Nebraska Newspapers

    THE DAILY BEE WEDNESDAr , JUNE 17 , 1885
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P. O. Box , 488 Omaha , Neb ,
Gov. DAWES hna pardoned * horse-
tblot oat of tbo penitent ary. His ex
cellency scorns to bo partial to borso
borrowers.
THE last batch of poatoflico appoint
ments falls to reveal the name of any
Nobraskan. It is evident that iho demo
cratic boEses of Nebraska have not
reached the national capital.
IK the jury bad disagreed or had ren
dered a verdict in favor of the defendant ,
what n nnanimons about of delight there
wonld have-gono up from the tin-can
brigade that is tied to the narrative of
the Republican.
TUKKB have lately been cyclones in
Iowa and Nebraska , nnd now the No-
bnka democratic politicians are looking
for a windfall. It ia expected that it
will occur within the next two weeks , If
the bosses who nro at Washington have
enough strength to shake the bushes.
THE telegraph companies in Now York
have paid llttlo or no attention to the
efforts made to compel them to put their
wires under ground. But they will now
have to coma to it. The underground wlro
commiEsion bill , passed by the last legis
lature , has been signed by the governor ,
and has become a law. It provides for
the appointment of a commission to enforce -
force the act passed last year. To be
compelled to create a commission to
enforce a low is certainly a singular
proceeding , and If necessary with
ono law why should it not bo neces-
eory with others ? As a rnlo the poeplo
obey the laws , bnt corporations never do
unless forced to It. This explains the
necaBalty of a special commleslon to make
the telegraph companies bury their wires.
; movement In favor of a Saturday
half-holiday in Now York racolvod an
encouraging Impetus on last Saturday.
It Is estimated that over 1,000 business
_ men participated In the Initial step , and
1 that over 5,000 working men and women
were directly benefited. During the
morning the shoppers all over the city
were mot by walking signs , npon which
was painted the appeal : "Ladles , buy
f , nothing after one o'clock to-day , and yon
will oblige the clerks who will oblige you the
rest of the week. " This had the desired
effect in many of the leading rotal
otreots. Accordingjto the Now Yorkjpapero
of Sunday In the retail district from
Canal street up and from river to river
there was a general cessation of business
at 1 p. m. Daring the afternoon and
evening up-town Broadway presented the
eppsaranco customary on Sunday after
noons. The store curtains were down shut
ters were up , and doors were locked.
IN almost every oily where Urge build
ings nndor construction require an ex
cavation under the cidowalks the con
tractors are required to leave sufficient
room for the safe and convenient pan-
nago of the public In front of such
structures. In Omaha the builders seem
to think that they have the right to
fence the entire sidewalk , and keep it
obstructed for weeks and months until
the building is completed. This Is not
only a great nuisance and inconvenience
to the pnbllo , bnt It is occasionally very
dangorono , especially upon dork nights.
Strangers , as well as others , who run
against these obstructions are liable to
Borlous Injury. There Is no doubt that
where parties are badly hurt they can
recover damage ; , both against the city
and the property owners. It Is high time
that tro should have a noir departure in
regard to building methods. The con
tractors should be made to understand
that the pnbllo have some rights.
CHICAGO papers and Omaha papers of tbe
eamo date reach Laramie on tbo tame train.
This Is owing to tbe Burlington fast mail ,
which leaves with the Obicago papers still wet
from the press and folded on the train. Thia
fast mail Reta to Omaha at 7 p. in. , when Hie
Union PaciQo through mall leaves with Omaha
papers twelve hours old , \Laram\c \ \ Boomer
ang.
ang.This shows how the fast mall works.
It Is operated solely for the benefit of
tbp Chicago morning papers and the Bur
lington road. It Is an Injury to certain
business Interests in Iowa and Nebraska.
In the first place , if It wore any benefit ,
wo cannot set ) the fairness in giving an
exclusive contract to ono road , which can
sarvo only the strip of territory through
which It runs. Why should not the
other Iowa trunk lines carry a fast mall
for the benefit of their retpeotlve tribu
tary territories ? Why should ono sec
tion o ! lorra bavo fast a mall and all the
rest of the state nonol The fact Is that
the fast mall is a humbug , and does more
injury than good. Tbo scheme Is ono
that ought to bo abandoned by the post-
office department in rcsponto to the pro
tests of the people at every Important
point reached by the fast mails. Instead
uf htlping to build up enterprises that
nro intended to develop and advertise the
communities in which they ara located ,
the fast mail Is seriously damaging them.
A NOTABLE ACQUITTAL.
The CMS of the state Against Alvin McGuire
for Attempting to rob the state treasury las' '
March , wai culled in the district court a' '
at Lincoln Saturday , The witnesiea exam
Ined by the state were Treasurer Wlllarct ant
Deputy Treasurer Bartlett , while Governor
Dawes , Sheriff Mollck , Mrs. McQnlro , nnd
Alvln McGuIre were examined for the de
tente , The lice oi defense WAI that McGulro
waa nude drunk nnd decoyed Into the commission -
mission of the crirflo by the detectives , and 11.
