THE DAILY BEE : MONDAY , FEBRUARY 14 , 1881-
THE DAILY BEE
E. EO3BWATER : EDITOR :
now the numbsr of rural ex
changes who have failed to find in
General Van Wyck the own snd only
senator is growing beautifully email.
THE British colonial troops have
suffered another severe defeat at the
hands of the Boers , the commander ,
General Colley , narrowly escaping
with his life. The English journals
are urging peace on any terms.
THE January exchanges in New
York were greater by $400,000 than
ever before. The exchanges outside
of New York show an increase of 27
per cent. It is estimated that the
volume of business throughout tbe
country during last month was over
20 per cent , greater than during the
same period in 18SO.
MR. ROSEWATER will never be sat
isfied until he secures a law making it
a criminal offence for a newspaper
man to ride over the Union Pacific
railroad on a pass. Mr. Rosewater
is forced to pay his fare , and ho
envies us favored tools of corporate
monopoly. [ Republican.
Mr. Rosewater once and only once
was the possessor of an annual pass
on the Union Pacific , which lay un
used in his drawer during the entire
period for which it was tiven. Mr.
Rosewater neither envies "favoredtools
of corporate monopolies" their passes
or the services they are forced to ren
der * in return for their free transpor
tation.
THE Republican , which has gained
n unenviable reputation in Omaha
and throughout the state as the organ
of the quacks and the exponents o !
quackery , prints a communication
from some man-butcher protesting
against any regulation of medicine by
the legislature now in session. This
production of course claims that the
people of the state aak for and want
no legislation on ( his important sub
ject and that the movement for the
preservation of human life and limb
hai Its origin in the desires of a clique
of educated physicians to monopolize
the practice of medicine .n our state.
Nearly a year ago THE BEE began
it's expose of the history and methods
of a number of ignorant and unprin
cipled charlatans who made Omaha
their headquarters. In the content
which followed it had not only the
whole family of quacks to fight , but
also the Republican and Herald who
barked at its heels aud endeavored to
uphold the reputation of the scound
relly impostors whom THE BEE was
combatting. The Republican In parti
cular made itself the special organ ol
Dra. ( ? ) Mcmsy and Aldrlch and
called upon the courts to piosecute the
editor of THE BEE for libelling these
pure and immaculate benefactors ol
mankind. It is therefore strictly in
accordance with its record that it now
comes forward as the champion of the
horde of medical impoaters f ith which
Nebraska is infested , and permits its
columns to bo nsod as the organ of the
quacks and herb doctors which have
gathered in cur city.
The legislature , we are convinced ,
will permit nothing to swerve them
from their duty in this all-important
matter. If laws &ro enacted for the
preservation of the real and personal
property of citizens of Nebraska
against thieves and burglars , cut
throats and robber ? , how much more
important that the lives and health of
our people should ba otrlctly guarded
against the attacks of ignorant and
designing impostors who are filling
their pockets at iho expanse of the
public health and living off the bodily
afflictions of our psople. There area
number of members in the legislature
wi.o will boar watching in their efforts
to strangle legislation on this subject ,
notably a member from Pawnee
county who , a few months ago 'was a
one-horse lawyer , but has lately blos
somed out as a pretentious M. D.
2ext to the railroad question there is
; oo subject of more vital Importance to
our people than regulation of the prac
tice of medicine , and the people will
hold our legslature to strict account
if.they fail in affording them adequate
and immediate relief from the pack of
herb and root doctors , travelling char-
lapans and ignorant impostors who are
nor earning a lucrative living by prac
ticing upon an unprotected commu
nity.
PRESIDENT ELIOT , of Harvard , com
plains that the crying defect of popu
lar education in the United States Is
mechanical training by the use of too
many text books and too few educated
and competent teachers. The child's
memory Is abnormally stimulated at
the expense of the faculties of obser
vation and tbo result is an amazing
knowledge ofjrnles and tabulated facts
joined to an astonishing Ignorance of
how to apply what is learned to the
most elementary subjects of a common
echool [ [ education- There Is much
truth in this observation of the presi
dent of Harvard and the fault is one
which can onlyjbe remedied by an
able andompetent auperintendeacy of
iho 'common schools throughout the
country.
SBWARD ON CHINESE IMMIGRA
TION.
