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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY. JANUAll 19. 1887.
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"V Mit. WEA.VKU led tlio Held at the start ,
but It wasn't much of a start after all.
A riw more profuno remarks from
Air. Con Gallagher , ' 'tho prominent
northern Nebraska democrat , " will now
bo in order.
HON. JOHN A. McSnAXE declined to
walk into the Uoyd-Millor parlor. Mr.
McShano has not lost his old time politi
cal shrewdness.
THE agonizing truth of the situation
' has at last burst upon the befuddled
brain of the Herald editor with Dr.
Miller llvp hundred miles away. It is a
combination of misery and mescal ,
FoimvrnuEE republican votes on
complimentary day must have boon : i
sickener to the political prophets who
predicted that Van Wyck's strength
would never reach thirty from lirst to
last.
GKNKIUI , VAN WYCK can win in or out
of iv caucus. Ho is the choice of the re
publican party of the state which ho rep
resents as well as the choice of an over
whelming majority of the citizens with
out respect to party. The lirst Van Wyck
caucus has settled that fact once and for
all.
Mrt. MORTON still scums to have re
served for him the warm regard of the
NobrnskaMonioornts , They gever fail to
compliment his brainy leadership when
. the honor of their conlidenco can bo
openly offered. But where was George
| , L. Miller when the pile driver fell in the
democratic conference T
IT used to bo Miller and Morton until
fc the aposllo of "straight democracy" at
: tempted unsuccessfully to barter demo
cratic votes for railroad patronage , as
' fully explained in the correspondence
'
'published In yesterday's BUG. Now Mor-
I ton is honored in caucus and Miller is
fanning himself iu Mexico.
> Vrni one despairing groan the Herald
gives up tlio light and predicts Van
, VVyok's election. Jt had to como. Every
intelligent observer of the situation 1ms
known for two weeks that no other out
come was possible. The shouts and
hurrahs of the railroad crowd have at
tracted no votes from General Van
Wyok's following.
; THE Northwestern will consult its
_ own Interest by locating its head-
j ; quarters in Omaha. The road has made
more friends since General Manager
Fitch came among us than It did iu years
before. Personal contact with executive
officers docs moro in brushing away mis
understandings and establishing cordial
J * . relations "between heavy shippers and the
f railroads than tons of .correspondence
t. and complaints fired nt long range.
Fan a candidate entirely lacking In the
conlidenco of Nebraska republicans ,
General Van Wyck came very prettily
under the string nnd led the licit ! of small
'fry at a neat little pace. Forty-three re
publican votes , or nearly Unco limes thu
number possessed by any other candi
date , was an evcellont showing. It has
tent dismay' into the opposition cam ) ) .
There was no "bargaining with deino-
irats" m thoje figures.
TUB democrats oftho Indiana legis
lature scored a point Monday in ccouring
from Judge Ayers , of the circuit court , a
decision sustaining the motion of Smith ,
president pro torn of the senate , for an
injunction restraining Lieutenant Gov
ernor Robertson from assuming the func
tions of that ollico. HobcrUon appealed
the case to the supreme court , and it is
expected that a decision will bo reached
by that tribunal to-day before the hour
appointed for the mooting of the joint as
sembly t9'Voto for United States senator.
The question Involved is the legality of
Robertson's election under the constitu
tional provision for the quadrennial elec
tion of gubernatorial olllcors , ho having
been elected to Jill vacancy declared to
exist by the attorney general of the state ,
A section of the revised statutes of 1S31
provides for biennial elections after 168)
to ( ill all existing vacancies in ollice ,
The majority of the bench of the sup&umo
court are democrats , but they refused
to interfere with the proclamation of the
vote by which Robertson was elected. It
seems certain that iu any event there will
be two joint conventions held for the
election of United Stated senator , and
that Harrison and Turplo will go to
\Vashington with * certificates. In ( hat
case it is believed tlio former will be
given the scat by the beuate.
Tlio Oponlng Sklrmlflli.
The first gun was fired yesterday In the
senatorial election when each house of
the legislature met nnd proceeded to
ballot lor a successor to General Van
Wyck , While the .result had no more
Rppcl.il significance than such votes gen
erally have , It defined with moro or less
certainty the weakness of the Van
Wyck opposition , and verified * to the
letter the claims of the senator's friends
as to Iris opening strength. Opening day
is always complimentary day. Votes
are scattered about with n reck
less cheerfulness born of the
feeling that they do not count , end
that their owners can afford to bo gener
ous. The most Interesting feature of
the occasion was the union of the
democrats on J. Sterling Morton , who
was not , to say the least , the preferred
candidate of the railroguo democratic
organ. The sudden collapse of the
McShane boom , which died a-bormnjr , nnd
the handfomo compliment paid to his
bitter political enemy by the democratic
tnombors , must bo gall and wormwood
to the autocrat of the "packinghouse"
crowd.
