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THE DAILY B3E. OKAiuOmcaNo. fl4 / KD 010 FARSAU ST N w You : OITJCT , Itc/on 65 Tonnu Btntn rnbttih 4 T ty omnj , e nly Monday BOrn'.nf * * Ilr p T MS n MAO. Cn Tear . llfcOO I Wir UanHM . 0 K Rliltonth . ( .CO | On * Kouth 1.0 Th Weekly Dee , Published every W dneiday On Tear , wUhpromlma Oni Tear , without premium. . , Rlx Months , without prtmlura , OniUonth , on trial All ComraTinlcatlons relating to N wi and EdltorK nutteri ibould l adJrwied to lh Ewrom or TU him. roictm txmu , All Basinets tetter * and nemllUncei ihoo.14 b ddrM ed to TBi B PotttsuiTO ConfAXT , OMirJA Drtfti.Checks atxl Post offlea ord n to b made p y nblt to th order ol th company. THE BEE POBLISHING CO , , E. R03EWATER , EDITOB. A. H.iiiFiteh..MnnftgerlailTOiroul > tlon SMITH Is still the sensation of the day Everybody now siys , "I told yon so. " THE Chicago Tribune speaks of "Son ntor Von Wyek of Nevada. " The Tri lunc la old enough to know bolter. BEN HOOAN , the converted prize fighter , has turned up again , thla tlmo 1 Ohloigo , wlioro on Sunday last h preached a sermon on "Naaman nnd th Lopar. " MR. KKHEY has proved an olcphan upon the hands of the administration About the only way to dispose of him to place him in some zoological garden. Tnn scriptural text that the first shal bo last , and the last first , has been adopted by Harvard college in the mak ing np of Its honor lists. The scholar o highest rank under each classification " the last ono named. FHEBIDENT CLEVELAND Is beginning t sot the pins for carrying Now York stat for the democrats next fall. The demo crata have the Inside track , but dovortho less they may como in second at the fin Ish. Bv the closing of the saloons the cit of Lawrence , Kansas , loses $12,000 year , nnd the city council Is now trying to make up the deficiency by an occu patlou tax. This plan Is not at all acceptable coptablo to the business men , who an making a vigorous protest against It. THERE is always some way of evading law. Tbo telephone companies of Indl ana In order to got around the law for bidding a charge of moro than S3 del lara a month for the nso of a telephone now proposes to mike charges for batter- lee , services , and incidentals. IT Is reported that President Cleveland wll probably visit the west this summer , nnd Dr Miller , of the Omaha If o aid , says that if does come west he will como to Omaha , Ees Moints Leader. Hero lo an opportunity to secure f or thi Omaha exposition an attraction tha would bo ouzo to draw an Immense crowd THE Mexican government has been sefzad with a spaim of economy. This reform has been caused mainly by the extravagant railroad subsidies. The president has reduced his salary one-half. There Is no likelihood that the president of the United States will ever reduce his salary on account of the subsidies granted to rallroadi- IOWA , according to the enumeration just completed , has now a population ol 2,200,000. This Is an Increase of CO , 000 in five years. This Is a very emal Increase compared to that of Nebraska which In five years has aided over 300 , ' 000 to Its population. The largest city in Iowa Is Des Moino3. which , with Its suburbs , contains 40,000 persons , while Omaha , the largest city In Nebraska has a population of 60,000. IT Is now claimed that copper Is a sure provontlvo of cholera , as no workman engaged gaged In the copper mines or In the man ufaoturo of copper was ever known to have the disease. Science has demon otratcd the fact that cholera has raged the least where the preeonca of oloctrlcit ; In the air wan most positive. Engllal and American physicians have , therefore recommended the wearing of strips o clean copper or of copper and zinc nex to the body. When the cholera strike this country there will probably bs a great demand for coppor. THE oaao with which signatures can b obtained to petitions was practically do xnonatratod In Now York the other day A man made a wager that ho could go fifty signatures within two hours to a po tltlon formally Imploring the British gov crnmont to make Immediate war witl Russia , In older to benefit business In the exchanpe. In lets than an hoar hi had secured the signature of fifty name , of men , who did not road the petition but simply took the statement that It wai for the benefit of a friend. This Inclden conclusively proves that petitions as a ruli are utterly worthless , aa the majority o tlgners do not ( ako the trouble to oven road the documents. THE meanett tnlog that was said the other before the Inter-ststo day - com merce joommitteo was Mr. Gore's re oponio ia Iho question whether ho was i friend of the railroads. The head of our bogus couuuieslon actually had the temerIty Ity to declare that ho was under no ob libations' to the railroads. Could base ' ingratitude farther go ? Why this man Giro Is the creature of the railroads. They made him what ho It. They giro him whatever prominence ho enjoys. They have fed him and hla paper for years , and he is obligated io the rail- rosda and their Influence for a sinecure of $3,000 a year. If Qero Is under no obligations to ( he railroad * , who ls ? its I RUINOUS COHPEIITION. The collapeo of Smith's dry goods houBo affords a striking Illustration of the disastrous result of ruinous competition. Smith