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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , OCTOBER 10. 1880 , !
THE BEE'S ' BIG LIBIL Sll
After Leag aad Tedious DeUrs OK Horn
0 e Comes to Trial.
MANY COMPANIES INCORPORATE ,
Ijlttle flapponlne-i at the State Hen e
Hard Working Hurclars Ilo Active
V rk - 1'oilce Court GrUt
Lincoln ? tcvvfi.
nrr BBC tJMxn f wTit c.1
In th Hoffman libel salt against Hoe-
< rht r , oomawncexl yesterday , a jury was
pectired with little difficulty and the cs
weal to tnl , Sawyer prtmrnlinc his side
of tke e * * * for Hoffman in a speech
orcanying about an hour's time , cans-
ine tb jodge to urge on one or
two occasions a little briefness on his
purl , and confinintrof bimelf to a state
ment thut wouW let the case proceed.
Judge Ma on presented the c sc for the
defense , citing the issae upon which it
would be tried and the position
and circumstances that brought
forth the publications regarding Hoff
man's record. Judre Mason caused
a ripple of merriment to PBE- over the
bur in discussmj- damage that must
have been done to Hoffman , by citing
that he had , since the publication of the
alleged libwl , been promoted to the posi
tion of assistant adnistant general of the
stale , bearing with it extra honors
"If the advertising of Mr Hoffman
in the BLK securtnl him these additional
honors.'continued the judge , "we will
not maVc any claim against them " 1 he
testimony opened bj the prosecution
pulling the defendant , Mr Ko-ewater ,
on the stand a chief witness , and up to
the hour of adjournment a long examin
ation and cross-examination was in
dulged in.
AiTlCLK OF INCOKlfHtATiriN
have been received at the ofhce of the
s-ecretary of state of the Missouri Valley
Sand and GrAvel company , located at
Omaha , with a capital stock of JOO.OV ) ,
divided into sbares _ of ? 100 each , SO per
cent to be paid in at the time of the stock
subscriptions , balance to be paid on the
call of the boaid of directors , the indebt
edness to bo limited to the sum of $33.000 ,
and the busine-s of the corporation to com
mence on the Jtn day of l > eptembvr
'J he signers of the articles are Samuel H.
Yonge. S. Waters Fox , G T Nelles ,
Charle * F. Potter , Emory A Cobb. Ar
thur S Potter , Jo-eph C Merideth.
Articles of incorporation of the Omrha
& Florence. Land and Trust company
have been received and placed on hie at
the ofhce of the secretary This corpora
tion propose * to have as its capital stock
the sum of $250,000 , and the corporation
torunfor the term of twenty-five years ,
the debts of the corporation not. to exceed
fifty per cent of the capital stock. The
signers of the articles are V. G. Lantry ,
Andrew Gilchrist , Milton llendrix , Hugh
G ( . -lurk , G rge J Hunt
Articles of incorporation of the Ne
braska Planing Mill company of Lincoln
were filed ye-t rday with the secretary
The articles rexite that the busine-s of
the corporation is to be tne manufacture
of sash , doors , blinds , moulding any
general planing mill work ; that the place
of business is at Lincoln. Neb , the capi
tal toek to be $25,000 , divided into shares
of f50 each , the highest amount of in-
dcbtedne s allowed being ? 12,000. The
corporation commences business on the
15tn day of October , terminating ten
years from date , if not longer continued
by unanimous consent. The inoorpora-
tors are Porter L. Harper , George H.
Harper and William G Maitland.
STATE HOr-E > OTES
The secretary of .stale was attesting to
school bonds yesterdav , one class being
the sixteen $500 bonds , amounting to
$ S , ( * . of the school district of the city
of Beatrice. The-ebona * run at 0 per
cent , payable semi-annunlly , falling due
from ten to twenty-fare years from
date.
The school bonds of District Xo. 47 ,
Franklin county , in amount ? 32o , have
been registered with the auditor , these
bonds bearing the usual 7 per cent inter
est , running ten years.
After two months spent in trials and
tribulations the salt well contractors have
ev erything in shape for prosecuting the
search for the center of the earth , and
State Geologist Kussell reports fayorable
progress being made.
The supreme court will commence it ?
sessions airain to day after nearly a
week's adjournment The call of the
docket this week is for cases arising in
the Fifth judicial district.
ACTIVE BfUGLAIlS.