To-day will witness the first gonulno
contest of the struggle. The Van
Wyck forces hold the command
ing position. They have the men ,
the votes and the people behind
thorn. Compliments will now give
place to combinations and paper
b.tlloU will bo transformed into bullets
directed squarely against the opposing
candidates. Thu fight is on and will bo
forced. It bids fair to bo concluded iu
short order. It cannot bo a protracted
one. And the end , as the BEE has con
fidently insisted for lone months past ,
will Do the re-election of Van Wyck anil
tlio triumph of the people through their
chosen representatives.
Prospects of the lutcr-Stato Com-
incroo Hill.
The refusal of the house of representa
tives on Monday to take np the inter
state commerce bill to the exclusion ol
all other legislation has been .takuu
in some quarters a ? a straw which
points to the defeat of that measure in
thu house or its indcllnflo postponement
to die with the session. As a matter of
fact many of t'ao members who voted
against tlio resolution wore in favor of.tho
bill and voted for its considoratton yes
terday when the matter was again
brought up. They knew that as a bill re
ported from the conference committee it
had-precedence over all other'legislation '
nnd could bo taken up at any time on a
mere majority vote.
The thorough discussion of the inter
state commerce bilfthrough the press and
the senate has done much to enlighten the
public and congress , and to brush away
the mists with which the arguments of
the railroad attorneys had enveloped
its provisions. Most of the opposi
tion to the measure finally cen
tered upon the fourth and fifth sections ,
the lirst of which related to long and
short haul charges , and the other to the
prohibition of pooling contracts. Debate
on both these sections has been full and
exhaustive , with the result of relieving
the public mind of the fear that their
passage would irretrievably damage the
interests of the people. It was shown con
clusively that the long and short haul sec-
tion'would not prevent the low charges
oa through trallic which have helped to
build up the west by fncililating oxuorts ,
neither would it compel a reduction of
local rates. The prohibition complained
of would simply prevent unjust discrim
ination between localities "through n
higher charge for a shorter than for a
longer distance on the same line where
there was no justifying diU'cronco in the
circumstances and conditions under
which the traffic was carried on. " In
other words the proviso was so elastic
and the qualifications so applicable to
any conclHion which might arise that
onjy generally admitted wrong was for
bidden and every facility for tlio trans
action of business to the mutual benefit
of the producer and the transportation
agent was loft intact.
The section prohibiting pooling con
tracts has been assailed as.romovlnjr the
only safe method for securing uniformity
of rates. It docs _ nothing of the kind.
Thoio is nothing m it which forbids com
peting roads to establish and maintain
uniform rates. It simply forbids pools
and division of profits as ascertained
through such compacts. The roads are
left entirely frco to agree upon common
schedules of rates upon their competitive
business nnd to adhere to them if they
sco fit. The bill strikes down pools
because pooling strikes down all
legitimate competitions nnd apportions
, and divides the traffic with 110 regard to
the wishes of the public or the ordinary
usages of trade. If the inter-state com-
mcrco bill is accepted in good faith by
the railroadH there ought to bo no neces
sity for pooling to prevent secret rate
cutting and rebates , which pooling Is as- ,
sinned to prevent. A government com
mission will supervise the operations of
the roads. Full schedule rates will bo
published. Secret rates , rebates and dis
criminations to secure business and assail
rival corporations will bo uiatfo crimes
under the law. The very evils which
pools are said to be maintained to. remedy
will bo remedied by means outsldo of the
managers' offices.
Gottluc Down to UuslncBB.
There are indications that President
Cleveland is unbending from the fit ill-
backed oxcliisivenoss that has character
ised him during the nearly two years In
which ho has exercised the executive
funtions , nnd respecting which there has
bcnn so much complaint on the part of
the democratic politicians. It is re
ported from Washington that a few days
ago ho sent for ono of the most promi
nent members of congress , who Is one of
the civil service committee of tlio house ,
in order hi consult with him as to what
could be done to improve the civil per-
vice. The solicitude of the presi
dent for his favorite subject did not , how-
eycr , entirely absorb his attention on
this occasion , Ho found opportunity to
enquire as to the probable fate of the
tenure of office bill iu the bouso , and
showed pleasure ut being informed that
it would pass , remarking with a smile :
"I am repealing it every day whenever 1
can. " Mr. Cleveland seems not to have
been unconscious of a degree of incon-
sislcnny between the avowed policy of
disregarding the law while professing
the strongest devotion to civil service re
form and ventured ou argument to justify
his position. He then manifested aa in
terest to know how his administration ii
regarded iu the south. The information
accorded by the congressman , It
not reported , but It Is Bald that the presi
dent was careful to make known his ap
preciation of lifs political Indebtedness to
the sou $ , and his desire that the jlrnin-
Istratlon shall bo approved by that sec-
tnn ! < IIo appeared to fcol aggrieved
that southern men had mndo war upon
him or shown' dissatisfaction by their fit-
lonco. Ho nlso look occasion to depre
cate the Impression that the administra
tion had boon run in the Interest of Now
York , and desired southern democrats to
feel that their suggestions nnd nil vice
would have as much weight as any * that
could como from Now York. It will bo
observed that the south and Now York
1111 the entire measure of the president's
concern.