came here with n grand flourish of trumpets. He had made a small fottnno In grain gambling , and proposed now to multiply his wealth In the dry goods trade by the same reckless methods. For a few months ho kept upafuroro in trade which has seldom , If ever , been equalled In nny city of this countiy , Omaha acquired a notiioly for mercantile d h and enterprise which loft all the western cities far in the shade. Whllo the artifi cial boom was auro to provo a boomerang , for the tlmo being it gave a great impetus to the dry goods trade In Omaha which literally caused a genulno craze for female flum < mery and npparal. It became o household adage throughout the length and breadth of America , that while oleo- where It was customary to thiow in a spool of thread with every drcts pattern In Omaha the purchaser of n epool of cotton was presented with an elegant dress. This revolution in the dry goods business wns duo to the bold and auda clous tactics of the mercantile Monte Ohrlsto Smith. The reckless career cf the knight of the carpeted sidewalk , with his brass bonds and free excursions , was brilliant but brief. Ho wont up llko a Fourth of July rocket and came down like a stick. The sensation wai very great while It lasted , but the dry goods king's exploit Is not likely to bo repeated very soon. The ruinous competition begotten by gambling methods applied to legitimate traffic has not only stranded the wrecker , but has for a tlmo crippled the entire dry goods trade of Omaha , It became a ncceeslty on the part of competing merchants to keep pace with Smiih and offer their stock at prices that literally slaughtered all profits. These who could not afford ruinous competi tion were forced to the rear , and vlrttN ally driven out of business. The only benefit from the dry goods battle through give-away piicea was neutralized by the fact that the buying craze has filled ev ery household within a hundred miles of Omaha with a superabundance of wearIng - Ing materials , The outcome will bo that the buyers of cheap goods will find that in the end they are no bolter off. Many of thocheap goods are not needed , and their purchase was not In the inter est of economy. There is no economy In buying things yon do not need simply bocansa they are cheap. SILAS W. BUK.T , who has bson appoint ed to be naval officer of customs In the distrlctof Now York , Is no stranger to the position having hold the oflico before un der a republican administration. Ho was appointed naval officer In 1879. When Folgor ran for governor In 1882 Burt en listed with the bolter , ) , and contributed largely to Folger's defeat. When Bnrt's term expired the next year , President Arthnr let him out , and promoted Sur veyor Graham to the place , but at the same time offered Burt the office of chief examiner for the federal civil servioo commission. Burt , honover , declined to accept ; anything at the hands of Arthur , but turned round and accepted from Governor Cleveland , whom ho had so materially assisted , an appointment as chief examiner for the Now York state civil service commission. In the presidential campaign of last fall ho worked aa lhard as any full-fledged democrat could for the election of Cleve land and Hondricks. Ho la said to bo the most ardent and conspicuous advo cates of civil service reform in theory and in practice that there is In the coun try. It is rather singular therefore , that bo should nccopt the present appointment In view of the fact that the term of Mr. Graham wsnld not expire until 1887. Graham was suspended because the pres ident proposes to reorganize the whole custom's service In the port of New York. This plan Is in accordance with his belief that public policy requires a complete now oiganlzatlon. Mr. Burt , who la evi dently n man who can accommodate him self to circumstances , will no doubt provo a valuable political factor In his now po sition , which ia quite an Influential and Important office , which ho haa learned from previous experience to work politi cally for nil it Is worth. TWENTY-FIVE miles an hour Is travelIng - Ing pretty fast on water. It is equiva lent to the average speed of a railroad passenger train. This rate of speed was recently attained by the little steam yacht Stillotto on the Hudson river. She is only 9-i feet long , and It la claimed that she can probably roach a speed of 27 miles an hour. She Is of peculiar build , having both ends nearly alike below the water-lino. The engine , which has great power , occupying but little space , and I with only slight vibration , can make 450 rovolntions a minute with 150 pounds pressure. The object of constructing this novel craft was for the quick convey ance of business men between the city a hud their country residences , The pres ident of the company ( that built this boat states that ocean itoamahips can be constructed on the model of the Stilletto , and can bo made to run a higher speed by reason of itiporior size and power. of The probability is that the principal feat Is ures of the Stillotto will bo adopted at an a early day In the building of ocean steam- I ors , fi MK , Bt'BCHAiii ) , who refused to realsjn 'rom the directorship of the mint , has icon suspended by the president. If ho lad tendered bis resignation while charges were being