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> - , v , . V 'V THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. TUESDAY. APRIL 13. 1886. r THE DAILY BEE. OMAHA OFPicnMd. OH AND oifiFAnxAM ST NRW YoiiKOrncKHooMC5Tmnu ; liuit.mNa Orncs , No. 613 FOUIITEF..NTII Sr. Published every morning , nxecpt Sunday. The only Monday morning tmpor published in tlio Btntc. TKTIMB nr MAIL : One Vcnr . $10.dOTlirpo Months . $2JVI EUJIontlis . C.XJIOna ( Month . 1.00 IUE VtT.EKiT BEE. Published Every Wcdnosdny. TT.HM8 , POSTPAID 1 One Vcnr , with premium. . . . J2.00 One Yrnr , without premium . . . . . 153 Hlx Month * , without premium . 75 Ooo Month , on trial. . . . . . 10 All communications relating to new * and odl- lorlnl matter * should bo addressed to the Hut- von OFHE Ilnr. . AH'lii ) si now loiters and romlttnncos should bo nadi-ffteil to THE HKK Ptntuninxo COMPANY , OMAHA , Drafts , checks mid poMnlllco orders to bo made pnj able to the order of the company. IKE ElE POBLIStllHGliPW , PROPRIETORS , E. HOSKWATKK. EntTOn. TUB survoyorslilp of customs 1ms boon fllkiil. "Jordan , it's a hard road lotrnvul , I bcllovc. " Tin : bill to admit Washington territory ns .1 stnto 1ms passed the scnnto and goes to the house , where the Dakota bill still lingers in a convenient pigeon hole. There is n very dimly prospect of either measure becoming n law at the present Husuion. WE nro pained to learn from our ex changes that lr. ) T. S. Hrackctt , tlio twin brother of General Albert O. Itrackett , U. S. A. , has recently died at lily homo near Crawfordsvillo , Indiana , at tlio venerable ngo of 1)3. ) Ho was much respected and beloved by nil who know him. CAITAIN BOUHKE'S "Apache Cam paign" will shortly bo brought out in a uecond edition. American ethnology owes much to the hard labors of'such brilliant army olllccrs as IJourko , Clark mid Military , whoso study of the life , lan guage and customs of tlio Indians , has formed a valuable contribution to Ameri can science during the past ton years. Tun funeral ot the gallant Emmet Crawford at Kearney was an imposim ; ono. The protest by Nebraska's delega tion against tlio slowness with which tlio state department is investigating bis murder should bo prompt and emphatic. Apologies and indemnity should bo wrung out of tlio treacherous Greasers who de liberately assassinated ono of the bravest and most beloved of olliccrs who wore the United States uniform. is trying to stop the military bands trora competing with other bands at picnics , balls , parades , celebrations and other public entertain ments , and ho expresses the belief that nn order will bo issued by the war de partment which will forbid any further such competition. This measure strikes n responsive chord in the heart of every musician outside of tlio military bands , which have frequently underbid the civilian - , ilian organizations. IF a vacancy can bo made for that purpose - pose Commissioner of Pensions Black ought to promptly resign his present oflico and accept a berth in the civil ser vice commission. A man who can boast that ho made "seventy-seven appoint- 'taonts under the civil service rules , of which number seventy-two wore demo crats and live politics unknown , " is a man after the administration's own heart. Ho is too valuable to the party to bo hidden behind the musty rolls of the pension bureau when , the active labor of reforming the civil service in strict ac cordance with Jacksonian principles , yet with mugwump methods , awaits his Coming. _ _ _ _ _ Tun train men on. the Union Pacific Imvo eyory reason to bo satisfied with the result of their friendly conference with the managers. They presented their grievances , wore nflbrdcd full opportunity to discuss them , and after several confer ences , practically won their point bv a compromise mutually satisfactory. There wore no threats on cither side , but a busi ness like and conciliatory spirit on the part of the employes , which was mot by nu equally friendly spirit on the part of the company. Such a victory is worth inoro than appears on its face. It is n triumph of peaceful methods of settling labor disputes without a costly warfare And a struggle whoso antagonisms lust long after the conllict lias ended. Tnr.iiK is n fooling of poorly concoale d melancholy in Washington among demo crats over the results of the spring elec tions throughout tlio country. The heavy republican gains everywhere reported are n depressing surprise. They fail to how that democratic administration has strengthened the party or that the distribution of olHces has increased the vote ixs expected , ' After n year under a clmnrjo of administration the voters of llio country have decided npaltibt the Wisdom of the chungo. The weight of the decision is admitted nt tlio national capital and fnars are expressed that tlio oomliiR congressional elections will ghango the political complexion of the bouse. , Wuu.u the Omaha & Nor thorn railroad BOhcmo is slumbering peacefully the proposition for inoro direct connections between the Klkhorn Valley and this city by a branch of the Northwestern road does not seem much more active. Surveyors have been over the line from Ttonnurd south but the public has not Jonrnod whether n final decision has or has not boon reached in regard to the construction of the proposed lino. WhM would pay the Northwestern people and Omaha bettor than n short line connec tion would bo au extension cast from Fremont dlrnct to Omaha mut ing this city the