D , Stearns nnd C. 0 , Whedon made na strong
a onso es the facts wonld permit. I ho case
wai given to the jury , and somewhat to the
surprise of everybody who had given the
case any thought whatever , they brought in
a verdict of ' 'not guilty. " McGuire la again
nt liberty.
A nolle proa , was also entered In the case
ngnlnst Davis , thn detective , who kept the
governor posted ns to the progress of the
icbemo before Ita commission , and ho was set
at libesty.
The only remaining court proceedings to
aneo out of that attempt to rob tha atato
treasury is the trial of Dntoctivo Pound upon
the charge oE murder for the shooting o !
Griffin , the one-legged man who participated
In the attempt , lie will probably be acquit
ted also , na witnesses will testify tbat Griffin
snapped hia revolver nt Pound before the latter -
tor killed him , Other witnesses , it ia true
will awcar that ho did not BO snap hia re
volver , but the tcstimonyof the firat men
tlon will bo sufficient to give rise to the roa-
aonablo doubt necessary for acquittal , one
will probably bring nbout that result.
The only sufferers from the affair will prob
ably be tbo inmlly of the dead participant.
J'laUtmouth Journal ,
Bnt hon about tbo other accessories In
this crime ? What about those officials
behind the ncreen , who know all about
the affilr before It took placa , nnd who
must have been acquainted with the
methods by which thia man Magulro nnd
his pals wore made the victims of n con
spiracy with a view of getting a largo re
ward from the state ? Thora la still n very
deep mystery connected with this tragic
occurrence which may possibly never be
unraveled , but with proper court machinery -
chinery and active prosecutors the
real faota in the case may bo
ascertained and the men whs are respon
sible for iho death of Griffin may be
brought to justice. Robber though he
was and burglar though ho may have
boon , ho was entitled to life. No man
or set of men , whether official or detec
tive , had a tisjlifc to toke his life without
duo process of law. Much loss was there
any justification for any officer , high or
low , In Concocting a plot whereby ho ,
Griffin , was invlcglod Into a tiap and
made to attempt the commission of a
daylight robbery , and then killed in or
der to give the detectives notoriety and
reward and the officials something to
crow over.
THE BUSINESS SITUATION.
No material improvement Is noticeable
In trade circles since our review of a
week ago. There is bnt little activity in
any branch of business. This may In a
large measure bo accounted for by the
fact that the dull summer season ia near
at hand. A conservative policy IB being
pursued by manufacturers and merchants.
Owing to the restriction of overproduc
tion during the past year , a scarcity In
some lines of goods might bo canted by
a sudden demand , as the stocks .have
been kept down to the lowest possible
limit. However , no immediate demand
is looked for. While there will bo a big
shortage In wheat , other crops promise
well , and the outlook In this direction In
dlcatea that iho farmers will hare npon
the whole a prosperous season. The week's
failures show a slight decrease compared
with the number of the week before.
The dry goods trade has been very In
active. The only noticeable event In this
line was the ealo at auction In New
York of 20,000 pieces of flannels. The
prices realized were very loir , a result to
t > o expected from' such an extensive
forced sale. The goods were all disposed
of , which is taken as an evidence that the
stock ] throughout the country had been
allowed to run down to the point where
replenishing became necessary. The
same may be said in regard to cottons , a
beavy solo of which was recently mado.
Dullness prevails In the wool markets of
the seaboard , bnt in the Interior markets
the now clips are being purchased at
good prices. Thia is considered as an
indication of confidence of the
wool dealers In a no distant improve
ment in trade. The favorable and im
proving prospects for growing cotton
tinro encouraged free Bellini ; on the
speculative market , as a result of which
prices on "futures" have declined 25 to
SO points within the week , while actual
cotton has been shaded 1-16 of a cent a
pound , owing partly to the decline in
contraota and partly to the continued
dullness of trado. Of the present stock
of lets than 400,000 bales at the cotton
ports , New York baa 283,000 bales.
Purchasers of anthracite coal are buying
only what they need for Immediate con
sumption , and the trade remains Inactive ,
without prospect of early Improvement.
The iron trade is similarly situated , The
western suspension has not stimulated
business in oaatora mills , owing largely
to a proralont belief that it will bo of
short duration. The Philadelphia Record
in its weekly rovioir says :
Notwithstanding the bolstering the wheat
market baa received from bad crop reports and
the bullish talk of holders , the net result of
tbo week's business shows a decline of 1 to 1J
cents per bushel. Nearly everybody who
knows anything about crop conditions at homo
and abroad profesiea confidence in the belief
that waeat pricoi are likely to rule higher
during the next twelve months than they have
baon during the past year , but the specula
tive public is loath to Invest In the chance
of a tise in prices while foreign buyers main
tain their present atUtnde of fpdiffererce
and the volume of old stock to be carried
into another harvest season remains so
large. The national bureau report for June
waa more favorable for spring
wheat than had been expected , and the proba.
