THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , DECEMBER 13 , 1880 ;
THE MONOPOLY MUST MIND ,
liincoln'a Street Railway and Its Disregard
Tor Oity Council Orders.
A NEEDED CHANTER PROVISION.
OpoultiR nfllic .Second I'ncklng HCIIIM *
alVnt Ijificolii. Work In i ! to
Kcrm-o tlio College. Cap-
llnl City NotCH ,
IrnoM Tiienr.r.'s MNror.v ntriiEtu.1
Tliu Lincoln street railway , if it doesn't
tvnnt to n nuic tlio roll of : i monopoly
qicutor limn tlic corporation in which il
exists , ought to east nsldo some of Its in-
( Icppnilcni'O and pay a little liccd to tlio
of tlio city government
that seem to fall with paiticular liuhl
ness upon tlio company nnd its re.pie-
'S. M was not until a few months
thai the council were enabled to not
: m onlinanoo drafted nnd passed relating
to the government , and control of.slreol
i.illwnys and defining their rotations to
the public nnd the rights of both parties
roiK-oriied. It is very natural to biipposa
that this step in securing the drafting of
an ordinance proceeded at a snail's pace
liuentioo the eity attorney nnd the attor
ney for the Mieel railway happened to
be one and identical. Since , however ,
the ordinance is passed , it should bo en
forced , nnd instructions under tlio ordi
nance should bo heeded and complied
with. The street railway is in many of
the important streets of the city not on
grade. On one street in pnrtieular it
traverses several block's from twelve to
eighteen inches above line , to the con-
Mnut detriment of vehicles of every kind.
The city council have , in three or four
instance-1 , ordered the line put down
where it belongs , not only at
Hie point mentioned above , but
in oilier places , and only
in one lonesome instance has any atten
tion boon paid to the order of the council
in the matter. The nmvor of the city Is
ho proper executive olliccr , but as the
mayor is a near relative of the manager
of the street railway the painful Inek of
executive authority may be elucidated
through that cold fact , which many may
not understand. When the franchises for
Blreet railways were granted in Lincoln
the railways wore badlv wanted nnd
good , liberal and generous franchises
were willingly if not eagerly granted.
Jut ! these franchises are now valuable to
n large degree and arc valuable enough
HO that the owners can well allbrd to pay
attention to the very moderate and rea
sonable request of the council , who have
askeil nothiii" but for tlio good of both
the elty and the coiporation itself. The
fiti/ciiH committee , in drafting a now
charter. lia\e tlio oppoitunitv to do seine
equitable pro legislative work for the dt >
providing when paving is done that
the street railway pave its track to the
extent of I ho ground covered by them ,
whieh would be about twelve inches each
hide the rails and would cover the sur
face now occupied by the ties of tlio
track. Such a jirovNion would materi
al ! } assist in the paving problem and
would be but the customary way adopted
in other eilies.
niLSI.fO.VI > OKEAT INI mtKST
in the packing line out at West Lincoln
will apply the steam to-morrow ami put
the wheels in motion. This is packing
bouse number two , owned and operated
by the Messrs. Silborhani , of Chicago , and
it is undoubtedly one of the linest pack
ing house.h in the west. This house will
commence business , .slaugliluring 1,000
hogs per day from the initiatoiy , and will
give employment to 1150 men from the
commencement. The machinery placed
in this house has a working capacity
when crowded to its limit of 7(10 ( hogs per
hour , which is an illustration ot the
power the house has to rush things. In
conversation w'1'1 ' ' Mr. Silberham , who is
in the eity ready tor the opening , he made
the statement that ho was bringing very
few of their men with him from Chicago ,
and that almost Hits entire force would bo
gathered up in this locality. Those who
came from the east are old and experi
enced workmen , who will bring their
families with them and become property
holders in West Lincoln. In response to
the inquiry if hogs sufliciont to keep a
full supply for the two packing houses.
Mr. Silberham stated that the commis
sion men assured them that the supply
woti'd ' bo maintained at all times ample ,
nnd they were vigorously at work seek
ing consignments. There are at the
jiresunt time : { ,000 , hogs purchased , nnd
in the market and at the stock yards , and
after Tuesday the demand for porkers
will be increasing.
TUB coi.i.r.m : QUKSTION.
As nearly as could bo ascertained yes
terday withoiit.securing a glimpse of the
Hubsciiption lists that arc making the
rounds , there has been nearly $00,000
subscribed for the fund for securing the
Methodist imlvorsity.and the work will bo
prosecuted to the securinc of the $100,000
aimed at with the vigor that has already
been manifest in the work. The com.-
initteo of twenty-eight that have the im
portant work of loaeating tlio university
will moot on Wednesday of the present
week , when the formal propositions will
bo received and the question canvassed
und decided To the best evidence ob
tainable , York and Lincoln are the two
oading places in the competition for the
chool.
111. JIISM'.I ) HIS JIAX.
Sheriin * . V , 11. Selmrrs , of Huffiilo
county , passed through Lincoln yester
day en route homeward from ti trip east
ward after a man named Cunningham
w ho has stolen $ Hil from a citi/en of
Keiriioy named Smtilloy. The sherilV's
destination in the east was at a Pennsyl
vania point .south ol rittsburg , but when
he reached the place his bird hud escaped
by ( light , probably taking warning from
fleeing Homethingin print stating tlmt ho
was wanted in the west that ho had left
ho uncorenioiiiously ,
n , A. it.
