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Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-15
Y. NJ. &. A. Ork.

Under Secretary Frank w. ODER, the
Omaha Young Mems Christian association
is beginning to manifest unmistakable signs
of a more vigorous growth and a more gen
eral popularity.
One of the latest undertakings of the sec
rotary is the publication of a pamphlet
called "Men." 1t is printed in con
venient form to be slipped INTO
the pocket, and is Drumming full
of information and timely hints about the
Young Mems Christian association work.
''Men' will appear monthly and will aim to
tell the public something interesting at each
appearance.
The Sunday afternoon meetings will for a
month be devoted to ''Views of Life" by
prominent business men.
Mr.. John l.. McCague will, on November
90, tell what he thinks of life as viewed by a
banker.
DR.. h. r. Allen will, on November 30, de-
scribe life as seen by a physician.
Hon. Warren Switzler will, on December 6,
draw a word painting of life as beheld by a
lawyer.
The Saturday night or ''off night" meet
ings are becoming very interesting.
Perhaps the most important movement in
the association is the inauguration
of what the secretary calls the
Current Topic club. This club will
be led by Rev. j. I. Duryea, DID,, and will
resemble the Shutdown club to some extent
in the method of discussion. The regular
meetings of the club will be held on Monday
evenings. None but live questions and is
sues will be discussed. Mex Monday night,
November l6, DR.. Duryea will deliver tho
opening address ana set forth the aims and
objects of the organization.
This will be a very important week in the
association work of the winter. The Current
Topic club will be organized, the commercial
course of study will be opened, the mechan-
ical drawing class, the German class, the
trn..nl mnGlN 100 nd nEa nyhny II. i'm ~ nrtn ~
departments Of work will be begun during
the week.
The membership Of the Young Mems
Christian association Is increasing steadily
and every indication points to n year of great
usefulness and profit for the active members
of the association.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-15
UNI1Y'S HANDSOME NEW HOME
Pretty Church That Will Be Dedicated by
the Unitarians Today.
WINTERS WORK FOR CHRISTIAN MEN.
Review of the Weeks Doings in
ON has Many Churches and Re-
Iigious societies-Pastors
and Their People.

One Of the %neatest, cosicst and most con-
venient church buildings in Omaha will be
dedicated today.
1t is the new Unitarian church at the cor
ner of Seventeenth and Cass streets. This
new edifice is not pretentious in size but it is
artistic and attractive in appearance. The
material used in its construction is brick
and stone. At the corners Of the gables there
are handsome miniature turrets that lend an
antique appearance to the exterior. The
main entrance is at the northwest corner and
leads into n square vestibule from which one
enters the main auditorium. Tot the left Of the
entrance is the pulpit platform and the pastors
study is adjacent to the pulpit on the east.
A very attractive and novel feature Of the
interior arrangement of the church is the
presence Of two large, handsome, open
CRATES, one in the southeast and the other In
the northeast corner of the AUDITORIUM.
These CRATES give the house a very comfort
able and cosy appearance. The ediftce is
lighted by incandescent lights and heated by
hot air furnace. 1t will seat about 400 people
and it cost about $4,000.
The old wing Of the church is joined on at
the back and forms n part of the main
auditorium and supplies rooms for Sunday
school purposes.
The trustees of Unity church are William
Wallace, Thomas fitzpatrick, General w. ".
Lowe, Samuel II. Rodgers, w. ). Curtis, w
j. Burlingin, J. l.. Richards and II. g. Akin.
Tho organization has a membership OF about
100 and the average attendance at church is
more than $50. Rev. Newton Mann, DID, is
the pastor and under his leadership the work
of the church has been very satisfactory and
prosperous.
The dedicatory sermon will be preached by
Rev. John =. Learned of st. Louis. The ded-
ication will take place at IL o'clock. The FOL
lowing c~lergymen will assist in the services;
Rev. r. b. Forbush of Chicago, Rev. Mary
Stafford of Sioux City. Rev. LLOYD Skinner of
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-15
Notes.

