THE OIVIAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY , JULY 2. 1886. 6
\ I * ' \ IMPORTANT ARRESTS MADE ,
\ \
Lancaster's Sheriff Captures StowefT and
Ohnto , Charged With Embezzlement.
QUIET AND SUCCESSFUL WORK.
Auditor Ilnbcouk MnHrs nn Account-
TtiriiHOvcrKuci
I up f .Ht-a els
4 / . < lnto Capital
( FROM THE HUE'S r.tsrm.v nuiic vu.l
Lincoln people will bo somewhat stir-
I-rised to know that for the last live days
Sheriff Mcllck has been absent at Chicago
unit Detroit armed with requisition papers
lor the arrc't of Charles A. Stewart and
James Cliuto , who are wanted in this city
to answer to the chcrgo of embezzlement
to the tuin of ifcO.OoO. The sheriff de-
pirted on his mission quietly and thn
work has lieen dona with commendable
secrecy , so commendable , in fact , that at
10 o'clock last Light ( he sheriff arrived
with his prisoners and the public atlargo
may now know of the case. Some weeks
f'nco Mr. W. S. Fox , of Chicago , canio to
the city , and as special investigating
ngont of the company put I of the Stewart
iV Chute Lumber company , began to un
earth matters that had lain dormant
since Stewart & Chute sold the extensive
lumber yiud in this place to Mr. Buck-
staff. In the halcyon days ot the Stewart
Chututfe Lumber company the two par-
tics named in the linn lived and moved
in the higher circles bore , and to all ap
pearances had wealth to use and
to spare , and everything moved smoothly
on until the crash came , when the sale
was made anil the Chicago wholesale
homo , which presumably was the com
pany in this local company , began to
iiguro up the assets. Then those dis
co vei ies were made that lead to fasten
ing the charge of embez/k'niont upon
Stewart and Chute in the sum as before
.stated of $30,000. It 13 some thirteen
months since these parlies departed from
the city , so when developments were
made , showing they were wanted a war-
innt was issued in the county court and
placed in the hands of the sheriff Know-
inir them to bo in Chicago and Detroit ,
the district attorney canio , by telegraph
request to the city , requisition papers on
the governors of Illinois and Michigan
were obtained and on Sunday last the
jdioriU'dnpartod in seareli of Ins game.
Jn those ollicial ciiclos which know of the
pursuit , it became known that the sheriff
was eiu'oute homo with oneorbotn of the
liartics , and an interesting light in court
will be the final sequel , and the Hir. will
bo there for the facts in the ca < o.
1111 : Aumioit rAisovr.it.
Yesterday , July 1 , the st.ito auditor
filed ln.s ropoit of fees collected during
the past six months , and turned over to
tlio treasurer of state the revenue arising
from his ollieo for that period. The fees
collected tinder the'insurapcc law for the
time named amounted to $13,731 , and the
fees for registering bonds , etc. , amounted
to $ ' 201 , making a total revenue for the
MX months of ? M,0 8. As an index of
the growth of the revenue receipts in Iho
auditor's ollieo , a bit of comparison will
bo an illustration. The above receipts ,
l > in amount if 11,028 , cover six months of
the present year , and the total receipts
i-rt/ from tlio same sources in 18S."i were $13-
- 773.85 , making the six months receipts
m cater than those of tlio entire year
previous. At this rate of growth and in-
) crcaso in the foes of the auditor , if that
. ' ' ojJicial continues to act as treasurer of
' ' the fund for six months at a stretch , it
would not bo inappropriate to designate
that ollicial as the assistant treasurer and
purchase a new strong box
for the receptacle of funds.
Anotlier point or interest in the growth
of business in the auditor's olhco is illus
trated in the fact that the ollieo is more
than self-sustaining , the foes received
largely overbalancing the expenditures.
, The legislative appropriation for the two
years ending the coming winter was m
amount $17,550 , and it will bo noted that
the six months' receipts for tlio first half
of 1880 aggregates ? 11,028 , or nearly the
equal of the appropriation for the term ,
As the state grows and increases , as in-
fiuranco companies multiply and bonded
debts increase , so will the business of the
auditor's ollieo increase in business done ,
money handled , and in responsibility be
tween the official and tlio public , which
will make an exact and literal interpre
tation of the law the only thornlcss path
in which to walk in the discharge of
strict and exacting public duties.
AWAKllINO StnTUKS
The board of supplies for state institu
tions , consisting of the governor , state
treasurer , secretary of stato.attorneygen
eral and commissioner Of lands and build
ings , hold a meeting yesterday to award
the contract for furnishing groceries ,
fuel , medicines , light , etc. , to the different
htate institutions , including the state hos
pital for the insane , the blind asylum at
Nebraska City , the reform school at Kear
ney , and the deaf and dumb institute st
Omaha. There were between forty-live
mid fifty different bids to bo examined
mid compared , and n member of the
be u r < l made the statement that the com
petition brought the cost price of articles
advertised for down to good wholesale
rates that were accepted and tilled to the
letter.
DANK OF SVKACUSK.
Articles of incorporation of the Hank
of Syracuse were lilod with the secretary
of state yesterday , the articles placing the
commencement of thn corporation at
June U , 1880 , with a twenty-year time to
run. The capital slock ia Jixod at
§ 30.000 , divided into SOO shares of $100
each , and the articles allow the capital
block to bo increased if desired to $100-
000 , Tlio names of prominent oiti/.ens of
Syracuse attached as incorporators are.
Louis lloebel , U'Horno , Hans Larson , M.
Dennis , P , . Itlsser , Joslah Itodgors ,
Abijah lltibbard , J. 11. Annuls , Amos A.
Wollor.
TIIR COKONKIl'S JUKY
in the Mclntor child murder case , after
a day's work in viewing the doctors
holding an inquest over the remains of
the little child put m the entire day yes-
lorday hearing the physicians testify m
regard to the point to bo decided by the
autopsy , and at a late hour tint evidence
was not in so that \ordict by tlio jury
could bo reached. It is stated that the
post inoitorn revealed one fact and that
was that there was no organic disease
from which the child suffered , tmd that
the attempts to dolonU on that ground
woio without foundation.
