Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY IE : THURSDAY , MARCH 10. 1802.
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lpaddrc"od toTlioIIro 1'ubllMilng Cntnpnny ,
Omaha. Krafts , c-hocks and pnstolllcp onlnrs
to bo nindo pnyahlo to the order of the com-
puny.
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Unit the uctunl olroulatlon of Tun DAILY HUB
for the wcok ending March 5 , 1MB , was its
follows :
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Wcdnesdny. March 5.
Thursdny. March II
Friday. March 4
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frcBtnco this 5th day of March. A. I ) . 18'Ji
BEAI. N. I' . FRIU
Notarv 1'uhllo.
ClrcnlalIon lor .liimmry 24n 4.
THK council bollovoa in building ono
vlndtiot tit a time , nnd the council Is
right.
PHOKissioNAlj : jurors will horcaftor
tnko pains to keep out of the jury box in
Judge Dtivls' court.
MAYOR DKMIS' veto record makes n
winning start tit nil events. If it holds
out till the end of the term ho will out-
veto Gushing.
KANSAS has a board of railway com
missioners with nufvo enough to reduce
railroad rates. Kansas is in that par
ticular far ahead ol Nebraska.
TIIK passage of the Gutch local option
and high license bill by the Iowa , senate
is the llfit great stop toward taking the
liquor question out of Iowa politics.
THE philanthropic interest manifested
by the president of the Thomson-Hous
ton Electric company in providing a sys
tem of subways for Omaha is touching
indeed.
CiiAHtMAN IBiUKHAUSiiitof the Board
of Public Works , is making war upon
the peanut stands on the street corners.
The chairman is fighting an institution
which is just about his size.
THE Corning , In. , cranks may have
been exasperating , but the Corning
toughs were cownidly. No excuse can
bo offered for the assault they made upon
the Free Methodist meeting Tuesday
night
THE Chicago univorbity will have a
department of journalism. The depart
ment will look well in the catalogue ,
but in competition with the Chicago
newspapers its graduates will find jour
nalism a very stormy sea.
THE people's party convention will
bring 60,000 people to Omaha in all
probability. Citizens of Omnha must
arouse themselves to an appreciation of
its importance and make arrangements
for entertaining the vast concourse.
RHODE ISLAND holds a state election
in April. She will have the honor of
firing the first gun in the presidential
campaign year. In off years Little
Rhody is very uncertain , but in presi
dontLil years she is always reliably re
publican. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE Nebraska state central committee -
too nnd Governor Boyd have committed
the democratic party against Billy
Bryan's 70 cent silver dollar. What will
the young man bay when ho is con
fronted by an honest money platform by
his party in this state ?
THE feonnto end of the national gov
ernment is grinding out publlu building
bills as fast an the calendar can bo dis
posed of. These bills will bo all right
in the house after the presidential elec
tion , but prior to th.it time few of them
will got out of committee pigeon holes.
THE Indian ofllco has awarded contracts -
tracts for the purchase of 9,600 milch
cows for northwestern Indians under thu
terras of various treaties. The prices
varied from $18.0 ! ) to 921U8 uor head.
Judging from these prices it is Biifo to
say the aborigines will eurn whatever
milk they nmuago to got from their
government cows ,
CONQUKSSMAX BiiVAX is to dollvor n
funeral oration in honor of the late Con
gressman Gamble of Dakota. Mr. Gam-
bio died a few months after his election ,
never having occupied his seat. Por-
Imps this fact ha * bomothing to do with
the assignment to Mr. Hryun of the per
functory duty of pronouncing u , pane
gyric in his memory.
"Al'i'itoACHlNU the railroad corpora
tions in the proper manner" has
not thus far secured for Omaha
a nillling-ln-trnnsit rate , the aboli
tion of the bridge arbitrary on
Iowa business , u reasonable schedule of
switching charges or a low differential
on Texas cuttle. Thu boat way to approach
preach railroad companies is with u.
reasonable request backed up by the
power of retaliation.
THE lumber dealers have hold their
annual state mooting and tholr banquet
They enjoyed , both immensely. This is
food. Ilow much bolter it would have
boon , however , if the local dealers could
ha.vo renewed tholr boast of a few years
ugo when Omatia stood next to Minne
apolis as n lumber market aud was the
fourth creat lumber center of the coun
try. Omuha hiia lost her prestige us n
lumber center through local rates which
have practically shut her out of compe
tition with eastern centers.
TIIK I'LOTTIXO POLITICIAN'S.
The Philadelphia I'ress correctly dis
cerns the object of the politicians who
nro endeavoring to create popular op
position to President Harrison. "It is
not to nominate Mr. Blalno , " say ? that
paper , "that these men nro invoking his
popularity , but to got the control of
state nnd district delegations that can
bo used for personal and selfish ends.
Besides the affront to Mr. Blnlno nnd
the nttomnt to impeach his good faith ,
when ho said n short time ngo that ho
was not a candidate , it is an insult to
the intelligence of the republican parly
for these politicians to irattgino that
they can deceive the party by tholr
shallow tricks. " The success attained
by these scheming politicians through
deceiving the party gives them a cer
tain warrant for imagining that they
can continue to fool it , and as trickery
nnd intrigue constitute tholr only re
source In politics nothing else is to bo
expected of thorn.
