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4 THE OMMIA. IXAITA" BE 13 : . .MONDAY , OCTOBER. 30 , 1885 , THE DAILY BEE. OM.MU Omep , No. PH AMU OW HAKHJIM ST. Ni.u YOIIK Orricu , IIOOM ( rTntiiuNK IIUII.IMM ) . I'tiMMifNl ov ry morphnr.otenpt Bimdiy. Thn only Monday niomlnir paper puhllihod In Uio Unto. TEIIMS nr MAIL : Ono Voar . $ M.ui11irti > Month * . t FI.V Months. . . fi.COOnn Month . 1.09 Tim \VUUKI.V Ilisn , IHibllMird Kvory Wcdneadiiy. TKIIM4 , POSTPAID. OnoYwir , with premium . . . t2. ( l Olio YHU- , without premium . l.tt ! Hit Moulin , without premium . 75 Um > Month , on trlnl . . . 10 COttltlWPnNDKNTI'.l All communication * trlntlnjj to news nnil odl- torlnl timttt'i Miould 1)0 nddrcMcd to tliu llni- AOItOflllU IlKK. All IttitltoM loiters ami remit tnnco * should t > o mldrosMxl to TIIK HKI : I'tmi.utiitin COMPANY , DHAKA. Drnlta. ulu-ck * nti.l poMoltlco orders Ui IK ) inndu pnynlilolo the 01 dor of tliu company. IDE BEE PUBLISHING COMPm , PHOPRIETORS , K. ItOSliWATKII. lUHTOit. IAT KOHU WIIH put up to bn bnte.hored. loft liitmltiil friunds will bo promptly accommodated. Ir Iho Ddii hiH county dtmiot'rnoy had { jonu outrunning for dufoitt they could not bo more certain of their giiiuu. TIIK luirpH of IMotliott , Uiillnglur nnd Ilm-man urn still hniiinn { , o to spunk , on Iho wooplng willow trco of long ( Inferred hope. Mil. POINTS should withdraw from the tlctkot. Hi ) Giimiot ulVord tliu snro defeat which ho will oxpuricnc.0 if ho kuopa his pre8c.nl company. " ! T is ovidunt , " suys the. Now York World , "thit : public opinion in Wyoming la hostile to tlio Chinnimm " Slightly HO , wo should juilgu. TilK onlhnshism of Jiulgo Bcnoku'fl friends for tliu democrat ! " nominatiotiR Oiiniiot bo discovered with tlio largest magnifying gla&tt. AIiw. LANGTKV refuses to pay her Kng- llsh drcssmakor'8 bill. Tlio Jeivtoy Lily iri loading fitshioiuiblu soeiuly ia this us well as in ether rospeuts. fuutorios have boon lululy .stui-lod in the City of Mexico. A duoroiist ) in Mexico's population may bo confidently looked for in the next census. Tin ; iinino of Gcorgo Washington appears upon the Omaha registration li U. Wo violate no conlidcnco in say ing Unit ho will vote Iho republican tieket this fall. "Mv policy , " in the cu.su of President Cleveland , In creating almost as much division in the party ranks as Andy John- aon'n did eighteen years ago .among the republicans. SKIIVIA. htxs crossed the Bulgarian bor der nnd will probably bo mot by Bul garian troops. It looks ns if the band wore really about to strike up on the Mid- lean frontier. YoitK rapnbliciins nro united and Now York democrats nro divided. The return of the mugwump adds now interest to an already intcrestingcanvuss jn the Empire state. TOUD or Coburnr It won't take the average voter long to dooido the ques tion. Kvon the "men of inllooonco" will to deliver their usual slim number of votes on such an issue. KINK-TILTHS of tlio butter sold In Chi. oago is oleomargarine. Thia is ono ol the resulting benefits from stock yards nnd large packing houses , which Is nol generally appreciated by iho public. ONI : by ono the ollicial heads are drop ping into tlio basket , but the groans which oomo from the democracy over the nlownoss of President Cleveland's guillo tine are enough to draw tears from : ulattio. Tin : county nominntions paraly/.od tlu Jforaltl. It wunta two days to think Ii over nml promises to diacn.-w thorn in do UilI Tuesday morning. Like a dose ol castor oil , tlio longer the doctor looks u ! it the harder it will bo to kcop down. 'Oj i : of the most prominent defects o our graded Hystcm , " in the heading of ai 1-dltorial in nn eastern paper. One of tin most promiiiunt defects of Onmha'i ( 'railed system is u deficiency in pavements monts , which will be .somewhat romovot when Hpriiig opens. JOL'oiA9 county ilomoorals made : doppcrato attempt to match the ropnbll onn ticket , but it was a failure after all The republican nominees will bo clcclci oven without the split In the domncralli wimp which will break wide open Hi chum-as of several of the candidates. l'mau > iNT : CI.IVII.ANI ; : > U reported b ; his brothcrdn-law as predicting ropnbll ctin success in New York. Administrn tlon organs will now have an oppoi tinilty of explaining to the Jacksoniai democracy how this latest attitude of th V < C president is in Iho line of the buat an dourest domocratio aspirations. WMMMMMMMMII IB iM JUST nt present , CnrlSolnirispraisin the administration for its devotion t nlvll service reform. If that vacancy I the civil service commission is tilled by man whoso last name does not huppo to lie Schuiv. , Carl will get down froi the fence indouble , quick time and one more join the ranks of the straight-out K decision of the supreme court f Lincoln that mutual iiiMiranco coinp.'ii | ia : must comply with the general iiioii unco luwrt ot' | he btato settles once tin t'qr all the business of wild-cat Insurant \ \ \ Nuhrahkn. Other states have boo \voi > c swindled than Nebraska iiy bogi [ nmiranco sharps , who can ( inly ply the U'udn in the iih.sciico of regulating law Nutiruska't * iiiMiraiico law has nmv Ime fotmd compoUmt In dual with this evi nnd companion who wUh to do busliici pn the ; is.-MKsmi < nt plan nm. > l fliuvv n their uiipllal and oy luiu or okip ( u moi clinic * . A T , , rallronit eommi ion has been making fifteen minutu stops along , the Klkhtrn Vftllo.V lo reoolvo complaints from nlllr. < 'ti < i. They were accompanied In their trnvc-N by the editor of the tic- jwblirttn , who notes with surprise the iml , " * 'il , mpri" lon tliat thu commis sion ' is a roaring faroo"in almost thu sainobteath til which he records the pleas ures of the junketing trip In a palace car and Iho complaints of thu people that I hey wore given no time to formulate and pro.M-nl ihtir complaints. Of course the commission la ft farce , "a roaring farce , " ami an expensive faroo. It was not the reply of thu ropub' llcan purli to the demand for railroad regulation as thu Jhjmtihntn insists. It wax the moans adopted by thu attor neys and political cappers of Iho rail roads lo block any elleetlvo railroad regulation by placing pliant tools under the gulso of popular servants , in Iho hands of the great corporations. Cor poration malingers and editorial hire lings need not bo surprised that the people ple of Nebraska , were quick to see through thu sham. They knew enough to know that redress of the grie'vauce.s which tlio people have against corporate monopolies would never bo secured by commissioner.