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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1885)
> / THE DAILY BEE E. HO5KWATKK. I'.niTOn. Of-rnr. N < > nil .VM > ' .no YwiKOrrf r HOOM Wi.THtnnMic llrit.ui.t WAMIIXOTON Orm > . No. M < ) PndlMiMl frrrv monnnr. Ptrf-pt 5nn lajp. Then on I ) Monday mm muff paper puhlMiod In th eintc. II.I'MI * BV MAIf , : Onf Vfnr . . flfMflThrrr Months . . . . $2. ; BJx Month * . . tun one Month . J.t Till. WF.EKI.V llrt , t'liblMiml HrcryVodneWij Tf IIM . I'Otl'AIIJ ' ! Ono Vr-jir. wllli premium . J2.C OiioYmr , ulilmnt inpinliim . 1. : fix Month * . without premium . ' One Month , on Irinl . ] n'i rtlftllmrto newsnnJoJI Inrmlmiittf'r * tiiiilil bo nilJros oJ to tlio liDl ion o mi I IKK. in I\F < ! urrrrns : All l > iiMnr k ( U't inn ! ri-inll timer ? Miould In rdiln 'til to 'I HI : HKK Peiit.lsiiiMi CoMi'vM OMAHA. Ilmft . iliwM ninl pootollnu oitli-i 1o bo pnj-Hlilc-tutlii'oidtrof tlitconipmi ) int m F Biisni.islipm. . , PEOPRIEIOHS , OMAHA'S compliment * ( o licr wosleri sifters ami presents liur figures of growtl for the year pa-t. AiTiit : n weok'n delay Ilnzon's eel < wave has put in an appearance. Predictions dictions for July aio now in order. IT is prrmoicd l < > arm the cowboys ti watch tin1 Indians in Ari/.ona. The ills patches fail to stale who ! iru to watcl tliu cowboys. Ilinu licence has given Nebraska : more lavorabh-advertisement lliroughou the country than anything else oxeop the remarkable development of her lent ! ing city. ISn.vi. oMato is holding lirinor than ovoi before in Uinaha al the opening of tin new year. The continued sales and steady inquiry indicate a boom in tin spring which will make the croaker * and mossbaeks puluilh astonishment. Wi rn viaducts bridging the tracks be' Iwccn the north and south portions of the city , Omaha's growth next year will be in more than ono direction , and thousands of dollar * of valuable residence and bus iness property will bo made available by rajiiil transit. \\'i \ : haven't heard an.v tiling of Judge Totirgoe lately with his literary studies in charcoal and chalk. Mr. Cleveland's inauguration seems to have shelved the groal apostle of sectional literature , and 'to have left thn New York Tribune solo master of the field. ! Mit. lii.ADsioMcelebrated : his birthday on Tuesday and was overwhelmed with presents. The ex-premier failed to re ceive the present of a parliamentary ma jority which just now would have been the most acceptable gift which could have been offered him by hi.s .supporters. IT is proposed to turn bloodhounds loose in Ari/.ona and New Mexico with a view to clearing out the little band of Apaches who have been deviating the country. Several broken up Undo Tom's cabin troupes can h'-ar.soine.thing ' to their advantage by turning their footsteps in that direction. lloscoi : CoNiu.iNU emphatically denies that he has any further ] > olilical sispira- tions. So long as } ! laino is out of the senate , and his law practice rolls in $100,000 a year Mr. Colliding will bo fialislied to work for the corporations and to let private revenge and the interests of tin ) dear people look out for themselves. Tin : ISr-i : is the only Nebraska daily that dares to take its readers into its con fidence and exhibit its business condition , its receipts , expenditures and manage ment. The figures which will bo found elsewhere in this is-Mto will repay study as showing how the lri ! : has kept up with the rapidly advancing procession of our city's ( lev clopmenls. Jon onoo expressed a desire that his enemy would write a book. Jf Job had Jived in Nebraska and was in as high u .situation of prominence M.S he oneo oc cupied in Ciialdea , ho would probably bo satisfied if his enemies edited oppo sition newspapers. Ju > l at present the best advertising that Nebraska's senior senator is receiving conies from the brass-collared brigade who oppose him in politics. CoM.Missioxr.il Si'AiiKb says ho proposes to hold the fort in spite of the paper bul lets with which he is being bombarded by the tishington correspondents , lie de nies that he will recede from his opposi tion ( o the hind sharks and corporation grabbers until forced to do so by a de mand for his resignation coming from the secretary of the interior. Mr. Sparks may cause some present inconvenience to speculators and claim jumpers , but the honest homesteaders and pre-cmptors of thu west will not Miller materially from his linn enforcement of the land laws and \ his courageous conduct of the land olllee. Tin : attempts of sonic. Ill advised edit ors to create and to fester antagonism between Omaha and the nourishing towns ot the state will never succej-d , as they ought to fail. Such n spirit of rivalry helps none of the communities concerned. Omaha and other cltica and towns in Ne J braska are too closely united by common Interests to in such proliiaUly engage con troversies , Whatever boneliti the one as sists in thu development of Iho west , llohlnd them all stands our state with \la \ marvelous advance in agricultural pros perity , with ilb farms and villages and its rich btore of food products whose con- gumption and sale is building up our cities and increasing the com mercial importance of every com munity which is at once tributary tq and the recipient of the tribute of our fanning region' . . Kvory increase in tlio nrpspority of our interior towns ulVonh Ay opportunities , for Omaha to advance ir trade interests. Kvory commercial , /ioility / added to Omaha imikes her at once u better maikct and a butter center Jor supply to the .state at large. IVtty jealousies and envy mny have their place in fcomii smalMmro eastern state , whose et/.a scarcely e\eetds : a couple of Ne braska counties , but they ( should