It has boon the most serious mistake
of the republican party in the past that
It has permitted such men to attain
prominence in its councils and manngo-
inont. They nro not actuated by any
sincere desire for the success of the
principles of the party. The interests
and welfare of the country , as Involved
In the policy of the republican party , do
not inspire in thorn earnest and natrl-
otic solicitude. They tire not pro
foundly concerned respecting the con
servation of these sound doctrines of
government for which the party hits
contended during nearly a third of a
century. They wish republican success
primarily for what It may bring to thorn
In the way of personal political advance
ment , nnd for the opportunity it will
give them and tholr friends toonjoy the
spoils of political power. Unfortunately
for the republican party in late yours it
has been alHiotod with a considerable
number of this class of tricky and un
scrupulous politicians who have been
able to use it , but their real character
and aims are beginning to bo under
stood , and the end of their mischievous
inlluonco , it is at least to bo hoped , is at
hand.
The rnnic nnd file of the republican
party must see to it that the Minneapo
lis convention la composed of earnest
nnd honest republicans who will give no
toleration to the plotting , self-seeking
politicians. The men who shall bo
chosen to name the next candidate of
the republican party for prosidentof the
United Slates should bo us frco us possi
ble from all prejudice and influence that
might disqualify them from making a
election on the strongest grounds of
availability. There is no man in the
republican party who will not have the
right to have his claims presented to
the national convention , and they should
receive careful and candid considera
tion It may .is well bo admitted that
the party has before it a hard and un
certain contest. It cannot nllord to take
any chances upon democratic dissension.
It must not lese sight of the fact that it
has u new enemy to combat an uncer
tain factor in the situation , it is true ,
but still one not to bo ignored. The
choice of the national convention must
be made , therefore , as the result of a
calm , careful , and intelligent considera
tion of the availability of the candidates
who shall bo presented to it , regardless
of the prejudices pr preferences of poli
ticians who have only their own per
sonal cuds to subserve.
THE PRRS1STKXT SKAL QUKSTIOX.
The refusal of the British government
to renew the arrangement of lust year
with the government of the United
States for the protection of the seal in
Boring sea ugnlnst indiscriminate
slaughter has c.iusod a strong fooling of
resentment in olllcial circles at Wash
ington. The cabinet meeting on Tues
day was devoted entirely to the consid
eration of the decision of Lord Salis
bury , and according to the dispatches
the unanimous opinion was that the po
sition of the British government is un
tenable and not justified by the condi
tion of the sealing industry. Our gov
ernment holds , upon the presentation of
the situation mndo by the American
commissioners , that to permit the indis
criminate killing of seals during the sea
son soon to open would result in serious
injury to the industry , if not in its total
destruction. The iiclicm of the British
government is based upon the report of
its commissioners , that there is no
necessity for a cloned souson pending the
final arbitration of the Bering son
question.
The cabinet is said to have decided to
insist upon a ronownl of last year's ar
rangement and the British minister was
so notified by the acting secretary of
state. This reply of our government
was immediately convoyed by cable to
Ljrd Salisbury , and the response of the
British government will bo awaited
with some anxiety. In the moan time
the senate committee on foreign rota
tions has under consideration the treaty
rocontlynogottutod. providing for arbi
tration , and it IB more than likely that
no report will bo made on It until the
iritish government is hoard from re
garding the question of renewing ttio
modus vivondi. A strong opposition to
'the treaty was developed in the discus
sion that followed its reading in the ex
ecutive session of the senate , nnd there
appears to have boon a pretty general
Hontimont in favor of the United States
government employing every means
necessary tojtho protection of tlio soil :
fisheries , in the event of the British
government persisting In its refusal to
renew last year's arrangement for joint
protoution by the two governments , re
gardless of what the consequences of
such action on our part might bo. The
fooling manifested by senators was that
there should ho no surrender of the rea
sonable demands of the United States
in this matter , that the government
should rigidly enforce the policy It has
announced with rospool to illicit sealing
In Boring son , and that if trouble re
sulted from pursuing this course the senate
ate would fully support the a'lmlnlslra
tion.
It Is to bo apprehended , therefore
that till i nuw complication rnny ngnlr
render the Boring BOH question critical.
Unquestionably our government IB war
ranted in regarding the decision of the
British government ns a broach of gooi
faith. The IJnlUxl States had every ro-
on to expect a renewal of the modiid
vivondi. Since the object of that agree-
nont last year was to prevent private
sealers from entering the disputed
waters until the board of arbitration
should bo appointed nnd should
render its decision , the necessity
'or ' the renewal of that agreement Is
list ns great as the necessity for origin *
illy making it It is not easy to con
ceive what explanation Lord Salisbury
: nn mnko in defense of his decision that
will relieve him of u suspicion of sharp
iraclleo , if nothing worse. Of course
n the circumstances the government of
the United States might find a very fair
excuse for calling n halt In the arbitra
tion proceedings , but the policy or wls-
lorn of doing this would bo questionable.
The duty of the government , however ,
, o use every moans nt Its command to
protect Its interests in Boring son , pond *
ng the settlement of the controversy by
irbltrntlon , will not bo questioned , nnd
there Is every reason to bollovo that the
administration will moot every legal
and roasonnblo requirement in this ro-
spoct. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
r/.i / DUCT pn
The first stop toward replacing the
present ramshackle wooden bridge that
lias for a number of joars sorvcd us a.
viaduct across the railroad tracks on
Sixteenth street , with a structure of
stone and iron , has been taken .by the
council. The ordinance declaring that
a now viaduct is necessary for the safety
and protection of the public has boon
passed and will doubtless bo approved by
the mayor.
