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THE OMAHA DAILY BEEFRIDAY , MARCH 20 , 1880 ,
THE DATLY BEE.
OMAHA Orncr.Mo.sii4 ANnoTr.FAnsAJi ST
NEW YoiiKOrncE , HOOM ( v'.Tninu.vB lltm.msjo
WASIIUSOTOS Orricr. , No. 613 FOUUTLKKTII ST.
Pnb1l hMl rvcrymonilnif.ctcopt Sunday. The
only Mondny morning paper published la too
stnto.
TERMS nr MAtt < :
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Eix Months . O.OO.OMO Month . 1.00
Tun WEEIU.Y HKF , Published Evrry Wednesday.
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Ono Ycnr , without inomlum . ! . - >
81.x Months , nlt'ioui premium . 78
Ono Month , on trial. . . . 10
Allrommiinlcntlnrn rclntln to nevrs nn < 1 oill-
tnrlnlninttoni Miould bo addressed to tlio Lui-
iron or rim linn.
nUSlNFM t.ETTT.nSt
All bil sine1) ) 1" Itcri nml romlttnneo * 1ionM bo
nadrusfcd to TIIR HKI : I'um.iRlitNfl COMPANY ,
OMAHA , Draft * , chocks mid poMnnico orders
to bo inn Jo ] inj nblo to tlio order of t lie company.
it Bit PHOPHIEIOIIS
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13. ItOSKWATIMt , KniTUii.
Mu. MOUUISON'S now tariff bill lias
gene to join thoKooley motor. Ildecliues
to go.
JAY Gouu > says Unit he docs not pro
pose to nuiko any compromise , but that
Jio will sue tlio Knights of Labor. Thu
best thing lie c.an sue for Is peace.
AN Iowa newspaper offers to every sub
scriber a dollar's worth of seeds as a pre
mium. It is suspected thnl it stands in
pretty solid with tlio Iowa .congressmen.
Tun eminently respectable citi/.on
should assist in selecting eminently
respectable councilman. If he docs not
do it , ho has no right to kick after elec
tion.
Ncnv THAT Hit ! gas company has como
to terms the public will not approve of
any move against its property interests
which scorns to be inspired moro by a de
sire for private gain than for the benefit
of tlio community.
QUITTING work is no fun. When broad
and meat bills stare a laborer in tlio facu
tistrike is one of the sacrifices of war. It
ghonld never be indulged in hastily to bo
repented at leisure. Governments ad
judge the jusli so of wars on the justice
of tlio causes on which they are based.
Society gives or withholds sympathy from
Striking labor in accordance with the
justice of tlio demands for which labor
goes to industrial warfare.
OMAHA now has an opportunity to se
cure a woolen mill that will employ fifty
liands. This in itself would be an im
portant manufacturing establishment ,
and would no doubt soon grow to bo a
very extensive concern if properly man-
jigcd. Uosidcs it would attract other
manufacturers to this city. What Omaha
uocds and must have is a largo variety
of small manufactories , rather than a
few largo establishments. Now Jet the
board of trade exert itself in this matter ,
tuul as a starter secure the woolen mill.
Tun Omaha board of trade has rented
looms in the exposition building , which
It will occupy until its own structure
is erected. The exposition building is a
large one. Ifc is to be hoped that the
board of trade will enlarge correspond
ingly as it changes its quarters.
There is room for it. The board lias
dragged along for years with apparently
little idea of its own importance , or of
the value of such an organization of busi
ness men , if properly managed and actu
ated by the right kind of spirit. The best
of our merchants are unrolled on its
membership list , and all classes of busi
ness are represented on its committees.
What the board now needs is a little more
enterprise , a bettor attendance nt the
called meetings , and a knowledge among
its members that the organization
can bo of immense value to Omaha
In stimulating enterprise and guiding and
protecting the commercial interests of a
great city.
JUSTICI : 11 VST' a death creates a vacancy
In the supreme court which u dcmociatic
president will be called upon to 1111. It Is tlio
first opportunity or the kind slnco James
Uudiaiwn wns at the head of national a flairs.
That nn able , upright anil pure man will be
uelcclcd the country Is assured , not only by
thacaiofnl coui.su of I'icsldent Cleveland
tiorvtofoio in appointments of minor Impor
tance , but fioni the character of the men
wheiu domociatlc picsidcnts have In days
gene by placed In this exalted position. They
wciw tlio le al bialns and spotless characters
of tlio country men whoso names nlll bo 10-
cnllcd and revered ns long at legal author- !
ties. ami Judicial opinion ate cited in coiuts.
This is interesting and patriotic. It
only fails in being pointed because ox-
Justice limit's death docs not create any
vacancy on the supreme bench. Judge
Html resigned in 1833 and his place was
filled by the appointment of Samuel
Blutohford of Now York. Since that data
Justice Hunt 1ms been drawing rotir cd
nay. The Herald ! consequently only
f one years behind the times.