bo care fully OM-hnti'd Iroin a mairniliccnl domain like ours where there is more than room for all and wiiero united dlort is building up one of the grniuluil of western com- luutiwcalths. The Story of tlio Yenr. Omnha may be congratulated upon tl : handsome exhibit which we present i the carefully prepared and compact n VIPW of her growth during the year wide elotes to-day. The story related by ii disputable fact- ? and figures is interp tin and in tniclivo. Itnflunls stable grounr for abiding confidence in the brigl ilcMlny of this city. The census take during the present year 1ms been full i gratifying surprises , ll was an oflicir certificate to the world worth to Omah many thousands of Inhabitants. Th statistics which wo publish to-day are guarantee that the next census will fin more than a hundred thousand people i Omaha. Tlio commercial growth ot Omaha i practically exhibited by Iho clcariii ) house returns , her wholesale trade ani railroad trallic. Among the thirty-oil' ' clearing house cities in the United Stales Omaha ranks fifteenth , The si nationa banks in the Omaha clearing hoti o carr ; over eight millions of deports and the ! exchanges are more extensive that thoi-c of cities vvho boast double am treble our population. Ton years ago when vvo published tin Ural reliable annual review , the jobbing trade of Omaha , including sales of com mission houses , aggregated $7,0(5T ( , ( > ljO In the year 1835 the wholesale trade of Omaha reached the handsonu liguro of $ . > ( J'USO,000. This moans tha' ' Omaha has quadrupled her jobbing tradi In ten years. In 1831 the nggrogati wholesale business was $ MH2bl. : ! ) This shows an increase of over ? .j,000OOiJ . dur ing the year 1HS5. Manufacturing in Omaha , which was in its infancy ten years ago , has assumed vast proportions. The value of thia year's product of Omaha's shops and fac tories aggregates S'.Vi.l'-'S.OOO. The wages paid for labor during the year by the * ( ! manufacturing concerns aggregate . - ? : , 100,000. The establishment of the Union stock yards and erection of beef-packing houses have opened a now industrial era for Omaha. Twelve months ago beef-pack ing in Omaha was regarded as an experi ment. To-day it is a leading factor among her industries , and one of the most im portant and substantial promoters of her growth. The figures presented elsewhere speak for themselves. They demonstrate beyond any doubt that Omaha is destined in the near future to bo one of the great est live stock markets on the continent. Omaha's substantial growth during the past year is furthermore attested by the building record , which we have compiled with great care. Omaha has expended during the year 1S85 for public improve ments , factories , storehouses mid dwell ings , $ :5,7l : ,120. Of this amount ? ! )2i,707 ) , represents the aggregate for public im provements. This is a splendid exhibit , and should certainly Do satisfactory to everybody interested in the welfare of Omaha. { Jrcvy'H lie-election. The enemies of Iho French republic who counted on the defeat of M. Urevy tor the presidency have been again dis- ippointed. Al. Grevy enters upon his second term of seven years with as nearly support as could bo expected from i party which delights in live factions of litlering shades of republicanism. The ; erlainty that the conservative and up- ight old statesman will bo at the helm 'or another septennate is suflicient asaiir- nice for the continuance of the republic luring his administration. His entrance ipon the duties of his oflioo in 187 ! ) was nude when Franco was trembling on the , 'ergo of revolution. Thiers six- years u'oviously had lo-it his ollice by an ad- : or e vote on his proposition for tlio do- initivo establishment of the republic. tlcMahon , though are publican in priii- iplo , had declined to rocogni/e the sub- irdination ol the ministry to the popular oico of the chamber ol deputies. He ell from power under the vigorous itlack of Ganibclln , which changed a loiiservallve vote in the senate to a hand- omo republican majority. On the last lay of .January , 1871) ) , .MoMuhoii resigned mil .Jules ( ifovy was selected as the ( resident of the French republic , Air. Jrovy's first term has been a turbulent mo. It was the mo t trying period in the Jiango from practical anarchy toward a ettled representative government. The ducational and amnesty bills were lassed , the seat of government was re- uovod from Versailles to Paris , and the ( olicyof foreign exploitation condemned t the polls ol the October election , was mslied in Tunis , Madagascar and Ton- uin. Cabinets rose and foil with .scarcely year's tenure of oflico. Hut , on the /hole , there has boon a decided advance award n more stable government and progressive education of the people in heir political privileges. Tiir.ui ; is a loud demand for the recall f Minister l'help.s from London. It omes from the bogus oslato sharks who ave boon reaping a rich fortune for ear.s by blooding credulous Americans mler promise of securing for thorn llc- ilious millions locked up in Knglish hancery. There are probably a do/.on family associations" existing in this ountry to-day whoso members are pay- ig monthly assessments to eminent legal omibel for their cervices in securing ovi- eneo of kinship to some assumed Kng- sh inheritance. The Jcnuens iissocin * on , with headquarters in 1'hila- ulphhi have been contributing $10,000 year for several years. The Hopes ave expended sj-n.OOO in legal advice , ml u number of the claimants have ropped their dollars in the hopper in roporlionate amounts. .Minister 1'lielps ovv announces that the entire unclaimed mount awaiting all heirs , home and for- Ign , which the KnglHi chancellor has in ami is only * "i,000OOU and of