CHIKE3E I1IMIGBATIOX IS ITS SOCIAL AND
ECONOMICAL ASPECTS. By George F.
Seu-ard , late United States Minister to
China , New York : Charles Scribner'a
Sons , 1SS1 , § 2 50.
Minister George F. Seward who has
recently returned from China has
written a thorough and exhaustive
treatise upon the question of Chinese
immigration. Mr. Seward has had
peculiar advantages for studying the
various phases of the Chinese move
ment to this country. For eight years
tie held the position of minister to the
Flowery Kingdom and mingled freely
with the highest rank of the Chinese.
The experience which Mr. Seward
gained in his long residence in China
he has brought to bear upon the dis
cussion of one of the moat perplexing
problems of the day , and the result is
well worthy the attention of the people
ple of the west.
Mr. Seward , it may bo well to state
at the outset , claims that a spirit of
gross exaggeration hss pervaded all
the statements of the partizana of the
anti-Chinese movement. He brings
carefully compiled statistics to show
that the number of Chinese resident ?
in the United States has been grossly
overestimated. The census returns
show that the proportion of Chinese
to Americans In California is only ono
to seventeen , a 'ratio which Mr. Sew
ard insists is ridiculously email and
Incapable of working any material
damage to our institutions. He holds
that there is not the slightest danger
oi any la-go influx of Chinese to our
country , the supply heretofore having
been governed entirely by the de
mand , { while emigration is steadily
frowned upon by the home govern
ment. He denies the vicious tenden
cies of the Chinese as a class ,
brings statistics to prove that
the proportion of criminals and pau
pers among the Chinese In California
is much less than among the Ameri
cans , end claims that the charges
brought against them spring mostly
from prejudice and political motives.
Mr. Seward devotes ranch space to
the labor problem on the Pacific coast ,
denying that there is any tendency of
the Chinese to supplant free laborand
claiming that tbe employment of cool
ies has only supplemented the labor
of the Caucasian by furnishing a sap-
ply which could not otherwise be
filled. He charges upon Americans a
prejudice against China and the Chi
nese which is shared by no other people
ple on the globe , and quotes the state
ment of an eminent mandarin , that it
is only in America that such contempt
is openly expressed and findi ready
credonce.
We have not the space to examine
in detail the exhaustive investigation
of Minister Seward into this most In
teresting question. He writes from
the partisan standpoint of one who
has seen and experienced only the
best side cf Chinese life and character
and.whileit throws many important and
Interesting flldo lights upon the problem
he loaves its solution entirely un
touched. No one who has resided up
on the Pacific slope and studied the
labor question will be likely
to give his outira adhercrco to
Minister Soward's views while on the
other hand the moat partisan exponent
ofjthoanti-Chinesemovimcjitmayharn
many facts of which he has heretofore
been ignorant , and which tcay , to a
more or less extent , modify bis opin
ion upon tha immediate danger to
American institutions which would
arise from an increase of our Chinese
population. At all events , Mr. Sew
ard has made a valuable contribution
to this rncnt interesting discussion ,
and his exhaustive volume can scarce
ly fail of a large and interested circle
of readers.
OMAHA is to ba congratulated over
the prospect of securing a mammoth
grain elevator which will make this
city the centre of the grain trade for
the upper Missouri valley. Up till
now Omaha has had very poor facili
ties for making herself a grain market
of large proportion * . Under the
present proposition there is no reason
why she should not at once take the
position to which aha is entitled. THE
BEE earnestly hopes that cur mer
chants will come forward and join
with Messrs. HImebaugh andMorrlam
in securing\ the necessary funds to
clinch the bargain. Ono thing , how
ever , the railroad need not do. It
need not come to the Dcuglaz delega
tion and present the elevator
proposition as an argument against
state control of the railroads.
If local rates for grainare low over
the Union Pacific , the now elevator
will handle the grain ; If they ere high
grain will be shipped past it to Chicago
cage , and the benefit resulting will
be practically very little.
THE Irish situation at the end of
the week remains practically un
changed. The coercion bill when in
form to bo put upon its passage will
bo found to be shorn of many of- the
objectionable features of previous
bills , principal of which will be the
shortened time to which its operation
Is restricted. The strong feeling of a
largo division of the libaral party and
thn well known sympathy of 'Mr. '
Gladstone and John Bright with the
causa of the tenant farmers , Trill do
much towards preventing a recurrence
of the scenes of 1809.