Tin : losses which Jsibor troubles inflict
on ciqiitnl tire liunvy , buttho losses \vliich
oapitulibts oftoii Inflict on uiipittil nro ( .till
uioi-o BO. hot capitalists denounce tie nil
net of folly tlio Blriko on the Gould sys
tem. It uan bu wittchcil by tlio building
of the West Shore roail by capitalists who
eotigbt to onpplo Ihn Now York Contnil ,
whiuh lends the SprinxP.old./i'f/Hjfr/i'cTm / to
i-omixnc ; "Tho builtUng of the West Shore
rotuLiullictoi ! losses on the nonstruclors
( hid on the Now York Contnil property
whiuh will not full short of $100,000,000 ,
which would pay the damages ol
ninny striked like that In the south'
west. The transcontinental railroads
nt present nro having n rook-
loss warfare of rntos. Perhaps it is a
necessary way of settling points of su
premacy , but it is Indistinguishable in
principle from other strikes ngain.st tlio
existing rates of sorvico. Com petit ! vj
strikes on the part of railroad managers
urn not to obtain higher wages , but to ob
tain inoro work. Laboring men ne\ei
etriko for moro work or more hours but
for nicro wagis anil fewer hours. Hall-
road "magnates" sometimes Etriko for n
lar 'cs iliaro of business , sometimes , as in
tlmrcooi.t dressed beef routrnvorny , for
higher rate ) , of pay for the sumo sorvico.
A' strikn is any breach of industrial nr-
nimiumeiita in the nature of contract , in
tended to force other parties to the .con-
traisj.1 to concessions of adrantago to tlio
sinker , Although the term is ttsuullj
iqiplicd to the dumnnils of tlio laboring
liaises , It applies with equal juUico am
lim * to many of the operations of ' cap !
'I
UHiti. " ' "
Tlio Kxproprmtton Sclicmo.
In n few days the English premier may
jo confidently expected to lay before par-
lament full details of his plan for the re-
llstribiition ot Irish lands nmong Irish
tenants. Expropriation means disposses
sion , and the ono feature above all others
n Mr. Gladstone's measure which will
commend itself to Irishmen Is that it
iroposos to dispossess nil the landlords
mil parcel tlielr estates among the tenant
farmers. Amid the reports and denials
of the past week in roir.trd to the forth
coming land measure this fact stands be
yond dispute. The bill is to
i ' radical measure adopting no
mlf way moans and aimed
o accomplish the dolinitoc-iid of securing
Ireland to thu Irish.
According to the most reliable author- !
ics it is probable that Mr. Gladstone in
its schema proposes the appointment of
v commission of experts to lix the value
of the various landed properties in Ire-
ami. The estates nro to bo handed over
it these valuations to the government in
exchange for British 3 per cent consuls ,
Ireland will then bo charged with the
whole amount paid to the landlords with
ntercst , null the whole sum will bo
repaid Into the imperial treasury
jy installments within fifty years , at
lie end of which time the lessees will be
come actual owners. The government of
Ireland will make all arrangements with
he tenant and will itself be responsible
.o the Imperial government. It will bo
eadily seen that this bchemn necessarily
nvolves homo rule. An Irish parlia-
nent will arrange till the minor details
as to rent , taxes , and the levy to meet
axes aud create a sinking fund. The
amllords will bo paid at once for their
and , the imperial government will wait
ifty years for the repayment of their
oan , but tenant farmers who desire im
mediate purchase , or to secure land on
loforred payments , will be accommo
dated , and can lix the terms
through an Irish legislature. The
nero Mr. Gladstone's programme is
btudied the stronger it appears both
politically and as n piece of statesman
ship. The empire simply places itself in
the position of the Irish landlord , who
leparts happy. There is no doubt about
that. The tenants then pay their rents ,
nuch reduced as they should bo , to the
ocal councils to bo set up by the Irish
mrliamont. In other words , the rebel-
ious Irish tenants deal directly with the
Irish homo-rulers , while England stands
jy and becomes somewhat of a spec
tator. The imperial government loses
lothlng by the change financially ,
trcland bears the cost of the loan , anil
n addition roliovcs England of the
annual charge for local government.
Politically also the scheme is much
stronger than would appear from the ex
citing reports which every day brings
: rom London. The disallection of Mr.
Chamberlain gives rise to many contin
gencies. If the radical loader opposes
expropriation because it is too favorable
, o the landlords , who are conservatives ,
there is a possibility that the parlia
mentary partisans of the landlords will
see that the vacant seats of the radicals
.n . the liberal ranks are not left vacant
long upon this issue. Another stroirg
[ lomt is that the scheme will attract the
support of the landlord interests.
The landholders , while-forced to sell ,
will bo paid a fair price for their prop
erty. The whig element will be inclined
to look with favor on.a plan which paves
tin ) way for Lord Hartington to the lib
eral fold by antagonizing the ultra rad
icals , like Chamberlain and his wing of
the party , with whom the sentiment of
personal rivalry is stronger than their
convictions.