eastern Mis souri river terminus of thu road , Suoh a move would result in re moving nil the irritation of the past be tween our merchants and the flovth- western , and would throw a heavy Irafflo with the Klkhorn Valley and the northwest under their control. Now thai the road is pushing Itself into the in terior of Wyoming > nd reaching for jgwcutwator Pass uml the Hookies , a di rect connection of the future great trans continental line \nth tbo metropolis of the Missouri bccoTua * more dcMrnblo for oncurned , Wo boiler * that If Messrs. Httghltt dud Keep would sorimwl * con- * l4er the Idea which has before 'r e ti yrv paced by thfi HKK , that ways nnd means ould bo fouud to curry the plan to a 'consummation. Two Important Decisions. The Minnesota supreme court has just handed down two important decisions re lating to the duties of railroads in con * ncction with municipalities which nro in * tercstlng because of the wide application of the princiulcs involved to every largo city in the country. The first point involved was the power of cities to extend and open streets across railroad rights of way. The road ob jected to the proposed extension on Iho ground that the property to bo con demned was intended by it for other public uses and thai to establish a crossing over it would bo to entail additional and bur densome trouble nnd expense upon tlio company. The court held that the use of land by n railroad company was not in consistent with the use of it for street purposes , nnd confirmed the right anil power of city councils to order necessary street openings without regard to right of way. This decision is founded on com mon scnso nnd on a duo regard to the ne cessities of municipal growth. Omaha is new encircled witli railroads. Tlio belt line sweeps around the corporate limits from the river to the stock yards. The Union Pacific and Uurllngton roads beset tlio city on the south. In tlio future development of our public improvements the question involved in the Minneapolis decision is likely to arise hero. The considerations of law and public policy , contemplated by the law , would undoubtedly result in tlio &nmo decision , and a like case oven be taken to the Nebraska supreme court. The other decision is an equally import ant ono , although not at present appli cable to Nebraska , as the ground is cov ered by statutory enactment. Tlio supreme premo court of Minnesota decides that railroads must bear all the expense of bridging over and tunnelling under their tracks. In the case in question , as quoted by Iho Pioneer Press , "tralllc upon a given street had so multiplied that a crossing nt grade could not bo tolerated. It stopped travel and was certain to bring annually a plentiful crop of acci dents. The council lowered the street grade at that point , and ordered the com pany to construct the work required to support its tracks. The company refused , alleging among other things that it would bo compelled to occupy private property in the construction of ap proaches. The court decides that n rail road company has this power nnd must exercise it on demand of municipal authority. If the con venience and the safety of the public demand a crossing above or below grade , the obligation to supply it rests upon the railroad. It must occupy and pay for necessary property , and must bear tlio cost of what the judges decide to be , in ell'ect , not a passage of the street across the railway track , but a passage of the railway track across a street. " Under the Nebraska law , passed by the hist legislature , the cost of viaducts is divided between the city nnd the rail roads , the companies paying three-fifths and the city and property own ers nflbctcd the other two fifths. This measure was passed to facilitate needed improvements in Omaha without the expense and delay of a long-drawn legal contest to determine the responsi bility and convoy the power to enforce viaduct construction. Without it , tliero can bo no question that the railroad com panies could bo made to bear all the ex pense of providing adequate approaches and safe crossings to and over their tracls. The East St. liouls Mnssncro. Wo have carefully refrained from comment on tlio bloody all'ray which took place in East St. Louis on last Fri day , because wo desired to know the de tails as related by both sides. From the full accounts printed in the St. Louis papers'Which are certainly not partial to tlio strikers , wo are forced to the con clusion that the shooting of six men nnd ono woman by the deputies of the sheriff was nothing more nor less than a wanton nnd cowardly massacre. These deputies were illegally imported from other states on an advertisement by the railway man agers for men who , for $5 a day , were willing to assist the shorill in moving their trains. The class of men that enlisted under this call wore notorious dosporadocs and their presence was in Itself an incentive to disorder. While it is claimed by these deputies that the first shot cnmo from the crowd that gathered near tlio tracks , the preponder ance of testimony shows that the bravo deputies fired a volley from their Win chester rifles Into the crowd without pro vocation nnd then took to their heels across the bridge to put themselves under the protection of the St. Louis police. Tlio tact thnt the victims of these hired ruillnns wore spectators , and not strikers , shows within itself how reckless and un called for was the shooting. The wonder is that It was not