To Our Patrons.
Twelve months ago the publishers of
he BEE devised a scheme for collect
ing back pay Irom delinquent subscrib
ers , securing renewals , and extending
the circulation of this paper by a distri
bution of valuable premiums. That
experiment has in the main proved a
success. We collected over six thou
sand dollars back pay and doubled the
circulation of the WEEKLY BKE.
Nearly one thousand subscribers tailed
however to respond to our very liberal
offer and still remain in arrears. To
collect the delinquent subscription now
on our books by traveling agents and
attorneys would absorb fifty per cent ,
of the amount collected. We can bet
ter afford to distribute the money
which would have to be expended for
agents and local collectors among our
patrons by offering them extraordinary-
inducements to square their accounts
and prepay for the coming year.
The proprietors of the BEE have
therefore decided to make another pre
mium distribution to which we invite
your attention. You will note that
our new list includes besides a forty
acre farm in Central Nebraska , a large
variety ot valuable farm machinery ,
implements , household goods , watches ,
silverware , guns and pistols , books ,
engravings , and scores of useful and
ornamental articles. All these premi
ums are what we represent them , and
they will be allotted and distributed
impartially. This is no speculative
scheme or catch-penny humbug. The
BEE has foryears stood in the front
rank ot newspapers west of the Mis
sissippi , and to-day circulates more ex
tensively than any paper west of
Chicago and north of St. Louis. Its
proprietors are now simply endeavor
ing to place it on a strictly cash basis ,
while they at the same time propose to
extend its influence and usefulness over
the whole country.
Last year our weekly subscribers were
for the most part located in Nebraska
and Western Iowa , hence nearly all the
valuable premiums were allotted to
parties in that section During the
past six months several thousand sub
scribers have been added to our list
from the Middle and Eastern States.
A large number of Eastern people who
desire to procure a fat western paper
with a view of acquiring reliable information
mation about the resources and devel
opment of the country west of the Mis
souri , will doubtless avail themselves
of the opportunity now offered them.
Consequently the next distribution of
premiums will be diffused over a much
wider field.
No intelligsnt person would expect
that every subscriber will receive a
$650 thteshing machine , a $500 piano ,
a $300 harvester , or a $150 buggj , but
all have an equal chance in the distri
bution.
Each subscriber that pays up his
arrears and pre-pays for another year ,
and every new subscriber that remits
prepayment for one year will receive a
premium worth at least One Dollar at
retail. As a matter of fact the OMAHA
WEEKLY BEE is worth the subscrip
tion price , Two Dollars a year , to
every farmer , mechanic or merchant.
Without boasting we asseit that no
weekly paper east or west can compare
with it in variety of choice selections ,
general news , interesting correspond
ence , and no other paper in America
contains as much far western news ,
ranging from the Pacific Coast to the
Mississippi river. Now we presume
the proposed distribution of nearly
Si6ooo worth of premiums among the
subscribers of the BEE will create sur
prise amorg those who do not compre
hend how\vecan afford to be so liberal
toward our patrons. Fcr their benefit
we will state that these premiums have
for the most part been received by the
BEE in exchange for advertising.
Some of them have been sold at figures
way below list price by manufacturers
on the express condition that they are
to be offered and given away as premi
ums. Even the forty acre fann has
been paid in advertising lor a leading
real estate firm in Omaha. So you
"
see that , after all , we can afford to"be
very liberal without incurring a great
outlay in money. If our offer meets
with as generous response as our effort
warrants we shall very materially im
prove the WEEKLY BEE during the
coming year.
Having established for it a reputa
tion and influence second to none in
the west we hope to merit vour confi
dence and patronage in the"future.
E. KOSEWATliR.
ff Hdiior.
We are gratifiad tn announca that
the tff jrt on tha part of tha publishers
of THE BEE to extend the circulation
of the weekly edition of this pjpjr by
theproposed distribution of premiums ,
has bscn more successful than we had
reason to anticipate. Over ten thous
and subscribers are now on our
weekly list which covers every fctate
and territory in tha Union.
The general circulation of THE BEE
In remote sections cf this country can
not fail to induce thousands of thrifty
people to make Nebraska their home.