Farngat I'o4 ( } . A 11. , the old estab
lished poit of Lincoln , tlmt has a roil
of membership elosn to ' . ' 00 , held an
animated election of olllcors ,
at thuir hall Saturday evening ,
in whieh a friendly contest for comman
der was brought down to u tin vote be
tween ( 'onuades fapraguo and Hotchkiss ,
the latter ultimately securing the posl
tion The ollieers for the year as elected
\\ero llaii-.v llotolikics , coinmandoi ; L.
M Scothorn , vice commander ; Dr. llog-
giud , post aiirgeon ; llenrv Masterman ,
clmplnin. U C. Hell , quartermaster ,
Josi'iili Teeter , othcer of the day. and O
l\ Hull , U. ( ' . MeArthur. J. 11 I-'OK
worthy and ,1 U. Hing , delegates to the
btutu encampment.
r r. Kussi-ll lias bcuii down nt I'awneo
'ity und oihur points looking up Iho
ruinous of coal and coal btiils uiul his faith
Is increasing tlmt if n good paving vi'in
of these diamonds underlies Nubrnska
that thu ditcovnry will bo muilo at the
stain salt well that has now reached a
depth of tni'lvo hundred foot and the
drill is now ri'biiujr in what the statu
geologist bollovi-s to bo formations very
bti-ouyly indicuilvo of i-oal. The las.t for-
iimtion that the drill nt the well lias
pawi-d through was an oven hundred feet
of dlstiiict limestone and the work at
jiri'Si-nt is in halo and thu liunrcsbion
iu-fvuils that if coal is to bu found it will
bo in the next four or live hundred foot
It is bucomiiiK evident , also , that the wilt
question is not at all promising and the
failuiti of the present work to strike pay
my briuo will evidently sllcnco forever
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the effort. * made to develop the saline
beds surrounding the city.
AUOfTTO\V.V
W ( ' . Ilolilcn , ol Kearney , ha been in
the city the past two days looking after
business matter . Mr. lloldcn , it is tin
derstood , i one of the executive commit
tee of the state organization of Knights
of Labor , nnd he has been in Omaha at
tending an executive session of the
board.
Judge Vnndemnrk. of Snundcrs , ono of
the members of the state senate elect , lias
been m Lincoln the nnsl two days nnd
has secured accommodations for the win
ter The judge is eonlldent that the con
test ngainst him for his sent will not bo
puMied further and that when the ses
sion opens lie will read his title clear.
The coming week will be a busy one in
theatricals at the cnjjilal , the People's
being filled for the entire week nnd live of
the si\ nights at the l-'uiikc opera house
being engaged. The "Ivy Leaf" for to
night nnd to-morrow night is the play nt
the opcrn house.
The Indies of the Universnlist church
have secured Temple hall for Tuesday
nnd Wednesday e.vcnings , the .same
being devoted to the holding of their an
nual fair. The Philharmonic orchestia
will furnish the music , and concerts and
dancing will be features of the evenings.
Coal discoveries in Uass county at the
village of Klmwood were being explained
by lluprefentntive-elect .Icary to Lincoln
people yesterday , nnd the vein has now
reached twenty-one inches in thickness
twenty feet under ground , nnd the coal
found will burn.
"Our business has been very satisfac
tory the past year , " said S. 8. AIe.xand"r ,
of the Farmers' and Merchants' Insur
ance company , and from him the state
ment was made that their premiums
written in the past yenr would aggregate
some $7. " > , OUO in the state , which figures
will bo a generous increase o\erthe
former equaiperiod of time.
Two pai tics somewhat inebriated had
a stand up and knock down light yester
day noon on one ot the principal business
streets. The mill cm-hod iv good deal of
interest and the absence of the police
saved them Irom arrest.
Messrs. W. F. ( Jurly and "Judge' '
.lulius Selmro Cooley were among the
Omaha visitors who partook of Sunday
dinner in the capital city.
The McCaull opera company departed
yesterday for Denver , their next point ot
engagement , going westward over the
Union Pacific.
Governor-elect John M. Thaycr is ex
pected in Lincoln the present week on n
preparatory visit to becoming n Lincoln
citi/on.
A FAMOUS FILLIBUSTER.
ll cm- Gciinr.ilVllllam AVnlltor I Mi
pressed Ono of Ilia Soldiers.
Now Orleans Times-Democrat : Tlio
following interesting letter was sent re
cently by Mr. C. W. Doubleda.y , of this
city , tu the San Francisco Chronicle :
To the r.ditor of the Chronicle : 1 find
in the Chronicle's notice of my book ,
"Kcnimiseences of the Filibusters' War
in Nicaragua , " n suggestion that more of
the pcmuial traits of that remarkable
man , Colonel William Walker , would
have been acceptable. Though now as
suming to bo his biographer , it is never
theless pleasant to bo able to testify in
favor of the man who , though , as the
pout justly says ,
"lie died in nil disgrace , "
could nevertheless exercise such control
and fascination over men not all of
whom were "desperate adventurers , " but
.some of whom were men of character
and intelligence that they willingly
tluew themselves in the deadly breach
and died for him or at bin back , satisfied
that an approving nod would be accorded
their memories.
Men like Walker have their fault" .
They are accented when they fail of the1
accomplishment of their tasks , and their
virtues are rarely known. His great ov-
amplar , the first Napoleon , tliouuh equal
ly remorseless and conscienceless in the
path of ambition , was vain , egotistical
and sensuous , but he conquered nearly all
of Huropo , and the memory of his glory
is everywhere preserved , while his crimes
are but dimly remembered.
