TUB OMAHA DAILY BEE , MONDAY , APBIL 14 , 1800.
TJIK DAILY BEE.
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TIIK combine of niiil niilla strengthens
the demand tin- the in-oniiil passage of
tlio national anti-trust bill.
TIIK now members of the semite are
Uvwllnjj1 on dangerous ground in at-
templ ing to i-heek llio How of oratory in
that august hod y.
AfTFAfi work on one or moro of the
proposed extensions would be an agree
able change from the present mania for
constructing railroads on paper.
Orr of ten contested seats disposed of
by the house elections committee , live
woi-o decided in favor of the domoorats.
If this is "rank partisanship" the demo
crats can make the most of it.
PAN-AMKIUCAN resolutions favoring
closer trade relations with other states
of the American continent are a waste
of ink and paper unless the revision of
our tarilV is in accord with reciprocal
tradi- .
Till- : third parly agitators want pro
hibition in California. They denounce
the juice of the grape produced in the
state as a thing of satauic origin ,
and incidentally express contempt for
the old parties. It is hardly necessary
to btate that the feeling is heartily re
ciprocated there and elsewhere. In Ne
braska , however , the prohibition breth
ren have adopted an entirely different
mode , of warfare on the prosperity of the
state.
TIIK reports of the distressing finan
cial condition of the Santa Vo road do
not harmonize with its methods in Den
ver. Tf the company was willing to pay
$10,000 for the mayor's property to
gether with his autograph on a right-of-
way ordinance , it is safe to conclude
that two-thirds of the council were made
to see their duty with equally persuasive
arguments. Evidently the average
Denver councilman is not in the business
for his health , and the Santa Fo knows
it ,
.1 VY Gouu ) expresses himself well
pleased with the evidences of prosperity
in the neighborhood of the Missouri Pa-
cilic in Texas. AVhile the company has
various important projects in tow , ho
warns the Texans tlint tlio disposition
manifested in some quarters to hamper
railroads , if attempted in the Lone Star
state , will congeal tlio well springs of
corporate generosity and check prosper
ity , l-jvldeiilly Gould , has not been in-
formi'd of the withdrawal of a similar
bluff perpetrated by the Burlington in
this sectior few weeks ago.
C'oiU'oitATK schemers am working
desperately to secure a legal foothold in
Yellowstone national'park. . Tlio fran
chise is evidently valuable enough to
justify the maintenance of a lobby in
Washington lor months. 11 is probable ,
however , that congress will not commit
an irreparable blunder in granting
rights-of-way to railroads in the park.
Cilvotheman inch and they will soon
take the on tire park , turn it into a rail
road posoy garden , and transform its
; BConitPwondors into billboards for rail
road literature.
TIIK Kansas board of railroad coinmis-
hionors do not mince words or meekly
refrain from action in dealing with the
railroads. In a recent decision order
ing dally pansongor .trains on a branch
of the Missouri I'acille the board rasps ,
In a crisp , original style , the glaring
evils and inconsistencies of railroad
management. "Kvou now , . " suys the
board , "whilo the dwellers upon the
prairies , who have voluntarily taxed
theniM'lves to supply decent railroad
facilities , are protesting against being
hauled around at tlio rear end
of freight trains , and their protest
is mot with the plea that bettor facilities
cannot bo ull'orded , tens of thousands of
dollars of revenue are being wasted by
railroad companies operating in this
territory on what is curiously called a
passenger rate war , 11 species of amuse
ment which certain young men who are
sot to conduct passenger tralllo indulge
in when tlioy got tired of base ball , and
ivho ought to bo sent to Jericho until
their heads have grown and sober-minded
men put in their places. If this were
done , railroad companies could afford to
gjvo the pcoplo on the prairies aohanco ,
or at any rate the plea that It does not
l y would come with n moro impressive
L'raco. " This is rather plain talk.
TlltS l-\tllMKIl AXI ) MinmiHTtOtf.
OIUSD JiviTtox , In. , April I ! ! , 1MKTo )
i tlio Editor of Tun Hr.B ! For two or three
years I hnvn been 1111 Interested reader of TUB
j Wr.KKi.v Hir : , unit noticing your statement
that eighty pi-r cent of Its nulwi-rlbew lire
farmers 1 would like to linvnyoil explain In
whut wiiy farming will bo bonelUetl by a com
pulsory lilsh license law. Why should farm
ers vole fnrHtralxht lil h llcoaso In preference
to voting for prohibition I Plwwe imsw In
your usiinl straightforward manner , and
obllRO D. S. SMITH.
Two amoiidinenlH to the constilution
of Nebraska have been Hubmllted ,
namely : First , the manufacture , sale
and keeping for snlo of intoxicating
liquors as a beverage are forever pro
hibited in this Btato , and the legislature
shall provide by law for the enforce
ment of this provision.
This proposed amendment to our con
stitution , when ratilled by ti majority of
tins voters , ill-ikes prolfibltlon com
pulsory and leaves no option for the sale
of liquor to any person , oven where its
use might bo conducive to the preserva
tion of health , or where its disuse might
seriously impair health.
Second , the manufacture , sale and
keeping for sale of intoxicating liquors
as u beverage shall bo licensed and reg
ulated by law.
If this amendment is ratified license
does not become compulsory , but pec-
mibsive. In other words , the legislature
shall enact regulations or conditions
precedent to tlio granting Of license.
The widest scops is allowed to tlio legis
lature in regulating the liquor tratHe.
The legislaluro may require that
every applicant for , license shall
present to the licensing board n ,
petition signed by two-thirds of the free
holders in his town , ward or precinct.
This would practically be local option ,
and absolutely prevent the sale of liquor
in any locality where the predominant
sontiinonl is oppo-sed to the trallle.
