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A. II. ritch , Manager Daily Circulation ,
Om&ha , Nebraska ,
THAT Ogallala Indian sciro aooma to
have bien located moro In the imagina
tion of an excitable reporter than any
where else. As usual the eastern papers
will probably take It for granted that the
Ohoyonnos are about to swoop down on
Omaha. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Ir Mr. John Roach could only "stand
In" with Dr. Miller and J. N. H. Pat
ricks in that torpedo boat scheme , ho
might yet ba able , -with the services of
these two eminent patriots , to pnll his
Dolphin through , notwithstanding the
objections of Messrs. Whitney and Gar
land.
Tin : city council evidently believes in
arbitration. It propoeoi to settle the
differences existing between that body
and the mayor , in regard to the offices
and other matters , by submitting the
whole business to a committee of confer
ence. It now remains to bo soon whether
the non-partisan mayor is willing to meet
that committee and arbitrate.
THE appointment by the city council
of Mr. John Grant as inspector of as
phalt pavements will meet the approval
of our citizens , who know him to bo an
honest man and au expert on asphalt.
Mr. Grant has had an extended exper
ience as official Inspector of pavements in
Washington and otho r cltlco , and ho has
superintended the laying of the entire
asphalt pavement system in Omaha.
, COUNCILMAN FOKAY has put himself
on record as the author of the longest
resolution over introduced In the city
council. Notwithstanding its length it
is well worth reading , and will provo
particularly interesting to the "citizens"
who helped to elect a non-partisan mayor.
Asawrl'er oi resolutions Mr. Furay is
likely to acquire a reputation equal to
the fame of Mr. Boyd as a letter-writer.
THE city council unanimously con
firmed Mr. J. E. House as chairman of
the board of public works. His profes
sional oxporlonca as a civil engineer fits
him for the position , and in many re
spects ho la ono of the best men that
could have boon selected. The new
chairman will find plenty of work for
the next six months to take up his entire
time. The oftiso is by no moans a sine-
care.
CONORKSSM AN Ho IRIAN'S Indian inves
tlgating committee will first proceed to
Pine Ridge agency to investigate Agent
McGlllicndy and Chief lied Cloud.
McGllIIcudy Is the best investigated agon
in the sorvicr , and In the wrestle wit !
the Investigators ho always comes out o :
top. Wo look for the usual result in th
contest with the Holman committee , th
members of which , if current rumor ca :
bo relied upon , are out on a tonr o
ploasnro rather than of business.
THE thowlng of loose paper in th
streets to bo whirled hither and thltho
by the slightest wind is a practice tha
should bo stopped , These flying pipori
cauao frequent runaway accidents. Wo
notice that the bill-posters particularly
are very careless about this matter
Whenever they clean their bill-boards
they tear o IT the old bills and lot them
remain on the ground. The first wind
that arises cavrloi them in every dlrec
tlon through the streets. They should
bo made to gather up their waste piper
and either barn it or deposit It in a placi
of safety.
dun Lincoln correspondent credit
, Mr. Core , chief of the railroad cominis
alon , with ( pending two hours oioh d y
in looking after the Interests of the rail
roads. This is just what wo expected o ;
Mr. Gere , but if ho will put in tbo rst o
tha day , or oven two hours , in lookln ,
after the interests of the peopio , the tax
payers and patrons of the railroads wll
not bo apt to find so much fault with
him. What surprises us is that Mr ,
Gore Is not devoting his entire time to
the railroad Interests. If the railroads
required It , it is safe to say that ho
would do so , even to the detriment of the
mutual ineuranco business in which ho is
Interested.
OHAULES FRAN IMS ! ADAMS hts agali :
visllod Denver. Upon tbo occasion of
this second visit ho mot a .number of
the business men of Denver. The meetIng -
Ing was a very harmonious ono. The
business men told Mr. Adams what Den
ver wanted of tbo Union Pacific , and
President Woodbnry , of the boaid of
trade , addreesod the railway magnate.
"At the close of his remarks , " says the
Trllnme-JRcjnibllcan , "Mr. Woodbury
presented Mr. Adams with a bound vol
ume containing a number of arguments
from the basinets men , which they de
sired to have Mr , Adams read at his
leisure. These arguments' were all
written with a type-writer and afterwards
bound , " Wo would suggest to Mayor
Bojd that when Charles Francis Adams
returns to Omaha ho should present him
with a bound and printed copy of his
Jotter ,
THE POLICE FORCE.