Colonel Walker was a man of consti-
tionally temperate habits , mild of speech
and demeanor , though lacking in the per
sonal grace that adds a charm to tlio cul
ture and innate refinement which he un
questionably possessed. His expression
of approval or the announcement of a
death sentence was equally calm ot tone
nnd enunciation , but men would leap
into n fiery blast of shot nnd shell for the
former , and suffer more than the mere
pangs of death nt the latter. He was a
visionary and yet a man of action , a by
no means uncommon combination of
character. A ecitain intellectuality ,
hard and insensible as polished steel ,
marked his actions and impulses , and yet
ho exercised a magnetic power over more
sensitive organisations such as is rarely
witnessed.
15ut the cohesive power by which ho at
tracted individuals did not hold good for
masses of men not directly under his in-
lluoneo. Ho was a soldier rather in the
sense ot a lighter than as an organi/er ,
and as he failed to bind men to him by
permanently consulting their interests in
connection with his own , tlio results of
success won by indomitable valor and
energy did not inhere for any lasting
benefit.
As a southern man his love for the in
stitution of slavery came as near being u
pronounced sentiment as anything in his
unsentimental nature , and on this rock
his fortunes and his life were wrecked.
The native chiefs , military and political ,
of NMcaraugun would have condemned
almost any net of oppression from the
stranger rather than either faction would
have submitted to be governed by tlio
other. But n limit was reached when
the colored blood , wlueli runs in the
veins of nine-tenths of the population ,
was decreed a barrier to civil rights.
To Walker their Jiostilci attitude on this
question was ns the clarion to the war
charger , liven the withdrawal of north-
cm capital ami the clamor of the senti
ment of the world , as expressed through
the press , failed to dismay him. The
southern states stood by sentiment though
not In men or means , and his indomita
ble spirit sought to overcome a world in
moral and physical apposition , lie
failed , as in this day all must who nt-
tempt the suppicsslon of popular ideas.
Xiearauga n as profited by the lesson ho
Uught her ,
\\'ho would bo fiee.
Thomsclu's must stilko the blow
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TflE STRIDES OF SOCIALISM
A'ditiona to Its Banks in Europe During
the Last Ten Tears.
THE MOVEMENT IN GERMANY
\ Woman tlio heading Spirit Among
Kncllsti Adherents Classes in
Universities I'or the Study
oT tlio Sulilcct.
t'roercss of Koclnllim In Kurope.
( tuisi , France , hoy. 'J ? . [ Special Cor
respondence of the Bin : . ] Socialism has
made giant strides nil over Ktirope dur
ing the la t ten years , greater ttian In nil
the previous ycnrs of this century.
Most writers on .socialism In Kuropo
would Iwgin by enlarging on the grow
ing misery of the working classes , nnd
thereby confirm the vulgar assumption
that socialism is , in its essence , n protest
by tlio lower classes , so called , ngainst
their condition. This has no longer an
appearance oven of truth. It is just
nmoiig the better paid and instructed ot
the working classes , and among the edu
cated classes that socialism hns spread.
At the "Fauillislere , " where I am slay
ing , 1,800 men nnd women have nil the
necessaries of life in abundance , nil who
care about serious subjects nro socialists.
And'so it is in all the busy centers of in
dustry in France. Again , socialism has
become u power in several countries of
Kuropo where it was not known ten
Years ago. And what still better sets oil'
the remaikablo progress and shows that
the growth is not merely in extent , but
In depth , is that , for the first time in his
tory , soclnllsts of nil countries , arc rally
ing round oue doctrine , working towards
ono aim.
This persistence of socialism in spite of
the herculean clVbrts made to crush il
down and to exterminate it , and the fact
that it absolutely draws new life tliera-
from , proves it to bo the destiny which
the power behind evolution has appointed
for us , making il tlio grand promise to
some and the ominous incnnco to others ,
according as they yearn towards the
future or the past. All these countries ,
beginning with Great Britain , have al
ready , at different times , passed through
a revolution ; but in no country has the
revolution been complete. Socialism is
the last term of the revolution , llussia
is behind these countries ; il is waiting
tor its "I'rench Revolution. " It is in the
same condition tl.ut I'ranee was in befoio
17M ) . The coming revolution in Hussia
will do for it what the French revolution
did for France.
In the rest of Kurope there is not u
country where socialism lias not taken a
strong hold , except Norway , and theie it
is simply backward In Sweden , where
live years ago socialism had not one dis
ciple , the government intends to intro
duce a special law to hold it in check.
Athens has a socialist organ , Artlen
which publishes translations of the writ
ings of English socialists , lielgium has a
1'arti Ouvrier , whicli makes the govern
ment tremble. It has introduced a
splendid feature , which the American
comrades mi rht imitate with advantage :
co-opeiate bakeries that make excellent
bread , and with the profits Irom which
they build halls for uarty purposes , sup
port a daily organ and send thousands of
loavc'i to comrades on strike.
The fate of the parly in Germany un
der thu stringent socialist law is highly
instructive. Itefore the enactment ot the
law the party had UW.UOO voters , with
nine members of parliament ; aHenvards ,
the number of voters immediately drop
ped to 7SOIH ) . Hut a splendid secret or-
gani/.ation was soon ellected , which in
1881 raised the number to 312,000 , with
twelve representatives , and in 1681 to
520,000 voters with twenty-four represen
tatives. It is confidently predicted that
at the next election the party will
have a inillion voters and fifty
representathps , "which , " n catholic
journal remarks"may be excessivebut do
not forget that the movement towards
socialism is very strong. " Though the
mails are strictly clo ed to the paity
organ , published in Swit/'jrland , and to
suu-jcribe to it is a crime , the journal has
a greater circulation in Germany I ban
the ollicial paper had before the passing
of the law. Persecution , then , has
proved a great blessing , it has weeded
out all rotten material , knitted the party
together with h tops of iron , nnd pre
vented splits which otherwise might have
occurred from peronal reasons.
