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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY , MAY 11. 1888. THE DAILY BEE. PUBMSHEn EVKIIV MORNING. TERMS OF SUIJSCHIPTION , D tljr ( Horning Edition ) Including Sunday llKr , One YMF . W S3 For Six Months . > For Throe Months . , . , . . . * w TJin Omfihn. Sunday UEB , mulled to any address - dress , Ono Year . SW 0 AIIA Ol-FlCB , N09.MUOT > B18 FAIINAM STrtKET. NKW Yonit OFFICE. HOOMS 14 AND 15 TIIIDUNE HuitniNO. WASHINGTON Omcs , No. D13 KOUIITEENTH STREET. coimnsroNDnNCB. All communications relntlng to tiaws Mid edi torial mutter should bo addressed to the hurron 0rTUBHKEDUSTNESSLKTrF.U3. All business letters and remittances should lw addressed to TUB Iler. Fant.iBiiiJip COMI-ANT , OMAHA. Drafts , chocks nnrt pottofflco orders to bo made payable to the order of the company. The Bee PnbliSuinE Company , Proprietors E. RO3EWATER. Editor. BUM DAIIjY B12K. Bworn Statement of Circulation. State of Nebraska , Pnb. ending May 8. 1888. was as Baturdftjr , AorllZS Bumlajr. April 23 Mondnr.Ai.ru 30 Tuesday. Mar 1 . -i Wednes'lny. May 2 . 18,070 Thnrsdny , Mar S . 18.110 Friday , May < . . . . . .2tu Averacc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18.174 GKO. n.TZBCHUUK. Bworn to and subscribed In nyr presence thu Cthdtrof May , A.D , 1883. State of Nebraska , I , _ County of Douglas , ( B > Bl George II. TzHchuck , being first dulya-worn , flcpOHe nnd says tlmt he Is secretary of The llee Publishing company , that the nctual overage dally circulation uf the Dally llee for the month of May , Ifc87 , was W.ST copies ; for Juno , NW7 , 14.147 copies ; for July , 18h7 , 14,001 conies ; for August , 1887 , 14.U.1 . copies ; toe September , 1887 , 14,319 copies ; for October , 1887 , 11,333 copies ; for November , 1887. 15,220 copies ; for December , 18b7 , 16,011 copies ; for January , 1888. 1M < W cop ies ; for February , IBS' . 15.TO3 coplosr for March , 1888. l , Ct copies ; for April , 188ft , 18 744 copies. OKO. 1) ) . TiSCHUCK. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence thtsKd day of May , A. D. 1888. N. P. FKIL. notary Public. IT plvos Chicago the heart-burn to Slitnlc thnt her base ball nlno will end I ihe season nt the foot of the column. Sven the republican national convcn- 9ton might bo sacrificed , if the glory of Ql'iug the pennant wcro assured to her. under the high li- ronso law which has just taken olTcct in Pennsylvania has .decreased the num ber of saloons from 0,600 to 1,200. This is another instance that high license is the only way to prohibit the multiplica tion of saloons. GENEHAti BoULANOEtt has not yet become president of the French repub lic , but ho has boon elected an alderman for a little provincial town by a unani mous vote. If a French alderman is anything like an American councilman , the general has satisfied his ambition in becoming an absolute dictator. THE Pall Mutt Gazette has been dis couraging the investment of English capital in the cattle industry of the west. It claims that of nine Scotch- i American cattle companies doing busi ness in the territories only two came out last year with a credit balance. The trouble , if any , is that the foreigners do not understand the business. BY joint resolution , congress has ac cepted the invitation of the French republic t'o take part in the centennial celebration to bo hold next year in com memoration of the fall of the Bastilo. Franco is particularly pleased with the prompt manner in which the United States accepted the invitation , and gratified by the friendly sentiments expressed by congressmen toward the republic. MONTANA does not claim to have enough of a population to got into the union as a state this year. But her people ple are sufficiently enterprising and pushing to buy some of the effete south ern states twice ovor. Last year the output of her minerals amounted to 826,000,000 , while her stock interests compared favorably with any section of the west. Montana has been making great strides in the past year. ATTOHNEY C. J. GIIEENE is publicly championed , in the columns of the rail road organ , by thnt notorious bummoi and brazen capper , Frank Walters. It should bo charitably thought that Mr , Grcono is not responsible for this , bul it shows the character of some of hi : political chums , nnd the decent republicans licans of Nebraska will know what U think of a man who cultivates such as Bociatod to further his political utubi 'lion. THE weather bureau is about to at tempt a novel experiment. Carrioi pigeons are to bo pressed into the ser vice where unreliable telegraphic com munication exists. With this end it view pigeon cotes have been established utICey West , Fla. , and at other point ! nlong the Florida coast. If the trials Ube bo made turn out successfully a rogulai carrier-pigeon service will bo estab liahod botwuon the main laud , th < Bahama islands and Cuba. has gone into the boot-roo Bugnr industry with apparent success It is claimed that the soil an deli mate o that.stato are moat admirably adaptor for that purpose , and that a now Hold L open enterprise and capital. No Imvska will take a lively interest ii watching the progress Colorado makes If success attends the efforts of our west urn neighbor , there is no reason wh ; Nebraska cannot go into the business n well. The field is certainly ono whicl invites attention. COLONEL WKIOIIT , 'of the nationa Jabor bureau , is carrying forward vigor busly the work on the fifth annual ro ft. jiort of his bureau on the wages of rail road men. When completed the rcpor will bo most valuable in comparing thi wages paid on the different roads of th country. It Is to be hoped that Colon o "Wright will pay especial attention ti the rate of wages of engineers and fire men ou the Burlington system in com puriaon with wages for like service o parallel linos. Such evidence wouli Jiuvo great weight before the people It is doubtful whether the work will b completed in tlino to submit before th intor-stato commerce comraittoo wide ! 