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I I I l i t H I < t- . TJElB OMAHA DAILY fi&B : THURSDAY APJRXL 6 The Omaha Be Published every morning , erceptSund ( The only Monday morning dully. TK11M3 liY MAIL - DM VW. . . . . $10.00 I Three Months. * * Biz Months , 5.001 Ono . . 1 WEEKLY BEE , pnbllolcd cry Wednesday , TBJIIM.S TOST PA1D- On * Year $2.00 I ThreeMontbs. . BU Months. . . . 1.00 I Ono , < > CORnESPONDENCE-All. . Commt WttonR relntlnii to News and hditomlm tn uliould be addressed lo the hniion THElSEE. BUSINESS LETTERS-AW BnMr tetter * and Itemlttances should bo dressed to THE OMAHA I'DBUBHIKO C < rAKT , OMAHA. Draft * , Checks nml IV offioa Ordejg to be nwde pnyablo to i order of the Company. OMAHA PUBLISHINB 00 , , Prop' ) Et ROSEWATER. Editor. CiiEr.ns for the living , tears for t dead. General O'Brien. A FEW more chapters from I Cushing's letter book will bo sorv up At an early day. DK. MiLLEn wants to take 1 straight democratic horoofler , but t democrats don't want any Dr. Mill in theirs. THE Chilians are even carrying i the rails from the Peruvian railroad The Chilians seem to bo natural bo bank cashiers. f. . THAT wasn't much of a show Tuesday , but Thurston and mysi got caught outside of our "citizen water proofs. Frank Walters. SAN FJUNCISCO is shaken up by t ] president's veto of the anti-Chine bill almost aa much as if they hi boon visited by ono of those periodic earthquakes. BY the way , what has become the five thousand oppressed and dow trodden women of Omaha that faih to put in an appearance at ( ho pol 'jn election day. NKW YORK Is waging an earnest tig in favor of caucus rofonn bills. Tl demand for a thorough reform of o primaries is spreading with a rapid ! which shows the urgent necessity f such a movement. OF course farming in Now Jersi is not thabest diplomatic school , hi Secretary Frclinghuysen ought have known hotter than to publii secret instructions at the most critic moment in the Poru-Ohili nogoti. . tions. WITH the appointment of Itichai "T. Morrick , the charqe of partisai ship in the star route trials fades 01 tirely away. Mr. Merrick is a dcin erotic lawyer of great ability , at Brady , Dorsoy & Co. have no caui for congratulation over his appoin ment. DnitiNO March tno immigration i this country was 44,000 , , or near ! double the number which arrived i the aamo month lost year. The wav < of immigration promise to boat wif still greater violouco upon our eastoi coast line , and the United States hi room enough for all , TUB Washington Star thinks th the great political contest of the pro ent season will bo over the admissic of Dakota. Two now republican so : ators and an additional republic : senator are enough prospective ovi to induce a united democratic oppot ticn to the measure. SENATORS Logan and Cameron a hold responsible by many democrat papers for the prospective dismissal Secretary Kirkwood , "Those t\ stalwarts , " they foolishly Bay , "fn coaxed , then threatened , but it was : use , " and now they expect that Soi : tor Teller will cut a wide uwath soon as ho is installed in Farmer ICit wood's chair. TIIE Now York Tribune charade izos ( as a most dangerous and wick form of practical treason the attorn of South Carolina to nullify the n tional election lawi. No ropublica no democratic politician , it saj could hold up his head for a week any city of the north , justifying su crimes as have been perpetrated in tli atate. THE Omaha bricklayers' , union h corao into possession of the $50 st route contribution which Ilascall h placed on deposit at THE BKK ollii Now lot Hascall give them un urd on Miller and Brooks for the bum of greenbacks that created such sudden change of sentiment in t Herald and Republican about the star route cases. AmiorjtiATiox bills uggrogati 17 , 37,000 have boon handed in congressmen from thirty-seven slat Nebraska being the only exception the rulo. Now York state heads I list with a request of 3,160,000 , n many of her congressmen are yet be heard from. Texas stands next amount , and would like § 1,525,01 J < Kentucky next with < "an immedii need" § 1,150,000 , while Miohig asks for only $1,020,000. ronnsyh I 4 nia in good for $1,005,000. A SIGNAL1 VICTORY , The Tvorkingmen of Omaha hti won