made against him ho wonld have had no opportunity to set ilmielf right. Burchardln his let ter of hi uno 10th , virtually refusing to resign , tales that he could see no good reason ° plo j why bo should bo put out of the cilice , as th ; term was for five years , and the In. tent of the coinage act , as ho Interprets it , Is that the oflico of director of the mint shall not be changed on account of a change of administration in the head of the department or for personal or political reasons. Ho cites the fact that his predecessor , appointed by Grant , although of opposite politics continued In oflico under five successive secretaries of the treasury until his death. Mr. Bur- chard has filled the office efficiently , and was In all probability removed as ho himtclf Intimates , because the sec retary of the treasury deemed the rela tions of the oflico to bo so Intimately con nected with the treasury department that ho should have the privilege of naming the director of the mint. Tlio summary removal of Mr. Burchard may possibly bring about a conflict between the repub lican senators and the president , when the question of confirmation comes np , owing to the fact that the tenure of of- Dee in this case Is dlfleront from that of other offices. THE financial depression and crisis in Mexico will bo severely felt In the city of Boston , many of whoso capitalists are in terested In the Mexican Central railway , to which the subsidy payments have been stopped by the government. The Boston capitalists who have been hit hard several times lately by the depression of railway stocks will feel this blow from Mexico very severely , but they entertain the hope that the Mexican government will soon bo able to rosnmo the subsidy pay ments , as President Diaz la exerting every possible effort to tldo ever the storm. The commercial outlook In Mexico ice Is certainly not very encouraging. It is only by the most extreme measures of economy that the government will bo able to meet current expenses , SENATOR VOOIUIEES has loot none of his old-time eloquence. In the Johnson murder trial at Chattanooga the other day ho "swayed the great audlenco with his elcquonco till it quivered with emo tion llko a forest of aspen leaves , " as the Washington Critio describes It , "and his peroration brought everybody to tears , including judge end jury , and such a display cf moistened pockot-handker- chiefs was never known In the history of the country. " JEFFEUSONIAN simplicity has received a severe shock by the arrival in Washing ton ot the Imperial coach of his excel lency , President Cleveland. The vehicle Is of the natnro of a Victoria. The body Is painted black , with green striping ; the running gear dark green , striped with black. It is finished In dark green mo rocco and cloth. The bos la built with raised seats for conchman and footman. IN the matter of gross receipts of the postoffices , St. Louis falls far below Chi cago. The receipts of the Chicago oflico For the year ending March 30,1885 , were $1,875,501 while those of St. Louis wore only $808,003 , leaving a balance of over a million In favor of Chicago , QEN. CKOOIC has taken the field In person to hunt down Geronimo and his murderous band of Chlricahun Apaches. He proposes to employ against them tholr style of tactics , [ and the probability is that he will eventually corral them. THE now director of the mint , Dr. James I. Kimball , Is said to bo a very competent man for the placo. Ho is pro fessor of economic geology In the Lehlgh university at Bothlohm , Pennsylvania , and is a thorough mineralogist. THE Now York Herald is authority for the statement that William E. Chand ler will appear aa the attorney of Mr. John Roach In all mattera pending before the navy department. THE second volume of Mr. Elaine's book will probably not be as complimen tary to Mr. Oonkllng an the first. The complimentary season with Mr. Blalno ia ovor. THE real friends of Gen. Logaa are doing him an injury by endeavoring to start a presidential boom for him. at this tlmo. C JOHN McCuLLouon Is now In a lunatic I asylum , where ho should have boon I placed long ago. C t t THE MONOPJj CHAMPION. 1c 1I Dr , Miller Before tbo Inter-State I Commerce Committee , ' I have como to the conclusion that railway legislation Is a hlnderance to the Interests of the country. There la no * question that congressional interference | Is a mistake and will always result In positive Injury to the people themselves , d believe commercial law will assart Itself - f self over statutes , and that you cannot remedy evils in commerce by statute anymore moro than you can moral evils. I be lieve in absolute free trade in railroads , great deal of the popular clamor against railway management is the result of the mistaken ideas of the people , through lack of oxporlenco in the Intricacies of railway business. In my own state , for example , I have seen all the alleged evils railway monopoly , aa U is called that a largo word now and I am almost afraid ! to use It , but I AM A MONOPO LIST myself , as you have no doubt in ferred , absolutely and completly. I ad vertise that fact very often and others for mo oftener Mr. Chairman , I have ct seen this state develop with a power that ctJ. might bo'called niagio , in the absence of J.cb railway