Ivlublo Tor Unmakes.
That veteran corrupter of the courts ,
Mr. Jay Gould , whose ill-gotten wealth
has been wrung from the sweat of labor
and extorted from honest industry nnd
commerce , proposes to enter suit against
members of the Knights of Labor organ
izations for damages resulting from the
present strike on his southwestern sys
tem. Mr. Gould has been advised by
Judge Dillon , whom ho bought to Icavo
an honorable seat on the federal bench
and transferred to New York to do his
dirty legal work , that nil the
strikers , those who abet , encourage
or counsel any ono in illegal acts are
each and all liable for the whole aggre
gate damage done to property afl'ectcd.
Under this decision Gould proposes to
enter suit against all Knights of. Labor
on the Missouri Pacific and elsewhere to
recover damages , nnd ho suggests to
shippers that they have the same
remedy.
What unblushing and audacious oflron-
try. What a silly nnd transparent at
tempt to bulldoze workingmen into
yielding submission to the great monopo
list. No one knows better than Jay
Gould that any such attempt to crush out
organized labor by legal oppression
would moan social revolution. Such
ridiculous bluster nnd swaggering brav
ado is intended only for cfl'ect , and was
spread broadcast by the monopolist's
associated press In order to gain tlio
widest circulation where it would do the
moat good.
Thcro is no danger that workingmen ,
whether organized or unorganized , have
the right to refuse their labor to whom
soever they please. They have an equal
right to combine in their refusal to work.
So long as they nro quietly nnd peaceful
ly within the Inw they cannot bo assailed
by the law. Nor by any distortion of1
law or equity can labor organizations beheld
held responsible for damages resulting
from the unauthorized acts of members.
As well well might the order of Knights
of Pythias be held responsible for the
misdemeanor of tome black thocp , To
make the Knights of Labor legally liable
for outrages on the southwestern sys
tem , Mr. Gould's purchased and pur-
chasoablc attorneys would be compelled
to prove that the nets complained of
were done by the Knights of Labor ,
authorized by the organization as a whole
or indorsed by ( ho parties sued. Such
proof would be impossible and no one
knows this bettor than Gould himself.
Hut while tlio great railroad robber is
on the subject of liability for damages ,
why docs ho neglect to refer to the de
cision of the Now York suprvnie court in
the case of the great freight handlers1
strike a fo\y years ago ? That important
decision held that common carriers must
perform their functions tml that dis
putes between themselves and their em-
ploycs were no excuse for neglecting to
servo tlio public as the law required them
to do. The sauio attempt uo\y beting
mti.de in the west was uiado in Now York
City to mo the public'inconvenience as Ale
lo pull the railroad chestnut ?
out ot the fire. It failed there ns it will
here. Lot the courts bo appealed to , not
by the pirate kings of monopoly against
the little homes of hard-worked laborers ,
but by outraged shippers against com
mon carriers who refuse to perform the
duties for whoso performance they hold
n franchise from the people. Lut the
question of the liability for the damage
to trade and commerce bo placed on the
shoulders whore it belongs , on those of
corporations whoso corrupt and reckless
manipulation by such highway robbers ,
and this man Gould lies nt the bottom of
all tlio trouble with their employes from
which the public is suuerlng.
Not General Croolc.
The petition now circulating in thlsclly
which asks President Cleveland to assign
General Gcoigo Crook to the command of
the department of the Platte , with head
quarters nt Omaha , is highly complimen
tary to that distinguished oflleor. Hut
it Is ill-timed. General Crook has
pressing business in Arizona. The
Apaohe outbreak is not yet quelled.
Geronimo and his blood-thirsty gang are
still at liberty , and in many quarters
Crook's alleged mismanagement Is held
responsible for the trouble. Every ftiond
of General Crook wishes him to defeat the
slandor-niongerlng carpet soldiers who
have been aecrylng his abilities
and detracting from his record.
This can only bo done by bring
ing the Apache campaign to a
successful close. To move Crook to
Omaha now would bo to play directly
into the hands of his enemies. It would
bo promptly commented upon as an en
dorsement of the charges that ho has
failed in Arizona. No friend of Crook
would ask him to pay such a price for a
return to his largo circle of acquaintances
in the Department of the Platte. Every
present advantage would , in the end , bo
more than counterbalanced by the disas
ter to his reputation , which would cer
tainly follow such a move.
General Crook is n bravo and gal
hint boldior , a distinguished paci-
licntor of the Indians and n
clear-headed and original thinker on
matters relating to western progress. An
unfortunate chain of causes , over which
he had no control , has dimmed the
lustre of his name since ho left Omaha
four years ago to light the gang of sharks
and swindlers at San Carlosand to pacify
the restless savages with no control over
reckless Indian agents nnd the cormo
rants who presided over the destinies of
the interior department in Arizona.