The next stop will bo the appointment
of a board of appraisers to assess any determine -
tormino the damages , if and , which maybe
bo caused to any property by reason of
the construction of the proposed viaduct
and approaches. The proceedings for
this purpose will bo the same ns if the
appraisers were required to determine
the dntnngos to property owners by a
chancre of grade of any street. If it'is
found thnt any property will bo dam
aged the council will have to assess the
same against the property benefited.
The cost ot the approaches in excess of
SflO foot at both ends of the viaduct is
also to bo assessed against the property
directly benefited.
In this instance the appraisement of
damages will bo merely a formal affair.
There will bo no damages to anybody's
property by replacing the present via
duct with a more substantial and com
modious structure.
Un'dor the charter it is mndo tho-duty
of the Board of Public Works to deter
mine the width , height nnd strength of
the viaduct and approaches , to designate
the material therefor and devise the plan
for its construction , subject to the ap
proval of the mayor and council. It is
presumable , however , thut the board
will confer with the 'city engineer re
garding the materials and plans. The
Tenth street viaduct is an excellent
model. If any faulty features have boon
dibcovorod in the Tenth street viaduct ,
they should of course , bo omitted.
After the plans have been approved
by the council , which will bo some
months hence , bids will be invited for
the construction and the proportion of
tlio cost to bo paid by each of the roads
ever which the viaduct passes , will bo
fixed by the mayor and council. It be
comes. manifest that under these pro
ceedings and with the red tape that al
ways attends the construction of public
works it will take from twelve to eigh
teen months-boforo the proposed viaduct
on Sixteenth street will bo open for
travel and trullic. It may oven take
longer if the railroads undertake to fltrht
it iii-tho courts , but thut should not hin
der the city from liking all the prelim
inary stops. Appraisers should bo ap-
polntoa and the plaus should bo drawn
and agreed upon so thnt the oity may be
ready to proceed with the letting of the
contracts as soon as the courts have af
firmed the rights of the citv to levy the
cost of the viaduct upon the railroads.
TIIEHE appears to bo a steady growth
of the anti-Hill movement in Now York.
The provisional state committee , under
whoso call a state convention will be
held in May to select a contesting dele
gation to Chicago , is reported to bo
mooting with hearty punport and oc-
couragoinont , and undoubtedly the May
convention will furnish , formidable evidence -
donco of the widespread protest ngainsl
the action of the Hill-Tammany scheme
for capturing the state delegation to the
national convention. The course of the
opponents of Hill in his own state is also
receiving some encouragement from the
outside , there having been nowhere else
as yet any notable development of inter
est in his candidacy , whllo expression *
favorable to Cleveland continue to bo
common und general. It is admitted ,
however , that the national convention
cannot do otherwise than .seat tlio regu
lar delegates , and the only outcome .of
the factional conflict in Now York that
seems at all certain is that the party
will bo compelled to take .its candidate
from some other state.
THE High School Debating society of
1872 was the most important literary
orgnni/.ution in Oinulm at the time. Its
members uro now among our loading
business men. The proposed reunion
on Saturday night at the Omaha club
ought to bo u memorable occasion full
of interesting rcmiuisconscs und spark
ling with the wit of years of successful
business experience , The members ol
thut debating society can be justly
proud of the careers they have carved
for themselves in this and other , cities.
A Ml tcli In Time.
A'eif 1'tnlt irur ( < J.
The real combination has prudently de
ferred the increase In prices In tha hopa that
the storm will "olow ovor. " The time to
tight monopoly U before It becomes estab
lished.
That Tlr < l J' .
P/iffmkfi7i | a Leila'/ .
Lawyor. In Star county , Tomb , uro clrcu-
atlng a pntitlou culling upon ono of thp judges
of that county either to take the pledge or
resign. Tboy ara tired arBulug coitcs before
a full bench.
ClurkHiiu'n ( Jj-iiua tlcn ,
pri > iUftrf < J ( ttafi. ) llfiiuIillMn.
Tbo attacks upon I'roJldtnit llurrlson niado
by General Clarkion through thu les Moluo *
Iterator insplroTiii ; O > uiu Hue , a vigorous
republican journal of tbo plains , to strike
Hack in the president's behalf. Clarksoti ,
says Tnr. HKK , Is lu no small degree person
ally responsible for the decline of the repub
lican party in Iowa. "As a loader bo has
H
always led tiwm astrfty , " and i-onsequontly
Us present pptinsol merit * no recognition
from the InWnjrkpubllcnn.s. As Tun Bun de
clares , Clarks'bnMi maiuBuvorlng has for It *
object not Ulalflp's nomination so much ns
Harrison's discomtlturo In the convention.
A L'niivi-iillcin City.
1 ' Lincoln Sun ,
When the Independent national convention
meets at Omnba ho delegates will llnd thnm-
solvns grooleU'Vdtli true western hospitality.
They will llnd on the bnnlts of the Great
Muddy n cllyc1\vth | ample liotol necommodn-
tions and the ojjplo with ono accord doing
all In their power to muko thorn fool at homo.
Like all cltlpSjOmaha has Us shortcom *
ings ; but they will not bo visible to those
wiio visit there on the glorious 4lh of July.
As n convention city Oinalm has shied Us
castor In tbo ring. The capture ol the
independent convention Is Its first
victory In that respect. There will
lo 1,770 delegates , ns many alter
nates , and the usual followers , which will
swell tbo crowd to nt least 50,000 people. If
Omaha accommodates then. , and she will ,
the word will bo passed all along tbo line
that our sister town Is n grand placu as n
convention city. In four years , then , she
will roach out with fair prospects of secur
ing other largo gatherings.