There Is altogether too much drunken
ness among the members of the police
force , and Marshal Cummlngs is to bo
commended for his effort to weed out the
drunkards and habitual drinkers. But ho
docs not rocelvo from the city council
such endorsement and encouragement as
ho is entitled to , and which ho naturally
expected from the officials who are sup
posed to protect and gnatd the interests
of the oily. The reinstatement of two
policemen who were proven to have fre
quently visited saloons for the purpose of
drinking , and who were shown to have
boon moro or lees nndor the Influence of
liquor , la cerlainly a ques
tionable proceeding . Q Ion } the
part of the clly council. The
only punishment inflicted upon these
two officers was the loss of pay during
the time of suspension , which is really
no punishment at all. At the same time
the council accepted the resignation of a
policeman who had the manhood to
acknowledge the charge of drunkenness
and dlrelectlon of duty. Had ho made
the same kind of fight for retention on
the force as was made by the other two
men , ho would In all probability have
been reinstated. There is still another
policeman whom Marshal Cummlngs baa
suspended for drunkenness and sleeping
while on duty , but in view of the action
in ropard vo the two men already men
tioned , the council will very likely reinstate -
instate him and punish him
by depriving him of his pay
during the time of his suspension.
This is Indeed a queer way of enforcing
discipline In the police force , where it
has generally boon supposed some disci
pline is noodod. It Is certainly high time
that some example bo made by the dis
missal from the force of men who are fre
quenting saloons and who neglect their
duty owing to the fact that they are inca
pacitated by carrying too heavy a load of
mixed drinks whisky and beor. A po
liceman has no business to go into a sa
loon unices ho goes there to arrest someone
ono or to perform some other official
duty. Wo believe there is such a rnlo in
regard to the police , and It ought to ba
strictly enforced. It is pretty safe to
say , however , that so long as appoint
ments to the police force are based npon
political "InQooonco , " ony eflort to re
form and improve the force Iwlll bo time
wasted. What Is needed is a thorough reorganization -
organization of tho.forco'on a civil service
reform basis , under which men shall bo
selected for their competency , ago , sobri
ety and physical and mental qualifica
tions , and to hold their places during
good behavior. Politics should have
nothing whatever to do with the appoint
ments , which should bo made by a board
of police commissioners.
THE cltizans of Cheyenne have boon
led to believe by Mr. Adams that the
Union Pacific not only proposes to build
a fine depot in that city , but to construct
a railroad northward from that point.
We congratulate Cheyenne upon its
bright prospects. Now lot Mr. Adams
return to Omaha and tell us that the
Union Pacific not only intends to erect a
convenient and substantial depot , but to
build a road from Omaha into northern
Nebraska. Wo shall then feel like con
gratulating the people of Onuhi. If it
trill pay the Union Pacific to build a road
from Cheyenne north , it will pay it ton
times more to construct a road from
Omaha into the rich agricultural and llvo
stock region of northern Nebraska ,
AN American exposition Is to ba opened
In London on the 1st of next May.
Among other things it is proposed to ex
hibit a tobacco factory in operation , and
full representations of trolil mining , log
glng , cotton growing and manufacture of
the product In its several stages. All
sorti of industries are to have a place ,
and the government at Washington will
send a collection contributed by the
bureaus of its several departments.
The object will ba to give visitors a
thorough knowledge of the United States
and its belongings. The grounds for the
exhibition , containing twenty-two acres ,
have already been selected , and the work
of grading , tree planting , and building
will soon bo commenced.
PRESIDENT PORTER , of Yala college.
Is spending his summer vacation In sup
ervising a revision of Webster's diction
ary for its publishers. Bio Is being as-
listed by several leained gentlemen.
Iho work will require several months ,
awing to the many new words that have
lecontly come iato USD , among which Is
"mugwump. " , American students of po
litical science will await with considerable
nterost the publication of this revised
jdltlon wh'ch ' no doubt will glvo the ex-
ict derivation and correct definition of
'mugwump , " a word that has como into
inlveraal use in this country , and about
vhlch there has been so much diicusslon.
THE letter of Mayor Boyd to Charles
brands Adams has given moro satlsfao-
ion to the peopio of Omaha than any.
hlng that has appeared In print in the
aterest of the city for several years , A
eneral inquiry on the part of the BEE
mong the property owners , jobbers and
nippers and other business men , without
egard to party or occupation , shows
list they all with ono accord most em-
hatically endorse the stand taken by
layer Boyd , It is indeed gratifying to
eo this community at last united upon a
tatter of such great Interett. If there Is
ay divided sentiment on this question we
ave failed to discover it.
AFTER a year's ttlal in Iowa , the people
: that atato are coming to the conclusion
lat prohibition docs not prohibit , and
tat a license law for the regulation of
to liquor triflio such as Nebraska has is
r preferable. Tbo reports from twenty- o :
ne cities and towns show that at present' ' Po
there is an aggregate of 150 moro saloons
In these places than when legal license
was granted and a revenue of $200,000
annually collected. Davenport , for In
stance , has twenty moro saloons than
when a $200 license was exacted , while
Burlington has forty-one more , Clinton
thirteen , Council Bluffi twenty-five , and
Ottumwa , where the license WAS $1,000 ,
has an addition of ninety-four. In nearly
all of the places from which statistics have
been gathered the attempts to enforce
prohibition have proved unsuccessful.