1ms just begun its investigation Of th .Chicago , Burlington & Quinoy. The Forfeiture Bill. The bill for the forfeiture ot unearned land grants to railroads , which was passed by the senate Wednesday , is n very thorough measure , but ono in every way justifiable. As originally presented the measure vras in several respects defective , but its consideration from time to time during the past two months has removed the faults and per fected the bill BO that there need belittle little delay in getting it through the housd if , as is presumed to bo the case , there is a majority of that body favora ble to the passage of such a measure. That it would receive the prompt an- proval of the president there can bo no doubt , unless ho is prepared to repudi ate the professed policy of the administration regarding the public domain. The bill declares forfeited all lands heretofore granted to aid in the construction of railroads which have not boon occupied according to the terms of the grant , such lands to bo restored to t\\o \ \ public domain. A considerable - sidorablo amount of'tho land that would thus ho restored has boon sold by the railroad companies to settlers , and the bill makes adequate provision for the protection of these , leaving the act of March , 1887 , in full force. The wisdom of the liberal policy of the government in1 granting lands in aid of the construction of railroads is not now a matter for discussion. The question of immediate importance is whether the railroadu shall bo allowed any longer to have virtual possession and control of a vast terri tory to which they have forfeited nil just claim by having failed to comply with the conditions under which they obtained the grants. In his last report the secretary of the interior said in re lation to those grants : "Years have elapsed since many of the grants have been made and other years since the withdrawals. Some of the companies have constructed the entire line of their roads , others fragmentary portions only , and others , again , none at all ; but the withdrawals of the lands were no loss effective as a barrier against the ' settlers in the ono'case than in the other. " The roadswhich have made no effort to comply with the re quirements of the grants have not , however - ever , failed to immensely profit by thorn. Taking full advantage of the withdrawals made by the government in their favor , Ihoy.luwo , as stated by the land commissioner , been enabled to compel Bottlers * 'to purchase railroad waivers or volinquishmonts of lands to which the companies had not and might never have any color of legal right ; to appropriate the products of coal and other valuable lands ; to dom inate town sites and monopolize water privileges ; and to devastate forests of heir timber. Vast tracts of the choicest woodlands of the public domain have thus been exploited for the speculative purposes of railroad companies and their interior combinations. " Much moro could bo cited to show how ruthlessly the gen erosity of the government has been abused by these corporations. It is duo to the people that such resti tution as is now' possible shall bo so- cured. Every aero to which the land- grant railroads cannot show a just claim , in having fulfilled tho. terms of the grant , should bo at once restored to the public domain. Three years ago the amount of unpatcnted lands embraced in all the grants subject to declaration of forfeiture was estimated at ono hun dred million acres , an area equal to the combined states of Now York , Now Jer sey , Pennsylvania , Delaware , Mary land and Virginia. It is probablj somewhat less now , but still an immense area which every consideration of sounc policy and justice to the people demands shall bo restored to the public domain , .This the senate bill would effect , and ii should become a law without the loasl possible delay. Is Tlioro No Remedy ? In the course of a speech in the senate last week relating to trusts and similai combinations , Senator Vest said : " ] know no remedy ; the statesman wlu would invent a remedy would deserve i monument moro ondurinp than the capitol. " It is such hopeless confes sions as this , from men whose duty it ii to seek a remedy , from this evil , that af fords it encouragement and enables i to defiantly pursue its way. When i United States senator dispairingly as sorts that whllo seeing the great dan ger to the public welfare of vast combi nations of capital to destroy cornnoti tion and control the product and priw of commodities ho knows no remedy the Rockafollors and Havomoyors with all their Imitators , take fresh hopi nnd pursue their pernicious policy will added zeal. Denounce them never sc severely , they are indifferent so long as these who make the laws throw up tlioii hands and exclaim that there is nothiiif to do but submit. But there is a remedy , and if the lawyers yors and politicians in congress uro no disposed to find and apply it , the people will send men there who will. The sovereign oreign people } ot this country are no prepared to admit that their govern mental system is so impotent that it cat glvo them no protection against monopoly ely , in whatever form it may proson itself. The combinations which huvi grown up within the past fov years without any legal statu nnd apparently without any rosponsl bility certainly present a somewhat for midable problem , but it is not boyonc the power of u free and intelligent people plo , jealous of their rights , to solve it It may require men of moro wisdom am courage than the Missouri senator to di this , but they will be found. Meanwhile , the people are not entirely tiroly helpless. There are not wantinj judicial decisions condemningtlie8 < combinations as unlawful aud declarini null and void the agreements or con tracts upon which they rest. Tlio ; have no status under the law , and it ha boon hold thnt a corporation which enters tors ono of Iheso combinations , thorob , surrendering ita franchise t the control of an authority unknown t ' the law , forfeit's all privileges grantee by the people and may bo dissolved bj their legal representative. What i' ' needed uro fearless officials to prosocut corporations , existing under-btato laws which enter trusts. so that there mu )0 a thorough test of vdiat the law1 as t stands is capnblo ot doing to prevent omblnatlons. It Is believed that gen erally it will bo found sufficient , but if urthor legislation bo needed the pcoplo will find n way to obtain it. In any event , there will bo no general concur rence in the despairing view of Senator Vest. The trust monopoly Is nn evil hat antagonizes the interests and wol- are of the pcoplo and is a barrier to commercial nnd industrial progress. Bottle tlio Controversy. It appears that the union bricklayers are desirous of effecting a compromise with the contractors. The committee appointed by the union some time ages s