The national convention nt Omaha will
help Nebraska and It , will help Lincoln.
There will bo.thoisnnds of visitors from the
cast and south drop ott here to take a 16ok at
Nooraska's capital and return homo Indou
with praises of the grand sights they have
seen. Lot every town In the state sing the
ono song of success for Omaha and hot- con
vention , and , lllto broad cast upon the waters ,
It will return to bless us all. Potty Jealous-
los should never push themselves In to block
thu wheels of great machinery. Hurrah for
Omnha ,
hellish .Scliomcra Doomed.
I'/ifMiicluMct / I'ress.
The Hold for the Minneapolis nomination
Is an open and a free ono. No ono has a
mortgage on It. The honor will go Just where
tbo untrammeled volco of the republican
party accords It. Kvory member of the
party has a perfect right to ask for the dis
tinction. But there la ono thing the party
will not toloraio , and that Is an attempt to
cnjolo it or to use tbo popularity of any man
as a cloak for the schemes of tricksters , The
monwhoaro sitting up nights Imagining
that they can control this great ropu oilcan
party for tholr own selfish purposes should
think on that and think hard.
lloomlni ; tli Hogus Dollar.
L7ifniuii Pint ( dcm. ) .
Tbo free oolnugo wing of the democracy
perhaps assumes too much In taking It for
granted that tholr victory In this prelimi
nary skirmish is the sure precursor of tri
umph when the silver issue shall como up
for final passage. On the other hand , the
friends of hone.it monov may well bo alarmed
at the strength thus early developed by u
cause so Immlbnt'to tbo country's best inter
ests. It Is fortunate that in tbo government ,
as nt present .constituted , tbo balance of
power rests in'tha hands of a sure defender
of honest money..1
AlSiillc : ) Misfortune.
i
Nevertheless jtyis p public misfortune thut
the silver question has become a leading
factor in polities. The business security of
the country Is apt to suffer when political
parties trade on a possible disturbance of the
nation's tlnanclal standards.
Apolitical 1'npguu.
PMVulclplila ncconl
Rhode Island will flro her first , gun at her
spring election for. tut < > ofUcers this year ,
utvlinrjin Indication Of the political drift.
There is a Un1le3 States senator to bo elected
and no Iac of incitement to bring out , the
full vote of both parties.
em Hope.
Gluiit-liemocmt.
Tno republicans are not enlaced In pulling
chestnuts oUt of the flro for the democracy
this year. They are not going to place any
obstacles In tbo way of the consideration of
the free silver bill in the bouse.
CUMIUAKAAJ ) VAVSTIC.
1'hlladclphlit Times ; , Strawberries am In
the nmrkiit. but every grain of sand coneoalea
in them Is worth a emit , an utoiu.
Onlcino I'ost : If Mr. John L. Sullivan will
meet ami COIHIIILT the oratorical pugilist. .Mr.
Charles Mltohell. wn will confess thut tlioro Is
some vlrtuo.in pugilism after all.
Atlanta Constitution ; "What will your bill
bo. doctor'/ "
"Well , my friend , If youdlo. I won't charge
you a cent. "
"It's a croat Inducement. John ! order mo a
nbu.io eoFdii with puwter handles ! "
Somorvlllo Journal : They say a man can
not do two things at once , nut It Is undenia
bly truu'the nutti who Improves his time al
the sumo time Improves lilmsolf.
Clothier and Furnisher : Rlngwar-XVlmt
uru you wil ; I ; I never that rus ; so much for ?
Aron't you uf raid you'll wear It out ?
Kuatliorstono You don't undoritand me ,
old 111:111. : My trousers uro under thut ruy ,
being creased.
TUB WICKKT IV.AN.
Cltntnn Scoltuiil.
How oaino shn here ? I do not know.
ilow camu 1 tlioro ? lly cbaneot
I tried to pass. She thought to go.
What- held us ? hut a Blanco !
'Twas thus shu happened to ho u bride ,
And 1 to be the HAuIti
One little gliincu exchanged beside
The wicket In the lane.
Clnoliinatl Cotmnnrclal : Enraged Const Itu-
ont It'h as corrupt u mcasuro us w.is overproduced
produced ! Yotyou iiro olii ; to puss Itl lam
told by u man who knows all about It that the
aoiit of thu company expects to cot It through
the council by the boldest kind of bribery ,
Alderman from thu 'Stoonth Ward It's an
Infamous | io !
KnruKod Constituent -And he's paying 15,000
aplrco for votes !
Alderman from the 'Stoonth Ward It's an
Infamous an Infa ( wildly ) wh-whcro Is ho ?
Smith. Gray ft CO.'B Monthly : Tno modesty
of a HosUm spinster In so great she would
ruthor llo than tell thu mined truth.
Philadelphia Ioil per : The best bull pitchers
In this country am mnll curriers , who rofusu
to i-iilor the professional lluld. Kvun tlmlr
regular osoiip.itlon requires u sure delivery ,
llnltlinnrn American : Whllo laylni : aside
your any clotljlir- during hunt , do not lay
usldo the miiutl < yif your churlty.
lloston Transcrtt | | ; A man may bo consid
ered luckliu In' tt'iiimullty ' when ho will not
oven outortalii an Idea.