Burglars got in their work Sunday
cv oning in great shape at three different
localitier. They had introduced them
selves to Lincoln the night before in a
single burglary down on North Four
teunth street , and last iiight entered into
the work in a more wholesale manner
As they were thirsty and chilly with the
night nir they commenced proceedings
against the saloons , breaking into Jim
Kelly s > place by removing a light of glasi
in the back window. Once inoide they
treated each other to "Valleytan' * at the
bar , took several bottles along with them
for future use. took two or three hundred
cigars and the change in the drawer ,
amounting to half a dozen dollars. They
also tooK other articles of value at hand
a good mcrschanm pipe , gold pen and
holder and some silverware. After visit
ing a place as hospitable as Kelley's
seemed to them they evidently thought
saloon's Euro takes for the same night.
Sexton's place of business was raided
and at that point they gained admission
by breaking a light from the door , tak
ing about the Eame amount of cash anc
drinks and cigars as were taken at
Kelley'o. The heavy stealing , how ever ,
was re eryed for the mercantile house o :
Fred fechroidt'p , for nt ttyat place they
raidt-din more extensively ; alter eSccV
ing an entrance by the back way they
commenced assorting out what they
thought the most valuable , emptying the
cash drawer of $30 , and then gathering
togfther a miscellaneous collection of
velvets , silko and jewelry to the yalue of
several hundred dollars. The morning
light revealed the depredations com-
nutu-d , and officers commenced a search ,
at once hitting upon one William Co nil n ,
as presumably the guilty party. A search
w arrant vras ootained and o search of his
house Drought to light much of the stolen
property , including a portion of the cash
taken. The partv and his wife were
then taken before Justice Cochran -
ran aud CVmlin Liniself was ar
raigned for the theft find bound over
under a f 1,000 bond to answer. Failins
to produce the wherewith bo was com
mitted.
TOUCE COUBT.
In police court 3 esterday J , J. Smith ,
au oil-time and repeat offender , was ar
raigned for bis usual misdemeanor ,
drunkenness. Heretofore Smith ha *
plead and begged off largely from sen-
teneo , but when he commenced ihe old
song yesterday the judge stopped him
with a fine of flO that in this case will
have to be worked out.
Five otbei cases of no greater magni
tude than plain drunks were up before
his honor and assessed the usual fines
and costs , part of whom paid aud the
rest besama boarders with the city ,
A party who bad ought to have been up
in court , and for a good round sentence ,
was making the air blue with profanity
on one of the principal streets of the city
yesterday morning , but he had cursed
himself out of sight before a police officer
could be found.
WIXOB inamox
Jay Gould and party , who were in the
Sunday evening , were interviewed
I r a f iwd of jpht
thourht tbf boss wrevKer was worth at
tention ( < ! Jay teemH to mtre t him-
* * lf more in. Cfnroh Howe and * ome of
> is ftnfcer * than in any others Boodle.
ffre liberal l igtie in Lincoln voted lo
npport ilrShane by * vote of < to T ,
and at a nvetinp in Suvens Creek prf-
c'nct the sentiments of * hundred or
more voters wn ? uVen aad found to be
unanimous anti-Howe.
Tbe flr t annual ball of the Lincoln
IctlT e-trrk-rs wn held l t evening , and
be ide * being largely attend * * ! VT S a
ereai ucc * s in everv parti < ulr
J A Connor , Platk'tnoiKh. H K Dna
bar. Afcl n < 1 : G N Sel * > y , Kearn v : J ;
C. Lloyd , Nebraska CJt.V. ( J M , Iterte'
son. Bennett. Lientenjuit-n-vprnor ( H.H *
Shedrl. Ashland , T Napi < r. Fall * Citv
W H Mefn. Wahoo. J B Psi-dc * , H A-
Wes'on L'lysMs * , ( * Thompson , Afhlnnd
were Ntbrakans in Lincoln yesterday.
WEALTH OF THE ASTORS.
An Instate Worth Fullj Three Hun
dred Millions of Dollars.
NfW York Correspondence Bo-ton Advertiser
vertiserNo one family in the country
has $ o kept it < wealth within itself as tne
Astor . who intend to continue the finan
cial policy originated by old John Jacob
Astor about the beginning of the century
It is commonly suppo-tnl that he in de
the bulk of his fortune in furs. He
formed a gigantic project for extending
the business f rom the northwc-tern lakes
to the Pacific by means of various trad
ing-posts. by establishing a central sta
tion at the mouth of the Columbia , and
then by making a depot atone of the Ha-
waian islands , to supply- China and
India directly from the Pacific coast
The project was partially carried out ,
but meanwhile Mr Aster saw greater
opportunity- for making money in city
real estate than in the fur trade He began
gan to tiny extensively , and the growth
of the town was so rapid that , in some
cases , the property increased a hundred
fold. When he died nearlj forty years
ago. he was e-timated to be worth $30-
000,000 He left to his son , William BAtor
A-tor , the bulk of his estate , to be man
aged in the interest of the family .William
B left it in turn to his son , John Jacob.