understood'to have sought a confer ence with the contractors , and the lat ter were expected to appoint a coin- inlttco last Monday to moot with the union men , but omitted to do so. It is now thought they will appoint such a committee at a mooting to bo held Friday evening. Ills to bo hope this will bo done , and that the parties will confer together in a spirit of mutual conces sion , so that the existing differences may bo satisfactorily settled on a basis Aiat will assure peaceful relations bo- Avcon the contractors and bricklayers -hroughout the remainder of the build ing season. It is not questionable that .ho conflict has boon a losing one to joth parties , and all know that it has joon a serious detriment to the city. There is yet time , however , ; o recover a part of what lias boon lost , and to accomplish a great deal that must go.undono unless a tolr nnd permanent arrangement can bo effected between the contractors and the union bricklayers. Having regard primarily for the general welfare , and not falling to consider what is just to both sides , THE BKE confidently hopes that the contractors will moot the union bricklayers in n friendly spirit , and with a sincere disposition on both sides to settle the issue , wo believe there need bo little difficulty in doing so. And wo fool certain the effect will bo of im mediate nnd lasting benefit to these concerned nnd the community. AT the council meeting , Councilman Snyder brought in a minority report from the committee on railroads and viaducts. Mr. Snyder's ordinance pro vided that the Omaha Horse Car com pany shall pay a nominal sum as rental for the first five years for the right to run cars ever the Eleventh street via duct. But the majority report of the committee , Messrs. Ford and Lowry , giving the street car3 company the ex clusive franchise for an indefinite period , free of charge or rental was accepted by a vote of 14 to 4. The street car company will not be asked to con tribute acenttoward keopingtho bridge in repair. By granting- OmahaHorso railway the exclusive franchise ever the viaduct free of expense the council has violated tlio spirit and purport of the charter. The framcrsof that law had in view just such a contingency. For the charter provides that "after the com pletion of any viaduct any revenue derived - rived therefrom by the crossing.theroon of street railway lines or otherwise , shall constitute a special fund and shall bo applied in making repairs to such viaduct. " If these words mean any thing they point out the manifest duty of the council. The question is , how long will that body continue to hold itself above the law ? A VEHY fair idea of what the strike has cost the Chicago , Burlington & Quinoy company is obtained from the statement of the earnings and oxponscs of the road for March , the first full month of the strike. The statement shows a decrease in earnings , as com pared with the corresponding month oi last year , of ever 81,700,000 , while the expense account was reduced only the smallumount , in round ( lguresof , $21,000. There is no reason to suppose that the earnings of the company wore very largely increased in April , while it is quite likely its expenses were fully up to those of a year ago. It is probably within the limit to say that the com pany has lost in consequence of the strike , from decreased earnings , quite three million dollars , to which must bo added a very large amount for destroyed and damaged roll ing stock. If ever the account of losses is fully made up it will certainly be found not loss than four mllll on dollars and is likely to exceed that sum. Be sides this the road has lost patronage that it will not soon regain. On the whole the determination of Manager Stone to defeat the engineers and fire men has thus far boon a very costly af fair to the corporation , to say nothing of the damage done the public interests moro or less dependent upon the service of the road. EVEHY spring the problem comes u ] to the farmer how can ho destroy O ravages of the chinch on his growint crops. The question is serious UIH' should attract the attention of our pco plo. The loss in our annual farming products amounts annually to tons o thousands of dollars , and any suggestion tion relative to the destruction of this post should bo carefully entertained , Mr. J. H. Reed , of Columbus , a prao tical f armor of the state , has a simple remedy that has proven effective tine commends itself to the attention of out pcoplo. He finds that the chinch but during a long continued rain takei shelter in old gram , leaves and rubbish If those ) patches bo sot on ilro , the peal can to a great degree bo destroyed before - fore damage is done to the crops. The plan is certainly suggestive and worthy of trial. THE telegraphic abstract of Colono Robert G. IngersoU'a eulogy on Roscou Colliding is sufficient to show that it was ono of tlio greatest efforts of the brill iunt orator. The selection of Colono Ingursoll for this service was a meal fortuuato ouo , not only by reason of hit special and pro-eminent qualifications but because ho had en Joyod such close professional and porsoiml relations wUl Mr. Conkling as enabled him to prosonl an adequate analysis of his character. How admirably ho did Una is euggoatee by the extract from his address HOIII ever tlio wires. Everything suid of the dead statesman by his eulogist will com- nond itself to th. < j approval of all fair- minded THE CulUngjifrnlr affords capital to the Mexican fWUtleinns who nro di vided into tvM parties ever the ques tion. ' The clfiKicals or conservative element assortSfiat tho- United States court is trying to crcato hostile feelings in this country against Mexico and with to roducoSfito n political depend ence of the govMnnicnt nt Washington. The liberal loaders , who are happily in power , deny thcso absurd allegations and continue cordial in their relations with Americans. ' So long na the "Yan- too" is an issue in politics the ono side will as sedulously support everything coming from the United States as the other will nssail it. Cnii't-KcsUt'Km. AWOTorfc irorM. Prince Dlsmarck.has trcnUid Carl Schurz M bock booV and cigars. Ulsmarck never licsllatos to employ the most aggressive weapons in his diplomatic designs. The Sick Ioiii9. Idlnnc-aiKiKs TrOiune , It Is plain , Mr. Dlatno , That it gives the dcms pain To learn that you'ro still strong In body and brain. Alio Ijlncoln of Illinois. St. Lnulit