legislation , and I have teen it cb grow up to bo a great state in a very short timo. I think our American people are too much in tbo of habit of running to congress with their ofSi imaginary wrongs , whether they are SiTi Tiwe moral , physical or commercial. The pco we have gotten Into that rnt of thinking be < hera is no help except by statute , t crt go Senator Onllom You haven't beard of anybody golntf to Washington to have their morals restored ? Dr. Miller No ; bat I shall expect to before long , and In some cases it would do no harm I am suro. The time Is not far distant when the people of this coun try who control legislation will see that all this IB a mistake. If yon undertake to control Intor-gUto commerce or to regulate railroads by legislation , you will find that the moro yon Interfere with them the moro you will Injure the people ple not the railways. The railways need protection to-day. In other words , the people are balng hart by the excess of railway building. A man has only to rldo across the state to BOO where com- mcrco Is demoralized to the injury not of the railways bat the people ] ] I stand upon the Idea that yon cannot hurt a great trunk railway without Injur ing the pcoplo adjacent to it. lloro are five great railways ncrosa the atato of Iowa. Rjtos are broken , trade Is uncor- tain. The merchant Is induced to buy an ovoraupply to-day and to withold to-mor row. I do not bolioro In railway legisla tion , but If there Is anything to bo done by legislation to help the people it Is to atop the building of trunk line railroads , cot the branches , I believe in the branches being built to the door of every farmer , If necessary , thus bringing him near to markot. 1 have seen the rich qrow richer and the poor also grow richer without railroad legislation. I want to say ono thing moro. Contrary to public clamor and a largo volume of public conviction , honestly hold by strong nnd good men , I bellovo that the public laud grants to the railways of the western states has been the aroatcst blesiing over bestowed upon n government of the pcoplo. By It Uieso lands have corno into the hands of the poor , and the railways after laboring for many years and expending largo sums of money hare brought to this state population and wealth , building it up where the buffalo had roamed under my own eyes until it blooms and blossoms in the sunshine emanating from the eamo. This city owes Its existence to the Union Pacific , it owes Ha development to it and to its branches and to what that road by its pioneer work brought hero. Thomas IKlmb ll nucttho Frmer0. To the Editor of the BEE. Mr. Kimball , just at the cloao of his essay before the Cnllom committee , gave his Idea of how a National Commission should bo constituted. Ho would have the country divided Into fouc great too- tlono , and wonld glvo each section throe members , to bo made np by ono export railroad .man , and ono lawyer. Some gentleman present called hla attention to his omission of a farmer. Ho replied thrt ho "wonld not object to n genuine farmer but ho wanted nothing of thcso farmers by proxy , who wera prospective candidates for "congress or the legisla ture. " This was Intended , and received by the farmers present , as a direct insult to thornand , their class. There wore only two farmers who appeared before the committee. Neither of those were "farmers by proxy , " but both llvo upon and cultivate their own farms , and both left their corn fiolda to give their views , at the request of the com mittee. I do not know that cither of them is an office seeker , present or pros pective. But I claim that a farmer has as good a right to seek an oflico as a rail road manager or attorney has to control ono after it Is filled , if not batter. If in the present state of public feel ing , Mr. Kimball can afford to insult the farmers of Nebraska , they can afford to stand it. Yours , etc. , J. IIliDE DOIiJLj-VItS , How Thousands of Tlicm are Bought lip , Sent to China and Molted , "Trado dollars are still offered , though not in finch quantities as they were at first , " said a member of the banking firm * of William G. Hopper & Oo. on Saturday to a Philadelphia Press re porter. "Daring the past thirty daya I should suppose that somewhere in the neighborhood of 200,000 trade dollars have been shipped from Philadelphia to Now York , and from there it is a fair presumption that they they go to China. To-day we purchased 1,200 or 1,300 dollars lars , and within a week wo got § 5,000 in ono lot , bat the general tenders were In email amounts and como very largely from the country. The prlco glvon is 80 cents if the coin bo In good condition. " "I am positive that no trade dollars are hold in Philadelphia by speculators , " said Mr Stevenson , of Sailor & Steven son. "Since Philadelphia brokers be gan buying this repudiated coin after the adjonrnmont cf congress in March. I presume that the shipment1 ; to Now York must aggregate close on to § 250,000. Wo is have purchased largely , and are still taking all that is offered , but rarely re ceive at present any largo amounts In a slngla lots. At ono time , I suppose , Philadelphia and Immediate vicinity bad § 2,000,000 of these dollars and a great deal of this Is yet held hero. Moat of it , a however , is in the possession