No better emigration document could
possibly bo circulated abroad , and
those of our patrons who desire to in
duce their friends in the eastern and
middle states to come woet and locate
in this state cannot do better than
prepay ono years subscription for
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the paper mailed to them.
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Inclading postage , and the subscriber
may , if ho desires , retain the prem
ium receipt and have the premium de
livered either to himself or to a friend.
It is mainly with a view ot securing
an addition to our eastern list that we
place this scheuio before the
patrons of THE DAILY
BEE. Remember that the
promlarn subscriptions will close by
_
next Saturday evening , February
LOth. Parties in this city may give
: holr orders through the counting
room.
CIVIL service reform stands appalled
before the statement that there are
500,000 office-holders in the country
whose positions are dependent upon
political patronage.
THE Farmers' Alliance is'increasing
Its number and extending it organiza
tion in every county [ in this state.
The railroads will see that pooling
and consolidation of interest works
both ways.
SENATOR JOHN D. HOWE , according
to the Republican , is losing'his reputa
tion as a lawyer by his position at
Lincoln. What John M. Thurston is
doing the Repullicnn fails to mention.
JAY GODLU purposes making St ,
Louis the headquarters for hia rail
road enterprises. Dr. Miller will have
tc eeek a new idol before whom to
bow down
THE absence of THE BEE'S full tel
egraphic report is duo to the prevail
ing storm , which has prostrated all the
wires leading east from this city.
It is gratifying to the people of
Nebraska to see Van Wyck , their now
senator dealing death blows to rascal
ly equalization and to monopolies.
Those men who hinted , after the gen-
oral's election , that the senator was
under obligations to the railroads for
his election , can take another back
seat. His speech in the ot&te senate
last Saturday , in which he castigated
the corrupt Cams fcr packing the sen
ate committee , and pitched into Gere ,
and Meyers , tha old fossil from Sar-
pv , convinced even that follow from
Saliuo that ho did not have to intro
duce a bill "to try Van 'Wyck's bottom
tom on the question ; " he found it oo
firm that it would be a credit to the
gentleman from Saline If he wore as
sincere and firm on the question as
Van Wyck. [ Crete Standard.
PEPPBBMBNT DROPS.
Eggs are higher in New York than
was ever known before , and consum
ers are impatient to throw off the
yolk.
yolk."Lend
"Lend mo your eaw , " quoted a
Chicago orator , and a wicked St. Louis
man wbc was present said was a big
loan to negotiate in Chicago.
Policeman "Now , then , move on !
There's nothing the .matter here,1
Sarcastic boy "Of course there isn't.
If there was , you wouldn't bo here. "
Two of the elephants wintering in
Bridgeport were taken with chills , and
fonr gallons of whisky were given to
eachAn elephant with the chills is
tha best position in the country.
Jay Gould bought a paper collar the
other day , and the country was excit
ed until it learned that ho didn't in
tend to build A railroad track to con
nect the tire button holes. Philadel
phia Chron'cle.
"Yes , " remarked a musical critic ,
recently fnm Hansas , "the fiddlin'
was bully ; but I toll you when that
fat chap with the big moustache laid
hold of the violin-cellar , I jnot felt as
if abuzz-saw was a piayin' Yankee
Doodle on my backbone. "
A Cincinnati man found a rough-
looking individual In his cellar. ' 'Who
are youl" he demanded. "Tho gas
man corne to take the metre , " was the
reply. "Great heavens ! " cried the
householder , "I hoped you were only
a l.urglar. " Boatou Post.
Tao elang esprosaion , "Going to the
ball this evening ? " having become
stale , flit and unprofitable , an Albany
ganins has conceived tr.e following ,
which is the very latest : "Do you
dawnce the lawncers ? " "No , but my
sister Frawnccs dawnces the lawncers
and several other fawncy dawnces. "
They had been at the masquerade ,
where she had recognized him at once.
"Was it the loud bc&tipg of my heart ,
my darling , that told you I was neail"
pnrmured he. ' On , no , " Eho replied ,
"I recogniztd your crooked Jogs. "
[ Now York News
A young lady slipped on too ica and
l\y there , recklessly waiting to bo
re'cncd. A cltrk in a hrs'cty str ,
who was standing near the sseue of the
di.mti-r , v'ewed ' iho spectacle with
p-rfo3Monnl curiosity nmrmont or two ,
and thtn exclaimed : "Pretty , ve > 'y
lirct'y , but tiny ouly coat thirty cent's
a p-i.-I" [ Brooklyn Eaglr.