followed by u general destruction of llfo nnd property. In this view , wo are in full nccord with some of Iho most conservative papers of the country. The Cleveland Leader , which certainly cannot be classed as an organ ot dynamiters nnd anarchists , has this to say about the alVniy nt Enst St. Louis : itTutun ! ! ! " ! ft - a Ryyd. * ' ? ! ! ? a null up on tliogtmrds eoulil Justify tmfli.'insJiteJi Uy udvortlslnir fur unU employing "mon of nerve , " "who mean business. " nrinlnj ; thoni with repeating rlltcs and revolvers and in- strut-tin ; , ' them to use tboso weapons If the propci ty under their protection was menaced , the i\llroiul company was guilty or I no ! to- incut to murder and ni rotated to Itself an- thnilty that belongs only to the city or state govi'iiimeiit. It Is rvldent that the men thus employed v.vra clivspeiato chameters who \vould hobltiil * at in ) atrocity , anil that they tooU ( tin titst opportunity to demonatute the lad. IfvufT > oy believe tlie news scutovor tl'o es-nn4 ; tlioio appears to bo no rrn- sou to Joist its truthfulness the out- ratro VIM oae ot tnu most unprovoked Ir. tbk hUtnry ) f U'w troubles. The re sponsibility thurflfone8tdii | > nii the employe-is of tliess guards a ra > ich HI upon the luWnns tuemeelvox X * : vrulnily { organized pnllro or j&nituj ; ferro f onW bnv been peimltteil HI ire cpuo Oio "B > O.'I" excant nt'lrrduo no- tier , and thi f U ir of aveiy ether menus to ri'iii'&A ) It. TbU would ) n been line In tlio face of u UT re tituuu bv tt.o soctllo ; < .l salkeis. Hi t In ihls CMS uo tuch atlacK ap- ic.-.ia to him bcoo icadu , and Ike IJooilshMl Is therofoie 11 tbb 010110 Oc condemned , Tir ! > ferlonOile iftalr still furtlur eoinplicnfos an atteAdr 4r > perale ktatn < \ ' . affair * , and wlmt < lie < nd tr ; 7 ba art whoa It will comt Is inipnssUit to ( ojfw. * l ThU srmct is cer tain ; Thu prlneJi > uh Jn tbp dsitl.udly out- raiu ttiould b ummaitly pmUl.td , and their Ali'.tis and abettors the rwbni ) who ivcOUpcslv luuHrri U by emiiloj-hiji ilesper- dues foi n work i qulitat lh Kmitctt ( ur- nhd discretion should bo i and brought to trial without delay. Thtro Is now In n Pennsylvania Jati n millionaire nnmcd Wcston undergoing a five years' sen- tehco for manslaughter , who Is no more pullt7 , If ns much , as the railroad officials whom ptib'lc sentiment will hold responsible for ths bloody deeds nt Kast St. Louis yester day. Justice will not bo satisfied until they , too , have been placed behind prison bar * They linvo dally denounced the strikers for alleged violation of the laws since the troubles commenced. By tlieso same laws , tlio majesty of which should bo equal to the occasion and apply to all alike , they should bo judged , and quickly judged. IT Is pleasing to note that the nttompt of some bumptious "Irishman" in Now York to raise a difleronco In the ranks of the National League by reports of a quar rel between Jlr. Patrick Egan and Ir. 1'nrnoll has signally failed. Air. Kgan wns represented ns being opposed to peaceful methods and dissatisfied with Pnrnoll's parliamentary manngcment. Both statements have been denounced by thu liberal and patriotic president of the National League ns being unqualifiedly falso. What the object of the "prominent Irishman , " who has carefully concealed his name , was in endeavoring to stir up trouble in the league can , only bo conjectured. There are excellent reasons for believing that ho is no friend of Ireland in her hopes for liberty. ParnolPs greatest suc cess so far has been his signal ability in hnrmoni/.ing Irishmen and collecting around him such ablolieutenants nsJohn Dillon , Patrick Kgan and William Soxton. Mr. Kgnn has already expressed himself as favorable to Mr. Gladstone's homo rule bill in its loading features , and as thoroughly in accord with Mr. Parncll. What tlio league thinks of the Irish leader may bo seen from the princely contribution $00,000 , scut by it the other day across the water for the Parnell parliamentary fund for the support of Irih members at West minster. Now is the time , if over , when Irishmen should sink all difTercnces and stand shoulder to shoulder in the support of thu man whoso brilliant leadership has forced Ireland's claims for justice before the world , and raised ns their champion tlio strongest advocate among English speaking nations in the person of Mr. Gladstone. Whether home rule is to bo the gift of to-day or the far distant future depends largely upon the earnest anil united efforts of the men whose country is to bo bcnofiUed. THE contract has been lot for the Choy- cnno depot of the Union Pacific , but there are no symptoms of a desire on the part of that company to accommodate Omaha with a substitute for the wretched shed which acts as au apology for n depot on Tenth street. When the ques tion of changing the location of the Eleventh street viaduct was under dis cussion General Manager Callaway sug gested that the proposed change was in timately connected with plans for n grand union depot then in contemplation. Since then the matter seems to have dropped out of sight. Omaha has done enough for the Union Pacific rail road to entitle her to better depot accommodations. The present dilapidated structure is a positive detriment to the city. Travelers passing through its dingy walls "are 'unfavo'nibly ' impressed wUh the surroundings 'and gain a false idea of the size and enter prise of the community. A handsome union depot would pay handsome re turns on