- } appointed at the dictation of thn railroad managers. They hail enough sense understand that this much advertised method of taking tlio railroad question out of politics was noth ing moro than taking away from the people the power to regulate corporatu abuses , and placing it in tlio hands ' of thu railroads theni'-olvea. The Juxirious trips of the commisMon in special cars , in which railway officials assist them in fifteen-minute invcnligations , have not assitted in ringing down the curtain on th s "roaring farce. " The people of Nebraska have not been deluded for ono moment by this device of the transportation companies to stillo the public demand. Complaints of rail road discrimination and extortion are as frequent to-day as they wore before the creation of the commission. Producers and consumer alike demand an cD'cc tivo weapon against their oppressors. They will never bo satisfied with a packed jury before which they can humbly lay their complaints if they happen to catch thorn before the train loaves the depot and whoif. solo province is o give a ver dict and not to supply a remedy. The sur prise of the llcpublicun over its discovery , that the people have no use for Iho rail way commission , is well feigned but will not create half so great an impression as tliu discovery , long ago made by every one else , that the railroad commission lias no nso for the people. manslaughter. Last week recorded a fearful railroad disaster on the Hackonsack meadows. A west bound express on the Pennsyl vania line , without a moment's warning , crashed into an emigrant train standing in the fog at a local coaling .station. A second later an express on the adjacent Lohigh Valley road drove furiously into the wreck. Nine lives paid the penalty of some ono's blunder. The signals on each end of the "block" announced "a clear track , " and tliu engineer piloted his en gine to the scene of death in the assured confidence that ho would meet with no obstructions. The next day a telegraph operator was arrested , and the papers announced tlr.it the responsibility was fixed whore it belonged. The employe whoso business it should have boon to give the warning of danger failed in his duty and now lies in jail on Iho charge of manslaughter. IIo made no complaint upon his arrest , ad mitted his fatal error and in "a half dazed way gave as his only excuse , "I was tired. " Ho had been on duty six teen hours that day on the magniticcut salary of sixty dollars a month. He was too tired to think clearly over the situa tion of the um'ur.int train on the "block" whore , since early daylight , ho had been signalling the movements of more than ' ) " > ! ) trains freighted with hu man lives. IIo was purhaps not the man for the position , but which of his high .salaried supuriorsin the employ of the rail road company could have filled his place successfully ? With faculties benumbed by long and exhausting labor , it is not surprising that the tired .slave of a great corporation made his terrible blunder , Hut who should , in equity , bo held ru < spoiislblu : the tired operator , Pratt , ot the grinding greed of his employers ) Which is moro to bo condemned , tin blunder of an aching head that sent nine souls Into eternity or the soulless sullMi < nesi of muii who , through overwork and underpay , are committing legalised man slaughter every day in the year * Let the responsibility bo placed whom it belongs. Whatever thu vordiot ol courts of alleged justice , popular opinion will deullnu to permit thu consequence' for such accidents to bu entirely shit'totl to the scapegoats of friendless employes. The safety of hundreds of thousands o lives must not bo allowed to be ha/.ardtu by the lapses of memory and the carolc.-v unconcern born of an overtaxed nurvoiir system. It U a criminal nmtaku to keoi operators and dispatchers employed toi so many hours beyond Iho average day' ; labor. Public ollbrts miiat eomu to tin relief. In 1'iiglaml Iho agitation has al ready begun to prohibit extraordinary service on the part of railway employes Catastrophes like that of hist week in tin United States should amuse our puoph to demand a like remedy. Short hour make good work. Heavy strains a : surely impair the remits of labor. At enlightened regard for thn public inter nit , as well as for thu bodies and brain of workingmen , demand * thu prompt ro inoval nf tlo opportunities for such Iu galix.ed manslaughter. * Oi'ficiAi.s in Cuba have a frank am free way of feathering their nests wliicl makes the eyes of average New York ol tlco-holdor.s'bulge out with envy. A col lector ul euMoms at Havana had togiv all liU biliary to the political bo Jin Spaii who appointed him , yet ho lived xvel daring his two years' term and louk fit , ( XX ) back to Spain. A leading phjalolai was apr tinted to rcprusunt Culm at th V > .uhiuA & .m medical congress , but dt > ultnc < l on tlio ground lhat ho could nol lonvo h'm praclleo. When no.vt the cap tain gone-nil saw him , hu questioned him on thu subjt'Ot ' , 'asking if the grnnt of V-l)00 ) for his o\pen.acs was not adequate. "Two Uuaifinnd ? " said thu doctors "it was $ * ( X ) ; " and lie drew out the ofYielal letlr.r. Thn clerks in Iho oijptaln goner- al's olllco had agreed among themselves to