n signal victory through the t lot box. Tlioy have routed the co bineil ohorta of corporate monopo who wore masiiod against them , rega lees of party. This is , however , nc triumph of rioters mid connnuni over law and order , but a vindicati of the principle that this Is a gove ment by the people , ior the pee ; and not n government of corpon monopoly , for corporate monopoly , The moral effect of such n victc can hardly bo estimated. The pc tions contested for were oLcompa tively minor importance , liut t fact that the workingmen and bu iiesa men have exorcised their pri logo as voters regardless of the thrc : and dictation of corporation hone men affords n guarantee that this co munity refuses to disfranchise Use There is n double victory for t workingmen in this signal defeat Ilascall , who had conspired by trie ory and the use of money to divi Mid destroy them. The outcome of the contest 1 : show" that the split among workir men was simply Ilascall and small gang of his hired men on 01 side and the workingmen on t ! other. And now that the victory is wo let us assure the taxpayers , and i pecially the the business men Omaha that there is no plot ho to overthrow . good govprnmor ihnt the workingmen who have shov inch moderation in nil their trii linco Omaha was occupied by tl .roopa hdvo no disposition to rcta : ho growth of this city and no dosi : x ) antagonize capital whore it' is er ployed legitimately. All they ask ; hat the machinery .of govornmoi shall bo conducted for the whole po [ ) lo , and not for the few ; that tax bo imposed upon all classes oi pro jrty and all classes of citizens alik ; hat the courts shall dispense justl Dut not persecution. As long i , heso are the objects to bo achiov < ill good citizens , whatever their occ < mtion may bo , should rejoice with tl vorking people. THE ARMY RETIREMENT BILL. The house of representatives ha ng passed the army appropriate ) ill with the attendant clause provii ng for the retirement of officers , tl noasuro tjoos up to the senate for tl ipprovol of that body. The bi tught to pass in the form in which s handed up from the houso. Tl .bsouco . of any adequate law for cor misery retirement has boon a serial landicap to the olHcioncy of the urn inco its re-organization in 18G9. An1 [ uatod fossils Jmvo held on to th lositions simply for their pay , owii a the impossibility of swelling tl otireil list above the number autho zed by congress , while every dopar nont of the stuff line has suft'ori rein the compulsory retention non who have outlived their usofv 1CHS. 1CHS.Tho The injustice of the present coin ! ; iou of ali'airs in the army is. throv in still stronger light by the bonofi tvhich have been found to accrue .ho navy from compulsory rotiromtr Chore promotion is rapid. Tl mvy is , as a rule , manned by youn Hnbitiima and effective ofllcors , whi iho spur of certain promotion lold out as an inducement redoubled efforts for the country benefit. Iu the army , death and t ijood will of politicians have boon i only hope entertained by olttcors f advance in the ranks , and gray hair captains mid majors have for ye : hold positions which ought to ha boon filled by their juniors. Statist prove conclusively that the best BI dco in every army in the world 1 boon rendered by young men. In t irmy of the United States the po tions of command are now , and hu tor years past boon hold by oflioora 1 past the prime , while younger m have been forced to hold suborduu commands , with little hope of pi motion , ' the greatest inducement to faithful preformanca of their oflic duties , Mr. Butturworth's bill , which li boon passed by the house , is approv by an overwhelming majority of t unry itself. It provides for the co : pulsory retirement of every oilicor the ago of sixty-two , or who 1 : passed forty years in the service his country. To this rule the are no exceptions made. Gonon Sherman and Sheridan are not oxco ] ed from its provisions j neither i sires to bo. Uoth recognize that t measure is < ! ssontial to the good of t service , und are willing to fall und its provisions. Under tins bill , if passed by tho'nc ate and approved by the presidoi forty two otllcors will be retired once on threo-quarttira pay for the i maiudor of