So also have the attempts to exact li
censes in order to obtain a revenue ,
The evidence that has boon
gixtliorad goes to show that prohibition
has only served to increase the uumboi
of saloons and decrease the public rev
enue. The consequence ia that the move
ment in favor of repealing the prohibi
tory law and sustaining high llconso li
dally gaining ground. This question , ol
coursa , will bo one of the principal Issnec
In Iowa politico until it la defmitelj
settled.
IN his first interview in Denver Mr.
Charles Francis Adams said that no suet
thing as the removal of the Union Pacific
shops from Omaha to Denver had boot
thought of. In his second interview he
admitted that last fall it was the lnton <
tion of the company to make such a ro <
moral , but on account of the then exist
ing labor troubles the matter was aban <
doned , Now wo would llko to know
which of these two Interviews is correct' ' ,
Wo are inclined to the belief that the
first ono was the truth , and the lattei
was merely on apologetic sop thrown tc
the peopio of Denver.
TUB Council Bluffa Nonpareil says ;
"Tho Omaha Ecpublican doclaroa that It
costs a great deal to keep the Bcc up to
the standard of a first-class morning
newspaper. " Of course it does and the
publishers of the BEE propose to keep on
spending money as liberally In the future
as they have In the past to keep this
paper in the front rank of journalism.
No paper between Chicago and San
Francisco spends as much money as the
OMAHA BEE , and It has Its reward in the
Isrgest circulation of any dally ia Iowa ,
Nebraska and Colorado.
"BILLEE" CHANDLER strikes back once
moro in behalf of John Roach and hia
Dolphin. If Mr. Chandler keeps this
thing up , wo shall begin to believe the
recently-circulated report that ho has
been employed by Mr. Roach to act as
his attorney in all matters in connection
with the navy department. Mr. Chandler
talks just llko a man who Isn't working
for nothing.
THE deficit in the postofflco department
at the end of the present fiscal year will
bo about § 0,000,000. This will bo owing
principally to a reduction in postage and
an increase In expenditures. It is ulso
claimed that the general depression in
business has had its effect upon the postal
revenues.
IT Is not often that an editor sells his
opinion , but Mr. Rothaker has sold [ his
Denver Opinion. Ho has found that there
Is more amusement than hard cash Injun-
nlng a weekly paper in Denver. Ho Is a
polished and forcible writer , and It is
understood that ho will connect himself
with the eastern press.
WHILE the English people are all readIng -
Ing the fall Mall Gazette exposures of
London vice , the Russians are stealing a
march on the Afghans. It is the old
story of the Russians promising to keep
the peace , while they are quietly advanc
ing all the time upon disputed territory.
THE celebration at Niagara Falls in
honor of the formal surrender of the park
reservation to the state of Now York was
an enthusiastic affair. The applause was
a constant roar. It was furnished by old
Niagara itself.
THE Grand Island Independent says
that Omaha and Lincoln seem very jeal
ous of each other. There must bo some
mistake about this. Omaha Is certainly
not jealous of Lincoln. She has no
reason to bo.
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS now claims
that ho was misrepresented by a Denver
Tribune reporter. The reporter , whom
ho threatened to have shot full of holes
if ho was not reported correctly , still
lives.
THE deadly toy pistol got In its work
pretty effectively In Chicago on the
Fourth of July. Ten deaths occurred on
Fuesday In that city from lock-jaw as the
result of celebrating with toy pistols.
THE three electric light companies of
Boston have consolidated. If the Hub-
te , however , expect the electric ilia-
nlnitlon to be three times stronger than
ormorly they will be mistaken ,
THE action of Meters. Whitney and
jarland in regard to theDolphin | has had
rather singular effect upon Mr. Roach ,
t has made him dumb. Ho absolutely
efnsos to talk.
THE Munster bank in Dublin has BUS
ended , with liabilities amounting to
8,750,000. That Is a pretty respectable
illuro , and would be a credit almoe
nywhere.
WHAT kind of a railroad policy is ll
iat attempts to tear down one city by
> Iso threats and to build up another city
j false promises ?
GE.H , MILE.- ) , who has oucceedod Gen.
ugnr in the command of the department
the Missouri , is not a graduate of West
jint , He is a graduate of the volunteer
service , which ho entered us a captain In
the Twenty-iccond MatsichusotU in
fantry , September Oth , 18G1. At the
cloeo of the war ho had risen to the ranli
of major-general of volunteers. In July ,
1865 , he became colonel of the Fortieth
infantry In the regular army , and in 183C
horras made a brigadier-general. Since
the civil war ho has distlncnished himself
as an Indian fighter.
A WISCONSIN poet has been appointed
n postmaster at a salary of $242 per year ,
If poets are to bo rewarded with postof-
fices , wo hope Ella Wheeler Wllcox , whc
halls from Wisconsin , will not bo over
looked. She is now the mother of r
bouncing boy , and ought to know some
thing about handling the malls.
