Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-18
GREETING OMAHA DELEGATES,
Verdict of Chicago People on Nebraska''
Convention Efforts.
WHAT ENTHUSIASM MAY ACCOMPLISH.
Generally Conceded That the Com
mittee Will Secure Recognition in
Some Substantial Form
Garden CITY GOSSIP.
CHICAGO BUREAU OF The BEE,

CHICAGO, Ill, NOV. IL. }
"Omaha has decided that she wants the re-
publican convention: of 1892" says the Even.
ing Post, land at 1880 this afternoon a dele.
cation Of her representative business mon
starts in a special Pullman car on the Bur
lington to present her claims before the ma
tional committee, which meets in Washing
ton November %. These Omaha boomers
will arrive in Chicago tomorrow morning
and will leave here for the capital at 2 10 p.
m. They are full of enthusiasm and hope,
and the least they will accomplish will be to
advertise their city" -
Judge John M. Thurston passed through
Chicago today in advance of the Omaha dele
cation which arrives tomorrow en- route to
Washington to ask for the republican ma
tional convention. "Omaha must have the
convention-lts a ground hog case,n he said
smilingly, while resting between trains at
the Grand Pacific. 1--WE have 800. 900 to de-
fray the expenses of the convention, but
Omaha is too centrally located to necessitate
our paying the railroad expenses of tho dele
gateS.n
Wild Night on Lake Michi ian.
Last night was a wild one on the lake.
The wind was a bowling gale from the north
west, registering forty miles an hour.
bNCly WdNc ludU SITuCh ltlL us bCHC0 II IL
coat of Ice and it was not long before the
decks of steamers became a veritable skating
rink. The wind being off shore, no sea was
running here but on the east side of the lake
it was the heaviest for the year. Disasters
are feared. A fleet of four schooners COM
prising the Cape Horn, Rouse Summons, l..
A. Burton and one other left Musaegon last
night for this city. The gale began soon
after they sailed and if they did not find
shelter it will 20 hard with them.
Prof. Ii. A. Hazen, the distinguished
prophet of the signal service, arrived in this
city today. He will investigate ChIcago's
climate as to it's healthfulness and his report
will be spread broadcast over the world that
prospective visitors to the Worlds fair may
know what they have TO expect in that line.
Ethelbert Stewart, special agent or the
Department of Labor, is in Chicago today to
resume the collection of statistics on wages
and prices to be laid before the
finance committee of the senate. These
figures will show what changes occurred in
prices and wages by reason of the enactment
of the Mckinley tariff law. The figures col
lected are those obtained SIX months prior
and six months after the Mckinley bill be-
came a law. Mr.. Stewart last summer gath
cred a large mass of facts and figures from
merchants aud manuf acturers, but he re-
Gently received instructions from Commits
sioner Wright that more figures from Chi
cage were needed.
fowa's Worlds Fair Building.
Ex-Governor Larrabee of Iowa, his brother
and Commissioner Crosby of the state COM
mission called upon Major Handy and the d.
rector general today. They were also at the
exposition grounds, looking over the ground
for the Iowa state building. The two state
commissioners, to whom was referred the Sc
lection of a site for the building, will arrive
tomorrow.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul train
robbers have succeeded so far in concealing
thnir JInnflfr Tho Infnntttrn app~ln,-Al Hr
the railroad and express companies are as
much at sea as when they first took hold of
the case and all their efforts to unearth a
clue that would throw any light upon the
case have been fruitless.
General Passenger Agents W.. A. Thrall,
p. s. Eustis, George H. Heafford, John Sc
bastian. f. H. Lord, G. M. Pratt, D.. G.
Pond, T. w. Teasdale and W.. }. G. Kenyon
have combined forces to suppress c.. w. Bas-
sett, general passenger agent of the Pitts
burg u Western road, who stands accused of
interfering with the revenue of lines between
Chicago, ST. Paul and Minneapolis. A severe
letter signed by these gentlemen has been
sent to Mr.. Bassett warning him that unless
he deslsts aggressive steps will be taken.
How ministers are Affected.
When the Treasury department, in order to
put a stop to the importation of foreign
lottery tickets, issued an order some time ago
that all foreign matter liable to customs
uuIlNo Sloulu 10 StiLtb, " wa uOuDlltSS HDU
expected that the new rule would affect the
pockets of the gentlemen of the cloth. Yot
that is just what 1t did ana as a result a
number of ministers have been compelled to
pay over to the government officials perhaps
the first direct import tax they had ever con-
tributed to the treasury funds. Copies were
sent by mail to them of the proceedings of
the international congregational council
which met in London last June and fell into
the hands of the inexorable customs house
Htninlc nynn nAHrAnEnl . ~ NnNN,
Knowles contained a small cloth covered
volume entitled "Holy Communion'' by the
Bishop of Salisbury"
81 had no objection to paying the Duty
said Rev. Mr.. Knowles, 'for it was only 25
cents, though when you come to look at it
that Is a heavy charge, for the book would
sell in London tor not more than 81. A 25
cent tax on 81 worth of property is a good
deal.
''There were no lottery tickets between the
leaves of the book,' he concluded with a
Telcphoning Long Distances.
Telephoning to Cleveland from this city
was tried and accomplished last night at the
offices of the Postal Telegraph company at
Clark and Jackson streets. The invention
by which the feat can be performed was per-
fected by Il. w. Cosgrove of San Francisco,
and used many of the parts covered by the
Bell patents. Already a stock company to
push tho machine has been capitalized for
100000 and moneyed men have been
who invest If the instrument proves
as effective as it is now thought to be. Tests
will be continued to Buffalo, Albany and
New York.
Ex-Governor Furnas of Nebraska Is pre-
siding at the ninth annual convention of the
international Fair and Exposition associa-
tion. which is in session mere today. He de-
livered an address on 1.-THE Columbian Ex-
position Our Duty to Contribute to Its Sue
cess" The convention will discuss the
ticket system and arrange fair circuits so as
not to conflict and other matters of interest
to county fair managers. The meeting is at
tended by fair people from all parts of the
United States, Canada and Nova Scotia.
The morning session was taken up mostly
with routine business.
Odds and Ends.
Some one has been doing malicious injury
to u lot of now building under process of con-
struction on the south side. The aggregate
amount of the damage will probably reach
$40, 600. 1t Is claimed that the mutllation
was done by the men belonging TO the labor
union because nonunion men had been en-
ploYed in the construction OF the buildings.
One death by Ia grippe is reported at the
health office.
A number of cigarmakers employed at the
factory of Rothschild, Bending & Co. struck
because nonuniou men were employed by
the firm.
President w. r. Harper of the Chicago
university today received two boxes of the
Koehler antiquarian purchase, this being tho
first installment of the famous collection of
two boxes in order to escape payment OF