the various itatc.s of which Americans claim a part o is unable to liml a single one which as not long ago been distrib- te.il to its rightful owners , 'ho ' consternation and disgust of the .merican claimants may bo imagined , ut it isn't a circumstance to thu disgust ml consternation of the confidence men , ho as promoters of estate hunting liuve boon making a hnndsomo living fro their gullible victims. The average Enj li h estate does not wait long for heir They are uromptly on hand to claim the own. The soundest advice to people i this country who are waited upon by tl oMale reclaimer , is to lock the front doc and lo call for the police. To Open tlio IJcsei-vc. Dakota mid Xebra ki are more intei csted in the ollbrts which , will bo made i open a portion of'the great Siouv rc en than they are in the Indian territor problem. Oklahoma , while a desirabl Section of the Indian territory , is not sin rounded on every side by settlement and does not act as a bar to travel an transportation- The Sioux ro ervo i Dakota is a wall across that territory , j is much larger than there is any need o and occupies the best parts of the be * agricultural area. In addition i cuts oil' all direct acco- from the cast to the Hlack Hills rcgiot The proposition to open a belt across th reserve from the east to the west and concentrate contrato the I ndlans north and south o smaller reservations will be brought u again for consideration in the prescn congress. There is no doubt that b wisely conducted negotiations the Indian can bo induced to sell that portion bu tween the White ami Cheyenne rivers including millions of acreof desirabli lands. The proceeds could bo safely in vested for their benclit and th interest devoted to tlio promo tion of education and agriculture So much of the land as might bo roqnirei for this purpose could bo cut up mtc farms in severally and allotted to the In dians. The remainder when old wouli furnish a fund sulllcient for the sttppor of the Sioux- until such time as thoj found it to their interest to become self' sustaining. The Indian problem will never bo solved satisfactorily so long si : thousands of lu/.y "coll'ec coolers" an allowed to monopolize in idleness vsisl tracts of the public domain. The divisior of the reservations and the allotment ol lands in severally will bo the lim practl cal step towards civilizing the savages. I2\coiillvc Session IIiiinlHtj ; . The revolt against the farce of senatorial rial secret sessions is spreading. Alan of the democratic senators at Washing ton are freely expressing their opinioi : that it would bo bettor for all concorncil if nominations wore discussed openly and as several republican senators , led ly Van AVyek , are of the same mind , it is not considered improbable that a motion to this otl'eet may bo made when congress reassembles. Tlio public have long had their eyes open to the executive session humbug. The secret session long ago outlived its usefulness. Desire for notoriety riety on the part of senators and a fear of misconstruction of their action by their constituents have operated lo prevent any maintenance of secrecy. Within an hour after the adjournment of any executive session the reporters have lound no dilli- culty in securing full details of the debate and vote. Senator Van \\yck threw a bomb hcll into the camp of precedent when two years ago he proposed to dis cuss the Sp.inish treaty in open house , but ho scored a point in his speech which has borne good fruit. There is no roa&on why the public should not know what agreements are ef fective in disposing of the claims of ap pointees to ollice or in securingthoireon- Urination. The practice of discussing nominations in executive session has led to corrupting bargains , gross abuses and very often to disgraceful intrigue. From the lir.st pressure for u nomination to the linal ralilic.ilion by the senate an attempt is made to hoodwink both the general Diiblic and particular competitors. A transaction involving the important qites- .ion of securing the services of compo nent public servants is cloaked in the veil af mystery behind which personal favor mil .secret wire-pulling ply their trade. Senatorial prerogative should not bo al- owed lo operate to the public disadvant- igo.Tho day.s when tlieUnited Status son- ite could arrogate to itself a monopoly ely of the wisdom and brain of tlio country lave passed. In the much vaunted at- lompt to place the civil service of the 'ouiitry on a surer and purer footing iVhat is most needed is the utmost pub- icily of all moans by which nien got into ) llico. And this is , just at present , what ho executive- session is materially assist- ng in preventiiiir. Tin ; Xiearaugua canal promoters mod- istlyask only sixty millions from con gress for their scheme. If the 1'acifio uilroads would square up that little in- lebtednoss the treasury could stand the Icmand and have as much remaining to mild the Honnepin canal and improve he Missouri. Tin ; St. Louis water-gas company think hey can all'ord to .supply that city at ' 1.2/5 / with a proportionate reduction entree tree ! lamps. As water gas costs in the icighborhood of CO cents to manufacture , hero i.s a fair margin of profit for the ompany oven at these figures. SIXTY representatives in congress have Iroad.y given notice of their intention to nako speeches. A hundred and sixty dll "print" their undelivered remarks in he llccord liberally interlarded with "ap- iliuise" lo suit the taste of their conutitu- Ills , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Mi : { Ev.vinV .speech on the silver ques- ion will bo delivered in words of seven yllablos immediately after the holiday eces.s , Several senators will bo unavoid- bly detained at homo for a few day.s Jiiger