"You're sister 'ilelia's follor , ain't
you1 aakad the littta trotter , not yet
out cf dresses.Vcll , what do you
think about it ! " was the replying
question , with a redness of the faoo
thet iio&rly matched his hair. ' 'I
fink , " said the little one , "that
mamma talks awf ally 'bout the 'mer-
gorine on yonr hair gettin' the new
whll paper dirty. " There's where the
child makn n mistake. He drew no
candy that trip.
A brave boy. who kept twenty In
dians at bay , died of nis wounds at
Denver , Col. , a few dajs ago. It
never huppons that way in dime
novel of Indian warfare. The bravo
boy in the dime novel , would have
kept the Indiana at bay until there
was not an Indian left to bay at him ,
and then he would have rescued aud
married a beautiful white captive ,
with long hair kissed by the sunlight ,
ripe rod lips , eyes of diamonds , a
marble brow , and a gnod-natured
father worth S900,000. There is too
much reality in the real.
During this cold weather how long
can the ink stand ? [ Keokuk Consti
tution. But how long can the pen
holder. [ Haweye. Tell us how long
can the pencil sharpener , and we'll
answer that. [ Omaha Rap. They
are right as long as the weather re
mains stationary. [ OiLVHA BEE. Your
puns are enveloped in obscurity.
That's no wafer to got off jokes. [ De
troit Free Preaa. Seal-ah [ Boston
Globe. Does any one suppose that
euch puns give a paper weight ? They
should bo ruled ont and a fool's-cap
placed on the punsters. Norristown
Herald. .
IMPIETIES.
A new book is entitled "How to
Mark the Bible. " It Is not necessary
; o buy a book to learn how to mark
the Bible. Glvo the scriptures to
year 5-year old boy to thumb thorough
after he has been eating taffy. He'll
mark It for you.
"What are you doing there ? " calmly
asked an elderly and pions-looking
skater of r young man , who had fallen
on the Ice and was rubbing his thigh
with considerable energy. "Doing ! "
be exclaimed , pressing his jaws together -
gether to keep back a volley of proFanity -
Fanity , "I'm trying to be a Christian. "
A Baptist minister fishing near Cape
Cod catches a strange fish , and askslof
the skipper : "What manner of fish ia
this , my good man I It baa a curious
appearance. " "Yasa ! Only been
around here about a year. " "What
do you call iU" "We calls'em Bap
tist. " "Why so ? " Cause the apile so
quick arter they came oat of the
water. "
A preacher in Rock county , Kan
sas , had been for weeks conducting a
wonderfully successful revival. "Dear
brethren and sisters , " ha said one day ,
"this is the last meeting I shall hold.
It is impossible to keep up a ferver on
corn bread and molasses for myaelf
and an ear of corn a day for my horse.
God bless you. "
A Virginia City minister has sent
for Moody and Saukey , but they do-
cliao to visit the Comstock ; and now
tha sinners of that locality console
themselves and each other with the
remark that "those evnngelic.il circus
men are evidently afraid to submit
their claims for popularity before a
level headed community like this. "
Mr. Moody makes use of many an
ecdotes in his addresses , but , ou the
prinsiplo that every quastion has two
sides , let me relate an amusing story ,
which Mr. Moody will probably never
use : Ha was speaking of the hereaf
ter , and the fate of those who died
unquickoned by the repentance of the
ainner. Ho apoke feelingly of a dear
old grandmother who had passed away
unconverted. "Although she was good
and kind , and dearly beloved by mo ,
I fear she has mot the reward of all
who die not owning Christ. I know
she h In hcli. " At this juncture , a
young man , sitting near the front ,
arose and walked down the aisle to
ward the door. Mr. Moody said :
"There is a man who is tired of hear
ing about Christ. Ho ia going straight
to hell " The young , annoyed at be
ing held up to notice , turned acd aaid
in a quiet , clear voica : "Well , is there
any message I on take to your grand
mother , Mr. Moody ? "
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
DAD'S DISASTEE ,
An indulgent father residing on
Capitol Hill was melted with tender
ness the other morning at seeing his
youthful son and heir enter the back
door with his nose skinned and one of
his fingers bleeding profusely , tke
effects of coasting. "Ah ! my child/1
said Mr. S , "you do not understand
the philosophy of motion , nor the
gravitation and momentum of bodies
when in motion ; the hotorogenions
combustion of metaphysics , and the
dismal consequences of counter
action. "
"No , " said the youth , "bat If Sam
Jones over runs his "
"Never you mind , " said Mr. S ,
"just wait till after dinner and I will
show yon how I used to guide a sled
when I was a boy. "
After dinner Mr. S said , "Now ,
Eddie , bring your sled , and I will
stop at the hill and ride down with
you. " The two seated themselves on
the sled , which was a double one , and
started down the middle of the street
at an unprecedented rate. When
about half way down the youngster ,
apprehending trouble , and showing
more widdom than might be expected
from ono of tender years , slipped ofl
bjhind , and after turning a reriea ol
somotsaults , brought up i'gainst the
feaco i/n all foura , and turned tc
wt'c'i the r coding form of hia fathei
TV jo w j gliding along the icy street al
a dreadful r.ile , and dictating at the
top of Ills voici * , "Olcar the track !