the investment. It must come some time , but all our people would bo delighted to learn that the time is in Iho near future and will not bo delayed until the now bridge is completed anil all the trunk lines are running into Nebraska direct. A MOVKMENT is on foot in Germany tote to improve the present system of legal education , and to adopt ono similar to that in vogue in Great Britain. A similar movement ought to bo started iu the United States. At present the legal pro fession is tlio easiest for a man to enter. The requirements amount to nothing , and the applicants for admission to the bar are generally whitewashed in the so- called examinations. This condition of nll'nirs accounts for the numerous shysters and blockheads that are crowding into the ranks of the legal profession , which , it has been alleged , is tlio most honorable and most lonrned of all professions. JODGE WIST , the now governor of Utah , hails from Cynthiann , Kentucky , nnd is a lawyer by profession. Although he is not n man of extended reputation , even in his own state , ho is said to pos sess considerable horse scnso. Ho has served ns county judge nnd has boon mentioned occasionally as n candidate for lieutenant-governor nnd congress man. BOTH houses of congress have passed the bill providing for n now congressional library building. The aged nnd encyclo pedic librarian , SpoiTord , now feels that "tho present session is most ofliciont so far as work is concerned , of any which ho litis known for yoars.1' Tun fact that between 8,000 and 10,000 , people were In attendance nt the rovivnl meeting in tlio exposition building Sun day evening shows that Sam Jones nnd Sam Small are not needed after nil to create a religious nwnkonine in Omaha. Giro London special lakas a despond ent view of the prospects for the passage of Gladstone's homo rule bill. ICnthusl- ustio homo rulers , however , predict a ma jority of forty for the bill on the second rc.iding and n hundred on the final vote. now Jny Gould is trying to brcnk down Powderly by false reports of pretended - tended conversations with the master workmen. The great railroad wrecker will not succeed Jn wrecking the great labor organization. JOE PUUTZKJI has resigned his scat in congress , being unable to rldo two horses nt tlio fimo time , Ho lhinlv the World requlros more of his attention than the house of representatives. Tin ; trouble with Mr , Jarani is that ho hulls from Cleveland. If ha onine from Fremont there would bo no question n\joiit his fitness for superintendent , bnso- lucnt or no busomout. A CHICAGO firm has published n novel entitled "Love's Ladder. " The success ive stop * in Chicago nre Courtship , Marriage - riago nnd Uivorco. WHEN Gould 1ms finished bearing Mis souri Pacllio stock the labor troubles on the southwestern system will bo wound up iu short uoMco. i a The Tbo first Omaha-Jcdcm ! oflico to open its nrms to a domocVat Is the surveyor- ship of customs. SIrf Robert C. Jordan is the fortumito ifbmlnco who wilt suc ceed Surveyor Ca'n'/pb / H in tlio federal building nnd perform , , the by no means arduous duties of tlio position. Mr. Jor- dnn is ono of OUT 'most respected nnd nmiablo of citizens ; olio of Nebraska's oldest residents , anil n man who needs no introduction to ouc < poQplo. In succeed ing Mr. Campbell in the customs service Mr. Jordan will proslddovnrtho destinies of the port of Omaha by Inspecting nn occasional steamboat nnd chocking up hero and there a floating invoice. If tlio law passes making Omaha n point of immediate - mediate transportation the duties and the compensation of the olllco , neither of which are now excessive , may bo ex pected to increase. Mr. Jordan may congratulate himself over beating Mr , Pritchctt , Con. Gal lagher and several other worthy but ambitious gentlemen in the race for federal oflico. Mu. Bnciiui. will bo the president of the now council nnd Mr. Boyd will re main mayor for another year. Ir Now York aldermen coutinuo to "skip" there will not bo a quorum left in a few daj's. I'HOMINKNT I'HKSONS. Mnry Walker , 5f. 1) . , has been hit with n bi ick : but no brick can crush Mary. Thomas Xast has made fame , llo now thinks of drawing iortuno fiom n Colorado mine. mine.William William K. Vandcibullt Is gradually get ting out of business entanglements , nnd will ttilco his life easily. Mrs. James Biovui Totter Is rchearsIiiR a cliarmlnir little play which she will produce next summer at Newport. Webb Hayes , son of the ox-iircsldont , Is visiting Washington for the first time since his lather left the white house. Ex-Oov. Bookmaker of Ohio will soon sail forKuropc , where ho will devote himself solely to scientific studies and to literature. Mr. Winston , United States minister to Persia , Is engaged to marry Miss Calhoun. a grand-daughter ot the great South Caroli nian. James Ilussell Lowell , Just previous to his ilepaituro for Europe , Is said to have declined oilers to write magazine articles nt 51,000 each , Ex-Mtnlster Lucius Falrctilld says that his oxpcileiico 1ms led him to the conclusion thnt Spain h n sifcr country to live In than the United States. Phillip Brooks , thoinostpiomlncntpreach er InlBoston , Is a bacli'clor of fifty , who , with out being handsome , ( ias a noble head and n frame of masslvo prpporjtions. Carl Schnrz is acting asi attorney for cer tain boiulholdlnc inteiosts of the New York , Philadelphia & Bullalo nlilroad , a position he secured through tile irlfcmUhlp of ilcnry Yillard. J } j Mr. W. W. Corcorai | , the Washington mil lionaire , spends his declining years In dis tributing checks. It , is a pleasing and nu honorable way ot squaring accounts with humanity. 