of these who believe that congress will eventually re deem it , and , as they wore. BO situated as to bo able to hold without Inconvenience , they prefer to do so Instead of soiling at 1C cents discount. Wo send our pur chases to Now York , whence they co ; to London , and thcnco to China. Hero , I understand , the most of it is molted np and reissued. " At Wm. G. Huoy & OO.'B similar in formation was glvon. "So largo havo- been the China shipments , " said ono of the firm , "that if congress does redeem the trade dollar it will find bat few cf them on the markot. Wo are purchas ing all that are offered us , and every day wo receive various amount ! , ranging from $100 np. The offerings are not very at large At present. Most of the holdings in now are In the hands of the wealthy , who believe in tholr eventual redemption , and do not cara to sacrifice the face value. " Officers Klcctod. 1 Omaha Typographical Union No. 100 hold a 'meeting Sunday afternoon and elected officers for the ensuing term as follows : 3t. President Ohas. William * , Vice-president 0. It. Mitchell. fa Treasurer A. W. Button. 'or Financial Secretary F , S Horton. ofna > Corresponding Secretary K. W. Run- naG kles. G < Recording Sooretary Lee Hartley. no Sergcaut-at-arma 0. B. Ford , noOi Executive Board James Djrmody , Oi chairman , C. M , Hopkins , E. H , Picker , Robinson , 0. J , Waechter. yo Application Committee -W. P. Coo , lot halrmnn , J. R. Lewis , Doc Armstrong. noml ml The trouble in the Pollih Crthollc church Ja Toledo , Ohio , culminated in a general riot , Sunday , Weapons of all kinds were used , to Cwo men were billed and a large number BO ! rounded. A large numb r of nrreU bare fro leen made and the pnlico DOW guard the prop. rty. A man was killed in the church a year KOI , and recently on attempt was made to Hoi ilow It up with dynamite , brc POLICE OOUBT , A Henry Grist of Business in Jndffo BtcnbcrR'a Xrllmrml. Judge Stcnberg was confronted by a largo array of prisoners yestcrd yrr ornlng , nnd his business was rushed through at n Maud S. pace. John W. Huff. WAS arraigned on a charge of wife , bent ing , It appears that his wife had gene to take dinner with a neighbor , nud her husband ( hiding her there j , ordered her to go with him , and boat her all the way home , ( t Is alleged that on other occasions ho has been guilty of notoriously shameful conduct toward his fiponso. Ho was fined $25 and coats , and ecnt np for fifteen days to the county jail. The next victims were the Inmates of the notorious Ella Mitchell and other dives pulled Saturday night by the pol'co. ' Maggie Johnson , Jnno James , G. W. Wiggins , H. L. Lonrrroes , Leo Bohs , H. Austen , M. Elvlo , F. Dillon , May Wallace. F. Shepherd , 0. H , Myers , Minnie Stuart , were fined $5 and ocsts for being Inrnntes of a house of ill-fame. All paid but one. J. H. James , Albert Wilson , Alfred Harmon , Daisy Hall , George Branch and Charles Clark were arraigned on sim ilar charges nnd released. Mary Doano , Lottio Jackson , Grace Rood , Linrn Marks , a qnaitetta of frail creatures , were likewise discharged. Belle Hughes and Maria Johnson , ar rested for disorderly conduct , sustained a continuance of their cases. Henry Brown and Will Marlotte , two worthless loAforo , were ordered to leave town at onco. Thomas Plunkctt and Ed Ryan , ar raigned for vagrancy , were discharged. Jamea Burke , Mary Wellington , and Jake Duffy were fined $5 and costs for disturbance of the peace. Green Wilcox was mulcted 3 and cotta for a similar offense. John Gohon had been fighting and was $10 loser by it at the hands of Jndgo Stonborg. Pat Kearney , the "bsozing cobbler , " who was just released yesterday morning from the county jailwas discharged though arraigned on a complaint of drunkenness , Charles Anderson was fined $5 and coats for ever indulgence , Ed Uook $3 and costs. Henry Lewis was fined $10 and costs for obstructing the sidewalk with his horse and wagon. Ho was ordered off the sidewalk by a policeman , but refused to go , ordering the cop to betake himself " 6heol"-ward . O. G. Daniels had boon indulging In the pleasure of pounding Joe Gorman nnd squared things up by the payment of a $5 and costs fino. James Smith auanltsd William Sprin ger , who had been boating a horse , nnd paid a light fine of $1 and coats. BEAUTIFUL BUGS , The Fell Destroyer atVorJc Among Nebraska's Insects Some of Bis Victims. Even more beautiful In death than in lifo wore tno hundreds of corpses which filled ono of the rooms at the high school last Friday. Draped in tholr robes cf black and white and crimson and gold , the numerous "remains" wore so placed In their caskets that they might bo viewed by the spectators at the best advantage. The desks upon which the students had boon wont to loin their weary arms dur ing the long hours of school were utilized for supports on which to rest the ccskots containing all the mortal remains of moro than throe thousand insects , slain by the pupils of Miss Harris * class ia entomolo gy. Hero was to bo soon nearly every variety of Insect which infeets the state of Nebraska in the spring and early summer time from the common honsa- fly to the gaudiest butterfly that wings its way E cross the fields. This beautiful display Is the work of sixty scholars , who