating 1tbeir business. There Is not perfect union among the ticket brokers , those who have been here for a number of years and recognized as lead- lag mejubers of the brokers' assoatation not being inclined to hang together with those who have come into the city especially for the exposition business. It is said that it is through the work of the new comers that several travelers have been put off trains recently because of something wrong about the tickets they bad purchased from the brokers. There has been quite a good deal of changing of dates , trainmen say , since the opening day , and the home brokereal- lege that the brokers who have come here recently from Chicago and other cities are wholly responsible for such practices. The railroad men say that there always has been more or less changing of names and dates and other manipulation of tickets by the brokers , and that their work is merely more noticeable now because more railroad tickets are being handled now by the brokers. Iovl nsr Troops Wistwnril. The Burlington railroad has been notified of the movement of a regiment of troops from Chtckaxnauga park to San Francisco. Three special trains will carry this regiment ( roam St. Louis to Denver over the Burlington - ton line. The route west of Denver will be over the Denver & Rio Grande , the Rio Grande WeStern and the Southern Pacific lines. It is expected that the trains will leave St. Louis on Thursday night No advices - vices concerning the movement have been received at the headquarters of the Depart- nien of the Missourt , U S. A. , in this city. Rnilrunii Soles and I'crpsonnlpi. General ilanAger Dickinson of the Unl Pacific is tmr Chicago. Assistant General Passenger Agent Smith of the B. & M. is in Denver. General Manager Holdredge of the B. & 2,1. is out on a trip over the : lne , Messrs. Ten Broeck , Williams and Smith of the Union Pacific's passenger department arrived here on Thursday morning alter a trip over the line with the passenger agents party of S. A. Hutchison. The remainder of the party went from Denver to Kansas City. The arrivals report that the trip was all that could be desired and that most of the visitors spent their time alter leaving Omaha in discussing the attractions of the exposition. LAYING STONE SIDEWALKS Counctziien Bend Their Energies to the Inm.roemmicnt of Outlyinmr Thoroughtareit. About the only things that the members of the city council seem to be looking after now are sidewalk laying and paving. All other matters are apparently cleaned away and there is nothing new arising to require their attention. They might like to turn their attention to increasing the Street lighting , but the scarcity of money available for this has dampened their ardor. Never- thelesa there are presented at every council meeting ptItions for additional lights , but there ar& as regularly turned down by the chief executive , whose action is as regularly - larly sustained. The laying of permanent sidewalks , however - ever , is bethg carried on at an extensive rate. At every meeUng some councilmen present resolutions for the laying of such walks and they are all passed. A big batch of theta were allowed at the last meeting and an additional number will be put in next Tuesday. Never in the history of Omaha were So many permanent walks being put down. A start at least has been made upon the paving of South Sixteenth street. Con. tractor Murphy has not yet completed the intersection at Tenth and Mason streets. but wilt do so in a few days , and he will then transfer his force to Sixteenth. During the last few daa be has had a small gang of maca at work preparing the guttering mains along the curb on the stretch between - tween Howard and Leavenworth streets. The work of placing stone steps at the Street corners down town In place of the wooden aprons. where the gutters are dry , which was begun last fall , has been recom- rnenced in the last few days. About two dozen of the sh nes will be put In place at the principal corners and it is expected that every intersection' where the atep are needed will be graced in the same . .ay In the near future. Inveittigating Maelounld. The committee of the whole of the council at next Monday's meeting , will determine whether or not the investigation of Garbage Master McDonald , asked for at the last council meeting will be held or not. and , if it Is held , bow it aill be conducted. The resolution was referred to the judiciary corn- taittee , but that body will bring it before the committee of the whole , A number of the councilmen have expressed themselves as opposed to an investigation , because they do not believe that anything can be done to MacDonald under his contract , Mortality StalIm.tiea. The following births and diatba have been reported In twenty-four hours , ending at noon yesterday. to the health commissioner ; Births-Harry H. Sage , rOIG Charles street , boy ; M. H , Itolcomab , fl4 North Twenty. first Street. girl ; Emil Peterson. 