cut down the grant and divide the § 1,800. The West ami Honest Money. the charge made by some of the advo cates of the dcmonclb.atlou of silver , that opposition to what they ( tall "honest money" invariably springs from tlio west , \A \ unjust ami ungenerous. The dlll'creneos of opinion as to which of the proposed plans is the bo.st for restoring silver to a cloior approximation lo its old value among the metals are as numerous in the cast as in the west. The utterances of the Now York press , which writes under the shadow of Wall street , are as little to bo taken as a rcllox of pub lic opinion on the coast as the wild ravings of some of our western small bore editors are to bo supposed to rolled Iho honest opinion of sensible and intelli gent cltl/.ons of this section. No onu is , admittedly , in favor of "dis honest money. " Capital and labor alike , wherever the subjeiit is intelligently dis cussed , desire a stable and solid basis for ourcirciilathfgmi'dlum. The fogs which envelop the subject have boon raised largely by dishonest , discussion of tlio currency question by men whoso inter ests lie either on the side of an miduo in flation or an unnecessary .contraction. The people at largo are less concerned about lliuorius than they are about re sults. They recognize that a depreciated currency in the end helps no one. They have intelligence enough to under stand that fluctuations in the value of any circulating medium are injurious alike to producer and consumer through unsettled values and the stimulus given to unhealthy speculation. The charge that the west demands Iho unlimited coinage of silver bocansu it is the silver producing region is not true. Tlio best intelligence of the west protests against the demonetization of silver because it believes that such a course is unneces sary , and that the relative value of the two metals ran be so adjusted as to per mit them to circulate in harmony. At the same time there is no demand for the continued coinage of the depreciated Bland dollar. Public opinion in the wast , as well as in the east , is largely a unit in favor of an increase in the weight of metal needed to restore the dollar to a nearer approximation to its old re lation with gold. Just what the increase should bo and what measures should betaken taken to protect the interest of holders of old issues of coin is : i question upon which many are divided What is most needed is intelligent discussion of the question in all its bearings upon homo interests and industry , intornationni policy and the probabilities of the future. Hankers and demagogues will not bo al lowed to monopolize the public rostrum , Intelligent business men and students who have given the subject earnest at tention must bo heard as well. The com ing season of congress will be Iho arena upon which the various contestants will display their ibilities in debating the silver question mid there the public will bo able to learn whether all the financial heresies of the country arc produced in that section which produces , with about everything else worth producing in the union , a sense of national honesty and good business methods included. The Country Postmaster * * ' Union. A largo convention of country post masters will assemble next month in Chicago to take action regarding various injustices to which they are subjected by the government. The meeting will con sist entirely of third and fourth class postmasters , and every state in the union is expected to bo represented in the gath ering. The call for such a convention is proper and timely. Tor years past , as the HKI : knows from personal experience as well as universal complaint , all the legislation pertaining to the manage ment and expenses of postofliccs hat boon directly in the interest of lir.it ami second class postmasters , while those ol the third mid fourth graded , who arc by far the hardest worked , have boon neglected and treated with positive injustice. This list of complaints made by the eounlry postmaster against tlu department is a formidable one. It ma.i be summed up briefly us. follows : Kvorj third and fourth class postmaster is compelled polled to pay his own rent and fnrnisl bin own fuel , light , pens , ink , paper mucilage , pencils , a number of books it which to keep his accounts with the gov ernment , and , in a word , all his Incident al expenses , whilst every dollar for sucl purposes in all first and second clas : ollices are paid 1)3 * the postofllce depart inont. They are not only loaded will these unjust expenses but they are virtu ally robbed of their legitimate incomes being compelled to turn over U the government a largo percentagt of their box rents , although flu boxes are their own private property If the postollico happens to bo a dis tributing point for ether ollices , the in coino ia in a largo majority of cases catel up bv clerk hire , for which the department mont makes most niggardly allowances Wo know of ollleift In Nebraska whosi maintenance Is a source of actual o\ peiiho to Iho incumbents. This account for scoroAof the resignations which liavi been hanging tire for so long in Wash inglon , boeaiiMt it is a dUlicult matter t < find anyone who is willing to accept tin thankless ollie.o. The country postmaster is made flu subject of many jibing paragraphs , un hu is often thu hardul worked ollicinl ii the doparlmitnt while ho is certainly tin most unpaid. Thu siinillncss of his of lieu ami thu little amount of pntronagi which it controls have made cungrona men careless In regard to his demands fo relief , There are lit'ty thousand poit masters of thia clnsrf in tlio Jonntry am they now | .roK-.e | to unite in dunuindiii ; tt hearing. Tin : board of trade railroad committei hub held a meeting and discus > ed plans Thid U u move in llm right dirm-tion which ought Iu bu promptly followed u. ho organization of u. local company mid ho filing of articles