have been engaged In making a collection of Nebraska's native insects for the past six weeks , each of them bringing at least fifty specimens to the school for inspection. A number of these collections are very fine , and embrace - brace some very rare varieties. The rarest "find" was made by Emll Kar- be.ch , who has in his collection a lappet moth , a species which haa never before been known In this country. There are also several specimens of Luna moths , which are also quite rare ; ton varieties of buttcifllcs , and moro than twenty different species of moths. Ono of the best collectiona that of Gilmore Price , which contains over fifty varieties carefully mounted In neat case. Among other collections deserving of special mention are thoao of Ephralm PrattEddlo and May Sherwood nnd Anna Conoyer , the latter containing number of excellent specimens of moths and drngon files. During the summer those youthful etomologlsts will add to their collections , and by fall it is expected that tbo entire Insect world of Nebraska will bo fully represented in the high school collection. to of A Now ' .Train , to Commencing Monday Juno 20th , the Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri Valley or railway will run a now train between di West Point , Neb , and Omaha , also con51 nectlng wltn Blair. Following la the U time for running ; Will leave Omaha at 5:40 : p. m. , will leave Blair at 7:00 : p. m. . will leave Fremont at 8:00 : p. m. Will arrive at West Point at 0:15 : p. m. , will leave West Point at 0:30 : a. m. , will N leave Fremont at T',45 a , m. , will arrive Omaha at 10:00 : a. m. Giving all day TV Omaha. Is Istt tt A DEAD LEADER , ri if ifw Iho Demise of MllUnry Man Wei in Known In Omnbii , inP al , Tolcgrimi received this morning from to rli . Paul say : qt "Lieut. Col. W. T , Gentry , Twenty-fifth In- A ' 'antry , commanding oflicor at Fort Snelllnff ; a year pa t , died Sunday evening at 10.30 liriiiht'a disease. He was b'J years old , a mtlve of Contorville , Indiana , graduate of In rVeat Point , class of 'SO , wai alda-de-camp of lal jenorul Meade during the war. lie loaves rli family , " en : Aa Ool. Gentry was well known In as , maha , having been stationed hero some tui oars , a brief sketch of his career may ill prove unlntorojtiiiff , at He was a cadet In the United States thi nllltary aoideray at West Point from 001 'nly 1 , 1652 to July 1,1850 , when he ma raduated and was promoted In the army If f brevet second lieutenant of infantry , coi orvlng at various posts in the out , and aav rom 1857 to 1801 at Fart Hnsklas , Oro- the , and San Bernardino , Cal. , as second pui oatenaut , Fourth Infantry. Ho was car revetted first lieutenant , Seventeenth bee Infantry , May 14 , 1801 , and captain October 24,1801 , serving during the w bullion and achieving a gallant record , Ho scrvtd from December , 18GI to March , 1862 , In the defense of Washing ton , wns on the staff of provost marshal general of the Army of the Potomac In 18G2 , continuing on the sttff of Gen. Andrew Porlor till May ( 18C3 ; wns on mustering and disbursing duty at Hnrrlsburg , Pa , , Jnno 10 to July 1 , 1SG3 , served as acting aide-de-camp to Major General Couch , commanding the depart ment of the Snjqnohnnnn , July , 18GII ) was on regimental duly ( army of the Po tomac ) from July to November , 1803 , ex cept whllo at Now York during the draft riots , August 22 to Sept. 15,1803 ; m commissary of musters , Nov. 4 , 18015 to July 21 , 18G5 , bclog broyottod major July 0,1801 , for gallant services' nt the crossing of the North Anna nnd during the campaign before Richmond , Vn , , nnd afterwards being brovettcd lieutenant colonel April 1 , 18G5 , for his gallant conduct at the battle of Five Forks , Vn. From this tlmo , Ool. Gentry served In various positions In the department of the Gulf and the depirtraont of the Mis souri. Ho was stationed nt Fort Omaha from 1870 to 1884 , when ho was appoint ed lieutenant colonel Twenty-Fifth In fantry. Ho afterwards served in the de partment of Dakota , and the past year has acted ns commanding general at Fort Snelltog. Ho wns always known as a bravo officer nd n gentleman of worth and many good qualities. His death will promote to the lieutenant colonelcy of the Twenty-Fifth infantry , Mnj. James J. Van Horn , now commanding al Fort Stanton , N. 7. , while Captain Duncan M. Vann , of the Sixth Infantry , becomes major of the Thirteenth infantry. JBHOUGHT TO TEIAL , The Cnso ol Thomas Italian ! Taken up Ycstcrndy ; Morning Other Matters. It was on the night of the 15th of March , at about quarter past six o'clock , that Henry Vorpoorton a bartender em ployed In the St. James hotel , was ehot and Instantly killed by Thomas Ballard , a runner employed by the same house. Ballard had been drinking nil dny. Ho nourished , it appears , secret thoughts of revenge for some fancied injury , and de termined that day that ho would kill the man whom ho fancied to bo hid bitter enemy. The shooting was witnessed by a number of poaple , and Billird was Im mediately pinned and compelled to glvo up his revolver , which ho wai flourishing wildly around. Ho was speedily taken In custody by a police officer and taken to the county j M where ho has since boon. Vorpoorton , the victim of the deed , expired almost