than they expected. UNPHK existing circumstances it lakes largo siml telescope to discover thodif- 3renco between promotion and retire- lent along the Union 1'acilio. Cmr.uio wants a world's fair in 1802. r iw Orleans is satislicd with her first cx- orionco and will gladly donate the relics f the cotton exposition to any citj that ill pay the cost of hauling them away. I'UOMINKNT I'KUHO.VS. M. I'astenr , when a lioy , never tied a tin- id lion poor JlUUulog'ft tall. ( Jcoi'K'o Francis Tr.iln U having his book limed in Washington Territory. Dion Umii-lcaull , with the salt of thoAiis- ulian seas In bib bcurd , is duo at San Fian- co. DoVoe , the we.Uhor prophet , predicts a ud winter , lie has many friends In the luiublni ; business. .Mr. Cox at the ( hue ho accepted the Turkish was not awuru Unit Abdul Humid vv.is t.iklni ; music le'sun ? . > fr. Cox wonl rather hear the mldiihjlit ] iiawl of fourttv native American r.ifs than practice diplomai in the vicinity of a'fort'l ' ? ! ! plnno. The sultiui of Tin key has reduced the tun bcr of his wives to 'H ) . And jn t nt a tin when sealskin sacnues nro so cheap. Mrs. JJarrlo ? , widow itf the hto pioslilont . ( iuntPiuala , is staying in Xew Orleans th vv inter. She hn a fortune of Si,000,000. ? W. W. Coieorau , of Washington , who hi nhc.idy clven away more than a niill'on ' dt Inis , was sevonty-elElit years old on Sanda Colonel IJoberl 0. Inspisoll now surpris < many of hi friends who have not won hi foi some months by his noticeably mlucc size. size.A A Boston lady has presented Mr. Clevt land with a cane. In the Uostom-so lanciiac of lliitation this ine.ins , " Y'oiir message ii cciveJ.1 Kovvell. the pcilcMiian , Is coming to till country asraln to CIHMO in a wnlkln inatfli. Ot course it will bo his "List ati ) > o.i anco" hcie. When ( he prince of W.ilesand Gladston vroicin Norway last summer It was ( ilail stone who iceelvod all the attention. Th grand old man t'oiitinui-s to bo theeynosiu ot all ojcs. Joanuln Miller is oxtiemely sensitive , bu he Is not n recluse. Tlumih ho never enter the jray social life ot Washington , he I fieiiuetitly seen on tha streets about tin oupitol and abuut tlio vat ions deiMi'tmcnts. Fanny JJ.ivonporl , who was tidily year old littceii jt-aM ano , is now In her tlilitj .sixth jcar , nceoidinj ; to a iieisonal item How time does lly , to be sine ! Wo ilhtn' ' suppose she was any more than tvvontj bCVCIl. " ( Jucen Xalallc , of Servia , has bought for tyAinorlKiiisovvIni ; machine * . This Is al very well ; but wait till tliesewlng-inachiin agents bi'uln to yank at the door-bell of tin p.ihieo every day to know whether slit doesn't want to tr.ulo her machines foi some other kind , " icmaikod an c.xpuilcuuei Not Itoroi-o 'HMK In His Collln , JJii'tcill AVil" . When the lid of Jay Mould's oollln Is linn Iy screwed down it will bo time enoith t ( believe that ho has letiied from Wall stii'et AVliy Not ? iV * . V. Jiiirnmt. CoiiBiOssmon aie anxious to gel lid of tin eiowilsot otlicL'-seekci's who be et them ot every side. Why not turn a few mules loosi among them ? PeiToetly .Natural. MucuH Tcleuniitli. Miss Murfiec , the novelist , devoted a large portion of her last novel to Tennessee scen ery ; but then theie is moie sceneiy than any thing else In Tennessee.- They Had a Comfortahle Time of It. , Rathera dismal picture to set before the Ameiie.iii ppojile Is , that of 0110 old bachelor and one old maiil dining in lonely state in the white house on Chiistmab d.iy. A Question. 3"'i ) , Tlind. Lastyo.irMi. Laird succeeded in gettins : a pension lor himsoll ot c5.UOU. ! Wonder it he will be able to do as much for the district this j ear as ho did last. All vvo want of a con- giosMiiaii anyvvav is to get pensions for him- sell. Jim haiid must bo his own successor. localities ol * lij'lnn Kfiilicj Iticniil. Chicago Used to take in 8 03,000 fiom llniior licenses , but nuw get a lovomie of ; -lot > O.OOU a year Irom.tho high license sys tem. The number ot saloons has decreased l0 ! per cent within the vear. II this keeps on pictty soon there will be no saloons left , ami the levcnue will bo increased bcjond compu tation. . - j. No Strenk or'lViulci-nc.ss. Clitcauo iYiu- < . Tliorc soL'ins to bu no streak nf tenderness or mercy in the nature of Mr. Henry Walter- ion's star-eyed goddess ol rcfoun. Tlio way ilio bits on Samuel J. Itandall's jugular vein indicates that bhe l.s no ix'ttcrthan the uver- go Aniitron , and we think siic would look ivell rigged out in a suit of Lr. ) Mary Walk- ji'b biluicated toggery. - Uctter Than Ponderous Walls. . Making tills a country where every citizen 'ias ' a happy home , all liis own , and iiuliib- rhil , ccoiioniio and litMiiciul policies that In- iuie hiiii labor at leasonable wages tor the > uppeitof liNiuiully ami the education of ilsulilldien , is an iminilcly bcttci defeiiso igulnst Invasion and coiKiuosl than pernicious ls mound our city. Addition , CniiKi-c 1'iilcnon ( .V. J.i I'M. Gentlemen ol concuss , stop fooling away our tiinu ( loins nothlntr.in.l studying how lot to do anything , anil give ooaiu atteu- len to the great question of the cuneia-y , ho bankttipt lawlliu presidential .siieecssion , ho doctoral count , anil ( ho hundred other natters that liupenilivuly demand le isla- .ho autlon. ASIiol at Our Collector. i'lilttitiiliilitii Ittinnl. When a caigo of tea , diieot lioni Yokoli.i- na , aiilved .it . Omaha the other day In the ars , the collector at that jioat , uiiiisi-d to the cceipt ot the flagrant coinmuilily , vvus ibllted to send samploi to Chicago lor 111010 iliicatedsmulllnj ; and ) i.uniting bt-loio ho ould collect the duty and deliver the oods. I'hcre would have been no such trouble with , caigo ot nun. ioulU-IycilTraitor ) In York