THE city council has passed anothoi
pound ordinance , prohibiting the run
ning at largo or herding of animals with.
in the city limits. It is to bo hoped thai
Mayor Boyd will not bo able to find an ]
reasonable objections to approving thli
ordinance.
JULIAN HAWTHORNE , the novelist , hai
boon fined $40 for whipping a boy when
ho caught throwing stones at the birds or
his promises , The payment of this fine
will rcqnlro tbo writing of an eight-col'
umn story by Mr. Hawthorne.
WHEN President Cleveland next at
tends Dr. Sutherland's church ho maj
expect to hoar a disconreo on the fourtl
commandment. A president who gooi
fishing on Sunday should expect noth >
ing else.
KANSAS OITV is to have an elevated
railroad , If it Is to bo as elevated as Its
population figures it is likely to bo a very
high road , with balloon connections with
the ground stations.
Omaha , the Gem of tlio Missouri
Valley ,
Chicago News ,
Our salacious contemporary , the Chicago
cage Tribune , would not be apt to snooi
at Omaha If It really know what it wan
talking about. At the present time
Omaha is the handsomest city In the
Missouri valley. It has , perhaps , not
more thau half the population that Kan
sas City enjoys , but It is better laid out
than Kansas City , has bettor paved
streets and moro of them , has finer ho
tels , has a finer opera house , has finer
public buildings generally , and much
more substantial business blocks. In the
particular of society Omaha la as far ahead
of Kansai City as Kansas City is ahead of
Grasshopper Falls. Omaha is unques
tionably the gem of the Missouri valley ;
her progress during the past two yoara
has Seen marvelous , her growth has been
healthy , and her prodigious improve
ments have all been of a permanent char
acter. It la foolishly unfair to rail at
Omaha as a ragged border town ; other
western cities may bo in Mother Hub-
bard attire , but not Omaha she Is rigged
out in silk and eatln and Is as chipper a
body as you could hope to moot im many
a day's journey.
STATE JOITINGB.
Fairmont has contracted for water works.
Steps are being taken to organize a county
fair in Phelpa county ,
There re 92,000 ncros of land under culti
vation in Fillmore county ,
Grand Island baa been officially proclaimed
a city of the second class.
The first election of county officers for Lo
gan county will be held on the 20th.
The editor of the St. Paul Free Prees _ has
been rewarded with a postoilice commission.
The town of Phillips is steadily growing.
L'hocran & Tighe are building a very fine ele
vator.
The servant girl of a wealthy farmer living
near Fremont has sued the old Lothario for
85,000 damages ,
The 13. A , M. branch from Iloldregeto Oga-
lala IB being faat completed , The track lay-
era began work last week.
The eight-year-old son of J. F. Furgeson , a
farmer living near Syracuse , had hia foot cut
off Wednesday by a mower ,
The Plattsmouth canning factory started
up with a supply of beana last week , and
didn't make any nolso about it either.
The Iowa and Nebraska packing company
of Nebraska City , propose to erect a group
of twenty five to thirty cottages to rout to its
em ploy ea.
The Jackson genius who advertised to un
fold his wings and grazed the blue dome , has
yet failed to unfurl , and ia content to linger
with the rest of mankind on terra firma ,
Local politics in Phelpa county are lively
and the ollice seeker slmkoth the horny hand
of the honest granger and tells him how he
loves hiiii. Tnereistobo a lively scramble
for the loaves of fishes thin fall ,
A Fremont tfoapel exhorter ia highly ia-
cenacd became , after paying $121 SO to ap-
neaso the wrath of a man whoso wife the al
leged clergimin had Insulted , the husband
; ava the snap away. Could base ingratitude
: > o farthot !
The biscuit shooters and the hash tioaversot
rival hotels in Fremont propose to run for or-
lers and glory on the diamond thu week ,
Fho Htho and airy biscuit boys bade their
: laima to the championship with ca&h , and
oropoae to dough up their maaticated oppo-
icnta ,
Work on the now flouring mill at Creighton
a being pushed with a vim by the enterprls-
ng firm of Messrs Kaucher & Packard. The
julldmg is to ba 4Qx40 , four stories high , with
, wenty-two set of rollers , with a cipaclty of
lighty barrels per day , It is the purpose of
ho firm to have tha mill Inoperationby Octo-
jer 1st.
Married at the residence of Dr. and Mrs.
, V. J , Bonsteel , In Greiphton , by Hev ,
Chomas A. Kent , Mr. 6. L. Wilson and Miss
STollio J. Moore , at 0 o'clock r , > ! . , Thursday ,
he 10th iiiet. Quite a company of friends
> nd acquaintance were present to help the
air and charming younp couple hunch out
ipon the sea of matrimonial bliss , Numerous
oatly presents were made on the occasion.