1 Miss Nellie Arthufjis ndt the belle of the white house at present , although there is no knowing \\hathlio innycomo to some day should she marry a dcinpcint But she loves Washington and Washington loves her. JRlpo for the 1'ciiltentlary. CMcaao Times. Julco Sharp says that everything that ho clone wns under legal advice ; audit would eeeni ns if some of the New York lawyers nio about ns ripe for tlio penitentiary ns the New York aldeimcn. War on .Liquor. Denver Trtimnc-Itepublfniii. The Knights of Labor propose to make war upon liquor drinking. Their motive Is purely pi actlcal. They say that n man who is n slave to liquor Is of no use to organized labor. This Is true ; ho is of no use to any thing or anybody. English History. C/iteiflO Nciri. It would bo reassuring now to hoar from these London gossips who some time ago told us that Mr. Gladstone was going Insane. The old gentleman has reserved his reason long onoueh to make some of the most im portant history that has been made in Eng land for many n day. A Goiitlo Hint. Fremwt Tribune. Prohibition Is coming to the front In south ern Nebraska as quite a force In politics , It being n lending Issue In most ot the south Ncbiaska towns in the municipal election this spiing. The people who do not \\ant prohibition forced upon this stnto need to Imvo n care In selecting members of the next legislature. Little lioft for Miles to Do. St. Jtaul PlonetrVMS. . Gon. Crook has broticht Into Fort Bowie nnd shipped to Florida , for poipetua ! exile , seventy-six of the hostile Apaches. It Is be lieved that tliero nio only thirty-four hostllcs loft , and nearly half of these are sauaws , who light on a pinch , so that Gen , Miles , by employlni : all the available troops In Ari zona , may bo able to bring the Apache busi ness to n satisfactory conclusion. These thlrtv-four squaws and bucks should bo bagged at all costs. A dead Apache repre sents an expenditure of several thousand dollars by tlio government , nnd the sooner they are all run down the better will It bo for the tioasury. Tlio Master of the House. Jahn Dennlt , llo cannot walk , no cannot speak. Nothing lie knows of books nnd men , lie Is the weakest of the weak , And has not strength to hold a pen ; Ho has no pocket , nnd no purse , Nor over yet has owned penny , IMJms mnro.rlehp9jlinu ls | | nurse , ha W Ho rules his parents by'a ' cry , And holds tliem captlvo liy n smile , A despot , strong through infancy , A king , from lack of guile , lie lies upon his liaclq a ; id crows , Or looks with grave qyes on his mother What can homo.inV IJutl. suppose They understand eacii Otcr. ) | In doots or out , early er Int6 , There Is no limit to his pwny , For wiapt In baby robes of state JIo governs nlglit nnd d $ . Kisses ho tikes as right ful duo , And Turk-like , has his hMvcs to dress him , Ills subjects bend beforb hlhi , too. I'm ono of them. ( Joil btess him. i A Striking Contrast. t'ilonfieiii Ilcnwl. The contrast between the way In which the Union Pacific company has treated the United States government and tlio dealings of the Canadian Pacific company with the people of the dominion Is almost enough to make a Phail&eo out of the humblest and most unpretending Canadian. The Canadian company lm\o not only taken no advantage of tlio Canadian taxpayers , but they have done better than they promised. They have clven the company n far bolter road than their ngieemeni compelled , nnd they have completed It in a shot ter tluio than was set domi in the bond. Van Wyck autl the IJUmunds' Rcsolu lions. FVcmont Tribune. The attention of our renders Is called to the letter published to-day from Senator Van Wycfa Tlio brass-collared newspapers of this state have been hounding htm ever since ho voted upon the Edmunds' resolution * ! they have maliciously lied about and misrep resented him nnd still persist In It when they might know the truth If they were not i-ur- poscly deaf to IU Senator Van Wyck voted on the right Rldo of these resolutions nnd In the very beginning was wlso enough to place himself upon grounds that conld bo main tained nnd not assume n position ns many did , which was untenable and from which ho would bo compelled to retreat. Wo ask ovcrjbody to read the senator's letter ( which ho has written In self defense ) and judge him by what ho actually did nnd not byliat npack of prolific falsifiers say ho did. Block niul lioml Chtcauo Tribune. Thn consideration of tlio bill authoriz ing the construction of n railroad through the Indian Territory brought out in the senate some ratbor singular views about watering railroad stocks and bonds. Thu act provide for n road from Fort Smith , Ark. , to Arkansas City , Kas. , running through the Indian Territory nnd con nected by a branch line with the South ern Kansas railway near CofToyvillo. The company is authorized to take n strip of land t00 ! feet wide through the Indian Territory and ! ) ,000 feet in addition every ten miles for stations , on condition thnt it will compensate the tribes for the ground taken in accordance with an award to bo made by nrbilrntors nppointed by the United States courts , niul nlso pay tlio secretary of the interior a specified sum for the benefit of the Indians. All these provisions nro proper enouuh nnd calcu lated to secure a needed railroad in the