Nobody in Nebraska is obliged to vote
for high license or prohibition. livery
voter has the privilege of .voting against
either or both of the proposed amend
ments. If prohibition is dofoutoft and
license does not carry our present high
license laws will remain in force until
they are modilied or repealed by the
legislature .
The primary object of prohibition is
to promote sobriety and do away with
the vice , crime , poverty and misery
caused by the excessive use of liquor.
In fostering sobriety the farmers have an
interest only in common with all other
classes and citizens. The vice , of intem
perance , with its resultant wretchedness , j
poverty and crime prevails more gener
ally in cities than it does in the village
and on the farm. As a matter of fact
our cities arc the centers of intemper
ance , and the larger the city the larger
the proportion of the vicious and intem
perate element. Up to this time prohi
bition laws haveutterly failed to suppress
the liquor trufiie and intemperance in the
cities. "While high license regulation
has closed up the dives and dens and
confined the liquor trafllu to a limited
number of the more respectable dealers ,
prohibition has created free trade in
liquor and increased the number of the
low dives and holes-in-the-wall , where
the vilest of liquor is dealt out pro
miscuously. It is now conceded by all
honest prohibitionists that the traflic in
liquor has not been suppressed in any of
tin ; larger towns and cities in Iowa or
Kansas , as it never had been in the prin
cipal cities and towns of Maine after
moro than thirty years of prohibition.
So the farmer who votes for prohibition
will simply vote for free trido in whisky
in all our larger cities , where high li
cense now holds restraining sway and
does away with its worst abuses.
Prohibition has proved a blight to and
check upon prosperity in every state
where it has been enacted. Under pro
hibition Maine has fallen behind all her
sister states in relative growth , and
Kansas and Iowa have been stunted in
their growth since prohibition became a
law. All the largo cities of Towa , ex
cepting alone Sioux City , which has
been held up and boomed by the extraor
dinary exertions of local capitalists , are
either going backward in population or
are at a standstill. Tlio same results
would inevitably follow in Nebraska.
The cities of Nebraska pay one-fourth
of the entire state tax , which excoDds
one million dollars per annum and is in
creasing every year. If prohibition
carries the growth of our cities will bo
arrested. Heal estate values will shrink
enormously and consequently a largo
portion of the burden of taxation which
the cities now bear will be unloaded
upon the farmers. This is not the worst
feature. The value of farming lands
depends in a great measure upon their
nearness to a home market. A farm
within ten miles of Omaha or Lin
coln is worth one hundred dollars
an acre and upward , while a
farm thirty miles from those cities
may bo bought for twenty-five dollars an
acre. And this is true relatively of farm
laud in every section of the state. It is
manifestly for tlio benolit of the farmer
to promote the growth of cities and
towns , and anything that will depress
real estate values In oilios , and chock
their growth , depresses land values and
curtails the demand for the products ,
Biich us butter , eggs , poultry , etc. , which
the farmer sells in Ills neighboring
town.
livery intelligent citizen must there
fore realb.o that inasmuch as prohibition
will seriously retard the growth of our
citiesundeheek the investment of foreign
capital in the state , it must be'poaltlvely
damaging to the farmer.
cos/A'o or TIIK COXFKHKXCN.
The deliberations of the Pan-Ameri
can conference are practically ended ,
and a llnal adjournment is expected in u
day or two , There will bo difference of
opinion as to whether tlio conference has
been a success , and it may doubtless bo
maintained that all that was hoped for
from it has not boon realized , but it is
certainly not true to represent it , as has
been done , as n failure. Only tv very few
had at the outset an intelligent
idea of the dilllcultics to bo
overcome in order to bring about such
changes In the commercial relations of
the bovoral countries as were contem
plated , but now that those arc bettor
understood it will bo admitted that the
conference has at least been of value in
affording a clearer knowledge of what
was necessary to bo douo uud what is at-
taiimblo In order to promote closer rela
tions and nt least approximate the idea
of an American zoHvoroln. So far as this
country is concerned nit amount
of information has been acquired
and imparted that is likely to have an
important inlluonco upon our future lls-
cnl policy , and upon similar legislation
by the other American countries. We
have learned that this mutter of trade
extension is a very practical affair , with
which sentiment can play only a very
small part.
Ono very important recommendation ,
if it shall bo accepted by the coun
tries represented in the con
ference , Is that of ti treaty to re
fer all disputes , differences and con
tentions that may arise between any two
of the nations to arbitration for settle
ment. Tlio proposal is to mnko arbitra
tion compulsory upon all the nations in
matters of diplomatic etiquette , tcrrilo-
ries , boundaries , questions of navigation ,
the enforcement , construction , or valid
ity of treaties , and in other matters aris
ing from any cause whatever. The only
exception is in case a nation believes its
Independence is nt stake , when ar
bitration shall not bo compul
sory. If all the American
nations were to ratify and adhere to a
treaty of this kind it would unquestion
ably 1)3 an immense gain to the cause of
clvlllmlloii , since it would practically
abolish war on the American continents.
If the conference accomplishes nothing
moro than to bring about an arrange
ment of this kind , it will have done ti
work that will render It memorable in
the world's historv.
DK.ITII ur HAMinirj./ . rMAV.ir/ > .
The death of the distinguished citizen
and democratic leader , Samuel J. Ran
dall , whoso prolonged struggle against
an incurable malady had drawn to him
the sympathy of the entire country , will
bo universally rogroUod. For a quarter
of a century Mr. ll'indall has baon
prominent in the public attention as an
able publicist and an aggressive partisan.