jlo decrease which it indicated In tha yield of
winter wheat waa not so great na the more
rampant "built" had predicted , so tbat , bad
M It WAS , It failed to stimulate tpocuhtive
buying or to advance pricoa. Present stocks
are ft drag on the market , nnd the fear of
deliveries and of the effect of warm weather
on grain now in store hna caueed a good deal
of "switching" of speculative contracts from
July to August and later month ) , and the
difference in price between the options boa In
creased in some mnrkcta In favor of the Mate
deliveries. This la a weak feature of the
situation , nnd exposes tbo purely speculative
character o ( the present supports of
the market , Corn pricoa have advanced
from one-half to ono cent per bushel for im
mediate deliveries , but tbo reported Increase
in planted area baa cauied some weakness in
late fnturca , The strength of actual corn
cornea from tbo moderate stocks and n well-
sustained demand for export , Whatever may
be the extent of the Invisible supply hanging
over the market , it la certain thnt the move
ment from farmers' bands baa not material ! ;
Increased , although the cheap ireigbta now
available have offered nu extra incentive to
shippers , and the receipts at seaboard markets
nro promptly taken for export. Latest cables
Indicate largenritvala of Danubinn corn ef
the coaat of the United Kingdom , and thi
may temporarily lesson demand for promp
shipment.
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.
This Is n busy practical Dgc , In which a
useful , rather than an ornamental , odd
cjitiou Is demanded , and ia response to
thia growing demand manual training
schools are being established in oouneo
tion with the high schools la nearly al
the largo cities. The manual training
school Is not any longer an experiment.
It has bocn demonstrated to bo a success ,
and hence it Is bound to become an Im
pcrtant branch of our common schoo
system. In Now York , Philadelphia ,
Boston , Montclair nnd Newark , N. J. ,
Buffalo , Cleveland , Chicago and other
cities , manual training schools are now
in successful operation at comparatively
small expense. In Cleveland an lude-
psndont manual training school has baen
incorporated , with a capital of § 25,000. ,
It is intondpd to erect immediately a throo-
otory brick building at a cost of $15,000.
No special trades uio to bo taught in the
school , the main ibject being mental and
physical development , and the acquire
ment of skill In the use of tools and ma
terials. It is the intention of the men
who are promoting this commendable en
terprise to secure the attendance of public
school pupils , who will thus ho enabled to
gain some knowledge of practical work ,
and to acquire habits of accuracy and in
dustry. They will bo taught self-reli
ance , and will bo assisted in choosing a
vocation for which they may bo best
fitted. The work will consist of carpen
try , wood turning , and pattern making ,
rgtog , vise work and metal working.
While thus providing for boys whose the
oretical education is being cared for , it IB
also proposed to aid those , who , being at
work during the day in shops , receive
practical education , but not theoretical ,
by giving courses of evening lectures on
mechanics , physics , and chemistry , and
Instruction In mechanical drawing. The
Cleveland school will no doubt be a
model Institution. It IB the outgrowth
of the efforts of twenty boya who volun
tarily organized a manual school for their
own benefit in a barn. The fact became
known to some public-spirited citizens
who thereupon decided to establish such
a school on an extensive basis.
Wo are gratified to see that Omaha Is
about to follow In the footsteps of the
eastern cities In regard to industrial edu
cation. The notion of the board of
education in this matter will be heartily
endorsed. The special commltteehaving
this subject under consideration , has re
ported In favor of making manual train
Ing a part of the high echool course for
boys , and that carpentering , joining ,
pattern-making , turning aud woodcarving
ing bo taught. The commlttoo recom
mends that a room be fitted up for
this department In the Central ichool
building , and that the sum of $2,500 be
appropriated for the salary of a teacher
and for tools and equipments. This de
partment Trill ho opened at the fall term
and we have every reason to believe that
It will prove a great success.
TUB people of Arizona , who have be
come tired of the periodical outbreak )
and butcheries of the Apache Indiana ,
demand that if they cannot be subdued
and civilized , they should bo removed to
the Indian territory or some other place
where they will be loss disposed to make
their raids and besots powerful. They ore
uc questionably the worst savages on the
continent , aud it Is doubtful whether
they can ever bo timed. They do not in
any way manifest the same desire dis
played by other Indians to become civil
[ zed and self-sustaining. The San Fran-
cieco Call re-echoes the unanimous sentl ;
mont of the citizens of Arizona when It
says that it would be who to taka the
Apaches away from that territory , for if
they continue their depredations the day
is not far distant when the exasperated
people will rise and exterminate them.
The most practical solution of the Apache
problem would be to plant them under
ground. This ia about the only way to
make good Indians out of theeo red-
handed murderers.
Ai/niouaii Omaha has a fair start in
manufactures , there ia no good reason
why she should not now make more rapid
progress in this direction. Coal is cheap
compared to what it was when scmo of
our loading establishments wore started ,
and besides we now have a water supply
which Is so neceseary In many branches
of manufactures. It Is a gratifying fact
that every manufacturing Industry in tbia
city that has been properly man
aged baa grown and prospered.
No city In the west tffords as good an
opening for manufacturers as Omaha.