Indian Territory nnd protect the rights of thu Indians. Hut the senate defeated other sections of the bill which were in tended to require an honest construction of the road and prohibit the watering of its stock nnd bonds. The first amendment , proposed by Sen ator Van Wyck , would forbid the .issuo of any more stock or bonds than would represent the actual cost of building nnd equipping the road. Mr. Platt offered a second amendment , providing that no share of stock should bo transferable un til lifty per cent , of its par value was paid in and the amount sworn to by the ofll- cers of the company. Both these amend ments were defeated , Do the senators wish it understood that they would char ter this road only on condition that it should bo loft free to swindle its creditors and tax its future patrons double rates in order to pay illegitimate profits on water ed slock and bonds ? Senator Ingalls thought the company would refuse to ac cept a charter "burdened with conditions imposed on no oilier nornortion , " but it is clear thnt these "conditions" put on the company no other "burden" than common honesty. An individual who , bv " misrepresentation , would mortgage fo"r ! ? 15,000 a farm worth only $10,000 , nnd then make a default , would bo guilty of obtaining money under false pretenses nnd punishable by imprisonment : but the transaction would bo essentially the same ns the net of a company building a railroad which would issue more mortgage bonds than the road cost , pocket the surplus , anil then pile on stock , bull the market , nnd unload the worthless , swindling cliromos on the public. This very rascality the scnato of tie ! United States , under In galls' lead , has sanctioned. It may bo that the burden of common honesty has been "imposed on no other corporation , " but if so it is certainly time to begin making such requirements. The practice of issuing bonds represent ing a greater value than the cost of the road has indeed been general in the last twenty years , and it is the main cause why these corppratlons breed discontent and disdrdor by levying extortionate charges on the farmers' produce and pay ing their employes inadequate wages. The watering of railroad stocks lias brought in n train of abuses ; nnd its con sequences nro ficen in the angry feeling of the overburdened farmers , nrtibans , traders and producers , as w < 11 as in the occasional violent outbreaks of workmen. It is strange that the senate would not establish at least ono precedent whore a railroad corporation wns held to the rule of fair dealing. Jny Uonlcl. CMcaao Ihralil. Who is Jay Gould ? Ho is something moro than the little black-eyed , sallow- laced mnn with whoso features and name the public is familiar. The potentiality known as Jay Goulct is $000,000,000 , of capital , more or less watered , which ho controls. It is n power in many states a sovereign in a few. It represents rapno- ity , pcriury , theft , bribery , nnd all un- charitableness. It is n conspiracy which has no end , and whose manifestations are over before us. It is nlort , crafty , tireless. It is bullied by no law when the laws nro in its way. It is quick to take refuge under the law when it is menaced. What is known as Jav Gould , therefore , is not simnly the man , but the power which ho wields , nnd the methods which he adopts. In thirty years ho has scoured control of corporate wealth in America amount ing to $000,000,000 , , and is the nbsoluo owner of more than $100,000,000. The men who earned this money are not the present owners of it. They may bo tramps , or their families may bopnupora. Gould earned as the thief earns his money , ns the gambler earns his , as the conspirator earns his , and as the swind ler earns his. Ho worked for it , but ho worked as the burglar works. His vigils astcd long into the night , ho ran fonrful chances , lie played double , ho lied and cheated mid betrayed , but of honest toil , of conscientious endeavor , ho never know a dav. Ho became a director nnd nftorwnrd president of the Erie railway with the in tention of wrecking the property under his management , and with tlio assistance of Fisk the bonded debt of that road In creased In n few years from $1)1,000,000 ) to $115,000,000. During his shameless mismanagement - management ot thnt property lie bought legislatures nnd courts ns ho would spikes , nnd one judge , the notorious Jiiirimrd , ho owned body nnd soul , kept him in hi.s opera house surrounded by bedl/oncd wantons , and on moro than onn occasion Hia.dehjjii hold1 court whore corks were nying And sirumDOts wore disporting themselves. Operating under C-'V'i ol the law whore It was possible , and bub- verting the law by the corrup tion of its ministers when such n course became necessary , ho bank rupted hundreds , and nt length was , with his entire crow , forcibly ejected trum mo Erie oillcos by a band of armed men in the employ of ( Swindled English stockholders. Hero was n case where law wns on the mdo of Gould , thief nnd conspirator , and violence and disorder on the side of the men whom ho hud robbed , but the latter triumphed. Hav ing gained possession of the company's ofnees ( hey undertook to appeal to the law to punish the robber. Gould was not prepared for a contest of thnt character , nnd onn day ho appeared before his vic tims with a.ino box , from which lie drew ? 