Mary Ellen Raskins , daughter o ! Henry
ililler of Hock lilulTi , pass county , aired 20
'oarshas been adjudged insane and will be sent
o the asylum , bhu has been deaf and dumb
Ince she was five years old , caused by cere
ral-tpinal mengineillu. Her insanity Is tup-
oeed to ha caused by brooding over the do-
srtion of her husband , which occurred , two
louth after her marriage several years since
he ills in her delirium and fondles a photo
raph of her tiuant husband
Gilo's aggregation of jugglers , a circus wit !
wealth of attractions on paper , has lefi
trail of confidence games and iwiudlec
reenles on Its wake through the
ate , Fem all points came
sports of outlawry verging on peniten-
ary offences. At Sidney , last ; week. %
inner named Malcolm was taken In for $ -.r > 0 , „
it the money wag afterward ) recovered by .
leeherllf. A favorite trick , and the ono that "
M tha indirect cauie of Keyo's death at
voc la the "upper and under box" game ,
IB fakir has a watch in a small box , two of
liich he has in bis hand , which he offers to
II the contemplated victim at a ruinous ; rate ,
the deal is made the money Is paid over ,
d , bv a cllgbt of hand trick , the purchater
banded the lower box , containing nothing ,
at the beit , a miserable oreida nmniutlon
uhat be has bouzbt , If the individual
ikes n fuss about it the gang ruth together
3 do him tip ,
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
His Second Visit lo Denyer-He is
sentfifl With a Booi-His Apol
ogy to fee Qenverilcs ,
Interesting Itcmllng Matter for Onm-
lia People ,
Denver New ? , July 11 ,
At the Windsor hotel last evening , bj
appointment with the Hon. 11 , W. Wood
bury , president of the chamber of com
merce , the Hon. Charles Francis Adams ,
president of the Union Pacific , mot some
thirty members of that body for the pur
pose of discussing informally the relation !
of Denver to the Union Pacific road ,
The chamber of ojmmorco committee
presented a statement of the vlows ol
that body on the topic in hand , whlcli
Protidont Adams received and promised
to consider ,
In his pleasant half-hour's talk to the
committed of business men , President
Adams adverted to n certain garbled report <
port of an Interview between himself and
a reporter of the Tribune-Republican ,
which appeared the other day , denounc'
Ing it as utterly false in so far as it pretended <
tended to represent his views on Colorado
in general and Denver in particular , oi
the relations of either to the Union Pa
cific. Ho also stated that while the
Union Pacific company had purchased
largo tracts of land near Denver for the
purpoio of erecting extensive shops , the
labor problem had assumed such an aspoot
hero that the company had abandoned
the project.
President Adams spoke confidently
of the bright future bcforo this city and
state , in which the Union Pacific ! e
largely interested , and stated that the
company would do all in its power to
make Denver a loading point for the dis
tribution of supplies.
Frcm the Denver Tribune-Republican
of the 14th , weal jo learn the following :
The following is a list of the contents
of the book : "Introductory , " R. W.
Woodbury ; "Llvo Stock , " L. U. Rhodes ,
"Agriculture , " William N. Byers ; "Ores
and Mining , " James S. Matthews ; "Dis
tribution of Goods , " J. T. Cornforth ;
"Railroad Headquarters at Denver , " Ex-
Governor John Evans ; "Manufactures , "
R. W. Woodbury ; "IronBlast Furnaces , "
J. W. Ne smith.
A general conversation followed , during
which Mr. Adams took occasion to apolo
gize for the statements which ho made
concerning Colorado in tin interview pub
lished in the Tribune-Republican on the
seventh Instant by aaylcg that ho believed
his remarks were misunderstood and a
wrong construction put upon what he
said. Ho bad thought of writing an ex
planation of the matter , but concluded it
hardly worth while and lot It go.
In reference to the concentration of
the Union Pacific property In Denver ,
Mr. Adams said that when ho was hero
last fall ho was shocked at the condition
of the shops lu this city , and that at that
time it was the intention to remove the
Omaha shops to this city , but on account
of the then existing labor troubles the
matter was abandoned. That now this
company would neither build in this city
or any other place until the labor prob
Icm was definitely settled. Ho said that
ho had given orders to cut down
the force as much aa pos
sible and as far as practicable to buy
whatever was necessary instead of mak
ing It. Ho said he was entirely opposed
to the policy of the Union Pacific ex
isting heretofore , and said that ho would
do all ho could to encourage manufact
ures. Ho did not believe In the theory
of charging moro for freight on raw ma
terial than on the manufactured article.
He further said that ho thought Denver
would be a good place for a beef canning
factory , and hoped such an enterprise
would bo started.
ZIE9IARKABLE TACr.
How ijlncoln Allayed Irish Hostility
In Now York Other Anecdotes
From W. S. Wilkinson's Letter to the New
York Tribune.