their lives , Within i yeara ono hundred and twenty oflic < will be placed on the retired list am corresponding promotion will tf place on both staffs and line. Every regiment will bo moro or 1 nflectod. Major Generals McDow and Pope will RO , raising CJenc Terry to the rank of a brigadier g eral. General Ingalls in the quart masters department will bo sholv placing fienoral Holabird at the hi of that department. As Gem Sheridan is only 5ii years of ago , will still have seven years to servo fore affected by the provisions of bill. In the commissary dcpartm General Wilson , now senior capts will receive a majorship. ( tent Crook will bo advanced two files , t Lieutenant Colonel Royall , of the partment of the Platte , will rcco his colonelcy. The ncnato will consult , not o : the interests of the service , but \ giod of the country , by speed passing the bill us it stands ; and justice to the army favorable acti ought not long to bo delayed. THE CITY TREASURERSHJ The death of Samuel J. Mallo caused a vacancy in the office of c treasurer about four months aj Mayor Boyd appointed Truman Bite to fill that vacancy , and Mr. Buo appointment was confirmed by I city council. When this appointmi was made it was given out that A Buck was appointed to fill the ont uncxpircd term of the late city tro uror , who was elected for two ye. . from the second Tuesday in Api 1881. There wan a difference opinion , however , as to the right the mayor to appoint Mr. Buck any period beyond the first anni fity election. Acting upon this vie the republican city convention noi natod George 8. Donno for the vuci : ity trcasurership , and Win. Soxai iras nominated by the workingnu Fho democrats made no nominal ! because Mr. Buck , the present : umbcnt , proposed to hold the f < isjainat any contestant. Sexauor received 1,023 vet igainst 554 cast for Doano. It nains to bo soon now whether M scxauor will bo installed in the po ion to which ho has boon elected mcli an overwhelming major ! Wo are informed that Mr. Buck v refuse to surrender his oflico on I idvico of the city attorney , who > aid to have given as his opinion tl : ; ho mayor can fill the : anci for the full unwjpired tor With all duo respect to the city i ornoy , we fail to find any such aul > rity in the city charter. In fact t iharter does not oven confer authi ty upon the mayor to fill the vacan 'or ' any period. The only authority to appoint el iveoiflficors is contained inflection : , vhich empowers the mayor and c : ouncil to provide for filling BU racancies as may occur in the oflico louncilmon or other elective oflic > ftho.city [ , by calling special olectic 'or that purpose. This clearly i ) lies that all vacancies jn elective ices shall bo filled by special oloctioi mlcss they are filled at the regu innual election , as was done 1 Duesday. This vonion of the law is furtl jonfirmod by section 09 , which gr .ho mayor power by and with thocc lontotamajority of the entire council jppoint all officers , "other" than thi provided for1 in this act. In otl urords , the mayor can only fill vaci : ios of appointive , but not elect : jllicoJs , The only case where the char luthorizes the filling of a vacancy the entire unoxpired term is in sect ; 37 , which empowers the city coui : to remove a dishonest treasurer n ipjioint his successor. In such case the council alone 1 authority to appoint a successor to I defaulting treasurer. Mr. Mallotto was not removed the council on impeachment , t neither the council nor the mayor c , in our opinion , legally fill the vacat except for the period intervening twcon MalloUo's death and the el tion of lus successor by the pee [ The moro fact that the mayor did i include the ofTica of treasurer in election proclamation , cannot bar 1 Boxauor from his rightful clai Suppose the mayor had i gotten or purposely refute to issue any election proclamati should that bar the people from ho their annual city election. In t instance the mayor has omit the position of treasurer from election proclamation because ho liovod ho had the right to fill i place for the full unoxpirod term , 1 the people saw fit to elect Mr. S auor city treasurer , and the courts ways recognize the will of the BOY oign people as above the individ appointing power , except where laws expiossly authorize such appoi ments. t Wo take no stock in the \ toiiEo that the people had no righl fill this vacancy except at the gdnc city election when they oloot tli mayor , polioo judge amt other c olticois , The late election was in ] just as valid as a general election the general election hold last yc All elections designated and rcqui by law lo bo hold at stated periods a given day and date are general el tions. The state elect ! ons held cvoryotl year at which only judges of the promo court and university rcgci are elected are general elections ji M much as the elections nt.which t l > soplo elect their governor and oil atnto officers. The charter elections at which i councilmcn and three membcis of I board of education are elected ov < other year can hardly bo classed special elections , and if they are i special elections , whatnro they ) Wo have no fault to find with A Hack. Ho is a competent and rcl bio treasurer , but ho has not seen to submit his claims to the peep Mr. Soxauer is their choice by a v < decided majority , and the courts v hardly attempt to override the poj Jar will when it has boon so ompha cally expressed through the boll box. THE ASYLUM HQRRO Burning of the Home for Insane of Dakota. Four Patient * Knows to Ha Boon Destroyed , and Two Missing. Yankton I'rcis. The Sabbath day brought to Yati ton a horror which will live in t memory of our people for all time come. When the fire alarm v sounded yesterday afternoon , about o'clock , the populace roused itsi from its after dinner nap and stood the doors and gazed forth to ascorta the causa of the clamor which had hi ken in upon its Sunday rest. I smoke was visible , no fire could seen and there was a gonoi disposition to pass the affair 1 as a causeless alarm. But fro out upon the prairie , two mil away , had come a messenger who horses gave evidence of a ha Wanting the dusty road , and t ! messenger's information was that tl insane asylum was in flames. Thi the excitement became intense , for was known that the temporary woodi structure which was the homo of tl insane people of Dakota was crowdi with patients , and that there was bar ly a hope that all the unfortunat could bo rescued. From the city cou bo seen the wooden structure euv ( oped in ilamor , and from the pyre a conded a black column of smoke whii swayed to and fro m the gale and ca its ominous shadow like a funeral p : over the scene. There was hard need of actual knowledge that DEATH WAS BUST in that lurid pile. All who saw it fro a distance felt that many would 1 the victims , and the spectators turm their gaze from the doomed structui with a feeling that they did not ca to learn the after details The crov which filled the several roads leadir to the asylum did not reach it unl the conflagration had accomplished i work , and there was little for them I do upon their arrival , except to stai around the smoking ruins and listi to the ghastly details of thoifiory vii tation. It waa then learnedthat FOUR TJNTORTUNATES WERE BURNE1 and that two others were missin The names of the dead and missii are : Peter Peterson , of Fargo. Or an Lynch , an idiotic boy fro Kik Point. Amen Iverson , of Yankton , Joseph Haverly , of Dead wood. L. J. Prindle , of Deadwood. Frank Conlon , of Deadwood. Of this list it is known that Pet Peterson , of Fargo , Oran Lynch , Elk Point , and Amen Iverson a dod. There was ono moro victim , b it is not yet possible to dotermi : whether it is Joseph Havorly or L. Prindle , both Deadwood patieni Frank Colon , of Deadwood , is knov to have escaped and is at largo , ai as tkero wore found only four bodi in the ruins it is concluded that eith Havorly or Prindlo also got away , is the opinion of the asylum office and employes that Prindlo was t fortunate one and that Havorly among the victims. The romair with the exception of the body lyorson , are ch < trrod beyond rccogr tion.J2 THK PARTICULARS. Mr. Heilen says that himself a his brother , Marion Hoflon , who his assistant , had the male patients thirty-four in number out on t lawn , where they had been engaged a game of ball , a recreation in whi the unfortunates take an active i terest After their hour of sport h ended , which was