Lonlsvlllo Coimer-JnnrniU : Tlio loip-yoar
girl might try hlmdulluiituly with a little pup
corn. .1. ,
TB.V I.ITTLR V.tSltin.lTKIi.
Ten llttlu candidate ) standing In a line
Hill downed U.oTOjiind und then there were
nine.
.Nine llttlo cundlftflOM winning to bo groav
O.im | > l > ell mut MoKlnloy , then thuro were
olb'ht.
jj ,
ElJht llttlu candidates waiting for the
"lonven" . v/
Ilrlcetled up hlH'pooketbook , then tlmru were
Suven Illtlo candidate * uu to scurvy tricks
HogtT gut rattled , then ihuro were lx.
Hlx Illtlooniulldatet tryinir tu connive
( Juvuruor Itiibbull did tlio baby uut , lliun thuro
wo o Uve.
I'lvo little eandldates olumnrlnx for cure
( 'rlsi ) slrnuk a silver sJian , then them were
four.
1'our llttlu candidates lauzhlue In thulr glen
Carlisle showed n rubol reuuid. le.-xvlni only
Iliree.
Tliroo little emidldutus xrouderlne \ > hat to
do
Ooniiau'H btittu Is btire enoir.-li , then iliere
wuro two. *
Two llttlu candidates liavlnul.eapi of fun
Gray wuiinit o.iloe , thnii thuro wninno.
linu llule eundldatx In Al'iiuny u-shlvur
Now S'nrU'okplliU oluctloni sent him uu Salt
It Ivor.
HIZZONBR WOULD GET DRUNK
Personal Popnlnrity and Official Dignity
Led Him to Excessive ludulgonoes ,
COWRIE'S MAYOR HAD TOO MANY JAGS
CoiiNrituniilly Ho Was IMnccil lit Jail to
Sulicr Up unit Itmnovril Iront Olllrn
lly tlio Common Council All
III I'rolilliltory lowu.
Four DondK. la. , March 4. Two mayors ,
one o' them legally elected nnd tbo other ap
pointed by n solf-ndjudgcd , outraged popu
late , nra struggling for the rolus of govern
ment III CJowrlo. A bitter Intornnclno warfare -
faro Is raping , nnd legal complications with
out number nro arising. All this grlof might
have boon avoided bad Mayor Daughon-
baugh , the regularly oloctud onlclal , boon
convinced of the ofllcaoy of the Keoloy treat
ment and taken n course at Uvvlght a few
weeks ago.
Cowrie Is n nrotty llttlo village of about
000 people In the southern part of Webster
county. For voars Sam Uatigbcnbaugh has
boon known ns the most popular citizen
and nt tbo satno tlmo thu hardest drinker
In Oowrio. For the most port his tippling
ha * boon done on the Kunpeau plan , nnd ,
although everybody unow that Sum loved
the bowl not wisely but too well , very few of
the good pooDle of Oowrio had ever soon him
Healing about rudderless on the sea of total
Intoxication. Sam's capacity was another
point In his favor. Long ynars of practlco
bad made ardent spirits as familiar to his
palate as is milk to thut of a prattling Infant.
It was only once In n great whllo that Sam
got full. When bo did his frlonds xvould
shako their heads nnd say : "Sam really
ought to quit drinking if he wauts to do
business In Gowrio. If be keeps on we'll
have to send him to congress. "
Wits KIi'uloil Mayor.
Sam did keen on , but bis friends did not
scud him to congress. Instead , they elected
him mayor of the city. It was largely n brevet -
vet nouor , the yearly salary and fees of the
ofllcu not being sufllciont to pay otic of the
mayor's monthly refreshment bills. Hut the
honor , such as it was , was weighty enough to
completely unbalance "his honor's" equilib
rium. It was Just a year nco that Sara
Daughoiibaugh received tbo unanimous en
dorsement of thu voters of Gowrio and had
the tltlo of "mayor of Gowrio" aftlxcd to his
signature. Since thut tune his frlonds have
found plenty of reason to do moro
than smllo at his oxccsslvu con
viviality. In tbo llrst place the triumphant ,
election had to bn celebrated. Sam cele
brated very much In the sama manner as a
Chicago word politician would hnvo done
under similar ciicumstances. Ho opened n
demijohn ot line old rye In bis ofllce , and ono
aflor another the boys were called in to
drinit to "Hlzzonor's" health. Sam cheer
fully took his glass with each visitor and
soon began encoring himself. The result
was inevitable. The mayor got drunk. The
jag rapidly passed from one stage to another ,
and finally assumed mammoth proportions.
The mayor grew hilarious. Ho llnallv wobbled
bled out on the street and began shaking
bands promiscuously with every manwoman
and child that -ho mot. The village \vai scan-
dulled , nnd n committee of friends finally
took the irresponsible ofllcial In hand and
put him to bed. The next morning the mayor
was penitent and solemnly promised never to
lot such an accident occur nuuln. Tbo cir
cumstances worb considered to bo mitigating
and the matter was hushed up an quietly us
possible.
But the accident did occur again and again ,
not so ostentatiously , howavor. It was not
until the mayor was arrested and sent to Jail
lu Fort , Dodge last fall as a common case
of ' 'drunk und disorderly" that any dis
tinct commotion was caused. In this case ,
too , the erring ofllcial's weakness was con
doned. Ho was let off without a line , and
managed to again explain to his friends at
homo bow unavoidable tbo accident was ana
bow certainly It would not occur again.
ll Fell Onro
After this ox poricnco Mayor Daughcmbaugh
took unto himself a decided brace and gauged
his Indulgence In stimulants by his capacity
with such commendable exactitude that no
moro open scandals resulted. Last week ,
however , another mistake occurred , and this
time the consequences were so serious th.it
tno people of Uoivviu uro .still talKing about
the shame and disgrace that has como lo
their peaceful and law-abiding llttlo city.
Nobody knowj Just bow it happened ,
but on Saturday night tbo mayor ap
peared on the streets In a stnto of
upualllucly evident intoxication. Nor was
the mayor alone. Arm in arm with
the city's chief oxccutlvo was Jack Unrvy , a
notorious drunkard nnd "no'or-do-well , "
who , under Mayor Uaugbenbaugb's adminis
tration , spent most of his tlmo lu the city
jail. Tbo pair staggered along the streets
and defied the entire population of the city
to interfere with tholr happiness. City Mar
shal Dennis begged the mayor to 50 homo ,
but prayers , threats and entreaties wore all
useless. The marshal withdrew his forces
and the fun wont on. Some of the business
men sought the marshal and requested him
to arrest the disturbers of the pence. The
official was willtnt. , but as Mayor Daughon-
baugh. was the only Justice of the peace In
the village , as well as mayor , there was no
ouo to iisuo tbo warrant , nor anyone before
whom the cu'prlts ' could be brought
if arrested. So the mayor was per
mitted to pursue the uneven tenor of
his way with his congenial companion. It
was not until tbo happy pair , In the course
of their devious wanderings , fell through
the windows of ono of the loading dry
goods stores that the outraged citizens
arose In their might and put an end to the
disgraceful spcctaclo. Marshal Dennis at
tempted to make the arrest on bis own re
sponsibility , but failed dismally. The mayor
and his friend refused to hoarrostod. finally
the marshal deputized three citizens to help
him , and after a hard fight Mayor Daughcu-
baugh found himself , in company with Jack
Oarvoy , occupying a cell in his own Jail.
Late on Sunday morning tbo mayor had sobered -
bored oft and was liberated. His wrath at the
indignity that hud been put upon him knew
no bounds. Hn could not wait until Monday
morning before trying to got oven with his
persecutors. His llrst move was to write
out informations charging tbo man who hud
arrested him with Illegal arrest and mali
cious prosecution. The pnpers ho served In
parson , making tbo accused put up bonds for
thulr appearance. Bright und early on Men-
day morning tbo accused citizens illed milt
against Mayor Duughenbaugh charging him
with disturbing their Kabbuth meditations
by serving legal papers on tno Lord's Day.
Tli Soul Dri'larril Viicant.
The mayor by this tlmo began to wish ho
tiidn't and his oldest and best friends com
menced to turn the cold shoulder upon him.
Kxoitea group * ot cltUon gathered upon tbo
streets and discussed the situation. Every
body thought the city hud been disgraced ,
and that it was tlmo to rumovo the cause of
the disgrace. Tlio men who wore on the
mayor's official bund got quietly together
and notified the county auditor tfint they had
withdrawn from the bond. This practically
left tbo olllco of mayor vacant. As soon n *
the clli/ens whoso names were on Dauirhun-
bajigh's bond us Justlco of the peaca heard of
lain they followed suit , and the combined
mayor and jURiloo of the peace was tbu *
temporarily suorn ot bis two offices at ono
fell SWObU.
On Monday evening a special mro lag of
thu city council was called , to whloti the citi
zens turned uutou imiso. Very little tlmo
wan test In discussing what to do or haw
to do it. ( Jouucilmon and citizen * were a
unit in the opinion that Sam DaughenbiiUKh
should no longer Illl Ibe olllco ho had HO pub
licly disgraced. Several spirited upoeehos
wcro made and M resolution was Introduced
declaring thu olllco of mayor of ( Jowrlo
vacant and appointed W , H , ( Joudtmaugh to
' 1111 the vacancy. The resolution was [ ias cJ
unanimously , and tlio meeting brolio up amid
general applause.
Mavor Uaughonbiiuirh was not to be thus
easily disposed of. However , Ho did not pro-
poao to die until tbo last ditch was readied.
When apprised of the notion of tlm meeting
bo coolly dt-clarod that the COIIMO t kou was
Hit-gal aiid rofnsod to turn ovnr thu offl-ie to
nis successor , Ho buttled uro und unions
snmo of hl.s i.umcrou * friends and with
jironlnoj | of future good conduct easily in *
ctiirod item to bu'iK him up in tbo metier of
lioods. Taking tno tlr.st train for the county
scut bo tiled bis new bonds and wont. bic : ! ( to
the llo'nt of battle prepared to stand up for
hi * right * . Ho found hli pathway tborr.y
ono , howovor. The marshal refused to net
under blm und rocogniiod Mayor Good-
enough ns the rlRhtfnl Incumbent , The citi
zens aUo stood by the latter and promise lo
imlorso all hl % official actions , notwithstand
ing Mayor Datighbnbaugh'n claim thnt the
appointment was nti Illegal ono.
No .More .Ing * 1'ormlttod.