Got ont of the way ! Msko roocj1 !
j etc. , thoogh not BII animated object ol
any description was in eight.
But all at once , when the old gent
neared the bottom and was makinc
strange maneouvera with his legs ,
one scraping the snow and the othei
elevated high in the air , a good
naturoi looking cow walked leisurely
across the street , and in another in-
etantthcro was a crash like unto that
of the AshtubuU bridge disaster , fol
lowed by a shriek and a CUMO , and
the coaster was landed in a snow drifl
and lost to view.
The cow was seen a few seconde
later a quarter of a mile away , speed-
in ! ; like the wind , with tail erect and
bellowing : iku a sea lion.
At the sjono of the wreck , nothing
was visible but a broken sled runner ,
a cap and a man's foot and leg protrud
ing from the snow drift.
Finally the leg began to move and
then a curious object , resembling in
some respects a Nebraska scarecrow ,
scrambled ont of the snow and stand
ing erect proved to bo Mr. S. After
ho had found his cap and the snow
had begun to melt and rnn from the
back of his neck down the
spinal cord , he suddenly realized that
Eddie was among the missing and
with true parental affection and inter-
eat , dived into the snowbank looking
him when the object of his fruitless
search carne running down the hilli
blubbering at the sight of hia broken
sled. Mr. S. was so overjoyed that
he concluded to give htm a good
thrashing , and would have probably
done 10 had not a crowd gathered by
that time , and this interesting cere
mony had to be postponed until father
and son should meet in private scanc-
tity of the wood-shed.
It took $13.85 to repair damages ,
without counting the bill for
court plaster and the doctor's charges.
Mr. S. now cays that anybody who
will go coasting is a fool , and does not
"catch on" when his friends laugh at
him for oaying so.
District Conn.
The following proceedings were had
in the district court Friday , Jadge
James W. Savage , presiding :
The grand jury presented indict
ments as follows :
John Hogan , grand larceny.
Abraham DAVIS and George Davis ,
grand larceny.
Thomas Phillips and Charles Rosey ,
grand larceny.
Lorenzo Pickard , murder in the
second decree.
Charles Clayton , alias "Shorty , "
robbery.
CIVIL CASES.
Parrish va. Kellev et al. ; order that
defendants file brief in ten days , and
plaintiff In ten days thereafter ; defendant -
fondant ten days to reply.
Wallace vs. Rtepjn etal. ; continued
by consent.
Pearson vs. Linge ; dismissed at
plaintiffs cost.
Whitney , Clask & Co. vs. Stevens
ot al. ; submitted to jury to return a
sealed verdict this morning.
Baldwin va. Jensen ; trial to court
In progress.
' .I he Wrongs of Ireland.
Mr. Radpath lectures in the Acad
emy of Music this evening upon what
ho knows about the wrongs of Ire
land and the curse of landlordism to
that country. There arc a great
many tickets sold to the lecture and it
is expected that a large gathering will
greet the noble missionary's advent
here , as indeed that is really what he
is the missionary of the most op
pressed and enslaved people in the
old world to the freest and moat lib
erty-loving people of the new. Now
then , 33 the Irish themselves > re most
immedately interested in the subjec
in band , it Is hoped and expected that
they be present in large nnmbers
This is certainly the time for them to
show their good will toward a move
ment that has already united Catho
lie and Protestant , priest and layman
In Ireland alike in a common cause.