about throe o'clo in the afternoon , the Heflons start to take the patients back to t ward , which was in the west wing the building , Henry Hollen head the procession and as ho opened t door of the west wing ho saw that t room was 1'JU.EI ) WITH 8MOKU. Ho sprang up the narrow stairway ascertain the cause , and as many a dozen of i the lunatics crowded clos. . behind him. Aa soon as ho roach the head of the stairs Mr. Heilon d covered that the whole upper dorm ory of the west wing ws in flan overhead , the fire reaching clear acn the room and lapping up the wood interior with savage rapidity. ] turn to descend and found the sta way below him blocked by the ru of excited n.aniacs who had follow him. Ho crowded them back do' the stairs and out of doors , knock ! some of them down and driggi them along with him in his dosce , Mr. Hoilen then ran the length of < ward below , unlocked the kite ) : door and them passed around the o side of the building and kicked in i back door This opened all the av < uos of escapa from the male t partmont. By this time the win wing _ . WAS IN A BLAZE. Mr. Hollon'a brother had loft him attend to a female employe who v imprisoned in her room , the ntln wore all busy rescuing people and p : porty from other parts of the buildi and ho was alone in his efforts to p Vent the males in his charge fn rushing into the fire. There had be ono decrepit patient , Mr. Mat hews , Dendwqod , left in hU room , and B Hoilen ran into the burning buildi and dragged him out. By this tit many of the EXCITED MJNATHH were striving to got into the midst the conflagration , Uioiu'h there we several cool-hcadud ones who ga valuable assistance In keeping tin Brazed nesociatoi from carrying o their designs. Michael .Rogers , Deadwood patient , throw himself in the blazing structure with mad fronz but Mr. Hoflon followed him close ] seized him and carried him out wi his hair , board and clothing singe As soon aa this was accomplished A ! Ilcflen heard the screams of nnoth unfortunate and rushed in his din tion , just in time to meet him com ! through n oa of ilamo with his clot ing all on fire. As ho reached t outer Air a pail of water was thro\ upon him , but ho foil dead upon t ground with his clothing and fie ablaze a sickening mass of ha roasted humanity. This was Am Iverson , of Yankton. His body vi dragged a few rods from the buildi and left upon the turf until the f was over. OTHKU TORMS WERE HEEN rushing hither and thither amid t flames and smoke and battling wi wild frenzy with the terrible olomo whoso deadly embrace they had sougl It was not possible to rescue thai Mr. Hcllen made a final rush for man who had thrown himself into t soothing mass of destruction , ai while endeavoring to reach him t ! roof of the west wing fell in and AI Heilon could only save himself by tl most active movements. The mi wont down in the funeral pyre and 1 blackened remains are to-day lyii where ho fell in the ashes of the as lum There were two others no him in'that charred heap , unroco nimble. Death was speedy and tl crazed victims hardly knew any suft'c ing. Mr. Heilen thinks it was n moro than twonty-fivo minutes fro the time he first discovered the Ham until the roof foil in. While these events were transpirii in the west wing all w s confusion ai excitement in the other department Fartunatoly THK FEXULE WARD , tvhich contained nineteen pationl when the fire broke out , was in tl sast wing , and farthest from the pla where the fire originated. Dr. M GUumphey was just coming out of tl now building , located several roi away , when the flames burst throuj the roof. Ho hastened to the rcsou ind with Mrs. McGlumphop and tl Female and other employes , succocdc in getting all the patients out of th ward in good order. They also save some of the bedding , the asylum bool ind papers and a few articles of furr turo. In a room over the ollice wi , ho laundress. AMELIA BERKS , ind her door was locked so that si : ould not escape. Marion Hoflc tiastencd to her assistance , and I reach her room was compelled ' : rawl through the female ward clo lo the floor to secure breathing roor Eo burst open her door and assist * her throuph a window upon the roe : rom which place she was rescued I : neans of a