Another fact might bo cited Illustrat
ing the president's remarkable tact and
skill in smoothing over difficulties which
were likely to culminate iu peculiar
trouble. At one time there was a great
discontent among the laboring classes In
the city of Now York , especially among
the Irish , which was brightened by the
drift recently ordered for the prompt
filling up of our depleted ranks. This
discontent had assumed such proportions
as to threaten the people of the city and
imperil the cauao of the country. In
this extremity Mr. Lincoln conceived the
notion of raising an Irish brigade in Now
iTork , to bo officered exclusively by
Irishmen. The difficult question was
: ow to oiganlzi it , and who could bo got
; o do it successfully. After thinking the
natter over Mr. Lincoln wrote to James
P. Brady , the brilliant and Influential
[ rich lawyer , asking him to
: omo to Washington on a
natter of public business. Mr.
3rady promptly obeyed the summons and
vas dumbfounded when ho was Infonmed
bat the mission was to bo Imposed on
ilm to raluu and officer an Irish brigade
n Hew York city. He protested earn-
istly that ho know nothing of military
natters , such things bolng entirely out-
ido of his experience ; that ho ban not
most distant notion how to go to
irork at such an organization , and no
: onfidonco In his own judgment in the
ippolntmont of oflicere.
The president's shrewd reply was :
'You know plenty of Irishmen who do
: now all about such matters , and as to
he appointment of officers did yon over
mow an Irishman who would decline an
fllce or refuse a pair of epaulets , or do
nythlng but fight gallantly after ho had
hem ? ' c
The upshot of the conference was that
Jrady undertook the mission , returned
New York , and raised the brigade
rlthout difficulty , officered by Irishmen ,
a Mr. Lincoln had suggested. When
tiat magnificent body of 3COO , Irishmen
larched down Broadway , en route to the
sat of war , the smouldering discontent
tuong the Irish which bad threatened to
reak into flarao , was replaced by an ar.
ont enthusiasm which made the air licg
1th shouts and hnzzis. Mr. Lincoln's
nraedlato object was fully realized by
iat keen , practical insight and know- !
Ige of human nature which ehono so ° '
insplcnously in him. I have given the c <
tove ftct exactly aa it was related to mo cfl ]
' Mr , Brady at the time. at
I was present on ono occailon when TV
osjrs , Sumner and Wade , and one or TVJ
ro others called on Mr. Lincoln and fie
ked for the removal of a prominent fieM
ia one of the departments in
ashington. While urging their On
urges with much vehemence tbo pres-
nt listened attentively , with his head pa
wn. At the conclusion bo looked np br
th a sorrowful expression of face and he
said "Well , gentlemen , It docs seem k
mo that wherever I have a partlculai
friend In office everybody is down or
him. " This ended the matter , and the
officer was not removed.
During the war complaint was made
that Mr. Lincoln was too lenient in enforcing <
forcing discipline In the army , by direct
Ing the executions of the judgments ol
courts for.tho trial of mllltarv offanses.
It was claimed that ho would not ap.
provo of the death sentence of a soldtoi
for desertion If ho could find any poisl
bio excuse for his rejecting it. This , II
was claimed by many , tended to weaken
the discipline of the army , and to on-
courngo desertion , as there seemed to be
no chance of enforcing the decrees of tlu
courts punishing that high miHtiuj
crime. Yet this climor agalutt the pros
Idcnt by many officers hlgl
in command mndo no Im
pression upon him. Ono day In the
summer of 1803 , I think , I callce
on htm on business , and as I entered hie
room Mr. Lincoln said : " 1 have here
some papers [ putting his hand npon t
largo file of papers ] which I started thli
morning to carefully examine. Thoj
contain the ontlro proceedings of a milt
tary court for the trial of a young sol
dier for desertion. And they contain
minutes of the testimony taken on tlu
trial , together with the conviction and
sentence to death of the boy. 1 have
read just three pages of the testimony
and have found this : 'The boy said
when first arrested that ho was Roliif
homo to sco his mother. ' 1 don't ' think 1
can allow n boy to bo shot who tried tc
go homo to see his mother. 1 guess I
don't want to road any moro of this "
The sentence of the court was disap
proved without farther investigation.
lit was the tender sympathy which Mr ,
Lincoln felt for the Inoxporlencad young
men who , without any idea of the hard
ships of army life had volunteered to defend
fond the union , that rendered him sc
papular with the private soldiers of the
army. They all felt that they had f
friend in the president.
LORD ANI > JJADV SALISBURY.
Iho ConrUhlp and Marrlcgo of the
Present 1'roiulcr of
London Letter In the Hartford Timos.
Ono gray morning In the mid-spring oi
twenty-eight years ago there was a wed
ding in the little chapel at Aid-Hill ,
Berks. All London knew the brldo. For
three seasons the belle of Westminster ,
for three years the boantlons wonder of
society , Georgians , Aldorson was the
brightest and fairest of the ladies of the
court. But oho was a coquette , and had
drawn many lovers by the silken charm
EO well discovered by witchery and blue
cyoa and sunny hair. Many a wooer had
wooed in vain , for the daughter of Sir
Edward Hall Aldcwon was an heiress M
well aa a beauty , and estate of hud is the
finest setting that estate of beauty can
demand. Of some of the most selfish of
the admirers it could have been said that
they were brilliant men and worthy of
the most coveted honors of royalty , and
not once or twice the lady might have married -
riod well had she not had an advisor who
knew man as man deserves to be known.