and now John Jacob haintrusted it to
his son hr- sole child , indeed William
Waldorf Astor This virtually amounts
to an entail , and prevents the wealth
from being scattered , though there is
small danger of that , the Asters being
noted for con-enratism and prudent
thrift They have always invested in
real estate , buying fe-w , bonds or stocks ,
and have evinced great care and dis
cretion in their investments. Their
constantly increasing surplus they
have , so to speak , put into the ground ,
reaping extraordinary profits thereby
They neyer sell , thev are ever buying ,
buying , buying , but Keeping their trans
actions as secret a > po ible. No one but
themselves and their agents have any
idea of tne vast blocks of real estate in
their possession. They own thousands
of business houses and dwellings
They never touch unimproyed
property , and now add each year
twoorthree hundred houses to their im
mense holding When it is remembered
that wealth doubles at simple interest in
less than seventeen years , and in much
less time when invested in real
estate , it is easy to understand how
theirs must have crown in the past
ninety years. One of the advantages of
such investments is that thpy inctease
with the value of the city. They are not
confined , as bonds and similar securities
are , to a fixed rate of interest. Certain
lots purchasad thirty odd years ago ,
would pay to-day what is equivalent to
40 or 50 per cent per annum. Therfl is
little doubt that the Astor estate is ny far
the greatest here or m this country It
can not be much short of § 500,000,000 ,
and by the close of the century , if man
aged as it has been , it will be nearly
doubled. What will prevent them in
another hundred years from owning
most of Manhattan island ?
A Coralcan Vendetta.
London Globe The spirit of vendetta
is very strong even among the highest
classes. An amusing illustration of this
I will quote at length. In August last a
serious quarrel arose at Chiatra , near
Corte , between two members of the lead
ing families. As usual , it ended in blood
being spilt. The spirit of vendetta was
aroused. Brothers , fathers , uncles , cous
ins flew to arms , and , naturally , the
worst consequences were expected But
the good cure , M. 1'Abbe Roccasena , set
to work and so influenced the parties
that a treaty of peace was drawn up and
duly signed by those interest
ed in the affair. This unique
document runs as follows , "In
name of the Holy Trinity , of the
Father , the Son , and the Holv Ghost , the
families of rmnzelli and Valery , dis
tressed at the scandal created by two
members of their families namely ,
Pierre Dominique Franzelli and Anrelms
Valery , and having come back to better
feelings , promise and swear in the pres
ence of their venerated pastor. Monsieur
1'Abbe Roccasena , and other people
called in to witness the oath to cease all
hostilities. They promise to lay down
rheir arms which had been taken up on
this occasion ; they recognize that the
blood of Christians cannot and
must not be spilt except in the cause
of religion and country and implore
pardon from God , society and justice ,
who have a Juit right to this solemn and
public act of reparation. They charge
their pastor with the duty of choosing
the fit time for delivering tip to justice
any member of either family who-in-
fnnges those presents , and promise to
bring no animosity into their dealings
'
with one another. 'Done nt Chiatra this
20th day of Aurast , 1830. " Such is the
exact tenor ofthis precious document ,
as original as it Is unique in Corsica It
helps the inquirer to form an idea of the
cristoms ana manners ol this singular
people.
A Lawyer's Complaint.
Pat O'Hawes swore out a complaint in
police court yesterday mornSngfor thea
jest of Howard Green. Green is charged
with appropriating $0 which Ella Mitch
ell gave to him to turn over to Mr.
O'Hawes , as his fee for defending Wil
Bates.
MOST PERFECT MADg
with Krlct r gtr4 to Partrr , 6tj a ti ! , aai
I > r.Prioe f n-
COMMENT OX THE CAMPAIGN ,
drab Hole's Checkered Darter Beauti
ful ! ) Illutnt d bf tb Press.
APOLITICAL BENEDICT ARNOLD
A Cutthroat , Betrayer or Party ami
a Sclf-G fe e4l OorrwiitlOnl l
Senator Van AVyck's
Clean and Sticces-
lut Campaign.
Church Hatvc' Nomination.
Lincoln Democrat In the excels of its
seal to prove that it ? new | artj fooling i
grounded OB the solid rocs , the Omaha
I'epotihcan nerts tlm of the present
congressional contest In this district
Howe became the candidate throoch the
< HnUloB of the routine w rU > fo l > v 11
pdiUcftl oreaniration' . and tins Should be
sufficient lor nj rrmbl | > e n toter. lo lies-
Itate as to bat to du M ill be a folly.