1i114 Do- cas street. girl. Deaths-Matilda Clousen. 311 ViIiiarn street. 40 years , Elizabeth Davia , 1102 LeaT- nworth , 7 rears ; Clark Bright , UI North Taenty-tourtb. 47 years , consumption ; Jay Helphrey , North Eighteenth street , 41. years. eli5 is.ii Sit-n in tulform , lu ascordance with the instructions of Mayor aloores , the superintendent , elevator men and. janitors of the cIty ball appeased _ _ _ _ tt _ _ _ . . on duty yesterday in neat blue uniforms and caps and brass buttons. BROWNELL HALL TO REOPEN Sonmethming About th Seuly Engage. VrtnIpni and Head of th School. Brownell hall was closed temporarily a year ago. It is to be re-opened September it , . next. for the purpose it always baa been used , a boarding and day school for girls. Feeling that Brownell hall is a part of Omaha , has aided to give It standing and a good name , and it ought therefore to be a part of its prospelty and grow with its growth , ' those Interested in It and who have been more than generous to it during its already long life have come to the front again to provIde for a new start. Accord. i lag to the announcements , in the future as in the past the institution will be under ' the direction of the bishop of the diocese. I parents and guardians , giving patrons the I advantage of having in their midst a place ; to send their chIldren where they will be taught , not only from text books. but where they will be educated in soul and heart as well. The managers of lirownell hail an- tiounee that when the school is opened it will be in poItion to offer the atudent the I advantages of modern methods , the best ' instructors , and a building thoroughly reno- I rated and repaired. cbrtul , convenient , well heated , with sanitary plumbing in per- feet condition. I Mrs. L. It. Upton , who is to assume the I duties of principal. has had much experience - ence in organizing schools and helping to t re-establish those temporarily embarrassed. She has taught in the west many years , though born and bred in the east. Her last position was president of the Milwaukee College for Women. Mrs. Upton is eon- minced that before the close of the school year this old time-honored and much love. ! institution will be all its well wishers would have It. CLOSING UP THE MAY TERM Juilc of the tIatrlet Conet Flail Their lIusiues is Almost Eu dcii. The judges of the district court have prac- ticahiy agreed upon th date of the adjourn- meat of the May term of court The members - bers of the bench held an informal meeting and with a couple of exceptions theylis- covered that they could finish their dockets next Wednesday. There are two or three matters that were likely to run past that date , and for this reason it was thought advisable to hold the term open until the end of next week. The work of the jury of the May term of court will end with the present week , at which time all of the memhers now serving will be excused , leaving nothing but equity and ex untie matters for adjudication. Judge Stett is through with his equity docket and is ready to quit at any time. Judge Faweete Is still absent. but will return - turn next Monday. and then will resume work. It will take him about two days to dispose of everything that is on his call. Heretofore it has been the Custom of the judges of the district court to spend their vacations elsewhere , but this year they wilt remain In Omaha a greater portion of the 'he attractions of the exposition to those of the lakes , mountains or seaside. Cert Will Act as ( 'cnur. The Streets of Cairo and the Streets of All Nations bad another legal round In Judge Scott's court and at the end the former exposition concession got slightly the better of the latter. It was a continuation ! of the old fight between the two streets , eacb contending that it had the right to exhibit camels , donkeys and the life and customs of Egypt. In passing upon the case , the judge raid be would not make a final order until after he had investigated the moral conduct of the reople in the streets , but that be would hold temporarily that the Streets of Cairo had the concession from the exposItIon manage- meat. HIs final order will be entered next Saturday. llnr'i. Ci.inte Stir , . . In Judge Keysor's court the case of Frederick - erick Bang , administrator of the estate of William Bang. deceased , against the city of South Omaha , is on trial before a Jury. The plainti seeks to recover damages in the sum of Ej.Cg'o , alleging