lleforring to Individuals , Mr. Cleveland
-flpoko particularly of Senators Vance nnd
Beck , who have been the most pro
nounced democratic opponents of the ad
ministration in congress. The former
has been especially hostile to the civil
service policy , while the latter 1m been
equally so regarding the financial views
of the administration. The president re
ferred to these gentlemen in the most
cordial terms , expressing confidence in
the honesty of their positions and a high
regard for their abilities. But ho thought
that tlifiorcticcs of opinion need not bo
emphasized by personal alienation or
hostility , and expressed the opinion that
the time had como when these lead
ers of the party nnd the adminis
tration should bo fairly In linn. For
the first time in nearly two years Senator
Vance called tit the white house on last
Saturday , in company with other mrm
bcrs of the North Carolina delegation , to
protest against the way in which the lu-
tcrnal.rovonuo laws are being adminis
tered in the state , It Is noliul that while
the manner of the senator wan some
what btlfT and formal , that of the presi
dent was so exceedingly urbane as to
bhow not only that ho was uncommonly
pleased with the visit , but to imply an iu-
tation to "call again. "
It is hardly possible to misconstrue
those circumstances. They are straws
which show very plainly the course of
the wind. Mr. Cleveland sues that ho
has no more time to waste in discord ,
and that if he is to attain his ambition ho
iilust employ the remaining months of
his administration in efforts to harmon
ize the party and put its leaders and him
self upon friendly relations. Since they
will not seek him he will seek them. He
will remove the barrier that has kept
them apart by assuring them that their
suggestions and advice nro desired. The
course he has pursued has not been suc
cessful , and ho will try the other way.
These are the natural inferences from the
facts , nnd it remains to be seen how well
they are justified by subsequent experi
ence whether Mr. Cleveland 1m indued
learned the politician's lesson and can
successfully apply it.
Strikes In New York.
Commissioner 1'cck , of the New York
labor bureau , has published in his annual
report for 1880 an interesting record of
the strikes of the past year in tlio Empire
stale. The exhibit is a valuable one , not
only for the facts which it adduces but
for the infiucnccs and lessons which
these facts at once sugtrest. There
were n total of 1,000 strikes reported ,
with 723 successful , and the remainder
admitted failures. The strikes in which
labor succeeded resulted in n gain of
$037,000 in wages , wlnlo those which
fnilud caused a loss of ? 2,853.0CO to wage
earners. Employers , lee , were henv3f
losers , the estimates inflicted upon capital
placing the drain nt moro than ? ; > ,000,000.
These figures exhibit in plain language
the disastions results of promiscuous
striking. Nine out of ten of the strikes
In Commissioner Peck's opinion could
have been avoided by tlio exorcise of
consultation. It is a terrible record of a
bitter feud which the report shows , re-
sultless in 03 per cent of the cases men
tioned , except tlio loss by nearly 0 per
cent of the strikers of permanent em
ployment. Strikes , it cannot be too
often repealed , arc wars only to bo en
tered upon after all other resorts have
failed , and e\en liicn to be prosecuted
with cool judgment and d determination
to secure all that can bo secured even
in defeat.
Tlio RiiflincHs Situation ,
Tlio current of business throughout the
country during the past week has not
been characterized by any marked
changes , but such as have been noted
have been in the direction of improve
ment. Advices from the eastern markets
report that buyers from the south and
west are beginning to inticipato spring
trade requirements , and the volume of
business in some lines is increasing. The
export movement of brcadstuffs , provis
ions and cotton continues to exceed that
of the corresponding period last year ,
and prospccts for a continuance of this
favorable condition of affairs are very
encouraging. Industrial activity has
boon checked n little by the scarcity of
coal , caused by severe wcathoi and Inbnr
troubles In the trade in New York ; but
the rcquiieniiuits of consumers and
the prospects for demand call for
the full employment of capacity In most
branches of manufacturing. Complaints
of insufficient railway equipment in many
localities attest the continued activity of
business with the majority of the trans
portation companies. The general prom
ise of trade is encouraging nnd a good
feeling prevails.