1 his is the * ame old rot that bos Wen
poured into the ears of A oS rs ever since
candidates fir t txxsamc1 corrupt Tnere
are things in this world of more value
than the ucce of 5 party's candidate
for office Therein ? Mor'e thinp < than
the election of an oppo < im ; partisan to
consre- , * . The election of ( . hurch Howe
would mean that the political cutthrott
is as Rood a a raan who never betrayed
a party or abandoned a caue. It would
mean that the self-meeker , the intrigu
ante , the briber , the turncoat , the irre-
s ; on iblc , the -confessed corruption-
i t , i as peed a * any other man It
would ptace honor at a discount , put hon
esty in fetters and exile truth It would
crown dishonor and falsehood a = the
household deitie * of the republican party
.For one , the Democrat uoe = not belies e
the republican voters of thi district will
do that It believes most of them to be
virtuous and peed citizens and because
it knows that mo tof them are personal ! }
acquainted with Howe's character it be
lieves that thev will repudiate him
Honor and uprightness ilo count for
something in politic5 , or we are much
mi-taken in the temper and cemus of the
people of this congressional district.
Howe's Chief Occupation.
Ulysses Dispatch Church Howe is
accused by no one of havng an honest
political conMction upon any mundane
question. With his hea\enly hopes and
aspirations we can ha\e no concern. He
voted for statutory prohibition as a mem
ber of the legislature because it helped
Church Howe to more votes than it
would lose to him Air Howe's base for
operations in the legislature with the
railroad corporation * has been long con
fined to a sinsrle county. It has been hi-
chief occupation up to the time of his de
parture as pas-enger-genentl and tie-con
tractor for the Missouri Pacific tojilay all
parts in the little kingdom of Xemaha
But be is now on a broader field It in
cludes Omaha , where it is said , he will
make his "headquarters " His tail-quar
ters will be in ' Sweet Auburn. "
Mr Howe is a prohibitionist in Xema-
ha and other eountie- , as he puts it ,
" 1 vote with my constituent1 am with
the people you know " It will be a
beautiful thing to see Mr. Howe in Omaha
throwing his slender arms around the
necks of Mr lletz. Mr Krug , Mr Her ,
and otner men of that city in ardent em
braces to assure them of his devotion to
high license , beer and other peculiar
beverages , and Hon John M Thurston
and the Omaha Republican will sin" in
Howe chorus ou the ame high key lJut
he cannot fool anybody this time. He
has made up his bed and must lie in it.
Submission of the question in this state
mean1 , as it has always meant , prohibi
tion by constitutional amendment. Mr.
Howe has always known and said this.
The republican state convention in de
claring for submission declares for pro
hibition , and every man in tne state
know s it. _
Howe as a Patriot.
Lincoln Democrat The Plattsmonth
Herald eulogizes Howe as a patriot and
scholar. Church Howe may conceal
something of scholar-hip away down in
Jus unfathomed bosom , out as a patriot
he is discounted by a boneless codn-h.
The only use a country is to Church
Howe is"to furnish him mental exercise
and add to his pile.
Howe's Work for Tllden.
\\yraore Reporter If Church Howe
would try to prevent the state of Xe
brasna from canrasing the electoral Tote
o as to elect Samuel Pilden , democratic
candidate for president , as the records of
the house shows he did , why should re
publicans vote for hirnr
Howe on Monopoly.
Beatrice Democrat Church says that
McShane is a monopolist , as he has an in
terest in a big herd of cattle. The farm
ers of the country must govern them-
sieve * accordingly , and not allow their
stock to increase too rapidly.
Church Howe and Dr. Miller.
Papillipn limes If Dr Miller and his
crowd will give McSbane as good sup
port as Charley Brown does. Church
Howe will lose Douglas county by 4.0\X \ )
majority. _
Hone's Prohibition Soli-out.
Nebraska City .News M. B. Reymon , of
Talmage , publishes an open letter in the
Nemaha Granger addressed to Hon T J
Majors , in which he makes a very serious
charge , ahd one that , if true , will have
considerable Influence in the campaign.