SKN'ATOn VAN M'VCK ,
arrived in the city ycsirr ' Uooll nml
will bo tound by those desiring an inter
view at Opelt's hotel. There uni n goodly
number ot thn general's friends and ad
mirers who are not limited in residence
to Lancaster county , who have taken ad
vantage to time their visit to the city so
ns to meet the senator in friendly gvoot-
ing. General Van Wyck will be in
Omaha a short time to-day previous to
taking tlio train for Columbus , whore his
lirat ! ourth of July epeceh Is to bo do-
Jiverod.
ITKSIS.
The jail record shows a case of arrest
the other day anil .which stipulated that
the party hi question was bailed out by
Governor Dawos. There has boon no
upnoaruncc mudo as yet in the case.
Philip G.viumull , who baa boon roaming
nrouiul with n star and club as a special
policeman , has been suspended by Act
ing Mayor Hrock and notice to that effect
served upon him by Marshal Ileacli.
Only two cases of the usual complaint
roro upor hearing Ju the police couit
estprJnv , and thn usual fines and ccsta
were sied up against the vagrants.
The Wclls-Fnrgo Lxpro o company has
moved into the State National bank
building , and the old vne.itcd office will
be merged with a storeroom and remod
eled entire
Kxfiirsion trains will be run between
Lincoln find Crete on IMiautauqua days ,
and the opportunity for excursions will
bo open to all
Lincoln will have nn opportunity to re
deem itself in sporting matters at the
cricket match with Omaha Monday. The
ability of Lincoln to defeat the \isitors
does not appear to bo unanimous In be
lief
A special train of six Wagner coaches ,
containing an excursion party of civil
engineers and railway olllcials , passed
through the city yesterday on route to
Denver.
' 1m- case In Justice Coehran's court , in
wliffli a party who had trouble over wed
ding garments was sued for the value of
\ their making , was tried yesterday and
verdict rendered for plaintiff.
Fourth of July orators arc departing
from Lincoln for the scones of their
labors. Attorney Caldwell to Holdrcge.
H. I ) . Stearns to Wnverly , Wilson and
Hickctt-s to Raymond , Postmaster Watkins -
kins to Jiinlala and Mr. Lambcrtson to
Milford.
I10TKI. AHIIIVATA
The following Nebraskans registered
at Lincoln hotels yesterday : J. T. Stan
hope , Omaha : W. J Jones. David City ;
11. S. Harrison , York ; S II. II. Clark ,
Omaha ; A. Allen , Omaha ; George II.
Hastings , Beatrice ; 11. W Kagan , Au
rora ; E. D. McMaslcrs , Pawnee City ;
George W. Post , York ; J. C. Lloyd , Nebraska -
braska City ; George L. Woolsey , Ne
braska City ; Will Young , Beatrice ; B. U.
Miller , Hastings- . Ii. Cullibcrt , Red
Cloud ; Henry Martin , Wymoro ; Leandor
Girard , Columbus ; M. A. Dougherty ,
Crete ; J.C. Hobeits , David City ; C. M
Smith , York ; F. W White , Hastings ; H
A. Whinple , Seward ; C. 11. Van Wyck ,
Nebraska City.
A BRIDAL COUPLE ON A TOUR.
How They rjclmvcd on n Hall road
Train , anil the Indignation They
Created.
M. Qiiad in Detroit Free Press : Now ,
what's the use of it ? When a couple get
married and go oft'on a bridal tour why
80 misbehave themselves as to be "snot-
ted'1 by every man. woman , and child on
the train for "fresh fish ? " How silly the
thing must appear to them when they
look back alter a period of six mouths !
Are wo fools when in love , and are we
idiots when wo marry ?
The couple I have in mind had a scat
in the middle of the ear. She was his'n
and he was hers. All the tomfoolery of
courtship days was over. The preacher
had made them ono , and her father
woulil no longer set the dog on him or
place torpedoes around the gate. She
didn't show the least disposition to jump
out of tlio car window , but all of a sud
den ho grabbed her by the p.uv. She
grabbed Lack. Then he leaned over at
an angle of 45 ° , and she fell toward him.
It was a very uncomfortable position ,
but they maintained it with scarcely anv
change for hours. Her hat got skewed
around almost hindsido before , but she
would not release her clutch for fear he'd
go through the roof. His collar wilted
and his necktie worked around under his
ear , but if he let go of her paw she'd
think ho was mad.
'Darling ! " said ho in a bullfrog whis
per , "doesn't it seem funny ? "
"I can't realize it , " she answered as
she raked one of her back hairpins across
his nose.
"All mine ! "
"Yes , lovey. "
"Never got mad ? "
"Never , sweotoy. "
The man on the seat behind thorn fol
ded up the paper , picked up his grip , and
changed to a beat acioss tlio aisle. As ho
snt down a motherly-looking woman in
quired :
"Arc they married ? "
" 1 think so , madam. "
'And can nothing bo done to stop it ? "
"I think not. "
For two or three minutes the newly-
wedded were silent.
" Darlingl" she suddenly sighed.
"What is it , my angol1'
"Darling ! "
"What is it ? If any base hyena lias
dared to cause you a moment's unhapi-
ness I'll murder himl Point out the
animal ! "
"It isn't that. "
"Then what. "
"I'm I'm afraid you'll be mad "
"No , I won't. How coulu I be mad at
you ? What js it , Dolly ? "
"Why , 1 wish you'd wipe the sweat out
of that loft ear. Now , you love mo just
the same don't you ? "
"Of course. "
"And you ain't mad ? "
"Why , no. There , now who cares
who's looking ? It's nobody's business ,
anyhow ? "
There was another interval of silence ,
during which she tried to remember
whether they were engaged the week be
fore her father gave Henry the boot or
whether it was the next Sundav after ,
"Honwy ? "
"What , angel ? "
"Are we weally married ? "
"Yes. lovo. "
"And you love mo ? "
"With all my heart. "
"And you ain't mad ? "
"No , dearest. "
"Then I'm so happy ! Harri' , squeeze
my hand. "
lie squoze. Wo hold an Indignation
meeting and appointed a committee to
see if something could not be done ; but
ho squozo the harder ,
Three or four women got together and
passed a resolution to tliu effect that if a
ndlroad company would not protect its
passengers the legislature should bo ap
pealed to , but but that couple had a death
grip on each other and wouldn't let go ,
The baggageman came In when sent
for , but he said ho was helpless. He know
just how we nr.ist feel , but the road
wasn't to blame. The conductor came
back to the car and askr.d us not to lay
it u against him. He was a poor man ,
had been out of a job for several months ,
and this was his lirst run.