Qlirtie-Dtmocrat. The republican party has never yet made a mistake whou it has followed the advice of Illinois as to a candidate for president ; mid It should therefore bo very slow to reject - joct such advice in the present contingency , For Chicago Drummers. C/ifcnoo / Tribune. Doublo.dcckcd cars for the transportation of hogs are coming into use , and it seems strange that no progressive railroad com pany has yet equipped Its passenger cars with a sort of upper deck for the use of two- logged traveling hogs. An Ominous Sign. Chicago Kc\ct \ , "That la ominous , " said a visitor in the house of representatives , as ho gazed down on the members. "Soo , " ho continued , ad dressing a friend , "how many of them are loaning their chins on their hands. " "Well , what of thatl" inquired his companion. "It is evident , " said the observant visitor , "that all these members are preparing to make tariff speeches , for they nro now resting their mouths preparatory to beginning. " Over-roaches Himself. PMlatltlpMa Retonl. John Jarrott , the tln-plato lobby man , do- plorcs the miseries that would overtake the minors of Pennsylvania in case the Mills ' tariff bill should bo'passcd. A few years ago Mr. Jarrott tcstlried' before a committee of congress that tho' boal miners of England were better oft than the coal miners of Pennsylvania. DpR inasmuch as the Mills bill does not propose to touch the duties on coal and iron ore ; his cry of alarm to the miners Is doubly fa\Be. \ , : How it lloliks iu Figures. a o Post. Charles T. Davis , a Washington statis tician , has been figuring the annual saving to farmers by the nassago of the Mills bill. These are his estimates of savings for a family of five , on'a fifty-acre wheat farm : On tin plates , $2 ; rl earthenware and gloss , $3 : on lumber , $10im woolen outer clothing , $35 ; on flannels , blankets , shawls and under clothing , ' $3 ; on dotton goods , S17 ; on Jute bagginir and binding twine , $52.50 ; ou mis cellaneous items not enumerated , § 20 ; total , $158. Congress to be Kept After School. Commercial Advertuer. Already wo have intimations that the pres ent session of congress is to bo extended fur into the summer , and possibly into Septem ber. It is said , with perfect truth , that the business of the session has boon thus far neglected , and that a midsummer term is required if the work that demands attention is to get it. Wo suspect , however , that the lazy boy will not stay iu long after the usual hour for closing school. They have the fixing of the limit , and us well might wo expect that book- hating school boys would voluntarily stay after school when an important base ball game was to bo called at the parting hour , as that politicians would stick to their routine at Washington in the midst of a presidential and congressional campaign. When the hot weather comes and the can vass gretws warm , too , wo shall see the usual break up at Washington , whatever legislation may bo pending. If necessary oven the ap propriation bills will bo postponed and the government t-un for a few months by Jolnl resolution. Trust the boys for keeping an eye on the clock and making a dash for the door when the minute hand records its nuno dlmlttls' They Are Waste-Basket Warlilcrs. DH'dHam / Haves Want , in the Indiixndent. "But who are Iheso 1 A company of youth Upon u tossolcd pavement in a court Under a marble statue of a muse , Strew hot-houso ( lowers , before a micmlc fount Drawn from a faucet in a rockery , With mutual admiration they repeat Their brie-a-brackory of rococo verso , Their vorsiules aud icicles of song ! "What know ye , " vcrso-wrlghts , of the Poet's art ( What noble passion or what holy heat Is stirred to frenzy when your eyes ad- mlro The peacock feathers on a frescoed wall Or painted posies on n lady's fan } " STATE AND TEUUITOUY. NobraaSt'A Jottings. Utlca has u brassjwid of ladies. Hastings shippcdovor a million eggs last month. " J | " Kearney Is cxpecUjfca lively bulldlngboom this spring. * It costs fSOD nor annum to retail bug Juice and other drinks in Qothunburg. Cortlund has voted K,000 ! bonds for the es tablishment of a ciiuiilng factory. The NobraskaCity'distillery last week paid to tbo government a , ! ? * of W 1,557.00 , An olectrio light company has been incor porated at Norfolk wlth a capital of 5,000. There are 5,157 B lipol children in Platte county , which Is auiincreaso of 152 over last year , The mayor and hiiftho ! , council of Colum bus have voted against the suppression of disorderly houses. . A fire ut Culbcrtfcm Tuesday night de stroyed the Culbortson house and a drug storo. Lo 8 , f , OW. Advices from the western part of the state report a general caving in of sod houses dur ing the recent rains. Fred Peckham , u former near Gothenburg , lost week captured a golden eagle measuring Bcven and oiio-hulf feet between the tips oi the wings , An unknown man was knocked from the rullwuy track by an engine last Wednesday night Ho died from bis injuries the follow ing morning. The Plum Creek Pioneer Issued a boom edition of twelve pages last week- , containing a creditable write-up of Plum Crock and its business interests. Nebraska City anticipates the arrival of the Tabor & Northern railway from Mis souri Junction. la. , en route to some- point on the Chicago , Burlington & Qulncy. A heavy snowstorm prevailed nil night Saturday nigbt-and until near uoou Sunday. co fn > 70 on Saturday night , U was a hard storm for April 23. It is hoped that the rain and snow killed the chintz bugs. Koaruoy Press. _ _ _ _ lawn. The river nt Dubuque Is higher than It lifts JOon since 1SSO. Stoux City's police force is composed of six patrolmen and the chlof. The conference of the Iowa association of Unitarian nnd ether independent churches opened last evening nt Davoniwrt. Will Shaffer , son of the aecrotnry of the state agricultural society of Iowa , blow his brains out with u revolver yesterday. "Tho Sioux City Journal goes Into ecstasies ever the 'wonderful soil1 of northwestern lowe , " soys the DosMoincs IiCador. "Just as If central Iowa did not have the most ningtil- flccnt neil on earth. Northwestern soil is good for the propagation of grasshoppers , but when you want nn abundant harvest there Is nothing like the alluvial richness of central Iowa to produce It. Still there is no danger of starving in northwestern Iowa. Henry U. Whcelor , the great Iowa farmer , raised last year of corn 00,000 bushels , timothy