Mr. Rejmon says : "At the session of the
legislature of 1SS1 Mr. Howe in
troduced a bill known as the prohibi-
torv bill , submitting to the vote of the
people the question ot the right to manu
facture and sell spirituous and malt liq
uors in the state of Nebraska , but before
it came to the final vote you told me
Howe had bargained to defeat the bill ,
You said Mr Her of the- Omaha distillery
Said to you he had paid Howe for defeat
ing the prohibitory bill which he ( Howe )
had introduced. I ask yon if rnev had
anything to show that Howe had sold
out to lltiM You aaid no , Hon a was
too sharp for that. You told the same
story to others before and after the legis
lature adjourned , and this is the man ,
Mr. Majors , you now _ endorse and help
to nominate as a candidate of the repub
lican party , and , if your own words are
true , a bribe-taker , a bribe-girer , a man
without principle , a politician who seeks
position for the money he can make out
of the moneyed interest by blackmail.
Howe Puddling ttozua Letters.
Lincoln Democrats The congressional
campaign committee is busily engaged
in circulating some documents purport
ing to bo Fetters to Church Howe from
distinguished eastern men congraiulat >
ing him upon his nomination and hoping
he would be elected. In this connection
it U perhaps proper to say that the Demo
crat das been permitted to copy the fol
lowing letter.
> LW YOBK. Oct. 12 , laSo.
Mr Dear McBride : 1 toe bj the p&i n Out
& man usjued Howe It publUhlne a letter
purporting to be written uy me endorsing hU
candldao for crmrre , s. Who Is thUman
Howe ? I'lease * nd me a copy of the alleged
letter In his behalf. If , however. In > uur
jndsment it is all rlclit , let it so. nut in
any event Jet me hear from roil * r rtlllr.
Voimase\tT , CL A. Airmen.
To J. C. McBride , Uscoln. Xe
THE SEXATOUIALi ISSUE.
Senator Van TVycV's Speech at Alns-
worth.
AiniTvorth N w Senator C , H. Van
Wyck addressed a large and appreciative
audience at the opera house in this city
last Thursday evening There was hardly
Mini DC r > < 'n n t1 Hrg > hall owjjs to
ttie fact tint a trry iargi delegation from
the S'lTounJihpitMinuj wanU-d to hear
Nrbr\sk snaJor , and many were there
ot t of 'bftr ; cuno-iv having never e n
t < e great "nnti moufpiVi't ' He dwelt
t * - > me length np-m the my'trriouswavs
of.I \ ( kwld and Vnndvrbiit build ns ;
railroad * and ifenonnc * * ! them ineath -
ing terms lor their unparalleled thie'tery
He * ] o deawwnowl the railroad- ,
particularly the H * M , which
tmrerse < ontbern Nt'br ka , for
th * vxhorWtant rate' churned
by that road for frwjjht wp t of the Mi *
swim nrer H < - d t > lored the weakness
of our legitlattire in being afraid to enact
M three cent rat fnri a ! ngors in thi
state HP was a little * ere on the
"velper " as he termed them , on the
Lincoln Jn rn l and Omaha Republican
He ne n < a hisJorjof hi' war record
from the lime of hi . enli-trnent until he
was mu tered out never dra * ( nj ; cent
of pay from the time he went in to the
time he cme out , and lo inp nil he had
di * mrs < J In orpamrmi ; hi company Mid
petting them ready for action He MAS
particularly an\iou * for the people to
elect Van \Vyck men to the legi lature in
order to secure a return to the United
States Senate. He wa not asking any
one to Mite for him but if the people
would examine hi record in the United
States senate thej would find it untarn
ished , and just as he aad statedthen they
could return him if they saw proper.
III * Own Jsucces < or.
A'hland Gazette The people of the
state of Nebraska are still continuing lo
show their desire for the return to the
United States senate of that stanch pco
pie's man , Hon C II. Van Wyck. He
was neer known to falter wht n the in
terests of the people were at stake. The
corporations will use even means under
theun to cau-e his di'lent , but it will
a\ail nothing Senator Van \V\ck will
be his own successor
\ an Wyck in Sarpr-
Panillion Time- The election procla
mation i-sued by the clerk of fcarpy
count } call- for the election of a United
butcs senator 1114 un ier-tood the re
publican ticket ? in tlii- county will bear
the name of Van Wyck for senator , and
that if the democratic county con'vention
names any man to beotea tor his name
will be James E. Boyd.
Senator Van WjckV Record.
.Yera * > .a City Prop.