She is advantageously located as to rail
road ? . By virtue of her position she
commands a vast extent of territory ,
rich in natural resources cf every char
acter which are being rapidly developed
Now ia the time to secure a foothold
here , nnd if the board of trade woul <
make n proper effort to attract mannfac
hirers to this city wo believe It ooul
Induce quite a number to locate nt thl
point. The board of trade should n
least make n special effort to have flour
Ing mills a tailed In this city. It doe
seem rather n singular fact that In th
commercial metropolis of a rich ngrl
cultural state like Nebraska , there is note
to be found n single flouring mill. Thl
Important industry baa bocn entirely nog
looted. Wo sliip our wheat to ens torn
markets , and when converted Into ilou
it is shipped back to us. Wo boliov
that flouring mills in Omaha wonld prov
profitable. It would seem so nt least
If extensive mills can bo successfully
operated at Schuylor , sovonty.fivo mile
west , whore coal' coals more , and whor
the shipping facilities are Inferior to
those of Omaha. Largo flouting mill
are what wo need and must have , In con.
ncctlon with elevators , to rnnko Omah
a prominent grain market.
TUE charge of "offensive partisanship' '
can bo made to fit ntnoly-nlno per con
of the republican office-holders. It ia on
this charge that Rdpreaontntlvo
Singleton , of Mississippi , 'propose '
to ojecb from ' office Albert T
Morgan , of that state. Morgan , who
is in the pension department , once
wrote a book entitled , "Ynzoo , or the
Picket Line of Freedom , " In which ho
mercilessly exposed the shot-gun am
ballot-stuffing methods employed by the
bourbons. On thia account is ho especially
cially obnoxious to the bourbons o
Misslcslppl.
TUE estimate of public school expendl
lures in Omaha for the coming year , as
reported to the city council by the finance
committee of Iho beard cf education , Is
§ 223,450. Of this required sum § 140 ,
000 will come from liquor licenses am
fines No stronger argument than this
fact can bo made In favor of the high 11
cento system which has become firmly
established In Nebraska , and is being
adopted in many other states. Nebraska
was the first state to adopt high license ,
and her example has been productive o :
great good.
TIIE coming surveyor-general , Judge
Gardner , of Falls City , has been quite
prominent in Nebraska politics for some
considerable time. In 1872 ho was
candidate for governor. He enjoys a
bigh reputation for integrity among the
people of Richardson county where ho
lias resided for many years. There will
not , however , bs very much surveying
for him to do in the state of Nebraska.
Judge Gardner doubtless will perform the
duties of his office as efficiently aa any of
ils predecessors.
A HARD HUSBAND ,
Mrs , Iioulso Homan i'ctitionn the
Court , for a Divorce.
In the district court yesterday tar-
noon Mrs. Lpnlse Homan filed a petition
praying to ba divorced from her husband ,
Henry A. Homan. She alleges that of
ate he has baon an extremely crnel and
hard husband. On the 24th of May ,
L882 , they were married at Glenwood ,
[ owa , and almost Immediately thereafter
moved to Omaha where they have been
living ever since , For a time their do
mestlc career was smooth , peaceful , and
full of bliss. But about one year ago , he
commenced to get abusive , and steadily
grow worse in his manners until she could
itand it no longer. Her cccutatlons say
io Is gnilty of adultery , that he repeat
edly applied to her all sorts of tbo most
lolnous and vllo of names , and further
more tbat he choked her , and beat her ,
and kicked her , and raised thncder generally
orally , on every occasion that It was possible
'
sible for him to do so.
How Ho Spends His Time Ills Pro
fessional and Social Dal lee.
Sew York Letter to tbe Utica Observer.
Ex-President Arthur bad none of the
irovaillng Anglomania , so far as I know ,
md yet ho was strictly English in the
ityle of hia whiskers and the longings of
its appetite. Before his election to the
vice presidency he used to eat most of
Us luncheons in a down town shop house
of Iho London sort , and since hia return
to private citizenship I have ceon him
icveral times over his steak or shop and
lass in the eame old place , Arthur has
not yet appeared In court In resumption
) f his law practice , but ho Is regularly
n tbo offices of his firm , and the un
derstanding is that his services are in
fair demand. Having been the collector
of the port , and therefore familiar with
.he laws and usages of the custom , house ,
lie expects to strike right Into remunera
tive cases involving importers' ' troubles.
That there was a difference of opinion as
to what share of the firm's profits he
deserved was proved "by the fact that
up to within a few days of the issno of
circular announcing' co-partnership
: ho ether members declared positively
that ho would not ro enter the concern.
Socially Mr. Arthur Is leading a quiet
ifo. Many have been curious to see
whether ho would resume hall-f dlowahlp
with some of the local politicians with
whom ho used to bo crcnies , for it was
mown that his offishness toward' thrra
while In the white house bad angered
; hem. The upshot soema to bo ihat he
ias kept up his close friendship with I he
Iczen pollto and cultured men oat cf the
ot , and has dropped the mere heelers ,
with whom his relations were never any
thing aside from the machinery of politi
cal control. lie spends some of hit eve
nings congenially in the Union League
club , tbo members of which stood by him
iretty firmly in his campaign for arcnom-
natlonj ho goes to the theatres once in a
while , always sitting behind tha drapery
of a private box ; and ho has been at the
Jerome Park horse racsu , where I saw
lira win fifty dollars ono day on a chance
isk of ten.