Cruelty has proved itself just ns potent
in Franco. Wlieu the commune which ,
by the way , was n movement perfectly
spontaneous , absolutely unexpected by
the leaders was overpowered , the rul
ing middle class determined to extermin
ate the wild , impracticable sociulinm then
in vogue , and thev proceeded to do it
"with a disregard for human life never
before witnessed , " says the clerical
writer of the Jews of 1'rnnce. Thirty-livo
thousand , the ( lower of Parisian man
hood , were murdered in cold blood , and
munv tliousands sent to the penal colon
ies , The extermination seemed complete.
There were no large gatherings for sev
eral years. At length , a congress was
held , in 1870 , in Paris , when , thanks to
the munificence of i\l. C'remieux , a Jew.
all the French trades unions , numbering
about one hundred , were represented
It repudiated socialism , and their moder
ation elicited praise from tlio whole middle -
dlo class press , .lust then two socialists ,
li. Malon nnd Jules Gucsdc , returned
fi oin their exile , and , as H first fruit ot
their labors , we find a socialist resolution
introduced in the nexl trades union eon-
gres.s , held at Lyons , in February. 1878 ,
and supported oy eight .votes. At the
third congress , hold in 18711 , nt Mar-
sellles , to the consternation of the ruling
ulnss , socialism ot the most pronounced
kind triumphed by u decisive majority ,
and since that year all gatherings of
working men end by adopting social
ist resolutions. Tliu party has six
representation * in parliament and
more than thirty close sympathisers ,
among whom the poet Clovi * lluglies ,
and a dozen municipal councillors in va
rious places. A' u congress of co opera
tors , held In Lyons this year , my ftiund ,
M Giile , professor of political economy
ut the University of Montpellier , in Hie
opening speech maintained the .socialistic
{ imposition tlmt the "wage system is an
inferior condition , and ought ro be abolished
ished " Another oongre.ss , representing
seven bundled tradei unionists , hold n
tew weeks ago , supplied by the govern
ment with railroad tickets and 5,000
francs , thus under the patronage of the
government , closed by defiantly declaring
themselves revolutionary socialists. Hut ,
unfortunately , the "bloody week" of 1871
has tilled French socialists with terrible
toeJlngs of revenge that forebode ill.
The most decisive change , however , is
the ono that has taken place in Great
Hritaln There have , of late , been formed
a number of groups , consisting of young
men , very serious and very determined ;
mostly of the educated class professing
continental personalities. The most im
pressive of thorn is the poet , William
Morns , the centre of the "Socialist
League. " Ho is a host in hinieclf , and a
siilendld specimen of English manhood.
lilt great reputation , his evident disin
terestedness and enthusiasm for the cause
for which ho spends his time and money
without stint , nave made a great impres
sion on the lirltish people , and indeed ,
made socialism respectable. His con
stant topic , und a most effective one , is
that socialism will J euder labor attractive ,
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Uou I J * ( t . & rooini. full lot , G block * from iluj > o
i I aalr at E09 N mu St. , or 3V1 Spruce st. 15
make the workman happy nt Ills
work. Hut ho has got most per-
\crso notions ns to how to realize
socialism. His method is a universal
strike. He means to ofgnniso the whole
labor class1. FO that one line day nil
workers will fold their hands nnd says
Not another stroke of work till we get
socialism. This is Utopiali. The worst
Is thas on account of this idea lie despises
political action , will have nothing to do
with it. Hccnuse victorious socialism will
discard Patliamentarism ( which is true )
ho jumps to the conclusion that political
methods can never bring about socialism
and that is exactly what they can nnd
will do in great Hritintii The experience
of the French socialists may give us nn
idea of what n man like Morris could defer
for the cause in Parliament , but ho is fixed
in the idea that , if scut there , ho must
necessarily govern , while all that ho
ought to do is to agitate. Another cen
tre is Hyndman , whose great merit it is
to have started this movement in Kng-
land , llo is undoubtedly the greatest so-
civlist intellect in F.nglaml , and a most
earnest , disinterested man. Vet his
method to take lory monor to run so
cialistic candidates in order to divide the
radical party , hov/cver sincere , is a most
leprelieusiblo and shortsighted policy ,
and his favorite course , to collect largo
masses of the unemployed and harangue
them ( though so far It has proven the re
verse of injurious lo Ihe cause ) is a mosl
dangerous one. nnd may at any time
cause it a terrible temporary check.
A third centre is Mrs. Hesant. The
conversion of that terribly wronged
woman , n year ago , is eeitainly a crcat
gain to to the cause. She has n great in-
tiueiice over a certain class ot people.
She is , moreover , the most practical of
all English socialists. Further , she
seems to have become n sort of lender of
the "Fabian Society" ( calling themselves
after the slow , but sure lioman general ) ,
composed of generous and serious young
men , who have hitherto delighted rather
too much in woidy tournaments. A few
days ago , in fact , she. made them , against
the protest of Morris , lorm themselves ,
witli enthusiasm , into a nucleus of a
socialist political party , the best practi
cal move so far made in Great Britain.
lut ? lajk of space compels mo to hurry
on. 1 can only add thai there are niimcr.
ous circles of Christian socialists , with
two excellently written organs , just as
determined in their socialism as in their
Christianity ; that in all British universi
ties classes are formed for the study ol
socialism , and that the present writer
has been listened to and applauded by
hundreds of students of the universities
of Edinburgh and Glasgow , with pro
fessors in the chair ; that a prominent
minister of the Established Church of
Scotland declared to mo that lie only
waited for disestablishment to become a
socialist lecturer , and that the English
Trades union , in congrass a einbled ,
have found it prudent to u Hi nil that
they were "not unfriendly lo socialism. "
Great Hritain will be the first country to
reali'/o socialism , believe me , and let all
men of good will rejoice , for socialism
does not mean a leveling down , but a lev
eling up , not disorder , but order ; not de
nial , but fnilh.