Cotton bus been depressed by } ho for
eign political news and the continued
apathy of speculation. The export move
ment continues fair but homo demand is
moderate and there is no activity in the
speculative market. Cotton goods are
very firm , with stocks closely sold up and
a fair demand absorbing the bulk of the
current output of the mills. Wool has
been in moderately active demand at
steady prices. The interest of buyers cen
ters chiefly in coarse and medium fleeces ,
supplies of which are now compara
tively small iu all markets. Woolen goods
continue quiet. t There is a lib
eral distribution in execution of
buck orders , but demand at the
moment Is light. Business in heavy
weights for next season's wants has not
fairly footed up , as comparatively few
full lines of worsteds and cassimeres have
been opened by the agents of the mills.
The coal handlers' strike at Now York is
causing great embarrassment to manu
facturers there and at various points in
New England , where supplies have run
so low as to necessitate great economy in
the use of the fuel and in some coses a
partial stoppage of production , The
iron trade has been rather quiet so far ai
now business U concerned ow'iug to a
further advance m quotations , In many
departments , which has restricted sales ,
The position of the market Is very strong ,
and CApacityisoHomployodandlargoly
sold against In nil branches of thu trade.
Thotrlfling decline in wheat reflects the
effect of speculative realizations , resales
by exporters , nnd a good deal of ham
mering by a , few largo opornlors whoso
Interests lie in the direction of lower
prices. That the decline has bcrn no
greater under the circumstances is duo
to popular corjlirtonco In the Inherent
strength of the situation and to the con
tinued uneasiness concerning political
* possibilities In Europe. English markets
were depressed by the weaker tone of
speculation hero and by the further in
crease In the American visible supply ,
nnd the foreign demand throughout the
week has been comparatively light.
Clearances from Atlantic ports have con
siderably Increased , which confirms the
previous statements that Inigo sales had
been mad a for January shipment.
Though now business at the mo
ment is moderate in volume the
export situation Is strong , and an
cnrly renewal of foreign Ullying is proba
ble. Indications point to a decrease In
the visible supply In next week's state
ment , ns tlio movement nt interior points
has considerably fallen off at the saints
tlmo that exports have Increased. The
smaller receipts nt western centers are
due to unfavorable weather for hauling
and to n scarcity of cars in the west.
Part of the equipment of Northwestern
roads Is tied up at Dubuque and other
points from lack of elevator room , and
a good many cars belonging to the
western roads hare been borrowed for
the transportation of cotton from the
south. Corn has attracted little atten
tion , and prices have inclined in buyers'
favor owing to the Indifferent shipping
demand and nn increase of 1,291,000
bushels in the domostlc visible supply.
THE story that Miss Van Zumtt , of Chicago
cage , was betrothed to Spies , one of the
anarchists under sentence of death in
that city , is confirmed by a dispatch btnt-
ing that the license for their marriage
was issued yesterday. The young woman
who will innko this extraordinary ulll-
anco is of a respectable family , and is rep
resented to bo pretty and intelligent.
She is also heiress to n considerable for
tune. It is evident , however , that she has
an abnormal longing for notoriety that
will in n measure explain her infatuation
for Spies , although ho is a man who
under favorable conditions might make
an impression on any susceptible girl.
Miss Van Zandt has undoubtedly per
suaded herself lo believe that tlio object
of her regard is innocent .of the charge
upon which he was convicted ; that ho is
a victim of conspiracy nnd persecution ,
and therefore a hero. In this view she
enjoys the nssociation of her name with
his as giving her notoriety. She said tea
a reporter with cyident satisfaction : "I
suppose I'm 'the rolcning sensation at
present. 1'yo taken Mrs. Cleveland's
place , and preltysoon somoothcr woman
will take mine " "It is the delusive fancy
that she is playing the part of a heroine ,
and that tlio world'so regards iier , that
has led her to tnko this step , regardless
of the fact that it has caused
her parents , of whom she is the
only daughter , a great deal of
solicitude , and her mother particularly
is almost prostrated over the afl'air. There
has been no vigorous parental opposition
to her course , for the reason that she
seems to bo ono of Iho'-c self willed girls
whom it is little use to oppose. In yield
ing , however , to a blind infatuation , re
gardless of the feelings and wishes of all
those to whom she owes filial obligation ,
under the existing circumstances , Miss
Van Zandt docs not commend herself to
any person not like herself morbidly
sentimental. As to Spies , ho may see a
hope for himself in the marriage of this
girl. Otherwise , if ho has any sense of
what is manly or honorable , he should
refused to permit her to take a step that
may fill her future life with sorrow and
Milf-repronch.