thy seed 12,500 bushels , oats 0,000 bushels , llax 10,000 bushels , German millet seed 3,000 bushels. Ho has 700 head of stock , COO breed- IIIR nnlmals , and In two weeks' time will start for Europe to purchase a stud of French. English and Scotch horses. Ho has ordered to have m readiness for its reception a barn , and to build this barn 75,000 feet of lumber will bo used. The dead body of a Gorman laborer , known as Pete , was found In a ravine near tuo rosf- dcnco of Frank Whaloy , about two miles east of Wnukou. ' A few rods nway was a shot gun-nnd ho had evidently shot himself. Ho had been working for Charles ICruogcr , jvho lived near. Ho catno there from Wis consin nnd had boon In the county live years. Ho had been married , but his wife had Olod a year ago. Ho was about thlrty-flvo years old. old."About "About seventeen years ngo a farmer named Glcason , living northeast of Independence , " says the Journal , "ouo morning found ono of his colts dead , and there was certain ovi- dcnco that it had been killed by some one. The young man supposed to have killed the colt lofb the country about that time , and very little was heard from him until last fall , when it was learned thnt ho had boon converted and had joined the church , A short time ago the young man returned to Buchanan county for n visit. Whllo there ho wont to Mr. Glcason's farm , and'meeting that person , said : "I believe you lost a colt several years ago. " "I did. " was the reply. "How much wcs It worth ? " was the next question. "About fSO. " "Will this pay for 111" said the visitor , handing out $100. "Yes , and more too , " said Mr. Gleason , handing back $20. The other jwrson took the § 20 and departed - parted , starting for Nebraska that day. This is the kind of religion that is needed. " Justly Indignant Alinnns. ALMA , Neb. , May 9. To the Editor ot the 131i : : : The pcoplo of this community nro as tonished and indignant nt the malicious false hoods that have been telegraphed to the Omaha aud Lincoln papers regarding the finding and care of the bodies of victims of the Kopo crook wreck on the 13. & M. rail road , tlirco miles west of hero , on April 27. Not only is every statement that the B. & M. ofilcials or employes cither assisted in the search for bodies or took any care of them when found , most maliciously false , but ex actly the opposite is true , as can bo estab lished by the testimony of hundreds of the best people of both Alma and Orleans , Not only have eighteen of the best business men in Alma , composing the three coroner's Juries impaneled to hold inquests ou the bodies taken from the wreck , found the B. & M. railroad company guilty of criminal negli gence in connection with the Hope creek dis aster ; not only have two of these Juries es pecially censured the criminal negligence of Kugcno White , the section boss hero ; not only has it been proved by the contradictory statements of this man White , but by the testimony of other witnesses as well , that White has lied iu regard to important inci dents of the wreck and its causes , but from the day of the wreck until the present time not ono of the oulccrs or employes of thoB. & M. railroad company have over lifted a hand to assist in the scurch of the missing bodies , and for this neglect the company has been censured by two Juries. It has been shown by the testimony before the coroner's Juries .that three days before the wreck Bridge Foreman Anderson , of Hod Cloud , had repaired the Ilopo Creek bridge , previously reported unsafe , and that ho then reported it 0.1C and took off the slow orders. The conductor swore to receiv ing slow orders for that bridge on the morn ing of the wreck , and yet neither ho nor tha engineer took the trouble to stop before going upon the bridge. The conductor and brakeman swore that tbo train was only run ning at tbo rote of eight or ton miles an hour , whuo oye-wltnesses declare , and the con dition of the telescoped coaches most posi tively shows , that the speed must have boon at least thirty miles an hour. Section I3oss White at the first inquest swore that ho telegraphed - graphed from Alma that morning to stop the train at Orleans , to allow him to got to Hope crook ( bridge before the train reached it. On the second and third inquests ho swore that ho novcr sent such a telegram , and that ho had novcr sworn that ho dH. His testimony , however , was impeached by a stenographer who had taken his first testimony in full , nnd by the company's own agent , who swore that White tried to send such a telegram but it ' was too late , as the train had 'already loft Orleans. White also swore that ho went to Hope creek bridge ut 4 o'clock that morning two hours before the train was duo nnd found it in good condition , but both ho nnd his family told several parties that ho did not waken up that morning or leave the house till 5 o'clock. At the time of the vu-eck the conductor reported that all the passengers In the wrecked coaches had been accounted for ; yet two bodies have slnca been taken out of the river near the sccno of the wreck , and others arc believed to bo still in the water. Not only has the negligence of the com pany and its employes in allowing the wreck to occur boon fully established , but their ut ter neglect and refusal to search for bodies is known to all our people. And then to have a lying correspondent , who was kicked out of this town for general cusscdnoss , telegraph to the papers giving the oftlciuls and employes of the company the credit for something they absolutely refused and neglected to do , is onouRb to make our people indignant. Sher iff Allen and the people of Alma nro entitled to the credit for finding thcso missing bodies , as they huvo never for a moment re laxed tholr vigilance in the matter , and the B. & M. is entitled to nothing but the con tempt of all good people for the brutal course Its employes have pursued in this mutter. So far from rendering any assistance in getting at the facts in the case , they have done all in their power tp cover up the extent of tlio wreck , nnd It is rumored that they oven con templated burning the wrecked cars In or der to prevent the findlngof moro bodies , but this move was checkmated by Sheriff Allen , who kept u constant watch on the wreck. To show the spirit of the company's employes toward the pcoplo of Alma , , ono incident will sufllco. This morning Charles Eaton , ono of the men who was perhaps fatally in