of incorporation. ) ur hu.iincss men Kre\horoujhl.varoused \ n the matter , aild ' 'thoro ' should be no llfllctilly in seeming onongh sub < erip- ions to stock lomiko , tint preliminary surveys ait once. Onu result of this igttiitlon of a direct 'lino ' Into northwestern - orn Nebraska is seen in the reported do- clslon of the Klftliorn Valley road to mild at onee ftom Hell Creek nlo this city.This will materially shorten the dlst neii to Fremont and to all points In the ? ; Klkhorn valley and save the long and roundabout trip by iviiy of Hlalr. Hut thn Omaha road must 1)0 constructed , no matter what outside enterprises nlv heralded a. < "aitout to ao- complish the same end. " No ether road indor the control of managements whoso ntorc.sts centei on the lakes or the At lantic coast can accomplish tliu same end for Omaha as a road controlled by homo capital and built in thu interests of No- braska. 'I'ho completion of such a line will speedily adjust rat s from the pros- unto.xorbltant and discriminatingtarill'to a basis on which business can bo done on the llve-and-lot-llvo principle. There la ample room In northwestern Nebraska for all the { various railroad , enterprises which have been originated during thu past month with Omaha na thuir termin al point cast. MKX AM ) WOMUN' . .Mrs. Wilbur P. Story will sell thu Chicago Times. Mr. Tllden Is nsnitn experiencing a vlolout attack ot 1:001 1 health. lo ! < coo Conkllng threw a boiruct of roses to J tulle I ho other night. Senor Valcni. minister nf Spain , Is the handsomest diplomat at Washington. Miss Mmfioe , the novelist , is coaxing the use * In the ( Ireut Smoky mountains. BMis. Elizabeth Cndy Stttnlpn will celebrate nor seventieth blitlulity on November t'J. Hev. John Icnnkln , oldest of the old aboli tion leader.-- , still leshles at Irouton , Ohio. o W. Chlhls has been pall benicr nt the funerals of thlitcen distinguished men. Now York clitics have discovered thnt nderson has an exceedingly ugly feet , United ; States Senator Gray , of Delawuioi is one of tlio handsomest men in the senate. Clevcl.md will not id urn to the \\liitr house until tall house dualling has been done. Col. Tom Oehlltroo Is abnoimally qiitcl , lie must ho suffering fiom ossification of coir science. A urandson of Henry Ward Heechorlsn lusher on the Yale football team. Iho old gentleman is a kicker himself. 1 Us Celestial Upness the Sultan of Turkej is said tube tailing menially. Sunset Cox should propound simpler connndi urns. Gen. Low Wallace , ex-minister to Turkey , has gone hack to that country mi a myster ious business mission fofjuistent parties. Jmtyo Tlnirmnn , of Ohio , will never hein danger of getting run over by a railroad train so long as he canics his ted baiKlimna witli him. ; 'J ' Mr. Dusted Is tlio 'nniiio of n Maryland ed' Itor who recently retired from tlio publica tion ot Ids paper. Jlia 'cognomen ' Is reason enough. ' Tolmmalcoft' lIodglnotrptT , who went from TtuUailii to see the , sultan , probably did si for tlio purpose of disposing of his iiamo in Job lots. t Walt Whitman Is in such bad health as k bo hardly able to take. hiSjiistul Monday ride His eyesight Is also faillpir , and on this ae count he worries constantly. Jlmo. Jlodjt'sUiv'H'preHv little niece i.s en paged to her Cousin 'Kulfm , ModjesUa's onlj son , who has just graduated fiom the high est suleiithiu academy in 1'aiis. Dr. Tahiuigo has ligurcd It out that people who go to heaven will each bu ghcn a uiotr sixteen feet square lor his-Iodglnu.x. Manj of our millionaires will feel cramped it cvei they get there1. Lieutenant 1'reilciick Schwatkn. soldier , Arctic explorer , artist , doctor and lawyer. has also pioven his title to literary honors IIo is a stalwart , powerful , tough-tonkin ; ! limn , with u pleasant face anil a head ii1- big as . v walrus , and Isa brilliant taker UHL atory-teller. _ _ JOSH WAS SHREWD. How the Dead Humorist Turned Kb Humor Into Cash. Inquiry of the several publishers ol Josh Hillings' humor , since his death , elicits the fact that ho rivaled Marl < Twain in turning his output of liumoi into eash. Curlton , of Now York , says ; "As soon as Sir. Shaw found that ho had made a hit with his fonctic pieces , he made a careful study of the question how to get the largest money return from his work. IIo said to himself , 'What book has the largest and steadiest sale in America1 and his answer was , 'the al- man jo. ' So he resolved to make alma nacs. Ho came lo me with the idea , and I told him that I would only publish lii.- 'Fnrmers1 Almamix , ' as ho called it , un der a guarantee against loss. He was perfectly willing , for he had the utmost confidence In the project , and const.pioiitly ho gel .a very liberal share of the prospect ! vu income. IIo was n t a whit astonished , but everybody else was , when the lir l year's sale reached 1 0,000 copies. I be- lii-vo that in ton years the publication yielded altogether over $01,000 clear , Francis S , Smith , survivor of the firm of Street it Smith , relates that Shaw came to them for a page advertisement for the cover of the lirsl almanac , bill they had no belief in a heavy sale , ami wore willing to offer only $ C > 0 for the spaco. "So you think it won't sell fiH ( copies ? " hit exclaimed. "Well , sign : i contract to pay 10 emits a cony for yom advoilisoinent and I'll be satisiied. " The bin-gain was made on that hu-ds , and he got more than .tL' Ot ) . Hissliruwdnes : was also shown in his solicitation of biiU from the story papers for his contribu tions , for hu obtained $100 a week for HI average of fiH ( ) words. Ho lived well , but not at al ! extravagantly , and leave- an estate wort Ii $1150,000. , A UrnsH Fein lid ry lint-nod , A flro alarm sounded at 4 Saturday morning from box 1J ! , Klovonth and Dor cas streets , called -thi department U Viiiton street , hear South Thirteenth where Winterleck'H brass foundry wa ; aliro. Tint s's , it's mid lieok mid ladder responded , but before they could got t < work ti o Ihimos hti { ! gained a lieailwir which it was imprfwsibjo to overcome The building burned completely down lind all thu machinery will bu pretl ; m-arly a total loss. Tin ; damage canno vet bo estimated , but it is roughly placet nt between l.flOO 'and ' § , ! , ( ) , hi. Thix in eludes a stublu which bnVncddowii. Twt lioisus narrowly escaped perishing in tin flumes , and would undoubtedly , but fo the tiM'orts of Mr. Oindonnan , who rush ed out of a neighboring IIOIIMI and tool them from the burning stublu , ami A man mimed Win , Hiidgur , living ii South Omaha , was found Friday cx'onlnj in nn unconscious condition on tint Hm lington & Mhisniiri tracks , nuar th .Seventh street bridge. His scalp wa badly cut and bled profusely. Uiini being taken to Hell's drug * toro ami re vlvi-d , it wns discovered that his pocket had been rilled , Ids watdi and som small ( thnngo being taken , Itadgor wa holier , ami said that thu hint thing In remembered wiu. the receipt of a rap 01 tlio heml asho turned on lumring a ligh behind him. It is understood lhat Cov , Dawos wil pnsidu jtt Iho I1UIK.S meeting of Irish citi to-night ut thu opera CAUISC ON THE CONDEMNED A Visit to the Oago of Quinn Bolmunti nt Otoo County's Jail. THE CRIMINAL AND HIS CAREER , Iivry > l > ny Iilfb ol' llie Doomed IIU Opinion f Nctn-iiMku'H IVnlloit- Uary-OtWN Vole In IH81S Anitly/.vtl Clty Uriel ! } . tl'HOM TIIK DCf.'H r.lKOOt.X IHHlJK.lt. ) Qninn liohnmtn , the ( > ondumned uiiir * tlcrer , WHS visited liiil Saturday tit the Otob county jail , at Xcbni.skii City , by ti HKI : roportiir. The cell ocenpii'd \ > y llo- lianan is on thu .south side of thu build ing , and thu cell hi which ho is confined la what imiy bo called an iron cage within n cngu. Thu cage Is OJ feet ono way by 7 $ foot the ether , and is about 7 feet high. It is unclosed on three sides with heavy boiler pltito , with only onu side grated. Thu atmosphere la close , and when asked , llohanati nuld he suf * feix'd a great dual from u lack of fresh air. In iippeuraneo Hohnnan ia u man weighing about Mft pounds ; ho IIHH dark hair and board , with a slight tendency to ildnosHj hit ) features are rather sharp cut , and his notions are nervous and at times quite animated. The crime for which Ilohannn now stands convicted by the judgment of thn supreme court of the state was the kill ing of .Fames Cook , \Vavorly , Nub. , m February , 1S33. During a discussion over a trivial matter , the spoiling of u word , jiitirrol nvoio between the men. Without apparent provocation liohanan pulled out his pistol and shot Cook , kill ing him almost instantly. His first trial occurred at Lincoln in .June , 1882 , when ho was prosecuted hy John C. Watson , and defended by ( ) . 1 * . Mition , who has since been his attorney , liohanan was convicted of murder in the second de gree , and his attorney moved a new trial anil change of vonno to Otoo county on account of prejudice. When the .second hearing occurred the jury brought in a verdict of murder in the first degree. Legal technicalities arose and the case was further heard in the .supremo court and judgment allirmed. During the progress of the second trial it xvtts lonnd dilhcnlt to get a. jury , but finally one was secured winch comprised . oine of the best citizens of Otoo county. liohanan's life has been written by nearly every paper in the state and it is only necessary to say that he was born in Kentucky at a small place called liag- dad in tlio eastern part of the state. Ac cording to Bolmmui's statement his fath er owned a small farm , but in his own words ho asserted that "he never saw the old man do a lick of work in his life. " HoliuiKin Haid that ho had always liked fat men and that had been his reason for thinking of Judge Mason. The HKI : reporter asked him whether ho would rather be in Iho cell ho is now conlincd in or at the penitentiary where ho had been incarcerated for horse steal ing. When the question was asked him Holianan started up a'ml in an excited manner said : "Thorn is but ono wor.-o place than the Nebraska penitentiary , and that is hell ; there is only ono place that I can conceive to bo wor o that hull and it is the penitentiary , hell is the only place that can be wor.su than the peni tentiary. " After Hohanan had finished this rather incoherent statunu'iut ho uttered a short , dry laugh , and commenced talking about something eli-o. When asked why ho had such an aver sion to the penitentiary , he said ho hud a good many reasons but would give no particular ono. For somu time past liohanan has boon reading the record of thu celebrated ease of the State of MNsonri against Charles Kring , who murdered Ins wife about fourteen years ago in Sr. Louis. That case was notly contested , and during its pendency Kring lay in the city jail at St. Louis for over eight years. Kring's ea.io WH.S taken to tlio supreme court of the United .States , and it was there several years before final hearing. It was finally determined that Kring had bc'un guilty of manslaughter , and judgment was ren dered accordingly. Kohanan studies this case with great eagerness , although com petent lawyers say that there is no similarity between the two cases. Up to the present time Hohanan claims that ho has given | IWfl to his attorney. Of this amount Ins sister , Hetty 1'olts , of Hag- dad , Kentucky , has funiNied him $ ( ! . * > l > , The remainder was sent to him by rela tives in Mis-.oiiri. When ticked whether ho could raise any morcMiiouo.v from his friends Hohanan shook his head and said no. lie said ho would rely altogether on Ills attorney for an appeal to the supreme court of ( he United States. That gentleman , ho said , had told him it would rcijiiire at least a thousand dollars to further prosecute the caso. Ho could not raise it. While ispeaking upon this