The first act of the now mayor was to servo
notice that In the futurano drunken man can
walk the streets of Uowrlo , bo bo mayor or
Justice nf the po.ico or only an liumblo cltl-
yon. Marshal Dennis hat received Instruc
tions lo that effect ami promises to obey
them to the letter. The people of Gowrio
propose , they say , to wipe out the disgraeo
that Mayor Dnughonbaugh and his fatal Jug
brought them by a strict enforcement of law
nnd order In the future. The dispute as to
whether Mayor D.iughotib.iiiBli or Mayor
Goodcnough Is the rightful rulor.of the city
still romMns unsettled , both sldot resting on
their arms. The mutter will probably como
Into the courts for final souiomcnt. In the
mcantlmo tbo now Incumbent has decidedly
tbo best of It , und will continue lo nrroit In'-
toxicated individuals nnd draw the mayor's
salary until further notice.
COXffVH 1.1 hi TIHM.
Ho Do you think of Investing in stocks )
She No. I prefer matrimonial bonds.
The clergyman who tics tha nuptial knot Is
usually summoned by the ringing of n belle.
Miss Helen Hay Downing and Mr. William
1'orclval DoVltt wore married in Now Yorls
last. Tuesday afternoon ,
Mr. Pity billsMy dear Julio , when wo were
courting you were very dear to me , but now
that wo are married nnd I am paying your
bills , youseomto get dearer and dearer.
The approaching marriage of Mrs. Llvor-
moro and Karen Selllloro has been widely
discussed In Now York , but as yet they have
not sent out invitations to tholr wnddlng.
Miss Madeline Towushend , daughter of
the late Representative Townshond of Illi
nois , nnd J. XV. Weeks of Palmer , Mass. ,
were married In Washington last Tuesday.
Skidds You look disconsolate , Gurloy.
What's the trouble ! Doosn't Miss Mlitin
smita on your sultl Gurloy She does moro
than that. "How sol" "Sho laughs nt U. "
The Social Uoglstor for February indicates
that during the past quarter in Now York
society there have ouen thirty-seven mar
riages , a ? compared to twenty-six during the
same period last year.
Ono of tbo most notable of the few March
weddings will bo that of ftllss Fnnnlo Uost-
wlck of Now York nnd Captain Aloort
Carstalrs ot the Uoyal Irish rlllos. The
wedding will take place in this couutrv.
"My husbam' received n note today In n
woman's handwriting , " "Did you open HI'
"I did not. Aud what Is moro , 1 loft him by
himself to read it at his leisure. " Don't joii
worry ever 111" "No ; but I guess ho does.
It wus from my dressmaker. "
If your sweetheart Is giving you a ring for
good luck , and you uro to have the choice , lot
It be an oval moonstonn surrounded with
small , clear diamonds , writes Isabel A. Mal-
lon in the March Ladies' Homo .lonnial.
This stone , moro than any other , has the
reputation of bringing happiness , and oven
if you do not consider this tlio ring itself will
bo found a most effective one , tbo diamonds
bringing out the many colors in the moon
stone , and tbo moonstone returning the com
pliment by Intensifying the brilliancy of tbo
diamonds.
By some Scotch statistics recently pub
lished it appears thnt , In the Uvo years of lifo
between the ages of 20 and 25 , the mortality
of unmarried mon is j,174 in 100,000 , and of
married men only CUT. From Ii5 to 30 the
numbers respectively are l.y'JO und Si ( ( ) .
These figures , as above Indicated , are derived -
rived from the death registry of Scotland ,
but tbo proportion of the bachelor to tbo ben
edict death rate is believed to be about the
snmo In this country. Taking the wbolo of
the married mon and the whole of the unmar
ried men , from the ago of 20 to the close of
life , it Is comptucd that tbo lives of tbo
former average f > 9J < f years , white these of the
latter average only 40 years a difference of
nineteen and n half yeara in favor of mariiod
men.
men.TliS
TliS beautiful , accomplished and rich Mine ,
do Barrios , widow of the renowned General
Juan Hufiuo Barrios , who was ut ouo time
president of Guatemala , Is about to ued the
second time. The man to whom this beauti
ful woman Is about to entrust her hand nnd
her vast fortune , Is Jose Martinez
do Roda , a marquis of Spain , and
possessor of some of tbo proudest titles
known to the Spanish nobility. The wedding
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ding will take place In New "York. After
the wcddimr thu marquis will take his bride
back to Madrid , whjro they will probably
live. Mmo. Barrios' fortune is generally
reputed to bo worth $10,000,000 at the lowest
estimate , nnd her Jewels are among the most
costly in the world. Mme , Barrios was mar
ried when only 14 years old , und Is probably
now li- yours of ago. Her husband. General
Juan Huflno Barrios , provident of Guate
mala , was killed In the battle of Cbalchuapa
on April' ' , 1885.
Citizens Arm to Prevent u Knllroiul Truck
lining Torn IT ] ) .
NASIIVILF.E , III. , March 0. The greatest
excitement prevails here ever the attempt j
of the Louisville & Nashville railroad com- I
oany to demolish the track of the Uontralla
& Chester railroad , and Mayor F. E. Lelso
called n moating of the citizens yesterday.
Fully 500 assembled. It was enthusiastically
decided by the mooting to use every effort to
protect the property. To do so the citizens
nave organized , and forty volunteers will
moot with shotguns , Winchester rlfloi nnd
revolvers , under orders of tlio mayor , at the
signal given and repel any attampt thnt may
ho made. It has become qullo u serious thing
mid surriy will result In bloodshed should It
bo continued.
MERCILESS MOB AT MEMPHIS
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Three Negroes Taken from Jail by Mnskotl
Men and Hung. y
THEIR BODIES RIDDLED WITH BULLETS
to tlin Hiilmrlx tlin Slilvi-rliig
iilrly Tom ti I'lort-n liy
it Vullity Iron * AVInrli
Talk nl Itutitlliitloti.