State. \Vatoitown , X. Y. , furnishes a traitor of uchan extreme typo that the bloody shirt nay have to bo called fiom Its icllraoy to iipprcss him , fjiiitl traitor Is a pensioned nlon soldier , but , iieins In easy clieiim- laiiL-ns he hits his pi'iisiua money rcfiiihuly flit to a disabled ex-viinlL'tioratu soldier in rlrsinia. Tliure is ninteilal here for 11 New ' ' 'oikTilbunoeditoiMI , , Speaks , l''alsely. ( imnil ll < iH'li In i'pnJej | [ , The Inilop.'iideiit knows somuthing of the i\tcsin \ loieiga lauds as well as ot the rales 11 America , and wasiprpjiaioil to show that \-ciotary ( iero speaks Jl'iisoly ' when ho makes lioicckloss statement th.it a\oraio latein Jcbiasku aie no higlu-i than ( lie average ; itos In any ol tlio tiiiplgu countries , ( ieio light to malio lailio.iii i.itcs a study tor u taUo a loison t'\u \ > In veracity. Aiiollior One All | ui' OiuSleeper. . . . A young lady out -S'obraska was doing 10 lamily wiishing ( imo day uboiit two ninths ago when she laid down ami wont to loop. She I.s still as ! ji > p , and her Iriends are liable to wake bur. That's the vva > of 1 1. fliul a yoim. ' lady to a hall ovoiy night in lu week ami let her ll up with her best fol- iwStiudaj nights anil she will never feel kogoliu ; lo .sleep , but put her at wink over a iislitnl ) and in ten minutes nho will bo tiled iiough to bleep all vv inter. Sudden Death , .S ( , l.initi ittimijltwn. Sudden death may bo inconvenient , but hy is it essentially undesirable ? It ii aleck lock to those who remain , but to him ho goes i it not a blessing lather than 10 reverse ? Tlio shock argument gainst it is that sudden death gives no iportunity for that spiritual propara- [ iii which should precede a change of orltU. To this it may be answered that ho who has not so lived n < to bo alvvai rcadj to die is not likely to derive mile benelit from death-bed preparatioi Aside from the shook argument there really none worth discussing on Unit sit ; of the ca < e. Heath must come to each at all , in one shape or another. Dying not Mippns < < d to lie an agreeable expn cncoj and in the vast majority of instiu cos it is , when prolonged , o\qui itcl painful. Then is not the sln > rk-M roai when fate ordains it , the best ? AVoul llondricks or Vandcrbilt have boon mm mercifully treat-d had they died at III end of a lingering and torturing sicklies1 [ f they could have had their choice , is not highly piobable almost pertain , ii deed that they would have eho en lo di a * they did ? Undoubtedly they vvoul have preferred to live longer , bit' ' know ing that would bo denied them the would have asked to die suddenlv rat In than slowly. And such , we believe. the decided preference utmost intolligeii persons who have given the matter an serious thought. Certainly to him vvh dies nt least sudden death 'is not. Irom human point of view , a calamity so terri bio that it justifies praj r lor dellvei anco. The undents who wont to th bottom of mo-l things , did not regard ! why should the moderns'1 ! General I'opo'H datcst. It there was u pompous ineaj > able o the northern side in the struggle for n : tional union it was ( icncrul John Pen ] Ho was lull of sound and fury. Ho ri joicod in proclamations , and , like mo- men who boast as Ihe.v put on the armor ho had no occasion to brag when ho pu it oil' . Having sustained a crushing di feat tit the hands of the enemy , ticnora Pope was relieved of his command , an > in order to explain away hi * failure it bo oamo necessary to make scapegoats o others. Among these was I'll.lohn J'oi tcr , _ with whoso twenty \ eurs'slriiggl for justice the whole vvoild ifamiliar. . In writing of the second battle o Mauassas in Iho Ccntur.v series of war papers pors lioneral Pope naturally revives tin old and exploded charges against Porte and seeks under their cover , to palliali his own short siglitedm-ss and folly. Tin hisl lew jcars have done so much to re veal the animus ol the attacks thai wen made on Porter that Pope's return to tin charge si cms like a section of some an cient stuinp speech rather than an at tempt to describe si historical event witli which everybody is familiar. History i' ' clo ing in on the second battle ol Manassas , and the record which is be ing made to endure is not Unit vv hid John Pope would like lo have liandei down Iho ages. Ho gained much sym pathy of a certain kind lor a lime , Out , with the falsity of hi * charges ugaiiisi Porter made clear , ho has nothing left him except a vvillimrncss cm the part of the public to concede that ho meant well. General ( Irani devoted a largo portion of his last 3 ears ot hie to.an ell'oit ti drum into prejudiced and stupid oar the truth as to Porter's case. How well IK succeeded wsts shown b } the unanimity with which the last congress , without re gard to party , supported the bill rosier ing him to the army , ( ieneral Pope'- revival of the old slander is probably it- ' last appearance. That ollicer will' luifj ; it to his bosom as long as he lives , for it is the solo foundation of the elaborate slruc lure of apologies which ho regard as his war record , but other people , con vinced ot its error , have discarded it as no longer worthy of credence. TAIjKS WITH TltAVIjLI-JKS. Sliort Interviews Gathered in the Hold Hiitiiiulus. fol * ' Xinhrurn A'i'i.--"Tho Hon. Drapi'r , , - - trouble over the removal of the Xiobrnra land ollice appears to have been settled ; in fact you hear very little now about its being taken Irom our city. The agitators who wanted it taken to O'Neill City or CreighUm , are now very few and far be tween. Yes , our section of the country is ' booming-being settled up very fast. W'hat we would like to have i.s better rail connection with Omaha. Your city needs a railroad directly northwe-t built and run in her own interests , buch a line would bo mutually benelicial to our country and to the city of Omaha. Our comity , for one , I am sure , would bo will ing to vote substantial aid to the enter prise. " L. 