LAUKKXCI : CIIOXI.INI > .
Acute rheumatism is an intlammation
of the joints , marked by pain , beat and
redness. With these sjmntoms apply
Salvation Oil , the great pain-cure , at
once. Price 25 cents a bottle.
Nothing tries the patience of a man
more than to listen to a hacking cough ,
which he knows could easily be cuieil
\ \ itli Dr. Hull's Cough Syrup ,
A BLASPHEMER'S DEATH.
A Colored Man Falls Dead While
Utlek-iiifi a Til-ado of
Irreverence.
A case was yesterday brought to light ,
ay.s The Lousville * Couriqr-.Iournal ot
December it , which has caused the most
intense excitement among the colored
people of tlio citv , and has been talked
about extensively by them since lasl Sun
day night , when the case , which is a very
remarkable one , happened
Four years ago John A. Drown , an intelligent -
telligent colored man , for many years a
resident of this city , studied medicine
under Dr. Edward von Don boll' , the well
known Mirgcon of No. 101) ) East Chestnut
streel. lirown was an apt pupil , and
followed his studies with much applica
tion under Lr. ) von Donholl'for two years
with much advantage to himself. At tlio
end ol that time he went oil'to New York
and allendcd lectures in one of the larg
est and best medical colleges in the conn-
Iry. When his course was linished ho
graduated in the upper half of his class
and came back to Louisville to settle and
practice his profession. He was well ac
quainted with the colored people , con
versed well and dressed smartly , and be
fore long had a lame and lucrative prac
tice. The only drawback lo his popu
larity was tlio fact that ho never attended
church , and openlv boasted of being an
athcisl. Dr. Drown being a single man ,
occupied a sleeping-room over his ollice
at No. 1111 Grayson street.
Last Sunday nighl aboul 10&D : o'clock
Drown met Huehol Jones and Elvira
Smith , two colored women , who together
occupy a house in his neighborhood , as-
they were coming from church , and ae-
compauicd them home. One of the
women asked him inside , and ho entered.
Several more colored people came in ,
and the company were sitting nrpund the
fireplace talking , when a religious con
troversy sprang up between two of the
men. They were nrgiilng their point ,
when Dr. Brown stopped them. Ho said
they were two fools , and were talking a
mere lot of bosh , He stiid there was no
Christ , and thai Ihe pernon of Ihnl name
was merely an ordinary person , who
happened to bo bettor morally than the
people amongst whom be lived. Ho said
there was no God , and that he was an
imaginary person whom people liku to
believe in simply because it makes them
comfortable. Ho made fun of sacred
things- and was in the midst of a tirade
of awful blasphemy , when suddenly an
ashy paleness come over his yellow fea
tures , his voice faltered and failed , as if
the tongue had cleaved to the root of his
mouth , and with a terrible expression on
his face he tottered Irom his chair , stood
steady on his feet a second , and then fell
to the floor a corpse. i
The negroes took his death as n direct
sign from God and ns a retribution for
the blasphemy , am ) consequently were
very much excited. They carried the
corpse across the street to thu room back
of the doctor's ollico , and p'aeed ' it on the
bed. The colored people livmir in the
house were told of the bhtphomor's pun-
bhmont , nnd so superstitious were they
that they refused to touch it or prepare
the remains for burial. However , they
communicated with thu man's sister ,
who lives in Chicago , nnd she
sent them word thut she would
come Immediately ito this city
and lake charge ot her brother's body
and elleets , She failed to come , and yes
terday Police Sergeant ICanealy was told
by the inmates of the house about the
man's death , nnd he al once notified City
Undertaker Hess. The undertaker hoard
the story nnd sent for Coroner Miller ,
who held an inquest , after which the
body was burieu in the potter's Held , the
deceased not having left money enough
to defray his funeral expenses. Coroner
Miller's verdict was that the man's death
had been caused by apoplexy supurin
duced by rheumatism ot the heart. The
colored people dp not accept Ihis verdict ,
but declare ihat it was a stroke of divine
wrath ,
Archie Itolilnsnn , who.waa released froai
thu county jail yesterday \\hero lie has been
foi ix months awaiting trial on thu charge
of rape , eelebiateU the occasion ! > > KettliiK
Kinrloubly full and was arrested HiHiii ; last
night.
Hay ward Dros. for Wigwams , 1007
Howard.
" UUIM isusiiitwaauu 1VXX4UUCU , lUSl vinats
. "in I chasers will do well to bto u * . tUiHUiUl J
) 13 * J btclc , 15W Fftauaa- li
MINE SELLING IN ENGLAND ,
The Rich and Poor Alike Bite tlio Glittering
Bait.
INVESTMENTS GOOD AND BAD.
Tlip Indian , African nnd AnMrnllnn
MliiOM Profit * of Aiuctlcan
Mines llo\v They arc
Drought Out.