instantly. The ball , o 38-oaibre ! , passed directly Into the loft side of his breast , and deflected by a rib , pierced the henrt. Several months hnvp passed ; the swift retributive decree of justice has brought the murderer facp to face with his crime. Yesterday morning Thomas Ballard was Into couct and placed on trial for mur der. Ho has changed very much since the commltslon of the crime with which ho stands charged , Is broken down and greatly enfeebled la appearance. Balltird'u attorney is Gen. O'Brien , who will be assisted during the trial by Ohas. P. jBlrkott and Moses O'Biien. Tli9 state fs represented by District At torney Estollo nnd 0. A. Baldwin. Yesterday morning after tbo prelimi nary formalities were gone through , the work of Impanelling a jury trai commen ced. Two special venires for twenty jurors were issued , and bofora afternoon both of them had boon nearly exhausted. There are yet two "challongco" f jr cause , and the regular sixteen peremptory chal lenges to be hoard. It is not probable that the active work of taking testimony will bo commenced much before tomorrow row afternoon. Before Judge Wakeloy yeatdsy thocsao of Chapman vs. Margin was ntlll on trial. The unit Is one brought to tottlo certain partnership troubles. In the county court yesterday morning Judge McCullooh tried the case of Thompson vs , Does. It appears that the plain tiff , a ton yqar-old lad , was working in the brick yard of defendant , when ho lost ono of his fingers , In the molding machine. No damages were awarded him , as It was clearly proven that the ac- oldont was caused by his neglcst. Resolutions of Itcspccr , The following res' Intioni relative to the death of O&raon Pelfs have just been drawn up for adoj tlon by Om ha Ledge No. 20 , K. of P. , of which do.eased was a member : To the Clnncellor Ct mman Vr and Mem bers of Omaha Ledge IsV % a , 1C. of P. : Your committed appointed to draft reflolu tiona expressive of the scnso of this lodge on the death of our brother , Carson Delfs , would respectfully recommend the adoption of the following : WHEREAS , It hss pleased the Great Chan cellor of the universe to remove by death from our midst our brother , Carson Dolfg , n worthy member of their ledge it ia hereby \ Jlcsohctl , That wo , the members of Omaha Ledge No , 20 , K. of I' , , In bumble eubmiision the Divine will do sincerely deplore tba loss Si our departed brother , and herewith extend an hla bereaved widow and fatherless children ba our heartfelt sympathy In their allliction , JtaoltcJ , That theio resolutions ba placsd lai 16 our ledge records and published In the be Jaily papers , and that a copy of the same bo presented to'the widow and children of our deceased brother. fll. G. Krause. In Committee ; < W , Schamwebor , InI ( .Peter Hines. I A Good M rrl go JJrw , dlt ou > New York Tribune. ind ale The new marriaeo license law which led will soon go into effect In Pennsylvania of a slop In the right direction. It says ter N' that no person shall be joined In mar of riage without a license , and declares that In rar a marriage ceremony is performed n he where no license has been issued , the dtr minister , justice or other person who noi hoi ptrforms the ceremony shall pay a pen o alty of $100. The parpotoof the law is y , lid punish personi who perform the mar fav rlage ceremony where the necessary re' Hoi ' lalremonts have not been complied with , Wn Net somewhat similar bill was before the tfosr York Inglslaturo , but failed to pass. The law makea no change In ( ho rul- ngi , of the courts as to the validity of afarmal marriages , Unlicensed mar- Iiges are not declared void , but any cer- mony where a rimu recogntves n woman his wife will bo aa binding in the fu- are as In the past. If that wore not so , informed women would constantly bo tbo mercy of adventurers , who kroui-h the connivance of a third person mild quiet their scruples by a pretended isrrlago ceremony and a bogus license. such marriages were void , the man ould discard the woman whenever ho iwfit. Happily , such is held not to bo effect of the law. But Its purpose to unlflh a person who may perform such a iromony where a proper license has not eon obtained IB a good one , Narrow Kaoapo ROCHMTI * , Jane 1 , 1831 - - rn Teerl tpo I WM attacked with th rnort Intense an J deithlj-I'Ulns In mt back and Kidney * . "Extending to the end of my toot and to my brain I "Which made mo delirious 1 From agony 111 "It took three men to hold mo on my bed nt limesl "The Doctors tried In vain to relieve mo , but to no purpose. Morphine nnd other opiates 1 "Had no effect ! "After two months I was given up to liollll "When my wlfo hc rd n neighbor tell what Hop Bitten had done for her , she atoncogot nnd gave mo sOne. The first dose eased my brain and seemed to go hunting through my system lor the pain. The tccoKl itcwo cft c < ! mo to much th t I rtept two hours , M < nctlilng I Ind not ilono for two months llcforo I had itiol m o bottle * , I well ft nil at n ork u limit a any hnn could , former tlirco cok . lint I worked too ) rd for my treniiti > , Mid taking R hnrd cold ; luflstkkcnultli tlio most acute and | mln- l rheumatism \kmiuli mystcni tint c\cr was Lnonn , "I called the tloctoij again , nnd alter several wccky thct Icttrnon crlpi > lotn crutchm