KINGS AM > OUIOI3NS.
' The cmpicss of Austria has sold all her
line saddle horses. She Is In pour health.
The queen of Spain has decorated the count
of Paris with the oilier of the Golden Fleece
Queen Victoria has been pleased lo accept
the first copy of Lady Burton's "Ainbiun
Nights. "
The prince of Wales has taken ft yoai's
lease of Now Lords. Loid Kllwniden's man
sion In County Dublin.
Queen Margaret o Italy does nil her shop-
pint ; In person , with no moro fuss than any
of her subjects , and trees early In the day to
avoid the crowd.
Klni ; George , of Greece , Is a member of the
Lutheran church , nnd Queen Olga belongs
to the Greek church , The king attends n
little church round the corner In Athens.
Queen Victoria never eats any but stale
bread. This , however , Is believed to be more
a matter of taste than necessity. She Is prob
ably able to buy frush bread If she desired It.
Prince , Alexander. late of Bulgaria , must
have maoosoum millions dm ins hlsrosldunco
in the principality. Jlo had not a cunt when
ho wont la. IIo Is now buying valuable
piopurty In the United States and Km ope.
Tlio czar has 01 dercd the construction nt
St. Petersburg of a Inrce tlicatio to bo en
tirely consecrated to Russia opera and ballet.
On the other hand thn Gcrimm theatre BUU-
ventloned from the czar's own purse and
placed under the direction of the minister of
the Imperial household will bo suppressed.
'f ho extensive covers'ion ' Queen Victoria's
estate at Osborno , Isio of Wight , which have
boon kept rigorously preserved since the
death of John Drown."Vimnow " tinned over
to the nniusomontof PilncoUemyof Ilatten-
beiu. Since the dcnlhof John Brown no
body , says the LondonTriith , lircd a shot In
them , save thu deceased menial's friends.
Queen Christina was recently Informed by
the Alcalde of Mndrld'fl.f the baptism ol the
1,000th baby called Alfonso since the death
of the late kliiK. Touched by this mark of
sympathy by the citizens of Madrid , tlio
ijueen made the baby Jijvoral handsome pics-
ents , Incliulintr a book'with this Inscilptlon :
"To the 1,000th Alffcfso , from a woman
whom two Alfonsos hHjo made happy. "
A t *
The Hoe' * Kntorprlsc ,
Hutltr County I'ras ,
The Omaha HIE : I ? entitled to credit for Its
enterprise In irlvInK the most Interesting nnd
nnd complete report of doings at tlio state
capital duiiug the legislative session.
The Ii'rleiuH of Monopoly.
HruvMun I'aglc.
The sympathies of the millionaires In the
United States ro with the railroads In their
opposition to the pa.sfiagft of any law r > y con-
cress for the regulation of inter-state railroad
traffic. The roads could no ; have a support
teller calculated tn create public sentiment
in favor of the proposed regulation.
Van AVyoU's Chances.
AsMaml aazctte.
Frqm outside observations wo ate free to
confess that Senator Van Wyck'a chances of
a re-election are exceedingly Rood. Ills
nibst pronounced enemies nro willing to con
cede this fact. A prominent democrat , n
member of. the hoinc , told us that In his opin
ion tbo general could bo elected without the
aid of n slnclo dumocrtitlc vote. So mote It
bo.
Van Wjck's Independence.
Juinmu ( My Sfdr.
If Uio republicans refuse to return Vnn
Wyck to the United States senate , the demo
cratic members of the Nebraska legislature
ought to see that he coes back. This Is en
tirely practicable by n combination of demo
crats nnd Van Wyck republicans. Such a
course will make Van Wyck more Independ
ent than c\cr , and consequently moro useful
than ever. He may b depended upon to ad
here to ttiVradlcal democratic principle-
antagonism to monopoly.
Ambition's lion not.
Columbia Dtihtch. ]
On every politician's head
A bonnet jou tnnv sco ;
And every bonnet , It Is said ,
Jssute toha\oa bee.
Indeed , pome bonnets have become
A very hive of bucsj
And you can hear their busy hum
At any time , with euso.
The presidential bee doth buzz
The loudest of the lot ;
And Iiii7.7.ini Is not nil It does-
its stint ; Is ne'er forgot.
STATK AND TI2KIUTOUY.
Ncbrnskn Tutting * ,
Cherry county receives $1,300 in taxes
from the railroads.
O'Neill manages to keep warm with
hard coal at tl 1 a ton.