Loxnox , Nov. SO , 1830. [ Correspond-
eiico of the Hr.i : . ] Since the cr.a/o in In
dian gold mines , some half si dozen years
ngo , when the English public sank sev
eral millions sterling in tlio purchase of
propel tics in India tlmt nn American
would consider "prospects" rather tlun
"mines , ' ' London has been a poor Held
for the mining speculator ; but within
the past six months several causes have
united to inspire hope in tlic tulml of the
investor in mines , and create activity in
the rank ? of the mine promoters. The
colonial exhibition aUbrded it's four mill
ion visltois an opportunity of familiar/- !
iug themselves with Australian mining.
Kaeh colony had immense gilded cube1
of the size that would represent thu total
product of gold of that colony , theie
were gilded models of all the big nug
gets , anil samples of ore undo ! gold that
dn/yled the eye and quickened the imagi
nation. Then , too , there was the leu-
stamp mill , \vith the red-shit tud Austra
lian miner * who tended itactually crush
ing the auriferous quart/ ' , for four hours
uvcrj day.
noon sr.ws ,
too , come * at last from the Indian com
panies , or .from those that Mill live.
Below tlio old workings they are finding
quartz rich enough to pay , and although
no Indian mine has as yet paid a divi
dend , moral are quoted at a premium.
The shares of the Mysora , that , has been
crushing ore for sometime , have been
sold at ? r > 0 per cent nbovo par. One of
the large American mines , too , the Mon
tana , the old Drum Lummond , hasshown
a prolil this year of JCbO.OOO , and its .share *
are selling at three times the amount
paid for them. Tno scarcity of gold ,
winch is rapidly rising in value , has also
had something to do with the present ex
citement. \ \ hether the above arc the
real or only causes , it is certain that gold
mines in London have entered on an era
of popularity that promises to eclipse
even the Indian crax.o.
1 have taken the trouble to look over
the registry of public companies since
September 1 , of this year , and 1 lind that
the new mining schemes incorporated
since that date number over seventy , with
an aggregate capital of over six million
pound * sterling. Ol the mines situated in
the linked States the capital aggregates
ocr one and one-quarter million sterling ;
of those in India , over half a million
sterling : of those in Mexico , not quite
one million sterling.
TIIK Jin.A'lOO MINI'
alone is capitalized at t'000,000 , of tho'e
in the Australian colonies , the capital is
over two million pounds sterling ; while
those in south Africa , Spain and South
America , make up the balance of the
grand sum of $ .30.000.000 . , which
the Kuglih public has been asked
to pav for mines in the lat three month * .
To an American familiar with mines
tiie pie peetubL-s of these various minium
enterprises form an interesting study. It
is the outom hero to bring out public
companies bv advertisement in the daily
papers , and the shares arc then de
manded by people in evervstation of life.
The advertisement sets forth the capital
and purpose of tlio company , the names
of the directors ( whose standing ami
character have more influence on pub
lic subscriptions than the merits ol the
mine ) , the principal factsT.ibout the mine
reports , richness ot oie , cot of working ,
and prospective prolits. A careful read
ing of some of those prospective * fails ,
however , to show evidence that
would convince an American mining
engineer tliat there was any value in the
mine , in nearly all the Indian proper-
tie- , there is little or no ere iu sialit ; they
are only "prospects " at the bottom of
old abandoned n.itjve workings. Inlho
Australian properties more importance
is attached to the assay values ot .sample
than would bo jnstilicd by _ the American
experience of assays , and it is not con
sidered so necessary to measure up the
ere in sight as it would bo if selling a
mine in California. One Australian
property has actually been sold for a
urge sum , in which the only evidence of
its value put forth was that it was lo
cated between two mines that were valu
able ; not a sample had boon assayed or a
shaft sunk on the property sold.
Among the mines from tlio United
States , we rccogni/o at times names of
those who have proved
"win 11 : Ei.ni'iirs"
to the American owners , others that am
known to be good and worth one-third or
one fourth what they are capitalized for
hero. As a rule , the American owner
gets but a small part of this over-capital-
i/.ation. The London promoter has the
greed of a cormorant ; hit profit is lim
ited only by what the public will pay ,
and has no reference In tlio value of the
propei ly A good illustration is fur
nished by the companies recently formed
for the safe and working of the patents
fora pocket sowing machine 1'ho pio-
motors are said to liavn paid JL'50 ( ) for the
patents and to have netted from the pub
lic ovori 100,000.
Ihis greed of promoter * , and overload
ing of values make all booms on this
market of short lift ) . The eleatrle light
boom four years ngo ub orbcd several
millions Irom the public , and ever since
then electric light patents have been a
drug. The same will bo true of gold
mines six mouths lioncn. Let no Aniuri-
can mine owner who is not already in tlio
field hope to profit by the proent exoitu-
muiit. IL. } . .Sin.i.DON.
Tlio combination , proportion and pro
co s in [ mumrlii" Hood's Stnxiparilla
are peculiar to this medicine , and un
known lo others.
Ktouk Yard Notes ,
liomlier , ol tlio stack yards , Ims
tnuen as a partner m the real ustiitn t-iislnoss
.Mi. It. .landoif and with him will also con
duct nn Insurance and steamship agency.