subject Ho- hanan said ho blalnud the commissioners of Otoe county for not allowing him thn right to WOI-K for himself while in jail. At the penitentiary , ho said , knitting ma chines were used which would turn out from live to eight pairs of stockings per day. Ho had tried to have thu commis sioners allow him to have one so that ho could make money enough to continue his defense. The commissioners had re fused , although ho said ho had olVered to nay them for the services of a , guard and his own board besides. He behoved that lit ; could have made at least S.'OO per month nt the work , and this would have allowed him to take ( ho case to thu supreme premo court of the United States. Hohanan has a patent for a corn alml- ler which ho invented during his term in the penitentiary. Ho has , no said , made nothing out ot it , although ho believed the simplicity of the invention would have proved very prolitablo. Hohanan's religions belief seems to bo that of a future e\i teiue , but he seems not to have any faith in orthodoxy. Holmtmn lias his small cage li\ed up in grotiisime form. Cut tlsiini paper de pends from tliu ceiling , imil upon thu walls he has made frame * of tliu paper , into which are set pictures of his sister , Hetty Holts , him.-elf and a number of other friends. Hohanan dee < * not seem to have given up hope , bin depends upon his counsel , Judge Mason , whom ho thinks vyill bring bin caiu to u favorable isauu for him- bolf. miti's : : VOTK IN 1882. Among the ether foolinh things done by the republican statu convention was thu nomination of C. II. ( ! ure for the regency of the state university , if for no other reason than that ho already holds an of- llco under the state government. Tlio hiit legislature created the railroad commission - mission , and under thu law thu three members ot thu body worn each allowed a wo rotary at u salary of $ 'J,1X)0 ) pur 3 oar , thu ( million being u sinecure in every sense of the term. The work is nominal , and the position pleasant in thu extreme. When the commission travels U is fur nished with the best the market iillbrds by tliu railroad company over wln o lines the oommUahm travel * , for thu sun- IIOMU ! purpose of showing ijefecU , dis criminations itiul otherwise lightening thu unjust charges made by thu com panies against liiuinos mc-n at certain poinU iu thu bttito. Mr. ( Jure wiu liuiuo- diatelyapiol'itcd ono of Iho soorclarles , although hr ai < tuon regent of the uni versity , having heoii elected lo thai w-\- \ turn in tasit. tt U a pliiin violation of the I.iw for Cloro to hold two portions under the same government , but I'd- ' * fact \\a.s entirely 'irntired ' by the ollleor.s mid Mr. ( Sore , who m'cms entirely \\Hlliig to take ov < ry thing ho ran gel and sigh for moro. The ItKK ropottcr has looked over tlio vote for state o.llcers in 131 and llnds that Mr. Gere's vote was next to the smallest , of the list , Loran Clark ha > ing the least number. The next smallest was that received by Dawes for gov ernor Tin- vote will ho hero given : Diuvos , ff > ivornor , received a total of Ul.-Uirij Mm .11 , democrat , Jrt.ritW } lugor- soil , prohibition , m.WM , making Uawcs vote l's than a majority over his op- ponenii of J.O.VJ. Uuro roooivod 'J''l ; J. II. Burks , iluniocrat , had JW..MU , whllu the prohibition candidate only received l.Tltti votes. In I.iinea.-lor , his own county , ( ieui rail behind his llekot to n conshlorablo extent. I'or In-ttuneo his vole in that county wns only Ul.VJ ( , while that of K. P. Hoggon. for Mecrelary of slate , WHS JJ.-I17 , u illireroneo of nearly 800 votes. The . ote Is only given to show Gere's unpopularity and the unwisonoss of the convention iu nominating him tor u position contrary to liiw and for that matter common political decency. CITY ITKM9. Two of Ilia penitentiary guards were in the city Friday night in a terrible stivto of Intoxication , shouting and making u terrible noise at a very late hour. The olllcers notified them to desist or bo taken to tlio cooler. The bums then went their way homeward. A night or two ago tlio police were no tified that an attempt would bo made lo rob Hurlbnt's clothing house. The olli- oors accordingly called upon Mr. II. and informed him of the little .scheme and ho immediately placed one of his clerks in the store in company with Policeman Kelley , and then awaited thu coming of thu crooks , but they failed to put in an appearance. Whether they got wind that the authorities were aware of their inten tions or not is not known , but they failed to put in an appearance and the guards kept watch all night. The city lias too many men lying around doing nothing , and alwavs on the street corners days and nights. These persons should ho ordered to leave the city at once. All the prisoner * turned loose from the states prison usually make Lincoln their home , and it is a great wonder that moro crimes nro not com mitted. The citizens are agitating the question of having a law pasted pro viding for the expense of having the prison ollieera take convicts , one day be fore their lima expires , and escort them to the counties from whien they were sent. This , it is thought by many , will free the oily of a largo nor cent of its criminals. The Lincoln water works are proving a good financial investment. They have been in usu but four and one-half months , and yield an income at the rate of ! friiH)0 ) per annum. At first nnmy citi zens thought that Iho water works would prove a burden to the eity and a source of expense , but this i- ( now proven to bo a mistake. In a short time the in come from them will not only sustain tliu expense , but pay the interest on the wa ter bonds. C. J. Krnest. of H. &M. land depart ment , is the father of another little nah.y and exceedingly happy. Sui Lindor- man , associated with Mr. Krnest , was feeling very jolly over C. J.'a latest ad dition. Mr. Campbell , the