jured in the wreck , and who had been re ceiving every euro nnd attention at the hands of our pcoplo , was taken to hit homo In Lin coln and a delegation of leading business men volunteered to carry him from the hotel to the depot on a stretcher. After they had placed him in the car an Impudent brakeman began abusing thcso gentlemen , calling them "hay-seeds , " "grays , " etc. , and the acting agent of the company , one Harris , then cumo out and ordered them off the platform , alleging that they were trespassers. This is the same ugunt who at thu time of the wreck refused to send telegrams to the relatives of the dead and wounded without being paid in ad- vanco. If there is any doubt ns to the truth of these statements , the affidavits of all the prominent business men of Aluia can bo promptly furnished to substantiate them if they are required. The corresi > ondeiit from Orleans has not only Imposed u tissue of falsehoods Uwn | you , but the people of this community huvo been placed In u false po sition before the public , and tnoy deairo that they bo set right. Wo have been abused for doing what the company itself should have done , and if aeU of humanity and common decency bo liable to censure , then let us bo censured , but when n corporation withholds from the vKlms of its own negligence the treatment that suffering humanity pescrves , in Heaven's name let it not lay claim to the crodlt of a decent action when others are en titled to it. . . , Tho" Lincoln Journal has refused , I om told , to publish u statement of the above facts which was recently sent it. Will you I JUSTICE. THE POPE'S ' INTERFERENCE , Secretary Button Defends the Ao- tlou Tnkon at Lincoln. HE REPLIES TO MR. CORCORAN Irishmen Tnfto Their Ilcllglon From Home , But Not Tholr l olltlcs The Church's IlclMlon to tlio Irish Struggle , The IjonRtto's Plans Defended. LIXCOI.N , Nob. , May 10. To the Editor of Tun DSR : A letter signed Michael Corcoran appeared in Wednesday's IMUO of TUB Bun reflecting ou the attltudo assumed by certain prominent Irishmen In reference to the Into papal rescript , and by Implication , condemn ing the resolutions on that subject recently passed by the Lincoln branch of the Irish National league. In short , Mr. Corcoran condoms as fools and anti-Catholics nil who believe that whlto Catholics rccolvo their religion from Homo they are Justified in re fusing to accept their politics from the sauio source. Mr. Corcoran dooms It necessary to toll the people of Nebraska that bo is con nected by family tics with certain fre quenters of Dublin Castle drawing rooms , Hint his grandmother wan an intlmato friend of Daniel O'Connoll , and that an engagement existed between his father's sister and ono of the liberator's sons. I must congratulate Mr. Corcoran on having such distinguished family connections , but it is no harm to inform him that it was the illustrious nnd intimate friend of his grandmother that llrst uttered the celebrated sentence"Wo take our religion from Homo but not our politics. " I may also express my astonish ment ut his statement that O'Connoll related to Mr. Corcoran's grandmother the heroic sacrifices mndo by thousands of poor women in the famine of 1&17. O'Connoll loft Ireland early In February , 1847 , broken In mind and body by a long life of arduous nnd heroic effort in the cause of bis country , and died on the 15th of May , 1847 , at Genoa , in Italy. Having undoubted faith In MrCorcoran's veracity I nm at a loss to Know by what spiritual medium the living ancestor of Mr. Corcoran held communication with the de ceased LJuniel O'Connoll. As to the author nnd movoB of the Lincoln resolutions , I bcllavo they wore couched In language courteous nnd respectful , whllo maintaining the principle so cavallrly con demned by the learned and theological Mr. Corcoran as foolish and * dishon orable to Ireland. Untortunately it Is very noticeable that thoso- who arc ever ready to rush into print to do- feud the church from imaginary attacks are much more prone to lose sight of the charity which the church so often counsels , than those whoso views they endeavor to combato Mr. Corcoran says the decree contains sini- ply a public rcafllrmation of what is required - quired by the command of God "Thou shall not steal. " Mr. Corcoran Is like a good many Catholics whoso consciences make them over timorous ; conceiving an exaggerated idea of the pope's attributes , whllo their reason draws them into on opposite belief , they try to hide their uneasiness , and cheat tholr rea son , by playing with words and blinding their intelligence with a thousand and one quibbles of apparent logic. Mr. Corcoran and others of his way of thinking would im press upon us the belief that being worried to death by English intriguers the pope writes a a letter that moans nothing , but which by propounding an abstract proposition - osition the dull Anglo-Saxon will bo satisfied , while the more quick wlttcd and logical Irish will discern the pope's little Joke , and carry on their methods of warfare just as before , confident the pope was only indulging in by-play to throw dust in the eyes of the English. Such reasoning Is cowardly ; It Is unworthy of men who pro fess to hold the pope in respect. The rescript Is not at all ambiguous. The question sub mitted to the cardinals of tne congregation is % rery clear : "Is it permissible In disputes between landlords and tholr tenants in Ire land to use means known us the 'plan ' of cam paign' and boycotting ! " The rescript goes on : "After long and mature deliberation their eminences unanimously answered In the negative , and their decision was con firmed by the holy father Wednesday the 18th of the present month. " The disputes referred to moan the national and social movement now going on in Ireland , nnd further down in the papal letter wo are given the reasons why the plan of campaign and boycotting have been thus declared not permissible. In brief the reasons are : 1 , con tracts mutually entered into must bo observed. 