Entering congress twenty-seven years
ago as the representative of the Third
district of Pennsylvania , with
an experience obtained in the legis
lature of that state , ho soon took
a conspicuous part in the im
portant deliberations and debates
of that period which rapdly ad
vanced him to a position of leadership in
his party. A democrat of the school of
JoU'erson and Jackson he had no sympa
thy with those who bought the over
throw of the government , but he wds
equally uncompromising in opposing all
legislation which the changed conditions
brought by the rebellion made neces
sary , lie led an obstinate resistance
to the constitutional amendments
that decreed tlio death of slav
ery , made a persistent light
against the force bill , and aggressively
antagonized everything that seemed
like an invasion of state rights. Ho was
strong and resourceful in debate , and as
a parliamentarian probably no man over
in congress was his superior.
Perhaps no justor estimate of the
character of Mr. ll'indall could be nv.ido
than that which Mr. Blaine gives in his
"Twenty Yours in Congross. " He says
of him : "Ho is a strong parlis.ui , with
many elements of leadership. Ho
is fair minded towards his
political opponents , generous to
his friends , makes no com
promises with his enemies , never neg
lects his public duties , and never for
gets the interests of the democratic
party. " Vet with all his fidelity to his
party , recognized and acknowledged by
political opponents , when the democratic
party came into power in ISS- ) and its
southern element ro.-unnod full domina
tion , there was a determined effort to
discredit the democracy of Mr. Randall
and to thrust him out of the party.
The administration gave him
no recognition and in the house
of representatives ho had no influence
except with a small band of faithful fol
lowers whom the parly whip could not
drive from him. This was duo to his
attitude upon the tarilf , in which ho was
unquestionably sincere , since had ho
surrendered and fallen into line with his
party lie might have had any honor it
could bestow. Hut despite the treatment
ho received Mr. ILirtdall romiimd a
power in the democratic party , and his
experience and judgment were in de
mand by democratic loaders In the pres
ent congress , some of whom had been
most hostile to him In the preceding
two congresse.- . Few public men batter
know the meaning of political ingrati
tude than Samuel .1. Randall.
There will bo none to question the in
tegrity and incorruptibility of Mr. Ran
dall's character. Holding a soit : in con
gress for twenty-seven years as the rep
resentative of a district with largo man
ufacturing interests for' which ho
steadily fought , ho died a com
paratively poor man. Scores of
men who entered congress dur
ing the period of his ser
vice became- rich , but whatever ho ac
cumulated was what remained from year
to year of his salary ; and no member of
congress lived more simply and plainly
than he. History may not place his
naino in the list of the nation's great
statesmen , but as a nui.it accomplished
parliamentarian , and ublo and industri
ous legislator , and a man of sincere con
victions , great force of character , and
incorruptible honesty , it must give him
a foremont position among the public
men of his time.
At this season of the yeat * there is the
greatest activity in foreign immigration ,
and the fact is being used by- the advo
cates of moro stringent laws to urge ad
ditional legislation for the restraint of
immigration. Fortunately these Irra
tional sticklers for shutting out popula
tion nro able to find nothing to help
their cause In the character of the
immigrants who are now arriving.
It is stated that the foreigners
who have come to our shores
thus far in the present yea"
are of an exceptionally worthy and
acceptable class , and the authorities
have found an unusually small proportion
tion of objectionable persons. This may
fairly be taken as Indicating that both
foreign authorities and the managers of
steamship lines have become impressed
with the conviction that it is no longer
safe to attempt to feist upon us people
whoso coming u prohibited by our laws ,
and If such is tita etwo wo are not likely
to bo troubled with paupers , crimi
nals , nnd other condemned classe
no long as tor maintain a rigid enforce
ment of ourlinrs. In that event the ad
vocates of more restricted Immigration
will bo confined to the narrow nnd
selfish argutneYit that additions to our
population from abroad are inimical to
the interests , , our own people , and we
observe thuto.uio , of them are not hesi
tating to empjoy this argument. .
There is llt.\e ( \ prob.ibllity , however ,
that congress can bo induced to impose
any now restrictions upon Im
migration. The discussion which
this subject has received has served to
convince unprejudiced members of con
gress that such a dopiirturo from the
settled policy of the government as is
proposed by the anti-immigration advo
cates cannot bo justified by existing con
ditions , nnd that there is no sound
reason in public policy why it should bj
made. There is obvious absurdity in
proposing to crest additional barriers
against foreigners at a time when the
slate of Vermont is bringing over a colony
of Scandinavians to people the aban
doned farms of that state and other New
England states are contemplating a like
expedient , and when there is ti c.tll from
a number of states south and west for
people to take up tmcultlvaleJ. lands. It
may safely bo assorted that there is not
n state in the country where there
would not bo a hearty welcome for 'any
number of industrious and thrifty for
eigners who would take up farms and
become permanent settlors. Such being
the case , congress will certainly not
commit so grave a mistake as to adopt a
policy of exclusion Hint would increase
the diversion of immigration to other
American countries and result in no
possible benefit to this country. Lot
the existing laws bo faithfully enforced
and this matter can safely bo allowed to
stand .where it is.
WITH seven hundred applications for
twenty inspectorships , the board of pub-
lie works ; has a liberal supply of material
to select from. There ought to be no
difficulty in securing the services of hon
est , competent and tried inspectors for
the work to bo carried on this season.
It is of the greatest importance to tax
payers that men of unbending integrity
be placed in charge of public works. On
their ability and vigilance depends the
faithful performance of contracts , secur
ing , to the property owner as well as the
city the full value , in material and work
manship , of. every dollar invested in
paving , curbing and .sowers.