father of the notori ous Kd Campbell , came to Lincoln a few days ago , and while at his son's house was robbed of § 30. IIo immediate ly informed the police , but shortly after ward requested them notto say anything about it , as ho had reason to believe that Mrs. his had Campbell , daughter-in-law , taixuii it. The old gentleman felt very bad orer his loss. Quite a number of tine stock sales have taken place around Lincoln in the past few weeks , and two moro arc to come oil' in a few days. It is beginning to bo a common prac tice for the churches to employ and pay choir .singers , and the result is that church-going people are entertained with nice quartettes and duets every Sab bath. The democrats are beginning to work their campaign in Lancaster county , sev eral speakers having made arrangements to speak to the precincts. Hut Lan caster county has ! } , OUO republican ma jority on si straight voto. The Knights of Labor of Lincoln are .said to bo taking a sort of hand in poli tics. They nro IJoliiR Quito AVoll. Newspaper men at Washington iipncar to do very well in a worldly way. T. C. Crawford , a well known writer , has just bought a handsome residence. The chief of the associated press , McLeo , owns a line hoiiho on Connecticut avenue. Mur ray , of the Philadelphia Tjnies , owns and lives in an elegant residence. John McCarty , of the ban Francisco Chronicle , saves money and puts it into houses. Cion. Hoynton lias a line residence. McKridc , of the Cincinnati Knqnirer. lives in his own house , and it In a good ono. C'prreipondents Ogden , Young , Nordhotr , Lightiier. Lyman , Scott , .Smith , Triiesdall and Richardson are among the nowspuner men who own their resi dences at the federal capital. lion TOP tliii Wimt. Gons. Howard and Dandy left for the west Saturday to bo gone a week or ton days. They will inspect Fort Jiobin- HUH and Niobniru. SNEEZE ! SNEEZE ! HNr.1V/K iintll your head BoeniN ready to llyolf ; un til your no-ii mill eyes dU- chin-Ki > OM-OM-IVO iiumill- i lei ot thin , luitutlnu' , wa. lory lluld ; until your dead uclinM , mouth mid throat jniidied.mid blood nt lever limit. ThU li mi Aeuto Cutnrih , mul N In-itnntly icllovcd hy a shmlu di o , nnd poriiiunenlb curtd hy nno hottlo oC SANFOIIII-S JtunuAi. Ct/itu KOK CVTMIIIII. Complete Treatment wit ! ) Inhaler , SI,00 , One bottle Itndlcnl Cm o. one bofiitnrrluil . olvcnt , mul one linpuiu-d Inhaler , In one pack- Hue , may now bo had of nil ilruiminla tor bl.UJ , Ahl > lor MANIOKII'M It VIHUAI. CUIIK. "Tho only iib oluti ) npcclllo MO Know of. " [ Mod. TlniiM. "Tlic IMWI wo Inivo loiiml In n llfo- tlmool hiillerlntf. " Illov. Dr. WluKln. Ili lon. "Alti'i- loiiir lnirxlo | ivllh Ciitnrih. the ItAlil- rvr.Cum : hmcomiiicipilIltcv.S W. Miiinoo. I.imMinrKh. I'll. " 1 have not lininil u case that II illd not H'llove r.t OMCO. " [ Aiuliciv l.oo , Mini- clie-ler , MiihH. Potter Drug and Cheminl Co , , Boston , iiows vorit Hiul.MArnx.y : u n < moMion that upponN lo o\cry toitntcd victim ol Itlicii- tinitisin , um | lincN the oidlnary iilas- tcituind Iliiiinontti | iouethn to n-llovo him. To biich tlio CUTH.IIIU ANTI- l'\ir. riA Tin : Is un olcvanl mid never lulling MI n reo ol relief , haul-thin * . ib < inimtlo , neuralgic.Kilatle , kuildcn , mid noitoiiii pnlns hy nuitjlo. New , il , 8 | > e < xly , wil'o At ( IriiKvrNiti. i'x ) ; Iho for ono dollar , mailed iioc. J'irnn : Unufi x IIY Royal Havana Lottery ( A noVltllNtlKNT INHTITUTION' . ) Drawn at Havana , Cuba , Every 10 to 14 Days , J'lckiiulii Fifths. Wholod.M. Fmctloim pro Hubjoct to no niHiilpulntloii , nol controlled hjr the put liest In intmut. It U tlio rulruat tlilnif In the nulnieof chuiico Iu eiUlcnco. Kor tlckeu nm.ly to BIIII'SI'.V & ( X > . . I-M3 y. N. V. ( : ity : M.un'UN'SiCO.luilttlu SPECIAL NOTICES. Ailvctllieinonts nivlor Hits heart lOwntaper line for Uio first liifortlott , nml 7 cent * for n eli . Seven words will bo count- filiiiwnt | lti ortlini. K ! to tlic line ; limy must run cotiieoutlroly nd tmiit lie I'nia ' In mlvntico. All nilvorttsomonW must liolmmlint in twloro 2 o'clock jv in. , fctwt under no oUcumMnm w will they l < tukon or tllfitmllmiril l > v telephone. I'm-tlcspitvcitl-tmrln tliwo columns nml bar. Inn Uio niiMviTS mltlrc etl In euro of HRB , wlH vlci\ \ i < n k for check to omiblo tlimn to K t * ll > lr letter * s MOIIO will bo ilollvoroJ except on of chock. All answers to mlver * i > ncl < VMxl la unvfl | > cs. TO tOAN-NOHEY. ONIiV To limn. The Omaha Klnnnolnl Rx- cluinjro , irtfl Vnrnnm street , up-stnlrn.nmkoi lonnn on nil olnviot of wourlty from nf 10 chat tel loan toJ 10.0Won rom tato. Womakolonu * to suit nil ut.pllcnnts on Ionic or short llmo on Improved n-iil oilutn , hind wtntrHot * , leaio * , ImlldhDr" on lowed land , secured notes , collator- nN. clmUcta. or jiood M-cinlty of nny kind. Ix r rule * ! CIIHV H'l-mt. Omnha Plnunolal Kxchnuifc , 1M < I I iirurni Mii'Ot , j stnlrs. * * & > roM-v ; I.OANICU Ilcmls , tfith and ONT.V TO 1.0AN-O. P. Dnvln & Co. Honl M Kstnte nnd loan agents , 1J05 Farnmn 8U " * = M7 MON'r.Y 1X > LOAN-On ffood BconrllloA. A1 Mcllnvoclt , room 7 itcdlck lllookiauvKiiriiuin SI. im OXI'.Y TO I.OAN-On chatti-li. Wooloy tt Hat risen , it > om 'M , Omnha Mutlonal bnnlc hlilldhijr. M8 TO LOAN On leal ostulo and ehnl- MOSI1Y I ) . 11. Thorna * . IM I.OANKD On chattel * , out into , IU MONKV clahon ht nnd bold. A. r b. lilth St. : TO LOAN Innuma MOMY on llrst-cluwi ivul ostulo wciirtty. 