Well , the long and short of the. matter
was that eighteen or twenty of ua roito
150 miles with that panorama , but such a
thing will ueyir : happen again never 1
Wo shook hands on that and agreed we'd
wi'.lk first.
unit Tubs In Afhon.
II , Mass. , July 1. Miller &
tub and pall shop burned thU
morning. Loss , SOO.OX ) : insurance , ? 2Wu.
Tlio Una hud a large stack of goods tundy for
shipment.
RQST PERFECT MADE :
n > ocUI re * M lo heahh.
No AaimoUa. Umoor.Uuitt.
PRICE BAKING FOWDEH CO. ,
CHICAGO. BT. LOU 1 9.
STOREHOUSES OF WEALTH ,
The Golden Vaults of the Rotbchsili's and
Millions Therein ,
MAMMON'S PAMPERED PETS.
The I'Ulnra of Ilottctt Umpires null
tlio Sharks In tlio Sea of
Finance Tlio 1'utir 1'llcs
oT Oilier Notable * .
Cleveland Lender : Sonic limo before
Iho Trafalgar Square liot , Lord Salis
bury , then L'rliuu Minister , had sonio
foreboding of a revolution similar to that
which brought Louis XVI.to the guillotine
block , combined with an Irish rebellion.
Ho enquired of Lord Uolhscliild , who is
at tliu bead of tlio London house , how
largo 11 fund the government could de
pend upon his house for in case sueli a
serious emergency should arise. Tlio
Hebrew Cnrsus replied , after iimomcnt'd
thought , "Fifty million pounds in twenty-
four hours and two hundred millions
more in one week thereafter. " This
means $1,200,000,000 in that short space
of time. At first glance one would say
it would be impossible , for it would drain
the principal money centers of Kuropo of
nil their ready cash. Hut this would not
bo exactly the rase. They would , through
their houses in London , Paris , Vienna ,
and Frankfort , by ellmg that amount of
con-iota raise the fund and let it remain
on deposit in the banks of thosu cities and
pay It over to the irovornniont as fast as
needed , winch would be paid out nearly
us fast as iceoivcd and the fund would
How buck to where it was raided through
the channels of trade , precisely as Franco
raised the billion indemnity and paid it
to ( ionnany without creating a disturb
ance in tlio financial world.
The wealth of the Rothschilds is phe
nomenal. A gentleman who is person
ally acquainted with tlio members of the
house gave mo tlio following details :
Lord Lionel Kotli child , son of Nathan ,
the founder of the London house , and
Baron Alphonso Rothschild , son of James
ttolhachild , the founder of the Pans
house , had inherited between them 5-1UO-
003,000. Lord Lionel had for his share
$150,000,000. They have through their
vnst business operations and by playing
into each other's hands increased their
combined wealth to * ( iOOOCO,000 or more.
Tlio other members of the family , cousins
of these two , and who have ehargo ot the
houses in Vienna and Frniiktort , are
labulously wealthy , and the entire lamily
arc worth probably in the neighborhood
of ono thousand millions. Lord and
ISaron Rothschild , are just as much mi-
mor.sed in business as though their living
depended upon it. The amount of busi
ness carried on by tlioiu is almost
incredible. They own the entjre quick
silver ana copper mines in Spain , a num
ber of valuable patents which they arc
operating , and now they arc endeavoring
to gobble up the oil Holds of Russia. All
tins is in adidtion to their immense stock
operations. They have a corps of scion-
tilie , mechanical , engineering , and busi
ness experts and accountants under pay
at all times , and allinvestmcnts are carc-
fullv and thoroughly investigated or sub
mitted to a council for advisement and
suggestions. Whenever they can sco
their way clearly and with certainty for
making ton , fifty or a hundred thousand
pounds or more they immediately im
prove the opportunity and turn the mat
ter over to the proper export , who makes
a detailed report at proper intervals ,
which report is turned over to a supervis
ing expert for close examination , and a
condensed final report is niado to the
heads of the house. Hundreds of experts
and clerks arc on their pay roll.
Such is the great business machine of
this wonderful house. A friend , who
has business dealings with the Paris
Rothschild , described to mo his lirst in
terview ho had with him. lie called in
the forenoon and found the ante-room
filled with bankers , stock operators ,
members of the government , financial
men , all waiting their turn for an inter
view witli the great financial mogul. My
informant succeeded , through the help of
one who was near the throne , in gaming
aninterviow without having to wait. lie
found tlio baron seated at his desk with a
pile of papers in trout. Ho was a small
and unassuming looking gentleman ,
dressed rather plainly , witn a cheap
necktie , and wearing a plain gold ring
on ono of his lingers , which was nil the
jewelry ho had on his person. Ho was
the last man to be taken for a Rothschild ,
but ho was very pleasant , social ,
and companionable , .so to speak. While
tlio baron was engaged in conversation
with my informant , occupying sonic
twenty 'minutes , ho would be frequently
interrupted by a clerk < coming in and
giving the last quotation on the ticker to
whom ho would give direction in French
about buying or selling with surprising
rapidity , and then resume his conversa
tion in Lnglish as though nothing occur
red to interfere. Kealjy he is king in the
world ot finance , and is continuing on in
Ids work of rolling up his colossal wealth
like an immense snowball. It looks as
though his Hebrew house would never
rest contented till they owned the whole
ear till To show the foresight of the
baron , ho has everything in readiness so
that if another revolution should break out
in Paris , all of his moneys , stocks , securi
ties , and books , and other valuables can
bo transported to cither Dolgiuin or Eng-
Innd in a few hours. He lias a special
ironclad car fitted up in constant readi
ness. At the least sign of n
revolutionary convulsion , his wealth
is convoyed in safes to the car , pro
vided witn armed guards , and whipped
out of the country. If a revolution like
that attempted in 1871 should occur and
be successful , and this precautionary
measure had not been adopted , that portion
tion of the wealth of tlio house which
happened to be in Paris would go to
carry out the anarohial doctrine. The
wealth of the family is the result of about
ono hundred years' accumulations , com
mencing with the grandfather , Ansclm
Meyer Rothschild. Many of the reader ? ,
have heard the story how Nathan Roths
child managed to obtain the news of the
result of the battle of Waterloo nine
hours before the British government had
received It. lie had tin agent hanging
around Wellington's army , As soon as
the rosiilt of the battle was known , the
ngont rode to ( ihont , where a sailing ves
sel was in waiting , which sailed over to
Harwich , where a horse was in readiness ,
which was relieved every few miles by a
fresh horse , and ho reached London the
morning of the second day after the battle.