Thaynin dolnc a irooil business and tliuh
oHire Is In the new.- stand ui > t > naito the Wis
consin house ,
Prof , Chas , Ludwig Von Seepr
prpfp i ) ref MeUirlne at Itie Jloyal iriuveriiltri
l.nlulit of the Kurnl AiintrUn Order or Ilia Iron
LTOMIII KnUlit Cuinraumliir of tlio llnriil Mianlub
Onleruf lialiullu Kulflil of the It'iTiil ' I'msnUu Ur.
ilercifUioltij.l iuluCliev llur of tUd iMtltn of
llonnr , ute.rtc. , MITHS
-I.KIIIIIj COM tot/A ttKKV ' 1 < ONIO ahouM not be
roiiiouniicJ wltu tlioliopla of truubjriureulU. Kit
Innoaunaaof Hie wortn tmtont rometlr , I urn tlior-
pugldyooiiT r > unt ritlilt inn la of prti | > HraUan und
knur It to bo noc only a Ityltliiiutu | iiiiriniic | > 'utk.il
product , but Hluitrnrluruf ill" lilifli ruiuinun < | Jtlani
Itlimrecolroilln all iiartiof tlia world. U ( imUlnl
Mnonre of Ile f , Cocu.yulnlno , Iron and Cullaira ,
which are dltsolred In ; mro zeuulno Biianljh imperil !
Crown Hlierrr. "
Inmlu tbluto all whn ra Hun Dawn , Kerroui , DM-
c , lllllouj. MuUrloui or articled irllU woalc kill-
Majesty's ' Favorltle Cosmetic Glycorlns
UiM lj Her llofallllEhncMtne I'rltudti ofValei
and the nobility Kor the hkln , Cumplunlau , ISrup-
tlonii Chupitlni ; , Hou/hn094.U UJ. ( If
1.IU1I1Q GO'S ( ieimlno bfruu BO
mh lest S rttparlllalu
rur. i inu-j , t rasn , nnmnc-e id suit , or tn * wliol
, Loxl 5 , for | IU.OiW , M.UOO caili , baJancy I ,
I I > -i > ii. J , HniaaiouJ , 111 5.1CIU t.
Lawrence Ostrom & Go.
FAMOOS "BELLE OF BOURBON. "
Is Death to Consumption ,
Chills nml FeTSJTS Oi' Insomnin , nml
Typhoid Fever , Dissimulation ,
Indigestion , Of Food ,
Dy-pepsln. Ten Years Old ,
Surgical IVvors , No Fusel Oil ,
Hlootl 1'oNoninir , AlK-'ilntcly fare
The GREAT APPETIZER
Thta mil rprllfj tlmlllmrPFiiitn'npiltlieratnnlAnf ' Ill'l W OP HOruilON WltftCV , received from
1.\UHIMI oiriiotl \ lo nml foiimt llu'rtitno in lie in'rfi'iMlv fiuo from I IIMI ! Oil nml Hli I'tliof ' ilolrt.irl .
on ? Mil t'iici ! ; uud t.tiiuty imie I ilipciltillr rni'oiniiuMiil tlii'winno for F unlit tint Mmllitliml pnri " 0 ,
, , . . ,1 T ll.MlNl M.M . . AnnltlU.iiriiriiiM. liOiiliivlllv.K ) .
lnr alplitrliriiiil l Wine Moicliint nml OrneortaverywhiTp I'rlru > l i < | nr i > llli <
I ! mjtrnuml : it iliciilnivc Imlf ilo oii hottlon rxino ) s ii.aJ.ln iiuin boc , will lie KOiil to in IT ml il re is In
tlio I'nllcil Malva or Comma , on rccolpt ol six ilollnr
LAWRENCE OSTROM & Co. Louisville , Ky
Wholesale and Distributing Ag'oiits ,
OOOJWMJV DJirc CO. , a ml \
JtfLKr ,0 DlhLOX , tt'liolCMih' Liiiuoi' Jlnilfiv , f t ) i < iJid.
ttHHtllctmt ) > i > lled bit ( iLADH'lOXK liliOS. tl'CO. , Onnilnt.
ji , T. vi.Aiik Ditva ro. ,
' lloliuuir l.lvrr unit stomach lu
MIAN'S
AliinrliH nil ImimritlMi fioin ( lie Monti ,
Imlitoriilo-iHiiil Miull/ei tlio nliotenrxloni.
Hotmail's 3. Ivor and Stomach Iul
CIIIOH nilloiiie ! Imllgettlnn , tatuullco ,
Diarrhea , Mnlnrlu , Mck lluailnclie , '
llhmiimillNiii , etc.
Ilolmoii's I.lvt'rmul ( onuicli 3ml
Ili'tiil.'iUM thr Hlnin teli nml llimeK hit ) roves
jlitk thu A pin t Ito , corn i U AiMnHntion ,
duct
i biMiiliuoi tlio Complex Ion , etc.
arc fnslly worn nml rate nml reliable. Tlioylmo niolmmi's Liver mul Mninuvli liul
been lestcil In thoinmul' of en e nml ne cnn nii l I'rnvi'iiH ion Mckiin's.Chnlcni , Sm'illpoK.
llvi'ly snerl tlinl In nil c.ise < whiMu thcllvci , | ilceii , " ellow , T ' ) Ulum , T > phohl tiud
Uilncj-s unil bonds nro lnvU < 'il. Hit llc > lM.\V Al.l. Dill I.UI-.T.S lllltiMii . Orn'iitonrccclploturlco. 1'cuer *
PADH iuett onrii Ihe best , quicken ! MIH ! cheapest ; Vrlfo 82.
nntl tlit1) litivo inuilopermanent turen tn llioiiMiml * ssot < ni\\ I > AI > co. ,
ofeiuu' wlieio meillolnv liiu l > i' ii ift-tl lUlliout iinr
tiooilKeiills nlmteicr. J'-iO William nt. , Ar. Y.