ladder. There are ni merous instances of narrow escap which cannot be gathered in the o : iitemont which follows the disaste All of the officers and employes abe the asylum at the time of the fire 1 bored with marvelous heroism ai persistence to save lifo and propert That the list of casualties is BO smt is evidence that their endeavors wo not in vain. ST&TE JOTTINGS. \Vymoro has fhe doctor ? . A grixt mill will be built at Oxford. The new naw mill nt Arapahoe is In : njf. The busy buiglnr is i > lyinR his tools HaalingB. Dnwson county is gathering n larire cr of prairie fires. The Cedar county district court mc < t St. Helena April ICth. Prairie fireH iu Goiper county , In week , destroyed coneiderablo property. Judge G lin disposed of several noti ious crimiiuli ut the last term of court Sidney. The roofing of a stable belonging to 3\ Arnold , livine near lied Cloud , ftll in tether other day , killing two horse * and cue co Within the latt two weekx fifteen li have been fold in Wnkefield , with t agreement thut buildings shall be erect ou them this season. Two Hall county farmew ' 'pa'ined o a spavined nag on a horte trader In Gra Island , and pioceeded to jubilate on th I'lrewdnesB. Two hours after they bout back the plug at an advance of § . & . Talmage is a lightning town. Duri a late Btorm , a bolt struck a benne a knocked one end out , without injuring t occupants. Another bolt net fire to n ba dei > trnyhig the building and content Two ItoiiuH mid a cow were binned death. death.We We had a final ! express package c-o : to us from New York. The charges fn that place to the U. P. dtpot in Conn lilulTn were -in cents , while from Coun Bluffit here they were 81,10. A scries Kiicli is enough to make anyone "an monopoly.Rising City Independent. . Ira T. Hill , of Syracuse , concluded take a rent on the lounge , and that t without removing from his nip pocke little Catling. The pistol fell to the Hi and was followed by an explosion , the b pasting through the leg of his wife , \v will no doubt be a cripple for the rema der of her days. Jennie Maple , the Cas county maid who Attempted suicide uith arsenic , getting well. At first ehe refused to to either medicine or food , instating on "pi eing nut" by the atarvation route , but 1 doting parent btruck the "tender choi by promising her a $10 Kaster bonnet uewilress , and the return of her lover , 11 shu did eat , "Woman's Trao Friend. ' A friend In need is a friend indeed. Tl none can deny , especially when osxbtanci rendered when one la sorely allllcted wl disease , more particularly thom co plaint * and weaknesses so common to o foumlo population , Kvery woman ehov know that Klectrlo Bitter * are womai true friend , and will positively restate 1 to health , even when all other reined fail. A isiiigla trial ahvaya prove1 * our i sertiou. They are pleasant to tin tas AUI ! only cost fifty cents n bottle , Sold Sclnoter & liccht. Take " BLAp DnAUGHT " mid y < will ni'vvr ho bilii ' -AND Store Fixlurc Worli nd French Double Thick Flat ami flrtit 8h Cote Ulan ' O. J. WILDE , 1316 and 1317 Onss Street , THE NEW YORK Dry Goods Store. < . 33 I > 3HCOTCTSS. CROWDED WITH GOODS ! r CROWDED WITH NOVELTIES. Crowded litli Thousands of Customers. New York Prices SELECTION OF GOODS , Which in its Great Variety SURPASSES ANYTHING ' Ever Known in Omaha. We dp no catch-penny busi ness byalluring : Customers 'in ' of fering Domestics as baits.- As a Rule we Sell All Goods Cheap. THE NEW YORK DRY GOODS STORE , : is THE Headquarters Everlasting K Completeness -OF- STOCK AND VARIETY , AND LOWPRICES \ , HONEST DEALING 1 AND ! One Price to All . ' L All ate cordially invited to call on JOHN H. F. LEHMANN & CO. , / ; ST. G. & C. M DRY GOODS STORE 1307 Farnam Street , BETWEEN 13th and 14th STREETS , Black and Colored SilksNunB' , Veiling , Brocades. All the New Novelties in Eoraand Pearl Shades. i.Ki " A Large Assortment of Jtllegant Styles , HANKEKOHIEF3 AND LAOG NOVELTIES WORTHY YOUR ATTENTION , "TOO UTTERLY UTTER. " We want you to call and Examine Goods and Prices , GARRABRANT & COLE , 1307 Parnam St. t .rM B if WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Lath , Shingles , SASH , BODES , BLIPS AM MOULDINGS , 15th and Cuming Sts , OMAHA , NEB