The Heaver City National bank , with a
rnultnl of $ r > 0,000 , has been authorized to
begin business.
The business men in Norfolk were fined
$1 ouch and lectured on the folly of dis
obeying n summons lo servo on n jury ,
A slick young man with a crush plug
distributed several $5 and iJlO silver cer
tificates among thn benighted in Hast
ings , and disappeared with the proceeds.
Uluo Springs papers declare that the
weight of nn Omaha lawyer's name to a
legal document cost Gugo county $500.
Nothing strnngo about that. The county
is to bo congratulated on getting oft'so
cheap.
The Fremont brewery distributes annu
ally $33,000 worth of beer among the
thirsty , and disposes of if 10,000 of impelled -
polled beer in the same way. (1'ho (
"Prettiest" is cultivating a nosegay for
immediate use.
The Fremont Herald now "sots" nt
night nnd rises in the morning , having
changed from an afternoon edition. Thu
Herald is making commendable efforts ,
to meet the wants of the business com
munity , as well as thu demand for homo
news and democratic provender of a
spicy , independent sort.
An Albion damsel adopted a novel
plan of tcstmir the warmth and vigor of
her intended. Removing the lire from
the parlor stovp and placing a lamp in
side , she awaited his coming while the
mercury retreated below zero. Ho came ,
ho saw , and promptly adjourned the
meeting. The experiment left a huge
feeling of emptiness in thu girl's palpila-
lor nnd the parlor sofa.
The attorney of the Kansas City &
Omaha road gives it out in Hastings "that
the Kansas City & Omaha road will bo
built to Denver right away and that
work will commence as soon as the
weather will permit. Propositions will
bo submitted to the various precincts
through which Hie road will puss , right
away. The road will run from Fnirlldld
tlnough Iho southern' nart of Adams
county to linden , and tlicncoNsouth\vest
to a junction with the B. & M. at Alma.
If Hie townships in the southern part of
Iho county refuse to vote the aid asked
by the railroad company the line will
probably run from Hastings instead of
Fairlield. If the aid is voted a line will
some time bo mil oul from Hastings and
form a junction with the Fail-field line
at iomu point iiiKoseland township. "
Iowa Items.
Muscnlinu has twenty-seven open sa
loons.
Missouri Valley claims a population of
3,000.
The limit for contraband boor is pro
ceeding vigorously in Sioux City.
Willinmsburg , Iowa county , has found
a coal deposit at a depth of 100 feet.
The scarcity of hogs about Oltuinwn is
seriously interfering with the packing
business of that city.
The state board of medical examiners
have issued 3,200 certificates of practice
nnd rejected tprty-live applications.
There arc ni.iety-two school houses in
Ues Monies county , with 108 rooms nhd
108 teachers , They receive annual sala
ries amounting to 03,003.10.
AVolvcs arc troubling the highways in
Scott county. The severe cold weather
is pinching their stomachs nnd making
tlio sulky brutes feel carnivorous.
J. F. Parker , a farmer living live miles
from Sioux City , drove his team over an
embankment on his way homo Satutday'
night and was crushed to'death by Iho
wagon.
The annual report of the Davenport
postollice for 1880shows a profit of nearly
$1,000 a month for Uncle Sum. Each
letter carrier handles an average of 1,001
pieces per day during the year ,
The father of Conductor Al Kern , who
was killed nt Keokuk the other day , died
from the oll'ecls of the shock given him
by tlio news of his son's death. He was
quite an old man and lived at Cedar
Rapids.
Captain J. W. Campbell , of Fort Madison -
ison , who is ono of the oldest citizens in
Iowa , says that Don iamiu Jennings taught
the first school in Iowa. Mr. Campbell
lias the certificate of John Robcson , who
taught school In Congo's log school-
housi' , a few rods from where the Mor
mon temple stood in Nnuvoo , in 1820.
A young frolicsome couple were mar
ried in Musentinu a couple of weeks ago
from liufl'alo , Scott county. The romance
began on the night previous to the wed
ding , when they mot for the first timo.
Two weeks of married bliss dumonslraled
that an abrupt separation was the most
practicable proceeding to a gommcrsault
courtship and marriage , and consequently
quently action for divorce islho pending
lesson in that foolish connubial , transac
tion.
tion.A
A sad affliction has befallen thu family
of 1) . Sellers , living about six miles west
ofVnll Lake. Three members of the
family are already dead and three moro
art ) not expected to live , it appears that
Mr. .Stillei--i found ono of hisjat hogs in
a benumbed and almost helpless con
dition , nnd thinking it had been partially
smothered , proceeded to kill nnd dress it.