Miss Oplo , the queen of nociety of ton or
fifteen years before , was Gaorglana Ald
er's aunt and chaperone , and MIsi Ople
knew batter than most other women of
the time how to distinguish between
heart and pretense. She had kept the
moths from her niece , bat while she was
aoeklng an ideally eligible man her charge
had given her hand to Robert Cecil.
Miss jOplo was dismayed. Cecil was
not a man after her liking. Though the
son of an earl ho was a younger son , and
anything but popular with his family.
There hud been a quarrel and a fraternal
scandal , and , to the horror of the family
at Hatfield house ho had had to earn hU
own living. Beginning as a journalist ,
ho had shown marked ability till ho was
s regular contributor to the Quarterly.
For three years he had been in parlia
ment for Stamford , where ho continued
to sit for fifteen years , but where he made
no consequential mark. It was no won
der that Miss Opio was displeased
with the match. With but few redeem
ing features socially , the young man was
at best a bookworm and so serious and
quiet that ho was esteemed dull. But
the nlec3 had felt the brain of the Cecils ,
and , though nine ont of ton thought as
did the aunt , the nleco and thoanntcamo
to witness the ceremony.
It was a matter-of-fact wedding , as
English country-side weddings are apt to
be. There wai the gay company filling
the chapel , and the white ribbon that
kept the common herd of acquaintances
"rom the chosen many of the family.
There was at ton o'clock the soft low
lotea of the wedding march from Lohen
grin , the quartette of'ublo bodied ushers
lasslng np the center altlo , and parting
, ho silken barrier. There were two little
; lr's strewing the alalo with white fiow-
irs from their aprons , and four brides-
nalda behind them. There was the
jrldo on her father's arm with the queen's
> ouqnot in her hand. There was the
; room meeting them at the chancel rail ,
flier was the ceremony and the blessing
, nd the congratulations.
A Hard Ono to Handle.
Officar Bloom had a little experience
? aoaday evening that will always remain
roen in his memory. A largo man ,
lied to the neck with dlvcrao and sun- \
ry Intoxicants was found by him on
) ouglas street , making an Indecent ox-
oiuro of his person and offering insults
o ladles who passed by. Bloom wont
p to this largo man , who is known only i ,
3 John Doa , and admonished him to bo-1 ]
ave himself or ho would bo arrested. (
.bout this time the officer received a I i
ohn L. Sullivan jolt at the side of his ,
ead , which toppled him over , and 11
10 big man chuckled , The
dicer como again , and that time made a
ub play , that caused his adversary to
Ite the dust. He was put into a cab | '
id started to headquarters. Before go
ig very far , however , ho threw the of
: or out , Officer Bloom then called Of-
; or Harrlgan to his assistance , and to
ithor they succeeded in landing the ob
reporous rooster In the cooler. When
ling locked up , and for several minutes 18
terwards , he roared , and bellowed , and | si
iwlod like some mad animal ,
In
Quietly Married. | tl
A very quiet wedding occurred last
ening at the Kountu memorial church ,
rnor of Hartley and Sixteenth streets , | | n
r. Augustus H , Bosloman , of Papillion , ar
d Miss Carrie E. Hufl1 , of this city , oc
ro the contracting parties. The Rev. be
S. Detweller , pastor of the church , of-1 It
atod and pronounced the ceremony.
, Arthur Campbell and MUs Gertie
iff acted the part of attendant , About 111
3 hundred friends of the young couple we
ro present , After the ceremony the hli
ty returned to the rosldenco of tbo pr
do's parents where a reception was tw
Bt
SENATOR VAN WYCK
His Answer to That OM Land-Grabbing
Story ,
A Plain HtMcmont of Facts Shnulng
llmttholilhol Is Without Any
FottmlRtion or KXCIIHO ,
"Tho charges of the Omaha Republican
and kindred papers In regard to my lande
In Otoo county are not only without
foundation but without excuse , " eaid
Senator Van Wyck at the Pax ton hotel
yesterday to a representative of the SEE ,
who spoke to him about au article In the
Republican In which the old hud-grab-
blngstory was rovampsd.
"Theso same charges hnvo been dis
proved and exploded In Otoo county
years ago. They were first made In the
campaign eight or nlno years ago , and
the tribunal of the people pronounced
them fals ? , " continued the senator.
"Tho latter-day authors of the same
stories must have knowil that in their
statements they were without excusa or
palliation. "
"Whon and how did you acquire these
lands ? "
'Nearly thirty year * ago I oimo to
Nebraska on a visit. There were hardly
any settlements in this part of Iho coun
try at that timo. Thorj was only ono
frame house where Nebraik * City now
stands and 1 nlopt in that homo over
night. When I returned to Now York
I told o few friends of the beautiful
country I had soon and described its ad
vantages. I then came back to Nebraska
with Capt. Anderson and his son.Mr.Koao-
crans , Robert Davis , Mr. Travis , and a
few others , nil of whom sold their llttlo
property In Now York on time , and
came hero with the solo intention of mak
ing tholr permanent homes in Nebraska.