A Shcrlfr of Ouort Intentions ,
BALTIUORV , Hd , , June 10. The hour of 11
o'clock to-day was tbe time appointed for
logging Henry A. Hyer , convicted yesterday
of wlfe-bontlng. Sheriff Alrey provided
itmtelf with two rawhides for the work , tut a
notion for a new trial will cauio delay. Tbe
lu rllf says ho will obey the order of the court
and do tha work thoroughly.
MANUAL INDUSTRY ,
A Report From the 3m Dial , Board ol
Edncaiiop , Committee ,
Some or the Many JRonnonfl Wliy
American Boy a Dlionhl bellow
llow to "Work
and bo Made Good
Mechanic ? ,
The subject of "manual training" la
Omaha's pnbllo schools , is attracting con
siderable attention and will probably become -
como a feature of next toason's conrsca
of learning. When the tnatlor was first
brought up eorno time ego In the board of
education , that body oelcctcd from ita
members , with Mr. Crawford as chair
man , a special commlttoo to investigate
into the system SB carried on In other
cities and make a report of their Investi
gation to the board , That report waa
made at Monday night's special meeting
nnd toforcnco was mo do to it In theao
columns , bat following la tha report in
fall :
To the Honorable Board of Education
of tbo City of Omaha : Your commlttoo ,
to whom was referred the matter of man
ual training In connection with the pub
lic schools , have carefuly attended to
their dutloa. The chairman has visited
the manual training schools of St. Louis
and Chicago , and had n conference with
the teachers of those institutions , as well
ns a careful Investigation of their
methods of work.
Your committee corresponded with the
principals of the manual training schools
of Eau Clalro , Win. ; Toledo , O. , and
Baltimore , Md. , nnd have road with ciro
what has been written upon the subject ,
especially "Education and Ita Relations
to Manual Industry , " by Arthur He-
Arthur , which contains an exhaustive
treatment of the whole subject- , and the
report of Mr. John D. Phllbtiek , published -
lishod by the bureau of education , which
has many pages devoted to the subject.
But ono opinion prevails among those
who have given the matter any attention ,
which Is that manual training , in connec
tion with pnbllo schools , is both practical
and valuable. Those studonto are of the
Dpinlon that , apart from the practical
bearing of such training , in
Eittlug the youth of America
to pursue some trade , Its effect
3n the mind is of the greatest value.
Herbert Spencer tells uj that the percep
tive f acuities should bo trained first of all ,
while in the ordinary echool work th'oy
receive scarce any attention ; bnt manna"
; rnlnlng secures for these faculties cqua
development with all the other powers
of the mind , The testimony of all , who
javo had an opportunity of testing the
matter , is that bojs who receive manual
.raining , excel in their other studies , the
companions , who do not nave the advant
age of exorcising their hands and the
Dowers of perception. The hours spent
n manual training teem to clear the mind
md to enable the student to succeed
ratter in his other studies.
Of tbo value in after life to the young
jeoplo of such training , too much cannot
jo said in favor of manual education.
The complaint ban baen made for years.
of the scarcity of skilled mechanics of
native blith. Our skilled workmen are
mpprtcd , and master mechanics are un
willing to take our boys In their shops ,
since In the absence of Any apprentice
system it does not pay them to teach
hem who , when they have half learned
heir trade will loave. The knowledge of
, ho use of tool ; , mothodsof work imparted
iy manual training fit the boy on Rraduat-
ng to rapidly acquire the technical part
of any trade and in a remarkably short
, imo to earn wages as a journeyman.
Chore has grown up among young Amer-
cans a distaste for working at s trade ,
and the distaste socma to bo festered by
our precent school methods which tend
o increase the class tbat seeks for a sup-
iort without any great exertion of muscle.
Whatever be tbo caueo , the evil ia great
and needs a remedy , which is found in
nanual training elevating the work of
he band to Its proper place.
{ One great difficulty with the schools of
) maha ai at present conducted , Is that
ho boys leave the echoola after passing
brougb , the sixth grade. The lower
; radcaaro crowded while in the upper
; rado the classes nro small. The main
cason for this condition of things ia the
need felt by tbo parents of fitting thtir
ons as eoon na possible to earn their own
lying and contrlbuto something to the
lommon income. Your committee bo-
love that the introduction of manual
ralug will go far to remedy this evil ,
inod the boys will gain a dexterity In the
.so of tools which will greatly shorten
heir apprenticeship ia any particular
rado. When parentn know that by
ctrminlnfj in school after the
Ixth grade , their tons will not
nly bo gaining a bettor education , but
ho a preparation for rapid ndvsnsenunt
a some mechanical punuit , wo shall find
tie seventh and eighth grades filled up
ind a largely increased attendance in the
lish schcol ,
The experiments in Eiu Clalro nnd
ioston uro specially Interesting end in-
truotivo. In Eau Claire Instruction In
wood work has been given during the
last year to pupils In the high school to
> oth boy a end girls , with excellent re-
ults to far as tbo otbor studies ore can-
orned. In Boston certain daises of
toys in the Dwlght school have been in
truded in wood work with so much sue-
OBS that the system is to bo more exton-
Ivcly introduced.