IF AHHiTKATiON means anything , it
means that either party to it can select
its arbitrator without question. Yet
the hospital , jobbers insist that the
county's member shall bo acceptable' to
them , which , . } f conceded , would bo
equivalent to ( in endorsement of their
claims. The wHole arbitration scheme
IM farcical and should not be entertained
for a moment. The jobbers should be
given an opportunity to make good their
boasts in court. ,
Now that iliiylight electric light cir
cuits arc to he inaugurated , linemen will
have the county considerable expense'
and prevent impertinent po.st , mortem
inquiries by filing biographies and
health certificates with the coroner in
advance , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TIIK Iowa legislature is the first re
publican body to reject ballot reform as
embodied in the Australian system. 15ut
the Iowa legislating is not in accord
with the people of the stale it is sup
posed to represent.
Very Seldom.
St. I'tiul liliibc.
It is remarked , in view of ccrtuln incidents
oClate , that if an honest , man is the noblest
work of God ho doesn't { jot to be a stale
treasurer very often.
AVi.sdoni Primeval.
Chini'iii .Yelex.
As tlio weather of lute bus consisted mainly
of toriraduc's the modern American now cannot
help fooling an intense admiration for Urn
level bead of primitive man , who lived la a
cave.
One of the. Geiifrnl'H Mi
jYwMdll'll lli'Kild.
A shower of worms foil on tlio c.ipitol
grounds at Washington the other day. Gen
eral ( Jrooly of tlie weather bureau must liuvo
been laboring under the delusion that tlio
president was preparing to tfo llshiiif ? instead
of duck fiunUnif.
About Time to Call a Unit.
rtnelimntl I'mnmcichil-liitzfUc.
Iloyond nuestion the Kuvorninc.nl should ROte
to the limit of its ability in duulinj ; not only
justly but liberally with its vctonius. Hut it
lias readied a point when eontrross should
caivfully consider what tills limit should bo ,
Killer Shcparil's Caiulliluoy.
A'eie Vint ; Comni'irtttl Ailrrrtlnef.
For some time past there bus buim moro or
less vnguo tulle us to nominating the trallinit
editor-colonel for innyor. Citi/.ous luivo
smiled over tlio suggestion. Hut lust evening -
ing this slsiycr of tlio Juggernaut of the Sun
day omnibus was actually put In iiomlmition
by the Eleventh District Business Men's Re
publican association. There is then some
liopo of our seeing such a cundidiu'.v. Cbi-
ctifjo bus tlio fuje. Yesterday wo were
pained to inmouncuitlint we Imdulso lost llur-
num's circus , llatiour hopes revive. With
Colonel Shopurdrminiiifr for mayor the city's
cup of fun will ho' ' full to ovorllowing. Tlie
wind Is tempered lu the shorn lamb.
s r. ri'K.ioTTi\ .
XHiru.skn.
McCook is to Uuyjo an A. O. U , W. lodso.
The GotliL'iibiiVjj I'unul Is nearly completed.
A trotting association has been formed at
Stroiusburg. 'i. n
Twc'iity-ono atttVlopo luivo camped near
McPhorson. ' '
Scotia is to hufd ii two truck and baseball
grounds this scibjptt. '
The Stromsbu'rjfl Oddfellows will erect u
bnildliiK of tliuii' own.
Uov. M. Bray of Shelton Is In custody on a
complaint tiled against him for insanity ,
Uov. R U. Wntrlntr has rcsljjncd the ps-
toruto of the I'rc.sbyturlim church at Lexing
ton.
ton.All
All business houses nt Paplllloa have boon
ordured closed on Sundu by the village
board.
The Union Puoillo Is to erect a now passen
ger depot at Wuboo one- block south uf the
old one.
A brunch of the Nebraska Huslnohs Men's
association 1ms boon formed ut Albion with
twelve members.
N. Ciiillfoylo biis been sentenced at St.
Paul to eighteen months in the panltontlary
for disposing of mortgaged property.
Colonel Ueorgo W. Huln , the prohibition
orator of Kentucky , Is ubout to stump No-
brusku , und will speak ut Fulrlmry April : . ' 3.
The freight btnullcil by lUo raHrujJ ut
North Bend during March exceeded the
amount bandied during March , tssi' ' , by ftX- ) ,
000 pound * .
The ministers belonging to the York Min
isterial association have ngivcd to prvacli
special sermons on the amendment question
on the lust Sunday In April.
Kv-Treusnrer Kjpnrd of Sewnrd county
made u mlstako of $100 In favor of the count } ' ,
but the commissioners dlseovored the error
mid returned the moiu-y to the olllelul.
H , A' Wilson of Superior gnosto the Indian
territory ns the uppointoo of the missionary
society of tlio Reformed Piv.sbytorlun church
to Instruct the Cotuancho Indians lit funning.
, lolm II , Stephens , u StocUbuni saloon
keeper , mid Watt l-'niser , a farm hand , enJoyed -
Joyed themselves while drunk by brcuuing
the windows of U photograph car. The fun
cost them dearly.
FnUertoa people uppreolate TIIK Si'N'iur
Itcit , which now raiuiie. * them at It o'clock In
the monilmr. and Is tlio only duilv received on
Sunday. Till ! HKR Is enlorpvlslng lit more
ways thiui one , " remarks the Fiillcrton Post.
A prairie tire north of Stuart did n great
deal of damage lust week , burning several
dwellings und barns und destroying consider
able grain. Mrs. Wintiey lost her burn und
contents , but by hard work munmrod to save
her residence , which caught lire three times.
A good many entries for land are being con
tested In Sioux county , says tlio Harrison
ilonrmtl. It Is reported that numerous entries
have been made In fictitious names , so that
money could bo obtained for the rellmiuisli-
ment , but the settlers urn investigating such
matters and securing rights by contesting.
During the storm ut Broken Bow ono of
the chlmni'V ! ! on the court house wiis blown
down , crushing- the roof nnd ceiling over
the district court room , milking u bole ton or
fifteen feet square. Three or four Inmates of
the room were hurt by the falling brick ,
William Dilator receiving u severe cut on the
he.id und other injuries.