Through no fault of his own , Crook lias
not yet reached the full measure of suc
cess in quieting the Chiricahua Apaches ,
aud ho has , in consequence , been hounded
by the press from the Atlantic to the
Pacific as a failure. No ono who knows
him , as a soldier ami a man , doubts for n
moment that ho will rise superior to cir
cumstances and justify all the expecta
tions of his friends. But ho must bo
given a chance to do it. lie must not bo
removed from his only opportunity to
vindicate himself by the swords of his
cavalry. A change of command would
bo a confession of failure. Much as
Omaha would bo pleased at Ciook's re
turn , it is duo to the general that some
other officer shall bo the successor of O.
O. Howard.x
ONI : of the greatest tax evaders in this
country is the Pullman Sleeping Car com
pany. It lights against the payment of
taxes at every point. If called on to pay
taxes in ono state it either sets up the
claim that it pays its taxes in another
state on the same rolling stock , or makes
some other evasive excuse. The com
pany has resisted tax collection suits
in Wisconsin , Tennessee and Indiana ,
and it now proposes to fight the payment
of taxes in Iowa. Inasmuch as the Iowa
legislature is in session wo should not bo
surprised , under the circumstances , to
see some action taken in the matter , and
perhaps n bill regulating the tolls to bo
charged on Pullman cars in Iowa will bo
introduced and passed. The rates on the
Pullman cars are simply exorbitant , and
especially so in the nest. From
Council Hinds and Omaha to Ogden , for
instance , the charge is eight dollars for
a single berth , or at the rate of four dollars
lars per day for sleeping accommoda
tions. It strikes us that a company mak
ing such outrageous charges ought to bo
ashamed of itself for constantly evading
the payment of taxes. Wo do not be
lieve it pays any taxes in Omaha or Ne
braska , although the headquarters of the
Pacific Pullman company nro in Omaha.
This is a matter that ought to be investi
gated by our assessors. They should see
that the rolling stock , the car equip
ments and the ollico furniture nro all
properly listed and asscsseil at u fair val-
utlon. _ _ < > < _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Farnam street sidewalks must bo rolaid
as ordered months ago by the board of
public works. Wealthy property owners
should not bo treated any dillcrontly in
the matter of enforcing the ordinances
than the poorest tax payer on real estate
in the city.
IT is about time for the republican city
central committee to call the primaries.
XUK FIlSbD OF INDUSTRY.
Neaily all the machinery manufacturing
establishments In Philadelphia are working
full time , and not a few oveitime , on eiders
for all kinds of machinery.
Slnco 1SSO tlm Industrial establishments in
Kansas have Inctwisod fioni 700 to WO , and
In capital from § 7,000,000 to 810,000,000 , with
an annual ptodiict at present of 531,000,000 ,
A laico colony of skilled English workmen
niepic-paring to omlgiato this spring , aud
\\ant te buy 1,003 nciea of land near some
laruo manufacturing city In the United
States ,
Pennsylvania Iron-making interests are
buying nil considerable conl and ore propoity
In Alabama , and will open mines. , build coke
o\en $ , cicct two largo blast furnaces nnd ono
or lo mills.
Lcadliiffknlt goods manufactories of the
Uuitcd States at a meeting In New York de
rided , owing to the advance In raw material ,
lo make an immediate advance In the jnice
on manufiictiucd products.
Tlio iiH-oiporatlon of manufacturing com-
jiiuilt-.s , hugo and small , still continues In
fcncr.il states , and abundant capital Is seek
ing cmi'lovment ' because of the llbeiai divi
dends \\blcit are being realized.
Tim L'oot and shoo manufacturing Interests
of thn New England states and Philadelphia
tiud tht ! < ic\elopmpnt of business ri'taided
without any assignable reasons unless they
aie to bo loUud In the fact that prices me
slightly higher and conlUlenco In ( ho puma-
ncucy of present prices not general.
The strength of the labor movement Is be
ing threatened In seine localities by a good
uiauy VioiUiiuen : ; tuiluting themselves for
for political prcUnnont. This Is ono of
the dangers ahead of IliOt organization , and
one whldi will rail for the most careful man
agement on the pirl of national , state nnd
local ofllcers. ' \
About 7.V ) of the convict In Virginia pris
ons are working for private parties , of whom
fiOS nro working In ono shoo shop. A bill
Imsjust been passed foiMddlng such em
ployment , and dircctliu ; that prison labor bo
utllllzcd on country roads and on works of
internal Improvement , This offots n better
solution of the convict question than nny
other. '
The members of the Preston Cotton Spin
ners' association of England dcsiro to buy
their cotton some place else limn In the
United States. They desire the British gov
ernment to see what can bo done In Kpypt to
supply thorn with cotton , and they refer to
the excellent consular service of the United
States and urge that U bo Imitated by Uiltlsli
consuls.