8,000,000 worth of bonds. Those wore turned over to the stockholders in sottlol mcnt , and no criminal proacoutou- ensued. Notwithstanding this restitution of stolen goods , Gould IIHS made hi.s foitimo in Kriu. He had other millions which ha did not restore , llo onpini'i'rctl the gold corner which culminated in Ulnok Friday. carrying rum to thousands and dc-ath and insanity to many. Ho had Tweed's Turn- many behind him , and the courts niul legislators in plenty , but on thnt day of panic , when tlio wires melted under tlio lire of electricity , men went mad by their losses , roamed the streets in eoareh or iim. prunared to dispatch him as they would a doer. Ho secured control of the West ern Union telegraph by menus thnt wore characteristic of the mnn. In the ono case his lover wns n pretended rival , in the otl'cr a corrupt judge , Wcstbroko by name. Hoth wore conspiracies intended to fasten monopo lies upon the people nnd to place himself in control of thorn. With these grcnt In terests nt his bnck ho once moro branched out ns n railway mnn , nnd before many months bud elapsed ho wns iu control of the Southwestern system , the principal owner of all railroads local to Missouri , nnd almost the sole owner of tunny of the moro Important transportation facilities nnd interests of St. Louis On such foundations rest the Jay Gould power in America , and by such methods hns it been built up. Never thwart- oil but once , nnd then only by the lawlessness of the mon ho was robbing , it is a question for people of n serious turn of mind whether it is not tlmo for a bettor undprstnndingwlth him than has yet been had. When such ns ho have the law on their side , then the law hns been used for purposes never con templated byits mtttiors and expounders. Property fights are sacred , but fraud vitiates everything which It touches , nnd there is not a dollar of Jny Gould's fortune - tune which is not spotted with it. If there Is no power anywhere to protect the mass of men against sueh crimes ns his , it is time that it was conferred by the people. They have hedged the Goulds all about with legal safeguards of the most solemn nature. Lot them pro tect themselves as well. A BOOMING TOWN. Atkinson , in Holt County , hncntcil in tlm llleh nnd Kertllo KlKlioru V alloy. ATKINSON , Nob. , April 11. [ Corres pondence ) of the HKK. ] Six years ago tlio northern , central nnd northwestern portion of Nobrnskn wns comparatively unknown to the outside world nnd but few people know what rich agricultural Innd these northern Nebraska counties wcro composed of. Since that time , however , the western tide of immigration has been turned toward this country nnd all the land of any importance in the county of Holt , nnd the counties lying cast of it has been monopolized by thu homesteader ana is now valued nt from 0 to $15 per acre anil rapidly increasing in value. "And the desert shall blossom as the rose. " It has been the popular but erroneous impression that this country , nnd thnt lying westward , was the poorest portion of the stato. All northern Nebraska was pronounced a sand desert nnd the easterner who had never viewed the county west of the Missouri , had his idea that nothing but sand hills glistened for miles all through the north ern part of the state and to his eye to raise in this country oven white beans would have been n miracle. Not till people ple settled here nnd placed the land in u state of cultivation was the tfuth made known. But now it has boon tested , and u more fertile agricultural country could not possibly bo found , nnd especially that of which Holt county is composed. Would that there were more sand uescrta of the same kind tcattered through the states. This county ( Holt ) was first settled by a colony from the NowKiiglnml states in 187-1 , but remained very thinly settled until the railroad reached it in 1880. This , of course , created nn influx of immigration. Strangers came , viewed the country nnd wore satisfied nnd re mained , or else desired their neighbors niul friends in the cast to share the for tune which awaited them , and traveled back nnd with eager interest unfolded great resources und ad vantages of this country. The colonies came , newspapers were established nnd the wealth and nnt- ural advantages of the supposed great desert was made known to the world. Towns which now linvo a population of from IMO to a 1,000 wcro commenced to bo built , and business enterprises of all kinds wcro established. Atkinson is , and hns been , ono of the foremost towns of Holt county , both in population nud bus iness enterprises. The division of the county at no distant day will make the town the county seat of the new county , and give it u commanding" commercial and political importance. U already hns three churches , a good graded school , etc. Two well patronized papers , the Uco nnd the Graphic , are published hero. Among the wide awake business men to whom the town owes n great share of its pres ent prosperity , wo had the pleasure of mooting Sturdovant Bros. , A. P. La Clair & Co. , and Dulfor & Co. , all dealer in general merchandise nnd pi sneers of the place The first hardwaio store wns established here by Graham & Owings in 1882. C. L. Sturdovant , M. D. , opened the first drug store in At kinson , and now has ono of the loading drug houses west of Omaha A bank called the Exchange wns erected in about 1883 , with a paid-up capital of ifciS.OOO. This at present is one of the leading banking institutions in Holt county. The legal profession has been from the be ginning well represented by J. W. liarger , B. L. Snow , nnd