According to tlio Wasp , Mujor Hendersliot
who was to have tiiken part In the gold medal
contest nt Wuhoo , got shot in the neck soon
after reaching town and was not ublo to play.
The Indies of the Women's Christian Tem
perance union , however , did the lady-like net
und refunded the money nt the door. Men
who como to Wuhoo to pluy for the Women's
Christian Temperance- union -nust keep
straight if they expect to bold their job.
- Nearly every farmer in this part of tlio
county is putting in a few acres of tumo gi-u s
this .spiiiig , says the Howells .lournul. Pust-
tuiv und liny land in this section of tlio coun
try is hocomhig scarcer every year , und
timothy and clover will in u few years luivo
taken the place of the wild prairie grass.
Farmers who have been feeding tumo buy say
that their stock does better on it than on
prairie hay.
There is no doubt but tlioro is moro busi
ness transacted ill the Fullerton poitolllce
than any town of its si/o in the state , says
the Post. For the year ending March ill ,
IS'.K ) , the business amounted to $1,0 5.75 ,
which does not include the money order and
postal note business. This is a gain of & " > I5.1K )
over tlio preceding year. The postolllco Is n
good criterion from which to judge other bus
iness by uud the condition is surely encour
aging.
An jmpious und hardened correspondent nt
Dubois writes : The town bus a good cboir.
and ut the beginning of the recent revival
most of the choir joined the church. A few
did nut , however , and so the matter ran. The
( rood church pcoplo at last decided they i
would turn the few out who did not belong
to their church , und us they wore good sing
ers the matter was discussed finite freely.
It came to the point that they must go ono
way or the other , when one of the unruly
ones remarked. "Well , I'll ' join the d lit
church before I'll leave the choir. "
Iowa Item * .
Keokuk 1ms u colored brass baud.
Iiulianola is to have electric lights.
Mt. Auburn is to have a cliccso factory.
An Ohio glass company bus decided to put
in u plant at Keoknk.
Ucdlield Iris a Sons of Veterans camp with
twenty-live members.
April " 5 will bo celebrated as Arbor Day by
tlio Iowa public schools.
The Comrrogiitiomil churches ut Ottiniiwn ,
Fail-Hold , Keokuk and Oskaloosa arc without
pastors.
Dr. Magoun has resigned the presidency of
Town college after holding the pu.sition for
thirty-six years.
An old lady named Ciiiian was blown from
a abed ut Calliope during the recent storm
nnd sustained a fracture of three ribs.
G. T. Hiitlcy , who bus a wife in Illinois , is
In trouble at tit-inn Luke caused by passing
himself off as u bachelor nnd paying too much
attention to the young liKjics.
One evening lust week Rev. T A'wis Doran
performed the marriage ceremony for
Charles Walkcrbouser and Miss Carrie Roys-
tor nt the residence of the bride's parents in
Boone county. Tlio curious feature is that
just twenty-two yours ugo nt the sumo hour
tlio uume clergyman performed tlio sumo ser
vice for the bride's pironts Robert Roystor
and Miss Julia Dcforo.
Probably the Iwnnisr family of the stuto is
Unit of August Movers of Independence. If
llirro Is another one like it , it hasn't us yet
turned up. He i.s lil'ty-two years of u o.
and his wife is forty-seven. She
lias given birth to fifteen children , seven boys
and eight girls. Every ono of these children
nro now living , the eldest thtrtp-ono years
old , and the youngest aged four years of
ago. Mr. Meyers bus never boon called upon
to employ the services of u pbvsician except
when ouch member othls family was ushered
into the world. Mrs. Meyers is a healthy ,
handsome and lively matron.
A romUrlcnblo .surgical operation was per
formed iiour Red Oak -one day last wook. A
week ugo u fourt'-vii-.vcur-old son of James
Hall was shot by n hired man. with a Its-
caliber iwolvcr , tlio ball passing iiitn tlio ab
domen und cutting tlio intestines in four
places. Four doctors were at. once called ,
and it was decided that there was but ono
( bunco for the boy's recovery. Ho was
placed under the influence of other , tlioub-
doincn cut open , tin ? intestines removed , the
cuts sewed up und tlio viscera replaced. At
last accounts the boy was in a fair way for
recovery , r/arson , the hired man , who did
the .shooting , i.s nmli-r b'inds ' to await the
action of tlio grand jury. Thi-rp is some
doubt whether the shooting was intentional
on bis part , but the fact that ho was iiuarrol-
ingwith the boy will go ugaiasl him , espa-
t.-iullv hhould bis victim fall to recover.
John Fox is badly wanted ut Miuiuokota on
u ohm-go of bigamy. Some time ugo Fox
ilropix'il into Muquoketu and passed himself
off as u wealthy western bachelor. Ho soon
captured the lifin-t of a woallhv widow and a
speedy nmrrlngu was the result. The honey
moon 'was Irippy in its IiifuiKiV until Ilimlly ho
commenced to drink. Ono night while fren
zied with llijuor ho dropped u few words
which led his wife to Ix-llovu Unit bo WUM not
wliut he bud pretended to bo. On the mor
row , uftcr lie had sobered up and was asked
about his utterances of the preceding night ,
lie suld ho had boon rending a dime novel ,
which was running through Ids bead. In a
few days , however , a letter came from ono of
the western cities giving bis description nnd
asking if ho was tlioro. Furtlim1 inquiries'
begun to pour in until finally it was learned
that ho was tlio husband of tbroo wives , noun
of whom were divorced , and that ho had loft
numberless tokeait in tlio slnqio of unpaid
bills. Arrangements were madeto arrest
him , but ho hud in some way received Information
mation of tlio Intention of thu aiithorltlo.s und
nmdogood his escape. .Several Miujuokc'tu
creditors uiv enshrouded In deep gloom over
bis Midden deiiaituro. Ho wus followed to
Dubuijiio by detectives , but there all trace of
him wus lo.sl ,
Tlio Two ll
Madison bus a Knights of Pythias band.