NOTES.
The bishop of Chichester, England, is
elghty-six years old, but performs his regu-
lar round of diocesan work,
There is nothing slow about the Salvation
army in New York. 1t is proposed to build
a 'barrack'' to cost .Sl75, 0J0, 900, near Union
square.
The pope's jubilee present to aged Arch
bishop Kenrick of st. Louis is a fine medal
lion of himself, painted on ivory and in u
gold frame.
A French scientist has compiled some
interesting statistics to show that a large
percentage of the worlds most famous men
of learning have been clergymen's sons.
The brotherhood of St. Andrew, a society
formed IN the protestant Episcopal com
munion, is having a growth as remarkable
as that of the Society of Christian Endeavor
and the Epworth League.
The steamer Evangel, the most remarkable
boat that ever sailed in Puget Sound, has
ended her career of mishaps by a boiler ex-
plosion III which three men were killed and
four wounded. Built as q gospel vessel, she
became in time the most notorious smuggler
and the most disreputable craft in the north
west.
Bishop Merrill, the famous Methodist
churchman of Chicago, is reported danger
ously i'll. Bishop Merrill Is 81 years old, and
for nearly half a century he has been a mem
Der of the Methodist church. Born in Mount
Pleasant, o., he began his service for the
church when about ~ years old, being IL
censed to preach before he was old enough
to vote.
At a recent cathedral christening, says the
New York Sun, the Oaby was attended by
thirty little maidens, all dressed in white.
who formed a circle round the font as the
applicant for churchly honors. with robes of
rare, fine laces draplng it's tiny form, and
white eXotics covering its breast, was passed
up to the waiting bishop to receive the sign
of the cross. The same day in the heart of
the Sums, a ragged mother held her baby
over the bar OF the public house, dipped her
fingers in the beer and made on the child's
forehead the sign of the cross, I'm the name
of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost"
while men and women cursed and dralneu
their glasses. And this is an enlightened
and a Christian country.
In commenting on the Briggs case, says the
New York Tribune, a number of people take
the ground that the professor was guilty of
inconsistency in expressing a desire to be
tried, and then acquiescing in the dismissal
of his cai g. This is unjust to DR.. Briggs. He
did desire a trial of the case on its merits, and
probably does yet, But that Is no reason
why he should allow himself to be tried on
false and irrelevant issues. What he did do
was to show that the charges and specifica-
tons of the prosecuting were ir-
relevant aud Insufficient, and in voting to dis
miss them, the Presbvtery declared that it
agreed with him. 1t is still open to the
church to try HIM on valid charges, and when
such charges are made it is pretty certain
that he will be found both ready and willing
to meet them.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-15
DR., Birney cures catarrh. Bee bldg.
District Court Doings.

Judge Esteile presided over the divorce
docket yesterday ana granted bills in the
following cases: Anna Drade VS.. Marshall
Drade, Mary Palmer VS. Oscar Palmer, Cora
Baker VS. henry Baker and MIRANDA Walker
VS. Samuel Walker.
In tho case Of Brigham against the city of
South Omaha in an action brought ASKING
for a mandamus to compel the city council to
cancel certain liquor licenses, the application
was denied.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-15

Chairman Birkhauser of the Board Of Pub
lie Works is not growing In popularity with
people who are compelled to drive daily along
Seventh street under the Union Pacific
railroad bridge. The stone paving has set
tied owing to Il sewer underneath, and the
surface of the Street has become we'll nigh
impossible. The paving is fu!l of gullles
and ridges, but owing to sheer good luck no
one has yet been injured there.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-15
Dewitts Littlo Early Rlsors, best pills.
Want Fox Held.

Chief Seavey is in receipt of a telegram
from the San Francisco authorities telling
him 10 hold Mortimer Fox at all hazards ana
that an officer viii leave there at once armed
with the necessary papers TO take the
prisoner back TO the coast.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-15
A Cure for rheumatism.

DR.. p. A. skinner, a prominent denuist of
Texarkana, Arkansas, is an enthusiast in the
praise of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. he
used it for rheumatism, and says "he found
it to be a most excellent local remedY.N
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-15
O UNANIMOUS.

Many Citizens Did Not Vote for the
Library Bonds
The official returns of the vote cast at the
city election held November 8, have been
canvassed and approved by the city council,
but there are some facts that have not been
given 10 the public.
The following table shows how the vote
stood 10 the several wards of the city:
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-15
Result of the Change.

1t is apparent that the Civil Service com
mission wants to show It's authority and
chose Omaha as II good place for practice.
The postmaster general under the law, tech
nically could do nothing but accede to their
demands. One of the results Will be that
competent and experienced men must step
aside for men not so well qualified for the
work. The general efficiency of the service
in the Omaha Office will suffer by the change.
Postmaster Clarkson was seen and refused
to talk about the orders from his superIors
pending a modification of the order which he
hopes to secure. He refused to give the
names of the men marked for the official axe.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-15
An rmnassabie Thoroughfare.