2 , the rants of the tenant cannot bo dimi nished at his mere will , especially when tri bunals uro appointed for settling such con troversies ; 3 , rents must not bo extorted from tenants and placed in the hands of un known persons to the dctrimon' of landlords. Finally it is contrary to Justice nnd charity to persecute by social Interdict those who pay rents they agreed to pay , or these who in the exercise of their rights take vacant forms. Now it is plain and explicit that the pope has condemned the plan of campaign and boycotting' , aud the reasons adduced for so doing show Co those who are acquainted with the Irish question , that the congregation of cardinals know very little about Irish affairs , and must have como to their decision under the influence of false information received from sources unfriendly to Ireland. No man who knows anything of Irish land questions will bo so regardless of fact as to assert that in the land system of Ireland the tenant occupies the position of a free contracting party. Such a statement would bo looked upon as simply absurd. 1. The tenant can pay the rent demanded of him : or , ho can sacrifice the sweat , time and labor expended by himself nnd his fathers and the value of his improvements , and go to America , go starve in the neighbor ing village , go sink to the degradation of the poor house , or die , ox many have died before now , In the ditch. If , under the influence of these dread alternatives , ho agrees to pay the rent named by the landlord , can ho bo said to have been a free contracting partyl Yetthls papal receipt condemns the plan of campaign on the ground that free contracts must bo binding In character whllo wo who are fa miliar with Irish affairs know that free con tracting tenants in Ireland uro nearly as rare us white crows. 2. The tenant mu t not determine his rent nt his own will , ho must go to the laud courts. The fixing of rents has for generations been the exclusive privilege ot the landlord and ho has used it until the exercise of his rapacious power swept 4,000,000 human brings from the soil oflrcland without over a rescript being issued to say not only , "Thou shall not steal , " out "Thou Bhalt not kill. " Jt U only when the unfortunate tenants com bine to save themselves , their wives ana little tlo ones that it is thought necessary by the Italian cardinals to remind tliosii prosecuted creatures that they must not steal. Is it any wonder , when Irishmen think of Jt. that the veins" in their throats hwell with Indignation ( The tenants are told they must appeal to the land courts. Thuro is such a thing as going to law with the dovll nnd holding the court in hell. Something similar is the advice to a tenant to go to law with his landlord In a court where the Judges and oflieials are them selves land owners and members of the land owning class. Thcso courts uro besides ex pensive , tedious and entirely unable to eopo with even the business of only a portion of tlio discontented tenantry. Evictionsaccordlngto Mr. Gladstone , and ho only speaks the truth , arooquivuleut to sentences of death. It wan to save the tenants from destruction that the plan of campaign was Instituted. Tlio tcr.- ants pooled such portion of their runt as they could possibly pay , whllo retaining suDlclcnt to sup | > ort themselves ' in a frugal nnd rugged way. Tho' trustees holding the rents kept the money subject to the landlords' uccept- anco , and in many cases the landlords of vast estates yielded to reason , while some found tlio plan of campaign more generous than the decisions of their ou n so-culled land courts. Combination effected what a tenant singlo- handed could not have dona. The plan lias saved thousands of God's creatures from de struction , and it has given to the wronged peasant u more reasonable and lawful weapon than the bluadorbus , from which , of old , so many tyrants received in full measure the "wild justice of revenge. " It has been u pro tection to the Irish tenant In an abnormal condition of social life , and it has had u beneficial and moral effect upon the con test , by withdrawing the outraged and angry peasantry from wild and lawless associations , which In secret conclave hatched plots of murder and assassination and only too often roddeuod bed and scaffold with human blood , Instead of that they are taught to adopt open und legal means kuou-a as the plan of cam whereby bloodless combination can Hccuro for thorn their Just nnd honest rights. Condemn the plan , and who vvill bp to blnmo if onto moro the demon of midnight murder Rtnlks redhandcd through the Island I Boycotting can bo abused so can the holi est teachings of religion but abuse by indi viduals m isolated c es does not render con * trary to Justice nnd charity n social Interdict when employed by ft nation to punish knaves mid traitors who who would sacrifice the ln to rest of the community to gratify tholr own avarlco : nnd among the worst of these Is the landgrabbcr who takes a farm from which another man has been evicted because thct latter could not pay an Impossible rout , The landlord robs the uncompensated and evicted man of his Interest In the soil , created by his own industry nnd often by the labor of gen erations of his own family , the man who takes the vacant farm ever the head of tha unjustly evicted tenant Is n receiver of stolen goods , slnco ho retains and enjoys that which was created by the ovlctod man's labor nnd for which no compensation was givon. To boycott such a man is to boycott n social post , a man who Is n standing menace to the the security of other tenants in the posses sion of their farms. The closer ono examines the reasons given for condemning the plan of campaign and boycotting , the moro clearly one discerns the cloven foot of English Intrlguo. Thuy ro- vcal the characteristics of the stereotyped libels of the Irish Loyal Patriotic union of Which the duke ot Norfolk 1s a prominent member. I am forced to believe that the papal letter , notwithstanding the moral les son it convoys , was the outcome of a political cabal of which the pO | > o wat tnado the innocent Instrument , Deception was practised not nlono upon the popo. but also upon the congregation 'of car dinals , and if certain English ecclesiastics were forced to speak , the details would not bo creditable to these concerned. English Influence in Homo Is very great , the Catholio tory aristocracy is very rich nnd iwwcrful , English words are very fair , and it is hard to convince the Italian Catholio that so reli gious , so munificent , BO distinguished a class as the Catholic nobility of England could en tertain otiicr than feelings of dcnp regard for their co-rcllglonlstsof Ireland. Yet our own O'Connoll has said that no ploco of English treachery could bo complete without having an English Catholic at the bottom of it. And now lot nio ask where was the noccs- Bity