'J' . Ail-cn , Kttll Luke City , Utah ; "Ap parent peace prevails in our city at pros- out and , .seemingly , there K little or no danger of an outbreak. Hut il seems to me and 1 believe that an.v one oKc who ha * at all carefully studied the situation will tell you the same that the bla/.e is merely suppressed and that the llamcs HIT ready to break forth at any time. There is a certain clement of the Alor- man church which is restless jmij ready for bloodshed , but this clement is held in .shock by another and more conservative ' iiarly. 'Still , as 1 intimated before , 1 ; hink that any sudden jar would pivuipi- a'o senoiis irmible. anil 1 vvouldn t bo at ill surpri Sid il thai trouble wcie to come ivilhm tiie next month or two. The mil- lary are prepared for ai.y outbreak and iould easily handle an insurrection. " .S. .S' . C < nil ] > l > i.ll , ( ili'nwuijilnirtt : "Sur loyois are at work upon the propose ! onto of the new Chicago , St. LonU A : 'acilie road , which is to connect St. . .onis with Omaha. 'Tho survey is now H'ing made between Tabor and ( lion vood , and will bo continued down af arusMoxico.iMo. It is understood Unit tin inc is to bo built by the Chicago it Alton nad , which extends , as you know , from . 'hicago , through Alton , to St. Louis , and las a branch running soulhwo..terJy from { oodhoiiso , 111. , to Kansas ( Jit y , passing hrougli Mexico , Mo. From tiis ) latter loint il is believed the line to Omaha vill bo built.11 : . . "AN OPTION DKAK. " 1'lie Decision In tin Inlcrcstini ; Cane lEonilei-eil by Judge "McCulloeli Ycsierday .ludgo McCulloch ren- icreil decision in the suit of McWhortcr ml Kollhis against F. U. Cooper , the op- ion case , rclcrciico to which was maito ii Ihi'so columns , yeslerdnj. lie decided hat I ho conlracl alleged' have been iiide between McWhoricr and K | | ins , 'rain comniissiun men , and C'ooper ' , was iuiil ) > an "option deal" and not aalid , 'hiding ' contract. It serins that on one lorning several month ? ago Cooper tcpiod ) into the oHico of plaintilVand nrchasod10,01)0 ) biisheK ot wheat , pili ng up as u margin on any possible do- line Iho sum ol iOD. Grain took a tuin- lo that day and when noon had come : ie $700 vvit nearly exhausted Cooper orks in Iho Union Pacilip hoadiuartcr | , as loloihonod the condition of allaii'i nd ordered his agents to dee enl ihc eal. As ( * onsiderablc time elapsed be- > ro this could bu done wheat had sunk ill lower , and the -1(1,001) ( biishols were nloaded at a sacrilieo of ! )00. ) l'ooior ] fused to make good the balance , $ . ' 00 , nd suit was instituted ton-cover it. Thorn did not appear lobe nn.s'i int bout Iho amount in controversy except > far as to whether or not the purchase as boiiit lido , Iho ( iuc tion being , was it u.V oiilioii deal. One of the plaintill's , Ir. M c\\'horter \ , testified that as he un- [ > rsood | the bargain the grain was to j delivered , and added that ho had pla ints posted in hi.s ollice stating , "do- very is contomiilalcd in every deal. " ho defendant Cooper to > tilicd that his iircluiM- was a pure option deal , and lib his evidence the case was con- n. led. According lo .Indgo McCulloehS do- iion ( Joojior will not bo obliged to pay us > 00 balance to Mc\Vhoitor and Kol- us. 'J'his will not in all probability bo a iry ) ilea ant precedent for the trrain in as it establishes a principle which is iblo to prove dangerous lo their biui- THE INK-STAINED TUMI A Detective's Storj of the Peculiar Mainer nor in Which It was Verified That Murier Will Ont. y of n Su-anjjc Tragedy \Vhlc Occurred. In a Mississippi Klver Town Tlio C Sad ral A few evenings since a St. 1'atil t'innec I'rc's reporter stepped into a small reta establishment on a side street of St. I'.u to iiinku the ptirchao of a cigar , an after securing the weed , was turning t leave , when tlm proprietor remarked "Somo time ago I noticed an item in you paper which said that in Sail Krancinv they photographed the thumbs of Chi nc e , and that there seemed 1 < > l'i % greater dill'eroneo in their thumb nail than in their faces , Now. that is u wronj imprc--ion of the matter. It is tin tinder part , or sole of the thumb , wine ! is photographed , as the lines and circle in the skin are not the ame on any twi people in the universe. This fact is no generally known ; but , if 1 am not mi taken , is taken as u subject of illuslra lion in Mark Twnln's 'Life on the Mis sUsippi , " in which a murderer If ferretei out , but at the end the wrong man pay the penalty of the crimes. For man ; years I was in the detective business am in one case the only clue I had wa tin imprint of a man's thumb. It i.s not : very long story , and if you arc not in ! hurry I \ \ ill tell you about it " Ik-ing ro qucMed to ivl.it o the incident , ho ro > .sinned : "At the outbreak of the war 1 enlisted from Illinois ; anil , after receiv ing my discharge at Memphis , I nude m.