The news that had been received of Don-
tipurto having crossed the Dolgium front
ier and fought Wellington and Hliiohcr at
Quatre Hras and Ligny , of Wellington
apparently retreating to Waterloo , and
"OililpiU'te following him , looked badly
and croaleil ujl i..t-SO ! ! Pu.-Je on the
stock board , which was hetehil'H t by
Hie grave look purposely put on by Roth
schild as ho appeared at the board , and
consols were thrown on to the market at
an extraordinary low price , winch were
gobbled up by the shrewd Israelite
through his confidential brokers. During
the evening the newa of the victory at
Waterloo was received and consols made
the greatest jump in prices that over oc
curred in the stuck market , and Roths
child made ten millions. All this oc
curred whore there was no steamships ,
railroads , and no telegraph. Had the
telegraph existed HqtTisuullila would
have had no more advantage than the
rest did ,
The wealth of the Ynndcrullt family is
estimated at about $200.000,000 ; of the
Astor family , $200,000.000 , of the Stewart
estate , UJO 000,000 ; of Jay Uould ,
$100,000,000 ; of ttockofcllcr , $30,000.000 ;
of the several California millionaires ,
consisting of Mackev , Huntlngton , Mills ,
Hopkins , Flood , O'Hrlens , Pair , Sharon ,
. .11 told , about S.nX,000,000 ) ; a grand total
of SSJd.000,001 Yet the Rotlielnld family ,
including all of its members , could buy
out thcso American millionaires and
have a hundred millions or more left
The ncit wealthiest man in Kngland
after Lord Roth child is the Puke of
Westminster , 'ilia Income is rated at n
guinea a minute , wi'ieltould amount in
a year to $ i,0. " > 0,000 , almost entirely de
rived from rentals situated in the neart
of London His \\eilth cannot equal that
of the late William 11. Vanderbilt , who'o
yearly income tanged between $10,000,000
and $20,000,000 England has n larger
number of woallhv men , however , whose
incomes are a million and upwards than
America has. Napoleon scornfully re
marked that England was simply
a nation oJ shopkeepers. More
properly speaking she is n
nation of shopkeepers , great mer
chants , manufacturers and .ship owners ,
and she Is literally the workshop of the
world as well as the financial and com
mercial center. Her great wealth ,
therefore. , is simply in the accumulations
for hundreds of years , and is now in
creasing at the rate of $000.000,000 a
year , being the net profit of all her in
dustrial and commercial enterprises.
This will explain the low rate of interest
existing there and the dlllleultv of find
ing profitable and safe investments for
the great surplus which is the result of
the vast accumulations constantly going
on. Hence it Is that her capitalists make
such foolish investments in the bonds of
I'-irypt , Turkey , Honduras , Mexico ,
Peru , and other bankrupt nations , as
well as her investment in the bonds of the
late deceased confederacy. At the present
rate of her accumulations , in twenty-live
yenrs she will hayo accumulated lilteon
thousand millions more of wealth , and
how she will bo able to invest all her
spare cash is n problem hard to solve.
WRITING FOR THE PAPERS.
Wlint the I'tilillo Owes to "Vci-Uns"
and His Numerous Co-Workers
Who Conceal tliolr Identity.
Bill Nye in Chicago News : My name
is Veritas. 1 write for the papers. 1 am
quite an old man and nave written kindly
words of advice for the press for years. 1
am the friend of the public and tlio guid
ing star of the American newspaper 1
point out the proper course for a newly
elected member ol congress and show the
thoiightlcs editor the wants of Iho pee
ple. 1 write on the subject of political
economy. Also on both sides of the
paper. Sometimes I write on both sides
of the question. When I do so 1 write
over the name of Tax-Payer , but my real
name is Veritas
1 am the man who first suggested the
culvert at tlio Jim street crossing , so
that the water would run off toward the
pound after u rain. With my ready pen
ready , and trenchant also , as 1 may
say 1 have , in my poor , weak way , sug
gested a great many things which might
otherwise liavOji-emaincd for many years
unsuggc.stcd. j
1 am the man who annually calls for
a celebration of the fourth of July in our
little town , and asks for some young elo
cutionists to bo selected by the com
mittee , whose duty it shall be to read the
declaration of independence in a .shrill
voice to those , who yearn to bo thrilled
through and through with patriotism.
Did 1 not speak through the columns of
the press in clhrion tones for a proper
observance of our nation's great natal
day in large gothio extendeu caps , the
nation's starry banner would remain
furled anil the. greased pig \yould con
tinue to crouch in his lair. With the aid
of my genial co-workers. Tax-payer , Old
.
l.UUtl\sVJ | J1114 * ( ? Ill tilt O klU tfV/LIU 11 11IU1U
desirable place in which to live than it
would otherwise have been.
My co-laborer Mr. Tax-Payer is an old
contributor to the paper , but ho is not
really a tax-payer. He uses this sigmi _
lure in order to conccal his identity , just
as I use the name Voritas. Wo have a
great deal of fun over this at our regular
annual reunions where we talk about all
of our affairs.
Old Settler is a young tenderfoot who
came bore last spring and tried to obtain
a livelihood by selling an indestructible
lamp chimney. He did wojl for several
weeks by going to the different resi
dences and throwing one of his glass
chimneys on the lloqr with considerable
force to show that it would not break.
He did a good business till ono d.iy ho
made a mistake. Instead of getting hold
of his exhibition chimney , ho picked out
one of Ids stock and busted it beyond
recognition , Since that ho has boon writ
ing articles in violet ink relative to old
times and publishing thorn over the sig
nature of Old Settler.