Manual training in connection with
ho public schools Is no longer n experi
ment , it has been successfully adopted in
oo many cities for any ono to doubt Its
utility.
Yonr committee have consulted with
.he . superintendent and with some of the
oacbors of the high school and it it
greed tbat the course of studies can ba
urangul to admit of Introducing manual
raining.
Your committee have inqaiied as to
be expense of providing roomo for man-
al training in wood work and find that a
ompotent teacher can bo secured for
rom $800 to $1,000 per annum , that the
tenches , tools , and material will cost
rrm $1,200 to $1,600 ; $2,500 will pro-
ido for all expenses.
Yonr committee would recommend ,
rat , that manual training bo in ado a
> art of the high school course for boys ,
irl that if there bo sufficient room , tbo
) oyn of the eighth grade be allowed the
> r vllege. Second , that carpentering ,
olnlng , pattern-making , turning and
rood earring bo taught. Third , thnt the
nperintendcnt arrange a course in the
ilgh ichool system of studies , which shall
< ive opportunity for tbo pupils to enter
tie manual training department. Fourth ,
tint the sum of $2,500 bo appropriated
or the salary of a teacher of manual
raining aud for the fitting up of work
coma in the Central school. Fifth , that
10 superintendent bo instructed to cor-
espond with the faculty of the Bt. Lauis
ummul training school and secure the
best possible teacher at a salary not ex *
ccodlng $1,000 per yean Sixth , that the
principal of the high school rnako inquiry
as to the number of boys in the high
school nnd tbo eighth grade who desire
to avail thrmtelvea of inatrnoiion In
manual training and report at ( ho next
meeting.
The sixth recommendation was adopted ,
but as to the rest of tbo report it was
thought best that no notion sliquld be
taken on it until tbo next regular
meeting.
EAILWAY MATTERS ,
Items of n General ami Personal
Nnturc ,
0. M. Bissoil , superintendent of the
main line and all branches of the Now
York Central railroad south 'of Albauy ,
and also of the Ilarlam division , passed
through this oily yesterday enrouto for
California. Ho was accompanied by his
wife , who goes out to that country for
her health.
The superintendent cf bridges and
buildings for the Union Pacific read
scorns to bo a man whoso wit and humor
boll over , oven under the most trying
and eaddoat of circumstances. In re
porting to headquarters yesterday an ac
cident by which ono of his men had a
shin barked , ho says , "It wan caused by
a stone turning over without letting Iho
victim I now that It was going to turn. "
The storm of Sunday morning blow
down feur hundred and eighty panels of
snow fence along the Omaha & Black
Hills branch of the U. P. road.
L. H. Korty , assls'ant saporlntondcnt
of tolognph for the U. P. , wont to Chi-
capo yesterday.
Fifty-six excursionists from St Louis
to California will go out over the U. P.
road to-morrow.
The Iowa editorial excursionists fcnvo
boon hoard from. They arrived at
Portland , Oregon , last Sunday , and are
now making a trip up to Puget Sound ,
Ashton , Astoria and various ether points
of interest in the far northwest.
It Is reported that Mr. Gco. B. Harris ,
assistant general manager of the Santa
Fe road has tendered his resignation , and
asks that It ta"ko cllect nt once. The
auio authority say B , also , that Mr. Har-
ia Intends to quit railroading and go into
omo other line of bueinces But this is
not altogether probable. Mr. Harris Is
entirely too good a railroad man to think
of going Into any other bnsinoza. Ho
will moro than likely bo heard of next as
the general manager of aomo road.
BASE BALL NEWS ;
*
An Interesting- Game to bo Plnyccl
Next Saturday Tlio "West
ern JUcaguc.
The trouble betcroon the old U. P.'a
and the Athletic association bids fair to
bo settled at an early day. The difficulty
haa been so far adjusted that the two
have arranged a game to bo played on
the Athletic grounds next Saturday
afternoon , between tbo U. P.'a and the
Athletics. Both nines will appear in
strong trim , ready to pull each other's
hair In a lively manner. The positions
of the U. P.'s have not yet been exactly
determined , but Bindle will probably
catch to Rockwell's ' and Salisbury's pitchIng -
Ing , with McKelvey holding ono of
the bases , and Funkbouser In the field.
Other material will bo selected , of such
quality as to strengthen the nine.
It will be a source of pleasure
to local base ball enthusiasts to know
that Omaha will not be entirely dead to
base ball this season , oven though she
can not bo represented in any ono of the
league organizations.
The Omaha boys will not go to the
Hastings tournament on the Fourth , as | ]
they cannot get away from their work.
This is a pity. It wonld cause the Hast-
Ingltes to make pitifully wry faces to
swallow a good old doao of Union Pacific.
Omaha bus no regularly organized club ,
but she could easily sere pa together a team
which could rend every member of the
Hastings nine to tbe hospital for a year.
The dissolution of the Western League
Is at hand. The only two clubs now re
maining are the Milnaukees and Kansas
Oltvs. The Indianapolis team haa been
transferred to Detroit , taking a place in
the National Lesguo.