negligence upon the part of the defendant. During the evening of December 3 , 1S7 , William Bang was driving south on Twentieth - tieth street , in South Omaha. t'pon reaching - ing Z street his team passed over a high bank. The next morning Bang was found dead beneath his wagon , his head and body being crushed. The plaintiff alleges that the Street at the point where Bang was killed was In a dangerous condition , and that there were no signal ligts to warn passersby , John Strcxmmnn on Trial. The criminal court , assisted by a jury , is hearing the case of the State against John Brennan , who is charged with stabbing and cutting with intent to wound. The prosecuting - cuting witness is Omeer Mitchell. On the evening of May last there was a row in Huston's restaurant , created by Brennan. An othcer was called to quell the disturbance and Mitchell responded. He arrested Brennan and bad him near the door. when the latter pulled a knife and commenced striking right and left. During the affray lbs officer was severely wounded. .tusvrcrs ChrJ'itIe's Suit. In the case of Harry 1.1. ChristIe against the Omaha Gas company and the city of South Omaha. wherein the plaintiff seeks to secure an order to prevent the laying of gas mains in the South Omaha streets , the de- fendant. the city of South Omaha , has filed its answer , alleging that in every respect the proceedings attending the passage of the ordinance. granting the gas company its franchise were regular , GIVES HIS NAME AS SOMERS Mun Found Dying in lana Clt is i'nrtinliy identified as an Omaha itraldeut. Word wri received by the police today to the effect that the name of the man found In a dying condition at Iowa City is Somers and that his home is in Omaha. Nothing further was learned. The proprietor of a cigar store at i1S North Sixteenth street called on Chief Gallagher yesterday and said the man's description as publIshed in The Bee yesterday answered that of a man who used to hang about his place , but who of late had been missing. Officer Keyser investigated the report and found that the missing man was employed in a planing mill near the Union Pacific tracks. tericral Stunner in Ton-n , Brigadier General Edwin V. Sumner of the Seventh cavalry. U. S. A. , arrived - rived in Omaha on Thursday morning from Denver and at once proceeded to army head- quarters. General Sumner has been appointed - pointed commander of the Departments of the Missouri and of the Colorado , and .1- * ernately makes his headquarters In Omaha and in Denier. lie aiil be here for several days supervising routine work , and It is s-aId there is no special significance to his visit here now , . : _ - ' EVERY DAY IS FLAG DAY NO\S \ Banners of Afl Sorts Greet the Eyes o Exon Vizitora. INCOMING TRAINS BRING CROWDS Untominrit Weather has I.lttle Effect on the ltnllrond linslnee'-Ea- ' cursioft Tiekn Are ? nrIy All tiring I2xlen.Icii. Every day appears to be flag day in Omaha , and the threatening skies and occasional - sional showers apparently have no diminish- lag effect on the display of stars anii stripes , contention banners and streamers of the national colors. The display of flags and banners has rather Increased than decreased since the opening of the exposition , and Is agreeably commented on by visitors. This is one feature of the down-town show that has remained the same through all kinds of weather. and doubtless the display will ho augmented rather than decreased as other and larger conventions than those that have yet tact here asscrnble All the trains coming into the city yesterday were fairly well filled. much more so than one would suppose , consider- ins the untoward weather. Mackintoshct and umbrellas were greatly in evidence to the passing show on the down-town streets , and the unfortunates who left theirs at. home sincerely regretted the oversight and overshoes. Strangers were noticed on the ' busiest aireets , and the stores reported calls from a number of visitors. Oue leading shoe store sold the first ala pairs of shoes yesterday morning to strangers. There was aol. the crowds on the streets that there have been on previous days , however , and the street cars toward the exposition grounds and convention halls seem to capture the bulk of the travel. Joint Agent Lee of the railroad terminal lines is kept busy stamping tickets of tour- Ista who stop over here on their way easter or west. According to the nujnber of tickets stamped at his oiflce this week the number of travelers who have stopped of ! here baa exceeded expectations for the second week of the exposition , and a rainy wek at that. The railroads report through travel to be good , although local business has been welt nigh demoralized by the extenslee