Display at their warerooms , 1 305 and 13O7 Farnam Street ,
the largest assortment of Pianos and Organs to be found at
any establishment west of Chicago. The stock embraces the
highest class and medium grades , including
STEINWAY ,
FISCHER ,
LYON&HEALY
BURDETT ,
STANDARD ,
LYOiXS&HEALY
Prices , quality and durability considered , are placed at the
lowest living rates for cash or time payments , while the long
established reputation of the house , coupled with their most
liberal Interpretation of the guarantee on their goods , affords
the purchaser an absolute safeguard against loss by possible
defects in materials and workmanship.
LYON & HEALY ,
1305 & . 1307 FARNAM STREET *
The C , E , Mayne Eeal Estate and Trust Co
N. W. COR. ICth AND HARNJSY , OMAHA.
Property of every description for silo : in sill parts of the city. Lands foi sale iu
every county in Nebraska.
A COMPLETE SET OF ABSTRACTS
Of Titles of Douglas county kept. Maps of the city state or county , or any ollior
information desired , furnibliud free ol chirjG ; ( upon application.
C. S. RAYMOND ,
RELIABLE JEWELER ,
"Watches , Diamonds , Fine Jewelry , Silverware
The InrgoM slook. Prices tlio lownst. Kupiiiriii" ; a spucinlty. All work vwrrnnl-
rd. Corner Douglas and Ifitli streets , Onmhi
Walclimaker for the L' . I' , depot.
LINGOLNBUSINESSDIREfO RY
llciuitlr Unlit. Ni'trljr I umiilnjl
The Tremont ,
J. C. mV.liilAlil ( : > & r-ON , I'lopilotoH.
Cor. Mil nnd I'HU. , Miitoln , Nub.
RHtrnflU ) nerd ) r. Blruot tarn IroraliousJ ti nnr
part o ( lli cll > .
J. II. W. 11 AUK INK ,
Architect ,
OflltPH ! U. 31 un I 4' ' , HI'Minuls Block , Uiii-ula ,
Noli , IClouitoronIllli bliuut.
llrODUui ol HrcL'tlor of
( ] AI.I.OHA > OATHE. fnoia llmiiL'vir/ .
IAl WOtJIW. ,
Live Stock Auctioneer
hiild * nniili. ID all PHI It of HIM U H. ul I.df
riiHu. Jtoonil ) , hlnlo Illocli , l.liuoln , Null. I
uuildliurl Horn LuilU loi-nulo. {
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Farm Loans and Insurance ,
Corrusnomlcnco In rcpurl lo loans boliciiot
Knom 4 , Klclmrdb lllockMntoln. . N'uii
Riverside Short Horns
Of blrlctb Pine llutimunil liitciTiiii ! | > t > dt-allla
lluixl niiiulicrt aboul IV ) lituJ.
I'lllllUlUI lllKllltCl. | I''lll > eit9 , CllltflCI ,
AcoinliK , Itcnltin , llunu ol Slmroiu. Mo i Husu ,
KnlKlitly IliiclK f 11 = 1 , 1'lul ( 'reok Vounn llurys ,
riiyllUcD , IxiuaiiB und 'I run Ixm '
lulU lur ttlii. 1 1'uru limes 1'ilborl. I I'uro
Uutfa C iK 'H. J Itosodf bliuion , 1 Vuiin ? .Muiy ,
ll'uio Crulok Hlmnk nml olhi'id Coino niul
insjx'HtUo licr.1. AUdios * . CHAb. M 1I1IAN-
bUN , Lincoln , Nob.
Whoa in Lincoln Hop at
National Hotel ,
UKooJaluuorfo - ' ; .
Prop.
C.lbU I I ILIIIKlll IIUII llllJV/IIU
Bttd " '
Ho. 2V ) Main Street , Council Stuffs.OH
TIC-IE
i..no . itimu im rmi : : mu UMNO t H/MII
( All ? , Imtuufi !
Itliicoln , Ji < ( ntH CKii ( inil
HI..OK.s. / .
3 TRAINS DAILY 3
Tl .111)8 ) Mill ICIllVH lit Illli ) ll'HVIt
from tin.C' , St I' , M 3 O ) iifj > ot , ir > tii mid
\ \ cliili r * li > i Is ,
Jlltuit loiiiiuutiiui in.idu m I'nlun Hujwt , Knii
pas ( lly , lii ( all IHII its r-outli nmlVinl \ ; In
I'lliiiii IJuj'Ol.Bl l.ouh , KII ull | o.nts Kisl unl
li.
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infill train' ) .
1'or llcki U , fU-ojiliii cur liut Mis nml oilier In-
f f i n i I i i , 11 r ii . .i I I 11 i nl , ( , rt. I'.M ,
0 It. It ) ili-liol , lOtn und Wi liblor slrrnts. ( u
1 I ) MIIDIII.S , 'J1 1' Cooni nt.v ,
Ik 1,01 AK < nl Truvtillnx I'ns3.ircnt. .
ira fiiinniu Ftii'ot.umaiui.
W. II Ni HMAN , | | c '
< < LII I inllio Mull irr | Ounl.l ( 1
.SI ft nils.
& ' &K , PEOPLE
/ml ether * njirrrirr from
lurtoiii ( I0tjilltx teihuuUlitt ;
duiuuri , intuiftluTk-
> r ivuotf or old at &
iuiI ! > / l r
1'liclro *
juarw " VVIi It * ikniiiir"cHWcar eariip'Lel'l FJ i/l
ifrre MUhinalotMlU AvulU wort tit r * la-
hMfoim uuil lKikii Klwtrlc 'J ru r * | OP
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Da. M. J. Kou : . UCHIWPI-
n i only rc wtiioh cin | tilu'aj's bu rcl
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