The Ouidu brunch of tlio Farmers' alllanco
lias slxt y-nlno members.
The Consolidated tank line company will
put in u plant ut Pierre.
Ciiis bus been .struck nt Summit , Sully
county tit u depth of 'JOO feet.
The ladles of Sully county buvo organized
nil equal suffiiigo society mid will tuko un uo-
tlvo part In the full campaign.
A lurgo puck of wild dogs Is running ut
largo near Speurli.sb mid a hunting party will
endeavor too.vturmlnuto thorn.
A Dell Rapids woman , whose huslund ciimo
homo drunk the other night , played oven by
taking a club and brouklng nil the glasswuro
In thosuloon wlieni ho procured bis "load. "
Tlio Roberts artesian well In Kiilnk county
supplies water for Irrlgntlng 8,010 acres , dis
tributed among hovunU-en furmors of UK )
ui-ivs each , ut an um > roxlnwto cost for well ,
surveying mnl ditching of f J , I''O , or 1.15 per
acre.
acre.A cow fight al Rca Halghts resulted In ono
of the iinlmaN huvlng bur neck broken , and
the owner of tlio doud cow bus brought suit
against the owner of the victor for damugM
on the ground that victor's animal wu- > the ug-
NEARLY KILLED BY A NEGRO ,
Theatrical Manager MoReynolds of Lincoln
Assaulted iu the Dark.
THE SCOUNDREL'S ' SECOND ATTEMPT.
Plans Torn $ : < ( ) ( ) , OOU Hotel ami Opera
House-Score ! Society Mutters
Religion * Intelligence
Notes.
.X , Nob. , April 13. [ Special to Tnr.
nun. ] FnmU Llgbtfoot Is a colored porter
on the Wyoming division of the 11. ft M.
Robert MrRoynolds , us everybody knows , Is
manager of Funko's opoi-a bouso in this city.
Lust Wednesday evening Llghtfoot attended
the performance of "Said Piishn. " Ho also
took his girl. During tlio performunco Mr.
Llghtfoot became noisy , boisterous , unbear
able. He wus ejected. Ho should have been
thankful Unit ho wus not arrested ; but with u
strange perversity bo Insisted that lie hud been
Insulted , und ho thirsted for revenge. Ho
camped on Mr. Mi-Reynolds' trull , so to speak ,
nnd Saturday evening about 7 o'clock , us Me-
Reynolds walked past tlio corner of Eleventh
and P stream , bo found Llgbtfoot waiting for
him witli blood In his eye und u
razor in his bund. Ho hud u reinforce
ment In another darkey n short
distance uwuy. There were words ,
then n blow , when Mr. Mi-Reynolds drew bis
revolver und the durkoy lied. Howusufter-
wimls arresled , but released later in the
evening on ball. About l : ; W o'clock the
opera house mini climbed the winding stuirs
lending to his room In the operu liouso block.
Suddenly u dusky form leaned out of u
dark corner and two blows were struck In
quick succession. IJolh took elTect und Me-
Reynold's feared Unit ho wus badly cut. An
investigation .showed that ho had nol been
scratched , though It was u close cull. The
first blow , which was evidently Avlth a razor ,
bad cut through the clothing on bis iirm. The
second bud struck bis breast near the
shoulder nnd extended downward
nearly to tlio hip , leaving mi
ugly gush In Mr. MeReynolds' dress suit.
A pocket book In the breast pocket hud tuken
the force of the blow , being cut almost
through , Hud it not been for this , the proba
bilities a ro Unit Mr. McRoynolds would have
been murdered.
Though it was too dark to recognize his
assailant , Mr. MeRoynolds is certain It wus
Lightfoot.
OI-IMU norsr. .vxixtioTii. .
Plans nro being drawn for n hotel mid
opera liouso to bo erei.-ted this your on the
corner of Fourteenth nnd P streets. The
cost of the structure will bo S.-W ( > ,000 , und ,
when completed , it will bo ono of the finest
hostelries in the west. Tlie projector of the
enterprise is Oorgo 13. Illgelow. Tlio build
ing will have a frontage of HO feet on Four
teenth street by'-00 feet , on P street. The
main entrances will be on Fourteenth street.
One will lead to the operu house which i.s on
the ground floor. The other will loud to the
hotel rotunda , from which all parts of the
liouso may bo eusily reached by stairways
and elevators. Heavy lire walls will separate
the opera house part from the hotel. The
building will bo seven stories high , The first
story will bo constructed of rough stone nnd
the other.of pressed brick with torru coltu
and brown stone trimmings.
Tlioro is talk of the formation of a joint
stock company for the erection of n largo and
thoroughly modern hotel on the site now oc
cupied by the Capital hotel.
iuuoiors : IXTKI.I.IOT.XCC.
The now Christian chapel in East Lincoln
was di-dicuted today. Rev. Abberly preached
the .sermon.
Rev. II. T. Davis , pastor of the Trinity M.
K. church , commenced a scries of temperance
sermons toduv.
Robert \\eidonsall , tlio veteran hitor-
imtionul soerotarv oC tlio Young Men's Chris
tian association , is In the citv.
During tlio past your Bishop Worllinigton
bus administered eonlirmation four times ut
the church of the Holy Trinity , and thirty-
three persons have been received into the
church.
Rev. Ralston , pastor of Plymouth Congre
gational church , discoursed this evening on
the subject of "Liquor nnd Labor. " A line
audience greeted him. This was the first of
a .series of sermons on the relation of the
liquor ti-afllc to the workingmcn.
si CIIIT SOCIKTV 1.01:1 : : .