for such a letter ! There is not within the pontiff's world-wide religious domain , a hierarchy more learned nnd pious , a priest hood moro moral nnd dovotcd to sacrodotal dutv , than the hierarchy aud priesthood of Ireland. Could not the morals of the Irish Catholics no safely loft In the hands of such guides and teachers ? Does not the Issuing of the letter imply that the hierarchy nnd priesthood of Ireland wore either ignorant of their theology , or , being fully In structed therein , were wilful participators in the supposed dishonesty of the people 1 I don't think I nm disrespectful whou I express - press the wonder I fool that the Hainan car dinals in paying so much attention to the np- parent mete m the eyes of Irish Catholicity , should bo so blind to the beam in eyes noacr homo. I do not bollevo I am Imimrtlnont When I state my belief that if the attention bestowed upon the morals of the Irish people was given to the Italian Catholics , oven to these under the very shadow of St. Peters , It would not bo necessary to write articles in strictly Catholic magazines on the deplorable religious ignorance of the Italian Catholics who como na immigrants to our shores. It is an excellent motto to leave well enough alone. Mr. Corcoran and these who think as ho docs may try to frighten themselves and others with an exaggerated Idea of papal in fallibility in deciding quest ions of faith nnd morals , but I nm not called on by my church to bollevo In papal omniscience. The moral law laid down by the pope Is beyond dispute , but when ; the conduct of a people is measured by that law , the decision depends upon evidence , and if the evidence bo faulty so also must ho the decision. The law is ono thing , the application of it Is an other ; ono Is a matter of faith , the other js of discipline and church , government. The ono is divine nnd infallible ; the other la human nnd fallible. The plan of campaign and boycotting were adopted by the Irish people as weapons to defend themselves against n government which the Irish nation claims is an alien nnd usurping government , nnd did they have a pros [ > oct of success , the people of Ire land have a perfect right to take up arms nnd drive their enemies into the < eca. Unable to take up arms , they ado'pt other and loss violent lent moans. If the pope could condemn the lessor , ho could also in the greater , and if Ireland acknowledged the pope's interfer ence to bo right , then she surrondord her first privilege of nationhood. But she has not done so , and I trust never will do so. IJo- spcctfully yours , JOHN P. SUTTOM. 8ETTLEUS NEKD NOT FEAR. Tlie Order or tlio Interior Department misinterpreted. The following letter will explain Itself : Dl'.PAltTJIENT OF CTI1E INTEHIOH , GEKEIUL LAND orricn , WASHINGTON , D. C. . April 30. Hon. C. II. Van Wyclr. Nebraska City Sir : I am to receipt of your letter of the 'Jlstinat. , relative to lands patented to the St. Joseph & Denver City railroad company , west of Hastings , Nob. , beyond which point said company never constructed its road. You refer to the unsettled fooling of the purchas ers of said lauds from the company , aud state that other parties are attempting to enter the lands under the public land laws , and ask what moro , if anything , is necessary for said purchasers ( from the company ) to do , and whether there is any probality of oilier par sons acquiring title to said lands. In reply you are advised that there seems to bo no present cause for uneasiness on the part of the purchasers of said land from the compauy. and I do not see that it is ne cessary for them to do'anything further at present in regard to their claims , us while the patents to the company for said lands are outstanding no further disposition of same can ha mndo by the United States. Should tlio title of the company ho vacated however , at the suit of the United States , the preference right to purchase is given the purchasers from the company by the act of March a , 18S7. The present cause of anxiety on the part of the grantees of said company nnd the endeav ors of other parties to enter the lands they claim , Is probably duo to a misunderstanding of a recent order issued by this ofllco ( by di rection of the honprablo secretary of the in terior ) to rcstoro to pro-omptlon and home stead entry nil lands In tlio Indemnity limits of said road , not covered by approved soloc- * tlons. This order , as you will readily perceive , does not In any manner affect pretended lands , but from correspondence received in this ofllco it appears that the Impression ex ists in Nebraska Unit all lands in said com- I iny'H indemnity limits have boon restored to entry , without regard to whether or not the same have been approved und patented to the company. Under date of the llth Inst. the land offi cers nt liloomlngton. Neb , , roiwrtod that a largo number of applications to enter said lands had been filed In tholr ofllco , nnd asked instructions na to the i > roxr | dl.spsltlon of the sumo ; whoroupoii this ofllco , under date of the 31st inst. , informed thum that patents had been issued to tmld company for all the sections in Its indemnity limits in tholr dis trict ( which embraces the land referred to by you ) , and that , therefore , not u slnglo tract therein wax affected by said order , and instructed them to reject all applications to enter said lands. Very respectfully , iS. M. STOUKHI.AUISIt , Commissioner. GntH HIM Money. SAN FIUXCISCO , May 10. At the executive meeting of the directors of the Nevada bank hold yesterday ex-Bcnator Fair was paid tlio balance of the $2,000,000 which the bank owed him. This money was in settlement of u claim airalusttho bank for (3,000,000 ho had put into the concern to enable it to tide over trouble caused by some wheat deals. Tlio Duo Htukcs. LONDON , May 10. At the Chester meeting to-day the race for the Dee stakes was won by Toscano , The race for the great Cheshire handicap stakes was won by Theodore. The race for the Ormondo two-year-old plato was won by Screech Owl. Tlio 1'lro llcoonl. Ciiuudo , May 10. A flro which Btaitcd in the lumber yard of J , II. Picrsou at Thirty- olghtli and Laurel street * early this morning , destroyed un immense amount of lumber , besides four dry kilns and u planing mill , all belonging to the firm , Loss , $50,000. , Gold For Iltiropo. New YOICK , May 10. August Buluiont fc. Co. have ordered . | ' 250XX , ( > of gold for ship ment to Europe.