All of the family that partook of thu
moat nro dead , A friend of Mr. Sellers
from Illinois who was visiting him also
eat of the meat. Ho returned homo
shortly after , nnd now the report comes
that he too is dead.
Dakota ,
Sioux Falls is negotiating for n paper
mill.
Six hundred persons have taken the
pleJgo in Yankton.
Watcrtown has organized a board of
trade and a military company.
The mercury rested nt 40 degrees
bnlow zero at Dcndwood lust Thursday.
The doctors report that lh& health ot
the people of Deadwood ib "painfully
good. " .
The Black Hills nickel mine , to be
opened in the spring , is considered one
of the greatest bonati/.as of thu Hills.
Valuable tin property was disposnd f
at Rapid City on the Kith | iibt. , the claims
being JiOO by l.fiOO feet iu ki/t ani ! the
amount paid $10,000 ,
SKIUOUS CHAUGKS.
The Proprietor of tlio IlufTVxlo Alcilt *
> enl Institute In n Iiccnl Qnnndniy.
A curious lawsuit was yestcnlnr commoncr-i !
In Justice llolslcy's court by Dr. MoMcn *
nmy , proprietor ot the Omaha Medical am
Surgical Institute against Dr. Graham , u ho
recently came bete from Slonx City. This
Dr. ( Sraham hns quarter * m the new Grucnlg
block , next to the Mlllard on Thirteenth
street , whore ho runs what Is known as the
Uu. TajoMedle.il Institute.
Tlio petition ot the plaintiff charges Dr.
Gr.iliam with obtaining money under false
prMouces. Lnto last month , nccordlne to the
statement In the petition , n soldier from
Fort Omaha named Christian Lazarus came
to Dr. Mc.Mennmy nnd placed hltnselt under
hl.scaro for treatment or some disease. On
the Gth day of January Lazarus sent by a
soldier named George Werner , who
had n leaveof absence to
como to town , to get some-
mcdlelno from Dr. MeMenamy. Werner
mlsuiidcistomt the address clvr.n him by
l.tUfuus and wandered Into thu rooms of Dr.
Graham , "In this the Omalm Medical Instl-
tuto ? " bo asked of Dr. G. lie \\as answered
In the nlHrmatlvo by Dr. Graham. When ho
nskcd If tbu doctor had the cnsu ot a soldier
named Christian La7aruson his books Dr. G.
adjusted his spectacles solemnly nnd look
ing over his ledger replied that Lazarus was
Indeed under his caro. "Then t want to get
some medicine for him , " said Werner , think }
Ing that everything nil right.
'I ho doctor then took what Werner describes
ns an beer bottle , land tilling ; it with n mys
terious doeoctlun. handed It to the soldier ,
telling him that It was to bo applied exter
nally by the patient several times n day.
Werner then paid the doetor S4.CO for the
bottle and Its contents. When he returned
to Fort Oimilin Lazarus at once discovered
the mistake that had been madi\ and soul to
Dr , Graham to have his monev refunded.
The proprietor of the llulfalo Medical Insti
tute positively declined to do so , nt the same
lime infusing to give nnxtxplatiatlou of his
unprofessional conduct ,
The- plaintiff charges that Dr. Graham
came hero Irom Sioux City because ho could
not clvn satisfactory proof required under
tlio lown law that ho was not n uuack nnd u
chnrlnUm. Ho wnnt betoro the board of ox-
ammerH. It Is aliened , claiming to hiuo u half
dozen diplomas , but when pushed to the
wall could not produce a single satisfactory
one. _
IIOUIIO\YRI > HAniKS.
llo\v Fnninlo OfTcndors Work on His
Honor's Fccllnus.
Two or thrco Bohemian women jab
bering ns fast and as loud as they could ,
nn interpreter or two.a . lawyer.and n four-
months old baby screaming vociferously
completed a group which might have
been scon standing in front of Judge
Stonborg's desk yesterday morning. The
woman with the baby , which by the way ,
looked half frozen to death , was charged
with disturbing the peace and good order
of the uclgborhood in which she lived.
There was a preponderance of evidence
pointing to her guilt , but on account of
the baby the judge was obliged to release
her.
her."That
"That is an old trick with these
women , " ho remarked. "They bring a
small , desperate looking , half starved
baby with them , hoping lo work on
my sympathy. They generally suc
ceed , too. 1 can't scud n woman to jail
who has a baby to support and nourish ,
for it would bo the sure death of the in
fant. And I can't line hor.for ten chances
to ono , she hasn't a nicklo. And so the
baby is a living plea for its mother , moro
eloquent than any lawyer's argument
could bo. "
"I have known cases" remarked n
lawyer who was standing near , "where
women. have actually borrowed babies.
with the hope ot securing nn acquittal
by working on Iho sympathy of the judge
or jury , it is an old trick with ionic
female offenders. "
A.MUS12MRNTS.