Modern Woodmen contonijilato building a
line temple in Lincoln during tlie present
your.
Tlio Lancaster county Veteran association
meets hero May 11. A number of now mem
bers tire reported for the society during the
past week.
Farnigut and Appomattox posts. Grand
Army of the Republic , will send a largo dole-
gatio'n to Omaha TuoMlny to attend the reception
tion to bo given General und Mrs. Alger und
Mrs. General John A. Logun.
Tlio First and Second regiments , Knights of
Pythias , go to Milwaukee to attend the en
campment In stylo. The Fulls City band of
sfxtccn pieces lias boon engaged to accom
pany them and two cur loads of horses will bo
sent for use in the parados. A. 1) . Marshall
division will give a May party , and Invita
tions will bo forthcoming in a few days.
General Sooivtary Cllne of The Three
Links reports u high stuto of prosperity for
this order throughout the state. Therojiro
twenty-eight encampments in tlio state with
a moinborship of 1,000 and with the state
ment that llioio nro 7,100 active Oddfellows
in tlio .state some idea of its strength can be
imagined , Lincoln alone has seven lodges.
lion. , I. C. Root of Lyons , la. , founder of
the order of Modern Woodmen , will nrivc in
tlio citv Tuesday , nnd ho will meet the mem
bers of1 tlio order in the evening. It is prob
able that n reception will bo tendered him
and that Lincoln's 700 members will ussist
in doing him honor. Reese and Banner
camps will hold special mcotings while Mr.
Root is here.
crrv XKW.S VNII XOIKS.
Tuesday evening Rov. Dr. Din-yea of
Onmhuwill lecture ut the Congregational
church on tlio subject of "Tho Moral Aims of
Art. "
The non-partIsiin prohibitionists will moot
In convention Wednesday next ut Hohunun's
hall.
hall.Tlio "liiirrv-up wagon" was kept busy last
night and u do/.on or moro law breakers will
answer bo fore .ludgo Houston for divers
offenses tomorrow morning.
The latest intelligence i.s moro favorable for
the locution of tlio Burlington machine shops
ut Iluvclock , just north of the city limit-s
There is Httlo doubt now but what they will
bo erected ut that point.
Churitv ledge No. U , DiniBlitei-sof Robokiih ,
entertainment last
guvo a Ycrv enjovablo
evening. The progrmimm was well unsigned ,
well rendered und lilt : ' appreciated. The
Daughters in this cilj have a flourishing
"
'J'he Ih-o department was called out this
morning to buttle with what proved to bo n
serious librae. It had Its origin in the buso-
meiit of Turner's drug slow on O strecit und
indued considerable headway buforo It was
dlseovored. ThiJ cellar was nlorudwltli chem
icals of an inlluuiublo character and tlio flro
was a dangerous ono to light. Happily , however -
over , it wm .subdued uftcr two hours of hard
work , but thi ) damage to the building und
stock of goods Is estimated at ? . " > ,000. Us
origin is unknown.
UY TJIK M ION Mil IT THAJN.
Atlanta Constitution : I was return
ing homo after my day's work In the
telegraph olllce at Dcorlng , where 1 was
the opurato. ' .
"Anv massages today ? " my wife asked.
"Onefrom I ) , from .John Martin , " !
returned.
"The biggest ruOlan in Poorlng. " she
exclaimed. "What did ho waul ? What
was llio message ? "
"Midnight train. "
"That all ? ' '
"Yes. Mr. Hill has Just boon hero.
Thuro Is a hu'go rook across the track at
the embankment. So 1 shall slop llio
midnight at ParlH. "
My wife entered the dressing room IIB
I was rising to bond tlio telegram , when
the door opened and John Martin fol
lowed by four rulllains entered the room.
A revolver was at my bond In u moment
and John Martin spoke :
"Mr. Hill was hero to toll you to stop
the U train. You will no ; M-III ! tlio
' The-rod i tlu'iito
mi-h ago. L'-U-n. *
slop the train put thofo for that pin-
pose. There Is half a million In gold lit
the oxprossoat1. Do .vou understand ? "
I trombleil for Alieo. Not a .sound
eamo from the Httlo room , an IVIIH I Hod
luuitl and foot to my eluilr ; hound .MO so-
ouroly that I could not , move. U was
proposed to gag me , hut Iliially conclud
ing that my i-rii's , If I made any. oonhl/
not ho heard , a handkerchief was oounvr
over mv mouth. *
The door of the washroom was closed
ami locked. Alice still undiscovered ;
then the light was blown oul and the |
rnlllans lefl mo , looking the door after v
them. f
There was a long silence. Outside t
could hear the stop of ono of the men (
pacing up nnd down , watching. I rubboil
my head against Iho wall behind mo.and * '
succeeded In getting the handkerchief
on my mouth to fall around mv nock. I I
had K-areoly accomplished thin when v
hero was a tap on the Inner door.
"Robert , " Alice said.
"Yes , love ! Speak low there's a man
under " ' '
my window.
"I am going to Paris. Tlioro is no ;
man under my window , and 1 can got out , !
tlioro. 1 have six long roller towels hero > '
knotted together , and 1 have cut my S
whlto skirt into wide strips to join them. F
The rope made so reaches nearly to the
ground. I shall fasten il to t'ho door
kilobaud lei myself down. 11 will not
take long l < > roach homo saddle Selim
and reach Paris in lime. Don't fear for
me. ' '
Nine o'clock ! AH tlie boll of the church
clock ceased to strike a rumble , a IlaMi ,
told that a thunderstorm was coming
rapidly. O , the long , long minutes of
the next hour. Ten o'clock. The rain
falling in torrents , the thunder pealing ,
lightning flashing. Alice was afraid of
lightning. Kloven o'clock. The stornfl.
was over , though atill the night win
Inky black.