A very small pill, but a very good one. De-
Witt's title Early Risers.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-15
REDUCING THE MAIL SERVICE.
Postmaster 0larkson Officially Instructed to
Let Out Clerks and Letter Carriers.
TwENTY-oNE EMPLOYEES TO BE RELEASED.
Five Clerks and Sixteen Letter Car
riers W no Were Appointed i'm
Violation of Civil Service
Rules Must Go.

The postmaster general has ordered that
sixteen mail carriers aud five clerks be dis
missed from service in the Omaha postofice.
Soon after Postmaster Clarkson assumed
the duties of his Office, the United States
civil service commission called attention to
the fact that in the appointment
of clerks and carriers In the
Omaha postofice the civil service laws
had not been strictly observed. Tho postmas-
ter was notified that the law required
that every person who had successfully
passed the civil service examination, before
the local board here, should be given a chance
TO take a position in the service in proper
order or in rotation with reference to the
time of his application and examination.
1t seems that a number OF men who had
successfully passed the examination were
absent ut the time their services were de-
sired in the Omaha Office and consequently
they were not notified. Some of these en-
tered complaint with the commission at
Washington which resulted in a special in
spector b9ing sent out here by the commits
sion. The inspector made a lengthy
report on the case. He wound
it up with the recommendation
that five clerks and sixteen carriers
be dismissed from the service in the Omaha
postofice, and that the men whose interests
had not been protected aud who had stood
the examination, should be appointed in
stead.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-15

Postmaster Garrison has cndeavorcd TO
protect the men whom cruel fate has over
taken, because some of them have been in the
service longer than has the postmaster him
self; others have been substitutes in the
Office and have acquired great proficiency in
the work. Others have been promoted from
the lower ranks on merit. But the Civil Ser
vice commission put its official foot down
very firmly. 1t insisted that the
dations of its inspector be complied with to
the letter.
Meantime Postmaster General Wand
maker instructed one of the special agents of
the Postoflice department to investigate the
Omaha case ana report fully upon it, but be-
fore that report could possibly have reached
Washington, a p~eremptory order instructinR
the postmaster to remove the men was re-
ceived from the postmaster general.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-15

The court adjourned at noon until Monday
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-12
AWFULLY PUNISHED.
For Violating Russian Fishing Laws a.
American Captain is Kept Three Year

For Violating Russian Fishing Laws an
% American Captain is Kept Three Years
Underground in Siberia.
BosToN, Feb. 1o.-The Herald pub
fishes the story of Captain Joseph W.
Morris, relating his experience as
prisoner for three years in a Siberian
coal mine.
Captain Morris says he was captain
of the schooner Helena, which sailed
from Yokohama April II, 1888, on
cruise for walrus. They captured wal
rus in Russian territory, and the schoon-
er was captured by Russian gunboat..
The schooner and crew were taken to
Vladivostock, where they were tried
and convicted of violating the seal and
fishery laws. There was nc American
Consul at the port and they had no
counsel. They were condemned to i'm
prisonment in a coal mine for three
years. They were sent into different
parts of the mine and were obliged to
send up ten tons of coal per day for the
first year and six tons per day for the
other years. If the stated amount of
coal did not come up no ratiOns would
be given them.
CAPTAIN Morris was fastened to Pole,
the chain between them being eight
feet long. After being fastened the
captain saw no one but the Pole until
he was liberated, not being allowed to
leave the mine during the entire three
years, sleeping on the floor of the mine
and subsisting on rice soup. At the end
of three months his companion died,
| 30 y-a1nacel him from
the body. At the end of fifteen days
the captain cut the Poles body in two
| with his shovel, and got it upon load
of coal. A hammer and chisel were
then sent down to him with which to
cut off the chain.
When Morris came out he found +. c.
| Crocker, of Searsport, Me-, one OF his
crew, had Just been released. Together
| thev walked $50 miles to VladivOsti, the
Russians refusing them transportation.
They were coal begrimed, ragged and
sore from the bites of vermin. Then an
American vessel took them to Nagasaki,
where the United States Consul pro-
vided them with clothing and they took
their first hot bath in three years. The
| Consul furnished them with transporta-
/ ton to Yokohama from whence they
went to San Francisco, Morris finally
reaching Boston, his native place, last
November. Last Friday he left the
house of friends in West Newton to
come to this city and since that time
has been missing. Of his crew three
were American and twenty-five Japan
ese. Of the Americans besides Crocker,
Captain Morris has heard of but one
outliving his Imprisonment. The
schooner was captured on September
16. 1888.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-12