General Van Wyck commenced public
life over thirty years aco. and in the state
of New York aided to organize t.nd lay
the corner stone of the republican party ,
of the cardinal principles of which he
has oeen n faithful and devoted .idvocate
His recprd in brief is as follows
In 1555- and 1SOD he was elected to con
gress. From September 1SJ1 , until the
clo-e of hostilities , he served ably and
\aliantly m the war of the rebellion He
was again elected to congress in I860 and
1&U9 At that early day : as always , he
believed in reforms within the party , and
inaugurated a committee , of which he
wa.- > chairman , fo prevent fraud in army
contracts and to reform abu-es in the
New York custom house In ISO * ,
with Wjtsbburhand others , he mi.de
a vigorous and- successful fight in congress -
gress to compelithe Union Pacinc railroad
to reduce its then most exorbitant rates
First coming U > Nebraska in 1S > 5 , he
made his home here in l'-74 In the sue
ceeding year be was eleet < ? d to the con
stitutional convention , in 1876 , ' 7 ? and
"SO he was elected to the state senate and
while there was actne in preventing the
repeal of the usury laws and in reducing
the rate of interest from 12 per cent to
that now legal ; he- was foremost in re
guinng purchases of supplies for public
institutions to jbo mide after adyertise-
mentand from the lowest bidder , in pro
viding for the punishment of officers for
expending money beyond appropriation ;
in the long-fought contest to regulate tne
transportation of passengers , reducing
the _ rate to one not exceeding 8 cents per
mile and in all measures against railroad
discrimination.
General Van Wyck was elected to the
United Stales -enate in 1SS1 One of the
very first bills he introduced was one to
stop the fraud through special deposit
surveys of the public lands. After a long
struggle with a wealthy and well-organ
ized ring and a discussion with the
able-t men in the senate , he succeeded in
his pur o-e. This ring was surveying
all the desert and mountain and worth
less lands generally , and locating the
script ivned as pay on agricultural lands
Its overthrow saved to the people millions
of acres and millions of money. He of
fered an amendment to put lumber on
tte free list , discussed that subject at
length and secured a favorable vote , but
a combination of united capital finally
defeated the measure His action in this
matter was endorsed by a resolution of
the Nebraska legislature. He secured a
reduction of tne duty on fence wire and
made a vigorous attack on the special star
route attorneys , where Bliss and others
were receiving , each , at the rate of
650,000 per year and then charging the
tips paid the porters of sleeping cars ,
succeeding in abolishing the system. In
every se-.sion he secured the passage in
the senate of a bill to relie've settlers and
purchasers of Denver and St. JOP lands ,
but until the last Pension the house re
fused the action asked , it then passed the
bill with an amendment that did not
even relieve one-fourth of the settlers.
In pension legislation Senator Van
Wyck has always been active , securing
the pass-vge of special bills ut every ses
sion and urging new laws and amend
ments to further increase pensions Ho
has always been strong in his advocacy
of Mexican pension bills He introduced
and secured the passage of bills to in
crease the pension of soldier * ' widows
from 55 to $12 per month ,
to increase pensions for loss
of a leg or arm , to pay pensions ;
from date of disability and to give every
soldier a pension who had s.ened six
months and was disabled , even if the
disability had occurred since the war.
It was van Wyck who fought to open
abandoned military reservations for
home-lead settlers only , to ghe terri
torial go7eniflent to Oklahoma , and al
low homestead seaiement , to place In
dian reservations itl Dakota and other
territories , in the public domain und
open the same for settlement. He has
always been actre ! Jn looking after local
matters , endeavoring to secure Indian
schools and compassing the establish
ment of now land ollices at McCook , Sid
ney and Chadfon. He has secured the
sale of Indian lands within the state , es
tensio
lands ,
tice
„
most important billa he introduced and
advocated and finally had passed , was
one to compel ih-j taxation of lands
of the land .gr at railroads. Mil
lions of acres had for years
besn exempt from' taxation. Senator
Van Wyck introduced bis bU ; in the
Forty-seventh congress , straggled for it
in the Forty-eighth , and last winter se
cured Us passage , compelling the roads
to paj taxes on their lands the same as
the citizen pays. Bills to protect labor
have uniformly received his support.
Time and time again lie bos torn the
mask from extortionate railroad charges ,
when tney were devouring the substance
of the people ; notably was his position
iu this relation bown in the discu ion
of the interstate commerce bill a
lengthy one with Cnllom. Allison , In-
galls , Hoar &nd MePhurson , and all the
shrewdest defender * of railroad interests
iu the senate. His course m this instance
was in full accord with the people of
Nebraska , the state legislature , then in
session , adopting rtssolutions endorainj ;
Senator Van Ujck and the Recgan bill.