THE COMMITTEE.
Marrmga Permits.
The following parties took ont wed
ding permits last week.
Mr. Franz 6. Spaeth and MUs
Catherine D. Scheer.
a Mr. John P. Selby and Mies Mary
B. Crelghton.
Mr. Robert A. McCarthy and Miss
Louise Kalmbach.
Mr. Edward D. Doyla End Mia
Dollle Welch.
Mr. Michael Bu'choy ar.d Miss
Martha Waybright.
District Court.
The following proceedings were ba <
In the district court Saturday , Feb
ruary 12th , the Hon. Jumes W. Sav
age presiding :
Whitney , Clark & . Co. , va. Stevens
et al. ; verdict for defendant.
Dodge vs Bartlett ot al. ; sale con
firmed and deed ordered.
Houaol vs. Cleveland et al. ; same
Capley , administrator , vs. Omaha
motion sustained , leave to answer In
thirty daya.
In the matter of guardianship o
Conrad Bauer et al. ; order that par
ties in interest show cause by the 12th
ot March why license should not be
granted to sell real estate.
Larson vs Liraoo-.reatrainingorofir
Colpotzer et ni. va. Ueipen et al.
con * lid ted with No. 118.
Bennett ot si. vs. Trossio ; motion
overruled
Rendturff et al. va. Trosain ; tnoticn
overrnled.
3svy vs. Rousa ; Ipnvn to withdraw
demurrer Mid answer iuatauter.
Bennett et a ) , vs. Trossin ; piaintif
leave to file affidavits by Wednesday
and defendant by Friday following.
Doollttle vs. Omaha Horse Rallwa ;
company ; garnishees discharged.
Reynolds vs. Markel ec al. ; or
der to show ciuse by Saturday morn
ing why sale should not bo confirmed
Reuse va. Wright et al. ; plaintiff
ordered to give security for costs.
Foxen , Newman & Co. , vs. Me
Kelligon ot al. ; leave to file amendec
petition inaUnter.
Ghost vs. Kelsey ; order that par
of answer bo stricken ont.
Foster VB. Rafert ; motion overrnled
Ramge vs. Smith ; motion overruled
Slaven vs. Goy ; motion overruled
In the matter of the assignment o :
Stephcnson ; sale confirmed.
Seis vs , Hartman ec a ! ; leave to
reply In ten days.
Meade vs. Forbes et al. ; leave to
reply in ten days.
Court adjourned until February 14
at 9:30 : o'clock.
Indications.
Special DlapiUU to The Bee
WASHINGTON , February 13 1 a. m
For the upper Mississippi ant
lower Missouri valleys : Clearer
or partly cloudy weather , northr/bst
winds , becoming variable , stationary
or higher temperature In the south
and lower barometer.
Button Factory Burned.
SpscUl Dtepatch to The Bee.
WATERBURY , Ct. , February 14 -
a. m. The the three-story button
shop , connected Tith the extensive
works of the Scovlll Manufacturing
company , was entirely burned Sunday
morning. Loss , $200,000. Two hun
dred hands are thrown ont of employ
ment.
FOREIGN EVENTS.
The British Government Discov
ers a Treasonable Plot of the
Land League ,
The English Conservatives
Make the Most of Glad
stone's Predicament.
Triumphal Entry of the Chil
ians Into the Capital
of Peru
THE EOEKS REBELLION.
Special Dispatch to The B e.
LONDON , February 14 1 a. m.
A dispth from DurbanSouth Africa ,
eaja General Colloy is located at
Mount Prospect , and that the Boers
surround 1m camp. General Sir
3velyn Wood hai arrived. The Boers
lave abandoned their present Inten
tion of an attack on New Caatle. The
relieving column ha3 been delayed
owing to the bad state of the weather.
JUBILANT JIMJOS.
Animmense mass meeting * > f radicals
and Irishmen was held at Hyde Park
Saturday. Sir platforms were erect
ed , and the crowd surged around them
to listen to the remarks of the speak
ers. Resolutions were passed con
demning coercion , Michael Davitt's
arrest and the action of the speaker of
; he house of commons.