while Cleveland has good trade in hard
ware and dry goods, though country
merchants are unusually conservative
At Cincinnati general trade Is qutot, but
in tropical fruits there IS much activity.
At Pittsburgh iron is quiet though .
better demand Cor rails Is seen, but
great strike of ConneIlsville coke work.
ers is expected on Tuesday. Philadel-
phia notes prosperous strength IN Shoes
and leather and in dry goods with the
clothing trade healthier than for years.
fairly satisfactory trade in groceries and
chemicals, with liquors and tobacco
quiet. At Boston the feature b the
good trade in wool, exceeding last
years, and leather and hides are Arm,
but many shoe factories are on short
time, spring business being backward
and buyers cautious.
No special change is seen in iron and
steel, but resumption of work BY some
Alabama furnaces increases the excess
of production over present consumption
Heavy exports of copper are reported
5000, 600 pounds of lake and 100000
pounds of Montana-but domestic con-
sumers hold off. Lead Is steady at 10
The cotton manufaeture shows no
material change, though the trade u
goods continues fair for the season IN
the woolen manufacture the sigma q
Improvement multiply and while trade
in goods is cautious It IL steady and
1orOa
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-12

uon, Jnat agreement no not wrh UneT
support.
cit did not go far enough to suit
either of them, but they accepted it as
step in the right direction simply be-
cause it was sort of compromise
measure upon which all the companies
represented at the conference at Mr.
Morgan's house could agree. It is to
the credit of Messrs. Gould and Hunt
ington that they not only yielded their
personal views, but that they have
since entered into the spirit of the
agreement with as much, if not more,
earnestness than certain of their COM
petitors.
"Mr. Huntington's remedy for the
evils of excessive competition is con-
solidation. His conviction is based on
experience. He has welded his inter
est into one great company-the South
ern Pacifc-over 1000 miles of railway,
forming a system extending from Port
land, Ore, to Galveston, with a
monopoly of the rail transporta-
ton on the entire Pacific coast.
Mr.. Gould's plan was the adoption of
Joint agencies for the conduct of all
competitive traffic and the discharge of
the vast army of freight canvassers,
whose zeal is largely responsible Tor
the almost constant Decentralization OF
rates. Mr.. Huntington's views were
considered too radical for immediate
adoption. Mr.. Gould's plan was re-
ferred to the commissioners Of the new
association.
'Since that association was formed,
neither of these railway managers have
been idle nor have they abandoned
hope of ultimately perfecting an ALI
ance between the railways west of the
Mississippi, which will reduce the evils
of competition to minimum. Counting
upon acquiescence of the managers and
stockholders of the Atchison company,
Messrs. Gould and Huntington have
had their lieutenants prepare ex'
haustive analysis of the capitalization,
the Indebtedness, earnings and mileage
of the Missouri Pacific, the Southern
Pacific and the Atchison systems, with
the view of determining from them g
basis upon which the three systems
NAV be consolidated or brought under
the control of a single operation. A
great deal of progress has been made
and the work does not lag because
Mr.. Gould is absent from the city
Executive officers of, the Southern Pa
ciic system have been summoned from
San Francisco to take part in the worl
and it is trustworthily stated that Sen
ator Stanford has given his support tC
the scheme. AS yet none of the thre'
interests is absolutely committed to the
proposition, but all have taken it VI
with degree eofearnestness that argues
strongly in favor of its adoption"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-12
DUN & CO.'S REPORT.
General Trade Fair-Steady Increase