_ _
A 1'olntcr Ibr Hoxlo.
Mr. IIoxlo , the railroader , Is a very prolific
proclamation writer. A better case would re-
( inlio fewer arguments.
A Question From the Dig
SI , 7 > oiil IVt-O ( ( jMoft. (
Is n railway company compelled bylaw to
iccclve and transport freight , or does Iho dis
charge of this function depend entirely on
the pluasuio ol the nintingci ?
Gould IMalccrt n DUuovcry.
Chtcaao Hcrahl ,
Jny Could nppcais to Imvo discovered a
town somewheio In Texas whoso citl/cns nio
ardently in sympathy \\lth him as against
thestilkcrs , but nobody else has boon able
to discern the place with the naked eye.
Kctnilors of Oleomargarine.
Itnclicster ( .V. V. ) IIcmM.
ThoNcwYoik Star thinks it Is n positive
pity that the manufacturers of oleommRailno
should escape , while letallcrs bear the biunt
of offended justice. Well , Ifretalloisdid not
buy olcomnrgnilnothcio would be no niniiu-
factiueis of it.
_ _
A Gooil Chance For tlio Republicans.
St. Lout * Clulic-Dcmncrat.
The republicans unquestionably have a
good chance to secure a. majority of the next
house ; but the oppoitunity Is not so bright
that they can allord to sit still ami depend
upon democratic mistakes and lukcwarmncss
nlonc to give tliem such a victory. They
should organbo thoiotiglily in cvciypart of
the country and picparo for nn acgiesslvo
campaign , taking caio pattlculaily to nomi
nate the stioueost candidates they can find ,
nml to avoid Issues of a transient nnd dis
tracting natuic ,
"What the Railway Slaimgcrs Desire.
S ( . Louis licjmMtcati ,
There is good reason to belle.vo that rail
road managers desire to perclpltnto a gen
eral strike throughout the country. In the
event of their success no ono road would
lose Its business by having it diverted to
other lines , nnd tlio , labor oiganlzatlons
would bo forced to attempt bicaking the
whole bundle of sticks fit once.
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The Tjnucr Verdict.
KanMA City Times.
Klther Laner , Of Omaha , murdered his
wife in cold blood , or , as ho claimed , shot
her accidentally. Avcnllctiof manslaughter
was neither sense nor 'justice. Public senti
ment seems to point to him its her murderer.
and nil the evidence brought out at the trial
favors that view. Public indignation will
not uo npnoascd by an apologetic vciillct.
The icsult Is a faice.
it 1VoutWork. ; .
3'on/fcrJ / tiaicllc.
A bluebird perched on'nn aspen limb
In the miserable March slitter ,
You can't tool me with your siren hymn
Or the twit of your lonesome twitter ;
I know , while ot vernal things you blab ,
That tlio buds don't burst nor the brooklets
bab ,
And that 'ncath your promissory gab
Thcio's nn ornithological titter.
It's a chestnut , birdie , so It Is
This little toot you're tootlns :
Von si-em to nuiko it your annual "biz"
T o como at the lirst saluting
Of genial air , and chirp about
The damlnlion's coming oat ,
Aud the ihubarb's jeadmess to spiout.
And the venture's general shooting.
Uut the bluebird perched on nn aspen limb !
This spring yon sing's a spcctor ,
You can yawp the thing till your senses
swim
In a sea of gold-kissed nectar.
Hut you can't inveigle a chap that's cute
ToHlinlllo off his four-ply flannel suit ,
Or in a moment of rashness , "shoot"
Ills all-wool chest protector.
STATE AND TJ3RRITOKY.
Nchrnskn Jottings.
Fairmont will don the regulation suit
of oilicelioldor.s of a city of the second
class next month.
The Grand Island creamery shipped
4,000 pounds of butter to New lork Tues
day. The factory is doing n rushing
business.
The Alnsons of Bontrico propose to
erect n $30,000 temple this year. It will
be r > 0xl0 , three stories high , and built of
brick and stone.
"Tho present high waters , " &ays the
Fremont Tribune , ' 'have proven very
disastrous to bridges and tlioro is now
only one remaining across the Elkhorn
river. "
A little girl named Pearl Henderson
was taken from the passenger train at
Grand Island Tuesday morning. She
had been stolen by an unknown woman
from Sterling , Col. , and was ticketed for
West Liberty , Iowa.
Will C. Kistler , foreman of the flouring
mills nt Madison , was drowned Mondny
nftarnoon. Ho wns in a bout removing
some ice in the vicinity of the mill dam ,
when the boat upset and he was swept
over the dam and down the stream ,
The political prohibitionists of Nebras
ka City , nt the Into convention in that
burg , recorded n raft of resolutions on
the ngonies of alcohol , but did not once
refer to "saloons. " The word has boon
stricken from the coldjwater vocabulary
and "drum shops" substituted. 'Tis
English , you know. ,
liurgluru made a raid on the Johnson
County Hank and the saloon in Sterling
on Saturday night last ; The nafo in the
saloon w is opened aud robbed of twenty-
two cents , and some liquors taken. At
the bank the thieves broke the safe in
several places but did not succeed in
gaining an entrance to the cash drawer.