Old Sunscriber is a friend of mine who
reads his paper nt the hotels while wait
ing for a gratuitous drink. Fair Play is
a retired nionic man and Pro Bono 1 ub-
lieo is our genial and urbane undertaker.
I am a very prolific writer , but all my
work is not printed. A venal and cor
rupt press at times hesitates about giving
currency to such fearless , earnest truths
as I make iibc of.
I am also the man who says bravo
things in the columns of the papers when
the editor himself docs not dare to say
them because ho is afraid ho will bo
killed. But what reeks Veritas the bold
and free ? Docs ho Hindi or quail ? Not
a llinch ; not a quail.
Boldly ho flings aside his base fears ,
and witn bitter vituperation ho assails
those ho dislikes , and attacks with re
sounding blows his own personal ene
mies , fearlessly signing his name , Veritas ,
to the article , so Unit those who yearn to
kill him may know just who ho is.
Wlint would the world do without Ver
itas ? In the hands of a horde ot journal
ists who have nothing to do but attend to
their business , left with no anonymous
friend to whom they can lly when mo
mentous occasions arise , when the sound
advice and betier judgment of an outside
friend is needed , their condition would
indeed bo a pitablo ono. But ho will
never desert us. Ho Is over nt hand ,
prompt to say , over Ids noin do plume ,
what ho might hesitate to say over his
own nnmo. lor > fear that ho might go
with a battle of Gettysburg under each
eye and a mm Ilkfl n volcanic eruption.
Ho cheerfully f attacks everything and
everybody , and , th/in / goes away till the
tight , the iunmali ; and the libel suit are
over. Then he returns and assails the
grim monster Wrong. Ho proposes im
provements , aifd the. following week a
bitter reply couU3 ! 'from Taxpayer. 1'ro
Uono 1'ublico , the retired three-card-
monticit , nays : , "Jjct us have the proposed -
posed improvement/ , regardless ot cost. "
Ihon the cynical , IJ , L. bee ( who is really
the janitor ( it the blind asylum )
grumbles about Ijsoless expense , and
Imally draw.s out from the teeming brain
of constant reader a long , llabby essay ,
written on red-ruled leaves , cut out of an
old incut-market ledger , written econom
ically on both sides with light blue ink
juml'4pf bluing and cold ton. This essay
introduces , TJTirtcr pie most trying cir
cumstances , buch crude yet oNsUli" liter-
urv gems us :
Wad faonio power the giftio gio us , etc.
He also say.s :
The wee tiua1 hours ayant the twal ,
and farther on ;
Breathes there a man u 1th soul so dead
Who never to ldm eU hath safil , etc.
His essay is not so much the vehicle of
thought as it is the accommodation train
for fragments of his old school declama
tions to ride on.
But to Veritas we owe much. I say
this because I know what I am talking
about , for um 1 not old Veritas himself.
Haven't 1 been writing things for the
paper , over since papers . /ere published"
Am I not thumaulio for yoarclms
a stranger to fear' Have T not ngaih and
nc.tin called the congressmen , the capi
talist , the clergymen , the voter , and the
phllantnroplst everything J1 could lav
my tongue to , and then fought niosqui-
'toes in the deep rcce es of the swamp
while the editor remained at the ollieo
and took the credit for writing what I had
clven him for nothing' Has not many
a paper built up a name and n hbel suit
ujion what 1 have written , and yet t am
almo t unknown' When people ask ,
who is Veritas and where does lie live ?
no ono seems to know. He is up oven
llights of s' iirs in a hot loom that smells
of old clothes and neglected thought * .
Far from the "madding throng , " as
Constant Header has so truly said , I sit
alone , with no personal propertj but nn
overworked costume , a liong love for
truth , and n shawl strap full of sugges
tions to the over-estimated man who
cdils the paper.
So I battle on , with only the meager
and flea-billon reward of seeing my
name In print "anon. " ns Constant
Header would say. Ail 1 have to fork
o\cr to posterity is my good name , which
1 beg leave to .sign here , VKIUTAS.
DEATH OF ALFRED HANLON.
Another of tlio Famous Family of
Acrolmls Gone.
Now York Times : Word has been re
ceived of tlio death nt Pasadena , Los
Angles county , Cal. , where he went three
months ago on account of sickness , of
Alfied Hanloii , one of the family of
famous acrobats. He died of consump
tion on Thursday at the ago of 41 years.
His career was full of excitement and
peril. From a very early age ho gave
public performances with" his brothers.
Indeed , it was ono of the family tradi
tions that his father , who managed for
many years the Theater Kojal and the
Queen s Theater at Manchester , Kngland.
where the biothers were born , and
his mother , who was an actress , used to
take the boys on the stage when they
weic babies , instead of employing a
stufi'ed article. After appearing at the
London Adelphia Alfred joined , his older
brothers , George and William , and made
a tour of the world with an instructor.
They were away from Kngland for four
teen years , and then with the brothers ,
Thomas , Edward and Frederick , organ-
i/ed the troupe that made them all
famous. They appeared first in Ibis
country in September , 1859 , at Niblo's ,
reappearing there in 1800 , after a tour of
the country. In 1SOJ , starting from Cali
fornia , they visited every part of South
America and then went to Europe , re
turning hero in 1805. Thcv appeared at
Palis during tlio exposition of 1807. At
Buffalo in 1805 Alfred fell while trying to
catch a rope and was seriously hurt.
Other dangerous accidents , which hardly
any of the urother.s escaped , led them in
ISOtt , at Tammany hall , to put up a safety
not. This resulted shortly afterward in
a law forbidding trnpozo performances
without a net. The brothers followed
Iho army and gave tent per
formances during the war. In the
latter part of 1801) ) , ono of the brothers
( Thomas ) having died of insanity ,
brought on by an accident , the remaining
live wont to Paris , where they played for
a long time in Le Voyage en Smsso. They
remained abroad until 1881 , when they
came with that performance to the Park
theatre , this city. A successful tour of
the country followed. In 1884 they added
Fantasma to their list. Frederick and
George wont abroad in July , 1885 , to pro
duce Lo Voyage en Suisse on the conti
nent. Frederick died last April at Nice.