THE IIAXLOX-LAYCOCK MATCH.
The weather in London yesterday
was Gnc , but cold. There is no donbt
that the Hanlon-Lsycock race will
take place at 2 o'clock to-day. Pros
pects for the race are very good , and
both men are in excellent condition.
Tremendous crowds lined the banks
of the river Snnday watching the
movements of oarsmen.
FESIAN PLOT DISCOVERED.
Earners of the discovery oc impor
tant documents disclosing treasonable
projects on the part of the leaders of
the land league , are gaining now force
daily. Since the arrest of D vitt other
papers have been found , planning a
general uprising in Irelind , and Fe
nian outbreaks in England. Attempts
to gain information from the govern
ment of the extent of its knowledge
of the plan3 , have failed.
TURKEY'S FEEBLS AKMAMBXT.
Special Dljpitch to TUB Bu.
BERLIN , February 14 1 a. m.
The official Berlin military weekly
paper gives an unfavorable account of
Turkish armamentt. According to
this source thera are only 20,000 men
in Theasaly , and rather fewer in
Epirus. Those in Thessaly are con
centrated in the fortified camp of
Domako. The troops are chiefly
Arabs , unpaid , badly fad , and in a
state of half mutiny.
IIHA FALLEN.
Spedil DUpnich to The Bee.
PANAMA , February 7 , via Naw
YORK , February 13 10 p. m. Ra-
ports of the.fall of Lima on January
14 are confirmed. The Chilians were
enabled to approach the defenses of
the city on tha 12th , owing to the
prevalence of a heavy fog. In the
two daya' fighting the Chilians were
successful at every move. Having 30-
cured the key to the defenses by
strategy on the morning of the firs'
day , the ; were masters of tha doomed
capital from that hour. The loss of
the Peruvians was 0,000 in killed snd
wounded , end that of the Chilians
7,000. Pierolo , president of Peru ,
has fled to the interior , and his fine
army Is an'ihllated. This will cer
tainly end the war , asPeru has neither
men or money to continue It.
V
CABLEGRAMS.
Specla Dlsjntcha to Tns Em.
The supposed murder of Lieut. t.
Ropet , of the royal engineers , at
Chatham , excites great interest. He
was shot in the heart while ascending
a ttalrway In the barracks.
Sir Richard Mtngrove , baronetdied ,
yesterday in London.
ELECTRIC BRIEFS.
Special Dispatches to The See.
Lawrence Johnson , the discharged
sexton of the Chicago Michigan Ave
nue Bptfst church , burned Saturday
ii'giit , hai been arrested on suspicion
of having set it on fire. Ho iras scan
to I-ave the place jast as the fire was
discovered.
The receipts of the Mapleaon opera
company las : week were three times
is crent n the receipts of the first
ncfkuf Earnhardt's engagement.
At a meeting of the Fall River
( Mass. ) , Weavers and Spinners' asso
ciation , Sunday morning.it was agreed
that the operatives should strike to
accomplish their demands , but the time
was not announced.
The Hudson river ice crop was nev
er larger nor of better quality than it
is this winter.
The northern end of theJNew York
Central & Hudson River railroad is
so badly blocked with snow that bus
iness was almost entirely suspended
Saturday.
The ice blockade on the Nangatuck
railroad was broken Sunday morning
at daylight. The New York express
arrived at Waterbury , f Ce. ,
with 150 passengers who hod gone
twenty-four hours with ont anything to
eit.
Michael Homer & Co' * , larga junk ,
and rag warehouses , Nos. 28 to 34
Chew streetBaltimorewero destroyed
by fire Sunday morning , with most of
their contents. The building and
stock wore valued at $41,000 , in
sured for $20,500.
Trouble In the Hampton mines , at
Wilkinsburg , Pa. , about a pit boss ,
wound up Saturday in the discharge
of 500 miners. They say that if
the owners of the mines put other
men in their places they will give
trouble.
William Murphy , of Chicago , a
teamster for the Northwestern rail
road , aged 32 , cut his throat with a
razor Sunday morniagand died im
mediately.
OX ACCOCST OF THE SEVERITY OP
THE WEATHEB , the Children's Mas
querade Ball has been postponed nntiL
Wednesday next , February IGtb.