Tonn , , March 0. The morning
light disclosed thu dead bodies of tbrco
negroei riddled with bullets and partially
covered with brush lying In nn open lot
about n mile and n half from tbo heart of the
city , The nogrocs bad boon taken from Jail
by seventy-live masked mon this morning
and shot to death , Tbo names of the men V >
are Calvin McDowell , William Stuart and
Theodore Moan.
The crime for which this summary venge
ance was wreaked upon them was the mil-
bushing and shooting down Sunday night
last ot four deputy shcritl's In the locality
known ns "tho Curve" whllo the officers
were looking for a negro for whoso arrest
they had a warrant. ,
About 8 o'clock this morning sovonty-flvoV
mon , nil wearing masks , appeared suddenly ; V
on Front street uoar the JalL By n ruse
three mon obtained entrance to tbo Jail yard
nnd overpowered Watchman O'Donnull ,
whom they bound and gncgod.
The others wcro then admitted
and tbo search for the uogroos
begun , n guard lu the meantime- having boon
put ever the watchman. There were twenty-
seven negroes tboro.nll under arrest for com
ptlclty In Saturday night's nlTalr , and It was
no easy tnsk to distinguish the three negroes
wanted. The mob wont from cell to cell , the
thoroughly alarmed Inmates coming to tbo
cell doors aim unwillingly aiding them in tbo
search.
Alice Mitchell hoard tbo nolsu nnd frotu v
her cell on tlio upper tlor uocrud down on the
strnugo nnd silent crowd.
Moss , thu mull carrier , was the llrst man
Identified. Ho was taken from the cell nnd
bound and soon after MoDoxvoll and Stuart
were foil ml ami taken caroof in tlio sumo way.
The captives being ready they were dragged ,
pushed and hurried out of the Jail. In a few
minutes the suburbs of the cllv were
reached , aud in an open Held near Wolf river
tbo negroes mot tholr doom.
A shot from a revolver crashed through
tbo cheek of Moss. This was the signal for
work. A terrlbla volley poured in upon the
shivering ncgroos , who Instantly full dead ,
The bodies presented n horrible sight. Mc
Dowell's Jnw was entirely shot nway nnd
buck of bis right oar was a hole largo enough
to admit n man's list. His right hand , too ,
was half blown off. Stuart was shot In thu
mouth nnu twice In the back. His head nil I
hie body were riddled with buckshot. Mom
had nn car shot off and several bullet holc.i
in bis forehead.
Tno mob turned about after it completed
tbo terrible work aud coming toward town
scattered and disappeared. The bodies of
the dead negroes were brought to Walsh's
undertaking establishment , this morning. In
less than fifteen minutes the place was sur
rounded by about -00 ncgroos , all afraid to
talk , however , on account of the near prox
imity of the whites. The inquest was held
at 10 o'clock and the bodies wcro then sent to
their homos at "Tho Curve. "
At 10:15 : word reached the city that the ne
groes wcro assembling in largo numbers at
' The Curve. " Judge Duboso Immediately
equipped 150 mon with Winchesters und they
have left the city for that locality.
jty ins nnoTiiKit-iy-r.in :
Mimlor of John ( irrcr In Which Ills AVI In
Tcxikil jrimil.
CINCINNATI , O. , March 0. Last night John
W. Uroer , bis wife am ! brothor-In-law , John
W. Mankay , quarrelled about u deal in prop
erty. . Mucltay and Mrs. Orcor both attacked
Mr. Greer. Mackuy used a hatchet ana
drovu the blade into Urcer's skull. Muckay
mid Mrs. Groor were iirrostoa and Groor was
taken to the hospital , where ho died shortly
after 1 o'clock this morning. The affair took
plurfo at Grcer's homo , In North Falrmount.
Wasn't Dressed Much.
The musical critic ot the Cincinnati .En
quirer thus noted the appearance of Potti
the other night : "A magnificent creation of
richest , ivory-whito satin , shimmering .liko .
moonlight with every movement ; n tremen
dously long train , edged with some wonder
fully fluffy pink trimming In waves ana cas
cades ; repeated on the decollete corsage ,
showing tbo beautiful nock and arms , and
cut very low In the back , showing an ex-
uanso of voty delicately tinted llosh on tha
perfectly rounded outlines. The petticoat ot
tbo dress was paneled in deep Vandykes of
gold and iridescent embroideries , reaching
from the boms to the waist. The corsage
was ono solid blnzo of JoweU ; diamonds
flashed like stars , and tboro was the pleam
of pearls , rubles , emeralds , and on bar left
she were two Jeweled medals. About her
neck was a necklace of pearls , with a diamond
mend sun for a pendent , and strings ot the
pearls fell below to the waist. Two milk-
wbito pearls hung in bur dainty ears , and In
her darlc hair was a diamond star and two
pearl combs. Pattl was not dressed up much
last night. "
& CO.
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Grand
Spring Opening
We spring our spring goods
on you tomorrow morn
ing , and such spring nov
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the neatest shapes and
shades of suits and over
coats for spring wear.
Cheviots , plain and
checked cashmeres , un
finished worsteds , Scotch
tweeds , etc. , in endless
variety , A suit or over
coat $10 and up as high as you want The
spring styles are very neat and nobby this
year. An early inspection invited. We
fill mail orders.
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