Alfred's poor health detained him hero ,
lie remained until this spring at the
homo that the brothers provided for their
mother , on Orange mountain , where she
yet lives. Alfred leaves a daughter. He
was an accomplished hnijui&t ami spoke
fluently French , German , Spanish and
Russian. Ho was skillful also with his
pencil. The body will be buried near
Los Angeles.
The oldest lire engine in the United
States and probably in America is in the
possession of tlio William Penn Hose
Company , of Philadelphia. The tub is 3
foot 8 inches long , 1 foot 8 inches wide
and 1 foot 8 Inches deep. The wheels arn
solid blocks of wood , 1 foot 8 inches in
diameter and about 4 inches thick. The
cylinders are 4 } inches In diameter , with
a stroke of 0 } inches. The internal con
struction is the sumo as in the hand
engines of the present day , with air
chamber , waterway and suction. There
is no maker's name on it , but it was built
by either Newsham or Fowko.of London.
Tlio engine was accepted by the com
pany in Salem , April 2 , 1749 , and the
company took the name of the Union
Engine Company. It was kept in use
until April , 1789 , a half century of active
service , when one called the Essex took
its place.
A BEAUTIFUL HOME.
That of WiUnm K. Vamloruilt.
Mr William K. Vanderbilt , though
blackballed by the Paris Jockey club , has
still the satisfaction of knowing thai he
can exhibit to foreign visitors the most
perfect and beautiful home architectur
ally in this country. It is ono of the ex
hibition sights of Fifth avenue , New
York , and no day passes that strangers
do not walk slowly past it and back
again , admiring the exquisite workman
ship of its exterior. Its interior would
be notable in any country. The high ,
ample hall , with its wainscoting of Caen
stone overhung with old Italian embroid
eries , its coiling of old carved oak , ends
in stairways ot stone carried to the vertical
cal doino above. The drawing-room is
unrivaled on thin side of the Atlantic ,
In style it marks the transition between
the time of Louis XIV and Louis XV.
The wood of the room was the
spoil of a dismantled chateau of
anoiont date , and its ornamentation
is of solid carvings. Of the eight panels
between doors and windows seven are
filled with antique Gobelin tapestry in
light roseate tints , which harmonize with
the prevailing cream and gold of the
wood. The eighth panel contains n full-
length portrait of Mrs. Vanderbilt ,
painted abroad. The bannucting-rooin ,
of tlio style of Francis I , Is ft I feet by 03 ,
and is two stories in helghth. On the
north wall Is a colossal mantel 21 feet
broad and rising to the coiling. Opposite
the entrance from the main nail is a bay
window , U feet deep and 'JO foot wide ,
which contains the much-talkod-of
- - win
dow by Oudlnot. The subject is the
meeting of Henry YIU and Francis I on
the Field of the Cloth of ( ! old , and makes
u picture twenty feet siiuare , The sub
ject is continued in the frie/.o of the
windows that run all around the room
below the coiling , Those are but speci
men hints of a magnificence of which the
elder Vanderbilt the leonine commo
dore never dreamed. Indeed , when
the ptcsont Vanderbilt boys were runi
ning around their father's farm al Now
Dorp , Sluton Island , clad like other ur
chins of the period , attending the tlh-
trict school and going crabbing on holi
days they had neither scon or hoard of
anything of the kind. That was only
twenty or twenty-five years ago , and the
boys have learned the art of spending
money without any trouble. Somoshort-
bighted people blame them for what they
are pleased to call oxtruv.igunco , but if
they would spend still more of their mill
ions 5n ° "n * ' I * Planner that labor wouhl
reap the result It y.0"ld bo a public gain
The Gobelins was so called froiu I1 * l
founder , Jean Gobelin , in 1450. The
state purchased its present sitn , ne.u1
Purls , in ICfW , Hero are D.Ncoutcd with
the needle splendid specimens of carpet
and tapestry. Some of the pieces of
work have cost ua much us $ 0,009 , re-
( miring the labor of live or ten years.
The building , looms , and many pieces of
tapestry were destroyed by the commune
in 1871. Here were made the tapestries
and carpets which adorn the various
palacas , that have buen presented to
royal foreigners.
PUBLIC OFFICE IN IRELAND.
A Long List of Pat Berths Ready for
Home Rulers.
Surprising Salaries I'nld to tlio Sin-
ci'urca l-'ioni O\cr Hie Channel
The Suppression or
Nnllvo History.
A correspondent of Ihe Salt Lake Tri
bune , writing from London , gives n detailed -
tailed list of public otllcos In Ireland , ami
the salaries attached , showing the enor
mous ollielal force against which the sup
porters of homo rule have had to contend
with in times past. Among the civil es
tablishments in Ireland , says the writer ,
that arc menaced with reorganisation
under an Irish legislature comes the edu
cation department. Since the moment
that the late Archbishop Whately intro
duced the of " "
system "national" education
with thn scarcely veiled object of protest-
anti/.ing the country and by this means
sealing the union until the present time ,
the institution has been governed by the
dominant pally. It is true that within
the last decade a Catholic has been al
lowed to sit on the board , just to show
that the opinions of the vast majority of
the people were not altogether ignored.
Hut lie has been but as a drop of water In
the ocean of bigotry and intolerance.
His presence did not rovolulioni/o llio
s\-tem ' that had taken so deep a loot.
The genius of this system was to crush
out every national aspiration of the ris
ing generations by excluding fiom the
text books all reference to the bright
snots anil the valorous deeds of
Irish history. While there were
numerous excerpts eanoiii/.mg the
saints of Hritish warfare , the
heroes of Clont.xrt , Aughrim and
Limerick were permitted to rc'-l under
the cold cloud of silence. The flag that
braved a thousand years the battle and
the brcex.o was very piominently sus
pended before the eves of the pupils and
ye mariners of Kngland that plough
the raging seas" occupied a foremost
place in the rank of poetic readings. In
short , the joung idea was taught to shoot
in the direction of England ami lo turn
its back on Ireland and everything Irish.