CL.AUA MOIIKIS' CO.MI'ANV.
The plays In which Miss Morris will ap
pear ner on Wednesday and Thursday
evening will tax Iho stronglh of the entire
suppoi ting company , which Is as follows :
Mr. llonrv Mlllnr , Miss .Emily Snward ,
Mies Kate Doniiln-Wllsoii , Mr. Osdun Sto-
Venn , Mr. Uowlnnn Huckstono , Mr. II. H.
Phillips. Mr. Geo. F. Bird. Miss Molllo Hovel ,
Mr. Jos. Brehnan , Miss Louise Kenning ,
Miss Clara Osrden , Little AngolIaOcden , Mr.
John Klliott , Mr. Geo. Fredericks , Mr. Victor
Willing , Mr. Charles Johnson.
THU SIT.VRIl SPUR.
The People's Thc.itio was literally packed
last night and over : ; 00 applicants for tickets
wcio turned away. The occasion was the
lirst appearance hero of the Sllvei Spur com
pany. which Is one of the bust combinations
which lias ( ivef appeared In that cosy temple
ol amusements. The play Is n clover ono nml
well calculated for the display ot the talents
of the persons composing the company.
Cliui-lCH Kny Arrested For Carr > lna
OfT u Cloak.
Constable Kdgerton has arrested and now
has In custody a seventeen-year old boy
named Charley Ray , who Is wanted by
United States Maislml Carr of Cheyenne
On Christmas day , IbbC , Ray went into the
house of lll-famo run by May West and
walked off with n $ MX ) sealskin cloak. Jlo
was captured In the Blulfs when he was Irv
ine to dispose of the article , saying that It
belonged to his sister. Ho will bo taken
baeKto Cilieynniie. Ray wa formerly n pea
nut vender lii the employ of liarkalow Uros.
The Hospital
The county commissioners , ycsterdayimoni-
Ing adopted the following resolution , govern
ing architects In making now plans for the
proposed county hospital :
Resolved , That In plans to be submitted
by the competing architects on hospital build-
in : s , the following bo the recommendations
of the board : Tno administration or execu
tive building filial ! bo three stories with base
ment , with sufficient rooms to accommodate
olllecrfi and assistants for a building with a
capacity for from three hundred to live hun
dred patients , to bo provided for In the wards
or wings to be added when necessary. Wards
or wings to bo built at present to be two
stories nnd basement , and accommodated
with such part of the administration build
ing ns can conveniently be used tor hospital
purposes , Bay "uo patients , The MniiHard
loot to be excluded from any and all of the
building * . Said buildlntrs to bo as near lire
moot ns possible. All Insldo stalls to be of
lion without the usual riser. Architects are
to confine their plans to within nn estimate of
SirAOOO. Plans to lie presented to the board
nt Omaha March 1 , 1UV7 , at 1'J o'clock , noon ,
- . * - r
Architect * In lllVHlry.
The rumor started some days ago that arch
itects other than those \\hu have already sent
In plans for the county hospital , pioposed to
furnish designs , has been found to refer to
Me.ssiH , Voss nnd Smith. It is understood
that Vuss has associated himself with
Minors In this job , with the understanding
that , in thu event of their joint plan
bolug accepted , Mr. Voss will bo
mndo sniiHrintendeiit. Mr , Smith IB
Bald to have allied himself with Mr. Cochran
with a like Inient. This will bu n Homo f on-
test wllha vengeance , as tlio loiiinlnlncroin-
pctitor is an Omaha linn , Mendelssohn &
Lawrie. It will bu an Interesting contest to
sue whether homo and foreign talent shall bu
mure successful than home lalunt ulono.
Ohhorror I'nllook.
Signal Service Observer 1'oiloclc was still
In ttcrltlc.it portion yesterday mornlnir , nnd
It scorned that thn ehances of jecovery were
ttgalnst him. It is now known thatMr.PollocK
hud resigned Ills position ns signal olllcer ,
the resignation to take effect oh the Bth of
March. Mr. llat'.in , who U now in char o of
thu oHk-c. is here to succeed him cither In the
event of failure to recover 01 of the expira
tion of term. In either event Mr. j'oiloclc
will not bo likely to have much to do with thu
signal office between this and the 8th of
March ,
The charity ball of the Hebrew
olent society will occur in Metropolitan
hall next Thursday i yelling.
Remind * tlio young mnii ,
the oiil iimn , ( M ® youthtlmt
now Is the season of ycnr
u hen n
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