Whitney & Johnson. Ono of the wealthy men of the county , Gcorpo Graves , has a magni- liecntly-stockcd lumber yard at this place , and it is said lumber can bo pur chased ns reasonable here us nt tlio eastern mills. This , if n fact , is a balm to the settlor. Tlio hotel accommodation of Atkinson nre equal to these of any town along the lino. The Metropolitan , conducted by Mrd. M. A. Meals is run on the European and American plan , and it well deserves the title which is applied to it. A person stopping in town could done no bettor than put up nt this hotel. Wo mention the nbovo because they ombrnco the leading business houses ot northern Nebraska. Atkinson is well supplied with business houses nnd local enter prises usually found In n town of live hundred , but needs something moro. She needs mills nnd factories , and badly needs a flouring mill nnd creamery. (3rain ( raising is curried on in the sur rounding country extensively , nnd a llouring mill could hero be erected nt a profitable Investment. Atkinson is sit uated on tlio F , K. & M. V. II. U. , and lies In the beautiful Elkhorn valley , which is 11 valley broad , sweeping and f ; < , 'Anriijn { ; il valley which attained n wefl.merituu notoriety 5 comm'lsing the linufit farming country in the btnto. J. ' ! ? Elkhorn river and its tributaries drain n bcoro of the most furtilo counties in northern Nebraska , covering an area of twelve thousand square miles , with a grain product greater than nil Now Eng land anil agricultural possibilities equal to the sustenance of n million people , The traveler may look In vain for u country whoso topographical chances excel those of the Eikhorn valley , which , from end to end , is a region of marvelous beauty , und the farmer 111113' look In vain for u richer und moro fertile country. The invalid sighing for health should certainly visit here. But as our pen fails to picture to perfection the charms of this excellent country or the inducements oll'ercd to the poor man , business man or capitalist , wo will dr.iw a veil over the beautiful nnd picturesque- scones of this charming nnd fertile valley. A. Wben JUbj waa iok , ire care her Cottoria , * 'When the tru a Child , eho cried for Caatorla , \Thtu ahe bocimt Ml , iba clou ; to CaatorU , Vn o | U bad Children , the gartthem Oaitoria , STRICTLY PURE. IT COHTAIWS KO orient inr AISV ron.it IN THREE SIZE BOTTLES. PRICE 25 CENTS , 50 CENTS , AND $1 PER BOTTLE O KCEN I ES ftro put up for the n /SuJtcomm nil who Ocslro a goo Rnd low priced Couch , ColdandGroupHemedy THOM : in SIIIINH x nr.MK.ur roil CONSUMPTION ANV LUNG DISEASE. BhouM secinu tlio IHIKO , f I liottloi. IJIrootlou nccoinpntiyliiir onoh bottlo. Bold by all Medicine Doalora. GIT frit. Chnrlci Nt. , Ht. Louis , Mo. A t u ! rtrtlniti of Iwo Utdleil Colltrtt , bi , ttn tooc r tinted In lhiiitcl | > ltr lii l of C io ic. N m of . Run nd Mieoo Diici.i ) il.ininr tberriitilc ! lnSl.loijl . airily r > Iriihow ntlftllolart.MrniikDcw. Ncrvout Proilrallon , Debility , Mental and Phfslcal Weakness : Mercurial and olhorRffec. lions ol Throat , Skin or Doncs , Blood Poisoning , old Sores and Ulcers , r uetird ith nnrirtiitUi IH MI , en Ul t ilf nine rrlnelnUi. S f tr. PrUmlr , Diseases Arlslnn Irom Indficrellon , Eicosi , Exposure or Indulgence , which rredne. .om.of ibi followlm tiretlu nertouincii , debllllr , dlmrm or ilhl nddrrMllt in morr. pimple.onlli. r.ee , phMlwiaeclj , Terilonlolh i.elelrot frntUi , BonhiiloiV lltu , tit. , rondorlna MArrlnno Improper or unhappy , t rernuncntlT enr.d. ramphlet ( SO rmil on lli .boVe.'ienl In riled enteljpe. freeto.nr uddren. Coniulltllontlor. Oceor b/m ll rre .Intlied > nd itrlellj unndenllil. MARRIAGE GUIDE. - > 0 < 3 PAOEa , PINE FLATKS , lefnnl etoth ud tilt Mod or. jftltJfor COo. Inroiuc.or.urrtnej. Ofer IUIT wonderful renpleturei.lrue l. lif.i.rtlcl.i on Ihefollowloi fuWotU : llorinrm rTJ-.wboii L h7in ! olie d , om n. -id. pbrilrtl > l deot . oaeclt ofecllb ej > nd CIMII , the phji. Jtrortrpr.Juellon , < t nunr more. Thoie inirrleJ - ilinplnUnii m > rrln > iboul.l . rend It , 1 nrUr edltlo. t mo , paper cotcr. 23o Addreu i > bo t O'.WUtller.1 WIRT FOUNTAIN PEN BEST M THE WORID. WnrrnntciJ to trlvo sntisfno- lion on nny oilc mill In nuy bniiils. Price $ 2.50 J.B.TrickeysCo WHOLESAT/B JEWELERS , Lincoln , Bolo Wholosnlo ngont3 for Nebraska , DEA.LEUS Sori'Lico AT FACTOUV KATES. N. U. This Is not n Style graph pencil , but uQrst class lloxlblo gold pen of nny Uo sired fineness of point WOODBRIDGE BRO'S ' , State Agents FOR THE 'sPianos Omaha , Neb. i Imnedlitr.dlretl mil Btter-f HI tniL dtl.OOl ofdriiKrlit * or \ > J riiull Trial uinD. Dr. K.BnilKrdlK.Hl. I'.ot.Hlco. Adoptccl h Bll Krcncli I'liriScUns und fielnc rai'Uly ' ft 4 luccisifully Introilucetl born. All eolicnlnitlo caftna rlmekoil. TltKAiJHI ) rhlnff newft * drains iuomi . . > < tly Jlc lc.MJorrfrni1U.A .Flir.K. Con ulu. liononiua or hy mull ) with > lz t mh.Vnt iloctui J IIKE. civiAlf AilENCV. Ko. 174 Fulton Street Now York * Do you -\vnnt \ a pure , bloomIng - Ing Complexion I If so , ft 1'ow npplfcntions of Ifngnu's MAGNOLIA HALM will grat ify you to your heart's con tent. It does away with Sal- loivness , Itodnesa , Pimples , Illotclic.s , nnd nil discums and imperfections of the shin. It overcomoslho flushed appear ance of heat , fatigue and ex citement. It makes n lady of THI11TY appear but TWEN TY ; nnd so natural , gradual , nnd perfect are its oilecta. that ft is impossible to detect its application.