business of the unlicensed ticket brokers. The railroads - roads look for a great amount of travel next week , especially on Nebraska day. AT THE TROCADERO THEATRE What Omtmntmn' , SruTcniile of Amuienment I , . Like \'hIen limit , to Otsen , There Is probably no point in Omaha at present where there is more bustling activity - ity than in the new Troradero theater at Fourteenth and Ilarney streets. Carpenters - ters , iainters. electricians and other artisans are hard at work hurrying on the comple- lion of the new theater for the opening on Monday. \ ' . V. ' . Cole. the manager of the Trocadero , said this morning that there was no doubt but that the building and furnishing - ing would be conipleted in time for the opening. The new building is a substantial brick structure of the old German style. From the outside it has an inviting appearance , and the appearance within is altogether pleas- lag. The main entrance is on Harney street , and the lobby into which it opens is 'very attractive. It has a tile flooring , and the walls and ceiling are colored with light blue. Tablets with the letter 'K are set in the wall. The large auditorium is Eu- rounded by a spacious balcony. and the corn- blood seating capacity Is somewhat more than SfO. There are eight boxes , two lower and tao upper ones on each side of the house , and each box will accommodate five people. On the main floor there are OO leather covered opera chairs or the finest style and there are as many more opera chairs of fine wood in the balcony. In open spaces back of the opera chairs on the main floor and in the balcony are 150 small tables , about each of which are four comfortable chairs. A pleasing innovation about the Trocadero is that these tables will be reserved - served and coupons sold for them just the same as for boxes or orchestra chairs. Spectators - tators will not be allowed to enter and take any table they choose , but must first purchase - chase a coupon for that table at the boz oce. In this way Manager Cole expects to keep out the objectionable element and. prevent intrusion on parties that have previously - ously reserved tables for themselves. A reserved - served space off from the balcony is intended - tended for private parties of twenty or twenty.Ave. There will be no bar or sample room connected directly with the Trocadero , but patrons may be strved with refreshments by orders from an adjoining place. The building has been built for a per- nmanent institutIon and not merely for the exposition. It is steam heated , is lighted -with GOd incandescent mmi's and is auto- maticaily ventilated. The balconies and girders are of natural wood and Iron. The prevailing color Is rich maroon and the marble ti-imninings are of the best. Tennessee marble. There are numerous retiring rooms. FEDERAL BUILDING NOTES. More than 300 pounds of mail were real to the exposition postofflce for the first. de livery yesterday morning. The United States Civil Service commia. sion anonounces that an exarnintiori will be held by its postoffice board of examiners In South Omaha on July Ii for the positions 01 clerk and carrier In the South Omaha post- olfice. MI applications must be filed with the board at the South Omaha postomee not later than July fi , The Mee Lee Wah Chinese Village Corn- pany baa paid the duties on all the goods which it. brought to the exposition , the amount of theduties being more than l4OO ( , IL as the original intention of the corn- panT to keep the goods In bond and pay the duties on the goods sold each month but upon finding that any goods sold couid. not be taken away from the exposition till the closing , in case the duties were not paid in advance , the company paid the duties - ties on its goods rather than suffer this Inconvenience - convenience and be troubled by the cuStou o1flcIal. Taco Stitudirrs Caughi. Two swindlers who passed as man and aife and who confldenced Mr-s. Ada Ilrinn an Omaha boarding house keeper , out of clothing and jewelry valued at Il , are Under - der arrest at Chicago. Chief Gallagher was notified of their arrest yesterday mornIng. The two have an assortment of aliases but Von Suizer , the name they were known under here , is their favorite. The Von Sul- sets secured the stlea articles from Mrs. lirthe , with ihom they were boarding , by pretending they wanted to Use them In dressing for a social function to ahlcb theZ were invited. Shot Through the iinnil , Joe McGrath. . one of the operators at the Board of Trade , La telegraphing with his other foot now , Wednesday. on his wa down town , a dog ran at his wheel. Ide. . Graib U-it'd to draw his revolver , and the weapon was discharged , the ball g tzm through the palm of liii right hand.