lor lie ( , M then ld. Imctafrlcrul am\ told lilm my cue , and Ii9 eald Uoillltlcra ] hul ctirtd liImimlvouMeuro mo. I poohcd nt him , ljut lieu 9io oinicst I woa Induced ioujo tlicmnuiln. In less tlun four weeks I tkrow ) my crutches and en to ork IIjlitly and kept on utlns the Mttcrs for fl\o\\ccks , untlU bCCTino 19\\cllns8nyiunn tl\- tag , and h \ o been so for elx J curs since. It has also cured my wlfowhohnd boon sick for years , and has kept her and my children well and healthy with from two to three bottles per year. There Is no need to bo sick at nil If those bitters aroused used J. J , BEUK. Ex-Supervisor. "That poor invalids If o.SIstor. Mother , "Ourdoughtorllll "Can bo made the picture of health ! "With a few bottles of Hop Bitters 1 "Will you lot them sutler ! I U" Prosecute the Swlndlorsltl If when you call for Hop Bittern ( BOO cluster of Hops on the white label ) tna drur. gist hands out any stuff called 0 , 13 , Warner's Gormnu Hop Bitters or with other "Hop" name , refuse it and shun that druggist as you would a viper : and if ho Imatnkcn your money for the stufT , Indict him for tbo fraud nnd sue him for damages for the swindle , and wo wil reward you liborallv for the ocnvistion. This Invaluable ppcclflo readily and permtnontlv euros all Kinds o [ Asthma. The most obstlnato nJ IODR standing casesilcld promptly to Its wonderful curing properties , H ia keow n throughout the world lor its unrivaled ofllcac ) . J. L. OAT.D\V 1U city Tlncoln , Neb ; writes , J n 18 , ISSi. 9nco ; using Dr. Hilr'a Asthmi cure , lot moro than ono j car , my n ilo lias been entirely well , and not oven a sjmptcm ol tbo dtecjaohaa appeared. WILLI&U BBNNETT , Rlchlund , Iowa , wrltcsNov. Bd. 1833. Ihnvo been afflicted with Hay Fe\cr tnd Asthma since 1850. Ifollonoj jour directions and am happy to Bay that I no\cr slept batter In my lite. I am glad that I am amone the many who can epc k so fM orally ol your remedies. A valuable 61 page trcatlao containing elmllar moot lrome\ cry State In the U , 8 , Can i and Great Urltaln ; will bo mailed upon application. Any drufrglst not hm lac It In stock will procured , to era or. Ask ( or Dr. Ilalre AethmivCure. DR. U W UAIB & SON. Prop's Cln'tl. O. re TleaUfIll'lI1llr&tarr > xqaUtUf1 T0r , o vQi l CTrr ft orl I. rnrti JlytMpli , Pl.rf < r. , 1 iter * ntl Arn. , Bad * > ! ta * glut Gf cbunrirt. , fcnd 19 ! ! lomiaer drlaV * . Try II c'tl ' fer iSO.N3. , > V. WUPPERMANK , $ OLS ci jjzj0j-DJK.iJS.a- . IlrwIettcr'aStom- acliBlttcrscomjacrs nnd proicnts mil - rlal fevers , djjpep- ela , chronlo consti pation , a' tendency to kidney and bUd- dcr aliments and rheumatism , and la of tlio greatest aluo In cases of bjdlly trouble arising from weakness. Old poo- pi i at o greatly aided bylt.anditlsbixhly Bcr\lEeablo to con valescents and latfloi In delicate health. It Is , more over , a useful med icine to tike wltri no on long Jour- cts the effects rf mental exhaustion , For ealo by Druggists and dealers generally. THE BEST THING OUT ' ron ; .M"if Washing & Bleaching ' In Hard or Soft , Hot or Cold Water. Uvss LABOR , TIMS and SOAP AuiiihotT , and gives inlrcrsalsatlafactlon. No family rich or poor should without It. Sold by all croccrr. Jtiwinn ol Imitations well de- ilguo 1 to mislead. PiuraiM ! Is the ONLY earn labor avlng compound and lwaj bears tbo above eym- Claud ] name of ' JAMES PYLE NEW YORK. U. | 8. MAltSHAL BALK , tlia Circuit couit ol tlio United 8t u tat the dip tilct I o | Nebraska : North western National Bank : v . W. T. Horn , Kt. A I. In punuance tnd by virtue otan oiecutlon Isiued ut of tbo Circuit court of the Unite I Btatcu for tbo lUtrict ofNetrasVa , bearing date of UylOtn , 1885 , to me directed and delHcrtd , I will expose to the following land * nd tenements , ha > loK Jev- upon and taken all the right , title and Interest the afortBald deff ndaits In arid ID uld lands and eceujcnts.to-Hlt. All tracts or pi reel I of laud In toe Wof ' section No. 1 ? , Ijlntfw.btof the cast bank ifthoCodar It her , In tawnsbln > 'o. 18 , north of met 9 , West P. 21 , , oonUlnlnj fid acria more or Icej Nince : county , Nebraska , all of which 1 wltliell to highest ancf bett bidder at pulllo sale as the law irocts , on the 7h | day of July , A. 1 > . 1985 , at tbo our ol t-n o'clock In the forenoon ol slid day at the oithfloorol the United States court home ind post Kco building , In tbo city of Omaha , Douglas coun- Nebraska : sat' i ale l to satisfy a Judgment of cour' , obtained at Iho May term A , V. 1881 , lit ivor ol the Nortliwo > l < rn National Dank vs W. Tt lorn , M. 8. Llndsoy , Drad I ) . Sltughter and Central 'ebrasliaLindani ! Improvement Company , K. A- Indiov , A. I ) . CUutchter and II 0 CruU KLU3L. DIEUllOWKn , U. B. Martlnll. Uy II. B. ALLKN , Deputy , FItANIC MARTIN , I'Ja'nllrli ' Attorney , daily J 2-9 19 23,3(1 ( .WETHERELL . ? ; U and m Wubath Avrnu' OXZXO VGrO. Hair CMh and Wire Bustles , Hoop Skirls , ' Hair CMh Skirts , ? BLACK TW cut reprt .nU Ib jAiittlrr , the luoft popular roiuLlimtluii of liuttlu and IloontlhlrtoYcrmado. Aladr wlio liai wurn ono will never wur any otlnr ityle. } Mh hklrt i' Itamiwl upon the lianili r l Inf Juoslll , till , o. 110,411 , tJTAny one koll. lag Minttmrlaptbklrtuolao urai | d , will La jlealt wllrj accorillutr to law. Bold by uU