.Most important m this line of work was
the compelled forfeiture of the Tc as
Pacific land grant of about one
fve hundred tHo- sml a < re The com
pany supposed it had secured the ddeat nf
this bill m : h etiate when bv j > eritnt
i Hurt Van Aj k pu cureJ Us return aftc r
it had bet n traced off ! ne si > eciU ! talon
der and when defeat se mfJ imminent
hf ontaineil the fWr called up the b .i ,
* pokin its beh\lf nnd t be same day Sf-
cnred a vote hich re alted in it p < -
* ee He successfully oppo the b II
increasing the salaries of the I nit < !
State * district judge * , mad * apront
aeainst inning patents to the Ntrr
Orleans and Pacific , belter known # iu ! >
"Backbone road , ' and aided to * av e 9 >
W9 acre * claimed by it , made an earn * st
spewh against the proposed ron ou's !
t.on of the W extern Union ani Halt miT
* Ohio telegraph companies swarms : an
antendra-nt to the Alaska territorial l > ih
so that the United State * War'hal should
receive a salary only and pay all fees
into the trwi un , and insf-tedthat ttm
wi-e pnni'ion 'hould extend to all United
Mates Mar .halihip * > rnator Van W\rk
oppo * d sub-uiiEing th Pacific stsm
ship roiBpa-nies. He was efticvoi
In stvurinc the pas-age of
thd oleomargarine bill , the great
struggle as m the senare to lefer the
bill to the agricultural committee of whu h
he was a member He had a running de
bate with Beck , Edmund * rnd others who
de-ired i's reference to he unance cjin
nnttee. a move which would haw kilit d
it. and wa * finally successful iu his efforts
by a majority of one vote his own
\ \ hen the bill v as considered in the sen
ate he made an able , brilliant argument
in its behalf , and for his several eilorts in
tLe matter received the thanks of rnauj
dairy and creamery associations. An
other most important bill wato author
ize the destruction of illegal U-nces fur
thihe labored faithfully , preseutina the
amendment thit give- the president
power to Use the military for the purpo-e-
indicated During his senatorial carttr
he has presented mam labor petitions ,
and when Senator Vest and othor-
intimated thatuch petitions were
not genuine , he rVbuked them in
a short speech , SQ dire-ct and o con
clu-ne' in -tateuients , a to s-ecjre for
him the approbation of all the labor or
gamzations in the land. A bill was
pas-ed to prevent the United States ena
tors from being retained by the land
grant railroads A motion to reeonsuli r
was immediatelv made , and prevailed
but not without Van ttyck s protest an < l
vote in oppo-nion. the only one on the
republican side of the senate. He inves
tigated th frauds ana extortions of the
\ \ : i-hington Gas Light company , and hi-
bill in the matter obtained a favorable re
port to reduce the price of g s to * 1
per thousand cubic feet When the
car drivers in Washington were working
sivrteen hours a day he commenced a lUrln
against the companies and compelled
them to reduce the time to twelve hours
-bowing in this as ho hzf- always she n ,
a desire to protect thelaboring'man when
wronged , whether in Nebraska or VTa.-n
ington , and rewiv ing , in the instance-
mentioned , a written testimonial from ,
and the thanks of , the WIVPS and chil
dren of those whose cause he had es
poused.
The above is but a brief imperfect
sketch of Senator Van \Vvck's public ser
vices He has been stronj : fearless snd
consi-tont througnout. He has never
wavered once in his battle for the people
He has always been aggressive , tireless
and persistent , a working , never-sleeping
member. A\ hen other states have been
well served , they have sent their repre
sentatives back to congress Ume after
time None has ever been better served
than Nebraska has by Van Wyck and
her every interest demands his return to
trie senate The plotters are opposed to
him , the people are for him , tiie latter
can vvin if thev. will
*
A NOTED SUICIDE.
Dr. Constantine Guzman , Son of .Mc-
aracna * Ex-1'residcnt.