\ \ way up the MN-Nsippi to a city situatei on the river the name of the place I wil' ' omit lor various reasons for the purpose of M.siling iclatives before returning In Xew York , my native state , where 1 had been offered the portion : i- head of a ( Uv let-live agency. The dl.y where I wu- visiting then liad a population of perhap- eight or ten thousand inhabitants , and hy the lime set for my departure I had culti vated quite an extensive acquaintance , among whom was a very eccentric old man living alone with hi > granddaughter , i young lady just verging into woman- iood , and bYluccn whom there was a strong attachment. Very little was known conceining them , nit from the young lady lerself I altorward heard a very remark- ible history concerning her parents and grandfather. They had tormurly lived ii Virginia , whentiie old man had been lighlv connected. His only child , a laughter , married against his wish to a shiftless , la/y fello\v and was dis owned by her father , her mother having ( lied several years before. This man , finding that lie would get none of the for tune which rightfully belonged to his wife , soon tired of her , and , before they had been married a year , lie kicked her out of the house on a winter night. She returned to her fathers house and asked forgiveness , but he was relentless , and in a week's time f\w \ died in an alinshoiisc after giving birth to a daughter. When it was too late the old man repented of the manner in which he had treated her , and took his little grandchild ami left for the west , hiding from the disgrace to wliicii he had hiibjecled himself. ISiiying a home , lie devoted his litu to the eiiuea- lion of his grandchild. The house in which they lived was situated on a high bliitr overlooking the river , and was gained only bv u narrow path running up the .side of tinbluff. . i r WANO r Tin : sri\iiv ; : : This path , 1 m\\- \ \ ( . confess , I had traversed almost daily for some time previous to my intended departure not for the purpose of viewing the scenery atter reaching the summit , but for the plea-lira of an hour's chat with the old man's granddaughter. On one of these occasion * the young lady told me that [ > ne of the peculiarities of her grand father was thai he had for 3 ears kept [ piite a largo Mini of money in the house , not trusting the hank lor sale-keep ing , ami that she was always in fear of her life in coiiM'iiqrnee. Tins story 1 liad la-aid from my own relatives , and ivas not greatly 'surprised when , on my ivsiy to -te.-iinhoal landing one morn ing to secure passage to St. Louis , I u-ard that during the night some one lad broken into the old man'.s house. nnrdcred him a.s lie lay in bed , and made his escape wil h the money. This lew.- , banished all intention of leaving , ind I at once hastened to the scene of he tragcd.v and prevailed upon the roiing woman to accept the hospilaliljr > 1 my relatives until the matter could bu itraightened up , which she thankfully icccpted. I then M't.to work to ferret nit the murderer. The entrance and exit itul been nimle through a window in tin- ear of ihc building , ami , while looking or tracks under the window , J noticed a ilack mark on the sill , , which had been minted white. I'pon close examination [ proved to be the imprint ot a man's limnb. Tlio manner in which it came here was easily explained. The money rhich had been stolen was hidden in a ommon writing desk , in the old man's ledroom , and in the hurried search lor lie treasure the assassin hud overturned bottle ol ink , getting some ot it on hi.s anils , and in leaving the hon-e had , by liis means , loll the mark. This , J soon iscovercd , was the only clew 1 hail , but. oor as it seemed at first , it attorwanl roved to bo a good one. I immediately L-iit word to the agency in .New York , sking to hn released troin the engage- lent , and then .settled down to work on 10 case. The lir.st thing I did was to ivy out the piece of the w.indow sill on Inch was the stain , stud 1 Kept , the loco of wood secreted in my link. The only chance for me to UT find the murderer lay in tlm ope that ho would not leave the it , ) . but if he had gone the probability .is that he would never bo apprehended. ieking out those whom I suspected , I ained their fricinNiin , and in time would invv thorn the peculiarity of the imprint I a thumb , attergaining posse.sion ol it , lid would compare it with the one on 10 block of wood , 'filings went on in iis miinncr for several months , and J I'gan to got discouraged ; and , an winter line on , I partiall.v loM , interest in ( he ork , devoted my rime to social onjo.v cuts.Vhileat ai social gathering mm > i-ning , I became acquainted with tin- ishier of one ot ( lie leading hanks u ( llm ly.nnd as hu was a bachelor lik \\arni IricniNnp MOOII existed As we wore parting for the night ho vitod me to call at his room in the i ear the bank the next evening and we uuld visit the opera houso. Ivv.ison mil at tlm appointed hour , but , ahu id a little writing to do , lie handed nm i-igar , with the request that J should | ake myself at homo for a low miniiics. bile tlnin waiting I allowed my mind to ; mder back owr the past few months , nt was thinking of murder when no mpanion announced that h vvu > oiigh with his writing. fill. .sKCIII.f COMI.S. otT AT l.VsT. I'or want of an.v thing dso I made the mark that it wu ; rather t > trangu that no , tco had eyer been found nf tinminder - 01 the old man on the hill. A > I said is a deathly pallor came oycr Ids lace d he r-hoolc fiom head Id foot as if with hill. JJi ) arose and commenced to ar iigu the papers on Iho desk , vainly irj i to conceal agitation , but in doing pjrlly upwit a bottle of ink. Not pre- iding to notice his dUooinlituiv , J mailn me jovial remark , and. when ho might a cloth to wipe up llm ink. ! aik- him if lie had CUT notn-cd tin- j/cciil inrltyof the tinder pnit of .1 pcr n i thumb. Ho bad never heard of it , , > entered heartily in the experiment. * , rog.iinini ; liis self composure. With i lie trouble I secured one of 1'ie ' piece- ' paper on which he hail jihi'-ed his thn- and we were < eon on our wa.vtothcth ter. I paid liltle iitlenti u the plav , and when it vyas C" rushed home to compare the iv on the piece of paper with ( lint o > block. They were identical ; evei , j and curve w'.ii the same. I know .t . was proof enough to convict him , i > t the next day n warrant was sworn n 11 > i his arrest. I accompanied an oll'n t. tj the batik..aud tin1 warrant wn foad 'o him. Ho seemed cool and collected in and requested to bo allowed to onlei adjoining room for his lint. H.