Military Matters.
Recruit Emll Fisher , enlisted at Fort
Douglas , Utah , assigned to company A ,
Sixth Infantry.
In addition to his duties as acting as
sistant quartermaster at these boadquar-
tors , Firat Lieutenant Joseph A. Sladon ,
Fourteenth ' infintrp , old-de-camp , will
take'charge of the cflico of the Inspector
general of the department until the ar
rival of Mujor Robert H. Hall , Twenty-
second infantry.
Clap-Trap at WnuhlnRtnn ,
Chicago Hall.
Tne fact that tbo sale by auction of a
Few old horses end the discharge of a few
535 a-moiith clerks in the departments
have not created any large amount of en
thusiasm throughout the country , must
bo a toro disappointment to members of
the cabinet who had determined to con-
Suet this mighty government on tha tin
dinner-bucket simplicity system. It has
finally dawned npon the minds of the
Jacksonian ministers of state tbat the
people do not want to see their govern
ment managed as if it didn't know where
the next dollar was corning from. There
is a natural Inborn prldo in tbo heart of
every good citizen which revolts against
tlia introduction of cheap clap-trap Into
the offdhs of the nation , Were the best
Interests of the people watched with
tbo same jealous cara that has
been displayed aronnd the barus of
the cabinet officer * , and among the small-
salaried clerkships , there would bo some
Bxciiio for the vulgar dlrplay of tonnnrny
at Washington , but when tbn tromiury is
full of gold , silver and ba&k note * so
full that new vaults to bold the ovoillow-
ing surplus have become necessary the
people are bound to arrive ft t tha conclu-
bioa that the democratic administration
bad better turn its attention from the
petty details of honso-wlfory to the no
bler pureuits of statesmanship. After
spending four months in cutting down
the expenses at Washington the cabinet
adicora hava not aived as much to the tax
payers as the government is loing every
jay in interest on outstanding bonds ,
which should bo called in. The
tandreda of millions In the trou- 3
jry are lying Idle , while the
: oonlry Is passing through a period of
3i presjlou likely to prove ai disastrous
ts any aa wa have ever oxparlencod ,
Surely the great men of tbo nation ought
: o find something better to occupy their
noughts and attention than thu saving
} f a few dollm a day in tbo running
expanses of the departmental It strikes
ns that there nro numerous questions of
great public concern which ought to em
ploy the massive intellects of the cabinet
officers. While they nro posing as ex *
nmplea of frugality nnd economy Iho
country Is sutlcriug because of their
neglects of interests which are vital to
the Industries of the pocplo. The tin
dinner bucket business nt Washington
m y please n few tin dinner bucket In
tellects horn nnd there , but the average
American citizen doesn't o ro to carry his
lunch in n tin bucket , and Isn't likely to
have n very strong affection for a govern *
ment which compels him to do so.
OUTFITS.
TO rUBUSIIEItS.
The Western Newspaper Union , at
Oninlm , in addition to furnishing all
sizes nnd styles of the best ready printed
sheets in the country , ninkcs n specialty
of outfitting country publishers , both
with now or socond-hnnd material , sell *
Ing at prices thnt cannot bo discounted
in any of the eastern cities. Wo handle
about everything needed in n moderate
sized printing establishment , and arc
solo western agents for some of the best
makes of Paper Cutters , Presses , Hand
and Power , before the public. Parties
nbout to establish journals in Nebraska
or elsewhere nio invited to correspond
with us before making final arrange
ments , as wo generally have on hand
eccond-hand material in the way of
type , presses , rules , chases , etc. , which
can bo secured nt genuine bargains.
Send for the Printer's Auxiliary , a
monthly publication , Issued by the
Western Newspaper Union , which gives
n list of prices of printer's nnd pub
lisher's supplies and publicly proclaims
from time to time extraordinary bar
gains in second-hand supplies for news
paper men.
WESTERN NEWsrArnn UNION ,
Omaha , Neb.
PEKSONAU
It , 3J. Belir , of St. Loula , ia n Millnrd guest ,
John Hess , of Plum Greek , ia nt tha Pax-
ton.
ton.J.
J. C. McBride and wife , of Lincoln , nro at
tbe Paxton.
J. E. Market has gene on n fishing expedi
tion to Wisconsin.
Mr. and Mrs. 0 , D. Homnn , of Yoklahoma
Japan , are at tbo Paxtou ,
C. 1' . Stacy , Doi Moines ; Geo. D. [ Gould ,
Moline , are at tbo Millard ,
W. I' . McMillou , of tbo U. P. poneral
trelght office returned from Chicago Monday
avoning ,
C. J. Piersor , Jefferaon ; 31 E. Halo , Chicago
cage ; U. M. Case , Battle Crook , Mich , , are
it tha Arcado.
W. II. Griffith , n ° shtant peucral freight
igout of the U. P. road , started to San Fran-
; isco , Cal , Monday ,
Mrs. Strickland and bor daughter Mrs. J.