General Trade Fair-Steady Increase
NEW YORK, Feb. S.-R g. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review of trade says:
Though at higher level of prices, bus
iness continues to exceed last years on
the whole and is in character more
healthy and conservative than usual.
The disposition increases to count upon
the future for this year at least with
equal confidence, but speculative tend
encies held in check by conviction that
consumers demands may not prove
quite equal to last year, on account OF
short crops. The average price OF COM
modities advanced nearly half of one
per cent. for the past week, but the ad-
vance is almost exclusively in products
of which crops were sho-t. Reports
from all parts of the country indicate
fair volume of the trade for the reason
Of easy money and collections general
ly fair, although at Northwestern points
and in the grocery trade at Philadelphia
trade is slow. The South has the en-
barrassmcnt of further decline in the
price of cotton, but receipts are large
and general trade is larger and better
at New Orleans, though receipts OF
sugar are light
Business at St Louis is of fair volume,
but not as well sustained as before; at
Kansas City fair average for the sea-
son; at Denver improving, and at oma-
ha and Milwaukee quiet Chicago notes
a slight increase over last year in all
grain, and a good increase in cured
meats, hides and wool; heavy decrease
In dressed beef, lard and butter; larger
sales of dry goods, clothing and shoes,
and an enormous cattle trade, 10 per
cent. creator than a year ago and the
largest ever recorded in any month
thtrtiz uutna a fair tradH and nrlnEH
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-12
An Advance to swItehmen.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Feb. 1O.-The switch
men employed in the yards of the Kan
sas City, St Joseph & Council BLUFFS
and Hannibal & St Joseph Companies
Ia this city have been granted an in
crease Of 10 per cent in wages
Colonel Henry A. Newman and Capt
ain Barlow spoke at West Plains, No,
an the interest Of the ex-Confederate
Soldiers Home. Ex-Union soldiers
have promised liberal contributions
It IS stated that Senator Ingalls, VIII
return 20 Kansas soon after the 4th of
March and settle quietly down for =
rest Of six months OF the numerous
business propositions which be has re-
eeived he viii probably accept the lee
tarS proposition. Il be socepts be VII
eseeiTs fieoo night and all expenses
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-12
RESCUED IN TINE.
Marvellous Escape Of Three I'm
prisoned Miners.
WAITING FIVE DAYS FOR RELIEF.
Hope Existing as the ThrOb of the Huge
Pump is Heard-Great JOY in the Mining
villages Manifested Over the
Rescue.

WEST NANTICoKE, Pa, Feb. 10.-Three
miners who were hemmed in by water
and supposed to be drowned in No. 8
colliery of the Susquehanna Coal Com
pany last Wednesday afternoon, were
rescued alive yesterday morning. The
names of the men are John w. Riner,
William Cragle and Michael Shehan.
They could not have lived much longer
on account of the scarcity of air.
They were found by the gang of res
cuers at the top of a cross heading, the
highest point they could reach, which
was only six feet above the elevation
reached by the flood. Here they waited
in darkness and gloom, but not with
out hope for rescue. They could hear
the throbbing Of the great pump, $50
feet away.
1t was not until o'clock yesterday
morning that George Bendelman man
aged to float upon a raft across the
water which yet filed the entire bot
tom of the main gangway. The i'm
prisoned men heard him as he reached
the side they were on, and family came
the cry to him: I'VE are up here all
alive and waiting for you"
Bendelman took up the joyous shout,
and sent it across the waters in thrill
ing measures: 'The men are found
alive! they are aliveP
Two other hardy miners, Anthony
Jones and William Bowen, at once
plunged into the murky abyss, wading
and swimming to the other side, and
soCn others followed them. The men
were reached and brought to the main
gangway. Milk was given them as
nourishment and at o'clock they were
carried upon the shoulders Of the res
cuers across the water. When the res
cuers came to the men they were cour-
teously greeted, the three miners en-
bracing and kissing them. The two
little villages across the river from
here, where the men lived, are filed
with unspcakable Joy over the rescue.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-12
Leaped From a window.

KANSAS CITY, No, Feb. 9.-Walter s.
Brooks, travelling salesman for the Her
riman & Curd Co., wholesale lumber
dealers of Hannibal, was instantly killed
by leaping from a fourth story window
Of the Hotel Thorne, on West Ninth
street, at o'clock this morning. No
reason is given for his desperate act
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-12
The New MEXICO Conspiracy.

ALBUQUERQUE, n. NJ, Feb. 1o.-The
attempted assassination Of Senator
Anchita at Santa Fe, it is thought, was
only the first step in a conspiracy to
murder Senators Stovars, Of this cityi
Mills, of Las Vegas, and An
ehita, of Silver City. The school
law just passed by the Terri
torial Legislature has been bitterly op-
posed by a large claas of native citi-
1ens The opposition has been strong
est against MessrS Slower, Mill and
Anchita on account of their brilliant
and persistent advocacy Of the measure.