The balmy/.ophyrs of waning March
Imvo knocked out tlw'church oyster ns n
bait to hook bullion of Ihn unwary in
Nebraska City , Last- event of the kind
was dubbed the "httl ; | times sociable , "
owing to the dillictiltyof the managers to
"see11 a profit in thirteen cent meals.
The young Indies were dressed in calico ,
without pulls or pails , ornaments or pow
der , nnd looked ns sweet nnd templing
as a sugar coated lump of chewing gum.
Their taking ways stimulated the purse
strings of the nged and tilled the youthful
masculine heart With poignant hanker
ings.A .
A Kansas man wns suddenly taken siok
in a liloomington hotel one night last
week. Hugo and harro\Ying cramps
chased each other in his digestive organs ,
and hurled chunks of niiaury from toenails
nails to marble top. Hid better half was
awnkoned nnd hurried to the hotel
kitchen for a mustard Blaster. Arnied
with a half yard of saffron lined suction ,
the good woman rushed up-stains to
w hero bur hub was tossing and writhing
in pain. She entered a dimly lighted
room. It was not her own , but she did
not stop to invosiigato. A man lay in the
bed with nose nnd toes pointing ceiline1-
Wird. lu liii instant the' covers were
turned down nnd the plaster slapped
with a bang whore , in her judgment , it
would do the most good. Iho yell that
followed split the rafters and roused the
house and the Kansan lost his cramps In
his efforts to revive his wife. All recov
ered in lime to drink lo the stranger's
health next morning.
lown Itotns.
Eighteen saloons are on top in Mnquo-
keta.
keta.The
The Unbuquo market is greased with
butlerlno
The Farmers' State bank , ol Pnnlllna ,
has been incorporated with a capital of
§ ' . ' 5,000.
Dubuqiio is excited over the report that
the Hock Island road will build a branch
to that city this year.
Tlw coal mines in the vicinity of Oska-
loosa , run only on half time , send out
nbout 200 car loads daily.
Audubon county has eighteen candi
dates for the ollieo of county attorney ,
and the returns arc not all In.
Willie Hartmnn , aged fi years , was
killed by the cais at Hello Plaino Monday
morning , while crossing the railroad
track.
0. II. Green wns nrroslod nt Storm
Lake for shoving counterfoil money , Ho
had his pockets stuti'ud with the queer ,
and was disposing of it when nabbed.
'
An artesian we'll made at the creamery
nt Hello Plattio 120.1 ! feet deep , throws
n stream of water through nn inch pipe
thirty-live to forty feet in the nlr. The
town is excited over it and of the indica
tion of coal deposit sent up by the stream.
Articles of incorporation of the Wiscon
sin t , Illinois and Iowa Hridgc company
have been Hied at Dubuquo. The com
pany proposes to build a steel bridge
aeross the Mississippi ono mile north of
Dubiiquo , and is backed , it is alleged , by
the Chicago , Hurlington < te Northern rail
way.
Major D. A. Kerr , president of the First
Iowa Cavalry association , has recently
issued a call for a menting of the exec
utive committee , to be hold nt Cedar
Haplds on April Ifi.nt which the time nnd
place for holding the second triennial
reunion will bo decided upon. Its mem
bership now includes about 1)00 ) veterans.
Dakota.
Several strong companies nro being
fonno'l for the purpose of boring for oil
near Snoarliah , in the north pait of Iho
Hlaek Hills.
Campbell county , on the Missouri river ,
is eighty miles from n railroad nnd has
00,000 acres of good government land
yet untaken.
Fifty families will come from ono
locality in Manitoba to the Dunsclth
region this spring. The migration from
over the line is expected to be largo this
year.
Two of the doctors of Altona wore ar
rested last week and taken to Huron lobe
bound over for the May term of court on
a charge of prescribing too much liquor
for their patients.
The wedding festivities of Willinm No-
Inn nnd Mary Ilointy. at White Lake had
notable features. The groom was a na
tive of Ireland , nnd the bride of Ger
many. There were 250 guests invited.
The popular national melodies of "The
Hingen on the Rhine , ' , "Tho Wearing of
the Green , " "The Honnio Uluo Flog , "
nnd "Star Spangled Banner' , were ren
dered in live different languages , Ger
man , Irish , French , United States and
Norwegian.
Wyoming.
Twenty thousand young trout arc to bo
planted in the lakes in North Park this
spring.
The city council of Cheyenne has of
fered the city park as a site for the new
capitol building.
The late legislature created the oflicc
of coal mine inspector with a salary of
§ 5,000 , n year attached.
The proposed now town near Fort Fct-
torman will bo named Lamar , in honor
of the present secretary of the interior.