The midnight down train was coming
swlflly , surely , to certain destruction !
" \Vhoro was my wife ? Had the rullluns
intercepted her at the cottage ? Was she
lying dead somewhere upon the wild
road ? Her heroism was of no avail , but
was her life saved ? In the agony of that
question the approaching rumble of the
train was far moro the bilterness oL-
Alice lost than the horror of the doomed j
lives it carried. Why had I lot her btart ft
upon her mad errand ?
The heavy train rumbled past the telegraph -
graph ollice. It was an express train ,
and did dot htop at Deering station : but
as I listened , every s-onso uharpuned by
mental torture , it seemed to mo that the
speed slackened. Listening intently , I
know it stopped al the embankment' , us
near iis I could judge. Not with llio
Kickoninur ' crash 1 oxpccted , not preced
ing walls'and groans from the injured
passengers , bill carefully. A moment
more nnd T heard shouts , the crack of
firearms , Hounds of home conflict.
What could it , all mean ? The minutes ;
were hom-s , till 1 heard a key turn ill
the door of my prison , and a moment
inter two tender arms were round my
neck and Alice was whispering in my
ear :
"They will come inn few minuteslove ,
to sol you five. "
"Hut have you been to Paris1
"Yes , dear.1
"In all that storm ? "
"Selliu seemed to understand. 1P
carried mo swiftly and surely. I was"
well wrapped in my waterproof cloak
and hood. AVhon I reached Paris the
train had not como from D . "
"Hut il is hero. "
"Only the locomotive and ono car. In
that car were a sheritV , deputy sheriff
"
and twenty men , armed to the "teeth to
capture the gang at the onbankmotit.
1 came , too , and thev lowered mo from
Iho platform when the speed slackened ,
so that I could run here and tell you all
was safe ! ' '
AVhile wo spoke my wife's fingers had
firs I untied the handkerchief around my
neck and then , in the dark , found HOUIII
of the knots of the cord binding me.
Hut I was still tied fast and strong when
there was a rush of many feet upon Iho
staircase' , and in another moment light
and joyful voices.
"We've captured the whole nine ! " was
the good news. "Three , including Mar-
fin , are desperately wounded , but Iho
surprise was perfect. Now , old fellow ,
for you ! "
A dox.cn clasp-knives at once severed.-
my bonds , and a doxon hands were o.\J
tended in grouting. As for the praises
showered ujion my plucky little wife , ij ,
would i-cijiuru a volume'to tell half of
them
A.MUSKM KNTW.
HOVDAt IIAV.MH. ; Mnmmi-m.
Two Nights Only , I \ni-il l 'im11
' ' " ' 11U1 1
Tue.sdii.vnml W.-dm-sduyl-'M'1" '
rashlonahhFvenl of llio HOIIMHI.
of thr distinguished Mr.
Frederick
Supported by an oM-oIU-nt i.-uiiipaiiy In tin )
following ii-pi'i-lolic :
TUESDAY EVKXIXC "TUB MMKBAM"
WIMGSDAY KVKXIXC , "RICHARD III. "
Legitimate Cast. Heaiillfnl rietnresiio ( | Cos-
tunics I'omplole Accessories. j
Kegnlnr prices. Sale of teatsbelii.sMonday (
morning.
yd'5 { Opcra
Ilovit .V HAVNKS , .Manauura.
Tlneo Mtflits HIM ! Sutiiiiluy mntlneo , cow-
nii'iiclui ; Thnrsdiiy. April 15.
I'li-st und only nppi'iinineo In Omahu of
MR. AND MKS.
KEN DA
And thelrown london eompaiiy , iimler tint
direction ( if Daniel I'loliniun. Tbnixluy
uvunliiK , AptII IT.
"A Scrap of P.'ipcr. "
I'flday inenlns ; April Is and Haturilny .Matl-
nei. . A pi 11 11) ) .
"The Ironmaster. "
Kill unlay Nlghl. April 1 ! > , I'liiL-woll |
IVi-foiiuiiiicii. j
"The Queen's Shilling. " '
Pnll > of spills begins Wednesday moriiln ; ; .
I'rleeM Iteserfed heats , tl..Vj and } I.Uli , Admission -
mission fl.OO nnd T.V- .
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Suhst-ilhrd , V ( iimranteud Cupltril ? .VXl.Q'n
I'alil In Capital ; iVivn )
lliiy iiiid M'llahtookh and bonds ; ne otluti > - <
i-niiiinmi'lul paper : rt-culves and o.vocutei
tinMs : aclmts traiitifur iiKunl und tru tcn uf
corpnriilloiisi tuki-iiclmrgu of piopuity ; i-ul-
li-vUt tu\c * .
OmahaJLoan & TrustCo
SAVINGS BANK
S. E. Cor. 10th nnd Douglas Sts.
Paid In Cnplliil { 50.0)1 )
HubserlbL-d und ( liiuranteud Capital - J i . 'Wi '
I.lubllltyof titnukliolili'iH SW.IW
ft I'oi L'c-nt Intniiist I'nld on Deposits.
ritANIv J. I.ANdi : . CushliT
OnU'ci : A. I' Wytnnn. iirimlilunt : . .1.1. . llruwn. no )
I'H'iMi'iil ' ; W. T. Wymnn. liluiminir.
| Hti 'lori ; A. I'Wyniaii , J. II. Mlllunl , J. .1 llrowii
( lur I' . Murlmi , 11. W. .S.nli , 'I'liumuj J. KtmbuH ,
< , l > un < U IIl''ilv. .
Iouus In any amount mudo on City A. I'mm
I'lupi'ily. 1111111111 i 'ilUluial ' Sui-'mitj , ul l.uw-
isl i alt .