[ 3. Hnynce , returned Monday from a visit
; o friends in Aurora , Neb ,
Charles Gratton and Will Obatnplin who
lave been engaged In surveying for tko Union
Pacific between thia city and Chevenne , hava
oturnod.
Judge Andrea and Paul Woinbagen and
vife leave to-day for Newark , N. J. , to
ittend the national Turn-Foat. Mrs , Wotn- '
lagen will spend the summer with friends In
Boston.
Judge Dundy , of the U , S. district court ,
oturned homo from Topeka , Kas , Monday ,
vlioro ho held court for Judge Foster and tried
t Star Route case ,
Joseph Smith , editor of tbe Herald , n Mor-
eon organ nt Decatur , 111. , passed through
ho city yesterday on route to Salt Lake Uity.
le goes there as a misaienary to abolish polyg
yny nnd preach the more modern and elava-
ed Idea of mormonlsm ,
L , H. Smith , F. L. Cotter , Kearney ; Clark
ilooro , Atchiaon , Kan , ; J , J. Suenier , North
? latto ; D. A. Wheeler , PlatUmouth ; Cha .
ruget , Lincoln ; Frank Sanders , Rockport ,
ilo , ; S , O. Raymond , Columbus ; H. H.
rlarab , Chicago ; G , H , Kinuaid , Sioux City ,
re nt the Canfield.
At the Metropolitan : n. W. Meekin ,
ted Cloud ; Fred Lavin , Lincoln ; L , D ,
Voodruff , York ; Willie Morris , Lincoln ; R.
iyiuester , Grand Island ; Mrs. 13 , A. Hall ,
Vnllvok ; J , H , Powers an3 wife , Lincoln ;
I. 33. Hausen , Andiew France , Ottumwn ;
'rank P. Miller , Paris , Ind ; J. O. Perry ,
ienver ; A. F. Duncan , Ottawa , III ; 31. L.
Imaley and wife , Mitchell , Dak ; J. Jacobs ,
lilwnukee ; George Reiloy , Blencco , Ia ; F.
. Cinrke , Oeorgo Perrlne , Chicago ; 0. H.
lortlu , Atobisun , Kane ; J. 31. Lindsey , 0.
[ . Turner , Council Bluffy D. C , Stover ,
'reoport , HI ? ; 0 , N , Reed , Dea Moincs ; H.
! . Holbrook , Detroit ; A. M. Mead Sioux
llty , and 0. F. Miner , of Chicago.
Ind Evert/ Species of Itching and
Burning Diseases Cured by
Cuticura.
71CZEMA , or Sa t Ulioum , with Ita aconlr'ng ' Itch-
I > Ing , and burning Instantly relieved bv a warm
ith wltbCutlcuraSoip , and a single apv'jatlon ( ol
atlcuta , tha Krent bkln Cure. This repeated dally
ltlit oor three doson o ! Cutlcur * Ilosolvout , the
ew Illooil I'utiller , to keep the blood cool , the per *
ilration pure and unlrrltatlng , the bowela open , the
for and kidncjeactive , will cptodlly cure Eczema ,
uttnr , lllneworm , PoorUsIs , Uclion Pruritus , facalloa
es j , Dandruff , and every species of Itching , Scaly
it ] rlmj > ! y Humors ol the Scalp and Hktn , when too
> 3tphfccutnaanil ! oil kncn remedies ( all.
Will McDonald , 2612 Dearborn Street , Chicago ,
utefully acknowledges a cure of Eczema , or Halo
heum , on head face neck , arms and legs lor soy-en-
en j ears- not able to mot e , except liaiidi and knees
r ono > ear ; not able t * help myself for eight years ;
led hundreds of remedies ; doctors pronounced his
.80 hopelcsa , permanently curiul by the Cutlcura
oaolvent ( blood purifier ) Internally , and Cutlcura
id Cutlcura fioip ( the grana oklii curce ) externally ,
Chaa. HoUKlitoi ) , Km. , Iawyer,238tato street ) Uos-
Hi. rejiorta a ca o of Halt Ilheuni under hia obacr ,
ttloii for ten Jears. uhlch covered the patlent't
xjy and llmln , and to lilch all known method * of
catmeut had been applied without benefit , uhlch
as completely cured eoltly by the Cutlcura ltome <
u , lea > lnK a clean and healthy akin ?
F. H. Drake , Esq. , Detroit Mich. , suffered untold
rturea from a Salt Utieum which appeared OD hia
uida , head aud face , and nearly Ucatroyod hl > even.
Iter the moat careful doctoring and a consultation
l > b ) slclans failed to relieve lam , housed the Cu-
: ura Iloinudlca , ud ttoa cured , and haa remained
i to date.
Mr. John Tlilel , Wllkcslierrc , ! ' . , nrlttBi Iharo
Ifeieil from Salt Hhcum for oter c'ght yean , at
IUCB.BO that I could not attend to ray buglncgg for
cekeata time. Three boxei of Cutlcura and four
ittlos Itetolvrnt , have entirely cured me for this
eadful disease ,
Bold by all dniRglaU. Cutlcura , M ) ocnts ; tel
mt , 91 ; Soap , 25cenU' 1'oniu Duca ABU CUKXI.
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