Montana.
Cattle on all the ranges arc reported in
first class condition.
Bullion shipments from Buttc last week
were valued at $111,508.
The Alice and Lexington mines shipped
last week eighteen bars of bullion valued
nt $30,784.
A thirteen foot vein of silver ore has
been struck in the Golden Leaf mine
which assays 100 ounces in silver per ton.
The Boston and Montana Gold Mining
company have paid $ -130,000 in dividends
and the Montana Gold Mining company
Drum Lummon have paid # 300,000.
The Montana. Western Kailroad com-
panj- , capital § 750,000 , hasliletl articles of
incorporation. The object of the corpo
ration is to build , equip and operate n
railroad from Drummond ( seventy-two
miles west of Helena on the Northern
Pacific ) HII Flint Creek valley to Philips-
burg , and eventually from there via the
Warm Springs to a junction with the
Utah & Northern near Silver Bow.
The Pacific Coast.
Peach trees are in bloom in North
Idaho nnd in Oregon.
A rich silver strike has been made in
the Superstitious Mountains , Arizona.
A whole tribe of Pmto Indians , with
their chief , Imvo gone to southern Cali
fornia.
The proposition to annev the Idaho
"panhandle" to Washington Territory
moves the Nevada newspapers to demand
enlarged boundaries for their own state.
They sny that Nevada really needs moro
population to help pay her bills.
Ten million feet of sawed lumber nt
Beaver Canon. Idaho , was seized last
week by United States authorities. The
causooftho soi/.uro is that the lumber
was cut for export out of the territory , In
violation of the Inw governing the public
use of timber on the public lands.
The Into James Irvine , of San Fran
cisco , left to ms onlyfaon , among other
property , 180,000 acres of land in ono
body in Los Angeles county , being nil of
thuSan Joaqiiin nnd part of the Santa
Anna grants. There nro between ! W,000
and 40,000 , bhcop anil several thousand
cattle upon this Iniid. The actual wish
value of the whole trnet is , nt n fair esti
mate , nbout ? 4,000,000. , ,
LITERATURE IN FRANCE.
No Authors ol' Flrfit-lluto Importance
Klnco Victor Hiigo'a Dcalli.
Springfield Republican : It cannot bo
said that the state of contemporary liter
ature in France oilers many consolations
to the patriotic and glory-loving citi/.ens
of the nation which has suflercd the
deepest humiliations of any people of
modern times. Grecian liter.itnro domi
nated the world long after the Greek na
tion had become a mure vassal of Home ,
A similar statement can hardly bo made
in regard to tlio literature of Franco since
the war with Prussia. Since the death of
Victor Hugo , who moreover for all prac
tical consideration belonged wholly
to the epoch preceding the war , it
would bo hard to name nny liv
ing French author of first-rate im
portance in the domain ot pine liter
ature. Kenan , Taino , andXola , those arc
undoubtedly the throe strongest writers
in Franco to-day , yet no oun of this trio
can bo regarded as of the lirst rank. He-
nan , ns a critio in the Held of religions
history , commands respect throughout
the learned world , yet oven now Iho cur
rent of reaction has strongly set against
his peculiar theories. A bimilar Mate-
inont can bo made in reg.ml to Taino. In
suggestive-ness , in nerve , and onlraine-
ment of style he la nnsurpassfid. His
strength lies in the marvelous ability with
which ho has applied onh central Idcn us
the basis of hi * critique for the explanation
of the various phunomcuu of piyeUoJojjy ,
of art , nnd of literature. Out whore lies his
strength , there also lies his weakness. It
is because of the .extremes to which hn
lias pushed his philosophical theory of
necessity ( originally developed by lihn
from the theory of Mill ) , that scholars to
day have to put themselves on their
cunrd in rending his works. Besides ,
Hcnan nnd Taino nro great merely na
critics , nnd criticism can never holdtho
lirst rank in literature. Tlio third IsXoln.
Ono can see , too , that the reaction ngainsl
Zola has already begun. Indeed , it be
gan before his advent into notoriety had
lillly taken place , for Zola him
self ns head of the realistic
school , represents merely the extreme
development of n movement itself be
come extreme the movement of the so-
enllod romantic poliool , which has doml-
nnted the literature of Europe during the
greater part of the century. There are
not wanting signs nowadays , especially
in England , that the great romantlo
movement has" run its course , nnd Hint
wo arc beginning lo see n now literature ,
especially in poetry , which is yet un
named , but which will bo moro akin
with the elnsslcnl than with the romantic
school. Fiction , possibly , will undergo a
further development in the direction of
realism before Iho change with it begins.
