Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-07
MADE A PRETTY how-DE.Do.
Tooters of Horns Make an Unusual
Disturbances,

SAN FRANCISCO, July 6.-lSpecial Tele-
gram to THE BEE. lon account of the differ
ence in the price offered by the committee
for bands for the Fourth and that demanded
by the musicians union all union bands were
ordered not to march in the parade IL "scab"
bands were employed The committee re-
fused to pay So per head and only 'scabs" ac-
cepted the offer. AS result of the order of
the union the bands Of the First and Third
infantry and the Second artillery, National
guards, refused to turn out. The members
of these have been ordered under arrest and
court-martialed for mutiny. Feeling is
strong among the officers OF the national
guard and it is likely that all members of the
bands will be severely punished.
So many fires resulted in this city in past
years on the Fourth Of July that u very Sc
we're ordinance was passed regulating fire.
works and absolutely prohibiting the sale Of
| the most dangerous kinds, consequently but
eight alarms were turned IN during the day
and the aggregate loss was only three hun
dred and fifty dollars. This is the smallest
known in many years.
The supreme court decided case Wednes-
| day of much interest to the legal fraternity
| as it rather establishes n precedent regard
| ing the liability of a father towards his ille-
born to G. H. Jessup and Miss Josie
Langis. Seven ~ weeks after the
birth Jessup TOOK the child and
| provid ed for it and continued to do so until
| the boy was sixteen years old. The boy
bore his fathers name and was visited by
| his paternal ancestor regularly.
Jessup was a bachelor and died in 1886,
leaving an estate valued at $4,000. BY his
| will, made while the boy was three years
| old and slckly, the property went to the
| brothers and sisters of the deceased. Young
| Jessup brought suit to recover the estate. 1t
was bitterly contested through various
1Ix,f hos
| the decision of the superior court deciding
| young Jessup the legal heir to the property.
| When the father died the boy was a dish
| washer in a Sutter street hotel and very
| Door, but by thus decision he is raised to af
f1uence. u! 2a4Se@S q f'e nes --.s'n ..
The sale Of the Maraga ranch of 1900
| acres in Costra' Costa county to the Califor-
| MIA & Nevada railroad is taken by many as
| a forerunner of another transcontinental
line, connecting with the Rio Grande &
| Western. George Dodge, son of the general
manager Of the Rio Grande, told Post that
| the eighty miles between the terminus of the
Colorado 81 Midland, west of the Leadville
and Utah line, would be completed by De-
| cember, giving broad gauge from Denver
to Ogden. The surveys have been made
| from Salt Lake to the California line, pass
projected for the first continental line.
| When Boss Buckley started east two
months ago, he left Sam Rainey, trusty
| lieutenant, to look after the supervisors and
Otner clty omclalS halney DeSan running
things with high hand ana the "Boss,"
| on his return, was compelled to take hold
with q strong hand.
| A notorious pension ordinance, passed
bfore "Coss'' returned, was vetoed by the
| manager, and Buckley, after arriving, gave
| orders to the supervisors that the veto must
stand. While the corruption of Buckley is
| notorious, he is, nevertheless, exceedingly
shrewd and will now compel the supervisors
| to do good work to Offset the nefarious
doing of time now past. Action taken to
oust Supervisor Bingham aroused Boss
Buckley, and he will now so easy for fear
losing the next election.
| Smart Chinese show themselves capable Of
doing fully as clever work as the whites.
Shui Wen was the confidential clerk of Long
Wo Co, large Importers and wholesale
dealers. Understanding English well, Wen
t@ions ton and banking business. Pretending
| that the firm wanted to borrow money.
Wen induced the Bank of California and sew
erai business houses to advance various
sums, all aggregating about five thousand
dollars. He then skipped for British Column
| ba 1t has been developed that his income
was not short of two thousand year, but he
wanted to be a "high roller" and kept
| white mistress and generally lived high, and
| like numerous bank cashiers. when the end
| came, hied to foreign climes
| Quite stir was made in the Rialto this
week over the sale OF the diamonds of the
famous minstrel Minstrel Billy Emerson: When the
i x,
Emerson's diamonds were seized by
| his partner and he, not being
| able to redeem them finally sold the jewels.
They went very low, not aggregating 81, 600.
| Emerson was high flyer, and the sale at
tracted much attention. There were no lady
| bidders.
Thirty American and twenty British
| sealers are now on the western coast of Van
| couver island, and all express a determina-
| tion TO go to Behring sea as soon as the hunt
/ ing ends at the island,, II Is likely that many
seizures will be made by United States war
vessels. The cruiser Eharleston, whose ma
chnery was built on the English plans that
Secretary Whitney loved so WELL and which
| proved 80 defective, has been remedied by
making the chabgeB suggested by the
| builders when construction was begun, and
she will be given another trial in about ten
| days. IL
Governor Waterman who has been very
| sick with pneumonia, recovered sufficiently
to leave for Coronado,l3each by special train
| to-day ~ .
The California Athletic club keeps TO the
front in matters of,sports. Frank Murphy,
| champion feathert$elght OF England, will
arrive to morrow And will fight Billy Muir
| ply. champion featherweight of Australia,
on July 3O The whnbr OF that fight will be
matched against thbs winner of the Grifin
and Warren match tn be fought here soon
The worlds featherwsight champion will be
thus chosen.