1'ottui- t'olib , l"ilj I'nrinun St. k'lti I.OANIilt nt C. V. Hood .t Co'n. I/mil MONHY onico , on liitnlturo , plmiin , homo- * , Millions ln-i-s-oiuil piopotly of nil kliuls nml nil otlior nr- llcli-c ol VHluo.llliout ininoviil. Over Int Niit'l lliitik , corner llllli mul I'lUiuuu. All hit Icily coiitlilunliil. OMVI MOMn-i sioxnviti-Moiioy to loiin on c-linlUil hoc'virlty hy W. It. Crol t.nmtn 4 , Wltluicll biillilln , N. K. c-oiuur Uilh anil llnr- ncy. AlldieiliH . ol oxponeiico nml ucurotul stiiily ot the IIUKIIIVHS of liiiinlii > r inonoy on por- Miinu propoity , I IIHVO ut liistiicrroctoun system \\licifliytho piitiliulty ii iudln miclt CII-HJH 1 $ ( loin- mviivnli , ami 1 inn now In u poKltloit to lin-ct thi'ilcniiiniNor nil \vlio liet-oino tcinpor- iu fly OIIIIIIITIIH | OI | nml dtlfo to nilMi inooor wlihout Mi-lay and In a iiiiut | iiiiiiinor. lloimo- Kccpot-t. ptnins-loiml triinllcmi'ii , iiicolinnlCN unil othvi-M In lliiiiilui tin.l eon licit ItlullH , win olHiiln i IIMUICCS tiom $ . | iii | ) ] -l. ( < * iu on Mieli wciully i lioiiK'holil lui-nlturu , piiUKix , iiiiicliluury , lior- MV , wnroiis , WIU.HIOUMI rcolii9. | . fcoiift-il notes ol liiiinl , \vlthouttoinovliiKBiuiiQ Irom own- or.s lu iilt'iu-o or pluco of liu lnor-H. AM ! > on line \Vnlolifiiuiii Dlainoiult. onool tliotulviintUKoa I oiler U ( hut tiny pint ol uny loiin CIIH lie puld ut liny tlinu uliloli will i-udtico the hiiurost pro nitn : uiil all loiins icnoui.il nt thooi-lKlniil uuosorin- ti'it'Mt. 1 hiivo no lutikorM In wiiiiiootlon with my ollice , hut pui-Miinilly Hiipurlntcnil ull my loiins , f hitvupi-lvnlo olllcoioniHirtwl with my RCnorul olllco M ) Unit customers do tint rome In con tract with ouch oilier con-ciinciitlv muKliwull ti-iinsiictloni i-trlotly prlviito. w. It. Urn It , loom 4 , Wlthnull luilldlii.ir , N K. corner l" > Hi mm iluuioy , Oiimliii , iimiua I'oml SI. , Council lllnlTa. " < OH SAIiK Onc-lmlf Interest. In ro tmmint I" ilolnjr lnr o < t luf-hie s ol any pl.ico In town. For imitlfiiltirs uiUlross T. U. , llco Olllco. SUO-2J * . OruouKI trnilo 1'or ( rooil city or FOKS.VliK ) . , u flr t clnss ntock of mllhiory | timl liuicy troods , in peed locutions nnd dolnif good tn"liicss ] 0. U. Mnynu 15th uml Kurinnn. - ( / i lKI.iV ! .V ; DOANi : Itonl n tiito ApontR. 8. V ? W. cor. IMh uml DoiiKliio. nro now ollorln ) ? lor fiilo III IIHVSrcHlilonco uml t-iilmrhmi pi-op- crty. Porno ot the nio-t lulvuntuKi-oux ImrKidns now In the iiiniUoiciiii boolilnlocU by cnllliiK on them. Impiovcd uml iinlinpi-ovod | fmporty , corour lots uml doslnihlo sites In tlio bcj < t lo cated Hdilltlonscuii bo had t rousoiiublo prlcos uml cussy terms. JJUc-'novIS FIN1C hnprovod fnrms.wlll trade for improved elty property. W. II. Oroon , over Ut Nu- tloiml lliinlc. FOB ! 3AIE-MISCEr.TAinOUa. SALIC Medium platform nniron pnnil Foil lov mmly pnhitud , pcifcct topalr. Milton Sons. UU Inoit SALK Chcnp , fnrnlturo of un ohtht room hoimo , siillnbld lor boardmu liouxo or roomers ; Also bongo for rout , ut UU4 Houiinl Ml. rdlfSAl.U Amost ! now hnso bnrnor hard coul btoro , cheap. IiiiiulroiiuTS. lit I St. TTIOIt 8AUV-AT A IlAItOAIN-A No. I I'ho- JL tOKriiph Ktillei-y. OHliihllshed If yi'itrn , dolnif n ( rood buslnoHd ; cvorythintf In complolo order. In nourishing tou-n of T.ooo InliubllnnlKor fiartluularH inlclress I'liotountphorIxck llox Koo ) Ncbrii8l.it City , Nob. 41J-aip plJUR IIUCICWIIKAT FI/MJK-Cnrlolsorlosi X to suit triulo. In harrolsor Miclcs. Onr"No 1 Itcady ItnlMxl" Ixickwhcat Hour , wurrontod ho-it iTiiule , n k yom Kioccr Jor It. IllKhnst pilco paid Inr hiirkxuK'iit Miuhi * W. JAVulahuiid & . Co. , City Mills Oinnlitt. UT _ FOR HAIJC I'lirnlturiomploto of a ton. loom IIOIIPO , V block l'nin poMolllco. HOIIHJ lor rent , $15por month. Apply ut 1UJ st. 145 FOIl 8AI.R A No. I drl * Inif or work horco for ciisli or on tlmo. W. U. Crolt , HOOIM 4. Wlthuull Iliilldiiw. 74J ( ; ( : ill'.NTAlTln-ii-Kiiriiltino ( : for'unto O uml hotel lor icnt. Call nt Occidontul lor Inloiniatloii , corner 111 uml llownrd tit. fl.25 FOHNAT.K niiokwhont brim. SJo per WM. W. J. WHtliiin * A ; Co. , City > llll . 4U > OHSAl.K-Two lots I'clham I'liico F - in , quo block Irom utieet cur truck. iilh : sircct. Foil HA I , K Or would trade for u pwd homo and hiiKKy , M tit-rex In Oosjior counly. Ap ply lo'lb Boulh mil btieet. KM DUSIWEB3 OIt SAI.I5 lltiiihic'-uii-hiiiice , Inn eniiiU ( own , I 1 u ifononil Htock of mi-iL-liamllKo ; Cnpltul rn- ( liihcd , * ! , < ( * ) , Kloro'ci 71 vt. AddrosH II. B. I' . citio llco olllco. Blll-Sll * "II10II 8AI.K Kh-bt rhiSH pnvliir IIUHIIIIHH , well J. ot-lnblli-licil nml pit ) In IIII-KO pioilts. Him- bill4 ( foni'lllliKHittlsliic'lorily oxplalnnil , ( looil opportunity Inr yon. Cull , or aclilre.v * , Kern M 1)111 ) , Kill OHtrcot , l.nicnlii. r./i-4 _ ITUHt HAI.II A woooial nierolmnilNo buslmiw - In u rupldly urowhiK town not Inr Horn Mn- ITtOlt 8AI.U-t'omploto outllt for banldnif 1 IIOIIBO , conslxtlnir of Inryu Iho mid burKlar pi oof Mil o , li-on iiilllnir , ehnrry cxiunter , oto. , nil new. Would trade lor Oiniilia cltv proierty | or wild hinds. C. 1 ! . Mnyno , 1.1th mid r'mninn. itiT IjMHt HAI.n-ltctnll Mock of druiri mid IIv 1 tnrcH , nil hi uooil oiiliir : irood location mul Undo. Aildroaa \ . /-.C'lmk lruu Co , , Ouinha , V..I. r. r BOABDIUO. ROOM nnd honnl. Jfl per week ; very bout lo cution. IHH Duvonport.St. lujnovU * WA vriili-Diiy hdunlam lit 710 North inth , ni-iir Hint. liaiiuvH * "l JOO.U with bmml , fiJU'CaplfolTu'or 1,03 ? . : ! ) \\iilocKilMy.Ocl. ilbt , siiiall llwht STIlAVi . Piillalilo iDHiuil loi'liin lotmli lo ( ) . K. Itcdllcld. IHIh mid WllllaiiiH. HiV.'l OST ItiKl nml while cow. blind ono cio , , L siilKlH hoinx Nolll ) Onniliii racking Co. , lilthmii l/md t. , mul get rmund , Mi-- 1 * _ STOVE BEPAIRS. il i ; W O. McUnorSlovo ItcpalrO ) . . Ill S'lutb UlhSt betueoil DoUtfomid PBBBOUAlt. OKKS'iNAI.A K'SiK-ctable JOIIIIK ludr drv 1 flica tocoriespoml ulth u irciitleimin. A iol l- di til of Ouinha ( iinleir l villh imitriiiioiiliil In- iciilion. AddiiiMi MlrtHM. Ki-llcy , 1GA llroi- ' Iliooklyn. Ii 11..N. V. Ml 0 CUHED. * VTO opciallon or usuloos irunM.-x. Ir ) , M. M 1 > MiMiniM Wulmah avo. , Chicago. Will bo HI CO//.UIIH llouto , Outolier-M , ono Uuy only , Hi. " ' " "A Imunllnir'mul'itar . "TIIK ( 'UlAltS. ) wheel for yniniy ludlon. IH-llKhinilly - ' oultHini- 71