"The days of evil foitune are upon
us , nnd the men of my genera
tion will probably carry them down
to Iho grave their incurable grief , wrote
the French historian , Duniy , niter Iho
Franco Prussian wnr. nnd his forebodings
seemed to bo realized for the French na
tion in the domain of literature , us in tlio
domain oi polities. Just at the present
day Franco appears lo bo passing through
n period of passivity , if not , as harsher
might say , n period of barrenness and
stagnation , but wo know that no other
pconlo of Europe is possessed of greater
vitality , of greater recuperative powers
than tlio French. Hence in the matter
of literature I believe that the same is
true in Franco nt the present moment
which Mr. Stcadman , in his recent book ,
holds to bo true in America , after the
great period of Hugo , Do Mussel , Dumas
pure , nnd Unl/ac on the one side , nnd of
Longfellow , Bryant , and of the living
representatives of I ho same.school Whil-
tier , Holmes , and Lowell on the other ,
it is but natural that there should come n
period of quiet recuperation , during
which the national genius , so to say , for
a time lies fallow.
"WOMAN'S WAU.
Two ConcriUs , Friends In tlio Fiolil ,
Full Out nt Home.
Washington correspondence Philadel
phia News : Gen. Alfred Plensanlon is
one of the most noted figures upon our
street. The dashingand brilliant cavalry
leader who drove Price out of Missouri ,
who attacked the confederate advance at
Gettysburg , nnd who did a hundred or
moro other things which ought to have
made this republic grateful , is now a pri
vate citizen. He is slightly below medi
um height , nnd even now walks with the
peculiar swing of a cavalryman. Gen.
Plcnsanton will never be able to disguise
the fact that he is n born soldier. Ho has
the look of Hie military man from head to
foot. His hair is now frosted nearly a
pure white , ami his mustache nnd im
perial are of a grayish tingo. lie still
wears the black slouch hat of the style in
vogue when ho commanded the cav
alry of the Army of Potomac ,
and his favorite is a capo over
coat. The general is ono of this
most entertaining talkers in Washington ,
Speaking the othe'1 evening to your cor
respondent he said : "Two of the great
est generals of Iho war were model hus
bands. Grant and Hancock although
able to command and hold in absolute
obedience hundreds of thousands of men ,
took "back .seats" when they were at
home. Perhaps you do not Know how
the unfriendly leolinjr arose between
Grant and Hancock , it is a most inter
esting story and extends back before the
war , when Grant and Hancock were both
young men. Both were stationed ut St.
Louis at the time I refer to , and neither
of them had been married : v great while.
Mrs. Hancock cnmc from ti southern
family. Her feelings were nil thai
way. while Mrs. Grant was intensely
northern. There never wns any good
feeling between Mrs. Grnnt n.vl Airs.
Hancock. Mrs. Hancock snubbed Mrs.
Grant , a fact which Mrs. Grant never
forgavo.
Atlcr the war Grant came to Washing
ton witii his family to establish his hcnd-
qunrters hero. They went to Willard's
hotel , but the bills wore too high for the
general'a purse , so he told his wife that
lie would like to go to housekeeping , and
asked her nt the same time to select a
proper residence. Mrs. Grant went out ,
nnd dually decided that Gen. Hancock
nnd Mrs. Hancock wore occupying the
house which she would liko. She went
homo and told her husband and ho made
out the nccohsnry order. You see Grant
outranked Hancock and was entitled to
the house according lo precedent and es
tablished usage , Mrs. Hancock , how
ever , was not to bo outdone by Mrs.
Grant , so she persuaded her husband to
write a sharp note lo Iho general. Then
came Mrs. Grant's turn. She made up
her mind to have that house or die , al
though there were a thousand other
houses just as good in tlio olty , BO she in
fluenced her husband to reply in kind to
Hancock. There was quite a correspon
dence , but of course Grant came out
ahead nnd cot tlio house. A few days af-
lerwnrd Grant nnd Hancock mot
in the street. Grant extended
his hand us though noth
ing had happened , for he was not a man
to bear HI will ngain.st another for some
petty , foolish thing ; but Hancock delib
erately turned his Lack upon him. When
the assignment of divisions came Inter
Grant sent Hancock way up inlo Miiino-
sola , whore ho kept him sixyo.irs. Muade
was given the Division of the Atlantic ,
with authority to establish his headquar
ters in Philadelphia or Now York. As
Meade was a Pennsvlvnnian he uho.se
Philadelphia. After Meadu's death Grant
assigned Hancock to the command of the
Division ot the Atlantic with authority to
establish his hcadiiuaiiers either at Phil
adelphia or Now York , in precisely the
same language as had been given to
Mcado. As Hancock was also a Pennsyl
vania ! ! the Philadelphia people supposed
that his hendqunrtnr.s would remain
whore they woro. Mrs. Hancock , how
ever , remembered that the Philailolphi-
ans had given Meade u house in that city ,
and thai they had neglected to similarly
remember her husband. She determined
that the hendquariers should bo transfer-
led to Now York , and transform ! they
were , and remain so to this day. Women
Imvo moro lo do in national nli'airs than
you have any idea of. "
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