Hut with that perversity inseperablo
from human nature , it somehow or other
made a left wheel and aimed at the land
lords and carpet-baggers that like a
plague infest the country. Perhaps
Ireland is the only nation in ( lie world
N here national history is forbidden lo bo
taught in the public schools. The story
of Greece , Turkoyj Itajy and other states
may bo pursued with impunity , but tlio
story of Ireland is relegated to the Index
Kxpurgntorius of the commissioners of
national education. Now , under an
Irish government , all that will bo
changed , and the varying fortunes and
chequered carcorof the "Island of Saints"
and landlords will be as familiar as
household words lo the youth of Ireland.
To bring about such a result there must
bo something approaching to a revolu
tion in personnel of the directorate ,
although it seems a pity to disturb the
present folieitious arrangement which in
cludes a resident commissioner at 1,000
a year ; two sccietaries , at 750 each ; an
accountant ot 000 , and numerous
clerics at salarys varying between 180
to CoOO a year. Hut lids is only the stall *
of the
CnNTRAL nSTABUSinir.NT.
There are besides half a do/.on head inspectors
specters for tlio provinces with salaries
of 000 each , and half a hundred of dis
trict inspectors with salaries of from 800
to 400 exclusive of first-class traveling
allowances. The great majority of those
positions arc hold by men who admire
the union and denounce in unsparing
terms the present attempt to dismember
the glorious empire under which they
enjoy such good things. With all those
royal forces operating against national
principles , it is strange to note Hint the
teachers whom they superintend should
range themselves on the side of the Par-
ncllitcs. Notwithstanding the numerous
risks which they run such as censure ,
dismissal , etc. the great bulk of them
have proclaimed their fealty to the "un
crowned king. "
THE PRISONS
will also bo handed over to the new
regime. In many cases there is n little
army of ofllcials. I will take Monljoy ,
in which several of the sixty-seven
Fenians were confined. There is a gov
ernor with 000 a year , rations and resi
dence ; a doctor at MO ; a clerk nt 130 ;
a steward at 120 ; a chief warder at
100 ; twelve warders at .r.ri ) , and "a lec
turer" at 5300. At Spike Island in Cork
harbor there is a governor at 450 a year ;
a catholic and Protestant chaplain at
250 and 120 respectively ; a doctor at
300 ; a steward at 100 ; besides ward
ers , clerks and schoolmasters. Then
there is the famous Richmond prison ,
from which James StenlieiiBonso mysteri
ously "muscled" in spite of the combined
watchfulness of a governor at 420 a
year ; his deputy at 110 ; a chief warder
at 130j a clerk at 101) ) ; a schoolmaster
at 120 , and a storekeeper at 02. To
keep these ollicials in order takes two inspectors
specters at 1,000 each , who are assisted
by n clerk at 150.
TUB icnaismv OF DKKDS
is another important Irish department
which was until recently in the patron
age of the treasury , but is now recruited
through open competition. The registrar
and assistant registrar enjoy salaries of
1,200 and 700 respectively. There is u
chief clerk at 500 and an assistant chief
nt 450 , with numerous clerks at salaries
ranging from 100 to100. .
TUB DIJ1SLW UKTKOrOMTAX I'OUCK
are a body quite distinct from the royal
Irish constabulary and are under separ
ate control. They are governed by two
commissioners and live magistrates at
salaries of 800 each Attached to the
department IH a recorder at 1,000 n year ,
two chief clerks at ' 350 , and a dozen
other clorko with salaries of from i'UO to
2W. : All these olllcers will bo in the gift
of the native oarllanient.
THE HUSH 1'AI.ACK Of .1USTIOK ,
Commonly called the Four Courts , Is a
veritable naradiseof fat sinecures. There
arc three "clerks of rules. " nt 000 each ;
three "pleading and record assistants"
at 700 each ; throe chief clerks at 500 ,
and numerous clork.s at figure * ranging
from 150 to 350 a year. The limbs of
the law nio generally covered with a rich
foliage , but tlio pruning knife of economy
will nave to bo applied under homo rule.
tllK KKm&rUY OF JUIKiMEX'IS
Is n small olllcu with pretty large sti
pends. The registrar has 1,000 ; his
clerk 150 , and the other clerks from
100 to 300.
Under n peasant propriety there will
be no need for the
lANIi : VSTATIJ COUIIT ,
The logihtrar of which receivca 1,000
a ye.ir , and his two assistants 300 and
250 respectively , not to speak of keeper
of ilceds.record clerks ami accountants at
250 each , three chief clerks to judges at
800 , three examiners at 700 , and
numerous junior clerkships ,
Tilt : l.UNATIO ASU.fM OK KICK ( 'I
will , I suppose , have to bo retained
whato\er king may roign. for lunacy and
( oolerv are us ccitain as death and taxes * .
'iiiocit ! " ? ii at present manned by two
inspector * at * .2w 1" ' ' ! * d'l'- ' ' ' clod :
at 450 and another olurlf at : / < & At
Dundruin asylum in tHe cuu ty of Dub
lin there U u governor at 400 ; u visiting
physician at 170 , u matron at 05 and a
clerk t 100 , besides f e\eral minor u -
pointnionU.
T'lK LOAN H'NI ) IIUAIU ) ,
which do'.ls with the I&MIO of givn'n-
nient loans lo public bodies , such as > or
porottons and kindred institutions , i
another of flie departments which will
I cither ccaso to exist or bo handed over lo
ho native administration I'lio present
a alVconsiMs of a secretary and inspector
at 300 each and a clerk al 000
nir MjoitATK rot UT
will have to bo retail 1 , but whether Its
employe * will condescend lo serve under
"the rebel lot" which will have the
management of the department is a
question winch the future alone can an
swer. It has a judge nt 12 OH ) n Venn
two registrars at 11.000 each ; n chief
clerk at COOOi a clerk of it-cords nt 150j
nn assistant ditto at C.TiO ; a clerk of seal
at .OX ) ; two registrar's clerks and a
clerk of entries at C2.V ) each , and num
erous other otlicors , provincial and
metropolitan , al salaries from 100 to
WOO.
TIIK t't'iii ir WOKKS oKnrr ,
which deals with the construction of
roads , biidges harbors , etc. has an
abundance of gond berths ' 1 ho chair
man of the board enjoys 1,100 a vear ;
there sue two commissioners nt "l,000
each ; a secretary at L' " > 0 , a chief clerk
at .V > 0 ; thrco first-class clerks nt ICO ;
twelve second clerks at ! ! 00an architect
and Ids assistant at CSOO and100
respectively ; a surveyor at i"100 ;
an engineer at 800 ; a valuator
at ; l. " > 0 , and last , though
not least , a solicitor nt 1.500.