I advanced most of them money
with which to purchase land , lumber ,
plows , cittlo , and other necessaries. We
came through Iowa with a team which
I purchased for the outfit at Davenport.
Tnoy located tholr land In Otoo county ,
each man taking n quarter section , with.
the expectation of making it his home.
Mr. Parker , ono of the land officers at
Omaha , transacted the business , and
acted as my attorney in the matter of
receiving the money which I had ad
vanced. The customary method at that
time , as I remember it , was to secure
the money by a deed In the nature of 'a
mortgage , and giving back a bond to re-
convey.
"What became of all these men and
tholr lands ! "
"Tho men all located upon tholr lands ,
some of them staying there a long time ,
and Bomo of them being there yet.
When any ono of them who was In my
debt loft the country , I took his land ac
repayment for the money I had advanced.
I did not always got my money back.
For example , take the case of llDsccrane.
Ho improved his claim , and 1 continued
to advance money to him nntll I had lot
him have nearly $1,400. Ho then sold
his farm to Mr. Woolsey , who now lives
upon it. I lost every dollar which I had
advanced to Rosocrina , because I had
failed to record my papers. "
"How long did thoBo parties live upon
these landa ? "
"Somo of them became dissatisfied.
with the country , and when they loft
from time to time I came into possession
of tholr claims in the ininnor I have
described , None or these men came to
Nebraska in my Interest In.
any way whatever , but with ,
the honest intention of making
their homes hero. Capt. Anderson and
his son , from that time until now , have
been living upon their claims , and have
made fine farms ont of them. They and
all the other men were respectable and
honest , both in Now York and Nebraska ,
and they were not and are not by sny
moans vagrants , or outlaws , orporjurers ] ,
as they have been characterized by the
Omaha Republican. I did not bring
them to Nebraska with any intention ot
having them secure claims for me. Every ,
ono of thorn now living will bear ovldonco "
to the truth of this statement. In JE .
order that the matter may bo placed ' \r \
beyond all doubt I propose to prepare a
detailed statement , verified by the affi
davits of the men themselves , and these
who were * present and know the purpose
of their coming. At the time they carne
bore land was § 1 25 per acre anywhere ,
uid if they became dissatisfied they could
jo elsewhere and locate other claims. It
ivas no benefit to mo to have any of them
jo away , as they loft their property on
ny hands as security for money advanced.
3apt. Anderson , -rrho has been called a
ragrAnt by thi Republican and other
uch papers , was a member ot the Nc-
> raska legislature in the early days.
Mil. KISILiUX'S CASE.
In Austrian Journnl'a Explanation.
ol Jr.
Vienna ( Austria ) Neuo Fref
Between Austrla-Uniignry and the
Jnitod States of America the most cor-
lial diplomatic relations exist , and in Yi-
inna , as well as in Washington no means
s loft unexerclcod to Insure tholr contln-
lanco. This lends a rpeclal importance
o the fast that Mr , Kelley , the now em-
tassador of the United Statcu , recently
ppolntod by President Cleveland , will
tot ba received by Austria-Hungary , nl-
bough ho is now on his way to Vienna ,
'he case In question , however , fs not of a
aturo to endanger the good relations at
resent existing between Austrla-IIun-
arla and tbo starry republic. Mr. Kol-
> y , while still a practicing lawyer In
'Irglnia , delivered before a Catholic
icetlng , a violent speech on
Jog Victor Emmanuel , In which
10 liberator and unifier of
aly was described In the most Injurious
inns. When Mr. Arthur , the Iato pres
ent of the United States either bo-
, nso ho w&s ignorant of Mr. Kelly's
leech , or did not attach sufficient 1m-
utanco to it named Mr. Kelley mlnis-
r to the Roman court , the latter was
omptly rejected by the qulrinal on ac-
unt of his unfriendly expressions to-
rdlng Victor Emnnnuei. A year has
ice elapsed , and Mr. Cleveland , the
w president of the United States , has
> w appointed Mr. Kelley ambassador to
0 court of Vienna , probably becauo ho
i9 unaware ot tbo fact that his candl-
te himself , by his speech on the Italian
] g , has precluded the poislbllity of bo-
; received in a diplomatic capacity In
f state In Europe , Mr , Kelley is not
isldered a fit person In Vienna , first ,
sausa wo believe that our duly to the
lian court makes it Incumbent on us to
ectaman who BO severely caponed
1 memory of the father of the reign-
king ot Italy , and , eocondly , bacauna
believe that Mr , Kelley , judging from
conduct , is not a man calculated to
lorvo the good relations exlttlng be-
ion Austria-Hunga'y and the United
tee.