Philadelphia Times- News has just
befii received from Nicaragua of the
sudden and tragic death of Dr Constan
tine Guzman , one of the most noted and
popular men in the country , who was
well known in Philadelphia , where he
studied medicine He wa a son of Gen
eral Don Fernando Guzman , the ex pres
ident of Nicaragua , and his brother , who
was a student of the late Dr Gro s , mar
ried Miss Ewing , a granddaughter of one
of the nrst provosts ot the University of
Pennsylvania , Dr Guzman was born in
1847 , and m l Vi left Granada for the
United btates to begin his profesioiial
education here. He was prepared atthe
college at Pouphkeepsie , and from there
he entered Harvard university , from
whjch he graduated in 1870 Leaving the
United btates a year or two afterward , he
went to France , where he spent some
time and was engaged in the hospitals
during the Franco-Prussian war. From
France he returned to Nicaragua and
entered upon his professional career ,
meeting with the mo t brilliant success ,
and although so young a man soon be
came known as the most prominent
physician of the country In 1870 he
made a prolonged lour through the
neighboring states of Guatemala and
Sin Salvador , where be left a most dis
tmguished reputation both as a surgeon
and phvsician In 1879he again returned
to the United States , and extended his
travels to Europe , where he spent some
time in Berlin , making n special study of
disea-fts of the ej es and ears
From Europe he returned to Nicaragua ,
out he did not remain long , as he bad
met in traveling a jouug lady from Bos
ton. and in 1SS2 he returned to the United
States and married her They went to
Mexico , where Dr Guzman spent a few
years until his health required a change
of climate , and he removed lo California ,
where his widow is now living Business
matters led him to make a hasty trip in
February lat to his native totvn of
Granada , in Nicaragua Great mx-para-
tions were made to greet him , and upon
arrival all the bells in the town vrre
rung , fire works wt off , and a fea t pre
pared for the sick and the poor , who
came in great numbers to welcome him
For months bis office was filled day and
night with tne sick and suffering from all
the neighboring couutrj , who cauie seek
ing relief Half of his patients were un
able to pay but ho treated them tnesime
as the rich The loss of sleep , the over
taxing of his brain , and the use of
n.Artrtitaust Iisve helped to upset his
reason Having enemfe L'a bc nn to
think they were pursuing him , and over
a month wab passed in the greatest anx-
ietj and suffering. He was daily watch
ing for secret assassin * , and refused food
from the hands of his dearest friends
While in this state of melancholy , one
night a few weeks agn , a shot was beard
and he was found dead in his room , with
a revolver by his side and a bullet
through his brain He was the favorite
of his family , and the benefactor of the
poor , who loved him dearly Over f3 OJO
has already been subscribed in small
suras toward the erection of a monument
to his memory.
Tbe Book Canratting Business.
Chicago Mail Friends of mine who
are in the business tell me that nothing
has so damacftd the book canvassing
business as the easy soiling books of
Grant and Blaine Old-time profession
nls , who use-d to make a splendid living
wiling books that nobody really wanted
have iroue to pieces because of the bad
and lary habits engendered by "carry
ing" ' a book ever } body wanted , and
which jt was no trick to soil. "I ain't
any good any more , " sia a man named
Kobvrts , who leads the profession in
these parts "I used to make a hand
some living selling books which it took
an artist to pasa I don't feel now. after
selling 'Grant. ' as if I ever oould do any
mare "fine work ' "
An amateur once as ted Liszt how to
play the piano with tiio &oul Plie genial
iLasttT T > > ) . < d "You must 0r t of ail
bare a sOui '
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by telegraph so.ictted and prompUr nt-
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AadtU other mportmnt points East , Sort heist
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end every attention l ! paid to j > as .eacerj br
courteuBi tmplojc * of the oompcjiT' .
K. MiULin , General Manager.
J. F TCCWEII. A"lsta.nt General Man rcr.
A V R. CARPENTER , General Passear < T ana
Ticket Arf nt.
GEO E. HKArmiu > , A&iistant General Paiwa-
Eer and Ticket Apent
J T. Cl.ink. General Superintendent.
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Idaho. Nevada. Oifiron. Washington and CfJI-
fornla. It offers uperlor aJraniafos not j > ois-
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A mo TIC ft few of the numerous point" of in-
ptriorltr enjoyed by the patron * of this road
betwt-cnOmfibannd Chlcaro. re III two trains
adavof DAY COACHES which tre the finest
tnat hwmnn art and tnrenuity can crisir- Its
PALACE SLEKl'ING CABS rhich Rre modeJs
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widely celebrstt-d PALATIAL UIKIXG CAltS ,
the eiqual of which cannot be found ltewbere.
At Counon fiuff ) the trains tit the Union Paci
fic Kr. connect In Union Depot with tbow of
the Chicago i tCortuwcttern H > In Chicago
the trains of thU line mate dote connection
with tho& of 11 ra.lt ern line * .
For Detroit , Colurobua. InrllanapoHn. Clncln-
nati. NiHTRraTuJU , Buffalo , J'itt burv. Toronto ,
Montreal. lk > ton.New Voik , PhliadelphH. IliJ.
tlmor * , WRthlngton and all roln's ' in the east ,
ait the ticket aient for tlckcti via tbe
"NOnTHWESTKIlN. "
If you wiih the boil eocoirtnojatlona. AH
Uckct agents foil tickets via thit line.
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Neb. UlenitoronllUi ttrcxrU
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. _ . m 3e ! n all r aru of tbe 17 S .
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