- ! i hardly disappeared before a slio' \ t heard , and , rushing into the roo'i. i which ho had gone , wo found him ! .j on the lloor with a revolver in his Iml , and the blood streaming from liis bond lie was conscious , bnl lived only lo ; enough lo make a confession of thoorhi lie said thai gambling was lhoenn coi * all. Ho had lost heavily of the bti : funds , and , Knowing that detection imminent , ho resolved lo rcplu < by robbing the old man , Im hoard that lie kepi quite it sum of HID in the house. The old man had nw died while ho was searching for money and reeognl/ed him , ami he foi cod lo commit the murder. The i cause of Iho Miloido was never gone know , the affair having boon hu hc ( much as possible by Ids relatives , morsoful that I w'as the cause o' death although it was far bullor ; for him to have spent the remainder Ids life in the penitentiary I resolved give up the profession , and marry old man's granddaughter. 1 moved Minnesota. This may seem a very i probable slory but il is nevcrtiiel- true. " Kvarts Mas n Ith-nl. Senator KvarN will have lo look to ! laurels as the champion long semen spinner. Senator Heck of Kentucky I appeared in ( he Held as a competili The latter dors not keep quite so eloai in vievvMvhat ho is talking about astl Novv York senator , but for keeping straight on without catching his brent1 ! tijl his hearers are tired out he surpasses him. In the Congn ssionul Record report of the. little till between Hock and Kd- mnnds on the presidential succession bill , the former launched on the senate the following remark , all in one breath : 1 happened , however , to say at tlio opening of the present congress , after the people of the I'nited States had de clared that the executive htanch of this government should bo in the hands of tins democratic parly lor the next four years , if by reason of death or inability' thorn had been in-itlii r a president or a vice president thai I , however high my per sonal regard m.i.v be. entertaining no re spect for the political methods of the dis tinguished senator from Vermont , as ho assorts he had none for those of the pres ent secretary of state , and being as pro nounced a democrat ys ho avows himself a republican , having no sort of faith in his political sentiments , | might not have been in hot hasle to rush up to the senate on the firs ! day of its session ' to make him the acting p'residont ot the United States , and thus overthrow the expressed will of the people of tlio United Stales , a.s expressed al the polls , by electing him president , pro temporu , in order to turn over the functions of the executive branch of the government into his hands to be managed in liis way , ivlien a house of representatives demo- jratie to the euro , and mooting on the ame day at the other end of the capitol , tvould almost t iho same minute elocl a lemoi ratio spcak < r in accordance with he people's expressed will , and do it tin ier the forms of law. ri-plf > tilou College. This institution is now in its seventh , 'oar , and is under Iho direction of the lev. M..J. Howling , tae president. Ho s assisted by a corps of eleven profes- ors , the majority of whom are members lithe male religious order of Jesuits. There are four lay teacheis in the liicnl- y. The attendance , this year , ol scliol- TS has been about 100. A numborof im * irovoments have been made in the col- i-ge niid labyratory , especially in the orlhcasteru p.ut ol the campus. In this ilaco will be mounted the magnificent descopc of ( ho college , the munificent , illof.lolm A. C'roightoii , of this city , 'his work , with the other improvements , , -ill cost $1,0(10. ( In Trouble A aio , Yesterday morning John Maxwell , the otorious spiritualistic ciook , was ar- L-stcd by Capt. C'ormiek and lodged in lil. lil.It It appears Ilial immediately upon bis lcaKo Tuesday , Maxwell procee dud to bowl up" and before night was in a retty thoroughly intoxicated condition , o went down on Capitol avenue ami roeecdcd to clean I he house ol a woman limed Annie Post. Je ] assaulted lief ivngcly , and vestei day hohud a war- mi ftvvorn out for his arrest. DATARBH lli ; Cic-iit naUniuloUU- - dilution ol Wlte.V Ilnclnici Ic'iin I'Inc , ( 'mi. i 'lulu ' Kir , Miiilfjolil , Clover llliishoiii , tile * . , ( . 'nlli.'U SAN- lOIID'b 1MDUMI , Cllllli , fur Ilic liniiieillulo rtillof mid Iii'iiiiiiiuiiit oinii of inory lot in ( if Ciilnirli , from u hlniilu | ( nlil In the HuuJ to I. < iss n ( Hintll , TuMu Hiici llriuiMK. I'oliKh inn ) C'll- rriilml ( "oiiniuiitlon. | ( oiiigiluto iri-aliuuiit. ii"istlii.r ol IIMU liotlln Itailical Uiiiu.onu box liiiTltHl hcilM in , ninl onu linpmviil Inhulor , one iiuc'Kni/o , inn ) nou Im limlol iilliliiiKKi8tn rSI.'iO. ' Abk lor hANiomi's lluncu. Cum : , iraplete Inhaler willi Treatment , $1 $ , "I'lic only iilisolnlo Bpei'llle wn Xnow of. " ! IH | , TiiiK'n.Tlio luisli < liuve InimJ la u Ill'o- in uf kiilli-rlnir. " | H v. Dr. WUmiio , lloslon. JUT u limn ntini-'Klc wlih taliiii Ii ( lie Jliullutil . " . S.V. . Momoo , ir < liitf niiiiiii-u-il. | | lli-v. ! A\j biiriili. ] ' : i. "I Imve not tiniinl ri eiisotlmt Mil in I i.-li\c ill IIIILU. LAnUicM IMU , JIuu I'sici. MM > . iltcrDrn mid < 'lieml'al Co. , 1 lost oil , " I MYSELF MUST GIVE UP , I c-iin ; tot IHMI ihif | IIUM , | .irlm nil omr , mm g 1 iiy IIIHH mo uny K < > ml. " 'lK' Ul'.lkllCl- . , I'll lllll ) ptlllH , s , ( .tiiiinni'-s , lliickliif ; COIIK ! 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