TIIK KKUl.SlltAlt miNr.UAI.'s UPl'ICt !
Is one that will of necessity conic unuer
the control of the new governing body It
deals with the rcgistiatiou of births , mar
riages and deaths thioughout the conn-
to and boasts of a "general" at 11,000 a
year ; a chief clerk at t'oOO , three lirst-
class clerks nt i'HOO each , live second
clerks at L'SOi ) ; two inspectors at 400
each , a medical superintendent at 1(500 ( ; a
superintendent of records at I1100 , besides -
sides numerous temporary and occa
sional clerks at live shillings a day
Indand will also bo granted the power
of levying her own
INVOMI : TAX.
The ollieo is at present manned by I wo
inspectors at i'bOO n year each , fifteen
surveyor.'at salaries ranging from 800
in the less Important districts to 1101) ) In
the big centers. In addition to the latter
sum tlio surveyors at Cork and Dublin
have a "duly pay" of 100 a year each
and receive numerous rewards for bring
ing backslider * to book.
TIU : POST ornrr ,
Which is the most popuHr of ill i'i ' ' 'i
departments , will , if the Irish aulhorltio
should so wish , bo dciaclii-il lie u in <
Imperial establishment and placed und < r
the control of the native legislature It
has sonii ) good berths , the majority of
which are in the hands of the dominant
party. It will be remenibeicd thai , until
( | iiite recently , the infamous Cornwall ,
who was convicted ot unnatural offense ? ,
was its secretary tit Iho handsome salary
of 1,000 a year. The seoiotary's Mall'
includes a chief clerk at COM , two lirst-
class clerks at C150 , live .second clerks at
ol,0 ; a solicitor and his clerk at 1,000
and 100 respectively ; an inspector of
mails at COOO , an accountant at G" > 0 ; an
examiner nt 150 , a cash clerk at ( MOO
and several other clerks at salaries rang
ing between IMfO and ! JOO. Then there is
TIH : soicrmi ornc i :
with a controller at 700 a year ; two
superintendents at100 , a deputy ditto
at 25' ' ) ; four first-class , clerk.s at 1100 ;
ton other clerks at t'380 ; an inspector of
loiter carriers at 25) ) ; and a largo staff
of sorters , stamper1) ) and messengers
Tin : rocm r.i rnit : rutuir.its ,
without whom the post ottieo would cor so
lo perform its indcspenstible functions ,
are tlio hardest worked and worst paid
civil servants in tlio country. Were ic
not for the institution of Christinas hexes
they could barely exist on their stinted
stipends. Their average wages do not
exceed tvvenly shillings n week , and
who'i worn threadbare in Iho service and
no longer lit for duty they are cashici cd
without n pension that attaches to'ho
great majority of civil olliccs. Tlirt a
home government will improve their un
fortunate position and make some | o-
vision lor tlioir declining years is a
consummation devoutly lo bo wished.
The splendid frescoes of the Pantheon ,
which have occupied the loading artists
of France something like ten years , nro
already showing signs of injury from
damp As long ns regular services were
held in the Pantheon the constant Influx
of fresh air and the warmth generated by
the congregations kept the interior toler
ably dry. Now their influence is with
drawn , slops must bo taken to preserve
the frescoes.
\Thtn Btby ITU tick ,
When * Uo iraa a Child , be cried for Coetorla ,
When the became lilts , ahe clung to Castor ! * ,
Whin the had Children , aba ( [ are them C 8orir >
M. A. Distmow , M. H. Coi'Kt\ . 1
I'lOhldeut. . ' '
Sou. nml'J'ions.
A. DISBROW
Wholesale Manufiictureia and Doulcrsln
Sash , Doors , Blinds , Mouldings , Fiuo
Hardwood Interior Finish , Mantles ,
Counters , Pow Ends , Brackets , Scroll
Work ami Turnings . Building : Pnpor.
Window Frames in stock.
Oflica & Warerooms Cor. 12th & Izard Sts.
Templeton & Whitney ,
Dealers in
HARD AND SO FT COAL AND WOOD ,
ICock xK , Illinois , .
nml Iowa Suit Coal ,
Oflico 218 South Fifteenth st.
Yards Eighteenth and Izard sis.
UjGOLlBUSiNESS DIRECTORY
llcconlljr llullt. Newly KuinULcd
, The Tremont ,
j. o. rmGiiiAu ; > & SON , I'niiuiotni *
Cor. Hli iiml I'Hts. , Lincoln , Neb ,
Il tc I1.SO per Uuy. btrcol cum from lioimo la nnr
rurtof Hie oily.
J. II. W. HAWKINS ,
Architect ,
U , HMiuiil * Uloult , l.n ! > on | ,
Neb. Klovulor onjltli tlruot.
llrrotlur o | Itraudcr < > t
UAIJ.UW.U C.trn.K. fimmi llouxu.mi.ij
F. M WOODS :
Live Stock Auctioneer
Kuloj muilu la all purl * of ihu U ft. ululr \
riiti-n. HouiuiJ.Sinij ( Itloik , Lincoln , NuU.i
( jollowu > nml Suort Horn ImlU lor tulo ,
1 $ . 11. GOIJLDIN ,
Farm Loans anil Insurance ,
Curru i > oiiiliiiivu In rcsrurJ to loans solii'ito U
It oin 1 , UluUurJi lllo Ic , Lincoln , No j.
Public Sale ,
lOlli ,
40 liciid of sliow Short Horn * . JjiU" ! } & fru'cK
eli.tnli , * . } cur 0ils | , xs.ilyliln * liG ; bU' ' ! $ flllfj
huiivia. AdchoM I'ii'lil ' mill 1'uiiu , fur utmiut , >
vex , DCIHIT , Col , C1. M. Iliaiibyu , Lhiv'Jhi. Nqlj ,
Col. 1' . M. Wooilsinil ! iu'or ,
Whoa In tiinuolu Mop nt
National Hotel ,
And uci u ooi ) a' r.icr fur : Jo.
